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SUV DEATHS
Mum of toddler twins who died inside hot car reveals heartbreak of her first child dying after just 19 days… as father is accused of abandoning girls after he had been drinking
GEORGIA father Asa North has been arrested after his twin daughters died when they were left in the scorching hot SUV
Corey Charlton
THE mother of two 16-month-old twins who died after being left in a searing hot car "for hours" has revealed her heartbreak at also losing her firstborn in 2014.
It comes as their father was arrested and accused by police of having been drinking before he left the toddlers in the sweltering hot vehicle.
Mother of the twins, Breal Ellis, has revealed she also lost her firstborn child in 2014Credit: WSB-TV
Asa North, 24, being arrested after his two toddler children died after being left in a hot carCredit: Fox 5
Dad Asa North was arrested and taken to Carroll County JailCredit: CARROLLTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
Asa North, 24, left his toddlers, Ariel and Alaynah, strapped to their seats on a sweltering summer day in Georgia, U.S, before they were pronounced dead after being rushed to hospital on Thursday.
The children were pulled from the vehicle by the desperate father who tried to revive them in a nearby paddling pool, according to police in Carrollton, Carroll County.
The pair of toddlers were left in the baking hot car while their mother was in hospital in AtlantaCredit: Fox
Neighbours desperately tried to save the toddlers by cooling them in a paddling poolCredit: Fox
The grey car (left) in which the children were left in searing summer heat
Police vehicles pictured outside North's house shortly before he was arrested for involuntary manslaughterCredit: ATL
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, North admitted to police he had been drinking.
He could yet face second-degree murder charges depending investigation findings, such as toxicology reports.
Their mother, Breal Ellis, was in Atlanta visiting her sister, who has been involved in a car accident, when the tragedy occurred.
Breal told the paper she was particularly protective of the girls after losing her first daughter in 2014.
She said: "I always dreamed of being a mum. I'm so scared to go to the funeral, I feel like God needed them more because they didn't have any sins."
She told WSBTV she was unable to eat or sleep since her two girls died.
"They were sweet, loving, caring. They were always laughing. They were the best thing that ever happened to me because I lost a little girl in 2014. She weighed one pound as well, just like them."
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Captain Chris Dobbs, of the Carrollton Police Department, previously stated the twins were left in the SUV "for a period of time".
Local weather data said temperatures peaked at over 32C on Thursday afternoon.
Captain Dobbs, whose department are leading the investigation, spoke about the neighbours' valiant to save the youngsters.
He said: "There were some individuals holding the infants in a pool and actually had some ice packs also."
The entire community has been shocked by the tragedy.
Neighbour Regina Cleveland spoke about the searing heat in which the babies were left in.
She said: "It's sad because I have grandchildren and I can't even imagine my grandkids leaving me - and especially under those conditions - it was so hot today."
Police questioned the father after his twin girls were pronounced
Investigators pictured outside the family home in Carroll County, Georgia
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With Transformational CISO only a month away, Digital Diary had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Coates, CEO and Co-Founder of Altitude Networks (and former CISO at Twitter!) leading up to our highly anticipated event in Miami.
Thanks, Michael, for sharing your expertise with us and our readers!
In your recently published article on LinkedIn, you note that the security community should bring the security conversation to a more practical level for average users and companies. That being said, in your opinion, how should executives in cybersecurity shift their mindset to meet the needs of their users?
There are two areas that need to be given much more attention – threat modeling and usability of security, both consumer and enterprise facing. The natural approach of many security professionals is to design the most secure solution against all potential threats leaving elements such as usability as an afterthought. As a result, we end up with solutions such as PGP and complex password requirements. Both of these may "provide academically correct security" but from a practical perspective, they are failures. They are just not usable. Instead, it is critical that we define the threat model we are designing for and provide controls that are intuitive, enabled by default, and ideally seamless from the user's perspective. Security is not a one size fits all field and consequently, it is crucial that we consider the threat model of our users. The amount of friction and impact to usability in the name of security is quite different for a journalist with anonymous sources, versus a bank employee, versus an everyday users looking to share photos. We also must realize that the "user" is not just the individual consumer purchasing a product. It is also the enterprise employee beholden to security policies and systems or the security professional attempting to understand and use security tools. We must realize that security is not what users want to think about, it's what they expect, and ideally, they want it to be seamless. Until we adopt the priorities and mindset of our users we'll keep creating security that works in theory, but not in practice.
You led Twitter's security program across all elements of information security for 3 years. Reflecting back on your time there, how were you as a CISO able to change the way the company defended itself against modern application attacks?
The field of security is clouded by newspaper headlines, misinformation, and far too many 'the sky is falling' security individuals. One of the best activities we can drive as CISOs is a return to an ordered and logical evaluation of security as a function of risk management. The details, controls, and technologies will for sure be technical and require deep security expertise, but what elements are prioritized is very much a risk management decision. Along these lines, one of my main focus areas was bringing visibility to the highest risks facing the company and ensuring that senior leadership understood that action, or inaction, was a business risk decision owned by leadership. This distinction of 'ownership by leadership' may seem subtle, but it is an important evolution for security programs to establish that a security team alone can't be responsible for all risks. The security team spans all activities of a company, but we do not write every line of code or maintain every system. Therefore it is crucial for the company to understand their role and ownership of security.
This way of thinking enabled the security team to tackle security while working closely with the expert engineers that did build and own the technology. In the end, the creation of security controls and processes that were appropriate for the massive user base and real-time nature of Twitter was an exciting challenge. It certainly instilled a respect for solving security problems with scale and speed.
During my time at Twitter, I also strove to break down the outdated thinking that strongly delineated internal and external attackers. This false sense of security implies that internal systems face less attacks by nature of only being accessible to those inside the company. This thinking fails for two reasons. One, the enterprises of today are filled with BYOD, cloud service connections, contractors, wireless networks, acquisitions and more. There is no notion of a general protected internal network. Second, an external attacker becomes an internal attacker the moment they breach a single public facing machine. Therefore, if the internal network is not treated as a hostile environment it won't be long before external attackers gain access to crucial systems and data within the company.
You left Twitter this year to start your own security company, Altitude Networks. What expertise did you find most helpful in your transition from an established global platform to the startup culture?
Scrappiness and grit. At the end of the day, you just have to get it done. Tackling large and complex challenges on a global platform drives home the reality that you will be in new and uncomfortable realities on a regular basis. The key is the principles you believe in, the team you have around you, and the shared vision to drive through the challenges.
What are the biggest mistakes a company can make when preparing for the inevitable security attack?
The biggest mistake would be to assume that you aren't a target or it won't happen. Every company has information that is valuable, can be monetized, or is a target for someone looking to make a statement. In addition, opportunistic automated attacks are rampant. It is irresponsible to not realize that every company is a target.
Second, is to not prepare for what will happen when an attack or breach occurs. "War games" or "tabletop security exercises" are fantastic activities that quickly highlight breakdowns in expectations or capabilities. I highly recommend companies hold these activities on a regular basis, even quarterly. In a "war game" the company creates a mock breach scenario and brings together stakeholders to role-play what would happen. An attacker just pasted usernames and passwords on Pastebin claiming they are from your web app. The New York Times is asking your press team for comment. The story will run in 2 hours. What happens next? Who does press notify? What teams are involved? What tools and runbooks exist to investigate the issue? Is there a plan?
I lead an exercise such as this early in my time at Twitter. We even created a fake scenario and didn't inform many people ahead of time to see how the situation would play out. This was a fantastic learning opportunity that enabled us to identify procedures and technologies we could bolster – all before a real attack occurred.
What are some helpful resources for companies that want to improve web security?
Basic application security knowledge for all developers is crucial. Fundamentally, most web security issues are a breakdown in the expectations held by the developer about trust boundaries. Many of these issues are simply due to a lack of education on the underlying technology and the practical knowledge of what information can be accessed and edited by an attacker. Fundamental application security knowledge, such as what is covered in OWASP Top 10 trainings, can dramatically help level the playing field for developers.
Next, it's crucial for security teams to abstract away as much application security from engineers as possible. The secure path should be the easiest path. Time spent strengthening the web framework and developer design patterns to adopt security by default is great. Don't require developers to remember security, do it for them.
After developer education and securing the development process, look towards security validation tools such as static/dynamic analysis or automated security testing. After the security program has stabilized and matured then consider an external security bug bounty program. When done correctly and at the right time, a bug bounty program is a great part of an overall web security program.
What advice would you offer to CISOs as more and more people, especially attackers, become more connected and digitally fluent?
Remember that all elements are on the table for an attacker and the technology footprint of a company is dramatically increased in today's distributed environment. For example, what is the risk to the company with non-managed personal technology? How could the compromise of an executive's personal email account impact corporate data security? Should an employee be able to travel to any part of the world with their company laptop and have full access to corporate systems? Single sign-on may simplify access to the growing wealth of third-party web applications, but how do you off-board the collaborators of shared documents? These types of scenarios all present risks to the organization and must be considered within the security program.
As a well-known leader in the cyberspace, you are aware of all the ins-and-outs of trends impacting cybersecurity. What trends are you keeping your eye on?
The future of enterprise security is autonomous defense systems. Humans are simply too slow and inefficient to be relied upon to be in the critical path for defending technology. Humans must use our expertise, creativity, and skills to build, connect, and tune enterprise security defenses. But the age of security tools generating thousands of alerts for humans to parse through amongst a massive log dump are coming to a close. We see these trends beginning in areas such as security orchestration, behavioral analytics (UEBA) and, of course, machine learning. However, I believe many of these areas are in their infancy and will serve as a stepping stone to more effective autonomous defense systems in the future.
We are very excited you are attending and keynoting our Transformational CISO Assembly this November in Miami. Can you give us a sneak preview as to what you will be speaking on?
I thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to chat with other CISOs. We have a very unique role and as technology becomes even more ingrained in our lives the importance of security will only increase. Throughout my security career, I've had the opportunity to work at several large technology companies with hundreds of millions of users. These experiences have forced me to think differently about tackling security challenges. From these experiences, there are three things I'd like to talk about at the Transformational CISO Assembly. First, usability is the new priority for security and a shift in our thinking is required. Second, the future of security defense is operating at massive scale and speed. How does this change our tools and techniques? And third, with competing priorities and budgets how does security influence change within an organization?
What do you think are the benefits are for a C-Level executive in attending a small, intimate assembly such as ours?
The main reason to attend an event is to be presented with new ideas to challenge and inspire your thinking and to make connections to other brilliant individuals in your field that can foster new relationships. The small gathering of the top minds at the Transformational CISO Assembly is the perfect space to accomplish this goal.
In a new digital world, driven by data, businesses of all sizes are working tirelessly to secure their networks, devices, and of course, their data. CISOs need to plan for worst-case scenarios, stay ahead of latest IT Security transformation technology, and maintain their company's information assets without losing sight of the corporate culture.
This November, the 6th edition of our Transformational CISO Assembly will bring together industry leaders to discuss the latest strategies and innovations in cybersecurity in Miami. Join us today, the assembly is now open for application!


