text: Blog Welcome to Tearfund Learn's blog. It's a lively and diverse forum where voices from around the world share their stories, learning and insights. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share by Email Love our Blog? Sign up to Tearfund Learn to get our latest blogs, learning and resources. Subscribe Filter by issueAdvocacyCapacity DevelopmentChildrenCommunity EmpowermentConflictDisastersEducationEnvironment and climate changeGenderHealthcareHIV and AIDSInjusticeIntegral mission and theologyLivelihoodsPeacebuildingPolicy and researchPoor CommunitiesResilienceUrbanisationWater and sanitationWorking through the local church Active Filters: By Nick Wyke, 29 May 2020 Review of Footsteps 111 Local Fundraising The latest edition of Footsteps explores fundraising. Like so many other sectors and activities, fundraising has been hit by the outbreak of Covid-19… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 22 May 2020 Covid-19: 10 ways to support older people Churches are in a good position to respond to the rights and needs of older people in direct conversation with them, and to advocate for them, given… Read More By Sas Conradie, 15 May 2020 Learning to live the lifestyle of Jesus Covid-19 (new coronavirus disease) is causing huge stress on poor people and communities who already struggle to have food to eat, water to drink or… Read More By Tearfund Staff, 07 May 2020 Lockdown learning Being stuck at home during lockdown can be a great time to explore a short course and learn something new. You can brush up on a subject that… Read More By Ted Lankester, 01 May 2020 Five ways to respond to Covid-19 Dr Ted Lankester from the Arukah Network for Global Community Health has decades of experience in global health. As the Covid-19 outbreak develops,… Read More 23 April 2020 Q&A with Marc-Romyr Antoine, Country Director for Tearfund in Haiti Marc-Romyr Antoine started out as an intern at Tearfund and he now looks after the team in Haiti. His country faces challenges on many fronts, from… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 17 April 2020 Effective facilitation Continuing with our celebration of 30 years of Footsteps – our magazine for grassroots development workers – we have been looking back through the… Read More By Sas Conradie, 08 April 2020 Finding Easter's message in the slums of life As I reflect on what happened to Jesus on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, I think about Nathaniel. Easy-going and articulate, it is easy to get the… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 02 April 2020 Zoonosis – a word you will want to learn The Covid-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the way new diseases emerge and spread amongst the human population. It may surprise you to know that… Read More By Anna Ling, 18 March 2020 Passionate about project cycle management We are so excited to share the second edition of Roots 5 – Project Cycle Management with you! Here are just a couple of reasons why people we work… Read More 13 March 2020 Q&A with Gaston Slanwa, Country Director for Tearfund in Liberia and Sierra Leone Gaston Slanwa is based in Monrovia, capital of Liberia, and has worked for Tearfund for ten years. He explains why he is passionate about working for… Read More By Steffie James, 06 March 2020 Standing the test of time It had been four years since Cuthbert last worked with the people of Kamkwere in Central Malawi. As he set out to visit the village again, he didn't… Read More By Oscar Danladi, 28 February 2020 Boost your communication skills My few years of working alongside young people have been an opportunity to learn tremendous lessons and gather a lot of experiences. You may be… Read More By Francis Davis , 20 February 2020 A new book explores poverty through the lens of Jubilee Talk of 'justice' can flow easily. Calls for gentle reform and renewal are put forward. They often demand no significant costs or responsibilities… Read More 13 February 2020 Q&A with Paul Mershak, Country Director for Tearfund in Nigeria Our series of Q&As with country directors continues with Paul Mershak, who is based in Nigeria and has worked for Tearfund for seven years. He shares… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 07 February 2020 Holistic change in communities: a checklist Continuing with our celebration of 30 years of Footsteps – our magazine for grassroots development workers – we have been looking back through the… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 31 January 2020 Five ways that people respond to conflict In November, we celebrated 30 years of Footsteps – our magazine for grassroots development workers. To mark the occasion we have been looking back… Read More By Tearfund Staff, 24 January 2020 Farmers praise organic fertiliser Switching from chemical to organic fertiliser can make a big difference to small-scale farmers. Before he received training from RURCON, a Tearfund… Read More By Nick Wyke, 17 January 2020 Review of Footsteps 110: Farming for the Future This feels like a timely edition of Footsteps magazine. And a great one to kick off the crucial decade ahead of us. The effects of climate change are… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 09 January 2020 Q&A with Alexis Pacheco, Country Representative for Tearfund in Central America Our series of Q&As with country directors continues with Alexis Pacheco, who is based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and has worked for Tearfund for 20… Read More By Nick Wyke, 03 January 2020 Our best blogs from 2019 and what's new in 2020 In our quest to find stories that we hope will both inspire and inform our readers, we wrote about a wide range of themes and places last year. From… Read More By Tearfund Staff, 23 December 2019 What does Christmas mean for you? In part two of our seasonal blog we hear from more Tearfund employees around the world about how they celebrate this special time of year. From… Read More By Andrea Villarreal, 17 December 2019 How social media is helping the church reach migrants in Latin America Traditionally, migration has been driven by labour markets. However, more recently in Latin America it has been motivated by political and economic… Read More By Tearfund Staff, 12 December 2019 What does Christmas mean for you? In order to find out what Christmas means to different people around the world we asked a handful of Tearfund employees to share their experience of… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 06 December 2019 Q&A with Karen Soerensen, Country Director for Tearfund in Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen Our series of Q&As with country directors continues with Karen Soerensen, Country Director for Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen since 2017. Originally from… Read More By Rev Josephine Chavaseki and Dr Sas Conradie, 28 November 2019 Churches meet community needs in Nairobi slums Redeemed Gospel Church Pipeline (RGCP) sits in the Mukuru Kwa Njenga slums in Nairobi where more than 500,000 people live in extremely poor… Read More By Rachel Paton, 19 November 2019 Listening to the local church in conflict-affected fragile states Listening and learning are closely related. By listening to other people's perspectives with open hearts and minds, we position ourselves to learn… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 15 November 2019 Learning to work together – from building bike sheds to repairing roads It's a long bike ride of up to two hours for some members of Emmanuel Church, in the Bardia District of West Nepal. It is also very hot outside the… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 08 November 2019 Q&A with Emmanuel Murangira, Country Director, Tearfund in Rwanda Our series of Q&As with country directors continues with Emmanuel Murangira, who has worked for Tearfund in Rwanda since 2008. He shares his thoughts… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 31 October 2019 Helping communities to flourish in Asia Helping communities to flourish is Ping's* passion. But it is not easy when you live in a world where the voice of the church is largely restrained.