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Thiem denies players are getting special treatment in Adelaide
Dominic Thiem, the US Open champion and world No 3, has denied the top players are at an advantage before the Australian Open by spending their 14-day quarantine in Adelaide.
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U.S. Open champions Thiem and Naomi Osaka will join Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Ash Barty and Serena Williams in playing a pre-Australian Open exhibition event in Adelaide at the end of the month. - Getty Images
World number three Dominic Thiem said there is no advantage for players self-isolating in Adelaide compared to conditions in Melbourne where the vast majority are serving the 14-day quarantine requirement ahead of the Australian Open.
Tennis Australia Chief Executive Craig Tiley said earlier in the week that the top players were sent to Adelaide because of limits on the number of people allowed to travel to Melbourne. Some of those isolating in Melbourne have accused organisers of favouring the top players, but Thiem said there was no real difference between the locations.
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"It's a privilege to be here in Adelaide. But it's not that huge an advantage," the Austrian told The Guardian.
"We get the same amount of practice time as the guys in Melbourne. It's just not that busy on-site. It's just that we are (fewer) players here.
"Compared to the players who are not in hard quarantine in Melbourne, we have pretty similar conditions."
U.S. Open champions Thiem and Naomi Osaka will join Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Ash Barty and Serena Williams in playing a pre-Australian Open exhibition event in Adelaide at the end of the month.
Anderson urges players to show more respect for Australia's COVID-19 fight
Australian Barty apologised after forgetting her mask while shopping at a supermarket in Melbourne.
The 2019 French Open winner ran into a Sky News reporter on Thursday without the face covering, with the COVID-19 regulations in Victoria dictating masks must be worn at all times while shopping.
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"I understand we all need to do our bit to keep the community safe and I will be better next time," Barty said.
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Rusedski backs Konta for US Open success
The 28-year-old has been struggling for results since Wimbledon.
Published: 23 August 2019 - 5.01am
By Press Association Published: 23 August 2019 - 5.01am
Former British number one Greg Rusedski has backed Johanna Konta to recover from a loss of form in time to put in a good display at the US Open.
The 28-year-old has been struggling for results since a surprise quarter-final defeat to Barbora Strycova at Wimbledon earlier in the summer.
Konta reacted angrily to questions about her game in the immediate aftermath of the loss on Centre Court and has since slipped to defeats in Toronto and Cincinnati as she steps up preparation for Flushing Meadows.
Greg Rusedski feels Konta can get back to her best at the US Open. (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
The world number 16 has reached the fourth round of the US Open twice, in 2015 and 2016, and despite her recent woes Rusedski believes she is the best British hope of success in New York.
"The winner of the men's singles is quite easy," Rusedski told PA.
"It is between Novak Djokovic and (Rafael) Nadal and I'm picking Novak, but in the ladies there are about 10 players who can win the title – it is wide open.
"In the ladies there are about 10 players who can win the title – it is wide open."
- Greg Rusedski
"I think Jo on the women's side, she got to the semis of the French Open, the quarters of Wimbledon, so she will be our best chance.
"Jo can turn things around pretty quickly and the women's game is so wide open at the moment.
"She loves the hard courts, the biggest title she has won was in Miami but a major is different.
"She has done her preparation, she has done what she needed to and hopefully if the draw works out well she can gain some confidence from her first and second-round matches then anything can happen."
Serena Williams lost to Simona Halep in the women's singles final at Wimbledon earlier this year. (Steve Paston/PA)
While Rusedski feels Konta could turn her recent results around, home favourite Serena Williams will once again be aiming for her record-equalling 24th Grand Slam singles title.
Williams, who is currently one title behind Margaret Court, has lost her last three finals – but Rusedski does not think it is due to pressure but more the emergence of several competitors who are able to beat the 37-year-old.
"I don't think it is a mental block, I think the fear factor isn't the same as it used to be," he said.
"She used to have the Tiger Woods effect, if you get to the final round you knew Tiger was going to win the major.
Rusedski likened Serena Williams' success to that of golfer Tiger Woods. (Peter Byrne/PA)
"Now when you get into the final, there is not that fear factor, if an opponent brings their A-game and if it's good enough, they can win. It makes it more difficult for her with all the other women stepping up as well."
Andy Murray will be missing from the men's draw having opted to step up his comeback from hip surgery by playing at the Winston-Salem ATP event, where he lost in the first round to Tennys Sandgren.
His absence, according to Rusedski, makes Dan Evans the British hope most likely to go far into the US Open this time around as he continues to rebuild his career after a one-year drugs ban.
"Dan Evans nearly beat Stan Wawrinka – he had match points – when he won the US title in 2016 and he is the best British player in the men's this year bar none.
Dan Evans heads into the US Open ranked 58th in the world. (Adam Davy/PA)
"He has had an amazing comeback and if the draw works out he should be the last Brit standing.
"Sometimes you need to take that step backwards, everyone is talking about the ban but it forced him to grow up and mature.
"It is great to see Dan finally fulfilling his potential, he will stay on the straight and narrow, continue to work and he has got a wonderful game to watch so I am really excited."
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London community groups tackle violence with hope – can it work?
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Journalist Ria chatterjee has repeatedly witnessed the consequences of crime on the streets of London. Here she examines what has been done to break cycles of violence and give young people meaning in their lives.
Going out the front door is risky. "They put their lives in danger just by walking on the road," says Rosa. "If there's a fight between two boys, if one of them doesn't pull out a knife first, the other will." It's bad.
It is early 2018. A meditative silence blankets the Peckwater Estate in Camden. A sanctuary of flowers, cards, and candles grows in a small enclave that has two green metal benches and a table in the middle.
Three young men were killed in the area, in separate incidents, in as many days: Lewis Blackman, Sadiq Aadam Mohamed and Abdikarim Hassan.
Rosa's cheeks are frozen and her body folds inward. She is a sixteen-year-old girl who protects herself from the freezing cold and the violence lurking in the outskirts of her reality.
His passion strikes me. She cares deeply and she wants to know who cares about her. Back in the newsroom, we call the Home Office for comment. Rosa challenged a government official to spend time on their estate.
Amber Rudd is Home Secretary. Three years and two Secretaries of State later, we still send email after email about severe youth violence, because those in mourning repeatedly ask me a question: why the government does he not do more?
Every city has its mask – for some residents it rarely falls, and for others it barely exists. Beyond the scrambling pre-theater dinners and stringed rooftop bars, London lies an intricate network of roads and tunnels; bridges and borders that connect and divide.
The city may seem small to young people who live under the threat of violence, and choosing a different route to school is a survival calculation in the same way that venturing into another borough is a fatal risk. .
These types of daily calculations sow fear and anxiety in the minds of young people who already feel that larger systems have left them to cope with monumental issues like poverty and racism.
I once anonymously interviewed a teenage boy (at his mother's request) who had been stabbed and survived and was riding a couch to make sure the abusers didn't catch him.
He was nervous and was constantly looking over his shoulder, essentially homeless. These are great feelings with great consequences.
In September 2018 I traveled to Chicago to better understand the city's public health approach to tackling serious violence.
ITV News spent time in Chicago with the so-called "Violence Switches"
It should be noted that many primary care practitioners had, by this time, made the same journey years before; but after spending month after month sitting with different families and young people who felt abandoned and misunderstood, I wanted to better understand what the solutions looked like.
That year, the third-largest city in the United States saw the third consecutive annual drop in homicides, so what were they doing right?
For eight days we filmed with so-called violence interrupters hooking up with young people on the streets to intercept potential tragedies and offer emotional support; a tattoo artist who removes "gang" symbols from people who get out of prison and want to rebuild their lives; the Chicago Police Department who were conducting community surveys on improving the 'Stop and Frisk' protocol, and, given that Chicago is the birthplace of Drill music – we spent time deconstructing the narrative often harmful and mistaken that music leads a child to pick up a knife.
Ria Chatterjee with a Chicago Violence Switch
It quickly became clear that while the scale of the violence in Chicago and London differed, as did the weapons, the underlying causes were the same.
In early 2019, the Mayor's Office set up the first-ever violence reduction unit in London and announced its commitment to the public health approach, a concept that puts addressing root causes at the heart of his concerns.
This is from their website: By working with people and organizations in communities where violence is prevalent, we try to understand the complex causes of violence and, by working together, prevent it from happening.
The London VRU has funded crucial projects such as 'My Ends', which gives grassroots organizations in hyper-local areas with high levels of violence the opportunity to take the lead in designing programs that can support women and men. youth.
Lib Peck (l) was appointed Director of the London Mayor's Violence Reduction Unit in 2019
Addressing the impact of trauma is also important for breaking cycles of violence and the VRU has invested in projects that support local mental health organizations and wellness projects for parents, guardians and caregivers.
Where does "hope" fit into this story? It must be the first word on the front line, say those who are fed up with seeing the same problems unresolved decade after decade.
But what can a feeling do? I posed this question to members of the Hope Collective – a network of key organizations (including the Damilola Taylor Trust, the Metropolitan Police, National Youth Organizations and every UK VRU) which aims to ensure that "communities most vulnerable are 'leveled' and freed from poverty, violence and discrimination, above all they want to amplify the voices of young people.
The Hope Collective recently toured major cities across the UK to host 'Hope Hack' sessions: workshops, talks, performances and more to give young people a chance to express how they feel about violence and what can be done about it.
The website of the Collectif Espoir
Tyrell Davis-Douglin, 21, describes himself as a distributor of hope, he also chairs the youth management group for the Hope Collective. He tells me that the biggest theme of the Hope Hack Tour is the desire to access opportunities. This is what many vulnerable young people are asking for.
The Hope collective presented their mission statement to number 10 on Thursday, November 25, 2021 and the Prime Minister himself said in a speech "This is the way to solve the problem".
Hope therefore seems to be synonymous with action. Right after the reception, I asked Ndidi Okezie – the CEO of UK Youth – if she trusted Boris Johnson's words? She replied, "What's the alternative? What do we tell young people if we have no hope? "
Over the years, I have spent time with countless small charities and organizations that devote most of their soul to youth work. It is a relentless and traumatic vocation (for many, re-traumatic) but also full of spirit, exceptional talent, laughter and love.
Excerpts from conversations remain with me. There was a time when Ebinehita Iyere (the founder of an organization called Milk Honey Bees which provides a safe space for young black women to heal and thrive) said, "A lot of these girls lose friends over and over again. weeks, months apart.
"No one is watching the fact that girls are mobilizing in these communities instead of healing."
Ebinehita gives acres of her time and wisdom to help these young women discover their full potential, and there are hundreds of people like her across town trying to give young people a purpose and a place to feel. seen and loved.
There are those youth workers who use sports, music, art, philosophy, baking, theater, business (the list is endless) to encourage young people; and there are those who spend hours in classrooms and long nights on the streets keeping teens safe, teaching them the benefits of emotional intelligence and the value of bonding and loving connection. .
That morning in 2018, on the Peckwater Estate, Rosa buried her hands deep in her pockets and waited patiently while her friends also offered their opinions and thoughts.
She was vibrant and articulate and the air crackled with her energy. Finally, Rosa found her moment to speak: "Everyone has to come to the areas where we live and see what is really going on. I think they should live like us for a week and then they will understand – this is no joke.
This is actually not a joke about how we live and how we have to protect ourselves in life because no one else will do it for us.
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ANIMALS I HAVE SPOOKED IN VIDEOGAMES – A guide
A GOOSE, The Witcher 3
I am Geralt of Rivia, a lithe and muscled slayer of monsters and men alike, and I am scudding around the starting area bothering a goose. I have never been happier and I fear I never will be happier. The goose, a pleasingly-large white fellow, raises its wings and runs away from me as I approach. Geese are wonderful; spookable gooses doubly so.
A HORSE, Red Dead Redemption
Woah, girl. Woah there. Shh-sh-shhh. I slip my lasso around the wild mare's neck and leap on it's back, and hoo boy is she ever spooked, but I've got a reputation as a hard-livin', no-nonsense Wild West chap to live up to, and I have to convince this horse to be my friend otherwise I can't get to the fun part of the game where you shoot men in the face, so you're damn right I power through this spooking. A nice lady, nearby, congratulates me on a job well done and I briefly regret ever marrying my wife or spawning my boy, both of whom hang around my neck like metaphorical millstones that stop me from pursuing a relationship with this nice, self-sufficient woman who nearly owns a farm and is a crack shot with a rifle.
A CAT, Assassin's Creed: Rogue
Okay: I did not spook this animal. I tried, but whenever I interacted with it, it just sort of fussed around my legs. Is that "petting" an animal, Ubisoft? In this case my sofa can pet animals. My sofa cannot pet animals, Ubisoft. Sort it out. (Also: I can pet pigs, and when I do so I drop food on the ground for them to eat, and what, I'm just carrying pig food around in my pocket? Me, a sanctfied killer of men? How far are you going to push this Irish stereoptyping, Ubisoft? Is there going to be a mission later on where I have to steal a ladder from a pub landlord to access a rooftop garden filled with pigs which I then, subsequently, also steal whilst doing a little jig, a writhing porker slotted under one arm and a cheeky grin slapped across my big Irish face? Jesus, Ubisoft.)
A DIFFERENT HORSE, Skyrim
Do you know how easy it is to set horses on fire? So easy. We should look into that. They could replace kindling. I catch my horse, nicknamed Corporal Fucknasty, in the edge of a fireball I cast to eliminate some bandits who had the temerity to try and own property while I was in a twenty-mile radius of said property, and he is so upset that he immediately tries to kill me. Did you know that horses can climb watchtowers? They should not be able to, physics-wise, but the raw hate that pumped through Corporal Fucknasty's veins instead of blood gives him strange powers. I escape him by leaping off a cliff and dying.
A CHICKEN, Also Skyrim
I decide I am to become an assassin and pick a chicken as my first target, but upon striking it the entire town of Riverwood descends upon me in a murderous rage. I spend a full half hour plotting out the perfect sniper shot and eliminate it, cleanly, like a ghost in the night. Like a ghost that kills chickens. A child sees me and I attempt to set him on fire, but to no avail – he is some sort of asbestos-child, immune to burning, and the blacksmith rightly corners me and mashes up my organs with a hammer as tall as I am until they resemble a sort of red lumpy paste.
A COW MAYBE, Dragon's Dogma
I latch onto the underside of a cow (or at least a cow-shaped animal) and ride it like I'm a Greek hero sneaking past a cyclops, and it shuffles around, understandably uncomfortable that there is a large woman in platemail hanging off its udders. No other part of the game is this good; there is full cow-climbing functionality, here, I am bouldering over the big hairy bastard like there's no tomorrow. There is a whole game in this, I reckon – like Shadow of the Colossus crossed with Gorkamorka, brave men and women riding mythical beasts (or, you know, cows) into battle against one another, swarming over their leviathan mounts in search of weak spots. My follower sees me doing this and informs me that wolves dislike fire. We are set upon by wolves. I uninstall the game.
THE C4LEPHANT, Far Cry 4
Did you know that you can place mines on an elephant? The marriage does not last long, as the mine detects the elephant as a target, and detonates. This is sad and premature. Far better, then, as we discovered, to cover an elephant in C4 and ride it into the middle of an enemy base and to signal to your co-op partner through the medium of yelling "NOW, DO IT NOW, PUSH THE BUTTON" to detonate the explosives and wipe out half of the opposing forces in one fell swoop. The elephant died doing what it loved – helping us kill bad men in red hats.
RAJ THE TIGER, also Far Cry 4
"I have made a friend," says my co-op partner, "I freed him from his captors, those bad men in red hats, and he is a tiger."
"He keeps trying to kill you."
"His name is Raj."
"I don't think he wants to be your friend. He seems really upset. He keeps lunging at you."
"He's playing with me."
"You've put C4 on him."
"It's the closest thing I have to a collar."
"I think we should kill him."
"Raj nooooo," he says, thumbing the detonator and blowing the tiger straight up into the air like a stripey firework.
A HONEY BADGER, Far Cry 4 again
"Oh god, oh god, oh god."
"Give it your wallet. Maybe it'll go away."
TWO GIRAFFE, Age of Mythology
I am a great Egyptian Pharaoh, a devotee of the god Set, and I have the power to forcibly convert animals to my cause. My base is all but destroyed, but my battalion of two (2) giraffe is fighting back against the Norsemen who have inexplicably made it all the way to Africa and decided to set up here in the desert to see whose god is best. My giraffe, lanky-legged and mind-controlled with a sort of discount hoodoo that washes around their heads and comes off them in a greenish haze, smash apart the enemy base over the best part of an hour while I stand on the far side of the river that separates our forces and throw rocks.
The base falls. I am a mighty God-King, and Set will be pleased.
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Luke Slater says:
Have you ever seen the stage show of War Horse? The horses are excellent, but I think you would love unicycle goose (https://drawosaur.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/war-horse-goose.png). Now, I'm not going to say that unicycle goose is worth the price of admission to a West End play, but I will go so far as to intimate that one of the gravest flaws of Spielberg's epic cinematic adaptation was the absence of a unicycle goose.
That's… glorious
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FAQ: How was the cycling network designed?
Cycling network design takes into account local context, existing and future traffic patterns, current standards and guidelines for infrastructure design, and best practices from communities who've contributed to a growing body of knowledge. With all of that as a foundation, a set of design principles can further guide decisions.
The toolkit is well developed and described in the Ontario Traffic Manual – Book 18: Cycling Facilities. As described by the Ontario Traffic Council, "OTM Book 18 will serve as a primary reference document for engineers, planners and designers throughout Ontario. The document contains information on legal requirements, standards, best practices, procedures, guidelines and recommendations for the justification, planning, design, timing and operation of bicycle facilities and control measures." This manual can be downloaded from MTO's website here (30MB).
Everyday Cycling – The segment of the population targeted by the network is first and foremost the "everyday" cyclist – those people who would like to get back on a bike recreationally to start, perhaps with friends and family, and then venture to use their bike more for everyday trips around town for appointments, work, school, shopping and visiting. The Stratcom research shows this group is eager yet cautious, and they're reluctant to mix with motorized traffic. This segment holds the greatest latent demand for better facilities. The network will also serve, but is not specifically designed for, those comfortable with and skilled at mixing with traffic on Brockville's busier roads.
Extend the Reach of the Brock Trail – When complete, the Brock Trail will be a linear park with a multi-use paved and accessible path that will span the city from east to west and north to south, with signalized crossings at major roads. The cycling network will extend the reach of the Brock Trail to every residential neighbourhood area and major destination in the city. This may not provide the most direct route favoured by experienced cyclists, yet will provide a route that's either off-road or physically separated from traffic as much as possible.
Allow latent demand to emerge and demonstrate the uptake (as usually happens with every cycling project in all cities).
Avoid over-building before demand is demonstrated through uptake.
The city's financial resources are best committed to high return projects; a staged implementation will allow public demand to build as growth in activity reveals the benefits.
Address key routes first that demonstrably extend the Brock Trail for greatest benefit.
Manage perceived impact on motorized traffic and parking.
This staging includes seasonality, recognizing that the target segment of users will likely not be riding in the winter. Cycling lanes, especially protected lanes (physically separated from motorized traffic), will not be cleared in the winter until such time as demand warrants.
Traffic Separation – Recognizing the people for whom this network is designed, arterial segments of the cycling network will be physically separated from motorized traffic wherever possible. While some segments may seem better implemented first as simple signed routes or designated bike lanes, and migrated to protected facilities as demand builds and traffic grows, research shows that incremental approaches often fail to satisfy latent demand, with uptake and benefits falling short of expectations.
Compliance and Best Practices – In designing the proposed network, BCAC has attempted to adopt and adapt best practices from communities that are certified Bicycle Friendly or otherwise seen as leaders in meeting the multi-modal mobility needs of their constituents. BCAC examined active transportation plans, cycling networks and projects in Stratford, Barrie, London, Windsor, Kitchener, Waterloo, Belleville, Cobourg, Kingston and larger centres like Ottawa, Toronto, Halifax, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary. The committee has strived to follow design guidelines and to select approaches which will be compliant with Ontario Traffic Manual – Book 18 – Cycling Facilities ("OTM-18"). BCAC also notes Section 5.2.5 of the Official Plan and Schedule 5 which shows potential cycling facilities. BCAC's proposed network, once complete, will be compliant with Schedule 5.
The above is an excerpt from the cycling committee's report to Council, available on the City's website here.
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Mobile World Congress kicks off next week, so it's high time that the behind the scenes players showed off what'll linger beneath the aluminum and Gorilla Glass of next-generation devices. Broadcom is unveiling the BCM4771 GNSS SoC, a wittily named slab of silicon that promises to make the GPS units of smartwatches less power-hungry and more accurate than before. Thanks to its 40-nanometer construction and a new sensor hub that integrates everything into one package, the chip also claims to be much cheaper than the existing tech. It's pencilled in for a launch at the end of March, so hopefully we'll see wearables in the Fall boasting of a battery life that's longer than, say, an hour.


