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Fetishists Defend The Pursuit Of Pain
Fetishists Defend The Pursuit Of Pain
The Boston Herald
NEWS; Pg. 001
July 16, 2000 Sunday
By Dave Wedge
They meet for informal "munches" in malls, coffee shops and restaurants all over New England.
Dressed casually, they sit at tables next to oblivious shoppers and diners and lay down the groundwork for how they plan to inflict pain upon each other at upcoming parties.
They are fetishists – into leather, latex, bondage, discipline or sadomasochism. There are an estimated 20 million Americans engaged in the lascivious lifestyle and, regardless of what some may think, they say they are not sick, perverted or deviant. "We are the people next door, the people in the office next to you," says Stephen, a 35-year-old computer systems administrator, who is a member of the Boston Dungeon Society. "It's just a form of sexual orientation. It's part of my sexuality."
Members of the local underground sex scene are peeling off their leather masks and speaking out after two people were arrested during a police raid of a racy bondage bash in an old Attleboro factory last weekend.The party's host, 23-year-old Benjamin Davis of Hudson, N.H., is charged with running a house of prostitution and assaulting a police officer, while 38-year-old New York City businesswoman, Stefany Reed, faces assault charges for allegedly spanking a woman's bare bottom until it bled, using a wooden paddle.
The arrests have sparked outcry from the BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadomasochism) community and from the American Civil Liberties Union and the 10,000-member National Coalition for Sexual Freedom."These people were at a private party and the cops stumbled upon it and didn't like what they saw," said 42-year-old Kim Airs, who owns Grand Openings!, a sex shop in Coolidge Corner, which sells S & M gear and hosts classes in everything from rope bondage to "Basic Flogging for Urbanites."
Airs, who is into S & M and enjoys being whipped, says pain is a powerful sexual enhancer.
"It's an endorphin rush," she explained. "Your nerves become so stimulated that your body starts to crank out adrenaline."
Her classes focus on proper S & M etiquette, such as using "safe words" like "red" to signal when to stop. The basic theory behind the scene, she says, is to make sure the "play" is "safe, sane and consensual."
"There's a big difference between consensual and non-consensual. What I do consensually is no one's business," she said.While the NCSF estimates that as much as 10 percent of the U.S. population participates in S & M, the subculture is still largely clandestine.Those in the scene usually make contacts through the Internet and gather at "munches" – informal, non-sexual socials – to make plans for upcoming spank fests.While some may cringe at the thought of being beaten for sexual pleasure, millions apparently don't, as evidenced by the hundreds of S & M Web sites and the scores of fetish balls and expos held all over the country.One of the biggest is the annual Las Vegas Fetish and Fantasy Halloween Ball, which attracted more than 4,000 people last year and is sponsored by such mainstream companies as Boston brewer Sam Adams. Locally, there is a massive fetish flea market, organized by the New England Leather Association, which is scheduled for July 29 at the Bayside Expo Center.Also, there are no less than four shops in Boston which cater to the BDSM community and at least one public club – Cambridge's Man-Ray.
At "Hell Night" this past Friday, Man-Ray was packed with blackleather-clad club-goers of varying ages, many of whom were seeking out like-minded people living out their sexual fantasies. A DJ pumped heavy-techno, industrial music, while the crowd moved erotically behind a black iron cage that runs along a side wall of the darkened club.
"If you have a sexual fantasy, there's someone here that probably, well, you know," said one 28-year-old man dressed in a black t-shirt and black pants, one of the more conservative outifts at the Cambridge nightspot.A feast of fruit and bread was served in one of the club's three rooms, right next to sex shop Hubba Hubba's table, where guests eyed and bought tickle-feathers, sex toys and spiked collars.
"You can come here, be yourself and not be judged," said another 28-year-old man who wore a pirate's jacket and fanged teeth."It's outrageous and totally unique. You can express yourself," said Valerie, a 25-year-old receptionist wearing leather pants who has frequented the club for the past five years.
Those who move beyond the club scene and engage in painful play say the attraction is mental for some but purely physical for others.
Noted Los Angeles sex therapist and psychologist Dr. Ava Cadell says many of her clients – which include celebrities, politicians and high-powered business magnates – get into the scene for its anonymity and the thrill of being dominated."They want to be degraded and beaten. They want the opposite of their daily life," Cadell said.
Cadell said she believes S & M is healthy, as long as people are in it for sexual enhancement and "don't take it too far." She admitted, however, that some of her clients become involved because they were abused as children or have other serious emotional problems.
"Why people get into it is important," she said. "If you're into it because you were spanked as a child, then it can be unhealthy. It's not natural."
Another problem Cadell sees is with people who get so hooked on fetish play that they can no longer enjoy traditional sex."A little spanking never hurt anybody, but if it's the only way they can reach climax, then it's unhealthy," she said. "If it becomes obsessive and the person becomes anti-social, then it is a problem."
Regardless of why people are in the scene, Airs says fetishists shouldn't be looked down upon as sexual freaks."We're extremely normal people," she said. "People you walk by on the street or stand next to in line at the store, are some of kinkiest people you'd ever know."
Jessica Heslam contributed to this report.
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Hypnotherapy is therapy that is undertaken with a subject in hypnosis.
The word 'hypnosis' (from the Greek hypnos, 'sleep') is an abbreviation of James Braid's (1843) term 'neuro-hypnotism', meaning 'sleep of the nervous system'.
Hypnotherapy is often applied in order to modify a subject's behaviour, emotional content, and attitudes, as well as a wide range of conditions including dysfunctional habits, anxiety, stress-related illness, pain management, and personal development.
Hypnosis is often confused with Mesmerism, its historical precursor.
Franz Anton Mesmer held that trance and healing were the result of the channelling of a mysterious 'occult' force called 'animal magnetism.' In the mid-18th Century, this became the basis of a very large and popular school of thought termed 'Mesmerism'. However, in 1843, the Scottish surgeon and physician James Braid proposed the theory of hypnotism as a radical alternative, in opposition to Mesmerism. Braid argued that the occult qualities of Mesmerism were illusory and that its effects were due to a combination of 'nervous fatigue' and verbal suggestion. A bitter war of words developed between Braid and the leading exponents of Mesmerism.
"The Committee, having completed such investigation of hypnotism as time permitted, have to report that they have satisfied themselves of the genuineness of the hypnotic state. No phenomena which have come under their observation, however, lend support to the theory of 'animal magnetism'." ('Report on Hypnotism', British Medical Journal, 1892).
Nevertheless, as Eysenck complains, the confusion of Mesmerism and hypnotism continued to be perpetuated by popular fiction, the media, and its portrayal in comedy stage hypnosis shows.
Basically, whereas Mesmerism is a supernatural theory, hypnotism attempted to explain the same phenomena in more established scientific terms, by reference to psychology and physiology. As Braid puts it, "it is a scientific and 'psycho-physiological' (mind-body) discipline."
There is no doubt that some individuals have suffered the ill effects of being involved in stage hypnotic shows. Stage hypnotists are not trained to care for individuals and are not qualified therapists. They use words like 'magic' and 'control' in an attempt to mystify the effects of hypnosis. In addition, using various tests of hypnotic suggestibility, they focus on 'hypnotic virtuosos' and provide the audience with hours of entertainment at the participants' expense.
Stage hypnotists, thus, according Dr David Kraft, do the opposite to what hypnotherapists do. Trained hypnotherapists, or rather therapists who use hypnosis as an adjunct to their treatment programme, create an environment by which the clients can access their inner resources in their own, unique way. Therapists, unlike stage hypnotists, who give the illusion that individuals are 'out of control', give the control to the individuals.
The form of hypnotherapy practised by most Victorian hypnotists, including James Braid and Hippolyte Bernheim, mainly employed of symptom removal, with some use of therapeutic relaxation and occasionally aversion to alcohol, drugs, etc. This simple form of treatment employed relatively direct methods and few theoretical constructs, but has continued to influence most subsequent forms of hypnotherapy.
Subsequent regression hypnotherapy was sometimes known as 'hypno-analysis', 'analytical hypnotherapy', or 'psychodynamic hypnotherapy'. Many practitioners worked in ways that bore only faint resemblance to Freud's original approach, although others continued to be influenced by later psychoanalytic theory and practice.
Considerable controversy developed regarding the use of regression to uncover allegedly repressed memories in the 1990s as the result of several high-profile legal cases, where clients sued their therapists over claims of false memory syndrome.
Milton H. Erickson was one of the most influential hypnotists of the 20th century. From around the 1950s onward, Erickson developed a radically different approach to hypnotism, which has subsequently become known as 'Ericksonian hypnotherapy' or 'Neo-Ericksonian hypnotherapy'. Erickson made use of a more informal conversational approach with many clients and complex language patterns, and therapeutic strategies. However, this very divergence from tradition led some of his colleagues, most notably André Weitzenhoffer, to dispute whether Erickson was right to label his approach 'hypnosis' at all. Nevertheless, Erickson's work continues to be one of the most influential forces in modern hypnotherapy.
The founders of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), a methodology similar in some regards to hypnotism, claimed that they had modelled the work of Erickson extensively and assimilated it into their approach. However, other experts have disputed whether NLP bears any genuine resemblance to Erickson's work.
From the 1980s onward a growing number of clinical textbooks written by contemporary researchers such as Steven Jay Lynn, Irving Kirsch, E. Thomas Dowd, William Golden, Assen Alladin, and others, began to appear. These combined hypnotherapy with elements of cognitive and behaviour therapy. Theodore Barber and his colleagues published an influential review of the research which argued, following the earlier social psychology of Theodore R. Sarbin, that hypnotism was better understood not as a 'special state' but as the result of normal psychological variables, such as active imagination, expectation, appropriate attitudes, and motivation. Barber introduced the term 'cognitive-behavioural' to describe the nonstate theory of hypnotism, and discussed its application to behaviour therapy.
The growing application of cognitive and behavioural psychological theories and concepts to the explanation of hypnosis paved the way for a closer integration of hypnotherapy with various cognitive and behavioural therapies. However, many cognitive and behavioural therapies were themselves originally influenced by older hypnotherapy techniques, e.g., the systematic desensitisation of Joseph Wolpe, the cardinal technique of early behaviour therapy, was originally called 'hypnotic desensitisation' and derived from the Medical Hypnotism (1948) of Lewis Wolberg.
The traditional style of hypnotherapy can be seen as a precursor of cognitive-behavioural therapy insofar as both place emphasis upon 'common sense' theoretical explanations and the use of relaxation, and rehearsal of positive ideas and imagery in therapy. Modern cognitive therapy primarily differs from previous hypnotherapy approaches by placing much greater emphasis upon the direct Socratic disputation of negative beliefs. However, cognitive-behavioural hypnotherapists, like those mentioned in this section, have assimilated this technique alongside their use of hypnosis.
Many 'new-age' or 'pseudo-scientific' approaches to hypnotherapy abound, some of which actually resemble Mesmerism in their claims that hypnotherapy employs subtle energy or produces paranormal abilities. Many new-age therapists employ past-life regression which usually combines belief in reincarnation with techniques of hypnotic regression ultimately derived from Sigmund Freud. These approaches are generally considered to lie outside the mainstream of 'scientific' or 'evidence-based' clinical practice in hypnotherapy.
"The Committee are of opinion that as a therapeutic agent hypnotism is frequently effective in relieving pain, procuring sleep, and alleviating many functional ailments" [i.e., psycho-somatic complaints and anxiety disorders].
This report was approved by the general council of the BMA, thereby forming BMA policy and rendering hypnotherapy a form of 'orthodox', as opposed to complementary or alternative, medicine.
Subsequent research on hypnotherapy has tended to highlight three main areas in which its efficacy as a treatment has been demonstrated in: Anxiety., Insomnia., Pain management., Psycho-somatic disorder, i.e., stress-related illness.
"The Subcommittee is satisfied after consideration of the available evidence that hypnotism is of value and may be the treatment of choice in some cases of so-called psycho-somatic disorder and Psychoneurosis. It may also be of value for revealing unrecognised motives and conflicts in such conditions. As a treatment, in the opinion of the Subcommittee it has proved its ability to remove symptoms and to alter morbid habits of thought and behaviour."
In 1995, the National Institute for Health (NIH), in the US, established a Technology Assessment Conference that compiled an official statement entitled 'Integration of Behavioural & Relaxation Approaches into the Treatment of Chronic Pain & Insomnia'.
"There is good evidence from randomised controlled trials that both hypnosis and relaxation techniques can reduce anxiety, particularly that related to stressful situations such as receiving chemotherapy. They are also effective for panic disorders and insomnia, particularly when integrated into a package of cognitive therapy (including, for example, sleep hygiene). A systematic review has found that hypnosis enhances the effects of cognitive behavioural therapy for conditions such as phobia, obesity, and anxiety."
"There is convincing evidence that hypnotic procedures are effective in the management and relief of both acute and chronic pain and in assisting in the alleviation of pain, discomfort and distress due to medical and dental procedures and childbirth. Hypnosis and the practice of self-hypnosis may significantly reduce general anxiety, tension and stress in a manner similar to other relaxation and self-regulation procedures. Likewise, hypnotic treatment may assist in insomnia in the same way as other relaxation methods."
The authors considered a total of 444 studies on hypnotherapy published prior to 2002.
According to the authors this was an intentional underestimation. Their professed aim was to discover whether, even under the most sceptical weighing of the evidence, hypnotherapy was still proven effective. They showed conclusively that it was. In fact, their analysis of treatment designs concluded that expansion of the meta-analysis to include non-randomised trials for this data base would also produce reliable results.
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Q: Worst case runtime for Quicksort when a constant difference after partition is guaranteed We want to sort with the standard quicksort and we are guaranteed, that, after calling the partition method, the size difference for both sections is at most a constant factor a. What is the worst case runtime for this algorithm?