… Read More By Asha Kurien , 24 October 2019 Going local – strengthening humanitarian capacity through partnerships 'We are a learning organisation, so we don't run away from things,' says Ruth Dul, the chief executive of the Christian Rural and Urban Development… Read More By Naomi Foxwood, 16 October 2019 7 ways to support youth movements which change the world Across the world young people are rising up. They are demanding action on the environmental destruction, poverty and injustice that threaten their… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 04 October 2019 Q&A with Vincent Moyo, Country Director, Tearfund Malawi Our series of Q&As with country directors continues with Vincent Moyo, who has worked for Tearfund in Malawi since 2006. He shares his thoughts on… Read More By Santiago Benítez, 26 September 2019 Cynthia's message of hope for young people in Honduras Cynthia lives with her parents in the San Ramón neighbourhood of Siguatepeque, in Honduras. She is 22, works as a financial assistant and attends the… Read More By Nick Wyke, 19 September 2019 Review of Footsteps 109: Youth The cover of the new Footsteps magazine is full of hope. It features nine young people from all corners of the globe and makes me curious to know the… Read More By Theo Shaw, 06 September 2019 Love inspires a young man to help build a church I have heard a lot of transformational stories, but none has been quite so engaging as Albert's. We met Albert on a field visit to Good News Baptist… Read More By Jeunesse En Mission, 22 August 2019 Starting a chicken business in Mali Finding a job in Mali is not easy so, like many young people, Justin Traoré hoped to start a business of his own. However, starting a business… Read More By Sas Conradie, 08 August 2019 Everywhere is rubbish Last year I was privileged to have visited Angola for two weeks. Travelling around the country made a deep impression on me and changed my view of… Read More By Rachel Burnet, 02 August 2019 What does it take to make a 'lazy' man travel far? When Costa heard his name announced at church one Sunday he didn't know what to expect. He was asked to stay behind after the worship service at… Read More By Desalegn Demissie, 25 July 2019 Sustainable farming helps family face climate change in Ethiopia In recent years, climate change has meant Abebech* and her husband have faced some hard times. They are farmers in the village of Offa Esho Kebele in… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 18 July 2019 Privacy at last – latrines bring relief to villages in Afghanistan Afshin* is a farmer who lives in a small village in Afghanistan's Central Highlands. There are 14 families in the village where his family and his… Read More By Andrea Villarreal, 10 July 2019 Meet the woman standing up against corruption in Brazil Elda Valim lives in the resource-rich region around Cuiaba in Mato Grosso state, Northern Brazil. She grew up listening to her mother talking about… Read More By Lahai Amara, 03 July 2019 Church programme brings harmony into the home Kadiatu Mansaray and her husband, Sarrah Mansaray, were known to community members as the couple who always argued with each other. They lived in the… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 27 June 2019 Q&A with Ashraf Mall, Country Director, Tearfund Pakistan Ashraf has worked for Tearfund for more than ten years. He steps down next month to take up a role with the Pakistan Partner Initiative working with… Read More By Sas Conradie, 20 June 2019 Responding to children living with disabilities When my wife and I decided to get married, both of us were still students. So we had to find work that could put food on the table and a roof over… Read More By Marah Danielle, 13 June 2019 In Brazil, the water finally flows Moises Frausino da Silva has faced many droughts in his lifetime and lived much of his life with a lack of water. He is a father of 11 children and… Read More By Anna Ling, 06 June 2019 What is poverty and how should we respond? A misdiagnosis can lead to serious problems. For example, if we visit the doctor with a headache and he or she gives us some painkillers but doesn't… Read More By EFICOR, 30 May 2019 Enterprising couple are an inspiration to villagers in India Both Kandhi Gound and his wife, Rukman, have been living with disabilities since birth. They live with their son in a village in central India and… Read More By Nick Wyke, 23 May 2019 Review of Footsteps 108: Living with disability When was the last time you saw someone with a disability on the cover of a magazine? Disability is all too often hidden away. Sadly, this is… Read More By Sini Maria Heikkilä, Jackson Wachira and Alex Mwaura, 17 May 2019 Can markets help build resilience of pastoralists against drought? In Kenya, pastoralists' communities live in some of the harshest environments and their livelihoods have been severely hit by recurring droughts. Read More By Kal-Ignabet Pakagochy, 09 May 2019 Want better decision-making? Invite the women Ignekalbo Gilbert is proud that many positive changes have taken place in his village since it started a church and community mobilisation process… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 03 May 2019 How children can play their part in preventing polio from spreading As a result of routine vaccination programmes, polio has been largely eradicated in most parts of the world. But polio is found in some places. It's… Read More By Tearfund Staff, 18 April 2019 What does Easter mean for you? In part two of our Easter blog we hear from Tearfund employees around the world about how they celebrate this special time of year. The results are… Read More By Tearfund Staff, 11 April 2019 What does Easter mean for you? In order to paint a picture of what Easter means to different people around the world we asked a handful of Tearfund employees to share their… Read More By Josh Eaves, 05 April 2019 A football field provides common ground for young people in Lebanon Sport is an excellent way to reach young people, especially when they are discontented. Towards the end of 2018 the Foundation for Forgiveness and… Read More By Tearfund Pakistan and Pak Mission Society, 29 March 2019 Meet the married E-guards who play a key role in cleaning up their community Mumtaz and Beenish are in their sixties. In fact, they are not quite sure of their exact ages. But they are sure about their love for their community… Read More By International Nepal Fellowship staff, 21 March 2019 How clean water has transformed a village in Nepal In the Surkhet district of Nepal lies the village of Gadi. The village was one of the least developed in the area, so the community struggled to… Read More By Diane Holt, 07 March 2019 Chickens and conversation help women unite in divided DRC community A group of women from Goma in DRC lived in a divided community. They suffered from poverty and marginalisation, and there was a climate of mistrust… Read More By Emma Brown, 28 February 2019 How crickets are jump-starting community change in Cambodia Fresh hope has sprung from an unexpected source in rural Cambodia – cricket farming. While following an exciting church and community initiative,… Read More By Marcela Guzman, 21 February 2019 Bringing light to a corner of the Caribbean Corozal is a village on the north coast of Honduras, located near the city of La Ceiba. It enjoys warm Caribbean weather, especially in summer... Read More By Sas Conradie, 14 February 2019 How to live the lifestyle of love Last year, my dad passed away in South Africa after a short illness. One of his favourite passages in the Bible was 1 Corinthians 13. This 'chapter… Read More Compiled by Zoe Murton, 05 February 2019 Understanding female genital mutilation/cutting Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) describes the act of cutting, destroying or removing some or all of the external parts of the female… Read More By Sarah Onduko, 01 February 2019 Changing mindsets around plastic bags in Kenya Until recently, the use of plastic bags was very common in Kenya. Whenever we went shopping, we knew our purchases would be wrapped nicely in… Read More By Lydia Powell, 24 January 2019 Mobilising the church to be change in Kenya Through learning and adaptation, an early church and community mobilisation (CCM) pilot has grown into a national phenomenon. Today it is mobilising… Read More By Sas Conradie, 10 January 2019 The challenge of replacing firewood with green energy in Angola When driving along the roads in southern Angola, you cannot miss them – hundreds of bags of charcoal and firewood being sold by women and sometimes… Read More By Nick Wyke, 03 January 2019 Top five hope-filled blogs from 2018 and what not to miss in 2019 From bees and honey to polluted rivers and solar power, from disaster prevention to self-help groups, and from the herders of East Africa to young… Read More By Kouassi Konan, 21 December 2018 Fruitful training brings hope and joy to cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast Award-winning British chocolatier Will Torrent will be pleased to know that chocolate consumption around the world is on the rise. The latest figures… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 19 December 2018 Remembering well – the importance of memory and healing in peacebuilding In my last post I ended by saying that 'remembering well' was the last step in the Embrace approach to peacebuilding that Tearfund uses. It is this… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 11 December 2018 Discovering how to embrace peace We have now talked about hospitality and moral imagination as ways of pursuing peace. Our third approach is one