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Family Fun in Singapore/ 5Nights & 6Days(5N Singapore) - Tour
Family Fun in Singapore/ 5Nights & 6Days(5N Singapore)
5 Nights 6 Days Singapore
Singapore is described as a major playground for rich culture and diversity. Singapore is an exotic country located in the tropical island of Southeast Asia . It offers more than just high end luxurious offerings , shopping malls, fine dining , vibrant culture and heritage. It is a dazzling city astounding the tourist with its magical beauty and other extravagant particulars. the stunning landscape, pristine beaches, lush green forests, vivid biodiversity, hi bustling cities, the iconic sand sky park, world renowned resorts and luxurious hotels to make it a high tech charming city. Singapore is open described for its glitz and glamour and also, it is one of the cleanest and most orderly city in the world. it is becoming more and more famous for its travel and tourism offering myriad of things to enjoy. The city is in chanting with its century old temples and large green spaces around. This small but a magnificent country has an exciting calendar of events and is equally diverse presenting ample of opportunities to explore, indulging express their passion towards something. The landscape and topography adds a star, a wonderful landscape to indulge into. The climate of this wonderful city is very appealing showering a romantic climate all year round. Singapore ranks up with most auspicious cultural and religious diverse nations apprehending quite different from its neighbouring destinations. Singapore is a prosperous island nation that has a lot to offer for upbringing quality of life and the individual growth proving a safe and secure environment which is very rare to any other country.
5 Nights 6 Days Available on request Singapore
5 Nights Accommodation in Singapore
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Room Configuration: Superior Room
All day breakfast included except the arrival day
All Entry tickets included
Hotel Facilities: Gym, Swimming Pool, Restaurant
Day 1- Arrival in Singapore + Night Safari
Once you arrive at Singapore Airport, you will be received by our representative who will help you to escort to the hotel. Check-in the Hotel Boss for 4 nights and relax for some time. In the evening, you will go for a Night Safari in Singapore. Night Safari include Malayan tiger, flying foxes, Asian elephants, tapirs, lions, giraffes, and flying squirrels. Apart from exotic wildlife, the nocturnal zoo is home to many trekking and walking trails. Also, get entertained by various cultural shows and traditional tribal dance performances. After spending an evening in the wild, come back to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day 2- Universal Studios Tour
After a delicious breakfast, get ready for a thrilling day at Universal Studios. Located in Sentosa Island, Universal Studios is one of the most sought-after theme parks in Singapore. The park is home to many exciting rides, entertaining shows, dining places, and shops to buy famous souvenirs.
Day 3- Singapore Half Day City tour & Afternoon Sentosa tour
After a wholesome breakfast at the hotel in Singapore, get ready for a half-day city tour. Begin the day exploring the iconic spots such as the Art Museum, Civilian War Memorial, Esplanade Theatre, Central Business District, Dhoby Ghaut, and Civic District. Next, admire the stunning architecture of Helix Bridge, see Istana, and get amazed by the world's largest floating Marina Bay. Visit the Merlion statue - the charm of Singapore, Singapore Flyer, Suntec City, and Thian Hock Keng Temple. Indulge in shopping at Plaza Singapura and buy souvenirs. After a half-day city tour, visit Sentosa Island which is home to clean beaches, casinos, and gorgeous parks. You will go on a fun-filled cable car ride, and see popular places like Madame Tussauds, and Wings of Time. After a fun-filled day, come back to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day 4 – Singapore Extravaganza tour
First stop is Gardens By the Bay, Singapore's impressive latest attraction of greenery spread over 101 hectares right in the heart of the City. Enjoy the synchronized light and music show conducted under the Super Trees at 7.45pm.
Next visit is beautiful Marina Bay Sand's SkyPark, an iconic platform built 200m in the air seemingly defying gravity.
Next is a River Taxi for a 20 minutes ride up the Singapore River to Clarke Quay passing historical bridges and buildings built more than a century ago. After a fun-filled day, come back to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day 5 – Jurong Bird Park
Get your tasty breakfast and then be ready to spend your day along the chirping buzz of exotic birds. Visit the Jurong bird park, a most attractive a very tourist spot. It is a sprawling part in Asia with a collection of over 5000 birds from 400 species. And don't miss the waterfall aviary which is one of the world's largest walk in aviaries of the country. After a fun-filled day, come back to the hotel for an overnight stay.
Day 6 - Departure
Pack your bags and complete all the check-out formalities. With the help of our representative, you will get a transfer to Singapore Airport from where you can board a flight back to India.
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Q: Can't Update Array Data In Laravel In the table, the information field is an array, and when I try to edit the information inside this array, I get this error:
SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'nationalCode' in 'where clause' (SQL: select * from `kycs` where ((`nationalCode` = 1234567891 and `state` = tehran and `city` = tehran and `address` = example address and `zipcode` = 9477143812)) limit 1)

this is my code :
        if ($kyc = auth()->user()->kyc()->where('user_id', Auth::User()->id)->first()) {
            //   $data = Kyc::where('user_id', Auth::user()->id)->first();
            if ($kyc->selfie['status'] == 'rejected') {
                $this->validate(
                    [
                        'nationalCode' => 'required|nationalcode',
                        'state' => 'required',
                        'city' => 'required',
                        'address' => 'required',
                        'zipcode' => 'required|zipcode',
                        'selfie' => 'required|mimes:jpg,jpeg,png|max:2024',
                    ]
                );
                $selfie_url = $this->selfie->store('documents/'.Crypt::decryptString($kyc->secret));
                Kyc::updateOrCreate([
                    [
                        'information' => [
                            'nationalCode' => $this->nationalCode,
                            'state' => $this->state,
                            'city' => $this->city,
                            'address' => $this->address,
                            'zipcode' => $this->zipcode,
                        ],
                        'selfie' => [
                            'url' => Crypt::encryptString($selfie_url),
                            'status' => 'pending',
                            'last_update' => Carbon::now(),
                            'desc' => '',
                        ],
                    ],
                ]);

                return redirect()->route('frontend.auth.verification.notice');
            }

what is problem

A: Please check if you have the nationalCode column in table migration and they are run.Can you share the MIgration for the table.

A: Add your columns as log as they exist in your model:

protected $fillable = ['nationalCode'];

A: It looks like you didn't correctly mark the information and selfie columns to be casted to an array. Please check if you have similar code in your Kyc model:
protected $casts = [
    'information' => 'array',
    'selfie' => 'array'
];

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Watts to retire from Sunstate
Mike Watts, founder and executive chairman of Sunstate Equipment has announced that he will retire from the company next month after 40 years.
His son Chris Watts will take over from him in his role as chief executive, a post he has held since late 2015. At the same time Sumitomo which currently owns an 80 percent stake in the business, will acquire the remaining 20 percent, giving it full ownership. Watts senior will stay on as an advisor to the board.
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Mike Watts
Watts started his rental career in 1970 with Apache Equipment in Phoenix and then in 1977 he decided to go into business for himself and acquired Beldon Rentals with the support of its previous owners. A year later he rebranded the business as Sunstate, and having started with just four employees, gradually expanded the business to 61 outlets across California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee, becoming one of the largest rental companies in North America.
While the company now offers a wide range of equipment, aerial lifts and telehandlers have always played a significant factor in the business with a fleet currently estimated at around 15,000 aerial lifts and 3,000 telehandlers. Sumitomo acquired a majority stake in the business in 2009, increasing it to 80 percent in 2013.
1977 Mike Watts acquires Beldon Rentals in Phoenix
Watts, 68, said: "After 47 years in the rental industry, starting Sunstate and building it over the past 40 years, I feel very comfortable and satisfied with our position in the industry, the calibre of business we have built, and the opportunities for the future. I am proud of our success and the strong positive culture we have developed, which is creating an environment that allowed people to feel they were valued, provided opportunities for growth, and held everyone accountable to the consistent standards we created. The belief remains the same, that when we do this, people enjoy coming to work each day and make small improvements so we can continue to build a great business. I am especially pleased that my son, Chris Watts, will have the opportunity with his ability to take Sunstate to an even higher level."
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Liebherr's new 300 tonner
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Fatal crane incident Mumbai
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Platform Basket's 19m rail boom
Platform Basket has launched an all new road/rail self-propelled telescopic boom lift, the RR19/500
Klubb fire platforms for Île-de-France
French manufacturer Klubb has won an order for EGI Meteor 330s for the fire brigades of two départements around Paris
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UK based RJC Plant Hire has taken delivery of two new JCB 525-60E all electric telehandlers
IPAF announces IAPA nominations
IPAF has published the nominations/shortlist for its 2022 IAPA awards
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Third 104m Bronto for Jalo & Jalo
Finland's Jalo & Jalo has taken a new 104m Bronto S104HLA truck mounted work platform

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We started out as a modest medical school with 23 students in 1905, founded by a determined group of businessmen led by Tan Jiak Kim, to serve the needs of the local community. Today, more than 100 years on, as Singapore's flagship university, we continue to be in service of country and society. Learn more about our rich heritage and leaders of this institution.
The Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School is established.
The School is renamed King Edward VII Medical School, making it the first institution of higher learning in Singapore.
The status of the Medical School is elevated to become King Edward VII College of Medicine.
Raffles College is established to provide tertiary education in the arts and sciences.
Raffles College merges with King Edward VII College of Medicine to form the University of Malaya, the very first university for the peoples of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya.
Nanyang University, a privately funded Chinese university, opens its doors.
The Singapore campus of the University of Malaya becomes an autonomous institution known as the University of Singapore.
The National University of Singapore is established with the merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University.


