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F/F
Agent Curt Mega & Tatiana Slozhno
Agent Curt Mega & Mrs. Mega
Tatiana Slozhno & Nadia Slozhno
Margaret Carvour-Mega/Nadia Slozhno
Ellie Carvour-Mega & Margaret Carvour-Mega
Tatiana Slozhno
Margaret Carvour-Mega
Ellie Carvour-Mega
Nadia Slozhno
Mrs. Mega (Spies Are Forever)
Oleg the cat
3 years after Owen's return
Tatiana's little sister
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Meeting Nadia Slozhno
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After 3 years, Tatiana returns to visit the Carvour-Megas and brings along her little sister Nadia and things go... not perfectly.
Both Russian petnames used in this are the literal english spelling as opposed to the russian spellings-
Solnyshkuh - sunshine/little sun
Zaychik - bunny/little rabbit
"So, my friend Tatiana is coming back into town tomorrow." Curt mused as he put his knife and fork back down on the table. He noticed Owen tense slightly, causing him to move his hand to Owen's shoulder in an act of sympathy. Owen had had no contact with Tatiana since she had helped hunt him down three years prior. And before that he had contributed very much to her pain and struggling. He'd been able to push that from his thoughts for a long while, but he wasn't going to stop his partner from inviting his close friend to their home.
"Oh, the nice Russian girl." Curt's mother mused from her end of the table, looking to the twins who were sat opposite their fathers. "You know I met her when I thought that she might actually be the first woman Curtis fell for-"
"Mum!" Curt huffed, hiding his face in his hands. "She's just my friend, we tried to point that out to you, but you wouldn't listen to us." He shot Ellie a small glare when she snickered slightly. Everyone except him found Ms Mega's assumptions amusing, even Owen. Curt just tried to get back on topic, grateful that Ellie spoke up to help him steer it back in that direction.
"What were you trying to say dad? About her coming?" She asked, sitting up slightly straighter. She had liked Tatiana when she visited, when she and Margaret had only been eleven. And she had never remembered things as clearly as she liked.
"Well, she's bringing one of her younger sisters, she's your age. And they're going to stay a couple nights." Curt sighed again, picking up the bottle he was drinking from that night. He had certainly changed from the way he was three years again and changed even more from the way he was seven years ago. Owen kept his drinking in check. He put the bottle down and looked at the rest of the family.
"So, we're going to meet another person for once?" Margaret asked, Curt could hear her lightly veiled accusation in her voice. And he sighed, looking at her as she continued. "I mean I thought outsiders weren't allowed in according to you two. And Tatiana's sister has never been here." It wasn't an unknown fact that their living situation annoyed the two girls, but Owen tried his best to ease them.
"Well, yes, we don't normally allow people we don't trust. But the girl is only fourteen, she's not that much of a threat Margarine." He sighed, finishing dinner as well. "I may not be very excited about the visit either, but we have to be polite to our guests." Owen looked to Curt to support his point and he just nodded blankly.
"Well, just because she's a guest doesn't mean Margaret and I have to like her." Ellie sighed, looking down at her bowl. She didn't like meeting people for other reasons.
Curt was already regretting where this was headed.
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Owen sighed as there was a knock at the door. Although they all knew it was most likely Tatiana and her sister, they had a procedure for this and Curt insisted that they followed it. Margaret and Ellie looked up from where they were in the lounge room and nodded quietly. Ellie picked up Oleg, carrying the cat to the other side of the room, out of the line of sight of the door, Margaret following her. Curt grabbed the gun from their kitchen drawers, going to the door, looking through the small hole at who was there. Owen had evacuated to upstairs so he wouldn't be noticed if it was someone they didn't know. But as they expected, Curt sighed and pulled the door open to reveal Tatiana and Nadia Slozhno. The former looking much more excited to see Curt than the latter, who folded her arms immediately.
"Ladies, come on in, I'll lock the door behind you." Curt smiled a little at his friend who curtly nodded and stepped inside, her sister following. As soon as the door was shut firmly and the noise echoed through the house, Owen descended the stairs, looking at the two arrivals. Tatiana considered him for a moment.
"He is still here. Why?" Even though she vaguely understood why Curt had let Owen back into his life, that didn't mean that she and Owen had to have a non-tense relationship, especially after all he put her though. But Curt knew he'd have to try to run interference with the two of them. He looked between them awkwardly for a moment before speaking up.
"Well, I can hardly kick him out can I?" He used his own question to avoid hers. He then looked to Nadia. "I believe it's my first time meeting you?" He looked at the teenager who just rolled her eyes and pushed past him, Tatiana looked apologetically at Curt.
"She can be a little… how you say, brash? She just isn't exactly good around people. But don't worry, I'm sure the girls won't clash too much." She smiled slightly before hugging him gently. "It is good to see you again, Mega. I'm pleased the beard hasn't grown back in the time we spent apart." She stepped away and looked around the house, looking towards the lounge room, at the wall she knew the girls would be behind. The three adults stared for a moment before Curt cleared his throat. That even caused Nadia to look up from where she was sulking. Soon, Ellie stumbled out into view of the rest of the house, Margaret having obviously pushed her. Curt sighed.
"Margaret, Elliana, come meet Nadia. Nadia, these are mine and Owen's daughters." Curt gestured between the three girls, still doubtful about how things would transpire. "Curt, Tati, let's give them some space." He looked to his partner who nodded in agreement.
"Of course." Tatiana looked to Nadia, giving her a one-armed, half hug. "Be nice, Solnyshkuh." She smiled at her sister before letting Curt and Owen lead her through to another room, leaving the three girls alone. Owen sighed.
"This will be fun to come back to."
It had been an hour since the adults evacuated the room and it had been complete silence since. Ellie was sat on one of the armchairs, petting Oleg as he curled into her, even he felt the tension. Margaret and Nadia were looking at anything but each other. And they were both tired. Soon, Nadia's cold stare locked onto the twins.
"You realise I am staying here for three days, I doubt you can keep up the silent treatment for that amount of time." She folded her arms, causing Margaret to return the glare.
"You haven't exactly been a bundle of joy either." Margaret glared. "We're only putting up with you because our dad is friends with your sister. We're not completely thrilled about it but we'll put up with you." Ellie sighed and raised her hand quietly, looking up from where she was sat, cross legged.
"Don't include me in this, I don't want to be involved."
"Whatever, but for both of your information, I do not like you." Nadia huffed. It was unexpected that three girls with little to no socialisation, poor conversation skills and opposing personalities wouldn't get along very well. Margaret scoffed.
"You are so-"
She went to bite back at Nadia, starting to stand up out of her seat. But then, loud and piercing, there was a gunshot. It practically shook the house with its volume. It was followed by Curt cursing loudly. It had come from upstairs. Ellie shot up in here seat, knocking Oleg off her lap with an indignant meow. Ellie looked around a moment, processing. There wasn't enough commotion for the gun shot to have been fatal, so she began to relax again. Nadia hadn't reacted to the gunshot, it was an all too familiar sound from her childhood afterall but Margaret had. She had jumped much like Ellie had, but instead of making sense of it and calming down, she tensed up, curling in on herself.
The teenage girl began shaking at the noise, her mind racing. Her whole family was up there. She had heard her fathers discussing what Owen had done before, they hadn't known she was there. What if he had snapped and killed her dad? What if it was the other way around? What if her grandmother had been shot? What if they had been found? That's what her and Ellie had always been told. That their house could be comprised and found. That they could be killed because of their fathers' careers. She had wanted to get mad about that fact for so long but she never had. But now all the thoughts were melding together and she almost couldn't breathe. She could feel a figure at her side. For a moment she felt relief, thinking it was her father, but when she opened her eyes she saw Nadia crouched beside her, frowning, confused. Margaret's breathing became quicker and shorter, going to close her eyes and hide her face again when Nadia carefully stopped her.
"It is okay, zaychik, just try to breathe with me…" The Russian girl spoke softly as Ellie rushed out of the room, headed upstairs. Margaret just tried to focus on the other girl, even though her head was still swimming. It was strange to see the previously invulnerable girl speaking softly to Margaret even though she couldn't exactly understand what Nadia was saying, just mumbling Russian as a distraction while Ellie was gone. And Margaret began to soften, breathing becoming slightly slower.
"There you go, it is okay. I am sure no one was hurt." Nadia offered a small smile, it looked unnatural on her face but she was just copying what her sister did to calm her, Russian pet names and all. Margaret relaxed again, leaning onto Nadia who tentatively wrapped an arm around her. Soon there was a rush of footsteps as the adults ran back into the room, Curt joining Nadia by Margaret's side.
"Mags, it's okay sweetheart… I just accidentally set off one of the handguns cleaning it. No one's hurt, no ones leaving again anytime soon." He took his daughter from Nadia who stood up awkwardly, wiping her hands on her pants. She felt uncomfortable with how genuine she'd been to the girl she'd been fighting with only moments ago. She turned to Tatiana who shrugged, knowing her sister's dilemma.
"The Megas have a way of getting us Slozhnos to express emotions, I've found." She mused softly. "I heard you call her zaychik."
"I did not."
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Official explanation of Race and the Priesthood
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Excerpts of Race and the Priesthood, from the Gospel Topics section of LDS.org, the 3rd in a series of explanatory articles by the church addressing difficult issues in Mormon History
A few brief observations about the article
Two speeches by Brigham Young referenced in the article. Because they are not readily available on the Internet in their entirety, they are included here.
Brigham Young Address, January 23, 1852
Brigham Young Address, February (January?) 5, 1852
Latter-day Saint scripture and teachings affirm that God loves all of His children and makes salvation available to all. God created the many diverse races and ethnicities and esteems them all equally. As the Book of Mormon puts it, "all are alike unto God."
From the mid-1800s until 1978—the Church did not ordain men of black African descent to its priesthood or allow black men or women to participate in temple endowment or sealing ordinances.
There has never been a Churchwide policy of segregated congregations. [footnote: "At some periods of time, reflecting local customs and laws, there were instances of segregated congregations in areas such as South Africa and the U.S. South."]
There is no evidence that any black men were denied the priesthood during Joseph Smith's lifetime.
In 1852, President Brigham Young publicly announced that men of black African descent could no longer be ordained to the priesthood. Following the death of Brigham Young, subsequent Church presidents restricted blacks from receiving the temple endowment or being married in the temple. Over time, Church leaders and members advanced many theories to explain the priesthood and temple restrictions. None of these explanations is accepted today as the official doctrine of the Church.
In 1850, the U.S. Congress created Utah Territory, and the U.S. president appointed Brigham Young to the position of territorial governor. Southerners who had converted to the Church and migrated to Utah with their slaves raised the question of slavery's legal status in the territory. In two speeches delivered before the Utah territorial legislature in January and February 1852, Brigham Young announced a policy restricting men of black African descent from priesthood ordination. At the same time, President Young said that at some future day, black Church members would "have [all] the privilege and more" enjoyed by othermembers. [Footnote: Brigham Young, Speeches Before the Utah Territorial Legislature, Jan. 23 and Feb. 5, 1852, George D. Watt Papers, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, transcribed from Pitman shorthand by LaJean Purcell Carruth; "To the Saints," Deseret News, April 3, 1852, 42.]
The justifications for this restriction echoed the widespread ideas about racial inferiority that had been used to argue for the legalization of black "servitude" in the Territory of Utah.
Even after 1852, at least two black Mormons continued to hold the priesthood. When one of these men, Elijah Abel, petitioned to receive his temple endowment in 1879, his request was denied. Jane Manning James, a faithful black member who crossed the plains and lived in Salt Lake City until her death in 1908, similarly asked to enter the temple; she was allowed to perform baptisms for the dead for her ancestors but was not allowed to participate in other ordinances.The curse of Cain was often put forward as justification for the priesthood and temple restrictions. Around the turn of the century, another explanation gained currency: blacks were said to have been less than fully valiant in the premortal battle against Lucifer and, as a consequence, were restricted from priesthood and temple blessings. [Footnote: Apostle Joseph Fielding Smith, for example, wrote in 1907 that the belief was "quite general" among Mormons that "the Negro race has been cursed for taking a neutral position in that great contest." Yet this belief, he admitted, "is not the official position of the Church, [and is] merely the opinion of men." Joseph Fielding Smith to Alfred M. Nelson, Jan. 31, 1907, Church History Library, Salt Lake City.]
By the late 1940s and 1950s, racial integration was becoming more common in American life. Church President David O. McKay emphasized that the restriction extended only to men of black African descent. The Church had always allowed Pacific Islanders to hold the priesthood, and President McKay clarified that black Fijians and Australian Aborigines could also be ordained to the priesthood and instituted missionary work among them. In South Africa, President McKay reversed a prior policy that required prospective priesthood holders to trace their lineage out of Africa.
Nevertheless, given the long history of withholding the priesthood from men of black African descent, Church leaders believed that a revelation from God was needed to alter the policy, and they made ongoing efforts to understand what should be done. After praying for guidance, President McKay did not feel impressed to lift the ban.
Church authorities encountered faithful black and mixed-ancestry Mormons who had contributed financially and in other ways to the building of the São Paulo temple, a sanctuary they realized they would not be allowed to enter once it was completed. Their sacrifices, as well as the conversions of thousands of Nigerians and Ghanaians in the 1960s and early 1970s, moved Church leaders.
Church leaders pondered promises made by prophets such as Brigham Young that black members would one day receive priesthood and temple blessings. In June 1978, Church President Spencer W. Kimball, his counselors in the First Presidency, and members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles received a revelation.The First Presidency stated that they were "aware of the promises made by the prophets and presidents of the Church who have preceded us" that "all of our brethren who are worthy may receive the priesthood." [Footnote:Official Declaration 2.]
Reaction worldwide was overwhelmingly positive among Church members of all races. Many Latter-day Saints wept for joy at the news. Some reported feeling a collective weight lifted from their shoulders. Soon after the revelation, Elder Bruce R. McConkie, an apostle, spoke of new "light and knowledge" that had erased previously "limited understanding."
Today, the Church disavows the theories advanced in the past that black skin is a sign of divine disfavor or curse, or that it reflects actions in a premortal life; that mixed-race marriages are a sin; or that blacks or people of any other race or ethnicity are inferior in any way to anyone else. Church leaders today unequivocally condemn all racism, past and present, in any form.
Notes about the article:
References in the Book of Mormon regarding dark skin as a curse or sign of unrighteousness are not addressed, nor are racial aspects in the Book of Abraham.
Brigham Young was the first to bring slaves to Utah in 1847, not later southern settlers as could be implied in the article.
The article states that Young said 'at some future day, black Church members would "have [all] the privilege and more" enjoyed by other members.' In the two speeches referenced, Young states that the condition for Cain's descendants receiving priesthood was that Abel's descendants first receive the priesthood (see speeches below).
The article notes that Jane Manning was allowed to do baptisms for the dead, but not participate in other temple ordinances. Not mentioned was a temple ordinance done in her behalf by proxy. Manning was "attached as a Servitor for eternity to the prophet Joseph Smith and in this capacity be connected with his family and be obedient to him in all things in the Lord as a faithful Servitor". Joseph F. Smith and Bathsheba Smith stood as proxies for Joseph Smith and Jane Manning (who was not allowed in the temple for the ordinance).
A footnote indicates that in a private correspondence, Joseph Fielding Smith thought the idea that black people were less valiant in the pre-mortal world was only opinion. Smith later taught this concept authoritatively in a number of publications including The Way to Perfection, Doctrines of Salvation and Answers to Gospel Questions.
These notes are not intended to diminish the intent of this article.
Brigham Young, January 23, 1852
[Sermons and Writings of the Restoration, Volume 2, 1851 - mid-1852, compiled and published by Ogden Kraut, Salt Lake, April 1994]
Remarks on Slavery
I have this section in my hand, headed "An Act in Relation to African Slavery." I have read it over and made a few alterations. I will remark with regard to slavery, inasmuch as we believe in the Bible, inasmuch as we believe in the ordinances of God, in the Priesthood and order and decrees of God, we must believe in slavery. This colored race have been subjected to severe curses, which they have in their families and their classes and in their various capacities brought upon themselves. And until the curse is removed by Him who placed it upon them, they must suffer under its consequences; I am not authorized to remove it. I am a firm believer in slavery.
