text: Important changes to the Market Abuse Regime Share this 28 JUL 2016 By: Michael McKee Mark Dwyer The Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) replaced the previous EU market abuse regime on 3 July 2016. This will be the first time standardised market abuse rules will apply across all EU countries. Up to now the rules flowed from a Directive which different EU states implemented in different ways (the Market Abuse Directive - MAD). The regime is a civil law and regulatory law regime, ie sanctions under it are civil and regulatory sanctions not criminal law sanctions. It does not, for example, change the UK's Criminal Justice Act insider dealing offences. Some of the key aspects of MAR as distinct from MAD are as follows: Extension of the scope of the legislation The legislation will apply in relation to financial instruments as defined in the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID II) which is a widening of the sorts of instruments covered compared to MAD. It will also apply to instruments traded on a multilateral trading facility (MTF) or an organised trading facility (OTF) – not just on a 'regulated market'. In the case of the OTF concept, however, this is a concept currently found in MIFID II but not in MIFID and as MIFID II will not be implemented until 3 January 2018 MAR will only apply to instruments traded on a regulated market or an MTF from 3 July 2016 with the application to OTFs coming in when MIFID II is implemented. MAR also carries more extensive requirements relating to commodities derivatives and their underlying commodities by applying MAR to spot commodity contracts and to types of financial instruments likely to have an effect on the price or value of a spot commodity contract. This means that unregulated commodities firms are much more at risk of coming within the scope of MAR than they did under MAD in the past – and consequently they should particularly check whether they need to introduce, or upgrade, their systems and controls for market abuse. MAR also extends the market abuse regime to emission allowances and emission allowance market participants who similarly will have to check whether they have adequate systems and controls in place to manage this. Inside information There are some textual changes to the definition of inside information. Notwithstanding this, however, the view the FCA appear to be taking in their recent Policy Statement on MAR implementation in the UK is that implementation is not likely to significantly change how the definition of 'inside information' is interpreted and applied by the FCA in the UK. Insider lists Under MAD, issuers were required to keep insider lists of individuals who held inside information either in relation to specific transactions or in relation to, for example, key accounting/results information in closed periods (or at other key points such as trading announcements). MAR continues this requirement but there is to be a more standardised approach to the information to be included in such lists – with an EU prescribed electronic format. Delaying disclosure of inside information The general policy under MAD was that publication of inside information should not be delayed but there could be delay if: the delay is not likely to mislead the public, and confidentiality of that information can be maintained. In general terms this position continues under MAR but ESMA will publish guidelines covering a range of issues including the circumstances under which it is permissible to delay. The ESMA guidelines are likely to be published in June and are expected to take a more narrow view of the circumstances permitting delay than was typically taken when interpreting MAD up to now. Market soundings MAR will introduce new regulation around assessing possible investor interest when, for example, raising funds – whether debt or equity – where the securities are listed/traded. A person disclosing information for the purposes of market sounding must: assess whether there will be a disclosure of inside information write a note of its conclusion and the reasoning behind its decision inform the recipient of the consequences of possessing inside information (including the duty of confidentiality) and obtain his or her consent to being made an insider make a record of the information given, the identity of the recipient (entity and individual) and the date and time of the disclosure notify the recipient when the information provided ceases to be inside information, and retain the written records for a minimum of five years. This is another area where ESMA guidelines will be published. Buy-backs and stabilisation The existing framework for conducting buy-back programmes of shares by an issuer and stabilisation measures without breaching the prohibitions on insider dealing, unlawful disclosure of inside information and market manipulation is also amended by MAR and will now be contained in Article 5 of MAR. There will continue to be exemptions from these prohibitions for both buy-back programmes and stabilisation. In relation to buy-back programmes for shares, the exemption will apply where: the full details of the programme are disclosed prior to the start of trading trades are reported as being part of the buy-back programme to the competent authority of the trading venue and subsequently disclosed to the public the prescribed limits with regard to price and volume are complied with – ESMA in the draft RTS has indicated that an issuer should not purchase at a price higher than the highest price of the last independent trade and should not purchase more than 25% of the average daily volume of the shares traded over a period of reference, and it is carried out in accordance with the following objectives: to reduce the capital of the issuer to meet obligations under debt obligations exchangeable into equity securities, or to meet obligations under employee or management share schemes and meets the conditions to be set out in the regulatory and technical standards to be published by ESMA. It should be noted that the exemption applies only to buy-backs of shares and ESMA has indicated that it will not extend this safe harbour to other securities. In relation to stabilisation, the definition of stabilisation is almost identical to that which previously applied in the UK but for the purposes of section 137Q of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 MAR will in effect bring in new price stabilising rules. The draft ESMA RTS provides that stabilisation activity for shares will be permitted for up to 30 calendar days from the date of commencement of trading (or allotment in the case of secondary offers) and for bonds will be permitted for a period to end no later than the earlier of (i) 30 calendar days after the date on which the issuer of the instruments received the proceeds of the issue or (ii) 60 days after allotment of the securities. The stabilisation manager will have to be publicly disclosed as will the existence of any overallotment facilities. In practical terms, documentation will need to be updated to reflect the new rules and records will need to be kept to comply with the relevant requirements in the final ESMA RTS once published but legitimate buy-back programmes and stabilisation activity will continue to benefit from a safe harbour. Persons discharging managerial responsibilities The obligations on persons discharging managerial responsibilities (PDMRs) and persons closely associated with them at an issuer of financial instruments is altered in a number of ways. In particular as MAR will apply to a wider range of financial instruments traded on a wider range of platforms there will be more issuers and PDMRs caught than previously. The disclosure obligation will apply to more types of transactions, including (i) transactions executed by a third party under an asset/portfolio mandate on behalf of PDMRs (ii) entering into contracts for differences (iii) subscriptions to a debt instrument issuance. MAR sets out the disclosure obligations of PDMRs for transactions undertaken on their own account relating to the instruments of the issuer to which they are linked. In the UK, for listed companies, PDMR disclosure requirements have, up to now, been set out in the Model Code. The MAR disclosure obligations are not identical to the Model Code requirements but the FCA has, rightly in our view, come to the conclusion that the Model Code is incompatible with the direct effect of the MAR PDMR requirements. Consequently the Model Code is to be withdrawn and will cease to exist after 3 July 2016. Instead the PDMR requirements will apply to all PDMRs equally and there will be no distinction, as there is at the present, between the Model Code obligations of PDMRs of listed issuers and the PDMR obligations of other issuers. <Go back to Global Financial Markets Insight


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Train part manufacturer UGL has confirmed it's cutting about 11 jobs at its Ballarat facility. It comes a day after commercial bakery Goodman Fielder announced it would close its Ballarat base operation, with the loss of 34 jobs.
