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Thanksgiving: That's right people…It's right around the corner! We need to make sure you Eat Deliciously this year, so let's "beef up" your holiday recipe repertoire! I'm going to give you my signature dish for Holiday Meals:
Okay, I really had to ponder over if I would give up my secret dish for the holidays. I had to share it…It's too good not to share the love!
I have been making this dish for the past 8 yrs now, and my entire family, on both sides, and my husband's side, are crazy about this Scrumptious Sweet Potato Spoonbread.
It does not have the consistency of bread at all. It is more like a stiff pudding. I think it is the consistency of cooked pumpkin pie or sweet potato pie filling. That's why you need a spoon to serve it! Delicious!
Warning: Don't make this for your family if you're not prepared to make it on every holiday occasion (and lots of it)!
I made 1 the 1st yr, then had to make 3 the next, now I get requests for it for Canadian and American Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter! It got so bad that I had to start telling people to pick up a list of ingredients and bring them to me. Bad idea, I had to make 10 of them!!!
You'll absolutely love this festive, holiday side dish. Sweet and so different! A real conversation piece for any holiday table! Guard your leftovers…guests will be sneaking it home!
Type: Side
Serve With: A holiday meal – Christmas, Thanksgiving, or Easter
Prep Time: ~ 20 min for all prep
Cook Time: ~ 10 min for all cook times
Bake Time: ~ 1.75 hrs for all baking times
Yield: ~ 10 servings
1. Preheat oven to 400 F.
2. Coat washed and scrubbed sweet potatoes with oil, and place in oven on an aluminum foil lined cookie sheet.
3. Bake for approximately 40 to 45 minutes, or until you they are soft enough to pierce a knife through. Let cool. Peel, and discard skins.
* Tip: I like to do this the night before the holiday meal, then put them in the fridge overnight.
4. Reduce oven heat to 350 degrees F.
5. In a medium saucepan over medium heat combine cornmeal, milk, 4 tbsp butter, brown sugar, spices, salt, and water. Cook, stirring, until slightly thickened, which will take approximately 10 min, then cool.
* Tip: Step #5 can be done the night before as well. Just make sure you cover up the mixture with a piece of plastic wrap to keep a skin from forming on top in the fridge.
6. Coat a 2-quart baking dish with 2 tbsp of butter.
7. Place cornmeal mixture, sweet potatoes, flour, honey, maple syrup, eggs, and cream in a food processor or use a hand mixer, and process until smooth.
8. Pour blended mixture into buttered baking dish.
9. Bake until golden brown, ~ 45 min – 1 hr.
* Tip: If spoonbread is browning too quickly, and you can't pull a knife out cleanly yet, cover it up loosely with aluminum foil for remainder of baking time. Also, you may turn down the oven 25 degrees or so for remainder of baking time.
10. Serve & Enjoy!
I just cannot get over how much everyone likes this stuff. My husband has me make 2 for dinner, and I am to make 1 specifically for him for leftovers. Kenney's grandmother will come to dinner, and want 1 to take home, as well as many of Kenney's friends. That's a lot of Spoonbread!
Let me know how you like it!
I hope you enjoyed today's installment of Cooking With Kimberly for Thanksgiving! Until next time…
Eat Deliciously,
Kimberly Edwards 😀
P.S. In need of a 2 quart baking dish? This is a set of a 2 and 3 qt. baking dish, and it is the same price as just getting one separately! Anchor Hocking is a great brand, and I always love clear dishes because I love to see my food! Check it out here:
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|3 Sep 1991
|Fecha de presentación
|12 Jun 1990
|Fecha de prioridad
|12 Jun 1990
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|Número de publicación
|Rolf Ullrich, Eddy E. Glick
|Cesionario original
|911105 Ontario Limited
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This invention relates to a core for a device promoting the dispersion of atomized fuel and to a device incorporating such a core.
In combustion engines, complete combustion of the fuel is desirable to maintain a high fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. Complete combustion depends in part on the degree of dispersion of the fuel in the combustion chamber. Currently, fuel is typically dispersed solely by atomization by means of jets feeding a carburetor or by means of fuel injectors feeding the combustion chamber. Atomization leaves droplets of fuel in the combustion chamber; dispersion of such droplets would be desirable.