called embrace. This approach comes… Read More By Sas Conradie, 05 December 2018 Would Jesus have felt comfortable at a five-star conference venue? Recently I attended a global Christian conference in Latin America. Shared rooms for the conference cost 750 USD per person for four days. That works… Read More By Sini Maria Heikkila, 28 November 2018 Women rally to Evelyn's cry to fight HIV and bring peace home For Evelyn Letio, peacebuilding in South Sudan means restoring peace within communities and between family members. As a coordinator and co-founder… Read More By Jon White, 22 November 2018 Renewing the old from the inside out In an extra contribution to our mini-series of reflections on Jubilee by young theologians, we hear from an artist about the importance of renewal in… Read More By Maria Andrade, 14 November 2018 Perseverance pays off for Guatemalan pastors in push for new health centre Read More By Sini Maria Heikkila, 07 November 2018 Why women are vital to the peace process in war-torn South Sudan On 12 September, the sides at war in South Sudan signed a much-anticipated peace agreement. This is the latest effort to bring peace to the world's… Read More By Oscar Danladi, 31 October 2018 Restoring hope to displaced farming communities in Nigeria The Global Forum on Church and Poverty inspired me to begin to see Nigeria in the light of Jubilee. This, in turn, prompted me to start to fully… Read More By Timothy KC, 25 October 2018 Searching for hope in the aftermath of violence During our gathering of young theologians in July, our visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial deeply impacted us to reflect on the different aspects… Read More By Nell Goddard, 18 October 2018 'Over three short days, my theology was challenged and changed – and so was I.' In July, ten young people joined a group of theologians and strategic thinkers from 18 different countries at a global forum in Kigali, Rwanda. They… Read More By Asha Kurien , 11 October 2018 Is your government prepared to protect you from a typhoon or earthquake? The tsunami in Sulawesi in Indonesia, Super Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines, Hurricane Florence in the USA, and the floods in Kerala, India, have… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 04 October 2018 Four ways we can use our imagination in peacebuilding In the last post I talked about hospitality as an approach that can contribute towards peace. The second approach that Tearfund uses in its… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 26 September 2018 How hospitality can be a vital way into peacebuilding In our series on peacebuilding, we have talked about the characteristics of a peacebuilder and concepts that are important for peacebuilders to think… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 18 September 2018 The importance of power in peacebuilding In the last of a short set of posts looking at concepts for peacebuilding, I want to talk about power and how power works within relationships. Power… Read More By Lucy Pieterse, 06 September 2018 'We are young. We have the power to change our community.' A young man in Bangladesh is raising up tomorrow's leaders on a diet of homegrown food and business skills. Read More By Peter Shaw, 30 August 2018 Bee Happy – now the church is buzzing The 2015 earthquakes devastated communities across Nepal. As well as the sad loss of life, the quake destroyed infrastructure and livelihoods in many… Read More By Sarah Onduko and Loida Carriel, 23 August 2018 When Bolivia met Uganda – seven 'inspired' lessons from a learning exchange visit The American zookeeper Jack Hanna once said: 'The world is the true classroom. The most rewarding and important type of learning is through… Read More By Lauren Kejeh, 15 August 2018 'We were here before the disaster, we were here during the disaster and we are here after the disaster.' The power of the church The quote in our title is from a pastor in Honduras, speaking after Hurricane Mitch in 1998. He points out that while others… Read More By Richard Lister, 02 August 2018 Grain gains – teff flatbread business grows out of self-help groups in Ethiopia I peer into darkness. I'm trying to see who is in this hut and what is going on, but there's lots of smoke obscuring my view. Gradually, I make out… Read More By Nick Wyke, 01 August 2018 Feeding a family of five – Sylvia's story in Malawi Life was hard for Sylvia's family. Her husband had abandoned her and she had only one bag of maize to feed five people. Read More By Dr Viv Grigg, 20 July 2018 Slums and the struggle for security – a step-by-step guide to gain secure land rights and better services By 2020, UN Habitat predicts that 1.4 billion people could be living in slums. For me, this is the biggest challenge for urban ministry in our time.… Read More By Susan Parajuli, 11 July 2018 Breaking new ground – joint land ownership in Nepal For United Mission to Nepal (UMN), gender justice has always been a priority. We believe that men and women are like two wheels of a cart. When we… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 04 July 2018 'I am human because I belong, I participate, I share' – community and Trinity in peacebuilding In my last post, I wrote about diversity and inclusion. In this piece I'm going to look at the idea of community – which is the place where diversity… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 26 June 2018 Same but different – the importance of diversity and inclusion to peacebuilding In the previous post on peacebuilding, we looked at the biblical understanding of peace and justice. This time, we are going to look at the ideas of… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 21 June 2018 Peace and justice – what the Bible says about these key goals of peacebuilding work In the previous post in our peacebuilding series, we looked at some of the characteristics of peacebuilders and how these are connected to the… Read More By Sas Conradie, 14 June 2018 A wake-up call for discipleship that challenges the rich and powerful 'Death-dealing forces […] are shaking the world order and inflicting suffering on many.' This alarming warning was highlighted in the Arusha Call to… Read More By Priscilla Souza, 07 June 2018 Churches and communities join forces to clean up polluted waters in Brazil The residents of communities around the Tejipió River in north-east Brazil suffer from regular floods. The factors that cause such floods are well… Read More 29 May 2018 'Changed people bring about change' in Ivory Coast Edmond was a well-educated, up-and-coming pastor in his denomination. But when he was selected to serve in Nassian, a village in the north of Ivory… Read More By Alice Keen, 25 May 2018 Celebrating our Birthday 1968 was an important year. A human being orbited the moon for the first time. The civil rights activist and pastor Martin Luther King was… Read More By Rudolf Band and Salome Hengartner, 16 May 2018 A bridge to freedom for Bolivia's prison children Prisons in Bolivia are very overcrowded – but not only with adults. The country's laws state that children under six years old can stay in their… Read More By Nick Wyke, 08 May 2018 How solar power is saving lives in DRC Come nightfall, the residents of Madzangina lived in complete darkness. The village, in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has… Read More By Chris Szuskiewicz, 02 May 2018 Five ways to limit the impact of rubbish on the environment We all produce rubbish. Usually we don't think about it. We just throw it away. But 2 billion people don't have their waste collected and the world… Read More By Chris McDonald, 24 April 2018 Five survival strategies for drought-affected livestock herders in East Africa For many people in East Africa, the current drought is the worst in living memory. Pastoralists have been hit particularly hard by this drought,… Read More By Maria Andrade, 17 April 2018 Why 'delivering the heart' is a revolutionary act in Colombia Claudia* was 14 years old and at school when, suddenly, she saw a group of uniformed armed men pass the window. After a few minutes of insults and… Read More By Nick Wyke, 11 April 2018 How cows are catalysts for hope in Rwanda How do you start to bring together survivors of genocide with those who perpetrated the violence? Even for the most sensitive and diplomatic of… Read More By Cheryl Bannatyne, 21 March 2018 Rising up to inspire other women in DRC 'It was decided because I was the eldest girl, I would not go to school like my brothers,' says Birungi. 