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The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the Prophets: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You." "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord ; Make His paths straight.' " John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. And he preached, saying, "There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. Then a voice came from heaven, "You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness. And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him. Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel." And as He walked by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men." They immediately left their nets and followed Him. When He had gone a little farther from there, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending their nets. And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.
Mark 1:1-20 NKJV
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Paul Share His Testimony
Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You are permitted to speak for yourself." So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself: "I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently. "My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know. They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers. To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead? "Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities. "While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.' So I said, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.' Acts 26:1-18 NKJV
Paul Shares His Testimony
"Brethren and fathers, hear my defense before you now." And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept all the more silent. Then he said: "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers' law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today. I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women, as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring in chains even those who were there to Jerusalem to be punished. "Now it happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me. And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?' So I answered, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.' "And those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of Him who spoke to me. So I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Arise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.' And since I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus. "Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good testimony with all the Jews who dwelt there, came to me; and he stood and said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight.' And at that same hour I looked up at him. Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has chosen you that you should know His will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of His mouth. For you will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard. And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.' "Now it happened, when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance and saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, for they will not receive your testimony concerning Me.' So I said, 'Lord, they know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believe on You. And when the blood of Your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by consenting to his death, and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.' Then He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.' " And they listened to him until this word, and then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he is not fit to live!" Then, as they cried out and tore off their clothes and threw dust into the air, the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and said that he should be examined under scourging, so that he might know why they shouted so against him. And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?" When the centurion heard that, he went and told the commander, saying, "Take care what you do, for this man is a Roman." Then the commander came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" He said, "Yes." The commander answered, "With a large sum I obtained this citizenship." And Paul said, "But I was born a citizen. " Then immediately those who were about to examine him withdrew from him; and the commander was also afraid after he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. Acts 22:1-29 NKJV
The Gentiles Receive the Holy Spirit
Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ— He is Lord of all— that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree. Him God raised up on the third day, and showed Him openly, not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before by God, even to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead. And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead. To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins." While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God. Then Peter answered, "Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? " And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days. Acts 10:34-48 NKJV
The Face of an Angel
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen. And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke. Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God." And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. They also set up false witnesses who said, "This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us." And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel. Acts 6:8-15 NKJV
The Boldness of John and Peter
Now as they spoke to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, being greatly disturbed that they taught the people and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand. And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes, as well as Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, "By what power or by what name have you done this?" Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. This is the 'stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.' Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. Acts 4:1-14 NKJV
A Lame Man Healed Through Peter
Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, "Look at us." So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God. Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon's, greatly amazed. So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: "Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. "Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. For Moses truly said to the fathers, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. Acts 3:1-22 NKJV


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Twenty years ago the Olympic Summer Games were held in Seoul. I was in fourth grade at the time, but I remember watching Greg Louganis hit his head on the diving board during one of the diving events. When my dad came home from work, I remember telling him all about it. It's odd that of all the things I could remember from 1988, this is one of the memories that I can clearly still recall.
But that was 1988 and my love for watching the Summer Olympics had just begun. The 1992 Games in Barcelona was when I really got into the Olympics. I remember having a miniature basketball hoop in my downstairs basement and shooting around during commercials in between NBC broadcasting the events from Barcelona. The USA basketball dream team was established and easily won gold that year. The games were orchestrated beautifully and in many ways put Barcelona on the map as a global city.
The 1996 Atlanta Games were exciting, although in retrospect I should have tried to attend, given that it could be awhile before the games come back to the United States (Go Chicago for 2016!). Other than the Centennial Olympic Park bomb, the Atlanta games were pulled off successfully and paved the way in technology, security and athleticism for successive summer games.
The 2000 Sydney Games were special to me. The events started literally weeks after I returned from Japan, where I had lived for a few years. The university I was attending at the time was filled with international students, including many from Australia, and I enjoyed watching the various events in an international setting with students who cared passionately about countries other than the U.S. This was also the first Olympic Games where Internet coverage of the events was widespread and easily accessible. The Internet had come along way between 1996 and 2000.
During the 2004 Athens Games I was in New York and had just taken a summer job for the interim period between moving to New York and starting law school. After unsuccessfully looking for something that catered more to my interests, I finally decided that I just needed a job and found a position on Craigslist working at the Empire State Building. I did some English and Japanese sales in the basement and on the 80th floor of the building to tourists that had come to visit the Observation Deck on the 86th floor. It was not a great job and I planned to be there for only seven weeks prior to starting law school. The Opening Ceremonies were to start on Friday August 13, 2004 and I was looking forward to watching them, but would have missed some the Ceremonies due to my work schedule and the commute home. So that Thursday night, the night before the Ceremonies, I walked out. I left my work t-shirt and a note on my supervisor's desk and left that job. That Friday night my wife and I enjoyed the Opening Ceremonies. Needless to say, that short-lived position at the ESB has never made it on to any resumes or references lists I've created. And I haven't been on the Observation Deck since.
