who helped make it a success!
Please join us at 1:00 pm this Sunday, September 9th to remind Macy's, Chicago, Wall Street--indeed the whole world--that Chicago overwhelmingly STILL wants the return of its iconic MARSHALL FIELD & COMPANY to STATE STREET and more.
It has been almost six years since that very sad day in Chicago history when, despite wide local and international outcry, Chicago's international icon, Marshall Field & Company, became another of over 800 Macy's stores.
Even after six years, Marshall Field's is STILL, by far, Chicago's best-known international brand, unmatched by any other Chicago name. On September 9th, we will celebrate Marshall Field's amazing 154-year history. Moreover, we will demonstrate support for a reborn Marshall Field's on State Street as Chicago's priceless emporium and international brand with immense potential for the 21st century.
We need YOU to come out to State and Washington Streets at 1:00 pm on Sunday, September 9, 2012, to make the message even clearer to Macy's: Chicago wants its Marshall Field's!


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What Is Cash App and Is It Actually Worth Downloading?
Author: Stephanie
| Updated December 29, 2022
What Is Cash App and Is It Actually W...
Move over, Venmo, there's a new money transfer app in town and it's called Cash App. Aptly named, right? It's another P2P (that's peer-to-peer) mobile payment service designed to make transferring money via one's phone as easy as possible. There's been an uptick in users in the past few years with its parent company, Block Inc, reporting its market value as $117.4 billion in 2021. Impressive numbers, sure, but with all the PayPals (which also owns Venmo), Zelles, Apple Pays, and Google Pays out there, you may be wondering what Cash App is and if it's worth downloading.
We're going to walk you through the app's bells and whistles, as well as its flaws, so you can make that decision for yourself. Your phone is already swamped with stuff as it is, to add a new app it better be pretty special.
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Cash App: The Breakdown
Cash App is owned by Block Inc formerly known as Square Inc. The company also owns AfterPay, which is a buy-now-pay-later service, and the web platform Weebly.
As a peer-to-peer payment service, app users can send monetary transfers to one another. Unlike some other mobile transfer apps, it's free to send and receive everything from money and stocks to Bitcoin within the Cash App. It's also free to download.
Cash App has been around since 2013 but only recently gained traction. In 2021 they reported having more than 70 million annual users make monetary transactions. Though it has limited features for users under 18, the platform is available to anyone over the age of 13.
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Here's how you can use it.
Like most money transfer apps, Cash App allows users to send and receive money in a matter of minutes. Keep in mind, though, that standard deposits arrive in one to three business days and instant deposits are subject to a 0.5% to 1.75% fee. So you're gonna have to pony up if you want that money delivered in seconds.
To use the Cash App:
Hit the "$" for the main screen
Enter how much money you want to send or request from someone else
Tap "Request" or "Pay," then search for the other person using a $Cashtag, phone number, or email address
Tap "Request" or "Pay" to complete
Like Venmo, you also have the option to write a message to the person you're paying or requesting money from. The recipient — whether that's you or someone else — is the only person part of the transaction who can choose how fast the transfer goes through (either standard or instant).
That means if you're sending someone else money and they choose to do an instant deposit, you, the sender, aren't responsible for that fee. Only the recipient pays for instant deposit fees.
Their family account options set Cash App apart from its peers.
Whether you don't have cash on hand or you need to split your rent with a roommate, these are just two popular reasons why users might choose Cash App.
According to Investopedia, many other common monetary transfer apps aren't yet available for anyone under the age of 18. As of this writing, a user has to be 18 to access Venmo, PayPal, and Zelle, while Cash App offers Family Account options (more on that below).
This particular app enables direct deposit and Automated Clearing House Network (ACH) payments — a type of e-payment that transfers money between bank accounts. But it also offers options for anyone interested in using the app to invest, trade stocks, or purchase cryptocurrency.
Someone in need of a debit card might also find Cash App alluring, as they have the Cash Card, its in-house debit card that pays for purchases from the app's balance. The Cash Card can also be added to an Apple Wallet or Google Pay.
Yes, there are some disadvantages.
Like all digital banking and apps that require personal information, there is inherent risk in being able to access your money online, and Cash App is no different.
One criticism of the app is that the company charges a $2 fee per Cash Card transaction at an ATM. You may still be subject to an additional fee from the ATM itself, although it's worth noting that most banks and ATMs will charge anywhere from $1.50 to $10 for an ATM transaction. With that being said, Cash App's $2 fee certainly is not unique (nor on the higher end of the spectrum).
However, the app will reimburse you for ATM fees (even third-party ones) up to three withdrawals per 31 days and up to $21 in fees.
The Cash Card has withdrawal limits, which include $310 per transaction, $1,000 in a 24-hour period, and $1,000 in a 7-day period.
Other disadvantages of Cash App include that it does not (yet) work internationally (Venmo, PayPal, and Zelle do), and it offers a low early limit (only $1,000) for the first 30 days of use. Additionally, it doesn't guarantee Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) coverage for every transaction.
Users with a Cash Card can, in fact, rest assured that their in-app account balance is covered by FDIC insurance for up to $250,000. However, this doesn't protect fraud, only bank failure, like your bank going out of business. It doesn't protect investment or Bitcoin balances.
It may be free to sign up, but the app is making plenty of money.
The app doesn't require a fee during sign-up and also offers free transactions. So how on earth does the company make money?
Cash App makes the bulk of its money by charging businesses to use the app, taking 2.75% per transaction. This is applicable to both peer-to-peer payments from a customer to a business, as well as use of a Cash Card to pay a business.
This gives them the freedom to offer the service free for most peer-to-peer features, although those instant deposit fees also go to the company (usually about 0.5 to 1.75% of the transaction).
Peer-to-peer transactions sent from a credit card are also subject to a 3% fee, so that's another way they rake in the dough.
Teens can use Cash App, with some caveats.
Cash App has many different features, including money transfer, investment options, and paying and trading Bitcoin. Those are features only available to users 18+. While teenagers can use Cash App, anyone ages 13 to 17 needs approval from a parent or guardian under the tier of Cash App's Family Accounts.
Parents are basically signing off on a teen's ability to use direct deposit, peer-to-peer transactions, and the Cash Card.
But even with a parent or guardian's approval, minors cannot technically own their account, so parents/guardians take on the responsibility of legal ownership.
Once a teen downloads the app, they can send a request for approval directly to their parent and/or guardian. In order to send the request:
Hit the profile icon inside the Cash App home screen
Open the Family Accounts tab and click on "I'm a teen"
Enter your personal information
Tap "request approval"
Search for your parent or guardian's information — like name, $Cashtag, phone number or email), then tap "send" in the top right corner
Alternatively, parents can invite their teen to the app, following these steps:
Open the Family Accounts tab and click "Invite a teen"
Follow the prompts to share the invite request
Now, to confirm a request:
Hit the Activity icon on the Cash App home screen
Tap "Request for Approval" then "View"
Cash App will prompt you to review the terms and conditions, then you can click "Approve"
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Jon Stewart is shocked Oklahoma finally accepted scientific evidence that fracking causes earthquakes
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Human activity isn't just warming the planet. We're also causing earthquakes, and have been for decades.
Scientific evidence points to fracking as the cause of dramatically more frequent earthquakes in Oklahoma and other high fracking areas of the US, including Texas.
The state is having an average of 2.5 earthquakes of at least magnitude 3 every day, when it used to average only 1.5 a year.
It isn't the fracking that actually causes the earthquakes, but the disposal of the wastewater created during the process. Fracking companies pump this dirty water into the earth in a place with deep underground faults, so it doesn't return to the surface. The theory is that this activity on the fault line lubricates Earth's plates where they rub against each other, allowing them to move more freely, causing more frequent earthquakes.
While these quakes aren't happening at the exact time that companies are pumping liquid into faults, researchers have been studying the link between the two and are fairly certain they are connected.
"The picture is very clear" that this water can cause faults to move, USGS geophysicist William Ellsworth told the AP.
"The real earthquake"
Fracking is big business for Oklahoma — somewhere between 15% and 20% of all jobs in Oklahoma are related to fracking according to Energy Wire and Bloomberg. Perhaps, then, it doesn't come as a surprise that state officials have only recently admitted the connection between fracking and the state's increased seismic activity.
It also shouldn't surprise that Jon Stewart goes to town with this juxtaposition of science and special interests on The Daily Show.
After laying out the data about Oklahoma's earthquakes using recent news reports, Stewart shows a clip of Oklahoma's governor, Mary Fallin, questioning whether the increase in earthquakes is man-made or natural.
Stewart paraphrases her: "Is it, as common sense might suggest, the seemingly obvious connection to fracking, or is the Lord using our great state as a shake weight?"
As well as common sense, scientific evidence suggests the former. In a surprise move, the state of Oklahoma has at last gotten on board and accepted the evidence, according to the next news clip played on the Daily Show.
"That right there is the real earthquake," Stewart quipped in mock astonishment.
Jon Stewart reacts to Oklahoma accepting scientific evidence.
Despite that admission that oil and gas drilling operations are causing earthquakes, the Oklahoma House of Representatives turned right around and approved a bill to prevent cities and towns from regulating those oil and natural gas drilling operations, the next clip on the show reports.
Jon Stewart is all incredulous scorn at that decision.
"You finally admit that fracking has turned your state into one giant Brookstone massage chair, and your first response is to ensure that no one can ever stop it," he says to the state of Oklahoma. "Why?"
A news clip of University of Washington seismologist John Vidale answers. Vidale says current practice is the cheapest option, "and it works well, except for the earthquakes and the contamination of groundwater."
Not negligible exclusions, Jon Stewart seems to think.
Jon Stewart's face says it all.
Watch the whole video here, courtesy of Comedy Central. The full video includes Stewart's remarks on Earth Day and "Dunk," the NSA's new recycling education mascot who encourages kids to dig through their school's trash to find things to recycle.
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Thomas role on 49ers DL will expand, GM Lynch believes – NBCSports.com
The 49ers haven't exactly gotten their return on investment with former No. 3 overall draft pick Solomon Thomas.
But the team is hoping more playing time will help the 2017 first-round draft pick reach his potential.
The 49ers are going to need the defensive lineman to step up in 2020 to help fill the void left when they traded DeForest Buckner to the Indianapolis Colts.
"Solomon Thomas is a guy that we felt played well last year in a role," general manager John Lynch said during a conference call with reporters Monday. "We think that role will expand."
After starting 25 total games over his first two seasons, Thomas played in all 16 games last season but started just three of them. The 24-year-old has six total sacks in his first three seasons.
Thomas' snap count went down from 62 percent and 60 percent those first two seasons to 41 percent in 2019, according to Pro Football Reference.
