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This apparently was announced on the Andrew Marr show here in Britain. A massive snowstorm has hit the eastern US, and Donald Trump has blamed it on the Muslims.
Yes, it's Muslim snow.
This has to be one of the most stupid things a presidential candidate has ever said. The rants against immigrants and blocking Muslim immigration just follow the usual right-wing logic of xenophobia and the fear of being overrun by the Other. But this is paranoia taken to a new height. Or depth. What makes him think it's caused by Muslims. Did someone analyse its crystalline structure, and find 'Allah' written inside, like there was a spate of people allegedly finding the word written in Arabic letters in fruit not so long ago? Or did someone in the State Department or CIA tell him, 'Watch yourself, Donald. The Muslims are all going to be praying for snow this weekend, so we've got a major meteorological crisis coming'. And if the Muslims have got such exquisite control over the weather, how is it that most of the Middle East is still parched desert, and we've still got global warming.
There was a sociological survey done a little while ago, which found that people were inclined to blame the government or authorities even for things over which they generally had absolutely no control, like the weather. I don't know about the general population and its attitudes, though I'm inclined to believe it. But it certainly seems true of Trump. I'm surprised he hasn't blamed it on Obama. Obama gets blamed for everything by Conservatives, even when its something they themselves are responsible. Track Palin, Sarah Palin's son, was arrested for punching his girlfriend in the face. So his mother actually stood up and gave a speech, claiming that his violence was all the fault of Obama, because army veterans like Track weren't getting the respect they deserved.
But more on that story later.
Trump's splutterings on the weather remind me of the pronouncement by the Iranian government a few years ago claiming that topless women cause earthquakes. Allah was so angered by godless, immodest females prancing about unclad that He was hitting the world with powerful earthquakes. This provoked a mixture of rage and incredulous hilarity around the world. Women across the globe staged topless demonstrations against the bizarre pronouncement. And as it transpired, there was indeed another earthquakes. But this was probably coincidence, or aftershocks or something, rather than God's rage.
The Iranian's pronouncement at least had a certain logic behind it, according to the norms of their society. Their religion requires that women be covered up from head to foot when they appear in public. Violation of these norms anger God, and so when women transgress the enforced standards of modest clothing, God takes revenge. But this is just sheer paranoia, based on the idea that Muslims are some terrible, malign force. There is, according to Trump's pronouncement, no reason why they should send a snowstorm on America. They just hate America. And, unfortunately, this is basically how many Americans do see Muslims and the problems of the Middle East. They don't connect it to the US – and indeed, the West in general – interfering in their internal politics, and their invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. They just see it as a simple case of evil Muslims hating righteous America. There's no reason for it. Muslims are simply like that. And Trump, unfortunately, reflects that naïve, stupid and dangerous view.
Apart from the sheer bigotry and absolute lack of any kind of sophisticated understanding of the Middle East and Islamic world on display here, it also shows how close modern American politics is becoming to the weird, twisted world of South Park. I wonder how long it'll be before Trump takes his place up there with the other maniacs, nutters, and bonkers, out of control celebs the show has ruthlessly pilloried over the years. After all, he's as racist as Mel Gibson, although it's directed against Muslims rather than the Jews.
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In this Author Spotlight, we asked Tina Connolly to tell us a bit about the background of her story for Fantasy Magazine, "As We Report to Gabriel."
"As We Report to Gabriel" is one of the stories you wrote for 2006's Clarion West. Could you tell us about the process of writing it for the workshop? How has it developed since then?
I'm probably not supposed to play favorites, but oh, I love "Gabriel." I think of it as my puzzle story. I had the basic idea before the workshop, but wasn't ready to attempt it. Week Three of Clarion West I felt like it was still too hard, but finally something I could go for. I had been getting some notes about not explaining enough in my stories (and after this I got a bunch more!), but the nature of the reveal meant that the only way to get the fun out of this story was to let it unfold. It went over pretty well, but everyone said they had to read it multiple times to understand it, which clearly wouldn't fly in real life. So this was the story that took me longest to revise, after the workshop—nearly four years, I guess—multiple rounds of tearing it apart and putting it back in new ways. The goal was to keep the puzzle and the fun of it, and yet provide reasonable clarity…pretty challenging in this case! The story is completely recognizable from the workshop story, and yet there are tons of tiny changes to make it work better. Even the title is one of those changes—it was originally called Fairies in the Attic, which was meant to imply a sort of Bats in the Belfry in that world, but out of context sounded too saccharine.
Gabriel, like all fairies, can split himself. He splits into Fred, the Shimmers, the ten motes, and Kayley, each with their own voice. Could you talk about the process of developing each voice?
You know, voice is usually the thing that makes a story work for me in my head so I can write it, period. Tons of half-finished stories litter my folders because I don't know their voice. So I would say that all the versions of Gabriel pretty much walked into this story complete on Day One—another reason I was dying to write the story when I finally attempted it at Clarion West! Motes was the most fun to write, but Fred was a very very close second.
How did Fred, the prosthetic limb, get his name?
I honestly don't remember—but I do remember the moment I realized who Fred was. Most of my stories develop from messing around and finding out what evolves. Fred was just a somewhat knowitall grouchy piece of Gabriel when I started writing those sections, and Miss Smith had a prosthetic limb because it was interesting; because it was something Linnie was interested in, and Linnie happened to ask Miss Smith about it to distract her. I had a lot of sections in place before I suddenly realized who Fred was, and then I laughed out loud.
I really enjoyed Jonah and Linnie's close relationship. Are you close with your own siblings? Did you play fairies when you were little?
Thank you! I have three younger siblings, and did a fair amount of babysitting, so yep, there was a lot of Let's Pretend. But probably the inspiration came more from my favorite children's books about families, such as Elizabeth Enright's lovely books. I always liked stories about sibling relationships, from writers whose children seemed real and not twee.
Your forthcoming novel Ironskin is "a steampunk retelling of Jane Eyre with fairies." Are the fairies in Ironskin similar to those in "As We Report to Gabriel"?
The fairies in Ironskin are much angrier and more dangerous. The fairies in "Gabriel" are mostly content to amuse themselves with "playing at forms" (though I've often thought there's fairy resentment in this world that I'd like to explore.) Ironskin is set in the aftermath of a devastating Great War between men and fey. Before the war, there had been cautious trade, and an increasing reliance by the humans on fey technology that powered lights and motorcars—now stripped away. The fey haven't been seen for five years, but their malice remains—for example, the heroine is scarred by a vicious fey curse, and wears a half-mask of iron to contain it.
What's next for you?
We have a shiny brand-new baby, so basically 2011 is going to be nothing but baby and books. I have edits due shortly on Ironskin (due out in Spring 2012), and then I'll be buckling down on the sequel. I don't expect to have time to write much short fiction this year, but I do have another family-centered story forthcoming in Bull Spec, "Selling Home."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_MaterialsJim Cowniehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-78936577900666356502012-01-25T18:44:02.549+00:002012-01-25T18:44:02.549+00:00And then there's Quentin Crisp, who took a mor...And then there's Quentin Crisp, who took a more prosaic attitude. btw, Anon, I have some vintage material if your restorer cares to get in touch. Buyer collects.Timhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-43367778259231007742012-01-25T14:21:16.042+00:002012-01-25T14:21:16.042+00:00I have a friend who is an antique restorer and who...I have a friend who is an antique restorer and who collects dust from wherever he can get good stuff, so that he can fill repaired cracks and joints with appropriate period dust, thus making his restorations more complete. So even ordinary dust has a value to email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-66555243317859926402012-01-25T13:36:15.149+00:002012-01-25T13:36:15.149+00:00Depends what the dust is made of. Gold dust was va...Depends what the dust is made of. Gold dust was valued by the miners in the Gold Rush. It still had value even if it wasn't a nugget. And in India, some of the best teas are made from tea dust. So dust is just very fine stuff.