A strong barley wine from Cumbria, Coniston No 9 Barley Wine, was named Champion Beer of Britain today (7 August) at the Great British Beer Festival at London Olympia. It's the second time Coniston has won the prestigious title: Coniston Bluebird was named champion beer in 1998.
The brewery is based behind the Black Bull coaching inn in Coniston – both are owned by the Bradley family and Ian Bradley is head brewer. Barley Wine is the ninth beer the brewery has produced, which explains the name. The brewery's spokesman, David Smith, said the victory fitted well with the year of 2012, following the Royal Jubilee and the spate of gold medals won by British competitors in the Olympics.
The 8.5% beer is the strongest beer to win the championship. It's fermented for seven days and is then aged for three months before it's released. The strength of the beer means the alcohol sends the yeast "to sleep" and has to be roused by a method known as Krausening – adding some fresh beer to the aged version. In this case, the fresh beer is Bluebird. As David Smith says, drinkers are getting both champion beers in one glass.
The beer is brewed in small batches but bottled versions are available and there is currently a small amount of draught available. Ian Bradley and his team will start work on a new batch without delay to meet what is expected to be great demand from publicans and drinkers.
The silver award in the competition went to Green Jack Trawlerboys Best Bitter from Lowestoft while bronze went to Dark Star's American Pale Ale from Sussex. The champion bottle-conditioned beer was named as Stewart's Embra from Edinburgh.
MILD Gold: Rudgate Ruby Mild; Silver: Hobson's Mild; Bronze: Son of Sid Muckcart Mild.
BITTER Gold: Purple Moose Snowdonia Ale; Silver: Tintagel Castle Gold, Bronze (joint): Flowerpots Bitter, Fullers Gales Seafarers, Salopian Shropshire Gold.
BEST BITTER Gold: Green Jack Trawlerboys Best Bitter; Silver: Salopian Hop Twister; Bronze: (joint) Milton Pegasus, Oakwell Senior Bitter.
GOLDEN ALE Gold: Dark Star American Pale Ale; Silver: Cumbrian Legendary Ales Langdale; Bronze: Hobson's Town Crier.
STRONG BITTER Gold: Dark Star Festival; Silver: O'Hanlon's Stormstay; Bronze: Highland Orkney IPA.
SPECIALITY BEER Gold: Dunham Massey Chocolate Cherry Mild; Silver: Little Valley Hebden's Wheat; Bronze: Nethergate Umbel Magna.
REAL ALE IN A BOTTLE Gold: Stewart Embra; Silver: Great Gable Yewbarrow; Bronze: Molson Coors Worthington's White Shield.
Photo shows David Smith of Coniston receiving the winner's plaqye from Roger Protz at the Great British Beer Festival.


