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Home»For Buyers»Marketing & Management»Psychology of Shopping Psychology of Shopping By Publisher April 1, 2011 3 Mins Read If you’ve ever wondered why some people are proud to announce a great deal on a new outfit, or why they like wine more when it’s expensive, author, Philip Graves, might have the answer. Graves, one of the world’s leading experts in consumer behavior, shares his insights into the psychology of shopping in a new book, “CONSUMEROLOGY: The Market Research Myth, the Truth about Consumers and the Psychology of Shopping.” In it, Graves explains, “It’s likely that there’s an evolutionary link between the original gathering role women had, and the way they like to shop today. Women will often enjoy exploring new shops to get a sense of what’s available, which links back to the nurturing and providing role.” Graves also notes that women appear to find shopping far less tiring than men, and their shopping stamina is often far greater. “This may go back to the way our brains have evolved to manage tasks efficiently,” he notes. “Gathering requires an ability to keep an eye out for what’s tasty, and retail environments are crowded with products and messages and require a vast amount of such filtering. If you’re not used to it, this can be mentally draining.” He also notes that from an early age, girls get attention, or psychological ‘strokes,’ from things more closely linked to purchasing than boys, who tend to get theirs linked to strength, power and status. Saying, “Don’t you look lovely,” to the child in the new dress, becomes, “Don’t I look nice,” when that girl has disposable income years later. “It recreates the same positive feelings,” Graves says. “Given the consumer nature of society, recreating this feeling is relatively easy and can become habitual.” In his research, Graves also found that a bargain causes a feel good rush of brain chemicals, and telling other people gives us a reminder of that feeling. “Getting a good deal makes a good story,” he says, “and in the end we are little more than story telling primates. When we get a good deal, we’re the hero who has defeated the store to win the prize.” Because of this, bargain shoppers can be like gamblers, with a highly inaccurate recollection of how good they are at shopping, as they are quick to forget the mistakes. Finally, Graves notes that our brains work by making associations. “While we tell ourselves that our conscious mind evaluates something on the basis of certain known variables, the reality is that there’s a lot more that influences what we think,” he says. For example, when we see the wine label or the price, it triggers certain associations. “Think of it as a rough track that’s just been turned into a surfaced road,” Graves says. “Now when we taste the wine, our brain finds it easier to go down the road than some of the other rough tracks, and we get to the destination more quickly.” In the case of higher price, drinkers tend to associate this with better quality, so they find it easier to like the wine more. For more information on Philip Graves and his work, go to www.philipgraves.net. Previous ArticleGoing Mobile Next Article Retail Job Jeopardy Influencer Marketing Expected to Thrive in 2023 Creating a Top Tier Loyalty Program
Sexual harassment charges against former aide follows Eric Garcetti to India [email protected] WASHINGTON: While the Biden administration is relieved to have finally flagged off Eric Garcetti as ambassador to India, not everyone is thrilled, including some of his former aides, one of whom, former communication's director Naomi Seligman, a whistleblower in the sexual harassment saga, maintained in interviews that the former mayor oversaw and enabled an office in which sexual harassment was ubiquitous. The allegations center not on Garcetti personally but around his former aide Rick Jacobs. Still it was deemed serious enough that Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono told reporters earlier in the day that she decided to vote against the nomination after she was provided “credible information given to me in confidence.” After 26 months, US finally confirms Eric Garcetti as ambassador to India About time too, because the United States has not had an ambassador in New Delhi for over two years now, from the time Kenneth Juster packed up on January 20, 2021, when there was a change of guard at the White House. It is the longest stretch New Delhi has been without a US ambassador. Seligman was more direct, saying Garcetti was undeserving of the ambassadorial assignment and blasting the Biden administration and most Democratic lawmakers for ignoring the allegations. “Unfortunately the White House has put undue pressure on Democrats to vote for Eric Garcetti because he has been a very, very loyal person to President Biden,” Seligman said in a CNN interview, noting that he would be overseeing more than 2000 people in India and she feels "scared for the people who will be around him." The Democratic leadership however reposed full faith in a man seen as being close to President Biden. Who is Eric Michael Garcetti? NEW DELHI: A Senate committee has voted in favour of former Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti nomination to be US ambassador to India. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination by a vote of 13-8 on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden first nominated Garcetti to become ambassador to Typically, large and important countries get as ambassadors political appointees who have the ear and often a direct line to the President. JK Galbraith was a Kennedy confidante, and the story goes that he frequently bypassed his notional boss, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, to go directly to the President, once writing to him that trying to communicate via Rusk was "like trying to fornicate through a mattress." Chester Bowles, Kenneth Keating and Daniel Moynihan, all political appointees who went to New Delhi after Galbraith, were heavyweights in their own right, having served in the House and Senate. Eric Garcetti moves a step closer to becoming US's next ambassador to India Starting in 1980 though, Washington sent a series of career foreign service officials (fso) to serve as ambassadors in New Delhi. Although some of them were distinguished careerists -- Pickering and Wisner among them -- it wasn't until Bill Clinton, preparatory to his visit to India in 2000, sent Richard Celeste, a former Governor of Ohio, that political appointees became the norm again. Since then, with the exception of Nancy Powell in 2012-2014, all US ambassadors to New Delhi have been political appointees: Robert Blackwill, David Mulford, Timothy Roemer, Richard Verma, and Kenneth Juster. Most of them have sailed through the confirmation process in politically propitious times, when India’s growing heft begged for a quick shoo-in. But such is the prevalent pathology in Washington that all bets are off when it comes to a political appointee even when global strategic developments cry out for a quick replacement. India was not alone in this regard. Two years into its terms, the Biden White House still hasn’t managed to get ambassadors in 40 world capitals. Saudi Arabia has not had a US ambassador for almost as long, and that hasn't turned out very well for the United States. Tags: against, charges, follows, former, garcetti, harassment, india, sexual
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In the technological era today, a business starts with going online and ends without a proper online presence. To get the most of your online presence, you need to keep in mind some essential factors before selecting the e-commerce development company for your business. Thanks to the power of the Internet that amidst the lockdown […] Vital Tips For Choosing An eCommerce Website Development Company In the technological era today, a business starts with going online and ends without a proper online presence. To get the most of your online presence, you need to keep in mind some essential factors before selecting the e-commerce development company for your business. Thanks to the power of the Internet that amidst the lockdown across the nation, we have a healthy life. Thanks to the power of E-commerce that during these stays at home, our daily living is not affected. Not only today, but for the past few years, E-commerce has also been one of the most potent ways to confirm your online presence and rise with it to desired heights. However big or small your business may be, an E-commerce website can twist your fate at once. And an E-Commerce Website Development Company in Kolkata knows the best ways to do it for you. But how to select that company will be no hard nut to crack once the below-mentioned points are there in your mind. What is an E-commerce Website, and How it May Benefit You? A Website where numerous items or services are sold or bought is known as an E-commerce website. With the internet growing powerful, people are getting addicted to a comfortable living and find it convenient to get things delivered at the doorstep. The same big marketplace is brought to your bedroom or living room with the help of expert e-commerce website development services. The business, in turn, reaches a broader audience crossing every geographical barrier. Even a full proof E-commerce site encourages new customer acquisition through Search Engine optimization. Moreover, the initial investment for an online store is much cost-effective since they need no physical existence; and the business can even be rolled from home. Let’s look at the tips to crack the best deal based on your requirements. Now when you know what are the benefits of an E-commerce site development company, these tips would help you reach the best suitable company for your business. Fitting Your Budget: Building an E-commerce website is not a tough deal if you have a good idea, the right amount for investment, and the best e-commerce website development agency working for you. Getting the right site for you, representing your identity in the market, needs to be an ideal catch. Here the most important is the cost. In the beginning, you should share a clear idea about your project and get to estimate the cost related to it. Be clear with the solution if provided to you and if that is the licensing model. Also, get clarified if the solution is going to charge you extra. Interact with a Developer for Techical Experience: Another very vital point to check with is the experience of the agency in handling your project. The tech experience of the developers in the company needs to be judged from very close since that would decide if the company will be able to meet your specific requirements. Judging them on programming languages through asking technical questions is a great way to get some in-depth idea about the level of the company you would be dealing with for the next few months. Take a Look at Their Portfolio: Portfolio of previous works acts like a mirror in every field. Every big or small e-Commerce website development company possesses portfolios that can give you ideas related to their work and expertise areas. Before getting into the deal, you can ask for their portfolio if you are not able to find them on their website. In this step, you would be able to closely judge the functionality and usability of the solutions that they have already delivered to various other companies previously. You can also ask for examples of work in your area to judge in a better manner. Check on Reviews and Testimonials: One very reliable way to know about a development company without even letting them know is online reviews and testimonials. They are the real pictures of how a company is from every perspective. They give you a 360 degrees tour of the company just in few minutes, so an in-depth online research about the E-commerce website development services extended by them. Thorough background research is very much necessary since quite the right amount of money is going to get invested in this development. Development Process & Scalability: Another major factor that needs profound consideration is the development process or the actual time they need to deliver your project. A standard eCommerce website development agency will always keep in touch with its clients throughout the process. It is important for the developers to abide by the time and complete the process within the promised time, but it is also equally important to keep the client updated through the steps. This would also help you to keep a track on the advancement and even on the techniques and technology being used by them. Scalability: Here is something technical that you need to take care of while selecting a development company for you. If your business is going to deal with a huge number and variety of products, then you need to look for a multi-vendor E-commerce marketplace. In this regard, you need to make sure that there is no limitation to a number of products that you can entitle to the website. Your website loading time should not be compromised, hampering your business. One of the most important factors of an E-commerce website is that it should be scalable enough to handle high traffic influx, maximum order, and fleeting page visits. SEO Optimization: Most of the standard E-commerce website development service providers will provide you with all-round establishment support for your online presence, including SEO Optimization. SEO works in providing better search rankings, thus boosting your business. Thus you need to check with the company if they are supporting your business development. Designing and development of an E-commerce website is a very crucial decision for a business. I hope these factors help you in finding the best service provider for your company to experience profit in business.
Tag: rainbow capitalism Marketing The Rainbow 5 (3) Post author By Shreya Mehray 2 Comments on Marketing The Rainbow 5 (3) You’ll be surprised to find that Pride Month is celebrated to commemorate the Stonewall Inn riots, which date back to 1969. At least, I was. Back then, it wasn’t a whole month, it was just one day, typically the last Sunday of June. Even then the dates weren’t fixed, and nowadays, we recognise the entirety […]
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Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology The no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller! The great Norse myths, which have inspired so much of modern fiction, are dazzlingly retold by Neil Gaiman. Tales of dwarfs and frost giants, of treasure and magic, and of Asgard, home to the gods: Odin the all-father, highest and oldest of the Aesir; his mighty son Thor, whose hammer Mjollnir makes the mountain giants tremble; Loki, wily and handsome, reliably unreliable in his lusts; and Freya, more beautiful than the sun or the moon, who spurns those who seek to control her. From the dawn of the world to the twilight of the gods, this is a thrilling, vivid retelling of the Norse myths from the award-winning, bestselling Neil Gaiman.
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Tag Archives: the Bible DONALD TRUMP’S ODD SENSE OF HUMANITY Shortly after bombing an airstrip in Syria, Donald Trump addressed the American people with a short speech clearly written for him, since he spoke with the awkwardness of a third-grader delivering a book report on a book he hadn’t read.
Tag: Scrap Fishing Vessel … A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river. Many different kinds of vessels are used in commercial, artisan and recreational fishing. According to the FAO, there are currently more than four million commercial fishing vessels of which there is one shown in the picture above. Note to self, 4 million fishing boats is a fraction of the more than one billion cars we have. Posted on July 15, 2013 December 21, 2014 Categories UncategorizedTags Boat, Green, Iron, Rust, ScrapLeave a comment on Fishing Vessel …
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24 Hours In Budapest – What To See And Do On A Short Break By Solomon Williams, Published on Sep 23, 2019 If you’re the kind of person that loves to travel the world but just doesn’t have the time to do so, there’s a high chance that you simply stay at home and watch the same Netflix series on repeat. But what if we told you that you don’t need a huge amount of time to see what this planet has to offer? City breaks are becoming increasingly popular with those that have a tight schedule, as you can see everything you want to within just 24 hours. Don’t believe us? Check out how you can explore Budapest in just 24 hours. Check out Budapest from above One of the best ways to truly see what a city has to offer is to check it out from above. Finding high ground in Budapest isn’t difficult, but will require a little bit of walking. Heading to the Fisherman’s Bastion will give you some of the best views of the two sides of the city, and will allow you to see the beautiful river and bridges in the process. By doing this, you can also scope out any attractions or monuments you really want to see. Cruise down the Danube The Danube snakes its way through the middle of Budapest and is one of the most remarkable rivers in the world. It’s surrounded by stunning buildings and bridges, and it’s fair to say that a Danube cruise will definitely put a smile on your face. Although you can do this at night, cruising down the river at night will give you the chance to see Budapest twinkling with all of the lights. You can even book a dinner cruise, which means that you can try traditional food at the same time. Head to the thermal baths Every city comes with one particular attraction that stands out more than most, and there’s no doubt about the fact that the many thermal baths in Budapest bring in millions of visitors every single year. These natural springs and baths are incredibly relaxing, and they are all part and parcel of life in Budapest. You can chill out during the day, or you could even head to the baths at night for a nighttime rave. The choice is yours. Check out a ruin pub The people of Budapest are known for having a drink or two, so it should come as no surprise to learn that they have some pretty amazing bars and pubs. Perhaps the most famous pubs are the ruin pubs, which are normally set underground or built into old buildings. You can sample traditional drinks, and you can party until the sun goes down if you really want to. Although most people think that you need a few days in each travel destination to really see what it’s about, that just isn’t the case for Budapest. All you need is just 24 hours to really get to grips with this city. When Is The Best Time To Visit Disneyland? Top Scenic Train Journeys Found Across Europe Family-Fun Activities To Enjoy At Rocky Mountain National Park The Best Places To Find Winter Sun Across Europe
5 minutes reading time (1013 words) The spark of a book I believe that most every book begins by seizing upon the spark of an idea before the idea fades. This book, the one that Mark Spencer and I are writing, is no different. But first, let me give credit where credit is due, for I will never take the spotlight from another who deserves it. Mark is an extraordinary forensicator (I actually do not like that word, but what else is there?). His casework has been featured internationally. He has presented on some of it and the little that he can share has always been impressive. This book revolves around his casework. I will merely validate what has already been validated many times over. What is this new forensic book about? The story in our upcoming book, which won’t be out until 2023 is Mark’s baby. Mark and his team did incredible work, and this book will highlight some aspects of a case. Although we are writing as one, my intention is to help get the story out, in both a manner that every forensic analyst must read to reduce making mistakes and for the public to read to grasp a sliver of how important DFIR work is to countries and individuals. You will see forensics with a entirely different perspective after reading this book. At this point, the actual story won’t be let out until we get closer to the end, nor will the forensic feats be detailed until then as well. I am humbled to see this book from the beginning and can’t wait to read the finished product. I have another book in progress, which will also be released near the same time or sooner, but this book is different. This book won’t be like any forensic book that you’ve read before because of the manner of the way that it is being written. That spark for a book This is the one-thing that I want to get across in this blog post (if you ever listened to any of my presentations, you know how I feel about “one thing”): The spark for a book can and will come anytime and be unexpected. And it will die out faster than Windows ME if you don’t act on it. In this case, I met Mark for the first time at a conference, where I introduced myself and told him how much I enjoyed his presentation. No need to go into details about Mark, other than it is easy to figure out that he is a cool guy, knows what he is doing, and is also a humble human. This is another “one-thing” by the way: Go say ‘hello’ or ‘great presentation’ or whatever when you have a chance to whomever you wanted to speak with, because that opportunity will disappear the longer you wait. That one conversation was the spark of this book. It didn’t happen at that very moment, but that seed grew in a few years to when the decision to put a forensic story on paper was made. Maybe the book would have happened at another point in time, but certainly it is happening faster than ever now. It is so easy to write a book!! That’s a lie. Show me someone who says that it is easy to write a book and I’ll show you someone who never written a book. For me, I think that I have a harder time writing books than anyone else. But I also bet that everyone else thinks that they have a harder time writing than me. The point is that it is not easy to write a book. I’ve written a few books, tech edited a few others, and ghost-written partial books and chapters. None have been easy. I expect this current book to be the most difficult and at the same time, have the highest expectations that this will be one of the best books written in this field. We shall see when it comes out. If it turns out to be a flop, it will not be due to a lack of effort and research. If you are thinking of writing a book, my advice is to not force it. I spoke with someone who wanted to write a book and he wanted to write any book on practically any topic. The end result was no book. That was years ago and still...no book. If I spoke to you about writing your book, and you didn't write it, this isn't about you. I was talking about a different guy.... If you are not damned determined to write a book, don’t even start because you certainly won’t finish it. If you are damned determined to write a book, but don’t have any idea of what to write about, wait for the idea. You can’t beat an idea out of yourself. The idea has to be burning to get out of yourself. If you are planning to write something that you wouldn’t pay to read, neither will anyone else. Don't assume that everyone already knows what you are going to write about, because everyone doesn't know. For those who have written DFIR books, kudos to each of you because I most probably read your book and might still have it on myself, even after a decade of being published. For those who will write forensic books, if you get only one sale, that one sale will probably be me. More (potentially) big news At a recent conference (TechnoSecurity), I sat down with the author of one of the most popular and useful forensic books ever written, and written by one of the most influential people in the DFIR field. The book has been in print for over a decade and the topic of a second edition came up...for all you reading this, believe you me when I say that I hoped that I talked him into a second edition. I really really want an updated version of this book, but I won't give any more pressure than I already did, until the next time I see him... That sliver of space between first and second plac...
Brian Fanelli Poet. Educator. Horror Blogger. Published Poems Tag: Election 2012 Don’t Panic, People! October 8, 2012 October 8, 2012 Leave a comment A lot of my liberal friends have been moaning and groaning over the last few days after President Obama’s lackluster debate performance last week. However, I’ve been telling them not to worry, at least not yet. In the last few decades, incumbant presidents have more times than not lost the first debate. Ronald Reagan had a poor performance against Walter Mondale in 1984. George Bush Sr. lost the first debate to Clinton. George Bush Jr. lost the first round to John Kerry in 2004. All of those candidates, other than Bush Sr., went on to win re-election. Furthermore, the president was never a good debtor. He lost several of the debates to Hillary Clinton in 2008, and he lost the first debate to John McCain after securing the Democratic nomination. He is better at giving speeches, especially when he hasn’t debated in four years and his opponent went through a long, drawn-out primary season with a record number of debates. Sure, Mitt Romney got a bit of a bounce from the first debate. However, President Obama is still ahead in the electoral count, and that’s what matters most. Just about every electoral map has Obama ahead. Here is a sampling of the Huff Post’s map and The New York Times map, as two examples. It was probably likely the race was going to tighten after the debate anyways. The president enjoyed a post-convention bounce and was pulling ahead. Romney is enjoying a slight post-debate bounce, but bounces fade after a week or two. Meanwhile, if you want to get involved in the election, for either candidate, the offices always need help. I continually tell my friends that instead of posting political rants on Facebook, they should do phonebanking, canvassing, or voter registration. Romney Gambles His Political Future on Paul Ryan Late Friday night, word broke that Mitt Romney was going to pick Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan for join him on the ticket as VP. The decision was formally announced Saturday morning in Virgina, aboard the USS Wisconsin, which is a bit ironic since neither men have military experience. Ryan should galvanize progressives to get out and vote for a number of reasons. The Congressman believes in a total Ayn Rand philosophy of the individual versus the collective and extreme limited government. Several articles about him point out that he used to make his staff read Rand. He wants to turn Social Security and Medicare into a voucher system, basically privatizing it and ending it as we know it.His budget plan was even called “too radical” by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who said it would lead to “right-wing social engineering.” However, later Gingrich walked back those comments. Ryan also draws the ire of the left because he’s had the support of the Koch-brothers for years in WI, and they helped him make his name by pumping money into his campaigns. On the other side, Ryan will galvanize the fringe Tea Party wing of the GOP, though perhaps they’re not the fringe anymore, if Ryan is now sitting on the Romney ticket. The right has won, but in the end, it may sink the GOP’s chances to win the White House. Democrats and their SuperPACS have salavated at the chance to go after the Ryan budget in attack ads. Now they’ll have the chance, and the country will have a serious debate about the Ryan budget that nearly every Republican voted for in the House earlier this year. For more about Ryan, I suggest reading this article that appeared recently in the New Yorker. To paraphrase the article’s author, Ryan Lizza, putting Ryan on the ticket is the riskiest move Romney could have made. Yes, Obama Could Lose In the most recent episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Maher offered an apt metaphor for the possibility that yes, Obama can lose the election. He admitted that the GOP has been ruining its brand as of late, due to the long primary battle and the fight over birth control and women’s reproductive rights, but Maher compared the GOP to a horror movie slasher that won’t die. First, the hand starts moving, and then the whole corpse comes back to life. As Maher pointed out, the GOP will eventually ends its primary season, probably quite soon if Romney wins a majority of the states this Tuesday (a Super Tuesday race). Then, the party will coalesce around the nominee and work on defeating Obama. The Koch Brothers and other right-wing billionaires will pour millions into Super PACS to unseat the president. Maher’s comments reminded me of friends who believe Obama will definitely win re-election. As an Obama supporter and someone currently working with his campaign in Luzerene County, I have told friends time and time again that the president can indeed lose re-election. The GOP may be in disarray now, but they will unite to defeat him. Even Paul Begala, a major Democratic strategist, wrote in his column in the new issue of Newsweek that this election may very well be a toss up. Begala points out that there are a few foreign policy factors that can upend the election. He cites the Iran nuclear issue and skyrocketing oil prices as two major factors, as well as uncertainty and possible conflict in Pakistan. He also envisions the GOP uniting once the primary season is over. He writes, “The GOP will unify. Where once their central organizing principle was opposing communism, now it is opposing Barack Obama. As long as he is on the ballot, the Republicans will be able to reunite. There is not much the White House can do about that. The reality is the GOP demolition derby will end soon enough, and the president will be in a neck-and-neck race all year.” The Election is still about 8 months away, and in a lot of ways, it feels much more important than it did in 2008, due to all of the problems facing this country, including growing income inequality, high unemployment, and impending foreign policy issues. Months ago, Obama started laying the groundwork for his campaign. Even here in NEPA, an office has already opened in Scranton and one is set to open soon in Wilkes-Barre. The White House must know that the landscape this time will be different than it was in 2008 and nothing is certain, especially since the economy is still fragile and serious foreign policy challenges loom. It makes the canvassing and voter registration drives all that more important. Front Man
What is Medicaid Planning? May 28, 2019 \| Estate Planning \| 1 comment When we talk about estate planning and preparing for retirement, we often include a discussion on long term care expenses and how to pay for those costs. Many clients believe they have saved sufficient funds for retirement and assume they will never need government assistance. But what happens if your expenses are significantly higher than planned (for example, you or your spouse require expensive long-term care), your investments do not provide as much income as expected, or you simply outlive your money? Even if you never need to apply for Medicaid, it is worth planning as if you might need that kind of assistance. Medicaid is a state and federal partnership providing medical assistance to those with low income, the elderly, pregnant women, children, and disabled individuals. The program is run by each individual state, so the rules may differ. In 2017 it was estimated that 64% of nursing home residents in North Carolina received Medicaid assistance to pay all or a portion of the cost of care. The Affordable Care Act changed the Medicaid application process and some of the income rules surrounding eligibility. Some states have approved Medicaid expansion, extending the program to additional residents who would not otherwise have any healthcare coverage. As of the date of this writing, the North Carolina General Assembly has not approved Medicaid expansion. Consider the following situation: A married couple with grown children owns their $350,000 home outright and has $250,000 in retirement savings and investments. One spouse falls ill and is placed in a long-term nursing facility with no expectation he will return home. The average cost for a private room in the U.S. is $8,121 a month. It will not take long to deplete the couple’s savings. When that money is gone, what happens to the spouse who is living in the family home, especially if that spouse ever needs assisted living or nursing care. The current laws account for this situation to some degree, with a “community spouse resource allowance” that permits a spouse in the home to keep one-half of countable assets limited to a maximum half of $126,420 in 2019 and income assistance for a spouse in the home. In addition, certain assets are “non countable” in the eligibility process, so the primary residence, car, and household goods do not count as assets (there are also some value limits here). Assets owned with another party may also be excluded; for example, if the institutionalized father and the couple’s son purchased a lake home together, the son would not be required to sell the home. In certain cases, setting up a trust or gifting assets well ahead of the potential need for Medicaid services can help protect your assets and provide for your loved ones. There is a five year lookback period, so the sale or gifting of any assets within that time frame would be subject to review and potentially delay eligibility for assistance. However, there are options for protection that do not create a penalty within the five year lookback. In addition, in certain circumstances, after your death Medicaid may file a claim against your estate to recover expenses paid, although proper planning can avoid this claim. The rules surrounding Medicaid eligibility and coverage are extremely complex and change regularly. We recommend speaking with an estate planning attorney well versed in Medicaid planning. Schedule an appointment today. Martha Morton on June 30, 2019 at 3:33 pm Thanks for this information I did not know all this, but I think we have it covered so far with Ryan’s help. We will check and make sure. Again Thanks, Martha Morton
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Forside Lesbiske Lady Romeo: The Radical and Revolutionary Life of Charlotte Cushman, America’s First Celebrity (Paperback) Lady Romeo: The Radical and Revolutionary Life of Charlotte Cushman, America’s First Celebrity (Paperback) All her life, Charlotte Cushman refused to submit to others’ expectations. Raised in Boston at the time of the transcendentalists, a series of disasters cleared the way for her life on the stage—a path she eagerly took, rejecting marriage and creating a life of adventure, playing the role of the hero in and out of the theater Kategorier: Biografier, Engelsk, Lesbiske All her life, Charlotte Cushman refused to submit to others’ expectations. Raised in Boston at the time of the transcendentalists, a series of disasters cleared the way for her life on the stage—a path she eagerly took, rejecting marriage and creating a life of adventure, playing the role of the hero in and out of the theater as she traveled to New Orleans and New York City, and eventually to London and back to build a successful career. Her Hamlet, Romeo, Lady Macbeth, and Nancy Sykes from Oliver Twist became canon, impressing Louisa May Alcott, who later based a character on her in Jo’s Boys, and Walt Whitman, who raved about “the towering grandeur of her genius” in his columns for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. She acted alongside Edwin and John Wilkes Booth—supposedly giving the latter a scar on his neck that was later used to identify him as President Lincoln’s assassin—and visited frequently with the Great Emancipator himself, who was a devoted Shakespeare fan and admirer of Cushman’s work. Her wife immortalized her in the angel at the top of Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain; worldwide, she was “a lady universally acknowledged as the greatest living tragic actress.” Behind the scenes, she was equally radical, making an independent income, supporting her family, creating one of the first bohemian artists’ colonies abroad, and living publicly as a queer woman. And yet, her name has since faded into the shadows. Now, her story comes to brilliant life with Tana Wojczuk’s Lady Romeo, an exhilarating and enlightening biography of the 19th-century trailblazer. With new research and rarely seen letters and documents, Wojczuk reconstructs the formative years of Cushman’s life, set against the excitement and drama of 1800s New York City and featuring a cast of luminaries and revolutionaries who changed the cultural landscape of America forever. The story of an astonishing and uniquely American life, Lady Romeo reveals one of the most remarkable forgotten figures in our history and restores her to center stage, where she belongs. Chelsea Girls (Paperback) Det skal føles godt (Hardback) Dem jeg elsker elsker jeg – Kim Schumachers mange liv (Paperback)
Buffalo’s Central Park: A Street, a Plaza and a Neighborhood Posted in Parkside Vicinity, tagged Beltline Railroad, Bennett High School, Buffalo, Burke's Green, cement company, Central Park Avenue, Central Park Neighborhood, Central Park Plaza, Delaware Park, Depew Avenue, erie canal, Lewis Bennet, Morris Avenue, Otowega Club, Parkside, Village of Depew on November 20, 2012\| 28 Comments » Central Park Neighborhood shown in Red Former Buffalo Cement Company land shown in Blue Central Park is the name of a street, a plaza and a neighborhood in Buffalo. The red outline on the map to the right depicts the Central Park Neighborhood, on the west side of Main Street. On the east side of Main Street, the blue outline depicts the boundaries of the former Buffalo Cement Company. A portion of the quarry still exists along East Amherst Street, adjacent to McCarthy Park. Central Park Avenue is located along the south side of Central Park Plaza, which is along the southern border of the blue line on the map. Central Park Plaza was developed in the 1950s to provide an urban shopping destination. At its peak, Central Park Plaza contained 45 stores including several major grocery stores, a day care facility, a charter school, Radio Shack, and various other stores. During the 1980s, the plaza decline due to shifting populations and the rise of suburban shopping malls. This past May, Central Park Plaza got a new owner and there is hope for the redevelopment of the surrounding neighborhood. Central Park neighborhood was named by Lewis Jackson Bennett the Founder of the Buffalo Cement Company. Mr. Bennett was born in Schenectady County NY in July 1833. He began his life as a clerk in a grocery store in Fultonville, NY. He was a collector of tolls on the Erie Canal at Fultonville for a short while. Bennett moved to Buffalo in 1866 after he obtained a contract to do repair work along the canal here. He used the money he earned doing this work to buy land in North Buffalo to extract the limestone for use in a cement factory. He was responsible for all slips and basins in Buffalo and the area 17 miles east of the City. Along with his father-in-law, Andrew Spaulding, he formed an independent contracting business for dredging. They were given city, state and federal contracts throughout Western New York. They supervised the building of the first iron bridges in the area. Mr. Bennett than became interested in the manufacture of hydraulic cement. In 1875, Mr. Bennet began to acquire land on the east and west sides of Main Street where the cement deposits were located. (more…) A Little Street Named for A Big Man Posted in Broadway-Fillmore, tagged Bank of Attica, ECC, G. Barrett Rich House, martin luther king junior park, North Presbyterian Church, Rich Street, Spaulding Exchange, St. Vincent's Orphanage on November 12, 2012\| 2 Comments » The Courier Express called Rich Street “a little street named for a big man”. The street runs between Genesee Street and Best Street near Martin Luther King Junior Park on the East Side of Buffalo. Rich Street gets its name from Gaius Barrett Rich, who was nicknamed “Great Big” because he weighed more than 300 pounds. Mr. Rich was a prominent bank during the early years of Buffalo’s development. He was born in 1790 and opened a store in Clapp’s Mill (in Wyoming County) in 1827. Mr. Rich then founded the Bank of Attica and in 1840, expanded his banking into Buffalo. His bank was located in the Spaulding Exchange, at Main Street and The Terrace. The bank kept the Bank of Attica name until 1892, when it was renamed Buffalo Commercial Bank. Ten years later, Buffalo Commercial Bank merged with the Marine Trust Company. He also founded Western Savings Bank of Buffalo, and was president of the bank from its founding in 1851 until his death in 1861. Western Savings Bank became Western New York Savings Bank, then Niagara County Savings and Loan, then Buffalo Savings Bank, then Goldome. The bank was liquidated nearly 150 years after its founding in 1991 and assets were sold to Key Bank, M&T, and East New York Savings Bank. [side note: someone should write a blog just on Buffalo Banking History, it is fascinating stuff!] Mr. Rich’s home was located at Main Street and Barker Avenue, which was Buffalo countryside at the time. He had greenhouses on his property, and was the first Buffalonian to raise “hothouse grapes”. He owned real estate throughout the City and was one of the founders of North Presbyterian Church. Gaius and his wife Aphia had 7 children. One of Gaius’ sons, named his son Gaius Barrett Rich II. Gaius Barrett Rich II was the owner of the G. Barrett Rich house, built in 1890. The house is still located on Main Street near Riley. G. Barrett sold his home in 1921 after his wife died. It was part of St. Vincent’s Orphanage, and was used as housing for the nuns who ran the orphanage. Later, it was used as part of ECC City Campus prior to ECC moving in to the Old Post Office (its current location). It was vacated by ECC in 1984. Most recently, the building is used for Little Portion Friary, which is a temporary shelter for the homeless. Many members of the Rich family are buried in Forest Lawn, including Gaius and his wife Aphia and Gaius II and his wife Cordelia. So the next time you are driving past Rich Street, think of Gaius and his family, and know that more than 100 years ago, people thought of a banker, not whipped topping when they thought of the Rich family! Don’t forget to check out the Street Index to learn about how other streets got their names! Source: “Rich Street Honors Memory of Banker” Courier Express, September 25 1938, p2.
New munition under the French Rafale F4.1 wings – the AASM 1000 By Boyko Nikolov On Jan 27, 2023 PARIS, FRANCE — In late 2022, the French DGA completed qualification tests of the AASM 1000 GS bomb and its support system. The bomb was developed by Safran Electronics & Defense under an €85 million contract awarded by the DGA in 2017. Photo credit: French MoD Korea’s KF-21 might knock out the French Rafale in Indonesia Dassault Rafale-M beats Boeing F-18 Super Hornet in India – source Obsolete Colombian Kfir fighters will be replaced by French Rafales The AASM 1000 consists of a guidance kit using GPS and an inertial system, and a kit [motor] that increases its range. These kits were developed based on the solution already used for the AASM 250 bomb, which has been in service since 2008 and can be attached to both the older Mk 84 and BLU 109 bombs, as well as the new BA84 and P1000, developed by the French company ARESIA. The AASM 1000 is one of the armament types designed for the Rafale F4.1. Deliveries of the first sets to the French armed forces should begin immediately after the completion of the qualification tests of this standard of the aircraft, which is planned for the end of January this year. deliveries will continue through 2023 [Resumption of Rafale deliveries to France, 11 January 2023]. The Rafale F4.1 is to be used by l’Armée de l’Air et de l’Espace [aerospace force] and Marine nationale [navy], in particular those operating from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. Aircraft in this standard must carry up to three AASM 1000s [one under the fuselage and one under each wing].
Wednesday, January 11, 2023 (8:00 AM - 9:00 AM) (MST) Espresso Yourself: You Gotta Wanna... How to Stay Motivated When the Going gets Tough What is it that motivates you? Brings you joy in life? Motivation is a choice. It starts with self awareness, and being honest and deliberate with yourself about yourself. It's about self reflection on what truly matters to you; clearing away the blind spots and focusing on your strengths. In this workshop we'll explore what it takes to stay strong, energized, motivated and inspired in even the most turbulent times. We'll examine the 5 keys to self motivation...and how to build them into your your own personal playbook. As Jon Gordon in "The Energy Bus" says, "If you don't love it, you'll never be great at it. If you are not a self motivated individual. you've picked the wrong profession!" After college and five years in the United States Marine Corps, Phil served in key leadership roles with Atari and Yahoo!; as a founder of Axlon Toys, he drove sales to the $10,000,000 mark before selling the company to Hasbro. He focuses on building courageous leaders at all levels of the organization, and partners with frontline managers, business owners and startups to recruit, develop and retain top talent. Phil has hired and mentored leadership teams from Australia to Zambia, including assignments in Iraq, Dubai and Jordan. In the US, his clients include Macy’s, Facebook, Yahoo!, Bank of America, Times of India North America, Parkside Credit Union, Flathead Valley Community College, Montana Leisure and Hospitality Association, Impax Pharmaceuticals and Cloudera. Phil is an avid golfer, hiker, student of military history, and self-appointed movie trivia expert. He frequently coaches both older and newly released veterans to transition to civilian careers. Flathead Area Young Professionals is open to all young professionals ages 21-39 and is FREE to Discover Kalispell Chamber members & their employees. Not a chamber member? No worries- you are welcome to attend FAYP events up to two times to check it out, then you join FAYP individually OR join as a Discover Kalispell Chamber member. For more information, please contact Pilar at 406-758-5054. Kalispell, MT 59901-4008 United States
Mid to Senior Water/Wastewater Engineer By Morrison-Maierle Inc Bio-Science Morrison-Maierle has exciting opportunities for mid to senior-level Municipal Engineers to join our Water/Wastewater Market Group in a choice of offices in Montana. Opportunity: We are looking to intentionally grow our municipal service offerings. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced seller-doer, project manager, or task manager who is looking for a new challenge. Join our team today and make an impact in the communities in which we live, work, and play. This position will provide a rewarding opportunity for a person driven to excel in the areas of business development, client care, project management, project delivery, and technical expertise associated with municipal engineering projects. Project types: Water, wastewater, stormwater system design, and civil engineering for Municipal and Government clients. Develop, foster, and maintain strong relationships with present and potential clients Work on a team to complete workload including technical design and project delivery, client service, and business development. Projects include but are not limited to, coordinating detailed phases of studies, planning, funding assistance, scheduling, design, permitting, construction management, preparation of contract documents, and other components associated with municipal water and wastewater projects. Manage scope, schedule, and budget, and coordinate personnel for successful project execution. Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering Technology or, equivalent. Mid-Level Position – Minimum of 5 years experience in the Civil and Water/Wastewater Engineering industry serving municipal clients. Senior-Level Position – Minimum of 12 years experience in the Civil and Water/Wastewater Engineering industry serving municipal clients. A professional engineering (PE) license is required in the specific state, or ability to obtain within six months. Value-added skills or certifications depending on experience level could include: Water distribution and wastewater and stormwater collection planning, modeling, design, and construction Water, wastewater, and stormwater treatment planning, design, and construction Funding and regulatory agency coordination Project/task management Personnel management/mentorship Must have a valid driver's license and insurable driving record Salary: $75,000 - $120,000 annually depending on experience Flexible Work Arrangement Program Employee Stock Ownership Medical, Dental, and Vision Health Savings Account contributions Paid Personal & Holiday Leave 401k matching contribution Relocation allowances are available Billings, Helena, Kalispell, Great Falls Morrison-Maierle is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Apply online at www.m-m.net.
LoDo office complex sold for $44 million Burl Rolett December 16, 2015 0 A 100-year-old property on 18th Street in LoDo has been sold. Photos by Burl Rolett. With two weeks to spare, an out-of-town real estate firm has finished a 2015 LoDo acquisition spree. Pennsylvania-based Stoltz Real Estate Partners bought the 18th Street Atrium building at 1621 18th St. from Toma West for $44 million, according to Denver property records. The 115,000-square-foot building houses tenants including bandwidth infrastructure provider Zayo and ski resort owner Intrawest. It was built in 1919 as one of the last buildings constructed on “warehouse row,” then a row of industrial buildings stretching from Cherry Creek to the 1900 block of Wynkoop Street. The building was renovated in 1983, according to a brochure on Toma West’s website. Stoltz Real Estate Partners representatives did not return messages seeking comment on the deal by press time. Toma West had owned the building since 2006, when it bought the 18th Street Atrium for $21.23 million. The near decade-long hold returned an average of about 7.8 percent per year. Stoltz already has an extensive Denver real estate portfolio. This year the firm bought a Cherry Creek office at 155 S. Madison St. for $11.45 million and LoDo offices at 1714 Blake St. and 1444 Wazee St. for $17.9 million and $17 million. POSTED IN Commercial Real Estate, News, Top News About the Author: Burl Rolett Burl Rolett was a BusinessDen reporter who covered commercial real estate and the business of sports until 2017. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University. Email him at [email protected].
