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Stuart Anderson-Davis reviews the latest biography on Eric Hobsbawm, the intellectual powerhouse who changed how we view history
An 800-page book about a dead historian isn't the most obvious Christmas present.
But while you won't find Sir Richard Evans' doorstopper on any 'Gifting Guides' this December, his biography of legendary "Marxist historian" Eric Hobsbawm is nevertheless the most interesting book I've read in 2019.
Full disclosure: I am a sucker for a historical biography. I can still recall the feelings of giddy excitement as I unwrapped this book as a present from my wife. Hurrah – truly romance is alive and well! But while the gift was somewhat left-field (a reflection of my nerdy tastes, not my wife's present buying acumen), I devoured this account of an extraordinary and unusual man who revolutionised the way we "do" history.
But why would you bother reading about a historian? Well, books like this can deliver vital insights into an individual's work and motivations. This is particularly true for someone as important and controversial as Hobsbawm – a man who survived a traumatic childhood to became one of the world's most influential intellectuals. Bouncing between Austria, Germany and Britain as a child in the inter-war period, he witnessed first-hand the poisonous power of oppressive nationalism and the perils it held for a Jewish family like his. Hobsbawm's perspectives were largely shaped during these early years – from growing up poor in "Red Vienna" and being orphaned aged fourteen, to reading Marx in his teens and marching with the Communist Party in Berlin. In 1936 this perennial "outsider" eventually settled down to university life in Cambridge – having already packed in more "life experiences" than most of his upper-crust peers would manage in their lifetimes.
At Cambridge, Hobsbawm's brilliance and scholastic achievements were counterbalanced by suspicion of his unapologetic Marxism. Despite concerted efforts to sabotage his progress (hatched by everyone from conservative 'dons' to MI5), he quickly established a reputation for innovative and ambitious work. He demonstrated an unusual ability to present coherent and compelling narratives that were truly global in scope – from studies on Mexican "social banditry" to models of Tunisian peasant labour, researched on a decidedly serious trip that puts modern "Gap Yahs" to shame. This was a polyglot with an outrageous memory. One former student remarked that nobody else could "match his overwhelming command of fact and source… capacity to store and retrieve detail has now reached a scale normally approached only by large archives with big staff."
Hobsbawm is best remembered for his epic 'Age of…' series, which explored global historical themes from 1789 to 1991. These four books established his reputation as a writer who both shaped historical scholarship and engaged the wider public. Following in the footsteps of historians like A.J.P Taylor, Hobsbawm used popular journalism (written and broadcast) to amplify his views beyond the academic echo chamber. Indeed, his emphasis on making history "accessible" must surely be viewed within the context of his political mission (a conclusion strangely unconsidered in Evans' account) – educating and persuading a non-academic audience using Marxist historical explanations.
As Hobsbawm later reflected, "this was a time when British academic historians would have been shocked to think of themselves as potential paperback writers, i.e. writers for a broad public… Many of them even shied away from writing books of any kind, hoping to make their reputations with learned articles in specialist journals and savage reviews of other colleagues unwise enough to bare themselves between hard covers." This quote epitomises Hobsbawm's approach: a man unafraid to propose novel or controversial views, no matter the career-limiting consequences.
His principal concerns were originality, interest and authenticity. As he quipped to one doctoral student, "PhDs don't have to be boring!" This philosophy is borne out in his lesser-known works, including 'Primitive Rebels' and 'Bandits', which told swashbuckling stories of working class rebellion long overlooked by the mainstream historical fraternity. Indeed, 'Bandits' is today the perfect book for student communists and self-satisfied hipsters to ostentatiously peruse over a jar of Kombucha.
