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EU transport infrastructure needs new finance sources
Brussels, Belgium – The Transport Committee believes that continued financial inaction on the transport infrastructure may put economic growth at risk. In a report adopted on Tuesday 2007-05-08, it calls on the Commission to table proposals on possible new and alternative ways of financing, in particular, the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T). Since the priority investments have been slower than expected, key projects should now be selected for their financial feasibility.
In Etelka Barsy-Partaki's (EPP-ED, HU) own-initiative report on the mid-term review of the Commission's 2001 Transport White Paper, there was general support for the Commission's stance, but MEPs in the committee stressed that the rapid completion of the TEN-T network was the best way to create conditions for a making best use of all the different mode of transport in a complementary fashion, an approach known as co-modality. A shift in the balance of modes of transport ("modal shift") was essential for reducing the environmental impact of transport. Shifts to rail, bus and coach, maritime transport or inland waterways should be achieved and emphasis should be put on those transport modes whose level of participation is still low.
MEPs in the committee gave a broad welcome to the Commission's working plans for the years ahead, but stressed that particular attention should be paid to short sea shipping, the so-called Motorways of the Sea, and to programmes such as SESAR (the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research Programme), ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System), Galileo (the European satellite positioning system), Marco Polo (environmental performance of freight transport) and Naiades (inland waterway action programme). The Commission was asked to develop a transparent and comprehensible model for the assessment of all external costs in the transport sector. It should increase its efforts to fully implement the directive on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the Community and to come up with a report on this before the end of 2007.
The report was adopted with 31 votes in favour, 4 against and no abstentions.
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Terrific, tasty weeknight dinner: Hoisin and Honey- Glazed Pork Chops
Hoisin and Honey Glazed Pork Chops
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 20 min
1/4 cup oyster sauce
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 clove garlic, minced
Four 1-inch-thick boneless pork chops (2 pounds total)
1. Place all ingredients (except pork) in a large freezer ziploc bag. Swish around to mix, and then add the pork chops to the bag. Turn bag to coat chops with the marinade. Place in refrigerator for at least 15 minutes and up to 8 hours to marinate.
2. When ready to cook, place oven rack in middle position; preheat oven to 400°F. Remove chops from marinade and arrange in 1 layer in a 15x10-inch shallow baking pan (1 inch deep). Spoon remaining sauce over pork and roast until just cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.
3. Turn on broiler and broil pork 5 to 6 inches from heat until top is slightly caramelized, 2 to 5 minutes. Let stand, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Serve pork topped with any pan juices.
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In today's tech-focused society, many parents are on a mission to find ways to draw their child away from their technology and get them to engage in other ways. While there is certainly merit in spending time together without the distractions caused by our devices, there are also plenty of ways you can actually use technology to strengthen your bond with your child through your smartphones, tablets, and computers.
Not sure how technology can help you grow closer? Try out some of these ideas.
Sure-Fire Ways to Bond with Your Child (that involve a screen)
1) Play video games together.
Many parents might balk at the idea of grabbing a controller or mobile device and joining their child for a video game session, but this can be a great way to score some quality time and bond with your son or daughter. Get them to show you the ropes and explain how the game works, then enjoy a little friendly competition or collaboration – depending on the game! You might be surprised to see how much fun you have.
Check out THIS LIST for fun apps you can play together as a family.
2) Share an e-book.
I won't go so far as to say paper books are becoming a thing of the past, but e-books have definitely claimed their spot in the market, and for good reason – for a small charge, you can download virtually any book you'd like to read right to your tablet or computer and have it instantly available. When it's time to share a bedtime story or read an evening chapter of a book, cuddle up with your tablet and read together. Use the features built into your e-reader, like the highlighter, to mark passages you love or want to revisit later.
I share more advantages of reading ebooks (besides bonding with your child) HERE.
3) Make a movie
Using your smart phone's video camera, work with your child to make a short movie! Take a documentary-style approach and record your family going through their normal routines, or go all-out and create a script, characters, and a story to tell! Once you're done filming, have fun with an editing program on your computer to add in sound effects and fun visuals – then invite the whole family to watch!
You could even try a stop-motion movie. My daughter and I set up scenes with her Legos and brainstorm a storyline. She then creates the movie with StopMotion Studio. Even though I can't be involved in the entire lengthy process, we have fun together dreaming up the story.
4) Listen to an audiobook or podcast
I love sharing classic stories with my kids (and now that they are older, they discover new stories and share them with me!). Using audiobooks, we can visit new worlds without the risk of me falling asleep reading aloud. We discuss the themes of the stories, questions we have and our favorite characters. One bonus is my kids and I can listen while we do other things. We enjoy coloring or building Legos with a story playing in the background. Or we listen in the car.
Lately, we've been preferring podcasts over lengthy books. We can finish one in an afternoon of driving to and from sports. Or in the half-hour of family time before bed. You can find a list of kid-friendly podcasts HERE.
5) Find Youtube channels to enjoy together.
If it's been a while since you've looked at YouTube, you might be surprised by the sheer amount of well-curated content you'll find there. From cooking shows and DIY instructions to celebrity vlogs and kid-friendly programs, you can search for – and find – virtually anything you want to watch. Spend some time surfing YouTube with your little one and see if you can find a fun new channel to watch together.
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6) Communicate often.
Communication is key to staying close and forging strong family bonds. If your child has a cell phone, don't be afraid to text often. It's an easy way to check in, make plans, offer encouragement, and get information. And when the kids are at a slumber party, off at summer camp, or visiting Grandma for a week? Use Facetime or another video chatting platform to stay closely connected.
One of my daughters finds it easiest to express her feelings by writing. In the past, we had a notebook that we passed back and forth when she wanted to vent. Now, we use Messenger Kids. When upset, she can take a self-forced chill time in her room and message me as she processes her emotions.
Board games and family dinners are still great ways to connect and stay close as a family, but with the rise of technology, it's important to find ways to embrace the tools at our disposal and use them to our advantage – not push them away. These are just a handful of ways you can make technology work in your favor and use it to grow closer with your children.
Tell me … what ways have you used tech to bond with your kids? Leave a comment and let me know!
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The Challenge of Preaching (John Stott and Greg Scharf) -- Review
THE CHALLENGE OF PREACHING. By John Stott. Abridged and Updated by Greg Scharf. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015. Xii + 132 pages.
If you've had any involvement in the Evangelical movement over the past half century you've likely encountered John Stott. He was a leading figure in the movement, but being that he was both British and Anglican, he had the ability to transcend boundaries. He was popular at Fuller and I had the opportunity to hear him speak to a large audience gathered at a relatively progressive Presbyterian church in Santa Barbara, California. Nonetheless he was both evangelical and relatively conservative on most issues.