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Thomas isn't the only player Lynch and the 49ers are counting on.
"Obviously D.J. Jones is a guy that we're extremely excited about," Lynch said. "Unfortunately, had the high ankle sprain that sent him to IR and we weren't able to make our playoff push and run with him, so we're extremely excited. He's working extremely hard about having him back.
"Kevin Givens and Jullian Taylor, Kentavius Street, all those guys had some form or fashion of injuries, but that's kind of the group we're working with. We looked at some things during free agency. Nothing really came to fruition. So, that's the group there. We'll see where that goes, but that's who we're working with at this point."
[RELATED: Lynch says Buckner trade was 'toughest' move]
The 49ers could add a defensive lineman to the mix during this week's NFL draft, but considering they have bigger needs, the guys they have might be the group that shows up if/when training camp starts.
For Thomas, this might be the chance he needs to prove himself.
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Good morning and happy rainy Monday. Admittedly, I skipped watching the Golden Globes last night since I only saw a couple of the movies. But, Oprah's speech certainly was the moment of the night and it was great to see Lady Bird director Greta Gerwig thank the people of Sacramento for giving her "roots and wings to get [her] where she is today."
STEYER: At a talk in Washington, D.C., billionaire activist Tom Steyer announced this morning they he will not run for U.S. Senate or governor in 2018, but instead will spend up to $30 million to try to flip congressional races to help Democrats take back the House, with a focus on increasing the youth vote.
U.S. SENATE: McClatchy's Emily Cadei asks whether Dianne Feinstein is too old to run for re-election.
[A]s she gears up for a race that would keep her in office until the age of 91, Feinstein's biggest challenge may be to prove to voters that she hasn't lost a step – or lost touch with Californians' values.
Feinstein's main challenger, state Senate President Kevin de León, and his allies are trying their best to sow doubts about the latter, while insisting they are not going after the senator's age. It requires walking a tricky rhetorical tightrope.
GOV: The LAT's Phil Willon reports that the race for governor will likely be decided in Los Angeles County, while the Bee's Christopher Cadelago offers five things you need to know about Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The election will be decided here, where 1 in 4 of the state's voters live. It's diverse, sprawling, expensive to advertise in and voters often don't show up, especially compared with the Bay Area. That's why anyone hoping to topple Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has to win the county.
For two hometown Democratic candidates especially — former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and state Treasurer John Chiang of Torrance — doing well in L.A. County is essential. Yet this overwhelmingly Democratic stronghold continually bedevils even the most adept campaigns.
Also on the gubernatorial race front, the LAT's Seema Mehta reports that San Diego businessman John Cox (R) plans to add $1 million to the $3 million he has already spent/loaned of his own money to keep pace with recent race entrant Doug Ose (R).
BLAST FROM THE PAST: You may have noticed that I added Suzi Park Leggett (D) to the candidates challenging Congressman Ed Royce in CA39 (Fullerton) yesterday. Longtime California politicos may recognize the name. Her late husband Robert Leggett served in the House from Vallejo between 1963 and 1978 and passed in 1997. The could wed in 1981 after Robert was done in the House. Park Leggett, a Korean-American, was a former congressional staff member and socialite.
After Robert had left the House, she and Robert were implicated in "Koreagate" with allegations that members of Congress were receiving bribes from the Korean CIA, coordinated by Suzi Park Thompson at the time, as South Korea sought to keep American troops in south of the DMZ. She was granted immunity for testifying, reported the LA Times at the time. Congressman Richard Hanna served a year in prison for accepting $250,000 from a South Korean businessman.
The entrance of Park Leggett in the race was a surprise. She doesn't live in the district (not that it's required), but rather than the adjacent Garden Grove. Few people had her on the political radar and some are going to the extent of suggesting that the 72-year-old was talked into running by another candidate.
It's bad news for pediatrician Mai-Khanh Tran, a fellow Democrat with an interesting personal story--a Vietnamese immigrant who went on to Harvard and Dartmouth/Brown medical school. Until this weekend, she was the only female in a race with nine men. Tran started with a significant personal loan of $200,000 and raised an additional $412,467 through September 30.
However, her fundraising is dwarfed by personal spending by Gilbert Cisneros and Andy Thorburn and the fundraising ability of Congressman Royce. Still, in a year that might be a big opportunity for women and health care to certainly to be a major issue, Tran is still in it. Additionally, the recall election for SD29 is likely to be on the day of the statewide primary and a leading Republican seeking to replace Josh Newman is former Assemblymember Ling-Ling Chang--something that could drive up Asian turnout in the overlapping district.
SD29 (Fullerton): In the recall election of Newman, in addition to former Assemblymember Chang, Fullerton City Council member Bruce Whitaker is also planning to run.
POT: The AP's Paul Elias writes that the initial shock by the burgeoning marijuana industry by the announcement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the Department of Justice will crack down on recreational marijuana sales in states that have legalized it, industry leaders are now largely shrugging it off. The announcement by Sessions reverses an Obama-era policy that looked the other way for state-level legal operations.
FROM THE DESK OF THE DEAN: George Skelton writes in the Times that, while it sounds silly, Kevin de León's legislation to allow California taxpayers to "donate" to a state government fund, the idea is worth exploring. The bill has been introduced as SB 227 and will be heard in Senate Governance and Finance on Wednesday, coincidentally at the same time as the governor unveils his 2018-19 proposed budget.
I recently wrote that the idea was cockamamie. Then last week, it was actually introduced as legislation by state Senate leader Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles).
On second thought, maybe the concept isn't so screwy. And even if it is, given the pugnacious, polarized time we're caught in, it's probably a justifiable tax dodge in an effort to defend millions of California taxpayers from President Trump and the Republican Congress.
It fits snugly with the current shoot-first, ask-questions-later political climate.
Meanwhile, for CALmatters, Dan Walters writes that he isn't as sold on the idea, while Joel Fox writes "The bill is creating a way to collect money for the state, not appropriate money. Whether that is accomplished via a tax levy or a donation, the IRS will take note."
On another battlefront with the Trump administration, the Bee's Taryn Luna reports on the dueling legislation by Senators Kevin de León (SB 460) and Scott Wiener (SB 822) to require internet service providers to observe net neutrality in California. SB 460 is being heard Thursday in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications.
With the news of President Trump's of the planned end of temporary protected status (TPS) for Salvadorans, the scramble is on to determine the impact in California. There are 49,100 from El Salvador under TPS in California, according to the Center for Migration Studies. TPS was granted after the country was hit by two powerful earthquakes in January and February 2001 following years of civil war.
President Trump plans on making his first visit to California since his election after the State of the Union, reports Rebeca Savransky for The Hill. He'll be visiting the prototype border walls outside of San Diego.
DIFFERENT WORLDS: In the Times, Liam Dillon reports on the aversion to development in Marin County and the resulting segregation.
When a Los Angeles-based nonprofit examined demographic data on wealth, education, criminal justice and other issues, it found that Marin is home to the largest inequities between racial groups of any county in California. Disparities in homeownership rates and housing costs between whites and blacks and Latinos were a predominant factor leading to Marin's ranking.
Marin residents' resistance to development exasperates low-income housing advocates, who say the opposition from locals is antithetical to their professed values. The county, while predominantly wealthy and white, is also one of California's most liberal: Almost 80% of voters there chose Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
REAL ID: The Bee's Tony Bizjak reports on the implementation of the new federal ID requirements by the DMV.
ASK A MEXICAN: For the NYT, Jennifer Media reports that former OC Weekly columnist and editor-in-chief Gustavo Arellano has landed at the Los Angeles Times, writing a weekly opinion column. The writer and author of the "Ask a Mexican" and "Taco USA" books left OC Weekly last year after balking at ordered cuts across the newsroom.
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He didn't speak Spanish, but he understood the essential words the foreman barked out: "Puro amarillo." And "rapido, rapido!" Quickly, Flores picked only yellow melons and flung them onto a moving platform.
More than $160,000 has been pledged to an online fundraising campaign started by a Bay Area tech company executive to help a Roy Moore accuser whose Alabama home burned down in a case of suspected arson.
Winfrey has conspicuously leaned into the idea of running for president. Sunday sure seemed like a test run.
If Dave Phinney has his way, Mare Island, once the largest naval base west of the Mississippi River, may soon become the Bay Area's newest adult playground.
Donald Trump is out of step with California on immigration, guns and the environment, and he's making his uphill fight to win the state in November an even steeper climb by stressing his stands on those issues as he campaigns ahead of Tuesday's primary.
As for Trump and Corker, people familiar with their relationship said they have spoken on the phone several times in recent weeks, as CNN reported earlier Monday, including about tax reform.
An ad aimed at discouraging drivers from getting behind the wheel under the influence of marijuana was removed by California officials after critics said it promoted use of the drug. The 30-second video, part of the "DUI Doesn't Just Mean Booze" campaign by the California Office of Traffic Safety, starts with a montage of people listing off reasons why they use cannabis — before assuring that they never drive while intoxicated. "OK, I love it," one man says of marijuana, smiling and looking into the camera. Rhonda Craft, director of the Office of Traffic Safety, said in a statement, "We are cognizant and share the concerns expressed over certain elements of our most recent ads.
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Few cities can lay claim to an island smack bang in the centre of their bays and San Sebastián is one of them. Enjoy its tiny beach with views of the city, a stroll to the singular lighthouse building, the paths with their picnic areas or a coffee sitting in the sun outside a bar. Close to the bay's beaches, it is also possible to swim out there all year round.
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Ondarreta is the point of departure for swimming the half-kilometre crossing to Santa Clara Island. The journey is a real adventure which many parents do together with their kids. There are several platforms at the halfway point (the famous 'gabarrones') withtrampolines and slides, where you can have a rest.
The island, declared to be a Historical National Interest Site 40 years ago, has bars, restaurants and life guards in the summer so you can swim off the jetty or the beach or in its hidden nooks. A boat service runs to and from the Island at Easter and from 1st June to 30th September.
A few intriguing facts about Santa Clara Island
When the plague ravaged the city in 1597, infected people were moved to the Santa Clara Island chapel. The Santa Clara chapel previously stood on the current site of the lighthouse.
The island is home to the San Sebastian Iberian wall lizard or the Santa Clara Island lizard (Podarcis hispanicus sebastiani), an endemic subspecies only found on Santa Clara Island and on Mount Urgull.
The island has its own celebration. At the end of summer, September sees a meal organised by an association of friends of the island, along with competitions, characters with oversized heads... A great atmosphere is guaranteed!