'Instead I should stay at home to look after… Read More By William Quiñones, 26 February 2018 Learning to listen to and love gang members in Guatemala City My community of Santa Catarina Pinula in Guatemala City has been greatly affected by the spread of urban neighbourhoods. This growth has clearly… Read More By Sas Conradie, 22 February 2018 Are young people the key to community transformation? One of Tearfund's corporate priority areas is church and community transformation. This means churches that improve the holistic well-being of their… Read More By Cally Magalhães, 15 February 2018 How drama is 'breaking the chains' for boys from Brazil In Brazil, children go to prison from the age of 12. Tragically, most of them are back in prison within a month of being released. After many years… Read More 08 February 2018 Jubilee: 50 Bible studies on poverty and justice In 2018, Tearfund celebrated 50 years since the organisation was founded. We reflected on the biblical concept of Jubilee and what it means for Tearfund's work. Read More By Lucie Woolley, 01 February 2018 7 reasons why Tearfund works with and through the global local church The church occupies a unique place in the humanitarian and development sector. At its best, it is able to bring a combination of benefits to… Read More By Sirivuth Ann, 25 January 2018 Five steps to help prisoners make a fresh start on the outside When prisoners are released at the end of their sentence, starting a new life outside the prison gates can be incredibly challenging. Many… Read More By Jonathan Simpson, 18 January 2018 How the LIGHT Wheel is helping us reap a bigger harvest In my garden at home we have a mulberry tree. It is about 25 feet high with multiple branches going into the ground, yet when it bears fruit we only… Read More By Sas Conradie, 11 January 2018 Radical changes make farmer Ben an inspiration to young Africans I must admit, I was quite tired. That is after spending five hours on the road in a minibus from Nairobi to Kericho in Kenya. I then had a few… Read More By Stephen Taylor, 05 January 2018 Replacing honey with better burns treatment There is a high incidence of burns in East Africa due to the need to cook on charcoal fires and use kerosene for lighting. Knowledge of first aid for… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 18 December 2017 5 essential characteristics of a peacebuilder In our last blog, we looked at the way Christians are transformed through their relationship with God to become more like Jesus. In this post, we're… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 13 December 2017 Disciples and Peacebuilders In the last post, we looked at peacebuilding as an essential part of God's mission and using scripture to help us participate in that mission. This… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 07 December 2017 Peacebuilding as a part of God's mission All of Tearfund's work is rooted in our Theology of Mission, in which we find our understanding of our call, as Christians to follow Jesus and… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 05 December 2017 Thinking about theology for peacebuilding – 8 books you'll want to read Hannah Swithinbank introduces a new series of blogs around the theme of peacebuilding and reconciliation, and recommends eight books to help you… Read More By Norman Molina, 28 November 2017 'Measure what you treasure' to make the most impact in your region Programme Effectiveness Training recently took place at the Tearfund Central American office, covering Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. The idea… Read More By Claire Hancock, 16 November 2017 7 common reasons why some businesses fail Just having a good idea and motivation is no guarantee of success. Here are a seven of the most common reasons why businesses can fail: Read More By Bob Hansford, 02 November 2017 6 top tips to protect livelihoods from disasters Disasters affect nearly all aspects of life, but particularly livelihoods. Sometimes the damage done to people's ability to earn an income is a… Read More By Sas Conradie, 26 October 2017 Why the church needs to get down to business in Africa Moeletsi Mbeki says in his excellent book, Architects of poverty: why African capitalism needs changing, that in a society where entrepreneurship is… Read More By Claire Hancock, 10 October 2017 9 key steps to a successful business Everyone deserves the opportunity to earn a livelihood, provide for their family and support their communities. Jobs and economic opportunities are a… Read More By Beth Huckstep, 04 October 2017 'A self-help group has helped to make my family's poverty history' Life for Regatu and her family in a village near the city of Adama, in Central Ethiopia, was once comfortable when her husband used to work in a… Read More By Sara Shaw, 28 September 2017 Why advocate on climate change? What is advocacy? Advocacy is about influencing people and public policies to bring about change. It involves influencing those in power to act more… Read More By Nick Wyke, 18 September 2017 Reaping the rewards of community film-making After a screen was found and an old projector repaired, our partners in Uganda were delighted to share a short film with a packed Owii Church and… Read More 12 September 2017 A journey towards wholeness: 'The best 10 weeks of my life so far' Youth unemployment is a huge problem in Nigeria. Half of the country's population is under the age of 30, and the public sector cannot absorb the… Read More By Shaakira Muhammad, 06 September 2017 Where do people put their hope in a crisis? A new report* has revealed the importance of faith for people displaced by conflict. It also shows how humanitarian organisations could build on… Read More By Shaakira Muhammad, 15 August 2017 Power to the people: how one woman brought light to her community When Betty invested her self-help group loan in a solar panel she did more than just connect her village to electricity — she connected them to each… Read More By Nick Wyke, 08 August 2017 Football fosters forgiveness in the Middle East Would a football tournament organised by refugees and local youths in a high-tension zone in Lebanon achieve its goals of acceptance and forgiveness?… Read More 01 August 2017 Setting up shop with a little self-help from my friends In Afghanistan, women and girls often have few opportunities to work or develop a livelihood. Self-help groups bring together local women who meet on… Read More By Ben Chikan, 05 July 2017 'One month ago I didn't care — now I can feel women's pain' This is a personal story of how a Tearfund Nigeria team member, who took part in a recent Transforming Masculinities training course in Jos, Nigeria,… Read More By Hannah Swithinbank, 22 June 2017 Made in the image of God — essays to inspire and challenge you I have a number of things to do in my job at Tearfund, but one activity that I particularly enjoy is spending time with my colleagues and our… Read More By Dr Julian Eaton, 05 June 2017 Toolkit: how to improve mental health in your community Religious or spiritual leaders are often the first people individuals turn to in times of personal crisis. They can bring wisdom, healing and… Read More By Maria Andrade, 01 June 2017 Churches go deeper in response to disasters Natural disasters are predicted to rise and cause more suffering in vulnerable communities, but that's exactly where the church can help. Read More By Patricia Conteh, 25 May 2017 How united faith leaders helped to beat ebola Patricia Conteh was a Projects Officer for Tearfund in Sierra Leone when the Ebola virus hit the country in 2014. Here, she shares her memories of… Read More By Nick Wyke, 23 May 2017 Communities moved to tears by their own 'disaster movies' Educational films can be a great way to inform local communities about risks from potential natural disasters and health care issues. They are… Read More By S. Michael Houdmann, 18 May 2017 Should Christians go to doctors? There are some Christians who believe that seeking medical help shows a lack of faith in God. Some Christians wrongly think they should throw away… Read More By Sylvie Kokere, 12 May 2017 How Mother Buddies and their mobiles are saving lives and uniting families My name is Mama Eve* and I live in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I live in an area where many women and babies often die at birth… Read More By Mkhululi Sihlola , 11 May 2017 A prophet's reward: 'Six chickens and Elisha revived my dream to sew again' For most of her life Mrs Thembani Masilela hadn't given much thought to chickens. As a woman who grew up in rural areas she was brought up to ensure… Read More By Mark Simpson, 08 May 2017 The kids' club that dares to hope in Rio's 'stinking' margins Rio de Janeiro is South America's third largest urban area but perhaps its most recognisable. The Christ the Redeemer statue that watches over the… Read More By Richard Lister, 05 May 2017 Christianity – 'a disease' that may be worth catching? 'Christians are a disease'. 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After playing Draw Something on the iPhone or iPad for any amount of time, you begin to mentally file your partners by type. Lihay Kalvo created this video to help you properly identify which category you fall into.
