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Why were so many churches wreckovated?
This could answer the question of why bishops and priests wreckovated so many churches. From The Week.
Baptist church says it is removing a statue of Jesus because it looks 'Catholic'
An artist who created a seven-foot statue of Jesus for the Red Bank Baptist Church in Lexington, South Carolina, received a curious letter in the mail from the church's pastor, who warned him that the work of art would soon be removed because it looked too "Catholic."
In addition to carving the statue of Christ, Delbert Baker Jr. also created several reliefs surrounding it, showing scenes from the life of Jesus. Pastor Jeff Wright sent Baker a letter that said the statue and reliefs were coming down because "we have discovered that there are people that view the art as Catholic in nature," The Guardian reports. The letter also stated that Baker had until Thursday to remove the outdoor statue and reliefs himself, otherwise everything would be destroyed.
Baker responded by explaining that the statue of Jesus is "represented as though he is stepping outside of the building, not just confined to the idleness of inner walls. Under each arm, the reliefs depict scriptural and historical events that we as Christians believe represent the life of Christ." He said it made no sense for the statue to be removed, and because he had been "obedient to my Lord in creating it," he had to "respectfully decline to take part in its removal."
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19 Responses to Why were so many churches wreckovated?
bobbird says:
I only wish Catholic churches would begin to look "too Catholic". My next door neighbor, a serious evangelical, admitted that when he went to Europe, the Catholic churches there gave him a sense of beauty and sacred lacking in today's evangelocatholic gymnasiums, theaters and meeting rooms. I also pointed out to him that Anglican cathedrals might approach them but are hollow shells without the Real Presence.
The reason for the wreckovations is simple. The hippies who demanded that we look upon Jesus as our dinner partner and buddy were trying to convince everyone that the mean old Catholic Church should be more like the Baptists and the Pentecostals, and focus on ME rather than on HIM. After all, our sins aren't really all that bad and who is mean ol' Daddy Church to tell us that we aren't wonderful people in everything we choose to do?
Same sin, different day.
And you know, it is so difficult to sin properly with a nice painting of Our Lord looking down upon us. Same deal with His Mom. So, they've got to go. If the crappy translated liturgies don't get rid of 'em, demolishing the images in the Church will.
Fortunately for all of us, those hippies came up against the Church over which the gates of hell will not prevail.
This also probably explains why some people have left Christ out of their spirituality — He's too Catholic!
Reminds me of our time in Scandanavia and being shown the mutilated statues of Christ, Mary and Saints in old Churches and castles with the hands cut off. The early Nordic Nutty Lutherans cut the hands off to protest indulgences and to stop devotion to the Rosary.
haydn seeker says:
My first thought was that this statue was way too ugly to look Catholic. My second thought was, uh….
Karteria says:
Removal is likely to be a violation of his rights under the Federal Visual Artist's Rights Act.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Artists_Rights_Act
He can probably find a pro-bono art lawyer.
RichR says:
I took my kids to confession at a parish across town that was built before the modern craze of abstract architecture appeared. The adoration chapel had many statues, a marble altar, and the incense from decades of use still permeated the environment. My boys were entranced and left that encounter knowing that they had just visited a House of God.
These people sound like they have just as much a clue about what the tradition of art within Catholicism is as the actual Catholics who wreckovated so many churches.
dmflinn says:
The odd thing is the statue has been there for 11 years and the artist was a member of the church at one time. Ok, I figured it out – we need to get photo on our Catholic membership cards – Problem solved.
hwriggles4 says:
Here is something to consider:
Next time you enter a Church that looks like a Church, watch the behavior. Young boys under 12 (yes, I was one once) realize they are in a special place and their behavior becomes silent. The boys are struck by the stained glass windows, statues, tabernacle, and altar rail.
Fathers, if your sons are misbehaving, try driving a little ways one Sunday. What is the old saying, "That sounds so crazy it just might work."
Absit invidia says:
I don't want to be in the shoes of these filthy scoundrels who have robbed Catholics of their due inheritance and birthright.
JonPatrick says:
The Puritan tendency in Protestantism contains a streak of Gnosticism, a denial of the goodness of the physical world and emphasis on the spiritual. There is also that need to define oneself against the Catholic Church in such things as crosses without corpus, no sign of the cross, etc.
Reminds me of an event during my Episcopal Church days, when our Anglo-Catholic favoring pastor installed a statue of St. James the patron of the church in front of the sanctuary. It did not sit well with the low church types in the congregation. Fortunately the pastor was strong willed and had the support of the vestry so the statue stayed.
Brutalism took off in the second half of the 20th Century, and there were many dumbed-down, cheapened attempts to channel it in church architecture. There were a handful of successes in the US, but not many. I really love the style, and we did end up in a stunning Brutalist R.C. church in Bavaria years ago, but for the most part, it's hard to pull off well. Also, I've never seen a Brutalist church roof that didn't leak like a sieve. Not only that, cast cement seems to discolor quiet rapidly, adding to the problem.
I have observations of what happened regarding this situation. Being not only involved in Church art for over 45 years but also being an altar server during the transition (1962-1996 years Latin Mass, 1966-1970, vernacular). My degrees are in art, art history, concentrating in Early Christian, Medieval art and architecture. I was certified as a Liturgical Design Consultant and have served on parish and diocesan committees along with five Bene national awards for liturgical art. Following Fr. Z since the CompuServe days, I believe that I am qualified to post some observations. Not that they matter, but they may explain what happened and what may happen next.
We are observing art, not church decoration or liturgical essentials. One of the missions of an artist is to predict the future. The predicted future (for the last 50 years or so) doesn't look too good, does it? At the start of the church changes after VCII, there were no programs for liturgical art, only a study of the past with art history. Not only was this unfortunate, but the theological emphasis in Catholic worship shifted. The social (horizontal) was the revived emphasis (Early Christian) and the individual (vertical Romanesque, Gothic, devotional) was de-emphasized. The St JPII revived the importance of the devotional and there was no direction the cope with this. And all of this followed the changes in the rites. Aesthetic and practical solutions were far and few between.
Attending annual liturgical conferences, for over 20 years, where artists and vendors displayed their works hoping to obtain commissions, I observed the following. At least 20% exhibitors where not Catholic, thus having no or limited knowledge of Catholic symbolism. Another 50% never attended Masses offered thus leading one to suspect that they were not practicing Catholics. I found this disturbing. The remainder where doing good work, dedicated, and expensive. They were professional, but controlled by architects, pastors, time constraints and budgets.
Most pastors I have worked with have had no formal training in Church art. A few were very informed, but most were ignorant or did not care. The process of commissioning usually starts with an art & environment committee > building committee > finance committee > parish council > pastor. If over a certain amount (varies by diocese) it then goes to the diocesan level, committees and then the bishop.
There are also many other reasons and subtle influences, too numerous to post here. What does the future hold? I have my suspicions.
All the comments here were pithy and spot-on. To hadn seeker, the thought occurred to me that — perhaps — this artist is a former Catholic, who has a dim memory of Something. If the art looks lame, perhaps his memory is completely based on Post-Vatican II "art". Also, why 11 years? Well, it is not known in this case but often a matter of a new pastor. Ask many evangelicals and they will tell you how they have "jumped ship" several times from one denomination to another because of the New Pastor Syndrome. The nuanced differences of theology are, to many, as unimportant as the entertainment value of a good homilist. That's why their "churches" look like stages, gymnasiums and meeting halls. Trying to retrieve what was lost, the Post Vat II clerics have imitated this mess. It works, right?
trad1 says:
Let's go get it!
mburn16 says:
Part post-VII popular theology, but also partly the culture of the time. Our churches built in the 50s, 60s, and 70s look a lot like the schools and post offices and municipal offices built in the 50s and 60s and 70s.
Prayerful says:
Nothing in Sacrosanctum Concilium, nothing even in tendentious interpretations of it afterwards, required the smashing of altars or removal of altar rails, tabernacles in some side room, nor for that matter the risible liturgical mess that Mgsr Bugnini foisted on us. Yet it happened. Hopefully soon all be restored in Christ.
TonyO says:
because he had been "obedient to my Lord in creating it,"
He may even be right, in some remote sense that conveys absolutely no approval of his artistic sense. I.E. the Lord approved of the man complying with the contract he signed to produce the requested work, in accordance with justice. No approval of artistic sense involved.
Almost certainly not. The rights under the Act have effectively nothing to do with the place that holds the artwork continuing to provide a venue for the artwork. The main rights provided under the Act are:
right to claim authorship
right to prevent the use of one's name on any work the author did not create
right to prevent use of one's name on any work that has been distorted, mutilated, or modified in a way that would be prejudicial to the author's honor or reputation
right to prevent distortion, mutilation, or modification that would prejudice the author's honor or reputation
The only one that even comes CLOSE to this situation is this: authors of works of "recognized stature" may prohibit intentional or grossly negligent destruction of a work.
Since this certainly isn't a work of "recognized stature" this provision would not come into play. And even if it did, all it would require is that when the pastor removes it, he not damage or destroy it. Nothing requires that the pastor keep it in place. And even for the matter of removing it, giving prior notice and opportunity to the artist to take it himself probably meets most or all of the pastor's obligation.
I really love the style, and we did end up in a stunning Brutalist R.C. church in Bavaria years ago, but for the most part, it's hard to pull off well.
Gaaaccckkk! You can change "hard" to "impossible" and be much closer. I don't object to some brutalism-influenced design for a sloppy, temporary, needed-soon and to be destroyed soon item like a temporary fortification against tank attack. For a CHURCH? Not. Even. Remotely. The very idea of lovingly designing a place for the holy sacrifice of the Mass in brutalism is an oxymoron.
One of the missions of an artist is to predict the future. The predicted future (for the last 50 years or so) doesn't look too good, does it?
Markus, I agree with much of what you said, but I would take issue with this. First, to the extent that it might be true that the "mission" of the artist is to predict the future, this is only an element of his overall purpose, and a fairly limited element at that, nowhere near the core. The artist DOES need to have enough forward-vision to perceive how his work is going to be "used", (knowing that "use" here is different from mere functionalism in designing a screw that works right). Just as an example, for a church, he has to think of how music will work in that space, which means that he does have to have some sense of what kind of music we are talking about. But any space that is amenable to the music of Palestrina will also work for the music of Dan Schutte, so it's not an issue that is greatly amenable to mere variability of fashion in church music. And he doesn't have to predict what kind of variations will come to church music in the next 50 years. Indeed, if he is worried about the next 50 years specifically (for music), he is going about it wrong, because he should be designing a church for the ages. (Ideally, the music and the liturgy should ALSO be for the ages, as well – like the music of Palestrina and the Mass of Pius V).
The artist's purpose in church design should be more characterized by "predicting" the eternal. He needs to do in art and architecture what the priest does in the liturgy (and what the musician does in the music), put us in touch with the Everlasting. One of the beauties of the Mass is that it's reality transcends this or that time. To intentionally make it "fashionable" is quite the mistake, it calls for being beyond fashion.
In 1965 the predicted future was incredibly rosy – compared to what we actually have now. That divergence between expectation and reality is due in no small part to the bad choices made in the 1960s out of mistaken confidence in the permanence of 1960s fashions, new mental trends, and so on all imbibed in direct and knowing opposition to the customs handed down through the ages. In rather shocking hubris, artists and liturgists had the effrontery to not only say "we can do better than all that stuff from the past" but also "and we are 'all grown up now' so what we create now will therefore be good for the future." It didn't even last a beyond one generation before people turned around and abandoned it.


