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ABB and Hitachi Form Power Grid Partnership for HVDC in Japan
Source: www.abb.com
By Nancy Bartels
ABB and Hitachi have agreed to form a joint venture for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system solutions in Japan. The new entity, to be based in Tokyo, will be responsible for the design, engineering, supply and after-sales services related to the DC system of HVDC projects bringing ABB's latest technologies to the Japanese market where Hitachi will be the prime contractor.
Hitachi and ABB will take equity interests of 51% and 49% respectively. This is the first step of a strategic partnership between the two companies to contribute to the evolution of Japan's power network. Hitachi and ABB will explore further strengthening of the relationship and address opportunities to widen the scope for future collaboration.
Under the terms of the agreement, Hitachi as the prime contractor will be the customer of the joint venture. Moreover, Hitachi will license the appropriate technology and equipment to the joint venture, as well as supplying contract manufacturing and human resources. ABB will license the appropriate technology and core components and relevant equipment to the joint venture and also supply human resources.
"Since the first development in the 1970s, Hitachi has participated in every HVDC project in Japan and has continued to underpin the stabilization of the electricity grid. I am confident that the establishment of a new company combining the strengths of Hitachi and ABB will provide a framework for the timely provision of the new technologies required by the Japanese HVDC market. By enhancing and expanding the HVDC business through its partnership with ABB, which has a strong performance record in the global market, Hitachi will continue to contribute to the stabilization of Japan's electric power grid." said Hiroaki Nakanishi, Chairman and CEO of Hitachi, Ltd.
HVDC is a technology used for transmitting electricity between two grid systems. The supply-side power is converted from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC) before being transmitted, and is then converted back to AC in the receiving system for use. The system is ideal for long-distance transmission due to its ability to minimize electricity losses, and to its lower space requirements and construction costs. It is also well-suited for interconnections between two different frequencies.
The global HVDC market has seen many projects using line commutated converter technology (LCC) HVDC systems since the 1970s, while the development of voltage source converter (VSC) systems has advanced as a new technology since around 2000. In Japan, nine HVDC projects were carried out up to 2006, all of them using the LCC type. Now, with the increasing introduction of renewable energy and innovation in electric power systems, demand for VSC-HVDC systems, , which facilitate grid stabilization. The technology is ideal for long-distance underground and underwater power links and interconnections, and is increasingly being deployed across a range of applications. These include the integration of renewable energies from land-based and offshore wind farms, the mainland power supply to islands and offshore oil and gas platforms, city center in-feeds where space is a major constraint, and cross-border interconnections that often require subsea links. Its ability to comply with grid codes ensures robust network connections regardless of application.
The joint venture will combine Hitachi's sales network, project management expertise, quality assurance processes and delivery performance record with ABB's state-of-the-art HVDC technologies, and contribute to innovation in electric power systems in Japan.
It is expected to commence operations in the coming months, subject to the necessary approvals and statutory procedures. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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Rare Coupon-Doubling Grocery Stores Won't Double Anymore
in Coupons In The News — February 12, 2020
It's hard to find a grocery store that still doubles coupons these days. And soon, it will be even harder.
Kroger's Milwaukee-based Roundy's division, which includes the chains Pick 'n Save, Copps, Mariano's and Metro Market, will no longer offer double coupons effective this weekend. Unlike most of Kroger's other stores, which used to double coupons every day, Roundy's stores had offered "Double Daze" promotions on Wednesdays and/or Saturdays, so couponers had to time their shopping trips just right. But now, this Saturday's double coupon day will be the last.
"In today's grocery world, notification of discounts, offers and promotions can be delivered more efficiently through digital coupons using e-commerce channels," Roundy's offered in a statement. "We will continue to increase our offering of digital coupons, providing customers with ease of use, personalization, better grocery value and loyalty programs like fuel rewards."
While the change is certainly unfortunate news for Roundy's shoppers, it could also be particularly worrisome for fans of Harris Teeter. The end of Double Daze means Harris Teeter is the very last of Kroger's 22 supermarket operating divisions that still doubles coupons.
Until about a decade ago, Kroger proudly offered to double the value of shoppers' coupons across the country. But that started to change back in 2011, when Kroger stores in Texas suddenly announced they would accept coupons at face value only. Kroger-owned Ralphs in California followed suit in 2012. Kroger's corporate hometown division of Cincinnati/Dayton was next, in 2013. And then the trend accelerated, with five more divisions retiring double coupons later that year. Another five divisions dropped doubles over the next couple of years, with Kroger's Nashville division becoming the very last Kroger-branded chain to end doubling in 2017.
But a funny thing happened while Kroger was busily killing off double coupons. It went out and bought itself a couple of grocery chains – Harris Teeter in 2014, and Roundy's in 2015. Both chains offered double coupons, and both chains' coupon policies were grandfathered in under their new owner.
So Roundy's and Harris Teeter's double coupon policies seemed safe, until now. But it may have been only a matter of time.
Double coupons debuted as a groundbreaking marketing tactic back in the 1970's, when all coupons were printed on paper and most were valued at less than a dollar. Over time, though, this new and exciting promotion became an expected – and expensive – practice. And many stores began regretting the day anyone ever thought of the idea. As far back as 1992, a marketing executive was quoted as saying that many grocers were already "sorry they are in double coupons" because once they start, "they can't get themselves out of it."
The dawn of digital coupons may have given them just the opening they needed to make a drastic change. Kroger didn't double digital coupons, which didn't seem to upset its shoppers too much. So if shoppers were willing to accept that their digital coupons would be redeemed at face value, why not paper coupons?
There was a lot of grumbling from couponers when Kroger started phasing out paper coupon doubling. But the majority of shoppers shrugged, didn't seem to notice, or just got over it. Roundy's likely hopes for a similar reaction, as it tries to placate shoppers with its vague suggestion that it will offer more digital coupons and other promotions to make up for the loss of doubling.
So if Kroger – and competitors who ultimately followed its lead – were "sorry they were in double coupons," they finally managed to find a way to "get themselves out of it."
If you shop at a Roundy's-run store in the Midwest, then, you'd better gather up your coupons and head to the store today or this Saturday to get your coupons doubled one last time. If you shop at just about any other Kroger-owned store, there's nothing to worry about, because double coupons are already a distant memory. But if you shop at Harris Teeter – don't take your double coupons for granted. At this rate, there's no telling when, or whether, they might become a memory, too.
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The veteran newsman boards the Maharajas Express – an extraordinary train that recreates the heritage of India's richest kings – for an eight day tour of India, taking in its most wondrous sights.
Thirty years after he last visited as a foreign correspondent, he sees how India is rapidly transforming itself into an economic superpower, complete with high-tech factories, five-star hotels and the most expensive home on the planet.
In the second part of his eight-day journey on the Maharajas Express, Sir Trevor sees how the former jewel of the Empire is now overtaking Britain as an economic superpower.
Along the way he visits an unusual temple where the locals worship rats; visits the Taj Mahal, and reveals the shocking extent of pollution that threatens the future of the monument.
He concludes his journey at the very spot where Mahatma Gandhi – the man who lead India to its independence - was assassinated.
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What I Read in August
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Frankly, not a whole lot, at least not in the way of books, as I tried to catch up on old New Yorkers and Poets & Writerses. Two short stories stood out: Tessa Hadley's "An Abduction" (July 9 & 16), and, to show you just far behind I've fallen, Junot Diaz's "Miss Lora," from April 23.
It has been argued that, for a British writer, Hadley appears in the New Yorker way too frequently (she has published ten stories in the magazine since 2007, by my count). Her aesthetic doesn't do any favors for the readership. But I enjoyed "An Abduction," which is not really about an abduction, but about a girl who willingly gets into a car with some rakish young blokes. She helps them shoplift alcohol and gets taken to one of the boys' parents' house, where there is a dirty pool. Much of the energy of the story comes from the hazardous, hostile tone of the flirtation from the boys:
"I think we should swim," Daniel suggested. "It's just too fucking hot."
Jane blushed: his word was so forbidden that she hardly knew how she knew it—the girls never used it at school. It was an entrance, glowering with darkness, into the cave of things unknown to her.
"But I haven't got a costume," she said.
"Bo Peep's lost her sheep," Nigel mocked.
"Swim nude," Daniel suggested. "No one can see—except us, and we like you."
"Miss Lora" is another story about an inappropriate relationship, this one between a sixteen-year-old boy and his adult neighbor, who comes with a reputation ("That woman needs to keep her clothes on, the mothers complained"; "Bitch made Iggy Pop look chub, and every summer she caused a serious commotion at the pool") that he leverages against that of his cautious girlfriend, who wants to remain a virgin. The story is told in the second person, with you, the reader, in the role of the boy getting backslaps for making this mischievous fantasy happen, and it is set in 1985, which allows Diaz to open the narrative with distancing flashback:
