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Modern Authoritarianism: Origins, Anatomy, Outlook
As the world's democracies confront a dangerous internal challenge from populist and nationalist political forces, it is imperative that they recognize the simultaneous external threat presented by modern authoritarian regimes. These 21st century authoritarians developed an arsenal of new tactics to use against their domestic opponents, and gone on the offensive in an effort to subvert and replace the liberal international order.
But modern authoritarian systems are not simply adversaries of free societies. They also represent an alternative model—a grim future for beleaguered democracies that have already fallen under the sway of illiberal leaders and have suffered an erosion of freedom.
Democracy under siege
Global democracy is currently facing the repercussions of what has been called the "decade of decline." The phrase describes a 10-year-plus period, from 2006 to 2016, during which the state of freedom experienced more reversals than gains as measured by Freedom in the World, the annual report on political rights and civil liberties published by Freedom House.1
According to Freedom in the World, the crucial indicators of democracy experienced setbacks in each of the 10 years in question. In all, 105 countries suffered net declines, while 61 showed some measure of improvement. The decade marked the longest democratic slump of its kind in more than 40 years of Freedom House analysis.2
The decade of decline has been principally characterized by a steady erosion of political institutions in established authoritarian countries, or in countries that were clearly headed in that direction. In other words, repressive countries became even more repressive—the bad became even worse.3
However, a parallel pattern of institutional erosion has affected some more democratic states, pushing them into the category of "illiberal democracies." In these societies, elections are regularly conducted, sometimes under conditions that are reasonably fair. But the state, usually under the control of a strong party or leader, applies much of its energy to the systematic weakening of political pluralism and the creation of a skewed electoral playing field. Opposition parties are often impotent, freedom of the press is circumscribed, and the judiciary tends to be dominated by the ruling party. Countries that fit this description include Hungary, Bolivia, Ecuador, and, if recent trends continue, Poland.
There are many reasons for the global decline in democratic indicators, but the statistical evidence from Freedom in the World suggests that modern authoritarian regimes have found a way to survive without resorting to democratic reforms, and that a number of democracies—as part of the general loss of liberal consensus—are engaging in their own antidemocratic experiments.
Modern authoritarianism
The traditional authoritarian state sought monopolistic control over political life, a one-party system organized around a strongman or military junta, and direct rule by the executive, sometimes through martial law, with little or no role for the parliament.
Traditional dictatorships and totalitarian regimes were often defined by closed, command, or autarkic economies, a state media monopoly with formal censorship, and "civil society" organizations that were structured as appendages of the ruling party or state. Especially in military dictatorships, the use of force—including military tribunals, curfews, arbitrary arrests, political detentions, and summary executions—was pervasive. Often facing international isolation, traditional dictatorships and totalitarian regimes forged alliances based on common ideologies, whether faith in Marxist revolution or ultraconservative, anticommunist reaction.
As the 20th century drew to a close, the weaknesses of both communist systems and traditional dictatorships became increasingly apparent. Front and center was the growing economic gap between countries that had opted for market economies and regimes that were committed to statist economies.
The political and economic barriers that had long sheltered the old dictatorships were soon swept away, and those that survived or recovered did so by making a series of strategic concessions to the new global order.
Modern authoritarianism has a different set of defining features:
- An illusion of pluralism that masks state control over key political institutions, with co-opted or otherwise defanged opposition parties allowed to participate in regular elections
- State or oligarchic control over key elements of the national economy, which is otherwise open to the global economy and private investment, to ensure loyalty to the regime and bolster regime claims of legitimacy based on economic prosperity
- State or oligarchic control over information on certain political subjects and key sectors of the media, which are otherwise pluralistic, with high production values and entertaining content; independent outlets survive with small audiences and little influence
- Suppression of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that are focused on human rights or political reform, but state tolerance or support for progovernment or apolitical groups that work on public health, education, and other development issues
- Legalized political repression, with targets punished through vaguely worded laws and politically obedient courts
- Limited, selective, and typically hidden use of extralegal force or violence, with a concentration on political dissidents, critical journalists, and officials who have fallen from favor
- Opportunistic, non-ideological cooperation with fellow authoritarian states against pressure for democratic reform or leadership changes, international human rights norms and mechanisms, and international security or justice interventions
- Knowledge-sharing with or emulation of fellow authoritarian states regarding tactics and legislation to enhance domestic control
China and Russia
The two major modern authoritarian powers are China and Russia.
Until fairly recently, the conventional wisdom was that China's one-party authoritarian system would gradually relax as the middle class expanded and the country became fully integrated into the global economic and diplomatic systems. The leadership did expand citizens' freedom to travel, make money, and access information and entertainment that did not touch on sensitive subjects. But it has resolutely refused to give up control over the political sphere.
In fact, the state has become increasingly aggressive in its suppression of political dissent and information that might challenge the Communist Party narrative. The regime's rhetoric and policies have become more hostile to democracy and "Western" values. Its propaganda asserts the superior efficiency of the one-party system and sneers at the messiness of democracy. And the focus of its repressive apparatus has steadily expanded from a relatively narrow segment of political opposition figures to encompass a broad collection of target groups, including human rights lawyers, ethnic minorities, Christians, women's rights advocates, liberal academics, and independent journalists.
Russia is much smaller than China in terms of population and economic might, but it has emerged as a leader of modern authoritarian innovation. Under Vladimir Putin, the Russian regime pioneered the capture of the media through state enterprises and oligarchic cronies, the adoption of laws designed to dismember civil society, the use of the judiciary as an instrument of political harassment, and, perhaps most importantly of all, the development of modern propaganda and disinformation.
Russia has also been in the vanguard of a relentless campaign against liberal values, and has moved relentlessly to export authoritarian ideas and techniques to other societies, both in neighboring Eurasian countries and elsewhere in the world. While today there is nothing that resembles the Comintern of Soviet times, authoritarian countries have developed an ad hoc network of cooperation that has proven effective at the United Nations and in regional bodies like the Organization of American States.
Adapting to survive
Modern authoritarianism matured as regimes sought to defend themselves against the sorts of civil society movements that triggered "color revolutions" in Georgia, Ukraine, and elsewhere in the early 2000s. On their own, formal opposition parties were relatively easy to marginalize or co-opt, and traditional mass media could be brought to heel through pressure on private owners, among other techniques. But civil society organizations presented a formidable challenge in some settings, as they were able to mobilize the public—especially students and young people—around nonpartisan reformist goals and use relatively open online media to spread their messages.
It is now a major objective of modern authoritarian states to suppress civil society before it becomes strong enough to challenge the incumbent political leadership. Yet whereas dissidents were dispatched to the gulag or explicitly exiled by the Soviets, or jailed and murdered by traditional dictatorships like Augusto Pinochet's Chile, today's activists are checked by NGO regulations that control registration and foreign funding, laws that allow arbitrary restrictions on public protest, and trumped-up criminal charges for key organizers that serve to intimidate others.
