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1 Brian D McLaren: Everything must change Jesus, Global crises, and a revolution of hope Thomas Nelson 2007 summary by Alison Morgan Feb 2010 This is a radical assessment of our assumptions and behaviour as a society, and a call to live in a different way according to a different framing story. He rejects a faith which is focussed only on being saved and which expects the destruction of the world in favour of one which begins to live a different way in the here and now. He is compelling on the need to look beyond the individual at the whole framework in which we live, and right that a defeatist expectation of the world s imminent end is not helpful but perhaps over optimistic that the new Jerusalem can in fact be created in the here and now. 1. Hope happens Book is the result of grappling to understand our world s top problems and to see them in relation to the life and message of Jesus. And the thought that Jesus calls for a simple response which can foment a revolution of hope, a hope that can change everything. This book is a first visit to a new way of seeing the world and hearing the message of Jesus. I : TWO PREOCCUPYING QUESTIONS 2. The Amahoro flowing between us 2 questions which have always intrigued him: what are the biggest problems in the world; and what does Jesus have to say about these global problems? Amahoro means peace in Burundi; he went there. 3. Everything must change He went to Burundi and listened to Claude, who said all his life he heard only one sermon: you are a sinner and you are going to hell; you need to repent and believe in Jesus; otherwise if he comes back and you are not ready you will go to hell forever. It was followed by 1m people dying in genocide in Burundi, nearly 1m more in Rwanda; by massive foreign aid; and by still more poverty. Claude realised he d never heard a sermon which had addressed these realities. Did God only care about what happened after we died? Or did he send Jesus to teach us how to avoid genocide by learning to love each other, how to overcome tribalism and poverty by following his path, how to deal with injustice and corruption, and how to make a better life here on earth, in East Africa? This is not an African problem; it is the same in the West. Do we teach about exploitation, slavery, racism, prejudice, oppression, creation? What was Jesus essential message? It was: the kingdom of God, not just in the next life but also in this one how his will can be done on earth as in heaven. This can t be done by adjustment; only by total change. 4. Not what Jesus intended An AIDS worker speaking in church in S Africa: you tell them they can be healed, they can be born again, and they must tithe in order to support your ministry but you never teach them how to live. His conclusion: religion can become little more than a chaplain to a failing and dysfunctional culture. A right understanding of God and faith can train people to become a force for transformation; a misguided understanding is an opiate that keeps them still serving the system that is destroying them. This conversation is echoed all over the global south. 5. Second thoughts had come to stay In the West, millions of young adults have dropped out of church; because the Christian religion has specialised in dealing with spiritual needs to the exclusion of physical and social ones. It doesn t address the pressing issues of our world. So they leave. A message purporting to be the best news in the world should be
2 doing better than this. 34. We need the freedom to seek and articulate a debugged version of the Christian faith that we can hold with confidence, honesty and hope. Modernism was a period of excessive confidence, based on a foundationalist methodology based on reason alone (Descartes) and of domineering framing stories or metanarratives which permitted atrocities. But at the heart of the life and message e of Jesus was an attempt to expose, challenge, confront, transform and replace the unhealthy farming stories of his day and is there a relation between those and ours? NB is our lack of confidence an overspill from misplaced confidence; and should we remember that the solution is not to backtrack from confidence but to be confident in the right things? II : SUICIDAL SYSTEM 6. Simmering on the back burner of my mind One might wish there were more books on averting the destruction of the earth than books amusing us while it proceeds What are our top global problems? Various lists in c the MDGs. Rick Warren has come up with 5 things: 1. Spiritual emptiness we must plant churches that will proclaim the gospel 2. Poor leadership we must equip servant leaders 3. Poverty we must assist the poor 4. Disease we must care for the sick 5. Ignorance we must educate the next generation No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it Einstein. Goudzwaard, Vander Venner and Van Heemst list three areas: global poverty, environmental destruction, increasing violence; and suggest they are all symptoms of a deeper disease, one of ideology. That s the real issue. 7. Three interlocking systems We have created a suicide machine in which different facts of contemp life connect to destroy, devalue and damage. It consists of 3 interlocking subsystems: 1. Desire for prosperity which we channel into consumer systems 2. Desire for security which we turn into systems of weapons, intelligence, control, surveillance 3. Desire for equity systems of law, press, charity. 8. That could never happen to us global warming 9. The stories we tell ourselves You have 60 tr cells there are 10,000 times the number of cells in your body as there are people on earth. All these cells are organised into 10 organ systems which work within one framing story. So it is with societies they are driven by the framing stories we tell ourselves as groups. Ours is failing. The prosperity system is based on economic growth, which is unsustainable. The equity system legitimizes the gap between rich and poor; violence and starvation result. The security system is based on lethal weapons. An unhealthy framing story produces destructive narratives = violent, isolationary, theocapitalist ones. We need an alternative framing story. Jesus confronted the framing story that drove the society of his day and offered a radical alternative, seeking to turn their trajectory from a downward arc of self-destruction to an ascending spiral of transformation and hope. We, on the other hand, have domesticated him and made him into part of the dominant framing story. II : REFRAMING JESUS 10. How much more ironic What is the story we find ourselves in? Conventional view: perfect creation, fall, punishment, hell except for those exempted Emerging view: world created good, human rebellion has filled it with injustice What questions did Jesus come to answer? CV: how can individuals be saved; how can they be happy until heaven? EV: what must be done about the mess we are in?
