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Euro Qualifiers Kick Off
By Champions| Sep 8, 2014 |In Sports
The 2016 European Championship qualifiers kicked off last night with Scotland coming away from Germany with credit after a close 2-1 defeat to the World Champions and Northern Ireland claiming their first away win in four years with a 2-1 victory over Hungary. Andorra host Wales in the Pyrenees tomorrow night, with rumours suggesting Real Madrid's Gareth Bale will play in an unfamiliar striking role, and England get their campaign under way tonight in Switzerland. It is less than two months since the World Cup but competitive international football is back on the agenda.
After the disappointment of Brazil and an uninspiring 1-0 friendly win over Norway last Wednesday night English football fans' expectations are arguably lower than they have been in decades. As the 'Golden Generation' wander off into the sunset, though, there are a number of positives for Roy Hodgson and his men to take into consideration. Champions Speakers has a wide variety of experienced and engaging football speakers ready to give their insight into football at your corporate event, so, with this in mind, let us take a look at why England's prospects are not as bad as we are led to believe.
We have blogged here before about the passing of the 'Golden Generation' and, while they did not ultimately fulfil their supposed potential, their high profile went a long way in inspiring the generation that now follows them. With their departure, England now have a younger squad than at any time since Peter Taylor selected a youthful side for a 2000 friendly in Turin. That team was picked for the future and tonight's team will have a similar feel.
Despite a comparatively tough away opener in Basel, Switzerland look to be the only serious competition England face in winning a six-team group that also comprises Estonia, Slovenia, Lithuania and San Marino, none of whom will set the world alight. With the Finals in France enlarged to 24 nations from 16 and with 2 teams certain of qualification Hodgson is right to be confident of progress regardless of the criticism thrown at him in the press.
Much of the latest criticism stems from the lacklustre Norway display last week but we must not forget that this is a young side finding its feet at international level and that Hodgson will experiment with both players and formations over the course of coming games. This qualifying group, filled with relative minnows as it is, gives us plenty of time for those experiments and scope for these young players to feel their way into things and begin to gel as a unit.
Much is said about the paucity of talent at England's disposal, and it would be right to say that England currently lack depth in the squad, but it would also be right to point out that the majority of the side lining up on the banks of the Rhine this evening regularly play first team football at Liverpool and Arsenal. Both clubs are experiencing something of a renaissance and having qualified for this year's Champions League those youngsters are sure to be on a steep learning curve.
That said, many of them are attacking players and Hodgson is not spoilt for choice at the back but he now has time to settle on his defensive combinations and give people competitive game time.
The press tend to want England to play thrilling football at all times and to put all-comers to the sword. What we need, however, is an appreciation of where we are and that we now have time to grow. We have a very talented set of young players and, while they have their shortcomings, they have time on their side and will improve. Patience is a virtue.
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package bes_flink;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.TimeZone;

import org.apache.flink.api.common.functions.RichFlatMapFunction;
import org.apache.flink.api.java.tuple.Tuple4;
import org.apache.flink.api.java.utils.ParameterTool;
import org.apache.flink.configuration.Configuration;
import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.TimeCharacteristic;
import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.DataStream;
import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.SingleOutputStreamOperator;
import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment;
import org.apache.flink.util.Collector;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

public class StdAggOwnWin {

	static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StdAggOwnWin.class);

	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

		final ParameterTool params = ParameterTool.fromArgs(args);

		// set up the execution environment
		StreamExecutionEnvironment env = StreamExecutionEnvironment
				.getExecutionEnvironment();

		env.setStreamTimeCharacteristic(TimeCharacteristic.EventTime);

		// make parameters available in the web interface
		env.getConfig().setGlobalJobParameters(params);

		SingleOutputStreamOperator<String> in = env.addSource(new SourceSocket(
				params.getRequired("injectorIP"),
				params.getInt("injectorPort"), '\n', 0));

		DataStream<Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>> conv = in
				.flatMap(new RichFlatMapFunction<String, Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>>() {

					SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(
							"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

					private CountStat stat;

					public void open(Configuration parameters) throws Exception {
						ParameterTool params = (ParameterTool) getRuntimeContext()
								.getExecutionConfig().getGlobalJobParameters();
						sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));

						LOG.info("created throughput statistic at  "
								+ params.getRequired("throughputStatFile"));
						stat = new CountStat("", params
								.getRequired("throughputStatFile"), true);

					}

					@Override
					public void close() throws Exception {
						stat.writeStats();
					}

					public void flatMap(String value,
							Collector<Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>> out)
							throws Exception {

						long ts = -1;
						try {

							long sysTS = Long.valueOf(value.split(",")[0]);
							long meter = Long.valueOf(value.split(",")[1]);
							String tsString = value.split(",")[2];
							ts = sdf.parse(tsString).getTime();
							double cons = Double.valueOf(value.split(",")[3]);

							stat.increase(1);

							out.collect(new Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>(
									sysTS, ts, meter, cons));
						} catch (Exception e) {
							LOG.warn("Cannot convert input string " + value);
							throw e;
						}

					}
				});

		SingleOutputStreamOperator<Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>> agg = conv
				.flatMap(new RichFlatMapFunction<Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>, Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>>() {

					Aggregate<Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>, Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>> aggregate;

					public void open(Configuration parameters) throws Exception {
						aggregate = new Aggregate<Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>, Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>>(
								1000L * 60L * 60L * 24L,
								1000L * 60L * 60L * 24L, new BesWindow());