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Purple Wondaluv: Eternal Peace EP Listening Party
by lovelymissjones.In Change, destiny, Empowerment, Encouragement, Entertainment, Eternal Peace, experience, greatness, Growth, Inspirational, Life, Media, Mocca Brand Media, Progress, Purple Wondaluv, Review, success, Support.1 Comment on Purple Wondaluv: Eternal Peace EP Listening Party
New artist, Purple Wondaluv, new music, what can we expect? All questions that many people may have had after the introduction of P Wondaluv.
P Wondaluv, also known as Musiq Soulchild, presented his debut EP Eternal Peace last night in Brooklyn. Press, Media, and special guests from all over gathered together at Milk River Restaurant to get the deets and hear the sounds of this new artist.
The event was presented by Mocca Brand Media, known publicist Mocca Styles; and hosted by "Media's New Queen" Madison Jaye.
I'd previously heard the EP, so I knew to expect music that sends off good vibes and an encouraging and inspirational message. But to hear the inspiration behind it is what I believe we all anticipated.
After listening to great music with DJ Unique on the ones and twos, Madison Jaye presented P Wondaluv, and those in attendance were in for a real treat.
(Purple Wondaluve & Madison Jaye)
From start to finish, the discussion, and the Q&A session was pure, and authentic. P Wondaluv came out and explained that he wants to be an activist for love, therefore he believes in making music that'll help lead and direct people in doing what they ultimately love to do. After sharing how this project was a mix between Bob Marely and Sade, we went into the EP; each song and a brief overview of them. Each song is led in order, and gives a story.
The first song on the EP is, The Time Is Now. "There gets a point where you have to ride out for yourself. And do what you're passionate about." Often times we stay in a lane that people want us to be in, but with this song, he's encouraging us to fulfill our passion, regardless of who people think we should be. P also shared how he waited 15 years for the perfect conditions, and realized it would never come. It was something he had to create himself.
Following this track is, Live Your Love. "Living your life becomes pointless if you're not doing what you love."
Below are the remaining tracks and quotes from P Wondaluv himself.
3. Faith Your Fears. "If you faith your fears, you can make it all go away"
4. Save Your Monster. "Saving yourself from the part of you that keeps people away from you. We all have our own stuff…"
5. You Can Change. "Doesn't matter what you've been through, what you told yourself; as long as you still have breath, you can do what you want to do. Be encouraged."
6. Words Are Free. "You don't have to buy things. Just say something nice." You have no idea what your positive words can do for a person.
7. Bye And Gone. Let bygones be bygones. Someone did something to you along time ago, and you're still holding on to it. And it contributes and affects your life. It affects the ability to be in a relationship or good friendship. Let it go. And live your life.
The time is now to live your love. Faith your fears and save your monster. So on and so on. The flow is impeccable.
Madison kept the conversation flowing, and expressed how P Wondaluv is like an onion. And he's now peeling back his layers. So much truth to this statement.
Throughout the listening event, there were questions taken from the audience. From the Q&A, one was able to get more of a feel of who he was as an artist. P. Wondaluv expressed when asked, that he doesn't give any thought to building a new fanbase. "If you're busy spending time pleasing people you're not doing what you love to do. I'm doing what I love to do, and I pray people are pleased."
He was then asked how he's able to send a positive message without condemning people or making them feel bad about their past. He shared that he never wanted to make people feel the way he'd once felt while listening to certain inspirational music. He doesn't feel that anyone has the right to talk at someone or belittle them, and that's something he didn't want to do. These records dealt with him first. He's telling things that he actually had to go through, so that he could help others.
The production of this album was by P Wondaluv himself, along with J Troy. When asked about the creative process of Eternal Peace, he shared how he felt that this needed to be more him. Not in an ego sense, but in a way that shows the authenticity of who he was and the direction he was going in. "How do you change something you complain about, if you're not contributing…"
The last question that I feel definitely needs to be recognized, touched on what many others want to know. P Wondaluv was asked how he reached this place. He said he always wants to be the exception. Creative people have been gifted with an ability that comes with a whole. This is the life of an artist. It's not easy being a creative person in this industry. He enjoyed it. It was working and people loved it. But he knew there was more that he needed to do. Many people feel like they need the extra people that come along with being a signed artist because they're afraid of lack of support. He expressed, If he's going to fail, he'd rather do it doing what he knows is his best.
But we truly believe there'll be no failing when it comes to being real and staying true to yourself. That's the most effective way of reaching people.
The name may have changed, but the production of great music hasn't. It's just coming from more of an authentic and genuine place. And that's something we can all respect. I'm telling you now, you're going to want to download the Eternal Peace EP and support P Wondaluv. This project has been on repeat for the past few days, and the message behind it is motivational and inspirational. Download it now, if you haven't.
(Mocca Styles & Purple Wondaluv)
(P Wondaluv & Miss Jones)
To hear the first official performance as P Wondaluv, head over to SOBs Wednesday night for Sol Village. Doors open at 7:30, show starts at 9pm. Check out the flyer below.
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O Monólito de Metternich é uma estela que faz parte da Coleção Egípcia do Metropolitan Museum of Art, em Nova York. Data da XXX dinastia egípcia, entre 380 e 342 a.C. durante o reinado de Nectanebo II. É um exemplo clássico de cipo egípcio.

Os reis da XXX dinastia egípcia foram os últimos governantes egípcios nativos; a estela é datada do reinado do último rei desta dinastia, Nectanebo II, foi esculpida em grauvaque por um mestre da escultura em pedra dura e tem 85,3 cm de altura, é o melhor e mais elaborado exemplo de estela mágica egípcia. O motivo principal é Hórus criança em pé sobre dois crocodilos, acima dele, estão representações da jornada noturna do sol pelo mundo subterrâneo. A área de inscrições contém 13 feitiços contra venenos e doenças. Estes foram projetados para serem ditos por um médico que trata um paciente, mas sua eficácia também pode ser absorvida pela água potável que for derramada sobre a estela. A inscrição em torno da base contém parte do mito de Ísis e Osíris, descrevendo como o bebê Hórus foi curado por Thoth nos pântanos do delta. Hórus serve como o protótipo divino para esse tipo de cura. A estela foi feita pelo sacerdote Esatun para ser erguida em uma necrópole de touros sagrados. Em 1828, a estela foi presenteada por Muhammad Ali ao chanceler austríaco, príncipe Metternich.

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Links externos
 Magical Stela (Cippus of Horus),360–343 B.C.
 Nora E. Scott, Research Fellow, Department of Egyptian Art, The Metternich stela, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin

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Neo-Gallican Antidoron
Marko has directed some interest in our series on the Lyonese liturgy over here from NLM, for which we are grateful. It reminded me to post this remarkable snapshot of French parish life as it would have been before the 20th century.
This image, La bénédiction du pain by Francoise Archange, portrays the end of a Sunday Mass in the neo-Gallican rites. A first communicant holds bread to be blessed after Mass, similarly to how the remainder of the prosphora is divided for consumption after the Divine Liturgy in the Greek Churches.
The Mass is a Missa Cantata, which was quite rare before the 1960s; the Roman rite was normatively practiced as a solemn Mass with minimalist variations such as spoken or sung low Mass when three ministers were unavailable (I believe Missa cantata was never legal in the diocese of Rome, at least as of Fortescue's time). The French rites permitted local adaptations to maximize the resources of a parish, which in this case included three young boys (one looks bored) singing with three coped rulers of the choir, one of which is singing the antiphon accompanying the blessing of the bread from medio choro, the same place where the Epistle and Gospel were proclaimed in the pre-Tridentine Roman rite and where they continued to be proclaimed in the French rites.
Within the church the full span of local society sits according to rank and order. A nun teaches catechism in the Marian chapel, which houses an image of Saint Jerome in prayer. The women make their thanksgiving after the Mass. The men in the choir are likely officials such as the mayor or magistrates, which was the custom before the 20th century; all society presented itself before the Church, according to rank and duty.
This was the sort of parochial Catholicism Quintin Montgomery-Wright sustained at Le Chamblac over the course of four decades. Montgomery-Wright's parish, as well as the diocese of Campos in Brazil, are interesting experiments in what might have been if the liturgical revolution had not transpired, but Le Chamblac was also blessed with a pastor who kept a Catholic spirit alive in town which, while foppish, was not out of place or [entirely] affected. As much as the Church needs a liturgical restoration, of one kind or another, it needs a re-invigoration of parish life in the modern day, one that is genuine and humbles the world before the Church rather than one which invents lay "ministries" for old ladies in pant-suits. The old French world is gone, but there is much we can learn from it today.
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Matrimony in the Post-Collapse
The news that Cdl. Burke and his now-two compatriots are slowly moving forward with the process of the dubia has us traddies in a tizzy about how slow the whole thing is, as if the Vatican has ever moved in a good direction at anything higher than a glacial pace. I do not know if the cardinals will get this declaration of orthodoxy signed or clearly rejected before the Fatimaversary is through, but doing so would help calm a lot of people down.
Meanwhile, my own experience with the married seems to be ever-increasing in variety and alarm. I know those once-divorced, once-separated, and constantly online-dating; those hastily wed after a pregnancy; those in active concubinage; those with children and an annulled marriage; and those young, in love, and getting engaged against the judgment of their parents (God bless them). Marriage is an increasingly messy proposition, but it is still the natural end of healthy adulthood. One not vowed to celibacy nor afflicted with some serious disability finds his proper and natural end in marriage and child-making, and woe to those who put stumbling blocks along the way of those who seek it.
That goes double for vocation-obsessed busybodies who demand years of prayer and preparation for the common state of life in which God created our race. "It is not good for man to be alone" is not a complex maxim, and derailing a young man or woman seeking marriage with vocational retreats and the accompanying scrupulosity is to create an occasion of sin.
It is also true for those who spread cynicism about marriage as such, frightening young men with horror stories of ex-wives taking everything in the divorce and encouraging a culture of mistrust. Serial fornicators are made of such stuff as this.
And I think it is true also of the matrimonial spiritualists, those who elevate marriage to a state of life equal to the religious and contemplative. There is a theology of matrimony, it is true, but mostly marriage is practical, down to earth, and humble. Catholic apologists do not need to spice it up with charismatic pretensions. Even the old manualist definition of the home as the "Domestic Church" veers off the rails when it recommends a pseudo-monasticism instead of the perpetuation of folk traditions.
But from the beginning it was not so.
We live in an unthinkable age when people suffer simply for marriage. Chinese wives have their bodies invaded to slaughter the children within. Wedding planners and chefs are financially ruined for not supporting perversion. Governments encourage a great burden of collegiate debt on young people who simply wish to work and support a family. Subhuman fools deride mothers of more than 2.5 children publicly in the supermarket.
"Adulterers, know you not that the friendship of this world is the enemy of God?"
Now, blind clerics lead blind adulterers to the cliff. Would that Henry VIII had lived in our times, he would still be a proud papist! When Elias returns in the final days, do we think he will be condemning the Antichrist for his Satanic pacts, or will he perhaps rather be condemning him for his three divorces? Like the Forerunner who came in his spirit, Elias might very well be martyred for defending the primordial state of marriage.
"It is not good for man to be alone.... It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." Those are two hills worth dying on.
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Assumptiontide II: Te Matrem Dei Laudamus
What was the eliminated lesson from the pre-Tridentine Mattins for the Assumption? A good question deserving of an answer I could not find when parsing my 1554 edition of the Breviarium Romanum, a Parisian printing of the most complicated structure. The Tridentine reforms and modern printing brought some order to the ordinary, sanctoral, commons, and temporal of the Office. By mere chance I happened upon this troped version of the Te Deum. Doubtless, readers will be aware that the medieval dioceses troped the Kyrie according to the season, a practice which survived even in early printings of the Missal of St. Pius V. What readers may not know is that the Gloria and Te Deum were frequently troped, too, according to the feast, especially feasts of the Virgin or concerning the Incarnation. Here is a version of the Ambrosion hymn for use on Marian Saturdays.
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Labels: assumption, St Pius V
Assumptiontide: Veneranda (POST 1,000!)
For eight days, the Dominican Missal presents us with one of its more memorable orations:
"Veneranda nobis, Domine, huius diei festivitatis opem conferat salutarem: in qua sancta Dei Genetrix mortem subiit temporalem; nec tamen mortis nexibus deprimi potuit, quae filium tuum, Dominum nostrum, de se genuit incarnatum: Qui tecum."
This prayer has generated some discussion at NLM because of its more explicit reiteration of Our Lady's temporal death, a contrast to the confusion some "immortalists" created in recent centuries. The prayer first appears in the 10th century Gregorian Sacramentary, a Gallican redaction of the Roman liturgy given over a century early and likely after some period of development. The slightly older Gelasian Sacramentary, also a mixture of Roman and Gallican elements, contains two collects for the "Assumption of Saint Mary", one of which resembles a common Roman Marian prayer and another which the Rad Trad is unfamiliar. Henry Austin Wilson notes that in one manuscript, the penmanship for the vigil and feast of the Assumption differs from that before and after, which a curious reader might reasonably take to mean either the Assumption was a relatively new feast to France and Germany in 800AD or that the liturgical formularies were not as concrete, outside of Sundays and long-established feasts, as they would be by the high Middle Ages. Regardless, Veneranda post-dates these formularies, seemingly.
Yet Veneranda illustrates the proliferation of liturgy after the export of a few Roman books to the Frankish kingdom. This non-Roman prayer is to be found in the Sarum Missal used in southern England, as well as in a few other descendants of the Norman liturgical family. The Missale Ordinis Praedicatorum contained it until the Dominicans adopted the Roman books after Vatican II. Also, in Iberia, the Bragan rite offers this prayer. And yet Braga, Léon, and Salisbury are closer to the monastery of Fulda than Fulda is to Rome. It is a fitting reminder that the post-Gallican rites are indeed usages, "dialects" (cf. Fortescue), of the Roman rite from which they sprang, comprehensible to those who know the original, but still different and enriching.
....And speaking of enriching.... This marks post 1,000 on this blog. I would like to thank those who read now, those who have read from the beginning, Fr Capreolus and J, and all who pray for us. We appreciate your dedicated readership, astute comments, and your prayers. May the next thousand be as enriching as the first.
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Gaudeamus Omnes! Assumpta Est Maria!
Below is an annual repost of one of the more insightful liturgical articles on this blog.
Liturgical theology is, according to Aidan Kavanagh, not a theological examination of the liturgy, but theology done by means of the liturgy. Liturgy is the theologia prima of the Church. When someone asks a Catholic how to learn more about the faith, the believer never directs the inquirer to obtain a copy of Denzinger. Invariably, the believer tells the non-Catholic to go to Mass (and hopefully at a carefully selected location). With this in mind, let us [very succinctly] consider what the Church told and taught us about the Assumption of the Mother of God today.
Apse of St. Mary Major with mosaic of Mary as Queen of Heaven,
crowned by and reigning with Christ.
source: Rad Trad's collection
Mattins—or the "vigil," as Dobszay insisted on calling the first major hour—consists of nine psalms and readings divided evenly into three nocturnes. Contrary to the eccentric and rich local traditions of northern Europe, which created special texts for Marian feasts, the Roman rite retains a primitive and sparse text. The psalms and hymns for the feast are typical of any Marian feast prior to the 1860s when Pius IX issued a unique liturgy for the Immaculate Conception. Where the Assumption stands alone is in the Mattins lessons and the text of the Mass. According to Dom Gueranger:
"the Lord Pope went to St Mary Major, where, surrounded by his court, he celebrated First Vespers. At the beginning of the night the Matins with nine lessons were chanted in the same church.
"Meanwhile an ever-growing crowd gathers on the piazza of the Lateran, awaiting the Pontiff's return.... Around the picture of the Saviour, within the sanctuary, stand twelve bearers who form its perpetual guard, all members of the most illustrious families, and near them are the representatives of the senate and of the Roman people.
"But the signal is given that the papal retinue is redescending the Esquiline. Instantly lighted torches glitter on all sides, either held in the hand, or carried on the brancards of the corporations. Assisted by the deacons, the Cardinals raise on their shoulders the holy image, which advances under a canopy, escorted in perfect order by the immense multitude. Along the illuminated and decorated streets, amid the singing of the psalms and the sound of instruments, the procession reaches the ancient Triumphal Way, winds round the Coliseum, and, passing through the arches of Constantine and Titus, halts for a first Station on the Via Sacra, before the church called St Mary Minor.... In this church, while the second Matins with three lessons are being chanted in honor of the Mother, some priests wash, with scented water in a silver basin, the feet of the her Son, our Lord, and then sprinkle the people with the water thus sanctified. Then the venerable picture sets out once more, crosses the Forum amidst acclamations.... it at least enters the piazza of St Mary Major. Then the delight and the appluse of the crowd are redoubled; all, men and women, great and little, as we read in a document of 1462 (archivio della Compagnia di Sancta Sanctorum), forgetting the fatigue of a whole night spent without sleep, cease not till morning to visit and venerate our Lord and Mary. In this glorious basilica, adorned as a bridge, the glorious Office of Lauds celebrates the meeting of the Son and the Mother and their union for all eternity." (The Liturgical Year, August 15)
All rungs of Roman society paused regular life and joined Christ and Mary in the divine life for a night and an octave, celebrating Mary joining her Son in eternity and anticipating their own union with Christ in eternity. Mary was the first of what Christ wants all Christians to become by the Sacraments, albeit in a lesser degree.
The first three lessons are extracted from chapter 1 of the Song of Songs:
1 Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine,2 Smelling sweet of the best ointments. thy name is as oil poured out: therefore young maidens have loved thee.3 Draw me: we will run after thee to the odour of thy ointments. The king hath brought me into his storerooms: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, remembering thy breasts more than wine: the righteous love thee.4 I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of Solomon.5 Do not consider me that I am brown, because the sun hath altered my colour: the sons of my mother have fought against me, they have made me the keeper in the vineyards: my vineyard I have not kept.6 Show me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest in the midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of thy companions.7 If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds.8 To my company of horsemen, in Pharao's chariots, have I likened thee, O my love.9 Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove's, thy neck as jewels.10 We will make thee chains of gold, inlaid with silver.11 While the king was at his repose, my spikenard sent forth the odour thereof.12 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, he shall abide between my breasts.13 A cluster of cypress my love is to me, in the vineyards of Engaddi.14 Behold thou art fair, O my love, behold thou art fair, thy eyes are as those of doves.15 Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely. Our bed is flourishing.16 The beams of our houses are of cedar, our rafters of cypress trees.
