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Each fashion of Huge Estate has its exclusive risks. On this page is an description with regards to the threats that may occur throughout the Absolute Estate business, along containing the mitigating measures.
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d) Building risk: this regards pricing, design, value and practicable delays.
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a) Phasing: By successfully phasing projects, the instructions to become taken generally smaller, with possible leaves following nearly every phase.
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d) Pre-lease/-sales: In place to 'test' the market of end-users before entering into i would say the commitment to actual throughout of making of a good project, the certain assess of pre-letting or pre-selling is appropriate. It's usually the aspiration to enter other main commitments (a.o land purchase) conditional directly on these market-tests. In option to demonstrating the marketplace appetite this amazing will mitigate the price at run the risk of as well, since pre-leasing/selling locks regarding part of a the gains.
e) Timing payments: doing the case of costs it is going to be preferred with regard to pay just as late in view that possible, unlike men who are in the actual case off revenues the site is expected to catch these as early as possible.
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In to nevertheless be able that will manage those portfolio and diversification completed countries as segments, customary reports have always been essential with each other with that outlook mostly on generally existing pipeline.
Current requirements minus attached revenues can never go higher than pre-specified limitation on masses at you see, the portfolio extent.
– their total expenditure in organizing land areas should not even exceed another pre-specified upper limit on quantities.
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– currently the maximum tenure of tactical land opportunities is tied-down in array with you see, the pre-specified policy: for example, differentiation between mature and moreover growth region.
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Professional trustee accreditation process intended to launch on 1 July
Professional trustees will be expected to apply for accreditation as part of a framework intended to be launched on 1 July by the Professional Trustee Standards Working Group (PTSWG).
The regime comes after The Pensions Regulator (TPR) amended its definition of 'professional' in 2017, and is further looking to bring in quality control standards for professional trustees. The regulator-backed...
More on Law and Regulation
The Pension Regulator's (TPR) strengthened powers under the Pension Schemes Bill could lead to a revival of its clearance process, according to advisers and lawyers.
The long-debated Pension Schemes Bill has received parliamentary approval, guaranteeing its place on the statute book.
Some £20.1bn of defined benefit (DB) pensions were advised to transfer between 2018 and 2020, while £10.2bn were recommended not to transfer, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) data reveals.
Pension trustees will have much more involvement in business discussions and corporates will need to think more about pensions when the watchdog's increased powers come into force, LCP says.
Mediation has been under-utilised historically as a means of dispute resolution in this area. Mark Blyth and Geoff Egerton think this is going to change.

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Moustafa Bayoumi
On the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Moustafa March 25, 2018 Uncategorized
I wrote this essay on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to the United States for The Guardian.
The crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, has arrived in Washington. Jared Kushner must be very excited!
Prince Mohammed and Kushner are said to be very close, though plotting the future of the Middle East during late-night gab sessions – behavior the two thirtysomethings have been reported to engage in – must be much harder now that Jared has been stripped of his top-secret security clearance.
But the excitement over the Saudi's visit isn't limited to Jared. Beginning with a splashy interview on CBS's 60 Minutes, the crown prince is in the United States to sell the American people on the idea that a new, liberalizing Saudi Arabia is dawning.
There is some justification for optimism. Key reforms have been promulgated, including a royal decree stating that women will be allowed to drive, beginning in June. Uber and Careem, a Dubai-based ride-booking app, have already begun recruiting female drivers. Women can now also join the military, start a business without first obtaining the permission of a male guardian, attend sporting events and retain custody rights over children after divorce more readily.
With the new General Entertainment Authority, the crown prince is also dramatically expanding the Saudi entertainment sector. There are now dance performances, comic book festivals, and monster truck festivals in the kingdom. Greek composer and pianist Yanni performed a series of concerts across the country late last year, and a 35-year ban on cinemas has ended. The government expects 300 movie theaters with 2,000 screens to open by 2030. Already, a public screening of The Emoji Movie has taken place in Jeddah. (I feel bad for Jeddah.)
With driving and entertainment on his mind, it should come as no surprise that Prince Mohammed is slated to meet with both Hollywood producers and Uber executives during his time in the United States.
And that's the problem. While Prince Mohammed's limited reforms are fundamentally about liberalizing the social and economic realms of Saudi Arabia, the political realm remains completely off-limits.
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The pen is still mightier than the sword, even in the face of the brutal murders of twelve journalists/cartoonists at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper today. And yes, for those who wonder, Muslim leaders across the globe are denouncing this heinous act of barbarism. I join them in revulsion, shock, anger, sadness, and the hope that the culprits are captured quickly and brought to justice.
Rev. Jim Burklo has, for many years, had quite an influence on my spiritual and vocational journey. When I read this most recent of his "musings" I thought it needed to be shared with the Tikkun Daily community. So, with Jim's permission… read on!
Michael Brown should not have been shot dead by police in Ferguson, Missouri. His hands were up. He was unarmed. It doesn't make any difference whether or not he had stolen earlier something that day. If he had committed such a crime, he should have been given appropriate justice, not a volley of bullets. At the time he was shot, there was simply no excuse for what happened to him.
Somebody else had his life stolen from him, too: a man named Jesus, killed for no good reason. Jesus also died with his hands up. He had been ethnically profiled by the Roman occupying army in Jerusalem, and was brutally murdered on a cross.
Now a perspective from a Jew in the pew.
On April 8th 1990, Derrick Kikuchi and I were married in the First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto. Back then there was no state recognition of our marriage and the Presbyterian Church USA, which banned ordination of GLBTQ folks, had not yet gotten around to making it a no-no for ministers to perform "holy unions" or other ceremonies recognizing lifetime commitments between GLBTQ partners.
In June 2008, between the time that the California Supreme Court decided that the state's ban on same-gender marriage was unconstitutional, and the vote on Proposition 8, which amended the state's constitution to say that marriage was only between a man and a woman, Derrick and I were to receive an award at the More Light Presbyterian's dinner at the PCUSA General Assembly. Instead of giving a speech we thought it would be wonderful to finally get our marriage license signed at that dinner, making our marriage legal in the state of California, while we still could.
A reporter for The Layman, an organization and publication that opposes same-gender marriage, was at the dinner, took the wonderful picture above, and then spent the evening writing an article that lambasted us for what we had done that evening.
A National Religious Campaign Against Torture? Can It Work?
"If the Senate can declassify this report, we will be able to ensure that an un-American, brutal program of detention and interrogation will never again be considered or permitted." These are words that the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) will be pleased to have heard from Senator Dianne Feinstein. People of faith across the country (including the Rev. Dr. Diana Gibson and I) have been calling on her to pressure President Obama and the CIA to finish their review of the Senate's comprehensive report on the CIA's treatment of detainees since September 11th so that the report could be declassified and made public. Today, Senator Feinstein took to the floor of the Senate to reveal details about the CIA potentially having spied on the Senate AND the CIA seeking criminal charges against intelligence committee staffers.
Are we about to see Congress finally stand up and assert its power? Let's hope so.
While speaking at a church about Afghanistan and the the lead-up to the Iraq war, one attendee asked us if we thought there was anything anyone could do to stop the war. I replied "I think that train has already left the station." Later, when thinking about that answer, it struck me that we could have done a lot more than street protests, letters to the editor, phone calls to Congress, and faxes to the president. More of us could have, and should have, laid our bodies down on that track.
Sister Megan Rice, 84, was sentenced on February 18th to 35 months in prison for breaking into a nuclear facility, in her nonviolent act of civil disobedience, putting her body on the tracks, to bring an end to nuclear weapons.
YesterdayPresident Obama spoke about much-needed reforms to how the NSA and other intelligence agencies target, gather, store, sift through, and disseminate "intelligence" information. As president, he can issue executive orders which must be obeyed by those within his chain of command, and that gives him significant power to change the way things are done.
That's very nice, but those executive orders are NOT laws, and they can be set aside faster than the blink of an eye by this president or any president in the future.
The Constitution that President Obama mentions in his speech, which guarantees our freedoms, created three branches of government, a balance of powers, to protect those freedoms, and those branches have not been doing much since 2001. Meanwhile, the executive branch has been going wild.
I spent some time looking at the small business pages, because Derrick Kikuchi and I are both married AND we own a small business. We've been covered by a small business plan through Kaiser and can continue that coverage if we'd like. If we hire one more person we can get that same coverage, with tax credits thrown in to help us pay for it, through Covered California. Despite rhetoric from those who oppose the Affordable Care Act, there's actually an incentive for us to hire someone as a Pa and Pa business! But, for now, with just the two of us, I needed to look at the possibilities of individual/family coverage.