I think some of your early quotes refer back to the Biblical description of God making man 'from the dust of the earth'.
And of course Dickens thought it worth having mounds of it hiding some treasure in Our Mutual Friend.
Great stuff dust. Can be used in metaphor, poetry, literature. Shame I have to work so hard getting rid of it every email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-28844149132081724542012-01-25T13:31:11.060+00:002012-01-25T13:31:11.060+00:00In the Dungeons & Dragons setting 'Planesc...In the Dungeons & Dragons setting 'Planescape' there's a faction called Dustmen, who dwell in the Mortuary and deal with all the dead that come in. I can see where the name came from now :)Simon Forsterhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-3006154005628500842012-01-25T13:22:02.019+00:002012-01-25T13:22:02.019+00:00Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will e...Genesis 3:19
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Did you know up to 90% of Americans will suffer back pain at some point in their lives? Did you know that back pain is one of the leading causes for missing work and one of the costliest healthcare issues in America? If you're nodding your head, it's probably because you have suffered from back pain as well. Back pain has many causes ranging from the sedentary desk lifestyle to a previous car accident.
Upon being assessed by a doctor and/or physical therapist or chiropractor, many people find their spine is healthy; the pain is coming from the muscles around the spine and causing the vertebrae (back bones) and pelvis (hips) to move out of place, which is causing the pain. One of the most common recommended treatments for this type of condition is to try Yoga to strengthen your core and stretch the surrounding muscles as well.
Wait, how can Yoga strengthen your core? Isn't it just a bunch of weird stretching exercises? Should I just do sit ups instead?
The doctor is recommending basic Hatha Yoga for back pain because Yoga is a smart approach to core strengthening while also stretching tight muscles. Think of your muscles like meat: do you want beef jerky, all dry and tight, or do you want Kobe beef, all fat and flimsy? You want neither of those! You want grade A filet mignon, lean muscle with a small bit of fat for protection and insulation. Yoga creates these kinds of lean muscles (although you certainly will need cardio and diet alteration to help with weight loss as Yoga most likely will not provide enough calorie burn).
First, let's explain what the core is. Your core is made up of many muscles, not just your tummy. It is made up of:
Abdominal muscles: these include the rectus abdominus (6-pack), internal obliques, external obliques, and the transverse abdominus (the deepest muscle that wraps around your organs/spine like a girdle, creates waist definition). Most people lack strength in the transverse abdominus.
Spinal muscles: there are too many muscles supporting your spine to name them all here. However, Yoga niftily gets all of them strengthened and stretched by its flowing movements and carefully placed poses. This will improve the spine's stability and decrease your injury likelihood.
Hip/glute muscles: you could argue that the hip & glute muscles also are part of the core. The hip and glute muscles hold the pelvis and lower back steady, resulting in less back pain and less likelihood of instability, which results in back injury.
Shoulder/upper back muscles: don't forget about the neck! When the lower back gets out of whack, our necks can be at risk too by the laws of physics and overcompensation in the spine. Upper body work is essential to a healthy core.
The below routine is carefully designed to attack your back pain in a safe way. First, many of the poses focus on core strengthening from the Plank pose that gets every muscle mentioned above to the dolphin pose that really hones in on abdominals and shoulders. Next, there are carefully placed stretching and resting poses in between sets and moves to release tension from the muscles while also strengthening them for that long, lean muscle look and feel. The Child's pose is the ultimate safety and rest pose for the spine; it is completely safe while stretching your back, hips, and quadriceps as a bonus. Finally, yoga attacks stress with its focus on the breath, a key component to relieving tension in the back. When you take deep breaths, you change the stress hormones of the body and halt the fight/flight response. With deep breaths, your body then recognizes that it's time to stop releasing adrenaline and cortisol (both which can contribute to chronic disease and are known as the stress hormones) and instead to release acetycholine, which is a relaxant. Deep breaths aren't just for show, they are an essential component to relieving your back pain.
Please proceed with caution. It is recommended that if you suffer from back pain, you receive clearance from a doctor before partaking in any physical activity. This routine in no way supersedes a doctor's advice.
Yoga for Back Pain: Core Strengthening
Balasana (Child's Pose)
Take 10-20 breaths here to center yourself. Try to breathe in and out of the nose. Focus on clearing your body and mind.
Plank Pose
Staying lifted through the whole abdomen and spine, feel only work in the core and shoulders. Hold for 10 breaths; repeat 3-5 times. Take CHILDS POSE (see below) in between for 5 breaths.
Balasana (Child's Pose)
Bitilasana (Cow Pose)
Alternate with the below CAT POSE for 10 breaths; inhale with the Cow and exhale with the Cat.
Marjaryasana (Cat Pose)
Think about pressing your spine out in between your shoulder blades.
Vasisthasana (Side Plank Pose)
Feel work in the side core and shoulder. Keep the entire body active; if necessary, push feet against a wall for support. Repeat 3 times per side, 5 breaths per time (6 side planks total). This can also be done on the elbow if wrist pain occurs.
Dolphin Plank Pose
Similar to Plank Pose above, this one is done on elbows to really heat up the core. Hold for 10 breaths, 3 times. Take CHILDS POSE in between each round.
Dolphin Pose
Walk the feet inward from Dolphin Plank Pose to achieve this pose, strengthening and stretching the whole body. Repeat 3 times for 10 breaths each. Keep the core engaged!
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (Bridge Pose)
Take 5 rounds of Bridge Pose, 10 breaths per round. Hug the knees into the chest for 5 breaths in between each round to stretch the lower back.
Savasana (Corpse Pose)
Rest for 5 minutes in a laying down meditation post-practice.
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Domestic vehicle sales, exports accelerate
Thailand's automotive manufacturing output rose 10.5 per cent year on year to 1.18 million vehicles during the January-August period, the Federation of Thai Industries' (FTI) Automotive Industry Club announced on Thursday.
Club vice president and spokesman Surapong Pisitpattanapong said August production alone reached 171,731 units, jumping 64.9 per cent year on year, thanks to rising demand for cars and pickup trucks in both domestic and overseas markets.
The eight months of 2022 saw domestic sales of 559,537 vehicles, increasing 19.6 per cent year on year, with sales in August alone being 68,208 units, up 61.7 per cent year on year.
"Automotive sales are rising due to new models and a gradually improving economy after Thailand fully reopened the country to foreign tourists and investors," Surapong noted.
Meanwhile, 606,055 vehicles were exported in the eight months, valued at 368 billion baht – an increase of 0.4 per cent and 5.18 per cent year on year, respectively. Some 73,325 vehicles were exported in August, valued at 49.36 billion baht, rising 23.09 and 38.12 per cent year on year, respectively.
The automotive industry saw 600.62 billion baht worth of exports (vehicles, parts and components) in the eight months, increasing 2.96 per cent year on year. Total exports in August were 78.3 billion baht, a 23.9 per cent increase year on year.
Surapong said the automotive industry's current performance is on track to meet the club's target of 850,000 vehicles sold domestically and 900,000 exported units by the end of the year.
The club is keeping an eye on external factors that could affect sales and prices of vehicles overseas, including the Russia-Ukraine war, tension in the Taiwan Strait, the US central bank hiking the interest rate, and global inflation, he said, adding that his club would evaluate the situation every two months and adjust its estimations/targets accordingly.
