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Formula E is a relatively easy form of motorsport to follow but it does have its oddities. FanBoost is a unique concept to the all-electric series and the one-day format is also rare in motorsport.
This page aims to give an overview of Formula E's quirks in a simple format.
The one-day format
Formula E has all sessions in one day. The race generally takes place at 4pm local time for each round (this is subject to change).
There are two free practice sessions before qualifying. The opening practice is 45 minutes in length with the second 30 minutes long.
If there are two races across the weekend, like in the season opener Hong Kong ePrix, then the second practice session does not happen on the second day.
This means there will only be one practice session on the second race day, followed by qualifying and the race.
Qualifying takes place across an hour-long window. The 20 drivers are divided up into four groups based on championship order.
The top five drivers in the championship will be in Group A, with drivers 6th-10th in Group B, 11th-15th in Group C and 16th-20th in Group D.
A lottery element remains where the running order of the groups is picked at random, but not the order of the drivers.
Each group has a six-minute 'mini-session' where each driver can complete:
– An out lap
– A 180kW (race pace) lap
– A 200kW (qualifying pace) lap
– An in lap
The top five overall from groups qualifying advance to a Super Pole Shootout session.
The drivers go out in reverse order based on times from groups qualifying, so the fifth fastest in groups qualifying sets a time first in Super Pole.
Drivers will only be able to complete an in-lap, 200kW lap and an in-lap. The fastest in Super Pole takes pole position.
Formula E uses the standard FIA points system for each race. There are no dropped scores.
1st 25
2nd 18
3rd 15
4th 12
6th 8
In addition, the driver who secures pole position will get three bonus points.
The fastest race lap is worth one bonus point. To qualify for the fastest lap point a driver must finish inside the top 10 of the race.
This is a new regulation brought in for season three following a number of drivers in season two having issues and only being able to set the fastest lap in races.
In total there are 29 points available per race day in Formula E.
FanBoost is a unique concept to Formula E and gives the fan a chance to influence the race result. It is a controversial addition to the series but has been ever-present since the season started in 2014.
Three drivers are awarded FanBoost in each race with social media votes and website votes counting towards the voting. The three drivers with the most votes will be able to use FanBoost.
Voting opens five days before the event and closes six minutes into the race.
It means the three drivers get an extra 100kJ of energy to use in the second car only. It can only be used once and not in short bursts.
Car changes
Another unique feature of Formula E is car changes. While some series have driver changes, mostly in endurance racing, the all-electric series has car changes.
This is down to the batteries used to power the cars. They are currently unable to last the full race distance.
Drivers are able to change cars at any point during the race although they must complete 90% of the race winner's distance to be classified. Most changes happen at the mid-way point of the race, save for a safety car just before the pit window.
There is a minimum time for pit stops for safety reasons. It is to ensure drivers are safely strapped into their second car before releasing them onto the race track.
As drivers and teams have been practicing this for a number of years now, pit stops are often completed before the minimum time is up.
Car swaps should be a thing of the past in season five as a new battery will be used to power the cars.
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Top 10 Best Cricket Bowlers Ever
Article by abhishek, February 2, 2014
Fast bowling and spin bowling are the two approaches by which the bowling is done in the game of cricket. The cricketers who practice this approach are known as the fast bowlers and spin bowlers respectively. When we talk about cricket, it was first played in England and from there it got spread in the whole world. Today there are millions of people in different parts of the world who actively follow this game.
Being a fast bowler and performing well at the international level is not at all easy as it requires lots of effort and dedication. Moreover the player has to bowl with genuine pace. Similarly a spin bowler has to bowl with variations so that they may create trouble for the batsman. A cricket bowler has to give extra attention to his fitness so that he can maintain his consistency. With the latest format introduced in the world cricket called as twenty20, it has now become very difficult for the bowlers to maintain consistency and their average.
Here we have made a list of the top ten best cricket bowlers which the world cricket has seen till date. The players whose names have been mentioned below are the true legends of the game and they have won many matches for their country with their outstanding performances. Today they are role models for the younger bowlers who want to pursue their career in this game. Here follows the list.
10. Waqar Younis (Pakistan)
Waqar Younis is the first name in this list and he represented Pakistan in international cricket. People call him one of the greatest fast bowlers which this game has ever seen. He made his one day international debut against the Pakistan's ache rival India in the year 1989. His Yorkers were unplayable and even the greatest batsman at that time feared to face this amazing fast bowler. He and Wasim Akram together gave new heights to the Pakistan cricket. People call him the "Sultan of Swing" and "The Toe Crusher" because of the Yorkers that he used to bowl.
Matches Wickets Average Best
Test 87 373 23.56 7-76
ODI 262 416 23.84 7-36
9. Courtney Walsh (West Indies)
Courtney Andrew Walsh was born on 30th October 1962 and he represented West Indies. He and Curtly Ambrose are said to the prime reason why the West Indies cricket bloomed in the 80's. Their partnership was remarkable. Once he was the leading wicket takers in the Test cricket. He had led from the front to win the Cricket World Cup trophy for his country. This right arm fast bowler used to play with such a remarkable intensity. He made his One Day International debut against the Sri Lanka and Test debut against Australia.
Test 132 519 24.44 7-37
ODI 205 227 30.47 5-1
8. Curtly Ambrose (West Indies)
Another great fast bowler from the West Indies, Curtly Ambrose features at the number eighth position in our countdown. This right handed fast bowler made his ODI as well as the Test debut against the Pakistan and in the first series itself he showed his real character to the whole world. At the end of this series in the year 1988, the West Indies Cricket found a new cricketing hero in Curtly Ambrose. He was born on 21st September 1963 in Antigua, West Indies. His Yorkers were a treat for the eyes to watch.
7. Anil Kumble (India)
The "Jumbo" of the Indian Cricket, Anil Kumble was born on 17th October 1970 in Bangalore. With his right arm leg spin he climbed the leaders of success where no Indian bowler has ever managed to reach. At the moment he is the third highest wicket taker in the Test cricket. He is the recipient of the great Wisden Cricketers of the Year award. His accuracy and the ability to bounce the bowl are the prime reason because of which he managed to stun the world. He is among the few players who have taken all ten wickets in an inning of the Test cricket and is the best bowler that India has ever produced.
Test 132 619 29.65 10-74
6. Sir Richard Hadlee (New Zealand)
Sir Richard Hadlee is the bowler at the number sixth spot on this list. He represented New Zealand in the International cricket and is one of the best all-rounders in the whole cricketing history. In the year 2009 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the ICC. This right arm fast bowler used to bowl with so much determination and enthusiasm that the batsman had a fear playing against him. He made his test and one day international debut against Pakistan in the year 1973. It was in the year 1990 that he said goodbye to this game.
5. Dennis Lillee (Australia)
The Australian great Dennis Keith Lillee is at the number fifth place here. He is said as to be the greatest fast bowler of his generation. Dennis Lillee was born on 18th July 1949 in Perth. He made his one day international and test debut against England. His international career almost ended in the year 1984 because of the stress fracture but he managed to make a comeback and then became the highest wicket taker in the test cricket that year. He was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in the year 2009. Dennis Lillee is one of the few Australian great who has done a lot for the betterment of cricket in the country.
ODI 63 103 20.82 5-34
4. Glenn McGrath (Australia)
Glenn McGrath made his entry into the international cricket in the year 1993 and stunned each and every one with this amazing performance in his debut series. He took more than 900 wickets in his international career which spanned for 14 years. Today he is the role model for each and every fast bowler in the whole world. He is also the leading wicket taker in the ICC Cricket World Cup. He is one of the key players with the help of which Australia managed to maintain its dominance in the World Cricket in the 90's. Three times he was part of the Australian team that won the ICC Cricket World Cup.
3. Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
One of the most impressive left handed fast bowlers in the world cricket till date, Wasim Akram who used to play for Pakistan is the next player in this list. He made his debut in the year 1984 and since then he has been the regular player in the Pakistan's dressing room till his retirement. His role in the team was of all-rounder and he managed to impress people with his performances in his cricketing career which lasted for 19 years. He is one of the two bowlers in the history of the test cricket to claim two hat tricks. He now acts as the bowling consultant for various teams.
2. Shane Warne (Australia)
The Australian great Shane Keith Warne is at the number second spot in our countdown. He was born on 13th September 1969 in Victoria, Australia. His leg spin was the key for the dominance of the Australians in the modern era of the world cricket. He made his test debut against the mighty Indians in the year 1992 and because of his stunning performance, the following year he was given a spot in the playing eleven of the Australia's ODI team against the New Zealand. He claimed over 1000 international wickets in his cricketing career.
1. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
The legendary Muttiah Muralitharan has been placed at the top most spot here. There is no one who could challenge this great player from Sri Lanka for this spot. He has achieved so much in his International career that he will always be called as the best bowler in the history of the game. He is an off break right handed bowler who has more than 1300 international wickets registered against his name. In the test cricket he has the average of six wickets per game which is far better than any other bowler in the whole world.
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Just recently, locals learned that one of the oldest and most beloved sporting goods stores in the Bay Area is closing its doors for good in January after 66 years. After being hampered by two consecutive poor ski seasons due to the California drought, San Francisco's Lombardi's Sports is currently undergoing a storewide clearance and no longer offers equipment rentals. Fortunately for San Franciscans and other Bay Area residents, there are still many other sporting goods stores around that continue to rent out a wide collection of outdoor equipment, whether it's wetsuits and bicycles or snowshoes and snowboards. Here are some of the best places to rent outdoor gear in the Bay Area, some with multiple locations.
Ask any local what's the best place to buy or rent affordable sports equipment and more often than not, the answer is the Sports Basement. First opened in 1998 in an old, rundown warehouse not far from AT&T Park, Sports Basement has expanded to six Bay Area locations, including its flagship store in the Presidio that's scheduled to be relocated nearby and the newest location opened just last month in Berkeley. All of the Sports Basement locations offer a variety of equipment rentals, including camping gear, bikes, wetsuits, skis and snowboards. Mentioned as among the Top 10 US Retailers by Triathlon America and Top 100 Outdoor Retailers by Outdoor USA Magazine, Sports Basement is also a consistent annual winner in the Bay Area for Best Sporting Goods Store, Best Athletic Shoes, Best Ski/Snowboard Shop and more from several local media sources.
Any Mountain has been a local favorite for more than 40 years. Based in Berkeley, the outdoor sporting goods stores has expanded to seven locations across the Bay Area and recently added another store in Sacramento. As the name suggests, Any Mountain specializes in ski and snowboarding equipment, in addition to camping gear and footwear. The rental department is only open for the ski season but carries top brand names such as Salomon, Burton, Leki, Nordica and Swix. Other Bay Area locations include Redwood City, Fremont and San Jose.
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First opened in the South Bay in 1946 and well before it was called Silicon Valley, Mel Cotton's is one of the oldest sporting goods stores in the Bay Area. The family-owned business was also one of the country's first sporting goods stores to rent gear for lovers of the great outdoors. Located just a few blocks from the San Jose Diridon train station and SAP Center, Mel Cotton's has a very extensive list of equipment rentals, including camping gear and kayaks in the summer and ski and snow packages in the winter months. Mel Cotton's Sporting Goods is frequently mentioned as the best for outdoor gear in the annual Best of Silicon Valley reader poll.
Outback Adventures offers a variety of outdoor equipment rentals from kayaks and stand-up paddleboards to skiing and snowboarding. With the primary location in the North Bay community of Larkspur, Outback Adventures is noted for offering rental equipment not ordinarily found in other competing stores in the Bay Area. Among the otherwise hard-to-find rental items are telemark skis, alpine touring skis, splitboards and ski/snowboard car racks, in addition to a nice variety of camping and backpacking rentals. Describing itself as the most comprehensive outdoor adventure guide service and skills training outfitter in the Bay Area, Outback Adventures offers a number of trips, classes and tour activities, including kayaking tours and classes, rock climbing and snow classes and trips.


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Donald Trump continues to lead the GOP field in New Hampshire, but a new WBUR survey found a significant share of the state's undeclared voters has yet to settle on a candidate.
The New Hampshire primary is three weeks away, and candidates have been campaigning in the Granite States for weeks now. The survey found a significant number undeclared primary voters still didn't know which primary they were leaning toward voting in.
Of those undeclared voters who said they were leaning toward the Republican primary, Trump was the top choice with 26 percent. John Kasich and Ted Cruz were tied at 15 percent; Jeb Bush was at 10 percent, and Marco Rubio was at 7 percent.
Among those who were leaning toward the Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders has a wide margin over Hillary Clinton. Sanders, according to the poll, is at 60 percent, compared to Clinton's 33 percent.
The poll also found New Hampshire voters are warming to Sanders. About 59 percent of respondents said they had a favorable opinion of the Vermont senator, while 40 percent said they had had a favorable view of Kasich.
About 65 percent of respondents said they had an unfavorable opinion of Trump, while 62 percent said they had an unfavorable view of Cruz.


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ASVEL rules out Raymar Morgan for two more months
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Raymar Morgan is expected to be finally cleared for action early in 2022
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Raymar Morgan, sidelined since the beginning of the 2021-22 season, underwent surgery on his injured back and will remain out for two more months, LDLC ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne announced Tuesday.
Morgan, 33, joined the French club in July and was projected to provide additional depth in the frontcourt positions. However, the back injury has pushed back his debut as a member of ASVEL and in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.
The Canton-born forward/center has spent his entire career in Europe since coming out of Michigan State in 2010. From Israel and Germany to Greece, Turkey, and Russia through the last decade and change.
Previous experience in European club competitions includes 68 appearances in the 7DAYS EuroCup and 15 in the Basketball Champions League as a leading member of Pinar Karsiyaka reaching the Final 8 championship game held in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, last May. He recorded 17.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.0 steals, and 0.6 blocks per BCL contest earning a spot in the Star Lineup First Team of the season.
T.J. Parker's side is carrying a strong 5-2 W-L record into Round 8 of the EuroLeague Regular Season and Thursday's home fixture opposite UNICS Kazan, among the former teams of Morgan. He powered the Kazan team in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 editions of both EuroCup and the VTB United League, playing under Dimitris Priftis, since opting to take over Panathinaikos OPAP.
At the domestic level, ASVEL at 5-1 currently shares first place with fellow EuroLeague side AS Monaco and Metropolitans 92.
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St. Peter Damian (1007-1072)
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Maybe because he was orphaned and had been treated shabbily by one of his brothers, Peter Damian was very good to the poor. It was the ordinary thing for him to have a poor person or two with him at table and he liked to minister personally to their needs.
Peter escaped poverty and the neglect of his own brother when his other brother, who was archpriest of Ravenna, took him under his wing. His brother sent him to good schools and Peter became a professor.
Already in those days Peter was very strict with himself. He wore a hair shirt under his clothes, fasted rigorously and spent many hours in prayer. Soon, he decided to leave his teaching and give himself completely to prayer with the Benedictines of the reform of St. Romuald at Fonte Avellana. They lived two monks to a hermitage. Peter was so eager to pray and slept so little that he soon suffered from severe insomnia. He found he had to use some prudence in taking care of himself. When he was not praying, he studied the Bible.
The abbot commanded that when he died Peter should succeed him. Abbot Peter founded five other hermitages. He encouraged his brothers in a life of prayer and solitude and wanted nothing more for himself. The Holy See periodically called on him, however, to be a peacemaker or troubleshooter, between two abbeys in dispute or a cleric or government official in some disagreement with Rome.
Finally, Pope Stephen IX made Peter the cardinal-bishop of Ostia. He worked hard to wipe out simony, and encouraged his priests to observe celibacy and urged even the diocesan clergy to live together and maintain scheduled prayer and religious observance. He wished to restore primitive discipline among religious and priests, warning against needless travel, violations of poverty and too comfortable living. He even wrote to the bishop of Besancon, complaining that the canons there sat down when they were singing the psalms in the Divine Office.
He wrote many letters. Some 170 are extant. We also have 53 of his sermons and seven lives, or biographies, that he wrote. He preferred examples and stories rather than theory in his writings. The liturgical offices he wrote are evidence of his talent as a stylist in Latin.
He asked often to be allowed to retire as cardinal-bishop of Ostia, and finally Alexander II consented. Peter was happy to become once again just a monk, but he was still called to serve as a papal legate. When returning from such an assignment in Ravenna, he was overcome by a fever. With the monks gathered around him saying the Divine Office, he died on February 22, 1072.
In 1828 he was declared a Doctor of the Church.
"...Let us faithfully transmit to posterity the example of virtue which we have received from our forefathers" (St. Peter Damian).
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This feast commemorates Christ's choosing Peter to sit in his place as the servant-authority of the whole Church (see June 29).
After the "lost weekend" of pain, doubt and self-torment, Peter hears the Good News. Angels at the tomb say to Magdalene, "The Lord has risen! Go, tell his disciples and Peter." John relates that when he and Peter ran to the tomb, the younger outraced the older, then waited for him. Peter entered, saw the wrappings on the ground, the headpiece rolled up in a place by itself. John saw and believed. But he adds a reminder: "..[T]hey did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead" (John 20:9). They went home. There the slowly exploding, impossible idea became reality. Jesus appeared to them as they waited fearfully behind locked doors. "Peace be with you," he said (John 20:21b), and they rejoiced.