ByteCipher Pvt Ltd :Blog :Software Development :Building an MVP: Why Every Business Should Create One CategoriesSoftware Development Web Development November 2, 2022 March 6, 2023 byadmin Building an MVP What if I told you that Facebook, Uber, and Amazon all have one thing in common in their software development company part? They were mostly able to grow into behemoths because they began small — each of them began as a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). An MVP, as the name suggests, is a software product that includes only the most essential (minimum) functionality but is also viable and can be used to solve a specific user issue. MVP development takes less time and resources than full-scale production, and the result is always impressive. While creating a minimum viable product, entrepreneurs choose between experiments that can validate or invalidate their assumptions about a business model. The benefits of developing a minimum viable product 1. Experiments can be conducted without fear of failure An MVP is essential for both established software development company and startups, especially when releasing something innovative in mobile app development. When you have a new business idea, building an MVP is a good way to test the waters. Such a product does not necessitate significant investment and can instead concentrate on presenting the key feature of the future product. It is beneficial to test whether your new product will generate the desired demand while avoiding significant financial losses. There is no need to go all-in because a minimum viable product will immediately reveal whether your project has a chance of success in the future. Furthermore, MVP allows for the collection of feedback, which can then be analyzed, as well as the modification of the mobile app development services or web application direction while it is being developed. In addition to feedback, you may receive information about the users’ age, social group, and how they interact with your product. This data can be used to improve features or add some crucial but missing functionality. It is worth noting that the minimalism of an MVP allows for these actions. The product is not yet finished, and you are gradually building it based on the factors mentioned above. A feature-heavy product, on the other hand, leaves far less room for change. 2. MVPs help to attract investors and stakeholders Stakeholders and investors are critical for almost any business, and building an MVP is the best way to capture their attention for your software development company and demonstrate that your project is worth their money. Building a minimum viable version of a software product usually does not take much time or resources. However, if an MVP receives positive customer feedback and stimulates demand, it will be much easier to find stakeholders. Stakeholders and investors are critical for almost any business, and building an MVP is the best way to capture their attention and demonstrate that your project is worth their money. Building a minimum viable version of a software product usually does not take much time or resources. However, if an MVP receives positive customer feedback and stimulates demand, it will be much easier to find stakeholders. 3. It Helps to Verify Market Demand An MVP’s sole purpose is to conduct preliminary testing. It will show you which solutions work and which fail to meet the needs of your customers. Companies may mistakenly believe that their product will be in high demand because it addresses some critical problems and provides a suitable solution. They devote significant resources to full-scale development but are largely ignored by users. It is not uncommon for their solution to fail to establish effective methods of human-computer interaction, or for another better solution to emerge in the ever-changing market. An MVP is the most efficient way to validate market demand before investing large sums of money. It effectively kills two birds with one stone. First, an MVP enables you to offer a potentially good solution to customers and gradually tailor it to their specific needs. Second, an MVP can undoubtedly be developed much more quickly than a full-scale product, allowing you to outperform your competitors and be the first to present an effective solution. 4. Enhances UX and usability Almost one-third of mobile users abandon an app after the first or second attempt. The number of people who have downloaded your app is not a good indicator of its success. That is why it is critical to prioritize usability and user experience if you want your customers to use your product. Establishing solid user engagement is a difficult but doable task, especially when the project begins with the development of an MVP. Customers usually understand that an MVP is just the beginning. If they liked the idea and solution, they will gladly share their experience with you to make your app more user-friendly. Your software development company’s goal is to absorb and analyze their feedback. Then you should respond appropriately with timely and relevant updates. With this approach, there is no way you will fail to establish deep user engagement. 5. An MVP is Cost-Efficient Although it has already been mentioned several times, this point deserves its section because the low cost of building an MVP is undeniably one of its primary advantages. Because they are in different weight classes, full-scale product development is unquestionably more expensive than minimum-viable product development. In most cases, the gradual development of an MVP and its evolution into a full-scale product is a less expensive option than the traditional approach. When going all-in on development, companies frequently add many unnecessary features just to be safe, which can quickly add up. An MVP, on the other hand, includes only the most essential features and evolves gradually based on specific user needs. An MVP development aims to provide a safe testing environment at a low cost. It enables us to begin small and gradually expand while adding functionality and improving usability based on user feedback. It is one of the most secure and efficient methods for software development company. Tags: Building an MVP custom software development company mobile app development mobile app development Services software development company React Native vs. Kotlin: The Apt Choice For Multi-Platform App Development
The historic environment is the physical manifestation of Wales’ cultural heritage — a precious inheritance that we must care for and pass on to our children to love, cherish and enjoy. The historic environment sits at the very centre of our cultural identity as a nation. It tells the story of Wales’ place in the world, from its early beginnings to its role at the heart of the making of the modern world. However, the importance of our historic sites extends beyond their value to society and to our knowledge of the past. They are also assets that contribute to the economic vitality of Wales. They stimulate tourism and make Wales a unique place for inward investment and a very special place in which to live and work. The historic environment is all around us and enhances quality of life and adds local distinctiveness. ancient monuments, such as castles, abbeys, standing stones and industrial remains shipwreck sites historic parks, gardens and landscapes It is vital that the historic environment is appreciated, protected and made accessible for present and future generations. Priorities for the Historic Environment of Wales
Best complainers on the planet I am astonished by the human capacity to complain. When I think of the mind-boggling improbability of living on this planet, I should be overwhelmed by boundless gratitude all the time. What incredible good luck. Here we are just the right distance from the sun, gifted with countless resources, endowed with minds that let use appreciate beauty and jokes, and blessed with a cultural heritage that includes delights like food, music, books, and cats. Yet, I still have the capacity to critique the deal and complain about weather, mortality, the idiot primates I encounter, and much more. I’ve been known to complain about dessert! And I’m not the only one complaining. I meet complainers everywhere. Some are complaining at an Olympic level. Like complaining is their super power. An inexhaustible super power. I’ve resolved to turn my complaining down a notch. We have a sweet set up here. I checked with the astronomers. My home planet is the most obliging spot for at least 24 billion miles. Not perfect, but pretty accommodating. And it has the best coffee in the known universe. Pittsburgh, March 7, 2018
The Waste Land and Other Poems Author : T. S. Eliot Publisher : National Geographic Books A collection of T.S. Eliot’s most important poems, including “The Waste Land” and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” T. S. Eliot is one of the most important and influential poets of the twentieth century. His unique and innovative evocations of the folly and poetry of humanity helped reshape modern literature, with poems such as “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” included here, and most notable, the title poem, “The Waste Land,” his groundbreaking masterpiece of postwar decay and redemption. Since its publication in 1922, “The Waste Land” has become one of the most widely studied modernist texts in English literature. Gathering together many of Eliot's major early poems, distinguished Harvard scholar and literary critic Helen Vendler presents an invaluable portrait of T. S. Eliot as a young poet and examines the artistry and craft that made him a Nobel laureate and one of the most significant voices in modern verse. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Author : T.S. Eliot Publisher : McClelland & Stewart One of T.S. Eliot’s earliest, and most significant works. A great achievement of modernist literature, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock takes the form of the complex musings of the titular Prufrock as he considers life and his role in it. The poem draws heavily on allusion to classical works, including Dante’s Divine Comedy and Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved. The Waste Land, Prufrock, The Hollow Men and Other Poems Publisher : Courier Dover Publications This superb collection of 26 works features the poet's masterpiece, "The Waste Land"; the complete Prufrock and Other Observations ("The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Portrait of a Lady," "Preludes," "Rhapsody on a Windy Night," "Mr. Apollinax," "Morning at the Window," and others); “The Hollow Men”; and the collection Poems ("Gerontion," "The Hippopotamus," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and more). T S Eliot, The Waste Land and Prufrock Author : C J Ackerley Publisher : Humanities-Ebooks Contents: Part 1: Before The Waste Land. Part 2:' The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock'. Part 3: The Waste Land - including The Role of Ezra Pound; The Dramatic Consciousness; The Mythic Consciousness; The Epigraph. Part 4: A Commentary on The Waste Land. Part 5: Bibliography. Part 6: Hyperlinked texts - a valuable compendium of the key works Eliot quotes or alludes to in The Waste Land Publisher : Broadview Press This volume brings together the full contents of Prufrock and Other Observations (1917), Poems (1920), and The Waste Land (1922), together with an informative introduction and a selection of background materials. Included as well are two of Eliot’s most influential essays, “Tradition and the Individual Talent” (1919) and “The Metaphysical Poets” (1921). As with other volumes in this series, the material appearing here is for the most part drawn from The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, acclaimed as “the new standard” in the field. Appendices include a wide range of contextual materials pertaining to Modernism; writings by Ezra Pound, H.D., and Mina Loy; reviews of The Waste Land; art by Wyndham Lewis; and excerpts from essays by Virginia Woolf and others. The Waste Land, Prufrock, and Other Poems Author : Thomas Stearns Eliot Publisher : Courier Corporation A superb collection of 25 works features the poet's masterpiece, "The Waste Land"; the complete Prufrock ("The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Portrait of a Lady," "Rhapsody on a Windy Night," "Mr. Apollinax," "Morning at the Window," and others); and the complete Poems ("Gerontion," "The Hippopotamus," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and more). Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative. A Detailed Explication of T. S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Author : Harry Eiss Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing Do I dare disturb the universe? This is a question recognized by people around the world. If typed into the internet, hundreds of examples appear. Many know that it comes from one of the best-known poems of the previous century, T. S. Eliotâs The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. What many do not know is that Eliot dramatically shifted his views at the height of his fame for writing such dark poetry as this and The Waste Land, becoming a sincere, devoted Christian. While his poetry is famous because it expresses the loss of a spiritual center in European civilization, a careful reading of it reveals that he was struggling with his Christianity from the beginning, not rejecting it, but trying to make it fit into the contemporary world. If the reader works through Eliotâs love song for all of the esoteric meanings, as he demands, it quickly becomes evident that he intended it as a struggle between agape, amour and eros. Beginning it with a quote from Dante forces that into place. Though the protestant forms of Christianity have changed their views on these, the Roman Catholic holds fast. Eliot references Michelangelo in the poem, bringing in the great painter of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Most immediately recognize his name and work, but do not realize how he expressed a similar personal struggle between the desires of the flesh and the spirit. Both of them admired Danteâs Divine Comedy, and its inclusion of amour as a means to salvation. Danteâs work is generally seen as the greatest literature ever to come out of Italy. This book is an expanded revision of Seeking God in the Works of T. S. Eliot and Michelangelo. It explores how T.S Eliot struggled with the highest meanings of existence in his poetry and his own life, and perhaps managed to express what has become known as a modernist (and post-modernist) view of what Rudolph Otto designated the mysterium tremendum, the experience of a mystical awe, the experience of God. Author : Shakti Batra Publisher : Sarup & Sons Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing Rating Book: 4.S/5 ( users) "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", commonly known as "Prufrock", is the first professionally published poem by American-born British poet T. S. Eliot (1888–1965). Eliot began writing "Prufrock" in February 1910, and it was first published in the June 1915 issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse at the instigation of Ezra Pound (1885–1972). It was later printed as part of a twelve-poem pamphlet (or chapbook) titled Prufrock and Other Observations in 1917. At the time of its publication, Prufrock was considered outlandish, but is now seen as heralding a paradigmatic cultural shift from late 19th-century Romantic verse and Georgian lyrics to Modernism. The poem's structure was heavily influenced by Eliot's extensive reading of Dante Alighieri and makes several references to the Bible and other literary works—including William Shakespeare's plays Henry IV Part II, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet, the poetry of seventeenth-century metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell, and the nineteenth-century French Symbolists. Eliot narrates the experience of Prufrock using the stream of consciousness technique developed by his fellow Modernist writers. The poem, described as a "drama of literary anguish", is a dramatic interior monologue of an urban man, stricken with feelings of isolation and an incapability for decisive action that is said "to epitomize frustration and impotence of the modern individual" and "represent thwarted desires and modern disillusionment". Prufrock laments his physical and intellectual inertia, the lost opportunities in his life and lack of spiritual progress, and he is haunted by reminders of unattained carnal love. With visceral feelings of weariness, regret, embarrassment, longing, emasculation, sexual frustration, a sense of decay, and an awareness of mortality, "Prufrock" has become one of the most recognised voices in modern literature. Among the most significant works by Eliot's: "Portrait of a Lady", "Preludes", "Whispers of Immortality", "Gerontion", "The Waste Land", "The Hollow Men", "Ash Wednesday", Ariel Poems", "Journey of the Magi", "A Song for Simeon", "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", "The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles", "Gus: The Theatre Cat", "Growltiger's Last Stand", "The Naming of Cats", "Burnt Norton", "East Coker", "The Dry Salvages", "Little Gidding", "Four Quartets". Prufrock and Other Observations Publisher : Mint Editions Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) is a collection of poems by T.S. Eliot. Published following the successful appearance of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" in the June 1915 issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, Prufrock and Other Observations established Eliot's reputation as a leading English poet and pioneering literary Modernist. Opening with "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," the collection begins with an invocation of Dante, whom Eliot saw as an important innovator of a polyphonic, referential poetry capable of interrogating and dramatizing the construction and representation of the self. The poem is written from the perspective of a repressed, despairing middle-aged man who meditates on his relationships with women and the regrets he has accumulated with age. In "Preludes," a poem of urban malaise, Eliot "thinks of all the hands / That are raising dingy shades / In a thousand furnished rooms," and reaches for an understanding of the world as "some infinitely gentle / Infinitely suffering thing." Other poems include "Morning at the Window," another brief vision of city life, "The Boston Evening Transcript," a satirical reverie on time and community, and "Cousin Nancy," a humorous lyric celebrating Miss Nancy Ellicott, who unabashedly "smoked, / And danced all the modern dances. Both personal and universal, global in scope and intensely insular, Eliot's poetry changed the course of literary history, inspiring countless poets and establishing his reputation as one of the foremost artists of his generation. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of T.S. Eliot's Prufrock and Other Observations is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers. Aestheticism & Modernism Author : Richard Danson Brown Textbook introduction to key debates from the early twentieth century to modernisms emerging between First and Second World Wars. Examines in detail texts by Chekhov, Mansfield, Gibbon, Eliot, Woolf, Brecht and Okigbo. The Waste Land, and Other Poems This volume includes the title poem as well as "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Gerontion," "Ash Wednesday," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and other poems from Eliot's early and middle work. "Eliot has left upon English poetry a mark more unmistakable than that of any other poet writing in English" (Edmund Wilson). A Study Guide for T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Publisher : Gale Cengage Learning This superb anthology by T. S. Eliot features The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, as well as a selection of other works from the poet's early career. The titular poem is steeped heavily in the Renaissance era literature with which T. S. Eliot was highly appreciative. The monologue is strongly inspired by readings of Dante Alighieri and William Shakespeare, poets whom deeply impacted Eliot during his youth and which he read meticulously. A work whose emotions include longing and regret, we hear Prufrock lament the missed opportunities and morose reflections of mortality which occupy his melancholic mind. For its eclectic embrace of past works in a monologue bursting with emotive depth, Prufrock was lauded as a triumphant work of the Modernist era. T. S. Eliot gained ample fame as a young literary, and would go on to author several other landmark poems throughout his life. Several of the other poems in this edition were previously unpublished when this edition first appeared in 1917. Prufrock itself had famously been published in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse in 1915, on the emphatic recommendation of Eliot's fellow literary Ezra Pound. Illustrative of the early style which Eliot sought to perfect, this anthology is a wonderful introduction to the poet, and a valuable reference for those familiar with his life's work. A Study Guide for T. S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Author : Gale, Cengage Learning Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning A Study Guide for T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs. Author : Sunil Kumar Sarker Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist The Genius Of T.S. Eliot Contributed Immensely In Ushering Modernism In Poetry, Play And Literary Criticism. Therefore, Our Knowledge Of Modernism Will Remain Incomplete Should We Fail To Understand Eliot. This Book May Serve As An Introduction To Eliot, The Man, The Poet, The Playwright And The Critic. For The Benefit Of Readers, It Quotes In Full, While Introducing And Explaining, The Poet S Master-Pieces, The Waste Land And Four Quartets, And Also Some Of His Other Great Poems. Further, It Discusses About All Of His Five Major Plays, And Nine Important Essays, At Some Length. Author : Amar Nath Dwivedi This Book Is The Outcome Of The Author S Continued Study And Research In T.S. Eliot Literature, Demonstrating As It Does His Valid Critical Insight And Sound Judgement. There Are Scholars Who Might Initially Differ With Him In Regard To His Formulations About Eliot S Indebtedness To Indian Thought And Tradition, But They Will Have To Accept Them Ultimately In The Presence Of Well-Researched And Well-Documented Internal And External Evidences. Even Established Western Scholars Like Grover Smith Of The Duke University And Charles M. 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HomeThe Other Side of Animation 89: Sahara Review The Other Side of Animation 89: Sahara Review May 26, 2017 camseyeview Film ReviewsCGI animation, cgi film, french film, Lackluster, mediocre, Netflix, Sahara (If you like what you see, you can go to camseyeview.biz to see more of my work on video game reviews, editorials, lists, Kickstarters, developer interviews, and review/talk about animated films. If you would like, consider contributing to my Patreon at patreon.com. It would help support my work, and keeps the website up. Thanks for checking out my work, and I hope you like this review!) When I choose a film to watch, I try not to go directly into the film with a sense of “oh man, I’m going to hate this film”. Who wants to go into a film knowing it’s going to be bad? I said in my previous review that I like to be surprised. If it turns out to be a good or bad movie, that’s up to the film, and what I take away from it. That’s how I go into every film, and it was no different with the newly released Netflix-distributed film, Sahara. I knew about this CGI-animated film from France since the end of last year, but was intrigued when I saw Netflix was going to distribute it. I was a bit concerned when they didn’t really advertise the film, and after watching it, I understand why. Let’s dive into the desert with Sahara. The story revolves around a cobra and a scorpion, who feel out of place with the colony of other snakes they live with. The cobra named Ajar, voiced by Robert Naylor, decides to try and fit in with the snakes that live within the oasis on the other side of the valley. Unfortunately for him, the snakes in the oasis are pretty high class, and have a rather strong defense system. He and one of the oasis snakes escape the boundaries of the environment, and end up bonding with one another. That is, for a few seconds, as a snake charmer kidnaps the oasis snake. Ajar, along with the Oasis’s snake’s lazy obnoxious brother, must go save the “love” of his life before she ends up in a worse situation. Yeah, as much as I love foreign animation with their focus on story and characters, with different art styles and styles of animation, Sahara definitely doesn’t feel like one of those amazing films I talk about on my site. It becomes very obvious, outside of the rating for this film, that it’s meant for very little kids. Even if this was meant for younger kids, I can’t imagine someone like my niece sitting through this boring film. I don’t think I have ever felt so bored with an animated film from France since forever. None of the characters are very fleshed out, and they end up getting stuck with very basic character traits. Ajar is your generic lead character, Pitt the scorpion is your nervous safety-reliant friend, the female lead has no real character to her, and even the villain isn’t a super terrible guy. He’s not a good guy or anything, but the villain of this film feels forced. That’s also a problem when one of the characters you follow has a very hipster/surfer bro-style of talking that sounds way off from the original French dub of the film. Yeah, that’s another problem, the English dub is terrible. It’s not poorly done, but I feel like they either got the wrong voice director, or the actors weren’t putting their all into it, but a lot of the characters in this film were annoying to listen to. Especially that brother to the lead female, he is by far the most annoying character I have seen so far in 2017. First off, how does he have a blonde wig? Why does he talk like a surfer? Why is he a pot addict? Yes, it’s technically not pot but pollen, but it’s the same thing in terms of context. How do these characters reference things like Batman and Robin when they are snakes in a desert? I made it halfway through the film before I paused, switched to the French dub, and watched it with subtitles. You can tell that the French actors were putting more into their performances than the US cast. The film also loves to include a slew of characters that have no real purpose for the film. None of them push the narrative along, they don’t have much in terms of personalities, and sometimes, they are entirely 100% objectively pointless. For example, Pitt gets a scorpion girlfriend. Why? Because they needed a love interest in the last 20 minutes for him. Why? Because heaven forbid, we get any animated films these days that don’t rely on a romance between characters. You have bullies that never show up again, a cult of bugs that don’t show up again, and a family of scorpions that were way too willing to let their daughter go along with Pitt on the adventure that you never see again. And you have these security birds that only appear in the beginning of the film, and I swear one of them probably dies in the desert. I wouldn’t mind all of these pointless and boring main and secondary characters if they had any real chemistry. There is no convincing chemistry and charm between any of the characters. The two leads don’t even have romantic opportunity together; they fall for each other in a matter of seconds. Give Disney some credit, they at the very least, give the leads three or more days to do such a thing. It’s so weak and poorly executed that it’s eye-rolling. Did I like anything about this tale of snakes? Well, that’s one thing I can give credit to for this film. It is about an animal that you don’t see as leads in an animated film very often, and are not villains. I also like the animation and designs of the characters. It looks generic by US animation standards, but it looks way better than most foreign CGI fares. Even the humans have good looks to them that remind me of the Illumination Despicable Me look. I also found the movements to be fluid, and maybe that’s because most of the characters are snakes, but I think that’s pretty commendable that they put more detail into the animation. The colors are also very nice, because even though it is the desert, there can still be a lot of different colors, from the vibrant plants to the different skin or scale tones of the animals that live there. It was also nice to see the film was willing to take breaks every now and again to let the characters breathe. It’s nice to see that since a majority of animated films from the states tend to be very hyper and comedy-focused; this one could take its time for viewers to breathe and to slow the plot down. It doesn’t fix any of the issues with the plot, but having some atmosphere is nice. I still stand by my opinion that a lot of foreign animation is leagues better than a majority of the films made in the states, but this is one of the few times where I consider this one of their blunders. It’s not the worst animated film from France by any means, but it makes you wonder why the heck Netflix picked it up, and why it was even made. It has nice animation, but nice animation can’t save a film from its lackluster characters and story. If you really want to see this, for the love of animation, please watch it in French with English subtitles. It’s one of the few French-animated films that I have seen that felt like they weren’t even trying. Well, that happens from time to time. Thankfully, Sahara is way more watchable than what is quite possibly my worst animated film of 2017. You will just have to wait to see what that is next time. Thanks for reading! Rating: Lackluster! ← Animation Tidbits #3: What’s Cam Looking Forward To? 5/22/17 The Other Side of Animation 90: Spark a Space Tail Review →
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Best Things to do in Montreal Home to some of the oldest buildings in Canada, the best art galleries, and the most mouth-watering dishes, there's so much to do in Montreal. It’s often called most European city in North America. Sink your teeth into savoury poutines and cultural bites, marvel at impressive artwork, enjoy world-class spas and skiing, and so much more. But, without local travel experts, knowing the best things to do in Montreal can be a challenge. At Canadian Train Vacations, we want you to have memorable vacations designed around your personal interests. When you book with us, we take care of all the details for you, so you can get back to what matters with travel — enjoying new destinations. Our advisors not only live in Canada, they spend their free time exploring and discovering great experiences. Here is our list of the best things to do in the Montreal. Travel back in time as you wander across cobblestone streets and past beautiful historic buildings in Old Montreal (1). Dating back to the 17th century, Old Montreal features exciting shops, street vendors, museums, and quaint cafes for you to enjoy. Explore popular landmarks including the Notre-Dame Basilica and the iconic clock tower located in Old Port. Popular for its colourful and photogenic streets, you'll want to snap a few photos of this iconic neighbourhood. While there's never a bad time to visit Old Montreal, you'll have an easier time finding accommodation in early spring or fall. The area is easy to reach and navigate by transit, so you don't need to worry about driving if you don't want to. If you feel overwhelmed by booking a trip yourself, don't worry. Talk to one of our insiders today for a personalized booking and itinerary. Explore more: Montreal and Quebec City Getaway by Rail Notre-Dame Basilica If you're wondering what to see in Montreal, Canada, look no further than Notre-Dame Basilica (2). With nearly one million visitors each year, this historic church is one of the most astonishing sites in the city. Located in Old Montreal, it is almost 200 years old. Once inside, you'll marvel at the beautiful stained glass windows and detailed paintings throughout. Currently, the church is open for visitors from Monday-Friday between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday the church is open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Sunday from 12:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. Ticket prices range from $9 to $14. The church is accessible by transit and is only a 15-minute bus trip from the downtown core. Notre-Dame Basilica is a popular site on one a private tour. Ask your Canadian Train Vacations travel advisor about arranging a tour during your time in Montreal. AURA at Notre-Dame Basilica If you thought Notre-Dame Basilica couldn't get any more stunning, think again. AURA (3) is an immersive audio and visual show that takes place inside Notre-Dame Basilica. The award-winning experience features orchestral music and countless dancing lights that help bring the church walls to life. Showtimes start between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. depending on the day, making this one of the best night activities in Montreal. Ticket prices range from $18 to $32 Since its launch in 2017, AURA has dazzled over 650,000 people from 137 countries. The show continues to draw in massive crowds to this day. Want to include AURA in your next Montreal trip? Remember to ask your Canadian Train Vacations advisor about tickets. Mont Royal Park Located in the heart of the city, Mont Royal Park (4) is the perfect spot for a picnic and admiring the views. Or hike your way through winding nature trails. If you're feeling adventurous, boating, skiing, skating, and tobogganing are also on offer. Officially opened in 1876, Mont Royal Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted – the same man who designed New York's famous Central Park. Mont Royal is home to cafes, gift shops, and plenty of local flora and fauna. There are no entry fees. Although the park has something special to offer all year round, many visitors prefer to go in the fall to admire the changing leaves throughout. Mont Royal Park can be included on a private tour. Ask your Canadian Train Vacation advisor about adding one to your trip. Montreal Museum of Fine Art As the oldest art museum in Canada, Montreal Museum of Fine Art (5) is one of the most unique things to do in Montreal. The museum is home to thousands of paintings, sculptures, photographs, multi-media installations, and more. Many of the pieces you'll find here pay homage to Quebec and Canadian heritage. The museum is open from Tuesday-Sunday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. except on Wednesdays when it's open until 9 p.m. Ticket prices range from $12 to $24. There's no parking lot here, so a taxi or public transit is your best option for visiting. Jean-Talon Market Known as one of the largest open-air markets in North America, the Jean Talon Market (6) is among the best things to do in Montreal. Rows of vibrant local produce, fresh-cut flowers, and various handmade goods are waiting for you at Jean-Talon Market. Throughout each season the market holds special events including culinary demonstrations, workshops, and more. The market is ideal for pedestrian traffic and is easy to access by bus or metro. Open year-round, Jean Talon Market provides a delicious taste of local culture — you won't want to miss it. Discover another Canadian city: Best things to do in Vancouver La Grande Roue See Montreal from new heights when you take a ride on La Grande Roue (7). Standing 60 meters tall, La Grande Roue is the largest observation wheel in Canada. You'll enjoy views of Montreal's Old Port area like you never have before. On a clear day, you can see up to 28km into the distance. And in the evening the ride is adorned with colourful lights making this a beautiful experience day or night. La Grande Roue is open year-round and features temperature-controlled gondolas to keep you comfortable while you ride. The observation wheel sees thousands of visitors every year. But if you love to look at fall foliage, then October is the best time of year to visit. La Grande Roue is one of many sites included when you book a private tour through Canadian Train Vacations. Montreal Food Tours Montreal is famous for its food. From poutine and smoked meat to bagels and crêpes, you'll have no problem finding something to tickle your tastebuds here. Montreal restaurants are filled with history, culture, and dedicated locals making them an excellent way to get to know the city. Many food tours are neighbourhood based, making them a great way to spend an afternoon exploring a part of this city. Want to experience Montreal one food at a time? Talk to your Canadian Train Vacations travel advisor about adding a food tour to your trip. Mile End Neighbourhood If you really want to experience Montreal like a local, a visit to Mile End is a must. The laid-back neighbourhood is home to indie record shops, impressive street art, and old bookstores. Here, you'll find some of the best local bagel spots, coffee shops, and breweries. When it comes to fun activities in Montreal, you can't beat this neighbourhood. Wander in and out of art galleries, spend time at a boardgame cafe, or try some of Montreal's famous bagels. Recognized as an art and culture hub since the 1980s, Mile End is sure to leave you feeling inspired. Bota Bota Spa Let all your worries float away at Bota Bota Spa (8). Located on an anchored boat in Montreal's Old Port, Bota Bota Spa is uniquely beautiful. The boat itself has served many purposes. Before becoming a spa in 2008, it was used as a ferry, a shuttle, and a theatre boat. Bota Bota offers an array of spa services, gardens, and a gourmet restaurant. The spa is open daily and is typically busiest in the late afternoon. St. Joseph's Oratory Situated on a hill with a wonderful view of the city, St. Joseph's Oratory (9) is an ideal spot to stop and snap a few photos. Lush gardens and a stunning water fountain decorate the church grounds. And in the fall, the church becomes enveloped in fall foliage. Inside of the church is impressive as well. With a maximum capacity of 10,000 people, St. Joseph's Oratory is the largest church in Canada. The church also has a museum that you can tour for a small fee. St. Joseph's Oratory is available as a stop on a private tour booked through Canadian Train Vacations. Cruise along the St. Lawrence River Experience one of the top 10 things to do in Montreal with a river sight-seeing cruise. River cruises are equal parts relaxing and beautiful. See the very best of the city as you make your way along the water. Want to learn more? Talk to a Canadian Train Vacations travel advisor today about adding a river cruise to your trip to Montreal. Montreal Botanical Garden If you're searching for memorable things to do in Montreal Canada, the Montreal Botanical Garden (10) won't disappoint. Venture into the biodome where you'll find tropical rainforests, birds and various marine animals. Or check out the impressive architecture of the biosphere. During your visit, you'll also find greenhouses, beautifully landscaped gardens, and a variety of insects and plants. The garden frequently hosts events such as the Gardens of Light show. The garden is conveniently located just 15 minutes from downtown and is near three metro stations. Talk to a Canadian Train Vacations travel advisor about adding a visit to the gardens to your time in Montreal. Montreal Planetarium Venture into space at the Montreal Planetarium (11). This is an excellent spot to visit if you're travelling with family or if you're already planning to visit the nearby Botanical Gardens. You can enjoy immersive videos and experiences that teach you about all aspects of astronomy. Ask your Canadian Train Vacations travel advisor about adding a visit to the planetarium to your personalized itinerary. Day trip to Mont Tremblant If you're looking for adventure activities in Montreal, then a quick day trip outside of the city might be in order. Located a little over one hour outside of Montreal, you'll find the famous ski city of Mont Tremblant (12). Here you can enjoy stunning mountain views, impressive ski hills, and quaint shopping villages. Mont Tremblant is busiest during the winter, but the activities don't stop in the warmer months. You can enjoy hiking trails and canoeing in Mont-Tremblant National Park. To experience Mont Tremblant, ask your Canadian Train Vacations travel advisor about booking a tour. Tour to the Laurentians Just North of Montreal you'll find the picturesque Laurentian mountains. There are plenty of activities available here to fill your day. Enjoy golfing, local shopping, hiking, spas, and so much more. Some of the mountain rocks are over 540 million years old, making these mountains some of the oldest in the world. To make the most of your time, book a private through your Canadian Train Vacation travel advisor. Tour to Montmorency Falls Located roughly three hours from Montreal, a day trip to Montmorency Falls (13) is definitely worth your time. The stunning 83-meter-tall waterfall can be found inside Montmorency Falls Park. You can choose to get up close to this force of nature as you walk along the bottom of the waterfall. Or enjoy a zip line ride to get a birds-eye view of the falls. There's a small admission fee of $7.39 to enter the park. Parking, zip lining, and other activities all come with an additional fee. The outdoor areas of the park are open daily for your enjoyment. You wont' have to worry about these details if you book a private tour of this impressive waterfall. Just ask your travel advisor. What is the best month to visit Montreal? The best month to visit Montreal depends on what you want to do. In the summer the city is bustling with festivals and tourists, in the winter you'll find snow activities around every corner, and in the spring you can enjoy a quiet, less crowded visit. Does Montreal have good museums? Yes. Montreal is home to over 40 different museums, each with something unique to offer. Is two days in Montreal enough? Two days in Montreal is enough to check off a few of the must-see sights and attractions. However, you could easily spend a week or more here without running out of things to do. What is Montreal famous for? In addition to the mouthwatering poutine, smoked meat, and bagels, Montreal is known for being one of Canada's oldest and largest cities. It is also a popular city for festivals and major events. Is Montreal worth the hype? A bit of history, a pinch of nightlife, and a dash of beauty–with all Montreal has to offer, it's definitely worth the hype. How to get from Toronto to Montreal by train? To travel from Toronto to Montreal on the train you'll travel by VIA Rail. The train goes directly from Toronto Union Station to Montreal Central Station and takes roughly 5.5 hours. Ask a Canadian Train Vacations travel expert about about train packages that include this trip. What’s the best place to stay in Montreal? 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Home/Gender justice, Podcast, Women in media/Feminist Journalism Feminist Journalism Equity-seeking journalists including women and racialized reporters investigate some of the most important and hidden stories. Whether writing articles for newspapers or magazines, editing, posting on social media or digital media, or blogging, we need them to give voice to issues otherwise unheard. This makes the harassment and abuse they experience at disproportionate levels particularly vexing. It’s harmful to them as people and media workers, and it runs counter to the goal of making things better and fairer in Canada. We can’t achieve that goal without a diverse news media landscape and truth in reporting. Every year, the Canadian Women’s Foundation presents The Landsberg Award in partnership with The Canadian Journalism Foundation to acknowledge and inspire feminist journalism It’s named after iconic journalist and author, Michele Landsberg. Past winners include Connie Walker, investigative reporter behind CBC’s Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo podcast, author and journalist Elizabeth Renzetti, and Toronto Star’s Alyshah Hasham and Wendy Gillis. We’re joined by Robyn Doolittle, who won the Landsberg in 2018, and Christina Frangou, who won this year. Robyn Doolittle is member of The Globe and Mail’s investigative team and a two-time winner of Canada’s Michener Award. She has probed suspicious business contracts, political corruption, and Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her “Unfounded” investigation, which explored the ways that Canadian police services handle sexual assault cases, prompted a national overhaul of policy, training and practices around sexual violence. Her latest book, “Had It Coming – What’s Fair In The Age of #MeToo?” was shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize for non-fiction. Doolittle was named Journalist of the Year in 2017. Christina Frangou is a journalist, writer, and editor based in Calgary, Alberta. Her reporting has garnered multiple awards and nominations. She specializes in writing about health, medicine, and social issues: in 20+ years as a journalist, she’s written about addiction, bereavement, refugee health, firearm violence, safe consumption sites, and medical assistance in dying. On the lighter side, she writes about things like skiing and traveling and her favourite hairstylist. Selected credits include: The Globe and Mail, The Guardian, The Walrus, Maclean’s, Chatelaine, and Reader’s Digest. 00:00:00 Andrea Feminist journalism and journalists speaking to gender justice are vital, and they’re at risk. I’m Andrea Gunraj at the Canadian Women’s Foundation. Welcome to Alright, Now What?, a podcast from the Canadian Women’s Foundation. We put an intersectional feminist lens on stories that make you wonder “Why is this still happening?” We explore systemic roots and strategies for change that will move us closer to the goal of gender justice. The work of the Canadian Women’s Foundation and our partners takes place on traditional First Nations, Métis, and Inuit territories. We are grateful for the opportunity to meet and work on this land. However, we recognize that land acknowledgements are not enough. We need to pursue truth, reconciliation, decolonization, and allyship in an ongoing effort to make right with all our relations. Equity seeking journalists, including women and racialized reporters, investigate some of the most important and hidden stories. I was thinking about them on World News Day, September 28th. We need them to give voice to issues that are otherwise unheard. It makes the harassment and abuse they experience at disproportionate levels particularly vexing to me. It’s harmful to them as people and media workers, and it’s self-defeating for any of us who care about making things better and fairer in Canada. We can’t achieve our goals without a diverse media landscape and truth in reporting. Every year, the Canadian Women’s Foundation presents the Landsberg Award in partnership with the Canadian Journalism Foundation. It’s named after the iconic journalist and author Michele Landsberg. We do it to acknowledge and inspire feminist journalism. Past winners include Connie Walker, investigative reporter behind CBC’s Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo podcast. Author and journalist Elizabeth Renzetti and Toronto Stars’ Alicia Hashem and Wendy Gillis. Today I’m joined by Robyn Doolittle, who won the Landsberg in 2018, and Christina Frangou, who won this year. Here’s a bit about them, starting with Christina. 00:02:13 Christina So, I’m a freelance journalist who lives in Calgary, Alberta. I am someone who, I think, always wanted to be a journalist- that’s how I ended up here. I grew up in Saskatchewan and I grew up in a house where journalism was incredibly revered. My dad’s family were refugees and they lived in the same house with us when I was growing up and so we had loyalty to journalism that I think was unusual. I remember my dad having a subscription to The Guardian when I was a kid, like it would be sent from the UK all the way to our house in Saskatchewan. He had a subscription to newspapers from Cyprus that his brother would send. They’d come every day wrapped in blue paper. And so, I think I always understood that journalism played a really special role in shedding light on injustice and telling stories about people that were maybe not being paid attention to in the communities where they live. The other part I think of my growing up that’s still a big part of my life is I grew up in a house where we talked about health care all the time. Both my parents were health care workers. My dad was an international medical graduate who had come to Canada and was a doctor in a rural community. We lived in a house that literally backed onto the hospital parking lot and I remember him, you know, racing out of the house if it was a very big emergency, he’d drive the half block to get to the side door of the hospital. There were a lot of discussions in my house growing up about barriers to health care, about difficulties people had in accessing health care, and it was very clear to me at an early age that Canada’s health care systems are very reliant on the willingness of certain individuals to work at more than 100%. I think we are starting to see the collapse of that kind of a system. I started freelancing about 15 years ago to make money for grad school, and I started covering an area of healthcare that’s very male dominated. I was writing a lot about surgery. And I think at the time maybe 25% of surgeons, general surgeons, were women. And so, I really, over 15 years had an opportunity to report firsthand on what women were doing in the field to make change and I learned a lot about the way that unconscious bias affects health care outcomes. That’s really the recurring theme in my reporting, across my career. I did a lot of medical reporting early on because I was supporting my husband through medical school and residency. He died right at the end of residency from cancer and that has had a huge effect on the way my career has played out. I always wanted to do more feature writing when he was done training. I thought I’d be able to do it knowing that I’d have some financial support. I decided that I wanted to do it anyway, even though he wasn’t around anymore. It was important to me to try, and so I’m very aware of how hard it is to try and survive as a feature writer anywhere, but especially maybe in Canada where magazines don’t do a great job of supporting freelance writers financially. It’s always kind of been a field where it’s just easier to work if you’re already wealthy. 00:05:41 Robyn Well, I am a journalist with The Globe and Mail. I’m a member of the investigative team. I came to the paper in 2014 after spending about a decade at The Toronto Star and when I was at The Star, I was a general assignment reporter. I covered police. I covered City Hall. In terms of the types of stories I like to cover, wow, I mean it’s really evolved throughout my career, but to be totally cliche, I like to hold power to account. I mean, one thing that I’m really aware of whenever I walk through the doors at The Globe is that there’s just a very small media footprint in Canada. I am really lucky to work at a place that has resources. So, I want to use those resources and use the rope that my bosses give me to go after stories that aren’t being told. In recent years, some of the stories that I’ve done that have gotten the most attention are really focused on the gender gap. You know, whether it’s the investigation that we did called Unfounded, looking at how police handle or mishandle, I should rather say, sexual assault cases. Or our recent series called The Power Gap, which looked at how women in the workplace continue to fail to advance, fail to be represented at the highest levels, but also in any management role. Those are the stories that are, you know, that have been top of mind of late. Christina, you won the Lansberg award for stories about systemic discrimination in medical and legal systems. How would you boil down what you covered in those stories? You know, it’s funny because all the stories that were included in my Lansberg nomination are so different. A few of them are the stories of women in extraordinary circumstances. And yet, there’s one theme throughout all of these, and it’s the same thing I’ve been reporting on my whole career. It’s that Canada’s health systems and legal systems were built by men and are designed for men, and even now continue to operate in a way that benefits men. And after all these decades, it is not self-correcting. I have an obligation as a journalist to write stories that’s not just about one interesting woman, but looking at the long history that led up to where she is now. And I think that’s the consistent theme in all these stories. Robyn, you won the Lansberg award for your reporting on our flawed approaches to sexual assault investigations. What themes stood out for you? That’s such a big question. There are, I mean, I’m just thinking off the top of my head, so many different routes I could go with that answer. But I guess, you know, so much of this comes back to this feeling that is pervasive in our society, and not just among, you know, among men and women, that sexual violence isn’t that big of a deal. I think that’s like, so much of what it comes down to, you know? You see this come up a lot in police investigations and there’s types of sexual violence that are taken very seriously. That cliched woman in a white dress from Sunday school, walking down the street, being nabbed and pulled into the bushes. Like that is the story that people are comfortable with, where we know it is for sure wrong. When you get into situations like where there is sexual violence in an established couple, where they’ve had consensual sex in the past, there’s just this feeling that a rape with someone you’ve already had sex with is not as serious. I honestly think that that’s what it is, and it’s you see that when you look at sexual harassment in the workplace as well. It’s like, well, how big of a deal really is that? And that sense of like, “I don’t know how big of a deal this is”, really, it taints the reaction from companies, from authorities, from everyone, because, well, do you really want to send someone to jail over this? I mean, let’s talk about like, an incident of alleged sexual violence. “Well, they were both drinking, I don’t know, it’s kind of complicated…” To actually have real progress, we need to address that point, that feeling that “this isn’t really that big of a deal, can we all just move on?” Can you tell us anything about the stories you’re working on now? It’s very hard because I’m a freelancer, so I definitely can’t tell you anything in advance. But you know, I would say it again, ad nauseam perhaps, but continuing on with the same theme like I have two stories right now that are looking at failures in the medical system and the legal system, at the same time. You know, one story is about how a medical school ignored a problem within their ranks for a long time. It was very hard for people to speak out and this went on for a long time and it was only stopped when there were so many patients harmed by this that it became a legal issue as well as a problem within the medical system. And that’s not rare, this is happening every day across Canada. It’s hard for people to make the decision to speak out. It’s hard for a journalist to pull all this together in a way that you can do these stories. The other thing I’ve been spending a ton of time on in the last couple of months is I’m doing a lot more teaching now. I’m really excited about the kind of work that young journalists in Canada are working on and their doggedness and their determination. These stories haven’t come to light yet. But you know, it’s a real feeling of being a super proud Mama bear watching new stories come together. I can’t wait for them to go out into the world. Oh, wow. Well, when is this airing? I’m trying to think if I don’t want to scoop myself. Yeah, so the Power Gap series has been looking at different sectors and particularly in the public sector because we looked at data that was available around high income earners, so those are earned over $100,000. Because I really, I’m a big fan of like data transparency, that’s how you kind of move the needle, I think, is just putting actual numbers to it and not just kind of anecdotes. So, I have another, I think really great one with my colleague Cheng Wang around the pay gaps in medicine. We’re going to continue to do more work on the gaps in law, transitioning into other types of reporting that isn’t specifically related to gender, but I think will help the gaps. Because again, I just think, like so much of the problem in Canada, no matter what story that I’m working on, is around how opaque our society is. Like so many of these gaps, whether it’s a pay gap, whether it’s a promotion gap, whether it’s the gaps in terms of how police counts or manage or handle sexual assault cases, the gaps in their investigation, it’s all possible because it’s invisible to the public. And when you actually make this information out there to see, you can start tracking it. You can start applying policies and procedures to make things better and from there you can determine if things are improving or not. Like you have metrics with which to work on. So, I think a big priority for me is finding ways to make things more transparent and that’s ultimately going to lead to so much positive change. We’re really concerned about harassment and abuse of women and racialized journalists. It seems to be a regular occurrence and it’s only growing. What can we do about it, Robyn? If you frame the journalists who are covering you as part of the opposition and the public or your supporters accept that view, then it becomes very hard as a journalist to do your job because you’re defending your work and also yourself. So, I think that it was a, you know, a political tactic that some politicians and populist politicians in particular, have really glommed onto. And that’s partly why you’re seeing this rise. I think there’s a lot of misogyny and hate and homophobia and racism and transphobia out there, and people can feel big for a couple of minutes going on their device in their basement and banging out some horrific emails to people. I mean, the ideal situation would be that if you support a journalist and you want to help them out, like subscribe to their outlet, send their editor a note saying what great work they’re doing, leak them a story, you know, help them that way. I mean, I don’t really know what the solution is to this, which is the sad thing. I think there’s real work to be done on how we deal with these types of complaints and whether they’re taken seriously and investigated. We’re just kind of sorting through that, but it certainly makes the job very taxing, I will say. Like that you can’t just kind of put, you can’t just, like when I was in journalism school, I didn’t think about having to be, you know, a quote unquote public persona and getting attacked, right? Like, especially, you know, you’re a newspaper reporter, you’re not on television, your face is not out there. You just think you’re gonna be a byline and it’s a really difficult thing to navigate. It can be very draining and it can be scary and you can feel very alone. Especially, you know, if you’re feeling like you aren’t being supported. It’s just such a part of the job that people don’t, I think, realize just how draining it is. And you know, I have it much, much better than so many of my colleagues. Christina, what can we do to support feminist journalism and feminist journalists today? Seeing the stories that are getting published, I feel we’re at a moment of both risk and renaissance. I love this question, and I hope you have all afternoon for me. I like that you called it a renaissance. I don’t know if you are aware of this study, and it was an American one. It came out like five years ago, I can’t, no, you know what, it came out around the time that Trump was elected. I was looking at some of the coverage leading up to his election and looking at coverage of reproductive issues specifically. It found that the dominant voices in stories about reproductive issues were men, the majority of bylines were men, and the majority of sources were men. Is that still true today? Maybe, but I don’t think it’s as stark as it was. But I think it’s only changing because people are really, really pushing for change. I guess I would answer your questions in two ways. So, what can we do? What can readers do? What can people outside the world of journalism do? I actually really struggle when I see blanket criticism of journalism, and we’ve seen a lot of this over the last two years. There was a very popular hashtag for a while, #canadianmediafailed. I would just ask people to be smarter and more specific in their criticisms. We have thick skin. We’re used to being criticized. We make mistakes. And you know, we don’t make them lightly. I think most of us carry like a, you know, a heavy weight every time we make a mistake. I know, I don’t sleep. By all means call out problems you see with stories or with journalists. But I would avoid sort of the blanket criticism of journalists because it feeds into the harassment of journalists that we’ve been talking about. It feeds into this world in which, you know, women journalists are being attacked, harassed, and sort of threatened in person and online every day and we’ve really seen an uptick in this in Canada over the last six months. There are, you know, half dozen women journalists, who are primarily women of color who are bearing the brunt of it. And we all have an obligation to speak out against this. And when you see that kind of harassment, please report it and speak out against it. You know, put your money towards feminist journalism. Subscribe to organizations that you think are doing a good job. You know, I know a lot of Canadians subscribe to organizations like The Washington Post or The New York Times or The Atlantic or basically large American organizations. And that’s fine. But that’s not enough. We really need to be supporting journalists here at home. You know, I see complaints all the time, “Oh, this story has a paywall”, “This story has a paywall”. But, I’m telling you, journalists are not in this for the money. We’re not doing very well. Most of us are really working on these stories, especially for freelancers, because we think it’s important. We need money in able to keep doing this. You know, some organizations that I think are doing a good job. I think The Narwhal is doing a really good job, you know, I have a long home at Chatelaine, as did Michele Landsberg, and Chatelaine never shies away from these stories in my experience. The Globe does a really good job on this. I mean, Robyn’s work has been fantastic. And so, make sure that you’re supporting journalism in Canada. I think there’s room for foundations to set up funds that can help women reporters. The National Women’s Media Foundation has funds that help freelancers go out and do stories, and I think that’s really where the future of journalism is. It’s people coming in and giving money to support setting up funds so that journalists can go out and do these stories. And it’s not lost on me that you know I’m speaking to you today. When we’re watching the situation in Iran, and it was, you know, a female journalist who broke that story, who went into the hospital, interviewed Mahsa Amini’s family. What we know of that journalist now is that she was arrested and she’s been in solitary confinement for the last week. Alright, now, what? Feminist journalism in Canada needs our support. Subscribing to outlets that do a great job of this reporting and promoting diverse voices is a good place to start. Please stay tuned to the Canadian Women’s Foundation for more opportunities to support feminist journalism and equity seeking journalists addressing gender justice issues. Please listen, subscribe, rate and review this podcast and share it with others if you appreciate this content. If you want to get in on the efforts to build a gender equal Canada, please donate today at canadianwomen.org and consider becoming a monthly donor. And thank you for being tireless in your support for gender justice. Rachel Leslie2022-10-05T13:02:35+00:00October 5, 2022\|Gender justice, Podcast, Women in media\|
Name: People v. Caesar Case #: D050387 Citation: 167 Cal.App.4th 1050 An aider and abettor prosecuted under the natural and probable consequences doctrine cannot be convicted of a greater crime than that of which the principal was convicted. Appellant and co-appellant were charged with, inter alia, several counts of attempted murder stemming from a street fight between two groups of men. Because appellant was not the shooter, he was prosecuted as an aider and abettor under the natural and probable consequences theory. A jury convicted co-appellant of unpremeditated attempted murder, but convicted appellant of premeditated attempted murder. Appellant argued his conviction for premeditated attempted murder had to be reduced to unpremeditated attempted murder because the co-appellant was found to have acted without premeditation. The appellate court agreed. When applying the natural and probable consequences theory, the jury must first make a finding as to the crime committed by the actual perpetrator. It is only after this determination is made that the jury can then consider whether a reasonable person in the defendant’s position would have, or should have known, that the crime committed was a reasonably foreseeable consequence. Since the jury made a finding that co-appellant did not commit premeditated attempted murder, the most appellant can be convicted of under this theory is also unpremeditated attempted murder.
