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RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF TLU SA
BENEFIT FOR MEMBERS
TLU SA members have until Monday, September 9, 2019 to send their legal questions to tlu@vdtreg.co.za. These questions will be answered for free by a qualified lawyer.
Participants have to supply the following information:
Lede Voordele
Name & Surname *
Cell phone Number *
E-posadres *
ek is *
Dorp naaste aan plaas *
*Use of the free advice service is subject to the following conditions:
By using this free advice service, the user / TLU SA member agrees to the following conditions.
Each member is limited to two questions.
Only questions received through tlu@vdtreg.co.za will be answered.
The attorney will answer the questions as soon as possible but is not bound to answer it within a specific timeframe.
No debates or further consultation related to the questions and answers will be allowed unless the attorney is of the opinion that the client's problem is of such a serious and/or urgent nature, that it justifies further correspondence.
The attorney's answers do not replace the user / TLU SA member's own attorney's legal advice since a thorough consultation was not held with the user / TLU SA member.
The user / TLU SA member will not hold TLU SA, the attorney, their employees, agents, and management accountable for any harm, death or claims originating from the use of this free advice service.
Any dispute will be handled by the attorney and TLU SA's General Manager at their discretion. The decision of the attorney and TLU SA's General Manager regarding any disputes is final.
COOPERATION IN ORGANISED AGRICULTURE
Since the split with AgriSA, TLU SA has consistently mentioned the need for collaboration in terms of mutual interests not influenced by principled views. TLU SA will accordingly converse with any organisation in organised agriculture on behalf of its members to find solutions to issues in both parties' interests. In this case, TLU SA hopes to play a constructive role.
TLU SA enters into agreements with partners and potential allies in various sectors to strengthen its policy, viewpoint, and vital capacity to stay in service as a fortress for commercial farmers.
Strategic partners are approached on the grounds of their principles, capacity, and views. Strategic partners do not necessarily imply a permanent agreement over an undefined spectrum but are focused on specific cases.
USE OF FORUMS FOR COOPERATION
TLU SA is of the view that healthy dialogue and conversations with role-players who have the best interest of the agricultural sector at heart, is right even if there are differences in the point of departure. To make sensible progress, the following aspects are applicable before participation in these forums is considered:
Engagement happens in the form of a forum;
It entails every organisation/participant keeping their identity and not being drowned out by other role-players.
If consensus about an issue is not reached between all role-players, there is no forum statement, even if a majority view exists.
Discussions take place according to a set and agreed-upon agenda;
If there is uncertainty about the viewpoint taken by the forum, every role-player has the opportunity to confirm the statement with his/her organisation before any decision can be finalised.
If consensus is reached over an issue, the decision becomes the forum's as well as the individual participant's decision.
TLU SA will evaluate the merits of a case to establish its desirability and if it is worth the effort taking part in the forum.
The best interest of our members will serve as the guideline, whether to partake or not. The opportunity to share the organisation's views is a positive development in the sense that our beliefs are the views of the commercial farmer, and if other role players can be sold on the ideas, it is for the best.
TLU SA Sponsors
RELATIONSHIP WITH TRADE ORGANISATIONS
TLU SA views trade organisations as part of the organised agricultural family. The distinguishing factors between general organisations such as TLU A and the various trade organisations are seated in the field of work defined for each.
TLU SA encourages its members to become members of the specific trade organisations offering services to its specific farming branch. The importance of these industries mainly lies in their focus on the needed product development, marketing and research, while general aspects such as labour, safety, property rights issues, water affairs, energy and AgriBEE are left to organisations such as TLU SA.
These demarcations are important to prevent any misunderstandings. TLU SA respects each industry in its autonomy.
TLU SA's approach to the industries involves a request for them to affiliate as special category members. It entails a full seat in the General Council as well as during the Congress. The various trade organisations will in doing so have access to information from TLU SA, which can be used to make better decisions in the interest of agriculture.
The various industries specialise in issues other than agricultural policies and should take care to not position themselves in such a way that their actions, but also by implication, shows agri-political choices.
NETWORK OF COMPANIES IN ISRAEL
The General Manager of TLU SA, Mr Bennie van Zyl, attended the Agri-Israel 4 conference in Israel at the end of June. The conditions in Israel forced them to research water use in all its forms in order to get the maximum output with the minimum water.
Technology is used to reach this goal and we can learn a great deal from them. It is however, important to realise that technology can be misused and lead to unnecessary expenses. You should choose wisely when applying technology.
A list of companies doing business in South Africa as well as some hoping to build a network here, is available below.
Click here to download the document.
NEGOTIATION / DISCUSSION / BARGAINING
TLU SA confirms the viewpoint that confrontation which develops from a difference in opinion, points of departure in principles, force or intimidation should be solved.
Negotiation, discussion or bargaining are the methods used for conflict solution.
TLU SA will not negotiate about recognised and accepted principles, but makes use of discussion and bargaining to reach strategic goals, without relinquishing rights.
Negotiation will only happen between parties with a similar base of principles;
Discussion is used to convey and debate the ideas or views of TLU SA to the opposition, and to keep the channel for discussion open;
Bargaining is used to sign an agreement in the interest of both parties.
These methods of conflict resolution are used on all levels of the organisation, without relinquishing principles or rights, to convey and establish TLU SA's views to prevent or handle conflict.
Financial Wellness Desk
As an organisation which genuinely takes the interests of farmers to heart, TLU SA is extremely concerned about the financial stability of its members, taking into account the perfect storm farmers have to face:
Farm attacks;
Drought and climate change;
Land expropriation;
Lack of government support;
Increased urbanisation draining skills, knowledge and future leadership from farms;
Higher life expectancy and inflationary pressures as accelerants to longevity risk; and
A trend towards stealth taxes in South Africa where business owners pay for mandatory legislated costs such as training levies and minimum wage increases which bring increased financial pressure to the farmer without any scientifically- guaranteed increase in productivity.
TLU SA thus swung into action and made an immediate commitment to energise its members and supporters in focussing on financial wellness by giving them exposure to unique tools, effective solutions and world leading financial planning technologies to assist them in the journey ahead.
All of this is possible through the new TLU SA Financial Wellness Desk, based at the TLU SA Head office in Silverton, Pretoria and headed by Kobus Oberholster, an experienced farm specialist Financial Advisor of Attooh Consulting Services*.
This initiative is rooted in a longstanding relationship between Kobus and the leadership of TLU SA.
"Members can view this initiative as a life boat for what looks like turbulent and uncertain financial times ahead and to ensure that they optimize all available financial mechanisms," Mr Oberholster explains.
The first tool available to members and friends of TLU SA is the Financial Pressure Test, which was activated today.
"In just 10 questions answered in less than five minutes, member farmers can score their existing financial wellness and take the first step in repositioning their financial journey into the future," he says. "Following this step, they will also qualify to receive a critically-important financial record-keeper- the Life File – with a live complimentary consultation by an accredited advisor in the collation, documentation and correct storage of every relevant financial record."
Members can get access to these initial and essential tools, by participating in a short and confidential, five-question survey, which will provide TLU SA and its membership with valuable insights into current levels of financial literacy and "future fitness".
The survey is available at this link: https://form.myjotform.com/90972105348560
*Attooh Consulting Services PTY LTD (FDV nr 18147) is an accredited financial services provider.
Mnr Kobus Oberholster, Hoof: TLU SA Finansiële Welstand Lessenaar,
Cell.: 082 330 8607,
Tel.: 012 804 8031,
Email: kobus@attooh.co.za
TLU SA Finansiële Welstand Lessenaar
TRAUMA FUND
The TLU Drought Fund was established in 1962 after a drought of five years and repeated outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in the then Transvaal.
Through the fund and help from the public, tons of feed, pastures and transport subsidies were made available to farmers in need.
The President and General Manager of TLU SA are ex officio the trustees of the TLU SA TRAUMAFONDS (TLU SA Trauma Fund)
The aim of the TLU SA Traumafonds is as follows:
Counselling services for victims and next f kin of violent crimes on farms and agricultural smallholdings;
Emergency relief in critical and exceptional cases where the breadwinner died or was hospitalised and no other available source of income or emergency relief exists to provide in the immediate needs such as food, accommodation and stabilising medical services;
Supplying agricultural emergency relief to destitute farmers;
Socio-economic upliftment projects;
Community development for poor and destitute persons in agriculture which includes;
Community projects for the development of capacity, upliftment and skills development;
Training projects and support to community projects as above;
Supplying training and support to upcoming micro businesses in agriculture;
Agricultural upliftment projects;
Training support for counsellors and training of upcoming farmers and agriculture-related activities;
Involvement in the conservation and rehabilitation of natural resources;
Giving support to commercial farmers in drought-stricken areas;
Help farmers hit by disasters.
The TLU SA Traumafonds will at all times have a minimum of three trustees, with trustees elected from the TLU SA Daily Management Committee, but also including the President and General Manager.
Funds are raised by way of voluntary donations and contributions, donorship and fundraising projects.
No donations or contributions which could be reversed by the donor may be accepted, except if the donor withdraws the contribution because the funds were not used in accordance with the set goals.
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS
Funds are only allowed to be used to promote the set goals of the TLU SA Traumafonds.
All appropriations of funds have to be authorised by at least two of the trustees.
Payments are only allowed to be made to approved projects.
REMUNERATION OF OFFICIALS
Employers, officials and other persons are allowed to receive remuneration from the TLU SA Traumafonds subject to the remuneration being fair and market-related for the services delivered. Furthermore, the service rendered should be made to reach the goals of the TLU SA Traumafonds.
PAYMENT OF FUND RESERVES
No funds are to be paid out, directly or indirectly, to any organisation or person except to reach the goals of the TLU SA Traumafonds.
DISSOLUTION OF THE TLU SA TRAUMAFONDS
With the dissolution of the TLU SA Traumafonds, all reserve funds must be transferred to an organisation with broadly similar goals to the TLU SA Traumafonds.
The financial year-end of the TLU SA Traumafonds is 30 April. An audited annual report must be prepared and approved by the TLU SA Daily Management Committee.
ARTICLE 18A
Since the TLU SA Traumafonds is registered to receive donations in terms of Article 18A of the Income Act where certain conditions and requirements are requested to be met by SARS and where various of the requirements are already set out in the constitution, the Trustees agreed that the correspondence from SARS stipulating the requirements will be added as an addendum and will be viewed as an integral part of the constitution to ensure all requirements are included in the constitution. PROPERTY RIGHT FUND
In the past, TLU SA has found it necessary to present its case in court in the interest of its members to the benefit of other members of the agricultural community.
Laws making agricultural land taxable, have turned in the courts various times and TLU SA took its case to the higher courts every time until the Highest Court Of Appeal ruled in its favour.
Even though it was the Cullinan Farmer's Association who fought the case, farmers across the country saved millions of rands because of the action and the positive ruling.
Cases such as these are very expensive. TLU SA is in the process of getting legal advice on aspects of the controversial Fire Arms Act as well as the Expropriation Bill. When it comes to the table, it will probably turn in the courts again and possibly be fought to the Constitutional Court.
TLU SA feels very spanly that its members' property rights, and those of farmers in general, must be protected.
In light hereof, TLU SA created the Regshulpfonds (Legal Aid Fund) to make provision for these costs.
Because of the importance of this issue, it became clear that people from within agriculture as well as outside would like to contribute to this fund. Any contributions are appreciated.
Contributions can be made to:
TLU SA
Absa account 405 040 0686
Branch code for deposits: 334445


