side of Martin Luther King Jr. capable of great anger over injustice, but, rather, King's most conciliatory themes.
Civil Rights Christian language has many political advantages; most notably, it is resolutely centered not on the defeat of adversaries, but on their conversion. The conversion theme, and Civil Rights Christianity's notion of building a cross-racial 'beloved community,' fit almost perfectly with Obama's core message of political and racial reconciliation. 'We need to take faith seriously,' Obama writes in his book, 'not simply to block the religious right but to engage all persons of faith in the larger project of American renewal.'"


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BDP attacks Gabz FM over Khama 3rd term topic
By Thabo Bagwasi
The Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has come out shooting magnum's from the hip in a cutting statement that denies assertions and innuendo that President Lt Gen Ian Khama has ambitions to steal a mandate by pursuing a third term in office.
The BDP's new Communications and International Relations Chairman, Thapelo Pabalinga has pigeonholed in a strongly worded statement against a Gabz FM morning program termed 'What if HE Khama does not step down' as a malicious programme aimed at tarnishing president Khama's name.
Khama has in the past spoken strongly against African leaders who amend constitution to prolong their stay in power. He has publicly declared that he will be stepping down when his term ends in 2018.
Pabalinga continued his shelling of the private radio station in one of the most scathing BDP rebuttals in recent memory, reproving the station of being devoid of will to conduct simple research for its programs explaining that, "in any case this is yet another example of the refusal of some of those at the station to do their research: had they done the most elementary of research Gabz FM would have known that on numerous occasions president Khama has reiterated the fact that upon the end of his term he shall move on and a new occupant of the office assume it as per the dictates of the constitution."
Pabalinga contends that had such effortless research been carried out the station's morning program on the likelihood of president Khama extending his mandate would have been 'rendered moot', before hinging his argument on the unavailability of any intra party topic of discussion or bill at present to change the constitution.
While President Ian Khama has several times showed disinterest in public office beyond his constitutional term limit and is also known for his lack of innate political drive and often times emerging in his few appearances on international fora to lampoon statesmen in the habit of skirting constitutional term limits in the sub-continent, rumour and mistrust on his stately ambitions beyond 2018 refuses to wear down.
Khama who is also the chairman of the regional bloc, Southern African Development Community seized his swearing in as SADC head to lampoon former rebel leader Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza for circumventing his constitutional limit to secure himself a controversial third term, a development that has thrown the country into chaos while his disdain for tyrannical despots and rogue regimes such as Zimbabwe, Iran and neo-colonialist China is catalogued.
The Office of the President has also come out guns blazing against the topic discussed on Gabz FM. The officials at the Office of the President have labelled the discussion as "mischievous". But Gabz FM is of the view that it has the right as a media organisation to pose topics for discussion by its listeners. The BDP Youth Wing chairman, Andy Boatile went to town in a statement aimed at the station. He declared that Gabz FM is an opposition party hell-bent on attacking the BDP.
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Oarabile Mosikare
Mowana Copper Mine in Dukwi will finally pay its former employees a total amount of P23, 789, 984.00 end of this month. For over three years Mowana Copper Mine has been under judicial management. Updating members, Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) Executive Secretary Kitso Phiri this week said the High Court issued an order for the implementation of the compromise scheme of December 9, 2021 and this was to be done within 30 days after court order.
"Therefore payment of benefits under the scheme including those owed to Messina Copper Botswana employees should be effected sometime in January latest end of January 2022," Kitso said. Kitso also explained that cash settlement will be 30 percent of the total Messina Copper Botswana estate and negotiated estate is $3,233,000 (about P35, 563,000).
Messina Copper was placed under liquidation and was thereafter acquired by Leboam Holdings to operate Mowana Mine. Leboam Holdings struck a deal with the Messina Copper's liquidator who became a shareholder of Leboam Holdings. Leboam Holdings could not service its debts and its creditors placed it under provisional judicial management on December 18, 2018 and in judicial management on February 28, 2019.
A new company Max Power expressed interest to acquire the mining operations. It offered to take over the Mowana Mine from Leboam Holdings, however, the company had to pay the debts of Leboam including monies owed to Messina Copper, being employees benefits and other debts owed to other creditors.
The monies, were agreed to be paid through a scheme of compromise proposed by Max Power, being a negotiated payment schedule, which was subject to the financial ability of the new owners. "On December 9, 2021, Messina Copper liquidator, called a meeting of creditors, which the BMWU on behalf of its members (former Messina Copper employees) attended, to seek mandate from creditors to proceed with a proposed settlement for Messina Copper on the scheme of compromise. It is important to note that employee benefits are regarded as preferential credit, meaning once a scheme is approved they are paid first."
Negotiated estate is P35, 563,000
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A savingram the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development sent to Town Clerks and Council Secretaries explaining why councilors across the country should not have access to their terminal benefits before end of their term has been revealed.
The contents of the savingram came out in the wake of a war of words between counselors and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development. The councilors through the Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) accuse the Ministry of refusing to allow them to have access to their terminal benefits before end of their term.
This has since been denied by the Ministry. In the savingram to town councils and council secretaries across the country, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Molefi Keaja states that, "Kindly be advised that the terminal benefits budget is made during the final year of term of office for Honorable Councilors." Keaja reminded town clerks and council secretaries that, "The nominal budget Councils make each and every financial year is to cater for events where a Councilor's term of office ends before the statutory time due to death, resignation or any other reason."