Now to the case before us with regard to slavery, with regard [to] slaves that [are] Africans, or that are English, or that [are] Dutch, or ourselves--I go in for making just such laws as we want upon that matter, independent of any other nation under the heavens; let us do that [which will bring about what] we want to be done regardless of the abuses of despotic governments. Whether they deem it to be right or wrong is no matter to me, but to do the thing we ought to do, to secure those blessings we are in pursuit of, ought to be the first and most weighty consideration with us; that is my mind upon this matter. This case comes up and causes feelings of not a pleasing character in the minds of some.
The African enjoys the right of receiving the first principles of the Gospel; this liberty is held out to all these servants. They enjoy the liberty of being baptized for the remission of sins and of receiving the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands; they enjoy the privilege of living [145] humbly before the Lord their great Master, so as to enjoy the spirit of the Lord continually. In short, as far as the common comforts of life, salvation, light, truth, enjoyment, and understanding are concerned, the Black African has precisely the same privilege as the white man. But they cannot share in the Priesthood; they cannot bear rule; they cannot bear rule in any place until the curse is removed from them; they are a "servant of servants." We are servants, as Counselor George Smith has stated; he says he is a slave; he has been driven from his home and his rights--we are all servants. Now suppose that we should have a servant, and he should be a Negro; it is all right; it is perfectly reasonable and strictly according to the Holy Priesthood. I loathe the abuses to which the slave in a great many instances is exposed, although as a general thing that part of the Negro race that are in servile bondage, are much more comfortable and better provided for than the lower classes of the nations of Europe.
Though the enlightened nation, England, has abolished slavery in her colonies, yet the most damnable slavery exists at the very heart of the nation. I am bold to say that you cannot find a Black man or woman in the United States that has traveled through the period of his life in hunger in the midst of plenty. Yet there are millions upon millions in the cities of Europe who have lived amidst the choicest luxuries of life and died at last in starvation; thousands died of starvation in England the year that I was in that country. That is meaner slavery than to set them to work in growing cotton and sugar, etc. I would not wish to go to the enlightened nation of England to know what slavery is because they are so far sunken in iniquity and so deeply degraded. People contend about it to know what it is; we know it exists, and such a thing shall and will exist until the Lord God shall remove it; until then it will and ought to exist. There are many brethren in the South, a great amount of whose means is vested in slaves. Those servants want to come here with their masters; when they come here, the Devil is raised. This one is talking, and that one is wondering. A strong abolitionist feeling has power over them, and they commence to whisper round their views upon the subject, saying, "Do you think it's [146] right? I am afraid it is not right." I know it is right, and there should be a law made to have the slaves serve their masters, because they are not capable of ruling themselves.
When the Lord God cursed old Cain, He said, "Until the last drop of Abel's blood receives the Priesthood, and enjoys the blessings of the same, Cain shall bear the curse;" then Cain is calculated to have his share next and not until then; consequently, I am firm in the belief that they ought to dwell in servitude.
The caption of this bill I don't like, I have therefore taken the liberty to alter it. I have said, "An Act in Relation to Manual Service," instead of "African Slavery." I have also altered the latter part of it. I am willing the bill should be thrown back to be remodeled.
I would like masters to behave well to their servants, and to see that every person in this territory is well used. When a master has a Negro and uses him well, he is much better off than if he was free. As for masters knocking them down and whipping them and breaking the limbs of their servants, I have as little opinion of that as any person can have; but good wholesome servitude, I know there is nothing better than that.
Suppose I am in England and bring over 100 persons, males and females, and they pledge themselves to pay me in labour, but as soon as they arrive here they refuse to abide by their contract and turn around and abuse their benefactors. See the abuse that Dan Jones has received, who prevailed upon Sister Lewis to spend almost every dime she possessed to help individuals to this place; they curse both her and him and this they will continue to do, waxing worse and worse until they go down to hell (I say they ought to be her servants). Many more such cases could be brought to bear. There should be a law to govern this, that those who have made contracts to labour, may [be induced to] perform their labours according to said contracts. (Manuscript History of Brigham Young, Church Archives microfilm)
Brigham Young, February 5 1852 (Janurary 5, 1852)
[Brigham Young Addresses: 1836 - 1849: A chronological compilation of known addresses of the prophet Brigham Young (Volume 1) Prepared by Elden J. Watson February 1979, p.77]
5 January 1852 Salt Lake City HDC, MS d 1234, Box 48, fd. 3
[Note: the manuscript copy gives a date of February 5th 1852, which is incorrect.]
I rise to make a few remarks. The items before the house I do not understand.
The principle of slavery I understand, at least I have self-confidence enough and confidence enough in God to believe I do. I believe still further that a great many others understand it as I do. A great portion of this community have been instructed and have applied their minds to it, and as far as they have, they agree precisely in the principles of slavery. My remarks in the first place will be upon the cause of the introduction of slavery. Long ago mama Eve, our good old mother Eve, partook of the forbidden fruit and this made a slave of her. Adam hated very much to have her taken out of the garden of Eden, and now our old daddy says, I believe I will eat of the fruit and become a slave, too. This was the first introduction of slavery upon this earth; and there has not been a son or daughter of Adam from that day to this but what were slaves in the true sense of the word.
That slavery will continue until there is a people raised up upon the face of the earth who will contend for righteous principles, who will not only believe in but operate with every power and faculty given to them to help to establish the Kingdom of God, to overcome the devil, and drive him from the earth; then will this curse be removed. This was the starting point of slavery. Again, after Adam and Eve had partook of the curse, we find they had two sons, Cain and Abel, but which was the oldest I cannot positively say; but this I know: Cain was given more to evil practices than Abel, but whether he was the oldest or not matters not to me. Adam was commanded to sacrifice and offer up his offerings to God that placed him into the garden of Eden. Through the faith and obedience of Abel to his Heavenly Father, Cain become jealous of him, and he laid a plan to obtain all his flocks; for through his perfect obedience to Father he obtained more blessings than Cain; consequently he took it into his heart to put Abel [out] of his mortal existence. After the deed was done, the Lord inquired for Abel and made Cain own what he had done with him. Now, says the grandfather, I will not destroy the seed of Michael and his wife, and Cain, I will not kill you nor suffer anyone else to kill you, but I will put a mark upon you. What is that mark? You will see it on the countenance of every African you ever did see upon the face of the earth or ever will see. Now I tell you what I know: when the mark was put upon Cain, Abel's children were in all probability young; the Lord told Cain that he should not receive the blessings of the Priesthood, nor his seed, until the last of the posterity of Abel had received the Priesthood, until the redemption of the earth. If there never was a prophet or apostle of Jesus Christ [that] spoke it before, I tell you, this people that are commonly called Negroes are the children of old Cain. I know they are; I know that they cannot bear rule in the Priesthood, for the curse on them was to remain upon them until the residue of the posterity of Michael and his wife receive the blessings the seed of Cain would have received had they not been cursed, and hold the keys of the Priesthood until the times of the restitution shall come, and the curse be wiped off from the earth and from Michael's seed. Then Cain's seed will be had in remembrance and the time come when the curse should be wiped off.
Now, then, in the Kingdom of God on the earth, a man who has the African blood in him cannot hold one jot nor tittle of Priesthood. Why? Because they are the true eternal principles the Lord Almighty has ordained, and who can help it? Men cannot, the angels cannot, and all the powers of earth and hell cannot take it off; but thus saith the Eternal I am, what I am, I take it off at my pleasure, and not one particle of power can that posterity of Cain have until the time comes that says he will have it taken away. That time will come when they will have the privilege of all we have the privilege of and more. In the Kingdom of God on the earth the Africans cannot hold one particle of power in government. The subjects, the rightful servants of the residue of the children of Adam, and the residue of the children through the benign influence of the spirit of the Lord have the privilege of seeing to the posterity of Cain; inasmuch as it is the Lord's will they should receive the spirit of God by baptism, and that is the end of their privilege; and there is not power on earth to give them any more power.
You talk of the dark skin. I never saw a white man on earth. I have seen persons whose hair came pretty nigh being white, but to talk about white skins, it is something entirely unknown, though some skins are fairer than others. Look at the black eye and the jet black hair we often see upon men and women who are called white; there is no such things as white folks. We are the children of Adam, who receive the blessings, and that is enough for us if we are not quite white.
But let me tell you further, let my seed mingle with the seed of Cain, and that brings the curse upon me and upon my generations; we will reap the same rewards with Cain.
In the Priesthood I will tell you what it will do. Were the children of God to mingle their seed with the seed of Cain it would not only bring the curse of being deprived of the power of the priesthood upon themselves but they entail it upon their children after them, and they cannot get rid of it. If a man in an unguarded moment should commit such a transgression, if he would walk up and say cut off my head, and kill man, woman and child it would do a great deal towards atoning for the sin. Would this be to curse them? No, it would be a blessing to them; it would do them good that they might be saved with their brethren. A man would shudder should they hear us talk about killing folk, but it is one of the greatest blessings to some to kill them, although the true principles of it are not understood.
I will add one thing more. It is not in the power of a man on the face of the earth to take more life than he can give; that is a proper son of Adam. How many times I have heard it said and how many times has it been reiterated in my ears, and in yours, that to take a life, is to take what you cannot give. This is perfect nonsense. What do I do by taking as man's head off after he is condemned by the law? I put an end to the existence of the mortal tabernacle, but the life still remains. The body and the spirit are only separated; this is all that can be done by any mortal man upon the face of the earth.
Can I give that life? I can! I can make as good tabernacles as any other man, and if you do not believe it, go and look at my children; therefore, that saying is nonsense. We form the tabernacle for the eternal spirit of life that comes from God. We can only put an end to the existence of that tabernacle, and this is the principle of sacrifice.
What was the cause of the ancients drawing up hundreds and thousands of bullocks, and heifers, and lambs, and doves, and almost every other creature around them, of which they took the best and the fattest, and offered them up as sacrifices unto the Lord. Was it not for the remission of the sins of the people? We read also in the New Testament that a man was sacrificed for the sins of the people. If he had not shed that blood which was given to him in the organization of his body or tabernacle, you and I could have had no remission of sins. It is the greatest blessing that could come to some men to shed their blood on the ground, and let it come up before the Lord as an atonement. You nor I cannot take any more life than we can give.
Again to the subject before us, as to the men bearing rule--not one of the children of old Cain have one particle of right to bear rule in government affairs from first to last; they have no business there. This privilege was taken from them by their own transgressions, and I cannot help it; and should you or I bear rule, we ought to do it with dignity and honor before God.
I am as much opposed to the principle of slavery as any man. In the present acceptation or usage of the term, it is abused. I am opposed to abusing that which God has decreed, to take a blessing, and make a curse of it. It is a great blessing to the seed of Adam to have the seed of Cain for servants, but those they serve should use them with all the heart and feeling, as they would use their own children, and their compassion should reach over them and round about them, and treat them as kindly, and with that humane feeling necessary to be shown to mortal beings of the human species. Under these circumstances their blessings in life are greater in proportion to those who have to provide the bread and dinner for them.
We know there is a portion of inhabitants of the earth who dwell in Asia that are Negroes and said to be Jews. The blood of Judah has not only mingled almost with all nations, but also with the blood of Cain, and they have mingled their seeds together. These Negro Jews may keep up all the outer ordinances of the Jewish religion, they may have their sacrifices, and they may perform all the religious ceremonies any people on earth could perform, but let me tell you, that the day they consented to mingle their seed with Canaan, the Priesthood was taken away from Judah, and that portion of Judah's seed will never get any rule or blessings of the Priesthood until Cain gets it. Let this church which is called the Kingdom of God on the earth: we will summons the First Presidency, the Twelve, the High Counsel, the Bishopric, and all the Elders of Israel, suppose we summons them to appear here, and here declare that it is right to mingle our seed with the Black race of Cain, that they shall come in with us and be partakers with us of all the blessings God has given to us. On that very day, and hour we should do so, the priesthood is taken from this church and kingdom and God leaves us to our fate. The moment we consent to mingle with the seed of Cain, the Church must go to destruction; we should receive the curse which has been placed upon the seed of Cain, and never more be numbered with the children of Adam who are heirs to the priesthood until that curse be removed.
Therefore, I will not consent for one moment to have an African dictate me or any brethren with regard to church or state government. I may vary in my view from others, and they may think I am foolish in the things I have spoken and think that they know more than I do, but I know [that] I know more than [80] they do. If the Africans cannot bear rule in the church of God, what business have they to bear rule in the state and government affairs of this territory or any others?
In the government affairs of states and territories and kingdoms, by right God should govern. He should rule over nations and control kings. If we suffer the Devil to rule over us, we shall not accomplish any good. I want the Lord to rule and be our governor and dictator, and we are the boys to execute [it]. I shall not consent for a moment to give way to a gentile spirit of contention, which is the cause of angry ________ difference to the alienation of every good feeling. It is for you and I to take a course to bind our feelings together in an everlasting bond of union inasmuch as we love the Lord, which we ought to do more than selves. Consequently, I will not consent for a moment to have the children of Cain rule me nor my brethren. No, it is not right.
But, say some, is there anything of this kind in the Constitution the U.S. has given us? If you will allow me the privilege [of] telling right out, it is none of their damned business what we do or say here. What we do it is for them to sanction, and then for us to say what we like about it. It is written right out in the Constitution, "that every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years", etc. My mind is the same today as when we were pouring over that constitution; any light upon the subject is the same, my judgment is the same, only a little more so. Perhaps I have said enough upon this subject. I have given you the true principles and doctrine. No man can vote for me or my brethren in this territory who has not the privilege of acting in church affairs. Every man and woman and child in this territory are citizens; to say the contrary is all nonsense to me. The Indians are citizens, the Africans are citizens, and the Jews that come from Asia, that are almost entirely of the blood of Cain. It is our duty to take care of them and administer to them in all the acts of humanity and kindness. They shall have the right of citizenship, but shall not have the right to dictate in church and state matters. The abolitionists of the East have caressed them and their whole argument is calculated to darken counsel as it was here yesterday. As for our bills passing here, we may lay the foundation for what? For men to come here from Africa or elsewhere by hundreds of thousands. When these men come here from the islands, are they going to hold offices in government? No. It is for men who understand the knowledge of government affairs to hold such offices, and on the other make provisions for them to plow and to reap and enjoy all that human beings can enjoy, and we protect them in it. Do we know how to ameliorate the condition of these people? We do. Suppose that five thousands of them come from the Pacific Islands and ten or fifteen thousands from Japan or from China. Not one of them would know how to vote for a government officer. They, therefore, ought not in the first thing have anything to do in government affairs.
What the gentiles are doing, we are consenting to do. What we are trying to do today is to make the Negro equal with us in all our privilege. My voice shall be against [it] all the day long. I shall not consent for one moment. I will call them a counsel. I say I will not consent for one moment for you to lay a plan to bring a curse upon this people. It shall not be while I am here.
Gay marriage in Utah may be national tipping point...