Modern authoritarianism has also devised special methods to bring the internet under political control without shutting it down entirely. While old-style dictatorships like Cuba long prevented the widespread use of the internet out of fear that online communications would pose a threat to the state's monopoly on information, modern authoritarians understood that a high rate of internet penetration is essential to participation in the global economy. However, once online media emerged as a real alternative to traditional news sources and a crucial tool for civic and political mobilization, these regimes began to step up their interference.
The Chinese government has developed the world's most sophisticated system of internet controls. Its so-called Great Firewall, a censorship and filtering apparatus designed to prevent the circulation of information that the authorities deem politically dangerous without affecting nonsensitive information, requires tremendous financial, human, and technological resources to maintain. Other regimes have not attempted anything approaching the scale of China's system, but some have constructed more limited versions or simply relied on inexpensive offline techniques like arrests of critical bloggers, direct pressure on the owners of major online platforms, and new laws that force internet sites to self-censor.
Alternative values
While modern authoritarians initially mobilized for defensive purposes, to thwart color revolutions or the liberal opposition, they have become increasingly aggressive in challenging the democratic norms that prevailed in the wake of the Cold War, and in setting forth a rough set of political values as an alternative to the liberal model. Examples of this phenomenon include:
- Majoritarianism: A signal idea of many authoritarians is the proposition that elections are winner-take-all affairs in which the victor has an absolute mandate, with little or no interference from institutional checks and balances. Putin, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the Venezuelan chavista leadership all behave as if there are no valid controls on their authority, the opposition has no rights, and the system is theirs to dismantle and remake from top to bottom. Disturbingly, the leaders of some democratic societies have begun to embrace the majoritarian idea. The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has instituted a thorough overhaul of the country's constitution and national legislation with an eye toward measures that will insulate his party from future defeat.
- Sovereignty: A number of governments have invoked the doctrine of absolute sovereignty to rebuff international criticism of restrictions on the press, the smothering of civil society, the persecution of the political opposition, and the repression of minority groups. They claim that the enforcement of universal human rights standards or judgments from transnational legal bodies represent undue interference in their domestic affairs and a violation of national prerogatives.
- Dictatorship of law: Initially articulated by Vladimir Putin, this phrase has come to signify the adoption of laws that are so vaguely written as to give the authorities wide discretion in applying them to regime opponents. Such measures are typically paired with a court system that uses law merely to justify political instructions from the executive branch, making a mockery of due process and international conceptions of the rule of law.
- History revised: A number of countries have undertaken a refashioning of history to buttress the legitimacy and aims of the current government. Historians and journalists are forbidden to cross certain redlines set by the authorities. In China, the state has prevented the publication of full, accurate, or critical accounts of the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, or the Mao Zedong era in general. In Russia, Joseph Stalin has been rehabilitated. He is now officially portrayed as a strong if mildly flawed leader rather than as the man responsible for the deaths of millions of his own people. In Turkey, Erdoğan has decreed that high school students should study the defunct Ottoman language, challenging a nearly century-old reform linked to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, modern Turkey's founder.4
- Democracy redefined: It is a testament to the power of the democratic idea that authoritarian leaders around the globe have claimed the mantle of democracy for forms of government that amount to legalized repression. Even as they heap disdain on the liberal order, they have often insisted on the validity of their own systems as types of democratic rule. They even devise terms to describe their special variant, such as "sovereign democracy," "revolutionary democracy," or "illiberal democracy."
- Return of the leader for life: Among the changes invariably instituted by modern authoritarians is the de facto or de jure removal of constitutional limits on presidential terms. Preventing the concentration of power in a single leader is a fundamental goal of democratic governance, but authoritarian propaganda has presented term limits as artificial constraints, associated them with foreign origins, and claimed that they do not suit every country's unique historical, cultural, or security conditions.
While these ideas may not amount to a coherent or complete ideology, they do form the basis for an impressive degree of collaboration and alliance-building that has brought together modern authoritarian regimes with significantly different economic systems, official creeds, and sources of political legitimacy.
A loose-knit league of authoritarians works to protect mutual interests at the United Nations and other international forums, subverting global human rights standards and blocking precedent-setting actions against fellow despots. With the formation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Russia, China, and a number of Central Asian governments have come together to discuss common regime-security strategies.5
More disturbingly, modern authoritarians collaborate to prop up some of the world's most reprehensible regimes, apparently reasoning that the toppling of one dictator thins the herd, inspires imitation, and endangers them all. This is most visible in Syria, where Russia, China, Iran, and Venezuela at various times have offered diplomatic support, loans, fuel, or direct military aid to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Dashed hopes
Democracy recorded unprecedented gains during the 20th century's last decades. In 1975, Freedom House found that just 25 percent of the world's sovereign states qualified for the Free category; by 2000, the share of countries rated as Free had reached 45 percent.6
The numbers told an optimistic story, and a series of accelerating social trends suggested that the recent improvements would hold firm and expand as the new millennium dawned.
There was, to begin with, a strong identification of free societies with free markets. The degree of economic freedom varied from one society to the next, and corruption was a problem in practically all of the new democracies. But there was no longer a major bloc of countries that rejected capitalism, and practically every country sought to deepen their participation in the global economic system, as witnessed by the number of governments seeking admission to the World Trade Organization. Authorities in the United States and elsewhere predicted that as countries came to accept the rules of the game set down by the WTO, they would also be more amenable to accepting the norms of liberal democracy, including fair elections, freedom of expression, minority rights, and the rule of law.
A second development was the introduction of the internet and other digital media. In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, communist governments in Eastern Europe, and military dictatorships elsewhere, there was an explosion of newspapers, radio and television stations, and other independent media with diverse editorial policies. But the internet in particular was seen as an irresistible force that could render censorship of any kind impossible. In 2000, President Bill Clinton compared China's efforts to control internet content to "trying to nail Jell-O to the wall."7
Third, a growing number of experts began to identify a new instigator of democratic change in global civil society. Unlike the "people's movements" of earlier decades, in which well-known leaders mobilized mass demonstrations and often insurrectionary violence with the goal of overthrowing despotic regimes, the phenomenon that was labeled civil society consisted of organizations that were often committed to a single cause or a few causes united by a particular theme. Most activists were young, with little prior involvement in politics, and many regarded themselves as part of a global effort to advance goals like reducing carbon emissions, empowering women, or fighting corruption.
In a prescient 1997 article, Jessica T. Mathews predicted that in the future global civil society would be the triggering force behind liberal change.8 She suggested that in many cases civil society organizations would play a more important role than governments. Her words seemed prescient in light of later events in Serbia, where student activists organized a campaign that eventually brought about the downfall of President Slobodan Milošević in 2000, and in Ukraine, where young reformers played a pivotal role in ensuring that the 2004 elections were not stolen through fraud.