Now, four years later, I sit at my job on the night before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Ceremonies. I will be watching the Ceremonies tomorrow night and will be a captive spectator throughout this entire Olympics. I am just happy that I get to do so without having to walk away from my job.


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It's been a while…
I think I may try to post on here more regularly this semester.
In the meantime, here's a few random snapshots from the fall.
In other news, it's about time for me to upgrade ye olde camera equipment, so if you're interested in paying me to take photos or shine your shoes or something, drop me a note!
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For Win8 Classic Shell Beats Start8, Hands-Down!31 Aug 2012
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Earlier this week, I blogged about how Samsung is restoring a Start menu capability to its Windows 8 PCs. I also mentioned (and implicitly recommended) the Start8 startup replacement that returns ...
Quick: visit http://www.isjavaexploitable.com/ on any PC close at hand. There are a number of Java exploits rampant in the wild at the moment, so you'll want to see a resulting screen that looks ...
Preston Gralla writes a great blog for Computerworld entitled "Seeing through Windows." That title can, of course, be interpreted in more than one way -- and so very often can his blogs -- and ...
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Our home is full e-minders, smart phones, tablets, and computers. But our refrigerator is the place many reminders get put. It is also the where all our seasonal remembrances go. They are not like the e-minders, they are far more important. The cards etc. remind us of those we have long relationships with, even though we do not see them, or may be even communicate with them often. They are no less important in our lives. In some ways the front of our frig is a bit like scripture, in that one of the things scripture does is to remind us of who we are in relationship with, God in Jesus Christ, and the long history of that relationship. Those historical remembrances are important.
Today is the feast day for St. Stephen. Personally I think he drew the short straw, what chance is there for a regular remembrance of his feast day, the day after Christmas; but no matter, it is when it is, and that not why I am drawn to his remembrance today. We all know Stephen's story from Acts. As a result of the stresses of tremendous growth of the primitive church, the Disciples decided to delegate responsibility for distributing alms to seven worthy men. Stephen was selected, and was perhaps the first, to be what we now call Deacons. The next piece of the story is the results of Stephen's grace and power. It seems some in the synagogue were jealous of his abilities as well as his good standing, spirit and wisdom, so they effectively plot to put him to death. We know they succeed. But that's not what got my attention.
That is just how much Stephen's behavior follows Jeremiah's in his conflict with Jehoikim's court. They get offended when he passes on to them the word that God will make this house like Shiloh… which was destroyed by the Philistines long ago. Not only do they take offense, they pronounce that You shall die! Surrounded by angry dangerous people, Jeremiah does not defend himself, or try to argue the position. He simply says God said this. And for me, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you. And again mentions that the words are God's. Stephen acts the same way. He answers the high priest's questions straight up. When the crowd get enraged, he doesn't back down, or mitigate his words, he stands in the truth of God in Jesus Christ. And when he is being killed, he does not curse them, he ask Jesus to receive his spirit and to forgive those killing him.
What is so poignant is that both Jeremiah and Stephen trust what Paul will refer to as promises not seen. Even though they cannot see it, that there is not physical proof for it, both trust God, both have faith in God.
We are better off for the trust both Jeremiah and Stephen showed. I'd bet Stephen remembered Jeremiah's story, and that it inspired him. I know we will be better off if we remember their stories, and allow those remembrances to inspire our lives, our trust in God in Jesus.


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Beyond Concurrent Disorders: The power of faith
By Donna Alexander, Social Worker in CAMH's Substance Abuse Program for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth (SAPACCY)
"How do you continue to do this job?"
This is a question that people often ask when they find out what I do for a living. This is not because my job poses any sort of immediate danger or risk, but rather, due to the amount of stress it can place on a person. For the past ten years I have been working in an ethno-specific service with Black youth that are concurrently disordered.
The clients I work with are vulnerable on so many levels, with multiple layers of oppression. While mental illness and substance abuse are what bring them to us, these are often just minor barriers in their development. These youth have endured so many traumatic experiences. Some are still recovering from the physical and mental effects of gang and gun violence. They have experienced loss and death at a scale that 13-24 year olds should never have to experience. Others do not receive the services they need until it is too late and they are significantly over represented in Forensics Services. Many continue to deal with poverty, hunger, inadequate housing, and a variety of other social issues.
Working with these youth really drives home the importance of addressing the social determinants of health – a place to call home, food to eat, proper education, safety and security, social support – before we can even consider tackling their mental illness and substance use issues. Yet this doesn't even account for other factors: the intense anxiety some youth experience when they are singled out for being young and black and just happen to be larger in size than others their age; the immense stigma that those coming from a culture where having a mental illness is considered taboo have to contend with; or even the intense fear and misunderstanding when someone is brought to a mental health hospital where people are treated for complex mental illness and psychosis. I always have to remind myself that these are still kids I am dealing with, after all.
