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Train terror attack hero Chris Norman receives top French bravery honour
A British grandfather who helped subdue a gunman armed with an AK-47 on a train from Amsterdam to Paris has been presented with France's top honour for bravery.
IT expert Chris Norman received the Legion d'Honneur from French president Francois Hollande alongside three Americans who fought suspected Morrocan jihadist Ayoub El-Khazzani, 26, on Friday.
Mr Hollande said the men showed "that faced with terror, we have the power to resist", adding, "you also gave a lesson in courage, in will, and thus in hope".
Mr Norman smiled as Mr Hollande pinned the honour to his chest, before kissing the president on both cheeks.
US Airman Spencer Stone, National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, and Sacramento State University student Anthony Sadler, who stopped the gunman as he moved through the train with an assault rifle strapped to his chest, were also made chevaliers, or knights, of the Legion during the ceremony.
Mr Hollande said the two Americans who first tackled the gunman were soldiers, "but on Friday you were simply passengers. You behaved as soldiers but also as responsible men."
He told the four men the entire world admired their courage and "spirit of solidarity", adding they "must be an example for all, and a source of inspiration".
The alleged gunman, identified as 26-year-old Moroccan Ayoub El-Khazzani, is being questioned by French counter-terrorism police outside Paris.
At a press conference at the US Embassy in Paris on Sunday, Mr Stone said he just wanted to "survive and for my friends and everyone else on the train to make it".
He praised French medical staff and said an unknown French man, who first came across the gunman near a toilet, on the 554-passenger train "started the struggle at first, I think he deserves a lot of credit".
Mr Stone said: "I turned around and he (the gunman) appeared to have what looked like a AK-47.
"It looked like it was jammed or wasn't working and he was trying to discharge the weapon. Alek hit me on the shoulder and said, 'let's go'.
"We ran down, tackled him and hit the ground. Alek tackled him and grabbed the gun out of his hand while I put him in a chokehold. It seemed like he kept on pulling more weapons - left and right.
"He pulled out a handgun. Alek took that. He took out a box cutter and was jabbing at me with that. We let go and all three of us started punching him while he was in the middle of us.
"I was able to grab him again and choke him unconscious while Alek was hitting him in the head with the pistol or rifle."
Mr Norman said he helped the three Americans overpower the gunman because he thought he was "probably going to die anyway".
Mr Skarlatos also thanked Mr Norman for helping to tie the gunman up after he had been overpowered.
French police were reportedly warned more than a year ago about El-Khazzani's radical views.
Spanish law enforcement told their French counterparts in March 2014 that El-Khazzani had a "relationship with radical Islam", the Spanish El Pais newspaper reported.
It also claimed the 26-year-old Moroccan, believed to have visited Syria last year, had been included on a European anti-extremism police database as far back as 2012.
Officials told the Associated Press that El-Khazzani was on the radar of authorities in France, Belgium and Spain.
The Legion d'Honneur was created under Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802, and roughly one million people have received it over the years.
Speaking outside the ceremony, Mr Norman said he was "amazed" by the honour, and did not know whether he deserved it.
He told the BBC: "I'm just amazed and I really appreciate the honour that I have been given and being given this recognition for what we did, but I really do not know whether I deserve it.
"I think what I would like to do is to try to really do honour to what has been given to me."

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Fengdu, also known as the Ghost City, is honouring its name and rapidly turning into a ghost town. Upon completion of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD) in 2008, this large city will be completely submerged by the rising water of the Yangtze.
This is a bird's eye view of the "old" Fengdu. The photo was taken from the Ming Shan mountain. Sorry for the poor quality as it was hazy and cloudy. The city is almost deserted and bulldozers and trucks are demolising and cleaning up the city because the city will completely submerged and therefore may post a danger to passing ships. It's a very strange feeling to wander in Fengdu and think that only a few years ago, this was buzzling city on the bank of the Yangtze.
The new city is being built at higher ground on the opposite bank of the river.
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Saturday 26 April 1947
It was Saturday, under the sign of Taurus. The US president was Harry S. Truman (Democratic).
Famous people born on this day include Donna Elizabeth De Varona and Gervase Frank.
Born to Kill, directed by Robert Wise, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1947
while The Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janne was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Doorway to Fame.
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Marijuana Fact: Youth who try marijuana before the age of 18 have a 1 in 6 chance of becoming addicted to it, adults have 1 in 11 chance of addiction. (Source: Wagner, F.A., and Anthony J.C. 2002)
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Got Familiar?
Hemlock "Hemi" Butterbean does. She's got what some would call the familiar from hell. But he's not really a familiar. He's a warlock, one of the infamous Trifecta of Doom, under a curse that's turned him into a hellhound haranguing cat. Hemi finds out just how familiar her new kitty can be when the power of her fantasies make him a flesh-and-blood man ready to see to her every desire.
Chasing witches was what got Raven Cherrywood into this predicament to begin with, but he quickly realizes that the shy witch has much more to offer than her beautiful plus-sized curves. She's got a wild heart he must win for his own.
©2013 Saranna DeWylde (P)2014 Saranna DeWylde
"The Quick & The Hot: Ro-medy at it's best"
The story, while not original, has a very authentic feel to it. Yes, boy meets girl, sex ensues and a romance is born but there's a touching level of insight into this version that exceeds your typical "bed romp".
I'd be hard pressed to pick just ONE favourite character. Each speaks to you in their own voice and has their quirks, flaws & benefits. Hemmie (or Hemlock) is insecure and there's a whisper of where it originates in passing but she's also confident and a little daring, like all of us. Raven is the put-upon little brother trying to make a name for himself but he's also wicked in his own way and almost forces you to like him in spite of his predicament.
Her voice is smooth, with just the right inflection to convey the emotion of the story without interfering in it. The range of her voice, from the airy and light tones that point out the humour to the heady caramel-like texture of her voice when the "good bits" come up, she lets the reader hear the STORY and not just her voice reading it.