There were 50 white-supremacist's arrested in what Orange County prosecutors called the largest crackdown on supremacist gangs in Southern California.
The sweep called "Operation Stormfront," named after their white-supremacist website, included a collaboration between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Orange County District Attorney's Office, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Orange County Sheriff's Department, U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Secret Service.
Sheriff Deputies and ATF investigators went undercover, infiltrating the white gangs looking for various drug and gun crimes, according to officials.
There were 14 people arrested and charged with three indictments including –extortion, conspiracy and solicitation of aggravated assault and murder, county prosecutors announced.
Rackauckas said, the arrests included a married couple, Wayne and Ruthie Marshall who were "shot-callers," Wayne, was running the gang from an Orange County jail while he was awaiting a trial.
"Ruthie acted as his trusty lieutenant and (facilitated) three-way calls, acted as a communication bridge between her husband and criminal street gang members, gave orders on his behalf and gave her own orders under the pretense of acting on his behalf," Rackauckas explained.
The 14 defendants face life in prison if convicted of their crimes, the Orange County District Attorney said.
The collaborative effort was due to budget cutbacks, said Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. The effort paid off and the agencies were able to get many violent racist gang members off the streets.
Kevin O'Grady, Orange County's regional director for the Anti-Defamation League said he was happy with the outcome and agreed with other participants that some bad guys were now off the streets.


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Next In: Gradkowski
The Bucs started the week with another rookie signing, getting sixth-round QB Bruce Gradkowski in the fold and leaving six draftees still to be signed before camp starts on Thursday
QB Bruce Gradkowski will soon be getting a lot of one-on-one instruction from Head Coach Jon Gruden
In three days, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will open training camp and Bruce Gradkowski will have to worry about route progressions, disguised zones and audible terminology. He won't have to worry about his contract.
Gradkowski, the prolific Toledo passer taken by the Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2006 draft, signed his first NFL deal on Monday, which means he can report to camp in a timely fashion on Thursday. Practice begins Friday morning.
The Buccaneers drafted 10 players in April and now have four of them under contract. As often happens, the contracts are falling into place in roughly reverse of the order the players were drafted. Seventh-round tight end Tim Massaquoi, the Bucs' final pick, came in first with his deal last Wednesday and seventh-round cornerback Justin Phinisee and fifth-round defensive end Julian Jenkins followed suit on Friday.
To make room for Gradkowski on the 89-man camp roster, the Bucs released first-year fullback Robert Douglas. Draft picks do not count against the 80-man (plus exemptions) roster until they have signed a contract, but they cannot report to camp without a deal.
The six members of the 2006 draft class who still need finalized contracts are first-round guard Davin Joseph, second-round tackle Jeremy Trueblood, third-round wide receiver Maurice Stovall, fourth-round cornerback Alan Zemaitis, sixth-round tight end T.J. Williams and seventh-round defensive end Charles Bennett. The Buccaneers want to have all six signed by Thursday's reporting date and haven't suffered through an extended rookie holdout since 1994.
Gradkowski is one of five quarterbacks on the Bucs' roster, joining starter Chris Simms, veterans Jay Fiedler and Tim Rattay and first-year man Jared Allen. He was the 194th player selected overall in April's draft, the first of two Buc sixth-round picks.
At Toledo, Gradkowski was known for his leadership, poise and mobility. Above all, he showed remarkable precision; in fact, he is currently the most accurate passer in NCAA Division I-A history.
As a sophomore and junior, Gradkowski became the first quarterback in I-A history to complete over 70% of his passes in consecutive seasons (71.2% in 2003 and 70.2% in 2004), leading to a career mark of 68.2% that broke the record of 67.1% set by Tim Couch.
The co-MVP of the Mid-American Conference as a senior last fall, Gradkowski completed 207-of-332 passes (62.3%) for 2,469 yards and 29 touchdowns and also ran for 291 yards and four scores and 61 carries. He capped his career with an MVP performance in the GMAC Bowl, throwing for 298 yards and five touchdowns in Toledo's 45-13 win over UTEP.
Gradkowski hails from Pennsylvania and played in the same prep conference as such NFL greats as George Blanda, Joe Namath, Jim Kelly, Joe Montana and Dan Marino, surpassing all of their career marks.
Douglas signed with the Buccaneers in January after first entering the league as an undrafted free agent with Tennessee in the spring of 2005. The Memphis product spent several months on Tennessee's practice squad during the regular season.

