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McDonald's has not made a decision yet, but "we have had a lot of review and a lot of debate," the company's board member Miles White told the WSJ in an interview.
A McDonald's spokeswoman person said the company's senior leaders will discuss more on the business strategy at its investors meeting in November.
McDonald's sales have slumped in recent times and that made some investors and analysts recommend the company spin off its US holdings, likely as a real-estate investment trust, saying the move would benefit shareholders, the WSJ said.
The company's directors and executives have evaluated "the long-term role of real estate" in sustaining McDonald's performance and its context in a global business model, White told the Journal.
McDonald's get a significant part of revenue from its real estate, with rent payments from franchisees rising 26 per cent to over the past five years to $6.1 billion in 2014, the WSJ said.
That was a fifth of total revenue of $27.4 billion in a year when overall sales and profit fell, the newspaper reported.

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By providing the facts about drugs to young people, they can make educated decisions to live healthy lives.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 12, 2012
Last week, thousands of fans attending a techno concert in Marseilles came away with something they would never expect to get there—a lesson in the dangers of drug abuse.
Robert Galibert, Scientologist and president of the Say No To Drugs, Say Yes to Life Association, seized the opportunity to reach thousands of youth by setting up a booth at the back of the concert hall and distributing nearly 4,000 Truth About Drugs booklets to the 7,000 concert attendees. Galibert and five other volunteers spent the entire night until 6 a.m. engaging young men and women in honest discussions about the dangers of drugs and drug abuse.
"They would look at us, their pupils dilated, and they knew that we knew why," says Galibert, "but we were discussing this 'man to man,' no pretenses. The night was a succession of rich and constructive discussions marked by mutual respect and trust, and most of them thanked us warmly. Our message—we are not here to judge. We are providing information we know to be true. Everyone has to make their own life choices."
Galibert's mission is to reverse the drug abuse trends in France, where more than 5 million people have experimented with marijuana, 1.2 million use the drug regularly and more than 500,000 are addicted to drugs, according to France's Inter-departmental Mission for the Fight against Drugs and Drug Addiction.
"Education is the answer to drug abuse, not punishment," says Galibert, who uses Truth About Drugs educational resources in his activities. "By providing the facts about drugs to young people, they can make educated decisions to live healthy lives."
Founded more than 20 years ago by actor Xavier Deluc, the initiative has been sponsored by the Church of Scientology since its inception.
Every weekend, Scientologists from Churches and Missions throughout the country set up booths to distribute thousands of copies of Truth About Drugs booklets.
In early 2012, Galibert led a team of French Scientologists on a five-day 319-km bicycle tour from Paris to Brussels to promote the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illegal Trafficking and drug education and prevention. They met with mayors, aldermen, legislators, police, firefighters and educators, distributing Truth About Drugs booklets in towns along the way.
The Church of Scientology has published a new brochure, Scientology: How We Help—The Truth About Drugs, Creating a Drug-Free World, to meet requests for more information about the drug education and prevention initiative it supports. To learn more or to read a copy of the brochure, visit the Scientology website.
About How We Help—the Truth About Drugs, Creating a Drug-Free World
Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote, "The planet has hit a barrier which prevents any widespread social progress—drugs and other biochemical substances. These can put people into a condition which not only prohibits and destroys physical health but which can prevent any stable advancement in mental or spiritual well-being."
The Church of Scientology supports the Truth About Drugs, one of the world's largest nongovernmental drug education and prevention campaigns. It has been conclusively proven that when young people are provided with the truth about drugs—factual information on what drugs are and what they do—usage rates drop commensurately.
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Wallace the Bulldog
Gorgeous Wallace came through to the studio for his dog portrait session. Sadly Wallace had been diagnosed with a heart tumor a few weeks before, so his Mom wanted to have some professional photographs of him.
Dog portraiture is not just snapping a photo of a dog, it's a process of capturing character, energy and personality in one click of the shutter.
See more of Wallace's photographs by clicking here.
Dog Portrait Studio Photography
This image of Carina and Mushu was shot in my Centurion studio during their portrait session. How many of us have reams of photos of our pets on our phones, but not many decent ones that we are actually in?
I adore photographing owners and their dogs, portraits like this have tremendous sentimental value as our dogs age (also as we age, but the less said about that the better ;)).
I photographed rescue dog Jenna in the studio as part of my Mutts project.
I published Mutts the Book last year. Mutts is a collection of portraits of adopted rescue dogs and their inspirational stories. I'm an ardent proponent of shelter dog adoption and Mutts the Book is my way of getting mixed breed shelter dogs into the public eye and encouraging people to adopt rather than buy dogs. Click here to buy a copy of the book.
Mutts will be going on tour this year and I've been adding extra Mutts portraits into the collection for an exhibition later this year. Jenna was adopted from an SPCA and now lives in the lap of luxury with her parents. You can also find her 'sister' Scarlet in the book.
Click here to find out more about the exhibition and how your dog could take part.
Meet Hazel, one of my rescue dogs.
I photographed Hazel in the studio. Getting scale from a photograph is quite tricky, so to give you an idea, Hazel weighs 5 kgs (on a good day) but thinks she's the size of a Great Dane.
She was adopted from Ark Animal Centre as an eight week old puppy and over the next two years ate her way through: 5 x laptop cables, 1 x iMac cable, several shoes, a set of felt tip pens and an antique chair. Thankfully she's stopped that nonsense now and her favourite thing to do is hide in shopping bags.
Studio photography doesn't have to mean plain backgrounds. I like to create backgrounds and concepts for studio shoots that add variety and are tailored to the client and/or dog I'm photographing.
This backdrop design was made from paper fans and created for a Valentine's Day themed shoot (you'll just see the Friendship Collar 'Love' design that Lolli is wearing).
Lollipop wasn't very happy about having to model, when I'd finished photographing her she disappeared off for a nap.
You can see how I made this backdrop by clicking here.
Chelsea & Phoebe
Two cheeky Dachshunds with HUGE personalities. Chelsea and Phoebe came to the studio with their brother Harvey for a portrait shoot.
With the help of some cheese and lots of patience they posed like movie stars for their doggy portrait shoot.
You can see more images from this shoot by clicking here.
The love of my life. This brown hound is one of my rescue dogs, adopted from CLAW when she was just 2 days old. I really hadn't planned on keeping her, she was supposed to be a foster, LOL. Turns out I'm not very good at fostering dogs.....
Victoria is modelling a limited edition Friendship Collar design and this portrait was shot in the studio as part of a Valentine's Day promo.
Click here to view more portraits from this shoot.
Black & White Portraits
Monochrome portraits are incredibly striking when shot with the right amount of contrast and energy in the image. There's something incredibly artistic about a beautiful Black and White portrait.
This is Wallace the Bulldog giving me a lovely head tilt and a soulful expression.
See more of Wallace's dog portrait photographs by clicking here.
Fashion Hound Jane
Jane is one of my dogs (one of only two non rescues that I share my home with). She's a Ridgeback X Weimaraner and the perfect model.
I've shot a couple of conceptual studio shoots with Jane. She'll sit still for any snack item, so makes the perfect muse for more 'out there' ideas.
Here she is demonstrating the best way to combine the A/W 2018 Pantone colours and here she is modelling some A/W 2018 Fashion Week looks.
Dogs in the Studio
Studio dog photography portraits by Emma O'Brien, award winning photographer, working in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth,London, New York, Paris.


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New headphones 'could interest iPhone users'
Those looking to recycle a used mobile phone to upgrade to the Apple iPhone 3G may be interested in a new article for the Trusted Reviews website.
In a piece by Stuart Andrews, the manufacturer behind the device is derided for notoriously supplying all of its handsets and music players with headphones that are below par.
He notes the standard earbuds that come with the iPhone and iPod are "awful", but adds the firm has gone some way towards fixing this problem with the launch of some new ones.
Although it is unlikely Apple will supply the new dual-driver buds with all future devices, for £54 buyers can get some well-built headphones that incorporate an microphone, in-line remote and sound quality capable of giving a number of the firm's competitors something to worry about.
