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God and Guest Speaker at Yale
5 Comments · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in culture
There's much more about this over at NRO, but the response of some people at Yale to the invitation extended by the Buckley Program to Ayaan Hirsi Ali is worth noting here too.
The Yale Daily News has some of the details:
Representatives from 35 campus groups and student organizations have signed a letter drafted by the Muslim Students Association (MSA) that expresses concern over an event that is bringing a controversial speaker to campus.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali — a Somali-born American activist known for her women's rights advocacy and critical remarks about Islam — is slated to give a lecture titled "Clash of Civilizations: Islam and the West" on Sep. 15 as part of the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program speaker series. The daughter of a Somali politician and opposition leader, Hirsi Ali has publicly voiced criticism of practices such as female genital mutilation and has also voiced support for atheism and women's rights. The MSA's letter does not ask for a withdrawal of Hirsi Ali's invitation, according to MSA board member Abrar Omeish '17, but rather draws attention to her allegedly hurtful anti-Muslim statements and her lack of qualifications to speak broadly about Islam.
Because, of course, strong opinions (or, more accurately, strong opinions of the wrong sort) are not something that should be allowed to be expressed in today's universities without a self-important little melodrama.
And then there's the credentialism, that "lack of qualifications to speak broadly about Islam". Credentialism has long been the hallmark of the intellectually desperate. That it now appears to flourish at Yale is disappointing, but, I suppose, in the degraded campuses of today, no longer surprising.
The Yale Daily News:
Omeish referenced a 2007 interview with the London Evening Standard, in which Hirsi Ali described Islam as a "destructive, nihilistic cult of death."
Omeish said that the group and their Islamic values uphold freedom of speech.
"The difference here is that it's hate speech, [which] under the law would be classified as libel or slander and is not protected by the First Amendment. That's what we're trying to condemn here."
Hate speech? Libel? Slander? Not protected by the First Amendment? Really? If we're playing the credentials game, perhaps Omeish would like to set out the qualifications she has that enable her to find that those words by Ali crossed some very specific legal lines. I can fully understand why she might disagree—and disagree profoundly—with what Ali said (indeed, I don't agree with it myself), but, in asserting what she has done, Omeish has gone rather farther than that.
Back to the Yale Daily News:
After becoming aware of the Buckley Program's plan to bring Hirsi Ali to campus, Omeish met with [Buckley Program president] Lizardo last week to discuss Hirsi Ali's speaking engagement and the MSA's requests. According to Omeish, the MSA never intended to disinvite Hirsi Ali, but instead requested the invitation of a second speaker with academic credentials on the subject. The MSA also asked that Hirsi Ali's speech be limited to her personal experience and professional expertise.
But Lizardo responded that the Buckley Program would not adopt the MSA's requests and would not change the format or content of the lecture.
"If the principle is freedom of expression and freedom of speech, then having someone there to correct her views, which is essentially what MSA would like to happen … would only hinder the principle or idea further of free speech," Lizardo said.
And then there's this squalid intervention:
University Chaplain Sharon Kugler and Coordinator of Muslim Life Omer Bajwa issued a joint statement to the News in which they confirmed the University's commitment to free expression but raised concerns over Hirsi Ali's prior comments about Islam.
"We are deeply concerned … by Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali's long record of disparaging, and arguably hateful, comments about Muslims and Islam," the statement read. "To better represent the whole Yale community and its educational goals, we recommend the organizers consider actions to expand the event, such as allowing concerned students to present their perspectives or adding a scholarly voice to create a more nuanced conversation."
Yale students would do well to understand that if they wish to learn about debate, tolerance, open-mindedness and a genuine respect for free speech, they should turn to some other place than the Chaplain's Office.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali · blasphemy and defamation of religion · Multiculturalism · Yale
"Nostalgia for the Absolute"
1 Comment · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in Religion, Science & Faith
In the course of an article triggered by the bullying of climatologist Lennart Bengtsson, Mark Steyn digs up this extract from a tremendous "imaginary address" by Yale law professor Stephen Carter to America's Class of 2014, currently so busy, as Steyn puts it, "disinviting truckloads of distinguished speakers from their graduation ceremonies":
The literary critic George Steiner, in a wonderful little book titled "Nostalgia for the Absolute," long ago predicted this moment. We have an attraction, he contended, to higher truths that can sweep away complexity and nuance. We like systems that can explain everything. Intellectuals in the West are nostalgic for the tight grip religion once held on the Western imagination. They are attracted to modes of thought that are as comprehensive and authoritarian as the medieval church. You and your fellow students — and your professors as well; one mustn't forget their role — are therefore to be congratulated for your involvement in the excellent work of bringing back the Middle Ages.
They never really went away (see Marx, K., to start with), but otherwise spot on.
And, yes, read the whole of both Steyn and Carter's pieces.
blasphemy and defamation of religion · Climate Change · religion
Spaghetti Monster Monstered
Comments off · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in Academia, culture, Religion
A poster which replaced the image of God from the Sistine Chapel with a picture of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has been removed after with a row with a London University.
The South Bank University Atheism society created the graphics for their freshers' fair stall last week, but returning to the pre-prepared stall on the University campus for the first day of the fair, they allege the posters were removed by union representatives.
Cloe Ansari, president of the Atheist society, alleges she was told initially that the Michelangelo Sistine chapel ceiling was offensive in itself, because it included a "naked man". But she claims she was later told, having offered to blur the image, that the issue was that 'The Creation of Adam' is a religious painting.
Pause to consider the absurdity of the fact that Michelangelo's depiction of Adam could be considered "offensive".
And then there's the whole business about religion.
Ansari claims the stall was removed entirely the following day and says she has lodged an official complaint, though a union representative told HuffPost UK that any such complaint had yet to be seen by officers.
"This incident is just one of a catalogue of attempts to censor our society," Ansari said in a statement. "I never expected to face such blatant censorship and fragile sensibilities at university, I thought this would be an institution where I could challenge beliefs and in turn be challenged.
Good grief, Cloe, where have you been living all these yours? I thought atheists were meant to see the world as it is….
