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BGD completes its diamond drilling program at Tunkillia Gold Project
Barton Gold Holdings Limited (BGD) has confirmed that its diamond drilling program at the Tunkillia Gold Project has been completed, comprising a total of 2,201m of diamond drilling plus 602m of RC and mud rotary pre-collars.
Botswana Diamonds raises £352,425 for working capital
Botswana Diamonds has issued more than 28,5 million ordinary shares of £0.0025 each in respect of the second tranche of consideration shares due following the completion of the acquisition of Vutomi in South Africa last September.
Shanta expands West Kenya's mineral resource to 1.72Moz
Shanta Gold has expanded the mineral resources at the West Kenya project, in Kenya, to 1.72 million ounces (Moz) of gold.
Robex, Taurus ink financing deal to advance Kiniero gold project
West African gold producer and developer Robex Resources has appointed Taurus Mining Finance Fund No.2 as its exclusive arranger for a funding package of up to $115 million for the development of Robex's Kiniero gold project in Guinea.
Anglo loads the first LNG dual-fuelled vessel
Anglo American says its newly launched LNG dual-fuelled Capesize+ vessel, the Ubuntu Harmony, has loaded its first cargo of iron ore from its Kumba operations in South Africa.
Electric vehicles throw palladium's mega-rally into reverse
(money.usnews.com) - Palladium, once the cheapest major precious metal, rocketed from less than $500 an ounce in 2016 to above $3,400 last March, leaving platinum and gold for dust. An era of breathtaking palladium rallies is likely to be ending, analysts said, as rising supply and stagnant demand erode prices of the metal used to neutralise vehicle exhaust emissions.
Russian diamonds lose their sparkle in Europe
(politico.eu) - In the European bubble in Brussels, diamonds aren't anyone's best friend anymore. "Russian diamonds are blood diamonds," De Croo said in a statement to POLITICO. "The revenue for Russia from diamonds can only stop if the access of Russian diamonds to Western markets is no longer possible. On forging that solid front, Belgium is working with its partners." The West's economic war against Russia has already had an impact. Partly because of U.S. sanctions, the Russian diamond trade in Antwerp has already been severely hit. But those rough Russian diamonds are diverted to other diamond markets, and often find their way back to the West, cut and polished. That's why Belgium is working with partners to introduce a "watertight" traceability system for diamonds, a Belgian official said. If it works, this could hurt Moscow more than if Washington or Brussels are flying solo.
Six Stories That Will Shape the Diamond Market in 2023
(rapaport.com) - Now, the industry is adjusting to the consequences of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the associated US sanctions on Alrosa. Market forces have not yet enabled that to play out fully. The conflict will likely become even more important in 2023 than it was in 2022 as the supply-demand dynamic adjusts and source-verification programs gain steam. Other factors are also expected to affect the trade in 2023. The US and Chinese economies are experiencing lingering uncertainty, while the lab-grown market continues to grow and evolve. Finally, De Beers and the Botswana government are set to sign a deal that could have wider significance for the industry.
Blockchain Will Transform The Future Of Luxury. Here's How
(jingdaily.com) - After losing an estimated $98 billion (672.4 billion RMB) in a single year due to counterfeiting, the luxury industry is embracing a tech-forward crusade to veto the imitation market. The sector may not be able to stop the production and sale of replicas, but it can make it easier for genuine luxury buyers to validate the real thing. For instance, the next time you buy a legitimate luxury handbag, chances are that it will come with its very own verifiable and traceable digital identity.
(ft.com) - Experts joke that some Russian-mined gold in British vaults "is so old it has double-headed Imperial eagles stamped on it". Ownership shifted into non-Russian hands decades ago, they say. But investors are worried that Russian gold could be used for sanctions busting. The London Bullion Market Association is therefore registering it all. The anxiety of investors is apt. Gold is the currency of fear and distrust. The financial systems of the democratic west and authoritarian east are pulling apart amid mutual recriminations. That extends the potential role of gold for national reserves and for transactions where no questions need be asked.


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drawing the profile of the Impero woman,
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that goes beyond fashion trends to embody the thousand souls of femininity, giving the emotion of feeling like a diva for red carpet: dresses that smell of sensuality and refinement and that illuminate a woman with a pure mediterranean style without ever giving up the touch of glamour.
For the 2018 Collection, Impero Couture has exclusively created 5 dresses, a limited edition that the Maison dedicates to the artistic and cultural heritage of Italy, in fact each of the dresses represents an Italian region: Lombardy, Veneto, Lazio, Campania and Sicily. These are unique, singular clothes that will be shown in various parts of the world to represent the Italian Style and are named after the main cities that contain the essence of Italian identity: Rome, Naples, Milan, Venice and Palermo. Romantic lines that highlight the femininity of the Mediterranean woman.
The Milan dress represents the modernity of the city that smells of an ever-alive cultural past. Capital of fashion, which acts as a catwalk for the most famous faces of the fashion world, it knows how to capture the attention of millions of visitors, thanks to continuous progress, renewing, in the same way, the artistic heritage: from the Duomo to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, from the streets more famous as Via Montenapoleone at the Castello Sforzesco. For a glamorous woman that walks with the times…
The Venice dress embodies the originality of spectacular floating places, the magic and mystery guarded by the lagoon, the intrigue hidden by sparkling masks that give life to one of the most characteristic Carnivals in the world. Similarly, the dress dresses an enigmatic woman who loves to show elegance and charm in a veiled way.
The Rome dress represents the "eternal city" in its symbols of greater historical importance and charm: Jupiter who watches from the top of the citizenship and The Capitoline Wolf, who feeds the founders of one of the greatest civilizations in the world on the backdrop of what it will be the most memorable empire in history. The right dress for a woman who is the protagonist of the scene.
The Naples dress is the destination of a long journey to the city of the same name: from the Faraglioni of Capri to the Fontana del Sebeto, located in the renowned Via Caracciolo which symbolizes the Sebeto river passing through Vesuvius at sunset; from the seafront of Mergellina, a look at the imposing Castel Dell'Ovo up to the characteristic Spanish Quarters, under the protection and blessing of San Gennaro; a fascinating and emotional process in which the cinematographic icon Sofia Loren and the prince of Neapolitan comedy Antonio De Curtis, known as Totò, act as guides, with a background of tarantella, the typical folk dance, and the mask of Pulcinella that have always distinguished the "City of the sun". Embroidery and transparency for a woman who loves to shine.
The Palermo dress portrays what symbolically represents Sicilian culture in its greatness: the image of the Holy Virgin is depicted, carrying out the fundamental role of religion for the people, the Triskelion of the Sicilian flag, typical citrus fruits of the place and depictions of elderly Sicilians and children running, a metaphor for the union of past and future. A garment with attention to the smallest details for a passionate and seductive woman.