Of course, this man of seemingly impeccable principles was far from perfect himself. Although 'A Life in History' delivers more colour on Hobsbawm's personal life than did his autobiography, Evans' respectful acquaintance with his subject appears to have influenced the parts he chooses to illuminate in this generous portrayal. Evans uses extracts from Hobsbawm's diaries to reveal a man riddled with insecurities – from suicidal thoughts triggered by a cheating wife to depression about his appearance (not helped by one uncle uncharitably describing him as "ugly as sin"). However, indiscretions are largely glossed over – none more shockingly than in a sequence where Evans devotes just three paragraphs to Hobsbawm impregnating a student, before exploring his interest in jazz over six excruciating pages. The book also suffers from an obsession with the minutiae of the British Communist Party, liberally quoting MI5 transcripts to detail the monotonous internal politics that hampered this organisation's efforts to rally the British proletariat.
As a fellow historian, Evans is more confident in outlining the criticisms of Hobsbawm the scholar than Hobsbawm the man. Particularly pertinent are the attacks on Hobsbawm's work from a feminist perspective, with Evans arguing that feminist history made Hobsbawm "ill at ease, because he thought [it] was challenging the labor movement and challenging Marxism". It seems that for all Hobsbawm's revolutionary politics, he remained staunchly conservative when it came to gender. Some critics believe that Hobsbawm never fully recognised the role of women as historical changemakers – a flaw that led one reviewer to label 'Age of Empire' as "Victorian history-for-boys" – and today his views on women can appear as dated as his politics.
And so to Marxism, the constant tenet of Hobsbawm's career that would become his legacy's most enduring feature. He once quipped that "losers make the best historians" and this was just as well because the conclusion of the Cold War did nothing to change his outlook. Indeed, Hobsbawm was fated to spend his later years explaining why exactly he maintained his political beliefs despite the collapse of the Soviet Union and the repudiation of everything for which it stood. He became something of a public curiosity – a brilliant thinker inexplicably tethered to a debunked doctrine.
So why does the story of Eric Hobsbawm inspire today? One reason is because he was the complete antithesis of the complacent 'Ivory Tower' academic. Hobsbawm pioneered new ways of "doing history" and engaging different audiences. From broadcast journalism and best-selling books to developing progressive institutions like Birkbeck and the New School, he was at the vanguard of scholarship in the 20th century. Hobsbawm championed the concept of "history from below" alongside left-wing peers like E.P. Thompson – rejecting fixations on "Great Men" to delve into the working-class experience and tell stories about "normal people".
He was also prepared to actually leave his university – a quality rarer than you might imagine in a scholarly grandee. Hobsbawm travelled the world – from the deserts of sub-Saharan Africa to the metropolises of South America – to meet people, gather evidence and develop theses. He understood that the impact of seismic changes like the Industrial Revolution were not restricted to single countries and so wrote history unconstrained by artificial boundaries. This commitment to scale and adventure has inspired countless others to produce better, more innovative works.
Finally, Hobsbawm was a principled activist who proved that historians need not be passive observers of contemporary events. Harnessing his vast historical knowledge, he illuminated the pressing issues of the day – from the Bush/Blair war in Iraq to genocide in the former Yugoslavia. He was adamant that historians had a responsibility to truth and decency. Having personally witnessed the rise of fascism, Hobsbawm urged historians to "resist the formation of national, ethnic and other myths" that empower the opportunistic and malicious. He had seen only too clearly where that path leads.
So as we look back on a particularly wild and unpredictable decade, we'd be well served to remember Hobsbawm's warning. This was not a perfect man by any stretch, but his principles of truth and internationalism will be needed more than ever in years to come.
'Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History' by Prof. Sir Richard J. Evans (London, 2019)


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Jerry Brown OKs funds to seize guns held illegally
SACRAMENTO — The state will send dozens of new agents into California neighborhoods this summer to confiscate nearly 40,000 handguns and assault rifles from people barred by law from owning firearms, officials said Wednesday.
The plan received the green light Wednesday, when Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation providing $24 million to clear the backlog of weapons known to be in the hands of about 20,000 people who acquired them legally. They were later disqualified because of criminal convictions, restraining orders or serious mental illness.
The bill is the first of more than a dozen gun measures introduced by California lawmakers after the December massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
"This bipartisan bill makes our communities safer by giving law enforcement the resources they need to get guns out of the hands of potentially dangerous individuals," said Evan Westrup, a spokesman for the governor.