					}

					@Override
					public void flatMap(Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double> value,
							Collector<Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>> out)
							throws Exception {

						List<Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double>> result = aggregate
								.processTuple(value);
						for (Tuple4<Long, Long, Long, Double> t : result)
							out.collect(t);

					}

				});

		agg.addSink(new SinkSocket(params.getRequired("sinkIP"), params
				.getInt("sinkPort")));

		env.execute(params.get("AppName"));

	}
}

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Professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Named AAPSS Fellow
By Newseditor
The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) named Professor Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot the 2008 Margaret Mead Fellow at a ceremony at the University of Pennsylvania on May 8.
The AAPSS, founded in Philadelphia in 1889, promotes progress of the social sciences and using social science knowledge in the development of public policy. "We are honoring individuals who have not only accomplished impressive intellectual breakthroughs but who have done so with their eyes firmly focused on advancing the public good," said Douglas S. Massey, president of the AAPSS and Princeton University Professor.
Lawrence-Lightfoot was honored for her study of the culture of schools, the patterns and structures of classroom life, the links between adult developmental themes and teachers' work, and the relationship between culture and learning styles. She was also recognized for her pioneering approach to social science methodology, and bridging the realms of aesthetics and empiricism.
"I have wanted my writings to be informative and inspiring, speaking to the head and the heart, focusing on the complex good rather than the narrowly pathological; inciting identification and self-interrogation among readers," Lawrence-Lightfoot said in her acceptance remarks.

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Management Team newly appointed
S IMMO AG's Supervisory Board has designated the successor of Ernst Vejdovszky, founding father of the company, whose board term will expire on 30 June 2021, and has newly appointed the Management Team:
Dr. Bruno Ettenauer will take over as CEO from 15 March 2021 with a term of three years. DI Herwig Teufelsdorfer will be appointed as S IMMO AG's CIO (Chief Investment Officer) and will take up his position on the Executive Board at the latest at the beginning of the second quarter of 2021. The contract of Friedrich Wachernig, MBA as COO (Chief Operating Officer) has been prolonged for further three years until 30 June 2024.
With this reconfiguration of the Management Board, the Supervisory Board has secured an excellent Management Team, fully prepared to successfully lead S IMMO AG into the future.
The Supervisory Board had the following comment: "As S IMMO's founding father we want to thank Ernst Vejdovszky for his exceptional service for the company. He has characterised S IMMO over 30 years and is mainly responsible for its success in the past years. At the same time, we are very happy to have won Bruno Ettenauer and Herwig Teufelsdorfer for the company. Dr. Ettenauer is an established and internationally recognized expert on the real estate as well as on the capital market. He will bring extensive experience to S IMMO and for sure will contribute to the company's successful path. By expanding the Management Board with Herwig Teufelsdorfer, we add crucial and promising competences, particularly in the field of digitisation and innovation. We are also very happy to have safeguarded Friedrich Wachernig's know-how for another three years, which also reflects our commitment to continuity within the company. We are convinced that these appointments will secure a competitive and future-oriented position and are very much looking forward to working with the new Management Board."


