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|Eco-Justice Ministries
The E-mail Commentary from Eco-Justice Ministries
Renew Your Church
Facing up to the global eco-justice crisis is good for the church.
For my musings today, I ask that we setting aside any consideration of the practical difference churches can make in addressing important matters of social injustice and ecological disruption. They are many of those, I often write about them, and I hope that they are compelling to church leaders. But action in the world for global healing is not the only reason the church needs to be engaged with ecological health and social justice.
It also is prudent, on occasion, to think internally, and to evaluate the ways in which our witness and action come back to impact our churches, both spiritually and institutionally. There are numerous ways that our engagement with the distressing state of the world can refresh and empower our churches.
The church situation is quite comparable to the statement that is often made about the range of actions to address climate change. Even if the world were not overheating from human impacts, the things that are named as strategies to minimize climate damage would still be good. Cutting way back on the use of fossil fuels would clean the air and water, decrease the destruction of habitats from mining and drilling, strengthen local economies, and reduce the absurd flow of money to petroleum producing countries. Even if you're not convinced about climate change, it is still good to act as if it were happening.
So, too, when churches -- local congregations, denominations and seminaries -- deal with matters such as climate change, environmental justice and water issues, the church will be stronger. Even if you -- or your pastor, or your bishop -- are not committed to caring for creation, your love of the church should lead you to act boldly on these matters.
Here are three ways that attention to eco-justice is good for the church.
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Renew Your Church is a wonderful hymn that is often sung at ordinations and church anniversaries. The opening couple of lines say:
Renew your church, its ministries restore: both to serve and adore.The following verses pray for specific ways that the church can be refreshed: teach us your word, teach us to pray, teach us to love.
In this time of great crisis, that renewal of faith and action can happen when the church engages the challenges around us. Not only can the church make a real difference in the world through our witness and work, the church itself will be stronger, more faithful and more relevant when we take on the challenges of ecology and justice.
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Let's be actual. My college students were having a tricky time understanding Creator's Objective I made a decision I needed a fingers-on manner that my college students could sort persuade, inform and entertain. All students will continue to build on earlier inexperienced screen information and add in app smashing parts with apps like Tellagami , Chatterpix and extra. Being again at the elementary degree is a joy and is permitting me to discover new avenues of instructing and studying that simply didn't exist my first time working in an elementary faculty library. As a part of iFactory's work, focus groups surveys will assist gather enter about what is working properly and what needs still exist. By this process we are going to hear from all of our stakeholders, including college students, dad and mom, academics, and administrators. The enter from these groups, along with iFactory's experience, will provide us with a framework to redesign our digital communications with a focus on meeting the wants of our all of our users.
To teach my lesson about truth vs. opinion, I first instruct my college students, who are working in teams, to highlight all phrases which can be factual. Second, I inform them to go back to their highlighted textual content and choose a different color to determine info which are extra specific, information that contain a statistical information, or precise information like names or dates. Then, every group copies and pastes this info right into a table in a Google doc that's shared with the class. This table has two columns: General Information and Particular Details. Next, every team is assigned to evaluate the answers of one other group. They must decide in the event that they consider the other workforce has correctly sorted the data underneath the suitable column. During this course of, some groups will discover that one other workforce has incorrectly recognized a phrase or sentence as factual when it's really an opinion. After sharing their feedback with each other, arguing over the answer, and defending their responses, every team walks away better in a position to inform the difference between truth and opinion.
Sure, I will change your blogspot url from to and I will also create a personalized email handle (domain e mail handle) for you e.g admin@. Many college students use engines like google to lookup info, and they typically click on the first hyperlink on the high of the web page. Very not often do they stop and look at the URL earlier than launching the website. They normally assume that if the information exists, then it must be true. Every of my students has his or her personal blog in my class , and I use this for example of how straightforward it's for anybody to publish their content on the Internet. I practice my students to question the reliability of the publisher first earlier than using the knowledge from a website. The Supply Chain Finance Community (SCFC) has launched the 4th edition of the International Pupil Problem , its worldwide competition to find the very best groups of supply chain finance college students.
Learners will be blissful and stupid. One can express satisfaction with a studying expertise yet still have did not learn. For example, you'll have loved the experience simply because the coach informed good jokes and saved them amused. Conversely, learning can happen and job performance enhance, regardless that the participants thought the training was a waste of time. Learners often learn beneath duress, via failure or via experiences which, though tough at the time, prove to be useful later. Brain+Belief Partners would not believe in gobbledygook — we use frequent sense strategic steerage that can assist you master the evolving market. From strategy development to expertise and data vendor choice, to digital transformation and streamlining processes, our focus is on the client experience. And our a long time of experience working for major brands means that we deeply understand the challenges you are going through. Let us know if we can assist you.
The CEO's job is to focus on the big image, the large shifting parts and the way forward for the corporate and product. You've got heard the phrase "Hire to your weaknesses", however the CEO usually would not accept that a scarcity of time is his or her weak point. Or usually feels that for the reason that thought was theirs, nobody else will understand it. Constructing a software program product and worrying concerning the particulars takes time, and plenty of it. It is not accepted at this time to ship one thing the place the main points aren't thought out, a single bump in the consumer experience can cause 1,000s of users to leap to your nearest competitor. Moreover, that bump is what they remember about your product, it will take a variety of work to convince them to come back back as they consider your product as unpolished.

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I have printed Angel skater from the Angelberry Christmas CD onto paper from the same CD and coloured her with markers (Coloured images are also available on the CD, but I had to use the black and white one and colour myself for this DT card). Printed the Merry Christmas ticket from the same CD, cut out and layered on top. Added stars and red rhinestones. Layered all onto blue card.
You can also buy this image separately as a digi stamp
I hope you will go over to the Creative Fingers blog and see the lovely cards by the design team and join in the challenge.
I would like to add this card into the following challenges
Christmas card challenges 53 - anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's monthly Christmas card challenge - anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's monthly pattern paper challenge - anything goes covered with pattern paper
Digi Tuesday wk 48 - Christmas


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Lammhults Cinema Sport
design Gunilla Allard, 1999
Largeur 52 x prof. 56 x h75 cm (assise 46 cm)
'Just as it was with Cinema, the motivation here was to explore a question of scale: how neat and dainty can a chair be without encroaching on seating comfort? I was tired of those bombastic items of furniture that dominated the scene and I wanted to achieve a product that played a more unobtrusive role in the room, that barely peeped over the table top. The risk with such low chairs of course is that they nip you in the back but Cinema Sport passes the test, it has a Pirelli belt along the top edge – a broad rubber band. I call this chair the little sister. A little cheekier, a bit more attitude. A convertible.' Gunilla Allard
Structure en tube d'acier chromé ou laqué.
Base en bois, rembourrée en polyuréthane et revêtue en tissu ou cuir.
Accoudoirs gainé de cuir.
Prix en cuir.


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s a Chinese litigation lawyer, I write this article to talk about the possibility enforce Chinese judgment in the United States. I hope it will help Chinese lawyer to enlarge their vision over the United States judicial rules of recognize and enforcement of foreign judgment. The main message is that different states have different rules. The recognition and enforcement of a Chinese judgment in one state doesn't mean other state will do the same.
An Example of a Chinese Judgment Recognized in U.S.
This case is unique because it is generally believed that United States courts will not enforce Chinese judgments given the lack of a treaty between the two countries on the issue and given that Chinese courts generally do not enforce United States judgments in China, which limits the argument for reciprocity in the United States. Given this decision, California may become a favorable forum for enforcement of Chinese judgments in the United States.
This just a news, Chinese lawyers have to know more United States rules to learn how to recognize and enforce a Chinese judgment in United States. The following is a case:
Hilton v Guyot
Diversity case from the pre-Erie era. Set out 5 requirements:
• Afforded an opportunity for full and fair proceedings.
• Court was a competent jurisdiction over persons and subject.
• Court conducted regular proceedings which afforded due notice of appearance to adversaries.
• Court afforded a system of jurisprudence that was impartial.
• Reciprocity of recognition and enforcement of judgment.


