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Pradeep Chand
Murray Snider
Ryan Stubbs
Bankruptcy And Commercial Tenancies: Landlord's Rights
By Karandeep Lidder, Student-at-Law
As the COVID-19 pandemic endures and a possible second lockdown looms, a consequence that will likely follow is a recession that will bring about a wave of bankruptcies of small and medium size businesses. Although the federal and provincial governments have rolled out the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance ("CECRA") to provide businesses commercial rent relief, many have criticized this assistance and other efforts as falling fall short of what is required to save these businesses from bankruptcy.
So what should commercial landlords be concerned about as these economic consequences unfold? Commercial landlords will need to be aware of their rights in case a commercial tenant enters bankruptcy. This article aims to offer some insight into what a landlord can expect in such a situation.
Distraint Rights Against a Bankrupt Tenant
Landlords have rights to seize and sell assets owned by a tenant located on the leased premises to satisfy any rent in arrears or claims of damages to the leased premises. However, under section 136(1)(f) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act ("BIA"), distraint rights are converted into a preferred claim on bankruptcy for up to three months of arrears and three months of accelerated rent (if the lease contains an acceleration clause). Landlords can therefore attempt to collect these amounts up to the realizable value of the assets on the premises.
Amongst the parties a landlord's preferred claim is subordinate to are:
Secured creditors;
Unpaid workers for wages, salaries, commissions, compensation or disbursement;
Fees owed to the Superintendent of Bankruptcy or costs incurred by anyone acting at the direction of the Superintendent; and
A section 427 Bank Act security.
The rights of these parties are not absolute against the landlord's distraint rights. For example, secured creditors can only assert a claim up to the value of security. Any remaining equity in the secured property belonging to a tenant may be distrained by the landlord. If secured property is subject to a conditional sales agreement, which reserves title to the supplier, a landlord may not distrain this property. However, a landlord could pay any remaining payments under the agreement and assume the tenant's equity in this property.
Landlords should be aware that a creditor can displace a landlord's distraint rights by seeking a stay of distraint rights if the tenant is under court-ordered receivership. A creditor can also bring an application for bankruptcy against the tenant under which the creditor can seek to terminate a landlord's distraint rights. Landlords should also be aware that if they terminate the lease, they have no right to distraint.
In the case of a s.427 Bank Act security, which transfers title in property to a bank or other institutional lender, the security only takes priority over a landlord's distraint rights if the security attached to the property before rent arrears arose. If this security attached after arrears arose, the landlord's distraint rights have priority.
Timing is important to distraint rights in other ways. For example, if a landlord distrains property and sells it before the tenant is in bankruptcy, the landlord may keep the proceeds. However, if the landlord does not exercise their distraint rights by the time the tenant is in bankruptcy, by either not selling distrained property or by virtue of not having received the proceeds yet, the property or proceeds must be handed over to the trustee-in-bankruptcy or a secured creditor with priority minus the landlord's cost of seizure as per s.73(4) of the BIA.
Occupation Rights of Trustee-in-Bankruptcy
Section 38(2) of the Commercial Tenancies Act ("CTA") allows a trustee-in-bankruptcy to occupy premises leased by a bankrupt tenant for up to three months, even if the tenant is in arrears, to take inventory and liquidate assets. During occupation, a trustee must pay occupation rent, which is the equivalent of the monthly rent payable under the lease. After three months of occupation, a trustee must elect to either retain or disclaim the lease (ss.38-39, CTA).
If the trustee disclaims the lease, then a landlord can claim preferred creditor status as discussed previously. Any accelerated rent payments (if there is an acceleration clause in the lease) made by a trustee are credited against the amount payable by the trustee for occupation rent.
Once a trustee disclaims the lease, a landlord can no longer claim rent for the remainder of the lease term as, once disclaimed, all rights and obligations under the lease become terminated. If the trustee retains the lease, they must pay any outstanding arrears.
Assignment Rights of Trustee-in-Bankruptcy
A trustee can also assign the lease for value. Generally, a trustee must obtain the landlord's consent to do so. However, if a landlord refuses to provide their consent, the trustee can seek a court order to assign the lease if the proposed assignee agrees to fulfill the terms and obligations under the lease. Landlords should be aware that the trustee's right to assign the lease supersedes the landlord's right to terminate it. Under s.38(2) of the CTA, a trustee can assign the lease even if the lease itself prohibits assignment without the landlord's consent. Before they can bring an application to court to force assignment of the lease without the landlord's consent, a trustee must pay all arrears.
The Lawyers at Chand Snider LLP Can Help Commercial Landlords
The lawyers at Chand Snider LLP can assist landlords in drafting lease agreements that anticipate the issues outlined in this article in order to preserve their distraint rights as fully as possible. Our lawyers can also assist and guide landlords through the legal processes outlined above should they be initiated and affect a commercial property or lease.
Often times, there is opportunity to negotiate arrangements with creditors to ensure that the landlord is able to obtain some relief for unpaid rent without recourse by either party to the courts. Other times, a landlord will require an expert litigator, like those at Chand Snider LLP, to resist efforts by creditors to displace or terminate their distraint rights. Whether negotiations or litigation is anticipated, landlords can trust our firm to understand their needs and protect and further their rights.
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Q: how to get admin access on certain pages I have created a website that has a basic registration and login system, I have pages that I only want admins to access.
My database for the accounts has a role column with 1 user assigned as admin and the other assigned as user
AUTHENTICATE.PHP
<?php
session_start();
// Change this to your connection info.
$DATABASE_HOST = 'localhost';
$DATABASE_USER = 'root';
$DATABASE_PASS = '';
$DATABASE_NAME = 'feedbackdb';

// Try and connect using the info above.
$con = mysqli_connect($DATABASE_HOST, $DATABASE_USER, $DATABASE_PASS, $DATABASE_NAME);
if ( mysqli_connect_errno() ) {
    // If there is an error with the connection, stop the script and display the error.
    exit('Failed to connect to MySQL: ' . mysqli_connect_error());
}

// Now we check if the data from the login form was submitted, isset() will check if the data exists.
if ( !isset($_POST['username'], $_POST['password']) ) {
    // Could not get the data that should have been sent.
    exit('Please fill both the username and password fields!');
}

// Prepare our SQL, preparing the SQL statement will prevent SQL injection.
if ($stmt = $con->prepare('SELECT id, password FROM accounts WHERE username = ?')) {
    // Bind parameters (s = string, i = int, b = blob, etc), in our case the username is a string so we use "s"
    $stmt->bind_param('s', $_POST['username']);
    $stmt->execute();
    // Store the result so we can check if the account exists in the database.
    $stmt->store_result();

    if ($stmt->num_rows > 0) {
    $stmt->bind_result($id, $password);
    $stmt->fetch();
    // Account exists, now we verify the password.
    // Note: remember to use password_hash in your registration file to store the hashed passwords.
    if (password_verify($_POST['password'], $password)) {
        // Verification success! User has loggedin!
        // Create sessions so we know the user is logged in, they basically act like cookies but remember the data on the server.
        session_regenerate_id();
        $_SESSION['loggedin'] = TRUE;
        $_SESSION['name'] = $_POST['username'];
        $_SESSION['id'] = $id;
        $_SESSION['admin'] = true/false;
        header('location: home.php');

    } else {
        echo 'Incorrect password!';
    }
} else {
    echo 'Incorrect username!';
}

    $stmt->close();
}
?>

And what I use to check:
<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION['admin'], $_SESSION['admin'])){
    header('Location: index.php');
    exit;
}
?>

that's the code I'm using in the page,
the problem I have is it doesn't matter who I log in as it always redirects, whereas I want the page to be accessible for admins but not users.

A: First, you need to alter your query to return the role column.
if ($stmt = $con->prepare('SELECT id, password, role FROM accounts WHERE username = ?'))

