You Want To Send Money Where?
Everyday, billions of dollars travel to thousands of destinations. How much money leaves Canada every year and where does it go? Here is the list of where the $23.4 billion dollars went from Canada as published (2015) by the Pew Research Centre.
Financial institutions, like Cashco, work with companies like Western Union (WU) to administrate and carry out the transfers. WU's history is long; 160 years, in fact. WU started as a telegraph company in 1861, creating the first transcontinental telegraph line. Fast forward just over 100 years and we find WU introducing the first commercial satellite in 1974.
Rewind. Back to 1869. WU invents the stock ticker. In 1884, they were among the first eleven companies featured on the Dow Jones Transportation Average when the New York Stock Exchange rang its first bell.
Money transfers are Western Union's main revenue driver and have been since 1980. The company boasts over 500,000 agent locations worldwide in 200 countries. As much as it is predominant, it does have one competitor, a youngster called PayPal. PayPal is more of a basic payment processor and deals only with the banks such that they do not connect directly with the customer, which may appear to be confusing. In other words, they do not connect directly with customer s and Western Union does. By the way, Ebay bought PayPal in 2002.
Western Union has been in the money transfer business for over 100 years.
Western Union offers a suite of services. They send money online, by phone and in person. They also track money transfers worldwide and have a fraud awareness program. Most transactions these days are processed online. WU can send the money directly the recipient's bank account and even to their mobile phone, but they also provide the opportunity for the recipient to pick up cash.
In 2015, they sent over $150 billion to both consumers and business clients.
For customers of financial institutions, they can go through their financial institution, such as Cashco, to access Western Union's services including email transfers of money and money transfers using a pre-paid credit card. Your financial institution, working with Western Union, can help you enroll. Generally, enrollment is free as it is at Cashco.
So, if you need to send money somewhere else and wonder how it's done, call your financial institution. If you are a Cashco customer, call 1855-914-7940. You can also learn more at the Cashco website.