It had already occurred to me that perhaps kraft would be a useful option, but also that having a black and a brown version might ALSO be helpful. That would allow them to be printed on ANY colour cardstock (or even lightly patterned paper) to suit your page. Problem there is that the text just floating on the page may not make sense to everyone. So I made these two, with very faint pale grey boxes, just so you can see to cut the 3×4/4×3 blocks. It also makes it easier to cut 5 different colours of cardstock, stick them to the plain-paper print positioned over the blocks, then print again so the text prints on top.
This 3-page PDF has the kraft version and both the black and brown ones. And I'll have to remember to create kraft versions in the future….
Love these. Any chance of getting them as blanks (without words)? I like using them to journal on so don't want words on them.
Thank you so much for all the printables. Really appreciate all you do to feed our scrappy, journaly, doodley, creative hunger!


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Angel Band at Joe's Pub
If you're one of the few people who reads the comments to these posts, then you probably know how we spent last night. Angel Band performed at Joe's Pub. It also happened to be the official release party for their brand new CD With Roots & Wings. It's also available as a download from Amazon.com.
We've seen Angel Band twice before, at BB King when they opened for David Bromberg (Nancy Josephson's husband, and a long-time favorite performer of mine!) and when they opened for David at Paramount Theater in Peekskill, NY. In both shows they were wonderful (as reported here and here) and we bought their one CD, Beautiful Noise, and have listened to it many times since.
Last night it was all about them (though David Bromberg's band backs them, so he was on the stage the entire time). It was their show, their party. More to say about that after the review of the set itself.
Regular readers know that Joe's Pub is our favorite place to see live music. Angel Band came out at exactly 7:30pm (the announced show time). The three ladies, Nancy Josephson, Jen Schonwald and Kathleen Weber were joined by David Bromberg (guitars), Bobby Tangrea (mandolin and fiddle), Bob Taylor (bass) and Nate Grower (fiddle). Here they all are on stage:
After getting their positions set on the stage, the ladies erupted with an a cappella rendition of Hey Papa Legba, the first cut from the new CD. The acoustics at Joe's Pub are among the best, when the person working the sound board knows what they are doing. Last night, the person working the sound board was nearly perfect! (Bromberg's guitar had terrible feedback for five seconds, and at the end of one song, Nancy's microphone nearly exploded, otherwise, one of the best blended sounds ever!)
One of the things that distinguishes Angel Band from a number of other vocal groups that we love (Girlyman, The Wailin' Jennys, The Weepies, etc.) is the raw power that each of Nancy, Jen and Kathleen produce. And yet, even though they are belting it out (with all of the emotion that connotes), their blended sound is perfect and never overwhelms. I can't explain the acoustics behind that (other than to credit their sound person again!), because it feels like you should be knocked out of your chair by their individual and collective power.
You are, sort of, by the beauty of their sound, not by being overpowered by it.
They performed at least seven of the 13 songs on the new CD (perhaps one or two more). They were all fantastic. On the first CD, few (if any, sorry, I'm not sure) of the numbers were written by Angel Band. I've reported in the past that Lois is drawn more to music written by artists that perform their own creations. I never cared, but am more sensitized to it after 26 years with Lois. 😉
The new CD has a number of songs written by Nancy, Bobby Tangrea or the two collaborating together. It still has covers, including Angel of the Morning, which is the one duplicated song from Beautiful Noise, though the version on the previous CD is nearly one minute longer. They performed that last night as well, amazingly, with Nancy holding a note at the end for so long that she received an ovation that lasted through the normal end-of-song ovation. She had a good joke about it too, which I'll keep secret, so that you have another reason (aside from their singing talent) to see them live.
So now, I have four versions of Angel of the Morning in iTunes. Two by Angel Band, one by Juice Newton, and one by Girlyman on their new Live CD. Guess which one I like best? 😉 Seriously, I love them all, and I've been listening to Juice Newton's version for the longest time (and have never tired of it!), but Girlyman's is the mellowest, and most soulful rendition of the four.
In an irony (for me, since I was unaware of it), Nancy explained that the author of Angel of the Morning, Chip Taylor, also wrote Wild Thing. The irony is that one of Girlyman's funniest bits on stage is their rendition of Thing Wild, singing Wild Thing backwards. So, they cover two different Chip Taylor songs, one forwards, and one backwards. 😉
After saying goodnight, they returned to the stage for a one-song encore. It's one of their signature numbers, One Voice, written by Ruth Moody of The Wailin' Jennys. I'm nuts about this song, and Angel Band does it wonderfully, each and every time.
They were on stage for exactly one hour (including the encore). I'll have more to say about that in a minute. When the show was over, we sprinted to the back, where they were selling the new CD. We were first on line, and I also got to finally meet Nancy.
We have traded a few emails since I bought Beautiful Noise directly from her nearly two years ago! It was nice that she remembered my name (not that it's all that common). 😉 Of course, we got the CD signed by all three of them, thanks Angel Band!
The CD is gorgeous, and I recommend it highly! The cover shot for the CD was taken before last night, because you'd have trouble recognizing both Jen and Kathleen from that photo. Kathleen cut her hair to just below ear length, and Jen chopped it all off in a complete buzz cut. 🙂
Here are close-ups of Jen and Kathleen, so you can see the difference:
Here are individual shots of the rest of the band:
Now the back story to last night. Having seen Angel Band twice before, both times opening for David Bromberg, we were used to seeing them for exactly one hour (which for an opening group, is actually on the generous side nowadays!). We were really looking forward to seeing them at Joe's Pub for two reasons:
It's our favorite place, regardless of the band
We expected a longer show than usual
Unfortunately, when I saw that the start time was 7:30pm, not the more typical 7pm, I knew the show couldn't be more than 75 minutes long (with encore), given that there was a 9:30 show as well.
They are also playing tonight, at BB King, a place we also like a lot, opening for David Bromberg. So, we could have had the same length show, and the enjoyment of a full David Bromberg set as well, by going to BB King. Of course, I prefer Joe's Pub, and an early night, so I had a real dilemma.
I started this post by mentioning that you might have known we were going. That's because the Angel Band publicist commented on this blog a few weeks back, pointing out the upcoming CD Release and the Joe's Pub date.
I wrote to him asking about the short show. He contacted a member of the band (my guess is Nancy, but I have no way of knowing), and he replied with the following direct quote:
…we'll give 'em everything we got and leave 'em lying in the aisles
OK, it was only an hour, but I will heartily admit, she (whichever of the Angels it was), was right. We left thoroughly satisfied with the performance, other than always wanting more from any artist we really like. They really do give every show their all, and the fans completely appreciate it!
Last night was unusual for another reason. The majority of the audience was related to at least one member of the band. The release party was more of a family get-together. It was pretty cool. We walked in right behind a group of them, which included David's brother Charney. He sat immediately in front of us. Nancy spent an hour before the show making the rounds with various family members. A number of the cousins had never met before, and we were smack in the middle of all of the introductions.
This kind of scene was right up Lois' alley, and even if the show wasn't good (which you now know wasn't the case), she might have called the evening a success just for the people watching. 🙂
So, the concert was a complete success. Unfortunately, the aftermath wasn't. We intended to head up to the house last night. We boarded a bus heading to the apartment. The air conditioning was blasting (a good thing for Lois). After a stop or two (perhaps the bus driver overheard one woman complain when she got on), he shut off the air conditioning.
Lois doesn't do well (in general) with motion, in particular fits and starts, and when you add stale warm air to the mix, she gets sick instantly. She also doesn't recover for long periods of time. By the time we got to the apartment, she was violently ill (nauseous and dizzy). I suggested we spend the night in the city instead of going to the house. She insisted. As silly as that was, I have learned (the hard way) not to argue (at least not too much).
We made great time going home, but it did nothing to help her get better. She's totally out of it today as well, having recovered not even a bit, no doubt made worse by being in a car immediately after the bus ride. Hopefully, she'll be back to normal tomorrow! 🙁
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		if (valueConverter == null) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("CsvValueConverter must not be null");
		}
		this.valueConverter = valueConverter;
	}

