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Fátima Sanctuary, Portugal
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Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora de Fátima is one of the most important religious tourism destinations in the world
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Fátima, Portugal
The Miracle of Fatima
The apparitions of the Angel of Peace …
… and the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima
The canonization of the Little Shepherds of Fatima
The stories and legends of the origin of the name of Fátima
Political situation in Portugal and the Miracle of Fátima
TOP 10 attractions in the city of Fátima
Sanctuary of Fátima
Fátima Sanctuary Museum
Via Crucis
Parish Church of Fátima
House-Museum of Aljustrel
Museum of Apparitions
Fátima Miracle Museum
Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Ortiga
Figures of Fatima
Curiosities of Fátima
Quick Facts about Fátima
Fatima Dictionary
Chronology of the events of the Sanctuary of Fátima
Fátima is a Portuguese city located in the center of Portugal, a city known for the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora de Fátima. The city is one of the most important religious tourism destinations in the world. The landscape of Fátima is defined by the Sanctuary and the huge square that integrates it. From the air we can observe the immensity of the square, the Basilica of Nossa Senhora do Rosário, the Chapel of the Apparitions and the Basilica of the Holy Trinity. Fátima is located in a valley of Serra de Aire e Candeeiros, approximately 127 km away from Lisbon, in an hour and twenty minutes drive. Fátima is an integral part of the Santarém district, the Centro Region and the Ourém municipality. Fátima's main economic activities are religious tourism, restaurants and hotels. Fátima has approximately six million visitors per year and a record 9.4 million people in the year of the centennial of the Apparitions in 2017.
Fátima is closely related to the apparitions of the Angel of Peace and Our Lady of Fátima. The Angel of Peace appeared three times:
1. A First Appearance of the Angel happened in the spring of 1916 in Loca do Cabeço when the shepherds were guarding the flock. According to what they say, the Angel of Peace always appeared preceded by a gust of wind.
2. A Second Apparition of the Angel took place in the summer of 1916 at Lúcia's house, located in Poço do Arneiro.
3. A Third Apparition of the Angel happened again at Loca do Cabeço. In this apparition the Angel of Peace gave communion to the Three Little Shepherds. According to reports by Sister Lúcia (Lúcia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos, pastor of Fátima), the Angel of Peace brought with her a chalice and a host that she left suspended in the air, leaving the chalice for Jacinta and Francisco, and the host for Lucia.
Later there were 6 apparitions of Our Lady:
1. A First Apparition of Nossa Senhora de Fátima was on May 13, 1917, at Cova da Iria, site of the current Sanctuary of Fátima. The first apparition was preceded by lightning at the site of the Basilica of the Apparitions. Afraid of the rain, the shepherds began to return home until, in the place where Capelinha das Aparições is currently located, a second lightning strike occurred and the shepherds glimpsed the image of Our Lady of Fatima on top of the holm oak. It was in this first apparition that Our Lady of Fatima asked the little shepherds "Do you want to offer yourself to God?"
2. A Second Apparition of Nossa Senhora de Fátima was in June 1917, when she announced the death of Francisco and Jacinta.
3. A Third Apparition happened on July 13, 1917, when the Fatima Secret was transmitted in three phases, the first phase with the vision of Hell; the second phase through the existence of a new war, World War II, the triumph of communism and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989; the third phase, was written by Sister Lúcia in 1944, reporting the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in Rome in 1981.
4. A Fourth Apparition of Nossa Senhora de Fátima took place on August 19, 1917 in Valinhos, after the imprisonment of the three shepherds for three days in the Ourém Prison. Our Lady of Fatima promised to perform a miracle for everyone to see.
5. A Fifth Apparition took place on September 13, 1917, when Our Lady of Fatima appeared to inform that it would be essential for the three little shepherds to continue praying for the First World War (1914-1918) to end.
6. A Sixth Apparition was on October 13, 1917 at noon when the Miracle of the Sun happened. On that day, approximately 70 thousand people from all religions and professions gathered under a torrential rain that it ended suddenly. Then the sun began to rise and fall, according to reports of the time. Meanwhile, the three little shepherds were watching other events in three phases: in a first phase they saw Our Lady of Fatima, Menino Jesus and São José blessing the world, in a second phase they saw Our Lady of Fatima and Nossa Senhora das Dores blessing the world, and in the last stage they observed Nossa Senhora do Carmo.
In the 1950s, after the Apparitions of the Angel of Peace, of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, and the deaths of Francisco and Jacinta, the stages for the beatification process began through two orders. The first request was from Catholic Youth for Jacinta and the second request was from Catholic Youth for Francisco . The beatification process was completed in 1979, the year in which Father Kondor was appointed Vice-Postulator for the Cause of Canonization of the Little Shepherds of Fatima. What until now was prohibited by the Catholic Church, happened for the first time, when a canonization process was handed out to young people under the age of 16 who did not die as martyrs. Father Kondor was responsible for the canonization process, and contacted the largest possible number of bishops around the world to help, writing letters to Pope John Paul II asking for the beatification of the two little shepherds. The result was the sending of three hundred apostolic letters asking for canonization and the convening of a meeting in April 1981 by Pope John Paul II, where professionals from many fields are present, namely theologians and doctors. The meeting lasted several weeks, and the main debate was the theme of "whether or not holiness is possible during childhood". At the end of the meeting, it was decided that holiness during childhood was possible and the ecclesiastical law was changed, with the creation of the Decree of Heroicity of Your Virtues on May 13, 1989. On May 13, 2000 Pope John Paul II visited Fatima to canonize the two little shepherds Jacinta and Francisco. From this moment, the Cult of the Little Shepherds was created and the February 15th was established as the day of the Little Shepherds. The Igreja dos Pastorinhos de Alverca was the first church built to practice the worship of the Pastorinhos.
The first theory of the name of Fatima is related to the story of one of the daughters of the Prophet Muhammad (571-632), Fatimah bint Muhammad (604-632). Legend has it that Moorish horsemen, when they were hospitalized in the area, saw a woman dressed in white, who ended up being associated with Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. There is another legend that tells the story of Traga-Mouros, Conde de Ourém, one of the best warriors and poets of Dom Afonso Henriques (1109-1185). According to the legend Gonçalo Ermiges, a Templar Knight who fell in love with the Moorish princess Fátima when he saw her once in the distance. From that moment on he never stopped thinking about her, and so that he could marry the princess, he decided to devise a plan to kidnap her. So on the night of Festa das Luz, now São João, he gathered some knights and went to Alcácer do Sal, where the princess lived and abducted Fátima. Then he went to ask Dom Afonso Henriques for authorization to marry, which he accepted under two conditions: that the princess should be baptized, and that the knight should defeat Prince Abu. As Dom Afonso Henriques wanted, Fátima was baptized with the Christian name of Oureana, and Prince Abu was defeated. As a reward, Dom Afonso Henriques offered the village of Abegas, which in honor of Oureana, became known as Oureana village, and later, Ourém village. According to legend, both lived very happily until Oureana died. Gonçalo Ermiges decided to move away from earthly life to join the order of St. Bernard in the Monastery of Tomareis, where he died. From that moment on, the land where Fatima lived changed to Terras de Fátima and, later, Fátima.
The First Republic, politically unstable, realized that the Message of Fatima could be used to achieve peace and to obtain the support of the people. The year 1929 was essential for the growth of the notoriety of Fátima before Portuguese society, in the Portuguese Catholic Church and with the political regime due to the rise to the top of the Portuguese ecclesiastical hierarchy of Cardinal Cerejeira (1888-1977), a believer of the Cult of Mary and the Miracle of Fatima. Relations between the Portuguese Catholic Church and the Portuguese government were regularized, and with the emergence of the Estado Novo, the importance of Fátima increased significantly. Fatima came to be used as propaganda to allow the legitimation of the Salazar dictatorship and in the European struggle against communism of the Soviet Union.
The Miracle of Fatima appeared in a very violent and troubled European and national context, having been interpreted as a sign of peace and divine by believers, and seen as a political advantage by non-believers. In Europe and Portugal between 1917 and 1920 there were a series of troubled events, namely the First World War (1914-1918), the Russian Revolution of 1917, the flu outbreak in 1918 across Europe. The sending of Portuguese troops to France in January 1917, the massacre of La Lys where many Portuguese soldiers died, the rise to power of Afonso Costa that led to the appearance of strikes, riots, and store robberies, the December 3 revolt 1917 led by Sidónio Pais, the entry into force of the rationing voucher scheme on 23 September 1918, the murder of Sidónio Pais on 14 December 1918, the existence of a severe outbreak of typhus and infectious flu in Portugal in 1918, and the occupation of Porto by Paiva Couceiro in January 1919, where he declared the Northern Monarchy that lasted until February.
1. Sanctuary of Fátima: it is considered one of the most important places of worship for the Catholic religion in the world, it is located in Portugal, in Cova da Iria. The Sanctuary of Fátima began to be built in 1917 with the placement of an arch in the place where the First Apparition took place. In 1919 the arch was replaced by the Capelinha das Aparições
Capelinha das Aparições was the first structure of the Sanctuary, built on the site of the apparitions. The first chapel was opened on June 15, 1919, was destroyed in an attack in 1922, and reopened in 1923. The highlights of Capelinha das Aparições are the porch built to receive Pope John Paul II in 1982, the ceiling lined with Siberian pine wood in 1988, the column where we find the statue of Nossa Senhora de Fátima that represents the place of the first apparition, by José Ferreira Thedim, and the organ, by Gerhard Grenzing.
Basilica of Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima, erected in the place where on the 13th of May 1917 the three little shepherds were playing and a lightning strike occurred. The first stone of the basilica was blessed on May 13, 1928 by the Archbishop of Évora Dom Manuel Mendes. The project was completed on October 12, 1953. It received the title of basilica on November 12, 1954 granted by Pope Pius XII. The building was entirely constructed with material extracted from the quarries of Moimenta, marbles of Estremoz, Pêro Pinheiro and Fátima. The main highlights abroad are the bell tower 65 meters high, the carillon with 62 bells by José Gonçalves Coutinho, a bronze crown with seven tons merged in Fundição do Bulhão, the clock designed by Bento Rodrigues, the angels on the facade by Albano França, and the statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary sculpted by Thomas McGlynn according to the Sister Lucia's nominations. The statue measures 4.5 meters and weighs 15 tons. The main highlights in the interior are the mosaic produced by the Vatican Workshops representing the Holy Trinity to crown Our Lady of Fatima, the stained glass windows that represent scenes of life of Our Lady of Fatima, of the Apparitions and of the Message of Fatima, the picture of the altarpiece that represents the Message of Our Lady of Fatima, fourteen side altars that represent fourteen Mysteries of the Rosary, the Capela-vault of the Capela-Mor where the Fifteenth Mystery of the Rosary is represented, the tomb of Dom José Alves Correia da Silva, an organ assembled in Padua in 1952 with 152 registers and 12 thousand tubes of lead, tin and wood, on the right side of the chancel are the Francisco's tomb, on the left side of the chancel is the tomb of Jacinta Marto and the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament that has exhibited the Blessed Sacrament since 1960.
