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Consider the technology work more specifically. After choosing a subject close to you (your interests), for example "Psychological competence as a structural component of the professional activity of the leader", it is necessary to identify the object of your research.
The next stage is setting the goal of the work. For example: theoretical substantiation of the essence and content of the manager's psychological competence; the identification of ways and means of forming psychological competence, etc. Think about the hypotheses of the work. Otherwise paper writer will have nothing to justify. In the first approximation on the chosen topic, we can formulate at least three hypotheses:
the increase of psychological competence is a necessary condition for the effectiveness of the managerial activity of the manager;
the application of psychological competence in the practical activities of the management to a greater extent ensures the leader's leadership status;
the priority direction of training a modern leader is mastering the psychotechnology of management.
On the basis of what has been said, it is possible to determine the directions of work, highlighting the primary objectives of the study:
psychological competence as the basis for management (personnel management);
priority areas for the formation of the psychological competence of a modern leader.
After this, you need to determine the methods for implementing your first scientific research: a theoretical analysis of the literature on the problem; generalization of domestic and foreign experience; content analysis of newspaper and magazine publications, etc. Perhaps you will conduct a small (illustrative) socio-psychological study. Then you have to turn to methods such as questionnaires, interviews, psychodiagnostics, etc.
To organize your own time, you can create a work schedule for writing a course work:
studying of available literature;
carrying out of research (terms);
if the research involves the application of specific psychological techniques, then they need to be written into the schedule: for example interviews with competent people (with whom, in which organizations, when, how will the results be summarized and summarized, the interview form, interviews or protocol forms prepared);
writing the first, second sections and terms of consultation on them;
surrender of work (in what terms, in what form).
Realizing the above-mentioned stages of the work, you will provide it with a reliable methodical, theoretical and empirical basis. The rest depends on your ability to generalize and draw conclusions.


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Without forgiveness we cannot worship God acceptably. Obviously this is true in terms of our relationship with God, but it is also true regarding our fellow-man. Jesus said, "But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses" (Matt 6:15) Continue reading
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Sunday Seed Thoughts: He's Alive!
After six grueling hours of vicious taunts, mental torture and physical torment, Jesus cried with a loud voice, breathed his last breath and "yielded His Spirit." The centurion guards standing by saw he was dead.
Later solders came to break the legs of Jesus and the two criminals, but they said "He is dead."
The women standing at the foot of the cross, including Mary and Mary Magdalene, said, "He is dead.' Continue reading
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Sunday Seed Thoughts: Just Call It What It Is
Billy Sunday was a 19th century Major League baseball player who became an influential evangelist in the first two decades of the 20th century.
The story is told that a woman approached the preacher following one of his sermons and asked, "I wonder if you can help me? I have an awful habit of exaggerating."
To the woman's delight, Sunday acknowledged that he could help. Continue reading
Sunday Seed Thoughts: Worshiping in Branson
Today Norma Jean and I are worshiping in Branson at the Eagle Rock Church. We've visited before. But it's my first opportunity to preach here.
While I don't know these brethren, except for their preacher Philip North, looking at their website tells me that we will feel right at home Continue reading
Sunday Seed Thoughts: Are Your Eyes On Jesus?
A man was on trial for murder. There was strong circumstantial evidence indicating his guilt, but there was no corpse. So in his closing statement the defense attorney resorted to a trick.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you," the lawyer said as he looked at his watch. "Within one minute the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this courtroom." Continue reading
Sunday Seed Thoughts: Influencing Others
In his book, It's All About The People, Dee Bowman tells a great story about E. J. Nichols from Dickens County, Texas. Dee describes him as "a strong man spiritually." He says he was "rather rough around the edges but there was a gentleness about him, too." Continue reading
Sunday Seed Thoughts: The Beauty of Sameness
This morning Norma Jean and I are waking up to colder temperatures. And the possibility of snow. But with a warm feeling in our hearts.
We're in Portland, Oregon, where we attended the wedding of my former preaching intern, Justin Berss, and Ali Beth Shropshire. Today we will be worshiping with and I will be preaching for the brethren at the 160th Avenue Church of Christ. Continue reading
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Many lightworkers are still looking at compassionate action as something that is done externally, and not an internal alchemical process of transmuting their personal feelings, patterns, actions, and ideas into something new; they believe that they can act our world into a better place without profoundly changing who they are within.
"The only hope for humankind is in the transformation of the individual." ~Krishnamurti
There are two separate patterns and paradigms of relating to the divine and the material realms that have caused this confusion, for in one paradigm they have a "why" that supports their "how", whereas in the other they have a "how" that supports their "why"; this probably explains why when these two groups attempt to communicate, it can seem so tedious, as if they're speaking two different languages.
The "why" that supports a "how" is old paradigm and a hierarchical form of unity, and many lightworkers are trying to fight the darkness, the Illuminati, and governments with this old paradigm thinking/relating; but it's just not going to work, as many are painfully finding out. The old paradigm rulers are the inventors of this mindset, nobody can beat them at their own game using their patterns and tools. This is why we must leave their game, and consciously set up a new one here on earth, one where the "how" supports our "why"; then we can act as the bridge from the old game to the new game.
Lightworkers who are still acting from within the old paradigm fail to remember that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, as Osho said about acting without awareness:
"As you become aware, in the same proportion there is compassion.
Buddha has said: If there is compassion without awareness, it is dangerous. That's what is in the people we call do-gooders. They have compassion, but no awareness. They go on doing good, and yet that good has not even happened to their own beings. They go on helping others, and they themselves need much help. They themselves are ill, and they go on helping other people–it is not possible. Physician, heal thyself first!
Buddha says if you have compassion without awareness, your compassion will be harmful. Do-gooders are the most mischievous people in the world. They don't know what they are doing, but they are always doing something or other to help people.
…If you don't know what you are doing, you can think that you are doing good, but good cannot happen."
To increase awareness, the "how" must be temporarily abandoned for an increased reliance upon asking "why" things are as they are, and then allowing Source to answer these questions. "Why", especially as it relates to our shadow side, beliefs, patterns, triggers, judgments, guilt, shame, sadness, fear, detachment, powerlessness, and anger, must be analyzed through the lens of our Source within; to be purified and transmuted into self-sustaining emotional and material patterns of relating to ourselves and others.
Without the transformative power of following the "why" back to the original cause of our suffering and separation, we'll continually repeat the old paradigm symptoms that continue to submerge our life and planet in suffering, resource consumption, and death. Aspects of these "why" answers lie within our own childhood experiences, in the patterns we were taught through example and the hierarchical system prior to the age of eight. Transmuting these faulty patterns into better serving ones, via asking and refining our "why" questions, will lead us home to our individuality and unique role within the universal mosaic of unity experience.
After having been reconnected to our Source through our "why" questions and answers, and with the higher understanding that results from it permeating out from our being, our compassion can finally follow awareness rather than happening in a vacuum devoid from it. The actions that result from this higher, inside-out understanding will be powerful and effective, as opposed to their former dangerous and destructive nature.
If we wish to change the world, we must continually ask "why", keep refining our "why", and finally, when we've become so adept at asking "why" as to have aligned our understanding with that of Source consciousness—pure and healthy "how" questions, answers, and compassion will follow. Once we do, we will be operating in the unity pattern of a "how" that supports our "why", rather than the old paradigm's duality pattern of a "why" that supports their "how".