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Craig's Marathon Effort For Mum
Craig Skipp marks his third fundraising effort for brain injury charity Headway Suffolk by competing in his first London Marathon on April 24 in memory of his mother.
Thirty-year-old Craig, from Bury St Edmunds, has so far raised £2,500 for Headway, who supported his mother Julie for 10 years after she sustained a brain injury following a fall at home, before she passed away in 2012.
To mark the one year anniversary, Craig completed a half marathon in 1 hour, 25 minutes from Julie's former home in Thetford to Headway in Bury in December 2013.
Determined to up the ante a year later, Craig tackled a gruelling four marathons in 48 hours by running and cycling 122 miles, the distance of Julie's birthplace in Surrey to Headway, in just over 13 hours.
Eager to test himself further, Craig will take up Headway Suffolk's charity ballot place in the iconic London Marathon this year, which is sponsored by Virgin Money. 500 ballot places were offered one per charity who are without a guaranteed place.
Craig, who teaches Public Services at Inspiration Trust's Thetford Academy, began his training in November after turning 30 on October 28.
He aims to complete the marathon in under 4 hours and raise £2,000.
Craig said: "I am really looking forward to completing the marathon as it is something I have always really wanted to do.
"I am delighted that I will be running the event for Headway, who helped my Mum for so many years. The charity provided mum with so many great memories and I hope that the money I raise can continue to support the members of the charity.
"I am very thankful to Headway for supporting me and I would like to thank everyone again for their support and sponsorship in ensuring mum remains in our thoughts, but in particular to Sam, Lily and Poppy, who keep me motivated, and also my sponsor Dockerill Group."
You can sponsor Craig at his fundraising page: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/CraigSkipp
Helen Fairweather, Chief Executive of Headway Suffolk, said: "We are very grateful to people such as Craig who fundraise for us and therefore help people with a neurological condition."
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Mallorca's person of the week: Gastronomy and wind damage
Children getting vaccinated on the Balearic Islands. | - EFE
MonitorPalma19/12/2021 11:52
... was eleven-year-old Jordi Romero. On Wednesday at Son Dureta in Palma, Jordi was the first under-12 in Mallorca to be given the Pfizer vaccine, which is a lower dose for his age group. Having been vaxxed, he said that initially he had been a bit scared but added that he had barely felt a thing. For the kids, it seems as if their concern has been whether the jab is going to hurt, which is fair enough, rather than worry about the effects. Controversial the vaccination of pre-teens may be, but it is controversial only because of those who persist in refusing to accept the benefits - for whichever age group.
Three Cheers...
For excellent gastronomy. One of the bets for alternative tourism in Majorca, gastronomy - in its broadest sense - is all pervasive. It is represented at island fiestas and fairs, for which there are culinary themes, ranging from the Mallorcan paprika to cuttlefish. It has special promotions, such as TaPalma, and it also has - at the very height of the gastronomic scale - Michelin-starred chefs and restaurants. The Bulletin is blessed by having the invaluable contributions of Marc Fosh, one of these chefs, whose Michelin star has been retained for an eighth year. There are ten chefs and nine restaurants in all in Majorca on the latest Michelin list. A tribute to excellence.
A Big Boo...
For damage caused by high wind. It was revealed that a victim of the previous week's fierce gusts was the Osborne bull. Located on the Son Munar finca in Algaida, the one-time publicity symbol for Osborne Brandy de Jerez is - as with other Osborne bulls in Spain - an item of Spanish cultural heritage (under a 1994 law). The Algaida bull has suffered various indignities over several years, having been painted on numerous occasions by groups intent on promoting their different causes. This time, it was wind that was to blame. The iron structure was blown off its concrete base, and questions have been asked as to why the Council of Mallorca hasn't got round to repairing it.
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Mental Health of Filipino Seafarers: The Contributory Factors and the Strategies Applied Onboard Ship
B.G.S. Sarinas 1 , J.D.D. Botante 2 , J.S. Nacion 3 , L. Bernas 1 , O. Rodriguez 1
1 John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University, Iloilo City, Philippines
2 Vships - Pacific Ocean Manning, Inc., Manila, Philippines
3 Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), Iloilo City, Philippines
ABSTRACT: Mental health is equally important with physical health. Many reports found out that poor mental health is one of the major factors of depression among seafarers. This study ascertains the factors affecting mental health and the strategies applied by Filipino seafarers to combat these issues. A survey was used as a research design. A total of 100 seafarers taken through convenience and snowball sampling answered the validated researcher-made questionnaire. The questionnaire was sent in the JBLFMU Alumni Portal, messenger, and Gmail. Frequency, percentage, and rank were used. Themes were used to classify the strategies applied by seafarers to counteract mental health issues onboard ship. The results revealed that the major contributory factor affecting the mental health of Filipino seafarers is stress, while they believed that a positive outlook in life makes one's self free from mental health problems onboard. The top three factors are stress, fatigue, and separation from families and friends. The top three strategies to counteract factors that affect seafarers' mental health onboard ship are staying positive, socializing with crewmates, and communicating with family.
KEYWORDS: Mental Health, Seafarers, Filipino , Seafarers, Onboard Test, Stress, Fatigue, Fatigue Related Human Errors on Board, Seafarers Problems
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M. Magramo, G. Eler, J. Calambuhay, L. Bernas
The Role of the Maritime Institutions on the Shortage of Officers
M. Magramo, L. Bernas, J. Calambuhay, G. Eler
The Use of Instructional Materials in Physical Education to Enhance the Students' Knowledge and Skills in Swimming and Life-Saving Techniques
R.R. Germo, B.G.S. Sarinas, E.C. Coo, M.R. Teruñez, B.E. Gavadan, C.Y. Jardenil, J.R.P.V. Flores
Contributing Factors and Strategies Applied Onboard Ship: Basis for Development of Booklet to Enhance Seafarers' Mental Health
B.G.S. Sarinas, A.F. Casañare