Basilica of the Holy Trinity, with a project by the architect Alexandros Tombazis, was inaugurated on October 12, 2007. The basilica has a capacity for 8633 seats in an area of 40 thousand square meters. The first stone was offered by Pope John Paul II, being part of the tomb of the Apostle Saint Peter. The main highlight is the roof of the basilica, built to receive photovoltaic panels.
Water Mirrors located at the entrance to the Basilica of the Holy Trinity represent baptism (with the water cascade) and Creation (with the water rising from the fountain). The project was designed by the architect Tombazis. The main points of attraction are the presbytery panel by Father Marko Ivan Rupnik.
Chapel of the Angel of Peace, is the former Chapel of the Sacred Lausperene inaugurated on January 1, 1987, with the first stone blessed by Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1982. Since January 1, 1960 that the Blessed Sacrament is exposed twenty-four hours a day so that the faithful can venerate it. The architect José Carlos Loureiro was responsible for the chapel. The main points of interest are the two stained glass windows of the entrance by Rolando Sá Nogueira, and the silver monstrance by Zulmiro de Carvalho.
Rectory Building opened on May 13, 1986 by Cardinal Dom António Ribeiro. It is in this building that the administrative services of the Sanctuary and the Casa de Retiros de Nossa Senhora do Carmo operate.
Casa de Retiros de Nossa Senhora do Carmo is the place where Pope John Paul VI and Pope John Paul II slept.
Nossa Senhora das Dores Hostel and Retreat House are used as a shelter for the sick who come to make pilgrimages. The main highlight is the Capela do Sol which includes a painting that represents the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and a stained glass window with the Miracle of the Sun.
Praça do Santuário, an imposing square built by Cottinelli Telmo (1897-1948).
Colonnade that connects the buildings on each side of the sanctuary. The main points of interest are the monumentality that the 200 columns transmit, the 14 altars representing the 14 stations of the Via Sacra with paintings by Lino António, and the 17 images of devoted saints of Nossa Senhora de Fátima.
Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus with emphasis on the golden bronze statue located in the center of the Shrine as a symbol of Jesus' centrality in the Message of Fatima.
Berlin Wall Block, a 2.6 ton block of the Berlin Wall that fell in 1989 and was inaugurated here on August 13, 1994. This block was offered by a Portuguese emigrant who lived in Germany, Virgílio Casimiro Ferreira. The project is by José Carlos Loureiro.
Paulo VI Pastoral Center opened in 1982 by Pope John Paul II.
Cruz Alta opened on August 29, 2007 with 34 meters high and 17 meters wide. The project is by Robert Schad.
Monument to Pope John Paul II opened in 2007 with a height of 3.5 meters. The project is by Czeslaw Dzwigaj. At the base of the statue is a quote from John Paul II – "My adoring thought goes to the Most Holy Trinity, explained in this blessed land of Fatima: Blessed be God, rich in mercy, for the great love with which he loved us"
Monument to Fathers Formigão and Fischer designed by Graça Costa Cabral and inaugurated on October 13, 1998 as a tribute to the two most important priests in the promotion of Fátima.
2. Aljustrel: the village of Aljustrel was the place where the three shepherds Francisco, Jacinta and Lúcia were born. In 1917, Aljustrel had approximately 100 inhabitants. the highlights are Casa de Lúcia, the place where Lúcia lived until she was fourteen and where she was interrogated for the first time. Casa de Lúcia was offered in 1981 to the Sanctuary of Fátima. It recreates the daily life of the family. The main highlight is the Poço do Arneiro, which is at the back of the house, where the Angel appeared for the second time, and where Lucia saw one of the popes crying in a large house. Casa de Jacinta and Francisco, the place where the two little shepherds were born, and where Francisco died of bronchopneumonia.
3. Museu do Santuário de Fátima: opened in 1955. The main highlights of the museum are the permanent exhibitions on the themes Fátima Luz e Paz, and Casa-Museu de Aljustrel. The main objective of the museum is to disseminate the history of the Sanctuary of Fátima.
4. Via Sacra: also called Calvário Húngaro is a via crucis that begins at the south roundabout at the exit of Fátima and ends at a chapel at Monte dos Valinhos. The Way of the Cross was born during World War II at the wish of the two Hungarian priests, Father Elias Kardos and Father Luís Kondor. The Hungarian Calvary represents the Hungarians' desire for the country's revival, formerly occupied by the Soviet Union. The project by Hungarian architect Ladislaw Marec was presented in 1956 to Dom José Alves Correia da Silva, the Bishop of Leiria. The Via Sacra was financed by Hungarian refugees living in the West and opened on May 12, 1964. Along Via Sacra there are 14 chapels representing the Fourteen Mysteries and a 15th chapel offered by the parish of Lajosmizse in Hungary , opened on October 13, 1992, after the fall of communism. The highlights of Via Sacra are the Chapel of Santo Estêvão inaugurated on October 13, 1992 and remodeled in 1994. Inside, there are mosaics with representations of the Apparitions of Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Cova da Iria, the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady of Fátima and the consecration of Hungary to the Virgin Mary, the panels of the stations in low relief representing the visions of Catarina Emmerich and the image of Our Lady Patron of Hungary, sculptures, the stained glass windows that represent saints Hungarians, mosaics depicting the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, and the handing over of the Hungarian crown by King Saint Stephen to Our Lady of Fatima. Loca do Cabeço, the place where the first and third apparitions of the Angel of Peace took place, with images of the Angel and the three little shepherds. It was here that the Angel gave communion to the little shepherds and taught two prayers to comfort the Offended God. And the Monument of homage to Our Lady at the place where Our Lady of Fatima appeared on August 19, 1917.
5. Parish Church of Fátima: located approximately 2 km from the Sanctuary of Fátima, it presents Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres as the patron saint. It was at the Parish Church of Fátima that the three little shepherds were baptized, where Sister Lúcia made her First Communion, a place of prayer for Francisco and where Our Lady of Fatima appeared to Jacinta to teach him how to pray third. The highlights are the image of Nossa Senhora do Rosário sculpted and painted according to the indications of Lúcia, images of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Francisco and Jacinta by Jaime Santos and Manuel machado, a baptismal font where the three little shepherds were baptized.
6. Casa-Museu de Aljustrel: it is the former home of the godmother of Lúcia, acquired later by the Sanctuary of Fátima. The Casa-Museu was opened in 1992 with the objective of representing the daily life of the inhabitants of the village in 1917. The main highlight is the collection Mobiliário, Casa e Trabalho.
7. Museu de Cera: located near the Sanctuary, in the center of the city of Fátima, reports the main events in the history of the city. The main highlights are the 32 scenes with 120 figures representing scenes related to the pilgrimage, the story of the three little shepherds, the story of Fátima, important events for Portugal and a figure with Pope Francis.
8. Museum of Apparitions: located at Rua Jacinta Marto, it is a museum dedicated to the Apparitions of the Angel of Peace and of Our Lady of Fátima. The main highlights are the 31 statues and the recreation of the vision of Hell and the Miracle of the Sun through the effects of lights and sounds made around the statues.
9. Museu Milagre de Fátima: located at Avenida Dom José Alves Correia da Silva, the museum tells the History of Apparitions through virtual reality. The museum consists of seven virtual exhibitions, with the themes "The World in 1917", "Apparitions of the Angel", "Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima", "The Doubt, The Miracle of the Sun", "The Secret of Fatima" , "Fatima", "a universal devotion", "John Paul II", "the Pope of Fatima", and "The Sharing".
10. Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Ortiga: it is a place of pilgrimage located in Ortiga, near Fátima. Legend has it that Our Lady of Fatima appeared in this place in 1758 to a dumb shepherdess. Currently, it is a place of pilgrimage for the believers of Nossa Senhora da Ortiga, and where the Feasts of Nossa Senhora da Ortiga are held on the first Sunday of July and the following two days.
Lúcia de Jesus dos Santos (1907-2005): Lúcia was born on March 28, 1907 in Aljustrel and died on February 13, 2005 in the city of Coimbra. Lúcia was a cousin of Francisco and Jacinta. Lúcia was the daughter of António dos Santos (1873-1919) and Maria Rosa (1869-1942). Lúcia was the youngest of six siblings, playing, walking and dancing. In addition to these recreational activities, she also worked in herding from an early age due to the family's poverty. Lúcia's life, together with that of her cousins Francisco and Jacinta, changed from 1917 with the occurrence of the Miracle of Fatima. Lucia was the only one who could see, hear and speak with Our Lady of Fatima. After the death of her cousins, Lúcia went to live for the Congregation Santa Doroteia in Spain, and at Carmelo in Coimbra, where she adopted the name of Sister Maria Lúcia de Jesus and the Immaculate Heart.
Francisco Marto (1908-1919): born on April 11, 1908 and died on April 4, 1919 in Aljustrel. Francisco was the penultimate son of Manuel Pedro Marto and Olímpia de Jesus. According to the testimonies he was a peaceful, kind and reserved boy who liked to play the fife. San Francisco died at home of pneumonic flu. The shepherd boy was beatified by Pope John Paul II on May 13, 2000 and canonized on May 13, 2017 by Pope Francis. Jacinto's religious celebration day is February 20th. Francisco Marto is buried in the Basilica of the Apparitions.
Jacinta Marto (1910-1919): Jacinta was born on March 5, 1910 in Aljustrel and died on February 20, 1920 in Lisbon at Hospital Dona Estefânia. According to the records, the shepherdess always had serious features, but at the same time she was modest and friendly. It was Jacinta who broke the code of silence of the three little shepherds, who had agreed not to mention that they had seen the Angel of Peace and Our Lady of Fatima. After his death at Hospital Dona Estefânia, Jacinta's body was in a funeral ceremony at the Igreja dos Anjos in Lisbon, having been transferred to the Ourém cemetery in the Barões de Alvaiázere deposit on 25 February. On September 12, 1935, she was transferred to Fátima and on May 1, 1951 she was transferred to the Basilica of Nossa Senhora do Rosário. Saint Jacinta was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 13 May 2000 and canonized by Pope Francis on 13 May 2017. Jacinta's religious day is 20 February
Dom José Alves Correia da Silva (1872-1957): Dom José Alves Correia da Silva was born on January 15, 1872 in Maia and died on December 4, 1957 in Leiria. He was appointed Bishop of Leiria on May 15, 1920 and received episcopal ordination on July 25, 1920. He was the first Bishop of the Diocese of Leiria who was reactivated on January 17, 1918, after being extinct in 1882. Pope John Paul II changed the name from Diocese of Leiria to Diocese of leiria-Fátima on May 13, 1984. Dom José Alves Correia da Silva played an essential role in spreading the Message of Fatima. He created the Museum of the Sanctuary of Fátima in 1955. The Bishop of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, as he was also known, received the Grand Cross of the Order of Benemerence by the President of the Republic Óscar Carmona in 1945, the Meritissima Cross of São Raimundo de Peñafort by Spanish head of state in 1948, and was appointed assistant to the solid pontifical in 1956 by Pope Pius XII. Dom José Alves Correia da Silva is buried in the Basilica of Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima.
José Ferreira Thedim (1892-1971): Portuguese sculptor responsible for the construction of the statue of Nossa Senhora de Fátima that is in Capelinha das Aparições.
Father Luís Kondor (1928-2009): Hungarian priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Divine Word and Vice-Postulator of the Cause for the Beatification of Francisco and Jacinta Marto. Father Luís Kondor played an essential role in spreading the Message of Fatima and in the beatification of the little shepherds through the publication of a bulletin in seven languages that was written from 1959 with the aim of making the life of Francisco and Jacinta Marto known. Father Kondor was also responsible for launching the Valinhos Monument, the Via Sacra, the Calvary Chapel, São Miguel College in Fátima, the Diocesan Seminary and the Episcopal Palace in Leiria.
