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Madhuban Avyakt BapDada 18th January 2016
To fail means to "feel" (to have bad feeling)
Om shanti. All of you first of all received drishti from BapDada. Although you saw Baba with those physical eyes, when those eyes received the Father's drishti, your dristhi was transformed. Who can everyone see in the whole gathering? All of you are visible as numberwise Brahmins. There is a little mixture in between, but you all have BapDada in their intellects. Each one is thinking: Our Baba has come. In each of your intellects, there is the awareness, "My Baba has come, My Baba has come!" The sparkle of the happiness that "My Baba has come" is merged in the eyes of each one of you. Who is in everyone's eyes? "My Baba". Baba is visible in your eyes and Baba is visible in your intellect and this is why "Lovely Baba, sweet Baba, my Baba" is merged in the eyes of all of you. The Father sees you children with that same vision of your being 'My children', and the children too are looking at the Father with the vision: He is My Baba. What is visible in the heart of each of you? "My Baba has come! My Baba". When you say, 'mine' there is so much happiness. "My Baba". No matter how much you say, 'This one is from London, that one is from India', what comes first? "My Baba has come". The meeting of Baba and the children is taking place. This meeting too is a unique meeting. Physically, some are of one age and others are of another age, but who are you? In short, you would say, 'The Father and the children are sitting here.' Whether someone is 100 years old or 150 years old, what would you say? All who are sitting here are Baba's children. When you come and sit here, what introduction do you give? Whichever form you come here, in which form do you sit when you are here? It is in the form of students. You are sitting in front of Baba in the form of students and Baba's children, someone or the other, has come from all directions of the world. No matter that some come from one country and others from another, but, when sitting here, what do you feel? That you are Godly students and who is your Teacher? God, Himself, has especially come to meet you. God has come to meet you, and you have come to meet God. Whoever has come, what do you say because of that recognition? "We are going to Baba, we are going to Baba". The bhavna to meet Baba is visible on each one's face to such an extent. On everyone's face, there is the image of the Father and the children's bhavna. There is so much love on each one's face, "Wah Baba! wah!" This is the song that each one's heart is singing, and there is so much love. What a meeting of the Father and the children! If you look at today's gathering, there is no other relationship: only the Father and the children. Whether someone is old or whatever the relationship, all are here in the form of students. The feeling of being a student is merged in each one's intellect. This is the aim and objective in each one's intellect. Many countries and many souls, but in this Brahmin life, whether they are old or young children, all are in the form of students. You are all children, but all of those sitting here are students who study.
"Today, Baba said this. Today, Baba said that. Today, Baba told us about becoming bodiless. Baba is telling us so many good things". In everyone's mind, which form of yours is visible to you at this time? Student. Whether old or young, the work is the same, studying, and there is so much power filled in this study. You are so ordinary and yet what are you becoming through this study? If any of you were asked what you have come to study today, all will say, "We are becoming deities from human beings." And you are studying this study with so much love. Each one is studying with such interest. However, if anything else comes in between, the main thing going on would be missed. It has been seen, however, that the majority of you become mixed in everything, but you have come here as students to study. And it has been seen that when everyone comes here to study, it is visible from their faces that they are very busy in their studies; and who is teaching them? If your attention is on this, your boat can then go across. The Supreme Soul is teaching us. Have you ever heard that the Supreme Soul also teaches? However, in this study, the majority of you pass. Why? The Teacher here teaches in such a way that whatever you hear becomes imprinted; you do not forget it. All of you are happily studying. Even now, you can see that there are very few that have come to study due to one or another circumstances; however, instead of the study, their attention is sometimes diverted to another subject. Some are paying attention to the special homework that was given to you, even now; they are remembering that even now. They have love for the study. They will pay attention to their study till the last time. More than three-quarters of the hall is of such students. BapDada is seeing that this is the speciality of the students sitting in this class; and the wonder is that they are paying attention to the study. So, who are you? Each one of you knows yourself. It has been seen that the majority of students who are present here now are interested in studying. The Father is also pleased to see this. You are paying good attention to the study. This result is good. You now have to move forward in this. You have to increase your interest in the study. You are good in paying attention to the study. So, in today's result, there are more of those who are studying and they are studying with great interest. There is a big number. It has been seen that those who are studying have great interest. The Teacher, too, is very interested to teach. He too understands mostly that students should not fail due to any reason; let them not receive less marks. Everyone here has taken the fruit of their study. All of you are those who claim the fruit of the study and this is why you are sitting here till now. Otherwise, half the class would have left. It is a matter of interest. If there is an interest to study, then it feels very bad to stop studying. Based on the result, it has been seen that the class that has come here has a good interest in the study. You may applaud. Congratulations for paying attention to studying because all of you are students. It does not seem right for students not to have an interest in studying. This is why Baba said that all of you are students who are paying attention to your studies. According to the numbers that are present, the result is good. This is why it would be said that this class has passed. So, look at each one's face: all are smiling. You always give time to whatever you are doing. Whether it is one hour or half an hour, you give time to it. So, you value time and this is why it is in your nature to do with your full attention whatever task you carry out. This present class is one that is going to give a good result. Which students does the Teacher like? Those like yourselves. Although you might say that you have become regular only today, at least you have become that! At least you have come in the list of those who are regular, even if it is for only a day. However, do not think that just one day is enough. Everyone becomes happy when they see this. Seeing a higher result, everyone is happy that they have also been included in pass. All of you would have already understood from this that it is your duty to pay attention, because you can see that even the Teacher is making effort. Congratulations, congratulations to both teachers and students for a higher number passing. Now, whenever you have to take a paper, do not fail it. This is the lesson you are being taught today. Look at your faces today when you have passed, whereas those who have failed have to look down; this happens naturally. No matter how much you may want (to pass), you still have to look down. So, whenever you sit to take a test paper, always remember this day you definitely do have to pass. The total result is better than what was expected. Whenever you sit to take a test paper, always pay this attention, you must not fail. To fail means to have a bad feeling. You would then remember throughout the whole year that you failed. You failed, and according to the system, you will be transferred, but never think: Whatever happened was good. Of course, you will sometimes fail and sometimes pass, it is not that you can always pass! However, everyone has received this teaching. Out of those who passed, how many are there and how many emerged? Those who passed, raise your hands! There are few who are raising their hands. In terms of the gathering, there are few. Whenever you study always have the aim that you definitely do have to pass. Whatever all of you have studied up to now, from class one until now, however many classes you have studied, understand this to be the eighth year (beginning of secondary education). So, how many of you have passed? How many should pass? Ok, if not 'a full pass', then a little less. It is OK if you have one or two less marks, but if you fail by many marks, that is not good. So what aim will you have? Is it no different if you fail? Out of all of you, do any of you think that it is alright if you only just pass with one or two marks within the pass mark? That that is fine? Have the aim not to miss a single class because it is always the aim of students to pass; not that you will try, but that you will pass.