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Before the World Meeting of Families, faithful Catholics all over Ireland
were praying and even fasting that the visit to Ireland of Pope Francis
would give the church in Ireland a real lift. But while we were imploring God's blessing on the visit of Pope Francis, others were plotting to use the occasion to try to overthrow him. It now emerges that the timing of Archbishop Vigano's attack on Pope Francis
on the morning of Sunday 25th of August was carefully planned.
Aldo Maria Valli, who is one of those involved in publishing Vigano's
document, testifies, "We agreed on the day and the hour of publication. He
(Vigano) says that on the same day at the same hour the others will publish
it as well. He has decided on Sunday, August 26 because the pope, returning
from Dublin, will have a chance to reply to it by answering questions from
journalists on the plane."
So they deliberately chose the morning of Sunday August 26th. Archbishop
Vigano is an archbishop. The others involved in the plot, the National
Catholic Register, the LifeSiteNews, the La Verita paper, and InfoVaticana,
all claim to be Catholic publications.
Had there been even one person with a properly formed conscience amongst them, he would have warned of the collateral damage to the faith in Ireland.
In fact each of them sinned against the Irish Church, and against all who
were praying and fasting for the success of the visit of Pope Francis.
In other words they sinned against me and they sinned against you.
"Father, forgive them for they know not what they do."
The only logical explanation for releasing it on the morning of Sunday
August 26th was that they wanted to place Pope Francis in the situation of
having to reply to questions from secular journalists on the plane, without
any chance whatsoever to analyse the accusations that were being made
against him or any chance to spend time in prayer about his response.
Think also of the impact on Pope Francis as a person. He will be 82 in
December, yet he agreed to a most exhausting schedule during his visit to
Ireland, a schedule that would tax the energies of a much younger person.
Then on the Sunday, these allegations were thrown at him when he had no chance to analyse them or to digest them.
He then had to lead the ceremonies in Knock and to celebrate the Mass in the
Phoenix Park with this hanging over him. I know myself how something like
that will keep intruding on one's mind in the middle of a ceremony, and how
it will greatly affect one's celebration.
Then, at a time when he must have been exhausted out of his mind, he had to
face the media on the plane.
The declared aim of Archbishop Vigano's document was to get Pope Francis to
resign. The timing of its release, when Pope Francis would have to face the
media at a time when he was exhausted out of his mind and without him having
had a chance to analyse the allegations against him or to check facts, was
part of the plot to force his resignation.
He is Pope but he is also a human being, a very elderly human being. The timing of the attack upon him was nothing short of ELDER ABUSE.
But regardless of the outrageous timing of the attack, we have to look at the allegations that Archbishop Vigano makes and to test their validity.
Archbishop Vigano claims, ³Pope Benedict had imposed on Cardinal McCarrick
sanctions similar to those now imposed on him by Pope Francis: the cardinal
was to leave the seminary in which he lived, he was forbidden to celebrate
in public, to participate in public meetings, to give lectures, to travel,
with the obligation of dedicating himself to a life of prayer and penance.²
But while he did leave the seminary (thank God!), there is ample evidence
that the then Cardinal McCarrick was far from dedicating himself to a life
of prayer and penance..
He concelebrated priestly ordinations alongside cardinals of the Roman
Curia. He gave lectures. On 16 January 2012, he joined the other US bishops
in an audience with Benedict XVI. On 16 April 2012, he met Benedict again
and celebrated the Pontiff¹s birthday together with all those present. He
returned to Rome in February 2013 to bid farewell to Pope Benedict.
But there is far worse. Cardinal McCarrick was honoured at a Gala dinner in New York on May 12th 2012. And Archbishop Vigano publicly congratulated him. In his speech, Archbishop Vigano spoke of Cardinal McCarrick as being "very much loved by us all" and of what an "ambassador" he was.
This despite the fact that Archbishop Vigano now claims that already in
2006, he had warned the Vatican that Cardinal McCarrick was guilty of
"seducing, requesting depraved acts of seminarians and priests, ....
derision of a young seminarian who tried to resist the Archbishop¹s
seductions ..., absolution of the accomplices in these depraved acts,
sacrilegious celebration of the Eucharist, etc. etc."
Further, he claims that in November 2011, he was briefed on the sanctions
that had been placed on Cardinal McCarrick by Pope Benedict.
Yet, six months later, as the Pope's representative, he publicly
congratulated Cardinal McCarrick. Despite knowing that he was a sexual predator. Based on his own evidence, Archbishop Vigano should be ordered to spend the rest of his life in prayer and penance.
Of course he cannot now be given such a sanction as it would be seen as
punishment for being a "whistlebower".
Meanwhile he claims that the day he first met Pope Francis in a general
audience, that he "just had time to say to him, 'I am the Nuncio to the
United States' (when) he immediately assailed me with a tone of reproach,
using these words: ³The Bishops in the United States must not be
ideologized! They must be shepherds!²"
A section of that meeting was videod, and, I understand that what is on
video, the friendly and loving greeting from Pope Francis to Archbishop
Vigano, is totally at odds with what Archbishop Vigano now claims.
Desiring to ask Pope Francis what he meant by ³The Bishops in the United
States must not be ideologized! They must be shepherds!², Archbishop Vigano
requested a meeting with Pope Francis. Pope Francis immediately granted him
a 40 minute meeting.
During it, Pope Francis again said to him, ³The Bishops in the United States
must not be ideologized, they must not be right-wing .... they must be
shepherds; and they must not be left-wing ... and when I say left-wing I
mean homosexual.²
This is consistent with Pope Francis's oft repeated calls for bishops to be
shepherds first and foremost.
But Archbishop Vigano comes up with the bizarre allegation that Pope Francis
was quoting Cardinal McCarrick because a Monsignor Lantheaume said McCarrick
told him, ³the Bishops in the United States must not be ideologized, they
must not be right-wing, they must be shepherdsŠ.²
From day one, Pope Francis has stressed the need to be shepherds first, to
care for one's people, to be willing to get one's hands dirty. Given this,
any person in their right mind would conclude that McCarrick was quoting
Pope Francis and not Pope Francis quoting McCarrick.
Then Archbishop Vigano claims, "The Pope asked me in a deceitful way: ³What
is Cardinal McCarrick like?² I answered him with complete frankness and, if
you want, with great naivete: ³Holy Father, I don¹t know if you know
Cardinal McCarrick, but if you ask the Congregation for Bishops there is a
dossier this thick about him. He corrupted generations of seminarians and
priests and Pope Benedict ordered him to withdraw to a life of prayer and
penance.²
Vigano continues, "The Pope did not make the slightest comment about those
very grave words of mine and did not show any expression of surprise on his
face, as if he had already known the matter for some time, and he
immediately changed the subject."
Might not Archbishop Vigano, ONCE AGAIN be jumping to conclusions that most
likely have no basis in reality?
One possible reason that Pope Francis changed the subject is that he was so
stunned that he didn't know what to say. Nor would I trust Archbishop
Vigano's ability to read Pope Francis's face given that what he claims about
their initial meeting in the public audience is totally at variance with the
video evidence.
Next there is Vigano's claim of what he said to Pope Francis. ³Holy Father,
I don¹t know if you know Cardinal McCarrick, but if you ask the Congregation