The savingram also goes into detail about why the government had in the past allowed councilors to have access to their terminal benefits before the end of their term. "Regarding the special dispensation made in the 2014-2019, it should be noted that the advance was granted because at that time there was an approved budget for terminal benefits during the financial year," explained Keaja. He added that, "Town Clerks/Council Secretaries made discretions depending on the liquidity position of Councils which attracted a lot of audit queries."
Keaja also revealed that councils across the country were struggling financially and therefore if they were to grant councilors access to their terminal benefits, this could leave their in a dire financial situation. Given the fact that Local Authorities currently have cash flow problems and budgetary constraints, it is not advisable to grant terminal benefits advance as it would only serve to compound the liquidity problems of councils.
It is understood that the Ministry was inundated with calls from some Councils as they sought clarification regarding access to their terminal benefits. The Ministry fears that should councils pay out the terminal benefits this would affect their coffers as the government spends a lot on councilors salaries.
Reports show that apart from elected councilors, the government spends at least P6, 577, 746, 00 on nominated councilors across the country as their monthly salaries. Former Assistant Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Botlogile Tshireletso once told Parliament that in total there are 113 nominated councilors and their salaries per a year add up to P78, 933,16.00. She added that their projected gratuity is P9, 866,646.00.
A surge in consumer spending is expected to be a key driver of Botswana's economic recovery, according to recent projections by Fitch Solutions. Fitch Solutions said it forecasts household spending in Botswana to grow by a real rate of 5.9% in 2022.
The bullish Fitch Solutions noted that "This is a considerable deceleration from 9.4% growth estimated in 2021, it comes mainly from the base effects of the contraction of 2.5% recorded in 2020," adding that, "We project total household spending (in real terms) to reach BWP59.9bn (USD8.8bn) in 2022, increasing from BWP56.5bn (USD8.3bn) in 2021." According to Fitch Solutions, this is higher than the pre-Covid-19 total household spending (in real terms) of P53.0 billion (USD7.8bn) in 2019 and it indicates a full recovery in consumer spending.
"We forecast real household spending to grow by 5.9% in 2022, decelerating from the estimated growth of 9.4% in 2021. We note that the Covid-19 pandemic and the related restrictions on economic activity resulted in real household spending contracting by 2.5% in 2020, creating a lower base for spending to grow from in 2021 and 2022," Fitch Solutions says.
Total household spending (in real terms), the agency says, will increase in 2022 when compared to 2021. In 2021 and 2022, total household spending (in real terms) will be above the pre-Covid-19 levels in 2019, indicating a full recovery in consumer spending, says Fitch Solutions. It says as of December 6 2021 (latest data available), 38.4% of people in Botswana have received at least one vaccine dose, while this is relatively low it is higher than Africa average of 11.3%.
"The emergence of new Covid-19 variants such as Omicron, which was first detected in the country in November 2021, poses a downside risk to our outlook for consumer spending, particularly as a large proportion of the country's population is unvaccinated and this could result in stricter measures being implemented once again," says Fitch Solutions.
Growth will ease in 2022, Fitch Solution says. "Our forecast for an improvement in consumer spending in Botswana in 2022 is in line with our Country Risk team's forecast that the economy will grow by a real rate of 5.3% over 2022, from an estimated 12.5% growth in 2021 as the low base effects from 2020 dissipate," it says.
Fitch Solutions notes that "Our Country Risk team expects private consumption to be the main driver of Botswana's economic growth in 2022, as disposable incomes and the labour market continue to recover from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic."
It says Botswana's tourism sector has been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the related travel restrictions.
According to Fitch Solutions, "The emergence of the Omicron variant, which was first detected in November 2021, has resulted in travel bans being implemented on Southern African countries such as South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Eswatini. This will further delay the recovery of Botswana's tourism sector in 2021 and early 2022." Fitch Solutions, therefore, forecasts Botswana's tourist arrivals to grow by 81.2% in 2022, from an estimated contraction of 40.3% in 2021.
It notes that the 72.4% contraction in 2020 has created a low base for tourist arrivals to grow from. "The rollout of vaccines in South Africa and its key source markets will aid the recovery of the tourism sector over the coming months and this bodes well for the employment and incomes of people employed in the hospitality industry, particularly restaurants and hotels as well as recreation and culture businesses," the report says.
Fitch Solutions further notes that with economies reopening, consumers are demanding products that they had little access to over the previous year. However, manufacturers are facing several problems. It says supply chain issues and bottlenecks are resulting in consumer goods shortages, feeding through into supply-side inflation. Fitch Solutions believes the global semiconductor shortage will continue into 2022, putting the pressure on the supply of several consumer goods.
It says the spread of the Delta variant is upending factory production in Asia, disrupting shipping and posing more shocks to the world economy. Similarly, manufacturers are facing shortages of key components and higher raw materials costs, the report says adding that while this is somewhat restricted to consumer goods, there is a high risk that this feeds through into more consumer services over the 2022 year.
"Our global view for a notable recovery in consumer spending relies on the ability of authorities to vaccinate a large enough proportion of their populations and thereby experience a notable drop in Covid-19 infections and a decline in hospitalisation rates," says Fitch Solutions.
Both these factors, it says, will lead to governments gradually lifting restrictions, which will boost consumer confidence and retail sales.
"As of December 6 2021, 38.4% of people in Botswana have received at least one vaccine dose. While this is low, it is higher than the Africa average of 11.3%. The vaccines being administered in Botswana include Pfizer-BioNTech, Sinovac and Johnson & Johnson. We believe that a successful vaccine rollout will aid the country's consumer spending recovery," says Fitch Solutions. Therefore, the agency says, "Our forecasts account for risks that are highly likely to play out in 2022, including the easing of government support. However, if other risks start to play out, this may lead to forecast revisions."

