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Business Report: San Diego Sees Rosy Apple Outlook
By Ebone Monet / Speak City Heights Reporter, Kris Vera-Phillips / Senior News Producer
Published December 14, 2018 at 2:07 PM PST
Apple already employs more people in Austin than it does in any other city outside of its California headquarters. The new campus will be near its existing facility in the North Austin area.
KPBS anchor Ebone Monet and SDSU marketing lecturer Miro Copic discuss some of the week's top business stories.
Apple Adds New Jobs To San Diego
Apple announced plans to build a new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, Thursday. The iPhone maker also unveiled plans to add new jobs across the United States, including San Diego. The Cupertino-based company expects to add 1,000 new jobs at a San Diego new office, over the next three years. There are career opportunities expected in engineering, design and research.
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The Fractured Maid · 2
he bullet rode a tongue of flame out of the barrel of the gun and made a bee line for Chain. The ruffian leader did not desire to kill her as he still believed that she was quite valuable and aimed for her torso. It was an ideal target and to Chain's advantage. The bullet never reached her as it was ingulfed by a torrent of flames of pure darkness that erupted from her shoulder blades.
"What in the name of Icarus is that?"
"What your mistake looks like."
Spinning about as she answered the ruffian leader, Chain snatched her sword out of the air as the scabbard that held it disappeared into the flames that trailed from her back.
"Can we really deal with people though."
Though Chain threatened the ruffians, her minute mermaid double was less sure of their ability to fight people. Chain remained confident however and took her simple, cruciform sword in both hands as the flames became a sheer black cape and draped around her.
"They're just monsters that talk as far as I'm concerned."
"Don't just stand there gawking, she's coming!"
Spurred on by their leader's battle cry while Chain appeared distracted, the ruffians prepared to receive her imminent attack. As they were still intending to take her alive, they did not reach for their gun, believing their physical prowess would be more than enough. Under normal circumstances they may have even been right. Most of them were large and muscular, with several being of the races of mankind known as the chimeric races due to the mixture of animal features with those of the more traditional humans, the icarans. For all of their perceived physical advantages however, everyone realized with Chain's first step that she was the one with the physical advantage despite her waifish build.
The child who stood on the opposite end of the faux cave stared in amazement at Chain's feat of speed. This was in direct contrast to the looks of shock and horror on the faces of the ruffians as Chain covered the distance between them and the Lucifalz in a blink.
"When did she–⁈"
A massively bright smile on her face, Chain looked at the ruffians from amongst their midst. Turning her body as it followed her sword strike, she not only brought herself to a stop but split one of the ruffians in two from his shoulder to his opposite hip. Landing with the completion of the strike Chain froze like the shocked ruffians around her. No one seemed to even breathe as they waited for what would come next. What that turned out to be was Chain's mermaid double swimming into the crowd through the air and up to Chain rather concerned.
"Is something wrong? Does it appear that people are not as easy to simply kill as a talking monster?"
"Hrm~…"
Chain's mermaid double became taken aback as she saw the frustrated pout on Chain's face. She was obviously annoyed by something and the complaint that she verbalized clarified what it was.
"I was hoping maybe killing a person would upset me and open a path in my head to another part of me, but all I can see is that darn dragon. –⁈ Dragon? When did I learn that word? Hrm~! It's so frustrating not having everything in my head like it should be!"
Sighing heavily, Chain's double slumped her shoulders and admonished her.
"I understand how frustrated we are, but this does not seem the best time to dwell on it."
"Hm–⁈"
Looking up at her mermaid double Chain was unable to ignore the enraged bandits any longer.
"Oh right, I am in a fight."
"No, You're in a slaughter. Killing one my men and then acting like his death is your problem. I don't care how much money you're worth anymore. You. Are. Dead!"
The ruffian leader lowered his gun onto Chain and attempted to pull the trigger. Before he could her foot made its way fully into his stomach and he was launched into the faux cave. The others watched their leader crash into the ground several meters away and nearly forgot about Chain. Spinning to her feet she reminded them that that was not a good idea and her sword drew a spiral of blood around her as she rose. The screams that erupted from those in reach of Chain's sword assured she was no longer forgotten and the group she stood in the middle of all drew and turned their own revolvers onto her. Their hurried attempts to draw their weapons compromised their aims and perhaps prevented some of them from shooting their fellows as Chain leapt straight up, her cape vanishing into thin air like the last traces of a fire. Even as bad as their aims were, compromised in their haste, a number of the ruffians still managed to shoot their fellows with some being less fortunate then receiving simple injury.
From where he lay on the ground the ruffian leader had rolled onto his back and propped himself up on an elbow. As Chain emerged fully above the heads of the crowd of ruffians, he leveled his gun on her and took the shot. His shot proved a waste of ammunition as Chain either by instinct, foresight, or simply inhuman reaction ability summoned her cape again and let it absorb the bullet harmlessly.
"Damn you!"
In the same motion that Chain summoned her cape again, and was screamed at by the ruffian leader, she pulled herself into a tight spin and threw herself back at the ground. Landing hard and low in an extreme three-point-stance she sprang to her feet and used her momentum to shove back the nearest ruffian. As he stumbled back Chain's sword followed him in a flash and stole his life. Before the body even hit the ground, she pivoted and engaged the next ruffian. By this point they had for the most part straightened themselves out, but it meant little against Chain's speed, deft footwork, unexpected acrobatics, and the confusion she caused with the constant appearing and disappearing of her cape. The ruffians never stood a chance and before they could panic enough to retreat, they all lay dead.
"You're a monster…"
Scrambling backwards as Chain again turned her attention onto him, the ruffian leader waved his gun at her while accused her of being inhuman. Pouting, Chain summoned her cape long enough to retrieve her scabbard from whatever space the cape had taken it and sheathed her sword. Slinging her sword behind her right shoulder she corrected the ruffian leader.
"Not quite. I'm a Sa·B·er."
"A Sa·B·er!"
In contrast to the ruffian leader's confusion and shock, the child who now stood on the opposite side of the faux cavern from Chain shouted out a gleeful exclamation. Realizing they gave away their continued presence they drew their revolver and aimed it on the ruffian leader as they came under the ruffian leader's aim.
"Don't even think about it! I may be young but I'm a good shot and have the position advantage. I doubt you can shoot me from there as well as I can shoot you."
"Damn brat! –⁈"
"No need to worry about that."
Chain diffused the sudden tension as she casually kicked the gun out of the ruffian leader's hand and clear out of the cave. Watching the flightpath of his gun in mouth hanging horror, he could barely believe that Chain completely disregarded him as she continued talking.
"When I woke up I heard horses, and based on your earlier conversation that was someone you know as well as more bad guys."
"That's right. Maye and I were spotted shortly before I found the Lucifalz. She attempted to draw them away while I confirmed its location."
"Well, that means there're more bad guys like him wherever we are, and I want him to go tell them all about me."
"Why the hell would I do that⁈"
"Because it means you get to stay alive."
The cheerful smile Chain turned onto the ruffian leader sent a chill down his spine. Scrambling away from Chain, he somehow managed to get back somewhat upright and fled practically on all fours. Chasing after his discarded revolver he yelled back threateningly.
"Don't think I'll forget this! You'll regret sparing me when I get the gang together! Mark my words you welp!"
Chain watched him go with a blank look on her face while the child watched with greater anxiety. They were tempted to shoot him in the back but wondered if Chain would stop them. Glancing in the peculiar maid's direction they saw her making her way towards the bodies of the fallen ruffians. Their mouth falling open as they realized what Chain was about to do, they suddenly chased after her.
"Wait! You can't just desecrate the dead! You–!"
"It's Chain."
"Eh–⁈"
The child stopped short as Chain turned around suddenly and leveled them with a displeased pout, her left hand on her hip. Leaning in she pushed the child back with her intensity as she clarified what she was saying for them.
"If the Chainmail Maiden or Chainmaid is too much for you then Chain is fine. That's who I am."
"I'm also her, but you can call me Drop and not think about us being the same too much ~♪"
Surprising both Chain and the child, Chain's mermaid double swam up beside her right elbow excitedly. Looking down at her double Chain questioned it having a name.
"You have a name? I don't remember that and don't even feel like if everything in my head was in there that I'd remember you having one."
"Well, it makes things easier, doesn't it?"
"Hm. I guess it does."
Watching as Chain scratched the side of her nose and conversed with Drop, the child smiled and returned their revolver to its holster. Clasping their hands behind their back, they interrupted with their own introduction.
"Chain, Drop. It's nice to meet you. I'm Finch, Finch Whitehead."
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#include <boost/fusion/include/for_each.hpp>
#include <boost/fusion/include/vector.hpp>

namespace fusion = boost::fusion;

namespace
{
  template<int n, int batch>
  struct distinct
  {
    static const int value = n;
  };

  struct f
  {
    typedef int result_type;

    template<typename T>
    result_type operator()(T const& t) const
    {
      return T::value;
    }
  };

  struct touch
  {
    template<typename T>
    void operator()(T const&) const
    {}
  };

  template<int batch>
  void test()
  {
    fusion::vector<
      distinct<0, batch>, distinct<1, batch>, distinct<2, batch>, distinct<3, batch>, distinct<4, batch>,
      distinct<5, batch>, distinct<6, batch>, distinct<7, batch>, distinct<8, batch>, distinct<9, batch> > v;