for Bishops there is a dossier this thick about him. He corrupted
generations of seminarians and priests and Pope Benedict ordered him to
withdraw to a life of prayer and penance.²
Let us presume that this is an accurate account of what he told Pope
Francis.
Note that he did not specify how McCarrick corrupted generations of
seminarians and priests - it could have been bad teaching, or alcohol, or
corrupt or immoral living.
Put bluntly, he did not tell Pope Francis that Cardinal McCarrick was a
sexual predator. Or that he had been sexually imposing himself on
seminarians.
In fact when you read what he says closely, there is no explicit sexual
allegation in it at all.
The "dossier this thick" could have been about anything. IF Archbishop
Vigano's declarated that "Pope Benedict ordered (McCarrick) to withdraw to a
life of prayer and penance" it would not have been consistent with what Pope
Francis had seen with his own eyes of McCarrick in the Vatican.
McCarrick was an old man and retired. There were, at that stage, no fresh
allegations against him. Pope Francis may have considered the matter dealt
with. With hindsight, if Archbishop Vigano said what he now claims to have
said, Pope Francis should have asked further questions and Archbishop Vigano
should have been more explicit - and he certainly should have followed up
with a written summary of the allegations against Cardinal McCarrick.
Archbishop Vigano continues, "It was also clear that, from the time of Pope
Francis¹s election, McCarrick, now free from all constraints, had felt free
to travel continuously, to give lectures and interviews."
But as Archbishop Vigano well knew, McCarrick "had felt free" to do all that
and even more before Pope Francis's election.
But his claim that Cardinal McCarrick played a leading role in the ongoing appointment of bishops under Pope Francis does need to be investigated - and truthful answers given.
In fact it has since been roundly rejected by Cardinal Ouellet who was involved in the appointments, nor has Archbishop Vigano been able to contradict Cardinal Ouellet on this extremely important point.
Meanwhile the allegation made by Archbishop Vigano against Pope Francis
meets the standards now being operated by the Church for a "credible"
allegation. To be deemed a "credible" allegation, an allegation does not
have to be likely to be true. If there is any possibility that it could be
true, it is deemed "credible" - even if there is strong evidence to show
that it is false.
Pope Francis has possibly joined the ranks of those clerics who have had
"credible" but yet false allegations made against them.
Meanwhile Archbishop Vigano asserts that 80% of the abuses were committed by homosexual priests.
In fact the study in question, the John Jay study released in 2011, while it
found that 81% of the victims were male, it claimed that there was no direct
connection with homosexuality.
I myself have questions about this conclusion and find myself in agreement with Archbishop Vigano on this point.
Various studies have put those who identify as gay or lesbian in the general
population as under 4%.
A 2011 report by the Williams Institute stated that 3.8% of Americans
identified as gay/lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.
In a survey by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in 2013 of
34,557 adults aged 18 and over, 96.6% identified as straight, 1.6%
identified as gay or lesbian, and 0.7% as bisexual.
Here in Ireland, in an Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI Family Values poll 4%
described themselves as gay, lesbian or bisexual.
With less than 4% of the general population describing themselves as gay,
one might expect that the number of priests who would offend in the same sex
direction would be around 4% of all who abuse.
But in Pennsylvania, a whopping 74% of those accused, are accused of
abusing boys or young males, 21% of abusing girls, 2% of abusing both boys
and girls (0.7% of the population identifies as bisexual), and 3% involved
Why did 74% of those priests who abused children, abuse boys and male
teenagers?
Think of the difference it would have made if that 74% was down to the 4%
that one might expect given that less than 4% of the population identify as
being same sex orientated.
The conclusion reached by the John Jay study however is that this extremely
high rate of same-sex abuse was not connected with homosexuality, but with
opportunity and other factors.
I have difficulty in accepting that finding,
1. I would tend to think a person will abuse in the direction in which he is sexually attracted.
2. Most abusers are experts at manipulation. Where an abusive priest is working in a parish, if it is girls he is attracted towards, he will find the opportunity to abuse girls.
I do not have the answers, but as well as preventing abuse in the future, we
do need to understand how and why it happened in the past.
Meanwhile it is a time for keeping our eyes on Jesus, and trusting that if
we walk with Him, He will bless us.
The Bible promises, "God works all things for the good for those who love
Him." Romans 8:29
It is clear from Archbishop Vigano's testimony that he did submit several
letters to the Vatican warning of Cardinal McCarrick both in the latter
years of Pope John Paul's pontificate and during Pope Benedict's
pontificate. These letters were sadly not acted on for many years.
Hopefully as a result of Vigano's testimony, those in the Vatican who failed
to act will be held to account.
There is a widespread belief, whether correct or incorrect, that there are
some prominent clerics in the Vatican who are not walking in the way of the
Lord.
This too needs to be dealt with, and to be seen to be dealt with, if
confidence is to be restored in our Church.
Meanwhile for those of us who love God, it is a time for us to go even
deeper in our faith.
Let us pray for the grace to so love God, that in all things, in thought,
word and deed, and especially in the area of relationships and sexuality, we
will seek to do God's will.
Right now our countries need priests whose lives are totally centred on
Jesus, and who are clearly seen to be living chaste lives.
May God grant us the grace to ensure that this is so,
Yours, in Christ,
Thaddeus Doyle (Rev.)
The Sanctions
Archbishop Vigano originally claimed that ³Pope Benedict had imposed on
Cardinal McCarrick sanctions similar to those now imposed on him by Pope
Francis: the cardinal was to leave the seminary in which he lived, he was
forbidden to celebrate in public, to participate in public meetings, to give
lectures, to travel, with the obligation of dedicating himself to a life of
prayer and penance.²
When it became public knowledge that, apart from leaving the seminary,
Cardinal McCarrick had continued with life as usual, Archbishop Vigano's
explanation was that neither himself nor Pope Benedict were able to do
anything about it as Pope Benedict's sanctions were confidential.
However it seems to me that as the Pope's envoy to the US, he had an
obligation to have written to Cardinal McCarrick, and to have strongly
reminded him of the sanctions.
The Gala Dinner
The excuse being given for Archbishop Vigano congratulating Cardinal
McCarrick at the Gala Dinner in New York is that "Viganò is a diplomat, and
the job of a diplomat is to be diplomatic."
There is indeed a time to be diplomatic, but not when one knows that the
person is a sexual predator. Then it is time for action.
Archbishop Vigano had an obligation to have alerted Cardinal Dolan that a
sexual predator was about to be honoured at an event in his diocese. This
would have given Cardinal Dolan the opportunity to have alerted the
organisers.
Even if the event went ahead, he could easily have been "too busy" to
attend. If for some reason he absolutely had to attend, as a diplomat, he
should have been well able to have given a talk without a single word of
praise for the then Cardinal McCarrick. (I know that I would have!) If he
was caught for a photo, it was a time for a little stiffness.
Instead by his words and actions, he sent the message to Archbishop
McCarrick that even if Pope Benedict had imposed sanctions on him, that he
could ignore them.
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Ab dem 4. Band erschien die Zeitschrift unter dem Namen Psychiatrisch-Neurologische Wochenschrift.