"They are the first to give the likes of Sennheiser or Shure a run for their money," the review concludes. "Good sound, good design and a good bundle."
A number of new 24-month contracts for the iPhone were announced last week by O2.
Trade-in your old mobile phone for cash http://www.mazumamobile.com/


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March 14, 2014
Supporting programs that help low-income and homeless families for over 25 years.
Posted in Events by Marilou Ubungen
For the past 25 years, the Windermere Foundation has donated a portion of the proceeds from every home purchased or sold through Windermere towards supporting low-income and homeless families in our communities.
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December 24, 2013
'Tis the Season of Giving at Windermere
Posted in Events by Marilou Ubungen
Some of the best gifts received are the ones least expected. Across the country we're seeing stories about generous individuals giving anonymously to help brighten the holidays for those in need – like paying off the balances of layaway bills or paying for a family's extended stay at a motel so that they won't end up in the streets. These acts of kindness and giving are truly inspiring.
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November 27, 2013
Warm Toes and Warm Hearts
Posted in Collections and drives and Events by Marilou Ubungen
On November 16, attendees from selected Spokane area schools, Anna Ogden Hall, a women's shelter, and Family Promise, a homeless transition program, were able to select boots at the Windermere Annual Boots & Gloves event.
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October 23, 2013
Windermere Foundation Quarterly Report
Posted in News from the Foundation by Christine Wood
So far this year, we've raised $1,074,482 - this is up 21% from this time last year – and the year isn't even over yet! Thanks to our amazing agents, brokers, staff, and owners, along with public supporters, we've been able to help hundreds of families meet their most basic needs.
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October 02, 2013
October office events for charity and Foundation fundraising
Posted in Events by Marilou Ubungen
Summer is officially over, but the season of giving is a year-round commitment for Windermere offices throughout our network. Here are some of the Windermere Foundation events going on during the month of October:
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September 17, 2013
Another Year of Making Wishes Come True
Posted in Events by Marilou Ubungen
On Friday, October 4, Windermere's Redding office will host its second annual fashion show and fundraiser at WinRiver Casino. The net proceeds raised will go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northeastern California and Northern Nevada, and the Alyssa Araiza Wings of Angels Organization in Redding, CA.
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August 28, 2013
Providing basic necessities for back-to-school
Posted in Collections and drives by Marilou Ubungen
It's that time of year, when summer vacations are wrapping up and families are preparing for their children to go back to school—which means purchasing new clothes and new school supplies. However, for many families, budgets are tight and it's difficult to provide their kids with even the most basic of necessities.
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July 31, 2013
Windermere Foundation Quarterly Report
Posted in News from the Foundation by Christine Wood
Because of you and the generous support the Windermere Foundation has received so far this year, we disbursed over $578,000 to qualifying social service organizations dedicated to serving low-income and homeless families throughout the Western U.S.
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July 24, 2013
Windermere Foundation Infographic
Posted in News from the Foundation by Marilou Ubungen
If you've bought or sold a home through Windermere Real Estate, you're a part of the Windermere Foundation, and you've made a positive difference in the lives of your neighbors in need.
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June 05, 2013
Grants for Camps – YMCA Summer Camp Scholarships for Homeless Youth and Families in Need
Posted in Grant recipients by Marilou Ubungen
Since 1993, the Windermere Real Estate North, Inc. office in Lynnwood, Washington has been building on its commitment to providing the opportunity for homeless kids to attend summer camp.
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Industry sources told IHS Jane's that BAE Systems was competing against Israel Weapon Industries, Italy's Fiocchi Munizious, Spain's Expal, and US firm BEL Trading & Consulting for the 5.56 mm ammunition tender.
Official sources said additional 5.56 mm ammunition orders are expected from the Indian Army special forces and the Indian Navy's Marine Commandos, both of which operate Tavor-21 rifles.
India's Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) produces 5.56 mm SS-109 rounds at its Jabalpur unit in central India and even exported small quantities to Israel and Thailand in 2008-09, but domestic production declined drastically soon after.


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National Capitol Tour, originally uploaded by theartofaccessories.
Today is my day off and instead of blogging, cleaning the house or grocery shopping, I'm going on a tour of the Capitol with my parents. Remember when I found the golden ticket at Borders and won Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol? The book is all about DC and both of my parents read it and wanted to go on a tour of the Capitol. I figured today was as good a day as any!
So I'm off to have some family time and hopefully grab some burgers at Good Stuff Eatery afterwards. I'm a sucker for their toasted marshmallow milkshake.
Have a great Wednesday!


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Happy Christmas!
3 Comments · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in culture
This may well be my last post here for a day or so, so how to mark the imminent arrival of Christmas, grandest and jolliest and most syncretic of festivals, this year?
With this extract, I think, from Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales:
The silent one-clouded heavens drifted on to the sea. Now we were snow-blind travelers lost on the north hills, and vast dewlapped dogs, with flasks round their necks, ambled and shambled up to us, baying "Excelsior." We returned home through the poor streets where only a few children fumbled with bare red fingers in the wheel-rutted snow and cat-called after us, their voices fading away, as we trudged uphill, into the cries of the dock birds and the hooting of ships out in the whirling bay. And then, at tea the recovered Uncles would be jolly; and the ice cake loomed in the center of the table like a marble grave. Auntie Hannah laced her tea with rum, because it was only once a year.
Bring out the tall tales now that we told by the fire as the gaslight bubbled like a diver. Ghosts whooed like owls in the long nights when I dared not look over my shoulder; animals lurked in the cubbyhole under the stairs and the gas meter ticked. And I remember that we went singing carols once, when there wasn't the shaving of a moon to light the flying streets. At the end of a long road was a drive that led to a large house, and we stumbled up the darkness of the drive that night, each one of us afraid, each one holding a stone in his hand in case, and all of us too brave to say a word. The wind through the trees made noises as of old and unpleasant and maybe webfooted men wheezing in caves. We reached the black bulk of the house. "What shall we give them? Hark the Herald?" "No," Jack said, "Good King Wencelas. I'll count three." One, two three, and we began to sing, our voices high and seemingly distant in the snow-felted darkness round the house that was occupied by nobody we knew. We stood close together, near the dark door. Good King Wencelas looked out On the Feast of Stephen … And then a small, dry voice, like the voice of someone who has not spoken for a long time, joined our singing: a small, dry, eggshell voice from the other side of the door: a small dry voice through the keyhole. And when we stopped running we were outside our house; the front room was lovely; balloons floated under the hot-water-bottle-gulping gas; everything was good again and shone over the town.
"Perhaps it was a ghost," Jim said.
"Perhaps it was trolls," Dan said, who was always reading.
"Let's go in and see if there's any jelly left," Jack said. And we did that.
Happy Christmas…
Sparks at Marks
Adapted from a post at Ricochet:
Theotory blogger (and martyred Archbishop!) Cranmer's response to the decision (discussed here earlier) by retailer M&S to accomodate members of staff who, for religious reasons, do not want to handle pork, alcohol is too good not to share here.
Here, by the way, is what M&S has to say for itself:
"We recognise that some of our employees practise religions that restrict the food or drink they can handle, or that mean they cannot work at certain times. M&S promotes an environment free from discrimination and so, where specific requests are made, we will always make reasonable adjustments to accommodate them, whilst ensuring high levels of customer service."
Over to Cranmer:
An environment free from discrimination? Have they considered that their customers don't wish to be discriminated against and made to feel morally deficient or 'unclean'? How is inconveniencing customers by forcing them to queue at non-Muslim checkouts consistent with "high levels of customer service"?
The main problem with this is that it plays to a certain Muslim stereotype: it affirms an utterly myopic interpretation of sharia law and so perpetuates prejudice against all Muslims. The Qur'an exhorts Muslims not to eat pork products or drink alcohol: it does not say they may not handle glass bottles or pass a plastic packet of bacon over a scanner.
But, no matter. Some M&S equality aficionado has determined the orthodox tenets of each religion, and is prepared to bend over backwards to accommodate them: they have confirmed – in true anti-discrimination style – that Jewish employees are also permitted to decline to serve customers alcohol and pork, notwithstanding that no Jewish employee has ever refused to do this in the store's 129-year history.
