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Stories about women giving birth to babies conceived using in vitro fertilization (IVF) -- the process in which an egg is fertilized with sperm outside the body -- are fairly common these days. But a new case -- of a baby being born using three people -- is stirring controversy.
On Tuesday in Greece, a healthy baby boy was delivered by a 32-year-old woman who has a history of IVF failures.
The experimental procedure involved using the mother's DNA, sperm from the father and an egg from a donor woman.
The method is used to help women with "fertility issues associated with multiple in vitro fertilization failures caused by cytoplasmic dysfunction of the oocytes or rare mitochondrial genetic diseases," the organization said.
The technique has been a long time in the making: five years of research followed by two and a half years of clinical work.
Dr. Panagiotis Psathas, president of the Institute of Life in Athens -- says it's a major breakthrough.
But the technique has its critics, and it's controversial for what some feel is the unnecessary transfer of the DNA for the IVF procedure.
"I'm concerned that there's no proven need for the patient to have her genetic material removed from her eggs and transferred into the eggs of a donor," Tim Child of the University of Oxford and medical director of The Fertility Partnership, told the BBC.
Childs also takes issue with cases like that of a family with mitochondrial disease complications who used the technique in Mexico in 2016 to have a baby and another case of a 34-year-old mother in Ukraine who suffered from "unexplained infertility" who used the treatment.


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American and Israeli versions of conservatism are not quite copy-paste, but overlap 'on the front line against progressivism'
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Tikvah Fund Israel leader tells ALL ISRAEL NEWS Israeli conservatives are learning from their American counterparts as they strengthen the movement in Israel
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Amiad Cohen, CEO of Tikvah Fund Israel, at the Israeli Conservatism Conference, May 26, 2022. (Photo courtesy)
JERUSALEM—Conservative Israeli citizens, thinkers and media are looking to glean from and collaborate with the American right to create a united front against progressivism that is permeating societies around the world.
However, Americans and Israelis come from fundamentally different perspectives that have shaped their identity and values.
Amiad Cohen, CEO of Tikvah Fund Israel, told ALL ISRAEL NEWS that while America was founded on the concept of individual liberty, Israel is evolving from a socialist structure and undergoing an awakening to free market and conservative principles.
"Being an Israeli conservative, you start from a socialist state trying to re-articulate the relationship between individual and state," Cohen said. "The Americans started with liberty, so it's a different battle. We are in an uphill battle, and you're just only trying to protect your values that you started with."
Strengthening the fledgling conservative movement in Israel is one of the primary purposes of the Israeli Conservatism Conference which convened on Thursday with discussions that ranged from Israeli security and culture, to energy cooperation in the Gulf and the presence of a Muslim population in the Jewish state.
The Conservatism Conference was organized jointly by the Tikvah Fund together with the Friedman Center for Peace Through Strength. The Tikvah Fund calls itself "an ideas institution committed to supporting the intellectual, religious and political leaders of the Jewish people."
While conservatism and "right-wing" politics in Israel has many similarities to American conservatism, it plays out differently in many aspects of society and cannot be directly compared to the U.S. political construct.
"The challenges we address are different. We don't have debates regarding abortions because the Jewish religion is the basis of Israeli conservatism and not Christianity. It's different. We have a very strong religious community and counter the American who has some, but not as it used to have. So the strength of the religious here is different. The origins of the community are different."
But the future, Cohen stressed, is similar.
"We are together on the front line against progressivism," he said.
This is one of the reasons that Victor David Hanson – one of the leading conservative thinkers in America – and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman were key speakers at the event.
"(Progressivism) has been eating America for a long time and it's starting to eat here in Israel too. It's a real challenge," he said. "The fact that we have Internet and new media people in Israel identify more with (conservative media personality) Ben Shapiro in the States than with Tamar Zandberg, a progressive Knesset member in Israel. So it's an international balance that we need to work together."
Differences are also seen in the demographics.
"The younger you get in America, the more liberal you are. The younger you get in Israel, the more conservative you are because people in Israel are mugged by reality on a daily basis," Cohen explained. "You have threats. You have enemies. You don't have a lot of room to make mistakes – not only in national security, but in economics, too. If we make a small mistake, we're screwed."
Cohen said he looks to glean from the success of his American counterparts.
"I'm looking at progressive Americans and I see less connection. I look at the success of the conservative Americans, I want to learn the best out of them and take whatever I can to translate … and to establish an Israeli version of these conservative ideas and the relationship between individual and state," Cohen said.
"We don't have a globalist agenda. And conservatives trying to protect themselves make sense," he said.
Amir Weitmann, a Likud member who attended the conference, told ALL ISRAEL NEWS that democracy, sovereignty of the people and freedom, are crucial components to Israeli conservatism.
"We support freedom, first of all and above all," he said. "We support free markets in economics. We support the right of the people to control their future, which means that we are opposed to having the judicial system controlling everything and making decisions instead of the representatives of the people."
Conservatism in Israel also dovetails with Judaism, Weitmann noted.
"Jewish values with the Jewish religion – which is the Jewish culture – this is what binds us together as a country that we have a common identity," he said.
Nicole Jansezian is the news editor for both ALL ISRAEL NEWS and ALL ARAB NEWS and senior correspondent for ALL ISRAEL NEWS