Years later, you would wonder if it hadn't been for your brother would you have done it? You'd remember how all the other guys had hated on her—how skinny she was, no culo, no titties, como un palito, but your brother didn't care. I'd fuck her.
You'd fuck anything, someone jeered.
And he had given that someone the eye. You make that sound like it's a bad thing.
The brother who would fuck anything is now dead of cancer, which doubles as inspiration and excuse for the boy's acting out, and later, as the spectre of guilt:
She squeals with delight when she sees the plastic-covered sofa and the wooden spoons hanging on the wall. You admit to feeling a little bad for your mother.
Of course you end up downstairs in your basement. Where your brother's things are still in evidence. She goes right for his boxing gloves.
Please put those down.
She pushes them into her face, smelling them.
You can't relax. You keep swearing that you hear your mother or Paloma at the door. It makes you stop every five minutes. It's unsettling to wake up in your bed with her. She makes coffee and scrambled eggs and listens not to Radio Wado but to the "Morning Zoo," and laughs at everything. It's too strange. Paloma calls to see if you are going to school, and Miss Lora is walking around in a T-shirt, her flat skinny rump visible.
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All the Conspirators, Christopher Isherwood. The British writer's first novel, published in 1928, about an infantilized young man acting out against his doting mother, is flawed and careful the way many first novels are, and, like the novels of his British forbears, too focused on the delaying conflicts of manners ("I say, I hope I haven't bored you dreadfully"). But I bought it used for $3.95 and when else am I going to read Isherwood?
Salamander, Vol. 17, No 2, Summer 2012. An all-fiction issue, with war and health care as central themes. There are, in fact, three consecutive first-person stories narrated by doctors, and the first two of those, oncologists. Cancer is overburdened throughout the issue with the twin jobs of antagonist and metaphor. I was glad to see new work by Sarah Hulse (whose "Sine Die" won the 2011 Willow Springs Fiction Prize), and I enjoyed Siobhan Fallon's story "Tips for a Smooth Transition," in which a woman vacations in Hawaii with her husband, back from Afghanistan and exhibiting behavior suggestive of PTSD. The wife was not completely faithful while her husband was away, and Fallon cleverly interweaves the narrative with excerpts from a condescending how-to book that the wife has consulted in an effort to aid his re-entry into society. On the whole, though, the issue clung much too neatly to its stated themes, and ended up feeling very repetitive by the end.
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It was recently feared that Dave's cat, Chessie, had landed badly from a jump in Fremont and suffered a broken a leg. Thankfully, veterinary examination diagnosed only a bad sprain and/or partial dislocation of a carpal joint.
They say a cat embodies the ethos of the human, if any, with whom it harbored a metaphysical bond at the time of the human's death. It's hypothesized that primordial yet uniquely individual elements of a decedent's ectoplasm that devolve at the moment of death are osmosed (a process reported in scientific journals as ectoplasmosis) by the metaphysically bonded cat via an as yet unidentified gland unique to felines. They actually have several as yet unidentified unique glands as well as several identified glands whose function is as yet unidentified. They're a mystery, you know, especially the small ones (referring to the cats, not the glands) like house cats.
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And the maple tree in the front yard now dwarfs the depiction of it in the photo. I suppose it's still quite a feat for Google to have actually photographed so many homes, but it's a little surprising to learn that what they show may be of more historical than current interest.
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Mediterranean diet could lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in the UK
Britons eating a Mediterranean diet could lower their risk of developing cardiovascular disease including conditions such as heart attack and stroke, according to research published today in the open access journal BMC Medicine.
In this study, the first of its kind carried out in a UK population, the researchers found that healthy individuals with greater adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet had about an 11% lower risk of future cardiovascular disease compared to individuals who had poor adherence. The work was led by PhD student Tammy Tong, together with colleagues Dr Fumiaki Imamura, Professor Nicholas Wareham, Professor Kay-Tee Khaw, and Dr Nita Forouhi.
Dr Nita Forouhi, lead author from the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge, UK, said:
We estimate that one in 25 of all new cardiovascular disease cases or one in eight cardiovascular deaths in our UK based study population could potentially be avoided if this population increased their adherence to the Mediterranean diet."
The Mediterranean diet is typically high in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and olive oil, while low in red meats and moderate in dairy, fish, poultry and wine. The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends a Mediterranean based diet for people already diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, to prevent further cardiovascular episodes such as heart attack and stroke. However, until now the association of the Mediterranean diet with both preventing the disease occurring in the first instance and preventing further cardiovascular episodes has not been examined in the UK.
Dr Forouhi adds:
The benefits of the Mediterranean diet for cardiovascular health are well documented in countries of the Mediterranean region, but this is the first study to evaluate this in the UK. If our findings are broadly representative of the overall UK population, then we can assume that higher level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet could have significant impact in lowering the cardiovascular disease burden in the UK."
The researchers collected data from 23,902 initially healthy Britons taking part in the EPIC-Norfolk prospective cohort study. The participant's diets were measured using food frequency questionnaires and participants were followed up for an average of 12 to 17 years to investigate the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the occurrence of new-onset CVD and deaths during that time.
The Mediterranean diet was defined using a 15 point score based on guideline recommendations from a Mediterranean dietary pyramid published by the Mediterranean Diet Foundation. This is the first time these guidelines were tested for their associations with health. There are other definitions of what constitutes a Mediterranean diet, but when alternative definitions were used in this study, the findings were broadly similar. In the study population of more than 23,000 adults, the lowest score was 3.2 and the highest score was 13.1, with half the population having a score below 8.4, highlighting the variable degree of adherence to this type of diet in a UK population.
Encouraging greater adoption of the Mediterranean diet looks like a promising component of a of a wider strategy to help prevent cardiovascular disease, including other important factors such as not smoking and maintaining a healthy weight, blood cholesterol and blood pressure."
The authors acknowledge that these findings are based on an observational study and so a cause and effect relationship cannot be assumed. However, they were careful to make comprehensive adjustments for lifestyle and other factors that could potentially distort the findings, and together with the consistency of results with other studies elsewhere their current findings provide robust evidence for a link. Dr Forouhi concludes:
Our study shows that higher versus lower adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet is linked with lower future CVD risk in the UK but our challenge now is to understand the social, economic and cultural factors that might support or prevent people being able to keep to this dietary pattern in the UK.
Paper: Tammy Tong, Nicholas Wareham, Kay-Tee Khaw, Fumiaki Imamura, Nita Forouhi Prospective association of the Mediterranean diet with cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality and its population impact in a non-Mediterranean population: the EPIC-Norfolk Study BMC Medicine; 29 September 2016; DOI:10.1186/s12916-016-0677-4
Note on the EPIC Norfolk Study
The European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC) began as a large multi-centre cohort study primarily looking at the connection between diet, lifestyle factors and cancer, although the study was broadened from the outset to include other conditions. EPIC was designed to be a long-term study, following a large number of people over many years. EPIC-Norfolk is part of a Europe-wide programme, which is described on our international page.
With the help of over 30,000 people living in Norfolk, EPIC-Norfolk aims to provide data-based evidence for health policies to prevent or delay disease onset and maintain health and independence in older people. To achieve this goal, it is trying to understand the factors that are most often present when people stay healthy and also factors more likely to be present should they develop a particular health condition or disease.
EPIC-Norfolk participants are men and women who were aged between 40 and 79 when they joined the study and who lived in Norwich and the surrounding towns and rural areas. They have been contributing information about their diet, lifestyle and health through questionnaires and health checks over two decades.
EPIC-Norfolk is led jointly by Professor KT Khaw (Clinical Gerontology Unit, University of Cambridge) and Professor Nick Wareham (MRC Epidemiology Unit).
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Q: 2 Android devices blocking each others HTTP requests in same LAN I have an Android app which is continuously downloading JSON files with status updates, and if needed it downloads corresponding zip files. What the application exactly does is irrelevant.
The problem is that if i have 2 devices running in the same LAN with the app installed, one app blocks HTTP request of the other one. So one app is running fine, the other one is constantly running into timeouts for exactly the same request (only the token in the GET parameter differs).
When i turn of the "working" device, the block is released - and the other device is running fine, without timeouts.
Myself i think it is an routing issue.
Does anybody know how to prevent this?
In my app i connect through Volley. I am using a singleton for the connection pool - build by the documentation you can find on https://developer.android.com/training/volley/requestqueue.html