    // We're testing transform really
    // for_each call is to force iteration through the lazy
    // transform, otherwise very little will happen.
    fusion::for_each(fusion::transform(v, f()), touch());
  }
}

#include "./driver.hpp"

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Greg Calcagno, St. Francis Head Coach, selected as the 49ers 2016 High School Coach of the Year
Alyssa Kelly
(Photo taken by Juan Otero, St. Francis High School.)
The San Francisco 49ers name Saint Francis Head Coach Greg Calcagno, the 49ers 2016 Coach of the Year.
Each week of the high school season, the San Francisco 49ers select a head coach that demonstrates an especially high level of leadership and inspiration as the Charlie Wedemeyer Coach of the Week. All of the selected coaches are top-notch. They are outstanding role models to not only their players, but their coaching staff, schools and communities. The 2016 football season saw an especially elite group of coaches who were true leaders of young men and represented the game with the utmost integrity.
As the 2016 high school season concludes, the Charlie Wedemeyer Memorial Coach of the Week program names one of our ten excellent coaches as the 2016 Coach of the Year. Many coaches were highlighted over the course of the long, strenuous high school season, but it was our week one coach that specifically stood out amongst this group. Saint Francis Head Coach Greg Calcagno has been selected as the San Francisco 49ers 2016 Coach of the Year.
The Saint Francis Lancers were a CCS powerhouse all season long. Coach Calcagno led his Lancers to the semifinal round of the CCS Division II playoffs where they were ultimately defeated by Serra High School. St. Francis, Serra, and Valley Christian shared the West Catholic Athletic League championship, as all three schools finished 6-1 in league play. Calcagno's Lancers finished 10-2 on the season with only the Serra Padres managing to beat them in 2016.
The Calcagno family name has been a familiar influential name at Saint Francis for years, as the family has been heavily involved with the school for generations. Coach Calcagno essentially grew up on the Lancers campus from the earliest of ages, and the football program has been under the leadership of a Calcagno for much of the program's existence. Coach Calcagno's father, Ron, initiated the lineage back in 1972 where the legendary coach led the Lancers to 11 CCS championships over the course of his renowned 23-year coaching stint.
"With my dad coaching there, I basically grew up running around Saint Francis. Friday nights were always spent there as a child. I was a ball boy for them as soon as I was old enough to do so," said Coach Calcagno.
Greg played for his father and was the quarterback and captain of the 1982 Saint Francis team that went 14-0 and went on to be the school's first undefeated team.
Calcagno graduated from Saint Francis in 1983 and went on to continue to follow in his father's footsteps. Greg Calcagno played at Santa Clara University, as did his father.
After his playing career ended, Calcagno spent 20 successful years working in the construction and payment processing industries before the opportunity came up to work at his alma mater.
"I started working at Saint Francis on the institutional advancement side before I started coaching. The coaching thing was a 'great if it works out, but ok if it doesn't' kind of thing. I knew I wanted to work on the fundraising side regardless. As soon as the opportunity presented itself to do so, I knew it was what I wanted to do. To be able to raise money for the school and be part of advancing the school community, that was very enticing to me," said Coach Calcagno.
This is Calcagno's ninth year at the alumni director at Saint Francis High School. As Alumni Director, Calcagno organizes various events and networking opportunities for Saint Francis alumni and leads many fundraising efforts supporting the school's financial aid program.
Calcagno started his coaching career at Saint Francis as the JV assistant coach. After four years as assistant coach, he accepted the position as varsity head coach. This is Calcagno's fourth year leading the varsity squad.
This season was especially meaningful for Coach Calcagno, as this year's senior class was the group that was freshmen when he took over the varsity program. Not only was this his freshman class, but Calcagno's youngest son Patrick was also part of his group.
"It's definitely a big time family thing. I played for my dad. My wife's brothers played for my dad as well. I have coached with two of my older sons and coached my youngest. It was great to be able to coach him and see it come full circle," said Calcagno.
"This is a great group of seniors. They are a special group. They really played for each other. It was never about the statistics with them. They helped get our program back to where we should be, challenging for the CCS title every year. I'm going to miss those guys a lot," said Calcagno.
Coach Calcagno takes great pride in representing Saint Francis and is committed to not only ensuring the football program continues to reign amongst the top, but that the entire Saint Francis community sees that same success.
"I enjoy working with these kids. Working with high school aged young men and women is the most rewarding aspect from my stand point. Saint Francis is a special place. The support I receive from our administration is incredible. Our school is very much behind our football program and we have a great coaching staff that is a huge part of our success. Without their support, this isn't possible," insisted Head Coach Greg Calcagno.
Greg Calcagno's passion for the game at the high school level and his devotion to the community is evident in everything he does. He is committed to providing students with the necessary assets, character traits and skills needed to be successful young men and women in life and prepare them for a bright future. The invested personal interest he takes in each and every one of his players and students goes beyond his responsibilities as head football coach and is what separates him from most.
These sentiments are echoed among the entire Saint Francis community. Whether it is his players, a parent, a coach from his staff, a member of the grounds crew, or an administrator alike, they will all jump at the opportunity to speak to the leader Coach Calcagno is and what he means to the school.
Saint Francis principal, Patricia Tennant, couldn't speak highly enough of Calcagno.
"I am glad to have the opportunity to speak about Greg because I know Greg and I know he would never talk about his legacy at Saint Francis unless specifically asked, and even then, he would downplay what it truly means to this school. That's just the kind of man he is," said Tennant.
"I would say he is the quintessential, classic high school coach that you would only see in movies. With Greg it's kids first, winning second, and when I say that I mean it from the bottom of my heart. It's not just a cliché with him. I'm not saying he isn't competitive; Greg is very, very competitive and takes every win and loss to heart. But he teaches kids how to win well and how to compete with character and integrity. And that's because he himself is an upstanding man of great character and he will never let down his standards. The kids truly want to live up to his expectations," continued Tennant.
An elite football coach – absolutely. However, Coach Calcagno is so much more than simply a successful coach at Saint Francis High School. His character, integrity, leadership, and commitment to the entire high school community is astounding, and that is uncontested by his players, staff, colleagues and competitors alike.
Congratulations to Head Coach Greg Calcagno, the San Francisco 49ers Coach of the Year.