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CEO pay outpaced average worker pay by 344 times. In effect, the gap between worker and executive pay has multiplied an amazing tenfold since the early 1980s.Now our crazy socialist government wants to actually regulate executive pay. Well, actually, they only want to regulate executive pay that is paid directly with our tax dollars. The other executive pay, which is paid indirectly through our tax dollars with tax breaks for the rich as well as other mechanisms for siphoning wealth from the vast majority to a seriously rich minority, will remain unregulated. So most of us won't really mind that there is finally some regulation. But will the angry white men (and at least a few women) be able to rouse a few angry white folks to stage yet another tea party? You're darn-tootin' they will. Because if there is one thing the last thirty years of large scale transfer of wealth to the wealthiest and complete deregulation of banking and industry have shown us, it is that is a substantial number of Americans are true believers in the religion of "free markets" and "deregulation." Unless they've lost their faith? Unless they've finally woken up and smelled the chai latte, which they can no longer afford to buy. After all, a tea party can support taxation without representation or it can oppose it. Perhaps this time there will be a tea party for much greater oversight of all executive pay, especially when we consider that executive compensation did not really go down in 2008 because
CEO perks alone grew in 2008 to an average of $336,248—or nine times the median salary of a full-time worker.In other words, those clever fatcats actually gave themselves raises while the rest of us couldn't afford a cup of tea. I say start boiling water till the government insists on regulation of all CEO salaries and a truly revolutionary tea party begins.