A device is known which promotes the dispersion of fuel when atomized. This device comprises a copper tube containing an elongate core having a composition of nickel, copper, zinc, tin, and silver. The core forms a number of end-to-end channels in the copper tube. A piece of rubber hosing is worked over the copper tube to prevent grounding of the device. When this device is inserted in the fuel line of a combustion engine proximate the fuel atomizer, it promotes the dispersion of the fuel droplets on atomization of the fuel. The mechanism by which the device improves dispersion is not fully understood. It may be that the device polarizes or charges fuel molecules so that they have a net negative charge and therefore repel one another.
The subject invention seeks to avoid drawbacks of the known device.
Accordingly, the present invention comprises a core for a device promoting the dispersion of fuel when atomized comprising an alloy comprising copper, zinc, manganese, nickel, aluminum, iron, tin, lead, chromium, cobalt, titanium, magnesium, and molybdenum.
In another aspect, the present invention comprises a device promoting the dispersion of fuel when atomized comprising: an elongate core composed of an alloy including copper, zinc, manganese, nickel, aluminum, iron, tin, lead, chromium, cobalt, titanium, magnesium, and molybdenum; a non-conductive sheath surrounding the sides of said core; a plurality of end-to-end channels within said core or between said core and sheath; and means to couple the ends of said sheathed core to a fuel line proximate and upstream of a fuel atomizer.
In the figures which illustrate example embodiments of the invention:
FIG. 1a is a perspective view of the known prior art device;
FIG. 1b is a partially broken away perspective view of the core of the device of FIG. 1a;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a core made in accordance with the subject invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another core made in accordance with this invention;
FIG. 3a is an end view of another core made in accordance with this invention; and
FIG. 4 is a side view of a device made in accordance with this invention showing the device inserted in a fuel line.
Turning to FIGS. 1a and 1b, the prior art device for promoting dispersion of fuel on atomization 10 comprises a copper tube 11 containing a core 12. The copper tube has reduced diameter ends 14 and 16 in order to retain the core in place within the tube and to provide points for connection of the device in a fuel line. The core is elongate and has a generally Y-shaped cross-section. The core and tube assembly provides three end-to-end channels in the tube, one channel between each side face of the core and the tube wall. The core is an alloy of nickel, copper, zinc, tin, and silver.
As aforenoted, when fuel is passed through the device, it may be that the fuel is polarized or charged so that the fuel molecules repel one another. This repulsion promotes dispersion of the fuel on atomization.
Through experimentation, it has been discovered that a core comprising the following alloy results in a device which dramatically improves the fuel efficiency of an internal combustion engine:
______________________________________metal percent by weight______________________________________copper 56.45zinc 24.51manganese 9.25nickel 5.60aluminum 1.31iron 1.24lead 0.55tin 0.44magnesium 0.02chromium 0.01cobalt less than 0.01titanium less than 0.005molybdenum less than 0.005______________________________________
This alloy is referred to herein as the "full alloy". It is believed that at least copper, zinc, manganese, and nickel are needed for the core alloy in order that the device effectively promote dispersion of atomized fuel.
It is believed that the effectiveness of the device is improved by exposing as much of the fuel passing through the device as possible to the core of the device. To this end, the core 22 of FIG. 2 has a plurality of ridges 28 along its length which ridges are on all three sides of the core. These ridges run transversely of the flow of the fuel through a device containing this core and promote turbulence in such fuel. Increasing the exposure of the fuel to the core may also be achieved by increasing the surface area of the core and this is accomplished with the core configuration 32 of FIG. 3. Core 32 has a cylindrical exterior portion 34 which receives a cruciate inner portion 36. Inner portion 36 slides into the cylindrical outer portion. The inner portion 36 has ridges 38 to promote turbulence in the fuel flowing through a device having this core.
In the modification of FIG. 3a, the core 42 has a cylindrical outer portion 44 which is integrally formed with the cruciate inner portion 46.