Me? I fall somewhere between the one that can't draw and the artist that saves the word for the end. I once had to draw "Lawyer", so I drew a highway with cars passing by, the sky, some trees, and finally a billboard featuring a man in a suit with "Were You Injured?" written on it. The person I played against must have hated me so much.
So where so you fall?

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Mellencamp-King-Burnett musical to debut in Bloomington before national tour
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) � A musical by John Mellencamp, writer Stephen King and T Bone Burnett will debut in Bloomington this fall before embarking on a tour of 20 U.S. cities.
"Ghost Brothers of Darkland County" will debut Oct. 10 at the Indiana University Auditorium.
The Herald-Times reported Sunday (http://bit.ly/12Mlgt0 ) the musical has been 13 years in the making. The collaboration was inspired by an Indiana cabin on land owned by Mellencamp that, according to legend, was the site where one brother killed another over a girl and later died in a car crash with the girl.
King wrote an outline that developed into a musical with music by Mellencamp and Burnett. The story is now set in Mississippi and involves two sets of brothers.
The tour is scheduled to run through May 2014.
Information from: The Herald Times, http://www.heraldtimesonline.com


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Moody's: "Gold Producers Must Take Action to Protect Ratings"
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As equity analysts have downgraded gold stocks willy-nilly, credit ratings have remained remarkably resilient. The reason: Unlike their analyst counterparts, credit analysts were never gold bugs in the first place.
In a report today, Moody's explains that it uses at $1,200 assumption for the price of gold in it's ratings. As a result, the gold miners didn't get upgraded when gold raced towards $1,900 during 201, and haven't been downgraded with gold near $1,300. Its analysts explain why:
Complex dynamics drive the price of gold. Mining and recycling provide most of the new gold supply while demand is driven by decorative, industrial and investment/speculation activity. Central banks oscillate between being a source of supply and demand of gold while inflation expectations, interest rates and exchange rates are also important factors. Moreover, the annual supply of gold is a fraction of its above-ground stockpile, much of which remains very liquid. All of this makes it extremely difficult to forecast the price of gold.
So what would it take to lower than forecast for gold? Glad you asked:
As a result, Moody's says, gold miners "must take action to protect ratings." It explains:
Our ratings assume producers will respond to the current price environment for gold by pulling levers within their control to minimize the level of earnings deterioration. These actions include reducing operating costs, deferring capital spending and idling higher cost mines. Investment-grade gold producers such as Newmont Mining (NEM), Barrick Gold (ABX) and Goldcorp (GG) tend to have more options to deal with low gold prices than smaller, speculative-grade rated companies such as IAMGold (IAG) or Eldorado Gold (EGO).
It's perhaps not too surprising that Moody's is most troubled by the South African gold miners. Barrick Gold, AngloGold Ashanti (AU) and Gold Fields (GFI), while all having different credit ratings, all have negative outlooks.
The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has gained 1.5% to $27.36 today, while Barrick Gold has jumped 2.1% to $17.53, AngloGold has ticked up 0.7% to $13.83 and Gold fields has risen 2.2% to $5.93.


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The Twin Cities has long been a leader in charitable giving and volunteerism. The region is home to a vibrant nonprofit community with organizations devoted to a wide range of charitable causes. Here's a guide to area nonprofits worthy of consideration as you consider your strategy for holiday giving this season. For more tips on charitable giving, go to the Minneapolis Foundation's site at Minneapolisfoundation.org or the online fundraiser GiveMn.org. Do you have a great charity you want to share with Journal readers? Tweet us @swjournal or email [email protected]
Contribute to the future of your city and state by donating to one of the many area organizations that work to improve the lives of youth through education.
Minnesota has one of the largest student achievement gaps in the nation, and many nonprofits and charitable organizations focus their efforts on the groups that too often fall behind: communities of color and low-income families. Other organizations work to inspire success in school and life through sports, community activities and the arts.
AchieveMpls // achievempls.org
Founded in 2002, AchieveMpls is the foundation partner of Minneapolis Public Schools. It manages several programs that directly benefit district students, including the college and career centers in high schools and STEP-UP, a summer jobs program that trains Minneapolis youth aged 14–21 and then places them with area employers for paid internships.
AchieveMpls also provides support, financial and otherwise, for a number of district programs, including AVID, or Advancement Via Individual Determination, a college preparatory program. GEMS and GISE, two after-school programs that engage young learners in math, engineering and science, also get AchieveMpls support.
Admission Possible // admissionpossible.org
Admission Possible provides coaching and support to students from low-income families, with the goal of getting students into college and on a path out of poverty.
The nonprofit organization works with approximately 1,500 students in the Twin Cities. Ninety-one percent are students of color, and their families earn less than $25,000 per year, on average.
Through activities like ACT and SAT test preparation and college financial planning assistance, the program has a proven track record of boosting students' chances of attending a four-year post-secondary institution.
Leonardo's Basement // leonardosbasement.org
Founded in 1998 by families from Barton Open School, and organized a year later as a nonprofit, Leonardo's Basement engages students and families through art, engineering and science.
Leonardo's Basement offers year-round programming for students age 6–16 where students develop science projects, sew and work with textiles, build rockets and participate in other creative activities — often of their own design. The organization also designs creative projects for schools,
after-school programs and youth groups.
Minnesota Reading Corps // minnesotareadingcorps.org
An AmeriCorps program, Minnesota Reading Corps works in schools statewide to help students reach a critical learning goal: reading proficiency by the third grade.
Studies show students who don't read as well as classmates by the third grade are at risk of falling further behind as reading becomes a more and more important part of their schoolwork. Trained corps members work with students age 3 to grade 3 in daily, one-on-one sessions.
Project SUCCESS // projectsuccess.org
More than 10,000 students in Minneapolis and St. Paul schools experience a Project SUCCESS program every year.
The nonprofit uses school-based goal-setting workshops and out-of-school theater experiences to inspire teens to set goals and make the academic progress necessary to achieve those goals. Project SUCCESS also organizes college tours and annual excursions into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
Youth Performance Company // youthperformanceco.com
Youth Performance Company has provided a creative outlet for the Twin Cities' young performing artists since 1989.
A nonprofit organization since 1993, the company has involved thousands of local young people in productions like "MEAN," a play that examines bullying in schools. Youth Performance Company also offers performance classes and workshops throughout the year, as well as an overnight performing arts camp.
Children & Youth
It's not difficult to make a case for investing in children. According to a study cited by the Minneapolis Foundation, for every $1 invested in mentorship programs, there is $2 in public cost savings and increased tax revenue. Another report referenced by the foundation suggests that children who take part in preschool programs later earn on average, 20,000 more than their peers who didn't attend preschool activities. There are so many great organizations devoted to youth in the Twin Cities. Here are a handful of noteworthy ones to consider supporting.
Urban Arts Academy // Urbanartsacademy.org
The South Minneapolis nonprofit offers a range of arts educational opportunities for children. On the website, the organization says it believes "every child has the right to art." The program primarily serves children living in the Bancroft, Bryant, Central and Powderhorn neighborhoods with preschool, after-school and summer arts programs. The academy encourages donations through givemn.org.
District 202 // Dist202.org
District 202 is dedicated to creating a safe space for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth in the Twin Cities. Founded in 1992, the organization has inspired the creation of six other organizations serving LGBT youth. District 202 helps youth in a variety of ways — through programs on creative expression, social justice, social interaction and health and wellness and online social networking, among other things.