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In a statement, UGL said the cuts were due to "the present macroeconomic environment in Australia and a softening demand across rail operations".
"Workers impacted by this decision will be assisted by UGL with outplacement services so they have the best chance to secure future employment.
"The company is working hard to secure new orders and looks forward to the ongoing support of its workforce and customers."
The president of the Ballarat Trades and Labour Council Brett Edgington told ABC Local Radio's Steve Martin the announcement is "bitterly disappointing".
He says the cuts could have been prevented if the State Government had brought forward necessary maintenance work on trains.
"As a government, they're in a position where they could make a decision to save jobs in the rail industry or alternatively if they choose not to make those decisions those job losses fall directly on their heads."
Mr Edgington says more cuts could be made if the industry isn't supported, and all governments need to restore business confidence.
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Workinonit wrote:m5farm wrote:Workinonit wrote:When ya have a car for sale, for $500.00, why does it take a buyer, who said "I want it for sure" 4 trips (so far) to come look at it without taking it? One trip, was supposed to be a test drive, but the girlfriend didn't want to try it said the boyfriend should do it. (why didn't he try it the 1st 2 times). I figure 1 more trip, and its still here, I'm going to think that they're casing the joint.
Yep, better be careful. If they are young it maybe their way of saying I want it but I need a few more days to scrape up 500 bucks
I'm wanting to believe its the latter. They are not young kids. They're certainly thirties or more. The vehicle they currently drive isn't theirs, they are kind-of the "hard luck" type. She works cleaning, he's helping a "neighbor" with haying & misc. odds and ends. With any luck they'll be here this evening, try it-buy it-drive it away.
The next hurdle will be the "old" tractor.
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new federal report shows millions of federal stimulus dollars are being spent on energy projects in New Mexico.
The report released by the U.S. Department of Energy shows nearly 100 projects and tax credits totaling nearly $670 million in New Mexico, from environmental cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory to new investments in smart grid and other renewable energy technology.
Part of the funding — $50 million — is going to the state to build a sustainable transportation sector. Officials say the goal is to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and limit pollution.
Funding is also going to a program aimed at making New Mexico homes more energy efficient.
Gov. Bill Richardson says the projects also are creating jobs.
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Rainstorm Kills More than a Thousand Idaho Salmon
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Hundreds of adult chinook salmon needed to create future generations have been killed after rainstorms sent sediment into a fish trap on the South Fork of the Salmon River in central Idaho.
Officials tell the Idaho Statesman that the loss means significantly fewer adult chinook salmon will return to the South Fork Salmon in 2018.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the rain event on Aug. 6 caused sediment to flow into holding ponds and suffocate the fish.
Idaho Fish and Game as well as Nez Perce Tribe workers rushed tanker trunks to the facility to save as many salmon as possible.
Workers saved about 200 fish but about 1,200 died.
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CATIA for Engineers enables Digital Prototyping including Analysis and Simulation for design and validation of function quality and performance at all stages ofthe design.
Mechanical engineering is complex as assemblies are designed to perform a specific task with a specific target performance. Digital prototyping, combined with digital analysis and simulation, allows product development teams to virtually create and analyze a mechanical product in its environment. Mechanical engineers must be equipped with these tools so that they can gain insight into key factors in quality and performance early in the product development phase.
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CATIA Electro-Mechanical Circuit Board Design enables you to design printed circuit boards while taking the overall mechanical design into account. Through the bidirectional interface IDF (Intermediate Data Format) with industry-standard electrical CAD systems, you can retrieve the design of your electronic components to create a complete digital mock-up of a PCB. 3D definition enables you to analyze the design to ensure the PCB fits within its mechanical environment. The interface also enables you to send pertinent information, such as board outlines and keep-out areas of spatial and technological constraints, back to the electrical CAD system.
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Four new dealers will be among the 50 who will offer their treasures at the Oregon Woman's Club's 62nd annual antique show on Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25 at the Blackhawk Center, Oregon.
"We have some new dealers who have never been here before. They're bringing early Americana and some great American art pottery," said show organizer Ron Bry. "I'm very pleased with what that's going to add to our show."
As always, the show will offer a variety — furniture, glass, china, pottery, toys, textiles, jewelry, dolls, silver, and decorator items, all from the 1800s through the 1950s.
Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The $5 admission donation is good for both days.
Bry said he has received numerous calls about the show, both from dealers and those planning to attend.
"I'm hoping for a record turnout," he said.
The show has drawn more than 1,800 visitors.
A snack bar provided by the Oregon Kiwanis Club will offer homemade sandwiches, soups, desserts, and beverages.
Mary Lou's Crystal Repair, Joliet, will be on hand to repair damaged heirlooms "while you wait."
Munda & Associates, Auctioneers & Appraisers, Freeport, will offer appraisals of small treasures for $5 on Sunday, March 30. Bring photos of large items to be appraised.
Written appraisals are also available — discuss the details with Munda & Associates at the show.
The Oregon Woman's Club, a member of the General Federation of Woman's Clubs and a non-profit organization, sponsors the show as its major fund-raising event and uses the proceeds to help fund various community projects and charities.
The club sponsors two scholarships for graduating seniors, donates funds and food to the local food pantry, helps the VFW with holiday food baskets and sends a student to leadership camp each summer.
The Blackhawk Center is located on Jefferson Street on the Oregon school campus.
For more information about the antique show call 815-732-2219 or 815-652-2047.
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Four new dealers will be among the 50 who will offer their treasures at the Oregon Woman's Club's 62nd annual antique show on Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25 at the Blackhawk Center, Oregon.