FIG. 4 illustrates a device 50 made in accordance with this invention for promoting dispersion of fuel on atomization connected into a fuel line. Device 50 comprises a tube 51 which receives the core 22 of FIG. 2. Tube 51 is coated with a non-conducting plastic material 52 which forms a sheath over the tube in order to avoid grounding of the device. The plastic sheath is made of a thermoplastic material to withstand the heat encountered proximate the combustion engine; one suitable thermoplastic is ABS™. Tube 51 has reduced diameter end portions 54 and 56 having middle portions 55 and 57, respectively and ends 59 and 61, respectively. Ends 59 and 61 are of a slightly larger diameter than the mid portions 55 and 57. A fuel line 58 leading from a source of fuel is slid over end portion 56 of the tube and a hose clamp 60 clamps the end of the fuel line tightly to the mid portion 57 of the tube. Larger diameter end 61 blocks the hose clamp from slipping off the device. Similarly, the fuel line 62 leading to the fuel atomizer is clamped to the other end of the device by hose clamp 64. For maximum effect, the device should be installed proximate the atomizer.
Vehicle fuel lines are typically of two sizes and the ends 54 and 56 of the device have an intermediate size. Since fuel lines have some flexibility, the larger size of fuel line may be slipped over an end of the device 50 and compressed into a tight fit on the end by a hose clamp. Further, the fuel line of a smaller size may be worked onto an end of the device and, preferably, subsequently clamped.
Core 32 of FIG. 3 (and 42 of FIG. 3a) has the additional advantage that a non-conducting sheath may be placed directly on the cylindrical outer core 34 (44 of FIG. 3a) thereby avoiding the need for a tubular housing. A device similar to device 50 of FIG. 4 was constructed for field testing. This device had a core similar to the core 22 of FIG. 2 made of the aforedescribed full alloy. The following details the field tests which were conducted.
The gasoline tank of a 1984 Oldsmobile Omega™ was filled to capacity and the mileage of the car recorded. The vehicle was then driven without the device on a 252 km course which ended where it began and the gasoline tank again filled to capacity. The vehicle required 33 liters of gasoline to fill the tank. The vehicle was then fitted with the device and driven on the same course the same day with similar weather conditions. At the end of the course, the vehicle required 24 liters of gasoline to fill the tank. Thus, the vehicle averaged 21 mpg without the device and 30 mpg with the device.
Tests 2 to 10 hereinbelow followed the same procedure as with this first test so that only the results of these subsequent tests are presented.
A 1986 Honda Prelude™ driven on a 490 km course averaged 23 mpg without the device and 29 mpg with the device.
A 1985 Volkswagen Jetta™ on a 360 km city course averaged 24 mpg without the device and 30 mpg with the device. The same vehicle on a 385 km highway course averaged 30 mpg without the device and 39 mpg with the device.
A 1979 Ford Mark IV™ driven on a 2000 km course averaged 21 mpg without the device and 26 mpg with the device.
A 1984 Mercury Topaz™ five speed driven on a 583 km course averaged 23 mpg without the device and 33 mpg with the device.
A 1985 Volvo Turbo 760™ on a 350 km course used 32.5 liters the device and 28 liters with the device.
A 1985 Ford Escort™ diesel driven on a 2480 km course averaged 38 mpg without the device and 46 mpg with the device.
A 1976 Ford™ 4×4 pick-up driven on a 610 km course averaged 12 mpg without the device and 18 mpg with the device.
A 1988 Buick LaSabre™ driven on a 800 km course averaged 23 mpg without device and 30 mpg with the device.
A 1985 GM™ V8 cube van driven on a 430 mile course managed 200 miles per tankful without the device and the entire course on one tank of gas with the device.
