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We start our tour in Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon, as the locals prefer to call it, the dynamic heart of Vietnam. Saigon still has a raffish charm and vibrant atmosphere that will excite the most discerning traveler. You can explore its historic boulevards and colourful outdoor markets before visiting the Cu Chi tunnel network of almost 200 kilometers. Built in the 1940's during the war with the French, these tunnels were made famous during the American War. Leaving Ho Chi Minh City, we travel north to the beautiful and peaceful city of Hue with its historic Citadel, palaces and temples. It's then a change of pace with a relaxing visit to ancient Hoi An, where we you can unwind at one of the most beautiful beaches in Asia. The last days are spent aboard a traditional, but beautifully appointed, junk sailing the turquoise waters of Ha Long Bay.
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The New York Times's Kabul bureau chief, Alissa J. Rubin, is answering readers' questions about the military campaign in Marja, Afghanistan. As the operation in Marja continues, other reporters in the bureau will respond as well.
Alissa, while the latest moves by Pakistan in arresting Taliban leadership are heralded as a victory here in America, are they not something quite different?
It seems that the Pakistanis arrested these men more in order to control negotiations with the end game of the Afghan war. [The Taliban military commander Abdul Ghani] Baradar was known to be negotiating with [President Hamid] Karzai directly, which was a threat to Pakistani interests.
Do you really see the Taliban becoming a political movement, which was Baradar's goal, and negotiating via Pakistan for a piece of Afghanistan, after America leaves? If so, and the Taliban are left once again ruling all or part of the country, how will the U.S. military frame this as a victory?
Peter, thank you for your questions.
It is very difficult to determine what is motivating Pakistan's recent moves against the Taliban. There are an array of theories. Some intelligence experts agree with your analysis that this is an effort to gain leverage in future negotiations and potentially to stop the Taliban from freelance negotiations with the Afghan government that did not involve the Pakistanis. However, there are others who believe that the Pakistanis have been reassessing their geopolitical calculus and for the first time entertaining the idea that their archenemy India may be a less imminent threat than the Pakistani Taliban and so are now in a posture of being willing to help the U.S. and Afghanistan.
I do see the potential for the Taliban to become a political movement. They ran the country for six years, and I think they want to have power again, especially in the south of the country, but probably also in the center. The question is how much power would be enough to give the Pakistanis assurance that they have a bulwark against Indian influence in Afghanistan. No one I've talked to had the answer to that question.
What kind of rulers would the Taliban be this time around? It's hard to say. They have indicated that they might pursue a more moderate approach – for instance allowing girls to go to school until they reach puberty – but that is hard to portray as a victory in the West. Extremist movements do evolve, however, and while the Taliban were almost Luddite in the past, eschewing all technology, they now make considerable use of the Internet, cellphones, radio broadcasts and the like, so that suggests to me an element of pragmatism entering into their thinking. However, they haven't given up the idea of the rule of the caliphate either.
I understand that the new strategy is to enter Marja and stabilize the area militarily, then come in with a "government in a box" with Afghan soldiers, police and local officials, instead of just attacking insurgents and then leaving. Do you know if there are development projects tied to this effort as well? Will we be providing security and logistical assistance for the construction of schools, hospitals, infrastructure and other economic development? I ask because I believe showing Afghans tangible benefits to their daily lives is integral to convincing them that the NATO-led path is better for them than joining the insurgency. A person who feels safe and has a job is less likely to take his own life in a suicide bombing.
Kurt, yes, there are development projects tied to this effort. There have already been some schools reopened, but realistically, no parent is going to allow his child to go to school when there's still shooting on the edges of town and the occasional, even controlled, I.E.D. explosion. There have not been any functioning clinics in Marja except for a Red Cross first aid post, which just reopened, but there are plans for a clinic. The idea behind reintegrating the Taliban into civilian life is to offer them jobs. I am not yet sure what kinds of jobs those will be. Most people in the area are farmers, and at the moment many are fearful that their only crop, opium poppy, will be destroyed. According to local farmers, about 60 percent of the cultivation in Marja District is opium.
As for the "government in a box" — a somewhat unfortunate image, since in order for a government to be credible it has to be chosen by the people — it remains to be seen exactly how it will work and whether power will be shifted to district elders who have deeper roots there than people from outside the area.
Can you talk a bit about the bureau? How many reporters are there? Other staff? Is the security situation as dire for you today in Kabul as it was, say, in Baghdad circa 2006? Your stories are incredible and appreciated, but how about a look behind the scenes?
Andy, The New York Times Kabul bureau has a core group of reporters and photographers who rotate through the year. At any one time we have between three and eight foreign journalists in country. In addition, we have three Afghan journalists in Kabul and several stringers in Afghanistan's provinces. We live and work in a group house in Kabul, working in a simple newsroom (a room with a bunch of desks, computers, a printer, a TV, etc.). Our electricity goes on and off frequently because of an unstable power supply in Kabul, and we have to switch on generators.
Kabul feels much safer than Baghdad to me. We can go out to dinner and do not need the kind of security we did in Baghdad. That said, going outside of Kabul's borders feels more dangerous than it did to journey outside of Baghdad. The Taliban are a rural insurgency so when you embed with American troops or travel unembedded outside of Kabul, you are potentially in harm's way.
While the strategy of announcing the assault well in advance had several well-publicized advantages, the obvious disadvantage was that lots of insurgents could, and probably did, live to fight another day. Did the I.S.A.F. set up checkpoints and outposts to funnel the refugees through and to assure that those insurgents who chose to slip away were not able to bring with them the weapons and (e.g., bomb-making) materiel that would continue to make life difficult for coalition forces? If not, why not?
Georg: You are right that many of the insurgents lived to fight another day, but the key in a counterinsurgency operation is taking away the reason for the fight. Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal has said, "We cannot kill our way out of this war," and that idea is one of the foundations of the counterinsurgency strategy. If you kill a bunch of people, it is all but guaranteed that other fighters will take their places. Furthermore, letting people slip away has the benefit of diminishing the chance of a battle and therefore of the risk of civilian casualties.
As for stopping people who slipped away with their weapons and confiscating them, I'm not sure how much of that was done by I.S.A.F. However, again, I'm not sure how much it matters. Basic weapons are easy to obtain in this country — there are gun markets and weapons bazaars in most towns, as well as along the border and even in small villages.
What the military did in the months before the Marja battle was to track down midlevel commanders and either detain or kill them. The goal in doing that is to remove the leadership and weaken the command structures because it is widely believed that low-level Taliban tend not to be in the fight for ideological reasons but because they are paid to do it or are under pressure to do it. If they are isolated from the leadership, they are more likely to be open to the idea of making peace.


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Das Kloster Birklingen ist ein ehemaliges Kloster der Augustiner-Chorherren im Iphöfer Ortsteil Birklingen in der Diözese Bamberg.

Geschichte

Gründung und Neugründung (bis 1459)

Die Vorgeschichte des Klosters wird im Werk des Abtes Johannes Trithemius erstmals erwähnt. Der Geistliche beschreibt, dass ein Marienbild auf der Gemarkung von Birklingen im Wald gefunden wurde. Es wurde in die kleine Kapelle im Ort gebracht und als Acheiropoieton, als gottgeschaffenes Werk, verehrt.  Die Klosterchronik nennt diese Begebenheit nicht, sondern geht lediglich von einer Pietà, einer Figur der leidenden Maria, aus, die ab etwa 1455 in der Kapelle aufgestellt war und bald Wunder wirkte.

Der Strom der Pilger nahm zu und bereits im Jahr 1457 stiftete der Würzburger Bischof Johann III. von Grumbach einen Ablass für den Besuch der Kapelle. Die Einnahmen sollten für den Ausbau des Gotteshauses verwendet werden. Im gleichen Jahr förderte auch Bischof Isidor von Sabina die Wallfahrt durch einen Ablass. Bereits ein Jahr später, am 24. Mai 1458, konnte der Grundstein für das neue Gotteshaus mit der Benediktion durch Weihbischof Johannes Hutter gelegt werden.