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It will have escaped the attention of nobody with even a passing interest in Newcastle's foodie scene that the venerable old girlthat was Fenwick's food hall has been subject to a pretty full-on vajazzling.
Where things had become a bit fusty, this new-look venue feels modern and classy, a culinary centrepiece befitting a city that has seen massive improvements in gastronomic standards over the last few years. Everyone involved can afford to feel rather pleased with themselves.
Just as interesting as the look are the new product lines and concessions. Sayonara to the revolvingly mediocre chain sushi, hello to the excellent Ouseburn Coffee Company, premium cheese from Neal's Yard Dairy, "clean" food from The Naked Deli and several others. For those of us who take our eating a tad more seriously than we probably ought, a trip to Fenwick has become an adventure.
Mrs Diner and I weaved our way through the gawping masses on the first Saturday after it all re-opened, full of the sense of anticipation that comes with the prospect of a really good lunch. Fenwick has been working with royalty here – Terry Laybourne – the man who deserves a knighthood for his gastronomic services to Tyneside, is behind several of the new eateries, including Fuego, a Med-inspired small plates affair, owned by Fenwick itself, and an Asian noodle bar effort called Ko Sai.
However, it was to the stools that line the marble topped bars of The Saltwater Fish Company that we were drawn on this occasion. Laybourne, admirably, is very hands-on; he was in the kitchen during our visit, which boded well.
Saltwater and Ko Sai are both owned by his 21 Hospitality Group, which is in the middle of its own makeover right now. Café 21 no longer pretends to be a café – it's been rebranded as 21 -- and sadly the much-loved Bistro 21 in Durham has shut its doors, for Terry and his group are now focussed entirely on Newcastle.
The idea for this place is simple. A well-stocked fishmonger counter provides the freshest raw materials from which a regularly changing menu is hewn, accompanied by a list of fish-friendly wines. It sounds great, and I'm sure it will be. On the evidence of our visit it wasn't quite there yet.
Make no mistake, some dishes are excellent. Gravlax has been expertly cured, and had a fabulously firm texture. Marinated cucumber provided freshness and crunch, while the mellow tang of a Swedish mustard dressing offset the rich fish.
I tried all three of the oysters available. They sat prettily on their bed of ice and seaweed, and were pristine specimens. I'm always amazed at the variation in flavour between different varieties. On this occasion the Jersey and Dungarvan oysters shared a pronounced creaminess, after which the saline thwack of the Lindisfarne was a pleasantly bracing jolt.
Considerably less fun was a kipper pâté, which tasted decidedly flat and oddly unsmokey. It lacked seasoning, and maybe a good squeeze of lemon. Either way, it wasn't helped by being fridge cold, perhaps a fly in the ointment of the "cook what we sell, sell what we cook" approach being advertised. Anchovy stuffed olives tasted just like the tinned ones I'm moderately addicted to at home, which is praise, sort of.
Wanting to cast a net over a good selection of their wares without having to be rolled out of the place on a shopping trolley, we decided to share the seafood mixed grill as a main course. I wanted to see how accurately everything was cooked. Pretty well, mostly, is the quick answer.
Best was whole red mullet, which lifted us straight from a packed Northumberland Street to some isolated Mediterranean island. Sea bass was also well cooked, the flakes doing their flaking thing perfectly. Tuna was nicely seared, benefitting from a good dose of cracked black pepper, but elsewhere on the plate we found some issues.
Crisp salmon skin is the piscine equivalent of pork scratching. A shame then that this one was limpid, while the fish itself was overcooked. A similar fate befell an enormous king prawn. And was it a little parsimonious to serve only one scallop on a platter that, in our case at least, was to feed two? A portion of decent skinny fries did a good job in mopping of the garlic butter sauce that anointed all this.
These minor timing problems are easily corrected. Happily, there were no such complaints about the venue, which is rather lovely. You'll either be sat at the marble-topped counter with a view over the kitchen, or with your back to it, in which case an angled mirror allows for a similar view. It's all about the bass – or rather, the chefs cooking it. You couldn't be closer to the action.
Our meal finished on a high, with the kind of richly dense chocolate mousse you can lose yourself in. From a short but sensible wine list, we enjoyed a bone-dry Muscadet, and a rather fuller but still citrus-zingy Picpoul. Service is enthusiastic and well-informed, although when 10% is being added to the bill some topping up of water might be in order.
In fact, the damage came to a touch under £72. Good fish isn't cheap, and much of this was very good, so fine. It wasn't perfect, but, to be fair to chef Laybourne, it was by some distance the busiest day of trading to date. With him at the helm (and presumably with all that talent from Bistro 21 to call on), I expect the rating to rise on my next visit.
Which may be sooner than he thinks. Junior Diner keeps reminding me that next week sees the unveiling of Fenwick's new Christmas window (yes it's that time of year already). Now our annual jaunt through the crowds doesn't seem so daunting: I can look forward to a reward of something bracing and perhaps an oyster or six. This new food hall will be a great oasis from the madness of Christmas shopping.


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Agate is associated with the birthstone month of May.
Agate is associated with the zodiac sign Gemini.
Agate is a Silicon Dioxide and is a variety of Chalcedony, which is a member of the Quartz family. It is scientifically classified as either a cryptocystalline or a microcrystalline variety of Quartz.
The name Agate is believed to derive from the Greek word given to a stone that was found thousands of years ago in the Achates River in South-western Sicily, now known as Dirillo River.
Some of the earliest primitive tools that were created by man's ancestors 2.5 million years ago were made of various types of Quartz, including Agate. Agate has also been used as a gemstone and for other ornamental objects dating back thousands of years. Early Greeks used Agate in the form of amulets as protection from the dangerous elements of the sea.
In medieval times Agate was worn to bring God's favor and make one agreeable and persuasive. It was also believed to bring protection from all dangers and to be able to bring about victory and strength.
Agate has commonly been used to cure insomnia and to bring about pleasant dreams. It is also said to enhance the wearer's courage, improve perception and concentration, and to provide protection from dangers. Agate is believed to enhance trust and honesty, and to assist with acceptance to circumstances and emotions. In addition to this, Agate is believed to be able to improve memory.
Tree Agate is a centering stone that aids in communication and finding peace in the world. In addition to this, it is believed to be a stone of introspection, helping the wearer view the world more clearly with a broader viewpoint.
Tree Agate tends to be one of the more sought-after varieties of Agate, yet remains relatively inexpensive.
It is documented that Agate was originally mined in the Nahe River Valley in Germany in 1497. These findings gave rise to the cutting center of Idar-Oberstein, Germany. When the deposits of Agate began to dry up in the Nahe River Valley in the nineteenth century, deposits were found in Brazil which sparked the discovery of the country's wide and varied gemstone deposits. There are also known sources of Agate in Australia, China, Congo, Egypt, Iceland, India, Italy, Madagascar, Mexico, Nepal, Russia, the United States, and Uruguay.
Agate is rated at 6.5 to 7 on Moh's Scale of Hardness. There is not any specific care required, but general gemstone precautions are always a good idea so that the original condition of the stone can be retained.
Tree Agate is an opaque, white stone containing dendrite inclusions that appear like dappled, green leaves.
Tree Agate found with distinctive or extraordinary tree-like patterns and in larger sizes will demand a premium.
Tree Agates are most often found cut into free-form and calibrated cabochons.
Tree Agate is not known to be enhanced.
Agate can be cleaned using warm soapy water and a soft brush. As with most gemstones, Agate should be kept away from household chemicals and from prolonged exposure to extremes of heat that can cause damage to the stone. Agate should be kept in a fabric-lined box away from other jewelry items so as to avoid damage / scratching.


