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package org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.security.impl;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.processors.security.SecurityContext;
import org.apache.ignite.internal.util.typedef.F;
import org.apache.ignite.plugin.security.SecurityPermission;
import org.apache.ignite.plugin.security.SecuritySubject;

/**
 * Security context for tests.
 */
public class TestSecurityContext implements SecurityContext, Serializable {
    /** Subject. */
    private final SecuritySubject subject;

    /**
     * @param subject Subject.
     */
    public TestSecurityContext(SecuritySubject subject) {
        this.subject = subject;
    }

    /**
     * @param opName Op name.
     * @param perm Permission.
     */
    public boolean operationAllowed(String opName, SecurityPermission perm) {
        switch (perm) {
            case CACHE_CREATE:
            case CACHE_DESTROY:
                return systemOperationAllowed(perm) || cacheOperationAllowed(opName, perm);

            case CACHE_PUT:
            case CACHE_READ:
            case CACHE_REMOVE:
                return cacheOperationAllowed(opName, perm);

            case TASK_CANCEL:
            case TASK_EXECUTE:
                return taskOperationAllowed(opName, perm);

            case SERVICE_DEPLOY:
            case SERVICE_INVOKE:
            case SERVICE_CANCEL:
                return serviceOperationAllowed(opName, perm);

            case EVENTS_DISABLE:
            case EVENTS_ENABLE:
            case ADMIN_VIEW:
            case ADMIN_CACHE:
            case ADMIN_QUERY:
            case ADMIN_OPS:
            case JOIN_AS_SERVER:
                return systemOperationAllowed(perm);

            default:
                throw new IllegalStateException("Invalid security permission: " + perm);
        }
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override public SecuritySubject subject() {
        return subject;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override public boolean taskOperationAllowed(String taskClsName, SecurityPermission perm) {
        return hasPermission(subject.permissions().taskPermissions().get(taskClsName), perm);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override public boolean cacheOperationAllowed(String cacheName, SecurityPermission perm) {
        return hasPermission(subject.permissions().cachePermissions().get(cacheName), perm);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override public boolean serviceOperationAllowed(String srvcName, SecurityPermission perm) {
        return hasPermission(subject.permissions().servicePermissions().get(srvcName), perm);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override public boolean systemOperationAllowed(SecurityPermission perm) {
        Collection<SecurityPermission> perms = subject.permissions().systemPermissions();

        if (F.isEmpty(perms))
            return subject.permissions().defaultAllowAll();

        return perms.stream().anyMatch(p -> perm == p);
    }

    /**
     * @param perms Permissions.
     * @param perm Permission.
     */
    private boolean hasPermission(Collection<SecurityPermission> perms, SecurityPermission perm) {
        if (perms == null)
            return subject.permissions().defaultAllowAll();

        return perms.stream().anyMatch(p -> perm == p);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override public String toString() {
        return "TestSecurityContext{" +
            "subject=" + subject +
            '}';
    }
}


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An interface designer interning at Mozilla has suggested that the company mimic gimmicks in Google's Chrome to make users think Firefox starts up faster. In an entry on his personal blog that was reposted to Mozilla's uber-blog, Planet Mozilla, John Wayne Hill, an Indiana University masters student interning this summer at the open source company, spelled out changes that would give users the feeling that Firefox starts quicker.
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Google Chrome has now eclipsed Mozilla Firefox in the speed category. However, I still use Firefox as my main web browser because it is still better than Chrome in certain areas.But just recently, I tried a few tweaks that significantly improved the speed of Firefox making it a little bit snappier than the latest version of Google Chrome when loading webpages.
Gone are the days when Microsoft's Internet Explorer was the sole rival for Mozilla's Firefox. A new open-source browser, Google Chrome, has come to town, and it's from the company that provided $66 million of the Mozilla Foundation's $75 million in 2007 revenue.
Most Firefox users don't realize that Firefox's current existence is owed almost exclusively to its search partnership with Google wherein Mozilla Corp receives a portion of ad revenue from Google queries initiated from Firefox's search bar. This revenue amounts to tens of millions of dollars.
"There is no public exploit, the details are private, and so the risk to users is minimal," Window Snyder, Mozilla's chief security officer, said in an entry to a company blog.
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Mozilla Firefox has been outperforming Internet Explorer for a number of years, and its latest version is even faster than ever. However, there is a new, lean, free web browser on the block which runs web pages at lightning speed. It goes by the name of Google Chrome. Google released the source code of Chrome, including its custom JavaScript engine as an open source project entitled Chromium.
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An innovative solution for the dimensional checking of loaded pallets before and after the packaging.
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The Warlock of Da'ath
From Bandcamp, "after opening the sorcerous gate through Al-Khem-Me-cal processes on the previous album, we have again embraced every atom of the blackest mass to conjure darkness from a more cabalistic perspective. Musically, we have always drawn influences from all corners of the musical abyss," the band continue. There are noticeable differences compared to previous material, but we do not stray from our path. In fact, we have deepened the path with even more layers than before." The album has eight songs.
"Obscure and Forbidden" is the first. It's pretty much old, school, FWOBM influenced Black Metal. There are indeed some layers here, but the vocals are key to the traditional sound, and the leads are pretty spastic. "Qliphotic Trance" is about half as long, and jam packed with horrid sounds and not a lot of structure. "The Veils of Negative Existence" has some audible bass notes but remains fairly forgettable in the annals of things. "Khirdir's Urn" is unfortunately more of the same. This is getting painful.
"Sigilum Azoetia – The Map of Possibility" is, you guessed it, more of the same sound coming around again. There are some pretty neat moments in the song, like the way the riff descends, but it is forgettable. "The Iconostastis of Blasphemy" makes the album sound like it is just one track playing again and again. The title track closes the album, and it's the longest. Finally, a little variation is offered, but not much. Despite a change in the opening sequence, it falls right back into the trap the rest of the album has.
This album wasn't a total loss for a listening experience but was pretty close. I always think in terms of "what has this band offered that hasn't been offered before?" Or, at the very least, "are they revitalizing and older sound?" The answer is nothing and no.
1. Obscure and Forbidden
2. Qliphotic Trance
3. The Veils of Negative Existence
4. Khidir's Urn
5. Sigillum Azoetia - The Map of Possibility
6. The Iconostatis of Blasphemy
7. Ancient Lineage
8. The Warlock of Da'ath
Rob Reijnders – Bass, Vocals
Anton Heesterbeek – Guitars
Alex Verhoeven – Guitars, Vocals
Tim Verheijden – Drums
Record Label: Invictus Productions


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Saint-Rome-de-Dolan – miejscowość i dawna gmina we Francji, w regionie Oksytania, w departamencie Lozère. W 2013 roku populacja gminy wynosiła 71 mieszkańców. Przez miejscowość przepływa rzeka Tarn.