Bischof Johann von Grumbach plante, im aufstrebenden Wallfahrtsort Birklingen ein Kloster zu errichten. Dazu berief er einige Augustiner-Chorherren aus den Stiften Triefenstein bei Marktheidenfeld und Heidenfeld bei Schweinfurt. Aus Letzterem stammte auch Balthasar Monachi, der von Bischof Johann und seinen Räten am 22. Februar 1459 als erster Rektor der Neugründung berufen wurde. Die Klosterchronik, wohl von  Balthasar verfasst, nennt die Bulle von Papst Pius II. vom 16. April 1459 als eigentliches Gründungsdatum.

Das Stift stieß jedoch bald an seine Grenzen, denn dem kleinen Konvent, der nur mit wenigen Gütern am Rande des Steigerwaldes ausgestattet war, fehlte der Nachwuchs. Aus den Chorherrenstiften der Umgebung wollte niemand mehr die Profeß auf Birklingen ablegen. Bischof Johann 1461 wandte sich an die reformierten Chorherren der Windesheimer Kongregation. Daraufhin schickte das reformierte Kloster Kirschgarten zu Worms am 16. April 1459 drei Priester und einen Diakon nach Franken.

Etablierung der Chorherren (bis 1463)
Balthasar Monachi wurde abgesetzt und die fränkischen Mönche verließen Birklingen wieder. Monachi aber blieb und schloss sich der Windesheimer Kongregation an. Neuer Rektor wurde jedoch ein anderer, dessen Name in den Quellen allerdings nicht erwähnt wird. Das kleine Kloster unterstand weiterhin dem Prior von Kirschgarten; so trennte Berthold Scharn von Kirschgarten das Kloster Birklingen im März 1462 von der Iphöfer Martinspfarrei, als deren Filiale die Kapelle St. Maria immer noch galt.

Inzwischen hatte der sogenannte Bayerische Krieg zwischen Markgraf Albrecht Achilles und dem bayerischen Herzog Ludwig IX. auch das Hochstift Würzburg erreicht, in dem Birklingen lag. Der Markgraf hatte dem kleinen Konvent zwar einen Schutzbrief ausgestellt, dies hielt den markgräflichen Vogt Jörg von Gebsattel am 25. April 1462 jedoch nicht davon ab, von Uffenheim aus das Kloster zu überfallen und in Brand zu setzen. Die Mönche flohen ins nahe Iphofen, während die wichtigsten Klostergebäude glücklicherweise von den Flammen verschont wurden.

Erst im August 1462 konnten die Mönche ins Kloster zurückkehren und begannen schnell die verwüstete Anlage auszubessern. Am 29. September 1462 starb dann der erste, ungenannte Rektor der reformierten Chorherren. Zum Nachfolger wurde der Kleriker Johann von Offenburg berufen. In seiner Amtszeit erwarb das Kloster erstmals Güter und festigte seinen Besitz und Einfluss in der Region.

Am 24. April 1463 erhielt das Kloster hohen Besuch: Die Prioren Berthold von Kirschgarten, Heinrich von Höningen und Johannes von Rebdorf bestätigten dem Konvent die Eigenständigkeit in der Windesheimer Kongregation. Fortan konnten die Chorherren selbst einen Prior wählen. Sie bestätigten Johannes von Offenburg, den alten Rektor, im Amt. Dieser ließ am 7. Juli 1463 den Grundstein für ein neues Dormitorium auf dem Klostergelände setzen, schied jedoch noch im September desselben Jahres aus dem Amt.

Als seinen Nachfolger bestimmten die Mönche Johannes von Sonsbeck aus dem Mutterkloster Kirschgarten. Der erfahrene Theologe förderte die Bautätigkeit in Birklingen weiter und konnte am 18. September 1463 die Chorweihe der Klosterkirche vermelden. Am 24. Dezember 1463 wurde der erste Gottesdienst im neuen Kirchengebäude gefeiert. Die Festigung des Klosters führte auch zu einem raschen Anwachsen der Wallfahrt, die Pilger aus ganz Europa in den kleinen Ort brachte.

Blütezeit der Wallfahrt (bis 1524)
Nach der Abberufung von Johannes von Sonsbeck in sein Heimatkloster, er wurde 1473 Prior in Kirschgarten, übernahm Petrus Megen aus Ochsenfurt den Klostervorstand. Megen trat bald, am 2. Juli 1474, zurück und machte so Prior Meffried Platz. Unter seiner Ägide kaufte das Kloster dem Iphöfer Spital das Dorf Birklingen ab und erwarb am 20. April 1476 die Pfarrei St. Martin in Iphofen. Meffried begann 1480 mit dem Ausbau des Dormitoriums und erhielt 1481 das Benefizium Heilig Grab in Iphofen für seinen Konvent.

Die folgenden Jahre können als kurze Blütezeit der Klostergründung bezeichnet werden. Neue Altäre wurden geweiht, die wiederum mehr Pilger nach Birklingen lockten. Im Jahr 1482 stand das ausgebaute Dormitorium, außerdem wurde ein Refektorium eingerichtet. Die Grafen von Castell begannen in dieser Zeit auch die Klosterkirche als Grablege für ihre Familie zu nutzen. 1479 kam der Leichnam Wilhelms II. in die Kirche.

Im Jahr 1500 war der Kreuzgang des Klosters vollendet, 1506 das Dachgewölbe fertiggestellt. Zuvor, 1501, war eine zweite Wallfahrt auf der Gemarkung Birklingens gegründet worden, die ein Vesperbild an der Birklinger Steige zum Ziel hatte. Der Würzburger Bischof Lorenz von Bibra löste diese Konkurrenz jedoch bald auf. Die wachsende Bedeutung Birklingens wurde auch durch die Berufung Meffrieds zum Visitator von Kloster Schamhaupten deutlich. Er starb am 2. Mai 1510.

Sein Nachfolger Ditterich konnte nicht denselben Einfluss wie sein Vorgänger aufbauen und beschränkte sich auf den Erhalt der Klostergüter. Aus dem Jahr 1512 ist ein Altar der heiligen Märtyrer überliefert, der in der Kirche seinen Platz gefunden hatte. Die Marienkirche besaß nun mehrere Flügelaltäre der sogenannten Nürnberger Malschule und war auch durch die vielen Reliquien überregional bekannt. Um 1520 entstand in Dettelbach der sogenannte Birklinger Hof. Die Mönche hatten zuvor einige Rechte in der Stadt erwerben können.

Zerstörung und Auflösung (bis 1546)
Der Niedergang des Klosters begann unter Prior Michael Wisandt. Am 14. Februar 1524 plünderten Bürger der Stadt Iphofen den Weinkeller des Klosters in der Stadt. Ein Jahr später, im April 1525, wurde der Konvent erneut bedroht: Mittlerweile war der Deutsche Bauernkrieg ausgebrochen und ein Marktbibarter Fähnlein forderte die Chorherren auf, die Getreidevorräte der Landbevölkerung zu übergeben.

Am 18. April 1525 kam es zur Besetzung des Klosterhofes in Iphofen. Der Zorn auf die Mönche entlud sich am 3. Mai 1525, als Iphöfer Bürger die Klostergebäude mit der Marienkirche niederbrannten. Zuvor war die reiche Ausstattung des Gotteshauses unter den Aufständischen verteilt worden. Obwohl die Erhebung noch im Juni 1525 beendet werden konnte, war das Kloster so zerstört, dass die mittlerweile in Iphofen untergekommenen Mönche erwogen, das Kloster aufzulösen.

Am 9. Januar 1526 übergab Prior Michael alle Güter von Birklingen an Bischof Konrad II. von Thüngen und erhielt für sich und seinen Konvent eine Pension von jährlich 583 Gulden. Eine Bulle von Papst Clemens VII. löste den Vertrag zwischen Kloster und Bischof auf und forderte die Einsetzung einer Visitation für alle fränkischen Klöster. Diese begann 1527 und brachte den Chorherren zunächst ihre Selbstverwaltung zurück.