	/**
	 * 区切り文字形式データの項目値コンバータを設定します。
	 *
	 * @param valueConverter 区切り文字形式データの項目値コンバータ
	 * @return このオブジェクトへの参照
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException {@code valueConverter} が {@code null} の場合
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public O valueConverter(final CsvValueConverter valueConverter) {
		setValueConverter(valueConverter);
		return (O) this;
	}

	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * 指定された Java プログラム要素のフィールドを処理するフォーマットオブジェクトを設定します。
	 *
	 * @param name Java プログラム要素のフィールド名
	 * @param format フィールドを処理するフォーマットオブジェクト
	 * @return このオブジェクトへの参照
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public O format(final String name, final Format format) {
		setValueParser(name, format);
		setValueFormatter(name, format);
		return (O) this;
	}

	/**
	 *
指定された Java プログラム要素のフィールド名と項目値を解析するオブジェクトをマップへ追加します。

	 *

	 * 指定されたフィールド名に既に項目値を解析するオブジェクトが設定されている場合、
	 * 既存の項目値解析オブジェクトへパラメータで指定された項目値解析オブジェクトのパターン文字列を追加します。
	 *

	 *
	 * @param field Java プログラム要素のフィールド名
	 * @param parser 項目値を解析するオブジェクト
	 */
	public void setValueParser(final String field, final Format parser) {
		final Format src = valueParserMapping.get(field);
		if (src != null) {
			valueParserMapping.put(field, FormatUtils.mergeFormatPattern(src, parser));
		} else {
			valueParserMapping.put(field, parser);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * 指定された項目名 (または項目位置) と項目値へ書式化するオブジェクトをマップへ追加します。
	 *
	 * @param column 項目名 (または項目位置)
	 * @param formatter 項目値へ書式化するオブジェクト
	 */
	public void setValueFormatter(final Object column, final Format formatter) {
		valueFormatterMapping.put(column, formatter);
	}

	/**
	 * Java プログラム要素の型が表すクラスの新しいインスタンスを生成します。
	 *
	 * @return Java プログラム要素の型が表す、クラスの新しく割り当てられたインスタンス
	 * @throws IOException Java プログラム要素のインスタンス化に失敗した場合
	 */
	public T createBean() throws IOException {
		try {
			return type.newInstance();
		} catch (final IllegalAccessException e) {
			throw new IOException("Cannot create " + type.getName() + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
		} catch (final InstantiationException e) {
			throw new IOException("Cannot create " + type.getName() + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * 指定された項目名 (または項目位置) と Java プログラム要素のフィールド名のマップと Java プログラム要素の型から、
	 * Java プログラム要素のフィールド名と項目名群のマップを構築して返します。
	 *
	 * @param map 項目名 (または項目位置) と Java プログラム要素のフィールド名のマップ
	 * @return Java プログラム要素のフィールド名と項目名群のマップ
	 */
	public Map<String, Object[]> createFieldAndColumnsMap(final Map<?, String> map) {
		final Map<String, Object[]> results = new HashMap<String, Object[]>();
		for (final Field f : type.getDeclaredFields()) {
			final String fieldName = f.getName();
			final List<Object> list = new ArrayList<Object>();
			for (final Map.Entry<?, String> e : map.entrySet()) {
				if (fieldName.equals(e.getValue())) {
					list.add(e.getKey());
				}
			}
			if (list.size() > 0) {
				results.put(fieldName, list.toArray());
			}
		}
		return results;
	}