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On this video, I teach you the best way to kill Elder Guardians in Minecraft. Those ocean temples can be tricky, but these tips will help you through them safely.
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Dutch doctors can sedate 'agitated' patients before euthanasia
November 23, 2020 CNA Daily News News Briefs 3 Print
Stock photo. Via Shutterstock.
CNA Staff, Nov 23, 2020 / 05:00 pm (CNA).- Doctors in the Netherlands are now permitted to sedate patients without their knowledge or consent prior to euthanizing them if there is a chance the patient could "become agitated" as a doctor prepares to end their life.
The rule change was reported on Friday, November 20 by The Guardian. The updated policy applies to patients who have dementia or a similar condition.
The revised policies state that for dementia patients "it is not necessary for the doctor to agree with the patient the time or manner in which euthanasia will be given."
The updated process follows an April, 2020, Dutch supreme court finding that a doctor who sedated a patient prior to euthanizing her had not broken any laws.
Dr. Marinou Arends had been convicted of murder after she euthanized a patient with advanced Alzheimer's disease in 2016. The woman had previously indicated that she wished to be euthanized if she were moved to a nursing home. The woman reportedly answered repeatedly that she did not wish to die when she was asked about the possiblity of euthanasia.
Despite the patient's change of mind, Arends euthanized her after giving her a sedative mixed into her coffee. Despite the sedative, the woman attempted to jerk away from the lethal drugs, and was held down by her son-in-law. The supreme court vacated a murder conviction and cleared Arends.
Jacob Kohnstamm, who chairs the Dutch euthanasia review committee, said that the new policies were needed as "doctors now have less to worry about putting their necks in a noose with euthanasia."
"They need less fear of justice," he said. "Or for the review committee."
At the time of the court's decision, Dr. Charles Camosy, a professor at Fordham University and bioethicist, told CNA that the supreme court decision is part of a legal "slippery slope" in the Netherlands on euthanasia. Camosy said that patients with conditions including mental deterioration will be at the heart of future debate.
"I believe the next great fight over fundamental human equality will be over the value of human beings with advanced dementia," he said to CNA in April.
"It is impossible, in my view, to separate what is happening in the Netherlands from the broad rejection in the post-Christian West of fundamental human equality."
"Doctors are notoriously bad at judging these things," said Camosy. "Study after study finds that they rate the quality of life of their patients worse than the patients do themselves. They assume people want more quality of life than length of life, when in fact the numbers show exactly the opposite."
Camosy told CNA that given how the Netherlands has euthanized newborn infants, who are also unable to communicate a degree of suffering, for about two decades, "it follows logically that they could say it about someone with late-stage dementia."
Euthanasia is legal in the Netherlans for anyone over the age of 12, or for anyone under the age of one. However, there is a growing movement seeking to legalize the practice in children and infants.
Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said in a letter to the Dutch parliament in October that there was consensus on "the need for active termination of life among doctors and parents of incurably ill children, who are suffering hopelessly and unbearably and will die within the foreseeable future."
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Doctrine remains problem in relations, SSPX affirms after Vatican meeting
Solothurn, Switzerland, Nov 26, 2018 / 12:11 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After a meeting between the superior general of the Society of St. Pius X and the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the canonically irregular priestly society said the problem in its relations with the Holy See is fundamentally doctrinal.
Fr. Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the SSPX, met for two hours Nov. 22 with Cardinal Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, the CDF prefect, at the Vatican.
Cardinal Ladaria was accompanied by Archbishop Guido Pozzo, secretary of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, and Fr. Pagliarani by Fr. Emmanuel du Chalard.
In a Nov. 23 statement, the Society said Fr. Pagliarani had been invited by Cardinal Ladaria "to meet for the first time and together to take stock of the relations between the Holy See and the Society of Saint Pius X" since Fr. Pagliarani's July election as superior general.
During the meeting "it was recalled that the fundamental problem is actually doctrinal … Because of this irreducible doctrinal divergence, for the past seven years no attempt to compose a draft of a doctrinal statement acceptable to both parties has succeeded. This is why the doctrinal question remains absolutely essential."
According to the SSPX, "The Holy See says the same when it solemnly declares that no canonical status can be established for the Society until after the signing of a doctrinal document."
"Therefore, everything impels the Society to resume theological discussions with the awareness that the Good Lord does not necessarily ask the Society to convince its interlocutors, but rather to bear unconditional witness to the faith in the sight of the Church."
The priestly society said its future "is in the hands of Providence and the Most Blessed Virgin Mary," and that its members "want nothing else but to serve the Church and to cooperate effectively in her regeneration … but they can choose neither the manner, nor the terms, nor the moment of what belongs to God alone."
The SSPX was founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1970 to form priests, as a response to what he described as errors that had crept into the Church after the Second Vatican Council.
Its relations with the Holy See became particularly strained in 1988 when Archbishop Lefebvre and Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer consecrated four bishops without the permission of St. John Paul II.
The illicit episcopal consecrations resulted in the excommunication of the bishops involved. The excommunications of the surviving bishops were lifted in 2009 by Benedict XVI, and since then negotiations "to rediscover full communion with the Church" have continued between the SSPX and the Vatican.
When he remitted the excommunications, Benedict noted that "doctrinal questions obviously remain and until they are clarified the Society has no canonical status in the Church and its ministers cannot legitimately exercise any ministry."
The biggest obstacles for the SSPX's reconciliation have been the statements on religious liberty in Vatican II's declaration Dignitatis humanae as well as the declaration Nostra aetate, which it claims contradict previous Catholic teaching.
There were indications in recent years of movement towards regularization of the priestly society, which has some 600 priest-members.
In March 2017, Pope Francis gave diocesan bishops or other local ordinaries the authorization to grant priests of the SSPX the ability to celebrate licitly and validly the marriages of the faithful who follow the Society's pastoral activity.
Archbishop Pozzo spoke about interactions with the SSPX in an April 2016 interview with La Croix. The archbishop, whose commission is responsible for discussions with the SSPX, said that discussions over the last few years have led to "an important clarification" that the Second Vatican Council "can be adequately understood only in the context of the full Tradition of the Church and her constant Magisterium."
And in September 2015, the Pope announced that the faithful would be able to validly and licitly receive absolution from priests of the SSPX during the Jubilee Year of Mercy. This ability was later extended indefinitely by Francis in his 2016 apostolic letter Misericordia et misera.
Construction crane knocks head and torso off Catholic cathedral's statue of St. Paul
CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2020 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- A construction crane knocked the head and torso off a statue of St. Paul atop Liège Cathedral in Belgium Monday.
CathoBel, the official website of the Catholic Church in Francophone Belgium, reported th… […]
What does it actually mean for a priest to be 'laicized'?
March 15, 2017 CNA Daily News 9
Rome, Italy, Mar 15, 2017 / 02:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- When reports came out recently about Pope Francis' decision to modify the penalties for several priests found guilty of abusing minors, the question arose as to whether the Pope was being too merciful in his decision.
Another concern was whether priests found guilty of abuse of minors would continue to be dismissed from the clerical state, or "laicized."
To address these issues and clear up some of the grey area on this topic, CNA spoke with a canonist, Fr. Damián Astigueta, SJ.
A professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University with a specialty in criminal proceedings, Fr. Astigueta offered insights on what dismissal from the clerical state is, why the Church doesn't always choose to dismiss from the clerical state priests who are guilty of abuse, what those condemned to a life of prayer and penance actually do, the role of bishops in abuse cases, the lessening of sentences, and more.
What is dismissal from the clerical state?
While frequently used in the media, the term "laicization" doesn't really exist anymore among canonists, Fr. Astigueta said, and has been widely replaced by the term "loss of the clerical state."
When a priest loses his clerical state, either because he requested it or because it was taken from him, he is "'dismissed from the clerical state,' because this is a juridical status," Fr. Astigueta explained.
"He remains in a situation judicially as if they were a layperson. This is where the term 'laicization' comes from."
He clarified that when this happens, it doesn't mean that a priest is no longer a priest: "the sacrament of Holy Orders isn't lost; it imprints an ontological sign on the being of the priest that can never be lost."
What happens instead is that exercising the rights proper to the clerical state are prohibited, such as saying Mass, hearing confessions, and administering the sacraments; as are the obligations, such as that of reciting the Liturgy of the Hours and obedience to their bishop.
However, since a man dismissed from the clerical state remains a priest, there are times at which the Church continues to oblige him to act as a priest.
For example, if he finds someone in danger of death who asks for the sacraments, even though he is no longer in a clerical state, he "must hear (the person's) confession because the most important thing is the salvation of that person."
Fr. Astigueta also emphasized the importance of not misinterpreting the process to mean a "reduction to the lay state." This phrase is not correct, he stressed, since it inaccurately treats laity "in a derogatory way, as if they were lesser."
Why not all priests guilty of abuse lose the clerical state
For Fr. Astigueta, the answer to the question of why not all priests found guilty of abuse are dismissed from the clerical state has two primary components: not all acts of abuse are the same in terms of severity, and the situation of the priest himself varies.
"Why doesn't the Church dismiss from the clerical state all abusers? Because not all abuses are the same entity," he said. Even civil law recognizes a difference in severity between pedophilia – which involves prepubescent children – and ephebophilia – which involves mid-to-late adolescents. In other cases, there may be the appearance of consent with an older teen, he said, which can further complicate the matter. The penalty assessed to the priest takes these factors into account, he added.
When it comes to priests who are found guilty of abuse, there are different types of punishments, including dismissal from the clerical state, or a life of "prayer and penance," depending on the situation.
"There are certain cases in which dismissal would be the just punishment," Fr. Astigueta said.
But there are also cases – even with several instances of serious abuse that have caused a lot of damage – when the Church decides against this dismissal, he said, pointing to Legion of Christ founder Fr. Marcial Maciel as an example.
Fr. Maciel was a person "who was proven to have committed a series of very serious crimes, a person who when one knows what he did truly realizes they are in front of a very disturbed person," the priest said. "Can a disturbed person be punished with the maximum penalty?"
At times the Church prefers to use a different system, prohibiting the person from ministry, particularly in public. Instead, the person is isolated at home, dedicated to prayer "and nothing more." This means no visits from people, at times not even friends or their congregation.
In the case of Fr. Maciel, even his funeral, for which he had saved enormous funds, was closed to the public.
"Is it a gilded prison? In a certain way, yes," Fr. Astigueta said. However, he said the Church at times chooses this punishment, which is less strong, because at a certain point, "when I give a person a sanction that destroys them, it's not a sanction, but revenge."
Fr. Astigueta also spoke of the importance of mercy in the process, particularly when it comes to elderly priests and the Church's own responsibility toward her members.