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Yianni: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Line? 4**** - One4Review
one4review | On 24, Aug 2015
Fringe favourite Yianni is back and is as good as ever with the 2015 offering.
He starts off explaining the show theme as coming from being emailed prior to a gig asking him not to mention a few subjects as they could cause offence, and this sparked his fertile comedy brain into wondering as to where is the 'line' that shouldn't be crossed and was it the same for everyone.
There is a fair amount of market research done with his afternoon crowd and I suppose that it draws the inevitable conclusion that this line is flexible and does tend to move around a bit, quite a bit.
What we do get during this hour is a very able comic delivering his well-written and funny material in an appealing smiling way. Surely nothing that comes out of his mouth could offend anyone could it?
He investigate taboos, religion, sweary words, idiots clogging the gene pool, the three faces of man, and God, religion and cruise ships. Something for everyone surely.
And as in the old adage finish on a song, Yianni can do this too.
If you have seen him before go see him again, if you haven't go anyway, I think you'll be glad you did.
Reviewed by Geoff
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Deafening Silence
It was all about oil back in 1953, when the CIA ousted the hugely popular democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran, Dr. Mossadegh. Just two years earlier, he nationalized Iran's oil industry, and thought America would be a strong ally. Foolish Iranian's, we think all the world's oil belongs to us, and democracy – real democracy – isn't too terribly important. So we re-installed the Shah, who was nearly universally hated in his own country, and proceeded down a path of meddling in the affairs of the Persian people that would last for decades.
When seething hatred for America's puppet, one of the worst human rights violators in history, boiled into a revolution in 1979 , President Carter boldly stated, " 'I fully expect the Shah to maintain power in Iran and for the present problems in Iran to be resolved. The predictions of doom and disaster that came from some sources have certainly not been realized at all." We all know what happened then…
Through the tumultuous Iran-Iraq war, America supported Saddam Hussein's slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Iranians, while Reagan and Bush were secretly selling weapons to the Ayatollah. All the bluster in the world couldn't hide the fact that America put a pretty low value on Muslim blood. Fact is, America's track record, with presidents of both parties, is pretty horrible.
Fast-forward to the present. Iranians just had a farce of an election; the people's voices were not heard, and there's rioting in the streets once again. All indications are that casualties will sharply increase now that the Supreme Leader has given his final word on the election results. Oh, yeah, he also threatened to have anyone who disagreed with those results killed on the spot…
And for the first time in decades, the American President has been virtually silent. He's commented on the human rights aspect of the situation, but not the politics therein. This has infuriated his detractors, both at home and abroad. Good. Sometimes the best thing you can do is just sit back and let a situation play itself out, not inject yourself into the mix. Right now, it's clear the Iranian people are on our side, it's the leaders of that "democracy" that are not.
And no amount of political posturing can beat that.
Happy Birthday!
Today, June 17, 2009, two things occurred. The "Smartest Man in the Room", Newt Gingrich, turned sixty six years old. I guess that would be the first thing, since the second happened on my way home from work. I discovered the "Smartest Man in the Room" isn't the "Smartest Man in the Room" anymore.
See, right before Newt misquoted the Declaration of Independence, he stated in no-uncertain terms, that President Obama has already failed.
My trip home usually takes about ten minutes, but over the past week or so it's been a little longer each day. It's because I pass three different road crews, with their annoying American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signs, hard at work. I'm guessing I've seen maybe a hundred folks who are getting a paycheck that were unemployed not too long ago.
I don't know the exact correlation, but I also pass a few mom and pop diners, and I've noticed their parking lots are full again. A few months back they were empty. One parking lot that was practically empty was the lot at the unemployment office. I don't have any hard numbers, but it sure looks to me, at least, that things are beginning to look up. Which means the naysayers, like Newt the Genius, are gonna have to start looking for something new to blame President Obama for.
Republicans, don't let me down!
Note: I wrote this before I saw Kantor and Boehner release their four-page health-care reform plan…
When Will It All End?
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends, family and loved ones of Stephen T. Johns, the 39 year old security guard who was senselessly gunned down yesterday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum by 88 year old neo-Nazi James von Brunn. Just another case of right-wing terrorism fomented by the fever-pitch of hate speech vitriol Americans are being bombarded with on talk radio, cable news and the internet. When will it all end?
James von Brunn attacked the museum just days after President Obama gave a stirring speech at Buchenwald, where he was so emotionally moved at seeing the place where thousands of Jews, as well as thousands of political prisoners and Soviet prisoners of war; were detained, tortured and killed. The President caustically rebuked holocaust deniers, and von Brunn took exception.
This tragedy occurred on the heels of the assassination of Dr. George Tiller, who, among his many duties, provided "late term" abortions. Right-wing terrorist Scott Roeder, who shot the doctor in church, had become fanatically consumed with Fox News' jihad against "Tiller the Baby-Killer".
And let's not forget that horrifying day in Pittsburgh back in April, when right-wing Second Amendment zealot and White-Supremacist Richard "Pop" Poplawski opened fire, and ended the lives of Officers Stephen Mayhle, Paul Sciullo and Eric Kelly amid thunderous warnings on talk radio that President Obama was going to strip away the Right to Bear Arms.
Well, I'm sorry, but it's not just another news story to any of the human beings that mourn the passing of Stephen T. Johns, or Dr. George Tiller, or Officers Stephen Mayhle, Paul Sciullo and Eric Kelly. Please, PLEASE, if we can't stop the hate, let's at least dial it back a notch…
And Put On The Full Armor Of God While You're At It
I don't know why so many people are upset that the New Bethel Church of Louisville, Kentucky is planning to hold an Open-Carry church service on June 27th. It's the opening salvo of their Fourth of July festivities. America is all about God and Guns, so what's the big deal? It's not like any abortion doctors are expected to attend…
Look, the church is the perfect place for families to come packin' heat. The God of the Old Testament was always running around smiting folks and ordering His flock to kill every man, woman and child that refused to bow down before Him. And His Only Begotten was no slouch in the kill-or-be-killed world of high spiritualism. He came not to bring peace, but a sword, remember?
Now, Pastor Ken's flock will be worshipping the Almighty with patriotic music and a gun raffle. If Jesus had thought of that, instead of just overturning the tables of the moneychangers in His Father's House, the Pharisees might not have been so pissed at Him. And if Our Lord and Savior had turned the water into tea, instead of wine, he might have even gotten King Herod's gig.
Let us pray…
Standing-O In Cairo
Those on the far-right have been criticizing President Obama's speech for the past forty eight hours, now that he's actually given it, the fireworks are really going into overdrive. If you want to get right down to specifics, there weren't very many differences in actual policy from what Bush said before he was ducking flying shoes. But this wasn't a policy speech. It was a new beginning. A chance to find common ground and work toward peace – which, after all, is what nearly everyone on the planet wants.
The President touched on everything from the genocide in Darfur, to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to the threat of a nuclear Iran to the innocent blood al-Qaeda has shed throughout the world. He held out an olive-branch to moderate Muslims everywhere. He quoted Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to remind Muslims that America has been a friend to them for many, many years. He quoted from the Koran, the Talmud and the Bible, all the while the audience of Muslim students cheered again and again and again.
So of course, bin Laden accused President Obama of antagonizing Muslims. Zawahiri, who likes to call our President names (house-negro), is now calling him a criminal. Others on the far-right back here in the States have dubbed this Obama's apology tour, and have called the speech "Carteresque".
Listen, President Obama gave a historic speech which was designed to do one thing, and one thing only. Extend an open hand to the Muslim world. The mere fact that he was given a standing ovation, as opposed to a pair of flying loafers, proved that it was a success.
A Moment In Time
Dick Cheney was right all along. Sure, he could have chanted, "Nah, nah, I told you so!", but he's too classy a guy for that. When Scott Roeder executed Dr. George Tiller on Sunday, as "Tiller the baby-killer" was worshipping at Wichita's Reformation Lutheran Church, America suffered it's first terrorist attack in nearly eight years.
Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano warned that an attack by a right-wing lone-wolf would happen, but that's little solace to Tiller's friends, family and loved ones. I have to wonder, what would Dick have done differently? In a situation where everyone that had any contact with Roeder knew he was a hairs-breath away from doing something terrible, America's intelligence community failed us. And no, I don't think waterboarding Randall Terry would have been the answer.
Now, Fox News did not put the gun in Roeder's hand, but they're not innocent babes, either. They ratcheted up the rhetoric, targeting Dr. Tiller on no less than twenty eight separate occasions, coming dangerously close to inciting murder. I have to say this: Bill O'Reilly needs to publicly apologize for his part in this tragedy.
Not long ago, President Obama made his plea for an honest, reasonable discussion on the hottest of all hot-button issues; abortion. I pray this tragedy gives us a moment in time to have that discussion. Then maybe, just maybe, Dr. George Tiller's death might not be in vain…
Back in the '60s, poor young women were dying from botched back-alley abortions while girls of means were able to erase their indiscretions with relative ease. Liberals saw the injustice and tried to right the wrong, extremists on both sides have been at war ever since. Because Dr. Tiller was one of the few willing to perform "late term" abortions, he was a prime target for the Operation Rescue folks. Please remember, some of Tiller's patients discovered late in pregnancy that their fetuses had severe or fatal birth defects; and he also aborted healthy late-term fetuses in cases where this would prevent "substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function" for the mother. That's the law.
So, as we mourn this tragedy, I have to ask, where do we go from here? Are conservatives willing to shell out tax dollars to pay for the health-care, welfare, housing and education subsidies poor girls desperately need if they're even going to consider bringing a new life into the world? While home-schooled churchgoing teens are just as sexually active as inner-city kids, their future prospects are quite different.
Are we going to get serious about sex education? How about contraception? Would you allow a gay couple to rescue a fetus otherwise doomed to be aborted? Or do we just ignore the hard questions and rev up the vitriol while we wait for the next terrorist attack…
Why I Can't Be A Christian
I remember, years ago, when I was just a dumb kid, believing in the Golden Rule, "turning the other cheek", and all that sort of stuff. Everyone I knew understood that "taking the Lord's name in vain" meant that you weren't supposed to use God as an excuse to do something that was wrong. Faith, science, morality and compassion could all exist simultaneously.
What an idiot I was…
In Catholic School, I came to doubt the veracity of transubstantiation. In Bible College, I came to doubt the wisdom of translating every word in Scripture literally. And every time a national election was coming to a head, I came to doubt the message I heard time and time again in church after church: You must vote for the Republican, or you'll burn in hell forever.
I am going to burn in hell forever – I finally broke down and voted for a Democrat.
Don't get me wrong, my fundamental belief system is still intact. I think the Genesis accounts of Creation, the Garden of Eden and other stories are moral tales, and have a place of importance. The notion that God – whoever or whatever that Being might be – is more concerned with the condition of a person's heart than if they ever violated some subsection of labyrinthine doctrine, still resonates with me.
But I can't hate a person or group of people because they look, talk, act, or even think differently than I. I can't judge another person, especially when – according to the Bible – I'm not even permitted to walk a mile in their shoes. I can't pigeonhole my thought process to an interpretation of God's Word solely based on a group of folks working in conjunction with Fox News. That group would be Zondervan – look it up.
It's wrong of me to have hope that there is any goodness to be found in mankind, I know. It's called "humanism", and it's a sin. But since I'm going to hell anyway, I'm going to cling to that thin thread of hope; as tightly as I can, for as long as I can.


