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So I spent a good portion of today on a trail in a nearby gulch, sitting, and writing, trying to crystallize the spirit of Gandhi onto paper so I could put it on FB.
I kinda failed, here's what I have so far, but I need more:
When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.
-Mohandas K. Gandhi
Never was that more true than for Gandhi himself, through his lifelong struggle for the rights of the Indian people.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was often known later in his life as Mahatma, meaning "Great Spirit", a name he disliked, and that often pained him.
The name he liked more was Bapu, meaning "Father".
And he was father.
He was father of a nation, but more importantly, he was father of an idea:
the idea that the only differences that separate people are in our hearts, which is where our battles should remain as well.
The power for this poor man, who made his own clothes, to shake the world, came from his relentless optimism and belief in the general goodness of humankind.
Even after spending years in prison under British authority, he believed his enemies were good at heart, and all India needed to do was show the British their injustice through non-violent non-cooperation and protest, and the British would be defeated by their own shame.
He embodied his beliefs in his philosophy of Satyagraha, meaning "truth-force", or "devotion to the truth".
One of his unshakable principles was that the ends never justify the means, which fueled his abhorrence for violence.
After spending 5 years in India working towards getting popular support and protest against British colonization of India, he began to gain traction through the popular Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920-1922.
However, though the protests involved millions, as soon as one of the protests turned violent, killing 22 British-Indian policemen, he began a hunger strike to halt the protests, wondering if India was ready for non-violent protest.
"I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence....I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour....But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment."
I have some great ideas for how to end it, but I need a middle piece too, I think.
I just... want this to be a good one.
Part of the problem with writing essays and opinions on so many subjects is I forget what subjects I've written about.
But I do try really hard not to write about the same thing twice.
Which makes this more important, Gandhi's my hero, and I don't want to write a shitty essay on him.
It's just, yes, he believed the means are everything, yes, he believed in non-violence, yes, he believe in unity among all religions and nationalities.
But how do you tie those together succinctly?
Gandhi resonated with me, through what I've read about him, through the movie Gandhi, and I know he can with other people to if I do well enough in getting the very essence of Satyagraha down on paper.
Maybe it's impossible, he was a very complex man with a complex philosophy, and maybe there's no way to tie it together without writing a book.
I just feel that there's something in Gandhi and Satyagraha that resonates in everyone, but what, exactly, is it?
Would it be best to demonstrate through a quick biography?
Or continuing as I have on his principles and how they impacted his life, without going in chronological order or mentioning too many specific events?
What order should it go, then?
So, the whole point of this is for Facebook, not a class or something?
I will warn you that a lot of people will bring up stuff on Facebook to discredit Gandhi, similar to how you can't go through one Columbus Day anymore without someone bringing up recycled, nonsense opinions. Stuff about Nazis, and medicine, you can find it easy enough, I'm sure. So, if you care, mighr want to diffuse some of the snark by addressing those points? Or not. But that is likely to happen. I know it does in some of my circles when someone shares a Gandhi quote.
If this is something you are writing for yourself, about why he is important to you, and your hero, then make that the focus. WHY does this resonate with you? HOW did you learn about and begin to appreciate his impact? WHAT do you do to take his teaching and apply them to your life? WHEN is this most challenging to you? This lets you pepper personal anecdote with historical background for detail, and not only do people learn about Gandhi, but you as well. You're already informing the subtext, so it's not a major shift to just make you part of the text.
Unless, of course, this is also for some class project.
But people are more intrigued to learn about people they know, which would be you in this case, rather than read a short biography on Gandhi and his beliefs. So, learning how you are integrating his practice into your own life, and how that changes and affects you, not only shares his concepts, it makes them tangible and specific.
Of course, I make myself part of everything I write, hehe. Just a thought...
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He doesn't believe in magical invisible giants who live in the sky.
And yes, that is ignorant ad hominem nonsense that shouldn't be taken seriously.
that resonates with people who have researched or studied his teachings was his un-failing devotion to do what's right. He didn't just talk a good game,he lived his life according to what he believed in and suffered the consequences of his actions to prove his point, all in a non-violent manner. He was a very rare character, unlikely to be duplicated in our time. He was the definition of a self-less person, who understood the complexities of human nature.
Ditto, as to Jeff's suggestion for injecting how his teachings have affected you/ motivated you and why. It does depend on the target audience.


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@ anon939983 - I don't know what date you posted this, but hopefully you will return to see my reply. I am a retired nurse and hopefully you have been able to find a doctor that can give you answers to the pain your Mother is in. Can I assume, you meant "bile" duct enlargement, instead of pile?
If your Mom is having left side pain, why would the doctors say she has bile duct enlargement? The bile ducts, coming from the liver, gallbladder, etc. are all on the right side of the upper abdomen. If she was having problems, due to bile duct dilatation, then her pain should be under the right rib cage and often the pain extends into the mid back region. The reason I say this, is I do have both intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile duct dilatation and am undergoing tests to see the cause for it. I am scheduled to have a consult next month with a gastroenterologist and then an ERCP.
If your Mom is having severe left side pain, I would look at other reasons for the pain. There can be many causes for her to be having left abdominal pain, including heart, bowel, spleen, the end part of the pancreas, part of the stomach, the left part of the liver, left kidney, left adrenal gland, a portion of her ureter, part of the left lung, ribs on the left side, aorta and muscles. Any problems with any of these organs/bones/muscles could directly cause upper left abdominal pain.
The most common causes of left, upper abdominal pain are acute pancreatitis, enlargement of spleen (which can be due to several reasons, such as viral, bacterial or parasitic infections, leukemia and cirrhosis of liver). However if she had cirrhosis, you should notice yellow skin or eyes.
Other reasons for the pain could be due to gastroenteritis, kidney infection, pneumonia, polycystic kidney disease, food poisoning and even excessive gas.
Does she have any other symptoms, such as diarrhea, constipation (other than when she was on morphine drip), elevated temp, loss of appetite, etc.
Common symptoms other than abdominal pain include, nausea, vomiting, dehydration, diarrhea and a loss of appetite. Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS, affects the lower intestinal tract and causes extreme bowel discomfort. It can be characterized by extreme cases of diarrhea or constipation and affects people of all ages, with the most common group being adolescent women.