So how do I deal with it? How do I continue to do my job? Especially when I look at my life and I am reminded of all of the things I take for granted.
I tell myself that my role is to believe, at a time when our clients are not able to, that they will get better. It hurts to meet youth at some of their lowest points but I feel very privileged when I see them turning it all around. I believe that who they are at that point in time does not define who or what they can be, or what they can achieve.
Providing assessment and a treatment plan for their mental illness and/or substance use issues is often not enough. Meeting them in the community, working with our partners in the effort to meet other crucial needs is also very important. What kind of needs, you ask? For some, it can mean facilitating a meeting with a mentor in the community. For others, having a responsible adult to be on hand to speak to their case workers, teachers, police and social services, or the courts to help advocate, explain and advise is crucial. Beyond this, for some of our clients a crucial component of care can be very simple – explaining to the youth simple concepts that would be considered common sense, because they never had the role models to show them the ropes.
You won't believe the number of times I have contact with clients that were lost, hanging with the wrong crowd, addicted, and seemingly broken. Yet when I see them years later, they will come up to me, saying "Miss, I never believed I'd stop using, drinking, smoking… but I did!" Or the clients who we have served that are now teachers, have MBAs, or are striving to become social workers themselves so that they can help people who were just like them. I cannot t help but ask myself, "Is this the same kid?"
It is a wonderful feeling.
I am an eternal optimist so I always have faith that it eventually does work out… and I am sometimes pleasantly surprised when the outcome is even better than I imagine. This is what propels me and fuels me to continue to do my job.
So how do I continue to do my job?
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The Hutchinson Community College men's basketball team rebounded for a sub-par performance in an overtime win last Saturday to dominate NOC-Enid for the second time this month.
The No. 9 Blue Dragons reached 100 points for the fifth time this season to defeat the Jets 105-69 on Tuesday in the first home games for Hutchinson since November 3.
Hutchinson improves to 8-0 and finishes a season sweep of NOC-Enid, defeating the Jets 109-68 on November 6 in Enid. The Dragons outscored the Jets 214-137 in those two games this season. The Jets fall to 1-7.
The Blue Dragons took care of business early in building a 29-9 lead after a James Rojas dunk with 10:39 to play in the first half. Hutch shot 50 percent (21 of 42) and held NOC-End to 28.2 percent (11 of 39) in the first 20 minutes and led 51-29 by halftime.
The Dragons doubled up the Jets on the boards, outrebounding the Jets 62-30 with 21 offensive boards. The 62 rebounds are a season high and are the third-most in modern-day Blue Dragon single-game history.
The Dragons limited NOC-Enid to 32.9 percent overall shooting (25 of 76), hitting 9 of 37 from 3-point range and 10 of 13 from the foul line. The Jets had 13 turnovers.
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Malique Jacobs and D.J. Mitchell came off the bench to lead a huge 57-23 Hutch advantage off the bench. Jacobs scored 18 points on 8 of 11 shooting with three assists and two steals in 23 minutes. Mitchell had 17 points and six rebounds.
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Saquan Singleton finished with six points, but had nine rebounds and six assists.
Hutchinson hit 40 of 82 total shots (48.8 percent), hitting 5 of 16 from 3-point range and 20 of 24 from the free-throw line. The Dragons had 24 assists to 12 turnovers. The Blue Dragons outscored NOC-Enid 62-29 in points in the paint and 27-10 in second-chance points.
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Excerpts of interview with Comrade Elangovan, Working President of Dakshin Railway Employee's union (DREU)
As a newspaper and organisation that is partisan to the workers and toilers, we have been asking the leaders of the working people as to how the toilers of India view the reforms that were started 20 years ago. Whether the working class and people have benefitted from these reforms or have suffered? In the 16-31 October issue, we had begun this series with an interview of the General Secretary of the Communist Ghadar Party of India, Comrade Lal Singh. In the November 1-15 issue, we had published the interviews with the leaders of the unions of the banking and port sectors and of the loco pilots. In the November 16-30 issue, we published interviews with Insurance, Central and Western Railway Motormen's Association, Postal Employees and a Trade Union leader of Thane District. In the December 1-15 issue, we published the interviews of leaders of the workers in some other sectors of the economy. In the previous issue, we carried an interview with a leader of the rail transport sector. In this issue, we bring you an interview with yet another leader of railway workers.
MEL: please tell us about your union.
Elangovan: The Dakshin Railway Employees union (DREU) is a union of Group C/Class 3 and Group D/ Class 4 workers. In Southern Railway, there are around 98,000 workers in these categories. The DREU has about 40.000 members.