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Among the many virtues of Alvaro del Portillo, the Opus Dei Prelate beatified on Saturday, September 27, 2014, we can include generosity and inclusiveness. Reproduced below is the letter Blessed Del Portillo directed to Archbishop Óscar A. Romero in November 1979, as Romero entered the most difficult period of his ministry, and the last months of his life. Our translation follows below.
Through the Opus Dei Chaplain in your dear country, I have received your affectionate letter recalling the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the fundation of Opus Dei.
I wish to answer immediately to thank you for that expression of affection, and for joining our thanksgiving to the Lord for all the benefits he has bestowed upon His Work in this first fifty years of its existence.
I know that the partners and associates of Opus Dei--there as everywhere, thanks be to Go--work with commitment and are motivated only by the desire to serve the Church. I am aware of the fondness they have for you and of the fidelity with which they live the Spirit of the Work, which leads us to echo the instructions of the Reverend Ordinary in all the dioceses in which we work and to direct the carriage--as our Founder, of holy memory, used to say--in the same direction as the diocesan prelate.
I beg you to continue to pray for our apostolic work throughout the world. For my own part, I assure you that I will commend you daily during Holy Mass, praying for you and for your labor on behalf of souls which you carry out.
Entre las muchas virtudes de Alvaro del Portillo, el Prelado del Opus Dei beatificado el Sábado, 27 de septiembre 2014, podemos incluir la generosidad y la inclusión. Se reproduce a continuación la carta que el Beato Del Portillo dirigió al arzobispo Óscar A. Romero en noviembre de 1979, cuando Romero entró en el período más difícil de su ministerio, y los últimos meses de su vida. Nuestra transcripción sigue a continuación.
a través del Consiliario del Opus Dei en esa querida tierra, he recibido su afectuosa carta recordando la celebración del cincuenta aniversario de la fundación del Opus Dei.
Deseo contestarle enseguida para agradecer esa muestra de afecto, y que se haya unido a nuestra acción de gracias al Señor por todos los beneficios que ha derramado sobre su Obra en estos primeros cincuenta años de vida.
Sé que los socios y asociadas del Opus Dei - ahí, como en todos los sitios, gracias a Dios - trabajan con empeno y movidos sólo por el deseo de servir a la Iglesia. Conozco bien el afecto que le tienen y la fidelidad con que viven el espíritu de la Obra, que nos lleva a secundar las indicaciones del Revmo. Ordinario en todas las diócesis donde trabajamos, y a tirar del carro - como decía nuestro Fundador, de santa memoria - en la misma dirección que el Prelado diocesano.
Le ruego que continúe rezando por nuestra labor apostólica en todo el mundo. Por mi parte, le aseguro que le encomendaré a diario, en la Santa Misa, pidiendo por usted y por toda la labor de almas que realiza.
Romero agradeció la carta de Mons. del Portillo en su homilía del 23 diciembre 1979, pronunciada tres meses antes de su asesinato.
Tra le molte virtù di Alvaro del Portillo, il Prelato dell'Opus Dei beatificato il Sabato 27 Settembre 2014, possiamo includere generosità e inclusività. Riprodotto qui sotto è la lettera del Beato Del Portillo indirizzato a monsignor Oscar A. Romero nel novembre 1979, quando Romero entrò nel periodo più difficile del suo ministero, e gli ultimi mesi della sua vita. La nostra traduzione segue qui sotto.
Attraverso il Consigliere dell'Opus Dei in quella terra amata, ho ricevuto la sua lettera affettuosa ricordando la celebrazione del cinquantesimo anniversario della Fondazione dell'Opus Dei.
Vorrei rispondere immediatamente a ringraziarvi per l'espressione di affetto, e per la sua unione con il nostro rendimento di grazie al Signore per tutti i benefici che ha elargito la sua Opera in questi primi 50 anni della sua esistenza.
So che il partner e soci dell'Opus Dei-lì come ovunque, grazie a Dio-lavorare con impegno e sono motivati solo dal desiderio di servire la Chiesa. Sono consapevole dell'affetto che hanno per voi e della fedeltà con cui vivono lo Spirito dell'opera, che ci porta a risuonare le istruzioni del reverendo ordinario in tutte le diocesi in cui lavoriamo e per dirigere il carro-come nostro Fondatore, di santa memoria, diceva-nella stessa direzione, come il prelato diocesano.
Vi prego di continuare a pregare per il nostro lavoro apostolico in tutto il mondo. Per parte mia, vi assicuro che mi ricorderò di voi tutti i giorni durante la Santa Messa, pregherò per voi e per il vostro lavoro per conto delle anime che vi svolgete.
"Can you tell me anywhere else in the world where people are studying the homilies of a bishop who's been dead for 25 years?," Msgr. Ricardo Urioste asked at the University of Notre Dame conference on Óscar Romero ... in March 2005. The question is even more poignant a decade later, as Notre Dame launches an "International Conference on Archbishop Romero," September 25 - 27, 2014, buoyed by perceived papal favor and advances in Romero's canonization cause.
The highlight of the conference is bound to be a keynote speech by Rev. Gustavo Gutiérrez, OP, the so-called "Father of Liberation Theology" whose friendship with Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has led to a recent rapprochement between the Vatican and the once disfavored Latin American ecclesial movement. Gutiérrez and Müller co-authored a book together, and the Cardinal remarked that the once-suspect movement "should in my opinion be included among the most important currents in 20th century Catholic theology." Gutiérrez' talk, focused on Pope Francis, should shed interesting light on the relationship between Romero and Liberation Theology, as seen by one of the great forerunners of the movement.
Other highlights of the conference include retrospectives on Romero from some of his collaborators. The aforementioned Msgr. Urioste, who was Romero's vicar and now serves as President of Fundación Romero in El Salvador, will speak on the Spirituality of Archbishop Romero, which should serve to counter Gutiérrez by situating Romero in the Church with the authority of a close associate, a member of his pastoral team and one who is not as overtly aligned (Urioste is pretty much a rank and file cleric). The Salvadoran human rights attorney Roberto Cuéllar, who was on Romero's council of legal advisors, will discuss the significant contributions Romero made in the legal field with regard to human rights work. Another portion of the seminar, featured on the last day of the panel, will focus on Romero's "conversion"—and will feature mostly academic presentations on that subject.
Although I was not invited to the conference (but I provided some research assistance to a friend who is presenting at the conference) I offer these overview observations here.
As a starting point, Msgr. Urioste's 2005 comment is still the best insight to be had: the fact that we are still having Romero conferences, that we still have not exhausted the exploration of this Catholic figure's legacy is the biggest take-away of all. This conference and all Romero discussions will make a difference to the extent they acknowledge and explore this starting fact, and begin to delve into why Romero remains so interesting and so compelling so many years on. Particularly if we are on the verge of a beatification, the world will be eager to understand what makes this man a saint.
What is different at this conference which will provide the best opportunity for the gathering to provide a fresh contribution is the effect that a Latin American pope has brought to the scene. Romero famously predicted that, if killed, he would "arise in the Salvadoran people." But he has done more than that—he has arisen in the Vatican, and that's headline news. Fr. Gutiérrez can talk about that because it's not just Pope Francis—Fr. Gutiérrez' friend Card. Müller is also a Romero admirer. Julian Filochowski, Chairman of the Romero Trust in the UK will also give a talk about Romero and the Popes which should shed light on this story.
Finally, this conference, like many Romero discussions, will spend more energy exploring Romero's conversion. This assembly has the sophistication and intelligence required to develop the concept beyond the simplifications and exaggerations of the past. One of the presenters, Fordham University's Michael E. Lee, has written compellingly about the gradual and painstaking process that Romero undertook, whereby he grappled with the goliath questions posed by the harsh Salvadoran reality and evolved along the way. Perhaps we will hear something new.
Super Martyrio will be keeping tabs on goings on in South Bend.
Speaking at the 65th Annual Religion Newswriters' Association Conference, Todd Johnson cited the case of Archbishop Óscar A. Romero of El Salvador to illustrate the difficulty in counting the number of Christian martyrs. Johnson is an expert on religious demography from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He noted that Archbishop Romero is seen as martyr, but the motivation for his killing is contested. In gauging whether a particular death is martyrdom, he noted, the motives of the killers are the critical consideration. Thus, Johnson concluded, to assess martyrdom, one first has to conclusively settle the related controversies.
Perhaps unlike Prof. Johnson, I see ways to cut through the controversy and establish conclusively that Archbishop Romero died a martyr of the Church with any of three models of martyrdom. The first two paths toward martyrdom for Óscar Romero are paradigms that have been used frequently to settle close calls; while the third is a straight-forward application of the legal standard traditionally used by the Church to establish martyrdom. All three lead to the same conclusion and, if you follow my reasoning, I think you'll agree that there really is no doubt of Romero's martyrdom.
Second, Óscar Romero was killed in "Odium Iustitiae." This argument can mean different things to different commentators, so let us state it as simply as possible. A generally accepted formulation of martyrdom is a death brought about out of "hatred of the Christian faith or those Christian virtues which are part and parcel with living the Christian faith." Accordingly, if an abortion activist killed a priest who had spoken out against abortion, the Church would resist as reductionist the argument that the act was merely a "politically-motivated crime," if the defense of life constitutes a virtue that is "part and parcel with living the Christian faith." Similarly, when we say "odium iustitiae," we simply mean that Christian justice or the Social Doctrine of the Church constitutes an important virtue, "part and parcel with living the Christian faith," such that hatred of this important part has the same effect as hatred of the whole. Saints like Fr. Alberto Hurtado (1901-1952, canonized by Pope Benedict in 2005) and Bishop Rafael Guízar (1878-1938, canonized by Pope Benedict in 2006), who were champions of social justice and identified with the cause of the poor, exemplify the heroic quality of the virtue involved.
Third, and finally, Óscar Romero was killed in "Odium Fidei" —plain and simple. According to most observers, Romero was killed on Monday, March 24, 1980 as a direct reaction to the sermon he pronounced the day before, on Sunday, March 23, in which he ordered soldiers to disobey orders to kill civilians, as contrary to the Law of God. Msgr. Ricardo Urioste was Romero's vicar. "I think it was probably his death sentence," says Urioste. "They said, 'This man is going to make the soldiers rise up against us and will put us in dire straits'—so they decided to kill him." It was the 1980 version of "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest"—an expression that seems on its face to be strictly political, but which has profound theological content. St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170), of whom the "turbulent priest" phrase was spoken, was not murdered simply because he opposed the King: he was killed for defending the legal jurisdiction of Church courts over clergy. St. Thomas More (1478-1535) was not killed simply for opposing the King: he was killed for defending papal supremacy over the crown. And Romero was not killed just for opposing the regime: he was killed for defending the supremacy of the Law of God over military orders to kill peasants. "Before an order to kill that a man may give, God's law must prevail: 'Thou shalt not kill!' No soldier is obliged to obey an order against the law of God. No one has to fulfill an immoral law," he had said. For that, he was killed.