The Pentecost event completed Peter's experience of the risen Christ. "...[T]hey were all filled with the holy Spirit" (Acts 2:4a) and began to express themselves in foreign tongues and make bold proclamation as the Spirit prompted them.
Only then can Peter fulfill the task Jesus had given him: "... [O]nce you have turned back, you must strengthen your brothers" (Luke 22:32). He at once becomes the spokesman for the Twelve about their experience of the Holy Spirit—before the civil authorities who wished to quash their preaching, before the council of Jerusalem, for the community in the problem of Ananias and Sapphira. He is the first to preach the Good News to the Gentiles. The healing power of Jesus in him is well attested: the raising of Tabitha from the dead, the cure of the crippled beggar. People carry the sick into the streets so that when Peter passed his shadow might fall on them.
Even a saint experiences difficulty in Christian living. When Peter stopped eating with Gentile converts because he did not want to wound the sensibilities of Jewish Christians, Paul says, "...I opposed him to his face because he clearly was wrong.... [T]hey were not on the right road in line with the truth of the gospel..." (Galatians 2:11b, 14a).
At the end of John's Gospel, Jesus says to Peter, "Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go" (John 21:18). What Jesus said indicated the sort of death by which Peter was to glorify God. On Vatican Hill, in Rome, during the reign of Nero, Peter did glorify his Lord with a martyr's death, probably in the company of many Christians.
Peter described our Christian calling in the opening of his First Letter, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead..." (1 Peter 1:3a).
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St. John Joseph of the Cross (1654-1734)
Self-denial is never an end in itself but is only a help toward greater charity—as the life of Saint John Joseph shows.
John Joseph was very ascetic even as a young man. At 16 he joined the Franciscans in Naples; he was the first Italian to follow the reform movement of Saint Peter Alcantara. John's reputation for holiness prompted his superiors to put him in charge of establishing a new friary even before he was ordained.
Obedience moved John to accept appointments as novice master, guardian and, finally, provincial. His years of mortification enabled him to offer these services to the friars with great charity. As guardian he was not above working in the kitchen or carrying the wood and water needed by the friars.
When his term as provincial expired, John Joseph dedicated himself to hearing confessions and practicing mortification, two concerns contrary to the spirit of the dawning Age of Enlightenment. John Joseph was canonized in 1839.
"And by this I wish to know if you love the Lord God and me, his servant and yours—if you have acted in this manner: that is, there should not be any brother in the world who has sinned, however much he may have possibly sinned, who, after he has looked into your eyes, would go away without having received your mercy, if he is looking for mercy. And if he were not to seek mercy, you should ask him if he wants mercy. And if he should sin thereafter a thousand times before your very eyes, love him more than me so that you may draw him back to the Lord. Always be merciful to [brothers] such as these" (St. Francis, Letter to a Minister).
Damn, I don't know when these people were canonized!
Servant of God Sylvester of Assisi (d. 1240)
Sylvester was one of the first 12 followers of St. Francis of Assisi and was the first priest in the Franciscan Order. A descendant of a noble family, Sylvester once sold Francis stones which were to be used to rebuild a church. When, a short while later, he saw Francis and Bernard of Quintavalle distributing Bernard's wealth to the poor, Sylvester complained that he had been poorly paid for the stones and asked for more money.
Though Francis obliged, the handful of money he gave Sylvester soon filled him with guilt. He sold all of his goods, began a life of penance and joined Francis and the others. Sylvester became a holy and prayerful man, and a favorite of Francis—a companion on his journeys, the one Francis went to for advice. It was Sylvester and Clare who answered Francis' query with the response that he should serve God by going out to preach rather than by devoting himself to prayer.
Once in a city where civil war was raging, Sylvester was commanded by Francis to drive the devils out. At the city gate Sylvester cried out: "In the name of almighty God and by virtue of the command of his servant Francis, depart from here, all you evil spirits." The devils departed and peace returned to the city.
Sylvester lived 14 more years after the death of Francis and is buried near him in the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi.
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Sts. Perpetua and Felicity (d. 203?)
"When my father in his affection for me was trying to turn me from my purpose by arguments and thus weaken my faith, I said to him, 'Do you see this vessel—waterpot or whatever it may be? Can it be called by any other name than what it is?' 'No,' he replied. 'So also I cannot call myself by any other name than what I am—a Christian.'"
So writes Perpetua, young, beautiful, well-educated, a noblewoman of Carthage, mother of an infant son and chronicler of the persecution of the Christians by Emperor Septimius Severus.
Despite threats of persecution and death, Perpetua, Felicity (a slavewoman and expectant mother) and three companions, Revocatus, Secundulus and Saturninus, refused to renounce their Christian faith. For their unwillingness, all were sent to the public games in the amphitheater. There, Perpetua and Felicity were beheaded, and the others killed by beasts.
Perpetua's mother was a Christian and her father a pagan. He continually pleaded with her to deny her faith. She refused and was imprisoned at 22.
In her diary, Perpetua describes her period of captivity: "What a day of horror! Terrible heat, owing to the crowds! Rough treatment by the soldiers! To crown all, I was tormented with anxiety for my baby.... Such anxieties I suffered for many days, but I obtained leave for my baby to remain in the prison with me, and being relieved of my trouble and anxiety for him, I at once recovered my health, and my prison became a palace to me and I would rather have been there than anywhere else."
Felicity gave birth to a girl a few days before the games commenced.
Perpetua's record of her trial and imprisonment ends the day before the games. "Of what was done in the games themselves, let him write who will." The diary was finished by an eyewitness.
Perpetua, unwilling to renounce Christianity, comforted her father in his grief over her decision, "It shall happen as God shall choose, for assuredly we depend not on our own power but on the power of God."
St. John of God (1495-1550)
Having given up active Christian belief while a soldier, John was 40 before the depth of his sinfulness began to dawn on him. He decided to give the rest of his life to God's service, and headed at once for Africa, where he hoped to free captive Christians and, possibly, be martyred.
He was soon advised that his desire for martyrdom was not spiritually well based, and returned to Spain and the relatively prosaic activity of a religious goods store. Yet he was still not settled. Moved initially by a sermon of Blessed John of Avila, he one day engaged in a public beating of himself, begging mercy and wildly repenting for his past life.
Committed to a mental hospital for these actions, John was visited by Blessed John, who advised him to be more actively involved in tending to the needs of others rather than in enduring personal hardships. John gained peace of heart, and shortly after left the hospital to begin work among the poor.
He established a house where he wisely tended to the needs of the sick poor, at first doing his own begging. But excited by the saint's great work and inspired by his devotion, many people began to back him up with money and provisions. Among them were the archbishop and marquis of Tarifa.
Behind John's outward acts of total concern and love for Christ's sick poor was a deep interior prayer life which was reflected in his spirit of humility. These qualities attracted helpers who, 20 years after John's death, formed the Brothers Hospitallers, now a worldwide religious order.
John became ill after 10 years of service but tried to disguise his ill health. He began to put the hospital's administrative work into order and appointed a leader for his helpers. He died under the care of a spiritual friend and admirer, Lady Anne Ossorio.
The archbishop called John of God to him in response to a complaint that he was keeping tramps and immoral women in his hospital. In submission John fell on his knees and said: "The Son of Man came for sinners, and we are bound to seek their conversion. I am unfaithful to my vocation because I neglect this, but I confess that I know of no bad person in my hospital except myself alone, who am indeed unworthy to eat the bread of the poor." The archbishop could only trust in John's sincerity and humility, and dismissed him with deep respect.
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St. Frances of Rome (1384-1440)
Frances's life combines aspects of secular and religious life. A devoted and loving wife, she longed for a lifestyle of prayer and service, so she organized a group of women to minister to the needs of Rome's poor.
Born of wealthy parents, Frances found herself attracted to the religious life during her youth. But her parents objected and a young nobleman was selected to be her husband.
As she became acquainted with her new relatives, Frances soon discovered that the wife of her husband's brother also wished to live a life of service and prayer. So the two, Frances and Vannozza, set out together—with their husbands' blessings—to help the poor.
Frances fell ill for a time, but this apparently only deepened her commitment to the suffering people she met. The years passed, and Frances gave birth to two sons and a daughter. With the new responsibilities of family life, the young mother turned her attention more to the needs of her own household. The family flourished under Frances's care, but within a few years a great plague began to sweep across Italy. It struck Rome with devastating cruelty and left Frances's second son dead. In an effort to help alleviate some of the suffering, Frances used all her money and sold her possessions to buy whatever the sick might possibly need. When all the resources had been exhausted, Frances and Vannozza went door to door begging. Later, Frances's daughter died, and the saint opened a section of her house as a hospital.
