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I. The Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born out of Wedlock, drawn up within the Council of Europe by a committee of governmental experts under the authority of the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CCJ), was opened to signature by member states of the Council of Europe on 15 October 1975.
II. The text of the explanatory report prepared by the committee of experts and submitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, as amended and completed by the CCJ, does not constitute an instrument providing an authoritative interpretation of the Convention, although it might be of such a nature as to facilitate the application of the provisions contained therein.
1. In 1970 the question of the legal status of children born out of wedlock was included by the Committee of Ministers in the chapter of the Intergovernmental Work Programme of the Council of Europe concerning legal activities.
2. The study of this question was recommended by the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (hereafter called the CCJ), which had noted that present legislation in the various European states is tending to improve the situation of children born out of wedlock. The CCJ considered, therefore, that concerted action at a European level would be highly useful.
3. Furthermore, the Committee of Ministers adopted, on 15 May 1970, Resolution (70) 15 on the social protection of unmarried mothers and their children which had been prepared by the Social Committee of the Council of Europe.
4. The work of the Social Committee in the field mentioned above, and notably that of the ad hoe sub-committee instituted for this purpose, has also touched upon some legal aspects of the protection of children born out of wedlock. It was thus agreed that the C0 should take this work into account when carrying out the study of the problem of the legal status of children born out of wedlock.
5. For the study of this problem, the CCJ instituted, with the approval of the Committee of Ministers, an intergovernmental committee of experts whose terms of reference were to examine means of reducing the wide disparities at present existing in the legal status of children born out of wedlock. The Chairman of the ad hoe sub-committee of the Social Committee participated in the work of the committee of experts.
6. In carrying out its task, the committee of experts held six meetings during which it prepared a draft Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born out of Wedlock and a draft explanatory report to accompany this Convention.
7. The draft Convention and the draft explanatory report were submitted to the CCJ for consideration and observations. Taking into account the observations made by the governments and the Legal Affairs Committee of the Consultative Assembly, the CCJ set up a sub-committee with the task of revising the draft Convention in the light of the above-mentioned observations. The subcommittee held a meeting and submitted to the CCJ a revised text of the draft Convention and the explanatory report. The Committee of Ministers then adopted the text of the Convention, as submitted to it by the CCJ and authorised the publication of the explanatory report. The Committee of Ministers also decided to open the Convention to the signature of member states of the Council of Europe at their 249th meeting in October 1975.
8. The rules which have been set out in the Convention have as their objective to assimilate the legal status of children born out of wedlock with those born in wedlock and also to contribute consequently to the harmonisation of the laws of states in this field.
9. However, as not all states are able to achieve this objective immediately, the Convention, by means of a system of reservations inspired by the system already in use in the European Convention on Adoption of 1967, allows states to achieve this progressively by requiring reservations to be re-examined every five years.
10. This Convention does not deal with all problems relating to the legal status of children born out of wedlock. In particular, it does not deal with the question whether paternal affiliation, evidenced or established as provided in Article 3 or legitimisation by subsequent marriage as provided in Article 10, should have retrospective effect.
11. As far as terminology in the Convention and the explanatory report is concerned, it should be noted that the terms:
- "father" and "mother", "parent" or "parents" mean a person or persons in respect of whom the affiliation of a child has been evidenced or established;
- "internal law" means the law of the Contracting State without prejudice to the eventual application of the rules of private international law.
Article 1
12. The measures referred to in this article will usually take the form of legal or administrative texts. These measures should be taken not later than the entry into force of the Convention in relation to the Contracting Party concerned. A Contracting Party will, however, be considered to have brought its law into line with the provisions of the Convention if a firm and constant practice implementing those provisions exists. Thus the term "law" used in the English text is to be taken, throughout the Convention, to mean legal rules of general application, including a firm and constant practice.
Article 2
13. The principle set out in the Convention and which is in force in most of the member states of the Council of Europe is that maternal affiliation is automatically established by the sole fact of giving birth to the child.
In unusual cases. where the mother is unknown, the maternal affiliation is established by the sole fact of the birth but would only come into full effect when the identity of the mother becomes known.
14. In some states, however, maternal affiliation is only established if the name of the mother is included in the birth certificate, and for some of the states even this indication is insufficient. According to the legislation of these states it is also possible to register a child at birth without giving the name of the mother. These states, if they maintain their legislation, may make reservations as provided for by Article 14.
15. The committee took into consideration the convention of the International Commission of Civil Status (ICCS) relating to the establishment of maternal affiliation of natural children of 12 September 1962. It came to the conclusion that the 1962 Convention may only constitute an intermediate stage in relation to the present Convention.
Article 3
16. This article sets out two ways of evidencing or establishing paternal affiliation as explained hereafter. It also sets out the general rule according to which legal proceedings to determine paternity should in all cases be allowed.
17. Thus, subject to reservations formulated in accordance with Article 14, any provision of the internal law limiting cases in which legal proceedings to establish paternity may be brought will be incompatible with the Convention.
18. The internal law shall determine the form of voluntary recognition. Such a recognition may arise in particular when the father makes a declaration on the birth certificate or on an official document, for example before the registrar, the courts, notaries, youth officers etc.
Furthermore, any doubt concerning the will of the person making the voluntary recognition is governed by the internal law.
19. The question was raised as to whether or not Article 3 is complied with if affiliation is established when the presumed father of the child, stated to be such in an administrative order, has failed to contest his paternity before a judicial authority within the relevant time limit.
It was thought that such an omission amounted to an implicit voluntary recognition and therefore the method in question complied with the provisions of the Convention.
20. The determination of the persons or authorities who may or shall take action to establish paternity of a child born out of wedlock as well as the time limits within which such proceedings may be brought are left to the internal law.
21. The words "judicial decision" include the decision of a judicial authority or an administrative authority acting judicially. This matter is left to the internal law to determine.
22. In certain states the establishment of paternal affiliation of some children born as a result of an adulterous association is not allowed. These states may formulate a reservation if they consider that they are not in a position to repeal the prohibition immediately.