MEL: Who has benefitted from the privatization, liberalization program?
Elangovan: Big capitalists have benefitted. In 2004, when UPA-1 came to power, the assets of the top ten capitalists accounted for Rs. 2.34 lakh crore. In 2009 the same has become Rs. 10 lakh crore. In the same period, the percentage of landless peasantry has increased from 28 to 35. Around two lakh peasants have committed suicide because of the debt burden.
Poverty has increased. Job losses have increased. Traditional jobs like tailoring, gold smithing, milk processing, and rubber have been destroyed. Government figures shows around 9.4% unemployment. Around one crore people have lost their jobs in India in this period.
MEL: What has led to worsening of the situation for the workers and the common people?
Elangovan: The government has opened up the entire economy to be controlled by private hands. Privatisation, cutback on subsidies for the workers and peasants, and massive increase in prices of essential commodities has impacted the working masses greatly.
India's economy has changed to import-export trade based. The impact of this course on the workers and peasants has been very bad. People cannot buy essential goods, which have become beyond their reach. China stopped importing iron ore and hence steel demand stopped. In Bellary district alone, around two lakh people lost jobs. Railways got affected because of this as around 17% of rail income from goods is from transporting iron ore. Diamond industry in Gujarat was affected and workers lost jobs because the demand for diamonds from abroad fell.
Rs. 2,81,000 crore has been given to capitalists as subsidies. The revenue foregone by the government from these capitalists is as follows:
2008-09 – Rs. 4,40,000 crore
2009-10 – Rs. 5,00,000 crore
2010-11 - Rs. 5,40,000 crore
MEL: How have the Railways been affected?
Elangovan: In 1990-91, there were 16.4 lakh workers employed by Railways. Today this number has fallen to 12.32 lakhs.
The Railway Ministry under Mamta Banerjee produced a white paper for the Railways called Vision 2020. According to this paper, Rs 14 lakh crore is required as investment in Indian Railways. From 1950 till 2007, the rail lines have only increased 15%! The wagon ton load has increased twelve-fold in this period while wagon capacity has only increased three-fold. Passenger traffic has increased eleven-fold, while the number of coaches have only increased three fold. The engine capacity has increased just three times. Indian Railways have not been able to increase the capacity/supply to meet the growing demand. Rail development has not been based on need. Government does not invest in the Railways. In the Seventh 5-year plan, budgetary allocation for Railways was 7.6%. In the Tenth 5-year plan, this had fallen to 4%.
MEL: How is the government addressing these issues?
Elangovan: The Railway Ministry is saying is that we need more investment, but we have no money. Hence with the same wagons, coaches, engines, rail lines and workers, utilization has to be increased multiple times. This has been termed as "optimum utilization". In all their railway documents, it has been described as "squeezing maximum from the minimum", "more from less". The effect of this was an increase in accidents.
As per the "optimum utilization" policy, guards at railway gates have to work for 12 hours. Based on the policy of "doing more with less", they do not fill the vacancies. There are 254,000 vacancies. In 2008, there were 84,000 vacancies in the safety area alone, around 20000 drivers and so on. The work load on the existing workers has increased. A TT is dealing with 4-5 coaches. Drivers and station masters spend more time in their work. Even now, they are doing 12-14 hours of work. In 1919, ILO made the 8-hour work rule, but even today after 92 years, they are violating the basic fundamental right of workers in Railways. This is the cause of accidents.
They have cutback on cleaning and servicing of engines, wagons and coaches. They have declared that trains will be serviced only after they run for 3500 km. Wagons used to be serviced once a year; now they are serviced only once in 18 months. All these are leading to accidents like derailment.
The load limit on wagons was 50 tons. Now it has been increased to 60 tons. Railway lines are affected, as well as the speed of trains. Wagon turnaround time has been reduced to increase the usage of wagons. With all these changes, they have cutback on introduction of 250 new engines. The drivers rest has been cut, their workload has been increased.
In Indian Railways, there are around 17,000 unmanned level crossing gates. In Southern Railway alone there are around 1156 gates which are unmanned. Lot of people die in accidents in level crossings. 90 percent of deaths in level crossings are in those which are not manned. Already there is a shortage of 5000 persons to man the current gates. There is a shortage of trackmen who inspect the tracks. In Tamilnadu there are 5000 vacancies for trackman. The Railways Ministry's vision document made declarations of manning the unmammed gates, but nothing has been done.
There are only two Coach factories in the country. In 2006, it was proposed to establish another coach factory in Rai Bairelli, Sonia Gandhi's constituency. The estimated cost was Rs 1650 crores. They gave an international tender. Nobody has responded to this tender. Government has put in only up to 100 crores. Till today, the coach factory has not come up.