Frances became more and more convinced that this way of life was so necessary for the world, and it was not long before she requested and was given permission to found a society of women bound by no vows. They simply offered themselves to God and to the service of the poor. Once the society was established, Frances chose not to live at the community residence, but rather at home with her husband. She did this for seven years, until her husband passed away, and then came to live the remainder of her life with the society—serving the poorest of the poor.
In Something Beautiful for God, Mother Teresa said of the sisters in her community: "Let Christ radiate and live his life in her and through her in the slums. Let the poor seeing her be drawn to Christ and invite him to enter their homes and lives." Says Frances of Rome: "It is most laudable in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife. And sometimes she must leave God at the altar to find Him in her housekeeping" (Butler's Lives of the Saints).
St. Dominic Savio (1842-1857)
So many holy persons seem to die young. Among them was Dominic Savio, the patron of choirboys.
Born into a peasant family at Riva, Italy, young Dominic joined St. John Bosco as a student at the Oratory in Turin at the age of 12. He impressed John with his desire to be a priest and to help him in his work with neglected boys. A peacemaker and an organizer, young Dominic founded a group he called the Company of the Immaculate Conception which, besides being devotional, aided John Bosco with the boys and with manual work. All the members save one, Dominic, would in 1859 join John in the beginnings of his Salesian congregation. By that time, Dominic had been called home to heaven.
As a youth, Dominic spent hours rapt in prayer. His raptures he called "my distractions." Even in play, he said that at times "It seems heaven is opening just above me. I am afraid I may say or do something that will make the other boys laugh." Dominic would say, "I can't do big things. But I want all I do, even the smallest thing, to be for the greater glory of God."
Dominic's health, always frail, led to lung problems and he was sent home to recuperate. As was the custom of the day, he was bled in the thought that this would help, but it only worsened his condition. He died on March 9, 1857, after receiving the Last Sacraments. St. John Bosco himself wrote the account of his life.
Some thought that Dominic was too young to be considered a saint. St. Pius X declared that just the opposite was true, and went ahead with his cause. Dominic was canonized in 1954.
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St. John Ogilvie (c. 1579-1615)
John Ogilvie's noble Scottish family was partly Catholic and partly Presbyterian. His father raised him as a Calvinist, sending him to the continent to be educated. There John became interested in the popular debates going on between Catholic and Calvinist scholars. Confused by the arguments of Catholic scholars whom he sought out, he turned to Scripture. Two texts particularly struck him: "God wills all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth," and "Come to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you."
Slowly, John came to see that the Catholic Church could embrace all kinds of people. Among these, he noted, were many martyrs. He decided to become Catholic and was received into the Church at Louvain, Belgium, in 1596 at the age of 17.
John continued his studies, first with the Benedictines, then as a student at the Jesuit College at Olmutz. He joined the Jesuits and for the next 10 years underwent their rigorous intellectual and spiritual training. Ordained a priest in France in 1610, he met two Jesuits who had just returned from Scotland after suffering arrest and imprisonment. They saw little hope for any successful work there in view of the tightening of the penal laws. But a fire had been lit within John. For the next two and a half years he pleaded to be missioned there.
Sent by his superiors, he secretly entered Scotland posing as a horse trader or a soldier returning from the wars in Europe. Unable to do significant work among the relatively few Catholics in Scotland, John made his way back to Paris to consult his superiors. Rebuked for having left his assignment in Scotland, he was sent back. He warmed to the task before him and had some success in making converts and in secretly serving Scottish Catholics. But he was soon betrayed, arrested and brought before the court. His trial dragged on until he had been without food for 26 hours. He was imprisoned and deprived of sleep. For eight days and nights he was dragged around, prodded with sharp sticks, his hair pulled out. Still, he refused to reveal the names of Catholics or to acknowledge the jurisdiction of the king in spiritual affairs. He underwent a second and third trial but held firm. At his final trial he assured his judges: "In all that concerns the king, I will be slavishly obedient; if any attack his temporal power, I will shed my last drop of blood for him. But in the things of spiritual jurisdiction which a king unjustly seizes I cannot and must not obey."
Condemned to death as a traitor, he was faithful to the end, even when on the scaffold he was offered his freedom and a fine living if he would deny his faith. His courage in prison and in his martyrdom was reported throughout Scotland.
John Ogilvie was canonized in 1976, becoming the first Scottish saint since 1250.
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Blessed Angela Salawa (1881-1922)
Angela served Christ and Christ's little ones with all her strength.
Born in Siepraw, near Kraków, Poland, she was the 11th child of Bartlomiej and Ewa Salawa. In 1897, she moved to Kraków where her older sister Therese lived. Angela immediately began to gather together and instruct young women domestic workers. During World War I, she helped prisoners of war without regard for their nationality or religion. The writings of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross were a great comfort to her.
Angela gave great service in caring for soldiers wounded in World War I. After 1918 her health did not permit her to exercise her customary apostolate. Addressing herself to Christ, she wrote in her diary, "I want you to be adored as much as you were destroyed." In another place, she wrote, "Lord, I live by your will. I shall die when you desire; save me because you can."
At her 1991 beatification in Kraków, Pope John Paul II said: "It is in this city that she worked, that she suffered and that her holiness came to maturity. While connected to the spirituality of St. Francis, she showed an extraordinary responsiveness to the action of the Holy Spirit" (L'Osservatore Romano, volume 34, number 4, 1991).
Henri de Lubac, S.J., wrote: "The best Christians and the most vital are by no means to be found either inevitably or even generally among the wise or the clever, the intelligentsia or the politically-minded, or those of social consequence. And consequently what they say does not make the headlines; what they do does not come to the public eye. Their lives are hidden from the eyes of the world, and if they do come to some degree of notoriety, that is usually late in the day, and exceptional, and always attended by the risk of distortion" (The Splendor of the Church, p. 187).
St. Leander of Seville (c. 550-600)
The next time you recite the Nicene Creed at Mass, think of today's saint. For it was Leander of Seville who, as bishop, introduced the practice in the sixth century. He saw it as a way to help reinforce the faith of his people and as an antidote against the heresy of Arianism, which denied the divinity of Christ. By the end of his life, Leander had helped Christianity flourish in Spain at a time of political and religious upheaval.
Leander's own family was heavily influenced by Arianism, but he himself grew up to be a fervent Christian. He entered a monastery as a young man and spent three years in prayer and study. At the end of that tranquil period he was made a bishop. For the rest of his life he worked strenuously to fight against heresy. The death of the anti-Christian king in 586 helped Leander's cause. He and the new king worked hand in hand to restore orthodoxy and a renewed sense of morality. Leander succeeded in persuading many Arian bishops to change their loyalties.
Leander died around 600. In Spain he is honored as a Doctor of the Church.
St. Maximilian (d. 295)
We have an early, precious, almost unembellished account of the martyrdom of St. Maximilian in modern-day Algeria.
Brought before the proconsul Dion, Maximilian refused enlistment in the Roman army saying, "I cannot serve, I cannot do evil. I am a Christian."
Dion replied: "You must serve or die."
Maximilian: "I will never serve. You can cut off my head, but I will not be a soldier of this world, for I am a soldier of Christ. My army is the army of God, and I cannot fight for this world. I tell you I am a Christian."
Dion: "There are Christian soldiers serving our rulers Diocletian and Maximian, Constantius and Galerius."
Maximilian: "That is their business. I also am a Christian, and I cannot serve."
Dion: "But what harm do soldiers do?"
Maximilian: "You know well enough."
Dion: "If you will not do your service I shall condemn you to death for contempt of the army."
Maximilian: "I shall not die. If I go from this earth my soul will live with Christ my Lord."
Maximilian was 21 years old when he gladly offered his life to God. His father went home from the execution site joyful, thanking God that he had been able to offer heaven such a gift.
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Well, I signed up Beliefnet's religious emails, got them, and just started a thread in July.
from Catholic Corner Blessed Didacus d. 1801, March 26
Born in Cadiz, Spain, and christened Joseph Francis, the youth spent much of his free time around the Capuchin friars and their church. But his desire to enter the Franciscan Order was delayed because of the difficulties he had with his studies. Finally he was admitted to the novitiate of the Capuchins in Seville as Brother Didacus. He later was ordained a priest and sent out to preach.