A: This is not likely a client issue (your Android app). You should check your server implementation first.
Singleton or transient RequestQueue in Android app doesn't matter. Because number of concurrent GET requests to server depends on number of devices you have.

A: There seems to be an issue with android devices and timestamps that are used for the connection. I found the solution to the problem.
Search the solution in the TCP protocol / settings.

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Corpus Christi is an occasion for us to celebrate the sacrament of the Eucharist.
It should also be an occasion when we enter into the symbolism of this great sacrament, letting it teach us deep lessons about life, our relationship with God and with one another.
Meditation on the readings for the feast will help us to celebrate the feast in both ways.
St Luke's account of the miraculous feeding is very helpful as it is both a teaching on the Eucharist and on Jesus' way of relating with people.
The story is introduced in verse 11 by a brief summary of Jesus' ministry: "talking about the kingdom" is a powerful expression referring to the goal of his life.
Feel free to enter into the story of the feeding at whatever stage touches you.
Verses 12 to 14a set the stage for the miracle. Note the contrasting responses of Jesus and the twelve.
Verses 14b to 16 describe the feeding. The gestures of Jesus are reminiscent of the Eucharist, but are highly significant in themselves.
So, too, verse 17 is symbolical both of the Eucharist and of life.
Lord, we thank you for the Holy Eucharist.
Every Sunday, all over the world, people sit down in their church communities.
then he breaks the bread and distributes it among the crowd.
is collected and reverently stored.
with nourishment that is unworthy of their humanity.
curing all those who need to be healed.
speaking to them about the kingdom you are establishing in the world.
– long lines of people outside food stores.
– are we to go ourselves and buy food for all these people?
break the bread and hand it around to be distributed among the crowd.
but when the remaining scraps are collected, we will fill many baskets.
we have as much as we want, and even twelve baskets of scraps left over.
we will never be true followers of Jesus.
Since the very first days of the church — before St Paul had set out on his journeys or any of the gospels were written — our brothers and sisters have been gathering every week for this sacred meal. But when we routinely do anything, we often lose sight of just how wonderful it is.
So today we are reflecting on just how wonderful it is to be called by the Lord to gather in his presence, to be his guests at his table, and to eat and drink from his wonderful bounty. In this banquet we become one with Christ, and are transformed into being his Body, and his Blood flows in all our veins giving us the strength to be his witnesses in the world and the life that never ends.
From the beginning the Eucharist was understood within the pattern of Christ's meals/feedings, so already when this story was incorporated by Luke into his text, it had Eucharistic significance: his meal is one of miraculous abundance for all.
1. The whole point of today is to cause us to reflect that we encounter the mystery of Christ in events which belong simultaneously to this world and to the world to come. As Jesus Christ is the sacrament between the mystery of God and our humanity, so he has left us the sacraments, above all this meal, as the means by which we encounter, here and now, the future banquet of heaven.
(Step A) If you live in an area where drinking from the cup is not standard (e.g. Ireland), then introduce it today.
(Step B) If you live where communion 'under both species' is normal (most English-speaking countries) then procure some of the very large breads that allow for a genuine fraction. The key to the symbolism of the Eucharistic meal is not bread as a generic substance, but a single loaf of bread. This has simultaneously the notion of scattered grains gathered into a unity – one loaf – and the notion of each person having a share (literally: participating) in that loaf which is Christ.
(Step C) If you are actually doing in the liturgy what we say we do (breaking the loaf, drinking the cup) then arrange for the congregation to stand around the table, become actual 'circumstantes', for the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The normal arrangement is that of a sanctuary which is akin to the teacher's part of the classroom or the stage in a theatre, and those in the audience / class area watch on and answer invitations to speak. Yet we are always talking about being 'gathered around the Lord's table' – so give people the actual liturgical experience.
3. The experience of the liturgy should act as a pointer, through faith, from what happens here to another reality. When the liturgy is celebrated in a minimalist, token fashion it is its own undoing. Then what actually happens (you go into a pew, listen to words, see the altar up there, walk up to communion, taste a little round pre-cut wafer that does not seem like bread, and then move off) must first point to what should happen here (look at the liturgy's formulae), before, it can point beyond this dimension to the mystery. When your liturgy demands this double pointing (we got away with it pre-1965 in Latin for the linguistic inaccessibility was a mystical screen, an iconostasis, which made just being there enough), it sends out a signal that it is just a ritual of words. And when the Eucharist appears to be just that, then people vote with the feet – and they are doing so!
You might expect that on a feast to commemorate the Eucharist we would be reading a text describing the last supper. However, since the last days of Jesus life were vividly recalled during Holy Week, we are now invited to reflect upon the meaning of the events and that is why today we are considering the miracle of the loaves and fishes. This was a highly symbolic act on the part of Jesus because, not only does it echo the Old Testament miracle of the manna in the wilderness, it also indicates Jesus' desire to nourish his followers as they journey with him on the road of faith. The Eucharist is precisely that, and every time we gather for it we recognise that we are pilgrims in need of the sustenance that only God can give.
When Jesus said 'do this in memory of me it is clear that he was not only referring to his actions relating to the bread and wine. He was asking his followers to live out this symbol of his life giving love. This is made very clear in the fourth gospel where, instead of the Passover meal, John reports that Jesus knelt down and washed the feet of his disciples and afterwards told them that they must do the same.
The Eucharist as a sacrifice and meal involves us not simply in a prayerful ritual but also commits us to a way of relating to each other. If we are truly devoted to the Lord's presence in Holy Communion then we will also be truly devoted to his presence in the community, especially in those who are most in need.
Many people have memories of the Corpus Christ procession when the monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament was brought around the parish. All groups in the parish were represented. Children scattered petals before the host and houses were decorated. The meaning of the feast was to bring the Lord into the streets of his people and to appreciate the gift he gives us of himself in the Eucharist. This procession still takes part in many places.
On Holy Thursday we also celebrate the Eucharist, but in another way It is more of the sacrifice of Jesus on Calvary. We unite ourselves with his offering that brought him to death, and look forward to the resurrection when the risen Lord would be present in many ways among people, including in the form and shape of bread and wine. On the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, the emphasis is more on gift than on sacrifice.
We need this gift. We need to know certainly that God is close with us in life, and the Eucharist at Mass gives us this certainty. We need to know that God is really present in our lives, and we know this in the real presence of the Eucharist.
help me to live like you and love like you. Amen.
THE WORD: Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, Jesus said the blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
Today's celebration of the Body and Blood of the Lord originated in the Diocese of Liege in 1246 as the feast of Corpus Christi. In the reforms of Vatican II, the feast was joined with that of the Precious Blood (July 1) to become the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord. We celebrate today the Christ's gift of the Eucharist, the source and summit of our life together as the Church.
Today's Gospel is Luke's account of Jesus' feeding of the five thousand with five loaves of bread and two pieces of fish (the only one of Jesus' miracles recounted in all four Gospels). As he does throughout Luke's Gospel, Jesus performs a miracle out of his deep sense of compassion for the suffering and needy – but, first, Jesus asks the Twelve to gather up whatever they can from the community; with these few, shared gifts Jesus creates a community of thanksgiving, a community of Eucharist.
A sacrament, St. Augustine said, is the visible sign of God's invisible grace. The gifts we give to one another are sacramental when they manifest the love and mercy of God; they are Eucharistic when they transform us into a community bound by that love.
In our sharing of the body of Christ, we are called to become the body of Christ for one another: to make the limitless, complete love of Christ reality for all.
Christ calls us to be both guests and waiters at his table. We come here with our struggles and doubts and pains and sorrows to be fed and nourished; at the same time, the Eucharist should impel us to become Eucharist for others -- to make the limitless, complete love of Christ real for all in our own acts of charity and kindness.
