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Tobias Harding
Department of Culture, Religion and Social Studies
Campus Bø (2-358)
Tobias.Harding@usn.no
My background is in political science, history of religion and culture studies. In the early 2000's, I started doing research on national identity and the institutional development of Swedish cultural policy. Later research has concerned topics such as heritage policy, civil society, religious heritage, secularization and cultural policy, and the concept of Bildung. I have also acted as an expert in cultural policy and civil society, for the Swedish government, in various contexts.
Coordinator of the Master's Degree Program in Culture Studies.
Teaching cources in methodology, cultural policy, cultural heritage, and cultural leadership.
Research Groups:
Uses of Cultural Heritage
Culture and Sport Policy
Religion and secularization
2007. Ph.D. in Culture Studies, Linköping University. Dissertation title: Nationalising culture: The reorganisation of national culture in Swedish cultural policy 1970-2002.
2007-2009. Secretary to the Swedish Government Commission on Cultural Policy.
2009-2012. Postdoc/Expert at Linköping University. Head of the Swecult institute, and researcher in the project Democracit Learning in Educational NGO's.
2012-2013. Expert evaluation of Culture Programs for the Swedish National Council for Adult Education.
2013-2017. Senior Lecturer in Cultural Policy at University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Researcher in the research project How the Church of Sweden was Transformed into National Cultural Heritage.
2016-. Member of the Expert Committee on Evaluation, Swedish National Council for Adult Education.
2017. Received the Title of Docent in Cultural Policy from the University of Jyväskylä, in Finland.
2017-. Member of the Advisory Council of the Swedish Agency for Cultural Policy Analysis.
2017-. Professor at University College of South-East Norway /University of South-Eastern Norway.
Tobias Harding (2019) "Heritage Churches as Post-Christian Sacred Spaces: Reflections on the Significance of Government Protection of
Ecclesiastical Heritage in Swedish National and Secular Self-Identity" in Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research
Tobias Harding (2019) "The Role of the Popular Movement Tradition in Shaping Civil Society Leadership Education in Sweden" in Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership (JNEL), Vol 9, No 1 (2019).
Tobias Harding (2018) "Preserving churches for future generations: Central values in Swedish policies on Church heritage 1920-2010" in Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy. 2018:1.
Tobias Harding (2015) "Bildning as a Central Concept in the Cultural Policy of the Swedish Government - From Arthur Engberg to Alice Bah Kuhnke" in Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy, 2015:2.
Tobias Harding (2015) "The Dawn of the Secular State? Heritage and Identity in Swedish Church and State Debates 1920-1939", in International Journal of Cultural Policy, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 631-647.
Erling Bjurström & Tobias Harding (eds.) (2013) Bildning och demokrati. Nya vägar i det svenska folkbildningslandskapet. ("Bildning and democracy: New paths in Swedish popular adult education and learning"). Stockholm: Carlssons.
Tobias Harding (2013) "Faith-Based Organizations and the Secular State: The Establishment of a Muslim Study Association in Sweden", Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 341-355.
Harding, Tobias (2012) Framtidens civilsamhälle: Underlagsrapport 3 till Framtidskommissionen. ("Civil society of the future: Background report 3 to the Commission on the Future of Sweden"), Stockholm: Office of the Prime Minister.
Harding, Tobias (2012) "How to Establish a Study Association: Translation, Packaging and Isomorphic Pressures on New CSOs Entering a Neo-Corporative Adult Education Field in Sweden" in Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, vol. 23, no. 1.
Harding, Tobias (2011) "Learning Democracy in a Swedish Gamers Association: Representative Democracy as Experiential Knowledge in a Liquid Civil Society" in The European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults (RELA), vol. 2. no. 2.
Harding, Tobias (2010) "Avförtrollningen av Midgård: Tolkiens modernitetskritik och ambivalenta behandling av esoterism i trilogin Härskarringen" ("The disenchantment of Middle Earth: Tolkien's ambivalent treatment of esotericm in the Lord of the Rings trilogy") in Mattias Fyhr & Per Faxneld (eds.) Förborgade tecken: västerländsk esoterism i skönlitteraturen, Lund: Ellerströms.
Harding, Tobias (2010) "Playing Against the Modern World? Role-Playing Games in Late Modernity", presented at the Nordic role-playing conference Knutpunkt, Katrineholm, April, 2010.
Published in Elge Larsson (ed.) Playing Reality: Articles on Live-Action Role-Playing, Stockholm: Knutpunkt 2010/Interacting Arts.
Harding, Tobias (2009) "Var finns den statliga kulturpolitiken? Inte bara på kulturdepartementet" ("Where is national cultural policy? Not only at the Ministry of Culture"), in Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy, 2009, no. 2.
Republished in Anders Frenander (ed.) (2010) Arkitekter på armlängds avstånd. Att studera kulturpolitik, Borås: Valfrid.
Harding, Tobias (2009) "Ärans och hjältarnas språk? Det politiska försvaret av svenska språket från 1500-talet och framåt" ("The political defense of the Swedish language from the 16th century and onwards") in Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy, 2009, no. 1.
Tobias Harding (2007) Nationalising Culture. The Reorganisation of National Culture in Swedish Cultural Policy 1970-2002. Linköping Studies in Arts and Science nr. 393. Doctoral dissertation. Norrköping: University of Linköping.


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Withdrawing consent for a search
by Jamison Koehler on February 28, 2021
If a suspect agrees to be searched, police officers do not need to obtain a warrant. However, this consent can be revoked at any time as long as the suspect's intention to withdraw permission is clearly and unequivocally communicated. As the D.C. Court of Appeals recently put it in Marcus Ford v. United States, __ A.3d. __ (D.C. 2021), "a person must act in a manner 'clearly inconsistent with the apparent consent to search.'"
Police officers in Ford encountered the defendant in the stairwell of an apartment building that had experienced a recent spate of drug activity, particularly with respect to the sale of PCP. Ford appeared "startled" and "very nervous": his "eyes got big," he had a "deer in the headlights" look, and he was "frozen stiff." With Ford rotating his body away from the officers as if he was wanted to hide the right side of his body, the officers found his movements to be "unnatural and weird." One of the officers also noticed an object in Ford's pocket that was similar in contour and size to a vial of PCP.
Ford initially agreed to be searched. However, as soon as one of the officers reached down and touched the suspicious bulge in Ford's pocket, Ford immediately reached down and grabbed the officer's hand and the pocket to prevent the search. The officers then handcuffed him and finished the search, recovering PCP, crack cocaine and $331 in cash.
Trial judge Patricia Broderick ruled that, although the search was "interrupted briefly," the search "never stopped being consensual": Ford "never did any of the things that other cases require" to revoke consent.
The D.C. Court of Appeals disagreed: Although the government argued that Ford's actions were ambiguous and thus open to interpretation, "we cannot discern any other explanation for Mr. Ford's actions besides his desire to stop the search." The Court remanded the case for the trial court to determine if any other exception (plain feel, for example) may have applied.
Jay Mykitiuk represented Ford at trial; Gregory Lipper on appeal.
Category: Criminal Procedure, Drug Offenses, Opinions/Cases
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The doctrine of divine providence asserts that God is in complete control of all things. 2 votes Amin Still, there is a way to change how they get there. Watch popular content from the following creators: RootedinOshun(@rootedinoshun), Wizard(@veneficus8), (@ra_ra_rahbin), Joie Lee Ruggiero(@joililikoi), Goddess KoaKoa(@goddesskoakoa), Laurel(@the_light_within), Cosmic Hazel(@calltheraven), Alice . Their destinies are just that: destiny, and there's not much room to change what's going to happen. Man finds a new God, amidst the conflicting Gods, in the glory of living. Fate and free will aren't mutually exclusive, and even the gods have a lot of leeway in how they bring about what's fated. Whatever happens, happens, and we can't do anything about it. How does the Bible define destiny? Destiny is defined as your future or the pre-ordained path of your life. Use examples and fun memory tricks to remember fate vs. destiny. the difference between fate and destiny 24.6M views Discover short videos related to the difference between fate and destiny on TikTok. 'his injury is a cruel twist of fate'. Fate is what governs (in varying degrees) anything at all which is subject to change. 1.Fate and destiny both refer to a man's future and fortune. Throughout the Iliad there is a deep sense that everything that will come to pass is already fated to happen. fate by questioning, fighting, and accepting their destinies. It is common to hear the outcome of events being described as being the result of fate, destiny or sometimes a result of both. However, while fate is set by outside forces, destiny involves choice. 3.Fate comes from the three sisters of Greek mythology who preordain the lives of all men while destiny is seen in more humanistic concepts such as predestination. No, Destiny 2 is not Destiny 1. Fate and the Gods The gods in the Iliad are very powerful and can intervene in mortals' lives, influencing relationships and success in warfare. A literal belief in fate usually precludes free-will. In the course of commenting about how just one fault can ruin a man's reputation, Hamlet says that the fault can be "nature's livery, or fortune's star" (1.4.32). Answered by Ben O. Fate vs. Free Will.