In any event, the university has now apologized.
atheism · blasphemy and defamation of religion · Flying Spaghetti Monster · UK
Melancholy, Long, Withdrawing
Comments off · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in culture, Religion
More on the Maajid Nawaz affair, and specifically, a letter from Britain's National Secular Society on the next step in Britain's retreat from the open society:
We are writing in response to a package presented by news correspondent Katie Razzall, on Tuesday 28 January 2014, which looked at the controversy surrounding Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, Maajid Nawaz, and his recent tweeting of a Jesus & Mo cartoon.
We were surprised and extremely disappointed to see that Channel 4 News took the decision to cover up the image of Mohammed when showing the Jesus & Mo cartoon, and we are thus keen to elicit the rationale behind that particular editorial decision.
During the report, it was noted that this decision was taken so as not to cause offence to some viewers; however we would like to point out that by your making this decision you have effectively taken a side in a debate where a Muslim man has suffered violent death threats after he explicitly said he did not find the cartoons offensive. You have taken the side of the reactionaries – the side of people who bully and violently threaten Muslims, such as Mr Nawaz, online.
By redacting the picture of 'Mo', you have contributed to a climate of censorship brought on by the unreasonable and reactionary views of some religious extremists. Rather than defending free expression, one of the most precious pillars of our liberal democratic society, you have chosen instead to listen to extremists and patronise British Muslims by assuming they will take offence at an irreverent and satirical cartoon. By taking the decision you did, not only did you betray the fundamental journalistic principle of free speech, but you have become complicit in a trend that seeks to insidiously stereotype all Muslim people as reacting in one uniform way (generally presented as overly sensitive and potentially violent).
Given that your editorial decision seems to be have been weighted by a concern with offence, we might also note that you ended up with a report that was, in fact, very offensive to many; offensive to those who take seriously and cherish our basic freedom to speak and question, and offensive to many Muslims, whose voices you do not hear because you insist on placating the reactionary voices of people claiming to represent what it is to be an 'authentic Muslim'…
blasphemy and defamation of religion · Islam · Islamic fundamentalism · Maajid Nawaz · Multiculturalism · UK
'A Modern Bedlam'
Comments off · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in culture, Religion
Writing in the Guardian, Nick Cohen, with more grim news about the state of multiculturalist Britain:
Extremists are menacing the career and life of a Liberal Democrat politician and respectable society hardly considers these authentically scandalous threats to be a scandal at all. The scandal, in short, is that there is no scandal.
The reasons for the attacks on Maajid Nawaz are so bland, it makes me yearn to live in a grown-up country where I could shrug them off. But we don't live in a grown-up country and I had better explain. The BBC asked the executive director of the Quilliam Foundation, an anti-extremist thinktank, on to a discussion show. Two atheist members of the audience wore T-shirts showing Jesus saying: "Hey" and Muhammad saying: "How ya doing?" I beg you to keep the innocuous nature of the cartoon at the front of your mind as we descend into a modern Bedlam.
The BBC decided that extreme Wahhabi and Salafi Muslims, who would ban all images of Muhammad, represented all Muslims. It ordered its producers not to show the offending T-shirts.
A few days ago Theotory blogger Cranmer weighed in on just this point:
Setting aside the irrefutable historic fact that Shia Muslims have a centuries-old tradition of depicting Mohammed, and this sort of strict censorship being principally a Sunni assertion of belief (including the malignant Wahhabi-Salafi strain), it is surely not for the state broadcaster to take a dogmatic view of the deeply-held sensitivities of one religious denomination, or to impose a moral view of religious blasphemy when Parliament has abolished the concept.
Back to Cohen:
Nawaz left the studio in some disgust. He tweeted the cartoon of Jesus saying: "Hey" and Muhammad saying: "How ya doing?" and added: "This is not offensive & I'm sure God is greater than to feel threatened by it." God may not have felt threatened, but his supporters did. A Liberal Democrat activist called Muhammad Shafiq took it upon himself to organise a national and international campaign against Nawaz. At the time we went to press, about 20,000 people had signed Shafiq's petition to Nick Clegg, saying that the tweet had caused an "extreme amount of insult, hurt and anguish". The Lib Dems must stop Nawaz standing as their candidate in Hampstead and Kilburn at the next general election, they demanded. Nawaz told his critics he had merely said that he did not think the BBC should censor a mild cartoon. He then went to the core of what is wrong with extremist religion and Britain's thoughtless multiculturalism which, in the name of "diversity", spatchcock people into ethnic and religious blocks that deny their individuality. If you want to ban inoffensive images of the prophet, Nawaz said, then I am sorry, I am not that type of literalist Muslim.
In other words, neither "community leaders" nor multicultural bureaucrats could talk of "the Muslim community" whose taboos must be observed. There were many "Muslim communities" and ex-Muslims, too, and they should be free to argue without fear.
As for the "Liberal Democrat" activist objecting to Nawaz:
…Shafiq is not your standard Liberal Democrat. He is in charge of the Ramadhan Foundation, which has hosted speakers whose attitudes towards gay people and Jews are anything but liberal.
The keeper (allegedly) of Britain's liberal flame (and David Cameron's partner in coalition government) has, it seems, 'evolved', and it will be interesting to see how the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg responds. To their credit, Nawaz's local party branch, at least, is standing behind him.
blasphemy and defamation of religion · Islam · Islamic fundamentalism · Maajid Nawaz · Multiculturalism · UK
Something Rotten…
Comments off · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in law
Nick Cohen, writing in The Spectator:
Firoozeh Bazrafkan is frightened of nothing. Five foot tall, 31 years old, and so thin you think a puff of wind could blow her away, she still has the courage to be a truly radical artist and challenge those who might hurt her. She fights for women's rights and intellectual freedom, and her background means her fight has to be directed against radical Islam. As a Danish citizen, she saw journalists go into hiding and mobs attack her country's embassies just because Jyllands-Posten published cartoons of Muhammad that were so tame you could hardly call them 'satirical'. Bazrafkan is also the daughter of an Iranian family, and the Islamic Republic's subjugation of women revolts her.
When I met her, she was enduring a crash course in politically correct Europe's many hypocrisies. White Danes reported her to the police for writing that Muslim men abuse and murder their daughters, and adding for good measure that the 'Koran is more immoral, deplorable and crazy than manuals of the two other global religions combined'.