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Following the popularity of "Herb Ritts: Super," a retrospective featuring American photographer Herb Ritts' work, the Hamiltons Gallery in London has announced "Herb Ritts: Super Part II," a follow-up exhibition that will showcase a further rare selection of vintage gelatin silver prints of the '90s "supers" from the Herb Ritts Foundation's archive. The exhibition will open its doors to the public on January 30 and is set to run until March 10.
The LA-based photographer distinguished himself by opting to shoot in natural lighting. His career catapulted after impromptu images of his longtime friend Richard Gere at a California gas station were publicized in 1977. The photographs were featured in American Vogue and Esquire shortly thereafter. He also created advertising campaigns for Chanel, Versace, and Valentino, amongst others. The Herb Ritts Foundation was established in 2003, a year after his untimely death due to complications from pneumonia at only 50 years of age.
"Herb Ritts: Super II" is on view from January 30 through March 10 at the Hamiltons Gallery, London.
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Indie Surprises Among Grammy Latin Nominees
By Felix Contreras
Published December 7, 2016 at 10:00 AM EST
Andy González (left) and Gaby Moreno (right) were each nominated for Grammys this year.
The 59th Annual Grammy nominees were announced Tuesday morning, and while familiar names appeared among the five Latin music categories, there were also some nice surprises.
The Best Latin Pop Album roster includes polished pop performers like Jesse & Joy and Laura Pausini, but the Recording Academy (industry folks who pick the nominees) saw fit to include indie artist Gaby Moreno for the top Latin category. Her album Ilusión is hardly the kind of glossy pop record usually considered for this category.
Alt.Latino has featured Moreno on our show numerous times because of her artistic vision and integrity, not to mention her blues-drenched voice and creative songwriting. It's good to know the Academy agrees with our assessment.
Alt.Latino has also featured all of the nominees in the Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album category — not just this year but throughout our 6 1/2 year history. I'm glad I don't have to make a choice myself because all the nominees are among our favorite artists.
Here is the entire list of that category:
iLevitable by iLe
L.H.O.N. (La humanidad o nosotros) by Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas
Buenaventura by La Santa Cecilia
Los Rakas by Los Rakas
Amor Supremo by Carla Morrison
And finally, my favorite from of the entire list of Grammy nominees: Bassist Andy González is nominated in the Best Latin Jazz Album category for Entre Colegas.If there is a leading candidate for Most Unsung Latin Music Warrior it is González.
He has played with just about every major Afro-Caribbean jazz and dance band in New York going back to the early 1970s. He's played with legends Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Machito and Eddie Palmieri; he co-led the avant dance band Manny Oquendo & Libre and still occasionally plays with his brother Jerry González in the cutting-edge jazz band The Fort Apache Band.
Andy González's new album is a emotional tribute by a variety of colleagues ( colegas) from throughout his long career, in a series of deep grooves he has anchored for decades. I've been a fan of his since I first read his name in liner notes back when I was a teenager, and it's wonderful to see him get a recognition from his peers in the Academy.
The Grammys will be telecast on CBS on Feb. 12, 2017.
Felix Contreras is co-creator and host ofAlt.Latino, NPR's pioneering program about Latin Alternative music and Latino culture. It features music as well as interviews with many of the most well-known Latinx musicians, actors, filmmakers, and writers. He has hosted and produced Alt.Latino episodes from Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, and throughout the U.S. since the show started in 2010.
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We're Going to Disney!
Logan MacDonald June 26, 2020	Los Angeles ClippersLos Angeles LakersMilwaukee BucksNBANBA playoffsWashington Wizards
The NBA, as many know, will resume its season in Orlando, Fla.'s Disney World following the unprecedented circumstances brought on by the outbreak of COVID-19. This playing situation is certainly unprecedented and odd to say the least. Twenty-two teams will resume an expedited NBA season with just eight remaining regular-season games, followed by play-in tournaments if the ninth seed is within four games of the eighth seed.
If the ninth seed for either respective conference is within four games of the eighth seed when the regular season concludes, they can earn the final playoff seed by winning two consecutive games versus the eighth seed in a tournament format. However, if they lose one game, the eighth seed stays.
Following the end of eight regular-season games and potential play-in tournaments for the final playoff spot in each conference, the NBA Playoffs and Finals will continue through mid-October.
Each of the twenty-two teams is allowed to travel with 35 people maximum and as teams are eliminated, more family members will be able to join the athletes. The athletes and their families will not be permitted to roam Disney World during their stay and must stay in the NBA bubble for the duration of the remaining NBA season.
These are certainly perplexing times with the precautions being taken due to coronavirus. However, the NBA season resuming at all is a blessing and breath of fresh air for NBA fans everywhere. With the NBA season being taken to "the most magical place on Earth", fans surely hope for an equally magical end to this season.
With the NBA season now resuming in Disney World, it felt right to draw parallels between the magical setting and the exciting season ahead. Without further ado, here are the main attractions of what shapes up to be a highly anticipated return for basketball fans everywhere.
The Spinning Tea Cups: Magic Kingdom
The "Mad Tea Party" ride in the Magic Kingdom of Disney World Orlando is one of the most iconic in the park. However, it's more cute than invigorating and it leaves you wondering if it belongs among the other coasters and thrill rides the park has to offer. Additionally, they'll also likely leave you nauseated and regret having entertained them in the first place.
If any remaining NBA team is riding the teacups come July and August, it's the Washington Wizards. They have the worst remaining record at 24-40 and on top of that, didn't have much going for them before the season's delay due to COVID-19. They've won just three of their last seven games before the shutdown and their wins came against the New York Knicks, Golden State Warriors, and Atlanta Hawks. Those teams had twenty-one, fifteen, and twenty wins respectively, which are all less than Washington's pitiful win count itself.
Meanwhile, even the team with the next worst record, who is continuing their season in Orlando, Fla. (the Phoenix Suns), has some statement wins recently. Particularly, their wins against the NBA's best-record, Milwaukee Bucks, and the fourth seed Jazz within their last seven games before the shutdown.
The Wizards don't have much reason for optimism while continuing their season besides a single man named Bradley Beal. It's quite fair to wonder if they belong and expect some nauseated Washington fans come the season's end.
Expedition Everest: Animal Kingdom
Expedition Everest is perhaps the best among all of Disney World's rides throughout its various parks when it comes to premier thrill attractions. The line is usually quite long, as anticipation for the unique abominable snowman experience is always sky-high. One never knows what to expect around every corner as the ride flies around at 50 miles per hour. It is exciting and thrilling to experience without any doubt, but seems short-lived and leaves a desire for more when over.
It seems like this Houston Rockets squad with their dynamic duo of Russell Westbrook and James Harden is ready for an Expedition Everest-type playoff experience. Nobody could forget the 2016 season when Westbrook and Harden made arguably the most impressive MVP debate in recent league history.
Harden averaged 29.1 points per game, 8.1 rebounds per game, and 11.2 assists per game, while Westbrook put himself into history averaging a triple-double on the season and an impressive 31.6 points per game, 10.7 rebounds per game, and 10.4 assists per game. So, needless to say, when the players were united in Houston, this season producing the most highly-anticipated small-ball duo, perhaps in league history, expectations were high.
However, Houston has only managed to place themselves as high as the sixth seed in the Western Conference up until this point and even have the same record as the team who traded away Westbrook: the Oklahoma City Thunder. The duo has provided exciting moments all season, but never really lived up to the wait, anticipation, and excitement. Having lost four of their last five games, including losses against pitiful teams not even in the playoff picture, including the New York Knicks and Charlotte Hornets, expect short-lived playoffs for Houston and their dynamic small-ball duo.
Space Mountain: Magic Kingdom
When planning a trip to Disney World Orlando, one cannot possibly neglect Space Mountain. Space Mountain is the must-see, must-experience, and must-ride attraction of Disney World's three parks. It's an indoor rollercoaster that is completely submerged in darkness and features twists, turns, loops, and thrills around every corner while seemingly blasting you off into the vast emptiness of space itself.
When it comes to the main attraction of this remaining NBA season, the storyline that seems to jump out is the battle for LA. The Bucks seem to be a league above every other contender in the Eastern Conference while being six and a half games of the East's second seed and boasting a lucrative 53-12 record.
Perhaps the most important stat of all is the home record for Milwaukee. They have a seemingly invincible home record of 28-3 this season and due to their standing, will have the home-court advantage the entire duration of the playoffs. Not many should seriously contend for the Eastern Conference Finals' appearance outside of Milwaukee.
However, the battle for the West is front and center in Los Angeles and still very much alive. The Los Angeles Lakers hold the Western Conference's top seeding with a record of 49-14 while the Clippers are the second seed, right behind the purple and gold with a record of 44-20. Both teams boast a dynamic duo of superstar players, with the Lakers bringing LeBron James and Anthony Davis into consideration for the best duo league-wide. However, the Clippers also have a duo of their own with a pair of elite two-way players, with the defending Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and six-time All-Star Paul George.
Although the Lakers still boast a higher seeding than the Clippers and the title of being the best of the West, the Clippers have won two of three matchups versus the Lakers thus far and are very much a threat to send The King and The Brow packing come playoff time. With LeBron James searching to build his resume as the greatest of all time with his fourth Finals win and the Lakers looking for their first championship since Kobe a decade ago, the hopes are high for the Lake Show.
However, Kawhi Leonard is perhaps the biggest rising star in sports and looking to repeat after pulling off one of the most iconic and memorable finals wins in history last season. The showdown in Los Angeles for the Western Conference's NBA Finals representation is not a storyline to forget and is the height of excitement as the season continues.
With the NBA season now continuing in the most magical place on Earth, there's certainly hope this season and playoffs have some magic injected into them as well, for likely the first time the players can exclaim "we're going to Disney!" before achieving championship status. This season certainly has a lot of basketball left to be played and a lot of excitement following the culmination of what has been a rollercoaster of a season. Stay tuned here at the Sports Wave as we continue to break down the biggest storylines as they unfold, and thank you for taking the time to visit here at The Sports Wave today!
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The Daily Show facts for kids
Barack Obama made his final appearance on the show with Jon Stewart as host on July 21, 2015
'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'
News parody
Madeleine Smithberg
Lizz Winstead
Chuck O'Neil
Craig Kilborn (1996–1998)
Jon Stewart (1999–2015)
Trevor Noah (2015-present)
Opening theme
Bob Mould, "Dog On Fire" (performed by They Might Be Giants)
No. of episodes
1,587 (as of October 22, 2015)
Executive producer(s)
David Javerbaum
Original release
July 22, 1996 – present
The Daily Show (known currently as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) is an Emmy Award winning news parody television program. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central in the United States. The half-hour long program was first shown on Monday, July 22, 1996. It was first hosted by Craig Kilborn. Kilborn acted as its anchorman until December 1998. Jon Stewart took over as host in January 1999.
Many changes were made to the program at that time. Stewart retired in 2015. The show will be hosted by South African comedian Trevor Noah in September 2015.
Under Stewart, The Daily Show has become more strongly focused around politics and the national media. It is much different to the more character-driven comedy which was shown more during Kilborn's time on the program. Stuart's final broadcast aired on August 6, 2015.
There have been many other on-air contributors to The Daily Show with some called "correspondents", including Dave Attell, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Ed Helms, Rob Corddry, Susie Essman, Olivia Munn, Buck Henry, Lewis Black, Kristen Schaal, Larry Wilmore, and John Oliver.
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Q: display non english character in textbox i want to display some non english characters in a textbox.
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It should display '2100 - København Ø' but it is displaying '2100 - København Ø'.
my controller reading this value from cookie and assigning it in a ViewBag. In the controller i have
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// here it is assigning the right danish word but when it displays inside the input  box, it just displays wrong.