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3 Top Dividend Aristocrat Stocks for $55 or Less
By Jeff Little – Updated Oct 13, 2021 at 5:06PM
Coca-Cola's 3.1% dividend yield tops the non-alcoholic beverage industry's average yield of 2.6%.
Enbridge has been paying dividends to investors for over 66 years.
Cardinal Health's 4.03% dividend yield tops that of competitors.
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At least one of them has been known to bring a smile to faces.
One thing that all investment portfolios can benefit from is dividend-paying stocks. Dividends provide investors with the benefit of earning income in a timely manner through monthly, quarterly, or annual payouts by the companies in which investors own stock. Including dividend-paying stocks has proven highly successful for well-known investors such as Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway has raked in $4.6 billion in dividends from five stocks alone so far in 2021.
Dividend-paying companies come in all shapes and sizes and are focused on various market sectors, including food and beverage, energy infrastructure, and healthcare. And when a company has a track record of paying out dividends consistently for over 25 years, it joins an elite group called Dividend Aristocrats. Three such Aristocrats highlighted here could be an excellent addition to any portfolio, and the share price for each of the three is currently below $55.
A Coke and a smile
You may be familiar with the legacy Coca-Cola (KO 0.25%) commercials in which drinking Coke will bring a smile to anyone's face at any time. The same probably holds true in the relationship between Coke's stock dividends and Coke investors, such as Warren Buffett whose dividends in 2021 from Coke stock have brought in $672 million.
The company has been paying and increasing its dividends annually for 59 consecutive years. Currently, the annual dividend is $1.68 per share, resulting in a dividend yield of 3.1%, which is ahead of the non-alcoholic beverages industry average yield of 2.61%. The stock price has also been kind to investors, having more than doubled since the start of 2009, from $21 to $54.
Coming off of a strong second-quarter earnings report, the company is heading in the right direction which should support further continued dividend payouts. Second-quarter results reported on July 31 highlighted a trifecta in growth on a year-over-year basis, including a 42% quarterly increase in net revenue, 48% jump in earnings per share, and doubling in cash flow to $5.4 billion.
The company noted that the growth in revenue is driven by recovery in markets that were negatively impacted by the coronavirus, leading Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO James Quincy to confidently state, "We are better equipped than ever to win in this growing, vibrant industry and to accelerate value creation for our stakeholders."
Enbridge: Fueling portfolios for over 66 years
If you live in certain parts of the U.S. or Canada, you've probably benefited from Enbridge (ENB -0.76%) operations at some point -- at least indirectly. The energy-delivery company operates 17,000 miles of pipeline that transport oil and natural gas from Western Canada to major North American markets. As a member of the elite Dividend Aristocrats, Enbridge could also fuel your investment portfolio with consistent income for years.
Enbridge has been paying out stock dividends for over 66 years. It carries a dividend yield of 6.5%, which is in line with that of top competitors. In December 2020, the company announced a 3% increase, bringing its annual dividend to a healthy $3.34 per share, or a dividend yield of 6.46%. By comparison, top competitors Energy Transfer LP (ET -1.95%) and Kinder Morgan (KMI -1.86%) currently offer dividend yields of 6.14% and 6.09%, respectively.
This Aristocrat will likely continue paying out a solid dividend. Driven by higher demand, the oil and gas transportation market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6% through 2026. Pipeline projects, delayed during the pandemic, are once again ramping up and operating at full capacity. This should provide Enbridge with revenue growth to support dividends and a boost to the stock price as it rebounds from a 35% drop during 2020. The share price declined from $42 to $27 before gaining upward momentum and once again hitting the $40 mark.
Cardinal Health: Providing investors with healthy income
Like the oil and gas transportation market, the healthcare market is also experiencing a resurgence after a troubled 2020, with a projected 7.8% compound annual growth rate for the home healthcare market through 2028. Cardinal Health (CAH 0.99%) focuses heavily on this market, serving over 3.4 million patients with 46,000 products, ranging from basic skin and wound management to specialized devices that monitor, record, and treat irregular cardiac activity.
It is also a proud member of the elite Dividend Aristocrats, having begun paying dividends in 1984. For the past 34 years, it has raised the annual dividend amount every single year -- most recently to $1.96, representing a 4.03% dividend yield. By comparison, two of its top competitors in the healthcare space -- AmerisourceBergen (ABC 0.70%) and McKesson (MCK -0.13%) -- offer annual dividend yields of 1.44% and 0.93%, respectively.
Whether you're setting yourself up to help pay for vacations, college for kids, or retirement, having an investment portfolio that includes dividend-paying stocks can go a long way toward providing you with additional income while minimizing risks during volatile or down markets.
Consider that a $10,000 investment in Coca-Cola at a 3.1% dividend yield would earn you an extra $310 per year. Over 20 years, you would have over $6,000 in extra income, not including reinvestment, potential raises in the dividend, or an increase in the stock price. With numbers like that and the proven success of investors like Warren Buffett, it might be time to reconsider your portfolio, especially if it lacks dividend-paying stocks.
Jeff Little has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Enbridge and Kinder Morgan. The Motley Fool recommends McKesson. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
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Q: Swift Enum implicit member expression with custom type I'm trying to use implicit member expression in my enum. I did one example in which my enum inherits from String and it works fine but I can not do the same with a custom RequestButton type.
I get the following error: Raw value for enum case must be a literal
struct RequestButton: Identifiable {
    var id = UUID()
    var title: String
    var status: RequestStatus
    var color: Color = .blue
}

    enum RequestButtons {
        case Cancel = RequestButton(title: "Cancel", status: .Canceled, color: .red) // Raw value for enum case must be a literal
    }

    var buttons = [RequestButton]()
    buttons.append(.Cancel)

struct RequestButtons {
    static var Cancel = RequestButton(title: "Cancel", status: .Canceled, color: .red)
    static let Accept = RequestButton(title: "Accept", status: .Accepted)
    static let Delivered = RequestButton(title: "Delivered", status: .Delivered)
    static let ContactSupport = RequestButton(title: "Contact Support", status: .SupportContacted, color: .yellow)
    static let Pay = RequestButton(title: "Pay", status: .Paid, color: Color(.magenta))
}

A: You can't use anything other than literals as raw values for enums, as the error suggests.
A literal is a fixed value represented in source code (so no method calls are allowed to construct it).
Swift has String literals (which allow String and Character raw values for enums), integer literals (which allow all the UInt/Int (8, 16, 32, 64) types) and floating point literals (Float, Double, ...). Types that can be constructed from a literal conform to the ExpressibleByIntegerLiteral, ExpressibleByFloatLiteral or ExpressibleByStringLiteral protocols.
There are also array and dictionary literals but you cannot use them as raw values.
Otherwise, just use a computed property:
enum RequestButtons {
    case cancel

    var button: RequestButton {
        switch self {
        case .cancel:
            return RequestButton(...)
        }
    }
}

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Francois Girard's hauntingly beautiful film will exhaust you in the same fashion as it did me. It wastes no time in spanning the globe - covering multiple continents over a time period of roughly 300 years, a track record that would make Indiana Jones proud. The various characters' lives touched in profoundly different and powerful ways, leading the watcher through a multitude of emotions. This film is also as pleasing to the eyes as it is to the ears, as Alain Dostie's handy camera work is matched by John Corigliano's music score.
Girard and cowriter Don McKellar, who also stars in the film, not only spent quite a while on this project (and it shows!), but they have given in a perfect title. The red violin on display throughout is the focal point of this film and asymbol of utter perfection to the set of characters who possess it.
The Red Violin tells the story of how one musical instrument passes many hands through the centuries and touches an equal number of hearts. The director is not only able to produce this effect on screen, but he does it flawlessly by starting his story in present day Montreal, where the violin is up for sale to a passionate throng, who are aware of the unique beauty and history this beautiful object possesses. Among them is Charles Morritz (solid work as usual by Samuel L. Jackson), an appraiser, who's simply in love with the instrument.
Days before the actual bidding for the piece, Morritz spends endless nights researching and analyzing the piece for its authenticity. As he continues digging for the violin's origins, Girard guides the audience through its history by presenting a handful of short stories of the violin's previous owners. The team of Girard and McKellar do a fine job here as the vignettes come together nicely as a whole, each weighing equally in importance.
The film reveals that the instrument is first constructed in Italy, in 1861 by master craftsman Nicolo Bussotti (Carlo Cecchi) for his unborn son, who he dreams will someday become a violinist. His dreams are shattered when his wife Anna (Irene Grazioli) dies in childbirth. The film then fast-forwards a century later where the violin has made its way to an order of monks, who run an orphanage near the outskirts of Vienna. It soon becomes the property of one of the little boys: a shy and gifted young musician named Kaspar Weiss (Christoph Koncz). The boy becomes attached to it, but doesn't realize the true scope of its power. His mentor Georges Poussin (Jean-Luc Bideau) does, however, and takes the young prodigy under his wing. Poussin's intentions are all selfish at the start, but he quickly finds himself falling in love with the little boy as a caring father figure.
With time, the violin finds its way to a family of gypsies. It is here where world famous concert violinist Frederick Pope (an amusing performance by Jason Flemyng) comes into possession of the piece, which brings his performances both at jam-packed concert halls, and in the bedroom with his lover Victoria (period piece veteran Greta Scacchi) up a level. The violin then winds up in a Shanghai pawnshop during the Cultural Revolution in China. This is where a young woman named Xiang Pei (Sylvia Chang) does anything she can to save it from destruction from those who view it as a symbol of evil. The film ends where it begins: in the auction house as bidders raise the stakes on the one thing that they must have and experience for themselves.
The Red Violin works on many levels, and uses two different techniques effectively, keeping the viewer involved. By following this approach, he manages to effectively hold the viewer in suspense, while slowly building up the tension throughout the course of the film.
The first technique involves the use of tarot cards. They are introduced thanks to Bussotti's late wife Anna, who visits a fortune-teller to seek out her future. What she doesn't know, however, is that the violin's (and not her) future would be spelled out with the luck of the deck. The other technique that the director employs, which could be seen as an annoyance if not handled properly, is the recreation of scenes. For example, the scenes at the auction house, which act as a gateway to the violin's past, are re-shot at different angles. After each vignette, the audience is transported back to the present day, where the bids on the violin continue. At first you may be leery of this Jackie Brown type of story telling, but you'll quickly appreciate its importance.
Although the various stories and performances are equally well constructed and executed, it is hard not to point out the fine work of Tarantino-regular Jackson, who shows his versatile range with a subdued performance in a film that you just can't picture him in. The way in which he caresses and looks at the instrument (as if he were the original owner himself) is priceless and speaks volumes.
This is an excetionally effective period piece production, with handsome photography and lavish costumes. Since the stories are featured in their native tongues (there's very little English spoken in the film), the viewer gets a good "international" taste and feel of how this violin does indeed touch lives. You also don't have to be a music connoisseur to fall in love with the film's soundtrack. You are rewarded twice: first, by the director, whose film feels like a flawless musical composition, but then (as a bonus) we also get to enjoy John Corigliano's musical score (with the help of the London Philharmonic Orchestra).
The Red Violin is the kind of film Four Rooms dreamed of becoming. It works simply because all its elements successfully come together as a whole producing a passionate and memorable piece of work. By the end of the film, you'll find yourself also drawn to this haunting portion of wood that's been shot at, broken, and pieced back together. We appreciate its existence, how it develops a life of its very own, and how someone like Charles Morritz, who never owned it and will never have the money to purchase it outright, will do anything he can to have it become a part of his life forever.