A: With limited size-difference between partitions, quicksort is worst-case O(n log(n))
Essentially, quicksort traverses the entire array each time it makes a split. Therefore, we need only consider the worst-case partitioning, and how many splits are required to get that down to size 1 (or 2).
Now, if we are guaranteed that the larger of two sections is at most a times as large as the other, then the worst case is where indeed the larger section is always a times as large.
In this case, the amount of "layers" in the quicksort will equal the amount of times we have to divide the original size of the array by (1+a)/a to get 1. This is equal to the logarithm with base (1+a)/a of the input size. Because a is constant, so is (1+a)/a, and therefore the amount of splits is O(log(n)), which means the algorithm runs in O(n log(n)) worst-case.

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In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment add the eggs and beat on medium speed until well combined, about 1 minute. Slowly add the sugar and continue beating until thick and pale yellow, about 4 minutes.
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Whenever you visit a supermarket, there is always a huge selection of soft drinks. These drinks are popular because they're full of sugar, which makes them taste great. It's become a problem for some people who have gained weight from drinking them. So, should governments limit the size of the containers these drinks are sold in?
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In conclusion, I believe that people should be allowed to buy whatever size of sugary drinks they want. It depends on them to be responsible for themselves, and the role of governments should be to positively influence our consumption habits, not restrict them.