How To Lose A Familiar In 10 Days: A Romance of Sex, Lust and Gummie Hounds
This story had me wrapped from the beginning. This was, surprisingly, my first experience with this author (although I assure you it won't be the last) and I found her point of view to be quite delightful. She's at times heavily sarcastic while still breezing through to the comedic end. Her romance is heavy but it suits well into the storyline and adds to it, as opposed to detracting as sometimes that can happen. The story itself has a breeze of fresh air as a "man in a mess" instead of the "damsel in distress" theme and is a nice, quick pick-me-up. I'd highly recommend this to readers of any comedy/romance authors such as Darynda Jones' Charley Davidson series.
"Funny wih Great Narration"
Interesting story line with some wonderful nuggets of humor. The narration was very well done.
"Cute and fun"
This was a fun, quick listen. The characters are well rounded, and although the story can sound familiar at times, each character has their own voice. This is very lighthearted, sometimes a little wicked, sometimes a bit naughty.
This isn't a long audiobook, and I commend the author for recognising that the story she was telling could work better in a shorter form. I also enjoyed that it didn't have a predictable sappy happy ending, opting instead for a *suggestion* of it.
Hollie Jackson brings each character to life, she's got a lovely voice, and manages to infuse everybody with distinct inflection. There is a bit of erotica, narrated very well and without artifice, and manages to keep the same lighthearted tone of the rest of the book while adding a touch of spice.
"Quick quirky romantic fix."
Super cute and funny short story. Perfect for a quick romantic fix that I needed after the last book I listened to. I love the hellhound's names Damn it and Stop that. Sexy story but the actual sex was a bit mild. This story was worth the time for the humor alone though. I would have like the story to have expanded into a full length story, but I still liked it a lot as a short story. Narrator was okay.
"Turning Witches into great humor"
Yes, yes, yes. I laughed out loud so many times I had to go back to re-listen to parts I missed. Saranna DeWylde is really great with the one liners.
Taking a different look at witches and warlocks. Even though the story was short, it had a beginning, middle and end. You didn't feel like you were left hanging.
Hollie Jackson is one of my favorite narrators. She's great with different voices, and emotions. When I see she's narration I always like to check out the book.
I think it would be too short to be a film.
Saranna DeWylde really has a way with words. I've listened to several of her books and most of them were really well written and with Hollie Jackson narrating it's hard to go wrong.
"Great Outline, Take it from Here"
no, I own too many more to be listened, but it was cute. Author should start book 2 from this outline
she really brings out a good character
yes as this was way too short
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Provincial as most of us are, when two people from a region meet, the question 'where exactly are you from?' does come up. In this case, it was with a hilarious story that one recalls the other's hometown in the strife-torn Northeast. "My first performance as a musician was in your town (Golaghat, on the Assam-Nagaland border). I was a kid then, singing at the town hall with a bunch of other kids when suddenly a group of armed CRPF men came trooping in, stepped on to the stage and stared at us. We were obviously as frightened as the audience and cowered. And then one of them ordered, 'Oi, Border film ka gaana Sandese aate hain ga'."
The raconteur who evokes a loud laugh from me is Alobo Naga, a popular Rock singer from the region today. Alobo, besides being a soloist and one of the handful of Indians to have the prestigious LRSL certificate from Rock School, London, is part of a 2010-born five-member band that has quite a few achievements to its name already. Say, the 2012 Best Indian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards and featuring in VH1's top 50 list.
The song that brought laurels to Alobo Naga and Band is "Painted dreams". "It tells young people to believe in their dreams and work hard," says Alobo in a telephonic chat from his hometown Dimapur in Nagaland.
"Painted dreams" then must surely be on the list of songs that Alobo and his troupe are to belt out at the two-day North East Festival in New Delhi this Friday. Alobo surprises you when he utters an elongated "no". "I am fed up of singing that song…we have so many new songs now, the audience need to have new music from us," he says mirthfully.
The tone of conversation changes soon when he says his band only sings songs of hope. With dozens of insurgent groups operating in the Northeast, and a strong armed forces presence to combat them, it is only hope — for a better tomorrow — that people of the region usually count on. So Alobo's comment makes sense.
Turns out he is talking about the country at large. "After the Delhi gangrape case, I along with a friend wrote a song, 'Let her live'. The band members composed music for it. It is to spread awareness in Indian men about crime against women. In every concert, we sing this song. At least as musicians, we can do this much," he says.
The band has another new song, "All we have is now", to instil hope in young people. "It talks about the socio-political scenario of the country at large, how money and connections work better than talent, how rights have been deprived. But at the end it talks of hope," he says. All of these will find space in the NE fest.
A solo number of Alobo has just been launched on iTunes and indihut.com, available for downloading at Rs.30. Though it is not a part of the list of songs to be sung in Delhi on Friday evening at the IGNCA grounds, Alobo explains the economics behind it. "I have studied the market, felt that instead of releasing a full-length album, it is better to launch on the Internet one song at a time which is affordable." The band, which specialises in Contemporary Progressive Rock, has already an EP and is in the process of releasing its first full length album. "Right now, we are making our music video for it with help from Grammy nominee sound engineer Tim Palmer," he says.
On why Progressive Rock, Alobo bestows credit on local listeners. "People here are contemporary in their thinking. While bands elsewhere are still stuck to Classic Rock, we are taking the risk because we have listeners." Yet another singular feature that his band has is a turntable operator, the first in the Northeast. "We saw international bands using deejays, so we thought why not us too. It helps us to create different sounds," he responds.
The young musician is thankful to the State Government for promoting music. Nagaland is the only State to have an entity like Music Task Force. "Nagas are blessed with a strong sense of music, and the best part is, the Government has begun treating music as an industry. This has come as our saviour. This has enabled local talents to buy instruments, raise their standards, and showcase their bent and flair to a wider world."