Doubtless, the question of Romero's assassination bears both political as well as theological repercussions. For as Pope Benedict told the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 2006, modern persecutors now "seldom explicitly show their aversion to the Christian faith or to a form of conduct connected with the Christian virtues, but simulate different reasons, for example, of a political or social nature." And as he said at a shrine for modern martyrs in 2008, martyrs include those who have "sacrificed themselves, undaunted by threats and dangers, in order not to abandon the needy, the poor or the faithful entrusted to them." ... Like Óscar Romero.
En su intervención en la 65 ª Religion Newswriters' Association Conference, Todd Johnson citó el caso de monseñor Óscar A. Romero de El Salvador para ilustrar la dificultad de contar el número de los mártires cristianos. Johnson es un experto en demografía religiosa del Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Señaló que Mons. Romero es reconocido como mártir, pero la motivación de su asesinato es disputada. Para determinar si una muerte en particular es un martirio, señaló, los motivos de los asesinos son la consideración más importante. Por lo tanto, concluyó Johnson, para evaluar el martirio, primero hay que resolver las controversias relacionadas.
Quizás a diferencia del Prof. Johnson, yo si veo maneras de eliminar la controversia y establecer de manera concluyente que Mons. Romero murió como un mártir de la Iglesia con cualquiera de tres modelos del martirio. Los dos primeros caminos hacia el martirio para Óscar Romero son paradigmas que se han utilizado con frecuencia para resolver casos cerrados; mientras que el tercero es una aplicación directa de la norma legal, tradicionalmente utilizada por la Iglesia para establecer el martirio. Los tres llevan a la misma conclusión y, si sigue mi razonamiento, creo que estará de acuerdo que realmente no hay duda sobre el martirio de Romero.
En segundo lugar, Óscar Romero fue asesinado en "Odium Iustitiae". Este argumento puede significar diferentes cosas para diferentes comentaristas, así que lo afirmamos de la manera más sencilla posible. Una formulación generalmente aceptada del martirio es una muerte provocada por "odio a la fe cristiana, o las virtudes cristianas que forman parte integrante del vivir la fe cristiana". Por ejemplo, si un activista pro-aborto mata a un sacerdote que se había pronunciado en contra del aborto, la Iglesia resistiría por reduccionista al argumento de que el acto no era más que un "crimen por motivos políticos", cuando la defensa de la vida constituye una virtud que es "parte integrante del vivir la fe cristiana"; del mismo modo, cuando decimos "odium iustitiae", simplemente significa que la justicia cristiana o la Doctrina social de la Iglesia constituye una virtud importante, "parte integrante del vivir la fe cristiana", de tal manera que el odio a esta parte importante tiene el mismo efecto que el odio a la totalidad de la fe. Santos como el P. Alberto Hurtado (1901-1952, canonizado por el Papa Benedicto XVI en 2005) y Mons. RafaelGuízar (1878-1938, canonizado por el Papa Benedicto XVI en 2006), que fueron campeones de la justicia social y se identificaron con la causa de los pobres, ejemplifican la calidad heroica de esta virtud.
En tercer lugar, y por último, Óscar Romero fue asesinado en "Odium Fidei"–estricta y directamente hablando. Según la mayoría de los observadores, Romero fue asesinado el Lunes, 24 de marzo 1980 como una reacción directa al sermón que pronunció el día anterior, el domingo 23 de marzo, en la que ordenó a los soldados a desobedecer órdenes de matar a civiles, como contrarias a la Ley de Dios. Mons. Ricardo Urioste fue vicario de Romero. "Yo creo que debió ser su sentencia de muerte probablemente", dice Urioste. "Ellos dijeron, 'Bueno este hombre nos va a sublevar a todos los soldados y nos va a poner en apuros muy grandes así que decidieron matarlo". Fue la versión de 1980 de "¿Quién me librará de este sacerdote turbulento" –una expresión que parece a primera vista ser estrictamente política, pero que tiene profundo contenido teológico. Santo Tomás Becket (1118-1170), de quien la frase "sacerdote turbulento" fue dicha, no fue asesinado simplemente porque se opuso al rey: fue asesinado por defender la jurisdicción de los tribunales de la Iglesia sobre el clero. Santo Tomás Moro (1478-1535) no fue asesinado simplemente por oponerse al rey: fue asesinado por defender la supremacía papal sobre la corona. Y Romero no fue asesinado simplemente por oponerse al régimen: fue asesinado por defender la supremacía de la ley de Dios sobre las órdenes militares de matar a campesinos. "Ante una orden de matar que dé un hombre, debe de prevalecer la Ley de Dios que dice: ¡No matar! Ningún soldado está obligado a obedecer una orden contra la Ley de Dios. Una ley inmoral, nadie tiene que cumplirla", había dicho. Por eso, fue asesinado.
Sin duda, el asesinato de Romero lleva repercusiones tanto políticas como teológicas. Como dijo el Papa Benedicto a la Congregación para las Causas de los Santos en 2006, el perseguidor moderno hoy "cada vez trata de manifestar de modo menos explícito su aversión a la fe cristiana o a un comportamiento relacionado con las virtudes cristianas, pero que simula diferentes razones, por ejemplo, de naturaleza política o social". Y como dijo en un santuario para los mártires modernos en 2008, los mártires incluyen aquellos que se "se inmolaron por no abandonar a los necesitados, a los pobres, a los fieles que les habían sido encomendados, sin miedo a amenazas y peligros"... Como Óscar Romero.
Parlando al 65 ° Religion Newswriters Association Conference, Todd Johnson ha citato il caso di monsignor Oscar A. Romero di El Salvador per illustrare la difficoltà di contare il numero di martiri cristiani. Johnson è un esperto di demografia religiosa da Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Johnson ha osservato che Mons. Romero è visto come martire, ma la motivazione per la sua uccisione è contestata. Nel valutare se un particolare morte è un martirio, ha osservato, i motivi delle assassini sono la considerazione critica. Così, Johnson ha concluso, per valutare il martirio, si deve di prima risolvere definitivamente le relative controversie.
Forse a differenza del professore, io vedo modi per eludere le polemiche e stabilire con certezza che Mons. Romero morì martire della Chiesa con qualsiasi dei tre modelli di martirio. I primi due percorsi verso il martirio per Óscar Romero sono paradigmi che sono stati spesso utilizzati per risolvere casi dubbi; mentre il terzo è una applicazione diretta della norma giuridica tradizionalmente usata dalla Chiesa per stabilire il martirio. Tutti e tre portano alla stessa conclusione e, se seguite il mio ragionamento, penso che sarete d'accordo che non c'è davvero alcun dubbio del martirio di Romero.
In primo luogo, Óscar Romero è un "martire della carità." Papa Francesco apparve ad approvare questo percorso alternativo al martirio nel mese di agosto, quando ha detto che il martirio include essere ucciso "per aver fatto le opere che Gesù ci comanda, con il prossimo." San Lorenzo (c. 225-258) è il primo esempio. La leggenda dice che, di fronte la confisca della ricchezza della Chiesa, da parte delle autorità romane, li distribuì ai poveri per evitare il sequestro da parte di Roma. Poi, quando gli fu ordinato di consegnare i tesori della Chiesa, ha presentato i poveri e ha detto che queste erano le veri tesori della Chiesa. Un altro esempio, da tempi moderni, è San Massimiliano Kolbe (1894-1941), che si offrì di prendere il posto di un evaso del campo di concentramento che stava per essere messo a morte. Come San Lorenzo, Romero ha dimostrato una sorprendente sollecitudine evangelica per i poveri, e fonda la sua azione 'provocatoria' su quella preoccupazione. Come San Massimiliano, Romero si è messo in pericolo accettando di prendere il posto di quelli già in pericolo: "Vi prego di credermi, fratelli e sorelle, chiunque commessi ai poveri devono subire la stessa sorte dei poveri", ha detto. "E in El Salvador conosciamo il destino dei poveri: è di essere 'scomparso', è di essere torturato, è di essere imprigionato, è di essere trovato morto".
In secondo luogo, Óscar Romero è stato ucciso in "Odium Iustitiae." Questo argomento può significare cose diverse per diversi commentatori, quindi cerchiamo di affermare nel modo più semplice possibile. Una formulazione generalmente accettata del martirio è una morte provocata da "odio alla fede cristiana o di quelle virtù cristiane che sono parte integrante di vivere la fede cristiana." Di conseguenza, se un attivista aborto ha ucciso un sacerdote che aveva parlato contro l'aborto, la Chiesa resisterà come riduzionista la tesi secondo cui l'atto era semplicemente un "delitto a sfondo politico," se la difesa della vita costituisce una virtù che è "parte integrante di vivere la fede cristiana." Allo stesso modo, quando diciamo "odium iustitiae", vogliamo dire che la giustizia cristiana e la dottrina sociale della Chiesa costituiscono una virtù importante, "parte integrante di vivere la fede cristiana", in tale modo che l'odio di questa parte importante ha lo stesso effetto come l'odio di tutto. Santi come p.Alberto Hurtado (1901-1952, canonizzato da Papa Benedetto XVI nel 2005) e Mons.Rafael Guízar (1878-1938, canonizzato da Papa Benedetto XVI nel 2006), che sono stati campioni della giustizia sociale e identificato con la causa dei poveri, esemplificano la qualità eroica della virtù coinvolti.
In terzo luogo, infine, Óscar Romero è stato ucciso in "Odium Fidei"— in termini diretti. Secondo la maggior parte degli osservatori, Romero è stato ucciso il Lunedi, March 24 1980 come reazione diretta alla predica pronunciata il giorno prima, Domenica, 23 marzo, in cui ha ordinato ai soldati di disobbedire agli ordini di uccidere i civili, come contraria alla legge di Dio. Mons. Ricardo Urioste stato vicario di Romero. "Penso che probabilmente era la sua condanna a morte", dice Urioste. "Hanno detto, 'Questo uomo farà i soldati, insorgere contro di noi e ci metterà in grande difficoltà'—così hanno deciso di ucciderlo". E' stata la versione del 1980 di "Chi mi libererà da questo prete turbolento"—espressione che sembra sulla sua faccia di essere strettamente politica, ma che ha profondo contenuto teologico. San Tommaso Becket (1118-1170), il "prete turbolento" di cui questa frase fu pronunciata, non è stato ucciso solo perché si oppose al re: è stato ucciso per difendere la giurisdizione dei tribunali della Chiesa sopra clero. San Tommaso More (1478-1535) non è stato ucciso solo per opporsi al re: è stato ucciso per aver difeso la supremazia papale sopra la corona. E Romero non è stato ucciso solo per opporsi al regime: è stato ucciso per difendere la supremazia della Legge di Dio su ordini militari di uccidere contadini. "Prima di un ordine di uccidere che un uomo può dare, la legge di Dio deve prevalere: 'Non uccidere!' Nessun soldato è obbligato a obbedire a un ordine contro la legge di Dio. Nessuno deve adempiere una legge immorale", aveva detto. Per questo, è stato ucciso.
Senza dubbio, la questione dell'assassinio di Romero porta ripercussioni politici e ripercussioni teologiche. Ma come Papa Benedetto ha detto la Congregazione per le Cause dei Santi nel 2006, il tiranno moderno ora "sempre meno cerca di evidenziare in modo esplicito la sua avversione alla fede cristiana o ad un comportamento connesso con le virtù cristiane, ma simula differenti ragioni, per esempio di natura politica o sociale". E come hadetto in un santuario per i martiri moderni, nel 2008, i martiri sono coloro che vengono "immolati per non abbandonare i bisognosi, i poveri, i fedeli loro affidati, non temendo minacce e pericoli". ... Così come Oscar Romero.