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Metro must start a new search for a new general manager and CEO after all the finalists dropped out, according to Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss.
Richard Sarles retired Jan. 16, the same week an arcing third rail filled a tunnel and train with smoke at L'Enfant Plaza Station, killing one woman and sending dozens of other people to the hospital.
The transit agency has been under intense scrutiny since that Jan. 12 tragedy.
Assistant General Manager for Bus Services Jack Requa is serving as interim GM and CEO.


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The RAVE Survey is a new multinational venture that aims to measure the radial velocities and metallicities of a very large number of stars in the solar neighbourhood.
The RAVE Phase I Survey will use 6dF on the AAO's UK Schmidt telescope to obtain far-red spectra of approximately 100,000 stars with 9°<1<12° by middle of 2005. This will act as a pilot project for the main survey, RAVE Phase II, which aims to measure up to 50 million stars between 2006 and 2010 using the UK Schmidt together with the northern hemisphere counterpart. In order to reach the target observing rate of 22,000 stars per night, both telescopes will need to be equipped with a new 2,250-fibre multi-object spectroscopy system call UKidna.
At present, only the initial stage of RAVE Phase I is funded, but there is every prospect that funding will be secured to complete the pilot programme and allow the consortium to progress to Phase II. Observations for the pilot survey began in April 2003.
RAVE has been designed from the outset with VO-compliance in mind. Part of the function of the pilot survey is to ensure that the methods and protocols for observing, data-reduction and data-handling are appropriate for the high data rates that will prevail during the main survey. It also allows the RAVE consortium to establish data and metadata formats suitable for VO, and significant work on this has already been carried out in conjunction with Aus-VO. It is expected that by the time of the first public release of RAVE data in middle of 2004, the survey will be fully VO-compliant.


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I re-watched The Last Jedi in its entirety again last week for the first time since before putting the The Last Jedi Case for Rey Skywalker together. The case, combined with other insights and events, made for a very different viewing experience.
Like many people, I was stunned and heartbroken by The Last Jedi when it was released. It seemed as though Rian and Lucasfilm had thrown out everything The Force Awakens developed and not simply abandoned the foundation and iconic characters of the saga, but burned it. Yet, at the same time, I felt a strong dissonance between the straightforward interpretation of the plot, the movie's presentation of it and the overall story. My fellow bloggers saw many of the same issues I did and started digging deeper. From these discussions arose a vastly different interpretation of the movie from the ones commonly accepted by other fans.
In the following months, our discussions and insights have evolved markedly and I finally had the time to watch TLJ in one sitting in light of them. My reaction to the movie was markedly different this time and I found the story far deeper, more emotional and compelling. That's not to say I don't think there are significant flaws in the movie. I find Finn's journey to be poorly done and Poe's disagreement with Holdo felt like nothing more than a pissing contest, but the Force/Skywalker storyline was largely rehabilitated. In that vein, here are my observations and thoughts from my re-watch:
- I think Pale's take on the Rey/Kylo/Luke plot is largely correct. Kylo and Luke both know who Rey is and trying to keep that knowledge from her for very different reasons. Although off balance in the first Forcetime session and the first half of the second, Kylo starts using it to his advantage midway through the second and starts working to drive a wedge between Rey and Luke.
- Luke wants Rey to abandon her past and the Jedi and define her own identity. However, by withholding it, he nearly alienates Rey and nearly drives her to the dark side. He unwittingly helps Kylo who is also trying to get her to forsake her identity and past.
- The movie is an exploration of who Kylo is and how he comes to define his own destiny. Kylo wants to be free of all ties and tries to get Rey to give up her own as well as any claim to the Skywalker legacy. What he hadn't counted on was Rey's attachments to Finn and the Resistance.
- Probably the best argument against the interpretation Luke knows Rey is he sounds a little too sincerely curious when he first asks her who she is in the tree. Everything else in the movie works very well with it.
- The removal of the caretaker village scene remains inexplicable to me. I remember when watching the movie for the first time, the third Forcetime sequence was the exact point where the movie's plot fell apart for me and I thought I had missed a major scene. Turns out the movie was missing a key scene and the plot makes far more sense when we you know about it.
- The mirror cave is a tide cave. The movie is structured as though it were a tide reaching ebb and then moving into the flow phase. Rey enters the cave during the ebb phase which is the precise middle of the movie.
- The spearfishing moment is pretty touching when you think of it in the possible context of where Rey's mother came from (see our current series).
- I missed this before, but there's a repeat of the woman's scream in the third flashback during the transition from the flashback to Ahch-To.
- Yoda doesn't immediately recognize what's bothering Luke when he first appears. He starts by berating Luke about being too beholden to ancient Jedi ways, but pauses, chuckles and then completely switches his approach after he mentions Rey.
- I think Leia still knows who Rey is. Watch her expression and reactions when she first sits with Rey near the end.
There's a fair bit to unpack with Kylo and I'd like to explore that at a future date.
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In case you've been cowering under a dry rock for the last month and a half, you already know that catastrophic flooding hit Southern Louisiana in August; the Red Cross called it the worst natural disaster in the U.S. since Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
A recent article in the Louisiana Weekly applauds the efforts of generous donors to help rebuild the area via $11.2 million in donations to GoFundMe campaigns but fails — as often happens with these things — to recognize the possibility of fraud and misuse with anything more than a footnote.
Let's take a look:
You may have heard flooded, south-central Louisiana residents say their plight would get more attention if the storm that struck them in mid-August had been named. That may be true, but more money has been raised on GoFundMe's crowd site for the state's recent flood victims than for people in any natural disaster since the California firm was founded six years ago.
Since mid-August, GoFundMe donors have given over $11.2 million to help Louisiana, exceeding $7.4 million for Nepal's 2015 quake sufferers and $2.5 million for California's 2015 wildfire victims, company spokesman Bartlett Jackson said last week. "In a widespread emergency, the benefit of donating on GoFundMe is you see exactly where your money's going," he said. "Families can get help quickly and directly, and donors can follow their progress and recovery."
Ah yes, Nepal. $7.4 million raised sounds wonderful, until you ask yourself — as any reasonable person should — where all that money went. Apparently, that question is still open.
"Millions of dollars has been raised in the name of earthquake victims. But thousands of people are still homeless and aid is yet to reach the victims," writes Kishor Panthi in HuffPo World this past July. "The questions have been raised about raised amount to help the victims in the quake-hit Nepal. There is no record of millions of dollars, which has been raised in the aftermath of the earthquake. And a large amount of the money is having disappeared into fraud and corruption."
There is no record
And that, my good friends, is exactly the trouble with millions of dollars flowing through GoFundMe campaigns versus legitimate, IRS-registered charities. The Red Cross is accountable to donors and authorities via financial reporting, whereas you may not even know if campaign organizer Debbie Dogood is even who she says he is, much less how she will spend your money.
So what if you gave money to Debbie Dogood via her GoFundMe sob story only to find out Debbie is actually MISS ROSE OBI creating GoFundMe campaigns from a cyber cafe in Lagos between sending millions of spam emails about inheritances in the amount of $500000000US?
The Louisiana Weekly says:
[I]f a participant suspects that donations weren't distributed properly, GoFundMe addresses that complaint and can reimburse the individual.
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry's office issued a press release in August stating that the Louisiana Department of Justice teamed with GoFundMe to add additional fraud protections and that "new communication streams have been established so red flag notifications are immediate." The release also said GoFundMe "will make every effort" to refund anyone who does not get the funds as well as refund owners who believe the funds were not properly distributed.
That's interesting, because that's not an official GoFundMe policy. In fact, it clearly warns you before donating that your money could potentially disappear into the abyss and you'll be SOL.
Obviously, GoFundMe can refund donors if they're offering to do so for anyone ripped off via a fake Louisiana flooding campaign. Why those campaigns and not others?
Well, the answer to that is a no-brainer. Press. With all those tens of millions raised and the state Attorney General's office keeping an eye on campaigns, it would behoove GoFundMe to be on their best behavior.
Imagine, if you will, if every campaign were under the same scrutiny. If ever Attorney General in every state were minding the store. If GoFundMe were so afraid of bad press, they kept a closer eye on the crap happening on their platform day in and day out. What a wonderful world it would be.
[Ed. note: GoFundMe announced a refund policy change moments before this article went to press. That change will be discussed shortly, but we have kept our statements as is, as they were in effect at time of writing on October 4, 2016]