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Doctor of Philosophy (ABD), Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 2006-present
- Dissertation title: The Bamboo that Bends: Tracing a global commodity chain
- Committee: Katharine Rankin (supervisor), Rachel Silvey, Scott Prudham, and Meric Gertler
- Exam Fields: Uneven Development, Relational Geographies, Commodities and Commodification
Master of Arts, Political Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2004
- Thesis title: Corporatism, Credit and Clients: A political economy analysis of credit for the poor in Vietnam
- Committee: John Wood (supervisor) and Michael Leaf
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), International Development Studies and History, University of King's College and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1991-1996
Awards, Distinctions and Fellowships
- ChATSEA / SSHRC Research Grant, 2008, 2009 ($10,000 per year)
- University of Toronto Graduate Fellowship, 2006-2010 ($17,000 per year)
- Association of American Geographers, Economic Geography Specialty Group Graduate Student Research Award, 2008 ($750)
- Kari Polanyi-Levitt Prize, Canadian Association for Studies in International Development, 2008 ($1,000)
- University of Toronto Department of Geography Research Fellowship, 2007 ($3,250)
- University of Toronto Asian Institute Graduate Student Support Grant, 2008 ($1,000)
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Geography 4395: Asia-Pacific Development, Department of Geography, York University, Toronto, Fall 2008.
- Taught a 4th year seminar in the economic geography of the Asia-pacific. Specific focus on the development state, commodity flows, changing labour relations and the role of the state in economic development.
Instructor, ASI400Y: Political Economy of the Asia-Pacific, David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, Winter 2008.
- Taught one semester of full year 4th year capstone class for Asia-pacific studies students. Seminar focused on the political economy of Southeast Asia with a focus on key texts within Southeast Asian political economy.
Teaching Assistant, GGRA02: Cities and Environments, Department of Social Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Fall 2007
Teaching Assistant, GGR 342: Geography of Development in Southeast Asia
Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Fall 2006
Teaching Assistant, Comparative Political Ideologies and Comparative Politics
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia, Fall / Winter 2000
Other Teaching Experience
Instructor, Journées de Tam Dao, Summer School in Social Science Research, July-August 2010
- Designed and co-facilitated a one-week research methods seminar on agrarian transition for an annual social science summer school for 27 researchers from Vietnam, Lao PDR and Cambodia. Delivered short lectures on agrarian transition and commodity networks and facilitated presentations from participants.
Program Associate, Monitoring and Evaluation, Coady International Instiute, St. Francis Xavier University, 2004 – 2006
- In the context of the Diploma in Development Leadership, facilitated integrative learning seminars for 45 professionals from developing countries. Delivered two one-week segments of a 5-month Diploma that aided participants to integrate their learning from various block courses, as well as one one-week segment on local responses to globalization.
- Supervised independent research on governance and development for three Diploma students.
Academic Advisor, World University Service Canada International Seminar, Hanoi, Vietnam, Summer, 2002
- Designed and facilitated development studies seminar for 30 Canadian and 30 Vietnamese studies. Developed a student learning manual based on community based learning, coordinated a two week series of lectures from Vietnamese researchers and development professionals in Hanoi followed by a three week immersive experience in small groups in uplands villages.
Coordinator World University Service Canada International Seminar, Vietnam, Summer 1998, 2001
- Designed and coordinated two learning seminars for Canadian and Vietnamese students in Vietnam in 1998 and 2001. Assisted faculty academic advisor in supervisor students' independent research.
Rankin, K. and Delaney, J. (Accepted subject to revisions, 8 September 2010). Community BIAs as Practices of Assemblage: Contingent Politics in the Neoliberal City. Environment and Planning A.
Delaney, J. (2009). The Tools of Empire? Microfinance and the state in Vietnam. Canadian Journal of Development Studies 29 (3-4): 313-328.
Book Chapters and Non-refereed papers
Delaney, J. (2009). Doing Research in a Time of Crisis. Canadian Council of Southeast Asian Studies 9(2): 10-12.
Delaney, J. and N.D. Vinh. 2008. When Bamboo is Old, the Sprouts Appear: Rekindling local economies through traditional skills in Hanoi. In A. Mathie and G. Cunningham (eds.) From Clients to Citizens: Communities changing the course of their own development. London: Practical Action.
Papers in preparation
Delaney, J. (in preparation) Economic Geography and public policy: assemblages, performances and influences. In preparation for special issue of The Professional Geographer. Accepted by special issue editors; will enter formal peer review November 15th.
Delaney, J. (2010). Trading values: A political economy of exchange in Vietnam's bamboo sector. Paper presented at the Revisiting Agrarian Transitions in Southeast Asia Conference, Chiang Mai, Bangkok, March 2010.
Delaney, J. (2009). A Political Ecology of price fetishism: Raising expectations and declining prices in Vietnam's bamboo sector. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers, Gary Gaile Development Geography Pre-conference, Washington D.C., April 20010.
Delaney, J. (2008). Culturing production or the production of culture? Traditional knowledge and asset based development in a bamboo construction cooperative. Paper presented at the Southeast Asian Geography Association biannual conference, Diliman, The Philippines, June 2008.
Delaney, J. (2008). Diverse economies and critique. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers annual meeting, Boston, April 2008.
Delaney, J. (2007). Consumption spaces and the politics of placemaking: Commercial strips in Toronto. Paper Presented at the Second International Conference on Economic Geography, Beijing, China, 2007.
Delaney, J. (2007). The tools of empire? On microfinance, territory and the economic subject. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers annual meeting, San Francisco, May 2007.
Delaney, J. (2002). Indicators of urban and rural poverty. Paper Presented at the HCMC Economics University – Institute of Social Studies MDE Lecture Series.