If you haven't done so, I would schedule an appointment with a gastroenterologist. You can use several websites to check out the doctors before scheduling an appointment. Most of the websites will allow patients to give reviews of the doctor. I do this myself, before seeing any doctor, because believe it or not, even as a former nurse, I have had my fair share of lackadaisical physicians. I personally use websites to check what other patients say about a doctor before making an appointment.

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Still searching for the perfect snack to serve at your Super Bowl party this weekend?
Sure, there are the usual standbys like chips, dip and—if you're feeling really ambitious—maybe you've even considered throwing some mini franks in to the mix.
But we all know that come Monday morning, we'd be feeling some major guilt over those game day indulgences.
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We got in touch with celebrity nutritionist Haylie Pomroy, who's the mastermind behind bodies like Jennifer Lopez, Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Reynolds and Ashley Hamilton and she shared a healthy Super Bowl snack with us that is sure to be a (healthy) hit!
Kale Chips
Bundle of curly leaf kale
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon sea salt
Optional: 2-3 cloves of garlic, thinly sliced
See the Volkswagen Super Bowl ad that has some crying foul
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a non-insulated cookie sheet with parchment paper
Remove the leaves from the thick stems and tear into bite size pieces. Wash and thoroughly dry the kale. Drizzle kale with olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt
Optional: Throw garlic on kale as well if desired
Bake until edges are brown, but are not burnt (10 to 15 minutes)
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"Unknown gunmen on motorcycles attacked a police checkpoint in Rabia near the Iraqi-Syrian border using machine guns," Ninawa police spokesperson Col. Khalid al-Hamdani told Al-Shorfa.
A police captain was among the wounded, he added.
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"Hay prices are the talk of the town."
That was the observation dairy farmer Steve Nash of Selma, CA, made, when asked about the availability of alfalfa for California dairies.
Nash says he hasn't seen the price for premium-quality hay drop below $300 this year, which is about $80 a ton more than a year ago at this time.
"We are all very concerned. There are a large number of dairies that don't have a large inventory of hay and they have intentions of trying to buy month to month. And there just may not be the hay out there or we could be looking at $400 hay when we get into the winter months, and that is if it is even available at all," he says.
In order to keep dairy cows healthy and productive, dairy farmers feed them about 5 lbs of alfalfa a day in the ration, Nash says, adding that some people are trying to utilize more corn silage in the mix, but that's not a direct one-to-one replacement.
"I talked with my hay broker and he doesn't think there is going to be any hay available this winter. It is a scary thing," he says.
Adding to the problem is competition for the limited supply of hay from foreign buyers. A Bloomberg News story reported this month that it is now cheaper to ship hay from the Imperial Valley to China than it is to transport it to dairies in the San Joaquin Valley.
Hay market analyst Seth Hoyt, author of the weekly Hoyt Report, says he spoke with exporters who ship alfalfa hay to China from Long Beach at a cost that ranges from $16 to $25 per ton. The cost to ship alfalfa hay by truck from the Imperial Valley to Tulare ranges from $45 to $50 per ton.
The Bloomberg article mentioned that shipping lines hauling Asian goods to the U.S. are failing to fill containers on the return journey, driving down the costs of transporting hay in containers to Asia.
"It costs $45 a ton to get dairy hay up the state of California to Central California dairies," says Greg Braun, president of Border Valley Trading Co. of Brawley. "When I compare that to the trucking cost to get containerized hay from the Imperial Valley to Long Beach and then add the ocean cost on top of that, it is about the same or less than trucking hay to the San Joaquin Valley."
Border Valley Trading Co. is one of the largest exporters of compressed hay products in California, with processing facilities in Brawley and Turlock and a loading facility in Long Beach.
"We have buyers in Japan, Korea, China and the Mideast ŌĆō we ship to about 18 different countries," Braun says. "Three years ago, we shipped to about six different countries, so that tells you how much growth there has been in the export industry on alfalfa. Not all the hay goes to dairy. We ship a lot of hay to camels, goats, sheep and horses."
Braun says that, with alfalfa prices now running about 30% higher than at the same time last year, he is starting to see a slight decrease in overseas purchases.
"As far as the export industry is concerned, we are getting to price points now where we are starting to lose some demand. There are other sources for hay, including Canada and oat hay from Australia," he says.
To prepare hay for export, Border Valley compresses bales and loads them into standard 40ŌĆÖ ocean containers. Each container can hold up to 24 metric tons of compressed alfalfa.
"A regular three-tie bale is 48ŌĆØ long, 15ŌĆØ high and 23ŌĆØ wide. We compress the 48ŌĆØ length down to about 20 or 21ŌĆØ and then we reband it. The only thing that changes is the length. The other dimensions remain the same," he says.
Both Braun and Nash pointed out that the tight supply of alfalfa is due in part to farmers shifting production from alfalfa to other crops, including annual crops like corn and soybeans as well as permanent crops ŌĆō particularly almonds and pistachios in the San Joaquin Valley.
"There have been a lot of alternative crops put in with high commodity prices that basically reduced alfalfa ground in the state of California. It is a simple case of supply and demand," says Braun.
According to USDAŌĆÖs National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), alfalfa production in the 11 Western states is estimated to be 2% lower than last year. NASS estimated that alfalfa hay yield in California this year would be 6.9 tons per acre, up from 6.8 tons last year and the second lowest yield since 2006.
In addition to his 1,500-cow dairy, Nash farms 640 acres and is able to produce both alfalfa and corn silage.
"We are fortunate on our dairy because we grow about 60% of our hay and almost all of our corn silage. I think that is going to be the business model going forward. Dairy farmers need to grow their own feed. It may be the only way that they will be assured of having feed."
Unfortunately, not all dairy farmers have sufficient cropland available, Nash says.
"With the high price of cropland, this isn't the time to be buying land. The other thing is that more and more of this land is being put into permanent nut crops, because they are making more money than what they were able to get growing alfalfa."
He says the only thing that keeps dairy farmers solvent is the fact that milk prices have also increased. According to The Hoyt Report, the overbase milk price in California in June was $19.49/cwt compared to $13.47 for the same period in 2010.
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We recently read the story Jalapeno Bagels from the second grade readers. Ds wants to make the chango bars. I noticed that the recipe says 1/2 butter and then 1/2 cup margarine. I have never had a chango bar before and don't really know what to expect but it looks like it is a cross between brownies and chocolate chip cookies? I was wonderig if it would make a difference if we just use 1 cup of butter instead. We don't normally have margarine in the house. Has anyone else done this recipe? How did it turn out? How would you describe chango bars? Was it worth the effor tto make? Woudl you make them again?