Even in a tragic case when a child has been abused, "the Church is still a mother, and mercy is used for the victims and the priest," he said, noting that abusers often have serious psychological problems that require treatment.
If a priest chooses to renounce his clerical state, he is often inserted into society without a problem; but when it comes to those who have been dismissed, it can be a lot harder, Fr. Astigueta said, explaining that there is a canon (c. 1350 §2) establishing "that there exists a duty of charity toward them."
This means "helping them and taking care of them in the measure that the person lets themselves be helped," he said.
If an 80-year-old priest is dismissed from the clerical state, "where do we send him? Can he find work? He'll end up living on the street as a homeless man. How long will he last? He won't last anything," he observed.
To put a man on the street in this circumstance, unless he has relatives ready to take him on, "is practically to kill him."
Often, despite the harm done, something good in the person remains, he said, explaining that because of this, sometimes a more just penance is to let him "live with his conscience." While a life of prayer and reflection might sound comfortable, Fr. Astigueta asked: "reflecting with whom? With your memories before God, with your regrets."
He noted that in order to avoid pressure from the media in these cases, the Church "is obliged at times to punish, in my view, more seriously than it should."
Offering help to victims and bringing about justice is always the Church's top priority when it comes to clerical abuse, but concern must also be shown to the sinner, he said, explaining that if the Church were to immediately dismiss from the clerical state every abusive priest, it could cause more harm.
"Sometimes we find ourselves in situations that if these people are thrown out on the street, I am leaving a possible serial killer," Fr. Astigueta said, referring to pedophiles. The Church, he said, must also take this into account.
Fr. Astigueta stressed that when it comes to mercy in abuse cases, it "never goes against justice," and that the first act of mercy is "to tell the truth."
Once the truth is known, the measure in which the offender can be sanctioned must be taken into account "in order to avoid that the penalty is a revenge," because this helps no one.
"The pain of the victim is never cured with revenge; the only way to heal the victim's pain is forgiveness offered freely," he said, noting that "this can never be forced on anyone; but certainly neither can the spirit of revenge be forced."
What a life of prayer and penance actually means
Many priests found guilty of abuse, instead of being dismissed from the clerical state, are instead sentenced to a life of "prayer and penance."
But while the sentence is fairly common, among elderly priests in particular, what it actually involves is at times a bit obscure to the public eye, and it can seem like the priest is getting off easy despite committing heinous crimes.
Fr. Astigueta explained that on a practical level, "the person is isolated, sometimes more, sometimes less."
Often "the person is isolated, possibly without having direct access to the telephone or the TV, and must dedicate himself to reading, praying and walking around inside the house."
At times the person might even be barred from leaving the house without permission, under pain of incurring further punishments.
He pointed to the recent case of Luis Fernando Figari, a layman and founder of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, who was found guilty of an extreme, authoritarian style of leadership as well as several accounts of sexual, physical, and psychological abuse.
As a punishment, the Vatican didn't expel Figari from the community, but ordered that he live alone, and barred him from any contact with the community's members and from receiving people.
If a priest who receives this sentence doesn't want to follow the rules, the Church in this case "can impose the full dismissal" from their clerical status, Fr. Astigueta said, noting that the majority of priests who choose to this life are people who "want to be helped and recognize that this penalty is a table of salvation for them."
"It's strong, yes, but at least I have something to eat and I can live my final years in peace," Fr. Astigueta said, noting that in general it is elderly priests who end up in this situation, whereas younger ones with some sort of major mental health disorder are typically sent to a therapeutic communities.
At times they are able to celebrate Mass with others, but "always with the very clear ban that 'from here, you cannot go away without permission.'"
The Church, Fr. Astigueta said, "is not a prison … it doesn't have penitential system like a state, but someone must keep watch over those removed from ministry."
And this implies "a very heavy duty for the Church, because who is the one that supervises? Who is responsible for him? It's not so easy, it implies a lot of obligations."
Fr. Astigueta also noted that there's a different canonical process for lay founders such as Figari, versus priests who abuse.
"Technically speaking, the case of a layman doesn't enter into the canon on abuses like the priests," he said.
Clerics who commit sexual abuse are charged under a canon (c. 1395 §2) which criminalizes those offenses against the sixth commandment which are committed by force or threats or publicly or with a minor below the age of 16.
But when it comes to the laity specifically, "this lack in the code must be thought of," because unfortunately "the times are those in which we can't only think about priest founders, but of many laity who have a position in the Church … who can abuse minors," such as school directors or professors.
In these cases, he said, the Church applies a canon (c. 1399) which covers the situation in which the criminal "goes against a divine or ecclesiastical law with harm or danger of grave scandal."
Cases in which the victims are mentally disabled must also be taken into consideration, he said, as well as many other forms of abuse "that should be considered crimes," and are in many states.
The role of the bishop in cases of abuse
When it comes to the responsibility of bishops in abuse cases, Fr. Astigueta said that while expectations might have been murky in the past, they are clear now, and require the bishop to act immediately.
"When the bishop is informed, when he receives the news that an abuse has been committed, he has the obligation, a serious obligation, to intervene."
A bishop must first intervene on a judicial level, alerting civil authorities, but also on the pastoral level, he said, explaining that the process looks different for every nation.
On a pastoral level, bishops must from the start turn their immediate attention to the victims "in order to welcome them and to help them understand that we are not against them and we are looking for the truth," he said.
After the initial investigation has begun, the bishop may, but is not obliged to, apply a "precautionary measure," which is a type of disciplinary measure enforced in order to avoid "the process from being polluted."
Giving a theoretical example, Fr. Astigueta said a priest might try to pressure a victim into retracting their statement, so the bishop could decide to "distance" the priest from the process. This choice might also be made in situations where there is risk of a serious scandal, he said.
Once a priest is found guilty, the bishop will have to carry out the sentence, and it may even be the bishop himself to enforce the decree of dismissal from the clerical state with the authority of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Fr. Astigueta explained.
Victims must be helped to live a "process of reconciliation, of accompaniment" and one in which they are made to feel that "they are part of the Church," he said, but stressed that this is at a pastoral level, which must always remain separate from the judicial level.
Fr. Astigueta also spoke on cases of negligence on the part of a bishop, which Pope Francis in his 2016 motu proprio Come una madre amorevole established as grounds for removal from office.
The canon behind the rule (c. 1389 §2), the priest said, states that "A person who through culpable negligence illegitimately places or omits an act of ecclesiastical power, ministry, or function with harm to another is to be punished with a just penalty."
The issue is also dealt with in a canon (c. 193 §1) which speaks of removal from office "for grave causes." Removal from office, he explained, is "the act through which a person loses a series of rights which are part of an office."
"So this person who was the bishop had rights and duties regarding the community. As he has not fulfilled them, this office is removed," Fr. Astigueta said.
Removal in this sense can either be for disciplinary or penal reasons, Fr. Astigueta said, explaining that in the case of penal removal for negligence, the bishop is dismissed because "he didn't act as he should have."
While in the past bishops moved abusive priests around in part because they didn't understand the severity of the problem, "today no one can say that they don't know what abuse is and the magnitude of the problem."
In cases of abuse, then, "it's already so severe that there is no need for another cause, negligence is enough." Part of this negligence, Fr. Astigueta explained, could be moving priests, not acting immediately, or letting time pass until more accusations arise: "Here we would have a case of negligence."
Another instance, he said, would be failing to take precautionary measures against a priest accused of abuse, and it is later discovered that the priest had committed other abuses during that time. Other reasons for removal of office due to negligence could be that the bishop didn't follow the protocol requested by the state.
He noted that there are a variety of situations, but "the Pope wanted to say that this negligence in itself so important because the damage to the other produced due to negligence, which is almost – even if it can't be said in a clear way – an act of complicity due to negligence."
Stronger punishment isn't always the best way to prevent abuse
No matter the situation of the priest or the bishop, Fr. Astigueta stressed the importance of pursuing the just punishment given the particular situation, and warned against the temptation to immediately impose the maximum punishment – dismissal from the clerical state – on all cases.
To do so, he said, "would be an injustice, it would be a type of witch hunt, and this produces fugitives. If everyone is punished with the maximum, with this you resolve nothing."
It's a fact, he said, that all states which have attempted to toughen the penalties in order to prevent further crimes "have failed to do so."
The only thing that actually makes the crimes diminish, he said, are preventative measures and "the consciousness of the people, the intervention of the people," specifically through education.
"If the people within the Church were all to work so that there were a healthy environment, not one of suspicion, but healthy and prudent," these delinquent act would diminish. "Not because the maximum penalty is applied."
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Yeah, no kidding. This is awful and so wrong.
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"Despite the patient's change of mind, Arends euthanized her after giving her a sedative mixed into her coffee. Despite the sedative, the woman attempted to jerk away from the lethal drugs, and was held down by her son-in-law". As experienced in med centers the trend is to euthanize when med personnel, ethics committees determine the suffering compromised patient despite protest deserves to die. Passive euthanasia has long been in secret practice by physicians who believe they're morally obliged to kill a comatose, or quasi alert patient who is considered a burden to all concerned. There is no significant difference with this increasingly accepted either tacitly or openly as in the Netherlands policy to Germany's 1920 medical classic the Authorization to End Life Unworthy of Life that became the manual for Nazi killing of the handicapped, later all the 'unfit'. What's occurring is deadly dangerous because based on secular practical reason we should take lethal action to end suffering when there is little or no chance of remission. It's similar to putting dogs who suffer 'to sleep'. Peter Singer Princeton, formerly Australian animal rights ethicist came to Am and taught there is no moral difference for Man. The difference is Man is created in God's image and possesses inviolable rights, and suffering has redemptive value. America similar to the Netherlands has become increasingly secular placing greater value on humanist ideas of right and wrong. It's not inconceivable that we may in time employ policy similar to Nazism as humane medical care. We're already in principle there with our proliferation of abortion factories and slaughter of the innocents. This new Administration will assure us of that. This challenge to our faith and way of life is now at hand. We must be more vocal and willing to resist come what may, for ourselves and for sake of the innocent.
Pope Francis' homily for the Mass of Canonization for Popes John XXIII and John Paul II [Full text]
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Below is the full text of Pope Francis' homily from the Mass of Canonization for Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, delivered this morning in St. Peter's Square before hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. Translation […]