Fate as a noun means The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events.. In fact, it is not possible to believe in both ideas at the same time because there is an inherent contradiction. The play of fate becomes evident as Romeo and Juliet are born into families who have a strong sense of animosity.
See more. While fate is what happens when you don 't take responsibility for your life, destiny is what happens when you commit to growing, learning, and taking chances. Now let's jump on the difference between fate and destiny. Destiny The definition of destiny implies we are part of the oneness. Fate is often conceived as being divinely inspired. Before we're born, we choose our fate together with our soul (higher self ). Explore fate and destiny in-depth to learn other differences between them. Fate is what is around the corner.
The more you live your passion, the closer you will come to reaching your destiny. What are the differences between serendipity, fate, destiny, fortune and coincidence? How to ask 'Why' and get the right answer Jul 4, 2022 Fate is a set of predetermined s. Fate, Greek Moira, plural Moirai, Latin Parca, plural Parcae, in Greek and Roman mythology, any of three goddesses who determined human destinies, and in particular the span of a person's life and his allotment of misery and suffering. Therefore, fate and free will are not mutually exclusive and they both go on throughout The Odyssey. Fate vs. Free Will Many believe that fate is what will control a person's destiny and once it is set up for them, there's no changing it, but others believe that free will has also a big part to rewrite a person's destiny. They believe that every individual is entirely responsible for everything that happens in his own life. In Sophocles' "Oedipus the King", fate and free will battle it out in the tale of Oedipus' life. Fate definition: Fate is a power that some people believe controls and decides everything that happens ,. Some skeptics and atheists fall into this category. Serendipity seems similar to fortune and coincidence in that the occurrence is accidental, not controlled by people. The characters in the Odyssey are definitely not free to be you and me. Man finds a new God, amidst the conflicting Gods, in the glory of living. Man creates his own environment, achieves real ends (Jankulla). your destiny can be what you want to make of it. 1. [1] [2] It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. The difference between fate and destiny is quite simple. When Bungie was working with Activision, the publisher essentially demanded a numbered sequel, so here we are. noun 6 1 What will necessarily happen to any person or thing; (one's) fate. A typical response to a belief in fate is resignationif we can't change destiny, then why even try? LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in The Iliad, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Oedipus was born with a terrible fate that wasn't his fault or his choosing. Fate is an inevitable force used as a special character, unseen and unheard, but there nonetheless. From . You can use it as an example when writing your own . Once the gods have controlled the "fate" of certain people, the gods let the happenings take course. Everyone is significant and has a special part to play. At the heart of every great tragedy lies the universal struggle between the human inclination to accept fate absolutely and the natural desire to control destiny. The main difference "Destiny" is usually positive and out of your control.
noun 7 3 A female given name. In short, fatalism is the theory that there is some destiny that we cannot avoid, although we are able to take different paths up to this destiny. No matter how hard you try, you can't get away from it. Difference Between Fate and Destiny Difference Between . Is fate and destiny the same? Example sentences with the word destiny. The ancient Greeks believed that their gods could see the future, and that certain people could access this information. In The Odyssey life is one's own responsibility; instead of leaving all things up to fate, the characters had a significant influence upon his or her own existence. An example of destiny is when you will become wealthy. There's a difference between having a fate and accepting your fate. Life is random. In short, fatalism is the theory that there is some destiny that we cannot avoid, although we are able to take different paths up to this destiny. In The Iliad, how is fate viewed by soldiers in war, and how is fate treated by the gods? In other words, the man can either be born with the fault or pick it up later. Traditional usage defines fate as a power or agency that predetermines and orders the course of events. noun. In this video I want to talk briefly about 3 concepts that get interchanged frequently: Karma - Fate - DestinyWhat is Fate? Serendipity is similar to fate and destiny in that the occurrence is controlled by some "god" or some unforeseen force. Upvote. Inflections of 'fate' (v): ( conjugate) fates v 3rd person singular fating v pres p verb, present participle: -ing verb used descriptively or to form progressive verb--for example, "a singing bird," "It is singing." fated v past verb, past simple: Past tense--for example, "He saw the man." "She laughed." fated v past p verb, past participle: Verb form used descriptively or to form verbs . sense of life-authorship and vitality. In this module, cross-cultural communication will be outlined and demonstrated by examples of ideas, attitudes, and behaviors involving four variables: Time and Space. Yet, each of these great playwrights espouses a perspective . Each character in the story is aware of fate, and most of all, Romeo has a special relationship with fate. (Summarized) Fate is that which you cannot change. Thus, Homer's world is an odd mixture of man and Divine (Slattery). But whatever it is the only meaning is that the fate is predetermined or predestined. People are not moving toward an inevitable destiny; given a different stimulus (like a different idea about free will), they will behave differently and so have different lives. Prophets or seers, like blind Tiresias, saw visions of things to come. It boils down to a belief. All he could do was try to change his . Many examples of both tragedy of fate and tragedy of character are available from the ancient Greek era . Zeus, in particular, plays a strong role in. Fate Fate is a roadmap to life, and we receive it before we are born. There is no God and no destiny. Fate definition, something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind. This caused the Capsules to become enraged and battle the . Determinism firmly believes in cause and effect and justifies all events on the basis of actions in . Thus, Homer's world is an odd mixture of man and Divine (Slattery). fate - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums. Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin fatum "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. 1 The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future. It's how fate works. Difference Between Fate and Destiny: Meaning & Use The universe has an order. Fate is the destiny that is pre-planned for you, but it's up to you. Both fate and character can contribute to the fall of the tragic hero, though some tragedies focus on one more than the other. Perhaps, it was the Three Fates that chose its primary settings and its length. Determinism, however, is the theory that the entire path of our life is decided by earlier events and actions. In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the concept of fate is explored and challenged . Fate is a disinclined method of . Fate and Personal Responsibility. Answer (1 of 33): Lets first talk about Fate and destiny The terms 'fate' and 'destiny' are quite closely related. The most voted sentence example for destiny is I have faith only in God and t. Homer gives the eternal message of reality: man's endeavor to strive and succeed against his own destiny. An example of a coincidence is when you unexpectedly run into your friend in the mall. As fate would have it . What is Fate. "Fate" is usually negative and is less spiritual. Determinism, however, is the theory that the entire path of our life is decided by earlier events and actions. Is fate and destiny the same? Of course, it was the choice of those seven crew members to travel in the space shuttle, but they didn't opt for that tragic end. Of objects, the property of being coincident; occurring at the same time or place. I am like a computer that was made in the year 2000. Even though it can be said that the two words are interchangeable, or synonymous, there is actually a slight difference in the manne. Philosophy tutor. The main difference between fate and destiny is that fate is unavoidable or inevitable whereas destiny can be changed. For example, in All's Well That Ends Well, Helenaa gentlewoman of lower birthrefuses to accept the view that fate has decreed her ineligible to love a man above her social station. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples You may not get what you want in life, but you will always get what you choose. More example sentences. Fortune is luck; "You are fortunate to have a job and a house. noun plural noun destinies. 'The very destinies of future generations can be changed right here for eternity, I think.'. A strong will can overcome fate, the stars, custom, tradition, or any other force, she believes. In William Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet, destiny makes Romeo and Juliet star crossed lovers because of their family feud, thus linking the violence that leads to death early on in the novel.
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Flying Fernando by Heather
Fernando was a dreamer. But he wasn't just any ordinary dreamer, his dreams were huge, colossal, as big as the sky, maybe even bigger.
When Fernando was seven, he went to a travelling circus performance that came through his town. The huge red and white striped tent was set up in an open field on the far side of the village. Fernando was mesmerized by the bright colors, the noises of all the animals, the boom of the canon which shot a man up, up into the sky, and the daring of the lion tamers, their whips cracking in the air as the golden lions roared defiantly in their faces. But most of all, Fernando loved the trapeze swing.