You could say that her remarks were offensive. You could say that the inattentive reader might just take them to mean that all Muslim men abuse and murder their daughters. But if every remark that someone might find offensive or misinterpret were banned, the human race would fall silent.
Liberal principles once held that the Danish state should only punish Bazrafkan if her words provoked violence. As it was, the court asked for no proof of actual incitement. (There was none to be had.) Instead, it acted as if criticism of religion — a system of beliefs which individuals should be free to choose and others should be free to criticise — was identical to racial prejudice, which all thinking people condemn because no one can choose his or her ethnicity.
The white 'liberal' judges therefore ruled that the Iranian-born artist was a 'racist' and gave her a criminal record for condemning honour killings and clerical misogyny…
And the story gets worse. Read the whole thing.
blasphemy and defamation of religion · Denmark · Firoozeh Bazrafkan · Islam · Multiculturalism · PC
Cross-posted on Ricochet.
The Tab reports:
[The London School of Economics] has sparked a free speech row after banning atheist students from wearing t-shirts which depicted Jesus and the Prophet Mohammed. Two members of the uni's atheist society were threatened with expulsion from Freshers' Fair unless they removed or their t-shirts
Student Union officers and security guards surrounded Abishek Phadnis and Chris Moos and forced them to remove their t-shirts because they were "in danger of eroding good campus relations and disrupting efforts to run a Fresher's Fair."
When they finally agreed to cover up their t-shirts, staff instructed security to follow them round the event. The atheist students, were manning a stall as representatives of the Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society. They say they were approached by Community and Welfare Officer Anneessa Mahmood who removed material from their stall without explanation.
A number of SU representatives allegedly then told the group to remove t-shirts they were wearing containing pictures from the satirical 'Jesus and Mo' cartoon. According to the Phadnis and Moos, when the group asked the officials which rules they had broken, they were told that the SU did not need to provide a reason at that time.
Phadnis and Moos said: "We refused to take off our t-shirts or leave without appropriate explanation, we were told that LSE security would be called to physically remove us from the building".
After resisting expulsion from the event, without being informed as to which rules they were in breach of, they say they were then approached by the Head of Security and a member of LSE's Legal and Compliance team who informed them that the T-shirt could be considered 'harassment' towards other students.
I suppose it's pointless to note that there is no right not to be offended.
Yes it is:
…five security guards [allegedly] then positioned themselves around the stall and insisted that the group wear jackets or coats to cover up their t-shirts. According to the students, after they agreed to cover up the cartoon, "the head of LSE security told us that as he believed that we might open the jackets again when he was going to leave, two security guards were going to stay in the room to monitor our behaviour" and that the group were subsequently followed around for the rest of the event by security. The Student Union denies restricting freedom of expression and say the t-shirts "were clearly designed to depict Mohammed and Jesus in a provocative manner" and that action was taken after they "received a number of complaints from other students".
Because God forbid (if it's not indelicate to put it that way) that any university should ever have room for anything that could be construed as "provocative".
Atheist and professor Richard Dawkins has spoken in support of the students, tweeting that "Everything probably offends somebody, to be on the safe side, LSE Student Union, better ban everything."
He later added: "I'm 'offended' by backwards baseball caps, chewing gum, niqabs, 'basically' and 'awesome'. Quick, LSE Student Union, ban them all.
Dawkins also described the student union's censorship squad as "sanctimonious little prigs".
Too kind, I reckon.
Russia Takes on the Pastafarians
1 Comment · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in Church & State
I've always thought that the joke about the Great Spaghetti Monster was a touch on the leaden side, but compared with Russia's response to the "Pastafarians"…
NBC reports:
MOSCOW, Russia — The march of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster had all signs of being a satirical stunt – some of its 100 participants were armed with colanders on their heads and pasta in their mouths.
But the reaction of Russian authorities to so-called Pastafarians has been anything but lighthearted.
Police and members of a Russian Orthodox group set upon the group last Saturday, knocking some to the ground. Eight members of the church were detained and subsequently charged with organizing an unsanctioned rally. Although those detained have since been released, they are due back in court before the end of August. Pastafarians are part of an international 'religious' movement founded in the U.S. in 2005 in opposition to the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools. It has become an international movement, generally recognized as satirical poke at organized religion. But its adherents insist that it's a 'real religion' and the dogma they follow is the rejection of dogma. They claim to have 15,000 adherents in Russia.
Aside from demonstrating how some Muscovites may not appreciate the Pastafarians' sense of humor, the recent crackdown reveals just how close Russia's Orthodox Church and state agencies have become in what was once an officially atheist nation…Alexei Romanov, a member of the Pastafarian Church, called the move and subsequent legal proceedings against it "absurd."
"The country is gradually turning into an authoritarian state," he said.
Romanov's fellow Pastafarians are falling victim to a recently introduced law that bans insulting the religious feelings of believers.
This time members of an unregistered Orthodox Christian group who call themselves "God's Will," called the police when they found out about the procession, according to Romanov.
They accused the spaghetti worshipers of insulting the religious feelings of believers – an accusation that, if found to be true by a court of law, can have mean up to three years in jail….
blasphemy and defamation of religion · Russia · Russian Orthodoxy
Mission to Moscow (Theocon Edition)
Comments off · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in Church & State, politics, Religion
This is about a piece that comes from the Daily Beast, so a few caveats are in order, even if we ignore a headline ("Why American Social Conservatives Love Anti-Gay Putin") that may not be the work of James Kirchick, the article's author.
I doubt, for example, whether this "many" is accurate:
Many of those self-same religious conservatives who cheered wildly when Ronald Reagan denounced the "Evil Empire," are citing Russia as the world's foremost defender of traditional values.
"Many"? Really?
And this is ludicrous:
Russia today under the heel of President Vladimir Putin is arguably less free than it was in the late stages of the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev.
Uh, no.
The direction of change in the late-Gorbachev era (unless, say, you were a Lithuanian border guard), might have been more favorable than it is in Russia today, but, for all the reversion to authoritarianism seen in recent years, Russia is still infinitely more free than it was in 1989-91.