3 How did Jesus respond to the crisis? CV: repent and believe, and you will be saved EV: good news, God loves humanity, turn from your path, follow a new way, become my disciple and you will be transformed and participate in the transformation of the world Why is Jesus important? CV: he came to solve the problem of original sin He came to be saviour of the world, the earth and all it contains from its ongoing destruction because of human evil The conventional view poses no significant challenge to the dominant framing story. 1. The EV sees Jesus as a medicinal cure to a lethal infection that plagues humanity; the CV sees him as the legal solution to a capital infraction against God. 2. The EV sees God s focus as the transformation and salvation of humanity within history; the CV offers little hope for history, focussing instead on its destruction and replacement. 3. The EV sees God s concern as holistic, the CV as dualistic. 4. In the EV God cares about all people and wishes to bless all people; in the CV God blesses an elect group. 5. In the EV God wants to save us/world from the suicidal machinery of a false framing story; in the CV he must destroy it. The CV sees the world as moving towards destruction and creates a kind of religious death wish. 6. The CV has put Jesus in the very framing story he sought to subvert. We are so familiar with this version of Jesus and the gospel that it is truly difficult to imagine any other alternative. It s as if we ve only seen trained lions in circuses behind iron bars, snarling at ships snapped by performing trainers, jumping through hoops and leaping through rings of fire; we cant imagine what a lion living wild and free on the Serengeti Plain would be like. We ve got to release Jesus into the wild of his native habitat to let a fresh view emerge, 83. Roman empire promised peace, security and equity; through domination, esp. of slaves, servants, tenant farmers, women. Not a good story. And the cross was its symbol. 11. Switching jigsaw lids Steve Chalke we have a jigsaw puzzle in a box, but someone s put the wrong lid on so we are using the wrong picture to make it. 12. No junk DNA Jesus did not, like Sadducees and Herodians, accept the presence of the Empire, or, like Pharisees and Zealots, reject it. He chose a Zealot and a tax collector among his disciples one from each viewpoint. He rejects the idea of a living to a dual narrative see the rich young ruler. His steward parables (stewards stood between the ordinary farmer and the wealthy landowner) are politically dynamic eg the steward who switches sides, Lk 16. His chose title, Son of Man, evokes a dream of liberation from Daniel. His appellation Lord was not a recognition of divine status but a declaration that he, not Caesar, was the earthly authority; it s also the term used for the emperor. The term kingdom of God becomes incandescent in this new framing. 13. Jamming the accelerator, slamming the brakes Magnificat rewritten according to the CV, p103! But her son g is not about the solution to the theological problem called original sin.. Zechariah likewise. Jesus in Nazareth - not a tame prophet 14. Or so it appeared Peter who do you say I am? Pilate what is truth? In his world, truth is plastic. IV : REINTRODUCING JESUS 15. Peace through domination Fundamentalist movements try to do this reimpose laws/codes written for 00s of years ago. Praps we should ask not what would Jesus do, but what did Jesus mean. Good news was Augustus was said to have brought; an inscription describes him as a saviour who brought peace to mankind. Same term used for Jesusdifferently. Repent and believe ; a phrase used by Josephus when sent to root out a rebellion. He he didn t
4 mean, give up sinning and have a religious conversion experience. He meant give up your agenda and trust my kingdom agenda. He proposes a new framing story. 16. Occupying regime, equity gap, excrement factory When groups of seemingly disparate people defect and band together in the way of Jesus, they form what we might call unterror cells. They secretly plot detonations of hope. They quietly conspire to set off explosions of spontaneous kindness. They plan gentle coup d états to replace regimes of domination and oppression with movements of empowerment and service. In a complete overthrow of violent terrorism, they fly airplanes of generosity into towers of need and plant improvised encouragement devices by roadsides and in neighbourhoods everywhere, seeking God s kingdom and God s equity 130. We consume time and produce fatigue, consume art and talent and produce entertainment and amusement, consume work and leisure and produce paychecks and heart attacks. And ultimately we consume communities and produce extended families, consume extended families, consume extended families and produce nuclear families, consume nuclear families and produce individuals, consume individuals and produce consumers, and finally consume consumers themselves and produce disembodied fragments called wants and needs and markets and segments and anxieties and drives that the economy consumers and excretes and reconsumes in a kind of cannibalistic ferment or rot Jesus would speak of the new global love economy of God. 17. How different it would be The sermon on the Mount offers an alternative to all this, an alternative framing story. The word repent means a profound defection from one framing story and a profound investment of trust in another. 