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History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Volume 1
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Página 431 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest. This liberty you are to stand for, with the hazard (not only of your goods, but) of your lives, if need be. Whatsoever crosseth this, is not authority, but a distemper thereof.
Página 306 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...
Página 354 - We here enjoy God and Jesus Christ," wrote Winthrop to his wife, whom pregnancy had detained in England, " and is not this enough? I thank God I like so well to be here, as I do not repent my coming. I would not have altered my course, though I had foreseen all these afflictions. I never had more content of mind.
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Página 253 - ... be of dangerous consequence in those commonwealths where it has been practised, and for the more quiet and peaceable government of this province, and the better to preserve mutual love and amity among the inhabitants, no person within this province, professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall be any ways troubled, molested, or discountenanced, for his or her religion, or in the free exercise thereof.
Página 407 - Hampden, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief.
Página 299 - Pitiful it was to see the heavy case of these poor women in distress ; what weeping and crying on every side." But, when they were apprehended, it seemed impossible to punish and imprison wives and children for no other crime than that they would not part from their husbands and fathers.
Página 171 - Barbadoes in 1671, he enjoined it upon the planters, that they should " deal mildly and gently with their negroes ; and that, after certain years of servitude, they should make them free.
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I think that people should think about that question and do the right things.
You are absolutely right…
What am I doing for others? Not enough…I am ashamed to say.
We all are not doing enough my friend, but I think it is important to know that we could do more. Slowly maybe but surely…
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No thank you, an excellent posting. Happy to comment and reblog. Be well my friend. #SayWhatNewsApproved
I asked a professor of gender/race/privilege studies once what I could do in this world to help even a bit. At the time, her answer seemed very simple: Don't follow the path of least resistance. Since then, I have found her words help me to help others. It was a good place to start.
Jan, I do agree with her and You! It's a great place to start…(btw I enjoyed the Bay Area a lot last week…)
Says it all!
….good question…!
very simple, but essential…
Hi Gianfranco!
I did gladly subscribe to the thought two decades earlier, and still believe in its core value.
Nevertheless, having left half a century behind, I feel more and more being "expected" to always do for others, while never expecting to be done anything unto myself…
Unfortunately, selflessness and altruism seem to have been hijacked by brokers of power, skimming the cream of charity onto themselves…
After decades of doing for others, I've been left on my own, alone when need struck…
The wounds are healing, but the scars hurt, still…
You said it beautifully. I am sorry for your wounds but thank you for sharing what you feel. I truly appreciate it…
I agree totally. The world these days is full of self help books and 'law of attraction' books but the simple message was given thousands of years ago. It is in giving that we receive.
Great post!!!
He said it well and in different ways. There unfortunately remains so much injustice in the world, opportunity exists to help. All the best, BTG
I am doing as much as I can.
Thank you! That's what every one of us should do…
What ARE we doing? Truly! Try harder at what you are doing.
First, thank you for following my blog. I hope you find some value in the work. Reverend King's words and work have inspired me all my life, but it is imperative that we take care of ourselves, too. The more okay and powerful we feel, the more we can give. I believe in the operating principle: "Be generous with yourself; be generous with others." The more love we give, the more it makes for all of us. Thanks for your work.
You are right! And thank you for your insight…
You have such a great blog! Thank you for following mine!
Thank you!!
A simple act of kindness no matter how small is valuable to the person who receives it.
The passive response is I do no harm but the real question for them is what good do you do?
MLK challenged a generation – JL Imagined Peace – we can work to create it one act at a time, the cumulative impact is colossal.
Indeed…Thank you for your insight. I appreciate it…
I was waiting to see my specialist at the hospital clinic today. This was something like a 2 hour wait so I had plenty of time to absorb the ambiance. Anyway, there was an older lady crocheting grannie squares which she sews into rugs which she donates to the Salvation Army. I was touched by this simple act of kindness..a small way of making a difference.
Thank you for sharing this little story. So many times, "little" story are those that matter most.
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The future of the black community itself may depend on the willingness of those who care about racial justice to re-examine their basic assumptions about the role of the criminal justice system in our society. In the new proactive book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander dives into the not so complicated racial issues that plague this country that we tend to ignore.The Jim Crow era lasted nearly a century because of the federal government and there is still work to be done today. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander, is a book about the discrimination of African Americans in today 's society. One of Alexander 's main points is the War on Drugs and how young African American males are targeted and arrested due to racial profiling. Racial profiling, discrimination, and segregation is not as popular as it used to be during the Civil War, however, Michelle Alexander digs deeper, revealing the truth about our government and the racial scandal in the prison systems. The term mass incarceration refers to not only to the criminal justice system but also to the larger web of laws, rules, policies, and customs that control the labeled criminals both in and out of prison today.
In all of history, African Americans have had to constantly fight for their freedoms and the right to be considered a human being in this society. It's very troubling looking back and seeing where we have failed people in this country. At the turn of the century, when people began to think that we had left our old ways behind, this book reminds us that we are wrong. Racism is still alive today in every way, just in different forms. The politicians of America like to hide or mask this new form of racism and control by a way that we…show more content… We approximately have 5 percent of the nation's population, but we have over ¼ of the world's prisoners. This number is still increasing at an alarming rate. Since the 1980's the prison population has increased to 2.2 million men and women. In all of the world, we are the leaders in incarceration. Most of the people being arrested and charged are for drug related offenses. This significant increase in prisoners is due to the War on Drugs started by Ronald Regan. Alexander claims that the sole reason that the war on drugs was started was to maintain the racist nature that faces America.
