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September 04, 2011
I like my PEN. It is such a nice camera. I recommend to buy the vf2. My PEN is silver, that is so elegant! And it is not so heavy and not so large.
I'm still learning about what I can do with my PEN. The manual could be more detailed. As I never had a DSLR, I'm not an expert and I have to learn everything.
But mostly, I use the I-auto-mode, and mostly, this produces really nice pictures.
August 27, 2011
Herbie Fed
I am thrilled with the pics taken. However, autofocus in low light is slow.
August 27, 2011
old grey mar
seems like a neat little camera going to try all the programs today. Like the weight just enough not to shake.only problem the store would not except the promo code when I went to buy a flash I am having trouble understanding the programs
August 20, 2011
I have been shooting with this Olympus E-PL1 in the cold winter climate and lately in the heat of tropical zone.
Thanks to its small size and live view I have been able to make many great shots in the streets without disturbing or annoying others. In good light you can get fantastic photos right out of camera. Just be careful with too bright sunny scenes not to blow the highlights by adjusting the exposure down little. Also, get an Olympus electronic viewfinder—it is quite necessary in very bright conditions.
Overall, it has such a great value thanks to excellent jpeg quality along with very good lenses!
August 17, 2011
I have just been practicing w/ it for a week in preparation for my 1st cruise. It is so much easier to handle, store and operate. Picture quality is wonderful. Beats the heck out of my full size DSLR for ease of use changing modes and settings. Can't wait to get some movie footage.
August 16, 2011
jak in the ILM
On 8/9/11 I received my Pen charged the battery and began shooting photos & videos uploaded software for the Pen and I have'nt had to charge the battery yet quality of the movies and photos are impressive features are second to none autofocus during movies is outstanding I previously owned the E-620 but the Pen suits my needs much better because of my arthritis I must say this small package packs quite a big punch for features performance quality stability and ease of use The only drawbacks are no lens hood and the accessories are too costly. This Pen has no viewfinder but that is easily workable This Pen is worth all the fuss and then some and in spite of the set back in accessories cost no one buying this Pen will be disappointed the 14-42 lens that comes with this Pen is a great starter so buy charge and shoot til your hearts content
August 16, 2011
My wife chose the EPL-1 because it was compact and offerred the VF-2 viewfinder, a great improvement over our old point and shoots.
We are becoming more confortable using the
LCD for close ups and even zoom compositon.
Excellent print quality at 8x10 even with crops.
It has performed well with my E-520 40-150 and 70-300 lenses utilizing the converter.
We looking forward to the reviews and hands -on trial of the new EP-3 models. Gman
August 06, 2011
The E-PL1 remains the single best value in the Olympus Pen range despite the fact that several newer Olympus cameras are now available. I simply cannot say enough good things about this camera. If you have any doubts about purchasing the E-PL1 set those doubt aside and buy it. You won't regret the purchase. I bought two just in case something happens to the first one. The camera is that good and the price is that reasonable.
July 20, 2011
This is a great camera, I really enjoy it alot. Thanks
July 16, 2011
I have been looking for great image quality in a smaller package. After much trial and error with some higher end bridge cameras, I gave the E-PL1 a try... I am glad I did.
Great image quality
Packed full of features
Small - Easy to put in a small carrying case
DSLR quality in a smaller package
Great for a novice or a pro(IAuto and Live Guide will help the novice achieve great results)
Auto focus slow in low light
Electronic View Finder not included(but the LCD display in bright an nice to use when composing a shot)


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Preparing for Heaven:
What Dallas Willard Taught Me About Living, Dying and Eternal Life
Available for Pre-Order at Amazon.com, Barnes
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If there's anything we should be preparing for, it's eternity. But we're busy and distracted, and therefore don't give much forethought to our overarching purpose, where we are headed, and what we need to achieve. This book endeavors to help us rethink and reimagine our lives in light of God's design, and desire, for human flourishing, both now and throughout all eternity.
Written by Gary Black, Jr., Preparing for Heaven is based on Dr. Willard's Death and Immortality class at USC, along with many insightful conversations between Dallas and Gary about our life and the life to come. Gary reveals Dallas's profound and liberating vision of life after death, and unpacks the implications these realities hold for our lives today. Our mortal lives are preparation for what comes next—death is not the end of one life and the beginning of another, but rather a transition through which we continue the transformational work begun on Earth. Informative, challenging, and poignant, Dallas and Gary's conversations and insights challenge us to reconsider our beliefs—that perhaps the line separating the afterlife from this life is not as absolute as we think, and that there is work to be done both now and in the glorious life to come. [MORE]
The Allure of Gentleness:
Defending the Faith in the Manner of Jesus
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Also on Kindle, Nook and in Audio CD and Audio Download formats.
When Christians share their faith, they often appeal to reason, logic, and the truth of doctrine. But these tactics often are not effective. A better approach to spread Christ's word, Dallas Willard suggests, is to use the example of our own lives. To demonstrate Jesus's message, we must be transformed people living out a life reflective of Jesus himself, a life of love, humility, and gentleness.
This beautiful model of life—this allure of gentleness—Willard argues, is the foundation for making the most compelling argument for Christianity, one that will convince others that there is something special about Christianity and the Jesus we follow. [MORE]
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A Biography about Dr. Willard being written by Dr. Gary W. Moon, Director of the Dallas Willard Center
Dr. Gary Black is compiling a Dallas Willard Reader
Dr. Willard's The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge is being completed by three of Dr. Willard's former students: Dr. Steven Porter, Dr. Aaron Preston, and Dr. Gregg Ten Elshof.
Many thanks to these fellow pilgrims for their efforts in keeping Dr. Willard's work moving forward!
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• 312 devotional readings (6 days per week for one year)
• Based on Hearing God and other writings and talks by Dallas Willard
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• 312 devotional readings (6 days per week for one year)
• Based on Hearing God and other writings and talks by Dallas Willard
• Compiled, edited and freshly updated by Dallas's "fellow pilgrim," Jan Johnson
• Jan guides us into a time of reflection and prayer at the end of each reading
As Jan Johnson says in her Introduction, "Simply reading something will have little effect on you." In Hearing God Through the Year, Jan brings us 6 opportunities per week to "soak in" daily selections from Hearing God by providing accompanying scripture and suggestions for a responsive activity of prayer, reflection or meditation.
The new format of the book includes larger print and expanded versions of the original texts from Hearing God. Jan has updated the daily activities for response and has included some new selections from the Hearing God DVD series.
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Everything a fan needs to know
Comic-Con 2011
Gender fluidity, no nudity, and sink plungers: 'Doctor Who' on Series 9
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What to expect as the Doctor and Clara move forward.
The Snap Daily: Yes, Jesse Eisenberg was wrong about Comic-Con.
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Freddie Wong and Hulu are bringing 'Fast and Furious' styling to the Wild West
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Just one of many great sketches coming later this year.
157 days until Star Wars: C-3P0 joins an illustrious club in Episode VII
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I see what you did there, Abrams.