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Community invited to break the Yom Kippur fast with the Lawrences
All members of the Brandeis community, regardless of background or religious affiliation, are invited to join President Fred and Dr. Kathy Lawrence Wednesday night, Sept. 26, for the breaking of the
Yom Kippur is a day of self-reflection and repentance, typically observed with fasting and prayer, and concluding with a breaking of the fast.
Beginning at 6:30 p.m. under a tent on the Great Lawn at the Shapiro Campus Center, all are invited to share in a meal and community gathering.
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So I was on Linux Action Show and blabbered on incoherently. I thought some clarifications where in order of why I suddenly got angry and upset :)
"Community" why is that more important than "Design"? Because it is design. It is the basis of Open Source Design. One of my favorite distros and desktops (aside from Plasma Desktop) is Crunchbang. It's one of my first pure Linux Loves and will always have a certain place in my heart.Crunchbang got one huge chunk of design right: communication. Design is communication - it is not just "make pretty", its the ability to communicate goals, ideals and ideas to a group. In Open Source the benefit we have is that everyone can be a part - we use it in almost every aspect, from the Kernel up to Widget programming. But we tend to forget Design because design have a myth about it of the "Lone Genius" and that "Design by committee" it's supposed counterpart is somehow "bad for design".
That is absolute garbage. I can't stress this enough. It is the art and communication theory equivalence of Intelligent Design and if you thought I reacted strongly on the Linux Action Show (huffing and puffing as I do), I would like to say that I was holding back because I didn't want to go into a tirade of swearwords.
Crunchbang made perhaps a defined visual setting and idea for almost everything "Back to black" etc, but its main Design is it's community which is one of the most helpful and laid back available in the world in my opinion. Openbox is fiddly to deal with in comparison to many other desktop environments but by being inviting as a community, being supportive and above all being humble to users needs - they bridge that issue without once having to get to the programming. They got (or perhaps by a lucky accident) that Design = Communication and Open Source = Community.
So Gnome does it wrong? No, no - I in hindsight realize I may have slighted the Gnome Designers somehow - really I didn't mean to. Design NOT by committee is easier - they streamlined their process a tad but by having design as a relevant thing they involved more than just a design team. That said I prefer to try to get it even MORE open. Gnome is a brilliant DE, it's well designed, there is a ton of love that has gone into it and it shows - it's just that I favor Plasma by KDE.
(Let me also say that the silly duality and argument "Plasma vs Gnome" is one that I have never bothered with. I think that there should be more unity between the two, but I realize my technical restrictions and leave that to others to talk about - beyond that there is no debate in my mind. I don't have to use Gnome or consider it my favorite to support it)
Further I despise Lone Genius designers. Seriously. If you can't be a mensch while designing or if you can't work with others please don't bother. The classical design-myth (writer myth, artist myth, musician myth) of the lone white, hetero dude who behaves like an ass but is excused because he is such a wonderful designer is one I consider to be one of the things holding Open Source Design back.
I'd rather have one happy amateur who just want's to learn, who want's to cooperate and create cool things with others than ten "lone genius" designers with decades of experience.
This is why the bar for contributing is low but the bar for criticism is high. Criticism doesn't get a free pass in my world it is an actual thing and something that can be "good criticism" or "bad criticism".
(Also I want more female designers! That and more designers who are people of color from Africa, Middle East and Asia! I can write at length on the virtue of a mixed group from different backgrounds - but that can be for another time. Just so you know)
Finally the weird "Users" and "Devs" thing. Yes I may have gotten a stroke I guess but this is another of my pet-peeves. I don't believe in users as the opposite of dev's. I believe in cooperation and co-conspirators. The idea with Open Source isn't just to air the source out to let it dry or something - it's to invite cooperation. Tell everyone "hey look at this, whaddaya think? Want to add something? Go for it!"
I fell in love with Linux and Open Source due to what I see as the reason it cannot be stopped. It transcends the logic of the "customer", "producer" and "salesman" and let us all be a part. Instead of thousands of customers we have thousands and thousands of devs, bug testers, designers and idea makers.
Let's remember that and focus on the most relevant bit of design, that chunk that is often forgotten: community.
Ok so tomorrow it's monday update and I'll focus more on our design goals, the ideas where heading for and I will try to lift the bonnet a tad to explain what we're going for so that everyone can be a part and suggest things... Just haven't figured out how to do that well ... :)


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Dr. Maria Adamowicz-Hariasz, Associate Professor of Modern Languages, received her Ph.D. in Romance Languages from the University of Pennsylvania (1994) and M.A. in French Literature from the Maria Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin, Poland (1982). Before coming to the University of Akron, OH in 1995, Dr. Adamowicz taught at Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Adamowicz specializes in 19th-century French literature and francophone culture and literature. Her research interests also include development of linguistic and intercultural competencies. She has published on French serial novel, Haitian literature and culture as well as on global education and cross-cultural competence in the context of study abroad in the U.S. and in France. She has presented her work at numerous conferences in the U.S. and abroad (Canada, France, Switzerland).
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Did you know there's a whole team behind you that's focused solely on your language-learning success? Over the last year, those of us on the Customer Success team have worked hard to make it easy for you to get to know Rosetta Stone. Our goal is to ensure your language-learning experience is not only effective, but safe and fun!
I invite you to visit Discover Success, our new tab on the Rosetta Stone Facebook page. There, you'll learn more about how we work every day to help you achieve your language-learning goals. You'll meet my colleagues on the Customer Success team:
1. Studio Coaches who are native speakers. We know what you've learned in Rosetta Course, and we help you practice and move toward conversational proficiency after each unit.
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Guess what? A lot of us here at Rosetta Stone are working on learning a new language too, so, trust me, we know what it's like to be in your shoes. I'm learning French, and I have to say I was extremely nervous about my first Rosetta Studio session. But after meeting some of the Studio Coaches and practicing my new language in the Rosetta World community, I was excited and have loved every Rosetta Stone experience since. I believe you will too, and that's why we're here—to help make your language-learning journey fun and successful.
In fact, our entire department focuses on you, and we try to make it easy and convenient to find us—via Facebook, Twitter, online FAQs and video tutorials, chat, phone, and e-mail. We're always looking to enhance our services or introduce new ways to build better relationships to support your success.