Delaney, J. and Tran Thi Kim Xuyen. (2002). Indicators of urban poverty in HCMC. Paper presented at the Official Development Assistance Partnership (ODAP) Workshop on Poverty in HCMC.
Delaney, J. (2001). What we can learn from informal savings and credit? Paper presented at University of Social Sciences and Humanities of HCMC National Workshop on Microfinance and Development
Research Experience
Research Associate, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, Ontario, 2004-2006
- Conducted interviews, literature reviews and data analysis on Business Improvement Areas and commercial change in downtown Toronto. Co-authored report on Commercial Change in the Downtown West Side.
Case Study Researcher, Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University and the National Institute for Agricultural Planning of Vietnam, Summer 2007
- Conducted a case study in cooperative development in Vietnam as a component of the Coady International Institute's Asset-based community development initiative funded by the Comart Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
Research Coordinator, Localized Poverty Reduction in Vietnam Program, Center for Human Settlements, University of British Columbia and the National Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities of Vietnam (NCSSH), 2002 – 2003
- Coordinated research and publications for a large action research project focusing on developing local planning processes and linkages between universities and poor communities in Vietnam. Coordinated project reporting and internal evaluations.
Consulting and other professional experience
Team Leader, Local Development Planning and Institutional Expert, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Various sites in Vietnam and Laos, PDR, 2009-2010
- Provided supervision and evaluation services to four International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) financed programs in Attapeu, Lao PDR; Oudomxai, Lao PDR; Dak Nong, Vietnam and Gia Lai, Vietnam.
Planning and Local Economic Development Consultant, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Attapeu Province, Laos, PDR, May 2010
- Conducted a technical review Local Economic Development Planning planning processes for GTZ's Rural Development in Mountainous Areas (RDMA) Program in Lao PDR.
Technical Coordinator (part-time, 5 days per month), CHF-partners in rural development, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2009
- Led a team of six consultants contracted by CHF-partners in rural development to provide technical services in livelihoods planning for the ADB/JFPR Livelihoods Reconstruction for households displaced by the Song Bung Dam project.
Economic Analyst, LCBD Associates for the World Bank, Hanoi, February 2009
- Conducted an institutional and financial analysis of wastewater treatment options for small scale enterprises for the World Bank Industrial Wastewater Management in River Basins Nhue-Day & Dongnai Project
Program Associate, Monitoring and Evaluation, Coady International Instiute, St. Francis Xavier University, 2004 – 2006
- Led all institutional planning and evaluation strategies for development education, capacity building and research programs. Developed new institutional marketing strategy and implemented new e-marketing strategy, and was responsible for maintaining and growing relationships with the Canadian Association of Native Development Officers.
Technical Coordinator, Vietnam. CHF-partners in rural development, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2003-2004
- Led the Sustainable Livelihoods in Quy Chau program in Vietnam. Managed a budget of $1,200,000 CAN (3 years) and supervised work of 4 CHF staff and numerous Vietnamese counterpart staff. Developed capacity building program on sustainable livelihoods analysis and village development planning for local government and university researchers
Development Facilitator, Localized Poverty Reduction in Vietnam Program, Center for Human Settlements, University of British Columbia and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2000 – 2002.
- Designed and delivered training programs on community economic development planning, small enterprise development and microfinance for a network of institutions supported by the Localized Poverty Reduction in Vietnam program. Prepared reports to donors and substantive reports on urban poverty, ethnicity and poverty and microfinance.
Project Officer, World University Service Canada (WUSC), Hanoi, Vietnam, 1997-1999
- Responsible for management of human resource development and capacity building programs in Vietnam, including study seminars, internships, student exchanges and small projects in sustainable tourism. Supervised the placement of over 40 Canadian students and interns in Vietnam.
Community Involvement / Administrative Activity
- Board Member, World University Service Canada (WUSC), 2006-2008
- Newsletter Editor and Executive Member, Development Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers. 2008-present
- Conference Program Chair, AAG Gary Gaile Development Geographies Pre-Conference, April 2009
- Student Executive Representative, Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies, 2009-present


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So last night was a highlight and a low point of the last couple of months.
It was all very dramatic! Me and Dan were loving life, enjoying a three course meal and listening to the amazing stories of other inspirational fundraisers. It was awesome to be in a huge room full of so many people with the shared passion of creating positive change. We had lovely people on our table, were having great chats and it was just so nice to be doing something for ourselves!
After the dinner we enjoyed the photo booth and the company of more amazing people, when I suddenly started to feel really dizzy and faint. It came over me really quickly and I turned away from the conversation I was having to go and sit down. Next thing I knew I had totally blacked out and smashed my head on the corner of a step. I came round and brought my hand to my head and it was covered in blood!
I was so embarrassed! I knew everyone would assume I was drunk from the free wine (which I absolutely wasnt!) One of the celebrity nominees was instantly there saying he was a first aider, but thankfully Dr Dan came to my rescue and stopped the bleeding and made sure I was ok.
I guess this is a classic example of burning the candle at both ends. I had known for a few weeks that the 20 hour days could not continue for much longer and the way I was going was just not sustainable. I guess this was my body's way of telling me, and making sure I would listen.
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By now, most of you have heard the brouhaha regarding what Glenn Beck said on his radio and TV show recently:
"I'm begging you, your right to religion and freedom to exercise religion and read all of the passages of the Bible as you want to read them and as your church wants to preach them . . . are going to come under the ropes in the next year. If it lasts that long it will be the next year. I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words. Now, am I advising people to leave their church? Yes!"
Well, in light of my non-verbosive response to Pat Roberton's devilish comments about Hait, I've got two words for Glen Beck:
Seriously, what do you think about what he said?