But why stop at alcohol and pork?
Are they also permitted to decline to scan a packet of prawns? May they refuse to sell garments made of wool and cotton? Or meat mixed with dairy? Is a Muslim employee permitted to decline to sell you a bikini or a lipstick? And what about M&S finance? Is a Muslim employee who objects to charging interest on debt going to be permitted to administer an interest-free credit card?
And why restrict this to the point of sale? Don't these products require handling throughout the logistical chain? Are Muslim (and Jewish) employees going to be exempt from placing orders for certain products? Are they going to be exempt from handling certain boxes in the warehouse?
Are Christians going to be permitted to decline to handle halal meat, since it has been "offered to idols" (1Cor 8)? Or has the M&S equality aficionado decreed that this is not a fundamental requirement of the faith? If so, on what theological basis?
As far as His Grace is aware, M&S don't sell condoms. But if they did, would a Roman Catholic employee be permitted to decline to serve the customer, thereby compounding their embarrassment?
This is not "reasonable accommodation": it is not the same as permitting holy days off or the wearing of certain religious symbols over a uniform. It is manifestly unreasonable when customers are inconvenienced by i) having to queue at a non-sharia checkout, or ii) waiting for a member of staff to arrive who is prepared to serve you.
Oh yes, it seems that the Church of England thinks the whole thing is fine. #sigh, as they say over in Twitterland.
Fundamentalism · Multiculturalism · PC · UK
Sausages, Gender Segregation and 'Religious Freedom'
Deciding quite where and how a nation should draw the line between its citizens' right to practice their religions and its own right to protect itself from spiraling down into balkanization has never been an easy thing to determine and in an age of multiculturalism it is becoming more difficult still.
Over then to the UK: writing in the Daily Telegraph, Matthew d'Ancona laments guidance given by Universities UK on the arrangements to be put in place when external speakers are visiting a campus and, specifically, this:
"[a wish to] accommodate the wishes or beliefs of those opposed to [gender] segregation should not result in a religious group being prevented from having a debate in accordance with its belief system. Ultimately, if imposing an unsegregated seating area in addition to the segregated areas contravenes the genuinely held religious beliefs of the group hosting the event, or those of the speaker, the institution should be mindful to ensure that the freedom of speech of the religious group or speaker is not curtailed unlawfully."
D'Ancona's response:
[T]his is a test case about much more than fringe events on provincial campuses. It is about the very basis of a pluralist society and what philosophers call "value incommensurability" – the clash between principles, and the dilemmas that such conflicts pose. As a ferocious opponent of theocratic creep, Hitchens argued that secular society was becoming far too emollient and unwilling to defend Enlightenment values against attack. Diplomatic immunity, equality before the law, the right of the novelist to free expression: all are now weighed against the risk of upsetting the theological apple cart.
The segregation row has forced us to confront the friction between religious sensitivities and core aspects of our common citizenship. The heart of the matter is the word "freedom" and its abuse. The original guidance claimed that forbidding segregation by gender on campus might infringe "the freedom of speech of the religious group or speaker". This is babble, but it is dangerous babble. It implies that upsetting the religious sensibilities of an individual or congregation – and it is possible to take offence at anything – is a form of censorship.
I heard a similar argument made during the gay marriage debate: that same-sex weddings would somehow infringe "religious freedoms", even though they were to be held exclusively in civil settings. In the segregation row, the hurt feelings of a believer or group of believers are weighed against the entire principle of gender equality – as if core principles are upheld only on the probationary basis that they do not upset the faithful. This amazing proposition reverses the polarities of the 20th century and replaces the totalitarian state with the totalitarian individual – the person who claims that absolutely anything that offends him is an assault on his "religious freedom" and has to be stopped. And let us be frank: because, collectively, we have grown fearful of religious extremism, we, too, often nod respectfully when we should be fighting back.
Well, yes.
And right on cue, there's this, also from the Daily Telegraph:
At M&S [a British retailer], Muslim staff who do not wish to handle alcohol or pork have been told they can politely request that customers choose another till at which to pay.
At one of its stores in central London last week, customers waiting with goods that included pork or alcohol were told by a Muslim checkout worker to wait until another till became available. The assistant was extremely apologetic at having to ask customers to wait.
One customer, who declined to be named, said: "I had one bottle of champagne, and the lady, who was wearing a headscarf, was very apologetic but said she could not serve me. She told me to wait until another member of staff was available.
"I was taken aback. I was a bit surprised. I've never come across that before.
Well, get used to it. Best guess is that there will be more of this nonsense to come.
Writing in the same newspaper, Damian Thompson hits back:
I'm sorry, but if you cannot "handle" bacon and champagne and dozens of other products – even though your co-religionists have been doing so for decades – then don't work in a secular supermarket. And I'd say the same to a Christian from a teetotal sect who refused to process the sale of alcohol.
When Islam and political correctness join forces, as they do so often, questioning their demands is portrayed as racist. Actually, if you really want to damage relations between communities, then ordering harassed shoppers to change queues (which are long enough already in M&S, God knows) is a good way to go about it.
Another chain, Sainsbury's, has said that it has no plans to follow M&S's lemming lead.
Thompson applauds:
Good for Sainsbury's. Accommodating employees' religious beliefs and customers' requirements can be tricky; but there are times when common sense tells you that a particular demand is over the top and counterproductive. Give in to it, and not only will unfounded accusations of racism fly around, but genuine racists will jump in to sour relations between shoppers and (typically) young female Muslim checkout staff, some of whom may already be under pressure from the religious police in their own community.
Note that in our report the Muslim lady says apologetically that she "could not" serve the customer buying champagne. Is that because it offends her conscience – or because she's been told that, as a Muslim, she is no longer allowed to do this part of her job?
That last point is important. By doing what it has done, M&S has lent a helping hand to the fundamentalist enforcers.
I won't be shopping there next time I'm in Blighty.
The Jewish Chronicle reports:
Marks & Spencer has confirmed that Jewish employees do not have to serve pork products at tills to its customers, if it goes against their religious beliefs. The chain confirmed that, in the same way a Muslim member of staff could refuse to handle pork and alcohol, a Jewish employee could decline to sell pork sausages, bacon rashers and sea-food.
A M&S spokesperson said: "We recognise that some if our employees practise religions that restrict food or drink they can handle, or mean they cannot work at certain times.
"M&S promotes an environment free from discrimination and so, where specific requests are made, we always make reasonable adjustments to accommodate them, whilst ensuring high levels of customer service."
As I said, balkanization.
And what about,, say, secular vegetarians compelled to sell the remnants of slaughtered livestock? Do their feelings count for nothing? Or does M&S only respect deeply-held religious belief.
Fundamentalism · Multiculturalism · PC · UK
Science Update
Comments off · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in Religion
The Daily Telegraph reports:
Angels exist but do not have wings and are more like shards of light, at least according to a top Catholic Church "angelologist" who says the heavenly beings are now back in vogue thanks to New Age religions.
"I think there is a rediscovery of angels in Christianity," Father Renzo Lavatori said on the sidelines of a conference on angels in a lavishly-frescoed Renaissance palace in Rome.
"You do not see angels so much as feel their presence," said Father Lavatori, adding: "They are a bit like sunlight that refracts on you through a crystal vase."
…He said the popularised image of angels is a necessary result of their being "back in fashion" but is dismissive of all the angel art around Christmas.
"There is space for that, but you have to understand that these are not real representations. Angels do not have wings or look like cherubs," he said. The widely-published Catholic clergyman is also a "demonologist" and says angels are more needed than ever because increasing secularisation and materialism in society have left an "open door" for the devil.
"There is a lot more interference from diabolical forces. That is why you see queues of people outside the exorcists' offices in churches…Pope Francis talks more about the devil than about angels and I think rightly so. But it's still early, he will get round to the angels too."
Should Atheist Politicians 'Come Out'?
20 Comments · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in culture
Writing in Politico, Jennifer Hecht laments the absence of any 'out' atheists in senior elective office.