any idea how to solve this??
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Well, it is working good in my local pc, but when I host it into some remote hosting provider, it does not perform good.

A: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> is not a good way to set your page's encoding because it is overriden by the real http header. So if the remote hosting provider is sending a content-type header, it will be ignored.
Your data is correctly utf-8, so that's good. All you need do is set the content-type http header, so that the browser will read it as utf-8 and not windows-1252.
You can set your individual page to send the header with:
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Or you can set it in Web.config globally:
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// In header: <boost/proto/transform/env.hpp>

template<typename Key, typename Value, typename Env = proto::empty_env>
struct env {
  // construct/copy/destruct
  explicit env(Value const &, Env const & = Env());

  // public member functions
  see-below operator[](see-below) const;
};

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env
        public
       construct/copy/destruct

explicit env(Value const & value, Env const & other = Env());

<colgroup>
<col align="left" valign="top">
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Parameters:

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other

                Another key/value store.

value

                The value to be associated with the Key.

env public member functions

see-below operator[](see-below) const;

                If called with an object that is implicitly convertible to type Key,
                this function returns the Value passed to the constructor. Otherwise, it returns
                the result of calling operator[] on the Env passed to
                the constructor.

Copyright © 2008 Eric Niebler

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Elizabeth I, Good Queen Bess—Unmasked?
By any standards England's famous 16th-century monarch was a remarkable human being: intelligent, cultured, charismatic and courageous. But, despite her fame, it is difficult to find much that she achieved.
June 12, 2020 Dr. Jack Scarisbrick The Dispatch 24 Print
Detail from "The Pelican Portrait" of Queen Elizabeth I (c. 1573-75) by Nicholas Hilliard. [Wikipedia]
Elizabeth I was one of England's longest-reigning monarchs. Edward III outdid her by four years: Queen Victoria by eighteen. Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for nearly 70 years.
She was not the only female monarch of her time. During her first decade or so a forlorn Catherine de Medici struggled to control France. Throughout her first three, her cousin Mary Queen of Scots loomed (for most of the time as an unwelcome refugee in England).
But Elizabeth outlived them—and for nearly forty-five years held her own in a male-dominated world as they never did.
She has been the subject of numerous scholarly (and adulatory) biographies, like those of Sir John Neale and A.L.Rowse, and been celebrated in theatre, opera house and cinema—as Cate Blanchett's recent Oscar-winning Elizabeth reminds us.
Indeed, no English monarch can match her fame.
Even a pope, Sixtus V (1585-90), rather admired her (even though a sainted predecessor, Pius V, had excommunicated her—in 1570).
And she has deserved all this. By any standards she was a remarkable human being: intelligent, cultured, charismatic and courageous.
And a gifted orator—as that famous speech when the Spanish Armada threatened in 1588 about having 'the body of a weak and feeble woman, but the stomach and heart of a king—yes, a king of England', reminds us.
But she was not a very likeable one. In truth, she was devious, aloof, vain, notoriously mean and indecisive.
Furthermore, despite her fame, it is difficult to find much that she achieved.
Yes, the famous 'Settlement' of 1558/9 returned England to the Protestant fold—that is, returned it to where it had been when her half-brother Edward died in 1553. It did not innovate—except to make her 'Supreme Governor'(rather than 'Supreme Head') of the new Church of England created by her father.
Otherwise, probably her most decisive actions were the order to behead her cousin Mary Queen of Scots, made after much hesitation, and later, to execute a former heartthrob, but outrageously provocative, earl of Essex.
Though much has been written about them, most of Elizabeth's Parliaments achieved little more than increasingly fierce persecution of Catholics and left-wing Protestants. She dreaded them and summoned them only when desperate for cash.
She was no great patron of the arts.
Spenser's mighty Faerie Queen (a work which perhaps more begin than finish) was dedicated to, but not commissioned by, her—and, in the author's estimation, was insufficiently awarded. Christoper Marlowe was paid for spying for the government in his younger days but not for play-writing later on. Indeed, he was about to be arrested for licentious atheism when he was stabbed to death in a drunken brawl.
As for Shakespeare—she showed as little interest in him as he did in her.
Hillyard's miniatures are exquisite but no English works match the mighty canvases of such contemporaries as Titian and El Greco. Thomas Tallis and William Byrd were gifted court composers, but both crypto-Catholics. And England's first Renaissance architect, Inigo Jones, was indeed patronised by a queen of England—James I's wife, not Elizabeth.
It is more than arguable that a proto-Renaissance, led by Elizabeth's admirable great-grandmother, Margaret Beaufort, John Colet, Thomas More, John Fisher, Holbein and Erasmus (not to mention composers like Robert Fayrfax and Thomas Taverner) had been flowering in early Tudor England; but was largely blighted by the Reformation.
Protestantism was no friend of humanism—or polyphony.
Between c.1500 and 1547 a record eight new Oxbridge colleges were founded: two thanks largely to that same Margaret Beaufort (a major benefactress of both universities) and one by a reluctant Henry VIII. Two more were founded in Mary's short reign—with her support. Only three were founded in Elizabeth's 45 years: none of them by her.
Elizabeth showed minimal interest in overseas exploration: and, as is now freely admitted, those famous Elizabethan sea-dogs like Raleigh and Drake were little more than pirates (the latter also a notorious slave-dealer). Their exploits were amateurish compared with what Spanish, Portuguese and soon Dutch sailors were accomplishing every day.
Yes, Elizabeth indeed faced heroically that famous attempt by Philip II of Spain in 1588 to destroy her—because she was a Protestant and persecutor of her Catholic subjects, but also because she had been covertly supporting his rebellious Dutch subjects (despite her lofty views on the obedience due to anointed princes).
But it was a 'Protestant' wind, not English guns, that eventually destroyed the Armada: that huge assembly of ships having sailed majestically past southern England despite attempts by a larger force to impede it.
A final striking fact.
Elizabeth spent much of her time 'on progress' around the Home Counties (just a few miles from London) notoriously inviting herself and her large entourage to dine at the homes of wealthier subjects en route. She visited East Anglia several times, but the furthest North she went was Stamford and Wolverhampton in the Midlands. She never got to the South West, let alone Yorkshire, Lancashire or Wales.
So she knew less than a third of her realm—and the great majority of her subjects probably never even saw her.
Nonetheless she is Good Queen Bess, Virgin Queen, Gloriana and all that. The myth-making began during the reigns of her rather dreary Stuart successors. It has since become an essential part of Britain's national mythology.