His gift of preaching was soon evident. He journeyed tirelessly through the territory of Andalusia of Spain, speaking in small towns and crowded cities. His words were able to touch the minds and hearts of young and old, rich and poor, students and professors. His work in the confessional completed the conversions his words began.
This unlearned man was called "the apostle of the Holy Trinity" because of his devotion to the Trinity and the ease with which he preached about this sublime mystery. One day a child gave away his secret, crying out "Mother, Mother, see the dove resting on the shoulder of Father Didacus! I could preach like that if a dove told me all that I should say.
Didacus was that close to God, spending nights in prayer and preparing for his sermons by severe penances. His reply to those who criticized him: "My sins and the sins of the people compel me to do it. Those who have been charged with the conversions of sinners must remember that the Lord has imposed on them the sins of their clients."
That's all my printer would print dammit!
For my fellow Catholics, this is from Beliefnet.
Blessed Joachima, 1783-1854
Born into an aristocratic family in Barcelona, Joachima was 12 when she expressed a desire to become a Carmelite nun. But her life took an altogether different turn at 16 with her marriage to a young lawyer, Theodore de Mas. Both deeply devout, they became secular Franciscans. During their 17 years of married life they raised eight children. The normalcy of their married life was interrupted when Napoleon invaded Spain. Joachima had to flee with the children; Theodore, remaining behind, died.Though Joachima reexperienced a desire to enter a religious community she attended to her duties as a mother. At the same time the young widow led a life of austerity and chose to wear the habit of the Third Order as her ordinary dress. She spent much time in prayer and visiting the sick. Four years later, with some of her children now married and younger ones under their care, Joachima confessed her desire to a priest to join a religious order. With his encouragement she established the Carmelite Sisters of Charity. In the midst of the fratricidal wars occurring at the time, Joachima was briefly imprisoned and later exiled to France for several years.
Sickness ultimately compelled her to resign as superior of her order. Over the next four years she slowly succumbed to paralysis, which caused her to die by inches. At her death in 1854 at the age of 71 Joachima was known and admired for her high degree of prayer, deep trust in God and selfless charity.


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முகப்பு English News City based Catalyst PR bags PRSI National Awards 2020
City based Catalyst PR bags PRSI National Awards 2020
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The Chennai-based Catalyst Public Relations Pvt. Ltd., one of South India's leading public relation agencies, has won a National award, from Public Relations Society of India (PRSI), the national body of the Public Relations and Communication professionals.
The award was presented to Mr. Ramkumar Singaram, CEO of Catalyst PR by Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Honourable Education Minister, Govt. of India, in the presence of Smt. Baby Rani Maurya, Honourable Governor of Uttarakhand and Dr. Ajit Pathak, National President of Public Relations Society of India, at the 42nd All India Public Relations Virtual Conference held on 21st February 2021.
Catalyst PR received the award in the 'Event Management' category, for its successful print and broadcast PR campaigns organised for Pongal festival celebrations at Dr. MGR-Janaki Arts and Science College for Women, Chennai.
Nominations under 36 categories were invited from all over India for the PRSI National Awards 2020. Tamil Nadu bagged 3 awards out of the total 100 awards announced for various categories. Catalyst PR is the only PR agency from Tamil Nadu and one among 2 PR agencies in the Country to have been selected for this prestigious award.
PRSI National awards instituted by the Public Relations Society of India, to promote excellence in Public Relations and Communication, are considered as the highest recognition in the industry over the years, which every professional in India dreams to get this honour.
This is the eighth time that Catalyst PR has won a national award for its contribution towards organising PR events for its clients. Earlier, it has won 5 National Awards from Public Relations Council of India (PRCI), 1 from The Indian Public Relations and Corporate Communication Awards (IPRCCA) and 1 from PRSI.
About Catalyst PR:
Chennai-based Catalyst Public Relations Pvt. Ltd., the no.1 PR agency in the State, is a 24-year-old Company with expertise in image building through print, electronic, and online media. Being the only ISO 9001:2015 certified PR agency in the Country, it has served 600+ clients from diverse business backgrounds, delivering 2000+ PR assignments.
About PRSI:
Public Relations professionals of the Country work under the umbrella of the Public Relations Society of India. The members of the society are public relations practitioners from Multinationals, Government, Public and Private Sector, Academics and PR Consultants. Set up in 1958, PRSI has a network of 25 chapters across the Country. It is the founder member of the Global Alliance of Public Relations and Communication Management and International Public Relations Associations.
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Lets establish some possibilities and facts. It made me hate him and then I hated the movie because I thought it was an unfortunate plot twist just to stick it to Ian. Never mind that it sold everyone on her having a dead daughter, right? Entropy of life has seeped in. But it was outstripped by the chaos and crap of Ian walking away when he finds out Louise chose to bring Hannah into the world even though she knew she would die. Language on the other hand, is more spiritual, it has infinite shades of color. All of the visions of Hannah, of her birth, of her death… all of those visions were visions were of the future. So when they tap in our understanding of freewill, they have a shot at it.
That inkling, that hint is now actually a surety that you can in fact see loud and clear the decisions you made. For a more comedic take, see my video here: About the Author Jay Dyer is the author of the excellent site. We do see a pre-vision prior to her interaction with the aliens, but I just assumed that timelessness splash damage before it really hits. I dunno, kinda seemed like a lame way to help them…I think it leaves more intrigue to not know precisely how we might help 3000 years from now. Language the cornerstone of our lives saves the world and a marriage. The inaccuracy angered Hong Kong social media users. Not even in our wildest dreams.
But one of the biggest questions of the movie is a super super important one. Paramount Viewers are already , and whether it means that humans who learn the heptapod language can alter their own futures. When you buy into your life, you take everything as is. Senta: Yes, this would be a good choice. I am also interested in non-linear timeline. What does General Shang say to Louise in the future that his wife said to him on his deathbed?!? As Banks studies the language, she starts to have visions of a child who seems to be her daughter. The story works if its determinism.
Banks gets a visit from military intelligence, in the form of Colonel Weber , requesting her assistance as an expert linguist in investigating and attempting to communicate with whatever intelligence is behind the landing. We write and speak sentences in a literal line usually from left to right , where the images we depict are dependent on the way we order our words. General Shang calls off the attack 8. But it was only later that they realized that the plans were for a technical solution that someone had already recently invented elsewhere in the world. We get a pile of visions at the beginning of the movie. It is only as they assimilate language. He was so so glad that Louise called his private number to talk to him and to convince him to not attack, and to stand down.
Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner in Arrival. On entering they find the spacecraft had its own strong gravity that explains how throwing something upwards rivets it to one side. One thing I would like to ask why Louise looks so unhappy at the beginning. I am certain of this. Chronology is not the most important element of a story -- or, to put it in broader terms, a life. Otherwise why would she be so baffled and overcome by the flash-forwards if she had already experienced them? But over all, the movie was just fantastic in every way. Army to discover how to communicate with aliens who have arrived on Earth, before tensions lead to war.
Ominous, other worldly and gorgeous. My version of the film story : The aliens are villainous, pure evil. Discourse is the name of the game here. But even that conclusion loops back to the possibilities of the reshaped human imagination. Would you do it if you know the pain of the loss? Saoirse: I know it is.
And so he used that knowledge to affect his own future and outcome. And what of criminals and despots. In the 20th century, Benjamin Lee Whorf built atop the concepts of Edward Sapir among others, including 18th century German Romantics who used language as an excuse for cultural superiority to suggest that language massively influences our basic understanding of the world, and thus would make actual 1:1 translation between vastly different cultures virtually impossible. I hope it is enough. For instance, astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, often shares his frustration or disappointment while watching a sci-fi movie—for instance, a Star Wars—where sound is projected to the audience in spaceship maneuver, usually in battle sequences, when the vacuum of deep space will not produce such an effect. Louise counted the cost and decided she was willing to take the bad with the good.
What is the meaning behind the 2016 Arrival movie? Was it overrated?
Hannah is going to die from an incurable disease and Ian is going to leave her. Arrival is about more than talking to one another. But the bomb goes off, as Abbott saves their lives in process. They appeared squid-like, classifying them as heptapods for having seven tentacles. I have spent last night and most of today reading up about the film online.


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The Chapples Christmas Show
Posted byBrian G. Spare December 4, 2021 December 2, 2021 Posted inArticle, history, SmileTags:Christmas Show, clowns, community, dancers, fairy tale theme, Jack Frost, kids, labour of love, Santa Claus, Womanin a shoe
Images courtesy of Wil Beck
For 50 years the remarkable spectacle was produced by committed voluteers
Christmas is a magical time for children. On the first Saturday morning of December, for two one hour shows, the kids of the Lakehead both young and old were treated to the magical excitement of the Chapples Christmas Show. In 1916, Chapples held its first annual Christmas Show at the Orpheum theatre. The Show moved to the newly constructed Fort William Gardens in December, 1951.