California is the only state in the nation to operate a database that cross-references gun owners with those who are subsequently disqualified from owning firearms. But budget cuts have prevented the state Department of Justice from keeping up with the list, which grows by 15 to 20 names every day, officials said.
The new funds will allow the department to hire 36 additional special agents and support staff, with the first officers expected to hit the streets in July, said Lynda Gledhill, a spokeswoman for Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris. The money comes from a surplus in fees paid for background checks by people purchasing guns.
The new agents will work primarily in cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Fresno and Riverside, which have requested additional help, Gledhill said. The effort is expected to take three years.
"Our reinvestment in this tracking program gives us the opportunity to confiscate" guns from those who should not have them, said state Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), author of the legislation.
Opponents of the measure include the National Rifle Assn. of America and Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, who said any confiscation campaign should be paid for by the state general fund.
"Going after criminals is a good thing, but the way they are paying for it is grossly unfair," Paredes said. "They are putting the entire burden on the back of law-abiding gun purchasers."
Paredes said some gun owners may not know that they are disqualified from possessing guns for reasons that include, for example, a restraining order in a domestic violence case. He said an education campaign urging people to turn in weapons would be less costly and safer than sending out armed agents.
Some Republican lawmakers voted against the bill, SB 140, because they too objected to tapping money not intended for the new purpose. Other Republican legislators supported the allocation, helping to give it two-thirds approval in both houses.
Of the gun owners on the prohibition list, 32% were disqualified by conviction on a felony or a violent misdemeanor, Gledhill said. About 30% were disqualified for mental health reasons, including court determinations that they are dangerous; 20% are the subject of an active restraining order for cases including domestic violence; 18% are wanted by authorities for violent crimes.
The existing squad of 33 special agents investigated nearly 4,000 people and seized about that same number of weapons, including 300 assault weapons, during the last two years, officials said.
"California is leading the nation in a common-sense effort to protect public safety by taking guns away from dangerous, violent individuals who are prohibited by law from owning them," Harris said in a prepared statement.
The California Legislature is still considering measures that would require ammunition purchasers to pay for a permit, close loopholes on the existing assault rifle ban and impose a nickel-per-bullet tax to pay for mental health programs.
The Democratic governor, who has said he owns guns, has not taken a public position on the remaining bills.
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Fingernail Strippers (2014), Hannah Perner-Wilson (Photograph by Elodie Grethen ©Stitching Worlds)
Tools We Want (2018), Ebru Kurbak, Hannah Perner-Wilson, Irene Posch, Mika Satomi. Objects. Tools made of diverse materials.
Since ancient history, the isolated development of applied professions, from shoemaking to dentistry, has resulted in the elaboration of different sets of tools that fit the precise particular needs of that very profession. In today's world, however, many of the disciplinary boundaries are being challenged by cross-disciplinary approaches; and the available tools fail to fulfill the needs of the practitioners. Tools We Want emerged from the desire to imagine, design, and build functional tools for electronic textile practices, which have been bound to borrowing their tools from the formerly isolated domains of textiles and electronics. Four practitioners came together, sought inspiration at workspaces of various other professions, discussed their practices and the limits of the tools they used, and developed a variety of individual ideas and prototypes in conversation with each other. The output of this collaboration then became a growing depository of ideas in the form of a website—toolswewant.at—and a number of physical tools to be elaborated over time through using and refining.
In the Stitching Worlds exhibition, a curated selection of four tools is put on display: the Ohm Tailor's Tape by Ebru Kurbak, the Fingernail Strippers by Hannah Perner-Wilson, the Needlework Probes by Irene Posch, and the eTextile Tailor's Scissors by Mika Satomi. The tools on display, beyond being one of the many practical extensions to the artists' toolkits, are chosen for the way they visually communicate the straddled position of cross-disciplinary practices like electronic textiles, and form a commentary on socially constructed stereotypes about skills and competencies.
