Anyone have experience with rebuilding forks on older Hondas. I've got a '82 CB750F and just acquired a '83 CB1100F that both have leaking fork seals. I'm somewhat capable, but have not done it before. I would appreciate help/supervision from someone with practical experience that would supplement instructions from a clymer's manual or "how-to" website. Generally, If I see it done once - I can do it again. I'm in Tysons Corner, and have a garage, but could trailer the bikes if I had to.
3. have a friend hold one end, and you hold the other.
4. compress and pull (like tug a war) hard, one yank at a time.
5. it will come apart.
6. take all pins out that hold the seals in.
8. put back in and use a manual press to put the seal into place. (looks like a metal tube that you bang down to put the seals in.
9. install c clip and dust seal...try to replace this.
total time 1` hour for both.


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Guwahati, Saturday, September 19, 2015
Naga NGO wants action against Assam Rifles
KOHIMA, Sep 18 (IANS): Even as the Central government imposed a five-year ban on National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang), a well-known social non-governmental organisation has written to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the home ministry seeking a high-level enquiry into alleged killing of women and children by the security forces.
The government has said that "strong action" would be taken against any violation of human rights.
The Naga Mothers' Association, which works to tackle social problems like drug addiction and alcoholism, and work towards peace in the state, said it had provided the government with evidence on the actions of the Assam Rifles personnel.
"We had submitted a memorandum to the PMO and the home ministry, before the ban was decided, giving first hand account of the Assam Rifles killings of civilians and women with photographic evidence and demanding a high-level inquiry in one of the latest incident at Pangsha, Rosemary Dzuvichu, adviser to NMA, told IANS here.
The incident refers to a recent ambush by Assam Rifles in an Indo-Myanmar bordering village, Pangsha, killing a total of six NSCN(K) cadres and three civilians. The incident happened on the same day a delegation of NMA was invited to hold talks with the NSCN(K) to discuss re-joining the ceasefire.
Confirming the meeting with the NMA, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, the government was very clear regarding any military operation and the SoP (standard operating procedures) involved, which is very clearly laid down. "In the North-East also we have very categorically implemented it to see that there is no human rights violation during the operations," Rijiju told IANS on phone.
The minister, who's in charge of human rights issues said: "I have been calling my secretaries, joint secretaries and other officials to ensure that human rights violations are completely avoided in every circumstance."
Rijiju said that if the government comes to know that any officer or soldier was deliberately involved in hitting innocents, "strong action" would be initiated against him or her.
The NMA was started by Neidonuo Angami, a social worker who was later given the Padma Shri for her work.
The NMA adviser said that the ban on the NSCN (K) was another sign of the "dual policy of the government with no true commitment to peace,"
Dzuvichu said the ban, in the midst of peace building efforts by the people, "is very much unwarranted. We appeal for peace to both the Indian government and the NSCN(K)."
The Indian government had banned the militant outfit under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1957 on September 16.
The delegation of NMA, which had visited the Indo-Myanmar border areas to hold talks with the NSCN(K) leaders, after being tasked to do so by the central government, has also expressed its "shock" over the ban.
The NMA is likely to meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh once again in the national capital to discuss the concerns over killings of civilians under the protection of the Armed Forces Specials Powers Act (AFSPA) and hunting down of the NSCN(K) leaders.
The memorandum submitted by the NMA also demanded the withdrawal of all existing armed forces from the state and redeployment of of Naga Indian Reserve Battalions within the state. The Naga IRBs are at present posted in Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal and Delhi. This, the NMA said, would calm down the conflict and give "a breather for peace initiatives."
According to the NMA, they had also taken up the issue with the Inspector General of Assam Rifles in Nagaland's capital, Kohima, but received no response.
The memorandum states: "The NMA is committed to bring our brothers in the NSCN(K) into the ceasefire with the Indian Government and, will continue in our peace initiatives. We will continue to reach out to the other Naga political groups, in hope that we ensure peaceful future and destiny for our younger generations."
IIT-Guwahati student found dead
KMSS rally
Trader dead
Exhibition by Saleha Ahmed
2 women hurt in mishap
CSIR-NEIST celebrates Hindi Week
Cleanliness drive
SC dismisses plea on Mukul's tribal status
'Khaplang never wanted ceasefire'
NITs should get international guidance: Minister
Somdev keeps India on course
NCC girls march into Subroto Cup quarters
Nasir helps Bangladesh A level series

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Sim's Park gets a new look threshold
Radhakrishnan D
Udhagamandalam: The 147 year old Sim's Park in Coonoor was in focus today,with the tourist attraction officially throwing open its new threshold.
Provided at a cost of Rupees ten lakhs,the renovated entrance of the Sim's Park maintained by the Department of Horticulture and Plantation Crops was opened by the Tamil Nadu Forest Minister Mr.K.Ramachandran.
Speaking on the occasion,the Minister adverted to the striking features of the Park,long considered to be the pride of Coonoor.Pointing out that the Park was named after its creator Mr.J.D.Sim,he said that
It housed over 1200 species of plants and trees belonging to 86 families.Many of them were extremely rare.Stating that it hosted the famed Fruit Show annually, he said that the average number of visitors per day was 2000.
Among those present were the Nilgiris Collector Ms.J.Innocent Divya,the District Revenue Officer Ms.Keerthi Priyadarshini,the Sub Collector Ms.Dheepana Vishveshwari and the Joint Director of Horticulture Mr.Sivasubramaniam Samraj.


Maine has passed and will implement ranked-choice voting (RCV) and is trying to get it going by the Maine primaries in June.
Here is how it is supposed to work. Let's say there are 5 candidates. When an individual votes, he/she votes for candidates in order of preference, marking the preferred candidate as his/her first choice, the next preferred candidate as second choice, and so on.
When the votes are counted, if one candidate wins more than 50 percent of the first choice votes in the first round, he/she is the automatic winner. If not, the count goes to round 2 where the candidate with the fewest first choices is eliminated and voters who liked that losing candidate the best have their ballots counted for their second choice. This continues in each round until there is an outright winner.
But why is RCV supposed to be better that our present two party voting system? It's fairer and more Democratic. Under the RCV system, it's the voters who get to elect the winners, not the parties or special interests who do so indirectly.
In the last 30 or so years, unless one is living in the Twilight Zone, voters will have noticed that they no longer represented by the politicians they elected. Elected leaders are now so wholly owned and controlled by corporations, billionaires, and special interests that the very act of voting has become a joke, not unlike flailing your arms to try to fly.
With RCV, voters will have more say in who they elect because their votes will now be used to elect the better and most preferred candidate — they will have contributed overall to the final selection.
Under the present system, for example, if a Republican gets elected with 60 percent of the vote, 40 percent of the Democrats are not represented (and vice versa). In any case, as it exists today, no one gets represented other than the billionaires, corporations, and special interests who have bought and own the candidates outright.
I think RCV is a big improvement over the electoral monstrosity we now have in place.


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 * {@code InputValidator} can be used to validate reader input before adding to {@link DataTable}.
 * If a column is invalid in a row, that whole row will be discarded.
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public interface InputValidator {

	/**
	 * Validates the input string before adding to a {@link DataTable}.
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	 */
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}

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HomeCelebrity Gist
Bobrisky Discloses He Has A Gas Station In Addition To The Hotel He Purchased Recently
By Afrobeatsglobal
After being called out for stealing someone's money to show off, cross dresser Bobrisky has revealed that he owns a gas station in Lekki in addition to the hotel he recently purchased, gloating about his wealth.
Bobrisky revealed why he believes Nigerians despise him, claiming it is because of his wealth, displaying a bag full of cash, which prompted some netizens to demand that he return the money to its rightful owner.
Read Also: Singer Naira Marley's Trial Adjourned For 78 Days
Bobrisky, in order to establish that the money belongs to her, revealed that she owns a gas station in Lekki and a hotel that he had purchased, against his lawyer's advice to keep it hidden.
He went on to say that the money he flaunted isn't significant to him because if it was, he would have sent it to the bank or spent it, but it's not that important to him and it's not anyone's money, claiming that he makes a lot of money off of the insults people throw at her on social media.
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White House announces relief program to help nation's farmers and ranchers
by: Basil John
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced direct assistance to farmers through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
"American farmers, ranchers and growers feed, fuel and sustain our nation," Trump said.
The program provides $16 billion to farmers and ranchers impacted by the pandemic.
"They're proud defenders of the American way of life and I'm proud to stand right by their side," Trump said.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says this program will help get farmers back on their feet.
"They were hurt through their livestock and having to dump milk and other things. That has hurt them. So they'll get direct payments from that perspective," Perdue said.
Starting May 26, the USDA will accept applications from those farmers and ranchers who suffered losses.
Perdue says it won't be long before they receive their assistance.
"When they're able to register and sign up at their local FSA offices, that's next Tuesday. We expect the check to flow within a week to 10 days," Perdue said.
The president and Perdue also point to the Farmers to Families Food Box Program, which sends excess produce to families who need food assistance.
"People were not going to restaurants, there were no colleges, schools or other types of things. So, half of the consumption in America had to be realigned," Perdue said.
Perdue says both programs are designed to keep farmers in business and the food supply chain working while states work to restart the nation's economy.
Studies show about 83% of people who test positive for coronavirus lose their smell and taste.
DeSoto Town & Country
Lyft driver's TikTok plea to help Shreveport rider get car goes viral, exceeds goal