Plastic sheath 52 of FIG. 4 may be formed so as to have a hexagonal exterior; this facilitates installation of the device as the hexagonal shape may be easily gripped by hand or with a wrench. Other modifications within the spirit of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
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Owner name: 911105 ONTARIO LIMITED, CANADA
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Effective date: 19901101
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|14 Nov 1995
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
Effective date: 19950906


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Fall 2011
Vol. 19, No. 4
Mere Christianity: Teaching Ethics in Ukrainian Public Schools
Mary Raber
The collapse of the Soviet Union tore a hole in public education that has not yet been mended. Today some people may joke about the regimentation and trite rituals of Soviet school life, yet the framework of stability it provided is deeply missed. Some of the more bitter fruits of independence have had particular consequences for the young: family breakdown, drug addiction, alcoholism, HIV-AIDS, and the celebration of violence in mass media. The void left by the discrediting of Communist ideology has sent educators on a continuing search for the best way to teach moral values.
During the religious boom of the late 1980s and early 1990s, many people saw a return to Christian values as the obvious solution to post-Soviet social problems, but how those values might be taught was less obvious. Early on, officials turned to the West for help. The most famous example is the case of the CoMission, a consortium of some 80 U.S.-based mission organizations that partnered with the Russian Ministry of Education in 1992 to develop morals and ethics programs and curricula for public schools. That effort foundered, however, in part because the CoMission, insufficiently aware of Orthodox Christianity's long history in Russia, presented its program with an evangelical slant.1 Serious questions were also raised about whether it was appropriate to use public schools as a forum for any religion-based instruction at all.
In Ukraine, debates have continued for two decades among secular and Christian educators, government officials, and citizens.2 The need for moral education is widely affirmed, but the discussion is intertwined with complex issues of national identity and ambivalence about the place of religion in public life, as well as a deep concern for the well-being of children and youth.
This article will briefly sketch the history and present status of Christian ethics curricula in Ukrainian public schools, drawing primarily upon the experience of several evangelical activists. Two distinct yet interrelated agendas are apparent. The more formal trend interacts with the national government and concentrates on consensus-building among different Christian confessions. The other focuses on life choices education and is energized by both volunteer and professional Christian educators who teach classes on such subjects as drugs and alcohol, sexual morality, friendship, and decision-making. Numerous private agencies, individuals, and churches continue to come together in informal networks to develop and distribute teaching materials, confer with one another, and educate the public as well as schoolchildren.
Christian Ethics in the 1990s
It is well known that by the time Ukrainian independence was declared in 1991, great curiosity had emerged regarding religion in general and Christianity in particular. All at once, it seemed, after decades of repression, Christians were in surprising demand. At first, it was not especially difficult to gain access to public schools, whether to speak to an assembly or even present regular Bible lessons.
During this early period, Christians usually taught in public schools on the basis of a personal connection. Sunday school materials were just beginning to appear, but no resources were available that were appropriate to a public school setting, so everyone improvised. Sometimes the process was successful. For example, in 1992 Tetiana Sannikova, a qualified elementary school teacher and a member of the Central Baptist Church in Odessa, began to teach biblically based ethics to fifth- and sixth-graders at School No. 26. Knowing that the authorities could withdraw their approval at any time, she prepared each lesson thinking it might be her last. Eventually, however, her teaching of ethics lasted more than 12 years, and in 2004 she published a collection of her lessons.3 However, various problems surfaced. Few trained pedagogues were well-versed in Scripture, and volunteer lessons could be haphazard and uneven in quality. One well-meaning Baptist woman is said to have visited every elementary school in her city with a somber message to pupils about the End Times!4 In addition, tensions developed among members of different confessions—for example, Baptists and Pentecostals— visiting the same school. In some places Orthodoxy reasserted its claims to cultural dominance, and pressure was put on school administrators to block non-Orthodox access to children. Occasionally parents objected to having someone from a different religious group teach their children. Some school directors decided that Christian-oriented lessons were either inappropriate in state-supported schools and/or too much trouble, and dropped them completely.
A more organized approach was taken by educators in the western provinces of L'viv, Ternopil', and Ivano-Frankivsk. Beginning in 1992 they launched experimental elective public school courses in Christian morality that emphasized the place of Christianity in Ukrainian history and culture. Much of the energy for this early work was generated in the Greek (Eastern-Rite) Catholic community and reflected its confessional origins. At about the same time schools in Rivne began to offer courses in general religious studies and the Bible.