On Real Time with Bill Maher last August, Maher asked his guest, newly retired Rep. Barney Frank, if he felt liberated now that he was a private citizen. Frank said he did, since he no longer gets phone calls saying someone screwed something up and he has to "unscrew it." Maher pressed on, saying, "You were in a fairly safe district. You were not one of those congresspeople who have to worry about every little thing. You could come on this show and sit next to a pot-smoking atheist, and it wouldn't bother you." Frank shot back: "Which pot-smoking atheist were you talking about?" Then he pointed back and forth to Maher and himself.
The audience loved it. Maher doubled over in laughter and delight. But while few seemed to care about Frank's pot-smoking admission, atheists across the country—myself included—were disappointed that he hadn't acknowledged his lack of religious belief sooner, when it could have made a real difference. We were left wondering why a man who served 16 terms in Congress and who bravely came out as gay all the way back in 1987 felt the need to hide his atheism until he was out of office. Was it really harder to come out as an atheist politician in 2013 than as a gay one 25 years ago?
Incredibly, the answer might be yes. For starters, consider that there is not a single self-described atheist in Congress today. Not one. It wasn't until 2007 that Rep. Pete Stark, a Democrat from Northern California, became the first member of Congress and the highest-ranking public official ever to admit to being an atheist. (And even he framed it in terms of religious affiliation, calling himself "a Unitarian who does not believe in a supreme being.") Stark was elected twice after this, but when the 20-term congressman lost his seat last year, it was to a 31-year-old primary challenger who attacked him as irreligious, citing, among other things, Stark's vote against our national motto: "In God We Trust."
Indeed, the same year that Stark came out, the Secular Coalition of America was able to identify only five atheist public officials in the entire United States. After Stark and a Nebraska state senator, the third-highest ranking atheist was a school-board president from Berkeley, Calif.—this despite the fact that, according to a 2012 Pew report, 6 percent of Americans say they don't believe in a higher power. That leaves at least 15 million Americans without any elected officials to represent their point of view….
Hmmm, "representing their point of view"? There are many things that I might hope for from legislators. Agreeing with their thoughts about God is a very long way down the list.
When it comes to this sort of thing, I've always thought that the late Henry IV of France (1553-1610) was onto something when he explained (apocryphally at least) why he had converted to Roman Catholicism on ascending the French throne. "Paris," he supposedly said, "is worth a mass". Going through a (to him) presumably meaningless ritual was no big deal if it paved the way to power.
What mattered was what he did with that power. And what he did was to be a good king, with achievements that included crushing the fanatics of the Catholic League, and promulgating the Edict of Nantes, which granted a good degree of religious tolerance to France's Protestant minority.
And so it should be here. If it takes a little hypocrisy for a good sound godless politician to get elected, so be it. Bring on the prayer breakfasts!
But one real cost to this silence it is the role that it has played in the rise of the assumption that those on the Right (except Randians and some of those wacky libertarians) are by definition religious, something that is by no means the case, as visitors to this site must surely know.
Annals of the Arab Spring (Ctd.)
Comments off · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in politics
Writing in the Spectator last month (behind the paywall) Aidan Hartley took a look at what is happening to Egypt's archeological heritage:
[W]ithin a kilometre of the Sphinx, I found the desert honeycombed with deep, freshly dug shafts. The criminals are not archaeologists, so they may be digging in vain, but if Egypt's authorities can't prevent treasure–hunters from doing this in the shadow of the last of the Seven Wonders of the World, then it's a safe bet they're not doing much to stop it elsewhere.
Some of the desecration is spurred on by religious zeal. Before he was deposed, President Morsi appointed as governor of Luxor a former member of Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, the terrorist group that murdered 64 people in the Temple of Hatsheput in 1997. Under his watch, monuments were neglected, while extreme Islamists began demanding the destruction of pre-Islamic monuments such as the Sphinx and pyramids.
One cleric, Sheikh Murgan Salem al-Gohary, said in a television broadcast aired in Egypt: 'All Muslims are charged with applying the teachings of Islam to remove such idols, as we did in Afghanistan when we destroyed the Buddha statues…'. Before they had a chance to blow up the Sphinx, the military seized power from the Muslim Brotherhood in June — but the looting escalated even further in the bloodshed that followed.
In August, mobs attacked a museum at Mallawi, in Middle Egypt, and looted 1,000 artefacts. They murdered a curator and vandalised what items they could not steal. Monica Hanna, a young Egyptologist who is struggling to rescue her country's heritage, rushed to the museum and led efforts to save the few exhibits remaining. She was shot at and menaced and when she asked the vandals what they were doing, the youths replied: 'This is the property of the state. The state is killing Muslims — so we are destroying what the state owns.'
In September, I accompanied Monica to Ansana, an early Christian complex of rock-hewn churches and ruined monasteries along the Nile. Ansana has never been properly studied, and now Islamists are destroying the sites altogether. In one church, we found 4th-century frescos of biblical scenes freshly scratched to pieces. Looters had tried to blow up one church with dynamite, acting on rumours that hoards of gold were hidden beneath the rock. A cemetery Monica said was for Christians martyred under Roman Emperor Diocletian at the end of the 3rd century had been recently desecrated, and we found piles of skulls and skeletons ripped out of tombs and kicked about the desert.
On one mountainside, Monica found a carved monument marking the boundary of the city of Amana, built by the iconoclastic Pharoah Akhenaten over 3,300 years ago. The vandals who defaced this exquisite work had helpfully recorded the date they did it — in February of this year…
The Return of the Clown Posse?
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God must be a Democrat. First Rick Santorum says that he might be open to a 2016 run, now Mike Huckabee appears to be mulling a shot.
The New York Times has the details:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas has not been among the Republicans frequently named as a potential 2016 presidential candidate, but he would like that to change.
"I'm keeping the door open," Mr. Huckabee said in an interview here Thursday night about the possibility of seeking his party's nomination again. "I think right now the focus needs to be on 2014, but I'm mindful of the fact that there's a real opportunity for me."
…Mr. Huckabee dismissed the notion that pride was a factor in his decision to float a possible campaign.
If Huckabee does decide to run again, I will as usual be waiting to see if he is willing to release the text of his sermons from back in the day. He has always been rather reluctant to do so. Can't think why.
2016 Elections · Mike Huckabee · Religious Right · Republican Party · Rick Santorum
Religious Freedom!
Comments off · Posted by Andrew Stuttaford in Church & State, law
I'll admit it. This made me laugh.
The Guardian reports:
In their zeal to tout their faith in the public square, conservatives in Oklahoma may have unwittingly opened the door to a wide range of religious groups, including Satanists who are seeking to put their own statue next to a Ten Commandments monument outside the statehouse. The Republican-controlled legislature in the state known as the buckle of the Bible Belt authorised the privately funded Ten Commandments monument in 2009. It was placed on the Capitol grounds last year despite criticism from legal experts, who questioned its constitutionality. The Oklahoma chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit seeking its removal.
But the New York-based Satanic Temple saw an opportunity. It notified the state's Capitol Preservation Commission that it wants to donate a monument and plans to submit one of several possible designs this month, said Lucien Greaves, a spokesman for the temple.
"We believe that all monuments should be in good taste and consistent with community standards," Greaves wrote in letter to state officials. "Our proposed monument, as an homage to the historic/literary Satan, will certainly abide by these guidelines."
And the little ones are not left out:
Greaves said one potential design involves a pentagram, a satanic symbol, while another is meant to be an interactive display for children.
For the children!
The Republican state representative Mike Ritze, who spearheaded the push for the Ten Commandments monument and whose family helped pay the $10,000 for its construction, declined to comment on the Satanic Temple's effort, but Greaves credited Ritze for opening the door to his group's proposal.
"He's helping a satanic agenda grow more than any of us possibly could," Greaves said. "You don't walk around and see too many satanic temples around, but when you open the door to public spaces for us, that's when you're going to see us."
The Oklahoma legislature has taken other steps that many believe blur the line that divides church and state. The House speaker said he wants to build a chapel inside the Capitol to celebrate Oklahoma's "Judeo-Christian heritage". Several lawmakers have said they want to allow nativity scenes and other religious-themed symbols in public schools. The Republican representative Bobby Cleveland, who plans to introduce one such bill next year, said many Christians feel they are under attack as a result of political correctness. He dismissed the notion of Satanists erecting a monument at the Capitol.