On June 30, Putin signed into law a now infamous measure banning "non-traditional relationships propaganda," a catch-all term which legal experts say prohibits everything from gay pride parades to gay couples holding hands in public.
The law had earlier passed in the Duma by a vote of 436-0.
Back to the Daily Beast:
"Russians do not want to follow America's reckless and decadent promotion of gender confusion, sexual perversion, and anti-biblical ideologies to youth," Peter LaBarbera, of the outfit Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, proclaimed on his website.
"You admire some of the things they're doing in Russia against propaganda," Austin Ruse, president of the U.S.-based Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute, told the Associated Press last month, before lamenting, "on the other hand, you know it would be impossible to do that here." Ruse recently traveled to Russia, and wrote a piece for the Daily Caller entitled, "Putin is not the gay bogeyman," in which he defended the draconian legislation.
"Openly gay ambassadors are now placed in largely religious countries," Ruse complained. "Gay celebrations are now held in U.S. embassies, even in countries like Pakistan where such parties are calculated to deeply offend legitimate religious sensibilities and beliefs." Of course, Christians are also discriminated against in Pakistan. Presumably Ruse also opposes the U.S. Embassy's Christmas Party, which is similarly "calculated to deeply offend legitimate religious sensibilities and beliefs"?
…Scott Lively, an American conservative activist largely credited for inspiring legislation in Uganda that would impose the death penalty on homosexuals, praised the Russian legislation on his website, writing, "I can't point to any country of the world today that is a model for the rest of the world, except perhaps for Russia, which has just taken the very important and frankly necessary step of criminalizing homosexual propaganda to protect the society from being 'homosexualzed [sic].'" In 2007, Lively traveled across Russia on a 50-city tour, during which he recommended the very measures included in the Russian bill. Lively is the author of a book entitled "The Pink Swastika," which argues that German Nazism was a gay conspiracy.
So supportive of Russia are social conservatives that many of them plan to travel to Moscow next year for the 8th international conference of the World Congress of Families, which proclaims on its website that, "Ideologies of statism, individualism and sexual revolution, today challenge the family's very legitimacy as an institution." Russia, the organization proclaims, is known for "its historic commitment to deep spirituality and morality."
Well yes and no at an individual and cultural level. But the use that the czarist state made of religion was not so much about "spirituality and morality" as it was about creating an ideology that both cemented an idea of Russianness across very disparate peoples, and provided a justification for absolutism, a notion that was reduced to the formula "authority, orthodoxy and nationality" under Nicholas I.
Kirchick, again:
Social conservative love for Vladimir Putin's Russia should not come as much of a surprise. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia eventually reverted to an authoritarian system that more resembles the governance of the Tsarist period than a modern liberal democracy. Russia is now heavily influenced once again by the Orthodox Church, which has essentially become a state religion and has openly declared its support for Putin's gangster regime. Writing in Newsweek last year, Peter Pomerantsev reported that the Church has "been critical in helping Putin recast the liberal opposition's fight against state corruption and alleged electoral fraud into a script of 'foreign devils' versus 'Holy Russia.'" Shorn of its communist atheism, Russia is now a reactionary's paradise. Those who sensed authoritarian tendencies lurking within the American religious right have had their suspicions confirmed by such vocal support for the Russian dictator.
The idea of a monolithic "religious right" is absurd, but nevertheless…
This preference for the strong, righteous hand was visible in the saga of Pussy Riot, the Russian feminist punk rock collective whose show trial last year after a "blasphemous" performance in an Orthodox Church became an international cause célèbre. While everyone from Madonna to Amnesty International protested, the Russian Foreign Ministry boasted that the harsh sentencing of the group to two years in prison demonstrated that it was Moscow which today stands for "Christian values" forgotten in the "postmodern West," a point echoed by American social conservatives. "In an ironic reversal in time, as America has declared war on the church and Christians, Russians have come back to the church," the Reverend Austin Miles wrote on the website of the Christian Coalition. "While America has allowed itself to be kicked into the gutter, Russia, the former Communist Soviet Union, has picked up the baton, rapped some knuckles and proclaimed sternly: 'Do not foul religion or the church.'" What he and other defenders of Putin forgot to mention, however, was that the Pussy Riot protest was specifically aimed at the Church's open and unapologetic collaboration with an undemocratic and oppressive regime.
Indeed it was (something that, as I noted here, appeared to have been forgotten/ignored by at least two Republican congressmen, Reps Rohrabacher and King).
At this point it might be worth linking again to a post I put up here in January.
Here's an extract:
Vladimir Putin's attempt to blend social conservatism and Russian Orthodoxy into the mix that is (nominally: the reality is rather grubbier) the ideology of his regime continues. The Guardian has the details.
First, we have an unpleasant piece of anti-homosexual legislation (in wording, context and intent far broader—and far nastier than the "Section 28" that was, to say the least, one of the Thatcher era's less glorious achievements):
"The law in effect makes it illegal to equate straight and gay relationships, as well as the distribution of material on gay rights. It introduces fines for individuals and media groups found guilty of breaking the law, as well as special fines for foreigners."
And then we have this:
"Minutes after passing the anti-gay legislation, the Duma also approved a new law allowing jail sentences of up to three years for "offending religious feelings", an initiative launched in the wake of the trial against the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot."
There ought, of course, to be no 'right' not to be offended. What's particularly interesting about the latter law, however, is the way that it borrows from western neo-blasphemy legislation…
For a glance at where Putin's efforts could lead, this post by Andrew Sullivan on an incident of bullying recently video-recorded in St. Petersburg is well worth reading. As he notes, it is "a scene reminiscent of fascist states in the early 1930s", down, I might add, to the undertone that Sullivan also detects…
This is not something to be cheering on.
blasphemy and defamation of religion · homosexuality · Pussy Riot · Religious Right · Russia · Russian Orthodoxy · Theocons · Vladimir Putin
2 Comments · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in Church & State, law
Vladimir Putin's attempt to blend social conservatism and Russian Orthodoxy into the mix that is (nominally: the reality is rather grubbier) the ideology of his regime continues. The Guardian has the details.