Alexander realizes that even though the Jim Crow Laws were eradicated, we have just reshaped the ways in which we decide to ruin lives. As the old adage says, "The more things change, the more they remain the same". I think to a certain point Americans need to have reassurance that things really are changing and here's where Jim Crow ends, but in the background the powerful people in this country had to come up with a new plan to feed their racist nature. One politician after another want to show how tough they can be on drugs. Each wanting to be stronger than the other. They didn't care who they were hurting on the bottom, as long as they looked extra tough. The main race being incarcerated and targeted is African Americans. For years, poor neighborhoods have been targeted by police, whose main purpose was to find drugs by any means.
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Senior Managers & Certification Regime
On 9 December 2019, the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SM&CR) will be extended to the Investment Management industry and remaining sectors still outside the current regime. Banks, insurers and some large investment firms have been subject to SM&CR since March 2016. Near-final rules for the extended SM&CR regime were published on 4 July 2018 (and can be viewed here). The extended regime has been adapted to suit the businesses of entities not caught by the existing regime.
This Regulatory Spotlight considers what Investment Managers need to know about SM&CR and how they can start preparing for the new regime now.
An overview of the Senior Managers Regime
SM&CR largely replaces the previous Approved Persons Regime. The new regime places greater emphasis on clearly demarcated responsibilities for senior managers. Staff at Investment Managers will fall into one of three categories:
- Senior Managers: will continue to be required to obtain FCA approval. Firms will need produce a statement of responsibility for each senior manager that clearly sets out their role and responsibilities. Each responsibility should ideally be described in 300 words or less. Senior managers may be held personally accountable if they cannot show they have taken reasonable steps to prevent a regulatory breach within their area of responsibility.
- Certification Regime staff: instead of being FCA approved persons, employees (other than senior managers) who could cause significant harm to the Investment Manager, the market or customers must be annually certified by the firm as fit and proper. Employees includes consultants and secondees.
- Conduct Rules staff: most employees at Investment Managers (other than those performing purely ancillary services) will be subject to the new Conduct Rules which will replace statements of principle and the code of practice under the Approved Persons Regime. The Conduct Rules will apply to many individuals within the firm (involved in activities relating to the firm's regulated business and certain unregulated activities) except for prescribed employees involved in the provision of ancillary services only (e.g., secretaries, admin and kitchen staff).
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Traits on the way
My colleague John Walter has a saying that 'when you come right down to it, farming is still about mud, rocks, bugs and weeds.' So far, no company has found a trait to deter mud and rocks. That's not the case, though, with bugs and weeds.
In a perfect world, corn would yield 600 bushels per acre or more. This, of course, is before a multitude of pests and diseases attack it. Ear attackers like corn earworm not only do damage to kernels, but also leave an entry point for mycotoxins to attack corn.
Black cutworm is another corn pest that particularly ravages early corn stands by up to 50%. Even if black cutworm doesn't kill corn, it can weaken plants and make them prone to other stressors.
Ever notice chewed-up corn plants along borders or grass alleyways? "A lot of this damage was done by fall armyworm when the plant was smaller, when all the leaves were in the whorl," says Bruce Battles, agronomy marketing manager for Syngenta Seeds.
Help is on the way, though, says Battles. Corn earworm is one of 14 insects controlled by Syngenta's Agrisure Viptera 3111 trait stack that debuts this year. Syngenta officials say a multi-pest complex (black cutworm, stalk borer, fall armyworm, western bean cutworm, and corn earworm) damages 238 million bushels of corn annually.
Agrisure Artesian is Syngenta's new water optimization technology that debuts in 2011. The first phase you'll see this year uses native traits to help corn plants better manage moisture. "Farmers can relate to those hybrids that conserve water on those tight clay soils," says Battles. "There is a gene in those hybrids that help them manage water a little better than others."
Soybeans have lagged behind corn when it comes to traits. However, Battles notes soybean traits Syngenta has coming down the pike in future years include:
- - A transgenic trait for nematode control.
- - HPPD-inhibitor herbicide tolerance for soybeans.
- - Soybean rust tolerance.
Syngenta launched its Aphid Management System in 2010. It uses a multi-pronged aphid control approach that includes the Rag1 gene, the seed treatment Cruiser Maxx Beans, beneficial insects, and if necessary, a foliar insecticide application of Warrior II or Indigo, says Scott Payne, marketing research agronomist for Syngenta.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post2160344683544455424..comments2022-09-18T08:04:43.354-06:00Comments on The Fischbowl: Ten Shifty YearsKarl Fischhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-70654365518047260282017-02-17T02:28:25.388-07:002017-02-17T02:28:25.388-07:00I believe these conversations took place all along...I believe these conversations took place all along, it was only until non group members were able to see them through social media that people began "yelling" but the truth is that was always the case. People couldn't have a voices to speak out and the internet normalized standing up for your own beliefs. I also believe others came to realization that these conversations made them uncomfortable therefore they made fun of or started to yell over their voice. Unfortunately "political differences" used to be "talked" about majorly on news by white men. However, now that they are talked about from minorities point of views, people "don't like it." These are just what I believe has shifted. Anonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-5867619780725109642017-02-13T07:14:04.627-07:002017-02-13T07:14:04.627-07:00This post might help .... http://thefischbowl.blog...This post might help .... http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/06/about-this-blog.htmlKarl Fischhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-84081959050790954982017-02-13T01:38:25.339-07:002017-02-13T01:38:25.339-07:00Hi Karl. I would also be interested in hearing the...Hi Karl. I would also be interested in hearing the history of the blog. How did you get the idea to start one 10 years ago?
Robhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-34831132744941211772016-11-04T00:13:18.064-06:002016-11-04T00:13:18.064-06:00Ten years ago, were you just starting theFischBowl...Ten years ago, were you just starting theFischBowl, was it up and running, or was it just an idea in your head? Just wondering! Keep on blogging!