Name: People v. Eroshevich et al. Case #: S210545 Court: CA Supreme Court District CalSup Citation: 60 Cal.4th 583 Where appellate court reversed trial court’s order granting new trial based on insufficiency of the evidence, double jeopardy principles do not bar retrial if, on remand, the trial court grants the new trial motion on grounds other than insufficiency of the evidence. Defendants Eroshevich and Stern were convicted of conspiring to obtain controlled substances by fraud and providing false names for prescriptions in connection with the death of Anna Nicole Smith. The trial court granted Stern’s motion for a new trial and dismissed the charges against both defendants based on insufficiency of the evidence. The appellate court reversed and reinstated the jury verdicts, but ordered the trial court to consider Stern’s other grounds for a new trial on remand. The court also held that double jeopardy precluded Stern from being retried. The California Supreme Court granted the People’s petition for review on the double jeopardy issue. Held: Reversed. The protection against double jeopardy generally precludes retrial for the same offense after a conviction or an acquittal. A defendant may waive his double jeopardy protection by filing a motion for new trial because, in doing so, the defendant effectively agrees to all consequences following the motion and consents to being tried anew. A defendant may not be retied, however, if a new trial motion is granted based on insufficiency of the evidence. But double jeopardy principles do not preclude the People from appealing such a ruling because reversal would result in reinstatement of the jury verdict, not a new trial. Here, Stern impliedly waived double jeopardy protections and consented to a retrial by filing a motion for a new trial. Although the trial court granted Stern’s new trial motion based on insufficiency of the evidence, this ruling was reversed on appeal and the jury verdict was reinstated. Under these circumstances, Stern can be retried if, on remand, the trial court grants his new trial motion on grounds other than insufficiency of the evidence.
Name: People v. Rocha Case #: B290779 Citation: 32 Cal.App.5th 352 Where a case was remanded to give the trial court an opportunity to exercise its discretion under Penal Code section 12022.53, subdivision (h) after the enactment of Senate Bill No. 620, defendant had a right to be present with counsel at a hearing. On his first appeal, Roach’s conviction was affirmed and his case remanded “for the trial court to exercise its discretion under section 12022.53, subdivision (h)” based on SB 620. On remand, the case was called “for hearing on remittitur,” but Rocha, his counsel, and the prosecutor were not present. The court issued a written order declining to exercise its discretion to strike the section 12022.53 allegation. Rocha appealed, arguing he had the right to be present with counsel when the court exercised its discretion on remand. Held: Reversed and remanded. Penal Code section 1260 sets out the permissible dispositions of a cause on appeal and “permits the reviewing court to ‘remand the cause to the trial court for such further proceedings as may be just under the circumstances.'” (People v. Rodriguez (1998) 17 Cal.4th 253, 258.) Under section 1260, the presence of the defendant and his counsel are required on remand when the trial court will consider whether to exercise its sentencing discretion if it would be “just under the circumstances.” Here, it was “‘manifestly unfair’ to permit the trial court to decide how to exercise its new discretion under section 12022.53(h) without affording defendant and his counsel the opportunity to make an argument if they so desire.” Reversal and remand were necessary even under the Watson standard. “[I]t is reasonably probable that input from defendant and his counsel would lead to a more favorable exercise of the court’s discretion.” [Editor’s Note: The Court of Appeal declined to address whether defendant had a constitutional right to counsel at a hearing on remand and instead concluded the issues could be resolved on narrower statutory grounds.] The scope of the previous order of remand does not restrict the appellate court’s authority under Penal Code section 1260 to also remand for proceedings under newly enacted laws (here SB 1393). On appeal Rocha also argued that, on remand, the trial court should consider whether to strike his five-year prior serious felony conviction enhancement (Pen. Code, § 667, subd. (a)(1)) based on SB 1393. The Court of Appeal agreed. SB 1393 amended Penal Code sections 667 and 1385 to give the trial court discretion to strike or dismiss five-year prior conviction enhancements. It is retroactive and applies to Rocha because it went into effect before his judgment was final. However, the Attorney General argued review of the claim was barred because it was beyond the scope of the limited remand the court previously ordered in this case, and was “unwarranted” because the trial court’s refusal to exercise its discretion under section 12022.53, subdivision (h) in Rocha’s favor demonstrates that it would not strike the prior conviction enhancement. The Court of Appeal disagreed. The previous order of remand does not limit the scope of the current order of remand. Additionally, “[t]he trial court’s order sheds no light on how it might rule on this issue, and neither the People nor defendant had an opportunity to present arguments relating to the amended provisions.” The full opinion is available on the court’s website here: https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/archive/B290779A.PDF
AXDX Dashboard Accelerate Diagnostics (AXDX) 8-KEntry into a Material Definitive Agreement Filed: 28 May 21, 5:27pm AXDX similar filings 1 Oct 21 Other Events 23 Sep 21 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement 4 Aug 21 Other Events 28 May 21 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement 25 May 21 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers 13 May 21 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders 6 May 21 Accelerate Diagnostics Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) May 28, 2021 Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 001-31822 84-1072256 (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 3950 South Country Club Road, Suite 470, Tucson, Arizona 85714 Title of each class Trading Symbol Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share AXDX (The Nasdaq Capital Market) On May 28, 2021, Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into that certain Equity Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with William Blair & Company, L.L.C. (“William Blair”) pursuant to which it may sell shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50,000,000 (the “Shares”), from time to time, through an “at the market” equity offering program under which William Blair will act as sales agent. Under the Sales Agreement, the Company will set the parameters for the sale of the Shares, including the number of Shares to be issued, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, the limitation on the number of Shares that may be sold in any one trading day and any minimum price below which sales may not be made. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, William Blair may sell the Shares by methods deemed to be an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on The Nasdaq Capital Market or on any other existing trading market for the Shares, in negotiated transactions at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at prices related to such prevailing market prices and/or any other method permitted by law. William Blair will use its commercially reasonable efforts in conducting such sales activities consistent with its normal trading and sales practices, applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and the rules of The Nasdaq Capital Market. The Sales Agreement may be terminated by the Company upon five days’ written notice to William Blair for any reason. William Blair may terminate the Sales Agreement upon five days’ written notice to the Company for any reason or at any time under certain circumstances, including but not limited to the occurrence of a material adverse change in the Company. The Sales Agreement provides that William Blair will be entitled to compensation for its services of 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale under the Sales Agreement. The Company has no obligation to sell any Shares under the Sales Agreement and may at any time suspend solicitation and offers under the Sales Agreement. The Sales Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company, indemnification obligations of the Company and William Blair and other obligations of the parties. The Shares will be issued pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-252470) (the “Registration Statement”), declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 4, 2021. On the date hereof, the Company filed a prospectus supplement, dated May 28, 2021, with the SEC in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement. The foregoing description of the Sales Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreement, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”) and is incorporated herein by reference. The legal opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. relating to the Shares being offered is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Report. This Report shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities discussed herein, nor shall there be any sale of such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. (d) Exhibits 1.1 Sales Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2021, by and among Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. 5.1 Opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. 23.1 Consent of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1) 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) This Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties and reflect the Company’s judgment as of the date of this Report. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding the ability to sell Shares and raise additional funds pursuant to the Sales Agreement. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from predicted or expected results. The inclusion of forward-looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company that any of these results will be achieved. Actual results may differ from those set forth in this report due to the risks and uncertainties associated with market conditions and the satisfaction of pre-sale conditions under the Sales Agreement, as well as risks and uncertainties inherent in the Company’s business, including those described in the Company’s filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are made only as the date hereof, and, except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. /s/ Steve Reichling Steve Reichling
Relationships + Self Care What is self care? Self care sounds easy enough, but it is a bit more complex than you might think. Self care isn’t just making sure you brush your teeth before bed, it consists of finding balance in your life and finding ways to take care of your mental, physical, and emotional health. Self care can affect our moods, relationships, and overall functioning. Self care is not only for people struggling with mental illness. Everyone has mental health, so self care is for everyone. How can I practice self care? Self care really does not have any rules. Self care is whatever helps you regain energy in an enjoyable way. Here is a list of activities that are often used as self care, but keep in mind that this list is not exhaustive: self care is personal – it is what you need it to be. Practice relaxation or meditation Get exercise in a way that you enjoy Invest Time into your Mental Health Spend time with loved ones Make time to read your favorite book Go for a short walk Have a spa night in Cook a healthy meal Play with your pets or visit a humane society Draw, color, or paint How can self care impact my relationships? Self care can help us regain energy that we can then use to spend quality time with others. When we haven’t considered our own needs, it can be very difficult to consider the needs of others. How can self care impact my self esteem? Self care encourages you to be your best self – it helps you make decisions that are healthier for your body and has a positive impact on your mindset as a whole. How can therapy help me with self care? Struggles with self care can lead to poor mental health. If you are having trouble knowing how to engage in self care, a therapy appointment can help you understand what self-care needs you are not meeting. Additionally, caring for yourself makes it easier to care for others, as it energizes you and can help you set boundaries for yourself in relationships. Seeing a therapist can give you the tools you need to optimize your self care and make sure you are functioning the best that you can. I’m having trouble with a relationship: what can I do? Relationships are an important part of our lives, from romantic relationships, to family relationships, to parent-child relationships. If a relationship in your life is giving you stress and you feel lost in what to do, our clinicians can help. Click the following links to read more about different relationships and the services we offer here at CARE. If you’re having trouble with past trauma affecting your everyday life or your current relationship, click here to read about what you can do. Intimacy can play a big role in romantic relationships. If you or your partner is struggling with intimacy or sex, click here to read more and get help. 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Short lessons on some of the newest technology tools, trends, and apps link The ARCCS of Career Development in Unprecedented Times By Jerilyn Wagner “One way to think about careers today is to consider yourself a surfer: We catch a good wave early in our life; as it crests and falls, we need to look for the next wave.” ~ Josh Bersin (Bersin, 2017, p. 1) Managing Career Development in Unprecedented Times As we ushered in the second decade of the 21st century, the word “unprecedented” became the go-to descriptor for the changes emerging in rapid succession. For career professionals assisting those entering the workforce, and those already in the workforce, we need to evolve approaches to assist with career management on the edge of “unprecedented” chaos. Workers today have to manage their careers through a global pandemic (i.e., COVID-19), increased climate change events (e.g., flooding, hurricanes, forest fires), as well as several major technological advances (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, rapid vaccine development and distribution, 5G telecommunications, Zoom videoconferencing). Each of these upheavals and shifts have been described as unprecedented and chaotic, creating what appeared to be disorder and confusion. Some of these events have also led to the reorganization of numerous businesses; unemployment claims that swelled to Great Depression levels; new remote work structures; and increased demand for public health workers, emergency response professionals, and delivery personnel. Yet, if carefully examined, experts had predicted most of the changes through facts and patterns that were traceable prior to the events. These “unprecedented” events, both catastrophic and ground-breaking, have had profound impacts on the workplace and could be viewed as career disrupters. As was highlighted in the recent Career Convergence article (Rose, 2021), the Chaos Theory of Careers (CTC) has emerged as a career development theory to describe the reality of career development and account for the changing nature of work in the 21st century. Rose further highlighted the three phases of CTC identified by Schlesinger (2016) – Complexity, Chance, and Change – which influence our lives and career development as much as more stable factors like our ability and personality. Workforce patterns have been shifting away from the days of steady, predictable, and somewhat linear career paths. Given the rapid pace of technological advances, many jobs, crafts, and skills quickly become out of date. Indeed, according to Pryor and Bright (2012), “Fundamentally, our world is less predictable than once was thought. Our lives are uncertain and our work is subject to changes over which we can have limited control…The Chaos Theory of Careers draws attention to the limitations of our simplifications and the challenges of living uncertainly in our predictably complex world. [It is] a theory of career development that has interconnection, change, and chance at its heart” (p. 3, 12). Strategies and Tools for Application of Chaos Theory of Careers As career practitioners applying CTC, we might change our client approach from guided goal setting to facilitating curiosity and possibilities. Rather than working with clients to solve a puzzle, find an answer, or select the best option, we could aid the client in exploring clues in their story, developing a strategy and exploring several options in the process. This chaos-informed coaching helps the client establish short-term flexible goals, recognizing that complex factors outside of work and other obstacles are an inevitable part of contemporary career journeys. Strategies and possible tools that career practitioners can leverage in a chaos-informed approach include: Engaging clients in storytelling and sharing experiences to find the meaning in their experiences Examples: Career Collage (Bright & Pryor, 2012), Metaphors (Heppner et al., 1994), Stories (Brooks, 2017), Life Mapping (Heppner et al. 1994) Discussing failures and successes; looking at different perspectives and feedback to further clarify characteristics of those experiences Examples: Reframing Failure (Burnett & Evans, 2016), Mind Maps (Cai, 2017) Identifying typical patterns, the recurring themes in the patterns and possible implications Examples: Idea Journals (Heppner et al., 1994), Wandering Maps (Brooks, 2017), Career Lifelines/Timeline Analysis (Heppner et al., 1994), Mind Maps (Cai, 2018) Encouraging client networking to identify possibilities Examples: Information Interviews (Knight, 2016), Prototyping (Burnett & Evans, 2016) Exploring what really matters to the client as well as examining what has worked Examples: Journaling/Wayfinding (Burnett & Evans, 2016), Skills Affirmation (Indeed, 2021) Generating several possibilities, trying some of the possibilities Examples: EPSA Model (Schlesinger, 2016), Networking (Bright, 2017), Contingent questioning – “what if…” (Bright, 2017), Butterfly Model (Bright and Pryor, 2012), Imaginal Experiences (Akhtar, 2017) ARCCS Model to Support Chaos Based Counseling CTC emphasizes continual, uncertain, and non-linear change, the complexity of influences and emergent fractal patterns in careers. Therefore, counselors should facilitate client development of core skills to face the emergent career challenges. Given CTC’s focus on career patterns, a useful acronym to support client aptitude in their career pursuits would be ARCCS: Adaptability, Resilience, Creativity and Control, and Self-Efficacy. Career professionals would serve clients well by helping them to develop these core skills. Counselors may need to leverage ARCCS elements and work with their clients in the following domains: Adaptability – Experiment, generate ideas, and try many different possibilities; be prepared for and ready to recognize and accept failure, learn from it and move on; make failure survivable by identifying strategies to limit its impact and keep trying new options. Resilience – Develop effective analysis and problem-solving skills; enhance self-esteem; develop the ability to convert accidents and misfortune into lucky accidents and good fortune (Marks et al., 2014); be mindful of health, well-being, and optimistic self-management. Creativity – Introduce and build abilities in what Dan Pink labeled “the six essential aptitudes” of professional and personal fulfillment: Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play and Meaning (2005). Control – Introduce and practice situational review through an exercise using Stephen Covey’s Circle of Influence and Control (Then Somehow, 2018), which is a way for clients to examine their career concerns and identify how they can influence their career pursuits. Self-Efficacy – Apply principles of self-efficacy that stem from the verbal persuasion of key influencers, lessons learned vicariously from relatable figures, reflection on effective mastery in past successes or overcoming of obstacles, and identification of means to heighten emotional and physical health. Early studies of the CTC counseling approach demonstrated increased levels of client career decision self-efficacy over those receiving traditional career counseling (McKay et al., 2005). Building a Career for Complexity and Uncertainty The career development professional has the opportunity to enable the client to reframe their understanding of self, others, and the environment through their experiences and ongoing learning. 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Medium. https://medium.com/then-somehow/you-have-more-power-than-you-think-try-circles-of-influence-2bd0a96403d5 Jerilyn Wagner, MSEd, CCC, SPHR is the Career Advisor for MHR/MBA students at the Utah State University Huntsman School of Business and Owner/Principal Consultant for Engaged Pathways (engagedpathways.com). In working with students and clients, she draws on her background in training and development and organization effectiveness, across diverse industries, to support individuals, managers and teams in building engaging learning environments. Engaged Pathways specializes in clarifying strengths, building growth mindsets, clarifying values and developing satisfying career journeys. Contact her at [email protected]. Jim Peacock on Friday 06/04/2021 at 11:04 AM I am finishing up my Happenstance seminar and continue to see the connection to CTC. This is so helpful to me in understanding CTC. If I could be so bold, I might add a 3rd "C" for curiosity, ARCCCS as I think this is a characteristic required to discover new opportunities by accident. Great job - and I love how "adaptability" is first. Meg Gerry on Friday 06/04/2021 at 04:08 PM I agree with Jim about the connection to John Krumboltz's Happenstance learning theory. I love how you included tools and strategies for the career practitioner. Very helpful! Melissa Venable on Monday 06/07/2021 at 08:19 AM Jerilyn, thank you for this timely look at CTC with an extended view of how we can apply it today. It's likely we'll need to carry the ARCCS model with us for the foreseeable future as we work with students and clients, and manage our own careers. Thank you! Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the comments shown above are those of the individual comment authors and do not reflect the views or opinions of this organization. Contact Us \| Legal Disclaimer \| Privacy Policy ©2023 NCDA [email protected]
Physician - Chief of Anesthesia Chief of Anesthesia at the St Cloud VA Health Care System will ensure the quality of services provided, customer satisfaction, as well as compliance with the standards of accrediting bodies (i.e. Joint Commission and the Inspector General's Combined Assessment Program). Incumbent maintains licensure and credentials sufficient to practice Anesthesiology including diagnostic and medical therapeutic modalities for treatment of diseases, conditions and injuries related to the Anesthesia field. To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed. Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences. Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs. Proficiency in spoken and written English. Preferred Experience: Managerial or Supervisory experience preferred. Board certification or board eligible in Anesthesiology. Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: This position requires a pre-employment physical. Eligible applicants must be physically and mentally able to perform efficiently the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, without hazard to themselves or others. Depending on the essential duties of a specific position, usable vision, color vision, hearing, or speech may be required. However, in most cases, a specific physical condition or impairment of a specific function may be compensated for by the satisfactory use of a prosthesis or mechanical aid. ["The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being. Duties: Ensures appropriate use of available resources and will be responsible for state-of-the-art standards of care in Surgical Service and collaborates with other services as appropriate. Chief of Anesthesia provides the most effective delivery of anesthetic care to our Veterans. Participate in and/or manages all aspects of the Anesthesia Program, to include outpatient clinical and administrative. Provide comprehensive anesthesia services, including pre and post-operative services and follow-up care for surgical patients Supervise and provide guidance to staff CRNA- Recommend to administration and medical staff the type and amount of equipment that is needed for administering anesthesia and analgesia. Develop anesthesia safety rules that follow regulations and standards regarding the safe administration of anesthetics. Coordinates Medical Center's OOORAM program training Available for consultation regarding the scheduling of patients for surgery relating to time and place of surgery if a conflict in scheduling occurs Use electronic medical records Work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team including Nursing, Anesthesiology, Surgical Physicians, Mid-Level Surgical Providers and medical support staff to ensure prompt and efficient delivery of patient care services. Participate in service level and hospital committees, PI activities, and in-service education programs regarding anesthesia care. Perform administrative duties related to patient care management including: entering progress notes, histories and physicals, anesthesia consultation notes, discharge summaries and consults, etc. Work Scheduled: Typically Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): EDRP Authorized: Contact [email protected], the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. Learn more Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of annual paid time offer per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: Only 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting"] https://careers.acofpca.org/jobs/18350479/physician-chief-of-anesthesia
The Health Technician [Hearing Instrument Specialist (HIS)] provides assistance to the audiologists in meeting the clinical needs of the patients served in the Iowa City VA Health Care System, Audiology and Speech Pathology Service (ASPS) and reports to the Chief, ASPS. The duties are to be carried out in the clinical and other patient care areas involved with ASPS. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: a. United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. b. Experience and Education: Experience. Completion of the Department of Labor Apprenticeship Program for Hearing Aid Specialists; OR Education. Successful completion of two academic years above high school that includes coursework related to the field: hearing
Children under 14 involved with SEX SCANDAL that rock schools in St Lucia Posted by CaribbeanFever.Com on March 30, 2010 at 8:30am At schools across the island, the videos are causing a stir. The wireless internet is abuzz with footage of school children, some of them under 14 years of age, committing sex acts with multiple partners. Children from two different schools were involved. In one video, a fifth form girl in school uniform is exposed on camera as the hands of unseen persons play with her vagina. In another two videos, one underage girl from a Castries school performs fellatio on a younger student. Later she engages in a threesome with two other students, performing oral sex on one, another penetrating her from the back, while the one she performed fellatio on records the event with a telephone camera. The STAR has confirmed that all the students in the second set of videos are 14 years of age or under. One of the participants was actually a form one student. The students are known to be from the same community and some of them are actually related. It is not the first time that St Lucian students have been recorded committing such acts. What it is, is a startling reminder that in spite of the consequences that others have faced, the youth persist in this kind of behaviour and adults seem increasingly powerless to do anything about it. At the education ministry, the videos are a bit like old news. Chief Education Officer, Augusta Ifill, was dealing with the controversy that is now exploding way back in January. The STAR put her on the spot about a controversy that goes to the heart of the social problems that are defining the future of the island. “I haven’t seen the video but I am aware of the cases,” she told the STAR yesterday. But Ifill, unlike past chief education officers would not pretend she didn’t know the relevant details. “One of the instances, the child has had a past incident,” she told the STAR. “It did not occur at the school. We recognized she had a problem. She had an incident before. It was not a case that happened at the school. The first time, she went to the boy’s home and she had to go out of her way to go there. The parents were called in and we recognized that there was a problem. What was recommended was that the parents take the child for counseling.” That one was also circulated on the internet, making that fifth form student a two time victim of Internet mischief and her own sexual proclivity. That student, it turns out, is actually related to the principal of her school, illustrating how close to home the problems children face nowadays can get. Off the record, parents, teachers, the education ministry and society in general are all pointing fingers at each other for the state of things among the youth. One principal recently went as far as to say on camera that she was not responsible for children after three. But Ifill respectfully disagrees. “Children are our business,” she insisted. “Our insurances cover them on the way to school and from school. After three, if something happens to them, we have some responsibility for them. No single agency can solve these problems. It takes collective responsibility.” But is it a problem with sex or is it a problem with technology? Ifill remembers when she was principal at Entrepot Secondary in the 1990s that she received repeated reports of school children having sex in public, including on the steps of CDC apartments in the city center. Children have been having sex since time immemorial without the kinds of consequences they face today. So is it the technology that causes it then? “I heard the NPA (National Principals Association) president saying that it was technology and she seemed to think that because they have the cameras they will do outrageous things. I have a different view. I think the children should have their phones off at school. But when a child will have sex in an open classroom or in the bush on the way from school, there is a deeper problem. In the other school, that child too has a problem. When the children are under 14, we refer to Human Services. But we have counselors at each secondary school. Sometimes, we have to take the child out of one school setting and place them in another.” In one of the cases, the child was identified before the current incident and was in counseling. “We left the child at the school because of the circumstance (the child was related to the principal) they could keep a closer eye on her,” Ifill said. “In that case, this was not the first time she was on the internet. It is as if they realize that she is easy prey.” But with over 700 children in the school, the young girl could not be policed at every minute, so that a relapse was hardly unexpected. The other girl had also had an issue before, but not at the school. “That child has had issues before,” Ifill said. “And that child needs help too.” One of the boys who shot the footage of the second girl (the one in the threesome) actually told school and ministry officials that he meant to bring it to her mother to prove to her what her daughter was doing. Ironically, the video shows him doing it too. Parents find it easy to ring their hands in frustration at this, but at the education ministry, they do not have the luxury that parents have of passing the buck. The media would not be so kind to them as it might be to a frustrating, teary-eyed mother. But what is a parent to do. Furthermore, what is a principal or a ministry to do when kids decide not only to have unprotected sex at an early age, but to record and distribute it and persist in such behaviour even after things go very, very wrong? “If you have a child in your home who is having problems like this, what would you do?” Ifill asked rhetorically. “You would seek professional help. And this is what we have done in both cases. In one case, the parents sought help themselves. But for people who cannot afford this, schools have counselors. Each secondary school has counselors and each district has a district counselor. Trinidad has one per district. We have one per secondary school in addition to the district counselors.” If children and parents don’t like their school counselor, as they often do not, the ministry has provided the district counselor as an alternative. The district counselor also serves primary schools when problems like this are just being created. And like Ifill said, when the children are under 14 and the problem could be more serious, they are referred to the professional social workers of the Human Services department. While it could be argued that what is needed is funding for extra-curricular activities like sports and the arts, Ifill made a case that showed that the ministry has mechanisms in place to help parents to get professional help for their problem children free of charge and the ministry encourages parents to take advantage of those facilities. That would address the problem of promiscuity among young people. But what about the technology? It seems unreasonable to deprive St Lucian youth of technology in order to prevent them from injuring their own reputations on the internet. “We have to find a way to get children to use the internet in a more constructive way,” Ifill said of a problem the island has not even begun to address in a structured, concerted form. It is a problem that should generate much debate before any policy-directed answers emerge. But one thing everyone should keep in mind is this: It is illegal to distribute pornographic materials and even more serious to distribute materials depicting the sex acts involving minors. Comment by JAYMissFancyFlyThenTheRest* on August 22, 2010 at 7:06am There is no book on how to be a good parent but as parents we use our own moral values to are own children then in this article the blame the parents and technology for these young people I think it's the I'm feeling my self thing in these young adults you can beat them but will it stop? then you have a child who will not respect you!!! cause there grown-so what does one do? really! Comment by reaica clarke on August 20, 2010 at 11:28pm these little f**** need an ass beating thats why they like that .that new age where beating ur kids is illegal is bull s* my mother gave me beatings till i was 16 f* that premiscuity s* i kno at 12 and 13 some boys and girls start having their little feelings thats why they need to sit and talk to these little fools it might work and if it dont work u can always use shock theropy lol Comment by Maxine Morgan on August 9, 2010 at 12:58pm We can always blame the parents but trust me when I tell u no matter how u raise ur kids, and what u instill in them is as if u never thought them anything, because friends & peers are more to them than what family is trying to teach them & save them from. And its sad to say but the girls are worst than the boys these days. The boys are more for the music or the gangs which I thank god for not having mine for that atleast he understood that isn't the way of life, but the girls are more out there when it comes to sex, them more than the boys. When just have to keep on drilling it in their heads although we are annoying to them now soon & I do pray soon they will see that its a dark path they're going down & need to change routes. And I do pray sooner than later for them. I don't know its as if these little girls don't have any self worth, who is Lesbians is Whores why like its a new trend in fashion. But we can't blame parents or schools because its not just 1 set of children in a district its all around the world, in the Music & Artist the kids follow them more than they do their parents & family. Comment by www.jaxsprats.com on July 11, 2010 at 5:04am The best thing we can do to fight the corrupt values and morals western society thrusts on our young children and adults is tob guide and mentor the youths that are among us and who we have daily contact with, if all of us do that we protect and nurture the future generation towards a more stronger standard. each one teach one. be parents, advisors, mentors, and examples of strong black men and women by just living it and talking the talk and walking the walk. it takes a village to raise a child. get the exclusive at www.jaxsprats.com Comment by Liz Jones on July 4, 2010 at 2:17am Parents got to act to. They got to be careful what child watch or what they do in front of them or other people. Comment by Eliza p on July 3, 2010 at 11:43am It is a disgrace. The parents and the community must take a hold of the situation. They need to find the cause of the problem and it is not technology. Comment by www.jaxsprats.com on July 3, 2010 at 12:05am this is not good, its getting worse everyday, the parents have to bear responsibility, society promotes this through music, cable tv, and the lack of basic morals and values, western society leaves everything open. we have to take back our communities and save our children from corruption give them knowledge of self, structure, and discipline. they are our future, if this continuess what we cant even fathom will occur. Comment by reka22 on June 16, 2010 at 1:28pm This is the work of bad examble. It says wen yu see this lik this look up cause the heavenly father draws near. Comment by LLOYD SMITH on May 21, 2010 at 1:32am i am sadened at the behaviour not just in st lucia but in jamaica too. and the women have rendered the men powerless and without authority thus when women are seen doing anything wrong everyone shuts uo says nothing and things continue to get worst, sorry ladies you only have yourselves to be blamed our forefathers did not just make men leaders and bread winners because they wanted to, it was ordained to be so by god. disobey the directives of god and you shall feel his wrath, it is sad and most of us who would like to do something is now powerless nd feel hopeless thus they too will throw in the towel and just join in the fun. Comment by CARAMEL SWEETNESS on May 18, 2010 at 2:09pm THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOREVER.....IIVE SEEN A GIRL GER FINGER POPE IN CLASS WHILE THE TEACHER IS IN THE FRONT OF THE CLASS TEACHING.....THESEKIDS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN SUCH ACTIVITES COME FROM BROKEN HOMES WITH SINGLE PARENT...AND MOST TIMES THEIR MOTHER FIGURE AT HOME IS VERY PROMISCUS.....
#CarlJung, Aion, Dream, Fish Carl Jung on how the Symbol of the Fish springs out of the Unconscious In conclusion, I would like to give a concrete example of the way the symbol of the fish springs out of the unconscious autochthonously. The case in question is that of a young woman who had uncommonly lively and plastic dreams. She was very much under the influence of her father, who had a materialistic outlook and was not happily married. She shut herself off from these unfavourable surroundings by developing, at a very early age, an intense inner life of her own. As a small child, she replaced her parents by two trees in the garden. In her sixth or seventh year, she dreamt that God had promised her a golden fish. From this time forth she frequently dreamt of fishes. Later, a little while before starting psychological treatment on account of her manifold problems, she dreamt that she was “standing on the bank of the Limmat and looking down into the water. A man threw a gold coin into the river, the water became transparent and I could see the bottom. There was a coral reef and a lot of fishes. One of them had a shining silver belly and a golden back. During treatment she had the following dream: “/ came to the bank of a broad, flowing river. I couldn’t see much at first, only water, earth, and rock. I threw the pages with my notes on them into the water, with the feeling that I was giving something back to the river. Immediately afterwards I had a fishing-rod in my hand. I sat down on a rock and started fishing. Still I saw nothing but water, earth, and rock. Suddenly a big fish bit. He had a silver belly and a golden back. As I drew him to land, the whole landscape became alive: the rock emerged like the primeval foundation of the earth, grass and flowers sprang up, and the bushes expanded into a great forest. A gust of wind blew and set everything in motion. Then, suddenly, I heard behind me the voice of Mr. X [an older man whom she knew only from photographs and from hearsay, but who seems to have been some kind of authority for her]. He said, quietly but distinctly: ‘The patient ones in the innermost realm are given the fish, the food of the deep.’ At this moment a circle ran round me, part of it touching the water. Then I heard the voice again: ‘The brave ones in the second realm may be given victory, for there the battle is fought. Immediately The transparency of the water means that attention (value, gold) is given to the unconscious. It is an offering to the genius of the fountain. Cf. the vision of the Amitabha Land in my “Psychology of Eastern Meditation.” another circle ran round me, this time touching the other bank. At the same time I saw into the distance and a colourful landscape was revealed. The sun rose over the horizon. I heard the voice, speaking as if out of the distance: ‘The third and the fourth realms come, similarly enlarged, out of the other two. But the fourth realm’—and here the voice paused for a moment, as if deliberating—’the fourth realm joins on to the first. 10* It is the highest and the lowest at once, for the highest and the lowest come together. They are at bottom one.’ ” Here the dreamer awoke with a roaring in her ears. ~Carl Jung, Aion, Pages 151-152 Previous Previous post: Carl Jung and why a Living Human Body is necessary for the Redemption of our Dead. Next Next post: Philemon first appears to Dr. Jung in a Dream
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Humility in the Workplace: How To Show It and the Benefits It Brings A humble work environment also contributes to an employee’s job satisfaction. Leaders who practice humility by asking employees for their opinions, accepting ideas for how to better serve customers and clients and acknowledging team members who have made a difference can make an employee feel empowered and validated. Humility in the workplace is an incredibly important trait for any professional to possess. It can lead to more success in business, better relationships with colleagues and clients, and even greater satisfaction in your job. Humility is a quality that is often overlooked and undervalued when the focus is on skills, experience, and qualifications. However, it can be a powerful tool when used correctly. In this blog post, we’ll discuss the value of humility in the workplace, and explore how it can help you excel in your career. Humility is the quality of being humble and having an appropriate sense of one’s importance. It can also be seen as a sense of modesty and respect for one’s peers and superiors. In the workplace, humility can be instrumental in helping you foster relationships, communicate better, and understand the needs of those around you. Humble leaders are often well-liked and respected, and they can help foster team spirit and collaboration. Employees who are humble in the workplace Humility in the Workplace: The #1 Reason You’re Not Known at Work What are the benefits of humility at work? Several advantages can be attained by bringing humility to the workplace, such as: Being open to and naturally seeking out other people’s thoughts and opinions is one trait of the humble. When you do this, you can learn more and find new viewpoints, and you might find that everyone who works there finds the workplace to be a more innovative environment. Business success is frequently attributed to innovation, particularly when employees are developing their ideas to achieve common company goals. Due to employees’ and other staff members’ desire to succeed, collaborate more, and produce high-quality work, whether it is focused on a product or service, workplace humility is also likely to increase productivity. Additionally, humble people are more likely to ask for assistance and provide it when needed. Higher employee satisfaction A modest work environment also enhances employees’ satisfaction with their jobs. Employees can feel empowered and validated by leaders who exhibit humility by soliciting their input, accepting suggestions for how to better serve customers and clients, and recognizing team members who have made a difference. Employees are more likely to be satisfied with their roles and the organizations they represent when they feel good about their managers and the workplace. Employee loyalty When humility is ingrained in the corporate culture, an organization may experience lower employee turnover. Having team members who value the opportunity to be heard, feel important to the organization, and understand that their work and ideas are important to the success of the business will increase employee loyalty. Employees who enjoy their jobs frequently decide to stay with the company longer and may even recommend other qualified candidates in their network for open positions. Better ideas Employees who feel empowered by their managers may feel more at ease speaking up at work, which can result in better ideas for the company. This raises the possibility of creative suggestions that assist a business in achieving its objectives and becoming known as an industry leader. Additionally, when managers listen, staff members typically do the same, advancing one another’s ideas and building on them. Stronger professional relationships Collaboration is frequently facilitated by humility because both staff members and managers are aware of each other’s strengths. You can develop your professional relationships into ones that improve output for the company and create a pleasant work environment by better appreciating the experiences, education, and skill set that each of your coworkers brings to the table in comparison to your own. What is humility? Being humble is a quality that indicates that you lack egotism and arrogance. Instead, being humble means you’re more likely to consider how your actions might affect the people you work with as well as the clients and customers you serve. Even if you are in a leadership position within a department or on a specific project, humility means you acknowledge that others may have a better method or a stronger idea than the original, and that you actively work to incorporate these differences into the workplace. How to show humility at work Consider taking the following actions to ensure that you are acting with humility at work and fostering a positive workplace culture: 1. Accept feedback Feedback, whether positive or negative, can be beneficial for you to advance in your position, increase your skill set, or improve your ability to interact with others. It’s critical to accept criticism with gratitude and respect for the person who gave it to you, whether they were a superior, a peer, or even an outside client. So that you can demonstrate to those with whom you collaborate that you take their feedback seriously, use the feedback to plan your steps toward improvement. 2. Acknowledge mistakes Being humble includes admitting when you or your team made a mistake due to insufficient training or a communication breakdown. A more open workplace where everyone can feel supported by their coworkers results from being more willing to own up to your mistakes. This encourages others to do the same. 3. Ask others for help There are frequently different viewpoints in the workplace because everyone has a different employment history and set of personal experiences. It’s crucial to be aware of this and willing to enlist the assistance of others if you believe they can contribute ideas that differ from your own. This demonstrates your appreciation for their perspective and your awareness that you don’t have all the answers. 4. Actively listen Active listening shows people—including management, coworkers, and customers—that you genuinely care about what they have to say and value what they have to say. Maintaining eye contact, being open with your body language, and asking questions when the person you’re speaking with says something you don’t understand are all ways to demonstrate that you’re paying attention. Be open to asking people questions because humility is understanding that other people’s ideas and opinions matter because they can share their experience and knowledge that you may lack. Ask for advice from others and have them analyze a situation you are in to see if they have any new insights that you haven’t considered. They might have a different solution to the issue you’re trying to solve or questions of their own that will force you to reconsider your approach and come up with something even better than your initial ideas. 6. Sign up for training Trainings like webinars, conferences, and coaching not only help you advance professionally, but they can also help you become more humble. Learning something completely new or being able to deepen your understanding of a topic is what training is all about. By participating in training, you admit that you are always open to learning new things and that you are eager to do so. You may feel more humble if you attend a training about a subject you are already knowledgeable about but learn something new anyway because you will realize that your knowledge is limited and that you must rely on the experience of others to advance your learning. What is an example of showing humility? There are other steps managers can take to develop humility at work. Stay in balance. Not thinking too highly of oneself is another way to describe humility. “. Commit to your employees. … Admit your mistakes. … Make a fresh outlook a priority. … Turn theory into execution. How do leaders demonstrate humility? Here are 15 of my favorite quotes that remind us of the importance of humility, in business and in life. Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up. Being humble means having a lower opinion of oneself, not less. – . 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5 Recent Developments in Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Prevention Statistics show that colorectal cancer rates have dropped by 23 percent over the last two decades. But despite this promising trend, colorectal cancer remains the third most common cancer in American men and women today. According to the American Cancer Society’s estimates, 95,520 new cases of colon cancer and 39,910 cases of rectal cancer will be diagnosed this year alone. Medical information and technology are always changing, and as a result, we’ve seen significant improvements in colorectal cancer screenings, treatments and survival rates over the past several years. The following are some of the most recent trends in colorectal cancer incidence, screening and prevention: Colorectal cancer rates are declining older adults but increasing in younger adults Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates have dropped significantly in adults over the age of 50, but researchers have noticed a sharp increase in young and middle-aged adults. According to recent findings, people born in 1990 are twice as likely to be diagnosed with colon cancer and four times as likely to be diagnosed with rectal cancer as adults born in the 1950s. Researchers remain unsure as to why young adults are at increased risk, but poor lifestyle choices such as smoking, unhealthy diet, alcohol use, and sedentary lifestyle are possible explanations. Research links smoking to synchronous colorectal cancers A prospective study linked cigarette smoking with an increased risk for synchronous colorectal cancers. The study also found that smoking cessation may stop and even reverse these effects. “…these findings also highlight the importance of smoking cessation and abstinence as a component of CRC prevention strategies,” researchers said. Sigmoidoscopy provides extended protection against colorectal cancer The U.K. Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Trial found that one sigmoidoscopy exam reduced the risk of colorectal cancer by one-third and provided 17 years of protection against colorectal cancer diagnosis and mortality. However, current screening guidelines by the American Cancer Society recommend: Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years Colonoscopy every 10 years Double-contrast barium enema every 5 years CT colonography every 5 years Fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) advocacy addresses racial disparities in colorectal cancer A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that promoting FIT testing improved screening rates in underserved Haitian and Hispanic populations. Late-stage diagnosis and poor survival outcomes in these communities are typically due to lack of access to preventive screening. Researchers noted an 85 percent participation rate when screening tests were made available to study participants, most of whom were uninsured and lived below the poverty line. Aspirin may reduce colorectal cancer risk Findings presented at the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium suggest that a long-term aspirin regimen decreases the risk of developing colorectal cancer. However, this treatment also increases the risk for gastrointestinal bleeding. Physicians should weigh the potential risks and benefits of this particular treatment before prescribing an aspirin regimen (Source: Healio).