Father Manuel Nunes Formigão (1883-1958): he was the main promoter of Fátima and the cult of the Apparitions. Padre Formigão made a series of interrogations to the three little shepherds who contributed to the elaboration of a canonical report of May 3, 1922. This report was essential for the validation of the occurrence of the apparitions by the Bishop of Leiria in 1930. Padre Formigão when was sent to Fátima was skeptical but, over time, he became one of the main believers of the Fátima Apparitions, and developed a series of essential actions for the dissemination of Fátima, namely reports on the first pilgrimages to Cova da Iria, wrote a from the first books on Fátima, he coordinated the purchase of land for the construction of the Capelinha das Aparições. The beatification process of Father Formigão began on September 13, 2001 and ended on April 16, 2005, having been handed over to the Congregation for the Cause of Saints in Rome. Father Formigão's main books are "The Wonderful Episodes of Fatima 1921", "The Fatima Events of 1923", "The Great Wonders of Fatima 1927", "Fatima", "Paradise on Earth 1930″, " What is Fatima 1936 "," Faith and Fatherland 1937 "," Calendar of Our Lady of Fatima 1940 "and" Almanac of Our Lady of Fatima 1944 ".
Pope Pius XI (1857-1939): was born on May 31, 1857 in Desio, Italy and died on February 10, 1939 in Vatican City. Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti served as pope between 6 February 1922 and 10 February 1939. He was the first ruler of the Vatican, since the Vatican had lost its independence since the extinction of the Pontifical States in 1870. On 1 November 1926, the diplomatic representative of Pius XI Monsignor Sebastiano Nicontra visited Fatima. This visit contributed to the fact that on 27 January 1927 priests were sent to Cova da Iria. Pope Pius XI performed the first two official acts that recognized the importance of Fatima, namely blessing and in 1929 distributed prints of Our Lady of Fatima with the invocation "Mother clementissimo, salvai Portuga" and blessing a statue of Our Lady of Fatima by the author José Ferreira Thedim to join the Pontifical Portuguese College in Rome.
Papa Pio XII (1876-1958): he was born on March 2, 1876 in Rome, Italy and died on October 9, 1958 on October 9, 1958 in Italy. Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Pacelli served as pope between 2 March 1939 and 9 October 1958. Pius XII was the first Pope who was born in Rome since 1724, and the first Pope who recognized the religious phenomenon of Fatima. He is called Pope of Fatima. It was Pius XII who consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and sent Cardinal Aloisi Masella (18979-1970) to Fátima on May 13, 1946 to crown the image of Our Lady of Fatima.
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978): he was born on September 26, 1897 in Concesio, Italy, and died on August 6, 1978 in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini served as Pope between June 21, 1963 and August 6, 1978. Pope Paul VI was the first Pope to go to Fatima and pray for peace in the world, having designated himself a Pilgrim of Fátima on May 13, 1967. Paul VI proclaimed Mary Most Holy as Mother of the Church and offered the Rose of Gold to the Shrine of Fátima in 1964
Pope John Paul II (1920-2005): Karol Józef Wojtyla was born on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice, Poland, and died on April 2, 2005 in the Vatican. Wojtyla served as pope between 16 October 1978 and 2 April 2005.
Pope John Paul II visited Portugal on three occasions, namely on 12 and 15 May 1982, on this trip, Pope John Paul II thanked Our Lady of Fatima for protection in relation to the attack he had suffered in the Vatican in the May 13, 1981. Pope John Paul II was the first pope in history to beatify children, Francisco and Jacinta. On 10 and 13 May 1991 Pope John Paul II visited Lisbon, Azores, Madeira and Fátima. On this visit, Pope John Paul II was the target of an attack by Father Integrista Juan Fernandéz Krohn, who did not accept the pope's authority. Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass in Fatima and Lisbon, at Restelo Stadium. On 12 and 13 May 2000: Pope John Paul II beatified Francisco and Jacinta Marto.
Fátima, Futebol e Fado was the motto that the Estado Novo regime (1933-1974) used to characterize Portugal.
The apparitions of Our Lady in Fátima are part of the sixteen apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima that are officially recognized by the Holy See, out of a total of two thousand apparitions that have been reported.
Fátima is represented in approximately ten thousand locations spread across the five continents of the planet.
Fátima receives six million visitors who participate in religious ceremonies, which is more than those who visit the Vatican and Lourdes in France.
During the years of the First World War (1914-1918) there were reports of several apparitions of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, namely in Barral, in Ponte da Barca and an appearance to a pastor on May 11, 1917 to a pastor in the area of Lisbon.
The Image of Nossa Senhora de Fátima da Capelinha das Aparições has been running throughout the Iberian Peninsula since 1942.
The Image of the Pilgrim Virgin has covered several countries in the world since 1942.
The bullet that was extracted from the body of Pope John Paul II was offered to Fatima as a symbol of persecution against the Catholic Church.
The first church dedicated to the cult of Nossa Senhora de Fátima built outside Fátima was the Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário de Fátima in São Paulo in Brazil.
The Vehicle Blessing is held on Sundays and holy days at 12:45 pm and at 5:00 pm in a car park located behind the Livraria do Santuário.
The Blessing of Religious Objects is held daily at the end of the official mass at the Sanctuary of Fátima.
The Candles Procession takes place on the night of the 12th to the 13th of May each year and brings together thousands of people every year.
2017, the year of the centenary of the apparitions, was the year with the largest number of visitors, approximately eight million.
Fátima had the first charter in 1588.
Fátima has approximately 11600 inhabitants.
Beatification: beatification means to attribute the status of blessed. It is a step towards someone becoming holy (canonized). The beatification process is usually conducted by the prefect of the Congregation for the Cause of Saints.
Canonization: it is the decision of the Catholic Church that establishes the cult of veneration for a person who has already died and who starts to call himself a saint.
Círio: is the name given to Marian pilgrimages. Each parish has a group of candles that take candles to Nossa Senhora de Fátima.
Host: is the term used for consecrated bread that is donated at the end of each Mass. The most common bread is unleavened bread.
Immaculate Conception: The Immaculate Conception is celebrated on December 8 and invokes the life and virtue of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus. the Immaculada da Conceição is a very important religious holiday for Portugal because on March 25, 1646 King Dom João IV (1604-1656) declared that Nossa Senhora da Conceição would be the patron and queen of Portugal in the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição in Vila Viçosa. From this moment on, no king wore a crown.
Candlelight Procession: the candlelight procession brings together thousands of people every year in the Sanctuary. Each of these people has a lit candle and recites the rosary. After the Mass the Candles Procession begins between Capelinha and the Sanctuary. The procession takes place between May and October.
Adeus Procession: it is the procession that marks the end of the May 13 celebrations. The procession starts from the altar of the enclosure and ends at Capelinha das Aparições
Rosa de Ouro: it is one of the biggest distinctions that can be attributed by the Vatican. The Golden Rose has been awarded since Pope Leo IX (1049-1054) in order to distinguish rulers, sanctuaries or cities that have contributed to the Catholic Church. Fátima received three Golden Roses **: one in 1965 awarded by Pope Paul VI in 1965, another by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 and the last by Pope Francis in 2017. The blessing of the Golden Roses is held on Sunday of Joy, in end of Lent.
Sacred Lausperene Lausperene is the continued exposure of the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist, that is, the sacred host to believers. Lausperene is exposed, in most cases, for approximately forty minutes in honor of the time Jesus Christ spent in the tomb until he was resurrected
Theophany: Theophany describes a visible manifestation of God, whatever He wants.
Venerable: is one who has sanctity but has not yet been canonized.
Seer: is one who observes supernatural phenomena.
May 13, 1917: First Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima
June 13, 1917: Second Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima
July 13, 1917: Third Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima
August 19, 1917: Fourth Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima
September 13, 1917: Fifth Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima
October 13, 1917: Sixth Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima and Miracle of the Sun
January 17, 1918: the Diocese of Leiria is established
April 4, 1919: Francisco's death
February 20, 1920: death of Jacinta
April 28 to June 15, 1919: construction of the Capelinha das Aparições
May 1920: first image of Our Lady of Fatima
June 17, 1921: Sister Lúcia's departure for the Asylum of Vilar in Porto
September 1921: Bishop of Leiria Dom José Alves Correia da Silva visits Cova da Iria
October 1921: the first mass is celebrated in Capelinha das Aparições
March 6, 1922: Capelinha das Aparições was dynamited
October 13, 1923: Voice of Fatima begins to be published
May 13, 1928: the Basilica of the Apparitions began to be built
December 1929: Pope Pius XI blessed an image of Our Lady of Fatima that would go to the Portuguese College in Rome
October 13, 1930: in a Pastoral Letter the Bishop of Leiria confirms the truth of the visions of the Three Little Shepherds and officially allowed the cult of Our Lady of Fátima
October 31, 1942: Pope Pius XII consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
May 13, 1946: Pope Pius XII sent Cardinal Masella to Fatima to crown the statue of Our Lady of Fatima
May 13, 1946: return of Sister Lúcia to Fátima
May 13, 1948: Lúcia joined the Order of the Discalced Carmelites in Coimbra
1952: Francisco and Jacinta's canonization began
1964: Pope Paul VI declared Our Lady of Fatima as the Mother of the Church and gave the Golden Rose to the Shrine of Fatima
May 13, 1967: Pope Paul VI made a pilgrimage to Fatima. It was the year that Fatima became the main place to pray for World Peace
September 19, 1977: Fátima was elevated to the category of village
1979: delivery of the canonization of Francisco and Jacinta at the Vatican
May 13, 1982: Pope John Paul II goes on a pilgrimage to Fatima to thank the divine protection during the attack in 1981 in Rome and to consecrate Men and Peoples to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
1984: the Image of Our Lady of Fatima is sent to Rome for Pope John Paul II to renew the consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
1989: the bullet that hit Pope John Paul II was embedded in the Crown of the Image of Our Lady of Fatima
May 13, 1991: John Paul II visited Fatima, ten years after the attack he suffered
4th of July 1997: Fátima was elevated to the category of city
11 to 14 May 2010: Pope Benedict XVI visited Portugal and celebrated Mass in Lisbon, Praça do Comércio before approximately 500 thousand people. During the visit he also traveled to Fátima and Porto
May 12 and 13, 2017: Pope Francis canonized Francisco and Jacinta
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We must inoculate ourselves against the crazy Anti-Rationalists
Posted by admin | Jul 24, 2020 | Health and Welfare, Latest | 0 |
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Recently, leading anti-rationalist Dominic Lawson had his COVID 19 vaccine promotion pamphlet published by the Daily Mail with the headline "To win the war on Covid-19 we must inoculate Britain against the crazy anti-vaxxers." Like many anti-rationalists Dominic seems to struggle with complex issues.
Certainly questioning anything they are told is unthinkable. Repeating information is where it's at for the anti-rationalists.
Anti-rationalists are incapable of independent thought and need to be told what to believe by someone, some body or organisation, they consider to be important. They call these carefully selected important people and groups "reliable sources."
It isn't entirely clear what constitutes a reliable source for the anti-rationalist but they appear to range from globalist think tanks and appointed world health authority officials, to mainstream media hacks, multinational corporation spokespersons, the right scientists, fact checkers and government representatives.
For many anti-rationalists Dominic is one of those reliable sources. However, there is a pecking order and Dominic probably has his own favourite goto's for information, though presumably Richard Tomlinson and Boris Johnson aren't among them.
Given that virtually nothing he says in his article is plausible, let alone accurate, it is clear that veracity doesn't have much to do with reliability for the anti-rationalists. If they can't cherry pick the information they need to confirm their opinions, they just make it up.