Cheers, NickAnonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-57701637824580386472016-09-06T10:34:04.067-06:002016-09-06T10:34:04.067-06:00@Sandie - Not sure that was quite the point of thi...@Sandie - Not sure that was quite the point of this post. No yelling in this post, just information. I think many Americans can disagree with respect - and often do.Karl Fischhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-22117176431778990682016-09-06T10:08:31.710-06:002016-09-06T10:08:31.710-06:00In 2006 Americans could discuss political (and oth...In 2006 Americans could discuss political (and other types of) differences and disagree with respect and grace. In 2016 there is no discussion, nor is disagreement recognized. Every side seems to think they are correct all of the time about everything. There is so much yelling on top of each other that it's impossible to hear anyone!Sandiehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-91399893631316802572016-09-06T03:19:15.962-06:002016-09-06T03:19:15.962-06:00Great article Karl. Interesting reading. Australia...Great article Karl. Interesting reading. Australia interested to see what you do with Trump????Knot Moreknittinghttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-42169401305894438252016-09-05T16:35:44.210-06:002016-09-05T16:35:44.210-06:0010+ years of blogging is impressive! Looking forw...10+ years of blogging is impressive! Looking forward to at least ten more. Matt Townsleyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-43815534052550717682016-09-05T14:40:53.401-06:002016-09-05T14:40:53.401-06:00Karl, you came to Fossil Ridge in 2009 to share yo...Karl, you came to Fossil Ridge in 2009 to share your thoughts as part of staff development. I was a long term sub then, who subsequently was hired and have taught at FRHS since...I use your "Shift Happens" PPT and video every semester to teach my business students about skills and employ-ability and just wanted to thank you for your progressive thinking.

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Day 6 – National Blog Posting Month.
All day my eye was bothering me. Between patients I'd go to the bathroom with a saline spray and remove my contact lens to clean it. My eye would feel better after a while but then the irritation would return. It felt like a grain of sand or dust was in my eye. I thought I might be getting a stye. By the end of the day I felt like scratching my eye out.
I had some fluorescein stain at home so I put a few drops in my eye and used the blue light of my ophthalmoscope to look at my eye. Yellow and blue make green. A corneal scratch or abrasion will light up green.
Above photo credit: http://www.rcemlearning.co.uk/references/corneal-injuries/
I was a little surprised to actually see that I indeed had a few scratches on my cornea. Suddenly the pain got worse (psychosomatic?). I called for my two older kids to come to the bathroom so I could show them.
Needless to say they thought it was pretty cool. I had to wear my glasses for the rest of the evening. They have lenses from 2006. They haven't been updated and my eyes have gotten worse. I really need to get the lenses updated.
Corneal abrasions hurt. Wow. Do they ever hurt. I woke up with a brutal migraine today and I still want to scratch my eye out. It's going to be a great day.


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Tickets selling fast for Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai has a thriving sporting scene and this has once again been emphasised by the impressive ticket sales for an upcoming tennis competition.
The Dubai Tennis Championships will get underway next month and many of the days have already sold out, emphasising just how much appetite there is for top-class sport in the emirate.
Tournament director Salah Tahlak told Gulf News that sales have been incredibly fast so far and the players will take to the courts in front of healthy crowds.
He said: 'The tickets have gone like hot cakes and we are proud to have the Dubai Tennis Championships become such an integral part of the sporting calendar of the UAE.
'The tennis tournament is an annual feature now and people want to be there to take in all the action and get to see all the big names in men's and women's tennis.'
Magdy Al Shaikh, event and project supervisor at the Dubai Tennis Championships, added that tickets for the men's quarter-finals, semi-finals and final have now all sold out, after organisers were 'touched' by the huge demand for seats.
People were invited to buy tickets from the box office at the Dubai Tennis Stadium in Al Garhoud from 07:00 local time today (January 14th) and 569 transactions had been completed by 13:00 local time. Mr Al Shaikh noted a precise number of tickets sold will be announced once the data has been analysed.
Large queues gathered outside the stadium despite relatively chilly temperatures, showing how enthusiastic the people of Dubai are about tennis. The tournament could also prove to be a hit with visitors to the emirate next month who fancy catching some high-quality sport.
People who have yet to book tickets but are interested in doing so have been reminded that seats are still available for all six days of the women's competition and the first three days of the men's contest.


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Cathie Adams served for less than a year as chair of the Texas Republican Party before being unseated in 2010, but she's long been a fixture on Texas' right wing, particularly as a leader of the virulently anti-abortion Texas Eagle Forum.
It was in that role that Adams spoke alongside now-Senator Ted Cruz at a pre-election forum. Yesterday, Right Wing Watch posted audio and a transcript of the speech in which Adams explains that Obama is a) a communist:
Who is a Marxist in our White House? Of course, it's Barack Hussein Obama. And I don't know why we're not calling him what he is as a Marxist. It's as if, when the wall fell that communism died; it didn't. Today, it is green on the outside and red on the inside. It is as red as ever and Barack Obama is implementing his green agenda, which is Marxism, and that is exactly why our economy is hurting as badly as it is and why twenty three million people are still out of work. That is exactly what is happening.
and b) an arrogant prick:
So for us to elect a US Senator or elect a President who thinks more of himself than he ought, who thinks so narcissisticly, as Barack Hussein Obama glared at Mitt Romney in that last debate, I was so offended I wanted to go up and just smack his face.
who c) has done way, way too many drugs:
And folks we've got to be very careful about saying "well, that's not for me but you can do whatever you want." Folks, we have a rule of law, we have a Constitution and those things must be upheld. We cannot think that, well, if what their trying to do, for example, right now on a ballot in Colorado is legalize marijuana. And if we legalize it, will we empty out our jails and will we be safe for ever more? No. I'm telling you, Barack Hussein Obama has got to have a teleprompter because he fried his brain on drugs.
There's really not much to add, other than that, as the Texas Freedom Network notes, Adams is no rookie when it comes to wacky pronouncements.
H/T Texas Freedom Network. FrontBurner had it, too.