Das Blatt erschien bis etwa 1945.

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Investors face losses with bigger stock market trading lot
Small investors could lose hundreds of millions of dong (VND100 million = $4,300) if they are unable to sell their shares when the minimum trading lot is raised to 1,000.
Since the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) raised its minimum trading lot from 10 to 100 earlier this year, Duy Duc in Hanoi has not been able to sell 90 shares that are now worth around VND7.4 million ($319).
This is because his brokerage only wants to buy these shares when their prices fall, to ensure high profits, but this also means that the 29-year-old could see his investment turn into a loss without being able to do anything about it.
"If the HoSE raises the minimum trading lot to 1,000, I might not be able to sell 500 shares of another ticker to the market and that could mean a huge loss," he said, adding that the value of these shares are now VND42.5 million.
Increasing the minimum trading lot is one of the latest proposals made by the HoSE to ease the system overload it has been facing for several months now because of the surging number of investors.
Although the bourse's CEO Le Hai Tra has defended the proposal, saying that new investors could direct their funds toward exchange traded funds managed by professionals instead of buying big chips on their own to reduce risks, observers say that this goes against the development of the stock market with a level playing field for anyone to make profits.
The proposal means that if someone owns 999 shares of VIC of biggest conglomerate Vingroup, which are worth over VND106 million, they will have to sell them on the market immediately before the new policy takes effect or accept to sell them to brokerages later at a much lower price.
Financial expert Dinh The Hien said that after 20 years of existence, the HoSE still struggles to attract small investors due to the limited technical capabilities of its system.
The State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC) in the past had given each share a face value of VND10,000 and allowed a minimum trading lot of 10 shares. This sought to attract all types of investors regardless of their limited financial capability, he told local media.
Increasing the lot size to 1,000 shares is unacceptable and goes against the trend of developed markets, he said.
Before 2014, Japan had eight different lot sizes, which were reduced to two lots of 100 shares and 1,000 shares, but starting in October 2018, there is only one lot size of 100 shares.
In 2019, the Tokyo Stock Exchange even considered bringing the lot size down to one share to attract even more investors.
Singapore used to have a lot size of 1,000 but brought it down to 100 in 2015.
Other experts are concerned that the lot increase will chase many investors away from the market as around 35-40 percent of investors have a capital of VND300 million or less, according to the Vietnam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI).
"Even increasing the lot size to 1,000 does not guarantee that the overload issues will be resolved on the HoSE," said Nguyen Hoang Hai, deputy chairman of VAFI.
But other experts say that a quick solution is needed to resolve the urgent issues.
Quach Manh Hao, former deputy director of Military Bank Securities, said that the lot increase will be a quick solution to temporarily resolve the overload issue while HoSE works on more permanent measures to improve its system.
"I support quick solutions which do not require going through much legal and administrative challenges," he said, adding that no immediate solution will be able to satisfy all investors.
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Can you scuba dive when pregnant?
Can you dive when pregnant? The short answer is, unfortunately, no. Along with smoking and drinking, women should stop scuba diving for the term of their pregnancy.
While this may be disappointing news for dedicated female scuba divers (such as myself), it is the best advice, given what research is available.
Medical research into this topic is somewhat limited, with not too many Mums-to-be very keen to become test subjects. However, what human research does exist, combined with research undertaken on sheep, which have the closest placenta to humans, suggests scuba diving can cause harm to your developing child and possibly result in miscarriage or birth defects.
This makes it a no-brainer. Put scuba diving behind you for a while and focus on some land based activities instead.
I suppose for most women, like myself, this does not come up until you are actually planning a family. I read a lot of material on the internet and then asked my obstetrician for advice. He told me that scuba diving was strictly off limits for the duration of my pregnancy.
Snorkelling was acceptable, as long as I stuck to floating on the surface with strictly no diving down to any depth at all. I accept this advice and follow it to the letter, as at no point in time do I want to endanger my baby and its development.
Note: For anyone like me who suffers from sea sickness, another thing to take into consideration is pregnancy and medication. I cannot take my usual sea sickness preventative medication (Kwells) whilst pregnant. This means for me, I am now totally out of the water for the duration of my pregnancy, unless it is a really calm day.
The risk to a fetus if it suffers from decompression sickness is high and can be fatal.
The fetus does not have lungs to filter nitrogen. If the mother gets decompression illness and passes it on to her fetus, the fetus does not have any way to expel any bubbles that may form.
Studies have shown that women who dive while pregnant may suffer from miscarriage, or their babies may suffer from birth defects, including neonatal respiratory difficulties and heart abnormalities.
How long do I need to wait to scuba dive after my baby has arrived?
This will vary from woman to woman, pending your general health, labour, delivery and baby.
Generally speaking, women who have had a natural birth should not scuba dive for at least four weeks after the arrival of their baby. For women who have had a caesarean, it may be longer.
I hope this page is of some assistance for expectant mothers. Pregnancy is a journey and something we all want to complete safely, being able to make informed decisions regarding our actions and their possible impacts on our unborn children.
This information has been gathered from my own online research and by speaking to my doctors. The best advice is to seek your own advice from a medical professional on all and any matters pertaining to safety and your pregnancy.
Congratulations and just think, you and your water baby will be blowing bubbles together before you know it.