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Trump wants to study proposal to allow guns at convention
By Patrick Healy New York Times,March 27, 2016, 9:06 p.m.
Republican front-runner Donald Trump said delegates at the national convention in Cleveland risk being "sitting ducks, utterly helpless against evil-doers and criminals."(Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press/File 2016)
NEW YORK — In a television interview Sunday, Republican front-runner Donald Trump said he wanted to take a close look at a proposal to allow delegates to bring guns into the Republican convention in July.
On ABC's "This Week,'' Trump declined to take an immediate position on an online petition to allow guns, but he said delegates at the high-security event risk being "sitting ducks, utterly helpless against evil-doers and criminals."
Trump said he had not yet seen the petition, which is aimed at candidates like himself, and that he would have to review it before commenting, although he noted he was a "very, very strong person for the Second Amendment."
The anonymous petition on the website Change.org had collected more than 33,000 signatures by Sunday.
The petition notes that Ohio is an open-carry state, but that the website for the Quicken Loans Arena, site of the convention, states that the arena forbids "firearms and other weapons of any kind."
"This is a direct affront to the Second Amendment and puts all attendees at risk," the petition reads. "As the National Rifle Association has made clear, 'gun-free zones' such as the Quicken Loans Arena are 'the worst and most dangerous of all lies.''
The petition calls on Republican candidate John Kasich to use executive authority as governor of Ohio to override the gun-free zone at the convention site. It asks the Republican National Committee chairman, Reince Priebus, to offer "an explanation of how a venue so unfriendly to Second Amendment rights was chosen for the Republican Convention."
Petitioners are also looking for a contingency plan for an alternate location from the RNC should guns not be allowed in the Quicken Loans Arena.
Trump was also asked in the Sunday interview if he would rule out internment camps for US Muslims — an idea he has never proposed, though he has argued for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country if they are not American citizens.
"I would rule it out, but we would have to be very vigilant," Trump said. "If we're not very, very strong and very, very smart, we have a big, big problem coming up. We've already had the problem. Check out the World Trade Center, check out the Pentagon. We've already had the problem."
Trump also traded insults Sunday with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas over recent smears against their wives.
The two candidates showed no desire to tone down or back off their exchange of harsh personal attacks, which have played out over the past week against a backdrop of terrorist attacks in Brussels and President Obama's trip to Cuba.
Trump categorically denied that he or anyone from his campaign played a role in a National Enquirer report Friday suggesting that Cruz may have had extra-marital affairs. The report by the magazine came after Trump threatened to "spill the beans on" Cruz's wife, Heidi, a cryptic remark that Trump elevated Sunday into a dark insinuation.
"There are things about Heidi that I don't want to talk about," Trump said. "You could look, but I don't want to talk about them."
Cruz, appearing on "Fox News Sunday," repeated his contention that his rival's fingerprints were on the report because it included a comment from a former Trump political adviser, Roger Stone, and because Trump is friends with the owner of the Enquirer.
He called the report "garbage" and said it was "disgusting to see a candidate attacking the spouse of another" — while at the same time denying that he had anything to do with a mailing by a super PAC featuring a mostly unclothed Melania Trump, Trump's wife and a former model, that circulated in Utah before Tuesday's primary there.
On "Fox News Sunday," Cruz said Trump had a habit of turning to personal attacks "when he gets scared, particularly on foreign policy," and said he was doing so now because he was "out of his depth" with recent comments like suggesting that the United States pull back from NATO unless other nations pay more of the alliance's costs.
Trump repeated that view on Sunday and called NATO "obsolete" in the fight against terrorism.
The warfare over spouses represents an attempt by Trump to get under Cruz's skin, just like he did, effectively, with former rivals like Jeb Bush and Ben Carson.
Trump also continues to use social media like Twitter to focus the race on personality and language rather than policy.
He denied disparaging Heidi Cruz by posting an unflattering photo of her on his Twitter page by noting that it was simply a retweet of another user's post.
He added that he would not use Twitter "very much as president" compared with his current tendency to send flurries of late-night tweets.
Kasich, who is running far behind his rivals in the race for the party's nomination, expressed new hesitancy on Sunday to support Trump if he becomes the nominee.
"We're going to look at it every single day, and we'll see what happens," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "We've got a long way to go. I don't want to project that he's going to be the nominee. I don't think he will be. And if he is — we'll have to, I will review it every day."
Pushed by moderator Chuck Todd on whether he would back Trump, Kasich said, "I said what I said, Chuck, and I'm done talking about this subject."


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Gold prices today hit fresh record high, near Rs 54,800
India has reported over 19 lakh Covid-19 cases by now with nearly 40,000 deaths. Gold tends to gain when interest rates are low and political and economic uncertainties are high.
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NEW DELHI: Gold prices scaled another new peak on Wednesday, tracking the trend in the global market and amid rising worries over fast spreading coronavirus outbreaks. Silver, meanwhile, took a breather and traded in the red.
India has reported over 19 lakh coronavirus cases by now with nearly 40,000 deaths. Gold tends to gain when interest rates are low and political and economic uncertainties are high.
Gold futures on MCX were up 0.33 per cent or Rs 180 at Rs 54,731 per 10 grams--hovering at record highs. Silver futures dipped 0.25 per cent or Rs 53 to Rs 69,623 per kg.
Gold prices rose by Rs 97 to Rs 54,830 per 10 gram in the national capital on Tuesday amid rupee depreciation, according to HDFC Securities. Silver prices were almost flat at Rs 66,855 per kg.
Globally, safe-haven gold scaled an all-time peak, extending a record run above the $2,000 mark on a weaker dollar and bets for more stimulus measures to revive a pandemic-ravaged economy.
Spot gold hit a record high of $2,030.72 in early Asian trade around 0234 GMT, but later dipped to $2,014.41, with the slight retreat attributed to profit-taking. US gold futures rose 0.7 per cent to $2,032.30.
The rapid rise in coronavirus cases has dented hopes of a swift U.S. economic rebound, sending the five-year Treasury yield to a record low, reducing the opportunity cost of holding non-interest bearing gold.
The U.S. dollar, considered an alternative safe-haven, fell 0.3 per cent against its rivals, making gold cheaper for holders of other currencies.
Silver dropped 0.7 per cent to $25.83 per ounce, platinum fell 0.9 per cent to $929.60 and palladium slipped 1.5 per cent to $2,107.38.
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The Last Mage Guardian is a new fantasy romance, set in an alternate Victorian age, and very much along the same lines as Stevermer and Wrede's alternate Regency fantasy novels.
Ardhuin is one of those sensible sorts who just wants to get along with her own life of magic study and practice, far away from the annoyances and censorious glances of those who don't think young ladies should be interested in such things. But she is the heir to great magical power, and such people have great responsibilities and enemies. However, she also finds herself with unexpected allies — including a young writer who just wants to get away from it all and finish his book….
The author has included all the fun of a good romance and none of the goop. The worldbuilding is interesting and beautiful, the action is interesting, and the book is full of memorable scenes of magic and intrigue. Everything ends happily, even.
It's $2.99 on the Kindle.
Amateur astronomer Rolf Olsen takes a picture of the cloud of stuff around Beta Pictoris, a star in the process of forming planets. With nothing but a fairly normal-sized 10 inch telescope and some clever photo-processing.
The picture itself is not super-new, but it's super-new to do it without expensive equipment!
Via Slashdot. Also on Universe Today, with commentary by Olsen.
I got a ride home from work today, so I caught part of the Truth in the Heart show on EWTN. One of the sisters was talking to a bee puppet, discussing the story of Jesus' temptations by the Devil after His 40 days in the wilderness.
The thing I didn't realize about this Ener-G brand bread is that they vacuum-pack it. The company claims it lasts for a year without refrigeration, because there's no air for the molds and such to eat. The loaves I bought were supposed to be good until June or July next year. Sure enough, they look fine.
"Follow the Money" Is an Old Old Saying.
It was pointed out today that "Follow the money" wasn't a line in the book of All the President's Men, but was written into the movie as dialogue.
But. For some reason, people think the screenwriter invented it!
Sheesh, people. "Follow the money" is old, old advice. People in 1852 court cases were saying it, as you can readily discover by searching Google Books' free/public domain section. In fact, at some point there was apparently a legal right (in some financial court cases) for a creditor to be allowed by the bank to "follow the money" to discover who had what they were owed. It's a legal term first, then, not a law enforcement or financial term.
She died today. St. Cecilia's Day, the feastday of the patron saint of singers and musicians, the young woman who "sang in her heart" as she was martyred. I do not think this is a coincidence.
Music was a harsh teacher for both her and her brother, who was treated terribly as a cathedral choirboy. Unlike European cathedral schools (which teach boys to play organ and study instrumental music when their voices change), the one he attended kicked him out and dropped his scholarship when he was no longer a boy soprano. The injustice to him embittered her. So she was one of the many ex-Catholics who got that way via the sins of other Catholics. I've heard different things, about whether she was an Episcopalian or an atheist, but I guess it's not really my business if I don't know.
She had a hard life and made hard choices, and abided by the consequences. She raised children with her own money. She told goopy indulgent stories; she told beautiful stories full of life. She sang. She made music. She made verse. She made musicians. She made a difference, for good and ill, in many people's lives.
She lived a full life. May God be good to her, and may He comfort those who knew her best.
Via Foxfier and Del Rey.
UPDATE: Vick Mickunas, the local book radio show guy from out Yellow Springs way, apparently had an "interesting" time interviewing McCaffrey, early on in his time. Heh, heh.
The only time I ever met her, it was after that Treasure of the Sierra Mud-re thing. I'm sure that Joy remembers it well….
These folks have a huge selection of new and reproduction old designs for springerle molds. (Not the ones my great-great-grandmother brought over from Germany, but some very nice ones. And probably not everyone wants carrots and onions designs on their cookies, though some of the flying bird motifs look similar.) There are lots of rabbits and poinsettias and other good things.
See, the idea was that when you went to a fair for a feastday or holy day, you probably wanted to eat cookies directly tied to the reason for the liturgical season. And that meant biting the head off your cookie St. Cecilia, or Easter scene, or First Communion picture, or what have you.
In medieval times, these sorts of scenes were often painted with various medieval natural food colorings as well. So it was sort of like having your holy card and eating it too.