Prior Michael wurde von den Visitatoren wegen seines fortgeschrittenen Alters abgesetzt und Hieronymus Roeß zu seinem Nachfolger ernannt. Roeß musste dem Würzburger Bischof jährlich Rechenschaft ablegen. Die Visitatoren planten die Wiederaufnahme der Wallfahrtsgottesdienste und appellierten deshalb an die entwichenen Mönche, ins Kloster zurückzukehren. Bald wurden die Ordenskleidung und die Klausur wieder eingeführt.

Trotz dieses bescheidenen Neuanfangs zog Bischof Konrad im Jahr 1542 das Klostervermögen ein und ließ am 22. Februar 1546 den Haushalt auflösen. Damit endete die Geschichte des Stiftes Birklingen. Gründe für die Erfolglosigkeit des Neuanfangs waren die umfassenden Zerstörungen des Klosters, das fehlende Personal für den Wiederaufbau und die gründliche Entzweiung, die der Bauernkrieg zwischen den Mönchen und ihren bäuerlichen Untertanen ausgelöst hatte.

Rektoren und Prioren
Zunächst übernahm mit Balthasar Monachi ein Rektor aus den Augustinerchorherrenstiften Heidenfeld das neugegründete Kloster. Ab 1461 übernahmen Chorherren aus Kirschgarten bei Worms die Leitung der neuen Niederlassung. Erst 1463 erhielt das Kloster das Recht einen eigenen Prior als Klostervorsteher zu wählen. Insgesamt standen dem Kloster Birklingen in der kurzen Zeit seines Bestehens sieben Prioren vor.

Grablege der gräflichen Familie Castell
Die Kirche war im 15. Jahrhundert zeitweise die Grablege der gräflichen Familie zu Castell. Allerdings fanden dort wohl lediglich sechs Angehörige der Familie ihre letzte Ruhe. Nach der Zerstörung des Klosters im Jahr 1525 ließ Graf Wolfgang I. zu Castell die Gebeine seiner Vorfahren nach Castell in die Johanneskirche beziehungsweise nach Ebrach in die Klosterkirche überführen (siehe auch Grablege der gräflichen Familie Castell in Castell, Grablege der gräflichen Familie Castell in Rüdenhausen und Grablege der gräflichen Familie Castell im Kloster Vogelsburg).

Siehe auch
 Liste von Wallfahrtsorten im Landkreis Kitzingen

Literatur
 Andreas Brombierstäudl: Iphofen. Eine fränkische Kleinstadt im Wandel der Jahrhunderte. Iphofen 1983.
 Jörg Bölling: Reform vor der Reformation : Augustiner-Chorherrenstiftsgründungen an Marienwallfahrtsorten durch die Windesheimer Kongregation, Berlin 2014.
 Theobald Freudenberger: Quellen zur Geschichte der Wallfahrt und des Augustinerchorherrenstifes Birklingen bei Iphofen (Mfr.) 1457–1546, Würzburg 1937.
 W.: Kurze Geschichte des ehemaligen Klosters Birklingen in der Grafschaft Castell, In: Johann Caspar Bundschuh, Johann Christian Siebenkees (Hrsg.): Journal von und für Franken, Band 5, Nürnberg 1792, S. 550–560.

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The price of this lone looks pretty low (£229.99) and may be too costly to repair. Get estimates.


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Q: Empty response HTTPWebRequest: Windows Phone 8 I am making a Windows Phone app and I am trying to get JSON data from a URL. The user needs to be logged into the website (which hosts the JSON data) in order to get JSON data and I cannot use the Web Browser control to display the data and then extract the string since the browser doesn't recognize it (for some weird reason) and asks to search for an app on Store which can handle that JSON file type. (If I open the URL in desktop browser on my Windows PC, I can see the raw JSON data). I can't use normal HTTPWebRequest or WebClient as to get JSON data the login cookies needs to be set (the JSON data is user-specific) and I can't extract the cookies from Web browser control and use it with WebClient or HTTPWebRequest. So the best thing I can do is use a special internal instance of IWebRequestCreate that is used internally by the WebBrowser. By opening background HTTP requests with that class, the cookies get automatically set as if they were created/sent by the WebBrowser control. But my code is not returning the JSON data, I get blank response, as in the string resp is empty.
Below is the code:
Dim browser = New WebBrowser()
Dim brwhttp = GetType(WebRequestCreator).GetProperty("BrowserHttp")
Dim requestFactory = TryCast(brwhttp.GetValue(Browser, Nothing), IWebRequestCreate)
Dim uri = New Uri("http://api.quora.com/api/logged_in_user?fields=inbox,notifs,following,followers")
Dim req = requestFactory.Create(uri)
req.Method = "GET"
req.BeginGetResponse(New AsyncCallback(AddressOf request_Callback), req)

Private Sub request_Callback(asyncResult As IAsyncResult)
Dim webRequest As HttpWebRequest = DirectCast(asyncResult.AsyncState, HttpWebRequest)
Dim webResponse As HttpWebResponse = DirectCast(webRequest.EndGetResponse(asyncResult), HttpWebResponse)
Dim tempStream As New MemoryStream()
webResponse.GetResponseStream().CopyTo(tempStream)
Dim sr As New StreamReader(tempStream)
Dim resp As String = sr.ReadToEnd
End Sub

What's wrong?

A: I found that CopyTo can leave the Stream's pointer at the end of the buffer, you probably need to reset tempStream's pointer to the beginning before attempting to read it with the StreamReader, here's the code...
webResponse.GetResponseStream().CopyTo(tempStream);

tempStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

Dim sr As New StreamReader(tempStream);

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Q: Share to Facebook, "your link could not be shared"
Possible Duplicate:
facebook: Your link could not be shared

I'm adding the ability to share scores from my app using android's share intent:
Intent shareIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "My Score");
shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "I scored "+score+" on "+difficultyString+" difficulty.");
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share your score"));

When i click the link to facebook, it says, "Your link could not be shared" on the facebook page. Any help?


This morning as I groped in darkness around the kitchen, I made a CHILLING discovery: We were almost out of coffee.
How could this have happened? Dear $Deity, HOW?!?!
There was just barely enough left for two scant travel mugs of liquid ambition...and it is my habit to make AND take two Contigos worth with me every day. Which would have made this news of having enough for same a big sigh of relief EXCEPT that there is this SLIGHT wrinkle called "the husband will also want - nay, NEED - coffee this morning.
I waffled for a moment.
Then I left the second for the husband.
And I will now preserve my dignity and the sense of nobility around this by not giving the precise count of how many times I sort of wished I hadn't when my share ran out not only less than halfway to BART, but when I was arguably only a quarter awake.
And then I arrived at the office, marched into the Starbucks, grabbed a bag of coffee and presented my gift card.
And then they gave me a free peppermint mocha. Because they are my REAL, TRUE FRIENDS.
Plus I have a carrot muffin. And it has dried cherries it. And I just started a new sweater that will hopefully get a whack of bulky yarn out of my stash, thus making it look that much less crazy-alot.
So to sum up: I like ny coffee.
I (apparently) love my husband.
I feel your pain. I've replaced the damaged Contigo with 3 more.
PS: My word verification is "kables". Hope your making something aran.
Greater love hath no woman.