If you ask most serious collectors when they first started collecting coins, you will often get the same answer, "When I was a kid". People can easily go back in their minds to a time when they were young, reading and studying coins books, organizing their collections, and making lists of the must have coins to be added to their collection. We hear greatly romantisized stories of sitting for hours under a light, into the wee hours of the night, fiddling with coins. Coin collections can be associated with a special person, perhaps a mother or a father who also shared the same passion. Coin collecting has bridged the gap of many a relationship. The passion of coin collecting has been around since coins themselves. People have always loved to collect. If you think about it, what was there to do after the sun went down in mid century. The advancement of the television did occupy the minds of people, but prior to that people found other things to do, and coin collecting was one of those things.


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UpCircle sails past £300,000 crowdfunding target
By Julia Wray 18-Aug-2022
The upcycled beauty company aims to increase its product range and expand its reach
Upcycled British beauty brand UpCircle has launched a crowdfunding initiative via investment platform Crowdcube, the company's first since 2018.
According to UpCircle, the £300,000 target has been exceeded with 19 days still to go, with a current 856 investors.
The natural and plastic-negative brand intends to channel the funding towards increasing its product range and expanding its reach.
Share price starts from £1.62 and the indie company is valued at £18m.
Interested parties are encouraged to sign up for a Crowdcube account to invest.
UpCircle is far from the only brand in the cosmetics space to harness people power to take its ambitions to the next level.
Tisserand, Bee Good, Reswirl, Beauty Cleanse and Réduit are just some of the beauty names to turn to the likes of Kickstarter and Crowdcube to raise funds and put themselves in front of a new audience.