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Finalists Announced for First In The Nation Film Festival
January 10th, 2020 Posted By: Progress Iowa
Progress Iowa today announced the three finalists for the First In The Nation Film Festival, which called for short films focused on progressive issues. The winner will be announced at a screening of the three films on Monday, January 13th, at FilmScene in Iowa City. As part of the program, a panel discussion including the filmmakers will immediately follow the screening of the films.
The three finalists will be ranked by judges including Roger Wolfson, a TV Writer, Screenwriter, and Speechwriter, Ben Godar, with the Des Moines Film Society, and Rebecca Fons, the Programming Director for FilmScene. Cash prizes will be given to each of the three finalists.
The First In The Nation Film Festival finalists include a film about the portrayal of women in media, the experience of an Iowa native living with HIV, and a man in Iowa City who is trying to have his voting rights restored.
"We are thrilled to have had so many submissions and to be recognizing such quality films for our first festival," said Matt Sinovic, executive director of Progress Iowa. "Each one tells a unique story, and brings an important issue more attention. We have to continue lifting up these powerful stories if we want to create change, and film is an incredible way to do just that."
WHAT: First in the Nation Film Festival
WHEN: Monday, January 13th, 6:00 PM
WHERE: FilmScene
COST: Free to attend!
RSVP: Click here to RSVP on Facebook
Click here for information about the screening at FilmScene in Iowa City
Here are descriptions of each finalist for the First In The Nation Film Festival:
Painting With Light (Run Time: 14:04)
A film by Kai Swanson and Eli Boonin-Vail
Discusses how lighting portrays women on screen, as a way to examine how film and our culture objectify women, also discussing harassment and the me too movement.
I Just Want To Vote (Run Time: 11:18)
A film by Sarah Beckman
Following the story of a man in Iowa City who is trying to have his voting rights restored, this documentary also looks at action taking place at the Iowa statehouse to restore the voting rights of felons.
Happy Tragedy (Run Time: 8:21)
A film by Emily Harmon
This short documentary follows Sam Kyker, an Iowa native, on his journey of recovery from HIV—battling stigma, economic pains, and mental health struggles—while pursuing his dream of acting.
Progress Iowa launched the First In The Nation Film Festival as a way to bring progressive stories to the forefront. A prominent group of politically active screenwriters, Writers Action, has partnered with Progress Iowa on the festival, along with the Des Moines Film Society and FilmScene. Fourteen films were submitted, and the three finalists were selected from those submissions.
Paid for by Progress Iowa


