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Syndicated Columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson join Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the week's news, including the House of Representatives' passage of a GOP health care bill to repeal and replace Obamacare and the coming political consequences and an executive order by President Trump easing political restrictions on religious groups.
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Now to the analysis of Shields and Gerson. That's syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson. David Brooks is away.
Let's start with this little party that was on the Rose Garden yesterday. The beer cases were brought in. There was a celebratory atmosphere. President Trump rightfully brought the House Republicans there after they pushed their health care repeal and replace bill through the House.
How did they manage to do this?
MARK SHIELDS, Syndicated Columnist:
Well, first of all, the event itself, the only thing more — or as unseemly as the self-congratulatory bus trip to the White House — it was like after you had won an office softball game and you break out the beer — were the Democrats on the House floor taunting bye, bye, bye to Republicans.
This is trivializing a moral issue. And this — to me, that's what health care is, whether in fact it is a right of a citizen in this country to health care. And I think it's a serious question, whether we share our benefits and share our burdens, or whether in fact we're all in this alone.
And what the House passed yesterday was something that just had to be done. I mean, otherwise, you're staring into the abyss of total political failure. Republicans had gone through four elections where the one unanimous position they had all taken as a party was the repeal of Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.
Sixty-two times, they courageously and boldly voted to do, knowing it didn't count, knowing it wasn't going to go anywhere. The 63rd time was tougher, because what they passed yesterday has serious implications for them politically and certainly for the people of the country.
MICHAEL GERSON, The Washington Post:
It's a great moral issue. But this passed because Paul Ryan got granular. He identified who he needed and what they wanted and essentially gave it to them.
So, moderates get the high-risk fund. The Freedom Caucus gets the waivers. He just put on the table what he needed to get across the finish line.
Now, that doesn't make it a good bill or even a coherent bill. But I think the trust here is that Ryan will hand this off to McConnell, McConnell has some rational process that the House can no longer produce, because of its own internal dynamics, and that they might get an improved product at the end.
The other thing that's worth noting that is really fascinating is the almost absence of presidential leadership in producing this victory. He was really not very engaged or involved.
Paul Ryan is learning to live without the normal role of the president in the legislative process. But it is unique, his absence.
So, what happens by the time it gets to the Senate?
Nancy Pelosi has already said, listen, this is the vote that's going to be tattooed on you come reelection time. But more important, the Senate's going to change it in some way shape or form, if they move forward at all.
Yes, they are.
Just one quick point to Michael's point. And that is the $8 billion fig leaf — and it was a fig leaf — that they're going to cover people with a preexisting condition, which was the price to get Billy Long and Fred Upton, represents less than one-fifth of 1 percent of the cost of Medicaid. It's not going to last beyond a couple of months.
It was just something that they could go back and sell to their own constituencies and for their own purposes. It's meaningless.
But what's going to happen in the Senate? I will say this. We have just seen the high watermark for this legislation. Every Republican in the House who voted for it will have to answer for it. And this is a stand-alone piece of it, whatever happens in the Senate. And nobody really knows.
There are 11 Republican governors, don't forget — and this is where this starts to count — who expanded, accepted the Medicaid expansion, and who have covered people in their state, and from John Kasich, to Rick Snyder in Michigan, to Gary Herbert in Utah, to Brian Sandoval in Nevada, across the country.
And so it's a different dynamic in the Senate. They have got states represented by senators like Rob Portman, a traditional conservative, who is going to fight for the preservation of Medicaid expansion.
The Senate is acting pretty much from scratch. They're not going to the House bill and building on it. They're taking away.
Lamar Alexander has been charged to produce their own approach. There's a small group of senators that is kind of diverse, at least within the caucus, that is working on this. And Senator McConnell has promised them some time for deliberation, unlike the way the House passed this.
So, the probably — is exactly what you're talking about. Senator Collins has already announced she will not support a bill that doesn't include Planned Parenthood funding, OK? The bill will not include Planned Parenthood funding.
That means that Republicans need 51 votes. They have got a margin of one in producing this piece of legislation. There's no margin of error for them here.
All right, let's talk about another Rose Garden event that happened yesterday, really kind of talking about religion in politics, and the Trump administration bringing that to the fore.
He signed an executive order easing an IRS rule limiting political activity by houses of worship. This was also on day that President Trump proclaimed a national day of prayer and had a statement saying — quote — "All human beings have the right to practice their faith in private and in the public square."
The public square portion, does that raise any concerns?
It doesn't to me, and it apparently didn't to the American Civil Liberties Union either.
I happen to believe that this was a strict political payoff, in symbolic terms, that evangelical white Christians had been his most supporters; 81 percent of them voted for him.
And I, for one, will break with liberal ranks and make the case that America's original sin existed until organized religion, namely, the American Methodists, the Anglican evangelicals, and Quakers led the fight to abolish slavery. There wouldn't have been a civil rights bill, legislation in this country without the active involvement of Jewish, Catholic and Protestant, particularly black Protestant leadership, so — as well as peace movement.
So, I'm not as concerned about the involvement in the public square. Donald Trump's religiosity has always been rather elusive to me.
Is this a backdoor option or a possibility where this could be sort of Citizens United 2.0? Let's just today build the church of Mark and Michael, totally tax-exempt organizations, raise as much money as you want, donate to whatever political party you would like?
Well, I don't know if it even accomplishes that.
I mean, the Johnson amendment, you know, I have never seen anywhere, encountered someone complaining about rigorous enforcement of the Johnson amendment. I have been around this a long time. It's a nonexistent issue. It's a solution in search of a problem. And it is a sop. It is an empty symbol.
The problem here that we're seeing more recently is not that religion is hurting the public square too much. It's that politics is undermining and invading the credibility of religion itself.
People who support Donald Trump, many of them were people who said that Bill Clinton's character mattered more than anything else. And now they're embracing Trump. And people are looking at this and saying that this is a joke. This is hypocrisy.
And so I think the risk here is actually to religion.
To that point, I mean …
It's a good point.
On your point, yes, I am deeply concerned, and have been, and especially now that we have got a smokescreen of charitable religious institutions being formed basically for political ends, and for partisan political purpose.
And what it amounts to in public policy terms is, I'm making a donation, a tax-deducted donation, for a political purpose to support my political cause or your political cause, which I think is absolutely wrong, and it's a corruption.