There is only one factory each producing wagons, engines, diesel engines, and electric engines. Lalu Prasad proposed an electric engine factory in a place called Marona in Bihar. The Railway Ministry proposed a Public Private Partnership (PPP). Not even one private party was prepared to invest. There is no factory.
The capitalists are not coming forward because gestation period to realize returns is too high. Capitalists want immediate returns. It is the government which has to invest to develop the Railways.
MEL: Can you tell us about outsourcing and contract labour in Railways?
Elangovan: From 2002, they changed the regulations. Railway line maintenance is given on contract. Coach maintenance, feeding water for coaches in stations, have been given to private companies on contract.
Even production has been handed over to private companies in many cases. For the Duronto train the contract says that for 5 years, there is no need to do any full service. But in two years, the side bearer, which bears the bogies' (4 wheel unit) pivot has cracked. This side bearer was manufactured earlier by Railways, in their factories. Now that is outsourced. During manufacture, this used to be cooled naturally. But in the outsourced factory, this is being manufactured by water cooling. Due to this, it is unable to take impact and has cracked. The contractor will only give inferior quality and faulty products to maximize profits. In many instances, the work given on contract has been left unfinished. It is being taken up again by Railways. Contracting is a menace in Indian Railways. It has resulted in increase in accidents.
There are around 7.5 lakh contract workers in Indian Railways. 20 years back, there were 50,000 contract workers. In Erode electric loco shed, a lot of work is being done by contract workers. The salary of contract workers is very poor. The toilet cleaners in Chennai central station get only Rs 90 a day. They are entitled to get 251 rupees as per the Minimum Wages Act. Railways gives Rs 251 to the contractor which of course does not reach the workers. These workers are not even given an identity card.
Contract workers have no rights. If they get hurt, they have to spend for their treatment from their pocket. We have organized a contract workers union for them and are fighting for their rights. When you contract work out to labour contractors, product quality is inferior, work conditions are bad, work load is high, salary is meager. Railway line contract workers are not given any safety tools or protective uniform. Lot of workers have died, hit by the trains. They do not get any compensation. We are fighting to get compensation for the workers.
MEL: What is the situation regarding health care of railway employees?
Elangovan: The Rakesh Mohan committee recommended that the Railways health department should be privatized. They also asked for the painting work of the Railways and cleaning of railway colonies to be privatized. Because we have fought over it, they have not been able to privatise the medical facilities for the railway employees. Instead what they have done is to introduce lot of contracting. Many doctors are appointed on contract. The contracted doctors are not serving on a long-term basis. They go away when they get better offers; this causes discontinuity of good doctor care to the railway employees. Earlier, railway hospitals would perform the medical tests with their own facilities. But now, they have given it to private enterprises on an outsourced basis. This has caused deterioration of the services. Employees have to run around between the hospital and various other services located elsewhere. The costs are high and the qualities of services are low. Medicines are not available in sufficient quantity. Medical staff are lacking the necessary equipment. Thus, there are a lot of such shortcomings because they are privatizing and introducing contract mechanism wherever it is possible, even in the area of medical care of railway employees.
Adequate budget is not allocated to maintain and develop Staff quarters. Budget allocation to maintain staff quarters three years back was Rs 20 crores, two years back it was Rs 18 crore, last year it was Rs 15 crore and this year it is 12 crore. As prices increase, should budgets be increased or reduced? Many quarters are having to be condemned due to lack of maintenance. The percentage of staff having quarters has reduced to 28%. No whitewashing has been done or proper tar roads or fencing protection given.
On the other hand, the CAG has reported that the productivity of a railway staff increased 1.5 times between 2005-06 and 2008-09. This has been achieved through intensified exploitation of the workers.
MEL: What is the impact on users of the Railways?
Elangovan: The Government and the CAG have been harping on increasing losses of the Railways. We can expect increase in fares and cargo rates soon.
The claim of Railways that they have not increased the cargo rates and fares is false. For cargo, earlier there were 4000 commodities of cargo items which had separate rates for each of them. Now they have around 12 categories of commodities. This categorization has raised the cost of transport of many goods, including food items. Regarding passenger fares, they have taken tricky ways. Around 200 trains were named as superfast trains, one fine morning. The definition of superfast trains is that it should go at a speed of 55 kmph, it should have a pantry car and other facilities. The same trains, which used to stop in the same number of stations, have been declared superfast. The fares were increased without ensuring that these trains met the superfast standards. The second way of increasing travel prices is converting a large number of seats into Tatkal. If you book the return ticket in source station, you are charged extra money. Railway ticket sales have been privatized and these tickets are costlier. Thus there have been many ways they have increased the charges from the travelers.
MEL: What is the conclusion?
Elangovan: The aim of liberalization, privatization and globalization has been to hand over public assets to private capitalists for maximum profits. Workers have been attacked on all sides. The allocation for Railways have been reduced. There has been massive exploitation of resources and workers in Railways, thereby creating lot of hardship and accidents. We must unite and fight against this whole capitalist program.