First, we have an unpleasant piece of anti-homosexual legislation (in wording, context and intent far broader—and far nastier than the "Section 28" that was, to say the least, one of the Thatcher era's less glorious achievements):
The law in effect makes it illegal to equate straight and gay relationships, as well as the distribution of material on gay rights. It introduces fines for individuals and media groups found guilty of breaking the law, as well as special fines for foreigners.
And then we have this:
Minutes after passing the anti-gay legislation, the Duma also approved a new law allowing jail sentences of up to three years for "offending religious feelings", an initiative launched in the wake of the trial against the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot.
There ought, of course, to be no 'right' not to be offended. What's particularly interesting about the latter law, however, is the way that it borrows from western neo-blasphemy legislation. Back at the time of the Pussy Riot trial, I noted this:
An interesting angle to this whole case is that the women have been charged under Article 213 (2) of the Russian criminal code: "hooliganism" motivated by religious hatred or hostility. The language of western political correctness, not to speak of Islamic efforts to suppress free speech, have, it seems, found an echo in Moscow, the Third Rome.
The echo is even louder now.
And while I am on this topic, I ought to mention that there was a spot of bother over at the Corner over the unfortunate (let's be kind) intervention of a GOP congressman into the Pussy Riot controversy. My contributions to the fracas are here and here.
blasphemy and defamation of religion · Pussy Riot · Russia · Russian Orthodoxy · Vladimir Putin


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The Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Site is a historic site located in Oakland Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The site comprises property once owned, and lived on, by Joseph Smith, Jr and is the spot where the resurrected John the Baptist conferred the Aaronic priesthood upon him in 1829. Because of its historical significance to Mormonism, the site is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In April 2011 the church announced it would rebuild some historic buildings on the site, which were once part of the Hale Farm, and construct a new monument.
In December 1827 Joseph Smith, Jr. and his wife, Emma Smith, moved to area, hoping to escape persecution experienced in Palmyra, New York. After arriving the Smiths purchased 13.5 acres (5.5 ha) from Emma's father, Issac Hale.[1] Historically the property was located in the Harmony Township of Susquehanna County, until the creation of the Oakland Township. Emma had been raised in Harmony, and many of her family members lived in the area. Her brother, Jesse Hale, had constructed a three-room frame home which the Smiths purchased and had moved onto their property.[2]
While living in the home the Smiths' first child, Alvin, was born and died.[2] Alvin is buried just east of the historic site in the McKune Cemetery. A large percentage of the Book of Mormon was translated by Smith while living in the home. According to Smith, the Aaronic priesthood was restored to him and Oliver Cowdery on May 15, 1829 somewhere in the woods near the home. The two men baptized each other in the nearby Susquehanna River; following their baptism they ordained each other to the Aaronic Priesthood.[2]
The Smith family left the area and their home, moving to Fayette, New York, in August 1830. In 1919 the home lived in by the Smiths was destroyed by fire.[1]
Property acquisition and developments[edit]
Because of the site's significance to its early history, the LDS Church purchased the original site and some surrounding property. Between 1947 and 1959 the original property and six additional acres were purchased by the church.[1] In 1960 a monument was added to the site which commemorates the nearby restoration of the priesthood. The monument includes a sculpture by artist Avard T. Fairbanks, depicting John the Baptist conferring the priesthood on Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. Since that time additional property has been purchased, expanding the church's holdings in the area to 157 acres (64 ha). The most recent acquisition occurred in January 2011, which added 10 acres (4.0 ha) purchased from the Boughton family for USD $2.1 million.[3]
In a letter dated April 15, 2011 the church announced to nearby members that the site would be restored.[4] The restoration includes reconstructing the homes lived in by Smith and Hale families, along with farm out-buildings. A combination visitors' center and meetinghouse is planned, along with a new monument. Pennsylvania Route 171, which splits the historic site in two is being rerouted as part of the project.[5] The site is currently in the design phase with more information to come.[4]
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- ^ a b c The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2010). "Priesthood Restoration Site, Harmony (now Oakland)". Joseph Smith website. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ a b c Porter, Larry C. (2001). "Joseph Smith's Susquehanna Years". Ensign (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) (February 2001): 42–51. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ Robert L. Baker (8 January 2011). "Latter-day Saints make $2.1M land purchase". The Scranton Times Tribune. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Church to Restore Historic Site in Pennsylvania" (Press release). LDS Church. 21 April 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ "Harmony historic site to be memorialized as plans take shape". Church News. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
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Media related to Aaronic Priesthood Restoration Site at Wikimedia Commons
- Mormon Historic Sites Registry - Susquehanna River & Harmony


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This course will offer a survey of Renaissance Tragedy, with an eye to the analytic integration of questions from the overlapping spheres of status, gender, kinship, and service relations, each of which underwent substantial dislocations during the period. We'll seek to test the idea that most or all of these variables are in play at all times; that questions about service relations cannot sensibly be answered without attention to status, gender, and kinship matters, etc.
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John has just posted new new article on the Huffington Post's Arts & Culture blog.
Twenty-five years ago it was torn down. I was a little boy when it was erected and I remember thinking, "What kind of country needs to build a wall to keep its citizens in? Why would anyone want to do that? If Communism is so great, why don't people just go there from countries that aren't communist?" I was 14 years old then. I thought at the time that there should be a three-week period when everyone in the world could settle wherever he/she wanted. I suspected everyone would want to live in New York. In a way, I still do.
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PT Panasonic Lighting Indonesia is a leading manufacturer in energy saving lighting with PANASONIC brand. Due to a rapid growth in our global market and to prepare organization to the challenging future ahead, currently we are looking for a qualified individual who willing to work in Pasuruan, East Java for the following position:
PPIC Staff (Code: PPIC)
– Production Control Planning
– I/O Data analysis and reporting
– Stock Opname coordination
Expected Qualifications:
– Diploma Degree from reputable University
– Female, with maximum 30 years of age
– Good knowledge in ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and Production Planning activities
– Having strong analytical and interpersonal skill
– Computer literate (MS Office)
– Currently domicile in East Java and willing to live in Pasuruan Area
Purchasing Staff – Buyer (Code: PUR)
– To seek out and manage supplier for getting the best QCDS.