This month under Discover Success, our team members will tell about some learners' success stories, and you'll find a special note from me, the senior vice president of Customer Success. In the spotlight, you'll meet Emilie, a Tagalog coach, who shares why she loves language learning. Find us in action all the time through photos of team members who speak with our learners every day!
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My heart sank when I heard Mitt Romney's videotaped comments to a group of wealthy campaign donors. I so wanted to believe that he's a good, kind, spiritual man – even though I disagree with his politics. I think Jesus' heart must have sunk, too, to hear such cold, condemning words from the lips of someone who professes to be a Christian. But apparently Romney prefers to just worship Jesus, rather than follow Him.
I understand. Every Christian knows it's much easier to worship than follow. It's easy to say "God bless America" – it's hard to go into the military and put your life on the line for her. It's easy to write checks to your church – it's hard to extend your generosity to the thousands of people whose jobs you outsourced. It's easy to help out friends and neighbors in times of need – it's hard to be compassionate to the millions of needy people you don't know personally. It's easy to act pious in public – it's hard to really be Christ-like when you're hanging out with your über-rich friends behind closed doors.
What would Jesus say? I'm not a biblical scholar … but I do know that Jesus had a lot to say about the poor, hungry, and needy … and about those who seek power. Jesus tells me that I AM brother's keeper – it is my job to help those who may have lost their way and ended up homeless, hopeless, and poverty-stricken, no matter how they got there. Jesus tells me to judge not, lest I be judged – it is my job to help others, not judge them as "victims" who refuse to take responsibility for their lives. Jesus tells me to love my neighbor as myself – and He doesn't just mean my literal neighbors – He means everyone. Jesus tells me that the meek shall inherit the earth – it is my job to be humble, not arrogant. Jesus tells me that if I seek to lead people, I must serve them. And Jesus cautions me against personal, ego-driven ambition: "What do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your soul?"
Alas, Mitt, the more you talk – in public and in private – the more we see who you really are. Makes me sad. I want to cry when I hear your cold, cruel comments. I think Jesus must be crying, too. Mitt, Mitt, oh Mitt, have you learned nothing from all your years in church?
When I was traveling in North Carolina some years ago, I noticed the marquee in front of a little white church, and its message has stuck with me ever since: "Those who deserve love least, need it the most." So I'm trying to love you, Mitt, I'm really trying … even though you don't seem to love the 47% of Americans who need it the most.
I love you, Mitt, because Jesus tells me to love you as my brother … but I'm praying you never make it to the White House.
On Viet Nam Moratorium Day in 1969, UCLA professor Warren H. Schmidt sat down to his morning writing. What flowed onto paper was a parable he titled "Is It Always Right to Be Right?" In it he examined the divisiveness that was tearing our country apart in the '60s: Counterculture versus Establishment, women's liberation movement, civil rights movement, and of course, the war in Viet Nam. Dr. Schmidt's parable was published on the front page of the Sunday "Opinion" section of The Los Angeles Times on November 9, 1969. It was then adapted into a short film that won an Academy Award in 1971.
Today our country is once again roiling with divisiveness … it seems that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Dr. Schmidt and I have collaborated to edit his timeless classic about the hazards of being right. This Independence Day seems like the perfect time to ask ourselves again: "Is it always right to be right?"
There once was a land where people were always right. They knew they were right and they were proud of it. It was a land where people stated with confidence, "I am right and you are wrong." These were words of conviction, courage, strength, and moral certainty.
No one was ever heard to say: "I might be wrong," "Perhaps I've misjudged," or "Maybe you have a point there." For these were words of weakness, doubt, cowardice, and moral ambiguity
When differences arose between the people of this land, instead of looking for the Truth, they looked for evidence to support their positions.
When differences arose between the states, those in the Red States would say: "We are the ones who've made this land great. Our success is built on hard work, family values, and love of flag and country. We don't understand you people in the Blue States — your ways seem so strange, so un-patriotic."
These Red State people were right, of course, and they were determined to save the land they loved.
But the people in the Blue States would respond: "We look around and see a land where corporate greed is the order of the day. Looking good is more important than being good or doing good. You wrap yourself in the flag to hide your hypocrisy. You are the ones who created this mess we're in today!"
These Blue State people were right, of course, and they were determined to save the land they loved.
And the gaps between the Red States and the Blue States grew wider and deeper.
When differences arose between people of different colors, those of one color would say: "We have worked for many years to create a land of equality for all our citizens and we have come a long way. We even have a black President! Why can't you people stop fighting a battle you have already won and appreciate all we have given you? Ours is truly the Promised Land."
These people were right, of course, and they knew it.
But those of other colors would reply: "The playing field is still not level and we are too often treated as second-class citizens. You vow that you value diversity, but hollow tokenism is all that we see. Your 'Promised Land' is really the Compromised Land! How can we be happy, with so far still to go?"
These people were right, of course, and they knew it.
And the gaps between people of different colors grew wider and deeper.
And so it went in this "Land of Rights." Group after group defined what was right, and took a stand against those who were wrong.
It happened between those who believed the health care system was broken, and those who believed that the health care system was the best in the world.
It happened between those who believed the globe was warming, and those who believed that the climate was just fine.
It happened between those who wanted to liberate the world for democracy, and those who warned that democracy at home was in danger.
It happened between those who believed that money makes the world go around, and those who had to go around with no money.
Everyone was right, of course, and they knew it.
The many gaps grew wider and deeper – until finally one day, all activity ground to a halt. Each group stood firm in their righteousness, glaring with proud eyes at those too blind to see the Truth.
People were frightened and angry. Hysterical demonstrations erupted here and there as people grew more frustrated. Violence was a real concern … and the land grew grim and gray.
Then one day, a strange new sound was heard in the land: "Uh, maybe I was mistaken," someone said softly.
A collective gasp of disbelief was heard in the land. Who could be saying such a crazy thing?
"Perhaps you were right, after all," someone else said quietly.
The people looked around to see who could be uttering such nonsense.
But the two voices persisted … and after a while, some of the people began to listen. They listened with uncertainty at first – but they listened.
And as they listened anew, they began to see anew – seeing fellow human beings where they once had seen only enemies.
Here and there, people joined together to act upon their common interests. With each new joint effort, people's trust in one another grew. They found a new faith in their ability to shape their own destiny … together.