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Who's Afraid of Designer Babies
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Every parent wants their child to have the best in life. But would this extend to picking the best genes for them? To date, genetic technology has only been used to treat serious disease in children. But as ways are developed to manipulate our DNA, there are those who think that parents will inevitably want to choose their children's genes, and create 'designer babies'.
A designer baby today
Philippa Handyside's son Ruiaridh is a genetically selected baby. Some might call him a designer baby. But Philippa wasn't aiming to create a perfect child and there is nothing unusual about her child's genes. Genetic technology seemed the only way she could have a baby at all.
Philippa had a problem with her DNA. It didn't affect her health, but it meant that most of her eggs didn't carry all the genes needed for a baby to grow healthily. The result was that each time she became pregnant, she miscarried.
Doctors suggested that Philippa try a technique called pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). Using PGD scientists can screen embryos outside the womb, long before they develop into babies. They can select just those embryos that carry healthy genes. This ensures the baby is free from genetic abnormalities.
Ruiaridh might have grown from a specially selected embryo, but he's not really a designer baby at all. The embryo was created from one of Philippa's eggs and her husband's sperm, just as in IVF. His genes have not been altered, or enhanced in any way. The doctors simply chose an embryo that didn't carry Philippa's genetic disorder.
It would actually be very difficult to make a true designer baby using PGD. Today, it can only be used to look at one or two genes at a time. On the other hand, most character traits we might want to choose – anything from height to intelligence – are influenced by a whole range of genes.
What's more, there is no way of altering the genes inside an embryo using PGD. If you don't carry the genes to be intelligent, sporty or good-looking, then there's no way any of your embryos will either. To have a real designer baby, we'd need to be able to choose any genes we wanted and insert them into our children.
Inserting new genes
In 1998 Dr French Anderson put forward a radical proposal. He thought he would soon be able to insert new genes into babies in the womb. The idea was to treat genetic diseases caused by a single damaged gene by inserting a new, healthy gene into a foetus's cells.
French Anderson had already used this technique – called gene therapy – in children with faulty white blood cells, with some success. But the cells with healthy genes would eventually die, so the patients would have to have the procedure all over again.
French Anderson wanted to try gene therapy in the womb because then he could get the healthy genes into special blood cells called stem cells. These cells grow all the blood cells in the body. If the healthy gene could be injected into the stem cells, then the patient's body would produce new white blood cells with healthy genes on its own. In short, they would be cured.
But for all Anderson's plans, this technique has never been used on human babies in the womb. There turned out to be problems with gene therapy. In 1999 an 18-year-old died during a gene therapy trial, and there have been cases of children developing leukaemia after gene therapy treatment. For now, using it on babies in the womb is far too risky.
A human clone: the ultimate designer baby
There is however potentially another way to insert genes into an embryo long before birth – cloning.
No scientific discovery has created as much hysteria as the cloning of Dolly the sheep. She was the first mammal cloned from the DNA of an adult cell. It was a process that brought human cloning one step closer. Shortly after Dolly, Polly was born. She wasn't just a clone. A human gene had been added early on in the cloning process. She was a true, genetically modified, "designer sheep". Since Polly, there has been a flurry of claims that humans have been, or soon will be, cloned. But no one has yet produced evidence that a human clone has been created.
Most serious scientists won't even consider the idea of cloning a human. The procedure is not very effective. Less than 10 per cent of non-human cloning attempts are successful. And many of the pregnancies result in miscarriage or deformities. It is a procedure that is simply too dangerous to use to produce a human baby.
But cloning technology is being used on human eggs. Scientists from Newcastle University and the Newcastle Fertility Centre are using cloning to create stem cells. The research has only just begun, but the ultimate aim is to create cloned stem cells from the DNA of a patient with a degenerative disease. These cells could then be turned into whatever types of cells are needed to treat their damaged organs. It could one day lead to cures for diabetes, Alzheimer's or heart disease.
There will always be a risk that genetic technology will be hijacked to create designer children. But for now, the technical difficulties make it unlikely anyone will be able to create a true designer baby in the near future.
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Jordanna Jones is a Country Musician from Mount Gambier, South Australia. Not only is she extremely talented, but super gorgeous inside and out too!