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Back to Colossians - 2011 Colossians 3 – Part 2 of 3 By Vince Burke \| Wed, March 2, 2011
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Affiliated Faculty Seminar Series: Promoting the Power of Peers: Peer-Mediated Interventions for Students with IDD Affiliated Faculty Seminar Series: Supporting Students with IDD Through the Education Experience About the seminar series: Speakers: Lisa Bowman-Perrott, Ph.D and Carly Blustein Gilson, Ph.D. Tuesday, June 7th Rudder Tower Rm 401 Peer-mediated interventions (PMIs) provide a powerful pathway to facilitate social interactions and lasting friendships for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their peers without disabilities in school and community settings. In this presentation, Drs. Lisa Bowman-Perrott and Carly Gilson will discuss a study they conducted exploring the literature on peer-mediated interventions. They will discuss implications for practice, and ways to use PMIs with your students. Length of presentation: Short Bios Dr. Bowman-Perrott Lisa Bowman-Perrott, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Special Education Division within the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on academic and behavioral interventions for students with or at-risk for emotional and behavioral disorders, as well as effective interventions for English learners (ELs). Dr. Bowman-Perrott has served as the Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator of federally funded research grants, including the implementation of positive behavioral interventions and supports, multi-tiered systems of support for ELs with and without disabilities, and ClassWide Peer Tutoring. Dr. Bowman-Perrott examines the efficacy of widely used interventions through meta-analysis of single-case research as an extension of her work implementing interventions in schools. Dr. Gilson Carly Blustein Gilson, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Special Education Division within the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University. She is the founding faculty director of Aggie ACHIEVE, an inclusive postsecondary education program and a comprehensive transition program for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Dr. Gilson’s research interests include preparing adolescents and young adults with IDD for integrated employment and inclusive higher education; supporting individuals and families through school-to-work transition; and equipping strong educational team collaborations among secondary special education teachers and paraprofessionals. Presentation Resources: Promoting the Power of Peers Back to main Affiliated Faculty Seminar Series webpage
Keys to a Healthy Marriage with Barbara Rainey \| February 6, 2017 Barbara Rainey reminds her daughters and others that marriage is a marathon, and getting to know your husband as a man is a lifetime pursuit. Barbara Rainey, a mother of six and grandmother to twenty plus, reminds her daughters and others that marriage is a marathon, and getting to know your husband as a man is a lifetime pursuit. Rainey likens the sexual relationship to a secret garden shared only by husband and wife where we are most transparent. When surrounded by a wall of commitment, our sexual intimacy is protected and preserved. Barbara Rainey After graduating from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, Barbara joined the staff of Cru® in 1971. With her husband Dennis, whom she married in 1972, the Rainey’s cofounded FamilyLife®, a ministry committed to helping marriages and families survive and thrive in our generation. Barbara is a frequent speaker and guest on FamilyLife Today®, FamilyLife’s award-winning nationally-syndicated daily radio broadcast. She is the author or coauthor of...more With Barbara Rainey Bob: Barbara Rainey likens intimacy in marriage to a secret garden—a place that only a husband and wife go together. She says it’s a risky place. Barbara: It is a place of raw exposure. It is a place of being real with one another. It is the place where we are most transparent in our marriage relationship, so we need the walls of a commitment. Both of us need the security and the comfort of knowing that we’ve got a perimeter around our marriage much like a rock wall around a secret garden. We need that commitment to be in place. Bob: This is FamilyLife Today for Monday, February 6th. Our host is the President of FamilyLife®, Dennis Rainey. I'm Bob Lepine. We’ll talk today about how a husband and wife can work together to cultivate the secret garden of their marriage. Stay with us. And welcome to FamilyLife Today. Thanks for joining us. It’s been almost a year now since the release of your wife’s book, Letters to My Daughters. We’re finally getting around to Chapter 6— Dennis: You’ve got— Barbara: —which rhymes with—[Laughter] Dennis: —you’ve got a cheesy grin on your face. Bob: You—you know, Chapter— Dennis: The listeners can’t see your face! [Laughter] Bob: —six!—six. If you replace one letter in “six,” you get an idea of what we’re going to be talking about— Dennis: Well— Bob: —today. Dennis: Barbara’s book, Letters to My Daughters: The Art of Being a Wife, has flown off the shelf. It’s really doing well. I understand why, because I think this is Barbara’s best book ever. It is certainly a very honest look at our marriage. I want to welcome her back to the broadcast. Thanks for coming back in, Sweetheart. Barbara: I’m happy to be here. Dennis: I know you are. Barbara: Yes. Dennis: I know you are. Since we’re going to talk about s—s—s— Bob: Sex. Just say it—sex. Dennis: Chapter 6. Barbara: It is not that hard for you to say! [Laughter] Bob: You’ve heard him say it before? Barbara: I don’t think it’s that hard for him to say! [Laughter] Dennis: I just want to pray for our audience; because as I was preparing to come in here, reading Barbara’s book, I thought: “You know? Oh my! How broken are we as human beings—how many different perspectives we come at this subject.” There are some listeners who’ve been hurt deeply by their past choices and some are in present relationships. I just want God to intervene and minister to—whether they’re single, married, divorced, single parents—I just want to ask God to meet every person where they are: Father, You made us, male and female. There is no surprise in terms of how we function. You made us to merge together and become one. Yet, what You designed, man has degenerated and has twisted. You know that as well. You know where each listener is, who is tuning in to our broadcast today. I just would ask You to be gentle with each of them. Use these broadcasts, I pray, to minister to them just where they are. Produce some hope, some help, and some encouragement to each person listening. For the guys, who are listening in, Father, I pray that they might listen with some understanding. We tend to be too quick to judgment on this subject. I pray for all of us just to be wise in terms of what we hear and what we apply. In Christ’s name I pray. Amen. Bob: Amen. Barbara this is a subject that obviously is personal—it’s intimate—it really does get to the core of who we are as human beings. It can be threatening for a lot of people. I was very interested—as you invited your daughters and daughters-in-law to ask questions about marriage, the first question you got related to this—I’m just going to read it from the book——it says: “So yeah. Sex. You gave me “the talk,” and we had our pre-wedding conversation that was pretty short and hurried. No offense; it was busy. I get it. But now I’m married. And it’s um…different. Fine. FINE. But, well, I have to ask this…what’s the big deal?” I thought that was an interesting question from a daughter to say, “I’m in the midst of it, but I’m not sure I understand why it’s as big a deal as people say it is.” Barbara: It’s a great question. You know, it was one that I just had to think about a lot. Actually, I had to think about all these questions a lot because, as Dennis prayed, this topic—this part of our marriage relationship—is not easy. It’s not simple. It’s not cut and dry / it’s not black and white. It’s very complicated; and even though it’s very good, it’s very complicated. My short answer to “What is the big deal?” is that it takes a long, long time to understand what God has built into us, as men and women. It takes a while to understand the purpose of sex. It takes a while to undo things that we’ve brought into our marriage. It just takes time. I think, in our culture today, more than in any other generation, we expect instant results in every area of our lives. We’re so used to having instant access to information. We just don’t know how to wait—we don’t know how to persevere. We don’t know how to have patience. I think, in this area of marriage, our expectation for change to happen quickly and for results to be mastered fast, is a misplaced hope; because I think, in the long run, the goal of marriage is a marathon— —it’s a lifetime race. Figuring out why it’s a big deal takes a lot of time. It’s me getting to know my husband, as a man, and him getting to know me, as a woman. That isn’t going to take place quickly. Dennis: If you go back to Genesis, as it describes two people becoming one—there was a progression that God declared. He said, “For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, shall cleave to his wife and the two shall become one [emphasis added].” One of the problems, Bob—and many of our listeners may be experiencing this right now—we have reversed the order. Bob: Yes. Dennis: We’re trying to become one without the leaving and the cleaving—the commitment that really bonds two broken human beings hearts to one another and gives you the only chance of two broken people experiencing marriage for a lifetime, as Barbara was talking about here. Bob: Barbara, explain to our listeners why, for a wife / for a woman this issue of a solid commitment is so critical when it comes to intimacy. Barbara: In the book I tell the story of a book that we used to read when our kids were growing up, called The Secret Garden. It’s the story of a young woman / a young girl, who grew up in a huge manor estate in England. As she was growing up there, she discovered this garden; and it was a secret garden. It had walls all the way around it that were six to eight feet tall, brick or stone walls. As she dug though the ivy, she found a door. The door was locked and she couldn’t get in. Over time, she began to continue to dig around. One day, she found a key and was able to unlock the door and go in. I use that story in the book because I liken this area of our marriage—this intimacy / this sex in our marriage—to a secret garden. It’s a place that only a husband and wife go together—no one else is allowed. It is for them only. I think the reason commitment is so important is because it is a place of raw exposure—it is a place of being real with one another—it is the place where we are most transparent in our marriage relationship. We need the walls that that secret garden had. We need the walls of a commitment. We need that security, as women in particular, but men need it as well for us to experience what God intended for us to experience in marriage. Both of us need the security and the comfort of knowing that we’ve got a perimeter around our marriage much like a rock wall around a secret garden. We need that commitment to be in place. Bob: You’re talking about something that goes far beyond just the biological experience of intimacy— Barbara: Absolutely! Bob: —because the biology may not need that, but the oneness we’re talking about here— Barbara: Correct. Bob: —really requires that we can trust one another— Dennis: Yes. Bob: —in order to be vulnerable with one another. Dennis: In fact, Bob, I think what you’re hitting on here is so important. I think one of the least understood passages in Scripture—there’s a reason why we can’t understand it—Genesis, Chapter 2, verse 25. I’m going to read it and then I’m going to explain why we don’t understand it—it says, “And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.” That verse comes right after the leave, cleave, and become one. The reason we can’t understand what that means—we have never experienced what Adam and Eve did in the garden before the fall. Barbara: That’s right; yes. Dennis: Two people, totally naked, totally exposed, totally transparent with one another—and there was no shame. There was joy / there was delight—there was the experience of God and one another—there was no hiding in a marriage back then. When it comes to the subject of sex, I think we’re trying to get to that point of being naked and unashamed; but we don’t know how to get there. So a lot of single people are co-habiting—they’re thinking they can experience the sexual delights of marriage without the commitment— Dennis: —and they can’t! Barbara’s talking about a commitment that creates safety around this garden. Bob: There is something about being able to say: “You’re safe. I’m not going anywhere. Bob: “I will not expose what happens here. You can be who you are and still be loved.” That’s what we long for— Bob: —and that is what is supposed to be going on in intimacy in a marriage relationship. Barbara: That’s what we get married for—we get married to be loved unconditionally. That’s our expectation and our hope when we say, “I do”; but we don’t realize that it’s not just the physical oneness that produces that. It’s all of the conversations—it’s learning to be, as Dennis just said, naked and unashamed. That does not happen quickly. If you’ll think about what happened in Genesis—after that verse where Adam and Eve were naked and unashamed—and then, when the fall happened, what was the first thing that Adam and Eve experienced? Bob: Their shame. Barbara: Their shame and they were afraid. Barbara: I think we vastly underestimate the fears that we bring into marriage. All of us come into marriage with fears, even if we don’t have past experiences that were negative or were difficult. We still have the fear of rejection; we have the fear of exposure; we have the fear of being known— —just the question, “If you really knew me as I am inside—as I know I am inside—would he still love me?” A man thinks the same thing, “If she really knew what I thought—if she really knew who I was—would she still accept me?” I think that fear—that we all bring into a marriage—takes time to expose those fears because it’s a risk to do so. It takes time to work toward that place of being unashamed. It doesn’t ever totally go away, because it won’t until we go to heaven; but we can make great progress / we can make great strides in that comfort level that we all long for when we get married. Dennis: That’s exactly right. I have to use a present-day illustration, Bob, of something that really makes me sad—but immediately after the evening news / the local news here, there’s one of these Hollywood reports. It always is telling of some breakup of some Hollywood marriage. I really feel a great deal of compassion, because they don’t understand the God who made this relationship and how He made them to function. In their lost-ness, they’re just trying to reach out to one another and experience that oneness and experience the intimacy of a great relationship. But I’ve got to tell you—Barbara and I have been married 44 years—and there have been a lot of incredible highs and sadly, some tough, tough lows. The thing that has kept us safe and secure in our relationship is we’ve never/ever used the “D” word—divorce. It has never crossed our lips. We have used the “C” word—covenant-keeping love for a lifetime. In the process of doing that, two imperfect people are wobbling their way to the finish line, attempting to represent how God designed marriage to proclaim His love to the world; because a marriage is to be a model of Christ and the church. It is representative of a husband who loves, serves, leads, and gives his life on behalf of his wife—and a wife who supports her husband and loves him back. One of the ways they both do this is through the gift of sexual intimacy in marriage. Bob: Barbara, I had to smile when I read this letter from your daughter, saying, “So, what’s the big deal?” for two reasons. One is because there is a stereotype that says: “This is how women view sex in marriage.” Men are very different. I stop to think to myself, “Would a man ever write to his father, ‘So Dad—’ Barbara: “What’s the big deal?” [Laughter] Bob: —“’What’s the big deal? We’re married now. I don’t get it—what’s the big deal?’” I also smiled because there’s a sense in which the mystery of marital intimacy— Bob: —is just beginning to unfold in the early days of marriage; right? Barbara: That’s a word that I use a lot in my book—is the word, “mystery,”—because I think it helps us be more at peace with the process. When we realize that marriage is a mystery—that we will never, totally understand it—because, as Dennis just said, it is a picture of Christ’s relationship with us. Just accepting the fact that marriage is a mystery kind of gives you a sense of: “Ah! I can rest. I can relax.” It is a mystery and it is a process of beginning to discover what God has built in this, all along, from the very beginning. As we’ve been saying, it’s about getting to know one another and being transparent with one another. Dennis: When we think of a mystery, we think of an unsolved murder case or a crime. Bob: —a puzzle. Dennis: Yes; exactly. This mystery is going to be revealed—[Laughter] —in heaven, in eternity, with Jesus Christ and the church at the wedding feast of the bridegroom and the bride—the church being the bride. In between time, between now—this thing called “time”—and eternity, here you are, as a couple, hammering out your commitment and attempting to be naked and unashamed in a way that honors God. It’s tough, and it’s hard. I would ask you, Barbara, as a young wife might come to you—what would you say is the most important thing she needs to know as she approaches this most intimate area of the marriage relationship? What does she need to know and do? Barbara: I think the first thing she needs to know—and she may already know this—but I think it bears repeating—and that is that marriage is holy. I think that when we see it as—not just a gift, not just a privilege, not just something we get to experience—but there is an element of marriage that has a holy aspect to it; because God created it and because He lives in our lives, there is a holiness there. I think that helps us put it in right perspective—it helps us go: “Well no wonder it’s so hard! No wonder it’s a challenge to discover the kind of oneness that we got married for.” Secondly, from there, I want to say, too, that I would strongly encourage any young wife to remember that it’s an important part of the relationship. It’s really a mirror of the rest of your relationship. You may feel like you’re having good sex; but if you’re not really becoming one—if you’re not really being transparent with one another—then you’re not going to be really growing together in other areas of your relationship. It’s important that you keep that area of your marriage healthy and growing and keep it alive. The temptation is—when it gets hard, is to just say, “Well, forget it!” but you can’t give up on it because it’s one of the important parts that God has built into a marriage. Because God created it and God sanctioned it, then we need to learn what He wants us to do with it—we need to figure it out. Bob: You know a lot of wives, who are saying, “I hear you and I agree with you; and if I was not tired all the time,— Bob: “—I would give more attention to this! But I am tired all the time! How do I make this a priority, and how do I make it important when I’m exhausted?” Barbara: Did you read that in my book? Bob: Well, I did. Yes! [Laughter] Barbara: Yes; I talk about that in the book, because that is such a common complaint for women. I get it! I was tired all the time—and Dennis used to say he would be a very wealthy man if he had a dollar for every time I said, “I am so tired!” [Laughter] Right? Dennis: Right! [Laughter] Barbara: But even if we are so tired—and we are—and a lot of women are exhausted all the time because of the responsibilities of jobs and kids—and just the emotional weight of being in life. There are just so many ups and downs that we feel so deeply; and yet, it’s learning to prioritize your life. It’s deciding, during a particular day, that you’re going to take a nap so you’ve got more energy for your husband at night or it’s choosing not to add these things to your schedule so that you can have more energy and more focus for your marriage. It’s choosing to keep your marriage a priority—make it a priority. That’s hard to do sometimes. There were plenty of times when I would take a nap in the afternoon and I’d still be exhausted at night. Dennis: That’s correct! [Laughter] Barbara: It’s not a quick and easy solution. [Laughter] Dennis: I just want to insert something. There are men, who are listening right now: “That’s right! She’s just tired too much.” To which I would say to the guys: “Are you cleaning up the kitchen— Dennis: “—after dinner? Are you helping to get the kids ready for bed?—brush their teeth, read them a story, pray with them. Get down on your knees, next to them, and look them in the eyes and ask them how their day was,”—but take some of your wife’s load off of her and assume it yourself! There is a concept in the Bible called “bearing one another’s burdens.” I do think some guys—they want sex, but they don’t want the process of loving—that means nourishing, which is creating growth—and cherishing, which is creating value— Dennis: —they don’t want to do that with their wife. When you help your wife with her household duties, with the kids and all—you’re making a statement of value to your wife that she ultimately will hear. Bob: I have to ask you about the wife, who would say, “This is a priority for me— Bob: —“but it’s less a priority for my husband.” Bob: Let me first of all, though, let our listeners know how they can get a copy of the book that you’ve written, which is called Letters to My Daughters. It’s a book that we’ve got in our FamilyLife Today Resource Center. You address, not only this subject, but you address a variety of subjects—letters that your daughters and daughters-in-law have written to you over the years, asking questions about being a godly wife and how you’ve responded to those letters that they’ve written. You can go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com, to order a copy of the book; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY and order by phone. Again the website is FamilyLifeToday.com; and you can call 1-800-“F” as in family, “L” as in life, and then the word, “TODAY.” Dennis: Bob, I just want to say a word to our listeners. When you buy a book from FamilyLife Today, you’re helping to keep this radio broadcast on the air. I’ve got to tell you—the people who really float this ship right here, to keep FamilyLife Today broadcasting, are Legacy Partners. They’re people who give, every month, and who say: “I want to keep this kind of right-thinking—a biblical approach to marriage, to sex, to intimacy—I want to keep this on the air in my community; because this is going to make a difference in a lot of people’s lives.” I just want to say, “Thanks,” to Legacy Partners right now: “Thank you for making this broadcast possible.” Bob: If you’d like to join the Legacy Partner team, we could use more Legacy Partners. You can go to FamilyLifeToday.com and click the link, where it says, “Donate.” There’s information available there about becoming a Legacy Partner. Again, our website is FamilyLifeToday.com. Barbara Rainey has joined us today. We’ve been talking about Chapter 6 in her book, Letters to My Daughters. Barbara, we started the conversation with a letter that you got from one of your daughters, saying, “What’s the big deal?” There are some wives, who have been listening to us have this conversation, and they have said, “My question is: ‘Why isn’t this a bigger deal— Bob: —“’for my husband? I’m ready. In fact, I feel robbed, or starved, or like there’s something wrong with me! What do I do?” Barbara: I interviewed a couple of young women when I wrote this particular portion of the chapter because I wanted to know what they thought, and what they felt, and what they were experiencing. It’s interesting—I don’t have statistics to back this up—but I did do some research and talked to a number of different counselors and different people. I think, oftentimes, there are issues in a young man’s life that are keeping him from wanting to have sex with his wife; and typically, it’s pornography. In the women that I talked to—when I was preparing to write this chapter—that was the issue with most of these young men. There was so much shame attached to them as men / as young men because they were exposed, when they were children or when they were teenagers, and they just didn’t know how to handle it—they still don’t know how to handle it. That shame is keeping them from wanting to be one, sexually, with their wife. Whether it is pornography or whether it is something else, the encouragement that I got from those that I talked to and that I would offer to you is that this is a concern that you need to carry with him. Dennis just mentioned, a minute ago, the verse, “Bear one another’s burdens.” Once you become married, your burdens become one another’s. You need to carry those burdens together. I would encourage a wife, who is in that situation, to say to her husband: “You know, I know this is hard; and this is hard for me too. Let’s go find someone who can help us; because I’m committed to you for a lifetime, and you agreed to be committed to me for a lifetime. Let’s figure out what we need to do. Let’s find what challenges we need to face. Let’s do the work together to make our marriage what God intended it to be.” I know—from talking to these women—that it can change / it can be redeemed. God can change those broken places in both of our lives and bring you to a place where marriage is what you wanted it to be and where sex, in particular, is as God designed it to be. Bob: FamilyLife Today is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. Help for today. Hope for tomorrow. Episodes in this Series Surviving the Seasons of Intimacy with Barbara Rainey February 7, 2017 Barbara Rainey talks honestly about the benefits and challenges of sex through the various seasons of marriage. Rainey encourages wives to make sexual intimacy a high priority throughout their marriages. Praising the Positive with Barbara Rainey April 28, 2016 Barbara Rainey talks about the high and noble calling of being a wife. Barbara acknowledges that while marriage is sweet, it's not easy, especially when dealing with differences. Building Up Your Man What are you more focused on? Your husband's faults or his virtues? Barbara Rainey, creator of Ever Thine Home®, talks to wives about being their husband's biggest supporter.
Architecture, In My Town, My Favorites, One-A-Day Leave a comment architecturelibraryOne-A-Dayphoto challengewinchester I’ve always loved the novelty of this floor and figured I’d shoot some images while I was there last week. Winchester has gone through many changes, but a lot of the current city has been the way it is ever since I moved here. For instance, I don’t remember Handley High School before the current renovations (I think I went into the school one time – not enough to remember what it was like). I also don’t know what the Handley Library looked like before it’s most current round of updates in 2001. But I do know that this room is the coolest in the library – if I were a kid now, I’d be hanging out in here. This is the “Teen” section of the Handley regional Library in Winchester. I love all the textures in here. Order a print of this image.
Superstar tenor Alfie Boe promises musical magic in North Wales Superstar tenor Alife Boe is heading back to North Wales. The classical heart-throb, who has sold one and a half million records, been at number one in the classical charts many times and performed on Broadway, will be taking centre stage at this year’s Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. Boe, dubbed Britain’s Favourite Tenor, will be performing songs from musical theatre and movies at the glitzy evening concert on Thursday, July 9. Joining him will be Welsh singer Sophie Evans, who went on to star as Dorothy in the West End production of The Wizard of Oz having finished runner-up in the TV talent show Over the Rainbow, classical saxophonist Amy Dickson along with Jonathan Antoine, the classically trained tenor who rose to fame on Britain’s Got Talent. The concert is being sponsored by the award-winning care organisation Pendine Park that’s celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Proprietor Mario Kreft MBE said: “We’re absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to sponsor what promises to be a magical night of musical entertainment in such an important year for Pendine Park.” The festival’s musical director, Eilir Owen Griffiths, said: “I’m thrilled Alfie Boe has agreed to headline what will be an absolutely fantastic evening concert. Alfie’s unforgettable West End performances as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables were critically acclaimed and rightly so. “This isn’t his first appearance at Llangollen of course and audiences have always responded to him, he is definitely a firm favourite. But this will be the first time we have had a concert which will specifically celebrate musical theatre and movie themes. It will be a wonderful night and one not to be missed.” For his part, Boe was delighted to have the opportunity to return to the Llangolllen stage, following in the footsteps of his hero, the legendary Luciano Pavarotti. He said: “It’s a lovely festival, that’s why I keep going back. This will be my third visit I think. “There is always a great audience and I know they will be up for a good night. I have always had a great reception at Llangollen. “The programme will include some of the top songs from a great many of the very best musical theatre shows and film scores. And of course there will be a few surprises too.” Boe’s concert will be one of the highlights of another packed week which will begin on Tuesday with Children’s Day and the Parade of Nations, led by Eisteddfod President Terry Waite before the evening Heart of Llangollen concert featuring a galaxy of international talent. Highlights of Wednesday will include the debut of the International Young Musician of the Year and the Children’s Choir of the World while Thursday’s competitions will see another first, the International Voice of Musical Theatre Trophy. Friday’s Open Category for choirs will showcase styles like gospel, barbershop, jazz, pop and glee styles and will also see the International Voice of the Future decided with the prize including the chance to sing at one of the evening concerts the future. The Blue Riband event, the Choir of the World for the Pavarotti Trophy, is decided on Saturday night as well as the Lucile Armstrong Dance Final and Sunday sees the Eisteddfod let its hair down for Llanfest before the climactic final concert. Meanwhile, Boe has a hectic few months ahead before he arrives at Llangollen including the world premiere of a “symphonised” version of The Who’s rock classic Quadrophenia at the Royal Albert Hall. He was born in the Lancashire fishing port of Fleetwood to an Irish mother and a Norwegian father and was the youngest of nine children. His big break came when he was spotted by a businessman singing operatic arias as he cleaned cars in his job as a trainee mechanic. The businessman, who had links in the music industry, suggested Boe audition for a London opera company which he did and that proved a turning point as he was quickly accepted. So he upped sticks, moved to London and studied singing at the Royal College of Music, the national Opera Studio and joined the Royal Opera House’s Vilar Young Artists Programme. He went on to conquer the world’s most prestigious opera stages, lead the cast of Les Miserables for nearly a year, and steal the show at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Last year he appeared on our small screens, starring in ITV’s biggest programme of the winter, Mr Selfridge, as music-hall singer Richard Chapman, and last year saw the release of his best-selling autobiography, My Story. Now 41, Boe is married to Sarah, whom he met in San Francisco while rehearsing for La Boheme, and they have two children. He added: “I certainly had a lucky break when the guy suggested I audition for an opera company. I’ve been so lucky but it has also been hard work. “There have been so many highlights from the West End to New York but I suppose one of the best moments was singing on the balcony at Buckingham Palace as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert. “It’s not every day you get to sing at Buckingham Palace. It was just a wonderful occasion. I sang ‘Somewhere’ from West Side Story alongside American soprano Renee Fleming. Now that would be a song I’d love to sing at Llangollen.” The feelgood atmosphere of the Eisteddfod field through the week as hundreds of competitors and thousands of visitors mingle with spontaneous performances breaking out. Visitors can enjoy live music at the 200-seat S4C Stage, join in with dance workshops or just soak up the heady atmosphere throughout the week world-class competitors perform in a spectacular celebration of cultures with stunning choral music and lively traditional dance, especially on Folk Friday when the outdoor stages will feature world-class music and dance. To book tickets and for more details on the 2014 festival go to the website at www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk « Veg king Medwyn up for record-breaking third gardening Oscar North Wales utility firm celebrates 20 years and £5 million of savings »
THE CFO OF JAGUAR LAND ROVER IS FEELING GOOD, WITH A STRONG NORTH AMERICAN ORGANIZATION IN PLACE AND NEW MODELS SETTING SALES RECORDS “Luxury cars are back,” said David Chambers, Chief Financial Officer of Jaguar Land Rover, North America. “The luxury car segments were up 18 percent year over year, last year, and the Land Rover brand was the fastest-growing luxury car brand in the U.S.” Not only that, “Jaguar is really on the verge of something historic for us.” About 75 finance executives at the Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, NJ, heard Mr. Chambers speak at the Q3 CFO Studio Magazine Reception. The British-themed event featured specialty drinks and foods like bangers and mash to showcase the heritage of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), headquartered in Coventry, England. Held outdoors under a marquee, the event also showed off 2017 models of the Jaguar F-Pace crossover; the XE, a compact sedan; and an F-Type British Design Edition in French racing blue. The 2016 Range Rover Sport SVR and SVAutobiography were also on display. Thanks to a JLR-sponsored raffle, two finance execs won a weekend’s use of a 2017 Jaguar XE and 2017 Jaguar F-Pace, respectively. In his remarks, Mr. Chambers recounted a bit of the history of JLR from the time the two brands were sold in June 2008 by the Ford Motor Co. to Tata Motors, an India-based company. Mr. Chambers worked for Ford until the sale. “We had these two brands—one of them was actually a division of Ford Motor Co. and the other was a legal entity of Ford Motor Co.—and we had to carve them out and put them together. We had a period of time to get some of the basics together. We immediately had to get tax compliance in place. We had servicing agreements in place with Ford for a year,” he said, but after that, “we had to have an accounting organization, treasury organization, purchasing organization, etc., etc.” Of course, this occurred during the great recession, which did not make it easy to start a new company. “What Tata Motors has done,” said Mr. Chambers, “it allowed the business to reinvest, and that’s why you see those great products that are out here today.” Mr. Chambers said the first years of JLR, North America were about “survival — and then stabilization.” Only recently was it possible to focus on growth strategies. Now, he said, with a smile, he can finally look back and say, “Wow, that was the greatest learning experience I ever had.”
Moving to Mexico for better and more prompt healthcare than in the US did it work out for you? By blankletmusic November 2, 2022 in Ajijic/Chapala/Guadalajara blankletmusic I've read where many Americans living in Mexico moved for different reasons, but one of the main reasons was better, more affordable and faster access to healthcare than in the US. It takes forever to see GPs, specialists and other health providers in the US with absolutely insane costs involved in a "system" that is irretrievably broken. Saying something is broken though implies that it worked at some point so maybe a poor choice of words. I'm wondering how many of you reading this moved there for healthcare as one of the primary reasons and how it's worked out for you. gringal I had other reasons for moving to Mexico, but I have been very pleased with the health care. My misfortunes have required several hospitalizations and surgery, with satisfactory results. Can't say the same for the U.S. Location:Fort Collins Colorado Since I have not moved to Mexico I can't answer your main question. BUT, I can suggest that you have cut a pretty wide swath when you suggest that xxxx IN THE US is always the way you describe. Most/many folks who are inclined to move to Mexico are probably over 65YO. That's Medicare age. I, for one, can say that none of the things that you suggest are true for me on Medicare Advantage.... living in a state that is pretty costly otherwise. P.S. I WILL say that I have had ALL my dental work for the last 10-15? years done in Mexico... Lakeside to be exact. And at a fraction of the cost NOB. The health care is not better, but more accessible. Not so many restrictions and barriers to the doctors. You get the doctor's cell number and can communicate directly. That part is an improvement. You will not have endless waits at an emergency room. You will encounter a lot of inefficiency here such as equipment not working and incompetent clerical workers. Some don't even know how to answer the phone, so they just say hello so you have to ask if you have the doctor's office, etc. Certainly, less expensive than in the US particularly for dental and some other specialties that you could not afford in the US. sm1mex I have had many hospitalization and surgeries here. More excellent care than US. I have medical insurance here and recommend it. If you need a Dr. call their cell phone. They answer and will take care of you. rvanparys Location:Rancho del Oro, Ajijic Interests:Construction, Model Railroading, Retirement... Mexico health is a mixed bag...While we have had acceptable care here, if anything goes wrong we are opting to return to the U.S. and receive our health care there... Cost for us is fortunately not a factor since all health requirements both north and south of the border have been 100% covered... 13 hours ago, sm1mex said: Not all patients have had your experience. I also had my spouse hospitalized three times here and I cannot say it was that good. I remember one hospital in Guadalajara where I had to ask for towels and basics that are normally provided in the bathroom. It took 24 hours to get towels and then it was a battle as they kept saying it was housekeeping's job, but housekeeping never came.... In a different hospital, there were other much bigger issues such as them insisting I sign a form stating that I would pay interest if the bill was not paid and refusing to fill in the amount of the interest. I had to get two doctors and administrator involved. My husband died a few hours later. Of course, I paid in full before leaving, but that was not the point. There was much more that was simply incompetence, but I won't go into it here. My experience on this forum is that when you write these things, you get attacked by people who have had a different experience. Some have had good experiences. We did not. We also have had bad experiences with doctors who were simply lying about what they could and could not do. There is a special license required for certain narcotics and I would also ask ahead of the appointment if the physician had the necessary license for this type of medication (which my spouse had been on for years and needed) . One physician said no problem. Well, guess what??? Problem. He agreed it was the right medication during the visit but did not have the license and I could go on, but you get the picture. There was no language problem with this guy, so he was clear from the start. Location:Mexico/Oklahoma/Texas Interests:Westerns, Fishing, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, psychology. Yep, anything Major and we go NOB. Experience has taught us that lesson. Best of all worlds. Unfortunately some folks may not have that option as they've cut ties completely. 19 hours ago, rvanparys said: Mexico health is a mixed bag...While we have had acceptable care here, if anything goes wrong we are opting to return to the U.S. and receive our health care their... Cost for us is fortunately not a factor since all health requirements both north and south of the border have been 100% covered... Your comment.. if anything goes wrong we are opting to return to the U.S....is often made by other people, including myself. However if it is some "catastrophic" we are likely to be stuck here until we get the doctors release...this is the elephant in the room with having MedaVac insurance. Yes, the devil is often in the details. I'm curious as to how Lake Chapala medical care compares with other areas of Mexico with large numbers of those from NOB. Has anyone lived in any of the other popular areas prior to moving to Lakeside and can weigh in on the care they received there vs. the care in the Lake Chapala area? Location:Lakeside We lived in San Carlos, Sonora for 9 years, large expat community. For any major medical issues we had to drive about an hour to Hermosillo. Lakeside, most specialists come here, on average, once a week or every 2 weeks from Guadalajara. We find health care here much more accessible with more choices in doctors and treatment options. We self pay. While I haven't lived there I have spent time in the winter in San Miguel on a couple of occasions. They do have some good medical professionals but my take on it was that it was not as 'robust' as Lakeside. Couple of reasons come to mind... one, they don't have near the number of expats there AND two, IMO the proximity to Guadalajara is a major factor for the 'strong' level of medical professionals Lakeside. Mixed bag is definitely accurate. Due to several medical conditions, we've had to "sample" many of the local docs and hospitals, also several in Guad. In a nutshell, locally, there is one hospital that I would never again cross the threshhold unless I wanted the patient to suffer. After giving it several chances, I honestly believe that they "size you up" and determine whether or not they think you can pay their fees. You can have all the insurance in the world that covers everything, but if you like to dress casual, you clearly aren't for them. Another is overly priced (gringo gouging), but gets the job done as long as you stay with the patient. While the docs are great, the nursing staff leaves a LOT to be desired. The third, Hospital Ajijic is a terrific option for general practice, bloodwork, and diagnoses. If you need specialized treatment, you'll be referred to the appropriate doc. You won't walk away feeling like someone's hand is in your cash. Of course, others have had different experiences, so you just have to decide what works for you. Due to an emergency, hubby was taken to Hospital Real San Jose in Guad for treatment that was unavailable locally. It was incredible. Everything was top-notch from the specialists to the four star hospital room to the staff. Everything was geared for the patient's comfort. The total charges probably had our insurance company dancing a jig. Since we pay first and then are reimbursed, I know I did a little tap dance 😏. We've also used other specialists in Guad (the joys of getting older...more than one issue). The care and attention is everything you would want at a price that is fair. So, I guess my basic and long-winded answer to your question is yes, the care can be better and cheaper, but you have to do your homework. I've mentioned this before, but http://www.doctoralia.com.mx is a great place to go if you need a specialist. You can see if there are any extra training/specialties, the qualifications obtained, schools, real reviews, languages spoken and more. If you don't speak Spanish, grab a friend who does; it's worth it. I left my cardiologist at Quality Care and saw a new doc at the Riberas Hosp. I can't begin to describe the odd things I ran into while there, including a patient treatment area with a curtain that wasn't long enough to cover the door. I was able to flash all the male employees with my magnificent breasts during my EKG. By the way, the doctors appointment and EKG were 2250 pesos. At QC, the same appointment and EKG were 1000 pesos. I suspicion "gringo gouging". On 11/5/2022 at 11:19 AM, Yo1 said: Next time you decide to put those on "display" please advise with a post here(time, date, place) for those of us who need to experience an uptake in our hearts' pumping abilities. TIA 2 hours ago, Hud said: You probably couldn't afford the price of a ticket. It's not the price of the ticket, but the ticker! Nikalos Telsa andIMO I have you all best. A year ago I had an M.I. Got taken to one of the gringo hospitals local to Ajijic. I knew exactly what I needed by name (Streptokinase or some other clot-buster. After we arrived at the hospital, it took one hour of sending my wife home to get the cash deposit, then sending her back to get our MultiVa debit card to get more money. By the time the cardiologist did something, the "Golden Hour." FYI: The first hour after the onset of a heart attack is called the golden hour. Appropriate action within the first 60 minutes of a heart attack can reverse its effects. This concept is extremely important to understand because most deaths and cardiac arrests occur during this period. When I was stabilized, the doctor told me that they could do what I needed, but it would take several procedures and would be very expensive. Then the doctor said I would be better off to fly to the U.S. and have it done. I did just that but most likely have several years cut off my life potential, although statistically I am past my "Best used by" date. My Cardiologist of 20 years had nothing good to say about how I was treated. My doctor is Chief of Cardiology at a hospital that was rated #1 out of 5,000 in the U.S. by U.S. News's survey. I swear the above is true. During this time, I was literally crying in paid while the cardiologist chatted with nurses. A year later and I haven't been able to et my E.R. records. Bottom line: From being repulsively healthy at age 82, I now have congestive heart failure. vetteforron Location:Jocotepec Interests:Fast cars, I had hernia surgery in the little hospital before Jocotepec about 5 years ago. Double hernia with endoscopic surgery $500. walked in and out in 20 hours. I had no serious pain. Sent home with pain pills only took the first day. I had a molar pulled in Guaymas Sonora at IMSS one week wait for the appointment in and out 45 minutes. 4 months ago. 1 hour ago, Nikalos Telsa said: First of all, despite our many, many differences, I'm really sorry to read your story. I can't even begin to imagine the pain and anger you must be feeling. Based on a truly bad experience hubby had at what was probably the same hospital, I don't doubt your story. There is something a bit frightening to me and how readily some will dismiss legitimate experiences because they happened to get "lucky," ie, didn't die. NoVaDamer Location:Ajijic Interests:History, world travel, security, exercise I haven't met anybody who moved to Mexico from NOB (north of the border) for the healthcare; not saying they don't exist, just I haven't found any. I know many people who visit for specialized medical treatments (mostly dental, some plastic surgery, and experimental drugs) because they are cheaper/available. The comment I hear most often from expats is they are surprised by Mexican healthcare. But therein lies a story. Some of the surprise stems from cultural differences. Doctors down here are very friendly and easy to approach. It's common to have them on WhatsApp or request a house call. Nursing here is very different; it seems the patient's family is expected to take care of things nurses handle NOB. Hospitals expect payment before you leave, without question, which is a shock, especially to tourists. Also, healthcare in Mexico is more variable than the mostly profit-driven model in the US or the single-payer system in Canada. Despite all the justified criticisms of both systems, you rarely expect to walk into a doctor's office in either country and find a complete quack. You can still do so in Mexico (I have, here at lakeside). Things that are prohibited or tightly regulated NOB are available here. The free government-provided healthcare is worth the price (wink, wink, say no more). Some local doctors and hospitals have pushed prices up since expats remain willing to pay; of course, the doctors are also providing English-language services, too. My experience has been that you have to be your own advocate and researcher. The quack I initially used came highly recommended, and I still know people who swear by him/her. My visits to specialists/hospitals in Guadalajara have been excellent: good facilities and competent doctors, consistent with its reputation as Mexico's center for health care. Like so much else in Mexico, the healthcare field is less controlled, more open, with fewer safeguards. That is both good and bad. 50 minutes ago, NoVaDamer said: Yep, well said.
Charles Owens Charles Owens is a master tenor saxophonist, composer, band leader, recording artist, and educator and has been performing, composing, and teaching for over 25 years. After attending the New School and working as a musician in New York City from 1992 to 2004, he is currently living in Richmond, VA. Charles is an integral part of the vibrant music scene there and in Charlottesville, VA. He also travels back to New York City several times a year to perform at venues such as Smalls, The Django, Fat Cat and others, with his trio. He has made 9 albums as a leader and appeared and continues to appear on a plethora of recordings as a hired soloist. He’s performed with such jazz luminaries as Brad Mehldau, Mark Turner, Omer Avital, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brian Blade, Peter Bernstein, Larry Goldings, Ari Hoenig, Alexander Claffy, Jeff Watts, and Joel Frahm among many others. He has devoted his life to pursuing excellence in music and bringing peace and happiness to his fellow humans with his saxophone playing, performing, and composing.
A Star Trap Format numérique: HOOPLA AUDIO BOOK An old man recounts the story of a death he witnessed as a young boy working in the theater: His boss, Mr. Haliday, had married a pretty young lady from the theater, much to the chagrin of the other women working in the company. It was a marriage of convenience, but in the beginning they got along well enough. After a handsome younger man, Henry Mortimer, joins the theater company, Mrs. Haliday and Mortimer start up a romance that everyone but Mr. Haliday seem to notice. However, during a performance one night, something seems to go terrible wrong as a piece of equipment falls from the stage and kills Mortimer. Although it seems like a simple stage malfunction, the young theater boy notices something that the rest do not -- a strange piece of metal that he found on stage immediately following the death of Mortimer that seems to say that Mr. Haliday wasn't as clueless as everyone had thought about the actions of his wife and the handsome young actor. Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish writer of novels and short stories, most famous for his gothic horror novel Dracula. Although he wrote throughout his life while working as a personal assistant and theatre manager, he did not achieve much literary fame until after his death. Livre audio numérique
Chapter Six, All That Glitters September 06, 2020 Sebastian LaCause Season 1 Episode 6 As my relationship with Red Speedo deepened and my Broadway career was booming, I slipped further into my identification with my external world, completely ignoring and repressing my emotions surrounding my HIV status or my uncertain future. With so much focus and attention on my outer world and appearances, my insecurities and deep rooted fear slowly began it's surge of self-sabotage. Reference here! https://scottjeffrey.com/shadow-work/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology) Rumi Poem http://rumidays.blogspot.com/2010/05/pickaxe-2.html
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Abrikosov’s tumor Abrikosov's tumor (medical condition) is a rare condition characterized by superficial, usually benign, slow-growing tumors occurring mostly on oral and genital tract tissue but occurs on the tongue 40% of the time. Firm, round nodule Skin nodule Nodule under tongue Pink to grayish nodule Lip nodule Oral tissue nodule Palate nodule Uvula nodule Tongue nodule Genital tract nodule Researchers have found that cancer develops from mutations within the genes of cells. Thus, cancer is a genetic disease. Cancer susceptibility genes are of two types. Some are oncogenes, which activate cell division and influence embryonic development, and some are tumor suppressor genes, which halt cell division. These genes are typically found in normal human cells, but certain kinds of mutations may transform the normal cells. Inherited defects may cause a genetic mutation, whereas exposure to a carcinogen may cause an acquired mutation. Current evidence indicates that carcinogenesis results from a complex interaction of carcinogens and accumulated mutations in several genes. In animal studies of the ability of viruses to transform cells, some human viruses exhibit carcinogenic potential. For example, the Epstein-Barr virus, the cause of infectious mononucleosis, has been linked to Burkitt's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal cancer. High-frequency radiation, such as ultraviolet and ionizing radiation, damages the genetic material known as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), possibly inducing genetically transferable abnormalities. Other factors, such as a person's tissue type and hormonal status, interact to potentiate radiation's carcinogenic effect. Examples of substances that may damage DNA and induce carcinogenesis include: alkylating agents — leukemia aromatic hydrocarbons and benzopyrene (from polluted air) — lung cancer asbestos — mesothelioma of the lung tobacco — cancer of the lung, oral cavity and upper airways, esophagus, pancreas, kidneys, and bladder vinyl chloride — angiosarcoma of the liver. Diet has also been implicated, especially in the development of GI cancer as a result of a high animal fat diet. Additives composed of nitrates and certain methods of food preparation — particularly charbroiling — are also recognized factors. The role of hormones in carcinogenesis is still controversial, but it seems that excessive use of some hormones, especially estrogen, produces cancer in animals. Also, the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol causes vaginal cancer in some daughters of women who were treated with it. It's unclear, however, whether changes in human hormonal balance retard or stimulate cancer development. Some forms of cancer and precancerous lesions result from genetic predisposition either directly (as in Wilms' tumor and retinoblastoma) or indirectly (in association with inherited conditions such as Down syndrome or immunodeficiency diseases). Expressed as autosomal recessive, X-linked, or autosomal dominant disorders, their common characteristics include: early onset of malignant disease increased incidence of bilateral cancer in paired organs (breasts, adrenal glands, kidneys, and eighth cranial nerve [acoustic neuroma]) increased incidence of multiple primary malignancies in nonpaired organs abnormal chromosome complement in tumor cells. Primary tumors of the spinal cord may be extramedullary (occurring outside the spinal cord) or intramedullary (occurring within the cord itself). Extramedullary tumors may be intradural (meningiomas and schwannomas), which account for 60% of all primary malignant spinal cord neoplasms, or extradural (metastatic tumors from breasts, lungs, prostate, leukemia, or lymphomas), which account for 25% of these malignant neoplasms. Intramedullary tumors, or gliomas (astrocytomas or ependymomas), are comparatively rare, accounting for only about 10%. In children, they're low-grade astrocytomas. Spinal cord tumors are rare compared with intracranial tumors (ratio of 1:4). They occur equally in men and women, with the exception of meningiomas, which occur mostly in women. Spinal cord tumors can occur anywhere along the length of the cord or its roots. The primary method for treatment is surgical, not medical. Radiation and chemotherapy are not needed for benign lesions and are not effective for malignant lesions. Treatment of spinal cord tumors generally includes decompression or radiation. Laminectomy is indicated for primary tumors that produce spinal cord or cauda equina compression; it isn't usually indicated for metastatic tumors. If the tumor is slowly progressive or if it's treated before the cord degenerates from compression, symptoms are likely to disappear, and complete restoration of function is possible. In a patient with metastatic carcinoma or lymphoma who suddenly experiences complete transverse myelitis with spinal shock, functional improvement is unlikely, even with treatment, and his outlook is ominous. If the patient has incomplete paraplegia of rapid onset, emergency surgical decompression may save cord function. Steroid therapy with dexamethasone minimizes cord edema and temporarily relieves symptoms until surgery can be performed. Partial removal of intramedullary gliomas, followed by radiation, may alleviate symptoms for a short time. Metastatic extradural tumors can be controlled with radiation, analgesics and, in the case of hormone-mediated tumors (breast and prostate), appropriate hormone therapy. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) may control radicular pain from spinal cord tumors and is a useful alternative to opioid analgesics. In TENS, an electrical charge is applied to the skin to stimulate large-diameter nerve fibers and thereby inhibit transmission of pain impulses through small-diameter nerve fibers. Chemotherapy generally hasn't proven effective against most spinal tumors, but may be recommended in some cases.