They stated their new beliefs in a "Declaration of Interdependence" …
All people are created equal …
but each develops into a unique individual.
All people are endowed with certain inalienable rights …
but each must assume corresponding responsibilities.
For the happiness of all depends on the commitment of each
to support equality and individuality, rights and responsibilities.
In this land, people had learned how two rights can make a terrible wrong.
They saw how little courage it takes to point the finger of blame … and how much courage it takes to extend the hand of partnership.
And they realized how little wisdom there is in defending a narrow right … and how much wisdom there is in seeking a broader understanding.
Most important of all, the people of this land had learned that the quest for Truth is never over … and the challenge is always the same:
To stop fighting long enough to listen and learn from others who differ;
to try new approaches and build new relationships;
and to keep working at a process that never ends.
BJ Gallagher and Dr. Warren Schmidt are co-authors of the international best-seller, "A Peacock in the Land of Penguins: A Fable About Creativity and Courage" (Berrett-Koehler), now published in 23 languages.
"If you ever publish with another house, you'll be disappointed," literary agent Julie Hill told me. "Berrett-Koehler has spoiled you." We were both at a cocktail party in San Francisco, celebrating the fourth anniversary of Berret-Koehler, a small publisher with a big mission: "Creating a World that Works for All."
Sixteen years later – and after 25 books with a dozen different publishers – I discovered that Julie was right, Berrett-Koehler did "spoil" me. They treated me as a full partner in every step of the publishing process; they gave me an enormous amount of creative control; and they trusted me as an expert on both my content and my target audience. I don't just respect my publisher – I don't just like them – I LOVE THEM. Not many authors will say that about their publisher!
As Berrett-Koehler celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, it seems like a good time to share what I've learned from them … and why they are beloved by their authors, respected by other publishers, popular with book-buyers, and financially successful, even in these tough times. Here are a handful of lessons for publishers, and a few for authors, too:
1. Be up to something in the world. Build your company on a strong foundation of lofty vision, powerful mission, and compelling values. When I first discovered BK they published mostly business books and their mission was to transform the world of work through their books. Wow, who wouldn't want to be a part of that? Most business book authors are do-gooders camouflaged in pin-stripe suits, motivated to help people and the organizations they work for. We preach the gospel of humanistic management; we want to make the workplace a kinder, gentler environment. BK's mission is irresistible to authors like us.
2. Love your people. Almost every company spouts the same stuff about "people are our most important resource" but few actually live what they espouse. BK human resource practices are the kind that most HR types just dream about: job-sharing; working from home; flexible work schedules; excellent benefits; employee ownership through an ESOP; employees collectively decide HR and benefits policies, salary schedules, and company salary increases; transparency instead of secrecy in staff salaries..
3. Love your authors. BK has the most author-friendly contract in the book business, including an "out clause" which states that if for any reason the author is unhappy with the way their book is being handled, they can write a letter to BK asking to terminate their contract. BK then has six months to resolve the author's concerns. If at the end of that time the author is still unhappy, the contract is terminated and all rights revert to the author. This is unheard of in publishing… and it's brilliant. It's a good faith guarantee, reassuring the author that BK will do everything they can to fulfill their commitment to the publishing partnership. Result? In 20 years, with over 500 authors, only one has exercised his out clause.
4. Learn from your authors. One of the best things BK does is take the time to hold an Author Day for each and every author whose work they publish. The author comes to the SF offices of BK and participates in a series of meetings all day long: editorial, marketing and public relations, design and production, special sales, and other key departments with whom the author will be interacting. Plans are made, book covers evaluated, marketing strategy mapped out, and more.
At lunchtime (this is the best part of the Author Day) all 25 people in the company gather in the conference room for lunch that has been ordered in. The author eats quickly and then conducts a one-hour workshop on the subject of their book. This gives everyone in the company an opportunity to get to know the author and to become familiar with the book's content. It's a wonderful way of getting everyone excited about the new book and equipping them to do great job in marketing and selling it. BONUS: It also provides high-quality training to employees and managers alike, since the company is committed to living the values their authors write about.
5. Don't just build a company – build a community. BK goes to great lengths to involve stakeholders in all aspects of the company's operations – soliciting input on book cover designs, book titles and subtitles; inviting subject matter experts to review manuscripts as part of the editing process; asking for feedback on the company's mission, branding, and other issues. BK is owned by 240 of their community members, including employees, authors, customers, suppliers, service providers, and sales partners. Their annual shareholders meeting is a community gathering.
6. Let the inmates run the asylum. BK believes in participative management and the staff practice what their business book authors preach. Editorial decisions are not made by just the editorial board, but by the sales, marketing, design and production folks as well. They all participate in deciding which books to publish and it's done by consensus. This means that sometimes publisher Steve Piersanti gets overruled by his team – even if he loves a project, it gets rejected if others don't agree.
7. Share the risk; share the reward. BK doesn't pay royalty advances to any of their authors, but instead offer higher royalties. This means that the author and the publisher both have a lot of skin in the game, guaranteeing that both will "work their butts off" (that's a publishing term) to make the book successful. BK also offers an escalating royalty split, which means that the higher the sales, the larger percentage the author receives. AUTHORS: The days of big book advances are long gone, unless you're a celebrity or mega-author already. Forget about front-end advances and focus on back-end royalties. If you believe in your book and are willing to promote it, you'll make plenty of money.
8. Give authors lots of creative control. It is a well-known fact of human behavior that the more input a person has into the product they produce, the more invested they are in the success of that product. This is as true for authors as it for factory workers or anyone else. BK gives its authors a lot of say-so about book titles and subtitles, cover design, graphics and illustrations, layout, back cover copy, and marketing plans. One of the biggest mistakes other publishers make is in leaving the author out of the loop… sometimes alienating the author from their own book! BK never makes that mistake.
9. Authors: Be a good team player. When I was working on my first book with BK, Steve Piersanti told me that "most publishers think their authors are a nuisance." Many authors – first-time authors in particular – have big dreams of literary success and expect their publishers to make it all happen. The truth is, your publisher has 50 books to promote in a season, or even 500 books — you have only one.
Instead of asking what your publisher can do for you, ask what you can do for your publisher: "What do you need from me?" "How can I help with marketing and promotion?" "Would you like me to write back cover copy or marketing copy for the catalog?" "How can I help you?" You and your publisher have the same goal – a successful book. Look for ways to contribute instead of complaining.