Jesse Eisenberg: Being at Comic-Con is like 'genocide'
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Deadpool and Disney: Two cosplay trends that took over Comic-Con
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Well played, everyone.
158 days until Star Wars: Boba Fett has a message for Darth Vader
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We caught up with the bounty hunter at Comic-Con!
SpideyPool lives! Deadpool and Spider-Man team up this fall in a brand new series
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That's the sound of a thousand ships setting sail aboard the S.S. OTP.
Jaimie Alexander's Chewbacca impression is SERIOUSLY impressive
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You know, if Lucasfilm was looking for a lady Wookiee.
18 cosplayers who COMPLETELY stole the show at Comic-Con
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The Orange Mud Gear Laboratory is always brewing something good. We can only share so much, but here's the run down on some new projects in prototype stage now. All of which have been and will be Made in the USA.
- Mountain bike hydration pack - Launch Spring 2016.
- We're a passionate crew of mountain bikers here at Orange Mud. Having all these fun running products without our other love has been painful. So stay tuned, mountain biking is about to get some mud on it.
- Adventure Racing / Ultra stage racing pack - Launch Spring 2016.
- This thing is going to be pretty wicked. Pack all your key gear for your long haul stage races, but you'll have a pack that is super stable while running. Delivering some micro tweaks to the conventional pack design and footprint has achieved some surprising stability.
- Ultra Racing Drop Bags / Or call it a wicked car utility bag. Kind of launched, we have the bags that go in the gym bag that work great for this and have backed off on the higher end drop bag for now.
- Waterproof, holds your gear securely and organized, and cost-effective.
- The Gear Organizer - Spring 2016
- This one is fun. Think high-end hardware, parachute webbing, then organize your stuff. This is awesome in a car, tent, the garage, or the kitchen. Simple, functional, and to the point.
- OCR (Obstacle Course Racer) Pack - Spring 2016
- Say what? Yup, a lot of OCR peeps have been picking up our single and double barrel HydraQuiver's which work great, but we have more options coming.
- Many other top secret projects!
- We've got some fun ideas in the works, can't share these yet!
- Designed and manufactured in the USA
Currently launched
- "UHTP" Urban Hipster Trippy Pack - Launched October 2015!
- Backpack meet Gatling gun. Where art meets function and yes it's overkilled in every way, just like we like it.
- Similar to the current vest pack, except in a single bottle configuration.
- GearQuiver - March 2015
- We've had a lot of request for a version of our HydraQuiver that is scaled down just to carry accessories, no hydration.
- "TMGB" The Modular Gym Bag - January 2015
- Most gym bags are not organized well, bulky, don't protect your wetstuff, and well, quality just isn't there. This one is a whole different beast being about 20% larger than the normal bag, using high end hardware, webbing and materials, as well as being modularized. We're pumped about this!
- HydraQuiver Vest Pack VP2 - June 2014
- The Hydraquiver with more material, more storage and a more common "vest" style design. We still love our single and double bottle configs, but for those wanting some more storage and a more traditional vest style fit, this is the pack for you. We have some other fun tricks up our sleeve on this one too, our friends in ultra and trail running will dig it!
- HydraQuiver™ 2014 Single and Double - Released!
- More tweaks for 2014, around 40 at last count! Same footprint but a slightly longer shoulder area, elastic pockets for super stretch pack-ability, reflective logo, new bottle holder config, reduced weight, softer binding and some fun new materials. Colors, black, coyote tan, flight jacket gray, neon pink and fluorescent orange.
- Modular pocket for vest pack - October 2014
- This is a complimentary add-on for the vest pack for accessory storage.
- Handheld bottle holder - September 2014
- We've had a lot of request for this, so it's in the works and will be released soon, stay tuned!
- Orange Mud Headband - February 2014
- Pure awesomeness with this little beast. Simple, to the point, but different than anything else out there. Just wait!


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The Fall Photo Paint Steps by BrilcristWatch
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Love this movie! Your art is absolutely stunning <3
Kinda reminds me of Ben Barnes... Great photo painting btw !
I love this movie, it was so perfect in every way. ANd I also love this!
is beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!
wauuuuuuuu you are incredible I wanto to draw in this form how can you get this!!!!
Step by step's are always so much fun! Great job, the lighting is soo nice.
Awesome! You really did capture the effect of the reflected light well. BTW, are you a mouse or a tablet person? Just wondering. I'm a tablet person, but have nowhere near the control I need.
I watched this movie recently and... fell in love with it. Thanx for your art. It's full of light despite an absence of color. Amasing!
Love this movie! Nice photo! lol
wonderful !!!!
LOVED. loved, loved this movie!! You did a beautiful piece of artwork! I love the glow you achieved.
I just uploaded the Bandit sculpture I did of Lee Pace... take a look!!
great step by step, love to see how an artist works. also absolutely adored the Fall A+++
wow, you did really good!!!!!!!! Thank you for showing the WIP, it'S alway interesting. you made it from scratch, i have lots and lots respect for that. Also like the movie and Lee
It´s amazing! And btw "The Fall" was such an intelligent, inspiring and emotional movie! Tarsem Singh is such a genius! And you too! Love your work!
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How long did you take making this?
Umm, i dont really remember, but it took days coz i always distracted with something else during the paint process like watching youtube or arranging my mp3 playlist....


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George and Dragon
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"remember this is a working pub so noisy in rooms until 12.However after that street is quiet and room i had very comfortable.Landlady very h..."
"Stayed here for 2 nights. Very good central location with parking a must in Knaresborough. Nice large rooms, clean with good cocked breakfas..."
"Very friendly host, nothing too much trouble. Clean, large room, great breakfast. Very good value...."
"Good central location with excellent car parking. Really nice and friendly lady in charge called Mel who was very helpful. Unfortunately we..."
"Lovely welcome and great place to stay. Helpful information with numbers for a taxi provided. Cooked breakfast at a time to suit us, cooked..."
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Also known as the 'Top House', this single lounge bar is your traditional local, now serving a range of well kept ales from breweries including Daleside, Roosters, Naylors and Caladonian. With a large selection of Wines and Spirits available. We boost traditional pub activities; darts, pool, dominos, bandits, quiz machines and jukebox It was recently voted Harrogate & Ripon CAMRA pub of the season.
Built in 1733 the George and Dragon is one of the oldest public houses in Knaresboroughs market town. We offer a comfortable relaxed stay in our Double, Twin, Single and Family rooms, all of which are en-suite and fully equiped with tea and coffee making facilities and free-view televisions. We have a separate dining room where breakfast is served, at a time to suit you. On request we also have available, hair dryers and ironing boards and laundry facilities for those on a long stay! Secure, off road, free car-parking is available for our guests.
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Credit unions have seen quite a bit of membership growth over the last year–much of it due to the consumers' disdain over the poor reputation commercial banks have earned lately. Credit unions, to their credit, have profited from this consumer windfall and are now showing many of these new-found members how beneficial they really are by providing equal if not better service, equal if not better technology products and much better rates.
The one area most credit unions cannot compete, however, is the vast number of branch locations banks host nationwide, and that's a big issue with many new members used to big banks branches planted virtually on every corner. Without this Starbucks-like coverage, how can credit unions retain its latest wave of new members who still demand traditional in-branch services?