Also ds wants to make the Jalapeno bagels. If anyone has made them how spicy would you rate them? Would you reduce the amount of peppers or they were awesome as the recipe is?
In regards to the thunder cake recipe I am wondering how that turned out if anyone made it. It was looking really good until I noticed it called for pureed tomatoes. I like tomatoes but I neve saw anyone use them in a chocolate cake before so I was kind of wondering how that tastes and if one actually notices the tomatoes or not. We are reading that story tomorrow but I don't know if we are daring enough to try this one or not.
When I make chocolate chip cookies, I use half butter and half Crisco. This affects the height and volume of the finished product. We didn't make Chango bars, but I suggest shortening for the margarine.
We didn't try the Thunder Cake, either, but the Ed counselors say it is delicious. I just didn't have the ingredients. I wish I had tried harder to get them. Kids are more likely to enjoy the taste of something they made themselves.
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I used all butter for the chango bars. They were wonderful. Never made the Jalapeno bagels. I'm allergic to peppers. Thunder cake was splendid! I couldn't tell my older kids about the tomato. One of my girls found out and you'd think I tried to murder her, she hollered so much. (She also hollered about the sauteed strawberries I served for dessert last night. Very conventional kid.)
I have to say that we try all the Calvert recipes. We are truly sorry they don't suggest any after 4th grade. The kids love having "their" recipes become part of our lexicon of food.
We are such avid bakers in my house that I totally understand when you say "They are delicious and weill be gone soon and you will not know I ever cooked them."
We will do the chango bars today and use all butter. I never have margaraine and I thought it odd to see that they would use 1/2 cup of each instead of a whole cup of one or the other. I had thought about using shortenign as another poster suggested if the cup of butter didn't work. So then they are like brownies then...that is also what I wanted to know. I had no idea what a chango bar was but the picture inthe book looked kind of like a brownie.
Here is the Jalapeno Bagel recipe which was right after the chango bars in the houghton mifflin second grade reader "Delights"
Jalapeno Bagels
1 3/4 cups lukewarm water
1/2 teaspoon dry yeast
2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
5 to 6 cups flour
1/3 cup jalapenos
1/4 cup dried red peppers
Mix water, yeast, salt, sugar. Add flour and jalapenos and mix into a ball. Knead for 10-12 minutes, adding more flour if necessary, until the dough is stiff. Add red peppers and knead for 3 minutes. Let the dough reast tenminutes, then cut into twelve peices with a knife.
Roll each piece of dough on a table to form long tube-like shapes. Then, for each of the twelve pieces, connect the two ends by overlapping them about 3/4 of an inch and rolling the ends together to make a ring shpe. Make sure each joint is secure or it will come apart while boiling.
Cover with a damp towel and let rise 1 to 1 1/2 hours in a warm spot. In a large pot, bring 1 to 2 gallons of water to a rolling boil. Place bagels in boiling water and boil until they float (15 to 30 second). Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
We are planning to do these on the weekend and I guess we will try the thunder cake sometime next week...okay we are having guests on Tuesday and maybe we can serve it to them and if they eat it and like it maybe I will get the guts to eat a slice! Well, the tomato is acidic so it will react with the baking soda in the recipe...perhaps if you omit the pureed tomatoes you might try buttermilk.
Hi Marjie,
Hahaha that is so funny...You know I think I was a lot like your daughter too when I was younger. I am pretty brave now about trying things these days but now and then I am a bit squimish like tomato puree in cake lol but years ago I would have thrown a hissy if I found out their was tomatoes in my cake. Odd really because it is technically a fruit and it is usually sweet too but I guess when you aren't used to something it takes a while to become acqauinted with it and to truly appreciate it. I used to be squimish about soy milk and tofu and now I love the stuff! Actually, I grew up in a home where most of the cooking was boxes and cans so it was more like heat and serve so when I started cooking on my own when I got married and the first tiem I touched hamburger meat was perhaps the grossest thing I think I ever felt lol. I also say that Jacque's advice on the peppers is right on lol because that was another funny incident from my early cooking adventures LOL LOL LOL :) I always use gloves when I work with meat and peppers LOL :)
It is nice to know that there will be no more recipes after 4th. Too bad but we have tons of cookbooks and we do most of our cooking from scratch anyway so the kids will still get a lot of exposure to cooking and bakign in some form or other. WE loved the recipes in the K manual and in the first grade readers. We plan to start again with Calvert for fourth grade. We used K and first, and then bought most of the same materials that calvert uses for second and third but decided to skip on getting calverts LM's because of the costs and that they were too hard to adapt for ds's needs but I think 4th will be appropriate since it takes the fundamentals and applies them rather than focusing on the teaching of reading and math as it was in the younger grades.
Our bars are in the oven now making the house smell just awesome. They do look thicker than the brownies...okay and I just had to taste the batter too lol and so I am not sure we can wait for them to cool! MMMMMM :)
I know this message is older, but I wanted to reply still. My daughter made Thundercake last year, and I wanted to let you know it was so good! Don't be afraid of the unusual ingredients, they just add to the moistness of the cake. She made it for a church picnic and was so proud to say she made it "all by herself". People at church still mention it and tell her she needs to make it again!!


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Members of the California State-Northridge basketball team were in their hotel lobby Friday morning when they struck up a conversation with the natives.
"Where are you from?" the players were asked.
"Northridge," they said.
"Yeah, and they thought we were some guys from some mall," guard Markus Carr said. Northridge, Carr reminds us, is actually a commuter school 20 minutes north of Los Angeles. The one that beat UCLA recently.
The folks in Milwaukee got a better idea about the Matadors Friday night at the Bradley Center, as Northridge defeated Kent State, 89-85, in overtime in the first game of the Blue & Gold Coca-Cola Classic.
Northridge controlled the first half and the overtime and made a critical three-pointer at the end of regulation to salvage the whole effort. The Matadors (4-1) thus advanced to the Classic championship game at 8 tonight. Kent State will play in the consolation game at 5:30 p.m.
After Northridge patiently passed while awaiting an open look, senior guard John Burrell sank an open three-pointer with 2 seconds left in regulation to tie the score at 77-77.