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It's time to celebrate the unsung hospital heroes who go the extra mile to give their patients the best possible care.
On Tuesday 18 November, the Daily Echo launched its Hospital Heroes campaign to celebrate the dedication of staff who work tirelessly in Southampton hospitals.
Once again the local newspaper have teamed up with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation (UHS) to track down those who bring a smile to those suffering.
Whether it is a doctor who has done their utmost to put you at ease, a nurse who kept your spirits up or a receptionist who kept you calm in a tough situation, we want to hear about them!
Daily Echo readers can nominate anyone employed by the trust, which runs Southampton General Hospital, the Princess Anne Hospital and Countess Mountbatten House, as well as some services at the Royal South Hants Hospital.
The 2013/14 winner was Gemma Pearson, a nurse on Bramshaw ward at Princess Anne Hospital, who was nominated by one of her patients, Caroline Atrill.
Gemma supported Caroline through her treatment after having a cyst removed and also inspired her to change careers and go into the care profession.
Nominations are open until January 9 and will be featured in the Daily Echo during the coming weeks. Nominations must refer to treatment or care which took place in 2014.
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Dr. Nimi Wariboko is Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics at Boston University School of Theology.
Dr. Wariboko delivered a rich paper in which he sought to bring Barth into conversation with Pentecostals (i.e., the theological barbarians outside the Reformed theologian's gate!) and their theology of tongues (glossalalia). Throughout, Wariboko noted that the attempt is not so much to show that Pentecostals and Barth would agreed on the topic of speaking in tongues as much as he is seeking points of commonality upon which further conversation and dialogue could occur. In this regard, speaking as one from within the Pentecostal movement, Wariboko noted,
You don't have to understand tongues speech to understand Barth; but you must understand Barth in order to understand tongues.
Wariboko highlighted three important features of Barth's theology of language:
- God's Word is essentially understand to be in the form of "Divine command" to humans; humans are thus called upon to respond in and through correspondent forms of speech. These divine and human forms of speech are aligned in a way that George Hunsinger calls "asymmetry" (God's speech takes priority over human), "intimacy" (that the speech actually goes together in history and are inherently connected), and "integrity" (divine and human speech, even though connected, retain their respective divine or human reality–God's word remains God's word, and human word remains human).
- God's Word is full of grace, but it is also shattering and disruptive to human speech. God's Word upsets our basic expectations of how it is that God works and speaks.
- God's Word remains ec-sistent to the human, i.e., it remains "outside of us" yet is constitutive of our being; it is not "inside and constitutive" (ex-istent) of our being as humans.
These three features, according to Wariboko, are useful parallels in Barth to a Pentecostal understanding of tongues. In short: 1) tongues comes from God in response to God's Spirit; 2) they are disruptive to normal patterns of human and social interaction, and 3) they constitute the humans from outside rather than from within the human speaker.
Barth, the Spirit and Ethics
In order to bring Barth's theology of language into conversation with a Pentecostal doctrine of tongues, Wariboko appealed to Lacan's triad: the imaginary, the symbolic and the real. In this regard, there are three forms of tongues spoken of in Scripture, each corresponding to a leg of Lacan's triad.
- Xenolalia (speaking in many recognized languages – cf. Acts 2) corresponds to the "imaginary" in Lacan. Here the coming together of the disciples to speak glory to God through many existing languages highlighted the "separateness" of the nations, whether Jew or Gentile. However, by speaking in these known languages in the context of single event (Pentecost), a new–separate–community identity (i.e., a community not limited to linguistic barriers) is formed which transcends the limits otherwise imposed by different langugages.
- Interpreted Glossalalia (speaking in speech which is unintelligble but translated – cf. tongues and interpretation of tongues in 1 Cor 12:10) corresponds to Lacan's "symbolic" category. Regardless of what the words or sounds of the "language" being spoken is of less relevance than the fact that God himself gives interpretation of what the words/sounds mean. By so doing, both the speaker and hearer are incorporated in the larger community of faith in their speaking and hearing.
- Non-interpreted Glossolalia (sounds or languages which are unintelligble and unable to be interpreted through regular means, i.e., they cannot by definition be translated into a discernible human message) corresponds to Lacan's category of the "real." In this sense, such speaking points to the freedom of the human speaker to respond to God's speaking in such a way that it represents the "real" inbreaking and enigma of divine speech. Such speech may be unintelligible from a human perspective but is no less "real". It represents that human who is compelled by God to speak but who does not conform to human expectations or systems of "acceptable" speech. It represents the ability fo those who otherwise have no voice but are enabled by God to "speak up." (Here especially we think of those under political, social, or other forms of oppression who are normally "silenced by the system" but under God's authority are enabled to "speak up" in a prophetically disruptive way.)
Barth's Theology of Language and Modern Pentecostal Theologies of Tongues
Wariboko completed his paper by drawing out the common ethical assumptions underlying both Barth and many forms of Pentecostal theologies of tongues in the Western tradition. Here he pointed out that common to Barth and Pentecostal theologies is the notion of the "nakedness" of the ethical subjectivity. For Barth, it is assumed that the human speaks in obedience to God's command but cannot be based on any external factors. This is because such speaking is entirely by grace. Likewise, the Pentecostal assumes that anyone, regardless of gender, culture, or back ground, can speak in tongues by the free working of the Spirit. However, Wariboko sees a philosophical parallel to Kant's categorical imperative, which assumes that doing the "right thing" ethically is assumed to be true universally of every individual, regardless of culture, language, or location.
So, though Warikobo sees Pentecostal theologies of tongues and Barth being aligned at many levels, not least of which is seeing it as the disruptive, free working of the Spirit in humans, he also sees both in need of further supplementation with an attention to the cultural and historical location of the exercise of that human freedom under the Spirit.