Stott died in 2011 at the age of ninety, probably a decade after I heard him speak. Career-wise he spent most of his adult life as the minister at All Soul's Church, Langham Place, in London. At the same time, he was a well-traveled speaker and author. He wrote on a variety of topics, both biblical and theological. He also wrote on preaching—with one of his better known books bearing the title Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century, which appeared in 1982. I was just beginning my seminary career when it came out, though I don't remember reading it (I'm sure I leafed through it since we had a copy on the shelves at the Christian bookstore where I worked at the time). The book reappears now in an abridged and updated edition. The person responsible for the abridging and updating the book is Greg Scharf, a professor of pastoral theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. We are told that Scharf worked closely with Stott at both All Soul's Church in London and at TEDS, and had the permission of Stott to undertake this work.
While this is a book on preaching, it doesn't really focus on methodology. In fact, the methodology that is offered is pretty standard fare, what I learned to do in college nearly forty years ago. The focus isn't so much on the how of preaching as the rationale for preaching biblically. Because this is not only an abridgement (of a book I've not read) but an updating of a previously written book the current reader is left wondering at times where Stott ends and Scharf begins. This is a criticism I have of the project. I appreciate the abridgement, which might make this more accessible to preachers today. That said, I'm not sure why it needs to be updated. The parts that are most assuredly updates are the references here and there to technology that emerged post 1982 or at least have become popular since the book was originally written. I'm just not sure those additions are necessary and leave the reader wondering what else was adapted/changed.
It is clear that Stott/Scharf are concerned about the state of preaching today. They are concerned that the preaching is not sufficiently biblical and that the audiences of those sermons do not sufficiently affirm the authority of the preacher (and the Bible from which the sermon is derived). While some of the rebellion against authority is affirmed, they are concerned that it's not only institutions that have been targeted but ideas themselves: It is assumed that everyone has a right to their own opinions, which may not be challenged by anyone, let alone a preacher" (p. 2). With this reality as background they encourage preachers to forge ahead anyway. They call upon preachers to embrace expository preaching, which I take to be deductive in nature. While there is some recognition of the need to take into consideration the genre of a text, the preacher is called upon to exposit the text so that the sermon will offer a clear point that teaches or convicts. The vision of preaching found here is quite different from the inductive model espoused by Fred Craddock. Whereas Craddock encouraged preachers to affirm their lack of authority, and bring that into the sermon, it is clear that Stott believes that the preacher is a figure of authority (though humble). While I would agree that Stott that the consumerist vision that seems to drive much of what we do in church today, I'm not sure that railing against those who won't recognize the authority of the Bible and its expositor will be of help.
Technique, while important, isn't the primary concern. Instead, it is convictions that matter. Theology/doctrine is what grounds preaching, and preaching is to be biblical/expository. This shouldn't surprise us too much, for as a conservative evangelical Stott is committed to something akin to biblical inerrancy (the Brits tend not to be quite as hidebound on this issue as some Americans). When calling for biblical/expository preaching he's not calling for the preacher to ignore genre or suggesting that one should engage in proof-texting. But it is assumed that whatever the form, it is superintended by God, and so the task of the preacher is to find the core truth and bring that truth out to the congregants. He (they) writes: "The expositor opens what seems to be closed, makes plain what is confusing, unravels what is knotted, and unfolds what is tightly packed" (p. 25). The challenge here is to bring that word into the present -- to build the bridge from then to now. He points to the premise espoused by Barth and Spurgeon that the preacher should have the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other.
It should not surprise us that Stott would emphasize the importance of study—both biblical and theological. Indeed, the most important job of the preacher is to engage in study at all costs (for someone like me that's not a problem since I am addicted to study). This task is so important that the preacher should leave such tasks as administration to others. As much as I love to study theology and the Bible, I don't serve a large parish, and so I can't leave administration and pastoral care to others. What is interesting is that while study is central, they used an interesting formula for sermon preparation. I had always heard it said that the proper ratio should be one hour of study to one minute of preaching. Being that I tend to preach between fifteen and twenty minutes, that would be somewhere around fifteen hours. But they use a formula of one hour per five minutes of preaching. That's three or four hours. While that would leave a lot of time for other things besides study, I'm not sure that's enough time to properly prepare. So, I'm not sure how this works.
While there is a chapter on preparing sermons, little said about delivery. More important is character, and much of the book is focused on that. Be authoritative but humble. Courageous but recognize limits. Most of all be biblical.
So, what do I make of the book? There is some good stuff here, but it seems rather dated. What we have here is a pretty straightforward method that starts with an introduction, moves to exposition, and then brings things to a conclusion (with a clear point at the end). Stott suggests that it is best to start by writing the conclusion, then build the exposition, and finally write the introduction. While this is somewhat old hat and doesn't engage with the rationale for inductive preaching, perhaps this is a good word for seeker churches and those who turn the sermon into a TED talk or stand-up routine. Perhaps we are at a point where there needs to be something of Stott and something of Craddock in our sermons. There is room for and need for both deductive and inductive, but without some engagement with the inductive this is pretty old school preaching advice.
The one aspect of this book that gnawed at me was the decision to update the book, at least in terms of adding advice about electronic media and technology. While that likely needs to be said, I'm not sure that it helps to add this to this particular book. It seems that Scharf wants to say something, but needs to use Stott as the vehicle to say it. I would rather we had an abridgment of Stott and leave it there. There is a minor set of mistakes in the book as well. The dates seem a bit off. Stott is listed on the back as being born in 1911, when he was born in 1921. It is said by the director of Langham Preaching, Jonathan Lamb that he began his ministry as a young man in 1959, when it seems he began his ministry at All Souls in 1945.
As for audience: I think this might be of interest to a more conservative audience, but not sure it translates as well for more progressive ones. I appreciate the call to be biblical, but there is more than one way of being a biblical preacher!


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Fibrous dysplasia is a typically benign bone lesion characterized by intramedullary fibro-osseous proliferation secondary to altered osteogenesis.[1] First introduced by Lichtenstein and Jaffe in 1942 and originally termed Jaffe-Lichtenstein syndrome, fibrous dysplasia can occur in monostotic form (single bone) or polyostotic form (multiple bones).[1] Fibro-osseous tissue replacing normal bone can result in complications including fractures or compression of adjacent soft tissues including neurovascular structures.[2] Monostotic fibrous dysplasia is often an asymptomatic clinical entity. The polyostotic form often presents in childhood. Adult presentation often occurs incidentally during imaging for an unrelated indication.[2] Fibro-osseous replacement of bone can lead to pathologic fracture, especially in weight-bearing bones or the upper extremities in athletes.[3] Malignant transformation is rare, and remote radiation therapy has been reported as a risk factor.[4] McCune-Albright syndrome is a relatively rare condition featuring polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (often unilateral) with skin pigmentation lesions and endocrine dysfunction (often female precocious puberty). Mazabraud syndrome is a very rare polyostotic variant that features coexistent single or multiple intramuscular myxomas.[5]
The etiology of fibrous dysplasia has been linked with a missense mutation in the GNAS1 gene on chromosome 20. Abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue ensues following an activating mutation.[6]
Incidence has been estimated at 1 in 5,000 to 10,000.[7] Most commonly fibrous dysplasia is first diagnosed in children or young adults. There is not a gender predilection. Overall, fibrous dysplasia constitutes 5% of all benign bone lesions.[2] The monostotic form is the most frequent, accounting for 75% to 80% of fibrous dysplasia cases.[8]
Patients with monostotic fibrous dysplasia are often asymptomatic. Occasionally patients may present with bone pain. Pathologic fracture with minor inciting trauma can also be a first presentation.[10] Pregnancy can increase disease activity and therefore increase the risk of pain and pathologic fracture.[11] History and physical examination may contribute little to disease evaluation in cases of asymptomatic osseous involvement. History should address the characteristics of bone tenderness, bony protuberance, osseous asymmetry, endocrine disturbance, and dermatologic complaints. A family history of bone lesions may be present in hereditary forms of fibrous dysplasia such as cherubism. Although malignant transformation is rare, it does occur in less than 1% of cases.[12] In a patient with known fibrous dysplasia, periodic evaluation for aggressive lesion growth should be performed.[13] McCune-Albright syndrome should be considered in the setting of hyperfunctioning endocrinopathy.