10. Authors: Collaborate with and support other authors. A number of years ago, several experienced BK authors decided to host a one-day marketing workshop for new authors. Turns out that both experienced and new authors got so much out of it that they committed to making it a yearly event. They also decided to find additional ways to support each other, so they formed the BK Authors Co-op. They host a weekend retreat once a year to network, share marketing tips, give and get feedback on new book ideas, and learn about each others' areas of expertise. They make time for yoga, hiking, meditation, and food for the soul as well as the mind. BK authors do all this on their own – none of it is organized by the publishing house. BK authors feel a huge commitment to their publisher's future and do all they can to contribute BK's success, as well as each author's success.
BJ Gallagher has written four Berrett-Koehler books, including an international best-seller, "A Peacock in the Land of Penguins" (in 23 languages). Her newest is "Being Buddha at Work: 108 Ancient Truths on Change, Stress, Money and Success."
A few months ago, I met a man named Kiley Jon Clark who teaches meditation to the homeless in San Antonio, Texas. My curiosity piqued, I asked him to tell me more about what he calls HMP Street Dharma (HMP = Homeless Meditation Practitioners).
What's the purpose of meditation?
"In Tibetan, the word for meditation means, 'To become familiar.' We are trying to become familiar with ourselves – with how our minds work. It all starts with being here, in the present moment.
"It can be very unsettling when you realize just how frantic your mind really is. Just try it. Stop, sit down, stay in the present moment, and think of nothing but your own breathing. You may find, like Buddhist elders have said, that the mind is like a crazy monkey swinging from thought to thought and from past to future. Our brains do not know how to relax."
But how can the homeless meditate if they are in a critical situation like homelessness?
"Our main aim of working with the homeless is just being with them. It is about common everyday interactions. And those who ask for meditation instruction will gladly get it.
"Like most of us, the homeless have been listening to the same negative thoughts in their heads for years. 'I'm so stupid.' 'I'm such a mess.' 'I can't do this anymore.' 'I wish I were dead.' Everyone has this negative mental chatter going on all the time and we don't even recognize it.
"But once the 'monkey mind' is revealed through meditation – once we start being present with our thoughts as the observer of them – old thought patterns get broken and things begin to change in our lives. This is as true for the homeless as it is for anyone else. Whether or not you have a roof over your head has nothing to do with quieting your mind, getting to know yourself, and being fully awake."
What does your work entail?
"We go to the streets to the chronically homeless and also teach at a facility called 'Haven for Hope.' Working this way provides freedom to just be ourselves and make friends. Interestingly, this is what both Jesus and Buddha did. Although they both held services and preached, they spent the majority of their lives simply being the message of love and compassion. They lived with the poor – both Buddha and Jesus sat with, talked with, listened to, ate with, and shared the suffering and grief of the people."
What's your own personal story? How did you come to be doing this work?
"My story is a long one, way too much to tell here. But the short version is, I was raised in an alcoholic home and became one myself. I've dealt with clinical depression, divorce, death of loved ones, and jail. But, in 2006, I met a Tibetan Lama at the San Antonio Airport, of all places. His name is Lama Tulku Tsori Rinpoche and he runs a monastery for Tibetan refugee children in Mainpat, India.
"Meeting this Lama changed the whole course of my life. He has been my guiding light and inspiration."
If you were going to be a meditation teacher, why teach the homeless? Why not upscale people who want to meditate?
"Neglect is something most children of alcoholics feel, so I think my childhood made me especially sensitive to the loneliness and suffering of others. Among other things, the homeless also suffer from personal neglect – when you have lost everything, it is easy to lose yourself, too.
"As a Buddhist, my life should reflect my beliefs. Most people's lives are usually driven by unfulfilling desires and cravings for money, status, material goods, sensual pleasures – things we think will make us happy, but don't. Instead, why not be completely motivated by compassion, generosity, loving-kindness, and wisdom? Can you think of a better alternative?"
Can non-Buddhists be involved in this outreach?
"If you would like to become a homeless outreach worker, Buddhist or not, feel free to contact us. We will be living, learning, and practicing together. Or, if you'd like to support our work with contributions, we gratefully accept. The need here is enormous, so we welcome your help and support."
What about dangers you might face … any antagonism from the homeless?
"In my experience, there is very little violence among the homeless community. They often have fights among themselves, but rarely, if ever, is that violence directed at people outside their peer group."
Can you give me an example of how meditation has helped a homeless person?
"When we were doing the meditation group inside the emergency shelter, there was a man named Dino. He was reclusive and angry when he first started coming to group. Little by little, he started opening up. He would share a little more about his life and what he was feeling every week in the group.
"After several months of these weekly meditation groups, he was a very different person. Dino told us that he would use these meditation techniques to keep his mind tranquil and calm throughout the long nights at the shelter. He often spoke about his daughter, from whom he was estranged. We gave him a Tonglen practice to help with this. It was a visualization of taking in the negative energy between him and his daughter, and releasing it back as light, love, and healing.
"One day, Dino came up and gave me a big hug. He said that he had called his daughter after years of not speaking to her. They both cried and talked for hours. She sent him a bus ticket, and as far as I know, he is living with her somewhere in Oregon."
It's been fascinating talking with you, Kiley. Any final words you'd like to add?
"The Tibetans have a proverb: 'If you want to be sad, think only of yourself. If you want to be happy, think only of others.' I would add to that my own words: 'Better than a thousand years of bowing to The Buddha is one day lived as a BOW (Buddhist Outreach Worker).'"
If you would like to support HMP Street Dharma, go to www.ytdr.org and make a donation for 'Homeless Meditation.' To contact Kiley Jon Clark directly, email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Politicians will face major voter backlash if they advocate cuts in Social Security benefits or choose deficit reduction over job creation, according to a poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner commissioned by the Campaign for America's Future and Democracy Corps, with support from MoveOn.org; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and the Service Employees International Union.