Several internal factors could continue to accelerate domestic vehicle sales through the year, such as the government's domestic tourism promotion campaigns and price guarantee schemes for agricultural products that would increase the need for transport, Surapong said.


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The physical characteristics of Layer i are as follows.
Lay-ups are used to define the structural properties of beams, plates, and shells.
Lay-ups are used to define the stacking sequence of composite layers through the thickness of laminated plates and shells. Figure 1 depicts the configuration of a typical laminated plate, consists of N layers of possibly anisotropic material stacked on top of each other.
Figure 2 presents a top view of layer i and shows the interpretation of orientation angle γi as the rotation angle from unit vector b1 of the plate basis to unit vector e1 of the material basis.
Note that the rotation from the plate to the material basis is assumed to be a planar rotation about unit vector b3 = e3. Consequently, the rotation from the plate to the material basis is fully defined by a single orientation angle, γi, and angle βi is not used.
Surveys can be defined to evaluate stress and strain distributions through the thickness of lay-ups, within the execution of NormalBuilder. The stress and strain distributions are those associated with the stress resultant defined in the survey. The following SurveyType values and associated FrameName specifications are allowed for lay-ups: NB_STRAINS, NB_STRESSES. (Default value: NB_STRESSES). For lay-ups, no local axis system can be defined.
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COVEN, J. In this unpaid wages action authorized pursuant to G.L. c. 149, § 148, and filed in the small claims session of the District Court, the court found for the plaintiff, Mark Blake, in the amount of $7,000.00. The court trebled that amount to $21,000.00, and awarded attorneys fees of $5,663.25. Costs and interest were also awarded. [Note 2] The court reported the following question of law: [Note 3]
Where a statute such as M.G.L. c. 149, §148, the (Massachusetts Wage Act) provides, ab initio, for mandatory treble damages for violation thereof, does a claim for damages greater than $2,333.34, which when trebled, exceeds the $7,000.00 maximum claim for damages allowable in the Small Claims Session of the District Court, preclude the matter from being heard in that Court, or does the exception set forth in the small claims statute, M.G.L. c. 218, §21, which provides that the court may award double or treble damages in accordance with any general or special law render jurisdiction proper. [Note 4]
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As a general proposition, the small claims session of the District Court is of limited jurisdiction. An action may be commenced [in the small claims session] if the initial amount of damages claimed is $7,000 or less. G.L. c. 218, § 21, fourth par. Notwithstanding this limitation, the court may award double or treble damages in accordance with the provisions of any general or special law. Id. [Note 5] The total judgment award, therefore, may exceed the $7,000.00 limitation, but the court may not award single damages greater than $7,000.00. See Travis v. McDonald, 397 Mass. 230, 233 (1986), citing G.L. c. 218, § 21. Travis and the statutory authorization are consistent with the general principle of statutory construction that the language of a statute is to be interpreted in accordance with its plain language. Bridgewater State Univ. Found. v. Board of Assessors of Bridgewater, 463 Mass. 154, 158 (2012).
In this case, the reported question calls on us to consider whether, because a violation of the Wage Act requires the trebling of damages, a claimant who seeks single damages in excess of $2,333.33 is prohibited from commencing an action pursuant to G.L. c. 149, § 148. We conclude that a claimant is not jurisdictionally barred from being awarded an amount in excess of $7,000.00 as the result of the trebling of single Wage Act damages of $7,000.00 or less.
We find no meaningful distinction between the mandatory trebling of damages for a Wage Act violation in the amount of $7,000.00 or less and the sanctioned allowance in the small claims session of the mandatory doubling of damages in a consumer protection claim brought pursuant to G.L. c. 93A, where the court finds a willful or knowing violation of G.L. c. 93A. Travis, supra at 232 n.1. In each circumstance, the court, in applying multiple damages, is acting in conformity with what is required by law and is without discretion. [Note 6]
Further, as with allowing G.L. c. 93A claimants to appear in the small claims session and awarding double or treble damages will ensure the policy of providing greater access for aggrieved individuals who may not otherwise be in a financial position to vindicate their rights, and will promote the enforcement of our consumer protection laws, Travis, supra at 233, these similar goals will be served by allowing an aggrieved worker to enforce the wage law by bringing a small claims action and seeking the award of mandatory trebling of damages.
We answer the reported question, No.
[Note 1] Yehudah J. Walden.
[Note 2] The defendant appealed from a clerk-magistrate finding of $5,364.70. Generally, small claims are initially heard by a clerk-magistrate with the defendant having a right to de novo review before a judge or jury. Chanowski v. Bourne, 2014 Mass. App. Div. 137; Rule 7(f) of the Uniform Small Claims Rules.
[Note 3] [I]f the court is of the opinion [in a small claims case] that a question of law requires review, it may submit the matter, in the form of a report of a case stated, to the Appellate Division. A voluntary report is restricted solely to questions of law . . . . Chanowski, supra, quoting M.G. Perlin & J.M. Connors, Civil Procedure in the Massachusetts District Court § 15.80 (4th ed. 2009).
[Note 4] General Laws c. 149, § 148 addresses the timing of the payment of wages and exemptions. It is G.L. c. 149, § 150 that actually provides punitive damage for a violation of § 148. Id. at § 150 (An employee so aggrieved who prevails in [a § 148] action shall be awarded treble damages, as liquidated damages, for any lost wages and other benefits and shall also be awarded the costs of the litigation and reasonable attorneys fees.).
[Note 5] There is no monetary restriction in an action for property damage caused by a motor vehicle. G.L. c. 218,
§ 21, fourth par.
[Note 6] Treble damages are discretionary under G.L. c. 93A, §§ 9 and 11, but the court is required to award double damages if the requisite finding is made. For a Wage Act violation, similar to a consumer protection action, the court must first find a violation of the statute and, only then, assess multiple damages.


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Here's my speech in the child protection debate at the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth:
I was leader of the opposition on Haringey Council when Victoria Climbie died.
We were promised that lessons would be learned. That it would never happen again.
But lessons were not learned.
And it did happen again – with the tragic death of Baby Peter.
And it happened because the rotten culture of Haringey didn't change, the secrecy didn't change, the unwillingness to listen to outsiders didn't change, the instinct to close ranks and turn backs on warnings of problems didn't change and key senior people didn't change.
After Victoria Climbie's death, the only person who had to carry the can for all the failings right up and down the management chain was Lisa Artherworry – the most junior social worker at the end of the food chain. She took all the blame – and it's the memory of that buck-shifting and failure to change that drove me and my colleagues to campaign so hard to say that this time, after the death of Baby Peter, there had to be a real clearout of those who had failed – however senior.
But my deep-seated fear is that it was only the outpouring of public grief and anger , the focus of national media coverage and – yes, to his credit – the intervention of Ed Balls – that forced change – and so when that attention moves on, will the old ways return once more to Haringey?
That is why we need to attract the brightest and the best social workers and managers to Haringey and give them the support and the resources they need to do the job.
We need to get rid of the tick box culture that takes away all personal responsibility. We need to enable professionals to use their brains and their instincts and their critical faculties. We need a performance regime that doesn't give gold stars based on rubbish inspections which, the moment things go wrong, turn out to have failed to spot a myriad of problems. We need whistleblowers to be listened to and followed up on.
And, above all, we need to ensure that all those running similar services in future know the full lessons of what went wrong and why and how – so that they can do their level best to ensure such mistakes do not happen again.
But there are still too many unanswered questions.
Why did all four senior consultant paediatricians in the children's health team resign, go off sick or go on special leave? That's why there was a locum –the locum who unbelievably didn't recognise Baby Peter's broken back and broken ribs. Has whatever caused that health team to descend into such chaos really been sorted?