I just haven't seen much evidence of it.
I don't know …
We have certainly seen — we have seen phony, bogus charitable foundations created for that purpose.
I don't socially if this happens already, but do you end up picking your church a little bit more because you know how that church is going to vote?
I'm going to reveal my Hindu roots here, but I thought Jesus was an independent, not a Democrat or a Republican.
Well, I think that's true.
Whenever a pastor makes a political statement, they're at risk of alienating a portion of their congregation on issues that have nothing to do with religion, or at least their judgment is not particularly sanctified on these issues.
I mean, I would rather go to the average bartender for political advice than the average priest or minister.
So, you know, I think that they don't have an expertise in many of these issues. And that's up to laymen in the church and that, from the pulpit, there needs to be fairness.
Yes, all right, Michael Gerson, Mark Shields.
It's a good point you make.
All right, thank you.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, Hari.
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The callers, who at this time seem to be targeting small businesses and time their calls for the weekend, insist that the customer is behind on payments. They then threaten that, without an immediate payment, service will be disconnected.
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- If the caller asks for your credit card number or advises you to purchase a prepaid card from a store and to call back with the code, know that Rocky Mountain Power will not ask for this information. We can facilitate credit card payments through our vendor upon request, but our employees don't handle these payments directly.
- If the caller claims your electric service will be disconnected if you don't make a payment immediately, particularly if you haven't received any prior notice about late payments or a potential disconnection, we don't threaten our customers. Instead, we work with customers who are behind on their payments to help them get back on track. Generally, notices about past due bills are sent to customers in the mail or delivered to their home, or they receive an automated phone message.
If you receive one of these scam calls, ask the caller to state your account number and compare it with the number listed on your bill. Rocky Mountain Power customer service employees will always have your account number.
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Darmstadt, Indiana
Darmstadt, Indiana
Location of Darmstadt in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
|Coordinates: 38°5′28″N 87°34′34″W / 38.09111°N 87.57611°WCoordinates: 38°5′28″N 87°34′34″W / 38.09111°N 87.57611°W
|United States
|Armstrong, Center, German, Scott
|Named for
|Darmstadt, Germany
|• Type
|Town Council
|• Clerk-Treasurer
|Mallory Lowe
|• Total
|4.58 sq mi (11.85 km2)
|• Land
|4.52 sq mi (11.70 km2)
|• Water
|0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)
|479 ft (146 m)
|• Total
| • Estimate
|• Density
|317.09/sq mi (122.42/km2)
|Time zone
|• Summer (DST)
|ZIP codes
47720, 47725
|Area code(s)
|FIPS code
|GNIS feature ID
|Addresses in Darmstadt are referred to as Darmstadt, IN there is an Inglefield, Indiana 47618 post office in Darmstadt that also has the Darmstadt, IN address
Darmstadt is a small, German-heritage town primarily located in Scott Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.[6] It also extends slightly into Armstrong, Center and German townships. The population was 1,407 at the 2010 census. Darmstadt, located just north of Evansville, is the only other incorporated municipality in Vanderburgh County besides Evansville.
Darmstadt is located at 38°5′28″N 87°34′34″W / 38.09111°N 87.57611°W (38.091041, -87.576207).[7]
According to the 2010 census, Darmstadt has a total area of 4.58 square miles (11.86 km2), of which 4.52 square miles (11.71 km2) (or 98.69%) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) (or 1.31%) is water.[8]
|Historical population
|2019 (est.)
|U.S. Decennial Census[9]
2010 census[edit]
As of the census[3] of 2010, there were 1,407 people, 544 households, and 441 families living in the town. The population density was 311.3 inhabitants per square mile (120.2/km2). There were 564 housing units at an average density of 124.8 per square mile (48.2/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.5% White, 0.6% African American, 0.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.3% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.6% of the population.
There were 544 households, of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.2% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 18.9% were non-families. 15.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 2.88.
The median age in the town was 47.1 years. 21.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.8% were from 25 to 44; 36.6% were from 45 to 64; and 17% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 51.5% male and 48.5% female.
2000 census[edit]
As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 1,313 people, 490 households, and 605 families living in the town. The population density was 262.1 people per square mile (107.4/km2). There were 503 housing units at an average density of 106.6 per square mile (41.1/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 99.16% White, 0.23% African American, 0.15% Asian, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.08% of the population.
There were 490 households, out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.3% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.3% were non-families. 15.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 29.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $68,359, and the median income for a family was $72,813. Males had a median income of $50,605 versus $28,750 for females. The per capita income for the town was $31,898. About 0.5% of families and 1.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 1.0% of those age 65 or over.
Darmstadt is served by a number of different transportation methods. The major roads in Darmstadt include Darmstadt Road, Saint Joseph Avenue, and Boonville-New Harmony Road. Darmstadt Road and Saint Joseph Avenue provide direct access to Evansville, and Boonville-New Harmony Road runs directly by the shopping center, providing links to both Boonville and New Harmony.
U.S. 41 runs north-to-south directly east of Darmstadt, providing yet another access point to Evansville, as well as quick access to I-64.
Businesses continue to flourish in Darmstadt, including the post office, the barber shop, the Darmstadt Inn, Bauerhaus and Gardo's Pizza. The Vanderburgh County 4H Center is also in Darmstadt, Indiana, and hosts many events—including the Frog Follies which is an antique car show that bring attendees into town from around the world.
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World Peace Tree, a historically significant tree in Darmstadt
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
- ^ a b "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. May 24, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "Darmstadt, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
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Food Packaging: Principles and Practice, 3rd edition.
CRC Press, December 2012.
The 3rd edition presents a comprehensive and accessible discussion of food packaging principles and their applications. It continues in the tradition of its bestselling predecessors and has been completely revised to include new, updated, and expanded content and provide a detailed overview of contemporary food packaging technologies. At 703 pages, it is almost 30% longer than the 2nd edition, has over 1000 references (two-thirds of them published since the 2nd edition) and 49 new figures, an increase of 64%. The chapter on Edible, Biobased and Biodegradable Packaging Materials has been extensively updated and expanded and is now the largest chapter in the book. The chapter on optical and mechanical properties of thermoplastic polymers from the 1st edition reappears in a new chapter that also discusses barrier properties. The chapter on Processing and Converting of Thermoplastic Polymers includes a new section on nanocomposites as well as the latest on vapor deposition technologies and atomic layer deposition. A new chapter on Food Packaging Closures and Sealing Systems includes details on peelable seals. Numerous other topics not discussed in the 2nd edition are now covered in this latest edition.