W dniu 1 stycznia 2017 roku z połączenia pięciu ówczesnych gmin – Le Massegros, Le Recoux, Saint-Georges-de-Lévéjac, Saint-Rome-de-Dolan oraz Les Vignes – utworzono nową gminę Massegros-Causses-Gorges. Siedzibą gminy została miejscowość Le Massegros.

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Miejscowości w departamencie Lozère

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Struck from the Naval Register 4 February 1919.
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Piave (No. 3799), a steam cargo ship was launched for the USSB in 1918 by the Federal Shipbullding Co., Hackensack River, N.J., acquired by the Navy 18 December 1918 for operation as a NOTS vessel on Army account, and commissioned at Brooklyn, N.Y. 18 December 1918, Lt. Comdr. H.L. Mortenson, USNRF, in command.
After fitting out and upon successful completion of sea trials, she steamed for Falmouth, England 14 January 1919 with a cargo of flour and pork destined for Ameriean troops overseas. Piave arrived Falmouth 28 January and steamed on for Rotterdam the same day. That night, during a fierce storm accompanied by a blinding snow, she went aground about half a mile east of Gull Lightship in the Straits of Dover. Although she parted amidships and lost her entire cargo, all hands were rescued.
Piave was struck from the Navy List 4 February 1919.


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Year 1 have been busy outside doing their English work. Watch this space.
Year 5 have been busy doing their Science and English outside. Watch this space.
Frog Alert! Spring is here and the frogs are jumping for joy! Have a look at the pond.
At Holy Family School, we aim to encourage children to learn in a variety of ways. Research suggests that children benefit from learning outside and our children say that this type of learning helps them to remember and recall information. They enjoy outdoor learning opportunities. Our staff try to use the outside environment in some lessons and we reach out to other agencies such as the Essex Park Rangers, to experience the curriculum through a range of on site experiences and school trips.
The Big Schools' Birdwatch: Holy Family School are taking part in the RSPB's annual event. Classes will receive a bird identification sheet and a tally chart to complete. We will give our results to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and they will use this to find out which birds are doing well in the wild and which ones need more support. Classes are finding out how to help the birds. Year Two made some bird feeders with seeds and lard today to help the birds to keep up their energy during this cold spell.
Binoculars Many children have expressed an interest in owning their own pair after using our school supplies to birdwatch as part of the Big Garden Birdwatch challenge. Our were purchased from Mil-tec www.miltec.de. Most outdoor suppliers will stock a starter set but any RSPB centre supplies a pack to use on site which includes binoculars if you are planning a visit.
We have been learning outside in Religion. Please see our class page.
Year three have been making human timelines and using an applying knowledge of timelines in small groups in the playground. This resulted in a much clearer understanding of the time relating to the Stone Age through to the Bronze Age in history.
We had a great day in the entire school, celebrating our chosen modern foreign language. Thank you Mrs Sanderson for some great language activities.Thank you all for the support with such wonderful outfits and to our kitchen staff for a tasty menu. The outdoor learning game was a big favourite with many children commenting on how much they enjoyed matching up words in English and French in a fun way. This was one of many activities enjoyed on the day. More photographs to follow shortly.


Maintaining your heating system is quite similar to maintaining your vehicle. If you let either go without maintenance for too long, it's likely that problems will ensue. The best thing you can do for your heating system is ensure that it is prepared for the coldest months of the year long before they actually arrive. These are simple tips for making sure your heating system is winter-ready!