Beginning in September, a fairy tale theme was chosen for that year's Christmas Show. Wil Beck, the display manager for Chapples, and his team started to design and build a set for the Show based on the theme. He made a big boot for "The Old Woman in a Shoe," igloos for "Jack Frost," a castle, a big fireplace for the show's finale, and a 32 x 32 foot stage with five steps up to it to place at centre ice for the dancers. Everything had to be made off-site at the old Loblaws building in prefab sections so it could be transported to the Gardens and put together quickly for the Show.
Image courtesy of Wil Beck
While Wil was building the set, his wife Evelyne was busy helping to sew the many dancer's costumes designed to co-ordinate with the theme. The girls graced the stage dancing dressed as snowflakes, dolls, Christmas trees and butter tarts.
Sylvia Horne, the dance instructor who choreographed all the dances for the show rehearsed with her girls, 4 to 18 years old, every Saturday from morning until evening for months in the Hammarskjold high school gym. Sylvia was determined her girls would dance flawlessly for the Show. Sylvia's girls danced to jazz, waltzes, polkas and ballet.
The dancers needed music for the dances, and that was Jack Masters' job. Jack worked for CKPR. Jack and Sylvia spent hours finding the music for each dance with the right number of beats and tempo and recorded it onto audio tape. Jack recorded Christmas carols and the music for the clown's acts, too. He spliced the lengths of audio tape together to run in sequence for the entire Show.
The clown came out with their antics between the girl's dances to entertain everyone. One time 12 clowns came out packed into a little VW Beatle. They got out of the car one by one with the last clown holding a big red balloon. How did they get the balloon in there with them? They loaded one of the clowns into their big cannon, The lights went out, a loud boom sounded, and when the lights came on there was the clown right the other side of the Gardens waving to the crowd. The clowns had stock car races around the stage smashing into each other. The kids roared with laughter.
Months of work came down to Friday night before the Show. Wil Beck and his team loaded all the parts of the set onto trucks and drove them to the Gardens and wait for the hockey game to finish at 11:00 before they could put the set together. They worked feverously all night to have it ready for 6:00 Saturday morning when everyone participating in the Show started to arrive. Jack went up in the announcer's booth getting the music track ready while Wil was put the finishing touches on the set. Sylvia was in the dressing room with the girls organizing them and helping with their costumes. The first show was their dress rehearsal.
Before they knew it the clock struck 9:00, and lights … action … it was show time. The Gardens was packed, and the paint was still wet as Frosty the Snowman and George the Porter ascended to the stage steps to welcome everybody to Chapples Christmas Show. They led everyone in singing "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Then Frosty said, "Please welcome the girls from the Sylvia Horne School of Dancing." The 4-8 year old girls took to the stage all dressed up in their costumes. Then the aged 9-12 girls danced.
Next frosty announced, "Here come the clowns." The clowns entered and got the audience laughing with their antics. That was followed by a dance from the 13-16 aged girls, and then more shenanigans from the clowns. After that, Suzy Snowflake performed a solo dance to be joined by the 17 and 18 year old girls. Last, George the Porter performed his tap dance for everyone.
Time for the big finale arrived. Only Frosty the Snowman and George the Porter remained on stage. The lights went out, a big "Ho Ho Ho" echoed through the Gardens, and the lights came on. Frosty turned to George, put a hand to his ear, and said, "I thought I heard something."
George pointed to the big fireplace and said, "It's Santa Claus!" Santa emerged from the fireplace, and the kids went wild. If you were one of the lucky children you got to sit on Santa's knee before he got into his sleigh pulled by the clowns. Santa circled the rink waving and calling out "Merry Christmas." A sleigh behind Santa's had elves in it throwing candy to the kids. And the elves sleigh was followed by all the dancing girls. When the train had circled the rink they exited through a door, and the show was over.
Frosty thanked everyone for coming to Chapples Christmas Show and George added, "Don't forget to visit Chapples Toyland."
As people filed out of the Gardens, everybody involved in the Show prepared for the next Show. They only had an hour to do it. When 11 o'clock came, the Frosty and Gorge welcomed a standing-room-only crowd to Chapples Christmas Show. When the Show finished, and the audience had left, Wil and his team had to dismantle the set as quickly as they had built it and cart it away to be stored for next year.
Alas, all good things must come to an end. On December 4, 1966, Chapples held its 50th Christmas Show. However, circumstance had it that this show would be the last. Thus came the end of an era. Generations of people from the Lakehead had grown up with the Chapples Christmas Show. It was as much a part of Christmas to them as Christmas Day. Although the Christmas Show faded into history, it is remembered warmly to this day.
Producing the Chapples Christmas Show was a labour of love for everyone who worked on it. They often felt as if they were flying by the seat of their pants, but a lot of work, dedication, and a little Christmas magic, ensured the Christmas Show's success every year. Jack Masters produced the music for the Show for eight years, Wil Beck built the sets for nineteen years, Sylvia Horne choreographed the girls dances for twenty-four years, and Hector "Hec" Ede played the beloved George the Porter for thirty-four years.
Chapples was always a community-minded company. The Christmas Show was its way of saying thank you to its customers. Admission was free to anyone who came and Chapples gave presents to everybody who participated in the Show. Bayview Magazine's own Dorothy Christie remembers receiving a beautiful cashmere sweater for dancing in the Show.
The Chapples Christmas Show was a pageant that could rival any show like it anywhere. It was professionally planned and produced entirely by volunteers from our community. It was performed for everyone in our community to enjoy and was done in a spirit of thanks. That is truly the meaning of Christmas.
Thank you Wil Beck, Jack Masters, Dorothy Christie, Fay Gleeson, and Ronnie Josef-Chak for generously giving their time to talk to me. Also, thank you to Thunder Bay Public Library and the City of Thunder Bay for their help.
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Ending child marriage: the stories that moved and inspired us in 2013
Posted on Sunday 22nd Dec 2013
Advocates for change
From girls who speak up against child marriage, men who take a stand for girls' rights, and traditional leaders who are joining the movement to end child marriage, here are some of the stories that moved us in 2013:
Alem, the woman helping former child brides
Married at 10, Alem found empowerment through education many years after her marriage. She founded The Former Child Wives Foundation to help women who were married as children overcome the trauma and difficulties of child marriage.
"The act of speaking out can make a huge difference. I tell former child wives to come out and speak up.
"There is no shame in being married as a child" I say, 'It was never your choice'"
Read her story
"The wedding busters"
Meet Shompti, a young woman who defends children's rights. She's part of the wedding busters, a group of youngsters in Bangladesh who are committed to turning their communities into child marriage free-zones.
One marriage at a time, they challenge the belief that girls' destiny is to marry.
Watch them in action!
The religious leader rallying against child marriage in Zambia
Photo credit: Mbufene Development Association
Chief Nzamana governs Mfumbeni, a kingdom of about 325 villages in the Eastern part of Zambia.
A few years ago, he decided that the welfare of his people would not improve as long as child marriage persisted:
"Child marriage is a tradition here indeed, but I am determined to put an end to it. I simply don't think it is God's wish that girls should suffer."
Find out why he took a stand
Mereso, the child bride turned activist
Mereso, from Tanzania. Married at 13, she is now a leader working with World YWCA to advocate against child marriage in her community.
"Those of us who believe in the power of girls, who have seen what they can do when they have options, we need to tell everyone we can.
"We need to teach girls that it's OK to say no to marrying before they are ready, and that there are places they can go if they have to run away. […] Change is possible when we believe in each other. I am living proof."
Mohammad, the child rights activist in Afghanistan
Protecting girls' rights in Afghanistan, a country ranked as one of the most dangerous places in the world for women to live, comes with many risks.
Mohammad Yousef told us about the challenges of trying to end child marriage in Afghanistan.
"When people put themselves in the place of a girl who marries really young, and imagine the family responsibilities they must take on, that's when they realise and understand the burden of early marriage. That's when they start to change their mind."
Read his story
The girl whose ambition was stronger than tradition
Maimuna, from Nigeria, recalls how her father supported her wish to stay in school.
"One day after I completed primary school, my father asked my cousins and my brothers and sisters what plans we had for the future. I was sure that I didn't want marriage yet so I spoke out.
"I told him I wanted to continue my studies to university level. He was impressed by my ambitious response and gave his word to support me even though we didn't have the money".