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Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) Associate Director Jarvis Schultz shares highlights from his recent trip to Madrid for the annual robotics conference.
Jarvis Schultz looks back on his time in Madrid for ROSCon 2018 and the lessons he learned at the annual conferenc.
By Jarvis Schultz
Earlier this quarter, I had the opportunity to travel to Madrid for ROSCon 2018. The conference is an incredible way for ROS developers of all levels to spend a couple of days learning from another and networking with the ROS community.
Northwestern's Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) program was a bronze sponsor of the conference, which sold out in advance for the fourth straight year.
Historically, ROSCon was mostly an academic conference that was heavily student-focused. Recently, though, ROSCon has transitioned to being largely industrial. Of the nearly 500 attendees at this year's event, less than 20% were students; at earlier ROSCons that percentage was likely closer to 70%. This year also saw a record number of industrial sponsors.
My suspicion is that the increased industrial interest correlates to the advancement of ROS 2. The development of ROS 2 was first discussed at ROSCon in 2014. The idea was to redesign many of the ROS capabilities from the ground-up taking into account the many lessons learned from ROS 1 about what it takes to move a robotic system from the lab to the field. Many of those changes were decided on thanks to community discussions, surveys and publicly-available design documents.
Now, four years later, the first releases of ROS 2 are out, and the next release (called Crystal Clemmys) is expected in the next few weeks. These releases are close to full-featured , and it appears the industry is jumping on board in a big way. Of nearly 40 full-length talks at ROSCon this year, well over half were presented by industry, and roughly 70% involved ROS 2 in some way.
This may be a little detailed, but there are a variety of reasons why companies are so interested in ROS 2. Personally, I think the biggest reason relates to the change to a DDS middleware. One of the core functionalities of ROS is its facilitation of interprocess communication. By switching to DDS, ROS 2 enables increased security, guaranteed quality-of-service, easier integration into hard real-time systems, increased commonalities with many pre-existing software applications, and an easier path to software certification in a variety of industries.
As these new releases come online, MSR staff and faculty will be paying close attention so that they can begin transitioning curriculum content to take advantage of these new features.
In addition to the advances of ROS2, there were several other highlights from ROSCon 2018, including:
Google announced "Google Cloud Robotics," a new platform that facilitates cross-robot collaboration supported by cloud computing.
Microsoft announced the release of experimental support for ROS on Windows. For most of its history ROS has primarily been feasibly run only on Unix/Linux systems, but Microsoft's support on releasing ROS for Windows will likely lead to accelerated widespread ROS adoption
Talks from Cruise Automation and Apex.AI presented interesting insight into how they have developed exciting, competitive self-driving car companies with software based on ROS.
Here in the MSR program, we tell our students to take advantage of the varying backgrounds and experiences of their classmates. The same was true for me at ROSCon. While hearing the latest developments was exciting, what I enjoyed most was the opportunity to hear from, interact with and get to know more members of the global and diverse ROS community. I had a great time at ROSCon, and I returned to campus motivated and energized to share the experience with my students.
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WorkSafe has granted an exemption to Rockgas Limited and JR Fuels Limited from compliance with Regulations 11.21 and 11.22 of the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017.
The exemption is granted by WorkSafe in accordance with section 220 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 on the basis that WorkSafe is satisfied that:
by maintaining the existing intervening walls and by improving the ventilation of the existing LPG filling shed or building a new shed which meets the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017 this exemption will not result in lesser health and safety outcomes.
This exemption takes effect on 22 July 2019 and expires on 22 July 2024 unless it is replaced sooner or revoked.
The exemption is granted by WorkSafe in accordance with section 220 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 to Rockgas Limited and JR Fuels Limited (the Parties) to accept reduced separation to the on-site service station building from the above ground LPG tank (#118789) and LPG filling station at Rockgas Thames, 208 Pollen Street, Thames, subject to the following conditions.
The site plan prepared by BD Design Group Ltd, Hazardous Substance Location and Controlled Zone Site Plan (HSL & CZ), drawing number N06971-E006, Rev B, dated 12/2005 (the Drawing) forms part of this decision.
The LPG tank, Starshop and workshop are located in accordance with the Drawing.
The Parties must ensure all walls of the service station buildings located within 9.6 metres from the LPG tank measured in a direct line are—
maintained as constructed; and
vapour tight.
The Parties may operate a cylinder filling station that is EITHER—
a new filling station that complies with the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2017; OR
the existing filling station in accordance with conditions 4, 5 and 6 which has the fill point located against the northern wall of the workshop building.
For the purposes of condition 3(b) the Parties must ensure the cylinder filling station—
is separated from any protected place within 6 metres of the fill point in accordance with condition 5; and
is adequately ventilated in accordance with condition 6; and
has no more than 100 kg of LPG in cylinders located within 5 metres of the footprint of the shed.
For the purposes of condition 4(a) the Parties must ensure the walls within 6 m of the fill point are—
For the purposes of condition 4(b) the Parties must modify the existing northern wall of the filling shed so that it is fully open except for any elements necessary to ensure the integrity of the structure.
The Parties must install a fire hose that—
has an internal diameter of at least 19 mm; and
is able to deliver water to any area external to the service station buildings that is within 6 metres of the cylinder filling point and the tank and to all surfaces of the tank and fittings; and
can be safely accessed.
The Parties must ensure that, unless there is an intervening wall, the tank, the fittings and filling station are separated from any combustible materials by a distance of at least 6 metres.
The Parties must update the Drawing to include—
the 9kg bottle swap cage; and
any changes to the site layout required to meet these conditions; and
separation distances from public and protected places as prescribed in the Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulation 2017.
The Parties must maintain the site layout as shown in the Drawing once updated in accordance with these conditions.
The Parties must provide a copy of this exemption to any compliance certifier engaged to issue a location compliance certificate for the LPG facilities at 208 Pollen Street, Thames.
A copy of this exemption must be held at the site.
The Parties must comply with the following timelines from the date this exemption takes effect—
where there is a requirement to modify the northern wall of the filling shed under condition 6, within 6 months; and
where there is a requirement to install a fire hose under condition 7, within 6 months; and
for the requirement to update the Drawing under condition 9, within 9 months.
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In a lot of ways, 2015 was a rough year. But luckily, there were plenty of stories that lifted our spirits and warmed our hearts.
Like thousands of young parents, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took to his own platform to announce the birth of his first child, Max. But that's not the only news he shared.
Zuckerberg also announced that he plans to donate 99 percent of his Facebook stock to charity throughout the rest of his lifetime. Many experts value that stock at a whopping $45 billion — all of which will go to help those in need.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens has smashed records since debuting in theaters on Dec. 17. But even those superfans that spent hours in line waiting for tickets weren't the first ones to see the film.
That honor belongs to Daniel Fleetwood. Fleetwood, a die-hard Star Wars fan, was diagnosed with cancer in 2012. Though he his condition progressively worsened, he held out hope that he would one day be able to see the new Star Wars film. But in October, Fleetwood experienced some setbacks and it became evident that he wouldn't make it to the film's debut.
That's when friends took to Twitter with the hashtag #ForceForDaniel. The movement got the attention of some notable celebrities, including Luke Skywalker himself.
The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams took notice, too. In early November, Daniel received the full cut of the new film, a month before its release.
Fleetwood passed away five days later on Nov. 10.
In 2014, Bengals defensive lineman Devon Still made headlines when he announced that his four-year-old daughter, Leah, had been diagnosed with cancer. In response, he and the Cincinnati Bengals announced that they would team up to donate 100 percent of Still's jersey sales to the Cincinnati Children's Hospital and pediatric cancer research. According to reports, Still's effort helped raise over $1 million for organizations that fight cancer.
2015 proved to be a rough year for Still. Just weeks before the regular season, the Bengals cut him in order to get their roster down to the required 53 players.
But the bad news paled in comparison to the good news Still received in December. Just after Thanksgiving, Still shared that Leah is currently cancer-free.
The Special Olympics has touched the lives of hundreds of children around the world since they were founded in 1968. But this year, the games took it to a new level.
Earlier in 2015, ESPN announced a renewed partnership with the Special Olympics, including unprecedented coverage of the games which took place in Los Angeles. In addition to airing the Opening and Closing Ceremonies live, the network also brought nightly highlights that were seen by thousands of people.
The games gave the entire country the chance to appreciate the talents of hundreds of talented young athletes that would have never had the chance to compete if not for the Special Olympics.
Not many people had a better year in 2015 than Taylor Swift. The 26-year-old pop star had a single reach the top of the charts, shattered records with the release of her album, 1989, and filled stadiums across the world. But in December, she took some time to visit a young fan and give her a lifetime worth of memories.
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For many, the best part of the Super Bowl are the ads. But during Super Bowl XLIX in February, McDonald's debut one of the most unique — and heartwarming — ad campaigns in recent memory.
The fast food giant announced that for the next few weeks, it would select random customers to pay for their food with "lovin'" — whether that be a hug, a dance, or a call to Mom. Thousands of customers throughout the next few weeks took advantage, and helped brighten everyone's day.