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Chelsea May Have to Give Kepa Another Chance Next Season The last few weeks have been full of uncertainty, but one thing is for sure: football is not going to be the same again. Europe’s top five leagues are likely to be even more uneven playing fields than they are currently and the gap between the so-called “elite clubs” and those that are languishing in mid-table and in the lower half of the standings will only widen. People are talking about big clubs not being able to sign marquee players this summer. This is true. Some clubs will also have to keep hold of players whom they may have intended to initially sell. In the case of Chelsea, they may have to keep hold of Kepa despite their reservations. The Spaniard was initially considered a safe option to leave the Blues for those using gambling-promotion.codes to bet on the football transfer markets, but the odds suggest the goalkeeper will now remain at the club. Kepa was brought in as a direct replacement for Thibaut Courtois, who left Stamford Bridge during the summer of 2018 in order to link up with Real Madrid. The 25-year-old was not at his best during his first season with the West London club. Such was understandable, given that he had to adjust to the demands of English football after relocating to England from Spain. However, many were left frustrated as Kepa continued to not achieve consistency this season and some suggested that he was simply not a fit at the club. The Blues were heavily linked with a move for Andre Onana of Ajax Amsterdam and AC Milan’s Gianluigi Donnarumma this summer. Onana was impressive for Ajax last season as the Dutch giants won the Eredivisie and reached the semi-final stage of the Champions League. Donnarumma has been touted as the next Gianluigi Buffon. Why Chelsea may have to stick with Kepa? Chelsea could not bring in a direct replacement for Eden Hazard last summer as a result of their transfer ban. They may have to prioritise bringing in a replacement for the Belgian this summer, which could mean that they will have to compromise and give Kepa another chance to prove himself between the sticks. Kepa Arrizabalaga
Report: Chelsea Are Considering RB Leipzig Player As Understudy To Ben Chilwell Chelsea are considering a move for RB Leipzig left-back Matthew Bondswell as an understudy to Ben Chilwell, according to The Mirror. The Englishman joined Leipzig as a youth product from Nottingham Forest in 2018. He has yet to make a Bundesliga appearance for Leipzig and is currently on loan with FC Dordrecht. The fact that Leipzig have not yet handed caps to Bondswell at senior level could indicate that he is not in their first-team plans. Though Bondswell does not have much senior experience, he has been capped at various youth age group levels by England from U-15 to U-18. Bondswell could be a good investment for the future Since arriving at Stamford Bridge from Leicester City last summer, Chilwell has made the left-back position his own and been an overwhelming success. Frank Lampard is still able to call upon Emerson Palmieri and Marcos Alonso, though it looks like the more experienced duo are now surplus to requirements at the club. Both players have also been linked with January moves away from the West London giants. Lampard looks like he is keen to build his side around young talent and so a move for Bondswell could be a good long-term investment. As the player is not yet highly experienced and not known to a broader audience, he is unlikely to command a hefty fee. One of Bondswell’s strengths is that he is able to operate as either a centre-back or a left-back. Last season, he also stepped into the Leipzig’s Under-19 team despite his tender age. It will be interesting to see what the Blues do with Bondswell should they secure his signature. The logical thing to do would be to send him out on loan, ideally to an English club in order to acquire more experience. However, the Blues are unpredictable under Lampard and so it won’t be surprising if he is integrated into the first-team. Ben ChilwellChelsea Best Three Nigerian Players To Have Played For Chelsea
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8th Family Law & Children’s Rights Conference July 2021, Singapore I have been invited to present a paper at this conference, postponed from July 2020 due to the pandemic. This was a timely postponement as it will enable me to incorporate and discuss what will be a seminal judgment in the Keira Bell case, due to be delivered on December 1st 2020. The changing legal response to primary school children who are said to wish to transition from one sex to the other. Have legal responses been captured by considerations other than the rule of law and the welfare of children? Historical context – the birth of the ‘trans child’ Only an understanding of how we got here will enable us to fully understand where we are now. By 2018 it had become firmly established as a UK ‘cultural norm’ that transgender identities were inherent and that any challenge to this was not acceptable, to the extent that those raising questions or unease about how this translated to choices made by even very young children were ‘transphobic’ and ‘hateful’. This is a pretty dramatic shift from 20 years ago, when the issue of the ‘trans child’ simply was not on the radar of the family justice system. The concept has been successfully normalised in what seems a very short space of time, using both medical and legal routes. From 1999 – 2019 I encountered not a single case involving a ‘transgender child’ but in 2020 I had two. How has recognition of issues of ‘gender identity’ shifted so dramatically over the past decade?. ‘Queer Theory’ has become more mainstream; this, in essence, re-frames innocence and vulnerability in children as ‘support systems of power’ that enforce heteronormatively and other harmful stereotypes. As long ago as 1979 the ‘Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association’ was established, now known as the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). This organisation advocates for ‘trans affirmative’ clinical guidance and training course for health professionals working with transgender people. By the 1990s in the UK, parents of ‘gender dysphoric’ children began to request hormone suppression at the first signs of puberty. Such ‘puberty blockers ‘ administered at a young age, followed by cross sex hormones, would enable a child to ‘pass’ more effectively as the opposite sex when an adult. By 2009 the Endocrine Society had new clinical practice guidelines for treatment of transgender children which lowered the age for administration of hormones from 16 years to the first onset of puberty. However, the long term consequences of such treatments are not known – and it was not until 2020 that the NHS revised its on line guidance to make that clear. In the USA in 1995 an International Bill of Gender Rights (IBGR) emerged, setting a legal stage for the development of ‘the transgender child’ including claimed rights for transgender peope to define their own gender identity and to alter their bodies, surgically or medically as they saw fit, coupled with a right not to be subject to ‘involuntary psychiatric diagnosis or treatment’. In 1997 the European Court stated in X, Y and Z v the UK (1997) 24 EHRR 143 that transexuality “raises complex scientific, legal, moral and social issues, in respect of which there is no generally shared approach among the Contracting States”. But over the years that followed, the complexity of those issues were re-considered in the light of growing demands for the recognition of the rights of trans people. In 2007 the ‘Yogyakarta Principles’ were drafted by a group of academics and transactivists.. Gender identity was defined as: … each person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth, including the personal sense of the body (which may involve, if freely chosen, modification of bodily appearance or function by medical, surgical or other means) and other expressions of gender, including dress, speech and mannerisms. The Yogyakarta Principles have no legal force, they are not incorporated into any UN convention or declaration but over time they have been regularly cited and relied upon. They were redrafted in 2017 to propose ‘no eligibility criteria, such as … minimum or maximum age … shall be a prerequisite to change one’s name, legal sex or gender’ In 2007 in the UK, the Department of Health declared that being trans is ‘not a mental illness’ and by 2012 the British Psychological Society produced guidelines to affirm all sexualities and genders, pointing out their profession’s long and inglorious history of pathologizing individuals who went against traditional norms of sexual expression. In 2008, Department of Health guidelines advised ‘sex assigned at birth’ and the child’s ‘inner sense of knowing’ their true gender, may not align, and ‘gender variance’ in children can emerge at a very young aged, identified in the ways children behave in their dress or play. Parents were urged to address their child’s gender variance as soon as possible in order to secure their future as a happy adult. Around this time, referrals to the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust showed a staggering increase; from just 97 in 2009/10 to 2,016 in 2016/17. From 2014/15 to 2015/16,referrals increased by over 100% and from 2015/16 to 2016/17 they increased by 41%. Ages at referral seen by the service ranged from a very few at 3 to 17 years old [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] The majority of the children were registerd female at birth. What had apparently been born out of a desire to confront and tear down harmful stereotypes around regressive gender stereotyping, had instead become affirmation of the same, to the extent that if a boy wished to play with ‘girl’s toys’ or wear ‘girl’s clothes’ he could not actually be a boy but was instead a girl born ‘in the wrong body’. Since 2015, after the fight for gay marriage was won in the UK, the lobby group Stonewall added a ‘T’ to the LGB, a move that saw its funding increase from £4.33m in 2013, to £7.24m in 2017. The charity Mermaids, saw a similar surge in its funding. The Human Rights Council established the office of the Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) in June 2016 and the European Court of Human Rights (EHRC) recognized homophobic and transphobic hate crimes in 2018. Also in 2018 the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) in the UK endorsed the propostion that sex is assigned and gender identity inherent, supported removal of transgender status as a psychological disorder and objected to any kind of ‘conversion therapy’ to make people ‘cis gender’ (i.e. one whose ‘gender identity’ is congruent with their birth sex). Alongside these declared positions by medical bodies and campaigning groups, frequent reference was made to the dangers of denying children access to treatment to address their gender variance. It has frequently been asserted that as many as 40% of transgender adults have attempted suicide; for example see “Pubertal Suppression for Transgender Youth and Risk of Suicidal Ideation,” (Turban JL, et al. Pediatrics. Jan. 23, 2020” . However, the UK organisation Transgender Trend unpicked some of the research that supports this figure and concluded it was unreliable. One study was conducted by questionnaire using a non-probability sampling method. This means that the questionnaire was promoted within the LGBT community and people chose whether or not to fill it in. In total 2078 questionnaires were analysed, however only 120 of these were transgender people, and only 27 of these were under the age of 26 years old. It is only the results from the 27 young trans people that was reported in relation to suicide. Of these 27 young trans people 13 of them reported having attempted suicide at some point in the past. This is where the 48% of all trans youth attempt suicide stat comes from. The bulk of reported legal cases around transgender issues reflect the choices made by adults. But when considering a child who declares themselves to be ‘trans’, we must examine more carefully the reality of their informed consent to medical treatment which could leave them infertile or with reduced sexual functioning as adults. There is no ‘test’ for ‘gender variance’ – doctors are expected to prescribe treatment on a self reported diagnosis. “Gillick competence” refers to the recognition that the capacity of a child to make serious decisions about his or her life will increase as does the age and understanding of that child. It derives from the decision of the House of Lords in Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112 where a mother attempted to argue that children under 16 should not be provided any treatment or advice around sexual issues. The court disagreed and said that younger children could access such services, as long as they were able to understand the implications – i.e. were they ‘Gillick competent’? Although a ‘child’ is defined as a person between the ages of 0-18, Gillick competence is only relevant to children under 16. Once children reach 16, in England and Wales they are held by various statutes as able to make their own decisions across a range of issues. These are set out in the judgment of Lady Hale at para 26 of D (A Child) (Rev2) [2019] UKSC 42 (26 September 2019). For example Section 8(1) of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 provides that the consent of a child of 16 to any surgical, medical or dental treatment “shall be as effective as it would be if he were of full age.” The Austrialian case of Imogen (No. 6) [2020] Fam CA 761; (10 September 2020) has some useful discussion about the continuing role of the court, even with a Gillick competent children (Imogen being over 16 at the time of the proceedings). The court identified the two stages of treatment for gender dysphoria as ‘stage 1’, being ‘puberty suppression’ via gonadotrophin releasing hormone analogues (GnRHa) in order to halt progression of physical changes such as breast growth or voice deepening. Stage 2 is ‘gender affirming hormone treatment’. The court makes a distinction between therapeutic and non-therapeutic treatment, stating that both Stage 1 and Stage 2 were deemed ‘therapeutic’. Non therapeutic treatments were held to involve invasive, irreversible and major surgery, where there was a significant risk of making the wrong decision and where the consequences of that decision are particularly grave. Given that so little is known about the long term impact of puberty blockers and cross sex hormones for children, I suggest there is a question mark about the categorisation of both stages as ‘therapeutic’. But the distinction is important when considering the limits of the court’s paternalistic powers to rule against the wishes of a Gillick competent child. It is of course possible, but very unusual. For example, In X and Others v The Sydney Children’s Hospital Network [2013] NSWCA 320; (2013) 85 NSWLR 294, the court did not allow a competent 17 year old Jehovah Witness to refuse blood products which were potentially lifesaving. However, this was the only case identified where a court has overruled the views of a Gillick competent child to impose treatment. Other cases involving anorexia nervosa and treatment for drug rehabilitation involved children who were not Gillick competent (Director General, Department of Community Services v Y [1999] NSWSC 644; Director General, Department of Community Services v Thomas [2009] NSWSC 217; (2009) 41 Fam LR 220). There was no recorded case where a court had refused a Gillick competent child the opportunity to consent to therapeutic treatment. Much then seems to turn on how the adults assess the nature of the intervention to which a child seeks to consent. There has been considerable disquiet in England about the apparent ‘affirmation path’ upon which children are placed – in that treatment is not merely seen as ‘therepeutic’ but the only identified option, as opposed to therapeutic intervention. Marcus Evans, now a psychoanalyst in private practice, formerly served as Consultant Psychotherapist and Associate Clinical Director of Adult and Adolescent Service at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. In 2020 he wrote about why he resigned. Why I Resigned from Tavistock: Trans-Identified Children Need Therapy, Not Just ‘Affirmation’ and Drugs Those who advocate an unquestioning “affirmation”-based approach to trans-identified children often will claim that any delay or hesitation in assisting a child’s desired gender transition may cause irreparable psychological harm, and possibly even lead to suicide. They also typically will cite research purporting to prove that a child who transitions can expect higher levels of psychological health and life satisfaction. None of these claims align substantially with any robust data or studies in this area. Nor do they align with the cases I have encountered over decades as a psychotherapist. As Heather Brunskell Evans points out, the child’s ‘gender identity distress’ is occurring within this cultural context and the ‘fantasy’ that it is possible to become the opposite sex. This prevents proper or even any discussion of the reality and limitations of surgical and medical interventions – for example, surgery on the female body to simulate a penis cannot create a fully functioning organ. There must be real and serious doubts about whether a child or adolescent can grasp the importance of information about medical or surgical intervention and fully understand the implications. Therefore significant doubts exist about the reality of their consent. There were futher worrying signs that the intent announced in the Yogyakarta Principles’ – to remove any minimum age based reqirements around gender issues – were being encouraged further into the cultural context. For example, in 2019 the legal adviser to the Mermaids charity, attempted to erase entirely any distinction between very young children and those with ‘Gillick competence’ by commenting ….someone’s gender identity, at any age, must be respected. A child identifying as trans, whether it has been submitted this is as a result of harm or not, is identifying as trans and that must be respected throughout proceedings…More often than not, if a child says they are trans, they will be trans. Two High Court cases. Re J and Re TP So it is interesting to see how all of this has impacted on the approach of the courts in England and Wales, when considering the welfare of very young children who were declared by the adults around them to be ‘transgender’. Both cases examined the issue of preschool children transitioning to the opposite sex. That is probably the only factor each case has in common but I think the different approach in each to the very young ‘trans child’ is an indication of the speed with which attitudes have apparently shifted – from not simply recognising the existence of young children who may have gender dysphoria and offering appropriate support, but to embracing the affirmation principle itself. J (A Minor), Re [2016] EWHC 2430 (Fam) (21 October 2016) involved a mother who asserted that when her son was 4 years old he wanted to become a girl. She asserted that he ‘disdained his penis’ and was being subjected to bullying at school etc. She could not provide any proof of this and the school denied it was happening. She was supported throughout by the charity Mermaids who played a significant role in the development of a ‘prevailing orthodoxy’ that J wished to be a girl. That view was found by the court to have no bearing in reality and was a product of both ‘naivety and professional arrogance’ Mr Justice Hayden was highly critical of the local authority for getting swept up in this ‘prevailing and false orthodoxy’, commenting at paragraph 20 of the July judgment: This local authority has consistently failed to take appropriate intervention where there were strong grounds for believing that a child was at risk of serious emotional harm. I propose to invite the Director of Children’s Services to undertake a thorough review of the social work response to this case. Professional deficiencies to this extent cannot go unchecked, if confidence in this Local Authority’s safeguarding structures is to be maintained. So in 2016 it was clear to see that the court was doing its job to protect children; undertaking a clear and objective appraisal of the available evidence and making a decision in the face of angry opposition from Mermaids – who declared at the time that this decision would be appealed. It was not. However, the approach of the court seems to have shifted quite dramatically only 3 years later in the case of Lancashire County Council v TP & Ors (Permission to Withdraw Care Proceedings) [2019] EWFC 30. This involved foster carers who had two unrelated children in their care who decided they wanted to transition – the youngest aged 4 years old. The local authority were applying to withdraw care proceedings, so it was a very different situation from re J. But even so, it’s interesting to see how the Judge framed this issue of transitioning pre schoolers: Notwithstanding even the Guardian’s caution in respect of the openness of [the foster carers] to the possibility of an alteration in the children’s attitude to their gender identity I conclude that Dr Pasterski’s evidence demonstrates that it is obvious that neither of these grounds would meet threshold. Taken together with the panoramic evidence of the child focused approach of [the foster carers] it is overwhelmingly obvious that neither H nor R have suffered or are at risk of suffering significant emotional harm arising from their complete social transition into females occurring at a very young age. The evidence demonstrates to the contrary, this was likely to minimise any harm or risk of harm. The evidence does not support the contention that it was actively encouraged rather than appropriately supported. This poses two immediate questions: how is it ‘overwhelmingly obvious’ that a 4 year old will experience no harm from a decision to transition from male to female at such a young age (and against the wishes of the school). It seems to be an inescapable fact that the evidence base to support any expert opinion that full social transition for a pre-school child is a ‘positive’ thing, simply cannot exist. 20 years ago, so far as I have been able to discern, this phenomenon was unknown. There is apparently no cohort of children who have been tracked from toddlerdom to adulthood to see if full social transition at a young age was something that helped or hindered their emotional, physical and sexual development. If I am wrong and that evidence does in fact exist, it did not appear to be before the court in either of the two cases I discuss here. The second question is why the court did not give more critical appraisal to the highly unusual fact that here were two unrelated children in the same family, both apparently expressing a wish to change sex at a very young age. To what extent can the court be confident that this was a genuine expression of their wishes and feelings, rather than a product of environmental and social pressure from the adult care givers? There is considerable and I think reasonable fear expressed by gay people that some parents would rather have a trans child than a gay child as this is more ‘socially acceptable’. I think there is a real problem here. No one is suggesting – yet – that 4 year olds should face surgery or medical intervention. But how confident are we that a child set on a path aged 4 is going to find it easy to leave that path when older? The ultimate destination is presumably some form of significant medical or surgical intervention and life long consequences. It is troubling to note that we appear to know more about the impact of puberty blockers on sheep than we do on children. I note the comments from the Science Symposium on 18-19 October 2018 at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: KIERA BELL CASE TO DISCUSS WHEN JUDGMENT IS OUT Tide is turning ? Shortly before the case was heard in court on 7th and 8th October, the NHS announced a review on 22ndSeptember, lead by Dr Hilary Cass OBE, former President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, into gender identity services for children and young people. The review will be wide-ranging in scope looking into several aspects of gender identity services, with a focus on how care can be improved for children and young people including key aspects of care such as how and when they are referred to specialist services, and clinical decisions around how doctors and healthcare professionals support and care for patients with gender dysphoria. It will also set out workforce recommendations for specialist healthcare professionals and examine the recent rise in the number of children seeking treatment. Recommendations for children and young people’s gender identity services will be made in 2021. This entry was posted in Other thoughts and tagged Gillick competence on November 29, 2020 by Sarah Phillimore. ← How does the court decide to have a ‘fact finding’ hearing? Why are children being demonised by those who raised them? →
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If at first you don’t succeed… She didn't listen to the critics When she was a young girl she was told that she wasn't a great singer – that her expectations shouldn't be for more than singing in the chorus. But that didn't stop her. She studied and practiced with a coach. And then she entered competitions. And when she won one, it got her a spot with the performing group she had always hoped to sing with. So she joined up – even if she wasn't going to be a star. She worked hard. She studied hard. Oh, she learned her parts just like everyone else. But she also learned everyone else's part. And then it happened – the lead Soprano got sick and the director asked her if she knew the parts. “Of course” flew out of her mouth faster than anything she could imagine. She got the staring role and people didn't say she was “ok” or “fine.” No, the reviews came back and she was amazing. And it launched the operatic career of Anna Netrebko – a Russian star. Are you ready to give it another shot? I don't know what you've walked away from simply because you thought you couldn't do it. But this week one of the folks I've been coaching mentioned they'd started to think about outsourcing again. They'd had a bad experience. They'd been frustrated. They'd felt like it just wasn't for them. But I had them read my book on managing virtual teams. I'd hoped that would help. We'd talked about remote staff and how to do it right. And today I got the email saying they were going to try again. And I love that. Because high performers don't give up. They know getting back up from a fall is part of what it means to prepare. Have you let go of an audacious dream? A few years ago I read a great book about a Microsoft employee who quit his job to change the world. His organization has now helped establish thousands of libraries across globe – over 3500 of them. I remember reading it and being convicted that even if I didn't quit my job, I should commit myself to something larger with the resources I had available to me. Especially after reading about the plight of education throughout the third world. But you know what I did? Nothing. Because life got in the way. Maybe I told myself I wouldn't change the world. Maybe I told myself I'd never do more than sing in the chorus. But Anna's story inspires me to think about things differently – as it should you. So when I read about a friend (Syed Balkhi) this week who was pursuing something big and audacious – he is trying to make a dent in education, and raising money to do it, and asking for $25- I gave. More than he asked, because I wanted to help make a dent too! Will you join me? Read about my friend Syed's efforts. …and let him inspire you to pursue your own big dreams – even if it means you'll have to pick yourself up and renew your focus in order to succeed.
Central Chinese Central English Mongkok Sai Wan Ho Jogyakarta Bani, Pangasinan Singapore Bishan Singapore Chinese Singapore English MONOTHEISM The Only True God The Only Perfect Man Theological Metamorphosis Testimonies of God's people How I Have Come to Know God (Eric Chang) The Value of Suffering Goodness and Mercy will Follow Me I am the Work of Your Hand Worship in Music Integrated List of Songs Messages in Tagalog Messages in Vietnamese Messages in Thai Messages in Nepali Messages in Japanese Resources in Chinese (remote) Resources in Indonesian (remote) Strength and Weakness ... continued Chapter 1. The Explicit Monotheism of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Apostles Chapter 2. Only the Perfect Man can be the Savior of the World Chapter 3. The Need to Reevaluate the Christian Understanding of Man Chapter 4. The Trinitarian Deification of Christ Chapter 5. Yahweh in the Hebrew Bible Chapter 6. Christianity has Lost its Jewish Roots—the Serious Consequences Chapter 7. The Old Testament Roots of “the Word” in John 1.1 Chapter 8. “The Word” is “the Memra” Chapter 9. A Closer Look at John 1.1 Chapter 10. Yahweh “came down” and “dwelt among us” in Christ Appendix 1 - The great importance of Psalm 2, and its Messianic promise, for understanding the title of Christ “the Son of God” Appendix 2 - On John 8.58 Appendix 3 - Did Paul reject the Law and its righteousness? Appendix 4 - Some observations about the Targums Appendix 5 - A few notes on the exegesis of John 12.41 Appendix 6 - On “the Word of God” in Rev.19.13 Appendix 7 - The instructive parallel of “the Word was God” with 2Cor.3.17 Appendix 8 - On Phil.2.6,7: More evidence from the Hebrew Bible Appendix 9 - On Psalm 107.19,20 Appendix 10 - Some thoughts on the Virgin Birth of Jesus Appendix 11 - Christological conflict among trinitarians Appendix 12 - The Memra in the Targums Home » The Only True God We find further confirmation of this identification of the Torah with Christ also within the NT, in Romans 10:6-9: 6 But the righteousness that comes from faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (NRSV) Verses 6 and 8 are quotations from Deuteronomy 30:11-14 which reads: 11 For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?’ 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it. (NASB) A comparison of the text in Romans with that in Deuteronomy shows how Paul identifies the Law with Christ. Even more remarkable is the fact that the words spoken by Moses (the “I” in Deut.30:11), Paul declares as being spoken by “the righteousness that comes from faith” (Rom.10:6). Moses is thus the spokesman for faith-righteousness! This is factually correct because Moses was both a man of faith (Heb.11:24-29, where “faith” occurs 4 times) and a model of righteousness for all time. Far from rejecting Moses, Paul claims him as speaking for Christ. Some Christian scholars portray Paul as the adversary of the Law, regardless of his declarations to the contrary, “Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law” (Romans 3:31, NASB). “Love is the fulfilling of the Law” (Rom.13:8,10; Gal.5:14). If the Law had been nullified or abolished, why would Paul concern himself with fulfilling it? [1] What is the relevance of studying the relation of “the Word” to “the Law”? In the book Christianity in Jewish Terms (Westview Press, 2000), in an essay entitled “Judaism and Incarnation,” the Jewish scholar E.R. Wolfson (Professor of Hebrew Studies and Director of Religious Studies at New York University), shows that the notion of incarnation (cf. the Word in John 1:14) is not something strange or unknown in Judaism. The following are some of his instructive observations: “God as Torah “In my view, there is much evidence in the rabbinic corpus of an incarnational theology, all be it modified in light of Judaism’s official aniconism [the prohibition of images]. Of course, I do not wish to ignore the fact that within rabbinic literature itself one finds statements that unequivocally reject the Christological doctrine of incarnation. Does that mean, however, that there is no justification for using the word ‘incarnation’ to characterize ideas espoused by the rabbis themselves? I do not think so, and, as the cluster of motifs to be discussed below will illustrate, incarnational theology is vital to the rabbinic worldview.” (p.246, explanation in square brackets added) “Just as early Christian exegetes saw in Christ, God made flesh, so the rabbis conceived of the Torah as the incarnation of the image of God.” (p.247) “I would like to concentrate on an incarnational tendency discernible in the rabbinic view that the study of Torah is the means by which one lives in the immediate presence of God. Far from being merely rhetorical in nature, these pronouncements are predicated on the presumption that Torah embodies the divine glory.” (p.247) Wolfson also points out that in rabbinic thought, there is the idea that “the name of God is symbolically interchangeable with the Torah,” that “the name is identical with the Torah,” and that “the name is implied in the rabbinic claim that the Torah is the instrument through which God created the world” (all quotes are from p.248). What is striking about the quotations in the previous paragraph is that “the Torah,” if replaced by “the Word” in each of the three statements quoted, would make perfect sense in understanding “the Word” in John 1: It will become clear, when we study “the Word” in its Aramaic equivalent “the Memra,” that “the Name of God is symbolically interchangeable with the Word,” that “the Name is identical with the Word,” and that “the Name is implied in the Johannine claim that the Word is the instrument through which God created the world”. None of these paraphrases of Prof. Wolfson’s statements would be objectionable to rabbinic Judaism provided that they are not understood in terms of trinitarian Christology, as he has pointed out. On the next page of his essay (p.249), Wolfson again mentions “the equation of Torah and YHVH” in rabbinic thought which can “speak of the Torah as the name,” and also “the archaic belief that heaven and earth were created by means of the name of God, an idea attested in apocryphal, rabbinic, and mystical sources as well, specifically in terms of yod and he, the first two letters of the Tetragrammaton used to signify the complete name.” This last quotation in particular throws light on the repeated references in the Johannine Prologue that all things were created by means of the Word, John 1:3,10 (dia with genitive: “through, by means of”). Metonyms in Biblical language If we wish to avoid falling into confusion and error we must understand that a term like “the Word” is a metonym; the only question then is: a metonym for what? Closer attention should be paid to metonymy or synecdoche in Biblical language, that is, figures of speech in which a part represents the whole. A common example is “bread” as a synecdoche for “food” or sustenance in general (e.g. “give us this day our daily bread,” Mt.6:11; Lk.11:3). In English a “hired hand” is a workman and a “deck hand” is a sailor; so “hand” serves as a metonym for “person”. There is also the phrase “the long arm of the law” by which is meant that the power of the agencies of law and order which can reach out and seize evildoers even if they try to hide in remote places. “Arm” is here a metaphor for action and power, very similar to its use in the Bible. Thus “the arm of the Lord” speaks of His powerful actions. There are several metonymic figures of speech in the OT such as “the hand of the Lord,” or His Wisdom, His light, His Spirit, etc. where, in each case, the part stands for, or represents the whole. The failure to understand Biblical metonymy has resulted in the kind of notion about the Logos seen in trinitarianism. The following are examples of this important form of speech in the Scriptures: The Logos and the Arm of the Lord (Yahweh) The “word” (dabar; logos) of the Lord is no more an independent person from God than is His “arm”. For a fuller picture of the “arm of the Lord” we can consider the following verses: Isaiah 51:9, “Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?” Isaiah 40:10, “Behold, the Lord God (Yahweh) comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.” Isaiah 30:30, “And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and storm and hailstones.” Isaiah 48:14, “Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The Lord loves him; he shall perform his purpose on Babylon, and his arm shall be against the Chaldeans.” Luke 1:51, “He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.” Also John 12:38, “so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: ‘Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?’” which quotes Isaiah 53:1 “Who has believed what he heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” The Lord’s arm spoken of in a personalized way Isaiah 63:12, “who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to make for himself an everlasting name.” Yahweh’s “arm” appears here as though it were a distinct individual who went at the right hand of Moses, divided the waters of the sea, and “made for himself an everlasting name”! The Hand of the Lord Consider the parallel between Yahweh’s “hand” and His “word (LXX, logos)”: Isaiah 48:13a, “My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens.” Psalm 33:6, “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.” Would it be right for us to conclude from Isaiah 48:13 that God’s “hand,” by which He created heaven and earth, is another person distinct from Him? If not, would it be right for us to conclude that “the word” of Yahweh in Psalm 33:6, by which He created the heavens, and which is used as an OT basis of John 1:1, is a person distinct from Yahweh, as trinitarianism insists? John 1:1, “In the beginning”: the explicit link to Genesis We have noted earlier that the Hebrew Bible was not numbered in the way that most Bibles now have chapter and verse numbers. Reference to a particular book was often done by quoting the first words of the book. Thus one referred to Genesis by its opening words, “In the beginning”. In so doing, there may be more meaning to these words in Genesis 1 that is intended than from merely referring to its first verse or chapter; the intention could be to include reference to the whole book and specifically to the remarkable and unique self-revelation of Yahweh in Genesis. The message would then be: Yahweh who was so close to man, and so caring of man as seen in Genesis, has now drawn so close to man that He has become incarnate in Christ; in this way He “tabernacle among us” (Jn.1:14). We have also seen that Yahweh God frequently communicated with people in Genesis; He spoke to them, so the notion of “word” is found throughout Genesis both as God’s creative word as also His communicative word. The concept of “the word of God” is firmly rooted in Genesis, and from there it continues through the whole Bible. The importance of “the word” does not lie in itself but in whose word it is, in this case, God’s word. It is therefore God’s communication. And with whom does He communicate in this world but with us, His creatures, His people? Thus, in this sense, “the word” is the expression of God’s immanence. By His Logos God communicates with us and to us. What He communicates to us is the manifold contents of His word, whether it is truth, light, or life. In so doing, God does not just communicate something to us, but thereby gives of Himself to us. We cannot have life from Him without also having Him; this is because the life which He gives is not something which can exist independently of Him. No living being exists independently of Him whether or not they are aware of it. That is why Jesus could say, “Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father” (Mt.10:29). Accordingly, the Apostle Paul could quote with approval the words of one of the Greek poets who rightly perceived that “in him (God) we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). So the Word in John 1:1ff is not something mysterious. But what may properly be called a “mystery” is that “the Word became flesh” (Jn.1:14) which is certainly the central element of John’s Prologue (1:1-18). This is surely what is meant by “the mystery of Christ” (Eph.3:4; Col.4:3). We shall consider this more fully in relation to the Memra. The Word/Logos as the Memra We have considered in some detail the OT roots of “the Word” and we should now begin to realize that we cannot go much deeper in our understanding of it on the OT basis alone. This is precisely what trinitarian scholars perceived, and thus assumed that there was no other way to go than to try to extract something they could use from Greek philosophy. But here, too, they soon found that they could not get very far, hence their rather desperate conclusion that the idea of the Word was John’s own idea or invention. But this conclusion ran on to the rocks of this scholarly finding: what constitutes John’s Prologue is actually a poem which John incorporated into his gospel; in other words, it was not composed by John. This shatters all meaningful talk about the Word as John’s own idea. On the contrary, the evidence seems indisputable that the Word was something familiar to the early church, and was incorporated into this profound poem, song, or hymn used by the church, which John then used as an appropriate and effective introduction to his gospel. It is true that the material that can be gathered from the OT alone does not in itself provide an adequate basis for understanding the Word in John’s Prologue. But up to now, when we talked about the OT, we were mainly talking in terms of the Hebrew Bible. We have already mentioned that in the time of Christ and the early church, Aramaic, not Hebrew, was the primary language of the people. The failure to take this crucial fact into account resulted in the discussion about the Word either coming to a dead end or getting sidelined into the error of the Biblically baseless trinitarian interpretation of it as “God the Son”. In NT times, the Jews who went to the weekly synagogue services would hear the Hebrew Bible read aloud, but it had to be interpreted for them in Aramaic. These interpretations were called “targums” (meaning “translations”). It is these that constitute what scholars call the Aramaic Old Testament. What can be learned about “the Word” (Aramaic: Memra) in the Aramaic OT will clarify, strengthen, and confirm the understanding of the Word gained from our study of the Hebrew OT. This means that the OT roots of the Word in John 1:1 can ultimately be traced to the Memra of the Aramaic Old Testament.[2] Memra is the Aramaic word for the Greek logos. Because Aramaic was the language spoken in Israel (Palestine) at the time, Memra was a word that the Jews would have often heard in their synagogues, and which they understood to be a well-known form of reference to the Name of Yahweh, or simply to Yahweh Himself. The Jewish Encyclopedia gives a concise and clear definition of Memra: “‘The Word,’ in the sense of the creative or directive word or speech of God manifesting His power in the world of matter or mind; a term used especially in the Targum as a substitute for ‘the Lord’”. We are on firm ground when we conclude that John was undoubtedly familiar with the Aramaic OT (the Targums), as indeed were the people in Israel generally in John’s day. Why, then, did Gentile Christian theology fail to question its own assumptions and ask: Why would the gospel written by the Jewish Apostle John derive the central theme in its prologue, namely the logos, from a Greek (Gentile) source when an obvious (or what would have been obvious to a Jew in the first century AD) Jewish source (the Aramaic OT) was at hand and well known to the Jews? The answer, obviously, is: What was well known to the Jews was not well known to the Gentiles. Gentiles think as Gentiles, and very few (if any) of them were versed in Jewish life, literature, and language. Few of the early “Fathers” of the Christian church could be shown to have any knowledge of Judaica or Judaism. The same is generally true of Christians and church leaders today. Judaism is not usually a subject listed in the curriculums of Christian theological seminaries, and even Biblical Hebrew is usually an optional subject. How many Christians have heard of the Memra? So when we are constantly told that the logos derives from Greek thought, who is in a position to know that there is a better option which has its basis in the OT, especially the Aramaic Targums? Trinitarianism and the Old Testament The solid and undeniable fact is that nowhere in the OT is there even a single reference to the logos as person. In the LXX, logos occurs 1239 times, yet not one of these so much as suggests that logos had any personal traits or characteristics. This means that logos as a personal being simply does not exist in the OT. Trinitarian scholars are, of course, fully (and sorely) aware of this fact. The Expositor’s Commentary (on Jn.1:1) manages only to quote Ps.33:6 (LXX 32:6) (“By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.”). But what exactly is its contribution to understanding John 1:1? In Psalm 33:6 “the logos of Yahweh” is equated (by way of parallelism) with “the breath (pneuma)” of Yahweh, and while the reference is to the Genesis 1 account of the creation, it is limited (unlike John 1:3) to the creation of the heavens with its “starry host” (NIV). But the point is: here, too, there is no indication whatever that the logos is a personal being. The evidence indubitably indicates that the trinitarian notion of the Logos in John 1:1 as providing evidence for the second person of the Trinity simply does not stand up to investigation. The OT does not provide a single shred of concrete evidence for it. A survey of the learned reference works shows that none is able to provide any OT basis for the idea of a preexistent person called Logos. If, therefore, we want to construct a doctrine of God the Son (without which there could be no doctrine of the Trinity) by using the Logos as its foundation stone, we simply cannot find any basis for it in the OT, either Hebrew or Aramaic. Can any help be found in the OT concept of Wisdom? The Logos as Wisdom: Wisdom Christology Wisdom (the word is feminine in both Hebrew and Greek, not masculine like Logos) is spoken of in personal terms in Proverbs, yet everyone is aware of the fact that the language there is poetic and metaphorical, and was therefore not meant to be understood literally. In the Bible, Wisdom is never thought of as a person, much less a person distinct from God, or another person in the “Godhead”. Continuing his discussion on the Johannine Prologue, Prof. Witherington writes: There is in this hymn (a ‘wisdom hymn’, p.287) an obvious drawing on material from Genesis 1. Both documents begin with the words, ‘In the beginning.’ Then too the Genesis story is about how God made a universe by means of his spoken words. Here too creation happens by the Word. But whatever debt the author of this hymn has to Genesis, Genesis 1 is not about either a personified attribute, much less a person assisting God in creation. It is the use of the Genesis material in the hymnic material about Wisdom both in the Old Testament and in later Jewish sapiential [wisdom] writings that provides the font of ideas and forms used in creating this hymn. Not only Prov.3 but also Proverbs 8:1-9:6 should be considered. There one learns that personified Wisdom was present at creation, but also that she called God’s people back to the right paths and offered them life and favor from God (cf. 8:35). (Jesus the Sage, p.284, italics added) It is evident from the above passage and from the title of his book (Jesus the Sage) that Witherington interprets the Logos in terms of what is called “Wisdom Christology”. That Wisdom in the OT is important for the understanding of the Logos in John 1:1ff is undoubtedly true, and we shall give this fact further consideration later in this work. But in his last sentence of the section quoted above, there appears to be insufficient concern to draw attention to the fact that “the personified Wisdom” in Proverbs was a hypostasized way of describing Wisdom and was certainly not an actual person. But it may be that Witherington assumes that his readers already know this. Trinitarians, of course, want to maintain that the Logos is a divine person distinct from God, but one who shares his nature and is therefore coequal with Him. But none of this can be derived from the Wisdom of Proverbs, and also not from Genesis 1 as Witherington also affirms. The plain fact is that there is simply no personal Logos mentioned in the OT. The Word and the Spirit of God It should be noted that in the following section where the “Spirit” is capitalized, it is not because the spirit is a person, but is used where the emphasis needs to be brought out clearly that the spirit being referred to is not the human spirit, or “the spirit of man,” but to “the Spirit of God,” Yahweh’s Spirit. Since “Holy Spirit” is considered a name it is usually capitalized. (1) References to the Spirit are remarkably few in the OT: The “Spirit of Yahweh” (ruach Yahweh, יהוח רוח ) 26 times, of which 7 are in Judges The “Spirit of God” (ruach elohim, אלהים רוח) 16 times, of which 8 are in 1Samuel “My Spirit” 12 times “His Spirit” 4 times “The Spirit” once in 1Chronicles, 4 times in Numbers, 7 times in Ezekiel, and once in Isaiah (32:15) = 13 This adds up to a total of only 71 times, indicating that references to the Spirit in the OT are few and that statistically, therefore, the Spirit is not a figure of central importance in the OT revelation. Compare this, for example, with “Abraham” who is mentioned 110 times in Genesis alone; or David, to whom there are 1025 references in the OT. (2) The Spirit is never conceived of as a person apart from Yahweh More important than the relatively few references to the Spirit, the OT provides no basis whatsoever for supposing that the Spirit is a person distinct from Yahweh. This means that, certainly where the Spirit is concerned, there is no basis in the OT for the doctrine of the Trinity. “The holy spirit was God himself conceived of as speaking with Israel” (McNamara) “For Judaism the holy spirit (ruach haqqodes) is God conceived of as communicating his mind and will to man.” (McNamara, Targum and Testament, p.107) “The holy spirit was God himself conceived of as speaking with Israel. Rabbinic texts can express the same idea in other ways. In some contexts ‘the holy spirit’ can be replaced by such terms as ‘the Shekinah,’ ‘the Dibbera’ (Word) and ‘Bath Qol’ (Voice). In point of fact, where in one text we find ‘holy spirit,’ in parallel texts we read one of the others, these being more or less synonymous in certain contexts.” (McNamara, p.108) “‘Spirit’ is generally not capitalized [in Rabbinic texts] to avoid the Christian idea of the Spirit as a distinct or separate being from God. From the following quotation it is again clearly shown that the Word, like ‘the holy spirit’ (as mentioned in the previous quotations), are identical in Judaism in that both communicate God’s will to man: “Dibbura (Neofiti: Dibbera), i.e. the Word, is, as we said, the term generally used in the Palestinian Targum when reference is made to God’s communicating his will to man.” (McNamara, p.109) The following is a fuller excerpt about the Spirit from the book Christianity by the renowned German theologian Hans Küng: What is the Spirit? Here too we do best to approach from the Jewish tradition. According to the Hebrew Bible and then also the New Testament, God is spirit, Hebrew feminine ruach, which originally means breath, breathe, wind. Tangible yet intangible, invisible yet powerful, as important to life as the air that one breathes, laden with energy like the wind, the storm—that is the spirit. What is meant is none other than the living force and power emanating from God, which works invisibly in both the individual and the people of Israel, in the church and in the world generally. This spirit is holy in so far as it is distinguished from the unholy spirit of human beings and their world: as the spirit of God. The understanding of Christian faith is that it is the driving force (dynamis, not law) in Christianity. But we should beware of misunderstandings: in the light of the New Testament the Holy Spirit is not—as often in the history of religions—some third element distinct from God which is between God and human beings; it is not a magical, substantial, mysterious-supernatural fluid of a dynamic kind (no spiritual ‘something’), nor is it a magic being of an animistic kind (some spiritual being or ghost). Rather, the Holy Spirit is none other than God himself. God himself, in so far as he is near to human beings and the world, indeed works inwardly as the power which grasps but cannot be grasped, as a life-giving but also judging force, as a grace which gives but is not under our control. So as God’s Spirit, the Spirit can no more be separated from God than the sunbeam from the sun. Thus if we ask how the invisible, intangible, incomprehensible God is near and present to believers, the answer of the New Testament is unanimous. God is near to us human beings in the Spirit: present in the Spirit, through the Spirit, indeed as Spirit. (Hans Küng, Christianity, p.42, all bold letters are his) The Logos and the Spirit The essence of the Word is the Spirit; these are inseparably related in Scripture. “By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth” (Psalm 33:6, NIV). The word translated as “breath” is ruach in Hebrew and pneuma in Greek, and these are the words for “spirit” in both languages. Job 33:4 says, “The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.” (NIV) The relationship of God’s word to His Spirit is seen also in 1Corinthians 2:12,13; John 3:34; 6:63. So, too, John 3:8 speaks of being “born of the Spirit” while 1Peter 1:23 speaks of being born again “through the living and abiding word of God.” The relation of Word to Spirit could be stated in this way: the Word is the form, the Spirit is the substance. The word is compared to a “seed” (Mt.13:19,20, 22, etc) which carries within it the Spirit of life. Hence, as we have just seen, the Apostle Peter could speak of it as “the living word of God”. Thus, when “the Word became flesh and lived among us” (Jn.1:14) in the person of Christ, God’s Presence as life, light, truth, grace, salvation and, above all, His Spirit, was manifested in Christ; for, as John says, it is “from this fullness (of God in the Logos) that we have all received” (John 1:16). Since life is embodied in the Word (Logos), it is “the word of life” (1Jn. 1:1). In Scripture, life is frequently associated with the Spirit; this is true even on the level of the human spirit, James 2:26, “the body without the spirit is dead”. The Apostle speaks in Romans 8:2 of “the Spirit of life,” and in Romans 8:10, “the Spirit is life”. On the level of “the word,” in 2Corinthians 3:6 Paul both compares and contrasts the Law (also God’s word) with the Spirit, “the letter (of the Law) kills, but the Spirit gives life” (cf.Rom.7:6b). In John 6:63, Jesus says, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is of no avail. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.” “The word of life” can also be described as “the word of truth” (Col.1:5; 2Ti.2:15; etc), “the word of righteousness” (Heb.5:13), and “the word of faith” (Rom.10:8)! This is fullness indeed—a fullness which, according to John 1:16, all those in Christ have received. That this refers to “the fullness” of Yahweh’s Memra/Logos/Word is unmistakable because it is not until the following verse (v.17) that “Jesus Christ” is mentioned for the first time in John; it is “the fullness” which filled the person of Christ. The word “fullness” (plērōma) is the same word used in Colossians 2:9, “For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily”. Thus the fullness of the Word is, evidently, “the fullness of deity”; see also Colossian 1:19, and Eph.3:19 “the fullness of God”. From this we see that the Word in John’s Prologue functions as a metonym for God, and points in particular to important aspects of His Being, such as His life, His light, His truth, etc, which are highlighted in John’s Gospel as a whole. But no demonstrable connection of the Word to some supposed “second person in the godhead” can be found. What is remarkable about Ephesians 3:19 (“the fullness of God,” quoted in the previous paragraph) is that we too can be filled with God’s fullness through Christ, for this verse exhorts us “to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” Three paragraphs earlier we saw the association, in Scripture, of life with the Spirit. What if we read “the Spirit” in place of “the Logos” in John 1:1? It would read like this, “In the beginning was the Spirit, the Spirit was with God, and the Spirit was God.” We would not have much problem with such a reading, especially because it would, without difficulty, fit into what follows, 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. If it be argued from verse 3 that the Spirit is not said to have been involved in creation, then let us take note of Job 33:4, “The Spirit of God has made (עשׂה, asah, just as in Genesis 1:26) me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.” The point of drawing attention to the parallel of the Logos with the Spirit is that in the OT there is absolutely no suggestion of the Spirit being a distinct person from Yahweh. Even so, the Spirit would fit seamlessly into John 1. Even the incarnation as being applicable to the Spirit would be unproblematic for the NT as can be demonstrated without difficulty from the fact that the Spirit of God is also described as “the Spirit of Christ” or “the Spirit of Jesus,” a fact that is otherwise without satisfactory explanation. There is also the (for trinitarians) inexplicable statement of Christ that “if I do not go away, the Helper [i.e. the Spirit] will not come to you” (Jn.16:7). If the Spirit is a third person, why should He be unable to come while Christ was on earth? As a trinitarian I was unable to give or find any satisfactory answer to this question. Though the Spirit is never referred to as a distinct person, yet the NT enlightens us by revealing that he functions in relation to God in the same way as the spirit of man functions in relation to man: For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. (1Cor.2:10,11) So to the question, “Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” (Rom.11:34; also 1Cor.2:16; both quotations from Isa.40:13), the Biblical answer is that the Spirit of God knows the thoughts of God in the same way as the spirit of a man knows the thoughts of the man. That is why a man can “examine himself” (1Cor.11:28), for just as “the Spirit searches the depths of God” (1Cor.2:10), so man’s spirit can search the depths of his own being. This also helps us to understand the phrase in Genesis 1:26 “let us make man” in a way not previously thought of because of our failure to grasp the truth revealed about God and His Spirit as stated in 1Corinthians 2:10,11. In this light we can see that the “us” with whom Yahweh took counsel was His own Spirit. Similarly, how many people understand the relationship of a man’s spirit to the man himself? Paul could speak of his spirit as being able to experience things apart from his physical being as in 2Cor.12:2,3: “whether in the body or out of it I don’t know”; or, “though absent in the body, yet present in spirit” (1Cor.5:3,4). The spirit is understood as a distinct reality within man, but not as a separate person. The same is true of God as shown in 1Cor.2:10,11. The Spirit (like the Logos) is a reality within God, which, like man’s spirit, has a definite function within God and can sometimes even be spoken of as though it functioned on its own (cf. too “the arm of the Lord,” Isa.51:9, etc), yet it is not an independent or separate person. If even the Spirit of God cannot be shown from Scripture to be a distinct person from God, it is hard to imagine how trinitarianism could have misled us into supposing that the Logos, a previously unknown entity, is a separate person called “God the Son”. It does appear that it is not, after all, very difficult for even “the elect” to be deceived (Mt.24:24; Mk. 13:22).[3] The Holy Spirit and Yahweh’s Presence Psalm 51:11, “Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.” The parallelism of Hebrew poetry indicates that these two sentences are parallel to each other, the second rephrasing and complementing the first. Thus “your presence” and “your Holy Spirit” are semantic parallels. This means that the Spirit refers to Yahweh’s special presence, and to all the divine qualities (such as His power, wisdom, word, etc) which His presence brings. When this meaning of “His Spirit” is applied to other verses where the term occurs, it fits in perfectly and, indeed, helps to explicate more precisely what is meant. This also helps to explain more specifically the connection between the coming of the Spirit at Pentecost and the promise “I am with you always” (Mt. 28:20)—the promise of his abiding presence (the Spirit of Christ is none other than the Spirit of God) for the fulfillment of the great commission. The disciples received power at Pentecost so as to be able to fulfill that commission; but there is no divine power independent of the divine presence. The aspect of power which comes with God’s special presence is mentioned specifically because the tiny infant church had to be reassured, as well as empowered, to accomplish what was entrusted to them. As we saw in 1Corinthians 2:10,11, the Holy Spirit is to God what the spirit of man is to man; He is not a separate person from God any more than our human spirit is a separate person from us. To be filled with the Spirit is not to be filled with a “third person” but to be filled with Yahweh’s own presence. The problem of speaking of the Spirit as “he” is that it gives the impression that the Spirit is a distinct person from Yahweh; but the Scriptures teach us that the Spirit of God is integral to God’s Person, just as our spirit is an integral part of us, yet a distinguishable element within us. There are very many distinguishable elements (for lack of a better term) within God’s Person mentioned in Scripture, such as His power (“His arm,” or “His hand”), His wisdom, His holiness, His love, etc., and all these find expression through His Word (Logos). But just as we would not think of His love, etc, as a distinct being from Him, why do we think of His Word as a distinct or separate being from Him? The Spirit: Yahweh’s gift to believers Even more important than the question, What is the Spirit?, is the question, What is the function of the Spirit in relation to us? Or, What is the meaning of the Spirit for our lives? We understand the answer to these questions better when we know: (1) The Spirit of Yahweh is given to believers as His gift which, when received, has transforming effect on the life of the believer.[4] (2) The Spirit as God’s seal upon us (the seal signifies that the believer belongs to God and carries His authority to represent Him, to function as His image) and as guarantee, or down payment, from God 2Cor.1:22; 2Cor.5:5 (guaranteeing the receiving of eternal life, and the fulfilling of all God’s promises to us). (3) The Spirit is the means by which we are joined or united with the Lord, 1Cor.6:17. (4) The Spirit is in us (Jn.14:17), which is what makes us the temple of God: 1Cor.3:16; 6:19; 2Cor.6:16; Eph.2:22; 1Pet.2:5. Because the Spirit is Yahweh God’s Spirit, in giving His Spirit to us He has, in effect, given Himself to us, to be with us and to live in us. The union and communion that this brings is the dynamic of all true Christian life. [1] On Christ and the Law, see also Appendix 3. [2] On the Aramaic Targums of the OT, see also Appendix 4. [3] This is not to suggest that these sayings of Jesus have already been completely fulfilled; a future fulfillment is possible because “false christs and false prophets” would find the present spiritual state of the world favorable for their activities and teaching. [4] See the words “give” e.g. Acts 5:32; 10:45 (“gift”); 15:8; Rom.5:5; 1Thess.4:8; and “receive” e.g. Acts 2:38 (“gift”); 8:15,17; 10:47; Jn.7:38,39; Rom.8:15; 1Cor.2:12; Gal.3:2, etc. ‹ Previous Home Next › (c) 2021 Christian Disciples Church
Does God Help Those Who Help Themselves? On July 29, 2015 July 29, 2015 By Dr. Casey LewisIn Discipleship, Practical America is a hard working nation. The average workweek is no longer 40 hours a week, but 50, 60, or even 70 hours a week. Why do we work so hard and for so long? We have been told no one is going to do it for us and so we operate under the mentality that we have to go out there and earn it ourselves. While that is partly true in the secular world, it is not true when it comes to salvation found in Christ. Sadly, many have applied this concept of ‘earning it yourself’ to Christian life. They live by the motto ‘God helps those who help themselves.’ If we do our part, then God will do his part. Even though that may sound right to our ears and in our culture, it is not true. What Does Living By This Motto Mean? Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. (Galatians 5:2-4) Paul is saying that if we believe we need to do something other than have faith in Christ for salvation, we do not understand the gospel. Instead of understanding Christ we have rejected him and are obligated to keep the whole law, which cannot be done. So then, by thinking we can add works or merit to the gospel we will earn acceptance with God, we, in fact, do the opposite. We do not gain the acceptance from God for which we were hoping. God doesn’t help those who help themselves. God helps those who can’t help themselves. That may come as a shock, but that is what Scripture tells us. By thinking we have to do our part, we prove we don’t believe Christ’s sacrifice is sufficient; we believe we have to make up for something that it lacks. Christ’s sacrifice, however, lacks nothing. His work on the cross sufficiently paid the price for our sins – past, present, and future. We do not need to do anything to earn or pay God back for our salvation. Christ paid it all and earned it all for us. How Do We Try To Earn God’s Acceptance? Even though the Bible tells us that we are accepted and made righteous because of Christ’s work–not because of our works–we still have a tendency to try and earn God’s acceptance. Why do we do this knowing it doesn’t work? The temptation of moralism is powerful. It fits within the framework of our society. Moralism is the idea that we can earn righteousness, or acceptance through our works, and it is inherent in our DNA; it is natural to us. For example, if you do well in school, you will be rewarded with recognition or accepted into an elite program. If you do well at work, you will be acknowledged and promoted. This is how our society works, but it isn’t how the gospel works. In order to combat something so natural to us, we must know what things we typically add to the gospel. If we know some of the things we add to the gospel, we can watch out for them and seek to rid them from our lives. What Are The Things We Add To The Gospel? Before we get into it, let me first say, we should do all of the following, but for different reasons. The reason we do them is because Christ has made us righteous, not in order to gain acceptance or righteousness. What are the things we may add to the gospel, thinking we become more righteous by doing them? A Quiet Time – Some believe that if they miss their quiet time they will loose God’s acceptance and things will go bad for them. It is almost as if they treat their quiet time like Karma. However, the reason we do a quiet time is to commune with God, learn more about him, and how he would have us live in his kingdom, not so that things will go well for us. Church Attendance – There are those in the Church who think themselves superior to others and more accepted by God because they come to church every time the doors are open. Yes, we should attend church services. The reason we attend should be to fellowship with, encourage, and serve other believers; worship the Lord; and learn more about our Savior, not to make ourselves more righteous or acceptable to God. Holding to a Certain Political View – In the South, I think we have this false notion that being a Republican is the same as being a Christian. Well, not necessarily. There are some who genuinely follow Christ who politically identify with Democrats or Independents. In order to come to Christ, you don’t have to change your political affiliation; you only have to believe in Jesus as your savior. That doesn’t mean; however, all believers should not hold to their party affiliations without biblical discernment. Social Justice – It is right and good to fight and provide for the needs of others. Scripture calls us to love our neighbor, take care of widows and orphans, and provide for the poor and needy. All these things, however, are the result of the gospel melting our heart of stone into hearts of flesh. In other words, we do them because we have been made righteous, not to gain righteousness. Being on Mission – Our God is a God of mission. He both calls us and uses us to accomplish His mission. While it is true a large number of Christians avoid, or half-heartedly accept God’s call to mission, those who actively take it up are not more righteous than those who do not. I need to be careful here because I do not want to discount the necessity to be on God’s mission. I do, however, want to make sure those who label themselves as missional do not create a false sense of superiority, or believe they are more accepted for their labors. We are on God’s mission because He has called us to it, not to puff ourselves up or gain greater acceptance from God. Community – Since we are made in the image of God, community is in our DNA. The Trinity has existed in community for all eternity, serving, loving, and glorifying one another. We are called to reflect or image that community here on earth as those redeemed by Christ. By God’s grace some reflect that relationship better than others. Where I believe some go wrong is to believe better community equals greater acceptance from God. The only reason, however, we can exist in community with one another is because the gospel has changed our heart. Better community then does not equal greater acceptance from God. Better community is the result of God’s work in the gospel. Other things we may have a tendency to add to the gospel are: Eating organic Again, all these things are right and good, but none of these things make us more acceptable to God. We are justified by faith alone. You see, in Christ, we are as accepted as we will ever be. We can do nothing to make ourselves more acceptable. Nor do we need to do anything. Christ’s sacrifice on the cross is sufficient. Attempting to gain acceptance outside of Christ, will merit us nothing but exhaustion, because our work will never be done. Exhaustion will turn into anxiety because we never know if God accepts us or not. Exhaustion and anxiety will turn into distress, and finally disappointment as we realize we cannot be made righteous through our own work. In addition, by adding these things to the gospel message we functionally prove we don’t believe Christ’s sacrifice is sufficient. Rather, we prove we actually believe we have to make up for something that it lacks. But what Paul is telling us, and why this message is so important, is that if we think we must add to the gospel in order to be saved, or to maintain our righteousness, even though we say we believe in Christ as our Savior, we may not be saved. So as Christians, we have to examine our hearts. We have to ask ourselves why we do the things we do. Is it because Christ has saved us and the Holy Spirit is working in us to produce the fruits of righteousness through the means of grace? Or is it because we think we have to do these things in order to either gain or maintain our acceptance with God? Your answer will be telling of your understanding of the gospel. God Helps Those Who Humble Themselves God does not help those who help themselves; God helps those who humble themselves. He helps those who completely and utterly depend on Him for salvation. He helps those who see Christ’s sacrifice as sufficient and who do not attempt to earn his acceptance through their work. God wants us to depend on him completely and to trust that Jesus’ sacrifice is all we need for salvation. If we are trying to help ourselves, then we do not really understand the gospel. We do not really know what it means to accept God’s free grace for our sins. We do not understand that all our works are like filthy rags and they are not able to merit us even one ounce of God’s acceptance. We are saved by God’s grace through Jesus Christ’s death on the cross, which means we must stop laboring for God’s acceptance. We must stop laboring for our salvation. We must trust in Jesus Christ for our salvation! Once we realize our salvation doesn’t come through our labors but Christ’s, we can then labor for the right reason. We can labor because we have been accepted, not for acceptance. Have you thought in the past that you need to earn your acceptance with God? Do you believe you need to pay God back for your salvation? How freeing was it for you when you realized that salvation was by faith alone? If we do not earn salvation from God through our works, why do we work? What or whom empowers us to work? This post was also posted at Gospel Centered Discipleship. Click here to view my post there. You can also download a PDF copy if you are interested. While you are at it, check out some of their other work. christianitydiscipleGodSalvation All Things to All People to Win Some If Paul has not arrived… 2 thoughts on “Does God Help Those Who Help Themselves?” Our work should be an almost spontaneous response to the love, grace, mercy and so much more that God pours into us. Our works are not so much out of duty as they are out of desire to pour into others what has been poured into us as the overflow of all God gives us. Casey Lewis
The Black Puzzle Posted on July 18, 2009 January 19, 2019 The spotlight is bright and invasive. It intrudes without invitation on the poor child who labors beneath its heat. She wipes her brow in fatigue, conscious of the audience who watches her superhuman effort. She is used to the pressure. She is a child resigned to the task of putting together this difficult jigsaw puzzle amidst the glare of spectators. The puzzle is not age appropriate. It is far too advanced for her, for anyone in fact, but she does not know it. She has toiled beneath it since birth. The puzzle pieces are all black and when fitted together form no picture. Only a square of black. How senseless, yet this is her life’s work. When she makes a little progress fitting together a few pieces, and begins to feel encouraged, more pieces are offered to her from her audience. She accepts them, for she does not know she can refuse. The pressure mounts as she is in touch with the pressure of finishing the job. It seems futile. She hears footsteps behind her. Companionship on the stage? Here’s a new concept. She shades her left eye with her hand to cut through the glare of the light, and when she does, she sees God approach her circle. He comes toward her slowly. “How are you doing with the puzzle”, He asks. She shrugs in despair and her shoulders heave in defeat. “Would you like to see the puzzle I have for you?” He inquires. “You mean, I’m not doing your puzzle?” she asks in surprise. “Oh, no…my child.” With that, He reaches down, picks up a handful of pieces, and says, “These pieces belong to someone else’s puzzle. No wonder you’re having trouble.” And He places them outside the circle. “And no wonder these are too difficult. They belong to your friends.” On and on this process is repeated. God continues to fill the cup of His hand with the black fragments and place them outside her world where they belong. Soon the circle of light is clean of all traces of her demanding puzzle. “Now,” God says with glee, as He rubs His hands in anticipation, “let me show you your puzzle.” The air is charged with promise, yet she feels a hint of reserve as she wonders if she has aptitude for this new assignment. From behind His back, He produces three large, bright, yellow puzzle pieces. With a twinkle in His eye, He hands them to her. She is mildly insulted and starts to laugh, thinking this is surely a joke. “But, this can’t be my puzzle”, she says. “It’s too easy!” “Yes, my yoke is easy and my burden is light,” He recites as slowly as if He just thought of the words. “But,” she stammers incredulously, “I’ll be finished with this in no time. A matter of a minute or two. And then what will I do?” God isn’t surprised in the least by her wonderment. He relishes the moment, making each second count, savoring the experience of delivering simple, earth-shattering truths. “Well,” He says, “then we’ll have time to be together and play.” He watches her squint her eyes and try to process this new line of thought. But something is getting in the way. Something that rises up within her; an ugly revelation of truth that cannot be ignored. It is the truth of her experience that demands airing. “You’ve forgotten,” she says. “I don’t know how to play!” Her retort doesn’t surprise him, only saddens Him as He thinks of her times under the spotlight, day after day, laboring to do a task not fit for any human, much less his tender child. “Hmm, don’t know how to play?” He rubs his chin in thought. Then just as quickly He adds, “I know of a litter of gray, tiger kittens outside in the field. Want to go see them?” He waits for what He knows will be her reaction. Fashioned in her, by His own hands, is a love and deep enjoyment of tabby cats. Grey tigers, He knows, brings her deep pleasure. Eyes light up. Spotlight is forgotten. The flash of yellow pieces can be seen as they are rapidly joined together deftly by her fingers. Jumping to her feet with her hand extended, she can be heard calling to him excitedly, “Come on, let’s go!” God laughs with deep pleasure. The spotlight is empty now. Hand in hand, the two leave all tasks and the pressure that accompanies them. The One who clasps her hand tightly speaks a final thought, “Dear child, you’ll know you’re doing someone else’s puzzle when we don’t have time to be together and play.” She knows she’ll spend the rest of her life sorting and discarding black puzzle pieces and trading them in for the joy of yellow ones. Posted in AllegoriesTagged black puzzle pieces, grey tigers, yellow puzzle pieces Previous Post A New Foundation Next Post The Signet Ring
The trial of Belogorodskaya, 19 February 1969 (6.1) 24 September 2013 23 April 2021 <<No 6 : 28 February 1969>> On 19 February Irina Belogorodskaya was tried in Moscow. As reported in the third issue of the Chronicle [CCE 3.1], Belogorodskaya, an engineer at the Scientific Research Institute of the State Committee for Inventions, was arrested on the night of 7-8 August 1968, in connection with the distribution of a letter defending Anatoly Marchenko. Belogorodskaya’s arrest and the preceding searches of her flat and those of three of the other signatories to the letter – Larissa Bogoraz, Ludmila Alexeyeva, and Victor Krasin – resulted from the fact that, on the night of 6-7 August, Belogorodskaya left behind in a taxi a bag containing her documents and several dozen copies of the letter defending Marchenko. The bag was handed over to the KGB, who also conducted the searches, arrested Belogorodskaya and started the investigation, after which the case was passed to the Moscow Procuracy. The investigation into Belogorodskaya’s case was conducted by L.S. Akimova. At the end of August and during September L.S. Akimova led the team which investigated the demonstration on Red Square of 25 August 1968, but this is only one of the reasons why the investigation was unjustifiably dragged out. The Procuracy received a declaration by the signatories to the letter defending Marchenko, to the effect that they bore full responsibility for the letter, which they had written to acquaint the public with Marchenko’s fate. Almost all the signatories to the letter – except for P.G. Grigorenko and Pavel Litvinov – were interrogated as witnesses in connection with their letter and also with their declaration relating to the arrest of Belogorodskaya. It would be natural to suppose that if the indictment considered the documents in question to constitute the substance of a crime under Article 190-1 of the RSFSR Criminal Code, i.e. to contain deliberately misleading fabrications which discredit the Soviet social and political system, then they would have brought to justice the signatories to the letter as well, particularly since none of them denied their part in distributing the letter. Nevertheless, Irina Belogorodskaya was brought to trial for attempting to distribute these letters, and not one of the signatories to the letter was called as a witness and given the chance to refute the charge that the said documents contained deliberate lies and in their “deliberately misleading contents” discredited the Soviet political and social system. This is a serious breach of Article 20 of the RSFSR Code of Criminal Procedure, which states: “The court, the Procurator, the investigator and the person conducting the inquiry are obliged to take all the measures laid down by law to ensure a full, thorough and objective investigation into the circumstances of the case, to examine the arguments both for and against the accused and also the circumstances which caused the crime to be committed.” The investigator, when he signed the indictment, had proposed that the court should call three witnesses: Ivan Rudakov, who had been travelling with Belogorodskaya in the taxi; the taxi-driver, Kudryavtsev; and Surkova, the controller of the taxi pool – thus limiting the scope of the trial to the discovery of copies of the letter in the bag, and leaving aside the document itself, the intentions of the signatories and their conviction of the truthfulness of all that they had written. The Procurator, on receiving the case from the investigator, sent it straight to court, likewise ignoring this flagrant breach of Article 20 of the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure and associating himself with it. Moreover, the administrative session of the court, which had the opportunity of extending the list of witnesses to be called, did not do so. Thus the conduct of the court hearing precluded the possibility of a “full, thorough and objective investigation of the circumstances of the case”, and the right of the accused to defend herself was artificially limited. One may suppose that all this served two purposes. The first is mentioned in the letter written not long before the trial by P. G. Grigorenko and Anatoly Yakobson. This was the purpose of provocation: by arresting and sentencing someone who is doing what is possible to help those who actively defend human rights and civil liberties in our country, to frighten many people off from taking any part in the democratic movement. The second aim was to complicate the defence of Irina Belogorodskaya, to force her to judge the element of criminality in the document and to confuse her. Her clear position was that she wanted to distribute these documents to help Anatoly Marchenko, and had complete faith in the signatories to the letter and the truthfulness of the documents. A discussion of the content of the documents, and a judgment on their “deliberate falsehood” could have been reliably obtained only by questioning the signatories to the letter; all this was replaced by the interrogation of the accused. Just the same, the interrogation failed to prove the deliberate falsehood of the document or that Belogorodskaya considered it to be false. Nevertheless the verdict stated that, in intending to distribute these documents, she had known them to be false. The court, presided over by Judge Monakhov, found Irina Belogorodskaya guilty of “an attempt, which failed for reasons beyond her control, to distribute deliberately misleading falsehoods defaming the Soviet social and political system” – i.e. under Articles 190-1 and 15 of the RSFSR Criminal Code. “Taking into account a good character report from her place of employment”, it sentenced her to one year’s confinement in an ordinary-regime camp. The circumstances in the court building were familiar from all previous “open” trials, but perhaps a little less severe. Despite the fact that, as usual, the courtroom was already crammed full when the court building opened, some of the defendant’s friends managed to get in. Dozens of those who had assembled outside saw Irina Belogorodskaya and greeted her. When, after the verdict, she was led off to the Black Maria, bunches of flowers flew towards her from the crowd, who were standing behind a line of policemen and people in plain clothes. Her escort tore from her hands the only bunch which she caught and threw it away, and a guard in plain clothes promptly trampled on it with hatred. There is already a summary record of the trial of Irina Belogorodskaya by P.G. Grigorenko in samizdat. The compiler of the record adds his own comments. One of the most important conclusions of this commentary is the following: “In our society it is forbidden to stand up for those people who are, rightly or wrongly, assaulted by the state machine. For a mere signature in defence of an innocent man who has been convicted, or in protest against national discrimination, e.g. against the Crimean Tatars, people are subjected to lawless repression. This too is a hangover from the Stalin era, except that then people were put in prison for such a “crime”, even if they had only expressed their opinion orally, whereas now the authorities have so far limited themselves to relieving people of their jobs, expelling them from the Party or the Komsomol, or driving them out of higher educational institutions. I. Belogorodskaya is the first to have been brought to trial for this … and we, her friends, must think things over thoroughly after her trial. It seems to me that the fight against unjust sentences must in present circumstances become more persistent … To stop judicial tyranny such sentences must be fought against until they are actually revoked.” ILYA BURMISTROVICH On the same day the trial of the mathematician Ilya Burmistrovich [CCE 8.2] was due to take place in the Timiryazev district court building [in Moscow]. He was arrested in May 1968 and also accused under Article 190-1, with the difference that the investigation was carried out by the KGB. There can be no doubt that, by arranging two similar trials on the same day, the organizers were hoping to distract public attention from at least one of them. There was unrestricted entry to the court building on Pistsovaya Street, where Anatoly Marchenko had been tried in August, and the public was freely admitted to the courtroom; even foreign correspondents came and occupied the empty seats. Later it was announced that the judge had fallen ill and the trial was being postponed. Ilya Burmistrovich was taken back to Lefortovo Prison. A new date for the trial has not yet been announced. In the cases of Belogorodskaya and Burmistrovich the right of the accused as regards their defence has been flagrantly violated: at the time of the completion of the pre-trial investigation the KGB and the Procuracy announced that only a lawyer with “clearance” would be allowed to defend the accused. “Clearance” is only required in cases involving state or military secrets, and so it is also illegal that only lawyers with “clearance” are allowed for all cases brought under Articles 64 and 70 and other articles in the section of the Code concerning “Particularly dangerous crimes against the State”. There can be no reason whatsoever, therefore, for demanding “clearance” for cases brought under Article 190-1. The use of “clearance” and “withdrawal of clearance” are becoming a means of exerting pressure on the conscience of lawyers. Vadim Delaunay and Irina Belogorodskaya (Moscow, 1971) Posted in: Trials \| Tagged: Article 190-1, Belogorodskaya Irina, Burmistrovich I., Marchenko A.T. 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← Free Ainur Kurmanov! We Don’t Need No Education (Middlesex University) → by hecksinductionhour \| April 29, 2010 · 8:20 am Ainur Kurmanov: The State of the Unions in Kazakhstan In our previous post, we wrote about the recent arrest and jailing of Kazakh social activist and journalist Ainur Kurmanov, and the international solidarity campaign that has sprung up in his defense. We thus have decided it is a good time to publish a report written by Ainur late last year on the recent history of the labor movement in Kazakhstan and the prospects for militancy and consolidation within this movement. The successful strike in March of this year by KazMunayGas workers in Zhanaozen seems to prove many of the points Ainur makes in the following article. The Current State of the Trade Union Movement in Kazakhstan The situation in the trade union movement in Kazakhstan is complex and quite difficult. The processes under way within the organizations and amongst the working masses are in many ways reminiscent of the changes taking place in Russia. In essence, there is no unified labor movement in the country. The old Soviet-era trade unions have collapsed, turning into an aging, parasitic bureaucratic caste. Likewise, the free trade unions that emerged in the early 1990s have seriously deteriorated and thus do not offer a real alternative for union activists who want to engage in genuine struggle. At the same time, the economic crisis, which has staggered many sectors of the economy, has stimulated the growth of a new trade union movement. The signs of this new movement have begun to emerge everywhere and are a cause for optimism. The History of the Labor Movement in Kazakhstan As in many other Soviet republics, the massive miners strikes of the late 1980s gave rise to the first free associations of workers – the locals of the Independent Miners Unions (NPG), which were mostly concentrated in the country’s central regions, in particular in Karagandy Province. They formed the basis for Birlesu (“Unity”), an association that was transformed into the Kazakhstan Free Trade Unions Confederation (KSPK) when the country gained its independence in 1991. KSPK locals were formed in five provinces, and four industrial associations were created as well: an airline crews association; a trade union of the republic’s miners; a trade union of healthcare workers; and an education workers union. In addition, eighty-six trade unions were formed in various other sectors. In the early 1990s, the KSPK was a genuinely alternative organization that also exercised an invigorating influence on certain industrial unions within the Trade Unions Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (FPRK, the successor to the republic’s branch of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, or VTsSPS). The activists in these unions began vigorously defending the interests of their workforces. Around the same time, in 1992, the Solidarity Workers Movement of Kazakhstan (RDKS) emerged. Fairly politicized in its outlook, this movement was at first influenced by anarcho-syndicalists until left-wing communists and socialists took control of it in 1994. The movement was behind a series of massive radical strikes and actions by workers from various sectors in Almaty, Uralsk, Karaganda, Ust-Kamenogorsk, and South Kazakhstan throughout the 1990s. The RDKS collaborated with rank-and-file activists from both the KSPK and the industrial unions of the FPRK. One serious success that came out of this collaboration was the creation, in 1995, of a republic-wide strike committee, which was organized by the leading industrial unions of the FPRK and the provincial branches of the RDKS. The collapse of the former state sector and the massive privatizations of 1995–1997 led to the destruction of heavy industry. This in turn sparked socially catastrophic processes that followed upon the disappearance of whole sectors and the closing of several thousand enterprises. Entire regions of the country were devastated. Sixty “ghost towns” appeared, and unemployment afflicted thirty percent of the working population (four million people were listed as “self-employed” in 1998). Approximately three million people left the country, including huge numbers of skilled workers and specialists of various ethnicities. These processes were accompanied by the liquidation of the entire social welfare system and Soviet-era labor laws. All the progressive trade unions and labor organizations in the country were delivered a heavy blow by this collapse, on the one hand, and by state persecution, on the other, and many of them ceased to exist. This process was aided and abetted by the errors and anti-labor actions committed by trade union leaders themselves. This discredited the idea of an organized labor movement and led to the total degeneration of the leadership in these unions. Thus, for example, responding to the anti-communist and neoliberal moods among some miners, in 1992 the leadership of the KSPK entered into close cooperation with the old leadership of the AFL-CIO. It began promoting the idea of depoliticizing labor organizations and supporting the government’s experiments with the market economy. This stance was reflected in KSPK leader Vitaly Solomin’s open support for the government’s passage of new pensions legislation, which copied the Chilean model of pensions provision. The KSPK leadership’s inconsistency and rejection of pro-active measures led to the closure of many regional unions, as well as to the persecution of the leaders of the miners union in the city of Kentau. By the late 1990s nearly all the locals within the KSPK had turned into tiny groups, and today the KSPK has only several thousand members. In 1997, the chairmanship of the FPRK was taken over by Siyazbek Mukashev, a personal friend of President Nazarbayev, who wanted to gain control of his country’s trade unions and prevent actions and protests by workers. This altered the balance of forces within the former Soviet trade unions as well: the elements that were most conservative and amenable to cooperation with transnational corporations and the authorities finally gained the upper hand. All these developments caused splits and the expulsions of the most energetic and radical activists in the union locals. Thus in 2002 the union of machine construction workers, part of the FPRK, initiated the liquidation of the progressive trade union at Metallist, a major defense factory in Uralsk, because it had begun a relentless campaign against the government’s privatization and destruction of the enterprise. In 2001, nine industrial trade unions announced they were quitting the FPRK because of the complete decay of the federation’s leadership, its usurpation of power, and its tendency only to engage in commercial activities involving union property. The coal miners union suffered a split even earlier, in the late 1990s. In 1996, when the Karaganda open-pit mine and metallurgical complex fell into the hands of ArcelorMittal after it was privatized, the trade union committees at eight mines formed their own corporate-level coal miners union, Korgau (“Defense”). In 2003, the union of transportation and civil aviation workers, which had left the FPRK and was headed by Murat Mashkenov, joined parliament deputy Serik Abdrakhmanov and former KSPK leader Vitaly Solomin in creating the Kazakhstan Labor Confederation (KTK), which allegedly had an initial membership of forty thousand. But to this day the KTK has shown no signs of activism and militancy. The leaders of a political movement of workers that formed out of the RDKS were imprisoned in the late 1990s after campaigning for the creation of their own labor party, while the movement’s rank-and-file activists were persecuted and subjected to mass dismissals. By 2007, this movement had practically ceased to exist. At present, there is no unified trade union sector in Kazakhstan, and the existing unions have no influence on economic life and the activities of the companies at which their members are employed. The Current Role of the FPRK On paper, the FPRK is still the largest officially recognized trade union organization in the country. You would be hard pressed, however, to learn its actual membership figures, although its reports claim it represents approximately one million workers (out of a working population of four million). This year around 100,000 people have lost their jobs as a result of the economic crisis, and so the authorities have turned the official trade unions into yet another pillow for suffocating the rage of workers. Alongside the social conflict resolution “councils” controlled by the ruling party, Nur Otan (an analogue of the CPSU, except with a market economy ideology), the provincial branches and industrial unions of the FPRK have long followed a policy of cooperation and “social partnership” with the authorities and employers. One striking example of this policy are the memoranda on the preservation of “social stability” – that is, a public disavowal of demonstrations, pickets, and strikes – signed by a number of labor leaders at the beginning of this year. And yet such important criteria as a minimum wage, a minimum basic pension, and a minimum subsistence level are neglected by the official policy of the FPRK. It is worth noting that at present the minimum wage and minimum subsistence level are the same, amounting to 13,740 tenge (approximately 80 USD) per month. According to the country’s labor laws, these levels should be set in consultation with the trade unions. Ideally, trilateral commissions, roundtables, and other meetings should take place in order to determine the minimum wage before this figure is introduced into the republic’s proposed budget. However, it all happens the other way round. The FPRK’s leadership does not insist too strongly on participating in the discussion of the national budget, and as a result practically no one takes its opinion into consideration. Moreover, aside from flimsy memoranda and other such declarations, the FPRK is totally ignored by the government and management. And even these “general agreements” are signed only after the country’s budget has been passed. Another important basis of the current “social partnership” is the collective bargaining agreement, but its function in workplaces is more declarative than real. In the state sector, it has more to do with work conditions than with wage levels. Most important of all is the fact that collective bargaining agreements do not in any way reflect inflation and the devaluation of the tenge, and thus owners can confidently refer to old documents and base wage rates if pressed. The regional agreements signed by employers, the unions, and the authorities also contain no mechanisms for indexing wages. So it turns out that the work of the current union bosses is just a giant soap bubble that in no way defends millions of laborers. This year, meetings and elections are scheduled to take place throughout the FPRK, and the status of many union bosses is thus genuinely threatened. But as likely as not many of them will survive this tense moment and keep their jobs insofar as the old mechanisms of “democratic centralism” still operate. Here, apparently, is where the trustworthy chairs of the FPRK’s regional unions will step into the fray. Strange as it may seem, these regional chairs automatically become directors of the limited liability companies that oversee the use of trade union property and report to the FPRK’s economic servicing directorate. Public and economic functions are thus fused in the same people, and this suggests a possible dependence on the “general line” of the federation’s leadership, which in turn might influence the election of delegates who are precisely loyal. In Kazakhstan, this is how the conferences of trade unions and the one true party are conducted: naturally, the unions and the party are united in their desire to ensure true “stability.” The last straw was the expulsion of the only remaining progressive trade unions from the FPRK – the association of scientific workers, which has come out against the privatization of scientific research institutes; and the interindustrial regional union ODAK, which has been advocating radical methods of struggle and had supported the call for nationalization of production made by several enterprises that went on strike. Trade Unions in the Metals and Mining Industries There is no amalgamated union of metal workers in Kazakhstan. The Soviet system of industrial unions still exists. Thus, for example, there is the ore mining industry union, which although it has not actively opposed militant workforces, has also not engaged in any other kind of activity or activism. Its organizations exist only formally at many enterprises. Workers at a number of maintenance facilities and plants for the manufacture of rolling stock are members of the railroad transport workers union, which is a corporate union within the parastate company Kazakhstan Railways. It gets its funds and office space directly from management, as well as the bonuses and salaries for its permanent staff, and representatives of management are also part of the union’s leadership board. Therefore, over the past several years this “trade union” has not supported a single lawsuit filed by laid-off workers. It also backed the management of the Almaty Car Maintenance Plant against the plant’s workforce, which went on strike on June 22, demanding that the plant be nationalized. This is a common disease amongst such so-called trade unions. Thus the corporate trade union at Kazakhmys, a major copper producer allied with Samsung, came out against a sit-down strike by copper miners in January 2008. The union’s chair joined leaders of the Jezkazgan district union in threatening members of the strike committee with dismissal and violence. Deputies of the company’s president also control this corporate union. Union leaders receive their salaries and other resources from the Kazakhmys company budget, which should indicate that they are totally independent of union membership dues and the interests of the workforce. A similar situation also exists at the Kaztsink Company, in East Kazakhstan. Korgau, the coal miners union that brought together miners from eight mines in the coal production unit at ArcelorMittal along with workers at adjoining facilities (around 25,000 workers in all), pursues a similar policy, although it is not part of the FPRK. In the person of its then-chair Vyacheslav Sidorov, Korgau opposed a strike at all eight mines in 2006 and demanded that the workers return to the pit faces. This led to Sidorov’s being hissed and nearly beaten by shaft men at a demonstration outside the mayor’s office in the town of Shakhtinsk. The union’s current chair, Daniyar Mirgayazov, does not even bother to hide from journalists the fact that he receives monthly bonuses from company management for maintaining “social stability” and that in June of this year he approved a 14% pay cut for workers. In recent months, whole crews of miners have begun leaving the union, and so Korgau has asked ArcelorMittal to strip them of all the benefits and guarantees stipulated under the collective bargaining agreement. A court in Shakhtinsk is now adjudicating this very issue between workers and the union. In addition, the process of forming an alternative union for coal miners has been launched. An analogous situation has developed within the trade union committee at the Karaganda Metal Works (22,000 workers), which is owned by Mittal Steel Temirtau, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal. Wages there were likewise slashed by 14%, and workers in various shops began forming initiative groups to study labor laws and the collective bargaining agreement. Vladimir Dubinin, chair of the official trade union, attempted to repudiate the dissatisfaction of metal workers to the press and conceal the fact that they were quitting his union. Company management and the official trade union are now attempting to stop this movement with threats and other forms of persecution. The trade union of machine manufacturing workers, which is still listed as part of the FPRK and allegedly has 20,000 members, has practically ceased to function. The union at the Almaty Heavy Engineering Plant (AZTM) has now independently organized workers in the struggle to save the plant and nationalize it. The leadership of the industrial union, however, has also been noted for its anti-labor actions, in particular at the Metallist plant in Uralsk. Like their colleagues in other unions, the trade union of petroleum industry workers and the trade union council of Mangystau Province (on the Caspian shore in West Kazakhstan), attempted to stop actions by drillers at Burgylau, Ltd. (in Kazakh, burgylau means “drilling”), in April of this year. The workers immediately formed their own independent trade union (with two thousand members) and organized a sit-down strike and a hunger strike, demanding that the enterprise be nationalized. At present, this new union’s struggle is supported by oil workers at ten other facilities (over 100,000 workers), and we are in the process of forming an integrated trade union association. This is an encouraging situation insofar as independent trade unions have also begun to form at sites owned by various foreign petroleum-extraction companies – for example, the union of oil workers at the Zhanazhol field (2,000 workers) in Aktobe Province (Western Kazakhstan). A fairly independent stance has also been taken by activists with the trade union of gas workers (around 8,000 members) at the Karachaganak field near Uralsk, one of the largest deposits in Europe. Strange as it may seem, the corporate trade union at the uranium company Kazatomprom (around 40,000 workers) has actually come to the defense of its workforce, opposing planned massive layoffs that were spurred by reorganization of the industry and the government’s refusal to develop high technology and new production facilities. As a result of these actions by the government, six thousand workers at the Ulbinsk Metallurgical Plant might find themselves without jobs next year, while another thousand might be laid off before the end of this year. Despite coercion by the security forces, the union has no intention of surrendering, and it has shown interest in joining us to creating a common organizational structure. The only problem is that it has not managed to enlist all workers to its cause: only twenty percent of them are members of the union. New Trade Union Opportunities and the Latest Strikes The authorities have done everything they can to halt and, where possible, ban the process of self-organization on the part of workers. Now it is already impossible to control the process of layoffs, while the law “On Strikes” and the Labor Code make it as difficult as possible for workforces to use strikes and industrial actions to combat the abuses of management. True, the government has created a “working commission” to prevent layoffs that includes representatives of the FPRK, but it would appear that the bigwigs of the extraction industries could care less about this commission. Who concretely has this “commission” saved in Kazakhstan? Meanwhile, the union bosses continue to spout trite phrases about “social partnership” and “stability” even as they allow people to be torn to shreds by the predators of the modern business world. Late 2008 and early 2009 were marked by new strikes and actions by workers in various sectors of the Kazakh economy. As a rule, these were actions sparked by nonpayment of wages or significant wage cuts. In December 2008, strikes were carried out by construction workers at major development companies in Almaty and Astana, by workers at the car maintenance units of Kazakhstan Railways, and by minibus drivers in the southern capital. Municipal workers in Taraz and metal workers at the Irtysh Chemical Metallurgical Plant organized mass hunger strikes. The most impressive action and a kind of wake-up call was the strike by construction workers at Agip KCO (Atyrau Province, Western Kazakhstan), which erupted into a demonstration that ended in mass clashes with the police. Several thousand people took part in this action, and workers from two other companies supported them. In our opinion, this past spring marked a new chapter in the history of the contemporary labor movement and a new starting point: the strike by oil workers at Burgylau, Ltd., in Zhanaozen (West Kazakhstan). Two thousand workers there demanded new management, reinstatement of their comrades who had been fired, and nationalization of the enterprise. The workers occupied their own plant, fearing that equipment there would be hauled away, while approximately forty workers staged a twenty-day hunger strike. Two workers were seized by officers of the KNB (the former KGB) and beaten up, and to top it all off smoke grenades were thrown into their jail cell. Daniyar Besbayev, the chair of the trade union committee, was subjected to multiple attempts to have him brought up on criminal charges and threatened with physical violence. However, the twenty-day strike led to a partial victory for the workers: all employees who had been laid off were reinstated and new management was installed at the facility. Workers at the Almaty Car Maintenance Plant carried out another powerful strike action. The two-thousand-strong workforce there demanded that the government reexamine the outcome of the plant’s privatization, which led to this strategic enterprise falling into the hands of unknown owners who filed for bankruptcy and began making massive layoffs and shutting down production. A similar situation developed at the Almaty Heavy Engineering Plant, where the trade union committee organized actions against the closing of shops by new owners. Now Esenbek Ukteshbayev, leader of the strike committee at the car maintenance plant, is the subject of a prolonged court case: plant management and the authorities are