Bike Cops for Kids // Bikecopsforkids.blogspot.com
Bike Cops for Kids is a project of eight Minneapolis Police Officers on bike patrol working to improve the lives of youth in North Minneapolis. The officers have partnered with the Ciresi Foundation, PEACE Foundation, Penn Cycle and other community groups to donate bicycles and helmets to kids on the North Side. According to the program's Facebook page, the main goal is to "make a special memory stick into the hard drive of a child as they grow up in challenging situations. Connect cops and kids in an unusual setting, their own yard, and use helmets, bike safety and bikes to do it. Safety is the added bonus."
Youth Farm and Market Project // Youthfarm.net
The Youth Farm and Market Project works with youth in five Twin Cities neighborhoods, providing year-around programming for more than 500 young people. Children learn about urban agriculture and gardening. The organization has five main goals: build young leaders; promote healthy bodies and minds; contribute to the positive identity of children and youth; create neighborhood connectedness and opportunities for contribution; and develop and nurture healthy relationships.
Art Buddies // Artbuddies.org
Art Buddies matches low-income children with creative mentors who help them work on fun art projects. The workshops last from seven to 10 weeks. Since launching in 1994, the program has paired more than 1,800 children with mentors in creative fields. The idea is to help the children develop confidence and their creative potential through meaningful relationships with mentors.
The Bridge for Youth // www.Bridgeforyouth.org
The Bridge for Youth has been helping youth and families in need since 1970. The organization has a variety of services for youth in crisis situations — a 24-hour hotline, 24-hour walk-in counseling, an emergency shelter and family counseling, among other programs.
Minnesota is home to more than 12,000 lakes and 92,000 miles of rivers. Its natural beauty has spawned thousands of parks in Minneapolis and across the state. In 2008, 8.3 million people visited state parks.
The state's environment needs tender loving care, and dozens of organizations work to protect it.
Friends of the Mississippi River // fmr.org
This organization works to protect, restore and enhance the Mississippi River and its watershed in the Twin Cities region.
Founded in 1992, Friends of the Mississippi River organizes over 2,5000 volunteers who work to improve the health of the river. The organization also works with landowners to prevent pollution of the river, bring attention to the river's health and lobbies for the river's public value to city and state leaders.
Minnesota Land Trust // mnland.org
Since its first project in 1993, the Minnesota Land Trust has protected over 38,000 acres of Minnesota land and 817,000 feet of shoreline on 200 lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands.
Thanks to landowners who've given conservation easements to the Land Trust, the organization has protected over $100 million in property in places such as the North Shore of Lake Superior, trout streams in southeastern Minnesota, the Mississippi River headwaters area and green space in the Twin Cities.
Conservation Minnesota // conservationminnesota.org
It could be fighting for clean drinking water, preventing logging in state parks, helping pass the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment or advocating for wind and solar energy. Conservation Minnesota plays a big role in lobbying local and state officials to protect the state's natural resources.
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness // friends-bwca.org
Last summer, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness made headlines when a fire burned 100,000 acres of land, but the Friends of the Boundary Waters has been protecting that area for 35 years. The organization works to protect the area from haze, noise, logging, mining development and loss of species.
Sierra Club, North Star Chapter // northstar.sierraclub.org
The Sierra Club is the oldest and largest environmental group around, having been founded by John Muir in 1892. It has 1.4 million members.
The Sierra Club promotes the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources, educates people, and helps restore the quality of the environment.
The North Star Chapter volunteers lead on legislative issues, advocate for Minnesota's natural places and hold outings to connect members to each other and the outdoors.
Audubon Minnesota // mn.audubon.org
Audubon Minnesota fights for birds, conserving and restoring their natural ecosystems. The group's work includes restoring waters, engaging people, protecting habitat and reducing hazards to birds.
To date, Audubon Minnesota has found over 100 species of birds dead after flying into buildings in the Twin Cities, totaling over 1,500 birds.
Housing and Human Services
Even in good economic times there will be people struggling to find a place to sleep at night, and the problem has only gotten worse in the last few years. According to the Minneapolis Foundation, 20 percent of homeless people are employed, and over half of the children on the streets are under age 5. Fortunately, there are many great local charities working to end homelessness. Here are a few of the many worthy charitable organizations that help people struggling with homelessness and other housing issues.
Cabrini Partnership // cabrinipartnership.org
There are various shelters throughout the city, many designed to service a particular segment of the needy population. The Cabrini Partnership focuses on adults with mental illness and chemical dependencies. Both are leading causes of homelessness, and 82 percent of Cabrini residents are dually diagnosed with both conditions. The organization provides both transitional housing and permanent supportive housing for the persistently mentally ill. Cabrini's services help those suffering from these conditions start down a path to a more healthy and productive life.
Sharing and Caring Hands // sharingandcaringhands.org
Since 1985, Sharing and Caring Hands has provided services for the poor with no government or United Way funding. Mary's Place, the organization's transitional shelter, houses 500 people each night, 10,000 showers a year to those with no other bathing facilities and distributes 375,000 pounds of food annually. Mary's Place also features a medical clinic, two classrooms, a children's play area and more, all of which is funded entirely by donations.
People Serving People // peopleservingpeople.org
The largest family-focused shelter in Minnesota, People Serving People's mission is to help homeless children and their families find opportunities for a healthy and stable family life. From an early childhood education center to employment assistance for adults, People Serving People has programs for every member of a needy family. One program that benefits both the organization and its clients is the culinary arts training program — students in the program help serve up to 1,000 meals a day in People Serving People's dining hall while learning the skills they need to find employment in the food service industry.
St. Stephen's Human Services // ststephensmpls.org
One of St. Stephen's best-known services is its Street Outreach team, which interacts directly with those experiencing homelessness. The team provides first contact between the homeless and the rest of the organization, which also provides food, clothing, shelter and employment services. The organization also operates several sober housing facilities and a free store, from which those in need can obtain clothing, toys and housewares.
YouthLink // youthlinkmn.org
Young people experiencing homelessness are especially vulnerable to exploitation, and challenges during these formative years can leave people unprepared for the challenges of adulthood. Youthlink focuses exclusively on giving homeless and at-risk youth what they need to succeed, including a safe place to stay, medical treatment, counseling services and education. Several partner organizations work out of Youthlink's headquarters, making the center a one-stop destination for those in need of its services.
Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota // hfhmn.org
One of the best-known housing services, Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota builds or renovates houses for families in need of decent shelter. Beneficiaries must help with the construction project, as well as make mortgage payments on their new property, which in turn provides funding for future Habitat projects. The program builds roughly 125 homes for those in need every year.
It's no secret that the Twin Cities features a thriving arts culture. Less well known is the fact that many of the cities' finest theaters, museums, venues and publishing houses are nonprofits that rely in part on charitable giving to keep the doors open.
What follows is a list of six arts and culture nonprofits that could use your support this holiday season.
Minnesota Historical Society // mnhs.org
The Minnesota Historical Society operates St. Paul's Minnesota History Center, which features both permanent and changing collections
illuminating Minnesota's history in a gem of a building constructed more than a century ago.
Memberships provide free access to the center and discounts at history museums throughout the country. New members receive a $5 discount now through the end of the year.
Milkweed Editions // milkweed.org
Founded in 1980, Milkweed Editions publishes between 15 and 20 titles annually and is one of three founding tenants of Open Book, an 11-year-old center for book and literary arts an 1011 Washington Ave. S.