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text:
<?php
namespace FrontCommsBulkSend\Controller;

use Zend\View\Model\JsonModel;
use FrontCore\Adapters\AbstractCoreActionController;

class IndexController extends AbstractCoreActionController
{
	/**
	 * Container for the Front Comms Bulk Send Model
	 * @var \FrontCommsBulkSend\Models\FrontCommsBulkSendModel
	 */
	private $model_front_comms_bulk_send;

    public function indexAction()
    {
       	//load journeys
       	try {
       		$objJourneys = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchJourneys($this->params()->fromQuery());
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
       		$this->flashMessenger()->addErrorMessage($this->frontControllerErrorHelper()->formatErrors($e));
       		return $this->redirect()->toRoute('home');
       	}//end catch

       	return array(
       		"objJourneys" => $objJourneys,
       	);
    }//end function

    public function setCriteriaAction()
    {
    	//set journey id
    	$id = $this->params()->fromRoute("id", "");
    	if ($id == "")
    	{
    		$this->flashMessenger()->addErrorMessage("Bulk Send Criteria could not be loaded. Journey is not specified");
    		return $this->redirect()->toRoute("front-comms-bulksend");
    	}//end if

    	try {
	    	//load the form
			$form = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->getBulkCommSendForm();

			$request = $this->getRequest();
			if ($request->isPost())
			{
				$form->setData($request->getPost());
				if ($form->isValid())
				{
					$arr_data = (array) $form->getData();
					$arr_data['journey_id'] = $id;

					//amend dates
					if (isset($arr_data['contact_created_start']))
					{
						if ($arr_data['contact_created_start'] == '')
						{
							unset($arr_data['contact_created_start']);
						} else {
							$arr_data['contact_created_start'] = date('c', strtotime($arr_data['contact_created_start']));
						}//end if
					}//end if

					if (isset($arr_data['contact_created_end']))
					{
						if ($arr_data['contact_created_end'] == '')
						{
							unset($arr_data['contact_created_end']);
						} else {
							$arr_data['contact_created_end'] = date('c', strtotime($arr_data['contact_created_end']));
						}//end if
					}//end if

	    			//create request
	    			$objBulkSendRequest = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->createBulkSendRequest($arr_data);

	    			//set success message
	    			$this->flashMessenger()->addSuccessMessage("Bulk Send Request created successfully");
	    			$this->flashMessenger()->addInfoMessage("The request must be reviewed and approved");

	    			//return to the index page
	    			return $this->redirect()->toRoute("front-comms-bulksend");
				}//end if
			}//end if

	    	//load journey data
	    	$objJourney = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchJourney($id);
	    } catch (\Exception $e) {
	    	$this->flashMessenger()->addErrorMessage($this->frontControllerErrorHelper()->formatErrors($e));
	    	return $this->redirect()->toRoute('home');
	    }//end catch

    	return array(
    			"objJourney" 			=> $objJourney,
    			"objBulkSendRequest" 	=> $objBulkSendRequest,
    			'form' 					=> $form,
    	);
    }//end function

    public function setCriteriawwAction()
    {
    	//set journey id
    	$id = $this->params()->fromRoute("id", "");
    	if ($id == "")
    	{
    		$this->flashMessenger()->addErrorMessage("Bulk Send Criteria could not be loaded. Journey is not specified");
    		return $this->redirect()->toRoute("front-comms-bulksend");
    	}//end if

    	//check if send request is specified
    	$bulk_send_id = $this->params()->fromRoute("bulk_send_id", "");
    	if ($bulk_send_id != "")
    	{
    		$objBulkSendRequest = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchBulkSendRequest($bulk_send_id);
    	}//end if

    	$request = $this->getRequest();
    	if ($request->isPost())
    	{
    		$arr_data = (array) $request->getPost();
    		$arr_data["journey_id"] = $id;

    		//manipulate dates where set
     		if (isset($arr_data['date_created_start']))
     		{
				if ($arr_data['date_created_start'] == '')
				{
					unset($arr_data['date_created_start']);
				} else {
					//convert to utc format
					$arr_data['date_created_start'] = date('c', strtotime($arr_data['date_created_start']));
				}//end if
     		}//end if

     		if (isset($arr_data['date_created_end']))
     		{
     			if ($arr_data['date_created_end'] == '')
     			{
     				unset($arr_data['date_created_end']);
     			} else {
     				//convert to utc format
     				$arr_data['date_created_end'] = date('c', strtotime($arr_data['date_created_end']));
     			}//end if
     		}//end if
    		try {
    			//create request
    			$objBulkSendRequest = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->createBulkSendRequest($arr_data);

    			//set success message
    			$this->flashMessenger()->addSuccessMessage("Bulk Send Request created successfully");
    			$this->flashMessenger()->addInfoMessage("The request must be reviewed and approved");

    			//return to the index page
    			return $this->redirect()->toRoute("front-comms-bulksend");
    		} catch (\Exception $e) {
    			//set error message
    			$this->flashMessenger()->addErrorMessage($this->frontControllerErrorHelper()->formatErrors($e));
    		}//end catch
    	}//end if

    	//load journey data
    	$objJourney = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchJourney($id);

    	return array(
    		"objJourney" 			=> $objJourney,
    		"objBulkSendRequest" 	=> $objBulkSendRequest,
    	);
    }//end function

    public function ajaxWebFormsListAction()
    {
    	//load web forms list
    	$objForms = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchWebForms(array(
				'qp_export_fields' 				=> 'id,form,form_types_behaviour', //only load specific fields
				'qp_limit' 						=> 'all', //load all forms
				'qp_disable_hypermedia' 		=> 1, //hypermedia must be disabled for qp_limit => all to be accepted
		));

    	foreach ($objForms as $objForm)
    	{
    		if ($objForm->id == "" || str_replace('_', '', $objForm->form_types_behaviour) != 'web')
    		{
    			continue;
    		}//end if