Physical exam has a minor role in evaluating lesions. In the setting of pain, focal palpation may increase pain with fractures. Visual inspection for skeletal deformities and asymmetries can provide clues to sites of involvement. Leg length discrepancy may indicate disease such as the classic shepherd's crook deformity at the proximal femur.[14] Facial involvement can result in orbital asymmetry.[15] Other potential face complications include proptosis, frontal bossing, or enlargement of the mandible.[16]
Common sites of involvement subject to deformity are the ribs, long bones, and craniofacial structures. Less common sites include the hands, sternum, and spine.[17][18] In the setting of McCune-Albright syndrome, the physical examination should include an evaluation of the skin to asses for cafe au lait skin pigmentation. Skin acne may be a feature of endocrinopathy (Cushing syndrome).[19] A thorough physical examination to assess the endocrine system should be performed. This also includes the cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal as well as thyroid evaluation.[20] Assessment of vision and hearing in the setting of craniofacial manifestation of fibrous dysplasia is also important.[2]
Imaging plays a chief role in the diagnosis and evaluation of the disease extent. Radiography should be utilized first in an evaluation. Advanced imaging such as computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can exclude other bone lesions; evaluate for soft tissue complications occurring from fractures, craniofacial neurovascular complications; and assess lesions for rare malignant transformation.[21] CT and MRI also have a role in the evaluation of adrenal hyperplasia, thyroid nodules, and pituitary tumors.[22][23] Classically, bone lesions have an internal ground glass matrix on radiographs and CT, but appearance can be varied with lytic and/or sclerotic components, possible bone expansion, and cortical thinning [12] Bowing deformities (including the femoral shepherd's crook deformity), discrepant limb length, and short stature secondary to premature fusion of growth plates can be characterized with imaging.[21] Bone scan demonstrating increased Technetium-99m radiotracer uptake may have a role in polyostotic cases to assess disease extent.[24] Finally, biopsy with histologic evaluation may be necessary in select cases when imaging features mimic malignant lesions.[14]
Monostotic fibrous dysplasia cases are often asymptomatic. Patients in this category can be followed periodically with assessment for new symptoms and radiographs.[25] Treatment is not required in asymptomatic cases. Adult medication therapy with bisphosphonates can alleviate bone pain and disease-associated osteoporosis.[10] Bisphosphonates inhibit osteoclastic bone resorption, preserving cortical bone mass and thereby reducing fracture risk.[26][27] Surgery may have a role in symptomatic fibrous dysplasia management. Surgical management includes internal fixation following pathologic fractures or prophylactic internal fixation in lesions weakening weight-bearing bones.[14] Additional surgical interventions include correction of extremity and spine deformities and limb length discrepancies.[14] Craniofacial surgery can play an important role in alleviating nerve compression symptoms.[28] Surgery may involve bone lesion curettage, bone grafting, and insertion of metallic fixation rods, plates, and screws.[14]
In the setting of polyostotic McCune-Albright syndrome, accurate assessment of the cafe au lait skin pigmentation lesions is important. Associated skin lesion borders have been described as serrated, which is in contrast to smooth skin lesion borders in neurofibromatosis.[11]
Fibrous dysplasia often has varied imaging presentation and osseous sites of involvement and therefore other bone diseases must often be considered. Monostotic radiologic appearance can mimic simple bone cyst, giant cell tumor, fibroxanthoma, osteoblastoma, hemangioma, osteofibrous dysplasia, and Paget disease. Polyostotic appearance can mimic neurofibromatosis, hyperparathyroidism (Brown tumors), enchondromatosis, and eosinophilic granuloma.[25][11] Patient age, bone location (fibrous dysplasia has a predilection for the long bone diaphysis), presence of ground glass matrix, and non-aggressive appearance may be lesion features that favor fibrous dysplasia.[11] Bone biopsy does have a role if malignancy cannot be excluded following clinical and imaging work up.[14]
Usually fibrous dysplasia is monostotic and asymptomatic. In the cases of severe bone deformity, bowing may result in musculoskeletal dysfunction or accelerate development of osteoarthritis.[29] Spine lesions may predispose to scoliosis and subsequent functional limitations.[30] Craniofacial cases may have associated cranial nerve deficits including vision and hearing loss.[31][32] Malignant transformation to sarcoma is rare but can occur with a prior history of radiation therapy.[33]
Patient education regarding the risk of fracture is important.[34] In cases of craniofacial disease, patients should be coached to monitor for evolving cranial nerve deficits including vision and hearing loss. In the setting of McCune-Albright syndrome, parents and the patient should be educated on the various manifestations of the syndrome and genetic counseling should be performed.[35] Routine visits to an endocrinologist should be incorporated to monitor for symptoms of endocrine dysfunction.
Managing fibrous dysplasia involves an interprofessional team approach, primarily with pediatrics/primary care, orthopedics, and radiology. Genetics and endocrinology should be added for cases of McCune-Albright syndrome. Craniofacial involvement should prompt neurology, ophthalmology, audiology, and possible neurosurgery consultation.[3][36] Additional support from physical therapy and psychiatry in cases of disability or deformity may be warranted.[3]
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Searching for good and muscular butts? Here are some suggestions for the girls who are searching for a tighter behind, right before the start of the sales.
To have beautiful butts we have to focus on two muscle groups. How do we get those tight buttocks? As with a flat stomach, it is necessary to perform daily muscle exercises and to alternate in between sporting and daily workout. In order to avoid a flat backside, we can for that reason do specific exercises. On to the store to take advantage of the sales, and discover coordinating trousers to flaunt those tight buttocks!
Round butts have motion
Biking is an outstanding exercise to have tight butts. Going to work by bike has the advantage that our glutes are trained. Treking! Besides cycling, a day-to-day walk is excellent for the buttocks and health. Especially Nordic walking works marvels during the weekend. Be careful to let the hips go their own way, and take great actions to be as efficient as possible.