In declaring that dictatorships or even authoritarian methods were destined to succumb to this triad of new social forces, commentators were also expressing optimism about the universal appeal of liberal values. The decade after the end of the Cold War was a heyday for democratic ideas and norms. It was increasingly expected that countries would not only hold elections, but that their elections would meet international standards and be judged "free and fair." There was also an expectation that political parties would be able to compete on a reasonably level playing field, that opposition leaders would not be harassed or arrested, and that minorities would be able to pursue their agendas through normal political channels and not find it necessary to wage perpetual protest campaigns.
However, there were nagging questions. It remained unclear whether most societies would have access to multiple sources of political ideas, multiple interpretations of the news, and open scholarly inquiries about the past. Would there be honest judicial proceedings, especially in cases with political implications? Would property rights be secure?
Beyond these primarily domestic issues, there was another series of questions related to individual governments' relations with their neighbors and the rest of the world. The end of the Cold War had brought a peace dividend, both financial and psychological, for all sides. At the time, most assumed that peace would prove durable. But would the general decline in military budgets hold? Would the new national boundaries that divided the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia be sustainable?
As modern authoritarianism has taken root and expanded its influence, the answers to these questions are increasingly negative.
1 Freedom in the World 2016 (New York: Freedom House, 2016), https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2016.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 Ceylan Yeginsu, "Turks Feud Over Change in Education," New York Times, December 8, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/world/europe/erdogan-pushes-ottoman-language-classes-as-part-of-tradtional-turkish-values.html.
5 Eleanor Albert, "The Shanghai Cooperation Organization," Council on Foreign Relations, October 14, 2015, http://www.cfr.org/china/shanghai-cooperation-organization/p10883.
6 "Freedom in the World at 41," in Freedom in the World 2014 (New York: Freedom House, 2014), https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Freedom%20in%20the%20World%202014%20Booklet.pdf.
7 "China's Internet: A Giant Cage," Economist, April 6, 2013, http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21574628-internet-was-expected-help-democratise-china-instead-it-has-enabled.
8 Jessica T. Mathews, "Power Shift," Foreign Affairs (January/February 1997), https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/1997-01-01/power-shift.


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Employee Onboarding Process
Onboarding is the process of helping your company's new hires adjust to the social and performance aspects of their jobs as quickly as possible. Human Resources and training staff are highly involved in the beginning stages, with job function mentors and direct managers more involved in the later phases.
Did you know that 22% of companies have no formal onboarding process?
If you want to retain your employees beyond the first year and have those employees performing at their best, you need to build a strategic onboarding process flow. Properly introducing your new employees to your company culture, their responsibilities, and their coworkers not only helps employees feel more welcome—it also helps your bottom line.
Randy Holley SHRM-SCP, a subject matter expert on HR management, describes best practices for onboarding new hires by:
"Telling employees the expectations, delivering impeccable training and support to meet those expectations and then create opportunities for easy but meaningful wins in the first few months."
Organizations with a standard onboarding process experience 50% greater new hire productivity and are 69% more likely to retain their employees up to three years. And with the cost of replacing an employee falling between 16% and 20% of that employee's salary, holding on to those well-trained employees longer is better for you and your company.
Download Lucidchart's onboarding process template below.
What is the onboarding process?
Simply put, onboarding is the process of helping your company's new hires adjust to the social and performance aspects of their jobs as quickly as possible. Parts of the employee onboarding process can be as simple as introducing new hires to their coworkers and as complex as providing in-depth training on company software and procedures. A successful company onboarding process should consider the Four C's of your organization:
- Compliance: Teaching new hires the basic rules, regulations, and policies that define your company.
- Clarification: Educating new hires on their job functions and performance expectations.
- Culture: Advising new hires on formal and informal organizational norms, such as the company dress code.
- Connection: Helping new hires to build interpersonal and interdepartmental relationships in your organization.
Why a strategic onboarding process flow?
Bringing new employees into an existing company structure can be difficult. That's why we recommend that you build a strategic onboarding process, with clearly defined roles for Human Resources, mentors, managers, and new hires. When you document your onboarding process flow beforehand, your organization will be able to increase each new hire's ability to contribute in their role quickly, increase their comfort level, and reinforce their decision to join your organization, leading to higher retention and better long-term performance for both the employee and the company.
There are two common approaches for building an onboarding process flow—by its five major stages and by its timeline. Read on below to learn about both in detail and see which is right for you and your organization.
5 stages of the strategic onboarding process
The first major approach divides the onboarding process into stages, beginning before the new employee's start date with the preparation stage. The process moves subsequently through orientation, integration, and engagement, and ends with reviewing the process in the follow-up stage. Usually, Human Resources and training staff are highly involved in the beginning stages, with job function mentors and direct managers more involved in the later phases.
Generally, the preparation stage spans from the pre-arrival stage through about the first month or so of the new hire's employment. This phase of the employee onboarding process includes pre-start paperwork, a formal introduction to the company's policies and procedures, and an informal introduction to company culture through the employee's environment.
The orientation stage of the onboarding process usually takes place on the employee's first day or week of work. This phase includes much of the Human Resources onboarding process:
- Filling out tax forms
- Learning about and signing up for company benefits
- Introducing the employee to their workstation
- Training the employee on specific software or procedural needs related to their job function
The integration phase of the new hire onboarding process doesn't have a set time frame, but it generally goes on for the first six to 12 months of the employee's journey with your organization. This phase has the employee slowly building up their work through mentorship from other employees with similar job functions.
The engagement phase also lasts through the first year or so of the employee's time on the job. This phase is all about personal relationships within the employee's team, their manager and/or direct reports, and members of cross-functional teams. For example, our People Ops team at Lucid sets up "new hire lunches" so new employees have the chance to meet people from different teams. True engagement makes the new employee feel welcome and comfortable with the company culture.
The follow-up stage of the onboarding process for new employees is where you should evaluate the employee's performance and integration into the team. Some companies do this at 90 days, some at six months, some at a year, some at all those milestones. Human Resources or the new hire's manager meets with the employee to discuss if they are hitting specific performance metrics and also to evaluate how the employee "fits." This phase also allows your organization to measure the efficacy of the onboarding program itself.
The onboarding process timeline
The other oft-used onboarding process flow is based on a timeline, beginning before the employee's start date—right after the employee is hired—and continuing through the first year of employment. The onboarding process flow includes tasks related to the new hire's schedule and job duties, socialization, training, development, and work environment, performed by Human Resources, training staff, mentors, hiring managers, and the employees themselves. Building an onboarding process checklist helps you get things done.
Download Lucidchart's onboarding timeline template below.