I took both courses, attended the 'live' calls, asked questions and tried to absorb as much as I could. The steps I took were relatively simple, I created a blog and began posting (using Yaro's strategies and advice), I started building a mailing list (using the methods he teaches), and I then decided I was going to create a programme for virtual assistants.
The entire process took 3 months, I was blogging, built up a list of around 500 people, and at the end of the 3 months, I made over $19,000 in additional income. True Story, which you can learn more about from when Yaro interviewed me.
If you liked this interview and you have any interest in blogging to subsidise your VA income or even make a full time income, this is your guy - Yaro has a (Free) report, "Blog Profits Blueprint" which you can get right now, and I've also added his Blog Sales Funnel for you below - between these 2 resources, you're going to have a wealth of information to get you started, and if you sign up for the free Blueprint, I can tell you he'll also be doing a free 'live' webinar, which I highly recommend you attend, he'll let you know the details of that via email.
P.S. You probably know this by now already if you made it to the end of the interview! Yaro is opening up the doors to Blog Mastermind 2.0 this month and I'm so excited about this, it's the (brand new updated version) of the course I took in 2010, and for any virtual assistant or freelancer who wants to take blogging seriously as a way to earn a side income, or even a full-time one, this is the best investment you could ever make. Yaro doesn't just teach a programme, he guides you through it, he's there for help and support and he knows his subject, and countless success stories verify this.
Now for a grand finale ;-) I'm offering a very special bonus for anyone who purchases his programme here. I'm giving FREE access to my course, The VA Educator - The doors are currently closed (but they'll be opening for this offer as a special one-off), so this is not even accessible to the public yet, the course sells for £497 (So that's a course for over $700 completely free!). With this you'll learn how you can structure and build a membership site for a programme, or sell access to any other secure content which is the exact way I was able to generate that income from Yaro's course in 2010, so with both of these you'll have all the tools you need.
So, if you feel this could change the course of your life as much as it has mine, check out his Blog Mastermind 2.0 course, but before you buy, come back to this post and CLICK THIS LINK (which is my tracking link) and then I'll know who you are and will be able to provide access to The VA Educator course, completely free! Happy Blogging!
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[EXCLUSIVE] IDW Preview: ROM: Tales of the Solstar Order #1 Special Edition – AiPT!
– Rom comic co-creator Sal Buscema's triumphant return to Rom interiors!
– The final fate of a Solstar Knight collected in one special edition!
– Bonus: Interview with the art team!


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from setuptools import setup

# local
try:
    from sqlalchemy_materialized_paths import VERSION
except ImportError:
    from .sqlalchemy_materialized_paths import VERSION

try:
    long_description = open("README.rst").read()
except OSError:
    long_description = "not available"

try:
    license_ = open("LICENSE").read()
except OSError:
    license_ = "not available"

setup(
    name = "sqlalchemy-materialized-paths",
    version = VERSION,
    description = "SQLAlchemy materialized paths mixin",
    long_description = long_description,
    author = "Benedikt Schmitt",
    author_email = "benedikt@benediktschmitt.de",
    url = "https://github.com/benediktschmitt/sqlalchemy-materialized-paths",
    download_url = "https://github.com/benediktschmitt/sqlalchemy-materialized-paths/archive/master.zip",
    py_modules = ["sqlalchemy_materialized_paths"],
    license = license_,
    install_requires = [
        "sqlalchemy"
    ],
    classifiers = [
        "License :: Public Domain",
        "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
        "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
        "Programming Language :: SQL"
    ],
)


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Talitroides topitotum är en kräftdjursart som först beskrevs av Burt 1934.  Talitroides topitotum ingår i släktet Talitroides och familjen tångloppor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Externa länkar

Tångloppor
topitotum

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Keuze uit: with pineapple, with artichokes, with broccoli, with mushrooms, with egg en meer.
Keuze uit: with anchovies, with artichokes, with aubergine, with bacon, with beef, minced en meer.
Keuze uit: with rice of with salad.


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Roberto Chiappa (Terni, Úmbria, 11 de setembre de 1973) va ser un ciclista italià especialista en pista. Va aconseguir dues medalles als Campionats del món en tàndem fent parella amb Federico Paris. Guanyador de nombrosos campionats nacionals, va participar en quatre edicions del Jocs Olímpics.

Palmarès
 1991
  Campió del món júnior en Velocitat
 1992
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
 1993
  Campió del món en Tàndem (amb Federico Paris)
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
 1r al Gran Premi de Copenhaguen
 1994
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
 1995
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
 1996
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
 1997
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
 1998
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
 1999
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
 2000
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
 2001
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
 2002
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
 2003
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
  Campió d'Itàlia en Keirin
 2004
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
  Campió d'Itàlia en Keirin
 2005
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat per equips
  Campió d'Itàlia en Keirin
 2006
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat per equips
  Campió d'Itàlia en Keirin
 2007
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat per equips
  Campió d'Itàlia en Keirin
 2008
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat per equips
  Campió d'Itàlia en Keirin
 2009
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
  Campió d'Itàlia en Keirin
 2010
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat
  Campió d'Itàlia en Velocitat per equips

Resultats a la Copa del Món en pista
 1998
 1r a Hyères, en Keirin
 1999
 1r a la Classificació general i a les prova de Ciutat de Mèxic, en Keirin
 1r a Fiorenzuola d'Arda, en Velocitat
 2000
 1r a la Classificació general i a les prova de Ciutat de Mèxic, en Keirin
 2001
 1r a la Classificació general i a les proves de Szczecin i Ciutat de Mèxic, en Velocitat
 2007-2008
 1r a Los Angeles, en Keirin

Enllaços externs
 Fitxa a sitiodeciclismo.net
 Fitxa a cyclebase.nl
 Fitxa a museociclismo.it
 Fitxa als Jocs Olímpics

Ciclistes d'Úmbria
Persones de Terni
Esportistes italians als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992
Esportistes italians als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1996
Esportistes italians als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 2000
Esportistes italians als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 2008


At the highest organisational levels, CORNFELD offers support in achieving the optimal composition of the board of directors.
CORNFELD can draw on many years of executive search experience when it comes to direct search for and selection of future board members. Together with the board of directors, CORNFELD analyses the baseline situation and assesses the personalities, abilities and areas of competence of current and potential members. In addition to pertinent experience, qualities such as independent thinking, integrity, foresight and courage play an essential role in this respect. CORNFELD helps its clients to identify the relevant criteria and supports the board members in their endeavour to sustainably generate greater value for the shareholders.
CORNFELD keeps a very close watch on the ongoing changes being made in the field of corporate governance. We regard specific codes of conduct as necessary but we do not consider them sufficient in themselves. Only an independent line-up of outstanding personalities, capable of working synergistically as a team, can lead an organisation to real success.