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Almost exactly 580 years ago, King James I of Scotland was murdered by a group of conspirators in a sewer tunnel beneath a monastery as he attempted to escape, recounts the BBC. Stabbed dozens of times, he is said to have died in a pool of his own blood. His tomb, however, has been lost to history, and now researchers and archaeologists are coming together to try to find it underneath the Scottish city of Perth and to recreate the site as a virtual museum. "It's like Game of Thrones and Outlander all rolled into one—except this story is real," says a project leader from the Glasgow School of Art, per the AFP. He adds that the king—known also as a poet, musician, and athlete—had been working to make Perth the capital of Scotland, so the day he died "changed Scotland forever."
The king was buried in an elaborate tomb in the city's Charterhouse monastery, which he himself had built modeled on the Grande Chartreuse in the French Alps. But the entire monastery was plundered and destroyed during the Reformation, reports the Courier. Researchers hope to locate the Charterhouse buildings during a two-year dig, then use the information to virtually reconstruct the complex, says a researcher from the University of Stirling, per the University of the Highlands and Islands. "Locating the royal tombs within the church would be the icing on the cake," he adds. (Was King Arthur actually a Scot?)


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The Spirit of March 8 for Real Change
BOOK Review by GEOFFREY YEOW, The Star
March 8: Time for Real Change
Edited by Kee Thuan Chye
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish, 363 pages
AS a relative youngster, politics has always been like a love-hate relationship for me. We love how politics can ignite passionate debates about right and wrong, yet we hate how it manages to transform everything good into something evil.
So when I was asked to review this book, I took it up as a challenge to delve into a world that I admittedly do not know much about but always had a dormant interest in.
This was one of the first books to come out after the landmark March 8, 2008, elections, when the Opposition won an unprecedented number of Parliamentary seats. Back then, it was entitled March 8: The Day Malaysia Woke Up.
Time for Real Change is a re-issued edition with new content released late last year – and very timely it is, too, what with the number of by-elections that have taken place lately and rumours of the next general election swirling about the World Wide Web.
Let us get some things straight before we start off. March 8 is not a book about politics. It is a compilation of many thoughts that run parallel to a man's dream of living in a nation where equality, justice and true freedom are the rule of thumb.
Is that too much to ask? In this day and age, it probably is. Here's a quick re-cap of the events that sparked the first version of this book (for those of you who might have, by some wild chance, missed it all): On that fateful day three years ago, for the first time since the 1969 general elections, the ruling coalition of Barisan Nasional failed to secure the two-thirds majority in Parliament required to pass amendments to the Malaysian Constitution.
This represented a major shift in power, with the Opposition parties having a larger say in Parliament and greater control over amendments to the law. More importantly, it proved to Malaysians that the once-impenetrable has finally encountered kryptonite.
This book is made up of three main sections. The first, Where We Are Now, evaluates the significance of events in the aftermath of the general election. This includes the ruling coalitions' attempts to instil change and reform.
The middle section, Back to the Beginning, chronicles the events that culminated in March 8, while the last, Where Do We Go From Here, discusses the future of our nation and the growing hope for change that seemed so bright on that fateful day.
Kee Thuan Chye, the editor (and also contributing writer) of the book, is a dramatist, poet and retired journalist. From the first page, it was fascinating to see him using his expertise in all three fields to pull us in with smooth-flowing sentences and words that are easy to understand (which is something most authors tend to forget).
His summation of events leading up to March 8 and its aftermath paint a clear picture, without our needing to go to Google and look up specifics details. Kee's voice is always distinct amidst all the facts and statistics, his frustration with the current political landscape is clearly delivered.
In all the sections, a number of well-respected names share their thoughts on the historic general election and its repercussions. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and controversial Malaysia Today editor, Raja Petra Kamarudin lead the voices in the call for change and democracy.
With most books, it is not unusual for us to feel as though we are reading behind a glass wall, with the author telling us the story. In this book, however, Kee writes with a personal touch, emphasising phrases such as "we have to do our part" and "we continue to support it". We get the impression that he is on our side of the wall, pointing out to the world and telling us what is really going on out there.
As someone just starting to get the hang of politics, John Lee's article, Youth Votes Count for Everything, speaks to me in particular. Lee states that although a minority of the younger generation cares passionately about the political landscape, most are just not interested.
He then goes on to argue that although this remains an issue, the March 8 general election has produced positive change by increasing the interest in the young as they begin to realise the power of their votes and, essentially, their voice. With the advent of political blogs, "Twittersphere" and social media, the point that Lee makes resonates loudly, as the younger generation could well prove to be the turning point in the next general election.
Some people may argue that this book was written with a pro-opposition bias. I feel the appropriate term should be that it was written with a pro-change and pro-democracy bias. As Kee says: "March 8 has gives us something precious for the next general election, and hopefully for longer into the future: Choice … It sure beats having a monopoly."
Readers will find his book eye-opening as it drags you in from the very start and inspires you to believe that while real change and true democracy may be improbable, they are certainly not impossible.
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14 thoughts on "The Spirit of March 8 for Real Change"
Pak Abu says: January 31, 2011 at 12:40 pm
What change is Tuan Chye talking about?
He can continue to live in his dream world.
He is in a perpetual denial mode.
Isa Manteqi says: January 31, 2011 at 12:51 pm
Three years ago we thought that the stunning performance of the Opposition coalition would usher-in a new era for our country. In the period that has passed it has become clear that there is no credible opposition to speak of.
The choices are clear:-
1. Let the current opposition govern as many states as possible so they can cut their teeth.
2. Allow BN to continue but with the slenderest of majorities.
3. Keep up the pressure on BN to reform.
I believe this will give us the all-important stability to move forward.
Pak Abu says: January 31, 2011 at 1:18 pm
Reply to Q1. How? See the Selangor state government.
Khalid is left alone to fight his battle.
My pals from PKR said Azmin now is lining up new alliances to take over from Khalid. He can see that Anwar is going to jail in a few months.
He knows that there's no way PKR leader can be PM. So controlling a state will do.
And in politics there is no such thing as allowing for slender majorities.
You will lose all if you allow that to happen.
And BN is reforming now, albeit slowly.
Isa Manteqi says: January 31, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Pak Abu – Sorry cannot agree with you about slender majorities. A slender lead forces the ruling group to always keep looking over their shoulder and is thus in itself a type of "checks and balance" mechanism.
In three years, BN has not carried out a single meaningful reform. But then you may be aware of things that I am not so I hope you are right.
We also urgently need an OMBUDSMAN.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12302659
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dinobeano says: January 31, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Kee and the writers are a bunch of dreamers. The 2008 momentum has fizzled out. It is business as usual, whichever way you look. This is the peculiarity of our politics. Words are free and action is difficult. Wither Anwar Ibrahim these days?
Tsunami is a random event. Pakatan Rakyat frittered its chances away because it is not likely that there is a second chance if credibility has been destroyed by sheer folly and poor judgment. –Din Merican
Danial Haziq says: January 31, 2011 at 4:29 pm
According to some group of people a true democracy is undesirably possible and certainly must make it more improbable. In my opinion the 12th GE result is the best for the pro-change and pro-democracy people could have. I would hope to be wrong.
The Tenang by-election proves that loud observation and opinion thorough political blogs, twittersphere, and social media could not do much to inspire change towards a true democracy.
Our dearest Dato' seems to agree with me. PKR has been given the mandate in some states to effect change. But in Selangor for example, Khalid is more concerned with small administrative matters like Khusrin's appointment.
Being a luminary ex-MD, he could have used the expertise to build a more dynamic Selangor, befitting its status as Malaysia's Silicon valley. In politics, it's all about opportunity. He lost it.
I am no fan of Keadilan. But I sincerely hope he could have done better than the nauseating Toyol. Looks like he's gonna be a one-term MB. Maybe he will not be given a parliamentary seat.
Frank says: January 31, 2011 at 7:21 pm
Keep up the pressure on BN to reform – Isa Manteqi
It is like asking the leopard to change its spots.
Who to keep up the pressure? The only pressure UMNO-BN knows is when it is truly thrown out of office in a GE. Not before.
The Tenang by-election proves that loud observation and opinion through political blogs, twittersphere, and social media could not do much to inspire change towards a true democracy.- Danial Haziq
The answer to the riddle is simple: The folks in the Malay rural heartland who are THE KINGMAKERS don't give two shits to twitters, blogs and social media. They get their political nourishment from Utusan Melayu, RTM and the JKKK.
Danial Haziq,
How do you expect the "heads in the sky" MCLM blokes talking to the rural makciks and pakciks. Talk to them about reform, democracy….?????
Buang masa saja.
Isa Manteqi says: February 1, 2011 at 5:40 pm
The leopard changing its spots – FRANK, above – is a valid point but the question comes back to "replace BN with whom?"
A revolutionary approach of throwing out BN might assuage our anger, but will it solve the country's problems? I do not think so. BN have to be kept on a tight leash until they have carried out the reforms the electorate expect. And allowing them only a slender majority is one way of bringing this about.
Other steps will be necessary. One that comes to mind is to question the necessity of an Upper House which is nothing more than a rubber stamp. A small but separately elected Council of Guardians that is out of the reach of the government of the day would much better serve the all-important task that an Upper House is meant to do but does not.
And add an OMBUDSMAN and we shall be better governed.
Frank says: February 2, 2011 at 12:05 am
A revolutionary approach of throwing out BN might assuage our anger, but will it solve the country's problems? I do not think so.- Isa Manteqi
That is being speculative and not based on facts. It is an opinion without sufficient factual basis
PR had never been in the Federal Govt. How could you say that BN will be better than PR?
I am not saying that PKR will do better.
At this point, we already have 52 years of UMNO-BN rule. Where has it taken the country down the road. Racial polarisation, making a joke out of parliamentary democracry, race anchors every decision including education, civil service, and social development and the rape of the judiciary.
A change in govt cannot be any worse than what we have today.
The seeming calm in the Malay heartland is because UMNO is using its illegal money from kickbacks of mega projects laundered in GLCs and other UMNO-proxy companies to bribe the Malay voters.
It has been doing for 40 years and that money will run out as the country's economy cannot be having so many mega projects to fill the coffers of UMNO.
No, your concern that a change of govt is bad for the country is FEAR MONGERING.
FRANK : Of the 50 odd years of our country, the problems you mention (racial polarisation, making a joke out of parliamentary democracy etc) have surfaced only in the past couple of decades or so which means we did start off on the right track.
Despite everything that has gone so terribly wrong, we are still a stable country – a very big plus fpr the nation as a whole. This stability must be maintained at all costs.
And it is not a question of BN being better than PR (I did not say this anyway) but that at the moment PR will better serve as state governments.
As for your "a change in government cannot be any worse than what we have today" all I can say is that elect PR to Putra Jaya now and we shall soon be wishing for the "bad old days under BN". How do I know? Revolutions teach us this…