Before the employee's start date
Once the employee is hired, confirm the start date with the new hire and begin preparation for their arrival. During this phase, it's important to provide any information the employee needs for their first day, such as required identification or paperwork they can fill out ahead of time and the office's dress code. Human Resources prepares for the employee's arrival by getting paperwork for benefits and payroll ready, training staff readies for new hire orientation and job function training, and managers prepare for the employee's first assignments. If necessary, get IT involved to set up the new hire's workstation.
The employee's first day
On the employee's first day, greet them and bring them into the orientation room, where they'll fill out any necessary paperwork. It's important to get the employee set up at their workstation, instruct them on any programs they'll need to communicate, let them know of their schedule for the first week, and invite them to any required meetings. Introduce the employee to their coworkers—a lunch gathering is the perfect place to do this in a relaxed, social setting. If applicable, give the employee their first assignment and get them working.
The employee's first week
Throughout the employee's first week, assist them in getting to meetings at the right time and place and give them small assignments that are achievable and measurable to get them up to speed. Mentors and/or managers should stick close to the employee to make sure they feel welcome and comfortable in their new role.
The employee's first month
Throughout the first month, continue to work with the employee to integrate, giving them larger and larger assignments and introducing them to more co-workers across the company. Schedule regular one-on-one meetings to evaluate their performance and make sure they feel comfortable. Human resources should check in to make sure payroll and benefits are properly activated.
The employee's first three months
At the three-month point, it's a good idea to check in and review the employee's performance and to gauge their feelings about their work environment. Continue to introduce the employee to the company's different aspects, even outside of their job function, and involve them in corporate social events, both formal and informal, to expose them to more of the company culture.
The employee's first six months
Managers and/or mentors should collaborate with the new hire on a six-month performance review to evaluate not only the employee's job function but also the success of the onboarding process for new employees. At this point, the employee should be fully integrated into the team's workflow and the company culture.
The employee's first year
Parts of the onboarding process throughout the rest of the first year build upon the foundation of what has come before. As the employee gets more acclimated, they should be encouraged to participate more in company committees and cross-functional teams and to contribute to the company culture. The end of an employee's first year is a perfect time for performance evaluation—and if you see your employee performing well both individually and as a member of the larger team, you will know that your onboarding process has been a success.
Using Lucidchart to build your onboarding process workflow
Whichever method you choose to build your onboarding process workflow—by phase, timeline, or a combination of the two—you can create flowcharts and process maps using Lucidchart to better illustrate the onboarding process.
No matter how many people are involved in your onboarding process, you can diagram each person's role, responsibilities, and accountabilities easily and clearly. Because Lucidchart exists in the cloud, it's simple to share an always up-to-date onboarding process right in Lucidchart or store it through one of our many integrations.


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Christianity is not a religion of theory. We should not stop at only knowing the beautiful life of Christ.
The Lord says, "Follow me.," so we must walk together with Jesus.
After receiving salvation, we can't stay silent or live without changes in our life. Jesus encourages us to be a good example in the world. Here is what the Bible says about that:
1. You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.
- Matthew 5:13
2. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
- Matthew 5:16
3. 1 Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- Ephesians 5:1-5
4. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
- Romans 12:2
5. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
- Philippians 4:8
6. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
- 2 Timothy 2:15
7. Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.
- 1 Timothy 4:12
8. In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness
- Titus 2:7
9. Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.
- Philippians 3:17
10. Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
- Romans 12:1


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"Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs" launched by President Barroso in March 2013, it will also be necessary to address the critical need for e-leadership skills.
e-Skills for the 21st Century
The competitiveness and innovation capability of the European industry as well as social cohesion are increasingly dependent on the strategic and efficient use of new information and communication technologies as well as the knowledge, skills, competences and inventiveness of the European workforce and citizens.
There is broad consensus about the crucial importance of e-skills for Europe: e-skills shortages, gaps and mismatches and a digital divide will affect negatively growth, competitiveness, innovation, employment and social cohesion in Europe. As new technologies are developing rapidly, e-skills are increasingly sophisticated and need to be constantly updated. There is a critical need for individuals with creativity, innovation and higher-level conceptual skills.
Improving the availability of e-skills and increasing our talent pool involves actions at EU and national level primarily in education, training, research, industrial and labour policies but also in domains such as immigration and taxation. Based on the Commission's Communication on "e-Skills for the 21st Century", the EU long-term e-skills strategy is making good progress with several visible achievements in particular regarding ICT practitioners. Foresight scenarios on the supply and demand (2015-2020), an analysis of the impact of global sourcing and a European e-Competences framework are now available as well as many multi-stakeholder partnerships.
To raise awareness on e-skills and the demand for highly skilled digital jobs the Commission has organised the e-Skills Week (26-30 March 2012). This initiative demonstrated a strong mobilisation of stakeholders in a wide range of pan-European and national activities including 2.235 events involving over 1.8 million participants in 37 European countries. A new campaign is planned in 2014.
While the momentum will be sustained and intensified in the scope of the "Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs" launched by President Barroso in March 2013, it will also be necessary to address the critical need for e-leadership skills. The goals for the future (2014-2020) will be the promotion of ICT professionalism and the generation of a larger talent pool of entrepreneurs, business leaders, managers and advanced users with a focus on the strategic use of new information and communication technologies.
The European Commission adopted on 7 September 2007 a Communication on "e-Skills for the 21st Century: Fostering Competitiveness, Growth and Jobs", presenting a long term e-skills agenda and including five major action lines at EU level (2008-2010).
The Competitiveness Council of Ministers subsequently adopted Conclusions on a long term e-skills strategy on 22-23 November 2007. The Commission also adopted a Communication on e-Inclusion on 8 November 2007.
The Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs was launched by President José Manuel Barroso at the conference "e-Skills and Education for Digital Jobs" on 4 March 2013 in Brussels. In addition, the Employment Package adopted in 2012, the Digital Agenda for Europe (2010) and other flagship initiatives related to innovation, employment, education and industrial policy include references to the EU e-skills strategy.
|The initiatives stemming from the implementation of the EU e-skills strategy are mainly financed by the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), which aims to encourage the competitiveness of European enterprises.
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Topic: Well Being | Posted:May 6, 2015
The Talmud, in discussing the portion Behar, says that King David says, "When I wake up in the morning, I have a desire to go to different places and do different things, and my feet drag me to study, drag me to do the spiritual work." What does this mean?
Our souls, for most of us, want to leave the body. Why? Because the body is the Desire to Receive for the Self Alone, whereas the soul is the totality of the Light of the Creator, the Desire to Share. As such, there are not two more opposite forces in this world than the body and soul. The soul literally, every second, wants to jump out of the body.
Therefore, King David knew that the only way he could make sure he could do everything he needed to do in his life was to create a proper environment whereby the soul desires to stay within the body. So because King David, with his consciousness and spiritual work, was able to create, every day, the desire for his soul to stay within his body, he was able to accomplish the purpose for which he came into this world.