    		$arr[] = array("value" => trim($objForm->id), "text" => $objForm->form);
    	}//end foreach

    	echo json_encode(array("error" => 0, "data" => $arr), JSON_FORCE_OBJECT); exit;
    }//end function

    public function ajaxWebFormFieldsListAction()
    {
    	$id = $this->params()->fromQuery("f_id", "");
    	if ($id == "")
    	{
    		$arr = array(
    				"error" => 1,
    				"response" => "Form Fields could not be loaded. ID is not set"
    		);
    		echo json_encode($arr, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
    		exit;
    	}//end if

    	$arr_fields = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchWebFormFields($id);

    	echo json_encode(array("error" => 0, "data" => $arr_fields), JSON_FORCE_OBJECT); exit;
    }//end function

    public function ajaxSalesFunnelsListAction()
    {
    	//load web forms list
    	$objForms = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchWebForms(array(
				'qp_export_fields' 				=> 'id,form,form_types_behaviour', //only load specific fields
				'qp_limit' 						=> 'all', //load all forms
				'qp_disable_hypermedia' 		=> 1, //hypermedia must be disabled for qp_limit => all to be accepted
		));

    	foreach ($objForms as $objForm)
    	{
    		if ($objForm->id == "" || str_replace('_', '', $objForm->form_types_behaviour) != 'salesfunnel')
    		{
    			continue;
    		}//end if

    		$arr[] = array("value" => $objForm->id, "text" => $objForm->form);
    	}//end foreach

    	echo json_encode(array("error" => 0, "data" => $arr), JSON_FORCE_OBJECT); exit;
    }//end function

    public function ajaxStandardFieldsListAction()
    {
    	//load data
    	$objFields = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchStandardFields();

    	foreach ($objFields as $objField)
    	{
    		if (!is_object($objField) || $objField->get("id") == "")
    		{
    			continue;
    		}//end if

    		//only allow fields with predefined options
    		switch ($objField->get('fields_types_input_type'))
    		{
    			case 'checkbox':
    			case 'select':
    			case 'radio':
    				$arr[] = array("value" => $objField->get("id"), "text" => $objField->get("description"));
    				break;
    		}//end switch

    		//@TODO set options for additional fields such as fname, sname and email...
    	}//end foreach

    	echo json_encode(array("error" => 0, "data" => $arr), JSON_FORCE_OBJECT); exit;
    }//end function

    public function ajaxCustomFieldsListAction()
    {
    	//load data
    	$objFields = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchCustomFields(array(
    			'qp_export_fields' 				=> 'id,field,description,fields_types_input_type,fields_types_field_type', //only load specific fields
    			'qp_limit' 						=> 'all', //load all forms
    			'qp_disable_hypermedia' 		=> 1, //hypermedia must be disabled for qp_limit => all to be accepted
    	));

    	$arr = array();
    	foreach ($objFields as $objField)
    	{
			if (!$objField instanceof \FrontFormAdmin\Entities\FrontFormAdminFieldEntity)
			{
				continue;
			}//end if

    		if (!is_object($objField) || $objField->get("id") == "")
    		{
    			continue;
    		}//end if

			//only allow fields with predefined options
			switch ($objField->get('fields_types_input_type'))
			{
				case 'checkbox':
				case 'select':
				case 'radio':
					$arr[] = array("value" => $objField->get("id"), "text" => $objField->get("description"));
					break;
			}//end switch
    	}//end foreach

    	echo json_encode(array("error" => 0, "data" => $arr), JSON_FORCE_OBJECT); exit;
    }//end function

    public function ajaxStandardFieldCriteriaAction()
    {
    	$id = $this->params()->fromQuery("sf_id", "");
    	if ($id == "")
    	{
    		$arr = array(
    					"error" => 1,
    					"response" => "Standard Field could not be loaded. ID is not set"
    				);
    		echo json_encode($arr, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
    		exit;
    	}//end if

    	//load field html
    	$html = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchStandardField($id);

    	if (!$html)
    	{
    		$html = "";
    	}//end if

    	$arr = array(
    		"error" => 0,
    		"html" => $html,
    	);

    	echo json_encode($arr, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
    	exit;
    }//end function

    public function ajaxCustomFieldCriteriaAction()
    {
    	$id = $this->params()->fromQuery("cf_id", "");
    	if ($id == "")
    	{
    		$arr = array(
    				"error" => 1,
    				"response" => "Custom Field could not be loaded. ID is not set"
    		);
    		echo json_encode($arr, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
    		exit;
    	}//end if

    	//load field html
    	$html = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchCustomField($id);

    	if (!$html)
    	{
    		$html = "";
    	}//end if

    	$arr = array(
    			"error" => 0,
    			"html" => $html,
    	);

    	echo json_encode($arr, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
    	exit;
    }//end function

    public function ajaxContactStatusListAction()
    {
    	$arr_statuses = $this->getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()->fetchContactStatuses();

    	echo json_encode(array("error" => 0, "data" => $arr_statuses), JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
    	exit;
    }//end function

    /**
     * Create an instance for the Front Comms Bulk Send Model using the Service Manager
     * @return \FrontCommsBulkSend\Models\FrontCommsBulkSendModel
     */
    private function getFrontCommsBulkSendModel()
    {
    	if (!$this->model_front_comms_bulk_send)
    	{
    		$this->model_front_comms_bulk_send = $this->getServiceLocator()->get("FrontCommsBulkSend\Models\FrontCommsBulkSendModel");
    	}//end if

    	return $this->model_front_comms_bulk_send;
    }//end function
}//end class

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There are very many "Masters" programmes available in Spain. With very few exceptions, such as MBAs, we strongly recommend only looking at "Official Masters" which can be taken in both Public and Private Universities in Spain.
Some Masters Degrees can be taken in English. However we believe that if you are studying in Spain you should study in Spanish – after all, this is the 2nd business language of the world, spoken as a native language by almost 500 million people. Most students find it relatively easy to learn Spanish to the level of B2 (the absolute minimum necessary to study in a language). For a beginner it can take between 5 and 12 months, depending on each student's linguistic and cultural background. We believe it is well-worth making this initial effort to learn Spanish and then study in Spanish with Spanish professors teaching in their native language. You do not want to be in the situation when, being interviewed for an international job, you are forced to admit that you studied in English rather than Spanish because it was easier!
Fees for Official Masters at prestigious Public Universities in Spain can be substantially cheaper than in other countries. In 2017, these generally range from around € 1,000 to €3,300 for a 1-year, 60 ECTS, Masters Degree. In addition, living costs in Spain are well known to be very affordable.
So, we firmly recommend you to consider only Official Masters and those taught in Spanish.
As long as you already have an Undergraduate Degree, or are about to obtain one, the main area to concentrate on is learning Spanish. You will need to achieve a very good B2 level to be able to successfully study in Spanish from the first moment of your Masters Degree. As most Masters start in October, most students will be able to achieve this level by studying with us from January onwards. This will also enable most students to take the DELE B2 exam which some Universities are requiring of their international students.
As long as you let us know that your objective in studying with us is to access a Masters Degree we can provide you with detailed advice, and, based on your linguistic/cultural background and current level of Spanish, we can advise you on how much Intensive Spanish you will need. Assuming that you will be studying at least 3 months with us we will also help you in the selection of your Masters Degree and with the paperwork required.
Unless you are already fluent in Spanish, we would usually recommend that you start your course with us no later than January. In this way, you will be living in Spain and studying with us in the period of February/March when many Universities have their first pre-inscription deadline, frequently limited to overseas students, and when all the places on Master Degrees are available.
Contact us for advice on how to prepare to enter a Masters Degree programme in Spain.