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Prince's 'Piano & a Microphone: 1983' Live Album to See Release
Stream "Mary Don't You Weep" from the upcoming collection
On what would have been the singer's 60th birthday, Prince's estate has revealed plans for a posthumous live album. Titled Piano & a Microphone: 1983, it's due out on September 21 via Warner Bros.
As the title implies, the collection features a stripped-down live performance by Prince. It was recorded at a rehearsal at Prince's home studio in Chanhassen, MN.
The collection features "17 Days," a then not-yet-released "Purple Rain" and a cover of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You." It also features "Mary Don't You Weep," and the version from the upcoming album is available to stream now.
See the full tracklisting below, then hit play to hear "Mary Don't You Weep."
As previously reported, a JAY-Z-produced posthumous Prince album is also on the way for 2019.
Piano & a Microphone: 1983:
1. 17 Days
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Journalists cannot promise people news they like
The public has questioned the attention to Trump's lewd remarks compared with the Wikileaks release of Clinton's emails.
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On the day that the Washington Post unearthed video of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump boasting about his ability to have his way with women, another telling snippet of political shenanigans made its way to view.
WikiLeaks released Hillary Clinton's speeches made two years ago to Wall Street financial types.
Supporters of Trump, who have continuously criticized journalists from the word "go" in this campaign, were outraged that Clinton's hypocrisy, in which the Democratic nominee sounded like the free-trade titan of Paul Ryan's Republican ilk, did not receive the same splashy coverage as Trump's comments. They chocked it up to liberal media bias.
On one hand we have a man who has never before run for political office. He has no record on many political issues, and frequently disputes the record that can be found. He routinely boasts of his business success, and relies on his celebrity, which he achieved through television. The video of Trump is close to all we have on the kind of person that Trump, and for all we know, the kind of president he might be behind closed doors.
On the other hand is Clinton, a veteran politician who, like her or not, has a public record of deeds and misdeeds extending back decades. Her comments to the Wall Street crowd, in which she gave her blessing to free trade and tried to somehow stress that she could hold two positions on an issue, were not shocking, or crude, or anything other than a politician attempting to split hairs about her political positions.
Clinton's comments were demonstrative of what is wrong with politics. But it is not the same story as Trump's video.
Trump was talking about how he treats other human beings. Clinton was playing politics.
As a trained professional journalist, when the two stories are put side by side on the scale of priority, they are not equal stories. This is not a question of journalistic fairness. This is a question of journalistic allocation of resources.
It is true that journalists have a professional obligation to cover Clinton, and the press has covered Clinton for decades.
When Clinton skeptics bemoaned what they view as journalist's complicity with the Clinton agenda, this overlooks the fact that virtually every Clinton misstep or coverup that can be thought of was originally brought to light by professional journalists.
If Bill Clinton's sexual misdeeds are relevant to those alleged against Trump, well, there was an impeachment proceeding brought on by those charges. Journalists were there to cover it.
When Americans died in Libya while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, there was a two-year investigation led by Republicans in Congress, and those Republicans did not find her guilty of anything new. Journalists were there to cover those hearings, some of them on live television.
When it was revealed that Clinton could not account for thousands of emails she kept on a private server, journalists tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to get her to answer questions about it.
Journalists go into the profession mostly in the spirit of public service, not to be anyone's mouthpiece. But journalists cannot promise you news that you will like.
This is not to say that journalism is perfect. The stories in subsequent days of Trump's actions toward individual women may be important and further illuminate his character, but when all the candidate has to do is refute them, and there has thus far been no way to break their words against his, there's no point in getting in a tit-for-tat affair with the nominee of the Republican Party.
There's always another story out there that is not being covered because one story is sucking up all the air. Politicians know that, and surely so does Donald Trump.
That too is not a question of fairness, but only resource allocation.
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The Jeff Hoskins Experiment
The Jeff Hoskins Experiment is simply this: Can we enjoy cool merchandise and at the same time enrich someones life? At just 200 pieces of merch sold, we could absolutely, and incredibly, change the outcome of one awesome individuals existence.
The GIVE and GET mission is simply: Sell merch to provide money for hyper local and hyper effective community support AND double as a way to give PAID training to musicians who want hard skillz in order to better fund their arts career. Last year from December through the beginning of February we sold our Classic Handyband Hoodie and with each purchase we were able to give away a childrens hoodie on the behalf of YOU the customer. Those hoodies went to kids in the Salvation Army family shelters here in town. We ended up selling about 50, and gave away over 70! Those (adorable) childrens hoodies were handed over to the Salvation Army of Austin on the Thursday before Snovid 2021! We wanted this years focus to turn inward towards our own music community.
This Year's Target is a one Mr. Jeff Hoskins. Jeff, is an old school Austinite who has been dead center of Austin's music scene for almost two decades. Jeff also exemplifies a hidden piece of the Live Music Capital of the World "problem" we find ourselves with here in Austin and all over the US. Jeff, like many others, had found a stable income in one of the other facets of the Live Music Industry, as a professional sound engineer. His time playing drums in various bands did not quite pay the bills, so being a live sound engineer was key to Jeff's survival. Jeff eventually landed a dream gig of becoming the lead engineer of the famed Cactus Cafe. Unfortunately, when the Cactus management changed hands during 2020's quarantine, Jeff (a subcontractor) found himself cut out of the employment transition. The Cactus Cafe is consistently touted as one of the best sounding intimate concert spaces in Austin and has had some of Austin's best and brightest on their stage. Jeff Hoskins built the sonic attunement, from scratch, in his 17+ years of being their lead engineer. The kicker of this story is that in the 5 years leading up to the him being laid off he has, tragically, become legally blind. This has obviously complicated his ability to utilize his lifelong career as an live sound engineer. We want to focus our merch drive on helping him move from where he is now to where he wishes he could be.
In an effort to compress his living expenses and maximize his ability to make money, Jeff has decided to try and turn a large closet in his studio into a fully functional kitchen. He says that although it's not ideal, the small space becomes a lot more manageable as a newly blind individual. If he can convert his studio space into a work/live space he feels that he might be able to continue to be a sound engineer to Austin's music community - not to mention actually be able to pay his mortgage, bills, and buy food too! We have dedicated to use all of the profits of this endeavor to provide all materials, appliances, and labor for the project. The project goal is $3k dollars, but at around $8k dollars we can also help him find solutions to sleeping, equipment repair, and storage solutions.
The MERCH
We have teamed up with a sharp and up and coming artist from right here in Austin (@sammyness_atx) to reimagine our classic Handyband logo to be used on The Jeff Hoskins Experiment merch ONLY! That means when you see someone sporting one of these limited press merch pieces, you know that YOU and THEM actually did something (together) with your hard earned dollars! Whether your rockin' a TOTES COOL tote bag, a RAD BASEBALL TEE, or one of our CLASSIC HOODIES you will KNOW you helped someone who is genuinely a great person, and also just a regular person - like the rest of us.
For the record: It was the genuine outreach of all of Jeff's friends who made this happen. It was actually really challenging to get Jeff to agree to be the recipient of this effort. He is not one to have his hand out, and took some convincing to let the community give him some help when he really could use it. This merch is intentionally priced to provide funds for this project, not to make us mad rich. The Handyband Collective will only be taking around 10% of the funds to pay for operations of the project, things like: advertising, administrative overhead, taxes, etc. All other proceeds go directly to Jeff and the musicians who will be working on his project.
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Q: Is possible to define custom URI scheme used system-wide? I have been wondering for quite some time whether t is possible to create a library which would act as a file provider in Windows.
For example if you try to open ftp://example.com/touch.txt file using standard Open file dialog, it (somehow magically) works. Is there a way how to implement my own provider for my own URI scheme?
Could Asynchronous Pluggable Protocol be a solution? I was not able to find a working code example on how to make it work.
To understand: I need this to work system-wide. This is nowise connected to internet browsers.
What if I need this File.Open("my://test.txt") to work?