So how does the soul stay in the body? When it wants to leave, the Light of the Creator basically pushes it back in. It's a basic understanding that most people, as long as our life is based on the Desire to Receive for the Self Alone, create an environment within which the soul does not want to stay. But, to enable our process of transformation and correction, the Creator forces our soul to stay within the body for at least a certain amount of time.
Before man fell, the soul wanted to be in the body. If the body consciousness is of the Desire to Share, then the soul wants to be there. When the Creator said to Adam, "If you connect to the Tree of Knowledge Good and Evil…" which meant bringing into your body the consciousness of the Desire to Receive for the Self Alone, "…you will die," it wasn't a punishment, but a reality. Adam was creating an environment within which the soul does not want to stay any longer.
But the soul is in pain, almost constant pain, so much so, the kabbalists say, that it wants ultimate death. Death is when the soul tells the Creator, "I just can't take it anymore." Sometimes it's an accumulation of 70 years of pain for the soul, sometimes it could be a few great moments of Desire to Receive for the Self Alone. But at a certain point, the soul says to the Creator, "I just can't take this environment anymore," and the soul leaves the body.
It says that the Shechinah, the Light of the Creator, comes to support somebody who is sick. And we know that when you go to visit somebody who is ill, you should not simply sit on the bed, or even on a chair, but rather you should cover yourself, because the Light of the Creator is more pronounced and present on the head of a person who is sick.
But, why does the Light of the Creator become more pronounced on somebody who is sick? Because sickness, and really any state of discomfort, is a manifestation of what we have created for our soul within our body. On the extreme side, if a person is 24 hours a day acting in the way of the Desire to Share, then the soul will stay there forever. Why do the righteous achieve a state of Removal of Death Forever? Because the soul says, "I don't want to go anywhere, this is the best place to be, every moment of every day sharing and connecting to the Light of the Creator… I want to stay here."
However, on the opposite side, when a person is completely of the Desire to Receive for the Self Alone, the soul says to the Creator, "Just take me out of here as soon as possible." Most of us are somewhere in the middle of those two extremes. And now we understand that any time there is discomfort or sickness, it is simply a state by which the soul has said to the Creator, "I just can't, it's too much," too much accumulation of actions of Desire to Receive for the Self Alone.
When the soul at a certain point says, "This is way too much for me," and it starts to leave a little bit, it creates sickness and discomfort. It is what creates any type of upheaval that the individual feels. To correct this, therefore, it says that when a person is sick, the Light of the Creator comes to the head of the person to see if it can talk the soul back down into the body.
There is a section of the Talmud that I've studied and heard many times, but now, hopefully, it has a new depth of meaning. It says that if a person has a headache, he should study or do spiritual work, and as it says in Proverbs, the Light of the study or the spiritual work helps the mind or the head. Therefore, if a person's throat is bothering him, he should study and do spiritual work, and the Light within the study, within the spiritual work, can heal the throat. If a person is feeling sick in the stomach, he should do the spiritual work, he should study, because as it says, the Light within the study, within the spiritual work, can bring healing to the stomach. If a person is sick in his entire body, he should do the study and do the spiritual work, and the Light within the study and the spiritual work can bring healing to his entire body, and so on.
So, if an individual finds himself in pain, he has to realize, first, why it's happening. It's happening because he has created an uncomfortable environment for his soul to reside in. Therefore, he is doing this study or this spiritual work because he needs to create a little bit more comfort for his soul within his body.
This does not mean, of course, that we do not use medicine, but the kabbalists teach that we have to always realize that the root cause of any discomfort, of any disease, is the fact that we have created an uncomfortable environment for our soul. We use the physical healing as well, but the real healing comes when you realize that the reason there is this disease or discomfort is because you have not created the proper environment for your soul to want to stay in.
Therefore, one important teaching of this Shabbat is the understanding that if you want to accomplish the purpose for which you came to this world, you have to have the complete support of your soul. Most of us, unfortunately, don't. And the reason why most of us don't is because, if we are honest with ourselves, we realize that over our lifetime we have created a not-so-positive environment for our soul, and so while it's still there - thank goodness – it is not in its complete force. Because of this, we have to not only do our spiritual work, but do it with this specific consciousness, "I am connecting now, I am doing the spiritual work now, because I need to create a better environment for my soul within my body, and with that better environment, my soul can reveal itself more completely." And when the soul feels comfortable within the body, you have the ability to completely reveal its Light.


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Phoenix, AZ — (ReleaseWire) — 08/12/2015 — Jared Kleinert is the co-founder/co-author of 2 Billion Under 20, Founder of Kleinert Ventures, and an in-demand public speaker. "2 Billion Under 20" is the eye-opening book, community, and larger organization dedicated to helping the 2 billion people in the world 20 and under find and act on their passions in life, work together to solve the world's most pressing problems, and entice the other soon-to-be 6 billion people on the planet to do the same.
At age 17, Jared was named the "Definition of Social Entrepreneur" on Forbes, and has since also appeared in Fast Company, Techcrunch, Business Insider, Huffington Post, and other media outlets.
Millennials are one of the fastest growing populations in the world. The statistics vary, but in the next 3 to 5 years Millennials will make up the bulk of those hired into the workforce. Dr. Sharkey and Mr. Kleinert will discuss what companies need to do in order to market to, hire and retain Millennials.
Learn more about Jared Kleinert here and find his new book 2 Billion Under 20: How Millennials Are Breaking Down Age Barriers and Changing the World here on Amazon.
Tune in to listen live on Thursday, August 13th at 5 pm ET or listen later on demand on I Lead – The Leadership Connection.
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Blue UFO recorded from Shuttle Atlantis in October 2012
New amazing UFO photos recorded during the STS112 mission from Space Shuttle Atlantis in October 2012. It looks like an disk – shaped UFO.
Glowing daytime UFO over Brazil on 17th June 2013
New interesting video footage of a bright UFO recorded on video in daytime sky over Brazil on 17th June 2013.
UFOs over Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey on 29th June 2013
Latest UFO sightings – New interesting video footage of some UFOs or orbs over Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey recorded on 29th June 2013. Witness said: I saw 20 of these, but phoned mysteriously turned off while filming, still got three of them. They were heading south towards the ocean.
UFOs pass over Surrey, Canada on 25th June 2013
Latest UFO sightings – New amazing video footage of many UFO lights recorded in the nights sky above Surrey, Canada on 25th June 2013. Witness said: Hector Taylor records the moment he witnessed an amazing line of blinking white ufo's flying in sync over Surrey in BC at 9:53pm On 25th June 2013, disscribing his […]
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New stunning video footage of an UFO while flying above Taxco, Mexico recorded on 24th June 2013. This UFO video is one of the most stunning videos we have ever seen. The video is composed from UFO photos taken by Hector Garcia on 24th June 2013 in Taxco, Mexico.