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Here Come The Robots
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Last week at Notre Dame, I had a conversation with a professor who told me he had been present earlier that dayat a discussion with a visiting scientist. The scientist works in the field of artificial superintelligence. If artificial intelligence focuses on making machines that are as intelligent as humans, artificial superintelligence ponders the possibility of machines that are more intelligent than humans. The Notre Dame professor said that the visiting scientist told them that just that week, a computer he programmed had created a stock-picking program of its own volition.
Of its own volition.
According to my interlocutor, the scientist couldn't explain it, but it shook him up. We talked for a bit about what the coming AI/ASI revolution will do to our economy and politics. The professor said that massive numbers of people will lose their jobs. I forget the number he said, but when I heard it, I responded, "Then there will be a revolution." He said in return that one of the great political challenges facing us is figuring out how to maintain stability in the face of what is about to happen.
The next day, I spoke with a student about this. We talked about how a Universal Basic Income might be necessary for the sake of social stability, but it would also be destructive of human character, in that it would deform the natural desire to do meaningful work.
All this came to mind reading this Kevin Drum piece about how mechanization is going to revolutionize our world. Excerpts:
Within 20 years, maybe half of you will be out of jobs. A couple of decades after that, most of the rest of you will be out of jobs.
In one sense, this all sounds great. Let the robots have the damn jobs! No more dragging yourself out of bed at 6 a.m. or spending long days on your feet. We'll be free to read or write poetry or play video games or whatever we want to do. And a century from now, this is most likely how things will turn out. Humanity will enter a golden age.
But what about 20 years from now? Or 30? We won't all be out of jobs by then, but a lot of us will—and it will be no golden age. Until we figure out how to fairly distribute the fruits of robot labor, it will be an era of mass joblessness and mass poverty. Working-class job losses played a big role in the 2016 election, and if we don't want a long succession of demagogues blustering their way into office because machines are taking away people's livelihoods, this needs to change, and fast. Along with global warming, the transition to a workless future is the biggest challenge by far that progressive politics—not to mention all of humanity—faces. And yet it's barely on our radar.
By now everyone's heard the predictions that self-driving cars could lead to 5 million jobs being lost, but few people understand that once artificial-intelligence software is good enough to drive a car, it will be good enough to do a lot of other things too. It won't be millions of people out of work; it will be tens of millions.
This is what we mean when we talk about "robots." We're talking about cognitive abilities, not the fact that they're made of metal instead of flesh and powered by electricity instead of chicken nuggets.
Drum takes on skeptics' objections, including the claim that as in the Industrial Revolution, machines will do drudge work, allowing humans to retrain for less onerous tasks. Yes, this happened in the Industrial Revolution, which was very disruptive, but eventually resulted in humans running machines that created a lot more wealth than had existed before. Here's Drum:
The AI Revolution will be nothing like that. When robots become as smart and capable as human beings, there will be nothing left for people to do because machines will be both stronger and smarter than humans. Even if AI creates lots of new jobs, it's of no consequence. No matter what job you name, robots will be able to do it. They will manufacture themselves, program themselves, repair themselves, and manage themselves. If you don't appreciate this, then you don't appreciate what's barreling toward us.
In fact, it's even worse. In addition to doing our jobs at least as well as we do them, intelligent robots will be cheaper, faster, and far more reliable than humans. And they can work 168 hours a week, not just 40. No capitalist in her right mind would continue to employ humans. They're expensive, they show up late, they complain whenever something changes, and they spend half their time gossiping. Let's face it: We humans make lousy laborers.
If you want to look at this through a utopian lens, the AI Revolution has the potential to free humanity forever from drudgery. In the best-case scenario, a combination of intelligent robots and green energy will provide everyone on Earth with everything they need. But just as the Industrial Revolution caused a lot of short-term pain, so will intelligent robots. While we're on the road to our Star Trek future, but before we finally get there, the rich are going to get richer—because they own the robots—and the rest of us are going to get poorer because we'll be out of jobs. Unless we figure out what we're going to do about that, the misery of workers over the next few decades will be far worse than anything the Industrial Revolution produced.
I strongly recommend that you read the whole thing. And note this:
The monumental task of dealing with the AI Revolution will be almost entirely up to the political left. After all, when the automation of human labor begins in earnest, the big winners are initially going to be corporations and the rich. Because of this, conservatives will be motivated to see every labor displacement as a one-off event, just as they currently view every drought, every wildfire, and every hurricane as a one-off event. They refuse to see that global warming is behind changing weather patterns because dealing with climate change requires environmental regulations that are bad for business and bad for the rich. Likewise, dealing with an AI Revolution will require new ways of distributing wealth. In the long run this will be good even for the rich, but in the short term it's a pretty scary prospect for those with money—and one they'll fight zealously. Until they have no choice left, conservatives are simply not going to admit this is happening, let alone think about how to address it. It's not in their DNA.
I think Drum is onto something with this. What are the Congressional Republicans up to now? A tax cut. Donald Trump won the presidency in part by leading people to believe he was going to do a lot of infrastructure spending and create more jobs. Didn't happen, not gonna happen. But we're going to get a big tax cut, because that's what Republicans do: pass tax cuts. But look:
Given how healthy the economy is, some economists are mystified over Trump's urgent push for tax cuts that are likely to be paid for by adding to America's mountain of debt.
"No other president in modern economic history has tried to do this," said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist at MUFG Union Bank. "It just seems completely unnecessary. With unemployment at 4.2%, why on earth would we try to stimulate the economy?"
Normally, presidents ask Congress for deficit-financed tax cuts when the economy is weak. That's what President Obama did in 2009 during the Great Recession, and President George W. Bush did the same after the 2001 downturn.
"This is kind of an odd time to get fiscal stimulus. It's not like we're in a recession, or coming out of one," said Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC.
Here's the problem: There will be another recession, eventually. And spending heavily to slash the corporate tax rate to 20% from 35% today could leave Congress with fewer options to tackle the next downturn. The current economic expansion is already the second-longest ever.
The Tax Policy Center estimates that Trump's tax overhaul would slash federal revenue by $2.4 trillion over 10 years, and by $3.2 trillion over the second decade. And the national debt is already 77% of GDP, and slated to keep growing.
"The risk is we don't have the money for a rainy day. It's borderline irresponsible," said Rupkey.
I don't like paying taxes either, but it seems that the GOP's response to every question is, "Cut taxes." Even Trump has gotten on that train. He's surrounded by people who don't see it, and don't want to see it. Seems to me that Steve Bannon seems to have a better general sense of what's coming and how to exploit it politically than Trump does. I'd love to know what he's thinking about the AI effect on economics and society.
Thought experiment: what would an effective conservative response to the coming AI revolution and its likely socio-economic effects look like? I think it would have to start by asking not "what seems best according to free market principles?" but "what is likely to keep social stability throughout the coming economic turmoil?"
Rod Dreher is a senior editor at The American Conservative. He has written and edited for the New York Post, The Dallas Morning News, National Review, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Washington Times, and the Baton Rouge Advocate. Rod's commentary has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, the Weekly Standard, Beliefnet, and Real Simple, among other publications, and he has appeared on NPR, ABC News, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and the BBC. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with his wife Julie and their three children. He has also written four books, The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Crunchy Cons, How Dante Can Save Your Life, and The Benedict Option.


Do you know some interesting facts about marijuana consumption in the U.S, especially for medical reasons?
29 states in the U.S have legalized the use of marijuana and eight have even legalized it for recreational purposes.
Despite this liberal approach to consuming marijuana, it is considered to be a federal offense even if you live and smoke in a state where it is legal! To top it, more than 40% of employers expect you to undergo a drug test that checks if you have been consuming or smoking marijuana over the last few years.
As ridiculous as it may sound, there is no choice here. If you want that coveted job, you need to pass the drug test.
Before going into how you can pass the test, let us briefly see what this is all about.
When you consume marijuana traces of it stick to your hair follicles and will be found in your urine. In fact, these are two places where traces of the drug will be present for a long time, and this is also why most employers want you to go through a hair and urine test to double check for the presence of any marijuana in your body.
Whether you have been smoking marijuana frequently or just once to see what it feels like, you're in trouble because there's no way you're going to clear this test without any help.
In such a case, what can you do? What are your options?
There are many options that people try to pass a drug test. In general, marijuana will stay in your urine for a few weeks at the minimum.
Though fake pee sounds funny, in reality, it is an option that many people have used to get on with their lives. This is a mixture that resembles human urine but without the traces of marijuana. It contains all the essential ingredients found in human urine such as urea, uric acid, and more.
Websites like egetgoing provide detailed information about this fake pee and the different options you have when it comes to buying the right urine kit. Yes, you need a kit because you need to make a mixture and keep it at a certain temperature using heating pads. Though it takes a few minutes of your time, it is absolutely worth it simply because you will clear the test.
In fact, when you buy the products recommended on this site, there is 99% guarantee to pass the drug test.
In addition, this site has detailed information about urine testing and synthetic urine kits, along with details of how you can use it during both supervised and unsupervised testing. Written by some passionate weed smokers who want people like you to have a full-time job as well, this site tests different products and recommends accordingly.