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USC Reverse Osmosis has been given an opportunity to be the first a cappella group ever to represent USC at the ICCA Finals in New York -- but they have a minor financial issue. Getting there will cost about $15,000, and Varsity Vocals is only contributing $1,500 to their travel effort. If anybody knows of any individual or group that might be willing to sponsor the trip, please let me (or them) know!
If you want to contribute individually, they're taking donations via PayPal on their website. Also, any profits from people buying stuff from them between now and the Finals will go to the travel fund.
Oops - I almost forgot that RO is having a fundraising party at the RO House tonight. Admission is $5, and they'll be singin'. If you care enough to want to go, contact them for directions to their place (and be aware of how many streets sound like theirs in the neighborhood - there's a Rd, a St, a Dr, an Ave.....). I'd love to give more info, but since this is where several of the members live, it's really not my place to give out their address.


The State Director-Elect works in conjunction with the State Director, during the State Director's last term of office, in order to provide a smooth efficient transition period.
Work on special assignments as directed.
SHRM member in good standing required.
Serves a one-year term beginning with the first day of January ending the last day of December in the last year of the State Director's term of office.
John Komosa is Manager Total Rewards at Alliant Energy in Madison, Wisconsin. Alliant Energy is a Midwest energy company that provides electric and natural gas service to its customers throughout Iowa and Wisconsin. He has over twenty years of experience in Human Resources. In his current role, he oversees the planning, design, evaluation, and administration of broad-based reward programs. John is an active member in SHRM, WorldatWork, and the Greater Madison SHRM chapter, serving five years on the GMA SHRM Board of Directors. In addition, John is a board member for Gilda's Club Madison. John received his Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point and his Master's of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.


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How do I get my parents to agree to working with LifeLinks?
The first step is understanding what a difficult – and even frightening – time this is in your loved one's life. There are few scarier things than feeling like you're losing control or that your independence is being taken away.
When you talk to your parent or partner about the services LifeLinks will be providing, be sure to be honest about why it's time for us to get involved. Assure them that your goal – and our goal – is to preserve their dignity and independence for as long as possible. Also, since many seniors are afraid their children will leave them or neglect them in their later years, reinforce that you love them and that it's this care and concern leading you to secure LifeLinks' services.
Lastly, tell your loved one that LifeLinks is going to enable you to return to your proper role as spouse, partner, child, or friend – not the compliance officer, nurse, or shuttle driver.
These are general guidelines, but if you have a unique situation or concern, we encourage you to contact us to get the help you need.
Is my family information kept confidential?
LifeLinks is bound by the same strict privacy laws as any doctor, hospital, or nurse. Every piece of relevant health information we receive from you or your loved one has to be acquired, stored, and used according to The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. As such, we release only the information necessary for our client to get the care and services they need.
Legally, we are bound by law to report any incidences of abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the authorities.
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A LifeLinks Care Manager is your guide through the aging process. How this looks for you and your family on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis depends on your individual situation. It could mean they help manage your loved one's prescriptions daily, transport them to and from doctor's appointments weekly, communicating the results of all appointments to you, or observing their mental and physical condition on a daily basis. In short, it looks exactly like whatever you need it to look like. That's why our first free consultation and in-person meeting is so critical – so you only get the services you really need. Call us at our Raleigh or Nashville location to set up that first free, no-obligation consultation.
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While some assisted living facilities do offer similar services as LifeLinks, no one will be able to match the level of detailed, individualized planning and customized, coordinated care we offer. Additionally, many assisted living facilities do not manage any care for their residents outside of their own building, making our services critical. Working with LifeLinks is the best way to make sure your senior living in an assisted living facility is receiving the level of care they deserve.
What is an Aging Life Care™ Specialist?
An Aging Life Care™ Specialist is someone who has received certification through the Aging Life Care™ Association, a group dedicated to both elevating and standardizing care for American seniors. They do this through promoting education, professional development, and the highest ethical standards. Every single LifeLinks Care Manager is a certified Aging Life Care™ Specialist.
How do I know if my aging loved one needs help?
When it's time to find help, where do I begin?
In short, start with LifeLinks!
We know this is probably your first experience caring for an older loved one. It's completely normal to feel overwhelmed when you first realize you need help. Turn to LifeLinks, and we will ease your burden and set you on a path toward better care. Call us at 615-595-8929 (Tennessee) or 919-781-5979 (North Carolina). We can help you – whether you're right in the middle of a crisis, or you just want to begin the research process. There is no cost or obligation for that first call.