Some of these verses are very sensual and even sexual. Let no one say that the medievals were prudish on matters of intimacy! These verses can be applied both as the Church's acclamation to the Virgin, joyfully exclaiming her maternal nurturing of us Christians working out our salvation in fear and trembling. These words can also, with some care and reservation, be interpreted as a dialogue between Mary and her Creator. The first verse "Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine" speaks to Mary on a level of intimacy that no man ever knew, but Christ did. He nursed from her, yes, but He, in the Father, also created her in accordance with His divine plan for mankind. The image of the breast conjures immature sexual ideas today, but previous peoples instantly affiliated it with nurturing and familial ties: the affection of the husband, the nurturing of the children—two kinds of love, the second generated from the first, which reflects the Divine Love. At this level of power and privacy did Mary know God, of course without the sexual element. Should the dialogue interpretation continue, Mary is both removed from conventions "I am black, but I am beautiful" and presented as close with God on the level of bride in the King's chamber, as the versicle before the third nocturne says.
The readings in the second nocturne come from St. John of Damascus' second treatise on the Dormition of the Mother of God. These readings replaced the writings of St. Dionysius of the [pseudo] Areopagite —which would have been the lessons read at St Mary Minor—with the Tridentine reforms. St. John explains the typology of the Virgin, her prefigurement in the Ark of the Covenant, which housed the old promise between God and mankind, and its fulfillment in her, who housed the new and eternal promise between God and mankind. And like Christ, she did not refuse death, but embraced it as a path to life away from the death wrought by Adam:
"From her true life had flowed for all men, and how should she taste of death? But she yielded obedience to the law established by Him to Whom she had given birth, and, as the daughter of the old Adam, underwent the old sentence, which even her Son, Who is the very Life Itself, had not refused; but, as the Mother of the living God, she was worthily taken by Him unto Himself."
In the treatise from which the above passage in extracted, the Damascene saint goes on to teach that Mary's body could only be assumed into heaven because its use by Christ consecrated it as a thing of heaven. The treatise goes on to recount the entire event of the Dormition and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, which ran the course of three days:
"An ancient tradition has been handed down to us, that, at the time of the glorious falling-asleep of the blessed Virgin, all the Apostles, who were wandering throughout the world preaching salvation to the Gentiles, were caught up aloft in the twinkling of an eye, and met together in Jerusalem. And when they were all there, a vision of Angels appeared to them, and the chant of the heavenly powers was heard; and so with divine glory she gave up her soul into the hands of God. But her body, which bore God in an effable manner, being lifted up amid the hymns of Angels and Apostles was laid in a tomb in Gethsemane. There for three whole days the angelic song was heard.
"But after three days, the chant of the Angels ceased, and the Apostles who were present (for Thomas, the only one who had been absent, came after the third day, and wished to adore the body which had borne God) opened the tomb; but they could by no means find her sacred body in any part of it. But when they only found those garments in which she had been buried, and were filled with indescribable fragrance which emanated from them, they closed the tomb. Amazed at this wonderful mystery they could only think that he, who had been pleased to take flesh from the Virgin Mary, to be made man, and to be born though he was God the Word, and the Lord of glory, he who had preserved her virginity without stain after childbirth, should also have been pleased to honor her pure body after her death, keeping it incorrupt, and translating it into Heaven before the general resurrection."
The best sermon this writer ever heard preached about the Assumption, or "Dormition" given the setting, was that of a Melkite deacon. Paraphrasing and condensing ten minutes into a few sentences, "Heaven and earth were not vast enough to hold Gods' glory, but Mary's womb was. Christ received His Divine nature when He was begotten of the Father in eternity. He received His human nature when He was conceived and born of Mary in time. When her earthly course was run, Mary died and her body was taken into heaven by the One Who created her because it was inconceivable that the womb which ore God-made-Man could decay in the ground. But this does not separate Mary from mankind. God became united to mankind through her. Mary was the first. We will never know God as closely as she did on earth, except perhaps when we receive Holy Communion, but we can pray to know Him in eternity because of her."
The Annunciation by Fra Angelico
source: joyfulheart.com
At the third nocturne we arrive at the Gospel of the day, also used in the Mass of the day. The pericope, Luke 10:38-42, is the same Gospel story applied in the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in the Greek tradition for this feast, adding verses 11:27-28. The last verses used in the Byzantine liturgy highlight the entire point of the Gospel for this day: "And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck. But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it." Is any depiction in pre-modern art more popular than that of the Annunciation? Mary became special because she bore Christ. She is a powerful intercessor with Him, indeed the most powerful intercessor with Him precisely for this reason. But also for this reason Mary is not a lone, solitary figure of power. She matters because wherever she is, Christ is nearby. Practically every depiction of the Virgin before the vulgar kitsche artwork of the 19th century showed Mary and our Lord Jesus together. In the various pieta paintings and sculptures, the great paintings depicting the Crucifixion and Norman rood screens recounting the same event, and first millennium holy images—Eastern and Western alike—Mary is with her Son. So let us agree with the woman in the crowd: blessed is the womb that bore the Lord! And then let us turn our attention from Mary to Christ by hearing the word of God and by keeping it.
Culminating with the Mass, the Introit invites us to enter into the heavenly abode of joy, elevated from the earthly joy and instruction in Mattins and Lauds, as well as the rites local to the diocese of Rome described by Gueranger above. In the Mass God's presence begins as a mystic one and elevates into a literal presence that can be seen and touched, a presence similar to the one Mary knew as Christ's mother. The collect of the Mass is among the best in the Roman tradition:
"Forgive, O Lord, we beseech thee, the sins of thy servants: that we who by our own deeds are unable to please thee, may be saved by the intercession of the Mother of thy Son our Lord."
This collect, as Fr. Hunwicke has stated, is the theology of Mary East and West. What words could better express our Lady's place in the plan of salvation? The Mass became the integral part of the Assumption liturgy and, in time, many stunning settings of the Mass were written by the great polyphonic and choral composers. Palestrina's setting of the Ordinary of Mass is a personal favorite. The below sequence of videos has both the proper chants and Palestrina's setting concatenated, as for a Mass.
Lastly, the feast is an octave. This blog has discussed in other posts the concept of the eighth day and the theology of the Resurrection. Christ rose on the eighth day after He entered Jerusalem and He appeared to the Apostles on the eighth day after that, one octave after another. Moreover, the Resurrection constitutes the eighth day of the week, the new day of Creation, or re-creation. Mary's tomb, like her Son's was found empty. While the myrrh-bearing women and the Apostles Peter and John only found a few burial garments in Christ's tomb, Mary's tomb was found full of flowers and sweet scents. Christ's Resurrection brought mystery only clarified with the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. Mary's Assumption was clear and a fruit of Christ's Resurrection.
Unfortunately, this historic and gladsome liturgy was altered in 1950 after Pius XII's definition of the Assumption—wherein he says nothing new and clears up none of the controversy stemming from the chirpy immortalist crowd, even if the accompanying letter did in fact say she died. The Office readings were altered severely: the first reading is now taken from Genesis chapter 3 and the next two readings from Corinthians (the same passage used in the Requiem Mass). The Pope's encyclical Munificentissimus Deus replaces one of the lessons from St. John of Damascus. The hymns are new and utterly ghastly. And the Mass is entirely new. The Introit is no longer an invitation to joy, but instead an excerpt from Revelation chapter 12. The collect is banal beyond belief and the Gospel is the account of the Annunciation heard at practically every Marian feast now other than the Immaculate Conception. Of all the changes to the feast in 1950, the insertion of Genesis chapter 3 at Mattins and the new Introit of Mass stand out most. Far from according to a "hermeneutic of continuity" with the previous liturgy, these texts exude the images of plaster statues and devotional lithographs so common in the 19th and early 20th century. Who has not seen a plaster statue of the Virgin, clothed in blue, perhaps with a bulbous baroque crown rimmed in twelve stars, standing on a blue globe and crushing the head of a green snake? The problem that arises from this depiction of Mary as crushing sin and standing above the moon, crowned with stars is not so much what it says as much as what it fails to say. The Mary of these images, pieces of art, and, to some extent, devotions is an aggrandized Mary not entirely dependent on Christ for her importance. There is nothing wrong with these texts doctrinally, but they replace other texts that were more coherent, beautiful, and holistically reflective of the Church's understanding of our Lady. The octave was stripped in 1955.
As with Holy Week, the same people who created the Pauline liturgy restored a few small portions of what they vitiated in the 1950s. The old Gaudeamus omnes Introit is made available as an option. The Mass as a whole is just as bad as the Pian Mass though. The readings are respectively Revelation 12 and the 1951-1969 Mattins readings from Corinthians; the Gospel is again the Annunciation. Mattins The Office of Readings gives Ephesians 1:16-2:10 and again Pius XII's encyclical as the lessons. The mystical understanding of Mary in union with Christ, representing the Church, and the link between the God-Man and mankind is obscured or forgotten. Who can deny that even the most pious of Roman Catholics—far better people than the Rad Trad—only know of Mary through the kitsch statue or as the object of the line "Hail, full of grace"? Again, there is nothing strictly heterodox about this folkish interpretation, but it comes at the cost of the stronger, traditional interpretation of the feast.
On a happy note I know of at least one priest who celebrated the old Mass and kept the old Office for August 15 and the octave! This feast, like so many of the most ancient feasts in the Roman rite, brings the faithful deep into the mens of the Church and her theology of the mysteries of God.
Gaudeamus omnes in Domino!
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After the Reformation V: Barren Society, Revolutionary Government & the Lonely Individiual
A month ago President Trump went to Paris to commemorate Bastille Day with the toy-boy president of the French Republic. The respective republican governments both boast three item founding slogans; one is "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"; the other is "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." While the America motto represents an early form of Western individualism, the French doggerel reflects the end result of decades of proto-collectivism developed in the salons and parlor rooms of intellectuals who could not fathom being denied power. And still, these seemingly disparate traditions share one common term that binds their place in the Western cultural legacy, Liberty.
Liberty, seemingly, implies liberation from something. The thirteen very different American colonies were liberated from taxation laws and the obligation to do business with the East India Company. The lack of universal social structures and the newness of the colonies made the break more palpable at the local level than it would have been if America had been one well established colonial organ. From what, then, did the French Revolution liberate France? Why it liberate France from every cultural and social structure that made one a Frenchman in the past thousand years.
Revolutionary and post-revolutionary France became a decade-long case study in the evolution of an individualistic society. Gone was the king, the noble patronage, trade associations, guilds, charities, parish vestries, episcopal conferences, and kind reference to any history that predated one's birth. Nature abhors a vacuum and people abhor nullity. Rather than exist as intersections of various associations of society, Frenchmen now found themselves equality at the bottom of a new, two-tiered social system topped by the National Assembly. The Assembly precociously judged the orthodoxy and patriotism of every new and existing organization, giving them permission to exist according to its own adjudications. In the fullness of time Napoleon Bonaparte replaced the National Assembly as the progenitor of the French nation and hence of anything that might characterize the millions of newly individualized, lonely Frenchmen.
This has become the modern political paradigm throughout the Western world: the collective state and the lonely individual. Previous Western societies had their cliques, their rooted conflicts on matters of succession, ethnicity, and invasion of one group by another. This particular shift—often ascribed to the intellectual legacy of the Enlightenment, but in fact a social legacy of the Reformation—was nothing short of a fundamental change in the way common folk looked at their place in society in relation to their new masters, who they wrongly thought to be themselves.
The French, German, and Scottish Enlightenments took place within the context of a coherent society, if one less coherent and bound than it had been two or three centuries earlier. While the Reformation discarded the concept of Apostolic Succession and denied the potency of bishops and priests to confect the hocus pocus of Sacraments, the Reformers retained the latent authority of teachers of the faith to interpret Scripture. Indeed, all mainline Reformed denominations, aside from the uniquely created Church of England, derived from the Scriptural exegesis and eisegesis of some preacher. In theory, the existing late medieval communities continued as they were, perhaps with different Sunday rituals and different beliefs. In practice, the substitution of a broader tradition with the views of singular teachers and the discardment of religious works gradually impoverished the places where the Reformation had any influence. Customs such as feasts, processions, veneration of relics, and pilgrimages belonged too much to ideas of penance and intercession for the new religious outlook. Plays about the Nativity, the Passion, and the Dormition came from spurious sources, left too much to the imagination, and failed to lean exclusively on the explicit words of vernacular Scripture. Guilds dedicated to providing Masses for the Dead could no more be tolerated than the doctrine of Purgatory, so people's memories died when the people themselves died. Worst of all, the practice of public almsgiving and parish charity stank of salvation by works; and so the Christian religion no longer institutionally provided for the poor and destitute within a city or village. Layers of order peeled way as the Reformers lessened the define doctrines that could be justified with Scripture; practices, too, fell by the wayside. Preachers reduced the barriers between themselves and the faithful, and so also reduced the barriers between the faithful and the preachers' teachings. It all vaguely resembles Jean Jacques Rousseau's conviction that if not for the albatross of institutional society, all men left freely to their own dispositions would agree with Jean Jacques Rousseau.