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9 Things All Scrunchy Moms Should Say To The Haters
When I first became a mom, I tried hard to fit in with the crunchy crowd. I tried baby-wearing, bed sharing, and breastfeeding, but I got some serious side-eye because I vaccinated my kids, didn't buy organic, used formula, and sent my kids to day care. So, I tried to be a modern, silky mom, but they silently judged me for my 10 baby carriers, peaceful discipline, and plant-based diet. I learned there's a name for moms like me — scrunchy — as well as a few things us scrunchy moms should say to the haters.
First and foremost, enough with the judgement already. Being a new mom is hard enough without the constant fear that you're not doing the "right" things the "right" way. Trying to be a "perfect parent" is freaking exhausting, especially since everyone seems to have their own definition of "perfect." I'd much rather be a hot mess mom, and by "hot mess" I basically mean a human being. In so many ways, being a mom is like finding your table in the high school lunchroom. Only, there are so many mom groups so set in their ways that when you dare to do something differently they take one look at you and say, "You can't sit with us."
I honestly have no desire to try to fit in with the cool kids anymore. I am a grown-ass adult. Besides, if there's one true thing about parenting, it's that what works for you,might not necessarily work for someone else. I've found that being a mom is so much easier when I do what works for me and try not to judge other people. The haters from both extremes might dislike me, but that's OK. I have a few responses prepared, including the following:
"Fed Is Best"
Seriously, fed is best. Breast milk and formula are both awesome. I have breastfed, formula-fed, combo-fed, pumped, used a supplemental nursing system, and used bottles. Please don't judge me, whether I whip out a breast or a bottle to feed my baby. If I choose to feed my baby in a way that is different from you and your choice, it in no way implies that I think your choice is bad. It just means that what works for you probably doesn't work for me.
"Kids Are Humans, Too"
Every time I post on the internet about my children having bodily autonomy, the comments are bad, you guys. I have no clue why it's so hard for some people to wrap their heads around the idea that kids deserve to have complete control over their bodies, with few exceptions for health and hygiene. I don't spank my kids, didn't circumcise my sons, don't make my kids give hugs or kisses, and I won't even pierce my daughter's ears without her permission. Haters think that means we have no rules or my kids control the house, but that's not the case. It just means I respect my children as human beings.
"Why Do You Care?"
When a silky mom learns that my partner and I use cloth diapers, she almost always say one of two things. It's either, "Ewww gross," or, "Did you know that cloth diapers are not good for the environment?" When crunchy moms realizes we sometimes use disposables, she almost always tell me about chemicals and landfills.
My response to both? "Unless you're offering to change him, why do you care what my baby poops in?"
"Don't Be So Afraid"
So many crunchy moms (that I know, at least) live in so much fear. I get it, because as a new mom I was scared, too. However, please trust me when I say that life is so much better when you can relax.
Plus, I am so done with people fear-mongering about things that are really not worth worrying over. Everything is a chemical (literally), GMOs are safe (check out this report by National Academies of Science), and according to this research from Stanford University, "organic" foods are not healthier for children, just more expensive. Formula is safe and healthy. Sugar won't make your kids hyper and diet soda won't make you fat. Don't believe me? Hey, that's cool. Go ahead and live in fear, I will be over here drinking a diet soda and eating a pop-tart, completely relaxed while I feed my healthy baby formula.
"Why Work Harder When You Can Work Smarter?"
B*tches get stuff done. Sometimes, they put their baby in a sling and write articles, and sometimes they put their baby in a jogging stroller and train for a half-marathon. Sometimes, they hand their baby to their partner, because they seriously need a break. Scrunchy moms have all kinds of tools in their parenting tool boxes, because we are too smart to limit ourselves for the sake of "fitting in."
"Health And Safety Come First"
It doesn't matter what is "trendy" when the health and safety of my kids is on the line. That means my partner and I vaccinate our kids and take them to the doctor when they get sick. It also means that we rear-face their car seats until they are too big for the weight and height limits. We don't bed-share anymore, because research shows that it can be dangerous (and also, it really sucks to be kicked in the face at some ungodly hour in the morning), but we still sleep with our baby in the same room, because according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, co-sleeping has been shown to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
"It Takes A Village"
Scrunchy moms know that it's not only OK to send our kids to school or daycare so we can go to work, it's also OK to stay home and interact with other badass moms on the internet. It takes a village, and that village might look different at different stages, and different than our mother's village.
"All Births Are Badass"
Birth is badass, no matter how you do it. Haters might look down on me for having a certified nurse midwife, but it was really the best of both worlds. Other haters might say I was weak for getting an epidural, but my epidurals were empowering and made me feel strong. Unmedicated births are awesome, but so are the the inductions, the births with epidurals, the births assisted by instruments, the planned and emergency c-sections, and everything in between.