And what about the inspection regime that gave three stars when only weeks later Haringey Children's Services was damned to hell by that same inspection authority – Ofsted? What value in the next inspection – whichever council it may be – saying all is good?
What about, what about, what about?
Too many questions to fit into this one speech are still unanswered – and that is why we still need a public inquiry and we need to publish the Serious Case Review.
We cannot stop innocent children being born into families where – instead of love and comfort – they get cruelty and misery – but we can and must do better than we have.
That must be our commitment. That must be our mission.
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An ancient Egyptian limestone ichneumon (mongoose) statuette standing on an integral rectangular shrine base. The bones of the sacred creature are contained within a hollowed out and plugged recess in the shrine base.
Late Period, Ca. 700-30 BC.
The ichneumon or Egyptian mongoose was highly revered by the Ancient Egyptians for its skill at killing dangerous snakes and its invulnerability to their poison. The animal was a symbol of the spirits of the underworld and was particularly associated with the goddess Wadjyt.
cf.: E. Brunner-Traut, "Spitzmaus und ichneumon als Tiere des Sonnengottes," Nachrichten der Akadamie der Wissenschaften in Gottingen, (1965), pp. 123-163.
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KUALA LUMPUR 25 May 2021: The Malaysian Association of Tour & Travel Agents (MATTA) is urging the government to prioritise and fast-track vaccination for tourism workers.
"Vaccination of the frontline workers (tour operators, drivers, boatmen, tourist guides, hotel staff and other related staff) is critical on this journey towards the reopening of our economy and our tourism industry," said MATTA president Datuk Tan Kok Liang.
"The government has been talking about domestic tourism for the last 15 months to bolster the tourism sector and economy, yet tourism workers have not been given priority.
"This is disappointing as countries like Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia have all prioritised tourism workers for vaccination. Even a small country like Cambodia has managed to administer the first dose of the vaccine to 2 million of its citizen's to date. Malaysia, unfortunately, is lagging far behind," added Tan, who is also the president of the Federation of ASEAN Travel Association (FATA).
He pointed out that Saudi Arabia's recent ruling that allows only people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 to attend the haj this year provide even more reason for tourism players to be vaccinated in preparation for the haj season that will take place in mid-July.
An expedited vaccination for tourism players would facilitate the recovery of the local tourism industry, especially amongst Bumiputera agents. This move would provide an opportunity for registered Bumiputera agents to restart their business which has seen up to a drop of up to 97% of their income due to the continuous lockdown, the MATTA president said.
MATTA had earlier sent an appeal to YB Tuan Khairy Jamaluddin, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation cum Minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, seeking urgent attention and decision to give priority for tourism frontline staff and workers in tour and travel agencies.


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Robyn Hitchcock (YepRoc Records)
If you're any kind of fan of recorded pop music, then you've likely heard of the U.K.'s Robyn Hitchcock. The singer-songwriter has been plying his charming trade since the early 1970s; he built his credibility on his work with psychedelic new wavers the Soft Boys and followed up with a string of critically acclaimed solo outings.
With this self-titled release, Hitchcock (now based in Nashville) once again sails the colourful seas of his own brand of woozy, lyrically astute psychedelic folk, but threads in some interesting asides. The album opens with a showstopper of sorts and I Want To Tell You About What I Want sets the stage fittingly. Hitchcock's oeuvre has always leaned toward the slightly verbose. Language is his paintbrush and tracks such as the rocking Virginia Woolf, the diaphanous Raymond and the Wires and the lovely ballad Sayonara Judge show the artist fully in control and on his game.
As a bonus, being based in Music City U.S.A. delivers its own benefits. The amusing I Pray When I'm Drunk ("I pray when I'm drunk / to get me from the sewer where I am") is a twangy warning of sorts and 1970 in Aspic moves gently along, buoyed by some delightful steel guitar work. Hitchcock's longtime fans will find solace in the pretty Detective Mindhorn and the dramatic jangle of A Pair of Autumn Sunglasses.
If this album is an attempt to restructure Hitchcock's work into a new era then it works admirably, as it captures every eloquent facet of the music that has delivered him to this point in his lengthy career… and then some. ★★★★ out of five
STREAM: Mad Shelley's Letterbox, Detective Mindhorn
— Jeff Monk
Sarah Slean
Metaphysics (Cadence/Fontana North)
Metaphysics is Sarah Slean's seventh studio recording and her first since 2011's double-album project Land & Sea. That recording featured nine pop-oriented tunes produced by Joel Plaskett (Land) and nine orchestral songs produced by Jonathan Goldsmith (Sea) in a sprawling attempt to explore both sides of her musical character.
This is a leaner effort, featuring just 10 tracks, but it's no less collaborative and ambitious, as Slean combines her penchant for pop melodies and orchestral settings with the talents of producers Hawksley Workman, Daniel Romano, Joshua Van Tassell and Jean Martin (Tanya Tagaq). Despite the multiple collaborators, there's a unity to Metaphysics that's rooted in its theme of finding salvation and redemption in love, in all its forms.
Album opener Perfect Sky sets the tone, blending a percussive heartbeat with bright piano and a soaring vocal melody to tell the stories of a pilot, dancer and writer who are urged to act now rather than wait for "the right time." Several songs — the lovely, chiming Not in Vain, the poppy Sarah and the hopeful Loved Well — were clearly inspired by the breakup of Slean's marriage (to singer-songwriter Royal Wood) but they aren't tales of sadness or anguish, coming off instead as redemptive and affirming — albeit a little bittersweet.
The Gypsy is the album's one outlier — a vampy cabaret piece that hints, with a wink, at playful times to come. ★★★1/2 out of five
STREAM: Perfect Sky, Loved Well, A Thousand Butterflies
— John Kendle
Darren Sigesmund
Jigtok (Independent)
Canadian trombonist Darren Sigesmund has an international cast on this album, with Americans Gary Versace on keyboards and accordion and Mark Feldman on violin, along with Canadians Jim Vivian on bass and Ethan Ardelli on drums. Feldman's violin offers a fascinating counterpoint to Sigesmund's trombone and with occasional accordion on some tracks, the flavour is decidedly French. (Violinist Stéphane Grappelli would have approved.)
The music here is varied in mood, and while some tracks swing solidly, others are almost rhapsodic in tone. Tracks such as Now or Never are fairly mainstream, while others have a more complex groove. The tune Machautnations adds to the French feel with an intense mood and a musical reference to the work of early French composer Guillaume de Machaut.
Juno winner Sigesmund has had several widely acclaimed releases and with this one he moves in an intriguing direction. His compositions here have clean lines with plenty of room for improvisation. The trombone and violin are a wonderful team and Feldman is constantly impressive. The last track, called Riff, adds a substantial edge, as if to say it's not always simply a straightforward style. There is a lot here to bring enjoyment through repeated listenings. ★★★★ out of five
STREAM: Jigtok, Danza a la Luna
— Keith Black
Giovanni Piacentini
Chiaroscuro (Navona Records)
This debut album by Mexican-born classical guitarist/composer Giovanni Piacentini features three works infused with his artfully crafted spatial effects and evocative atmosphere.
The artist performs two suites composed of short, individual movements. Chiaroscuro takes listeners through shifting shades of seasonal light, with its central section, Night Sounds, teeming with idiomatic tremolo, glassy harmonics and pregnant pauses.
Miniatures offers a series of seven musical snapshots, with such imaginative titles as Apparition, The Cyclops, The Smiling Spider and The Raven. As though proving the adage "less is more," each section showcases Piacentini's ability to encapsulate tiny, winsome worlds as if passing through a gallery of paintings.