Okay, I have more than those above two words. Here are some brief thoughts:
1] Stuff gets lost in translation and the words "social justice" are classic examples. Unfortunately, these terms are thrown around as often as I rupture my Achilles tendons. Do people know what they mean because these words likely mean different things for different folks? I have had people get upset because their assumptions and presumptions about those words or my views. And while I rarely use the words "social" and "justice" together, the latter is an integral part of my understanding of the whole Scriptures. For example, I had several folks at my church get upset when I agreed to be on the cover of Sojourners during the last election season since Sojourners is associated by some as "those liberal folks that have left their Christian roots…"
2] But did GB really say that those words are "code words" for communism and Nazism? Even if you're a supporter of Glenn Beck, you have to call that out as ridiculous. No?
3] I don't personally like Glenn Beck. He may make the occasional "valid" points but he's an example of extremism that's not good but it's apparent that in our sensationalistic culture is what captures the headlines, the air waves, ratings and -> money (viewers, advertisers, etc). Sadly, 'centrists' don't get too much attention from folks. Maybe I should label myself as an "extreme centrist evangelical missional influence?"
Is he entitled to an opinion? Of course…but it does amaze me how "popular" he is.
4] Quest doesn't have the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' anywhere on our website (to my knowledge) but we still have our share of folks that leave our church citing numerous reasons. Personally, I have been called a liberal, a heretic, an evangelical, a conservative, an angry asian man, a megalomaniac, a communist, and some other things but never a Nazi (just wanted to clear that up just in case you had doubts).
But Quest does speak (and attempts) of pursue mercy, justice, and humility not because they are code words for some sort of agenda but because they are central to the Triune God.
How can you read the Scriptures or examine the life and ministry of Christ and not sense that mercy, justice, and compassion – particularly to those who are marginalized – aren't dear to the heart of God?
5] Please don't leave your churches just because they have the words "social justice" on their website. If you want a good reason to leave your churches:
Leave if the gospel of Christ isn't being preached and lived out.
And thankfully, justice is an integral part to the gospel of Christ.
Consider the words of Christ as he directly or indirectly explained the gospel to the disciples of John the Baptizer – who was so thoroughly convinced that Jesus was the Messiah and the One that he had been preparing the way for.
But Christ surprised him. He preached and more significantly, lived out the Gospel and was ushering in a Kingdom that he could not fully grasp. Get this: John the Baptizer was no theological or spiritual lightweight but he just missed it which is why he sent his disciples (while he was imprisoned by Herod) to ask Jesus:
"Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?" [Luke 7:21]
To which, Jesus replied:
"Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor." [Luke 7:22]
That's a beautiful Gospel. That's good news…
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Scott has denied having sex with the teenager, but on Tuesday told the Supreme Court in Manhattan Ronald Zweibel who "acted in a way that could harm a girl for her inappropriate touching." He also said he only learned of her age after the meeting.
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Scott, a former football player at the University of Iowa and the University of Delaware and a sports medicine physician, was charged in February 2010. Prosecutors said Scott took the teenager and his girlfriend of 16 years old to his apartment W. 47th Street and had sex with her after paying her pi*p.
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Ever since Ryan Murphy first revealed that each season of American Horror Story is set in the same universe, fans have gone cross-eyed examining every scene, desperately searching for any potential connections between the six seasons that have aired to date.
Season 7 will help join the dots even more, but many fans are already looking ahead to Season 8, where it's rumored that the Murder House/Coven crossover will finally take place.
Let's play the Name Game while we wait!:
While we know that characters from both the first and third season of American Horror Story will inevitably meet here for the first time, Murphy has kept the specifics of how and why close to his chest... until now.
Here's How Murder House And Coven Will Connect
Speaking to EW, the show's creator revealed exactly how the two worlds will combine, explaining that;
"It's a character from season 1 that will be thrust into the world that you are left with at the end of Coven, which is sort of like the male/female/witch academy. And then all of those characters will intertwine, which is confusing because some of them are from seasons 1 and 3. Like, Sarah Paulson will probably be playing 18 characters."
While the idea of Paulson playing 18 characters brings us unbridled joy — even if it's clearly not true — Murphy's tease may have very well revealed the plot of Season 8 and perhaps even the return of a beloved fan favorite.
Who Will The Main Character Be In The American Horror Story Crossover?
Given that the protagonist who we're set to follow joins the academy, this rules out the many people who became ghosts by the end of Season 1, as each of them should all remain trapped in the Murder House. If that's the case, then characters such as Marcy the realtor and Sarah Paulson's Billie Dean Howard could theoretically return for the crossover, although there's no reason why either of them would join a school for witches.
Instead, our money is on Michael, the demonic antichrist who murdered his nanny in the Season 1 epilogue. After his grandmother had left town, the final scene of Murder House ends with the return of Constance, who is left to figure out what to do with her satanic grandson.
"Now what am I gonna do with you?"
It would make perfect sense for the crossover to continue directly from where Season 1 ended, answering the question that Constance leaves hanging in the air. After all, Michael will almost certainly develop abilities of his own. Where better to raise him than an academy designed to help youngsters control their gifts? Think X-Men but with more pointy hats and soul-destroying horror.
Does This Mean Jessica Lange Will Finally Return To American Horror Story?
For many fans, #JessicaLange remains the face of American Horror Story, despite leaving the show a few seasons back. It's no surprise then that audiences have prayed earnestly for the fan favorite actress to return to the cast, but up until now, Lange has denied these rumors.
However, if this theory about Michael is true, then Jessica Lange could easily reappear for a brief cameo, one which would boost viewership tenfold without disrupting the flow of the story. After all, who else is going to drop the Antichrist off on his first day at school? The Murder House epilogue took place in 2015, just one year after Cordelia opened her academy to the public in Coven, so the timing fits too.
Just the idea of seeing Constance walk up the steps of Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies is enough to make us want to skip Season 7 entirely and jump straight ahead to the Season 8 crossover.
See also:
- 'American Horror Story': Could Susan Sarandon Replace Jessica Lange In Season 7?