Next, you need to bind that value the same way you do $id and $password.
$stmt->bind_result($id, $password, $role);

Next, inside of your password_verify() block where you assign the other $_SESSION variables, set a role variable.
$_SESSION['loggedin'] = TRUE;
$_SESSION['name'] = $_POST['username'];
$_SESSION['id'] = $id;
$_SESSION['role'] = $role;

Now, on any page you want, you can block access to anyone who isn't an admin.
if(empty($_SESSION['role']) || $_SESSION['role'] !== 'admin') {
    //block user access
    die("You do not have permission to view this page.");
}

If you want to show something on a page which is only visible to admins without blocking all users from the page entirely, you could do
if(!empty($_SESSION['role']) && $_SESSION['role'] == 'admin') {
    echo "Only admins can see this text.";
}

Variable Cleanup
I recommend instead of creating multiple different session variable, you create a single user session variable containing an array of data you may need. I recommend this because it is cleaner, easier to manage, and easier to use later in your code.
Basically, replace all of your $_SESSION variable declarations with this:
$_SESSION['user'] = [
    'loggedin' => true,
    'name' => $_POST['username'],
    'id' => $id,
    'role' => $role
];

Then, to check if the user is an admin you would do something like this:
if(empty($_SESSION['user']) || $_SESSION['user']['role'] !== 'admin') {
    //block user access
    die("You do not have permission to view this page.");
}

And to show something for only admins without blocking all users from the page entirely:
if(!empty($_SESSION['user']) && $_SESSION['user']['role'] == 'admin') {
    echo "Only admins can see this text.";
}

NOTE: Using MySQL Root user for website DB access is extremely unwise
and unsafe. Don't do it. Make a specific MySQL user only with limited
permissions on that data that they require
from Martin in the
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Lament is een lied dat werd geschreven door Jon Anderson. Het nummer werd voor het eerst op de plaat gezet door Demis Roussos. Het verscheen op zijn elpee Demis en ook verscheen er nog een versie op de B-kant van een Britse versie van zijn single Follow me. Op de standaardversie was echter Song without end te horen op de B-kant.

Piet Veerman

In 1991 bracht Piet Veerman een cover van het nummer uit. Zijn single stond negen weken in de Single Top 100. Op de B-kant staat het nummer Fight alone dat hij samen met Bruce Smith en Gerard Stellaard schreef. Bij Veronica kwam het niet verder dan de Tipparade.

Het verscheen ook op het album Future (1991) en het verzamelalbum Sailin' home (Het beste van Piet Veerman) (1996).

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Nummer van Demis Roussos
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"Later I saw him do the same thing with a lot of other players. Guys like Aiden McGeady for example. As a young boy it doesn't even occur to you that some of the things he's saying might actually be right.
"You are striving to get to the top and this guy is just getting in your way. As it turned out moving to Motherwell was the best thing I could have done."
Strachan endured a tough start to life at Parkhead and after a nightmare 5-0 defeat in the Champions League to Artmedia Bratislava.
Next up was an opening day clash with McDonald and Well at Fir Park - which ended in a 4-4 draw - with Skippy getting on the scoresheet.
On that game, he said: "I think I gave him two fingers when I scored.
"But our relationship totally changed when he phoned me before I stepped in the door at Celtic Park.
"How many managers do you think would go and rectify a decision they had made, regardless of how good that player had gone on to become?
"Essentially he didn't say he had called it wrong. But he did say, 'You weren't as good then as you are now'. Maybe he twisted it to his own advantage.
McDonald scored a stunning 31 goals in his debut season at Parkhead as Celtic clinched the title on the final day against Dundee United at Tannadice.
He fired memorable Champions League goals against European giants AC Milan and Manchester United and penned new five-year deal the following summer.
He added: "Sometimes everything just falls into place. It was a marriage made in heaven.
"There was no low points under Gordon, none. Not until we lost the league on the last day the following season and he told us he was leaving."
Tony Mowbray was the man to take over the reigns from Strachan and McDonald says the new boss lost the love of the dressing-room very early on.
The 35-year-old was one of the first casualties under Mowbray, with Middlesbrough and former boss Strachan calling the striker.
Looking back, McDonald admits he left Celtic Park too soon, but says the money was too good to refuse.
He said: "There was a lot of upheaval and change. But he didn't really man-manage the players who were there.
"He lost the love in the changing room very early. What we had under Gordon was a lot of protection.
"Then this new guy comes in and as soon as things go wrong he starts blaming it all on the players. The trust was lost right away."
On leaving Parkhead, he added: "Did I leave too soon? Yes, 100 per cent. But the money was too good to turn down. Simple as that.