– To analyze, evaluate, and audit to determine business practice along with suppliers.
– As a Person in Charge in Cost Reduction project.
– To make sure that all company and government regulations (Quality, Environment, Security Management, etc) are complied.
– Working with Engineering & Production personnel in new product development.
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– Currently domicile in East Java and willing to live in Pasuruan area
Send by e-mail your applications, CV and recent photo not later than 15 April 2010 to:
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How heavy is this pendant? I would like to swag the chain but the hook I have says it has a 30 lb weight limit.
Lux Bronze 4-light Beige Pendant Chandelier
Brighten your home with this Lux collection four-light pendant chandelier. This hanging lamp features a bronze finish with a beige shade to give your interior decor an elegant and unique source of light.
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ITEM#: 13604573Brighten your home with this Lux collection four-light pendant chandelier. This hanging lamp features a bronze finish with a beige shade to give your interior decor an elegant and unique source of light. This pendant chandelier includes 40 inches of chain, allowing you to easily adjust its hanging height to suit your room. This chandelier requires four 60-watt candelabra bulbs, perfect for casting a gentle glow over your dining table or entryway. Its beige shade and bronze finish match a range of decors.
- Includes 40 inches of chain
- Setting: Indoor
- Fixture finish: Bronze (gold-burnished black)
- Shade: Beige
- Number of lights: 4
- Requires three (4) 60-watt candelabra E12 bulbs (not included)
- Total dimensions: 66 inches high x 18.5 inches wide
- Fixture dimensions: 25 inches high x 18.5 inches wide
- This pendant chandelier is suitable for a space of 165 sq ft to 330 sq ft.
- Shade dimensions: 7 inches high x 15.5 inches wide
This fixture does need to be hard wired. Assembly is required. Professional installation is recommended.
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Very Nice
I ordered this light for my living room to replace an ugly builder brass ceiling fan. I love it. It's a very nice, high end look--especially for the price. My only criticism is that the description says it is a three light fixture but it is really a four light fixture. It was pretty clear from the photo it was four, but the description needs to be changed.Read More
Beatiful chandelier, but a little off....
This fixture looks beautiful over my dark walnut table. The light casts a beautiful pattern on the ceiling and it's evenly lit around the table. It uses 4-candelabra bulbs at 60W so it's not too powerful for lighting, but I don't like a bright, beaming table anyway. My husband installed the fixture and had no problems. We replaced an ex fixture so the backbox was already in place...he didn't use alot of parts that were provided in the kit. Just had to connet some wires. My only problem (and I'm hoping to fix it, but haven't had time to really look into it). But currently, the metal mesh frame is not perfectly level with the linen barrel drum. If you stand on one side of my table, you can see they're not parallel. The metal should be floating appx 1" up from the linen drum, but it looks crooked around one side. I think I just have to play with the connections a bit. But overall...a dynamite statement from my original brushed nickel Home Depot fixture. It really classes up the space!!Read More
Very Cool
Easy to install and great quality. Love this fixture!Read More
Beautiful but...
I love my light- it is just the balance between country and modern that I was looking for.Read More
Love the look
Looks great in our dining room. Be careful when hanging, don't thread the cord too tight through the chain or shades may not hang even. We saw a similar light that we really liked for over $500 but we didn't want to spend that kind of money. This is a very good and affordable substitute.Read More
looks great
Easy to install, and looks great. Had to adjust the balance of the shade/ lights/ metal overlay quite a bit so the pieces are even and straight. Happy with the end result.Read More
I love the design of this pendant chandelier, and it fits just right in my tiny dining space. However, it is driving me nuts because the outer piece does not line up with the inner shade, and the candelabra pieces are all crooked as well. It is not very adjustable, or at least is not meant to be adjusted in the way I'd need it to in order to straighten out and look as visually appealing as it does in the picture. I am disappointed because if all of the pieces lined up like they should, it would be a beautiful light fixture.Read More
Everything but a dining chandelier
I wouldn't recommend this as a dining room chandelier. It's a nice light for maybe a bedroom or den. A good look, but Not a very good quality.Read More
Great for over the kitchen table
This lamp gives off a great amount of light. It is easy to install if you know how to install lighting. The only negative is that it is hard to assemble it straight.Read More
Nice Replacement for a Dining Room Fixture
I purchased this fixture to replace the old chandelier in my aunt's home. Instant transformation! Good price and a good value.Read More
Questions & Answers
Hello jknight0626, this pendant weighs approximately 12.6 pounds. Thanks for shopping with us! L.B.
Can it be put on a dimmer?
Hello miki5, yes, this chandelier can be put on a dimmer with professional help. This fixture does need to be hard wired. Assembly is required. Professional installation is recommended. Thank you for shopping with us!
Can the linen shade on this fixture be easily removed?
Thank you for your question tkott. Yes, the linen shade on the Lux Bronze 4-light Beige Pendant Chandelier can be easily removed. Have a great day.
what is the length of the power cable attached to the fixture?
Thank you for your question alexab. The length of the power cable attached to the Lux Bronze 4-light Beige Pendant Chandelier is 60 inches. Have a great day.
what is the length of the power cable attached to this fixture and what is the measurement of the base that attaches to the ceiling. Thanks!
Unfortunately this item is out of stock. We currently do not have inventory to check. Please refer to the product page to enter your email address and we will notify you if it comes back in stock
If I buy additional chain separately, will I be able to mount this given the length of power cable provided with this set?
Thank you for your interest. Yes, you would be able to mount this with the additional chain given the length of power cable provided with this set. Please feel free to contact us again with any further questions.
do you have additonal chain to purchase with this lighting fixture
Unfortunately we don't.
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FAQs about Chandeliers and Pendants
Chandeliers and pendants have always been popular lighting options because they can highlight spaces and bring some pizzazz and sparkle to a room. The popularity of chandeliers and pendants has made Overstock.com's wide selection even wider and has probably left you with several questions about how to choose, hang and care for the right chandeliers and pendants. Read on to find the answers to these frequently asked questions.