The full Table of Contents is accessible at http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439862414.
Food Packaging: Principles and Practice, 2nd edition.
CRC Press, December 2005.
This comprehensive and accessible resource presents an integrated approach to understanding the principles underlying food packaging and their application, integrating concepts from chemistry, microbiology and engineering.
The book's subject matter is divided into five parts for ease-of-use. The first part addresses the manufacture, properties, and forms of packaging materials, placing emphasis on those properties that influence the quality and shelf life of food. The second part then details the various types of deteriorative reactions that foods undergo, examines the extrinsic factors controlling their reaction rates, and discusses specific factors influencing shelf life and the methodology used to estimate that shelf life.Chapters on the aseptic packaging of foods, active and intelligent packaging, modified atmosphere packaging, and microwavable food packaging are explored in the third part, while the fourth part describes packaging requirements of the major food groups. The final section examines the safety and legislative aspects of food packaging. The book also includes over 300 industry abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols, and an expansive index. http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9780849337758
Food Packaging and Shelf Life. Chapter 1 pp. 1-16, and
Food Quality and Indices of Failure. Chapter 2 pp. 17-30 in:
Food Packaging and Shelf Life: A Practical Guide.
Gordon L. Robertson (Ed.).
CRC Press, December 2009.
Current food packaging must take into consideration the biochemical, chemical, physical, and biological changes that occur during processing and especially storage. Organized according to chapters devoted to specific food products, this practical handbook defines the indices of failure for foods as diverse as milk, fruits, bottled water, juices, vegetables, fish and beef. It discusses the deteriorative reactions for each and reviews how different forms of packaging material may influence shelf life. Biobased packaging is examined in a separate chapter as is the impact of active packaging on shelf life. Packaging and the microbial shelf life of foods is the subject of another chapter, while a further chapter discusses shelf life testing methodology.This is a truly international book with 32 authors from 12 countries.
Packaging and food and beverage shelf life. Chapter 3 pp. 77-106 in:
The Stability and Shelf Life of Food, 2nd edition.
Persis Subramaniam and Peter Wareing (Eds.).
Woodhead Publishing, May 2016.
The role of packaging in extending the shelf life of foods and beverages is outlined and the major food packaging materials (metals, glass, paper, plastics) described. The key package properties related to shelf life are discussed including barrier, surface area:volume ratio and closure integrity. Three examples illustrating how the shelf life of packaged foods and beverages can be predicted are given for situations where the end of shelf life is determined by moisture gain, oxygen gain and microbial growth. Finally, the way in which packaging migrants can lead to end of shelf life is illustrated using as examples epoxidised soy bean oil, antimony, tin and photoinitiators
Food Packaging. Vol 2, pp. 232-249 in:
Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, 2nd edition.
Neal K. Van Alfen Editor-in-Chief.
Elsevier, August 2014.
The requirements of food packaging materials are outlined and the properties of packaging materials made from metals, glass, paper, and plastics are described. Methods to calculate the shelf life of moisture-sensitive and oxygen-sensitive foods packaged in plastics are given, and modified atmosphere, aseptic, active, and intelligent packaging systems are discussed. The sustainability of food packaging and life cycle assessment are described with recent examples in food packaging.
Paper-based packaging for frozen foods. Chapter 34 pp. 743-758 in:
Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging, 2nd edition.
Da-Wen Sun (Ed.).
CRC Press, October 2011.
This book continues the tradition of the benchmark 1st edition, capturing the latest developments on the cutting edge of frozen food science. In addition to updated coverage of quality and safety issues and monitoring and measuring techniques, it highlights emerging technologies and trends, all in the format that made the 1st edition so popular. It offers the tools needed to develop new and better products, keeping up with consumer demand for safe and convenient frozen foods.
Packaging materials for biscuits and their influence on shelf life. Chapter 20 pp. 247-267 in:
Technology of Biscuits, Crackers and Cookies, 4th edition.
Duncan Manley (Ed.).
Woodhead Publishing, September 2011.
This book is widely regarded as the standard work in its field. Eight expert authors have joined Duncan Manley in extensively updating and expanding the book, which is now some 25% longer than the previous edition. Part one now includes a new chapter on sustainability in the biscuit industry and the discussion of process and efficiency control is more detailed. In part two the information on wheat flour has been extensively revised to reflect recent developments and there are entirely new chapters on fats and oils and packaging materials. Photographs of the major types of biscuits now illustrate chapters in part three, which also includes a newly-composed chapter on the position of biscuits in nutrition. Finally, part four has been comprehensively reviewed and revised with the assistance of an author from a major machinery manufacturer.
Ultra-High Temperature Treatment (UHT): Aseptic Packaging. Vol. 2, pp. 708-713 in:
Encyclopedia of Dairy Sciences, 2nd edition.
John W. Fuquay, Patrick F. Fox and Paul L. H. McSweeney (Eds.).
Elsevier, May 2011.
This new edition includes information on the possible impact of genetic modification of dairy animals,
safety concerns of raw milk and raw milk products, peptides in milk, dairy-based allergies, packaging
and shelf life and other topics of importance and interest to those in dairy research and industry.
Fully reviewed, revised and updated with the latest developments in Dairy Science.
Packaging and food and beverage shelf life. Chapter 7 pp. 244-272 in:
Food and Beverage Stability and Shelf Life, 2nd edition.
David Kilcast and Persis Subramaniam (Eds.).
Woodhead Publishing, April 2011.
Ensuring that foods and beverages remain stable during the required shelf life is critical to
their success in the market place, yet companies experience difficulties in this area. Food
and beverage stability and shelf life provides a comprehensive guide to factors influencing
stability, methods of stability and shelf life assessment and the stability and shelf life of
major products.
Food packaging. Chapter 11 pp. 303-324 in:
Food Science and Technology, 2nd edition.
Geoffrey Campbell-Platt (Ed.).
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., December 2017.
This comprehensive text and reference book is designed to cover all the essential elements of food science and technology, including all core aspects of major food science and technology degree programs being taught worldwide.