The sole single-movement track, Chasing Shadows, features Tim Fain's solo violin cascading through musical hills and valleys created by Mike McGinnis (bass clarinet), Jane Yoon (harp), and Chris Graham (vibraphone). The composer's choice of tonal colour is heightened further by textural contrasts, with the chamber ensemble responsive to every bow stroke of Fain's rhapsodic declamations. ★★★1/2 out of five
— Holly Harris
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Happy New Year folks! I hope the coming year holds many amazing and wonderful moments for you all. I love the feeling of a fresh start that the new year brings us - although I must admit I'd just like to hit the pause button for a good week or two in order to simply take stock and prepare for the coming year and get uber organised. If only we had that luxury! We have SO much beauty in store for you over the coming months but before we launch into that we want to take a few days to reflect on all the talent and goodness that 2016 bought us, starting off today with our favourite 8 engagement shoots from the year.
This beautiful BIG SUR ENGAGEMENT by WINSOME & WRIGHT took our breath away.
This CALIFORNIA ENGAGEMENT DRENCHED IN GOLDEN SUNLIGHT by one of our absolute faves ERICH MCVEY.
We were smitten with the contagious fun in this UTAH ENGAGEMENT SHOOT by INDIA EARL
A stunning WESTERN AUSTRALIA ENGAGEMENT shoot by one of favourite Aussie photographers JEMMA KEECH.
Nothing like an ADVENTUROUS ENGAGEMENT SHOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS like this favourite from JORDAN VOTH.
An adorable CALIFORNIA COAST ENGAGEMENT SHOOT WITH PUPPIES by JESSICA KAY.
Beautiful light in this VANCOUVER ENGAGEMENT SHOOT by LUKE LIABLE.
This too cool for school JOSHUA TREE ENGAGEMENT SHOOT by MARIEL HANNAH.
Gorgeous SEASIDE ENGAGEMENT SHOOT on the Basque Coast by ARTURO DILART.


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Canadian Pension Plan Alerted about Dangerous Investment Ahead of Pan American Silver-Tahoe Resources Merger
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January 7, 2019
(Ottawa, Tatamagouche) On Friday, January 4th, just four days before shareholders are to vote on the proposed Pan American Silver-Tahoe Resources merger, MiningWatch Canada and the Maritimes-Guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS) submitted an investor alert to the Canadian Pension Plan's Investment Board (CPPIB).
The Canadian Pension Plan holds 95,000 shares in Pan American Silver as of December 2018, totalling about $1.89 million of Canadian pension money (Pan American shares were trading on the TSE at the time this was written at $20.05). Pan American, headquartered in Vancouver, announced in November its plans to purchase Tahoe Resources, a company embroiled in scandal around violence at its Escobal mine in Guatemala. The alert warns that the proposed acquisition is certain to bring continued conflict and potential violence, something the pension fund should categorically reject.
The CCPIB was previously invested directly in Tahoe Resources. In May, 2014, following the murder of 16-year-old anti-mine activist Topacio Reynoso, MiningWatch Canada wrote a similar investment alert to the Board which highlighted the persistent violence and human rights abuses, as well environmental and investment risks. In 2017, it was reported that several large European pension funds had divested from Tahoe due to it being deemed a "harmful investment", and the CCPIB was also reported to no longer hold shares in the company. With this acquisition, the fund will again be bankrolling the most conflictual mine in Guatemala.
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As Canadian organizations and as individual contributors to the Canada Pension Plan, we are concerned that the CPPIB will renew its shareholding interest in the Escobal project with this announced merger, despite the grave human rights abuses which have occurred, thereby endorsing its violent past and surely conflictual future.
The letter reminds the CCPIB that it will have an opportunity to voice their concerns and vote on the merger on January 8th in Vancouver, B.C.:
We insist that the CPPIB raise concerns, inform other shareholders and vote against the merger at the shareholders meeting this January 8th, in Vancouver, B.C. Furthermore, we expect that the CCPIB will, in the unfortunate event that the deal goes through, take action to divest from Pan American Silver and its investment ties to the Escobal mine.
The letter follows complaints that both Canadian organizations, along with Canadian legal organization Justice and Corporate Accountability Project (JCAP) and US-based organization Earthworks, filed against both companies for failure to disclose pertinent shareholder information about the ongoing conflict and consultation process at Tahoe's Escobal mine. Complaints to the British Columbia Securities Commission and the U.S Securities Commission request that both commissions complete corresponding investigations.
The shareholder vote will take place tomorrow, January 8th, at Pan American Silver's offices in Vancouver, B.C.
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Romeo and his wife Sandra live in Romania and do not seem completely happy there. Romeo is a doctor who is having an affair, and Sandra appears to be mostly depressed. Both also appear to be holding it together for the sake of their daughter Eliza. Romeo has invested everything to ensure that Eliza goes to the UK for college, as he wants her to get out of Romania and have a better life. The day before her exams, Eliza is attacked and injured, thus jeopardizing her ability to complete her exams. The film is about the lengths that Romeo will go to ensure that she gets the required score to study at Cambridge. The story is one of morality, but it is also a very deep and rich study of a father's drive to ensure the success of his child (as well as the consequences of that drive). I was most intrigued by the way the film was made; there is no score at all, and some of the "takes" are so extended that you get drawn into the scenes looking for important hints at what is coming. The coloring of the film lends it a certain bleakness. There is an almost documentary quality about the film, with the camera following the father and capturing every moment of his day. Thumbs up from me for a film that has a universal theme, is very well-acted and is also technically superior.
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A Happiness Jar – Week 8
I'm really not sure how it is possible, but I get the craziest deja vu every time I sit down to write these Friday posts. I swear – the weeks go by faster and faster as time goes on. I remember being a teenager in high school and thinking that the weeks just dragged on, and every time I complained to my mom about it, she said, "Oh, just wait until you're older. You'll be begging for time to stand still." I would roll my eyes at her and run off to my room, but I 100% understand it now. It makes me realize even more how much I need to be intentional with how I spend my days and make sure I am associating myself with the right people.
It seems like the theme of this week has been gratitude. Lauryn wrote a great post about it here earlier this week, and my yoga teacher has been stressing it in our last few classes. At multiple points throughout the class he encourages us to just stop and realize what we are grateful for in that exact moment, and it's really interesting the things that pop to my mind. Some of them obvious, and some of them super random and seemingly insignificant. Even more proof to me that the small things we look over day-to-day are sometimes the best things in our lives.
With all that being said, here are my five favorite things this week:
1. Yoga
It blows my mind that I went so many years without practicing on a regular basis. I am a worrier by nature, very high-strung (although I hide it well), and am almost always in a rush. Yoga is the one thing that I have ever found that allows me to slow down, stop thinking so much, and realize that worrying about my "problems" is serving no one. It also allows me to move and exercise my body in a way that makes me feel really good. I have spent a lot of years doing high-intensity workouts, a ton of cardio, and making a specific schedule each week for what I wanted to do each day. When I add a few days of yoga into the mix, it gives my body a much needed stretch, release, break, and time where I don't have to think about what I'm doing – I just move as my body will allow as the teacher speaks. This week I was also lucky enough to bring one of my best friends to a class with me and my mom to another.
2. My mom
On that note, my mom is amazing. I know that I've talked about her before on here, but the more and more I spend time with her, the more grateful I am for her. She has been really into reading the Shauna Niequist books lately too, and on Wednesday night we cooked a few recipes from one of her books. They turned out great (everyone loved them), but it was also fun to just spend time together in the kitchen, hanging out, and then later getting her to finally start watching Big Little Lies. Which I will sing praises about forever. But again, when I was young I thought my mom was crazy overprotective and making my life miserable, but now I appreciate how she raised me more than ever and hope to be half as good of a mother one day as she has been to me.