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Kensington's rolling out some new accessories today, a couple for the iPhone/iPod and a couple laptop stands. The two iPod devices are pretty interesting. First, the "Charging Dock with Mini Battery Pack for iPhone and iPod" that Peter posted yesterday is pretty much exactly like it sounds. But there's more!
To recap, the dock is a charging USB system (shown above) with an included on-the-go emergency battery that charges in tandem with your Apple device. The battery pack is apparently good for up to 30 hours of music playback, 6 hours of video, or 3 hours of talk time. It's available for pre-order with a suggested retail price of $70, which seems a tad on the expensive side. Retailers may sell it for cheaper, though.
Charging Dock with Mini Battery Pack for iPhone and iPod
Next, this "Nightstand Charging Dock for iPhone" is a pretty simple idea that turns your iPhone or iPod touch into an alarm clock with weather info. The charging apparatus holds your device in place horizontally and features big clock numbers along with weather info in the lower left corner. Click the weather icon and you'll get a full five-day forecast. The app itself, called Kensington Rise&Shine is available for free from the App Store, while the charging dock is available for pre-order with a suggested price of $40.
Rise&Shine, Nightstand Charging Dock
Finally, we've got a couple laptop docks. First, the "TwoFold Notebook Stand" is a flat-folding notebook stand. "Stores flat, then sets up in a snap," says Kensington. It'll cost around $20 — available for preorder.
Then, take the same stand and build a protective notebook sleeve around it and you've got the "TwoFold Notebook Stand and Sleeve" for $40. It's a transforming, flat-folding notebook stand that doubles as a protective sleeve for your laptop. That's actually not a bad idea at all.


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I am so in love with these small frames and since I am not a one-layer or CAS kinda card-creator I wanted to give it a go with this frame.
I embossed the frame onto the paper - then I used my C1 Copic Marker to create a shadow border to make it look a bit more dimensional.
This stamp set is so versatile and just to show you how cool Gwen looks I made another card using Gwen and the frame. Ohh and I also used the Sorbet Sequin mix to decorate the gold doily.
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Let's take a break from the slightly belated posts and return to the extremely belated posts – from my trip to South Africa back in January! In the last posts from this series I described our safari experience at Kruger Park and our drive along the Garden Route, at the end of which The Boy and I arrived in Cape Town.
My introduction to Cape Town was a memorable one – we drove in just in time for me to attend the hens party for a friend, which included a (slightly choppy) ferry ride giving amazing sunset views of this beautiful port city. We spent our time in Cape Town relaxing as well as exploring, meeting up with friends and enjoying the excellent local food. The highlight for me was a visit to Boulders Beach, known for its colony of African penguins which will waddle right up to you, completely unafraid.
We set our sights early on hiking up the towering Table Mountain, but with heavy clouds hanging around the top we were advised to leave it for another day. Instead we took our chances with neighbouring (but sunny) Lion's Head, a longer but less steep climb winding around the peak, giving views of the city from all sides.
Eventually we did make it up Table Mountain – but having strained ourselves enough climbing Lion's Head we took the easy route and rode the cable car. Being the first ones up that morning we had the flat top of the mountain mostly to ourselves, and the quiet view of the city was fitting for our final day.
We did roam beyond Cape Town for an epic beach wedding, wine tasting and more hiking – more on that next time!


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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez committed suicide in his cell at the Souza Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning, according to prison officials.
A statement from the Department of Correction reads, "[He] hanged himself utilizing a bedsheet that he attached to his cell window. Mr. Hernandez also attempted to block his door from the inside by jamming the door with various items."
Hernandez, who, in 2015, was convicted of murdering semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd and sentenced to life in prison, was found unresponsive and rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was 27.
A prison spokesman told the Associated Press that he was not aware of a suicide note written by Hernandez.
A first-team All-American as player at the University of Florida, Hernandez was drafted by the Patriots in 2010. When he was taken into police custody as a suspect in Lloyd's murder in 2013, he was released from the Patriots about 90 minutes later, before charges were even filed; an official team statement said "we believe this transaction is simply the right thing to do." The subsequent murder trial became an object of media fascination; two years after helping the Patriots to a Super Bowl victory, Hernandez—once described by Patriots owner Robert Kraft as "living the Patriot Way"—was in handcuffs.
Hernandez's death comes five days after a jury acquitted him in another trial, for the double murder of Daniel Jorge Correia de Abreu and Safiro Teixeira Furtado in 2012. On Friday, the jury found him not guilty of homicide in the drive-by shooting, but guilty on one count of possessing an unregistered weapon. Per TMZ, he was sentenced to serve four to five years in prison for this conviction.
The Boston Globe reported Friday that Hernandez's fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez, and his young daughter, were in the room when the judge read the decision. He reportedly turned to them and said, "I love you."
According to reports from TMZ, Hernandez's lawyer, Jose Baez, is not accepting that his client's death was a suicide. He is launching an investigation as to whether this death was a murder orchestrated by either inmates or staff within the prison.
State police are investigating the case.
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On the 21st of January 2015, Microsoft revealed its ambitious plan to extend the reach of the Xbox Service beyond consoles, uniting previously disparate PC and console gamers. The Xbox app ensures that anyone running Windows 10 on a PC can enjoy the full Xbox live experience and stream Xbox One games from a console to a Windows 10 laptop, tablet or PC. Newzoo's analysis of its consumer insights and global revenue data sizes the opportunity that Microsoft is after. Microsoft's strategy potentially allows it to increase its share of the gaming market in two ways: by taking in a larger share of the wallet of its current user base and tapping into markets that have been out of reach until now.