Sustainable food packaging. Chapter 11 pp. 221-254 in:
Handbook of Waste Management and Co-Product Recovery in Food Processing. vol 2.
Keith W. Waldron (Ed.).
Woodhead Publishing, October 2009.
Opening chapters in Part one cover economic and legislative drivers for waste management and co-product recovery. Part two discusses life cycle analysis and closed-loop production systems to minimise environmental impacts in food production. It also includes chapters on water and energy use as well as sustainable packaging. Part three reviews methods for exploiting co-products as food and feed ingredients, whilst the final part of the book discusses techniques for non-food exploitation of co-products from food processing.
Packaging of food. Pp. 891-898 in:
Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology, 3rd edition.
Kit L. Yam (Ed.).
John Wiley & Sons Inc., October 2009.
The third edition of this popular encyclopedia describes the entire packaging process and includes an extensive bibliography. Reflecting developments in the field over the past decade, the coverage includes new technologies, materials, processes, regulations, marketing, economics, recycling, computer-aided design, nutritional labels, and more. With over 1200 pages and more than 300 articles organized in alphabetical order, the new edition gives scientists and technologists much-needed information on traditional as well as modern processes, materials, and formats used to package consumer and industrial products including food, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and hazardous materials, equipment, and more.
State of the art biobased food packaging materials. Chapter 1 pp. 3-28 in:
Environmentally-compatible Food Packaging.
Emo Chiellini (Ed.).
Woodhead Publishing, 2008.
This book reviews biobased, biodegradable and recycled materials and their current and potential applications; discusses consumer preference, environmental performance, eco-design and the quality of recycled materials as factors involved in choosing alternative packaging materials; and summarises EU legislation and certification of environmentally compatible packaging.


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Pick your own pumpkins in Ickleton this Halloween
PUBLISHED: 13:04 17 October 2018 | UPDATED: 13:13 17 October 2018
Pumpkin Jim's pick your own pumpkin patch in Ickleton is back for the second year running and is set to be bigger and better than last year.
As well as picking pumpkins, local farmer Pumpkin Jim has laid on soft play, children's tractor racing and a sandpit. Also, new for 2018, is the Pumpkin Gym which is an over 5s play area with trampolines, badminton, football and slackline.
For the grown-ups, Pumpkin Jim has provided a café with hot drinks, snacks and kids' lunchboxes. There will also be local potatoes and onions for sale and an opportunity to order your Christmas turkey.
"Last year's pick your own pumpkin patch was a roaring success with around 200 visitors every day," Pumpkin Jim said. "I have planted a few different varieties of pumpkins this year for those who really want to get jazzy with their Halloween decorations and we have added the new gym which ought to keep the kids busy for hours. We've made this year's event bigger and better than last year and hope to see lots of you down there over half term."
The event is running from October 20-28 and Pumpkin Jim's patch is based on Grange Road, Ickleton, CB10 1TA. It will be open from 10am to 3pm. Ickleton is five miles from Saffron Walden and 11 miles from Cambridge.
Follow Pumpkin Jim's on Facebook and Instagram for regular updates @PumpkinJims.
Costs are £4 per wristband which allows unlimited access to the children's play area of the whole day.
There is no charge to enter the patch and pick pumpkins - pumpkins will be charged according to weight.
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The Truth About Medical Care In Belize
Belize is many good things and recognized for many advantages and attractions, but medical care is not typically one of them. As we've reported in the past, if international-standard health care is a top priority for you, you have better options. One exception to this could be to base yourself in northern Belize, around Corozal, specifically the Bay of Chetumal. Here, you're near enough to Chetumal, Mexico, to count on the top-notch medical facilities in that city for care when you need it. Elsewhere in Belize, though, again, the available medical services can be limited and basic.
At least that has been the reality until now.
Now, healthcare options in this country are improving, and the government has made this a priority. Specifically, the government has set medical tourism as an agenda, recognizing this as an important potential source of visitors and revenues and understanding that real world-standard medical care is a top priority for retirees.
Step one in the related efforts to developing medical tourism in Belize has been to task the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (Beltraide) to make a plan. Beltraide has brought in a consultant from Costa Rica to help create a blueprint based on the successful development of medical tourism in that country.
The basics of a program have been outlined:
- Belizean medical hospitals and clinics will be upgraded to meet accredited international healthcare standards…
- Medical tourism facilities will be established throughout the country so that a patient anywhere in the country could be delivered to a critical care facility within 30 minutes. This will necessitate improvements in road and air infrastructure…
- 24-hour critical care hospitals will be established on Ambergris Caye and in Placencia…
- International medical specialists will be allowed to practice in Belize but will be required to work jointly with and to train Belizean doctors…
- International doctors who elect to come to the country to work with new medical tourism facilities will enjoy special income tax and import duty breaks. The timing is perfect to attract disenchanted American doctors to come and open facilities in Belize…
- A new medical school will be opened, probably near Belmopan…
- Hotels/resorts catering to medical tourists will be required to have trained nurses on staff…
- Belizean doctors will be incentivized to return to Belize and practice here…
Meantime, progress is being made on the ground already:
- The Belize government has identified and secured rights to purchase property on Ambergris Caye for the location of the planned future 24-hour critical care hospital. Services at the San Pedro Polyclinic have been upgraded. Doctors are on call at all hours.
- The first open-heart surgery ever to be performed in Belize took place last year. Several heart surgeries were performed by a Belizean physician, Dr. Adrian Coye, who moved back to Belize to initiate such services about two years ago. Dr. Coye worked with an integrated team of international heart surgeons and Belizeans doctors at Karl Huesner Medical Hospital in Belize City.
- The first ever complex scoliosis surgery was performed in Belize in the summer of 2012. That surgery was performed by Dr. Joel Cervantes, Chief of the Spine and Neurosurgery Center at Karl Huesner Medical Hospital, where the surgery took place, and President of Belize's Medical and Dental Association. Dr. Cervantes and his team worked with a team of peers from Canada and the United States.
Separate from medical tourism, there are a number of advantages related to healthcare in Belize that expats should consider, in looking at the big picture:
The price is reasonable, and doctors are accessible.
Doctors in Belize treat patients with compassion and spend whatever time is needed to understand your healthcare issue. A doctor in Belize will give his patient his personal cell phone number. Most of the doctors are general practitioners, meaning they are well versed in a broad range of healthcare problems. They are similar to the American doctors of 50 years ago, when doctors regularly visited sick patients at their home.