18. Which Jesus? Dangerous to overemphasize the Jesus of the Second Coming and of Revelation at the expense of the Jesus of the gospels is it really all a waste of time, or is God powerful to make a difference now? V : THE SECURITY SYSTEM 19. Joining the peace insurgency We are in the early stages of a radical reassessment of Jesus. Jesus takes the old destroy the Canaanites narrative and turns it round he shows mercy to a Canaanite woman. We are involved in a peace insurgency. 20. Whose side are we on? Few of us live consistently within Jesus framing story. It has little influence on global/national security; we (esp US) live in a framing story of redemptive violence, which says peace can be achieved only through elimination of our enemies. The 2006 US military budget was 21x that of diplomacy and foreign aid combined. A mere 10% of the US military budget, if reinvested in foreign aid/development, could care for the basic needs of the entire world s poor. Half a percent would halve African hunger by Alfred Nobel invented dynamite and called it security powder, hoping it would be a tool of violence so terrible it would bring peace. It brought Hiroshima. 21. Layers and layers more The more imperial the US has become, the greater the resentment; the greater the resentment, the more fearful the US and the more it arms itself Between 1998 and 2001, the US, UK and France earned more from selling arms to developing countries than they gave them in aid. In the 20 th century, 43m military personnel and 62m civilians were killed. There have been only 29 years in human history during which a war was not underway somewhere (historian Will Durant). War is an addiction; it distracts us from the impotent ordinariness of peace, and brings a high. 22. Joining warriors anonymous Jesus proposes a craving for justice instead of a craving for war (nb he doesn t propose pacifism).
5 VI : THE PROSPERITY SYSTEM 23. Capitalism as God The security system exists to support the prosperity system. Our prosperity system has been dubbed theocapitalism (Tom Beaudouin) ie it is a system of seeking prosperity that functions like a religion/cult. Consumer media capitalism offers malls as cathedrals, amusement parks as shrines of pilgrimage, celebrities as saints/priests, TV as an altar, multinationals as denominations. Consumer media capitalism provides identity, community, trust (in brands), ecstasy, transcendence (through icons), conversion (to a brand family), rest (customer satisfaction and life enhancement). It s an anonymous spiritual discipline. It has 4 spiritual laws: 1. Progress through rapid growth 2. Serenity through possession and consumption happiness comes from owning and using more (why does it become wealth only when someone puts a fence round it and declares it private property?). 3. Salvation through competition 4. Freedom to prosper through unaccountable corporations Bumper stickers: WWJB who would Jesus bomb? WWJE who would Jesus exploit? 24. Obligations to nonexistent future people Growth is not the solution to all problems. Imagine 1.2b Chinese with cars, fridges, washing machines etc; eating more meat and the ecological consequences. We ve been building a skyscraper which won t take another 20 stories. 25. Quick Bliss through footwear, palate grease and skin paint, & 26. Collaboration for coliberation. Through his good news, his framing story of the kingdom of God, Jesus recruits heroes to join him in deconstructing the suicidal machinery of theocapitalism. Then he invites them to build a new kind of prosperity system, based on 4 new laws: 1. The law of good deeds for the common good economy isn t a bad thing, and Jesus uses business imagery often; the exchange of money represents the exchange of trust, service, love, even worship. Economic, ecological and social sustainability replaces short term profit. 2. The law of satisfaction through gratitude and sharing. Relationships are a better predictor of happiness than money in a global survey by Josef Pieper of happiness, the top 4 were rich Americans (5.6 out of 7), the Amish (5.6), the Masai (5.7) and, top, the Greenland Inuits (5.9). 3. The law of salvation through seeking justice rather than domination through competition. Mt The law of freedom to prosper by building better communities. Communism was good at distribution but ended up distributing poverty evenly. Capitalism is good at production but weak at distribution great gap between rich and poor. Jesus talks about honesty (Zaccheus), accountability (steward, Lk 12). VII : THE EQUITY SYSTEM 27. On the other side of the rebel Jesus Political leadership is confined to 2 parties both parasitic on corporate money and interests. In 2000, developed nations gave aid investment of 3% of their GDP to developing nations; and developing nations gave 6.3% of theirs in debt repayments. They got poorer. In 2005 the G8 nations cancelled some debts 2% of them. 6m children under 5 starve each year. Over 1b people face decline in living standards. 28. Beyond blame and shame It s not the fault of the rich, who often have just worked hard it s a systematic injustice which leads to the wealth of the rich and the poverty of the poor. Cf Matt 5, equal pay reflects not equal work but unequal opportunity to work. Women are seen as equal to men. Only a fraction of our sins are personal we inherit a sort of sin frozen into the institutions and social arrangements within which we are born. And yet we reduce the scope of the gospel to personal and family issues. It s a shrunken gospel, and the world says no thanks.