Meanwhile, the two reasons why this is a smart first move for Microsoft are illustrated here:
1.Half of Console Payers are Also Spending on PC
To understand how Microsoft is capitalizing on cross-platform gaming we only need look at the overlap between spenders on the PC and console using the Newzoo Data Explorer. In the US, 58% of those who play both console and PC/MMO games are also spending on both platforms – 42 million gamers. Zooming in on the more valuable payers, 10% of those playing on both platforms are also big spenders on both. This means that 7.5 million Americans are already spending higher value amounts on both console and PC/MMO games. If Microsoft can lure Xbox gamers that are already spending money on the PC to migrate this spending to the Xbox App, it can take more money from the same gamers' wallets.
Microsoft has been laying the groundwork to capitalize on cross-platform gaming for some time with the increased publication of big brand titles across multiple platforms and cross-play functionality. Fable Legends, the upcoming sequel to the celebrated Xbox series, will be the first of many to launch on both Windows 10 and Xbox One and will allow for cross-play between PC and console. A statement published by Xbox's wire service promised "the same game, in the same world, on the same map" for players on Windows 10 and Xbox One machines.
2.Microsoft can serve the East & West with one solution
In terms of money, our Global Games Market Premium service shows that global PC/MMO revenues exceeded $24 billion in 2014, while console revenues reached almost $27 billion. These revenues are not distributed evenly per region, with the East and West showing very different preferences per platform. In North America, console revenues exceeded $11 billion, far outweighing the PC/MMO revenues of $4 billion. Asia Pacific shows the opposite trend, with $14 billion in PC/MMO revenues, more than double the console revenues ($6 billion). This has rendered the East a much smaller and less lucrative market for Microsoft…. until now.
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With this new cross-screen solution, Microsoft can potentially serve the large number of PC/MMO gamers in the East and its existing console customers in the West. The company has the potential to increase its addressable revenues by as much as +91%, supporting its ambition to become a truly global player in the games market.
This announcement to unify the efforts of its Xbox and Windows teams could almost double Microsoft's addressable market and turn it into a truly global player. Still, to realistically achieve this goal one crucial step is missing: making the platform reversible, allowing PC games to be distributed through the Windows 10 Xbox app with or without the option to stream these to the TV screen. The current set-up caters most to those who already own an Xbox One, which remains an obstacle for conquering Asia. Upcoming announcements about Windows 10 could change this.


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Workplace automation tools are expected to see an uptick in adoption in the next few years. One company leading the charge is San Francisco-based Zinier, which was founded in October 2015 by Andrew Wolf and former TripAdvisor market development manager Arka Dhar. A developer of intelligent field service automation, the startup provides a platform — intelligent service automation and control, or ISAC — aimed at fixing machinery before it breaks and maintaining mission-critical client services.
After raising $30 million across three funding rounds, the first of which closed in January 2016, Zinier is gearing up for a major expansion with fresh capital. Today the startup announced that it has raised $90 million in series C funding — nearly quadruple its series B total — led by new investor Iconiq Capital, with participation from Tiger Global Management and return investors Accel, Founders Fund, Nokia-backed NGP Capital, France-based Newfund Capital, and Qualcomm Ventures. The round brings Zinier's total raised to over $120 million, and CEO Dhar says it will support the company's customer acquisition strategy and accelerate expansion of its services across telecom, energy, utilities, and beyond.
Specifically, Zinier plans to expand in Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America, with a particular focus on Australia and New Zealand. On the R&D side, it will build out its AI technologies at the platform level and partner with global system integrators.
"Services that we rely on every day — electricity, transportation, communication — are getting by on centuries-old infrastructure that requires a major upgrade for the next generation of users," added Dhar. "A field service workforce powered by both people and automation is necessary to execute the massive amount of work required to not only maintain [this] critical human infrastructure, but to also prepare for growth. Our team is focused on enabling this transformation across industries through intelligent field service automation."
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Zinier's eponymous suite delivers insights, general recommendations, and specific tasks by running operations metrics through proprietary AI and machine learning algorithms. As for ISAC, it triggers preventative actions based on equipment health while anticipating stock transfers, and it scans technicians' calendars to help define ongoing and potential problems. A separate component — Zinier's AI configurator — affords control over the recommendations by enabling users to define the corpora on which the recommender systems are trained and to set the algorithms used.
A complementary workflow builder automates routine tasks with custom workflows, and it lets users build, deploy, and update those workflows to their hearts' content without having to write custom code. They're also afforded access to the app builder, which supports the building of custom solutions for specific field service problems, as well as the grouping together of key functionalities into a single bundle that can be deployed across teams (subject to roles and permissions).
Coordinators can accept or reject suggestions on the fly — the former sets off a series of automated actions. And managers can build custom dashboards from which teams can view insights generated by the analysis of historical trends, and optionally receive proactive alerts configured to address particular pain points, like when a task is at risk of falling behind.
Zinier supports scheduling and dispatching so technicians know their work orders up to months in advance, and it autonomously determines general capacity based on transit time, technician availability, and task prioritization. Elsewhere, Zinier uses AI to predict systems failure by weighing real-time internet of things data against historical trends, and it tracks and manages inventory to ensure technicians consistently have the parts they need.
On the mobile side of the equation, Zinier's app makes an effort to boost productivity and job satisfaction by ensuring accurate job completion — in part by surfacing contextual and back-office data for technicians in the field. Service workers can access not only relevant documents, but detailed site records and readings from internet of things gadgets.
As my colleague Paul Sawers notes, field service organizations are embracing AI and machine learning at an accelerated pace — and startups are rising to meet the demand. There's the well-funded ServiceMax, which was acquired by GE Digital a few years back for $915 million and in turn sold a majority stake to Silver Lake in December 2018. Salesforce also offers a product called Field Service Lightning, while Microsoft snapped up FieldOne Systems in 2015 and now offers a field service management platform called Dynamics 365 for Field Service. For its part, Oracle in 2014 acquired the reportedly lucrative TOA Technologies, and in 2018 SAP bought AI-powered field service management company Coresystems.