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Jonathan Pendragon has performed at three Presidential Galas in Washington D.C., for the Queen of England, the Prince of Wales and the Royal Family of Monaco. He is the youngest performer to ever receive a Performing Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts (the governing body of the Magic Castle). He is the Grand Master of Grand Illusion: Jonathan Pendragon.
At the turn of the millennium, MAGIC magazine created a list of the 100 most influential people in the history of 20th Century magic. The list included Harry Houdini as well as more contemporary artists. Jonathan was one of only a handful of current performers named. David Copperfield said that "When the history of magic is written, Jonathan Pendragon will be remembered as one of its most creative performers." Siegfried (of Siegfried and Roy) declared him a "Genius!" International magicians from Hans Klok to Criss Angel have identified Jonathan as one of their greatest influences.
Jonathan is a graduate of the University of California at Irvine with a degree in Theater, and it was there that he began to develop his trademark highly-physical performance style. Immediately following graduation, he found work in the film industry as both an actor and a stuntman. Jonathan's gift for Illusion put him both in front of and behind the camera. Creating the famous "back handsprings down the church aisle" scene in THE BLUES BROTHERS, Jonathan worked with director John Landis and actor John Belushi to create the illusion that it was actually Belushi doing the tumbling. He worked several years for CIRCUS OF THE STARS, teaching and performing with actors like William Shatner.
Beginning in the early 80s, Jonathan began to develop a wholly unique form of magic, "Physical Grand Illusion." This style of Illusion put the emphasis on the physical performance instead of the prop. At a time when magician after magician presented larger and larger illusions on television, some of which were elaborate camera tricks, Jonathan wowed international audiences with illusions based on years of physical training, including dance, gymnastics, and martial arts. He created The Pendragons, an illusion team who were as spectacular in their appearance and movement as anything they presented. Metamorphosis, their most famous illusion, involved a split-second transposition that would have fooled Houdini (the illusion's inventor), according to the 2005 50th Anniversary Edition of the GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS.
Many of today's most popular illusions were invented by Jonathan Pendragon: including Clearly Impossible, the most deceptive "sawing a woman in half" illusion ever invented, and the Fire Cage, the most popular assistant production in the world. He created and staged the opening illusion for Norman Jewison's film BOGUS, and designed effects presented by the most famous names in magic.
Jonathan Pendragon's work in the field of magic has encompassed everything from street magic to the largest illusion ever presented on stage (vanishing 25 showgirls for the TV special WORLD'S GREATEST MAGIC). He has written books on the philosophy of the art, and lectured internationally. He was twice named Magician of the Year by the Academy of Magical Arts, and has won the Grand Prix de Magique de Monte Carlo. The World Magic Awards has twice named him Best Illusionist and, in 2000, Magician of the Year.
Jonathan appeared in at least 14 prime time network television specials in the United States, and starred in the most elaborate magic special ever filmed: DISNEY'S NIGHT OF MAGIC, shot in Disneyland Paris. He has performed on television in approximately 50 countries around the world, and graced the stages of the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, the Palladium in London, the Olympia in Paris, the Wintergarten in Berlin, the Theater an der Wein in Vienna, the Toledo Opera in Spain, the Beijing Opera House in China, and the Music Hall in Cincinnati, where he created an evening of illusion presented in front of a symphony orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel (a performance which was repeated at the Detroit Opera House). He gave a special performance at the foot of Mt. Fuji, in Japan, which was broadcast all over the country. Recently he appears regularly on three different magic television series, showcasing his versatility and skill in multiple styles: MASTERS OF ILLUSION on the CW network, DON'T BLINK on the Pop Channel, and EXTREME ESCAPES, on Reelz. Since January 2014 he has been a regular bi-monthly columnist for Genii Magazine.
Today Jonathan Pendragon is revered in the art of Grand Illusion. He continues to travel the world, often touring with MASTERS OF ILLUSION LIVE, creating new magic as well as performing many of his classic effects, his performances garnering praise from a wide spectrum of luminaries outside of the magic world, including Stephen Hawking, Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes, and Neil Gaiman (who described him as a "magical person"). Once Ray Bradbury, after witnessing a performance by Jonathan, exclaimed "Remarkable!" Jonathan has transcended the line between art and life, between illusion and reality. When asked by USA TODAY how he wished to be remembered, Jonathan replied "As a myth."