One thing about Chicago, you can never predict what the weather will be from minute to minute.
For instance, yesterday we had beautiful sunny 84 degrees. was the perfect summer to be here.
When I woke up yesterday morning you could hardly see anything outside.
much but the skies are now blue as can be and it looks beautiful again.
Unfortunately, it is going to get cold again tonight.
the weather sure is going to be fluctuating quite a bit.
and hot. Here in Chicago, you never know what to expect.
"it's going to be a beautiful day"
The warm up is coming (hopefully)!!
I think that's how Chicago got started.
Labels: Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring.


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Digital Transformation a Necessity for Banks to Regain Consumer Trust Finds GFT
Europe Fintech Trending
by Tom Bleach October 28, 2022 October 27, 2022
Almost half of banking customers do not trust their bank to help manage their finances during a recession, according to GFT Technologies (GFT).
Forty-eight per cent of people do not want to rely on their bank for help during a recession. The digital transformation firm's newly launched 'Banking Disruption Index' for the UK. This first edition of the index is to become a quarterly release, with the next edition to launch in the new year. The index attempts to assess consumer attitudes towards banks and their technology capabilities.
The index also found that around two-thirds (67 per cent) of banking customers would prefer to use digital means of communication with their bank; as opposed to visiting a physical bank branch. These people suggested that using an app to transfer money and make payments was much preferred. Only 17 per cent of consumers prefer to visit a branch and have staff perform these tasks on their behalf.
Of the 16- 24-year-olds surveyed, only 52 per cent believe their banks are keeping up with technology. Levels of trust do not appear to be on the rise anytime soon. Forty-two per cent of respondents are worried that a future recession will negatively impact their personal savings and their bank.
Winning back consumer's trust
It is clear that there are currently very low levels of trust in banks and consumer preference for digital offerings. This is especially true among younger respondents. This means that making a commitment to online banking could restore trust among its customer community. This could be done via a transformation of digital service offerings.
GFT also measures consumer sentiment toward their banks' digital offerings. The Q3 sentiment scoring shows a 79-point satisfaction rate (on a zero to 100 scale) amongst customers towards the technology capabilities of their chosen bank. This highlights that a level of satisfaction does exist, although not all age groups are satisfied.
Richard Kalas, client solutions director of retail banking, GFT
While considering the current economic climate, GFT argues that banks improving communication with their customers digitally is a necessity. The advice GFT gave was for banks to continue to invest to drive customer engagement.
Richard Kalas, client solutions director of retail banking at GFT UK, offered his view. He said: "It's clear that consumers expect greater levels of digital self-serve capability from their banking provider.
"Younger age groups in particular prefer channels such as WhatsApp and social media to communicate. The research shows that the banks and building societies with little or no digital service capability will find it exceptionally hard to compete and almost impossible to attract a younger audience."
Tom Bleach
One in 10 IT Decision Makers Have Implemented Passwordless Tech Across Their Entire Company
The Mental Benefits and Compliance Risks of WFH Questioned in New Survey
Wirecard and Southeast Asia Super App Grab Announce Payments Partnership to Drive Cashless Economy for MSMEs Across the Region
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Recordsure Strengthens Compliance Offering With The Bunker
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Women in Fintech: Robin Nunn of Morgan Lewis
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Para el equipo de baloncesto, véase Coras de Tepic (baloncesto).