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A path to the left cuts across the bottom of Cambeak, rejoining the Coast Path on the far side if you wish to bypass the steep hill to the headland. From the tip there are terrific sea views, sometimes as far as Lundy Island on the one hand and Trevose Head, near Padstow, on the other. The rock ahead is unstable and prone to landslips, so take care.
The headland at Cambeak is formed of a harder rock than the cliffs on either side of it, which is why it is still so prominent. There are exposed slabs here showing ripples in the rock very similar to the ones to be seen in the wet sand at low tide
Continue along the Coast Path following the cliff tops.
As a result of all the geological upheaval, the coastline along here consists of high slumped cliffs. The gentle gradient of the lower slopes - the 'undercliff' - allows for thick vegetation to grow in an area that is accessible to grazing animals. This has made a mosaic of valuable cliffland habitats, especially the nationally-scarce coastal heathland, which in the summer is vivid with gorse and heather. Linnets and stonechats call from the low bushes, while skylarks and meadow pipits trill high overhead. You may be treated to the high-speed dive of a peregrine after prey, or the rapid wing-beat of a hunting kestrel.
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Above the southern end of Strangles Beach, the path to the right heading down to the beach is steep, with steps and rocks to be negotiated along the way, but there are interesting rock formations to be seen if you are feeling both adventurous and energetic, and the tide is right. Otherwise take the left-hand path, signed to the car park and Trevigue, and follow it to the road.
On the road turn left and walk to the sign at Trevigue. Take the left-hand track leading into the farm and walk across the grass to a gate to the left of the farmhouse.
Like the other scattered settlements on this hostile coastline, Trevigue is dug well into the hillside to escape the westerlies roaring in from the sea. First mentioned in 1327, it is thought to have been built around an earlier Saxon settlement, and from the air there are traces of earthworks that were probably old hollow ways and building platforms. The current stone-and-slate farmhouse was built in the sixteenth or seventeenth century, and today features an award-winning restaurant specialising in local produce. (For details, see www.trevigue.com/restaurant).
Going through the gate, follow the path down through fields and a steep slope, to cross the stile into the woods.
Turn left in the woods, along the path signposted to 'Haven', following it the length of the valley.
Here you are walking through the Ludon Valley, another haven for wildlife with its sheltered woodland. Beneath the mature oak and ash trees, with its holly understorey, hazels and willows grow by the stream, and in the summer the air rings with birdsong.
Towards the end of the valley, cross two streams and follow the track to the road. Turn left on the road to return to the car park.
Western Greyhound run the 594 service which runs between Bude-Wadebridge-Truro. There is a bus every couple of hours from Bude, which can drop you off at the start of the walk. For timetable information, zoom in on the interactive map and click on the bus stops, visit Traveline or phone 0871 200 22 33.
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Now don't get me wrong, he originally brought back to the company in 2012 as a special attraction and by all means he is as good as it gets at playing that role but when he holds the company's top belt, barely defending it in a time with very few exciting fueds, it leaves a stale taste in your mouth indeed.
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Congress Must Approve Independent Probe of US Drone Abuses
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Amnesty International USA advocacy advisor Naureen Shah said that secret documents, dubbed "The Drone Papers," leaked by an anonymous whistleblower raise serious concerns about whether the United States has systematically violated international law, including by classifying unidentified people as 'combatants' to justify their killings.
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Leaked Documents Reveal US Foreign Operations Unlawful
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Congress should approve an urgent independent inquiry into the Obama administration's use of drone strikes, following the publication of secret government documents on the practice, Amnesty International USA said in a press release on Thursday.
"These documents raise serious concerns about whether the [United States] has systematically violated international law, including by classifying unidentified people as 'combatants' to justify their killings," Amnesty International USA advocacy advisor Naureen Shah stated in the release.
On Thursday, the online media outlet The Intercept published a batch of secret documents, dubbed "The Drone Papers," leaked by an anonymous whistleblower.
"[The documents] reveal the startling human costs of armed drone use and highlight chronic flaws in the decision-making process behind the strikes carried out in multiple countries," the release said.
The documents showed that the Obama administration's preference for drone strikes took place despite knowledge that the intelligence they provided was faulty, leading to massacres which killed hundreds of innocent civilians, according to the release.
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US Global Assassination Campaign Kills Numerous Unreported Civilians
"This warrants an immediate congressional inquiry into why the Obama administration has kept this vital information secret, including the real identities of all those killed in this global killing program," Shah asserted.
The documents, she added, prove the Obama administration had carried on the same widely condemned practices of indiscriminate use of drones around the world initiated by the George W. Bush administration.
"These revelations are further damning evidence that the Obama administration is continuing the Bush-era project of treating the world as a global battlefield while evading public accountability," Shah concluded.
Amnesty International is a London-based organization that works to protect human rights around the world and has three million supporters and volunteers in 150 countries, according to its website.
US Knew Drones Provided Faulty Intelligence, Led to Civilian Massacres
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Q: using spread() within map() I'm struggling using spread() within a map() function. Here is an example data:
data1 <- tibble(size = c("1", "2", "3", "4"),
               color = c("blue", "green", "yellow", "black"))