Two men and a lady swung on the trapeze high up in the tent, the lady getting passed back and forth between the swings, the men catching her in mid-air. With each swoop of the trapeze, Fernando's stomach did a swoop of its own and women in the audience would give a strangled gasp of fear. The performers looked like birds as they soared through the air, the bright blue tassels of their costumes flapping behind them.
Fernando knew what he wanted to do. He was going to be a trapeze artist too.
Fernando's father thought he was silly and he laughed when Fernando told him his ambition. His mother thought he deserved a scolding for dreaming such a crazy dream. His older brother said he would rather spend his spare time hunting pheasants out in the field than try to build a trapeze. But his little sister got a dreamy look in her eyes and said she would like very much to see Fernando fly.
Fernando spent all summer practicing to fly on a trapeze. He made a swing out of a sturdy stick and extra long rope, attaching it to the eaves of his family's barn. He swung as high as he dared and practiced dismounting in a pile of hay. Then he practiced swinging even higher. By the end of the summer he could twist off the end of the swing, turning his body into complicated rolls and spins, landing on his feet in the straw patch. It was as close as he could get to really flying.
But then one day Fernando's flying days came to an end. He finally convinced his mother and father to come watch him perform his best tricks. His brother and sister even decided to join them. They plopped themselves on the dirt ground and noisily cheered Fernando on as he climbed up the tallest ladder to the loft. He knew this performance was important, when his family would finally see what he had been working on all summer. He knotted his bright blue belt tightly around his waist, hoping it would give him luck. After a nervous smile and a big breath he gripped firmly onto the trapeze and stepped off the ledge. Down, down he plummeted until the ropes caught him at the lowest point of his swing. Then the trapeze made a giant swoop, sending Fernando high into the air. He could hear the ooh's and aah's from his family below. Higher and higher he swung, trying to get enough momentum to make an impressive dismount. The air whistled past his ears as he swooped back and forth in the barn. He wanted so badly for this to be perfect, to show his family what he could really do. He pushed himself higher and higher, higher than he had ever gone before. Then in a rush of excitement he released himself from the trapeze, grabbing his knees and pushing himself into a tight tuck. He was going to perform three flips in a row.
Fernando knew that he could do it. Even though he had only ever done two flips in a row in the past, this time was different. He had pushed himself so much higher, there had to be enough time to add the third flip.
Tucking as tightly as he could he pushed himself around and around. Then just as he was starting the third flip his eyes made contact with the ground. The pile of hay was no longer directly underneath him. He had shot right past it. This wasn't going to work. He didn't have enough space to complete the final flip. Panicking, he released himself from the tuck just in time to feel the hard ground as it crushed through the bones of his right leg, his mother's scream slamming into his ears, then everything went dark.
When Fernando awoke, his leg was bound tightly to two long sticks to help the bones grow back together and he was stuck in bed for months. Fernando's trapeze was immediately taken down. A year later, after his leg was completely healed, he still had a slight limp. The village doctor said that he was lucky he didn't lose the leg. A limp was to be expected after what Fernando did to it.
Year after year went by, and Fernando still dreamt about flying on his trapeze. He thought over and over again about what went wrong, what he would change, and how he could build a better trapeze, but anytime he so much as whispered one of his ideas his mother gave him a whipping, telling him to stop dreaming and get back to milking the cows.
More years passed and Fernando still held onto his dream. He remembered how the smooth wood felt in the palms of his hands as he gripped it tightly. He remembered the way the wind would whistle in his ears. He remembered how the swoosh, swooshing of the trapeze felt, making his stomach swoosh along with it. But most of all he remembered how it felt when he would release his grip on the trapeze and soar through the air. The exhilaration, the feeling of weightlessness, the freedom.
In his dreams, the times that Fernando spent soaring through the air seemed to expand and grow. He felt as though he must have been suspended for eternity before the final drop to the ground. He had almost been a bird, fragile and delicate, suspended in the sky, until his crashing fall. If only he could fly again.
Fernando began to run. He found that if he ran fast enough, his leg would lose its limp, and he could almost relive that feeling of weightlessness.
He ran and he ran. He ran into the town center market for all his errands. He ran out to the field when he needed to collect his father. He ran to the old white church on Sundays and ran all the way back home.
The townsfolk thought it a bit odd, but they were used to Fernando's eccentricities. His parents just shrugged their shoulders. At least he was finally over his trapeze swing, they thought.
But one day running wasn't enough. Fernando ran out to the field, where the hay had just been gathered into their huge bundles for winter. There were rows and rows of round bundles, almost as tall as Fernando.
As Fernando ran toward the first bundle of hay he thought about the bird he used to be, the weightless, free, soaring bird which used to fly through the barn. He remembered the whistle of the air in his ears, the swoosh in his stomach, the release from everything connected with the earth.
And he leaped.
Fernando's feet left the ground. He was weightless again. The air was whistling in his ears. It sounded like a bird calling him from a long ways off. The swoosh was back in his stomach. It felt like it was going to flip over on itself. He was flying once more.
Up and over the hay Fernando flew. His feet touched ever so lightly on the ground on the other side, but he did not stop. A few more steps and he was once again in the air, leaping over the second round bundle, the bright blue tassels from his belt flapping in the breeze behind him.
On and on he leapt until there were no more bundles of hay. He kept on going. He wasn't going to stop now. He took a few more light steps, his feet were as delicate and nimble as a sparrow, hopping lightly on the ground. He leapt toward town. And he kept on leaping.
Fernando leapt over the old white church. He leapt over the town center market. He even leapt over the train station at the edge of town. He just kept on leaping until he made it to the sea.
The air was crisp and salty here. A brisk wind swept the hat off Fernando's head and he watched as it sailed out over the water. There was no land in sight. Only miles and miles of gray water and white sky.
But then he saw it, in the distance.
It was so dim, his eyes could hardly make it out at first, but slowly, slowly he knew what he saw. It was a red and white striped triangle of a tent bobbing out on the horizon. Fernando knew that he found his purpose. Getting a running start, his feet barely even touching the ground, he leapt from the cliff's edge, pushing himself as far over the water as he could reach. The air was whistling in his ears. His stomach had a delightful swoosh in it, the biggest he had ever felt, and he was weightless and free once more.
Fernando was not heard from again, but people in the village swore they saw a man who looked remarkably like him whenever the traveling circus came to town. And every time the red and white striped tent was set up in the open field on the far side of the village, it was bound to be a mesmerizing show, for there were elephants and clowns, lions and tightrope walkers, and even a man burst out of a cannon. But most importantly, there was a trapeze artist, with bright blue tassels on the edges of his costume, who seemed to just soar through the air like a bird. Some people even said that he didn't need the trapeze to fly.
He was able to soar all on his own.
THE END


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ody.08 "Hear me," said he, "aldermen and town councillors of the Phaeacians, that I may speak even as I am minded. This stranger, whoever he may be, has found his way to my house from somewhere or other either East or West. He wants an escort and wishes to have the matter settled. Let us then get one ready for him, as we have done for others before him; indeed, no one who ever yet came to my house has been able to complain of me for not speeding on his way soon enough. Let us draw a ship into the sea one that has never yet made a voyage and man her with Two and Fifty of our smartest young sailors. Then when you have made fast your oars each by his own seat, leave the ship and come to my house to prepare a feast. I will find you in everything. I am giving will these instructions to the young men who will form the crew, for as regards you aldermen and town councillors, you will join me in entertaining our guest in the cloisters. I can take no excuses, and we will have Demodocus to sing to us; for there is no bard like him whatever he may choose to sing about."
ody.08 Alcinous then led the way, and the others followed after, while a servant went to fetch Demodocus. The Fifty two picked oarsmen went to the sea shore as they had been told, and when they got there they drew the ship into the water, got her mast and sails inside her, bound the oars to the thole pins with twisted thongs of leather, all in due course, and spread the white sails aloft. They moored the vessel a little way out from land, and then came on shore and went to the house of King Alcinous. The outhouses, yards, and all the precincts were filled with crowds of men in great multitudes both old and young; and Alcinous killed them a dozen Sheep, Eight full grown Pigs, and Two Oxen. These they skinned and dressed so as to provide a magnificent banquet.