Coras FC, antes conocido como Coras de Tepic o Coras de Nayarit, es un equipo de fútbol profesional mexicano que compite en la Serie A de la Segunda División de México. Tiene como sede el Estadio Olímpico Santa Teresita en la ciudad de Tepic, Nayarit, México.

Son llamados Coras ya que este es el nombre del grupo étnico que representa al estado de Nayarit, el cual se ve reflejado en el escudo del equipo. Los colores que identifican al equipo son el rojo y amarillo, dicha gama se puede observar tanto en su uniforme como en el escudo de la institución.

Historia

Fundación y primeros años

Fue fundado el 19 de julio de 1959, en el mismo año inicia su actividad futbolística bajo el nombre de Deportivo Nayarit A.C participando como invitado en el torneo de copa 1958-59. Gracias al entusiasmo del ingeniero Francisco Mengibar Bueno y del profesor en educación física, Fermín Álvarez Soltero, quienes lograron reunir un numeroso grupo de socios colaboradores, todo con la finalidad de poder consolidar una escritura constitutiva del con miras a solicitar su ingreso a la segunda división. Al obtener dicha escritura y en asamblea constitutiva, es designada la primera mesa directiva, siendo el ingeniero Francisco Mengibar Bueno su primer Presidente Deportivo. En 1959 inicia su andadura en la segunda división mexicana enfrentando en su debut a la escuadra de Poza Rica y ganando el partido con marcador de 2 a 0.

En la temporada 1959-60 con participaciones discretas y duras crisis económicas e internas se logró mantener a los "CORAS" en la Segunda división. En 1961-62 se logra llegar a la final de la Copa México de la Segunda División perdiendo vs de Fútbol Ciudad Madero. Participaría en la Copa México 1963-64 perdiendo en la ronda preliminar vs Guadalajara con marcador de 3-3 en el partido de ida y 3-0 en el partido de vuelta. En la temporada 1964-65 se logra alcanzar el sexto puesto de la tabla general a 20 pts del Madero, equipo que finaliza siendo campeón invicto de la temporada.