Sixteen century religious savages were no more able to create a consensus opinion or govern themselves than were Rousseau's eighteenth century savages. Permissibility for any idea or act of religion fell upon the judgment of the Reform party leader just as it fell upon the National Assembly two centuries later. The General Will of religion and state incarnate is nobly savage bureaucracy.
Today our elected governments and religious authorities exercise far more power over our actions and ideas than any Renaissance pope or Bourbon king ever did. Yet we can satisfy ourselves that they are of our own choosing and that they reflect a general consensus of equally able individuals. The consequence of the Reformation is not a liberated society, but rather one with fewer social safeguards and a much larger ruling class. The barren society left behind by the Reformation could be paraphrased by Robert Bolt's invented defense of law by Saint Thomas More in A Man for All Seasons. Could it not?
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St. Lawrence and the Antiquity of the Roman Canon
St. Lawrence and the Holy Graal
The great Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, whose glorious feast is kept today has, in addition to his many other distinctions, the added one of attesting indirectly to the great antiquity of the Roman Canon--one might say, the Apostolic origin of the Canon, at least in part.
As is well known, St. Lawrence, as archdeacon of the Holy Roman Church at the time of the Valerian persecution (ca. A.D. 258), was charged by the Holy Father, St. Xystus II, to disperse the treasures of the Church, to prevent them falling into the grasping hands of the Roman authorities. (Valerian's persecution, like others, was aimed at the higher clergy and ecclesiastical possessions, probably not so much to extinguish the possibility of celebrating Mass as out of good old, commonplace greed.) After St. Xystus, his other deacons, and subdeacons were put to death, St. Lawrence distributed in one form or other whatever he could to the poor faithful of Rome. Some things, however, were too precious to merely consign to "relief" efforts: above all, the chalice in possession of the Roman See and held to be passed down from the Prince of the Apostles himself.
The holy deacon managed to have the chalice spirited out of Rome to the provinces, namely his native Spain, where through many twists and turns it remained safe from the clutches of the faithless and no less grasping hands of the Vandals, Visigoths, Moors, and other such undesirables. Eventually, so it seems, it ended up in the possession of the bishops of Valencia, in southeast Spain. And, as our readers may know, there it is kept in the cathedral in its own chapel for the veneration of the faithful to this day: the chalice of the Last Supper, better known in English as the Holy Graal.
The purported Holy Graal (specifically the agate cup, not the ornate handles and "foot" added later)
The Graal and the Roman Canon
The close connection between the diaconate and the service of the chalice is fairly common knowledge. A vestige of this connection remains in the traditional rite of Mass (even, when the rubrics are observed, in the Novus Ordo Missae) at the Offertory and in some of the ceremonies of Holy Thursday and Good Friday. St. Lawrence, therefore, would have had an intimate acquaintance with the chalice saved by his foresight and now located in Valencia. Further, he would have been close to the holy pontiff at the moment of consecration and heard him utter the somewhat curious phrase: "Accipiens et hunc praeclarum calicem" ("And taking up this most precious chalice"), etc.
There seems to be little reason why the Canon at use in Rome would go to such pains to indicate that the chalice is one and the same as that used at the Last Supper by Our Lord unless it was indeed believed to be just that. Consequently, there is every likelihood that such an inestimable relic would have been the object of special concern during the Valerian persecution, that it would have been under the care of Lawrence in particular, and that it would have been taken to a place where the Saint had relatives and friends in the Church, namely Spain.
And of course, if the Roman Canon preserved in its formula of consecration the identification of the papal chalice with that of the Last Supper, the conclusion seems unavoidable that such a unique tradition could only have descended from the Prince of the Apostles himself, including the ritual prayer (or at least that part of it) that became known as the Canon Romanus.
Naturally, over the passage of so many tumultuous centuries, a clear chain of literary or other evidence is lacking. A prosecutor might say that the case is circumstantial, at best. It is intriguing, though, to consider that after so many endeavors of Knights Errant and scholars alike to find the Holy Graal, clues to its true whereabouts may have been hidden in plain sight all along, whenever the Roman rite was celebrated and the mysterious words were uttered by the celebrant over that most precious chalice.
Considerably greater detail can be supplied to this entire historical surmise by consulting the very readable and interesting book by Janice Bennett: St. Laurence and the Holy Grail: The Story of the Holy Chalice of Valencia (Ignatius Press: 2004).
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Irish Piety
Inspired by a nasty comment at Mr. Rotondi's blog, I am compelled to explain why so we liturgomaniacs convulse and shiver at mention of the Irish legacy on the liturgy.
I am ethnically Irish. My name is entirely Irish. My father was born in an Irish neighborhood in Connecticut. And I like whiskey. I have little against the Irish.
The aversion to mentions of the Irish derive more from their influence on the American and British practice of the Roman liturgy than any aversion to orange hair and Guinness (although I oppose beer in all its forms). I once helped a local MC rehearse a seminarian on the subdiaconate at solemn Mass. Standing in for the deacon, I intended to turn the page in the Missal, stand at the priest's right, and kneel at the Qui pridie; the "subdeacon" knelt when I did. The MC said, "Nope. It's at the Hanc igitur in this country that the ministers kneel." Confused, I asked why. He smiled and replied, "Irish piety."
Whether out of external acts of devotion or the commonality of low Mass during the persecution of the priesthood in Ireland, the Irish exported the normalization of a low Mass wherein everyone kneels for the entirety of the service, save for the proper and final Gospel readings. This is precisely the liturgy that came to England and America with the diaspora of Irish outside the Emerald Isle. This writer, for one, has not seen an Irish church in America with a proper quire where solemn Mass was ever the norm. In an ironic contrast, Maynooth seminary had choral Mattins until 1967 (cf. Rubricarius) and solemn Masses were regularly available in the cities until around the same time. The Church in Ireland was less a problem than the influence of the Irish on the Church outside Ireland.
There also existed the Irish penchant for clericalism. Despite the influx of Poles, Slavs, Italians, Hungarians, and Germans into America from the 19th century until World War II, one seemingly had to be Irish to be an archbishop in the United States. Priests in Ireland and in Irish-American communities became un-official figure heads in communities, almost honorary mayors. A priest would often present trophies at sports games, give introductions or speeches at events, and his judgments, on account of his higher state of life, were presumed to be wiser than most even if the topic at hand had no relevance to the faith. In this world of social respectability, mothers would be overjoyed when their sons decided to attend seminary, regardless of whether they had a genuine vocation or not.
By contrast, French and Italian communities (and English up to the time of Adrian Fortescue) called their priests by variations of the title Mister; I think the axiom that "No Italian has ever been impressed by a pope" reflects a well grounded view of the humanity of clergy. One can scarce imagine the sex abuse crisis going as far as it did in Ireland if "No Irishman was ever impressed by a bishop." Much like the Watergate scandal in 1972, the cover-up proved more damaging than the actual crime and deep feelings of betrayal coincided with new wealth under the Eurocentric regime. Mass attendance plummeted from 90% to 30% within two decades. What the liturgical reform could not do, clericalism accomplished. Is it any coincidence that the American archdioceses hardest hit by the sex abuse crisis (moving bad priests for years, pay offs, cover-ups) were under the Irish clerical mafia for years?—Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston? Of course the situation was more complicated than I make it out to be, but while Irish clericalism did not cause the scandal, it was a necessary condition for it to continue.
A local parish of the Orthodox Church of America planted its years ago but up until now has struggled to find funds to build a proper church and graduate from their double-wide. Their main trouble is turnover: people pass through the doors looking for the most authentic and intensive practice of Byzantine Christianity, and they find it, but after five years of all-night vigils, akathists, and 19th century Russian clothing, they burn out. Irish piety is much the same. Too much exertion for too long takes a toll and eventually everyone becomes tired of it.
Old Testament Saints: King David
Saints of the Old Dispensation rarely grace our Eucharistic sacrifices and Offices. They generally make the odd appearance at Prime in the Roman Office (and presumably somewhere in the daily reading handbook Consilium wrote). Today, almost uniquely, the Roman Office and Mass commemorated the holy Maccabee brothers as martyrs for Christ (cf. St. Gregory Nazianzen). The Byzantine tradition is more generous with the Old Testament saints, although not too much more. Saint Elias constitutes a major feast in the Constantinopolitan tradition; off the top of my head I can recall the prophet Habakkuk receiving a commemoration in my Melkite days. Still, there is no feast of Saint Moses or Saint Aaron to supersede Sunday in the way Ss. Peter & Paul or John the Forerunner do. And yet there are a pair of interesting exceptions.
For one, the Carmelite order, by reason of its origin and its proximity to other oriental rites, carries a feast of Saint Elias. Similarly, the Latin Patriarchate of the Holy Land boasted a slew of idiosyncratic feasts and votive Masses of the Passion of Christ and of Old Testament saints. One such feast, which I spent years vainly essaying to find and which Marco related to me from a monk of Silverstream, is that of Saint David the King, Prophet and Confession.
The texts of his Mass, celebrated with the comites Christi on December 29th with a commemoration of Saint Thomas Becket of Canterbury, emphasize the auditory relationship between God and David. The Introit is Cantate Domino canticum novum. More interesting is the Collect:
Deus, Pater omnipotens, qui per os David in Spiritu Sancto tuo hymnos cantare fecisti; tribue, quaesumus, ut euis intercessione digne sacrificium laudis perficere valeamus. Per Dominum nostrum.....
The lesson, from 1 Kings (1 Samuel), recounts Samuel finding David tending his father's sheep and anointing him king, receiving the spirit of God which had just left Saul. While this pericope seems an obvious choice for the feast of Saint David the King, it is hardly the only plausible choice. The time of its celebration, within the octave of the Nativity, doubtless made the kingly anointing of a poor, modest shepherd tending his father's flock a more fitting example of typology than the battle with Goliath.
Herein is an interesting example of how additional Scripture and feasts could be extended to the older liturgy without disrupting its internal integrity with the insertion of a disjointed three year lectionary: make the Missae pro aliquibus locis more broadly available, even if only as votive Masses for one particular day a year. Perhaps in fifty years a consensus approach to such Masses would warrant an updated version of the older kalendar. Many of these Holy Land votive Masses or unique feasts have Scriptural pericopes unrelated to the Commons which dominate the baroque French and Italian saints whose feasts squeezed all sense of the ferial from the kalendar and made the late Tridentine Office into the "rite of Iste Confessor."
Additionally, many saints got on the kalendar early because of feasts associated with the translation of their relics. That is certainly true of numerous Apostles. Since that is now rarely the case, the old liturgy could prove its vivacity in testing the faithful's openness to devotion to Old Testament saints. At the very least the typology, especially when exercised with discretion as the Patriarchate of Jerusalem did in writing the Mass of King David, may enrich understanding of Christ and the saints under the new and eternal Law.
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Loss of microRNA-122 in liver cells leads to liver cancer. The study, led by OSUCCC – James researchers, found that deleting mouse Mir122 resulted in hepatosteatosis, hepatitis, and the development of tumors resembling hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The molecular regulates cholesterol metabolism and promotes hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication. The study showed that delivering miR-122 to a mouse model of HCC strongly inhibited tumor development. The findings suggest that developing a drug that restores microRNA-122 levels might offer a new way to treat for certain HCC patients.
Candidate driver mutation identified in lung-cancer trial "super responder". A multi-institutional study led by OSUCCC – James researchers describes a patient with advanced adenocarcinoma of the lung who was treated with sorafenib while on a clinical trial. Of 306 patients in the trial, 3 percent responded to sorafenib. One patient had a complete response that last for five years. She had been headed for hospice care when she entered the trial. They engineered the mutation into normal lung cells and showed that this abnormal gene formed tumors, and that the tumors were inhibited by sorafenib. They identified the same mutation in 1 percent of an independent group of lung cancer cases. The findings were an example of a candidate-activating mutation that can be therapeutically targeted.
Precision cancer medicine protocol evaluates a mechanism for using tumor sequencing and sequence results in patients with advanced or refractory cancer. The study includes high-depth molecular tumor analysis, and a precision tumor board that recommends patients to clinical trials with molecular eligibility for targeted inhibitors (PI3K, RET, RAF, FGFR and ALK). Data from this study will be used for basic, translational and clinical research.