Zinier's ostensible advantage is that its AI-powered platform was developed in-house from the ground up and it isn't distracted by other business interests. "For Zinier, field service is our sole focus," Dhar told VentureBeat in an earlier interview. "The platform has allowed us to quickly build Field Service Elements, our end-to-end field service automation product. And as we continue to build our expertise in different industries, we can quickly configure specific use case solutions for customers."
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Security requirements may not always be included in the data protection law, but are key to guaranteeing lawful processing of personal data. The entity processing the data must take all useful precautions with respect to the nature of the data and the risk presented by the processing, to preserve the security of the data and prevent alteration, corruption or access by unauthorized third parties. Appropriate technical and organizational measures should be implemented to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk.
Employers in the Czech Republic should follow the general security standards listed in Article 32 of the General Data Protection Regulation. When protecting employee and applicant data, consider the sensitivity of the information, the technology available, the expense of protecting the data and the risk to individuals if the data is compromised. Then take organizational and technological measures, including:
The Czech Republic also has national rules relating to who can access employee data. Under the Czech Labour Code (Sec. 312), only managerial employees who are superior to the employee may inspect an employee's personal files. The Labour Inspectorate body, the Labour Office of the Czech Republic, the Personal Data Protection Office, courts, public prosecutors, the competent body of the Police, the National Security Agency and intelligence agencies also have a right to inspect these files.
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JWChat is an advanced instant messenger (IM) just like AIM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger or ICQ. This means you can manage your contacts, communicate with other users in 1:1 chat sessions or join a groupchat room for collaborative communication. Unlike other IMs you can use this with your web browser without having to install any additional software at all.
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I reported recently that the cloud practice-management application MyCase is slated to debut a new mobile app. The app will be a first among practice-management apps in that it will allow both clients and lawyers to access their case information.
The app is not yet available for download. By way of a preview, below are screencaps showing various facets of the current development version of the app. This shows the app from the vantage point of a logged-in attorney user.
As you can see, the app provides access to the full array of MyCase functions, enabling users to view, manage and add contacts, matters, documents, appointments, tasks, billable time and expenses.
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"The Indian in the Cupboard" was one of my favorite books when I was in school. I think that it was on our fourth-grade reading list, and I remember that our teacher read it to us out loud, one chapter every day. I was so impatient back then that I checked it out from the library and finished it myself at home, because I couldn't wait to see how the story turned out! Even reading it now, the book is just as good as I remember.
This book is about Omri, who gets an empty cupboard for his birthday present. Completely by accident, Omri places a plastic Indian inside the cupboard and locks it with a family heirloom key. The Indian comes to life, and Omri quickly discovers that he can bring other plastic toys to life as well. Working with his friend Patrick, Omri quickly turns his messy bedroom into the Wild West, complete with a cowboy and horses.
This sounds like an awesome way to play, but the situation quickly gets out of hand. Omri discovers that his toys are real people, with real problems. The cowboy is an uncontrollable crybaby, and the Indian wants to build a home and take a wife. Even worse, Omri and Patrick begin to fight over who owns which toys. It's a tense situation, and it's especially difficult for them to keep this magic a secret between them.
I'd recommend this book to just about anyone, even if you don't really like books about magic. The magic in this story is just sort of there in the background, and the real plot is about what happens to the characters. You can't help being amazed as these tiny people learn to adapt to this huge new world around them, and how Omri learns to be responsible for the people he brought to life.
After I read this book again, I spent some time looking at all of the bulldozers and excavators that my son keeps in his room. If they somehow turned real, I bet that they'd turn our house into a construction site! Do you have any favorite toys of your own? Do you ever wonder what would happen if they somehow became real?


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The story of the development of steam traction on the East Coast Route must be one of the best known and documented stories in steam locomotive history, if not the best. The rapid enlargement of steam locomotives under the leadership of Henry Ivatt was followed by the long tenure of Nigel Gresley, culminating in his magnificent Pacifics, Green Arrows and Mikados, and 126mph. In this book Peter Coster touches on the salient features of the story as they concern Gresleys first Pacifics of Class A1 moving on to his Class A3. The narrative and illustrations deal with the long history of these splendid locomotives, to which the author makes his own comments as they seem appropriate. For many of us, these locomotives had a special place in our affections. Nigel Gresley built his Pacifics not just to look magnificent, but to work hard and efficiently. We start with his A1 Pacific No.1470, which was introduced in 1922, and move on to the A3, introduced in 1928. The work of these locomotives will be described and illustrated, up to the very last in service under British Railways. The author has used the appropriate locomotive numbers for the period, and names, but has used 24hr notation for times of day. He has also used the LNER classification rather than the GNR, to which it was very similar in principle, but different in detail. Peter Coster has written this short account of one of the most famous and well-loved steam locomotive designs as both a railway engineer and as a lifelong enthusiast. Although he has done many things in his professional career and in his leisure, he has not been fortunate enough to work with locomotives such as these. However, it was his good fortune to know as friends many who did, and has drawn much from what he learnt from them in this book. This account is written by an author who lived, as many did, at the south end of the East Coast main line, and therefore it is seen in that perspective. Although he has tried to cover events and situations overall, the stories and anecdotes lean towards the southern end of the line.
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When you live in a high rise building, it is essential that you are able to store all your stuff properly and with ease to avoid your condo from looking too crowded when visitors come to visit your home. Who likes living in a cramped home anyway?
Like Louie Santaguida's mantra when it comes to condominiums and living peacefully with the environment, always be practical with your living patterns, because this will help you make your living space healthier, cleaner and peaceful. Having said that, here are 11 ways you can add storage to your condo unit:
Turn your bed into a storage space – there are many crazy ways on how to make your bed useful for creating more space in your bedroom. You can make use of the bottom of your bed, and turn it into a storage by putting spaces in between one another to form small knick knack drawers, that are good for placing books, cellular phones, shoes, and etc. you can also use the spaces to put baskets, so that you can place more items inside it. When you are done with the baskets, you can just shove them back in the small spaces that you have created and it will look like a cabinet underneath your bed.