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Vastavam web: His film "Jab We Met" enjoys a cult status in Bollywood's romcom space, but director Imtiaz Ali says he would have loved to make some changes in the film.Shahid Kapoor's introvert nature and Kareena Kapoor Khan's high-spirited avatar made the audience fall in love with their characters of Aditya Kashyap and Geet Dhillon.The director tells, "There are lot of things that I would like to change. Now that 10 years have passed and people are still loving it, I would resist myself from doing that, otherwise I will get beaten up by fans for doing that."
Talking about why he thinks the film was able to connect with the masses, Imtiaz says it was not the usual love story where the boy meets girl and they fall in love."I feel elated that people love the simplicity of the movie. It is a bit different. It is about positivity, it gives you hope, makes you smile, especially that part when Geet, on the terrace of her building, tells Aditya – 'Life is a game.Both the characters were poles apart from each other and happened to meet when their paths intersected on a train journey.
In the second half of the film, both Geet and Aditya undergo drastic role reversals.Talking about the chemistry between Kareena and Shahid, Imtiaz says it is not about the stars sharing an equation.Apparently, Bobby Deol and Ayesha Takia were initially considered for the lead roles.
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El Parenostre (del llatí Pater Noster) és la pregària central del cristianisme, puix que, segons el Nou Testament, a diferència d'altres oracions, va ser directament ensenyada per Jesús; els Evangelis expliquen que quan els seus deixebles li van demanar com havien de pregar, Jesús els va ensenyar aquesta pregària. Es pot trobar a l'Evangeli segons Mateu () i, més breu, a l'Evangeli segons Lluc ().

Versió catalana més habitual
Hi ha diverses traduccions del Parenostre, la versió habitual és la següent, en llengua estàndard (a les Balears tradicionalment no s'hi empra l'article salat):

 en català

Pare nostre, que esteu en el cel:
Sigui santificat el vostre nom.
Vingui a nosaltres el vostre Regne.
Faci's la vostra voluntat,
així en la terra com es fa en el cel.
El nostre pa de cada dia,
doneu-nos, Senyor, el dia d'avui.
I perdoneu les nostres culpes,
així com nosaltres perdonem els nostres deutors.
I no permeteu que nosaltres caiguem en la temptació,
ans deslliureu-nos de qualsevol mal.

Amén

 en llatí

 Pater noster, qui es in caelis,
 Sanctificetur nomen tuum.
 Adveniat regnum tuum.
 Fiat voluntas tua,
 Sicut in caelo et in terra.
 Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie.
 Et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
 Sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris.
 Et ne nos inducas in tentationem:
 Sed libera nos a malo.

 Amen.

Versió rossellonesa
Extreta del Compendi del Catecisme a l'ús de totes les iglésies de l'Imperi Francès, traduït en català, en favor del poble per ordre de l'il·lustríssim Senyor Bisbe de Carcassona, impressor Joan Alzine, Perpinyà, 1807.

Pare nostre qui estau en lo cel,
sia santificat lo vostre sant nom ;
vinga en nosaltres lo vostre sant regne ;
faça-se la vostra voluntat
així en la terra com se fa en lo cel ;
lo nostre pa de cada dia donau-nos,
senyor, en lo dia d'avui,
i perdonau-nos les nostres culpes,
així com nosaltres perdonam a nostres deutors
i no permetau que nosaltres caigam en la temptació ;
ans deslliurau-nos de qualsevol mal.
Amén.

Versió rossellonesa 2
Extreta de Mémoires de Nohèdes - Légendes et tradition orale, 1995, de Didier Payré, recollida de Teresa Roig nada el 1900.

Pare nostre qui esteu en lo cel,
sigui santificat el vostre sant Nom;
vingui en nosaltres el vostre sant regne;
faci's senyor la vostra voluntat,
així a la terra com se fa en lo cel;
El nostre pa de cada dia, doneu-nos senyor, com al dia d'avui;
Perdoneu les nostres culpes,
així que (sic) perdonem als nostres deutors;
No permeteu, Jesús, que caiguem en la temptació.
Àngels de cel i de l'atzur,
aquí que poguem sàller a la fi dels nostres dies,
vius o morts

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Àngels del cel, Sant Pere, Sant Pau, Sant Josep,
feu la pregària per a tothom,
que tothom vagi en bona salut.

Versió algueresa
1790.