Oh! Jesus, Eternal Shepherd, You have made Archbishop Oscar Romero a living example of faith and charity, and have granted him the grace to die at the foot of the altar in a supreme act of love for You. Grant us, if it is Your will, the grace of his beatification. May we follow his example of love for Your Church, for Your Word and the Eucharist; and may we love You in the poorest and the neediest. We ask this through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace. Amen.
This month's Triennium reflection focuses on Romero at the seminary. Super Martyrio ran an extensive reflection on Romero's seminary career earlier this year, which readers may find appropriate for this meditation. "Romero not only studied in Rome but he lived there," we read in that post. "Most important of all, Rome is a harbinger of Romero's ministry as Archbishop in San Salvador three decades later. Rome is a preview of his pastoral themes: war, poverty, and the Church's response to these calamities." Please take a moment to peruse it.
Next month: Young Romero's love for the poor.
¡Oh! Jesús, Pastor Eterno: Tú hiciste de Monseñor Óscar Romero un ejemplo vivo de fe y de caridad, y le concediste la gracia de morir al pie del altar en un acto supremo de amor a Ti. Concédenos, si es Tu voluntad, la gracia de su beatificación. Haz que sigamos su ejemplo de amor por tu Iglesia, por tu Palabra y la Eucaristía; y te amemos en los más pobres y necesitados. Te lo pedimos por la intercesión de la Virgen María, Reina de La Paz. Amén.
La reflexión del Trienio para este mes se centra sobre Romero en el seminario. Súper Martyrio publicó una extensa reflexión sobre la carrera seminarista de Romero a principios de este año, lo que sería apropiada para esta meditación. "Es importante señalar que Romero no sólo estudió en Roma—sino que vivió allí", se desprende en esa nota. "Sobre todo, Roma es un presagio de lo que será el ministerio de Monseñor Romero en San Salvador tres décadas más tarde. Roma es también una vista previa de sus temas pastorales: la guerra, la pobreza, y la respuesta de la Iglesia a estas calamidades". Favor de tomar un momento para estudiar esta reflexión.
El mes que viene: el joven Romero y su amor por los pobres.
O! Gesù, Pastore eterno, Tu hai fatto Mons. Oscar Romero un esempio vivente di fede e di carità, e gli hanno concesso la grazia di morire ai piedi dell'altare in un supremo atto di amore per Te. Concedici, se è tua volontà, la grazia della sua beatificazione. Possiamo seguire il suo esempio di amore per la Tua Chiesa, per la Tua Parola e l'Eucaristia; e possiamo amarti nei più poveri ei bisognosi. Te lo chiediamo per intercessione della Vergine Maria, Regina della Pace. Amen.
La riflessione Triennio di questo mese si concentra su Romero in seminario. Super Martyrio ha una vasta riflessione sulla carriera in Seminario di Romero all'inizio di quest'anno, che i lettori possono trovare adeguata per questa meditazione. "Romero non ha semplicemente studiato a Roma—lui ha vissuto lì", si legge in questo post. "Più importante di tutto, Roma è una prefigurazione di ciò che il ministero di Romero come Arcivescovo di San Salvador tre decenni più tardi sarà. Roma è anche un'anteprima dei suoi temi pastorali: guerra, miseria, e la risposta della Chiesa a queste calamità". Si prega di prendere un momento per sfogliare esso.
Il prossimo mese: l'amore del giovane Romero per i poveri.
The «positio super martyrio»—the documentation regarding the martyrdom—of Archbishop Óscar A. Romero of El Salvador has been completed and was handed off by the postulators of the cause to four theologians of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints who will examine it from a theological point of view, reports Msgr. Jesús Delgado, vicar general of San Salvador, at a meeting of Sant'Egidio in Antwerp. When the theologians have completed their examination, they will send the documents to a commission of four cardinals and then to the Pope, says Delgado.
Msgr. Delgado spoke today at a roundtable on "Martyrs in Our Times" and the figure of Romero, and has provided new details about the complicated path the Romero cause traveled in recent years. For example Delgado explained that Pope Benedict had unblocked the case a few weeks before his resignation, but after his departure the process was stopped again. Then came Francis and ordered the case to be unblocked and it has now assumed a normal path, according to Delgado.
With this development, we can truly say that the process has technically reached its final stage. Delgado is of the hope of a quick result, in line with the wishes of Pope Francis expressed last month. Msgr. Delgado is confident that Romero will be beatified "next year—either March 24 or August 15." March will be the 35th anniversary of the assassination; August will be Archbishop Romero's 98th birthday.
The process was started in 1993 with the Archbishop of San Salvador's announcement of his intent to proceed and with the CCS' permission to proceed. By November 1996 the archdiocesan investigation of the cause was complete when the Archbishop approved the investigation's findings and sent documentation to the CCS, and by 1998 all the necessary records had been submitted to the Congregation.
Subsequently the cause was again referred to the CDF apparently on the objection of certain Latin American cardinals who demanded a study of Romero's concrete pastoral actions. Thereafter the cause apparently was stalled.
El «positio super martyrio», la documentación sobre el martirio de Mons. Óscar A. Romero de El Salvador ya se completó, y fue presentada por la postulación de la causa a cuatro teólogos de la Congregación para las Causas de los Santos que la examinarán desde el punto de vista teológico, anuncia Mons. Jesús Delgado, vicario general de San Salvador, en el marco de la reunión de San Egidio en Amberes. Cuando los teólogos hayan terminado este examen, enviarán los documentos a una comisión de cuatro cardenales, y luego va a las manos del Papa, dice Delgado.
Mons. Delgado habló hoy en una mesa redonda sobre "Los mártires en nuestros tiempos" y de la figura de Romero, y ha proporcionado nuevos detalles sobre la ruta complicada que ha viajado la causa en los últimos años. Por ejemplo Delgado explicó que el Papa Benedicto había desbloqueado la causa unas pocas semanas antes de su renuncia, pero que después de su salida el proceso se detuvo de nuevo. A continuación, llegó Francisco y ha ordenado que el caso sea liberado y ahora ha tomado un camino normal, según Delgado.
Con este desarrollo, podemos decir verdaderamente que el proceso ha llegado técnicamente a su etapa final. Delgado es de la esperanza de un resultado rápido, en línea con los deseos del Papa Francisco expresados el mes pasado. Delgado confía en que Monseñor. Romero será beatificado "el próximo año, o el 24 de marzo o el 15 de agosto". Marzo será el 35º aniversario del asesinato de Romero; Agosto será el cumpleaños 98º de Romero.
El proceso se inició en 1993 con el anuncio del Arzobispo de San Salvador de su intención de proceder y con el permiso de la CCS para hacerlo. Para noviembre de 1996, la investigación de la arquidiócesis de la causa estuvo completa cuando el arzobispo aprobó las conclusiones de la investigación y envió la documentación a la CCS, y para 1998 todos los registros necesarios se habían remitido a la Congregación.
En el año 2000, tras la objeción del cardenal colombiano Alfonso López Trujillo, quien expresó su preocupación por la asociación de Romero con la Teología de Liberación, la causa de Romero fue investigada por la CDF, entonces presidida por el cardenal Joseph Ratzinger, quien después fue elegido Papa Benedicto XVI. Entre 2000 y 2005, la CDF estudia los escritos, sermones y discursos de Monseñor Romero para asegurarse de que estaban libres de error doctrinal. En 2001, el obispo Vincenzio Paglia, postulador de la causa de Romero, celebró un congreso especial en Italia, que reunió a expertos y teólogos para tratar de determinar si las acciones del arzobispo y sus palabras y escritos estaban dentro de la enseñanza autorizada de la Iglesia. Finalmente, la CDF concluyó que "Romero no era un obispo revolucionario, sino un hombre de la Iglesia, del Evangelio y de los pobres".
Posteriormente, la causa fue remitida nuevamente a la CDF al parecer por insistencia de ciertos cardenales latinoamericanos que exigían un estudio de las acciones pastorales concretas de Romero. A partir de entonces la causa estuvo frenada.
Poco después de la toma de posesión del Papa Francisco en marzo de 2013, el Postulador Paglia informó públicamente que el Papa en una audiencia privada del 20 de abril de 2013, le hizo saber que estaba autorizando proceder con el proceso de beatificación de Romero. Paglia dijo que el proceso había sido "desbloqueado".
Il «positio super martyrio»—la documentazione sul martirio—di Mons. Oscar Romero di El Salvador già completata, è stata presentata dalla postulazione della causa a quattro teologi della Congregazione delle Cause dei Santi che la esaminano appunto dal punto di vista teologico, ha spiegato mons. Jesus Delgado, vicario generale di San Salvador, a margine dell'incontro della di Sant'Egidio ad Anversa. Quando i teologi hanno finito questo esame passano la documentazione a quattro cardinali, poi alla fine essa va in mano al Papa, dice Delgado.
Mons. Delgado è intervenuto oggi a una tavola rotonda su «I martiri nei tempi presenti»: e proprio la figura di Romero, e ha ha fornito alcuni nuovi dettagli per quanto riguarda il percorso complicato la causa ha viaggiato negli ultimi anni. Ad essempio, Delgado spiegato come Papa Benedetto aveva sbloccato la causa qualche settimana prima della sua rinuncia, ma come lui è andato via l'iter si è fermato di nuovo. È poi arrivato Francesco e lui ha ordinato che la causa fosse liberata: e adesso ha preso un cammino normale, secondo Delgado.
Con questo sviluppo, si può veramente dire che il processo è tecnicamente nella fase finale. Delgado è fiducioso per un risultato rapido, in linea con gli auspici espressi dal Papa Francesco il mese scorso. Delgado confida che mons. Romero possa essere beatificato "l'anno prossimo , o il 24 marzo o il 15 agosto". Marzo sarà il 35 ° anniversario dell'assassinio di Romero; Agosto sarà il suo 98 ° compleanno.
Il processo è stato avviato nel 1993 con l'annuncio del Arcivescovo di San Salvador della sua intenzione di procedere e con il permesso dei CCS per farlo. Nel novembre 1996 la indagine arcidiocesano della causa ha stato completa quando l'arcivescovo ha approvato i conclusioni dell'inchiesta e ha inviato la documentazione al CCS, e nel 1998 tutti i record necessari era stato presentato alla Congregazione.
Nel 2000, dopo un'obiezione da cardinale colombiano Alfonso López Trujillo, che ha espresso preoccupazioni circa l'associazione di Romero con la Teologia della Liberazione, la causa di Romero è stato indagata dalla CDF, allora presieduta dal cardinale Joseph Ratzinger, che in seguito fu eletto Papa Benedetto XVI. Tra il 2000 e il 2005, la CDF ha studiato gli scritti, sermoni e discorsi di monsignor Romero a garantire che sono esenti da errori dottrinali. Nel 2001, il vescovo Vincenzo Paglia, Postulatore della causa di Romero, ha tenuto un congresso speciale in Italia, che riunisce esperti e teologi per cercare di determinare se le azioni di Romero e parole scritte e pronunciate erano secondo l'insegnamento autorizzato della Chiesa. Alla fine il CDF ha concluso che "Romero non era un vescovo rivoluzionario, ma un uomo di Chiesa, il Vangelo e dei poveri".
Successivamente la causa è stata nuovamente deferita alla CDF apparentemente sulla denuncia da alcuni cardinali latinoamericani che chiedevano uno studio di iniziative pastorali concrete di Romero. Successivamente la causa a quanto pare è stato bloccata.
Poco dopo l'inaugurazione di Papa Francesco nel marzo 2013, Postulatore Paglia ha riferito pubblicamente che il Papa in udienza privata il 20 aprile 2013, gli disse che autorizza il processo di beatificazione di procedere. Paglia ha detto che il processo era stato "sbloccato".