6 29. A new kind of question 1% of the world s income could provide universal water, health care, education and nutrition. Not to do this makes an unsafe world even for the most privileged it makes no sense. Can we imagine the world another way? 30. Organized religion or religion organizing for the common good? Overcoming extreme poverty requires action, according to economists, in 7 basic categories: trade, aid, debt, limits, wages, justice, community. VIII : A REVOLUTION OF HOPE 31. The most radical thing we can do Can the suicide machine be stopped, the earth liberated from the destructive framing story that drives it? No one really knows. But the current framing story has no power except the power we give it by believing it. Believing an alternative one may be the most radical thing we ever do. Summary: 1. We live in a societal system with 3 subsystems (prosperity, security, equity) and is guided by a framing story 2. The system goes suicidal when driven by a destructive framing story (one which employs narratives of domination, revolution, withdrawal) 3. Jesus proposed a new framing story, neither reacting violently to nor withdrawing from the current one. 4. His new framing story invited people to change the world. 32. An unfolding, emergent, spiralling process There is one great step we can take to dismantle the suicide machine and the framing stories that legitimize it: to stop believing in it, and to believe, in its place, a different story, the story of the kingdom of God Exposing the covert curriculum Jesus movement wasn t called Christianity, which sounds institutional, it was called The Way Acts 9.2; 22.4; 24.14; 1 Cor 13.1, 14.1; Eph 5.2; Col 2.6, 3.7; Rom 6.4; 1 John 1.7. Everywhere we are fed hidden messages, values. Our message: another world is possible, available now for all who believe. We need to find ways of living it together. 34. Moving mountains Surely then the hopeful vision of the kingdom of God will begin to reshape our world in its own hopeful image. We don t need to hold to an eschatology of abandonment and despair; the new Jerusalem seeks to inspire our imaginations with hope about what our world can actually become through the good news of the kingdom of God. Our call to action: 1. Personal action making decisions a different way, working a different way, relating a different way 2. Community action modelling what we believe 3. Public (social) action using nonviolent methods of social change 4. Global action For more book summaries see
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Taking its inspiration from the board game of the same name, this is a turn-based strategy title which has seen a number of releases over the years but with this version being the definitive one and which is well worth picking up. As the name suggests, this is set during the First World War and is effectively a grand strategy offering in a similar vein to Hearts of Iron. You've got a range of nations to play as, a set of scenarios and campaigns to play through, with the focus being very much on authentic military strategies, diplomatic relations, and economic management. You'll have to organize your armies, arrange supply routes, produce weapons, choose your leaders and all sorts of other things if you want to succeed, including maintaining relationships with your allies. This version includes an all-new scenario as well as offering a number of tweaks and upgrades, including all the rules changes, while it also offers a number of ways to play, including LAN and online multiplayer. World War One is perhaps not for the novice strategy gamer as it can be a bit daunting if you've never played such a game before, but if you're an old-hand then this is probably going to be your new best friend. There's no denying the depth on offer here and this has to be one of the most complex but satisfying such games on the market. The interface is a bit clunky though and getting used to some of the rules can take some time, while the visuals are a bit stuttery, but these are minor considerations and overall, this is an excellent strategy title.
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Published: December 23, 2009 at 8:09 PMHow tall is the coaster if it is taller then the king da ka the building must be huge I want to see photos.
Published: December 23, 2009 at 11:50 PMSorry for the spelling mistakes in the text, I've been writing on my iPod touch and still haven't got used to it!
As for the coaster I'm not too sure it's going to be as tall as Kingda Ka, think more along the lines of Rita: Queen of Speed at Alton Towers in the UK.
Published: December 24, 2009 at 8:54 AMAs cool as the idea of a huge area of entertainment and theme parks is, I have no desire to support Dubai. I don't wanna get too deep into it, but Dubai stands for everything that I can't stand... being materialistic, wasting energy and space in excessive amounts, and not truly having a fair society.
That said, there have been some bizarre, yet fascinating creations in Dubai such as the indoor Snowboard/ Ski Park.
Published: December 24, 2009 at 9:18 PMI don't know if I have the same reasons as the person's comment above me, but I don't really have any desire to visit Dubai. They would have to put something really really awesome there for me to want to fly 25 hours or however long it is to get there. It is really not a city that is high on my list of places I'd like to go.... and if I am leaving the country I think I'd want to see the city or area and the amusement park if I were visiting an overseas amusement park. I think that the Universal Studios in Singapore is really interesting looking (The BattleStar Galacta Coaster footage I have seen is pretty neat looking and I am curious how the Jurassic Park rapids and Madagascar / Shrek areas will be), but I have not seen anything from Dubailand that I would say has peaked that level of interest from me yet.


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How am I going to write about President Elect Trump? What standard will I use to determine how I react to the way he conducts his office, moving forward?
I am going to answer that question as clearly as I can because there is so much operatic emotion surrounding this election that I think it's necessary. I have veered off into the operatic myself.
I did not support either of the candidates in the election just past. I do not support pro abortion politicians and I do not support misogynist, race-baiting politicians with the personal morals of a libertine. That means, de facto, that I did not support either of them.
That's a fair enough position. But it's also not an entirely honest description of what happened with me. The truth is, I've never been as upset by an election as I was this one. I felt as if this election put me in an emotional vise.