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Following my opinion piece, "7 Questions You Need to Ask Before Expanding a Business to Emerging Markets," which is targeted at small to medium sized companies, I have been asked to expand on the individual 7 questions.
The second question is: "Do we have the right people, are we generating sufficient resources and are we willing to invest in a geographic expansion?"
For many small to midsize companies the decision to expand into emerging markets is a good one, but it must be part of a strategic plan and the resources must be allocated and available to ensure the venture is successful. An old proverb says "Opportunity is where you find it" and Drucker1 adds "It does not say: ... where it finds you."
Presuming you have identified a country, quantified the opportunity, and the market is both significant and growing fast in your key market segment, should you jump in with both feet?
Successful businesses understand what the costs are going to be, in terms of both people and resources, they weigh the cost against the opportunity and they ensure their best people are assigned to the best opportunities.
So who are the best people to manage a geographic expansion? Well, the perfect employee is not always available for a job at an appropriate price, so we have to judge which skills are the most important and most likely to bring success.
The minimum requirement is for experienced and open minded business people who are flexible in their thinking and implementation, and who take the time to listen and learn. Clearly a willingness to travel is needed and being fearless and adventurous would help. Also critical are cultural sensitivity skills. It would be best if the person has experience in emerging or international markets and local language skills. Ideally the person has worked and lived in the country targeted, and has built a network of senior contacts in the industry.
Executives with experience of working in the country will have the best understanding of the business culture, the opportunities and threats, and be able to put together a realistic plan and timetable.
For the business, working in a new culture will be challenging. While the business model is strong in the home country, it will almost certainly have to be tweaked for the new market. Therefore, senior management not only have to be supportive and involved in the process, they must have significant trust in the opinions of their international people, and be prepared to act on them.
Do not choose someone with rigid ideas who thinks that the new market will do business the way they are told. We have to adapt to enter a new market, not the other way around, the market will not adapt to accommodate us. However, the market may adapt to reject us!
We know the future will be different from our expectations. As we move into a new country and culture, our experience is certainly going to be different from our expectations, so perhaps we should count this as a double uncertainty. One thing we can predict with certainty, is that the experience of expanding into a new market will change the manager responsible and the company they work at. This will be a learning experience for all involved. Successful managers will need to work with their peers, bosses and subordinates to develop mutual expectations and trust and be able to influence the company to incorporate the new leanings to become a better business.
Expansion will require a commitment by the senior management in time, but also in resources. This should be spelt out in the plan, of course, but once initiated it would be a big mistake to divert resources to other projects. If you let down one customer, that customer will remember the experience for much longer than you, no matter how many good things you do subsequently. If you let down a country, you let down perhaps hundreds of customers, none of whom will be quick to forgive you in the future.
What kind of resources should we commit to provide? The most important for an ingredient company in the personal care business will be technical and marketing resources. The in-country sales and technical people must have all necessary documentation at their fingertips, preferably in the local language, including formulations that are appropriate for the local customers. (For example, don't offer a heavy skin cream if the local market prefers light lotions; you have already shown you do not understand the needs of your customers' customer.) Samples of product and formulations have to be prepared and available locally in sufficient quantities.
However, some very basic things may be different and we need to be sure we can handle them all. For example, if the local market buys in kilos, can our IT system handle that, if the home market buys in pounds? (From experience I can tell you that not all systems can.) If not, we must be willing to allocate the resources to improve the system to handle the new reality.
Marketing presentations must be modified for the local customers. Some countries will want for more technical details than your home market, and some much less. If your presentations do not meet expectations you will turn customers off quickly. The presentations have to be "tropicalized," as they say in Brazil.
The local executives must have answers to their supply chain, regulatory, technical, financial and other questions in an agreed time frame. They must be fully trained in formulation with your products, the biochemistry, typical use levels and applications and be ready to answer the basic customer questions. You must also have your best technical applications people meet and work with the major customers.
If your company is already stretched and not giving excellent customer service, fix that before expanding. If your cash flow is not positive and strong, fix that too. If your regulatory department is trying to catch up, let them. The initial burst of activity that happens as you enter a new market must be handled by the team in their stride.
Your plan has determined the costs and the payback time, you need to ensure you have, or will generate, the financial and people resources to the implement the plan successfully.
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April 21, 2015 -- Life on the Left, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with permission -- Marta Harnecker (above), a Marxist writer and lecturer of Chilean origin, is one of the foremost international exponents of the revolutionary process in Latin America today.
In the following interview she outlines some of the lessons she has derived from her experience with the Popular Unity government of Chile's Salvador Allende (1970-73) that are applicable to current attempts in Latin America to build "an alternative society to capitalism that is essentially democratic".
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February 23, 2015 -- Lives; running, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with the author's permission -- When I was young, I used to believe that I knew what a revolution would look like.
It would begin with a bitterly unpopular government and a political system which allowed no space for dissent to be expressed. Anger with the government would rise and, with it, popular organisation, until the will of the people would be like a great wave of water overwhelming every wall put up by the enemy. An alternative revolutionary government would be formed; it would derive its support from the workers, winning other classes to their side because of the wholly principled way in which it would deal with every social question.
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Hugo Chavez and supporters at Chavez's final campaign rally in Caracas on October 4, 2013, three days before his re-election as president.
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By Mike Treen, director of the Unite union in Aotearoa/New Zealand
February 19, 2015 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The election of the radical left-wing SYRIZA party in Greece and a possible victory of the similarly radical party Podemos in Spain has raised the hopes of millions of people across Europe and the globe that we can put an end to austerity-type policies, put in place policies that will protect working people from the capitalist crisis and advance society to a new era of social justice governments.
The will to act: The life and thought of Louis-Auguste Blanqui
Doug Enaa Greene presented a talk on the life and thought of Louis-Auguste Blanqui to the Center for Marxist Education in February 2014.
By Doug Enaa Greene
Dedicated to my father
October 24, 2014 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- "I am accused of having said to thirty million French people, proletarians like me, that they had the right to live".[1] These words are the opening remarks of then 27-year-old revolutionary, Louis-Auguste Blanqui's defence speech when he was tried for treason by the French state in 1832. Blanqui's words were nothing less than a declaration of war upon the rule of the bourgeoisie on behalf of a mercilessly exploited proletariat.
Marta Harnecker talks about 21st century socialism to TeleSUR English
For more by or about Marta Harnecker and her ideas, click HERE.
October 17, 2014 -- TeleSUR English, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Greg Wilpert interviews the well-known theoretician of the Latin American left Marta Harnecker. The Chilean-born author and activist is known worldwide for her writings on Marxist philosophy, Venezuela and Hugo Chavez, and the challenges facing the Latin American left in the 21st century.
Her latest book A World to Build-New Paths to 21st Century Socialism will soon be out in English. In the interview Harnecker discusses the differences between 20th and 21st century socialism and key strategic issues posed for left-wing movements today.