Pastor Carl has been leading worship and study at Payson UMC since July 2014. He came to us after nine years of nurturing Grace United Methodist Church of Douglas, AZ, and one year at Huachuca United Methodist Church of Huachuca City, AZ. He retired from working with software engineering, communications, and business development in industry. He served 10 years as a German and Russian linguist in the United States Air Force. Pastor Carl presents the Bible in a conversational style that challenges believers to dig deeper into their faith and grow in love of God. He believes that worship and study should both inspire and challenge believers, but should not be boring or routine. Pastor Carl also serves on the Board of Directors for the Payson Area Habitat for Humanity and volunteers as a chaplain for the Payson Police Department. Pastor Carl and his wife Bonnie have three adult children who all live in Arizona. Send an email to Pastor Carl.
Bobby brings a wealth of experience to the church office. He retired from the United States Air Force after a career in Meteorological and Navigation Equipment Maintenance. He worked as an office manager in medical offices in Payson before working at the church. He is a member of the church and volunteers much of his time in the sound booth during worship and other functions. Bobby and his wife, Karen, have lived in Payson for more than 20 years. Send an email to Bobby.
Gail is a curriculum specialist for Gila County and brings a huge background in music to our church. She leads our choir, accompanies the congregation on piano and organ, and plays in the Grace Notes bell choir. Gail plans and leads all music for our regular and special worship services. Gail is married to Wayne and their son, Cypress, is the current US national mountain bike champion. Send an email to Gail.
Kris started working for the church in September 2006. She is a retired accountant, having worked at NICOR Gas (outside of Chicago) for 25 years. Kris and her mother moved to Payson in June 2005. Since moving to Payson, Kris has become an avid hiker, so you're likely to find her on or off the trail, or at the gym, or dancing, or traveling. She's recently married and with the marriage came 3 adult children, their spouses, and 5 grandchildren.
Marilyn is a retired Registered Nurse (RN), who brings more than 45 years of experience caring for people of all ages to the part-time position of Parish Nurse. Her strengths are empathetic understanding, being a good listener and supportive to all she encounters. The Parish Nurse is a staff adviser for the Caregiving Ministry and information resource for the church community.
Lupe was born in Badiraquato, Sinaloa, Mexico. She came to Payson in 1978 and began work at the hospital, where she continued to work for 37 years. She and her husband, Don, have been married 27 years. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Hope House.


Someone told me it's quite risky to use apple and pear in the same cake. I wanted to prove him wrong and did it anyway. It turned out great!
The cake is quite moist and very delicious! The almond powder I put in it gives it a rich texture.
Mix together the sugar and the butter. Mix in the eggs.
Sift the flour and the almond powder. Add them to the batter and mix it well together.
Put baking paper in the baking tin. Put the batter in it.
Peel the apple and the pear. Cut them in small cubes.
Put some in the batter and some on top of the cake.
Bake the cake for 15 minutes at 180°C.
After the 15 minutes, bake the cake for 40 minutes at 160°C.
Check the cake with a toothpick. If it comes out clean, it's done!
If it isn't, bake the cake for 5 more minutes.
You can find where I party here.
Your cake looks so delicious and moist! Well done.
I think you cake looks delicious, So moist. You should be proud, it's your own original recipe. Congratulations.
this cake looks divine! so moist and fruity!! apple and pear are two of my favorite fruits, never thought to put them in a cake together…pinning!!


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Q: Save zip attachments from Outlook in an internal drive (folder) I work in bank and we have a lot of restrictions. I can't use the Developer option in Outlook. I can use Excel VBA.
I would like to automate saving a zip file, which is received everyday, in a local drive folder and automatically unzip it and replace the yesterday's file.
I would like to create a button in an Excel sheet. Once I press the button the attachment in Outlook should save in a local folder in whatever destination I want and the attachment should unzip.
I have tried some things saving attachments from Outlook by using VBA, but it doesn't help much.

A: I am not surprised a bank doesn't want its emails accessed.  You could change the sender, add or remove recipients or change the text.  It is difficult to do any of these without leaving a trail but it is possible.  You do not want to change anything; you just want to automate saving an attachment so this might be allowed by your tech people and Outlook.
Before attempting the more complicated parts of your requirement, let us check your requirement is possible.  I do not know how much you know about Excel VBA.  If I ask you to do something you do not understand, come back with questions.
Create a macro-enabled workbook somewhere convenient.  The name of the workbook does not matter.
Open the workbook and then the VBA Editor.
Click [Tools] and then [References].  You will get a drop-down menu of all the available libraries.  Scroll down until you find "Microsoft Outlook nn.0 Object Library".  "nn" identifies the version of Outlook in use which I understand will be "14" for you.  Click the box to the left and a tick will appear.  Click [OK].  This will give you access to Outlook from Excel.
In the Project Explorer, you will see something like:
-  VBAProject (YourNameForWorkbook.xlsm)
  -  Microsoft Excel Objects
       Sheet1 (Sheet1)
       ThisWorkbook

If either of the minuses is a plus, click that plus.
Click [ThisWorkbook].  An empty code area will appear on the right of the VBA Editor window.  Copy the code below to this area.
Within the code you will find lines starting '###.  These lines tell you about changes you must make or things you must check.  Make the necessary changes and then save and close the workbook.  Reopen the workbook.  With good fortune, the macro will run automatically and the default worksheet will report what it has done.  It will probably have found the wrong email and saved the wrong attachment.  This does not matter.  If you can save any attachment, you can save the attachment you want.
Option Explicit
Sub Workbook_Open()

  '### Replace "C:\DataArea\SO\" with the name of a disc folder on your system
  '    Make sure your folder name ends with \.
  Const DiscFldrDest As String = "C:\DataArea\SO\"
  '### The name of the default worksheet depend on the local language. Replace
  '    "Sheet1" is this is not the default name for you.
  Const WshtOutName As String = "Sheet1"
  ' ### The subject of the email. Correct if I have misunderstood your comment    ' ###
  Const Subject As String = "ISIN List: Financial Sanctions - ISIN screening"     ' ###

  Dim AppOut As Outlook.Application
  Dim Found As Boolean
  Dim InxA As Long
  Dim InxI As Long
  Dim OutFldrInbox As Outlook.Folder
  Dim RowNext As Long
  Dim WshtOut As Worksheet

  Set AppOut = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")

  With AppOut
    With .Session
      Set OutFldrInbox = .GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
    End With
  End With

  Set WshtOut = Worksheets(WshtOutName)
  RowNext = WshtOut.Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row + 1

  '### Change if you prefer different date or time formats
  WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "A").Value = "Macro activated at " & _
                                      Format(Now(), "h:mm") & " on " & _
                                      Format(Now(), "d mmm yy")
  RowNext = RowNext + 1

  '### GetDefaultFolder is not much use on my system because I have two
  '    email addresses, each with their own Inbox, neither of which is
  '    the default Inbox.  Probably you only have one work email address
  '    which is the default for you.  To check, the following statement
  '    outputs the name of the default Inbox's mailbox.  Tell me if it is
  '    not the mail box you want.
  WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "A").Value = Space(6) & "Inbox accessed"
  WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "B").Value = OutFldrInbox.Parent.Name
  RowNext = RowNext + 1

  Found = False

  With OutFldrInbox
    For InxI = .Items.Count To 1 Step -1
      With .Items(InxI)
        If .Subject = Subject And .Attachments.Count > 0 Then                            '###
          WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "A").Value = Space(6) & "Attachment saved from email"   '###
          WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "B").Value = "With subject"
          WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "C").Value = .Subject
          RowNext = RowNext + 1
          WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "B").Value = "Received"
          'WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "C").Value = .ReceivedTime
          WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "C").Value = Format(.ReceivedTime, "\a\t h:mm \o\n d mmm yy")
          'WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "C").NumberFormat = "at h:mm on d mmm yy"
          RowNext = RowNext + 1
          WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "A").Value = Space(6) & "Attachment saved"             '###
          For InxA = 1 To .Attachments.Count                                            '###
            If UCase(Right$(.Attachments(InxA), 4)) = ".ZIP" Then                       '###
              WshtOut.Cells(RowNext, "B").Value = .Attachments(InxA).Filename           '###
              .Attachments(1).SaveAsFile DiscFldrDest & .Attachments(1).Filename        '###
              Found = True                                                              '###
              Exit For                                                                  '###
            End If                                                                      '###
          Next                                                                          '###
        End If
      End With
    Next

    With WshtOut
      If Not Found Then
        .Cells(RowNext, "B").Value = "No email with correct subject and a ZIP attachment found"
        RowNext = RowNext + 1
      End If
      .Columns.AutoFit
      .Cells(RowNext, "A").Select
    End With

  End With

End Sub


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Q: CSS 'background-size: contain' property for IE8 and lower
Possible Duplicate:
make background-size work in IE?