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Alpha Art in Stockbridge first opened as a coffee shop with a small back room gallery, but the exhibitions of well selected contemporary art soon became a great success.
The sofas, cappuccinos and cakes have now gone to create a spacious arts and crafts Boutique with a regularly changing display of paintings, prints, jewellery and sculpture.
The 2013 Edinburgh Festival exhibition, Double Vision, has just opened, combining an eclectic range of exciting new talent, a celebration of Edinburgh-inspired artwork and well established names.
Many regular Alpha Artists are here, such as the series of Scottish icons by Stephen O'Neill – Forth Road Bridge, Tunnocks Tea cakes, Irn Bru - designed as smart red digital prints.
A few blossoming trees by Jack Frame and John Bellany's portraits and drawings of fishing port life are also on show. Seascapes are always popular – tranquil beach scenes around Scotland from Iona to the Bass Rock, North Berwick.
Almost taking centre stage around the gallery, perched on cabinets and display tables, are eleven small Scottie Dogs hand crafted by Gosia Bruchlikowska. Made out of approximately 7,000 individually hand-rolled pieces of newspaper – the quality press of course - The Scotsman, Guardian, The Times, as well as colour supplements, Yellow Pages and the Fringe brochure 2013.
The dog's body is made out of a papier mache frame and like a cute wee puppy, they measure around 12 by 14 inches. Each has a unique character, with heads, ears and tails turned in a different direction.
Named after Scottish islands, such as Flotta and Yell, each has a story about the place name. Gosia's clever, witty Scottie dog artwork has already brought in many commissions, including one for a Highland cow!.
In the back room, the end wall is taken up by a large bright, bold cityscape of Trafalgar Square by Rhona Fairgrieve, who has just graduated with a first class degree in Visual Arts from Leeds University.
The scene focuses on the impact of urban life - traffic, people, shops, music around our city streets. Rhona suffers from tinnitus, and, as she describes the experience, she finds silence in the city because the street noise cancels out the constant repetition of ringing she hears. This painting, with its crowd of people and a visual sense of fireworks, light and sound, is reminiscent of Lowry's matchstick men in their city landscape.
In contrast is the work of Michael Dix, whose artistic subject is the study of insects. Thankfully for me no spiders or moths here, but the honey bees, ladybirds and butterflies of summer. Dix is interested in the idea of Scale, and in these acrylic paintings he observes the magnified transparent wings and yellow and black hairs of the bees in minute detail.
Browse around the gallery to find sculptured mini-figures by John McPhail, fine vintage-styled jewellery by Louise Pringle, and decorative pewter spoons and tableware by Glover and Smith.
The Double Vision exhibition runs to 31st August, 2013.
Alpha Art 52 Hamilton Place, EH3 5AX t. 0131 226 3066


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Cehegin – Casa Manuel Arcos. Was 159,995€ Now available at 119,995€ – Business opportunity, town centre bed & breakfast with a pool. Walking distance to all shops, bars and restaurants. Good tourist location in the historic town of Cehegin
Listing Price: €119,995
Location: Cehegin
Province: Murcia
Build Size m2:
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 4
Swimming Pool: 3 x 3m
Additional Features: Extensively restored and keeping many original features
Large 5 bedroom townhouse located in the historic quarter of Cehegin. The property has several terraces offering stunning views of the valley through to Caravaca de la Cruz. The property benefits from oil fired central heating and a plunge pool on one of the terraces. The property is accessed via a private courtyard from the street and close to the main tourist area with parking.
Property Details:
Main living space
Ground Floor
Kitchen/Breakfast Room (2.83 x 7.09 m) fitted with a range of base and wall units, electric oven, gas hob, extractor, fridge/freezer and dishwasher. Large space for breakfast table and chairs.
Dining Room (6.06 x 2.69 m) large formal/guest dining room
Cloakroom – comprising WC and hand basin.
Study (2.37 x 1.62m) Ample space for desk, computer and office storage
Lounge (5.69 x 5.12m) Light and airy room fitted with nut burner with double doors leading to terrace.
First Floor
Master Suite – Bedroom (5.13 x 2.72m) a lovely double room with double doors and Juliet balcony offering stunning views through to Caravaca de la Cruz
En-Suite comprising, shower, WC and wash hand basin
From the ground floor, another separate stairway provides access to guest/family accommodation:-
Bedroom 2 (3.53 x 3.19m) Bright double room, although not en-suite, it does have exclusive use of the bathroom accessed via a few steps, comprising a shower, WC and hand basin. The washing machine is plumbed into this bathroom and has access to an upstairs terrace ideal for drying the laundry.
Bedroom 3 (4.59 x 2.48m) large double room with en-suite comprising shower, WC and hand basin.
Bedroom 4 – family room comprising a large double room (4.81 x 3.07m), separate single room (4.06 x 2.23m) with a sofa bed, sleeping up to 5 in total. En-suite comprises shower, WC and hand basin.
There are several terraces offering substantial outside space.
The terrace from the lounge is partly covered and is fitted with pull down all weather screens to totally enclose an area during the winter months. There are a summer kitchen and a large area shaded by a 'sail'.
Steps lead down to a further sun terrace and the 3 x 3m plunge pool.
There is separate access to a substantial storage area which runs under the length of the house.
Mains sewage, electricity and water
Satellite TV and internet available
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"Josh" – A young adult with ADHD believes he can't handle college-level academics
Situation: Josh is a twenty-year-old who graduated two years ago, and struggled throughout high school. He was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of ten, but never received any special education services or accommodations in school.
As a result of his academic challenges, Josh is hesitant to consider college. Instead, he works part-time and lives at home with his parents. Unfortunately, many of Josh's friends went off to college and his job offers him no real satisfaction. He has become depressed and his parents worry that he is not developing into a mature self-sufficient adult. Both Josh and his parents recognize his many talents – for instance, he's quite mechanical and a computer "whiz" – but they are concerned that he can't complete college successfully.
Key Factors:
- Josh is a young adult with ADHD living with his parents.
- He went to work after high school because neither he nor his parents believed he could handle college academics.
- Josh is unsatisfied with his work and is becoming depressed.
So what's the problem? What is Josh's potential? Is college a realistic option? If so, what would he need to make the experience successful? If college isn't the best option, what is a good alternate path?
Resolution: KSA performed a comprehensive and up-to-date psycho-educational evaluation to help Josh identify his strengths and areas where he would need help in a college program. As recommended by KSA, Josh consulted with a medical doctor and began regime of medication to address the ADHD. KSA advised Josh to enroll in a community college, which offered strong resource support and a gradual reintroduction to an academic environment.
After two productive years at the community college, during which Josh learned to access the Student Support Center and use tools such as voice-activated software and computer-assisted reading, he transferred to a four-year program and is pursuing a bachelor's degree.
KSA helped Josh by:
- Counseling Josh and his parents that he still had time to pursue college or some post-secondary training program if he wanted to.
- Helping Josh locate a community college program that could address his needs.
- Coaching Josh through his transfer to a four-year bachelor's degree program.