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NLRB orders Chipotle to reinstate fired employee
Board upholds finding of unfair labor practices at St. Louis restaurant
Lisa Jennings | Nov 05, 2015
The National Labor Relations Board upheld Thursday an administrative law judge ruling in April that found a Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant in violation of labor laws for threatening and interrogating employees who discussed their pay.
The case involved a restaurant in St. Louis, where an employee, Patrick Leeper, had been fired in 2014 after participating in strikes demanding higher wages and discussing his pay with coworkers.
Leeper was a member of a union at the restaurant and participated in "Show Me 15" campaigns seeking to increase the minimum wage in Missouri to $15 per hour.
Chipotle contended that Leeper was fired for not attending mandatory all-restaurant meetings and for poor performance. But the board agreed with administrative law judge Melissa Olivero that Leeper was unfairly terminated for engaging in protected union activity.
Additionally, the board agreed that the restaurant's managers had illegally interrogated employees about who among them had been discussing wages and benefits, threatened them, and prohibited them from talking about the issue.
Restaurant officials also told an employee not to speak to union representatives and implied that a worker would get higher pay if he didn't participate in union activities, according to the board's decision.
Chipotle was ordered to offer Leeper his job back and to compensate him for lost earnings and benefits.
The company did not respond to requests for comment at press time.
Denver-based Chipotle is not the only restaurant chain to be cited for unfair labor practices tied to the Fight for $15 movement.
McDonald's USA is battling a number of complaints before the NLRB in an ongoing case that is likely to have industrywide implications for franchise operators.
A Freshii franchise operator, Nutritionality Inc., has also been charged with illegally terminating or disciplining two workers for attempting to organize a union.
Contact Lisa Jennings at [email protected].
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The Dark Secrets of This Now-Empty Island in Maine
Malaga Island was home to a fishing community. But in 1911, pseudoscience and greedy politicians changed all that.
by D. F. Jester July 14, 2016
The western shore and channel between Malaga and Bear Island. (Photo: David Jester)
The cold green waters of the Gulf of Maine lap against the shore of Malaga Island. Lobster traps are stacked on the beach, spruce trees tower high, set against the azure sky. There is a significant absence of life on this small, 40-acre island, save for vegetation and chattering red squirrels, which belies the fact that a small fishing community once resided here.
One can find serenity on Malaga, a striking contrast against its grim past. Unpopulated and overgrown by brush, this island hides a dark truth of Maine's history, a tragic chain of events spurred by the racist "science" of eugenics married with political corruption.
Malaga Island is located at the mouth of the New Meadows River and now owned by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust. In a state where there are over 4,600 islands off its coast, it is easy to pass by without second glance. It was named for the Abenaki word for cedar and was inhabited in the mid-19th century. Sources disagree about who settled the island first, with Henry Griffin or Benjamin Darling cited as the founder of this community; neither of them ever owned the island. Eventually, a small community of squatters developed, making a living on fish and lobster. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was common to have squatter island groups off the coast of Maine, surviving on what little they could eke from the sea. At the height of Malaga's population, 42 individuals lived here, and it was set up like any other fishing village along coastal Maine.
But Malaga was different. As a community of mixed races, it drew the attention of those opposed to miscegenation, and Mainers with a bigoted view.
The shell beach on Malaga Island, and lobster traps kept on the island. (Photo: David Jester)
Those who took up residence on Malaga Island were poor, and their life was hardscrabble but, according to researchers, it wasn't much different than the mainland. Tar paper shacks were erected on the island, same as any other part of Maine. The residents were of varied lineages such as blacks, Scottish, Irish, Yankees, and Portugese, and although many couples were not legally married, they lived in as families. This struck moral indignation in the people of Maine.
Resting at the far eastern edge of Casco Bay, Malaga was ripe for development. This was a time where Maine was becoming the "vacationland" that we know today. During Victorian times, hotels and resorts along the Maine coast became the premiere location for the rich to escape the summer heat. As the islands of Casco Bay were bought by entrepreneurs, Malaga remained a community untouched, one filled with "degenerates", as many newspapers during early 20th century described the residents. One headline of The Bath Enterprise in 1902, described the living conditions on Malaga Island, and the residents as "Not Fit For Dogs-Poverty, Immorality and Disease…Ignorance, Shiftlessness, Filth, and Heathenism…A Shameful Disgrace that Should Be Looked After at Once."
The talk of Malaga, though, went beyond casual bigotry. The residents of Maine accused the islanders of incest, feeble mindedness, and passing on inferior genetics. This did not sit well with the idyllic visions that Maine wished to offer to tourists, and the moral turpitude mainlanders accused them of, only fanned the flames of outlandish and moralistic newspaper accounts. As eugenics grew more popular in Maine, residents of Malaga found themselves under the watchful eye of the state itself.
The pseudoscience that split the world into good and bad genes was widely popular across the U.S. during the first few decades of the 20th century, and taught at the University of Maine campus between 1913 to 1930. One of the most repellent consequences of eugenics was the practice of forced sterilizations. The practice could be found all over the U.S. but historians have unearthed 326 cases of sterilization in Maine specifically between 1925 and 1963. The Assistant Attorney General of Maine, Clyde R. Chapman, in 1936, admitted that many cases of sterilization were unrecorded. To this end, Malaga Island residents were targeted with special zeal.
"Eugenics really took hold in both education reform and reform of social service practices in the state by the 1910s," says Kate McMahon, a doctoral candidate at Howard University who has been researching Malaga Island, "Those who were poor were also institutionalized and many were forcibly sterilized." With the growth of this social movement, an increase in sentiment of racism within the state, along with a fear that the black faces of Malaga would interfere with tourist's vision of the picturesque Maine ideal, it was only a matter of time before the residents of Malaga Island became the center of these social policies and prejudicial fears.
Ownership of Malaga had always been a contentious topic. The island had been bought by Eli Perry in 1818 for $150, but taxes were never paid on the land. After a lengthy protracted battle of island ownership between Phippsburg and Harpswell at the turn of the 20th century, both Malaga Island and its residents were eventually ceded as wards of the state. Directly under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Executive Council in 1905, this paved way for the eventual demise of this island community.
John and Rosella Eason, with unidentified children, in front of their home on Malaga Island, July 1911. (Photo: Courtesy Maine State Museum)
In the summer of 1911, Governor Frederick Plaisted disembarked upon Malaga Island for the first time, and greeted the residents of the island. The Governor promised the residents that they could not be evicted.
Three weeks later the state gave notice of eviction to the residents of the island with a stern ultimatum.
It was put simply to the residents—leave and remove your homes, or forcibly be removed and your homes will be burned. On July 1, 1912, representatives of the state arrived on Malaga Island to find all residents and houses gone. Only the cemetery remained. Residents were meagerly paid for their homes, but without any help for relocation, and the popular racist stigma attached to these families, repatriation was almost impossible.
Many residents floated their homes up and down the river, with no town willing to accept them. Some perished from this ordeal, with one mother who had fallen ill, found floating in her home, her children clinging to her recently deceased body, when her husband returned with a doctor to treat her recent illness.
Malaga Island school, 1911. (Photo: Courtesy Maine State Museum)
Other residents were institutionalized based on biased evaluations to determine one's mental capacity. Unable to name objects and facts commonplace to those with money and education—such as a telephone or the current sitting president—a number of the destitute residents of Malaga Island were deemed mentally incompetent. Eight were remanded to the Maine School for the Feeble Minded. Many of these residents would never leave this institution.
It wasn't enough to remove the living people. The state also had to remove any evidence of inhabitation, and to that end, officials destroyed the cemetery from the island. Collecting the 15 bodies, they were then combined into five caskets. Sailing them across the river, they were buried in unmarked plots at the Maine School for the Feeble Minded.
Two of the grave markers identifying the bodies removed from Malaga Island, with a more recent memorial marker in the background. All the graves are dated November 1912, the date the graves were removed from the island. (Photo: David Jester)
Even this move was fraught with disaster. During the displacement, the body of one of the Eason children was lost in the river. Although there is claim that the body was recovered, McMahon points out, we will never know, since all the bodies are in mass grave at the now Pineland Farms.
The removal of residents from Malaga Island was not just socially motivated based on tenets of eugenics, a level of cronyism and corruption existed. Malaga Island was eventually sold to a friend of Governor Plaisted in 1913, with the promise of resort development. For whatever reasons, this never came to fruition, and the island remained empty.
The state did its best to erase the past, but an ugly linguistic reminder kept bubbling up. Communities on the mainland close to the Malaga referred to those from the island as "Malaga-ites," a way to separate themselves from those families they deemed unsavory. "It is a pejorative term that denotes mixed racial ancestry," notes McMahon.
Another word, "malago,'" came to fill the empty void of resentment and shame, left behind after the island was stripped bare. "Malago was a way to talk about people of dark skin, or less than average intelligence," says one resident who wished to remain anonymous, "The same way people of lesser intelligence were called retards at one time." While this resident noted these terms are not prevalently used anymore, you can still catch them occasionally.
Another anonymous resident in her 60s, from Westport Island Maine, recalled that "when I was a child, I would hear the term Malago. I never knew it referenced specific population or another island in the river. I just knew it was a bad term of color, and we were not allowed to use it." The term, though, has thankfully slipped from regional usage.
Pieces from lives forgotten on this small island. Visitors are encouraged to leave any bits and artifacts behind. (Photo: David Jester)
Trying to put together the lives of people is never an easy task using archaeological materials. It is like trying to put together a puzzle without the box-top picture to reference. But that is what archaeologists set out to do with excavations on Malaga Island. With little to none written records from the residents of Malaga, save few school scribblings and documents, much of what we know about life on the island was pieced together from the archaeological materials recovered.
Excavations began on Malaga in the early 2000s, and the past of this island was brought into the spotlight. The lives of those who were forcibly removed began to take shape, and a historical record of the fishing community grew. In 2010, the state of Maine passed a resolution expressing regret for the injustices visited upon the residents of Malaga. Governor Baldacci visited the island to spread the message of acknowledgement and atonement. It doesn't make up for a century of pain and prejudice, but it's a start.
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On June 30th, 2016, early in the morning, I drove myself to the nearby hospital, thinking they would send me home as it was three weeks before my due date. After having three other children, past their due dates, I wasn't expecting they would keep me. They did. That evening, Sam James Grant was born. In an instant, our world changed dramatically.
Without any previous known complications, Sam was immediately rushed to Minneapolis Children's Hospital. He was diagnosed with a rare birth defect, Long Gap Esophageal Atresia and Down Syndrome. At four days old, in order for Sam to eat, he was given a feeding tube. Later, after a series of cardiac arrests, Sam was diagnosed with an even more rare birth defect, a Type II Laryngeal Cleft. As a result, he was given a tracheostomy, a breathing tube. He has undergone over forty surgeries, with more to come. He spent his first, very bumpy, seven months of life in the hospital, with complication after complication. Most did not think Sam would make it home. Finally, on February 2nd, 2017, we were able to take our sweet baby home for the very first time. Everyday we are thankful for the gift of life. We were able to take Sam home, not everyone gets to do that.
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Q: MVC/WebAPI ActionFilterAttributes with Backing Fields I want to create a simple, global ActionFilterAttribute that will tell me the resource requested and how long it took to run. Here is the code so far:
public class APITraceAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
{
    private readonly Stopwatch timer;