You can visit a clinic here in the morning for X-rays or blood tests and have the results by that afternoon. Similarly, dentists often perform much of the necessary services at their offices. And my optometrist makes my new prescription glasses on-site within a few hours. We're used to same-day service in Belize.
Many drugs are available to purchase over the counter, without a prescription.
My personal experience with healthcare as an expat in this country for more than five years? Frankly, it has far exceeded my expectations. I had to have emergency hip surgery two years ago. To be honest, I was nervous, even scared. But I had no choice. The surgery had to be done immediately.
And it was, in Belize City. The care I received was, frankly, outstanding, and the outcome of the surgery was everything I could have hoped for. I'm as mobile as ever!
Ann Kuffner
Continue Reading: Qualifying For Residency In Belize Through The QRP Retirement Residency Program
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This spring brings to a close or first year of keeping bees on the farm… and I turned out to be a pretty poor bee keeper. Our hive made it through the majority of the winter, but sometime in the last year, our entire hive died. We are sure what happened – we didn't have a particularly bad cold spell and they had plenty of honey left.
I had decided to not collect honey from the bees last fall, that way I would not have to feed the bees sugar water all winter. Because we hadn't harvested in the fall, there was so much honey left in the hive!
To harvest the honey, we removed the combs from the hive and set up a double boiler on the stove with a strainer covered by a pot lid set over a stainless steel bowl. We took pieces of the comb and crushed them in the strainer, letting the honey drip into the bowl over a pot of boiling water. Using a pot lid over the strainer let the comb warm up more easily, warm honey dripped quicker and made separating the honey from the comb easier.
I haven't finished my research to figure out what we will do with the comb, but I'm hoping to make some fun candles or balm out of bees wax!
We have only harvested half of our hive and have TEN pints of honey! And since we don't really eat sugar regularly (I wanted bees for a hobby, not necessarily for the honey), everyone we know will be getting honey from us this spring!


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Writers' Rendezvous is a workshop for fiction and nonfiction writers. All interested writers are welcome to come, but for space reasons, attendees should register. The group meets the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. all year.
The purpose of the group is to provide writers with editorial assistance with their material, share information on the writing process, and to suggest how to get published.
Writers are encouraged to bring 6 copies of a selected piece of writing that they would like to present to the group. The material can be either a completed story, a chapter from a book or a work in progress. For more information, contact the group coordinator, Tim Patrick, at firstname.lastname@example.com. Emails should have as subject: Writers' Rendezvous.t!
The Writers' Rendezvous group has finished and published its first book, Writers' Rendezvous Anthology 2017. This book is currently available on Amazon.com. Copies will soon be available for check out from the Library. Congratulations to the group!


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I was born in Bangalore, and though I've never lived there, I do share a special bond with the city. Summer vacations were spent making some amazing childhood memories visiting my grandparents. Being from a hick town in South India, these annual Bangalore visits were our exposure to culture and refinement.
In recent times, we have been finding excuses to visit Bengaluru (strangely enough, I seem to have grown comfortable referring to the city by its 'new' name!), mainly because of the plethora of good South Indian food joints which are sorely missing in my home city.
The last two times in Bengaluru were within the span of a couple of months, and both the times, I got some good exploration in, visiting some amazing eating places as well as other interesting nooks and crannies. I wrote about my food adventures in Bengaluru some time ago, and here I present a few random snapshots of non-food experiences.
A Winter Wedding
My good friend and Bengaluru fanatic Abhinav got married in November, and that took us back to Bengaluru. This was my first time attending an Arya Samaj wedding, and what a delightfully simple affair it was. We had a fantastic time at the wedding and the party after that, with the couple and our amazing hosts, Abhinav's parents.
Mecca Book House – End of an Era
As my friends were opening a new chapter in their lives, in another part of Bengaluru, a long and storied chapter was coming to an end. Mecca Book House in Frazer Town, a lending library that had spent more than 40 years shaping the minds and reading habits of Bengalurueans was closing down, and was selling off its books. We dropped by and spoke to the owner, Fareed Ahmed – a delightfully interesting and fatalistic gentleman who was quite matter-of-fact about the closing down of his beloved library. After spending some time among the remaining part of the collection (the best part of it was long gone, having been scooped up by bibliophiles and bargain hunters), we picked up a few titles and bid adieu to the last lending library in Frazer Town.
Sapper War Memorial
We were back in Bengaluru less than two months later, this time for a few more days, and with more time for me to explore.
I came across this as I was walking along Residency road, and was immediately pulled in. The memorial has a different theater of war mentioned on each side, and commemorates the Pioneers of the Indian Army for their contributions to the first World War. The regiments mentioned in the memorial all have colorful histories, and still exist in some form or the other in the present-day Indian Army.
For all its significance, the War Memorial doesn't seem to be very noticed, and serves as the backdrop to a bus stop at a busy intersection.
Select Books – Used Books Goldmine
I am fascinated by used books – not only do they represent a treasure trove of often out-of-print beauties, the marks of ownership by previous bibliophiles give them a certain character and cachet that new books, however well-produced and marketed, can never have.
I was delighted to fine three used-book stores within walking distance of where I was staying, and the most character-filled one was Select Books. Tucked away in an alley off Church Street, it was a bit of a challenge to find at first. But doggedly following the Google Maps directions bore fruit and I found myself on the threshold of a small apartment in which all three rooms were stuffed floor to ceiling with books. Within this nest sat an oldish, bespectacled man at a tiny metal desk. The desk was also overrun with books, as I would discover that every single surface in the place was. He had a smile on his face, as if to say, "Oh! You found us! Well done!" When I said I wanted to look around, he nodded his head and went back to reading his book.
This Aladdin's cave of books was awesome, I lost myself within it, emerging a couple of hours later clutching my prize of a couple of old books. If you are a bibliophile, Select is a must-visit.
Just Another Autorickshaw Ride
One of the days, I found myself in an autorickshaw, traversing the less fancier parts of Bengaluru. This was quite rare, since I walked most places. Riding in an auto, i realized there were many photogenic moments passing me by – so I whipped out my phone and shot a bunch of pictures of regular people going abut their everyday lives, and the result was fascinating.