The non-profit does more than just publish. Through its Alliance for Reading program, it has worked for over a decade with Twin Cities school to promote reading and literary arts, particularly in schools where a majority of students receive subsidized breakfasts or lunches.
Science Museum of Minnesota // smm.org
In its early days the Science Museum of Minnesota was called the Merriam Mansion home and featured a few thousand artifacts. Now, it features scientific research facilities, teacher evaluation programs and the U.S.'s only convertible-dome Omnitheater in a 370,000 square-foot building in downtown St. Paul.
For $150 annually, members receive two free passes to ticketed exhibitions, free guest admissions and invitations to special events, among other perks. Higher membership levels feature perks ranging from free parking to hosting birthday parties at the museum.
The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts // artsmia.org
Whittier's Minneapolis Institute of Arts, one of the finest art museums in the region, is free everyday largely because of the generosity of its 23,000 members.
In 1883, 25 Minneapolitans founded the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts. The society founded the MIA, which now has a permanent collection of over 80,000 objects, broken up into more than a half-dozen curatorial areas.
Contributions from individuals and organizations make up a quarter of the MIA's annual revenue. Memberships, beginning at $50 annually, provide access to ticketed exhibitions, museum-wide discounts, event invitations and more.
The Soap Factory // soapfactory.org
Located in the former National Purity Soap Company building, The Soap Factory (in the words of the non-profit's website) "is a laboratory for artistic
experimentation and innovation, dedicated to supporting artists and engaging audiences through the production and presentation of contemporary art in a unique and historic environment."
Although The Soap Factory is known primarily for its Haunted Basement Halloween production, the art venue offers much more. For instance, in 2008, the venue exhibited the work of over 130 artists and had over 40,000 visitors.
Grant funding has increased in recent years, but The Soap Factory still relies on charitable donations to funds its work.
Minnesota Orchestral Association // minnesotaorchestra.org
The Minnesota Orchestra, one of America's top symphonic ensembles, relies on contributions for 43 percent of its income.
The vast majority of donated funds go toward artistic programming, which represented 88 percent of the orchestra's expenses during the 2010 season.
Patron memberships, starting at $100 annually, provide invitations for two to the orchestra's annual Guarantors' Concert and meeting and reception. Additional perks are available at higher membership levels.


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We have identified two main drivers of market performance in 2019: the evolution of the growth-inflation mix, and geopolitical uncertainty. We expect slowing but still above-potential global output growth and a gradual rise in inflation, leading to moderate monetary tightening. In the light of what happened in 2018, geopolitical uncertainty is likely to shape or shake financial markets in 2019.
In 2019, we expect slower economic growth than in the previous two years, but no abrupt slowdown. In particular, we see the potential for convergence between the United States and the rest of the world, as the stimulus effect from the tax cuts is fading. More specifically, we expect the recent policy-easing measures undertaken by China to bear some fruit and mitigate the negative impacts of the slowdown and the trade war on emerging markets. In Europe, economic momentum, although disappointing and less dynamic, remains above-potential. In this context of ongoing positive growth, we prefer equities over bonds and are maintaining a cautious approach towards credit.
As the economic cycle progresses, labour markets – from the United States to Japan via the United Kingdom and Germany – are becoming increasingly tight. This should put upward pressure on wages. In addition, rising producer prices and the introduction of tariffs should lead to higher inflation rates and further yield-curve flattening. That said, we expect the rise in inflation to remain gradual and do not expect any overshooting into "inflation fear". Hence, central banks might respond with only moderate monetary tightening. In addition, 2019 will mark both the final year of Mario Draghi's 8-year term at the helm of the ECB and the end of quantitative easing.
Geopolitical uncertainties represent the main risk which could tip the scales from an expected soft landing towards a hard landing. The several layers of uncertainty could lead to increased market volatility in 2019. First, on a global level, the confrontation between the United States and China certainly reaches beyond trade issues. In 2018, the implementation of tariffs has impacted capital markets negatively as it ultimately impacts corporate earnings and slows down global economies via lower business confidence. Second, the European agenda will remain full of uncertainties, ranging from Brexit and unresolved Italian budget issues to stalling structural reforms in France. The European parliamentary election at the end of May will be an important milestone, as populist and Eurosceptic forces are likely to gain influence. Clearly, Europe faces a tricky year in 2019. The good news is that the sell-off experienced in 2018 has already restored an equity risk premium both in emerging markets and in the Eurozone, as valuations have come down significantly. Durable political relief could therefore translate into an equity market re-rating for those regions.
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The News asked Avon and Somerset Police how many 999 calls containing the words UFO, spaceship, alien or flying saucer from Chard, Ilminster and Crewkerne have been logged over the past five years.
The force received one call at 7.39pm on January 25, 2011, another call at 1.54am on February 7, 2012, and a third call at 12.12pm on August 9, 2012.
UFO sightings are becoming more common, it is claimed, and in January this year, a jet flying near Heathrow Airport was reported to being nearly struck by a bright silver, metallic-looking "rugby ball-like shape" at an altitude of 34,000 feet.
In April, a mysterious black circle was spotted in Leamington Spa, while in London, "a mysterious white UFO" was spotted in broad daylight.
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The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code H53.45:
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- - Defect, defective - Q89.9
- - visual field - H53.40
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- - specified type NEC - H53.45
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- - visual field - H53.40
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- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
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School starts back up in two weeks. Do you know what the means? High school swim season is here.
When I pulled in the pool parking lot this afternoon, I had a hard time finding a spot. The usually empty lot was bursting with cars and I discovered why as soon as I walked inside. High school swimmers (at least 50 of them!) had taken over the pool.
They weren't there long (maybe 15 minutes after I was), but I couldn't believe how many of them there were. All lanes were filled with at least 4 or 5 swimmers per lane and the coach was shouting out drills left and right. It was actually a little fun to watch. When they all got out, they did some sort of freshmen chant that, I'm assuming, welcomed them to the pool.
Because of the high school team taking over the pool, our usual 6:00pm practice start time was pushed back to 6:30pm. This was a fact I had forgotten about, which is why I was at the pool early. Also, because of the high school team, they will no longer be changing the pool to long course in the afternoon. Boo. I really, really came to enjoy the long course, the short course is, well, short. I'm not a fan of having so many flip turns, and I lost count of how many laps I was supposed to be doing during our 400 warm-up. There's less laps to count in the long course, which works much better for me.
Oh, well. Not much I can do about that.
Even with the short course, practice was fun. Yes, coach was still getting on to me about rotating my right side or picking up my left arm (though he did tell me I was doing better!), we also mixed it up a bit. There were 50s on1:00, 25s on 0:40, kick board, glide practicing, and even our first IMs.
Here's something I never thought I'd say – I enjoy the butterfly stroke. I know – shocker! – who enjoys the butterfly stroke?! We did some 100 IMs and butterfly laps today, and something just clicks for me with the butterfly. I'm not saying I'm great at it, but I like that I can keep up with – and sometimes even pass! – my teammates (they whoop my butt every other time). I love having both hands to push myself out of the water and basically using my whole body to move forward. I know I'll never use the butterfly stroke in a triathlon setting, but it does work different muscles that helps make me a stronger, well-rounded swimmer. Plus, butterflies are just fun, plain and simple.