Jordanna has had the honour of performing at Tamworth in the past and is hopeful to perform again this year.
This shoot was a case of third time lucky! Over a couple of weeks, MID WINTER, we had to reschedule multiple times – we had horizontal rain, hail and winds in gusts of over 65km the other days we had planned to shoot! So this day was the first that involved less wind and the rain held out in the afternoon.
Oh the joys of living in Mount Gambier!
I thoroughly enjoyed this shoot – there is nothing more I enjoy than getting creative! Thank you Jordy and Karina!
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To my two teeny best friends,
I wrote this when you were both so small and we were dealing with a very scary situation. I'm so proud of you and I always have been. Always will be.
I can't imagine what you're thinking right now. What it must be like to come home from school one day and find out you won't be going back for a while and no one can tell you when, or even why. To see me come home from uni for ages but still have to do all the work that goes with it and be so upset, but you don't know why. To not be allowed to go see our cousins or play at the park, but you don't know why.
It's you guys who I feel the worst for. Too young to understand but too old to just ignore it. There aren't words I can give you to make this all easier and I'm sorry. I promise to always look after you and make things as amazing as they can be but I am scared that this is an impossible job right now.
But it's more than that. It's you guys who I admire most. The hope that lives in your eyes, the beautiful honesty of your laughter, you two are what keeps me going. The hushed conversations that I have with Mummy are always ended by the light that you both bring into a room. You don't know you're doing it but I couldn't ask anyone to do a better job.
One day we will be able to explain everything that happened. One day. When that is I don't know but I do know that your lives will have been changed by this and I wish I could make that better. Thank you for making my time like this better.
There is some upside to this scariness though. The time I've spent procrastinating by playing board games or tennis, teaching you times tables and listening to you read has let me spend so much more time with you than I ever thought I would be able to. I get to see you both grow into beautiful, wonderful humans and god am I lucky.
I'm so lucky to have you. My Noodles and my Dindi. My two teeny best pals. You'll cringe when you read this when you're older but sod it, a big sister is meant to be embarrassing.
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An officer with the Louisville (KY) Police Department will reportedly be fired on Friday after his involvement in the fatal shooting of a woman at her apartment earlier this year.
According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Mayor Greg Fischer announced Friday that Louisville Metro Police is initiating termination of Officer Brett Hankison, one of three officers to discharge their service weapons during warrant service at the apartment of Breonna Taylor in March.
In a written statement Interim Chief Robert Schroeder accused Hankison of "blindly" firing rounds into Taylor's apartment.
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A Boston native, Stephen Kurkjian spent nearly 40 years as an editor and reporter for The Boston Globe before retiring in 2007. During his career, he shared in three Pulitzer Prizes and won more than 20 regional and national reporting awards.
Educated in the Boston public schools, Kurkjian graduated from Boston Latin School in 1962. He majored in English Literature at Boston University and earned his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in 1970.
Kurkjian was a founding member of The Globe's investigative Spotlight Team, and its editor for 1979-1986. In 1986, he was named chief of The Globe's Washington Bureau and for six years oversaw the work of the paper's 10 reporters in Washington. Returning to Boston in the early 1990s, he completed numerous investigative projects from The Globe newsroom including the clergy abuse scandal inside the Boston Archdiocese and the devastating fire at a Rhode Island nightclub that took the lives of 100 people.
His 2005 article of the theft of 13 pieces of artwork from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is regarded as the most complete account of the still-unsolved crime. His book, MASTER THIEVES: The Boston Gangsters Who Pulled Off the World's Greatest Art Heist, was published to critical acclaim in 2015.
Soon after publication, the book was optioned by Sony/TriStar pictures which recently announced that it had contracted with firm director Jose Padilha to make it into a Hollywood movie.
A resident of Plymouth and South Boston, Kurkjian is the father of Erica Kurkjian Parrell, an elementary school teacher, from Marshfield, and Adam Kurkjian, a sports reporter from North Attleboro.