Then, in 1998, National University "Ostroh Academy," an institution of higher education rooted in the tradition of Christian humanism,5 began offering preparatory courses for teachers of Christian ethics. In the academic year 1999-2000 Christian ethics was introduced as an elective subject in 24 schools in Rivne city and province, and was rated highly by pupils, teachers, and parents.6 The teacher-training program at Ostroh owes much to the vision of Vasyl' Zhukovskyy, now Dean of Humanities at the same institution and an Orthodox Christian (Kyiv Patriarchate). Future teachers from Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant churches, and from no church at all, are instructed in a program that minimizes differences among the confessions. The emphasis, rather, is upon the development of skilled practitioners capable of delivering a comprehensive program of moral education based on common Christian values.
Ukraine's Complexity
Teaching ethics is a challenging assignment because of the complexity of the Ukrainian religious scene. Christianity is understood to be an important part of Ukrainian identity—but which Christianity? The Religious Information Service of Ukraine identifies seven different Orthodox churches and dozens of Protestant groups.7 Deep historical and theological grievances divide some of them. Christians are separated geographically as well. Roughly speaking, west of the Dnieper River people are more likely to be Greek Catholic or Roman Catholic, or part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate. East of the Dnieper adherence to the Moscow Patriarchate predominates. Different kinds of Baptists, Pentecostals, Lutherans, Charismatics, and other Protestants are scattered throughout the country. To further complicate matters, certain confessions are associated with certain nationalities, i.e. Ukrainians are Orthodox or Greek Catholic, Poles are Roman Catholic, and Germans are Lutheran or Mennonite. Indeed, during the 1990s, religious revival for some of these groups was closely associated with the recovery of a national language and even permission to emigrate, not to mention the presence of other faiths, such as Muslims in Crimea, or the Jewish community. In other words, Ukraine is a mosaic of religions and Christian confessions, with as much potential for division as unity. Especially the rival claims of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate contain the seeds of far-reaching political consequences. Therefore, besides offering a moral framework to youth, it is significant that Christian ethics as envisioned by Zhukovskyy and others also has the potential to bring together representatives of different churches in a common enterprise.
Developing Curricula
At first, lesson material was seriously lacking. Few Soviet-trained pedagogues had the necessary background to prepare credible lessons in Christian ethics. Accordingly, a collection of Ostroh student practice lessons aimed at different age groups was published in 2004. Students from different churches contributed material, and although it was impossible to remove all confessional overtones, it helped nevertheless point the way for other resources that have been developed since.8
Oleksandr and Valentina Bondarchuk, distinguished and well-connected educators who joined the Baptists during the 1990s, directed work in the area of Christian ethics sponsored by the evangelical mission Nadiia liudiam [Hope to People] in Rivne. Mission workers studied at Ostroh, taught at public and private day schools and boarding schools for orphans and children with disabilities (internats), and wrote and published Christian ethics curricula. Recognizing the spiritual as well as the professional needs of teachers and parents, the Bondarchuks also promote the organization of discussion groups and seminars for adults. Their work has developed into a multi-faceted ministry to teachers, school librarians, pupils, and their families. Nowadays Nadiia liudiam sponsors an annual summer camp in the Carpathians for Christian ethics teachers, both to inspire and support current instructors and recruit new ones. Ninety percent of participants in the camps identify themselves as Orthodox. Since 2007 the mission has published the quarterly journal, Slovo vchiteliu [Word to the Teacher], dedicated to the promotion of education and culture based on Christian values.9
In 2005 in the wake of the Orange Revolution, representatives of a number of Christian confessions presented to government authorities their vision for the implementation of a national Christian ethics curriculum. That summer, small groups of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant pedagogues worked almost around the clock at several different centers assembling teachers' and pupils' textbooks on Christian ethics for all grades. The curriculum was eventually approved by the Ministry of Education and published in 2007. The Ministry's highest rating—"recommended"—was granted in July 2010.