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Friday Puzzler: Rich States, Poor States and Different Types of Violence
By politicalviolenceataglance
By Barbara F. Walter
A few years back Claude Berrebi and I attended a conference on terrorism at UC San Diego, and got to talking about the differences between countries that experience civil war and countries that experience terrorism. This discussion prompted Claude to brink up a pattern he'd observed. "You know Barb," he said, "weak, poor states tend to be the target of civil wars. Rich, strong states tend to be the target of terrorism."
So our puzzler today is this: Assuming this pattern is true (and we welcome any evidence that it is), why are different types of countries targeted with different types of violence?
Claude Berrebi
politicalviolenceataglance
I think the following paper is a good starting point as it provides some empirical evidence for the idea that terrorism is a problem of richer/stronger countries: http://jcr.sagepub.com/content/56/4/580.short
J Wells (@introtoir) says:
You are equating a definition of conflict based on its participants with a tactic used in virtually all conflicts. Now, if you are specifically referring to organized transnational terrorism, the kind Al Qaeda uses, then targets tend to be large, rich, democratic, militarily powerful ones because those are the ones who have routinely intervened in their politics, and asymmetry leaves terrorism as the lone effective tactic. But Robert Pape has pretty much spent the last decade showing that terrorism affects a wide socioeconopolitical variety of countries. And to push the point that terrorism is a tactic even further, here is a list of terrorist bombings in Syria over the last year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bombings_during_the_Syrian_civil_war
squarelyrooted says:
I think I have this one. It's about surplus – ie, resources a society produces above subsistence level.
In poor societies, there is not very much surplus. It tends to flow only to a small number of individuals, usually those who control the state apparatus or who are part of the coalition that supports the current political status quo. So people who want to go from no surplus to some surplus have to wrest control of the state away from the dominant coalition.
In rich societies, almost everyone has some surplus, and lots of people have lots of surplus. Therefore, while controlling the state apparatus might bring different levels of surplus, it's a much more marginal equation. However, because everyone has a surplus, everyone has "something to lose." Aggrieved actors both within and without the state know that basically having more surplus = more potential baseline levels of anxiety and therefore strategies that move that potential anxiety into kinetic anxiety (by making everyday life feel more dangerous) can affect state policy.
Am I on the right track?
Taylor Marvin says:
At it's simplest level this is a question of capabilities. By definition, a civil war requires the that opposition is capable of mustering an army — terrorism can be a single person. In wealthy countries "opposition" members sufficiently angry to consider violence are rare, or come from abroad as in the case of 9/11. There's simply no question of them reaching the capability level necessary for a civil war. Terrorism is the recourse of the weak.
I think there are two possible explanations for this pattern of violence. A first explanation stems from the end the perpetrator tries to achieve. Usually, in the case of terrorist attacks, the perpetrators use them to send a message and instill fear in the population rather than trying to achieve a certain goal. On the other, in cases of violence wars, the opposition seeks to overthrow the government, get access to mineral resources or both. In the later case, the objectives are more farfetched and more easily countable than in the case of the terrorist attacks. Furthermore, rich states are characterized by increased levels of democracy, although not all the times, which bring about the possibility to challenge the state through non-violent means. Violent means are more costly in terms of audience costs in the case of rich countries. The second explanation is two-fold and it stems from this very point, the costs of organizing a terrorist attack or an insurgency. The former is far more costly and logistically difficult than the later. An insurgency or a rebellion depends greatly on its support base which is more difficult to achieve through violent means in a rich state. When a state redistributes its wealth, its citizens will be less inclined to support a rebellion or insurgency against it. The other part of part of the cost argument is that a rich state has greater control over its territory hence the possibility to organize a rebellion is greatly reduced. For a rich state it will be more easily to crush a rebellion because it has the resources, capacity and the information it needs to do so. Terrorist don't have these types of constraints. Their operations are isolated, well-targeted and not so numerous so a state could follow any repression pattern in order to crush them.
Brian Phillips says:
Generally the statement is correct because of opportunity structures. It is difficult to wage guerrilla warfare in a developed country for a number of reasons, so actors substitute terrorism for guerrilla warfare. The PLO tried to wage traditional guerrilla warfare but failed. Same with the Montoneros. Regarding large-n research, there is not always a consistent positive relationship between GDPPC and terrorism, but it often shows up. See also the positive relationship often found between state capacity (CINC) and terrorism. There are exceptional cases, and measurement issues, but generally this seems to hold. Some of the best work on this subject is by de la Calle and Sánchez-Cuenca, as well as Findley and Young.
Jim Pavlik says:
I'd worry about the tautological nature that starts with claims about the strength of the state such that civil war is evidence of the weakness of the state itself, therefore a "strong state" cannot collapse into civil war. Unless by "strong state" you are referring to the relative strengths of the state apparatus and its civil society. If the latter is the case, then you presuppose a civil society where change cannot be effected through competing political parties, elections, and/or social mobilization. In that case, calls for political change are not legitimated and all acts of violence to effect political change are "acts of terrorism." The more marginalized these groups and the larger the power differentials between political reformers and the state, the more extreme the political violence needed to gain concessions from the state.
Claude Van Inkins says:
I agree with J Wells – the premise is simply wrong. By far the group who has been most affected by terrorism are poor people in poor countries. This is certainly the case in both numbers of people killed and numbers of single attacks.
Also should note that in many poor countries terrorism and civil war go hand in hand: e.g. Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Somalia. They are simply different tactics of violence (and this is especially the case if we take a broader definition of terrorism, e.g. rebel attacks on civilians in DRC). Sometimes they are both used by the same actors (e.g. Al-Shabab, Tamil Tigers) and sometimes each used by different actors operating in same context (e.g. Syria).
However – and this is where I think Taylor Marvin is also partially correct – clearly the likely success of an armed rebellion (thus leading to civil war) differs greatly between rich countries (low) to poor countries (higher). In rich countries the state's capacity to put down an uprising and its wider monopoly of violence mean that descent into open civil war is near-impossible. Thus, when armed violence does occur, it is more likely to take the form of a terrorist attack. In poor countries, with weak capacity, both terrorism and civil war are equally likely.
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Political Violence @ a Glance wrote:
> ** > politicalviolenceataglance posted: "By Barbara F. Walter A few years > back Claude Berrebi and I attended a conference on terrorism at UC San > Diego, and got to talking about the differences between countries that > experience civil war and countries that experience terrorism. This > discussi"
Batistuta says:
Yes, I think Taylor Marvin and squarelyrooted are both on the right track.
If you are an revolutionary in Mali, you might have a shot at challenging state power in a full-blown civil war. If you're a revolutionary in northern Spain, you know there is no way in hell you will defeat the Spanish state through force, so you have to limit your tactics to car bombs, assassinations, and so on: the recourses of the weak, as Taylor Marvin points out.
There is another important vector which is what squarelyrooted hints at (I think). Spain, even in the most pro-Basque regions, has a relatively large group of people who are relatively happy with the status quo and do not wish to risk their lives in order to achieve change. Mali, on the other hand, is bound to have much more social discontent, economic inequality, and grievances in general. Therefore, while you might get 200 crazy Basques to use violence for political goals, that is hardly enough to pose a challenge to the state. In Mali, the amount of people willing to employ violent tactics is likely to be higher – many have nothing to lose – and therefore it is possible to recruit enough members to turn the situation into a civil war.
Boaz Atzili says:
I think that poor and (more importantly) weak states are more likely to experience both civil wars and terrorism. We just tend not to count it in these cases. If we define terrorism as politically motivated violence against civilian population, perpetrated by non-state actors, where do we see more of these (let's say, in the last decade): In Western Europe, North America, and Japan, or in Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan, and Iraq? Even counting 9/11, I think the answer is clearly the latter…
Many studies have reasonable explanations for the link between state weakness and internal conflict (e.g., Barry Posen's internal security dilemma, and Fearon and Laitin's supply-side theory of insurgency). But in most places where we see civil wars we also see terrorism, and more frequently than in strong and rich states. I think, then, that the actual picture is this: we see both civil wars and terrorism more in weak states than in strong ones. But while civil war is rare in strong states, terrorism still occur in such places as well.
Eric Mosinger says:
I think J Wells and Boaz have hit the nail on the head. Even most of Al Qaeda's attacks have been in poor or weaker states – the Philippines, Kenya, Tanzania, Pakistan, Yemen, Indonesia, Iraq. The latter of course has been plagued with terrorism as a civil war tactic by all sides. In this Iraq's is no different from civil wars fought in Latin America or Africa. Terrorism is a type of civil war violence, and while its logic may be somewhat different outside of civil war, it still tends to be employed primarily within poorer countries with softer capabilities. We just only tend notice it on the relatively rare occasions when a terrorist attack occurs in a wealthy state.
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State capacity + number of deprivated social groups. The relevant correlation to explore seems to be the one in between GDPperCapita and civil war outbreak. Terrorism and large scale civil warfare are sometimes conducted by different actors, probably for different strategic reasons. Therefore the observed pattern needs to be qualified.
I'll echo the fact that poor states are victims of terrorism as much, if not more so, than rich ones. It seems fairly obvious why rich, stronger states have fewer civil wars.
Otherwise, it does seem right to me that the nature of state goes a long way in determining the type of rebel that will fight that state. Will Reno's recent book, Warfare in Independent Africa, makes a very compelling argument in line with this idea.
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PodCastle 371: The Fairy Ring
Author : Joe Pitkin
Narrator : Steve Anderson
Host : Graeme Dunlop
PodCastle 371: The Fairy Ring is a PodCastle original.
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The Fairy Ring
by Joe Pitkin
I noticed another person in the room, the only other person, peering at me through a monocle. That was when lots of people in the city were wearing monocles—this wasn't the first monocle I had seen today. The barista with the neck tattoos and the barbershop quartet moustache had a monocle when he served my tea. But this new person looked a little old for a hipster: short, slender, angular, wearing a three-piece cream colored suit, a fedora just taken off to reveal close-cropped thick black hair, barely gray—my first impression (which is everybody's) was that the antiquarian was a person of great power. In fact, for a moment I thought Leonard Cohen was standing in front of me.
The antiquarian gestured at the chair opposite me to inquire whether it was free. With a sinking feeling I offered it: I foresaw small talk with a lonely old person. Not that I was especially interested in reading, but I was sitting there with a book—shouldn't that have signaled something?
The antiquarian, I learned, was not much for small talk. "You are looking for a job, I see." The voice was high and cracked, but still quite beautiful. "I am in need of a factotum."
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Joe Pitkin has lived, taught, and studied in England, Hungary, Mexico, and most recently at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. He has done biological field work on the slopes of Mount St. Helens, and he lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and daughters. You can follow his work at his blog, The Subway Test: thesubwaytest.wordpress.com.
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I had the honor Sunday evening of spending some time with this sweet momma. Her son Cayden was a tough little fighter, but was only on Earth for two days. When she decided that she wanted to have a little birthday celebration for him, to honor his too-brief life, I was delighted that the stars aligned and I was able to take part.
Today marks Cayden's last moments here. If you could keep this precious mommy in your thoughts, and maybe even offer a little kindness to a stranger today in his honor, it will help his mark stay bright on this world.


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The Christian missionaries tend to make the general conclusion that the Qur'an cannot be a text of divine origin because of the unacceptable meanings included in it.Perhaps they are correct in this conclusion and we may be inclined to agree with them due to the following reasons.
Recently we were introduced to a new, amusing polemic by the missionaries, namely with regard to the word "ahad(un)". To achieve this end, the missionaries cite an online text from a Christian Arab polemicist who claims that the word does not mean "one", but "one of". Is it true what they claim? We seek to answer this allegation in the following, insha'allah.