Best Chandeliers for Your Home
Whether you like antique or contemporary styles, chandeliers can dress up many different rooms. It's easy to update your bedroom with a striking pendant chandelier, or add a crystal chandelier to the dining room for extra sparkle. You may have a few questions about choosing chandelier lighting that works with your style, however. Read on for tips on finding the best chandeliers for your home.
Best Light Fixtures for Making a Statement
Light fixtures can produce big design statements in a room. If something feels incomplete, even after you've decorated, chances are your lighting situation is to blame. Replacing a standard frosted glass pendant light or a boring brass chandelier with something unique and tailored for your style will pull together all the elements of a room and highlight the architecture of a home.
Top 5 Chandelier Styles
Whether you are building your dream house or just sprucing up your current home, a chandelier is a great way to add ambiance and decoration to a room. Chandeliers and pendants aren't just for formal dining rooms. The right chandelier can look great in any room. Although chandeliers come in a wide variety of styles, let's start with the top five.
How to Select Kitchen Lighting
If your kitchen looks tired, why not update it with brand-new kitchen lighting? New kitchen pendant lights or a unique chandelier could be just what your space needs for a fresh makeover. In fact, the right kitchen light fixtures add that extra touch that makes a kitchen shine. Whether you want to install recessed kitchen lighting in your home or just want to update a few existing light fixtures, the following tips can help you find lighting that will last for years and keep your kitchen looking great. Read on to learn about selecting kitchen lighting for your home.
How to Clean a Chandelier
Chandeliers can be the stunning focal point of your room, but these dramatic light fixtures are also great at collecting dust and cobwebs. You can keep your chandelier sparkling by dusting it regularly and cleaning it thoroughly twice a year. To learn how to clean your chandelier using both the wet and dry methods, keep reading.
4 Things to Consider When Buying Chandelier Earrings
You're wearing your favorite 1960s-inspired dress and a pair of cute wedge sandals, but something is missing. Add just the right amount of color and shine with a shimmery new pair of chandelier earrings. Chandelier earrings get their name from their design, which mimics elaborate chandelier light fixtures. They may have tiers of sparkling, swinging gemstones or they may have layers of hammered gold medallions. Each chandelier earring style is unique and offers a bold splash of style. They go great with dresses but can also be worn with jeans and suits. To choose the perfect pair of chandelier earrings, consider these important features.
Chandelier Trends
Looking for a way to simultaneously brighten and dress up your home? Chandeliers are the perfect solution. Chandeliers are available with many arms, multiple tiers, and shades as well as with more simple designs and streamlined structures. Look for a chandelier light with a large presence for a big room and one with a smaller profile to use in a diminutive room; the size of your chandelier doesn't matter, only its size in comparison to the rest of your home decor.
Top 5 Ways to Wear Citrine Chandelier Earrings
If you love to dress in dark, neutral colors year-round, then add some citrine chandelier earrings to your wardrobe. Citrine earrings will add bright, glowing light to any simple outfit without diluting the edginess you desire in your look. Like the sparkling yellow eyes of a beautiful owl in the night, citrine jewelry accents an outfit with rich yellow hues. Keep several pairs of lovely chandelier earrings handy, and it will be easy to accessorize jeans, dresses and skirts with this extravagant gemstone jewelry.
How to Choose a Chandelier
Chandeliers are more than just a way to illuminate a room. They add style and become part of the home decor. Like any decorative piece, the right chandelier can make a big difference in the look and feel of a room. A large or ornate chandelier will overwhelm a small living space, and a small, simple one will not look right in a formal dining room. Here's how to choose the best lighting for your home.
Buying Chandelier Lighting for Your Dining Room
Chandeliers are the ultimate statement piece in a house. From giant crystal chandeliers that hang from high ceilings to simple styles that reside over a family dining table, lighting fixtures have the ability to make a room glow. A chandelier that is not right for your space can seem weighed down and heavy. The wrong chandelier can also lack drama that helps make a room fabulous. If your chandelier is looking old and outdated, it might be time to update with a new style.
Best Places to Hang Mini Chandeliers
A glistening chandelier can add that little extra something to your home decor, but you don't need to go big to make a huge style statement. Mini chandeliers, sometimes called chandelettes, work well in a variety of settings and are a popular alternative to large, traditional chandeliers. Think of a mini chandelier as piece of jewelry for your home -- a little can go a long way. If you're not sure where you would use one, try hanging a mini chandelier in one of these places.
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The birthstones for August are a light green semiprecious stone called a peridot and a form of onyx called a sardonyx. Peridot is an olive-green stone similar to an emerald. Sardonyx is a form of onyx with a red hue. Peridot and sardonyx are made into a variety of jewelry pieces, including earrings, bracelets, rings and pendants and both make beautiful additions to any jewelry collection.
Tips on Buying Light Fixtures for Your Kitchen
Make your kitchen a warm, comfortable room with the right lighting and ceiling fans. Since you spend a lot of time in your kitchen preparing and eating meals together with your family, you'll want this type of home lighting to be bright enough to see ingredients but cozy enough to make this room a fun gathering place. Whether you want kitchen ceiling lights to save space or kitchen pendant lights that add a bit of color and style to the room, the following tips will help you to find kitchen lighting that works well in your home. Read on for tips on buying light fixtures for your kitchen.
Pendants vs Strands
Necklaces add interest to your outfits and draw attention to your face. There are many different types of necklaces and a myriad of styles in every category, including pendants and strands. This might leave you wondering which to add to your collection. Or maybe you have a jewelry wardrobe full of necklaces and are looking for tips to help you put them with the right outfits. Once you understand the differences, you'll be able to choose the right one to wear with every outfit.
Best Youthful Pendant Necklaces
Young people know how to accessorize an outfit. Whether you are young yourself or just young at heart, hip pendant necklaces will quickly update a basic pair of jeans or workday ensemble. Hang one of these pendants on a long necklace chain and you'll have a piece of jewelry that will stylishly take you through the day and into the evening. Youthful pendant necklaces may be made of sterling silver, gold or platinum. Necklace pendants are frequently embellished with diamonds and gemstones, and youthful pendant jewelry is no exception. Add some of these necklace pendants to your necklace collection and you'll always have stylish jewelry to wear.