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Matthiessen State Park and Galena Engagement Session
Hello!!! Welcome to the blog today! Our couple today had a pretty crazy engagement session story. First, we first met Amy at Jessica and Megan's wedding last year which is amazing. We LOVE when couples find us through our past... Continue reading →


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- Age Range: 9-14
- Grade level: 4-8
- Hardcover: 448 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books (June 5, 2018)
Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek–two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the town's maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds. Worst of all, everyone is on edge, and fear brings out the worst in some people Nora has known her whole life. Even if the inmates are caught, she worries that home might never feel the same.
Told in letters, poems, text messages, news stories, and comics–a series of documents Nora collects for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project–Breakout is a thrilling story that will leave readers thinking about who's really welcome in the places we call home.
"An accessible format and a unique focus on contemporary issues of criminal justice and racial bias make this an essential purchase."
~School Library Journal, starred review
"A sensitive coming-of-age tale about waking up to injustice and where that knowledge can lead."
~Kirkus Reviews
"Successfully balances excitement with larger issues, ripe for classroom discussion."
"Timely and relevant."
~The Horn Book Magazine
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The Foundation for Children's Dental Health (FCDH) is closing their doors effective June 30, 2014. The FCDH board of directors is proud to announce they successfully accomplished their mission of changing Santa Clarita "One Smile at a Time."
The organization is not dismantling due to limited resources, but rather, the need for emergency dental services for local children has substantially diminished.
Over two decades, FCDH impacted many local families and the community is now seeing the result of their service. By offering Santa Clarita families dental education, preschool fluoride treatments and health screenings, FCDH saw a gradual decrease in pediatric dental decay.
"While this accomplishment is bittersweet, the Board of Directors is overjoyed to see the next generation of Santa Clarita children with healthier and brighter smiles. It took twenty-one years, but with the support of our community and local businesses, we did it," commented Vice President Brendie Heter.
In lieu of their annual fundraiser, FCDH hosted a Celebration Dinner on June 14, 2014 at the home of Councilmember Bob Kellar. Bob and Kathy Kellar have faithfully supported FCDH by hosting annual fundraisers and bringing awareness to the issue. The beautiful evening highlighted the organization's accomplishments, recognized supporters, sponsors and volunteers.
The Foundation for Children's Dental Health was started in 1993 by a small group of Santa Clarita residents, including Ken Pulskamp, Mary Caravalho and Steve Schmidt who envisioned healthier children and easier access to dental education. FCDH consistently increased assistance to meet the demands of the community and partnered with hundreds of local businesses. Since inception, FCDH served over 85,000 local Santa Clarita children.
For more information about the history of FCDH, please Brendie Heter at (661) 645-3426.
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Refrigerator Fan Motor Refrigerator Not Cooling Well
Most refrigerator's have a defrost timer this timer is what sends power to the compressor and both fan's. Most newer models use a control board to start the fans and compressor, if your refrigerator has a board it will be inside the refrigerator, or on the back, could be underneath to. Testing the voltage to the fan motor will verify what part has failed. The fan should receive 110v from the timer or board, if voltage is present the fan motor is bad. Replacing a refrigerator fan motor is simple, remove the freezer back panel to access the fan, with the fan in hand swapRead More →


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Cornelius Delivers Venator Zirconium Drier Alternative
(Posted on 30/11/17)
Cornelius, an independent European manufacturer and distributor of high performance chemicals for the industrial manufacturing sector, is telling paint manufacturers not to be alarmed by recent zirconium price increases and to use alternative zirconium driers instead.
Zirconium is used in a large variety of industrial applications including paint driers, accelerators and catalysts for the coatings and inks market.
Produced predominantly in Australia, West Africa and China, Zircon sand - the raw material for all zirconium chemicals - is in short supply due to mining restrictions, which has reduced availability and subsequently driven price increases.
Mike Goodhew, Performance Chemicals Business Manager at Cornelius, said: "With a lack of additional supply to balance market demand, pricing has inevitably increased. Early reports suggest the cost of the mineral will increase again early in 2018. There are concerns over obtaining further Zircon sand and subsequently on the zirconium raw material derivatives required for Drier paint manufacture. However, a strong substitute solution could reduce demand."
Cornelius is partnered with Venator, a global manufacturer of innovative pigments and additive products, who offer an alternative that can be used as a direct replacement to the zirconium drier, not affecting the formulation or end product.
Overbased Strontium driers are a cost-effective alternative providing superior drying performance and are more cost effective than neutral grades. They can also reduce the requirements of auxiliary driers in the system such as calcium. Strontium also offers improved loss of dry performance on storage when compared to Zirconium.
Mike added: "Thanks to Venator, we are able to offer a wide range of high quality Strontium driers, which are excellent drop-in alternatives for those who seek to replace zirconium. They deliver outstanding results for customers and are now considered to have better all-round performance than zirconium driers.
"Up until now, zirconium has been viewed by the industry as a crucial ingredient to deliver quality and performance. Venator has the widest range of Strontium driers available on the market, giving Cornelius the opportunity to supply viable solutions that address cost, functionality and quality.
"There are no supply issues with Strontium and the price is stable at present, giving our customers the reassurance they need when experiencing volatile demand and supply issues. The range of alternative driers will reduce the industry's reliance on a product that is facing serious supply shortages."
Cornelius delivers innovative solutions to a wide range of industrial and manufacturing markets, including Paints & Coatings, Plastics & Rubber and Construction sectors
Based in Bishop's Stortford, U.K., the company is committed to working with supply partners that only use high quality raw materials, which comply with European and National regulations, ensuring that the company can offer continuous, high quality supply of goods and services.
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Fall programs begin
The library will resume the early-out programming this school year with a few revisions. This year, there will be no registration required, each program will be open to all age groups and students will not be escorted by library staff from the school to the library. Programming will begin after lunch at 1:15 p.m..
• Early-out school days are designated twice a month on the school calendar. The library will have programming for each of those days. The first early-out day of the month is designated as a "movie day" and will run from 1:15-3:15 p.m. The second early-out day of the month will be a one-hour craft time program from 1:15-2:15 p.m.
The first early-out program will be on Thursday, Sept. 1, with a movie, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules" (PG). Movie time will be from 1:15-3:15 p.m. Fliers with dates and times of all the early out programs will be sent home from school with students or they may be picked up at the library.
• Supervised programming, dubbed Your Space, specifically for tweens and teens, 5th grade and up, is available on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the big meeting room during the school year. Adult supervision will be provided by Deena Foss. Board games, snacks and movies on DVD are among the activities provided. New this year are bean bag chairs for seating. The bean bag chairs were funded by Friends of the Library. Your Space will not be held on early-out days.
• The fall session of Storytime resumes on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 10:30 a.m. Story time activities are designed for children ages two- to five-years old and their caregivers. Younger siblings are invited, too. Each week has a central theme of stories, songs and crafts. The Storytime themes will be announced soon. Plan to join Miss Jen on Tuesday mornings.
• Babygarten will be resuming this fall on Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. with a new format. There will no longer be registration. Children from newborn through 24 months and their caregivers may come to any or all sessions, which will meet through Nov. 16. The program includes approximately 20 to 25 minutes of rhymes and songs followed by 30 minutes of play time. This program is specifically designed for one-on-one involvement between parent and child.