The maths teacher who advocates against child marriage in Morocco
Mohamad teaches mathematics to primary school children in rural Morocco. Passionate about girls' education, he has joined Fondation YTTO, a women's rights organisation, in their drive to end child marriage in Morocco.
"Women and girls are not machines, just meant to sew or bear children. They deserve an education, the chance to be more."
Read his interview
Zakia, the runaway child bride
Zakia, 17, from Afghanistan found refuge at Women for Afghan Women's shelter after running away from a child marriage.
"I was forced to marry a man who was 45, I didn't want to marry him."
When she refused, her father and her brother attacked her and left her for dead.
Find out how Women for Afghan Women is helping girls like Zakia.
What were YOUR favourite stories this year? Tell us in the comments.
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The Abbotsford School District board of education held its first public board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Dustin Godfrey/Abbotsford News
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New policy may curb Abbotsford's participation in youth health survey
Schools making consent policy stricter; survey officials say similar policies affect participation
Dustin Godfrey
Abbotsford's participation in a B.C.-wide adolescent health survey could be hindered as the school district shifts its policy on parental consent for student participation.
For the McCreary Centre Society's 2018 Adolescent Health Survey, the Abbotsford School District only required passive consent for students to participate. That means a consent form not returned to the school would allow the student to participate, if the student consented.
But in a letter to the Fraser Health Authority presented at a recent school board meeting, the district indicated that the policy would shift toward active consent for middle school students. That means consent forms not returned to the school would bar the student from participating in the survey.
RELATED: Survey questions about suicide and sex inappropriate for 12-year-olds, says parent
District superintendent Kevin Godden told the school board that about two-thirds of middle school principals expressed concerns that a change of policy could affect outcomes in the survey.
Changing the consent policy could hinder results, which could, in turn, affect the survey's accuracy. In the 2013 survey, the districts with active consent and passive consent saw, respectively, 53 and 82 per cent participation rates, according to McCreary Centre executive director Annie Smith.
For the two school districts that had split policies – active consent for Grade 7 students and passive consent for older students – participation was at 75 per cent.
"We encourage school districts to opt for parental notification and student consent, as it … provides the most accurate and comprehensive picture of student's health, but also fully respect that it is the school district's decision and they must make the decision that they feel is best for them," Smith said.
The change in policy comes after a group of parents expressed concerns about the survey questions on suicide and sexual activity.
A petition to the school district, created by Lisa Brandsma and signed by 643 people, claims the survey asks questions like "When was the last time you seriously considered killing yourself?" and "What type of pregnancy prevention do you use when you have sex?"
The school board debated extending the active consent policy to secondary school students as well, but held off due to lacking data on participation rates at the meeting. Some trustees also questioned the validity of the survey.
"I actually have deep concerns about the way the questions are asked and formulated, which direct the students to a certain type of answer," trustee Korky Neufeld said.
He suggested the McCreary Centre was directing students to answer in a certain way to "justify [the McCreary Centre's] existence or give credence to their existence," and called for an independent review of the McCreary survey.
Smith said she could not share the actual survey questions, but offered a pamphlet on the rationale and source of the questions.
According to the pamphlet, the questions come from similar youth health surveys from the University of Minnesota, the World Health Organization, Statistics Canada and Human Resources Canada, and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, among several others.
"We use questions that have been extensively piloted and validated with this age group, which ensures leading questions are not included. We also ensure a full range of answers are available for each question to reduce any likelihood of leading students in a certain direction," Smith said, adding that having nurses administer the survey can help with accuracy.
"This is key because we know that students may under report health risk behaviours such as substance use if they believe their teacher or parent will be able to see their answers."
The 2018 Adolescent Health Survey results are expected to be made available in March 2019.
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My brothers didn?t know that Mark was a soldier so they made a mistake by thinking they could cause a lot of problems for him in airsoft. Ever since the time I was in college, whenever I bring home a boyfriend, my brothers would invite him to a game of airsoft.
They were always charming when doing the invitation but terrifying whenever the game begins. I had lost a lot of boyfriends because of this. The guys all gave my brothers several names, which included wicked fellows, and thugs.
I confronted my brothers once, and they told me that they were merely testing each of the guys and they were certain that the one who stays after they ?punish? them is the right guy for me.
I always tried my best to warn the guys that followed me home never to take up my brother?s challenge, but none of them ever listened. The airsoft game was usually three against three. They always brought three of their friends along so that my four brothers will fight it out with any of the boyfriend I brought and their three friends.
None of my boyfriends? group ever won. I always suspected sabotage from my brothers? friends or from my brother who is in the same team with my boyfriends. This is because, at the end of each game, my boyfriends always had the most hits.
Anyway, now that Mark was coming to my house to visit my family for the first time, I told him everything he needed to expect from each member of my family. When I talked about my bothers? invitation to the airsoft game, he only smiled.
I invited my boyfriend over to visit my parents. They have always wanted to know the guy I was dating, and they wanted to access the kind of person who intended to marry their precious daughter. I was the last of five children and the only female among them so I was pampered a lot by my brothers and parents and they were very protective of me.
Mark was a captain in the US Army while I worked as a nurse. We had met when he and some of his friends brought in one of their colleagues who had had an accident after drinking and driving. Mark had taken charge of everything, and he had refused to go home until he was sure that the wounded guy was okay.
We got to talking since I was the nurse assigned to Mark?s friend. We talked about a lot of things, and we connected when we found out how easy we could communicate with each other. When the wounded guy was enough to return home, Mark had invited me to dinner in appreciation for taking good care of his friend, and we had been dating ever since.
My parents were aware that Mark was in the army and that he held the rank of a captain. He was really a hero who also had a lot of medals. Whenever I or anyone talked about his medals, he was always shy to talk about it, and he would always shrug as if it was nothing. The fact that he had a lot of medals showed that he was a soldier in every way.
?Don?t worry, I will be fine,? Mark said.
?You really don?t know my brothers,? I warned.
He held my face and looked into my eyes. ?I may not know your brothers, but I know that they can never best me in airsoft.?
?The guys who are placed with you will sabotage the game,? I told him.
He smiled again. ?I have a plan for those guys too. Don?t worry babe, and I am going to surprise all of them.?
I smiled back at him, confident that he would be able to overcome my brothers? treachery and backstabbing.
The day came when Mark visited my family. It was during a weekend. It was one of those times when my parents invited all their children and grandchildren to a weekend when we will have a lot of fun and eat lots of food, which had been donated by everyone.
My brothers and their families did not arrive until the next day which was Saturday, and since Mark and I arrived on Friday, we were able to speak exclusively to my parents. My dad asked him about his army life, and I was glad that my brothers had no idea of what they were getting into. Most importantly, I could tell that my parents really liked Mark.
The next day, my brothers and their family members arrived. We chatted and played a lot. I introduced Mark to them, but I didn?t tell them that he was a soldier. As expected, they invited Mark to the airsoft game. They turned on all their charms to convince him, and he readily agreed.
The rest of the family wanted to watch too. They had the chance since there was a large TV screen that showed the actions of people in the area where the airsoft game would take place.
We piled into four different vehicles and drove to the center. My brothers, Mark and my brothers? friends all walked into a room while the rest of us stayed in a large room with a big screen.
When we next saw them on the screen, they were all dressed in army fatigues. Everyone screamed out of excitement when they saw them. Without being biased, I believe it was only Mark who looked the part. Perhaps it was because I had seen him in his army fatigues several times.
The game began, and I hoped fervently that Mark took my advice to heart. I saw Mark carrying his airsoft gun and moving forward. Suddenly, I could not watch again because I didn?t want Mark to lose to my brothers. I excused myself and walked out of the place.
No one even noticed; they were all too focused on the screen.
Outside, I heard several Ohs and Ahs and then screams of jubilation, and I closed my eyes. I guessed that my nephews and nieces were supporting their dads. After thirty minutes when the game should end, I walked back inside.
Everyone, especially the kids rushed over to me.
?Did you see that?? one asked.
?Aunt Julia, your boyfriend is awesome!?
?No, it was like Superman.?
And so on. Apparently, Mark had defeated and overcome all the opponents and also his teammates who tried to turn against him.
When he came out, I rushed towards him and kissed him.
?That was fun,? he said.
When my brothers walked out, they looked very haggard, and I had to laugh out loud.
Later, we all went out for candies and ice cream while everyone kept talking about the game.


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Q: Group by and get the latest row from each group I want to return only the newest rows that have a different video_id.
I have been having trouble getting this to work no matter which way I try it... I have done this before and it isn't that difficult but for some reason my particular query will not work.