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On the San Mateo coast, what is often called Pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana) is actually a very similar plant, Cortaderia jubata, or Jubata grass. It is native to South America: Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. Pampas grass was first introduced to California in the late 1840's as an ornamental plant for its decorative plumes. Later that century, Pampas grass was employed as supplementary dryland forage for cattle and for erosion control. Today, large infestations of Pampas grass threaten California's coastal ecosystems by crowding out native species, particularly in sensitive coastal dune areas, bluffs and wetlands. It displaces native vegetation and provides poor habitat for birds and other wildlife. The plant is spreading rapidly along the coast and needs urgent action to control and eliminate it. The good news is that the seeds only remain viable for one or two years so that when an area is thoroughly cleared, it needs only a year or two of follow-up visits to eliminate it from the area. As seeds are dispersed by wind and each plant can produce hundreds and thousands of seeds, coordinating the removal of plants on adjacent areas is essential. The ecological contrast is striking when you compare natural areas with a great diversity of plants and wildflowers, to adjacent areas that are infested with a monoculture of Pampas grass. In time, Pampas grass eliminates virtually all other plants.
PCA is undertaking its first removal project involving the eradication of pampas grass on California State Park lands. Our project goal is to eliminate pampas grass at Gazos Creek Beach, a part of Año Nuevo State Reserve.
Using volunteer work crews, we'll be fighting this battle for several weekends in a row. We'll use both mechanical and hand-grubbing methods to eradicate this invasive non-native plant. Smaller seedlings can be effectively removed by hand. For larger plants, it is necessary to use a Pulaski, mattock or shovel. For any especially large plants, we'll use a backhoe with a starhill jaws attachment. To prevent re-sprouting, we remove the entire crown of the plant and top section of the roots.
Systematically, we'll address different sites along the coast with a monumental goal of 100% eradication. We'll conduct projects on both public and private lands. Our goal is to coordinate removal from adjacent parcels to minimize the reinfestation of treated areas. This effort will take everyone's help but is necessary to win the battle.


"Good Afternoon Baltimore. It's 5 o'clock." I have no idea who he was, or what station he was on but this man was my very first TV Hero. It may sound silly that the anchor for the 5 o'clock news was my hero, but you have to remember I was three at the time, and when he said those words, it meant it was only minutes until my dad came home. And like most three year olds my dad was my real life hero.
Times moved on, so did TV and so did we. By the time I had reached the more informed age of seven we had moved to Ohio, and had gotten our first cable box. Scooby Doo was on this new cable box, and the first of the muscle bound super heroes started to appear. Thundarr the Barbarian and Blackstar. I often wonder how the writers of Thundarr felt when 1994 came and went with nary a comet in sight. But Blackstar would leave more of an imprint on me as his double sword would be the basis for my very first written story. And no, I will not share it with you.
All these fantasies formed who I was in ways that I can't begin to describe, and probably don't even want to think about. At the same time I was introduced to Star Trek and Star Wars, between these and the real life heroes of the NASA astronauts I am still inspired today. With all of these factors it is easy to see how I became the person I am today. But there was one more strange turn that would alter my life.
In 1984 my family moved to Germany and due to a space time continuum that was called AFN (Armed Forces Network) we were warped back to the 50's. We watched Classic TV before it was cool. I was raised (for a number of years) on Mchale's Navy and Hogans Heroes, and for 45 minutes in the afternoon we got Touche Turtle, Atom Ant and Roger Ramjet. My TV life went from the amazing 25 channels of that first cable box down to one. I rather quickly learned to speak enough German to watch the more up to date channels but it had been an experience. I mean who knew that two dimensional planes could fly.
Some time in the late 80' Sky Network came online and we got a satellite dish, I was introduced to cricket, which I still don't understand, but at least we got more channels again. After that a lot of it is a blur until Star Trek The Next Generation.
This show cemented my already deep devotion to the Trek universe. I can honestly say that when nothing else in the past 20 years has grabbed my attention, I have been able to go back to Star Trek. When we didn't have cable for a few years I would sit and watch the snowy images of Enterprise over the other clearer channels that were on. This universe more than any any other in the TV world has captured my attention, and given me countless hours of entertainment. I have all 4 series in my Netflix instant queue and watch them far too often after the kids have all gone to bed.
I honestly don't know who influenced me more Mr. Rogers or Mr. Spock, but I think they both taught me a valuable lesson. Be nice to your neighbors, and live long and prosper, but I think they both speak volumes to the person I have tried to become.
Thank you both, and thank you for the TV memories.
Jeff Hite is primarily a husband and father, but when he is not at home playing with the ever growing number of kids he is an IT professional by day. In his "spare time" he is a writer, one of the co-founders of Flying Island Press, a co-editor of A Method to the Madness a Guide to the Super Evil and the managing editor of of Pirate's Cove. He lives by the motto : "I am a pirate your rules don't apply."
Thank you very much for letting me guest post here. It was a lot of fun to take this trip down memory lane.
Thanks for contributing. I loved your post Jeff!


"My New Year's resolution is to focus more on my self - as in loving myself wholeheartedly. taht we can truly be happy and let someone else in. Besides, a girl needs a man, so hoping to capture one of those as well!"


It's been an infamous year for Australia's economic regulators. Most ended it with their lack of vigilance exposed, their reputations battered and their ears stinging from judicial rebuke.
The biggest loser is the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, followed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. But the mismanagement of the national electricity market became more apparent. And neither the Reserve Bank nor Treasury emerged unscathed.
Just one regulator had a good year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. It worked hard, discharging its duties with vigour and initiative, taking on powerful business interests, seeking and being granted hugely increased maximum penalties, and fighting to make up for the negligence of its fellow regulators.
As the others have been found wanting, its role has been expanded. And as next year we see the government's response to this year's seemingly endless revelations of regulatory failure, it's role may well be further widened. That's what tends to happen when rival regulators' failures become apparent.
It's been a watershed year. From now on, life will never be the same for regulators found wanting under the microscope of public scrutiny.
Much of that scrutiny came from the banking royal commission, of course. Its interim report in September criticised ASIC for "rarely" going to court "to seek public denunciation of and punishment for misconduct," and being too accommodative when negotiating penalties with the companies it polices.
APRA faced criticism for a "lack of action" in response to widespread misbehaviour in superannuation, including cases where thousands of members were kept in higher fee accounts, rather than being moved into no-frills MySuper products.
But the royal commission wasn't the only critic of economic regulators this year. I've said plenty elsewhere about the failure of the national electricity market's three (and now four) official operators and regulators to prevent the massive blowout in retail power prices.
One of the many things the Turnbull government did in its vain attempt to fend off pressure for a royal commission was to get the Productivity Commission to report on competition in the financial sector.
The commission confirmed competition in banking was weak and made one eye-opening revelation: part of the problem was that, in their concern to ensure the stability of the banking system, APRA and the Reserve Bank weren't too worried about ensuring this did as little as possible to inhibit price competition between the big banks.
The commission noted that when APRA had imposed limits on new interest-only lending, it and the Reserve had looked the other way while all four big banks used this as an excuse to jack up interest rates on new and existing interest-only loans.
It recommended that a "consumer champion" be appointed to join APRA, ASIC, Treasury and the Reserve on the co-ordinating Council of Financial Regulators. No prize for guessing the ACCC was the champion the commission had in mind. Nor for reading between the lines that the commission suspected the Reserve and Treasury had been "captured" by the bankers they were supposed to be regulating.
The ACCC has done what little it could over the years to oppose the misregulation and oligopolisation of the national electricity market, and its reports this year revealed what went wrong.
Last week it acted on three fronts. Its preliminary report on digital platforms took on Google and Facebook, greatly expanding our understanding of the questionable ways they operate and working on ways they could be regulated.
ACCC boss Rod Sims has long worried publicly about the state governments privatising their electricity businesses and ports in ways that maximised their sale price by inhibiting price competition. The banker-led Baird-Berejiklian government in NSW is the worst offender.
Last week Sims announced the ACCC was taking the Botany port operator to court, alleging its agreement with the NSW government is anti-competitive and illegal.
And last week the ACCC released its final report on factors influencing residential mortgage prices, commissioned at a time when the banks were threatening to pass the new "major bank levy" straight on to their customers.
The report covered similar territory to the earlier Productivity Commission report, noting again the way the banks had used APRA's move on interest-only loans as an opportunity for "synchronised pricing".
But the ACCC's analysis of pricing dynamics in an oligopolistic market like banking revealed far more realism (and advanced economics) than the Productivity Commission's trademark introductory textbook neo-classicism. The more I see, the more I like.