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Discover the 2018 Oscar nominated documentary features
Guidedoc presents the five feature documentary films nominated for the Oscar this 2018.
Abacus by Steve James
Veteran filmmaker Steve James finally gets his first Oscar nomination with this financial thriller about the only bank that was prosecuted after the 2008 financial crisis. Operated by the Sungs, a family of Chinese origin, the Abacus Federal Savings Bank attended mostly to the Chinese immigrant community in New York and had one of the lowest default rates in America. The Sung's nightmare begins when in 2009 they discover that one of their loan officers falsified documents after having received bribes from borrowers. The film documents the details of the trial that was held later to the surprise of the Sungs, who took action against the officer and alerted the banking authorities as soon as they found out about the fraud. Through interviews with all those involved in the case, including the Sung family, the documentary is a sober and intelligent film that reveals the influence of the great weights of finance on American judicial system.
Strong Island by Yance Ford
"I think that everybody should know that there is a generation of trans directors who are coming for their Oscars" was one of the statements of Yance Ford at the time of commenting on being the first trans director to be nominated for an academy award. Son of black parents who left the south of the United States looking for better living conditions in the northern cities, Yance tackles a subject with a solid awareness of racial implications in a country that still hears the echo of segregation. Locating himself within the narrative, in the documentary Yance unravels the murder of his brother William, a black man who was shot dead by a white man in 1992, a case that never went to trial.
Icarus by Bryan Fogel
This documentary is one of the best examples of when what happens behind the camera is equal or more interesting than the actual film. What began as a documented experiment conducted by Fogel himself in an attempt to demonstrate the fallibility of anti-doping tests in professional sport became a large-scale geopolitical conflict overnight. Grigory Rodchenkov, a Russian scientist in charge of the anti-doping laboratory in Moscow, went from being a secondary character to being the center of the plot after the scandal of the doping violations that resulted in the ban of the Russian Olympic team from the 2018 Winter Olympics. Filmed over the course of several years, the documentary follows this case and delves into the cracks of the global anti-doping system with a compelling narrative.
Faces, Places by Agnes Varda and JR
A legendary filmmaker and a street artist who never takes off his dark glasses team up to spin a pleasant and inspiring film about the stories behind each human face. Varda, who admirably demonstrates how alive her imagination is at 88 years of age, accompanies JR in his truck as it goes around the French countryside with the aim of collecting faces and stories. Everything consists of photographing the inhabitants of several French towns and displaying them on the surrounding architecture. The unpredictable reactions of those who are photographed together with the reflections of both filmmakers on the power of the image build an extraordinary essay on art as has rarely been seen in cinema.
Last Men in Aleppo by Firas Fayyaad
Syrian-born Firas Fayyaad builds a crude and sincere approach to the center of the war in Syria. Never is a new story from this conflict worthless in such a devastating scenario, which has already taken more than 250,000 lives since the first bullet was fired. The film follows the operations of the White Helmets, a rescue group formed by volunteer civilians who day after day try to save lives among the ruins of Aleppo. With the intention of documenting the life that resists among the rubble, Fayyaad brings us closer to the daily life of these men and their families. From their own voice we know their dilemmas, their ways of facing a bleak horizon and, above all, their lack of understanding of what is happening, a situation where only the sense of survival commands.


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Home Crisis Responders Campus Security Got Preparedness? Preparedness Without Paranoia is Key (Multi-Video)
Got Preparedness? Preparedness Without Paranoia is Key (Multi-Video)
Learn to recognize telltale signs of an evolving threat, and become empowered to take effective action without hesitation.
Today, 'active shooter' incidents are at the top of everyone's mind in American.
We are hard pressed to make it through a day without media outlets describing graphic details of the most recent event.
Just this morning, a woman shot and killed three people at a drugstore distribution center in Harford County, Maryland, before shooting herself in the head twice in an apparent suicide attempt, officials report.
Fear of active shooter threats are real, pervasive and debilitating, leaving countless lives encumbered by uncertainty and fear.
(A shooter killed three people and wounded two others at a drugstore distribution center in Harford County, Maryland, officials said. Courtesy of CNN and YouTube. Posted on Sep 20, 2018.)
On average it takes 6-8 minutes for law enforcement to arrive on the scene and by then much of the damage has already been done.
Developing a preparedness mindset is a foundation for understanding what happens when an ordinary day turns into an extraordinary one, and identifies the decisions that need to be made, including what to do when law enforcement arrives.
Active threats can and do happen where we work, where we learn, where we worship, where we serve and where we play.
Active Threat Readiness (ATR) training educates, engages and empowers individuals to recognize threats, act without hesitation and replace fear with confidence.
Kiernan Group Holdings, a Platinum Award Winner in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, and a strong competitor in the 2018 'ASTORS' Program, believes that individuals are always the initial responders in a catastrophic event and can be better prepared to change the outcome when an ordinary day turns into an extraordinary one.
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Develop Skills in Awareness, Preparedness, Response and Recovery
Preparedness Without Paranoia®
KGH's Preparedness Without Paranoia® approach provides education and training for individuals to gain a heightened situational awareness and understanding of today's multidimensional threat environment, recognize telltale signs of an evolving threat, and become empowered to take effective action without hesitation.
By replacing confusion with clarity, KGH training prepares participants and organizations to mitigate the unseen costs of what has become a national crisis-immeasurable health, social, and economic consequences.
The approach is non-tactical by design. It is complementary to the tactical concepts and operations employed by first responders. Those brave men and women who deliberately run towards danger not away.
The Preparedness Without Paranoia® approach prepares individuals for the spectrum of active threats faced in public and social environments and equips them with the confidence to Prepare, Respond, and Recover in these situations.
(Learn More about KGH's Preparedness Without Paranoia™ (PWP) training, courtesy of Kiernan Group Holdings (KGH) and YouTube.)
KGH's Preparedness Without Paranoia® approach fosters an educated, engaged, and resilient public.
Individuals will gain a heightened situational awareness to:
Understand today's multidimensional threat environment,
Recognize telltale signs of an evolving threat,
Empower people to take effective action, and
Understand how to recover and resume one's daily activities in an effective manner
Dr. Kathleen Kiernan, CEO of Kiernan Group Holdings (KGH)
"I developed Preparedness Without Paranoia (PWP) because violence is no longer a rarity nor confined to any type or place of business," explains Dr. Kathleen Kiernan, Chief Executive Officer of Kiernan Group Holdings (KGH), and a 29 year veteran of federal law enforcement with the ATF.
Active threat incidents can happen anywhere, to anyone, at any time: where we work, where we serve, where we learn, where we worship, and even where we play, as evidenced by the grievous attacks in mass gathering venues where families go to relax and be entertained.
The second and third order effects on society are incalculable from a human suffering perspective, as families never fully heal.
From a socioeconomic perspective, the impacts on commerce resonate across the critical infrastructure community in terms of the hotel and travel industry, long-term health care, job loss and an undercurrent of uncertainty when making decisions on personal and corporate security.
Perspectives on security have shifted as the routine assumptions that a military base or other "hard target" would preclude the opportunity for an assailant to gain access, as we have painfully learned, is no longer viable.
Mitigating this evolving threat environment from a citizen/practitioner level through education on preparedness of both individuals and organizations is at the core of KGH's business model.
KGH expects to see more hybrid-type attacks like those using vehicles that are re-purposed into weapons as well as a new hybrid warfare which employs multiple weapon systems to include a combination of physical and cyber-attacks.
Firearms, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and knives have long been the weapons of choice for terrorists, but in what has become their latest warfare tactic motor vehicles are being weaponized as their instruments of attack against pedestrians.
While this tactic has long been used in conflict zones such as in the Middle East and elsewhere), it is relatively new in the West, including the United States.
During the 2016 – 2017 period, for example, in Western Europe, the United States, and Canada, based on a rough estimate, 12 of the 27 multiple-casualty terrorist attacks, in which two or more casualties were inflicted, have employed trucks, vans or cars that are intentionally driven into public crowds, sometimes over long stretches before the attacks are terminated, usually through crashes.
(On October 31, 2017, Islamist terrorist Sayfullo Saipov intentionally drove a rented pickup truck into cyclists and runners for one mile of the Hudson River Park's bike path in Lower Manhattan, in a vehicle-ramming attack the killed eight people, and injured eleven others. Courtesy of Fox News and YouTube. Posted on Oct 31, 2017.)
At times, the attackers' violence continues when they flee their vehicles and inflict further damage on pedestrians, using hand-held weapons.
The KGH team continues to monitor, research, and analyze vehicle ramming and other emerging hybrid scenarios and platforms to identify the adversarial technology adaptation cycle.
Understanding the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP's) used by active assailants results in state of practice training and services for our clients.
Often, the means to an attack include the adversarial exploitation of routine behavior and process when expectations of threats are low, for instance, attending an open-air event or riding a bicycle on a city street.
"These are precisely the kinds of threats that are often hidden in plain sight, invisible to the untrained eye," says Dr. Kiernan.
"KGH specializes in training individuals and organizations on how to identify these hidden threats and what to do when they are identified."
"When individuals are prepared, they are also confident and capable of responding quickly and appropriately; if they have planned, practiced and, most importantly, accepted the fact that violence can occur anywhere, they will know how to respond," says Dr. Kiernan.
She added: "I like to think of it as seeing with one's ears, and hearing with one's eyes, a variation on sensory perceptions which can refine cognitive abilities and identify early indicators of anomalous behavior."
Three types of attacks which repurpose vehicles as weapons:
Type 1 – the vehicles are intentionally driven into public crowds to cause as many casualties as possible
Note found in truck claims the October 31st Manhattan attack done for ISIS, source says (Image courtesy of YouTube)
Type 2 – the vehicles ram into crowds and the driver gets out and uses hand-held weapons to attack bystanders and first responders, and
Type 3 – the vehicles are used to breach a hardened target's security to conduct a further attack within its compound
"Security is now a personal responsibility" explains Dr. Kiernan.
"Security sense is really just common sense."
"Everyone, from the kitchen table to the boardroom table should take the opportunity to learn about techniques that can enhance their situational awareness and preparedness" and employ these skills regularly."
"As kids, we all learned security lessons about danger, danger from passing cars, fire, strangers, sharp or hot objects and we retain those lessons throughout life."
"These new lessons are not all that different."
"Preparedness Without Paranoia™ (PWP) is predicated on the fact that understanding the modern threat environment and training for the worst-case scenario does not have to be an intimidating or overwhelming task."
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"If individuals, from children to adults, are trained on how to survive an active threat, they will act as they have been trained when and if an incident occurs."
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"One of the easiest points for individuals to learn—developing a sense of awareness for what is going on around us—is the hardest, sometimes, for us to put to practice."
"People often see but do not react to important early-warning indicators that could identify a person on the pathway to violence because they are themselves distracted by the demands of a busy life and may not want to get involved for fear of reprisal, or fear of being wrong."
"The triggers which can compel an individual include life stress imposed by job loss, divorce, financial problems, and health issues to identify a few."
"Learning to accept that a culture of active engagement is beneficial to all mitigates the sense of "reporting" a colleague or friend who appears to be struggling to HR, and directly contributes to a safer work environment."
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The historical reliance on calling 9-1-1 and waiting for first responders to arrive is no longer a viable singular option.
First responders (law enforcement, fire, EMTs) take, on average, 8 to 10 minutes to arrive to an active threat scene.
That 8 to 10 minutes is an eternity if you are in the pathway of an individual on a rampage.
Those crucial first minutes of the attack may well determine who survives and who does not.
Often, by the time the first responders arrive at the scene, the assailant will have already achieved his or her objective and either committed suicide, or staged for the final confrontation with law enforcement.
What this means is that the average citizen is now the initial responder; that survivability from a violent attack could depend on the preparedness, confidence and capabilities of one's coworkers, employees, co-worshippers and or until that time, strangers in public venues who have consciously prepared for an event.
KGH is continually adding research to the PWP approach, such as their Minor Visions program which focuses on our youngest and most vulnerable segment of the population.
(Learn More about KGH's Minor Visions Program, because Security Sense is Common Sense – and applicable to all ages. Courtesy of Kiernan Group Holdings (KGH) and YouTube.)
"These kids will carry the lessons learned in our training throughout their lives," says Dr. Kiernan, "and capturing their worldview really ensures that the learning models are accurate."
"We obviate the presumption that a singular training model suits all age levels and learning styles."
"We are educated by the kids who have already translated Preparedness Without Paranoia™ into "Be Prepared Not Scared" and as one young earnest learner very seriously informed me that "Clever Beats Strong" when we were discussing what the fight piece, of the national run, hide, fight model means to a ten-year old!"
"I think she is exactly right," said Kiernan.
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Charlie Sheen 'spent $1m on call girls in past year'
Charlie Sheen (AP)
Published Sunday, February 06, 2011
Charlie Sheen has reportedly spent $1 million on call girls in the last year alone.
The troubled 'Two and a Half Men' actor - who is currently undergoing rehab at his Los Angeles home after being rushed to hospital last week following a 36-hour alcohol and cocaine binge - is allegedly "obsessed" with young porn stars, and has been supplied with "hundreds" by Hollywood madam Rita Hernandez in the past year alone.
Rita, also known by her stage name Felony, explained: "I've known Charlie for years and I arranged girls for him. He was obsessed with young, new porn stars and they had to be aged 18 to 24, no older.
"He'd call me from Vegas, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, wherever and whenever he wanted them. Charlie really upped the ante in the last 12 months. He seemed to order many more girls because he had split with his wife.
"In the end he was so jacked up on cocaine, pills and alcohol that he couldn't even have sex. What he was doing to himself was quite sad."
The 30-year-old adult star - who met the 45-year-old actor at a party four years ago - also admitted "self-destructing" Charlie has been living in a "fantasy" world.
She added to the Daily Mirror newspaper: "What was most astonishing was that one minute he'd be partying hard with these girls and the next he was off filming his show. I can't believe how well he could ¬function when in private he was self-destructing.
"Charlie was out of control. He was living his fantasy, an almost X-rated version of his TV show. But these girls weren't his friends, Charlie was paying for companionship."