Pare Nostro, que sés en lo Cel
sia santificat lo teu nom.
Vengui a nosaltros lo tou regne.
Sia feta la tua voluntat,
com en lo Cel així en la Terra.
Dona-nos avui lo pa nostro de cada dia,
i perdona-nos los nostros pecats,
així com nosaltros perdonem a los nostros enemics.
No nos deixis caure en temptació,
ma llibera-nos de cada mal.
Així sigui.

Versió mallorquina

Pare nostro que estau en el cel,
sia santificat el vostro nom.
Vengui a nosaltres el vostro regne.
Es faci la vostra voluntat,
així a la terra com es fa en el cel.
El nostro pa de cada dia,
donau-nos senyor el dia d'avui
I perdonau les nostres culpes
així com nosaltres perdonam els nostros deutors.
I no permeteu que nosaltres caiguem en la temptació,
ans alliberau-nos de qualsevol mal
Amèn.

Versió valenciana
Versió actual proposada per l'Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua (AVL). La versió antiga medieval podria semblar-se prou a la rossellonesa, tenint en compte que aquestes oracions van ser durant molt de temps transmeses en llatí.

Pare nostre, que esteu en el cel:
Siga santificat el vostre nom.
Vinga a nosaltres el vostre regne.
Faça's la vostra voluntat,
així en la terra com es fa en el cel.
El nostre pa de cada dia,
doneu-nos, Senyor, el dia de hui.
I perdoneu les nostres culpes,
així com nosaltres perdonem els nostres deutors.
I no permeteu que nosaltres caiguem en la temptació,
ans deslliureu-nos de qualsevol mal.
Amén.

Anàlisi i interpretació
La pregària consta d'una invocació i set peticions. Algunes tradicions litúrgiques hi afegiren la doxologia perquè són vostres per sempre el regne, el poder i la glòria, no inclosa al text canònic, per tancar circularment el discurs.

La invocació comença al·ludint al fet que Déu és pare, tant de Jesús (per la doctrina de la Santíssima Trinitat) com, per extensió, de tota la humanitat. S'allunya així del déu jueu, creador i sovint cruel segons els cristians, o de les divinitats indiferents d'altres religions. Està al cel, entès com el Paradís i no el firmament. Allà hi aniran a parar les ànimes després de la mort si han obrat correctament.

La primera petició és que sigui santificat el nom de Déu, seguint el model del Kaddish jueu, on els noms tenien una importància fonamental (per això no s'esmenta directament el nom, massa sagrat, en línia amb el manament de "no utilitzaràs el nom en va"). Sembla també al·ludir a la vocació universalista catòlica, en el desig que tots els homes es converteixin i santifiquin el nom de Déu.

Després es demana que el regne de Déu estigui a la terra, en el sentit que regni la felicitat eterna també a la vida terrenal (posseir Déu al cel). Igualment regnaran a la Terra els valors celestials (aquells que permeten a l'ànima salvar-se), com ara l'amor el proïsme o la pau.

A continuació l'home se sotmet a la voluntat divina, igual que Jesús va obeir les ordres del seu pare, fins a morir en la creu, igualment el cristià ha d'obeir la doctrina divina en la seva quotidiana.

La quarta petició és més material, demana el pa, que simbolitza tot l'aliment i per extensió totes les coses necessàries per viure. El pa també recorda el manà del desert (que Déu donava cada dia als hebreus que havien fugit d'Egipte amb Moisès) i el pa de l'Eucaristia, autèntic pa de vida segons les paraules de Jesús (qui va declarar que qui en mengés, mai més no tindria gana).

Seguidament el cristià demana perdó pels pecats o ofenses que hagi pogut cometre. El text original podria traduir-se com a "deutes", fet que ha portat algunes congregacions a condemnar el préstec i la usura com a pecats inherents (ningú no pot deure a ningú tret de Déu, qui dona la vida, i aquest perdona el deute). El perdó diví va acompanyat d'un perdó universal, recollint la vella màxima cristiana d'estimar els altres i no voler-los cap mal que no es vulgui per a un mateix (a diferència de la Llei de Talió jueva). Fa referència, per tant, al manament nou expressament donat per Jesús al darrer sopar abans de morir.

Lligat amb l'anterior punt, es demana evitar la temptació. La darrera petició és genèrica, es tracta de conjurar qualsevol mal (de vegades traduït com a Mal, el dimoni). S'observa per tant una gradació en les darreres peticions a la divinitat: que perdoni els possibles pecats comesos, que no permeti cometre'n de nous amb la temptació i que alliberi l'ésser humà de qualsevol mal, sigui pecat o no. Aquesta gradació és un recurs retòric típic dels poemes antics, on s'augmenta la força de la imatge progressivament.

Alguns cristians prenen l'esquema bàsic per a una altra pregària més personal, l'Àgape, que en recull els moments essencials, però no es basa en una fórmula fixa sinó en l'expressió lliure del creient.

Antecedents del Parenostre
El Parenostre sorgeix principalment dins el context de les tradicions litúrgiques del judaisme en què estava immers Jesús de Natzaret i en què va desenvolupar-se al començament el cristianisme.

George Novack associa generalment tant aquestes tradicions com les de les grans religions als rituals de l'home primitiu:

Des d'aquest punt de vista, els homes primitius començaren a endevinar els aspectes que no comprenien del món i la natura i van començar a tenir déus de la pluja, del vent, de l'amor... El contacte amb aquestes forces de la natura divinitzades començà a perfeccionar-se i va donar lloc a les religions. Per a Novack, el judaisme va implicar un avenç en aquella època, en un context on la majoria de les cultures antigues eren politeistes, en resumir tots els déus en un de sol i desenvolupant una litúrgia on l'oració era la forma més efectiva d'apropament a Déu.

Tradicions litúrgiques a l'edat antiga

L'oració a les antigues Roma i Grècia

Ja als temps antics varen sorgir tot de religions organitzades i va haver-hi temples i sacerdots que retien culte a forces de la natura, que la majoria de les vegades ja tenien la figura de déus antropomorfes. Les religions primitives generalment mancaven del concepte d'un Déu universal (un Déu per a tots els homes), més aviat s'adoraven déus locals, que creien que afavoririen només un poble en concret. De forma anàloga, es consideraven vertaders els déus d'altres pobles. Per exemple, un egipci podia considerar que Atena ajudava els grecs, per tant, ell havia de demanar ajuda al seu déu Horus.

Cada poble tenia la seva pròpia forma de comunicació amb els déus. Una forma d'establir contacte era mitjançant paraules ritualitzades, com si els déus fossin persones que escoltessin i responguessin, és a dir: orar. En el cas de la religió grecoromana, hi havia un gran contrast entre l'oració dirigida a les grans divinitats i la que es feia amb els déus familiars. En el cas de les grans divinitats (Júpiter, Neptú, Zeus, Atena...) l'oració era molt recarregada, amb ritus molt elaborats i complexos plens de paraules i frases lingüísticament fixades i de caràcter cerimoniós. Els déus eren considerats ents llunyans i no calia doncs esforçar-se a establir-hi un diàleg, ja que eren tan grans i poderosos que segurament no escoltarien. Més aviat calia evitar llur ira. D'altra banda, els déus domèstics, els de la família, els propis avantpassats, eren orats d'una manera molt diferent: se'ls demanava consell i protecció d'una manera íntima, en aquest cas hi havia un contacte més proper i una conversa de debò, ja que sentien amor per aquests petits déus.

L'oració al judaisme

El judaisme reprèn el context religiós de l'època antiga: l'existència d'un sol Déu (el monoteisme). De forma semblant a la resta de pobles, la creença jueva sostenia que la seva deïtat els afavoria només a ells, ço és, seguia essent un Déu d'un sol poble. La diferència fonamental requeia en què per als jueus totes les altres deïtats eren falses, només llur Déu existia realment (exclusivisme). Segons el judaisme, Ell va crear tots els homes, però va triar Israel per ser el Seu poble.

