« All Events Just Getting By – Film Showing and Discussion Monday, November 18, at 6:30 p.m. Farrell Room, Saint Edmund’s Hall Join us for Just Getting By, a new documentary film by Vermont film writer, Bess O’Brien. The film offers a “sweeping, and yet intimate look at the lives of Vermonters who are struggling with food and housing insecurity.” Watch the film and participate in a Q and A with the film writer to help us start off national Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week with MOVE. Nonperishable food drive to benefit THRIVE@SMC at the film showing. Join us for an important conversation about the realities in our state. United will create magic with 13 Fantasy Flight routes to the North Pole from cities across the globe United ensures hundreds of deserving children and their families enjoy a winter wonderland at local airports 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The holidays are always a Claus for celebration and ahead of what's expected to be the busiest travel period United Airlines announced today the launch of its newest seasonal hub – the "North Pole" (JOY) United will transport deserving children and their families to the North Pole with direct "Fantasy Flights" from 13 cities around the globe and take the holiday spirit to new heights customized experiences for pre-selected children and their families to board a United aircraft headed for Santa's hometown to make joy-filled memories children arrive at the North Pole – a winter wonderland elf-iciently created by United airport employees and local volunteers who transform an average airport gate or maintenance hangar into a sea of twinkling lights sparkling Christmas trees and Santa himself – along with his elves United will transport a large number of children and their families on Fantasy Flight departures from 13 airports around the globe United Express operated airports across the system will also host Fantasy Flights I checked it twice and the answer was clear – with so many deserving children on the nice list this year it only made sense to launch a seasonal hub in the North Pole," said United's Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Labor Relations "We've stocked up on de-icing fluid to fly from even more cities United is honored to uplift children and their families through the joy of the holiday season Making the North Pole closer than ever is one of the many ways we can show support for the communities where we live volunteer every year to build and staff Fantasy Flights across United's global network partnering with local nonprofits and hospitals in each city to create these special memories for kids and their families and United will match up to 5 million miles total and match monetary donations of up to $500,000 total through travel certificates doubling the impact and helping grant even more life-changing wishes illy coffee is offering a donation to Make-A-Wish on sales of cold brew throughout the month of December Illy will donate $1 for each cold brew sold on United flights "The generosity of United and its MileagePlus members through the Miles on a Mission program is life-changing for wish kids and their families," said Leslie Motter "These donated miles enable transformative wish experiences that bring hope and the strength to persevere during the most challenging times We are deeply grateful for United's ongoing partnership and dedication to making a lasting impact in the lives of children with critical illnesses." The Fantasy Flights program is the story of how Good Leads The Way® for children in need The latest installment in United's award-winning Good Leads The Way brand campaign tells stories in a uniquely United way about how the world's biggest airline creates all kinds of good This chapter emphasizes that United's network is designed around our passengers to give them the greatest flexibility and options for travel worldwide is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol "UAL" United today opened its newly renovated and expanded United Polaris lounge at Chicago O'Hare International Airport United today announced an investment in blended wing body (BWB) aircraft start-up JetZero The company is creating an aircraft design that has the.. Airlines & Aviation Passenger Aviation Travel Corporate Social Responsibility Do not sell or share my personal information: You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Jeremy Chinn and Mike Sainristil turned and began waving goodbye as the rest of the Detroit Lions fans who had stayed until the end finally started heading to the exits The Lions shot themselves in the foot all night and watched an early lead turn into a double-digit deficit and a two-touchdown loss to end the best season in franchise history we just didn't play clean football," center Frank Ragnow said The Lions seized the momentum early by stopping the Commanders on fourth down on their first possession leading to Jahmyr Gibbs' first rushing touchdown Goff fumbled on the next possession and the Commanders capitalized with a touchdown to take their first lead but the Commanders struck with two touchdowns within a minute to take command of the game until the final whistle Instead of marching into the next round of the playoffs as expected the Lions are stuck wondering what they could've done differently Saturday night "I’m so painfully disappointed and sorry to our fans," Goff said Here are five moments that sunk the Lions in the divisional round loss to Washington The Lions were on the verge of taking a 14-3 lead in the first quarter with a third-and-1 from the Commanders' 17-yard line but defensive lineman Dorance Armstrong broke through the left side of the line and hit his arm before he could throw it Brown) and Saint just kind of trips a little bit and then Goff has got to move back in the pocket and reset it was just a — it’s a chain reaction," coach Dan Campbell said Washington connected on a 42-yard deep cross to Dyami Brown after he beat Terrion Arnold a few plays later to set up Brian Robinson's first rushing touchdown The Lions shook off the fumble and drove down to re-take a 14-10 lead on a diving one-handed touchdown catch by tight end Sam LaPorta The Commanders ran a screen left to McLaurin out of a tight trips set Cornerback Kindle Vildor and safety Ifeatu Melifonwu got to the blocks immediately but could not shed the blocks as McLaurin burst through but could not keep up with Washington's top receiver "We just gotta try to get off the block," Vildor said Got to get off the block and try to get him down there for sure." The most glaring mistake from the Lions quarterback came when they needed to find an answer to McLaurin's house call The Lions had second-and-14 from their own 18 when Goff tried to fit a pass into a tight window to his big target But Goff's pass sailed above Patrick's 6-foot-4 frame and directly into the arms of Martin lurking at safety He got a running start as he caught it and took off down the right sideline with a convoy of blockers in front of him who had to briefly enter concussion protocol after the hit while Martin walked into the end zone to make it 24-14 wish I could have taken care of the ball a little bit better the pick-6 is really the one I’d really like back," Goff said 4th-down failure on defense when trailing 31-28The defense couldn't come up with another stop on the next drive after the offense cut it to three Washington drove 70 yards over 15 plays to take more than eight minutes off the clock and push the lead back to 10 with another Robinson touchdown Washington converted one third down and two fourth downs on the drive Both fourth-down conversions came inside the red zone and Arnold lost contain to allow him to convert on fourth-and-2 but tried to sub on Trevor Nowaske late in the play clock and cornerback Stantley Thomas-Oliver did not get off the field leading to a 12-men-on-the-field-penalty and automatic first down inside the 2-yard line "It’s my fault," Campbell said of the substitution offensive coordinator Ben Johnson dialed up a trick play to play off Williams' 61-yard touchdown run on a reverse in the first half The Lions ran a double-reverse pass on first down with Williams ending up as quarterback but the receiver threw it to Gibbs in heavy coverage and Sainristil The Commanders ran off a couple of minutes before Jeremy McNichols punched in what ended up being the dagger with 7:31 left to make it 45-28 The Lions went into their two-minute offense and got a field goal but ultimately ended the game with Goff's third interception and the team's fifth turnover "It’s too hard against a team like that to come back we just couldn’t quite get over the hump," Campbell said "We knew if we could just pull it within one score we’d have a chance here Jared Ramsey is a sports reporter for the Detroit Free Press. 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contacter notre service commercial Latter-day Saint Kenneth Rooks seems to have a gift not just for running but also for bringing a crowd to the edge of their seat So what made his performance so stunningly insane This was only his second global championship and he was up against some big names in the race including a defending Olympic gold medalist from Morocco and a world record holder from Ethiopia Rooks stayed in the middle or back of the pack of runners for most of the race With a little more than half the lap to go Rooks had built a solid lead over the pack … The 24-year-old from Washington has said Come catch me!’” an NBC Sports commentator excitedly cheered as Rooks took the lead And it turns out only one competitor could catch Rooks Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali snagged the gold Rooks beat his personal best time by 9 seconds finishing the 3,000-meter race in 8:06.41 and securing his silver medal Rooks said it “feels like a dream” and expressed his gratitude for the experience Citius Mag wrote that Rooks went “ballistic” and “risk[ed] it all.” “An all-time gutsy effort that U.S track and field fans will remember for a long time.” Runners Central wrote “American Kenneth Rooks puts together the performance of his career America continues to show the world it’s distance running class on the biggest stage in the sport.” If you missed the race, don’t worry—NBC posted the video on YouTube Rooks has spoken openly about his Latter-day Saint faith He served in the Uganda Kampala Mission and temporarily in the Utah Orem Mission he joined with other Latter-day Saint Olympians to speak at a devotional at a meetinghouse in France Rooks spoke about his race at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships That race was another nail-biter—Rooks took a hard fall during the race but was able to slowly work his way back to the front we know that we can win or prevail,” he said In July, the Church posted an inspirational video about Rooks’s incredible 2023 race “One thing that I know is that we have a Father in Heaven who loves us And part of the reason why the Savior did what He did for us was because life was going to be hard… Broncos get ugly but ‘significant’ win to move up in the Wild Card race But that fourth quarter was freakin’ amazing [defensive] football And to think it all started because a veteran running back began celebrating too early Broncos’ head coach Sean Payton isn’t going to be teaching it He’s still trying to understand what just happened I think that will be difficult for the coaches and every one of his teammates,” Payton said of Jonathan Taylor’s “fumble” into the end zone after a 41-yard touchdown run but no way Payton is going to argue with it as the called-back touchdown from Taylor took six points off the board for the Colts and gave the ball back to the Broncos adding it was a significant play in turning the game around for Denver “You go from breaking a long run for a touchdown for your team to us having the ball.” Broncos scored 24 unanswered points after Taylor's fumble that wiped away a TD. https://t.co/uynGggnecv Instead of 20-7 and Indy on the brink of breaking the game wide open at the start of the second half it was still 13-7 with Denver getting another shot to close the gap The offense would end up having to punt and would lose the ball via interception on its next possession kept returning the ball into good field position Both allowed the offense to finally get it together for one important quarter That fact did not go unnoticed by quarterback Bo Nix who had one of his rougher games statistically I felt like in the second half the defense played lights out It felt like they kept turning the ball over to us and then Marvin kept returning punts,” Nix said eventually we have to go something with it.” A field goal late in the third quarter allowed the Broncos to keep it close But a 61-yard punt return from Mims as he directed traffic all the way to the Colts’ 15-yard line provided the spark that led to the fire Nix hit Nate Adkins for a 15-yard touchdown and the lead for the first time of the game #ProBowlVote Marvin Mims pic.twitter.com/ghafLFPMIL “Marvin has had an unbelievable year,” said offensive tackle Mike McGlinchey and obviously his calling card has always been in the return game He’s been so vital for us...That gave us a spark tonight and we needed it Our defense and special teams gave us a lot of help Marvin had two or three returns that really changed the game.” Every