trying to accuse him of having organized an “illegal strike.” Analysts are predicting a rise in the willingness of workers to protest, and this will lead to new, more massive local actions in the various provinces of Kazakhstan. One feature of the labor disputes that have happened this year is the fact that, as a rule, they have taken place without the support of the official trade unions. Sometimes, as was the case at the Almaty Car Maintenance Plant, trade union committees have openly sided with management and acted as instruments of their policies. According to the strike committee, even the industrial union of railroad workers, instead of supporting the workforce’s demands, adopted a wait-and-see attitude, which the activists themselves regarded as a show of support for the plant’s owners. In response to such attitudes, workers have begun to develop initiative groups (or strike committees, when strikes are under way), as well as participating in public associations. Thus, for example, the public association Miner’s Family, in Shakhtinsk, took on the functions of a trade union organization. In Karabatan, Zhanaozen, Karabulak (home of the Almaty Sugar factory in Almaty Province), and the Almaty Car Maintenance Plant, labor actions were carried out by independent trade unions or trade union committees that were formed and elected by the rank-and-file. Another frequent way that workers show their lack of trust in the utterly rotten “Soviet” trade unions that officially represent them is to consciously quit these organizations. In May of this year, the first coordinating session of various grassroots initiative groups, strike committees, and independent trade unions took place in Almaty. The event was to a large extent organized by the ODAK trade union association, headed by Marat Moldabekov, leader of the militant union of scientific workers. The rank-and-file and independent trade union activists who gathered for this roundtable discussed what further steps could be taken to consolidate their efforts and organize solidarity campaigns. Trade union associations and labor groups from Zhanaozen, Aktobe, Kostanay, Kokshetau, Jezkazgan, Karaganda, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Semipalatinsk, Taldykorgan, Shymkent, and Almaty responded to this call to consolidate and form a united policy front. The session was attended by the most well-known activists of the Kazakh labor movement, including the mine workers leader and NPG organizer for Kazakhstan, Pavel Shumkin (KCPK); Ivan Bulgakov, chair of the Defense of Labor trade union association and leader of a strike by copper smelters in East Kazakhstan; Daniyar Besbayev, leader of the union of oil workers and the striking drillers at Burgylau, Ltd.; and Kanatbek Murzatov, an activist with the Jezkazgan miners. The important thing was that the first forum for discussions and dialogue amongst activists was held. True, there were also some rough patches insofar as there were two types of activists present at the roundtable. A minority of attendees, made up of functionaries, and the majority, comprised of grassroots activists, did not always understand each other correctly, and this is an objective indicator. The militant attitude of the new labor leaders, who came to the conference from the drilling sites, mines, and factory floors (unlike some of the old leaders of the independent unions that emerged in the early nineties) was a fresh breeze, a testimony to a new generation of cadres who have risen with the current wave of the struggle. Many speakers underscored the paradoxical fact that the current crisis is creating new, favorable conditions for the rebirth of the organized labor movement, and that mass actions are just around the corner. The conference adopted a proposal by the socialists to create a permanent informational and coordinating center to assist the independent trade union movement, which would be operated under the auspices of the ODAK trade union association. The website of the new center – socdeistvie.info – has been launched. In addition, the conference adopted a communiqué, proposed by Pavel Shumkin, whose centerpiece was the thesis that the unified struggle of workers is a struggle for both economic and political rights – that is, freedom of assembly, freedom to organize, freedom of speech, and freedom to affect legislation that harms the interests of workers. At present, we have filed documents to register a regional association of trade unions and an all-republic interindustrial union, whose purpose we have already established. In January, a new conference is planned that will feature both current and new participants in the project of creating unified organizational structures for the labor movement. The Activities of Transnational Corporations A large number of transnational corporations are active in Kazakhstan, and they control nearly all the country’s extractive industries. The plight of workers in the plants and mines of copper producer Kazakhmys and ArcelorMittal is particularly unenviable. It is in these places that we encounter the highest percentage of work-related injuries and on-the-job deaths. The reason for this is that the owners have no desire to spend money on new equipment and to degas the mineshafts. At a number of worksites, although plant and equipment depreciation has reached 100%, management continues to exploit these facilities. Everywhere, accident crews and rescue teams, electrical maintenance and repair crews have been laid off. Management sometimes uses the excuse of economic difficulties to introduce “structural changes” that in fact heighten their exploitation of local workforces. Kazakh workers are treated with particular disdain at enterprises in which foreign capital has a stake. A telling example in this respect is the policy of the management of Shymkenttsement towards its employees. With the silent consent of the authorities, these “anti-crisis” measures on the part of employers lead to a deterioration of the condition of wage laborers and to a total violation of their labor rights. The notorious “intensification of labor” means in practice that workers are subjected to genuine, incredibly cruel exploitation while receiving the same poverty-level wages. Output norms are increased, and workers are made to take on additional responsibilities and combine different skills and professions – all of which, as a rule, earns them no extra pay. Layoffs and firings have now become a real billy club in the hands of bosses who force their rightless workers to double their profits. The actions of transnational oil and gas companies have also provoked the outrage of environmentalists. Chevron is a member of the international consortium Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V., which is developing the Karachaganak oil and gas condensate fields in West Kazakhstan Province. At present, the courts are examining a lawsuit filed by the Green Salvation Ecological Society, the Kazakhstan Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and the Shanyrak Public Association against the Government of Kazakhstan for its failure to protect the rights of the inhabitants of the village of Berezovka. Deindustrialization and the Slogan of Nationalization The economic crisis and the property redistribution brought on by the flaring up of the political situation in the country have incited new processes of deindustrialization, which will set off new waves of layoffs and firings. The Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund, a monster that embodies state monopoly capitalism in Kazakhstan (it has even swallowed up the ministry of industry), is becoming an instrument for destroying the country’s major industries. Aided by the state administration, the oligarchic group of Nazarbayev’s middle son-in-law Timur Kulibayev is systematically purging competitors from the market and carrying out a redistribution of property that concentrates hydrocarbon deposits and profitable enterprises and factories in its hands. This same group is also carrying out the systematic liquidation of individual factories and issuing orders for the layoffs of workforces. After the administration at the uranium producer Kazatomprom was purged, the former minister of industry and commerce, presidential representative Vladimir Shkolnik, literally told a meeting of its directors, “We don’t need to adopt new technology and improve production.” This policy is now reflected in the deliberate liquidation of the manufacture of uranium tablets and other important nuclear energy products that had been sold for export. In practice, this signifies a return to the ordinary extraction of raw uranium minus value-adding processing, which signals the collapse of the country’s nuclear industry. The Ulbinsk Metallurgical Plant is already shifting to a two-day workweek, and in the future the facility might be mothballed altogether. Where its six thousand highly skilled workers will go is anybody’s guess. Naturally, after the top managers at this profitable state company were arrested, projects to build nuclear energy facilities in China were halted, and contracts with Japanese and European companies were torn up. The lobbying of Russian producers is evident in this story: it was they who got their hands on all the profitable pieces of this nuclear pie. This, however, is not the main point. The ruling classes also hope to smash the country’s large workforces in order to prevent the radicalization of the labor movement and the emergence of new trade unions. The destruction of the social base for future mass actions is in fact the goal of the actions taken by these classes. The Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund has already circulated a directive to lay off thirty percent of the workforce at many enterprises, including the Almaty Car Maintenance Plant, where strikers demanded the nationalization of their facility. The shutting down of production and the liquidation of the country’s productive forces are enabled not only by the top-down directives of the haute bourgeoisie and the banks, but also by the efforts of mid-level entrepreneurs and con men who seek as quickly as possible to strip factories and plants of assets, equipment, and scrap metals, while mortgaging off their buildings and land plots to obtain loans. During periods of crisis and massive property redistribution, the bourgeoisie always tries to extract the last drop from the factories and workers it owns, only to leave a wasteland in their wake. The events in Zhanaozen and at the car maintenance plant in Almaty have shown that the labor movement is in the process of becoming politicized. This is a reaction to massive layoffs, wage cuts, increased exploitation, and the destruction of production facilities. Workers now understand the slogan of nationalization in a way that is completely different from how it is understood by Kazakhstan’s opposition liberals or government bureaucrats. For workers, this slogan symbolizes the need to save jobs and production itself. This has also invigorated the re-elections of trade union committees, where radical activists have offered themselves as candidates. All this is an important indicator of the moods that now prevail among the working masses. The Need for Cooperation and Solidarity We are happy to see that the trade union movement is being reborn and renewed at the grassroots. More and more new activists and groups are emerging. Working sometimes in clandestine, under the threat of dismissal, political repression, and even physical violence, they are ready to form new workers organizations and are already forming them. These are sincere people willing to sacrifice themselves for the cause of workers; they are free of the burdens of the past and the extraneous features of contemporary NGOs. We are trying to structure this process, to direct it towards the adoption of a unified program of demands and the formation in the near future of a republic-wide association of trade unions. In the conditions of police persecution that we face, it is thus all the more important to maintain constant contact with leading international trade unions: when our activists encounter repression, they can organize protest campaigns; when our workers take action, they can organize solidarity campaigns. The enormous practical experience in social struggle accumulated by the different national branches of the international working class is extremely important for us, and so it is vital that we facilitate this exchange of ideas and recommendations. –Ainur Kurmanov, chair of Talmas (“Tireless”), a public association for the support of workers’social initiatives This report was prepared in collaboration with the trade union association ODAK and the trade union of scientific workers of Kazakhstan. Filed under activism, international affairs, leftist movements, trade unions Tagged as Ainur Kurmarov, Kazakh labor movement, Kazakh trade union movement, Socialist Resistance Kazakhstan, Talmas (Kazakhstan)
Click to make tribute Back to Memorial Hugh O'Connor Remembered Best As: known as the Drug Dealer Civil Liability Act in California, went into effect in 1997. Suicide/Overdose: Hugh was born in Rome, Italy, and adopted by actor Carroll O'Connor and his wife, Nancy. At the age of 16, Hugh was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, but conquered it with the help of chemotherapy. It was around this time that Hugh started taking drugs. He worked as a courier on the set of his father's show, Archie Bunker's Place (1979) during it's last season. In 1988, he appeared in another show starring his father, In the Heat of the Night (1988). His character, "Lonnie Jamison", started as a background character, but Hugh soon became one of the show's stars, continuing to work on the show until its 1995 cancellation. (Jamison started out as a patrolman but, by the end of the series, had reached the rank of lieutenant and acting-chief of detectives). On 28 March 1992, Hugh married Angela O'Connor, a wardrobe assistant on "Heat", and the following year, she gave birth to their son, Sean Carroll O'Connor. Throughout his life, the drug problems had continued and increased. On 28 March 1995, exactly three years after his marriage to Angela, Hugh committed suicide in their Pacific Palisades, CA, home, shooting himself in the head. + Sources source1 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_O%27Connor Sources2 - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640356/bio image1 - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5911302 image2 - http://photos.lucywho.com/hugh-o-connor-photo-gallery-c12241223.html
Action/Thriller, All Movie Reviews, Drama, Like It, Long Reviews (>400 Words) Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Movie Review May 28, 2022 Alex Brannan Leave a comment When I went to see Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, I was more excited by the “extended look” at Top Gun: Maverick than I was by the movie I had come to the theater to see. The ad was the dogfight training montage sequence that occurs early in the film, in which Tom Cruise’s Maverick hunts the helpless young Top Gun graduates with an all-out aerial assault, all set to the tune of The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” It is a cracker jack sequence, very exciting and well-edited. Within the context of the film, you realize that the joke of the sequence—that the first person to get “shot down” by Mav has to do 200 push-ups—doesn’t track across the entire montage. For some reason, the rules change halfway through the montage so that everyone who gets shot down by Mav has to do push-ups. But as an isolated sequence where the rules are not very important, it is a superb set piece. This ad was the first time I felt genuinely excited for Top Gun: Maverick. Sitting in the theater for this sequel, coming 36 years after Tony Scott’s original, I soon realized that this advertised sequence might have been more than a sneak peak — it might in fact be the peak of the film. Don’t get me wrong, the aerial choreography, matched with (mostly) sound editing choices, make for scene after scene of clean and effective action in the skies. And, for what it’s worth, I think fans of Top Gun will feel satisfied with this belated sequel, which benefits from the technological advances in cinema that have come about since the ’80s. For a more casual observer (Top Gun is pretty good, in my opinion), Top Gun: Maverick suffers from its reverence to its namesake. I feel like a broken record at times when I levy this criticism at sequels and reboots. Perhaps it is a cheap critique. I acknowledge that having a glossy new version of the same exact toy is all some viewers want. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just not my thing, I suppose. Top Gun: Maverick shares a number of story beats of its predecessor. Both are fundamentally stories about competition, where the real value in the competitiveness is that characters learn that the goal cannot be achieved alone. Both involve characters with chips on their shoulders. Both have a reckless, loose cannon character who prefers to ride solo. Both have a by-the-book character who knows the rule book cover to cover and uses those skills with tactical precision (but maybe the rule book just is not enough…). Both also have romantic B-plots which are thin as a coward’s skin. This time, it is between Maverick and Penny (Jennifer Connelly), a character who is only ever mentioned by name in the original film. I find this to be a baffling choice, given this character is more or less a crude punchline in the first film. Here, the pair’s relationship is treated as if it originated within a soap opera, as opposed to being the youthful one-off fling that it is written as in Top Gun. This anachronism aside, Cruise and Connelly have a black hole where chemistry ought to be. Their scenes together seem to be in perpetual slow motion, roping an anchor onto the tail wing of this movie. The similarities between the two films, from the narrative angle, are forgivable. I expected as much. That the script also crams in allusions to lines (and, in one instance, the clunkiest, shoe-horned in reference to original film iconography) is more of an annoyance. Moreover, transferring a fairly simplistic set of characters and story beats into an even more simplistic sequel results in an experience which is only visually engaging, and it is only that in spurts. The introduction of our cadre of fighter pilots, taking place in an awkwardly constructed barroom sequence, shows little finesse in establishing the character dynamics which will fuel the next two hours of screentime. Every character’s call sign, the flier nickname which in this world are more precious than one’s Christian name, is spoken one after another as if someone is dictating a grocery list. Then, each character gets a line to establish each other’s sole personality trait — ultimately, the one thing that either needs to be heightened or adjusted in the climax in order for the mission to run smoothly. If you felt compelled to take notes, this would be the scene to get your pen ready. These personalities are fairly rote, and the minor conflicts that they inspire are wholly uninspired. Hangman (Glen Powell) is named as such because he is more likely to leave you hung out to dry than come to your aid (how he ever graduated from Top Gun in the first place is a reasonable question). Rooster is a first class flier, but he is timid when it comes to “taking the shot.” If you don’t catch these character flaws the first time around, don’t worry, as you will be reminded with dialogue and shot choices time and again as to what is going on here. I am less concerned that these one-dimensional characters and flaws exist within a Top Gun movie. It is how these characters’ arcs culminate that really let me down. It is so baldly predictable and uninteresting that I almost audibly groaned when the climax brought these flaws to bear. Multiple key shots at the start of the climax (hovering on a character’s idle hand on the throttle) nearly caused me to involuntarily laugh at how silly the execution was. The exciting climax, which has delightfully simple yet effective stakes, is hampered over and over by these turgid and obvious scripting choices. This climactic mission is what the whole movie is ramping up to. Many scenes involve Cruise explicating to the potential crew, all populated by former Top Gun recruits, what is at stake. The pilots must fly dangerously low to the ground, weaving in and out of winding cliff faces, toward a small target which they need to hit twice over in order to destroy. Each hit of the target is called out by the dialogue (twice) as “miracles.” Assuming they survive those one-in-a-million objectives, they must then pull up to an extremely severe angle to get out of the trenches (a maneuver so difficult that it damages the plane and may cause the pilots to pass out from the literal pressure). It is only after all of this that the dog-fighting will begin. The design of this mission is one of the highlights of the film. And witnessing the young pilots struggling to train for each leg of the mission raises the stakes all the more. Everything in this film is pointing toward the final 20 minutes or so, which puts a lot of weight on this sequence to deliver. For me, it simply did not deliver. It was doomed from the start, perhaps, when Maverick’s decision for who will fly the mission hinges more on what is necessary for the script than what logically makes sense for the completion of the objective. (Not to mention that the humor sprinkled throughout the climax is wildly ineffective). One must credit Cruise, though, for his full investment into this character. The most electrifying sequences of the film are when Maverick is in the air. The film opens with a set piece where Maverick tries to break Mach 10 speed in an experimental aircraft, and it is a great bit of set dressing for the character while also being an awesome scene in its own right. And one scene late in the film that mirrors this first scene, where the only place Maverick can prove his worth is in the cockpit, is similarly breath-taking. But Maverick cannot carry the film that shares his name on his own. The plot really needs other characters to step into the forefront, and the script calls on two or three to do just that. And it really doesn’t work for me. Top Gun: Maverick: B- As always, thanks for reading! —Alex Brannan (Twitter, Letterboxd, Facebook) 2022Jennifer ConnellyMiles Tellermovie reviewTom CruiseTop Gun Maverick Previous PostChip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) Movie ReviewNext PostHustle (2022) Movie Review Leave a Reply. We'd love to hear your thoughts! Cancel reply
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Modeling and Simulation of an Invasive Mild Hypothermic Blood Cooling System Na Wang ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-6954-05371, Qinghua Liu2,3, Yan Shi2, Shijun Wang4, Xianzhi Zhang5, Chengwei Han2, Yixuan Wang2, Maolin Cai2 & Xunming Ji6 Nowadays, mild hypothermia is widely used in the fields of post-cardiac arrest resuscitation, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, large-scale cerebral infarction, and craniocerebral injury. In this paper, a locally mixed sub-low temperature device is designed, and the cold and hot water mixing experiment is used to simulate the human blood transfer process. To set a foundation for the optimization of the heat transfer system, the static characteristics are analyzed by building the mathematic model and setting up the experimental station. In addition, the affection of several key structure parameters is researched. Through experimental and simulation studies, it can be concluded that, firstly, the mathematical model proved to be effective. Secondly, the results of simulation experiments show that 14.52 °C refrigeration can reduce the original temperature of 33.42 °C to 32.02 °C, and the temperature of refrigerated blood rises to 18.64 °C, and the average error is about 0.3 °C. Thirdly, as the thermal conductivity of the vascular sheath increases, the efficiency of the heat exchange system also increases significantly. Finally, as the input cold blood flow rate increases, the mass increases and the temperature of the mixed blood temperature decreases. It provides a research basis for subsequent research on local fixed-point sub-low temperature control technology. Recently, mild therapeutic hypothermia (refers to deliberate reduction of the core body temperature, typically to a range of 32 °C to 34 °C) has been widely used in the treatment of post-cardiac resuscitation, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, large-area cerebral infarction and craniocerebral injury [1,2,3,4]. A group of patients with severe craniocerebral trauma were treated by body surface cooling method used by Metz in 1996. Seven of the 10 patients recovered to the normal state. In 1996, Reith also found that timely reduction of body temperature after stroke can help reduce mortality by clinical observation of 390 stroke patients [5, 6]. Twelve patients with cardiac arrest and resuscitation were rescued through mild hypothermia at the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from 2013 to 2017, and nine patients survived. Induced hypothermia is an acknowledged useful therapy for treating conditions that leads to cell and tissue damage caused by ischemia, including traumatic brain injury, stroke, and cardiac arrest [7,8,9]. Mild therapeutic hypothermia mainly uses drug cooling and physical cooling. The method of cooling the drug is to induce the cooling of the central nervous system by intravenously injecting drugs such as dihydrocapsaicin, vasopressin, opioids and endocannabinoids into the central nervous system [10,11,12]. Drug-induced hypothermia has the characteristics of low temperature control, low incidence of chills and neuroprotection. However, low temperature affects the metabolism of drugs and increases the toxicity of drugs. At present, the dose and adverse reactions of drug-lowering drugs still need to be further clarified [13, 14]. Therefore, the hyaluronic treatment method currently used in clinical practice is still the treatment of physical cooling and physical combined drug cooling. Physical cooling includes body surface cooling and intravascular heat exchange. Body surface cooling uses ice blankets, alcohol rubbing baths, body parts of the large blood vessels (such as the groin, armpits and neck) coated with ice packs, circulating cold air treatment and / or rectal or bladder ice water rinse to induce and maintain body temperature; there are also methods that use the head to focus on sub-hypothermia, such as ice caps or semiconductor-applied cooling [15,16,17]. Although the body surface cooling method can reach the target temperature, the induction process of this type of cooling method is long and the temperature fluctuation range is large. The experimental study found that the time to reach the sub-low temperature through the body surface cooling is 7.0 ± 2.6 h, and the rewarming time is 8.2 ± 0.8 h, at the same time, the time to reach sub-low temperature by intravascular heat exchange was only 4.8 ± 1.9 h, and the rewarming time was 6.0 ± 0.5 h. Intravascular heat exchange cooling is the use of an interventional method to insert a temperature control catheter into the human arterial blood vessel, directly cooling/ rewarming the blood, and the cooling saline is pumped into the catheter to fully contact the blood for heat exchange, and then flow back through the catheter to the temperature control. In the system [18, 19], however, because it belongs to systemic cooling, it will bring some complications, the incidence of hypotension, hypovolemia, bradycardia, and arrhythmia is 36% to 58% [20]. The incidence of complications in the digestive system and metabolic system is 95.5% [21], and the diaphragm is induced by hypothermia [22]. At the same time, insulin secretion is inhibited during cooling, and hyperglycemia is prone to occur [20, 23,24,25]. Many domestic and foreign scholars have conducted many animal experiments. The results show that selective brain hypothermia can also significantly reduce secondary brain damage and brain edema in cerebral ischemia and experimental brain injury animals, which can reduce harmful substances and protect nerve function and improve survival rate [26,27,28,29]. Therefore, there is a need in the clinic for a treatment technique that can locally achieve and maintain a sub-hypotherm state to improve the effect of hypothermia treatment and reduce the complications caused by systemic cooling [30]. In this paper, a local sub-hypotherm device that can achieve mixed cooling is designed to provide a research basis for the subsequent study of local fixed-point sub-hypothermia control technology. 2 Invasive Mild Hypothermic Blood Cooling System The blood cooling process is shown in Figure 1. Firstly, the blood in the body is pumped to the external temperature control device by the blood pump and the blood vessel sheath. In addition, the temperature control device cools the pumped blood. Finally, the cooled blood is introduced into the blood vessel in the tissue to be cooled through the vascular sheath by the blood pump. Simplified blood cooling method The heat exchange process is divided into three stages. The first stage is the process of pumping the blood from the vascular sheath to the tissue to be cooled, which is the partition wall heat exchange; the second stage is the cooling of the blood at the vascular sheath outlet. In the arterial hot blood mixing process, this stage is mixed heat exchange; the third stage is the heat exchange between the mixed blood and the tissue. At present, the common vascular sheath insertion sites are the femoral artery and the carotid artery. In the first stage of the wall heat exchange process, since the blood flow direction in the artery is from the heart end to the body tissues, when the vascular sheath is inserted by the femoral artery, it is the countercurrent wall heat exchange. It is a downstream wall heat exchange, when the sheath is inserted by the carotid artery. 3 Mathematic Formulation In order to study the temperature change in blood vessels, the complex shape and distribution of blood vessels are first simplified, and the heat transfer between the blood vessels and the cold blood in the blood vessel sheath is discussed. With hypothesis below: Ignore the influence of blood flow pulsation; Ignore the influence of blood vessel wall; Ignore the tissue influence of hot and cold blood heat exchange. 3.1 Concurrent Heat Transfer When the vascular sheath is inserted into the blood vessel at the upper end of the heart, the cold blood in the vascular sheath flows in the same direction as the blood in the blood vessel, and belongs to the downstream heat exchange (Figure 2). The heat transfer is divided into two stages. The first stage is the exchange of heat between the hot and cold liquid through the vascular sheath, and the second stage is the mixed heat exchange between the hot and cold liquid at the outlet of the vascular sheath. Flow direction of downstream heat transfer 3.1.1 The First Stage Selecting a small segment of the x-position of the vascular sheath for energy analysis, the heat lost by the hot blood is just the heat gained by the cold blood $$- \dot{m}_{1} C_{p1} {\text{d}}T_{h} = {\text{d}}Q = \dot{m}_{2} C_{p2} {\text{d}}T_{c} ,$$ where Cp1 is the heat capacity flow rate of hot blood, and temperature is Th; Cp2 is the heat capacity flow rate of hot blood, and temperature is Tc; Q is heat transfer. Assuming the heat exchange area of the hot and cold fluid is dA at this time, and the heat transfer amount of the micro-element is obtained by Newton’s law of cooling: $${\text{d}}Q = U\Delta T{\text{d}}A,$$ where U is the heat transfer coefficient. And $${\text{d}}\Delta T = {\text{d}}T_{h} - {\text{d}}T_{c} .$$ Bring Eq. (1) into Eq. (3) to get: $${\text{d}}\Delta T = - {\text{d}}Q\left( {\frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{1} C_{p1} }} + \frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{2} C_{p2} }}} \right).$$ Substitute Eq. (2) into Eq. (4) and sort out the equilibrium of the microelement: $$\frac{{{\text{d}}(\Delta T)}}{\Delta T} = - U\left( {\frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{1} C_{p1} }} + \frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{2} C_{p2} }}} \right){\text{d}}A.$$ Integrate Eq. (5) the boundary condition: $$A = 0 ,\;\Delta T = T_{h} - T_{c} .$$ Solve: $$\Delta T = \left( {T_{A} - T_{c} } \right)e^{{ - U\left( {\frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{1} C_{p1} }} + \frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{2} C_{p2} }}} \right)A}} .$$ Combine Eq. (6) and Eq. (2): $${\text{d}}Q = U\left( {T_{h} - T_{c} } \right)e^{{ - U\left( {\frac{1}{{\dot{m}C_{p1} }} + \frac{1}{{\dot{m}C_{p2} }}} \right)A}} {\text{d}}A.$$ When $A = 0, \, Q = 0,$ the integral of Eq. (7) is: $$Q = \frac{{T_{h} - T_{c} }}{{\frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{1} C_{{p_{1} }} }} + \frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{2} C_{{p_{2} }} }}}}\left( {1 - e^{{ - U\left( {\frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{1} C_{{p_{1} }} }} + \frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{2} C_{{p_{2} }} }}} \right)A}} } \right).$$ When A = 0, $$T_{1} = T_{h} - \frac{Q}{{\dot{m}_{1} C_{p1} }},$$ $$T_{2} = T_{c} + \frac{Q}{{\dot{m}_{2} C_{p2} }}.$$ Combining Eqs. (8)‒(10), $$T_{1} = T_{h} - \frac{{T_{\hbar } - T_{c} }}{{1 + \frac{{\dot{m}_{ 1} C_{p1} }}{{\dot{m}_{ 2} C_{p2} }}}}\left( {1 - e^{{ - U\left( {\frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{ 1} C_{p1} }} + \frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{ 2} C_{p2} }}} \right)A}} } \right),$$ $$T_{1} = T_{c} { + }\frac{{T_{\hbar } - T_{c} }}{{1 + \frac{{\dot{m}_{ 2} C_{p 2} }}{{\dot{m}_{ 1} C_{p 1} }}}}\left( {1 - e^{{ - U\left( {\frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{ 1} C_{p1} }} + \frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{ 2} C_{p2} }}} \right)A}} } \right).$$ 3.1.2 The Second Stage Ignore the loss of other heat, according to energy quality and energy conservation: $$\dot{m}_{3} = \dot{m}_{1} + \dot{m}_{2} ,$$ $$\dot{m}_{3} C_{p3} T_{3} = \dot{m}_{1} C_{p1} T_{1} + \dot{m}_{2} C_{p2} T_{2} ,$$ $$T_{3} = \frac{{C_{1} A_{1} T_{1} + C_{2} A_{2} T_{2} }}{{C_{1} A_{1} + C_{2} A_{2} }}.$$ 3.2 Countercurrent Heat Transfer When the vascular sheath is inserted into the blood vessel at the upper end of the heart, the cold blood in the vascular sheath is opposite to the blood flow in the blood vessel and belongs to countercurrent heat exchange (Figure 3). The heat transfer is divided into two stages. The first stage is the exchange of heat between the hot and cold liquid through the vascular sheath, and the second stage is the mixed heat exchange between the hot and cold liquid at the outlet of the vascular sheath. Flow direction of countercurrent heat transfer According to conservation of energy, $$- \dot{m}_{1} C_{p1} dT_{{\hat{h}}} = {\text{d}}Q = - \dot{m}_{2} C_{p2} {\text{d}}T_{c} .$$ Newton’s law of cooling: $$T_{1} = T_{h} - \frac{{T_{A} - T_{c} }}{{1 - \frac{{\dot{m}_{1} C_{p1} }}{{\dot{m}_{2} C_{p2} }}}}\left( {1 - e^{{U\left( {\frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{2} C_{p2} }} - \frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{1} C_{p1} }}} \right)A}} } \right),$$ $$T_{2} = T_{c} - \frac{{T_{h} - T_{c} }}{{\frac{{\dot{m}_{2} C_{p2} }}{{\dot{m}_{1} C_{p1} }} - 1}}\left( {1 - e^{{U\left( {\frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{2} C_{p2} }} - \frac{1}{{\dot{m}_{1} C_{{p_{1} }} }}} \right)A}} } \right).$$ 3.3 Calculation of heat transfer coefficient The heat transfer coefficient U is $$U = \frac{1}{{\frac{1}{{h_{\text{hot}} }} + \frac{1}{{h_{\text{cool}} }} + \frac{\delta }{\lambda }}}.$$ Among them, $h_{\text{hot}}$ and $h_{\text{cool}}$ is the surface heat exchange coefficient of hot and cold liquid, $\delta$ is wall thickness, $\lambda$ is thermal conductivity of the tube wall, $$h{ = }Nu_{f} \frac{\lambda }{D},$$ where D is the diameter of the runner, and $$Re = \frac{PvD}{\mu },$$ where Re is Reynolds number. v, ρ, μ are the fluid velocity, density and viscosity coefficient, respectively. When $Re \le 2200$, using the Seider-Tate formula $$Nu_{f} = 1.86Re_{f}^{1/3} Pr_{f}^{1/3} \left( {\frac{{d_{e} }}{L}} \right)^{1/3} \left( {\frac{{\mu_{f} }}{{\mu_{c} }}} \right)^{0.14} .$$ When $2200 \le Re \le 10000,$ using the Gnilinski formula $$Nu_{f} = \frac{{(f/8)(Re - 1000)Pr_{f} }}{{I + 12.7\sqrt {f/8} \left( {Pr_{f}^{2/3} - 1} \right)}}\left[ {I + \left( {\frac{d}{l}} \right)} \right]\left( {\frac{{Pr_{f} }}{{Pr_{w} }}} \right)^{0.11} ,$$ $$f = (1.82\lg Re - 1.64)^{ - 2} .$$ When $Re > 10000,$ $$Nu_{f} = 0.023Re_{f}^{0.8} Pr_{f}^{n} .$$ 4 Comparison of Results from Simulation and Experiments In order to verify the reliability of the mathematical model, the simulated blood cooling scheme was designed as follows. Water simulates human blood. Diaphragm pump simulates heart pumping and the flow rate is set to 500 mL/min. PU tube with a diameter of 6 mm simulates human arterial vessels. T-type tee simulates vascular sheath insertion into blood vessels. Use T-type tee to measure the temperature of the inlet/outlet liquid of hot and cold liquid. Connection between different caliber pipes through reducer joints. By varying the diameter, material and length of the vascular sheath, the inlet temperature of the cooling liquid and the inlet flow, the resulting hot and cold liquid outlet temperature is compared to the theoretical model. The simulation scheme is shown in Figures 4 and 5. The experimental station of the simulated heat transfer system is shown in Figure 6. The water in the refrigerating device and the incubator is pumped separately by the water pump and the temperature of the cold water and the hot water is measured by the sensor. Then, the vascular sheath is inserted into the blood vessel by using a tee. The vascular sheath is also introduced into the blood vessel by using a tee, and the temperature of the hot and cold water after the first-stage heat exchange is measured by a sensor. Diagram of the structure of the downstream simulation system: (1) Water tank, (2) Hot and cold mixing, (3) Temperature sensor, (4) Cold water tank, (5) Water pump, (6) Reducer, (7) Analog intubation Diagram of the structure of the countercurrent simulation system The experimental station of the simulated heat transfer system The experimental parameters of the first group are shown in Table 1. The measured cold and hot liquid outlet temperature of the countercurrent is compared with the calculated liquid outlet temperature curve of the model, and the model is verified. The comparison results are shown in Table 2, in the countercurrent hot liquid outlet. In the prediction of temperature, the relative error is within 0.014%, and the relative error in the prediction of the countercurrent cold liquid outlet temperature is within 4.7%. Table 1 Experimental parameters Table 2 Inlet and outlet temperatures (°C) The experimental parameters of the second group are shown in Table 3. The measured cold and hot liquid outlet temperature of the countercurrent is compared with the calculated liquid outlet temperature curve of the model, and the model is verified. The comparison results are shown in Table 4, in the countercurrent hot liquid outlet. In the prediction of temperature, the relative error is within 0.015%, and the relative error in the prediction of the countercurrent cold liquid outlet temperature is within 3.5%. The experimental parameters of the second group are shown in Table 5. The measured cold and hot liquid outlet temperature of the downstream is compared with the calculated liquid outlet temperature curve of the model, and the model is verified. The comparison results are shown in Table 6, in the downstream hot liquid outlet. In the prediction of temperature, the relative error is within 0.01%, and the relative error in the prediction of the downstream cold liquid outlet temperature is within 2.7%. The experimental parameters of the second group are shown in Table 7. The measured cold and hot liquid outlet temperature of the countercurrent is compared with the calculated liquid outlet temperature curve of the model, and the model is verified. The comparison results are shown in Table 8, in the countercurrent hot liquid outlet. In the prediction of temperature, the relative error is within 0.29%, and the relative error in the prediction of the countercurrent cold liquid outlet temperature is within 1.3%. Figures 7 and 8 compare the measured cold and hot liquid outlet temperature of the forward and reverse flow with the model calculated liquid outlet temperature curve, and the temperature variables of the model are verified. The comparison results are shown in Figures 7 and 8. In the prediction of the outlet temperature of the hot fluid, the relative error is less than 0.6%. In the prediction of the downstream temperature of the downstream liquid, the relative error falls within 11.7%. In the prediction of the countercurrent hot liquid outlet temperature, the relative error falls at 0.43%. Within the prediction of the countercurrent cold liquid outlet temperature, the relative error falls within 7%. Comparison of output temperature trend curves influenced by input flow and temperature during countercurrent Comparison of output temperature trend curves influenced by input flow and temperature during downstream From the result of the error, the relevant parameters of the vascular sheath are changed, and the theoretical value of the experiment and the model is less wrong. The error may be caused by the measurement error of the temperature sensor and the thermal conductivity of the vascular sheath material, and the error is changed when the flow rate of the cold liquid is changed. It is probably that there is an error in the measurement of the flow rate due to the pulse pump flow of the pulse pump. In general, the theoretical and experimental values have been changing, and the error is within an acceptable range. 5 Analysis of Influencing Factors The physical parameters of blood were brought into the established mathematical model, and the influence of each parameter variable on blood heat transfer was analyzed. It is obvious in Figures 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 that the outlet temperature changes linearly under the material temperature, length, diameter and cold liquid inlet temperature variable. However, the outlet temperature changes exponentially under the coolant inlet flow variable. Output temperature trend curves influenced by vascular sheath length during countercurrent Output temperature trend curves influenced by vascular sheath diameter during countercurrent Output temperature trend curves influenced by vascular sheath material Output temperature trend curves influenced by input flow and temperature during countercurrent Output temperature trend curves influenced by input flow and temperature during downstream It can be seen from Figures 9, 10, 11 that in the initial stage of cooling, when the thermal conductivity of the material of the vascular sheath is decreased by 0.1 W/(m·K), the hot blood outlet temperature is reduced by 0.25 °C. When the length of the vascular sheath is shortened from 800 mm to 200 mm, the hot blood outlet temperature is lowered by 0.5 °C. After the thermal conductivity increases, the temperature drop is slowed down. The thermal conductivity of the material is an important factor affecting the heat transfer in the first stage. After the end of the first stage of heat exchange, the cooling temperature of the hot blood is not obvious, and the cooled blood will have a little temperature rise, indicating that the mixed heat transfer is the main way of blood cooling in the whole heat exchange process. In the second stage of heat exchange process, the material and diameter of the vascular sheath have no effect on the heat transfer result. For every 1 °C decrease in cold blood, the mixed blood temperature is lowered by 0.3 °C. For every 10 mL of cold blood, the mixed blood temperature is lowered by 0.4 °C. In this study, to set a foundation for the follow-up work on local fixed-point hypothermia control technology, a mathematical model of the blood heat transfer was proposed, and its static characteristics are analyzed by researching the key parameters of great influence. The conclusions can be drawn as follows: The simulation results are consistent well with the experimental results, and the mathematical model in the preceding texts is verified to be highly effective. Through the blood heat transfer simulation experiment, the results of the live simulation experiment can be obtained. The results of simulation experiments show that 14.52 °C refrigeration can reduce the original temperature of 33.42 °C to 32.02 °C, and the temperature of refrigerated blood rises to 18.64 °C, and the average error is about 0.3 °C. This can be used as a basic reference for the design and optimization of blood cooling devices. Vascular sheath thermal conductivity is a key parameter in one-stage heat transfer. Higher thermal conductivity materials improve the efficiency of heat exchange. Cold blood flow and temperature affect the final heat transfer effect. 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Supported by Open Research Project of the State Key Laboratory of Media Convergence and Communication, Communication University of China (Grant No. SKLMCC2020KF002), Fundamental Research Funds for Central Public Welfare Research Institutes, National Key Research and Development Project (Grant No. 2019YFC0121700) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2019M660392). Engineering Training Center, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China Na Wang School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China Qinghua Liu, Yan Shi, Chengwei Han, Yixuan Wang & Maolin Cai School of Mechanical and Material Engineering, North China University of Technology, Beijing, 100144, China Qinghua Liu People’s Hospital of Juye County, Heze, 274900, China Shijun Wang Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kingston University, London, UK Xianzhi Zhang Department of Neurosurgery and Cerebrovascular Diseases Research Institute, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China Xunming Ji Yan Shi Chengwei Han Yixuan Wang Maolin Cai YS, SW, MC and MJ was in charge of the whole trial; QL and CH wrote the manuscript; YW assisted with sampling and laboratory analyses. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Na Wang is a lecturer with a Ph.D at Beihang University, China. She is specialized at study of ischemic preconditioning brain protection, acute cerebral infarction, arterial thrombolysis and venous sinus thrombosis. Qinghua Liu, born in 1996, is currently a master candidate at North China University of Technology. Yan Shi is a professor at School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, China. He received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering from Beihang University, China. His research interests include intelligent medical devices and energy-saving technologies of pneumatic systems. Shijun Wang works at People’s Hospital of Juye County, Heze 274900, China. Xianzhi Zhang is a professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kingston University, UK. He is specialized at fluid control, measurement and control system. Chengwei Han received the B.E degree from School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, China. He is currently studying in University of New South Wales in Australia for master degree. 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Modeling and Simulation of an Invasive Mild Hypothermic Blood Cooling System. Chin. J. Mech. Eng. 34, 23 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10033-021-00541-y Revised: 26 November 2020 Therapeutic hypothermia Invasive blood cooling Static character Mechanism and Robotics
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Police blotter 5-17-19 Two people were arrested on drug and shoplifting charges after police found stolen goods from Walmart during a traffic stop. Around midnight, police pulled over a car on the 400 block of Foothill Boulevard for driving without a license plate, Det. Matt Hamill of the Claremont Police Department said. During the stop, the officer found a hat and two pairs of jeans that were stolen from the Upland Walmart. The driver, 29-year-old Vincent Freeman of Colton, was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence and was in possession of methamphetamine. The passenger, 24-year-old Jasmine Aitchison of Upland, was arrested for possession of stolen property. Around 1:22 a.m., officers were called to the 100 block of Cambridge Avenue to check on a suspicious car. In the car, they found 54-year-old Alicia Davenport of Claremont and 61-year-old Kenneth Outten of Claremont. Ms. Davenport allegedly had three warrants and was in possession of a crack pipe, Det. Hamill said. After a search of the car, a K9 unit found two pieces of rock cocaine in the center console of Mr. Outten’s car. Both were arrested. Police are investigating a burglary that occurred on the 2600 block of San Angelo Drive. Between 5:45 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., the unknown burglar smashed the sliding glass door, ransacking a bedroom and a bathroom before leaving with an unknown amount of goods, Det. Hamill said. Another burglary occurred on the 900 block of Deep Springs around 10:20 p.m. Police believe the burglar forced open the sliding glass door and ransacked the house before leaving undetected and with an unknown amount of goods. The homeowners were on vacation at the time of the break-in. Police are investigating. A Los Angeles woman was arrested after police uncovered an alleged drug selling operation during a traffic stop. Skyeyes Jefferson, 31, was initially pulled over on the 800 block of Indian Hill Boulevard around 9:50 a.m. for driving without a license, Det. Hamill said. During a search of the car, police allegedly found a crack pipe on the floorboard, $140 in $20-dollar bills, and a black container with 10 individually wrapped, nickel-sized pieces of crack cocaine. Ms. Jefferson was arrested and taken to CPD jail, where she was held. An Ontario man was arrested after police found baggies of meth during a traffic stop. Police pilled over a car driven by 31-year-old Nap Johniel Pingol on the 800 block of north Indian Hill Boulevard because of tint on the front windows, Det. Hamill said. Mr. Pingol was driving on a suspended license, and during a search of the car, police found the bags of meth in the driver’s side of the car. Mr. Pingol was arrested and taken to CPD jail. Two people were arrested after a traffic stop yielded drugs and warrants. Police puled over a car at Foothill Boulevard and Sumner Avenue around midnight also because of front window tint, Det. Hamill said. The driver was driving with a suspended license and had a warrant, but the passenger, 44-year-old Jose Garcia of Pomona, was found with meth inside his wallet. He was arrested and taken to CPD jail. A San Clemente man was arrested after he tried to flee the scene after knocking over a fire hydrant. Once 50-year-old Derek Turner crashed into the hydrant at Maryhurst Drive and Wells Avenue around 2 p.m., causing it to shear off, he tried to drive away from the scene, and was eventually found and arrested for hit and run at Claremont Boulevard and First Street. According to Det. Hamill, Mr. Turner told police he “panicked and drove away.” LA County Fire officials shut off the hydrant. Police arrested a San Bernardino man on a variety of charges after he got into a drunken fistfight at Piano Piano. Officers were called to the piano bar around 1:25 a.m. after 38-year-old Isaac Marquez punched a man in the face, Det. Hamill said. Mr. Marquez was determined to be intoxicated at the scene, and officers also allegedly found cocaine in his wallet. He was arrested on suspicion of battery, public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance and taken to CPD jail. He was later released with a citation. Hundreds of dollars worth of clothing, shoes and figurines were stolen from a car on the 800 block of west Bonita Avenue. The unknown burglar smashed the passenger side window of the car, which was parked in an alleyway, taking a pair of shoes worth $200, another pair worth $100, $400 in clothing and $80 worth of miscellaneous figurines. There was no suspect information. —Matthew Bramlett [email protected] Police Blotter: March 17, 2023 Police Blotter: February 24, 2023 Update: Police foot chase nets felony criminal threats suspect