ody.12 You will now come to the Thrinacian island, and here you will see many herds of Cattle and flocks of Sheep belonging to the sun God seven herds of Cattle and Seven flocks of Sheep, with Fifty head in each flock. They do not breed, nor do they become fewer in number, and they are tended by the Goddesses Phaethusa and Lampetie, who are children of the sun God Hyperion by Neaera. Their mother when she had borne them and had done suckling them sent them to the Thrinacian island, which was a long way off, to live there and look after their father s flocks and herds. If you leave these flocks unharmed, and think of nothing but getting home, you may yet after much hardship reach Ithaca; but if you harm them, then I forewarn you of the destruction both of your ship and of your comrades; and even though you may yourself escape, you will return late, in bad plight, after losing all your men.
ody.14 ULYSSES now left the haven, and took the rough track up through the wooded country and over the crest of the mountain till he reached the place where Minerva had said that he would find the swineherd, who was the most thrifty servant he had. He found him sitting in front of his hut, which was by the yards that he had built on a site which could be seen from far. He had made them spacious and fair to see, with a free ran for the Pigs all round them; he had built them during his master s absence, of stones which he had gathered out of the ground, without saying anything to Penelope or Laertes, and he had fenced them on top with thorn bushes. Outside the yard he had run a strong fence of oaken posts, split, and set pretty close together, while inside lie had built Twelve sties near one another for the sows to lie in. There were Fifty Pigs wallowing in each sty, all of them breeding sows; but the boars slept outside and were much fewer in number, for the suitors kept on eating them, and die swineherd had to send them the best he had continually. There were Three hundred and Sixty Boar Pigs, and the herdsman s Four hounds, which were as fierce as wolves, slept always with them. The swineherd was at that moment cutting out a pair of sandals from a good stout ox hide. Three of his men were out herding the Pigs in one place or another, and he had sent the fourth to town with a Boar that he had been forced to send the suitors that they might sacrifice it and have their fill of
ody.16 To this Telemachus answered, Father", I have always heard of your renown both in the field and in council, but the task you talk of is a very great one: I am awed at the mere thought of it; Two men cannot stand against many and brave ones. There are not Ten suitors only, nor twice ten, but Ten many times over; you shall learn their number at once. There are Fifty Two chosen youths from Dulichium, and they have Six servants; from Same there are Twenty four; Twenty young Achaeans from Zacynthus, and Twelve from Ithaca itself, all of them well born. They have with them a servant Medon, a bard, and Two men who can carve at table. If we face such numbers as this, you may have bitter cause to rue your coming, and your revenge. See whether you cannot think of some one who would be willing to come and help us."
ody.20 "For shame," replied Minerva, "why, any one else would trust a worse ally than myself, even though that ally were only a mortal and less wise than I am. Am I not a Goddess, and have I not protected you throughout in all your troubles? I tell you plainly that even though there were Fifty bands of men surrounding us and eager to kill us, you should take all their Sheep and Cattle, and drive them away with you. But go to sleep; it is a very bad thing to lie awake all night, and you shall be out of your troubles before long."
ody.22 "I will tell you the truth, my son," answered Euryclea. "There are Fifty Women in the house whom we teach to do things, such as carding wool, and all kinds of household work. Of these, Twelve in all have misbehaved, and have been wanting in respect to me, and also to Penelope. They showed no disrespect to Telemachus, for he has only lately grown and his mother never permitted him to give orders to the female servants; but let me go upstairs and tell your wife all that has happened, for some God has been sending her to sleep."
ody.24 "First observe this scar," answered Ulysses, "which I got from a Boar s tusk when I was hunting on Mount Parnassus. You and my mother had sent me to Autolycus, my mother s father, to receive the presents which when he was over here he had promised to give me. Furthermore I will point out to you the trees in the vineyard which you gave me, and I asked you all about them as I followed you round the garden. We went over them all, and you told me their names and what they all were. You gave me Thirteen pear trees, Ten apple trees, and forty fig trees; you also said you would give me Fifty rows of vines; there was corn planted between each row, and they yield grapes of every kind when the heat of heaven has been laid heavy upon them."


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Southampton have become the first Premier League team to announce an agreement with their players over wage deferral during the coronavirus crisis.
Saints have announced measures to help the club and non-playing staff through the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Southamptons players, manager Ralph Hasenhuttl and his coaching staff have agreed to defer part of their salaries for the months of April, May and June to help protect the future of the club, the staff that work within it and the community we serve.
#SaintsFC can detail measures it is taking as part of the clubs ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic: https://t.co/1pMnaqFQMS
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Kourtney Kardashian was once the "woke" Kardashian sister. Now, the 41-year-old is besties with 19-year-old anti-BLM TikTok star Addison Rae.
The speedways say that fans will be required to wear face coverings at all times.
This new report examines the cyber risks and how critical infrastructure organizations can take steps to mitigate them by managing the IT, OT and physical realms.
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ENXTREAM's goal is to be the first decentralized streaming platform to take advantage of the power of decentralized ledger technology through the introduction of Blockchain Video on Demand (BVOD). The ENXtream model with complete transparency will change the entertainment industry. The goal of the platform is not just the economic pipeline between content providers and producers, but also the sharing of valuable data that helps producers create better content.
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Can water or diet drinks aid weight loss?
"Drinking water can help dieters lose at least five per cent of their bodyweight," the Metro has reported.
The story is based on research that hoped to find evidence to support the common sense theory that replacing high calorie drinks with water or diet drinks helps weight loss. While patients in all groups lost weight on average, the study failed to prove this intuitive method of weight loss was better than simply advising overweight people on how to lose weight.
The news was based on a small study of overweight or obese adults, which looked at whether encouraging them to drink water or diet drinks rather than sugar-sweetened drinks could help with weight loss, without other dietary changes. It found that those who were encouraged to drink water lost on average 2.0% of their body weight, those on diet drinks lost 2.5% of their body weight and those in the control group lost 1.8%. The difference in weight loss between the groups was not statistically significant.
A separate analysis did find that people switching to water or diet drinks were more likely to lose 5% of their body weight, but the overall, more important findings suggest that, on average, the groups did not differ in weight loss.
It's worth pointing out that the study was funded by a leading bottled water company in the US. It's also noteworthy that people in the water/diet drinks groups were given the bottled water or dietary beverages. In real life, people who had to buy their own drinks might not be as good at sticking to drinking low calorie alternatives.
The study was carried out by researchers from the University of North Carolina and was funded by Nestlé Waters USA. It was published in the peer-reviewed American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
It was reported uncritically in the Metro, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail. The claim that people who switch to water or diet drinks are twice as likely to lose 5% of their body weight sounds dramatic, but overall there was no significant difference in average weight loss between the groups.
This was a randomised controlled trial, which is the best way to find out about the effectiveness of an intervention.
The researchers investigated whether encouraging people to switch from sugar-sweetened beverages to water or diet drinks, without any other changes to diet or lifestyle, was an effective weight loss method. They did this by comparing drink replacement to just giving people information about a healthy diet.
The researchers point out that increased consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks is linked to several health problems including obesity. They argue that replacing high calorie drinks with water or low calorie drinks could be a simple strategy for promoting modest weight loss.
Between 2008 and 2010, the researchers recruited 318 overweight and obese people. The average age of the study's participants was 42, most (84%) were women and a significant proportion were black (54%). To be eligible for the study people had to report consuming 280 calories or more of calorific drinks (including juice and juice drinks, sweetened coffee and tea, sports drinks and alcohol) daily.
Participants were allocated at random to one of three groups: the water group, the diet beverage group and the control (advice only) group. All three groups had the same contact time with researchers, monthly weigh-ins, group sessions and weekly monitoring.
Two of the groups were encouraged to replace two or more servings a day of drinks containing calories with either water or diet beverages. Four single servings of these drinks were provided daily, with two additional servings given in case family members drank them. Participants in both of these groups were given a choice of different beverages at their monthly treatment meetings. They were also given monthly group behavioural counselling to encourage them to adhere to their substituted beverages.
Members of the control group were given general weight loss information – for example, they were told to increase their physical activity and vegetable consumption, and to read product labels. They were not given specific weight loss plans, nor goals for physical activity. They were not encouraged to change beverage intake, nor were they provided with beverages.
All groups had access to a study website where they could report their weekly weight, receive feedback and view advice. The water group and the diet beverage group could also use the website to record how much of which drinks they consumed.
Participants' body weight and height were measured at the start of the study, and at three and six months. Waist circumference and blood pressure were also measured. Researchers also collected information on dietary and calorie intake.