Finally, we think of roller skates. Roller skating can be a very effective method to move around the city, however is specifically an outstanding alternative to practice the gluteal muscles. By pressing the legs out, we let all the gluteals do the work. Guaranteed result!
Round buttocks have to overcome
For the genuinely encouraged among us there are even methods to train the butts at work. Certainly, due to the fact that beautiful butts need hard work. So here is how we have to work to grow great rounded buttocks at the office:
We sit with a nice straight back in our office chair, and spread out the legs lightly with our hands on our knees. We now try to press our legs out slightly. Our hands need to work against this, so we right away observe that our glutes are in action!
The exercises to have beautiful butts
Obviously we still have workouts that we can carry out at our convenience:
We lie on our back with our arms on both sides of our body. We lift our buttocks and keep this position for about 5 seconds. We do about 10 reps.
We rest on our stomach, with our hands under our forehead. We raise our complete leg, and hold it for 5 seconds. After five seconds we do the very same with the other leg. Once again we do 10 repeatings.
We are on our hands and knees (as if we were going to do push-ups from knee-stand). We now extend one leg back while keeping the balance with our knee. Here we alternate between the legs, and keep this for 5 seconds. Do ten repeatings!
Do you have methods and exercises to have tight buttocks?


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A short film about a man who is contemplating suicide has won a prestigious international Art with Impact award.
Always Hope was produced by local film makers David Salas and Benjamin Borley, with support from the Trust's Managing Partner for Research and Innovation, Tobit Emmens, who helped produce and edit the film.
Tobit explains: "It is a very simple film, but one that has a powerful and thought-provoking message. On every journey, it is possible to turn around. It's possible to change your mind and it's possible to make a small gesture that can make a huge difference to someone else's life."
To view the film on the Trust's YouTube channel, please click


text: You are here:HomeEconomic analysisTracking Tourism 2020 Tracking Tourism 2020 Introduced in 2011, the Tourism 2020 strategy is a joint partnership between the Australian Government and the tourism industry with a goal to double overnight expenditure to between $115 billion and $140 billion by the end of 2020. The strategy also set a number of underlying 'supply side targets' to enable the industry to reach this goal, which the government continues to track to ensure the industry remains on target. The strategy is entering the final stage, 'achieving the potential', with a number of the upper bound supply side targets having already been met. Work continues in facilitating international Air Services Agreements and driving tourism infrastructure investment, which will ensure supply continues to meet increasing demand. Overnight spend In the year ending December 2018, overnight tourism spend increased 8.1% to reach $116.6 billion, exceeding the lower bound target of $115 billion by 2020. This progress is underpinned by: Domestic overnight spend – up 13% to $72.7 billion and above the lower bound target of $62.9 billion by 2020. Requires growth of 2.7% per annum to reach the upper bound target of $76.6 billion International spend – up 7.4% to $43.9 billion. Requires growth of 20% per annum to reach the upper bound target of $63.4 billion. As domestic tourism continues to rise, likely driven by a strong economy and lower exchange rates, international spend will need to increase if the upper bound targets are to remain within reach. Accommodation The original target set in 2011 was to increase national accommodation supply by 40,000 to 70,000 rooms. This was revised in 2013 to 6,000 to 20,000 additional rooms across the eight state capitals, the Gold Coast and Tropical North Queensland (the '10 focus regions'). Revised tracking shows that the upper bound target has been significantly exceeded with 34,474 additional rooms achieved at 30 June 2018. This growth accounted for 72% of total new rooms in Australia, while the share of rooms in the 10 focus regions increased to 62%. 2009 2017–18 Growth 10 focus regions 131,694 166,168 34,474 59.8% 62.0% 72.0% Total Australia 220,153 268,048 47,895 While strong performance in these regions is always going to drive investment, there also needs to be high quality accommodation offerings through the rest of Australia to encourage visitation. DIFFERENCES IN TOURISM TRACKING DATA TO PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA Tourism 2020 accommodation targets were set using the Australian Bureau of Statistics Survey of Tourist Accommodation (STA), which measured establishments of 15 rooms and above and excluded holiday parks – the STA ceased in 2015–16. The appointment of STR to conduct the Australian Accommodation Monitor (AAM) enabled more granularity, but the AAM measures establishments with 10 rooms and above, as well as holiday parks. To address these differences, STR have supplied data that match the specifications of the STA. However, as STR continually revise their numbers when new information is received, their base numbers for 2009 will not match those reported in the STA and data between the two surveys cannot be compared. Aviation International aviation continues to soar, increasing 4.2% to 26.9 million available inbound seats in the year ending December 2018. This is a 63% increase on 2009, so remains above the upper bound target of a 50% increase by 2020. Even though the target was exceeded, high load factors of 80% mean that work needs to continue to ensure aviation capacity can keep up with continued international demand. In the domestic context, available seat kilometres remained unchanged at 87.9 billion. This means that aviation has tracked 73% toward the upper bound target of a 30% increase in ASKs by 2020. While ASKs have decreased, the number of available seats increased marginally which indicates a continued decrease in longer routes, without a decrease in capacity. Employment In 2017–18, the tourism industry employed 646,000 persons directly, of which 55% were female. This means tourism employment tracked 92% towards the upper bound target of an additional 152,000 persons by 2020. DIFFERENCE IN TRACKING TOURISM EMPLOYMENT The Tourism Satellite Account, compiled by the ABS, is used to track tourism employment. The benchmarking process for the 2017–18 release included a revision of historical numbers, which has affected employment tracking within the industry in the following ways: an increase in recent employment numbers (with 2016–17 revised upwards from 598,200 persons to 617,600 persons). a downward revision in some historical employment figures which has altered the Tourism 2020 base number for 2008–09 – now 506,400 persons (from 539,800 persons). As a result, employment has jumped substantially from tracking 38.4% towards the upper bound targets in 2016–17, to 91.8% in 2017–18. More information on Tourism 2020 About Tourism 2020 Who is responsible Initial implementation State of the Industry report


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As service members, you have the right to keep your personally identifiable information private. Meanwhile, the public has the right to access federal agency records. There are laws on both sides of this legal tug-of-war, protecting the rights of service members' privacy as well as the public's access to information.
- Privacy Act of 1974 provides protections for the release of records from federal agencies that contain personally identifiable information. It blocks the release of these records without your written consent, unless one of 12 exceptions applies.
- Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, allows the public to request access to various federal records. Federal agencies must make records available to the public on request, unless they fall within one of nine exemptions.
Know your privacy rights
The Privacy Act is a U.S. federal law that does the following:
- Protects records that can be retrieved from a system of records by personal identifiers (such as a name, Social Security number, or other identifying number or symbol).