23. The states may also formulate a reservation if they wish to maintain the prohibition on establishing an affiliation which would bring to light the incestuous nature of the relationship between the begetters of the child. However it was recognised that a single reservation could apply both to children born out of adulterous associations and to children born out of incestuous associations.
Article 4
24. This article preserves the possibility of opposing or contesting a voluntary recognition when the person seeking to recognise or who had recognised the child is not the biological father. It was noted that some states made use of the procedure of opposition, others made use of the procedure of contestation, while other states made use of both these procedures. For this reason the terms "opposed" or "contested" are both contained in Article 4.
25. The question of those persons or authorities who may oppose or contest a voluntary recognition is not dealt with by the Convention; this question is left to the internal law.
Article 5
26. This article applies to proceedings brought either to establish or contest paternity.
27. Owing to the importance of establishing an affiliation scientific evidence should be allowed. Evidence relates particularly to the methods of evidence resulting from recent advances in the field of heredo-biology and anthropo-biology.
The evidential material would permit the determination in many cases of the biological father of a child born out of wedlock, even where the mother had had sexual relations with several men during the presumed period of conception. As a result of this the prevailing reluctance to allow legal proceedings to take place in such cases was not shared.
28. The Convention does not affect the general rules of the internal law as to the rules of evidence.
Article 6
29. This article imposes on the father and mother of a child born out of wedlock and on certain members of his family the same obligation to maintain this child as in the case of a child born in wedlock. In order to determine the content, the extent, the duration etc. of this obligation reference should be made to the relevant provisions of the internal law relating to children born in wedlock. Thus children born out of wedlock should be treated in this matter on an equal footing with those born in wedlock.
30. The respective contributions of the father and mother and the members of their family for the payment of maintenance is left to the internal law.
Article 7
31. The attribution or transfer of parental authority is left to be determined by the internal law.
32. However, the effect of paragraph 1 of this article is to prevent paternal affiliation, established in respect of a child born out of wedlock whose maternal affiliation has already been established according to Article 2, from automatically resulting in the attribution of parental, authority to the father only. Therefore this rule is applicable only if the affiliation has been established in the case of both parents; it does not prevent the parental authority of a child born out of wedlock from being attributed jointly to the father and mother. This last solution would be very appropriate for the child when its parents, though not married, share a common household.
This does not prevent the parental authority from being attributed or given to a third party.
This same paragraph only deals with the situation where the mother is able to exercise parental authority; it does not prevent a provision of the internal law allowing parental authority to revert automatically to the father alone in a case where the mother is unable to exercise it.
33. According to paragraph 2 the internal law must provide for the transfer of parental authority. Thus it would be possible either to take the parental authority away from one of the parents to give it to the other or to a third party or, when it belongs to one of the parents, to give it to both or, furthermore, when it belongs to both parents, to give it to just one of them or to a third party. It is for the internal law to determine the cases for transfer; one such case might be where the parental authority is conferred on the mother and the mother dies or finds herself unable to exercise such authority or is regarded as not being fit to exercise it.
Article 8
34. This article imposes upon the Contracting Parties the obligation to provide in their internal laws for the possibility that the parent who does not have parental authority over or the custody of the child, might obtain access to it in appropriate cases. It is for the internal law to determine these cases, for example by providing that this right should be given whenever the interests of the child require it or else whenever access would not be contrary to the child's interests.
35. The exercise of this right to access would be granted or refused by a judicial or administrative authority. Where the exercise of such right of access is granted, the competent authority shall determine where necessary the extent and manner of such exercise.
Article 9
36. This article gives children born out of wedlock the same rights of succession as children born within wedlock.
Article 10
37. It was agreed that this assimilation need not be automatic but could be subject to a judicial or administrative authority establishing that the conditions have been fulfilled.
38. It was understood that the Convention does not forbid a Contracting Party from providing, by its internal law, a single legal status for all children and also does not forbid this party from taking special measures of protection for those children who do not live with their parents.
Articles 11 to 16
39. These articles are in conformity with similar provisions as set out in other agreements or conventions of the Council of Europe. Article 14 was drawn from the European Convention on the Adoption of Children.
40. As a result of the first paragraph of Article 14 a state may only formulate a maximum of three reservations. It is for the state to withdraw its reservations at an appropriate moment in order to attain progressively the objectives of assimilation in Articles 2 to 10.
41. It was agreed that the word "provision" in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of Article 14 refers to the contents of a single paragraph, therefore Articles 6 and 7 are to be considered as containing two provisions each.
42. A reservation made by a state under Article 14 in no way prevents a judge of another Contracting State from declaring contrary or not to public policy either the application of the law of the first state where it is applicable according to the rules of private international law or the recognition or enforcement of a judicial decision given in another state on the basis of the said law.


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Hi Bloggers,
Just a few submissions ago i did a review on the big re-launch campaign the website Jingit was supposed to give us March 11th, i was hoping for an awesome stream of brand new ads campaigns online and instore that day and alest make my first $1.00 since September 2012. Well that did not happen and i was very disspointed, you can read my review here: http://www.bubblews.com/news/305169-big-disapointment
A Change Of Heart??
It seems Jingit is trying hard and doing the best they can but this site is going to be different than it was last year, time will tell. Currently they have an ad running on the mobile app for .15 cents for 7Up but you have to be alest 18+ to participate which does not sit well with younger fans. I inquried about this sudden change in restrictions and Jingit says the 7Up ad is the only one, currently that has age restrictions - the rest should be open to all users. I dont know if jingit is trying to steer us away from online earning and into apps and checkins- i surly hope not as i don't shop instore often (maybe twice a month fo groceries)
Another ads rolling out this week are Saving Star & Macfee (promotional 50% off offer available) and hopefuuly Purex laundry detergent according to the Twitter Feed.
I did notice that, although few and far between, the Jingit ads are paying more than they offered last year. about 15-20 cents per AD.
Will I reach my $15 per week cash out?
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What it says on the tin, really.