I'm looking for an IE8 and lower solution for the css background-size property. Now I came across this post, but the problem is that it basically only covers:
background-size: cover;
(stretching over the whole element)

and not
background-size: contain;
(fitting 100*100% of the image inside the element)

Here is the IE solution:
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(
src='images/logo.gif',
sizingMethod='scale');

-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(
src='images/logo.gif',
sizingMethod='scale')";

Now there are other values for sizingMethod, they are crop and image, but still does not creat the desired effect(see why)
What is the possible solution for background-size: contain ? I know there is a jquery plugin for that, but I would prefer to use a more css-based method if possible
Thanks!


August has marked Greece's exit from eight years of international bailouts and the end of the Eurozone's long financial crisis. However, the EU institutions and other European leaders gave a warning to Athens which is to stick to the policy commitments it made in exchange for €289 billion of loans.
EU economic affairs commissioner Pierre Moscovici said on Monday 20th of August that Greece will once again be treated as a "normal country" after over eight years of international aid and austerity measures. He stated that the EU lenders will no longer impose "any kind of measure or decision", adding that Greece is now free to define its own economic policy within eurozone structures. The commission does not aim to give Greece an entirely free hand however. EU officials will travel to Greece on the week of the 10th September to check on developments. Four such visits will be made annually.
Over the last 10 years, Greece's GDP also decreased by 24.2 percent while unemployment is around 27 percent. It will also have to keep it at 2.2 percent until 2060 to pay back its debt- a massive task for a weakened economy. But the commissioner said he was confident the Eurogroup's decision to implement a series of "robust, short and medium-term debt measures will meaningfully lighten Greece's burden and secure its sustainability." Moscovici also said Greece's economic structures had been modernised and should be capable of helping create jobs and attract investments. Something that is highly needed if the country is to get back on track.
But even if we accept that the worse is over for the Greeks, one can only wonder how the country will become normal by simply focusing on debt repayment. As if the only thing that Greece's lenders care about is getting their money back; with interest of course. And while the "Eurocrats" celebrate, the ordinary Greeks have few reasons to be jubilant. For the next 42 years they will be paying off a massive debt that will hinder a generation's opportunities. if of course during this time, another economic crisis doesn't weaken further Europe's most vulnerable, peripheral economies.
Greece's trouble was not only its debt, which is rather political and social to begin with. The country had little chance for stability since its formation and liberation from the Ottoman Empire which left it with a totally broken and outdated system. And if you think that stability and peace have nothing to do with modernisation, then take a look at Sweden, a country that avoided both world wars with diplomacy and political manoeuvring – things that are required to cooperate with both sides of each conflict.
Greece did not enjoy that luxury. Ever since its liberation from the Ottomans, the country entered every war on the European continent, initially with its neighbouring countries over territory, but later in the two most catastrophic world wars with the Western powers' interference. In fact, the modern Greek state would never have existed without European participation, meddling or influence. For example, it was only able to free itself from the Ottomans after European public opinion was in favour. After its liberation, it has always been a European protectorate.
Its first king was a Bavarian named Otto, while during the rest of the years leading up to WW1, Greece was swinging between being a democracy and a kingdom, with heavy political influence by the European powers. After Otto was forced to leave the country, the Greeks accepted a Danish King, mainly because the proposed British candidate-Prince Alfred was blocked by other European powers. As a reward for accepting a pro-British new king, Greece was allowed to be united with the Ionian islands, which where until then under British rule.
This "give and take" in fact, was continued for many years to come when Greece was sometimes favoured, while others losing out in territories, depending on the interests of the European powers of the time. With the Balkan wars, Greece expanded its territory by nearly doubling its size, always with the agreement and permission of Western powers. However so did its debt to its European lenders. The country went from boom to bust, defaulting many times on its creditors and all this to gain more land while the Balkans were being redrawn.
After the two Balkan wars came WW1, which Greece was coerced into by the Allied Powers. Subsequently territories have been awarded to Greece for its participation and being among the victors, which later were lost during the Greco-Turkish wars. A massive humanitarian disaster was unfolding, with the uprooting of millions of people, under the exchange of populations between the two countries. Then the horrors of WW2 followed, together with a brutal Nazi occupation. Again, Greece tried to remain neutral, but its hopes sank with the attack by Italy in October 1940. The country had not only to endure the pillaging of its resources by the Nazis and the extermination of nearly all of its Jewish population, but the Allied food embargo, which aimed to restrict the supplementation of the Nazi army. It caused thousands of civilian Greeks to die of hunger, especially in Athens.
This war ended again with Greece being among the victors, however it was not treated accordingly. It was in fact used as the battleground of the first proxy war between the two emerging ideologies in Europe; communist and capitalism. In December 1944, the Greek nationalist army and the Athenian city police, together with the British forces started fighting against the Greek communists and their various insurgent parties that were joined by many Greek guerrilla regiments which until then, were fighting together with the nationalists and the British against the Germans.
This led to a disastrous civil war from 1946 to 1949 between communists and nationalists which divided Greece for decades to come. British forces were actively involved in this war and in the years after, just to make sure that the country will remain under Western influence which almost saw Greece nearly ending as another British colony. For the same reason a US backed junta was promoted in 1967 that lasted seven whole years. During this time the Greek state was the oppressor of its people, turning it into a brutal police state just to keep the Soviet and communist influence out of Greece. It wasn't until the late 1970s that the country was finally able to manage a robust enough democracy that soon allowed it to join the precursor of the EU, European Economic Community, in 1981.
However, it has never been a "good pupil" in Europe. With the "Metapolitefsi" years which was the return of democracy in Greece after the junta, we have seen the rise of the PASOK political party which mostly governed Greece through the 1980s. One of the characteristics of this era, was that PASOK and its leader Andreas Papandreou's policies were focused on reducing the gap between Greece's social classes, which was created by years or conflict and the Cold War, by using EEC funds available to him. While the goal was reached, it created a culture of entitlement, corruption and nepotism as the centralised Greek government relied on the expansion of its public sector to create jobs.
With the promise of political allegiance, people found employment in the public sector and for a few decades, Greece had a thriving middle class. However, while PASOK and its main opposition -the New Democracy party- were wasting Greek and European funds in order to stay in power, the country saw little reforms in order to become competitive. The Greek public was starting to enjoy prosperity but it was standing on weak foundations. Not only had the years of wars have allowed corruption to take hold in the Greek society, as the only way to survive in such harsh and dehumanising conditions was to do deals "under the table," but it also led to a huge mistrust towards the Greek state and its institutions by its citizens. This attitude can be blamed for avoiding engaging with government bodies such as the revenue or the police.
After such oppression during the junta years, coupled with foreign meddling, political, social and economic instability, extreme poverty, deep social divisions due to the civil war, the Greek psyche has become self-centred and survivalist with a great disregard for the state's laws, something it should have abandoned such practices after the 1980s. In addition, the Ottoman Empire had left Greece with a system that was not compatible with the rest of Europe and denied it a strong and stable political environment to proceed with reforms, something that Greece never got the chance to enjoy. The divisions caused with the civil war, created a society in conflict with itself, that instead of focusing on modernisation, they wasted resources in fighting each other, living to constantly reopen past scars.