text: Become your child's hero when you turn a cardbox box, some old CDs and a few odds and ends into this awesome play stove! Here's how to do it, courtesy of Parents magazine via Craigslist Dad: Materials: - 12x12x22-inch box (approximately) - X-Acto knife, cutting mat, thick rope - 3 brads - 3 Play-Doh lids - 3 plastic caps - 4 CDs - 20×12-inch piece of cardboard, scissors - 3 adhesive-backed kitchen hooks - Hot glue gun - You can find pretty cheap play utensils at IKEA or any toy store, or even make those out of cardboard, too! The point is to have fun with it - so if you're missing any of this stuff, just improvise with what you have lying around! Let your child help out with some recycling suggestions. How To: - Position flat box so flaps will be at right and left sides. - Use an X-Acto knife and cutting mat to cut an oven door, as shown. - Cut two 1-inch holes, about 6 inches apart, on oven door for handle; thread a thick rope through and knot in back to secure. - Push a brad through the center of each plastic Play-Doh lid and use to secure to the front of the stove for controls above the oven door. - Hot-glue a plastic cap over each brad. - Assemble box and hot-glue flaps shut. - Glue the four CDs to the top of the box for burners. - Bend the right and left 4 inches of the 20×12-inch cardboard piece at right angles to create a backsplash about 12×12 inches. - Trim bent side sections into triangular shapes, keeping the full width at the base. - Round off the top of the middle section with scissors and hot-glue to back of stove, as shown. - Adhere plastic kitchen hooks to backsplash to hold play utensils.


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About Us
This is a joint report written by Ian Bray (Scottish Natural Heritage), Georgie Brown (Galbraith), Estelle Gill (Scottish Natural Heritage), Michelle Henley (Scottish Wildlife Trust), Andrew James (Historic Environment Scotland), Gwen Raes (The Woodland Trust), Adam Samson (Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park).
About the programme
We participated in the NET Managing our Natural and Cultural Heritage Assets Programme in Finland in September 2017. The programme was delivered by Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK). The course was developed by ARCH and funded through the Erasmus+ programme.
Our thanks
We would like to thank Libby Urquhart for providing us and arranging this valuable learning opportunity. We would also like to thank our wonderful guides Inna Salminen and Jutta Salonen for everything they did in arranging and delivering the programme, activities, transport, food (including picking us some delicious wild mushrooms), interesting speakers, and for sharing their knowledge and enjoyable company.
We would also like to thank Manne Viljamaa for sharing his great knowledge, enthusiasm, passion and beautiful photographs with us. And for taking us out on an early morning walk where we were delighted to get a rare close-up view of a juvenile golden eagle.
We also extend our thanks to Tampere University of Applied Science, Tiina Kakkarainen from Metsähallitus the Finnish Forest and National Park Service, Ilmari Häkkinen from Evo Forestry School, Jani Körhämö, Game Manager from Finland's Game centre, Kangasala, and all the helpful and friendly Finns that were happy to share their expertise with us.


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Main Features:
8.4" colorized LCD large Screen
Long life-span recorder with array of
high heat, print immediately or After storing
The world's advanced DSP technology
Double event marks
Three-in-one probe, reduce the line winding.
Code-operation, easy and convenient
A variety of alarming functions
Automatic fetal movements function
12 Hours Data & Waveform Storge and review
Twins monitoring Function Option.
Built in PC Network can be connected to the
central monitoring system. (Optional)
Technical Parameters
Product Name
Portable Fetal Monitor
Fetal Heart Ratill
Probe: 9 wafer, wide wave beam,Pulse working mode
high sensitivity
Ultrasound Intensity: <5mW/cm2
Recorder: Thermal Printer
Recorder Paper: Z-fold, thermal paper
Printing width: 112 m.m.
Working Frequency: 1.0--3.0(optional)
Measurement Scope: 30--240bpm
Largest Power of Voice Output: 1.5w
Toco Rang
0-100 (relative unit)
FHR, TOCO, FM, Mark, Time, Freeze, Replay
Power Consumption
320 (Length) x 260(width) x 80 (height) mm
Net Weight
3.2 kg
Working Temperature
10-40 C, Relative Humidity 10-80%
KORRIDA MEDICAL SYSTEMS All Rights Reserved.(Terms of Use)
Developed and Managed by Infocom Network Private Limited.


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As most know the eastern states were hit by a powerful storm last week that downed trees and powerlines, leaving millions without electricity and air conditioning during a severe heat wave. The epic storm was called a "100 year" storm, and we weren't excluded from the damage from it. We lost many trees, were without power and had to run a generator to preserve refrigerated food.
Well, after a couple of days I was surprised when the power suddenly came back on and life began anew in a way not Amish. I was comfortably seated in the air conditioned luxury we've come to enjoy, we Americans, and making the most of a good old-time movie on TCM. Then came a knock on the door and I rousted myself up to see who was a'knocking. It was the nice young fella from next door come to offer his time, energy, trailer and chain saw to clear my yard of the fallen-down trees and limbs that littered the brown and lightly toasted grass of summer.
I explained to him that I couldn't afford his time, but he insisted it was his duty to help out neighbors that had welcomed him to our small community. "No, I wouldn't feel right about it," I demured. But he was persistant and I finally caved into his kindness.
Now, I know some are critical of younger generations as being lazy and selfish, but this lad dug into my mess with great gusto. He was a'sweatin' and a'sawin' something fierce like, and lifting heavy logs up onto his trailer. He was like a whirlwind with a buzzsaw in that terrible midday heat.
After a couple of hours I began to feel very guilty about not being out there helping him at least load the logs or hold a stick to be cut. Much as I tried to ignore his labor and enjoy my movies, it just got to me that I was in the cool comfort inside whilst he labored in the sweltering heat.
Once, when I glanced out the window, I saw him stumble and fall, and I felt certain he'd been overcome by heat stroke. But no, he popped right back up and started to saw some more. "Well, that does it," I said to myself, "I can't stand watching that lad work so hard while I sit here in comfort."
So I went upstairs, changed into some jeans and a lightweight shirt, and headed back down the stairs. After I waved to my helpful neighbor, I pulled my car out of the way of his trailer, and headed on down to the closest Walmart. Not only did I feel better about not having to watch him work in all that heat, I also picked up some pretty darn good sale items from Sam's place. And it was cool in there, too. But, dang it, I shoulda offered that boy a drink of water when I left.
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Chitkara International School receives NABET School Accreditation Certificate from Quality Council of India
Chitkara International School, Chandigarh has received National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET) School Accreditation Certificate from the Quality Council of India (QCI) at the 12th Quality Council Conclave held
Chandigarh: Chitkara International School, Chandigarh has received National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET) School Accreditation Certificate from the Quality Council of India (QCI) at the 12th Quality Council Conclave held in Delhi on 21st September 2017. Quality Council of India is a Government of India body that assures quality standards across all spheres of economic, social and educational activities.
Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Chairperson, Chitkara International School and Dr. Niyati Chitkara, Principal, Chitkara International School received the Accreditation Certificate from Baijayant 'Jay' Panda, Member of Parliament and Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog in the presence of more than 800 delegates including key policy and decision makers, national and international experts, industry leaders, managers from Public and private sectors, educational institutions, Govt. departments, scientific and professional institutions, NGO's, academicians and all other stakeholders.
QCI's evaluation process includes a methodical assessment of all processes like educational and support processes, Academic curriculum, Examination & assessments, infrastructure, health and safety etc. The School has been assessed and found to be complying with NABET requirement as per Accreditation Standard for Quality School Governance.
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Coal was the Guest of Honor and Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce and Industries was the Chief Guest of the event and they addressed the audience after the felicitation Ceremony. Other dignitaries who graced the event were, Ramesh Abhishek, Secretary DIPP, Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman, QCI and R Mukundan, Chairman, NBQP.
"We are extremely pleased to have achieved this Award," states Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Chairperson, Chitkara International School. "Accreditation is a rigorous process, but one that we welcome as a continual quality improvement mechanism. Earning NABET accreditation is another measure of our excellence as a quality education provider and reflects our commitment to our students."