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During the climax of the Khmer–Cham wars, a battle had been fought between king Jaya Harivarman I of Champa against his rebelling brother-in-law Vamsaräja somewhere near Mỹ Sơn, Central Vietnam in 1150. After driving Khmer forces out of Vijaya in 1149, Harivarman spent years to reconquer other parts of the kingdom and consolidate the monarchy of Vijaya.

In 1150, in northern Champa, Vamsaräja rebelled against Harivarman. Vamsaräja gathered highland tribes: "Rade, Mada and other barbarians (Mlecch'a)" and attacked Harivarman, but was beaten.

Vamsaräja then requested aid from the ruler of Dai Viet, king Ly Anh Tong, who gave him 5,000 troops from Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An. According to Cham sources, "the king of the yvan, because he learned that the king of Cambodia created obstacles for Jaya Harivarman, proclaimed Vamsaräja, a man of Champa as king." With lend troops from Dai Viet, Vamsaräja marched his army totaling 100,000 and a thousand Viet senäpati to challenge Harivarman. They advanced to the plains of Dalvä and of Lavang. Harivarman gathered all of his royal troops in Vijaya to confront Vamsaräja in a pitched battle and fought them in a terrible combat, which Harivarman outmaneuvered his brother-in-law. Both Vamsaräja and the Vietnamese commander were killed in battle. In the following year, Harivarman subdued Amarävati (Quảng Ngãi province).

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The U.S. Geological Survey has posted this map of the 5.9-magnitude earthquake that hit central Virginia just before 2 p.m. today, sending tremors up and down the East Coast.
The quake's frequency hit the geology of the region just right, like a tuning fork, and reverberated outward, said Alexander Gates, the chairman of earth and environmental sciences at Rutgers-Newark, and an earthquake expert. But there's no likely danger for aftershocks of the Virginia quake, which will be significantly more minor, he said.
Though small earthquakes occur in New Jersey all the time, earthquake experts said today's shaking was highly unusual.
As mentioned before in previous blogs, Comet Elenin will pass close to Earth in six weeks or so. We had previously talked about the theories out there with this comet. To read them, please click here and here.
For even better treat, on Oct. 7, Comet Honda will brighten to a magnitude 5 in the constellation Leo and favor a horizon view before sunrise for Northern sky observers.
That is not all, Comet Honda will join Comet Elenin, and both will be visible on that morning in the same wide field of view in binoculars and camera lenses, a rare treat with two comets at once! You should be able to get some spectacular photos of this event. I will have to remind you as we get closer to the event so that you can post some pictures for me.
GOLDEN — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook southern Colorado late Monday, waking some people up and startling hundreds of others, including some in Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs residents reported feeling the temblor about 11:49 pm Monday on Twitter at @csgazette.
The USGS link online confirmed the tweets' accuracy.
The magnitude 5.3 earthquake was recorded at about 11:46 p.m. MDT Monday about nine miles southwest of Trinidad, and about 135 miles south of Colorado Springs, according to the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden. The quake followed two smaller ones that hit the area earlier in the day.
In contrast to the increased growth in plants that scientists have often seen in studies with elevated CO2, the first synthesis paper on the comprehensive CLIMAITE project shows that the combination of summer drought and potential plant growth-promoting factors such as higher temperatures and increased CO2 together limit the effect of CO2 increased plant growth significantly.
"When you've previously seen a significantly higher plant growth at elevated CO2 concentrations, it is typically because it has been controlled studies, where only the CO2 concentration was changed. We fundamentally had the theory that you have to look at the combination of the different climate variables, since the plants in the future will be exposed to multiple changes simultaneously, "explains Klaus Steenberg Larsen, who is a researcher in the Biosystems Division at Risø DTU and lead author on the scientific paper.
WASHINGTON, Aug 23, 2011 (IPS) – People do not normally leave their homes, their families, and their communities unless they have no other option. Yet as environmental stresses mount, we can expect to see a growing number of environmental refugees. Rising seas and increasingly devastating storms grab headlines, but expanding deserts, falling water tables, and toxic waste and radiation are also forcing people from their homes.
Advancing deserts are now on the move almost everywhere. The Sahara desert, for example, is expanding in every direction. As it advances northward, it is squeezing the populations of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria against the Mediterranean coast.
Oklahoma City has broken its record for most 100-degree days in one year, as the temperature reached 101 degrees at Will Rogers World Airport Monday for the 51st time this year. The previous record, set in 1980, was 50 days. The record is one of many to fall this year in an unprecedented heat wave.
While the TSA can't explain why invasive patdowns without probable cause are legal, that isn't stopping TSA from future plans to track all your daily travels, anywhere you go, from work, to stores, or even when you go out to play.


As a result of the joint development of ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ and T-Systems, Budapest's first public Smart Service Point (SSP) integrating information technology devices and energetic solutions forming part of the Smart City concept was deployed today. The electric car charger, free WI-FI, modern LED illumination, security camera and emergency button provide services at a single location, which services would considerably improve the quality of urban life.
This spring, the ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ Holding and T-Systems Hungary signed a statement of intent on cooperation, according to which they would develop intelligent, energy-efficient solutions making urban life more convenient. The basis for this cooperation is the fusion of the sets of skills and expertise possessed by the two companies, i.e. the system integration competences of T-Systems Hungary and the knowledge of ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ accumulated in the fields of energy efficiency, e-mobility and climate protection.
The first tangible result of the joint work is the Smart Service Point (SSP) installed on 12 November in Széna Square, one of the busiest spots of Budapest. Because of the built-in technical devices and the applied solutions, installation of the equipment is regarded as a milestone from the aspects of domestic penetration of e-mobility, implementation of energy-efficient public street lighting, improvement of public safety and achievement of the country's environmental objectives.
Hungary's first smart service point basically integrates five systems and functions. The smart electric car charger built on the infrastructure of ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ is capable of transferring 22 kW (3x32) performance, and is compatible with the e-kWh application of the holding. It is important to note that in Hungary this is the first time when an electric car charger is built into an existing lighting pole, one that can be used by the drivers 24 hours a day. The equipment also includes a WI-FI router ensuring free wireless internet connection capable of providing services to 200 users simultaneously in a 180-meter circle. The security camera installed on the pole – which is the 50th surveillance device in the district – and the emergency button to establish direct contact with the police also integrated into the pole serve the safety of the residents and passers-by. The lighting function is fulfilled by modern and energy-saving LED light sources. Since the smart service point can be customised due to its modular architecture, it is also possible to integrate additional system elements besides those already listed.
In her speech at the presentation ceremony held on 12 November, dr. Marie-Theres Thiell, Chairwoman of ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ emphasized that the two cooperating parties develop smart solutions based on their own infrastructures, which solutions – when widely applied – may lever Budapest to the most advanced metropolises in the short run. "Implementation of the Smart City concept is now within reach also for the Hungarian capital. It is a great delight for me to lead a holding, which due to its innovation activities not only sets the direction of the development, but also makes the first steps on it. This smart service point is only the beginning: Thanks to the cooperation of T-Systems and ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ we are going to introduce new marketable products in the near future." – dr. Marie-Theres Thiell said.
In his speech, Tibor Rékasi,Chief Executive Officer of T-Systems Hungary, said that the cooperation had already spelt success the moment the respective agreement was signed. "Both infocommunications and energetics sectors are interested in contributing to a sustainable future with concrete innovative solutions. Cities are one of the areas, where these two professional fields can reach the most spectacular results. The stable professional relationship established with the ELMŰ-ÉMÁSZ Holding has met the hopes and also has a huge value generation potential we are going to try and exploit as soon as possible." – Tibor Rékasi said.
The event was also attended by Zsolt Láng, Mayor of District II,, who reminded the audience that the district under his leadership is deeply committed to environmental protection and energy efficiency, which is justified by the investments and procurements carried out during the recent years. At the handover ceremony the mayor announced that electric cars with green license plates are now allowed to park free of charge in District II., as a unique measure.
The recently commissioned innovative development is the first element of the product portfolio the two companies intend to jointly enter the market with. Primary target groups of the new product are local municipalities, large public institutions, companies and players of the real estate market. Several Hungarian companies like Budapesti Dísz- és Közvilágítási Kft (Budapest Decorative and Public Ligthing Ltd.) or HOFEKA Kft. having vast experience in the production of public lighting and high-voltage long-distance cable fittings have also joined to the development process.