    public APITraceAttribute()
    {
        timer = new Stopwatch();
    }

    public override void OnActionExecuting(HttpActionContext actionContext)
    {
        timer.Restart();
        base.OnActionExecuting(actionContext);
    }

    public override void OnActionExecuted(HttpActionExecutedContext actionExecutedContext)
    {
        timer.Stop();
        trace(actionExecutedContext.ActionContext, timer.Elapsed);
        base.OnActionExecuted(actionExecutedContext);
    }

    private static void trace(HttpActionContext actionContext, TimeSpan duration)
    {
        HttpMethod method = actionContext.Request.Method;
        string path = actionContext.Request.RequestUri.PathAndQuery;
        string controllerName = actionContext.ControllerContext.ControllerDescriptor.ControllerName;
        string actionName = actionContext.ActionDescriptor.ActionName;
        double totalSeconds = duration.TotalSeconds;

        ILogger logger = new Logger("trace");
        logger.Trace("{0} {1}: {2}Controller.{3} ({4:N4} seconds)...", method, path, controllerName, actionName, totalSeconds);
    }
}

As you can see, I am using a Stopwatch as a backing field that I Restart when the action starts and Stop when the action ends. I don't need great precision, so this is fine.
However, I wire this up to run for all requests, by editing the /App_Start/WebApiConfig.cs file:
public static class WebApiConfig
{
    public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
    {
        config.Routes.MapHttpRoute(
            name: "DefaultApi",
            routeTemplate: "api/{controller}/{id}",
            defaults: new { id = RouteParameter.Optional }
        );

        config.Filters.Add(new APITraceAttribute());
    }
}

I noticed that this takes a constructed attribute. This makes me concerned that it is going to reuse the same attribute instance across-the-board and that two concurrently processing requests might try to use the same Stopwatch instance. Is this the case? How can I make sure each request gets its own instance of Stopwatch?