- 'American Horror Story' Renewed For Seasons 8 & 9 — When Will We See The Murder House/Coven Crossover?
- 'American Horror Story: Roanoke' — Here's How The Season 6 Finale Sets Up Season 7 & Future Crossovers
Jessica Lange may be busy right now working on Murphy's next show, Feud, but promotion for that should be finished by the time that the American Horror Story crossover begins filming, freeing up Lange's schedule for her highly anticipated return. Whether this takes the form of a brief cameo or a proper role in Season 8, the fact that Murphy and Lange still work closely together strongly implies that the door will always be open for the show's greatest performer to return.
Do you think Jessica Lange will return for the American Horror Story crossover?
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text: Hi Vincent and *, I have taken pwgen_1-11 and modified it to make available all available functionality in one binary (including the functionality of pwgen.) After doing it and seeing the one bug filed against it, I read the report to see if I could squash it, and it turned out that the work done already fixes the bug and in fact goes further. I will be adding -h and --help (to have identical results) and tightening up the options parser. Right now, the parser is in an unfolded state, which explains some of the code duplication. Vincent: would you have any problem with my removing the three compile- time options my work replaces? This would remove the remainder of the code duplication I introduced as well as make all the code more readible. Also should I also remove spwgen? If yes, should I remove ALLBYOPTS and make that be the default? Please note (and verify) that the functionality of spwgen is identical to that of pwgen -s (in the function sec_pass()). You can find my work at: ftp://ftp.laney.edu/pub/jim/pwgen.tar which contains the original source, the original .dsc (combining into the original source dir), my patches to the original source dir and 2 explanitory readmes. The contents of one of them (README.goals) reads: --- Overall, the goals of version 1-11.1 and .2 are to make pwgen usable in a much greater variety of situations without the need to recompile. The reason I do this, is that a password generator that is flexible is a good thing for schools, one type of organization that benefits from mass quantities of random passwords. A package of perl scripts I author uses pwgen to generate passwords for students. Note that the package is not debianized, nor am I presently a debian developer. If there is interest, I will post its address. I am also seeking a maintainer who would be interested to package roster for debian. here are the main questions I am asking about my modifications to pwgen: - does pwgen work according to the docs? (especially non-i386) - does the pwgen.1 manpage look OK? - do my changes to the debian/ dir (esp. the changelog) look ok? Note that the changes I have made are to version 1-11 and do absolutely nothing besides to make available functionality (which I do not change) that presently exists in version 1-11. My 1-11.1 contains all the tech modifications; 1-11.2 makes a small cosmetic change to the man page in the hopes it will be more readible. If you want to comment on what you see here (at least my mods), you can email: email@example.com. -Jim --- I'm also looking to know if the package works on different architectures. I had it tested on sparc and alpha (one each) and they seem to work fine. I would like to know if pwgen with my mods works on the other architectures. -Jim


text: Divining Fall's Fashions A Q&A with David Wolfe, creative director of the Doneger Group forecasting service, on global trends and the impact on U.S. fashion. By Holly Haber on January 19, 2005 DALLAS — The inevitability of change — from hemline lengths to whether styles will be sexy or demure — might be fashion's only constant. Following the ebb and flow of trends has turned into a delicate science that can help vendors and retailers increase market share and their bottom lines. As creative director of the Doneger Group forecasting service, David Wolfe studies worldwide style shifts and predicts how they will play in the U.S.For fall, Wolfe predicts glamour, vulgarity and sexuality will start to fade, and what he calls "deluxe minimalism" will take over. Here, he holds forth on the changes under way in fashion. WWD: What are the top trends for fall?David Wolfe: The big idea I can hit you with is: This year will be interesting, because we are on the brink of big benchmark changes in fashion that will start this fall. Most people will start to notice it for 2006, but people who are more sensitive to change will begin this year. We are practically reaching crescendo saturation in glamour/celebrity/vulgarity/sexuality. We have gone about as far as we can go. It has become so ubiquitous that it is no longer noticeable. When every girl in the world looks like Paris Hilton, you know it's time to move on. Spring is going to be very successful and flashy, flamboyant and fabulous, but it will be enough for many people. What I see is the end of bling.WWD: How will that be interpreted in fall fabrics?D.W.: I think it means what I'm calling "deluxe minimalism," because we still want to look and feel like we are being cocooned by luxury, but we want to feel luxurious instead of showing off our luxury to other people. That is what lots of Europeans are talking about. That is where they are heading, and we will end up following. We love eye candy, so there will still be plenty of color, but it will be expansive and subtle, with unusual combinations. Color will drive the business but not in such a heavy-handed way. The big things will be luxury fabrics with surface interest — not so much applied embellishment, but furry or hairy or sparkly in some way, including an enormous amount of patterning, damask, tapestry and brocade.The silhouette will calm down a lot. It's not going to be as body flaunting. It is a natural fashion pendulum swing, but this also reflects the fact that the industry is starting to pay attention to the [Baby] Boomer-plus customer with a lot of money who doesn't have a 14-year-old body she wants to expose. I don't think the grown-up fashion consumer any longer wants to emulate the young. A discernable generation gap is opening. There is not so much cross-pollination between junior and misses' and designer as there has been. We will still be under the thrall of retro. Young people will still dress in a thrift-shop, rag-bag luxurious way, but the more mature customer will rediscover retro elegance that is late Fifties and early Sixties without that camp [period] makeup, hair and accessories…We are seeing a love of Victoriana and the Thirties with "The Aviator"; the clothes that Kate Beckinsale and Cate Blanchett wear in that film are so beautiful.WWD: Will ponchos carry over?D.W.: Yes. To me, everybody was excited about the poncho as a fad, but I looked at it as the first item that really wasn't body conscious. It showed us that the consumer wants something with more shape and silhouette built into it so the customer's own body isn't the silhouette. We are seeing ponchos with sleeves, which are like boldly shaped jackets, and Givenchy-style jackets, trapeze and swing jackets, which are echoed by a lot of Ralph Rucci's thinking. This will be a Geoffrey Beene/Ralph Rucci kind of moment, where silhouette and tailoring and construction