I tend to tweet about politics quite a bit, as I tweet about most things that interest me, but livetweeting is something I personally got into accidentally last year. Yes, I know lots of people have been doing it for ages. It wasn't a concerted effort, I just found that it was sometimes easier and less painful for my household if I watched X Factor up here in my studio, on the computer, rather than on the actual telly. I've been using TweetDeck's marvellous columns function to manage my Twitter feeds for some time now, and, well, instead of the odd comment (which I'd made during, e.g. Eurovision) I found I was tweeting the whole way through each episode of the godawful competition, responding to many, many comments from others and being retweeted quite often. I don't understand livetweeting good TV programmes where lots is happening, but the sort you talk through or where there's a lot of waiting around…hell yeah.
So of course I ended up twitting my way through the UK General election. From 10pm on Thursday 6th May, when the exit polls came out and the BBC Election Night programme started, my tweeting picked up in earnest and I was at my screens until 3.45am, when I was starting to feel depressed, and started back up four hours later. Hero of the week, David "Dimbo" Dimbleby, became something of a fascination as he kept broadcasting right through to about 4pm on Friday, and continued to pop up in programmes until Tuesday night. He started to make the same sort of dazed, baffling comments that we all do when half asleep and looked like I felt – a wizened, overtired, overcaffeinated tortoise…but one with passion. His interactions with Paxman were worth the price of entry alone.
I began to understand areas of policy that had previously been very hazy in my sleepless state, and engaged in rigorous and thrilling debate with followers from across the voting spectrum. Especially as details of coalitions began to emerge – I started taking more breaks, but I kept up my tweets as the Cabinet was announced yesterday – and those with connections high up in the Liberal Democrats began musing on the concessions to be made. The BBC News channel became my constant companion.
Every story has a villain, and apart from the Tories themselves, ours was Nick Robinson for the BBC and his ridiculous Conservative bias, along with Kay Burley and Adam Boulton at Sky. It's not just not being on "our side", it's the vast amount of nonsense spoken. We don't elect prime ministers in the UK, we elect MPs. The Conservatives did not win. Proportional Representation is not a lunatic concept. Oh, and it is VERY funny when the entirety of the media starts to comment on the slashiness of the Clegg/Cameron relationship and people actually start to write fanfiction about the pair. The Downing Street garden press conference did look like a wedding reception, after all. Mpreg by Christmas (Google exists for the terms you may not understand).
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Ever wonder why it takes some government administrations 18-24 months to construct a set of social media policies?
Inexperience, fear and lacking the will to engage.
Many government administrators and elected officials I've spoken to off the record don't actually want "citizen engagement." It's political suicide to say this publicly, but behind the scenes they'd rather we as citizens simply pay our taxes, get out of their way, and "let us do our jobs." Until it's time to vote of course.
Some elected officials exclaim they are "engaging" constituents or residents because they upload a YouTube video that answered a question from a citizen posed via a private email form, as was the case with Premier Stelmach and the Ask Premier Ed program. However, he was only prepared to answer a few select questions and post a few videos over a short period of time. I would have preferred on-going "real-time" engagement with citizens, however, most politicians and administrators are unwilling to answer questions from citizens live and on camera.
This shouldn't surprise us as many elected officials are surrounded by "advisors." These are the folks who are recommending these placating options to their bosses. "Better control of the message, and we'll look innovative and engaging because we're using social media." they'll say. Personally, I wouldn't consider the above initiative as innovative or truly engaging, but it is better than nothing. Government innovation is often a much more benign interpretation when compared to the private sector, so it can be tough to swallow for many of us.
I'd rather learn about the leader's ability to lead and think on their feet regarding important issues that mean something to my family and I, rather than the watered down safe answer constructed by someone else behind closed doors. I don't care what tier of government we're talking about in this case, municipal, provincial, or federal. Will the real leaders step forward please?
Why am I referencing such an old project? Simple, it's Q2 2011 and I've been reflecting on how far we've come in the last couple of years in this regard.
How far have we travelled since this post in 2009? Has the bureaucratic culture changed? I'd say not much, if any. The majority of elected officials, administrators, heads of communication departments are still fearful of change, loss of control, innovation and citizen engagement. That's at the core of why it takes 18-24 months to construct a social media policy document. The official response is, "we need to consult with all departments." Ok, but does this need to happen over 2 years? What they're also doing is learning, about a world they're not a part of by attending seminars and workshops, and learning is always a good thing. A seminar or two doesn't make them experts by any means, but it definitely does provide a foundation, as long as, the sources of information are experienced.
How much does this cost?
Let's add up the conservative and approximate cost of a government social media policy document.
A team of 2 or 3 government communications employees, holding several meetings over 2 years internally in the comms department – $3,000.
One workshop attended – Add $2,500.
Then involve people from other departments as part of the "stakeholder engagement" meeting process – Add $20,000.
Several revisions of the draft document, unofficial updates to bosses, supervisors, along with official updates to Council or Ministers – Add $15,000. All calculations used in this example are estimated at $20/hr per government employee for a hyper conservative $40,500 in resource time spent.
Add to that the shear enormity of opportunity lost to improve citizen engagement, government processes and delivery of services across an entire government over 24 months, and the number gets ridiculous. Government is expensive, not only because it's big but mostly because it's inefficient. And remember, just because we now have the guidelines for the use of social technologies, doesn't actually mean these departments will know how to be effective or generate results. They still need to be trained and most will report to someone who has no interest in becoming involved in social media, leading to more frustration for those who really want to make a difference with this new found opportunity.
Citizens need to participate too
Sitting on the couch on election day is irresponsible. Ignoring elected officials while they govern our lives is irresponsible. Citizen complacency is rampant, so even when a daring government agency actually wants to engage with us and get an honest opinion about their project, only a fraction of the voices come forward, that has to change.
This is our government, they work for us, so get involved. I realize that most citizens don't understand how our governments work, what actually happens to our tax dollars, or how to actually engage with their government effectively. Frankly, we're a disengaged, cynical bunch.