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WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training for Nursing Development in Primary Health Care
In 1988, College of Nursing was designated by WHO as the collaborating centre for research and training for nursing development in primary health care in Korea. Since the designation, the Collaborating Centre has been the leader in global efforts of increasing nursing roles in primary health care services. The Collaborating Centre was elected as the Secretary General (Dr. Mo Im Kim) of the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres of Nursing and Midwifery in 1994. As the Secretary General, the Collaborating Centre coordinated the activities of 28 WHO collaborating centres around the world for 4 years.
The Collaborating Centre coordinated in translating the teaching materials for the Acute Respiratory Diseases (ARDs) in six different languages and developed the website for health care workers: https://flucommunitycare.org. Currently, the Collaborating Centre is an active member of the core working group of the Asia Pacific Emergency and Disaster Nursing Network (APEDNN). The Centre was the host of the 2011 annual APEDNN meeting. There were 60 delegates from 30 countries in Western Pacific region and Southeastern Asia region.
The Collaborating Centre has been re-designated by WHO till 2020 under the following Terms of Reference;
1. Support WHO in providing technical assistance to Member States for the integration of health workforce information with national health information systems.
2. Provide best-practice examples on the links between nursing education, regulation and continuous professional development.
3. To coordinate, conduct and participate in research relevant to health workforce development, including in PHC/community health services contexts.


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Mattie Donnelly remembers the exact moment he realised he needed to make drastic changes to his life to succeed as a Tyrone footballer.
Being taken off before half-time against Kerry in Killarney last summer was a real low point just when he felt he was starting to establish himself in the Tyrone squad.
The 22-year-old has bounced back, literally bigger than ever.
He worked hard over the winter bulking up, to help him cope with the physical demands of the modern game and made a few sacrifices along the way.
"I might have enjoyed Belfast and the student life a bit too much," smiles the Jordanstown business studies student.
"I had to make changes to my lifestyle because that feeling, walking to the subs bench before half-time in Killarney, wasn't nice and it has definitely helped me. It's given me added ambition to be successful.
"I knew at the time I wasn't contributing to the game because I wasn't physically strong enough or mentally
confident enough to do so. Things had to change."
Donnelly never really doubted he would make it. A star of the All-Ireland winning minor team in 2008 alongside current senior stars Peter Harte, Kyle Coney, Ronan McNabb and Paddy McNeice, the Trillick man knew Mickey Harte had his eye on him from an early age.
He was called in to the panel 2009 but dropped out after a few months feeling he wasn't ready for senior inter-county football.
In 2011 he declined the opportunity again, feeling he needed another year with the club.
"I wanted to get myself in the right shape because I was very light back then," he explained. "But I always knew Mickey had an eye on me so I was just doing work to get myself right for it.
"I was too light. I could make the panel, but as far as making an impact in the Championship I probably wasn't ready."
He made his Championship debut against Donegal last year and admits facing up to tanks like Eamon and Neil McGee, Michael Murphy and Neil Gallagher was a shock to the system.
"Last year I probably wasn't fit enough to make an impact. I might have been negating my own man, but then you weren't probably impacting the game yourself as much as you should have been. With the way the game has gone physical strength is massive now. Especially around the middle sector."
When he sees how imposing Tyrone's leaders like Sean Cavanagh and Joe McMahon can be on the field, Donnelly says it gives the younger players the impetus to work hard to get to their level.
He says: "You see the work that they put in and what it takes to be successful, so you put that work in yourself and then you start to see rewards".
"Last year I suppose I probably wasn't as confident in the physical side of things and this year is a reflection of the work that I've been putting in."
He has inherited Brian Dooher's number 10 jersey, a shirt which the two-time All-Ireland winning captain wore with distinction for 16 years. He says comparisons with Dooher end there.
"I suppose I'm playing a similar role, but I've a long way to go before I could be compared to that man," he insists.
"With that number on my back there will be comparisons and whoever is wearing the number 10 jersey for Tyrone, you're going to be judged against Brian Dooher.
"There's no point trying to be a Brian Dooher though. Of course, you can try to match his work-rate and endeavour and all that. That's what you have to aspire towards I suppose."
Donnelly definitely feels more comfortable in his own skin as a senior inter-county footballer this season. After a stop-start couple of years, he feels he belongs at this level and is ready to make an impact having nailed down a starting spot.
"At the start of the year you're always thinking where is there a space in the team for me, you're thinking in your head about all the other forwards and whether you could get in.
"It kind of got to the stage where that mindset isn't much use. You just have to say, 'look, I'm going to work hard enough to make it my position.' Then the next boy can worry about getting it off me."
It's fair to say no-one looks like getting the Tyrone number 10 jersey off him for quite some time yet.


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Why Your Cell Phone Can Hurt Your Children
The U.S. National Research Council has advised that researchers should study children and pregnant women in order to determine if cell phones or other wireless devices could be causing health damage.
The U.S. FDA had asked the National Research Council, which advises the federal government on scientific matters, to recommend some future lines of study. Most studies of cell phones to date have looked only at short-term effects on healthy adults.
The Council noted that, "Although it is unknown whether children are more susceptible to RF exposure, they may be at increased risk because of their developing organ and tissue systems."
The Council also identified a number of other overarching issues that merit further study, such as differences between long- and short-term exposure, and possible biological mechanisms, other than simple heating, by which wireless radiation could affect cells.
ABC News January 18, 2008
Ars Technica January 21, 2008
NRC, Committee on Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices (Free Report)
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Dr. Mercola's Comments:
Children today will experience previously unimaginable exposure to information-carrying radio waves from mobile phones because they start out using them at a very early age.
I am absolutely convinced that the explosion of cell phone usage around the world is a health disaster in waiting, and contributing to the rapid rise in several neurological epidemics, such as autism and early-onset of Alzheimer's.
One reason for this is that the information-carrying radio waves from cell phone base stations and cell phones make children's exposure to vaccines and heavy metals much more dangerous than they typically are. EMR can actually trap heavy metals inside your cells, causing cellular damage and hindering your body from detoxifying. For this reason — while I realize that most people will not get rid of their cell phones because of their convenience — I would still urge you to not let your kids use them.
I am so convinced this danger is real, on par with the dangers of tobacco, which all the "experts" claimed was safe, that I'm writing an entire book on the subject, due out in 2009.