So, today, all of you have made effort. What percentage of you raised your hands? You have raised your hands, but you also have to see with what number you passed. You passed, but was is almost the same as not passed, that is, you passed with just one or two numbers or did you pass well? So, always pay attention that in any situation, to pass means to pass. It is not good if you fail. There must definitely be some habit in which you keep busy. Even so, there are so many people sitting here. Those who have passed, raise your hands! It is good or is it that those who have passed are all sitting in the front. It is good. You have so much intoxication when you raise your hands for having passed.
It is the turn of Maharashtra Zone to serve. 15,000 have come from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Mumbai. In total, there are 22,000.
BapDada gives congratulations to those from Maharashtra; why? You have taken the examination here and many from here have passed too. Many, many congratulations to those who have passed. You made effort or you had luck and so you passed? Have you made effort? Those who have made effort, raise your hands! According to the result, a few have made effort. Nevertheless, this many have emerged and so BapDada likes this too. There are more than half (who have passed). It is good.
550 double-foreign brothers and sisters have come from 50 countries. It is good. At least this many have emerged. You have still made effort, it is good. Achcha, you may applaud for those who have passed. When you receive the results, there is the impression of what the students were like; were they interested in the study or in something else? Nevertheless, it is good. (Ratanbhai and Ratnaben from London). Both in the same home have passed. It is very good that both have passed. Achcha. On behalf of all of you, the Father is congratulating them. So many would not tell them individually, and so Baba is congratulating them in the gathering. It is good. When you get the results, you are enthusiastic. So, why is the result so low? Each one of you would feel that if you had studied, they could have claimed a number even further ahead. You can do it, but you have been a little careless. It should not be that "It will happen, it will happen". It has to happen.
Those from Calcutta have decorated all three complexes with flowers: It is good. Many have come from Calcutta. Learn from them to stand up in this same line. You will continue to learn in this way. It is good. These people are receiving one hundred-fold greater congratulations from those who have raised their hands. It is good. All of you have enthusiasm and so the next time you come, your number will be even more at the front. You have done it once, and so you have the enthusiasm that you too can be this, and that the next time you will win. So, try to claim a number even further ahead.
Many have come for the first time: It is at least half the class. Out of this huge gathering, so few have raised their hands. It would have been so good if there were a few more. Baba would say that there has to be a lot of zeal and enthusiasm. To claim a number is not an ordinary thing, at least your name was glorified. The whole class and their friends and relatives were so happy. If you were to count this, how many would there be? Their parents, their uncles and aunties would be so happy. However, it is good that you claimed a number. Even so, you came within the numbers. This too is good. It is better than not at all.
Achcha, to those who have come for the first time, to this big gathering, congratulations.
Meeting Dadi Janki: Seeing you, everyone will have the enthusiasm that if you are able to do this, why can we not?
(Mohiniben from New York and Sister Jayanti sent lots of love and remembrance.) They sent their remembrance, but they were not able to come. (There too, they celebrate 18th January with a lot of love.)
Those from Calcutta garlanded BapDada with a garland. (Looking at Munniben) You also emerged from Calcutta.
Speaking to Mohiniben (Baba, with Your blessings, I am fine). You will remain fine in the future too. It is good that Baba agrees with everything that you receive in your blessing, but you just have to remember it.
(Madhuben from Calcutta has been decorating the three places of Madhuban with flowers each year for the last 20 years.) She has tried to claim number one. In your efforts, you came a little close, but then others also will come. It doesn't matter. However, you will have enthusiasm that you are left behind a little.


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As a rule critics pay little attention to friendship in music. Instead we talk about collaboration, with its implicit emphasis on labor, as if ensemble music were a task on a par with roofing a house. Thursday evening's concert by Wu Man and the Knights at Asia Society was a refreshing reminder of how much music gains when it is performed by friends who delight as much in their art as in one another's company.
Ms. Wu is today's leading performer on the pipa, the Chinese plucked string instrument that looks like an upright lute. Through the Silk Road Project she befriended the violinist Colin Jacobsen and his brother Eric, a cellist. The Jacobsen brothers are the driving force behind the Knights, an orchestral collective conducted — when a conductor is needed — by Eric Jacobsen. The group grew out of late-night chamber-music-reading parties they hosted in their Brooklyn home in the late 1990s. Today their performances still have the feel of a pickup game of basketball in the park.
The concert opened with a gutsy rendition of Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks" concerto, which the Knights played standing up, without a conductor. Crisscrossing lines of communication became visible in the players' facial expressions and body language: Cellists smiled at each other over a shared joke of offbeat pizzicati. Two violinists leaned into each other with hurts-so-good grimaces as they dug into one of Stravinsky's more scrumptious dissonances.
The concerto for pipa with string orchestra by Lou Harrison seems to require that sort of shared sense of humor and trust. It's a delightful piece that traverses musical worlds spanning Chinese folk songs and Vivaldi. For Ms. Wu it provides an opportunity to show off the polyglot range of her instrument, which can produce translucent beads of sound as well as sustained singing phrases.
Ms. Wu also presented one of her own compositions, "Blue and Green," arranged for pipa and orchestra by Lev Zhurbin and Colin Jacobsen, in which she draws on folk melodies she encountered during her travels through China, and a tune borrowed from her young son. The Knights seemed to delight in this game of cross-dressing, in which sounds resembling Chinese instruments came out of a Western orchestra. For a few bars a group of them broke into song.
A fascination with travel and color also informs Debussy's "Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un Faune," which the Knights played in an arrangement by Michael P. Atkinson that heightened the daring nature of its writing for wind instruments. Alex Sopp played the flute solo with exquisite expression, while Eric Jacobsen's direction created a meticulously balanced sound.
Humor asserted itself again in "Le Boeuf sur le Toit," by Darius Milhaud. Not every note of this raucous dance score was in perfect place, but with players beaming as they shimmied and swayed, it felt more like a cast party anyway.

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A report last fall that the population of Cambridge could grow tenfold as a result of the gas and oil boom in this part of Ohio has sparked a partnership between Guernsey County's planning commission and The Ohio State University Extension.
Together they will revisit the Guernsey County Comprehensive Strategic Plan.
"We already have a development plan," said Economic Development Director Norm Blanchard. "But we developed it in-house. This [partnership] will give us some expertise" to shore it up.
The county developed its plan in October 2011 and updated it this past June.
"It's a great plan, but it's not always focused on shale development," said Cindy Bond, an OSU Extension educator for community development.
"What we want to do with this is to expand on [the plan] the county already has and focus on shale development."
Blanchard said there will be a significant difference with this planning effort.