time the Colts started to look dangerous a big defensive play would snatch it away — none more impressive than Nik Bonitto’s massive pick-six on a trick-play that led to a 51-yard touchdown (which was ruled a fumble recovery since the pass from Adonai Mitchell back to Anthony Richardson was a backward pass) I don’t know if it was a double or triple pass It was a heck of a play,” Payton said after the game noting that play moved the Broncos from being barely in front to comfortably ahead at 24-13 with two-thirds of the quarter Mitchell might still be trying to figure it out too Turns out he wasn’t open,” the Colts receiver said seemingly out of the edge of the TV screen right into the ball The receiver usually doesn’t go catch screens like that,” Bonitto said “Once I saw Richardson drifting back a little bit I decided to go try and break on it and ended up getting it.” Nik Bonitto with the pick six in back to back weeks!!! #Broncospic.twitter.com/UmRrJfHgDP stopping the Colts on a 4th-and-6 on their next drive before adding another takeaway on the following drive [We] just have to win the turnover battle,” said edge rusher Jonathan Cooper Starting at Indy’s 35 following Surtain’s pick the Broncos’ offense caught another break when they had to settle for a field goal but an offsides penalty on the kick gave Denver a fresh set of downs This time they capitalized with a Nix-to-Courtland Sutton 20-yard TD special you want to do whatever it takes to win the game It’s a tough league played by tough people noting the offense had a tough time getting in rhythm all day “And then we turned the ball over three times in the air That’s never going to be the recipe for success but you flip to the other side of the field our defense gets five turnovers and one goes for another touchdown Colts’ head coach Shane Steichen certainly knows that They were phenomenal,” he said of the defense “I think that they (the Broncos) had 193 yards “If there is one reason I would fly to Paris for 24 hours it’s to go to the Saint Laurent show,” Richie tells Vogue “Every season I look forward to seeing what Anthony creates Richie certainly chose of the best (and most star-studded) events to partake in this week: She sat front row alongside Rosé As Vaccarello’s slouchy suits and colorful laces came down the runway Richie pinpointed more than a few looks that she’d like to slip into “I loved the color palette of marigolds and emerald greens mixed in with the golds,” says Richie “The suiting was perfect.” A longtime lover of the 1970s and anything bohemian Richie says Vaccarello's pieces are perfectly suited for her own wardrobe “Saint Laurent oozes a sexy and sophisticated coolness with touches of the ’70s,” she says I’ve been wearing YSL for as long as I can remember—both new and vintage.” that Richie put much thought and care into her front-row outfit she chose the label’s satin olive-green mini dress “I fell in love with [the dress] immediately,” says Richie “I am loving the oversized chunky gold jewelry,” she says “It reminds me of the vintage YSL jewelry that I own from the ’70s.” (Talk about a covetable jewelry box.) Below, a closer look at how Richie spent her 24 hours in Paris. Photo: Hélène Marie Pambrun1/10Hey gorgeous. Photo: Hélène Marie Pambrun2/10Here we go… Photo: Hélène Marie Pambrun4/10Still life. Photo: Hélène Marie Pambrun5/10One extra layer. The Cornish resort may be the picturebook seaside town but through a desolate winter and a crowded summer visitors and locals reveal a community in danger of losing its soul herring gulls dive-bomb for ice-cream and rib boats stalk the bay As a child she lived on the hill in her grandmother’s house Her grandmother had five bedrooms and six children: that was her estate None could afford to buy the others out on a native St Ives salary so Lizzy rented in the town: pretty cottages she had money to spend: a good life in a town that looks like a storybook the council told her to go to a homeless shelter insulated it and put a mattress in the back She joined a spa to use the washing facilities You know – those things on wheels?’” All tourists have an obliviousness They park Ferraris in loading bays meant for tradesmen Braver ones wrestle with fish: I met a man on the quay as the flounder he had caught died Lizzy works 12-hour shifts in summer and saves money; she spent last winter in Thailand She wishes she had bought the van years ago It’s given me the freedom to be able to save the money I would have been spending to go travelling and do the things I want to do I’ll probably end up in the future looking at something like a bit of land in Portugal.” She will She wouldn’t inflict her experience of social cleansing elsewhere but St Ives has a powerful lure on my imagination I spent much of the last year driving across the moor Lizzy’s friend moved to Leicester when her rent increased by £400 a month Of the three young people she worked with at a takeaway She wonders if the stress of making rent is killing people because because she parks up on the cliffs: even a caravan on a piece of land can be £600 a month There are tent villages on cliffs and in valleys now – a man camped on a grassy roundabout until his tent was removed by the council and businesses cannot get staff because there is nowhere for them to live I ask her: aren’t you afraid to park on the cliffs The National Trust knock on the van sometimes but a police officer told her just to say she’s tired And” – now she laughs – “I’m a taekwondo master.” who wanted to rule a theoretical Nazi Cornwall from the Treganna Castle resort American academics visit Woolf’s childhood holiday home and They served four families a week in summer and 12 in winter we’re serving an average of 30 families a week in the summer and 60 in the winter because of the seasonal work element and the fact that house prices Demand was high during Covid because pensioners, who are often too proud to ask for help, were afraid. Wallis is worried about them: “What’s happening now in terms of how they’re coping?” The cost of living crisis has led to another spike. Donations rose during Covid; now they have halved. The food bank fundraises, picks up excess food from supermarkets – “end of shelf life stuff” – and works with Gleaning Cornwall who marrows and cabbages (“What’s been left in the fields as being not to the standards of the supermarket They know when it isWallis is also worried about local children “I know from the schools that they have been doing breakfast for the kids because they haven’t had any food before they come Who’s giving them school lunches and breakfast?” He is soothed by the fact that there is more work in the town because it’s summer and parents are cleaning holiday cottages or working minimum-wage jobs in the town Cleaners are scarce and rates have gone up: some get £18 an hour now It’s hard to get donations from visitors because unseeing is essential to a fantasy of west Cornwall If you know local children are living in insecure mould-slaked housing and eating from food banks it’s harder to follow your own paths into its dreamworlds Cornwall is increasingly sold as a wellness destination Wallis says a Swiss couple give £500 each year People ring and ask him to collect excess food from their holiday cottage when they leave At the St Ives School of Painting overlooking Porthmeor beach, in November, the artist Camilla Dixon is teaching a course: observation and abstraction She makes work about environmental activism through the lens of St Ives Later I will see Dixon’s 2024 show Original Rebels in this room Her work Disruption details how Patrick Heron prevented the Admiralty from using the Penwith Moors as a training ground for helicopter pilots A Figure in the Landscape shows how Barbara Hepworth stopped part of the town being made into a car park where Hepworth sat down to prevent the cobbles being torn up for tarmac in 1967: she told the workmen she was valuable and if they touched her Local artist Camilla Dixon and the second-home ownership protest banners she painted to ‘peacefully – but urgently’ raise awareness of the problems it brings I meet a student who is legal counsel for a multinational company in the Netherlands It is his third visit to St Ives and he hopes to live here one day He says he loves the colours and the smells I’m trying to find some kind of way of coping with this without going crazy I’m not seeking to be featured in the Tate gallery She is in St Ives “trying to have new experiences” She says she heard shanty singing this week and followed the singers as they moved from pub to pub: she knew they were not tourists ‘I’m not going to get out my camera or do a video.’” Rather she made a pen and ink drawing in her notebook because to draw something is to really see something; or to change the way you see it I think that is why people come to west Cornwall: to change the way they see the world She is planting yellow flags with red inked messages in the sand on a rising tide Two small yachts in the harbour carry sails that read Holiday Homes Cause Homelessness & Wreck Lives “St Ives and Padstow are among the poorest towns in Cornwall but also have the highest proportion of second homes,” Dixon says “Regulating the change of use of a dwelling house to a holiday home through planning and developing a culture of ecotourism would allow Cornish communities to benefit from I believe we needn’t have a housing crisis but it would require a complete change of attitude to property leisure and the culture of staycation colonialism.” She wants “to raise awareness of the direct connection between holiday homes and homelessness to create stigma around ownership instead of status to open that conversation peacefully – but urgently” She was asked to leave her rental in 2022 and spent 10 months in emergency accommodation she was too frightened to leave her daughter alone in the room Now she has a job with accommodation included: it wasn’t the work she wanted “It’s just a rich man’s playground down here now,” she says “You used to be able to discern different accents – St Ives In February I visit the Penwith Gallery with Ken Turner activist and former teacher at Central St Martins ‘What the hell am I doing?’ I approached the gallery and banged on the door and kept banging Help!’” A woman opened the door and looked at him “I had written on cardboard the words: ‘This gallery Another time he wrapped a piece of cod in plastic presented himself at the Tate – it was closed – and told the guard You’d get lots of fish and chips out of that.” and for this I find him singular and touching He knows it is a dreamscape and he prefers to paint reality who fears tourists are destroying the town I wonder why the paintings have no people in them: are they St Ives in winter “I paint with social themes like climate change “I think it’s necessary for artists now to look at what’s happening to the planet And these paintings are not observing that Because of the conditions of the time: the church The motivation is to produce interesting works “You’re tourists!” he cries at the two women “We’re doing a course at the School of Painting,” they say sadly “It took us an hour and 40 minutes to park.” to celebrate the consecration of St Ia church the town’s patron saint – she crossed from Ireland on a boat made of ivy – the vicar blesses a silver ball All the townsfolk wear ivy round their necks The musicians of Bagas Porthia play the old folk tune Bodmin Riding: the drumbeat of the Earth A procession walks to the church by the lifeboat house and the mayor throws the ball – sterling silver around a core of applewood – to the children of the town “Guare wheg ya guare teg” [fair play is good play] and it is theirs until noon Matthew Pascoe stands on his boat Gemma and pulls lobsters in St Ives Bay. A hundred years ago there were 250 fishing boats here; now there are 20 and in summer they are outnumbered by tourist craft He is from a St Ives fishing family; his father taught him to fish “a long time ago But whether it’s a day’s work or not is a different story.” In winter he makes nets in his loft on Porthmeor beach, which is immune to holiday letting. As part of the alliance between artists and fishers unique to St Ives, the lofts are let to fishers in perpetuity and artists work in the studios above: Ben Nicholson, Heron and Francis Bacon once painted here I wouldn’t do any other job.” Fishing used to be “a collective enterprise You can still earn £500 a day.” Though not every day: the weather ‘It’s dog-eat-dog now’: local fisher Matthew Pascoe and the harbour when the tourists have left He likes to fish at night when the tide permits it’s not very nice at all.” Dolphins keep him company; seals are his rivals rang the police and said the boat was chasing dolphins “I’ve never chased dolphin in my whole life You can’t eat a dolphin” – he looks aghast – “but they’re chasing you.” The gulls dog him: one tried to take a cheese and ham sandwich from his hand one from the front with no intention of thieving “They’re worth nothing.” The brown crab is too small to sell which is blue-black and tiny: “You get bigger prawns than this.” He measures some lobsters He throws back a pregnant one – the eggs are black – and one marked with notches on the tail to denote fertility: the stocks must be preserved Within two hours he has nine saleable lobsters He once caught a vast lobster – an ancient perhaps 70 years old – and threw him back in “you go back.” He excuses himself by insisting such a large lobster would be hard to sell I ask him about the competing fantasies of St Ives where people protested about the removal of trees “were only planted because the gardener couldn’t be bothered to cut the grass 200 years ago That part of the Treloyhan estate was open gardens You look at all the old pictures from whenever it was built But people are up in arms about the woods being destroyed who moved here from Lancashire when she was five and she says she will tell me how St Ives used to be Her parents had a hotel in Fore Street in the 1950s over what is now a Mountain Warehouse shop “but everybody did that.” Richer people bought Victorian terrace houses on the hill for B&B and fishermen’s wives rented out the best bedroom and that same family would come down every year Then the visitors were mostly working-class people Each season would be a carbon copy of the one before “I know people who are in their 90s,” she says we’ve been coming to St Ives for the last 70 years we used to stay with Mrs So-and-so in such a street and then we stayed with so-and-so.’” But it’s not like that now and the holiday lets are usually owned by people who’ve bought them especially for that purpose “Nobody lives here any more out of season,” Rashleigh adds “If you go uptown now you won’t see many people I’ve just walked down from Tesco and I don’t think I’ve met four We’ve got a parking space at the Sloop Inn and most of the people there will be tradesmen because this time of year scaffolding goes up like a forest because everybody wants their work done before Easter Most shops are boarded up except in the summer Most of the cafes have shut down for the winter.” It’s changed completely’: long-time resident Phyllis Rashleigh Rashleigh’s next-door neighbour was Barbara Hepworth “Mother used to say the lady next door was an artist and sculptor We used to lean over the wall and wave to her We used to draw pictures to show her and she’d look at them and draw a bit of smoke coming out of the chimney or something like that And it was in the days when TV was quite primitive.” As she watched with her parents Miss Hepworth is doing her sculpting again.’” She remembers when Hepworth died in a fire in 1975 “The firemen said she was lying in bed looking quite peaceful but black from head to toe.” She remembers Sven Berlin whose novel The Dark Monarch added more myth to St Ives open-top car with a hood like a pram at the back of it He used to park it outside the Union at dinner time and go in for a drink You could do that then because there wasn’t any other traffic.” It is said Crowley performed dark magic at Carn Cottage in Zennor the artist who wrote Zennor: Spirit of Place says he found someone sacrificing a goat at the cottage A local farmer told me he was working nearby and his dogs fled I ask Rashleigh how many people live in Downalong all year round The one with the white gate there: she lives here “You see they’ve all got names on them and no lights on.” The names are gruesome that belonged to Eileen.” She points again You could go on and on and on.” We pass the graveyard: of course “Local people don’t own St Ives any more,” she says I wonder how much that is?” Homes on Downalong cost £400,000 and more We pass council houses built for fishermen after the war said he couldn’t stand the garden birdsong he heard when he lived at the top of the town In answer to the question of how many people live in Downalong full-time When Bill Seely, president of apparel company Varsity Spirit, was asked to become the first Corporate Champion of the St. Jude Memphis Marathon “he was beyond humbled and honored to accept.” The St Jude marathon is the single-largest fundraising event for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and a notable weekend for the Memphis community Seely said he is ready to go to battle to defeat childhood cancer Seely has worked with Varsity Spirit for 35 years and became president in 2017 the company has raised more than $13 million since becoming a partner with St the fundraising and awareness organization for St "This expanded corporate support and Bill’s personal dedication will help accelerate the ongoing work by St Jude to increase global survival rates for the six most common forms of childhood cancer from 20 percent to 60 percent by 2030 we can make a difference toward the goal that no child ― anywhere ― dies in the dawn of life." said Seely has been “generous personally and professionally through Varsity Spirit,” and he was an obvious candidate for the voluntary position Jude has corporate teams and entities that support the research hospital and bolster the marathon weekend the Corporate Champion role is the first of its kind and an expansion of the marathon's traditional fundraising model Entry fees cover the marathon operations cost but the bulk of fundraising comes from participants stepping up as St experience and resources to magnify the Memphis Marathon and ultimately raise money to support the mission of St Seely plans to utilize his widespread summer staff vendors and competitors to make the marathon weekend a global event He will reach out to local and global businesses to expand the weekend into a massive virtual marathon By encouraging business leaders and peers from around the world to form teams for the marathon weekend But Seely doesn’t want to “just beat a record,” rather his goal is to provide the funds to support the programs and research St Seely and Boysen appreciate the impact the St Jude Memphis Marathon has on the city of Memphis The marathon weekend has become an iconic event that the city can be proud of Both leaders hope the 2024 Memphis Marathon will garner support from even more Memphians Jude “demonstrates the great community that we have in the city of Memphis.”  'He can't believe it!' - Martinez takes Stage 5 of Paris-Nice in front of home fans Join Josh and Laura every weekday between 6-10 for all your breakfast fun plus local news updates and the latest on the roads Join Jack for Mornings from 10am till 1pm every weekday Registered Office: Gateway Business Centre SubscriptionOffers Give a Gift Subscribe Philip Thody critically re-examines both the record and his legend of this attractive ill-fated young man the most fashionable of French revolutionary heroes The English reader is often struck by the ease with which French writers speak of contemporary events in terms of characters and incidents in the 1789 revolution in 1945 the Bulletin critique du livre français—a standard reference work— published the following comment on a recent number of the literary review Confluences “When Jean Cassou presents a choice of Saint-Just’s political maxims it is no longer with literature that we are concerned but with a declaration of one’s absolute devotion to the cause of Total Revolution.” To continue reading this article you need to purchase a subscription If you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in Please email digital@historytoday.com if you have any problems Somerset all-rounder Lewis Goldsworthy has been given permission to play against Oxfordshire CORNWALL County Cricket Club have named their team for Sunday’s NCCA Trophy opener with Oxfordshire at St Just (11am). Oxfordshire will head to the far west of the Duchy to take on a Cornish side missing several big players as pros Will MacVicar and Alex Blake are both unavailable, as are Callington duo Xavier Clarke and Mohammed Danyaal, the latter who has turned out for Cambridgeshire in the not too distant past. Cornwall’s side has a youthful look to it, although Somerset all-rounder Lewis Goldsworthy has been given permission to play. Of the rest of the side, John Moon (Werrington) and Alfie MacDonald (Camborne) get call-ups, as does Scott Kellow, who has only recently joined Truro after two seasons at Constantine who play in Division Two West. Looking ahead to the game, Cornwall skipper Paul Smith said: “Oxfordshire are a very strong outfit and unfortunately we are a couple players light with Blake, MacVicar and Xavie Clarke all missing. “However, it allows others a chance and will provide insight into the squad depth moving throughout the season. “We hope to hit the ground running and be competitive on our own soil, but it’s a challenge I am very much looking forward to and we can’t wait to get going!” Smith also gave his thoughts on last summer and hopes to build on that in 2025. He said: “The T20 competition was an interesting new format. We got through the group stages in first place for the second year running and then we went to the Super 12s, beat Shropshire easily, before losing a shootout for finals day to a strong Berkshire side having dropped a couple of crucial catches which was unfortunate. “We then moved on to the 50-over stuff and didn’t qualify due to an inferior run-rate which has been the case for a few years now. We hope to alter that this year. “Last up was the three-day game and it was excellent to maintain our Division One status after being promoted by beating Cheshire in our last game, and it was nice to contribute and score my maiden century for Cornwall. “For us this year it’s always to be as competitive as we can be and win as many games as we can. “Hopefully, we can continue our T20 success, maintain our Championship status, and get on the right side of the run-rate in the 50-over competition!” Cornwall’s selections in recent years have gained plenty of noise from across the county, but Smith feels they’re getting it right. He said: “Technically a few of the so-called ‘outsiders’ aren’t outsiders anymore because they play their club cricket in the county. “The selection policy of picking players who commit to the county over club commitments has meant that we naturally are able to balance quality of outsiders such as Alex Blake and Will MacVicar with Cornish youngsters like Alfie MacDonald and Karl Leathley who are 19 and 23 respectively.” Cornwall v Oxfordshire (11am): Karl Leathley (Helston), Lewis Goldsworthy (Helston, Somerset), Max Tryfonos (Callington), Alfie MacDonald (Camborne), John Moon (Werrington), Paul Smith (Castle Bromwich, capt), Jake Rowe (Chippenham), Alex Bone (St Austell), Scott Kellow (Truro), Ben Ellis (Callington), Ellis Whiteford (Redruth). Comments Tel: 01566 778213[email protected]Follow us Further Links Owned or licensed to Tindle Newspapers Ltd | Independent Family-Owned Newspapers | Copyright & Trade Mark Notice & 2013 - 2025 the silhouette of a man crossing a river with a child on his shoulder is repeated on pendants and belt buckles and visor clips across the globe His likeness is kept on trains and sailboats and automobiles Christopher necklace comes from a mishmash of sources the medal from a seller of vintage charms in San Diego and is so faded engraved silver disc could be a lotus blossom or a honeybee The last person to notice him was my friend from church “Who’s that you’re wearing?” Mary leaned forward and pursed her lips Such questions normally refer to designer handbags or perfume but 97-year-old Mary was clearly talking saints “Christopher,” I said and she didn’t frown so much as give a nod and pull out a jangling collection of medals The Virgin of Guadalupe medallion was hefty and gilded with scalloped edges Clearly my friend wanted to provide me with a more dynamic saint his July 25 feast day isn’t even included on the official liturgical calendar Christopher medals are right up there with Francis of the birdbath and upside-down St is that just as Christopher has become less churchy I did not say that I’m not quite comfortable with religious jewelry in general don’t even wear the medal for safe passage Christopher is a reminder of beautiful imperfection and radical acceptance — the patron saint of just right given that the saint straddles the line between man and myth whether Christopher was a distinct 3rd-century figure or a composite of several — Christopher itself is less a name than a designation (“Christ-Bearer”) But whether he began as Reprobus from Canaan or Menas in Egypt Christopher’s elbows would skim the top of the refrigerator his feet would dangle like tennis rackets from your king-sized bed your great-grandma’s teacups would sit like dainty coins in his hand A fierce warrior (early accounts describe him as monstrous) Christopher’s goal was to serve the mightiest king on earth he was disappointed to realize that even he feared the devil So Christopher began to serve the devil and all was fine until he saw a criminal sidestep a cross in the road he thought and found a hermit to instruct him in Christianity he tried to become holy and began to fast and pray but his body wasn’t built for meditating half the day he decided to use his size to help travelers cross a treacherous river where many had died a voice called out and Christopher found a child waiting He hoisted the child onto his shoulders and stepped into the river he said it felt like he’d carried the weight of the world to which the child replied: You have carried the world and the one who made it It’s his strength we’re meant to admire — his ability to carry the child no matter how wild the storm or how utterly exhausted he became But I actually find Christopher’s vocation as a one-man river ferry most inspiring — how embracing the same qualities that kept him from fitting into any conventional posture of holiness is precisely what made him a saint Holy men and women excelled at fasting and prayer It must have been a humiliating failure for one so strong but it was an exquisite failure — a necessary failure — one that forced him to sink deep into his ungainly oversized self and locate the goodness there Christopher became the kind of saint only he could be and not even the weight of the world could stop him from the work he was called to do I have searched and spun and tried forcing myself along well-marked spiritual paths and worried when I didn’t fit neatly into any theological box Only lately have I begun to see that what I seek is too vast to fit neatly into any box and when it comes to cultivating the sacred in my own life I have finally recognized that I can only ever be myself Got something to say about what you're reading LGBTQ+ Jewish people see passports — now outing them for being trans — as part of a familiar playbook from the Holocaust "The very act of her getting up and pressing and pushing to her rightful healing is an act of resistance." Vanessa Martinez Soltero is an activist bridging her Christian faith and Indigenous traditions to sustain herself and community A National Day of Prayer appeal to Christian values failed to buoy Trump's approval rates Those of us who have met Trump's first 100 days with lament and anger are neither alone nor powerless Racial covenants are restrictive clauses that were added to deeds to prevent people of color from owning property. These clauses required that property remain in the hands of white people in perpetuity. While the Fair Housing Act of 1968 outlawed these covenants and rendered them legally unenforceable some property deeds in Saint Paul continue to feature these clauses The moral injury created by them persists into the present day maintaining an intolerable through line to an era of hate and division.    