Christmas is almost up0n us and as the song says its the most wonderful time of the year. The children are really excited. School holidays are nearly here and of course they can't wait for the arrival of Santa. The studio has been really busy in the last few weeks. Lots of portraits being done, many of which are surprise gifts for Parents, Grandparents and even Spouses! It gives me great pleasure to capture those special memories for my customers and of course these images will be treasured forever and passed down through to their families. Pictured here is seven month old Luke who visited the studio with his Mum. We had loads of fun especially since Luke loves to have his picture taken! There are lots of other gift ideas here at the studio as well for example Handmade Wexford Cards, Wexford Landscape images, Gift Frames and of course Gift Vouchers which can be used for any occassion. For the month of December you can purchase a gift voucher for €130 at a cost of €100 so thats a saving of €30. The voucher has no expiry date and can be used for all the services that BlueBell Studio offers with the exception of Digital Photography classes and courses. For further information, why not give me a call (087 6363960) or drop me an email (malonecartyp@gmail.com). And speaking of Digital Photography Classes the next round of Beginners Digital Photography Classes commence on Tuesday 14th January 2014 with a morning session or an evening session to choose from. Intermediate classes are starting on Thursday 16th January 2014. Of course if you would prefer, private classes are also available. We hope you and your families have a wonderful Christmas and a peaceful new year .
The Wizard of Oz produced by Oyster Lane Theatre Group is currently running at The Dun Mhuire Theatre until Sunday 27th October (Matinée).
Tickets are selling out fast for this wonderful performance of a well loved classic tale. Watch out for the stunning visuals.
Congratulations to Niamh Cullen who was awarded student of the year at Wexford School of Ballet's Gala performance last Saturday night in the Dun Mhuire Theatre, Wexford. An absolutely suberb dancer who is wonderful to watch as she glides across the stage giving you those goose bumps with her beautiful, effortless moves. Well done Niamh. I hope we will see lots more of you.
Great excitement in the build up to the Wexford Chamber of Commerce Business Awards which are due to be anounced on Friday Night 14th June at the Wexford Business Awards Gala Ceremony in Whites Hotel.
The Champagne Reception starts at 7pm, MC George Lawlor and the guest speaker is Aonghus McAnally followed by Music Take it Easy.
I wonder who the overall winner will be??
Wexford Food Festival is nearly upon us so we had another photo shoot to promote the "Fast to a Feast" Cooking Demonstration taking place in The Ferrycarrig Hotel on Wednesday 22nd May as part of the Festival.
We had great fun doing this " heavenly" shoot as you can see from the photographs. Pictured are Rev. Arthur Minion who will be mentored by Phelim Byrne and Fr. Jim Fegan who will be mentored by Tony Carty. George Lawlor is the host on the night. I'm sure there will be plenty of prayers said on the night..really looking forward to this ..well if the photo shoot is anything to go on it should be a great, fun night.
Wexford Food Festival will here soon. This will be the fifth Food & Wine Festival and it runs from Friday 25th to Sunday 26th May.
New to the 2013 line up in this, the Year of the Gathering will be our neighbours from Wales as a number of Specialist Food Producers will be attending in the "Welsh Tent" to be located on South Main Street. Stena line are offering 30% off many of their fares to help people get to the Wexford Festival. We had a P.R. shoot at 7.30am in Rosslare Harbour last week to promote the Stena Line offer. Unfortunately the weather was just awful but we were escorted onto the Bridge and got to do the shoot there. I was very surprised at the size of the wheel. It was much smaller than I expected!
Pictured here are Jeanette from Blossom Bakes with her specially designed Stena Line cake being serenaded by Ferrycarrig Hotel Head Chef (Singing Chef) Tony Carty.
Pregnancy can be one of the most beautiful times in a woman's life and is a memory worth capturing forever. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to photograph Jacinta who is seven months pregnant. This is probably the best time to have maternity photos taken. For these shots I went to Jacinta's home which made the shots more personal for her. Red is her favourite colour so we made the most of the white decor by draping her in red chiffon.
as its so much fun, a little bit devilish, so colourful, wonderful music and lighting and of course wonderful players. A perfect combination for getting the dress rehearsal photos yesterday. Wishing all the cast and crew a great run with the show and I'm looking forward to seeing it again tomorrow night and Saturday night! Break a Leg!
last Sunday to get some images. It also gives me a flavour of the show for when I go to photograph the Dress Rehearsal in a couple of weeks.


Can Extreme Amounts of Exercise Be Harmful? This new study counters the findings of earlier studies on elite athletes that suggested they are at increased risk for irregular heartbeats, increased arterial plaque size or thickened heart valves.
Exercise Reduces Inflammation Aging is associated with inflammation, an overactive immune system. Your immune system is supposed to kill germs when they attack you, but as soon as the germs are gone, your immunity is supposed to dampen down. However if your immunity stays active all the time, it attacks you in the same way that it kills germs. It can punch holes in arteries to cause plaques, break off the plaques to cause heart attacks, destroy your DNA to cause cancer, cause various auto-immune diseases and so forth. As you age, inflammation increases to cause loss of muscles and bone, osteoarthritis, loss of cell function associated with aging, and other harmful effects. Exercise helps to dampen down inflammation, and thus helps to prevent diseases and prolong life. One study of 111 women, ages 65 to 70, showed that replacing 30 minutes of sitting time with the same amount of time in light or moderate exercise very significantly reduced markers of inflammation (C-reactive protein and fibrinogen) and diabetes (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, July 2018).
My Recommendations I think everyone should have a regular exercise program, and it is never too late to start. See How to Start an Exercise Program. Do not start an intense exercise program until you have spent several months exercising at a casual pace.