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Q: Google map API - Search by Postcode I am using Google Map Javascript API and it is working fine.
 var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();

geocoder.geocode({ 'address': address }, function (results, status) {
  if (status == 'OK') {
    map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location);

The only issue is I cannot search by only Postcode. For example in Australia if I only search by 2000 (address = 2000) which is Sydney postcode, it doesn't return any results but if I go to the Google map page and type 2000, it shows the correct area.
I was wondering if there is any way to search by Postcode.

A: Have you tried restricting the country first?
Try this and let me know:
function codeAddress () {
var lat = '';
var lng = '';
var address = document.getElementById("cp").value;
geocoder.geocode( {
    'address': address,
    componentRestrictions: {
        country: 'PT'
    }
},

function(results, status) {
    if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) {
        lat = results[0].geometry.location.lat();
        lng = results[0].geometry.location.lng();
        //Just to keep it stored
        positionArray.push(new google.maps.LatLng(lat,lng));
        //Make the marker
        new google.maps.Marker({
            position:new google.maps.LatLng(lat,lng),
            map:map
        });

    }else {
        alert("Geocode was not successful for the following reason: " + status);
    }
});


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Q: What is the best structure to find which AABB boxes in a dynamic set collide with an arbitrary AABB box? I have a set of dynamic AABB boxes whose positions and sizes are updated continuously. What is a structure I can use to get which AABB boxes of those are colliding with an arbitrary AABB box?