data2 <- tibble(size = c("7", "3", "10", "1"),
                color = c("orange", "yellow", "red", "white"))

dataList <- list(data1, data2)

What I want to achieve with my list is similar to that with a single tibble:
spread(data1, size, color)

# A tibble: 1 x 4
  `1`   `2`   `3`    `4`
  <chr> <chr> <chr>  <chr>
1 blue  green yellow black

But I want to somehow apply this spread() over the two tibbles of my list, using map(). But I can't find the right way to do that... Any idea? Thanks a lot for your help!

A: Using tidyr::pivot_wider since tidyr::spread is depreciated :
data1 <- tibble::tibble(size = c("1", "2", "3", "4"),
        color = c("blue", "green", "yellow", "black"))

data2 <- tibble::tibble(size = c("7", "3", "10", "1"),
        color = c("orange", "yellow", "red", "white"))

dataList <- list(data1, data2)

purrr::map(.x = dataList, .f = ~tidyr::pivot_wider(.x, names_from = size, values_from = color) )
#> [[1]]
#> # A tibble: 1 x 4
#>   `1`   `2`   `3`    `4`
#>   <chr> <chr> <chr>  <chr>
#> 1 blue  green yellow black
#>
#> [[2]]
#> # A tibble: 1 x 4
#>   `7`    `3`    `10`  `1`
#>   <chr>  <chr>  <chr> <chr>
#> 1 orange yellow red   white

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Shen Congwen (沈從文, pinyin: Shěn Cóngwén, Wade-Giles: Shen Ts'ung-wen ;  - ) est un écrivain chinois. Écrivain indépendant, il a pris pour thème dans ses nouvelles et ses romans sa province natale du Hunan et en particulier ses minorités nationales.

Biographie
Shen Congwen est né en 1902 à Fenghuang, dans la province du Hunan, une zone habitée par de nombreuses minorités. De fait, sa mère appartenait à l'ethnie Tujia et sa grand-mère paternelle à l'ethnie Miao. Son véritable nom est Shen Yuehuan. Son nom de plume "Congwen" signifie "celui qui se consacre aux lettres". Il compléta par de nombreuses lectures l'enseignement sommaire qu'il reçut à l'école locale.

Issu d'une famille de tradition militaire, il entra en 1918 dans la milice locale de Chen Quzhen, le seigneur de guerre qui dominait cette partie de la Chine, devenant même son secrétaire personnel. Il transcrivit des confessions de prisonniers et assista à de nombreuses exécutions et séances de torture. Cette expérience directe de la dureté des milices locales et de la beauté du monde rural chinois se reflète dans son œuvre.