I think a great start to changing that would be to rather than complain, participate positively. Self organize in person and online, and ask questions, blog, post videos, tweet, call, email, write the editor, show up for events, and for heaven's sake – VOTE!
Where's your Open Government Framework?
We need more Open Government initiatives in Alberta and in Canada, more adoption of Web 2.0 technology, more governments operating as a platform for citizen engagement, more data released…just like what Cook County has just announced regarding their data.
I imagine an Open Strathcona County someday and I wonder where Alberta's Minister of Open Government is? Way to go British Columbia!
Remember, a set of social media policies doesn't a strategy make, and a social media strategy doesn't an Open Government Framework make either. Unfortunately, it seems, we still have a long way to go.
However, to get all of the government communications employees started with some examples of policies at least. Here's a long list of social media policy documents to reference saving you months and months of work, and taxpayer dollars – Socialmediagovernance.com


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Turning Woeful Mets Into Works of Art
A Season Following the Downtrodden Franchise Gives This New York City Artist and Big Fan a Palette Full of Images
"Welcome to my double life. It's like Superman and Clark Kent!" said Joe Petruccio one day last week, taking a lunchtime break from his work at the advertising agency Avrett Free Ginsberg. The firm's executive creative director, who is also the official artist of Elvis Presley's Graceland estate, was referring to his enduring devotion to the Mets, Knicks and Jets.
Every morning during baseball season around 6:15 a.m., after driving to Midtown from Manalapan, N.J., Petruccio takes a cup of coffee and sketches a one-page illustration summarizing the previous night's game. The drawings are topped with tabloid-like headlines and accompanied with short summaries scribbled in ballpoint pen. Sometimes, they're standard portraits.
More often, he dabbles with comic strips, cartoons and caricatures. He uses bright watercolors for wins and black-and-white shades for losses.
Petruccio has maintained this Mets diary for about a decade, though last season was the first that he uploaded the daily illustrations to his blog, called My Mets Journal. It was also the first time that he successfully chronicled all 162 games—and the sideshows endemic in New York—without giving in to apathy.
On Friday, he walked into his 35th-floor office and reached for a set of notebooks on his desk, topped by mugs bursting with pens and brushes. He found the smallest of the bunch, a softcover Moleskine journal, and fanned through the wavy pages, showing off his achievement. This was his 2010 Mets diary.
Then he grabbed a larger hardcover with a title inked in orange on the cover: "THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOIN' FOR BROKE!" It was his current journal for the Mets, with most of the pages still blank.
The 51-year-old Petruccio grew up in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn listening to Elvis and watching the Mets. He also devoured the illustrations of LeRoy Neiman and Bill Gallo, the legendary newspaper cartoonist. "Everybody was idolizing the people they were drawing," Petruccio said. "I was idolizing the guys that were drawing."
He went to college for art but took a job in advertising as a sketch artist. His company had the Mets account, and he brainstormed pitches for his favorite baseball team. Petruccio showed his ideas to an art director, who agreed to bring them to his meeting with the Mets.
"And when he came back," Petruccio recalled, "He said, 'They bought all of yours.'" Just like that, he was out of the studio.
In 2003, after publishing his artwork in a forum for Elvis enthusiasts, he became one of Graceland's official artists. It was around this time that Petruccio began tracking the Mets in journal-form.
For the team's 40th anniversary in 2002, he purchased an oversized blue journal and pasted a commemorative patch on the cover. He didn't last past May. The next year, with a notebook that was even bigger, he gave up on May 19.
Before last season, though, Petruccio saw the movie "Julie & Julia," about the food blogger Julie Powell's quest to make every recipe in Julia Child's "Mastering The Art of French Cooking" in one year.
Publishing his Elvis art on the Internet had already resulted in something of a dream job for him, so he decided to blog his sports work, too.
"I figured, if I post my journal, it will give me a little something to finish the book—or make it past May," he said.
He chose the tiniest notebook he could find, a 90-page pad that slipped into his pants pocket, and he was diligent about posting images every morning to his website.
The strategic shift invigorated him. Petruccio survived May and made it all the way to October.
From now on, Petruccio intends to complete every Mets, Jets and Knicks season. (He's also a Rangers fan, but "enough's enough," he says.) For this Mets campaign, he upgraded to a 200-page hardcover that he carries in a leather case.
"With the Wilpons and Ponzi schemes and all that stuff," Petruccio said, "I figured I might need some extra pages."
It usually takes Petruccio about 30 minutes to generate an idea, sketch it horizontally on the page and scan it to his desktop.
His Mets website brings in around 4,000 daily visitors, he said, and last year, publishers contacted Petruccio's literary agent about the inevitable progression from blog to book. They eventually demurred when the Mets finished with a 79-83 record.
"You would expect a Yankees journal to always end in the World Series," Petruccio said, explaining why clunkers are so fitting for his project. "But this journal is about the journey of a team and the people that love them and how they deal with it. To a Mets fan, this is a regular season."


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Get over It & Fall in Love – How Love & Lust Saved My Soul.
"Love is a river, drink from it." ~ Rumi
Of all the thousands of people I have met in my life I remember meeting him the clearest.
It was a sunny day in May and unusually warm for Canada. I wore a yellow skirt, probably too fitted for a wedding, and a low cut top, probably a little too revealing. I was tired and unsure if this was even where I wanted to be. I was seated on a front patio surrounded by new people trying to make small talk. Trying to fit in. Trying to pull my damn skirt down.
Suddenly there he was. Looking up into the clear blue sky, the sun hit my eyes and then there he was. His face backlit so he actually appeared to be glowing. He was a jolt of electricity. He was a magnetic force. He was a stranger I felt I had known for a long time or in another life. He smiled and said his name.
I can't remember what happened next. I don't remember if I stood up from my seat or remained where I was. I don't remember what I said. I must have introduced myself in return. I looked up and all stopped except for his face. There was a remembrance at the back of my mind of this man and yet we had never met before.
