508 is a show about Worcester. This week, we talk with City Council candidate Michael Gaffney.
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Month: August 2013
508 #225: Sarai Rivera
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Thu Nguyen, Callista Perry, and District 4 City Councilor Sarai Rivera. We talk about life on the City Council, economic development, youth services, and growing up in Worcester.
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508 #224: The Adventurer in Armor
508 is a show about Worcester. This week: a reading of “The Adventurer in Armor” from The Cloud Bird (1916) by Margaret C. Getchell.
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Hiroshima Day 2013, Worcester
13 people gathered in Worcester’s Lincoln Square today to repent, as Americans, for the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to call for nuclear disarmament.
The President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Peter Turkson, is in Japan for the “Ten Days for Peace†inititative, which is marked in every diocese of the country to mark the 10th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which took place on the 6th and 9th of August, in 1945. He spoke on Tuesday morning at a meeting of inter-religious leaders.
“According to Catholic belief, God made man for life, for freedom and for happiness. And yet our destiny here on earth, much of the time, seems to consist of suffering, which we are tempted to undergo as chastisement or punishment, as a cruel fate. Such senseless suffering can eventually defeat us.
“In 1981, Blessed John Paul II properly named the suffering brought by war, specifically by the Atom Bomb, as the fruit of human sin and the result of evil at work. Pope Francis made a similar clarification: ‘The possession of atomic power can cause the destruction of humanity. When man becomes proud, he creates a monster that can get out of hand.’
“Individuals and societies are always tempted by the passions of greed and hate; but they do not have to succumb. Instead of excluding those who are deprived, let us meet their needs. Instead of avoiding those who suffer, let us accompany them. Instead of cursing what we ourselves suffer, let us offer it up for others. Instead of hiding from today’s problems, let us together bravely address the social situations and structures that cause injustice and conflict.
“For ‘no amount of “peace-building” will be able to last,’ according to Pope Francis, ‘nor will harmony and happiness be attained in a society that ignores, pushes to the margins or excludes a part of itself.'”
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Red Sox co-owner buys T&G
I have occasionally blogged about the Worcester Telegram & Gazette here, so it’s worth mentioning that the T&G, along with the Globe and other properties, was recently sold to John Henry.
Cutting loose the Boston Globe may be a lifeline for the New York Times:
The Times bought the Boston Globe in 1993 for $1.1bn. It acquired the Telegram in 1999 for another $300m, and its interest in Metro Boston after that. In 20 years, in a story of upheaval, shortsightedness – even by 1993, you could have guessed buying a newspaper for top dollar might not be the greatest bet – and helplessness, the newspaper industry has gone from its peak to its bottom.
On Friday, the Times announced it was selling the lot for $70m. And that does not include the combined pension liabilities.
I haven’t seen anyone even try to guess how much the T&G by itself should be worth. More on those pension liabilities:
Mr. Henry paid $70 million, but The Boston Globe has approximately $110 million in pension obligations, which The New York Times Company is keeping on its books.