3. My boyfriend
Chris is one of the most amazing people I have ever met in my whole life. For many reasons, but specifically this week for handling something that would ordinarily bring me a ton of stress that I didn't even have to deal with. We noticed a small drip in the basement at the end of last week and after having a few people come to the house to look at it, realized that it was due to the fact that our dishwasher was broken and needed to be replaced. Chris took care of everything from scheduling a plumber to come to the house to researching dishwashers online to actually going to Lowe's and picking out the one we ended up buying. I hate dealing with things like that, and I so greatly appreciate him handling it (like Olivia Pope). Of course I love him for many other things, too, but mostly for that right now 😉
4. Stability
The last few days I have been very aware of how blessed I am to (right now) have things and people in my life that I can count on. As much as I love letting go and just "figuring things out," I love even more to know what I can expect most days and who I can expect to be there. It gives me such a sense of calamity to know that I get to go home to my same condo each night, that my same cats will be there, that Chris and I will watch Ellen and drink sleepytime tea, that my friends and I will get together for a workout or wine (or both!) a couple times a week, and that my mom will always pick up the phone when I call. And those are just a few small examples of what I count on the most lately. This list could go on and on.
5. Cooking
One of my goals lately is to cook on a more regular basis. Chopping vegetables and preparing sauces relaxes me. I love the combining of random things to make something delicious. I'm not a very creative person, but I also love how modifying recipes allows me to be creative. And is there any better feeling than making a meal for someone and knowing that they really loved it? For those of us that like to take care of others, one way we can do that really well is by feeding them. I'm looking forward to researching and brainstorming some new meals to try out next week.
I would love to hear about some of the things (or people!) you are loving most this week and what you are really grateful for today. Have a great weekend!


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Donation dollars are starting to add up at the Red Deer Food Bank.
Up until this week, the food bank had only taken in about $240,000 to address its $550,000 budget for next year.
On Wednesday, executive director Fred Scaife said the amount raised is now up to about $300,000, but more dollars are still needed.
"A lot of people have been remarking that they didn't realize we were in this kind of shape and coming up in the New Year they're going to try to do something," Scaife said.
"This amazing city has never disappointed me and I don't imagine they will now."
The number of people using the food bank in recent months has ranged from 1,400 to 2,200 per month.
He said this month that number dropped to about 1,000 thanks to all the hard-working community agencies involved in organizing Christmas hamper programs.
The food bank takes in about 70 to 75 per cent of cash donations during the last few months of the year and the number of donors dropped this quarter.
"Is it the economy? Is it the weather? I can guess all I want. But the reality is there's enough food in here to feed anybody coming to our door in the foreseeable future."
He said many are under the impression that people go out of their way to do good things just because it's Christmas. But people in Red Deer do nice things all year long.
He said people offer their services for free to repair the food bank's trucks. Community response was also quick after the recent theft of propane tanks from the food bank.
"That speaks volumes about what this city is made up of. It's genuinely made up of some good-hearted businesses, good-hearted citizens all over the city."
Scaife said now that more people know that the food bank is short on cash, he has faith the public will respond.


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Budapest, Hungary – Amid the doom and gloom of the lingering pandemic, a Hungarian supermarket took matters into its own hands and decided to play match-maker for Valentine's Day by providing special shopping baskets for single people.
The Auchan supermarket in the Hungarian city of Csomor, east of Budapest, took on the role of Cupid on Sunday, offering shoppers special blue and pink baskets featuring a "Single Seeking Mate" sign on it.
According to the rules, anyone meandering through the supermarket's aisles with such a basket is open to dating while shopping.
The colour of the basket chosen relates to the gender of the person they are looking to date.
"Are you single? Use the singles' baskets so you can meet 'the one' in your favourite store", a sign read at the entrance of the Auchan supermarket.
The Valentine's Day initiative, thought up by staffers concerned that the pandemic has significantly restricted dating possibilities for single people for nearly a year now, was met with great success and extended to other stores in Hungary.
"It's a great idea in this time of coronavirus. It's an opportunity for those seeking partners, and entertaining and funny as well," a 25-year-old shopper told AFP.
Auchan manager Ildiko Varga-Futo also insisted that "you can only get acquainted with the maximum compliance with epidemiological rules".
It's still unclear how many dates and love stories emerged from this quirky romantic initiative.
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Myths and Truths
The Secrets Inside the Kennel Myth - Many self-appointed experts will advise buyers to avoid purchasing a puppy from a kennel or dog breeding facility if the owner refuses entry into the kennel, does not allow you to see where the puppies eat and sleep and/or will not allow you to see, touch or interact with the adult dogs, implying that the seller is trying to hide substandard kennel conditions and/or unhealthy adult dogs.
The Truth About Visitor Restrictions in a Kennel
Kennel facilities are bio-secure areas which require daily cleaning and disinfection. However, this does NOT make the puppies housed in the nursery immune to disease or illness.
- Young puppies (1 day to 5 weeks old) are not vaccinated and rely solely on their mother's milk for immunity, making them vlunerable to diseases that can be spread unknowingly by humans and other animals.
- Even if the dam and sire are not the parents of the unvaccinated puppies, they are often housed in the same facility and could introduce disease or illness to susceptible puppies.
- Restricting visitors to a kennel is often done to protect the animals and ensure the health and well-being of young puppies and adult dogs.
The Chinese Crested Photo Myth - Animal Activists attempt to divert the public by exploiting others as being cruel and inhumane. With the spotlight on Pennsylvania kennels, activists and competitive rescues have devised stories to amplify their point. One such common tale is presenting a before picture of a Chinese Crested dog (a hairless breed) and the after picture of a poodle or Bichon Frise three months later.
The Truth About the Chinese Crested Breed
- The Chinese Crested breed is a hairless dog orginating in China and England. The breed has never been completely hairless. The same parents can have both hairless and full-coated "Powder Puffs" in the same litter.
- A Powder Puff puppy's hair consists of a soft hypo-allergenic coat with an undercoat of long fine hair.
- The hairless puppy only has hair on the crest of the head, its tail and tufts on its paws.
The Debarking Myth - Animal Activists and anti-dog breeding groups have exploited the myth that kennel owners debark their own dogs without anesthesia by using a pipe and hammer to permanently destroy a dog's voice box.
The Truth About Debarking
- There are no documented cases of a kennel owner ever having used the pipe and hammer debarking method.
- It is believed that such actions would be too painful for endurance and would likely result in the death of the dog.
- PA KAP recommends that the debarking of dogs should be kept minimal, if at all, and only under the care of a licensed veterinarian using acceptable standards of care.
The C-Section Myth - Kennel owners are accused of using dull scissors and twine to perform inhumane cesarean deliveries that result in excessive scarring in order to avoid the expense of a cesarean delivery by a veterinary.
The Truth About Cesarean Deliveries
- Reputable dog breeders are concerned with the high cost of veterinary c-section deliveries, which can range from several hundred dollars for a routine procedure by the local veterinarian to a few thousand dollars at emergency care clinics.
- In spite of the cost, reputable dog breeders do engage veterinary services to perform c-section deliveries for the health and well-being of their dogs.
- Veterinary sutures are stitched using strands of sanitary cord as per current veterinary guidelines.
The Stacked Cage Myth - Dogs in kennels are housed in stacked cages that allow bodily waste to drop into the lower cages, forcing the dogs in the lower level to wallow in excreta and urine.