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Interesting UFO or orb photo taken by STS100 on 22nd June 2013 from the international space station.
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Network After Work - Santana Row
Friday, Jun 17, 7pm
Sino Restaurant
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Bay Area Single Professionals
Let's Network After Work!
Please join us at Santana Row Sino Restaurant
Mix Mingle and Network 7pm-9pm.
Dress code - casual.
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One time fee of $19 online (early bird) or $25 at the door, if this is your first time attending a Singles Mixer with The Fun Singles. Your future Singles Mixer events will be FREE.
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Two suspects were arrested during a raid at an explosive storage in Isinbessagala area, Medawachchiya.
Police has also taken 45kg of gunpowder, 6580m of threads used to make explosives, 1936 electric detonators, and 2634 water gel capsules, into custody.
The suspects, from Medawachchiya and Iduruwa areas, will be produced before the Anuradhapura Magistrate's Court today.
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About Resonance Radio
Hello and welcome to Resonance Radio! Thank you so much for stopping by! As it reads in the mission statement, Resonance Radio™ is an on-line streaming radio station dedicated to raising the vibration of our world. Featuring programming and music with an ear toward healing and transformation, Resonance Radio™ is radio of a higher frequency.
Simply put, Resonance Radio is a space and place for you to tune in, turn on, and receive love. It's in the music that's being played. It's in the words being spoken. It's in the healers, energy workers, and messengers that will be sharing their gifts, and it is in you. This is a place of resonance, and I invite you to join me here. Resonance Radio is broadcast twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, around the world. You can tune in via your computer, or download the free apps available for all your Android or Apple devices.
Also, if you're enjoying what you hear, please like Resonance Radio on Facebook, follow on Twitter, or leave your email address so I can easily update you on all the goings-on around here.
Most importantly, if you are reading this, know that I so appreciate your spending some time here, and I hope that you'll come by often. I'll keep the Light on for you.
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This Twitter Feed Bag actually covers two weeks, beginning with some of the biggest news in the organic/natural food world, and some analysis of what that might mean to consumers, farmers, and small food producers.
- The announcement of Amazon's offer to purchase Whole Foods on June 16 caused quite a buzz in the food world. Stock prices of grocery stores across the country dropped. Alice Waters wrote Jeff Bezos an open letter, encouraging him to use the mighty distribution power of Amazon to "change our food system overnight". But the most transformational idea came from John Foraker, President of Annie's Inc. Foraker challenged Bezos to change the landscape of food availability in the U.S. by ending the existence of "food deserts". Food deserts are a complex societal/economic problem, and Foraker goes into great detail about ideas he and others have about tackling this issue. For more on what this deal may mean for Amazon, Whole Foods, and all the rest of us, here are some links:
Civil Eats – "Will the Amazon-Whole Foods Deal Mean Better Food For All?"
Food+Tech Connect – Whole Foods acquisition coverage
More links to come as the deal is finalized, and it is revealed what Amazon's intentions are…
NPR's The Salt is calling for food memories in the form of images and stories for #NPRHotPot. Click the link for the details. Sharing food and stories brings people together and fosters understanding between cultures. You want to be a part of that; I know I do. The deadline is August 1.
In 2012, ABC News brought Lean Finely Textured Beef, a.k.a "pink slime", to our attention. Well, Beef Products, Inc. sued them for defamation and damages, due to lost business which resulted in the closure of three processing plants and layoffs, and that trial arrived in court earlier this month. A settlement was announced this week. If you don't recall all the sordid details, the Wikipedia article is pretty good for that.
If you have received a bounteous mound of salad greens in your CSA share, as we did, or if you have trouble keeping the leafy greens you purchase in tip-top condition before you can eat them, here is a link for you, at the Ecocentric Blog. The post features an extensive list of greens, what order to eat them in so you don't end up tossing them on the compost pile (or in the garbage), and things you can do with them besides salads. I'm sure I will be revisiting this link myself a few times this summer.
That's probably enough surfing for you for a week. Have a lovely Independence Day with people you love, and food you love, in this country we love.


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the dowry system in the sub-continent is a wrath on muslims.
it has gone so far that the parents have started to save dowry for a daughter the time she is born.
these two incidents have made me wondered and i felt i would go and slap them left and right
1. my mom was telling a relative of ours called an another relative and said that some one in her relatives wanted to marry their daughter, she straight aaway first asked how much dowry are they willing to give, interestingly my aunt said we are not at all interested in such people
2. another close relative of mine has a single daughter, she is going to be married to a bit religious family, thought they havent asked anything, this brides mother is doing over acting, she is giving her many new things like laptop and all, creating a new extra bidah and burden to others. to show my discontent, i have decided to just meet the bride groom in function all, and come back, i am not going to eat or drink anything there and not even stay more than 10 minutes. first of all i am ashamed to even go there, but since they are my close relatives i have to go orelse i am afraid it would break tie ups
it really makes me wonder to what stage muslims have fallen to, instead of showing my silent discontent, i cant do anything, but inshaallah i feel my showing of this open discontent will surely bring change among others
i pray that Allah save us all from this system and give us ability to lead a simple and happy isamic way of life
yes and it makes me very sad when i see this so called rich people spending lacks of rupees for their marriages
even the so called deeni muslims are indulged in this barbaric activity
it is just like throwing away the girls from their houses by paying extra amount of money to their husbands, such marriages hardly turn out to have enjoyable life later and for every need the husband will turn to brides family, in another incident i heard even for the gas connection they took the money from brides family, i wonder to what level this beggars will still fall
like in second story, if such people change then it will be easier to change the others
my heart still says, i shoudnt attend that marriage, but they are very close relatives of mine
the only solution i found very useful for this and i am implementing practically is
1. youngsters should strongly oppose this system (especially males)
2. when ever the talk of dowry comes, use some harsh comments like
- he want to live on money of his wife
- he cant even spent on his wife, so he takes the amount from her father
- he is a beggar
- he is impotent etcc..
p.s: only males should use such language against other brothers who take, when we start using such comments, others who wish to take dowry will feel ashamed
3. brothers shouldnt accept any thing from brides even if they want to give happily
4. brothers should do marriage in masjid and distribute dates to all attendees and disperse
5. valima can be done by calling our direct uncles and aunts at home
6. we should stop spreading the excuse " it is permissible to do according to our standard". we should remember that others follow what we do and others may not have the standard as we have
and very important: sisters too should let their desire of wearing so much jewelry and costly costumes for marriages and they should also force their families and friends to cut down the unnecessary costs for marriages
p.s i have decided to end my marriage within 10,000(around 200 US dollars) from my side and zero rupees from brides side
and plz do dua that i achieve this goal
For detail discussion, please visit Sunniforum - Nonsense dowry system


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But so much has happened in the last few months that I want to continue doing this and its only by regularly posting that I can learn and develop this little teeny tiny blog into something a little more interesting
This post is going to be a bit of a photo dump to introduce important people in my life and a little snapshot of what I have been up to;
1 - The Other Half...the one who completes me
He works a different pattern to me so we often spend our days off apart. We had beautiful weather last week so met each other in a local country park when he finished work and sat on the beach having sausages cooked on a disposable BBQ, drinking a beer, before cycling home together...very simple, very cheap, but a lovely way to connect and just be.