Israel es comunica amb Déu mitjançant els seus profetes, essent-ne el més gran Moisès. Així doncs, Déu hauria parlat directament amb ell en diverses ocasions. Es podria dir que no va haver-hi ningú amb qui tingués una relació més perfecta, però alhora més humil, que amb Moisès. Segons les narracions bíbliques, aquest fill d'Israel fou l'únic a comunicar-se amb Déu directament (els altres que ho feren, ho van aconseguir a través de la mediació d'àngels). Entenent l'oració com el diàleg amb Déu, Moisès va tenir l'oració més sorprenent i ideal.

Israel és un poble on l'oració és un dels punts més importants de la seva identitat. Àdhuc els jueus menys creients coneixen algunes oracions. El seu contacte amb Déu s'ha caracteritzat en gran manera per llurs oracions. El judaisme va llegar al Cristianisme una gran part de les seves creences. De fet, el Cristianisme assegura que en la figura de Jesús de Natzaret es dona el compliment total de les seves escriptures i l'identifica amb el Messies o Crist promès. El mateix Jesús va néixer dins el context espiritual jueu i aquesta identitat es veu clarament reflectida en l'oració del Parenostre.

Exemples d'oracions jueves:

 Amidà: literalment, parat, anomenada també l'oració a les divuit peticions. És una antiga oració del judaisme que encara es conserva. Les divuit benediccions són dotze vegades més llargues que l'oració dominical en la seva versió més àmplia. En aquesta oració L'Etern (Déu) es revela com algú proper a qui es fa aquesta oració, és un Déu únic, salvador, just i misericordiós amb el seu poble escollit.
 Xemà Israel: literalment, escolta Israel. El cor d'aquesta oració està contingut al capítol 6 del llibre de Deuteronomi, comença amb la frase Xemà Israel (Escolat Israel, Adonai és el nostre Déu, Adonai és Un). Aquesta oració l'han de resar diàriament i el seu missatge podria ser: a un Déu únic correspon un amor únic, sense divisions ni fisures. Per això es reclama que un israelià faci un servei exclusiu al Senyor. Jesús el cita a Marc 12:29-30.
 Abinu Malkenu: literalment, Parenostre, Rei nostre. Aquesta oració conté les paraules Pare nostre en hebreu. Es demana a Déu que permeti que els benediccions vinguin a les vides dels homes.

Espiritualitat jueva en el Parenostre
Diverses fonts afirmen que el Parenostre recull una indubtable herència de l'espiritualitat jueva.

Per exemple, al llibre Rabbinic Literature and Gospel Teaching (Londres, 1930) s'hi afirma que hi ha semblances entre l'oració del Parenostre i oracions tradicionals del judaisme. Amb aquestes comparacions va pretendre's demostrar en aquest llibre que el Parenostre té una base filosòfica jueva.

A la litúrgia per al matí de Sàbat d'acord amb l'ús romà s'afirma:

Aquest text revela que els jueus veuen el Senyor com llur Pare, el pare del seu poble, missatge que prové de l'oració a Jesús:

Aquí els jueus fan més gran el nom del seu Déu i li demanen que els homes el reconeguin i el glorifiquin. Aquest missatge es troba a la primera petició de l'oració.

El Regne de Déu és una idea que els cristians van prendre del judaisme i aquest kàdish ho demostraria. El rabí Eleassar el Gran va dir:

El text grec del Parenostre en la seva traducció més fidel diria el nostre pa de cada dia, doneu-nos Senyor, aquest matí, traducció que concorda amb el qual diu Eleassar el Gran. L'Amidà, d'altra banda, diu:

L'Amidà demostra el dolor o almenys el temor que el poble d'Israel sent pels seus pecats. Samuel el Petit digué:

El missatge parla de l'amor als enemics. Perdonar els que ens ofenen seria part d'aquest amor. L'oració de Mar bar Rabna, datada del  i feta servir a la litúrgia del vespre, diu:

Es demana al Déu dels jueus en aquesta oració que sigui una protecció, així com Jesús demana al Pare que ens alliberi del mal. El presbiteri italià Marco Adinolfi considera que el Parenostre va poder ser una oració pròpia del judaisme, ja que al llarg d'aquesta oració se sintetitza l'espiritualitat jueva, de forma que Jesús al Parenostre va deixar el missatge més jueu de tota la Bíblia.

El Parenostre a l'Església primitiva

Cal remarcar que Jesús va viure en el context de l'espiritualitat jueva, que als Evangelis se cita sovint als texts sagrats del judaisme i que Jesús, com a jueu, estava sotmès a la Torà. Segurament va resar les divuit benediccions, el Xemà, l'Avinu Malkenu (Parenostre), els Salms… i d'altres pregàries que hi havia dins el corpus religiós del judaisme d'aleshores.

Es pot assegurar que si el judaisme va introduir una gran novetat al context religiós de la seva època, el Cristianisme va dur al món una nova visió de la Divinitat. Per al Cristianisme existia una deïtat, la dels jueus. Només hi havia un Déu vertader, però no era només per a un sol poble. El Senyor va deixar de ser un Déu local del poble jueu i va esdevenir un Déu universal. El dels cristians es mostrava a tots els homes que volguessin seguir-lo sense tenir en compte llur origen. Segons el Cristianisme, el Senyor tenia un nou poble al qual qualsevol home de bona voluntat podia pertànyer i aquest nou poble era l'Església. Aquesta és la raó per la qual diferents denominacions cristianes s'anomenen a si mateixes el Nou Israel.

En un començament els primers cristians es consideraven part del poble jueu, oraven a les sinagogues i respectaven tota la Torà. Al primer Concili de Jerusalem, narrat al capítol 15 del llibre Fets dels Apòstols, es diu que els gentils que abraçaven Crist no estaven obligats a fer complir la Torà donada al poble d'Israel. Per exemple, els cristians d'origen gentil no estaven obligats a circumcidar-se o a celebrar el Sàbat. És a partir d'aleshores que el Cristianisme començà a separar-se gradualment del judaisme.

El Parenostre fou fonamental per a aquesta separació. En semblar-se al judaisme, el Cristianisme va haver d'anar adquirint una identitat pròpia i el principal tret de l'espiritualitat jueva era l'oració. El Cristianisme, doncs, havia de cercar la seva pròpia oració, els seus propis trets, per tal que no fos considerada una secta del judaisme. El Parenostre va esdevenir el tret principal que diferenciaria el poble "nou" del "vell" en aquest punt de la història. La diferència encara no era gaire clara, entre els jueus i els primers seguidors del Cristianisme, però.

Els primers cristians tenien un gran respecte per l'oració dominical. L'oració dominical no s'ensenyava a tothom, però, resar-la constituïa un privilegi que només s'atorgava als que ja havien rebut el bateig. Era l'última cosa que s'ensenyava als catecúmens i només fins a la vetlla del bateig. Era la màxima i més preciada joia de la fe.

Els antics cristians de les Esglésies d'Àfrica prengueren llur professió de la fe (quid credendum) d'aquesta oració. Una professió de fe és una declaració de les seves creences, un exemple és l'oració del credo de Nicea del catolicisme llatí i oriental. Els que pretenien obtenir el bateig havien de tenir un profund coneixement de l'oració (quid orandum). Els catecúmens havien de seguir amb deteniment l'explicació del credo i després havien de recitar-lo públicament de memòria. La transició entre aquests dos passos era el Parenostre. La professió de fe en el Cristianisme és una part fonamental, car mitjançant aquesta professió es declaren quines són les creences fonamentals i bàsiques. El fet que les esglésies primitives d'Àfrica l'agafessin com a base per a llur professió de fe demostra que des dels orígens del Cristianisme aquestes paraules de Jesús foren considerades les paraules més santes.

A l'Església primitiva el rés del Parenostre estava reservat per al moment més alt de la celebració que més endavant el catolicisme va anomenar missa. La feien precedir de fórmules que assenyalaven respecte. Aquestes fórmules han estat heretades per Esglésies en les seves actuals litúrgies: a la litúrgia de l'Església oriental es diu com a introducció: Digneu-vos, oh Senyor, a concedir-nos que joiosos i sense temeritat, ens atrevim a invocar-vos, Déu celestial, com a Pare, i que diguem: Parenostre... A la primitiva litúrgia romana el sacerdot precedia l'oració amb la frase: ens atrevim a dir, tot reconeixent l'enorme audàcia que cal en repetir paraules considerades tan santes per al Cristianisme.