En 1922, il se rend à Pékin dans l'intention d'étudier à l'Université mais ne passe pas l'examen d'entrée. Il commence à écrire dans des revues littéraires, publiant en 1925 son premier récit dans le Supplément des Nouvelles matinales, édité par le célèbre écrivain Xu Zhimo. Ses œuvres reflètent la vie rurale dans la région du Xiangxi dans un style très différent du cosmopolitisme qui caractérise les autres écrivains de sa génération. À Pékin, il fait la connaissance d'autres écrivains comme Yu Dafu et le célèbre intellectuel Hu Shih. C'est à cette époque qu'il rencontre également le couple d'écrivains formé par Ding Ling et son mari Hu Yepin avec lequel il partagera le logement.

En 1927, les trois jeunes écrivains se rendent à Shanghaï. Là, Shen Congwen parvient à obtenir un poste de professeur malgré son manque de formation académique grâce à la médiation de Hu Shih. Il entre dans la Société littéraire de la demi-lune et poursuit une activité prolifique d'écrivain. En 1928, il publie dans une revue littéraire Le Journal de voyage d'Alice en Chine, une œuvre satirique qui ridiculise le goût de certains Chinois pour l'étranger. Dans cette œuvre, Shen Congwen manifeste son enracinement dans la culture chinoise ce qui le distingue d'autres auteurs importants de son époque influencés par l'étranger. En 1929, il quitte Ding Ling et Hu Yepin qui vont s'installer à Jinan. Il reste à Shanghai jusqu'en 1930 puis accepte un poste de professeur de littérature à l'université de Wuhan. Par la suite, il donne également des cours à Pékin et Qingdao.

En 1934, il publie son œuvre la plus célèbre, La Ville frontalière, une des œuvres les plus importantes de la littérature chinoise du , qui raconte l'éveil sexuel d'une adolescente de la Chine rurale.

Durant la seconde guerre sino-japonaise (1937-1945), il réside à Kunming. En 1943, il publie une autre de ses œuvres célèbres, Le Grand Fleuve. Il dénonce la censure, les arrestations arbitraires, le culte des "héros" sans adhérer pour autant à la Ligue des écrivains de gauche.

Après la guerre contre les Japonais, il s'installe à Pékin où il donne des cours à l'Université. En 1948, il publie son Autobiographie de Shen Congwen. En 1949, son manque d'engagement politique l'expose aux critiques des écrivains membres du Parti communiste chinois, comme Guo Moruo, qui lui reprochent sa tiédeur idéologique et l'accusent de faire obstacle à la Révolution. Après avoir tenté de se suicider Chen Congwen reste à Pékin. Le régime communiste de la République populaire de Chine condamne ses œuvres comme étant pornographiques. Il abandonne alors son activité littéraire.

À partir de 1950, il travaille au musée d'histoire de la Chine et se consacre avec passion à l'archéologie. En 1967, au cours de la Révolution culturelle, on l'envoie travailler à la campagne. Il est réhabilité comme de nombreux autres écrivains en 1978 après l'arrivée au pouvoir de Deng Xiaoping. De retour à Pékin, il travaille à l'Académie des Sciences sociales. Il meurt à Pékin en 1988. Son épouse est décédée en 2003 à 92 ans.

Durant les dernières années de sa vie, son œuvre commença à être reconnue dans son propre pays. Il fut ainsi nommé deux fois comme candidat au prix Nobel de littérature.

Son œuvre
Isabelle Rabut, sa traductrice, porte, dans la postface du Passeur de Chadong, le jugement suivant sur son art :

"Son registre, singulièrement large, va puiser aussi bien dans les matériaux bruts de la mémoire que dans les légendes ou les apologues d'inspiration bouddhiste. Mais de ces tentatives émerge une authentique vision d'écrivain, à laquelle l'étiquette de "littérature de terroir", qu'on a souvent apposée à ses textes, rend bien peu justice : si le Xiangxi s'impose certes comme le personnage clé de son œuvre, au point de brouiller parfois les limites entre monographie et fiction, Shen Congwen l'élève peu à peu à la hauteur d'un mythe vers lequel convergent toutes ses réflexions sur la logique de la vie vécue et rêvée : une sorte d'épure de la condition humaine, saisie dans son énergie naturelle, dont apparaît tout à tour la face tendre ou brutale."

Liste des œuvres
Shen Congwen a produit une œuvre abondante : plus de 500 titres couvrant tous les genres littéraires mais où les nouvelles occupent la plus grande part.

 L'eau et les nuages
 Canards - nouvelles, 1926
 Oranges - nouvelles, 1927
 Les Aventures d'Alice en Chine, tome 1 – d'après Lewis Carroll, 1928
 Xiao-Xiao - nouvelle, 1929
 Les aventures d'Alice en Chine, tome 2, 1931
 Le bateau de marbre – recueil de nouvelles, 1931
 La Ville frontalière (Biānchéng), 1934
 Souvenirs de Ding Ling, tome 1 - essai biographique, 1934
 Souvenirs de Ding Ling, tome 2 - essai biographique, 1940
 Sous protection nocturne – nouvelles, 1947
 Journée ensoleillée après chute de neige – roman, 1947
 Le Grand Fleuve – fragment de roman, 1943
 Autobiographie de Shen Congwen, 1948
 Phénix et Dragon dans l'art, 1960
 Vêtements et Ornaments de la Chine traditionnelle, 1981

Œuvres traduites en français
 Nouvelles, collection Panda, Beijing, 1982
 Le Passeur du Chadong (Biānchéng), traduit par Isabelle Rabut, Albin Michel (1990), 10-18 (1995)
 Le Petit Soldat du Hunan, autobiographie traduite par Isabelle Rabut, Albin Michel (1992)
 L'eau et les nuages : comment je crée mes histoires et comment mes histoires me créent, traduit par Isabelle Rabut, Bleu de Chine (1999)
 Le périple de Xiang et autres nouvelles, traduites par Marie Laureillard et Gilles Cabrero, Gallimard, coll. « Bleu de Chine » (2012)

Bibliographie

 Pa Kin, À la mémoire d'un ami, traduit par Ángel Pino et Isabelle Rabut, Mille et une nuits, 1995.