Thus she had personified 'Englishness'; defied popes and mighty Spain; enabled Britannia to rule the waves; inspired a golden age of English culture; and perhaps most of all, helped create that eminently sensible, and typically English, via media which is Anglicanism.
She had 'had to' happen.
Psychoanalysing historical figures is dangerous. But surely, with a father as ghastly as hers and a mother who had been brutally beheaded at his behest when she was scarcely three years old (and who—probably—had rarely held her in her arms), Elizabeth had not had a good start to life.
Then, bastardised and excluded from the succession by Parliament, she had spent a lonely childhood hidden from any family and public life, while her father continued his hectic matrimonial career and eventually his 9-year-old son Edward, Elizabeth's half-brother, ascended the throne.
Yet worse, in her early teenage she had been sexually abused by the uncle of that Edward, one Thomas Seymour. The latter, a villainous man with ambitions even to share rule of England with his brother, repeatedly assailed her in her bedroom—even abetted by his wife (Catherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and last wife and herself now on her fourth husband).
Today we understand better how wounding such abuse can be.
So, when Elizabeth plastered her face with make-up (as she did), was it merely to disguise pox-marks—or to mask deeper scars?
When, famously, she added yet more extravagant dresses to her wardrobe—and posed statuesquely in them—was this as much to display regality as to disguise (or recompense) a body that had been violated and to hide self-disgust?
When, equally famously, she failed to marry, was this simply because no suitable candidate was available?
And was there (perhaps as a result of that abuse) a sadistic streak in her?
She seems to have taken special interest in exacting the full penalty for treason—being hanged till half dead and then butchered—for Catholic priests. Indeed, while he was torturing (abominably) the gentle Jesuit-poet Robert Southwell, the monstrous torturer Richard Topcliffe wrote to her asking if there was any more 'in her heart' that she would like him to extract.
And that same sadistic Topcliffe, while torturing another Catholic priest-martyr in the Tower of London, recited to him in detail how the queen allowed him to fondle her intimately. There is no reason to suppose that he was boasting. He was well placed at court and she certainly befriended him all her life.
On her tormented deathbed she angrily dismissed as 'hedge priests' the then archbishop of Canterbury, John Whitgift, and other prelates who had come to minister to her.
What did she mean by this? In common parlance, a 'hedge priest' was an ignorant country cleric—but it could also mean a bogus one.
The Elizabethan Church Settlement of 1558, which abolished the Mass, restored the Book of Common Prayer and established the queen as Supreme Governor of the Church of England, was largely the work Matthew Parker, Elizabeth's first archbishop of Canterbury. She had chosen him because he had been a chaplain to her mother and kind to her during her childhood—though she strongly disapproved of the fact that he had married.
She had had a ferocious row with his more Protestant successor, Grindal (and had even suspended him for a while).
But the archbishop now at her deathbed, John Whitgift, had been much to her liking -deservedly so. He was flamboyant—on occasion he could travel with a train of 500 horsemen—learned and loyal. You could never call him a rustic. And he was single.
So why were he and the others now 'hedge priests'?
Was Elizabeth saying that she had seen through them? Was she facing the fact that the breach with Rome, the royal supremacy and all that was largely the work of an angry, vengeful father—not God's work?
She may not have been very devout (as we have recently been reminded, her Christianity had not prevented her from establishing cordial relations with the sultan of Constantinople, a sworn enemy of Christendom), but she was theologically informed.
Was she now admitting that the claim that Christ had intended His Church to consist of separate national churches ruled by lay monarchs was a ludicrous, outrageous novelty without any scriptural authority: that it rendered unto Caesar things that were God's?
Had she even been affected also by the constancy of the nearly 200 Catholic priests, like Southwell, and lay men and women whom her regime had put to a hideous death—and the hundreds imprisoned and fined for refusing to attend services they knew were bogus?
Was she now saying what she had known 'in her heart' (to quote Topcliffe) that those prelates at her deathbed were frauds—and her title 'Supreme Governor' a sham?
Had that mask fallen?
In morte veritas.
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"admirable great-grandmother, Margaret Beaufort"
Admirable, my left hind foot. She conspired to help her son steal the throne, with absolutely no right to it through descent. Massive numbers of people had a better claim, even if you ignore Richard III.
"Psychoanalysing historical figures is dangerous."
Then perhaps it would have been better for you to refrain from doing it.
"Assailed" is rather an odd way to describe what happened.
Chris in Maryland
Leslie:
The Cambridge Dictionary (on line) defines "Assail," in the 1st case, as this: "to attack violently."
Your finding fault with that word is more than a little overwrought. It weakens your voice in your other arguments.
But there wasn't a violent attack in her bedroom. Read about it. It's not overwrought to point out a choice of wording so poor as to amount to inaccuracy.
Leslie-
Rather than being coy, since you apparently know about this, perhaps you might opt instead to say what you know, rather than withhold your information.
A response to "read about it" sounds simply presumptuous and authoritarian…and might create the impression that in all probability, any of a number of books or essays on the topic might also be written with a presumptuous and authoritarian point of view. Having spent many years reading a good deal more than the average person, I find that there are books and essays etc that are not worth reading, for a variety of reasons.
If, however, you are unwilling to divulge what you hold to be true, then that isn't very persuasive…it's just seems dismissive. Which sometimes indicates only that the intensity of conviction is indirectly proportional to the supply of facts.
"A response to "read about it" sounds simply presumptuous and authoritarian…"
Or it does you the courtesy of assuming that you have the skills to do a two-second search online. Since that seems not be the case: "On two occasions, Katherine Parr joined Seymour in his morning visits to the now 14-year-old girl, and they tickled her in bed." https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/did-thomas-seymour-sexually-abuse-the-teenage-princess-elizabeth/
That's it. There was inappropriate behavior going on, and we'd call it harassment or grooming or attempted seduction, but Katherine Parr didn't abet her husband in "assailing" or "assaulting" Elizabeth.
Prom A G M
35. Then, considering that this matter, although already decided, had been by certain persons for whatever reason recalled into discussion, and that thence it might follow that a pernicious error would be fostered in the minds of many who might suppose that they possessed the Sacrament and effects of Orders, where these are nowise to be found, it seemed good to Us in the Lord to pronounce our judgment.
36. Wherefore, strictly adhering, in this matter, to the decrees of the pontiffs, our predecessors, and confirming them most fully, and, as it were, renewing them by our authority, of our own initiative and certain knowledge, we pronounce and declare that ordinations carried out according to the Anglican rite have been, and are, absolutely null and utterly void.