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JVR All-in-One
Virtual Reality Product
(With build-in Mobile)
"Virtual reality is a technology that could actually allow you to connect on a real human level, soul-to-soul, regardless of where you are in the world." Chris Milk"
Main Features:
- First ever VR Mobile All-in-One
- Build in VR Apps & Games Store
- Beautiful GUI (Graphical User Interface)
- Innovative travel friendly size
- Light weight and long battery life
- Innovative design and Executive look
- A handy tool for personal entertainment.
- Touchable navigation buttons on bottom
- Full Multimedia Support 2D, 3D, Panorama & VR
Technical Specifications:
- Allwinner Octa-core H8 chipset
- ARM Cortex-A7, up to 2.0GHz
- PowerVR SGX544 GPU up to 700MHz
- 16GB eMMC
- OS: Nibiru, based on Android 5.1
- 5.5'' TFT LCD display, 1920 x 1080 Full HD
- Resin lens, 43.3mm diameter
- For shortsighted below 400 degrees
- 9-axis gyro sensor, geomagnetic sensor
- 2D to 3D media player
- Touch pad
- 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz WiFi, Broadcom AP6212
- module Bluetooth 4.0
- Micro USB: OTG, 5V/2A DC in
- USB host
- 3.5mm earphone
- Micro SD card reader supports 128GB maximum
- 4000mAh Li-polymer battery, 3.5 hours duration
- 196.5*92.5*128mm
- 450g
- 5V/2A adaptor
- USB Cable
- Earphone
- User manua
- Giftbox Packing
Wireless Charger
(WPC/Qi Standard)
Wireless charging is a future of electronic gadget charging, it may change the trends of charging and cut down the wires at all in the near future.
- Light weight
- Folding for stand or pad use
- Beautiful gift packig box
- Reliable charging
- Input: 5V/2A
- Output: 5V/1A
- Charging Eficiency: 76%
- Transimission distance: 6mm
- Length: 71mm
- Width: 107mm
- Thickness: 17mm
- Net weight: 144g
- Wireless Charging Pad
- Micro USB Cable
- Operational Instrument


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So, we have a good 17 participants for this 3rd giveaway. Granted that this isn't the holiday season, so it's hard to get more participants. But still, it's good that there are some of us who still want to ensure our skin is safe and healthy from the glare of UVA and UVB rays on a daily basis. Without further ado, here's the list of the participants for the respective prizes:
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And the Winner for Block Up Kids SPF30 Spray is:
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Block Up Sport SPF30 Lotion Participants
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And the Winner for Block Up Sport SPF30 Lotion is:
Lau Yi Yin (http://www.facebook.com/yiyin.lau.9)
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And the Winner for Block Up Sport SPF30 Lotion is:
Bebe (http://www.facebook.com/BebeGal2003)
All winners will be notified via PM on Facebook, if there's no response, I'll go via email. If there's no response within a week, I'll choose new winner for the respective prizes :)
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Let It Snow — Or Not
After all the feasting it's time for a change of pace and some fresh air for the new year, so here are two innovative and unusual mountain cabins by Seattle architect Tom Lenchek and his firm Balance Associates, to whet your appetite for an architectural escape. Let's start with Tom's own retreat near the
Methow Valley in eastern Washington. The strong shed roof profile matches the slope of the site. Inside, a dramatic double height great room rises from a glass Continue reading


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You all should know I have a South African business partner….and one day I get a call from her saying that I have been booked to do a private lesson for an African Aussie, who is a friend of a friend of a friend (well networked) who has purchased a second hand Thermomix, without an EDC (Everyday Cookbook in commonspeak) and she needs some instructions…she would like to do a curry, a bit spicy if possible and could I come up with something? 'Sure' I say, go straight to google, and there seriously is not that much around that I like the sound of…that is African, spicy, chicken and well…curry enough. SO…here is my take on Cape Malay chicken curry….make the powder and use in another dish, (possibly coming to a blog near you!) It is divine.
Oh, and should you or anyone you know need a private thermomix lesson, just shoot us an email. We will happily oblige, negotiable rates…and I am willing to travel…France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Fremantle….you name it, I'll pack my curry powder and go there…when I get home again that is... Curry Powder
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Curry Powder;
- 1 Tablespoon cloves
- 3 Tablespoons Coriander Seed(s)
- 2 Tablespoons cumin seeds
- 1 Tablespoon fenugreek seeds
- 1 Tablespoon black mustard seeds
- 2 Tablespoons peppercorns
- 1 Tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 Tablespoon ground cardamom ( I used freshly ground…straight to spice heaven!)
- 3 Tablespoons ground tumeric
- 2 - 3 curry leaves
- 3 small dried chillies
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Chicken Curry;
- 3 - 4 Tablespoons curry powder
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 red onion
- 1 Piece ginger (thumb sized), peeled
- 2 Teaspoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) EVOO BUY
- 1 x 400 Gram Diced Tomatoes tin of chopped tomatoes
- 250 Grams water
- 1 Tablespoon Chicken Stock Powder Recipe
- 2 carrots, sliced thinly
- 2 small potatoes, diced
- 3 Tablespoons Coconut Sugar rapadura sugar or Coconut Palm Sugar
- Few curry leaves
- 1 Kilo Chicken thighs, diced
- 1 lemon, juice
- A few coriander leaves to garnish
- Salt to taste if needed
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Place curry powder, garlic, onion, ginger and EVOO into Thermomix bowl and chop 6 sec/speed 6. Scrape down sides of bowl and saute 5 min/Varoma/speed 1.
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Service areas
The Company holds a concession for 14 service areas located along its stretch of motorway. All of these areas are equipped with facilities to meet customer requirements in terms of relaxation, refuelling and refreshments.
Rest areas
There are currently six rest areas open along our stretch of motorway. These areas are equipped with rest facilities to enable customers to take a break, and a café or cafeteria.
Fuel prices
In collegamento con il sito del ministero dello sviluppo economico è possibile consultare i prezzi dei carburanti praticati sulla rete autostradale italiana.
I prezzi sono aggiornati direttamente dai gestori.
Parking areas
There are 5 unattended parking areas along the stretch of motorway, one on the A4 between Sirmione and Peschiera - along the eastbound carriageway, and four on the A31 (between the interchange and Vicenza Nord and between Dueville - Thiene).
Car park
The Company, in collaboration with the Federation of Italian Hauliers ("Federazione Autotrasportatori Italiani - FAI), has created the Brescia Est Parking Facility. This is an ambitious project whose aim is to create rest areas that are equipped to meet the specific needs of hauliers, providing all services necessary for drivers and their vehicles.