According to research from the University of Minnesota’s Mapping Prejudice initiative racial covenants continue to have an impact on Saint Paul residents:   Racial covenants were powerful tools for residential segregation the legacy of which continues to shape the makeup of our neighborhoods.    properties that included racial covenants at one point have 15% higher property values today compared to homes that did not include them contributing to a lasting wealth gap between white people and people of color.    Covenants also directed investments in green park spaces neighborhoods with more people of color often have less access to amenities for health and safety With climate change accelerating the impact of phenomenon like the urban “heat island” effect a lack of access to green space can lead to dangerous excessive heat “Now that discriminatory covenants are illegal It’s like saying now that the ‘Whites Only’ signs are illegal Saint Paul residents from every walk of life have contributed to making our City more just for all of us Join us in this effort to help make Saint Paul more equitable today and contribute to the wellbeing of generations to come Learn more about how to discharge racial covenants below and find additional resources.  and the Mapping Prejudice Initiative at the University of Minnesota the City of Saint Paul can work with residents to begin the process of discharging racial covenants Learn more about the steps involved below.  Use the Mapping Prejudice Initiative's online mapping tool to see if your property has a racial covenant Use the search box in the upper left-hand corner to find your address Properties with racial covenants are highlighted in green Map of Racial Covenants Please note that research on racial covenants in Ramsey County is ongoing Check back often to see the latest information Complete the online City of Saint Paul Just Deeds Application Form Just Deeds Application The application form requests information about your property Property Identification Number (optional)  For properties outside of the City of Saint Paul, please visit the Ramsey County Just Deeds website.  Just Deeds will share your application with the City of Saint Paul Just Deeds Project Team who will get in touch with the you and/or the applicant.  Racial covenants are clauses that were inserted into property deeds to prevent people who were not White from buying or occupying land Learn more about the history of covenants in the Twin Cities See the 26,000 racial covenants Mapping Prejudice volunteers have found so far Just Deeds is a coalition of community stakeholders committed to acknowledging and addressing systemic racism in housing in Minnesota Jim Crow of the North charts the progression of racist policies and practices from the advent of restrictive covenants after the turn of the last century to their final elimination in the late 1960s Contact the City’s Call Center by sending an email For non-emergency information. Available weekdays MN 55102 | General Information: 651-266-8989 Subscribe to “The Examen” for free on Apple Podcasts Subscribe to “The Examen” for free on Google Play Join our Patreon Community we talked about the saints as both our patrons and our companions They both pray for us from their posts in heaven and serve as our models But sometimes people feel that the saints are so far away from them and so they couldn’t possibly be their models I could never be Mother Teresa and work in a hospice in Calcutta and take care of the sick and dying!” But of course you’re not meant to do exactly what Mother Teresa did but you’re not called to do it exactly like her Too often we short circuit God’s plans for our own holiness by comparing ourselves to some other saint or saying that we can’t possibly be a saint in our own daily lives “I’m just a student.” “I’m just a teacher.” “I’m just a grandparent.” But you’re not “just” anything because God has created you as a beautiful and unique person So you’re called to be a saint in your own way “For me to be a saint means to be myself.” So maybe it’s time to stop trying to be like someone else Stop looking at someone else’s roadmap to holiness Because all the directions you have are inside your heart “Be who you are and be that perfectly well.” [Don’t miss any of the latest writings, podcasts and videos from Father Martin. Sign up for his newsletter.] Saints (confirmed by the Church) are extraordinary That's why they're saints (in the public sense of the word) at the time of their death to have lived according to the call of God and to have subjugated their own egos(and will) toward that effort For instance at the end when he quotes Francis de Sales saying that holiness comes with being perfectly who you are.That does not mean choosing the path of least resistance “being perfectly who you are,” impressed me as it echoed a “message” I recently experienced heaven’s answer (not sure) to a bedtime prayer fast asleep following my nightly rosary The supposed message uttered by the sweetest voice I ever heard “We like you the way you are!” I had prayed to St Padre Pio for some degree of physical healing allowing me to relieve Jesus of some of His Salvific pain Unexpectedly numerous health issues descended on me including a sudden inability to walk unaided now dependent on a wheelchair tohave You forsaken me?”I’m reading C.B The True Story.” If ever there was a saint being perfectly who he was some of the thoughts sent somehow didn't come through but this post will go exactly as is and hopefully it makes som e sense to you It is not far from the shores of silence to the boundaries of speech Hildegard of Bingen - The latest Doctor of the Church https://www.azquotes.com/author/21274-Hildegard_of_Bingen Martin here sounds a little like Al Franken's character who ended each daily affirmation with "I'm good enough people like me." Self-affirmation is especially a temptation in today's society where the only sins we reject are the sins of others The Gospel is full of calls to repentance and rejection of sin The whole Sermon on the mount is worth re-reading Last sentence of Mt 5 summarizes the chapter with the admonition "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." (Mt 5:48) Protestant prooftexting is the worst denigration of Christ's teachings there is Once I showed a documentary about Mother Teresa to my high school theology class After view ing it I mentioned to the students that I could never do what she did Then the thought flashed through my mind: "But she could never teach these high school students theology!" As St Paul says "Each one has their own gift from God." 1 Cor Preach the Gospel--when necessary use words Will you be my neighbor--the other in love Windows 10 operating system comes with both a help system and a troubleshooter tool to https://foxdownload.org get you working quickly and smoothly not burdening you with the flora and fragrance of words The supposed message uttered by the sweetest voice I ever heard now dependent on a wheelchair to get around Those words an invigorating shot in the arm “Why have You forsaken me?”I’m reading C.R The True Story.” If ever a saint who he was and remained true to self The big thing to know about yourself that who we are Hostgator Coupon will help to know more about this offer of saving some thing Password reset instructions will be sent to your registered email address As a frequent reader of our website, you know how important America’s voice is in the conversation about the church and the world. 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Tel: (0)4 380 1009. @thecatvetae × (()=>{const e=document.getElementById("yt-img-eiMEFdlm_9Y");e&&e.addEventListener("load",(t=>{t.target.naturalWidth<=120&&(e.parentNode.children[0].srcset=e.parentNode.children[1].srcset=e.src)}),{once:!0})})() <p>Dayna Bennett discusses her bond with adopted daughter Shellie Bennett met Shellie when she was 14 and a student in her special-needs class Print Shellie Joy was 14 when she met the woman who would become her mother belted into a wheelchair and tethered to machines and her limbs were little more than stumps and claws Deemed too “retarded” to manage solid food she was fed through a tube while she slept Shellie was loaded into a van and wheeled into Dayna Bennett’s class at the Lowman Special Education Center in North Hollywood Bennett had been teaching children with severe disabilities: teenagers still in diapers fragile kids hooked to ventilators or strapped to gurneys The teacher knew what Shellie’s records implied: She couldn’t see or hear or think The only word Shellie could say was “mama.” She’d blurt it out whenever a woman neared Most of her other students had family or friends “There was no one in her life who wasn’t being paid to take care of her,” Bennett said The teacher began visiting Shellie at the group home She prayed that someone patient and kind would find this child fit to love It would take months for Bennett’s will to catch up with her heart — and years for the foster care system to make it official after she adopted a 17-year-old who’d spent his life in foster homes She’d already adopted his younger sister and another girl from foster care and had taken in a teenage girl who was having trouble at home She was a 29-year-old single woman raising four traumatized teens — 18, 16, 15 and 14. I wrote about her then, and I marvel at her still Her three older children are on their own now Her daughters are married and live nearby; one has a 6-month-old son Bennett knows that Shellie will never leave home She’s medically fragile and has the cognitive skills of a 2-year-old But Shellie’s eyes light up at her mother’s voice She squeals with delight at her favorite songs and protests when Bennett tries to dress her in anything that isn’t pink or doesn’t sparkle One of the few words she says clearly is “mall.” She’s nothing like the passive child who used to sit in class listless and numb Their small Lancaster home has tile floors and wide aisles so Shellie can get around; there are plenty of books The family room is crowded with an expensive arsenal of medical contraptions that Bennett bought to strengthen Shellie’s limbs and exercise her mind She fashioned a pillow that Shellie wears like a necklace to keep her head from flopping onto her chest She decorated leg splints to encourage her daughter to try to stand pushing her bulky wheelchair on walks around the neighborhood: to lunch at Chuck E shopping at Walmart or matinees at the discount theater She’s been a regular at the Wednesday night youth group at church And she celebrated her 18th birthday with a slumber party with two similarly disabled friends “I let my other girls have slumber parties,” Bennett said She doesn’t know how much her daughter remembers but Bennett won’t forget how good it felt to watch the teenagers lolling on a futon on the living room floor Bennett is neither a martyr nor a saint — just a woman who believes that every child deserves to be encouraged and loved She’s let go of her dream of marriage and babies Mothering can feel like a thankless job in the best of circumstances But Bennett considers Shellie a gift: “She is the most chronically happy child I have ever met in my whole life caring for an adult with the mind of a toddler can be an ordeal so it can take 45 minutes to finish a meal of soft food and sandwiches cut into tiny bites Getting her bathed and into bed each night is an exhausting process — at 120 pounds And a string of medical setbacks has left Shellie hooked to an oxygen tank that makes her wheelchair so heavy Bennett can no longer maneuver it into her ancient minivan She needs a van with a wheelchair lift to get them mobile again They’d planned to spend it at a family gathering with Bennett’s parents — Me-ma and Be-pa to Shellie — but they’ll be at home instead Bennett is not complaining; she is trying to solve the problem She’s launched a GoFundMe page sharing Shellie’s story and seeking advice and donations That’s hard for a woman who prides herself on being self-sufficient and taking good care of her children “I’m determined that Shellie will never be home-bound or bedridden again,” Bennett said And Mama turned and wiped the drool from her chin Bennett’s fundraising page is gofundme.com/ShellieJoy sandy.banks@latimes.com During more than three decades at the Los Angeles Times, Sandy Banks has served as reporter, editor, editorial writer and internship director. But she’s best known for her personal columns, which focused on private lives, public policy and people who inspire and infuriate us. A Cleveland native, Banks has three grown daughters and lives in Northridge. California Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map —Lady Maria St. Just, on Tennessee Williams. Lady Maria St. Just with Tennessee Williams at the 1976 Cannes film festival. She detests London and has fallen out completely with the Beaumont office so she has no prospect of work here. Only a television job, three weeks rehearsal and entire salary amounts to one hundred dollars. (One performance.) Seems to have no interesting friends here, nobody she likes much and her family is quite poor, except for an aunt who treats her rather coolly. Poor child. Maria played the devoted, adorable (and needy) girl; Williams was the benevolent sugar daddy, always ready to spring for vacation tickets, hotels, loans, jewelry, even an occasional dress or fur. “I felt I was in a state of grace when I was with him,” Maria later said, and she was: protected by the big magic of Williams’ talent and renown from a world whose security, in her case, had a habit of collapsing. Maria Britneva in 1948, the year she met Tennessee Williams. He knew an embattled romantic when he saw one—and let her re-create her life through their relationship. We left Maria in Paris, impecunious and gay and charming as ever . . . not too depressed over the fact that our friend Jay has apparently resumed his American affair. She makes me think of a joke about a Brooklyn “queen” whose lover had gone to sea. A friend said how are you feeling, and the response was: “I am inconsolable! I’ve only had five sailors since supper!” “I’m sorry, Mr. Landis, would you repeat the question? I was lost in prayer.”Copy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied Maria tried to put a droll spin on her husband’s frequent breakdowns. “Oh, Peter’s in the bin again,” Van Horne remembers her saying. “He loves it. He’s learned to make ashtrays.” Van Horne explains, “Other people had messy marriages. She didn’t. She had an unfortunate husband who was a little mad.” Maria always displayed what Williams called, in reference to another disenchanted romantic, Chance Wayne, “that terrible stiff-necked pride of the defeated.” “Quit complaining. In these times, most people would be happy to have your job security.”Copy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied “And you had the nerve to say that after getting down on your knees to me in the dressing room,” B said. “And bringing that bitch, Maria, to the party is shocking,” B said. Tenn, standing up: “My dear, I do not have to stand for this anymore. Calling . . . my best friend a black bitch is more than I can take!” And he marched out. “En garde!”Copy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied Copy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied Gore Vidal says, “I explained to her, ‘All you care about is how you come out of the story. Any biographer will give you the right to censor anything about yourself, since the biography is not of Maria but of Tennessee.’ ” This, of course, was the galling problem. “Will you stop bothering us? We already have a brokerage firm.”Copy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied I am writing to confirm that Lyle Leverich submitted his Williams manuscript to me for my opinion of its quality as an authorized biography. I admired the depth of its research but did not feel that the book had the literary qualities requisite for designation as an authorized biography of Tennessee Williams. Maria had played her ace. As holder of the copyrights, she could always move future Williams books to another publisher and, coincidentally, block Laughlin’s plan to publish a volume of Williams’ letters to him. (In the end, she worked out a deal with Laughlin insuring that his book would come out well after hers.) In May of 1992, Laughlin wrote to Leverich, “I must remain friends with the estate because we have business to do with them, but I don’t like the censorship bit at all.” “Please accept the apologies of this court. You’re free to go now, and, by the way, here’s your DNA back.”Copy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied “I feel a sadness,” the seventy-four-year-old Leverich told me just after Maria died. “Tennessee gave Maria an opportunity to make friends around the world, and she made so many enemies.” “Why don’t you just say it? You think I do nothing all day.”Copy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied “We don’t do Santa Claus; we do Father Christmas.”Cartoon by Donald ReillyCopy link to cartoonCopy link to cartoonLink copied This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Medievalists.net Narbonne is one of those European cities with evidence of its past on every street This important Roman city was adopted in the Middle Ages One example includes the Roman subterranean grain storage chambers known as the Horreum used as medieval cellars is preserved under the modern city and you can walk on a small excavated section next to the main cathedral The historic city centre is strategically located by natural river crossings and in the past was encompassed by Roman and medieval walls The Cathedral of Saint-Just et Saint-Pasteur was built in the rayonnant Gothic style between 1272 and 1340 and was never completed The flying buttresses are doubled in some sections to help support the height and the numerous lancet windows The archbishop’s palace and cloister are directly adjacent to the cathedral and the palace can be toured as a historic museum with exhibits on the history of the city The 14th century cloister is a free garden park and is open for visiting during regular business hours it was partially renovated and work was ongoing to improve the gardens and replace some of the degraded masonry It seems likely that there was a 4th century basilica on the same location however Gallic records of a fire in 441 AD led to the construction of a new church in 445 A Carolingian church with a cloister followed that then in 1268 Pope Clement IV (formerly Archbishop of Narbonne) issued orders for a new monument Several archbishops of Narbonne lie close to the altar with vivid 14th and 15th century polychromy and evidence of Revolutionary damage retains a painting of the deceased being lifted into heaven by angels (see below) while rows of saints and other clergy support his bed The ornate detail is reflective of the French High Gothic style This tomb contrasts nicely with the blend of medieval and Renaissance motifs on the tomb of Guillaume Cardinal de Briçonnet and the revival of the Classical elements is evident in the columns A strong medieval flavor remains in the somewhat crudely carved mourners along the lower course their sad and pained expressions leaving the viewer wondering if they mourn for the departed Guillaume or suffer from a personal malady Panels below the mourners have dancing death’s heads in a unique mix of medieval and Renaissance While the medieval aesthetic loved a good Death image these grinning skulls with the articulated skeletal hands more closely resemble the skeletal tomb adornments of the 17th and 18th centuries a remarkable collection of 14th century decorative carvings has been reassembled after being damaged in the French Revolution Narbonne was the site of many skirmishes in the Revolution and decorative elements in many of the city’s churches reflect damage from this period a high relief triptych displays the journey of Mary into Bethlehem is accompanied by angels and saints including Just The lower course shows grotesque scenes of Purgatory with the Devil seated inside the gaping mouth of a demonic creature Wall paintings accent the high relief figures and much of the medieval paint is visible throughout the entire collection The Mary and Child sculpture is well-preserved with only small bits like Mary’s right toe and Jesus’ right hand missing Her flowing gown is nicely draped and both figures bear a peaceful expression You’re not even close to being done with your medievaling at this place Keep ambling around the choir to the Treasure of the Cathedral and climb the short staircase to a small but stunning gallery of medieval treasures Notable items include a 9th century ivory plate about 4 x 5 inches (enormous for an ivory like this one!) and a 14th century painted wooden reliquary with intact paint The ivory plate and the pyx both have unique stories The plate was likely carved in the school of the Palace of Aix-la-Chapelle before 815 a.d The pyx bears an Arabic inscription recording its creation in Cuenca (modern Spain) and the man who first commissioned it (Ismail Other items also deserve time and observation however don’t miss the unique acoustics of the domed ceiling stand in opposite corners and whisper into the wall The sound will carry around the dome and your friend will hear every word perfectly If you really want to pour over every detail in the cathedral It is an actively used church and the many chapels will likely have worshipers present The cathedral and chapels are free to visit however the Treasure tower is 4€ or included with a multi-site tourist pass available in Narbonne Danielle Trynoski is the West Coast correspondent for Medievalists.net and previously served as the co-editor of The Medieval Magazine We've created a Patreon for Medievalists.net as we want to transition to a more community-funded model We aim to be the leading content provider about all things medieval podcast and Youtube page offers news and resources about the Middle Ages We hope that are our audience wants to support us so that we can further develop our podcast and remove the advertising on our platforms This will also allow our fans to get more involved in what content we do produce Member Login Coach John Stevens and Head Coach Murray Westren have been mightily pleased with their charges this season Community member launches fundraiser to help with repairs The Phoenix Café in St Just has fallen victim to vandalism for the second time known for its homemade gluten-free bakes and welcoming atmosphere is now facing the cost of replacing its windows — again who rents a nearby workshop space from café owners Jay and Tammy has launched a fundraiser to help cover the costs of repairs “I’ve gotten to know the Phoenix Cafe family and it has become a familiar The target is to raise £600 to fit the café with Marine Perspex windows which are stronger and more durable than glass Describing the café as a safe and friendly space “They are a lovely family run business and Tammy bakes the most delicious gluten free homemade goodies.” All money raised will go directly to Jay and Tammy to help with the cost of new windows “The Phoenix cafe has become a pillar in the St Just community Now I’d like to show them that the community has got their back.” You can donate or share the fundraiser here:👉 GoFundMe – Help Replace Phoenix Cafe’s Windows after Vandalism and website in this browser for the next time I comment Follow 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glass works long tables display presented prototypes and finished pieces for the glass is tomorrow exhibitionimage © designboom the exhibition is presented within saint-etienne’s historic musée de la mineimage © designboom both large and small scale pieces are presented within the exhibition image © designboom the results of six co-creative workshops comes together for the exhibit in saint-etienneimage © designboom designers from across the globe exhibit the pieces they’ve created during the glass is tomorrow workshopsimage © designboom contemporary designs on exhibit feature glass used in tandem with other materials image © designboom the historic musée de la mine is infilled with glass creations on display throughout the site image © designboom a cylindrical red lamp hangs from a support of attached straps image © designboom transparent glass stools part of the ‘sense of beauty’ exhibitimage © designboom for one of its workshops, glass is tomorrow has collaborated with the saint-just glassworks, a company with an expertise that is unique in the world located in the commune of saint-just-saint-rambert this ‘living heritage company’ is the last of such factories in the country specializing in hand-blown glass for architectural applications