Also since the mid-2000s a Citizens' Council [Hromadska rada], composed of representatives of the country's main religions, including Orthodoxy, Catholicism, and Protestantism, has worked with the Ukrainian Minister of Education on religious issues as they relate to schools. An inter-confessional Christian "creative group" headed by Vasyl' Zhukovskyy refines proposed curricular materials in monthly on-line conferences. All lesson materials must be acceptable to each member of the group, each of whom contributes ideas and watches for unacceptable language and biases. Thus, a reference to the Mother of God is flagged by a Baptist, while a Greek Catholic vetoes a reference to "a personal relationship with Jesus." Sannikova, a member of the group, notes, "We want to keep our unity, so we're very tactful with one another."
Mere Christianity
Its practitioners point out that Christian ethics instruction is not Sunday school. Proselytizing is not allowed: "We can give people the keys to their salvation, but we cannot force the lock," Zhukovskyy observes. Instruction excludes doctrine, prayer, and visits to churches for the purpose of worship. In other words, the vision of the curriculum is to present "mere Christianity" for the formation of morals with no single confession dominating. "Its value is that children get acquainted with the absolute, unchanging ethical teaching of Scripture," states Sannikova. "Whether they accept it or not is their choice; acquaintance with it is the main thing."
The program is also geared to promoting respect for the religion and worldview of others, a valuable outcome in a multi-cultural and multi-confessional society. Sannikova also works at overcoming sterotypes with her students at the Odessa Institute for Post-Graduate Pedagogical Education where she teaches Christian ethics methods. For example, she discourages the use of the word "sectarian" and insists that all confessions be discussed with respect. "We're pedagogues," she says, "We need to encourage dialogue. If we teachers will learn to do this, the children will follow."
Furthermore, Christian ethics is not a required subject, but an approved elective, offered in all Ukrainian public schools at the request of parents. Four interested families in a village and eight in a city are sufficient to give the subject space in the schedule. Any child may attend with parents' written permission.
Its elective status is prized. "As soon as you make Christian ethics a requirement it loses its appeal," Sannikova claims. (Alternative courses are philosophical ethics, which takes a secular approach, and religious ethics, which explores the moral values of other religions besides Christianity.)
Thus, the mechanism for the systematic teaching of Christian ethics in Ukrainian public schools is presently in place. The courses are popular and appreciated. Anecdotal evidence indicates the children's behavior and relationships have improved where the classes have been implemented, besides providing a rare forum for educators and others to overcome religious barriers. Students who choose the elective participate in a national Bible knowledge "Olympiad" held annually, and recognition is given for the best Christian ethics teacher. ◆
1. For analysis of CoMission see Perry Glanzer, "A Troubled Troika: The CoMission, the Russian Ministry of Education, and the Russian Orthodox Church," East-West Church & Ministry Report 8 (Summer 2000), 1-3; Perry Glanzer, The Quest for Russia's Soul: Evangelicals and Moral Education in Post-Communist Russia. (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2002); and Walter Sawatsky, "Return of Mission and Evangelization in the CIS (1980s-Present): An Assessment," in Walter W. Sawatsky and Peter F. Penner, eds., Mission in the Former Soviet Union (Schwarzenfeld, Germany: Neufeld Verlag, 2005), 94-118.
2. A detailed discussion is presented by Andriy Bychenko and Mykhailo Mischenko, "What Ukrainians Think about Religious Education," National Security & Defense No. 8 (68), 2005, http://razumkov.org.ua/eng/files/category_journal/NSD68-eng.pdf, accessed 11 September 2010.
3. Personal examples and quotes in this article are from notes taken during conversations with Tetiana Sannikova (31 May 2010, 16 March 2011, and 30 March 2011); Vasyl' Zhukovskyy (26 February 2002); Oleksandr Bondarchuk (26-27 February 2002 and 13 September 2010); and Olena Prokhorenko (10 September 2010 and 30 March 2011).
4. Related by A. V. Solomina at a conference on spiritual-moral education held in Odessa, 17-18 March 2011.
5. Ostroh Academy was founded in 1576 by Prince Kostiantyn-Vasyl' Ostroz'kyy as an institution of Orthodox higher learning. In 1581 the famous Old Church Slavonic Ostroh Bible was printed there.