ACCEPT EVERYTHING AND QUESTION NOTHING
Dominic get's off to a flyer:
There is only one sure way to deal with the coronavirus which has plunged the world's economy into recession and killed (so far) more than half a million people. A vaccine."
The specific novel strain of coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 may cause the associated respiratory syndrome of COVID 19. While Dominic doesn't bother making this distinction, it is important to do so. Otherwise, he could be suggesting that half a million people have been killed by the common cold, which is what most coronavirus strains are.
I'm sure Dominic knows this isn't just semantics. Something which so called fact checkers, the kind of reliable sources anti-rationalists prefer, have been keen to highlight.
When a 2020 study by Pentagon scientists of flu vaccinated U.S. military personnel found that vaccine interference increased the subjects risk of contracting coronavirus by 36%, the inaccurately named FactCheck were quick to point out that this didn't specifically mean SARS-CoV-2. They said the vaccine study only showed an increased risk for coronavirus and that this is not the same as SARS-CoV-2. Despite Dominic's slapdash approach, on this occasion, precision was important for the anti-rationalists.
The study was of service men and women inoculated between 2017 – 2019. This was before SARS-CoV-2 was discovered. This also means the Pentagon team weren't testing for SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility. SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus, so FactCheck's categorical statement that there is "no evidence" that the flu vaccine increases the risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 is false. There is inconclusive evidence that this could be the case. FactCheck have got their facts wrong.
Evidence of this potential risk was also found in the paper by scientists from the University of Hong Kong who discovered almost a five-fold increase in susceptibility to non influenza respiratory viruses, including coronavirus, among flu vaccinated children.
Anti-rationalists will be quick to deny the existence of this science because that's what they do whenever it doesn't "fit" with their articles of faith.
Given that we know that COVID 19 is only a significant threat to the older people with comorbidities, and that this is the section of the population most extensively vaccinated with flu vaccines, the correlation and the existing scientific evidence would seem to warrant further investigation.
Something the anti-vaxxers at the British Medical Journal are willing to contemplate.
However, rather than call for urgent research to establish if vaccine interference from the flu shot could increase SARS-CoV-2 risks, Facebook's anti-rationalist fact checking partners preferred instead to deny everything and suggest that vaccine interference isn't a thing.
A quick search of Google Scholar reveals hundreds of papers and scientific articles discussing vaccine interference. Even the most cursory independent research is not something the anti-rationalists like to do.
A virus has very little to say about fiscal or monetary policy. However, government's do. Dominic's belief that a virus has caused global economic collapse is very silly. Of course it hasn't, the political response to claims about a virus has.
Thus far this virus has supposedly affected about 0.15% of the global population and allegedly killed 0.007%. Though it seems, in the UK at least, there is reasonable doubt about the figures. Oxford University Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM) reports that one of the main sources of mortality statistics in the UK, Public health England (PHE), have considerably overestimated deaths from COVID 19.
According to the World Health Organisation, if we accept the figures they report, COVID 19 is slightly less dangerous than a bad, though relatively common, seasonal influenza. Quite why COVID 19 necessitates plunging "the world's economy into recession," while flu doesn't, is difficult to say. Still, Dominic thinks this all makes perfect sense, so that should be more than enough for his anti-rationalist followers.
I say "allegedly killed" because there is very little evidence that these people died "of" COVID 19. The vast majority of people who sadly died "with" COVID 19 were older people approaching, or already receiving, end of life care.
No one, including Dominic, knows how many of the people who died with COVID 19 died of COVID 19. Nor do we have much hope of ever finding out because the death registration process for COVID 19 produces a new from of mortality statistic which is almost perfectly useless.
This makes no difference to the anti-rationalists and they are willing to report that the virus has killed "more than half a million people" because that is what they have been told to think by their reliable sources. It is almost certainly a wildly inaccurate claim, but that's no reason not to demand everyone else unquestioningly believe it in the myopic world of the anti-rationalists.
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Programming Journal, Volume 7, Issue 1
The Art, Science, and Engineering of Programming
Programming Journal, Volume 7, Issue 1 – Preliminary Table of Contents
Building a Secure Software Supply Chain with GNU Guix
Ludovic Courtès
The software supply chain is becoming a widespread analogy to designate the series of steps taken to go from source code published by developers to executables running on the users' computers. A security vulnerability in any of these steps puts users at risk, and evidence shows that attacks on the supply chain are becoming more common. The consequences of an attack on the software supply chain can be tragic in a society that relies on many interconnected software systems, and this has led research interest as well as governmental incentives for supply chain security to rise.
GNU Guix is a software deployment tool and software distribution that supports provenance tracking, reproducible builds, and reproducible software environments. Unlike many software distributions, it consists exclusively of source code: it provides a set of package definitions that describe how to build code from source. Together, these properties set it apart from many deployment tools that center on the distribution of binaries.
This paper focuses on one research question: how can Guix and similar systems allow users to securely update their software? Guix source code is distributed using the Git version control system; updating Guix-installed software packages means, first, updating the local copy of the Guix source code. Prior work on secure software updates focuses on systems very different from Guix—systems such as Debian, Fedora, or PyPI where updating consists in fetching metadata about the latest binary artifacts available—and is largely inapplicable in the context of Guix. By contrast, the main threats for Guix are attacks on its source code repository, which could lead users to run inauthentic code or to downgrade their system. Deployment tools that more closely resemble Guix, from Nix to Portage, either lack secure update mechanisms or suffer from shortcomings.
Our main contribution is a model and tool to authenticate new Git revisions. We further show how, building on Git semantics, we build protections against downgrade attacks and related threats. We explain implementation choices. This work has been deployed in production two years ago, giving us insight on its actual use at scale every day. The Git checkout authentication at its core is applicable beyond the specific use case of Guix, and we think it could benefit to developer teams that use Git.
As attacks on the software supply chain appear, security research is now looking at every link of the supply chain. Secure updates are one important aspect of the supply chain, but this paper also looks at the broader context: how Guix models and implements the supply chain, from upstream source code to binaries running on computers. While much recent work focuses on attestation—certifying each link of the supply chain—Guix takes a more radical approach: enabling independent verification of each step, building on reproducible builds, "bootstrappable" builds, and provenance tracking. The big picture shows how Guix can be used as the foundation of secure software supply chains.
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Gradual Soundness: Lessons from Static Python
Kuang-Chen Lu, Ben Greenman, Carl Meyer, Dino Viehland, Aniket Panse, and Shriram Krishnamurthi
(Brown University, USA; Meta, USA)
Context: Gradually-typed languages allow typed and untyped code to interoperate, but typically come with significant drawbacks. In some languages, the types are unreliable; in others, communication across type boundaries can be extremely expensive; and still others allow only limited forms of interoperability. The research community is actively seeking a sound, fast, and expressive approach to gradual typing.
Inquiry: This paper describes Static Python, a language developed by engineers at Instagram that has proven itself sound, fast, and reasonably expressive in production. Static Python's approach to gradual types is essentially a programmer-tunable combination of the concrete and transient approaches from the literature. Concrete types provide full soundness and low performance overhead, but impose nonlocal constraints. Transient types are sound in a shallow sense and easier to use; they help to bridge the gap between untyped code and typed concrete code.
Approach: We evaluate the language in its current state and develop a model that captures the essence of its approach to gradual types. We draw upon personal communication, bug reports, and the Static Python regression test suite to develop this model.
Knowledge: Our main finding is that the gradual soundness that arises from a mix of concrete and transient types is an effective way to lower the maintenance cost of the concrete approach. We also find that method-based JIT technology can eliminate the costs of the transient approach. On a more technical level, this paper describes two contributions: a model of Static Python and a performance evaluation of Static Python. The process of formalization found several errors in the implementation, including fatal errors.
Grounding: Our model of Static Python is implemented in PLT Redex and tested using property-based soundness tests and 265 tests from the Static Python regression suite. This paper includes a small core of the model to convey the main ideas of the Static Python approach and its soundness. Our performance claims are based on production experience in the Instagram web server. Migrations to Static Python in the server have caused a 3.7% increase in requests handled per second at maximum CPU load.
Importance: Static Python is the first sound gradual language whose piece-meal application to a realistic codebase has consistently improved performance. Other language designers may wish to replicate its approach, especially those who currently maintain unsound gradual languages and are seeking a path to soundness.
Compilation Forking: A Fast and Flexible Way of Generating Data for Compiler-Internal Machine Learning Tasks
Raphael Mosaner  , David Leopoldseder  , Wolfgang Kisling, Lukas Stadler, and Hanspeter Mössenböck
(JKU Linz, Austria; Oracle Labs Vienna, Austria; Oracle Labs Linz, Austria)
Compiler optimization decisions are often based on hand-crafted heuristics centered around a few established benchmark suites. Alternatively, they can be learned from feature and performance data produced during compilation. However, data-driven compiler optimizations based on machine learning models require large sets of quality data for training in order to match or even outperform existing human-crafted heuristics. In static compilation setups, related work has addressed this problem with iterative compilation. However, a dynamic compiler may produce different data depending on dynamically-chosen compilation strategies, which aggravates the generation of comparable data. We propose compilation forking, a technique for generating consistent feature and performance data from arbitrary, dynamically-compiled programs. Different versions of program parts with the same profiling and compilation history are executed within single program runs to minimize noise stemming from dynamic compilation and the runtime environment. Our approach facilitates large-scale performance evaluations of compiler optimization decisions. Additionally, compilation forking supports creating domain-specific compilation strategies based on machine learning by providing the data for model training. We implemented compilation forking in the GraalVM compiler in a programming-language-agnostic way. To assess the quality of the generated data, we trained several machine learning models to replace compiler heuristics for loop-related optimizations. The trained models perform equally well to the highly-tuned compiler heuristics when comparing the geometric means of benchmark suite performances. Larger impacts on few single benchmarks range from speedups of 20% to slowdowns of 17%. The presented approach can be implemented in any dynamic compiler. We believe that it can help to analyze compilation decisions and leverage the use of machine learning into dynamic compilation.