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Press Release: With Generous Contribution from the Government of Japan
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Ceremony for the inauguration of Digital Mammography, Rimal Clinic, Gaza
With Generous Contribution from the Government of Japan, UNFPA and WHO inaugurate digital mammography at Rimal Clinic in Gaza
Gaza, 11 September 2017 – UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, the World Health Organization, inaugurated today a new digital mammography clinic at Ministry of Health Rimal Center in Gaza. The clinic was established as part of and crowning a project to Combat Breast Cancer in Palestine, generously funded by the Government of Japan and implemented by UNFPA and CCP Japan (Campaign for the Children of Palestine) with generous financial support of USD 1,130,000 by the Government of Japan.
UNFPA, CCP Japan have worked with national partners in the West Bank and Gaza offering Palestinian women better chances for early detection, including at primary health care level, high quality care and enjoyable high quality life after starting treatment through:
· Improving women's awareness on prevention of breast cancer and equip them with knowledge and skills for self-breast exam;
· Enhance the capacity of primary healthcare providers in clinical breast exam and uptake of this service at selected facilities;
· Increase capacity and uptake of breast cancer screening services in the West Bank and Gaza;
· Improve coping of women living with breast cancer.
"Japan is committed to reconstructing Gaza and alleviating the deteriorating socio-economic conditions for the people in Gaza. Therefore Japan is pleased to have supported this clinic aimed at strengthening women's access to early detection and screening of breast cancer." said Mr. Takeshi Okubo, Ambassador for the Palestinian Affairs and Representative of Japan to Palestine. "The Government of Japan, through this project, has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting the basic human needs in Palestinian society, particularly for the women, facing lots of challenges in the society", he added.
"As the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Palestine, and the first for women cancers in terms of mortality and morbidity, we hope that this clinic will add a step in our fight against Breast Cancer"
said Mr. Anders Thomsen, UNFPA Representative to Palestine, "Early detection through educating women, training of health providers and strengthening screening capacity would improve management and early treatment start and provide women with better chances of survival", he added.
"Within the prevailing context, access to health services remains a challenge to Palestinians, particularly in Gaza, this clinic is vital to facilitate access of women to Breast cancer screening services at the primary health care level which would reflect favorably on survival rates through early detection and shortened lead time of management", said Dr. Gerald Rockenschaub, WHO Representative
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, delivers a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled.
For more information or media inquiries, please contact:
Anders Thomsen, UNFPA Representative, occupied Palestinian Territory
Tel: + 972 54 9201341, thomsen@unfpa.org
Gerald Rockenschaub, WHO Representative, occupied Palestinian Territory
Tel: + 972 54-7179025, rockenschaubg@who.int
Asma Ibrahim, Representative Office of Japan
Tel: + 972 24 13120, asma@rm.mofa.go.jp
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Watch New York Yankees Vs. Boston Red Sox Live Stream: Start Time, Preview, Arch-Rivals Resume AL East Battle
After the Boston Red Sox hammered the New York Yankees with a 16-run victory on Thursday, the Bronx Bombers look for revenge.
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On Thursday, the New York Yankees visited Fenway Park in Boston for the first time in the 2019 season — the latest that the Yanks had ever played their first game at the Red Sox' legendary home field. And for their efforts, the Bronx Bombers left with the worst defeat ever recorded in the longstanding Yankees-Red Sox rivalry at Fenway since the ballpark opened in 1912, according to CBS Sports.
In a game the ended in a 19-3 Red Sox victory, Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka set another ignominious record, allowing 12 runs; the most any Yankees starter has ever given up to the Red Sox. But Friday is another day, and the Yankees — who still hold a 10-game lead in the AL East over the third-place Red Sox — will try again in a game that will live stream from Boston.
To find out how to watch a live stream of the second New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox AL East game in the four-game series, see the streaming information at the bottom of this article. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET, 4:10p.m. PT at the iconic, 37,755-seat Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on Friday, July 26.
In Japan, that start time will be 8:10 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Saturday, July 26. In Australia, first pitch is scheduled for 9:10 a.m. on Saturday morning, Eastern Australian Standard Time, 7:10 a.m. Western.
Watch Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who hit two home runs in the game, discussed Thursday's lopsided victory over the Yankees in the video below, courtesy of NESN.
Though winning the division for a fourth year in a row would take something like a miracle for the Red Sox at this point, the club retains a 57 percent chance of qualifying for the postseason, according to calculations by the statistical site FanGraphs. In fact, the Red Sox, by those FanGraphs numbers, even have a 5 percent chance — one out of 20 — of repeating as World Series champions. The Yankees, however, are a virtual certainty to make the playoffs at 99.6 percent, with a 16.1 percent chance of winning the 28th World Series in franchise history.
The Red Sox send their newest trade acquisition, right hander Andrew Cashner, to the mound, to try to keep the Yankees' bats quiet. But in two starts for Boston so far, Cashner has not kept anyone's bat quiet, allowing nine earned runs in 11 innings, including four home runs, on his way to losing both of his games for his new team, according to Baseball Reference.
The Yankees counter with lefty James Paxton, who was hammered for seven runs in 3 1/3 innings in his last start, against the Colorado Rockies, per BR.
The Red Sox won on Thursday by the most lopsided score against the Yankees at Fenway Park in the history of the rivalry. Adam Glanzman / Getty Images
To watch a free live stream of the New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox Friday meeting, log in to MLB Network, which offers a live stream free of charge to anyone with cable or satellite TV login credentials from participating providers and is available through the MLB At Bat app for mobile devices, as well as on set-top streaming boxes, such as the Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire.
Another way to watch the New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox rivalry game via a free live stream — but without a cable subscription — is for fans to sign up for a free trial of one of the increasingly popular streaming TV packages, which include YouTube TV and DirecTV Now. Those services require credit card information and will charge subscription fees. But they each offer a seven-day free trial, during which fans can watch the Yanks vs. Sox game live stream for free.
To watch the New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox Friday game live stream in Japan, Australia, and around the world, the best and only option is MLB.TV, which carries a monthly, or one-time-annual subscription fee.