Memo: "The Big Decisions Ahead on Economic Renewal and Reduced Debt"
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At this difficult moment for the struggling economy and country, voters show an uncommon common sense about the choices ahead. For sure, they are concerned about deficits and what impact that will have on future job creation and key obligations, like Social Security. But they are as intent on learning politicians' plans for investing in new industries and rebuilding the country as they are on learning their plans to reduce the deficit over the next five years. They think they know how we got into this mess – foreign wars and bailouts – and are determined that the highest income earners and big banks finance deficit reduction, not the middle class through Social Security and Medicare cuts or a national a sales tax.
Voters take the long view, seeing the need for both a commitment to a 21st century economy and long-term strategies to reduce the deficit. These are complimentary, not exclusive goals. Progressives need to show they are serious about the deficits, but once they do, voters turn to them, not conservatives, for the right spending priorities and answers.
Voters are united on this key point: Social Security and Medicare are off-limits as a way to reduce the deficit. It is the threat to Social Security that leads many voters to prioritize deficit reductions. Voters instead want to see higher taxes on top income earners and big corporations.
As Social Security celebrates its 75th anniversary this week in the midst of this troubled economy, voters across the political divide want these programs defended.
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- 68 percent said they would oppose making major spending cuts in Social Security and Medicare to reduce the deficit, while 28 percent said they would favor cutting those programs. That included 61 percent of Republicans and 56 percent of independents.
- Strong majorities support progressive solutions for addressing the federal deficit: 63 percent back lifting the Social Security cap on incomes higher than $107,000 a year; 64 percent would favor eliminating tax breaks for corporations that outsource jobs; 62 percent would support a tax on excessive Wall Street bank profits.
- Strong majorities also oppose common conservative proposals for addressing the budget deficit: 65 percent oppose raising the Social Security retirement age to 70; 65 percent oppose replacing Medicare with a private sector voucher; 62 percent oppose a 3 percent federal sales tax; 60 percent oppose raising the Medicare age from 65 to 67.
- More people support a message that embraces the need for both investments in our future and reduce the deficit over time (52 percent) than a message that only stresses cuts in spending (42 percent). Also, almost equal percentages of respondents were favorable toward "a plan to invest in new industries and rebuild the country over the next five years" (60 percent) and "a plan to dramatically reduce the deficit over five years" (61 percent).
- 62 percent of respondents support more federal to states once they understand that the aid comes in the context of states laying off teachers, first responders and other essential workers due to the recession. That includes 55 percent of independents and 48 percent of Republicans.
- 60 percent of those surveyed responded positively to an economic message that said that "we have a budget deficit, but … we also have a massive public investment deficit" that requires us to "rebuild the infrastructure that is vital to our economy" and to the economic growth that will "generate revenues to help pay down the budget deficit." This message tests better than any other progressive message on investment as well as more conservative messages focused on spending cuts.
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Guia(s) de Viagens (http://www.guiasdeviagens.com)
We are a portuguese start-up company that launch recently Guia(s) de Viagens.
It's a website that has travel stories from several places from Portugal, has daily news related to tourism and a digital magazine with tips and tricks about using the Web to have a better travel experience.
The banner should encourage the users to share their travel stories.
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- All kind of people that are enthusiastic about travel and about Portugal;
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1. The most straightforward case
I tried out for a teaching gig at a riding school near where I grew up. The place was rundown and their safety standards were not up to mine: I had to insist on the students wearing helmets, and I had to double-check that everyones' girths were correctly buckled, and there were complaints when I didn't let the rank beginners gallop their horses around. Despite my best efforts, the horses flared their nostrils and pranced and boasted to one another. It's what horses do.
All through our lesson, helicopters hovered over the bush nearby; and the trail ride that had gone out failed and failed and failed to come back.
It transpired that they had taken out a woman who had no English and no helmet, and her horse had bolted with her and she had fallen on her head, and the helicopter was her airlift out.
I thanked them and told them that I was no longer interested in the job. I heard, later, that she had lived, albeit with traumatic brain injury.
2. Ambiguity
Straightforward cases are rhinoceroses. They're not quite unicorns, in that they do exist. They are just very rare.
The Sydney Anglican Church has a generous helping of Omelas. At its summer camps, bright-towered by the sea, the sunlight sparkles in the rigging of boats. Sandstone churches nestle in moss-grown gardens. At least when I was growing up, there was altogether too much shimmering tambourine. Glebe – an inner-city suburb that belongs to the church, an old word meaning the clergyman's benefice and income – is nothing if not great parks and houses with red roofs and painted walls.
The parish to which I belonged had more Omelas in it than most. There was a room with a locked door, and in that room was a child. It was not defective and it was not dirty, but it was abused.
It would be satisfying to say that I walked away from the church because of the child. Satisfying, but untrue. I walked away – stumbled away, rather – because I was lied to, and it broke me. It wasn't until a few years later that I found out about the child, and understood what had happened to it as of a piece with the rest of the lies.
What is true is that I can no longer remember my childhood's sparkling boats or the old people in their robes or the music without thinking, with fury and anguish, of that child in the locked room.
Intermission: A song for Le Guin
You were the tattered paperback on my sister's bookshelf; you were my endlessly overdue library books; you did a reading at a bookstore in the Haight the week of the September 11 attacks. Do you remember? I was the young woman in the back quietly weeping. Well, I was one of them. You taught me the true name of the shadow, and what dragons are. You taught me how to revisit my old stories and rewrite them. You showed me what I wanted to be: a mind always reaching out, reaching out to be whole. You are my Great Bear and my Master Doorkeeper. I love you.
3. A disorderly retreat
Not surprisingly, then, one of my abortive PhD proposals was on feminist scifi, and perhaps in one of my alternate-universe lives I hold the Ursula K. Le Guin Chair in Postcolonialist Speculative Fiction (is this a real thing? Because it bloody well ought to be.) In this life I have a master's degree and am a professor of nothing, because even in 1994 when I graduated, no matter how many times I ran the numbers, I could not find a way to stay in the academy and indulge an expensive passion for equestrian sport.
More frighteningly, very few of the scenarios I ran included the ability to keep much of a roof over my own head. When I looked around at my peers and the cohort ahead of me in graduate school, their lives and prospects could best be described with words like "monastic" and "austere." Twenty years later, when I look at the academic careers of young people with qualifications like mine, I come up with words like "predicament," "soul-destroying" and "ongoing scandal."