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Day 9 – St. Jude Novena
Most holy St. Jude – apostle, martyr and friend of Jesus, today I ask that you pray for me and my intentions!
(State your intentions here)
You are the patron of the impossible. Pray for me and my intentions! O St. Jude, pray that God's grace and mercy will cover my intentions. Pray for the impossible if it is God's will.
Pray that I may have the grace to accept God's holy will even if it is painful and difficult for me.
St. Jude, pray for me that I will not lose faith.
O St. Jude, pray for me that I may grow in faith, hope and love and in the grace of Jesus Christ. Pray for these intentions, but most of all pray that I may join you in heaven with God for all eternity.
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Most holy St. Jude – apostle, martyr and friend of Jesus, today I ask that you pray for me and my intentions! (State your intentions here)
St. Jude, pray for me that I will not lose hope.
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Jesus, King of all Nations
The Journal contains the revelations of Jesus King of All Nations received by two American women. The Devotion is derived from Sacred Scripture and from revelations received by two American women from 1988 to 2017. The Devotion is consistent with Scripture, Tradition and the Teaching Authority of the Church. It has been granted the Nihil Obstat that is a declaration by the Church that the Devotion is free of doctrinal and moral error.
Jesus said,
"I have come to entrust to you a message of great importance for the world. I tell you the days are coming when mankind will cry out to me for mercy. I tell you, My child, only one thing will be given as a remedy. I Myself AM that remedy! Let souls give devotion to Me through My Most Holy Mother, who mediates to Me on their behalf, as 'Jesus King of All Nations' .
This image is a sign that I rule Heaven and earth, and my Kingdom, my reign is near at hand. Give this image to mankind as a source of graces and peace. My Most Holy Mother is preparing the great triumph. The Triumph of her Immaculate Heart ushers in the Reign of My Love and Mercy. This image, My child, must become known. Tremendous will be the miracles of grace that I will work through this image and Devotion of Mine.
The great storm of cleansing that shall bring about the correction of the conscience of mankind has begun…. Seek My great Mercy while there is yet time. Terror will fall upon this world while consciences sleep….
Violence, wars and hatred will grow yet greater until finally mankind will bring upon himself a great punishment, then will follow the chastisement that will fall directly from Heaven. Heed my warnings oh my people. Turn from your sinful ways at last before it is truly too late….
You see the great seriousness of these times. The very downfall of society and of the moral order; the corruption within My very Church are themselves great signs of the authenticity of My devotion and My messages….
Take up My devotion of Jesus, King of All Nations for in its practice you shall find for yourselves a haven of Grace, Mercy and Protection. Enthrone this My image everywhere for I shall be powerfully present there and the Power of My Sovereign Kingship shall surely shield you from My Just Judgement….
Take heart and realize that your lives of love and prayer are not in vain. Indeed, they are helping to save the world and to restore it to the beauty with which its Creator endowed it….
A great renewal of My Holy Church, of mankind and indeed of all creation will follow the cleansing action of My Justice….
Do not lose hope my children. Though it seems all is lost it is not so…."
This is the Journal of the "Secretary" of the Jesus King of All Nations Devotion. The Devotion is derived from Sacred Scripture and from revelations received by two American women from 1988. The Devotion is consistent with Scripture, Tradition and the Teaching Authority of the Church. It has been granted the Nihil Obstat which is a declaration by the Church that the Devotion is free of doctrinal and moral error. Jesus said, "I have come to entrust to you a message of great importance for the world. I tell you the days are coming when mankind will cry out to me for mercy. I tell you, My child, only one thing will be given as a remedy. I Myself AM that remedy! Let souls give devotion to Me through My Most Holy Mother, who mediates to Me on their behalf, as 'Jesus King of All Nations'. "This image is a sign that I rule Heaven and earth, and my Kingdom, my reign is near at hand. Give this image to mankind as a source of graces and peace. My Most Holy Mother is preparing the great triumph. The triumph of her Immaculate Heart ushers in the Reign of My Love and Mercy. This image, My child, must become known. Tremendous will be the miracles of grace that I will work through this image and Devotion of Mine."
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St. Jude, pray that I may know God's will in my life.
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Living Fatima: Beyond the 100th anniversary
Mother Olga Yaqob | Oct 21, 2017
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The centennial of the most dramatic of Marian apparitions has passed, but there is much for us to learn and to ponder, still.
On October 13, 2017, the universal Catholic Church celebrated the closing of the Centenary of the Fátima Apparitions. In the six months previous to it, we remembered and contemplated the messages of Our Lady of Fátima that she gave to the world through the three shepherds of Fátima, St. Jacinta, St. Francisco, and the Servant of God Sister Lucia, in 1917.
Like a good Mother, the Church has blessed her children by commemorating special jubilee years and anniversaries of Marian apparitions: in 2002, Saint John Paul II announced the Year of the Holy Rosary. In 2008, 2009, and 2012 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI announced the Year of St. Paul, the Year of Priests, and the Year of Faith, respectively. Famously, Pope Francis announced the Year of Consecrated Life in 2015 and the Year of Mercy in 2016.
These special jubilee years are an invitation for the faithful to enter deeper into the mysteries of our faith and to embrace our universal call to holiness regardless of our age, stage of life and vocation.
The end of a jubilee year doesn't mean we stop the journey we have been on; we are meant to continue to ponder these themes. It is the same with the centennial of the Fátima's Apparitions; as the centennial concludes, we are called to continue the journey of contemplating and living out the messages that the Lord, through His Holy Mother, sent to us through the young visionaries.
One very specific theme of Our Lady's — in all her apparitions, but especially in Fátima — is the need for daily prayer. The Blessed Virgin Mary has called the whole Church to a deeper relationship with her Son in this way.
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In all the 6 months of her apparitions in Fátima, she repeated the same request to pray, pray the Rosary, and pray it daily.
On May 13, she said, "I want you to continue saying the Rosary every day."
On June 13, "I want you to come here on the 13th of next month and I want you to continue saying the Rosary every day."
On July 13, "Continue to say the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of Rosary, to obtain the peace of the world and the end of war, because only she can obtain it."
On August 19, Our Lady said to the little St. Francisco, "Continue to say the Rosary every day, and in the last month (October) I will perform a miracle so that all may believe."
On September 13, "Continue the Rosary, my children. Say it every day that the war may end."
On October 13, Our Lady said, "I want you to continue saying the Rosary every day. The war will end soon and the soldiers will return to their home."
In one way, we are living 100 years after Our Lady's apparitions in Fátima, yet in many other ways, it doesn't seem any different than 1917. The world today has similar struggles but with newer challenges; many wars in so many parts of the world, brokenness in family life and marriages, the loss of faith in the lives of so many baptized Christians who lack good soil for their growth.
And the world needs peace, not only for an end of war, but also to overcome the inner war that so many souls struggle with. Today more than ever, families are in need of prayers for healing and protection. Today more than ever, every human heart is in need for deeper conversion.
Our Lord Jesus, from the Cross, entrusted us to His Holy Mother, through St. John the Apostle. As an expression of her motherly heart, Our Lady called the three little visionaries in Fátima "my children." As children of this Heavenly Mother, we run to the fragrance of her Immaculate Heart by keeping her Rosary close to our heart and in our hands.
Through her intercession she takes us to Jesus for she knows the way to His Heart. As St. Louis de Montfort said, "Mary is the safest, the easiest, the shortest and most perfect way of approaching Jesus." Just recently, Pope Francis urged us sternly to "never abandon the Rosary."
Throughout St. John Paul's encyclical, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, we learn that by praying the Rosary we remember Christ with Mary; we contemplate Christ with Mary; we learn Christ from Mary; we pray to Christ with Mary; we become conformed to Christ with Mary, and we proclaim Christ with Mary.
"With the Rosary, the Church sits at the school of Mary and is led to contemplate the beauty on the face of Christ and to experience the depths of His love.
By faithfulness to our daily prayer and closeness to Our Lady, we will come to witness the triumph of her Immaculate Heart in all the difficulties of our lives, as she promised at Fátima.
May our prayers and contemplation beyond the 100th Anniversary of Fátima's Apparitions be as a spiritual stimulus for greater outpouring of grace for conversion of hearts and peace in the world.
Encountering Jesus through Mary, together, as Church
St. Jude, you sacrificed for the Kingdom of God, pray that I may sacrifice like you.
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Day 4 - St. Jude Novena
St. Jude, you are known for answering lost causes, pray for my most impossible needs.
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St. Jude, you labored for years, pray that I may have patience in my struggles.
St. Jude, pray that I may have your zeal to preach the Gospel.
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St. Jude, you loved our Lord, help me to love Him more.
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Daily Mass Readings & Homily 10/17/17
There is one problem with legalizing marijuana in New Jersey, and it's massive
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There is no reliable way to test stoned drivers. The consequences could be disastrous.
Colorado and Washington voted to legalize marijuana in 2012. Colorado now
leads the country in past-month marijuana use among 12-17-year-olds with
Washington in sixth place.(Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