"Stop The Judgement Already"
Don't judge me, and stop judging each other. Seriously. I hear so much judgment and mom-shaming from my crunchy and silky mom friends. As a scrunchy mom, I can tell you that you will be way happier if you stop associating your parenting style with a perceived "ideal" motherhood, just because it happens to work for you. There's more than one way to birth, feed, diaper, nurture, and love a child. It's time we all recognize that we're just human beings, trying to raise tiny humans in an imperfect world.


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Murphy hoping for plain sailing in bid to avoid London repeat
Only the most vicious twist of fate stands between Ireland's Annalise Murphy and an Olympic medal this evening.
After narrowly missing the London 2012 podium, the Dun Laoghaire sailor has once again been in the top three standings in her event all week.
A gruelling 10-race qualification series ended on Saturday with Murphy in third overall and within touching distance of second place.
In fact, as today's final counts for double-points, she effectively is in joint-silver position with Denmark's Anne-Marie Rindom.
However, 10 points ahead is Marit Bouwmeester, the London 2012 silver medallist who Murphy would have to beat by five places to dislodge her from the gold spot.
Regardless of the Dutch sailor's result, she is the only one of five possible contenders in the 10-boat race assured of a medal.
The past week has witnessed a remarkable transformation of Murphy into an all-round sailing athlete, replacing the mastery she displayed at London 2012 with more consistent performances inside the top six places in her class.
Like every other sailor that started in the 36-strong field she has had her shock results, her worst being an 18th place.
However, there were other surprising results in the event as well, notably the complete absence of the London 2012 Gold medallist Lijia Xu in the medal race final 10, despite leading the event at the midway point.
That arose from disqualification from both of Friday's races after she lost protests for rule infringements. She crashed out of the regatta on Saturday in 18th overall.
However, the depth of the fleet in the final is also reflected by the current world champion, Britain's highly fancied Alison Young, who squeezed back into the medal race on Saturday by winning the 10th race of the qualification round.
American Paige Railey, runner-up in the World Championships, also barely made the final, placing 10th despite flashes of form.
For Murphy, her focus will be maintaining a podium finish and not slipping out of the medal positions.
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Pandora is recognizing the importance of personalization in advertising. Tech Crunch reported this week that Pandora is introducing shorter, more personalized audio ads to deliver unique experiences to its diverse listener base. Additionally, advertisers will be able to sequentially target ads as part of a bigger, cohesive strategy and create shorter ads with lengths of 4 to 10 seconds.
These new personalized audio ads can include the day of the week and the call-to-actions linked to the location of each listener, Tech Crunch reports. Advertisers can also deliver ads in a sequential manner, sharing a larger version of their message at first then progressing with shorter spots to supplement the main message.
"We believe that an advertiser's personalized audio strategy will not only be unique to that advertiser but also unique to each campaign," Claire Fanning, Pandora's vice president of ad strategy, told Tech Crunch. "In some cases, leveraging one capability may be best (short form, dynamic, sequential), and in other cases, leveraging two or three may be most powerful. It's really dependent on the advertiser's creative strategy and which solution, or solutions, will support that strategy best."
Pandora asserts that it is the first music company to release these capabilities in large scale. It has had 20 advertisers testing the features. Among those advertisers represented Lay's, which produced short-form audio ads that generated 56 percent higher return on ad spend.
Pandora introduced its own on-demand music service last year, but it still relies on ad revenue to offer its service to music lovers. The more effective the ad options, the more sustained the company.
With all the controversy Facebook is facing surrounding privacy, the public may negatively react to the personalized ads, but according to Tech Crunch, Pandora ads do not allow advertisers to collect private user data beyond email addresses.
"We use industry-standard security practices to protect our data and have developed internal tools and processes to ensure compliance with our privacy commitment," Fanning told Tech Crunch. "We'll continue to fortify this by tightening certain contractual language, auditing existing third-party data partners, and evaluating future partnerships with enhanced rigor."
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Mon, 30 October 2017
This week we're going to take advantage of the seasonal opportunity to share the Bible's teaching on demonic activity. While the Bible says our primary struggle as Christians is against spiritual forces of evil, many Christians, patterning the secular world, seem to believe our biggest struggles are related to worldly circumstances. We'll look to renew our hearts and minds by watching Jesus cure a demonized man, the account of Mark 5:1-20.
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Mon, 23 October 2017
This week Pastor Leyrer will be leading worship with a message on Matthew 22:15-21, a lesson where Jesus avoids the Pharisees' trap about paying taxes to Caesar. Jesus again teaches us how to navigate the tricky issue of imperfect earthly authority.