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Neglect of comfort women 'criminal' – Eve Ensler
The author of 'The Vagina Monologues' and co-founder of the One Billion Rising protest movement gives voice to Filipina comfort women
Ana P. Santos
Published 11:19 AM, February 10, 2016
Updated 11:19 AM, February 10, 2016
COMFORT WOMEN. The surviving comfort women show origami cranes symbolizing peace and to remind Aquino of the number of missed opportunities he had to help them seek justice. Photo by Jene-Anne Pangue/Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – "If what happened to us happened to Mr Aquino's sisters—we were raped, made to cook and clean and then beaten if we refused to spread our legs, could he continue to ignore us?" The 85-year-old woman's voice shook, there was a faint tremble in her hand, and her eyes glistened as she spoke.
Narcisa Claveria is one of the estimated 1,000 lolas (grandmothers) who were used as comfort women or sex slave by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
The comfort women, whose number has now dwindled to about 70, have been demanding an unconditional apology from the Japanese government, admission that comfort women and the system of sex slavery existed and compensation for the mental trauma and hardship they endured. (READ: Comfort women: 'Hustisya para sa mga lola')
Their pleas have gone ignored.
Call for justice unheeded
Last December, Japan apologized to the government of South Korea and agreed to pay $8.3 million as compensation for their use of Korean comfort women.
That and the five-day state visit of Emperor Akihito last month made the comfort women hope that both the Philippine and Japanese government would listen to their grievance and acknowledge their existence. (READ: Comfort women to Aquino: Tackle our plight with the Japanese emperor)
But the aging women's fight for justice continues to be neglected.
"I'm sorry. I am so sorry," Eve Ensler said to Lola Narcisa.
The author of the widely popular play "The Vagina Monologues" and co-founder of One Billion Rising protest movement had been intently watching and listening to Lola Narcisa as she spoke.
Facing the crowd gathered for the One Billion Rising press conference on February 8, Ensler said: "I have known and worked with Lola Narcisa for the last 15 years. How is it possible that we are still sitting here today without having apologized to these women? It is a matter of national shame and that falls on the Philippine government."
One Billion Rising Philippines
Ensler is in the Philippines for the next 12 days to visit multiple cities and spend time with the Gabriela Women's Party List as well as comfort women, youth groups, Lumad women and women in Angeles City who are protesting the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), which outlines arrangements for US military to set up bases in 8 locations around the country.
On its 4th year, the One Billion Rising Philippines is a protest movement that uses dance and song as a mobilizing force to end violence against women and girls. Statistics show that 1 in 3 females, equivalent to about one billion women, will experience some form of sexual violence in her lifetime. (READ: One Billion Rising: Dance against injustice)
"Women like Lola Narcisa are women who gave their lives and bodies for this country and yet they are not valued and cherished. It is criminal," said Ensler.
Lola Narcisa vowed keep fighting. "Kahit ibala ako sa kanyon ni Mr Aquino, lalabanan ko yan. Hindi ako mananahimik." (Even if I were used as cannonball by Mr Aquino, I will fight. I will not be silenced.)
The first One Billion Rising protest began on February 9, in Tondo, Manila.
Ensler along with One Billion Rising global director Monique Wilson will also set out on a multiple country Rising tour across Hong Kong, Mexico City, and Dhaka. The tour will end in London with the premier of Ensler's latest theatrical work, "Fruit Trilogy" at the Women of the World International Festival. – Rappler.com
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Matthew Cowley
Matthew Cowley by Leroy Transfield (whose mother is one of our docents)
The first thing visitors to the Matthew Cowley Pacific Church History Centre see when they enter the museum is a bronze bust of the Centre's namesake. So we often ask, "Do you know who Matthew Cowley was? Do you know why the Centre is named for him?"
Some older visitors smile and nod and say, "Of course we know who Tumuaki (President) Cowley was!" Others say, "Wasn't he an apostle or something?" Young people usually stare back at us blankly, shaking their heads. They have no idea who Matthew Cowley was, so we tell them: "Matthew Cowley was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who lived during the first half of the twentieth century. He was not the first missionary to serve in New Zealand, but he was one of the first called specifically to teach the Maori instead of the European population in the twentieth century. During the twelve years he worked in New Zealand as a young missionary and, later, as a mission president, he developed a deep love for the Maori people, and they for him. Not long after he returned to Utah from his second mission, Elder Cowley was called as an apostle—a position that gave him many opportunities to come back to the South Pacific and serve among the people he loved so much."
Here's a little more of Elder Cowley's history:
Matthew Cowley was born 2 August 1897 in Preston, Idaho, but a few months after Matthew's birth, his father was called as an apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, so the family moved to Salt Lake City.
In 1914, during his sophomore year at Latter-day Saints University (the precursor to LDS Business College), Matthew let his church leaders know that he wanted to go on a mission, even though he was only 16 years old. A few weeks later, he received a letter from President Joseph F. Smith (nephew of founder Joseph Smith, and head of the Church at the time), calling him to serve a mission in Hawaii, where two of Matthew's older brothers had served. When the Cowleys' neighbor, Anton H. Lund, got home from work that evening, Matthew shared the exciting news with him. Matthew reported that Brother Lund, who also happened to be first counselor to President Smith, somewhat jokingly had said to him, "You know, you have caused a lot of trouble in the neighborhood. You've broken my fence, my hedge, ruined my flowers, and caused all kinds of trouble. Hawaii is not far enough away. You need to get as far away from us as possible."*
Then President Lund got serious and said, "I don't think you have been called to the right place." He took the letter from a very disappointed Matthew, telling him that he needed to discuss the matter with President Smith. A few days later, a new letter arrived, calling Matthew to go to New Zealand—about as far away from Salt Lake City as one can get.
Matthew at age 17, when he received a mission call to New Zealand
On 22 November 1914, Matthew arrived in Auckland Harbor with a party of missionaries and the new president of the Maori Agricultural College, a Church-sponsored secondary vocational school that had recently opened in Hastings. Matthew's mission president, William Gardner, assigned the 17-year-old to work—without a companion—in an all-LDS village called Judea, four miles south of Tauranga on the Bay of Plenty.
Plaque in the grove where he studied Maori
In Judea, Matthew boarded with a Latter-day Saint family named Hall. After a few weeks he got sunstroke and could not work; nevertheless, he was determined to learn Maori so that he could fulfill his assignment to preach to the people in their native tongue. At the time, there were no schools or academies where the Maori language was taught, so Matthew secured Maori translations of the Bible and the Book of Mormon and read them aloud to Sister Hall and her daughter. They listened patiently, correcting his pronunciation and teaching him basic Maori grammar. Matthew fasted, prayed, and spent a lot of time studying—generally eleven hours a day—in a grove of trees overlooking the wide, sparkling bay.
Later in his mission
Within three months, Matthew felt confident enough to begin preaching. "I had the audacity to stand up before a group of natives and preach the gospel in their own tongue," he said. "I was using words I had never read or heard, and there was a burning in my bosom the like of which I have never felt before nor since in my life…. The power of God was speaking through me as a youngster, seventeen years of age."* Matthew went on to become an eloquent speaker in both Maori and English, rarely using notes or preparing ahead, depending entirely on inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
With the Sunday School
Like most other missionaries called in the early twentieth century, Matthew expected to serve for three years. However, by 1917, the government of New Zealand had greatly decreased the number of American missionaries it would allow into the country; consequently, James N. Lambert, then president of the New Zealand Mission, requested and received approval for Matthew to extend his mission, and he was given the specific assignment to translate into Maori the remaining books of the Latter-day Saint canon: the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price. Matthew also was instructed to make corrections to the Maori version of the Book of Mormon, which had been created years earlier by other American missionaries who had not developed the same level of fluency in Maori as Matthew had. To facilitate this work, the Takana (Duncan) family—with whom Matthew had been living—added two new rooms to their house: one for him to sleep in and one for him to work in. Two Maori elders, Wiremu Duncan and Stuart Meha, assisted Matthew with the translation.
The Standard Works translation team: Matthew, Wiremu Takana (Duncan), President James N. Lambert, Tuati (Stuart) Meha, and J. Delos Lauritzen, c. 1919
In a letter to his sister, Matthew described what he had felt as he translated these books: "I can say in all sincerity that I experienced, during this work, the feeling of a helping power outside and beyond my own. … This was the great experience of my life and it will always remind me that God can and will accomplish his purposes through the human mind."*
In May 1919, after four and a half years of missionary service, Matthew was released. His mission president described the great impact he had had: "I was down in Hawkes Bay last week—where Elder Cowley spent much of his time while working on the translation of the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price—when a farewell entertainment was given him and could you have seen the many expressions of love and appreciation that were bestowed upon him, I know you would have rejoiced and thanked the Lord. Never before have I seen such love to an elder."*