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Hey. It's been a long time since I've been here, but my sister Carrie told me it's my turn to blog here again this month. Like last time, I didn't think I had much of a choice. I love my sister--and her generosity to me. We're housemates thanks to her--and her letting me live in her house almost rent-free.
Besides, I won't admit it to her, but I think it's fun to blog here. I keep track of the posts of others, including Carrie, who talk about our town of Knobcone Heights, what they do here, and how they all somehow get involved in some of the nastiest things that take place in this area. Including--mostly including--Carrie.
Somehow, calm and quiet and small Knobcone Heights has become a location where murders have begun to occur. And somehow my sister has become the person who seems to be solving most of them, outmaneuvering even the local police.
I'm happiest regarding my sister when she engages in what she really knows. First, she's a veterinary technician. She also recently became the owner of the human bakery Icing on the Cake, and even more fun she split it in half to create the adjoining Barkery and Biscuits. There, she bakes and sells some of the healthy dog treats she's created while working for the Knobcone Veterinary Clinic.
Then, there's her really cute dog, Biscuit, who's part of our family. I call her Bug, just because.
Anyway, so far Carrie has solved three--yes, count 'em, three--murders around here. And I won't be surprised if there are more to come.
Of course I'll be supportive of anything she wants to do--and that includes her involvement with one of the veterinarians at the Knobcone Vet Clinic, Dr. Reed Storme. But I just want my sister to stay happy, healthy and alive.
And me? Well, I'm still working at the front desk of the Knobcone Heights Resort, where I help check people into the hotel. And whenever I can, I take people out on hikes, both those sponsored by the Resort and otherwise. I earn my living that way, and have a lot of fun, especially as a sort of tour guide. And I most especially enjoy hanging out with Janelle Blaystone, who's a photographer as well as one of Carrie's assistants at her shops... and a murder suspect.
Anyway, I hope you'll think about reading the Barkery & Biscuits Mysteries. You'll for sure have fun reading about my busy sis.
BAD TO THE BONE, the third Barkery & Biscuits Mystery by Linda O. Johnston, was a May 2017 release. And yes, there are more to come.
I really enjoyed this series so far. Looking forward to the next book.
Thanks, Nancy! The next one, PICK AND CHEWS, will be a May 2018 release.
Boy this sounds like a great book.