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"I came all the way from 13-year-old boy from a small town to the world famous artist. At 18 I had no concept of life in the real world, however, I had millions of dollars and access to everything I wanted. It's not the most pleasant of circumstances for everyone. At 19, I began to use heavy drugs, became angry, resentful, and disrespectful to women. I drifted away from all who loved me, and felt that can never change," said Justin Bieber.
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Add this winter in an interview with "Vogue"singer admitted that the depression worsened during the tour, because the artist has the feeling he is failing.
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So, earlier in the interview, Bieber stated that he struggled with the feeling that people use it, so had trust issues, initially could not fully open even Haley. According to him, the lover creates in their relationship the right balance.
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How to wear wavy hair: 10 effortlessly beautiful looks
From the article : How to wear wavy hair: 10 effortlessly beautiful looks
Summer is all about wavy hair, and in celebration of that fact, we've created a gallery of our favorite wavy hairstyles! Whether you prefer your waves sleek, tousled, barely there, air dried or blow dried, scroll through the photos above and get inspired!
Styling tips
1/ Wavy hair that lasts
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Established in 1986 by two managers from one of the UK's largest sign manufacturers, with the aim of providing a high level of service but at a keenly competitive price, Escott Signs has evolved rapidly to become one of the most successful companies in the signage industry. The company operates out of a purpose-built facility located on the Team Valley Trading Estate in Gateshead, employing 40+ people and offering a full nationwide package from design through to manufacture, installation and ongoing maintenance and technical support. Installation is carried out by a team of directly-employed specialist installers.
Managing Director, Alan Ramsay commented: "The market has changed dramatically over the years, from the time when the major financial institutions like banks and building societies were the dominant source of work to the current significant move to the high street retail sector which is continually developing and which represents the progressive spending area of the market. Escott Signs has been and continues to be particularly successful in securing long-term signage contracts with many of the national blue chip high street brands."
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Commenting on the success so far of the new AXYZ 6014 router, Sales Director at Escott Signs Jeff Lumsden added: "While it is too early to make a full evaluation of the router's effectiveness, early signs indicate that the router will help increase output dramatically and make the company even more competitive when tendering for long-term signage contracts with many of the UK's leading blue chip companies. The service provided by AXYZ, prior to, during and after installation, has been excellent."
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European 3DS owners will be able to enjoy yet another puzzle game on 26th March when developer Moragami launches its eShop and retail title, Pazuru. Published by Joindots (eShop) and PurpleHills (retail), the title will cost €5.99 / €29.99 (retail), with a US release confirmed for a later date.
Pazuru features easy to learn but hard to master action-puzzle mechanics over 70 brain-bending levels. Players will be required to twist, warp, bounce and toggle their way through the puzzling action whilst collecting stars and completing each level in as few actions as possible to gain a perfect score. Users will also have the ability to create custom levels with the built-in editor and share them online and offline via QR Codes.
Take a look at the trailer of Pazuru below and let us know in the comments if you're excited for the release of this title.
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We have been in interesting times these past several months. We have all adjusted our lives to keep ourselves and others healthy and safe. The parish has made many adjustments as well. Realizing the parish has been adjusting its operations, our teen parishioner Ryan Connors offered to fill in where he could help the parish through these days of "hiccups!" I nominate Ryan for a Star Light for his generosity in volunteering in whatever needs the parish has had. His willingness, talents, skills, and stewardship has been very much appreciated. Thank you, Ryan! God Bless you, my friend!
Father Rob and Staff
Diane Dailey is a candidate for multiple Star Lights. Over the past two months, she has been working on the parish campus gardens and making them look beautiful. She has been weeding and edging the gardens. She has been trimming and pruning the hydrangeas and other shrubs. She donated and planted some annuals and perennial flowers as well. She also helped plant eight "Knock Out Roses" and spread a large load of mulch which were all donated by some generous parishioners. When she is not working the gardens, Diane is busy cleaning and helping maintain the playground and that area. She is also the leader of the "Bright Red Bookshelf" ministry. She is a member of the Buildings & Grounds ministry and also a Collection Counter. Diane is a prime example of Stewardship and deserves this Star Light.