"This process will end up with an action plan," he said. "Ours did not."
The current plan implies that certain actions be taken, but it does not assign responsibility for seeing that those suggestions be implemented.
Bond and her colleague, Myra Moss, met with Blanchard on Wednesday to discuss the upcoming, inaugural, planning session which will be on Feb. 7 from 8 a.m. to noon in the EPIC Center at the Cambridge campus of Zane State College.
So, will the population of Cambridge swell to 100,000 as predicted last fall by businessman William A. Meyer of Energy Related Properties?
Blanchard doesn't believe so.
"I think he overshot it by 80,000," Blanchard said. "Now, 5,000 or 10,000 -- I could see that."
Bond said she believes there will be an influx of temporary workers, of whom 10 percent will stay to become permanent residents after the shale oil play runs its course.
"When we say temporary workers, we're not talking about six months," Moss said. "We're talking years."
"I'm thinking three to five years," Bond said.
Moss said the goal of the planning will focus on long-term sustainability of economic development rather than the boom-bust cycles, such as those associated with the coal and timber industries.
"We want to be proactive and not only address the issues that are going to come up from shale development," she said. "We want to look at ways to capture the advantages of shale development to build a long-term economic vitality."
That will be the overarching focus as the plan development progresses.


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Starting from the microscopic description we derive the kinetic model through a mean-field limit and finally we introduce a macroscopic model through a suitable hydrodynamic approximation.
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First time I made a theme-inspired set for Bosquejo jewelry. Posting it here since I think these pieces are ambiguous enough to be unisex.
This first necklace is named Magaera ("grudging"), after one of the Erinnýes ("the angry ones") or Eumenídes ("the kindly ones") in Greek mythology, or Furies/Dirae in the Roman version. The Kindly Ones/Furies were chthonic deities of vengeance, or supernatural personifications of the anger of the dead.
I thought of the trio while handling the lethal-looking razors, which together remind me of teeth.
The second is called Alecto ("unceasing"). I can imagine wearing these necklaces, especially Magaera above, on top of a white button-down shirt.
Though I first read of the Furies in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, it was only after reading Neil Gaiman's Sandman series that they really came alive in my head.
Tisiphone (or "avenging murder": you must admit no one beats the Greeks when it comes to names) I can imagine worn with a collarless shirt, even one with a slight v-neck. Will show you once I've worn them with my cameos.
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The film we'll be watching and discussing for August is Mine, directed by Geralyn Pezanoski and written by Erin Essenmacher.
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Given the time constraints, and given the onset of what I fear may be what I call back home death by speeches, I will try to be very brief. I will in doing so abandon my 28 years of experience in government, including the last years at the State Department, and come right to the point. I want to do three things. First, briefly address the status of the program. Second, talk about why we must care. And third, I'll lay out the options, at least as I see them, for ending the program.
Let me start with the report last October by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which received a great deal of attention. The report, I believe, set a new benchmark. It rang the alarm bell loud and clear. The report emphasized continuing progress being made in the program, operating more centrifuges than ever before, accumulating a stockpile of enriched uranium which if further processed could produce enough for four weapons, and tripling the production of enriched uranium to the 20% level that would significantly shorten the time to reach weapons grade material. While these assessments are of concern, the most alarming aspects of the report dealt with what the agency described as research development and testing activities that would be useful in actually designing nuclear weapons. In other words, Iran is working on the building blocks for making atomic bombs, and placing those weapons in its ballistic missiles. Whether or not a final decision has been made by the mullahs to actually build nuclear weapons cannot be proved or disproved. But it is clear, it is clear that Iran is moving ahead with the technologies used in the production of atomic bombs, and will in the near future be able to exercise that option if it so chooses.
Since October the program has only moved forwards. Tehran announced in early January that the enrichment plant at (Qom) is now operating and would enrich uranium to 20%. Perhaps even more significant, Iran has continued to deny and conceal the nuclear activities. In an ongoing game of cat and mouse, Iran recently invited IAE inspectors back into the country, but when they arrived provided them with no access to people, no access to facilities, and no new substantive information. While the inspectors will, for their own reason, return in about ten days, I would not anticipate any breakthroughs.
In fact, my sense is that the Iranian regime may well have decided to accelerate its acquisition of nuclear weapons. It sees the increase in the effects of sanctions on the economy and it wants to create an accomplished fact, a fait accompli, as other proliferators have done. Even more important, perhaps, the regime sees what is occurring in the Islamic world and desperate, desperately wants to avoid, at all costs, the fate of leaders in Tunisia, in Egypt and Yemen, and most of all the fate of Gadhafi in Libya. They may well believe that had Gadhafi not given up his nuclear weapons program in 2003 he may have prevented or even deterred NATO's intervention and remained in power.
In any case, the sense of urgency developed by the October report and subsequent Iranian actions has led to a number of very strong statements at the highest levels of U.S. government. In late January Secretary (Panetta) stated that Iran could develop a nuclear weapon in about one year, adding that this is a red line by saying that all necessary steps would be taken to stop it. President Obama in his State of the Union message received a standing ovation from Congress, Republicans and Democrats alike, when he said, and I quote, "Let there be no doubt that America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon."
This raises the question of why we care, why it is so necessary to defeat the regime's nuclear ambition. A number of reasons come to mind. A nuclear armed Iran could embolden Tehran to promote its ambitions in the region and outside of the region even more aggressively than today. This could take the form of support to terrorists or fomenting political unrest to overthrow leaders supportive of the West. At a minimum, Iran would use its possession of nuclear weapons as a powerful tool of intimidation and blackmail. A nuclear-armed Iran would be a direct threat to U.S. forces and allies in the Gulf as well as in the greater Middle East, and in time to the United States itself. The likelihood of Iran using military force could increase if it believed that its nuclear capability, coupled with its long-range missiles, protected it from retaliation. A nuclear armed Iran could lead to the end of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as we have known it for decades, by lighting the fuse for further proliferation in the region and beyond, by countries responding to what they would see as a new threat that must be deterred by their own nuclear program. Finally, and I think an important message to this group, a nuclear armed Iran would feel even more secure from foreign outside interference and more confident that it could act without concern for repercussions to repress its own people, those who are in fact the greatest threat to the regime's survival. In other words, if Iran achieves nuclear weapons, it is a true game changer. If it seems difficult to deal with Iran today, just imagine if the regime had nuclear weapons.
So what do we do to stop it? What are our options? The most common response is to apply economic and financial sanctions against the regime, and together international and national sanctions have reportedly had a very significant recent effect on Iran, both its government and its economy. In January, General Petraeus, head of the CIA, stated that sanctions were taking a severe toll on the Iranian regime. And more sanctions have been applied since then, especially sanctions against Iran's central bank as well as its ability to use the international financial system, and as others have mentioned, a future EU embargo on oil. All of this will make it work. The problem is that causing economic pain through sanctions has not stopped the march to a nuclear weapon.