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Hands Free Cell Phones Distracting Drivers
By Brad Ford Jan 26, 2019
Distracted driving continues to pose a dangerous and costly problem on U.S. roadways and cellphone use is largely to blame. A 2018 distracted driving study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that talking on cellphones while behind the wheel has decreased, but drivers continue to interact with their phones in other ways.
The roadside observational study conducted in Northern Virginia revealed that drivers were 57 percent more likely to manipulate a cellphone (browsing the web, dialing, entering an address) in 2018 than drivers in 2014. Based on the study's findings, IIHS estimates that manipulating a cellphone while driving was a contributing factor in more than 800 deaths nationwide in 2017.
The Oregon Department of Transportation reports that from 2012-2016 there were 1,040 crashes involving a driver who was using a cell phone at the time of the crash. This resulted in 19 fatalities and 4,497 people injured.
"The cause-and-effect impact of distracted driving – and in particular, the use of mobile devices while driving – are evident in the data," said Kenton Brine, NW Insurance Council President. "Each tragic crash caused by distracted driving comes with other consequences as well, including higher insurance costs."
Loss costs – payments made to treat injuries, repair damaged vehicles and property and defend insured drivers in legal action – have steadily increased. While individual companies weigh rating factors differently, loss costs are typically reflected in premiums paid by consumers.
"What we're seeing, especially with more vehicles on the road traveling for work and leisure, is a rise in crash rates, and as the cost to treat injuries and repair vehicles increases, those crashes are having an impact on the cost of insurance," said Kenton Brine, NW Insurance Council President.
According to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC), it takes a driver 27 seconds to refocus on the road after using a smartphone while driving. At 25 mph, a vehicle can travel the length of three football fields, putting drivers, passengers, pedestrians and others at risk of a tragic crash.
To further deter drivers from distracted driving, Oregon's new Distracted Driving Law took effect October 1, 2017 and brought tough new restrictions on the use of cell phones while driving along with steep fines for violators. Those citations, as well as crashes caused by distracted driving, could impact what violators pay for auto insurance.
"Insurers also are now able to see if drivers have been cited for, or have caused a collision, while being distracted behind the wheel, which should serve as a wake-up call for drivers who think they can evade an accident, a ticket or insurance consequences," Brine added.
Hopefully, Brine said, drivers are starting to get the message, at least about hand-held cellphone use.
"Driving distracted is a deadly and costly risk," he said. "We can't stress it enough: when you're driving, keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road."
Source: NW Insurance Council


Myanmar (Burma) has a population of over 53,000,000. Life expectancy at birth is 68 for females and 65 for males (WHO, 2015), and the infant mortality rate is 50 per 1000 live births. Health indicators are extremely poor. Total health expenditure per capita is just US$103 (WHO, 2014).
Myanmar is currently in demographic transition, moving slowly towards an ageing population.
It is currently facing the double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Chronic NCDs with shared modifiable risk factors – tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol include cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, cancer and chronic respiratory disorders.
Trauma is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Myanmar – with a large portion of this being road trauma, followed by assault, falling from height, burns and machine/industrial injury. As well as this, advanced, late-presenting cancer means that advanced head and neck cancers requiring complex reconstruction are prevalent.
Interplast has worked in Myanmar since 2001 where assistance has focused on improving access to plastic and reconstructive surgery services. With a high demand for services to treat patients suffering debilitating deformities, it was evident the reliance on visiting teams was not a sustainable solution to service provision.
To address the shortage of trained local plastic surgeons, Interplast successfully applied for a grant from the Australian Government in 2003 to initiate the development of plastic, maxillofacial and oral surgery training and service provision in Burma in cooperation with the Myanmar Ministry of Health. The program required a long-term commitment (minimum six years) to train local surgeons to establish and deliver the country's first local postgraduate training program in reconstructive plastic surgery in cooperation with the University of Medicine 1 . During this time, Interplast trained four surgeons from the Department of Plastic, Maxillofacial and Oral (PMO) Surgery at Yangon General Hospital (YGH) in the sub specialties of paediatric reconstructive surgery, microsurgery, general plastic and reconstructive surgery and burns surgery.
Interplast is now working with its local partners to deliver a regular training/mentoring program of reconstructive surgical training and nurse education, based within the Department of Plastics, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery at the Yangon General Hospital. This program is run in conjunction with the University of Medicine 1, focused on the Masters and Postgraduate trainees. The first of these training/mentoring visits was in February 2014, and they have been delivered 3 times per year since. Interplast is also supporting trainees from Myanmar to undertake both short and long-term training placements in Australia, to complement the training delivered in Myanmar.
In partnership with the University of Medicine 1, and the Yangon General Hospital, Interplast is now delivering training/mentoring programs, 3 times per year, focused initially on advanced training for the local plastic surgeons, but also recently enhanced to include anaesthetic and nurse education. The surgical training program forms part of the Myanmar Doctorate of Plastic Surgery and Masters of Plastic Surgery programs. Alongside the surgical mentoring, Interplast is delivering specific nurse education programs which focus on building local capacity in the post operative care of advanced reconstructive surgical patients.
Interplast is also working in collaboration with local partners in Myanmar to support surgical, anaesthetic and nurse trainees from Myanmar to undertake short and medium-term training placements in Australia, which form part of their formal training program in Myanmar.
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Have a assignment which is available until specific (different) dates for different groups. Imagine the restriction date is passed for the first group - but one of the students has to resubmit.
Its impossible for her to access the assignment because of the date restriction. Any ideas how to solve?
thanks emma and richard. as long as you use the "availability" settings this will work. but if you use the "restrict access" settings (because you want to have different "due" dates for different groups) the extension is not possible.
No, restrict access settings work at a different level to assignment dates, so whatever the assignment dates are (extension or not) if it falls outside the dates permitted by and Restrict Access settings then students will not be able to get at that activity.
Again - don't know about this, haven't tried it and just brainstorming possibilities as I am in the middle of reinstalling my dev environment at home (wet bank holiday activity ) so don't have access to test right now.
My teacher changed to alternative 2. The different groups have to submit with a week interval. Due date is set to the second groups date.


Beavercreek Saloon owner Patrick Whitmore is giving his motor home to a single mother who lost everything in the Camp Fire. He and his partner, Barbara Brooke, are also driving down a bunch of donations to hand out to victims of the massive Northern California fire.
A community is coming together, giving what they can to people who've lost everything in Northern California's Camp Fire.
It's now 100 percent contained, but not before leaving behind widespread destruction. Eighty eight people have died with more than 200 people still missing.
Because so many are without so much, the owners of the Beavercreek Saloon in Beavercreek decided to do something. On Tuesday morning, they were getting ready to hit the road with a motor home filled with donations.
"We have dishes, pots and pans, toilet paper," said Patrick Whitmore, who owns the Saloon with his partner, Barbara Brooke.
He said when he heard about the devastation in Northern California, he began thinking about how he could help.
"I woke up about a week ago thinking I wanted to share my motor home with somebody in Paradise because it was just resting in my barn and I didn't have any plan or any use for it," Whitmore said.
Soon after he had that thought, someone walked into his saloon.
"I said, 'Welcome to my restaurant, where do you live?' and the gal said, 'I live in Molalla, but my friends here are from Colorado and they're on their way to Paradise to volunteer,'" Whitmore said.
He gave them his number in case they ran into someone who needed his motor home. Then on Thanksgiving day, Whitmore got a call. He heard a woman in California named Veronica, a single mom with three kids, had been asking around for an RV.
He's excited his motor home will help someone, along with all the donations that have poured in starting last Friday.
He said each box, each bag, and the entire motor home is filled with love. Whitmore said he, along with Barb, his dog Duke, and his favorite cousin Jerry plan to pack into the motor home to deliver the donations to people who need them.
"I'm happy I can do it. I'm happy I can do this one little thing," Whitmore said.


The UMKC General Education Core curriculum is designed to provide knowledge and skills that are important for all students, no matter their major or field of study. The UMKC Core provides an innovative learning experience for students, who enroll in interdisciplinary courses that are team–taught by faculty. These courses challenge students to think across boundaries in a way that more closely resembles real–world situations, preparing them better for 21st–century careers.
The UMKC Core is a standard for all new students to meet, replacing any and all existing general education requirements previously instituted by individual academic units. The requirements do not apply to students enrolled prior to August 2013 or to transfer students who enroll at UMKC prior to August 2014.
The UMKC Core is a more efficient means of guiding a student's educational journey and provides greater value because students can be confident that the courses they take will arm them with skills employers most value for careers after college and will constitute progress toward a degree, even if they change majors. It represents another facet of UMKC's commitment to student success.


I've tried to get something like this shot of the Kern River oil fields near Oildale for a couple of decades now; this is probably as close as I'll get, taken early this afternoon on the bluffs overlooking the Kern with a huge long hand-held lens. One thing you learn over the years: taking shots of refineries, bridges, oil fields, etc., with a very big lens can cause all sorts of police activity directed towards you. Not this time, though (they were quelling a fight a bit further along Panorama Drive).
Click on the thumbnail above to get a bit of the flavour of the place (basically northeast Bakersfield): literally dozens of square miles of denuded desert hills crawling with wires, pipes, poles, fences, tracks, tanks, and swinging pumps. And it's constantly alive; all those nodding donkey pumpjacks plod along without moving, giving the whole scene a sort of organic Rube Goldberg / Heath Robinson feel.