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Q: PHP: First element of array as a condition I have two possible post arrays (held in an array called $post). One looks like this:
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        array(5) {
            ["Fcilty_nam"]=>
            string(9) "Test Site"
            ["Shp_num_an"]=>
            string(15) "5 The Test Site"
            ["State"]=>
            string(3) "NSW"
            ["Postcode"]=>
            string(7) "LA7 7BF"
            ["Enabled"]=>
            string(1) "1"
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    ["term"]=>
    string(4)"test"
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I'm trying to create a conditional statement that does something dependent on the first array key in the $post array. Currently I have this:
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This is not working however. Does anyone know the solution here? Thanks

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One of the news items that's been bounding about the web and on the airwaves in recent days concerns an admission by Google that it "screwed up" by gathering private wireless data while taking pictures for its Street View mapping initiative.
The mishap came to light first in Australia, where Google was caught capturing 600 gigabytes worth of wi-fi data from personal and business wireless networks without owners' permission. Google has since been accused of unauthorized interception of user personal data including e-mails, audio and video, which potentially could be linked to specific addresses.
Google insists that the personal data were "inadvertently" collected during the street sweeps by its large fleet of vehicles cruising cities in more than 30 countries.
Some observers may be content to take Google management at its word that personal data were "mistakenly" gathered during its street sweeps – despite the fact that this blunder was evidently repeated in Germany, Italy, France, Denmark, Austria, Ireland, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland and the Czech Republic … as well as here in the U.S. in states like Connecticut and Missouri.
Consumer Watchdog calls Google's action "a flagrant intrusion into consumers' privacy." And the Connecticut and Missouri attorneys general are now weighing in as well with their own investigations.
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from this story is not whether Sergey Brin, Larry Page and the other honchos at Google might or might not have nefarious plans for the use of personal wi-fi data. It's the realization that such information can be collected at all.
And the next time, it might not be by such a benign organization.
What's the latest news in this juicy story? Google reports that it has deleted only the personal data it collected in Ireland, Denmark and Austria. For the time being, it's holding onto the rest.


It is so hard to find a reliable strategy these days. When you look for great systems you will often find them at very expensive prices. Other systems on the other hand may be good, badly made, or just simply bad. When it comes to looking for an ideal system you may rely on the EUR/USD simple system. This system is simple and it also comes with easy to understand explanations. This system was originally made for Forex trading and be readily used for Binary Trading.
KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE EUR/USD SIMPLE STRATEGY!
This simple strategy makes use of two popular indicators. The strategy's author stated that it can be used for specific pairs but it can also be used to just commodities, stock indexes, and currency pairs. This system relies on Parabolic SAR's signals for buy and sell that are MACD confirmed. The author makes use of basic settings for the two indicators. It also makes use of thirty minute chart bars. If you use it, it is best to use it at eight in the morning to twelve noon time once London and New York sessions overlap.
USING THE EUR/USD SIMPLE STRATEGY!
This strategy is so simple to use. The signal's first half is generated from Parabolic SAR. When the Parabolic SAR provides a signal for buy and sell you have to prepare for trading in that direction, be it bearish or bullish. Once the MACD verifies that signal, that's when the real buy or sell signal enters. Once the parabolic SAR shows buy signals the MACD has to cross zero line from a lower level in order to verify. Weaker MACD signals should not be taken. Zero line crossovers are the ones that need to be taken. This goes true in revere. Once a sell signal is provided by the parabolic SAR you have to wait for the MACD zero line to cross from the top in order to verify it. If there are no confirmations, then there are no trades.
Another great addition to the strategy is that it also offers some exit tips. These may not be fully useful for binary options but it can bring you to other ideas. You can see exit signals when the MACD crosses again below zero line. However, you cannot use such sell signals along with binary options but you can use it in some other ways. With a sell signal, you can have a chance to use a straddle technique that can lead to winning trades.
WHY IS EUR/USD SIMPLE STRATEGY GOOD?
The fact that it makes use of trusted and reputable indicators makes it a reliable system. It is quite good because it needs confirmation and makes use of more than just indicators. It is good because you can use it on different currency pairs. The SPX also seems to work too. It is also good because it uses different times frames. It brings signals for straddling and hedging. Moreover, this strategy exemplifies the essential characteristics that you may consider very important in a good strategy it relies on the meeting of indicators for signal generation.
WHY IS EUR/USD SIMPLE STRATEGY NOT GOOD?
There are many reasons why this is a not so good strategy. The first thing why it's bad is that it does not fully consider trend. If there were some contemplation towards trend or even signal convergence in one or time frames it will lessen some problems. MACD here is an indicator that allows lagging. When you wait for the zero line to cross for verification, you may be kept out of successful trade. If you trade with trend, a weak MACD signal may be handles but with lesser success rate. The second reason why this strategy is bad is that the fact that it has no regard for trend, the system will produce signals that may counter the trend. These counter trend trade may be quite profitable but in most cases it may lead to losses. Because of its lags, it may not be a very advisable strategy for contrarian trading.
Generally, this is a great strategy. It offers user friendly signals. These signals are easy to read and area very clear. You can also easily apply it to binary options. If you want better results you may use in together with other techniques that determine trends. This way you can filter traps and poor signals. Among the most fundamental rules of trading is trading with trend. No strategy must overlook this. This strategy is ideal for an amateur trader who likes to trade in shorter time frames. It may also be ideal for novice traders who have knowledge on trend identification.