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Léon Tolstoï (, Lev Tolstoï) est un film soviéto-tchécoslovaque réalisé par Sergueï Guerassimov, sorti en 1984.

Synopsis
La vie et la mort de l'écrivain russe Tolstoï.

Fiche technique
 Titre : Léon Tolstoï
 Titre original : Лев Толстой
 Réalisation : Sergueï Guerassimov
 Scénario : Sergueï Guerassimov
 Photographie : Sergueï Filippov
 Musique : Pavel Tchekalov
 Pays d'origine : URSS
 Format : Couleurs - 35 mm - Mono
 Genre : historique et biopic
 Durée : 168 minutes
 Date de sortie : 1984

Distribution
 Sergueï Guerassimov : Léon Tolstoï
 Tamara Makarova : Sofia Tolstaïa
 Borjivoï Mavratil : Dušan Makovický
 Alexeï Petrenko : Vladimir Tchertkov
 Marina Oustimenko : Tatiana
 Ekaterina Vassilieva : Alexandra
 Ian Ianakiev : Sergueï
 Viktor Proskourine : Andreï
 Nikolaï Eremenko : Alexandre Goldenweiser
 Alexeï Chmarinov : Alexeï Sergueïenko
 Viatcheslav Baranov : Valentine Boulgakov
 Marina Gavrilko : Maria Nikolaïevna
 Youri Mikhaïlov : Ivan Azoline
 Olga Markina : Olga Erchova
 Lioubov Polekhina : Aksinia Chouraïeva