While the kids are getting dressed for school, Mom is in the kitchen making their lunches. Katie likes her sandwiches cut in quarters; Bobby prefers strawberry jam. As she packs the sandwiches, she smiles, imagining the delighted look on their faces when they open the dessert treats she places in the bag. What she is doing is a sacrament – not the miracle of transubstantiation, but certainly parallel to it, moving in the same direction. If she could give her love to her children to consume again and again, like the loaves and fishes going endlessly into their mouths and stomachs, she would do it in an instant.
A few days before Christmas, the kids take over the kitchen to make Christmas cookies. Mom is there too, more to protect her kitchen than to supervise. Truth be told, the cookies that result are anything but spectacular – the reindeer-shaped cookies look more like fat cocker spaniels, the Santa cookies bear no ready resemblance to the jolly old elf, and the red and green sparkles are piled on rather than sprinkled. But the kids have a ball – and are making memories that they will remember long after they celebrate this same messy sacrament with their own children.
Her heart is breaking for her friend and all that she and her family have had to endure: the diagnosis, the difficult surgery, the chemotherapy, the unknown future. All she can do for her is pray – and make lasagna. And so she does. Two or three times a week she takes her turn making some hot dish for her friend and her family. The food that she and the other friends prepare is nothing less than sacrament – compassion and concern made real in cheese and meat sauce.
A sacrament, St. Augustine said, is the visible sign of God's invisible grace. The gifts we give to one another are sacramental when they manifest the love and mercy of God; they are Eucharistic when they transform us into a community bound by that love. Today's feast of the Body and Blood of the Christ celebrates Christ's gift of the Eucharist, the source and summit of our life together as his Church. In our sharing of the body of Christ, may we become the body of Christ for one another – to make the limitless, complete love of Christ real for all.
The first reading from the book of Proverbs extols the creative power of God in the wonders of the Universe. As we contemplate God's handiwork ranging from sky to sea, we can't help but reaffirm our faith in God's power. We become especially aware of his presence in our lives as we sometimes are confronted by disorder and chaos; when we are caught up in disasters and accidents and yet miraculously saved. What is said of the wisdom of God could be applicable to us as well. "When he established the heavens I was there ... I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world." We may doubt it but we are always in the mind of God. He is the Creator-God, the Father-God, who delights in us, His children.
I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days sometime during his adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight. Silence would teach him the joys of sounds. Now and then I have tested my seeing friends to discover what they see. Recently I asked my friend who had just returned from a long walk in the woods, what she had seen. "Nothing in particular," she replied. How was it possible, I asked myself, to walk for an hour through the woods and see nothing of note? I, who cannot see, find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate design of a leaf, I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough shaggy bark of a pine. In spring I touch the branches of trees hopefully in search of a bud, the first sign of awaking nature after winter's sleep. Sometimes if I am fortunate, I place my hand gently on a small tree and feel the happy shake of a bird in full song.
In today's gospel Jesus tells his disciples in one of his final discourses that he had come to reveal the Father, this was his mission and the purpose of his life. He had come from the Father and he was going back to the Father, but he had much more to reveal and say to them. All that he wished to say to them would be revealed only when they received his Spirit. It was through the Spirit that they would understand the Father and the Son of God. The special way in which God the Holy Spirit gave glory to God the Son, seems to have been his revealing him as the Son of the Father, who had appeared as the Son of man. From the gospels we know that though Peter acknowledged Jesus as the 'Son of God' he did not understand what he was saying. So did the centurion, who at the crucifixion acknowledged and said, "Truly, this was the son of God." In our own lives, though we claim that Jesus is our Saviour and Lord, we do not understand the implications or the consequences. Only when we are enlightened by the Spirit will we truly know and acknowledge that Jesus is Saviour and Lord.
Walker Percy, in 'Lost in the Cosmos' muses ironically about the strange fate of post moderns, who spend millions trying to get chimps to talk and billions on space stations attentively listening for an extraterrestrial blip that might speak to us. At the same time these very people have no time to listen to one another and still less time to hear anything that God has to say to them. Percy ends his 'Lost in the Cosmos' with a fantasy that spaceship earth is indeed addressed by an extraterrestrial being. A persistent signal questions us: "Repeat. Do you read? Do you read? Are you in trouble? How did you get in trouble? If you are in trouble have you sought help? If you did, did help come? If it did, did you accept it? What is the character of your consciousness? Are you conscious? Do you have a self? Do you know who you are? Do you know what you are doing? Do you love? Do you know how to love? Are you loved? Do you hate? Do you read me? Come back. Repeat. Come back. Come back. Come back..."
A young man asked Socrates how he could get wisdom. Socrates replied, "Come with me." He took the lad to a river, pushed his head under water, held it there until he was gasping for air, and then released his head. When the lad regained his composure, Socrates asked him, "What did you desire most when you were under water?" "I wanted air", said the lad. "Did you think of anything else" asked Socrates. "Are you joking? How could I?" the lad remarked. Socrates smiled and said to him, "You wanted air so badly, you could think of nothing else. In a similar way if you want to attain wisdom earnestly, you will get it." - We attain our spiritual desire, we attain God, if we desire Him above all things in life.
Do we see God? - It's a matter of perspective!
A shoe company in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, sent two of its top salesmen to an African country to analyze its capital as a new market for shoes. The two men stepped out of the plane and as they went around, they saw that almost every person in sight was barefoot. One of the men was discouraged and sent a cable back to his company: "No one here wears shoes. No chance of a new market. Coming home." However, the other man saw the situation in a different light and cabled: "No one here wears shoes. Great opportunity! Double my first order!!
Henry Kissinger in his book Years of Upheaval narrates one incident that took place the night before President Nixon resigned. Kissinger was at home having dinner with his wife, Nancy, his children and columnist Joseph Alsop, when Nixon phoned and asked him to come right away to the White House. When Kissinger arrived, he found Nixon slouched in a brown chair. A thin beam of light from a small reading lamp fell on a yellow pad in his lap. The rest of the room was in shadows. The two talked about many things. Then about midnight, Kissinger got up to leave. Nixon escorted him to the elevator. Suddenly Nixon stepped just outside the door of the Lincoln bedroom. He asked Kissinger to kneel in prayer with him. Nixon recalls that both knelt. Kissinger does not recall if he knelt or not. He does recall, however, being "filled with a deep sense of awe" and not knowing "what to pray for." -The image of Kissinger kneeling in the darkness, filled with awe and not knowing what to pray for is a good image of many of us as we consider today's feast of the Holy Trinity. We too are filled with awe, but we don't know what to pray for or how to pray to the Trinity. But it does not matter, for the Spirit prays with us and in us and leads us to the Father.
"There are cathedrals famous for their stained-glass windows. Such windows looked at from the outside are not remarkable, but from inside -what a world of colours we see! The mystery of the Trinity may have something similar about it. It can be made into a cold abstract doctrine, instead of the glowing centre of our life. We are so small and weak on this earth of ours, this cradle of clay from which we look at the unreachable stars. But one day someone did come to open up men's horizons. His manner of acting had a quiet strength, like the light of a warm dawn overcoming darkness; his words had the power to lift men up and give them back their strength. For all that, rather than draw the forces of love he released to himself, he always directed them to his Father, from whom he held his very being. Those who lived with him and heard his word could not understand it straight off. When he disappeared from their sight, having loved them as no one else had done, they found they were not abandoned. An inner strength, his spirit guided them towards the complete truth of him whose path they had shared for a time. It was like an ongoing unveiling of the meaning of what he had said and done once for all - the discovery, as it were, before their eyes, of the Christian meaning of history and salvation. "
The Spirit comes to set us free...When I was growing up in the country, there was a man who used to come around from time to time buying hens. He would buy a hen, tie her legs with a bit of string, and throw her into the back of his donkey-drawn cart. One day he decided to give us local yokels a lesson in hen psychology! He took a penknife out of his pocket, reached into the cart, and snipped the twine tying the legs of one of the hens. I was convinced the hen would fly away, but I discovered that the man knew more about hens than I did! The hen was free, but she didn't know she was free, because all the other hens around her were not free! He was convinced that the only time the hen would fly away would be if he snipped the twine tying the legs of all the hens. In that case they would all fly away. It is so easy for any of us to forget that we are free, that we have the Spirit who leads us into all truth, and that the Spirit will set us free.