En 1970-71 Coras pelearía por el ascenso contra equipos como La Piedad, Ciudad Victoria, Nacional, Universitario de Nuevo León, Tampico, Querétaro, Naucalpan, Unión de Curtidores, Universidad Veracruzana, Zamora, Ciudad Madero, Salamanca,  Deportivo Cuautla, Atlético Morelia, Cuernavaca y de Fútbol Lobos de Querétaro siendo este último el campeón.

Para el torneo de liga 1971-72 ocupa los últimos lugares de la tabla salvándose milagrosamente, a pesar de esto no se logra pasar del décimo lugar de la tabla desapareciendo de la segunda división mexicana, ocupando su lugar la Universidad de Nayarit, que permaneció en la segunda división hasta 1975-76.

Para 1974-76, ocupa la presidencia Jorge Naua Bidal, logrando mejorar posiciones alcanzando a situarse en el 11 lugar entre 24 equipos que participaron, en el segundo año de la era Naya Vidal el equipo terminó el torneo en el 13 lugar. En la temporada 1976-77 después de 5 años de ausencia y con el regreso a la presidencia del ingeniero Francisco Mengibar Bueno, el Deportivo Tepic regresó nuevamente logrando ocupar puestos destacados muy cercanos a su máxima aspiración.

En la temporada 1979-80 se llegó a la liguilla compartiendo el grupo con Deportivo del Estado de México, Necaxa y Salamanca, pero fue eliminado por el Deportivo del Estado de México.

En la temporada 1981-82 se logra por primera vez desde su fundación en 1959 llegar a la Final de ascenso, tomando venganza sobre Osos Grises de Toluca eliminándolos en semifinales, jugando la final contra el Oaxtepec IMSS que perdió desafortunadamente.

En febrero de 1986 participó en la Copa de Oro de Occidente con equipos de Segunda y Primera división en el que participaron León, Irapuato, UdeG, Tecos, Atlas, Jalisco, La Piedad, Colima, y Tecomán, que inició el 12 de marzo de 1986.

El participa en la temporada 1994-95 bajo la creación de la Primera división 'A' mexicana, participando en el grupo 4 al lado de y Marte quedando en el fondo del grupo con 23 pts a 3 y 6 pts de y Marte respectivamente, quedando en el lugar 13 de la tabla general solo por encima de Aguascalientes y Tabasco.

Participa en la Copa México 1994-95 donde participaron equipos de 1a. División y de la primera A, siendo eliminado en la primera ronda por Monterrey con marcador de 2-0.

Probaría suerte en la edición 39 de la Copa México en 1995-96
siendo eliminado nuevamente en la primera ronda a cuenta del León por marcador de 3-1.

En la temporada 1995-96 desciende a la Segunda división mexicana, intentó un ascenso pero no se hizo efectivo.

Tiempo después Grupo Alica toma las riendas del Deportivo Tepic, bajo el mando del Ing. Enrique Echevarría Domínguez y en el torneo de apertura 2002 de la segunda división se logra el campeonato por primera vez en su historia, coronándose campeón en el antiguo Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega ante Real de la Plata con marcador global de 2-1, en ese mismo año el equipo de los Coras del deportivo Tepic de la Tercera División logra coronarse campeón, sin duda una temporada de gran éxito (el único campeonato en las vitrinas del Deportivo Tepic, tanto de segunda como de Tercera División) algo histórico. En el 2006 el entonces presidente Y dueño del equipo, logra traer al Tapatio a jugar a la capital nayarita cambiando el nombre a Chivas coras, mientras que el Deportivo Tepic siguió vigente en tercera división, todavía, hasta el mes de marzo del 2009. En el 2008 para el inicio del Apertura 2008 en un esfuerzo de varios exjugadores y jugadores profesionales (la mayoría fueron compañeros en Atlas) se compra una franquicia para que vuelva el equipo a la primera A, con jugadores como Miguel Ángel Zepeda, Erubey Cabuto, Said Godínez, Daniel Osorno, etc. Pero desafortunadamente se le negó la inscripción a la Primera 'A', ya que no cumplieron con los plazos necesarios para presentar su documentación en orden.

El Renacimiento y Regreso a la Segunda División
El 25 de junio de 2011 se dio a conocer la noticia que los Coras del Deportivo Tepic participarían en la Liga Premier de Ascenso en la Segunda división mexicana a partir de la temporada 2011-2012. Esta noticia se difundió en el Estadio Arena Cora al medio tiempo del partido amistoso que se llevaba a cabo entre los equipos de Las chivas rayadas del Guadalajara y los Diablos Rojos del Toluca. Los Coras de Tepic podrán volver a participar a partir del mes de agosto, adquiriendo como sede el Estadio Arena Cora.

En el 2011 regresa el fútbol a Tepic con el renacimiento de los Coras, con participación en la Liga Premier de Ascenso de la Segunda división mexicana. En el inicio de su andar en la liga se comienza con el pie derecho ganando su primer partido de la temporada ante Loros de la Universidad de Colima con marcador de 3-1, teniendo partidos destacados como local vs Chivas Rayadas, Deportivo Guamúchil, el clásico nayarita vs Vaqueros Ixtlán con marcador de 1-3, 1 (4):(5) 1, y 2 (3): (5) 2 respectivamente, logrando el 6.º puesto en la liga premier con 23 puntos por debajo de Unión de Curtidores, Loros de Colima, Deportivo Guamúchil, Deportivo de Los Altos, y Chivas Rayadas, y logrando el 12 puesto en la tabla general a 16 puntos del líder general Titanes Tulancingo llegando hasta los octavos de final siendo eliminados por Loros de la Universidad de Colima con global de 3-0.

En el Clausura 2012 empezaría de nuevo su lucha por el ascenso a la Liga de Ascenso de México perdiendo su partido de debut en Colima con un marcador de 3-0, acomodando su paso en la 2.ª división ganando 3 partidos al hilo y empatando 1 y cayendo ante Deportivo De Los Altos. terminando con un total de 7 partidos ganados 3 empatados y 4 perdidos con 21 goles a favor, 12 en contra, y una diferencia de 9 terminando con 26 pts y en el octavo lugar general. Jugando los octavos de final ante de Fútbol Ballenas Galeana Morelos ganando en Tepic con marcador de 2-0 y perdiendo en Morelos con marcador de 6-0 (global 2-6) quedando eliminado.

El 25 de febrero jugarían un partido amistoso ante leones negros de la U de G el encuentro los Cora con marcador de 1-0.

En el torneo de apertura 2012 se haría historia quedando por primera vez en 53 años de vida en la cima de la tabla de posiciones. . lugar del grupo 1 y de la liga Premier saldo de 10 victorias, 4 empates y tan solo 1 derrota quedando con 37 pts a 3 de su más cercano seguidor Chivas, quedando encima de cuadros favoritos como Chivas, Deportivo Guamúchil, y Deportivo De Los Altos.
Clasificándose a la instancias de octavos de final enfrentando a Reynosa FC con marcadores de 0-0 de visita y culminando en casa 3-2 avanzando a los cuartos de final donde enfrentaría a ocelotes de la UNACH sacando un empate en ambos partidos (1-1 global 2-2) avanzando Coras por mejor posición en la tabla, en las series de semifinales eliminaría a unión de curtidores con un contundente 4-0 (0-2 y 2-0) para así hacerse acreedor a jugar la gran final ante Murciélagos de Guamuchil. jugaría el partido de ida en Guamuchil, Sinaloa, en el estadio Coloso del Dique en el cual sacaría un valioso empate a un gol dejando todo para el partido de vuelta en Tepic. El 22 de diciembre jugaría la gran final después de 10 años de ausencia en esta instancia donde fue campeón en el apertura 2002, recibiría a Dep. Guamuchil con un lleno total en el Estadio Arena Cora con 20,000 espectadores animando al equipo del pueblo, culminando el medio tiempo 0-0, iniciaría el 2.º tiempo con amplio dominio del equipo local, haciendo presente en el marcador Eric Cruz al min 53, enloqueciendo a las 20,000 almas presentes, murciélagos aprovecharía un error en medio campo de la tribu que empataría al min. 79 vía Carlo Rodríguez que mandaría al fondo de las redes el balón, al min 87 sentenciaría la final el equipo visitante en un tiro de equina rematando de chilena Edwin Rojas dándole el título a murciélagos y dejando a la tribu con las ganas de festejar su 2.º título.