When I thought about Secretary Clinton, the agony of what a baby goes through in an abortion engulfed me. When I thought about then candidate Trump, the horror of being hated simply because you are you that he directed at Hispanic people and women almost overwhelmed me.
My reaction to the things Candidate Trump said about wanting to "date" his daughter, calling women vile names and bragging about sexual assault were so strong that they created a kind of white noise in my mind. Then, when I read the connections between Russia and the DNC hacks and considered the parallel policy changes Candidate Trump was espousing, I pretty much lost it. We've had bad presidents before. But we've never had one I honestly thought might be a traitor to this country.
I've been in meltdown mode since these things happened. Candidate Trump was a lot of things that I cannot abide. But he is the president elect, and he will be the president of my country. To the extent that I am capable, I am going to try my best to write about him with clarity.
I will never support him in any of the things I've mentioned. I will oppose him with my last breath on these things.
But I will write about President Trump the same way I wrote about President Obama. When I agree with him, I'll say so. When I disagree with him, I'll say that. I am not going to excuse, gloss or pretend when he tries to weasel his way around doing what he should.
For instance, I am highly critical of his reversal of earlier statements on traditional marriage. I am also no fan of his economic ideas. I will oppose him on his treatment of hispanics and women.
I also — and this is a critical factor in what I say and write — do not believe he means the things he says. What that means is that I expect him to change positions as the need suits him and rely on people to forget he did it. That will inform how I write about him.
I am going to back him as hard as I can if he actually nominates pro life justices to the Supreme Court, and — I may be naive for thinking this — but I really think he's going to rescind the HHS Mandate. But, again, if he tries to weasel out of it at any time in the process — and I'm fairly good at seeing through political weaseling — I'm going to call it, and be hard against it.
So, how will I write about President Elect Trump? I will write about him without hero worship and with the very jaundiced eye of someone who understands politics and who has a long memory. He can't say one thing on Tuesday and another thing on Wednesday and bamboozle me into forgetting. I'm going to hold him to it.
I will also write about him with the skepticism of someone who is appalled by his behavior in the campaign and the way he has lived his life. I can't pretend that I think he is a good man. I may be wrong, but right now, I am so negative about him and the kind of person I think he is, that I can honestly say that he scares me.
That said, I hope he manages to govern this country effectively and with justice. He is the president elect. He will be our president for four years. If he does not rise above the campaign he waged to win this office, we are all in very deep waters.
I will write about President Trump without backing off or backing down in my honest assessment of his actions as president. I sincerely hope that I have a lot more to say in support of his actions than in opposition. But whichever way it goes, you can rely on me to say the truth as I understand it without flinching from it or glossing it. I think you deserve that.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-2965?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Tim McConnell updated GERONIMO-2965: ------------------------------------ Attachment: GERONIMO-2965-3.patch Support added for tag classes and DTD 1.1 versions of the TLD files. The previous patch only supported DTD 1.2 versions. > TLDs can contain listener declarations that need to hook into injection framework. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: GERONIMO-2965 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-2965 > Project: Geronimo > Issue Type: Bug > Security Level: public(Regular issues) > Components: Jetty > Affects Versions: 2.0-M3 > Reporter: David Jencks > Assigned To: Tim McConnell > Fix For: 2.0-beta1 > > Attachments: GERONIMO-2965-1.patch, GERONIMO-2965-2.patch, GERONIMO-2965-3.patch > > > It turns out that tld files can also contain listener specifications and these listeners need to be scanned for annotations and injections. I think this is specific to jsp stuff so I'm inclined to make a jsp module builder extension to handle this like the myfaces one. > I don't think we've gotten far enough with tomcat to know if there's a similar problem there. A MBE ought to work for both if necessary. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Read this article and learn how to prepare for the testing and pass it successfully.
MOT run out? Book your MOT Test BEFORE driving to the Testing Station! It is illegal to drive a car without a valid MOT – and you can't get it taxed either. So to help motorists the Government allows you to drive to and from an MOT Testing Station without road tax and MOT provided you have booked it in with the MOT Station in advance – but you must be insured!
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Check if your washer tank is full and works properly. Look at the wiper blades to see if the rubber surface is not cracked and damaged. The most important thing in this area is your windshield, check for chips and cracks. The most important windshield zone is the Zone A or the driver's viewing field. The cracks in this area must not be larger than 10mm in diameter. The Zone B is the swept area, or the range where your wipers operate. In this area the cracks should not be bigger than 40mm in diameter. Most insurance programs cover windshield replacement so if the damage on your windshield surpasses the allowed dimensions get it repaired at a professional car service, or replace it for a new one.
Tyres and wheels
Check for serious damage on the wheel, since this can and will fail your MOT. Check the valve to make sure it's not misaligned or damaged. It's not mandatory to remove the hub caps, but you can remove them if you want a better examination. However if you remove them and if some of the wheel nuts are missing you're going to fail the MOT.