Notes et références

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Film soviétique sorti en 1984
Film tchécoslovaque sorti en 1984
Film historique soviétique
Film historique tchécoslovaque
Film biographique soviétique
Film biographique tchécoslovaque
Film réalisé par Sergueï Guerassimov
Film de Studio Gorki
Film biographique sur un écrivain
Léon Tolstoï

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for even the possibility of love.
That'd be Denny Crane from Crane, Poole and Schmidt in Boston.
And why was it that I thought this post was going to be about me when I saw your entry title pop up in my feed reader?
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The Mess, Part IV
Posted on 01/26/2013 by M.E. Walsh Standard	1
Frank walked from the far side of the bedroom, gait filled with purpose. As he navigated the labyrinth he smiled because things were going to get done. He was pleased. As he took his first step out of the bedroom he nearly ran over his wife who was walking in the room as he was walking out. Startled, she jumped back and bumped into a table, nearly knocking over a lamp. She put a hand to her chest and said "Jeez, hon! Ya startled me!" Frank was equally startled but was unwilling to show it. With a happy tone to his voice He said "Ya. I'm your husband. I'm the last person you'd expect to be walking out of your bedroom, right? After he said this he kissed her forehead and smiled and tried to get by.
She was less than happy with being scared like that, and not at all happy with freezing in her own home. Agnes saw the way Frank walked out of the room bouncing around like a kid and knew something was up. She didn't know what exactly but she knew something was up. She had been married to him for nearly 30 years and knew Frank better than he did himself in some ways. Agnes looked at him and blocked his path. He tried to go left, and she moved in his way. Move right? She moved with him. And she did it in a way that made it look like it was accidental.
His happy mood dissolved almost immediately and his face soured, if only for a moment. After trying and failing to get past her twice he was ready to pick up his wife and move her aside so he could get past her. Before he could do that though, she said "So what's happening? When are we going to get heat back?"
He stopped for a second to take her in with his eyes. The face was the face of the girl he married. Wrinkled? More aged? Of course, but that happens. He still loved that face, and the person behind the face. The body had taken a beating over the years. She had put on weight. Her breasts, once perky and as he had once jokingly put it "forward looking" now sagged and looked down at the floor, like they were disappointed with what they had seen. He didn't mind so much. His "equipment" did much the same thing now. The two of them joked about this, but ever too much and never too loud, for fear that it might get worse, that aging might do more to them than it had, and neither wanted to face that.
That took about one hundredth of a second to think that and then respond. He said "I called Jim, and he just called me back. He's bringing the work truck down here. He's on the way, he'll be here in about an hour so it shouldn't be too long before we have heat, with any luck. Then the two of us can warm this place up ourselves." He wrapped his arms around her, and went to kiss her. She pushed him away. Frank put on a mock hurt face, laughed and said "What? Ya don't love me anymore? Do I stink? Did I do something wrong? Do I Offend?" He felt like playing around a little before the serious work was going to get done, but she was very serious about it.
She said "Listen, We can do that later if you like but if someone is coming over, we should get this place cleaned up. Might even warm me up a little bit." She looked at him for a second before continuing. His face was not the boyish face that she had first fallen in love with. It had matured, hardened, grown stronger. As it had changed, her love for him had grown, because as he had grown into his face he had begun to emerge as a successful man in the construction business. He was never the type of guy to buy expensive things for her, or himself, but he tried to make sure that they had everything that they needed. It didn't always work that way, though.
Then she thought about his drinking. That was the one thing he ever did that she felt would drive her crazy. It started out slowly, years earlier. He would come home from work after having a few beers, then having a few more before going to sleep. He would tell jokes and generally be funny, sometimes a bit too much. And he was loud and sometimes he would break things, but never trying to.
Not then.
But as the years went on it began to become a great deal more of a hassle. He got loud and angry at her sometimes if he had a bad day at work, fighting with her like it was her fault. But he aways apologized the next day. Finances started to become a mess because he spent money like a fool, much of it on drinking, and that left little to nothing for anything that had to get done at home. The yelling and fighting got worse and worse as he got older and started to drink more and more. And getting calls to pick him up because he was passed out again at the bar was a hairy pain in the ass. Or seeing him come home covered in his own barf, or someone else's blood if there was a fight was depressing. She hated watching the man she had married turn into, something, what it was she had no words for. But it wasn't the man she fell in love with all those years ago.
After getting hurt on one job he spent six months at home on comp, and he spent seemingly all of his time and most of the money that was coming in at the bar. The fights on those nights were the worst. She almost left him several times but he would apologize the next day and she would decide to stay. Sometimes he would yell at her for no reason while cracking dishes in his hands, slamming things around into jagged pieces on the brown kitchen tile floor and she broke things in response, in her own frustrated rage, and none of it made any sense to her but he apologized and tried to make it up to her, and she stayed.
The whole thing was hellaciously menacing because he was so much larger than she was, but she was no shrinking violet. For better or worse after all. The whole thing felt like hell. After nearly a decade of it, she had finally had enough, she was done listening to "I'm sorry" when he decided to quit. It came as a complete shock. A welcome but completely unexpected. She was ready to turn around and leave, but he had started to turn his life around. But she had doubts. It hadn't been long enough for her to put it all behind her. Meeting up with Jim, one of is old drinking buddies could upset the whole damn thing and push her out the door. She was not going to deal with him being a drunk again.
Thoughts of that past danced through her head, turning her face sour as she said " Maybe you can give me a hand with this. Theres a lot to do around here. We've both been pigs of late, and something has to be done. Now." She had found that being adamant and strident with him went further than pleading and prodding, she learned that early with him, a lesson that stuck.
Frank nodded, smiled at his wife and said "Let's get to it. Don't want him thinking we're dirtbags, especially since I'm the dirtbag here. where do you want to start…" as he walked into the living room of the one floor ranch house, oblivious to the thoughts in his wifes head. He was thinking about meeting up with Jim and getting the heat back on, and just getting back on with his life…
That's it from here, America. G'night.
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World Poetry Celebrates Quinsin Nachoff !
Ariadne's Notes: On Jan, 17, at 1:30 PM PST, The World Poetry Café was delighted to have our second guest,the talented Quinsin Nachoff calling in from New York to talk about his new CD Path of Totality out February 8, 2019 via Whirlwind Recordings. The collaboration with six filmmakers is outstanding. I loved the connection with science and space as well as Quinson's passion for his work and attention to detail. I also want to thank our tech Victor Shartzman and special volunteer Sharon Rowe for another wonderful show. Great thanks to Braitwaite and Katz for sending such great musicians and for providing source material.
NYC-based saxophonist and composer Quinsin Nachoff has earned a reputation for making "pure, bracing, thought-provoking music" that is "cliché-and convention-free" (Ottawa Citizen). Since moving from his native Toronto to New York City, Nachoff has made a habit of freely crossing borders: his music moves fluidly between the jazz and classical worlds and manages to be soul-stirring at the same time that it is intricately cerebral. His passions reach into both the arts and the sciences, with concepts from physics or astronomy sparking inspiration for exhilarating compositions. As a saxophonist, Nachoff's playing has been described as "a revelation… [p]arsing shimmers of Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter and Mark Turner" (DownBeat). He was a semifinalist in the renowned Thelonious Monk Jazz Saxophone Competition and has been nominated for numerous Canadian National Jazz Awards. His diverse ensembles include Flux, the Ethereal Trio, Horizons Ensemble and FoMo quartet as well as the Pyramid Project.
Quinsin Nachoff Internationally acclaimed composer and saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff has commissioned six cutting-edge filmmakers to create original work in response to his new recording Path of Totality out February 8, 2019 via Whirlwind Recordings. The recording features Nachoff's remarkable ensemble Flux which thrives in the space between genres, styles and inspirations.
• Bounce by Lee Hutzulak. The video, which was released on January 14, reflects the piece's percussive outbursts and thrilling call-and-response built on the mathematical model of a bouncing ball. The film can be viewed at https://youtu.be/EfBNkSxkZx4.
Neither Toronto nor New York, the two cities that Nachoff calls home, offered prime viewing conditions as the moon eclipsed the sun in August of 2017. But Nachoff, who has long drawn inspiration from the scientific wonders of the universe, couldn't help but be moved by this rare astronomical phenomenon – and to find a degree of solace in it. In the Path of Totality could be found hope that this, too – whatever "this" might be in the moment, whether political, personal or environmental – will indeed pass. At its foundation Flux is a quartet, though at times on Path of Totality a quintet and sometimes more, employing a vast array of instruments and a vivid palette of musical colors to create something that is consistently surprising as its shape morphs from moment to moment over the course of these six epic-length pieces.
In saxophonist David Binney, Nachoff has a frontline partner with a keen-edged tone and a refined ear for texture, having integrated electronics into his own work as an artist and a producer that expand and mutate his sonic environments. Matt Mitchell is a rigorous boundary pusher, a pianist and composer who astutely avoids obvious choices in favor of pressing fervidly into the unexplored. Kenny Wollesen couples a similarly adventurous instinct with a passion for the playful, as reflected not only in the eccentric arsenal of invented instruments known as "Wollesonics" but in the buoyant swing he maintains even in his most complex and abstract rhythmic excursions. The new addition this time out is Nate Wood, who alternates and at times shares the drum chair with Wollesen, lending the band an urgency and avant-rock propulsion familiar from his work with Kneebody. While that combination of voices would offer a wealth of possibility for any composer, Nachoff was handed an even larger palette by Canada's National Music Centre, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Canadian music through exhibitions, performances and educational programs. As one of the NMC's first Artists-in-Residence, Nachoff was granted access to the Centre's extensive keyboard collection, an enormous resource of both acoustic and electronic instruments. Raised in a household where electronic music was not only heard but composed, Nachoff has long been spurred to follow his own, more acoustic path, but the NMC's collection proved too tempting to resist. Both Mitchell and producer David Travers-Smith have a field day with the array of instruments.
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WILLIMANTIC — Ellen Haggerty-Tamborini came all the way from Florida to be in Willimantic's 31st annual Boom Box Parade Monday.
Haggerty-Tamborini, the matriarch of the Haggerty family and one of 11 Haggerty children born and raised in Willimantic, said the family has been making floats for the Fourth of July parade since the third Boom Box Parade.
The largest parade of its kind in the country and perhaps the state's most famous, the Boom Box Parade allows anyone to march with two caveats: they must have a radio tuned to WILI AM to broadcast the marching music and they need to sport the patriotic colors of the American flag.
With a contingent of about 60 family members across four generations, the Haggertys had a float commemorating the U.S. presidents, with members holding up paper masks with the likes of George Washington and Theodore Roosevelt and a float of the White House and the rose garden.
Haggerty-Tamborini said the floats have gotten less elaborate over the years but she is happy to see her grandchildren taking charge of organizing the family efforts.
Her grandson, Zachary Qwamme, chose this year's theme.
"It's our dream the younger generation will keep this going for many years," Haggerty-Tamborini said.
The longest parade in the event's history was 117 minutes, and, although there is no official time for Monday's parade, there were more floats and displays lined up on Jillson Square than in recent years, organizers said.
WILI's Wayne Norman serves as grand marshal every year, this time leading the parade wearing a tall white hat with a radio tower on top.
Hypno Stix, a group of percussionists, got their start at the 2015 Boom Box Parade and have begin performing at other community events to raise funds for music education, also providing performance opportunities for local percussionists.
They are the only group to break the mold and create their own music for the parade.
"No one seems to mind and they seem to really enjoy the energy we bring," said David Keplesky, who formed the group with Chris Pavliscsak, both of Mansfield.
Patrick Brennan, 12, of South Windham has marched in recent years with his Little League team, but was a spectator Monday.
"It's nice to be able to see the entire parade," Brennan said.
But his mom and dad, Pat and Maria Brennan, said knowing the Little League team was not marching this year got them thinking about the possibility of one day marching themselves.
The family has built a celebration around the parade as well, with relatives coming from as far as Waterbury and Watertown to watch the parade with the Brennans, then enjoying a picnic together.
The parade was born out of necessity, when, in 1986, there was no marching band to be found.
Resident Kathy Clark hatched the idea for a parade where anyone could march and the music would come from the radio. Clark passed away more than a decade ago.