Liens externes

Naissance dans la province du Hunan
Écrivain chinois du XXe siècle
Naissance en décembre 1902
Décès en mai 1988
Décès à 85 ans
Victime de la révolution culturelle


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Not to mention that Chanukah started last evening at sundown.
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The Courier making mistakes? The same paper that in today's capsule for the SoMiss game says Russ (who according to his coach doesn't rebound worth crap) is averaging 20.2 rpg? Heck, our starting lineup is a combined 59.8 rpg. Of course averaging a combined 23.7 ppg would indicate a lot of missed shots.
Joey's a professional. He keeps track of anything that might affect his, um, business, wherever it might be. With many "friends" in Louisville, he reads our local paper.


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IR-2019-04, January 18, 2019 — Today the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations and three related pieces of guidance, implementing the new qualified business income (QBI) deduction (section 199A deduction).
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IR-2019-01, January 7, 2019 — Despite the government shutdown, the Internal Revenue Service today confirmed that it will process tax returns beginning January 28, 2019 and provide refunds to taxpayers as scheduled.
IR-2018-257, December 21, 2018 — The IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2019-08 today to provide guidance on deducting expenses under Section 179(a) and on deducting depreciation under Section 168(g).
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IR-2018-254, December 18, 2018 — The IRS issued guidance on excess business loss limitations and net operating losses following law changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).


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Marquette opens Athletic and Human Performance Research Center
John Steppe and Jack Phillips|March 19, 2019
Photo by Andrew Himmelberg
Marquette University's new $24 million, 46,000-square-foot Athletic and Human Performance Research Center opened March 4.
The facility, which is located on the southwest corner of 12th and Wells streets, features a weight room large enough to accommodate lacrosse and soccer teams, as well as locker rooms for both lacrosse programs and men's golf.
"We're really excited about it, just for our opportunity to continue to grow," golf head coach Steve Bailey said. "(The facility brings) every piece of the puzzle that we really needed to kind of get that upper echelon of what the Midwest programs have."
The golf team had space in the Marquette Gym, which opened in 1922, before moving to the AHPRC.
"You look at the designs and all the plans, and you say, 'This is going to be cool,'" senior golfer Oliver Farrell said. "When you step in it, it was incredible to see and so much better than everyone expected."
Men's and women's lacrosse previously did not have locker rooms and had team offices in the 707 Building. The lacrosse teams also had to do weight training in shifts at the Al McGuire Center because of limited space.
Soccer, cross country and track and field still occupy the 97-year-old Marquette Gym.
Aurora Health Care was first announced as a partner to cover costs, but the health care provider backed out of the deal last May. University President Michael Lovell said the university had "been having dialogue with a number of other partners" last August in a press conferance. More than six months later, the facility does not have any partners.
Marquette's website said the facility has 5,400 square feet dedicated to research on "elite athletic performance, human performance, rehabilitation, fitness data analytics and other related disciplines."
The facility is significantly scaled back from the initial plans for the Athletic Performance Research Center, which was supposed to be 250,000 to 300,000 square feet. It would have included a field house large enough to host indoor lacrosse games southeast of campus.
"At least we get to have it for a period of time," Farrell said. "We're very thankful for the people that made it possible. … It'll be an exciting eight or nine weeks in here."
Locker rooms and an indoor track for the track and field program were also supposed to be part of the initial building, but athletic director Bill Scholl said these were "no longer necessary" when the university announced the smaller location.
Scholl has said multiple times this is just the first phase of the AHPRC, but no timeline or details have been released regarding future phases.
AHPRC
First-year golfer making an early impact within program
The new 'Wild West' of college athletics
PREVIEW: Team looks forward to return to invitationals
Silver linings for athletic training
Robinson adjusts to United States golf
Seven members to be inducted into "M Club" Hall of Fame
Yacu conquers new territory, finds role through relationships
Men's lacrosse finishes regular season with a win
BREAKING: Athletics releases update about possibility of fans at Fiserv, official National Marquette Day announced
Marquette golf swings into spring
All 14 Marquette varsity sports play during spring, without spectators
Black Lives Matter: movement is bigger than sports
Athletics hires mental health specialist