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Buy a Beer - Help the Reef!
The Good Beer Co teams up with BWS and Dan Murphys and Sunlover Reef Cruises for Great Barrier Beer
Photo/video opportunity and interviews: media are invited to join David Cazzulino, Great Barrier Reef Campaigner at the Australian Marine Conservation Society, James Grugeon, The Good Beer Co Founder, Sarah Butler, Group Marketing Manager from Sunlover Reef Cruises and Sid Ajala representing BWS and Dan Murphys at Sunlover Cairns Marina in Cairns to travel to the Sun Lover Maine Base on Moore Reef on the Great Barrier Reef to "Have 1 for the Reef on the Reef."
NB photos and video will be available from 3pm (Cairns time) on Friday 25th for download at this dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oazu7ryo3i6qg4e/AAB-H5ag_UWHTtetljvqDG6Ya?dl=0
QLD social enterprise beer company, The Good Beer Co has teamed up with national retailers BWS and Dan Murphys and award winning Cairns based eco tourism operator, Sunlover Reef Cruises, to issue a call to action to tourism and hospitality businesses, the local community and national and international tourists: "buy a beer and help the reef."
Continuing their work with national environmental charity, the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS), The Good Beer Co has launched a new Great Barrier Beer in cans to help raise funds for the AMCS and their vital work to protect Australia's national icon, the Great Barrier Reef, from the threats of climate change and pollution.
The "Australian Lager" is brewed with all Australian ingredients for The Good Beer Co by award winning independent Queensland craft brewery Ballistic Beer Company in Brisbane.
Ten percent of the price every keg and carton sold will go directly to the AMCS to help fund their work to protect the Reef through the Fight for Our Reef campaign that is building a movement for urgent action on climate change.
In addition to brewing a good beer for a good cause, The Good Beer Co is taking steps to ensure that the beer is also brewed and sold environmentally responsibly.
Great Barrier Beer's potential to help raise the profile of the plight of the Great Barrier Reef was a finalist in the prestigious 2018 Banksia National Sustainability Awards in the Minister for the Environment's Award category. The Good Beer Co is also phasing in the use of new biodegradable six pack holders to replace recycled plastic and working with Australian industry leaders Biopak and the independent brewery industry to introduce the new packaging in Australia. The social enterprise is also working with leading Australian environmental consultancy - Pangolin Associates, to take steps to make Great Barrier Beer and The Good Beer Co the first carbon neutral beer and beer company in Australia in 2019.
Great Barrier Beer is on sale now at over 150 BWS and Dan Murphys stores across Queensland and nationally through the Dan Murphys website.
Queensland Minister for Innovation and Tourism, Kate Jones MP, pulled the first beer at the event to launch the beer saying "I think this is the kind of social innovation that will transform the Queensland economy. In regards to tourism, we know that the number one reason tourists come to Queensland is to see the Great Barrier Reef and it is worth six billion dollars to the industry, so it makes sense to back this beer" (https://www.brewsnews.com.au/2018/10/16/great-barrier-beer-strikes-back/).
The Good Beer Co Founder James Grugeon said he was excited to be working with national retailers BWS once again, following their support for the pilot Great Barrier Beer, and to have Dan Murphys joining BWS and award winning local tourism operator Sunlover Cruises to get the beer and its important message out to a large audience.
"This is a great Australian Lager for a great Australian icon. Thanks to BWS ongoing support and the new support of Dan Murphys and Sunlover Reef Cruises we are able to sell this delicious beer for an important cause across Queensland, build our start up social enterprise and take steps to lead action on sustainability in the industry to enable us to do more good in the process."
"Local tourism operators like Sunlover will be able to visit their local BWS or Dan Murphys to purchase Great Barrier Beer. And we're stoked to be working with Sunlover Reef Cruises to serve this great beer for the Reef on the Reef!"
Darren Kindleysides, AMCS CEO said: "As it says on the can - buy a beer and help the Reef. Great Barrier Beer is a brilliant and simple way to get our important message out there and to raise funds for our work to protect the Reef. Our Reef needs all our help right now. Every time someone drinks a Great Barrier Beer they are raising a tinny to a better future for our Reef."
Sid Ajala representing BWS and Dan Murphys said: "We're delighted to be backing The Good Beer Co and Great Barrier Beer, building on BWS's support for The Good Beer Co's pilot Great Barrier Beer. We're not only giving our customers across Queensland the chance to try a great new beer, we're also supporting a start up social enterprise, a great cause and concept and an award winning local craft brewery too. It's a win, win, win for us and our customers."
Sarah Butler from Sunlover said: "As a leading reef tourism operator we're delighted to be the first to back and serve Great Barrier Beer to our customers so they can "have 1 for the Reef on the Reef". It's a perfect fit with our business and we endeavour to continually make changes and embrace innovations to benefit our precious marine environment. We already know that national and international tourists love the beer and the cause behind it. It is also a great example of commercial and social enterprise working together for the benefit of all - especially the Great Barrier Reef."
Go to www.greatbarrierbeer.com.au for more details.
For media enquiries, please contact James Grugeon on 0459 092 923 or james@thegoodbeeco.com.au
Photos and video will be available from 3pm (Cairns time) on Friday 25th for download at this dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/oazu7ryo3i6qg4e/AAB-H5ag_UWHTtetljvqDG6Ya?dl=0
About The Good Beer Co:
Brisbane based The Good Beer Co. is Australia's social enterprise beer company. Its mission is simple: Good Beer that does good. Partnering with award winning independent craft breweries, The Good Beer Co. brews a range of quality beers inspired by a chosen charity partner, who receive 10 percent of every sale. So when Australians choose to drink a good beer, they do good too. Simple.
James Grugeon started The Good Beer Co. to brew beer for good causes and inspire change by demonstrating what purpose-led businesses can achieve.
He is a change-maker, pioneering corporate social responsibility at a major banking group, building partnerships to help lift one million UK homes out of energy poverty, helping grow a social enterprise that floated on the FTSE 250, negotiating ground-breaking, multi-million dollar partnerships that cut carbon emissions, creating a national Healthy Air Campaign, and forming an alliance between a new energy company and leading to $3 million in funding for environmental campaigns.
He is a proud advocate of purpose-led business and passionate about action to tackle climate change. He is one of the of the Queensland Government's 100 Faces of Small Business and was a finalist in the 2018 Lord Mayor of Brisbane's Business Awards in the Channel 7 Business Person of the Year Award.
For more information go to: www.greatbarrierbeer.com.au
About Great Barrier Beer:
Great Barrier Beer is The Good Beer Co's first good beer that gives back. Brewed for The Good Beer Co by award wining independent beer company, Ballistic Beer Company, at their brewery in Brisbane, it raises funds for it's charity partner, the Australian Marine Conservation Society's work to protect the Reef for future generations. Great Barrier Beer is a crisp and refreshing 4.5 percent Australian Lager hand made with all Australian ingredients including QLD malt and Galaxy hops, giving it a crisp and refreshing passionfruit and citrus taste.
Great Barrier Beer and the partnership between The Good Beer Co. and the Australian Marine Conservation Society is a 2018 finalist in the prestigious Banskia Sustainability Foundation Minister's for the Environment's Award in Australia.
The judges were impressed by the beer's innovative approach to raising awareness of the plight of Australia's national icon.
Find out more about Ballistic Beer Company at: www.ballisticbeer.com.au/
About The Australian Marine Conservation Society:
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) is a national charity based in Brisbane. It is an independent charity, staffed by a committed group of professional and passionate scientists, educators and advocates who have defended Australia's oceans for over 50 years. The charity has a proud history of protecting the Great Barrier Reef and lead campaigns for its World Heritage listing and Marine Park status.
For more information go to: www.marineconservation.org.au/
About Sunlover Reef Cruises:
Australian owned and locally operated, Sunlover Reef Cruises, has introduced over 1.3 million guests to the natural wonder of Australia's world heritage listed Great Barrier Reef and operates Great Barrier Reef cruises from its base in Cairns in tropical North Queensland.
It operates high speed catamarans to state-of-the-art Marine Bases on the outer reef at Moore and Arlington Reefs. t These activity bases provide instant access for visitors from all over the world to learn about and observe the incredible variety of o marine life and coral.
Sunlover is certified as an official ecotourism operator and take great pride in educating our guests about the importance of preserving this unique environment.
James Grugeon February 2, 2019
Working for love is a collaborative thing
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The Good Beer Co will not share your personal information with without your permission.
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Q: can't get noUISlider to work I can't get noUISlider to work
Here my code snippet:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>TEST</title>
<link rel="stylesheet/less" type="text/css" href="css/style.less"/>
<link href="css/nouislider.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

...

And I'm getting this error:
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A: try surrounding your javascript with :
$( document ).ready(function() {
    var handlesSlider = document.getElementById('slidertest');

noUiSlider.create(handlesSlider, {
    start: [ 4000, 8000 ],
    range: {
        'min': [  2000 ],
        'max': [ 10000 ]
    }
});
});


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The Social Sciences Department is home to six unique disciplines: History, Economics, Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology and Geography. The department serves thousands of students each year and employs various innovative delivery methods including hybrid, online and traditional lecture courses. Additionally, the Department hosts conferences on Race and Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality, and Peace Studies, which attract participants from cross the globe. Our faculty also is involved in providing overseas study abroad opportunities in Europe, Africa and Asia.
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"My goal is to partially cover the regional needs for organic foods"
Sprouts and herbs are among the fastest growing product segments in the fresh food sector. Even in the Austrian specialist trade, sprouts are becoming increasingly important. Recently, the region of Tyrol welcomed a new producer: Martin Appler. And the innovative grower from Thaur has already won over a few regional customers.
The dedicated grower has only been active in production since last December. For now, he specializes exclusively in the cultivation of garden and rocket cress, both of which are produced organically. The rocket cress is in the foreground, from a purely quantitative point of view, explains Appler. "Although generally there is a reasonable demand for garden cress, I am one of the few providers in the field of organic rocket cress in the larger region. That's a big advantage."
About a year ago, Mr. Appler started his first experiments in greenhouse cultivation of different varieties of organic herbs. At the end of that year, one of his larger customers retired, and his successor began to market a large and possibly regional organic range. Since then, everything went relatively quickly, because now the first produce was already expected in December, not the next spring. "Construction of the site -including the heating- was not finished yet and I needed to get organic certification in a very short time."
Despite the unexpected events, the innovative producer managed to build a modern production hall with integrated floor construction within a very short time. The cress is produced on so-called trolleys, which can be loaded flexibly as needed. "Because of a lack of daylight, we now tend to produce on 4 levels in winter. In summer everything can be a little bit closer to each other and we'll probably go back to 5 levels. Furthermore, during the winter we have to be careful that during loading from the production hall to the cold storage, the temperature differences do not get too big. In the summer, however, this problem is even greater - especially when it there will be a prolonged drought again, like last year."
The organic herbs are usually harvested continuously, says Appler. They are primarily offered to regional customers, from wholesalers to farm shops and specialized retail stores. "In general, the majority of products currently come from abroad. My main goal is to partially cover this regional need for organic foods. So if it works, we'll be able to add more varieties in the future, such as radish cress and red cabbage cress."
With regional wholesaler Giner, Appler has already found a significant buyer. The feedback after the first marketed batches, last week, was positive at this time. "We primarily serve restaurateurs and in this area these regional cress varieties are already in demand. We are already in the process of advertising the two cresses on Facebook and we see an interesting potential for these products," reports the sales department.