A: You can use HttpContext.Current.Items i think its safe to say that it will be store per request.
Try this
public override void OnActionExecuting(HttpActionContext actionContext)
{
    var timer = HttpContext.Current.Items["timer"] as Stopwatch;
    if (timer == null)
    {
       timer = new Stopwatch();
       HttpContext.Current.Items["timer"] = timer;
    }
    timer.Restart();
    base.OnActionExecuting(actionContext);
}

public override void OnActionExecuted(HttpActionExecutedContext actionExecutedContext)
{
    var timer = HttpContext.Current.Items["timer"] as Stopwatch;
    timer.Stop();
    trace(actionExecutedContext.ActionContext, timer.Elapsed);
    base.OnActionExecuted(actionExecutedContext);
}

i'm creating the Stopwatch object inside OnActionExecuting because as you said the instance of the filter may be shared between requests and it wont be safe to create it in the constructor, so each time OnActionExecuting fires it will use HttpContext.Current wich is request independant.

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I would really like to try this out, but unfortunately the download link says the bandwidth has exceeded. Would it be possible for you to upload it to another site?
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Subject: WILD - How to enter the dream picture.
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Daniela and Michael from the HR Team and Lisa and Klara from the Sales Team investigate: who actually draws up the invitations for the BrauBeviale? What points need to be borne in mind when creating the invitations? Tracking down the modalities of trade fair preparations, they identify interfaces between Corporate Communications and Sales. But who precisely does what?
Today, we (Daniela and Michael) once again trekked to Corporate Communications. First of all, we investigated the subject of invitations: after all who in fact writes the invitations to the Brau, to whom, and when are they sent out?
During our researches at Corporate Communications, there's one thing we noticed almost at once: the invitations to the fair are a team project. One colleague from Corporate Communications authors the text for them, another contributes the photo, a third designs them and fine-tunes their layout, while yet another looks after dispatching them. A genuine piece of teamwork, then, as is generally the case in Corporate Communications, since each project requires the input of several people, with each of the specialists for copy, video, photo, design and layout contributing his or her own input.
So what exactly does it say in the invitations? Their content, of course, is designed to arouse interest – but also not to reveal too much in advance. This is why it tends to focus on more generalised issues, new technologies and other innovations.
And what happens next? That's what we, Lisa and Klara, found out when talking to our mentor, Johannes Templer, from the international sales organisation. He told us that approximately two months before the fair all of Krones AG's clients and all recipients of the newsletter are sent the invitations by email in German or English. Basically, of course, the email functions merely as a reminder since normally the clients will already be well aware of when the fair is being held. Nevertheless, it's right that the clients are officially invited in the name of Krones itself.
The field sales people, too, are busily distributing invitation cards. When clients thereupon get in touch with their contact persons in Sales, they will be sent admission tickets for the Brau 2014. We hope, of course, that many clients will be following up on these invitations, and (just like us) will be there at the Brau in Nuremberg!
But there's plenty more to organise before we get that far, of course. Space for meetings has to be created, and the catering has to be organised. You soon realise why this is needed once you've been to your first trade fair – or even if (like us, Daniela and Michael) you've just seen a map of one. A fair, you see, extends over a very large area, and the visitors will be on their feet the whole time, caught up in the fair's hustle and bustle. So a restful zone where clients both present and prospective can sit and chat in peace is naturally enough a much-appreciated haven.
Hi! Feel free to send your documents to Bewerbermanagement@krones.com. We look forward to receiving your application!


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Q: MATLAB: Fast correlation computation for all indices in 2 vectors I have 2 vectors A and B, each of length 10,000. For each of ind=1:10000, I want to compute the Pearson's correlation of A(1:ind) and B(1:ind). When I do this in a for loop, it takes too much time. parfor does not work with more than 2 workers in my machine. Is there a way to do this operation fast and save results in a vector C (apparently of length 10,000 where the first element is NaN)? I found the question Fast rolling correlation in Matlab, but this is a little different than what I need.

A: You can use this method to compute cumulative correlation coefficient:
function result = cumcor(x,y)
    n = reshape(1:numel(x),size(x));
    sumx = cumsum(x);
    sumy = cumsum(y);
    sumx2 = cumsum(x.^2);
    sumy2 = cumsum(y.^2);
    sumxy = cumsum(x.*y);
    result = (n.*sumxy-sumx.*sumy)./(sqrt((sumx.^2-n.*sumx2).*(sumy.^2-n.*sumy2)));
end

A: Solution
I suggest the following approach:

*

*Pearson correlation can be calculated by using the following formula:

*calculating the accumulative mean of each of the random variabiles above efficiently is realtively easy
(X, Y, XY, X^2, Y^2).

*given the accumulative mean calculated in 2, we can calculate the accumulative std of X and Y.

*given the accumulative std of X,Y and accumulative mean above, we can calculate the accumulative pearson coefficient.

Code
%defines inputs
N = 10000;
X = rand(N,1);
Y = rand(N,1);

%calculates accumolative mean for X, Y, X^2, Y^2, XY
EX = accumMean(X);
EY = accumMean(Y);
EX2 = accumMean(X.^2);
EY2 = accumMean(Y.^2);
EXY = accumMean(X.*Y);

%calculates accumolative pearson correlation
accumPearson = zeros(N,1);
for ii=2:N
    stdX = (EX2(ii)-EX(ii)^2).^0.5;
    stdY = (EY2(ii)-EY(ii)^2).^0.5;
    accumPearson(ii) = (EXY(ii)-EX(ii)*EY(ii))/(stdX*stdY);
end

%accumulative mean function, to be defined in an additional m file.
function [ accumMean ] = accumMean( vec )
accumMean = zeros(size(vec));
accumMean(1) = vec(1);
for ii=2:length(vec)
   accumMean(ii) = (accumMean(ii-1)*(ii-1) +vec(ii))/ii;
end

end

Runtime
for N=10000:
Elapsed time is 0.002096 seconds.

for N=1000000:
Elapsed time is 0.240669 seconds.

Correctness
Testing the correctness of the code above could be done by calculative the accumulative pearson coefficient by corr function, and comparing it to the result given from the code above:
%ground truth for correctness comparison
gt = zeros(N,1)
for z=1:N
    gt(z) = corr(X(1:z),Y(1:z));
end

Unfortunately, I dont have the Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox, so I cant make this check.
I do think that it is a good start though, and you can continue from here :)


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FurnSaj Bakery & Restaurant To Bring Authentic Lebanese Fare To San Diego
Opening in the space that last housed a branch of Bay Area chain Paxti's Pizza in San Diego's Hillcrest community is FurnSaj Bakery & Restaurant, a Los Angeles-based Lebanese eatery that specializes in fresh baked goods.
Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef Charlie Succar and his brother Mel opened the original FurnSaj Bakery in a strip mall in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles in late 2013, and the eatery now has several additional locations in the works. Charlie had previously worked in product development at Sara Lee and Nature's Harvest prior to opening his own bakery. The name "FurnSaj" refers to the authentic "furn" oven used to make the thin Middle Eastern flatbread known as "saj", which is the basis for many dishes at the restaurant.
Like the other two locations currently in operation, the San Diego branch of Furn Saj Bakery will serve a menu of Lebanese breads, pizzas, platters and oven-fired flatbread sandwiches with fillings like shawarma and falafel. Diners will be able to see shawarma spits rotate slowly from an open kitchen where falafel patties will also be hand crafted. There will also be a bakery case filled with items like mana'ish vegetable and cheese pies, Kafta hummus pie, and saroukh - a cheese and spice-filled bread. For dessert, expect items like rice pudding, custard, Nutella pizza, and tahini bread topped with sugar.
Furn Saj Bakery & Restaurant is expected to open this summer at 3888 Fourth Avenue in San Diego's Hillcrest community. Based on the success of the first location, more outposts of Furn Saj may open in San Diego in the near future. For more information, visit furnsaj.com.