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Rally Italia Sardegna: Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler return to the World Rally Championship
› Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler (ŠKODA FABIA R5) spearhead of ŠKODA Motorsport at the seventh round of the World Rally Championship (WRC 2) in Italy
› In 2017 ŠKODA won every round of the WRC 2 championship, aiming for 10th win in a row since October 2016
› ŠKODA Motorsport boss Michal Hrabánek: "After the good performance of Jan and Pavel at Monte Carlo Rally and the Tour de Corse I am looking forward to another top result"
Mladá Boleslav, 7 June 2017 – Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler (ŠKODA FABIA R5) are the spearhead of ŠKODA Motorsport at Rally Italia Sardegna coming weekend (8 – 11 June). After dominating all three rounds of the Czech Rally Championship (MČR) Jan Kopecký and Pavel Dresler (CZE/CZE) are returning to World Rally Championship. The Czech pairing currently lies eighth in the WRC 2 category standings.
Kopecký/Dresler already competed at the WRC Rally Monte Carlo (2nd in WRC 2 and 8th overall) and the Tour de Corse, where bad luck prevented a possible podium position. In 2015 and 2016 they finished second in WRC 2 on Sardegna and are now aiming for the win. "Rally Italia Sardegna is my first event on gravel this year. I had a very good pre-event test and cannot wait to drive the ŠKODA FABIA R5 on this nice gravel stages," Jan Kopecký said.
"Jan and Pavel in the last two years delivered a strong performance in Sardegna, they are really poised to win this year," ŠKODA Motorsport boss Michal Hrabánek confesses. The factory team is facing strong competition from Norwegian junior team Ole Christian Veiby/Stig Rune Skjaermœn in their privately entered ŠKODA FABIA R5. Veiby proved his talent by winning the second round of FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) in Canberra/Australia and is well prepared for the gravel roads of Sardegna.
Rally Italia Sardegna offers 19 special stages totalling 312 kilometres on rugged and sun-baked gravel roads. After the super special stage on Thursday close to the harbour of Alghero the rally heads to an overnight halt in Olbia. Friday features four stages in the north each being run twice. Saturday is the longest day of the rally with six special stages covering 144 kilometres. Sunday will bring the final decision with four stages close to the coast north of the host town of Alghero.
Until today ŠKODA won nine consecutive WRC 2 rallies in a row. This winning sequence started at the Rally RACC Catalunya in October 2016. Out of the last 17 WRC 2 events, the Czech manufacturer won 16.
… that the Italian round of the World Rally Championship until 2003 was hold on the mainland of Italy and was based in Sanremo before it moved to Sardegna?
…Michèle Mouton became the first – and until today only – woman to win a WRC round when she came first at Rally Sanremo in 1981?
…that Rally Italia Sardegna features a famous jump, comparable to the Fafe jump in Portugal, which is called "Micky's jump"?
…Rally Italia was part of the World Rally Championship ever since it's inauguration in 1973?
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Rally Monte Carlo; 19/01–22/01/2017
Rally Sweden; 09/02–12/02/2017
Rally Mexico; 09/03–12/03/2017
Rally France; 06/04–09/04/2017
Rally Argentina; 27/04–30/04/2017
Rally Portugal; 18/05–21/05/2017
Rally Italy Sardegna; 08/06–11/06/2017
Rally Poland; 29/06–02/07/2017
Rally Finland; 27/07–30/07/2017
Rally Germany; 17/08–20/08/2017
Rally Spain; 05/10–08/10/2017
Rally Great Britain; 26/10–29/10/2017
Rally Australia; 16/11–19/11/2017
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Dempsey Opposes 4-Star's Demotion
Associated Press | By Lolita C. Baldor
WASHINGTON -- America's top military officer is opposing the demotion of a four-star general who is accused of spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on lavish travel and other expenses in a case that has been sitting on Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's desk for weeks, U.S. officials said Thursday.
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is among those who believe that Gen. William Ward, the former head of U.S. Africa Command, should be allowed to retire at his full four-star general rank, the officials said.
A Defense Department inspector general's report released in mid-August concluded that Ward "engaged in multiple forms of misconduct related to official and unofficial travel." It said Ward "conducted official travel for primarily personal reasons," misused military aircraft and received reimbursement for travel expenses that far exceeded the approved daily military rate without authorization.
Panetta is hearing from all sides as he weighs his options in the case, and he has not made a final decision, officials said.
Other officials have argued that the allegations made against Ward in in the IG report were very serious and that senior officers need to be held accountable. Officials have suggested that similar misconduct by a lower ranking officer or enlisted military member would garner severe punishment or dismissal.
Asked about the matter, Dempsey said Thursday that he doesn't comment on recommendations he makes to the defense secretary. Pentagon press secretary George Little also declined to comment.
Retiring as a three-star would cost Ward nearly $30,000 a year in retirement pay -- giving him about $208,802 a year rather than the $236,650 he would get as a four-star. He also could be required to reimburse the Defense Department for tens of thousands of dollars in flight costs and other expenses that he incurred while at Africa Command.
Several officials described the internal debate on condition of anonymity because it involves sensitive personnel issues.
The inspector general's report found that Ward used military vehicles to shuttle his wife on shopping trips and to a spa and billed the government for a refueling stop overnight in Bermuda, where the couple stayed in a $750 suite, a Defense Department investigation found. It detailed lengthy stays at lavish hotels for Ward, his wife and his staff members, and the use of five-vehicle motorcades when he traveled to Washington.
It also said Ward and his wife, Joyce, accepted dinner and Broadway show tickets from a government contractor during a trip during which he went backstage to meet actor Denzel Washington. The couple and several staff members also spent two nights at the Waldorf Astoria hotel.
The allegations, coming after a 17-month investigation, have delayed Ward's planned April 2011 retirement. And they were an embarrassing end note to his career, since he had claimed a place in history as the military's first commander of Africa Command.
Panetta's options regarding Ward are limited by complex laws and military guidelines. He can only demote Ward and force him to retire as a three-star lieutenant general.
In order for Ward to be demoted to two-star rank, investigators would have to conclude that he also had problems before moving to Africa Command, and officials said that does not appear to be the case.
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