Two Australian ambulance officers have been praised for a kind, yet simple act for a dying man.
As per a Facebook post by the Queensland Ambulance Service, 72-year-old Ron McCartney took a trip to hospital for palliative care last week.
His wife, Sharon, told officers he had been eating very little in the two days prior to being picked p. So the officers asked Ron what he'd want to eat, if he could eat anything.
Ron's answer? A caramel sundae.
The officers, Kate Hanafy and Hanna Hoswell, dropped by a McDonald's to pick up the special treat.
"He was wrapped, he was getting it all over his face, getting it all over his shirt, he had a big smile on his face and his wife was tearing up because she was so pleased to see him eating," Hanafy told Fairfax Media.
People praised the pair on social media, lauding them for their kindness.
QAS officers to the rescue. Something so simple that means so much. Such an amazing profession to care for us in our most vulnerable of times.
A very sweet thing for the officers to do.
Ron passed away on Saturday, according to a comment on the Facebook post by his daughter, Danielle Smith. She thanked the officers for their kindness.
A simple act certainly goes a long way.


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The Suhartos' NZ Assets
Tuesday, 1 August 2000, 3:18 pm
Press Release: Campaign Against Foreign Control Of Aotearoa
Minister of Foreign Affairs
THE SUHARTOS' NEW ZEALAND ASSETS
Dear Mr Goff,
We note with approval that the Government is contemplating legislation that would enable it to seize New Zealand-based assets of Fiji coup participants. If it's good enough for George Speight and his merry bunch of drunken thugs, then it's definitely good enough for the infinitely worse Suharto family and their cronies. They hijacked democracy for decades, committed mass murder, and stole billions from the long suffering peoples of Indonesia and East Timor.
Can you please tell us where things are at in relation to any inquiry into, and seizure of, New Zealand assets held by the Suhartos and their cronies? Has the Indonesian government yet asked for New Zealand's assistance? Are there any moves by the New Zealand government to pass laws to enable the seizure of these assets?
Our campaign has gained urgency because of the murder and mutilation of Private Manning in East Timor. This brutal killing bears all the hallmarks of Indonesia's Kopassus special forces, or those trained by them. General Prabowo Subianto, the immediate past Kopassus commander, is married to Suharto's daughter, Titiek, who owned chalets in Queenstown (she is alleged to have sold them to an Indonesian company that she controls). It is intolerable that such a man, who is, in a very real sense, an enemy of New Zealand, should be allowed to own property in this country. That killing was an act of war – the people responsible for the past and present agony of East Timor are the Suhartos and cronies. Why are we allowing them to continue to own real estate, land and companies in New Zealand? It wouldn't be contemplated if it involved Saddam Hussein or Slobodan Milosevic. Nor George Speight. The Suhartos are as bad as, if not much worse, than any of them. They should be rooted out of our country, and the proceeds of their seized assets returned to the Indonesian and East Timorese people, as some mall compensation for the horrific crimes committed against them.
Murray Horton Secretary/Organiser
CAFCA Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa PO Box 2258, Christchurch email: cafca@chch.planet.org.nz
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In the first week of July, I attended an internal training on Crucial Conversations. I've been eyeing that training ever since I started at Red Hat.
In the first week of July, I attended an internal training on Crucial Conversations. I've been eyeing that training ever since I started at Red Hat. It's a skill that I'm poor at. I tend to avoid difficult conversations. When do I have them, I let emotions get the better of me or go the path that has the least amount of conflict. The training involves hands-on practice with methods and techniques taught in the book. I'd read about half the book before I went into the training, but the training was way more effective.
I learned two important lessons from this training. One, you can get into a conversation and very often it can turn into who's winning and who's losing. At this point, it's very likely you've lost track of the original goal of the conversation. The second is to observe when a conversation is escalating due to aggression or silence. De-escalate the conversation first. Otherwise, you'll have of two things happen. The other person will be angry and the conversation becomes a conflict. Or the person will agree to everything while utterly unhappy about it.


Thank you for taking the time to inquire about Pullman Christian School. Since our inception in 1976, it has been our continuing mission to provide a quality education in a wholesome Christian environment. "Christian education" is really God's idea and plan for our children, so it is our sincere desire to partner with parents in the education, growth and development of their children who attend PCS.
We believe that we must do all we can to help every child learn to view life with a Christian worldview. His Word is central to every academic subject, every extracurricular activity and every aspect of character training at PCS. Students who learn to view all of life from God's point of view and who have worked hard to learn the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed, will truly be enabled to impact our world for His Kingdom.
If you are looking for this kind of education for your children, please contact us for further information. I encourage you to stop by for a campus tour or take advantage of the opportunity for visiting students to shadow a PCS student. I know that you'll quickly see the friendly, vibrant spirit that exists on our campus. I would love to answer any questions you may have and meet with you if you would like.


Born in 1970 in Mexico City. Received a scholarship to study architecture at the Cracow University of Technology, Poland. Graduated in 1998. Moved to Berlin in 1996, where she worked as an architect in the office Kleihues + Kleihues untill 2013. 2001 began as autodidact with black and white photography. 2007 assists the photographer Stefan Müller (Architecture photography), Berlin. Since 2006 theater photography. 2013 decided to focus solely on photography.


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Brie Larson wants Marvel to 'move faster' on LGBTQ representation
By Muri Assunção
Brie Larson arrives at the premiere of "Avengers: Endgame" at the Los Angeles Convention Center on April 22, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Brie Larson wants "Endgame" to be the beginning of a new game.
The star of the record-mashing Marvel superhero franchise is happy to be part of a movement — a new era in Hollywood where major studios are willing to open the doors to tell stories of different communities. But she wants the movement to "move faster."
The "Avengers: Endgame" and "Captain Marvel" actress told Variety that she is "happy to be on the forefront of the normalization of this type of content and to prove once again that representation matters.
"Diverse storytelling matters, the female experience matters, and these are markers,"she said.
'Avengers: Endgame' cast struggle to answer questions about movie
Larson, who broke with tradition earlier this year when she became the first female lead in a Marvel standalone picture led by a female character in "Captain Marvel," said that she gets very emotional when little girls come up to her to say "thank you." And she added how important it is to younger generations to be able to see themselves portrayed on the screen.
"I don't think we think about [representation] all the time as kids. I think we accept what we have, but to see this new generation of boys and girls, or kids who don't identify as either, being able to see this on screen and to not know anything different is really exciting," Larson said.
When Variety's Marc Malkin told her he never thought he'd ever see a LGBTQ superhero when he was growing up, Larson said she was disappointed. "That breaks my heart to hear that, because there's no reason," she said.
"I don't understand how you could think that a certain type of person isn't allowed to be a superhero. So to me it's like, we gotta move faster. But I'm always wanting to move faster with this stuff."
"Avengers: Endgame" shattered the record for biggest opening weekend with an estimated $350 million in ticket sales domestically and $1.2 billion globally.


