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It's been a hell of a month. I lost my job and the world went to hell. But I'm writing this to document something much more serious: the media I consumed.
Started NieR:Automata
Started this not knowing much about it, but I had always heard good things. Will see if it actually is good or if it's just a bunch of horseshit.
Unbreakable (2000)
Boy this would've been really good if it weren't for it ending with a text blurb.
High As Hope Florence And the Machine
It's another one of those.
Honey Robyn
It didn't grab like Body Talk, but things rarely do.
Hyperborea (Re-recorded / Remastered Versions) Tangerine Dream
With my very limited experience with Tangerine Dream, I'm not exactly in the best position to judge all their work. That being said, I feel like this got away from the more dreamlike works that I had heard off their albums from the 70s and early 80s.
I See You (Deluxe) the xx
The xx briefly get away from their signature "falling-asleep-while-performing" sound here, only to be sucked directly back to the well for the great majority of this album.
Doom Patrol Book Three by Grant Morrison, Sean Phillips, Richard Case, Stan Woch, Ken Steacy, Phillip Bond
A great metafictional end to a series that always embraced absurdity. Shows why this silly sort of fiction is really so important.
"Just Do" Stealing Sheep
Yeah, it's a banger.
Icarus Trash80
Disappointingly, this is just some chiptune stuff, and I'm not at the point in my life where I will tolerate chiptunes.
Images of Sigrid Poni Hoax
I remember being real into this album when I was younger, and I had wondered if it was just due to being depressed or if it was actually good. The answer is a little of both.
The Truth (2019)
This movie is French as all hell. Shoutout to Ethan Hawke, doing an extended cameo as a bumbling American actor.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
okay, baby.
NieR:Automata Ending A
I'm not wowed so far. The gameplay kind of sucks, and I don't like the characters. Has some inklings of something better to come.
In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979 Disc 1, Tangerine Dream
I didn't realize when halfheartedly flipping through Tangerine Dream's discography and downloading them at random that this was sixteen-disc box set, but that wasn't going to stop me from trying to get through the whole thing.
In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979 Disc 2, Tangerine Dream
In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979 Disc 3, Tangerine Dream
These discs were just alternate takes of the first disc (for the most part) and I wanted something different.
In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979 Disc 4, Tangerine Dream
I think this was the live show? Still pretty good, but I could use some variety.
In Search of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979 Disc 5, Tangerine Dream
I gave up. I'm sorry, I just can't take that much Tangerine Dream.
"When Do I Get to Sing My Way" Sparks
I feel this song in my bones.
Nier:Automata Ending B
A near identical playthrough with a neat gameplay twist and more philosophical bloviating from the villains, Adam and Eve, who are the first of their kind (GET IT?). Again, there are some hints towards something more, but it ain't there yet.
Nier:Automata Ending C
There are some genuinely shocking story beats (and one very predictable story beat), and a new playable character who was by the far most interesting. It goes deeper into existential questions than just about any other game I've played, and explores a lot of them without beating you over the head (surprising, given the naming convention of a few of the characters). Thought it goes some interesting places, it still feels like a chore to actually play.
Nier:Automata Ending D
This is a lot like ending C, only the outcome is worse.
Nier:Automata Ending E
This is the one part of Nier:Automata that really got to me. It says, through a metafictional lens, that we shouldn't sit back and accept the cards that fate has dealt us. Not only that, but it posits that all of us, together, can fight the fates and bring about a better world, even if we have to risk sacrificing ourselves to do it. Objectively, it is a silly way to convey these ideas, but I can't say that it didn't get to me in a big way and temporarily made me feel connected to something greater. In the moment, it really hit me.
And then I thought about it some more. While it did make me feel connected, it felt like a strange thing to pull out at the very last minute of the game. Was there some running theme with connection and cooperation that I simply missed in the rest of the game? I supposed you could argue that the machines and androids who work together could signal to that, but that storyline never heads to that same conclusion, nor does it seem it ever will. And while this moment is cool in a metafictional sense, in a regular fictional sense, I didn't really care about it. I really didn't cared about 9S and 2B and a big part of this, in the world of this game, relies on that. Plus there's some real "anime"-level voice acting if you know what I mean.
It's a game with good moments. But that's about it. It's fine, but I can't imagine myself ever trying to play this again.
Nextworld Vol. 1 by Osamu Tezuka
Oof. Nextworld is one of the rougher Tezuka series I've tried to get into, and it's probably due to being an earlier work. Tezuka still holds a place in my heart, but there's an obvious reason as to why this was never republished (besides Dark Horse being weird about things).