the company has developed a mastery in producing flat colored glass panes to be used for the creation and restoration of stained glass windows (by matisse the renovation of historical monuments (including the palace of versailles) the unique methodology saint-just has honed over the years in crafting flat planes of artisanal glass actually begins from a hand-blown glass cylinder three-dimensional objects are transformed into a two-dimensional materials for architectural applications the process begins with a solid piece of tinted glass placed in the furnace in the evening and heated to arrive at the correct temperature the next morning at 6 am then collects the incandescent glass with a metal blowpipe the glassblower creates a cylindrical shape with the heated material by blowing into the heavy tube while simultaneously swinging the blowpipe within a deep and narrow pit set into the floor of the factory this swinging motion allows the glass to slowly and naturally stretch from a molten ball to a thin and delicate glass cylinder the tubular shape is removed from the blowpipe the shape is fed into a mechanical system that slices it along its length and reinserts it into an oven where another craftsman tends to its reheating the glass is refired to remove the tensions created by its cooling and to prevent its breaking the glass plates are squared off in a rectangular format and ready for use a glass artist inserts the blowpipe and molten glass into the flameimage © designboom craftsmen at the saint-just factory prepare glass to be made into a cylindrical shape image © designboom the material is spun while the hot blowpipe is cooled off with water image © designboom a craftsman swings the blowpipe and glass material through a narrow pit built into the floor the outcome of the first step: glass cylinders are created and prepared for reheating image © designboom preparing the glass for reheating requires the glass maker to carefully remove it from the blowpipe getting the cylindrical glass ready for the re-firing process image © designboom the cylinders are fed onto a machine which slices them in half lengthwise image © designboom and is made into a flat sheet image © designboom the craftsman flattens the now flat glass pane in the oven image © designboom the pane is very slowly cooled to avoid damage image © designboom the glass sheets are squared off and packaged image © designboom various colors produced at the saint-just factory image © designboom the immense variety of colors produced at the factoryimage © designboom AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style With her eagerly-awaited new album landing next month Saint Saviour has now dropped the next cut to be lifted from her forthcoming full-length The new single 'I Just Can't Take The Risk' sees her team up with indie-psych duo Jadu Heart for the new release and follows on from the previously shared 'Be Gentle' 'Better Than' and 'Poetry' in previewing her new LP 'Sunseeker' “If I’m judging the songs on how successfully they represent my musical reference point I love this song and the sound of the record Lyrically it is also an honest and literal self analysis which I don’t usually do and so it feels refreshing to me in terms of my writing practice The A section is me being honest about how I feel and the B section is me freaking out but I’m also antisocial and sullen quite a lot of the time.” Have a listen to 'I Just Can't Take The Risk' in the player below was the foundress of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary exhumed Sister Wilhelmina’s body this month to move it into the monastery chapel they found that it did not appear to have decomposed despite a large crack in the coffin through which water could enter News of the body has attracted scores of Catholic pilgrims Joseph has emphasized that “it is important to protect the integrity of the mortal remains of Sister Wilhelmina to allow for a thorough investigation.” How are cases of possible incorruptibility investigated Is a mysteriously preserved body a sign of sainthood And what if the body is only partially incorrupt Read on to learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about bodies that don’t decay Share “Incorruptible” is a term used to describe a body that has fully or partially resisted the natural decomposition process after death. The phenomenon is not common, but there are more than 300 saints whose bodies were exhumed decades or even centuries after their death, and showed no signs of physical decay. St. Cecilia is believed to be the first saint whose body was incorruptible. She was martyred somewhere around 177 – 230 AD. Nearly 1500 years later, during a renovation of the church where she was buried, her remains were exhumed, and her body was discovered to be incorrupt, as if she were asleep in the same position in which she had been buried centuries earlier. A sculpture of St. Cecilia, depicting how her body appeared when her tomb was re-opened in 1599. Photographed at the church of St. Cecilia, Trastevere, by Richard Stracke.Other incorruptible saints throughout Church history have included Agatha, John of the Cross, Charles Borromeo, Teresa of Avila, and Francis Xavier. Some incorrupt saints are discovered to be – as St. Cecilia was – completely unaffected by the passage of time. Others have decomposed at a much slower than normal rate, but they still show some signs of decomposition. In other cases, part of the body has remained preserved while the rest of the body has decayed. For example, the tongue and jaw of St. Anthony of Padua, the well-known preacher, were found incorrupt decades after his death and are today kept in a reliquary at the basilica in northern Italy bearing his name. A reliquary containing the jaw of St.Anthony of Padua in the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy. Credit: Richard Mortel via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)In the case of Sister Wilhelmina, it is not clear how much of her body may be incorrupt. Photos circulating online seem to show a life-like face that has resisted decomposition, while skin on the nun’s hands appears leathery and dehydrated, but not rotting. Due to the potential of incorrupt bodies to decay after being exhumed, a wax mask is sometimes applied to a saint’s body before it is placed on display for veneration. This can lead to confusion among pilgrims who see the body with a wax coating. Similarly, effigies containing relics of saints may be mistaken for the incorrupt bodies of those saints. Today, St. Vincent de Paul’s likeness is displayed with a wax mask and hands at St. Vincent de Paul Chapel in Paris. His bones are encased within the the waxen figure. Credit: Augustyński / Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Give a gift subscription There’s no official list of incorruptible saints and no official proclamation declaring a saint’s body to be incorruptible so the question of what “counts” is a tricky one it is seen as a symbolic indication of their particular mode of sanctity (ie St Anthony’s tongue was not actually holier than the rest of his body Pope Benedict XIV stated that an incorruptible body should only be considered miraculous when its lifelike condition is maintained for a great period of time Even an embalmed body will typically decompose in about a decade The bodies of saints determined to be incorrupt are typically exhumed decades or centuries after their death And most incorrupt saints were actually not embalmed It is common in religious communities to skip the embalming process and have a simple burial – as was reportedly the case for Sister Wilhelmina In cases where embalming could be a feasible reason for a body’s preservation the Church tends to err on the side of believing in a natural explanation over a supernatural one Pope John XXIII’s body in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Credit: Dnalor_01 via Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY-SA 3.0.Leave a comment It is a little confusing, because there’s not really an official protocol in the Church. When a person is declared during the canonization process a Servant of God, the authentication of their tomb or mortal remains is a normal part of the inquiry into their life, explained Msgr. Jason Gray, a priest of the Diocese of Peoria, who previously worked at the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. “There's always a concern for wanting to safeguard the mortal remains, so that way there's no question of them being corrupted or contaminated,” Gray told The Pillar. As part of that process, he said, the individual’s body is examined by a medical expert “to authenticate them, because later on, if relics are to be taken, you want to know that this in fact was the mortal remains of that person.” The Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has norms on the examination process, which emphasize the respect due to the human body, he said. But there are no specific norms governing an investigation into whether a body is incorrupt. In the recent Missouri case, Sister Wilhelmina’s canonization cause has not been opened, making the veneration of her mortal remains — and the prospect of an investigation — somewhat unusual. The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph released a May 22 statement, which noted the need “to protect the integrity of the mortal remains of Sister Wilhelmina to allow for a thorough investigation.” But when asked by The Pillar about what the investigation will entail — and who is responsible for it — a spokesperson for the diocese was not able to give a clear sense of the next steps. The spokesperson told The Pillar that cases of incorruptibility are extremely rare, and that Sister Wilhelmina’s sainthood cause has not been opened. She added that Bishop Vann Johnston “is working to identify a process to determine the circumstances of Sister Wilhelmina’s particular condition.” Sister Wilhelmina. Credit: Lucrecia Nold.Share The Pillar It is piously believed that God preserves the bodies of some saints from the normal decomposition process because of their sanctity But the Church doesn’t actually consider an incorrupt body to be one of the miracles typically required for canonization The miracles required for sainthood must be attributed to the intercession of the person in question it must be clear that God granted the grace of the miracle due to the prayers of the saint in heaven Saints’ bodies are sometimes discovered in various stages of decay and it could be difficult to determine when cases of delayed decomposition are because of natural factors instead of miraculous preservation It would be even more difficult to say a miraculous preservation was due to the saint’s own intercession the Church don’t have a way to compare anomalies in the decay of non-Catholic bodies with those of canonized men and women A small percentage of saints have incorruptible bodies But because experts are not generally in the habit of checking in on dead and buried bodies to see how the decomposition process is going several decades (or centuries) later they can’t rule out the possibility that there is some unknown scientific phenomenon that would allow a small percentage of all bodies to resist the normal process of decomposition So the Church doesn’t automatically take an incorrupt body as a sure sign of sanctity although it may be a special grace granted by God to some saints Get a group subscription Well, Catholics aren’t the ones who decided that some saints’ bodies would be preserved without explanation.  But it’s true that Catholics seem sometimes to have a sort of morbid fascination with death, especially in a culture that is uncomfortable with the mere thought of death. From the Capuchin crypt in Rome elaborately decorated with the bones of thousands of friars to the skulls Catholics display as a reminder of their own inevitable deaths (memento mori!), Catholic culture may sometimes appear to have a level of comfort with death that feels uncomfortable.  Then again, a faith that takes literally the Lord’s command to eat his flesh and drink his blood is not a faith for the queasy. For Catholics, death is not a final goodbye, but a doorway to eternal life. ReplyShare8 more comments...LatestNo posts Recent images of a dead nun\u2019s body in Missouri have created a buzz online, amid reports that the religious sister\u2019s body may be incorruptible. exhumed Sister Wilhelmina\u2019s body this month to move it into the monastery chapel Joseph has emphasized that \u201Cit is important to protect the integrity of the mortal remains of Sister Wilhelmina to allow for a thorough investigation.\u201D How are cases of possible incorruptibility investigated?  Is a mysteriously preserved body a sign of sainthood?  