The Truth About Stacked Cage Systems
- Many traditional style kennels are designed to house more than one deck of dogs.
- Stacked kennels are designed with dropping pans (pictured at right) that collect the debris from each cage.
- Pennsylvania state law requires kennel owners to clean an enclosure which houses dogs on a daily basis.
- PA KAP condemns the actions of illegal, unlicensed kennels that house dogs in substandard conditions.


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In just a few days, Lincoln Square Synagogue, center of Modern Orthodox Jewry in Manhattan, will be taking up residence in its new location, only one block south of its present building.
It will have existed in its present location for over forty-two years.
And I, a relative newcomer to the community, having lived in New York only eight years, confess to feeling a bit saddened by the impending move. So I can only imagine how those who have considered this shul their second home for forty-two years must feel. One gentleman told me he cried.
When I think of our shul, I can see the "Chaz", Chazan Sherwood Goffin, chanting the shemone esre in his stirring voice from the bimah, and Rabbi Shaul Robinson, filled with passion, giving his weekly drasha, standing near the ark. I can see the people streaming out to the hallway after davening, and I can smell the cholent from the ballroom downstairs, inviting the congregants for kiddush. I can imagine people jostling for a seat for seuda shelishit in the beis midrash upstairs. In that corner, my son would sit with his father and sing adon olam; over there, I would listen to the exuberant voices of women chanting the megillah on Purim.
All of these memories are attached to a specific place, a hall, a room, even a bench, and to a sense of loss, not fully recognized perhaps, but there nonetheless. It is all a bit puzzling. For if one thinks about it, the congregation is losing very little in the move: in fact, everything and everyone will be coming to the new location, from the Torah scrolls and holy books, to the leaders of the congregation and the members themselves. Nothing, in fact, will change. Only the building will be left behind.
All of this has led me to ponder the question of our attachment to places and things. Who can pass by a childhood home without feeling a sense of longing? And how about the streets where you roamed as a child, the schoolyards where you played, the shul where you grew up, even that kosher butcher where you would do your Shabbos and Yom Tov shopping? Some of these buildings remain but have been delegated for other purposes. Some of these buildings no longer exist. But if you drive by these places, the emptiness will haunt you still.
Then there are those who extend these sentimental feelings to objects, equally connected to memories: the program from a show seen with your first boyfriend, the dress you wore to your graduation, the pearl necklace given to you by your husband, your child's first pair of shoes, your mother's book of cherished recipes. All of these are merely things, but so close to your heart, sometimes just touching them can transport you back to another time and place.
I know that I still go up to the balcony of my shul, Beth Jacob, in Toronto, a shul once filled to overflowing with so many dear people, many of them Holocaust survivors, immigrants to a new land. Where do I sit? In my mother's seat, the one with her name engraved on the back of the bench. There I sit, and if I close my eyes I can still hear the people davening so fervently with the rabbi on the High Holidays and I can see the elderly lady at the end of our row with tears in her eyes. Perhaps she too was thinking of other people in another place, in another shul, now gone. And in that seat I can be with my mother again too, my beloved mother who has since left this world but whose presence seems so near in that place.
And there was once a place so glorious, so beautiful, a wonder of the ancient world: the holy Temple in Jerusalem. There the Jewish people would gather to offer sacrifices, to celebrate the festivals with their families, to eat from the Passover offering, to hear the Levites singing, and the Kohanim blessing the people. It has been said that in that place you could feel the presence of God Himself.
Then one day it was gone. Destroyed. Nothing remained, except for the Western Wall. For two thousand years, the Jewish people mourned this great loss. And we continue to mourn till this day. But what are we mourning? Surely, it is the loss of Jewish autonomy and sovereignty, the loss of our central house of worship, our Great Synagogue. But this week, I have been thinking: it is also a loss of a building, a grand building, more important, more central than anything we have ever known. But it was a building nonetheless, a physical structure that was seen, touched, experienced by thousands.
Why the sense of loss? For it is precisely in this place, this temporal, physical, imperfect world in which we live that we can connect with one another, and ultimately connect with the divine. When the physical structure is gone, something deep within us is lost too.
Lincoln Square Synagogue will, with God's help, go on to create new and wonderful memories in its new building. But those who founded the original building, and the countless people who prayed in it, feasted, danced, argued, celebrated, studied, learned, laughed and loved within its walls for so many years, they will remember.
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A hit at the Sundance 2011 Film Festival, Terri is a moving and often funny film about the relationship between Terri, an oversized teen misfit, and the garrulous but well-meaning vice principal (John C. Reilly) who takes an interest in him. Terri is produced by the team behind Blue Valentine and Half Nelson, and directed by Azazel Jacobs (Momma's Man). -- (C) ATO Pictures
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When I was about three years of age, my mum read a kids bible study to me and then when she was finished, she left the room. I remember sitting on the edge of my bed and reflecting on that study, and when I looked up, to my surprise, I saw Jesus right there in my room, nailed to the cross.
I wasn't scared or traumatised—even though He was bleeding profusely and had been brutalised beyond human recognition. His blood ran down the cross and also dripped on the ground below. And He was looking at me with so much love, that I have never forgotten those eyes. Ever.
The pain that wracked His body on that cross was self-evident. His lips were drawn back in such horrible, horrible agony, but His eyes? His eyes were love, forgiveness and such, such truth. It was at that moment that I surrendered my life to Jesus, not out of guilt, but out of recognition that He was to be the centre of my universe.
Just now I have been listening to the song 'The Blood' by Naomi Raine and one of the lines says of the blood of Jesus, "It'll never lose its power," while another line says, "we have your DNA in us." As I listened to the song, I was taken back to that vision as a child, and I watched as the blood of Jesus moved like a stream down the cross and crept across the ground to where I was standing, barefoot.
I watched as the blood didn't go around my feet, but rather, 'into' them and through them. I watched as the blood wrapped itself around my DNA and RNA, lighting it up as it climbed up through my body.
As a person who has carried massive amounts of self-hatred in the past, while I watched the blood of Jesus move through my body in the present, I could not think of a single reason to self-hate when the most expensive blood from before time and after was moving through me.
As the blood of Jesus moved through me, I also understood why satanic animal sacrifices are so evil: We were designed to move and live and have our being inside of the blood of Jesus and Jesus' blood was especially designed to move inside of us. Fully God and fully man, His blood literally bridged the gap between our fallen blood and His resurrected blood. Jesus' blood was the only universal Kingdom blood type that could bring restoration between mankind and Father God. And not only mankind…
Jesus' blood covered the ground just like Abel's blood covered the ground when he was murdered. Abel's blood was replaced with Jesus' blood and Jesus' blood brought restoration to the earth. To all living things.
Animal sacrifice in the present will never be an atoning force or a force to reckon with, because the blood of Jesus is the most pure, precious atonement from before the foundations of time until after.
So right now, as I revisit the blood of Jesus and understand it's propitiation anew, I can see the jewels and the redemption it possesses in its very composition. Although my mind cannot wrap around exactly how amazing the blood of Jesus is, I can feel at least the amazing life it possesses, and I can see that His love is physically imbibed into His blood.
Finally, because of the blood of Jesus, we no longer fight against flesh and blood. Flesh and blood are out of the equation. People are out of the equation. Creation is out of the equation. Our fight is against principalities and powers and the rulers of the darkness of this age. But the truth of the matter here also, is that the blood of Jesus fights on our behalf… if we will allow it to.
Right now, there is a strong wind beginning to blow across the planet. The strong wind is blowing away the fog. It is blowing away the chaff, chatter, and feverish distractions that seek to divide and conquer. It is blowing and as it blows, it awakens. The strong wind is undergirded by the blood of Jesus and it carries the strength and power of the love of Father God. The same Love that birthed nations. The same love that created oceans and called redemption into being at complete and absolute cost to Himself, is moving in our worlds on our behalf.