A: Doing File.ReadAllBytes("ftp://example.com/touch.txt"); does not work, if you try it you get a exception like
System.NotSupportedException was unhandled
  Message=The given path's format is not supported.
  Source=mscorlib
  StackTrace:
       at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CanonicalizePath(String path, Boolean needFullPath)
       at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CreateListFromExpressions(String[] str, Boolean needFullPath)
       at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissionAccess access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathListOrig, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList)
       at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermissionAccess access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathList, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath)
       at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
       at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
       at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
       at System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(String path)
       at WindowsFormsApplication1.Form1.button1_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:\Code\WindowsFormsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\Form1.cs:line 25
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
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The reason it works when you do a OpenFileDialog is windows cheats with that and will download the file to a local temp folder first. It only does this for ftp: and http: because OpenFileDialog is handled by the windows shell and the shell is what uses URI schemes.
I believe the Source Filter key under HKCR\ftp points to a registered COM object that handles the logic of doing that local copy.
If you just want your application to be opened by going to a URL like steam does with it's steam://rungameid/382110 you just need to follow the instructions in this MSDN page.
If you want your file to be "openable" via a shell like http: or ftp: does with the open file dialog you will need to write a COM object that acts as the "Source Filter", I do not know of any place to find documentation on that.
Update: Reading more it does look like Asynchronous Pluggable Protocol like you mentioned is how you make those source filters. I have never tried to make one so I can't help you beyond that.

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CLE: Philander v Makiet and Others (A61/2020) [2020] ZAWCHC 106 (18 September 2020)
by	Kyle Venter	/ Fri, 16 Oct 2020	/ Published in 2020, community Schemes, COVID-19, News
Case summary written by Kyle Venter and checked by Anja van Wijk
The Appellant in this matter is Llewellyn Jo-Peter Philander. The Appellant is also the current owner of the property known as Erf 4288 Darling ("the Property").
The First Respondent is Chadley Makiet ("the occupant"), the occupant is currently residing on the Appellant's property and whom this eviction application and appeal is presently being brought against.
The Property was previously owned by Mr. Langeveldt, who was the occupant's uncle. Mr. Langeveldt, the occupant, the occupant's mother, his sister and his grandparents occupied the Property which was colloquially referred to as an "RDP house". Mr. Langeveldt eventually obtained ownership of the Property and in June 2018, sold the Property to the Appellant. The Property was registered in the Appellant's name on 15 October 2018. 4 months prior to the sale of the Property to the Appellant, Mr. Langeveldt told the occupant and his family that the Property was being sold .
The Appellant only became aware of the occupation of the Property by the occupant and his family in November 2018 (after the transfer of the Property).
On 3 December 2018, the Appellant's attorneys addressed a letter to the occupant giving the occupants until the end of December 2018 in which to vacate the Property.
It was contended by the occupant that prior to Mr. Langeveldt's death, Mr Langeveldt provided the occupant and others in the family by oral agreement with a right to reside on the Property. This agreement was not registered and is therefore a personal right, or also called a "precarium".
COURT A QUO
The court of first instance had to entertain the eviction application brought by the Appellant wherein the Appellant sought out an eviction order against the occupant and all those occupying the Property through or under the occupant. The court's refusal to issue out an eviction order was owing to the fact that there existed both factual and legal disputes of fact connected to 'when' and 'how' the occupant became aware of the Appellant's right to obtain an eviction order, this was reinforced by the fact that the occupant was and still remained unrepresented in the ensuing proceedings.
APPEAL COURTS VIEW
Majority Judgment by Willie J – the learned Judge placed considerable emphasis on the aspect of the "precarium" that was allegedly created in favour of the occupant and his sister to reside on the Property by Mr Langeveldt . The learned Judge was of the opinion that, while case law strongly suggests that any personal right to reside afforded to a party needs to be in writing and registered against that property (expressly missing in this matter), the occupation of the Property by the occupant remained what he referred to as a 'lawful' occupation as precarium right needs to be terminated with reasonable notice by any subsequent owner.
The court further looked heavily at the element of what would constitute 'reasonable' notice and/or whether considering the circumstances it was "just and equitable" for the court to grant the eviction order brought by the Appellant. Based on that aspect presented to the court it was held that the occupation of the occupants remained lawful pending the lawful termination of the right and the lapse of a reasonable time period in the appropriate notice by the Appellant.
The Judge found that reasonable notice of termination of the precarium of the occupant and his family was provided by the Appellant by Mr. Langeveldt and by the Appellant upon obtaining ownership of the Property.
Rogers J- concurred with the order by the learned Willie J.
Minority Judgement by Slingers J- the learned Judge held that although agreeing with the conclusion reached by Honourable Judge Willie and with the order he proposed, the Judge could not stand in agreeance with the reasoning which resulted in such an order and therefore compiled a separate judgment. In his judgment the learned Judge reasoned that in order for the "precarium" to bind the Appellant as a successor in title, there would have to be a tacit re-grant of such "precarium", by the new owner/grantor (being the Appellant) to the grantee (being the occupant). This, however, was not the position in the present matter as it is undeniable that the Appellant had no knowledge of the occupant's pre-existing arrangement and/or possible entitlement to occupy the Property in question and that at no stage after taking transfer did the Appellant grant such right to occupy the Property to the occupant and his family. The learned Judge found further that the Appellant was under no contractual duty to give the occupants reasonable notice to vacate and found that because of a lack of consent by the Appellant to occupy the Property, the occupants were for all purposes "unlawful occupiers" as defined in the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act of 1998.
COURT HELD
It was subsequently held that-
That the appeal is upheld;
That the First Respondent and all those occupying through him were ordered to vacate the property by no later than the 31st day of October 2020, failing which the sheriff of the court would be duly authorized to evict them from the immovable property; and
That there shall be no order as to costs.
This case illustrates that careful consideration must be given to occupants who hold a precarium as a right to reside on the Property. If a precarium seemingly exists, the new owner may be bound to provide the occupant with reasonable notice of the termination of the precarium before instituting eviction proceedings. What constitutes "reasonable" notice depends on the fact of the case and what is considered to be "just and equitable" in terms of the Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act of 1998.
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January 26, 2018 by Ecommerce News. About Offline store with tags Austria. 5832 views.
MediaMarktSaturn will open a pilot store in Austria in which customers won't have to wait in line to check out. The concept of the checkout-free store is similar to Amazon Go, but will work with a different technology.
Martin Wild, Chief Innovation Officer at the MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group, announced the pilot project during the Webwinkel Vakdagen in the Netherlands. The pilot store will open in Innsbruck, Austria somewhere in March of this year.
It will be a checkout-free store, made possible with the cooperation with MishiPay, a UK startup that lets consumers scan a product label and pay with their smartphone, so they can leave the store without having to wait in line to get the items scanned and pay for them.
The checkout-free store of MediaMarktSaturn is still just a pilot project, just like the electronics retailer is experimenting with lots of other technologies, such as robots in-store, chat bots and augmented reality. For the company, it's about feeling the waters as early as possible. The German retail group wants to be quick with innovation, after it responded somewhat slow with previous new technologies in the past.


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Streelights in the City of Coquitlam, BC lit blue for Waste Reduction Week!