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Peter Jagers selected to receive 2012 IMS Carver award
IMS Fellow Peter Jagers has been chosen as this year's Harry C. Carver Award winner. Peter is Professor of Mathematical Statistics at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The citation read, "To Peter Jagers, for heading the organization committees for the first joint Bernoulli Society–IMS World Congress in Uppsala in 1990, and the IMS 2010 Annual meeting in Gothenburg; and for other contributions that have brought IMS and the Bernoulli Society closer together."
Peter is a Fellow of IMS, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Gothenburg Society of Arts and Sciences; a Member of the International Statistical Institute; and was awarded Doctor honoris causa by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He served as President of the Royal Gothenburg Society of Arts and Sciences 2012, was First Vice-President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2007–10), and was President of the Bernoulli Society (2005–07). He has served several journals including Advances in Applied Probability, Journal of Applied Probability, Springer Series in Probability and its Applications, Mathematical Population Studies, Serdica, and Biology Direct, and was Editor-in-Chief of Stochastic Processes and their Applications from 1989 to 1993.
Peter was not able to travel to receive his award at the World Congress, so the Carver Award will be presented to him at the next IMS annual meeting, at JSM Montreal in August 2013.
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Microneedling is referred to as collagen induction therapy. A mechanized needle creates a controlled injury to the skin, invoking the body's own healing response. The result is increased collagen production and overall skin rejuvenation.


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Heather Unruh on Kevin Spacey: 'We're not going to stop"
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Former WCVB anchor Heather Unruh sat down to talk to Megyn Kelly on the Today Show this morning about claims that actor Kevin Spacey assaulted her son.
"We're not going to stop until he pleads guilty," she said.
Unruh went on record last month about a incident between her son and the actor which she says happened on Nantucket.
"I think he [Spacey] has run out of using his celebrity. So I think we are not going to stop until he pleads guilty," Unruh said.
The former Boston anchor also said she has spoken to at least eight other men who claim they are also victims. This was her first live interview since the claims were made public.
You can watch the full interview below.


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When Andy Ngo was attacked in the streets by Antifa in the summer of 2019, most people assumed it was an isolated incident. But those who'd been following Ngo's reporting in outlets like the New York Post and Quillette knew that the attack was only the latest in a long line of crimes perpetrated by Antifa.
In Unmasked, Andy Ngo tells the story of this violent extremist movement from the very beginning. He includes interviews with former followers of the group, people who've been attacked by them, and incorporates stories from his own life. This book contains a trove of documents obtained by the author, published for the first time ever.


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Sally Manikian taking a break during an all-night mush.
While visiting Shelburne recently, NHPR's Sean Hurley heard about Sally Manikian. She's a local dog musher - yes, that's unusual, but for reasons more than that, reasons he couldn't quite discover, she'd caught the town's attention. What, he wondered, made Sally Manikian so … well, interesting to her neighbors? He went to find out.
Though Manikian's training runs usually manage to go unobserved, Sally herself, living in Shelburne, has not.
After a fifty mile run, Sally lays out hay and wraps her dogs in warming vests.
When I finally met up with the famous Sally during a break on one of her long training runs, I ask her why she's so well known in town. It's not her dog sledding, she says – she's never won a race and there are other mushers in town.
After wrapping the dogs in warming vests, she hauls out a 5-gallon bucket loaded with red frozen bricks of meat that she begins to chop into smaller portions with an axe. "So this is beef and chicken. And this will be the snacks for the trail," Sally explains.
The axe made dog snacks.
This – the dogs, axing bricks of meat, mushing through the night - is not exactly the life she expected, she tells me. When she was a little girl she had a pet rat. The family had cats.
She has 22 dogs now. As a little girl, a lot of her time was spent indoors. "Like we weren't an outdoors family. We were not a hiking family," she says.
But even as she began to care for her siblings, Manikian also knew she'd have to find some way to take care of herself. "We bought a house for my brother and sister and I to live in - and we moved in August and in September I had my first five dogs," she tells me.
A shot from Sally's 2017 UP 200 race.
When I ask if there's a connection, Sally says, "Oh absolutely! I also knew when I moved in with my brother and sister that I needed something that was uniquely mine. And at that point I was really, really depressed - like I had helped my mother die in a six-month period, I had packed up my family home, relocated my brother and sister north," she says, and sighs.
She works full time for a national conservation organization. Her brother and sister have part-time jobs, cleaning six hours a week at local shops. When she travels for races, a caregiver is always at the house to watch them.
Getting ready for the night run.
Sally is often a topic of conversation when Shelburnites get together. You are the talk of the town, Ken Simonoko tells her at one such gathering.
Sally and Ken Simonoko at the Shelburne Transfer Station.
"You are. Of course," John Gralenski agrees.
There's a certain kind of person who becomes famous locally in a way that also means they will never be known to the wider world. Not famous for any great achievement or particular skill. Who they are is enough.
Which is why Paul Patry, who sees other dog mushers from time to time, only stops to watch when Sally passes on the sled.
Waving, gliding away into the wilderness. Run, rest, run-rest-run.
It's roughly 10 degrees on Saturday morning at the Mahoosuc Inn in Milan and about 200 sled dogs are yowling and barking, making it clear it is time to race.
There are 17 teams entered in the Mahoosuc 100 and each has 12 incredibly impatient, excited dogs.
The mushers move among them. There are hugs and licks.
The dogs throw themselves against their harnesses and are so eager to go that an ATV is hooked to the back of each sled to hold the dogs back as they approach the starting line.
A three-day sled dog race scheduled to start Thursday has been cancelled due to a lack of snow in the North Country.
"Honestly I've never seen a winter this bad since I moved up here and started running sled dogs," said Jaye Foucher, one of the organizers of The Great North Woods Sled Dog Challenge who has lived in the North Country for 13 years.
"I had hoped that the winter would turn around," she said.
The event was scheduled to start in Bretton Woods and then move to Colebrook, Pittsburg and Milan.


Leah was a bubbly and cheerful child and naturally everyone gravitated to her. On May 11th, 2014 (Mother's Day), Leah visited me at home at around 4pm and after hugging and telling me how much she loved me, she left at around 8:00pm. At around 10:30pm that night, I received a call that she was involved in an accident on the Eastern Main Road in Arouca. I did not make much of it, however my heart began to sink when I observed a lot of similarity with the scene at the hospital. My daughter died before I arrived at the hospital that night. It was revealed that the car in which she was the front seat passenger was being driven by her boyfriend recklessly with him overtaking a line of cars before colliding with another vehicle head on. The doctor indicated to me that she was non- responsive when she arrived at the hospital which indicated that she died at the scene.


Transformation and reforms in central administration are often influenced by external and domestic factors such as economic growth, human resources, foreign trade and natural assets.Central government needs to adjust to changing circumstances which necessitates assessing its relationship with its sub-national governments. Decentralization becomes a pivotal issue as central governments re-look at the dynamics of their relationship with state and local governments.This study on several ASEAN nations indicates that political centralization is strong as central governments tend to control their sub-national governments. The consolation for these sub-national governments however, is when a nation has economic wealth and increasing growth; then central-local government relations will be enhanced and administrative decentralization is possible.


1. An employer must keep accurate and detailed payroll and time records showing the hours worked, amount of gross wages, breakdown of any deductions. This is critical and a common mistake made by many employers. If you have not been doing this, start doing so immediately. An employer must provide an itemization of deductions to employees.
2. An employer must pay its employees atleast minimum wage (as of today $8.75 per hour and $9.00 per hour as of December 31, 2015) on a weekly basis. Some employers mistakenly believe that an agreement to pay a worker an agreed-upon lower wage is legal – that is not true. A worker can not contract away his or her rights to minimum wage.
3. An employer must pay overtime wages at the rate of 1.5 times the basic rate of pay after 40 hours of work in a calendar work week. If an employee lives in the employer's home, it must be paid overtime after 44 hours of work in a week. For example, if an employee's basic rate of pay is $10/per hour and he works 60 hours in work week (and is not a live-in worker) – he must be paid the first forty hours at the $10 rate and the additional twenty hours at an overtime rate of $15 per hour.
4. An employer must give one full day of rest per week. However, an employee can work on this day if he or she is paid at an overtime rate.
5. An employer must give three days of paid off after one year of work service.
6. An employer must make payroll deductions (e.g., income tax withholdings) but it cannot make deductions for any other reason. For example, an employer cannot deduct monies for broken dishes or other damage absent an express written authorization.
7. An employee is protected under the New York State Human Rights Law from certain types of harassment (e.g. sexual harassment) and workplace discrimination.
8. In general, employers must maintain workers compensation insurance coverage for its employees including certain household employers.
Non-compliance can lead to government investigation and private lawsuits filed by employees. It is a best practice to act pro-actively and get into compliance before any issues arise. If you have any specific questions about your situation, contact our NY Employment Lawyer for advice and counsel.