"I think these Satanists are a different group," Cleveland said. "You put them under the nut category."
Well yes, but…
The Guardian reports:
Dan Keller has left an Austin jail, a week after his wife was released – and 21 years after the pair were given a 48-year sentence for sexual assault during America's "Satanic panic" era. Fran Keller, 63, was released on bond last week after the Travis County district attorney agreed that the trial jury was probably swayed by the faulty testimony of an expert witness.
To supporters of Dan, 72, and Fran Keller, 63, their 1992 trial was a modern-day Texas witch-hunt that recalled the hysterical delusions of seventeenth-century Salem. The fuse was lit in August 1991, when a three-year-old girl on the way to a behavioural therapy session told her mother that Dan Keller had spanked her at the preschool he ran with his wife in Austin.
The girl told the therapist that Keller had sexually assaulted her using a pen and "pooped and peed on my head".
In subsequent months, two other children made similar claims about the Kellers. By the time the couple went on trial in November 1992, the allegations were significantly more lurid and involved allegations of ritual abuse, murder, dismemberment and animal sacrifice.
The Kellers were found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child, even though the three-year-old girl at the centre of the case recanted her claims in court.
The only physical evidence against the Kellers was the testimony of Dr Michael Mouw, who examined the girl in the emergency room of a local hospital after the therapy session and said he found tears in her hymen that potentially indicated that she was molested.
Mouw signed an affidavit last January in which he affirms that he now realises his inexperience led him to a conclusion that "is not scientifically or medically valid, and that I was mistaken."
In an appeal filed on behalf of Fran Keller earlier this year, her lawyer, Keith Hampton, also argued that the state presented misleading evidence about the cemetery, relied on a false witness confession and the testimony of a "quack" satanic abuse "expert", and that suggestive interview techniques had encouraged the children to make "fantastical false statements".
According to police reports and trial records, the children said that Dan Keller killed his dog and made children cut it up and eat it, "baptised" kids with blood and disembowelled pets, forcing children to drink the blood.The Kellers were also said to have decapitated and chopped up a baby, put the remains in a swimming pool and made the children jump in. In one account, the Kellers were said to have stolen a baby gorilla from a park and Frances cut off one of its fingers.
The pair, who apparently liked to wear robes, were said to have dug graves in a cemetery to hide dead animals and a passer-by who was shot and carved up with a chain saw…
21 years.
Something Rotten…
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Nick Cohen, writing in The Spectator:
Firoozeh Bazrafkan is frightened of nothing. Five foot tall, 31 years old, and so thin you think a puff of wind could blow her away, she still has the courage to be a truly radical artist and challenge those who might hurt her. She fights for women's rights and intellectual freedom, and her background means her fight has to be directed against radical Islam. As a Danish citizen, she saw journalists go into hiding and mobs attack her country's embassies just because Jyllands-Posten published cartoons of Muhammad that were so tame you could hardly call them 'satirical'. Bazrafkan is also the daughter of an Iranian family, and the Islamic Republic's subjugation of women revolts her.
When I met her, she was enduring a crash course in politically correct Europe's many hypocrisies. White Danes reported her to the police for writing that Muslim men abuse and murder their daughters, and adding for good measure that the 'Koran is more immoral, deplorable and crazy than manuals of the two other global religions combined'.
You could say that her remarks were offensive. You could say that the inattentive reader might just take them to mean that all Muslim men abuse and murder their daughters. But if every remark that someone might find offensive or misinterpret were banned, the human race would fall silent.
Liberal principles once held that the Danish state should only punish Bazrafkan if her words provoked violence. As it was, the court asked for no proof of actual incitement. (There was none to be had.) Instead, it acted as if criticism of religion — a system of beliefs which individuals should be free to choose and others should be free to criticise — was identical to racial prejudice, which all thinking people condemn because no one can choose his or her ethnicity.
The white 'liberal' judges therefore ruled that the Iranian-born artist was a 'racist' and gave her a criminal record for condemning honour killings and clerical misogyny…
And the story gets worse. Read the whole thing.
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The Quinnipiac University poll brought bad news virtually across the board for President Barack Obama. But three particular parts of the poll relating to young people between the ages of 18 and 29 deserves discussion.
The poll found that voters overwhelmingly disapprove of President Obama's handling of healthcare by a 24-point margin, at 36/60. The age demographic breakdown shows a 16-point divide in his approval rating among young people, at 40/56:
It's the lowest of the four age demographics, but still very important.
When Quinnipiac asked voters who they trust to do a better job on the healthcare issue, President Obama or Republicans in Congress, voters gave a very slight edge to the GOP. It's the first the Republicans have had an advantage of any kind on healthcare, according to the firm.
Holding any edge over President Obama on the healthcare issue, no matter how small, is important because he has staked his legacy on the issue. But the most interesting part is, yet again, the demographics. young people gave a 5-point edge to Republicans:


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At last year's Electronics Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, show-goers were treated to the first glimpse of a top-secret signed the Canadian developer as an elite "second-party," which means that Silicon Knights has joined the ranks of Rare Ltd., Left Field Studios, Retro Studios and NST as a Nintendo exclusive software house. Great news for Nintendo fans, to be sure, as Eternal Darkness has finally surfaced and it looks absolutely amazing.
The Story According to Silicon Knights The innocent human race, safe in its blind superiority is oblivious to the danger it walks amongst. The Ancients want to reclaim the Earth as their own, and have taken great pains to ensure their reign in the dawn of the new millennium. Secret Societies, hungry for power and domination, mad with their obsession, seek to restore the Ancients to their former mastery. Over the aeons the sects have been active, scheming and plotting in the darkness, worshipping entities and attempting to summon them, through arcane magicks, blood and sacrifice. Of these groups, few stories are told. Those who know too much perish swiftly, hunted and murdered to preserve the secrets. Beyond mankind's limited comprehension. An incomprehensible war, hidden by secrets and plagued by death. Innocents, who will be tainted. Hunted, murdered, martyred...
Long before humanity graced the Universe with its ideas, the Earth belonged to another species. An ancient species - unbound by physics or nature, purpose or ethic. Through the shifting of time, the relentless advance of ice and continental plate, this species was driven into the recesses of the world - to lie dormant, until such time as the conditions were right for their return.
The innocent human race, safe in its blind superiority is oblivious to the danger it walks amongst. The Ancients want to reclaim the Earth as their own, and have taken great pains to ensure their reign in the dawn of the new millennium. Secret Societies, hungry for power and domination, mad with their obsession, seek to restore the Ancients to their former mastery. Over the aeons the sects have been active, scheming and plotting in the darkness, worshipping entities and attempting to summon them, through arcane magicks, blood and sacrifice.
Of these groups, few stories are told. Those who know too much perish swiftly, hunted and murdered to preserve the secrets.
Beyond mankind's limited comprehension. An incomprehensible war, hidden by secrets and plagued by death. Innocents, who will be tainted. Hunted, murdered, martyred...
At first glance Silicon Knights' Eternal Darkness is bound to be compared to the Resident Evil franchise. It is, after all, a third-person action-adventure that transpires in horrific environments. Unlike Resident Evil 2 for Nintendo 64, though, Eternal Darkness runs on a fully 3D engine, enabling complete freedom of movement and, because backgrounds aren't pre-rendered, a totally scalable camera system. What this means for the player is 3D environments that are totally interactive and look beautiful.
In the game players control 13 different characters through a time period spanning 2000 years. Characters range from a benevolent monk during the paranoia of the Inquisition to a Special Forces commando deep behind enemy lines, and a medieval knight exploring ghostly castles. The interesting part of the adventure is that all of the characters play an integral part of the storyline, but according to Silicon Knights' president Denis Dyack, that doesn't mean they can't die. "I don't want to give anything away, but this is a serious drama -- it's a story about heroes and how people can unite to fight overwhelming odds, and people die when they do that. And our content is very serious."