This schizophrenia was encouraged by the two main political parties, in order to stay in power. They deliberately kept the country divided, with populism, nepotism and the promise of jobs in the public sector. If anyone was to change the country and proceed with reforms, it should have been the PASOK and New Democracy administrations, which failed in this task dramatically.
However, the mess that followed was not just Greece's fault. Europe was becoming increasingly unhappy with the country's use of European funds, yet not only did they tolerate it, but they invited Greece to join the euro-zone, even though it was clear that the country was not ready. It was a political decision that made no sense in financial terms.
Since then, every time the European institutions and their supporters called for further integration, or deepening fiscal union, it was the governments of the biggest EU economies like France or Germany that opposed such development. Even when the economic crisis started being felt, Europe decided that it needed a scapegoat to put all the blame on, not to accept that the euro-zone was incomplete and lacking the right tools to govern itself and be sustainable. Soon after the Greek government admitted that its budget deficit was much higher that the euro membership allowed, the other EU governments started a barrage of accusations and counter accusations towards the Greeks as a nation.
Not only did they pay little attention to the fact the economic crisis started in the USA, with the corruption and bad financial choices made by many of its institutions-notably the meltdown of the Lehman Brothers Investment Bank, but they turned on Greece as the single cause of what was to come. In fact, the first European country to default on its debt and go bankrupt was Iceland, yet no one bothered to examine why this happened to them in the same extent.
But for the Greeks things were different. Soon German workers were blaming them for not getting a salary rise and not the euro-zone's weaknesses. The country's media and government, angered at Greece's lack of clarity and responsibility, poured a toxic propaganda against all its citizens. It resembled the harsh treatment and humiliation that Germany itself received after it lost WW1 which resulted in the rise of nationalism and the Nazis in their country, paving the way for an even more disastrous war in Europe. Our continent it seems, never learns from its mistakes.
In return, the Greek media opted for old clichés about the Germans, that were equally unrealistic, biased and offensive. Europe was turning against itself and its unity was put to the test. Soon people realised what they haven't done since the euro was introduced; that whatever happens in one country, deeply affects the other and the continent as a whole. You see until then, money lending and borrowing was easy. Everyone got complacent and overspent, each government according its own agenda. In Greece, partially this was to sustain the public sector with little appetite for change or reforms, to maintain the status that has been established over thirty years ago.
In addition to this, the country had to overspend as now was sharing the same currency with economies such as Germany, the Netherlands and Finland which were more robust. In fact, the euro itself was designed around the German mark, making it more fitting for exporting, used by more industrialised economies like the Northern European ones, not for a largely agricultural country like Greece.
In order to cope with rising prices that the euro itself, together with greed by the local tradesmen brought, Greece opted in for increasing its public spending by raising of salaries and pensions, hosting the 2004 Olympic Games and generally living beyond its means. One could blame solely the Greek government for that, but after all it was French and German banks that profited from this madness and continued to encourage it by throwing cheap money towards Greece. Once the euphoria ended, someone had to pay the price, and it was the ordinary European citizens, not just the Greeks that ended up with the bill.
Suddenly European media were so focused on Greece and its faults, that the country went through incredible scrutiny and humiliation. It seemed that no other nation had such an extensive prying in its internal affairs.
During the first years of the Greek economic crisis, I was living in Ireland and I have now established myself for good there. One of the reasons why I left my home country was because I could not tolerate its sluggish, corrupt government and had always wished for Europe to become a federal entity, as I saw this as the only solution to modernise not only Greece, but Europe as a whole. However, soon I realised that the main impediment to such goal was not corrupt little Greece, but the bigger, richer nations like Germany or Britain. Thus, I found it peculiar that now it was them that were so keen in accusing Greece for lack of compliance with EU's requirements, while themselves dominated the European project, often shaping it according their own interests.
Many times, it was them who first broke EU rules, like Germany did with the Maastricht treaty. As I continued to observe this unfair ridicule of Greece, I often wondered if I grew up in the same country that the European media were describing. Not that I was not aware of the level of corruption and nepotism in my native country, yet I found it hard to accept that all these things were happening only there. People claiming benefits illegally or pensions for their diseased members of their family. Taxi drivers not issuing receipts, while many refused paying taxes altogether. It felt surreal.
I had to explain to my Irish colleagues why Greece was so corrupt, while they expected me to answer their questions which they often could not accept or understand. "Why do Greeks take so many holidays and don't like to work harder," they were inquiring, but when my response was to ask them why do they often call sick at work, usually on Mondays after a heavy drinking night out, left them uncomfortably surprised. They expected me to apologise for my country's bad behaviour yet they haven't done their own self-criticism beforehand, just like any other European nation. Instead of blaming the collective bad policies regarding how the euro was introduced, European leaders needed to diverge their voters' anger towards Greece.
Having lived in Ireland already for over five years while working in the country's public sector, I have witnessed the same type of corruption here, although I cannot be sure about its extent. No taxi driver in Ireland-and in fact in most European countries that I have visited, ever gave me a receipt unless I asked for it.
The same applies for free tradesmen in Dublin, of which many also often avoid giving an invoice unless asked. I have heard of cases of people working while claiming benefits, while many landlords not declaring the true number of tenants in their properties and thus, the real income they generate. No European media bothered to look so extensively in Ireland's, or in fact any of the other EU members engulfed by the economic crisis, such as Portugal, Spain or Italy. It is highly unlikely that the same level of corruption that exists in Greece, is not also present in Italy, a country with a Mafia still in control of a large part of its economy in the south. The fact that even the OECD supports the Greek people's claim that they work among the longest hours in the EU, naturally escaped everybody's attention. You really need to work hard in Greece, especially if you are in the private sector. The problem is the system and the economy are so fragmented and disorganised, that it does not generate enough products for exports, or sustainable growth.
In addition, many of Greece's problems were highly exaggerated. Yes, people in the Greek islands often leave their homes unfinished to avoid higher taxes, however this is because they enjoy a different tax regime than the rest of Greece. It is not something that applies all over the country as the government is trying to offer people in the islands an incentive to stay there by offering them various tax breaks. The habit of many of the Greek people to offer money to doctors, allegedly for a bed in a hospital was also something that was portrayed very poorly. Yes, there are doctors who take advantage of this Greek custom, resulting in corruption. However, the phenomenon started out as a way to thank doctors for their help and services, back then when Greece was very poor, and its doctors inadequately paid. People often used to support them financially but it was not obligatory initially.