2 - My niece E and nephew M
God love them, these are two beautiful children! E has just turned 3 and her favourite phase (other than "I is biiiiiiiig sister now!) is "What is called?" followed by a point to whatever object she's unsure of. Her equally cute baby brother M was born only a few weeks ago and he can melt your heart with one of his baby snuffles. Their parents are pretty awesome too, they are showing me the kind of parent I can only hope to become.
So recently we've had a busy, busy time of it. My cousin married in late April in Yorkshire and while it was freezing cold the dancing and champagne kept us warm. A lot of the decorations and little touches were crafted by family and friends - hopefully this picture will give a little sense of it -
This was followed by E's 3rd birthday and the birth of her baby brother 3 weeks later. All these parties and celebrating was not helping my fitness campaign so I'm back on the healthy eating and gym work...Sha'Bam has been my saviour - it's like Zumba on speed and lots of fun, I'm aiming for 8 hours of classes a week but seem stuck on 6-7 hours and while I'm not using My Fitness Pal app as much it has focused me to reduce my sugar intake. This blasted sugar is in everything - milk, yogurts, fruit...I figure fruit gives me more goodness than anything else so the fruit stays and the dairy has been replaced mostly with unsweetened soya...I'm topping up my calcium with a supplement until I can find alternative food items that are high calcium but low sugar - anyone with any ideas?!!
Quiet weekend coming up. The other half is on this last full weekend rotation so I'll either be sunbathing in the park or painting the bathroom - I'm hoping for sunshine, but preparing the room in case!!


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[:en]In English speaking countries, there is considerable reluctance to study a foreign language. The book, Attitudes to Modern Foreign Language Learning: Insights from Comparative Education, finds that 'UK, US and Australia share common attitudinal problems towards the study of MFLs.' In the UK, this is evidenced by the low entries of Modern Foreign Languages at A Level compared to other subjects, shown in the graph below.
This language malaise stems from the belief that as English is the international language, the marginal benefit from learning a foreign language will be minimal. However, this opinion is misguided and studies have shown that knowledge of a second language has a significant effect on income.
Altonji's paper, 'The Effects of High School Curriculum on Education and Labour Market Outcomes (1992)' statistically examines whether intensive study of a subject at school has an impact on future wages. Antonji used information from 897 schools and looked at the relationship between subjects studied by the class of 1972 and wages in 1985. He found that there is 'a large positive effect of (the study of) foreign languages on wages,' learning a foreign language for two years would raise wages by 4.71%.
It is likely that if Altonji repeated this experiment today, the result of 4.71% would be amplified as the increasingly interconnected economy has resulted in language skills becoming more essential. Globalisation can be measured by looking at The Openness Index, which calculates foreign trade as a percentage of GDP. Notably, between 1985 and 2010, US foreign Trade (% of GDP) has nearly doubled from 16.5% to 30% (World Bank data). The subsequent increased requirement for foreign language skills should result in a greater correlation between language skills and wages.
The connection between globalisation, increased language requirement and higher earnings is illustrated by the relationship between fluency in Spanish, German and French (internationally influential languages) and wages. Saiz's and Zoido's study 'listening to what the world says: Bilingualism and earning in the United States (2005)' analyses whether speaking these languages result in labour market rewards. The study found that the discounted values of German, French and Spanish are $128,000, $77,000, and $51,000 respectively. The differences in returns directly relate to the levels of Trade Openness in the above countries. In 2005, when this study was conducted, German trade (% of GDP) was 70%, French trade (% of GDP) was 53%, and Spanish trade (% of GDP), using the average of the four largest Spanish speaking economies, was 46%. This proves that there are monetary benefits from speaking a foreign language which in turn are connected to the openness of an economy. It can be expected that in the future, as countries becoming progressively open, these benefits will increase.
MyDialog is preparing students for this future. By giving students the opportunity to improve their spoken skills and confidence in a foreign language, students will be able to capitalise on this earning potential. Fortune Magazine wrote in 2017 'the most stable global policy in the past 70 years has been the steady march toward ever-freer trade' and as this progresses and markets become more integrated, secondary language skills will become a greater asset. It is worth noting that as English is the number one global language, the economic value of English is even greater, and MyDialog hopes to equip European students with greater understanding and fluency in English so that they will be able to profit from increased employment opportunities and labour mobility.[:]


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Before the start of World War two, the British government came up with a motivational poster to try to keep the British morale up and prepared for the incoming war that would devastate many countries and claim many lives. Everyone knows the words …
However, according to the historian, the slogan didn't work. People felt that it wasn't the right thing to say to them and that it hit the wrong mood. So this was scrapped for more effective phrases like MAKE DO AND MEND, or CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES which the British people felt was more appropriate for them.
Today though, those productive words aren't as famous as the Keep Calm and Carry on phrase which can be found on mugs, posters, cushion covers, bags, t-shirts – you name it, it's probably got those very words printed on it!
And of course there are also other versions such as KEEP CALM AND EAT A CUPCAKE, or KEEP CALM AND BOIL A KETTLE and so on and so forth.
I've jumped on the bandwagon and made my own Mine is:
Keep Calm and Blog On
When things go wrong like the sale of your house going pfft right before your very eyes. Just when you've mentally moved out and arranged the furniture in your new home. I know it's silly, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who has done that. If you've been following my blog, you will know that we've been in the process of selling our house and buying another. Not anymore though, let's just say our buyers shouldn't have offered to buy our house and claimed to be cash buyers when they clearly weren't. But we found that out too late, just when surveyors and lawyers fees were paid already, at least on our part, so after that disappointment we've decided to temporarily take our house off the market and mull.
Keep Calm and Blog On
When you receive bad news and find out that there's been another death in the family and as I'm typing this family members are congregating, finding comfort in each others company and remembering a man who was dear to us, whom each of us had personal memories of him touching our lives whether as a father, grandfather, brother or Uncle. The thing is, it hasn't even been a year yet since the last death we had in our family.
The last time I had a proper conversation with him and not just small talk, he asked me if I was sure about the man I was about to marry. He wore his pensive face and I knew I was in for a "talk". When I said yes, his face broke into a smile and he patted me on the back and I knew all was well. He just needed to hear it from me. He just needed to hear me speak the words aloud even if he knew what my answer would be.