Contributing to the continuing suspense of the title is a unique feature -- the Insanity Meter. As players progress through the title, a gauge on-screen indicates their level of sanity at all times. As the level drops, the character begins a slow, disturbing descent into madness. "It's one of the elements in the game that I think people will really enjoy," says Dyack. "As players come against these things that are totally unbelievable -- things they have never seen before -- they begin to question what's going on and their ability to deal with things is diminished. That affects gameplay and how the player feels. If your level of sanity becomes very, very low, weird things are going to start to happen." According to Dyack, players can actively keep their sanity level stable, but they've got to figure out how it's done. So, in essence, the Insanity Meter becomes yet another fascinating gameplay mechanic that must be taken into consideration as the adventure progresses.
Eternal Darkness also features a full up-close combat system that enables very deep fight sequences. Here players can use a variety of different weapons including everything from giant steel swords, laser sighted automatic rifles and arcade magic. The specifics of the up-close fighting system are not yet known, but we're told that it's very extensive. Expect more on this interesting addition from E3.
Take a look at the 640x480 screenshots of Eternal Darkness we've provided below before reading any further. The screen-grabs are of actual in-game footage, according to Silicon Knights, and everything still runs at 30 frames per second. The game uses the 4MB Expansion Pak, but surprisingly doesn't require it for a super-pretty high-resolution mode and numerous visual effects like real-time lighting and sweeping, cinematic camera angles that kick into action depending on the character's placement. The game utilizes a rock-solid 3D engine that outputs pre-rendered-quality visuals -- and by this we mean extraordinarily detailed textures and polygon models -- but with full freedom of movement and interactivity with the environments. The animation system is equally well designed, boasting fluid walk and run motion, as well as realistic fighting sequences -- and bloody too. "I think Eternal Darkness falls under the tradition of all Silicon Knights games," says Dyack. "It is a Mature product -- there is no question about that." It sure is, and that means players will have to battle through a series of grotesque scenarios. Some early examples include lopping off a mummy's head with a sword only to watch it re-sprout and then setting the undead monstrosity on fire where it finally dies.
A "very, very big" cartridge has been secured for Eternal Darkness -- probably at least 256 megabit and possibly 512 -- and Silicon Knights intends to make use of it with extensive audio capabilities. The game will feature lots of in-game speech from characters and will run in full Dolby Surround Sound, so expect to feel every scare as it screams out at you.
If you still think Nintendo 64 is just for kids, Eternal Darkness is going to prove you seriously wrong. The game, which Silicon Knights dubs a "psychological thriller," runs on a 3D engine so impressive that it wowed Nintendo into signing the developer as an elite second party, and the storyline is the absolute opposite of the standard. With 13 playable characters, historic environments spanning 2000 years, an up-close fighting system and positively spectacular graphics, this game has the potential to dethrone Resident Evil as the premiere scare franchise. Are we excited about it? You'd have to be insane not to be! And that reminds us, we have to check our Insanity Meter.
Look for Eternal Darkness to be fully playable at next week's Electronics Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. IGN64 will have full hands-on updates from the show. In the meantime, though, you can read our first impressions of last year's demo by clicking right here.
Eternal Darkness hits your Nintendo 64 this Halloween, October 31.
Read up on our interview with Silicon Knights' president Denis Dyack for more on Eternal Darkness by clicking here.
What do you think of Eternal Darkness so far? Send us an e-mail with your thoughts
And don't forget to check out Silicon Knights' official site by clicking Nintendo 64 game by Canadian developer Silicon Knights, the maker of the vampire RPG Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain) for PlayStation. The dark, moody and entirely beautiful title, called Eternal Darkness, wowed show goers despite its obvious early stage of completion with a wonderfully slick graphics engine, lush 3D environments and a gothic look mixed with Resident Evil-esque inspired gameplay mechanics totally expanded upon.
It has been nearly a year since 1999's E3 show and Silicon Knights has kept suspiciously quiet about its dark title -- until now. Earlier today Nintendo announced that it has right here.


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Rankin, T. "Rendering Local Community: Stories of Indivisible (Accepted)." Anchorage Museum of History and Art (October 2002).
Rankin, T. "Photography's Lure." (October 2002). (Academic Article)
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I saw this over the weekend. I have to admit that I was definitely emotional after seeing it.
Jack Hoffman is a 7 year old with brain cancer and a big fan of Nebraska football. At the annual spring game, he had a dream come true! He scored a touchdown in a game!
Even the reporters that aired this on Saturday were speechless, and I would go as far as to say that I would rather see this than any other Super Bowl moment. Even if the Bills were to somehow ever win!


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Monday, November 10, 2014
HOA Meeting
The HOA will hold a meeting on November 20, at 6:30 pm at the RCC Clubhouse. Please plan on attending to learn about the current reserves, fees, and impacts to our community.
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Riverton Water Update
It is highly recommend if you are available Thursday night, coming to this open house. Townhomes are looking at a $10.00/mo increase if JVWCD is voted in.
Thursday, November 6 at 5:00pm in MST
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Prudhoe or Haltwhistle, Northumberland.
Please specify in your application which location you prefer.
Prudhoe: 2nd Thursday to every month, 10.45am to 12.45pm
Haltwhistle: 2nd Thursday of Jan/ Mar/ May/ Jul/ Sep/ Nov, 9.30am to 12.00pm
Please note that we can be slightly flexible with shift times.
What will you be doing?
As Meet and Greet volunteer, you'll perform the following tasks:
- meet and greet visitors at reception, providing a friendly and polite welcome
- note the service users' names and check if they are already registered
- assist with registration forms, where necessary
- direct service users, families and visitors to the consulting room
- answer general queries about the clinic and its services
- refer enquiries to Action on Hearing Loss staff as required
- actively look for anyone who may be lost or may need help
- use your initiative and maintain the waiting area
- keep all information given or discussed within the service confidential
- attend relevant training
- promote the work of Action on Hearing Loss.
What skills do you need?
Here's what we think could be beneficial:
- friendly, reliable and approachable manner
- ability to approach visitors in a confident and caring manner
- ability to listen to questions and to answer appropriately, or signpost to Action on Hearing Loss staff as required
- happy to work with a wide range of people
- confidentiality with service users' information
- knowledge of, or willingness to learn about, issues affecting people confronting deafness, tinnitus or hearing loss- particularly older people.
Why do we need you?
It can take time for people to get used to hearing aids, understand the different settings and learn how to take care of them. The volunteers at our Hear to Help clinics therefore provide a valuable service to people who depend on their hearing aids for day-to-day tasks and social interactions.
What support will you get?
We value your time and commitment and want to make sure you are enjoying volunteering with us.
In a recent survey 92% of our volunteers would recommend Action on Hearing Loss as a good place to volunteer
Regular support will be given by your own Volunteer Manager especially in the early stages of your role as you settle in. You will also receive informal support from other Action on Hearing Loss volunteers and staff as you work together.
Here's what our volunteers say!
"I enjoy meeting people and helping them with their queries. Hearing loss can cause frustration and isolation, leading to loss of confidence. If I'm able to improve someone's quality of life by sharing information or raising awareness of how others can help, then that's very satisfying." RB
What training is offered?
Action on Hearing Loss offers full, on-going training for all volunteers including an induction programme and further training specific to the volunteering role. This may include:
- training in Understanding Hearing Loss
- volunteers also have the opportunity to attend other training relevant to their role.
What will you gain?
Our volunteers receive the following benefits:
- training – learning new skills, and gaining up-to-date knowledge of issues affecting people confronting deafness, tinnitus and hearing loss
- experience – meeting new people in different situations, building new friendships with other Action on Hearing Loss volunteers
- fulfilment– knowing that the time you provide will make a real difference to the people we support, and raising deaf awareness throughout society as a whole
- expenses – all reasonable expenses incurred as a result of your volunteering will be reimbursed according to the Action on Hearing Loss expenses policy
- opportunity to try other volunteering roles locally with Action on Hearing if available.
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In medical terms a person is considered to be 'obese' or 'overweight' when their body weight is around 20% excess than the conventional body weight or if the person's BMI (Body Mass Index) is greater than 25.