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Go inside Jabba the Hutt, literally
After Jamie Benning had the chance to interview the puppeteer behind the original Jabba the Hutt, he decided to expand the whole chat into a new documentary. Using archival materials and the audio from his Skype chat, Benning has pulled together the ultimate account of what it took to bring "the most expensive puppet ever made" to life.
The days before CGI were quite a bit different, and more than a little complicated.


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Kessel, Joseph
Kessel, Joseph
Born Feb. 10, 1898, in Clara, Argentina. French writer; member of the French Academy (1962).
Kessel is the son of a physician of Russian descent. He studied in Russia between 1905 and 1908. He graduated from the faculty of philology at the Sorbonne and was a pilot and war correspondent during World War I (1914–18). Fame came to Kessel with The Flight Crew (1923), a novel about the pioneers of aviation. A participant in the Resistance, Kessel chronicled the movement in Army of Shadows (1944; Russian translation, 1971) and The Celestial Battalion (1947). He wrote The Song of the Partisans with M. Druon in 1943. Kessel's postwar reportage and fiction reveal an integrated and humane person who, although inclined toward anarchism, is nevertheless objectively opposed to the venality of bourgeois society (as in the novels The Lion, 1958, and The Horsemen, 1967; the novella In the Name of Honor, 1964).
WORKSTémoin parmi les hommes, vols. 1–4. Paris, 1956–69.
Tous n'étaient pas des anges. Paris, 1963.
In Russian translation:
Meri iz Korka. Moscow, 1925.
REFERENCEJ. Kessel: Images, reportages, aventures. Paris, 1969.


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I am falling in love with "status messages" and "tweets." These handy little messages tell me what my friends are up to, in a simple, usable way. It's the best way for me to stay up to date on the day-to-day life of my friends and family (yes, even my mom is on Twitter). Plus, they help me keep track of where on earth all my friends are at any given time. This weekend, for instance, while in Cairo, I discovered a fellow Georgetown alum and colleague was also visiting for the weekend because of his Facebook Status message.
The shame of the current system of status messages is that they are incompatible. I have at least three places where I could / want to update my status – Facebook, Google Talk, and Twitter (most of you probably have 6 or more), but have to update each manually. Why don't these services talk to one another? I should be able to set an automated import of my twitter messages to Facebook the same way this post will be imported as a Facebook "note" when it is published. My Google Talk status message should change every time I change my Twitter message, but if I update Google, Twitter should change.
Two players stand to benefit most from an increasingly "open" system of status messages (in my world, at least): Facebook and Twitter. Twitter is already wide open (For instance I can import my twitter messages via RSS into my personal blog at mitchellwfox.com) and is the natural host platform. If status messages are like ripples in my social network pond, spreading quickly to all networks, Twitter is well positioned to be the "stone."
Facebook stands to benefit because status messages will be ever-more current, and more constantly changing. Because of the network effect of social networking, Facebook is the obvious place for me to go for "one stop shopping" of status messages. My profile will be more current, and my friends might even spend an extra second or two on Facebook before logging off to read what my status message is. Multiply that by hundreds of friends…
Anyway, I may be way behind the curve here. Is there already a way to do this? If so, tell me what it is!


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Conscious experience is a widespread phenomenon.
— Thomas Nagel, inveterate optimist
Whilst conducting primary research into the ontological foundations of metaphysical epistemology recently, O Dearly Beloved, Your Dilatory and Shockingly Remiss Correspondent happened upon a previously unpublished draft of Thomas Nagel's seminal paper, "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" I found upon examination of the disintegrating foolscap moldering in dank archives that this eminent philosopher had initially attempted to frame his gedankenexperiment with an empathic exercise even more challenging than imagining himself to be a member of the genus Microchiroptera. Given its patent interest for the history of analytical philosophy and its relevance to issues of concern cognate to this blogsite, I thought I would share the pertinent excerpt with you:
I assume we all believe that bankers have experience. After all, they are human beings, and there is no more doubt that they have experience than that accountants or baristas or firemen have experience. I have chosen bankers instead of lawyers or politicians because if one travels too far down the phylogenetic tree, people gradually shed their faith that there is experience there at all. Bankers, although arguably more closely related to us than those other examples, nevertheless present a range of activity and a sensory apparatus so different from ours that the problem I want to pose is exceptionally vivid (though it certainly could be raised with other species). Even without the benefit of philosophical reflection, anyone who has spent some time in an enclosed space with an excited banker knows what it is to encounter a fundamentally alien form of life.
I have said that the essence of the belief that bankers have experience is that there is something that it is like to be a banker. Now we know that most bankers (investment bankers, to be precise) perceive the external world primarily by money sense, or moolah-location, detecting the reflections, from monetary instruments or securities within range, of their own rapid, subtly modulated, high-frequency shrieks. Their brains are designed to correlate the outgoing impulses with the subsequent jingling or rustling of exchangeable claims to value, and the information thus acquired enables bankers to make precise discriminations of denomination, fungibility, composition, and theft-prevention protections comparable to those we make by vision. But banker money sense, though clearly a form of perception, is not similar in its operation to any sense that we possess, and there is no reason to suppose that it is subjectively like anything we can experience or imagine. This appears to create difficulties for the notion of what it is like to be a banker. We must consider whether any method will permit us to extrapolate to the inner life of the banker from our own case, and if not, what alternative methods there may be for understanding the notion.
Fortunately for the history of analytic philosophy, Professor Nagel apparently abandoned this initial foray as unworkable and, frankly, too outrageous and incomprehensible for anyone but specialists in the study of Homo investmentbankerensis. His revised paper, reframed to less ambitious dimensions, seems to have gone on to some renown, notwithstanding his execrable timidity.
Fortunately for you and everyone like you, I am led to believe there is a minor blogsite located somewhere in cyberspace which tackles these recondite issues head on. Perhaps you can drop me a postcard if you find it.
By the way, is that a $20 bill in your pocket?
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In a first-of-its-kind discovery, scientists have found that a species of non-photosynthetic bacteria are regulated by the same circadian rhythms that hold sway over so many other life-forms.
In humans, our circadian rhythms act as a kind of biological clock in our cells, controlling virtually all the processes in our bodies, influencing when we sleep and rise, plus the functioning of our metabolism, and cognitive processes.
This internal time-keeping, which revolves around a 24-hour cycle, is driven by our circadian clock, and the same core phenomenon has been observed in many other kinds of organisms as well, including animals, plants, and fungi.
For a long time, however, it's been unclear whether bacteria at large are also subject to the dictates of circadian rhythms.
The phenomenon has been demonstrated in photosynthetic bacteria, which use light to make chemical energy, but as for whether other kinds of bacteria also possess circadian clocks has long remained a mystery – until now.
"We've found for the first time that non-photosynthetic bacteria can tell the time," explains chronobiologist Martha Merrow from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
"They adapt their molecular workings to the time of day by reading the cycles in the light or in the temperature environment."
In a new study, Merrow and fellow researchers examined Bacillus subtilis, a hardy, well-studied bacterium found in soil and the gastrointestinal tracts of many animals, including humans.
While B. subtilis is not photosynthetic, it is sensitive to light thanks to photoreceptors, and previous observations of the microbe have given clues that its gene activity and biofilm formation processes might follow a daily cycle in response to environmental cues, perhaps based around light levels or temperature changes.
To investigate, the researchers measured the bacterium's gene expression activity in cultures exposed to either constant darkness or an alternating daily cycle of 12 hours of light followed by 12 hours of darkness.
In the alternating light/dark cycle, expression of a gene called ytvA – which encodes a blue light photoreceptor – increased during the dark phase and decreased during the light phase, indicative of processes of entrainment in a circadian clock.
When subjected to constant darkness, the cycle still existed in B. subtilis, although the period lengthened, not strictly following a 24-hour cycle without the light signal to go off.
In another experiment, the researchers experimented with temperature cycles, which is another way to stimulate changes in heat between day and night.
Again, expression of ytvA ebbed and flowed as temperatures cycled between 12 hours at 25.5°C (77.9°F) and 12 hours at 28.5°C (83.3°F), and, as with light, the cycle persisted in a free-running experiment (not synchronised to environmental cues) although with a longer period.
Taking all the results together, the researchers conclude B. subtilis has a circadian clock, exhibited by free-running circadian rhythms and systematic entrainment to environmental cues known as zeitgeber cycles.
While the findings only pertain to one bacterial species for now, it's the first time this phenomenon has been in any non-photosynthetic bacteria, which could have vast implications for our understanding of bacteria as a whole: organisms that account for roughly 15 percent of the living matter on Earth.
"Our study opens doors to investigate circadian rhythms across bacteria," says circadian rhythms researcher Antony Dodd from the John Innes Centre in the UK.
"Now that we have established that non-photosynthetic bacteria can tell the time we need to find out the processes in bacteria that cause these rhythms to occur and understand why having a rhythm provides bacteria with an advantage."
For now, the team speculates the circadian rhythms may somehow be regulated by a transcription-translation feedback system, or could be tied to metabolic cycles.
It's also unknown whether one form of overall 'master clock' might somehow control B. subtilis's circadian time-keeping, as has been suggested in humans, although the team points out it is a possibility.
"It will be informative to investigate whether temperature and light are inputs to one master pacemaker, or whether B. subtilis might have multiple oscillators, as described for a variety of unicellular and multicellular organisms," the authors write in their paper.
"It is also possible that B. subtilis might have either a master oscillator or one or more downstream oscillators that are coupled to and entrained by a main pacemaker."
In any case, the ramifications of a 24-hour body clock in bacteria could have huge ramifications – not just in terms of scientific understanding of bacterial biology, but also in its potential utilisation in biomedical science, agriculture, industry, and beyond.
"Bacillus subtilis is used in various applications from laundry detergent production to crop protection … [and] human and animal probiotics," says bioengineer Ákos Kovács from the Technical University of Denmark.
"Thus engineering a biological clock in this bacterium will culminate in diverse biotechnological areas."
The findings are reported in Science Advances.