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Een natuurbeeld of natuurvisie is het referentiekader dat bepaalt hoe iemand tegen natuur aankijkt.

Dergelijke referentiekaders worden mede vormgegeven door de cultuur waarbinnen mensen opgroeien. Natuuropvattingen binnen de islam zijn anders dan die binnen het christendom, terwijl vroege of andersoortige beschavingen weer hiervan afwijkende natuurvisies hebben.

Een deel van de voorkeuren als het gaat om natuur is persoonlijk van aard. Factoren die in onze cultuur iemands natuurbeeld bepalen, zijn leefomgeving, opleiding, kennis en opvoeding. Ook groepen of organisaties kunnen een natuurbeeld of -visie hebben, zoals Vereniging Natuurmonumenten, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) of Land- en Tuinbouworganisatie (LTO) Nederland. Er bestaan verschillende indelingen van natuurvisies.

Verschillende natuurvisies
In Nederland worden meestal de onderstaande drie archetypische natuurbeelden of -visies onderscheiden:
 Wildernisnatuurbeeld of natuurontwikkelingsvisie: Mensen of organisaties met dit natuurbeeld houden van natuur die niet aangepast is, of niet aangepast oogt, door menselijk handelen.
 Functioneel natuurbeeld of functionele natuurvisie: Volgens dit natuurbeeld mag de natuur een functie hebben. De natuur is er dus niet alleen voor de flora en fauna die er leven maar ook ten behoeve van de mens, bijvoorbeeld voor productie; een voorbeeld hiervan is het productiebos.
 Arcadisch natuurbeeld of klassieke natuurbeschermingsvisie: Mensen of organisaties met een Arcadisch natuurbeeld gaan vooral uit van het belang van een harmonische relatie tussen mens en natuur en benadrukken de schoonheid van de natuur die daaruit voortkomt. Kleinschalige cultuurlandschappen zijn hiervan een voorbeeld.

Daarnaast worden natuurvisies onderscheiden waarbij kringlopen centraal staan, of waarbij natuur vrijwel onbeperkt geëxploiteerd mag worden. Door de Wageningse onderzoeker Buijs is aan de eerstgenoemde drie visies het zogenaamde breed natuurbeeld toegevoegd: Een persoon of een organisatie met een breed natuurbeeld kijkt met een brede blik naar de natuur: vrijwel alles is natuur, van straatgras tussen stoeptegels tot oerbos.

Bronnen
  (2009) Natuurbeelden: Publieke visies op natuur en de consequenties, Wageningen Universiteit (proefschrift).
  (2000) Natuurbeelden en natuurbeleid, NWO, Den Haag.
  (1988) Vijf visies op natuurbehoud en natuurontwikkeling; knelpunten en perspectieven van deze visies in het licht van de huidige maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen. R.M.-N.O.-publicatie, Den Haag.
  (2005) Spiegel van de natuur: het natuurbeeld in cultuurhistorisch perspectief. KNNV Uitgeverij.
  (1995) En dan: Wat is natuur nog in dit land? Natuurbescherming in Nederland 1880-1990. Amsterdam/Meppel. (Ook verschenen als proefschrift Groningen 1995).

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Activities with KPG (1919 ∼ 1932)
In connection with Korea's March First Independence Movement in 1919, Kim Koo was exiled to Shanghai where he participated in Korean provisional Government(KPG) activities. In the KPG he filled various posts, such as Police Bureau Commissioner in 1919, Minister of Internal Affairs in 1923, and Premier in 1926. He restructured the KPG's administrative system in 1927 and devoted himself to a letter campaign to Koreans living in the United States.
His efforts brought in funds for organizing the Korean Patriotic Corps. In 1932 he made elaborate preparations for the anti-Japanese acts of Yi Bong-chang and Yun Bong-gil.
Kim Koo and His Family
In 1920 his wife and his son came to live with him in Shanghai, China. In 1922 his mother came and his second son Kim Shin was born. This happy family life did not last long. His wife died in January 1924. In 1925 his mother and Shin, his second son, went back to Korea. Two years later when his elder son Kim In also went back to Korea, leaving him alone in exile.
Paikbum Il Ji
In 1928, Kim Koo started writing the Paikbum Il Ji (named after his pen name). Here he wrote of his commitment to anti-Japanese measures that would bring maximum effects with minimum resources, while also recording his personal and family histories with the intention of leaving a sort of written will to his two sons in Korea.
Korean Patriotic Corps
Kim Koo established the Korean Patriotic Corps (KPC) in 1931. Backed by the unilateral support of the KPG, he promoted radical steps such as dispatching KPC staff members to assassinate Japanese key figures at home and abroad and to blow up colonial government organizations. Two of their more effective acts were carried out by Yi Bong-chang, who threw a bomb at the Japanese emperor in Tokyo in January 1932, and Yun Bong-gil who bombed Hongkou Park, Shanghai in April 1932, killing Commander Shirakawa, who led the Japanese Army stationed in Shanghai, as well as other important Japanese figures. The KPC's patriotic acts such as these inspired hope in the Korean people for a national independence achieved by their own hands and also drew worldwide publicity about the Japanese brutalities conducted in Korea.


1) Do not miss this opportunity to join us at the Australia Day National Prayer gathering at the Springvale Town Hall tomorrow 26th January at 10.30am to unite as the Body of Christ with Christians from many denominations and cultures to pray for our nation during this current flood crisis and New Year 2011!
Please bring your Australian flag and extras to share with others!
Click the following to download brochure of Australia Day United Prayer and CTFM Revival Meetings with Pr Donnie Swaggart in Melbourne.
2) Following is the link to the extraordinary miracle of 16 flood victims raised from the dead in Brazil.
4) Following is the link to a short video and article from Christian Broadcasting World News (Pat Robertson's ministry) titled 'Australians Petition God amid Historic Floods'.
WE ARE STANDING WITH YOU, I HAVE JUST COME BACK AFTER SPENDING 6 DAYS IN THE WANNI AREA WHERE THE WAR WAS REALY BAD. WE BUILT A CHURCH AND DEDICATED IT YESTERDAY.
THE FLOODS THERE TOO HAS DONE ITS THING. AS I WALKED THROUGH THE DAMAGE I WAS THINKING OF ALL OF YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU, AS GOOD MEN LIKE YOU STAND WITH GOD ALL THINGS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AUSTRALIA.
We are joining you in prayer.
We have also experience a flood in our city in Butuan last week, and are also praying because rain still pouring at this week and the river is starting to overflow.
For this wonderful ministry of prayer as it can move the hand of God and His mercy as we seek Him through prayers. We shall continue to pray for you and your nation Australia.
Dear Danny, Why would we pray against the floods when this is the answer to our prayers for the nation to be brought to repentance? These events have to be challenging the idolatry of stuff – possessions – so rife in the nation and the body. The prosperity of the Kingdom is not so we can live – high on the hog – self gratifyingly, but that the Kingdom would be expanded. Perhaps you ought to be considering these matters in your prophetic emphasis rather than the poor people who have lost everything. Perhaps they have lost everything so they may gain Christ. While it is good to be sympathetic to those who are in strife let's understand the WILL of the LORD – that ALL men be saved. Their eternal salvation is far more important to Him Than their material stuff. I believe the LORD is showing that He is in charge. When the hydrologists tell us that 200cm of rain per hour fell in the catchment above Toowoomba and this is unprecedented. Could this be supernatural? I think so, since our God is supernatural. Either it is His hand or the hand of the adversary, which means, His hand of protection was lifted. Interesting that the first couple killed were a Pastor and His wife? I wonder what He was preaching? REPENTANCE? May this cause you to re-examine your thinking. I remain His servant and emissary.
We would like to express our support for you and all who are involved in the Australia Day meeting tomorrow.
We will be involved in an Outreach into the community in Glenbrook tomorrow, so will not be able to come down, and we tender our apologies.
Jesus is alive and coming soon!
here is a great follow-up message from the wonderful publication, "The Word for Today" (link & message below).
While GOD is very extremely interested in miracles, HE is far more interested in perfecting you and I for our Heavenly Eternity Stay.
That is one of the prime reason that GOD allows trials to come our way.
— what is GOD wanting to perfect in you & I?
1 Peter 5:10 (NKJV); But may the GOD of all grace, who called us to HIS eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
Gold only becomes valuable when the impurities have been removed in the fire, and God uses tough times like a refining process to bring out the best in us. He controls the heat, because His goal isn't to destroy you but to develop you. He tailors the trial to the area in your life that needs work, and as you mature He ups the intensity. Athletes start out training with light weights, and as they grow stronger they progress to heavier ones. As you grow in Christ, obstacles that once seemed overwhelming will be par for the course.
Could you please pray for those who help people caught in the flood disaster and in the follow up recovery work -what an amazing job the emergency services workers and community service people do! Please also pray for Christians who are helping and working in the flood recovery.
Thank God for His wonderful goodness to the sons of men!
Thank you for faithfully praying.
Thank you for your leadership in co-ordinating the prayer meeting in Melbourne and encouraging prayer around the nation. At short notice 16 brethren gathered with us at SHILOH Centre in Toowoomba, and we had a wonderful time of prayer and praise. We were led to lay a map of Australia in the middle of the room and place a Bible, a cross and the Lord's Supper and a timbrel on the map, and we all laid hands on the map and prayed for the nation.
Another small group of related brethren from SHILOH gathered in a house church in Withcott at the same time. Our prayer meetings began at 10.30am QLD time.
We have a few brethren at Dorrigo, and have advised them of your visit to Bellingen.
God bless you as you continue to give Godly leadership to the church in Australia.