Woten is a short little platformer with pixel art and… well, that's kind of it. It's not a bad game by any means, but it's more of a tech demo than a full-fledged game. It has promise for when the full game comes out, but right now we just sort of wait and see.
Started The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
When I first played this, I had very little patiencefor the combat and weapons durability and wanted to avoid using any sort of guide. I had a feelign though, that if I was willing to really work on mastering different systems and go through guidebooks, I would probably enjoy it. But I also knew I needed a lot time to do this.
Luckily I was fired two days after I started this game and the world fella part, so I was about to have more than enough time to sink into it.
The Inevitable End Röyksopp
Röyksopp strikes me as one of the least offending electronic groups out there.
Until the End of the World (1991)
Worth sitting through all five hours. A spiritual journey of discover y and dreams. Shout outs to Solveig Dommartin, Sam Neill, and Max Von Sydow (RIP).
The Snob (1958)
Have you ever watched a comedy program that features one of those fake educational films form the fifties that seem so backwards and ridiculous that they couldn't possibly be real. It turns out they are real, and this is that film that they were referring to. The moral is that girls need to stop being so stuck-up and career-focused and they just tneed to party and find a nice man.
Night Owls (1930)
I don't remember what happened in this, but I think I remember a pie.
Shockproof (1949)
They don't make 'em like this any more. Nor should they.
Perfect Day (1929)
Before this film, I was under the impression that the gag of running a joke into the ground for so long that it circles to unfunny and then back to funny again was only invented by jews in the 1970's, but I'll be damned If Laurel and Hardy didn't prove me wrong.
Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn by Hugo Pratt
Hugo Pratt does some amazing work. I'm always a fan of romantic adventurers, and this fits into that category perfectly. And hey it's refreshing to see stories set in the 1910's where the protagonist is working with the indigenous peoples instead of against them. A big standout is the hallucinatory visit to Mu by one of the characters, and I hope to see more of that in later albums.
Ghost World (2001)
I went to art school with a lot of people who are like Enid Coleslaw, and they are just as unpleasant in real life as they are in the film. A great deconstruction of the Manic Pixie Dreamgirl.
Finished The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
The big thing you should know about me is that I'm an idiot for ever abandoning this game. It is definitely a Guidebook game, but that's not at all a bad thing. It rocks cock, not only with a nice selection of cute outfits, but the underrated mechanic of having unlimited bombs at your disposal. Why don't more games give you that? It's a true masterpiece, and I look forward to playing it again someday.
Dark Side of the Ring Season 1
Turns out some of the real-life backstory behind wrestling can be real interesting when not handled by WWE. The Von Erich episode is highpoint, and it's amazing that Kevin Von Erich has been able to find happiness considering the long and heartbreaking history he's been faced with.
Dark Side of the Ring "Benoit"
A solid piece of work that also manages to look at the real consequences for the people left alive. Again, it's for the best that WWE had no involvement.
Alien 3 (1992/2003)
I can understand why fans of the series hate this one so much, but it's a hell of a way to end the Alien franchise. Or would have been anyway. It's dark, it's bitter, and just plain mean, but that's what works so well about it. It's a great way to end the franchise.
Alien Resurrection (1997)
But of course, not able to leave well enough alone, Joss Whedon had to write this turd. The actual concept bheind it isn't bad, and even shifting to a more comedic tone with the help of the Delicatessen director works well. But goddamn, that Joss Whedon dialogue just sucks the life out of it.
Clumsy by Jeffery Brown
A solid autobiographical comic about a doomed relationship. Brown never shies away from his own faults, and thankfully doesn't try to cast the woman who broke his heart as a villain. It's not exactly unique, but it's well-told nonetheless.
The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Omnibus 1 by Eiji Otsuka and Housuo Yamazaki
A very low-key supernatural affair, that deals with the concept of death in a very blunt and dry way (just the way I like it, baby!). For something that deals with corpses occasionally coming back to life and getting revenge on those who wronged them, it oddly feels closer to slice-of-life than straight-up horror.
Re-Animator (1985)
RIP Stuart Gordon. Re-Animator still whips sack, and Jeffery Combs should've been given every award there is for his performance.
Eat-Man Vol. 1 by Akihito Yoshitomi
Eat-Man Vol. 2 by Akihito Yoshitomi
This is from that weird time in the 90s where they were still trying to figure out how to sell manga to people, and so we end up with only two volumes of as series that has lasted for 19 volumes in Japan. I wish there were more volumes in english, because I absolutely loved what I've read so far. Bolt Crank is a wandering mercenary who takes on oddjobs across a futuristic world (worlds?). Oh yeah, and he can eat any object and reconstitute from his body later. It's a lot of fun! Unfortunately, this is also one of those series that Viz likely still owns the rights to and will probably just sit on. Fuck you, publishing pigs!