Check the tyres. A tyre with a smooth surface represents tyre wear, and you might need to change the tyres if you want to pass the test. If you want to prevent uneven tyre wear, consider tyre rotation every six months in order to have a better wheel alignment.
Headlights, tail lights and hazards
This is an easy one. Check if all of your lights and hazards are working. Ask a friend to help you with the tail lights check while you push the brake pedals, turn on the hazard lights, fog lights and indicators.
Extra tips:
- Check for leaks of any kind, oil leaks, fuel leaks etc.
- Make sure the fluid levels in your car are on point
- Check if your seat belts engage properly
- Wash your car in order to leave a better impression
Finally find a reliable car servicing to do your MOT. Book the test before your certificate runs out, and don't wait for the expiry date in order to do the test.


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PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway said yesterday that it expects to achieve sustainable growth of 12 to 15 percent for 2007 and beyond.
PLEASANTON, Calif. - Safeway said yesterday that it expects to achieve sustainable growth of 12 to 15 percent for 2007 and beyond.
In a conference call with investors, Safeway outlined six key strategies it will follow to get there: customer segmentation, a new approach to category management, enhanced supply chain efficiencies, private label products, health and wellness initiatives, and branding.
Safeway said its customer segmentation strategy involves finding out how and why consumers choose its stores, based on new proprietary analysis.
"There is some good data out there about who is your best customer," said Brian Cornell, Safeway's e.v.p. and c.m.o. "Unfortunately, there is very little insight into why, and how to engage that consumer going forward."
Using club card data gathered over several years, Safeway said it is examining three levels of consumer interaction with the stores: Observational insight, studying what these shoppers actually do inside the stores; behavioral insight, which examines their lifestyles and food preferences; and insight on their views about price and value. The insights allow Safeway to focus on its most loyal and profitable customers who drive sales and profits.
Safeway said its new spin on category management assigns new category roles based completely on the consumer. 'We've developed 11 proprietary variables and thousands of algorithms to study these consumers," said Cornell. "The results have driven a new approach to category management that we are weaving into how we run our Safeway business."
The approach includes a strong focus on categories that are important to its shoppers, improving its pricing and marketing strategies, enhancing the allocation of space, strengthening the effects of ads on the consumer, and improving its price perception in the market. Already the company is seeing strong results in pilot stores.
Safeway said it is using a virtual reality technology that allows it to examine the impact of many iterations of a potential store redesign, without lifting a box.
Among its strategies around consumer communications are a predictive shopping list, that shoppers can access online and are customized based on shopping history.
To help streamline its supply chain efficiencies, Safeway is working with its manufacturer partners to provide visibility through the supply chain system, assigning accountability to both parties to ensure they collaborate on ordering and supply accuracy. It is also sourcing globally to drive more value into its supply chain.
To keep up the momentum of its private label offerings, Safeway has shifted its approach with these products from reactionary to innovative, aligning its private label effort with its overall strategy of building its offerings around consumers. The company's O organic offering, already a $150 million brand, will play a major role in this strategy.
The O organic line falls under the company's strategy to be the health and wellness advocate for its shoppers. To do this it is leveraging existing assets, such as its pharmacy and family care centers and its relationship with Dr. Dean Ornish, to provide "good to know" brand communications throughout the store. It is also working with Tufts University and the USDA to develop a scorecard system that shoppers can use to measure the health value of the food they buy.
On the marketing front, Safeway plans to continually evolve its branding and communication to meet the changing consumer, "to stay relevant to the shopper, to become the complete food store," said Cornell.
During yesterday's conference call, Safeway noted that it anticipated continued strong contributions from Lifestyle stores and product innovation that will deliver identical store sales growth of approximately 3.3 percent in 2007, and initiated earnings per share guidance of $1.90 - $2.00.
The company said it anticipates further progress in shrink control and a more efficient supply chain, as well as benefits from past labor contract restructurings and labor efficiencies that will provide flexibility to invest in price, promotion, and brand building and to increase margins.
Safeway said it plans to spend approximately $1.7 billion in cash capital expenditures in 2007, to complete approximately 25 new stores and to remodel approximately 275 stores, and that it expects to generate free cash flow in 2007 in the range of $400 million to $600 million.
"We have made substantial improvements in our supermarket business since establishing our strategy to differentiate our offering in 2003," said Steve Burd, chairman, president, and c.e.o. "We have achieved significant improvements in our perishable offerings and executed our Lifestyle store program in over 40 percent of our stores, with great results. We have also been working to establish new growth vehicles to ensure healthy long-term growth for our business. Blackhawk Network is a great example of how we plan to drive additional growth in years to come."


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Photos from the north of Burkina Faso, where I have been working since 1989.
Any profit I make from sales of the book will go to the charity the Acacia Partnership Trust (www.acaciapartnershiptrust.org.uk) to support the work of church-based sustainable community development we are doing there.
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The Pamami Press was a specialty publisher, founded and run by Baum scholar Michael O. Riley and based in Douglasville, Georgia. Pamami issued limited letter-press collector's editions of a number of works by Baum.