The last time I saw him was in my cousin's wedding in 2010. He took little T who was barely three months old then in his arms and he smiled at me. I wish I had said more to him – how was I to know that I'd never see him again? Should, woulda, coulda.
Keep Calm and Blog On
Yep, that's my mantra.


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"We did have a real fight in 2004, when he endorsed Bush and spoke at the Republican Convention. We yelled at each other for two hours until finally I told him to go fuck himself and then I started to laugh.
'I just realized,' I told him. 'That there are no limits. You can't do or say anything that will make me stop being your friend.' He said he felt the same way about me, even if I was mortally soft on the Arabs.
That was important. It was the moment that we really became friends, after calling ourselves 'friends' for nearly twenty years. And it opened the door for the past two years, as Ron battled this thing--an experience I'll always cherish, believe it or not. He taught me how to leave. "
– joe klein, author and political columnist for time magazine,
on his friend, actor ron silver, who died sunday from esophageal cancer.
on his friend, actor ron silver, who died sunday from esophageal cancer.


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- Written by Damian Granowski
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About Blog
About what is WinterClimb.com?
Are you winter climber or Mountaineer? If yes, then this blog is for you! I will not write about my feelings, my last climbing trips. WinterClimb.com is place where you can read about nice winter ascents. It can be alpinism, dry-tooling, ice climbing, Himalayan climbing, ski-touring. I will write also (or especially) some articles about treinning, outdoor gear, climbers, mountains, and topos of routes. I will place also a lot of movies, about climbing
For whom it is?
WinterClimb.com is place for some masochists people who love climbing in winter :-)
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Damian Granowski
Photo. Piotr Drożdż
Damian Granowski
Climbing trainer in Cracow. enthusiast of rock climbing, mountaineering (summer and winter), ice climbing, dry-tooling. Owner of blog drytooling.com.pl.
My climbing school you will find here: kursyskalkowe.pl (also climbing courses in english language).


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One of the things that has been on my mind constantly this summer has been girls camp. Since being asked to be a leader for our church's youth group last fall, I knew that planning a camp this summer for our girls was part of the gig. I heard through the grapevine of groups that had done a four-day biking trip on the Kettle Valley Railway. All my camps when I was a teenager involved going to a cabin somewhere and doing crafts for four days, which now as a leader I recognize just how much work my leaders put into planning…but a biking trip sounded so much cooler! At least in my books…
So all summer I've been planning, organizing, changing my mind, re-planning, biking, trying-to-convince-the-girls-how-badly-they-want-to-bike-120 kms, and convincing myself too. Also, a lot of praying that it would all come together…a lot.
The plan was to bike from Ruth Station, right outside of Kelowna, to the McCulloch lake the first night, then on to Beaverdell the second night, and finish in Rockcreek the third night. After months of planning and anxiety, somehow we managed to get everyone to the head of the trail with working bikes and plenty of water.
The first day/night everything went according to plan (huge sigh of relief). We were all tired, but conquered the first 25 km no problem. The girls had a restless sleeps due to loud coyotes and other wildlife- but hey what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. The next morning we woke up, got all packed and prepared for the longest day of biking.
I feel like I have to break day two into two parts, the biking and the unexpected. Biking was exhausting, hot, and everything we did expect. Everyone's bums hurt, but every single girl did great. We had some girls that bike all the time, and some that this was their first time doing serious biking, and every single one of them was amazing. After biking 26 km to our lunch spot, everyone was excited to jump in and swim and take a break from sitting on those bike seats.
We biked another 30 km, stopping along the way to jump in the (shallow) river when we had the chance! Again, the girls were amazing. We had a few scrapes and scratches, but zero complainers. Honestly, I couldn't get over how great the girls did.Then the unexpected happened. When we pulled into our second campsite, the campsite owner was waiting for us. He told us that the campsite we were planning on biking to the next day was the centre of a rapidly-growing forest fire that had just started that afternoon. We assessed the situation and agreed that since the fire was still 60 km away and that the town we were in wasn't on evacuation order we would camp for the night and head home the next morning.
We had a peaceful evening with girls full of laughs and making memories. Honestly it wasn't even smokey, and the cell towers had been knocked out so we couldn't even receive any disruptions from the outside world.
Which the next morning we learned was unfortunate… some of the girls parents had heard about the fire and were pretty concerned. They had no way to get a hold of us, which made matters worse. But we called them as soon as we could and let them know we'd be home soon and everyone was fine.
That night we all met together to have a pizza party and our final 'campfire' program (even though it was in a nice, comfortable living room and not actually around a campfire). It was a little sad to feel like we hadn't been able to bike our whole trip, but I was just so grateful that we hadn't been put in danger and that everything we did do went so smoothly. As I looked around the room and looked at each girl and leader that trusted me as the young, totally inexperienced leader taking them on a four-day biking trip, my heart was full for each one of them who chose to 'embark' on camp.
I learned a lot from planning girls camp this year. I learned to always assume the best about my church leaders, because like me they're probably imperfect but trying their hardest to make everything go smoothly for everyone else. I learned that we have amazing youth that can do anything, support one another, and show kindness without being asked to. I learned to be grateful for other people's passions and talents, because without the other leaders that knew so much more about biking than I did, I know camp would not have gone so smoothly. I learned that God will qualify you when he asks you do things you couldn't do otherwise. And after having rested and recovered, I'm so grateful I had the chance to lead our young women and learn from their examples.
I'm also really grateful that I don't have to plan a camp again for at least a few years….
P.S. If anyone reads this and wants to attempt to plan a similar camp, please feel free to contact me and I'll give you all the advice I can. I couldn't have done this without the help of so many people, and I'd love to pass that along.


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Swiss FTS is co-organizer and main sponsor of the DIC 2019!
We are pleased to announce that Swiss FTS is co-organizer and main sponsor of the DIC 2019!
The DIC (Digital Investigations Conference) is the largest event in Switzerland dedicated to eDiscovery and Digital Investigations. It will take place from 11 until 14 June 2019 in Rüschlikon
The main conference is on 12 and 13 June 2019. 1.5 days full of interesting workshops, three excellent keynotes and for the first time a dinner party for all attendees, speakers and sponsors.
The conference's focus is on the following topics:
- Next level investigations lab
- New corporate and legal technology
- Optimizing the eDiscovery workflow
- Mobile and Cloud challenges
We are looking forward to seeing you there!


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Last weekend my mom mentioned that our family was responsible for bringing a "fun Spring drink" to Easter lunch. So naturally I took to my number one spot for finding great recipes: Pinterest. So if you're looking for a drink to spice up your Easter or any Spring time table in general, I would highly recommend checking these out.
Click here to see these amazing recipes