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Ready. Set. Sail!
Good afternoon everyone! I just wanted to post a quick update here to kinda go over what's been going on in my head/life. I was going to post something here in February to address the previous post but I got what seemed to be a sort of stomach flu. It lasted for about two weeks and I hated it and yeah. So, sorry. Anyways, here are some things I'd like to say:
First off, I'm feeling much better. The whole incident with Mark opened my eyes (again!) to the true nature of his character. I really didn't like how rough he was with me the last time we met up. Luckily, Nancy was there the next freakin' day to pick up the pieces!! (Love you Nancy!). It really rubbed me the wrong way and I feel like he doesn't actually respect me as a person. To those of you who are SCREAMING at your screens "I TOLD YOU SO!" I'm sorry it took me so long to come around. It's sort of like the analogy of putting a frog in a pot of water and slowly increasing the heat until it boils to death. I just happened to notice the temperature difference really late.
In terms of the way I "feel", obviously the attraction is still very strong. But just because I think something, doesn't mean I have to act on it. So I'll make sure to routinely go back in my archives and reread how I feel about all this and try to keep things in perspective.
Second, I've come to terms with my place in the universe. I did some "soul-searching" and discovered that I no longer ascribe to the idea of a god or gods and I feel like that is freeing for me. I rarely, if ever, get religious or political on my blog, but I have been having some doubts over the past couple years and I wanted to mark this occasion so I can look back and see where in my life this happened. That's all. If you want to know more about my perspective, we can discuss it offline. Otherwise, that's all I wanted to say.
Last, I just wanted to address some of the people who have been emailing me about bipolar hypersexuality. I'm very sorry that I'm not an expert of any kind and your situations are difficult. I wish I could do something to help. Sexual addiction or compulsion is something that is so poorly categorized and understood that there seems to be dozens if not hundreds of different factors that cause it. Some people argue that it doesn't exist or that it's a symptom of another underlying issue. The point is: don't worry so much about the labeling. I find that labeling makes things easier but that's not always the case. If you or your partner are experiencing symptoms of sexual compulsion, bipolar or not, please seek professional attention immediately. And DON'T GIVE UP!!
For me, since I was raised in a fundamentalist conservative Orthodox Presbyterian household, suppressing my sexual nature was common and it was considered a sin for me to have these natural urges. I honestly think that's where my obsession with sex today comes from but I have no way of knowing that for certain.
Anyways, I hope that gives you guys a clear picture of what's up. I am am getting hypomanic but I have an appointment with my pdoc next week so hopefully I'll cut this off at the pass. I don't plan on seeing Mark and neither do I want to but I'm starting to dream about him again so that's the first sign and I'm going to remain hyper vigilant!
Take care everyone!


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Blogger went hiatus last week, I couldn't sign in, and hence, I wasn't able to update my blog! It was alright on Saturday, I think, but I was busy with my baking and a bit of cooking, so I wasn't able to put any new updates. And today, while many people take the opportunity to stretch their weekend and take today off, because tomorrow is a public holiday, I'm in the office...but guess what, my LAN line is off, and the mains toi my notebook is also off....I have about 30% power left...might as well update my blog, oh yeah!
So...today is Teacher's Day....brought me to the days when I used to be very talkative in class, and was always made to stand up as punishments....Zura, I'm sure you remember this! I did that a lot in primary school, was better in secondary school as I was a school prefect! But, I resumed my "behaviour" when I went to a borading school...this time, I loved to sleep in the class or read a story book...it was my Mills & Boons time then, haha! I can still remember my Modern Maths teacher banging on my desk ...errr I dozed off you see...and he said, "Muka Saja Pandai, Tiap-tiap Hari Tidor!" (read: intelligent looks but sleeping every day!)...ahh, he is soo funny, and yes I got the same result for Modern Maths and Add Maths, when I think I should do better in Modren Maths, right!
And then there was Sister Eugenie...my.... she's a tigress who taught Commerce when I was in St Nicholas Convent...a true nun! I need not say more!...and then there was Pn Raskinah, our Alevel's English teacher, I knew she wore "crossed' bra...well, even the boys noticed that, it was so evident from her daily attires! I confirmed that when I first set foot in Marks & Spencer in Oxford Street....there were such a bra, ha ha...and who can forget Madam Wong our Applied Maths lecturer during Alevels...it was during this time that I really enjoyed learning...ooops.... a bit late ain't it! Yeah, I loved my Alevels' subjects: Economics, Accounting and Maths....
And, with a string of credible results I flew to Aberystwyth....the oh so conducive place to just relax and have an ice cream while strolling on the beach! My "teacher" then, was Prof John Andrews who was the Head of the Legal department who also lectured Criminal Law, Company Law and English Legal System...he was also my mentor! Of course I will always remember the day before I started my final year, when I was summoned to see him....his advice "Yani, you are a goverment scholar, please go home with Aces"....well...I did! I actually became a good girl and pulled my socks and studied and came back with an honours degree...phewww!
Life goes on...my life now is my teacher! I learn so much from my daily take ins....I have met great people whom I look up to, who are my mentors now...I don't have to name them...and of course, I have become more sensible and I read now...I mean I read real books....no more Mills & Boons...the authors are the likes Peter Druckers, John Maxwell, and I so love Richard Branson's lifes lessons....so.......before I ramble more and my battery is at critical now...Happy Teacher's Day to all my teachers, I wouldn't be here had you not been there for me!
Here are the bakes and cakes of last week...
Red Velvet Cake and Cuppies...thank you Hezzie, BJ!
Nizzar's Ultraman Cake...Double Choc Cake with Choc Ganache, tqs BJ!
Macarons (Orange with Lemon Curd, Rose with Raspberry, Hazelnut with Chcocolate..all using Italian Meringue Buttercream, shells were using French Meringue!) and a Marble Nutella Cake, thank you Ann!
Pink Velvet Cake (Hubs' current favourite) and a hundred of them cuppies for the Principal! tqs Emylia!
Aisyah and her macarons! Probably the last batch before I convert to Italian Meringue...Thank you Aisyah!
Chocolate Macarons with Chocolate Ganache using Valrhona cocoa, tqs Ain!
Double Choc Cake with Choc Ganache, thank you Farah!
Have a productive week, peeps! Am having a rather quiet week this week, but am preparing for a storm next week :D