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He Said, She Said – Scores and Updates for 4/15/18
April 16, 2018 April 16, 2018 Author by professormaddog31Posted in Baseball, Daily Recap
Howdy, FI fam. My cohort in blogging is on vacation this week, as you all know. I hope to be able to bring some extra sparkle to these posts for the next few days, but please forgive me if the glitter isn't always there. As usual, I'm kicking myself because I'm in a Bastille mood again and I've already posted a bunch of their songs last week. Haha, I guess I'm going to do the next best thing and post another alternative rock band that I particularly love – Northern Ireland's own Snow Patrol. Let's get cracking.
Rangers 3, Astros 1 F/10 – This was by far the game of the night. We had a perfecto going until the eighth inning by….BARTOLO COLON????? Not only that, on the other side of the diamond, Justin Verlander (while giving up one run in the third inning) wasn't too shabby himself. In fact, pitch for pitch this was probably one of the nastiest duels we're going to see all year. I'll put money on it.
That was awesome.
What a pitchers' duel. pic.twitter.com/2LGwX8UuBO
— MLB (@MLB) April 16, 2018
Clock those stats, homies. Bart's perfecto was broken up, but still had a no-no going until Josh Reddick hit a double. But yeah, man. Deep in the heart of Texas was an absolute duel.
Orioles 1, Red Sox 3 – The Red Sox are red hot, and they are currently riding high on the best start in the history of the organization. That's over 100 years, with some of the greatest teams in the history of baseball among them, and this is the best start they've had to a season. That's wild. What else is wild is that even though Baltimore desperately needs pitching, the one pitcher who is out there actually doing what he's supposed to do – Dylan Bundy – gets absolutely no run support. Why, it's almost as if the Orioles have problems OTHER than on the mound! Who would've thunk it. Oh, and guess what? Chris Sale, who started the game and did not get the win, still has a 1.23 ERA for the season. My god, that is sick.
"I might be wearing Dodger blue now but I will always be a silver fox." – maybe not Chase Utley but many people who are watching Chase Utley.
Diamondbacks 2, Dodgers 7 – Well, hot damn. The Dodgers finally did something good for their ace! Clayton Kershaw was Clayton Kershaw, going seven and striking out 12, and Los Angeles finally won a game in eleven tries. And they did it against the sizzling hot Gritty Snakes of Arizona! It was truly a team affair, with major contributions from Chase Utley, Corey Seager, Yasiel Puig, and Chris Taylor.
Phillies 10, Rays 4 – As you know, I am a Braves fan first and foremost. I should, in theory, hate the Phillies and wish them nothing but ill will. But I'm going to be painfully honest here: the NL East sucks when the Phillies suck and the Braves suck. We are both on the come up, though, and when it happens, it's going to be a lot of fun. So I'm hoping that young studs Rhys Hoskins and Scott Kingery bring the glory back to Citizens Bank Park, because nothing is more fun than a true rivalry. They are on their way – both Kingery and Hoskins, along with Maikel Franco, were instrumental in today's win over the Tampa Bay Sea Creatures. Bop of the day belonged to Aaron Altherr, who cranked a three run bomb.
Brewers 2, Mets 3 – Ah, man. It's all right, Milwaukee, y'all are still at .500. The Mets, though – did anyone think they'd start the season 12-2? Anyone? Bueller? This game started with a Todd Frazier single which brought home Brandon Nimmo. Then in the sixth, the Brewers came roaring back, capitalizing on a throwing error to get two runs and a brief lead. But later in that same inning, young Nimmo was like, "Nah, son" and crushed one to right field, tying the game at two a piece. Wilmer Flores was the one to put the dagger in the Brew Crew's back, with a ninth inning home run. Thor started the game yesterday and while he didn't get the win, he did some crazy mess out there on the bump. I'd like to show you a gif of a slider that I think is being controlled by demons.
Thor's 97 mph Black Magic Sinker (slow).
It's looks like he's throwing a pitch in a tornado. pic.twitter.com/6GzYdMQXPy
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 15, 2018
WHAT. THE. HELL.
Pirates 7, Marlins 3 – Starling Marte, have yourself a day. The Pirates outfielder went 5-5, capping it all off with a home run in the ninth inning. The Feesh floundered, never really getting any momentum, although my dude, Justin Bour, hit a two run dinger in the seventh. But it was never close at all.
Cardinals 3, Reds 2 – I keep forgetting that Bud Norris is still playing. The Cardinals are probably really glad he is, because he notched a save for them. But they were playing the Reds, and I think a cardboard cutout of, I don't know, Rick Ankiel maybe could strike out at least one of the Reds these days. They are, after all, 2-13 on the season. Billy Hamilton and Adam Duvall (now, there's a guy who deserves better than Cincinnati) tried their best in the late innings, but to no avail. Ups to the Redbird pitching staff for blanking Joey Votto. It's hard to do, so I give credit where credit is due.
Rockies 6, Nationals 5 – I'm sure SomeGuy can give us a scoop here, but let's just say that this was not a particularly good home stretch for Washington. Charlie Blackmon continues to play some quality baseball – the guy with quite possibly the worst hair in baseball drove in three runs, while the guy who is constantly touted as having the best hair in baseball – Bryce Harper – crushed a homer in the first inning. One of my fave dudes, DJ LeMahieu (pick him up in your fantasy leagues if you get a chance, you will not regret it) also hit a home run for this Rockies win.
Athletics 2, Mariners 1 – Friends, I am concerned. I am concerned that we have seen the end of King Felix's reign. BUT PROF, says you, FELIX HERNANDEZ WENT 6.1 INNINGS AND STRUCK OUT SEVEN, ONLY HAD TWO EARNED RUNS. This is true, fam. Despite getting the loss in this game, he didn't pitch all that poorly. But you guys, his current ERA is hemorrhaging runs. I know that he has plenty of time to bounce back. But a quick look at Felix's overall stats, careerwise, show that in the last several years his ERA is trending upwards, innings pitched is trending down, and strike outs took a big nose dive from 2016 to 2017 and are on a downward trend as well. This is why I'm concerned. He's still young, but he has a LOT of miles on that arm.
Giants 1, Padres 10 – What the ever loving heck is this mess? Why are the Giants 6-9? Is it because Madison Bumgarner is on the 60-day DL? Or is it because they've offended me so many times that my curses have finally kicked in? Let's be honest here, the Padres have no business hanging ten on San Francisco. The Padres has no business hanging ten on any team, except maybe the Reds. But they did. San Diego's got a team full of guys that I'm not super familiar with except for Cory Spangenberg, who I once included in a "cute guys of baseball" shitpost on twitter, so there's that.
and bringing up the rear….
Blue Jays v Cleveland, Yankees v Tigers, White Sox v Twins, Braves v Cubs, and Angels v Royals ALL PPD
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Things were set up pretty well for the Nats to salvage a split with the Rockies, what with Scherzer and Strasburg going on Saturday and Sunday and Nolan Arenado dropping his appeal of his suspension.
Scherzer, who pitches from the windup when no one is on base, threw exactly one pitch from the stretch during his start, yielding a two run home run to Charlie Blackmon after walking Gerardo Parra in the first, and then retiring the last 20 guys he faced in a Nats win on Saturday. Strasburg, who pitches from the stretch on every pitch, cruised into the sixth, but then hit a rough patch, and things were tied at 4-4 after six innings. After some home runs here and there, and a TOOTBLAN from Mr. Harper, and Matt Wieters getting caught stealing, the Nats managed to lose a game where they managed to put up positively Little League-like stats on offense, collecting ten walks, one HBP, and five hits, with three runs scoring on wild pitches (including one that scored two) and two solo home runs.
Ordinarily, I'd scoff at the idea of there being a big series in April, but these are not ordinary times. The season is only 10% done, but the Nats already find themselves six games in arrears of the Mets, and they're supposed to begin a three game set at CitiField tonight, weather permitting, followed by a trip to the coast to play LA and SF. Because Scherzer and Strasburg both pitched this weekend, it'll be Jeremy Hellickson (yes, really), Gio and Roark facing DeGrom, Wheeler, and Matz, respectively. On offense, Murphy's out, Eaton's out, Rendon missed the weekend after fouling a ball off his big toe, Taylor's not the guy he was last year (although he doubled twice yesterday, so maybe), Zimmerman's the guy he is every April (terrible), and Werth's not around to provide clubhouse leadership or whatever intangibles he provided. In other words, things are looking bleaker for the Nats at the moment than they are for the Caps.
One of the many reasons floated as possible causes for the Nats failure to advance past the NLDS in years gone by has been that they weren't battle-tested during the season, cruising to division crowns while going months without playing meaningful games. Assuming they get pointed in the right direction and actually show themselves to be contenders this year, I don't think we'll have to worry about their not having to fight to get there.
professormaddog31 says:
Hellickson is gonna have a heck of a time against deGrom, Gio vs Wheeler can go any way, and if Roark doesn't crap the bed he can probably beat Matz (even though I love Matz, but I don't think the Mets system is good for his arm).
Roark has been pitching well this year, and pitched well enough to win Friday night, but the Nats still have to score in order to win games. Against the Rockies, Roark went six, gave up three hits, one walk, and two runs (one earned), but he got tagged with the loss in a game where the Nats only had four hits and scored just once.
Like I said, he'd have to tank awful bad to lose head to head. But then again, you don't win friends with salad and you don't win games with no runs.
stex52 says:
So far the early season seems to be distinguished by the rise of the unexpected and the struggles of the annointed leaders. All of the divisions are presently being led by teams designated as also-rans, with the possible exception of Boston, who was regarded as sort of co-champions with the Borg. The Astros frankly have benefited from a weak opening schedule, because friends, so far the hitting looks terrible. And even so, they find themselves looking up 3.5 games to find the Angels. It is way early, but I sense the possibility of some big surprises this year.
Every dog has it's day.
We all know the real season begins in June/July but it's wild to see the Angels and the Mets crushing, and the Braves aren't so bad either. I'm shocked at how terrible LA has been.
happytwinsfan says:
But remember a win in April counts just as much in the final standings as a win in June, July, or September.
It's stopped snowing but I'm still shoveling and we got a couple of little fellers in the house – gotta go – see you in a while.
True, true. How many times has a team gotten hot only to be out of the playoffs because they sucked in April and lost three games they shouldn't have? Too many to count.
4d3fect says:
That Thor pitch, JFC, so much goes through my head, freak weather? 97 mph knuckler? Instant elbow shattering?
Right?!?!? It's demons. d e m o n s.
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Just checking in. Attended a wonderful New Forty (ie 60th) birthday party at the casino in Bad Gerschmelt on the Oder, where my wife hit the tables and returned with about as much as she started out holding. I just watched the gentlemen in dinner jackets channeling Sean Connery to impress the svelt vamps sniffing them more for evidence of reckless wealth than pheromones.
We got to London last night and celebrated our return to the mother country at our go-to first-night-in-town place, Ceru's neuveau-Levantine bistro just down the street from our apartment. We started orf with roasted fennel and beetroot salad, flamed curry dusted haloumi and segued on to baked aged, marinated lamb shoulder dusted with flaked pistachio and pomegranate arils, roasted sea bream in a harissa based dressing, and finished it orf with cranberry-ginger cheesecake and darrrrrk chocolate sour cherry mousse washed down with a very nicely full bodied Greek cabernet. Hay-soos.
This morning we didn't feel like cooking despite stocking the fridge last night so we went downstairs to the Michelin cafe, Bibendum, a block from our building, where da wife had scrambled eggs with leeks and smoked Scottish trout and a fresh baked chocolate-Kahlua croissant, while I had poached eggs over creamed avocado on sourdough toast. Their coffee is so good it makes my hand shake.
She's going to have to find some dynamite to blast me out of here and get me home next week.
The Feesh are 4-12, going on 4-13 as the Borg pummels them to a pulp tonight. I just checked the score; I made no effort to stream it. But let's be fair, they've had a tough schedule. Most of the teams they've played so far are full of major league ballplayers. To divert myself, I've been reading M F K Fisher's classic Gastronomical Me. Oh the things you can find in London bookshops.