"This is a senior-dominated team and we have faith in every single player on this team to make the shot," said Northridge forward Jeff Parris, who shot 10 for 12 and led all scorers with 26 points.
After a strong second-half comeback, Kent State was unable to get off a last-ditch attempt to win, forcing overtime.
It was then that Northridge's Brian Heinle and Parris made key free throws and baskets to send their team to victory.
Northridge out-rebounded Kent State, 41-24, and held the Golden Flashes (2-2) to 38% shooting.


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iRiver's latest iteration of the Clix is even sexier than the original, and it has some hot upgrades, including 30fps video support.
The original iRiver Clix was a design success if not a commercial one, but the new Clix2 looks to do well in both respects. It's got the same clickable-screen faceplate, but the device is much thinner and a bit longer than its predecessor, and the 2.2-inch QVGA screen sports new AMOLED technology (oy, how the acronyms do grow) for extra brightness.
You'll be able to view video (now at 30 frames per second in MPEG-4 and WMV9 formats), photos, and album art; audio support will include WMA, MP3, OGG, and Audible formats. It will come in 2, 4, and 8GB capacities. Nice touches include an FM tuner, voice/FM recording, 25-hour battery life, and switchable MTP/MSC modes. Look for this sexy little number in spring 2007.


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Please explain to me why we're giving money we don't have to a country who hates us.
If Americans didn't sue at the drop of a hat, insurance premiums for doctors wouldn't be so high. The medical profession isn't blameless for overcharging but neither are we.
Passenger found dead in truck, driver arrested ON UNRELATED CHARGES... because that wasn't enough???
There is NOTHING interesting about Honey Boo Boo regardless of who she is talking to!
Casey Anthony surfaces in public and you post this as "news" as if any normal person should care?
If you buy vehicles from dealers in other states you still have to pay the titling tax.
Its looking like this sequester thing really just Y2K all over again.
I am very tired of people making fun of The South and Southerners.
250,000 people die each year from medical mistakes and 12,000 a year die from guns. And where is all the focus these days? And why?
Hospitals furnish medical care to those who cannot afford it and charge those who have insurance to make up for it. Now, if we could establish a fund for the needy? Oh wait! It's called a charity. Except some not so needy take advantage of them.
I guess the little prince in North Korea will be decorated out in tattoos and orange hair next, huh?
This is why we have a problem in this country. The Commandment against stealing has No Price Range- it is Not negotiatible.
You don't think stupidity is painful then I'm positive you don't know me. I've got the scars to prove it.
To all you CEO worshippers, please recall that the average zoo monkey is as good at picking stocks on Wall Street as the average financial wonder-kid.
What part of "local control of schools" is hard to understand? If DeKalb voters consider decent schools to be a low priority in their lives, that's their right to do so.
I don't understand the concern with sequestration. The Cardinals are always sequestered when they vote for a Pope.
Mark my words....Tom Graves is going to wind up with a GPTV type job to get rid of him.
So the Hindenburg exploded because of static electricity ... that's scary, considering we sometimes run out of fabric softener and dry the clothes anyway. Oh, the humanity!
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Dave Marcoullier combines down-to-earth functionality with delicate high design. Perfect for those who appreciate the form beyond the function, this table is a unique modern take on woodworking, that brings together contemporary lines with the classic, natural grain of walnut wood. It features mid century-inspired hairpin legs, and boasts an intricate design routed by hand, and then meticulously filled with epoxy resin. Handmade in San Francisco, CA.
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- Care: clean with a damp cloth; use coasters
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Dave Marcoullier
Dave Marcoullier is a certified arborist and landscape designer living in San Francisco's Mission District, and much of his work is an extension of these two disciplines. His work is comprised of CNC routed solid hardwood wall hangings and cheese boards. He derives color variations and contrast by treating some areas with natural oil, while leaving other areas of wood untouched. As no two wood grains are the same, each and every piece is unique. Dave takes pride in selecting only the finest grains, and orienting color, direction and striation to best compliment the context of the design. collection
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The Evangelical Presbyterian Church traces its roots from the Reformation under John Calvin in Switzerland during the 1500's and its advancement under John Knox in Scotland during the same era. Even so, this branch of the Reformation draws on the ancient teachings of such figures from church history as Bernard of Clairvaux of the 12th Century and Augustine of the 4th century. After the Reformation, its seed continued to grow during the mid-1600s with the shaping of the Westminster Confession of Faith. Our spiritual ancestors came to North America during the middle 17th century with such leaders as Francis Makemie, Jonathan Dickinson and William Tennent. A century later, Jonathan Edwards triggered a spiritual awakening in New England and became a link in our historical chain. In short, the story of Presbyterianism is the story of the EPC.
In the Beginning
Presbyterians come in many varieties with new branches being formed in every generation. The EPC began in the fall of 1980 and spring of 1981 when a group of pastors and elders held meetings in St. Louis, Missouri for planning and prayer. They came from mainline Presbyterian denominations like the United Presbyterian (northern churches) and the Presbyterian Church in the United States (southern churches). These leaders had become increasingly distressed by liberalism within their denominations. They wanted to form a church that took seriously the words of Scripture, the theology of the historic confessions of the faith, and the evangelical fervor of Presbyterian founders. They envisioned a denomination that was truly evangelical and truly Presbyterian; hence the name.
In Essentials, Unity
Six months later, the first General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church met at Ward Presbyterian Church near Detroit, Michigan. To ensure that the ideals of faith would remain foundational to the new denomination, the Assembly drafted an intentionally brief list of essential beliefs. The Essentials listed in this brochure define a church that is Presbyterian in theology and church government, as well as evangelical in sharing the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ.
In Non-Essentials, Liberty
Even though the founders of the EPC valued purity of faith, they wisely saw the danger of division over non-essential issues. To protect the new denomination from needless strife, the founders promoted an understanding of freedom in which less essential matters were left to the conscience of individual churches and believers. This understanding included such matters as the freedom of a local church to elect its own officers, to exercise spiritual gifts, and to own and keep property. So EPC churches study the Scripture and make their own decisions about issues like worship style and the ordination of women. At regional and national meetings, church leaders take for granted that they will work and worship with other leaders who differ with them on these and other non-essential matters.
In All Things, Charity: Truth in Love
The final statement of our motto speaks of love. We are fellow pilgrims, walking together with our Lord. We have, individually, received his charity toward us, so we extend that charity to each other. We speak the truth to define our faith and to extend it to others. But we speak it out of love-for our brothers and sisters, and for our Savior.