Do we know when we meet the love of our life?
What are the feelings, thoughts, and sensations that lead us to love? What tricks does the mind do to keep us from that love out of fear? What does the heart seek that keeps us pulled toward that one anyway?
I had always loved love stories but did not plan for one in my own life. In fact I had always held back from love. I preferred the idea that I would have many lovers in my life and not one big love. This way I could be free to experience who and what I wanted. This way no one could ever leave me. This way I could contain my heart for myself. This way I was safe.
Have you ever felt an entire possibility open to you and then within seconds completely close yourself to it? Have you ever felt such knowing, yearning and desire and then completely turned away? Have you ever had a time when someone offered you revelation and you stayed in the dark?
How many missed chances have we all experienced? How much has humanity suffered because of what appeared to be circumstances that we could not overcome or personal fears that kept us locked in our own prison? How much of our depression, addictions, sorrow and even warring has been created from denying our heart's deepest longing – be it love, passion, grace, freedom, purpose? How many of us have turned away from the deep well of knowing to return to the surface of suffering because we thought that was expected of us or simply because we didn't believe we deserved any better.
I felt it in that moment. I saw the possibility of love, truth and desire and then quickly pulled away. We could not be. We would not be. How could we possibly be together? It was a cosmic joke for we were both in other relationships for one thing and secondly, I was not ready to love like this.
I spent years denying my desire and deep connection to this man. We became friends, a sweet torture. He married someone else. I became engaged to another and addicted to sleeping pills, partying and self-loathing. Just when I really felt like I could take no more Grace kicked my ass into action.
In a tequila induced haze I told him how I felt. Not the proudest moment of my life but probably one of the most important. Something within me was ready to be vulnerable even if it was a little too late.
It turns out I was not too late. That man is now my husband and is one of my greatest teachers. Love and marriage is not easy and continues to be a journey ever deeper into vulnerability, trust and transparency, but I now know the power of an intimate and loving relationship as a way to experience my own beauty, truth and potential. Through deep love for another we can connect to the Divine place inside us that we often feel we have lost. What I know now is that Grace loves us so much that she will rattle us with such deep desire to help us overcome our various trances.
Love wants its way with you. Love is the most powerful energy in the universe. It is far more powerful than fear, hate or shame. Love took over. It occupied, crucified and then rarified me. After all the denial it persevered and I finally gave myself to it though it has been and continues to be a journey of allowing, surrendering and opening the flesh deeper.
I believe we all want and need to believe in love – not as some fairy tale romance where the prince saves us but as a way to experience transformation, evolution and just plain joy. We all seek to overcome our family, societal and personal patterns and our relationships can be the catalyst and the crash pad to do so. This requires we hold our lover in great esteem. We see him or her as the god or goddess they truly are and stop projecting our shame, blame and pain. Can we see our beloved as just that – truly an incarnation of the Divine. It requires also that we choose love and know that it is actually the surest way home.
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(Not So) Stupid Questions 18: Reverse Access Modifiers
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This may be a stupid question, but ... "What do you do when you want to avoid any calls from inside your own methods to outside classes?"
First Thoughts
We can define a method
private. This is a protection against calls from outside of the class declaring this method. But what do you do when you want to avoid any calls from inside the method to any outside class, other than maybe to the
java.lang classes that are fundamental to almost any application?
Why would you want to do this? And why wouldn't it be enough to say, "If you don't want your methods to make outside calls, then just don't make any?" Let me explain.
What I want is to prohibit my own method from calling any other outside class, specifically, to be able to declare calling grants. This idea comes from both practical needs and theoretical ideas:
Practical because sometimes I have to refactor code that lacks maturity or polish. I need to eliminate dependencies, and that means reining in outside calls. I also want to eliminate cyclic dependencies, where class A calls class B, and class B calls A.
When a project is complex, we need a lot of protection from ourselves. I would appreciate such protection if I were coding a space shuttle navigation program, for instance. I imagine the astronauts would like it too.
- The idea has a theoretical basis, too, because I'm studying the science of systems (cybernetics) that describes their structuration and communication. And I think that our modeling approach (OO from OMG and more Java) doesn't match a typical system model. Of course, I'm not an expert, so maybe I'm mistaken.
A system (or subsystem) is able to protect its state and structuration from the context. It's what we have with the encapsulation (getters, setters,
privatemodifiers, etc.).
And a system manages its communication using ports that can receive and send message to the context. These ports can be open or closed and can select messages (like on network architecture). We can create methods on a class that look like ports, with combination of getters/setters, an observable-observer pattern, etc. Some methods are dedicated to the communication with other functional classes in our program--but others exist only to recompute the state of the class, or perform operations like computing a mathematical function.
These latter methods shouldn't call anything else, except perhaps some some
java.*packages and objects from the business logic layer of my application.
I hope I've been clear enough. I would like to now what Java developers and modeling specialists think about this idea:
How would you create "reverse" access modifiers?
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YouTube has added the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) as a licensing option for users! Now when users upload video, they can choose to license it under CC BY or to remain with the default "Standard YouTube License." Users may also change the license on existing videos by editing each video individually.
In conjunction with the implementation, YouTube has launched a Creative Commons video library containing 10,000 videos under CC BY from organizations such as C-SPAN, PublicResource.org, Voice of America, and Al Jazeera. The library will serve as a base catalog of videos for users to access, edit, and incorporate into their own video projects. The YouTube Video Editor now contains a CC tab that allows users to search the Creative Commons video library and select videos to edit and remix. Users may remix videos directly on the editor platform, and any video that is created using CC BY-licensed content will automatically display the linked source videos' titles underneath the video player. Since CC BY is enabled as a licensing option, the library will grow as more users choose to license their work under CC BY.
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This fall, 21 first-year students from PSU spent their first semester adjusting to college life. They adapted to cooking their own meals, the habits of housemates, rigorous classes and lots of late nights spent studying or hanging out with new friends. For this group of students though, the scenery was a little different. Instead of looking out their dorm room window toward the Rounds Hall clock tower, they saw the banks of the Shannon River and the ancient city of Limerick, Ireland.