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- Prince Silverwings (1982); 125 copies.
Pamami Press also issued an edition of the "Strange Tale of Nursery Folk" (1978), a story once attributed to Baum but lately questioned.


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On 15th December 2010, 408 claimants who developed 'sofa rash' from the banned fungicide DMF in their leather sofa won a settlement totalling £750,000
The claimants all purchased Linkwise manufactured furniture from Land of Leather and were initially told that they would not receive compensation after Land of Leather went into administration in 2009. Please note: this does not have any affect on claimants who purchased a Land of Leather sofa that was not manufactured by Linkwise, or those who have claims against a number of other companies. These claims are continuing. If you feel you may have a sofa rash claim then please contact us on 0800 884 0324 or see a list of sofa models affected.
Slater and Gordon Lawyers lead Sofa Rash Group Litigation Order.
The cause of the skin rashes has now been confirmed as the chemical Dimethyl Fumarate (DMF), a fungicide contained in a sachet inside the sofas, inserted to prevent mould during shipping. Crystals contained in these sachets transform into toxic gas, particularly when exposed to heat. This can then pass through clothes, causing the sofa rash.
The High Court has ordered several High Street retailers to pay out up to £20m in compensation to customers who received chemical burns from their leather sofas. For more coverage on the sofa update read the articles featured on Sky News, BBC News, The Independent, Guardian and Metro.
The hearing to decide the amount of damages claimants who have suffered with sofa rashes and burns is due to be held on 15th-17th March 2010 at the Royal Courts of Justice.
The Sunday Mirror has highlighted that the toxic sofa battle could be the biggest consumer injury action in UK legal history as the damages bill could reach £20million.
New Manufacturers linked with 'Toxic Sofas'
As a result of recent laboratory testing, it appears that there may be more Chinese furniture manufacturers potentially involved with the sofa rash cases than was first thought. We will be conducting further testing and investigations not only on furniture manufactured by the previously known Linkwise and Eurosofa but also on sofas from other Chinese manufacturers.
The recent testing showed levels of DMF (di-methyl fumarate), Chromium VI and NPEO/OPEO were found in certain, but not all ranges, manufactured by some additional manufacturers.
Our dedicated sofa rash solicitors in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Cardiff and Edinburgh can offer immediate and accessible representation anywhere in the UK.
First Toxic Sofa case settled: September 09
The first sofa rash case has now been settled, after Furniture Warehouse in Dudley paid an undisclosed four-figure sum to pensioner Maurice Heminsley after he suffered rashes and burns from his new leather sofa.
Read Richard Langton's interview with The Times in which he discusses what this means for clients involved in the Group Litigation Order, being heard at the Royal Courts of Justice at the end of September.
Watchdog 'Eurosofa leather sofas causing rashes?' 13th October 2008
On 13th October 2008, the BBC's Watchdog programme reported that a new manufacturer had been linked to the problem – China based Eurosofa. A number of consumers who have purchased sofas manufactured by Eurosofa have reported the same 'sofa burns' symptoms as those who purchased the Linkwise models from Land of Leather, Walmsley's Furnishing and Argos. Further investigation by the Watchdog team showed that the same fungicide product found in the Linkwise sofas was also present in the Eurosofa products.
In light of the ongoing problem, Slater and Gordon Lawyers advise that anyone who has experienced similar skin problems should contact the retailer where they originally purchased the sofa from, visit their GP immediately, and contact a solicitor to see if they are able to bring a sofa rash claim.
Update from hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice: 6th September 2008
Richard Langton partner in charge of the sofa litigation said; "The judge has made it clear he wants all the defendants to clarify their position on accepting liability by the end of September. We should then be able to make good progress towards settling cases so consumers get proper financial redress as soon as possible. Anyone who thinks they may have been affected needs to join in the proceedings urgently if they want to get the benefit of the group action".
Update from hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice: June 2008
A court ruling in June ensured that potentially thousands of sofa rash claimants will have their claims dealt with under a defective product Group Litigation Order, the largest ever recorded in England and Wales. Slater and Gordon Lawyers are leading this action. For more details: Green Light for Sofa Rash Claims
National Press highlight sofa rash dangers
As the Law Firm handling the majority of the UK's faulty sofa claims, Slater and Gordon Lawyers Richard Langton and Christian Shotton have been asked for comments by both the BBC's Watchdog programme and national newspaper The Sun, amongst others. For additional information and to read their comments:
More Sofa injury and rash information
Toxic sofa payouts by Argos and Walmsley's featured in The Mirror 26.04.10
Victims of toxic Chinese sofas to receive $30m payout featured on The Epoch Times 26.04.10
North Wales sofa rash victims in compensation payout 26.04.10
Retailers agree to £20m pay-out for 'toxic sofas' featured on BBC News 26.04.10
Sofa ruling update featured on the guardian.co.uk 19.03.10
Toxic Sofa update featured on BBC News - 18.03.10
Sofa Ruling update from the High Court
Sofa injury update from Watchdog
Sofa Rash: GP Guide
Sofa Rash Claims Update
Details of known affected sofa batch numbers
Green Light for Sofa Rash Claims
Trading Standards criticised over slow reaction
'Toxic Sofas' Update –government urged to safeguard public
DMF Product Recall - April 09
Read our Sofa Injury Update Newsletters
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Solicitors at Slater and Gordon Lawyers are members of the Law Society Personal Injury Panel & the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).