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Colliers achieves first WELL Core & Shell certification in Romania
Campus 6.3 became the first building in Romania to be triple certified, with prestigious LEED Platinum and WELL Health & Safety Rating certifications.
Campus 6 is an office complex developed by Skanska in Bucharest, near the University Politehnica. Once complete, the complex will have a total leasable area of more than 871,000 sq. ft. consisting of four A class buildings.
The second and third phases of the complex, Campus 6.2 and Campus 6.3, currently owned by S Immo AG, are the first buildings in Romania to earn the WELL Core & Shell certification, at a Gold level. With this additional certification in 2021, Campus 6.3 became the first building in Romania to be triple certified, with prestigious LEED Platinum and WELL Health & Safety Rating certifications already under its belt.
Colliers advised Skanska for both the WELL Gold and LEED Platinum certifications. Several meetings were held with the entire project team to ensure alignment with project sustainability goals and requirements, as well as to discuss strategies to address and overcome common challenges faced by other LEED and WELL international projects.
During construction, environmental best practices included an erosion, sediment and control plan; 75% construction waste management diversion; and the use of low-carbon and low-emitting materials, including paints, coatings and adhesives, and composite wood with no-urea formaldehyde.
Features of the buildings include:
First of its kind in Romania to offer tenants a rooftop running track (280m long)
91% of parking spaces located underground, reducing heat island effects
Acoustic innovations to reduce indoor noise
Purposefully abundant natural light
Advanced technical and exhaust systems for optimized indoor air quality
42% reduction in water use via efficient flow and flush fixtures
Energy savings of approximately 35% and cost savings of 30% vs. baseline office building
Electrical charging stations and bike racks
Greywater system to capture rainwater for irrigation
Optimizations obtained for water and air quality, thermal, olfactory, auditory, and visual comfort
Barrier-free, inclusive and accessible design, allowing every person to navigate and use the building easily and safely
Biophilic design that integrates nature and supports mental health and wellbeing
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Deaconess Conference for Lutheran Church of Nigeria
The Lutheran Church of Nigeria held a deaconess conference with the LCMS on the theme, "Deaconesses in Mission." Approximately 200 women attended.
The women were very eager to join the conference.
Deaconess Grace Rao spoke about the role of women in the church.
Dr. Collver reflected on the Lutheran Church of Nigeria's Theme, "Christ Lives in Me," and used the Gospel of Mark to describe the Christ that lives in you, while tying it to mercy works.
Dr. David Erber assisted with the conference.
Nigeria in the rainy season.
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Introduction to the Lutheran Church of Nigeria and JEMS
The Lutheran Church Of Nigeria (LCN) was the LCMS' first African mission start. The church began in 1936 in Uyo, Obot Idim. Archbishop Christian Ekong in the video above outlines some basic information about the Lutheran Church of Nigeria and speaks about the challenges of needing to train 100 pastors immediately at the Jonathan Ekong Memorial Seminary (JEMS) while only having a handful of professors to teach. The church has about 133,000 members in 355 congregations with 250 pastors and 50 evangelists.
Archbishop Ekong in Seminary Library
Jonathan Ekong Memorial Seminary Sign
Student at JEMS holding his CPH Book Lutheranism 101
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Mekane Yesus Fellowship and Ethiopian LCMS Annual Pastors Conference
LCMS individuals meet with the Mekane Yesus Fellowship board
and LCMS pastors who originally came from the EECMY.
The Ethiopian LCMS Annual Pastors' Conference and the Mekane Yesus Fellowship Board meet at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Retreat Center in Newhark, Ohio, from July 22-26, 2015. Approximately, 150 people attended the conference mostly consisting of LCMS Ethiopian pastors and their families. Four delegates represented the EECMY from Ethiopia also attended.
Attendees at the conference engaged in worship, fellowship, and discussion. Ethiopia is the second largest African nation by population after Nigeria and is expected to become one of the most populous nations in the next 50-100 years. Unlike some African nations, the Ethiopian diaspora is well organized in the United States and in other parts of the world. Ethiopians constitute the second largest African immigration group in the United States after Nigerians. As both the white and african american population declines demographically, the Ethiopian population increases in the United States (See article "As Black Population Declines, Little Ethiopia Increases.") The large number of Ethiopian immigrants makes it an important focus for the LCMS national mission as well as a potentially significant population group for Christianity in the West.
Dr. Yared Speaking About the Importance of LCMS Support for the EECMY
The group had the goals of exchanging ministry experiences, organizing the diaspora community, and to strengthen the LCMS-EECMY relationship. Items discussed the working relationship between the EECMY and the LCMS, the EECMY's Diaspora Mission Awareness and Opportunities strategic conversation, Raising awareness and support in the diaspora community, and confessional and theological discussions toward the future. LCMS representatives included (in alphabetical order): Dr. Albert Collver, Director of Church Relations; President Terry Cripe, Ohio District President; Rev. Bart Day, Executive Director of the Office of National Mission; Rev. Roosevelt Gray, Director of Black Ministry for the Office of National Mission; Dr. Detlev Schulz, Director of Graduate Studies Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne; Dr. Brent Smith, Representative from the South East District; Rev. Mark Wood, Director of LCMS Witness & Outreach Ministry.
Pastor Wondimu Mathewos, Dr. Albert Collver, and Dr. Tilahun Mekonnen Meet before Conference
Pastor Wondimu Mathewos is the Director of the International Mission Society (IMS) for the EECMY in Ethiopia. The EECMY is best known for its domestic mission which has taken the EECMY from about 25,000 members in 1959 to about 7.2 million members in 2015. Until recently, the EECMY had been focused on domestic proclamation of the gospel. The formation of the EECMY International Mission Society mark the Mekane Yesus' church's effort to proclaim the gospel internationally.
Dr. Detlev Schulz listened to the needs to train EECMY pastors both at the B.TH and Masters level in Ethiopia. Dr. Schulz spoke about his experience teaching in Ethiopia and about the Ethiopian students who are attending LCMS seminaries in the United States.
President Abraham Mengesha
Pastor Abraham Mengesha, President of the Central Ethiopian Synod, presented a paper at the LCMS' mission summit in November 2014 on the "Factors That Contributed to the Growth of the EECMY in General and the Central Ethiopian Synod in Particular." The paper may be helpful to those in the LCMS desiring to understand some of the history and background to the Mekane Yesus Church, the largest Lutheran church in the world. The EECMY report 7.2 million members. The paper was published in the Journal of Lutheran Mission (JOLM). The paper was published in the June 2015 issue found here. A copy of the paper is provided below:
Ethiopian Pastors, LCMS, Mekane Yesus Fellowship
Lutherans from around world gather for conference in Wittenberg
International representatives from Lutheran churches around the globe gather and worship at the historic St. Mary's church in Wittenberg, May 6. Church leaders from 41 countries representing 23 million Lutherans are in Wittenberg for the Conference on Confessional Leadership in the 21st Century, May 6-7. (LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford)
NOTE: Just over five years ago, in June of 2010, a group of 25 leaders representing a dozen Lutheran churches from around the globe met on the campus of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for what was described as a "Confessional Leadership Conference" sponsored by the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR) of the LCMS. This genesis of this conference was a resolution (3-03) adopted by the 2007 convention of the LCMS.
This resolution
• rejoiced that "the LCMS has been richly blessed with theological resources including two outstanding seminaries and a rich heritage and history of being confessionally strong," and that "the LCMS is blessed to work with other confessional Lutheran churches around the world";
• urged "the CTCR, in consultation with the Office of the President and our seminaries, [to] coordinate fundamentally constructive and intentionally supportive efforts such as theological symposia [and] conferences … to uphold and nurture confessional Lutheranism"; and • asked that "members of partner churches, members of the ILC, as well as other church bodies and individuals be invited to participate" in these events for the purpose of "furthering and nurturing confessional Lutheran theology at home and abroad."
With 2017 approaching, we dare not stop now. "World Lutheranism," noted the Synod, "is in the process of a seismic realignment, which creates tremendous opportunities and challenges." "The memory and theology of the Reformation…is in serious danger of extinction," even among churches and organizations around the world that bear the name "Lutheran" but have forsaken critical aspects of historic Lutheran theology. "We urge the CTCR and the President's Office," said the Synod, "to continue their plans" for another international conference set for the spring of 2015, "to discuss possibilities for collaborative efforts among confessional Lutherans around the world toward the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017" (Res. 4-04).
So here we are in "Little Wittenberg," where it all began almost 500 years ago. We are here to celebrate the Reformation rightly: to remember, to repent, and to rejoice. We are delighted that you are with us in this historic place, at this historic time, to celebrate, reflect, discuss, and collaborate. The future of world Lutheranism truly is in the balance nearly 500 years after Luther shook the church and the world by posting his theses on the door of the Castle Church, just across town. As we gather, worship, listen and join in fellowship, please know and be assured: "That we, as a Synod, give thanks for the encouragement of the bold witness and dedication to the Word of God of confessional Lutheran church bodies around the world and urge the members of the Synod to pray for these church bodies…that God may continue to bless us and them" (2013 Res. 4-04).
In Christ's Name, Rev. Dr. Joel D. Lehenbauer
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WITTENBERG, Germany – Confessional Lutheran church leaders from every continent except Antarctica are discussing burgeoning churches in the Global South and East as well as challenges in the West, during the International Conference on Confessional Leadership in the 21st Century here May 6-7.
Representatives from 41 countries representing 23 million Lutherans worldwide have converged at the very cradle of the Reformation not long before 2017, when Lutherans will celebrate the Reformation's 500th anniversary. Under the theme: Celebrating the Reformation Rightly: Remembrance, Repentance, Rejoicing, discussions are ranging from the challenges of spreading the Gospel in Western countries to its rapid growth in places like Africa, South America, the Far East and many others.
"We have representatives here from Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Cameroon, Cambodia, Malaysia, Peru, Papua New Guinea … all over the world," said the Rev. Dr. Albert Collver III, executive secretary of the International Lutheran Council (ILC). "And yet, now the work begins for us, as we hope to reach others amid the challenges presented by post-modernity and a rise in paganism."
Collver said the mission field in the West is a major challenge for confessional Lutherans amid a decline of Christianity in Europe and the U.S.
"As someone coming to Wittenberg for first time, it is a pleasure for me to see how it is important for our churches to be together, to make our confession known to all, particularly as we approach the 500th anniversary of the Reformation," said the Rev. Dr. Wakseyoum Idosa, president of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. "This gathering of church leaders is a sign for us to go onto the next 500 years of the Reformation. The Reformation's message to the world is that, according to the context we are in now, we need to be faithful to the Word of God as we serve God's people."
The collaborative event was a coordinated effort by the ILC, the Selbständige Evangelisch Lutherische Kirche (SELK) and the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, with representatives from the North American Lutheran Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America also participating.
"This conference is a huge sign of the catholicity of the Lutheran church," said SELK Bishop Hans-Jörg Voigt, who also is the ILC's chairman. "A central theme of this conference is that we confessional Lutherans remember, repent and celebrate the Reformation, and I'm very thankful to be a part of that."
The ILC is an association of established confessional Lutheran church bodies which proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ on the basis of an unconditional commitment to the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God and to the Lutheran Confessions contained in the Book of Concord as the true and faithful exposition of the Word of God.
The ILC executive committee meets this week in Wittenberg to discuss locating the organization's headquarters at the recently dedicated International Lutheran Center at the Old Latin School here.
For more information, go to:
http://www.ilc-online.org/ , www.selk.de, www.lcms.org and http://thewittenbergproject.org
For further inquiries within the U.S., please call the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod press officer, David Yow, 314 996-1236 or e-mail David.Yow@lcms.org.
Lutheraner aus der ganzen Welt versammeln sich zur Konferenz in Wittenberg
WITTENBERG, Deutschland – Leitende Geistliche lutherischer Konfessionskirchen aus allen Kontinenten diskutierten im Rahmen einer internationalen Leitungskonferenz vom 5. bis 7. Mai 2015 über wachsende Kirchen im Süden und Osten der Welt, sowie über Fragen des Mitgliederrückgangs in westlichen Ländern.
Delegiert aus 41 Ländern, die 23 Millionen lutherische Christen weltweit vertreten, versammelten sich in Vorbereitung des 500. Reformationsjubiläums im Jahr 2017an der Wiege der Reformation in Wittenberg. Unter dem Motto: "Die Reformation angemessen feiern: Erinnerung, Umkehr und Buße, Freude", werden Gespräche über Herausforderungen der Ausbreitung des christlichen Glaubens in der westlichen Welt, in Afrika, Südamerika, in Fernost und in vielen anderen Regionen geführt.
"Wir haben hier in Wittenberg Delegierte aus Äthiopien, Madagaskar, Tansania, Kamerun, Kambodscha, Malaysia, Peru, Papua Neuguinea… aus der ganzen Welt. Unsere Arbeit steht noch am Anfang. Wir hoffen viele Menschen inmitten der Probleme postmoderner und postchristlicher Gesellschaften mit dem Evangelium zu erreichen", sagte Pfarrer Dr. Albert Collver III., Sekretär des Internationalen Lutherischen Rats (ILC).
Collver erläuterte, dass die Ausbreitung des Christlichen Glaubens in der westlichen Welt, wo das Christentum sich ständig verringert, eine große Herausforderung für konfessionelle Lutheraner sei.
"Als einer, der zum ersten Mal in Wittenberg sein darf, ist es für mich eine wahre Freude, zu sehen, wie wichtig es unseren Kirchen ist, zusammen zu sein, unser gemeinsames Bekenntnis allen zu verkünden, besonders jetzt, wo wir uns dem 500. Jubiläum der Reformation nähern," sagte Dr. Wakseyoum Idosa, Präsident der Äthiopischen Evangelischen Mekane Yesus Kirche. "Diese Versammlung von Leitern verschiedener Kirchen ist für uns ein Ansporn für die nächsten 500 Jahre der Reformation. Die Botschaft der Reformation an die Welt ist, dass wir auch im heutigen Kontext dem Wort Gottes treu bleiben müssen während wir Gottes Volk dienen".
Dieses Ereignis wurde vom ILC, der Selbständigen Lutherischen Kirche (SELK) und der Lurtherische Kirche-Missouri Synode (LCMS) organisiert, in der auch Vertreter der Nord Amerikanischen Lutherischen Kirche (NALC) und der Evangelisch Lutherischen Kirche in Amerika (ELCA) teilnahmen.
"Diese Konferenz ist ein Zeichen der Katholizität der Lutherischen Kirche", sagte SELK Bischof Hans-Jörg Voigt, D.D., der zurzeit Vorsitzender des ILC ist. Es sei für ihn wichtig, internationale Kontakte zu pflegen.
Die ILC ist ein Verband etablierter lutherischer Konfessionskirchen, die das Evangelium von Jesus Christus "auf der Basis eines vorbehaltlosen Bekenntnisses zur heiligen Schrift als dem inspirierten und unfehlbaren Wort Gottes, und des Lutherischen Bekenntnisses, zusammengefasst im Konkordienbuch, als treue Auslegung des Wortes Gottes angenommen haben".
Das Exekutiv-Komitee des ILC trifft sich diese Woche in Wittenberg, um unter anderem die Präsenz des weltweiten Verbundes lutherischer Kirchen in Wittenberg in der kürzlich eingeweihten Alten Lateinschule zu beraten.
Lutheran church leaders from around the world gather Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at the Town and Parish Church of St. Mary's for morning Matins during the International Conference on Confessional Leadership in the 21st Century in Wittenberg, Germany. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
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New OIM LCMS Theological Educators at Mekane Yesus Seminary
On this most recent trip to Ethiopia, Rev. Mark Rabe and Rev. Eric Stinnett visited the Mekane Yesus Seminary (MYS) for the first time. Both of them recently received calls from the Board for International Mission (BIM) to serve as theological educators in Ethiopia at the Mekane Yesus Seminary. Watch the brief interview with them.
Pictured (left to right): Rev. Mark Rabe, OIM Theological Educator to MYS and Rev. Eric Stinnett, OIM Theological Educator to MYS.
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How many times have we traversed I-5 through the Central Valley? Too many to count; recalling those early days when no services were available except for a lone gas station or two until the first real restaurant appeared at the Harris Ranch. We haven't stopped there to eat in quite some time, usually opting to take advantage of one of the two In-N-Out's along the way, which we did this day, hitting the one in Santa Nella.
This one not as crowded as the one in Barstow the week before (yep, we were determined to eat one burger a week) and we enjoyed our second go at this concept, savoring it as much as the one before. Traffic was manageable as we drew closer to the city until we got within a few miles, then it backed up, a near constant factor on the crowded freeways of the east bay.
We unloaded the car and transported our gear and bikes up to the apartment, then returned to find a place to park only to discover that since our last visit with a car, October of 2016, the city (likely at the petitioned request of the residents) had implemented permit parking (permit F) that restricted non permit holder to just two hours between the hours of 10am and 5pm, Monday through Friday.
Our first thought was that Jenny Manetta must be now serving on the city council, but discarded that notion as highly unlikely and thus began what would turn out to be roughly and hour's search for parking. After circling many blocks, we concluded that the 'F' zone was immense and that street parking during weekdays would be out of the question and after scoping out at least five parking garages, settled on one with overnight parking at the corner of 19th and Franklyn that would only run us twenty-three dollars a day.
We walked the nine blocks back to the apartment and not much later Jessica and Kris arrived to order us Thai Food takeout that made up for the parking drama we'd experienced earlier in the day. While they went off to work the next day, we enjoyed a routine Oakland Friday, taking in the farmers market off Broadway, scarfing down one of those great pork adobo sandwiches at Café Gabriela and returning to the apartment to make a dinner of yellow and red bell peppers stuffed with a Mediterranean spiced ground lamb with feta cheese melted on top.
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Meanwhile, in a 10-12-inch frying pan over high heat, stir onions, garlic, thyme, mint, and rosemary in olive oil until onions are limp and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add ground lamb and 3 tablespoons lemon juice. Stir until lamb is browned and crumbly, 2-3 minutes.
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The next day while the girls went off to a facial appointment (Jessica's birthday gift to her Mom), I took off on my bike to ride up to Berkeley, following uncrowded "bike boulevards" all the way to University Blvd, where I hung a right and rode up the gentle incline to the hills of town and the campus known far and wide as Cal.
Many years ago, I was a finalist a couple of times for the Executive Director position at the Student Union there and although having missed out, have always had a fondness for this quirky outlier in the pantheon of Union's. Year after year the students of Cal refused to countenance a fee to improve the dismal state of their building and its supporting infrastructure.
In addition, it sat on the extreme north edge of campus, right on Telegraph Avenue and attracted various numbers of the homeless; some charming, some unwashed and some communicating in an alien language not yet translated here on earth. The political winds eventually changed and after one of the adjacent buildings was declared seismically unsafe, the greenlight was given to build a new one and renovate the old Union.
Of course, I wanted to drop by and check it out, and finding it open brought my bike inside to check out just the first floor. It looked good, a modern updating of a tired 60's era building with an interesting addition, the conversion of an old computer lounge into an Amazon shipping and receiving station, replete with a bank of cool looking lockers that appeared to deliver and accept packages from and going to Amazon.
I saddled up again and made my way back to Oakland, navigating by whimsy and the experience gained by having traveled these roads many times before. I detoured to Drake's Dealership to meet up with Kris and James who were getting haircuts at the barbershop across the courtyard, and then rode back to the apartment ready to begin the rest of the day; a trip to Jupiter and then a night of recreating the infamous fried pies we'd enjoyed in Sikeston. Stay tuned for that outcome.