International teachers share their experiences and observations from inside Ontario's schools.
For teachers with a vision for change, there's a wide range of options for developing crucial leadership skills.
Canadian music icon Steven Page discusses the teacher who helped him fine-tune his self-confidence and excel at something he loved.
Tommy Smythe discusses compassion and courage during his formative years, both of which helped lay the foundation for his design and TV career.
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Arthritis Res Ther. 2009;11(5):R153. doi: 10.1186/ar2829. Epub 2009 Oct 12.
Are CD4+CD25-Foxp3+ cells in untreated new-onset lupus patients regulatory T cells?
Yang HX1, Zhang W, Zhao LD, Li Y, Zhang FC, Tang FL, He W, Zhang X.
Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, #41 Da-Mu-Cang-Hu-Tong Street, Beijing, 100032, China. huaxia.yang@gmail.com
Our previous study has reported that, in patients with untreated new-onset lupus (UNOL), there was an abnormal increase in the number of CD4+CD25-Foxp3+ T cells that correlated with disease activity and significantly decreased after treatment. However, little is known about the nature of this cell entity. The aim of this study was to explore the nature of abnormally increased CD4+CD25-Foxp3+ T cells in UNOL patients.
The expressions of surface (CD4, CD25, CD127, chemokine receptor 4 [CCR4], glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor [GITR], and cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 [CTLA-4]) and intracellular (Foxp3) molecules as well as cytokine synthesis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 22 UNOL patients were analyzed by flow cytometry. The proliferative and suppressive capacities of different T-cell subgroups from UNOL patients were also assessed.
In UNOL patients, the percentages of CD127(low/-) in CD25(high), CD25(low), and CD25- subpopulations of CD4+Foxp3+ T cells were 93.79% +/- 3.48%, 93.66% +/- 2.31%, and 91.98% +/- 2.14%, respectively (P > 0.05), whereas the expressions of Foxp3 showed significant differences in CD25(high) (91.38% +/- 2.57%), CD25(low) (71.89% +/- 3.31%), and CD25- (9.02% +/- 2.21%) subpopulations of CD4+CD127(low/-) T cells (P < 0.01). The expressions of surface CCR4, GITR, and CTLA-4 on CD4+CD25-Foxp3+ T cells were significantly less than CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T cells (P < 0.05). Moreover, unlike CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ T cells, CD4+CD25-Foxp3+ T cells also synthesized interferon-gamma, interleukin (IL)-4, IL-2, and IL-17 (P < 0.05), though less than CD4+CD25+Foxp3- T cells. The suppressive capacity was most prominent in CD4+CD25(high)CD127(low/-), followed by CD4+CD25(low)CD127(low/-). CD4+CD25-CD127- T cells showed the least suppressive capacity, which was similar to the effector T cells.
CD4+CD25-Foxp3+ T cells in UNOL patients are different from regulatory T cells, both phenotypically and functionally. CD127 is not an appropriate surface marker for intracellular Foxp3 in CD4+CD25- T cells.
Identity of mysterious CD4+CD25-Foxp3+ cells in SLE. [Arthritis Res Ther. 2010]
10.1186/ar2829
Expressions of CD127 on CD25high, CD25low, and CD25- subpopulations of CD4+ Foxp3+ T cells from patients with untreated new-onset lupus (UNOL).
Arthritis Res Ther. 2009;11(5):R153-R153.
Expressions of Foxp3 in CD25high, CD25low, and CD25- subpopulations of CD4+ CD127low/- T cells from patients with untreated new-onset lupus (UNOL).
Expressions of glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor (GITR), cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4), and chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) on CD4+ subpopulations from patients with untreated new-onset lupus (UNOL). (A) CD4+ CD25- Foxp3+. (B) CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+. (C) CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3-. (D) CD4+ CD25- Foxp3-.
Expressions of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), interleukin (IL)-4, IL-2, and IL-17 on CD4+ subpopulations from patients with untreated new-onset lupus (UNOL). (A) CD4+ CD25- Foxp3+. (B) CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3+. (C) CD4+ CD25+ Foxp3-. (D) CD4+ CD25- Foxp3-.
Assessment of proliferative and suppressive capacities of CD4+ CD25- CD127+, CD4+ CD25highCD127low/-, CD4+ CD25lowCD127low/-, and CD4+ CD25- CD127- T cells from patients with untreated new-onset lupus. Values are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean (n = 8). OD, optical density.
Biomarkers/analysis
CD4 Antigens/biosynthesis
CD4 Antigens/immunology
Cell Separation
Forkhead Transcription Factors/biosynthesis
Forkhead Transcription Factors/immunology
Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit/biosynthesis
Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit/immunology
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/blood
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology*
T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology*
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T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology*
T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/metabolism
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FOXP3 protein, human
Forkhead Transcription Factors
Interleukin-2 Receptor alpha Subunit
Lupus - Genetic Alliance
Lupus - MedlinePlus Health Information