The Three HermitsLeo Tolstoy relates the folk-tale of 'The Three Hermits' current among the Russian villagers. A bishop visited a lonely island where three holy men were living for the salvation of their souls. All the three hermits were very old, past hundred years. For the most part they lived in silence, and spoke but little even to one another. "Tell me," said the Bishop, "what do you do to save your souls, and how do you serve God on this island?" The oldest one said, "We help each other and pray thus: "Three are You, Three are we, have mercy on us." And when the old hermit said this, all the three raised their eyes to heaven and repeated: "Three are You, Three are we, have mercy on us." The Bishop smiled and said, "You have evidently heard something about the Holy Spirit. But you do not pray aright. I will teach you to pray." He proceeded to explain to them how God had revealed himself as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He then began to teach them how to pray the Our Father and made them repeat it after him. But as the prayer progressed, they being old fumbled and could not repeat it completely. As it was getting late the bishop took leave from them and boarded ship but the old hermits followed him shouting, "We have forgotten your teaching. As long as we kept repeating we remembered it but when we stopped saying it for a time we have forgotten parts of it. Teach us again." The Bishop crossed himself and leaning over the ship said, "Your own prayer will reach the Lord, men of God. It is not for me to teach you. Pray for us sinners." And the Bishop bowed low before the old men; they turned and went back across the sea. And a light shone until daybreak on the spot where they were lost to sight.
In America in the 1860's, when covered wagons were heading west, the leaders always dreaded the fording of the River Platte. The current was so changeable in the broad, muddy stream that not even experienced scouts could tell where the pockets of quicksand and potholes lay. When an ox-team got stuck, the wagon was usually overturned, dumping family and possessions into the river. The difficulty was easily overcome. When a large number of wagons had arrived at the river, the Oxen from all of them were hitched together in a long line to pull each of the families across in turn. Even though one team in the long line floundered, there were always enough on sure footing to keep the wagon on the move.
Today's reading alludes to the kinds of sacrifices the ancient Jews offered and the use of blood. The blood used was a sign of the Israelites' 'covenant', a special word the Hebrews borrowed from others. As their neighbours used the word, it was a pact or contract, between unequal parties, like the king and his subjects, a landowner and his tenants; a pact freely entered into, binding perpetually, and sealed in blood. Moses is referring to the pact and covenant with God and this pact was sealed with a sacrifice, a religious act of worship offered to God alone. Moses splashed the blood on the altar of sacrifice, representing God and he splashed the remaining on the people, binding the two together. The people would honour the pact by agreeing to keep the commandments and being faithful to God, in return for his protection of them. Furthermore the people identified with the sacrifice by eating a portion of the victim being offered. Meal sharing was regarded as very sacred in antiquity. One did not sit down to eat with the enemy. But, by eating, one signified acceptance of, and respect for the person providing the meal.
Jesuit Ignacio Ellacuria of El Salvador, Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe of Poland, Sr. Rani Maria and Australian missionary Graham Staines murdered in north India, appear very diverse in their lifestyles, yet. little divided them in death. All these are martyrs who shed their blood that others might live. They represent modern 'bodies of Christ'. Today, celebrating the feast of the body and blood of Christ, we could reflect on the sacramental symbols of blood and body and our Christian calling. -Some years ago, Jesuit philosophers of Satya Nilayam in South India, formed a group called 'Blood Brothers' comprising of students who were willing to regularly donate blood. Indeed, we are all truly 'blood brothers and sisters' saved by the supreme sacrifice of our elder Blood Brother, Jesus. Moreover, Martyrs like Ellacuria, Kolbe, Staines and Rani Maria are but representatives of a long list of 'blood brothers and sisters' whose life was truly Eucharistic. May the Corpus Christi called 'Church' be ever willing to break itself and bleed in selfless service of society at large.
In today's gospel we have Mark's account of the Last Supper. Most of the gospel, the longest part, has to do with the preparation for the meal. This was no haphazard, hurried, get-together. It was planned to the last detail. It was a sacred event and deserved to be treated as such. This last meal was be celebrated in peace, to savor the gift that was being offered. Jesus was continuing something that had been going on as the Jews' way of offering worship and love to God and thanks for their deliverance since they left Egypt- the Paschal meal. Mindful of the sacredness of that meal, Jesus was careful to do in correct minute detail what had been prescribed. What He did in the Upper Room was, first of all, an adaptation of the Passover of the past. The Passover meal was also an anticipation of Jesus' offering of himself and a commemoration for the people of the future. In addition to being an adaptation of the past and an anticipation of the future, what Jesus did at the Passover was important for what he was doing now. "This is the blood of the covenant," he said. He was signing the covenant with his own blood which will be poured out for mankind.
A key event in the life of the Jews was their escape from Egypt and the anniversary for this milestone became the most significant festival in their religious calendar. It was steeped in traditional ritual requiring detailed preparations. So when Jesus sent the disciples to prepare for their Passover feast, it caused no surprise. But when he changed the traditional blessing over the bread and wine in order to give us his Body and Blood, The disciples must have been truly astounded and did not grasp the wonder of what he had done until the fullness of the Spirit came upon them. The feast of Corpus Christi is a reminder and a celebration of God's gift of himself to us and a pledge of eternal life and resurrection. This is our faith and our hope.
A modern theologian, Tad Guzie, in a book called Jesus and the Eucharist, begins his explanation of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist with a very simple but valuable distinction. He maintains that there are two questions to be asked in order to get to the fullness of any reality: the empirical question (what happened?) and the human question (What does it mean for human beings?). "A young man places a rose on a patch of ground outside the city limits on the third day of May every year." "A middle-aged woman eats one soft-boiled egg and one slice of protein-enriched bread, toasted and without butter, for breakfast daily for twenty years." These are clear statements about actual realities but, they can be banal and uninteresting. When we learn that the young man is placing the rose on the grave of his grandmother whose birthday was May 3, a woman who took him in when his parents deserted him, raised him by herself as a widow, then we see clearly why the human question is far more important than the empirical question. When we learn the breakfast-eater is a woman whom the doctors gave up on twenty years ago, a woman who has disciplined herself to ear exactly what will keep her delicate health in balance, a woman determined to continue her career as an activist social worker and willing to made any sacrifice necessary to do so, a woman who would be dead if she overate slightly then we see again why the question of meaning is enormously more significant than the question of simple fact. -Jesus Christ is really present in the bread and wine of the Eucharist. This is a fact of faith. But since the first great controversies of the ninth century about how Christ is present, we seem to have placed far too much emphasis on figuring out the fact and not really enough on its meaning.
For all of us there comes a last time for doing the litany of familiar things that we do always. There is the last time we see our family and friends; the last time we write a letter, hear a name spoken share a family meal. Perhaps it is a mercy that most of us don't know when the last time arrives, that we are never sure when our goodbyes have the accent of finality. Even the dying can still hope that they will feel again the comfort of human touch, will hear the blinds being drawn, will smell the promise of breakfast. There is always a crazy hope that there will be another time.- In today's Gospel Jesus prepares for the last time with his friends: he knows that the final moments are upon him. This is to be the last opportunity for him to share with his followers. Preparations are carefully made; the last meal must be celebrated in peace, to savour the gift that will be offered. The gift is a surprise. Jesus gives himself. Literally. "Take it, this is my body… This is my blood…" The close association that Jesus has had with his followers is about to come to an end. That fellowship will be renewed in full only in the kingdom of God, when they will all drink a new wine together. In the meantime, the followers of Jesus must gather to share a simple memorial meal. Until the fullness of the kingdom the sharing of that meal must satisfy their hunger for God, their longing for the presence of Jesus. The meal of fellowship has to be enough for them. As it has to be enough for us.