https://www.papalencyclicals.net/leo13/l13curae.htm
The Latin Masked Catholic
Let's face it, the 16th Century was just about as rotten for Protestants in Catholic countries as it was for Catholics in Protestant countries. Elizabeth I is obviously one of the great men (er, great women) of European history. She is part of our common heritage as children of Western Civilization. There's no need for statue toppling!
mrscracker
Masked Catholic,
Yes. The further back I look in my family tree the more Huguenots I find. There's a reason they fled France en masse, seeking shelter in England, Ireland and eventually the British colonies.
It wasn't a pretty time for Protestants or Catholics alike.
Ramjet
What nonsense.
The destruction of convents, schools, monasteries. The murders of thousands of priests and Catholic laymen alike.
She was an ignorant butcher. Topple the damn woman's statues instead of a puff piece by the author and commentators alike.
HELEN D
I can't support toppling her statues or anyone else's. If anything leaving them up is a good example of how propaganda works
Donald Link
We should also note that the versions of her presented by the likes of BBC and PBS are totally laughable to any knowledgeable historian but unfortunately that is the image most have of her. Her so called golden age was the result of the efforts of a few of her more energetic subjects, a number of whose accomplishments were outside of the country proper. Finally, the comments on the arts during her reign are certainly well taken as noted on the quality of her own portraiture.
J.P.G.
The O.T . is much about family roots , effects of good and bad , to thus help us appreciate all the more , the power of deliverance and protection and the holiness we are given in and through The Lord and His Mother .
The powers , like Jezebel , in the wisdom of the world , against The Church , as mentioned by St.Paul – Cor 3 :19- 24 ' wisdom of the world as foolishness ' and 'the world and all belong to you and you to Christ'..
all as belonging to Christ , to the Covenant , to the only binding love and its holiness that ought to matter , in every other relationship as well..
and all the evils in the world related to the betrayal of that truth ..
Such an understanding that the evils in the history of The West is from the same root as all other evils that pervade human nature and not as a result of the faith , as can be deduced through the article is always a worthy reminder .
The difference with other faiths is , The Church looks at history with the Heart of a Mother and thus seeing those wounds too as occasions to bring The Blood and Water , through prayers for the departed as well .
Thus , all these historical persons and their failures too , seen as part of the family history , seeing the wounds that are still amidst us that are to be taken to The Lord , to be transformed into gratitude for His holiness .
Came across the article below that points to Islamic roots of the present rulers too , thus point to ? generational spirits of lust and related issues and God's mercy in our times , for greater help in all such areas, as in the revelations and devotion to The Immaculate Conception ..
https://theconversation.com/meet-the-muslim-princess-zaida-spanish-ancestor-of-the-british-royal-family-96567
Peter D. Beaulieu
In the attached article we find, finally, that the ancestry of the 11th-century Muslim Princess Zaida is a "mystery" and, therefore, that there is most likely no basis for the supposed direct "family relationship between Queen Elizabeth II and the Prophet Muhammad himself." Rather than descended from Muhammad's daughter, Fatima (and her husband Ali who was also Muhammad's cousin and third successor), Zaida is more removed.
The American novelist Washington Irving spent several years in Madrid researching "Mahomet and His Successors" (1849), partly from the translation of rare Islamic volume found in the Jesuit Library of the Convent of St. Isidor.
From Irving we find that Ali had three sons by Fatima (one predeceased him), and that after Fatima's death in 632 A.D. (she outlived Muhammad by only a month or two) he had eight other wives—resulting in fifteen more sons and eighteen daughters. Descendants of these later and less direct blood lines, both male and female, are very numerous and still considered to be of noble blood. Along the way, Princess Zaida simply might be one of these.
Interestingly, during the final expulsion of Islam from Iberia in 1492, the locality of Fatima in Portugal was so-named in thanksgiving by the local prince, after his Muslim wife converted to Christianity. Fatima in Portugal was named after this wife, rather than after Muhammad's daughter at any time earlier during the nearly 800-year Muslim occupation.
Elizabeth left the question of her succession undetermined right up to her death. Leanda de Lisle's "After Elizabeth" (2006) describes how James VI & I (son of Mary, Queen of Scots) didn't have a straightforward path to the English throne.
Also, Elizabeth I's older half-sister Mary made it possible for a woman to rule in her own right. Two biographies worth reading: Anna Whitelock's award winning "Mary Tudor: England's First Queen" (original UK title "Mary Tudor: Princess, Bastard, Queen") and "The King's Pearl" by Melita Thomas.
Angry Catholic
Mary was the legitimate heir of Henry VIII. She deserves far more recognition than shr gets.
As to Catherine Parr, I don't get why she wasted her time and talents on Elizabeth. But what can you expect from a heretic?
Father Khouri
Bloody Bess. A true opportunist and reprobate.
But this was an excellent article and taught me things I didn't know about her childhood.
I used to admire her. But my eyes were opened.
Queens such as Cleopatra (Eben if she was pagan), Isabella of Spain and MARY II and Anne anf Victoria were far better. Cleopatra actually cared about her subjects. Isabella was kind. Mary II was very kind and and Anne and Victoria accomplished a lot.
Mary II and Anne betrayed their father. They certainly weren't kind to him, ungrateful, undutiful little piglets that they were. Anne passed on lies about the birth of her father's son and heir, though with nearly 70 witnesses to the birth she knew they were lies.
Here's an anecdote about King James, written by a contemporary. "At a supper he [James VII/II] fell a speaking of his daughters ; he never, he said, had any resentment against Mary, — she had no will nor sentiment but her husband's ; for Anne he could not say so much, yet said something to soften her behaviour to him. This much offended David Floyd, one of the grooms of his bedchamber, a brave sea-captain, with a blunt wit, indulged in speaking ; he left the room, but put back his head, and said, ' Bitches both, by G — ! '"
One can only concur.
And I share your low opinion of Elizabeth I.
Leslie what do you think of Mary I? I think she should be canonized just to anger Protestants.
Why can't the Catholic Church just admit they are wrong on this? Just saying. Without her you would be stuck in the bad old days before modern medicine
Screw Catherine of fatagon
This author shoukd shove ir.
Mary I of England was a tyrant and Elizabeth saved England from her wickedness.
Also tje priests she killed egged Mary on in killing protestanta. And Catherine of Aragon's queenshjp ended in 1533 and she deserved to die because she wore an angular headdress. An angular headdress!
Where is this author's sympathy for the people Mary I brutally murdered just fot not believing Jesus is a piece of bread?
Why couldn't those people just leave the Catholic Church? No big deal.
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Days of delays in freight transport 14/06/22
Source: Deutsche Bahn: Tagelange Verspätungen im Güterverkehr (ampproject.org)
Days of delays in freight transport