Para el clausura 2013 se lograría acceder a la liguilla por el ascenso por quinto torneo consecutivo al ocupar el  lugar general con 35 pts. saldo de 10 triunfos, 3 empates y tan solo 2 derrotas que lo posicionaría como amplio favorito al título, se enfrentaría el 1 de mayo a Reynosa FC en la unidad deportiva solidaridad donde caería por la mínima diferencia de 1 gol vs 0 Gustavo Daniel Rodríguez González sería el anotador al min. 35 de la solitaria anotación. El 4 de mayo Reynosa FC pagaría la visita de la tribu en un mítico estadio Arena Cora ante la presencia de 7000 espectadores donde saldrían airosos los Coras del deportivo Tepic con anotaciones de Víctor Francisco Villa Moreno al min. 35 y del goleados Mario Isidro Nieblas Navarro al 86 sellando el pase a cuartos de final. El 8 de mayo en el estadio Las Animas de los altos Jalisco se enfrentarían Deportivo de Los Altos y los Coras de Tepic partido correspondiente a cuartos de final de ida donde se irían con igualdad en el marcador de 1 vs 1 con la anotación de Ángel Gustavo Partida Arévalo (18') y de Víctor Francisco Villa Moreno (46') respectivamente. El 11 de mayo se enfrentarían en el partido de vuelta con un trepidante 0 vs 0 dándole el pase a los dirigidos por Marcelino Bernal a semifinales. El 15 de mayo en el Estadio Arena Cora se enfrentaría a de Fútbol Ballenas Galeana Morelos ante un poco más de 10,000 espectadores esperando la definición del pase a la final de manera consecutiva (apertura 2012) al min. 12 se levantarían las luciones locales ante el error de Fernando Martínez Avendaño anotando en su propia meta, Omar Alberto López Guzmán les daría al minuto 56 el empate a los Morelenses logrando llevarse un importante empate a Morelos. El 18 de mayo se consumaría la derrota nuevamente ante de Fútbol Ballenas Galeana Morelos ( CLAUSURA 2012) al empatar a cero goles y negando el pase a los Tepicenses.

En el Apertura 2013 se obtendría el quinto lugar general con 8 JG, 4JE y 3 JP, 27 GF, 15 GC con diferencia de 12 goles para un total de 28 puntos y acceder a la liguilla por el ascenso donde enfrentaría en cuartos de final al Loros de la Universidad de Colima el 27 de noviembre en el Estadio Arena Cora por el partido de ida, Ángel Gustavo Partida Arévalo abriría el marcador al minuto 20, tomando ventaja Loros de Colima, al minuto 23 Coras lograría emparejar los cartones vía autogol de Jorge Alexis Amador Castellanos, Coras tomaría ventaja al minuto 47 vía Cristian Roberto Zamora Palacios, Juan Carlos De la Rosa Espinoza y Uriel Navarro Martín al min 51 y 75 respectivamente para irse con ventaja a colima. El 30 de noviembre pagaría la visita a Loros de colima que los residiría en el Estadio Olímpico Universitario de Colima<, los le cobraría la goliza recibida en la capital nayarita con un contundente 4 goles vs 1 con goles de Ángel Gustavo Partida Arévalo, Juan Carlos Martínez Camarena, Juan Carlos Martínez Camarena, José Alejandro García Gallegos al minuto 3´, 59´, 68´, y 93 respectivamente por parte de loros de colima, el único gol a favor de coras fue por parte de un autogol de Alfredo de Jesús Padilla Uribe y así dejar fuera a la escuadra nayarita.

Liga de Ascenso de México
El 30 de mayo de 2014, durante la asamblea de dueños del Ascenso MX, el mandatario estatal Roberto Sandoval, hizo el anuncio oficial de la incorporación de Coras al Ascenso MX, acompañado de Juan Carlos Ortega y José Luis Real, exentrenadores que trabajan en las fuerzas básicas de Chivas.

Coras, oficializó un convenio deportivo con el Deportivo Guadalajara, y en el anuncio el gobernador Roberto Sandoval agradeció al propietario de las chivas, Jorge Vergara, por traer franquicia de Ascenso MX a Tepic, mediante la sociedad con José Luis Higuera.

El Gobierno de Nayarit se comprometió a arreglar los caminos para un fácil acceso al estadio, así como una mejora en su estacionamiento y acuerdos con el transporte público para tener rutas que transporten a los aficionados al inmueble.

El equipo conservará su nombre como Coras del Deportivo Tepic y jugará en el Estadio Arena Cora, mientras que Juan Carlos Ortega fungirá como director deportivo del y José Luis Real será un enlace entre la directiva y el Gobierno de Nayarit.

Sobre el plantel, Manuel Herrero, expresidente de Chivas, informó que cerca de 20 jóvenes de las Fuerzas Básicas de Chivas llegarían a Tepic para defender los colores de los Coras de Tepic y conformar el plantel. Además, anteriormente se había dado a conocer que se haría seguimiento del talento local, y jugadores que estuvieron con Coras en la Segunda División estarían incorporados al plantel de la Liga de Ascenso.

En su Primera Campaña, lograron una temporada sobresaliente, perdiendo solo 2 juegos, y manteniéndose como líder general en 9 fechas, terminando con 27 unidades, en semifinales, venció al Altamira, llegando a la final por primera vez en su historia, misma que perdería con su similar de Necaxa. Siendo esta su única liguilla durante su historia en la categoría de plata del fútbol mexicano.

A partir de su segundo torneo el equipo comenzó a decaer en su rendimiento, quedando fuera de la Liguilla al terminar en novena posición, posteriormente ocuparía la undécima plaza en las competiciones de Apertura 2015 y Clausura 2016. En la primera vuelta de la temporada 2016-2017 finalizaría de nuevo en el puesto nueve quedándose a cuatro puntos de la liguilla. Finalmente, en su última campaña de nuevo se quedó en las orilla de los cuartos de final al concluir a un punto del octavo lugar.

Cambio de sede y regreso en Segunda División
El 31 de mayo de 2017 se anunció la desaparición del equipo ya que la directiva del Club Deportivo Guadalajara solicitó trasladar al club a la ciudad de Zacatepec, en el estado de Morelos para convertirse en Club Atlético Zacatepec, motivo por el cual Coras de Tepic dejaría de existir alegando cuestiones de capacidad del estadio en caso de un ascenso y por la falta de apoyo, esto en un principio.

Tras el cambio de sede al terminar el Torneo Clausura 2017, los Cuervos de Ensenada de la Segunda División de México se mudaron a la ciudad de Tepic. Al anunciarse la lista de equipos de la recién nacida Serie A para la temporada 2017-18, se da a conocer que el Deportivo Tepic participaría en esta liga. En su primer torneo bajo la nueva administración, el conjunto cora logró su clasificación a la liguilla por el ascenso, siendo eliminados en cuartos de final por el Club Tepatitlán. En la segunda vuelta, el equipo comenzó a sufrir problemas administrativos, especialmente con respecto a la falta de pago hacia el plantel y problemas de presupuesto, situación que se hizo visible en el último juego de la temporada regular cuando el plantel del Deportivo Tepic no se presentó a disputar el partido ante los Dorados de la UACH como protesta ante la mala gestión de los propietarios.

Luego de finalizar la temporada 2017-2018 la franquicia que compitió durante el periodo se congeló como consecuencia de los malos manejos económicos de la administración. Sin embargo, el cuadro fue refundado bajo el nombre Coras de Nayarit, manteniendo los colores habituales y la sede, bajo una nueva gestión directiva a cargo de empresarios locales y el gobierno estatal, el nuevo cuadro se creó utilizando la franquicia del Acatlán FC, equipo que había logrado el campeonato de la Tercera División en la temporada, pero que no pudo ascender al no contar con las instalaciones necesarias para competir en Liga Premier. En junio de 2020 el equipo anunció su suspensión temporal por la falta de patrocinios que pudieran solventar los gastos del equipo. Luego de un año en pausa, en julio de 2021 el equipo fue recuperado para competir en la Liga Premier de la Segunda División, además de tener un segundo equipo jugando en la Liga TDP, sin embargo, por cambios administrativos el equipo cambió su nombre a Coras Fútbol Club.

Estadio

En sus inicios el Deportivo Tepic ejercía localidad en el antiguo Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega con capacidad de 7,000 espectadores en la capital del estado hasta su desaparición en 2008 y la demolición del estadio en 2009. El 25 de junio de 2011 mediante la inauguración del Estadio Arena Cora con capacidad de 12,945 espectadores, se convirtió en casa de Los Coras desde la temporada 2011-12 hasta la 2019-20.

Desde 2021 el cuadro disputa sus partidos en el Estadio Olímpico Santa Teresita, que cuenta con una capacidad para 4,000 espectadores y se encuentra localizado en el centro de la ciudad, situación por la cual ha sido elegido como la sede principal del equipo, ya que de esa forma se acerca al conjunto local con la afición, mientras que la Arena Cora se encuentra fuera de la mancha urbana, este estadio fue inaugurado el 27 de abril de 2014 y desde su inauguración hasta julio de 2021 funcionó como la sede alterna de los Coras.

Escudo
En sus inicios, el escudo del entonces Deportivo Nayarit era presentado en forma de diamante que tenía un detalle central de rayas verticales rojo y blanco, así como dos secciones amarillas, una a cada lado, presentando el nombre del en la parte de arriba con un par de estrellas.

Posteriormente, el escudo se convirtió en un armado de 3 secciones, la parte de arriba en negro hacia mención del nuevo nombre del en donde decía "Deportivo Tepic", y abajo se dividía en dos secciones cruzadas en diagonal, una amarilla donde apenas se hacía ver un Ojo de Dios y otra más ancha color rojo donde se ilustraba a un Cora.