Cate Blanchett's speech at the Macquaire University Graduation Ceremony 2014 > (Source) starts at minute 34. (discurso) começa no minuto 34.
*Andrew Upton is a writer, a dramatist and Artistic Director at Sydney Theatre Company. He is married to Cate Blanchett.
*Andrew Upton é um escritor, dramaturgo e diretor artístico da Sydney Theatre Company. Ele é casado com Cate Blanchett.


Those of you who are basking in the spring sunshine will be glad to know the sunny spells are sticking around.
That is according to weather forecasters over at Met Eireann , who are predicting a bright day with little or no rain.
They said of Thursday: "Any frost patches will clear this morning to leave a mostly dry day with a mix of cloud and sunny spells.
"The best of the sunshine along the coast. Highest temperatures ranging 10 to 13 degrees in light southerly or variable breezes."
As for Thursday night, it will be mostly dry with just a few foggy patches.
The weather gurus continue: "Thursday night will be mostly dry with some clear spells. Winds will be light variable or southeasterly with some mist or fog patches forming Minimum temperatures of 2 to 6 degrees."
Tomorrow looks good too, with Met Eireann saying of Dublin's climate: "It looks set to be mostly dry on Friday with good spells of spring sunshine, the best of the sunshine along the coast once again.
"Maximum temperatures of 10 to 13 degrees in moderate southeasterly winds."
Saturday isn't looking too bad either - especially on the east coast, with the bureau's national outlook suggesting more sunshine for Dublin , even if the West gets rain.
Their national outlook for Saturday says: "Current indications suggest it will be rather cloudy in Munster and Connacht on Saturday with the chance of rain in Atlantic coastal areas.
"However, elsewhere across the country it is expected to be remain dry with sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12 in moderate to fresh southeast winds.
"On Saturday night, rain is expected to develop across much of Munster and Connacht but it will stay dry elsewhere.
"Minimum temperatures of 3 to 7 degrees in brisk southeasterly winds."


Why is this game challenging? Fitts's Law explains.
I haven't manually resized windows on my computer in ages. The operation is a pain: Maneuver the mouse pointer to a tiny corner of a window, click and hold, then drag to another precise area of the screen without letting go, then release. A trio of designers calling themselves Maximin has turned this chore into a charming little game called Super Resize Me, which challenges you to resize your browser window to specific sizes as many times as you can before a timer runs out.
The game is, by the designers' intent, a complete waste of time (it's "a natural product of our skills in web design/development, and, well, procrastination," they told me). But it's also a perfect interactive explainer of a mathematical law that informs which UI elements are easy for us to manipulate and which ones are more difficult. It's called Fitts's Law, and interface designers ignore it at their peril.
The law predates the invention of graphical user interfaces by several decades, but it basically says that smaller, distant objects are harder to point to than bigger, closer ones. No duh, right? Well, sure, but Fitts's Law describes exactly how much harder in mathematical terms–and this relationship stays remarkably constant whether we're pointing from a barn to a bird with our finger, or from a browser button to a desktop icon with our mouse.
For an example of how this seemingly obvious law applies in not-so-obvious ways to UI design, look no further than the menu bar on your computer. If you use a Mac, the drop-down list associated with the window you're working in always stays anchored to the top of the screen–not attached to the top edge of the window itself, as it does in Windows. Fitts's Law says that the Mac-style menu will be easier to point to because the top edge of the screen is a much bigger target (an infinitely tall one, in fact) than the small strip of pixels comprising the top edge of any particular window.
To bring it back to Super Resize Me: You'll probably find it harder to play than you first thought. Quickly moving your mouse from one tiny area onscreen (the corner of your browser window) to another (the spot that the game tells you to resize the window to) is a textbook Fitts-ian challenge. Fitts's Law also shows that clicking and dragging is harder to do than merely pointing–another subtle UI-design wrinkle that Super Resize Me exploits.
All the same, simply being aware of the law can help designers identify and solve interface-design problems that they might otherwise miss. Like window resizing, for example. I said that I haven't done it in years–not in the traditional way, that is. Instead, I use a utility called Divvy, which brings up a small grid of rectangles representing my screen; a quick flick of my mouse snaps the window into whichever grid-lined shape is convenient. Much faster, much easier–because of Fitts's Law, which says that moving my mouse pointer a small distance between large targets (like Divvy's grid) is faster and easier than clicking and dragging my mouse pointer large distances between small targets (like the corner of a window and a specific point on my screen).
So the next time you marvel at how "easy" or "intuitive" a piece of software is to use, thank its designers, of course. But also consider thanking Paul Fitts, whose eponymous law–whether the designers knew it or not–may have helped light their way.