Read on to learn everything you\u2019ve ever wanted to know about bodies that don\u2019t decay Share \u201CIncorruptible\u201D is a term used to describe a body that has fully or partially resisted the natural decomposition process after death. St. Cecilia is believed to be the first saint whose body was incorruptible. She was martyred somewhere around 177 \u2013 230 AD. Nearly 1500 years later, during a renovation of the church where she was buried, her remains were exhumed, and her body was discovered to be incorrupt, as if she were asleep in the same position in which she had been buried centuries earlier. depicting how her body appeared when her tomb was re-opened in 1599. Photographed at the church of St by Richard Stracke.Other incorruptible saints throughout Church history have included Agatha Subscribe now Some incorrupt saints are discovered to be \u2013 as St. Cecilia was \u2013 completely unaffected by the passage of time. Others have decomposed at a much slower than normal rate, but they still show some signs of decomposition. In other cases, part of the body has remained preserved while the rest of the body has decayed. A reliquary containing the jaw of St.Anthony of Padua in the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy. Credit: Richard Mortel via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)In the case of Sister Wilhelmina, it is not clear how much of her body may be incorrupt. Photos circulating online seem to show a life-like face that has resisted decomposition, while skin on the nun\u2019s hands appears leathery and dehydrated, but not rotting. Due to the potential of incorrupt bodies to decay after being exhumed, a wax mask is sometimes applied to a saint\u2019s body before it is placed on display for veneration. This can lead to confusion among pilgrims who see the body with a wax coating. Today, St. Vincent de Paul\u2019s likeness is displayed with a wax mask and hands at St. Vincent de Paul Chapel in Paris. His bones are encased within the the waxen figure. Credit: Augusty\u0144ski / Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)Give a gift subscription There\u2019s no official list of incorruptible saints and no official proclamation declaring a saint\u2019s body to be incorruptible so the question of what \u201Ccounts\u201D is a tricky one when most of a saint\u2019s body decomposes Anthony\u2019s tongue was not actually holier than the rest of his body It is common in religious communities to skip the embalming process and have a simple burial \u2013 as was reportedly the case for Sister Wilhelmina In cases where embalming could be a feasible reason for a body\u2019s preservation Pope John XXIII\u2019s body in St. Peter\u2019s Basilica in Rome. Credit: Dnalor_01 via Wikimedia Commons. CC-BY-SA 3.0.Leave a comment It is a little confusing, because there\u2019s not really an official protocol in the Church. \u201CThere's always a concern for wanting to safeguard the mortal remains, so that way there's no question of them being corrupted or contaminated,\u201D Gray told The Pillar. As part of that process, he said, the individual\u2019s body is examined by a medical expert \u201Cto authenticate them, because later on, if relics are to be taken, you want to know that this in fact was the mortal remains of that person.\u201D In the recent Missouri case, Sister Wilhelmina\u2019s canonization cause has not been opened, making the veneration of her mortal remains \u2014 and the prospect of an investigation \u2014 somewhat unusual. The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph released a May 22 statement, which noted the need \u201Cto protect the integrity of the mortal remains of Sister Wilhelmina to allow for a thorough investigation.\u201D But when asked by The Pillar about what the investigation will entail \u2014 and who is responsible for it \u2014 a spokesperson for the diocese was not able to give a clear sense of the next steps. The spokesperson told The Pillar that cases of incorruptibility are extremely rare, and that Sister Wilhelmina\u2019s sainthood cause has not been opened. She added that Bishop Vann Johnston \u201Cis working to identify a process to determine the circumstances of Sister Wilhelmina\u2019s particular condition.\u201D Sister Wilhelmina. Credit: Lucrecia Nold.Share The Pillar But the Church doesn\u2019t actually consider an incorrupt body to be one of the miracles typically required for canonization it must be clear that God granted the grace of the miracle due to the prayers of the saint in heaven.  Saints\u2019 bodies are sometimes discovered in various stages of decay It would be even more difficult to say a miraculous preservation was due to the saint\u2019s own intercession the Church don\u2019t have a way to compare anomalies in the decay of non-Catholic bodies with those of canonized men and women they can\u2019t rule out the possibility that there is some unknown scientific phenomenon that would allow a small percentage of all bodies to resist the normal process of decomposition.  So the Church doesn\u2019t automatically take an incorrupt body as a sure sign of sanctity Get a group subscription Catholics aren\u2019t the ones who decided that some saints\u2019 bodies would be preserved without explanation.  But it\u2019s true that Catholics seem sometimes to have a sort of morbid fascination with death especially in a culture that is uncomfortable with the mere thought of death From the Capuchin crypt in Rome elaborately decorated with the bones of thousands of friars to the skulls Catholics display as a reminder of their own inevitable deaths (memento mori!) Catholic culture may sometimes appear to have a level of comfort with death that feels uncomfortable.  a faith that takes literally the Lord\u2019s command to eat his flesh and drink his blood is not a faith for the queasy Pope Francis lauded the Nobel Peace Prize winner as "a generous dispenser of divine mercy" in his homily A brand-new Interpretive Centre has opened at St Just-in-Roseland Church and gardens welcoming visitors to explore the deep-rooted history and breathtaking scenery of one of Cornwall’s most beautiful locations The centre officially opened on Saturday 15th February 2025 Renowned poet laureate John Betjeman once described St Just-in-Roseland Church as “for some the most beautiful churchyard on earth.” Now visitors can delve deeper into its history from its Celtic Christian heritage to its role in the Age of Saints where the boundary between earth and the spiritual world feels almost transparent this peaceful haven offers a unique blend of history and nature The centre features interactive exhibits designed to engage visitors of all ages The new centre brings centuries of history to life The Interpretive Centre is open daily from 10:00am – 4:00pm in winter and 10:00am – 5:00pm in summer though donations are greatly appreciated to help maintain the site making it a truly inclusive experience for all The nearby Renwicks Café has also undergone an expansion offering more space for Phoebe and her team to serve up freshly cooked meals and delicious homemade cakes Whether you’re after a hearty lunch or a sweet treat it’s the perfect spot to relax before or after your visit Once you’ve explored the Interpretive Centre Visitors can take in the beauty of the Roseland Peninsula with a choice of walking routes: St Just-in-Roseland Church and gardens now offer even more reasons to visit Man opened fire on gendarmes attending domestic violence incident in village south of Clermont-Ferrand A man suspected of killing three gendarmes who were responding to a domestic violence incident in the Puy-de-Dôme region of central France has been found dead the gendarmerie has lost three of its own,” Gérald Darmanin tweeted “The nation bows before their courage and devotion.” He added that the body of the presumed killer had been found and that he was on his way to the scene were shot dead when a heavily armed man opened fire on them as they tried to rescue a woman in a house in a remote hamlet near the village of Saint-Just It said two officers had approached the house shortly after midnight after being called about a woman who had climbed on to the roof to escape a violent attack by her partner The 48-year-old man shot and killed one officer Two gendarmes who arrived as reinforcements were subsequently fired on and killed the prosecutor’s office in Clermont-Ferrand said The woman was rescued and was being questioned by police The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said in a tweet that the nation “joins in the grief of these gendarmes’ families Our forces act to protect us at the risk of their lives said the incident appeared to have begun with a family dispute and that armed gendarmerie units had been sent to the scene to evacuate nearby residents and secure the area More than 300 gendarmes were involved in the operation with roadblocks set up on all roads leading to the house as the man drove off Firefighters were also dispatched to the burning house to bring the blaze under control A major manhunt was launched overnight before the gunman, who local media said was known to authorities over failure to make maintenance payments in a child custody dispute, was found around dawn. Police sources told Le Monde he had killed himself beside his car were killed in the course of their duties in France in 2018 the most recent year for which figures are available Sunday 6th October 12-4pm (poster attached or share from our social media pages #bosavernfarm) popular event held on the first Sunday in October sustainable ingredients for a great day out including food to feast upon pollinator-plant sales and a warm Bosavern welcome this year we offer free health checks and a special appearance from the fast-rising Nos Lowen band Bagas Fellyon who invite you to bring your dancing shoes and join hands as they introduce you to some inclusive This is a great way to introduce someone new to our farm community James Sweeney is a Research Fellow of the Foreign Policy Centre https://fpc.org.uk/ Lancaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK View all partners Myanmar’s military coup leaders have reportedly put the country’s lawfully elected leaders on trial apparently held in secret and without giving the defendants the benefit of legal representation Myanmar’s state counsellor and de facto leader faces charges of illegally importing two walkie talkies and of contravening a natural disaster management law by interacting with a crowd during the coronavirus pandemic These carry a maximum penalty of six years in jail has been charged with breaching the natural disaster restrictions which – if he is found guilty – could mean up to three years imprisonment You can hear more about the events which led up to Myanmar’s military coup in the second episode of our new podcast, The Conversation Weekly – the world explained by experts The worrying developments in Myanmar echo political or show trials of the past raising fundamental questions about what “law” actually is How does an unlawfully established government legitimately use the law against its opponents can any rules adopted or imposed by a dictatorship be said to be “laws” at all This question has bothered legal theorists and human rights lawyers for a very long time. For example the German theorist Gustav Radbruch argued that actions authorised by abhorrent Nazi “law” were not, in fact, lawful and so the post-war prosecution of people for their actions in Nazi Germany would not be unfair Similar issues arose at the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal in 1945 because the trial of senior Nazis there was the first time anyone had ever been put on trial for “crimes against humanity” and “waging aggressive war” The defence argued that those crimes were not clearly established in international criminal law when they were said to have been committed The judgment at Nuremberg made the not entirely convincing claim that it should have been obvious that these categories of international crime already existed but it also stated that the rule against retrospective prosecution might not apply in the face of the scale of Nazi atrocities in any event it does not matter if they were permitted by a state’s national legislation under communism This does not mean, however, that globally we are free of the notion of show trials and political trials that, like those in Myanmar, claim to be lawful but are anything but. Even in Europe, the hastily convened and poorly organised military “trial” and resulting execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife on Christmas Day 1989 is a clear example that we have seen ordered by presidents and prime ministers of all political persuasions throughout the “war on terror” which has ruled that such amnesties violate the human rights of surviving victims and dead victims’ next of kin There are, however, more democratic conditional amnesties, such as those granted in South Africa during the process of “Truth and Reconciliation” after the fall of apartheid: the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission accepted over 1,000 applications for amnesty – in return for the applicant agreeing to testify to the Commission Back to the issue of Myanmar, it can only be hoped that the military government shows some restraint in its use and abuse of “the law”. 