So this is my first ever ebook on Kindle. I hope you give it a try,8 and that if you do you enjoy it. Something for most tastes. Lot of effort in this for a small cost 🙂 Bit biased recommending my own ebook but hey if I don't who will lol. Time to inspire light love and peace into a dark and grey world.
Love, peace, compassion and light to all my friends here.
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The Cross in Culture
A Torch Leadership Foundation Podcast
The Cross in Culture Podcast
Welcome to the Torch Leadership Cross in Culture Podcast where we consider different perspectives on what is happening in our culture and apply a biblical worldview.
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glhopiglobal	Podcasts	Leave a comment May 4, 2019 May 8, 2019 1 Minute
LISTEN: Can There Be a "Christian" Position On Gun Rights and Gun Control? (Torch Leadership Foundation's Cross in Culture #31 with Daniel Whyte III)
Daniel Whyte III
Welcome to the Torch Leadership Foundation's Cross in Culture Podcast where we consider different perspectives on what is happening in our culture and apply a biblical worldview. I am your host, Daniel Whyte III. This is episode #31. Continue reading "LISTEN: Can There Be a "Christian" Position On Gun Rights and Gun Control? (Torch Leadership Foundation's Cross in Culture #31 with Daniel Whyte III)" →
glhopiglobal	Podcasts	Leave a comment October 7, 2017 6 Minutes
LISTEN: Harvey Lays Bare the Flaw of the Prosperity Gospel (The Torch Leadership Foundation's Cross in Culture Podcast #30 with Daniel Whyte III)
Welcome to the Torch Leadership Foundation's Cross in Culture Podcast where we consider different perspectives on what is happening in our culture and apply a biblical worldview. I am your host, Daniel Whyte III. This is episode #30.
This episode is titled, Harvey Lays Bare the Flaw of the Prosperity Gospel
For any biblically-minded Christian, the prosperity gospel is not a belief system which should be regarded as any element of Christianity. It is not simply another take on the old, old story; it is an entirely new story — one that does not have any biblical foundations. In a perfect world in which man had never fallen, would God want all of His children to be healthy and wealthy? The answer is yes. But we don't live in that world, and thus we must reject the prosperity Gospel out of hand. Unfortunately, though, we cannot ignore its influence. It is one of the major teachings that American preachers have preached for many years now, and have exported to the "global south" — Africa, South Asia, and South America, where Christianity is growing rapidly.
However, its flaws were most recently laid bare here at home. As Hurricane Harvey swamped Houston, in a manner never before seen, Lakewood Church — the largest church in the nation whose pastor, Joel Osteen, is one of the main purveyors of the prosperity gospel — indicated that it would not be open in the immediate aftermath of the hurricane's landfall. Whether the church had legitimate concerns about their own building being flooded and posing a danger to others is neither here nor there. What matters is the perception: People who do not even claim to be Christians were criticizing and mocking Osteen and his church for the blatant incongruity of America's most prosperous church and its most prosperous preacher not exiting their gilded quarters to help the needy literally floating by their front door. One popular meme that circulated on social media showed Osteen sailing through flooded Houston on a yacht while people swam for their lives around it.
Kate Bowler, author of Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, wrote in the Washington Post that this scenario "made America's prince of the prosperity positive gospel into an object of social media contempt." She added that Osteen was "lambasted as being, at best, sluggish in providing emergency aid to those suffering from the disaster and, at worst, a hypocrite who cares more about people's wealth than welfare."
Hurricane Harvey washed away the veneer of positivity that the prosperity gospel lacquers on everything. Prosperity gospel preachers are adept at either finding a positive way to look at a negative situation or blaming those who are suffering in the situation. But this time, there was none of that. For the people of Houston, there was no positive way to look at Harvey. There was no blessing in it. There was no silver lining. The Associated Press reported that Harvey "raged through neighborhoods rich and poor, black and white, upscale and working class. Across Houston and surrounding communities, no group sidestepped its paralyzing deluges and apocalyptic floods." Yes, the 'blessed and highly favored' were just as underwater as the 'poor and needy.' And, like a fish turned belly up, Osteen, Lakewood Church, and the prosperity gospel — metaphorically and literally — was laid bare and had nothing to offer.
In closing, let me leave you with some Scripture and a quote to think about.
Luke 12:15 says, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."
John Piper said, "Prosperity cannot be a proof of God's favor since it is what the devil promises to those who worship him… If God's love for His children is to be measured by our health, wealth, and comfort in this life, then God hated the Apostle Paul."
Francis Chan said, "It is not scientific doubt, not atheism, not pantheism, not agnosticism, that in our day and in this land is likely to quench the light of the gospel. It is a proud, selfish, luxurious, church-going, hollow-hearted prosperity."
In light of what we have discussed today, I want to remind you that in our ever-changing world, there is one Person who never changes. That person is Jesus Christ. The Bible says that He is "the same yesterday, today, and forever." He is not subject to the whims of society or popular opinion. He has an unchanging, eternal love for you. If you do not know Him as your Savior, I encourage you to get to know Him today. John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Just believe in your heart that Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried, and rose from the dead by the power of God for you so that you can live eternally with Him. Pray and ask Him to come into your heart today, and He will. Romans 10:13 says, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Thank you for listening to this Torch Leadership Cross in Culture Podcast.
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Until we meet again, remember to keep Christ first in our ever-changing culture.
Daniel Whyte III has spoken in meetings across the United States and in over twenty-five foreign countries. He is the author of over forty books including the Essence Magazine, Dallas Morning News, and Amazon.com national bestseller, Letters to Young Black Men. He is also the president of Gospel Light Society International, a worldwide evangelistic ministry that reaches thousands with the Gospel each week, as well as president of Torch Ministries International, a Christian literature ministry.
He is heard by thousands each week on his radio broadcasts/podcasts, which include: The Prayer Motivator Devotional, The Prayer Motivator Minute, as well as Gospel Light Minute X, the Gospel Light Minute, the Sunday Evening Evangelistic Message, the Prophet Daniel's Report, the Second Coming Watch Update and the Soul-Winning Motivator, among others.
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Theology from Bethany Divinity College, a Bachelor's degree in Religion from Texas Wesleyan University, a Master's degree in Religion, a Master of Divinity degree, and a Master of Theology degree from Liberty University's Rawlings School of Divinity (formerly Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary). He is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Ministry degree.
He has been married to the former Meriqua Althea Dixon, of Christiana, Jamaica since 1987. God has blessed their union with seven children.
glhopiglobal	Podcasts	Leave a comment September 10, 2017 4 Minutes
LISTEN: Only Jesus Christ and the Church Can Deliver Us from the "Starless Midnight of Racism to the Bright Daybreak of Peace" (The Torch Leadership Foundation's Cross in Culture Podcast #29 with Daniel Whyte III)
This episode is titled, Only Jesus Christ and the Church Can Deliver Us from the "Starless Midnight of Racism to the Bright Daybreak of Peace"
Let's get this out of the way and put this to bed: neither President Barack Obama or President Trump have a racist bone in their bodies, however, they have unwisely and foolishly played the political race card. Don't be shocked at that, that is what lying politicians do, that is the game they play. They will use anything to try to gain an advantage over their opponent or over the other party. The point is stop getting mad and angry at lying politicians. They are doing what they do. A president has never saved us and never will. The real problem right now is the church. A church that is disobedient to God's Word, refuses to pray, refuses to witness for the Lord, full of pride, racism, sin, foolishness, scandel, and is the butt-of-jokes to most of the world. To use the title of a book written by the Southern writer, Lewis Grizzard, "Martin Luther King Jr. is dead, Billy Graham is on his way to Heaven, and I don't feel that well myself." If you look throughout history, God has always used a man to bring about revival and make a difference in the world. Where are the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s today? Where are the Rev. Billy Graham's today? men who have the moral courage and moral authority to change the direction of a nation with just their words sent by God? Stop saying stupid things like, "Trump needs to bring us together." Quite frankly, if President Obama, a black man who is half white, raised by white people, can't bring us together, how in the hell do you think President Trump can bring us together. He can't. And he will not. And that is not his mission. That is the mission of the church by preaching the Gospel, by discipling new converts, by living a life that is obedient to God, and being a light in the starless midnight of America's original sin. Some are still asking, "Where is the God of Elijah?", when the question is "Where is the Elijah of God?" What America needs again is a Martin Luther King Jr. and a Billy Graham rolled in one to go across this country, as they did, and shake the gates of hell and get people's focus back on God, on Jesus Christ, on prayer, on the Word of God, and everybody doing the right thing. Stop blaming, President Bush, President Obama, and President Trump for causing our problems. The truth of the matter is, generally speaking, pastors and churches have failed God, have failed Jesus, and have failed America.