So again, what do we do? Well, as for covert action against the nuclear program, I think most of you if not all of you have heard about reported U.S. and Israeli efforts to disrupt the enrichment process through computer attacks and other means of sabotage. But while these reported attempts have likely caused some disruption, like sanctions they have not accomplished their goal. So we can do more sanctions and presumably more covert activities, and we should. But given our experiences over the past five years we should not expect them to end the program. And time is running out. In fact, one would have to conclude, I believe, that based on the results to date our efforts will fail if we don't take an alternative path. Let me just put it very bluntly. We are at a critical juncture and are faced with very hard choices and very huge risks. Because we're now at this crossroads, we must consider the use of force. This is not an invasion, this is not large-scale bombing of cities and industrial plants. This is force to destroy the known facilities. No one wants to use force. Every country would prefer a diplomatic, peaceful outcome. But this is a challenge for which there are no easy policy choices.
The problem is that there is no reason to believe that the regime would ever abandon its nuclear program with one possible exception, that it believed force would be used against it. This was the case with Libya in 2003 and 2004, and it is the case, I believe, with Iran. In 2003, Gadhafi believed as he watched Saddam's military be quickly defeated, that he was next on the target list. When I participated in the secret policy talks with the Libyans late that year, it was evident that a number of motivations were in play, but the most important, have no doubt, the most important was Libya's desire not to be the next Iraq. While the U.S. has taken a number of steps that likely undercut the perception of Iran's leaders that the U.S. will use force, such as the withdrawal from Iraq and the downsizing in Afghanistan, there should be little doubt that the U.S. could conduct a series of effective strikes. And if the U.S. doesn't, Israel very well might, as it sees a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat to its very existence.
There is no question that the cost of using force could be substantial. Iran has many avenues to strike back through ballistic missile attack, through the use of terrorism, or other proxies in the region. It can also create economic disruptions and political unrest. And while the program would be disrupted, it would not be ended, but would almost surely go further underground as Iraq's program did after the 1981 bombing of the (Osiric) reactor. But the use of force would buy time, valuable time, one year, perhaps up to three years. The key question is how that time could be used to change the political conditions in Iran. Some, including the repressive regime in Tehran, argue that if force is used, all Iranians will rally around the regime as a nationalistic impulse. Others challenge that conventional wisdom, noting that the limited use of force would not alter the deep animosity of most Iranians words the regime. Many of you are better able to answer that question than I am.
But I'll conclude as I started off by saying that he only real sustainable solution to the Iranian nuclear threat is the emergence of a free and democratic Iran. [applause] This is the greatest threat in the eyes of the regime. They've seen the movie over and over, going back to the lessons of Ceausescu in Romania, much more recently Gadhafi in Libya, and even today with their closest ally, Bashar Assad in Syria. The greatest fear of dictator sips is that of its own people. They know they lack legitimacy and that the rule only through the use of force and repression. That is why Camp Ashraf is such an important symbol. That is why the regime is so determined to destroy it and is residents. That is why it is so opposed to delisting of the MEK. But that is also why we must, in addition to meeting our legal and our moral commitments, act to preserve and protect that symbol of freedom. Thank you very much. [applause]
Speaker: Thank you very much, Ambassador Josef. We have the pleasure to introduce now Professor (Andre Gluksman) French author and philosopher. [applause] He is one of the new philosophers. Welcome to take the floor.
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NLRB: Union officials are violating federal law by continuing to illegally fine workers for exercising right to resign from the union and return to work during 2016 strike
Brooklyn, NY (October 16, 2017) – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint against Communications Workers of America Local 1109 union officials after they attempted to illegally fine two Verizon workers nearly $40,000. The complaint was issued after NLRB investigators found merit to charges filed against the CWA Local 1109 officials by National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys for Verizon employees Pamela Ivy and Cheryl Allison.
In April 2016, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and CWA union officials announced a coordinated work stoppage at Verizon facilities and ordered workers up and down the East Coast, from Massachusetts to Virginia, to abandon their jobs. CWA Local 1109, which is the subject of the NLRB complaint, participated in the multi-state strike.
Soon after CWA union officials ordered the strike, the two workers who filed the charges chose to resign from the union and returned to work. Under federal law, workers cannot be compelled to join a union-boss ordered strike action. However, under a 1972 National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling, workers must resign their formal union membership before to returning to work to protect themselves from union-issued fines.
In 2016, both Pamela Ivy and Cheryl Allison resigned their union membership on April 19 and April 25 respectively. Despite this, CWA union brass is attempting to fine these two Verizon employees for working during the strike through the end of May 2016. Ivy is being charged $21,918.16 while Allison is being charged $16,791.14.
Understanding their legal rights were in jeopardy, Ivy and Allison turned to National Right to Work Foundation staff attorney for free legal assistance in defending their legal rights. As such, Foundation staff attorneys filed separate federal unfair labor practice charges against CWA union officials for violating federal labor law with these corrupt fines.
In response to those ULP charges, the NLRB Brooklyn Region Director issued a consolidated complaint against CWA union officials on September 28, 2017. This is the second complaint that the Brooklyn Region Director has issued in recent weeks against CWA union officials for illegal strike fines against Verizon workers as a result of Unfair Labor Practice charges filed with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation.
Foundation staff attorneys have already defended fifteen Verizon workers from retaliation by union officials as a result of the April 2016 East Coast strike. In prior cases seven of those workers were fined up to $14,000 each for exercising their federally protected rights. The remaining eight were threatened by union bosses with "union discipline" that would have resulted in similar fines. In eleven of those cases, union officials have already been forced to settle with the workers and rescind the illegal strike fines and threats.
"It is outrageous that CWA union officials threatened workers with thousands of dollars in fines for simply exercising their right to resign from a union so they could work to support themselves and their families," said National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix. "As the numerous cases that have come after threats and illegal fines in the wake of the Verizon strike demonstrate, union officials habitually violate the rights of the very workers they claim to 'represent.' New York workers need Right to Work protections to help defend workers from this type of abuse."
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. The Foundation, which can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-336-3600, assists thousands of employees in more than 250 cases nationwide per year.


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Something of a mystery to many right now is how to maneuver in today's real estate market to avoid the pitfalls in Short Pays and REO's. Having been in this business for going on 30 years, I've seen the bottoms fall out before. We know that no business can continue in one direction forever. That said, what happens next in this climate? Do you reinvent your portfolio?Do you change your career? Do you give up on home ownership? NO TO ALL THREE.