The causes for obesity and overweight are:
- Inactivity – Our daily physical activities become less as we tend to spend more time in a rested position, for example when watching TV, studying for a long time, etc. Also lack of daily physical exercise regimen also causes the body weight to increase.
- Environment – Lack of recreational space nearby, strenuous working hours and schedules, excessive food portion habits, junk food diet and other unhealthy food habits.
- Hereditary – If even one the parent suffers from obesity then you are more likely to become overweight.
- Drugs & Medicines – Certain seizure medicines, anti-depressants and corticosteroids are known to induce obesity in people.
- Emotions – Stress, anger and boredom are the emotions that tend to make people eat in excess.
- Age – Aging causes the muscular volume in a person to become less, this results in decreasing the rate at which your body burns calories. Menopause in women is also known to add weight.
- Pregnancy – A woman's weight increases naturally during pregnancy to support the fetus in its development and nourishment. Although after delivery some women find it hard to lose the weight gained during pregnancy and this leads to obesity often.
These are the main causes of a person getting overweight and obese. Morbid obesity and excess of overweight in a person can lead to serious medical diseases and disorders.
These are the disorders and diseases that are likely to be caused due to obesity and overweight:
- Heart Diseases – An excessive increase in a person's body mass index (BMI) results in formation of coronary plaque around the vital coronary arteries that connect the heart. This plaque-formation causes these coronary arteries to become constricted, or completely blocked, which directly results in angina (chest pain) or a cardiac arrest (heart attack).
- Increased blood pressure – Obesity has been found to be directly related to cause high blood pressure in an overweight person.
- Stroke – The risk of stroke increases with an increase in the BMI. Obesity causes plaque-formation in the arteries which may rupture sometimes and cause a blood clot in the artery. This blood clot may reach the vicinity of the brain and result in a decrease of blood and oxygen to the brain, hence, resulting in a stroke.
- Type-2 Diabetes – Obesity has been known to affect the insulin production capacity of the body which results in the person to acquire type-2 diabetes.
These are a few of the many major medical disorders that are known to be caused by obesity.
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Doctors suggest certain reliable treatment methods to lose the excess weight and get rid of obesity, these are:
- Lifestyle changes – Doctors initially will suggest an obese person to make certain lifestyle alterations in order to decrease their weight, such as regulating the 'energy balance' to more correct levels or adopting healthy eating habits that includes more naturally healthy food and less junk food, eating smaller portions in a meal and following a strict diet regimen.
- Exercise – Increase in physical activity in combination with less calories intake in your daily diet results in weight loss. Physical activity will also help you prevent a number of other health ailments such as heart diseases, cancer and diabetes.
- Medicines – The doctor may prescribe certain medicinal drugs that are known to be helpful in losing weight. If the change in lifestyle is not sufficiently effective in helping you lose weight the doctor may suggest medicines to be taken along with the dietary plan.
- Surgery – Morbid obesity (BMI of 40 and above) is likely to be treated using one of the many weight loss surgical procedures. Types of weight-loss surgeries include gastric bypass, lap band surgery, gastric sleeve surgery, etc.


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I have nearly 20 years of experience working on issues related to woody plant stress. I am particularly interested in the impact of water stress on trees, and have spent most of my career instructing students, Green Industry professionals, Master Gardeners and the public on landscape water conservation strategies. I also have an interest in marketing social change, and I have used a variety of strategies to help citizens move towards positive behavior related to urban landscape sustainability.
- Ph.D. Iowa State University, 2004 (Horticulture / Plant Physiology)
- M.S. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 2000 (Biology)
- B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1979 (Agriculture)
- 2010 – Present – Horticulture Specialist, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
- 2004 – 2010 – Extension Ornamental Horticulture Specialist, Utah State University
- 2000 – 2004 – Plant Sciences Institute Fellow, Iowa State University
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- Associations
- Member, American Society for Horticultural Science
- Member, Ecological Society of America
- Member, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society
- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Professional Service (Selected)
- 2015 – President, Nevada Landscape Association
- 2015 – Present – Associate Editor, Native Plants Journal
- 2013 – Present – National eXtension Water Conservation for Lawn and Landscape Community of Practice
- 2010 – Present – National eXtension Master Gardener Coordinators' Committee
- 2006 – Present – Formal reviewer (by appointment), Journal of Extension
- Multistate Collaborative Activities
- Founder/member, WERA 1013: Intermountain Regional Evaluation and Introduction of Native Plants, USDA-NIFA Western Regional Extension/Education and Research Activity
- Industry Honors/Awards
- 2015 – Outstanding Service Award, Nevada Landscape Association
- 2012 – Education/Research Award, Nevada Landscape Association
- 2006 – Utah Nursery and Landscape Association Board of Directors Leadership Award
Recent Grants
- Kratsch, H. 2015-2016. Bioplastic Container Cropping Systems-Supplemental Funds. Subaward through Iowa State University on USDA-NIFA Specialty Crops Research Initiative (Supplemental). $17,948.
- Kratsch, H. 2014-2016. Enhancing Professionalism and Continuing Education Opportunities for Nevada's Green Industry. Nevada Division of Forestry. $4,954.
- Kratsch, H. 2013-2014. Demonstration and Education about Penstemons for Great Basin Landscapes. American Penstemon Society. $931.
- Davison, J. and H. Kratsch. 2014-2016. Nevada Extension Integrated Pest Management Coordination and Support Program, USDA-NIFA. $384,900
- Kratsch, H. 2012-2013. Demonstration, Propagation and Outreach Education Related to Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Program (GBNPSIP) Plant Materials. U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (supplemental). $4,950.
- Davison, J., S. Donaldson, and H. Kratsch. 2011-2013. Nevada Extension Integrated Pest Management Coordination and Support Program, USDA-NIFA. $352,770.
- Kratsch, H. 2011-2016. Bioplastic Container Cropping Systems: Green Technology for the Green Industry. Subaward through Iowa State University on USDA-NIFA Specialty Crops Research Initiative. $139,672.
- Kratsch, H. and K. Seymour. 2011-2012. Community Gardens Build Healthy Kids. 2011. Nevada Department of Health and Human Services. $7,927
Recent Publications
- Kratsch, H., Skelly, J.A., Hill, G., and Donaldson, S. 2017. Using Cluster Analysis to Target Educational Messages to Consumers. Journal of Extension 55(1) Article 1FEA1. Available at: https://www.joe.org/joe/2017february/a1.php.
- Sriladda, C., Kratsch, H., Larson, S., Monaco, T., Shen, F.-A., Kjelgren, R. K. 2016. Interspecific Hybrid of Xeric Shepherdia rotundifolia and Riparian Shepherdia argentea: Description, and Traits Suitable for Low-water Urban Landscapes. HortScience. 51(7):822-828.
- Schrader, J.A., H.A. Kratsch, W.R. Graves (eds.). 2016. Bioplastic Container Cropping Systems: Green Technology for the Green Industry. Ames, Iowa: Sustainable Horticulture Research Consortium.
- Kratsch, H.A., Schrader, J.A., McCabe, K.G., Srinivasan, G., Grewell, D., & Graves, W.R. 2015. Performance and biodegradation in soil of novel horticulture containers made from bioplastics and biocomposites. HortTechnology 25(1):119-131.
- Sriladda, C., Kjelgren, R., Kratsch, H., Monaco, T., Larson, S., and F.-A. Shen. 2014. Ecological adaptation of the endemic Shepherdia rotundifolia to conditions in its Colorado Plateau range. Western North American Naturalist 74(1): 79-91.
- Bennett, P., E. Bauske, A. O'Connor, J. Reeder, C. Busch, H. Kratsch, E. Leger, A. O'Callaghan, P. Nitzsche, and A. J. Downer. 2013. Expanding Master Gardener Volunteer Program Outreach. HortTechnology 23(4): 411-415.
- Sriladda, C., H.A. Kratsch, S.R. Larson, R.K. Kjelgren. 2012. Morphological and genetic variation among four high desert Sphaeralcea species. HortScience 47(6):715-720.