El Parenostre a la Bíblia

La narració dels Evangelis
Als dos Evangelis, és Jesús qui ensenya el Parenostre als seus deixebles per ensenyar-los el mode correcte d'orar. La narració evangèlica sembla indicar que els seus seguidors van tenir una confiança completa en les seves ensenyances. Cal recordar que la religiositat jueva era molt rígida i tenia ritus i oracions molt precises. La relació amb l'Ésser Etern, que segons les seves creences regia tot el que existeix, era quelcom molt delicat i per això demanen a Jesús que els ensenyi la manera correcta de dirigir-se a Ell, ja que d'acord amb ells, només una persona molt propera a Déu podria conèixer la manera correcta de parlar-hi, essent Jesús aquesta persona per a ells.

Amb l'oració que els ensenya, Jesús tracta de trencar amb les actituds que allunyaven l'home de Déu, i cerca una senzillesa que faciliti el diàleg amb aquell Senyor que Jesús anomenà Pare.

Narració de Mateu

L'oració apareix en el context del Sermó de la muntanya. Jesús havia començat ja la seva vida pública, i a causa que ja era un conegut predicador va congregar molta gent que volia rebre les seves ensenyances. Va decidir pujar a un pujol perquè tots poguessin escoltar-lo, i una part important de les ensenyances cristianes es basa en aquest passatge evangèlic: les benaventurances (Mt 5:1-12), la comparació dels deixebles amb la llum del món (Mt 5:14-16), l'actitud de Jesús respecte de la Llei de Moisès (Mt 5:17-20) i els seus comentaris sobre els manaments (Mt 5:21-37), entre altres ensenyances fonamentals per als cristians.

El context en què Jesús exposa el Parenostre és el del retret envers aquells, tant jueus com gentils, que han fet convertir l'oració, com l'almoina, en un hàbit merament extern (Mt 6:5-8). Jesús recomana orar en secret i amb senzillesa, i els ofereix el Parenostre com a exemple d'oració senzilla per dirigir-se al Pare.

Narració de Lluc

A l'Evangeli segons Lluc el Parenostre apareix a la secció que es denomina el viatge a Jerusalem: és precedit per l'exposició de la paràbola del bon samarità (Lc 10:30-37) i per l'episodi de la disputa entre Marta i Maria (Mt 10:38-42). La narració sembla suggerir que Jesús estava orant sol i molt concentrat en allò que l'Envangeli anomena cert lloc, per això ningú no s'atrevia a interrompre'l, i només quan va haver acabat el seu diàleg amb Déu un dels seus deixrebles va demanar-li que els ensenyés a orar. Tot seguit, Jesús els explica el Parenostre, en una versió més curta que la de Mateur i que conté només cinc peticions. El text de Lluc segons la traducció catòlica de la Bíblia d'Amèrica diu:

«Pare, santificat sigui el Vostre nom; vingui el Vostre regne; doneu-nos cada dia el pa que necessitem; perdoneu-nos els nostres pecats, perquè també nosaltres perdonem els que ens ofenen; i no ens deixeu caure en la temptació.»

Comparació de les narracions

Lluc narra que un dels deixebles va demanar a Crist que els ensenyés a orar després que el mateix Jesús va haver acabat la seva oració en solitari. A Mateu no sembla la demanda del deixeble, fou iniciativa del mateix Jesús d'ensenyar-los a orar amb el Parenostre.

Les diferències entre els dos Evangelis són les següents:
 La invocació: Lluc invoca Déu només com a Pare i Mateu com a Parenostre que esteu en el cel.
 A Lluc no apareix la demanda de Jesús que es realitzi la voluntat de Déu així a la terra com es fa en el cel.
 A Lluc no es menciona la demanda deslliure-nos de qualsevol mal.

El fons de les dues narracions és el mateix: Jesús ensenya la seva gent quina és la forma correcta de dirigir-se a Déu. Tanmateix, Mateu la desenvolupa de manera més extensa i profunda. La narració de Mateu sobre el Parenostre és més apassionada, ja que Jesús es troba a una muntanya envoltat d'una gentada que frisa per escoltar les seves paraules, a la narració de Lluc, en canvi, hi apareix un Jesús més espiritual, orant en solitari, causa l'admiració d'un deixeble, qui espera pacientment que acabi d'orar per demanar-li que els ensenyi a fer-ho de la mateixa manera.

Hipòtesis sobre les diferències entre Mateu i Lluc

Hi ha tres hipòtesis sobre les diferències entre les narracions del Parenostre entre els dos Evangelis. Acceptant que Jesús va pronunciar només una vegada el Parenostre, es planteja la següent qüestió: pot ser que les diferències entre les versions de Lluc i Mateu siguin causa de la transmissió oral de la tradició, però apareix el problema de quin dels dos texts és el primitiu, i a partir d'aquí sorgeixen dues hipòtesis:

 El text de Lluc conté la narració original. Si el text de Lluc fos el primitiu els cristians a l'hora de transmetre'l els uns als altres van haver d'haver-hi afegit perífrasis.
 El text de Mateu conté la narració original. Si l'original fou Mateu, aleshores els cristians van escurçar l'oració per oblit a la tradició recollida per Lluc.

També s'obre una possible tercera hipòtesi:
 Jesús va pronunciar-la en diverses ocasions, i els dos relats són correctes. L'oració era quelcom molt fonamental per a Jesús, part molt important en l'aprenentatge dels seus deixebles. Sorgeix aleshores la hipòtesi que potser Jesús va repetir diverses vegades aquesta oració perquè els seus apòstols l'aprenguessin bé, i que Mateu i Lluc la situessin en dos d'aquests diferents moments. Aquesta teoria respon a la diferència de la narració del lliurament del Parenostre entre Mateu i Lluc.

El Parenostre (del llatí Pater Noster) és, doncs, el nom de l'oració cristiana que Jesús de Natzaret va donar segons narren els Evangelis segons Mateu (Mt 6:9-13) i segons Lluc (Lc 11:1-4). De la diferència de la descripció de les circumstàncies i en l'estil del text de l'oració en tots dos autors, deriven les diferents versions existents per a cada confessió cristiana. El Parenostre es considera l'oració cristiana comuna per excel·lència per les confessions majoritàries: per al catecisme de l'Església Catòlica i per als protestants és el model d'oració cristiana i l'oració més perfecta segons els ortodoxos.

Interpretació del Cristianisme romanocatòlic

Text en llatí i traducció catalana
La versió catòlica del Parenostre en català es basa en la versió llatina, idioma oficial de la Seu Apostòlica, que era també la llengua que es feia servir durant l'edat mitjana per recitar el Pater Noster, àdhuc per gent sense cap mena d'instrucció, tot i que ho feien en llatí vulgar. Per a una millor difusió i comprensió de les Sagrades Escriptures, es va encarregar a Sant Jeroni, un religiós que dominava les llengües hebrea, aramea i grega, l'adaptació de la Bíblia llatina que fins aleshores era disponible en traduccions realitzades per diversos autors, presentant diferents estils a cada llibre, i fou així com va néixer la Vulgata.

Notes

Referències

Vegeu també
 Baba Yetu, versió musicada del Parenostre en suahili.