I don't like to use the term "change" as I am not on that Band Wagon. Instead, I am a conservative Republican ... there I said it! I am not opposed to capitalism. I believe we should all be responsible for what we create - positive or negative. I don't believe the government should bail us out of our own mistakes. Along those lines, it's time to take stock of who you are and what you are willing to do to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps and make some "lemonade." If you have some savings and are willing to invest, REO's today are an excellent choice. Interest rates are at an all time low. Banks are now prepared to finance again. This is going to sound like a Dennis Miller rant but everyone should stop whining and start focusing. There are too many opportunities being overlooked right now. Instead we are listening to the media use soundbites to direct us to others' agendas. Let's start taking care of ourselves. Let's use the word POSSIBILITY again in the right context.
Let's move forward America - the only real "bail out" we need is the removal of the wax from our ears and the glue from our feet. MOVE FORWARD now. Use these opportunities to create your possiblities - YOUR CHANGE! Be in charge and prosper. If you need help, call me. I'll push you in the right direction!


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So anyway... I have been all over the place over the last couple of days. We had to make a mad rush from one account to the other. It was quite interesting.
Sunday was the last day of the sale in VA. We worked until 7pm. From there we headed up to CT. We had to run a training session first thing Monday morning, so there was no time to spare! So we packed 6 people and our luggage into a rental van and headed out! (I was plenty comfy - I got shotgun!)
We made pretty good time - got to our hotel at 2AM. After a short "nap" I was up and ready for the meeting. Then there was setup at the dealership, visiting with personnel, blah blah blah. I am tired!!!
The best part of the last two days..... NEW YORK CITY!!! I had never seen it. The whole trip I was so excited to just be able to even drive around it. I wanted to see the lights, the buildings, everything. The route we took didn't give me a chance to really really see everything, but I still got some great views. It gave me butterflies.
What have I missed out on this last week? Anyone have anything going on I should know about? Anybody do anything exciting? Fill me in!!!


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Ex-KCOM boss Renucci returns to channel in VoxGen role
Customer experience management specialist hires former KCOM boss Paul Renucci as CEO to bulk up its channel proposition
Interactive voice response and automation solutions vendor VoxGen has appointed former KCOM boss Paul Renucci as its new CEO, with a brief to grow the firm's service offering and partner network.
Renucci, who stepped down from KCOM at the end of 2010 after being credited with transforming the management and operations of the comms company, and founding its managed services operation, has spent the past couple of years helming investment management and corporate advisory consultancy Abrugo.
He replaces VoxGen founder Simon Loopuit, who is remaining on board in a business development role.
Renucci's history also includes stints at Damovo UK and Nortel Networks, where he rose to the position of EMEA enterprise president.
Renucci's new role at VoxGen will see him take charge of the formation of a channel-first model that the firm hopes to make central to its growth ambitions. He has already recruited former Avaya VAR sales manager Lynda Colman as channel sales director, to look after reseller recruitment and enablement.
According to VoxGen's blurb, the company specialises in integrated, multichannel self-service, enhancing customer experience by enabling people to self-serve quickly, easily and through the channel of their choice which, in turn, helps brands to build long lasting, profitable relationships.
Current customers include the Shop Direct Group, Allstate Insurance and Centrica.
Commenting on his new role, Renucci said: "Having spent the last decade focused on customer experience technologies, it's clear to me that the industry has reached a tipping point. The highest standards of service and compliance are more important than ever in this economic climate, and organisations know they can't afford to ignore customer experience strategies any longer.
"This all points to a rapidly changing marketplace, where the right technology innovation coupled with a customer-centric vision can make a real difference."
Loopuit added: "Loopuit adds: "When we started evangelising about customer experience back in 2000, customer calls were perceived as an occupational hazard, customer service was the department for complaints and customer convenience was an imposition. Customer experience is now centre stage and VoxGen has the wind in its sails, but the transformation is only just beginning."


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State-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co. raised its official selling price for Arab Light crude for July shipment to Asia by 20 cents to $2.10 a barrel more than the Middle East benchmark
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, raised pricing on key crude grades for buyers in Asia to the highest since 2014 as demand builds in the country's biggest market amid threats to rival suppliers.
State-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co. raised its official selling price for Arab Light crude for July shipment to Asia by 20 cents to $2.10 a barrel more than the Middle East benchmark, the company said Tuesday in an emailed statement.
The company's third consecutive increase in the grade brings it to the highest since July 2014. The producer, known as Saudi Aramco, increased the premium by less than the 34 cent rise expected by six traders in a Bloomberg survey.
Aramco's Extra Light and Medium grades will also sell to Asia at the widest premiums since 2014, while Heavy crude is at the highest level since 2012, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The company is raising pricing to Asia as competing barrels from fellow OPEC producers Venezuela and Iran have dwindled from that market or are expected to become more scarce in coming months.
Venezuela's oil production dropped about 1 million barrels a day compared with 2015 amid political and financial turmoil, while US sanctions on Iran threaten to wipe out exports of the same amount.
"The higher prices show the Saudis may feel that they are in a position of strength in selling to Asia - because there will be less Venezuelan or Iranian crude, the Saudis see enough demand for their oil," said Olivier Jakob, managing director of consultant Petromatrix GmbH in Zug, Switzerland.
Saudi Arabia's pricing announcement for its monthly crude exports gives the first indication of how Gulf producers see markets.
By setting its official selling prices, or OSPs, either higher or lower from month to month, the country signals how strong or weak it views demand globally. Other Middle Eastern producers use the Saudi numbers as a benchmark for their own OSPs.
Aramco raised pricing for all grades to Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean region and for most crudes to the US, where only Extra Light was left unchanged.
In the Northern Hemisphere, crude demand rises in the summer as U.S. refiners ramp up supply for the country's driving season and producers elsewhere make fuels with different specifications for the warmer months. Saudi Arabia's crude use can double as oil helps run air conditioners in the desert kingdom.
In Asia, Aramco has been involved in a months-long spat with a major Chinese buyer over the cost of its barrels. Sinopec, one of the world's biggest refiners, cut purchases of Saudi crude in May and June, saying the price was too high. Sinopec, known officially as China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, buys its crude through trading arm Unipec, or China International United Petroleum & Chemicals Co.
Oil prices have advanced since the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied producers began cutting output in January 2017 to drain a global glut.
After Brent crude reached $80 a barrel last month, Saudi Arabia and Russia suggested raising production this year to limit the impact of higher prices on consumers and protect demand.
Middle Eastern producers compete with cargoes from Latin America, North Africa, Russia and increasingly the U.S. for buyers in Asia.
Companies in the Arabian Gulf region sell mostly under long-term contracts to refiners. Most of the Gulf's state oil producers price their crude at a premium or discount to a benchmark. For Asia, the benchmark is the average of Oman and Dubai oil grades.For all the latest energy and oil news from the UAE and Gulf countries, follow us on Twitter and Linkedin, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube page, which is updated daily.