How to Choose Men's Jewelry Pendants
Jewelry can be flashy, luxurious or subtle, but it should always reflect your personal tastes. Men's necklaces offer the perfect opportunity to personalize your look because there are so many men's jewelry pendants to choose from. You can wear stainless steel men's pendants with jeans or you can rock a diamond jewelry pendant with your best slim-cut suit. Men's necklaces with gemstone pendants bring color to any neutral ensemble, and men's jewelry pendants made of wood, shells and leather are interesting and natural. You can add a variety of men's pendants to your collection for a versatile wardrobe or choose one men's jewelry style for a streamlined closet. Start shopping for jewelry pendants with our tips.
How to Wear Gold Pendants
Gold necklaces can be had in any budget, style, and size. Gold necklaces are fun because they offer such a lovely, sparkling appearance. Gold pendants and charms can be hung from shiny gold chains, simple leather strings, beaded necklaces, and charm pendants. Here are a few ways to add stunning gold pendants to your outfits.
How to Wear Heart Pendants
Heart pendants are popular gifts for every romantic occasion and are also fun to buy for yourself. Whether you want to show off a special heart jewelry gift or you want to showcase your collection of heart charms, you can create the perfect look around a stunning heart necklace. Heart pendants and heart necklaces can be sweet and simple or exciting and extravagant. Choose the right outfit and accompanying jewelry and accessories to make your heart jewelry the focal point of any style.
How to Choose Pendants for your Personality
In our increasingly manufactured world, it can be difficult to feel truly unique. Your clothes come from a cute boutique chain and your shoes and handbag are very trendy, but do you feel like yourself? You can add jewelry to your look to express your individuality and independence. Exclusive and innovative pendants allow you to feel more like yourself and share your personality with both friends and strangers. Pendants are perfect for personalization because they can be found in so many different varieties and can be worn in so many different ways. A large collection of pendants can be mixed and matched with a small collection of chains and leather cords to give you an extensive necklace collection and many jewelry options without taking up a lot of space or money. Consider these pendant necklaces to project your personality every day.
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World Hunger
"For I was hungry, and you gave me food…"
The World Hunger Task Force of the Upper Susquehanna Synod, in partnership with ELCA World Hunger, invites congregations and individuals to join in Christ's call to serve "the least of these". In addition to direct financial support for relief and development, feeding the hungry also involves providing education about the problem of hunger, and advocating for systemic change that benefits the poor and hungry.
To explore new-for-2014, synod-grown Lenten resources, "Hunger: A Matter of the Heart", that help us explore God's desire for our hearts of compassion, click here.
For synod-grown resources to help people learn more about the problem of hunger, click here. These resources were first developed for use in congregations for a seasonal (Lent) emphasis on hunger education.
For information and resources about our call to be advocates for the hungry, click here.
The synod's World Hunger Task Force works to encourage sisters and brothers in faith to work together to feed the hungry, because…
- Jesus said, "You give them something to eat," when the disciples told him about the thousands of hungry people who were listening to his preaching (Mark 6:34-44).
- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the number of hungry people worldwide to be 870 million, or one in eight people (reported in 2012).
- In the United States, the wealthiest nation on the planet: 49 million Americans are at risk for hunger, and 17 million children live in households where food has run short over the past year.
- Nearly 1.6 million Pennsylvanians–that's one in eight residents–struggle to put food on the table.


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Preventing the clash of Sigur Ros with Mars Volta!
For anyone that opposes to the fact that Sigur Ros and Mars Volta clash on the saturday of the festival. Hopefully the petition will force a change so people with a common interest can enjoy both bands! thanks.
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Two Men Arrested, Two At-Large After Kauai Gas Station Robbery
Updated On: Jan 04 2012 03:58:37 AM HST
Two men were arrested in connection with a robbery that occurred at the Koloa Chevron gas station Wednesday morning, according to Kauai police.
Clarence Kane, age 21, of Koloa and 18-year-old Kalai Vicente of Kapaa, were arrested Wednesday morning for first-degree robbery.
They are currently being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Police are still looking for two male suspects who remain at-large.
The incident happened at about 2:20 a.m. when the four male subjects, disguised with facial paint, entered the convenience store and demanded cash from the lone employee.
According to police, the male employee was held at knifepoint and physically assaulted.
He suffered contusions to his face and body and was treated by medics at the scene.
The suspects took off with an undisclosed amount of cash, liquor and cigarettes before fleeing the scene on foot.
Police are asking for information on the two remaining male suspects.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call Det. Ledesma at 241-1687, or CrimeStoppers, 241-1887.
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SEN740 - Water Treatment Processes
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Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin.
Topics to be addressed in this unit include: introduction to water treatment; historical development of water treatment technology; health and environmental concerns; evolution of water treatment technology; water quality - water pollutant and their sources; physical and chemical quality; characterisation of water and sampling; physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics; Australian drinking water guidelines 2004 and WHO guidelines for drinking water 2004; water treatment: conventional processes, screening and grit removal; sedimentation; coagulation and flocculation; flotation; rapid sand filtration; slow sand filtration and pressure filtration; disinfection and oxidation by-products; aeration; and softening; water treatment - advanced processes, membrane processes; micro-, nano- and ultra-filtration, reverse osmosis, electro-dialysis; absorption; ion exchange; oxidation; residual management - thickening, dewatering, resource recovery, beneficial usage.
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It's officially Open season folks!! What does that mean? Well the Crossfit Open is starting this Thursday at 8:00pm and the madness will last for the next five weeks. For those of you who might not know what I am talking about, check it outhere
The 2014 Open marks my fourth Open experience, and my three year anniversary with Crossfit and Crossfit DoneRight. In 2011, I was basically last place in the region, but I was so inspired by the workouts, the competition, and the athletes, I told myself I am going to make Regionals one year. I had no idea how to get to the point where I wanted to be, but I knew I wanted to eventually get there. For the athletes who do not think they can do the workouts, I was in that same position three years ago. I got peer pressured to sign up, with no confidence in myself, and was surprised at my abilities in each and every workout. I loved every second of the five (that year it was six) week experience and it led to me to join CrossFit DoneRight…(Continue Reading)