Plymouth State University has embarked on a new partnership with the University of Limerick to offer a study abroad opportunity to incoming first-year students. Each year, a small group of new students will spend their first semester of college in Ireland, advised by a PSU faculty member. While at Limerick, students will complete two courses taught by the PSU professor (including First Year Seminar) and two or three classes from the extensive curriculum offered by the University of Limerick. They will also have the opportunity to participate in field trips to Irish landmarks and live in University housing with other international students.
The University of Limerick, a campus of about 10,000 students, is known throughout Ireland for its innovative classes and high academic standards. Many courses are taught lecture-style with a single exam or paper at the end of the semester. Students enrolled in the Limerick exchange must be able to adapt to that style of academic work.
"We were hoping the program would inspire students to think in a global way," explains Debra Regan, the program's director.
Dr. Ken Heuser, professor of education, accompanied this fall's study abroad students to Limerick. Both he and the students had to adapt to being away from home.
"The Irish are very generous and hospitable, and they freely shared their rich culture with us," Heuser says. This culture was the focus of the First Year Seminar he taught. Students examined the topic of resiliency as they read Angela's Ashes, a book set in Limerick City, or studied the Irish potato famines of the 19th century.
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Success for new Devon safeguarding nurse service
A new specialist adult safeguarding nursing service in Devon is to be extended after being hailed a success for improving immediate- and long-term patient safety.
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust wants to extend the service to cover the whole of eastern and northern Devon, following a successful 12-month pilot involving four nurses.
The service was trialled in north, east and mid Devon from October 2013 to March 2014. Dedicated safeguarding nurses investigated safeguarding alerts or issues and supported care homes with education and guidance to improve care standards and reduce the risk of alerts in the future.
In east and mid Devon, nurses Amanda Sampson and Caroline Holt worked as part of the Devon County Council adult safeguarding team, while Sarah Winfield-Davies covered the north of the county. They were overseen by community nurse manager Michele Baxendale-Nichols.
Stella Doble, deputy assistant director of health and social care for both the trust and Devon County Council, said: "The role of the safeguarding nurses has been able to demonstrate improved outcomes − and the ability to deliver robust safeguarding investigations, interventions and advice to support and improve care within care homes."
She added: "The service highlights the benefits of providing a service that combines support for the safeguarding process… and investigatory role of the safeguarding nurses, with advice and preventative work to improve quality and reduce the number of safeguarding alerts."
The project has received the backing of Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed a new mechanism, described in this week's PLoS Medicine, for issuing urgent guidelines to health professionals in a public health emergency such as an infectious disease outbreak.
The first rapidly issued guideline was developed by the WHO in order to advise countries that were dealing with avian influenza A (H5N1) infection.
Typically, the most rigorous clinical practice guidelines take two years or more to develop. The laborious process involves convening experts who search for and appraise all the relevant research literature, and who meet several times before making treatment recommendations. Such a time frame is clearly not practical in an emergency situation.
Holger J. Schünemann and colleagues, authors of the rapidly issued guideline on H5N1 infection, say that it took just one month to convene an expert team, and only five weeks for the team to summarize the evidence and prepare draft guidelines. The guidelines were then discussed at a two-day meeting, after which a draft manuscript for publication was prepared within 10 days.
In a related editorial discussing how WHO is responding to global public health threats, the PLoS Medicine editors comment that while the time scale for developing the H5N1 guideline was "miraculously quick in WHO terms", an even quicker time frame is sometimes going to be needed.
Citation: Schünemann HJ, Hill SR, Kakad M, Vist GE, Bellamy R, et al. (2007) Transparent development of the WHO Rapid Advice Guidelines. PLoS Med 4(5): e119.
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I've written a more extended reaction to these photos and the police operation which you can read: here.
I went into the city today to watch the APEC protest and took some photos. I was absolutely amazed at the size of the police presence and the lengths to which they had gone to prevent the organisation of an effective protest. It seems they had totally surrounded all entry points into Hyde Park where the protesters where trying to gather – allowing them only one entry and exit point. They then set up stations blocking off various streets. It really looks like massive over kill – which will only fuel the negative public perception of the event. We the ordinary folks just watch on in childlike wonder while our leaders swan around playing 'Nations' with their friends.
Here is an example of how they used the buses to block the streets:
The next couple show the massive police presence around Hyde Park. Is it just me or do the cops seem to outnumber the protesters? I can hardly see the protesters
One of the standard posters that peppered the landscape:
Move along folks – nothing to see here!
Yeah – cause like… there's all this rioting going on… idiots…
The media with their big cameras – heaps of them everywhere:
And now some photos of the now infamous security fence:
These bins were declared terrorist suspects and were isolated by the police… good to see them on the case!
All in all – pure hilarity.


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NEWPORT–Tuesday evening found a familiar face returning to the Northeast Kingdom to play a little basketball.
Kyle Adams, who suited up for the Craftsbury Chargers for the first two years of his varsity basketball career, came to the North Country gymnasium as a member of the Mount Mansfield Cougars to take on the North Country Falcons.
"It has been a smooth transition," said Adams on the move. "The community is great, I love my teammates and I am having a great time playing with these motivated guys."
For the Full story, see the Express on Thursday 12-19-13.
NEWPORT–The North Country basketball boys started strong in their game against Mount Mansfield, but had a bit of trouble closing things out, and the result was a 57-40 win for the visiting Cougars on Tuesday evening.
"Defensively we played a solid game, and offensively we were more patient and took better shots," said NCU coach Ed Duncan on what he saw from his team on Tuesday.
For the full story, see the Express on thursday 12-19-13.
Cargill–– Lyle James, 93, of Derby, VT passed away on December 16, 2013 in Newport, VT.
For the full obituary see Wednesday's Express.
Gillis–– Brian of Island Pond, VT passed away suddenly on Monday, December 16, 2013, at his home at the age of 56 years old.