Leninism, No? Paul Le Blanc replies to Ian Birchall
For more by Paul Le Blanc, click HERE. For more discussion of "Leninism", click HERE.
August 6, 2014 -- Socialist Worker (USA) -- Paul Le Blanc is a veteran socialist and author, most recently, of Unfinished Leninism: The Rise and Return of a Revolutionary Doctrine. In response to an article by British socialist Ian Birchall published at the Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century website [published by the socialist group of the same name, abbreviated as RS21], Le Blanc wrote this commentary to contribute to the discussion of "Leninism".
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Ian Birchall has made an important contribution to the ongoing discussion on the international left about the meaning and value of Leninism, which is one of the focal points of my recent collection Unfinished Leninism: The Rise and Return of a Revolutionary Doctrine. Here I would like to make a few comments about what this esteemed comrade has to say.
Marta Harnecker: El Salvador, a new progressive hope in Latin America
Salvador Sanchez Ceren.
Click HERE for more on El Salvador; for more by Marta Harnecker, click HERE.
Marta Harnecker interviewed by José P. Guerrero[i], translated for Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal by Federico Fuentes
July 22, 2014 -- The new El Salvador government faces the challenge of deepening the pro-majority changes that have occurred, while updating the historic experiences of a fighting and conscious people seeking social transformation, said contemporary critical thinker Marta Harnecker, in an interview with weekly newspaper El Siglo XXI.
Paul Le Blanc reviews Daniel Bensaïd's memoir, 'An Impatient Life'
An Impatient Life: A Memoir
by Daniel Bensaïd, translated by David Fernbach, with an introduction by Tariq Ali,
Verso Books, 2014.
Readers of Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal are urged to order a copy HERE. You can download an excerpt HERE (PDF).
Review by Paul Le Blanc
May 11, 2014 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Daniel Bensaïd (1946-2010) was one of the most respected theorists to emerge from the 1960s radicals of Western Europe. Always inclined to think "outside the box", waving aside venerable dogmas and shrugging off standard formulations, he found fresh ways, energised with the aura of unorthodoxy, to express and apply truths from the revolutionary Marxist tradition.
In defence of Socialist Alliance's strategy of mass action: a response to Socialist Alternative
For more on the transitional method, click HERE.
By Dave Holmes
[Text of a talk given to the Geelong branch of Socialist Alliance on December 3, 2013.]
December 4, 2013 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The unity discussions between Socialist Alliance and Socialist Alternative have come to an end. In a November 3, 2013, letter on behalf of the Socialist Alternative national executive, Mick Armstrong wrote: "The overall political projects of both organisations are not sufficiently similar to carry through a sustained and productive unity that could advance the cause of the revolutionary left in Australia and the broader class struggle."[1]
Dave Holmes: Strengthening the socialist movement today
Building effective campaigns and coalitions is extremely important. Socialist Alliance members at the Sydney national day of action on climate change, November 17. Photo by Peter Boyle.
By Dave Holmes
[The following talk was presented at the Socialist Ideas Conference held in Melbourne, November 2, 2013, organised by the Socialist Alliance.]
November 18, 2013 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal/Arguing for Socialism -- In Australia, as in all the imperialist countries, the capitalist class is carrying out a massive assault on all the gains won by working people in more than 150 years. Every TV news bulletin these days features reports of cutbacks, selloffs and outsourcing, attacks on workers' rights and attacks on civil liberties — as well as wars and massive misery abroad.
With social democracy firmly in the neoliberal camp and the left marginalised, the capitalist class sees its chance and is pressing home the attack as vigorously as possible.
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Syriza supporters march. "Left reformists"?
By Ed Rooksby
October 7, 2013 -- International Socialism -- There has been a significant revival of interest among the radical left in "big picture" questions of socialist strategy that, as Mark L. Thomas has pointed out, represents a return to "important debates of the left largely absent over the last three decades".1
It is not difficult to identify the major factors driving this. Several years of deep capitalist crisis together with the almost total capitulation of social-democratic parties across Europe to the austerity agenda have opened up a clear space to the left of these organisations—a development that has reinvigorated the radical left, but which has also forced it to confront fundamental questions of strategic orientation.
On Marxism and melodrama: An interview with Lars Lih
Lars Lih has explored the political and theoretical relationships between Lenin and Karl Kautsky.
[Click HERE for more by or about Lars Lih. For more discussion on Lenin, click HERE.]
Lars Lih interviewed by Dario Cankovic
October 2, 2013 -- The North Star, submitted to Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal by Dario Cankovic -- Lars T. Lih lives and works in Montreal, Quebec. He is an adjunct professor of musicology at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University and writes about Russian and socialist history on his own time. His books include Bread and Authority in Russia, 1914-1921 (1990), Lenin Rediscovered: What Is to Be Done in Context (2006) and Lenin (2011), a biography. Links to his articles online can be found here.
PDF version of Marta Harnecker's: 'Instruments for doing politics'
September 8, 2013 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- This is the PDF version of Marta Harnecker's Instruments for doing politics. You can download the file HERE, or read on screen below. The HTML version is available at http://links.org.au/node/3510 (which is includes a 12-part video in Spanish of Marta Harnecker speaking of the topic).
New pamphlet by Marta Harnecker: 'Instruments for doing politics'
The above series of videos in Spanish by Marta Harnecker are what the pamphlet below is based on. Instrumentos de la Política esta dividida en 12 videos con una duración aproxdimada de 11min cada uno.
(PDF version available HERE and Spanish-language version available HERE.)
September 5, 2013 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
By Marta Harnecker, translated by Elizabeth Briemberg and revised by Fred Fuentes and Bill Fletcher
Socialism and the workers' movement: comments on Lars Lih on the narrative of their merger
Lars Lih.
By Jonathan Strauss
[This is an edited text of a presentation made on June 9, 2013, at the "Organising for 21st century socialism" seminar, held in Sydney. Strauss is a member of the Socialist Alliance in Cairns.]
Peter Camejo: A comment on the North American revolution (1984)
Originally published by the North Star Network (USA) as a discussion article on October 1, 1984.
For more by or about Peter Camejo, click HERE.
By Peter Camejo
Peter Camejo Archive, Marxists Internet Archive -- The development of a vanguard for the Third American Revolution must be rooted in our culture, language, and democratic and revolutionary traditions. This question in our opinion is not simply a tactical matter, nor is it a question of finding popular expressions of Marxist concepts. It is rooted in a correct conception of the Third American Revolution.
Defensive nature of revolution
Revolutions are defensive. Fundamental social change takes place as a defense against attempts to take back established rights, gains, or conditions. Revolutions do not occur out of ideological commitment to a better or higher social order. Ideas, on a mass scale, can transcend the ideological constraints of the existing social order only in part and for short periods of time, during intense, mass, independent (from the ruling class) activity. To believe otherwise is to reject a materialist conception of the relationship between ideas and their socioeconomic and political environment.
How should socialists organise? Paul Le Blanc, Gilbert Achcar discuss Leninism, left unity, revolutionary parties
July 31, 2013 -- SwpTvUK -- The following panel discussion -- involving Paul Le Blanc, a speaker from the SWP and Gilbert Achcar -- took place at Marxism 2013, organised by the British Socialist Workers Party. Questions addressed included Lenism today, "left reformism", the left unity process underway in Britain today and the crisis in the SWP. It is followed by a vigorous discussion from the floor.