- Defines a system of records as any grouping of information about an individual under the control of a federal agency from which information is retrievable by personal identifiers
- Grants you access to your service record
- Provides you with the option to request the correction of your records
Know the public's rights
Enacted in 1966, the Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, generally provides that any person has a right to obtain access to federal agency records, with some exceptions. The intent is to make federal agencies accountable to the public for their actions. It requires government agencies to:
- Publish statements of its organizations, functions, rules, procedures, general policy, any changes made and how to get information
- Index and make available statements of policy, manuals and instructions, final opinions and orders in cases, as well as indices for public inspection and copying
- Release to the public information requested under FOIA, unless if falls under one of nine exemptions (including personal privacy, national security and law enforcement).
Learn about FOIA requests
The type of information releasable to the public from federal records depends on whether a person requests information that FOIA allows or has authorization from you or your next of kin.
Without your authorization (or your next of kin's if you are deceased), the government can only release limited information from your official military personnel files to the public. Information they can release without an unwarranted invasion of privacy includes:
- Name, photograph and service number
- Dates and branch of service
- Final duty status and final rank
- Assignments and geographical locations
- Military education level, awards and decorations
- Transcript of courts-martial trials
- Place of entrance and separation
With your authorization (or your next of kin's if you are deceased), a federal agency can release any information not available to the public under FOIA. The authorization must:
- Be in writing
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You may request a copy of your Military OneSource records through the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff at FOIA.gov. For additional information, contact the OSD/JS FOIA Requester Service Center at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 866-574-4970.


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A weight loss journal is one simple secret to weight loss success. Keep a record of everything you eat. Yes, everything! Keeping a simple food diary is one of the most significant things you can do to be accountable and stay on track.
Keeping a journal requires nothing extraordinary. Only a pen and paper and taking a little time during the day to keep track of everything you eat and drink.
The simple act of writing down everything that goes in your mouth will help you make better food choices and keep you mindful of eating smaller portions. It will give you a tangible record of where all your calories are coming from and help you discover eating habits that might be slowing down your weight loss success.
Writing down everything provides awareness. Its very easy to forget about the cookie you snitched in the lunchroom or the candy you confiscated from your kid's halloween stash.
This impulsive behavior often goes unnoticed and unaccounted for. But the calories add up and may leave you wondering why the scale isn't being as kind to you as you expect it to.
Still Not Convinced?
Presently, you may be keeping a running track in your head of your daily calorie intake. Keep a record of everything you eat over a day or two and compare it to your estimate. Amazing, huh? Is it an eye-opener to see what your true total calorie intake actually is?
This is a personal record only for your viewing and you can include anything in your weight loss journal that may be helpful to you:
Food and Feelings
Writing it all down enables you to understand your eating patterns and just where all the calories are coming from. It provides accountability and gives you a clear picture of where hidden calories are coming from.
It can give great insight into your triggers for emotional eating and what kinds of foods can cause problems with new healthy eating habits.
Journaling your eating patterns can help identify when you eat because you are truly hungry or if you turn to food when you are stressed or bored or upset. This can be valuable information if you are an emotional eater and use food to comfort you when things aren't going so well.
While for some, journaling may seem like just another time consuming act that offers little reward, at least try it for a week or two. You will be surprised at how it will help identify what works for you and what doesn't.
Awareness and Accountability
Awareness and accountability will go a long way in helping your weight loss struggles less frustrating and more achievable. Accountability provides a firm foundation for success. The day by day reality of creating your new healthy lifestyle will become within reach as you keep a daily journal.
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When considering doing business with a prospective supplier, many times those of us with procurement decision-making authority have certain impressions of that supplier.
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Maybe we think they're big. Maybe we think they're good. Maybe we think they're expensive. There are almost an infinite number of adjectives to describe how we may perceive a supplier.
But have you ever stopped to think why you think what you think?
Collectively, suppliers spend a gargantuan amount of time and money to influence their prospective customers' perception of them. Many of them work with ad agencies who know all of the psychological triggers associated with creating the desired perception. That's called branding.
So, does it work?
Do you think in a way that the supplier has tried to make you think?
How much of your perception is based on what the supplier communicates vs. what you find independently?
Is your perception accurate?
What makes you think that a supplier is big?
What makes you think that one supplier is more trustworthy than another?
Think about some well-known suppliers that you are not currently doing business with. I'll list a few to get your brain started, although you may be doing business with some of them:
- Ariba
- Grainger
- Dell
- AT Kearney
- Staples
- Apple
- Waste Management
- Xerox
What's your impression of each company you're NOT doing business with? That's a rhetorical question, you don't have to post an answer (although you're welcome to if you want).
Isn't it interesting that you have certain perceptions of these companies. Now, where does that perception come from? Does it come from:
- Advertising?
- Word of mouth?
- The press?
- Past experience?
- Your research?
- Something else?
- A combination of things?
Or do you really not know why you have the perception that you have?
It's interesting to ponder, isn't it?


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"A jump in consumer spending in the final stretch of December significantly offset a slow start to the U.S. holiday shopping season, and is likely to help many retailers beat sales forecasts, industry research groups said on Tuesday," Nandita Bose reports for Reuters.
"The December spending boost is in contrast to a muted November, when early holiday promotions and expectations among consumers that deals would always be available took a toll. Spending over the Thanksgiving weekend in November fell 3.5 percent from a year ago despite a strong jump in online sales, according to the National Retail Federation," Bose reports. "'It was a hot start with Cyber Monday, followed by a lull for the last couple of weeks and then a big-bang finish,' said Pete Madden, a director at retail consultancy AlixPartners."
"Brick-and-mortar sales in the week ending Dec. 24 rose 6.5 percent year-over-year after having fallen for the rest of the month, according to data from analytics firm RetailNext," Bose reports. "President-elect Donald Trump attributed the spending increased to his impending arrival at the White House. 'The world was gloomy before I won – there was no hope. Now the market is up nearly 10 percent and Christmas spending is over a trillion dollars!' Trump wrote on Twitter."
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: We're crediting Apple's last-minute launch of AirPods. 😉


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Bushnell 10x42 Forge Binoculars (Terrain)
The Bushnell 10x42 Forge Binoculars is well-known for impressive clarity, sporting advanced optics to perform well in low-light conditions. Enjoy clear views comfortably in your hands with a great 113m field of view through high-quality glass being ED Prime Glass to deliver impressive and vivid colours, resolution and colour, even in low-light conditions you can achieve this which is all thanks to fully Multi-Coated lenses that's been enhanced with Dielectic Prism, PC-3 and Ultra-Wide Band coatings.
Definitely a binocular that's been carefully designed to fend of anything that mother nature throws at it; as it features Bushnell's patented EXO Barrier lens coating. Molecularly bonded to the glass to repel water, oil, fog, debris, and dust; and mainly, it has an IPX7 Waterproof Construction that features O-ring sealed optics that are dry inside.
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According to the reports on the National Football Post website, the Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable punched one of his assistant's in the face!!