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View Poll Results: Do you think your vote counts?
Thread: Do you think your vote counts?
It's like wishing upon a star.
I would vote for something fuzzy.
Voting is a lot of fun. I hear the boycott the vote argument pretty often, but I think it's just as futile. It's been a lot more fun to vote in Texas than in Washington, because there are more jerks to vote against.
The elections for Virginia governor and attorney general were decided by a narrow margin. The wingnut lost both. So hell yes, I vote.
'Zactly. I think it was even snowing that day. We did it though. People were not going to let those loonies go in and join up with our other loonies. I think we may be doing better. I kind of always have liked voting anyway.
Depends on what I'm voting on.
On whether you think your vote counts.
Statistically, no. The only election I missed was in 2008 because my son, who lives in a city far away, had an emergency appendectomy and I flew there to help him out. He kept telling me that my missed vote didn't matter, and he was right (he's an INTJ, so he's always right--and if he's not, it doesn't matter because he'll out-argue anyone). The question that really matters is how many people need to not vote for a particular candidate before the result is altered. On the other hand, votes in swing states count the most.


Never heard of the company before, Skunkmodels Workshop, but it looks good and excellent value for money too. It cost me all of £10.15 inc P+P from Hong Kong.
In the box you get TWO deck tractor kits and three figures. One figure is seated to be driver and the others are animated, one walking and the other holding a wheel chock(two supplied) also included are a hydraulic hose which is probably best put in the waste bin, and a couple of tow bars. All in all a very complete package with a superbly printed decal sheet.
It looks as though it should throw together in a matter of minutes after I had a dry fit of the parts. I'll update on progress as and when .
Very cool! That looks a really neat little kit! Looking forward to see what it turns out like!
Nice- it would be nice to hope they follow up with a 50's deck tractor.
This assembled in a matter of minutes and required only minimal clean up along the seams, in fact it is very well thought out in terms of where the seams are.
I sprayed the white using in Gunze H21 Off White flattened with Tamiya flat Base as its a Gloss paint, I then masked off the upper parts that would be black and sprayed this Gunze H12 Flat Black, the wheels are Off White and Tire Black.
I have modified the drivers arms so they reach the steering wheel which I also modified by adding a length of copper wire replacing the kit shaft which allows the driver to actually REACH the steering wheel!. The arms needed some filler and look better positioned too, the head I will leave off and paint separately.
It has been lightly Klear'd in readiness for decals. I'll weather it and chip it in situ after decalling.
Looks like a nice little kit Mike.
Just to confuse the thread and add another Mike to the mix, I've got one of these and a missile trolley on the way from the very same location - always good service!
I have now got the wheels and decals on and added a Paynes Grey oil wash to dirty it up (its till wet as you can see on the wheels!), i'll add some more weathering and wear and tear too, chipping etc.
That looks really good Mike, I like that!