What's your favorite swim stroke? Freestyle seems to be everyone's default, but I know it can't be everyone's favorite. 😉
Before practice I had a bag of popcorn with peanuts.
I also had some of the raspberry Powerbar chewy thingys that Felipe brought. I'm usually not a fan of the Powerbar chews (they're really chewy and not great for running), but I enjoyed the raspberry flavor and found they weren't as hard to chew when you're just standing still and not at mile 6 of a 14 mile run.
Dinner involved the leftover rotisserie chicken from Sunday night (we really stretched that chicken out!) and some salsa.
Basically, I heated the leftover chicken on the stove with some frozen corn and added heaping spoonfuls of salsa to the mix. The chicken was then served over a bed of spinach with shredded carrots, cheese, guacamole, and a torn tortilla.
The combination of the hot chicken, salsa, and cheese was delicious. I liked that it was super easy to execute and still came out amazing. 🙂
Chocolate for dessert.
Practice wore me out. I'm ready for bed.
Good Night!
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Now let us move from General Petraeus's mistress to General Allen's non-mistress, Tampa socialite and identical twin Jill Kelley. Mrs. Kelley had clearance for all parts of the MacDill Air Base and was given some kind of commemorative certificate as "honorary ambassador" to CentCom, on the basis of which, in a recent 9-1-1 call, she claimed the right to "diplomatic protection." Yeah, that's what Chris Stevens thought in Benghazi. As appears to be well known, the Kelleys have financial problems and their luxury home faces foreclosure. For a while they ran a charity, the Doctor Kelley Cancer Foundation, which makes terminal cancer patients' final wishes come true. In 2007, they took in $157,284 in donations, and ran up expenses of $81,927 on dining, entertainment, and travel. So, if you've got cancer and your dying wish is for Jill Kelley to party, this is the charity for you.
In other words, neither of these women pass the smell test. Which is a problem insofar as Petraeus, as CIA director, is supposed to be head of the national smell test, and General Allen, as Petraeus's successor in Kabul, is supposed to be head of the smell test in Afghanistan. In the Gaza "peace agreement" signed last week, they flew in Hillary Clinton to give the impression that she had something to do with it, whereas in reality she was entirely peripheral to the deal. But Jill Kelley is apparently essential to anything that matters in CentCom: When Pastor Terry Jones was threatening to burn a Koran, General Allen asked Mrs. Kelley to mediate. When radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge was threatening to "deep-fat fry" a Koran, General Allen recommended the mayor of Tampa ask Mrs. Kelley to intervene. The U.S. government is responsible for 43 percent of the planet's military spending, and apparently all that gets you is that, when the feces hits the fan, the four-star brass start e-mailing Jill Kelley of Tampa.


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When I moved to NYC I worked in a record store that was owned by the mob. It was called Soho Music Gallery and the mob were planning to run a bootlegging of 'cut-outs' operation out of an adjacent space. As a cover for that illegal operation they also distributed Tikva, an Israeli folk dance music label along with two fantastic ethnographic labels, Ocora and Barenreiter. My co-workers included John Zorn, Anthony Coleman, Anton Fier. Byrne and Eno who both lived in the neighborhood used to come in along with a lot of other musicians. It was a good size store with deep sections of African, Brazilian, Electronic, Jazz and Avant Garde music and I spent a good part of my salary on records there.
So much about what we knew about music came from opening all the albums in the store, reading the notes and listening. I also traveled a lot at the time and bought lp's and cassettes where ever I went. Countries like Indonesia which had only government run record pressing plants went through a cultural explosion in the 1970′s when cassette duplication technology became prevalent and every culture (of which there were at least a couple of hundred in Indonesia alone) could have and had it's own music industry.
Of course that was then and now is now. Now there is no need to have to open records, read liner notes and the obscure and out of the way music and places are all as close as our desktop. – – I went to Colombia last week. I am not intending to do a travel blog, I'll leave that to others… but among what I thought interesting was I was told by Lucas Silva who has put out compilations of Afro Colombian music that while I was in Barranquilla i should go to a particular record store (and see Shane). Since he didn't give me the address of that store I tried to see if it existed onine. It didn't. But when I searched for it I found a blog posted by Miles Cleret the guy who owns Soundways Records about being in Barranquilla and being taken to this store by another blogger named Fabian who has an Afrocolombian Blog. So I wrote Fabian asking if wanted to hang out. In the meantime Lucas Silva emailed me back with the stores address so off I went. Then Fabien wrote that he would indeed like to hang out, I told him where I was and he came by the meet me.
After listening to a few hundred records I bought some and Fabian and I walked around the area to get lunch. Every once in a while we would pass someone Fabian knew and he would introduce me to them. "That guy has the best known soundsystema," Fabian would say. And I thought here we are in a world that someone with a blog in Barranquilla is known more to people all around the world then to people in his home town. And the best soundsystem guy is known less.
Fabian started his blog because of his interest in African records. Because Barranquilla is a port city, records from all over the world have ended up there. Unbeknownst to me, half the albums I bought were not even Colombian but from Mozambique, Peru and Panama.
Fabian is selling some singles so he can buy a better computer. If you are interested they are found here.


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A Georgia Tech researcher's deep dive into some half a million Enron emails could some day result in smarter messaging software.
The "Enron corpus," as the database of employee emails revealed during investigations into Enron's massive fraud in the early 2000s became known, has turned into a gift that keeps on giving to researchers. For Eric Gilbert, assistant professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech, the email database has shed light on which words are used most frequently in messages going up and down the corporate hierarchy (and yes, a conservative approach and many filters were used to ensure the types of messages examined would apply to a typical organization, not just a fraudulent one).
MORE RESEARCH: Researchers unmasking anonymous email senders
The top 5 "upward predictors"found in the Enron corpus were "the ability to," "I took", "are available", "kitchen"and "thought you would." Words/phrases found most frequently in messages heading in the opposite direction were "have you been", "you gave", "we are in", "title" and "need in." The value of identifying such words and phrases is that they can be considered reliable indicators of message types, and that kind of insight could be used to develop artificial intelligence-based messaging systems that automatically prioritize emails (say fast-tracking only emails from other higher-ups into the CEO's inbox).
"We have organizational charts, but they don't tell the whole story,"and the research could help map "informal power and reporting structures," said Gilbert, in a statement. "A classic example is the CEO's administrative assistant: That person may not occupy a high box on the org chart, but he or she still has a large amount of influence."
Gilbert formally presented his research Tuesday at the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) in Seattle.
Gilbert's track record also includes an effort to reduce email overload via a tool called Courteous.ly that signals would-be email senders about how busy recipients are.
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Evaluation of pediatric ATD biofidelity as compared to child volunteers in low-speed far-side oblique and lateral impacts." Traffic Inj Prev. 2014;15 Suppl 1:S206-14."
Measurement of Hybrid III Head Impact Kinematics Using an Accelerometer and Gyroscope System in Ice Hockey Helmets." Ann Biomed Eng. 2014."
Validation of a helmet-based system to measure head impact biomechanics in ice hockey." Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014;46(1):115-23."
Electromyography responses of pediatric and young adult volunteers in low-speed frontal impacts." J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2013;23(5):1206-14."
Evaluation of the hybrid III and Q-series pediatric ATD upper neck loads as compared to pediatric volunteers in low-speed frontal crashes." Ann Biomed Eng. 2013;41(11):2381-90."
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