For more by Paul Le Blanc click HERE. For Le Blanc's thoughts on Marxism 2013, click HERE. For more on the left unity process in Britain, click HERE. For more on Leninism, click HERE. For more on the crisis in the UK SWP, click HERE.
Barry Sheppard's SWP histories an 'eye-opener' for young socialist activist
The Party, The Socialist Workers Party 1960-1988, Volume I: The Sixties, a Political Memoir by Barry Sheppard, Resistance Books (Sydney), 2005, 354 pages.
The Party, The Socialist Workers Party 1960-1988, Volume II: Interregnum, Decline and Collapse, 1973-1988, a Political Memoir by Barry Sheppard, Resistance Books (London), 2012, 345 pages.
[For more reviews of Barry Sheppard's books, visit HERE and SWPhistory.com.]
By Daniel Lopez
Ahmed Shawki (US ISO): `We can forge the basis for a new and different party' (now video)
July 7, 2013 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The above talk,"Perspectives for the left", was presented by the US International Socialist Organization's Ahmed Shawki at the organisation's annual Socialism conference in Chicago, June 27-30, 2013. It outlines the ISO's current perspectives, in particular it's task of rebuilding the left in collaboration with other parties and tendencies. This and other talks are also available at Wearemany.org.
Shawki is author of Black Liberation and Socialism and editor-in-chief of the International Socialist Review.
Australia: Revolutionary unity to meet the capitalist crisis -- Socialist Alliance responds to Socialist Alternative
Socialist Alliance national convenor Peter Boyle speaks at Socialist Alternative's Marxism 2013.
[A response from Socialist Alliance to "What kind of organisation do socialists need?", published in the Summer 2013 issue of Socialist Alternative's Marxist Left Review. This article first appeared in Marxist Left Review, Winter 2013 and is posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with permission.]
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"There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the Body of Man. Nothing is holier than that hight form.
Bending before man is a reverence done to this Revelation in the Flesh.
We touch heaven when we lay our hands on a human body."
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You are encouraged to look around. If you like what you see, this is just the tip of the program. The rest is 'under ground' and available by contacting me, cynthia.given (at) his (dot) com, include your FULL contact information so that I can provide first concept – "What" you are. Once you provide me your 'home work' to let me know that you can in fact fully comprehend AND self-express, along with $10, we can move on to the next. I am available for coaching and questions, all I ask is that you email me to coordinate the call by appointment.
Anyone that is in any capacity
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- commercial (profit vs fair trade)
- religious (soul\spirit bondage\damnation), or
- under government (mind control)
If you would like assistance in removing these nexus before doing the training email given (dot) cynthia (at) his (dot) com your FULL contact information and your particular situation and or question\s.
If you wish to retain even ONE of these, it is for your own safety that you leave and look else where for all of these in most cases WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU, period.
There is also the concepts to time and place\space which have been corrupted to 'public,' think of the slave public square where the slaves are shown and sold.
Of equal importance is one must comprehend that legal is not lawful and vice versa, lawful is 'higher' than legal.
Unique education on 'what' and 'who' one is through self-assessment and internalizing key element of 'what,' lawful vs legal, 'name,' acknowledgement, venue, jurisdiction, overview of lawful vs legal law forms, types of will, forms of will, and importance of removing one's self from the 'legal' unto the 'lawful' societies. The first of a three-part comprehensive program in process. The first covers core terms, concepts, and principles, the second 'masters' involves drafting and writing, and the third or final covers methods of enforcement.
Those willing to look within and change their core beliefs towards real freedom without outside controls while accepting full accountability email when you are ready to move forward: given.cynthia (at) his.com. Be sure to include your time zone, means of audio\phone communication, and schedule preference. "gifts" and "barter" are appreciated and open to discussion.
Upon introductions and 'good match' all i ask is $10 for each 'topic' or 'concept' and that you do the homework, self-paced. "Pay as you go". If you can not commit to doing the homework then best to move on…
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Following are cynthia's interpretations (not 'validated nor authenticated')
Emanuel – you are a man by your will (by your hand and actions, words, and deeds)
Testament – Test a Mind (witness)
Weekly training calls are canceled until at least five serious students notify me of their interest and availability.
Link to archived calls is to the right
Email me when you are ready to move forward: given.cynthia (at) his (dot) com.
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1) Physical Book (not online) "Seat of the Soul" by Gary Zukav – Current edition is preferred with Workbook but not required, second hand 'first edition' is fine without workbook
2) The Law of Nations by Emmerich de Vattel
We will only be covering the 'pre-text' and beginning of first chapter for key concepts and terms
3) Extorsion by Robert Hay, link to the right under "00-Course…" links
4) Internet access to this site and others
Each week covers key 'terms' and 'forms of law' etc.
For each 'term' or 'word' a minimum of one page, single spaced, will be required that includes (no particular 'format')
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3. Analysis, comparison (pros\cons) in relation to 'self'
(Some leniency is afforded those based on private situations, i.e. medical, Clan demands, etc.)
"Grading" will not include punctuation, capitalization, etc. but rather 'content' i.e. opposite of how the 'public fool' cyst-em works (smile).
However, all papers will be returned with corrections and comments to help you improve in your 'form' and 'thought process'.
All papers are to be provided by email to given.cynthia (at) his (dot) com and be sure to include FULL contact information in case I need to speak audio to discuss for clarity.
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"name" (lawful elements to 'full legal name')
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+ living man without 'mask of title'
Claim to DNA and Copy Hold to WICKER MAN Title
"Who" you are\not
"Rights vs Privileges"
"venue" ('location') – land vs fiction
"juris-diction" (spoken-oath)
the story of oath, pledge, promise
lawful land vs legal government
conditional acceptance vs argument
self being without – recind\cancel per no full disclosure nor training etc.
"law forms" overview
natural law
common law (local) vs Common Law (England)
trust vs fiduciary corporate TRUST
Vatican ecclesiastical and cannon
maritime = sea
admiralty = war
commercial = profit (U.C.C.) = merchant (vs fair trade) (Vatican)
district = Columbia = Spain (Vatican)
county = parish (Vatican)
Power of Attorney\Ward of STATE INC – rescind\renounce\revoke\cancel
Private foreign jurisdiction Trust
Private property list (comprehensive summary)
physical body
dna, all elements and aspects (all recordings, photos, 'prints' et al)
"Medical" – in hospital and unable to communicate wishes
COPY HOLD on lawful given and honorary names (renounce "last")
house\castle and physical land
car\boat, etc.
bank account\s – financial\fiduciary
non-house secondary property
housewares, electronics, furniture, collectibles, jewelry, etc.
"Money" Story
Fee Schedule (focus on lawful with legal 'note' secondary)
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Saturday, 02 May 2009 14:16
If you're a mom in a novel, look out—the author may bump you off. You simply can't be around if your daughter is bound for adventure and has plans to become a true fictional heroine.