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Nine-Show Series at Mississippi Studios Connects Music Fans to Popular Northwest Artists
opbmusic, OPB's musical arm streaming indie, alternative and pop music from Northwest artists, is launching a crowdfunding campaign for a new concert series featuring local bands that celebrates the vibrancy of Portland's thriving music scene.
"opbmusic Stagepass" offers a unique concert experience for music fans. It consists of a package of nine separate shows played at Portland's Mississippi Studios over the course of the year. The venue's intimate setting offers the opportunity to see bands close up and for fans to become more immersed in the live music environment.
"With Stagepass, we want to expose more people to the area's most popular and up-and-coming artists through these exciting live shows," said David Christensen, program director, opbmusic. "We also have a unique opportunity to help build recognition for and expand interest in the Northwest music scene to audiences around the world."
Each live concert will be accompanied by a film crew that will capture the energy of the Stagepass series. After each concert, a highly-produced video and playlists from the show will be distributed online on both YouTube and at the PBS Digital Studios site for fans outside of the region and around the world to enjoy.
From April 14 through May 9, opbmusic is hosting a crowdfunding campaign through the platform Indiegogo to meet a funding goal of $20,000 for the series. PBS Digital Studios will then match up to $20,000 of the total amount raised through a grant. One-hundred percent of funds raised during the campaign will be dedicated to helping cover the bands' costs and film and production crew costs.
Music fans can contribute to the campaign and attend the shows by visiting the Indiegogo campaign page and purchasing the nine-concert series for a one-time price of $75. There are also several additional "perks" for purchase that will be added throughout the campaign such as t-shirts, an instrument signed by one of the bands, and both dinner and overnight hotel packages before a show of choice.
Portland band Modern Kin will kick off the Stagepass series on May 10. Following, Mimicking Birds will play the second show on July 12. Both shows will be held at Mississippi Studios. opbmusic will announce new bands that are added to the lineup as the series continues over the year.
For more information about Stagepass, please visit the opbmusic Indiegogo campaign page.
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OPB's musical arm, opbmusic, features the best indie, alternative and pop music with an emphasis on new music and artists from Oregon, the Northwest and beyond. With an online and HD2 audio stream, . opbmusic listeners can stream audio from the 24/7 music channel, join conversations, find interviews, read reviews of concerts and albums and more. Since 2008, we have partnered with artists on more than 250 studio and sound check sessions, which can be viewed at opbmusic.org and on YouTube. Many of the Northwest's biggest musical acts have been featured in our sessions, including The Shins, The Dandy Warhols and M. Ward.
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So I totally apologize for not having drawings the last week but I seriously have not sat down on a couch since Tuesday. We have been doing house stuff galore and I ended up taking a 4 hour nap today because of it. Can a nap be that long? Or does it have a new name once it's been longer than like an hour? If you have any ideas about the name, you let me know. Otherwise I'll just call it a long-nap.
Anyway, I really wanted to do a drawing today but have no juice to get my creativity going, so I asked Adam for help. He told me I should draw a Shetland pony driving a car. I kind of suck at driving cars so I had to crop it, haha.


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There are many diets, many workout programmes and forms of exercises coupled with supplementation that all have the potential to lead to fat loss. However, there are also simple steps we can all take to improve our health which inevitably leads to fat loss as a mere bi-product. One of these simple steps is of course liver detoxification. Today I want to give you a very easy to follow 4 step guide to complete liver detoxification.
Yes water is very important for many reasons including renal health; however I would urge you to sack tap water even if you live in a nice rural location where the water tastes fresh. Why? There are many additives which produce toxins in the blood and as a result your body becomes more prone to storing body fat. Choose purified bottled water to overcome this, easy!
Must I waste the skin on my fingertips writing this? Alcohol is very toxic on your liver so limit it, in fact cut it out of your lifestyle as much as you can. This will have a massively positive effect on your visceral and subcutaneous fat levels.
Berries are super foods because they are generally oozing with free radical, liver toxin busting antioxidants. It is the fact that they have thin skin which forces them to develop more antioxidants to protect themselves from the sun. Having 2 servings of berries a day is advisable in my opinion especially as part of a liver detox programme – they are also very low in calories and are generally low GI.
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NEW YORK --When it comes to investments, U.S. government bonds have long been considered a "risk-free" asset. If you buy a bond from Uncle Sam, you rest assured you'll get your principal back and receive timely interest payments.
At least, that's been the case for years. Getting your cash back from the U.S. government was as close to a sure thing as there is in the world of finance.
But that guarantee is in jeopardy. The U.S. runs out of borrowing authority on Thursday. If Congress, which is again involved in a debilitating game of political gridlock, can't strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling before the deadline, the U.S. will get perilously low on cash and not be able to meet all of its financial obligations.
One risk is the fight doesn't get resolved and causes the U.S. to default on its debts. (More specifically, not paying U.S. bond holders interest payments on time or repaying principal payments in full once a bond matures.) A default, many analysts warn, could cause borrowing costs to jump.
The bond market, which was closed Monday for Columbus Day, reopens Tuesday, and Wall Street is paying close attention to how bonds trade as the deadline nears. Many big firms, JPMorgan Chase and Fidelity Investments among them, have been dumping short-term U.S. bonds that mature in the next few weeks to protect themselves from a potential default.
But long-term bonds have yet to show major signs of volatility. Keep an eye on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note -- to which many lending rates are pegged. How long will it remain a safe haven -- even in the face of a potential default. At some point, will investors bail out, causing rates to spike?