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Mr. Garrett is an illustrator and a writer.
Morality exists only because we evolved the capacity to empathize. And empathy provides the best guide to moral action. But there are those who say that empathy is too selective to play such a central role in our moral system.
People tend to empathize more readily with those who look, sound and behave like themselves. We feel the pain more acutely of those who resemble us. How then can empathy serve as a moral guide when it is morality's role to lead us away from cruelty toward people outside our own group?
To answer this objection, we can look to our fellow animals, many of whom share our capacity for empathy. If a rat sees another rat drowning, for example, it will forgo a chunk of chocolate to save its imperiled friend. Its actions are guided by its empathy.
Scientists at the University of Chicago further explored the nature of empathy in rats. They found that a white rat raised among only white rats will do nothing to save a black rat from a trap. Rats, like humans, can be biased in how they act on, or don't act on, their empathy.
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It's vital to recognize that prejudice is not baked-in: It is the result of our ignorance. A failure to learn about people (or rats) of different kinds can mean that we fail to recognize their pain as genuine pain. Empathy can be switched off.
Empathy by itself is not enough. It becomes an accurate guide for moral action only when combined with knowledge of people of all different backgrounds — knowledge that can be attained only if you are willing to actively listen to people whose voices have been silenced.
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Ян Юзеф Фитцке (, 20 января 1909 г., с. Гдув Малопольского воеводства — апрель 1940 г., Катынь) — польский историк, археолог, организатор музейного дела в городе Луцк на Волыни в целом.