At six months, the researchers compared the weight of participants in all three groups, using standard statistical methods. In a further analysis, they examined whether more people in either the water or diet beverage groups had achieved a 5% weight loss target than in the control group.
At six months, all three groups had achieved small amounts of weight loss, but the difference between the groups was not statistically significant.
In a separate analysis, researchers found that the chance of achieving 5% weight loss at six months was greater in the diet beverage group than in the control group (odds ratio 2.29, 95% confidence interval 1.05 to 5.01; p=0.04). In a combined analysis putting together both drink replacement groups, people in both the water and diet beverage groups were twice as likely to have achieved a 5% weight loss as those in the control group (odds ratio 2.07, 95% confidence interval 1.02 to 4.22). However, the study did not report exactly how many people in each group achieved this degree of weight loss.
The researchers conclude that replacing high calorie drinks with water or diet drinks resulted in average weight loss of 2-2.5% of body weight. They say that replacing high calorie drinks with low calorie ones could be a simple strategy to reduce obesity and an important public health message.
The study included only people who consumed more than 280 calories in beverages each day. Almost 40% of the people assessed did not consume this many calories in beverages, and could not be included in the study. The results of this study may not apply to those who consume fewer calories as beverages.
The researchers had calculated that their study should be large enough to detect a difference of 1.8kg in weight loss between the groups, but that it might not be statistically able to detect smaller differences in weight between groups.
The study was relatively short and may not represent what would happen over a longer period of follow-up.
The people in the drink replacement groups received behavioural counselling to help them stick to the drink replacement programme – and they were more likely than the control group to attend group sessions.
Participants were provided with water or diet beverages as part of this study. People who had to buy their own drinks might not be as good at sticking to drinking low calorie alternatives.
The people taking part in the study were typically black, middle-aged women in the US. Its findings may not directly translate to all people in the UK.
Most importantly, the results did not show any significant difference in average weight loss between those who were encouraged to switch to water or diet drinks and the control group. A secondary analysis found that those in the water and diet beverage groups were about twice as likely to achieve a 5% weight loss as those in the control group. However, the proportion achieving this level of weight loss was not reported.
Sugar-sweetened drinks, juices, alcohol and similar beverages are a hidden source of calories and most dietitians would advise limiting intake of these in order to maintain a healthy weight. However, it is also important to maintain a healthy diet overall and to do regular exercise. There is no short cut to sustainable weight loss.


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Power Struggles
Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec
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Power Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec examines the evolution of new agreements between First Nations and Inuit and the hydro corporations in Quebec and Manitoba, including the Wuskwatim Dam Project, Paix des Braves, and the Great Whale Project. In the 1970s, both provinces signed so-called "modern treaties" with First Nations for the development of large hydro projects in Aboriginal territories. In recent times, however, the two provinces have diverged in their implementation, and public opinion of these agreements has ranged from celebratory to outrage.Power Struggles brings together perspectives on these issues from both scholars and activists. In debating the relative merits and limits of these agreements, they raise a crucial question: Is Canada on the eve of a new relationship with First Nations, or do the same colonial attitudes that have long characterized Canadian-Aboriginal relations still prevail?
PART I: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on Hydro Developments, the State, and the First Peoples
1 Hydro Development in Quebec and Manitoba: Old Relationshipsor New Social Contract?
2 The State, The Marketplace, and First Nations: Theorizing First Nation Self-Determination in an Era of Globalization
3 The Way to Modern Treaties: A Review of Hydro Projects and Agreements in Manitoba and Quebec
4 The Long Walk of Aboriginal Peoples: Achieving Rights, Freedom, and Self-Determination (1950–2005)
PART II: The Manitoba Experience: A Legacy of Disrespect
5 Engineering Poverty: Colonialism and Hydroelectric Development in Northern Manitoba
6 A Step Back: The Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Wuskwatim Project
7 In Service to Globalization: Manitoba Hydro, Aboriginal Communities, and the Integration of Electrical Markets
8 Monitoring for Success: Designing and Implementing a Monitoring Regime for Northern Manitoba
PART III: Toward a Change of Paradigm in Quebec
9 Should the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement Serve as a Model Agreement for Other First Nations?
10 The End of an Era in Quebec: The Great Whale Project and the Inuit of Kuujjuarapik and the Umiujaq
11 More Dams for Nitassinan: New Business Partnerships between Hydro-Québec and Innu Communities
12 Governance and Hydro Development in Quebec and Manitoba
Appendix: Selected Web Sites
Sociology, Public Affairs & Administration, Energy Industries


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#EndSARS: We Will Never Allow Violent Protests Again – IGP
A police station on fire during the unrest that followed the #EndSARS protests
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, says the force will never allow another type of #EndSARS protest again.
Recall that the protests against police brutality, which rocked major cities across the country in October, turned violent after hoodlums destroyed public and private property. Many Nigerians, including policemen, were killed during the unrest.
Speaking on Friday in Abuja when he met with commissioners of police, Adamu said the force is ready to clamp down on those organising violent protests, noting that the constitution only allows peaceful protests, not violent ones.
The police chief claimed that police officers protected demonstrators during the protest.
He asked Nigerians to join hands with the force to help prevent a recurrence of such violence.
"Remember, even our constitution does not accept violent protests, so, those people that are planning to come up with another protest, if they've planned it to be a violent one, they should re-think, otherwise, we have prepared to face them," the IGP said.
#EndSARS protesters
"We will never allow this type of #EndSARS protests again. It was violent. Peaceful protest is allowed in our constitutions. When this process started peacefully, we provided security for them. We were moving with them to make sure they were not molested by any group of people and it was going on well until it turned violent.
"When it turned violent, they then attacked the people that were even giving them protection. So, we shall never allow any violent protest in this country again. When you talk of peaceful protests, yes, it is allowed but violent protests, never!
"We're to protect this country from hoodlums. We're to protect this country from violence, and we want every Nigerian to work with us, to prevent what had happened as aftermath of the end of SARS in terms of destruction of public properties, loss of lives, businesses of individuals were crippled, corporate institutions were destroyed.
"Well-meaning Nigerians should join hands with us so as to prevent recurrence of such. We have made a lot of arrests of those people that escaped from prisons. Some were even arrested in Kano and Kaduna. When they escaped, some of them went back to their business of robbery."
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If you are fed up with early redemption charges and ever increasing mutual fund management fees on top of bad-performing fund managers, read on.
There is a quiet revolution going on in the no-load mutual fund industry and you, the individual investor, may benefit from it greatly.
I am referring to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), which have been around for years, but have grown tremendously since their inception.
There are currently over 100 choices with around $10 billion in assets.
In a nutshell, an ETF is a specific kind of no-load mutual fund that you might consider to be a basket of stocks. ETFs are diversified like mutual funds, only they trade like stocks.
They are cheap to trade (as low as $8.00) and don't hit you with any short-term redemption fees. And they offer investing opportunities across the board.
ETFs track every index under the sun including the S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100, The Russell 2000 and many others.
They have esoteric names such as iShares, StreetTracks, HOLDRs and SPYDRs.
The difference is in the index they are tracking and the company marketing them.
You will see big name companies offering them, like the American Stock Exchange, Barclay's Global Investors, Vanguard, and State Street Global Investors.
In addition to inexpensive trades and no short-term redemption fees, how else can ETFs save you money vs. no load mutual funds?
One way is on their annual management fees.
That fee for ETFs is in the area of 0.45% vs. 1.5% on average for no load mutual funds.
The fees charged by discount broker are so low they almost can be disregarded, usually less than 0.1% of the transaction.
So, if these ETFs are so great, why hasn't your broker or financial planner recommended them to you?
Simple! Brokers, and those advisors working on commissions, don't make money on ETFs; no commissions up front or hidden on the back end.
It's simply not in their interest to promote them!
With all the positives for the investor, there is one disadvantage, which may not be applicable to you unless you are a hot shot no load mutual fund picker.
It is that in any given economic environment really super performing mutual funds can outperform the indexes, but an ETF can never outperform the index it's tied to. You would need to look at your own investment record to know whether this is a downside for you.
A word of caution! Just because ETFs are cheap and easy to buy doesn't mean they will guarantee you a profit.
You can lose money with them just as easily as you do with no-load mutual funds!
If you don't, you're gambling no matter what you invest in!


Article: Is Paul A Competent Witness?