Con el resurgimiento del equipo en la segunda división, el escudo de Los Coras del Deportivo Tepic estaría dividido por la mitad, teniendo un símbolo del ojo de Dios y un Cora que representa a los grupos étnicos del estado, por la parte de arriba llevando el nombre del en una zona color negro, Los colores representativos son el amarillo y el rojo.

En el 2.º semestre del 2012, aún perteneciendo a la Segunda División se presentaría un nuevo escudo el cual luciría un Cora en su totalidad con la leyenda de Coras FC por la parte inferior. Siendo este escudo utilizado actualmente para todas las categorías del equipo.

Afición
Con el renacimiento del Deportivo Tepic FC, se da el regreso de "La Tribu Cora", además de "La Mafia Cora" y la tradicional "Melolenga", barra que alentaba al equipo del pueblo desde sus inicios en el extinto Estadio Nicolás Álvarez Ortega, ubicado anteriormente en el centro de Tepic, siendo la primera la que cuenta con mayor número de seguidores.

Patrocinadores
El Deportivo Tepic es uno de los equipos que más publicidad utiliza en sus uniformes, en la actualidad cuenta con ocho patrocinadores en el uniforme, siendo la marca Textil Keuka la encargada del diseño de los uniformes incluyendo algunas marcas más adicionales plasmadas en su casaca.

Patrocinadores principales:
 Valle Nayarit
 Natasha Bananas
 Coca Cola
 Tecate
 Tower Pizza

Datos del club
 Temporadas en  División: 0
 Temporadas en Liga de Ascenso de México: 6
 Temporadas en  División: 56
 Temporadas en  División: 9
 Finales por el título Liga de Ascenso de México: 1 (Apertura 2014)
 Finales por el título Segunda División de México: 3 (1982-83, Apertura 2002, Apertura 2012)
 Finales por el título Tercera División de México: 2 (Apertura 2002, Clausura 2003)
 Descensos a 2a Div.: 1
 Ascensos a 1a Div.: 0
 Copa México: 6

Uniforme
El Deportivo Tepic se ha caracterizado por darle continuidad a sus tradicionales colores principales que son el amarillo y rojo, esta gama ha estado presente en todos los uniformes del equipo, así como en el escudo desde su fundación en 1959.

Evolución del Uniforme

Uniformes Actuales
 Uniforme local: Camiseta blanca con detalles guindos y amarillos, pantalón blancasy medias blancas.
 Uniforme visitante: Camiseta guinda con amarillo, pantalón guindas y medias guindas.

Uniformes anteriores

En la temporada 2011-12 el uniforme corrió a cargo de la marca deportiva Atlética como patrocinador del equipo.
Para el inicio del Clausura 2012 el equipo cambió de patrocinador, por una marca nayarita, Rimu e invirtió el orden de uniformes usando el color blanco como uniforme de local.

En su época en el Ascenso MX, la marca deportiva que se encargó de diseñar y confeccionar la indumentaria fue Romed, con unos uniformes con dos franjas diagonales en color amarillo mostaza y vino tinto.

Jugadores

Plantilla y cuerpo técnico

Canteranos destacados
Nayarit es conocido a nivel nacional por ser el semillero de importantes futbolistas a lo largo de los años, y los Coras han fungido como formadores de este talento así como formar jóvenes de otras regiones para dar el salto a la primera división profesional como lo han sido:
 Raúl "Cora" Isiordia - Mundialista en 1978
 Ramón Ramírez
 Marcelino Bernal
 Miguel Zepeda
 Edy Brambila
 Missael Espinoza
 Erubey Cabuto
 Raúl Arellano Gallo

Como Chivas Coras Tepic:
 Javier Hernández Balcázar
 Carlos Vela
 Alfredo Talavera
 Sergio Javier Arias

Categorías inferiores
Aunque el Deportivo Tepic nunca ha jugado en la Primera División de México, ha sido un gran semillero para jóvenes futbolistas tanto nacidos en Nayarit como en otras partes del país, teniendo presencia actualmente en cuatro divisiones del balompié nacional.

Tercera División
En esta división, el Tepic se ubica actualmente en el Grupo XI y torneo tras torneo protagoniza espectaculares encuentros contra otros equipos de la zona.

Cuarta y Quinta División
En busca de descubrir y formar talentos jóvenes de la entidad, el Club Deportivo Tepic cuenta con equipos en ligas inferiores que son trabajados por el exfutbolista Marco Antonio Díaz Ávalos.

Presidentes
 1959-1964: Ing. Francisco Mengibar Bueno
 1964-1972: Víctor Giménez Mayorquin
 1974-1976: Jorge Naya Vidal
 1976-1981: Ing. Francisco Mengibar Bueno
 1981-1987: Javier Gómez Arias
 1987-1996: Dr. Miguel Ángel Castellanos Tostado
 1996-1999: Raúl "Cora" Isiordia
 2000-2004: Grupo Empresarial Alica ( Antonio Echeverría Domínguez)
 2004-2009: Álvaro Estrada Sánchez
 2011-2012: José Escobedo Corro
 2012-2014: Sr. Juan Casillas Flores
 2014-2017: José Luis Higuera Barberi
 2017-2018: Juan Serna-Durán
 2018-2020: Jorge Aníbal Montenegro Ibarra
 2021-: Cristhian Iván Rivera Ramírez

Palmarés

Torneos oficiales

Torneos nacionales amistosos
 Subcampeón de la Copa Jorge Romo Fuentes (1): 2013.

Temporadas

Franquicia Cuervos Ensenada

Franquicia Acatlán F.C.

Franquicia Coras F.C.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
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Equipos de fútbol de la Segunda división mexicana
Deporte en el estado de Nayarit
Tepic
Equipos de fútbol fundados en 1959
Equipos de fútbol del estado de Nayarit

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The Ups and Downs in Life Course
The name of this course, "Ups and Downs in Life," refers to the recognizable characteristic of those in recovery who do well for a time and then relapse, recover and then relapse, etc. This course is designed to reduce the "downs" and facilitate stable upward recovery.
In this course the student learns that there are a small number of antisocial individuals actively devoted to destructive activities. Through association with such people, an individual's self determinism becomes suppressed and he begins to fail in life. He may begin to identify with these negative or anti-social people, who themselves have often adopted a drug addict or criminal life style.
The addict can then become aggressive and alienated, adopting negative attitudes toward family and friends formerly close to him who accept conventional values. Once the addict sobers up, a process of re-socialization begins.
This course is designed to encourage this process. The student is helped to identify the "social" characteristics of those who support sobriety and success in contrast to the characteristics of anti-social people. Through the exercises in this course, the student is helped to learn how to develop positive relationships with people and how to recognize and cope with those who have drug-oriented, criminal and destructive inclinations.
This ability to distinguish between who is and is not a real friend is tremendously important for when the graduated student returns to his home or work environment. Abilities gained on this course are a key life skill to reduce relapse to drugs and crime after program completion.1
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Q: Is this usage of exec() safe when using escapeshellarg()? I have this code :
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This code is used to check how many space the user use in his directory. The $user value can be any alphanumeric value and ".-"
Is it safe to use it ?

A: escapeshellarg ensures that the value is interpreted as a single, plain shell argument without further shell expansion (e. g., no `…`, $(…), ${…}, etc.). That means that any value in $path is passed as is as a single argument to du.
However, as already mentioned, it does not prevent from passing arguments that may be  malicious when interpreted by the executable.

A: This is safe in the sense that it won't run arbitrary commands, but depending on how $user gets set, .. could sneak in there, which would let whoever is looking at this to see the size of the / directory, which may or may not be of concern to you.

A: Safe if only your exec does not rely on any $user related commands.
For example, $user . "/du -s " is absolutely unsafe.