Bottom Line: Nvidia's latest mainstream GPU, the GeForce GTX 1660, aims for gamers who need solid 60fps-plus performance with AAA games at 1080p, and even higher frame rates for esports titles. Gigabyte's OC version hits those marks well.
Bottom Line: MSI's GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Gaming X 6G is exceptional at doing what it's designed to do: deliver a moderate-cost GPU option to gamers in search of high refresh rates in 1080p.
Bottom Line: MSI's GeForce RTX 2060 Ventus OC Edition graphics card delivers fluid 1080p and 1440p gaming performance, but the GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition is cheaper and has a VirtualLink port.
Bottom Line: AMD's new Radeon flagship graphics card, the Radeon VII is a worthwhile if power-hungrier alternative to the GeForce RTX 2080 for 4K gaming, but it generally isn't as fast at 1080p or 1440p resolutions.
Bottom Line: If you ignore power consumption, the Radeon RX 590 is the best-performing midrange card you can buy (as tested in this XFX model), showing double-digit gains over the GeForce GTX 1060. However, the existing Radeon RX 580 has the economic edge.
Bottom Line: PNY's GeForce RTX 2080 XLR8 Gaming Overclocked Edition marries competent specs with RGB lighting, but its pricing and ho-hum build make Nvidia's RTX 2080 Founders Edition more attractive.
Bottom Line: A massive air cooler and dual eight-pin power connectors make MSI's GeForce RTX 2080 Gaming X Trio one of the most robust RTX 2080 partner cards we've seen. The only challenge? Fitting it in your PC's case.
Bottom Line: MSI's GeForce RTX 2070 Armor graphics card has great cooling, plus overclocking headroom to spare. It's solid for 1440p play, but it performs much like the outgoing GTX 1080, so step up to an RTX 2080 if you want a generational performance gain.
Bottom Line: Factory overclocked by 7 percent over the reference card, the Zotac RTX 2080 Amp edition has great performance and quiet cooling. Just measure your case before buying it, because it's massive.
Bottom Line: A Ferrari among gaming GPUs, Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition represents the fastest class of cards that money can buy. Just be ready to pay a supercar price to enjoy its luxury ride for 4K and high-refresh gaming.
Bottom Line: An exceptionally powerful graphics card, the GeForce RTX 2080 Founders Edition is a home run for gaming at 4K or high refresh rates. Only its pricing and the lack of games supporting ray tracing and DLSS keep it from being a grand slam right from launch.
Bottom Line: Nvidia's latest high-end card doesn't bring much in the way of new features or levels of performance. But it's nearly as powerful as a GTX 1080, at an enticing $449 price point that seems designed to to dig a heel into AMD's Vega-based alternatives.
Bottom Line: This Asus take on AMD's Radeon RX 550 is a decent budget-minded upgrade over integrated graphics or an older low-end card. But a much-better-performing GTX 1050 will be just a few dollars more.
Bottom Line: While the Radeon RX Vega 64 can go toe-to-toe with Nvidia's GTX 1080, it's a bit late to the party and has much higher power requirements.
Bottom Line: The Asus GeForce GTX 1060 OC Edition is a good choice if you're looking for improved 3D performance on older titles, and it should fare well in some 4K and most VR gameplay.
Bottom Line: This huge, powerhouse GTX 1080 Ti card—the fastest GeForce to date—delivers extra ports for VR and multi-monitor setups, plus fierce out-of-the-box overclocking. That said, its special, VR-minded front HDMI port may need accessories to be useful.
Bottom Line: Shopping for the most graphics punch that fits in a compact PC case? Zotac's GTX 1080 Mini is your card. It's not the smallest of the "mini" cards on the market, but it's ferocious for its size.