In August, a New Jersey grandmother was charged with vehicular homicide in the deaths of her grandkids, ages 5 and 2. Police determined she was high on marijuana when she crashed her car with the children aboard.
The tragedy was horrifying. It might not be isolated.
If New Jersey fully legalizes marijuana under the next governor — a move that frontrunner Phil Murphy supports — there is one nasty side effect we're ill-equipped to tackle.
Marijuana plants for sale last month at the ShowGrow dispensary,
a medical marijuana provider in downtown Los Angeles. California
and other states recently approved recreational pot
coming online. (Photo: AP)
In Colorado, weed-related traffic deaths jumped by 48 percent after full legalization there in 2014. The problem: There is no reliable, efficient field test for stoned driving.
"This is not being discussed enough," said Cathleen Lewis, director of public affairs for AAA Northeast and a Mercer County resident.
So, let's discuss it, because the stakes could not be higher.
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Thanks to the combination of increased education and the deterrence provided by the breathalyzer test (now the Alcotest), drunken driving fatalities in the U.S. have fallen by a third over the past three decades. That's thousands of lives saved each year.
But marijuana metabolizes much differently than alcohol.
"It (marijuana) does not reach peak inebriation while it's in your blood stream," Lewis said. "It does that when it's in the fatty tissues in your brain. There's not going to be a good way to test that."
Yes there are blood tests, urine tests and oral swabs that can determine if someone has pot in their system. But it's much harder, and more costly, to determine if it got there two weeks ago or two hours ago.
Marijuana plants for sale last month at the ShowGrow dispensary, a medical marijuana provider in downtown Los Angeles. California and other states recently approved recreational pot coming online. (Photo: AP)
"Even if they test your urine or blood, you would need to get an expert to pinpoint the timing," said Michael Polloway, an attorney who handles DUI cases for the Red Bank firm Polloway & Polloway. "In special cases the state could hire an expert toxicologist. They're not going to do that on a case-by-case basis. The state doesn't have the resources to hire a $5,000 expert every time."
The lack of a practical scientific test leaves the determination of impairment to Drug Recognition Experts (DREs) — police officers trained to spot signs of drugged driving.
"The reality is, that's the best tool we have today," Lewis said. "The good news is New Jersey has the second-most trained DREs in the country (behind California). The problem is that's not enough. Even if every police department had one, that one officer isn't going to work 24 hours a day."
And those officers' determinations are more open to scrutiny.
"With the Alcotest, assuming it's performed correctly, you get a true number. For the most part it's an objective test," Polloway said. "With a DRE, these officers are performing a test that really is subjective."
As an attorney, Polloway said, "When you're dealing with an officer's subjective observations, you're going to take a lot of cases to the mat. It could lead to a backlog in municipal court."
In other words, the deterrence is weak.
That's a problem. It's a problem in Colorado, and it promises to be a bigger problem here, where there are more drivers packed into a much denser map.
On smoking prevention, N.J. earns an 'F'
A pathetic track record
The best remedy is education. That starts with shooting down the big lie pushed by some marijuana advocates.
"There are people who think when you're high on marijuana, you're a better driver," Lewis said. "That's not true."
The vast majority of studies indicate weed impairs drivers, albeit to varying degrees. When coupled with even a modest amount of alcohol, the effect is notably more severe.
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In an ideal world, a significant portion of marijuana revenue would bolster enforcement (more DREs) and education. The biggest argument for legalization, after all, is the financial windfall for the state.
Of course, New Jersey has a pathetic track record with such matters. The cigarette tax was supposed to fund anti-smoking initiatives. It doesn't. Atlantic City's gaming revenue was supposed to help senior citizens. It didn't.
Lewis' organization is trying. AAA is holding an impaired driving summit Dec. 19 in Hamilton. Folks from Colorado will be there, sharing what they've learned the hard way.
"Almost every state that has legalized marijuana has not dealt with traffic safety concerns at the same time as legalization," Lewis said. "That means they are scrambling two, three years later on how to address those concerns."
New Jersey can learn from Colorado. But first we must acknowledge the obvious: There is a massive downside to lighting up.
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The Effects of Holy Water
The question naturally presents itself: whence come the effects of holy water? For the effects of holy water we are indebted principally to our divine Savior. He merited for us the graces we obtain through its usage by His bitter Passion and death. Holy Church, however, who is the custodian of these precious and infinite treasures of grace merited by our Lord, has, in view of these merits, attached these effects to holy water. The power for doing this she has from Christ Himself; hence we owe the effects of holy water primarily to Christ, and secondarily to the will and the prayers of the Church.
Concerning the effects, it is to be noted that, by holy water, sanctifying grace is not conferred, but actual grace is obtained, such grace, for instance, through which the intellect is enlightened and the will is moved to avoid evil and to do good. Corporal benefits also are obtained by holy water.
But if we wish to obtain great effects from the use of Holy Water, must we be correspondingly well prepared. To be thus prepared, we must above all be in the state of grace and have firm faith in and submission to Christ and His Holy Church. By this it must not be understood that to one even thus disposed, all the effects attached to the use of holy water will be granted, but we know that graces will be accorded to whoever takes holy water in the proper disposition. How many graces or favors one obtains cannot be determined.
Nor will one invariably obtain the good or the grace that he seeks to obtain through holy water however well he may be prepared.
For instance, holy water may be taken to relieve the subject from sickness. He takes it with firm faith and great confidence. Will he be cured without fail? No. On the contrary, however, he will invariably obtain some other grace that is equally as important to him, or more so.
But why does holy water not infallibly bring the desired effect, even though used with a proper disposition?
The Catechism teaches that the sacramentals, consequently holy water, operate principally by means of the Church's intercession (CCC 1667). The Church is the bride of the Divine Savior, and hence her prayers are always pleasing to God. When the Church prays, the divine bridegroom prays with her, and for this reason her prayer is powerful with God.
Thus it may happen that a lukewarm Christian may derive great benefit from the use of holy water. The reason for this is that God looks not on the unworthiness of mankind but rather on the prayer of the Church, so pleasing to Him. Especially, though, will the loyal children of the Church, who seek to coordinate their ideas to those of the divine Savior and of the Church, participate in the blissful effects of holy water.
Thus far, the effects of holy water have been considered in a general way; they shall now be treated of in detail.
These are, as previously stated, of a twofold nature: the effects of grace for the body and the effects of grace for the soul. Words used in the first prayer that the Church pronounces in blessing the salt are "that thou be to all who take thee salvation of soul and body," and in the second prayer, "let it be to all who take it, health of mind and body." Inasmuch as harmful influences, and sometimes sickness, originate largely with the devil, the prayer of the Church in the blessing of the water directs herself principally against the evil spirit, and consequently holy water is in an especial manner a means of protection against this evil spirit.
As we learn from these same prayers of the Church, holy water is a special remedy against ills of the body. This effect is contained in the second prayer pronounced over the water. Therein the Church thus addresses herself to God:
Graciously give ear when we call upon Thee, and pour upon this element . . . the power of Thy blessing; let Thy creature salt . . . by divine grace be effectual for driving away diseases, that on whatsoever in the houses or places of the faithful this water shall be sprinkled, it may be freed from all uncleanness and be delivered from hurt.
From these words it is plain that holy water is not only a means to drive away sickness but is likewise a protection against sickness.
But Holy Church, in her prayer for the bodily welfare of her children, shows still more foresight. She knows well that not only corporal sufferings, but misfortune in temporal possessions as well, are painful to mankind.
Holy Church consequently offers a means of protection against such mishaps, when she implores in the second prayer over the water, "let not the blast of pestilence nor disease remain" where this water is sprinkled. All harmful influence of the elements, and the powers of the enemy, the Church wishes to keep from mankind, and hence she prays: "and if there be aught which hath ill will to the safety and quietness of the inhabitants, let it flee away at the sprinkling of this water."
"I have myself felt an extraordinary consolation when I have used holy water. It is certain that I have felt a great joy and inner peace which I cannot describe, a joy with which my soul was quite refreshed. This is not merely an effect of the imagination, nor a rare occurrence. I have experienced it frequently and paid special attention to it. On these occasions I feel like one who, suffering intense thirst, takes a glass of water and is quite refreshed. From this we can see how important everything instituted by the Church is; it comforts me to see the great power which her blessing imparts to water, so great is the difference between blessed and unblessed water."
-St. Teresa of Avila
Thus holy water advances the bodily welfare of the faithful. A brief narrative will show us that it also achieves the advancement of the soul's welfare.
As the soul is far superior to the body, so too are the spiritual effects of holy water superior to the corporal effects. The prayers used in the blessing do not specify these spiritual effects; they speak only in general of the advancement of our soul's salvation through this holy water. For example, in the prayers that are said over the salt, the words occur, "be to all who take thee salvation of soul and body," and "health of mind and body."