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contacts between Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois, as well as Iowa and the west.
Osage, Arkansas, with nearly P5 pictures exchanged (a distance of 540 miles;see Photo A).
they'll be looking forward to the next big DX adventure.


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Сињавино () насељено је место са административним статусом варошице () на северозападу европског дела Руске Федерације. Налази се у централном делу Лењинградске области и административно припада Кировском рејону.

Према проценама националне статистичке службе за 2015. у вароши је живело 4.025 становника.

Статус насеља урбаног типа, односно варошице носи од 1930. године.

Географија
Варошица Сињавино налази се у централном делу Лењинградске области, односно на северозападу Кировског рејона, на око 45 километара источно од Санкт Петербурга и на око 8 километара од рејонског центра Кировска.

У околини насеља налазе се бројне викендице које углавном припадају становницима из Санкт Петербурга.

Историја

На узвишењу јужно од данашњег насеља император Петар Велики декретом је доделио земљу морнаричком поручнику Сергеју Сењавину по коме је имање и добило име. Извесно је да је почетком XVIII века на том месту већ постојало насеље под именом Сењавино. У близини се налазило село Вагриселка које се помиње на локалним картама из 1770. године

Према подацима првог сверуског пописа становништва из 1897. у селу је живело 615 становника.

До интензивнијег развоја села долази током 1920-их година након што је у околним подручјима почело са интензивнијом експлоатацијом тресета. У априлу 1930. сва околна насеља су уједињено у јединствено насеље Сињавино које је исте године добило статуст радничке варошице. Уочи Другог светског рата варошица је доживела велики демографски напредак и имала је преко 13,5 хиљада становника.

Током рата Сињавино се налазило у зони најжешћих ратних дејстава, у подручју у којем је у ратним дејствима погинуло преко 360.000 људи. Сињавино и околна насеља у рату су уништени до темеља. Првобитно насеље никада није обновљено, а уместо њега ту је подигнут меморијални комплекс страдалим у рату.

Ново насеље изграђено је после рата изнова нешто северније од првобитног насеља.

Демографија
Према подацима са пописа становништва 2010. у вароши је живело 3.784 становника, док је према проценама националне статистичке службе за 2015. варошица имала 4.025 становника.

Види још
 Лењинградска област
 Кировски рејон

Референце

Спољашње везе

 Сињавино на Великој совјетској енциклопедији

Варошице и села Лењинградске области
Википројект географија/Насеља у Русији


All aboard a maiden voyage like no other. It's not just a party… it's the ship, yo! Oli shares his experience of this awesome festival aboard It's The Ship through Singapore and Malaysia.
Days after booking our tickets for this mysterious new music festival hosted by Livescape Asia, we were winging our way to the Marina Bay Cruise Centre in Singapore.
As we got in our Uber (official partner of It's The Ship) our excitement began to build alongside nerving anticipation; we had absolutely no idea what we were about to experience! Was it going to be some sort of fancy cruise, a classic music festival, or was there a chance that we would be packed aboard some sort of insane blow-out ship party?!
Day one on the ship was an organised affair; check in was smooth with no queues to report and so many helpful staff we thought that we had rocked up to the crew after party. From there we boarded The Ship, chucked away our passports to some official looking folk and entered our cabin to the tune of banging house music blasting out through the intercom system alongside an eccentric (and legendary) festival captain with his announcements on the latest goings on around the fun-packed ship. A good sign of things to come, we thought!
We quickly scouted out the swimming pools and hot tubs ready to go up on top deck, a main stage fit for a cruise ship and great tunes sounding out into the fresh sea air. A rather posh (and free – like all the meals onboard!) dinner in one of the ships dining rooms and many Coronas later, we found ourselves gallivanting around various stages doing our best to take in the hugely varied music selection spun by global headliners and underground DJs alike.
The line-up for the event included big names like Dash Berlin, Basement Jaxx, Sick Individuals, ISAAC, DBSTF, CHVRCHES, alongside many more well-known and also lesser discovered artists from Asia and beyond.
Alex Metric's sets were of particular note: one on the Ship as well as B2B fun with Aeroplane at the beach party on day three. That's right: if 5 days on a cruise ship with 4 nights of pool parties, a secluded hot tub stage and a rave in the onboard club, Studio B, weren't already enough, on the third day we docked into the island of Langkawi in Malaysia.
I was expecting to rock up to a beach with a small stage and maybe a few beach bars to party around – but I couldn't have been more wrong. A beach festival in its own right; the Langkawi beach party came complete with a huge stage, plenty of bars and food stalls, water football pitch, beach volleyball and plenty of places to shade for the likes of pale old me!
We had just turned up to a festival within a festival, completely exclusive for us shipmates. Dash Berlin got stuck into the water football quickly while other headliners lounged around on the beach among fans – where else but at It's The Ship!
Headlined by Lil Jon and his own brand of hard-hitting bass-heavy bangers, the beach sets finished around 10pm after which time we were efficiently bussed back to the ship where the party kicked off yet again, with most revellers to be found having the time of their lives in the hot tubs, fists pumping in the air and partying until the sun was on its way to greet everyone once again!
Throw in a complimentary gala dinner and champagne reception, a swanky onboard casino and a private party with Sasha Grey at the helm on the final night and there you have it: to quote our captain, it's not just a party – It's The Ship yo!
While this is in no way a budget event, I promise you that this is was one of the most awesome music experiences of my life! And having had the pleasure of speaking to some of the organisers, everyone sounds super keen to repeat the madness and host it again in 2015. All I have to say is… sign me up!
Ship was empty most of the time, overpriced, dont see this happening again.
The size of the ship certainly gave that impression from time to time, but I quite liked the intimacy of it. It was also only their first one so they can build on that momentum I'm sure!
Wassup Oliver?! What a party eh? U didn't mention the pyjama party, the indieglow party, fine dining restaurants and really good looking people. Hope to see again next year. 8).
Riz – well said! So many activities going on I couldn't even fit them all in! See you next time!
How much did you spent all in all for the duration of the Ship Party brah?