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#ifndef HPP_TVM_TERMOPERATIONMAP
#define HPP_TVM_TERMOPERATIONMAP

#include "Core.hpp"

#include <boost/format.hpp>
#include <boost/make_shared.hpp>

namespace Psi {
  namespace Tvm {
    /**
     * A utility class used to store callbacks to rewrite terms.
     *
     * \tparam TermType Type of term being rewritten. This must
     * contain an operation() member, meaning it must be either
     * an InstructionTerm or a FunctionalTerm.
     *
     * \tparam ResultType Result type returned by the user
     * supplied functions.
     *
     * \tparam UserParameter Parameter type supplied by the user
     * and then passed to the callback functions.
     */
    template<typename TermType, typename ResultType, typename UserParameter>
    class TermOperationMap {
      struct Callback {
        virtual ResultType call(UserParameter parameter, const ValuePtr<TermType>& term) = 0;
      };

      template<typename TermTagType, typename CbType>
      class CallbackImpl : public Callback {
        CbType m_cb;

      public:
        CallbackImpl(const CbType& cb) : m_cb(cb) {}

        virtual ResultType call(UserParameter parameter, const ValuePtr<TermType>& term) {
          return m_cb(parameter, value_cast<TermTagType>(term));
        }
      };

      template<typename CbType>
      struct DefaultCallbackImpl : public Callback {
        CbType m_cb;

      public:
        DefaultCallbackImpl(const CbType& cb) : m_cb(cb) {}

        virtual ResultType call(UserParameter parameter, const ValuePtr<TermType>& term) {
          return m_cb(parameter, term);
        }
      };

      static ResultType default_throw_callback(UserParameter, const ValuePtr<TermType>& term) {
        term->error_context().error_throw(term->location(), boost::format("term type not supported: %s") % term->operation_name());
      }

      typedef boost::unordered_map<const char*, boost::shared_ptr<Callback> > CallbackMapType;
      CallbackMapType m_callback_map;
      boost::shared_ptr<Callback> m_default_callback;

      struct InitializerData {
        boost::shared_ptr<const InitializerData> next;
        const char *operation;
        boost::shared_ptr<Callback> callback;

        InitializerData(const boost::shared_ptr<const InitializerData>& next_,
                        const char *operation_,
                        const boost::shared_ptr<Callback>& callback_)
        : next(next_), operation(operation_), callback(callback_) {}
      };

    public:
      ResultType call(UserParameter parameter, const ValuePtr<TermType>& term) const {
        PSI_ASSERT(term);
        typename CallbackMapType::const_iterator it = m_callback_map.find(term->operation_name());
        if (it != m_callback_map.end()) {
          return it->second->call(parameter, term);
        } else {
          return m_default_callback->call(parameter, term);
        }
      }

      /**
       * Initializer for term callback maps.
       *
       * This type should never be constructed or stored by the user -
       * it will not be valid beyond the current expression.
       */
      class Initializer {
        friend class TermOperationMap;
        boost::shared_ptr<const InitializerData> m_ptr;

        Initializer(const boost::shared_ptr<Callback>& default_callback)
        : m_ptr(boost::make_shared<InitializerData>(boost::shared_ptr<const InitializerData>(), static_cast<const char*>(0), default_callback)) {
        }

        Initializer(const boost::shared_ptr<const InitializerData>& next, const char *operation, const boost::shared_ptr<Callback>& callback)
        : m_ptr(boost::make_shared<InitializerData>(next, operation, callback)) {
        }

      public:
        template<typename TermTagType, typename CallbackType>
        Initializer add(CallbackType callback) {
          return Initializer(m_ptr, TermTagType::operation,
                             boost::make_shared<CallbackImpl<TermTagType, CallbackType> >(callback));
        }
      };

      /**
       * Returns an initializer object for a map.
       *
       * \param default_callback A map initialized with this initializer
       * will call this function object when no callback matches.
       */
      template<typename DefaultCbType>
      static Initializer initializer(DefaultCbType default_callback) {
        return Initializer(boost::make_shared<DefaultCallbackImpl<DefaultCbType> >(default_callback));
      }

      /**
       * Returns an initializer object for a map.
       *
       * This returns an initializer which will cause a map to throw an
       * exception if no callback matches.
       */
      static Initializer initializer() {
        return initializer(&default_throw_callback);
      }

      /**
       * Construct a callback map with a set of callback functions.
       */
      explicit TermOperationMap(const Initializer& initializer) {
        const InitializerData *init = initializer.m_ptr.get();
        for (; init->next; init = init->next.get())
          m_callback_map.insert(std::make_pair(init->operation, init->callback));
        m_default_callback = init->callback;
      }
    };
  }
}

#endif

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Verse 4a describes Abel's offering as "better than" Cain's offering. According to verse 4a, what made it better than Cain's?
Verse 4b says that God commended Abel as righteous. According to verse 4b, what made him righteous—his gifts or something else?
Verse 4c says that "Abel still speaks, even though he is dead." According to verse 4c, what enables him to speak?
What do you think verse 4c means when it says that "Abel still speaks, even though he is dead"?


Pressure is mounting on the Government to secure a Brexit deal that supports the region's booming finance and services industries, as new figures reveal Leeds is among the 10 cities set to be worst-hit by Britain's exit from the EU.
According to the new analysis, Yorkshire's biggest city, which is currently one of the UK's largest financial services centres, could see a drop in economic growth of between 1.3 and 2.6 per cent over the coming decade as a result of new trade barriers and tariffs.
Previous reports have already shown Yorkshire and the Humber to be one of the areas most at risk from a hard Brexit, due to its high levels of exports to EU member states.
But the new figures add to concerns that northern towns and cities will be left worse-off by Britain's exit from the trading bloc, prompting calls for further guarantees that any future deal will meet the region's social and economic needs. "These findings come at a critical time for the city's economy which has been growing strongly and shows the vital importance of securing the best possible Brexit deal when it comes to jobs and investment," said Leeds West MP and business select committee chairman Rachel Reeves.
businesses can be minimised. "The Government must do everything possible to protect the region from the threat of an economic shock from Brexit.
The Centre for Cities report lists Leeds as number nine in the cities most likely to be affected by a "hard" Brexit – where Britain defaults to World Trade Organisation rules – which it estimates would result in a 2.6 percent dip in economic output. And even in the case of a "soft" Brexit – where the UK joins a free trade area with the EU – it predicts legal barriers and customs checks would mean a decline of 1.3 percent.
This is due to the city's high share of business and financial services – the two sectors set to be most affected by the economic shocks ahead.
Leeds is home to England's second largest financial services industry outside of the South East, with the sector generating around £6.6bn a year.
Miles Celic, chief executive of membership body TheCityUK, said maintaining strong regional financial centres like Leeds and Sheffield "is critical to ensuring the UK remains a world-leading place to do business".
He added that the best Brexit outcome for the industry will be a "bespoke deal" that grants British businesses mutual market access while giving them plenty of time to prepare for and adapt to new regulations and trading conditions.
Responding to the report, Leeds City Council leader Judith Blake said the local authority is working hard with local businesses "to get to a place where we can respond well to the opportunities Brexit may create". She said the councils has prioritised five areas to help achieve this, including "maintaining progress on major development and infrastructure schemes" and securing devolution.
A Government spokesman said it was engaging extensively with businesses and organisation across the country and is "committed to a bold and ambitious Free Trade Agreement that works for the whole of the UK".