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José Serrano was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico on October 24, 1943. When he was seven years old, his family moved to the United States. José was educated in the public schools in the Bronx, New York and attended Lehman College of the City University of New York. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps for two years and received an honorable discharge in 1966.
While a paraprofessional member of the staff of the New York City Board of Education from 1969 to 1974, Serrano also served as chairman of the South Bronx Community Corporation. In 1974, he was elected to the New York State Assembly, where he served for fifteen years; he was chairman of the Education Committee from 1983 to 1990. During that time he sponsored several pieces of landmark legislation, including the reform of the election process for members of local school boards. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1976, 1984, 1988, and 1992.
Serrano was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with ninety-two percent of the vote in a special election called in March 1990 to fill the unexpired term of Robert Garcia, who had resigned. In his first term in Congress, he served on the Education and Labor Committee, where he successfully sponsored a bill to encourage school districts and community leaders to create programs to reduce dropout rates in schools, a serious problem in his district. He was elected to a full term in November 1990 with more than ninety percent of the vote. In the 102nd Congress, he was the principal sponsor of the Voting Rights Language Assistance Act, which strengthened and expanded the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
In the 103rd Congress, Serrano gained a seat on the Appropriations Committee, where he served on the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and on the Subcommittee on Foreign Relations. During that Congress, he was elected to a two-year term as Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. Under his leadership, the Caucus successfully opposed efforts to establish an official language for the United States, a measure that some saw as intolerant of cultural diversity. In the 104th Congress, Serrano serves on the House Judiciary Committee, and has a seat on the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
He has long been an advocate of a congressionally-approved plebiscite for his island birthplace, Puerto Rico, giving voters a chance to choose among three options for its political future: independence, statehood, or retention of the current commonwealth relationship with the United States. He also favors and has introduced legislation which would grant the right to vote in referendums to non-residents of the Island, who were born there or had at least one parent who claims Puerto Rican birth.
Throughout his public career, Serrano has consistently pursued a legislative program to help the needy, especially the elderly, the physically-challenged, and children, and has worked towards an economy where employment, housing, and health-care services are widely available.
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In this age where cafes are popping up all over Singapore, some of the earlier ventures are easily overlooked. Here is a gem I would like to share with everyone.
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The new @NTEIBINT (the alter ego of Greek producer George Bakalakos) & Stella release "Hide In" dropped just about 2 weeks ago via Belgian label Eskimo Recordings, the single comes packed with remixes from Ewan Pearson Zombies In Miami.
The track was originally a slow and melancholic ballad but was deconstructed and is now essentially a nu disco infused pop love song that you can dance to.
To celebrate the release NTEIBINT put together this exclusive top class mix of warm and soulful house/ disco tunes for us here at Discobelle, listen and get into the summer spirit.
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05. Lindstrøm feat Grace Hall - Home Tonight (HNNY Remix)
06. Tiger & Woods - No More Talking
07. Marcus Marr - Rocketship
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09. Todd Terje & The Olsens - Disco Circus (Øyvind Morken Remix)
10. Nick Monaco - Conversation Piece
11. Yula Kasp - Conscious (Pilooski Remix)
12. Emmanuelle - Italove
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Have you noticed with the Internet empowering everybody, and social media providing a constant flow of sound bites. Everyone has an opinion, can provide advice, suggestions, and more sound bites to anyone that will read, listen, pay passing attention.
Obvious that the "autosphere" is rampant with all sorts of stuff, from all sorts of experts, generating all sorts of comments.
You often read / hear "I was considering this, after visiting forums, reading opinions, watching videos, I changed my mind and acquired that".
Or you see a comparison here, another there, and again you know the outcome, one scored half point less than the other, and so on.
When it comes to vehicles...
"There is nothing that money can't fix".
"You need gas to make horsepower" and in 2016 its usually premium.
"The metal must resonate with you" if it does not resonate you will not be satisfied.
"Its your money, you are free to spend it as you wish"
"We are all individuals, with our own preferences."
You go off and spend money on a vehicle, or embark on a multi month commitment of payments. Of course you will read about vehicles, your preferences, but do your thing.
Its you money and/or you commitment spend it in a fashion that provides satisfaction for you and your stakeholders...
Yes...do your thing.
A simple example...
The Colonel prefers a sedan, rear wheel drive, with a V8. It might be all wrong for someone else, completely off the wall for another, or just plain crazy.
Who needs a rear wheel drive sedan with a V8, when everyone is converging towards utilities, with turbos, and AWD?
You want to be informed, empowered, but...do your thing.
After you have done your thing...do not play Monday morning quarterback on yourself.