Get a multi purpose table – multipurpose tables can be found anywhere, and are very popular as space savers, especially for small apartments and condominiums. There are many kinds, and these tables can be extended or reduced depending on the design that you choose. But these are generally a very good investment in the long run.
Make use of shoeboxes – When you say innovative, that also means that you can be creative with how you use everyday items that normally get thrown away. Shoeboxes can actually make good storage compartments for your home. These can be placed anywhere like: underneath your bed, cabinet, coffee table, cupboard, television table, and etc. this will also save you a lot of money, since you do not have to buy any boxes from the store. It is eco friendly and totally reusable.
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The state's largest distributor of craft beers has been slapped with an unprecedented 90-day license suspension by the state for paying Boston bars tens of thousands of dollars to carry its beers and freeze out competitors.
The state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission said the Craft Brewers Guild of Everett spent around "$120,000 to pay kickbacks" to a dozen Boston-area establishments "in a pervasive illegal enterprise'' that spanned at least five years.
Craft Brewers Guild distributes dozens of specialty beers, from major brewers such as Yuengling and Lagunitas, and from local companies, including Wachusett Brewing Co. and Ipswich Ale Brewery. Craft Brewers is a subsidiary of the Sheehan Family Cos., which is based in Massachusetts and operates 19 beer distributors in 13 states.
Craft Brewers would not say if it would appeal, but issued a statement promising that consumers would not be affected by the decision. It can fight the ruling in court, or instead pay a fine equal to about half its profits for the 90-day period.
"Yesterday, the ABCC issued a ruling which imposed upon Craft Brewers Guild either a 90-day suspension or a fine," the company said. "We are in the process of reviewing the decision with our legal counsel.
"Regardless of which option we exercise, there will be no disruption in our business and we will continue our high level of service,'' it said.
The case against Craft Brewers Guild highlights the practice of "pay to play" in the beer industry that some critics insist is rampant but seldom punished — making the size of the penalty imposed this week all the more striking.
The ABCC is investigating at least four other allegations of pay-to-play, officials said, and the commission used the Craft Brewers Guild decision to issue a warning to other companies.
"The members of the alcoholic beverages industry in Massachusetts are hereby admonished that if, for any reason [they] engage in similar conduct that creates a systemic illegality, this commission shall take similar, severe enforcement action,'' the commission said.
Paying for product placement is not uncommon in other retail sectors, such as grocery stores, where big distributors pay for eye-catching shelf space for cat food, cereal, and other merchandise.
But the practice of "pay to play" was banned in the alcohol industry by many states at the end of Prohibition to keep large national brands from dominating local markets.
"Wow, I did not see a decision of that magnitude coming down the pike," said Rob Martin, president of the Massachusetts Brewers Guild, a trade group, and owner of Ipswich Ale Brewery.
Martin said most brewers typically use a single distributor and would prefer not to switch to a competitor.
"There are plenty of other distributorships, but consumer choice is hurt for sure because it puts brewers in a place where they couldn't move product," Martin said.
Craft Brewers Guild had previously acknowledged in an
ABCC hearing that it would pay bars $1,000 to $2,000 a year for each tap handle they dedicated to a beer distributed by the Everett-based company.
However, its attorneys argued at the time that pay-to-play prohibitions were rarely enforced and even legally invalid because of long-ago changes to state alcohol regulations.
But in their ruling, the ABCC commissioners rejected those arguments, saying the rules are still in effect and that Craft Brewers Guild knew it was breaking the law. The company, the ABCC said, "went to great lengths to hide its knowingly unlawful conduct."
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An earlier report by ABCC investigators said Craft Brewers Guild disguised illegal payments on invoices from bars with code words, such as "marketing services" and "brand allocation." The report also said Craft Brewers Guild general manager Michael Bernfield acknowledged to investigators that he approved the payments and knew the practice violated ABCC regulations.
The report stated that Craft Beer Guild sales manager Craig Corthell conceded that payments were made in exchange for tap lines committed to specific brands.
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■ Jerry Remy's Sports Bar & Grill, in the Seaport District, owned by the Cronin Group.
■ Estelle's, a now-closed South End bar owned by the Wilcox Group.
■ Gather, in the Seaport, owned by the Briar Group.
■ Game On Fenway, a bar near Fenway Park owned by the Lyons Group.
■ Coogan's, in the Financial District, owned by the Glynn Hospitality Group.
The bars are due to argue their case before the ABCC commissioners later this month. Possible punishments include fines, suspensions, or revocation of their licenses.
No brewers have been cited in the investigation.
The ABCC inquiry began in October 2014, when Dann Paquette of craft beer company Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project Inc. complained about the practice on Twitter. Investigators later obtained bills that Craft Brewers Guild had sent to Pretty Things for the cost of payments the distributor made to bars that agreed to stock Paquette's beer.
"We hope this ruling will be the beginning of a wider investigation into illegal pay-to-play practices in the alcohol industry in Massachusetts," Paquette said in a statement. He has since closed Pretty Things.
Marc Berkowitz, whose Sunset Grill & Tap in Allston gets more than one-third of its 113 craft beers on tap from Craft Brewers Guild, said pay-to-play bans are outdated.
He said the alcohol industry should be allowed to operate in a way similar to food stores and other consumer businesses, in which paying for shelf space is legal and common.
"I think the decision is unnecessary and unfortunate," Berkowitz said.
But Jamie Walsh, bar manager at Stoddard's Fine Food & Ale in Downtown Crossing, said the case shows the need for more enforcement so small brewers aren't shut out of the market.
"Make it fair so that it allows the independent craft brewers have a level playing field, so that there's a level playing field for everybody," he said.