For the full obituary see Wednesday's Express.
Colburn–– Brenda L., 70, of Barton VT passed away peacefully on December 12, 2013 in Barton.
For the full obituary see Wednesday's Express.
DERBY CENTER - The North Country Union Junior High School board got a first in-depth look at the proposed FY2015 budget and decided to see if any costs could be pared. On Monday, December 16, Principal Nicole Corbett presented a draft which was also prepared by business manager Glenn Hankinson.
Please see The Newport Daily Express Wednesday for the complete story.
NEWPORT CITY - The Newport City Council approved on Monday evening the purchase of a new heavy rescue fire truck.
Please see The Newport Daily Express Wednesday to see how much the city will pay for the new truck.
DERBY CENTER- Following two years of study and engineering analysis the North Country Union Junior High School's board has decided to ask voters of the sending communities to approve a $1.9 million bond.
Please see The Newport Daily Express Wednesday to see for which date the board set the public hearing.
DERBY - A discussion of the NCU Junior High School's disciplinary process took place Monday, as the school board reviewed the monthly disciplinary report. Principal Nicole Corbett utilizes a "Check In, Check Out" system for students who are disruptive or fail to complete school assignments.
"We track a variety of issues, such as school attendance, disruptive behavior, or not completing assignments," said Corbett.
NEWPORT – An update on the proposed Newport development projects was released this week.
In mid-November developers met with state officials from several agencies to map out important issues in preparation for the permitting process, Alexandra MacLean with Jay Peak said in a statement.


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Remember the cybercriminals that sent out fake voicemail notifications signed "The People at Skype?" They're back with a similar scheme, this time informing recipients that their passwords have been successfully changed.
Sophos came across some of these emails. The bogus messages are decently designed but, as always, a typo slipped by:
Password successfully changed
Your new Skype password has been set.
You can now view your attached call history and inscturtions how to change your account settings.
If the changes described above are accurate, no further action is needed. If anything doesn't look right, follow the link below to make changes: Restore password
Talk soon,
The people at Skype
Unlike the "voicemail" campaign, where victims were lured to a malicious website connected to threats such as the BlackHole exploit kit or the infamous ZeuS malware, this time, surprisingly, the links from the email actually point to skype.com.
However, the file that's attached to these emails is anything but innocent. Skype_Password_insctructions.zip actually hides a piece of malware that's identified by Sophos solutions as Troj/Backdr-HN.
Once it makes itself cozy on a computer, the threat opens a backdoor, giving cybercriminals unrestricted access to the device.
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, reveals that the crooks are likely hoping that frightened users will rush to open the attachment, thinking that the recent Skype-spreading worm – the one that serves ransomware and other malware – is somehow involved.
First of all, in case you come across emails signed off with "Talk soon, The People at Skype," you can be certain that it's part of a scheme. Also, if you closely read the email you will notice that the spammers spelled "inscturtions" instead of "instructions."
While this is a minor mistake, it's unlikely that legitimate Skype notifications would contain such a typo.


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Juror Rachel Cook and Award-winning artist Kelley Devine chat with KUHF's St. John Flynn about the 2008 Red Bull Art of Can Competition and Exhibition. ξListen. ξDownload.
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Behind-the-Scenes Friday Night at NJ101.5 [PHOTOS]
You know what a Friday night SOUNDS like at New Jersey 101.5…but what does it LOOK like? Enjoy a photo tour!
In the front door I go…as the sun starts to set across the Great Garden State! I'm ready to kick off the music portion of your weekend! As I head down the hall…
…I get to the screener's area, and say HI to Joe V, who is taking your calls!
In the above picture, you can see Jeff & Bill doing the show in the main control room! This is the view that Joe V gets of the show. This is taken through the window from the screener's area.
Above, you see the guys from the news booth…looking back into the main control room.
By the way, if you're wondering…
…the "temporary" studio is quiet. This is the room that we used while the new control room was being built.
And now, since its after 7pm, its MY turn!
Crank up "Jersey's Favorite Hits" with me, til midnight (Eastern)!
Big Joe Henry will be back with you tomorrow and Sunday morning at 10am (Eastern).
And, join me (Craig Allen) again tomorrow afternoon at 3pm, and Sunday night at 7pm (Eastern) on New Jersey 101.5 and nj1015.com!


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Email is the arena for an almighty battle of innovation right now. Ever since Mailbox introduced its shiny new side-swipe sorting to iOS, there have been innumerable reinventions of the veteran communication platform, with new clients arriving, by the bucket-load, on pretty much every OS.
Android has been no exception to this rush — in fact, it has been at the forefront. Google, itself, has made the official Gmail app a market leader in terms of intuitive design, whilst apps such as SolMail and Dextr are well-made alternatives, each with a slightly different approach to inbox sifting and sorting. There are plenty more where those came from, as well.
Take new email client, CloudMagic, for example. With a sleek interface and all the usual tricks of the email 2.0 trade, it looks like a great, free download. But how does it measure up to the fierce competition?
Most to-do and reminder apps are all about making lists of tasks that you need to complete, and reminding you to tackle them at specified times. Unfortunately, real life doesn't always follow a schedule, and we often find ourselves skipping or putting off tasks because we couldn't find the time to do them when we planned to — leaving with a longer to-do list for the next day. Will we ever be able to conquer these all-powerful lists?
The developers at New Delhi, India-based Signals, believe they may be onto some sort of a solution: Instead of adapting your day to the way your time management app is set up, why not have the app adapt to your life? Their new app Shifu does this by reminding you of tasks when you have the time to complete them and are at the right location. From chores to returning calls to wishing friends on their birthday, Shifu can actually help you get stuff done regardless of your ever-changing schedule. I spoke with Prashant Singh, co-founder of Signals, to understand how Shifu works and to see if I could actually get more done with their novel take on to-dos.
One of the things I use all the time on my iOS devices — and, in fact, strongly value — are text editors. As a platform, it's hard to beat it for writing. Android has made some great progress recently, and I get really excited every time I see another text editor in the Play Store. That's why I couldn't wait to try out JotterPad X.