On August 5th in Napa, California and altercation took place at the Oakland Raiders training camp. Initially, the police report did not disclose any names of the person directly involved in the altercation, but thanks to the Nation Football Post official website, we learned that defensive assistant Randy Hanson suffered a broken jaw due to a fight that broke out between he, and his boss. Hanson refused to press criminal charges, for confidential reasons.
Now Randy Hanson isnt a big dude…But Tom Cable is! Randy Hanson must have gotten sucker punched, and was hit unexpectedly… Which ever way it happened, it sucks for him.
But thats crazy (rather funny) when you hear about one coach whipping another coaches ass lol. Normally its the players who have a falling out.
Nonetheless, football is a man's sport and tempers are going to flare. But these type of things are supposed to be kept in house. Cable just might not be there to coach come September, because once a third part gets involve the organization has to take action. Im not mad that this happened Cable could of picked on someone his own size.
What do you think about this matter?


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David Tabor is bummed out during a time when love is in the air.
On January 4, Tabor, an ordained wedding officiant thanks to the Universal Life Church, posted an ad on Phoenix Craigslist. The gist of the post is to seek one lucky couple to join together in holy matrimony during his skit at Space 55's Valentine's Day-themed 7 Minutes In Love, scheduled to take place on Saturday, February 12.
"Are you looking for a quick hitched [sic] around Valentine's Day? Something that is low hassle but still will be a good story to tell the grandkids perhaps?," the ad reads. "My name is David Tabor. I'm a performance artist and I need a willing couple to get hitched in front [of] a small group for a performance art piece . . . I am an ordained wedding officiant and this would be a 100% legal binding wedding."
Thus far, nobody has responded to the posting that also says things like, "You would still have to pay for your own wedding license but I would perform the ceremony for free and arrange some extra frills at my expense like rice and a homemade cake."
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About his wish that he hopes to come true this weekend, Tabor tells New Times, "I also asked around a bit trying to find a lead. It is totally legal. It was held up by the US Supreme Court a few years ago. In Arizona, as long as one person in the wedding party thinks that it is real, then it is."
Any takers? If so, interested lovebirds can reach out to the poet, performance artist, and visual creative type via e-mail at email@example.com.
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November 20, 2016 Victoria, BC ( ISN ) – In a breaking news story the Layritz Little League held a press conference announcing Sunday evening that they will host the 2020 Canadian Little League Baseball Championships.
Layritz Little League is proud to have been chosen to host this event, bringing top-flight Little League teams from across Canada to Victoria to compete for the honor to represent Canada at the Little League World Series.
Acting Chair of the committee driving the initiative to bring the tournament to Victoria, Troy Dunning, couldn't be more excited about the announcement and the chance to host such an event. The tournament, absent from Victoria baseball diamonds for almost 30 years, was last held in 1991. " This is an exciting and historic time for our park. Equally exciting is that this is going to be a once in a lifetime opportunity for us and our players to play in an international championship", Dunning would explain.
Dunning, crediting fellow board member Dave Potter for his insightfulness that Victoria was once again due for such an event, convinced the league to press forward with the application process. The process starting in May of 2016 at the district and provincial level went forward to Little League Canada and was granted approval last weekend.
The championship tournament event will draw the top teams from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Canada, and include the host team Layritz.
Hosting such an event will be no small feat, both financially and in volunteer support Dunning would comment. With a rough, projected budget of approximately $150,000 to put on the event, Layritz will certainly be looking to reach out to those that wish to support the championships. " I was asked what we would need to host the tournament and I commented we need money, and we need people. I'm not sure it's in that order. We'll need lost of them", Dunning would muse.
Dunning expects that this opportunity will spawn legacy projects, promoting baseball in Victoria, and Vancouver Island in general. " We have an opportunity to welcome seven amazing teams, and we want to showcase our park and Victoria."
For further information contact Layritz committee at http://www. email@example.com


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This document describes how to run the x86-64 OpenWrt images in VM VirtualBox, or VBox for short.
You need a x86 64 bit version of OpenWrt. There is two versions of them:
combined-squashfs.img.gz This disk image uses the traditional OpenWrt layout, a squashfs read-only root filesystem and a read-write partition where settings and packages you install are stored. Due to how this image is assembled, you will have only 230-ish MB of space to store additional packages and configuration, and Extroot does not work.
combined-ext4.img.gz This disk image uses a single read-write ext4 partition with no read-only squashfs root filesystem, which allows to enlarge the partition. Features like Failsafe Mode or Factory Reset won't be available as they need a read-only squashfs partition to function.
In the guide we'll use openwrt-x86-64-combined-ext4.img.gz because it has less limits.
gzip -d openwrt-*x86-64-combined*.img.gz. As a result you should get the raw
openwrt-x86-64-combined-ext4.img image file.
You can compile your own image (Target System → x86-64 and Target Images → Build VirtualBox image files).
ext4 needs to be enabled first.
VBoxManage convertfromraw --format VDI openwrt-*x86-64-combined*.img openwrt.vdi. This will create the
openwrt.vdi file which a virtual drive for VBox virtual machine.
If you receive an error similar to
VBoxManage: error: VD: The given disk size 19444018 is not aligned on a sector boundary (512 bytes)
VBoxManage: error: Error code VERR_VD_INVALID_SIZE at /Users/vbox/tinderbox/5.1-mac-rel/src/VBox/Storage/VD.cpp(7002) in function int VDCreateBase(PVBOXHDD, const char *, const char *, uint64_t, unsigned int, const char *, PCVDGEOMETRY, PCVDGEOMETRY, PCRTUUID, unsigned int, PVDINTERFACE, PVDINTERFACE)
VBoxManage: error: Cannot create the disk image "openwrt.vdi": VERR_VD_INVALID_SIZE
you may need to pad the image with
dd if=openwrt-x86-64-combined-ext4.img of=openwrt.img bs=128000 conv=sync and use the padded image as input to VBoxManage convertfromraw.
$ VBoxManage modifymedium openwrt.vdi --resize 128 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
Tutorial and screenshots from VirtualBox 5.1.8 on Linux host, on Windows or macOS hosts there will be some cosmetic differences (a different top bar) but the VirtualBox panels and buttons will be exactly the same
Start VirtualBox and click New to add a virtual machine (VM)
Choose a Name for your virtual machine, choose
Linux for Type, and
Linux 2.6 / 3.x / 4.x (64-bit) for Version, then click Next.
OpenWrt will work fine with much less RAM than the recommended amount, 128 MiB will be enough.
Choose Use an existing hard disk file, click the file icon to open Virtual Media Manager, click Add and choose your
openwrt.vdi file using the file chooser window. Click Create to end this guided procedure.
It's recommended to place the disk image in a permanent place before linking it with VBox. If you move it afterwards, VBox will not find it anymore and will complain about this issue on next start (or when you try to start the VM). It will offer a guided procedure to link the disk image again, so don't worry.
This part of the configuration will deal with setting up networking manually.