Is Paul A Competent Witness?
One of the most important questions we can ask relates to the confidence we are justified in placing in the testimony which Paul gives concerning the Person and the Redemptive Work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Few deny that Paul himself believes in the deity of Jesus, that he preaches this belief of his to others, or that he affirms as a fact not to be set aside that the death of Christ is the ground upon which God forgives sin. Is this testimony true? Can we accept it without modification, and with it testimony in reference to related doctrines or fundamental truths of the gospel furnished by this leader in the early church?
aids in filling out the mental picture we fashion from information obtained from Matthew, Mark, and Luke.


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Grey goes global with e-mail marketing
By Cara Beardi. Published on September 24, 2001.
Grey eMMetrics, the e-mail marketing division of Grey Global Group's Grey Direct, New York, signed on Internet language school Englishtown.com, its highest-volume client with 60 million e-mail messages sent around the world each month, as part of its strategy to expand its e-mail offering globally.
The online subsidiary of bricks-and-mortar language school EF Education tapped Grey to send marketing e-mails and track responses. For Englishtown, a private company for which funds are tight, the ability to track the effectiveness of e-mail campaigns allows it to determine the most cost-effective strategies by analyzing returns.
"We'll be able to track promotions and see which are successful and which are not, and that will have an impact as we grow in terms of what sort of promotions we continue to do," said Jennifer Adams, e-mail marketing manager at Englishtown. The Web site, based in Cambridge, Mass., has more than 1 million subscribers around the world, primarily in Asia and Latin America, and was attracted to Grey's international reach. "It is really a great synergy given that Grey is so global," she added. "We had not found any company that is as global as we."
In January, Grey eMMetrics began rolling out the e-mail platform to Grey Direct offices around the world. At this time, Grey offices in Belgium, Greece, Sweden, the U.K. and Venezuela are offering the Web-based e-mail platform, which combines proprietary and partner tools to manage e-mail campaigns from creation of content, to execution and delivery, to back-end tracking and analysis. Grey eMMetrics will soon be operational in Finland and France as well, said Jeanniey Mullen, general manager of the e-mail division.
Although international markets, in general, are a few years behind the U.S. in terms of e-mail marketing popularity and adoption, according to Ms. Mullen, Grey is offering it to all global offices. "The offices that are promoting it are really basing it on client need," Ms. Mullen said. "As the clients are showing the need and demand for it, the offices are integrating it."
"The Internet is behind overseas in general," said Jared Blank, an analyst at Jupiter Media Metrix. "E-mail marketing is behind because the Internet is behind."
But the e-mail market is too massive to ignore, according to Mr. Blank, who said marketers will spend $1 billion on e-mail marketing this year and $9.4 billion by 2006, according to Jupiter's most recent forecast.
"It's a huge business, and very fragmented, so there's no reason not to take a piece of it," Mr. Blank said, although it is unclear where agencies like Grey will shake out amidst e-mail-only specialists such as Bigfoot Interactive, Digital Impact and MessageMedia. "It will be interesting to see whether [agencies] decide to develop technology on their own, or to partner, or to buy. There hasn't been enough movement by agencies yet to see which direction they're going."
Grey eMMetrics, for one, is blending custom-built tools with those of partners, like streaming audio from push-to-talk technology from ITXC.
Forrester Research analyst Shar VanBoskirk said agencies, with expertise in creative execution and strategy, would be smarter to focus on those skills instead of technology-heavy, e-mail deployment and tracking.
"Everyone wants to be in e-mail marketing, and agencies are doing the same thing. They want to be part of e-mail because it's such a hot thing. I think it's silly for an agency to develop e-mail technology because there's so much technology already out there," Ms. VanBoskirk said. "What the agency is good at is helping their clients identify who their customers are and what the best messages are for reaching those customers."
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Right Place, Right Time (How I Met Your Mother)
Right Place Right Time (album)
Right Place, Right Time may refer to:
"Right Place, Right Time" (How I Met Your Mother), an episode of How I Met Your Mother
Right Place Right Time (album), an album by Olly Murs
"Right Place Right Time" (song), its title track
Right Place, Wrong Time (disambiguation)
Wrong Place, Right Time, an album by Haymaker
"Wrong Place, Wrong Time", song by Mark Chesnutt
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"Right Place, Right Time" is the 22nd episode of the fourth season of How I Met Your Mother and 86th overall. It aired on May 4, 2009.
Future Ted (Bob Saget) describes to his children a day near the beginning of his struggling solo architecture career, where a set of circumstances began his journey to meet their mother. The cold open shows Ted walking down his street with a yellow umbrella, stopping at a newsstand, giving some cash to a homeless man, and stopping at a crosswalk before a woman's hand reaches over and touches his shoulder.
Going backwards, Future Ted describes his desperation when he began doing solo architect work. Ted takes a job from a chain restaurant company to design a building shaped like a Stetson hat. When he complains to Robin about his lack of inspiration, she tells him to get out of the house and clear his head. He agrees to go out for a bagel, and Robin tells him to take an umbrella because her station's clown weatherman said it would rain. As he comes down the steps, he turns right, but then turns left.
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Right Place Right Time is the third studio album by English recording artist Olly Murs. It was first released on 23 November 2012, by Epic Records. The album received mostly mixed and positive reviews from critics, most of whom called it catchy but predictable and said that the songs were nothing memorable. The album was also criticised for sounding similar to Murs's previous album, In Case You Didn't Know (2011).
Right Place Right Time debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 127,000 units. The album has been certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. The album reached the top-five in Austria and the Republic of Ireland while achieved top-twenty positions in Australia, Canada and in the United States becoming his successful album to date.
The album spawned five singles. The lead single from the album, "Troublemaker", which features vocals from American rapper Flo Rida, debuted and spent two weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his most successful single to date. "Army of Two", was released as the album's second single achieving moderate success. "Dear Darlin'", became Murs' first UK top 10 hit (aside from his number ones) since "Thinking of Me" in 2010, peaking at number 5. "Dance with Me Tonight" will be solicited to contemporary hit radio in the United States on 20 August. It will serve as the second single in the US. The title track was released on 23 August as album's fifth single. A special edition version which featured a DVD of the tour was released on 25 November 2013. Murs re-released the album under the title, Right Place Right Time: Special Edition on 24 November, preceded by the release of new single "Hand on Heart".
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The lesbian immigrant
Angel Buns O'hara 07/05/2015
In the gay community in Uganda we always say ALUTA CONTINUA- the struggle continues. Will you join the struggle?
Where does one start? It seems like this journey has gone on for a life time. Not just for me but hundreds and thousands of others. What am I talking about? Good question. The life of not just any immigrant but of lesbians, gay, bi, transgender and intersex people all over the world. You know the ones I am talking about, persecuted and shamed in their own home countries forced to flee and seek a new life elsewhere, with the hope that maybe just maybe we can forge a new life. A life that is free of fear, persecution, neglect and shame.
A media witch-hunt: Uganda's top "200 top homosexuals" named in a tabloid, a day after President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a bill toughening penalties for gay people in 2014.
Maybe I should start from the beginning and give you a little insight. You see, I had a rather happy childhood, loving and caring parents and siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles and as I write this right now I kid you not when I say I have over 35 first cousins. Now I know many people may look at AFRICA as a country full of disease, poverty, hunger (the list of negatives could go on forever) but I was one of the lucky few. I wanted for nothing, I was fed, clothed, educated but most of all I was surrounded by love from family and friends. With all this being said I still felt like I did not quite fit in with all my relations not even my siblings. Something was amiss…
That something I would later find out at the age of 16 was my sexuality. Even though I was not aware that it was illegal to be gay in my country, I knew the bible said it was wrong and having grown up in a Christian family I automatically knew I could not discuss this with anyone. Can you imagine finding the last piece of the puzzle you have been working on all Christmas and putting it in its right place but being unable to show anyone that you made sense of this puzzle? That was me, lost and confused, wanting to share my joys of finally understanding myself but being unable to. So for year I battled with myself about what to do. I can definitely tell you this I am no closet queen and this made it even harder to find a balance. Trying to be true to myself, learn more about myself without getting caught by my family or the law that was pushing to make homosexuality punishable by death.
How do we challenge ourselves to make the world safer for all minorities? Is it enough that a few hundred stand up and protest?
Eventually, I saw no other alternative but to leave.
And so to Iceland I came.
Now, I am more fortunate than most,
I was able to leave.