Think about it: literature's most spunky, independent heriones? No moms. As far back as the infamous Fanny Hill (1749) or Jane Austen's Emma (1815) up through Nancy Drew to Ahab's Wife, and most recently Amy Bloom's Away...mothers are absent, gone, kaput.
Traditionally, a mother's role is to instill proper behavor and correct waywardness, especially in daughters. They're also fierce protectors of their offspring, not just in nature but in human domestic life as well. And speaking of "domestic," the very word is tied to mother's apron strings.
But girls and women, the ones who have adventures, who throw themselves in harm's way, aren't exactly "domesticated"—nor attached to anyone's apron strings. Females who go against the cultural grain are the ones who show up as heroines in novels; they have adventures and get into trouble. It doesn't work to have someone who insists on using inside voices.
Nothing against Moms. I'm one myself. But I'm not so sure I'd want my daughter sneaking aboard a 19th-century whaling ship or working in a brothel. The author would just have to write me out.
Ideas for book clubs
Tuesday, 21 April 2009 14:41
Do we have to love a book's main character? What happens if we despise the hero/heroine?
I just read a blurb for Zoe Heller's new book, Believers. Critics are praising it up and down, though some find the characters unlikable ... can't relate to them ... even find them NASTY!
So, back to my question. Can we enjoy a book without liking its characters? Love the book, hate her—as in Serena, another recent book with a heroine no one can stand.
How about Emma—Jane Austen's masterpiece? Even Austen knew her dear readers would have trouble liking her control-freak-of-a-heroine. Then there's Lolita, featuring one of the most dastardly heroes in all of literature? Humbert Humbert is surely enduring if not endearing—and the book is considered one of the great works of the 20th century.
Still ... it's hard to get into a book when characters are unlikable. Am I alone? Probably not.
Questions for Book Clubs
Saturday, 11 April 2009 14:57
A NY Times article (2/25/09) pondered whether a Liberal Arts education will be around much longer. Recent trends suggest maybe not.
When I taught English, a number of students resented the time my class took from their studies in science & technology or business & finance. Those are the disciplines that would pay them good money . . . and pay off their tuition loans. But English? What good is it?
You can talk till you're blue in the face—and I did—about the power of language, about the importance of clear thinking and coherent, persuasive writing—the things liberal arts teach us.
After all, it was Bethany McClean, a former English major who first cracked the Enron scandal—because, as she said, she knew the right questions to ask. There are lots of stories like that.
And I talked about how the humanities explore the important questions of life—
How does one lead a good life in a not-so-good world?
What does it mean to be human?
But, honestly? $20,000 a year is a lot money to spend on trying to figure out what your humanity's about.
So maybe the pursuit of liberal arts is a luxury we can no longer afford. That's what more than a few in the ivory towers are suggesting.
Questions for Book Clubs
Friday, 13 March 2009 15:49
Books on the Brain.com Check out my guest column on one of the best book blogs on the Net. I talk about the fact that book clubs are saving the world for democracy!
Had you any idea how important you were?
Sunday, 08 March 2009 16:00
Gotta toot my own horn. When I started my LitLovers website, I'd no idea how it might be used . . . or that readers around the globe would tune in.
A library site in Auckland, New Zealand, uses LitLovers as part of their web 2.0 training exercise—and what a cool site to be listed on. Take a look.
Lots of libraries have training blogs to teach staff how to maneuvre the new world wide web (web 2.0)—which refers to the new level of interactivity on the Net—sites like Del.ic.ious, StumbleUpon, GoodReads, FaceBook, Wikipedia, LibraryThing, and personal blogs.
LitLovers has been used on a number of library training sites in the US, but the New Zealand one is a particularly gratifying! Spend some time on it yourself—we can all learn more about this new web environment.
Monday, 23 February 2009 16:37
Occasionally, I get emails from readers troubled by how hard of some of the older works are to read—18th and 19th century novels. I feel their pain.
Great works are rarely easy breezy reads—think Dostoevsky, Melville, Hawthorne, Eliot, Faulkner, James, Conrad. These aren't the authors we lug to the beach. They all write books that are challenging for a host of reasons, not least of which is length. Their books also involve complex language and diction, arcane allusions and metaphors, and heady philosophical issues.
Even authors of a more recent vintage can be tough to tackle—Vladamir Nabokov, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Don DeLillo, Thomas Pynchon—especially because of their post-modernist bent...which, among other things, means they constantly undercut their own meaings.
Here's the question: Should book clubs tackle the "great works" of literature? Does doing so make a club more "legitimate"? If so, in whose eyes?
Or is this a non-issue, completely irrelevant to the purpose of our book clubs...and especially to the pleasure we derive from them? Still...it's interesting to ponder.
Questions for Book Clubs:
Wednesday, 18 February 2009 17:56
Do you ever find yourself mourning the end of a book—you finish the last sentence, and it's like saying goodbye to a dear friend?
I'd been reading Richard Ford's The Lay of the Land. By the time I reached the end, I'd become so caught up in Frank Bascombe's mind—his life and his ideas about life—that it was hard to leave him.
Then I turned around to start a new book, and I found it hard. Like making new friends—it required energy and commitment.
Do I even like these people? Do I really want to spend time with them? Do I want to make the effort to learn all about them? Hopefully, we stick with the book, to the point where the story sucks us in—and we beoome engaged once again. Of course...then it's eventually goodbye.
Questions for Book Clubs
1. Which books have been hard ones for you to end—it feels like saying goodbye to dear friends?
2. Which books have you had difficulty getting caught up in? You're not sure you've got the energy or interest to invest in getting to know a new group of people.
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è il sito web ufficiale dei "Lavoratori Industriali del Mondo"(da
qui IWW). Qui troverai tutto ciò di cui hai bisogno per unirti
all'IWW ed iniziare ad organizzarti nel tuo luogo di lavoro per costruire
il Sindacato nella tua comunità. La maggior parte delle
informazioni che troverai trattano degli stati uniti e del Canada, ma
troverai anche collegamenti a sezioni di IWW in altre parti del mondo.
L'IWW è un Sindacato di attivisti per tutti i lavoratori, un
Sindacato dedicato all'organizzazione sui luoghi di lavoro, nelle nostre
industrie e nelle nostre comunità. I membri di IWW si organizzano
per conquistare le condizioni migliori oggi e costruire un mondo
economicamente democratico domani. Vogliamo che il nostro lavoro serva a
beneficio dei lavoratori ed a beneficio delle comunità piuttosto
che per una manciata di burocrati sindacali.
Il nostro nome significa che organizziamo industrialmente; organizziamo
tutti i lavoratori che producono le stesse merci o forniscono gli stessi
servizi in un unico Sindacato, piuttosto che i dividere i lavoratori per
abilità o mestiere, dunque possiamo dire che la chiarezza che la nostra
forza vincente è nell'unità dei lavoratori. l'IWW è
stato fondato nel 1905 e ha dato un significativo contributo alle lotte
operaie nel mondo e ha una orgogliosa tradizione di organizzazione senza
distinzioni di sesso, etnia o razza queste alcune delle linee guida che ci
hanno accompagnato in tutta la nostra storia.