In like manner the spiritual effect is expressed only in a general way in the concluding prayer, when the Church directs her petition to God that He may illumine and sanctify the salt and the water, that wheresoever it shall be sprinkled, by the invocation of Thy holy name all troubling of unclean spirits may be cast out, and the dread of the poisonous serpent be chased far away; and let the presence of the Holy Spirit vouchsafe to be with us, who ask Thy mercy, in every place.
In these words the petition is that holy water may shield us against the influence of the evil one — hence the purifying effect — and secure for us assistance in the grace of the Holy Spirit, wherein is expressed the sanctifying effect.
That holy water possesses this purifying and sanctifying effect is indicated in the following prayer used by the Church in its distribution: "Thou shalt sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed : Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow . . . and all unto whom that water came were saved." These words clearly point to a purifying and sanctifying effect of holy water. We may not, however, conclude from this that any purifying from mortal sin takes place, because none of the sacramentals cleanses from such sin; but we are correct in assuming a purifying from venial sin and from temporal punishments due to sin.
Doctors of the Church agree that holy water causes the remission of venial sin and of temporal punishment due to sin. I quote St. Thomas Aquinas:
"By the sprinkling of holy water the debt of venial sin is wiped out; but not always, however, are all temporal punishments relinquished; this takes place in proportion to the disposition of the person using it, depending on the less or greater degree of ardor in the love for God on the part of the person using it."
Again the same holy Doctor says that "the sprinkling of holy water brings about the remission of venial sin in the measure of which it excites to contrition." In accord with the advice of St. Alphonsus, one should strive when using holy water to rise to contrition, that it may prove its purifying effects.
Holy water not only possesses the power of cleansing us from venial sin and temporal punishments but also helps us to overcome the temptations of the devil. To bring about this effect, Holy Church asks in the first prayer pronounced over the salt that Almighty God may effect that it serve for the preservation of the people, that "every delusion and wickedness of the devil, and all unclean spirits, may fly and depart." Still more: in the second prayer over the salt, it shall even shield us against all assaults of spiritual wickedness; hence thus to protect us against temptation, that the devil may have even less power to tempt us.
Holy water also has sanctifying effects. These consist in the actual graces that may be obtained. These are illuminations of the intellect and inspirations of the Holy Spirit that aid the faithful to perform loyally the duties of their state of life, to pray devoutly, to hear a sermon with profit, and especially to assist with recollection and devotion at the Holy Sacrifice of Mass, and thus richly participate in its precious treasures. An illumination, for instance, may be involved when one comes to comprehend, better than he has known before, his faults and particularly his prevailing sin. An inspiration, however, is when an inward voice admonishes him to resolve finally to avoid the occasion of sin, to give up a sinful acquaintance, to shun bad associations or dangerous occasions, with greater determination, and to seek after, with a special devotion and earnestness, the virtue that is in opposition to his prevailing vice. These are effects of the actual graces, effects that holy water can bring about.
I do not maintain that the above-named or similar effects of grace must necessarily be attributed to the use of holy water, because we cannot know what and how much it has effected in us. But we do know that it can produce these effects, and we may without doubt have occasion to attribute much of our knowledge and inspiration to the use of holy water.
This article is an excerpt from Holy Water and Its Significance for Catholics by Rev. Henry Theiler, which is available from Holy WaterSophia Institute Press.
Art for this post on holy water: Holy Water Basin and Sprinkler, Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, 1911, PD-US because it was in the public domain in its home country (Russia) on the URAA date (January 1, 1996). Cover of Holy Water and Its Significance for Catholics used with permission.
You Shall Believe
SUNDAY OCTOBER 15, 2017 – TWENTYEIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
GOSPEL - MT 22:1-14
Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying,
"The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.
He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come.
A second time he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those invited: "Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast."'
Some ignored the invitation and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
The king was enraged and sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Then he said to his servants, 'The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find.'
The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike,
and the hall was filled with guests. But when the king came in to meet the guests,
he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment. The king said to him, 'My friend, how is it
that you came in here without a wedding garment?' But he was reduced to silence.
Then the king said to his attendants, 'Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.'
Many are invited, but few are chosen."
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
1036 The affirmations of Sacred Scripture and the teachings of the Church on the subject of hell are a call to the responsibility incumbent upon man to make use of his freedom in view of his eternal destiny. They are at the same time an urgent call to conversion: "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few." Since we know neither the day nor the hour, we should follow the advice of the Lord and watch constantly so that, when the single course of our earthly life is completed, we may merit to enter with him into the marriage feast and be numbered among the blessed, and not, like the wicked and slothful servants, be ordered to depart into the eternal fire, into the outer darkness where "men will weep and gnash their teeth."
From "Door to Heaven" Testimony of Catalina Rivas (DH-32:9, 11)
9) Speak about My presence in the Eucharist... Man knows he is blind when trying to solve so many problems. He knows by experience his ability to fall and collapse, his inability to rise. He knows that if his weak human strength opposes as many enemies as surround him, he will be conquered in mortal combat. But what man does not want to know is that help can be found in God. He does not want to accept that I am in the Tabernacle and that I long to dwell in the heart of all My children. That is why they avoid Communion. If he acted rationally, he would hasten to find Me, to join Me in the way, the truth, the life that I am Myself. Unfortunately, he invents a multitude of elaborate excuses to distance himself from the altar, but in the end he repeats the
same injustices of those guests invited to the great dinner that I speak of in My Gospel.
11) Tell them that I am calling them: Come, eat, because My Body does not live in those who do not eat... If only men would understand who it is that is inviting and leading them. If only they could comprehend the splendid palace to which they have been invited and taste the tenderness of the meal offered to them, they would find out it embraces all the delights and is sweeter than honey, whiter than milk, more generous than wine and more delicate than wheat bread. And with all this, men continue to cry out that they died of hunger, when they have bread from Heaven within their grasp.
Each week we will be presenting a portion of the following Sunday's readings, and linking it to relevant parts of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and messages from the Testimony of Catalina. Pay special attention to the italicized sections. This Sunday as always, Jesus is inviting us to the feast, will we accept? We hope this is inspiring and educational. Any comments you have are certainly welcome.
Devotional For Sunday October 8, 2017 - Twentyseventh Sunday In Ordinary Time
SUNDAY OCTOBER 8, 2017 – TWENTYSEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
GOSPEL - MT 21:33-43
Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people:
"Hear another parable.
There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near,
he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned.
Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way.
Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking,
'They will respect my son.'
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another,
'This is the heir.
Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.'
They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?"
They answered him,
"He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants
who will give him the produce at the proper times."
Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures:
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?
Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you
and given to a people that will produce its fruit."
604 By giving up his own Son for our sins, God manifests that his plan for us is one of benevolent love, prior to any merit on our part: "In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins." God "shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us."
443 Peter could recognize the transcendent character of the Messiah's divine sonship because Jesus had clearly allowed it to be so understood. To his accusers' question before the Sanhedrin, "Are you the Son of God, then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am." Well before this, Jesus referred to himself as "the Son" who knows the Father, as distinct from the "servants" God had earlier sent to his people; he is superior even to the angels……
From "Great Crusade of Love" Testimony of Catalina Rivas (CL-158:5-6)
5) From time to time, civilizations have need of renewal. History is full of examples. The old ones are overthrown; new ones are built, and this is the case with the present day civilization. Having refused the Light, men deserve the punishment of darkness…
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In the past few weeks, maybe a month (time goes by so fast and is so hard to keep track of), Josh has been expecting more from those around him. He has 'all of a sudden' developed an expectation that he be given more respect.
always ignoring me, you're always on your phone." Dad is self-employed and is on his phone a lot for his business, but NEVER ignores Josh (he just multitasks)! To me, Josh has demanded, "mom, look at me!!!!"