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The fauxgetarian diet includes lots of yummy meat substitute dishes (check out our delish pulled pork" recipe) to satisfy those cravings. She shot to fame after appearing in the Blurred Lines music video, which appears reveals just why Emily Ratajkowski has made this kind of name for herself in the modelling world!
The magnificent 5-foot-7 Ratajkowski formerly disclosed her fitness keys really are a part-controlled diet, hiking and yoga workouts.
Credits Meat, High Protein Diet For Hot Bikini Body
Emily Ratajkowski says a higher protein diethelps her get her fabulous bikini body, the one she shows off in many swimsuit selfies, as well as the video for the hit tune of the summer in 2013, Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke. Like we said, Emily is not much of a fitness fanatic, so she does not truly care about reaching a perfect physique as long as she feels healthy and good about herself. But who are we to say, because as Ratajkowski notes, we're all distinct as well as the routine she does would change her girlfriend's body otherwise.
Never one to shy away from flaunting her fab body, Emily lately confessed she discovers it an easy task to get ready for her risqu photoshoots. She does, nevertheless, believe in eating the right things, and she particularly loves to use fresh ingredients when cooking so she understands just how much sugar and salt are in her meals. Emily Ratajkowski lately waded in to defend Kim Kardashian's nude selfie by introducing topless using the curvaceous reality star. She does try her best to really have a balanced diet so that she is able to stay healthy and her body may have considerable energy to maintain her active routine. However, Emily does occasionally indulge in cupcakes or croissants for breakfast, not too frequently.
Standing along with her back to camera, Emily showcases her incredible body and peachy butt in the hot Instagram snapshot. Emily has got lots of enthusiasts since starring in Robin's raunchy clip and has really been described as 'perfect' by quite a few her Twitter followers. Ratajkowski also loves fresh juices—who does not now—and she is been known to scatter turmeric in her meals, which is understood to help burn off fat and fight inflammation. Emily told the New York Times: 'I 've truly large attributes, so a bit makeup goes a ways.
Emily Ratajkowski Adores Bagels, But Follows Healthful Diet For Unbelievable Bikini Body Contour
Emily Ratajkowski is a worldwide sex symbol thanks to your meteoric increase following her stint in the video for "Robin Thicke's smash summer 2013 hit, Blurred Lines." Emily Ratajkowski's diet isn't the salad just" sort you could expect of someone with her slight body. But I still was not convinced, since they say you lose lots of water weight at the start of any diet.
Here at Shape Magazine we were a bit doubtful whether the popular Pure Garcinia Cambogia Extract diet with Premium Nutra Cleanse really worked. If she makes the cover of the 2015 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover, Ratajkowski will succeed Kate Upton, who made the SI Swimsuit covers in 2013 and 2014. Emily Ratajkowski's day-to-day diet is not understood, but we can presume she picks fresh foods that are low in sugar and salt.
She shot to fame after appearing in the Blurred Lines music video, which appears reveals just why Emily Ratajkowski has made this kind of name for herself in the modelling world! In an earlier interview, Emily disclosed the secrets behind her slender body, insisting it is down to some balanced diet. Although Emily Ratajkowski's diet and work out secrets might not look hard, they're only enough for the model and celebrity to keep up her sex symbol body.
Nevertheless, she's got the long legs some of us would die for, and Emily definitely understands the best way to bring focus to them. In a recent chat with The New York Times , the well-known model has shown that she believes in eating the right things. Judging by her incredibly glowing skin, it may be supposed that Ratajkowski drinks lots of water to help keep her bikini body. You could be surprised (or even envious) of the reality that Ratajkowski does not have a regimented workout routine.
The truth is, the model and celebrity says you'd be hard pressed to discover her eating only salad; the self-professed (and unapologetic) carnivore substantially favors meat. Talking to , Emily said: For me, it is about striving to consistently keep a fit and body-conscious eating program. And what an impressive shape it's. Emily is famous for having one of the very amazing bodies available, and fortunately, she let's all into some secrets about how exactly she keeps it – and her beauty routine. Nevertheless, Emily stood her ground, saying that girls needs to possess the right to show their bodies without being shamed.
Emily first shot to fame in Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' video before going to star in films like 'Gone Girl', 'Entourage' and 'We're Your Friends'. In a interview with The New York Times, Ratajkowski discussed her honest views on beauty and fitness. The old expression that food brings people closer together has never been put to higher use than in our favourite new advertisement starring Polish-Israeli stunner Emily Ratajkowski, who uses a colossal Carl's Jr. Memphis BBQ hamburger to get nearer to Sara Underwood. Believe us Emily; no one can call you that after going throughout your fitness program.
We have to point out right from the start which you can't preserve such natural good looks without taking great care of yourself every day, which will be exactly what Emily is doing. You might want to jump ahead because Emily Ratajkowski's workout routine is likely to cause you to feel just like a poor soul who has to really work tough to maintain your healthy body. Ensure you're eating enough calories on your body type and getting them from clean foods such as fruits, veggies, lean proteins like fish, chicken, beans and lentils, plain yoghurt and avocados. The present day sex symbol also shed some light on her diet secrets before in 2013.
A diet undermining of carbs, protein, and fats can make sure that you remain slim in the event you keep within caloric limits rather than go over the top. After stopping her relationship with Andrew Dryden, Emily Ratajkowski continues to be appreciating her singledom in Hollywood. This being said, she does attempt to steadfastly keep up a balanced diet as much as you possibly can, though nothing overly vegetarian if she can help it. Ever since, Emily Ratajkowski is now an object of desire for guys world-wide – and girls everywhere are determined to emulate her curves. A welcomed side effect of the Pure Extract Garcinia and Premium Nutra Cleanse diet is it is power to control the hunger.
As for her diet, Emily Ratajkowski confessed to being a carnivore, saying that she loves eating meat on a regular basis. Now sunning herself in bright Santorini, Emily stripped nude to get an instant dip in a personal pool. Fitness Family is a #FitFam aggregation website pulling together the latest fitness news, fitness merchandises, clean eating and fitness processes that will help you lead a fitter lifestyle. Despite the fact that Ratajkowski's diet is mostly healthful and clean, she does understand when and the best way to treat herself.
In the event that you are eating fast food or another processed poisonous crap, I suggest going cold turkey. Her eating plan is really straightforward, though from the looks of the Gone Girl star's Instagram report she does like to eat a bagel every now and again. Paradoxically, Morgan exemplified the very problem Ratajkowski discusses in the content that set him away: sexism along with the shaming culture encompassing women's sexuality.