Submitted on Tue, 02/09/2016 - 12:18am
Compiled by x344543 - February 8, 2016
The following news items are culled from various other IWW internet news portals:
Submitted on Tue, 02/09/2016 - 12:00am
The following news items may be of interest to revolutionary industrial workers:
Submitted on Tue, 01/26/2016 - 11:58pm
By Ron Kaminkow - January 25, 2016
On November 19th, 1915 a poor Swedish immigrant was executed by firing squad in Salt Lake City, Utah. And while his legal assassination was protested worldwide and his name was briefly a household word 100 years ago, today most people have never heard the name of this migrant worker, hobo, union organizer, song writer, satirist and agitator. But throughout the course of 2015 – 100 years after his execution – dozens of concerts, plays, sing alongs and other gatherings were conducted across the United Sates in remembrance of this man "who never died" – Joe Hill.
The Joe Hill Road Show 100 Tour was an ambitious effort to bring the words, music and ideas of Joe Hill to the people. In some three dozen performances around the country – starting in Chicago on May 1 (International Workers' Day) and ending in Salt Lake City the day after his execution – crowds were treated to renditions of Joe's songs as performed by a series of different musicians. While some of the crowds were small and others large, all shows on the tour were spirited events with lots of audience participation, enthusiasm, and laughter, all infused with the spirit of labor solidarity.
Performers at the various shows included a number of professional travelling musicians, others regionally based, as well as local talent, invited up on stage to join in the fun. Some of the musicians included: Anne Feeney, Mark Ross, Bucky Halker, George Mann, J.P. Wright, Marc Revenson (Lil' Rev), Tim Gorelanton, Patrick Dodd, David Rovics, Duncan Phillips, Otis Gibbs, Charlie King, Greg Artzner & Terry Leonino of "Magpie," Jan Hammarlund, and Chris Chandler. Joining them in at least three cities, the Labor Chorus in each added another dimension, a unique element to these shows, one that encouraged group singing. They performed in union halls, taverns, community centers, concert halls, churches, and even in an old wooden boxcar by the railroad tracks in Northern California. Shows took place in 18 states in the following towns and cities: Chicago and Batavia, IL; Madison, Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Oshkosh and Green Bay, WI; St. Paul, MN; Indianapolis, IN; Washington, DC; Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA; Ithaca, NY; Schenectady, and New York, NY; Barre, VT; Springfield and Cambridge, MA; Louisville and Lexington, KY; Nashville and Knoxville, TN; Atlanta, GA; San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nevada City and Weed, CA; Reno, NV; Phoenix, Eugene and Portland, OR; Bellingham, WA and Salt Lake City, UT. Additional commemorative events not sponsored by the Joe Hill 100 group were held in numerous other locales including Denver, CO and Oakland, CA.
So why all the fuss over an itinerant immigrant, shot to death 100 years ago? If Joe had been a loner, just another one of millions of isolated and destitute workingmen around the turn of the 20th century, he would have certainly died in obscurity. But Joe Hill (born Joel Emmanuel Haaglund), quickly assimilated to his new environment in the US, refused to be treated unfairly, joined the union that at that time was organizing unskilled transient workers (the Industrial Workers of the World) and found his voice. And what a voice that turned out to be! Joe composed hundreds of songs, never asked a penny for his services, and donated all of his works – songs, poems, cartoons – to the workers of the world to use as they saw fit to fight the class struggle. Workers from "San Diego up to Maine in every mine and mill" were soon singing Joe's songs at work, on the picket line, on the street corners, on the soap box and in the jails. Yes, wherever workers would "strike and organize" that would be where you would hear the songs of Joe Hill.
Submitted on Tue, 01/26/2016 - 11:49pm
By 6eoff - Boston IWW, January 25, 2016
Pictured are MISU's John P (recently reinstated), Evan and John M, as well as Genevieve, Geoff, Max and Jon from the Boston IWW.
IWW members returned to aid our friends and fellow workers in the Museum Independent Security Union on 1/23/16. Despite freezing temperatures, our hearts were warmed by a message from John M of MISU, who conveyed his belief that IWW support was "instrumental" in getting unfairly-fired MISU member John P re-hired with no discipline and with back pay. John P was fired by Boston's Museum of Fine Arts merely for fulfilling his responsibilities as a parent. The outcry that followed (which Boston wobs are proud have helped with) compelled the museum to take John back. The MFA has been forcing working parents out of their jobs and taking a hard line in contract negotiations with MISU, and the battle is not over yet. Please join the Boston IWW and MISU for pickets at the Museum of Fine Arts, Saturdays from 12-2 pm.
Industrial Workers of the World
General Headquarters
PO Box 180195, Chicago, IL 60618, USA
tel: (773) 728-0996
Email - ghq [at] iww.org
Website - www [at] iww.org


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Welcome to the Saint Helen Chapter of the Ladies Philoptochos Society of Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California.
St Helen Philoptochos was established in 1979 and consists of women in the Parish whose main objectives are of a charitable and philanthropic nature. At its founding the concept of Circles was introduced by Father Theodore Phillips. Each member is requested to join one of the three Circles. Through our three circles, various activities and programs, we provide a wide range of services.
Click on each activity for further information.
Other Activities supported by the Philoptochos
Philoptochos Center of Philanthropy
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Philoptochos Center of Philanthropy
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Volunteers needed to assist with the baking of the weekly Prosphoro (Bread)
We are trying something a little new for supplying the prosphoro which we need on an ongoing basis. We will be having baking sessions where a group of about 5-6 will meet in the Senior Center Kitchen and use the big mixer to make 20 or more loaves at a time. We will do these baking sessions about every month of so. It takes 3 hours to make the breads and then a little more time for them to cool before they are wrapped and put in the freezer. If you would like to join these Baking Sessions or you would like to make on your own and contribute to the supply. Please contact Irene Mylonas, 858-459-2288, e-mail St. Helen Philoptochos
Mimi Howland was presented with the Philoptochos AGAPE Award this year in honor of her tireless efforts on behalf of our church community and the community at large. Leader of the Thursday Baking Group, Christian Outreach, and the Prime Timers, volunteer with Tri-City Medical Center, the Newcomer's Club, and San Diego Madres, Mimi is a caring individual with an enormous heart and an eye towards ensuring the well being of those around her. Her initiative led her to spearhead groups and activities that have led to the betterment of our Philoptochos, church, and the city in which she lives and to bring the light of Christ's love to those around her. Congratulations, Mimi, for receiving the AGAPE Award.
February 9, 2014 - Philoptochos and Parish Ladies wear red for Heart Healthy month.
You can complete a Membership Profile online or download and fill out our Membership Profile then mail the completed form to the address below.
Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox ChurchAttn: St. Helen Philoptochos3459 Manchester Ave.Cardiff by the Sea, CA 92007
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Include your donation. The amount is up to you. The National and Metropolis Philoptochos treasuries receive $30 of every member's fees. Whatever you give above and beyond that amount stays in our chapter. Please make checks payable to: Saint Helen Philoptochos. You can also pay online using the PayPal button below.