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Bob Goldbach
I would like to nominate Kathy Goldbach for a Star Light who helped to weed and clean up the parish campus gardens. She helped plant some annual and perennial flowers that were donated by generous parishioners. She also helped to spread 10 yards of mulch that was also donated by a generous parishioner. Many hours were spent completing these tasks and the campus gardens look great as a result of the hard work and effort. Thank you to this steward of our parish.
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After weeks of deadlock, the American Congress has finally agreed an increase in the public-debt ceiling, thus enabling the government to carry on functioning. But the argument has highlighted the way in which the budget surpluses have evaporated
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The willingness of all those involved to take the dispute quite so far was largely determined by the upcoming Congressional elections in November—a third of the Senate and all seats in the House come up for election. The Democrats can see political advantage in, among other things, linking Mr Bush's tax cut with the government's budgetary difficulties. The Republicans are, as always, keen to portray the Democrats as big government spenders. An end to the immediate row over the debt ceiling hasn't changed this.
The showdown has once again highlighted the president's real budgetary problem: that there is now no hope of an early return to budget surpluses. When Mr Bush took office less than eighteen months ago, he was confident that the government would be able to repay the entire national debt within a decade. So sure were the forecasters of enormous budget surpluses that even Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, expressed concern about the government having more money than it knew what to do with.
With hindsight it is hard to see how someone like Mr Greenspan could have been caught up in the forecasting hype. Long-run projections are always suspect: and particularly so when they relate to government spending and revenues. In fact, the budget had only been in surplus—when social security was excluded—for a very short time towards the end of the Clinton presidency. Yet Mr Bush's tax cut was passed largely on the basis of those projections—projections which had already been watered down by the time the tax cut took effect.
The tax cut changed the budget arithmetic and will do so much more dramatically if, as Mr Bush now wants, the so-called sunset provision is repealed. This is a device which, for technical reasons, meant that all the tax reductions would be reversed in 2011—at which time the tax rates would go back to what they were in 2001. Extending the cut beyond 2010 sharply raises the cost.
Other factors have helped wreak havoc with the budget numbers. The recession, increased government spending after September 11th, and the economic-stimulus package passed earlier this year have all pushed back the time when the budget can reasonably be expected to return to surplus. The bigger-than-anticipated drop in government revenues—mainly from individuals and corporations—will lead to a further revision of the forecasts. One important element in the shortfall could be the drop in capital gains taxes in the wake of the collapse in share prices. Given the current state of the stockmarkets, this is unlikely to be reversed soon.
In the latter years of the Clinton presidency much was made of the social-security "lockbox": both parties committed themselves to balance the budget without touching the social-security surplus. But with even the net budget—the "online" budget plus social security—in deficit till at least 2004, the lockbox has been abandoned. The government needs to dip into social security to help bring the overall budget nearer to balance.
In spite of the latest row, there is as yet no general appetite for repealing the tax cut—most elements of which have yet to take effect—and thus not much prospect of balancing the budget. Both parties have their own fiscal agenda, with the Republicans favouring spending cuts—in theory at least—over tax rises and the Democrats, who are traditionally big spenders, preferring to see at least some of the Bush tax reductions abandoned.
As yet, the battle for control of both houses of Congress after the November elections is wide open. But even if the Democrats hold the Senate and win the House, it seems implausible that Mr Bush would sign any bill which dented his most prized domestic policy achievement, the tax cuts. The latest budget row is probably a taste of many more to come.


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In our modern-day world, we are bombarded with an ever-increasing amount of toxins and it's our liver's job to deal with all these exposures. In its simplest form, the liver's job is to filter the blood that comes from our digestive tract, but it has many important functions in addition to its filtering and detoxifying role.
The liver synthesises and excretes bile via the gall bladder, which helps to break down and assimilates fats in the intestines. It manufactures and stores glycogen and plays a role in stabilising blood sugar. It produces enzymes, manufactures cholesterol, regulates fat storage, manufactures new proteins, stores a variety of vitamins and minerals including Vitamin B12, metabolises and detoxifies hormones, and converts Vitamin D into its usable form.