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History > Greater Liberton Heritage Project >
Liberton Kirk the first 1000 years
The site of the present Liberton Kirk has according to the Charter of David 1st, been a place of worship since before 1040, when it was known as the "Capella de Liberton". This building was originally long and narrow, and from the plan of 1792, I estimate that the length was about 110ft, and the breadth, not more than 25ft, seating about 350-400 people. The entrance was located in the north wall, near where the current elder's room stands. The seating ran east to west separated by a central aisle, with the pulpit almost in the same position on the south wall as today. Access was from a lane leading in from Kirk Brae.
The current belltower sits on the same foundations as the original tower, the spire of which was formerly of wood, but due to damage by lightning in August 1744, was replaced by stone. With increasing population over the years, several extensions or aisles were added by the landowners or Heritors, for their families and work force. These aisles in some cases also included ante rooms where the family could take refreshments between services, instead of making a long return journey on horseback. The first of these aisles called the Craigmillar was constructed in the north wall opposite the pulpit by the Gilmour family, about the year 1500. This aisle incorporated a burial site, and had a vaulted roof. At or about 1615, major reconstruction took place on the south side, by the building of Gavin's aisle (after Gavin Nisbet of Muirhouse), east of centre, which became a family burial vault. The Stenhouse Aisle, a much larger affair, was also built, west of centre, and the opportunity was taken to construct a south porch entrance immediately adjacent to the tower, with a path and gateway leading in from what is now called the Kirkgate.
The people of Niddrie had a gallery built on the east wall by Sir John Wauchope in 1640, and since the Chapel was so narrow, the access staircase had to be an external one. The Mortonhall Gallery for the people of that area was built on the west wall in 1670, with again an external staircase. The year 1724 saw the Thomas Rigg of Morton's Aisle built west of centre on the north wall, with a gallery above it for Lord Somerville's Drum estate. A gallery for the Gilmerton Colliers was built above the Stenhouse Aisle in 1728. Sir John Baird of Newbyth built an aisle east of centre on the north wall, which incorporated a burial vault and a gallery, in 1736.
Although George Good and Rev Ferenbach mention in their books on Liberton, that the Baird burial vault was incorporated within the walls of the present church, a check with a measuring tape shows that this cannot be the case. The evidence indicates that when the burial vault was demolished, the memorial stones were built into the walls of a part of the Baird aisle, which is now the elder's room. To incorporate the burial vault within the present kirk, would have meant moving the north wall at least 10ft outwards, and to maintain symmetry, also the south wall. Since this would have entailed a great deal more expense, and a much larger church, a compromise with the Baird family must have been reached, but this is not recorded. The belltower, adjoined the west wall of the church, but having as today, no communicating door to it, had on its south side, a small enclosure, used as a burial ground for ministers of the kirk and their families. The bell in the tower, was made by Henderson and Ormiston in 1747, and replaced a bell, which is reputed to have been heard at Soutra Hill 16 miles away. This old bell is said to be housed in the stable tower at Drum House, Gilmerton. The sketch of the old kirk, by James Drummond, and the plan by Rev John Sime in 1792, show that the church was not an object of beauty as it neared the end of its useful life in 1814.
The Heritors were the landed gentry of Liberton, who were responsible for funding the building and repairs of both the church and the school. The schoolmaster was usually the heritors clerk, and he also calculated the proportion that each heritor had to contribute to each account. This proportion was based on the amount of annual rent each heritor received from his properties. The largest contributor around the year 1800 was the Marquis of Abercorn. By the early 1800s, the church, which could seat around 850 people, had again become too small, so that on communion Sundays, a large tent/s had to be erected in the churchyard to take an overflow congregation of perhaps 200. The heritors meeting of 22nd September 1812, asked for a report on the condition of the church building, which was too small, with portions of the centre section possibly 800 years old, and probably in need of repair. As can be seen from the sketch, it was undoubtedly an ugly building particularly with the external staircases, and in addition, many of the congregation was seated behind and out of sight of the minister.
Mention is made in "Villages of Edinburgh" Volume 2, and in "Annals of Liberton"1975, of possible fire damage to the church. I spoke to Malcolm Cant, author of the former, who told me that he had obtained this information from Rev Ferenbach's book "Annals of Liberton. However I can find no corroboration of this in either the Session or Heritors minutes, "Liberton in Ancient and Modern Times"1893, "Account of Parish of Liberton 1792", "Statistical Account of Scotland 1842", or "Parish of Liberton 1871".
The heritors, on 1st November 1813, discussed a plan made by Messrs. Sibbald and Smith, pointing out that additions could be made to the church, so that it could accommodate 1,000 people. At the next meeting on 14th December 1813, the Rev Grant suggested moving the south wall 10ft further south, at which point, Mr. Guthrie Wright stated that since Lord Abercorn would be a major contributor, a part of this area be reserved for him, and that this would be a condition that his Lordship would set. The meeting agreed that should this plan be adopted, his Lordships claim would be approved.
The following meeting on 31st March 1814, generally approved plans by architect Mr. James Gillespie Graham, for a complete demolition and rebuild, which was the only sensible option, but before going ahead, he should attend the next meeting. Mr. Graham was also asked to ascertain whether Mr. Baird would allow stones from his quarry at Straiton Mill to be used at adequate
recompense. Should the plans be carried out, the proprietors of Gilmerton, Niddrie, and Mortonhall, should have seats allocated in the galleries corresponding to their current positions.
Liberton Kirk pre 1815
Craigmillar properties should have one of the seats in front of the pulpit, with Liberton immediately adjacent. Lord Abercorn would have the next choice, and may take the remaining seat in the gallery if he so wished.
At the meeting of 7th April 1814, Mr. Smith reported that Mr. Baird was willing to allow stones from his quarry to be used, if fair payment for the stones and surface damage repair is given. Mr. Gilmour stated that he would be willing to allow stones and sand from his quarry at Craigmillar to be used, on similar terms. Mrs. Gilmour stated by letter, that it was her opinion, that a plainer building would serve the purpose at less expense. The meeting agreed, and asked Mr. Graham to obtain estimates. Mr. Gilmour also stated that he would wish that seats for Craigmillar and Liberton should be in front of the pulpit.
The meeting of 31st May 1814 discussed six estimates, two of which, from a Mr. Ritchie, and Peddie & Lumsden, were very close, however the latter company also offered a £170 rebate for materials salvaged from the old church. This estimate was accepted, and Mr. Graham was asked to arrange the necessary contracts. Mr. Steele, the schoolmaster, was instructed to calculate the proportions to be paid by each heritor.
At the meeting of 30th July, Mr. Graham fully explained the plans for the new church, which were approved, but was asked to cost the addition of a small porch on the south side, with a door, so that the pulpit could be directly entered. The meeting also instructed Mr. Steele that the total costs should be paid in three installments, the first at next Lammas, second at Candlemas, and the third at Whitsun 1815. He was further instructed to collect and pay the monies, and to receive £50 for his trouble.
The meeting of 22nd October 1814 was told that clearing of the site, and foundation work was going ahead. The estimate for the porch and door was given as £53, fourteen shillings, and eleven pence, which although no decision was recorded, obviously did not go ahead.
The foundation stone together with a "time capsule" was laid in the southeast corner, on Friday 27th January 1815, and was reported in all the local newspapers. The meeting of 25th July 1815 authorised that some stone from Craigleith quarry could be used around the windows.
The bell tower was built on top of the old tower foundations, and when the minister's burial ground was demolished, the memorial stones were removed, and built into the inner walls of the tower. The church was almost certainly ready for use by March 1816, but at the meeting of 18th March, it was decided that it would not open for services until all the seats had been numbered and allocated.
There is remarkably, no record of the official opening in either the session or heritors minutes, nor Presbytery archives, or in any of the newspapers. It would seem in order, to suggest that it would have been too much of an embarrassment, to explain a delay due to arguments amongst the Heritors about the seating arrangements, that my research shows to be of five months duration.
While the church was being built, the churchyard wall was demolished and rebuilt, and in 1818, the offering house and new gates were constructed. The manse which was sited several yards north of the church was demolished and a new one built further north east of the church, which lasted until the 1960s. The night of 15th January 1818 was very stormy during which two pinnacles on the tower were blown down, one of which broke through the roof of the west gallery, breaking in the process two of the windows.
The church now fully in operation, could seat 1,480 people, made possible by large flat galleries on three sides, which were too near the roof, such that those not in the first few rows, could see nothing of the service. Although the capacity was greater than required at the time, they were obviously looking some years ahead. They could not have foreseen the Disruption of 1843 when many members left to start the Free Church, the building of churches at Newcraighall and Craigmillar, the expansion of Edinburgh with churches at Newington and Craigmillar Park, or the disruption in Liberton kirk in 1898, when some 250 members left to build their own church at Prestonfield. This state of affairs continued until the galleries were reduced in size, lowered and angled in late 1882, at a cost of £1,200. This reduced the seating to 1,000 places, which led to a reallocation of seats in early 1883. This reconstruction scheme also introduced gas lighting into the buildings, and Mr. Robert Inch placed a clock in the centre of the north gallery.
The meeting of 2nd December 1807 was informed that a body had been stolen from a grave in the churchyard, and in February 1818 at the height of the body snatchers around Edinburgh, the heritors hired a night-watchman to patrol the churchyard with a resident of the village, on a rota basis.
In 1958, Additional space was created in front of the communion table, which reduced the seating capacity to about 900.
In 1999, an inspection of the building revealed significant deterioration in the stonework. The report also stated that the pinnacles on the tower were "Dangerously unstable". At the same time it was revealed that the Allen digital organ was sorely in need of attention. Our salvation from both problems came in the form of a legacy from the estate of the late Mrs. Grace Gemmell, a former organist, which carried the condition that the organ had to be seen to. As a result, a new Wyvern digital organ was installed, and in March 2004 the repainting of the red doors signaled the completion of the stonework and the roofing repairs.
November 2006 saw the completion of a project that included total internal refurbishment of the church. To provide circulation space, some of the corner pews were removed and additional aisles were cut to provide accessibility in the central area. As well as this, the platform was opened up, extended and equipped with a small lift to allow wheelchairs to access that area. All this resulted in a reduction in seating capacity to 725, including 40 individual chairs.
Liberton Kirk's Stained Glass Window
The following is a verbatim transcript giving the history of the stained glass window.
"The stained glass window which has been placed in the church to the memory of Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope was unveiled on 8th June 1905 by Lieut.-Col. R.G. Gordon Gilmour of Liberton and Craigmillar, who has taken a deep and close interest in the scheme from the beginning. The Rev. George Dodds, B.D., of the United Free Church, made an explanatory statement on behalf of the committee, in whose name he handed over the window to the Heritors and Kirk Session of the parish. Col. Gilmour in the name of the Heritors, accepted the gift of the window, and entrusted it to the care of the Kirk Session, which was undertaken by the Moderator on their behalf.
The window which bears to have been "Erected by parishioners and others", has the inscription "To the glory of God, and in memory of Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope of Niddrie Marischal, C.B., C.M.G., LL.D., who fell leading the Highland Brigade at Magersfontein, South Africa, 11th December 1899. An elder of this Church, a man of valour, and a man of God."
The glass is the work of Messrs A. Ballantine & Son Edinburgh, and represents the angel appearing to Cornelius, the devout centurion; while in the tracery are the Orders of the Bath and of St. Michael and St. George, surmounted by the Niddrie Arms. In addition to the cost of the glasswork and fixings with copper guard, which amounted to £135, the necessary alterations on the structure of the window, opening it out and replacing the wood on the inside of the mullions and tracery with stone, entailed further expenditure of about £41; and it is acknowledged on all hands that the result well repays the extra cost. The alterations were designed, and the carrying out of them supervised throughout by Mr. James Morrison, Architect, who gave his advice and skill and time wholly gratuitously, much to the satisfaction of the Committee. One other deserves grateful mention in connection with this undertaking, and that is Mr. John Young, Straiton, Who accepted the onerous task of being secretary and treasurer of the Committee, and upon whose shoulders most of the burden of the work has fallen from the first. To his energy and interest is largely due the raising of the necessary funds, and therefore the successful issue of the movement.
We are grateful to all who have in any way helped to place this Memorial, to testify to coming generations in what high regard and affection General Wauchope was held by the people of his own time and place, and why he was so esteemed. By it, he being dead will yet speak to future ages, the noble and worthy things which his life so eminently witnessed while he was here amongst us.
John Rennie