And, I'm not alone in trying to educate the public. In fact, some European countries are already working on public health campaigns designed to warn school-age children of the dangers, by putting up posters in schools and community halls.
Will Europe Ban Cell Phones for "Under-age" Use?
The Vienna Medical Association is demanding the removal of zero tariffs and the banning of mobile phone advertising targeting children and adolescents. Says Erik Huber, environment advisor for the association: "Children under the age of 16 should never use a mobile phone."
Many scientists and government agencies in Europe have already accepted that EMF from cell phones does pose health risks, reflected in Huber's statement, "Scientists do not argue anymore whether mobile phones are harmful, but how harmful they are."
Don't be Deceived - SAR is Not an Indication of Safety
Although the National Research Council's report states that Specific Absorption Rates (SAR) for children are likely to be higher than for adults, let's not get confused.
Because the danger from most land-based portable phones, cell phones and WiFi routers is NOT from the magnetic radiation or the microwave carrier wave for which typical SAR ratings are given on phones. Unless you have massive exposures like you might expect in a microwave oven, these thermal effects are insignificant.
So simply lowering the allowable SAR will NOT make cell phones safer.
Instead, nearly all the biological damage comes from the modulated signals that are carried ON the carrier microwave. These modulated information carrying radio waves resonate in biological frequencies of a few to a few hundred cycles per second, and can stimulate your cellular receptors causing a whole cascade of pathological consequences that can culminate in fatigue, anxiety, neurological decline, and ultimately cancers.
The density of your child's skull is also far less than yours, and therefore their brain is far more susceptible to these information-carrying radio waves.
This Deserves Your SERIOUS Attention
The studies showing the long-term risks of cell phone use are just beginning to come in because cell phone use didn't become widespread until the late 1990s. It typically takes at least 10 to 20 years for cancers to show up, so now is the time when these risks will become apparent.
It is almost as if NO ONE was smoking and then all of a sudden nearly 90 percent of the planet started. Of course, we would not see any spectacular increase in major damage for more than 10 years. It takes time for this damage to accumulate and be noticed.
Unfortunately, most people fail to correlate common symptoms and health problems to their exposure to cell phones and other radio frequencies, perhaps because these conditions can so easily be attributed to other causes (including so-called "unknown" causes) as well.
Take a look at these common illnesses and ailments, which have all been scientifically linked to cell phone information carrying radio waves:
Alzheimer's, senility and dementia
Sleep disruptions
Altered memory function, poor concentration and spatial awareness
Although cancer and brain tumors are most often cited as the potential health risks from cell phone radiation, as you can see, cancer is not the only, or most common danger that you and your children face.
Protecting Yourself and Your Children From Dangerous RF
The best way to protect yourself would be to simply not use a cell phone and revert back to a corded phone. At the very least I would urge you to not let your kids use them or severely limit their use. Their developing nervous systems and thinner skulls are simply too vulnerable to cell phone damage.
If you choose to keep your cell phone, make sure you use a non-Blue Tooth headset. Also remember, even when you're not using your phone, keep it as far away from your body as possible. Do not keep it on your belt or in your pocket as the radiation WILL penetrate your body wherever the phone is attached. According to a scientific study published in Fertility and Sterility in May 2007, statistically significant changes were found in men's sperm count and health of the sperm, based on cell phone use.
Their conclusion?
"Use of cell phones decreases the semen quality in men by decreasing the sperm count, motility, viability and normal morphology. The decrease in sperm parameters was dependent on the duration of daily exposure to cell phones, and independent of the initial semen quality."
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Saturday 22, 2018 Victoria, BC (ISN) – Vancouver Island Rugby fans got a taste of USA's Major League Rugby Saturday night as the Seattle Seawolves, playing a preseason warm-up, defeated the Vancouver Island Rugby Union's Crimson Tide 48-7 at Westhills Stadium in Langford, BC.
The exhibition match up, the brain-child of organizer's John Lyall and Phil Mack, pitted the best Vancouver Island has to offer against the professional side of the newly formed Major League Rugby.
"Going in to the game, we wanted it to be a showcase to show that the local talent can play with the professional league, and I think we did that", Tide co-coach Sean White would explain after the game.
The Seattle Seawolves, playing in their inaugural season last year, look to repeat this season as league champions after finishing atop the eight-team USA league in 2018.
The Seawolves, not without Canadian content, were led by Seattle's assistant head coach and Team Canada scrum half Phil Mack, George Barton, and Brock Staller.
The Crimson Tide, Vancouver Island's representative rugby side, were led by veteran forwards such as Jon Braddock, Shea Wakefield, international Luke Campbell, , backs Sam Fowler, Jared Stephens, and Indigenous Player of the Year Crosby Stewart to name a few notables. With only two practices as a team prior to the match up, the Tide may have been hoping to perhaps catch the Seattle Seawolves in preseason form.
The Tide would fair well through the opening half play, holding the veteran Seattle side close with a strong defensive effort that, despite a 19-0 Seawolves lead, was closer in play than the score reflected.
The Tide would find a way to respond with time running out in the first half of play, scoring what would be their only tally in the game, when a defensive lapse by the Seawolves would allow the local side to break tackle and run from mid-field to set up a push across the Seattle line by James O'Neill, put the ball down to go to the locker room down 19-7.
The second half would belong to the pro-side, exploding for twenty-eight points in the final half alone. Taking advantage of the sidelines with quick ball movement to the outside, the Seawolves, spreading out the Tide's line, would find advantage on the edges to advance the ball, seemingly wearing down the red and white.
With little reply left for the home side, the Seawolves would roll on to a comfortable 48-7 preseason victory.
Post game, co-coach Sean White was upbeat in his reflection of his team's performance. " In the first half we trying to find out how we were going to play the game. Not having a lot of time to prepare, we had an idea of what we wanted to try and do. At the end of the first half we found advantages around the break down that opened up opportunities with them. Unfortunately, the weather kicked in in the second half and seemed to take the wind out of our sails".


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As the largest national organization leading the fight against same-sex marriage, the Alliance Defense Fund doesn't hesitate to put its Christian beliefs front and center. Visitors to the group's website can even learn how to accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior with the click of a mouse.
But what type of Christianity does the ADF espouse?
Clearly it's Protestant, clearly it's conservative – but there may be a lot more to it than that.