become important again in a modern way — not stiff, uptight and uncomfortable. These clothes also lend themselves to continued interest in accessories, but I think they will be less jokey. I don't think we can make handbags any more ridiculous than they are going to be for spring. We have reached a saturation point. And when we reach that on anything, whether color or print, we can slowly move away from it or do an abrupt shift, and I think we are ready for an abrupt shift.WWD: How about the topper coat?D.W.: It will absolutely continue. It is dressier than a casual jacket. The underlying current is that we are moving away from dressing down but not into formality, and that is a tricky line for people to understand — that you can be comfortable and casual but still pulled together and polished. People don't want to look scruffy again.WWD: What will the dominant fashion colors be? D.W.: There are so many different palettes. I think we'll see more color and variations in color than we have ever seen in one season. There is certainly a focus on a winterberry palette and a lot of gray and softer, calmer colors without being faded. One thing that will be wonderful is that it will allow designers and retailers to differentiate themselves from each other. We will finally get some variation in the retail palette.WWD: How about green? D.W.: There is so much talk about it. We have sold yellow-green for quite a while, and people are talking about a bluer green. But…I don't think consumers think about that when they go into a store. They look for "what looks good on me." The only color that did not perform well is black, which fell off the radar. It wasn't flashy enough.WWD: What will emerge in accessories? D.W.: People who said the brooch is dead were premature. We will see more artsy jewelry — bigger, more important pieces. There's a lot of interest in novelty metals and sculptural stuff and not so much in sparkly, flashy stones. Robert Lee Morris will have a big revival. Because clothes will be dramatic and stronger shaped, we won't want accessories to be so jazzy. And I think it will be a great season for scarves — they just seem to go with the clothes. Handbags will go on being collectible, but the designs will calm down, with more emphasis on material and color.WWD: Any other trends?D.W.: I see continued interest in fur: It is luxurious and natural.The big influence in casualwear will be a rustic outdoorsy look that is heading toward a hunter/trapper kind of feeling. DSquared did jokey lumberjack looks. The fantasy that will drive fall is toward a simpler life. And at a higher interest level, it will be about deluxe minimalism, but on a mass level, it will be fake log-cabin life — a lot of buffalo checks and bulky sweaters and corduroy. As Americans, we know how to do that. It will be on city streets. I just drove across country to Palm Springs, stopping along the way. I wanted to see what people were wearing. I got so depressed. I was stopping at fast-food places, rest stops — not posh places — where there were real Americans. I didn't see one single person wearing anything that has been talked about as fashion for the last couple of years except ponchos. In general, people don't feel any pressure to buy anything new.The difference today is that fashion is a separate world. I think that fashion in the future will be like what opera is to music today. There will be a special interest group who keeps it alive and well and spends a lot of money, but it doesn't have anything to do with popular culture. To access this article, click here to subscribe or click here to log in. load comments blog comments powered by Disqus


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December 2013 & Year Round Up
Wetherell has reviewed their 2013 sales data, utilised their local market intelligence and cross-referenced this with the 12 month Mayfair sales data from Lonres: the result is a detailed insight into the key buyers, product and pricing trends in one of the worlds most expensive and high profile housing markets.
- Almost £475 million pounds worth of residential houses and apartments have been sold in Mayfair during 2013
- The best properties will hit £5,000 per sqft during 2014
- The typical Mayfair house is up to £10 million yet "Mansion House" sales have stalled during Q4 2013 due to lack of stock
- Sales of flats priced up to £5 million and represent 67% of the flats market
- End users plus investors are focusing on apartments and new developments
- Supply of buildings reverting back to Mayfair threatened
Overall, between January and December 2013 a total of £472 million worth of residential properties (124 homes) have been sold in Mayfair at an average sales value of £3.75 million.
Sales volume by turnover is up by nearly 25% on 2012, but still remains just 75% of the sales turnover achieved in 2007 at the height of the last boom.
Despite the high profile nature of the super-prime billionaire's mansions in Mayfair, the 2013 market has actually been dominated and driven by new and second-hand apartment sales, which comprise 70% (£331 million) of all Mayfair sales. Of all Mayfair apartment sales, 67% are for flats priced below £5 million.
Peter Wetherell, Managing Director of Wetherell said: "Sales turnover has not yet reached its 2007 peak, so the current talk from some industry circles of a "London Property Bubble" is somewhat exaggerated, the market still has room for price and sales growth. There is a sustained global demand for Mayfair and London West End apartments priced between £1 million to £5 million. This is currently the optimum price range for both end user and investor buyers, and it equates to a one or two bedroom apartment that is low maintenance, has lower running costs and provides the flexibility to be used as either a main home, pied-a-terre or rental investment."
Of the £140.75 million worth of house sales in Mayfair, over a third (37%) were for houses priced below £10 million. House sales were strongest during the first and second quarter of 2013, with a drop in the third quarter and only two sales in the last quarter of 2013.
There has been speculation about the oversupply of new stock coming to the Mayfair market. However the potential 400 units over the next 10 years represent an opportunity for buyers and investors. Supply will be the fuel for the demand which has been suppressed for the last decade (through lack of stock) whilst the rest of Mayfair has excelled in all other sectors of commercial, retail, leisure and culture.
Peter Wetherell comments: "By saber-rattling against the super-rich, the politicians have successfully cooled the top end of the housing market and as a result, demand for properties priced over £6 million has dropped dramatically due to concerns over taxation issues. Also the growing opposition from both Grosvenor and Westminster City Council towards office to residential conversions and basement extensions has really knocked the house market in Mayfair in the last six months of this year due to lack of stock. We have an enormous demand for period buildings currently offices for reversion back to "Mayfair Mansions". In addition, some of the Gulf Royals have chosen to avoid all the unwanted media publicity they get in London. All these factors have significantly reduced the number of trophy houses the elite have bought this year in Mayfair and the wider West End. Personally I feel we should be encouraging them to come."