The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Plymouth's Town Square, is offering two very special Christmas Services this year. Sunday, December 23rd at 10am is the Church's Service with Christmas Children's Pageant. A very family friendly event, the Service includes children recreating the scene of Jesus' birth. The Christmas Eve Service on December 24th will be a Candlelight Service with a Christmas meditation. This Service will take place at 9pm. This beautiful Communion Service includes Christmas music from the Church's renowned choir and candle lighting. The Church of The Pilgrimage is a progressive Protestant church and a member of the United Church of Christ denomination. Everyone is welcomed to its services and events. The Pastor is the Rev. Dr. Helen L. Nablo.
The Church of The Pilgrimage, located in Town Square, Plymouth, will hold its annual Service of Comfort and Peace on Wednesday, December 12th at 7pm in the church. This very special Service is a time of reflection and quiet meditation for all, especially for those who find the Holiday season a bit difficult. The Service is open to the public and everyone is invited to attend. The Church of the Pilgrimage is a Protestant Church and a member of the United Church of Christ denomination.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Plymouth's Town Square, is hosting a Family friendly Storytelling concert on Friday, November 16th from 7-8:30pm. Entitled "Ol' Bess Speaks at a Gathering", storyteller Sheila Arnold transports listeners back to 18th century Williamsburg, Virginia for a slave-gathering. Ol'Bess will share tales and songs from the period and personal stories about her life as a slave. This thought provoking and wonderfully entertaining event will be enjoyed by adults and children alike. Light refreshments are included. There is no charge but a freewill donation would be appreciated. Seating is first come, first served so be sure to get there early. Come and be a part of what is certain to be a wonderful evening!
The Sanctuary Choir of The Church of The Pilgrimage will perform a special concert on Sunday, July 1st at 7pm at the Church, located in Plymouth's historic town square . In this " Music for a Summer's Evening" event, the Choir will perform many of its favorite anthems from the past few years. Light refreshments will be served after the concert in the lower level of the Church. The concert provides a rare opportunity for the public to enjoy the Church's highly acclaimed Sanctuary Choir; all are welcomed. A "free will" offering will be accepted that evening in lieu of a ticket fee. The Choir is under the direction of Ms. Kelley DePasqua. Ms. DePasqua , a member of the Church, is the Department Chair of Fine and Practical Arts at Silver Lake Regional High School. Mr. Michael Eaton, a virtuoso on organ and piano, will perform and accompany the Choir. The concert will be recorded thanks to a grant received by the Church from a former Choir member. The recording of the evening's music will be made into a CD and , when available, copies will be sold to support the music programs of the Church. The Church of the Pilgrimage is a progressive Protestant Church and a member of the United Church of Christ denomination. The Rev. Dr. Helen Nablo is the Church's Pastor.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Town Square in Plymouth, is sponsoring a golf tournament at Squirrel Run Golf Course on Saturday, June 16th. The event, which is open to the public, includes 18 holes of golf, prizes, and lunch. The proceeds of the Tournament will go toward supporting the many missions of the Church. The cost is $100. Contact the Church office at 508-746-3026 to sign up or for more information.
May is Heifer month at The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Town Square, Plymouth. The Church, since 1973, has supported the mission of Heifer International which is to end hunger and poverty while caring for the earth. Members and friends donate money so that others may purchase farm animals and training in order to start a small business. The recipients then pass the offsprings of these animals on to others so that they too may be helped. Throughout the month of May, the Church will be selling special Mother's Day and Friendship Cards, buttons, stickers, books, Ark Calendars and banks. Two guest speakers will be on hand to add to the celebration. On May 6th, Kate Sheehan, Heifer Community Engagement Manager will share her thoughts about the work of Heifer International. The following week, on May 13th, Rachel Brown from Medfield will lead stories and games during Church School. The Church will also be presented with the 2017 Ark Plaque for its outstanding contribution and service to Heifer International last year. Always a highlight of Heifer Month, on May 20th two hens will visit the Church School and be guests at the display and pledge tables. All events are open to the public. Sunday Services and Church School events begin at 10am. The Church of the Pilgrimage is a Protestant Congregational Church and a member of the United Church of Christ denomination. The Rev. Dr. Helen Nablo is Pastor.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, a Protestant Congregational church located in Town Square in Plymouth, will be celebrating Easter Sunday, April 1st, with three Services. The first is the multi denominational Sunrise Service on Cole's Hill at 6:15am. A family Easter Pageant Service will take place in the Sanctuary at 9:15am followed by a Traditional Worship Service at 11am. Everyone is welcome and child care services are available. For more information, contact the church office.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, a Protestant Congregational church located in Town Square in Plymouth, will observe Holy Week with two special Services. On Thursday, March 29th, the church will have its renowned Maundy Thursday service at 7pm in the Sanctuary. This popular service remembers the Last Supper and includes communion. On Friday, March 30th, the church will offer a special service, The Way of the Cross, which will walk attendees through Jesus' suffering and the events of Good Friday. The service will take place in the Sanctuary at 6:30pm.The Church will be celebrating Easter Sunday, April 1st, with three Services. The first is the multi denominational Sunrise Service on Cole's Hill at 6:15am. A family Easter Pageant Service will take place in the Sanctuary at 9:15am followed by a Traditional Worship Service at 11am. All services are open to the public and everyone is welcomed. Child care is available for the Easter services held in the sanctuary. Come and observe Holy Week and Easter with the Church of the Pilgrimage.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Plymouth's Town Square,is hosting a soup supper and program on "Providing Care to a Loved one with Dementia" on Wednesday, March 14th. The soup supper begins at 5:45 pm and the program at 6:30pm in the church's Allerton Hall. Rev. Dr. Rosemary MacKay, Spiritual Care Coordinator for Cranberry Hospice and Palliative Care and church member, will speak on caring for a person with dementia. Garnered from her over 30 years of experience, she will share ways to "be present" with the loved one while taking care of yourself too. Come and be with others as we discuss the unique challenges of caring for someone with dementia. The soup supper and program are free of charge and open to the public. All are welcomed to attend. Please call the church office (508) 746-3026 to register for the supper by Tuesday, March 13th. The Church of the Pilgrimage is a Protestant Congregational Church and a member of the United Church of Christ denomination. It is open to and affirms all people. The Rev. Dr. Helen L. Nablo is Pastor of the Church.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Plymouth's Town Square, will hold an Ash Wednesday Service on February 14th at 7pm. This short service will include time for prayer, reflection and distribution of ashes. Ashes will also be distributed to the public outside the church that day from 7:30am to 8:30am, weather permitting. Come visit us--by foot or by car--and receive ashes and a special Lenten blessing. Everyone is welcomed to participate as we begin the observation of this holy season.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Plymouth's Town Square, is offering two very special Christmas Eve Services on Sunday, December 24th. The first Service is at 10am that day and is the Church's Christmas Eve Family Service with Children's Pageant. A very family friendly event, the Service includes children recreating the scene of Jesus' birth. The Christmas Eve evening Service will be a Candlelight Service with Communion and a Christmas meditation. This Service will take place at 9pm. Note this new Christmas Worship time! This beautiful Service includes Christmas music from the Church's choir. The Church of The Pilgrimage is a progressive Protestant church and a member of the United Church of Christ denomination. All people are welcomed to its Services and events. The Pastor is the Rev. Dr. Helen L. Nablo.
The Plymouth Interfaith Clergy Association is having its Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Monday, November 20th at 7pm. This year, the Service will be at The Church of the Pilgrimage, Town Square in Plymouth. Speakers include Barbara Aharoni from Plymouth No Place for Hate, Caralotta Darwin from the First Baptist Church and Rev. Ed Hardy from First Parish UU. Persephone's Daughters will provide music accompanied by Michael Eaton. The Service is free and open to the public . There will be a free will offering to benefit the Plymouth Task Force to End Homelessness. This annual Service is always very uplifting and uniting and everyone is encouraged to attend.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Plymouth's Town Square, is hosting a Family friendly Storytelling concert on Friday, November 17th at 7pm. Entitled "Create. Peace.", the concert will feature acclaimed spoken word artists Jackson Gillman and L. Schuyler Ford. This poignant, funny and thought provoking event is open to the public. There is no charge but a free will donation for the artists would be appreciated. Come and be a part of what is certain to be a wonderful evening!
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Town Square in Plymouth, will hold its Annual Harvest Fair on Saturday, November 11th from 9:30am to 2pm in both its Town Square buildings. There will be a wide array of hand made clothes and crafts, an art gallery, attic treasures , autumn and Christmas items and plenty of other great gift ideas for yourself and others. Enjoy many delicious goodies in the Country Store bakery area including fresh warm donuts for kids and grown ups alike! Hungry after all that shopping? Enjoy a scrumptious and hearty lunch, at a very reasonable price, with favorites for everyone in the family. There will be plenty of fun and wonderful things to purchase and enjoy. Come early for the best selection! The Church of the Pilgrimage is a Congregational church and a member of the United Church of Christ denomination. The Rev. Dr. Helen Nablo is the Pastor. The church is intergenerational and all people are welcomed to its Services and events. For more information, go to the church's website at 8townsquare.org.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Town Square in Plymouth, is sponsoring a golf tournament at Squirrel Run Golf Course on Saturday, June 17th. The event, which is open to the public, includes a check in and continental breakfast at 8am, 18 holes of golf, prizes, a silent auction and lunch. The proceeds of the Tournament will go toward supporting the many missions of the Church. The cost is $100 and the deadline to enter is Sunday, June 4th. Contact the Church office at 508-746-3026 to sign up or for more information.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Town Square in Plymouth, will be celebrating Easter Sunday, April 16th, with three Services. The first is the multi denominational Sunrise Service on Cole's Hill at 5:45am. A family Easter Pageant Service will take place in the Sanctuary at 9:15am followed by a Traditional Worship Service at 11am. Everyone is welcomed and child care services are available. Come and celebrate the Lord's resurrection with the Church of the Pilgrimage.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Town Square in Plymouth, will observe Holy Week with two special Services. On Thursday, April 13th, the church will once again have its Maundy Thursday service at 7pm in the Sanctuary. This popular service remembers the Last Supper and includes communion. On Friday, April 14th, the church will offer a new service, The Way of the Cross, which will walk through Jesus' suffering and the events of Good Friday. The service will take place in the Sanctuary at 6:30pm. Both services are open to the public and everyone is welcomed. Come and observe Holy Week with the Church of the Pilgrimage.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Plymouth's Town Square, will hold an Ash Wednesday Service on March 1st at 7am. This short service will include time for prayer, reflection and distribution of ashes. Ashes will also be distributed to the public outside the church that day from 7:30am to 8:30am and then again from 4:30pm to 5:30pm, weather permitting. Come visit us--by foot or by car--and receive ashes and a special Lenten blessing. Everyone is welcomed to participate as we begin the observation of this holy season.
Nativity display and Open House: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, at the Church of the Pilgrimage, 8 Town Square. The public is invited to view a display of nativities from around the world in the sanctuary, and to enjoy free hot dogs, hot chocolate and cookies. The Church of the Pilgrimage, 8 Town Square, will have a Service of Comfort and Peace on Wednesday, December 7th at 7pm in the sanctuary. For some people, the holidays are bitter sweet especially if they feel grief, loss or other pain. This special Service provides an opportunity to come together with others and honor all of our feelings this holiday season. Light refreshments and an optional period of conversation on coping with the holidays , lead by trained members of the Church , will be available after the Service. Everyone is welcomed!
The Plymouth Area Interfaith Clergy Association held an interface Thanksgiving Service on November 21, 2016. PACTV Community News spoke with Pastor Helen Nablo before the event.
The Plymouth Area Interfaith Clergy Association hosted a service of prayer at the Church of the Pilgrimage on June 21, 2016 as a way to honor and remember the victims of the Orlando massacre and their families. PACTV Community News spoke with Pastor Helen Nablo and Barbara Aharoni of the Plymouth No Place for Hate Committee before the event.
The Church of the Pilgrimage's Youth Group will be sponsoring a Brunch on Sunday, April 17th from 11am to 1pm at the church. The event is open to the public and will include pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, and a beverage. The cost is $8 per adult and $5 per child, with a family cap of $25. Everyone is welcomed! All proceeds will go toward the upcoming Youth Mission trip to Maine where the teens will help low-income residents with housing repairs and projects. The Church of the Pilgrimage is located on Town Square in Plymouth.
The Church of the Pilgrimage, located in Plymouth's Town Square, is observing Easter Week with several very special services. A Palm Sunday service on March 20th at 10am begins the week. The church's very moving Maundy Thursday service is Thursday, March 24th at 7pm. This Communion service remembers The Last Supper and the passion of Jesus. The Sanctuary will then be open on Good Friday, March 25th, from noon to 3pm for quiet personal prayer and meditation. There will be three services on Easter Sunday, March 27th. The first is an interfaith Sunrise service at 6am on Cole's Hill in Plymouth. The annual Easter family service and children's pageant is at 9:30am in the church's Sanctuary followed by the traditional Easter service at 11am. Everyone is welcomed! The Church of the Pilgrimage is a Protestant church and a member of the United Church of Christ. The Rev. Dr. Helen Nablo is the Pastor.