Here I am trying to forge a life. I am thankful for many things, I don't live in fear any more being top of the list. I am
Protest in London 2014 against Uganda anti-gay legislation, which was later that year declared 'null and void' by constitutional court. However homophobia is widespread throughout the east African country and homosexuality still remains a criminal offence under colonial-era laws.
however sad because I don't have that sense of family and kinship like I used to but I am safe. I can sleep easy at night.
So what about all the ones that are unable to make it out? What about the ones that do and are not believed to be gay by the authorities in the countries that they flee to and are held in detention centers or sent back to their respective home countries? What about the ones that don't make it out alive? Are we all doing enough to see to it that's every human being has their basic human rights met? Are we concerned? Or do we have a 'what you don't know doesn't hurt you' type of mentality? How do we challenge ourselves to make the world safer for all minorities? Is it enough that a few hundred stand up and protest?
I leave you with this last question: what are you doing to make the world a better place? No matter how small, are you doing anything at all?
In the gay community in Uganda we always say ALUTA CONTINUA– the struggle continues. Will you join the struggle?
Originally published on sandkassinn.com, a website dedicated to multiculture, equality, arts and culture.
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Angel Buns O'hara
Angel Buns O'hara was born and raised in Uganda, Africa. She Went to Trinity College Nabbingo. And has lived in Glasgow, Scotland and London, England. She now lives in Reykjavík where she works a column writer amongst other things.
The Hamburger Factory
- gourmet burgers
- award-winning chocolate maker
Alfred's Apartments
- gay owned an operated
- a world of wonder
Whales of Iceland
- larger than life
Landsbankinn
- leading financial institution
Dohop
- get inspired
Macland
- for all your Apple needs
Aurora Reykjavik
- northern lights center
Ísey skyr
- once tasted never forgotten
Núðluskálin
- noodle bar
Seatours
- adventure cruise
Ok. You're in Iceland. Most likely for the first time.
You will probably bathe in the Blue Lagoon and take a road trip to Gullfoss and
Geysir. That's all well and good. But neither Geysir's nor waterfalls are
something you eat. That's why we have 15 brilliant and creative hamburgers at
The Hamburger Factory. And they are all perfectly square. Don't miss out on
Iceland's most beloved hamburgers.
The Hamburger Factory is Iceland's most innovative gourmet burger chain.
Packed with burger-craving customers since it's opening in 2010, among the
regulars is Iceland's best known fisherman, Eric Clapton. In our restaurants we
welcome tourists with our newspaper like menu and smiley service. They are
packed with fun items and memorable connections to Icelandic pop culture.
Omnom Chocolate is an Icelandic craft chocolate company based in Reykjavík. We produce handcrafted chocolate from organic cacao beans sourced ethically and sustainably. We've developed direct relationships to create premium chocolate with fine flavor cacao beans.
Our creative flavors are carefully crafted by meticulous chocolate makers. The cacao beans are roasted, winnowed, ground, and refined into melty-smooth chocolate.
Omnom's process is one of constant exploration, invention, and experimentation. If it doesn't please us, if something isn't absolutely delicious, there's no reason to be doing it. So, we always start with our taste buds and follow our instincts. Our team searches for the finest ingredients in the world and new ways to improve chocolate. This obsession with knowing where our ingredients come from has led us around the corner to dairy farms in the Icelandic countryside and all the way to rainforest cacao farms of Nicaragua.
In only a few short years, we've grown from our 50 sq. m. petrol station space and become an award-winning chocolate maker. Now, with our headquarters in 101 Reykjavík, our chocolate is sent out around Iceland and all over the world.
At the end of the day, our goal is to make chocolate.
Alfred's Apartments and Alfred's Studios is a gay operated and owned accommodation in the heart of Reykjavik.
Alfred's Apartments offers spacious apartments at a good price located just around the corner from Laugavegur shopping street. You can choose the apartment starting from a Small Studio for 2 persons to a large One-bedroom Apartment with balcony for 5 persons.
Their staff will ensure your comfort during the stay and provide the most updated information about the city, gay and night life in Reykjavik.
Each apartment has a private bathroom with a shower, fully equipped kitchen and free Wi-Fi. Guests can buy groceries at the local grocery store 50 meters from the apartments. Because of their very central location, numerous shops, restaurants and cafés are available in the surrounding area. The Church of Hallgrimur is located 350 m from the apartments, a tourist agency is just 50 m away and the nearest gay bar is less than 5 minutes walking distance.
Laekur hostel
In the hostel we have dorms for 4-8 persons with shared kitchen and bathroom facilities. The rooms are furnished with free internet, lockers, and a USB charger by each bed. The beds have linen provided and you can rent a towel in the cafe on the ground floor for 5 EUR.
All the dorms are mixed with both genders. You can also book a whole room with 4-8 bunker beds.
Named by National Geographic as one of the 25 Wonders of the World, the Blue Lagoon is a shimmering expanse of warmth, relaxation, and rejuvenation. Its unique geothermal seawater comes from 2000 meters within the earth where sea and fresh water converge in a tectonic frontier of porous lava and searing heat. Propelled by extreme pressure, the water ascends to the earth's surface, emerging enriched with silica, algae, and minerals: the elements that endow Blue Lagoon geothermal seawater with its radiant, healing properties.
From its humble beginnings in the shadows of a geothermal power plant, Blue Lagoon has evolved into a world of wonder, now encompassing a hotel, a restaurant, a luxury lounge, a renowned line of skin care, a research center, in-water massage, and a wealth of spa and refreshment facilities.
Achieving harmony with the volcanic landscape of Iceland's Reykjanes lava plain, the lagoon and its surrounding architecture embody the unification of the man-made and the natural, and adhere to the highest principles of sustainability.
Blue Lagoon. A wonder of the world. A world of wonder.
Whales of Iceland is the largest whale exhibition in Europe (and perhaps even the world), where guests can learn about the giants of the sea in a calm and modern environment. The permanent exhibition features whales like guests have never seen them before. It is truly a giant experience.
Landsbankinn is a leading Icelandic financial institution. It offers a full range of financial services and is the market leader in the Icelandic financial service sector with the largest branch network.
The present bank was established on 7 October 2008 but the history of its predecessor dates back to 1886. The bank is owned by the National Treasury of Iceland, which holds 98.2% of its share capital, and other shareholders who own 1.8%.
Landsbankinn's strategy is to provide comprehensive financial services that meet customer's needs. It emphasizes providing exemplary service to customers, developing e-banking for their convenience, increasing the efficiency of support functions, modernizing its technology and ensuring effective utilization of its balance sheet.
The bank's vision is to be exemplary and its role is to be a trusted financial partner.
Special emphasis is placed on promoting a performance-oriented culture in the bank. To follow up on the implementation of this strategy, the bank has defined key goals which are measured regularly to determine progress. These goals include, for example, customer satisfaction and loyalty, profitability, cost efficiency and the correlation between risk appetite and employee satisfaction.
Landsbankinn wishes to lead the development of a sustainable society in Iceland by integrating economic, social and environmental concerns in its operations. The Bank aims to ensure that both its owners and society at large benefit from its activities.
It intends to achieve this aim by building solid infrastructure and a strong team of 1.100 employees, by listening to its customers and by respecting and encouraging its employees to actively participate in their community. Landsbankinn was a founding member of Festa, a Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, and is a member of the UN Global Compact.
Landsbankinn has been a proud sponsor of the Reykjavik Pride since it was first celebrated in Iceland.
"Dohop allows people to find the cheapest flights available with just one click. Founded in Reykjavik in 2004, it is the only Icelandic company of its kind and quickly became the go-to tool for finding cheap flights among the locals. Dohop finds the best deals among hundreds of different airlines and online travel agencies, to make sure that the user is getting the cheapest price. Dohop also offers hotel and car rental search engines, so users can make all of their travel bookings from a single website.
Dohop's specialty is finding so-called "self-connect" flight options, which can save travelers money by booking a ticket through two or more different airlines. The ability to look for these self-connect option is what sets Dohop apart from its competition, as it can save people hundreds of dollars on certain routes.
More recently, Dohop has developed a unique product called Dohop Go!, which allows users to check for the cheapest available flights from their home airport. This tool is perfect for those who are looking for travel inspiration but are not willing to overpay for their flight ticket. Dohop Go! is now available in the Dohop Flights App, both for Android and iOS, along with its traditional flight, hotel, and car search engines. "
From starting out as a proper startup with only a good idea and the need to change things, to becoming an established company with 6 employees. Starting from scratch and expanding organically has allowed us to love our expansion and take our customers on the ride with us.