6. For a more detailed description of this early stage, see Vasyl' Zhukovskyy, "Vykladannia predmetu 'Khrystyians'ka etika' u zagal'noosvitnikh shkolakh Rivnenshchyny" in V. I. Makliuchenko et al., eds., Khrystyians'ka etika i pedagogika: Statti ta uroky (Ostroh, 2000), 8-14.
7. http://rus.org.ua/en/index/resources/statistics/ukr2010, accessed 14 September 2010.
8. See endnote 6 for bibliographic information.
9. Available at www.slovochitelyu.org.
Editor's note: The concluding portion of this article will be published in the next issue of the East-West Church and Ministry Report 20 (Winter 2012).
Mary Raber, from St. Louis, Missouri, has spent 16 years in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Presently she is a service worker with Mennonite Mission Network based in Odessa, Ukraine, teaching church history and other subjects at Odessa Seminary, Donetsk Christian University, and other theological schools in Ukraine, Russia, and Armenia


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If the public have little or no understanding of the decisions and institutions that govern our lives and we continue to ignore the warning signs, how long before we can no longer say with honesty that we live in a democracy?
Daniel John is a law student who writes on democracy and society since the 2008 financial crash
In my mind democracy is not so much a system of governance, but rather the result of a system of governance. It appears to me, and many others, that in the past three to four decades the word democracy, despite retaining its dictionary definition, in practice has become something else altogether.
The control of the systems and institutions that have a dramatic effect on all of our lives have been handed over to undemocratic and private institutions, such as the IMF and The World Bank for example; institutions that are something of a mystery to most people.
Since 2007 the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) has published the "Democracy Index". It aims to provide a snapshot of democracy worldwide and as of 2012, according to the index, democracy is at a standstill. The causes of democratic decline put forward by the EIU are probably not that revelatory; the lack of confidence in political institutions exacerbated by sovereign debt crises and political participation decreasing are no real surprise; but from this a depressing picture of sustained decline emerges, with no sign of abatement.
Some may argue about the kind of metrics used to measure an international decline in democracy, and the conclusions one can draw from the EIU's research may vary. I say this to highlight what is sometimes referred to as the 'blind-spot' of objectivity. In a world of so much information, truth and understanding seem to be more elusive than ever.
It probably wouldn't take more than an hour or two to find a study from an equally reputable institution that contradicts the study by the EIU. Anyone who spends their time monitoring the 'digital info-tsunami' that is the internet would probably concede that a fair description of the internet could be that of millions of people hurling 'think-tank report' after 'independent research' after 'sound bite' at each other in comment boxes all over the web, peppered with 'ism's' and conspiracy theory-driven paranoia.
This is probably why most people still rely on traditional media for their information. The reassuring sight of a 'talking head' providing insight and comment from experts, MP's and the public is a much neater and more digestible form of information provision; but this has its own, equally worrying drawbacks.
Despite news coverage being a 24 hour operation, the same stories are repeated throughout the day. You would think, with all the material on the internet, that the conventional news would be able to provide the viewer with a near endless stream of fact-checked, verified stories on a daily basis, instead of the yawningly repetitive 'voxpop' news that makes up the better part of the mainstream news.
Some of the reasons for this gap in news coverage are discussed in the book Flat Earth News, a book by the journalist Nick Davies. According to Davies, a large number of news outlets are now a source of "distortion, falsehood and propaganda". The pressure of deadlines and the cutting back of staff have made it impossible for journalist's to check facts and chase stories of real public interest. The news nowadays comes directly from PR offices and are published almost without question or review, the public's obsession with the sex lives of z-list celebrities is used as an excuse to not cover more important issues – the fear being that if they do not pander to the public's base interests, the readers and the advertising revenue will go elsewhere.
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The Positive Money campaign is one of the many victims of this shift in journalism and news coverage and the vastness of the internet. Irrespective of whether you agree with Positive Money's position or not, it comes as a surprise that a legitimate campaign on a subject that is so relevant to the public interest and at the front of people's mind at the moment, that it receives absolutely no coverage in the mainstream media.