Leonardo da Vinci was 43 years old when the Duke of Milano asked him to paint the Last Supper. He worked on it slowly and with meticulous care to detail. He spent much time making the cup that Jesus held as beautiful as possible. After three years he was ready to show it, and he called a friend to come and see it. He said, "Look at it and give me your opinion." The friend said, "It is wonderful. The cup is so real I cannot take my eyes of it!" Immediately, Leonardo took a brush and drew it across the sparkling cup. He exclaimed as he did so: "Nothing shall detract from the figure of Christ!" Christ must be the primary focus of a Christian's life.
Like our Lord who gave himself fully to others, may we live and love to give!
Diagnosed with chronic kidney disease a year-and-a-half ago, 30-year-old Rasad Muhammad's hope of living had sunk with each passing day as a donor remained elusive. Until last month, when his saviour appeared suddenly — in the form of a Christian priest he had never met before.
Father Kidangathazhe Sebastian, 41, will donate one of his kidneys to Rasad so he can live. Preparations are under way, and the transplant surgery is likely to be performed next month.
February 25, 2013 was a unforgettable day for Rashad on which he met Father Sebastian in a bus to the hospital. Rasad had boarded a bus from Aluva to go to Kochi for his check-up. Fr Sebastian, who is associated with the Catholic Goodness TV, and who was then not wearing his cassock, was seated next to him.
"He looked very weak and burdened. He told me the story of his tragedy and his desperate search for a kidney donor," Fr Sebastian said. "I was seized of the pain of a life facing death. I made a cursory query about his blood group, which matched mine."
For the priest from Idukki, the fortuitous match held special significance. It signalled to him the end of his silent quest to practise what he had been preaching.
"Inspired by the story of Fr Davis Chiramel, who had donated one of his kidneys to a Hindu man in 2009, I had been longing to make the same sacrifice. Somewhere, I hoped, I would meet the deserving person. What mattered to me most was that the decision would save a life. I realised that the person seated beside me in the bus was the most deserving person,'' he said.
The following day, they went to the hospital to start the procedure for donation and transplant. The tests have been positive. "A few counseling sessions and a final nod from the medical board remain. In all probability, the transplant will take place within a month," said the priest.
The Lord's Supper ensures that we can remember Jesus from any place. Apollo 11 landed on the moon on Sunday, July 20, 1969. Most remember astronaut Neil Armstrong's first words as he stepped onto the moon's surface: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." But few know about the first meal eaten on the moon. Dennis Fisher reports that Buzz Aldrin, the NASA Astronaut had taken aboard the spacecraft a tiny pyx provided by his Catholic pastor. Aldrin sent a radio broadcast to Earth asking listeners to contemplate the events of the day and give thanks. Then, blacking out the broadcast for privacy, Aldrin read, "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit." Then, silently, he gave thanks for their successful journey to the moon and received Jesus in the Holy Eucharist surrendering moon to Jesus. Next he descended on the moon and walked on it with Neil Armstrong. (Dan Gulley: "Communion on the Moon": Our Daily Bread: June/July/August, 2007). His actions remind us that in the Lord's Supper, God's children can share the life of Jesus from any place on Earth — and even from the moon. God is everywhere, and our worship should reflect this reality. In Psalm 139 we are told that wherever we go, God is intimately present with us. Buzz Aldrin celebrated that experience on the surface of the moon. Thousands of miles from earth, he took time to commune with the One who created, redeemed, and established fellowship with him.
Hoxha was gone a few days later on April 11, 1985. Communist rule collapsed in Albania in 1992 and Christians and Muslims reopened their churches and mosques for worship. Finally the Lord of the Eucharist has ruled the hearts and minds of the people of Albania.
When push comes to that famous shove, it doesn't matter what Mother Teresa or you or I believe about the Eucharist. What does matter is what Christ Himself believes about it. For the answer one must go to the record.
Two hundred years ago, a beautiful young Episcopalian woman accompanied her husband, a merchant, to Italy, leaving four of their five children at home with family members. They had sailed for Italy hoping that perhaps the change in climate might help her husband, whose failing business had eventually affected his health adversely. Tragically he died in Liverno. The grieving young woman was warmly received by an Italian family, business acquaintances of her deceased husband. She stayed with them for three months before she could arrange to return to America. The young widow was very impressed by the catholic faith of her host family, especially their devotion to the holy Eucharist: their frequent attendance at Mass, the reverence with which they received Holy Communion, the awe they showed toward the Blessed Sacrament on feast days when the Eucharist was carried in procession. She found her broken heart healed by a hunger for this mysterious presence of the Lord, and, upon returning home, requested instruction in Catholic Faith. Soon after being received into the Church, she described her first reception of the Lord in the Eucharist as the happiest moment of her life. It was in St. Peter's Square on September 14, 1975, Pope Paul VI canonized this woman, Elizabeth Ann Seton, as the first native born saint of the Unites states. The Eucharist for her was a sign and cause of union with God and the Church.
The Eucharist, (the body and blood of Christ) teaches us the importance of community, the bond that results from this sacrifice. Just as numerous grains of wheat are pounded together to make the host, and many grapes are crushed together to make the wine, so we become unified in this sacrifice. Our Lord chose these elements in order to show us that we ought to be united with one another and to allow and work with the Holy Spirit in transforming us into Our Lord Jesus Christ. Christ is the head and we are the body. Together we are one. That which unites us is our willingness to sacrifice our time and talents for our fellow members in Christ's mystical body. This is symbolized by our sharing in the same bread and the same cup. Hence, Holy Communion should strengthen our sense of unity and love.
We have tarnished God's image within us through acts of impurity, injustice and disobedience. Hence, there is always need for repentance, and a need for the sacramental confession of grave sins before we receive Holy Communion. We should remember the warning given by St. Paul: "Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord. Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For all who eat and drink without discerning the body, eat and drink judgment against themselves." [1 Cor. 11:27-9]. Hence, let us receive Holy Communion with fervent love and respect -- not merely as a matter of routine. St. Paul is speaking also of the mystical body of Christ, i.e., the people of God gathered at the altar. Such a union, plainly, means that our outward piety towards the consecrated Bread and Wine cannot coexist with rudeness, unkindness, slander, cruelty, gossiping or any other breach of charity toward our brothers and sisters.
7. Let us become Christ-bearers and conveyers: By receiving Holy Communion we become Christ-bearers as Mary was, with the duty of conveying Christ to others at home and in the workplace, as love, mercy, forgiveness and humble and sacrificial service.
As we celebrate this great feast of faith, let us worship what St. Thomas Aquinas did not hesitate to call, "the greatest miracle that Christ ever worked on earth ...... my Body ........ my Blood". Before the greatness of this mystery, let us exclaim with St. Augustine, "O sacrament of devotion! O sign of unity! O bond of charity!" Let us also repeat St. Thomas Aquinas' prayer of devotion in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament: "O Sacrament most holy! O Sacrament divine! All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine!"
The former archbishop of San Francisco, John Quinn, loves to tell the story of the arrival of Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity to open their house in the city. Poor Archbishop Quinn had gone to great efforts to make sure that their convent was, while hardly opulent, quite comfortable. He recalls how Mother Teresa arrived and immediately ordered the carpets removed, the telephones, except for one, pulled out of the wall, the beds, except for the mattresses taken away, and on and on. Explained Mother Teresa to the baffled archbishop, "All we really need in our convent is the tabernacle" (Msgr. Timothy M Dolan in "Priests of the Third Millennium" 2000 p. 218).
Dominic Tang, the courageous Chinese archbishop, was imprisoned for twenty-one years for nothing more than his loyalty to Christ and Christ's one, true Church. After he had spent five years of solitary confinement in a windowless, damp cell, he was told by his jailers that he could leave it for a few hours to do whatever he wanted. Five years of solitary confinement and he had a couple of hours to do what he wanted! What would it be? A hot shower?A change of clothes? Certainly a long walk outside? A chance to call or write to family? What would it be, the jailer asked him. "I would like to say Mass," replied Archbishop Tang. [Msgr. Timothy M. Dolan, Priests of the Third Millennium (2000), p. 216]. The Vietnamese Jesuit, Joseph Nguyen-Cong Doan, who spent nine years in labor camps in Vietnam, relates how he was finally able to say Mass when a fellow priest-prisoner shared some of his own smuggled supplies. "That night, when the other prisoners were asleep, lying on the floor of my cell, I celebrated Mass with tears of joy. My altar was my blanket, my prison clothes my vestments. But I felt myself at the heart of humanity and of the whole of creation." (Ibid., p. 224). Today's feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus constantly calls us beyond ourselves to sacrificial love for others.