A Present and Future Hope
In 1981, the 1st General Assembly convened with 75 delegates representing 12 churches. When the Second General Assembly met nine months later, more than 120 elders and ministers registered as commissioners. Before the decade of the 80's ended, an impressive growth in member congregations took place. Churches in Argentina formed a presbytery and joined us in 1987, to grow and be dismissed as a national church in 2004. Nearing the end of the first decade of the 21st century the EPC has exceeded 80,000 active members in over 225 congregations in the U.S.
With world evangelism as a top priority, the EPC commissioned its first missionary couple in 1983. By the mid 90's, 56 missionaries represented the EPC throughout the world. Today, more than 90 missionaries represent the EPC in about 20 countries. Because we believe that God uses a variety of ways to draw people to himself, many of these missionaries serve with EPC support through mission agencies other than our own. Our global mission plan focuses on planting, developing, and nurturing the Church.
We believe that God created the Evangelical Presbyterian Church to be a significant part of his plan for the renewal of believers and for witness to those outside the faith. It is our conviction that, like the ancient Queen Esther, God has brought us together for such a time as this.
All Scripture is self-attesting and being Truth, requires our unreserved submission in all areas of life. The infallible Word of God, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is a complete and unified witness to God's redemptive acts culminating in the incarnation of the Living Word, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible, uniquely and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, is the supreme and final authority on all matters on which it speaks.
On this sure foundation we affirm these additional essentials of our faith.
- We believe in one God, the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. To Him be all honor, glory and praise forever!
- Jesus Christ, the living Word, became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. He who is true God became true man united in one Person forever. He died on the cross a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. On the third day He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and Mediator.
- The Holy Spirit has come to glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to our hearts. He convicts us of sin and draws us to the Savior, indwelling our hearts. He gives new life to us, empowers and imparts gifts to us for service. He instructs and guides us into all truth, and seals us for the day of redemption.
- Being estranged from God and condemned by our sinfulness, our salvation is wholly dependent upon the work of God's free grace. God credits His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justifies them in His sight. Only such as are born of the Holy Spirit and receive Jesus Christ become children of God and heirs of eternal life.
- The true Church is composed of all persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit are united together in the body of Christ. The Church finds her visible yet imperfect, expression in local congregations where the Word of God is preached in its purity and the sacraments are administered in their integrity, where scriptural discipline is practiced, and where loving fellowship is maintained. For her perfecting she awaits the return of her Lord.
- Jesus Christ will come again to the earth-personally, visibly, and bodily-to judge the living and the dead, and to consummate history and the eternal plan of God. "Even so, come, Lord Jesus." (Rev. 22:20)
- The Lord Jesus Christ commands all believers to proclaim the gospel throughout the world and to make disciples of all nations. Obedience to the Great Commission requires total commitment to "Him who loved us and gave Himself for us." He calls us to a life of self-denying love and service. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." (Eph. 2:10)
The Essentials provide an explicit and concise expression of the Christian faith. These essentials are set forth in greater detail in the Westminster Confession of Faith.
What is a non-essential? Non-essentials denote those doctrinal issues and convictions which are secondary to the heart of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We believe room should be given for freedom on lesser issues. Some issues may be important to the individual Christian but such should not be promoted at the expense of unity.
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church is a denomination that affirms the congregational freedom to elect officers without restriction or quota. Instead, congregations are encouraged to search the scriptures and prayerfully, but freely, elect those persons best qualified to lead.
Although Reformed, not Pentecostal, in theology the Evangelical Presbyterian Church affirms the gifts of God's Spirit exercised under the guidance of God's word and the authority of the local session.
Believing unity to be a spiritual not temporal relationship, we therefore guarantee in perpetuity the congregation's right to own and manage its property.
"Love...bears all things"
Christ did not come just to teach forgiveness. He lived it! Being forgiven we are now free to forgive and understand each other. As a fellowship of believers we strive to love one another that the presence of the Spirit may transcend individuality.
"...Believes all things"
We believe not only in what we have attained in Christ, but also that we are moving forward. We are God's pilgrim people. We are in a journey together, sharing each other's burdens and joys along the way. Though we have already been redeemed, our sanctification is the process we share together.
"...Hopes all things"
Hope encourages and builds life while despair destroys. Resisting the sins and sickness of this world, we as a fellowship are more than haters of evil. As lovers of God and His people, we live for His glory. Much more than mere wishing, our confident hopes are anchored in Christ.
"...Endures all things"
To find a denomination that can weather today's storms without compromising on love is rare. We share a calling to perseverance of the saints and a commitment to a life of love.
We believe that if Christ is exalted He will build His church. It is therefore our mission to lift up Him who is THE truth in loving proclamation of the Christian gospel.
To accomplish this, we commit ourselves to the following goals:
- A global vision of missions outreach;
- An enthusiastic promotion of evangelism as the first priority of the Church;
- An aggressive program of church planting and church development
- The development and implementation of solid programs in Christian nurture rooted in the teaching of the Bible to all ages
- A positive concern for Christ-centered youth ministry
- A loving spirit of cooperation with all who truly are one with us in Jesus Christ.
In the words of John Wesley, 'If your heart is as my heart, let us join hands and walk together." Let us walk in TRUTH! Let us walk in LOVE.


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Reprinted with permission from College Vegetarian Cooking: Feed Yourself and Your Friends. Copyright © 2009 by Megan Carle and Jill Carle, Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, Berkeley, CA
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- 2 package(s) (12-ounce) extra-firm tofu
- 6 clove(s) garlic
- 1 bunch(es) green onions
- 3/4 cup(s) vegetarian fish sauce
- 2 cup(s) water
- 1/3 cup(s) (6-inch) lime juice
- 1 tablespoon(s) rice vinegar
- 1/3 cup(s) sugar
- 1 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1 teaspoon(s) crushed red pepper
- 24 ounce(s) rice noodles
- 4 eggs
- 3 tablespoon(s) canola oil
- 4 cup(s) bean sprouts
- 1/2 cup(s) cilantro, chopped
- 1 cup(s) salted peanuts, chopped
- Drain the tofu and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Place the pieces between several paper towels, top with a heavy pan, and let stand for 15 minutes to press out any excess water.