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Organisations need new and innovative ways to progress and create shareholder value and as the available workforce changes organisations have to transform at an increased pace, meaning managers must develop new skills to perform in these complex environments.
Diversity is a business imperative; it is a fundamental and necessary part of contemporary business. Evidence exists that points to gender diversity as beneficial to organisations, but in order for this to really be of consequence, diversity needs to be more than just a program, it has to become part of the fibre of the organisations workings. By 'maximising' diversity instead of just 'managing it' organisations will become more adaptable and flexible, (Ospina 1996). Organisations must develop skills to manage complexity, adaptability and volatility, creatively, resilience and innovation. To do this, organisations have to equip their managers to manage diversity and to shift it from a nice to have to a must have competency.
Diversity is about the management of complexity, building resilience within your organisation, embedding sustainable leadership thinking that enhances integration and cohesion. By making new and diverse connections within your workplace, organisations harness and promote innovation and creativity. Far from being a cost to bottom line profitability, diversity is a strategic imperative. It is the new resource to increase revenue by using effective diversity programs to integrate the attributes of complexity and resilience, then leveraging them to create new environments for change and business transformation.
The question should no longer be, "Should we have a diversity program", the question should be "how do you leverage difference and create new connections to differentiate yourself".
Reframing ideas of diversity
Konrad (2003)[1] discusses the limitations of the business case by linking it to what she claims is an outdated "trait model of diversity": the business case argument often ignores the destructive impact of stereotyping, prejudice, and institutional and interpersonal discrimination. Ospina (1996)[2] refers to "maximizing" diversity as opposed to "managing" diversity to acknowledge that diversity can actually push the organization's frontier if effectively leveraged.
Reframing diversity and placing it squarely into strategy sees it working across difference as a core leadership task, getting diversity right by welcoming each person's unique contributions, leading to a more adaptable and nimble organization in the face of today's complex world.
Compliance to gender diversity legislation is a starting point but the real value comes when compliance converts to proactive action, realising the benefits of diversity. The economic hit to the bottom line transcends diversity economics at an organisational level, stimulating economic growth at a macro level.
The Diversity Program Review Framework™[3]developed by Susanne Moore is a diagnostic tool that assesses and measures the effectiveness of a company's diversity program by deploying the following five organizational assessment dimensions; Program Management Capability, Cultural Integration and Acceptance, Organisational Vision and Strategy, Innovation through Diversity and Performance.
The Diversity Program Review Framework™ incorporates a widely accepted set of Global Diversity & Inclusion benchmarks previously developed in a US federally funded research project (O&R) by O'Mara and Richter (2011)[4]. The framework uses these benchmarks as a foundation, and builds on them to address a whole of organizational approach to Business Transformation.
The Diversity Program Review Framework™ allows organistions to;
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[1] Konrad, A. (2003). Defining the domain of work- place diversity scholarship. Group & Organization Management, 28(1), 4–17
[2] Ospina, S. 1996. Bringing Opportunity Back In: Organizational Inequality and the Study of Work Attitudes Journal of Administrative Theory and Praxis, 18:1, pp. 27-40.
[3] The "Diversity Program Review Framework™" (Moore, S 2012) incorporating the "Global Diversity and Inclusion Benchmarks: Standards for Organizations Around the World" (O'Mara, J, Richter, A 2011)
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Breathing: A New Short Piece for Orchestra... only 2 minutes long
I was requested to write something for the Lamont Symphony Orchestra and limited to two minutes - something they could sight read and yet still be an effective 2 minute piece. I submitted two proposals, Breathing and Materia Prima. They opted for Breathing as it has more regular rhythms. Materia Prima has a 13/8 time signature and is probably a bit much to expect a University orchestra, even a good one, to sound good on their first reading.
Breathing was the one selected. I am still writing on the Materia Prima, because I really like the idea and the intense rhythms - but I'll probably lengthen it to 7 or 8 minutes. After a couple weeks work here is a realization of Breathing (not yet seen by the orchestra). This should give you a rough idea as to what I hope they might sound like - if I've put all the dots in the right places.
The concept for the music is the four stages of Buddhist meditation,
Shamatha – mental clarity
Vipashyana – thoughts of death
Samadhi – a higher state of consciousness
Dhyanas – beyond invisible
If you really want to argue the four stages, yes, I have drastically over-simplified them. But I only have 2 minutes to work with so consider this artistic prerogative.
You might also complain that the music doesn't sound very Buddhist or even Middle Eastern. Yes, but Buddhism isn't restricted to Eastern cultures (although that's certainly where it started). I am trying to present something that is a Western concept of it - and still fit it in two minutes. Trying to incorporate a piece that would honestly develop four ragas, or even four variations of one raga doesn't seem to work well in the limited time frame. This was composed using the Western (or Germanic) motivic idea - with a bit of the Dies Irae thrown in.
I like the piece. I hope you do too. I'd certainly like to hear your comments about it.


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You'll never, ever hold in a sneeze again after hearing this.
An unnamed 34 year old man had to spend two weeks in hospital after plugging his nostrils during a sneeze and accidentally pushing air bubbles into his deep tissue and chest muscles. BMJ Case Reports, a medical journal, describes the man as being perfectly healthy and well until the sneezing fit where he was left barely able to speak or swallow after suffering spontaneous perforation of the pharynx. Yep, he ruptured the back of his throat because of an aggressive sneeze. The condition is described as 'unusual' which is good news for everyone but probably wasn't much comfort when the unlucky victim was bedbound with an IV and being fed via a tube.
He told the doctors that he had developed a popping sensation in his neck which immediately swelled up after he tried to contain the sneeze by pinching his nose and keeping his mouth clamped shut at the same time. The case report author, Dr Wanding Yang, said "This 34-year-old chap said he was always trying to hold his sneeze because he thinks it is very unhygienic to sneeze into the atmosphere or into someone's face. That means he's been holding his sneezes for the last 30 years or so, but this time it was different". 30 years of sneeze suppression. This poor guy has never had the satisfaction of a big blowout sneeze. Learn from his mistakes and sneeze loud and free


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