JotterPad is highly functional and is a sheer pleasure to look at, but the question remains: should you use it? Read on to find out if JotterPad X is right for you.
I know that many folks scoff at the idea of using a voice recorder because it seems about as sexy as a pocket protector — and our dwindling camp of personal recording fans aren't helped any by Louis Litt's shenanigans on TV's Suits. Still, there's a very strong case to be made for recording on the go: it helps you be more productive, ideate and act on your thoughts, and remember everything from to-dos to an acquaintance's name when you don't have time to write anything down.
Plus, you can carry a recorder around with you wherever you go: your smartphone! Digipom's excellent app Easy Voice Recorder Pro makes it dead-simple to record and play back your notes, ideas and ramblings on the go, features high-quality audio capture and is flexible enough to adapt into your workflow easily. Let's take a look at how you can get into the habit of voice note-taking and get more done everyday.
I like to think of myself as a hard worker with a time-wasting problem. I don't procrastinate. I just accidentally get caught up in tech articles, Instapaper and Twitter. I need all the help I can get to stay on track.
That's one of the reasons I was interested when I heard about Mobile Worker, a time management app that was supposed to be perfect for freelancers and independent contractors. The app helps you stay organized and ensures efficiency. For me, I just needed a little extra kick in the pants to keep going. I downloaded the free version of the app to see if it would give me what I needed. Read on for my thoughts.
One of the most important functions of a smartphone, for me, is note-taking. I don't want anything clunky or heavy-handed to do it with either. The app has to sync and it has to work across multiple devices. So while I like Evernote and it fulfills most of those goals for me, particularly if I want to extensively organize my notes, it's also too cumbersome just for simple little things like lists or brainstorming.
On my iOS devices and my Mac, I've been using Simplenote for years. One of the worst things about my Android toys, for me, is that Simplenote wasn't an option. There is one app called Glance Note, but it's slow and unwieldy and therefore defeats the purpose. That's why I was extremely excited to see Simplenote show up for Android devices this month.
As evidenced by our roundup earlier this year, there are a lot of apps and desktop software out there that allow the pairing of an Android smartphone to a Windows or a Mac computer. Most manufacturers (such as Samsung and HTC) even offer their own software, which ships with many of their devices or is downloadable from their website. But most of these are a bloated attempt at an all-in-one solution to syncing.
Certainly, none offer the finesse and reliability afforded by Chrome 28, Google's newest version of the browser, along with a neat third-party App. Krome, developed by Damien Piwowarski allows all notifications to appear as a 'rich notification' in Chrome. But that's not all. This beautiful app has a few more tricks up its sleeve.
Productivity is relative. There are a ton of definitions and as many opinions about what productivity is and how you measure it. Irrespective of what your version is though, one of the best ways to measure how well you are utilizing your time is to track it in the first place.
In spite of the ubiquity of the task of tracking and analyzing time, there aren't too many tools to do so effectively, more so on the mobile platforms. Jiffy tries to solve that problem on Android with a beautiful and minimalistic interface that caught my eye the moment I saw the screenshots. Whether it did enough to adequately solve the problem for me, I had to find out for myself. (more…)
The management and movement of files is one of the key elements of any digitally-attuned worker's day. Whether it's a fundamental image to a website, or a contract-winning Keynote, it is a regular occurrence that we need to make a file accessible to co-workers and to a range of different (usually mobile) devices. This need drives a lucrative industry, which is, unsurprisingly, filled with both giants and smaller, niche services. Box and DropBox fall into the former category, whereas CloudApp, with its strong emphasis on file sharing, clearly falls into the latter, but that doesn't stop it being a favourite of an impressively large number of users.
It is this popularity that has driven the development of client apps, and one such example on Android is AndroCloud. Blessed with a slick interface and some nifty features it may be, but can AndroCloud, in combination with CloudApp, really provide a better mobile route to file access than Dropbox? Test commencing…
Ever since I started using Android, I've been looking for a beautiful text editor with Markdown and Dropbox integration. I might have been spoiled by my experience with iOS, but nobody can deny the great apps available for writers in that ecosystem. I've always hoped to find something similar in simplicity on the Android platform, without sacrificing the advanced functionality many Android users often scoff about when they see iPhones.
I've tried just about every Markdown-related app available on Google Play, but I never felt I had found one that suited my needs until recently with Lightpaper Pro. It isn't perfect, but it has most of the functionality I'm looking for and then some. Read on to find out if Lightpaper Pro is for you.


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Antonin Dvorak: Piano Concerto; Piano Quintets Opp. 5 & 81; Janacek: Capriccio; Concertino / Rudolf Firkusny, piano
2 CD / Newton Classics / 2013-11-19Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Piano in G minor, Op. 33/B 63; Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in A major, Op. 81/B 155; Piano Quintet in A major, B. 28 (Op. 5); Leos Janácek: Concertino fo...
Performers: Firkusny, Rudolf
Conductors: Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Ridge String Quartet
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Dead Thrones, A Million Dreams and More Papercut Chronicles: Chats With Gym Class Heroes, David Nail, and The Devil Wears Prada
- A Conversation with Matt McGinley from The Gym Class Heroes Mike Ragogna: Hey Matt, how are you doing? Matt McGinley: Hey Mike. MR: Thanks for sharing some time with us...
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Everyone associates stars like Trace Adkins, Clay Walker and Jason Aldean with country music because that is how they gained their fame. But they obviously haven't been in the spotlight as music stars for their entire lives. They had other jobs before making the big time. This series shows what happens when the stars return to work a shift at their former jobs -- including waiting tables, farming, working in a warehouse and driving trucks -- to discover if they still have what it takes to perform the tasks and to see how the jobs have helped shape their lives.


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Marvel at the exotic wildlife and striking mountain ranges of Kenya on this eight-night adventure including airfare and two 5-star hotel stays, starting at $3449 per person, including taxes. This saves $500 on competing packages.
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