Биография
Ян Юзеф Фитцке родился 20 января 1909 года в с. Гдув Малопольского воеводства (Польша).

В 1929—1933 годах учился в Ягеллонском университете (Краков), изучая древнюю историю.

С 1930 года Фитцке — член Польского Археологического Общества.

После диплома проводил раскопки в Велюньском, Мехувском и Ласкском повятах.

В августе 1936 года Ян Фитцке приезжает работать археологом в Волынский музей в Луцк, а с 1937 года становится его главным хранителем (теперь Волынский краеведческий музей).

В течение 1936—1939 годов молодой археолог проводил регулярные раскопки на значительной территории Волынского воеводства. Самые известные исследования и находки были сделаны в Луцке (в районах Красное, Гнидава, Яровица), где исследовались поселения культуры линейно-ленточной керамики — могильник стжижовской культуры эпохи бронзы. Раскопаны курганы X—XII вв. с захоронениями с сопроводительным материалом (предметы быта, украшения, оружие), в г. Любомле — исследования на древнерусском городище Х-ХІІІ ст.; с. Боратины и с. Шепель — раскопаны курганы эпохи бронзы; в с. Дружкополе и с. Черск — кремационные могильники лужицкой культуры; в с. Берестяны — древнерусские курганы. Фитцке совершил также разведки в поселения и городища в городе Рожище, селах Кульчин, Жидычин, Коршев, Маркостав, Амбуков, Деревянное, Баев, Буяны, Линев, Белосток, Несвич.

Активно принимал участие Ян Фитцке и в работе Волынского отдела Польского краеведческого общества, был причастен к организации музейного дела в Волынском воеводстве (занимался коллекциями музея князей Острожских; собирал материалы, связанные с пребыванием на Волыни Ю. Крашевского; упорядочил нумизматическую коллекцию Волынского музея (издал также каталог монет); способствовал созданию региональных музеев в Дубне и Кременце.

Важное значение имела для молодого исследователя и работа в редакционном комитете ежемесячника «Земля Волынская» — орган Волынского отдела Польского краеведческого общества, который был посвящен культурным и краеведческим проблематикам. Опубликованные здесь статьи
 «Праисторический Любомль»
 «Над Случью»
 «Важные открытия в замке Любарта в Луцке»
и др.

Работу молодого и перспективного исследователя прервала Вторая мировая война. За день до её начала, как подпоручик запаса, Ян Фитцке был призван в Польскую армию. Вместе со своей частью он отбывает в Новый Сонч, а затем в Бережаны.

За несколько дней пехотная часть, в которой служил Ян Фитцке, попадает в плен подразделений Красной Армии. Вместе с тысячами других польских офицеров он оказывается в лагере для военнопленных в Козельске на Смоленщине, откуда написал к родным в Краков в ноябре 1939 г. последнее письмо. В конце апреля 1940 года, во время ликвидации лагеря в Катынском лесу, Ян Фитцке был расстрелян (см. «Катынский расстрел»).

Как отмечает известная исследовательница Анна Кульчицкая-Лецеевич:

Ян Фитцке увековечен на памятной таблице Ягеллонского университета в Кракове. Незавершенные им археологические исследования на территории Волыни были продолжены в советское время и в годы независимости Украины: в Торчине — М. Пелещишиным, в Берестянах — В. Гупало, в Шепле — М. Кучинком, в Луцке — М. Кучинком, Г. Охрименко и О. Златогорским.

Работы

Важнейшие публикации (волынский период):

 Археологическое наследие Яна Фитцке / Упор. Г. Охрименко, А. Златогорский, Пер. с польского Г. Охрименко, В. Дмитрук, А. Златогорский. — Луцк: Волынская обл. типография, 2005. — 488 с.
 Jan Fitzke. «Z Wołynia 1936—1939» pod red. Andrzeja Gaczoła i ks. Witolda Józefa Kowalowa, Biały Dunajec — Ostróg 2009 (Библиотека «Крик с Волыни» т. 63).
 Badania w Gródku pow. Łuckim // Światowit. Warszawa, 1937. T. XVII;
 Wczesnohistoryczne kurhany w Poddubcach w pow. Łuckim // Wiadomości archeologiczne. Warszawa, 1939. T. XVI;
 Luboml przedhistoryczny // Ziemia Wołyńska. Łuck, 1938. № 8-9;
 Cmentarzysko kultury ceramiki sznurowej w Torczynie, pow. Łuckim // Sprawozdanie Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności. — Kraków, 1938. — T. XLIII.
 Stanowiska kultury ceramiki wstęgowej na Wołyniu: Odb.: Sprawozdania z Czynności i Posiedzeń Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności. Kraków. T. 43: 1938 nr 1.
 Grób ciałopalny nr 86, z Zalewa II: Poznan : [s.n.], 1935 : Odb.: Przegląd Archeologiczny. 1935 t. 5 z. 1.
 Poszukiwania archeologiczne na cmentarzysku łużyckiem w Małej Wsi w pow. wieluńskim (woj. łódzkie): Poznan : [s.n.], 1935 : Odb.: Przegląd Archeologiczny. T. 5 z. 1.
 Poszukiwania archeologiczne w Pobiedniku w pow. miechowskim: Poznan : [s.n.], 1933 : Odb.: Przegląd Archeologiczny. T. 4 z. 3.
 Trzy groby późnolateńskie odkryte na cmentarzysku łużyckiem w Okołowicach, powiat łaski, woj. łódzkie: Poznan : [s.n.], 1935 : Odb.: Przegląd Archeologiczny. T. 5 z. 1.