A: Use a dynamic AABB tree.  Here's some source code + documentation (cpp files are at the bottom of the page)


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MAINTAINER Ramit Surana <ramitsurana@gmail.com>
LABEL Description="Simple docker file for fun purpose."
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Strength training is an incredible tool to help you become a stronger, faster, and injury resistant runner. But when not done properly, strength training can also wreck your legs and impact your running workouts or races.
In this episode we take you inside our thoughts on the matter and share our tips to help you integrate strength training into your running program. We'll show you why it is important, and how to add it to your program in a way it doesn't overwhelm your body.
A strong muscle is an injury resistant muscle.
A strong muscle promotes a potential to increase your speed when matched with solid training plan, nutrition, and execution.
Helps with metabolism and fat loss.
What Type Of Strength Training Should We Focus On As Runners?
As runners, we want to focus on a multi-faceted, integrative strength training program. Often runners will build their exercise sets using more traditional body-building style exercises. With our PaceBuilders clients, we stay away from bodybuilding, and focus on functional strength, mobility, flexibility, quickness, balance and stability. Body building is typically about increasing muscle size and that does not necessarily translate into the type of strength that runners need. Runner's need strength that best matches the natural movement of the human body when running or doing other types of full-body exercises. Body-building is typically focuses on muscle isolation.
First of all, there is not a one size, fits all approach to adding strength training to your running routine. It depends on the individualization that makes up you, your goals, and where you are with your running and training. When we work with our coached athletes, before we add strength training, we try to gauge where they are at and before adding weights or complex movements, we start with creating a stabilization routine. We use a stabilization routine to get them used to strength training.
Here is why. In the beginning, most runners are new to strength training and need to ramp up slowly in order to minimize the chance of injury. In other words, we want to get people used to the increase load that weight training has on their body. If a runner has a history of consistent strength training, then we move on to more advanced power and strength routines.
If you are new to strength training, the best place to start is thinking core. You would think that runners want to strengthen their legs (and that is true), but runners need a strong core. Core strength involves all the major and minor muscles of your glutes, hips, back, abs, quads, and hamstrings.
Beyond core, we also focus on calf muscles, and other muscles of the lower leg and feet. This is where a lot of our stability and balance drills come into play. All runners should have a mix of core and stability/balance exercises in their routine.
they become too easy, we add things in to throw us off balance. Some techniques that work well are using BOSU balls, foam pads, closing your eyes, bending over and picking stuff up, or extending the opposite leg. If we master that, we may add additional weight or add hops, jumps, and jumps where you hop and stick the landing and hold that landing while maintaining balance.
The biggest challenge we have found with runners is making time to do strength training or we find they are doing the wrong things. While something is usually better than nothing, this lack of consistency, or doing the wrong thing often fails to achieve the results the runner has set out to achieve. Most of us are time restricted so we want to know what is the best use of our time.
We can help with that, and provide specific exercises based on your situation, your areas of weakness, or just help you get started.
Balancing strength training with running is also a challenge. With strength training, we tend to scale it up and down based on a runner's training cycle. For example, we do more in the off season, and less during the season, especially during periods of peak mileage or taper. We DO like to see 1-2 days a week for most training weeks, with each workout day consisting of a full body workout. If a runner we are working with is focused on weight loss or weight management vs. race performance, we usually will increase strength training to at least two days, and in some cases, three. It just depends on the runner and whether or not we are mixing up our workouts with other forms of training, specifically speed workouts or HIIT training. If so, we may keep the runner at two days per week.
So, that is how we do it and what we would recommend for most recreational runners. Factors like age, genetics, injury risk, level of fitness, overall health, ability to train, the level of goals they wish to obtain with their running and so on, all have a part in our decision and if you build your own strength training plan, you should take those into consideration as well.
We go into a lot more depth inside the podcast episode, so we hope you will check it out and subscribe on any of the popular podcasts directories.


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The Bridge in Dark
and the abandoned train tracks around Berlin
The location is what we like to call the Bridge in Dark, the weirdest series Netflix has released into the world. When the actions start happening around Winden, a kid is missing. He was selling weed in the school, but nobody seems to know where he is. A group of kids from the school get together to try to find.
We first visited this bridge by accident in early 2018, and we came back a few more times to explore it even further. Based on the pictures here, you can imagine that it was cold in Berlin, but we managed to walk into the Grunewald forest and take too many pictures of everything there!
In this part of Dark, the year in 2019 everything happens in this generical German town called Winden. The first sign of action the series occurs when he disappears. Which is kind of odd since he was, also, the only kid selling weed in school. Was he caught by the police? Did his dealer kidnap him? Nobody knows for sure, but some of his friends decide to get together and form a group and get his stash of drugs. They follow some abandoned train tracks and go deeper and deeper into the forest that surrounds Winden. There, they find a cave that is the source of everything crazy that happens in the series Dark.
When they enter this weird cave looking for drugs, some odd noises come out of nowhere, and their flashlights start to flicker and blink like crazy. This makes everybody scared, and they run in different directions. When they get together again, one of the kids is missing, and the bridge in Dark appears one more time.
The beginning of Dark happens in the same place, the middle of the Grunewald forest, in the edge of the Berlin district known as Steglitz-Zehlendorf. The train tracks that the kids follow in the series are part of an abandoned railroad that connects to one of the largest cemeteries in Germany: Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf. Also, there you can find the church in Dark, where Jonas meets Noah for the first time.
But, back to the train tracks! They used to be known as the Friedhofsbahn, and it used to connect the Wannsee train station to the town of Stahnsdorf and the Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf cemetery. But, everything was abandoned in 1952 after the last train took its route into Stahnsdorf. Now, everything you see is being taken over by nature.
From the bridge in Dark, you can look down at the abandoned train tracks. Around the area, there goes a hiking route called Königsweg that was once used as a military path between Berlin and Potsdam, all the way back in the 1870s.
We visited the area by accident on our way through the forest, while we tried to find an unusual path to Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf. We even added it to our weekly blog back in 2018! For us, it was quite impressive to be sitting at home, watching a series about time travel and, a couple of weeks later, be at one of the central locations from the series.
On the pictures here, you can see that the bridge in Dark overlooks the abandoned train tracks. You can imagine how the people behind Dark did some movie magic to make it look like it is on your screen.
If you want to visit the bridge in Dark, you should follow the map below and be prepared to walk in the middle of the forest for a while. It's not hard, it's just a weird place. Besides that, we also wrote about a few of the other principal locations in Dark here, like the Winden Cave, the Waldhotel Winden, the school and the church.
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The NY Jets are supporting the Oldwick Fire Company Gala fundraising activities. While the Gala is March 24 2018, the Jets are kindly donating a large portion of the ticket sale to the Oldwick Fire Company Gala. Please follow the website to participate and support both the Jets and your fire company. The entire membership thanks both the Jets and our supporters.
Sunday, November 5, 2017, marks the end of Daylight Saving Time — a twice-a-year occurrence that we, where we forward an hour in the spring and back an hour in the fall. To remember, think "springing forward" and "falling back." The change on Nov. 5 this year will occur at 2 a.m.
Benjamin Franklin proposed the notion of making better use of the day's light while visiting in Paris in 1784 to "encourage the economy of using sunshine instead of candles". Therefore, the concept of saving daylight is actually rooted in candle wax, not electricity. It's a myth that the concept was to benefit farmers as they were some of the most outspoken opponents of the law in the U.S., believing that it would disrupt their farming practices.
Today, it is also a good reminder to change batteries in life saving smoke detectors.
Members of the Oldwick Fire Company practice vehicle extrication techniques at the September drill. The drill included size up, response vehicle positioning, traffic awareness, victim vehicle stabilization, lighting techniques, in addition to victim extrication techniques. Each member practiced with different tools and responsible positions.
Make sure the number of your home is clearly marked and easy for the fire company to find.
From the entire membership of the Oldwick Fire Company, thank you to all that stopped while we manned Route 517 at the cross roads. The volunteer members thhank you for your generosity, which enables us to maintain our vehicles, gear and firefighting supplies.
As in past years, the Oldwick Fire Company will be on James Street, serving hot dogs on Halloween. James Street will again be closed to traffic, for the safety of our trick or treaters.
Saturday night, March 24, 2018 at the Oldwick Fire House, the fire company will celebrate 80 years of service to Tewksbury. Dinner, dancing and live music will commence. Its been 5 years since our last gala, see you there!