What happens to the money we raise?Annually, we give over $20,000 to support our church-based institutions such as International Orthodox Charities, St. Basil's Academy, Hellenic College/Holy Cross, St. Nicholas Ranch, our Mission priests and our seminary school students as well as to outside charities such as Community Resource Center, Elizabeth Hospice, Kids 'n' Cancer, San Diego Food Bank, Voices for Children, Autism Assistance, the Cancer Fund, UNICEF, Haiti Relief Fund among others. In addition, we have provided financial assistance for individual needs within our community and to our parishioners.
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fallout ministry mares by CSImadmaxWatch
©2012-2016 CSImadmax
Was kimbas account deactivated?
very cute
Ministry of Peace, Ministry of Morale, Ministry of Image, Ministry of Arcane Science, Ministry of Awesome, and Ministry of Wartime Technology.
I remember I saw this picture before but I have no idea why I didn't decide to favorite it then. This picture is truly amazing.
I'm extremely interested in using these as leader portraits in mods for strategy video games, like Civilization 5 and GalCiv 3. Would it be possible to get upscaled/vector versions of these, potentially with each pony isolated from the others? Thanks!
Nicely done. You managed to make them look older while changing very little. But this picture seems familiar somehow. Was it based off something else?
Truly fascinating Mystology behind the series.
Applejack looks like an absolute boss.
This gives me a fanfic idea. Permission to use this as cover!
They all are beautiful and,although I love Fluttershy with my heart and soul,I couldn't decide which one looks awesomer: Applejack or Rarity
Nice!!! Love all those outfits designs!!!
Admiral or Captain Rainbow Dash looks awesome, Real bad ass look on her face.
I've only ever played Fallout 3, but RD and AJ fit in most with the Fallout canon, and the rest look like they'd live in Tenpenny Tower.
I'm just right now skimming through the falloutequestria wiki. All I can say is I will never read the story(s). The more I skim through it, the sadder I feel. These two things (mlp and fallout) don't belong together. I'm happy for Kkat's success with this writting endovor, but I hold to my feelings that this story is something that has perverted what the show is all about.
It hasn't...several times, the story of FoE feels like the show if the show allowed mature themes. The story follows the growing friendship between a group of important characters put in the post-apocalypse of Fallout's universe.
Sure, it's a dark and gritty setting, completely opposite to the show. There are people to whom I would not suggest this story, particularly if they have trouble with gore, sex, death and allusions to such things. But I don't think it perverts MLP; I think it borrows the lessons and some of the settings, and applies them to a new scenario.
I still disagree, but I see where you're coming from. I just don't see it as "the show if it allowed mature themes" because I don't think the pony mindset would ever lead to genocidal type war or Twilight going mad doctor that leads to super alicorns ect. If the show allowed mature themes, I don't think the ponies and zebras would blow each other up. It just seems too out of character to me. I guess the story and I are fundamentally incompatible.
You're mostly saying that because you're from outside looking in, and I'm not saying that in an attempt to convince you to read it (because I doubt I'm helping anything in that regard). All of what you know so far is out of context and misconstrued, and I'd go into detail if I thought you wanted to know.
I get that the story isn't for everyone, and I'm not trying to force anyone to like it. I just have deep issues with misrepresentation.
Fair enough.
I would like to say that while it is by no means a story for the weak hearted, it has feel-good themes to it. I won't tell you how they come into play, and they may not register when/if you read it, but it is very well written and a great homage to the show.
I know this is an old comment, but I kind of felt like it had to be said.
I know this is an old comment, but I kind of felt like it had to be said.
Ya know, if I hadn't read Fallout Equestria (and project horizons, because WORDS) I probably could look at this painting for more than 2 minutes and not cry like a little filly.
Oh Rarity...
Oh Rarity...
never read fallout equestria but all i can say is that this makes the mane six look intimidating somehow......
fallout equestria? because, I haven't read it yet. Still can't find the first chapters... yet
Holy hell, they went from being sweet little ponies to motherbucking hardflanks
sorry, should clarify. I love it. I can see now why Kkat keeps this as part of a personal collection.
Somthign about Dashie's and Applejack's looks just gets me...I love it!
I really like this one, this is my favorite out of your whole gallery Ms. Max.
I wonder if Kkat got the ministries idea from the book 1984. I recently started reading, and noticed there were the ministries of peace, truth, love, and plenty. Just sayin'
Great work on this btw!
Great work on this btw!
The Ministries in 1984 are just these shadowy party-run things rather than having some sort of central leadership, and were usually ironic opposites of their stated purposes (like the ministry of peace waging eternal war). So I don't think that she was intending a wholesale resemblance. But KKat definitely took at least a little inspiration, because PINKIE PIE IS WATCHING YOU FOREVER is most certainly a reference to BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.
Also, this drawing is magnificent. Applejack looks like she's about ready to dodge some arrow traps, grab a golden idol, and then get chased by a boulder.
Also, this drawing is magnificent. Applejack looks like she's about ready to dodge some arrow traps, grab a golden idol, and then get chased by a boulder.
War. War Never Changes.
Peace never changes.
Pinkie seems to be the only smiling one here.The other seem too...serious.
Why so serious?
Why so serious?
I really like how adorable Pinkie turned out!
Good job
Fallout: Equestria IS epic!
It's a piece of fanart for Fallout: Equestria, which is one of the most popular fics on Equestria Daily - at around 650,000 words long (making it one of the ten longest novels ever if it wasn't a fanfic) and divided into five volumes, it's the only fanfiction on the site to have the "Legendary" tag, has inspired thousands of art pieces, and well over 200 recursive fanfics set in the same universe - one of its more popular sidefics, Project Horizons, is longer than the entire Harry Potter series of books and is still going strong, at 50+ chapters (and well over a million words) and counting.
Here's the link: [link]
Here's the link: [link]
Why are you taking me this! In my opinion it's crap, especially Clopfic part, its like suck duck to cloppers. Also make my ranting lower. I don't care its longer than HP. As long as it won'tt be translated for my native, I am not touching it by stick.
Warburton truly,it doesn't have impact which Fallout have to present day.
Maybe if FE would be created as game, my opinion would change but oh well MLP became a part of culture.
650 k words? Please, I dirt it un simple comment here.
Warburton truly,it doesn't have impact which Fallout have to present day.
Maybe if FE would be created as game, my opinion would change but oh well MLP became a part of culture.
650 k words? Please, I dirt it un simple comment here.
yay im the 400
i love fallout equestia but i dont imagined them like that. its awesome
i love fallout equestia but i dont imagined them like that. its awesome
so cute
I thought Pinkie Pie's mane had grey stripes in it.
I think this is supposed to be soon after the ministries were initially founded, ten years or so into the Great War; the war lasted for at least seventeen years, plenty of time for their manes to start going grey (especially if you factor in the stresses of running the various ministries).
Twilight's face reminds me of Freckle from Lackadaisy.


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So what you are saying is that you have no proof to offer?
Just a story and a crayon drawing?
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