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In recognition of Charles Darwin's remarkable discoveries, we thought we'd reflect on how genomics research has progressed since his work formulating the modern theory of natural selection.
Some of his strongest evidence is derived from observations of finches in the Galápagos Islands and their varying beak shape and strength matching the types of seeds and nuts available to them in their respective habitats.
Subsequent research has identified the genetic basis of that range of beak forms, and furthermore, there are some fascinating aspects of avian evolution that have been discovered. Let's have a look at what a contemporary biologist might say to Charles Darwin about this – if they had five minutes to do so.
Birds have been around for a long, long time, and there are roughly around 10,000 avian species today. We're pretty certain that many dinosaurs were feathered, and that birds represent the descendants of certain dinosaurs.
That may come as a surprise if, like me, you grew up with pictures of reptiles (like alligators and monitor lizards) harking back to Jurassic forms. But egg laying in birds is a clue to their ancestral legacy.
Modern genomic sequencing has only recently reached the point where it's affordable and feasible to answer questions like: "exactly how have Darwin's Galápagos finch beaks diversified?" That sort of research requires multiple birds to be sequenced for a comparative study, with appropriate statistics to sift the correct results out of the background genetic complexity.
A reasonably detailed answer to that question was published in Nature in early 2015, with one particular gene identified as likely to be the biggest causative factor – ALX1.
This is an over-simplistic answer; many genetic loci were associated with the difference between blunt and sharp finch beaks, but there's strong evidence that ALX1 is the prime causal candidate.
There are at least two variants known in finches, one ancestral and one 'new', which segregate such that the vast majority of finches with blunt beaks are homozygous for the 'new' allele.
Also, humans lacking the equivalent ALX1 have disrupted craniofacial development – this is a transcription factor affecting developmental tissue patterns through many genes.
The same study shows that there has been a significant amount of admixture between the island populations – so the variation/speciation has occurred in spite of this lack of breeding barriers, over the last million years or so, which is very recent on an evolutionary timescale.
Similar rapid radiation of traits under natural selection is also evident in the Tanager family, a very large and heterogeneous family of birds – though these only split from the avian phylogenetic 'tree trunk' around 14 million years ago.
A small change in DNA sequence can cause profound functional effects if the change occurs at the top of a cascade of gene control. Redpolls show a good example of this – a mere handful of species are widely spread around the whole Northern hemisphere, showing a wide range of characteristics belying their breeding compatibility.
So the control of genes, rather than changes in those gene sequences per se, allow rapid evolution without necessarily isolating the subpopulations or relying on new speciation. Epigenetics probably accounts for much of this flexibility – chromatin structure of the DNA changing rather than DNA sequence itself.
These insights into avian evolution have come on the back of an enormous international effort to sequence and compare 48 species, yielding a treasure trove of papers in 2014.
The sequence evidence has re-drawn the family tree (phylogeny) of birds by a surprising degree, showing some errors in the morphology-based classification.
Particularly where convergent evolution has led to physical similarities between bird families that are not particularly closely related, e.g. Penguins and puffins. Notably, falcons are more closely related to parrots than to hawks!
This research is vital too for conservation efforts. Some species of finch are critically endangered and are at risk of going extinct in the near future.
Best evidence for natural selection?
I think Darwin would be delighted to learn that there are such strong, parallel demonstrations of physical traits sculpted to fit an ecological niche. What better evidence of natural selection?
It might be difficult to conceive how a complex trait or morphology could evolve in a series of small steps, with doubtful selective advantage at an early stage, but evidence that it has occurred more than once goes a long way to answer those doubts.
Another great example of convergent evolution shows up in the mechanisms that gave rise to birdsong.
Vocal learning evolved at least twice in birds, and there are striking similarities between parrots, songbirds, hummingbirds and humans in this regard – our brain tissues show altered expression of a group of just over fifty genes, compared to non-vocal learning birds and primates.
This gene set might have remained a lot more obscure without the avian genomics research.
Hummingbirds, by the way, are not very closely related to parrots or songbirds – their ancestors split from the common avian lineage before the Cretaceous Period, almost 80MYA. Parrots' ancestors split about five million years later, after the ancestors of flamingos, doves, gulls, and birds of prey.
Finally, some further noteworthy details about hummingbirds – they have really small genomes – even in the context of avian genomes being small amongst tetrapods.
This genomic size constraint, along with small red blood cell size, large heart and lung volumes, mitochondrial prowess, and uniquely efficient fructose metabolism appears to be linked to hummingbirds' high rate of metabolism (highest of all vertebrates). But perhaps not; there are four exceptional yet unrelated hummingbird species in humid, evergreen rainforest habitats showing significant genomic expansion (more than ten per cent above average for the group).
I'm sure that Darwin would be fascinated by these details and the questions raised by them, and really humbled by the weight of evidence confirming his work.
It may be that genomics is soon to reveal further major surprises about birds – we are only just uncovering some of the gene regulation networks that are likely to be so important in such an ancient family tree.


On the 4th of June, in celebration of the birth anniversary of Her Majesty the Druk Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck, the students and teachers of The Royal Academy organized a very special program. The joyous occasion started off with a lunch taken in traditional Bhutanese fashion, making use of tora (white cloth piece for taking rice) and phob (wooden cup for various curries).
After everyone had finished relishing the delicious fare, there was a lot of excitement for the post-lunch program amongst the students as they rushed to get their costumes and props. The program consisted of 10 acts performed by the students, including dances that they choreographed themselves, poems and songs they wrote, and Dzongkha and English speeches to mark the very auspicious occasion on the birth of our beloved Gyaltsuen.
The program culminated with a student vs. teacher football match, which saw the two teams come away in a 3-3 draw after an extremely ambitious effort on the part of both teams.
We, at The Royal Academy, join the nation in wishing Her Majesty a very Happy Birthday!


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Plans Underway To Start 2021 WTA Season Outside Australia
The first details of what the new tennis season will look like has been released.
The governing body of women's tennis has confirmed that a series of events will take place during the first week of January but none of them will be held in Australia.
WTA chief Steve Simon says plans are underway to hold a series of tournaments during the week commencing January 4th at venues that are yet to be publicly confirmed. The development comes as the Australian Open is set to be delayed from January 18th to February 8th due to their quarantine rules which required players to isolate for 14 days upon arrival.
Whilst Tennis Australia are still yet to outline their requirements for the first Grand Slam of next year, it is believed that players will be allowed to arrive from January 15th to start their quarantine. They are set to be kept in a 'biosecure bubble' but will be allowed to leave their hotel room for up to five hours a day. Players will also be allowed to train but not play any professional matches.
"The Australian Open, we're expecting it to happen," Simon told Reuters during a telephone interview.
"Obviously the Australian Open will come with a quarantine period to enter Australia so it does create challenges around the month of January.
"We're looking right now at hopefully close to finalising in the next week or so the ability to stage some events in the week of Jan. 4 to start the year."
It is not uncommon for tennis Tour's to start a season outside of Australia with New Zealand and China previously hosting such events. However, the ASB Classic in Auckland has already been cancelled due to the pandemic. Furthermore, China has strict measures for international arrivals but has recently started hosting international sporting events again.
Reuters has quoted Simon saying that the WTA is working with both players and Tennis Australia to finalise their plans. Although he made no specific mention of a date where an announcement will be released regarding the 2021 calendar.
"I think we're again getting to a good place and we'll be able to start the year and then transition into Australia and then have a great year," he said.
As for men's tennis, the ATP is yet to disclose their plans for the new season. Doha does usually hold an event during the first week of the year.
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Empowering Women Leaders for Violence Prevention: Parity Lab's partnership with Leadership That Works - India
1 in 3 women worldwide face violence in their lifetimes.
Communities across nations tackle the harsh reality of this appalling statistic, with the help of bold, entrepreneurial leaders working to prevent and address gender-based violence. However, their ability to sustain and scale up their innovations is limited by a lack of financial, cultural, and social capital. In the face of these obstacles, leadership becomes a tight-rope walk. Making balanced decisions that consider personal values, future goals, and current circumstances seems inconceivable.
For our founder, Mathangi Swaminathan, coaching became a tool to become a better leader, capable of facing these challenges to achieve social change.
"I experienced coaching for the first time in 2017. For the first time ever, I had a safe space to talk, a professional who listened to me with no judgment and with compassion and curiosity. That led to a powerful journey of discovering my own voice, and to a life of listening to my soul. Being authentic and integrated with your mind, body and soul, is a sign of resistance in an oppressive world."
With this in mind, we have now partnered with Leadership That Works-India (LTW-India) to launch Project Inner Voice - an innovative and transformational coaching program for core team members of our partner grassroots organizations. All our partner organizations are Dalit or Adivasi (Indigenous) women-led organizations based in rural India. A team of three coaches, Jagruti Gala, Shipra Gupta and Sanjyot Pethe will be working with our partner organizations over the next six months.
Jagruti Gala, Coach and Lead-Mentoring|Faculty at LTW-India, finds coaching to be a key methodology to support our changemakers in their quest for communities free from violence against women and girls.
"Due to its start and widespread use in the corporate sector, coaching has, in the past, been viewed as an instrument solely for the elite, but this view is changing. Every human being can benefit from coaching."
According to Jagruti, a coach helps a leader become more aware of themselves and their visions for the future, and if their actions are in alignment with these elements.
"Do we have a thread that ties our life's moments together?"
While our women leaders are already immersed in their values through their work, by cultivating this self-awareness and curiosity, coaching helps them foster deeper connections between themselves, their communities, and their campaigns for change. This enables compassion, not only for others but also for themselves, along with more creativity, which is necessary to make value-aligned decisions in resource-constrained settings.
Unique to LTW-India's approach to coaching is their use of an equity lens, which helps dissect how several intersections of oppression, such as the ones faced by our women leaders, can impact a human being and the choices they make. Through this lens, a coach helps us become more aware of our patterns of thought, biases, and prejudices, shaped by these structural forces, granting access to more agency in a world that can be cruelly restrictive, particularly to women from oppressed classes and castes.
As Mathangi affirms,
"When I started Parity Lab, there was no doubt in my mind that we needed healing and trauma-centered coaching to be an integral part of our work with grassroots leaders. So excited about Parity Lab's partnership with Leadership That Works to support our incredibly courageous women fighting against gender-based and caste-based violence on-ground everyday."
We hope this partnership will help our women leaders gain access to tools that are often only available to certain sectors and sections of society. As the coaching progresses, we will check in with them to understand their views and experiences with the program. Best of luck to all!
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