	/**
	 * 指定された項目値を指定されたフィールドのオブジェクトへ変換して返します。
	 * この実装は、指定されたフィールドに対応する項目値を解析するオブジェクトが存在する場合は、{@link Format#parseObject(String)} で得られたオブジェクトを返します。
	 * それ以外の場合は、項目値コンバータを使用して得られたオブジェクトを返します。
	 *
	 * @param field フィールド
	 * @param value 項目値
	 * @return 変換された項目値
	 */
	public Object stringToObject(final Field field, final String value) {
		final Format format = valueParserMapping.get(field.getName());
		if (format != null) {
			if (value == null || value.isEmpty()) {
				return null;
			}
			try {
				return format.parseObject(value);
			} catch (final ParseException e) {
				throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Unable to parse the %s: %s", field.getName(), value), e);
			}
		}
		final Class<?> type = field.getType();
		return valueConverter.convert(value, type.isArray() ? type.getComponentType() : type);
	}

	/**
	 * 指定されたオブジェクトを項目値へ変換して返します。
	 * この実装は、指定された項目に対応する項目値へ書式化するオブジェクトが存在する場合は、{@link Format#format(Object)} で得られた文字列を返します。
	 * それ以外の場合は、項目値コンバータを使用して得られた文字列を返します。
	 *
	 * @param column 項目名 (または項目位置)
	 * @param obj オブジェクト
	 * @return 文字列の項目値
	 */
	public String objectToString(final Object column, final Object obj) {
		final Format format = valueFormatterMapping.get(column);
		if (format != null) {
			if (obj == null) {
				return null;
			}
			return format.format(obj);
		}
		return valueConverter.convert(obj);
	}

}

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Simple yet elegant, this Traditional styled Rectangular Bathroom Mirror from Burlington is a great addition to your bathroom space.
Designed to last, this mirror is made from a combination of Stainless Steel and Glass with a lovely chrome finished frame. It is sealed using Gunther Seal-Kwik which ensures that it can withstand use in a moist, damp or warm environment.
Not only is it effortlessly stylish, but it also can stand the test of time, which is reflected in the 10 year guarantee for any domestic installation.
A good size and a great mirror, this is the addition that your bathroom may need!


Announced earlier today, the new 'metallic red' Nintendo 3DS console is now available for pre-order on zavvi.com. The unit is currently due for release at the end of this month. This wasn't the only announcement that Nintendo made today; they also gave a concrete release date for the downloadable title The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords (free to all 3DS and DSi owners for a limited time) as well as telling us when we can expect to get our hands on Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. To find out more about Four Swords, click here. For the rest of today's Nintendo news, click here.
The metallic red Nintendo 3DS console is currently due for release on Friday 30th September 2011.


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Vol. and issue numbering is suspended with 65th year, no. 70 (Sept. 1, 1983) and resumes with v. 69, no. 44 (May 26, 1987).
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A Southport snapper is celebrating after again being named the region's wedding photographer.
Matt's recent successes are no surprise however as the skilled snapper has already been hailed on the international stage when he won Silver in the Wedding Photography Association's International Photography competition in America.
There will be little time to celebrate his latest gong though, with Matthew already fully booked for a whole host of wedding celebrations until the end of the year – a testament to Matt's endlessly rising popularity and reputation in the world of Wedding Photography.
A spokesperson for Your Merseyside Magazine said: "It's a fantastic accolade for Matt to retain his title.
"His work shooting the wedding of Kirstie and Michael McAllister, captured the readers' imaginations, ahead of dozens of other hopefuls.


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Nintendo Could Be Working on a Nintendo 64 Classic Edition
By Tony Polanco 07.20.2017 :: 4:15PM EST 07.20.2017
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Nintendo has given fans of retro games a lot of love lately. Last year the company released the NES Classic Edition. This year, it is set to drop a miniature SNES. Now, a recent trademark filing suggests an N64 Classic Edition is on the horizon.
The trademark filing is for a Nintendo 64-like controller (pictured below). As posted on NeoGAF, Nintendo recently applied for a trademark of this controller with the European Union Intellectual Property Office. This application falls under goods and services, meaning that the trademark is for a physical product. Similar trademarks were filed for the NES, and SNES controllers before the Classic Editions of both systems were announced. Because of that, it's possible that this filing is for an N64 Classic Edition controller.
Releasing a Nintendo 64 plug-and-play retro console after the NES and the upcoming SNES Classic Edition makes a lot of sense. N64 games have been emulated before, so it shouldn't be a problem to get them running as they did back in the day. N64 games are a lot bigger file size-wise when compared to NES and SNES games. Because of that, it's possible that this machine will cost more than the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Edition (priced at $60 and $80, respectively).
None of this has been confirmed by Nintendo, so it's best to temper expectations for the moment. However, given all of the evidence presented, don't be surprised if an N64 Classic Edition does eventually become a reality. This would be great for Nintendo fans since the system had a ton of fantastic games on it. Hopefully, Nintendo will make enough systems for anyone who wants one. They certainly don't want a repeat of what happened with the NES Classic Edition.
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We invite you to join Marin Nature Adventures in Africa next summer for a light hiking and natural history tour. We have put together an incredible tour, July 22-29, 2019, which includes easy guided hiking every day. From Johannesburg, we'll travel the famous Panorama Route to Blyde Canyon, and then arrive at a tented safari camp in the Manyeleti Game Reserve, where we'll enjoy game drives and bush walks searching for wildlife- including the Big 5! We'll gaze upon Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and look for elephants in Botswana's Chobe National Park. Accommodations and meals on this 8-day tour will be deluxe.
For those who'd like to spend more time in Africa, Sharon will be guiding a 4-night extension to see penguins and explore Cape Town, South Africa.


Video visitation is a great way to connect with your loved one over the internet, without having to worry about unpredictable crowds and overly busy visitation hours.
Visits can be scheduled and paid for in advance, allowing you to visit with inmates at times that are convenient for you.
These video visits can be conducted at home on your PC computer, laptop or mobile device (Android).
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On-site video visits are conducted at visitation stations at the facility.
With these visits, you are still required to travel to the facility.
Through our easy-to-use website, you can schedule, register, and pay for (if applicable) the visit in advance. Then, conduct the visit in real-time over the internet.
Check to see if your inmate's facility offers video visitation.
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You will see the cost associated with your visit at the time of scheduling. Enter your credit card or debit card information to complete the scheduling process. You will receive a confirmation email and receipt for your visit.
For at-home video visits: login to the visitation scheduling site 15 minutes prior to your scheduled visit. Test your connection, and follow the steps to start your visit.
For on-site video visits: arrive at the facility at least 15 minutes prior to check-in. A valid photo ID is required. Each facility has its own rules for on-site visits. Please review rules prior to arrival.
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Visitation costs vary by correctional facility and visitation duration.
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All costs associated with visits are clearly displayed at the time of scheduling. Visitors are aware of all the options and can choose based on their visitation preferences.
When scheduling fee-based video visitations through our visitation website, you will be asked to provide your payment information to complete the scheduling process.
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Fresh ginger that has been slowly cooked in sugar water and rolled in coarse sugar to preserve it. Also known as candied ginger or glace ginger, it has a wonderful sweet spicy taste and is commonly used in desserts and can easily be made at home (See recipes 102933 and 123111).
Find it in the spice section in Asian markets.
Store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place for up to three months.