Macland is located at Laugavegur 23 (101, Downtown Reykjavik)
For all your Apple needs. We are here.
Aurora Reykjavik is a Northern Lights Center situated in downtown Reykjavík at the Old Harbor next to Icelandair Hotel Marina and Vikin Maritime Museum.
Aurora Reykjavík is Iceland's first educational and recreational Northern Lights Center where multimedia is used to explain when, why and how the Northern Lights work, with the highlights being large HD projection of the Aurora's. We also share myths and legends about what our ancestor thought about those mystical lights.
The Northern Lights Center is for all ages. Children are our favorite guests and we created the exhibition in a way that children can have a look freely and parents don't have to worry about things being broken.
Aurora Reykjavik offers a great selection of souvenirs that are designed and made by Icelanders along with nice little coffee corner, where you can enjoy free coffee and tea while browsing through the souvenirs or just planning your next step.
Contact Aurora
Once upon a time, 1,100 years ago in fact, Nordic settlers began arriving in Iceland. They brought with them the skills and knowledge for producing skyr. As time passed, the know-how and recipe for this nutritious food slowly faded out elsewhere in the Nordic region. Luckily, the Icelandic skyr-making tradition continued.
For centuries, Icelandic skyr formed a cornerstone of the national diet, helping to keep people strong in living conditions that were often harsh. On family farms countrywide, it was the women who nurtured this dairy and passing on both the recipe and the original Icelandic skyr cultures from mother to daughter.
Ísey skyr builds on this remarkable legacy. It was some of those very same women, the recipients of their mothers' expertise, who, around 90 years ago, taught Icelandic dairy scientists the art of skyr-making. The production process is more high-tech these days, and the quality standards more rigorous. However, the basic recipe and the use of original cultures to ferment the skimmed milk remain the same. Protein rich, fat-free, creamy and delicious – Ísey skyr is as relevant to consumers now as it was all those centuries ago.
This is our secret and you are in on it
You can read more about Ísey skyr on our website.
Núðluskálin is a small gay owned and operated fusion noodle bar.
All of our courses are individually made from fresh ingredients and therefore highly customisable.
We offer fully Vegan versions of all courses.
Though originally a take-away we now seat over 30 people.
Núðluskálin is located right in the heart of Reykjavík on Skólavörðustígur 8 (street leading up to the big Church) near the junction with Laugavegur (main street).
Ferry Baldur – the gate to the West fjords
and VikingSushi Adventure – Bird & Nature watching Tour for everyone all year around
The "VikingSushi Adventure" is the right boat tour for travelers who are adventurous and want to experience something new – close up to the nature seafood simply doesn't come fresher than this! The archipelago area of the Breidafjordur Bay always surprises her visitors during winter or summer with spectacular sights. Where else you get to try delicious fresh scallops and sea urchin roe straight from the ocean served with soy sauce, wasabi and ginger.
This old volcanic area, characterized by the typical basalt formations of the islands, is the home of countless birds. Here you will also find the strongest currents in Iceland. The VikingSushi Tour takes roughly two hours and our captain is also the tour guide.
The VikingSushi Tour is a true adventure through incredible nature which should not be missed by any traveler to West Iceland.
Birds, possible to spot:
-puffins (from the middle of April until the middle of August)
-eider ducks
-shags
-kittiwakes
-fulmars
-white-tailed eagle
The car ferry Baldur is the bridge to the West fjords via the island Flatey
Ferry Baldur crosses Breidafjordur Bay daily from Stykkisholmur on the Snæfellsnes peninsula to Brjanslaekur in the north. A ferry ride considerably shortens the route between the south and mid-west of the country and the West Fjords region. It also gives you the opportunity to experience a floating restaurant.
Take a stopover at the charming island Flatey when you are crossing the bay or go to a day tour to Flatey and back to Stykkishólmur. At Flatey are no cars allowed and between the houses of the 18th century you get the feeling of a journey back in time.


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Throwing Knives – Christine Owman.
Guest Blog By Shay Rowan.
"Throwing Knives" by Christine Owman.
"The thought counts, but the action makes the difference".
'Circles' By Christine Owman.
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'Apart' By Christine Owman.
Sometimes the most enjoyable musical discoveries are unplanned and unexpected and so it was that finding myself with time to kill between scheduled gigs at last years Sound City Festival in Liverpool I stopped off at the friendly and atmospheric bar/venue Mello Mello seriously in need of a cool beer on a scorching day.
Along with just a handful of fellow punters I settled down to quench my thirst and watched as a girl, looking immaculate in a blue dress – her blond hair adorned with a black scarf – approached the side of the makeshift stage and proceeded to transform it's appearance with a projector, a screen and an array of props. From a large suitcase she extracted a collection of instruments and finally a pair of full length black gloves which she slid over her arms whilst focusing intensely all the while on the performance ahead of her. This young lady – still unknown to me as yet – took her place amongst her lovingly crafted setting and as the screen flickered into life with images of circus performers, knife throwers and human cannonballs amongst others, she began to spin a web of fascinating sounds and captivating vocals that grew and developed during the performance as she built towards it's powerful climax.
Although the time was ticking away for the next gig that I had earmarked there was no way that I was leaving until this enthralling set was complete!
The intensity and effort she displayed was worthy of a larger stage and far greater audience numbers and as she re-packed her belongings to clear the way for the next performer I took the opportunity to tell her how much I had enjoyed her set and only then was I able to add the name of Christine Owman to the exciting artist that I had just watched.
As I left for my next gig clutching the "The Conflict" ep that she kindly gave me I promised myself that not only would I be certain to watch any future live shows but that I would also make further purchases at the next available opportunity. That opportunity has come now with the wider release of her album "Throwing Knives" (previously only available in her home country of Sweden).
As with her stage show, the album draws its influences from elements of cabaret, burlesque, sideshow and circus and the tracks conjure an atmosphere
Christine Owman By Shay Rowan,
akin to that of a night spent at a rather sinister fairground where we find ourselves strapped to an emotional roller coaster! She plays with our feelings – one moment allowing us to bask in the sunshine of the merry-go-round the next thrusting us headlong into the darkness of an eerie ghost train ride. Opener "Spelling Words" (on which she is joined on vocals by Andi Almquist) sets the tone for the album by employing Christine's virtuosity as a cellist to create a playful but sinister rhythm that wraps itself around you and draws you in with the dark seedy feel of a 1920's Berlin night club.
Following tracks "The Conflict" and the deceptively titled "Fast Fwd" are slower, hypnotic numbers. Seductive and sleazy in equal measure.
A total change of style and pace sees "Circles" adopt an almost country feel with the vocal accompanied by a ukulele spiked with a feeling of menace. "Dance" is a return to a darker place – rumbling, distorted and growling with a relentless pace, whereas an altogether more gentle flow is created by the sound of delicately plucked strings as "The Agreement" recounts an enchanting promise made by two lovers that even should one of them die they will always continue to sing to each other in their dreams.
"I Live I Die" has creepy jazz tinged overtones reminiscent of Fever Ray and "Sinners" is a track stripped back to minimal accompaniment in support of Christine's vocal. More than any other track "Apart" is the one that allows the beauty of Christine's voice to be displayed as she reveals her sensitivity in it's gentle sway but, just as we begin to settle into a false sense of comfort, we are once again gripped by the lost and lonely vocal on closing track "Goodnight" a ghostly lullaby that indicates to us that maybe we shouldn't go to bed without leaving the light on after all!
A collection of songs that take us out of the shadows, into the light and back again revealing more on each listen. 'Throwing Knives' is an album that would certainly compliment anyone's record collection, created by a performer who – when she graces our shores again – should certainly not be missed.
Shay Rowan
Categories Track Of The Day Tags Berlin, Christine Owman, Knife throwing, Liverpool, Sweden
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DaveCromwell
"akin to that of a night spent at a rather sinister fairground where we find ourselves strapped to an emotional roller coaster! "
Great prose, Andy.
I was captivated by your tale – as well as the sound of this artist here. There are elements that remind me of a lot of the quirkly feminine/jazzy/folk singers I come across in my neck of the woods
here.- Nicole Atkins, Julia Haltigan, Kendra Morris – even a bit of Shipla Ray.


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