The configuration you will set up by following this tutorial is:
Note that the order of the "Host-only Adapter" as "Adapter 1" and "NAT" as "Adapter 2" is important for turn-key operation of OpenWrt in the VM. While it can be configured using the console, configuration in this way simplifies getting to a running configuration.
we first need to make sure there is a Host-only network adapter and that it has the right settings
Note: this is found in VBox 6.0 (at least for Windows) under Tools, and is pre-configured.
Click on File → Preferences → Network
On macOS, this setting may be found through File > Host Network Manager…
Click on Host-only Networks tab and then if you don't see a vboxnet0 entry click on the + icon on the right of the window to add a new one.
Now select the vboxnet0 entry, and click on the screwdriver icon on the right to open its settings.
IPv4 Address should be 192.168.56.1, IPv4 Network Mask should be 255.255.255.0, IPv6 Address should be empty and IPv6 Network Mask should be 0
(optional) you can also set the DHCP server as shown in the screenshot if you want to have dynamic addresses to the VM, but for this tutorial it is not required as we set a static address in the VM itself
Press OK to save and close until you are back to VirtualBox Manager interface again.
Due to limitations, the keyboard in the virtual machine's terminal is set to US, so some (or most) of your keys may not print the symbols as indicated by the keycaps.
Also, due to the fact that what you see there is a bare machine terminal and not a smart thing like a SSH program (Putty/Kitty/whatever) or a terminal emulator program, you cannot copy-paste text into it.
Don't worry, most of the setup will be done after you are connected with SSH (remote terminal) that does not have any of these issues.
Look at this US keyboard layout to find what button you need to press on your keyboard to generate the right symbol.
random: crng init done with OpenWrt 17.01.4). Until there is sufficient entropy, SSH and other cryptographic functions may fail.
root@openwrt:~# uci show network network.loopback=interface network.loopback.ifname='lo' network.loopback.proto='static' network.loopback.ipaddr='127.0.0.1' network.loopback.netmask='255.0.0.0' network.globals=globals network.globals.ula_prefix='fd1b:e541:8f1a::/48' network.lan=interface network.lan.type='bridge' network.lan.ifname='eth0' network.lan.proto='static' network.lan.netmask='255.255.255.0' network.lan.ip6assign='60' network.lan.ipaddr='192.168.1.1' network.wan=interface network.wan.ifname='eth1' network.wan.proto='dhcp' network.wan6=interface network.wan6.ifname='eth1' network.wan6.proto='dhcpv6'
Note that the default LAN address of 192.168.1.1 is present on first boot.
uci batch <<EOF set network.mng=interface set network.mng.type='bridge' set network.mng.proto='static' set network.mng.netmask='255.255.255.0' set network.mng.ifname='eth0' set network.mng.ipaddr='192.168.56.2' delete network.lan delete network.wan6 set network.wan=interface set network.wan.ifname='eth1' set network.wan.proto='dhcp' EOF
root@openwrt:~# uci changes network.mng='interface' network.mng.type='bridge' network.mng.proto='static' network.mng.netmask='255.255.255.0' network.mng.ifname='eth0' network.mng.ipaddr='192.168.56.2' -network.lan -network.wan6 network.wan='interface'
uci batch <<EOF set network.lan=interface set network.lan.ifname='eth2' set network.lan.proto='dhcp' EOF uci commit
If you have more complex requirements you will have to set that up on your own by reading the documentation, or through luci.


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This morning I'm trying to work out what I feel this morning is a strange feeling.
Category Archives: Brexit
More EU thoughts… immigration…
I wanted to blog on immigration as it seems like this is a subject no one wants to talk about properly and if you read that odious rag the daily mail or the Tory/UKIP voices from the leave campaign I fear verges on the xenophobia, where everything wrong in the world is blamed unfairly on migrants.
One of the phrases we sometimes hear is "foreigners nicking our jobs", but let us unpack this phrase a little…
Firstly, who are foreigners? Most of us if we traced our history back far enough probably has some non-Anglo Saxon in us, we are a nation that has always had immigration, and sadly migrants have often been scapegoated of all societies ills!
Also the idea of "our" jobs is an interesting concept, we live in a multicultural society in a globalised world, and as such we will meet different people from different nations in the jobs pool, the idea that where we were (or weren't) born should give us any extra advantage (or disadvantage) is actually pretty offensive, the best person should get the job by nature of being the person those conducting the interview thought was the best candidate.
Yet it is worth pointing out that migration is only one small factor in the whole employment debate… Here is a few more…
In many areas jobs haven't been taken by migrants rather they have been shipped out overseas to avoid paying proper wages to their workers, in what is one of the great scandals of our generation when we think of the amount of slave and sweat shop labour exists in this world. Countries where workers have rights, unions and legislation to protect them loose out on employment possibilities due to this despicable practice, which disproportionally effects people on unskilled and semi skilled work.
Criminalisation occurs where many migrants are exploited through human trafficking and illegal working hours with cash in hand payments, which is again is not migrants "nicking" jobs but rather the culture of exploitation both legal and illegal bring far to pervasive In our society which hurts not just those caught up in these despicable trades but the poorest in our society.
In the 80s many of our employment industries such as coal mining, steel works and shipyards decimated the employment prospects of many areas, especial rural areas in the north of England, Scotland and Wales.
As the 80s progressed the technological revolution made many jobs obsolete and continues to do so, as the age of 3D printers dawns how is this going to effect our manufacturing and industry?
The truth is irrespective of immigration employment in many areas been in crisis in many communities for decades.
Many of those caught in this cycles of unemployment, poverty and depravation feel marginalised and disenfranchised, one estate I worked in had really high proportion of young people classed as Neets (Not in Education, Employment or Training) were described as having 'poverty of aspiration' which many of us felt it was also matched by 'poverty of opportunity', so tragically, but not unexpectedly there are vast numbers of people who never reach their potential and feel 'the system failed them'.
This is a national problem that is acute in places both with high immigration as well as areas where immigration is low. To me the real question how can we engage with disenfranchised communities in regeneration and transformation?
To people feeling excluded it is easy for narratives of jealousy and injustice to rise up where migrants get scapegoated.
Many areas of high immigration often already placed in deprived communities with existing tensions, sometimes the work which again get exploited by unscrupulous and irresponsible right wing political narrative.
The solution to employment is not blaming immigration, but talking about global ethics and local community regeneration and transformation.


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"India is oddly respectful towards journalism"
The Guide's Kanika Sharma caught up with celebrated British writer, journalist and ex-Granta editor, Ian Jack, of Mofussil Junction fame, who was recently in the city for a literature festival. Excerpts
Tell us about your fascination with India...
Like a lot of people from the little country I come from (Scotland), my grandmother was born in India. My dad worked for a company called the British-India Steam Navigation Company. My real interest was in Indian Railways, which was quite typical with my generation and my country. I took a sabbatical from The Sunday Times to do a few pieces.