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Prominent Retraction Vindicates Stephen Meyer and Signature in the Cell
Ann Gauger struck the right note here yesterday with the news of a major retraction of a 2016 paper by Nobel laureate Jack Szostak, of Harvard Medical School, in Nature Chemistry. He and his postdoc Tivoli Olsen, who showed that his results couldn't be duplicated, deserve kudos for candor and self-correction.
Of interest, too, is that the retraction serves to vindicate an argument Stephen Meyer made back in 2009 with Signature in the Cell. See, especially, Chapter 14 ("The RNA World") which discusses Szostak's work. The 2016 paper, obviously, isn't covered by Meyer there. But at the time, criticism suggested that Szostak and others were fast closing in on a solution to the origin-of-life problem with the "principle of RNA self-replication," touted by Szostak in, for example, a 2009 Scientific American article. Following the publication of Meyer's book, Szostak himself criticized "anti-evolution ID" for science "denial." He observed, "this kind of denial is a dangerous thing; denial of reality is extremely bad for the future of our country (and our world)."
So we've heard. Yet his own preferred solution to life's origin, "non-enzymatic replication of RNA," exists on what appears to be an ever-receding horizon. Szostak and his colleagues wrote:
The non-enzymatic replication of RNA is thought to have been a critical process required for the origin of life. One unsolved difficulty with non-enzymatic RNA replication is that template-directed copying of RNA results in a double-stranded product. After strand separation, rapid strand reannealing outcompetes slow non-enzymatic template copying, which renders multiple rounds of RNA replication impossible. Here we show that oligoarginine peptides slow the annealing of complementary oligoribonucleotides by up to several thousand-fold; however, short primers and activated monomers can still bind to template strands, and template-directed primer extension can still occur, all within a phase-separated condensed state, or coacervate. Furthermore, we show that within this phase, partial template copying occurs even in the presence of full-length complementary strands. This method to enable further rounds of replication suggests one mechanism by which short non-coded peptides could have enhanced early cellular fitness, and potentially explains how longer coded peptides, that is, proteins, came to prominence in modern biology.
That's the result that has now been retracted.
Meyer wrote in Signature in the Cell, following an analysis of Szostak's research:
As I have investigated various models that combined chance and necessity, I have noted an increasing sense of futility and frustration arising amongst scientists who work on the origin of life. As I surveyed the literature, it became clear that this frustration had been building for many years.
I began to reflect on the failure of these simulations to explain the DNA enigma apart from the guidance of intelligent scientists. I wondered if they hadn't inadvertently provided evidence for a radically different approach to the problem of biological information. This led me back to where I had started — to the idea of intelligent design and to a consideration of the scientific case in its favor.
That is exactly what happened with the retraction story. Szostak by his own admission was "incredibly excited" by the outcome of his work. But as Retraction Watch puts it, "the team had misinterpreted the initial data." It was "definitely embarrassing," as Szostak concedes. "In retrospect, we were totally blinded by our belief." Again, as Dr. Gauger notes, his honesty is to be praised.
But what is that about being "blinded" by "belief"? I hear an echo of his remarks on intelligent design and its peril, in which he added the comment, "I think that belief systems based on faith are inherently dangerous, as they leave the believer susceptible to manipulation when skepticism and inquiry are discouraged."
As he now admits, though, it was his own team that was led astray by "belief."
Meanwhile in the origin-of-life community, the sense of what Meyer called "futility and frustration" persists. And Signature in the Cell remains the preeminent guide for explaining OOL scientists' perplexity, while proposing an alternative approach. One wishes, as Brian Miller says today, that they would put aside materialist bias, embrace genuine "skepticism and inquiry," and seriously consider that alternative.
Photo: Jack Szostak, by Markus Pössel (Mapos) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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David Klinghoffer is a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute and the editor of Evolution News & Science Today, the daily voice of Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture, reporting on intelligent design, evolution, and the intersection of science and culture. Klinghoffer is also the author of six books, a former senior editor and literary editor at National Review magazine, and has written for the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Seattle Times, Commentary, and other publications. Born in Santa Monica, California, he graduated from Brown University in 1987 with an A.B. magna cum laude in comparative literature and religious studies. David lives near Seattle, Washington, with his wife and children.
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Pretending by Holly Bourne
He said he was looking for a 'partner in crime' which everyone knows is shorthand for 'a woman who isn't real'.
April is kind, pretty, and relatively normal – yet she can't seem to get past date five. Every time she thinks she's found someone to trust, they reveal themselves to be awful, leaving her heartbroken. And angry.
If only April could be more like Gretel.
Gretel is exactly what men want – she's a Regular Everyday Manic Pixie Dream Girl Next Door With No Problems. The problem is, Gretel isn't real. And April is now claiming to be her.
As soon as April starts 'being' Gretel, dating becomes much more fun – especially once she reels in the unsuspecting Joshua.
Finally, April is the one in control, but can she control her own feelings? And as she and Joshua grow closer, how long will she be able to keep pretending?
Holly Bourne's Pretending is contemporary fiction about online dating and the risks you take when you pursue a new relationship with someone — the book explores themes of identity, self-worth, but also trauma and grief.
April struggles with who she has to 'be' in order for a guy to like her and want to progress past date number five. Being herself certainly isn't working, so she takes on this fake 'Gretel' persona to see if new guy Joshua will last longer than the guys before him.
Pretending explores online dating for women, and illustrates the truth can be twisted when you meet someone digitally. There are certainly some heavy moments throughout the book, but Holly also weaves in a lot of humour and heart — Pretending is an emotional rollercoaster worth reading.
"Joshua wants me there at seven. So Gretel should turn up at around seven fifteen. I wonder if he wants us to have sex before, or after, dinner. I'd rather before, if I'm being honest with you. I still don't understand how anyone can be in the mood with a full, swollen stomach digesting a hunk of beef or whatever it is he's going to cook to impress me."
Pretending explores sexual violence within relationships, and how boundaries can be blurred in the midst of a loving relationship. Boyfriends can cross a line when it comes to sex, leaving their girlfriend hurt and confused and unsure of what has happened.
Rape and the unprocessed trauma of sexual assault is a major thread in the book; I'm surprised how the blurb of the book completely hides this. April previously dated a guy who raped her twice, and she is still finding it difficult to process it. She didn't realise it was sexual assault until some time after the incidents, and now she works at a charity organisation where she comes into contact with women all the time who have gone through the same thing she has and are incredibly confused about what they've experienced.
April feels like her role at the charity helps women who have experienced what she experienced, but at the same time, it means she is constantly reminded about what happened to her and she feels anxious and uneasy most of the time.
When April is with men, memories from those nights will come back to her and she finds it difficult to confide in other people about how she's feeling. Under the surface, she has a lot of anger and rage about men that threatens to come to the surface at any moment.
This book may encourage female readers to acknowledge if they've ever had an experience like April's that perhaps they haven't really processed yet. It's a really confronting experience, but moulded within a contemporary romance novel.
"What if revenge is good? Do we ever allow ourselves to ask that question? What if turning the other cheek is not the answer? Because I'll tell you what. I've lived my whole life as a girl and I've turned so many goddamned cheeks I'm surprised I have any skin left on my face. And yet it's never once made me feel better. Not like how I feel when I think about Gretel."
April and her roommate Meghan have pretty solid characterisation — I feel like we've all known someone with their personalities in our lives. Their 'voices' are also incredibly different, and Holly is able to craft such vivid characters but also portray them to be completely seperate from one another.
April and Meghan are both vulnerable in different ways, and female readers will sympathise. Joshua doesn't always feel believable or 'real' as a man on the dating scene, but he's a welcome addition to the core cast of characters.
"We launch into mutually drunken conversation, becoming one of those pissed couples you see, standing outside a pub on a summer's evening, leaning in a bit too much to hear what the other is saying. He asks me about my plans for the summer, and I say I'm saving up for Africa."
Admittedly, the premise of the book is a little absurd and predictable. How is she going to weave her way out of this relationship when she's been telling the guy a fake name? How will he explain it to his friends? How awkward is this entire situation!
Readers will find similarities in April — some more than others — but she can also be quite insufferable. She can be a bit tiresome and she doesn't really think ahead. For example, she spends the majority of the book dating a guy who thinks she's called Gretel. She invites him to be her +1 at a wedding, and naturally, it left me wondering how she could possibly go the entire evening without something calling her April and giving away her secret? Spoiler alert: many people call her April and her secret is ruined.
Additionally, I did find the book to be a bit 'preachy' at times. The messages in the book are already very clear, and I think readers will take a lot away from the story. But there were times where it felt like April was 'teaching' the reader and it wasn't necessary. It made me feel like I was 'supposed' to feel a certain way, and I wanted to come to my own conclusions about the situation. I don't think this is a book for reluctant readers.
Recommended for contemporary romance readers. At over 400 pages, it's an unexpectedly emotional and heavy novel, but at its core it holds some really valuable messages for readers.
Holly Bourne
Hachette Book Publishers
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The Bad Mothers' Book Club by Keris Stainton
Meet Emma, the new Mum on the block. Since moving to the Liverpudlian seaside after her husband's career change, her life consists of the following: long walks on the beach (with the dog), early nights (with the kids) and Netflix (no chill).
Bored and lonely, when Emma is cordially invited to the exclusive cool school-mums' book club, she thinks her luck may finally be about to change. But she soon finds the women of the club aren't quite what they seem – and after an unfortunate incident involving red wine and a white carpet, she finds herself unceremoniously kicked out.
The answer? Start her own book club – for bad mothers who just want to drink wine and share stories. But will this town let two book clubs exist? Or is there only room for one queen of the school gates…?
The Bad Mothers' Book Club is a fun, contemporary fiction by Keris Stainton — it's about struggling mothers, failing relationships, well-kept secrets, and the difficulties that women face on a day-to-day basis.
Emma is bored and lonely. She's just moved to a new town, her husband is at a new job and is working really long hours. Emma is left to take care of the kids and the home, and all that comes with it. She doesn't feel like she belongs in Liverpudlian yet, and on her kids' first day, she makes an enemy out of the glamorous and popular Jools.
"Emma was early for pick up. She'd walked and made sure to set off in plenty of time; she really didn't want a repeat of the morning's chaos. She'd taken Buddy for such a long run that morning that he'd spent the entire afternoon asleep on the sofa in the kitchen."
The chapters move between different women. There's Emma, who's struggling with how different her life has become since moving. There's Maggie, whose husband Jim is keeping secrets from her and is staying out late each night. And there's Jools, who is keeping a secret of her own because she wants to feel in control of her life.
All of the women have something to prove, someone or something they're either fighting for or trying to understand. Readers will be able to relate to all of the women, and even though this is a fun read, there are moments in the book that are emotional and turbulent, and challenging.
"She'd been looking forward to him coming home too. Thought maybe they could have had a glass of wine together and sat at the kitchen table talking about their day, the way they used to in London."
I'm not sure what to make of the positioning of the book — in particular, the blurb and the overall plot of the story. The bad mothers' book club? That group is only formed towards the very end of the book, so the entire story doesn't really have anything to do with that.
I couldn't help but feel that the story started in the wrong place, that perhaps we spend too much time reading about these women before they form their own book club. I think there could've been more tension and conflict built from the bad mothers book club, but it would've needed to have been created earlier in the story.
"Maggie drank more tea. It actually was what she'd imagined for herself. Growing up, she'd pictured adulthood as a house and a car and a family that looked exactly like this — almost exactly, there would actually be two kids — and she hadn't really thought beyond that."
I recommend this book to readers of romance fiction, and contemporary fiction. It's light and quick to read — quirky and fun. There's plenty of heart and humour, and fantastic characters.
The Bad Mothers' Book Club
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Louis and Louise by Julie Cohen
ONE LIFE. LIVED TWICE.
Louis and Louise are the same person born in two different lives. They are separated only by the sex announced by the doctor and a final 'e'.
They have the same best friends, the same red hair, the same dream of being a writer, the same excellent whistle. They both suffer one catastrophic night, with life-changing consequences.
Thirteen years later, they are both coming home.
Louis and Louise by Julie Cohen is a novel about gender and identity, and how a child's gender can — in some instances — predetermine a life and the path a person will take.
Stylistically, this book will remind you of Sliding Doors with Gwyneth Paltrow. In 1978 Casablanca, Maine, Peggy and Irving Alder are getting ready for the birth of their first and only child. In the first chapter, that baby is born a girl and they call her Louise. In the second chapter, that baby is born a boy and they call him Louis. The book then alternates between Louis and Louise and in 2010, they return home to care for their dying mother.
They're both hiding something. Their lives turned out very different — Louise is a teacher and a single mum who has grown estranged from her mother, and Louis is a successful author whose getting a divorced from his wife. Both of them have unfinished business in Casablanca, and being home is forcing them to confront what they've both been running from.
"Lou, driving the rental car, shakes his head. He tries not to think about Benny. Tries not to think about the Casablanca he grew up in, except in dreams where he can't wake up in time, but the scent of sulphur is enough to set it off again."
The book is a little confusing at times because the author shortens both characters' names to 'Lou' so when a new chapter starts, it can take a few paragraphs to work out which Lou we're reading about.
There are lessons to be learnt here, about the expectations of men and career. About family owned businesses and sons taking over the business, even if they don't want to. It's about 'boys will be boys' and fathers passing on horrible behaviour to their sons.
But the book is also about fate and destiny, and whether we're destined to make the same mistakes regardless of what gender we are or what job we have, or where we've ended up as an adult. Louis and Louise leaves a lot for the reader to ponder.
"Allie's twin Benny had a grace to him — he was all tanned limbs and muscles — and he was crude, sometimes, but also funny and sharp and unexpectedly kind. He was good-looking, with dark hair and grey eyes like his sister's. And Benny on the baseball field was something else. Lou went to the games just to watch him."
This novel is sentimental and at times, and incredibly moving. It shows us how small decisions can have a consequential effect on our lives. The novel also explores forgiveness and mistakes, as Lou is forced to confront people who hurt her/him and never acknowledged their mistakes.
Louis and Louise is about what someone's life would be like if they'd been born a different gender. It's entertaining and evocative, perfect for fans of Julie Cohen's writing. I'd recommend this to contemporary fiction readers, and anyone who is a fan of the dual POV narrative style.
Thank you to the publisher for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review.
Louis and Louise
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24 hours of solo sailing, heading east along the Tuamotus archipelago, dodging 4 atolls. The boat is running at 6 knots, and if I fell asleep, we could crash catastrophically onto land or boats. Staying up all night seems torturous, though.
So I get stirred from my slumber, every 20 minutes, and try to open my eyes and scan the horizon for hazards… and once satisfied, within 15 seconds I fall back asleep. It is almost instant.
While underway, I sleep on my therma-rest in the cockpit bench. When the alarm rings I can simply open my eyes in a stupor, and hazily survey the instruments… wind speed, GPS location, course. Check. Then I'll look at the horizon for lights & ships, while admiring the stars…the Scorpio constellation rising over the dawn hours… the Southern Cross twirling around Alpha Centauri… and the Milky Way bright as snow in the moonlight. "Oh-oh I see a ship's light, coming my way!" Ah… common error. It's just Venus rising on the east, at 3:40am.
Today I feel remarkably refreshed. Certainly much better than spending all night fighting to stay awake.
Is 20 minute interrupted sleep something anyone can do, or only lunatic sailors? My unsupported theory is that if you allow your body to sleep for more than 45 minutes, then you enter REM sleep and it's really hard to awaken. Perhaps that's why 20 minute power naps feel so good.
Photo: Approximately what I see at 1am with blurry eyes.
Interesting idea, that REM sleep is harder to wake from. That may well be. I'll look up "interrupted sleep" and get back to you.
Not at all the same thing at all, but more grist for the wheel: During my last year at UCLA I attempted to reconfigure sleeping more effectively, "sleep less, but sleep better". My experiment lasted several weeks: Instead of sleeping 8 or 9 hours, I slept in two daily 4 hour segments. Results: Very poor.. I found REM sleep (dreaming)- generally falling more into the final hours of sleep- is essential to a night's rest. But there's more, much more: I found without the beneficial advantages of REM sleep- the collation, organization and analysis that research studies have proven occurs while sleeping- intuition, memory and insight were affected. Negatively. Sleeping less than the normal number of hours (varies of course, by the individual), REM sleep toward the end was lost.
The first hours of sleep may be important for needed rest, but the last ones that include REM sleep are essential. I'd like to know how 20′ interrupted sleep interacts with needed REM sleep. Will get back to you.
Kristian, wanted to send belated birthday greetings. Can't tell you how exciting it is to have the Green Coconut Run in my inbox again. Your adventures are so fun to hear about. Glad you had time with your bride. Best wishes as you continue to live out your dreams.
Interestingly and many years ago I was involved in a US Navy study on vigilance and specific deprivation of REM sleep. It is now known that different stages of sleep deprivation can have quite specific effects. The following can result in REM deprivation: reduced ability to consolidate long term memory (from previous day), memory impairment especially spatial memory, amnesia for events following the phase of REM deprivation, reduced judgement (REM sleep seems to modulate and help organize thoughts), increased seizures among epiliptic patients, the effects can last for a surprisingly long time (up to 3 weeks for 72 hour REM deprivation), and there is REM rebound following REM deprivation. Not the types of things we would want for sailors to experience when watching for enemy submarines. However, note that REM periods begin 90 minutes following sleep. At first they are of quite short duration and then become longer as the night progresses. The other major sleep state is Stage 4/Restorative deep sleep that occurs after about about 30 minutes. In contrast to REM the first episode of Stage 4 sleep is the longest and then gets progressively shorter as the night progresses. As the name suggests, this is particularly important for feeling like you've had a good nights sleep. So let's look at Kristian: On the surface it looks like he might have been depriving himself of both Stage 4/Restorative sleep and REM sleep. But then the brain also plays catch-up and tries to rebound into these most crucial stages so he was perhaps able to buffer himself from some of the negative effects. Maybe hook him up to monitors and transmit the results on an upcoming blog?
Brains presumably differ from each other as much do other organs. On a moonless night somewhere in the shipping lanes of the Pacific, let's hope Kristian's buffers well to catch-up and rebound to either Stage4/Restorative or REM sleep, whichever at the time is more needed.
Kristian, if like me you tend to remember dreaming episodes pretty well, when you take your 20′ breaks from sleeping, are you aware which breaks follow REM and which Stage 4/Restorative? If so, a log might be interesting to keep to try to correlate incidence of the two Stages with your diurnal memory, mental acuity and judgement.
Yes it does feel like there is some REM / restorative sleep occurring despite the interruptions… to slide back into that sleep state the key seems to be to not be awake long, and quickly fall back asleep.