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The Laverne Cox doll depicts her as herself at 50 years old. Cox is an American actress, producer, and LBGTQ+ advocate. The Black Label Barbie doll was released by Mattel on May 25, 2022 as part of their Tribute series and was designed by Carlyle Nuera. The Laverne Cox Barbie is Mattel's first transgender Barbie doll. The doll retailed for $40.00 when released.
Cox was the first transgender actor to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy for her role as Sophia Burset on the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black in 2014. She also won the first transgender Daytime Emmy for Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word in 2015. She has gone on to appear as a regular character the CBS show Doubt and many guest roles and specials.
"It's important with all messages that you might tell you otherwise that you have it within yourself to say that I am smart, I am beautiful. I'm Amazing. I'm enough! – Laverne Cox
Actress and Activist
Laverne Cox is an award-winning actress, producer, writer and advocate.
Studying ballet at an early age is Alabama, Laverne went on to attend college in
New York where she earned BFA in Dance and discovered a passion for
acting. During that time, Laverne began outwardly matching her gender
expression with her identity, initially identifying as gender non-conforming and
later affirming her identity as female. With hard work and dedication, Laverne
booked her first appearance on a network drama in 2008, inspired by the
achievements of trans women who came before her. In 2012, she landed a
breakout role on a mainstream TV series, catapulting her to stardom and leading
to he becoming a four-time Emmy nominated actress and Emmy winning
producer. As the first transgender woman of color to have a leading role on a
scripted TV show, Laverne Cox uses her voice to amplify the message of moving
beyond societal expectations to live more authentically. Wearing an original
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gracefully draped over a dazzling, silver metallic bodysuit. Her hair is side swept
into a glamorous Hollywood waves while dramatic makeup completes her look.
The Tribute Collection(TM) celebrates visionaries whose incredible
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The Cox doll's outfit is a layered three piece ensemble that can be arranged into four different looks. When removing the doll the tulle skirt is tacked to box at bottom and sides sides and center with matching thread. The hair is sewn to a plastic insert and the head is attached with three plastic tag fasteners.
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Underneath is a dark red tulle one sleeve, full, floor length, under dress/skirt. The bottom layer is a shiny, sparkly, light silver Lycra catsuit with shoes attached. It Velcros in the back for easy removal. The top is held up with clear plastic straps. The bottom of the catsuit is glued to the clear plastic shoe sides with only the clear heel and sole showing.
The hair is two toned waist length blond with brunette highlights. It is styled long with a large product stiff curl from front hair on the doll's right and a section pulled back on the doll's left side and tied with small poly band under hair. The earrings have circular plastic protectors behind them.
The face has brown painted eyes with natural pink lips and silver painted nail manicure. The silver plastic rounded square earrings give a jewel appearance with light reflections.
Articulation: Neck turns 360 up/down and tilt about 45 degrees, shoulders 360 joint but arms are short of 90 degrees out for top and bottom movement, so doll's arms can't be posed straight out. Elbow about 170 degrees so hand can be brought to face, hips joints allow splits in both directions but catsuit restricts extreme position. Knee joints are about 160 degrees so leg kicks back almost all the way. No ankle articulation and Barbie standard heeled foot.
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Significance of Najaf's Holy Imam Ali Shrine NPR's Michele Norris talks with Shaul Bakhash, professor of Middle East history at George Mason University, about the significance of the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq. Holes are visible in the shrine's dome after heavy fighting in the city. Coalition authorities say they didn't do it, and have suggested the blame might lie with forces loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Significance of Najaf's Holy Imam Ali Shrine
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NPR's Michele Norris talks with Shaul Bakhash, professor of Middle East history at George Mason University, about the significance of the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq. Holes are visible in the shrine's dome after heavy fighting in the city. Coalition authorities say they didn't do it, and have suggested the blame might lie with forces loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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There is a 20 percent chance for rain on Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Albany.
The mid-Hudson region can expect a chance for showers on Saturday and Sunday, accompanied by humidity, according to the National Weather Service.
There will be a predicted 20 percent chance for rain throughout the weekend said Ray O'Keefe, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Albany.
"Humidity will be creeping up each day into the weekend, so the highest humidity will be on Sunday," O'Keefe said.
On Friday, it is predicted to be sunny with a high of 86 degrees and a low of 64 degrees. There is a 20 percent chance for showers after 2 p.m. on Saturday with an expected high near 88 degrees and a low of 68 degrees. The chance for showers on Sunday is predicted for early morning and ending near 9 a.m., with a high near 91 degrees and a low of 68 degrees.
Next week highs are predicted in the mid 80s with Monday as the hottest day with an expected high in the low 90s, O'Keefe said.
"It's going to be a typical mid-July weekend," O'Keefe said.