- Peel and finely chop the garlic or pass it through a garlic press. Trim the green onions, discarding the ends, and cut the white and about 1 inch of the green part into thin slices.
- Combine the fish sauce, water, lime juice, rice vinegar, sugar, salt, and crushed red pepper in a bowl, stir well, and set aside.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add the rice noodles. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, for 8 minutes, or until al dente. Drain in a colander.
- Meanwhile, lightly beat the eggs. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat, add the tofu, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 4 to 5 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove from the pan and set aside. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil to the pan, then add the eggs and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the eggs are completely cooked. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Add the noodles, garlic, and fish sauce mixture to the pan and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Add the eggs, tofu, bean sprouts, green onion, and cilantro and cook, stirring frequently, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until warm. Place in a large serving bowl and top with the chopped peanuts.
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Christmas and money, am I just humbug scrooge?
Well, now that Christmas is over I am mulling over the money spent. DH had a budget of $600 each for two adult children. Add maybe another $500 for a few other gifts he bought for others combined. I thought that was just too much. Are this typical for adult kids? We don't gift eachother for Xmas. I also see my family spending big bucks on their younger children for all the 'must have' big ticket toys. Bah humbug!
Posted by cuddlepoo: "I thought that was just too much."
The question is can you afford it???
I'm sure Oprah or Bill spent ten times that on a gift for each of their friends.
It's not about the dollar amount spent it, is about how it fits into your overall budget and income.
If you are drowning in debt and have no retirement savings then yes, $600 on each kid and another $500, is too much. Conversly, if you have a seven figure income, a $600 xmas gift for your own child might be considered stingy in that social sphere.
Since you came here to post about your DH's decision to spend $600, it obviosly bothers you and it is an issue between you and your husband with the focus of the conversation being your income, budget and longerm financial goals. You won't be able to get a cut and dried definative yes/no answer here that will be your bible for your unique financial situation.
I am surprised that you DH did not allow you any input and make it a joint decision when he decided on your xmas budget.
As far as your observation on what your other family memebers spend on their kids I think that is really their business and nobody else's. Unless you are seeing them headed for financial ruin with thoughtless purchases and mounting debt, there is no reason to involve yourself or twist yourself up with angst over it.
Some families shower their kids year round with iPods, laptops, ski trips, ballet lesons, dvd recorders, Hannah Montana tickets, and Hillfiger clothing. They say "We don't do xmas gifts" because there is nothing left that will be "special" to give the kids. Other families don't hand their children everything they ask for whenever they demand it, and make xmas a dream come true when they open their xmas day gifts - It might look like a lot of gifts in a huge pile but the kids didn't get anything else all year. It does not make sense to use, 'how other families enjoy the holiday' as a yardstick against one's own circumstances.
Oh I had my input, he had a higher budget in mind to start with and thought he had come down to a good compromise after our initial conversation. So don't even try to paint my DH as a domineering ogre. I'm not having any of that. And twisting myself up with angst about other people's spending? Huh? You have a talent for creative writing! And if I have an opinion that I think that some people are just materialistic and many kids today spoiled with expensive gifts, then I will say so, and if you don't like that, tough. And were not drowning in debt, and we could afford a much more expensive house than we have. There are a lot of things that we could fit into our budget, but why? Just to feed other people's need for things? Or to impress people? Why?
I personally think that $600 for each ADULT child is too much money. I also think that $600 is too much to spend on a child. That amount does not fit my budget. But maybe it fits yours. How old are these adult kids? When we were young my mom spent about $250 each for my sis and me. Now that we are both older(39) she spends about $75. Do you have any grandkids yet? My mom usually spends about $150 on each of my kids. I think $150 is too much for her to spend. My DH and I are the parents and we like to buy the things our kids need. I guess she is just being a grandparent. I agree with you on spoiling your kids with expensive things. Maybe next year you and your DH could donate most of that money to your favorite charity in your kids names. Just a thought!
depends on several things. can you afford it? do you buy gifts that are items that are needed or will be used. we bought our son a GPS system. Yes, it was expensive, but we know he will use it and it will also give us peace of mind knowing that he may travel 60 miles in the wrong direction! Had we spent that money on something that would just sit and not be used, then i would have a problem with it.
Since this is the Money Saving Tips Forum, I think it's too much money for gifts. How much you make isn't a good criteria with which to judge how much you should spend, either. It's can you pay for it without going into debt that matters to me. If you earn $500,000 a year and spend $550,000, you really can't afford anything! You're beyond broke!
Personally, I can't understand the "we don't give each other gifts" ideology either. Especially when you seem to be more than generous with the adult children in the family. Hubby and I really need nothing - and can easily afford to get anything we need or want - but we love getting each other one thing from the Dollar Store and wrap and place it under the tree. The dollar gifts draw the most attention when we exchange gifts. One year I received a coloring book and we had a great time as a family coloring that Christmas. Adults just don't color enough these days! It's how much fun and how unexpected the gift is for a BUCK.
CASH-ONLY Christmas is also a MUST in our family - nothing on credit cards that takes another year to pay off. If you can't afford gifts, then make or bake something - it's the spirit of giving, not the cost of the gift that counts.
We enjoy being together, playing board and card games and eating, rather than trying to "impress" each other with a load-of-crap that gets tossed into the next garage sale or donated to a thrift store.
With our 2 adult children/1 spouse and 1 nearly 12-year old granddaughter we all decided on a $10 gift budget this year (so that was a total of around $80 for our immediate family). Another $15 for inexpensive plastic trays to hold the homemade goodies we made and gave to the neighbors and friends. So I'm sure we spent less than $100 for Christmas gifts this year, but that allowed us to give MUCH more to worthy causes that help less-fortunate folks.
Spend what you can paying only cash. I am not against re-gifting and have received some wonderful things from a good friend that way. (win win situation for us both). I have also received some much wanted thrift store/garage sale novels as a gift ......it's not the money spent IMHO. Budster
$600.00 each for your adult children...that sounds reasonable to me. Given the costs of items today. I don't have a problem with that amount. And as you stated it is a reduced compromised budget. If it makes your husband happy to give gifts to his loved ones, more power to him. I must admit I don't understand the no gifts between husband and wives mentality. I would never not give to someone I love at Christmas.