A Bangladeshi husband-wife journalist duo was stabbed to death by unidentified attackers early Saturday in front of their five-year-old son at their home in a posh locality of Dhaka, officials said. Home Minister Shahara Khatun has ordered the police to trace and arrest the killers within 48 hours.
Meherun Runi was a reporter for ATN Bangla while her husband Sagar Sarwar worked for the Maasranga TV channel as a news editor, and was also correspondent for the Bangla service of German media group Deutsche Welle, according to Xinhua.Police have not been able to identify the killers or ascertain the motive behind the killing.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Benazir Ahmed said intelligence agencies have begun an investigation.
Witness to the killing, their son Mahi Sarwar Megh said the killers murdered Sarwar first.
The traumatised child telephoned his grandmother around 6.30 a.m. to inform her about the killing, Runi's mother told the Daily Star.
Palash Rudra Pal, a security guard at their apartment, said Runi was at home since Friday evening while Sarwar reached home by an office car around 2 a.m. Saturday.Nurunnabi, president of the flat association, said he heard screams when he woke up for morning prayers. He immediately called Pal and asked him to see where the sound was coming from.
But Pal could not detect exactly from which apartment the screams came, he said.Hamida Sultana, a neighbour, said some guests were at the house Friday.While the guard said he did not see anybody going out or in after Sarwar returned home early Saturday, the register of the flat complex used for keeping records of visitors said a man named Toufiq entered the house at 4.52 p.m. Friday but there was no record when he left.
The Daily Star said the murderers had tied both legs of Sarwar before killing him.The main door of their rented flat on the top floor of the five-storeyed building -- Shahjalal Rashid Lodge in West Rajabazar area -- was found locked from inside but the kitchen window grill was found cut.
Police arrested two security guards of the building -- Pal and Humayun Kabir -- who were on duty.
Runi's brothers Nawser Alam and Nawdish Alam were also taken for questioning but were released in the evening.
The bodies were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for autopsy.Home Minister Shahara Khatun, the prime minister's special assistant Mahbubul Haque Shakil, and Maasranga TV chief executive officer Syed Fahim Munaim visited the flat.
Chief of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia condemned the gruesome killing, saying the country's law and order situation has deteriorated and there was no guarantee of lives of ordinary people.


St. Joseph, husband of the Mother of God, pray for us!
I never weary contemplating you and Jesus asleep in your arms; I dare not approach while He reposes near your heart. Press Him in my name and kiss His fine Head for me and ask Him to return the Kiss when I draw my dying breath.
St. Joseph, Patron of departed souls – pray for me. Amen.
It is true that the creature loves less because she is less. But if she loves with her whole being, nothing is lacking where everything is given.
We Have a Mother in Heaven!
I Am All Thine, My Queen and My Mother, and All That I Have is Thine!
Indeed, rereading it has helped me to gain greater insight into the richness of this devotion and how to live it out in my daily life. The next (suggested) Total Consecration preparation begins on Nov. 5 and ends on Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Order the Total Consecration book, or use this website which offers a very thorough explanation of how to proceed and includes links to all readings and prayers so that ordering books is not necessary.
Happy Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary!!
Most Holy Virgin Mary, tender Mother of men, to fulfill the desires of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the request of the Vicar of Your Son on earth, we consecrate ourselves and our families to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and we recommend to You, all the people of our country and all the world.
Please accept our consecration, dearest Mother, and use us as You wish to accomplish Your designs in the world.
O Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, and Queen of the World, rule over us, together with the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, Our King. Save us from the spreading flood of modern paganism; kindle in our hearts and homes the love of purity, the practice of a virtuous life, an ardent zeal for souls, and a desire to pray the Rosary more faithfully.
We come with confidence to You, O Throne of Grace and Mother of Fair Love. Inflame us with the same Divine Fire which has inflamed Your own Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. Make our hearts and homes Your shrine, and through us, make the Heart of Jesus, together with your rule, triumph in every heart and home.
Happy Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus!
O Most Merciful Jesus, I consecrate myself today and always to Your Most Sacred Heart. Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make my heart like unto thine! Most Sacred Heard of Jesus, have mercy on me!
Mary's rosary is our picture book of faith, hope, and love. Here in the unfolding images of Christ life: In His joys, through His luminous love, in His sorrows, in His glories; he prepares us for everything that will take place. The will of God is being realized in each event of Christ's life, in Mary's life, and in our life. And Mary will help us say "Yes," and give our free and full assent to His divine plan.
Every day human life is under attack. If it were not enough that our elected leaders and judges too often have failed to stand up for vulnerable pre-born babies, or the disabled or the dying, every election campaign seems to be a referendum on the dignity and value of human life. Candidates who would stand with us valiantly against abortion or assisted suicide are labeled "extreme" and fanatical. Mary, we will not abandon your dear children, but we know that the proponents of these evils will not give up without a fight. Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Life: Win among us the battle we cannot win without your help. Turn back the culture of death in our nation. Save us from the tyranny and deceit of Choice. Hail Mary, Hail Mary, Pray for us sinners.
It was so as not to hear this that I never wanted to grow up, feeling that I was incapable of making my living, the eternal life of heaven. I've always remained little, therefore, having no other occupation but to gather flowers, the flowers of love and sacrifice, and of offering them to God in order to please Him.
I rushed headlong – I, misshapen.
This is the devotion consists in making oneself a slave of Mary, doing all our actions by Mary, with Mary, in Mary and for Mary. We offer to the Blessed Mother every thought, word, deed and desire so that she might purify them and present them to our Lord to be distributed where they are most needed. It is a total abandonment to the Blessed Virgin Mary who will in turn lead us into a perfect union with Christ, her Son.
By Jesus Christ, with Jesus Christ, in Jesus Christ we can do all things; we can render all honor and glory to the Father in the unity of the Holy Ghost; we can make ourselves perfect and be for our neighbor a fragrance of eternal life.
What I love about this devotion is that it is nothing short of a perfect imitation of Christ who spent almost His entire life on earth completely subject to His Blessed Mother. I think of the finding in the temple, when Jesus, ready begin his public ministry at age 12, left His parents in Jerusalem to go preach to the elders in the temple. Seeing how this upset his Mother, Jesus returned home and was "obedient" to her, living hidden in Nazzareth with his mother for another 18 years. This devotion echoes not only Christ's love for His Mother, but also His sublime humility.
Our Lord's words teach us that though we labour among the many distractions of this world, we should have but one goal. For we are but travellers on a journey without as yet a fixed abode; we are on our way, not yet in our native land; we are in a state of longing, not yet of enjoyment. But let us continue on our way, and continue without sloth or respite, so that we may ultimately arrive at our destination.
Martha and Mary were sisters, related not only by blood but also by religious aspirations. They stayed close to our Lord and both served him harmoniously when he was among them. Martha welcomed him as travellers are welcomed. But in her case, the maidservant received her Lord, the invalid her Saviour, the creature her Creator, to serve him bodily food while she was to be fed by the Spirit. For the Lord willed to put on the form of a slave, and under this form to be fed by his own servants, out of condescension and not out of need. For this was indeed condescension, to present himself to be fed; since he was in the flesh he would indeed be hungry and thirsty.
Thus was the Lord received as a guest who came unto his own and his own received him not; but as many as received him, he gave them the power to become sons of God, adopting those who were servants and making them his brothers, ransoming the captives and making them his co-heirs. No one of you should say: "Blessed are they who have deserved to receive Christ into their homes!" Do not grieve or complain that you were born in a time when you can no longer see God in the flesh. He did not in fact take this privilege from you. As he says: Whatever you have done to the least of my brothers, you did to me.
But you, Martha, If I may say so, are blessed for your good service, and for your labours you seek the reward of peace. Now you are much occupied in nourishing the body, admittedly a holy one. But when you come to the heavenly homeland will you find a traveller to welcome, someone hungry to feed, or thirsty to whom you may give drink, someone ill whom you could visit, or quarrelling whom you could reconcile, or dead whom you could bury?
No, there will be none of these tasks there. What you will find there is what Mary chose. There we shall not feed others, we ourselves shall be fed. Thus what Mary chose in this life will be realised there in all its fullness; she was gathering fragments from that rich banquet, the Word of God. Do you wish to know what we will have there? The Lord himself tells us when he says of his servants, Amen, I say to you, he will make them recline and passing he will serve them.
For more information on Our Lady of Mt. Carmel listen to this "Saint of the Day" podcast for July 16.
The man who is filled with the Holy Spirit speaks in different languages. These different languages are different ways of witnessing to Christ, such as humility, poverty, patience and obedience; we speak in those languages when we reveal in ourselves these virtues to others. Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak. We are full of words but empty of actions, and therefore are cursed by the Lord, since he himself cursed the fig tree when he found no fruit but only leaves. Gregory says: "A law is laid upon the preacher to practice what he preaches". It is useless for a man to flaunt his knowledge of the law if he undermines its teaching by his actions.
But the apostles spoke as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech. Happy the man whose words issue from the Holy Spirit and not from himself! For some men speak as their own character dictates, but steal the words of others and present them as their own and claim the credit for them. The Lord refers to such men and others like them in Jeremiah: So, then, I have a quarrel with the prophets that steal my words from each other. I have a quarrel with the prophets, says the Lord, who have only to move their tongues to utter oracles. I have a quarrel with the prophets who make prophecies out of lying dreams, who recount them and lead my people astray with their lies and their pretensions. I certainly never sent them or commissioned them, and they serve no good purpose for this people, says the Lord.
We should speak, then, as the Holy Spirit gives us the gift of speech. Our humble and sincere request to the Spirit for ourselves should be that we may bring the day of Pentecost to fulfilment, insofar as he infuses us with his grace, by using our bodily senses in a perfect manner and by keeping the commandments. Likewise we shall request that we may be filled with a keen sense of sorrow and with fiery tongues for confessing the faith, so that our deserved reward may be to stand in the blazing splendour of the saints and to look upon the triune God.
Happy Solemnity of Corpus Christi!
I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.
Happy Birthday, Holy Mother Church!
Come, O Creator Spirit blest! And in our souls take up Thy rest; Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid, To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. Great Paraclete! To Thee we cry, O highest gift of God most high! O font of life! O fire of love! And sweet anointing from above.
Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts art known, The finger of God's hand we own; The promise of the Father, Thou! Who dost the tongue with power endow.
Kindle our senses from above, And make our hearts overflow with love; With patience firm and virtue high The weakness of our flesh supply.
Far from us drive the foe we dread, And grant us Thy true peace instead; So shall we not, with Thee for guide, Turn from the path of life aside.
Oh, may Thy grace on us bestow The Father and the Son to know, And Thee, through endless times confessed, Of both, the eternal Spirit blest.
All glory while the ages run Be to the Father and the Son Who rose from death; the same to Thee, O Holy Ghost, eternally. Amen.
Spirit Gives Life to Universal Church, on Pope Benedict's Pentecost message.