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Montco man shot his father to death after an argument, police say
It was not clear what caused the confrontation, police said, but it enraged Steven Mark Quadrel so much that he went to his truck, grabbed his 9mm Beretta semi-automatic pistol, and returned to his Airy Street apartment to ambush his father, shooting him dozens of times in the back and the head.
Steven Mark Quadrel, 24, told police he shot his father after a conversation became heated.Read moreGetty Images / iStockphoto
by Erin McCarthy
The deadly argument began with an unexpected visitor.
After Mark Quadrel, 58, arrived unannounced at his son's Norristown apartment on Wednesday afternoon, father and son got into an argument, the son would later tell authorities. It was not clear what caused the confrontation, police said, but it enraged Steven Mark Quadrel so much that he went to his truck, grabbed his 9mm Beretta semi-automatic pistol, and returned to his Airy Street apartment to ambush his father, shooting him dozens of times in the back and the head.
Quadrel then took off on foot, shooting at a 12-year-old boy on a scooter as he ran down nearby Sandy Street, according to court documents.
On Thursday, Quadrel was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated assault, and related crimes. The 24-year-old told police he shot his father after a conversation became heated. Quadrel said he shot once at the boy on the street because he was "creeped" out by the sight of him, according to court documents. No attorney for Quadrel was listed on court documents as of Friday.
Police arrived on the 600 block of Sandy about 4 p.m. Wednesday, responding to a call about shots fired. Authorities said they found Quadrel on the street. He struggled with officers as he was arrested, and they soon located his pistol on the ground nearby.
Quadrel asked officers repeatedly whether his father was "OK" and urged them to check on him. But he also told the officers over and over again that he had killed the man, according to the documents.
Later that night, as officers looked for Quadrel's father and investigated the shooting, they returned to Quadrel's apartment on the 600 block of East Airy Street. Inside, they found Mark Quadrel face down on the floor. He was dead, having been shot at about 30 times and struck repeatedly.
The 12-year-old who had been shot at on the street suffered a graze wound to a hand and arm. He was treated at Einstein Medical Center. The boy told authorities had been riding his scooter down the street with two friends when Quadrel ran past him and then back toward him. Quadrel pointed the gun at the child — its red laser lighting up on on the boy's face. He lowered the weapon and then fired, authorities said.
Quadrel is being held without bail at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility. He awaits a preliminary hearing scheduled for Nov. 9.
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The Effects of Water pH on Plant Growth
By Mara Grey ; Updated September 21, 2017
Pure water has a pH of 7, which is neutral. Higher numbers indicate alkaline water, the greater, the more alkaline. Lower numbers indicate acidity, the lower the pH, the more acid. Plants, each being adapted to some of the wide variety of conditions found on earth, have certain preferences in pH for rainfall and soil conditions.
When you measure the pH of your soil, you are actually measuring the pH of the moisture it holds, which is affected by the soil particles and microorganisms. Of course, the pH of the water you apply will affect this also. The pH does have an effect on plant growth.
Nutrient Availability
Many of the elements most used by plants in their growth are less available when the pH is in the acid range, below 6, and many of the micronutrients, those used in small quantities, are less available when the water, or soil, is alkaline. Some plants prefer, even require, acid soils and are not bothered by the lack of nutrients. Other plants will tolerate, but do not require, pH levels above 7, and are adapted to the lack of micronutrients, such as iron and zinc.
Chlorosis
One common effect of the application of water with a high pH, or of a high soil pH, is chlorosis, or the yellowing of the leaves in such a way that the leaf veins remain green. Common in gardenias and citrus, this indicates a lack of iron, usually caused by a pH that is too high for the plant. A lack of nitrogen is indicated by leaves that turn yellow evenly, without the green veins.
Soil Microorganisms
The tiny bacteria and other organisms that inhabit the soil, huge numbers of them in a teaspoon of soil, are most active at a pH of 6.3 to 6.8, and so the processes that break down plant waste, such as leaves, are most active at that level. Peat bogs, for example, having a very acid environment, act as preservatives for organic matter.
One of the more unusual effects of water pH is the change of color that can be seen in the blossoms of hydrangeas. Watering with an acid solution (as long as the soil isn't strongly alkaline) will give blue flowers. Applying alkaline water will cause the bush to bloom pink. Of course, varieties differ also, so if you want pink flowers, for example, it's best to get a pink variety and then keep the pH high also.
Acid-Loving Plants
One group of plants that needs acid soil (below a pH of 6.0) is the heather family, which includes rhododendrons and azaleas as well as heathers. Some, such as cranberries and blueberries, need soil even more strongly acid, around 5.0.
Trying to grow these in an area where water from the faucet tests at a pH of 7.0 or higher will be difficult without amending the soil with a large amount of peat moss or watering with rainwater rather than tap water. If, however, your area has a problem with acid rain, you can try these in your garden.
Neutral-Soil Plants
Many common vegetables and ornamentals prefer soil with a pH of around 6.5 These include spinach, parsnips, dahlias, chrysanthemums, sweet peas and tulips. If your faucet water or soil is acid, or your area has acid rain, you'll likely notice that plants are stunted, without obvious reasons for their lack of growth. This is because the major nutrients, nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium, are simply unavailable to these plants. Apply lime to the soil--which increases pH--and plant growth should pick up.
Ohio State University: Water Quality For Floriculture Crops
Elmhurst College: Acid Rain Effects
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry: Soil pH: What It Means
Over the past 30 years, Mara Grey has sold plants in nurseries, designed gardens and volunteered as a Master Gardener. She is the author of "The Lazy Gardener" and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Flower Gardening" and has a Bachelor of Science in botany.
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The city of Delaware will take a closer look at its tree preservation regulations by comparing them with other similar communities.
The Building Industry Association of Central Ohio has concerns about an update to codified ordinance section 11680.07, which clarifies that tree bank funds can be used for planting street trees. Developers can make a payment in lieu of replanting trees to the fund. But the BIA had concerns about codifying a change that would not allow the replacement fee to drop below $100 per caliper inch.
Jim Hilz, the BIA's executive director, sought clarification at City Council's meeting on Monday on whether the variance process now in place would apply to the situations related to the fee.
Hilz provided an example from 2006 when the city had a tree-for-tree replacement policy with a flat rate at $250. During that year, a developer paid $283,000 to replant 623 trees and to pay in lieu of replanting for for an additional 509 trees. But based on the current rate the developer would have paid about $2.7 million based on 27,000 caliper inches of that development, Hilz said.
"There might be a legal issue there in terms of that significant costs applying for that policy in terms of what the land may actually be worth," Hilz said.
Due to a personal emergency, Planning Director Dave Efland left the meeting before Council could address the proposed update. City Attorney Darren Shulman said the variance procedure by going before the Board of Zoning Appeals was applicable to such situations based on information Efland sent to him electronically at the meeting.
"I think that would cover the: I've got a lot and it's got a … million dollars in trees but the lot itself isn't worth that so I think that variance process" would apply, Shulman said.
He added that developers can get a variance through the planned development process during the discussion phase with the city.
Councilwoman Lisa Keller expressed concern about any adjustments to the variance process.
But Vice Mayor Kent Shafer said it's worth comparing the current policy to other communities to ensure that laws are fair and clear.
"The question I think is there an alternative way of resolving those issues and we can certainly follow up and get back to you on it," City Manager Tom Homan said.
Hilz said it's already collecting information about the practices of other cities and was willing to provide that information to the city.
Shade Tree Commission Chairman Paul Olen said his group will look at any variance closely. He appreciated it when Keller asked that a Shade Tree member is part of the discussions between the BIA and the city about the regulations.