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Home post for Startup/udyog inspirational story in english : Sudip Datta
inspirational story in english : Sudip Datta
ATG NEWS December 08, 2016 post for Startup/udyog,
Inspirational Story in English of Supdip Datta
The story is about a man who proved that to reach the heights, it requires only a great deal of thought, determination to fulfill and a never-give-up spirit.
The 16-year-old had nothing to do with the suggestions given by his friends to go to Mumbai to find work. An empty stomach without a single penny in his pocket and a more painful than sleeping at Dadar station in Mumbai was to come out of the shock of his father and brother's death a few days ago.
The father of this child, who belonged to Durgapur in West Bengal, was in the Army. They were weakened after the bullets in the 1971 war. In such a situation, the elder brother was the only ray of hope for the family. This hope also ended when the family could not get the elder brother treated due to financial constraints and he died. The child's father died due to the death of the elder brother. Her helpless mother was an emotional support for that child, but she had as much responsibility as her four siblings.
The suggestion made by friends was proved right when that child got a job of Rs 15 and a place to sleep. The sleeping place was in a room where 20 laborers lived. The room was so small that even at bedtime there was no place to move.
This child, Sudeep Dutta, would walk 40 kilometers every day from his home on Mira Road to his factory in Jogeshwari and back. The only achievement in a troubled life was that he could send the money saved to his mother.
The new twist came after two years of wages when its owners decided to close the factory due to the loss. In such difficult circumstances, Sudeep decided to run the factory himself instead of finding a new job. Borrowed from his saved capital and a friend, he collected Rs 16000.
19-year-old Sudeep, for whom it was a challenge to feed himself, took the responsibility of running the families of seven other laborers. The amount of 16000 was too low to buy the factory, but Sudeep persuaded his owners by promising to distribute profits for two years. Sudeep had become the owner of the same factory where he was a laborer till yesterday.
The aluminum packaging industry was going through its worst phase at that time. A few select companies such as Jindal Aluminum were able to profit on the basis of their economic strength.
Sudeep knew that only better products and newness would prove him better than others. Despite being a good choice, it was not easy to survive in front of people like Jindal. Sudeep continued to educate large customers about the quality of his products for years, as well as running his industry with orders from small companies.
Sudeep used to wait for hours to meet the executives of big companies. His hard work and communication skills paid off when he started getting small orders from big companies like Sun Pharma, Cipla and Nestle.
Sudeep had tasted success but he did not anticipate the challenges to come. Anil Aggarwal, a global leader of industry, bought a closed company called India Foil and made a foray into the packaging sector. Anil Aggarwal and his Vedanta group have been among the few big companies in the world and it was an impossible goal for them to survive.
Being unaffected by a company like Vedanta, Sudeep continued to improve his product. At the same time he maintained a strong relationship with his customers. Ultimately, the Vedanta group had to succumb to Sudeep's tenacity and the India Foal Company had to sell to Sudeep. After this deal, Vedanta Group departed from the packaging industry forever.
After this achievement, Sudeep grew his company rapidly and made a mark among the pharma companies. They increased their product capacity by purchasing sick companies. He increased his capacity by becoming a distributor of the Indian Aluminum Company. From 1998 to 2000, he had established 20 production units.
Sudeep's company SD Aluminum is a leading company in its field as well as listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange. He is also called Narayan Murthy of the packaging industry due to his innovative thinking. Sudeep's company SD Aluminum has a market cap of over Rs 1600 crore.
In spite of adverse circumstances, Sudeep, who has achieved such a huge achievement, is running his business empire from his magnificent office in Kandivali. Today, his cabin is many times larger than the room where he used to live with 20 people. To save some money, Sudeep, who walks several kilometers, has several luxury vehicles like Bmdwlu and Mercedes. Despite achieving a lot in life, Sudeep is still associated with his background. All the workers of his factory still call him Dada.
He has established the Sudeep Dutta Foundation to help the poor and the needy. This project is designed to provide new opportunities for the youth of rural areas. Youth coming from less fortunate sections of society often see significantly less potential in the world beyond their family or local area. SD Aluminum is fully committed to providing such facilities to such youth.
Do share Sudip Dutta's inspirational story.