One good thing that came out of Greece's shaming though, was the soul searching that followed. Many Greeks admitted their mistakes and realised how badly this affected the economy. I have heard people regretting the things they've been doing, like overcharging tourists or not declaring some of their income. But the truth is that they were brought up to believe that what they were doing was "necessary" to make money. These people were raised in almost absolute poverty, most were uneducated in a very unequal system that in order to achieve anything you needed to bribe or affiliate yourself to a local politician. It is a system that originates in the Ottoman years yet our ruling elites conveniently used it to remain in power.
And while it is easy to blame the Greeks for perpetuating a highly dysfunctional system, how many countries have proven to be quick in reforms? One of the biggest EU economies is France, itself being brought to a standstill at every attempt to reform. You see once a system is set, it is hard to change as people who have profited from it will resist the necessary reforms.
In the case of Greece, not only the established elites resisted reforms, but through the constant instability, wars and foreign meddling, the country has never had a chance to take control of its finances, politics or social issues and tackle them. Greece is in fact a very young, immature democracy, despite being the birthplace of this political system. What it mainly lacks though is leadership. Ireland's governments want to match its neighbouring countries and forced ahead with major reforms. Being surrounded by progressive, rich nations while itself being the most conservative and backward country in Western Europe, gave the Irish an ambition to change and reform. Once their economy got almost in parity with the rest of the developed EU economies, it could attract educated workforce from all rich nations of the world; US, Australian, German, French, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Italian and British young job seekers arrived in Ireland, changing its social fabric and influencing further the necessary reforms.
Greece on the other hand, has a leadership which thinks of nobody else but themselves and wants to remain in power by perpetuating the status quo and the policies that allow them to do so. Most young educated Greeks are leaving the country to find work elsewhere in Europe and around the globe since there are no jobs created in their country in the field of their studies to offer them a career. So Greece is left with its pensioners, lower skilled workers, pensioners from the richer European countries that buy property there and lower skilled immigrants from poorer non-EU countries. How can this nation be modernised, where can it find a dynamism and ambition in order to achieve this goal, since the pensioners and the public sector workers care little for change? Consequently, I was very surprised when the European leaders tried to bully the Greeks to not vote for a "populist" party like Syriza in the elections right after the first bail-out, trying to maintain one of the establishment parties-like PASOK and New Democracy- in power. They were afraid of the changes and the challenges they would bring if another political regime gained power in Greece, although they knew very well that it was the establishment parties that brought the country to this mess; with the cooperation and tolerance of their European partners of course.
That can be explained if you look at how the Greek governing elite, blamed its own people and threw them at the mercy of the foreign tabloid media by portraying their voters as lazy and corrupt. Naturally to hide their share of responsibility, while maintaining their power and Europe's support, by avoiding the grilling by the EU institutions and the other European governments. Something that the Irish leadership did not do. Not only were the austerity measures in Ireland not as harsh as in Greece, but the country's government came up with a far more functioning plan to solve the problem. They did not impose savage cuts in salaries that amounted to 40% of the wages, allowing the debt to grow further and throwing the country into the jaws of international usurers; just like the Greek leaders decided to do.
On top of that, Greece is burdened with heavy NATO membership spending which is something that countries like Ireland, Austria and Sweden do not have to bare. It is second only to the USA in keeping up with its membership obligations and payments, while richer countries like Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany itself are falling short in their contributions. With an excuse that we need to protect ourselves from Turkey, a NATO ally of ours, the Greek government has convinced us that we need to overspend in arms and military spending. To the detriment of course of our economy and to the benefit of those countries that sells us their weaponry like Britain, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany and the United States. It is no wonder that this situation is being perpetuated and tolerated by our European and NATO allies, since they are making good money out of us, yet they blame us for being on the receiving end of the EU budget while we must spend a large part of it straight back into buying arms from them.
When this crisis begun, I was hopeful that Greece will receive some of the punishment that it deserved in order to get a grip and modernise so that one day I can return back home in a fully functioning European economy and democracy. However, it soon became apparent that Greece was being scapegoated and used to sustain other nations' economies that in fairness tried to get their money back and protect their interests. What Greece needed all these years was a new governing elite to push for reforms and proceed with attracting investments, not become heavily indebted one more time.
And while calls were often being made for another approach to solve the euro-zone crisis, the European elites, following Germany's wishes, opted out for punishing the Greek people for their government's lack of competence. But how could any Greek that had no choice when it was decided for their country to join the euro, bare the whole blame for the block's woes?
Does any EU citizen have an acute knowledge of their country's finances, or is fully aware of how their government runs its books? We as Europeans must decide that we need to familiarise ourselves with each other's background and problems that we are facing. It is not good enough to accuse or to blame without understanding the root of the issue. We now have managed to deal with the crisis yet still we haven't achieved long term reforms on a pan-European level. The debt is spread to the periphery of the euro-zone however what happens when the next crisis challenges our economies?
In Greece things are so bad that people confess that they are forced to tax evade again. "If we were to declare everything, there will be simply no money left to survive," many of the country's small business owners declare. The type of austerity that the EU and Greek governments have imposed on Greek people, with taxes higher than Sweden's yet salaries and pensions as low as Slovenia's, have destroyed the local market and money is scarce. The country's brightest have abandoned the country while public spending is limited as expected by Greece's lenders. However now they declare the country as "normal," ready to accept investments and generate new jobs. What I fear is another generation being raised in poverty, forced into corruption and tax evasion due to lack of opportunities just like their grandfathers, thus perpetuating the very attributes that Europe despised in the Greeks in the first place.
I hope this time, Europe's "meddling" in Greek affairs, will be to bring it in line with the rest of Europe. The country does not need more European money from now on, in fact it never really did, and it is obvious that the reliance on EU subsidies proved to be a huge mistake. What Greece needs is investments, jobs and a fully integrated European economy under one single currency and market. If the Germans want to have the Greeks as equal partners, they will have to understand the need to establish a new Greek economy that is compatible with theirs; which means the industrialisation of Greece so that it can become an exporting country.
And not just Greece, but the whole of the euro-zone must be reformed and the problem here is not the peripheral economies, rather those of the core. Will they choose to keep subsidising the weaker European states or will they accept to spread investments outwardly towards the periphery? One of the core issues is that we are trying to integrate countries with a very different mentality due to historical, religious and cultural differences. In addition, Europeans need to know that this type of economic model which Europe tries to adopt, was not designed to match equally everyone's mentality or available resources but rather that of a small core, which in their majority belong to the north-western, protestant group of countries. We cannot force the rest to change as quickly, especially when we ridicule and humiliate them, imposing either debt or subsidies over them instead of offering equal opportunities for employment, prosperity and growth.
It is not just Greece that must change after all and become a "normal" country, but Europe as a whole that needs to be transformed into a "normal" functioning union of states, if that is what its people desire.