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To Be Governed Not At All!
There is a popular idea that a functional society requires a government to hold it together – a body of people who govern the rest. But what does it mean to be governed?
The first person known to adopt the label "anarchist" gives us some idea:
"It is, under the pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be … exploited, monopolized, extorted, squeezed, mystified, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, despised, harassed, tracked, abused … disarmed … imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and, to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, outraged, dishonored. That is government; that is its justice; that is its morality."
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon gave us more verbs to go with that, but we'll start here.
Government is not just a friendly association that keeps us safe, builds our bridges, cleans the streets – or contracts with private companies, often in backroom deals, to do these things.
Government is the body by which some people govern others – an instrument of rule by some over others. This is an inherently unequal relationship that allows people with the most access to power – typically those with something to offer other power players – to exert unfair advantages over other people. It sets up a hierarchy where some are expected to yield and some are given the privilege of initiating force due to the title of their office or the type of work clothes they wear. Being allowed to vote and protest does not mean that you are not expected to yield to the people in charge.
This is what I see as the foundation of the anarchist case against government.
Anarchy means without rulers. To the anarchist, no imposition of authority is considered legitimate.
Anarchy, put this way, is not an unachievable perfect utopia, nor something that we can have immediately, nor something that we have to wait generations for as we bide our time. But then again, it is kind of all these things.
The word anarchy can describe an ideal world where there is no authority, no subjugation, no rule of one individual over another – an ideal that societies move toward but can never fully reach. But anarchy can also describe a society where norms of anarchism are widely adopted – where impositions of authority are viewed as unjust and are met with efforts to resist or alleviate them.
In one sense we can we have this immediately – in everyday life, in social circles where individual autonomy and individuality are respected and suppressing them is not, and leadership in particular areas is gained through respect, not by pulling rank.
But to achieve this society-wide, it is necessary to create incentives that encourage others to behave and think this way in more social contexts, expanding communities of freedom.
Henry David Thoreau, who didn't identify as an anarchist but was animated by the same libertarian spirit that drives anarchism, began his famous Civil Disobedience essay with a guiding principle.
"I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe, — "That government is best which governs not at all"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have."
How do people prepare for no government? The attempt to answer this question is one way to look at the anarchist project.
Some folks who agree with Thoreau here might say, "Right! We need to prepare people to govern themselves – by reducing the size of government and encouraging self-reliance."
Others who read Thoreau might say, "Right! We need to use government to protect people from concentrated wealth while they prepare for self-governance."
Still, others might say, "Right! Once we're ready to make the revolution, the government will no longer be in the way of our efforts to make a free society!"
There is something to all of these views, but they don't really connect to the track that anarchism is in – though people who identify as anarchists have expressed similar views.
Here we come to a real paradox of anarchism – it is a movement that cannot really be led in a traditional sense as you can't force people to be free and coercing people to prepare for self-government would make you a ruler.
Yes, telling people why anarchy would be preferable to authority is important – but teaching requires more than preaching.
Education is one key to the anarchist project. It is not just about what is being taught but in how it is being taught. People participating in the pursuit of truth, often with the guidance of people with experience in the field, or collaborating with other learners, is not the same process as one group of people drilling dogma into the heads of others. Anarchists have recognized this. Their leading role in the Modern School Movement, which featured a student-directed approach aimed at developing children and adults, without regard to gender or class, into more complete individuals, is one example.
Concrete incentives are important to getting people to move in an anarchist direction. This is not separate from education, as the access to a quality education that respects freedom and won't put you in debt is a valuable product. But it goes beyond education. To put it simply, if a movement is seen as providing concrete benefits to an individual and the people he or she cares most about, that individual is more likely to support that movement. This doesn't mean pandering or selling out – it means applying principles in ways that help people.
Don't think that government is feeding the needy? Then establish ways for the needy to feed themselves. This principle goes for creating new organizations and turning existing organizations toward liberty.
Don't tell me – show me! Even better, make the show a production I want to participate in.
Culture underlies all of this. It is important to establish culture that respects liberty and wants to make individual sovereignty mean something by helping individuals get what they need to become sovereign over their own lives – to have a good ability to choose who, if anyone, to depend on.
Where did anarchism come from?
Anarchism as an idea and a movement emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Europe and the United States. It opposed both the monarchies of European reactionaries and the emergent capitalist order that many saw as exploitative. It came from the ideas of utopian experimenters, labor reformers, and classical liberal intellectuals – which were overlapping categories at the time.
They recognized that liberty, equality, fraternity, and individual sovereignty were threatened by the existence of the state and by the concentrations of economic power wrought by coercion. They understood that any state – even one run by workers – was a dangerous instrument of oppression.
A number of schools of anarchism have sprung up since Proudhon proclaimed himself an anarchist in 1840.
Those who most closely followed Proudhon's economic system adopted the label mutualist. Typically mutualists support individual possession backed by mutual banking systems, emphasize associations between free laborers, and reject property titles not based on occupancy and use, such as the landed estates that rule over laborers based on historic access to state administrators. Like most anarchists, mutualists hold that resources will become more widely available as the restrictions and privileges upheld by the state are removed.
Individualist anarchism also took root in the 1840s. Josiah Warren's experience with American utopian colonies had convinced him that upholding the sovereignty of the individual and ensuring that every person received the full value of his labor were crucial ingredients for a successful equitable society. His writings had a profound influence on other libertarians in America. In Germany, Max Stirner came out with his 1845 book The Ego and His Own, which rejected morality and absolutes. Stirner's egoism later became an influence on anarchists, and many, including Benjamin Tucker, incorporated Stirner's ideas into their thought.
Collectivist anarchism, which was advocated by international man of revolution Mikhail Bakunin, emphasizes the collective association of workers instead of individual ownership like the mutualists and individualists. Labor was seen as a social endeavor and individuals could access the products of society so far as they contributed to it with their own labor.
Anarchist communism, advocated by Peter Kropotkin, goes farther by holding that individuals should work in common and receive resources based upon their needs, rather than upon their deeds.
Anarchist syndicalism takes the federated labor union as the basis for organizing revolutionary action as well as the basis for economic organization in an anarchist society. Workers' federations would run factories, farms, and other workplaces.
Anarcho-capitalism was first expressed in the mid-twentieth century by Murray Rothbard and David Friedman, but was largely anticipated by Gustave de Molinari in his 1849 essay, "The Production of Security." Anarcho-capitalists draw heavily on studies in economics, often in the Austrian school, to advocate a society where services typically provided by government are instead provided by market actors. Anarcho-capitalists generally see exchanges in a free market as choices made among equals and are therefore less concerned about credit, interest, rent, and labor issues than other anarchists.
Note that some anarchists would exclude other categories from anarchism. To me if the anarcho comes first and the economic preferences second then an advocate of any of these schools can rightfully be categorized as anarchist.