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Q: RavenDB on a port other than 8080 We are trying to install NServiceBus 4.2.0.0 with RavenDB via the following command:-
    nserviceBus.host.exe -install serviceName="xxxx.Server" -displayname="xxxx.Server" -username="domainName\serviceAccountName" -password="serviceAccountPassword"

NServiceBus seems to install however the RavenDB install fails - note we are trying to install under a port other than 8080 - as a result we have placed the line:-
    <add name="NServiceBus/Persistence" connectionString="Url = http://localhost:9090" />

...in our config
The error message we receive is:-
    [1] WARN  NServiceBus.ConfigureRavenPersistence [(null)] <(null)> - Raven could not be contacted. We tried to access Raven using the following url: http://localhost:9090.

If I leave at the default port (8080), everything installs correctly, however I need to change the port because 8080 is already in use
Does anyone have any ideas ?

A: RavenDB installation is separate from NServiceBus host installation.
To install RavenDB either follow the instructions on RavenDB website or you can install Raven server by using the NServiceBus Powershell cmdlets, see http://docs.particular.net/nservicebus/managing-nservicebus-using-powershell for instructions on how to load the cmdlets.
If you choose to use the cmdlets, you need to execute Install-NServiceBusRavenDB -Port 9090

A: If you just want to change the RavenDB port, you can do the following:
Note: The paths defined here are from the NServiceBus 4.3.2 installer with default paths
To download the installer, you can visit here: https://github.com/Particular/NServiceBus/releases/download/4.3.2/Particular.NServiceBus-4.3.2.exe

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*Launch the services management window (i.e. Run services.msc)

*Stop service RavenDB

*Navigate to the following path: "C:\Program Files\NServiceBus.Persistence.v4"

*Edit the Raven.Server.exe.config: <add key="Raven/Port" value="<your port here>" />

*Save the config

*Start the service

*Hit localhost on your new port

You should now be able to hit the RavenDB web on the new port!

A: Maybe try to change local.config in RavenDB folder.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LocalConfig Port="9090" />

then restart raven

A: To change the port of RavenDb,
IIS
Change the port in IIS :)
here's where mine is set (under bindings)

Development Console

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*Find the config file of the ravenDb exe or dll (depends if you're running it as an IIS website, windows server or just the console window).

<Root RavenDb folder>\Server\RavenDb.server.exe.config

*Set the port, manually in the file. Change the following ...

<add key="Raven/Port" value="*"/>
to
<add key="Raven/Port" value="6969"/>
or whatever port you need/require.
Windows Service
No idea! i've never used it.
Good luck!

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File photo: Market produce on display outside the Scarborough market on Wilson Road.
TOBAGO must start producing in order to meet the needs of Tobagonians or it will perish. Throughout history, every society—whether society is defined as a nation, a tribe, or a single family—has had to determine what to produce, how, and for whom. Tobago, in its historical journey had effectively and efficiently executed this societal gold standard to the extent that it was once labeled the "food-basket" of Trinidad because of the amount of agricultural produce that were exported to Trinidad.
Unfortunately, the current situation is such that production and productivity in Tobago are at their lowest ebb. It is worth noting here that virtually every agricultural produce and other consumables that are consumed on the island are either produced in Trinidad or imported from elsewhere. For instance, shamefully, even celery, shadon beni and chive are being imported from Trinidad on a weekly basis to meet the seasoning and spice needs of Tobagonians.
The lack of production and productivity in Tobago was never made so revealing and pronounced as during the recent sea-bridge crisis. The crisis gave witness to traders and business people experiencing great difficulties and uncertainties in moving their cargo from Port of Spain to Scarborough. The results were significant shortages of consumables, both fresh agricultural produce and manufactured goods, on the island with the attendant cry that there was no food in Tobago because there was no cargo boat and the barge was grossly inappropriate and inadequate.
Another way of understanding or taking note of the lack of productivity and production in Tobago, generally, is by looking at the island's Gross Domestic Product [GDP]. The GDP is a measure/count of the value all the goods and services produced in Tobago and Tobago-owned entities abroad. It is generally accepted that data infrastructure, necessary to produce good and timely GDP figures, is not in place notwithstanding the efforts that have been made and continue to be made.
Similarly, there is no proper inter-island trade data collection mechanism in place to track items and their quantities that are traded between the Tobago island regional economy and the Trinidad economy and which could be used for planning and development purposes. In other words, while we may have casual knowledge of what is imported into Tobago from Trinidad, sadly there is no official data on the quantities and frequencies which make economic planning and development difficult to execute.
The fact that only about $200 million in tax revenues are being collected directly in Tobago and the annual budget allocation from the national parliament is in excess of $ 2,000 million or $2 billion is another measure of the lack of organised and purposeful production and productivity towards meeting and building the future self-sustainability of Tobagonians.
Yes, and while we accept and take note of the fact that it is one country (Trinidad and Tobago), and that the GDP and tax collection methods are not perfect, the undisputed fact is that from anecdotal evidence, Tobago is seemingly spending much more than it is producing/owning. What this means is that some bodies or entities are subsiding or sharing what they have produced with Tobago in order that the needs of Tobagonians would be met.
* What should we produce?
* How should we produce it?
* For whom should we produce it?
Reply to "Tobago: Produce or perish"