Ссылки

 Биография Я. Ю. Фитцке
 Ratna A. Polski archeolog Jan Fitzke będzie miał na Wołyniu tablicę pamiątkową //Kurier Galicyjski. — 2009. — 14-28 lutego
 Andrzej Gaczoł: Związki Krakowa i Łucka na przestrzeni wieków XIX i XX

Археологи Польши
Историки Польши

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Victoria Lomasko: 18+
The subjects and viewers of my series 18+ often ask why a heterosexual female artist would draw lesbian couples. I have a few answers to that question, but the most truthful would be that what is so fascinating about lesbian clubs is not so much the distinctive sexuality there as the separate feminine environment in which the male's role at the center of the female universe has been reduced to zero. The chance to depict the complex psychological connections between women is captivating. There are few works from this perspective in art. In public life, attraction between women is almost never manifested. By doing a number of drawings in semi-private lesbian clubs, I was looking for a new visual language. Lesbian couples have a different way of gesturing and moving than heterosexual couples.
If I lived in another country, I probably would have limited myself to this search for a new plasticity. In Russia, though, the topic of LGBT is inextricably bound up with political and social issues. When I agreed to serve on the jury of the Side by Side Film LGBT Film Festival in 2013, I realized the extent to which the LGBT community was persecuted. It was only during the festival, however, that I found out there are different levels of secrecy within the community, in particular, that lesbians are more invisible and stigmatized than gays. Hence I deemed it important to quote the subjects of my series directly.
"We socialize with other activists, who accept us wholly and don't think of us as 'poor things.'"
Simultaneously with sketching in the clubs, I have begun making portraits of lesbian families and couples, including direct quotations from them as well. The main questions I ask are what has changed for them after the law banning homosexual "propaganda"* passed and how society itself is involved in stigmatizing different social groups, including sexual minorities.
* In 2013, Russia passed a law banning the "propaganda" or promotion of nontraditional sexual relations among minors. Any information, printed matter or cultural event involving LGBT topics must be labeled "18+."
"When I was fifteen, my only source of information was an article about an ex-female convict, who had been arrested at the apartment of her female 'cohabitant.' The word was a sign to me that such relationships were possible."
"As a young woman, I didn't come out to my female friends. I thought being a lesbian was like being a monster. I was afraid I'd scare them off."
"At work, I turn my MP3 player on during lunch so I don't have to join in the conversations."
"When the talk at work turned to families, I always felt like I was sitting on a time bomb."
"I avoid conversations like that. I say I don't have the time or I go have a cigarette."
"When I'm applying for a job, in the box marked 'marital status' I always write that I'm living with a woman. I want to know right away whether it's a homophobic workplace or not."
"The homely old domestic clucks took pity on me."
"Is there a stigma? We wouldn't know. We have a very narrow circle of friends made up only of those who get it."
"Our circle of friends is made up of other lesbians and feminists."
"In Russia, the way the majority of people talks boils down to marginalizing others."
"I think that being a heterosexual public feminist is even harder than being a closeted lesbian."
"Men think lesbians are beautiful, long-haired young women who kiss each other."
"Butches, who model their behavior on guys, bust men's balls less than cool, beautiful women whose sex appeal is meant for women. The realization they have no need for them bothers men a hundred times more."
"Until 2012, the lesbian scene was completely invisible. That was even cool in a way: girls would kiss on the street, and no one paid any mind. Now people are suspicious of everybody."
"We don't meet anyone in the clubs. We go there to hold hands openly."
"Since the homophobic law has been passed, I suspect that people on the street and in the subway are suspicious of me."
"Before, you could be blasé, but now things are scary. We cannot believe we live in the same reality with these people. We are thinking about emigrating to Canada."
"After the homophobic law was passed, people gave us dirty looks in the subway. But now there is a crisis, and no one could give a shit."
"People are afraid the authorities will remove children from LGBT families. That is a really serious danger."
"We are not going to flee Russia like rats."
Victoria Lomasko
Translated by The Russian Reader
18+ will be exhibited as part of the project Pas de Deux during the Fumetto International Comics Festival in Lucerne, March 7–15, 2015. Ms. Lomasko will be giving a lecture at the festival on Tuesday, March 10, at 5:30 p.m. Check here for more details.
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Two Russian Homosexuals Awaiting Asylum in Lappeenranta
Lappeenrannan Uutiset
The men are awaiting asylum at the Konnonsuo reception center. Photo by Janne Koivisto
Two Russian gay men are seeking asylum in Finland.
They are currently waiting at the Konnonsuo reception center in Lappeenranta, where they have been since September.
According to the men, they have been treated very badly in Russia. In recent years, Russia has made laws against homosexuals more severe.
The men are 24 and 36 years of age.
Lappeenranta Uutiset has asked its readers whether gay refugees should be granted asylum.
As of five p.m. Finnish time on January 21, 2015, 81% of readers who responded to the poll said that yes, gay refugees should be granted asylum.
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Professor, writer, painter, commentator and strong advocate for Israel and the Jewish People – died tragically December 6, 2013 after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Brattleboro, Vermont. Eugene was a pedestrian, having just visited an art gallery a short distance away.
It was three weeks short of his 65th birthday.


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Stories about aliens living among us aren't new, but they are Syfy's stories resident alien Series is still able to magic viewers When it premiered last year. Based on Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse's comics, Dark Horse, Alan Tudyk The role of titular alien is played by Harry Vanderspiegel, who has been working as a doctor ever since landed on the ground. While his goal In the first season it was Upon being picked up by fellow aliens and annihilated on Earth in the process, spending time with the impatient people, Colorado touched his heart enough to change his own and Spare the planet.
But as the trailer for the upcoming second season shows, Harry's decision Came with some results, primarily in that his people are now coming land to finish work. Of course, Harry is vehemently opposed and wants to protect the planet, particularly Asta Sarah Tomko and Judah Prehn Max. And if that means the rest of the planet is turning to ashes… well, at least he can say he tried, and he even managed to see New York before it explodes in Hell.
I haven't seen any resident alien Up to this point, this trailer makes the show seem a lot of fun and very funny. ("Do you think I got Willy Wonka tattooed on my ass like it's a chocolate factory?") Plus, it seems like the perfect showcase for someone as eccentric as Alan Tudyk. He's always been a reliably funny actor with plenty of scope (especially with for him voice work), and it's nice to see him take center stage after being the supporting character on so many other shows.
resident alien Season 2 will premiere on Syfy and the USA on January 26, with guest stars Linda Hamilton and Alex Borstein.
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Transforming Services Together was established in September 2014 to improve the local health and social care economy in Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest – in line with the challenges of the NHS Five Year Forward View, local and regional plans and guidance.
The NHS in east London faces huge challenges: an extra 270,000 residents will move into the area in the next 15 years – equivalent to another London borough; our organisations will be in deficit by £400 million in five years if we don't take action now; we have shortages of staff in many areas; and we have too many examples of poor patient care, estates and infrastructure.
Transforming Services Together will involve large-scale partnership working and new roles across organisational and borough boundaries. More than 1,000 people have been involved in the programme including clinicians, key stakeholders and members of the public. Their enthusiasm for change, willingness to work together and the strong belief that solutions can be found has been encouraging.
Plans have been published in a Strategy and Investment Case, and between 29 February and 31 May 2016 comments were invited at a wide range of events and meetings. These responses to the proposals will be incorporated into an engagement report that will ensure people's views are taken into consideration as we move to the implementation phase of the programme.
Although the formal engagement period is now complete, you can still read this summary of the plans, or the full reports.
You can also still email with any comments or questions about TST.


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PitlaneOne: F1uptodate is backPublished on: 5. February 2015 • Category: Tech
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As the Formula One Management and the Windows (Phone) versions of F1uptodate have not been the best friends in the last year, because "F1" is a registered trademark (WHY is that possible?), the only way to continue with the app this year was to rename it.
Result: F1uptodate's new name from now on is "PitlaneOne". This will not change a lot in functionality, but I want to take a detailed look at every version below. If you are not interested into that, follow here to all App Store links.
The Windows 8.1 version does not have a lot of changes comparing to last year. There are some bug fixes and the news feed suggestion list, which is already longer available on Windows Phone, has been added to the Settings on the tablet/PC version.
The Live Scoring data are now optimized and support the new virtual Safety-Car.
The Windows Phone version requires at least Windows Phone 8.1. This makes sure, that the app settings are included into the system backup option. Additionally the app shares the same code base as the Windows 8.1 version, though I decided against a universal app because of performance reasons.
The Symbian version got a completely rewritten Live Scoring area, which will display exactly the same data as the Windows (Phone) apps.
I have not released a MeeGo version till now. If someone should be interested into a release for the N9/N950, please shout as there is still some time left until the season start 🙂


When you get into a chat with a tourist, you often talk about events going on back home in your own nation. Most of the time, you'll want to try and give them a bit of cool information about where you come from: a smart fact or story that might impress them.
Well, one American tourist, in particular, got a bit more of a chat than they expected – when they began talking with Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall!
When taking in a visit to Cuba, she was speaking with many people in and around the Havana area. The 12-day Royal Tour of the Caribbean is something that she's taking on with Prince Charles. When she was talking with some tourists, she got talking with one person in particular, called Mimi Ricketts.
Mimi asked her if she was excited about the upcoming birth of the child of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. She announced, quite excitedly, that her answer was "Yes, very much so," according to sources.
During the same tour, Prince Charles was asked if he was happy to hear that the gender of the child would be a boy. The Prince was quite quick to announce that this particular piece of news had been celebrated and toasted "several times".
For some time, the main Royals had not really seen much progress with regards to children. Ever since Kate met William, that has changed somewhat. Now, we're regularly seeing new additions to the Royal family, leaving behind another line to take over in the long-term future.
Given how long Prince Charles has waited, though, they had better not get too excited about the prospect of sitting on the British throne!