Once again, I wish I had left the academy because I was taking a principled stand against the exploitation of grad student labour. In fact, I grabbed whatever I could carry and fled.
Epilogue: Living and working in Omelas
Whether you walk, stumble or flee from Omelas, it turns out the worlds beyond the city have something in common: locked rooms in which children are being held prisoner. I live in San Francisco now, and on our good days my friends and I might qualify as mature, intelligent, passionate adults whose lives are not wretched. (On our bad days all bets are off.) With one voice, the authorities in our lives insist that the price of our happiness includes torture, drones, and the highest documented incarceration rate in the world. I don't know whether this is true, but I know that I am complicit in these atrocities.
And then there's White feminism and its history of racism (and its histories of ableism and classism and transphobia and and and.) I'm a feminist to my bone marrow, but I'll be damned if I'll obtain my own liberation at the expense of anyone else.
I used to think the answer to the challenge of "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" would be for the walkers to join forces, fly back to the city with helicopter gunships and free the child by any means necessary. Now I think the best we can do is practise vigilance. To watch out for people who might be locking children in rooms. And to refrain from locking children in rooms ourselves.
Have you walked away? What's it like where you are?


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April 3, 2007
Over 150 students gathered in Salter Hall Monday night to hear Michael Leahy, self-proclaimed recovering sex addict give a presentation entitled, "Porn Nation: Living in a Hypersexual Culture".
Mr. Leahy's 90 minute presentation covered the influx of sex in our culture and the effect it has had on us all, but especially the current generation of college undergraduates. Leahy identified two of the most common ways people dismiss the effects of pornography: the idea that no one gets hurt and that we have the freedom to choose to be exposed to the material. Leahy declared his lecture would hopefully dispel those myths.
The first few minutes of Leahy's lecture were spent reciting a listing of startling facts about the porn industry. As he put it at the start, "I want to be open, honest and transparent with you tonight." The world-wide porn market rakes in an estimated $57 billion a year, with a significant portion of that money being generated by the United States. In fact, Leahy shared with the crowd, there are roughly twice as many adult shops in the US than McDonald's restaurants. The internet has become a huge outlet for growth in the pornography industry attracting nearly 40 million customers at over 4.2 million websites.
But the lecture wasn't all about citing facts. Leahy gave a personal testimonial about the damage a porn addiction had on his own life. The youngest of five children, Leahy moved around a lot and eventually settled in Spokane, Washington for the majority of his childhood. It was as he hit puberty that he began to be interested in pornography and his addiction began. But he cited an earlier episode, in which he was shown a naked woman on a playing card, as his first experience with the power that sexual imagery can produce.
He then narrated his collegiate and post-graduate life which he described as being completely devoid of any real intimacy. Instead, said Leahy, he had bought into the culture of sex's myth that "real men are sexual conquerors and that woman are merely sexual objects." But he had thought all of it was over when he married Patti Gail, the woman who he said he fell in love with "in one of those love at first sight moments."
They had a good marriage of 15 years with several children when Michael's desires began to overcome him. He related how he began to rely more and more on himself for fulfillment and the sexual intimacy between himself and his wife took a violent nosedive. In fact, his life was in a real tailspin and in 1997 he began an affair with a woman. In fact, after his marriage crumbled a year later, he learned that this woman was having affairs with at least five other married men at the same time.
With a sad laugh, Leahy said that at that point he realized "that I had gotten everything I asked for." He had found a woman who embodied all of his sexual fantasies, but at the cost of his marriage. As the marriage began to dissolve, his wife even became suicidal, having blamed herself for failing to be a good wife. But as Leahy openly admitted, "I was an affair waiting to happen." Indeed, "the seeds were sown long before that" when he began to rely on focus on his own sexual gratification at the expense of the other aspects of his life.
Interspersed between Leahy's lecture were video clips from a number of psychologists, counselors, recovering sex addicts, and a former prostitute. There was even a testimonial from a former Playboy playmate. Each addressed the issue of sexual addiction in different ways, but were almost unanimous in their description using words like "high" and "buzz". In fact, throughout the night, sexual addiction was compared to the experience of a junky attempting to get a fix from some narcotic.
The testimonials provided sage advice for those who are in similar situations. As a former sex addict stated, "What you do currently will affect your ability to have intimacy in the future." This sentiment was echoed by many throughout the video clips. The sexual liberation which has been proclaimed so proudly by many in our culture has had many serious deleterious results. Indeed, the incidence of on-campus rapes has not declined and roughly one in four college females are reported to be suffering from some sort of eating disorder.
Towards the end of the lecture, Leahy offered up a four minute intermission and invited people to stick with him but that the rest of the lecture would be more grounded in a spiritual message and that those that wanted to leave could do so. He then launched into a series of video clips and personal testimony which presented the idea that the best way out of this sex addiction was through Christ.
The lecture was hosted by the Wabash Christian Men, the Newman Center, the Religion Department and the Gender Issues Committee.
There were mixed reactions in the crowd. Brian Deyo, President of the Wabash Christian Men was pleased with how the event turned out. "Wabash Christian Men brought Michael Leahy to campus to help address what we see as a serious issue in our lives as students, and present the idea that Jesus Christ is the only way to find true pleasure and intimacy in life."
Others had slightly different views. Zafer Ahmed '08 said, "I didn't quite buy Leahy's contention of a "Sex Syndrome." I agree and accept his points about the hypersexualization of American society (and the subsequent influence porn has had on it), but I saw "Porn Nation" as Leahy's justification for having an extramarital affair." For Zafer and others, there was not enough focus on personal responsibility and too much emphasis on the effect pornography had on people.
Mike Karam, president of the Newman Center was particularly pleased to have the opportunity to co-sponsor this event. "We were pleased that the WCM approached us with this opportunity. It was special for us to have this opportunity to show our Christian solidarity across Protestant/Catholic lines."
"Everyone understands the potential for disease, however, the Newman Club's concern – like the concern of the Church – are the emotional and spiritual dangers of pornography and unchaste behavior period. Leahy's talk was an exciting opportunity for us to bring someone in who could level with our secular culture on its own terms-- speaking from personal experience, with physical examples of the destructiveness of pornography-- and to help to make it aware of the objective reality of the grave dangers of unchaste behavior."