Long 1/2 in. Keyed Steel Output Shaft with Magnet for Toughbox Series - AndyMark Inc.
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Using school data to inform students' learning
Daniel Balacco
Leadership Consultant, Department of Education and Children's Services SA
Educators are now awash with data. It is important that they are confident and skilled in applying this data to the decisions they make about teaching and learning, so that they become 'active players in the data-rich environment that surrounds them and incorporate a system of use for interpreting and acting on information.' (Earl & Katz 2006, pp. 2–3).
This article presents emergent learnings in relation to the effective use of data for informing teaching and learning at the system, school, class and learner levels based on policy frameworks, inquiry processes and resources trialled in the Department of Education and Children's Services (DECS) in South Australia.
Using multiple data measures
For approximately eight years, DECS Improvement and Accountability Framework (DIAf) resources and current workforce development leadership programs have supported site leaders and regions to apply the concept of 'multiple measures' of data (Bernhardt 2002). The multiple measures model aims to ensure that all relevant data is considered for improvement purposes. It also aims to encourage educators to embrace the use of data as a means to improve learning outcomes rather than understanding it simply as a means for meeting accountability requirements.
The multiple measures model comprises four categories of data that include both qualitative and quantitative evidence crucial for a deep understanding of the key drivers of improvement or contributing root causes. Demographic data sets the context and describes the characteristics of learners, staff and the community. It comes from sources such as records of enrolments and attendance; as well as figures for students with English as a second language, students from non-English speaking or Indigenous backgrounds, or those with disabilities; as well as site financial data and community information from the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI). Perception data covers stakeholder's attitudes, experiences and beliefs about the teaching and learning environment. It can be obtained from sources such as opinion surveys of students, teachers and parents, focus groups and records of parental concerns. Learner achievement data describes the outcomes learners are achieving as a result of teaching and learning. Sources have included SACSA Developmental Learning Outcomes, SACSA Standard Achievement Levels, NAPLAN results and teacher assessments. Process data describes the practices, programs, pedagogy and policies used to deliver learning and outcomes at the learner, class and site level. Possible data sets include observation tools, rubrics and descriptions of pedagogy, class lesson plans and curriculum plans. For further details see the DECS Guide to Self Review p. 4.
The multiple measures model allows various categories of data to be combined in flexible ways to help educators and leaders understand what is needed to improve results in particular areas of inquiry or evaluation, whether at the learner, class, site or regional level. For example, the question 'What teaching practices/processes achieve the most successful outcomes in science for Year 9 girls/boys?' can be answered through a combination of process, achievement and demographic data.
To prevent possible data overload experienced from collecting and using a large range of available multiple measures in various sites, it is important to develop a shared understanding and agreement of selected multiple measures to refocus energy on the critical step of interpretation and use of selected key data measures.
Cycles of improvement
Educational researchers have recently called for a more rigorous use of data in ways that promote an ongoing cycle of improvement (US Department of Education 2009; Bernhardt 2005). Using data within a cycle of improvement ensures that what gets collected is then analysed and used to enhance learning.
The DECS DIAf processes apply the concept of a cycle of improvement. The processes encourage regions, schools and other educational sites to collect multiple measures of data to inquire into practice and performance as part of self review and performance reporting against standards. The findings are intended to inform plans, strategies and priorities as part of improvement planning and targeted actions for intervention and support.
Using data at classroom level
Hattie (2005) suggests that data needs to be available at the classroom level to improve teachers' understanding of learners' needs. With this concept in mind, a DECS inquiry (Spencer & Balacco 2009) in a high-SES primary school, set out to investigate the effective use of multiple measures of data in classrooms. The inquiry applied Bernhardt's (2002) data framework and highlighted the importance of presenting and analysing data at the classroom level to influence change and drive improvement.
It found that an extensive range of learner achievement data and demographic data about students, were consistently gathered across the school in all classes. Learning data was gathered through observations, students' responses to questions in the classroom, rubrics, checklists, test scores and other measures of student work. Teachers used different instruments to identify students' differing learning styles.
The study also found, however, that perception and process data were not effectively gathered or used at the class level, and there was limited explicit connection between teachers' practices in the classroom and the school's directions and goals.
Based on these initial findings, the school trialled the use of classroom-level achievement targets, which had been developed by teachers and students as a means to build stronger connections to school improvement priorities. The school also commenced the collection of classroom perception and process data about engagement and learning in mathematics, and the school's quality teaching principles.
The findings indicated that the additional data provided valuable information for meeting particular student needs and resulted in refinements in teaching practice to support improved student achievement and engagement.
The successful practices highlighted within this inquiry were then promoted nationally and across DECS including statewide presentations of 'SMARTa Targets: Connecting the Site Learning Plan to the Classroom' (Spencer & Balacco 2009; DECS 2008).
The inquiry reinforced the need for DECS and other education systems to develop rigorous, consistent and timely process and perception data sets coupled with support for their interpretation and use by central and regional offices.
Strategies and resources to support data use
The importance of connecting the presentation and interpretation of data at the class level is a developing focus for information systems and resources developed by state education authorities (see, for example, DET NSW 2010). In DECS, the majority of information systems and resources already support data provision and use at the school level, particularly demographic data and NAPLAN data. For example, one important resource offers a set of questions designed to guide school staff in the use of NAPLAN data at classroom level, year level and for the whole school. Sample questions include:
What NAPLAN question items are most commonly answered correctly/incorrectly by year level (or class) compared to national results and/or index category over time?
What does the analysis of relevant teacher based assessment data highlight for the whole school, year or class level? How does this compare with NAPLAN analysis?
What particular skills or aspects of the curriculum and possible teaching practices does the class/question level analysis indicate a need to focus on?
What are the next steps or implications for improvement planning at the whole school, year or class level groupings? Consider the implications for a whole-school approach and the processes necessary for effective planning for improvement.
What are the next steps or implications for teaching and learning for the whole school, year or class level? Consider what high leverage strategies, best practice or research might suggest about possible ways for how to improve student learning in the areas identified.
Feedback from DECS regions and selected principals has indicated that these resources are highly valuable. However, research suggests that resources alone are not sufficient and that effective data use in schools requires support and influence by regional and central offices to create opportunities for networking and data sharing between schools (Anderson, Leithwood & Strauss 2010; US Dept. of Education 2009). Over 10 years ago, DECS recognised this need and has since implemented a significant number of strategies and programs covering the topic of data use, underpinned by school improvement, effectiveness research and DECS policy frameworks. Currently opportunities for networking are created by regions, where data expertise is now available for sites to draw on, and centrally, through a range of coaching strategies and leadership development programs.
DECS has learnt the importance of using a range of learner achievement and multiple measures of data in an ongoing cycle of improvement in order to understand what makes a difference in our preschools, schools and regions. In DECS and across other jurisdictions teacher-friendly information systems, professional learning resources and site leader expertise are beginning to emerge with the purpose of presenting and analysing data at the classroom level in order to influence change and drive improvement. DECS also recognises that the use of data by preschools and schools is assisted by networking and the sharing of ideas and experience about data use. This networking is supported both centrally and by regions.
This learning has the potential to support teachers, leaders and education systems to become effective users of data for improvement purposes and to take closer control of the data-driven accountability context in which preschools, schools, regions and educational systems find themselves.
Anderson, S, Leithwood, K & Strauss, T 2010, 'Leading Data use in Schools: Organizational Conditions and Practices at the School and District Levels', Leadership and Policy in Schools, vol. 9, pp. 292–329.
Bernhardt, VL 2002, Data Analysis for Continuous School Improvement, Eye on Education, California.
Bernhardt, VL 2005, Using Data to Improve Student Learning: Middle Schools, Eye on Education, California.
Department of Education and Children's Services 2008, SMARTa Targets: Connecting the Site Improvement Plan to the Classroom. Accessed from http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/quality/
Department of Education and Training NSW 2010, School Measurement, Assessment and Reporting Toolkit (SMART)
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/7-12assessments/smart/index.php
Earl, L & Katz, S 2006, Leading Schools in a Data Rich World. Accessed from http://www.eed.state.ak.us/nclb/2008wc/Focus_On_Leadership.pdf
Hattie, J 2005, 'What is the Nature of Evidence that makes a Difference to Learning' – Research Conference Paper: Australian Council for Education Research. Accessed from http://www.acer.edu.au/documents/RC2005_Hattie.pdf
Spencer, K & Balacco, D 2009, 'Next Practice: What are we learning about teaching from student data' – Research Conference Paper: Australian Council for Education Research. Accessed from http://research.acer.edu.au/research_conference/RC2009/17august/14/
US Department of Education 2009, 'Using Student Achievement to Support Instructional Decision Making'. Accessed from http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/1035


Brett Young will marry his longtime off-and-on girlfriend Taylor Mills. The "Mercy" singer proposed earlier this month in Oxford, Miss.
The location was chosen because it's near Ole Miss, where Young went to college. They met while Mills was attending Arizona State University, the country star tells People, and will likely get married in Arizona.
Of the engagement setting at the Graduate Hotel, Young shares that they "were able to get a suite with a large covered patio and the hospitality staff at the hotel set it up while we were at dinner, so it was waiting for us when we got back."
"There was never any bad blood," Young insists. "It was just the wrong time for us. We recently got back in touch and realized that we were both finally in the same place and knew it was right."
Brett Young Says His Girlfriend Inspired "Mercy"
Young, 36, designed his 31-year-old bride-to-be's engagement ring with help from David M. Kodner of David Kodner Personal Jewelers. It has both of their initials engraved in it. This is their thing — last summer Young told Taste of Country Nights that every year for their anniversary he'd get himself and his girlfriend matching rings with their initials and the date they started dating inscribed inside.
Eventually he expanded to other pieces of jewelry. The tradition started because he was broke. "I wanted to do something like an anniversary thing every year, but the first year, I had no money. I was playing bars in southern California," he said.
People has a photo of the engagement ring he presented Mills with this month. There's no word on when they may marry.
Source: Brett Young Gets Engaged!