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If society loses the means to question decisions that affect our lives we have reached a dangerous place. If the public have little or no understanding of the decisions and institutions that govern our lives and we continue to ignore the warning signs, how long before we can no longer say with honesty that we live in a democracy?Like this article? Sign up to Left Foot Forward's weekday email for the latest progressive news and comment - and support campaigning journalism by making a donation today.
5 Responses to "Is democracy on the slide?"
Alex Swatton
Agreed, I think the notion of our country being a democracy is dangerously on the slide. 24 rolling news has become so tedious, surely they can broadcast far more content – what is going on?
Policy making has been privatised by this government in return for bribes.
"In my mind democracy is not so much a system of governance, but rather the result of a system of governance. " – That's pretty much the equivalent of saying if you don't like the outcome it's not democracy.
The emergence of UKIP is a resurgence in democracy. Repatriating powers ceded to the EU, wil increase democracy. So a vote for UKIP will also increase democracy.
Lady Luck
That Britain is barely a democracy is hardly news; that this 'democracy' is certainly not representative, even less so. We are governed by a neo-liberal elite who share the same world view as the commodity oligarch gangsters, media moguls and corporate carpetbaggers who pull the strings of the political classes who give their destructive and repressive ideologies a sort of spurious legitimacy. Clegg? Cameron? The New Labour gang? Same product, different packaging. Government exists as a facilitating organisation for the franchising of its own true responsibilities and functions, namely, the provision of services that should benefit the majority of the population. Instead, it is giving them away for fun and profit to the likes of Serco, Capita and Virgin. Your taxes, their tax havens. Contrary to their lies, the state isn't shrinking. It's simply being handed over to these unaccountable corporate entities. This is the corporate state, protected by supine and willing politicians, eager to kiss corporate arse and licking their lips at the thought of those lucrative post-Parliament non-executive directorships. Freedom of information? Taxation? Not for them.
Welcome to 'democracy', 2013 style. Almost looks like the real thing, from a distance. Close up, smells like shit.
Daniel John
I Take your point, but it's not the equivalent. I didn't say that if you don't like the results of an "election" it's not a democracy. A democracy needs many things to function, the vote is just one part – as I sure you would agree, the EU is not exactly a poster child for democracy, but it's representatives are voted for; how many people voted? what do they know of the EU institutions? what media coverage did the elections get in the popular press? these are all key elements of a functioning democracy.
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David Bahati, the MP behind the bill, formally reintroduced the legislation on Tuesday after lawmakers voted last year to automatically pass it over to the new session after failing to debate it.
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Originally tabled in 2009, the bill calls for "serial offender[s]" to face the death penalty, and proposes jail sentences for family members and landlords who fail to report homosexuals to the authorities.
Lawmakers applauded Bahati as the bill - which US President Barack Obama has described as "odious" - was introduced, clapping their hands, thumping the seats in parliament and chanting "our bill."
Parliament spokesperson Helen Kawesa said the bill was re-introduced in its original form, with the death penalty clause still included.
"It is the same as before," Kawesa told AFP.
Draconian penalties
The speaker urged parliament to deal with the bill quickly, but Kawesa could not say when it would be debated as it had to first be discussed by a committee.
"It now has to go to the legal committee... as the parliament is new, so the committee is new and needs to consider it," Kawesa said.
Homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda, but the proposed bill has previously attracted heavy criticism for the draconian penalties it proposed.
It would introduce the death sentence for anyone caught engaging in homosexual acts for the second time, as well as for gay sex where one partner is a minor or has HIV.
It also proposes to criminalise public discussion of homosexuality - including by rights groups - with a sentence of up to seven years in prison.
At an African Union summit last month, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in an unusually outspoken declaration, told African leaders to respect gay rights, a controversial matter in many African states.
Michelle Kagari, Deputy Africa Programme Director at Amnesty International, urged parliament to "reject this bill in its entirety" as it "must not legislate hate".
"If passed, it would represent a grave assault on the human rights of all Ugandans, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity," Kagari said in a statement late on Tuesday.
The bill now must pass the legal affairs committee for public hearings and discussion before debate in parliament can proceed, a process expected potentially to take at least several months.
While it went through this process in the last parliamentary session, the bill must be reconsidered as it is a new parliament with new members of the legal committee.
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