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This weekend I have been working on a bridal set of nails. My friend Denise is getting married on September 18th. She wanted peacock nails to coordinate with her wedding dress. Instead of traditional white, she chose a taffeta dress in sea foam blue-green with gold undertones.
Because today was completely overcast, I had to take the photos indoors under a natural lamp. The contrast of white over the metallic is so much clearer in person. You may want to click to enlarge to get a better idea of the design. The nails were positioned over the sash of her dress.
Above is the peacock design on a thumb nail set against a peridot necklace.
I am delighted I was able to stamp the entire peacock on each pinky nail!
I alternated the purple and blue crystals nail by nail. It will make it easier for the bride to glue them on later and not have difficulty discerning which nail belongs to which finger. I boxed them in a way to clearly distinguish, but I know how hectic wedding mornings can be. She has gold accents in her purse and jewelry, so I incorporated gold gems into the look along with more traditional peacock colors.
I created a similar manicure in June called White Peacock. For those of you familiar with it, you will understand why I longed for sun to share this bridal set with you. With our schedules this week, today was best for me to give them to her.
The peacock stamp is from Bundle Monster. I used Konad white special polish for stamping and the Bejeweled Nail Art Pen Collection for accents in the plumes. I chose 14 K, Emeralds, Sapphires and Royal Amethyst from the pen set.
The base color is Chanel Kaleidoscope. This beautiful metallic was released as a limited edition and is sadly no longer available. It does appear highly priced on ebay. This is one of my favorite nail polishes of all time. What makes it unique is the visible green undertone. The sparkle is Kaleidoscope is radiant. While glassy sea shell colors are most requested for weddings, I feel Kaleidoscope is perfect for bridal nails.
The Nubar Bejeweled Nail Art Pen Collection was provided for review. It is available for purchase at bynubar.com.
I will be back tomorrow with some nail art on my own tips, accompanied by sunlight.
You did a fantastic job, I love them!
Really beautiful, feminine but not "too much"!
smALtY: Thanks! We decided to go with white for the stamping to keep it softer. At a distance the nails look embellished, but won't distract from the dress.
You've really outdone yourself this time! Gorgeous!
This is gorgeous! Absolutely gorgeous.
Beautiful job on the nails. The bride will have a gorgeous manicure. Love the design with the jewels.
She's lucky to have a friend like you.
That's amazing for a wedding, not a boring french or something like that :) I love it. And the look of the dress sounds very beautiful to me, too.
Serena: Thank you! I love it when couples really put their own personal touches to their weddings. The dress is gorgeous!
paintedbluestars: That's so sweet! Thank you! I included some strong nail glue. They would easily last a week if she chose to keep them on that long.
Beautiful design. Your friends gonna look amazing on her special day.
Wow!! The peacock design looks so beautiful on Kaleidoscope! And the crystals really compliment the peacock's tail.
I hope her wedding goes off without a hitch, since she's getting hitched.
aaaw this is the manicure of my dreams!! Seriously!! Great work and thanks for letting me know there is a peacock stamping plate!
So cute! I'd totally rock a nail like this at my wedding ;] Screw having a french manicure!


I have not been able to get this plug-in to work since upgrading to 3.1 or 3.2 (wouldn't work in either) from 3.0.x. It has run in the 3.0.x.
So, ever since the network admin has been on its own dashboard page.
This line: "Note: There are # items (blogs/users) waiting to be processed. Click here to process the queue. If there is a problem, you can clear the queue by clicking here."
It's simply not being written/shown so there is no way to process this.
I have read other posts about this here but have yet to see any solution.
HAS run before, this is WP/plug-in related, not server related.
I also have your 'New Blog Templates' and 'Add New Users' plug-ins installed. Would these cause conflict?
First off, I take it the users/blogs aren't created?
Secondly, have you tried running it with no other plugins activated?
Lastly, could you use pastebin.com or link to a copy of your batch file so we can check everything is okay with that please?
I cannot simply deactivate all my plug-ins for this. This is a live site, with users. I *have* gone through all the plug-ins recently and disabled anything not WP3.2 compatible. I hoped that would fix the issue I had with this plug-in too. I have de-installed and re-installed Batch-Create and tried again, since I posted this earlier this day.
We are using the BP Fun template for the main BP blog.
If you think one of these may be problematic, I can focus on it. However, earlier versions of Batch Create have worked along these installed plug-ins.
I know Batch-Create is very particular about its file format, I used your test.xls file, simply changed the name and added 1 line for one user (Today, I am just trying 1 test user, since this keeps failing).
I also tried using Text Wrangler to create a csv file too, following the strict instructions from your earlier version. I am familiar with creating csv files.
I can't use sites like pastebin to post files of confidential user information, I don't see how it would work anyway, since it's for snippets of text, not files. If there is a way to share the file with WPMU without making it public, I will do that.
Is there perhaps cruft in the database from failed attempts of this I should look for?
Okay, well if you can test deactivating all plugins that would be a good place to start as we need to rule out a conflict - even a new one. Besides, I'd recommend testing out all new plugins on a development install before moving to a live site.
Can you double check your settings in Excel and make sure that the CSV is definitely saved using comma-separated values and not tab-separated. We've had members issues caused by that before.
Check whether quotes are included too.
I have spent a lot of time cleaning up the plug-ins already and HAVE deleted problematic ones. These ones are pretty standard, have worked before with Batch Create. Simply requesting users de-activate all their plug-ins any time there's trouble isn't that helpful in live environment. I hope your plug-ins are tested in real world situations.
I have had this working at my live site. Your upgrade or the WP upgrade has resulted in the script no longer running properly. The only way I can de-activate all my plug-ins is to wait until my site is less active.
But, I believe the issue must be with the file itself.
Is it a Mac issue?
When I export this to csv from Excel it puts quotes around the header line text and commas between the variables.
When I export from Text Wrangler I saved as a CRLF, which the earlier version of Batch Create needed to work properly. No header, comma delineated. Is .csv ok? Is it still looking for a .txt file?
You didn't answer my questions about whether the database might need cleaning up after multiple unsuccessful attempts at this? or whether there might be issues with Mac OS Excel 2008 (saving as Excel 97-2004)? This *is* a newer version of Excel than I used before.
Attached is a xls file to create 1 fake account. This is the same as what I tried except this user is all fake info, the one I tested was real user info. But, will it run?
You won't let me attach the file. Can you look into Mac compatibility?
There are very few "standards" when it comes to plugin development and more often than not issues do come down to plugin conflicts. I can help you but until you can de-activate everything I can't be sure I'm helping in the right way.
Hence why you should be testing in a development environment first. WP plugins are coded in such a way that conflicts are quite commonplace.
This latest release has been out nearly a month and we've had no issues despite close to 250 downloads so I doubt that's the case. We have however seen issues with TSV vs CSV.
No header, comma delineated. Is .csv ok? Is it still looking for a .txt file?
Yes CSV is supported. The extension shouldn't matter, but it's best to use .csv.
You didn't answer my questions about whether the database might need cleaning up after multiple unsuccessful attempts at this?
If you're trying to import anything that's already present, yes it will fail and you'll need to flush those users/sites out before you try again.
You can e-mail the file to contact@wpmudev.org - make sure you include a link to this thread.
No, this plug-in is still not running and not useful to me. The most recent upgrade seemed to at least read the uploaded file but it still wont run and it fails if there is a user on the list already in the database. Since I was hoping to use this to process users from lists supplied by my school, repeat names will be inevitable.
A more disturbing issue is that we discovered that this plug-in, while seemingly doing nothing, left a directory called batch-create and a document called bach-create.log in EVERY blog files directory in my multi-user environment. Blogs NOT created with your plug-in. I am not happy about this.
I am using a simple, free create user script instead for my current needs and have given up on this working.
Okay, thanks for letting my know. I will forward your comments about the latest version onto the developer so they can be looked at for the next version.
Sorry it didn't work out for you this time.


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"Open Your Eyes" é uma canção da banda Snow Patrol do álbum Eyes Open. Foi lançada oficialmente como single em 12 de Fevereiro de 2007.

Vídeo
O videoclipe da música foi sincronizado com as imagens integrais do curta-metragem "C'était un rendez-vous", rodado em plano-sequência em 1976 nas ruas de Paris pelo cineasta Claude Lelouch.

Na cultura popular
A música é usada como tema do programa da BBC One chamado Football Focus. A música ganhou mais popularidade depois de ser apresentada durante o final da 12ª temporada de ER. Vendendo a música no iTunes foi mais tarde introduzida na terceira temporada de The 4400, um episódio de Grey's Anatomy, e um episódio piloto de The Black Donnellys.

Foi ainda usada em 2008 no vídeo de THON (dois dias de Maratona de Dança que é feito em todo mês de Fevereiro na Universidade do Estado da Pensilvânia com o propósito de arrecadar dinheiro para combater as crianças que tem câncer) intitulado "Don't Waste One Minute." Também foi destaque no filme The Invisible (2007).

Coincidentemente, a melodia de "I Gotta Feeling", do Black Eyed Peas, que contém amostras de "Love is Gone" de David Guetta é semelhante a de "Open Your Eyes".

A música ainda foi ouvida em um trailer de um filme da MTV, Stop-Loss lançado em Março e em promoção para a segunda temporada de Gossip Girl.

Essa canção ainda foi usada como tema da Campanha Presidencial de Barack Obama.

Faixas
UK CD/7" vinil/Download digital
"Open Your Eyes" – 5:41
"I Am an Astronaut" – 2:42

CD australiano
"Open Your Eyes" – 5:41
"I Am an Astronaut" – 2:42
"You're All I Have" (Ao vivo de Hamburgo) – 4:42
"Open Your Eyes" (videoclipe)
"Shut Your Eyes" (videoclipe)

CD Promo
"Open Your Eyes" (edição de rádio) – 3:56
"Open Your Eyes" (versão de estúdio) – 5:41

12" Promo
"Open Your Eyes" (Allende Remix) – 7:29
"Chasing Cars" (Topher Jones & Blake Jarrell Remix) – 7:35

Lançamentos não oficiais
"Open Your Eyes" (Marky e Bungle Remix) – 5:43
"Open Your Eyes" (Tiësto Remix)
"Open Your Eyes" (Redanka Mix) – 8:08
"Open Your Eyes" (Walker Remix) – 6:26

Paradas musicais

Singles de 2007
Singles de Snow Patrol
Singles lançados pela Interscope Records