Enllaços externs

 Les oracions del Cristià

Oracions cristianes

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As we launch our new Life Support campaign, James Downs, a campaigner and media spokesperson for Mind, explains why support for someone living with a mental health problem is about so much more than treatments and therapies.
We experience the world through our bodies, every day relying on however much physical health we have to meet our goals – from going to different places to taking part in the activities we enjoy and generally trying to feel as well as we can. Whilst being physically fit and well can feel great in itself, there are so many more things in life which we value which are more important, so many reasons why it is worth having a body in the first place.
The same can be said for mental health. We rely on mental health to live the lives that we want, and even in the times when we struggle with our own thoughts and feelings and long to feel even a moment of wellbeing, we always know that not having mental health problems isn't our highest ambition. When we struggle to overcome mental health problems it isn't simply to not suffer any more, it is to have a life worth living and to do all those things that we value, that give us meaning.
For me, a decade of struggling with an eating disorder which nearly cost me my life on several occasions involved questioning deeply the reasons why I wanted to get better. Thinking about ending my life also made me think about the things I would want to stay alive for and what I could do with my health if I recovered it. My eating disorder was a powerful way of coping with distressing feelings, and without it - even though I would be healthy - I couldn't see what I would have left to rely on.
When I went through mental health services, I was often frustrated with a negative focus on giving up my problematic behaviours, how removing dangerous symptoms seemed to be the only goal. For me, I was more concerned in what I would do with my life instead, why I should give up anorexia or bulimia when I didn't know whether I would be able to find support in other, less damaging ways.
One of the main things that drove me to get the support I needed...was the hope of being able to do things that were nothing to do with mental health.
In the end, one of the main things that drove me to get the support I needed and access treatment was the hope of being able to do things that were nothing to do with mental health. Yes, I needed to replace my eating problems with healthier skills that I learnt as part of my therapy, but this was so that I could go on and do the things I wanted to, such as start voluntary work and eventually go back to university.
...participating in society can be a huge challenge in the context of cuts to disability benefits and public services.
Just like I need my physical health to go out to my lectures in the morning, I need my mental health to be able to sit and read, to concentrate or not to become too much of a perfectionist with my work. I need my physical health to go travelling in the summer, and I need my mental health to enjoy it mindfully, to be open to new experiences and to share it with my friends.
Of course I enjoy having mental health in itself too – things I previously took for granted such as being able to socialise without anxiety or eat a meal with friends, these have an extra level of meaning to me now. But appreciating feeling mentally healthy is only part of what I want from life.
'Life support' is about enabling people to fulfil their potential rather than just getting by.
The sad fact however is that in the society we live in, having problems with your mental health can mean that there are barriers to taking part in those meaningful activities that you value. Change is happening, for example we are seeing more 'parity of esteem' with physical health, but participating in society can be a huge challenge in the context of cuts to disability benefits and public services that can keep us well (such as libraries and leisure centres), a limited understanding of mental health in many workplaces and educational institutions, and barriers to accessing the support you need from the NHS.
Supporting people is more than supporting them to not be ill, it is about facilitating them to achieve the things that they value and reducing the barriers to them participating in society on an equal basis, whether they have mental health problems or not.
Being isolated from others and losing freedom is one of the most distressing things about mental health problems, which in turn can thrive on loneliness and isolation, secrecy and silence. For this reason it is important to recognise the importance of a whole range of factors in maintaining wellbeing from social and economic factors to the whole range of public services that we use.
If we say that there is more to life than mental health, and more to providing support than traditional mental health services, this is never to be used as an excuse to withdraw services that are so critically needed by so many people. Of course, nobody wants services that promote dependence and become ultimately disabling by encouraging people to rely on them and deskilling people from doing things that they would want to do for themselves. But this isn't what real 'life support' is.
'Life support' is about enabling people to fulfil their potential rather than just getting by, to overcome the disempowering effects of mental health problems and live a full life. This process will be different for every individual and we must remember that the road to becoming independent and engaged with positive activities is not always a straightforward one.
People will always need professional support as they would with a physical health problem or disability - this should be seen as normal and nothing to be ashamed of, and people should be allowed to make progress at their own pace.
With the right support I believe we can help all sorts of people to have the lives they want.
Looking back at my experience of mental health problems, it has certainly been a long and complicated journey which continues into the future as I continue to manage my mental health (which after all, is something we all have, whatever shape it's in!). During the times when I was in the grips of severe eating problems my life was overwhelmed with struggling with my mental health, and I could rarely see a way out.
Now though, whilst mental health is a big component of my life, it isn't all of my life. I've needed support, but with the right support I believe we can help all sorts of people to have the lives they want whether they have mental health problems or not.
Find out more about our campaign to improve life support for people with mental health problems to lead a full life.
James campaigns with us for a better deal for people with mental health problems, and speaks out in the media about his experiences.


Blue Heron Blast: what condition my condition is in.
Shawn sent this one over; Thais make bulletproof vests out of old xrays.
Well, another year of blogging is set to pass, what does that make, five or six? Six. Definitely my most prodigious effort yet from a sheer numbers standpoint but most of the time I was in a groove and it never really felt too stale. Think that I did some decent work. Managed to make a living on the side, pay my bills and take a vacation, which is pretty much my immediate bucket list. Thanks to one and all for gracing me with your attention and cyber presence.
692,762 pageviews, at this rate it will be 2015 sometime before I break a million. Which is fine, I don't need a big audience, gets a bit stifling.
Edward Snowden is the Blast man of the year. If it hadn't been Snowden there would have been another Snowden with a different name. You can't amass all this private information on everybody on the planet and not expect the truth to get out and the information to be abused. It is a database rife with the potential for abuse.
Just because this administration thinks that it is being ethical and respectful of civil liberties concerns doesn't mean the next one will. I think that most Americans think that enough is enough. We don't trust government enough to cede it this kind of power and we never did.
Ex NSA Director Michael Hayden says that Snowden is a treasonous traitor. Well, that is what I think of Hayden. People that don't respect the fourth amendment are traitors to this country as well.
Was reading about the concept of "hops" this morning.
A study showed that the average person has 190 facebook friends. The government is allowed to listen in on a suspects primary friends, their friend's friends and friends of friends of friends. The latter tertiary sum is over 5 million. From one individual matrix. So you better figure they are listening to near everybody.
We can talk more about this stuff next year.
This is the least satisfactory book on Jefferson I have ever read. Having said that there are definitely some pearls here and if you are a student of American history you might want to give it a read. He explains that our revolution was actually started by the rich and that they took their clue from events that happened in England a century prior.
Interesting how the British fought for emancipation as a way to start a slave insurrection and hurt the republic, while simultaneously entreating with the local indians to do battle with the nascent americans. I definitely learned some things reading this book.
Meacham has a rather plodding writing style, definitely lacks the prosaic gifts of his contemporaries Goodwin or McCullough. Worth a look anyway.


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Denial-of-service vulnerability in EFI partition handling code of the Linux kernel
Credit: Timo Warns
Local: Yes
Remote: No
CWE: CWE-119
Exploit range: Local
Integrity impact: None
Availability impact: Complete
PRE-CERT Security Advisory ========================== * Advisory: PRE-SA-2011-03 * Released on: 13 Apr 2011 * Last updated on: 13 Apr 2011 * Affected product: Linux Kernel 2.4 and 2.6 * Impact: denial-of-service * Origin: storage devices * Credit: Timo Warns (PRESENSE Technologies GmbH) * CVE Identifier: CVE-2011-1577 Summary ------- The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability that may lead to a denial-of-service due to corrupted partition tables on storage devices. The kernel automatically evaluates partition tables of storage devices. This happens independently of whether any auto-mounting is enabled or not. The code for evaluating EFI GUID partition tables contains a buffer overflow bug that allows to cause kernel oops resulting in a denial of service. Workaround ---------- Compile and use a kernel that does not evaluate EFI GUID partition tables. The corresponding configuration key is CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION. Solution -------- A patch is available at http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg83274.html References ---------- When further information becomes available, this advisory will be updated. The most recent version of this advisory is available at: http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2011-03.txt Contact ------- PRE-CERT can be reached under precert (at) pre-secure (dot) de. [email concealed] For PGP key information, refer to http://www.pre-cert.de/.
http://www.spinics.net/lists/mm-commits/msg83274.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/12/17
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695976
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66773
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/517477/100/0/threaded
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025355
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/1


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Q: javascript weird encodings I am getting weird characters on a script of a web page. This is part of the script
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This translates in a weird way to alert("why"). How is that possible?

A: This is called code obfuscation, using utf-8 characters that are other than our english alphabet. The variables have valid names, and there are usually calls to functions that will do conversions to supply english text for output via alerts, etc.
See here for a good discussion: How can I obfuscate (protect) JavaScript?

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