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In freight traffic, hudreds of trains are on the open track, the industry is desperately waiting for its ordered products. The railway group is not making any progress. The Federal Ministry of Transport now expects solutions.
The Federal Ministry of Transport is increasing the pressure on the management of Deutsche Bahn to get the chaotic conditions in rail transport under control soon. While many long-distance customers sometimes complain about hours of delays, the situation in freight rail transport is even more dramatic.
Even days of delays are no longer a rarity there. Currently, 300 trains are at least one day partly on the free route around, in some cases even up to two weeks, it is said from the industry. The train drivers would then have to park the trains on overtaking tracks and fight their way to the next road to somehow get home.
The reasons for this are complex: Deutsche Bahn's construction site management has been considered poor and ineffective for years, in addition to poor communication and coordination. A train driver reports that he spends hours locating trains instead of steering them over the rails on schedule.
Theurer: "We urgently need an inventory"
"The situation has deteriorated dramatically in recent weeks," says the Federal Government Commissioner for Rail Transport, Michael Theurer (FDP), in an interview with the F.A.Z. "We urgently need an inventory and then a general renovation. It needs to be rehabilitated under the rolling wheel."
Last week, a crisis meeting took place between the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and Deutsche Bahn because customers are no longer willing to wait weeks for products. At least there should have been agreement that something had to change, it is said from participant circles. But there is a lack of confidence everywhere that this can happen soon.
The warning to the railway management hits the group at a time when the state-owned company is in dire straits due to the 9-euro ticket and the ambitious goals of politics for increasing passenger and freight traffic numbers. At the end of April, the previous infrastructure board member Ronald Pofalla resigned from his position, and a successor has been sought ever since. "Huge tasks await the new Infrastructure Board," says Theurer. "I expect a ruthless inventory from him, which must also be published."
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Of Liverpool's prisons there had been many complaints over the years and, in 1784, following a report of the Grand Jury 'that the present Common Gaol (the old Tower in Water Street) was totally insufficient for the purposes intended and that there was great reason to dread the most alarming consequences from its present confined situation', two fields near the canal in Great Howard Street were purchased as a site for a new gaol.The Tower continued to be used as the town's prison until 1811, although quite unfit and frequently condemned. John Howard visited it in 1775 and some slight improvements were made. Howard reported, 'The keeper of the Tower or Borough Gaol, which stood at the bottom of Water Street in 1803, was Mr. Edward Frodsham, who was also sergeant-at-mace. The Rev. Edward Monk was the chaplain. The sick were attended by a surgeon from the Dispensary, in consideration of 12 guineas per annum, contributed by the corporation. There was a sort of sick ward in the Tower, but it was a wretched place, being badly ventilated and extremely dirty. The prisoners were not classed, nor indeed separated; men and women, boys and girls, debtor and felon, young and old, were all herded together, meeting daily in the court-yards of the prison. The prison allowance was a three-penny loaf of 1 lb.3 oz. to each prisoner daily. Convicts were allowed 6d. per day. The Mayor gave a dinner at Christmas to all the inmates. The poorer debtors were allowed loose straw to lie on.The criminals were lodged in seven close dungeons 6 feet 6 inches by 5 feet 9 inches. These cells were ranged in a passage 11 feet wide, underground, and were approached by ten steps. Over each cell door was an aperture which admitted such light and air as could be found in such a place. The courtyards (one of which was 20 yards by 30, the other 20 yards by 10) were kept in a most filthy state, although a fine pump of good water was readily accessible. The yards were brick paved. In one yard I noticed a large dung heap, which, I was informed, was only removed once a month. The prison was dirty in the extreme; the mud almost ankle deep in some parts in the passages, and the walls black and grimy. The prisoners used to get up, on public ball nights, dances of their own, as the band could be plainly heard throughout the prison. The debtors used to let down a glove or bag by means of a stick, from their tower into the street, dangling it up and down to attract the notice of passers, who dropped in pieces of money for the use of the ""poor debtors"", which money was invariably spent in feasting and debauchery. The town boys used to put stones into the bags, and highly relished the disappointment of the ""poor debtors"".
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Mayor Jean Quan's staff has recommended that no action be taken against Phil Tagami's company, Rotunda Partners II, which is currently four months behind on its a 20-year $12 million loan with the City of Oakland to develop a parking garage, retail space, and temporary parking lot at the Rotunda building next to City Hall, according to city officials.
According to reports, Tagami's company owes $80,000 in loan payments dating back to November, as of last week's Community and Economic Development (CED) Committee meeting.
The company should only be declared in default "if there is reasonable likelihood that such action will facilitate the development and is in the best interest of the city," the report added.
Asserting that the city staff report and McElhaney's statements are "inaccurate," a managing partner of Rotunda Partners says the company is current on the loan and has made all its monthly payments on time.
At the same time that Tagami's company allegedly has failed to make payments on its loan, he is being paid for multiple roles with the city as property manager, master developer, project manager, rail operator and finance broker on the Oakland Army Base development project.
Asked to speak to the Oakland Post about the Tagami's failure to pay, Mayor Quan has remained silent. The Post has also asked the other mayoral candidates what their position is on the issue.
"We can ensure transparency by using objective metrics to measure results and making sure the contracts include strong audit provisions," he said.
Mayoral candidate Dan Siegel said he is "concerned about conflicts of interest" with Tagami holding multiple roles in his partnership with the city.
"The city should insist that he appear at a public meeting to answer concerns about his agreements with the city," Siegel said.
While not answering the Post's questions this week, candidate Libby Schaaf has said she expects transparency in the city's financial agreements with Tagami.
"I always believe the public is entitled to detailed information about how the city is spending public money," she said.
Candidate Joe Tuman did not respond to the Post's questions.
"The article repeated a councilmember's allegation that the company is currently technically in default. Wrong – Rotunda Partners has made each payment on time and of course, is NOT in default," Moss said, who did not explain why the company did not send a representative to speak at last week's CED meeting where the default was discussed as part of the public agenda.
"The city's loan/equity partnership with Rotunda Partners is actually one of the best real estate deals the city has ever made," he said in letter.