A number of other labels have been adopted by anarchists to show a particular emphasis in their goals and methods, and adopting one label by no means excludes the ideas of another. Anarcho-pacifism, related to Christian anarchism and the writings of Tolstoy, opposes any use of force or violence as inherently authoritarian. Green anarchism, of which primitivism is one subset, has a particular focus on ecology. Anarcha-feminism analyzes and combats patriarchy with anarchist principles. Anarcho-transhumanism explores the relationship between anarchist thought and major scientific advancements in human longevity and capability. Agorism sees opportunities for liberation in markets that aren't sanctioned by the state.
All anarchists seek the greatest freedom for each individual, unrestrained by political, social, or economic authority.
The state is nothing mystical, but is an institution made of people. It is a social organization that incentives certain behavior, generally worse behavior than that encouraged by free association on principles of cooperation and solidarity. The state relies for its existence on force and deference to people of higher rank. It enforces its own monopoly. To get to the top, political leaders must please powerful interests and usually continue working with certain interests in order to stay in power.
Reforms that pass down through the government structure are filtered through layers of bureaucrats and administrators who will do what they can to improve their position and pass on the weight of governance to others. Government agencies are oriented to please politicians, not the public, and government enforcers owe allegiance to internal culture and rules, not to the outside community.
Social authority is the power exercised by prevailing custom, privileging some customs and lifestyles over others. When social harmony is based on respect for individuality and people are free to develop according to their wishes rather than fit into roles that others have given them, it creates a favorable environment for individual freedom and social progress.
Authority in the economic realm exists because the ability to achieve economic security and advancement is restricted by state regulations and economic elites, putting some in a disadvantageous or even desperate position.
Free association on anarchist principles will make society more productive and decrease inequality. Any inequality that does arise from different choices will be much less threat to liberty and autonomy because there will be greater alternatives in place and greater opportunity to create alternatives.
Anarchists who favor market mechanisms as an important component of a free society could be called market anarchists.
Do the words market and capitalism mean the same thing? This brings up a worthwhile semantics discussion.
The word capitalism, by its etymology, suggests an ideology of capital, favoring one factor in production over another. What is commonly called capitalism is often characterized by separation of ownership and labor, and a hierarchical employer-employee relationship (not to mention banksters and annoying over-commercialization).
A market could have these things – but a market itself is just a space of buying and selling. With a dispersal of economic power, more people have the power to buy and sell.
Some anarchists disagree. They think that the existence of a market means people will use their accumulated capital to take advantage of others.
The amount of wealth people have will never be equal and no attempt at perfect economic equality should be made, but when people are economically secure and value freedom highly they will protect their freedom, not sell it, so there would be nobody for the rich to take advantage of.
Economic security is one cornerstone of autonomy, and market anarchism shows its egalitarian nature as it aims for more generalized prosperity.
But action always proceeds from values and a free society must have the values of solidarity and mutual aid – part of a complete package of upholding individual autonomy. The sovereignty of the individual requires individuals to have power over their own lives.
The value of mutual aid – helping people when they need it and expecting they will do the same for you – has been demonstrated in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Many first-hand reports underscore the lack of help from government agencies or the Red Cross. But a massive community response through personal connections and local organizations has arisen. A big one is the Occupy movement, which declared its intention to Occupy Sandy and launched massive efforts to provide relief. The benefit of motivated individuals drawing on local knowledge and networks to help each other has proved to be of immense value.
Anarchism envisions an active civil life of voluntary organizations operating on libertarian principles – social action that fills the gaps now held open by authority and its impact on personal life. Growing the libertarian social sphere makes the anarchist society more viable.
Getting to the world where no authority is recognized as legitimate will not be easy. The state and authoritarian structures are deeply rooted. But by dealing honestly and effectively with today's problems, libertarians can invite participation in exciting and innovative paths toward liberty. In doing so, we prepare people for government which governs not at all – by motivating them to prepare themselves.
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There have been a lot of interesting things in the works for SOCHA as of late, and we're going to put them all into a single post so our readers can be brought up to speed all at once.
It's hard to believe, but SOCHA has been around for nearly three years. Our founding directors were Fr. Oliver Herbel, Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick, and Matthew Namee. This past October 1st, at the 2011 SOCHA Symposium, we added Aram Sarkisian to our board.
On March 9th, SOCHA was incorporated as a legal entity in the State of Kansas, a step we have long anticipated. We are in the process of obtaining 501(c)(3) nonprofit status from the IRS. Once that happens, we'll be able to do all sorts of things to expand the work of SOCHA, and we look forward to including all of our readers in these endeavors.
We would also like to announce that on March 9th, Fr. Oliver Herbel resigned from his position as the Executive Director of SOCHA, and is no longer a member of our board of directors. We thank Fr. Oliver for his contributions to the society's work. With Fr. Oliver's resignation and our incorporation, we've also moved to a different shape of governance for the Society. There will no longer be an Executive Director or Associate Directors, but simply a board of directors.
We also welcome Matthew J. Baker to the SOCHA Advisory Board. Matthew has an M.Div. from St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary, as well as a Th.M. from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. He is a Ph.D. student in the Theology department of Fordham University, specializing in the writings of Fr. Georges Florovsky, a towering figure in 20th century Orthodoxy, both in America and throughout the world. Matthew's special interests include hermeneutics, the intersection of patristics and modern philosophy, and questions of reason, revelation and tradition in Orthodox dogmatics. He has published articles in International Journal of Systematic Theology, Participatio: The Journal of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship, Transactions of Russian-American Scholars in the U.S.A., Theologia: The Journal of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, and Crkvene Studije, and has several book chapters forthcoming. He is editorial assistant to the journal Participatio and theological advisor to the Fr. Georges Florovsky Orthodox Theological Society of Princeton University. Matthew spoke at the 2011 SOCHA Symposium and has been featured prominently at the 2011 and 2012 Patristics Symposiums hosted by the Florovsky Society at Princeton Theological Seminary.
We are also working on a new format and name for the SOCHA journal (a sort of "reboot"), to be entitled the Journal of Orthodox Church History in the Americas (JOCHA). It will take a while to put together, but we'll be offering some exciting content from a variety of authors, on subjects both familiar and perhaps less known. Matthew Baker will also be serving on the editorial board of the journal. We're planning a re-launch later this year.
We've decided to postpone the previously scheduled 2012 SOCHA Symposium that had been slated for Princeton this Fall and to expand to a national-level conference in 2013, as well as looking at some regional conferences on a smaller scale. This was a difficult decision for us to make, but we feel it will lead to an extremely productive event next year. We thank Princeton Seminary and the Florovsky Society for their support, and look forward to working with them again in the future.
Also of note is that SOCHA is now on Twitter! You can find us there as @OrthodoxHistory. We hope to see you there, too.
We are very excited about the future of SOCHA. There are a lot of things in the works, and we look forward to keeping you posted through OrthodoxHistory.org, our Facebook page and our new Twitter account. As always, we welcome your input on topics you would like us to research, as well as any other ideas you may have for SOCHA's consideration.


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