Complete History Of The Brooklyn Nets Millie Zeiler 1 month ago No Comments Feature Photo: Sport Magazine Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons As a basketball team, the complete history of the Brooklyn Nets technically started out as a team known as the New York Americans. The team was officially founded in 1967 out of Teaneck, New Jersey, before relocating to Long Island, New York a year later. That move came with a name change to New York Nets before heading back to New Jersey in 1977. There it remained until Brooklyn’s Barclays Center was ready to welcome the Nets back as a New York-based team, as it was originally intended. Americans No More Hello, Nassau Call the Doctor New State, New Challenges From Dream to Nightmare The Plague Continues Identity Issues 21st Century Boys Denied! What Ifs Near Misses Brooklyn Bound The Brooklyn Nets Kidding Around No More Kidding Around Changing Hands Brooklyn Pride Complete History Of The Brooklyn Nets article published on ClassicNewYorkHistory.com ©2022 When Nets was first established as a team, it was one of the founding members behind a new league called the American Basketball Association. Arthur J. Brown was the team’s first owner and was also the man behind the Amateur Athletic Union teams in New York City and its surrounding communities. Originally, Brown intended to name the team New York Americans and have them play at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan. However, the New York Knicks didn’t like the idea of two professional basketball teams sharing the same city as its home turf. The pressure the National Basketball League’s team poured on the Armory was enough to force Brown’s team to find a new home arena just a few months before it was scheduled to play there. In need of a home with so little time to do it, Brown tried valiantly to find a venue in New York City that could host his team. Unfortunately, there were none to be found. Either the venues were already booked or arena owners were concerned about how the Knicks would respond. This was, after all, a rival team that was seeking to take up space in their own backyard, so to speak. Since New York City offered no options to work with, Brown looked to New Jersey. The Teaneck Armory welcomed the team. On an official level, it was still the New York Americans but unofficially, it was the New Jersey Americans. At the end of the team’s first season, it tied for a playoff spot with the Kentucky Colonels in the league’s ABA’s Eastern Division. As fate had it, the Armory in Teaneck, New Jersey was booked. The Americans needed an alternate location. The Long Island Arena in Commack, New York, claimed it could accommodate the game between the Americans and the Colonels. However, when both teams arrived they observed the venue was structurally inadequate. Because of this, the Colonels refused to play. The ABA league commissioner at the time, George Milkan, awarded that team a forfeit victory as the Americans were blamed for failing to provide a playable basketball court. Upon going into the team’s second season, the Americans looked to possibly move to Newark, New Jersey. However, it was ultimately decided to remain in Long Island and rename themselves as New York Nets. This name was chosen as a name to rhyme with Major League Baseball’s New York Mets, as well as the American Football League’s New York Jets. As a name, the Nets seemed appropriate given that the sport of basketball requires a net as part of its scoring basket. As the New York Nets, the team had very few people showing up to watch a home game. It was half the crowd size the team experienced while in New Jersey. After a disappointing season of only seventeen wins out of the seventy-eight games played, Brown sold the team to Roy Boe. Boe’s ownership of the team witnessed the acquisition of college star player Lew Alcindor from UCLA. However, Alcindor opted to sign with the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA instead of playing for a team stemming from his home city. The 1969-70 season witnessed Boe’s Nets enter the ABA playoffs for the first time. As a result, the attendance tripled from just over one thousand spectators it had previously. Before the season was over, the popularity of the Nets continued to grow. After it managed to sign star player Rick Barry to the team just in time for the 1970-71 season. For the second time the Nets made it into the playoffs but once again were denied to become ABA’s champion. Just in time for the 1972 playoff season in the ABA, the New York Nets moved its basketball team to the newly constructed Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island. For Boe and his men, this was a good thing. For the first time in franchise history, it made it to the ABA finals. However, the Indiana Pacers proved to be too much for them and the team’s dream to win the ABA title would have to wait at least another year. When star player Rick Barry left the Nets at the end of the season, there was a need to build from the ground up again. As a result, the 1972-73 season was not a good one there were still missing pieces to turn the team into championship material. Upon the start of the 1973-74 season, the Nets brought in Julius Erving from the Virginia Squires. Also referred to as “Dr. J,” the man led his new team to the franchise record of fifty-five wins. He became the ABA’s Most Valuable Player that year, as well as leading the Nets to its first ABA championship title after defeating the Utah Stars. The 1974-75 season was even better for the Nets with fifty-eight games won. However, the playoff season wasn’t nearly as impressive as they were eliminated in the first round by the Spirits of St. Louis. Adding to the team’s woes was the sudden loss of one of its teammates. On June 24, 1975, he was among the victims killed when Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crashed just shy of approaching the John F. Kennedy International Airport. Perhaps inspired by the loss, the Nets had a fantastic 1975-76 season that saw Erving guide the team to another fifty-five games won season. He also became ABA’s MVP again. Together, the Nets managed to overcome the Denver Nuggets after winning what became the ABA’s final championship series as a league. Erving was to the New York Nets at that time what Babe Ruth was to the New York Yankees. He was a superhero that rose the basketball team from the abyss to championship status. However, when the American Basketball Association was absorbed into the National Basketball Association in 1976, everything changed. The ABA was no more and the Nets once again would have their fate decided by their rivals, the New York Knicks. The Nets were one of four teams that joined as part of the merger that took place between the two leagues. Upon joining, there was a $4.8 million fee that was owed to the New York Knicks, as demanded by the NBA. The only way the team could afford this was to sell Erving. The Philadelphia 76ers were more than happy to fork out the money for him. The cost that came with selling Erving was a price that deeply wounded the New York Nets as a championship-quality team. The 1976-77 season was the worst it ever experienced, which was a severe blow considering it won the ABA title at the end of the previous season. It only won twenty-two of the eighty-two games scheduled. To make matters worse, the home game attendance was abysmal. As a result, the financially strained Nets chose to move back to New Jersey before starting the 1977-78 season. As disappointing as the 1976-77 season was, the Nets did have the first NBA team in history to have the starting lineup feature, left-handed players. Tim Bassett, Bubbles Hawkins, Kim Hughes, Al Skinner, and Dave Wohl each made history as lefties playing for a professional basketball team. Now, one would think the Knicks would be happy to see their rivals leave New York. However, this wasn’t the case. Once again, the Knicks blocked the Nets as it felt it was an infringement of territorial rights it had to its neighboring state. This resulted in an anti-trust lawsuit against the Knicks. When the dust settled, the Nets were ordered to pay four million dollars to the Knicks if they wanted to go through with the move. With the move approved, the New York Nets renamed itself to the New Jersey Nets. As they waited to play their home games at a new arena called the Meadowlands Sports Complex, it played the first four seasons at the Rutgers Athletic Center at the venue’s university in Piscataway. The first of these four seasons witnessed the team led by Bernard King as they qualified to compete in the NBA playoffs for the first time. Unfortunately, it was a short run as the Philadelphia 76ers bounced them out in the first round with a two-game sweep. When the Meadowlands was finally able to accommodate the Nets, the team’s 1981 season began in the Brendan Byrne Arena. The 1982-83 season witnessed Larry Brown coaching the team to its best regular season before he left to coach the University of Kansas. Actually, he accepted the job a month before the season was scheduled to finish. Because of this, he was suspended and the Nets had to deal with the consequences. Briefly taking his place was Bill Blair but the damage had already been done. The first round of the team’s playoffs had the Nets square off against the New York Knicks. As if yet another slap in the face against the Nets, the Knicks blocked them from advancing any further. The harshness of the 1983 NBA playoffs was met with an impressive 1983-84 season. Stan Albeck was the new team coach and assembled what was regarded as the Nets’ dream team. Otis Birdsong, Darryl Dawkins, Micheal Ray Richardson, and Buck Williams each played their role as they led the New Jersey Nets through the first round of the NBA playoff series. It was the first time the team managed to earn this accomplishment. However, they weren’t able to go any further as the Milwaukee Bucks bested them after playing six games. It was hoped the 1984-85 season ended with better results but there were too many injuries involved at the time. Although they were able to make it into the playoffs, they had no chance against the Detroit Pistons. When new head coach Dave Wohl took over from Albeck. In the beginning, the season showed a decent twenty-three-win start. Unfortunately, injuries once again interfered with the team’s ability to become a top-notch team. As if this wasn’t enough, Micheal Ray Richardson failed a drug test for the third time. This was enough to exile him from the league permanently. Even though the Nets managed to make it to the playoffs, they weren’t in it for long. The Milwaukee Bucks sent them packing after the first round. Since 1985, the New Jersey Nets simply couldn’t pull it off as a winning team. Between a revolving door of coaches, management, and players, there were so many holes going against the team. The injury-laden roster needed to go, hoping perhaps new blood would improve the team’s fortunes. There were also ongoing contract disputes that didn’t help matters at the time. To make matters even worse, Orlando Woolridge was suspended for nineteen games during the 1987-88 season. This came about after he violated the NBA’s drug policy. It wouldn’t be until the 1991-92’s season did the New Jersey Nets show any real sign of improvement. They finally earned a spot in the NBA playoffs but were eliminated in the first round by the Cleveland Cavaliers. After this season was over, Bill Fitch was replaced by Chuck Daly as the team’s head coach. With Daly at the helm, the Nets experienced a much better 1992-93 season. Unfortunately, injuries still played a factor in the team’s ability to do anything more than have a solid regular season. Again in the playoffs, they were eliminated in the first round by the Cavaliers. On June 7, 1993, tragedy hit the New Jersey Nets in a big way. Its star player, Drazen Petrovic, was killed in an automobile accident in Germany. Prior to his injuries during the 1992-93 season, he led the Nets as a far better team than they had been since 1985. The 1993-94 season did see the Nets earn another playoff spot but their New York rivals, the Knicks, eliminated them in the first round. When it was all over, Daly resigned as head coach. Butch Beard would take his place. The second half of the 1990s was not kind to the New Jersey Nets and the revolving door of coaches and management continued. Aside from failing as a championship-quality team in the NBA, it also had trouble keeping the sinful nature of pride at bay. The reputation of the Nets was terrible, as was the case for most of its player roster. At one point, it was considered to rename the team New Jersey Swamp Dragons in 1994. Even though the team did receive approval to make the name change, it was rejected by the Nets owner at the time, David Gerstein. He was the only voter who decided against the name instead of for it. It was enough to prevent the name change. Instead of changing names, the decision was made to improve the team’s roster. It also changed the team’s logo to feature a 3D shield. Previously, it was a basketball-shaped design that had the team name sported inside. It was hoped perhaps with a flashier look that it would serve as a source of inspiration. Going into the 1998 playoffs it seemed to work but the Chicago Bulls took the Nets out in three straight games. When the 1998-99 season began it came three months late as there was a lockout against the players by team owners. It was the third lockout in NBA history. This one revolved around the salaries of players, a lockout event that lasted from July 1, 1998, until January 20, 1999. It resulted in a fifty-game season instead of the standard eighty-two games. When the NBA was up and running again, the Nets still had performance issues as a basketball team. Again, injuries interfered with the team’s ability to achieve championship status. The coaching changes continued as the desperate Nets management hired Rod Thorn on June 2, 2000, to become the team president. This was the same man who drafted Michael Jordan while he was the general manager for the Chicago Bulls. Unfortunately, injuries still posed a problem for the Nets. Potential stars met with injuries, as well as personality conflicts, that marred the team’s ability to function anything beyond a moderately stable roster. In 2001, the Nets made key trades that brought in a younger roster as it was regarded as the lowest-scoring in the league. It also had the oldest bench roster, a problem that needed to be rectified. By the time the 2001-02 season was over, it appeared as if this was the case. It became the team’s best season since joining the NBA. It also became one of the most entertaining teams to watch in the sport. Also, for the first time in franchise history as an NBA team that it won the Atlantic Division title as they defeated the Indiana Pacers. From there, it was earning its first Eastern Conference title after beating the Boston Celtics. For the first time in history, the New Jersey Nets were in the NBA finals. Unfortunately for the Nets, the Los Angeles Lakers won that series in a four-game sweep. The 2002-03 season saw a repeat but this time the Nets eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks for the Atlantic Division title, and then the Detroit Pistons for the Eastern Conference title. However, the San Antonio Spurs wouldn’t let the team from New Jersey proceed any further. The Nets were denied as champions for the second time in a row. Also denied that year of winning a major team championship was the NHL’s New Jersey Devils. Like the Nets, this ice hockey team made it to the finals of their playoff series. However, also like the Nets, they failed to take home the big prize. The Anaheim Mighty Ducks took home the Stanley Cup instead. Even though New Jersey didn’t get to see an NBA or NHL champion that year, it at least enjoyed the full length of postseason excitement instead of just a round or two. For the fans, this would be as good as it gets as the Nets didn’t do quite as well going into the 2003-04 season. At least this wasn’t the case at first. Again, there was a coaching change as Byron Scott was fired and replaced by Lawrence Frank. As soon as Frank began to coach the Nets, it began to thrive again as a team. It was enough to win the Atlantic Division title for the third time. What made this one so special was it came at the expense of its top rival, the New York Knicks. However, that’s as far as the team was able to go. Its third Eastern Conference title was denied by the Detroit Pistons. The 2004-05 season saw the New Jersey Nets undergo some key changes. At first, it looked as if these changes were for the worse. As head coach, Frank’s decision-making soon paid off as the team’s fortunes changed for the better as its star player, Jason Kidd, returned to the lineup from his injuries. They also had Vince Carter join the team in a trade that saw a handful of players go to the Toronto Raptors. It was hoped Kidd and Carter, along with Richard Jefferson. Unfortunately, Jefferson was the next player on the team to sustain injuries serious enough to keep him out for the rest of the regular season. Upon going into the 2005 NBA playoffs, Jefferson returned. However, the Nets wouldn’t do so well even with the Nets’ star lineup. The Miami Heat eliminated them in the first round of the playoffs. When 2005-06 began, this same lineup played a key role in the team’s ability to bounce back from its slow start. It also enjoyed the longest winning streak of the season with fourteen games in a row. The 2006 NBA playoffs saw the Nets win its fourth Atlantic Division championship. However, the Eastern Conference was won by Miami Heat in a series that had Nets fans wondering what could have been if Cliff Robinson passed his drug test. He played a key role for the team as a defender at the time. Injuries once again plagued the New Jersey Nets throughout the 2006-07 season. Even though the team made it to the playoffs, the Nets failed to move beyond the first round as they were defeated by the Toronto Raptors. It was hoped the next season would see a better performance but it was marred with controversy and trades. It was bad enough to keep the Nets from entering the playoffs. For Rod Thorn, this was unacceptable. Changes needed to be made. While Lawrence Frank attempted to make sure the Nets wouldn’t experience anything so ridiculous again, those efforts proved to be in vain. He, along with the series of coaches that came and went over the span of the next five seasons, was unable to elevate the New Jersey Nets above anything than an NBA trainwreck. Despite a roster that featured youthful, star-quality players, the Nets simply couldn’t get it together well enough to play like a highly performant team. This resulted in a series of coaching changes as management scrambled to improve the team’s fortunes. It simply wasn’t working. These changes included Rod Thorn stepping down as team president on July 25, 2010. He was replaced by Billy King. Starting in 2004, the new location for the New Jersey Nets began to look into alternatives after the YankeeNets sold the team to a group that was led by Bruce Ratner. The real estate developer outbid the group led by Charles Kushner. Ratner’s vision was to bring the Nets back to New York while Kushner tried to keep the team in New Jersey. For Ratner, it was his dream to bring a professional team back to Brooklyn since losing the Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1958. There was the Barclays Center, an arena slated for Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights neighborhood. After enduring legal battles, the development of the basketball team’s new home was underway as of spring 2010. As one of the minority owners of the Nets, rapper Jay-Z suggested the team be called the Brooklyn Nets. As of April 30, 2012, that’s exactly who they became after the NBA Board of Governors approved the move. So in 2010, the New Jersey Nets were now set to relocate to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. In the meantime, they had to tough it out at the Prudential Center in Newark. This wasn’t easy as the 2010-11 season was marred with controversies and disappointment. After spending thirty-five years in New Jersey, it was time for the Nets to come back to New York. Then the 2011-12 season began with an NBA lockout, as well as another bad start for the Nets. It ended just as badly as it started. During this time, the Nets were waiting to move to Brooklyn’s brand-new Barclays Center. The final game the team played was on April 23, 2012, against the Philadelphia 76ers. It was a game they lost 105-87 before a soldout crowd of 18,711 fans. Three days later, the final game was played as the New Jersey Nets were in Toronto, Ontario, as the team lost yet again. The Raptors defeated them, 98-67. Not only did the Nets change cities it was also rebranded. The new team colors were now black and white in a font that suited the 1950s era of Brooklyn and New York City. This, combined with logo changes that sported a stylish shield, became an incredibly popular merchandising item as soon as it was made available to the public. It sold more inventory in the first few days since the NBA made it available than what was typically sold in a year while the Nets were in New Jersey. The 2012-13 season saw the Nets outsell all the other NBA teams when it came to merchandise. For the Brooklyn Nets, the new location seemed to spark new life into the team. It also won the interest of Orlando Magic’s Dwight Howard. When the trade between the two teams wasn’t possible, the Nets pulled out and looked to the Atlanta Hawks for Joe Johnson. At the same time, Deron Williams remained with the Nets, along with Brook Lopez and Gerald Wallace. The first game the Brooklyn Nets played took place on November 3, 2012. It was against the Toronto Raptors and it was a victorious opener, 107-100. This wasn’t supposed to be the team’s first game as it was scheduled to play in Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks. However, Hurricane Sandy had other ideas. The strong start of the Nets continued in November that saw head coach Avery Johnson earn Coach of the Month for the Eastern Conference. However, December became a disastrous month that led to Johnson’s dismissal. Briefly taking his place was P.J. Carlesimo. Losing Johnson seemed to ignite the Brooklyn Nets team spirit as it won enough games to earn its first playoff spot in six years. The first playoff series in the NBA for the Brooklyn Nets was against the Chicago Bulls. It didn’t result in a playoff win and the Nets would have to wait another year to try again. Replacing Carlesimo as head coach was recently retired Nets player Jason Kidd. He received assistance from Lawrence Frank to serve as his assistant coach and mentor. This was followed by a mid-year 2013 trade with the Boston Celtics that took two weeks to finalize. A flurry of players was swapped, as well as draft picks. By the time it was over, the Brooklyn Nets dished out the league’s highest payroll, as well as luxury tax payments. In total, nearly two hundred million dollars was spent. One would think such an investment would set the Nets 2013-14 with an explosive start. However, between Kidd trying to learn the ropes as head coach and a flurry of injuries hurting the team, this wasn’t the case. The first half of the season was disappointing, as well as frustrating. When Kidd and Frank couldn’t see eye to eye, Frank’s role as an assistant coach came to an end. He remained on the team but now as a writer filling out reports. Going into the new year, Kidd’s team finally seemed to get its act together. It was enough for Kidd to be recognized as Coach of the Month in January, then again in April. Upon going into the NBA playoffs, there was faint hope maybe the Nets can pull off the impossible this time. The first round of the NBA playoffs witnessed the Nets defeat the Toronto Raptors in the first round. For Kidd, he became the first rookie coach in the league to win the seventh game during the playoffs. It was also the first time the team ever won the seventh game in a playoff series. Unfortunately, these amazing feats weren’t enough to advance any further as the Miami Heat snuffed out the Nets. Because of Jason Kidd’s impressive run as a rookie coach, the Milwaukee Bucks made arrangements with the Nets in the summer of 2014 in exchange for draft picks scheduled for 2015 and 2019. Taking Kidd’s place as the next coach for the Nets was Lionel Hollins. The agreement was he’d coach the team for the next four seasons. The exchange really wasn’t to the Nets’ benefit. The first season with Hollins was shaky. Although they made it to the playoffs, they were ousted in the first round by the Atlanta Hawks. After this, it was hoped the start of 2016 would be better. As it turned out, no. Because of this Hollins didn’t last the four seasons as the team’s head coach. Billy King also stepped down as the team’s general manager. Tony Brown became the interim head coach while Sean Marks became the next general manager. The intention at this point was to rebuild the team from the ground up. That rebuild began in April 2016 when Kenny Atkinson was hired as the new head coach. Going into the start of the season, it was horrific. By the time it was over, only twenty out of eighty-two games were won and the Nets finished as the worst team in the league. For the Nets, this was sort of expected as management knew the rebuilding process wasn’t going to see overnight results. This was a move that required patience and time. It wouldn’t be until the 2018-19 season did the Nets start to look like a decent NBA basketball team. They did make it to the playoffs but once again fell short as they were defeated by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round. After this, the 2019-20 season met with certain challenges that included the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockout procedures that went with it. The Nets were among twenty-two teams invited to the NBA Bubble to take part in the final eight games of the regular season. Although the Nets made it to the playoffs again, it was quickly eliminated again, this time by the Toronto Raptors. The 2020-21 season delivered the same results, this time losing to the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs. For the 2021-22 season, history repeated itself again as the Nets were taken out by the Cleveland Cavaliers, also in the first round. Since Atkinson, Jacque Vaughn first replaced him as interim coach in 2020 before Steve Nash held this spot from 2020 until 2022. Since then, Vaughn has returned as head coach as he and the Brooklyn Nets continue in their quest for the NBA championship. The financial history of the Nets saw just as much bouncing around as the team’s performance on the court. Arther J. Brown was the first owner before selling it to Roy Boe for just over one million dollars. As a team owner, he was able to do for the Nets what Brown couldn’t. He was able to put the team in New York City as its home base. That lasted until financial strain caused Boe to return the team back to New Jersey in 1977. He then sold it to a group led by Alan N. Cohen. He, along with six other men, was known as the Secaucus Seven. Together, they owned and managed the team despite encountering a series of financial obstacles until 1998. The Nets were then sold to a pair of real estate developers. Raymond Chambers and Lewis Katz partnered up as the Community Youth Organization, hoping to move the team to Newark, New Jersey. They managed to sign an agreement with George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees. As the YankeeNets, they became a holding company that owned these two teams. Later, they added the New Jersey Devils as the businessmen worked on developing YES Network as their own broadcasting entity. This was made possible after working with various media providers such as Cablevision. Unfortunately for YankeeNets, they were unable to work out a deal with Newark to build a new arena in its city. At the same time, tension levels among the management between the three sports teams. Since Newark wasn’t willing to work out a deal regarding the Nets, the Community Youth Organization decided to sell the basketball team. This took place in 2004 as Bruce Ratner competed against Charles Kushner to secure the team. After Ratner was able to seize control of the Nets, the next step was to move them to Brooklyn. At the time, Jay-Z owned a piece of the team as a shareholder. From 2003 until 2013, his role as a shareholder included marketing the team in a direction that would be profitable. It was his influence that fueled the momentum to move the Nets from New Jersey to Brooklyn. Aside from owning a piece of the Nets at that time, he also had shares in the Barclays Center that were geared to accommodate the team. Jay-Z’s ownership of the Nets came to an end as his agency, Roc Nation Sports posed a conflict of interest. In order to avoid legal complications, he sold his shares of the Net to a fellow rapper, Will Pan. Mikhail Prokhorov was also a shareholder of the Nets. He intended to become the majority shareholder and made key investments to make sure this happened. As of May 11, 2010, he was granted approval to do so. The idea behind Prokhorov’s ownership of the Nets was to further develop basketball as a sport in his native country, Russia. However, in 2017 he sold forty-nine percent of the team’s stake to Joseph Tsai. Like Prokhorov, Tsai took advantage of an opportunity to become the majority owner. As of September 2019, Tsai was approved by the NBA Board of Governors to assume full ownership of the Brooklyn Nets. 2022 marks the tenth year the team has been the Brooklyn Nets. Currently, its general manager and alternate owner of the team is Sean Marks. The New Zealander American has been so passionate as the team’s manager that he was wound up with a game suspension and a twenty-five thousand dollar fine. He earned this after meeting with the referees in their locker room after the Nets lost Game 4 to the Philadelphia 76ers during the playoffs. He was forced to sit out of Game 5. Since moving to Brooklyn, the Nets have developed a strong fan following from the borough. Known as the Brooklyn Brigade, this became an official group as of November 2012, founded by Udong “Bobby” Edemeka. This came about after he noticed the new team in the neighborhood hadn’t quite developed a large crowd to flood Barclays Center yet. He made sure to change that as he grouped with fans he observed attending the first set of games on a regular basis like he was. It didn’t take long before the Nets had a loyal fan following on their hands that would eventually become recognized by the Nets. The 2014-15 season saw the Brooklyn Nets reserve assigned seating for the Brooklyn Brigade in a section at Barclays Center, near where the press is located. It has since been classified as the BK Block. As a fan group, the popularity of the Brigade has earned them national recognition. Hopefully, that admiration is soon rewarded with an NBA championship title. 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Economy 20 March 2019 What Happens When the Food Runs Out? “…it doesn’t take a catastrophe like war or drought to disrupt [food supplies]. In Venezuela, a country blessed with rich oil reserves, a political crisis driven by rocketing inflation has led to shortages of food and medicine, forcing families to live off rotten meat and leading millions to leave the country all together. The Eurozone crisis that sent Greece’s economy to the brink of collapse also brought food shortages to the struggling country. “Meanwhile, disease, poor weather and rising prices have led to shortages of a number of popular crops in recent years. Soaring rice prices led to panic buying in the Philippines and other Asian countries in 2008, causing a supply crisis for this staple food. Bad weather in Europe in 2017 saw prices of many vegetables rise while there also were worldwide shortages of avocados after several countries were hit by poor harvests. “The fuel protests that hit the UK in 2000, where farmers and hauliers blockaded oil refineries and fuel depots, led to supermarkets rationing food as they struggled to get deliveries to restock their shelves. Even the stockpiling of food by schools, care homes, hospitals and pessimistic shoppers in the UK ahead of Brexit show what effect even the mere rumour of food shortages can have…” http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190319-what-happens-when-the-food-runs-out “The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said Tuesday that the bloc was prepared for a no-deal Brexit scenario. “Barnier acknowledged that the UK’s House of Commons had voted against leaving the EU without a deal last week but cautioned: “Voting against a No Deal does not prevent it from happening.” His advice then followed: “Finalise all preparations for a no-deal scenario.”” https://www.euronews.com/2019/03/19/barnier-tells-eu-to-finalise-all-preparations-for-a-no-deal-scenario “Trade body Oil and Gas UK has released its 2019 business outlook, setting out that new exploration is expected bounce back from last year, which saw lowest levels since the 1960s, while production is also on the rise. “Meanwhile drilling activity is at a “record low rate” and supply chain firms remain under “significant financial stress”.” https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/north-sea/195167/200bn-needed-to-add-generation-to-north-sea-life-says-flagship-report/ “There was an important piece of economic news this month that most Irish people probably considered a good development. Mario Draghi, the governor of the European Central Bank, promised to keep the ECB base rate of interest at zero for at least the rest of the year… “It was widely believed that the ECB would want to raise rates here, if only to build up some space for a cut before the arrival of the next recession, when it will be needed.” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/when-the-recession-comes-it-will-be-horrid-cp0jpkv5c “When Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank confirmed they are holding formal talks about a merger, critics were quick to question a tie-up that may lead to tens of thousands of job losses and the potential failure of a plan that may do little to address underlying problems at both banks. “Now, the European Central Bank is adding its criticism to the mix.” https://www.businessinsider.in/europes-central-bank-just-flashed-a-warning-for-any-potential-deutsche-bank-commerzbank-merger/articleshow/68479877.cms “That the region’s financial institutions, including some of the biggest, are in a state of grinding decline is a grave cause for concern—and not just for their stockholders and bondholders. Europe relies heavily on its lenders to fuel growth. Banks provide about three-quarters of financing to companies and nine-tenths of credit to households. In the U.S., corporations rely on capital markets—selling bonds and shares—for the bulk of their financing. “BOTTOM LINE – Europe is even more dependent on strong banks to fuel its economy than the U.S. Yet the continent’s lenders can’t seem to find healthy profits.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-20/deutsche-bank-commerzbank-merger-shows-grim-outlook-for-eu-banks “Germany’s top economic experts have slashed their growth forecast for 2019 from 1.5 per cent to 0.8 per cent…” https://www.ft.com/content/976777bc-4a33-11e9-bbc9-6917dce3dc62 “Indian women, especially those working in precarious informal sectors, are at the sharp end of what economists and opposition politicians describe as a jobs crisis in India. According to the private Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), 90 percent of around 10 million jobs lost last year were held by women.” https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-india-election-women-jobs-insight/from-farms-to-slums-indian-women-on-sharp-end-of-jobs-crisis-idUKKCN1R105Q “Confidence among Japanese manufacturers hit its weakest in two-and-a-half years in March, a Reuters poll showed, as global trade friction fuelled concerns that a postwar record growth cycle driven by Abenomics may be over… “The central bank will closely read the results of its official tankan due out April 1…” https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-japan-economy-tankan/japan-factory-mood-hits-weakest-since-2016-as-trade-rifts-bite-reuters-tankan-idUKKCN1R02TP “Chief financial officers and even average U.S. citizens have been bracing themselves for a recession, either this year or next… A potential economic slowdown could convince the Federal Reserve to put off another interest rate hike, according to the poll. In January, 78% of respondents expected a rate hike sometime this year. That is down to 60% now.” http://fortune.com/2019/03/19/economic-growth-slowdown/ “Almost half of Americans carry a balance on their credit cards, a new survey finds, and paying it off is proving a challenge: Only about 30 percent of people with credit card debt say they’ll be able to wipe it out this year.” https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/19/70-percent-of-people-with-credit-card-debt-cant-pay-it-off-this-year.html “At 9%, or 5%, and certainly at 22% as back in the 1980’s, the Fed has plenty of room to lower rates. But at 2.4% or anywhere near that level, they don’t have much room above zero. “THAT is one of the biggest threats to investors next time we do have a recession. And did I mention, we will have one at some point?” https://www.forbes.com/sites/robisbitts2/2019/03/19/why-the-next-recession-will-be-different/#6de72b50f09e Read the previous ‘Economy’ thread here and visit my Patreon page here.
Tags: Bin Laden \| detective \| al-Qaida Courier Led to bin Laden; Bush Cheers Kill Monday, 02 May 2011 10:19 AM EDT The effort of U.S. forces to find and bring Osama bin Laden to justice for murdering thousands of innocent Americans was years in the making and often marked by dead ends and frustration. However, the tide turned in August when bin Laden’s trusted courier was located in a secure and large compound just 35 miles from the Pakistani capital, The New York Times reported. Intelligence operatives surmised that such a compound was not designed for a courier, no matter how trusted, and spent weeks monitoring the site in Abbottabad before determining that the al-Qaida leader was the main resident. The trigger was pulled Sunday and he was shot in the head while he tried to resist the assault, the Times reported. American military and intelligence forces chased bin Laden for nearly a decade after losing him at Tora Bora, in the mountains of Afghanistan. The courier first became known from detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, four years ago, according to the Times. The years of sleuthing led to the million-dollar mansion in Abbottabad, set on a hilltop and surrounded by 12-foot-high concrete walls topped with barbed wire. The compound was built to hide bin Laden in 2005, the Times reported. President Barack Obama began a series of meetings in March to plan for the operation, the Times reported. The meetings continued even as the White House worked to deal with a possible government shutdown over the budget. The final meeting took place Friday morning, when the president signed off on the operation before traveling to Alabama to view the devastating tornado damage, according to the Times. The effort of U.S. forces to find and bring Osama bin Laden to justice for murdering thousands of innocent Americans was years in the making and often marked by dead ends and frustration.However, the tide turned in August when bin Laden s trusted courier was located in a... Bin Laden,detective,al-Qaida Monday, 02 May 2011 10:19 AM China's Xi Meets Putin in Russia Over Ukraine War Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow on Monday hoping for support against West . . .
Home \| GlobalTalk Tags: North Korea \| nuclear program \| atomic arms \| threat \| US \| Pyongyang NKorea May Have 100 Atomic Arms by 2020: US Experts Tuesday, 24 February 2015 04:39 PM EST North Korea appears poised to expand its nuclear program over the next five years and in a worst case scenario could possess 100 atomic arms by 2020, U.S. researchers warned Tuesday. And cutting-edge European companies could be unwittingly contributing to Pyongyang's suspect nuclear program with their equipment diverted to the isolated country via China, they said. Unveiling the first results of what will be a 15-month study, Joel Wit, senior fellow at the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, said some of their conclusions were very "disturbing." Although North Korea's nuclear program remains shrouded in uncertainty, Pyongyang is currently believed to have a stockpile of some 10 to 16 nuclear weapons fashioned from either plutonium or weapons-grade uranium. Using satellite imagery, North Korean media reports, and their deep knowledge of nuclear programs, Wit and renowned nonproliferation expert David Albright have drawn up three possible future scenarios based on the progress made by Pyongyang from 2009 to 2014. Those years, which followed the 2008 collapse of international six-party nuclear talks, were "banner years" for Pyongyang's nuclear program and missile systems development, Wit said. "For these kinds of programs there have been developments that make it at least more possible to predict the future," Wit told reporters. "We're making our best guess about the future ... we're estimating the future, just like intelligence agencies do." In the first scenario, Pyongyang would almost double its stockpile to about 20 weapons, including plutonium-based weapons which have been miniaturized sufficiently to be mounted on its Rodong-class medium-range ballistic missile, capable of reaching Japan. In the second, most likely scenario, North Korea continues its current trajectory and manages to produce 50 weapons by 2020. It would also make significant advances in miniaturization technology enabling it to mount warheads on a new generation of intermediate-range ballistic missiles. In what Wit called "the worst case scenario," the North Korean stockpile would grow more rapidly to 100 weapons and make "significant advances" in weapons designs to enable it to potentially deploy battlefield and tactical weapons. "This is a pretty scary scenario, where we are seeing a dramatic expansion in North Korea's stockpile," Wit said. North Korea carried out nuclear tests in 2006, 2009, and 2013. It also regularly launches missile tests, triggering international condemnation. Despite a network of international sanctions, Pyongyang is able to acquire equipment, even from Western countries, which in some cases is bought by private Chinese companies and transported across the Chinese-North Korean border, Albright said. "Just cracking down on the border could do a lot, and [China] does very little now," said Albright, who exposed flaws in U.S. claims in 2003 that Iraq had large stocks of nuclear and chemical weapons. U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation earlier this month that would widen sanctions by imposing harsher penalties on foreign companies doing business with Pyongyang. But Wit said the sanctions regime was having little to no impact on halting North Korea's nuclear program. South Korea and the United States said Tuesday they would launch their annual joint military exercises on March 2, setting the stage for a likely surge in tensions with the North. Pyongyang had offered a moratorium on nuclear testing if this year's joint drills were canceled — a proposal rejected by Washington as an "implicit threat" to carry out a fourth nuclear test. But Wit stressed Pyongyang could halt the nuclear tests and still carry on developing its atomic program. "Nuclear tests have nothing to do with the number of weapons North Korea produces. Yet we're all focused on when's the next nuclear test," Wit said. And he warned that Pyongyang could already "reliably blanket the entire region" with its missile stock, adding experts believe the country was capable of mounting nuclear warheads on the missiles. © AFP 2023 North Korea, nuclear program, atomic arms, threat, US, Pyongyang Tuesday, 24 February 2015 04:39 PM
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The purpose of the Regulatory Committee will be to undertake and exercise the Council's functions concerning health and safety (external advice and enforcement) and licensing functions not dealt with by the Licensing Committee eg. caravan site licences, hackney carriage and private hire licensing, takeaway food shops There are no meetings in the specified date range for this committee. Councillor Paul Matthew Beadle Member 22/05/2019 - 12/05/2050 Councillor Stephen Bilbie Member 20/05/2015 - 12/05/2050 Councillor Amanda Burrell Member 22/05/2017 - 12/05/2050 Councillor Roger Dunton Member 20/05/2013 - 12/05/2050 Councillor Peter Elliott Member 22/05/2019 - 12/05/2050 Councillor Barry Frenchman Member 22/05/2019 - 12/05/2050 Councillor Bill Liquorish Member 23/05/2016 - 12/05/2050 Councillor Sindy Modha Member 29/06/2020 - 12/05/2050 Councillor Mrs Geraldine Robinson Chair 20/05/2013 - 12/05/2050
THE 2015 REGIONAL COFFEE COMPETITION SEASON KICKS OFF THIS OCTOBER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH THE BIG WESTERN WILBUR CURTIS CO. AND PORTOLA COFFEE LAB NAMED AS OFFICIAL HOSTS FOR THE COMPETITION TAKING PLACE OCTOBER 7-10, 2014 SANTA ANA, Calif. U.S.A. (August 4, 2014) —The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), in conjunction with the Barista Guild of America (BGA) searches for the best, most skilled baristas and coffee professionals from all over the country at its annual U.S. Regional Coffee Competitions, taking place in October and November of this year. The first U.S. Regional Coffee Competition of the season, The Big Western, will take place October 7–10, 2014 and will be held in conjunction with Barista Camp at the Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage, CA. The Big Western Event, which combines the North West and South West Regions, will be divided into two competitions throughout the week. The Brewers Cup will take place on Tuesday, October 7and Wednesday, October 8(with winners announced on the 8th) and continue with the Barista Competition on Wednesday, October 8 through the Friday, October 10. The host sponsors are Wilbur Curtis Co. and Portola Coffee Lab. The Big Western Event is free and open to the public, offering opportunities for attendees to learn more about the world of specialty coffee, including the ability to taste coffee from local roasters. Who: Seventy eight professional baristas and coffee experts from the Big Western Region What: The Big Western Event hosted by Wilbur Curtis Co. and Portola Coffee Lab; produced by the Specialty Coffee Association of America and Barista Guild of America When: October 7 – 10, 2014;Winners for NW & SW Brewers Cup announced on October 8. Winners for NW & SW Barista Competition announced on October 10. Complete event schedule available on the USCC website (www.uscoffeechampionships.org). Where: Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort, 41000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA Times: Tuesday, October 7: 12 – 5 p.m.; Wednesday, October 8: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Thursday, October 9 – Friday, October 10: 10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Regions represented: North West: WA, OR, AK, ID, MT, WY and South West, HI, CA, NV, AZ, UT, NM, CO About SCAA The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) is a non-profit trade organization and the world recognized leader in coffee knowledge development. With over 12,000 members located in more than 40 countries, including member companies and their employees, SCAA members represent every segment of the specialty coffee industry, including producers, roasters, importers/exporters, retailers, manufacturers, baristas and other industry professionals. For over 30 years, the SCAA has been dedicated to creating a vibrant specialty coffee community, recognizing, developing and promoting specialty coffee by setting and maintaining quality standards for the industry; conducting research on coffee consumption, brewing and perfection of craft; and providing education, training, resources and business services for its members. Visit www.scaa.org. Tags: Portola Coffee Lab SCAA Ipsento Competing for America’s Best Coffeehouse Survey: Fans More Likely To Buy a Cup… Roasters Rock: The RIGHT Way to Roast Single Serve Options SLIDE!
This summer I made the decision to halt development with Java and LibGdx to give Unity another try. The reasoning behind it being that coding just takes way too much time away from the whole game design process. To prove the point I started out looking at some of Brackeys YouTube tutorials. Safe to say I was convinced and just to have something to work on I decided to pick up my very first game design (since I already had the assets lying around) about that 2D soccer action/adventure and turn it into a proper re-make. Two weeks later it is now released on itch.io! With that out of the way, there is no excuse left to not start fiddling with the next project.
Tag: Martina Rota ThE NeW BoDy cOnScIoUsNeSs Fantasy is a funny thing. It can ruin people’s consciousness, if they don’t know how to tame it. It can be cheap, not worth much, and no one can prevent you from using it anymore. You have the fantasy of crooked when you go around with a pulsating mind and contortionist legs; or better; when you want to be out, you’re always looking for past loves, and you cancelled everyone but yourself. But now I nail you down to your thoughts, that bunch of rags where you threw the old days, you’re always chasing what doesn’t exist. Dream away. Without fear.
BSBA Major in Marketing Management : Professional Subjects Last Updated on June 19, 2013 4:18 PM PRODMA - Product and Brand Management This course enables students to understand how family businesses operate in the country. The course touches on the dynamics of the family within the business, transfer of ownership, professionalism, and succession. Pre-requisite/s : PRIMAO, PRIMAR Credits : 3.0 Units DISTMA - Distribution Management This course introduces the student to the design and management of seamless, value-processes across organizational boundaries to meet the real needs of the end customer. With the end goal of making products and other offerings more accessible to users whenever required, students shall learn about effective and efficient distribution systems. The distribution function shall not only be considered as a channel used for reaching markets, but also as a tool in helping achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. RETAMA - Retail Management This course provides the student with a more thorough understanding and appreciation of retailing, the retail environment, and the issues and developments in the industry. Students shall be exposed to practical applications of retailing policies, methods, and procedures for both small and large operations. Fundamental retail management concepts shall be tackled within a conceptual, theoretical, practical, and strategic framework. MARKRE - Marketing Research The course deals with the basic concepts and applications in the field of marketing research. It intends to equip students with the basic tools and techniques in identifying marketing research problems, developing research designs, conducting the actual research, and analyzing and using the data gathered. Marketing research shall be addressed from the perspective of helping provide quality information to marketing decision makers. ADVESA - Advertising and Sales Promotion This course approaches advertising and sales promotion from an integrated marketing communication (IMC) perspective by coordinating all of the promotional mix elements to develop effective communication programs. As such, tools such as advertising, sales promotion, public relations, personal selling, direct marketing, and interactive marketing will be explored. Students will learn to apply theories in IMC management, utilizing them as tools to achieve the company’s communication objectives. PROSAL - Professional Salesmanship This course focuses on basic sales skills with an emphasis on understanding selling and sales trends in a competitive and diverse business environment. Students will determine their personal motivation for a sales career, and assess their capabilities and potential for success in sales. They will also gain valuable skills for personal and professional excellence. SERVMA - Services Marketing This course addresses the challenges professionals and organizations face in creating and delivering high quality services. Key frameworks, concepts, and applications in services marketing shall be addressed. Students shall learn to analyze customer/client requirements, measure service quality, and design, promote, and deliver outstanding service. CONBEM - Consumer Behavior The course the study of exchange processes involved in acquiring, consuming, and disposing of goods, services, experiences, and ideas applies concepts, principles, and theories, from various social sciences to the study of the buyer’s information, acquisition, evaluation, purchasing, and post-purchase evaluation processes. Topics include needs, motivations, perceptions, and attitudes of consumers, and the influence of social class, culture and subculture on consumer behavior. The role of marketing research in understanding consumer behavior shall also be explored. Pre-requisite/s : PRIMAR
Louisville announces phased return of college football players to campus, beginning May 27 By John TaylorMay 21, 2020, 12:54 PM EDT Louisville has just provided the college football world a much-needed first. The NCAA announced Wednesday that schools can begin bringing some student-athletes, including football players, back to campus for voluntary workouts starting June 1. A day later, Louisville announced that, beginning May 27, the university will launch a phased return of football players to the campus. Men’s and women’s basketball players will start returning on that date as well. Louisville won’t, though, allow football players to return en masse. From the school’s release: Under the first phase, a limited group of student-athletes totaling about 30 in football, plus 15 in men’s and women’s basketball, would arrive on campus on May 27, with education on protocols to be employed prior to their arrival. The group would begin testing and physical examinations on June 3 and be ready to participate in voluntary physical training, not directed by coaching staffs, on June 8. Three UofL facilities — the Schnellenberger Football Complex, Trager Center, and Planet Fitness Kueber Center — would be open with limited occupancy during the first phase. If all proceeds well with Phase 1 and dependent upon NCAA rules, in the next phase an additional 30 football and 60 Olympic sport student-athletes would arrive on campus on June 10. The group would experience similar preparations before engaging in voluntary physical activity by June 22 within their respective venues. In the third phase of the plan, the remaining football student-athletes would be back to campus on July 6, preparing to begin voluntary physical activity on July 18. If all goes well in the first three phases, the fourth phase would consist of Louisville football players returning “to activities with full practices, scrimmages and competitions as allowed by NCAA or ACC guidelines.” Exactly who will be a part of the initial group of 30 players and how they will be selected wasn’t divulged. The UofL also emphasized that all of the workouts are voluntary and not required participation. “We have worked very closely with our campus leadership, medical professionals and coaching staffs to prepare a comprehensive plan for a safe return to campus for our student-athletes to participate in voluntary activities,” athletic director Vince Tyra said in a statement. “The multi-phased plan avails a limited number of student-athletes to return at various dates and get back to routines they are accustomed to at this time of year.”
United News & Media Collinson Grant’s relationship with this media organisation goes back more than twenty years and we have worked in most of the Group’s operating subsidiaries. Express Newspapers was part of United News & Media, a leading media and business services group in the FTSE 100. Its media interests include national newspapers, television and consumer and business magazines. Collinson Grant’s relationship with UN&M goes back more than twenty years and we have worked in most of the Group’s operating subsidiaries. Express Newspapers became part of the Group via a merger in 1996, since when we had responsibility for projects to plan and implement restructuring and profit improvement. This work centred on: combining the editorial operations of The Daily Express and The Sunday Express; designing and introducing lean processes; rationalising printing resources; improving the effectiveness of support functions; and determining the profitability of publications in a context where many services are shared. Much of the work in editorial was in territory not previously approached by consultants in the United Kingdom. When required, managers called on our capability in employee relations to ease the process of change. Our long association with UN&M is founded on a trust that we understand the requirements of this business, can respond without lengthy briefing or survey, and deliver value for money by getting the best result achievable.