As you can see, the liver is a busy place. And unfortunately there are many choices we make each and every day that add to the burden on our liver, including eating too much protein, too much sugar and too many simple carbohydrates. Any form of overeating can stress the liver. Additionally our level of exposure to heavy metals, toxins and pesticides, alcohol, drugs and medication can impact our liver too, but so too can internally produced toxins and by-products of metabolism.
Telltale signs of an overburdened liver
There are a number of signs that indicate our liver's need some extra love. These include tenderness under the right-hand side of our rib case, headaches, dizziness, light coloured bowel movements or irregular bowel movements, yellowing of the skin or the eyes, fatigue, lack of appetite, itchy skin or inflamed, red eyes. Not necessarily a sign, but anger can also be an indication of liver dysfunction from a Chinese Medicine perspective.
How we can help support our liver to do its job
One of the first things I suggest is getting enough sleep, and at the right time. The liver rejuvenates during the night, typically between 11pm and 3 am, so we want to be asleep between these hours to maximise healing. I also suggest allowing at least 3 hours between our last meal and when we go to bed, so that we have time to process our meal while still awake.
Start the day with lemon juice in warm water
Give your liver a boost in the right direction early in the day by starting each day with a glass of warm water with the juice of half a lemon. This in an old Ayurvedic (traditional Indian medicine) practice that stimulates both the liver and gallbladder to function optimally.
Avoid unnecessary toxin exposure
Consider your chemical exposure and aim to reduce your exposure by filtering your drinking water, avoiding plastics, minimising chemicals in your personal care products, and eating the best quality food you can find. For more information on avoiding chemicals, check out my blog post on minimising exposure to chemicals in cosmetics, cleaning products and toileteries or my post on turning off the tap on toxins.
Get the right amount of protein
We need the amino acids that come from protein as cofactors in many of the detoxification processes that occur in our liver, so we need an appropriate amount of protein. However, it is a bit like a goldilocks proposition – not too much, but not too little, just the right amount. As a gauge, we need a minimum of 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight, spread out across the day. This is the minimum intake required for repair and healing. We don't need to rely on animal protein. There are plenty of plant-based proteins that can help supplement protein intake into the ideal range.
Eat for nutrient density (maximise nutrition with a whole food diet)
- Include plenty of leafy green vegetables for their B Vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and chlorophyll. These compounds all help support the liver in its detoxification role.
- Aim to include healthy fat, fibre and protein at each meal. Fibre supports the liver by binding to toxins in the digestive tract and ushering them out in a timely manner. We get fibre from fruits and vegetables, but also pulses, legumes and seeds like chia and flax. Healthy fats benefit us in a number of ways, but unhealthy ones significantly contribute to poor liver health. Avoid processed industrial oils like sunflower, soy, canola, peanut, corn and vegetable oil. Rather, enjoy healthy oils in the form of extra virgin olive oil along with fat containing nuts and seeds, and healthy vegetables like avocados.
- Include plenty of cruciferous vegetables to support the important liver process known as sulfation, which is helpful for detoxifying oestrogen. Load up on broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussell's sprouts and bok choy. Bitter vegetables like radish, rocket, endive, and horseradish are also helpful for the liver and its detoxification processes.
- It probably goes without saying, but lessen your reliance on refined carbohydrates such as sugar and other 'white' foods like refined flour, and processed foods that contain additives.
Drink more herbal teas that support the liver
There are some great herbal tea combinations around that are designed to support healthy liver function. Look for those containing dandelion root, milk thistle, and nettle.
Move your body and work up a sweat
If we aren't exercising or utilising other practises that make us sweat, our liver has to do more of the elimination work, rather than what should be happening through the skin and lungs. If you can't exercise for whatever reason, using a far-infrared sauna can help with detoxifying and taking the burden off the liver. In addition to sweating, exercising enhances blood and lymphatic flow, which helps facilitate the movement of toxins from the tissues and allows us to process and remove them via the liver.


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