After his return to Utah, Matthew wanted to attend the University of Utah, but encountered resistance from its president because he had never graduated from high school. However, the president agreed to consider his application if Matthew could obtain interviews with prominent faculty, and if all who interviewed him gave him a positive recommendation. Matthew was given a list of 39 faculty members and met with every one. Not only did all of them recommend that he be admitted to the University, but also that he should be granted two years of course credit. Two years later, after graduation, Matthew matriculated at George Washington University Law School. In 1922, he married Elva Eleanor Taylor, whom he had met while attending the University of Utah, in the Salt Lake Temple. The couple lived in Washington, D.C., while Matthew finished law school and began his career. Four years later they returned to Salt Lake City, where Matthew started his own law practice and also served a term as county attorney. A daughter, Jewell, was born to the Cowleys in 1926.
Matthew's term in the county attorney's office coincided with the height of the Prohibition era, and bootlegging was a problem even in Mormon-dominated Salt Lake. Matthew gained a reputation as a tough but fair prosecutor who could not be bribed.
Signature jacket and hat
In 1938, Matthew was called to return to the South Pacific as president of the New Zealand Mission, with responsibility for 60 missionaries and 9000 members. When war broke out in Europe and Asia, all LDS missionaries were sent back to their countries of origin, and most able-bodied young Kiwi men were sent to fight with British forces, so President Cowley was the sole Pakeha left to tend the Maori flock.
During his mission presidency, Matthew learned to trust the Lord completely. He loved traveling, and loved allowing the Spirit to lead him. On one occasion when he had called his assistant to accompany him on a trip, he asked his young companion if he wanted to know where they were going. When the young missionary answered yes, President Cowley responded, "I would like to know, too!" They ended up at the post office in a small village, where they saw two women waiting outside. When they saw President Cowley get out of the car, one woman turned to the other and said, "See? I told you he would be here soon."*
Matthew averaged reading a book a day
Matthew was a voracious reader and had a prodigious memory, but he sometimes missed appointments or scheduled meetings when he was prompted to focus on individuals who needed attention. Once, the night before a branch conference, he visited a well-known Church member who had strayed from the fold.
"I want you to be at church tomorrow," he said to the man, who was sitting on his front porch smoking a cigar.
"Why tomorrow?" the man asked.
"Because I am going to call a new branch president [to lead the congregation]," replied Matthew.
"Just tell me his name now, so I won't have to get dressed up and go," said the man.
"Well, you will still need to be there even if I tell you, because it is you."
The man thought for a moment, threw his cigar on the ground, and then looked Matthew in the eye. "I will be there and I will be the best branch president you have ever known," he said. And, as Matthew reported later, he was.*
Matthew, Toni, Jewell, and Elva Cowley
Matthew was released as president of the New Zealand Mission in September 1945, and the Cowleys returned to Salt Lake City. The family now included a son, Toni, a half-Maori whom Matthew and Elva had adopted as a baby in 1941. They arrived in Utah dirt poor, having never owned a house nor made any investments, and with no clients remaining from the law practice Matthew had left seven years earlier.
Matthew as a new apostle
As the Church's October General Conference approached just after the Cowleys' return, President George Albert Smith invited Matthew to attend the opening session and to sit on the front row. Matthew thought he was going to be asked to give one of the prayers or to bear his testimony, as was common for newly returned mission presidents. The opening session was to be a solemn assembly, where new leaders would be announced and sustained by the members of the Church. The death of President Heber J. Grant in May 1945 had left a vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, so Matthew expected that a new apostle would be named at the session. What he didn't expect was to hear his own name announced as the one to fill the opening! When the session was over, he hurried home to relay the news to his equally stunned wife, then returned to the afternoon session to give his first talk as an apostle—another opportunity for Matthew to demonstrate that he didn't need to prepare a speech because the Spirit would fill his mouth with the words he needed.
Matthew returned to see his beloved Maori saints as often as he could
Matthew was beloved of President Smith, who gave him most of the assignments he was too busy to fulfill himself. In May 1946, Matthew suffered a heart attack and never regained the robust health he had enjoyed previously, but he did not allow that setback to affect his ministry as an apostle. In December of that year, Elder Cowley was called to preside over all the missions in the Pacific: Hawaii, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, Australia, and New Zealand—an assignment that he fulfilled with relish.
Visiting Torongata
At the Matthew Cowley Pacific Church History Centre, we often show a film clip of Elder Cowley relating an unforgettable personal experience. While visiting New Zealand as an apostle, a man named Te Rauparaha Wineera asked him to give his son a name and a blessing. Matthew was a little surprised because the child was obviously two or three years old, and usually this practice is reserved for infants, but he agreed to do it anyway. As he was taking the boy in his arms for the blessing, the father said to him, "By the way, when you give him a name, will you also give him his vision? He was born blind."
"Just like that, just as a matter of fact," said Elder Cowley. "You have the authority to give this child a name and a blessing; you have the authority to bless it with its vision. I was overwhelmed. I was doubtful in my mind, but I knew that within the being of that Polynesian, there was the simple faith of a child, the simple faith in God and the promises he had made through his Son, Jesus Christ. I gave that child a name; eventually I mustered up enough courage to bless it with its vision."
When Elder Cowley returned to the area a few years later, he visited the Wineera family, and testified that Te Rauparaha Jr. "was running around, and could see as well as I could."*
Brother Wineera passed away a few years ago, but we have met his 90-year-old sister, and she, too, testifies that Matthew Cowley was a miracle worker. Many others can tell stories of the healings he performed and the people he blessed.
Speaking at a Hui Tau (national Church conference) in 1947
Be kind, gentle, compassionate . . .
The man who became known as the "Apostle of the Pacific" embodied the concept of kia ngawari, treating others with kindness, compassion, gentleness, patience, humility, and love, and encouraging them to develop the same Christlike qualities. Just as he embraced the people of the islands, they embraced him, and by sharing their testimonies of the restored gospel with each other, they strengthened their faith in God and Jesus Christ.
A copy of this portrait by LeGrand Richards hangs in our office
After the October 1953 General Conference, Elder Cowley's associates noticed a change in his demeanor. He became quieter and more melancholy, sometimes indicating that his time in mortality was coming to a close. He even described how he intended to die. Not wanting to feel tired when he reached the other side of the veil, he planned to awaken at 5:00 a.m. after a good night's sleep, just as he did every morning, and then quietly slip away.
In December 1953, Elder Cowley traveled to Los Angeles with other general authorities of the Church to participate in laying the cornerstone of the new temple there. After the ceremonies were finished on 12 December, he got a good night's rest, woke up the next morning at 5:00 a.m. as he always did, took a big, deep breath, and then quit breathing, having suffered another heart attack. He was 56 years old.
The book is still in print
Because Matthew had left only $400 in all of his financial accounts, arrangements were made with Deseret Book Company to publish a collection of his writings and sermons, with the royalties going to Elva Cowley. Although the publisher agreed to pay her double the normal rate—allowing her to live comfortably until her death in 1987— Deseret Book broke even on the deal because Matthew Cowley Speaks became the largest-selling book of its kind in the company's history, a testament to how beloved Elder Cowley had become to people all over the world.
Glen L. Rudd
Elder Glen L. Rudd, who served as a missionary under President Cowley and probably spent more time working directly with him than anyone else, said of him: "He was a very uncomplicated man. Some who couldn't understand his simplicity became confused about what he did and found it difficult to understand him. I had the opportunity of being his close associate for fifteen years. After he died, some people asked me about him. One man said, 'I just can't understand how Brother Cowley did all the things he did.' The real answer is that Brother Cowley went directly to the Lord, told the Lord what he wanted, and received the answer. There wasn't anything hard about that; Brother Cowley just did it."*
Elder Rudd, who later became a General Authority Seventy of the Church, added: "Of all the men I have ever known, I have never known one with more faith."*
While almost every missionary we have read about or met since our call to New Zealand has had nothing but great things to say about their own mission presidents and the wonderful people they worked with here, no single person has had the impact on or was loved as much by all the people of Pacific as Matthew Cowley. How fitting, then, that the Pacific Church History Centre here in Hamilton bears his name.
*Sources for the quotations and much of the information in this post:
Matthew Cowley, "Miracles." Video of speech given at a devotional at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, February 1953. Transcription of audio clip by Nancy Harward.
Glen L. Rudd, Life of Matthew Cowley. Excerpts from two talks given in Rexburg, Idaho, and Logan, Utah, 1993-95. Privately printed, no date.
Glen L. Rudd, Tender Moments, quoted by Dennis B. Horne in "Truth Will Prevail: Elder Matthew Cowley as a Special Witness of Jesus," 9 May 2017 (http://www.truthwillprevail.xyz/2017/05/elder-matthew-cowley-as-special-witness.html)
kristin sheffield 2020-03-15 at 3:23 PM - Reply
P.S. Jewell Cowley Sheffield's name is spelled JeweLL… two Ls. This is something that consistently bugs her family (like when I get called Kristine haha)! Love hearing about your experiences.
Nancy Harward 2020-03-16 at 6:00 PM - Reply
Thanks for the correction! We'll see what we can do about fixing it elsewhere.
Kristin Sheffield 2020-03-15 at 1:41 AM - Reply
Thanks for this wonderful post and tribute, Nancy! You hit all the highlights to be sure.
Give Michael credit for doing most of the research for this post.