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IZ Collection Melds Style and Comfort for Wheelchair Users
We've all purchased something off the rack that looked great in the fitting room, but didn't seem to fit quite right once we sat down in the office.
Now imagine what wheelchairs users often endure when they try to wear mainstream clothing.
To that end, Izzy Camilleri, a Toronto-based fashion designer whose threads for men and women have been worn by David Bowie, Samuel L. Jackson, Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez, launched IZ Collection specifically for people who use wheelchairs for mobility.
From whimsical shirts to power suits for the office and even biker jackets, Camilleri's new line of apparel is both comfortable and eye-catching. Camilleri considered both fabrics and contours for skin integrity in order to avoid any pressure points that could cause discomfort and even worse, instigate pressure sores.
The clothes are easy to slip into and are cut so that they do not bunch at the waist or ride down in the back.
During her career working with film productions, Camilleri gained experience designing clothes for all body types. But it was a request for a warm winter cape from a Toronto reporter, a wheelchair user since the early 1980s, that inspired Camilleri to start a line for a population that has been largely ignored by the garment industry.
"This goes beyond the clothes," Camilleri said in a video released in May to coincide with an exhibition of her work at a Toronto museum. "It's about giving someone their own personality back, giving them a sense of self . . . there just hasn't been anything like this."
Camilleri joined a small but vocal and visible group of designers who are making clothes for wheelchair users that are far more enjoyable, fashionable and comfortable to wear than what was previously available. While several companies design and market clothes for wheelchair users, the looks are often pallid while the online shopping experience is generally dull and uninspiring.
IZ Collection is showcased on a platform that engages the online shopper, while using everyday models who look fantastic and certainly appeared to have fun during the photo shoots.
More than 3 million Americans use wheelchairs for independent mobility. As cultural norms over what constitutes "fashion" change and more companies relax their office dress codes or eliminate them altogether, more consumers are demanding clothes and accessories that relate to their beliefs and lifestyle, instead of complying to what fashion brands are often quick to dictate to us. Camilleri's clothes are not only sharp and eye-catching, but also offer dignity to those who wear them.
The company has a social mission as well: Profits from the sale of IZ Collection's Fashion IZ Freedom tees support accessibility programs in North America. And 10 percent of the brand's sales go toward building more wheelchair ramps in Canada and the U.S., the company said.
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Man tied up little girl with masking tape, laughed as her mother filmed incident
Wan Ting Koh
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SINGAPORE — A man who inflicted violence on his girlfriends, and tied his "sworn brother's" five-year-old daughter with masking tape while laughing at her distress, was jailed on Tuesday (30 November).
Abdul Haleem Mohamed Nasser, 37, was jailed for four years and five months, and fined $6,400.
He pleaded guilty to 18 charges, including voluntarily causing hurt, ill-treating a child, criminal intimidation, careless driving, driving without a license and insurance, and failing to conform to a red light signal and consuming methamphetamine.
Another 15 charges, all of a similar nature to those he had pleaded guilty to, were taken into consideration for his sentencing.
Tied up daughter of a close friend
Haleem had been staying with the family of his "sworn brother", while helping to care for the children.
On 27 October 2018, the girl's mother, 24, complained to her husband that the children had been disobedient. The husband replied jokingly to tie the five-year-old girl up for fun and discipline them.
The girl's mother conveyed the message to Haleem. At about 6pm that day, Haleem tied up the girl's limbs with masking tape while in the living room. Her mother recorded videos of the process, laughing and teasing the girl with Haleem. The victim had been crying in distress and trying to free herself by biting on the masking tape.
The mother later sent the video clips to her husband. She did not know that her husband posted the video clips on his Facebook account the next day.
The girl's grandmother saw the videos and was furious. She lodged a police report a few days later as she was worried that Haleem would bully the girl again.
Violent incidents
In an unrelated incident, the girl's mother lodged a police report on 19 November 2018, stating that Haleem had thrown a bluetooth speaker at her. Haleem had done so in September 2018, hitting the woman's nose.
Separately, Haleem repeatedly abused his 26-year-old girlfriend between September 2017 and March 2018. He punched her face and kicked her stomach while staying with her at an Airbnb unit, and also rained punches on her when she wanted to end the relationship.
He threatened to harm her parents and dragged her by her legs during the assault, even kicking her in the face in front of her stepfather. He also threatened to make her prostitute herself in Johor Bahru.
One of his assaults on his girlfriend was witnessed by a taxi driver who scolded Haleem. Haleem asked the cabby to mind his own business.
On another occasion, when his girlfriend asked to return home, Haleem refused and burned her left thigh with a lighter.
In 2019, while dating another woman, 36, whom he met through the dating app Badoo, he stabbed a stack of pillows in front of her and her four children while demanding to know if she had spoken badly about him to her sister. He also drove her car without a license and beat a red light.
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Of the main Universal lineup, the creature from the Black Lagoon has been the monster least frequently re-adapted in other movies. We've seen plenty of variations of Dracula, to say nothing of the countless other vampire movies out there. Frankenstein gets reborn every few years, and homages to him and the Bride are commonplace. The mummy has been successfully (and unsuccessfully) remade. The wolf-man also got a remake and has a whole pack of other werewolf movies to keep him company. The gill-person has been paid far less tribute, with a few notable exceptions like Abe Sapien in the Hellboy movies.
Given that Guillermo Del Toro – an avowed fan of the Universal monsters – was the director of those two movies, it's quite appropriate that he should give us the definitive modern take on the creature in 2017's The Shape of Water. He may also have made the final successful reinterpretation of a Universal icon.
The basic premise of the movie is well-known: woman falls in love with a creature who is a clear take on the creature from the Black Lagoon. The slightly longer version is that a team of people on the edges of society band together to protect each other and the creature from the real monster, a walking incarnation of toxic white American masculinity. In the mid-century U.S. society, dominated as it is by company men and the nuclear (white) family, our human heroes are a woman who can't speak, an older gay man fighting for professional relevance, a black woman relegated to janitorial work, and a Russian spy who's too good-hearted for his field.
The lines are cleanly drawn. Good characters are clearly good, evil characters are clearly evil, and the creator's viewpoint is never in doubt. This is not a story of tortured antiheroes or moral complexity.
Of course, one doesn't watch a Del Toro movie for narrative ambiguity. No, one watches a Del Toro movie for two things: visual splendor and a clearly active imagination. In both of those respects, the movie is a clear success.
The rest of the movie is gorgeous, too, as one expects of Del Toro. Color sets tone, draws attention, and reinforces character. The camera's attention and movement keep the audience stimulated, seeing the expected in unexpected ways or adding the fairy-tale-esque sensation common to many of the director's more personal projects like Pan's Labyrinth. Tributes to movies of the past exist in big and small ways, including the movie theater under our protagonist's apartment (big), the way her apartment itself is shot (small), and the bold injection of a black-and-white song-and-dance number daydream sequence (very, very big).
In other words, The Shape of Water is in conversation with cinematic history, and the discussion spans genres and eras. This particular combination of big-R Romantic sensibility with B-movie aesthetic touches and children's-story morality is exactly the kind of thing one expects from Del Toro.
If anything, that is the movie's biggest weakness. We are never not aware that we are watching Del Toro play out his personal interests on the screen. For those who share his interests and delight in the way he combines them (as I do), that makes the movie a delicious treat. What it doesn't have is the same emotional intensity as Pan's Labyrinth, which remains Del Toro's best work to date. For those who aren't down with Del Toro's genre mash-up and love notes to the silver screen, I would imagine the movie is rather less successful.
In its clear moral stance, it's clear what this movie's answers to the monstrous questions are. Both the man and the monster at the center of Frankenstein contain various shades of monstrosity, as do the characters around them, which raises the questions of what makes someone a monster and who the real monster is in the story. By contrast, the societal Others of The Shape of Water are largely virtuous (with occasional moments of anxiety or trepidation), whereas the villain of the piece is wholly monstrous. In other words, while the visual language of the movie is fantastic, it isn't as satisfying a monster story simply because the questions barely even warrant being asked.
The end result is a movie that does give us an undeniably effective reinterpretation of the creature from the Black Lagoon, rendering future movies that attempt the same less likely to meet it bar. Just like the 1999 The Mummy gave us a movie so good that future mummy movies were unlikely to live up to it, The Shape of Water can be seen as closing the book on the creature from the Black Lagoon. Given that few, if any, Dracula or Frankenstein movies have matched the originals and that the werewolf story has been so effectively told in movies like An American Werewolf in London and Ginger Snaps, I would argue that 2017 marks the end of good reimaginings of the Universal icons for the foreseeable future.
Are there great monster stories yet to tell? There most certainly are! For the time being, though, I wouldn't expect a film based on any the classic Universal monsters to be better than the movies we already have. I'll be happy to be proved wrong, but I don't think I will be anytime soon.
The last stop in our tour, then, will be a full-on monster mash with non-canon takes on Drac, Frankenstein, the wolf-man, the mummy, and the gill-man: 1987's The Monster Squad.
Ginger Snaps (2000) is the first movie covered so far that actually qualifies as a modern horror movie. For as creepy as Count Orlock was in Nosferatu, and for as paradigm-setting as the Universal monsters are, they fall short of being scary by our contemporary (perhaps somewhat desensitized) standards. This movie, however, kicks off unsettling, ramps continuously upward, and closes with an adrenaline-fueled climax.
This is also the first movie to give us girls and women as viewpoint characters. The closest we've gotten until now would be Rachel Weisz's Evelyn Carnahan in the 1999 The Mummy remake. Other than that, we get a few scenes in the original The Mummy, the end of Ex Machina, and (debatably) a few pieces of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The story's primary duo are the Fitzgerald sisters, Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and the eponymous Ginger (Katharine Isabelle). Both in high school, they actively resist the idea of growing up, preferring instead to stage elaborate tableaux depicting one or both of them as dead. This all changes when the creature that's been killing dogs in the neighborhood attacks them one night, scratching Ginger.
Much of the movie follows Ginger's gradual descent into lycanthropy, which just so happens to mimic many of the elements of puberty. Brigitte grows increasingly distressed and seeks a cure for her sister's condition, turning to local drug dealer Sam (Kris Lemche) as well as Pamela (Mimi Rogers), the girls' mother. The casualty list grows, eventually shifting from canine victims to human, and the movie culminates with a showdown between the sisters, Ginger having fully converted to wolf form.
Like the best of the Universal monster movies, Ginger Snaps uses its monster as a metaphor. Unlike the dual-nature-of-man metaphor of The Wolf Man (which, as I've already discussed, is just as ably if not better represented by any of a number of interpretations of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), Ginger Snaps steers into the change/metamorphosis/transformation aspects of lycanthropy.
Nowadays, the female werewolf story, often with themes similar to those of Ginger Snaps, is familiar to regular consumers of lycanthropiana. From Once Upon a Time to Bitten to Being Human to Trick 'r' Treat to others, the idea has been played out in several variations. What most stories like this have in common, though, is that they follow in the wake of Ginger Snaps. The most notable version of this story to precede Ginger Snaps is probably the weirder and decidedly less well-known – although still interesting! – The Company of Wolves.
What I think sets Ginger Snaps apart from the many other variations on this idea is how much the story revolves around Brigitte. Often, we see werewolf stories focus on the werewolf and how the condition affects them. We rarely see as much attention paid to how the people who love them respond. The puberty metaphor intersects well with this narrative choice, with Brigitte's confusion, frustration, and desire to cure her sister mimicking in an exaggerated way how younger siblings can feel when they watch their older siblings change physically and develop new interests. The aching sense of loss, the knowledge that things can't really go back to the way they were before…these are poignant, human notes that really resonate. Rarely do monster movies spend this much time on the anguish of those who love the monster (nor would that approach work for some monsters).
From a visual production perspective, Ginger Snaps works heavily with make-up, puppetry, and practical effects, which distinguishes it from the largely CGI screen werewolves that have followed. This remains an area where the immediacy of practical effects gives the monster a greater sense of threat than its computer-animated descendants.
Across several dimensions, Ginger Snaps succeeds as a monster-horror movie. It is one of a small number of effective werewolf movies, and it is certainly more effective in nearly all respects than Universal's The Wolf Man.
Next up, we jump in the water with our final Universal monster: The Creature from the Black Lagoon!
Finding a companion film to The Bride of Frankenstein for this blog was a little tricky. While there have been plenty of Dracula, Frankenstein, mummy, and werewolf movies over the years, plus two different Guillermo del Toro takes on Black-Lagoon-esque gill-men, the pickings are slimmer when it comes to Bride.
Sure, there are homages to Elsa Lanchester's hairstyle in the already-discussed Rocky Horror Picture Show and the to-be-discussed Young Frankenstein, to stick with just movies that are part of this blog's work. There's also an upcoming remake planned for Universal's Dark Universe, assuming those plans are still on track. But the Bride's story turns out to be rarely revisited in the context of monster movies.
The best place to look was outside of the horror genre. If I hadn't already taken a trip to pre-Dracula Germany with Nosferatu, I might have written about Fritz Lang's 1927 science fiction masterpiece Metropolis, which is chock full of tropes that would surface again and again in later horror and sci-fi movies, including that of the woman animated by technology. I considered going to the '80s and watching John Hughes' Weird Science. Ultimately, though, I settled on a more recent movie about two men and the manmade woman in the lab: Alex Garland's 2014 Ex Machina.
The 1932 The Mummy is, by most metrics, the weakest of the iconic Universal pantheon of monster movies. There are certainly other Universal monster movies that are worse, but of The Big Ones – Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf-Man, The Creature from the Black Lagoon – it's The Mummy that struggles the most. The structure is in many ways derivative of Dracula, the monster's memorable appearance gets barely any screen time, and the movie's strengths aren't enough to outshine its problematic weaknesses.
In other words, of the core Universal canon, it's the one most suited to a remake.