I have met some of my best friends in the most unlikely ways. Ruurd -my husband – and I have crossed paths when he was living in Paris and I was living in Texas. Then we met again in the Netherlands and decided that fate really wanted us together.
Tharani and I started to share recipes in a field station in Tanzania in the early 90's and we still spend most of our time together talking about good food. In those primitive conditions she could make a delicious pear crumble using Blue Band. This is a scary margarine that refuses to melt even when left in the sun, we had no real butter out in the sticks.
I met a bunch of really, really cool girls on the Slowtravel forum. Giulia has a B&B and organic farm near Urbino, she has an alternate life in Madrid and is a wizard of food transformation. Give her a berry, she'll make liqueur. Diana has a splendid B&B in Aqui Terme, she's an artist with golden hands and a passionate mind. Gloria is a volcano of activity including a career in linguistics, managing several vacation rentals, writing, teaching and a dog.
The list is long. Corinna is in the agriturismo business just like me and knows the profound meaning of hospitality. To be with her and her family is always like to be home! Sandra has left her heart in Italy and needs to travel here as frequently has possible to retrieve it. Rebecca is a very fun writer and nobody knows why she does not have a blog. Megan has found her love on the steep slopes of Liguria. Sally knows Italy and more, yes, lots more.
I have also made friends with some fantastic people who turned up at my door to stay or for a cooking class, like Noodle who's a master of exquisite table arrangement and must be Asia's expert of Italian food, then Linda, Kay, Joanne, Dede and Ken, Pamela and Joerg….. I really am fortunate to have shared so many beautiful moments with so many beautiful people.
In a way – regardless of nationality – my friends are all Italian at heart, at least a bit. That's because we share the love and fascination for this crazy country, for its impossible beauty and for its bounty of taste and flavors. My friends are my Italian beauties and for this I am grateful.
… just like you are for all of us, one of the angels. I love you.
Letizia, you are a true Italian beauty, I'm just happy to spend some time in your shadow!
What a beautiful post — and gorgeous photos. Tea is a charmer, so lovely!


WWE SmackDown Live 31 July 2018 Results Highlights Written Updates Charlotte Flair Returns :- Tonight we have seen another spectacular episode of SD Live where the Queen Charlotte Flair makes her return right before Summerslam 2018 also Randy Orton attacked Jeff Hardy once again, the Miz and Daniel Bryan confrontation and a lots more happened.
Lynch says sometimes when you wait for something you start to think it will never happen. Lynch hasn't had a shot at the Smackdown Women's title in a very long time. Lynch push through it and is one step away from reaching her goal. It will be Lynch's honor to walk into the first ever WWE Women's PPV as the Smackdown Women's Champion. Carmella comes out and tells Lynch to calm down because this isn't what she thinks it is. Carmella says last week Lynch beat her fair and square. Carmella puts over how important Evolution is to everyone. Carmella tells the story of how she was told she would never be more than just a manager. Lynch was on the rise and a part of the Four Horsewomen of NXT. No matter how much Lynch had going on she always had time to give Carmella advice. Carmella says she appreciated it.
Carmella says Lynch was the centerpiece of the women's division and the WWE Universe loves Lynch. Carmella starts to cry and says most of the WWE Universe doesn't think Carmella deserves to be champion. Carmella says that she tries to fight back against all the haters on social media but it's becoming to be too much. Carmella has to put on a brave face and tell herself that she deserves to be here. Carmella tells Lynch that they are going to tear the house down at SummerSlam. Carmella shakes Lynch's hand. James Ellsworth's music plays and Carmella attacks Lynch from behind. Carmella sets up a chair in the middle of the ring but before she can DDT Lynch on it Charlotte Flair runs down to the ring and makes the save.
4. Joe says last week he gave AJ Styles a message in only the way Joe can. Truth be told, Joe respect Styles. Joe respects the fact that Styles has made the WWE title the most prestigious title on the planet. Styles has put being champion in front of everything including being a part of his own family. Joe thinks it funny that last week Styles said he can look at his daughter and tell her she can be anything she wants to be. Joe knows Styles hasn't been home long enough to look into his daughter's eye, let alone be a father.
5. As per Samoa Joe, Styles has done everything to be champion including failing as a husband and father. Joe is going to take everything from Styles. While everyone is cheering for Styles, Styles knows deep down Styles own family will be cheering for Joe. In the end, Styles will finally be able to be a father to his kids while Joe is the new WWE Champion.
7. Backstage, Lynch says she is happy Flair is back and her match tonight is a golden opportunity. Lynch knows that if Flair wins her chances go down at SummerSlam. Lynch says she isn't rooting against Flair. She would never root against her best friend.
8. Backstage, The Bludgeon Brother says if Cesaro and Sheamus want to set the bar, the Bludgeon Brother will break it.
9. Backstage, English tries to apologize to Lana. Lana tells him to leave. Rusev runs in and yells for English to come here. English runs away. Rusev says if he was out there that would have never happened to Lana. Lana says she needed Rusev out there tonight and he was. Lana walks away.
10. Bryan puts over his wife and the WWE Evolution show. The announcement of the show is a huge step forward. Every time they take two steps forward it seems we take two steps back. Bryan shows footage of Miz throwing a baby at him last week. Bryan says watching that bother him. Why? Because for two years Miz taunted him. Miz thought he was safe since Bryan couldn't wrestle. Then Bryan was cleared. Miz brought his wife and what he thought was Miz's baby to the ring to create another wall to protect himself from Bryan. Miz knows that if they had a fair fight Bryan would destroy Miz. Bryan tells Miz to come out and prove him wrong. Miz appears on the 'tron and says if Bryan wants to fight him Bryan has to earn it. Miz says he is on location for his show and if Bryan wants him Bryan needs to call his agent. Miz says the studio provided him with security. Bryan says he doesn't care.
11. Bryan is here to fight and Miz is hiding. Miz is a coward. Miz says Bryan is a coward since Bryan walked away last Miz got in his face. Miz says he has been carrying Bryan and Miz made Bryan famous. Bryan tells Miz that Miz's dream of being a huge Hollywood star is never going to happen. It's been done before and by better people, Miz will never be the Rock. Hell Miz isn't even John Cena. Nobody will ever remember Miz a great superstar because Miz is too soft. If Miz needs a big stage, Miz should come face Bryan at SummerSlam. Miz tells Bryan that everyone has moved on and Bryan needs to do that too. Bryan needs to just be quiet and go away. Miz calls Bryan a crybaby.


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Ecologists warn of Cala Figuera environmental "ruin"
Balearic ecological watchdog "GOB" issued a warning yesterday that with the end of a period of "special protection" on six plots of land in the pinewood cove of Caló de'n Boira (Cala Figuera), development can now legally go ahead on the unspoiled sloping shoreline. "Any building would have an enormous visual impact on the cove and would be environmentally ruinous," claimed GOB, furthering that it was "unfeasible" to build in such an area.
Last August, the ecologists had spoken out against any changes in planning law which would permit developmetn in Caló de'n Boira and urged the Council of Majorca and Santanyi town council to come to an agreement over some form of permanent territory protection for the pine cove.
The ecologists said that "it doesn't make sense" to build in a coastal area given over to natural vegetation. "It's not just a question of erecting a building but all the service roads and supply ducts would have to be considered as well," said a GOB spokesman. The local council is also in favour of protecting the site.
All shops in the designated Sunday shopping area should open on a Sunday. [...]
Calls for town hall to prevent Palma bullfight