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Sun, 15 October 2017
This Sunday we're looking at Matthew 21:28-32; the story of two sons who say one thing and do another.
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Mon, 9 October 2017
This week James teaches us about Mature Priorities. A child cannot think beyond instant gratification. One of the evidences of maturity, then, is when someone begins to think consequentially, long-term, eternally even. This week, we'll study James 4:13-5:6 and see what the gospel does to our life priorities.
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This week James teaches us about Mature Desires. The modern person doesn't tend to think our feelings are really ever wrong, but that feelings and desires are simply the product of who we are. But the Bible says that sin is so pervasive in the world that it's even corrupted our desires. This week we'll contrast our natural desires with our designed desires and see how the gospel helps us bridge the gap. We'll study James 4:1-10.
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21st century learning in elementary schools
The United States' approach to education has been changing rapidly over the past few years, and the need to address 21st century learning appears to be one of the driving forces. Broadly speaking, 21st century learning focuses on the idea that students need to be prepared to meet the challenges they will face in college and/or their careers after graduating from high school. This can mean everything from being able to compete in an increasingly globalized society to having the ability to use technology effectively and efficiently. Teachers are employing a number of tactics to accomplish this task, from personalized learning to the use of adaptive learning programs.
Admittedly, the concept is pretty broad. After all, how can teachers possibly prepare students to confront all of the challenges they will face in adulthood? Nevertheless, school districts are making the shift to 21st century classrooms and instruction in an effort to encourage students to engage in their learning, think critically, build knowledge and be able to apply what they've learned. It all starts in elementary school, and the approach that educators take to instill 21st century skills in young students looks slightly different than what is needed for those in high school.
Adaptive learning programs
While it's been acknowledged for some time that students have varying levels of academic abilities and learn best in different ways and at different paces, it's taken awhile for education to catch up. Many school districts are turning to adaptive learning programs to teach their students 21st century skills because they can tailor instruction to each individual student, something which is physically impossible for a teacher responsible for 30-some students to do alone. In elementary schools, teachers most often implement adaptive learning programs as a part of a rotational model, having students participate in stations, one of which involves using the technology.
Build foundations
The skills and knowledge that young students develop in elementary school provide a foundation for learning for the rest of their lives, so it's important that instruction in the core subject areas doesn't fall by the wayside. With 21st century learning, the difference is that elementary school educators are taking a multimedia approach to instruction to get students excited about learning this core content. It's all about encouraging creativity and innovation.
The modern approach to instruction also means that the role of teachers is shifting in the classroom, even within elementary schools. Rather than asking young students to sit quietly while new concepts are explained to them, educators are increasingly taking on the role of the facilitator, connecting kids to new information and encouraging them to explore and think critically.
Video chat
Technology can also help facilitate students' understanding of our increasingly globalized world by helping them connect with other young kids around the globe. Through Skype, for example, elementary math students in the United States can video chat with their counterparts in China or Germany to talk about what they're learning, how their lives differ, and how they are the same.
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Jessie Woolley-Wilson
Jessie joined DreamBox Learning® in 2010 as Chair, President, and CEO. The startup software company had pioneered Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ in 2006 and began partnering with schools soon after Jessie joined. Today, DreamBox serves nearly 3 million K-8 students and approximately 120,000 teachers. The company provided more than 350 million math lessons across the U.S. and Canada in 2017.
Jessie recently secured a $130 million investment in DreamBox from The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by TPG Growth. Prior to joining DreamBox, Jessie served as president of Blackboard's K-12 Group and LeapFrog SchoolHouse, the K-12 division of LeapFrog Enterprises. Jessie also served in leadership positions at collegeboard.com, the interactive division of The College Board, and at Kaplan, the leading test preparation company in the U.S.
Jessie supports the broader K12 industry by serving on the boards of several educational organizations including Rosetta Stone, Newsela, the Western Governors University Board of Trustees, and Ursuline Academy. She is also a board member for Boeing Employees Credit Union, Pacific Science Center, and The Bullitt Foundation. She has been a featured speaker at international events including TEDx Rainier, SXSWedu, DENT and GeekWire Summit 2018.
Jessie is a two-time recipient of EdTech Digest's EdTech Leadership Award for her work in transformative innovation in education and honored her as one of 2018's Top 100 Influencers in EdTech. Seattle Business Magazine awarded Jessie the 2015 Executive Excellence Award in the CEO of the Year category and Forbes placed her on its "Impact 15" list for being a disruptor in education. The Puget Sound Business Journal honored Jessie as a "Woman of Influence" and 425 Magazine named her as one of eight "Unstoppable Eastside Women" for having a clear focus on the greater good. Additionally, The New York Times has profiled Jessie and her leadership style in their Corner Office column.
Jessie holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Virginia. She is also a 2007 Henry Crown Fellow and moderator for the Aspen Institute.
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