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deCODE Announces Fundamental Discoveries in the Genetics and Pharmacogenomics of Asthma and Allergy
Jul 17, 2002 | NEWS
Discoveries will be used to develop novel diagnostic tools and therapies for asthma and allergies, and to optimize patient benefit from existing drugs
Reykjavik, ICELAND, July 17, 2002 — deCODE genetics (Nasdaq/Nasdaq Europe:DCGN) today announced that its scientists have mapped the first gene ever shown to have genome-wide significant linkage to asthma. A paper describing the discovery, entitled "A major susceptibility gene for asthma maps to chromosome 14q24," has been published in the online edition of the American Journal of Human Genetics at www.ajhg.org.
deCODE scientists have also located two additional genes with strong linkage to respiratory allergies, as measured by heightened immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels. High IgE levels are a key clinical measure of an aggravated immune sensitivity to certain particles in the environment — the basis of atopy (allergies) and an important predisposing factor to the development of asthma. deCODE, together with its pharmacogenomics subsidiary Encode, has also developed an expression-based assay that can accurately predict the responsiveness of asthmatics to glucocorticoid treatment.
These discoveries are part of deCODE's in-house research programs. The company intends to use them to develop diagnostic and therapeutic products that target the causes of asthma and allergies. deCODE plans to use its pharmacogenomic work to develop and market a test that can be used to target the prescription of glucocorticoids to those patients for whom these compounds provide the most effective relief with the least possible side-effects.
"Asthma and allergies are complex conditions, and it is a gratifying validation of our population approach to gain a foothold into the genetic factors that lie behind them," said Kari Stefansson, CEO of deCODE. "By understanding these genetic factors, we may be able to move beyond current therapeutic strategies – which address mainly signs and symptoms – to develop more effective drugs aimed at the fundamental cause of disease. In the meantime, we are working to develop pharmacogenomic tests that can help to optimize the benefit to patients of currently available treatments."
deCODE successfully mapped the asthma gene through a genome-wide linkage analysis using approximately 1000 microsatellite markers and involving 175 families across Iceland. Nearly 600 patients and 550 unaffected relatives volunteered to be genotyped for the study, making it one of the largest linkage studies ever conducted. Approximately 600 patients and relatives participated in the study on respiratory allergies. deCODE is continuing its research on both phenotypes to identify and analyze the roles of these genes, with the aim of finding novel diagnostic markers as well as drug targets that can be used to combat asthma and allergies by going to the underlying causes of both conditions.
deCODE's pharmacogenomic research is particularly vital in the near term because glucocorticoids, which represent one of the most widely-used and powerful treatments for asthma, can also have severe side-effects, particularly in children. Glucocorticoid-resistant asthma patients also account for the majority of the multibillion-dollar healthcare cost of the disease worldwide. With the availability of a simple pharmacogenomic test, doctors may be able to prescribe the most beneficial medicines for their patients without a costly and time-consuming process of trial and error. deCODE and Encode have developed an expression-based assay of 7 genes that can predict glucocorticoid responsiveness with nearly 90% accuracy. The test was developed using an in vitro gene-expression model. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from both responders and non-responders to the drug were isolated and exposed to cell activators to induce an asthma-like state. The expression levels of more than 12,000 genes in these cells were then measured in both groups, both before and after exposure to the drug. This study generated more than 5 million datapoints, information that led to the identification of key genes indicative of responsiveness to glucocorticoids.
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children and young adults. Its prevalence in most European and North American countries ranges between 5% and 20% of the population. Approximately 30% of these populations suffer from some sort of allergies. These can manifest themselves in the respiratory tract, in the form of asthma or rhinitis; in the skin, as eczema or skin rash; or in the eyes, as conjunctivitis. Asthma and allergies run in families and are the result of complex interactions between largely unknown genetic and environmental factors.
deCODE genetics is using population genomics to create a new paradigm for healthcare. With its uniquely comprehensive population data, deCODE is turning research on the genetic causes of common diseases into a growing range of products and services — in gene discovery, pharmaceuticals, DNA-based diagnostics, pharmacogenomics, in silico discovery tools, bioinformatics and medical decision support systems. deCODE's pharmaceuticals group, based in Chicago, and deCODE's biostructures group, based in Seattle, conduct downstream development work on targets derived from deCODE's proprietary research in human genetics as well as contract service work for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. deCODE is delivering on the promise of the new genetics.SM Visit us on the web at www.decode.com.


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STEP INTO LIQUID was formed in Hamburg, Germany in February 2002 from the ashes of another German progressive metal band, MEGACE. The 4 ex-members of the band, Christian WULFF (bass, ex-DROWNING IN REAL), Andreas DÜWEL (drums), Stefan SPEIDEL (guitars, ex-DROWNING IN REAL) and Melanie BOCK (vocals) were joined by guitarist Oliver RADDATZ to follow a different path compared to their tech/thrash past, mixing rock and metal in a progressive manner but with catchy tunes. Their first release came in 2004 with their debut EP "First Steps" which clocks to a little over 18 minutes. The follow-up to this was the full-length "Traffic in my Head" which was released in October 2007. Although quite distant from their previous band's technical approach, STEP INTO LIQUID have maintained an eclectic progressive character, enhanced by dynamic female vocals.
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M.L.Rose expanding to the Gulch
Nashville favorite M.L.Rose Craft Beer & Burgers is bringing its popular sweet potato buns, signature waffle fries and extensive craft beer menu to the Gulch this year.
The restaurant/bar owned by Nashville native Austin Ray of A. Ray Hospitality has inked a deal for the massive $750 million Capitol View project at the intersection of Charlotte Avenue and 11th Avenue North in what's being called the "North Gulch" just a few blocks west of the Tennessee State Capitol.
The deal marks a third location for the laid-back burger joint Ray founded in 2008 on 8th Avenue South. A second location opened on Charlotte Avenue in 2012, and both spots quickly emerged as neighborhood gathering places for everything from a casual meal out with the family to an after-work happy hour destination or a place to watch a sporting event.
"Any neighborhood without a good neighborhood pub and gathering place like M.L.Rose is a candidate for an M.L.Rose," Ray said in an interview with The Tennessean Tuesday, adding that Capitol View is an ideal central location with easy access to the Gulch, downtown and Germantown.
The 4,750-square-foot restaurant at Capitol View is set to open this fall and will be located at the southwest corner of 11th Avenue and Nelson Merry Street.
M.L.Rose will bring a convenient dining option to the hundreds of employees at HCA's Parallon and Sarah Cannon Research Institute. LifeWay Christian Resources and HealthStream Inc. are other planned corporate tenants at Capitol View, which together will bring nearly 1,500 workers to the property.
Along with on-site employees, Ray hopes to draw clientele from the surrounding neighborhoods and nearby residential buildings.
Ray said M.L.Rose Capitol View will offer the same comfortable, lively pub feel customers have come to expect at the other two locations. It will be about the same size, but Ray said the kitchen will be designed to serve a high volume lunch business. The restaurant will have a sidewalk bar accessible from the outdoor patio.
"We're committed to the same vibe of M.L.Rose even though we're in a newer, shinier building," Ray said, adding he's pleased that the team behind a high-profile development such as Capitol View is willing to work with local restaurateurs.
An added benefit: customers will have on-site parking.
"To have ample parking in and of itself is a gift in this market and to have it be free is something really special to me," Ray said.
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