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In the Sunday Gospel, the Lord Jesus speaks of crosses and crowns. The apostles have only crowns in mind, but Jesus knows the price of the crown. So, He must teach them and us that crowns—the things we value most—come only through the cross.It may help to review the context of this Gospel. Jesus is making His final journey to Jerusalem. He is on his way to the cross and has already announced this to His disciples on two occasions. Throughout Jesus’ final journey, the apostles prove unwilling and/or incapable of grasping what He is trying to teach them.This Sunday’s...

October 17th, 2021Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch L'Église de la Madeleine, Paris, France Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingIsaiah 53:10-11 ©If he offers his life in atonement, what the Lord wishes will be doneThe Lord has been pleased to crush his servant with suffering.If he offers his life in atonement,he shall see his heirs, he shall have a long lifeand through him what the Lord wishes will be done.His soul’s anguish over,he shall see the light and be content.By his sufferings shall my servant justify many,taking their faults on himself.Responsorial PsalmPsalm 32(33):4-5,18-20,22 ©May your love be upon us,...

MOSCOW, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet has been scrambled to escort a U.S. B-1B strategic bomber over the Sea of Japan, TASS news agency reported on Sunday citing the Russian military, just days after an incident with a U.S. naval destroyer in the same region. It said the bomber had not breached the Russian border....

We all know why mercury is extremely hot and have a valid reason. But It is also proved that its surface is extremely cold also like temperature fell up to -170degrees.On the day its temperature is around 840-degree Fahrenheit (451-degree Celsius) but at night it goes minus 275 Fahrenheit (-170 degrees Celsius.) You can see a change of temperature of nearly 1100 degrees Fahrenheit (600-degree Celcius). It’s all because of Mercury’s thin atmosphere that can not maintain the heat that it gets in the day and because of its huge day and night.

Ransomware gangs attacked even more water treatment plants across the US than previously known, according to a new report. Water plants in Nevada, Maine, and California were all hit with ransomware in 2021 — and all three incidents went unreported until Thursday, when the attacks were disclosed in a joint advisory published by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI, the NSA, and the Environmental Protection Agency... ...In all three attacks, cybercriminals took over the water treatment plants' supervisory control ....

A dramatic video captured the moment an Amtrak train slammed into a semi-truck hauling several cars in Oklahoma, sending vehicles and debris flying and injuring several people on board. The incident occurred Friday around 7 p.m. local time in Thackerville, near the Oklahoma-Texas border. Minutes before Amtrak Train 822, which operates daily between Fort Worth, Texas, and Oklahoma City, was scheduled to pass through, the car hauler tractor trailer got stuck... [video at link]

Like other ranchers across the country, Rusty Kemp for years grumbled about rock-bottom prices paid for the cattle he raised in central Nebraska, even as the cost of beef at grocery stores kept climbing... Federal data show that for every dollar spent on food, the share that went to ranchers and farmers dropped from 35 cents in the 1970s to 14 cents recently. It led Kemp to launch an audacious plan: Raise more than $300 million from ranchers to build a plant themselves, putting their future in their own hands.... ...Crews will start work this fall building the Sustainable Beef...

Biden is the oldest man ever to serve in the Oval Office -- and is nearly four years older than former President Bill Clinton, who was recently hospitalizedPresident Biden will undergo a physical examination soon but no specific date has been set, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a news briefing Thursday. Video from the briefing shows Psaki fielding questions from Playboy reporter Brian Karem as she donned a face mask and prepared to leave the White House briefing room after a session with a roomful of journalists. "Hey Jen, will he take a physical anytime soon and...

This new landmark documentary series sees renowned British doctor and trusted medical journalist Dr Michael Mosley put his body on the line to tackle the nation’s fastest growing chronic disease, Type-2 diabetes. Working alongside Indigenous exercise physiologist Ray Kelly, they reveal how new science can reverse Australia’s Type-2 diabetes epidemic. Dr Michael Moseley was himself diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and was determined to reverse this with diet, not drugs. He successfully did so and now wants to encourage Australians to do the same.

As the world grapples with an ongoing chip shortage, a quiet giant among chipmakers has committed to investing $100 billion over three years to ramp up production. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company may not be a household name, but with a market value of over $550 billion, it’s one of the world’s 10 most valuable companies. Now, it’s leveraging its considerable resources to bring the world’s most advanced chip manufacturing back to U.S. soil. CNBC got an exclusive tour of the $12 billion fabrication plant, or fab, outside Phoenix, Arizona, where TSMC will start making 5-nanometer chips in 2024. The company...