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The aim of the EARLINESS.eu project is to implement a EWS for systemic risk to prevent and mitigate financial instability by exploiting the linkages among the financial markets and the real economy. Given the potentially high and unsustainable costs caused by systemic crises, it is of fundamental importance to establish a comprehensive system of early warning signals and indicators to monitor them.
Recent studies suggest that empirical analysis should focus on the macroeconomic and financial shocks transmission across countries, allowing for nonlinear propagation of these shocks.
The innovative purpose of EARLINESS is to fill this gap by modelling nonlinear interactions between the financial market and the macroeconomic system. The main challenge is the realization of a comprehensive system able to detect and measure each marginal change in the sources of systemic risk by developing an innovative building block structure.
The project uses state-of-the-art systemic risk measures and integrates new methodologies in financial econometrics, systemic risk measurement and big data analysis tools.
Call for proposal: H2020-MSCA-IF-2015. Project reference: 707070.


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Editors and editorial advisers
Stephen Braude (Philosophy Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County)
Matthijs Cornelissen (Indian Psychology Institute, Pondicherry)
Mae-Wan Ho (Institute of Science in Society, UK)
Robert M Kleinman (Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, USA)
Karen T Litfin (Department of Political Science, University of Washington)
Roger D Nelson (Global Consciousness Project)
Benny Shanon (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Brant Cortright (California Institute of Integral Studies)
Robert K C Forman (The Forge Institute and Hunter College)
Piet Hut (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
Michael Murphy (Esalen Institute)
Anand Paranjpe (Professor Emeritus, SFU Psychology)
Aster Patel (Centre of Indian Studies, Auroville)
Stephen Phillips (Department of Philosophy and Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin)
Olivier Pironneau (Laboratoire d'Analyse Numerique, University of Paris VI)
Materialism, in one form or another, is still widely accepted as the overarching framework for discussing issues not only in science but also in the humanities. AntiMatters is dedicated to illuminating these issues from nonmaterialistic perspectives.
Materialism is by nature pluralistic. It assigns ultimate reality to a multitude (particles, spacetime points, monads, actual occasions, bits, q-bits, etc.). It models reality "from the bottom up." Its principal explanatory concepts are composition and interaction, to which modern field theories have added the concept of instantiation (usually of physical properties by spacetime points). AntiMatters encourages the exploration of ontologies that are essentially monistic, not because they aim to reduce reality to a single category such as matter or mind, but because they assign ultimate reality to an entity or principle that is intrinsically one. Such ontologies model reality "from the top down," using novel explanatory concepts such as differentiation, manifestation, emanation, or emergence (and probably others that nobody has thought of yet).
AntiMatters is for those who are uncomfortable with (or unconvinced of) materialism, or who favor a non-materialistic world view. Such persons are oftentimes unaware of how much of what is claimed to have been scientifically established is actually spurious. For their benefit, the Journal aims to critically examine the alleged scientific evidence for materialism. While authors are expected to respect and take account of all relevant empirical data, they should bear in mind that empirical data are inevitably theory-laden and paradigm-dependent, and that theories and paradigms, being to a considerable extent social constructions, are relative.
Science operates within an interpretative framework that formulates questions and interprets answers. This framework is itself not testable. AntiMatters wants to serve as a platform for the comparative study of alternative interpretative frameworks. The Journal emphasizes the following criteria for the evaluation of such frameworks:
Consistency with all empirical data, not only the quantifiable ones but also those obtained through phenomenological methods, altered states of consciousness, and mystical or spiritual experience.
An appropriate ontological status for what we value most, such as happiness, self-fulfillment, excellence — the Platonic trinity of beauty, good, and truth.
The Journal wants to set high intellectual standards, without sacrificing substance. Style is important, but more so is content. Positive thinking is as essential as clarity of exposition. Deconstruction for its own sake qualifies as little as religious dogma.
It is not the (primary) aim of AntiMatters to "convert" die-hard materialists. Instead, the Journal offers non-materialists the opportunity of a stimulating exchange of views. It invites comments on articles accepted for publication and encourages comments on published articles. Authors will of course be allowed to respond to comments.
Discussions of "anomalies," which are neglected or ignored by mainstream science, also fall within the scope of the Journal.