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The International Longshoreman's Association and the US Maritime Alliance are currently in talks to show the commitment to reaching a labour contract agreement for the East and Gulf Coast ports, which could extend up to 2025, according to the Journal of Commerce.
The Pacific Maritime Association recently voted to ratify a five-year labour contract with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) in a bid to settle the labour dispute which had caused the shutdown of more than 20 major ports along the US West Coast.
"We'll see how things proceed. Both sides are committed to serious discussions and trying to achieve something productive. Both sides want to do the right thing. Both sides understand the circumstances and don't want a repeat of what happened out west."
Marlon Jones, Manager, International Distribution, at International Paper, said: "I think it would send a strong message. It'll give a lot of confidence to our company in seeing that the East Coast is where we want to be."
If the contract can be extended to 2025, it would be the longest that the ILA has ever negotiated and may have an influence over the ILWU negotiations with Long Beach-Los Angeles employers next year.
The USWC has since improved its cargo volumes, with Long Beach posting its second consecutive month of cargo increases in August, 2015.


I stumbled on an ingenious way to motivate my two reluctant readers. The one doesn't like reading and will only do it if the book captures her quickly and only if the book is set down right in front of her face. The other likes to read, but has recently been sucked into text messaging, Facebook, and new favorite TV shows and doesn't give it much time.
This school vacation the law was laid down. They had two options and only two. Which option they picked was entirely up to them.
The first option was to read a really big nonfiction book with lots and lots of pages a little bit each day. Just 2 pages was required each day for a total of 14 pages a week. If they started this way and decided later to go the other route that was fine.
The second way (and the way they both chose to go) was to read 1 book a week of their choosing during the summer. The size of the book, genre, didn't matter.
If they failed to complete the book or the 14 pages during the week they would spend the next week without friend time and you know how disastrous that would be over the break!
A trip to the library later, and now we have about 12 books sitting in a pile for them to read. We decided more books was better than fewer books, that way if a book failed to grab them they had more options for reading material.
Have you found a completely ingenious way to motivate your reluctant readers? Please share in the comments below!


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Friedrich "Fritz" Hünenberger (14 March 1897 – 30 August 1976) was a Swiss weightlifter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He won two Olympic silver medals in the light-heavyweight class.