And then, Mrs (Indira) Gandhi called elections in January 1977; I stayed on to cover those. So what begun as six weeks in India turned into I guess, three or four months. I liked two things about India that are true - for an English language journalist, it is a wonderful country to operate in (being the lingua franca, you can understand what's going on around you), friendly towards people from Europe such as British people, and oddly respectful towards journalism, which Great Britain really isn't.
Having edited Granta from 1995 to 2007, how did non-fiction acquaint you with India? What do you think of the genre at its present?
I had read VS Naipaul's An Area of Darkness, Jan Morris and I think, I had seen a film by (Satyajit) Ray. Naipaul's book was a brilliant piece of writing. His awareness of his own irritability and consciousness is interesting. At one time, how many ways of seeing India were there? He is one of the best writers of English sentences, alive. The French filmmaker Louis Malle who made Phantom India had BBC banned in India for some time. They couldn't bear that India was a country of great poverty, which was true.
The rise of non-fiction in India has lent to many ways of seeing India as it is now. You could read Suketu Mehta on Bombay if you wanted to. India is beginning to produce in the last 40 years, I think, narrative non-fiction writing which it simply didn't have before. So in a way, you were always kind of reliant on foreign people and myself including in a tiny way, bearing an excessive influence when it came to Indian views and voices at that time.
Was publishing Mofussil Junction challenging, being an outsider to the culture?
This book was suggested to me by a couple of people; I didn't know if I had enough decent put to stuff in it. As it turns out, I think I did. The reception has been enormously generous and kind. I wasn't apprehensive. The worst thing there was in the book was about Mrs Gandhi, which I said years ago. That was just a terrible mistake. Truth is a very grand word, as far as is possible, a reasonable consensus of what actually happened. A famous example is George Orwell's Road to Wigan Pier. There are certain incidents that didn't quite happen the way he said. There are two kinds of non-fiction that are inventive as they borrow heavily from the genre - memoir and travel. My writing is quite utilitarian.
During your stay in India, which place left an indelible impression on you?
There were many places that made an indelible impression, but they only exist if you don't go back to the place. I went to Darjeeling in 1976 and the place was impressive because it was cold, with coal fires in the hotel room; you had lady sherpas taking your bags up the station - all those things were romantic. Now, there's a kind of sadness because of population, industry, growth and money that has led to a kind of aesthetic getting disappeared, which existed in the early days. I went to Matheran in 1983 and now I have heard it is terrible. It was a curious place. I would really recommend it.
What's next...fiction perhaps?
Well, I guess, I am supposed to be writing another book and then there's the weekly column for The Guardian. In Scotland, 1961, there was hardly anyone who could be called a novelist in the population of 5 million. Now, it is bloody full of novelists. When I was editing Granta, I gathered that Granta made a name for itself out of publishing non-fiction. The fun of editing at Granta was commissioning non-fiction. Fiction just happens. You either get good stuff or you don't.
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text: While many had hoped that the new immigration bill would finally solve the problems surrounding immigration rights for gay and lesbian families, Immigration Equality Exectuive Director Rachel Tiven anounced that she does not expect that same-sex couples will be included in the comprehensive immigration reform bill. The bi-partisan group of senators are expected to introduce the reformed bill by the end of the week. "We are not expecting LGBT families to be included in the Gang of 8 bill," she told the Washington Blade during a conference call ahead of a rally in support of comprehensive immigration reform on Wednesday that is expected to draw tens of thousands of people to the U.S. Capitol. "That in our minds means that of course the bill is incomplete." [WashingtonBlade]


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The Buddhist Recovery Network Inaugural Conference
The dry season is over in Northern California as a huge storm has hit us bringing car accidents, wet dogs, and a much needed drenching to the parched earth. I'm back in my office, with a view of the rain after a long weekend in Los Angeles at the Inaugural Conference of the Buddhist Recovery Network.
Two years ago the Network was just an idea—really it's still just an idea, but now more people know about it and believe in it. We are creating a hub for those interested in connecting Buddhism with recovery from addiction. This includes people like me who are sober and into Buddhism, but also people like Alan Marlatt, an addiction researcher who studies the effects of mindfulness for relapse prevention—and who is also a longtime Buddhist practitioner himself.
The conference covered a wide range of topics, and what I found interesting about it is that it wasn't aimed at just one audience. Most of the conferences I've spoken at were directed at therapists, counselors, or doctors—one professional group or another. The BRN conference had something for those folks, including Dr. Marlatt's presentation on Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention, and his colleague Kathy Lustyk's workshop on addiction and the brain. But we also had deep Dharma teachings from Santikaro, a well-known former Theravadan Buddhist monk who spoke on "addiction to self."
Noah Levine presented his ideas for a Buddhist-oriented recovery program, non-12 Step and non-theistic. This work-in-progress set off a rich discussion in which Noah asked for help in developing something innovative and yet grounded in traditional Dharma teachings—"The Four Noble Truths of Addiction."
We met Thich Dao Quang, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who works as a counselor in a treatment center for women in Baton Rouge, LA. Thay, as he's called, is a remarkable person—someone steeped in the Buddhist tradition who has studied Western psychology and can as easily discuss attachment theory as help you let go of your attachments. His gentle and humble demeanor is linked to a broad-ranging intelligence, and, perhaps most surprising, a skillful presentation style that many public speakers would envy. As an immigrant, his efforts to learn, not only to speak English, but to speak it clearly and fluently are impressive. In some ways, he epitomizes what the Buddhist Recovery Network is trying to do. As Western Buddhists, it's vital that we have a clear connection to authentic Asian Buddhism, and Thay gives us that.
The presentations were great, but ultimately the purpose of the conference was to bring us all together, to get us working towards making this a vital service organization. The last two days, this started to take form as small groups began work on various projects. The one that got the most attention was a group that seeks to help people start Buddhist recovery support groups. Many of these are already in existence in various forms throughout the country and beyond. But we all recognize that there is a much greater need for groups than there is access to them. We recognize that a fundamental tool of recovery is what the psychologists call "social support," what AA calls "fellowship," and what Buddhism calls "sangha." Every town in the U.S. has dozens if not hundreds of AA meetings—and other 12 Step groups. Right now there are just a few dozen Buddhist recovery meetings all together. If we are going to become a widespread support organization, we recognize that the development of grassroots groups will be our core function. To this end a large committee was formed at the conference to look at how to support this happening. The initial focus is on creating a meeting "kit," which would give individuals the basic tools and format they'd need to start a group—perhaps some readings, a CD of guided meditations, some suggestions for running a group, and other things. Will this work? Is this even wise? We don't know. Buddhism is a historically hierarchical religion; 12 Step groups are historically non-hierarchical. Trying to blend the two is tricky. There is also talk of a training curriculum being developed for leaders and facilitators of groups.
This is just one of the shoals we'll be navigating as the BRN moves forward. We are just an idea, and we don't even know if it's a good one. Our belief is that if we move forward with an intention of service and mindfulness that beneficial results will follow.
May all beings be free from the suffering caused by addictive behaviors.
To learn more, go to www.buddhistrecovery.org.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Buddhist Recovery Network Conference
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