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Intro date: 2/22/2017 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
Title: Sidewalk cafe(s) for Alliance Bakery
Sponsors: Moreno, Proco Joe
3/29/2017 45043 City Council Passed Pass Action details Meeting details Not available
3/23/2017 Committee on Transportation and Public Way Recommended to Pass Pass Action details Meeting details Not available
ORDINANCE ALLIANCE BAKERY Acct. No. 316315-1 Permit No. 1125813
Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Chicago:
Permission and authority are hereby given and granted to ALLIANCE BAKERY upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this ordinance, to maintain and use a portion of the public right of way for a sidewalk cafe adjacent to its premises located at 1736 W. Division St Said sidewalk cafe area #1 shall be twenty-eight point seven five (28.75) feet in length and sixteen point six seven (16.67) feet in width for a total of four hundred seventy-nine point two six (479.26) square feet and shall allow eight (8) feet of clear space from the face of the curb/building line along W. Division St The compensation for said space and the days and hours of operation for the sidewalk cafe shall be as follows:
Monday through Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Compensation: $600.00 SEATING CAPACITY: 32
Sidewalk Cafe Permit and approved plan must be posted at all times.
This grant of privilege #1125813 for a sidewalk cafe shall be subject to the provisions of Section 10-28-800 though 10-28-885 of the Municipal Code of Chicago and the directions of the Commissioner of Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, the Commissioner of Streets and Sanitation, and the Commissioner of Transportation.
The permit holder agrees to hold the City of Chicago harmless for any damage, relocation or replacement costs associated with damage, relocation or removal of private property caused by the City performing work in the public way.
Authority for the above named privilege is herein given and granted from and after March 1, 2017 through and including December 1, 2017.
Department or Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
Small Business Center - Public Way Use Unit City Hall- 121 N LaSalle Street, Room 800 • Chicago, IL 60602 312-74-GOB1Z / 312-744-6249 • (312) 744-1944 (TTY) http://\vww.citvofcliicago org/bacp
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If RGV?s Darna Zaroori Hai didn?t scare you enough, here?s a freaky little ghostly tale for you. It?s a known fact that Himesh Reshammiya is ruling the music charts these days and pulling increasing number of fans with his nasal voice. That?s normal, quite natural, even Elvis Presley did that. But here?s a freaky turn to the story, what if one of his song is attracting the dead!! This is not any fiction that we are creating. It?s a real life situation in a small village of Bhalej in the Anand district of Gujarat where Himesh?s chartbuster song ?Jhalak Dikhlaja? from the film Aksar is working as a mantra to pull the ghosts in the village. The villagers claim that the line in the lyrics which goes ?ek baar aaja aaja? is actually acting as a call for the ghosts.
A rational person who doesn?t believe in superstitions might dismiss this idea as stupid, but the villagers in the Bhalej believe in this myth completely. The villagers have a number of stories to tell regarding the song.
Nearly 10 days back, a 25-year-old Firoz Thakor, who was humming the song, got caught under the evil influence. He ate a lot and started talking to himself only. He finally seemed to become normal when taken to a priest. This is one story. There have been many such instances in the past 15 days wherein more than a dozen people have fallen prey to the spirit and some have even lost their lives.
The song keeps playing on the local radio station twice or thrice a day but people here turn off the radio to avoid any trouble. Some sources say that people mainly from the Muslim community are becoming victims of the song. However, it seems that everyone in the village irrespective of their religion is equally scared. People are running to their religious priests for help to cure their demon possessed relatives. In fact, there is also a particular spot like the graveyard next to the lake in the village where people get attacked by the evil spirits on humming the song.
After realizing the root cause from this exorcism, the villagers seemed to have banned the song completely. They don?t wish to invite any more trouble and therefore are also urging the local bandwallas to avoid playing the song at the weddings. However, will the locals appeal to the court for a ban and will the court accept such a plea is yet to be seen.
One thing is for sure though, that Himesh?s nasal voice definitely has magical powers. If it can wake up the dead from their deep sleep, its highly justified if we go bizarre listening to those killer numbers.
My mother told me that she has once seen a ghost/spirit whatever you call it, but that was when we used to live in london, our house was haunted or something like that. I was only a kid so i dont know much about it and its best if i don't.
My brother in law had seen a witch lmao , he told me that he was something like 15 then, and the lady was wearing white and had really long hair and she was really pale. She was standing on his window and then she dropped off and climbed up a tree, but i dont know if that's true because he makes stuff up alot just to get me scared.
I havent seen anything like that ever, but i do get this weird feeling that they are there, my grandparents are strong people and they always told me not to get scared by these things because the more scared you are of these things, the more they would want to scare you.
Many say they believe that Ghost's are real & do exist, however many think there is no such thing as a Ghost or spirits.
This week I would like to hear what members think about ghost's or spirits….
Have you ever experienced any ghost or spirits in any way @ all???
Do you believe that there are such things as ghost's or spirits???
Do you believe in life after death & forms of spirits can live on in many unusual ways??
Share some of the weird stories true or 1s you may have heard about.
THE ENGLISH MAN GOES IN THE HOUSE AT NYT TO SLEEP AT NYT A GHOST APPEARS AND SAYS "IM WALKIN THRU DA WALLS SHAKIN MA BALLS CAN U HEAR ME CAN U HEAR ME" ENGLISH MAN SHITS HIS PANTS AND JUMPS OUT DA WINDOW.
" IM WALKIN THRU THE WALL SHAKIN MA BALLS CAN U HEAR ME CAN U HEAR ME"
THE JAMAICAN REPLIES "IM WALKIN THRU DA GRASS SHAKIN MA ARSE CAN U HEAR ME CAN U HEAR ME"
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Never seen one, don't want to.
Ghosts are stupid, throw rocks at them. Unless their name is CASPER!


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Azure Bastion - New Network Service Available as Preview
With Azure Bastion, Microsoft has announced a new network service for Azure that provides secure remote access with seamless RDP and SSH connectivity for virtual machines over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
According to Microsoft's own Azure blog, the new service is deployed directly on a virtual network and acts as a bastion host for all authorized machines on the virtual network. Thanks to Azure Bastion, virtual machines no longer require public IP addresses, but open the RDP/SSH connection via private IP addresses. This prevents the spying of IP addresses using port scanning. Furthermore, the service is seamlessly integrated into the Azure portal and enables the direct start of RDP and SSH sessions to the virtual hosts. Azure Bastion is offered as a PaaS service, making it a Microsoft-managed service that is continuously updated and protected from known vulnerabilities, a significant advantage over custom-built jump or gateway servers.
For the future, Microsoft plans to integrate Azure Active Directory for single sign on, multi-factor authentication for RDP/SSH connectivity, and native support for RDP/SSH clients.
Azure Bastion is now available as a public preview.


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