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A Svájci Super League, hivatalos szponzori nevén jelenleg Credit Suisse Super League a svájci labdarúgás legmagasabb osztálya.

A bajnokság jelenlegi rendszere
A pontvadászat 10 csapat részvételével zajlik, a csapatok a őszi-tavaszi lebonyolításban oda-visszavágós, körmérkőzéses rendszerben mérkőznek meg egymással. Minden csapat minden csapattal négyszer játszik: kétszer pályaválasztóként, kétszer pedig vendégként.

A bajnokság végső sorrendjét a 36 forduló mérkőzéseinek eredményei határozzák meg a szerzett összpontszám alapján kialakított rangsor szerint. A mérkőzések győztes csapatai 3 pontot, döntetlen esetén mindkét csapat 1-1 pontot kap. Vereség esetén nem jár pont. A bajnokság első helyezett csapata a legtöbb összpontszámot szerzett egyesület, míg az utolsó helyezett csapat a legkevesebb összpontszámot szerzett egyesület.

Azonos összpontszám esetén a bajnoki sorrendet az alábbi szempontok alapján határozzák meg:
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 a bajnoki mérkőzéseken szerzett gólok száma;

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Bajnoki dobogósok (1897–2021)

Örökmérleg bajnoki címek szerint

Kapcsolódó szócikkek
 Svájci labdarúgó-bajnokság (másodosztály)

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