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Workers' Republic, 9 October 1915.
Recently republished in Red Banner, No.8 (PO Box 6587, Dublin 6).
Transcription: Aindrias Ó Cathasaigh.
HTML Mark-up: Einde O'Callaghan for the Marxists' Internet Archive.
The recently concluded election in the Harbour Division of the city of Dublin was an illuminating proof of how low politics fall in Ireland when the galvanising force of an opposition based upon a great principle is withdrawn. [1] There are people in this country who sincerely deprecate anything in politics that seems to break what is called national unity, as there are ten times as many who repeat the parrot cry of 'faction' and 'factionism' because they will not use the brains with which they are endowed, but are content to be the mouthpieces of every dominant faction that imposes itself upon the nation.
But the sincere patriot who looks beyond the dust of conflict, and refuses to regard politics as an area in which the uniformity of old-time military drill is essential or even desirable, will realise that what is called 'faction' is often the vitally necessary stirring of intellectual life without which parties are corrupted and nations die.
It may seem paradoxical to say it, but it is absolutely true that the healthiest nation, the nation most potent in its influence upon the well-being of the world, is ever that which has the most factions in its intellectual life, whose sons and daughters the most readily contend for principles they hold dear. Ireland is a shining example. Had any of the parties which have hitherto spoken in the name of Ireland been in reality the custodian of all the hopes and ideals of Ireland, it is certain that centuries ago the identity of Ireland as a nation would have disappeared. The destruction or corruption of the party would have meant the final conquest of Ireland.
But as it was, Ireland was a land of factions, of contending parties, of diverse ideals. No sooner had the foreign enemy destroyed one party, and joyfully declared that Ireland was done for, than he discovered that another party with another method of fighting, and pursuing a somewhat different ideal, had sprung up in its place, and all his work was to be done over again.
All Irish parties fought for freedom, all did not agree in their ideas of what constituted freedom. All Irish parties loved Ireland, all could not unite in formulating a political policy which embodied their love for Ireland. Indeed, the greatest political parties were those which most resolutely avoided all attempts at definitions.
There is a unity in diversity, an underlying identity in things apparently conflicting, but this great truth is unknown to the shallow-minded windbags and petty wirepullers who to-day pose as Irish leaders. They can only recognise submission and obedience, which for their own purposes they rechristen as unity and discipline. A new principle, a new idea merely represents to them a force they cannot control. The greater it is the more they fear it.
In the Harbour Division we had seeking the support of the electors three candidates between whom there scarcely existed any differences except in the degree of their objectionableness to decent minded men. We refrained from condemning any one of these men in the fear that we might help in returning any of the others. Half of the electors of the Division shared our views on the matter, and refused to go to the poll, and bereft of the vitalising effect of a contest for principles the election became one of the most pitiful travesties ever seen in Ireland.
Each candidate endorsed the war, but strove to represent to the electors that he was not as recreant to Ireland as his opponents. Each candidate held to a policy which makes loyal addresses and the flunkeyism of Irish slaves a matter of routine hereafter, but two of them protested that they could not tolerate the man who did in the past what they were prepared to do in the future.
No principle was at stake. It was not a contest for principle, it was a contest for a job at £400 per year.
No principle will hereafter be at stake in an Irish election until Labour chooses to enter in the arena to purify the political atmosphere by the introduction of a higher principle.
1. The election, on 1 October, was won by Alderman Alfie Byrne, but all three candidates had pledged to join the Home Rule party in parliament if elected.
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Giroux spends night in jail for grabbing Ottawa cop
For the second straight summer, Claude Giroux's offseason has gotten out of hand.
The Flyers captain was released from an Ottawa jail Wednesday, following Canada Day festivities July 1. Ottawa police say they arrested seven people on Canada Day, although six were for non-criminal matters. Giroux, evidently, is part of the majority.
Constable Marc Soucy, a spokesman for the Ottawa Police, couldn't speak to the details of Giroux's arrest until there were charges. Those charges never came.
According to the Ottawa Sun, Giroux was arrested after a night of drinking at The Great Canadian Cabin "for allegedly grabbing the buttocks of a police officer."
Flyers general manager Ron Hextall released a statement saying, "We are aware of reports surrounding Claude Giroux. Until we have more information, we will withhold making any further comment."
The incident led to a rash of commentary on Twitter, mostly one-liners from fans. According to the Sun report, the male officer didn't initially recognize Giroux.
According to the report, the officer told Giroux "not to behave like that, but was grabbed again."
Reached via email, deputy NHL commissioner Bill Daly doesn't think the league will get involved in the matter.
"Not really in a position to commit one way or the other at this point," Daly said, "but based on what we have been able to determine, it does not appear that this will require any league involvement."
Giroux, 26, is a native of Hearst, Ontario, but has lived in Ottawa since he was a teenager. The top-line center spent the last two seasons wearing the 'C' for the Flyers and had 28 goals and 58 assists last season for a team-leading 86 points. Giroux came in third in voting for the Hart Trophy, given to the league's most valuable player.
Last summer, the two-time All-Star had another incident in Ottawa when he said he hurt his hand in a golf accident.
Giroux said the shaft of his golf club shattered when it hit the ground and pierced his hand, requiring surgery on multiple tendons. Giroux sat out most of the preseason, played in the first game of the regular season, but didn't score a goal for the first 15 games.
Giroux's agent, Pat Brisson, didn't immediately return messages left for him.
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The prophecy of Isaiah
He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he [was] wounded for our transgressions…Czytaj dalej


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Is Technology Always Better
I was reading a book recently when I came across a very strange picture (similar to the one on the left). Although my image is photoshoped together this was a genuine product sold in Japan in the 1980's. As pocket calculators become cheaper and cheaper people began to use them more and more moving away from older form's like the Abacus. The Abacus-Calculator combo was for those skeptical people who either didn't believe the calculator or weren't sure the calculator would catch on.
While the picture is hard to believe in one way it is interesting to note that as long as you know what you are doing the Abacus is a much faster method of addition than a calculator. This is a case where technology might be the preferred choice but it is certainly not more efficient or necessarily more reliable. The video below is a game played in Japan called Flash Anzan, these people are skilled students who can use imaginary Abacuses to do these sums. Each student is show a series (15) of 3 digit numbers, each number appears on the screen for .2 seconds. Try putting a 3 digit number into a calculator in under .2 seconds.
Technology for Technology Sake
I think this is something the Performance Analysis industry needs to be careful of as well. While there is absolutely no doubt that technology (both the cost and efficiency) has made life so much easier for us all, it's important that we constantly examine if technology is making the job more efficient. The one element of Performance Analysis I have in mind is notational analysis. I am constantly being asked questions like 'how is it possible to code/tag live, show video at half-time or even stream clips to IPhone's and IPad's around the ground'.
While this may be a beneficial way of doing things in some sports you need to constantly examine if this is the best way of getting information to players/coaches in your sport. What are coaches really interested in seeing, what can really make a difference at half-time, how much information can players take on board, these are all more important questions we need to be asking.
Just because some technological advances are possible does not make them better. Perhaps in some sports and for some teams simply noting a few KPI's and having a flip-chart in the dressing room might be enough. Let's have technology for improvement not just for the sake of technology.