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Urban League offers Innovative Youth Leadership Program
4/25/2014, 6 a.m.
Grade 11 Baltimore City College student and Saturday Leadership Program Fellow Daekwan Jacobs addresses the audience at the closing ceremony of the new flagship initiative, "Saturday Leadership Program" of the Greater Baltimore Urban League at Coppin State University on Saturday, April 5, 2014. (Courtesy Photo/Greater Baltimore Urban League)
BALTIMORE — On Saturday, April 5, 2014, the Greater Baltimore Urban League (GBUL) held the closing ceremony of their new flagship initiative, the Saturday Leadership Program (SLP) at Coppin State University.
SLP participants, families, partners, sponsors, GBUL volunteers and Coppin State University representatives attended the graduation ceremony commemorating their participation in nine leadership development workshops that introduced them to leadership skills and the power of higher education. Coppin State University President Mortimer Neufville provided welcoming remarks, MTA Director Ron Smith pledged his continued support, and BBBS of the Greater Chesapeake Executive Director Selwyn Ray gave a motivational speech. Thanks to SLP's citywide reach, students from 49 neighborhoods and 22 schools from every corner of Baltimore can come together to discover new pathways to success.
"This program's success speaks to the conviction of our volunteers and supporters across the city," said J. Howard Henderson, GBUL President and CEO. "Investing in Baltimore's future African American leaders is a cause that transcends the public and private spheres. We work with eight universities, dozens of nonprofits and businesses, MTA, and the city— where else in Baltimore can you find a collaboration that crosses sectors like that?"
The program recruits students through nonprofit organizations and Baltimore City Public Schools, classroom space and college tours are provided by colleges and universities, local businesses provide meals, and MTA provides bus passes so SLP students can make it to every session.
Students are so enthusiastic about SLP that GBUL is offering a summer program to help SLP students turn their attitudes into action: from May to August, a select group of SLP students will design and lead public service projects to improve their neighborhoods, with GBUL providing administrative support. Henderson is proud of what SLP's students have accomplished. "It is inspiring to see so many youth recognize their potential and act upon it," he said. "Their newfound skills and perspectives give them a unique edge that will serve them well on their way to college and careers." GBUL expects to see an attendance increase next year due to this year's graduates signing up for next year's SLP workshops, where they will co-lead leadership development sessions and serve as examples to their peers.
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Jean-Marie Le Vert, né le  à Papeete (Tahiti), est un évêque catholique français, évêque auxiliaire de Bordeaux depuis le .