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Censored News series continue: Rights of Mother Earth and water rights theft
Haskell Indian Nations Cultural Center and Museum
Photo by Brenda Norrell
Censored News continues two series: Rights of Mother Earth and the planned theft of Navajo and Hopi water rights to the Little Colorado River.
The first series of articles, with videos, is from the Rights of Mother Earth gathering at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas.
The children who never came home
Haskell students speak out about the planned super highway through the wetlands here, where it is believed are the remains of the children who ran away or were killed at the earlier boarding school here, which evolved into the university.
The Indian boarding school, which had a jail for those who ran away, was a place of cruelty. Disease, torture and death were inflicted on young American Indian children, who were forced into militaristic lives with harsh discipline.
Students questioned the deaths at Haskell
Haskell Indian Nations Univ. Cultural Center and Museum
Photo Brenda Norrell
Native American children were groomed as US military recruits, as part of the assimilation process, which involved the cutting of their hair, forbidding students to speak their language and forbidding them to talk with their brothers and sisters at the school.
Many of those who ran away to their parents camped in the wetlands, were disappeared and their bodies never found.
The series includes Kandi Mossett, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara in North Dakota, describing how the oil and gas industry trucks have killed seven children and youths. Still, tribal politicians push for more death and destruction, with more drilling and fracking.
Navajo and Hopi water rights theft scheme
In a separate series, articles and videos expose the planned theft of Navajo and Hopi water rights by Arizona congressmen, corrupt Navajo officials and non-Indian attorneys.
Before the water rights hearings were even held, the bill to steal water rights to the Little Colorado was already on the fast track in the US House of Representatives. The Navajo government has already hired a pro-mining firm to push the bill through Congress, over the protests of Navajos.
The water rights scheme is designed to give Navajo and Hopi water to Peabody Coal, the Navajo Generating Station, one of the dirtiest coal fired power plants in the nation, and to benefit Phoenix and Tucson downriver, with their lavish lifestyles and corporate polluters.
Arizona Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl engaged in a public relations scheme, with meetings behind closed doors with corrupt Navajos and non-Indian attorneys, to carry out the scheme.
The scheme follows the pattern of the so-called "Navajo Hopi land dispute," that the public was duped into believing. The real purpose was to clear more than 14,000 Navajos from Black Mesa to make way for Peabody Coal's two mines, which power the dirty coal fired power plant Navajo Generating Station on Navajoland. Already much of the Navajos and Hopis pristine aquifer water on Black Mesa has been wasted and the springs have dried up or are now poisoned.
The voices in these two series remain among the most censored voices in Indian country.
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Dine' Nikke Alex: Coal mining, climate change and Navajo water theft
By Nikke Alex, Dine'
Last week both Arizona Senators visited the Navajo Nation to persuade tribal officials that they should agree to waive most of Navajo claims to the Lower Colorado River in order to receive $350 million worth in water development projects. During their visit they ensured the Navajo Nation president and council that there was no trickery involved and that they are negotiating this agreement in "good faith."
But when two esteemed Republican Senators take time out of their busy schedules to visit the Navajo Nation in order to persuade tribal leadership with millions of dollars worth of development aide and other goodies, one has to assume something else is happening. In fact, a lot is happening here, and it is important that the Navajo people understand some of the larger issues influencing this settlement.
In this editorial, I offer four critiques of the settlement: 1) this is a poorly planned settlement; 2) it fails to address climate change; 3) it is the product of political and economic blackmail; and 4) scale, sustainability and planning for future water are not considered in this settlement.
1) S.2109 is the product of a poorly planned settlement. The Nation tends to haphazardly agree to random acts of development without a larger strategic plan or vision of how energy projects will impact communities. This settlement is a case in point. The particular water development projects McCain and Kyl have proposed will benefit select communities, but has no vision about how it will integrate water for the whole Navajo Nation or even most of the Western portion of the reservation. We are forever relinquishing claims to the Lower Colorado River for one-time offer of $350 million in water development projects.
Each of the 110 Chapters are supposed to have a Community Land Use Plan in place. However, Chapters do not have plans that address water usage and sustainable uses of it that guarantees water will be around in the communities many generations from now. When communities and Chapters are talking about economic development, water is hardly ever considered but should be at the forefront of the conversation. Before we settle our water claims, we need to do the hard but necessary work of determining chapter needs and arranging a settlement that addresses these.
It is crucial now more than ever for communities to begin crafting Water Plans and Sustainability Plans. But within S.2109, we do not even have an idea about how "wet" water made available through these projects will be used. There is an allusion to home use for people who live in the communities of Leupp, Dilkon, and Ganado. But, is industrial-scale residential piping along these lines even the most pressing water issue for the Navajo Nation? How will building this infrastructure serve community members outside of these immediate areas? Will it guarantee water for livestock? Commercial use? Future industry? These are the questions that need to be addressed and understood before any settlement is made.
Perhaps piping at this scale is not an appropriate solution for Navajo communities. It might work for small Arizona towns, but Navajos live differently. There does not seem to be a plan about how these specific piping projects fit into a larger vision of the Navajo Nation 10, 20, 30, or 40 years down the road. But such a plan is absolutely necessary, if we are going to forever waive our claims to the Lower Colorado River.
2) Along these lines, the Navajo Nation has to seriously and strategically think about how it will respond to climate change. Water claims are perhaps the most important part of this thinking. Since the 1970s, the Navajo Nation has had continued drought that has led to increased desertification. The Nation has become one of the driest areas in the United States. We have witnessed how our environment has changed over the past decades. Natural springs have dried up, sand dunes have become more prevalent, and windstorms are more frequent and severe.
The Navajo Nation should demand aide for climate mitigation and adaptation for Navajo communities as part of any water settlement. This is crucial. Climate mitigation is an action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term effects of climate change. Climate adaptation is how humans and animals adjust to a new and changing environment. The effects of climate change (drought, wind storms, etc) are only going to worsen, and our communities need to plan for a changing environment. As Navajos, we have adapted to a changing environment, but adapting will become more difficult and challenging as water resources dwindle.
3) One of the most troubling aspects of S.2109 is the way the State of Arizona and the Central Arizona Project (CAP) are holding Navajo water hostage for coal and energy from the Navajo Generating Station. Last week, Kyl told the council that CAP would not release water from the Gallup pipeline until the Navajo Nation waives all of its claims to the Lower Colorado River and guarantee an extension of leases for the Navajo Generating Station for another twenty-five years. As Kyl described it, the Navajo Nation must meet these "two conditions…" before CAP will release water for needy Navajo communities. This is holding water we our owed hostage and likely violates international law and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
According to international law, governments cannot collectively punish ethnic minorities, like Indigenous Peoples, for whatever reason. In this case, the State of Arizona and CAP are holding Navajo water hostage from the Navajo people until the Navajo Nation waives its rights to the Lower Colorado River.
This is clearly an outrage and an official complaint needs to be brought to the United Nations. Our water rights attorney has done none of this. Additionally, S.2109 is likely in violation of Article 8 of the UNDRIP, which reads: "States shall provide effective mechanisms for prevention of, and redress for:… (b) Any action, which has the aim or effect of dispossessing them of their lands, territories or resources…" including water. It is clear from Kyl's testimony that CAP is holding Navajo water hostage.