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Q: UnsupportedOperationException is thrown when removing item from RecyclerView using ItemTouchHelper When item is removed from studentList throws:
**java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
at java.util.AbstractList.remove(AbstractList.java:161)
at com.sayedy.naweed.test.newtest.TestCase$2.onSwiped**

I implemented ItemTouchHelper.Callback as will but leads to same exception.
I can swap studentList items using onMove() without any problem why can't delete item using onSwiped()?
RecyclerView:
public class TestCase extends RecyclerView.Adapter<TestCase.PassedViewHolder> {
        private Context context;
        private List<Student> studentList;
        private ItemTouchHelper itemTouchHelper;

        public TestCase(Context context, List<Student> studentList) {
            this.context = context;
            this.studentList = studentList;
        }

        public void setItemTouchHelper(ItemTouchHelper itemTouchHelper) {
            this.itemTouchHelper = itemTouchHelper;
        }

        @NonNull
        @Override
        public PassedViewHolder onCreateViewHolder(@NonNull ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
            StudentPassedRowBinding rowBinding = DataBindingUtil.inflate(
                    LayoutInflater.from(context),
                    R.layout.student_passed_row,
                    parent, false);
            return new PassedViewHolder(rowBinding.getRoot());
        }

        @Override
        public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull PassedViewHolder holder, int position) {
            holder.passedRowBinding.setStudent(studentList.get(position));
            holder.passedRowBinding.getRoot().setOnLongClickListener(new View.OnLongClickListener() {
                @Override
                public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
                    itemTouchHelper.startDrag(holder);
                    return false;
                }
            });
        }

        @Override
        public int getItemCount() {
            return studentList.size();
        }

        class PassedViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
            public StudentPassedRowBinding passedRowBinding;

            public PassedViewHolder(@NonNull View itemView) {
                super(itemView);

                passedRowBinding = DataBindingUtil.bind(itemView);
            }
        }

        public ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback simpleCallback = new ItemTouchHelper.SimpleCallback(ItemTouchHelper.DOWN | ItemTouchHelper.UP, ItemTouchHelper.LEFT | ItemTouchHelper.RIGHT) {
            @Override
            public boolean onMove(@NonNull RecyclerView recyclerView, @NonNull RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, @NonNull RecyclerView.ViewHolder target) {
                int currentPosition = viewHolder.getAdapterPosition();
                int targetPosition = target.getAdapterPosition();
                Collections.swap(studentList, currentPosition,targetPosition);

                notifyItemMoved(currentPosition, targetPosition);
                return true;
            }

            @Override
            public void onSwiped(@NonNull RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder, int direction) {
                studentList.remove(viewHolder.getAdapterPosition());
                notifyItemRemoved(viewHolder.getAdapterPosition());
            }
        };
    }

The fragment initializes RecyclerView:
public View onCreateView(@NonNull LayoutInflater inflater,
                         @Nullable ViewGroup container,
                         @Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {

    studentBinding = FragmentStudentBinding.inflate(inflater);

    // Data
    List<Student> students = Arrays.asList(
            new Student("Ahmad", 1, R.drawable.profile, "PASS"),
            new Student("Mahmood", 2, R.drawable.profile, "FAIL"),
            new Student("Zakir", 3, R.drawable.profile, "PASS"),
            new Student("Rezaq", 8, R.drawable.profile, "FAIL"),
            new Student("Zeya", 9, R.drawable.profile, "FAIL"),
            new Student("Rasool", 10, R.drawable.profile, "FAIL"),
            new Student("Parwiz", 11, R.drawable.profile, "FAIL"));

    TestCase testCase = new TestCase(getContext(), students);
    studentBinding.studentRecyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(getContext()));
    studentBinding.studentRecyclerView.setAdapter(testCase);

    ItemTouchHelper itemTouchHelper = new ItemTouchHelper(testCase.simpleCallback);
    testCase.setItemTouchHelper(itemTouchHelper);
    itemTouchHelper.attachToRecyclerView(studentBinding.studentRecyclerView);

    return studentBinding.getRoot();
}

Student class:
public class Student implements Parcelable {
    private String name;
    private int id;
    private int studentProfile;
    private String result;

    public Student(String name, int id, int studentProfile, String result) {
        this.name = name;
        this.id = id;
        this.studentProfile = studentProfile;
        this.result = result;
    }

    protected Student(Parcel in) {
        name = in.readString();
        id = in.readInt();
        studentProfile = in.readInt();
        result = in.readString();
    }

    public static final Creator<Student> CREATOR = new Creator<Student>() {
        @Override
        public Student createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
            return new Student(in);
        }

        @Override
        public Student[] newArray(int size) {
            return new Student[size];
        }
    };

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public int getStudentProfile() {
        return studentProfile;
    }

    public void setStudentProfile(int studentProfile) {
        this.studentProfile = studentProfile;
    }

    public String getResult() {
        return result;
    }

    public void setResult(String result) {
        this.result = result;
    }

    @Override
    public int describeContents() {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
        dest.writeString(name);
        dest.writeInt(id);
        dest.writeInt(studentProfile);
        dest.writeString(result);
    }
}

A: I solved the problem.
The Arrays.asList() return a fixed-size list.
This list allow you to do operations like get and set, but the add and remove operations will throw UnsupportedOperationException.

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