As stated before as long as he isn't spending the grocery money and you are financially okay I fail to see the problem. Your other family members spending habits/gift giving are just that. THeir way to do it. Not a lot of anyone elses' business. It does seem you are torked off a bit about it just by reading your negative response towards them. Different budgets for different families. That's what makes the world go round. NancyLouise
I really reverberate along the same lines as your post. I'm as well off financially as I have ever been, but it just galls me to have this forced and coerced you-must-spend-a-lot-fof money-because-it's-Christmas mentallity. I'm not Scroogy, I give to charity all year long and I'm the first with my toys for the homeless, etc. And I don't stint with my grown daughter or husband, either. I just don't like being bled dry. Examples from my Dec. checkbook:
Totals for food, small gifts etc. for work parties: $250.00! Food and gifts for family parties, both mine and my husband's: almost $300. Not counting the high cost of gasoline driving 4 hours round trip to one family and 3 hours rt to another. Gifts: my daughter really needed a graphing calculator for college- Cost $230. I would have had to buy it anyway, this way it counts as a gift. Husband, don't ask- way too much for tools etc that will never be used.
Candles, wrapping paper, ribbon, tape, Xmas cards etc.etc. I get after Christmas the year before, so not too much, but still it adds up. In January I will get an astronomical electric bill, because they just hike it up automatically, making us think we had too many lights up. Same with the gas heating bill.
Holiday food- astronomical, as everybody expects the woman of the family to put out a spread that would embarass the decadent emperors of ancient Rome. And the whole time the stores keep playing the carols faster and faster, and we are supposed to get all dewey eyed with the season and buy, buy, buy.
But people are starting to see through all the manipulation. I know two families now who spend the day serving food at a shelter instead of regaling each other with a lot of stuff nobody really wants. The merchants may just have begun killing the Golden Goose. As Old Joyful said, Advertising = hypnotism = brainwashing. But we are starting to wake up.
What we do at Christmas is to give gifts the person can use all year long. I'm fortunate to have family members and friends who are real "doer's" so they are always thrilled with a tool that they wouldn't buy themselves, but really DO need. My woodworking shop is filled with past Christmas presents and when using them, I fondly remember the person who was kind enough to give me such a great tool so that I can do more things, and save money by making it instead of buying it.
I think more people should develop useful hobbies so that they stay home more and spend their time in the workshop instead of spending money on canned entertainment. I could spend 5 years in my shop and still not have all my projects done. Back in the 50's and 60's, there was a lot of basement projecting going on all over the country. People were building radios, hamm equipment, doing wood projects and metal working-------all sorts of things. And the magazines of the day always had ads and articles on how to do and build things. Remember the King Midgit?? Today, not many people work these hobbies anymore. More and more people know less and less on how to do the most simplest of repairs or builds. Our attention is on being "wired", being in the loop, being connected, knowing sports facts, keeping up with what celebs are doing. We're nothing but a bunch of what I call "bicycle seat sniffers." Which means we're more focused on others and what they are doing than focusing on what's REALLY important.
So Christmas, for us, serves a great purpose. More GOOD toys so that we can DO more.
In my family, $600 is a lot. To give a gift that big, it'd be a once in a life time trip or possibly a house payment or something really needed.
I agree with giving gifts people can use. A hobby gift is great. Santa brought our kids bikes so they can ride them when the weather warms up.
I'm torn, I guess. If you can afford to give that amount and want to do so, why not? However, I don't think that it would be worth it to spend that amount of money on things that the other person may not want or need, just to say/think that you've been generous.
I will probably be flamed for this, but for me personally, I would rather get a cash gift (or nothing) than another trinket that isn't something I collect or more candles, body wash, or random stuff that the person saw at the store.
I am never ungrateful when I receive any gift, but I have so much of that stuff that I have no more room. I enjoy getting gifts to add to various collections that I have displayed in my home or something that would fit my personality. However, I have more candles that I could ever hope to use/display in my home and I could very likely not buy lotion or body wash for the next decade and have plenty.
My reasoning for wanting cash (again, I would never say this to the people who give me gifts) is that there are things in our home that we would like to replace, such as our bed and couch. I would never ask someone to buy us either one, but money that could be used for that would be awesome.
I'm not a money grubber, as that might make me out to be. Some of the neatest gifts we've received were random, antique things from family that belonged to grandparents that have passed on.
asm 198, no rock throwing from me, to me it makes more sense to get someone something they can actually use. sometimes it bothers me but for the last couple years, have been using gift cards for parents and inlaw, they pretty much have enough "sweathers" a card to supermarket or to the hardware store seems much better, maybe one of those money cards is even better so they could have more options to use it.
My Mom is 84,blind and disabled, has everything she needs. For Christmas, I give her postage stamps, Yardley lavendar soap (her favorite), and pre-threaded needles for small sewing jobs. None of them cost a lot of money, but I know she uses them. A gift certificate to a local grocery store is good,too.
my inlaws give both myself and my DH $500 each for Christmas and my mother gives us $500 as a joint gift. It is very generous of them (yes, they can easily afford it). We really appreciate it! We are able to bank it as I buy our family gifts early and with cash-so this feels great. I think it needs to be a gift the person can use and one the gifter can easily afford whether it be $5 -as my favorite aunt sends or $500. All of that said, DH and I have wished that Christmas was every other year-then maybe it would be special again.
Well if you lived in our family group, no one would be receiving "XMAS" gifts. If I see something through out the year that would truly enhance someone's life, not lifestyle, I buy it then. At Christmas the only gifts that can be given are in the form of donations to each person's favorite group. No Toys for TOts allowed as our family insists on Time for Tots. This year I "received" three pair of boys jeans, one girl's jacket, two pair of boots, and seven books. Into each of the pockets, I placed a dollar bill. I heard the children had a wonderful Christms.
Here's a different take. Several years ago, my Mom gave each of her kids $500 for Christmas. It was an amazing gift! $500 really makes a difference when you pay your rent/mortgage in January. She said someone once gave her a gift like that and since she could that year, she passed it on.
Fast forward. My kids are grown (26 and 28) and at Christmas we get them things we know they need, like sheets, underwear, etc., and something fun, like music or DVDs. They are very, very appreciative, and generous to one another and to us. In their stocking they get a check for $500. I know this helps with heating bills, rent, etc. Every December they tell us not to "go crazy with the money again" and every year we do anyway. It's our way of doing something special. We spend lots of time together at Christmas, and this check is just a little way of Mom and Dad giving them a leg up. We'll do it as long as we can. Our Christmases were small when they were growing up, and we all did without vacations and the latest electronics and things. Now we can, so we do. It makes us all feel good. We have raised two very generous, hard working, independent, loving people, and $500 once a year isn't too much, to my mind. (And every gift is paid by cash!)