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Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Off the Pitch is a publication that retraces the events decade; the one that saw the PSG brand reach across borders and become truly international "a style that few clubs can match," as even the famous New York Times declared Off The Pitch tells the story of this extraordinary odyssey lifestyle and gastronomy all come together And it reveals why Paris Saint-Germain can claim more than 150 million fans all over the world is also available in a collector's edition with an original work of art by the urban artist Rero entitled "Je t'aime moi non plus" Rero has been living in Rio since 2015 and he holds Paris close to his heart "I took a lot of old footballs recovered from the local Paris Saint-Germain academy and from favelas I put this aphorism on them to question the relationship to football order Off The Pitch and support the Paris Saint-Germain foundation In collaboration with the Paris Saint-Germain Endowment Fund the Paris Saint-Germain Foundation and the Montresso Foundation Paris Saint-Germain and Rero are releasing this limited prestige edition of 75 copies of Off The Pitch Proceeds will go to the Paris Saint-Germain Endowment Fund which supports disadvantaged and sick children the boxed set includes a Plexiglas case with the message "Je t'aime moi non plus" a numbered lithograph signed by the artist The self-published book brings together all of the club's achievements driven by the ambition of club Chairman and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and reveals how Paris Saint-Germain has managed to embody the new generation and become one of the most inspiring and unifying sports brands in the world Paris Saint-Germain has extended its brand into new territories The book highlights all the collaborations that have contributed to the development of this "style that few clubs can match," according to the New York Times and even the "coolest club in the world," for GQ USA Off the Pitch takes the reader into the Homeric adventure of the Paris Saint-Germain brand into the world of fashion with designers Koche and Esteban Cortazar of music with Prince and the Rolling Stones of lifestyle with the emblematic partnership with Jordan Brand since 2018 and even gastronomy with chef Yannick Alléno.. Throughout more than 400 pages of Off the Pitch the reader meets the personalities who have worked to make the brand project flourish The book is embellished with numerous photos Le @PSG_inside lance 2 nouvelles édition limitées du livre d'exception 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐄 & 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄 ✨OFF THE PITCH retrace une décennie de transformation de la marque de 2011 à nos jours ❤️💙👇 KIM Kardashian looked upset and distracted while out with her son Saint over the weekend The reality star was out with her children Sunday morning, not long after a harsh text exchange between current boyfriend Pete Davidson and ex husband Kanye West was leaked Kim Her demeanor was serious and intense as she spoke and seemed to text an unknown number of people On Sunday, Pete shared a picture of himself in bed, allegedly with his girlfriend Kim, as his feud with Kanye exploded The latest chapter in their personal war began simply enough, with the Saturday Night Live star "Yo it's Skeet," Pete texted "Can you please take a second to calm down Pete then mentioned the TV star and wrote: "Kim is literally the best mother I've ever met. "What she does for those kids is amazing and you are so f**king lucky that she's your kids' mom." He pointed out: "I've decided I'm not gonna let you treat us this way anymore and I'm done being quiet. Grow the f**k up." To which Pete replied: "In bed with your wife," along with a selfie showing him lying on a bed A day later, Kanye lashed back continuing the war of words by sharing screenshots of two news stories in two separate posts In one, he shared a long caption accusing the funnyman of "escalating" their feud in sync with Kim's upcoming Hulu reality show "What did I lie about?" he began "I am 'allowed' to see my kids y'all so mad that I can’t be written off as abuser or a stalker "Y'all so mad that SKETE showed who he really is Right before the Hulu trailer dropped "I’m not a bad guy Kim’s not a bad person Kids want parents to stay together but Hulu needed a new narrative," he concluded implying that the latest round of drama was intentionally caused by his ex's man In his second post, Kanye continued to reference the leaked texts from last weekend: "SKETE called this 'legally single' person my wife," he wrote "I am not ramped up I successfully avoided doing anything that would give them reason to put a restraining order on me "She think it’s funny to try to drive me over the edge but I didn’t let them "She ignored my text about bringing my children to church then had her boyfriend text me and brag about being in bed with 'my wife' Then tell me 'he could help me.'" Kanye doubled down on his threats by actually hiring a  lawyer and vowing to get custody of his four children According to TMZ, the Donda singer's lawyer, Samantha Spector has made custody their number one priority The exes originally made no formal arrangement regarding the visitation of their kids Though their kids North they have been allowed to see their dad whenever he is in town the exes will head to court where the judge will decide on a custody plan Email us at exclusive@the-sun.com or call 212 416 4552 Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSunUS and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSunUS Alvin Kangas was pretty excited to have acquired a 16 pound buffalo fish in time to make a kettle of his fish head stew for this year’s St Urho’s Day celebration in Lake Norden to celebrate the mythical saint chased the grasshoppers out of Finland On the question of how it began: There’s the Sulo Havumaki camp who claim that the Bemidji State University professor invented the holiday a long-time department store manager in Virginia Still others claim it was a collective invention of Finnish workers in the iron ore mines of Northern Minnesota Urho's Day potluck in Lake Norden on Saturday within the small universe of people who have heard of St somebody — maybe Mattson or Havumaki — concocted a transparently derivative myth in which a purple-clad saint in a Viking-style helmet saved Finland’s vineyards from a scourge of grasshoppers with the magic words: Heinasirkka That Finland's climate is not all that amenable to grape cultivation makes perfect sense Everything about St. Urho's Day is a transparent mashup, obvious ripoff, or happy absurdity. It's as if a people were envious of another people's Superman, decided to invent their own, then at the last minute chose Zan from the Wonder Twins instead According to legend Sulo Havumaki himself would often announce the Bemidji parade only to cancel when nobody showed up Minnesota have handsome statuary dedicated to the Saint Lake Norden — one of a couple Finn-Centric South Dakota towns (Frederick is another) that honor the day — started their St Urho tradition with a single pickup “parade” in 1979 the Lake Norden celebration has grown into… well into a small town procession of a few vehicles — one conveying the king and queen in purple regalia and horned helmet — maybe a tractor with Finnish and American flags The Day officially falls on March 16 (to stay a day ahead of the snake chaser) "But we usually celebrate on the Saturday after,” says Kangas “just because it’s a few more days into spring Alvin Kangas is as Lake Norden Finn as it gets as Finn as the fish head soup he brought to the potluck “All four of my great grandfathers homesteaded within eight miles of where I live So I’ve always felt that if the old guys came all the way from Finland and thought this was a good place to live there’s the potluck at the Lake Norden Community Center with Marie Koistinen’s kalamojakka (fish soup) This year, Ron Kangas (Alvin’s second cousin) read from the “Finnglish” prose of Kool Kat From Kopper Kontri author Heino “Hap” Puotinen Sauna (pronounced sow-na) is a common theme in Puotinen’s work — and a staple of Finnish culture Some Lake Nordeners still have wood stove heated saunas The tale Ron read Saturday was a comical take on an Americanization of the vasta tradition a switch used for self-whipping in the sauna the vasta is meant to refresh and invigorate in the hot sauna In Finland the vasta is usually made of birch twigs but in South Dakota cottonwood will do Alvin passed the microphone around to anybody who wanted to share a tale of St Urho's Days past or memories of sauna shenanigans Then people just kind of filed out into the blustery day "the pastor [at Trinity Lutheran in Lake Norden] summed up our St Urho activities like this: it’s a whole bunch of nothing to get excited about.” Holly Graham catches up with Hidetsugu Ueno at the MONIN Cup APAC finals to discover why he doesn’t consider himself a truly Japanese bartender and what he really thinks about modern bartending When Ueno-san was a budding bartender, social media didn’t exist and guest bartending shifts weren’t really a thing people subscribed to. “Cities like Bangkok are a great example of this new era of bartending. Because information is so accessible through social media, young and promising Thai bartenders have so much education and inspiration at their fingertips – they’re so keen and passionate. This applies to bartending globally, too.” Bangkok isn’t the only Southeast Asian city where Ueno-san has seen bartenders excel. “Cities like Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City and Taipei are growing very fast. When I first went to Taipei ten years ago, their technique was great, but people had no idea about classics. Nowadays young bartenders are reading classic cocktail books, and I think that other Asian bartenders are now more knowledgeable than Japanese bartenders.” If you can do what your master does, then you can bartend – but you have to be wise and make your own style to stand out. Another problem Ueno-san sees across the bar industry is product. While he acknowledges many countries have to make their own because they simply don’t have a particular product or law prohibits them from importing it, he thinks bartenders should instead focus more on using what they have. “Personally, I don’t want to waste my time making products,” he says. “To make them consistently is hard, and I have a lot of good products I can use.” Though he appreciates the gesture of people hand carrying products to him to share flavours, they ultimately don’t get much use: “Homemade products are great and unique, but when bartenders bring me bottles, I don’t tend to use them if I can’t incorporate them into my daily cocktails.” Ueno-san is man of staunch consistency, and vehemently declares: “Some products just shouldn’t exist. I don’t trust a clear raspberry vodka!” So what’s Ueno-san’s advice to the younger generation of bartenders? “When I meet other bartenders, they sometimes ask how they can be like me. I tell them to go back to their bar and make drinks for their customers. If you want to be like me, go and work harder, and smile! A lot of the younger generation are too serious, which creates a barrier and means they don’t communicate well. You may be doing the same thing every day, but that’s not the case for the customers. We should always be making their experience unique and special.” That said, Ueno-san acknowledges hospitality can be exhausting. “My ex-wife asked me why I was so quiet at home, when at my bars and she would see me talking all the time. I hate silence in bars – but when I get home, I want silence. I used to keep an aquarium, as watching water and the fish would relax me. I guess that because I relax during my personal time, I can turn it on when I’m working.” Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); My aim is to start out from Saint-Just’s illusion, and by asking what made it an illusion, to raise a question about the interpretation of ethical political ideas, such as freedom, in different times and circumstances. That will lead us to some thoughts about moral philosophy and what it can do. One obvious suggestion is that in order to understand the relations between ancient and modern liberty, we should look to a tradition, a historical narrative, in terms of which the earlier ideal was transmuted into the later. On such an account, it will be this transmutation that Saint-Just overlooked, and it seems he did do so, since he overlooked the world that must have contained it: as he memorably said in his condemnation of Danton, ‘the world has been empty since the Romans.’ The same point may be put in a perhaps less edifying way. There are only two ways of acquiring power, to claim it or to get it by using power you already have. Those two may indeed in many cases come to the same thing: but if they not come to the same thing, and you need, distinctively, to claim it, then you need something to claim it with, other than the power you have, and that must be something that others can understand as an assertion of value or right. Saint-Just’s conception was alien to late 18th-century French society, just because it was drawn from a world in which the social structures, economic forms, and people’s needs, were very different. Yet although it was alien to French society, it was connected to it by a historical story. People had a picture of a past from which it was drawn – an idealised picture, for sure, but of a past that could be represented as modern Europe’s own. More by this contributorWhy Philosophy Needs History: On TruthBernard Williams17 October 2002 Find out more about the London Review of Books app Newsletter Preferences This site requires the use of Javascript to provide the best possible experience Please change your browser settings to allow Javascript content to run.