A few years ago, I found myself on the platform of a train station in Tanzania. There under the ubiquitous photograph of the country's then president were two fading portraits of two statesmen from an earlier time, Chairman Mao Zedong and Julius Nyerere, first president of independent Tanzania. These two political giants were the main architects of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (TAZARA), which was completed in 1976. The Chinese-built railway allowed Zambia to circumvent apartheid South Africa and white minority ruled Rhodesia and export its copper out of the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. The 1,860-kilometer-long railway remains an enduring...

A few of the accused may have been actual pedophiles or serial killers, but many were beggars, hermits or recent émigrés who were tortured into confessions.Some 200 years before the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, courts in Europe were convicting men—and some women—of transforming into werewolves and mutilating and eating children. The punishments were sometimes as gruesome as the alleged crimes. In Germany in 1589, executioners strapped accused werewolf Peter Stumpp to a cart wheel, removed his skin with hot pinchers and chopped off his head before burning his body at the stake. Stumpp's head, attached to a wolf carcass,...

Special Prosecutor Thomas Plymale dismissed all charges against Philip Barnett, who spent 10 years in prison for a crime DNA testing proved he did not commit. Charges were also dropped against his co-defendants Nathan Barnett, Philip’s brother, and Justin Black. A fourth defendant, Brian Dement, accepted a sentence modification of time served. All four men were convicted of the 2002 murder of a young woman in Cabell County, W.Va. “Today is a great day for the Barnett family; Philip and Nathan’s names are finally cleared. The DNA results from the crime scene evidence, which excluded Philip and Nathan and matched...

Superman’s mission statement has become a part of not just comic culture, but pop culture itself over the past few decades. But after all those years of standing up for “Truth, Justice and the American Way,” Clark Kent has a new rallying cry. As part of DC FanDome, DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee announced Superman has a new mission statement aimed at better reflecting the modern day. His new mission statement? “Truth, Justice and A Better Tomorrow.”

Nigeria’s Consul General to Shanghai has urged China to embrace honesty and sincerity in relating with Africa. The Consul General, Amb. Chimezie Ogu in a remark at the Jiangsu-Africa Cooperation Conference and China Africa Local Government Cooperation Forum Jiangsu Sub-forum disclosed that the continent is a reliable friend and partner of China. Explaining that “honesty and sincerity are an essential ingredient in the growth and progress of friendly countries with shared values, visions and expectations,” the Nigerian Envoy called for the closing of gaps in bilateral relations between both parties. This is as he invited the Government of Jiangsu Province...

SIR DAVID AMESS' tragic death has rocked the nation after the Conservative MP was stabbed in Essex on Friday. The politician was killed at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea with police looking to get justice - and one man is in custody. Sir David Amess was murdered in Leigh-on-Sea on Friday Sir David Amess was murdered in Leigh-on-Sea on FridayCredit: Getty Who is David Amess murder suspect Ali Harbi Ali? Ali Harbi Ali has been named as a suspect in the murder of Sir David Amess, after the Tory MP was killed at a Methodist church in the Essex town....

A gunman "came out of nowhere" and fired on constable's deputies who were trying to detain someone else outside a Houston bar early Saturday, ultimately killing one deputy and injuring two others, a constable said. Deputy Kareem Atkins, 30, died from his gun shot injuries, according to a statement posted on Facebook by Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman, which identified the three deputies involved. Atkins is survived by his wife and 2-month-old baby. The two deputies injured were identified as as Darrell Garrett, 28, and Juqaim Barthen, 26. Garrett was shot in the back, underwent surgery and was...

UK Vaccination rates approach 90 percent but it’s not helping… Cases are exploding despite the very high Vaccination rate 86% of everyone over 12 in the UK is at least partially vaccinated, yet cases continue to rise and are well above where they were last year.I do not know if you could design a dumber, less scientifically justifiable policy than vaccine passports to “stop transmission” pic.twitter.com/zbRVleLSfU— IM (@ianmSC) October 16, 2021 Infection rate for the Vaccinated is 100% higher than for the Unvaccinated According to the British government, the infection rate in double-vaccinated people in their 40s was 100% higher...

News AnalysisThe Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is launching investigations into the financial industry, triggered by a looming debt crisis and under the guise of anti-corruption. These investigations appear to be an indication that China is moving further from a market economy, while they also serve Xi Jinping’s personal goal of solidifying his power.China’s top anti-corruption agency is conducting an investigation into 25 financial institutions, examining ties between state-owned banks and big companies. In particular, Chinese regulators are scrutinizing the relationship that financial institutions have with high-profile companies with massive debt, like Evergrande, and those that have fallen out of favor...