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Pope Francis Will Meet with LGBT Leader During July Visit to Paraguay
When Pope Francis travels to Paraguay in July, one of the meetings he will have will include a married gay man. It is the first known public meeting that the pope will have with a gay or lesbian person who is legally married.
What's more, the individual is a leading gay activist: Simón Cazal, executive director of the Paraguayan LGBT rights group SOMOSGAY ("We Are Gay"). Cazal married another gay activist, Sergio López, in Argentina in 2012.
Buzzfeed.com broke the story about this meeting, noting that Cazal will be meeting with the pope in a roundtable setting with other Paraguayan civil leaders. Also significant is that this meeting was initiated by the Vatican, Cazal having never requested to be part of the event. Buzzfeed reported:
"López told BuzzFeed News that the invitation came as a total surprise — the group had not requested to be included in the meeting. Paraguay also is one of the few South American countries where no protections exist for LGBT people or same-sex couples; their marriage in Argentina has no legal force in their country."
Bondings 2.0 provides an unofficial English translation of the letter which you can access by clicking here. The meeting will take place on July 11th, in the capital city of Asunción. Though Francis has made pastoral gestures with LGBT groups, including New Ways Ministry's pilgrims, the meeting with Cazal marks the first time he will meet with an LGBT civic leader.
While Cazal did not make a request to be invited, the invitation came shortly after SOMOSGAY initiated a campaign, in light of the papal visit, to urge the Catholic Church to show greater respect for LGBT people. A press release on the organization's website explains the need for the campaign, in the words of their executive director, Noting Pope Francis' many affirming statements to the LGBT community, Cazal stated:
" 'One can be lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender AND a Catholic at a time; there is no contradiction between being an LGBT person and being a religious person. Respect for personal beliefs is inherent in democracy' says Sergio López, activist of SOMOSGAY. 'We recognize that human diversity also exists within the Catholic Church, especially in Paraguay, being the Latin American country with the highest percentage of Catholics, with a rate of 89%. We hope that the religious leaders of our country catch up with the Holy Father and join his stance of openness and reconciliation.
"In that sense, SOMOSGAY calls the Church to abandon the positions of intolerance and insults dehumanizing LGBT people. 'Denying rights, attacking people and ignore their families goes against Catholic principles of love and respect, we hope that -as in the days of the dictatorship, the choice of the Paraguayan Catholic Church is in favor of and unprotected and persecuted in our time, among those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, ' said López.
Buzzfeed added that Cazal's hope for his meeting with the pontiff will result in Pope Francis speaking out against violence directed toward the LGBT community, particularly in response to an oppressive incident that happened last year:
"SOMOSGAY made international news last June when riot police violently removedLGBT protestors supporting a resolution supportive of LGBT rights when they clashed with religious conservative protestors before the beginning of a meeting of the Organization of American States in Asunción last year.
"López told BuzzFeed News on Thursday that they are counting on the pope to 'address the issue' of violence targeting LGBT people 'since the OAS repression went completely unnoticed and unrecognized by the church here.' This was especially galling, López said, because 'the whole repression happened during a Catholic march.' "
This invitation is very good news. Let's hope that this meeting will help Pope Francis clear up the diplomatic standoff that the Vatican currently has with France, since he has not yet approved the new French ambassador who happens to be gay.
Let's hope, too, that Pope Francis replicates the invitation by inviting LGBT Catholics to meet with him when he visits the United States in September. It is wonderful that he is visiting in Paraguay with an LGBT civic leader who can explain to him how civil society harms LGBT people. It's now incumbent upon him to hear from LGBT people of faith, specifically Catholics, who can explain to him how church structures and policies cause harm.
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I love the change of seasons. Each season has its own character, style, and adventures. Now that winter is on its way, I thought I'd share two casual outfits that I've been living in this fall. And I know I'll continue wearing them in the winter, just with more layers.
Shoutout to my awesome friend, Jorja, for taking all of these photos! She's so great at making me look like I'm in a clothes catalog.
Outfit 1: Statement Plaid
First, let me start by saying that these pants from H&M are AMAZING!! I posted on Instagram when I first got them and I can't stop wearing them! They're nice and long (which can be a struggle with my long legs), super stretchy, and fit like a glove. I already went back to get a pair of regular jeans and I'm hoping to get them in black soon. They're definitely pricey, but totally worth it!
Outfit Details:
- Sweater + Jeans: H&M
- Sneakers: Keds
- Scarf: Target (Couldn't find it online, but I linked a similar one!)
- Sunglasses: Target
- Jean Jacket: Vintage
- Rings: Elementality (local shop)
- Bracelet: Pura Vida
Outfit 2: Cute and Comfy
Dressy up a casual button down might be my new favorite thing. Just throw on a pair of booties and a scarf or statement necklace, and you're good to go! I also like to roll up the sleeves a bit to give the top more shape. I love this look!
Outfit Details:
- Plaid Shirt: H&M
- Jeans + Boots: American Eagle (last season, but I linked similar ones)
- Scarf: Target
- Earrings: Kohls
- Rings: Elementality
Thanks so much for reading. As always, feel free to share any outfit inspiration below!


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School of Rock was a bloody great film. On a personal level, it made me wish my own straight-and-narrow teachers might go off sick and be replaced by a fraudulent supply teacher with the ambition to put together a band of pre-pubescent rockstars.
Alas, that never happened in my life, but the 2003 film did turn out to have a significant impact on one of its child star's lives. Because actress Rebecca Brown, who played Katie (or Posh Spice, if you prefer her Jack Black-christened stage name) has actually ended up pursuing a career as a musician. Or more specifically, a rock star.
God, Mr Schneebly would be proud.
During filming for the movie at the age of 11, Becca had to learn how to play the bass, and now 13 years later the 24-year-old is still playing the instrument as well as singing lead vocals in a band.
What a turn-out for the books.
On her Twitter account, Becca actually describes herself as more than a musician; apparently she's a comedian, bartender, and feminist too. And if this song she wrote, Sorry, is anything to go by, she's got a brilliant way of making feminist points.
Meanwhile, some of Becca's School of Rock co-stars also went on to stay in the public eye. Like Miranda Cosgrove, for example, who played straight-laced Summer Hathaway in the film.
She went on to star in a load of Nickelodeon shows including Zoey 101 and Drake and Josh before she became the centre of her own show, iCarly. More recently she voiced the character of Margo in the Despicable Me movies, which is pretty cool.
And Becca wasn't the only one to pursue a music career in the years following the film; her co-stars Kevin Clark (who played Freddy "Spazzy McGee" Jones) and Joey Gaydos Jr. (who played Zack "Zack Attack" Mooneyham) also both play solo and in bands frequently.
All we've got to do now is hold out for a musical reunion with Jack Black.
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Checking in to say Thank You for 2017. For the time you have spent listening to my music and for the positive feedbacks regarding my EP 'Antler'
2018 will be the year when part two will be out and that one is called 'Huntsman' The artwork is almost done (painted by Niklas Brodd) and reflects the 'Antler' cover in a really great style. I hope you will like it.
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