Wetherell highlight that this year the traditional Mayfair overseas purchasers from Russia and Middle Eastern totaled just 20% (down 25%) all buyers whilst still the largest group of overseas buyers in Mayfair are from India comprising 13% of all purchasers (down from 25%). Continental European buyers, comprised 10% of all buyers but the UK is still the largest market with 45% (up 10%).
Peter Wetherell comments: "The Indian, European and Asian buyers are increasingly dominating the Mayfair market and they tend to prefer high quality newly refurbished period flats or lateral and this is helping to drive the market for new multi-unit apartment schemes. It's a logical next step that an adroit Indian billionaire has just acquired the Canadian High Commission in Grosvenor Square with the aim of turning it into a super-prime apartment scheme."
Wetherell highlight that the general Mayfair market is currently achieving values of £3,000 per sq.ft. with the best properties achieving the high £4,000 per sq.ft. values. Wetherell forecast that 2014 will see values hitting £5,000 per sq.ft. with the arrival of new ultra-prime residential projects coming on stream in the next few years in Grosvenor Square, Piccadilly, Curzon Street, "Mayfair Village" and "Mayfair Town".
Peter Wetherell comments: "Grosvenor Square is obviously the address to watch in 2014, it will hit new price levels and the product being created will be of an exceptional quality with a new level of luxury for the central London marketplace."
Peter Wetherell is also delighted to reveal that Wetherell – as independently monitored by Lonres – is Mayfair's top estate agent in 2013 for Mayfair sales. This year Wetherell sold 25% of Mayfair sales with the top three estate agents accounting for over 60% of all sales in the Mayfair area for 2013.
Other awards to Wetherell were for The Fastest Deal (£8.3 million flat sold in 7 days) and The Highest Priced Sale (asking £32 million for a Mayfair mansion).
Peter Wetherell comments: This is the third year in a row that Wetherell has been Mayfair's top estate agent, as judged by volume of sales, so it is great that we can add speed of deals and value of deals to our trophy cabinet. We have had an extremely good 2013 and we are looking forward to 2014 with confidence. We maintain our market dominance by having the largest and most knowledgeable team working in the Mayfair market place. Our award winning team has the back up of some of the finest marketing, public relations and digital outreach that not only puts us No.1 on Google for Mayfair property but No.1 in sales for the area.


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Up to five faculty grants of $10,000 to $15,000, and up to five student grants of between $3,000 and $5,000 will be awarded. All current faculty and students of the Peabody Institute are eligible to apply.
The deadline for submission for the current grant cycle is March 7, 2018, following the parameters outlined below. Applications will be reviewed by a committee appointed by Dean Bronstein; the committee will make funding recommendations for final consideration by the Dean. Awards will be announced by April 20, 2018. All projects should be substantially complete by July 1, 2019.
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Proposals should be for new initiatives, programs, events, or projects that fall into one or more of these three categories:
- Innovation – those ideas that break out of the established model of teaching/learning (which may entail an on-line component), forge innovations in curriculum, and position Peabody as a leader in the national dialogue about the arts and music education.
- Interdisciplinary Work – those ideas that leverage as a unique competitive edge Peabody's relationship to other Johns Hopkins University divisions and/or other colleges and universities.
- Community – those ideas that build strong relationships through meaningful collaborations with off-campus communities.
Each proposal should identify a primary focus area, with the understanding that these areas may overlap.
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Special consideration will be given to projects that have a creative and innovative framework, that deepen our relationship with Johns Hopkins University or the wider community, and that offer students an opportunity to develop valuable collaborative, community, and entrepreneurial skills within the context of their musical development that will help them navigate the "real world" of the 21st Century musician.
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- A proposed method of evaluation, detailing how the impact of the project will be measured and defining the criteria for success.
- A resume or CV.
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In My American Revolution, Robert Sullivan investigates the true history of the crossing of the Delaware, its down-home reenactment each year for the past half a century, and - toward the end of a personal odyssey that involves camping in New Jersey backyards, hiking through lost "mountains", and eventually some physical therapy - he evacuates illegally from Brooklyn to Manhattan by handmade boat.
He recounts a Brooklyn historian's failed attempt to memorialize a colonial Maryland regiment; a tattoo artist's more successful use of a colonial submarine, which resulted in his 2007 arrest by the New York City police and the FBI; and last but not least, along New York harbor, Sullivan re-creates an ancient signal beacon.
"A nostalgic, witty, and always informative topographic retrospective of the sites pertinent to the American Revolution takes Vogue contributing editor and journalist Sullivan to the action seen by the middle colonies especially - New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey... Sullivan's historic anecdotes form a loose-limbed, irreverent, surprising take on American history." (Publishers Weekly)
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Paul Celan / "Microliths"
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For the first time in a foreign language, this title uncovers a collection of fragments, aphorisms, paradoxes, sketches and short narrative fragments taken from the posthumous papers of Paul Celan, Europe's most compelling post-war poet. The selection (theoretical & critical fragments from between 1967 & 1969) is taken from Paul Celan, Mikrolithen sinds, Steinchen, the collected posthumous prose as edited by Barbara Wiedemann and Bertrand Badiou & published by Suhrkamp Verlag in 2005. In that edition the roughly 200 pages of Celan's writings (divided into sections of aphorisms, narrative fragments, dialogues, notes, theoretical-critical fragments, unsent letters & texts concerning the Goll affair) are followed by a 700-page apparatus of bio-bibliographic commentaries. The English translation by Pierre Joris of the texts with a reduced commentary section, from which the present excerpts are taken, is the first time this material has been translated.
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