Last weekend's clash between white supremacists and anti-racist protesters, which resulted in the death of Heather Heyer and two law enforcement officials, again unplugged the dam of national consternation over the state of race relations in America. It seems we keep being lulled into thinking that it's over; finally, we've addressed these issues, we've talked about our differences, and we can live in harmony. But, racism and hatred reared it's ugly head in Charlottesville, reinforcing the unfortunate reality that it isn't over.
It should be. But it isn't.
We should be past this. But we aren't.
While it goes without saying that racism, anti-semitism, and white supremacy are evil and wrong, another unfortunate reality is that, apparently, it still has to be said. And God's people should never tire of saying it. While some — white and black, Jewish and Gentiles — live in conditions and locales where racial tension is not an everyday issue, we must remain restless until all of God's children live in similar peace and harmony. To borrow the words of Martin Luther King Jr., who borrowed the words of the Prophet Amos, "We cannot be satisfied until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream."
The debate over Confederate monuments is fraught with peril. To borrow the words of our president, there are indeed "many sides" to this aspect of the current state of affairs. Those who say the monuments should remain as a matter of history have legitimate points. Those who say the monuments are symbols of oppression and ought to be removed also make legitimate points. Those who wonder how far a liberal campaign to eradicate all public mention of any (white, male) historical figures who ever wronged another human being can go are legitimately concerned. These questions will likely not be settled in a way that pleases all sides.
The larger spiritual concern for our Southern Christian brothers and sisters is that they honestly question whether or not these monuments are becoming idolatrous symbols. Is the defense of Confederate monuments a subliminal outward manifestation of racism and the belief in the superiority of whites?
Can racism be an idol? Jarvis Williams, associate professor of New Testament interpretation at Southern Seminary, answers in the affirmative: "We see the idolatry of race in certain white churches who assume that white cultural expressions of the Christian faith are biblical and normative. These are churches in which non-white expressions of the Christian faith are viewed as abnormal or 'ethnic.' We also see the idolatry of race when Christians listen to, espouse, [or remain silent about], the racist rhetoric of those within their own racial or ethnic group."
Confederate statues and monuments are stone and granite. They have no power, no meaning — except the power and meaning that is ascribed to them. And it doesn't matter whether the ascribing of meaning comes when one is marching around the statue, holding a torch, and shouting slogans, or whether it comes quietly in one's heart as he sits in a church pew and deems himself and his family better than the black family that just walked in.
We applaud those white pastors and church leaders who have publicly condemned the violence in Charlottesville and all forms of racism, the KKK, white supremacy, and neo-Nazism. Many of them admit that elements of these ideologies are present in their own churches. Robert Wright Lee IV, a descendant of Robert E. Lee and the pastor of a church in North Carolina, told NPR that after his sermon the Sunday after Charlottesville, he realized that "what we have done as a white, downtown church was problematic because we have not spoken to our black neighbors. We have not spoken out for people of color, and we have to start doing that if we want to make a difference in this world and if we want to be relevant as a church in the 21st century." It is our prayer that him and pastors like him will be emboldened to address these issues in their churches no matter how uncomfortable it may be.
If there ever is to be peace and harmony in America, the idol of racism and the comfortable position of hate has to be excised from all hearts.
James 2:8-9 says, "If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors."
1 John 2:11 says, "He that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes."
Martin Luther King Jr. said, "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."
glhopiglobal	Podcasts	Leave a comment August 22, 2017 7 Minutes
LISTEN: Hearts of Darkness Exposed for All to See (The Torch Leadership Foundation's Cross in Culture Podcast #28 with Daniel Whyte III)
This episode is titled, Hearts of Darkness Exposed for All to See
The last couple of years have seen the rise of a disturbing, horrifying trend: murders, rapes, bullying, and beatings being broadcast live on social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat.
In France this year, an ISIS sympathizer broadcast himself murdering a police officer and his girlfriend — and then, standing over their dead bodies, he debated what to do with their three-year-old child.
In Ohio, an eighteen-year-old girl has been charged with broadcasting the rape of a friend on Periscope. The prosecutor said the girl was "caught up in the likes" on the video and was "giggling and laughing" throughout.
In England, a group of young people beat up a middle-aged woman and then took selfies with her battered body.
In Chicago, the sexual assault of a teenage girl by several teenage boys was broadcast on Facebook. Most chillingly, nearly forty people watched the live stream and not one of them called police.
Thankfully, the documentation of these crimes often helps police find and arrest the perpetrators. But law enforcement and social media providers are scrambling to figure out how to stop criminal acts from being casually broadcast to audiences of potentially millions.
For decent people everywhere, the rise of broadcast crime is repulsive and disheartening. We would prefer to look away and pretend it doesn't exist — or that it happens only in rare instances. But we can't. Such crimes happen far more frequently than we hear about in the media. And the rise of social media only gives diabolically-minded individuals a platform that exposes their hearts of darkness for all to see. Media psychologist Pamela Rutledge said, "Social media is the new way of bragging for those who commit crimes to gain a sense of self-power or self-importance. The audience is larger now and, perhaps, more seductive to those who are committing antisocial acts to fill personal needs of self-aggrandizement."
While the secular culture would have us to believe that people are basically good, broadcast crime only reinforces the Bible's teaching that all men are sinners and that our hearts are "deceitful above all things and desperately wicked."
In the West, it is easy to be lulled into complacency over the human condition — especially if you live in a nice, quiet neighborhood where crime is indeed a rarity. But, behind the walls of every nice house is a desperately wicked sinner. This knowledge should spur us on to share the good news of the Saviour who came to rescue sinners from themselves and from eternal Hell. While Satan prowls the earth, inciting crime and violence, it is easy to wall ourselves in behind our churches and our circles of Christian friends. It is easy to look the other way and say, "That only happens to those other people." It is easy to think that such sin is scarce. But it isn't.
When he spoke about the desperate wickedness of the human heart, Jeremiah asked, "Who can know it?"
With crimes being broadcast on social media, now we can.
Psalm 140:1-3 says, "Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips."
Galatians 1:4 says, "Jesus Christ gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father."
The British philosopher and political strategist John Stuart Mill said, "Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to accomplish their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing."
glhopiglobal	Podcasts	Leave a comment August 4, 2017 4 Minutes
LISTEN: The Church in Tumult Can be a Church Triumphant (The Torch Leadership Foundation's Cross in Culture Podcast #27 with Daniel Whyte III)
This episode is titled, The Church in Tumult Can be a Church Triumphant
A recent Gallup poll indicates that Americans' trust in traditional institutions remains remarkably low. Overall, only 32% of Americans say they have a high level of confidence in 14 major institutions. Over the past two years, confidence has fallen in ten of those institutions, including the church, hospitals, the presidency, the Supreme Court, public schools, the financial system, and the media. For Christians, the good news (for now) is that the church ranks higher on the confidence index than many other institution, coming in third behind only the military and the police.