After seven days on the diet using both merchandises I was surprised in the remarkable consequences. The image will certainly inspire millions of girls to stick to their 2016 diets, as Emily seems toned and lithe in the shot. In the event that you are wondering the way the model keeps up her killer bikini body, then read on to understand her diet and workout routine. Studies demonstrate that the diet rich in protein might lessen body fat, which might describe her toned physique. After tweezing any strays, Ratajkowski says she subsequently brushes up her eyebrows having a tinted gel like Glossier's BoyBrow. Therefore it is tough to get off them and you only keep eating them and feeling like shit. I crave iron so I'm definitely not the sort of man who you'll locate eating a salad. Emily was formerly dating creative director and menswear buyer Andrew Dryden.
Emily Ratajkowski's workout routine and diet strategy are substantially more straightforward than you may believe. And he could not finish up without making a joke about Ratajkowski having sex with him, because it is the most sluggish and most straightforward reflection of sexist comedy. When she does need to sweat, Ratajkowski sticks to long hikes with friends along with doing yoga. Once I first learned relating to this weight loss combo, my diet fad radar went off instantly. Emily Ratajkowski has great style and also a lovely body that she keeps through exercise and diet.
I 've the exact same skin care regular morning as well as night, although I am not one among the individuals "who consistently uses the identical products," Ratajkowski told the New York Times. Emily has ever been open on the double standards encompassing women as well as their sexuality. Emily Ratajkowski says that she loves eating freshly prepared meals, and that's the reason why she stays away from frozen foods as frequently as you are able to. Emily started working for Forever 21, Kohl's and Nordstrom, swimwear and lingerie lines. Ratajkowski does not have a trainer and she says that she actually does not go to the gym either.
But while the stunner's diet is certainly giving her the protein she must keep that body toned, a study of 125,000 individuals that links red meat consumption to improved mortality rates might make Emily contemplate reducing her consumption!
Emily Ratajkowski's eating strategy is really straightforward, though from the looks of the Gone Girl star's Instagram report she does like to eat a bagel every now and again.
That pretty much sums up Emily Ratajkowski's diet strategy, but it must contain healthful eating if she adores juices and is so skinny and in shape.
Emily promises to not work out much and that I believe she likely does not have to. She says she does YOGA around three times per week, which with her body type could be ideal for keeping her long slender limbs, and she also says she goes hiking that is an excellent sort of cardio. I understand myself that I'm a combination of a mesomorph and endomorph (fitness terms for body types- it is possible to check yours here ) and so I'd likely be best doing workout routines and eating foods appropriate because of this body type. Other supporters counteracted these negative opinions with their devotion to Emily, with one buff writing; "Do Not listen to them Emily". It is a daring dress, featuring cutout element along with a greatly embellished bralet top, and Emily pulls it away with stylish aplomb.


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Part III: What's possible in the realm of sockets when communicating with CICS?
I have a general question about what is possible in the realm of sockets when communicating with a CICS mainframe.
We have a piece of middleware software that collects and consolidates data from various sources and then passes that data on to various external systems such as ODBC databases, etc. We have provided a generic XML protocol over a TCP/IP socket connection to allow flexible connections to any backend host computers. The problem we are now hitting is a client who claims our topology/protocol isn't possible for them to handle in their environment.
Here is our system in a nutshell: We open a socket connection to the remote port and send what amounts to a logon message. Assuming we receive a favorable response we then send data messages up, each of which has a response that can contain error information or possible result from the remote processing. If a specified amount of idle time elapses between these data messages, we send a kind of keep-alive message that again has a response. Finally, when the overall processing is complete send the equivalent of a logoff message.
A few additional details: Because our software has no guarantee of how fast the host program will process any individual data message, we support a small fixed number of simultaneous connections so that long-running tasks won't totally block other shorter-running ones. The volume of these data messages varies from many-per-second to periods where minutes (or even perhaps hours) can go by without any new data. This approach works fine for the likes of a Java program running on a Unix box, but does it really present such a problem in the CICS world?
The problem is that hanging around on an open TCP/IP socket requires a CICS transaction on the end to get the flow when it arrives. You cannot use a listener-type techniques because that's only processing initial binds -- not just something that takes ages to arrive.
The only way to accomplish what you want is to use a CICS waiting mechanism, and poll the socket at frequent (as often as you think prudent bearing in mind that while waiting you will not be processing the flow from the client) intervals. This could go on forever, and so you are in danger of ending up in a situation whereby all your CICS active transaction slots are filled with transactions just polling away and not doing anything of interest.
One way around this is to use the CMAXTASK facilities to limit the number of the second service transactions in the region, but that means that the clients will be hanging around in cases of stress not getting anything back from CICS. You can have multiple CICS regions servicing the flows (using MVS TCP/IP port sharing) to alleviate the conditions, but you still may end up in an apparent application wait state.
Whether or not the client has been coded to cope with a volume-related stall (somewhat unlikely as Unix applications tend always to assume that infinite resource is available and so trivial volume-related stalls never occur) the first service transaction can use XC INQUIRE facilities to detect the number of active second service transactions and then simply refuse to start the second service transaction if capacity is exceeded (it might be nice to return an error message).
The connection may also TCP/IP timeout at any point -- so ensure that you CLOSE() the socket before XC RETURNing.
So, the last bit of code in the second service transaction should look like:
CURTRY = MAXTRY (whatever you decide is the maximum number of intervals)
RECV(PEEK) ; if non-zero, reloop on the receive logic
IF ( CURTRY <= 0 ) then end by CLOSE()ing the socket ; XC RETURN
XC DELAY INTERVAL(n)
reloop to waitloop
You will have to decide upon how long a client can keep the connection going by sending an heartbeat; is it valid to have an inifinite number of these? If this is the case, then each socket/connection will have an associated CICS transaction and this will potentially eat up the number of CICS AMAXTASK slots -- so you could get into a stall whereby everything is not running as they are just awaiting a next flow from the client.
Similarly, think about defining the maximum number of heartbeats (both per socket and per not-doing-anything) and policing that count.
I'd hope that as this XML protocol is under you control, you could include on the initial logon-type of flow some sort of control information that would set a maximum time interval for the lifetime of the socket and the Heartbeat properties. The second service transaction could use that info to limit the volumes of inactive sockets.
Similarly, you should be able to code up the client so that its receipt of the security identification/lgon response can respond to a too-many-active-at-the-moment-retry-later can be coded around. It already should be able to cope with an error because the Socket is no longer open (because the server/CICS has closed it).
So, it all comes down to restricting the number of 2nd Service Transactions hanging around just awaiting for something interesting from the Client.
You can tell your doubting customer that I've said it's OK to use your software within CICS! But you should ensure that your protocol is sufficiently flexable first.
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The opportunity to practice literally comes at you in every moment:
Each meal.
Each bite of food.