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Camping is fun and so many people enjoy the great outdoors and still have all the comforts of home. RV's have come along way over the years and now have satellite TV, elegant furnishings, large comfortable beds and rooms that slide in and out that can instantly create a large living space but are still functional while you are driving.
One problem with camping out that will never change is the encounters with bugs. Not only the mosquitoes and gnats that can plague you as you hike or sit around the campfire but also the ants, roaches, spiders and any number of pests that may try and invade your home on wheels. Let's face it you are going straight into enemy territory and unless you plan ahead you could have your trip ruined by pesky hoards of insects.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again - the role of an artist is a complex and often challenging one. Every artist, no matter what stage you're at in your career, will struggle with diminishing motivation and inspiration. It's incredibly easy to slip into this state as we work ourselves into the ground, letting the pot of ideas run empty. But you are not alone! I know this because last week I spent three days at Reasons to be Creative in Brighton and was surrounded by artists and developers from across the creative industries, all looking for a fix of something that would get their creative juices flowing…
And that's what we got; an inspiring range of presentations and talks from talented individuals from every corner of the digital art spectrum. From Flash animation and game development to experimental motion graphics inside Cinema 4D, this event was for anyone who likes to explore the relationships between art, science and technology.
For the full list of speakers at this event, take a look here. And here's a list of my favourites from the 3-day event:
Amit Pitaru - Designer and coder, Amit's work spans across experimental art, research, education, and entrepreneurial projects. A recurring theme in his work is the extreme attention to user-experience, specifically how technology can promote (or destroy) curiosity, literacy, and creativity.
Memo Akten - A visual artist, musician and engineer based in London and has produced some incredible effects work with Cinema 4D. Memo is inspired by the processes that shape nature, exploring the space between art and science, between the abstract and figurative; to extract and amplify the unseen relationships within images, space, movement, sound and time. His work is driven by the urge to make the seemingly impossible possible and to awaken our childlike instincts to explore and discover.
James Paterson – An artist / weirdness engineer moonlighting as a software engineer. Based in Montreal, he believes that making a crappy game can be more fun than playing a good one.
Dominic Wilcox - A British artist and designer whose work takes an alternative perspective on the banalities of everyday life. His innovative and diverse creations range from objects, installations, live performances and invention drawings. Recently he designed a pair of shoes to guide the wearer home with inbuilt GPS, raced against a 3D printer at the V&A and nibbled Jaffa Cakes into British icons.
Jon Burgerman - One of the prominent key artists in the recent boom of modern day practitioners who effortlessly traverse the disciplines of urban art, design, illustration and entrepreneurism. His award winning work can be seen globally from gallery and bedroom walls to cinema and iPhone screens. A sense of British self-deprecation, dry humour and modern-day anxiety imbues his work along with an enthusiasm for salad. Burgerman exhibits internationally and has shown work alongside contemporary artists such as Banksy, Damien Hirst, Vivienne Westwood and Gerald Scarfe.
Luke Whittaker - Established an indie games company called State of Play in 2008 and specialises in the design and animation of hand-crafted games, often using pencils, papercraft and laser cutting to create game art. At State of Play he developed the IGF-nominated puzzle adventure game Lume, as well as the forthcoming sequel Lumino City, which involved the creation of a miniature city out of paper and cardboard, including working lights and electric motors. He also creates handmade animations for clients including Oxfam and Macmillan, and makes illustrated screenprints with Print Club London.
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Muslim scholars have called for mass protests across Pakistan in condemnation of the killings of polio eradication campaign workers.
"The killers of these girls are not worthy of being called Muslims or human beings," Maulana Asadullah Farooq, of the Jamia Manzur Islamia, one of the biggest religious seminaries in the city of Lahore, told Reuters.
"We have held special prayers for the martyrs at our mosque and will hold more prayers after Friday prayers tomorrow.
We also ask other mosques to come forward and pray for the souls of these brave martyrs."
At least nine polio eradication campaign workers were killed by gunmen on motorbikes.
Some of the dead were teenage girls.
"Neither Pakistani customs nor Islam would allow or endorse this, Tahir Ashrafi, who heads the moderate Pakistan Ulema Council, said.
He said 24,000 mosques associated with his organization would preach against the killings of health workers during Friday prayers.
Far from doing something wrong, these girls are martyrs for Islam because they were doing a service to humanity and Islam.
Following the violence, the United Nations pulled back all staff involved in the vaccination campaign and Pakistani officials suspended it in some parts of the country.
It is not clear who is behind the killings.
Pakistani Taliban militants have repeatedly threatened anti-polio workers, saying the vaccination drive is a western plot to sterilize Muslims or spy on them. But they have denied responsibility for this week's shootings.
Suspicion of the campaign surged last year after revelations that the CIA had used the cover of a fake vaccination campaign to try to gather intelligence on Osama bin Laden before he was killed in his hideout in a Pakistani town.
But many of Pakistan's most important clerics have issued fatwas, or decrees, in support of the polio campaign.
Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia encourage vaccinations against polio, which can kill or paralyze within hours of infection.
The disagreement between some clerics and militants may be indicative of a wider drop in support for militancy in Pakistan, said Mansur Khan Mahsud, director of research at the Islamabad-based think-tank the FATA Research Center.
Opinion polls the centre carried out in ethnic Pashtun lands on the Afghan border, known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), showed support for the Taliban dropping from 50 percent 2010 to about 20 percent in May 2012.
Mahsud said many people had welcomed the Taliban because they believed Islamic law would help address corruption and injustice. But as the Taliban began executing and kidnapping people, some turned against them.
In a widely publicized incident in October, Taliban gunman shot a 15-year-old schoolgirl campaigner for girls' education in the head and wounded two of her classmates.
Schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai survived and the wave of condemnation that followed the attack prompted the Taliban to release statements justifying their action.
The killings of the health workers struck a similar nerve, Ashrafi said. The girls got a small stipend for their work but were motivated to try to help children, he said.
"You think they went out to administer the drops despite the threats and risked their lives for 200 rupees ($2) a day? They were there because of their essential goodness," he said.
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