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BREAKING: Zimbabwe Top Banker burnt to death in his house
CEO of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency, Douglas Munatsi, has died. He was burnt by a fire that gutted his flat located at the corner of Fifth Street and Josiah Tongogara Avenue on Monday morning.
Police are still investigating the cause of the fire.
Investigative journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono expressed his sadness on the death of Munatsi through a Facebook post saying:
I am saddened to hear that Doug Munatsi has passed on in a fire tragedy.
He was one of the few people around President Mnangagwa who genuinely wanted to see Zimbabwe succeed, and at many times felt let down by his bosses.
We used to argue about politics but we remained cordial and respectful.
May his soul Rest In Peace!
He was the founding partner of DBF Capital Partners and previously the Group CEO of ABC Holdings, the parent company of BancABC. He was Managing Director of its predecessors, First Merchant Bank and Heritage Investment Bank (Heritage).
Doug founded Heritage in 1995. He later successfully negotiated Heritage's merger with First Merchant Bank Limited, then controlled by Anglo American Corporation. Prior to setting up Heritage, he was an executive with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank.
He held a Bachelor's degree in Business Studies from the University of Zimbabwe, a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from the American University of, Washington DC and completed the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Programme.
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are influencing, and (3) contingency theories that examine how those in leadership roles are influenced by their surrounding environment and the subsequent performance within specific contexts. Trait Theories, 1920s–1950s Over the years, researchers have examined the importance of a range of personality traits in predicting leadership success, although research on critical traits reached its heyday during the last century and has since declined in use and is more likely currently to be used in conjunction with other models of leadership. Trait researchers have had only limited success in connecting personality to performance despite the fact that research has evaluated the role of more than 40 different individual traits and personality characteristics (Landy & Conte, 2004). Robbins and Judge (2010) argue that the extant literature indicates that extraversion is the most common trait of successful leaders; however, as they speculate, extraverted individuals may be more likely to find themselves in leadership roles and to be involved in the types of activities necessary to make those in leadership roles successful. In other words, the trait itself may be less important than the activities that extraverted leaders are likely to choose and the behaviors that a person with that trait is likely to use when on the job (Judge, Bono, & Locke, 2000). Gender, along with other demographic traits, has also been studied extensively for its connection to leadership and performance as a leader. Gender is significantly associated with women's more limited mobility into health care leadership roles (Lantz, 2008) and lower incomes within those roles (Bradley, White, Anderson, Mattocks, & Pistell, 2000; Dey & Hill, 2007; Suter & Miller, 1973). This leads to the question of whether women exhibit different leadership styles and whether women's styles may be less effective, and consequently serve as a barrier to their achieving higher leadership within health organizations. Contrary to such expectations, women have very effective leadership styles. Some studies have found that women are more likely to use a transformational style of leadership that encourages intellectual stimulation of subordinates and that has been linked to higher performance in leadership roles (Eagly & Carli, 2007) Behavioral Theories, 1960s–1970s Leadership theories subsequently evolved into a much stronger focus on the behaviors that those in leadership roles both use consistently across situations and on the ways in which those behaviors can be taught to future leaders. A behavioral approach to leadership emphasizes the actions that the person in the leadership role takes on the job; these are readily observable by another party as well as teachable through both education and on-the-job training. Furthermore, behaviors can be more easily connected to the roles that leaders take within organizations. Some of the earliest studies to map leadership behaviors, coming from Ohio State University and the University of Michigan in the late 1940s, identified several
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The Oscars are one of the ultimate achievements for Hollywood's superstars, directors and pretty much anyone that works in the movie industry. Movies that are nominated for an Academy Award are often loved by the public, and if they weren't already a hit, they quickly become one. If a hotel, city, or country gets a cameo (or perhaps a starring role) in a nominated or winning film, it brings a focus to that location. Some people fall so deeply in love with a film that they are enticed to visit the area where that picture was created. Travel the world and check out some of the Oscar-Nominated hotels that have, over the years, captivated audiences and tourists alike.
The Masina Suite at The Dolder Grand
For two days, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" was filmed in Zurich at the The Dolder Grand. This hotel was originally built in 1899 but had a contemporary wing built back in 2008. While the hotel was featured in a suspenseful part of the movie with the lead actress Mara Rooney, the hotel was able to show off the lobby, some of the main hallways, the Masina Suite as well as its amazing exterior. This film was nominated for Film Editing which it won, as well as a Best Actress and three other awards. If you head to the stunning city of Zurich, The Dolder Grand promises 173 divine rooms with views of the city, lake and the alps. If you choose to stay in the actual Masina Suite, you'll be exposed to fabulous decor that was inspired by 1950's Italian glamour. Experience exceptional gourmet restaurants and a traditional spa with a modern twist that offers European and Japanese inspired treatments.
Hotel del Coronado in San Diego
Our next movie worthy hotel is iconic just to look at. The stunning Hotel del Coronado is located on the breathtaking beach in San Diego and was the backdrop for the classic film "Some Like It Hot" starring Marilyn Monroe. Because all of the exterior shots for the movie were filmed on the grounds of the Hotel del Coronado, it's facade is truly a cinematic superstar. While this film only won for Best Black and White Costume Design, it was nominated for several other noteworthy categories. Today this red roofed beauty welcomes guests to experience a true beach chic stay. Head here to find palm trees, pools and a lot of glamour.
The Panoramic Suite at Le Bristol in Paris
"Midnight is Paris" is a comedic time-traveling film directed by the great Woody Allen. With all of the impressive hotels located in Paris, the Hotel Le Bristol was selected to be center stage in this Best Original Screenplay winning movie. The luxury 188 room hotel presents classic decor with French flair. The hotel's gorgeous Panoramic Suite was showcased in every in-room scene for the film and this 1725 sq ft suite boasts Louis XVI furnishings with lavender and gold accents. The small terrace in the room provides a stunning view of the city and knowing you get to stay in a room where Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson once stood is pretty cool too.
The Pierre in New York City
The 1992 Al Pacino film, "Scent of a Woman" filmed the famous tango dance scene is this New York City hotel's Cotillion Room. The room was transformed into a restaurant for the film, but the elegant room is normally a ballroom. The Pierre, located on glamorous 5th Ave overlooking Central Park offers guests an enchanting and classic atmosphere. The Jiva spa will pamper you with ancient Indian treatments and the restaurants offer up world renowned innovative cuisine. This Oscar favorite was nominated in several categories but Al Pacino won for Best Actor with his portrayal of a blind and irritable colonel.
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Other notable hotels that made a small appearance are Cape Grace located in Cape Town, South Africa. This pink colored hotel was seen off in the distance during the 2006 movie "Blood Diamond". Shutters on the Beach is a famed hotel located in lovely Santa Monica and was utilized for it's charm and east coast feel. Although located most definitely on the west coast, the actors in the 2003 "Somethings Gotta Give" are seen eating dinner here with the portrayal that it was actually located in the Hamptons. Nice acting work for this alluring resort. And although it never actually made an appearance, the Ashford Castle housed the cast and crew for the 1952 John Wayne film, "The Quiet Man". This 13th century castle was allowed to show off a bit of the grounds for a scene in the film, but the phenomenal structure didn't make the cut.
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It was confirmed that a third subclass will be included in "Destiny 2."
After months of speculation, it has been confirmed that there will be a third subclass for Bungie's upcoming game sequel - "Destiny 2." The recently introduced open world destination of the game dubbed the European Dead Zone has brought in some hints that subclasses from "The Taken King" will be included in the game.
News about the returning subclasses came in as numerous gaming publications who attended this year's Gamescom in Germany released their European Dead Zone gameplay videos containing "TTK" hints.
These game outlets have discovered hints that the subclasses for the Stormcaller, Nightstalker, and Sunbreaker will be back in "Destiny 2." From the looks of it, these subclasses are likely to be obtained from the game's public event as most artifacts were obtained in that mode.
A player from Polygon featured a gameplay where a chest was unlocked and among the items that were obtained was an artifact for the Nightstalker known as the Fractured Arrow. Alongside the item was a message stating that the player "found an object with lost power."
Game Informer also found an artifact, but this time, the item was a Cracked Talisman that may well seem to have confirmed the presence of the Stormcaller. Just like the Nightstalker, it came with a message stating that the artifact is one of the keys to regain the player's lost power.
Lastly, an attendee of the event also tried the "EDZ" location and obtained a Sunbreaker Titan relic in the form of a Melted Hammer. Acquiring the item was a bit different from the first two as it seems that the player may have just picked it up on the ground from a random drop. The player even got a message "Your lost strength is returning to you. Return to the Shard in the EDZ to restore your Light."
Another proof that the subclass is making a comeback is a milestone in the game that reads "Arc Light Stirring" alongside the words "New Subclass." There was also a screenshot of an EDZ gameplay that indicated that the player is using the Stormcaller Warlock.
As "Destiny 2's" beta for PC draws near, Bungie announced that players may start pre-installing the game this August 25 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time provided that players availed the pre-order or got a code for it. Fans need to head on to Blizzard's Battle.net and follow the next steps in getting the game's beta version.


