Disney Acquisition of 20th Century Fox

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Over the past few years, Disney has expanded its family to include the likes of Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars. Now, Mickey Mouse is welcoming a few new members, including The Simpsons, Deadpool, Avatar, and the Fantastic Four. In one of the biggest mergers in history, Disney and 21st Century Fox are finally becoming one, reports Variety. The Disney Fox merger is a game-changer, guys.

Variety reports there will be 4,000 layoffs.

Saint Patrick's Day: March 17th Until 2060

Saint Patrick's Day, celebrated on March 17^th, in the dioceses of Ireland it is a solemn and holy day of obligation and is officially called Saint Patrick's Feast Day. The original color associated with Saint Patrick was blue, but over time the color association changed to green and green ribbons and shamrocks were worn in celebration of the day was early as the 17^th century. The phrase “the wearing of the green”, which means wearing a green shamrock on clothing comes from a song of the same name.

Saint Patrick is a national day in Ireland, but Irish in Europe have been celebrating it since the 9^th century; and later became known as the patron of Ireland. The Feast Day was officially listed in the liturgical calender in the Catholic Church, influenced by Luke Wadding, a Franciscan scholar in the early 17^th century. A solemn ceremony in the Roman Catholic Church, it is a great feast day in the Church of Ireland. 

It is Not the Firearms - It is What the People Have Become

Easter - Evergreen Street

I was between six and eight years of age, living on a street called "Evergreen" about two blocks from Humboldt Park. A neighbor kid, older than me, decided to play "Indian" with his new toy bow and arrow. The wooden arrow had a rubber suction-cup at the end. Problem was he had previously removed the rubber cup at the end and sharpened the end of the wooden arrow's shaft with a pocket knife. By sharpening the end it changed the diameter of the wood which made the rubber cup fit too loosely. As I approached he drew back the bow and let loose the arrow aiming for my chest. It was a weird moment because it seemed that time had suddenly slowed. I saw the arrow flying through the air which was faster than what I was seeing with my eyes and my brain conceiving it, and in midair the rubber cup fell off and the sharpened wood arrow struck me in the chest just below the collar bone. And there, much to my shock and I guess the kid's, an arrow is sticking into my chest and the weight of it (because it did not go deeply) it hung there. After removing it, and I don't remember the details whether I went up to our apartment to announce that I had been shot by an arrow and how it happened - my father came storming down to the sidewalk and by that time the kid had run home realizing the stupid thing he did, standing with his father. My father said some angry words, pointing to the superficial wound on my chest, yelling something to the effect how stupid his kid was, grabbed the bow from the shocked kid's hands and broke it into pieces. It was the end of that drama. I never held a grudge against the kid, but it seemed not long after the family wasn't there anymore.

Phenomenology of [World] Religion Now Condensed Edition

My three-volume book series is now offered in a condensed one-volume edition. Readers save $10 by ordering the condensed version at Amazon.

In the past, attempts have been made to discover an essential ingredient in all religions by contrasting the sacred and the profane, and the cultural and historical relationship to the development of humans on this world. These historical and theological studies have been difficult to pursue because of the wide variety of religions and cultures of human kind across the planet. For example, worship is typical of all religions, but it is not essential and neither is it easily categorized, and therefore it cannot be cross examined.This is a condensed version combining three volumes into one book with updates and corrections.