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Children's Skin Disease Foundation
Childhood Without Limits
CAMP WONDER
WONDER WISH
WONDER DUCK
Francesca Tenconi, Founder and Executive Director,
ftenconi@csdf.org
Francesca Tenconi is a native of Contra Costa County. When she was 11 years old, she was diagnosed with pemphigus foliaceus, a rare skin disease. Today, she uses her unique insights from this ordeal to help other children. Francesca graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor's in Biopsychosocial impacts of chronic childhood illness. She focused on the psychological impacts, the biological and public policy aspects of chronic illness in children. She has completed the pre-med program at the University of Southern California and worked as a co-investigator on clinical trials in the division of dermatology at UCLA, which have now been published. In 2018, Francesca earned her M.B.A. at Berkeley Haas School of Business with a focus in healthcare and nonprofit management. Francesca also serves on the CSDF board as chairman.
Christine Tenconi, Development Coordinator,
ctenconi@csdf.org
Christine Tenconi is Francesca's mother and instrumental in starting Camp Wonder! She graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology. After graduation, she worked for Child Protective Services for the City of Richmond, and then as a manager in an orthopedic/oncology medical office, counseling families with children with pediatric cancer. Christine uses her unique insights from being a parent of a child with chronic illness to work closely with CSDF families and give guidance to parents.
Stephanie Pham, Program Coordinator,
StephaniePham@csdf.org
Stephanie has been involved with the Children's Skin Disease Foundation for over ten years in various roles, her favorite being a counselor at Camp Wonder. Stephanie was grateful for the opportunity to come as a camper. She had the privilege of returning as a counselor, providing support, friendship, and became a mentor to younger campers. It was that passion that led her to go get her Nonprofit Management Certificate from Duke University in 2014. In her free time, she volunteers with various organizations in her local community.
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The Jaguar MK2 3.8 dominated our television screens in the 1970's as the getaway car of choice. It is easy to understand why, powerful with reasonable handling and enough space inside for four burly adults wearing masks and carrying guns of the sawn-off variety.
Although you have to suspect Sir William Lyons had a different outcome in mind in wanting Jaguar cars to deliver to its customers grace, pace and space. This particular Jaguar MK2 3.8 is fitted with the, easier to use, later four speed manual gearbox with overdrive and is a car that oozes class from every angle inside and out. Exterior wise there is the distinctive nose, rear and side profile which combine together to deliver a period look that really is quite timeless. Features that were copied rather clumsily on the more recent and much bigger retro styled S-Type. Inside the interior literally takes your breath away. The walnut and light tan leather combine to provide a truly excellent backdrop to the distinctive Jaguar dials for road speed and engine rpm, as well as the array of secondary dials and switches mounted centrally on the dashboard directly between driver and passenger.
Included within them is the ignition key and starter motor button that when pressed brings into life the Jaguar straight six double overhead cam engine and excellent sporty exhaust note. Select first gear, bring up the clutch and you realise quite how special Jaguar's from this era are. Whether E-Type or saloon they seem to manage to feel both old and new at the same time. In this car there is nothing untoward about the primary controls which require very little adjustment. The pedal feel, steering and gearbox are all on a par with modern day machinery, quite uncanny.
In fact it is only when you first approach a bend that there is any indication that the Jaguar MK2 3.8 isn't a retro-styled modern car itself. Whether it is the weight, power assisted steering or just how the car is designed is not clear. This car just wants to under-steer and push wide at every bend, which is quite a surprise given how tight and tidy everything else feels. Back off slightly and apply more lock, in a sort of classic swinging style, and thankfully everything settles back down. Slow-in and fast-out could not be more appropriate with the Jaguar MK2 3.8 in navigating our green and pleasant land.
This is also by far and away the most enjoyable way to appreciate the car's performance. Tickle the throttle pedal and the car accelerates strongly whilst producing a distinctive and intoxicating exhaust note. A noise best appreciated with the driver's window half way down. If you watched the video you may have noticed a definite increase in background noise about half way through which, although not shown, coincides with closing said window. Therefore unless the microphone is playing tricks, a Jaguar MK2 3.8 is actually quieter with the side window lowered than it is raised. You heard it here first remember. Audio clip below illustrates what a Jaguar MK2 3.8 sounds like when driving past, listen out for the overrun at the end.
Travelling fast in a road car designed in the 50's is perhaps not entirely appropriate and you will get plenty of indications from this particular Jaguar MK2 3.8 when pushed too hard. The first is the engine note, becoming alarmingly loud at around 3,500rpm indicating it is time for an up-change. Now this may sound premature, but like an E-Type it is in fact all that is required for quick-enough progress. Anyway loud noises are not what you want whilst purring along in your thoroughbred cat of choice. The second is the squeal from the deliberately loosened power assisted steering belt when on full lock. A lesson learned from experience of hiring out Jaguar MK2's that end up travelling 10,000–15,000 miles per year, too tight and they break.
Overall the Jaguar MK2 is the perfect car to take your friends or your family out for a trip to lunch, Le Mans or the Goodwood Revival, we'll let you decide where.
Jaguar MK2 3.8 ticks all the boxes in meeting Sir William Lyons' ultimate vision of grace, pace and space.
Having both a 67 MkII and a 67 E-type, I must say that I enjoy driving the MkII possibly a little more! Power and response are adequate for the car, handling equally reasonable. The MkII actually attracts more attention because they are rarely seen on the street in the US!
Interesting that isn't it, I wonder if it is because the MKII is a slightly rarer beasty these days, nice also that you have both to enjoy as well. Matt.


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Testimony Before Committee on Oversight & Government Reform Regarding Refusal Cl
By: dfitzgerald
FOR THE HEARING ENTITLED "LINES CROSSED: SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. HAS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TRAMPLED ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE?"
The National Health Law Program (?NHeLP?) submits this testimony to the Committee on Oversight & Government Reform. NHeLP is a public interest law firm working to advance access to quality health care and protect the legal rights of low-income and underserved people. NHeLP provides technical support to direct legal services programs, community-based organizations, the private bar, providers, and individuals who work to preserve a health care safety net for the millions of uninsured or underinsured low-income people. Consistent with this mission, NHeLP works to ensure that all people in the United States?including women?have access to preventive health services. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (?the ACA?) similarly recognizes that preventive health services are critical to individual and community health, and that cost is often a barrier to accessing needed preventive services. The ACA also acknowledges the critical role that a woman?s health plays in the health and well- being of her family and her community, as well as women?s disproportionately lower earnings, by explicitly requiring that women?s preventive health services be covered without cost-sharing.
Healthcare coverage decisions should be based on accepted standards of medical care recognized by the various professional medical academies. ?Standards of care? are practices that are medically appropriate, and the services that any practitioner under the circumstances should be expected to render. Every person who enters a doctor?s office or hospital expects that the care he or she receives will be based on medical evidence and meet accepted medical guidelines ? in other words, that care will comport with medical standards of care. Refusal clauses and denials of care, however, violate these standards. They undermine standards of care by allowing or requiring health care professionals and institutions to abrogate their responsibility to deliver services and information that would otherwise be required by generally accepted practice guidelines. Ultimately, refusal clauses and institutional denials of care conflict with professionally developed and accepted medical standards of care and have adverse health consequences for patients. NHeLP?s publication, Health Care Refusals: Undermining Quality Care for Women (Appendix A), is an extensive analysis of medical standards of care for women's health and the impact of refusal clauses and institutional denials of care on health access and quality.1
NHeLP?s testimony addresses issues raised by the question presented by the Committee on Oversight & Government Reform. NHeLP strongly supports the Department of Health and Human Services? (HHS) requirement that most new health insurance plans cover women's preventive health services, including contraception, without cost-sharing. The decision significantly benefits millions of women who are currently insured or who will obtain health insurance through the ACA?and one that will ensure that most women have access to contraception without expensive co-pays, saving some women up to $600 per year. The Administration recently adopted a religious employer exemption that would allow certain religious employers to refuse to cover contraception, as they would otherwise be required to do. The Administration has also announced that it will develop rules that will ensure that women can obtain contraceptive coverage at no additional cost while also allowing non-profit religiously- affiliated employers, such as hospitals or universities, to refuse to provide contraceptive coverage. Despite these accommodations, the drive to deprive women of the right to obtain affordable birth control continues. NHeLP strongly opposes efforts to undermine the health and autonomy of women. Every woman should be able to make her own decisions about whether or when to have children based on her own beliefs and needs. Employers and insurance companies should not be able to override the health care decisions of individual women.
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