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When you're endorsing a candidate, it's best not to call her the "worst woman" for the job.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2017
A parish to emulate?
Nevertheless, from time to time, we will come across things which are worth wide and collective reflection on whether we might consider some emulation, and one such instance I want to put to you is found in this lovely post on Liturgy. (I do not know the parish mentioned but I know the vicar a little and am not surprised at all to find that he is leading well, as the post describes).
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Hi Peter - the link in this post is wrong - the l has been dropped from the front of the URL
The linked post itself describes a tool for children to basically memorise the central part of the Liturgy
I'm all for that - the understanding will come with time and develop in depth
I think though you may be less liturgically inclined than myself (is that why the Title ends with a question mark?)
But with a common liturgy a child inculcated in it in that church will be familiar with it when attending another church.
In my case as a child I absorbed the Liturgy in two different languages later a third and now wouldn't even notice what the language is in use at all without consciously thinking about it
No need for overhead projectors or service books both of which I find distractions - but that is the way I was raised I guess
But this is why a common liturgy passed down the generations is a virtue in my mind.
I looked up the part of the service mentioned in Boscoe's post as it appears in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer.
It has much in common with what I am familiar with but is simpler and omits things - I suppose for theological reasons
Certainly recognizable though
- January 25, 2017 at 8:40 PM
- St Matthews, Masterton said...
Thanks for the kind words Peter. Hope you are well. Pete.
- January 25, 2017 at 10:35 PM
- Peter Carrell said...
Hi Andrei
Link fixed!
I am keen on common liturgy :)
Question mark as much as anything is about the choice we make to emulate or not and, in this particular case, even when we emulate re commonality of liturgy, whether we emulate the specifics of the cards.
- January 26, 2017 at 11:26 AM
It seems like the start of a very good idea to me Peter
Map out the Liturgy for the little ones with the cards and have them participate in this manner
And when they get a bit bigger, as part of their formation, explain the meaning and significance of each of these steps as mapped by the cards - i.e. what is happening, what this means and why
The priest shouldn't be leading it though I'd suggest and focus on his tasks (he should be ad orientem :) but that's for another time)
Boscoe used the term "epiclesis" in his post but the Epiclesis seemed to me to be one of "my omissions" in the 1928 Book of Common Prayer communion service.
Liturgical Worship can be transcendent - a glimpse of Heaven on Earth but so many don't get to see that
- January 26, 2017 at 9:19 PM
It would be worthwhile for the children to practise putting the cards in the slot in the right order without prompts from the priest. Why?
(1) Because, other factors being equal, while repeated *recall* does strengthen memory, repeated *exposure* to the memorandum (aka rote memorization) does not.
(2) Doing so would make *the shape of the liturgy* a text that they can think about.
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- January 27, 2017 at 2:05 AM
- Brian Kelly said...
"(2) Doing so would make *the shape of the liturgy* a text that they can think about."
Ha ha. But the passage of time hasn't been kind to Dix's "big fat book'. Like 'offertory processions', some theories are very much built on thin air.
Not that I don't believe in common prayer. Far from it. Every Christian should memorise for use in prayer the following (at least):
- the Lord's Prayer
- the Beatitudes
- the Fruit of the Spirit
- Psalm 23
- the Apostles' Creed
- Aaron's Blessing
- a prayer of confession and thanksgiving.
Talking with a group of Christian young folk today, I was disappointed how few had actually read through even one gospel. My Lenten goal will be to encourage them to do just that this year.
- January 27, 2017 at 9:13 AM
- Peter Carrell said...
Hi Andrei
I assume that the Plimmerton parish are using a eucharistic prayer from our 1989 New Zealand Prayer Book, which assuredly has an Epiclesis (unlike 1662 or 1928 prayer books), though - depending on which service being used, the words of the Epiclesis may or may not be satisfying to Catholics or Orthodox reading them!
- January 27, 2017 at 9:34 AM
Hi Peter
I did understand when I wrote that comment that Plimmerton would not be using 1928 Book of Common Prayer or the 1662 but the 1928 version was all I had at hand to orient myself with Boscoe's post
"The Epiclesis may or may not be satisfying to Catholics or Orthodox reading them!"
The opinions of "Catholics or Orthodox reading them" do not matter much - it is whether or not your worship is pleasing to God and I suspect that his judgment on that might be related to how that worship brings the people especially the young to come to know him and to know and do his will.
The reasons why "Catholics or Orthodox" and Anglicans should discuss these matters with goodwill among themselves is of course to find ways of bridging the divide - I don't believe the Church will be ever be fully united in this world but I am assuredly convinced it will be in the next.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
- January 27, 2017 at 10:29 AM
- Peter Carrell said...
All good, Andrei!
- January 27, 2017 at 11:59 AM
- Father Ron said...
Hello Andrei. I agree with your thesis that the Eucharistic experience should evoke something of the Mysterious - part of which is the spectacle of the epiclesis. I will never forget being in the sanctuary of a small Greek Orthodox church on the Island of Hydra, when the priest, literally, signalled the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Elements by the wafting of the veil over the chalice and paten. There was nothing left to the imagination there. One was able to see and experience the epiclesis. I'm all for liturgical signs and symbols.
- January 27, 2017 at 11:11 PM
The gesture you recall Fr Ron actually occurs during the Creed rather then the Epiclesis Fr Ron but the point is made
Here is the Epiclesis in Kenya
and here it is in Romania
This is the high point of the Liturgy - it transcends language and culture
- January 28, 2017 at 10:40 AM
I am taken with this idea of the cards - the Liturgy is not something you attend but something you participate in and something that you take instruction from and this brings the little ones in and instructs them
I have this old book from when I was young - it is a bi-lingual liturgy annotated to explain what is happening here is a sample page
Maybe you have something like this already or maybe it might be productive to create it as the next step from the cards
- January 28, 2017 at 12:28 PM