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1897 births
1976 deaths
Swiss male weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters of Switzerland
Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics
World record setters in weightlifting


Whether you are a beginner or experienced, stand up paddle boarding is a great way to experience Melbournes stunning Mornington Peninsula. Stand up paddle boarding is easy to learn you will receive all the tips and pointers you need to be a confident stand up paddle boarder in no time.
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Collect all features based on the ascending feature timestamp.
How do you extract it using NXopen code ?
Thank you for such a great work which you have done. I need to ask you if the same thing is possible for parts present in assembly ?? Do we get the same values as that of the parts ?
Here's something in C#, but you could convert it to another language pretty easily.
One thing nobody has mentioned is ufs.Modl.IsBrowseableFeature which will help you get a more accurate representation of the part navigator. Some features exist in the part file but are not listed in the part navigator.


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C.C.S.M. c. M226 The Municipal Assessment Act
SM 1989-90, c. 24
SM 1989-90, c. 65, s. 12
• in force: 16 Aug 1990 (Man. Gaz.: 25 Aug 1990)
SM 1990-91, c. 4, s. 3
• in force: 1 Jan 1992 (Man. Gaz.: 28 Dec 1991)
• in force: 1 Apr 1993 (Man. Gaz.: 20 Mar 1993)
SM 1992, c. 13
• in force: 31 Mar 1993 (Man. Gaz.: 27 Mar 1993)
• in force: 4 Oct 1996 (Man. Gaz.: 5 Oct 1996)
SM 1996, c. 7
SM 1996, c. 9, Part 1
• in force: 7 Jan 1997 (Man. Gaz.: 18 Jan 1997)
• s. 11
– in force: 1 Jan 2004 (Man. Gaz.: 6 Sep 2003)
• in force: 1 Sep 1998 (Man. Gaz.: 22 Aug 1998)
SM 1998, c. 51, s. 9
SM 2002, c. 39, s. 527 and 535
SM 2002, c. 47, s. 14 and 27
SM 2004, c. 17, Part 2
SM 2005, c. 37, Sch. A, s. 157
• in force: 1 Mar 2006 (Man. Gaz.: 11 Mar 2006)
• in force: 1 Nov 2009 (Man. Gaz.: 31 Oct 2009)
• in force: 1 Feb 2015 (proc: 17 Jun 2014)
SM 2013, c. 51, Sch. A, s. 60
SM 2013, c. 51, Sch. B, s. 196
• in force: 15 Jun 2015 (proc: 11 Jun 2015)
SM 2018, c. 6, s. 44
• in force: 1 Jan 2020 (proc: 20 Dec 2019)
• in force: 17 Oct 2018 (proc: 5 Oct 2018)
Note: This table does not include any changes made pursuant to The Statutes and Regulations Act. See the table of corrections and minor amendments for the changes made pursuant to that Act.


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Dauphin-Middle Paxton Historical Society
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Check out the new page dedicated to the 250th Anniversary of Dauphin Borough! (Click the button above this text) We will try to keep you informed of events leading up to the celebration in October 2020! Stay tuned!!
Next Monthly meeting is January 23rd @ 7:00pm.
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From the Rivers to the Valleys...
Dauphin-Middle Paxton Historical Society collects history covering the lands of Dauphin Borough and communities in Middle Paxton Township, along with the three valleys of Clarks, Stoney and Fishing Creek. Within the township and to both the north and east is the southern most tip of the Anthracite Coal Region in Pennsylvania. The Dauphin & Susquehanna Coal Company, which at one time owned much of Dauphin and Middle Paxton Township, constructed a railroad during the 1850's to connect the coal mines to the outside world. Bordering Middle Paxton Township and Dauphin Borough to the west is the Susquehanna River which was once home to the Pennsylvania Canal and caused Dauphin to prosper before the railroads came. Throughout its early history, Dauphin was a transportation hub, home to not only the Pennsylvania Canal, but the Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad, the Pennsylvania Railroad (eventually Penn Central, Conrail and Norfolk Southern), Northern Central Railroad and the Reading Railroad.
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← Hypothesis, or conspiracy theory?
Today, 10 May 1915, which was a Monday, George and Kittie set out on the 140-mile journey by train from Gosport to the naval base of Devonport, where he was to embark for an unknown destination. Five other officers from the 9th Ox and Bucks had been called up for this mission, so perhaps they all travelled together, with their wives.
He was full of thoughtful lovingness.
But it was not bridged in ordinary ways — somehow the warm clasp of his hand as he sat by me in the train speeding down to Devonport didn't seem to have anything to do with being near him.
If he came and stood by me now might it not be the same? And one would say of course it is so, for he is no longer on this material plane.
And where does this all bring me? And why do I say it?
Because I think that by the time George went to Gallipoli, his whole being had become one pure flame of Idealism and Clear Seeing. Every particle of everything else had fallen away, had been burnt up in that flame. All his life he had spent in fighting shams [mock battles] in searching for the real, for the true. He had found it at last.
Although this was not set down until 1919, I think we can trust Kittie's memory here.
The George Calderon she had known — wit, lover, Russianist, journalist, scholar, dramatist, adventurer, anthropologist, activist, entertainer — was once again becoming 'someone different', this time a person living 'on another plane'. His transfiguration (Owen's 'Weep, you may weep, for you may touch them not') had begun.
Or was he in the grip of a form of psychosis?
The party probably arrived at Devonport in the early afternoon. George and Kittie found a hotel, then George joined the others in barracks. Late in the afternoon, before the officers of the 9th Ox and Bucks and a draft of other soldiers left for the docks, George and Kittie were able to say goodbye at the barracks. We know from George's letter of 16 May that an officer whispered in Kittie's ear the name of the ship George was to sail in — the enormous Royal Mail Steamer Orsova. Probably, with other wives, she went down to the docks to catch a glimpse of him embarking or on deck.
Poor dear old Keety — don't trouble over me; I'm off on a new and unknown adventure, but it either ends ill or very well, and no thought can alter it — so rejoice in the colour and vigour of the thing — and drink deep with jolly friends while it's doing — with Catta [Catherine Lubbock] and Violet [Pym] and other Rabelaisians. Your wishes for good, will work all the better when two or three of you are gathered together.
The Orsova had just cast off and was moving to its buoy. George addressed his letter to Kittie at Mrs Seymour's in Brockhurst, and it left Devonport at 2.00 p.m. tomorrow.
He probably spells her name 'Keety' in imitation of the Russian pronunciation, e.g. of Kitty Levina in Anna Karenina.
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author: Kristel Clayville, Word&Way
"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31)
Sometimes it is difficult to have hope. The world is on fire, burning up from our fossil fuel consumption, our wars, our inability to manage conflict, our turning of a blind eye. The smoke of this burning plays in the background of the pandemic, the refugee crisis, and the violence we witness and experience on a daily basis. Sometimes it feels like hope really is a four-letter word, something we should mutter under our breath and hide from others for fear of sounding naïve or disconnected from the world around us.
I recently attended a workshop of religious leaders, thinkers, and writers. We were brought together to be together, to experience a meeting of minds formed in radically different ways. And for four days we exchanged our own stories of vulnerability, personal connections to our work, and the relationship between our ideas and identities. We talked about the problems in the world that we all know about — the wars, refugees, interpersonal violence — and we talked about the problems that we see as individuals from our own perspectives.
I admit I was worried about being in an in-person setting while the pandemic still rages on. I clung to my mask and brought my own air purifier, but I thought it was worth the risk. And in the room, whether it was pandemic-oriented or not, it was clear that we were all taking a risk.
In the midst of talking about all of the problems we see collectively and independently, I felt a stirring of hope. While we shed tears for the pain that these problems cause our neighbors and selves, there was a sense of connection that formed. By talking about the world's problems and our specific pieces of those problems, and by listening to each other, we were less isolated and we felt seen and known in our pain.
People wear masks while walking past Christmas decorations in Taipei, Taiwan, on Dec. 21, 2022. (Chiang Ying-ying/Associated Press)
In a short four days, we started to feel connected and could see what we could each do for the others. How we could be a ray of light for their problems and ask them to illuminate a bit of our own from a new angle. And this connection led to a sense of empowerment to tackle the problems that we were dealing with. We no longer felt alone with our problems but like we had a community of people to think and act with. By being vulnerable together, we had transformed our pain and our worries into hope. And with that hope comes a renewed energy for action.
This Advent, I wish this for all of us: that we feel the deep connection with each other, the energy that it creates, and that we use that hope to transform the world. Hope is not a sign of naïveté in a world on fire but rather is a sign of community connectedness — being seen and supported and having the strength to move and act in a world that needs us. I wish you that hope and the ability to give that hope to others.
Rev. Dr. Kristel Clayville is a religion scholar and former hospital chaplain, ordained in the Disciples of Christ. She currently teaches technology ethics and religion and medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago and is part of the hospital ethics committee. She is working on a memoir about being a chaplain and ethicist during the pandemic.
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