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Q: upload an image from phonegap app to the server (servlet) How can I upload a picture of my Phonegap app to a server using servlet?
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Please does anyone have an idea?
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A: May be you missed to add port number of server along with IP address.
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Many clubs have swapped the names of people who make presentations at club meetings & shows. We have set up this list to help clubs find speakers. To help us, consider filling in a Speakers Directory Application Form if you would be interested in speaking at other club meetings or pass this form on to someone who might be interested. Anytime your club has a speaker, you might also consider asking them to complete the form as well. We know there is a wealth of talent out there just waiting to be asked or prompted. Let's do it!
Terry Carter, 519-873-4641 Lives in London Ont.
Background: a petroleum geologist for the Ministry of Natural Resources
Topics: Exploration of oil, gas and salt resources in Ontario.
Fee: Would be happy if you cover the gas cost to meeting, anything more will be appreciated.
Territory: Talked in London and Burlington - willing to go to Brantford, Woodstock, Sarnia, possibly Kitchener and St. Catharines - depending on weather
Referred by: D. Oliver, Burlington Club
Comments: Excellent speaker, has slides and rock samples.
Ian Chisholm 905-849-0801
Background: Geologist who has been all over the world from Greenland, Africa, Europe, Russia and South America.
Topics: Mining in South Africa - including diamonds; Trials of Mining in Greenland
Equipment Needs: requires a Kodak Carousel Slide Projector to be provided
Territory: Is willing to travel to Brampton, Kitchener, Brantford, St. Catharines, possibly London & Toronto if available.
Comments: comes with slides & rock samples
Barry E. DiGregorio (716) 735-7096 E-Mail: barry.dig@verizon.net
Background: Buckingham Center for Astrobiology - https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/latest-news/publication-of-the-week-barry-digregorio-et-al/
Topics: Astrobiology, spacecraft missions to Mars, life on Mars, rock varnish on Mars, Lake Ontario Ordovician Period rocks as analogs to rocks imaged at the Viking 2 landing site on Mars
Equipment Needs: Slide projector
Territory: Anywhere, providing that clubs and organizations over 150 miles from my residence include travel expenses and overnight accommodations.
Fee: Within a driving distance of my home in Western New York (150 miles) $500.00 US plus travel expenses (fuel and tolls) for one 45 minute lecture with 15 minute Q&A session � Paid in advance. Outside the 150-mile driving distance, fee is negotiable and must include travel expenses i.e.; flights and hotels.
Rock varnish may hold clues to life on Mars
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-varnish-clues-life-mars.html
Rock varnish as a habitat for extant life on Mars
http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=894174
CNN.com - Researcher: Mars rock varnish hints of life
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/07/02/mars.rocks/index.html
The Microbes of Mars
http://www.amazon.com/The-Microbes-Mars-Barry-DiGregorio-ebook/dp/B004QL6LPW
Astrobiologist, Research Associate, Cardiff Center for Astrobiology, Wales, UK .


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I keep telling myself I am flawed. How can I forgive myself?
I have started reading The Voice and it really resonates with me, thank you. Can I ask you another question please? In all your years and experience as a counselor what would you advise people like me who constantly bash themselves up for mistakes they have made? I have made some big blunders, errors of judgment because I am naive and trusting, and my pain today and everyday is because I make these mistakes into huge mountains that live inside me and I keep telling myself I am flawed, and a horrible person, and can't move past the mistakes. I keep dragging them around like a suitcase and I may for a couple of days put the suitcase down, but just when I think I am moving forward, I run back, pick it up and carry it around with me again. My biggest hurdle at the moment is to be kind to myself. Stop bashing myself. As a human I guess we all have weaknesses and now I am very aware, but I can't forgive myself. How do I do that Maurice? How do I forgive myself and move on?
First of all let's talk about the voices in your head. No, not the delusions portrayed in movies where the voice says "pumpkins are evil," but the Voices that are saying "you're no good, you're flawed, you're defective, you can't do anything right, who do you think you are?" and so forth.
Where do these voices come from? I know you're saying these things to yourself right now and with your adult mind you can see that this type of self-abuse is totallly wrong and unwelcome in your life. But where do these voices come from originally? Who taught you to hate yourself, judge yourself and see yourself as defective? Who were the adults that imposed that on you? How far back into your early childhood can you go and still hear the those judgements about you?
Are you with me so far? This kind of negative self-talk has an actual beginning in your life, and it did not start with you. It started with what you were hearing about you from teachers, parents and very likely, religious authority figures. At some point you took over abusing yourself. That's when their job was done. They set up the programming, installed all the buttons and sent you on your way. Another well produced, self-guilting, self-shaming, self-abusing human unit who was successfully brainwashed into their culture, religion and/or dysfunctional family dynamics.
No child arrives in this world condemning themselves. They are taught to do so by their caregivers, whoever they are. The best places to look are religious and cultural authority figures who were passing on the same poison they were infected with after they arrived on the planet.
Now, that sets the stage. Who was this little girl that you were before she was abused and lied to? Was she sweet? Was she trusting? Was she full of love and just looking for opportunities to give of herself? Was she one of God's most beautiful creations, perfect in every way, complete with that new car smell once she first arrived on the planet?
What's going on right now? You are doing to yourself today what they did to you back then and subsequently programmed you to do on your own. Now you are a self-incriminating byproduct of their system of dealing with children, which includes guilt, shame and self-abuse.
Another part of you, a very healthy and spiritual part of you, is seeking release from this inner tyranny? She wants to grow. She wants to break free of all that negative junk she was saddled with. She wants to express that inner beauty, that deep down she knows exists. You know there's a beautiful person in there. You know it because God keeps whispering in your ear, "Try this my darling, Try that, Oh look at that, isn't it wonderful?"
That's what's going on with you. Am I right, or am I right? How would I know all this? "Well, you're a trained psychologist Dr Moe." Why yes I am and thank you for reminding me. But the truth is I became a psychologist to rid myself of the same poison you are describing in this question. The last vestiges of my smorgasboard of childhood abuse is finally leaving me. The child in me who was most adversely abused by nuns/teachers, is realizing their judgements of him were Dead Wrong and is finally able to accept the truth again, that he was born a perfect replica of the Divine and he is here to do God's work as is everyone else created for this human adventure!
My little boy is a good boy and always was. He was still a good boy after the church, parents and other authorities poisoned him. You, my dear, were always and still are a good person! You were poisoned, that's all. You have to see your abusers for what they are, even if it's your parents, because they were just regurgitating the poison that got administered to them in their childhood, experiences that they have never examined or been willing to challenge.
Now, let's look at the suitcase full of negative crap and ongoing self-recriminations that you've been carrying around. Who does it belong to? Is it truly yours? (I want you to find a picture of yourself in the crib and see if there's a suitcase full of negative judgements nearby) If not, you're going to have to re-think whether your negative self-judgments are based in any facts. Maybe your childhood conclusion that "you were bad" is a mistake. And if so, what does that say about your caregivers and what they taught you.
To see the truth you are going to have to give up your idealized images of who and what these people appear to be, and see them for what they are - flawed humans who passed their crap on to you. You see, one way to not deal with your crap is to dump it on others, which is what the nuns did to me and my fellow students.
What if it were never about you, but about them? Before you go off defending any one of them, let me remind you that YOU were the CHILD and they were supposed to take care of you. It is never the child's job to take care of their parents, teachers, or religious authority figures, making excuses for why they treated you, convincing you their negative assessments were correct and setting you off into life judging yourself in the same negative manner they taught you.
SAY NO!!! "You no longer get to dump your crap on me. I, (insert name here) reject your assessments of me. I reject your judgments. I reject your negative view of the world. And I choose to listen to the Voice of God in my Heart, because He always speaks the truth, and the truth is I am LOVABLE! In fact, I am downright ADORABLE. So take your judgements and blow them out your @#%%^$$."
Get out your journal and start writing. Start identifying the major players in your life and what they taught you. Take any negative habit you have, in terms of self-flagellation, and ask yourself where that came from? Identify all the voices in your head and ask them who they are and why they are with you. This is investigation. Do not defend any of your abusers, even those who seemed nicest. For example, if you have two torturers in a room with you, one holding a 10 pound sledge hammer and the other holding a 5 pounder, the one holding the 5 pounder is not really twice as nice as the other one, is he? More accurately, he is half as abusive if that can be measured, but abusive nevertheless. And in the end, would there be any difference in the damage caused by these two hammers if they were applied to your head? An important first step in your recovery - stop defending your caregivers. They were the adults and you were the child. Who is supposed to look after who? Capiche?
The same part of you that wants to grow, wants to be rid of these negative influences, and wants desperately to give to this earth what she came here to give. She is directing you now. That is the voice to listen to. It is your truthful voice, your core voice, your God voice. She will show you the way. Call her your Real Guardian Angel, because she is that and more. She is challenging you to get rid of the suitcase, the negative poisonous judgements that caused you to turn against yourself and your beautiful inner child. You were programmed. You didn't have a chance. They infected you with that disease long before you could think independently and reason out what was right and wrong. I'm sure your feelings back then were telling you over and over that what they were doing never felt right. The outcome of these experiences is about "what happened to you", not about "who you really are.