My table/results:

I have been trying this:
SELECT * FROM user_video_history
WHERE `user_id` = $db_safe_user_id
GROUP BY video_id
ORDER BY `date` DESC LIMIT 3

I have also tried this:
SELECT *
FROM (SELECT *
        FROM user_video_history
        WHERE `user_id` = $db_safe_user_id
        ORDER BY `date` DESC)
GROUP BY `video_id`
ORDER BY `date` DESC

A: You cannot use select * when you GROUP BY
Try this...
SELECT
    A . *
FROM
    user_video_history A,
    (SELECT
        video_id, max(date) maxdate
    FROM
        user_video_history
    WHERE
        `user_id` = $db_safe_user_id
    GROUP BY video_id) B
where
    A.video_id = B.video_id
        and A.date = B.maxdate
order by A.date DESC
limit 3

A: Try this:
SELECT
    t1 . *
FROM
    user_video_history t1
        JOIN
    (SELECT
        id, MAX(`date`) `date`
    FROM
        user_video_history
    GROUP BY user_id) t2 ON t1.user_id = t2.user_id
        AND t1.`date` = t2.`date`
    LIMIT 3

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Hands on: new BBC iPlayer 3 review
By Carrie Marshall 26 May 2010
Why can't our Sky boxes be more like this?
Navigation has been improved, with new sub-categories for more selective and faster browsing
The BBC's iPlayer is one of the smartest two-and-a-half-year-olds we know, and with today's launch of a brand new beta it's smarter than ever.
There's a redesigned interface, improved navigation and a whole bunch of new features to play with, but they're all there for one reason: to help you find interesting things to watch and listen to.
The new, somewhat iPhone-esque interface is a big improvement over the existing one. It's more welcoming and considerably less confusing than before, with an excellent TV/radio listings widget that makes it easy to see what's on now and what's on later across the main TV and radio channels. It's customisable too, so if you want to get shot of Radio 1 and replace it with Radio Scotland you can.
NEW LOOK: The iPlayer's cluttered interface has been given a brand new look, which reminds us of a certain smartphone. It's a big improvement
The iPlayer home page now has four columns at the top: Featured, which details the BBC's current pick of its output; For You, which is based on what you've been watching; Most Popular, which is self-explanatory; and Friends. That's the iPlayer's new social network integration, and you'll need to sign up for a BBC ID to take advantage of it.
Once you've done that you can hook into Facebook and Twitter, viewing your Facebook friends in iPlayer, seeing what programmes they've recommended and posting status updates or tweets whenever you recommend something. In the longer term it'll involve other social networks too. It doesn't bring in your entire social network, though, just those contacts who have also signed up for a BBC ID.
GETTING SOCIAL: You can now connect the iPlayer to Facebook and Twitter to let other people know what programmes you liked. Other social networks are coming
Basic navigation has been improved - TV and Radio have been separated and categories now have sub-categories for much faster browsing - and you'll see there's a new "favourites" link above the four main columns.
This makes it easy to stay on top of your favourite programmes: click on the star below a TV show or radio show and iPlayer keeps an eye on it. Links next to the Favourites link alert you whenever there's a new episode of a Favourite, or when one of them is about to expire.
IPLAYER FAVOURITES: When you add a programme to your favourites it's stored in a drop-down panel above the main player
You can also subscribe to programmes, so for example if you like episode one you can subscribe to the rest of the series and the iPlayer desktop will automatically download them for you.
Waiting for the download links is taking forever today, though, presumably because the beta launch means the BBC's servers are taking a hammering.
Clicking on TV Favourites or Radio Favourites itself brings up a panel of thumbnails that take you straight to the programmes you've previously bookmarked. It's simple, blazingly fast and very handy, and your Favourites feed into the For You selection, too. Your BBC ID enables you to access your Favourites and recommendations from any other iPlayer-capable computer.
RECOMMENDED VIEWING: The For You panel is based on what you've been watching and suggests other programs the BBC thinks you might like
It's impressive stuff, but there's even more to come. The BBC has hooked up with Microsoft to bring Windows Live Messenger into iPlayer, enabling users to invite their friends to watch programmes and chat along, and we'll see that this summer; we'll also see links to other broadcasters' services, so for example if you search for an ITV or Channel 4 programme you'll get links to the ITV Player or 4oD.
We're always wary when we're promised new features - it's all too easy for once-useful applications to become too big and too bloated - but despite all the new stuff iPlayer is actually easier and faster to use than before.
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Take a break in-between classes in the Student Center.
The lounge on the main floor features comfortable seating, TVs and a pool table. Shop in the bookstore, or grab something to eat downstairs in the Chartwells dining room.
Looking to get more involved on campus? Check in at the Student Activities office, located on the main floor.
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Mathematics teacher Martin Luther King Junior High School, North Chicago, Illinois, 1969-1971. Manager Concordance Natural Foods, Madison, Wisconsin, 1971-1973, 75-76. Truck farmer Richland Center, 1974-1975. Intern librarian University Wisconsin Center for Environmental Communication and Education Studies, Madison, 1977. Head technical services Southwest Wisconsin Library System, Fennimore, 1978-1981. Technical services librarian Spartanburg (South Carolina) County Public Library, 1981-1984, administrative librarian, since 1984.
Michael Ralph Rouse, American librarian. Member South Carolina Library Association (chair technical services section 1984-1985). Lodges: Kiwanis.
Rouse, Michael Ralph was born on October 15, 1947 in Libertyville, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence Harden and Phyllis Anastasia (Oko) Rouse.
Student, University Notre Dame, 1968. Bachelor, University Illinois, Chicago, 1969. Master of Library Science, University Wisconsin, 1977.
Mathematics teacher Martin Luther King Junior High School, North Chicago, Illinois, 1969-1971. Manager Concordance Natural Foods, Madison, Wisconsin, 1971-1973, 75-76. Truck farmer Richland Center, 1974-1975.
Intern librarian University Wisconsin Center for Environmental Communication and Education Studies, Madison, 1977. Head technical services Southwest Wisconsin Library System, Fennimore, 1978-1981. Technical services librarian Spartanburg (South Carolina) County Public Library, 1981-1984, administrative librarian, since 1984.
Member South Carolina Library Association (chair technical services section 1984-1985). Lodges: Kiwanis.
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Belleek Castle is an iconic country home built in the 1820's. The Castle, now a hotel, is also home to the Marshall Doran Collection of fossils, antiquities, arms and armour in Ireland. Enjoy a facinating guided tour.
Belleek Castle, an iconic country home, dates back to the 1820's. It is the ancestral home of the Knox-Gores of Ballina and is situated in 1,000 acres of forestry. There is so much exciting history behind its massive stone walls.
The Castle, now a hotel, is rich in décor and antiquities with many great open fires to warm your steps back through half a millennium. The Castle Tours cover the history of the castle and its people. You will see private dining rooms including the baronial banqueting hall. Today, Belleek Castle is also home to the spectacular Marshall Doran Collection, Ireland's finest collection of Jurassic fossils and medieval armour - and the bed of the great pirate queen Grace O'Malley.
If you are interested in Ireland's heritage and history, you will find the tours informative and enjoyable. While you are there you can also enjoy the hotels dining facilities and services.
Belleek Castle is located in the wonderful Belleek Woods, right on the Wild Atlantic Way. Comprising 200 acres of woodland with trees up to 300 years old, the woods are ideal for walking, running or cycling. Within a 10 minute drive, you will reach Enniscrone, famous for its long beach suitable for surfing, horse riding or walking and its international golf course. Furthermore, Ballina is known as the 'Salmon Capital of Ireland' and Belleek stands on the banks of the river Moy - the perfect spot for fishing.
Located a 10 minute drive from Ballina town centre. Coming from Foxford on the N59, continue to follow Teeling St/N59 through town. At the roundabout, take the first exit onto Corcoran's Terrace and continue onto Killala Rd. After 2km (1.2 miles), turn right towards Belleek (signposted). Turn right behind the forest car park and follow the road until the gates - if the gates are closed (different opening hours during winter months), ring the bell - they are there!
Tour Times are at 11:00 and 14:00 or by appointment.
Closed: December 24 to 26; and for renovation in January.
Tour Duration: 45-60 minutes. Many stay longer to enjoy tea and scones or snacks.
Minimum number of 2 people required for tour. Advance booking of precise time important, details will be on your ticket.
Tours also available in French and German (advance booking required).
Casual dining available from 14:30 daily; Restaurant & Bar open 17:30 - 21:00 serving award-winning local, seasonal meals. Early bird menu 17:30 - 18:30.
Small shop selling Belleek's artisan food product range (home made jams, chutneys, oils and more).
Wheelchair accessible (no accessible toilet).


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