The bad news, however, is that confidence in the church is on the decline. According to Christianity Today, "Pastors represented the most-trusted profession when Gallup began surveying Americans on career ethics; after three years of record-lows, clergy now rank 8th on the list." Gallup said, "Less than half of Americans think religious leaders have high ethical standards."
Thanks to the political upheaval of 2016 and global uncertainty spurred by events such as Brexit, Russia's aggressiveness toward Europe, and repeated terror attacks by Islamic extremists in places like England, France, and Belgium, many in the world have been left wondering who they can trust for guidance and direction. On TV there are, in the words of one writer, an abundance of "people who specialise in being very concerned about matters over which they have no control." Those in government go on with their Very Important Meetings and emerge with plans for little viable action. It's no wonder that trust in the national news media stands at 28% and trust in the government is at 38%.
This, incidentally, is a golden opportunity for the Church. Founded on the rock of Christ, the Church remains steady over the winds and waves of our tempestuous times. She has a clear vision and mission, one that is not influenced by current events — and that is to winning souls and "making disciples." While members of the media wring their hands and go off on either witch hunts or sycophantic rants; while politicians twist and conspire and outright lie to advance their agendas; while activists on the right and the left throw up their hands in uncertainty and dismay; while governments appear impotent against threats to life, liberty, and national security, the Church has no such misgivings. Christ has given us our orders. And if we follow them, without getting waylaid by current affairs, we will come out of this seemingly perpetually tumultuous season stronger and better than before.
The tumult of the world does not have to affect the church. History has shown us that the Church has endured similar instances before — the conflicts of ancient Rome when emperors resolved "to tear down the churches to the foundations and to destroy the Sacred Scriptures by fire." The Church survived the Dark Ages which threatened to wipe learning and literature from the faith of the earth. The Church survived the Enlightenment when its very foundations were being attacked intellectually and philosophically. And, the Church will survive this present age — whatever historians will decide to call it — because Jesus declared that "the gates of hell will not prevail against it."
While the rest of the world reels with distrust and uncertainty, the Church should be the steady beacon of light, hope, truth, and guidance that the world so desperately needs.
Matthew 5:14-16 says, "Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
G.K. Chesterton said, "We do not want a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world."
glhopiglobal	Podcasts	Leave a comment July 14, 2017 5 Minutes
LISTEN: Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, the Church, Dressing Modestly, and the Culture of Sexual Harassment (The Torch Leadership Foundation's Cross in Culture #25 with Daniel Whyte III)
This episode is titled, Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, the Church, Dressing Modestly, and the Culture of Sexual Harassment.
Over the past nine months, it would seem as though judgment day has come over at Fox News, the most-watched cable news network in America. Numerous women, some of them longtime contributors such as Gretchen Carlson and Megyn Kelly, alleged sexual harassment against the network's founder and longtime head, Roger Ailes. He resigned in July 2016 after 20 years leading the network. His stepping down was followed this past week by the stunning ouster of Bill O'Reilly who has been with the network since its inception, with fifteen of those years being spent, unchallenged, at the top of primetime cable news ratings. He had been hit with similar allegations of sexual harassment by female co-workers, which prompted the network to pay out $13 million in settlements. In total, Fox News has paid $38 million to women who have worked at the network, which, according to one employee, "operates like a sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult, steeped in intimidation, indecency and misogyny."
The downfall of Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly is just one facet of the growing public dissatisfaction regarding the way women are often treated by their male superiors in the workplace and the so-called "rape culture" on college campuses (even some Christian campuses such as Baylor University), in the military, in general in society, and, yes, even in the church. According to Christian Post, a quarter of Christian women who work in a ministry setting admit that they have experienced sexual harassment, including "demeaning comments, suggestive jokes, glances with sexual overtones, and unwanted touching or sexual contact." and requests for sexual favors. (This does not count women who simply attend, but do not work, in a church or ministry.) Research conducted by the United Methodist Church found that "half of laywomen" reported experiencing sexual harassment in the church.
In order to keep their jobs or to keep from being shut out from leadership circles, women often feel as though they cannot speak up against this activity. The Christian Post report notes that '50 percent of women said they tried to avoid the perpetrator, 45 percent ignored it, 38 percent shrugged it off, and 31 percent prayed.' Only one percent took legal action. What's worse is that men, even Christian men, perpetrate the notion that 'this is just the way it is' and/or that 'this is just the way men are.' This outlook only serves to give men an excuse for unseemly behavior towards women while continuing to put women in the position of appearing as willing participants in order to not rock the boat or upset the powerful male leader(s).
The church must reject the mindset of the world regarding this issue. How can we begin to course-correct?
First, pastors, fathers, and older male and female leaders in the church must instill in young men that, just because they have sexual desires for women, that does not give them license to behave in an inappropriate way toward women in the church, in the classroom, or in the corporate world. Christian men must hold themselves to a higher standard than the world.
Second, pastors, fathers, mothers, and older female leaders in the church must inform young women that, yes, the culture often looks the other way when men make inappropriate sexual remarks or sexual advances toward women. The world says, "Boys (including grown-up boys) will be boys." But just because this is the way things are does not mean that this is the way things should be. No woman should feel like she has to quietly go along with behavior or language that is sexually suggestive, inappropriate, or demeaning, just to keep a job, keep from being shamed, or climb the corporate ladder.
Third, all women need to be informed that they have an obligation to speak up when they are subjected to inappropriate remarks or behavior from men in leadership, whether it is coming from a pastor, ministry director, or boss. Things will not get better unless women begin refusing to abide by the culture of harassment. Will some women lose their jobs or be demoted in retaliation? Absolutely. Will some women get the cold shoulder from pastors and others in the church who feel like they should have just kept their mouths shut in order to avoid tarnishing the pastor's reputation? Yes. But a little suffering now will go a long way toward making the world safer for future generations of women.
These things must be spoken about by pastors at their sacred desks, by mothers and fathers in the home, and by older men and women in the public square. That is the only way we can begin to change the church and the culture for the better.
In closing let me give young single ladies some advice. According to the Scriptures you have a responsibility to dress modestly. If you do not want the lustful attention of men, do not draw attention to yourself by dressing immodestly. One of the problems at Fox News is that women do not dress modestly and this is going to attract the attention of redblooded men. That does not justify them making innappropiate remarks, but it does draw their attention by what you're showing such as cleavage and thighs. The Bible says in 1 Timothy 2:9-10, "In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works."
Also if you're a single woman and a single man asks you for a date, that is not sexual harassment, so don't waste your time running down to the courthouse to sue.
In closing, let me leave you with a Scripture and a quote to think about.
In First Timothy 5:2 Paul writes, "Treat the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity."
And Genesis 1:27 reminds us that women, too, are image-bearers of God and ought to be treated as such: "God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
The Christian Reformed Church of North America published the anonymous testimony of a woman who experienced sexual harassment in the church. She concluded her article by saying, "To churches and ministries, I would say don't wait for assault or sexual propositions before you take action. Follow up if you hear about or witness even one inappropriate comment or touch. Know that women might be afraid to report it even if you ask them directly, especially if they have family depending on their income. You may have to be very thorough and offer total anonymity to uncover what is quite possibly a whole pattern of inappropriate behavior. Finally, remember that our Christian witness is damaged more when we protect those who abuse power than when we deal with those people quickly, honestly, and justly."
glhopiglobal	Podcasts	Leave a comment April 25, 2017 6 Minutes