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Improving the use of knowledge in the Secretariat for Public Administration of the Prime (SGP) Minis
About a month ago, Politics & Ideas and INASP invited government agencies to participate in an opportunity to improve the use of knowledge in policy through the application of a new diagnostic tool focused on how the context affects this type of efforts. This tool can help agencies clearly understand how a public institution is currently producing and using knowledge to inform policy, identify windows of opportunity for change, prioritize areas for improvement and co-design feasible change plans.
We received 22 applications from different agencies in Africa, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe, which offered a way array of very good and promising opportunities to work together with public agencies and in many cases, universities and think tanks as well.
The winning proposal was from the Secretariat for Public Administration of the Prime Minister's Office in Peru, which is in charge of proposing, articulating, implementing and evaluating the National Policy for Public Management Modernization. They jointly applied with the Economic and Social Research Consortium (CIES), a consortium of 48 renown academic institutions and think tanks from Peru with a mission to produce and disseminate relevant research to impact public policy decisions.
Most of the applications were from individual agencies from line Ministries while some other were joint proposals of research centres and government agencies. We believe this demonstrates the level of interest and need for this type of work from government agencies. Since most of them were of very good quality INASP and Politics & Ideas will speak with all the applicants over coming months to explore potential ways to collaborate in the near future.
The potential of the SGP and CIES stood out: the SGP is in charge of proposing, articulating, implementing and evaluating the National Policy for Public Management Modernization, among other roles. As part of this effort, SGP deals with various policy topics so the reach involves several ministries and secretaries. The same applies to CIES since it develops inter-ministerial dialogues and studies performed by various think tanks and universities that are relevant for the entire public agenda.
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We look forward to working with these two relevant organizations in Peru, and sharing outputs and what we learn throughout the process. Indeed, SGP and CIES set out their case that participation in this project will enable not only a revision and improvement of SGP's role as a central department with relationships with multiple levels of government but it would also improve direct user feedback to the knowledge producer. It will also allow moving forward with SGP's request for a systematized policy research online hub, as expressed by the partners. Furthermore, the diagnosis document and tailored change plan will help CIES implement a better dissemination strategy in the future.
Some key building blocks are already in place. With collaboration of USAID, a knowledge-management website has been designed, implemented and launched in the country. The partners are also in the process of producing policies and internal documents about how relevant knowledge should be produced, organized and published.
Moreover, the government of Peru has recently reinforced the importance of increasing citizen-experience in every policy making, public services and regulation towards all public entities. The partners believe that this creates a window of opportunity to frame their work and discussions using the systematic approach proposed by INASP and Politics & Ideas.
As a result of this exercise, SGP and CIES will receive:
A comprehensive and systematic diagnosis of their production and use of knowledge to inform policy
A document with prioritized areas for change
A tailored change plan, with concrete activities and methods to address the prioritized areas of change.
We will start sharing processes and findings of this pilot soon at our blogs, so those interested please stay tuned!
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