Revelation is rising. Once you see, you will never unsee. Get ready for night vision! Things might become darker for a season, but you will become brighter. Because you are not alone. Ever.
The life of Jesus, the person of Jesus is always with you. Jesus said He would never leave you or forsake you, and He meant it. And for me as a single person without kids? I said to a friend yesterday, "Even though I have nothing and have been stripped of everything—even my cat!—I still have everything because I have Jesus. And everything in Jesus' Kingdom is available to me also."
I am not poor, I am rich. I am not neglected, I am loved. I am not rejected, I am accepted. I am not powerless, I am powerful. I may never be rich, famous, have my own home, or have a family, but I absolutely, completely, and without a doubt walk with the most compassionate, considerate and loving Saviour ever, who reveals His world to me as I share my world with Him.
Yes, revelation is coming. Are you a writer? Ready your hands, open up your spirit. Are you a scientist, or a philosopher? Be prepared for fresh inspiration. Are you a financier? New strategies are headed your way. Are you musical, do you dance, do you paint or design? There are frequencies, words patterns, movements, colours and arrangements that will literally bust up chains and set those who see what you have created, free. Deliverance and liberty is dancing on the wind.
God's kids are going to see things they have never seen before, and some of those things are going to blow their minds. They will then have a choice: will they lean on their own understanding, or will they lean into the mind of Christ? I hear Jesus saying, "You will try to explain the things of my Kingdom through your limited language, but at times, you will be unable to. You will simply just laugh because you have no words!"
The above is not to say that life situations won't be hard at times in the future—they will be. But the same praise-filled hearts that overflowed from Paul and Silas in their jail cell (which then set every single prisoner in that jail free) is always available to us. Anytime. Anywhere. Even in jail.
His blood covers us. Through His blood—His DNA—sons and daughters will come to understand just how much they can be united 'into' Him, how powerful Jesus' blood is and how relevant it is to every situation they encounter right now. Jesus' blood equals erasure of old living and the introduction of new living—new life.
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013 — Week of Proper 7, Year One
[Go to Mission St Clare for an online version of the Daily Office including today's scripture readings.]
Today's Readings for the Daily Office
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Psalms 101, 109:1-4(5-9)20-30 (morning) // 119:121-144 (evening)
1 Samuel 7:2-17
Acts 6:1-15
Luke 22:14-23
". . . the one who betrays me is with me, and his hand is on the table."
Jesus accumulates fans and followers throughout the gospel narratives, and he provokes opponents and antagonists along the way. Yet not everyone falls in line as clear friend or clear foe. One of the most intriguing characters in our Scriptures is Judas Iscariot, Jesus' close companion . . . and calculating betrayer.
Today's gospel shocks me with how close Judas is to Jesus. At the beginning of the meal, Jesus clearly and passionately expresses his own desire to be in the company of his guests at the Last Supper: "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer." He makes it clear to his disciples that he longs to be with them—that he chooses to spend the most crucial and precious remaining moments of his life with them.
At the conclusion of the meal, Jesus seems to shatter the intimacy by announcing that one of them is his betrayer. In fact, his betrayer's hand is on that very table. As a matter of course, the dinner party fragments itself, as "they began to ask one another, which one of them it could be who would do this." The meal ends in mistrust, suspicion, and disbelief.
Let's listen more closely to this stunning announcement from Jesus: "the one who betrays me is with me, and his hand is on the table." The one who betrays me . . . is with me. How can this be? How can someone turn away from Jesus and still be with him?
The most extraordinary interpretation of Judas that I've encountered is a play called "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot," by Stephen Adly Guirgis. (The play uses a lot of profanity, but the sacred shines through.) Judas doesn't understand why Jesus could forgive Peter, Thomas, and Paul for their respective betrayals, but not him. Why do they get to be with him again?
In the play, Jesus approaches Judas in his version of hell and asks, "Judas—What if I were to tell you that you are not here? That you are with me in my kingdom even now, and that you have been there since the morning of my ascension and that you have never left?" Jesus insists that he is with Judas, but Judas won't hear it.
The play gives us a more thorough portrait of what this gospel story captures in just a snapshot: Judas among the eagerly-desired guests, in the presence of Jesus, his hand on the table, and yet withdrawing his heart. He is an intimate; he is an enemy.
Many other Biblical stories of repentance and reconciliation follow the pattern of departure and return, such as the prodigal son. In fact, our first reading today uses similar language of "returning to the Lord." This gospel story is different, though. It is about the failure to recognize that Jesus is right there with you, asking for your company and intimacy, even at his table, even when you betray him.
How might Judas have heard the words, "the one who betrays me is with me"? The disciples hear it as an accusation, an instigation to question and suspect one another. But what if we hear those words in conjunction with Jesus' opening words of welcome—"I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you"? Jesus is saying, "I want to be with you. I am with you. You are with me."
The middle of this passage gives us the words that form the "institution narrative" that we hear included in our Eucharistic prayers. The next time that we hear this prayer and approach the Eucharistic table, perhaps we should try to think of Jesus' incredible welcome. First, there is Jesus' desire to share this meal with us. And second, there is Jesus' announcement that no matter what betrayals we commit, we are still with him—right there with our hands on the table.
Inspired as a child by Maria Von Trapp, Luke Skywalker, and Jesus, Lora Walsh strives for wisdom, justice, and a simpler way. She serves as curate of Grace Episcopal Church in Siloam Springs and as director of the Ark Fellows, an Episcopal Service Corps program sponsored by St. Paul's in Fayetteville, Arkansas


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25 Animals With Amazing Colors We Didn't Expect to See
According to a paper published in 2017, there are over 2 billion animal species around the world. This means that of all the creatures that exist we only know about 1% or even less and we also have no idea about what they all look like. That's why when we see pictures of unknown species we're amazed by how unique they look with their unusual colors or markings. But these unique color mutations can also be found in ordinary house pets that many of us have in our everyday lives.
Bright Side found a handful of animals with unique color mutations that you've probably never seen before.
1. A dog with freckles all over his body
2. You can call him Zorro.
3. It's cold outside, socks are very necessary.
4. Most recognizable cow ever!
5. Who's on their way back from a masquerade party?
6. Proof that eyeliner totally makes your eyes pop:
7. California red-sided garter snake
8. Venus, the '2-faced' cat
9. Red candy basslet
10. The always-concerned cat
11. Adolf Hitler's pet cat
12. Albino peacock
13. 6-color parrot
14. An Atelopus frog from the highlands of Suriname
15. Rottweiler with vitiligo
16. Calico Dominican red mountain boa
17. Banye, the OMG cat
18. A beautiful dog with a heart-shaped nose that was saved by a shelter
19. Albino crocodile
20. A religious brown cow
21. Indian bull frog
22. Pink dolphin
23. When your eyes catch the world's attention:
24. A rare blue lobster
25. Black circles after a wild night out
Have you ever seen or even had a pet that had a unique color mutation? Please share your thoughts with us down in the comments section.
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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – He hates drugs. He hates smoking. He hates gambling. Does he also hate alcohol?
We all know about his war on drugs. Many believe he wants to make the Davao smoking ban national law. He just shut down the gaming schemes of rhe Philippine Charity Sweepstakes. Will he also initiate a nationwide liquor ban?
Speculations, speculations.
But is the Philippines headed to being the world's first vice-free country?
Stay tuned. Oh, and while we're at it, perhaps there should also be a nationwide karaoke ban…