Finally, the entire premise of S.2109 likely violates Article 32, which reads: "States shall consult and cooperate in good faith (my emphasis) with the indigenous peoples concerned through their own representative institutions in order to obtain their free and informed consent prior to the approval of any project affecting their lands or territories and other resources, particularly in connection with development, utilization or exploitation of mineral, water or other resources."
Holding water hostage from Navajo peoples is a form of collective punishment and the State of Arizona is not negotiating "in good faith." The fact that we have not filed complaints under international law demonstrates how outdated and timid our water negotiating strategy has become.
Our water rights attorneys are probably operating from a mindset formed in the era when tribe's did not raise their voices or pressure settler societies for fairer deals. They come from an era that did not try to utilize international law to a tribe's advantage and instead operate only according to colonial frameworks, allowing the U.S. Supreme Court to be the final authority on these things. Even if the U.N. cannot enforce its ruling and judgment on the U.S., a ruling against the U.S. will undermine its international credibility and could only lead to better negotiating outcomes for us.
4) Finally, thinking long-term and about the future sustainability of all communities connected to this settlement, the Navajo Nation should demand that the cities of Phoenix, Tucson and their surrounding communities first implement Sustainability Plans before we give up anymore of our water to them. If they continue to waste the Southwest's limited water supply as they have done up until this point, this will threaten the future of all our communities within one or two generations.
Even if Phoenix and Tucson are physically far away, their actions have direct consequences on our lands and water and it is important for us to address their usage within our settlement. In settlements, both parties are free to include "conditions." The Sustainability Plans should include a strategy to transition the Central Arizona Project and the Navajo Generating Station toward renewable energy.
The State of Arizona is blessed with over 300 days of sun a year. Why are we still heavily reliant on coal when solar could be installed along the Central Arizona Project irrigation canal? It is time the Navajo Nation demands these metropolitan areas to start living more like Navajos – who use water much more efficiently than their Anglo neighbors – rather than Navajos trying to modernize to waste water like them.
Nikke Alex
Dilcon, AZ
Nikke Alex is Diné (Navajo) originally from Dilcon, Arizona (Navajo Nation), USA. She has worked with Indigenous communities around the world to help fight fossil fuel development. Nikke has carried out independent research in both uranium and coal mining on the Navajo Nation. Her research focused on the social impacts of mining on Navajo families. Nikke holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Arizona in sociology and political science. Nikke has worked at the US Department of Justice in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program and the US Environmental Protection Agency with the Tribal Science Council in Washington, DC. Currently, she serves as a community resource for grassroots Indigenous groups on the Navajo Nation.
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But a broken spirit dries the bones."
One of this website's longstanding frustrations with Republican campaigns is the lack of creative thinking. We tend to use the same, stale, rhetoric over and over again...then we wonder why large segments of the population tune us out. In that spirit, we welcome Empower Texans' recent mailer in the Charlie Geren/Bo French race.
At its core, the mailer is about Charlie Geren's decade plus sexual relationship with a (female) lobbyist. True, he finally did marry the poor girl last year. But, prior to that, they had been living in sin for a long, long time.
The satirical mailer purported to be from the "Texas Ethics Disclosure Board," an obviously fictitious entity. It gave voters written "NOTICE" that Charlie and Mindy have engaged in a decade long sexual relationship, then listed several of Mindy's lobby clients. Honestly, we wish we'd thought of it.
A criminal complaint against Empower Texans, a conservative group that mailed out an attack ad resembling an official government notice that targeted GOP state Rep. Charlie Geren, is "under review" by the Travis County District Attorney's office, The Texas Tribune has learned.
A person who self-identified as a Tarrant County voter sent a letter to the DA's office alleging that the group ran afoul of a criminal law that prohibits people from posing as government authorities, correspondence obtained by the Tribune shows. Mindy Montford, Travis County's first assistant district attorney, confirmed that her office had received a complaint about the group on Tuesday.
The controversial mailer attacks Geren for his "relationship" with a lobbyist — who happens to be his wife, Mindy Ellmer. What voters see in bold letters when they open the mail piece is "NOTICE," above a slightly smaller font that says, "Of Relationship With Registered Lobbyist." Then it lists Ellmer's long list of corporate lobby clients.
The mailer purports to come from the "Texas Ethics Disclosure Board," an official-sounding name that Empower Texans registered with the Secretary of State's office late last month. There is no such government agency, though there is a Texas Ethics Commission that polices campaign and lobbyist disclosure rules.
"They're trying to deceive my constituents," said Geren, a top target of the group. The longtime Fort Worth lawmaker, one of outgoing House Speaker Joe Straus' top lieutenants, said the advertisement was designed to look official.
"It looks like it's coming from a state agency and it's not," Geren said. "A guy at church handed it to me and said what is this. I said it's another lie by Empower Texans, and he said, 'Well it looked real.' "
Obviously, the Geren campaign's position is absurd. The law in question was designed to protect actual governmental entities. In other words, if the mailer in question purported to be from the actual Texas "Ethics" Commission, that would have been highly illegal.
In this instance, the entity in question was not an actual governmental body. Thus, the law in question doesn't apply. Furthermore, fictional organizations that are not what they purport to be are nothing new in Texas politics.
But here's the kicker: Charlie Geren is the guy whose campaign operative filed a false CPS report against Bo French's family last cycle. Now, they're filing a frivolous criminal complaint. We've seen this movie.
As if anyone needed further proof, MQS's bogus mailer shows that he is no better than Russian trolls.
At a lanky six-foot-four, Michael Quinn Sullivan is hard to miss around the Capitol. And even when he's not there, it can feel like the specter of him still is. As president and CEO of Empower Texans, he has been an organizational force among the tea party groups of Texas, feeding them misinformation about state politicians. The man is known as Mucus (a play on his initials, MQS) because he engages in yucky deceptive politics, with a win-at-any-cost philosophy. His methods, like those of the Russians who meddled in the 2016 election, foment distrust in government and diminish the desire of citizens to vote, which then primes the pump for abuse.
Sullivan's latest political stunt is case in point. On January 28, Empower Texans, operating under the assumed name of the Texas Ethics Disclosure Board (there's no such thing) sent postcards to voters in the Fort Worth district of Representative Charlie Geren. It read: "This notice from the Texas Ethics Disclosure Board is directed to voters in HOUSE DISTRICT 99 concerning a candidate for office who must disclose a relationship with a registered lobbyist pursuant to Tex. Gov't Code 572.0531." It then lists the clients of lobbyist Mindy R. Ellmer, who, it just so happens, is Geren's wife.
The clear intent of this mailer was to mislead voters into believing that Geren had done something wrong, or at least suspect.
Because of their dark money, groups like Empower Texans thrive in the shadows of secrecy and misinformation, using the same kind of loopholes that allowed Russian spies to try to manipulate voters in the 2016 elections. A cockroach that dashes across a plate at a picnic only spoils a small portion of the meal, but almost everyone will throw away the entire plate of food rather than risk contamination. That is how a democracy is spoiled.
Bottom Line: It's common sense. If you don't want people to come up with creative ways to inform voters that you've had a decade long sexual relationship with a lobbyist, don't have a decade long sexual relationship with a lobbyist. If you choose to have a decade long sexual relationship with a lobbyist, and a watchdog group informs the voters in a creative way, that's no excuse to file a bogus criminal complaint.


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const areTodosCompleted = todos =>
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const calculateNewTodos = (todos, id) => todos.map(todo =>
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