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Q: In access 2007, when you split the database into two files, can you tell it to look in the frontend directory for the backend file? I'm playing around with splitting access databases. It appears that each table contains a hard link to the backend file in the linked table manager.
But if I wanted to send the file pair to someone through email to look at, the hard links will break. Right now we're at separate offices just testing changes to the program. This isn't in production. I don't want them to get into the development mode and edit the linked table manager because it would be too hard.
Is there a way to tell access to simply look in the front end file's directory for the backend file? Is there a way to force a prompt on the front end to let them choose the location of the backend file?
Thanks!

A: The simple solution is to on startup check if the table link(s) point to the current directory, and if not, then you run re-link code. That way the pair of files will work if you move the pair to a different folder or re-name the folder.
The above is a common setup and EVEN recommend for single user applications that SHOULD be split and benefit by being split.
So on startup, check the path of a linked table. I use the following code to return the path of currently linked tables.
Function strBackEndPath() As String

   ' returns the path name to the back end
   ' and includes tralinig \

   Dim mytables As TableDef

   Dim strTempBack As String
   Dim strFullPath As String
   strFullPath = ""

   For Each mytables In CurrentDb.TableDefs
      If Left(mytables.Connect, 10) = ";DATABASE=" Then
         strFullPath = Mid(mytables.Connect, 11)
         Exit For
      End If
    Next mytables

    strBackEndPath = Left(strFullPath, InStrRev(strFullPath, "\"))

End Function

With above, then on startup I can go:
If CurrentProject.path & "\" <> strBackEndPath Then

   ' call re-link code

End If

And there are TONS of re-link code examples floating around but here is a link to some re-linking code.
http://access.mvps.org/access/tables/tbl0009.htm
Thus if the links don't point to the back end database in the same folder, then re-linking will ONLY occur once and after that only the above "test" to ensure that front end and back end are are linked.
If the folder is renamed or as noted a user moves the files to a different location then again the re-link will occur.

A: Right-click on the front-end tables and select Linked Table Manager. From there, you can browse for the location of the back-end tables


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