Biographie
Il naît le  de Jean Le Vert, responsable du Centre de Télécommunications des PTT de Papeete, et de son épouse Anne-Marie (née Postaire Le Marais), institutrice.

Formation
Après avoir suivi des classes préparatoires scientifiques au lycée Sainte-Geneviève de Versailles, il intègre l'École navale et sert ensuite en qualité d'officier de marine.

Il entre ensuite au séminaire de Gênes en Italie au titre de la communauté Saint-Martin. Il obtient une licence canonique de théologie à l'Université catholique de Fribourg.

Prêtre
Il est ordonné prêtre le  pour l'archidiocèse de Gênes au sein de la Communauté Saint-Martin.

Ayant quitté cette communauté, il est incardiné à l'archidiocèse de Tours en 1995.

Il est vicaire de la cathédrale de Tours de 1990 à 1994, puis curé de la paroisse Saint-Jean de Montjoyeux, toujours à Tours, puis de la paroisse des Fontaines, puis enfin curé de la cathédrale de Tours.

En parallèle, il est directeur spirituel et professeur en patrologie et en théologie pastorale au séminaire inter-diocésain d'Orléans de 1997 à 2005.

Épiscopat
Jean-Marie Le Vert est nommé évêque auxiliaire de Meaux avec le titre d'évêque titulaire (ou in partibus) de Simidicca par le pape Benoît XVI le , il est consacré le  par l'archevêque émérite de Tours, le cardinal Jean Honoré, assisté par Albert de Monléon, évêque de Meaux et André Vingt-Trois, archevêque de Paris.

Il est nommé évêque de Quimper et Léon le . Il est installé dans ses fonctions le . Il succède à ce poste à Clément Guillon devenu évêque émérite.

À la conférence épiscopale, il est membre du Conseil pour la pastorale des enfants et des jeunes.

Il se trouve au centre de polémiques qui culminent en 2014 et amènent à démissionner le vicaire général puis deux prêtres du conseil épiscopal. L'archevêque de Rennes, Pierre d'Ornellas se rend sur place afin de dénouer une situation décrite par le diocèse comme relevant d'un « malaise profond ». Lui est notamment reprochée l'influence laissée à des , au détriment du conseil épiscopal. Finalement, le pape François l'autorise le  à suspendre l'exercice de son ministère d'évêque dans le diocèse sans limitation de durée, pour raison de santé. Le même jour, Philippe Gueneley, évêque émérite de Langres se voit confier la gestion du diocèse en tant qu'administrateur apostolique.

Sa démission est acceptée par le pape le . Il rejoint alors l'archidiocèse de Bordeaux pour une « collaboration pastorale temporaire ».

Le , il a été nommé par Dominique Rey, évêque de Fréjus-Toulon , commissaire pour l'association publique de fidèles de droit diocésain Fraternité Molokai, ainsi que comme commissaire pour l'association publique de fidèles de droit diocésain Servantes de la Présence de Dieu et délégué épiscopal pour accompagner l'association Points-Cœur.

Orientations pour le diocèse de Quimper
À la suite de la démarche synodale lancée en 2010, il a donné au diocèse de Quimper des orientations : constituer des petites fraternités chrétiennes.

Évêque auxiliaire de Bordeaux
Le pape François le nomme évêque auxiliaire de l'archidiocèse de Bordeaux le  en lui conférant le siège titulaire de Briançonnet.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Circonscriptions catholiques françaises depuis 2002
 Liste des évêques français
 Diocèse de Meaux
 Diocèse de Quimper

Liens externes

Évêque de Quimper
Naissance en avril 1959
Naissance à Papeete
Évêque catholique français du XXIe siècle
Évêque auxiliaire de Meaux
Évêque auxiliaire de Bordeaux
Communauté Saint-Martin

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