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eUtilities is a free service that allows residents to view their solid waste account activity, make payments, and receive an email to view billing statements. To sign up for this service, click on the following link, Online Bill Payments. On the account login screen, use your account number and the last name of the primary on the account as the log-in information. If you have difficulty logging into your account or have questions about how to navigate the system, please contact the Finance Department at (314) 505-8544. Currently the system only allows for payments using a debit or credit card with a Visa or MasterCard logo.
Save time, by signing up for the Electronic Funds Transfer program for solid waste billing. This program allows solid waste bill payments to be automatically debited from your account five (5) business days before the due date and applied directly to your solid waste bill during each billing cycle. Please return the form along with a copy of a voided check to the Finance Department for processing.
No solid waste from the unit was collected by the City during the vacancy.
Billing will continue until all necessary information is provided and credit has been approved and applied. If approved, the owner will receive a credit for the period of the vacancy. Credit will only be granted to the current owner and is not transferable, and can only be applied to charges for solid waste services.
The City reserves the right to have thirty (30) days to review all requests once all required documentation has been received. The City reserves the right to inspect the property for vacancy.
To apply, please contact the Finance Department at (314) 505-8544 or click on the following link, Residential Vacancy Credit Application, to review the application and it's required documentation.
To receive credit for a vacant building, the building must be registered with the Department of Community Development. At the time of vacant registration, solid waste billing will be suspended, service will be stopped, and trash receptacles will be removed from the vacant property. If you have any further questions regarding vacant registration, please call (314) 505-8500 or click on the following link, Vacant Building Registration, to review the application and it's requirements.
Yard waste stickers cost $7.50 for a strip containing five (5) stickers. Some locations do sell them individually.
Yard waste stickers are NOT required October 15 thru December 31.
Yard waste stickers can also be purchased through the mail, by sending in a self addressed envelope along with your payment to the below listed address. We only accept check or money order.
If you would like to request an additional trash cart because your trash consumption has increased, please submit a request. Residents that have applied for the senior discount rate will not be able to request an additional cart without first opting out of the senior discount rate program. Requesting an additional trash cart will increase your rate. The rate will increase from $110.10 every six-month billing cycle to $220.20 every six-month billing cycle.
If at anytime you would like cancel your second cart request because you have a decrease in trash consumption, please submit a request.
If your trash cart is damaged and needs to be replaced, please contact the Department of Public Works and Parks at (314) 505-8560.