Each touch of your stomach and wishing it were different.
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Each time your head touches the pillow.
With each thought that you wake with.
Each time you look at a body you envy.
Each time you hear a compliment.
Each time you hear disparaging remarks.
Each time you get "helpful" advice.
Each time you move your body in ways that you love.
Each time when it doesn't feel good to move your body.
With each breath.
With each moment.
So many times to make a choice. Remember it is always a choice. Even when it feels awkward or fake at first. The more you do it the better you get so PRACTICE often!!


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Editor's Note: Jonathan Leeman is an elder at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., editorial director of 9Marks, and author of several books, including Political Church: The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ's Rule (Bio as it appears at The Gospel Coalition). His response to a pastor who is wondering "how can the gospel show a better way" during the current political unrest in the U.S. from both outside and inside the church begins below.
A pastor writes:
Members of my congregation are increasingly hostile and mistrusting of one another after the election, especially online. What is my responsibility as a pastor, and how can the gospel show a better way for our polarized culture if we can't honor one another in our own churches?
Dear friend,
That's a great question. I trust most pastors and Christians believe the gospel is big enough to reconcile and to unify. It's easy to say, "We're Republicans and Democrats together for the gospel!" But living together amid our partisan differences is like eating a spoonful of pudding with gravel hiding inside. It looks sweet at first glance, but put it in your mouth and you'll break your teeth.
I'm not going to Pollyanna you. Maintaining gospel unity amid political disagreement is hard.
It's hard because politics, by its nature, deals with questions of justice, and the gospel requires us to care about justice. So if one member's conscience tells him that a certain party, candidate, protest event, or slogan represents an injustice, while another's conscience says the party/candidate/slogan represents justice, it will be difficult for either to back down.
It's hard because political engagement nearly always involves making alliances with groups of people who don't agree on everything. So any given party, candidate, protest event, or even slogan probably represents a conglomeration of issues, three of which might be biblically good and three of which might be biblically reprehensible. Can a Christian get behind the cause for the sake of the good things, especially if no other candidate, party, protest event, or slogan represents those good things?
And maintaining unity amid political disagreement may get harder. The more our culture looks to government to solve our problems and be our savior, the higher the culture-war stakes will become on both sides.
Certainly, our church on Capitol Hill has felt its share of political tensions. Here are 16 things the pastors or elders try to do to help maintain unity.
1. Preach expositionally.
If you've trained your congregation on topical sermons, I dare say they're going to be more accustomed to your personal and ideological formulations. As such, throwing in a politicized sermon or two won't startle them. It will sound like what they usually get—a topical sermon.
If, however, you've trained them on weekly biblical exposition, forays into partisan politics will alarm them. And that discomfort is good….


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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: remote control
From: Andrew Jamieson (ajamiesn_at_optusnet.com.au)
Date: 2002-10-11
> And please read the
We'll definitely need some code in the Archos to determine between no remote
> We'll have to limit the duration of the power-pulse, because there
Definitely have to limit the power pulse. All I am suggesting is a standard
> I know some pretty good layouters, after the
I think I'm a pretty good PCB layout guy :)
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
It's not true that life is one damn thing after another – it's one damn thing over and over.
She loves me all that she can,
And her ways to my ways resign;
But she was not made for any man,
And she never will be all mine.
Witch-Wife (1917)
And her voice is a string of colored beads,
Or steps leading into the sea.
Witch-Wife (1917)
I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.
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Koreans are considered as one of the most beautiful women in the world. One of the most noticeable trait that adds to their beauty is their flawless skin and their slender built. Also, they do not seem to age which is most evident among Korean actresses and celebrities. Famous Korean actors and actresses manages to look like what they look a decade ago, which even makes people more intrigued and fascinated with their beauty. So, what's the secret? Here are some of their best beauty secrets of korean celebrities.
Intense Skin Care
Koreans take good care of their skin right from childhood. Men and women alike treat their skin as one of their most important investment in life. They treat skin care as a serious business. Clearing their face from make-up is just a phase in their beauty regimen. They make sure that their face and skin is properly cleaned, toned and moisturized. Keeping away from the harmful rays of the sun is also a must. Sleeping masks, primers and moisturizers that are tried and tested to the type of skin that they have, applied on a daily-basis is what keeps their skin glowing and looking young. Soon, i am going to review some korean skincare I have been regularly using day and night to achieve that korean glow.
Wearing Falsies
Fake eyelashes are one of the things that Korean actresses can't live without. This type of eyelash is usually those with natural finish, just enough to open-up your eyes while projecting that flawless no make-up look. This is also one of the reasons why most Korean celebrities have that endearing eye-popping look whenever they have their close-up in TV series as well as music videos. Tapping eye cream around the eye area is also a discipline that they practice to prevent dark circles, puffiness and wrinkles around their eyes.
Choosing the right shade of lipstick
Most Korean celebrities apply light pink or coral toned lipsticks to maintained that natural look. These softer shades with shiny finishes gives that girl-net-door vibe that we all love about Korean celebrities.
Eating right
The general rule in skin care is that you are what you eat. The Korean diet is mostly fruits, tea, seafood and loaded with vitamin C and beta carotene, nutrients that are very good to the skin. Fermented wine, another staple in the Korean diet is rich with minerals and amino aides that helps preserve and brighten their skin.
If you would want to achieve that flawless, young-looking Korean skin, having the discipline, dedication and consistency in taking care of your skin and body is a must. Eating healthy foods is also necessary.


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Taiwan eases China trade restrictions
Taiwan has lifted a 50-year ban on direct trade and investment with China in a major liberalisation of economic policy towards the mainland.
Under the new policy, local businesses can directly invest in China instead of via a third country.
The new policy of "aggressive opening and pragmatic controls" includes the scrapping of a $50m ceiling on individual investments in China and the simplification of investment procedures on smaller projects.
Taiwan banned direct trade and transport links with China at the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.
WTO entry
The new, vigorous approach replaces the 5-year-old policy of "no haste, be patient" introduced by former President Lee Teng-hui predecessor during tensions with the mainland in 1996.
The investment limits were imposed to try to ensure investment went into building up Taiwan's own economic base.
The move comes ahead of a meeting starting in Qatar on Friday at which both countries are expected to gain permission to join the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
China's entry into the WTO will bring wide-ranging market access agreements with all the WTO's 142 other members.
Economic slowdown
Correspondents say critics are worried that Taiwan could become too dependent on China for trade, but supporters of the policy are anxious for a larger piece of the Chinese market at a time when Taiwan's economy is behaving poorly.
The ongoing global slowdown has hit Taiwan hard, with unemployment hitting record highs and hi-tech exports slumping.
Analysts say the changes could boost President Chen's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) among moderate voters ahead of the parliamentary elections on 1 December.
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