At least one ADF project, the Blackstone Fellowship for law students, has ties to the Christian Reconstructionist movement. Reconstructionists are the most extreme manifestation of the Religious Right in America. They advocate a society anchored in "biblical law" and would literally base U.S. law on the legal code of the Old Testament. In their ideal society, offenses like blasphemy, fornication, "witchcraft," homosexuality, worshipping "false gods" and incorrigible juvenile delinquency would merit the death penalty. In other words, Reconstructionists long to replace America's secular democracy with a harsh fundamentalist Christian theocracy. (See "Operation Potomac," October 2001 Church & State.)
Christian Reconstructionists are a small, but many would say influential, part of the Religious Right. The dean of the movement, the late Rousas John Rushdoony, is credited by many in the Religious Right with establishing the theological foundation for ultra-conservative Christian political action. While Religious Right leaders say they don't go as far as Rushdoony, they readily identify him as an inspiration for their thinking.
Reconstructionists have appeared at the ADF's Blackstone events and continue to do so. Past Blackstone speakers include George Grant, a leading Reconstructionist theorist known for his extreme views. In his 1993 book Legislating Immorality, the Tennessee-based Grant laments the fact that legal codes calling for the death penalty for gay people have been abolished.
Gary DeMar, a Georgia-based Reconstructionist who endorsed the idea of the death penalty for gays in his 1987 book The Ruler of Nations: Biblical Principles for Government, spoke at a previous ADF seminar and is scheduled to appear at this year's Blackstone event, which takes place this month.
Jeffery J. Ventrella, the ADF's senior vice president of strategic training and coordinator of the Blackstone program, has published several articles in The Chalcedon Report, the leading Reconstructionist journal, which was founded by Rushdoony. Ventrella, who describes himself as an "ordained Ruling Elder in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church" in his ADF bio, also teaches classes at Bahnsen Theological Seminary, a correspondence school in Placentia, Calif., named after the late Greg Bahnsen, one of the key architects of the Reconstructionist movement.
In one Chalcedon Report article, Ventrella blasted the increasing acceptance of gays in corporate America.
"No right thinking Christian can support 'gay rights' (as distinct from uniformly applicable civil rights)," he wrote. "But, the tactical question centers on how to respond – in action – to corporate America's rapidly advancing adoption of sexual orientation-based, non-discrimination policies, domestic partnership benefits, and 'safe zones.'"
Ventrella called for moving beyond boycotting gay-friendly companies.
"In reality, a better strategic approach may well be to infiltrate publicly held companies (by stock purchases) and then tactically exercise voting rights and other ownership privileges, et al, in an effort to bring pressure to bear upon corporate policy and practice," he wrote.
In another piece, Ventrella discussed the possibility of advocating vouchers as a means of tearing down the public school system.
Ventrella has also written for the Southern California Center for Christian Studies, an outfit affiliated with the Bahnsen seminary. One of his articles discusses "theonomic postmillennialism." ("Theonomy" – which is defined as God's law – is another term for Reconstructionism.) It highlighted the need to "engage the culture strategically" and use an incremental approach to bring about change.
"Gracious strategic thinking advances the Kingdom," he writes.
In an e-mail to Church & State, Ventrella said he is not a Reconstructionist and does not favor executing gays. He downplayed Blackstone appearances by Grant and DeMar.
"Neither gentleman addressed issues relating to homosexuality; each gentleman addressed issues pertaining to constitutional history and governmental structure," Ventrella wrote.
ADF president, Alan E. Sears, did not respond to requests for an interview.
For many years, Christian Reconstructionism was seen as an obscure theology, debated and discussed by a radical but small corps of true believers. Through ties to groups like the Alliance Defense Fund, the extremist adherents of Christian Reconstructionism could gain a boost where it matters most – in the nation's courtrooms.


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By Dorothy Fulton
The Federal Communications Commission has favored broadcast licensees over the public interest. I hope it's not too late to reverse that trend. In response to public outcry over a proposal to allow further consolidation of media ownership, the FCC held six hearings nationwide near the end of the Bush administration. One was held in Harrisburg. About 150 people attended and registered to speak.
The early hours of testimony were dominated by media employees and the mainstream nonprofits and causes those media outlets advocate for and assist. But as community members such as myself came to the microphone, it became obvious that consolidation of media ownership has made getting on the air extremely difficult for people and for viewpoints not in the mainstream.
The testimony at the other five hearings was similar. The majority of FCC commissioners were unmoved.
With a new administration we have an opportunity to raise the ownership issue again as well as the related question of reinstating the Fairness Doctrine.
The Fairness Doctrine was introduced in 1949 and key sections were incorporated into FCC regulations. According to Steve Rendal of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting: "The Fairness Doctrine has two basic elements. It required broadcasters to devote some of their airtime to discussing controversial matters of public interest and to air contrasting views regarding those matters."
In a 1969 Fairness Doctrine case involving radio station WGCB in Red Lion, York County, Supreme Court Justice Byron White wrote for the majority: "It is the right of the viewers and the listeners, not the right of the broadcasters, that is paramount."
There have been several other court cases and FCC rulings on the Fairness Doctrine since, some in favor of upholding the doctrine and others saying it hurts the public interest and violates the First Amendment. The commission has suggested that, with the proliferation of media outlets, the Fairness Doctrine is unnecessary.
The proliferation of outlets has occurred. However, the unprecedented consolidation of ownership allowed by the FCC, together with the abandonment of the Fairness Doctrine, has narrowed the perspectives presented. Media employees are sensitized to the concerns of their corporate owners. Alternative voices and diverse communities are squeezed out. The public needs the FCC to revisit the ownership issue and the Fairness Doctrine. This might be our last chance.
When the Fairness Doctrine was in place, citizens used it as a means to insist on an expansion of speech and debate. Though not a substitute by any means for a diversity in ownership, it served as a tool to address some of the worst media abuses. A broadcast licensee does not have the right to monopolize public airways to the exclusion of voices and issues outside the interest of its corporate ownership.
As a guarantor of balance and inclusion, the Fairness Doctrine is not a panacea. Neither is variety of ownership. But taken together, the FCC rulings allowing continued consolidation of media ownership and making fewer requirements to present a range of views on controversial topics, result in a significant and troublesome narrowing of the material available on the public airways.
Dorothy Fulton writes from Harrisburg. She testified about the Fairness Doctrine before the FCC last year.