- Rosenberg, D.E., K. Kopp, H.A. Kratsch, L.A. Rupp, P. Johnson, and R. Kjelgren. 2011. Landscape Engineering: identifying costs, water use, labor, and impacts to support landscape choice. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) 47(3):635-649.
Recent Books
- Kratsch, H.A. (editor and chapter author). 2011. Water-efficient landscaping in the Intermountain West: A professional and do-it-yourself guide. Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah.


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Drake Martin, the Yorkie shifter, and Sufi of the North American Shape-shifters, returns and this time he has a new shifter to play tag with.
A Cat
Kady Martin, Drake's wife, has a new alter-ego as Tabitha, the Russian Blue Maltese.
A New Game of Tag
Twenty-six years later, the dog and cat play more than tag when, with their son and mixed array of shape-shifting friends, battle a new monster in town.
Death follows the happily married couple as carnage and mayhem run rampant in the streets of the Big Easy. With help from family, the shifter clan, and white magic the loving pair maneuvers through rebellious children, while battling the terminal illness of a dear friend, and the menace bent on bringing the city to her knees.
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Manchester United have made Borussia Dortmund's Mats Hummels a top target for the summer as they prepare for Louis van Gaal's potential arrival, according to reports from The Mirror.
The Dutch boss is expected to take over at Old Trafford when his responsibilities with the Holland national team come to a close after the World Cup, with some speculation suggesting a deal between all parties involved has been agreed.
Former manager David Moyes was expected to have in excess of £100m to spend in the transfer market, and it appears likely that van Gaal will be given the same luxury.
Although a creative midfielder has long been thought of as the major priority, the experienced coach really wants a rugged defender to replace Nemanja Vidic.
Hummels is believed to be the name at the top of a list submitted to United by van Gaal, and the club are believed to be ready to attempt a £30m move for the German star.
Other players he also wants include Toni Kroos of Bayern Munich and compatriot Kevin Strootman, who plays for Roma.
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Bob, Anne, and Dan demonstrated many kinds for scanners along with the software packaged with them. [two film/slides scanners; a book scanner; a high-speed, double-sided, auto-feed scanner; a portable wand scanner; a FlipPal portable scanner; and an older flat bed (resurrected with Vue Scan software). A version of the Abby Fine Reader (OCR) is frequently included with such hardware, plus the manufacturers' own driver software, and often, some ancillary programs for supplementing and simplifying the workflow.]
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Getting the Name Right
When you enter a name as a contact in Microsoft Outlook 2003, Outlook both enters the name as typed, and parses it in the File As field to put the last name first. But the parsing doesn't always work right. Enter a name like Louis de Bruijn, and it turns up in the File As field as Bruijn, Louis de, when it should be de Bruijn, Louis. Is there any way around this problem?
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Even when you click on the Full Name button and explicitly enter de Bruijn as the last name, Outlook doesn't get it right. There are two ways to deal with this. One choice is to set Outlook to enter the name in the File As field as First Name Last Name, which sidesteps the problem entirely. The other is to fix the entry manually.
To set Outlook to use First Name Last Name in the File As field, choose Tools | Options, then the Preferences tab. Under Contacts, choose the Contact Options button and, for the Default "File As" order, choose First Last, then OK. Outlook will file all future entries without trying to parse them. This won't, however, affect any entries you already have.
To fix the entry manually, create a new contact record and enter the name in the Full Name field. Move to the File As field, fix the entry as needed, and then close and save the record. Outlook will accept and store your change.


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Fulham have confirmed their ninth signing of the summer with Nikolay Bodurov joining from top flight Bulgarian side Litex Lovech, their official website reports.
The 28-year-old defender who can play at both centre-back and right-back has signed a three-year deal with the London club with an option for a further year.
Bodurov has played in the Champions League and Europa League with Litex Lovech and made his international debut in October 2010 when Bulgaria took on Wales – he's been capped 24 times by his nation.
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Dead Politician Society
After the mayor falls down dead in the middle of a speech, a clandestine student society claims credit for his demise.
Clare Vengel is given her first undercover assignment: to pose as a student and penetrate the society. A streetwise amateur mechanic, Clare finds university a foreign land, and she has trouble creating an in with the suspects. She quickly alienates a popular professor and loses the respect of her police superiors.
When another politician is killed, Clare kicks herself into high gear. She forges friendships with students and makes inroads into the secret society.
As the body count rises, Clare realizes that the murderer she has to unmask is someone she has come to consider a friend. She only hopes the friend doesn't unmask her first.
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1% worry about Occupy Wall Street
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It turns out our corporate overlords are worried about Occupy Wall Street. The American Bankers Association paid a Washington lobby firm $850,000 to conduct opposition research to discredit the movement. In their report to the bankers they revealed they are worried that Democrats will embrace the movement and that Republicans might not defend Wall Street companies.
Wall Street bankers are also concerned that Occupy and the Tea Party might find common ground. Tea Party activists are also against the government handing out trillions to banks who use the money, not to create jobs in America, but to buy European Debt Derivatives. They are concerned that the 99% on the bottom will organize and overthrow the hold the 1% has on the Congress.
Sometimes when a movement doesn't know what to do and they find out the opposition is afraid they might do something – then that is a clue about what to do. If the banks are afraid the people will unite then the people should unite. I think those of us on the left should open a dialogue with those on the right and see where we have common ground and can work together. I think that we can find common ground that America is about "We the People" and not "We the Banks".


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Having Another Baby
How do you know when it's time to have another child?
Our Daddy MD Guide's reply: This question comes about every day, and it's one that my wife and I certainly grappled with when deciding when to have our second child. The answer is frequently evasive, and commonly divisive, but always deeply personal. Never look to a professional to tell you when the time is right, but maybe look for advice regarding when the time is wrong. I recommend waiting at least six months before becoming pregnant, although it is likely safe at three. I also caution women that while safe, breastfeeding is frequently more difficult while pregnant. Remember that babies don't come until nine months after conception, and that "hyper-planning" often results in frustration.
— Randall J. Burt, MD, a dad of a nine-year-old daughter and a seven-year-old son and an obstetrician and gynecologist in private practice in Plano, Texas.
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FamilyGamerTV released several great new videos today featuring all sorts of detailed looks inside the many features of Disney Infinity 3.0 including a first look at the Toy Box Hub & Disney Original Figures like Olaf! Each of the separate sets of Infinity 3.0 Figures got their own video, Twilight of the Republic, Rise of the Empire and the Disney Originals were each featured in their own clips. While we got a glimpse of the Inside Out playset on a previous weeks Toy Box TV, the FamilyGamerTV Inside Out Toy Tour (update: sadly, it seems this video has been made private) is video is our first real close look at the new Pixar film's five emotions. You can watch the video at the bottom of the page!
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- John Vignocchi shared that the film made him cry several times.
- The film takes place in the mind of Riley as she moves to a new town and faces new emotions.
- The Playset is actually a sequel to the film and takes place after the events in the movie.
- Disney Interactive worked closely with Pixar to develop the story line for the playset.
- The story line begins with Riley watching a horror movie then falling asleep, where her subconscious goes a little crazy.
- Players will face off against scary monsters including "Broccoli Monsters"!
- The figures memory orbs (each character has one) sit over an open hole through the bottom of the base to allow the Infinity Portal to light them up when users are playing.
- Certain levels will have particular advantages for different characters and will require each of their unique skills to fully master the course.
- New gameplay style similar to Rayman or Crash Bandicoot – more along the lines of a 2D Puzzle Platform
Joy comes packaged with the Inside Out playset along side Anger. Her figure is bright and fun and features a joyful memory orb at it's base.
Anger is also packaged with the Inside Out Playset. He is the shortest of the figures and has an awesome little textured tie. His figure base features an angry memory orb.
John Vignocchi confirmed in his narration that Lewis Black will be returning to do the voice work for the Figure!
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The storms cleared and the clouds headed out, leaving the perfect backdrop for sunset at North Head Sanctuary, in Manly, NSW, Australia. North Head marks the entry to Sydney Harbor with dramatic cliffs and views for miles and miles. It is part of Sydney Harbor National Park and one of my favorite spots.
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