If you spend at least 175 Euros in the same store on the same day, you can get the VAT (Value Added Tax) back. When you are paying, be sure to tell the cashier that you would like to claim the tax so you will need the necessary form. Some stores, like Galeries Lafayette require you to go to a different floor where they have a booth that deals just with refunds.
Thanks to technology, the store will give you a customs receipt with a bar code as well as an envelope. It is now much easier to submit the form and get money back.
Now, all you have to do is go to the Tax Refund booth at the airport. (In this case, it is more reliable to go to the one BEFORE you enter customs) and have a machine scan the bar code. The machine will tell you if all is OK and if it is, you just have to put the receipt in the envelope and deposit it in the quasi-mailbox located beside the Tax Refund booth. This mailbox is only for tax refunds. Now you just have to wait up to three months for the refund on your credit card (or depending how you paid, it might also be a cheque).


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Attila A Romance (complete in two volumes)
by G. P. R. James (the author of "The Gipsy", "One In A Thousand, &c.)
First Edition First Printing
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Quincy, Massachusetts
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1837. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Both volumes are clean, tight, relatively square and, but for an owner's stamp on the front end paper volume 2, unmarked. They are bumped/rubbed, most noticeable at the corners. The titles are on paste downs on the spine which are more scraped off than not. Volume 2 has insect damage bottom, front, corner penetrating to a lessening to about page 23, but one small hole continues to page 187. this damage is mainly, but not completely to the lower margin. The boards are covered with decorative green cloth. Volume 1 has 224 pages, volume 2 has 219 pages plus ads. There is some rare foxing.
Life And Letters Vol. V No. 31 December, 1930
by G. M. Trevelyan, Marcus Cheke, Lytton Strachey, et al. edited by Desmond MacCarthy
1st Edition 1st Printing
London: The Statesman Publishing , 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This copy is tight, square and unmarked. It is lightly rubbed/bumped at the edge and there is some surface soil. It contains Carlyle As An Historian (Trevelyan), The Louis Quinze Clock (Cheke), Froude (Strachey), among other works. Tan wraps with a red geometric design and black titles on the front. It also contains many advertisements. pp 309 - 390
Australian Adventures (Every Boy's Library)
by William H. G. Kingston
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square and internally unmarked, but there is a pencil gift inscription ffep verso and some checks on the front paste down. It is lightly rubbed and the spine is sunned. The end papers are ads (rear free end paper out) and it has 184, bright, clear pages with 34, black & white illustrations bound in blue cloth covered boards with black titles and red, green, yellow drawings on the spine and front.
Adventures in the Far West (Every Boy's Library)
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1890. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square and internally unmarked. It is rubbed, slightly faded and there's a small ink stain on the lower fore edge of the pages. The end papers are ads and it has 187, bright, clear pages with 30, black & white illustrations bound in blue cloth covered boards with black titles and red, green, yellow drawings on the spine and front. Page 135 has a closed tear.
by Reg Gadney
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This stated first edition is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked in an equally fine dust jacket. It is minimally rubbed. It has 233, bright, clear pages bound in black paper covered boards with bright gold titles on the spine.
by Gahan Wilson, J. N. Williamson, Vhet Williamson, et al. edited by Stanley Wiater
Baltimore: Maclay, 1993. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ths first edition is limited to 750. It is tight, clean, square with sharp corners and unmarked. It has maroon end papers and 239, bright, clean pages bound in maroon cloth covered boards with silver titles and decorations on the spine and front. All 18 contributors have signed the front fly leafs. The book comes in a fine, silver slip case.
Crime SuspenStories Vol. 1 No. 14 November 1995
by William M. gaines
Used - Fine
New York: Gemstone, 1995. Reprint . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. In comic book grading this is a bit above Near Mint with no reportable flaws.
Crime SuspenStories Vol. 1 No. 12 August 1995
Little Sonny Sunfish
by Elizabeth Gale
Used - Very Good+
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1923. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Garada Clark Riley. This book is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked. It is lightly rubbed at the edges. It has 64, bright, clear pages extensively illustrated with black & white drawings and brilliant color plates bounf in green cloth covered boards with black titles on the spine and red & black titles on a great color paste down on the front.
The Singing Sword
by G. Laurence Groom foreword ny Richard Le Gallienne
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Clinton Balmer. This book is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked in a very good dust jacket. It is very lightly rubbed at the edges. The dust jacket is mildly age darkened and has light edge wear. It has 72, bright, clear pages illustrated with black & white drawings in a one-quarter binding with green cloth and gold titles on the spine. The boards are covered in gray paper with black titles on the front. Set up by hand by A. W. Rushmore, in Morris Jensonian type, at The Golden Hind Press.
Poems (The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde Patrons' Edition De Luxe Vol. I)
by Oscar Wilde introduction by Richard Le Gallienne
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked. It is lightly rubbed at the ends of the spine. It has 350, bright, clear pages with top edge gilt and fore edge deckle in a one-quarter binding with patterned green leather edged with gilt on the spine. The boards are covered with light green paper and the titles are on a paste down on the spine.
The Cry of the Little Peoples
by Richard Le Gallienne and a note by Eva Le Gallienne
Camden, NJ: Richard Ellis and The Haddon Caftsmen, 1941. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. This little booklet is in its original envelope which has served to protect it. Its pages are bright and clean in blue wraps with a string binding and black titles in the front. There is some minimal rubbing. Eva Le Gallienne has signed her note.
Noise Number Four Public Access Poetry, Issue, December, 1975
by Galway Kinnell, Donald Hall, Allen Ginsberg,Gary Snyder et al. edited by Don McClelland
California: Noise, 1975. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This unique collaborative effort is printed in poster format folded to book size. The anthology was generated by poets mailing their (accumulated) poems to other poets for contributions. It is on white paper with black titles and yellow/orange designs which show the flow of the contributions. It contains Chainsawing (Kinnell), Breasts (Hall), Black Gas Over Boston (Ginsgerg), For Berkeley (Snyder), among dozens of other works. I wonder if much of what's contained here was ever published anywhere else? The size is when folded.
Between Two Masters
by Gamiel Bradford, Jr.
Used - Very Good-
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and unmarked. It is age darkened, has a couple of very small stains on the front and is lightly bumped at the ends of the spine. It has 336, bright, clear pages plus ads bound in green cloth covered boards with black titles on the spine and front.
The Youth's Companion combined with American Boy Magazine Volume 106 Number 6 June, 1932
by Gardner Hunting, Laurie York Erskine, Allen Field, et al.
Detroit: Sprague Publishing, 1932. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. J. Scott Williams, et al.. This magazine is tight, square and unmarked. It is rubbed, more so at the edges. There is some surface soil. The front wrap has a great color drawing of boy building a model ship in his bedroom by Orson Lowell. It contains "Special Messenger" by Hunting, "The Clue of the Singing Boy" by Erskine, "The Crossed Signals" by Field, among many other articles. It has some great period ads. It has 54 pages.
Swept From The Storm Rick and Ruddy Series
by Howard R. Garis
Springfield, MA: McGloughlin Bros., 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This book is clean, basically tight, square with pretty good corners and unmarked. It is lightly bumped/rubbed and there is a clear tape repair to the front hinge. It has decorative, black & white end papers with the word Paramount Series on them and 282, bright, clear pages illustrated with full page, black & white drawings bound in boards covered with a colorful drawings across them.
The Curlytops Growing Up
New York: Cupples & Leon, 1928. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Julia Greene. This book is clean, tight, basically square with sharp corners and unmarked in a very good dust jacket in mylar. It has a minimal roll and is very lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is rubbed at the edges and has a short closed tear which is not noticeable in its clear jacket. It has 248, bright, clear pages plus ads bound in gray cloth covered boards with red titles on the spine and front where there is also a red drawing. It lists to this title on the copyright page and this title is 12 of 14 in the rear and on the dust jacket. The front end papers are toned.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels
Used - Good+
New York: The Platt & Munk Co., 1939. Hardcover. Good+/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Elmer rache. This copy is clean, tight, square and unmarked. There's light bumping/rubbing at the edges most noticeable at the ends of the spine and corners. There is a faint damp stain on the upper corner rear (does not reach any text) shrinking towards the front until it is gone around page 70. Although the dust jacket looks good in its new Brodart cover, it is rubbed at all edges with chips at a lower corner and the base of the spine. The boards are covered in blue cloth with red titles on the spine and front where there is also a red drawing of Uncle Wiggily reading a book.
Uncle Wiggily's Fishing Trip or The Good Luck He Had With the Clothes Hook and How The Pip and Skee Were Stuck By the Chestnut Burrs. Also the Good Time at the Marshmallow Roast
Used - Fair/good
New York: Charles E, Graham & Co., 1924. Hardcover. Fair/good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Lang Campbell. The book is tight and square. The penultimate page had a closed tear which was repaired with cellophane tape now yellowed. Also a very short such on the last page. Similar tape repairs to the spine edge of several pages. The owner's name section is filled in. Both boards have creases. The color pictures are still brilliant. There is no publication date, the last copyright date is 1924, the publication list lists to Uncle Wiggily Goes Swimming. It has boards covered in red cloth with gray titles on the front above the color paste down.
Buddy and His Flying Balloon
New York: Cupples & Leon, 1931. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This book is clean, tight, square with sharp corners and internally unmarked in an equally fine dust jacket in mylar. It is lightly rubbed. There is a name in the appropriate place on the ffep. This title is last on the copyright page and 17 of 20 on the dust jacket. It has black & white patterned end papers and 206, clear, lightly toned pages bound in red cloth covered boards with black titles on the spine and front where there is also a Buddy drawing.

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On the 19th and 20th of October 2017, we celebrated the United Nations Day. It actually falls on 24th October and it is celebrated to promote human rights, social progress and world peace. This is an important celebration for us as a school as we realize that the world we live in is made up of many diverse cultures and people. This year, our theme was 'Together for Peace'. Although we might be different from each other, we strive to learn to respect our differences and live harmoniously here in this part of the world.
We began the celebration by having cooking demonstrations from our Parent Support Group (PSG). There were four stations altogether and the food served came from all over the world, such as China, Japan, Thailand and Mexico. The students learned how to wrap dumplings, saw how sushi maki is rolled, tried the famous Thai mango sticky rice dessert, and ate corn chips with salsa, chili and guacamole. It was a real treat for everyone!
The following day, the celebrations began with the parade of nations. Students marched in their wonderful costumes with little flags in their hands. Then, we watched a series of dance performances. It was amazing to see how the students danced with their heart and soul. The highlight of the dances of course came from the Grade 8 students where a group of students clapped two bamboos together while their friends tried to jump over the bamboos with their eyes blindfolded. Everyone in the audience was holding their breath. They really presented an amazing performance.
After the performances, students became world travelers by visiting different classrooms which were already decorated according to the countries they were assigned to. There was so much to learn, from national landmarks such as the volcanoes in Hawaii, USA, to the different cultures of the various countries, such as henna from India and the Day of the Dead in Mexico.
We hope that through the UN day celebration, we can all be reminded of the peace that we need in order to live side by side with people who might be completely different from ourselves. This is crucial as we realise the importance of being global citizens.


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Although he's closing his Los Angeles outpost of Birdbath, Maury Rubin is doubling the number here in New York.
Florence Fabricant brings word that Rubin, who currently has three Birdbath locations here, will open three more in the fall. He's planning bakeries at 200 Church Street in Tribeca, at 35 Third Avenue (in NYU's Alumni Hall), and in the New Museum, where City Bakery will provide catering.
All of which means that Lower Manhattan will soon be a hotbed of smoked tofu sandwiches and old-school vegetarian cuisine. Hooray!


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