20th Century Boys Perfect Edition Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa
Very slowly-paced, but Urasawa still kept me engaged the whole time, ratcheting up all the tension of a mystery that I cannot wait to see the end of.
JPEG by Digitalism
It's fine. It's digitalism.
Castle in the Sky (1986)
This was my favorite Ghibli film when I was younger. Guess what, it still slaps.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
I've seen this far too much, but it's still pretty good.
Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji Vol. 1 by Noboyuki Fukumoto
There's no way to hate a something titled "Gambling Apocalypse." There just isn't. Not only does it contain the most tense game of Rock, Paper, Scissors in any medium, but it no one has come close to capturing the despair, and anxiety of being under an amount of crippling debt in the way Fukumoto does. Which is a good thing.
Puhser III: I'm the Angel of Death (2005)
Milo being the main character seemed like a risky proposition, but he's great as a bumbling, incompetent crime lord. A solid entry in the series that feels oddly lighter than the other films, which is odd for a film that has a very detailed corpse disposal scene.
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness (2020)
Crazy as everyone says. It's nice to see a crime documentary where the even the allegations by the craziest person in the series are probably accurate (Carole definitely killed her husband).
F for Fake (1973)
This is one of my favorite movies and it should be one of yours. Do yourself a favor: don't bother to look up anything about this film and immediately watch it as part of your free trial to the criterion channel. You won't be disappointed. And if you are, you're not a good person.
Collected Essex County by Jeff Lemire
This is both super-depressing and super-Canadian (there's a whole chunk of the plot that deals with professional hockey). It's a solid family drama, and I can't help but love Lemire's expressive artwork.
Gothic (1986)
There is not a better drug freakout movie, and if you think there is, you are wrong. There are times when it goes full Suspiria, and goes even crazier than that.
The Guest (2014)
While under quarantine, I decided to watch every blu-ray that I own that I hadn't seen (on blu-ray). Still pretty good. Dan Stevens is charismatic and really hot in it.
Beyond Oasis
This is one of the best genesis games I've ever seen. It's an underplayed classic, and a great twist on the Zelda-'em-up genre of game. Also, the shadow spirit is pretty great. I want more. On an unrelated note, does anyone know what the best Sega Saturn emulator is?
Trading Places (1983)
Still pretty good. That's it.
Started Landstalker
While going through the Genesis Mini, this one stuck out and I played a few hours vowing to go back to it. This is that time. Who knows what it will bring? I don't know, but the isometric gameplay is going to be a big fucking problem.


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Welcome teacher and exchange students from Japan, Taiwan, and Indonesia
A Meeting for Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officers and heads of WHOCCNMs
Director of Ramathibodi School of Nursing and staff of professors participated in International Conference at Taiwan.
Welcome executives from School of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
Welcome executives from School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia.
Welcome Professor Dr. Gwen Sherwood from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing, USA.
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"The Direct & Indirect Implications of MiFID II"
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As Global Head of Investor Analytics, Dan Romito's responsibilities include overseeing Nasdaq's Strategic Capital Intelligence team, Insight360 Analytics Platform, ESG/Index consulting and managing a global roster of advisory clients. His advisory work focuses on consulting management teams across the globe on optimizing capital allocation strategies, mitigating risk within their shareholder base and identifying opportunistic investors. Dan also created the "Activist Diagnostic," a quant model that gauges the vulnerability of a corporate client based on their respective fundamental and ESG profile.
His expertise centers on executing an array of capital deployment analyses along with overseeing Nasdaq Advisory's Event Analytics capabilities. Dan's research on the effects of Index Ownership, Shareholder Activism and ESG-focused investing has been presented to a variety of NIRI and Finance panels across North America, Europe & APAC and has been implemented into the analyses his Strategic Capital Intelligence team provides to global clients.
His recommendations have also been adopted by a variety of Boards, including Nasdaq's. Dan is a recipient of Nasdaq's CEO Platinum and Silver Award for his work modeling out internal capital structure strategies and commercializing a suite of new targeting deliverables, most notably, Nasdaq's Biotech & Small Cap Investor Analytics services. His Thought Leadership pieces on Activism, ESG and Index Investing has also been featured in a variety of periodicals, including Harvard Business Review, CNBC, Global Investor Magazine and IR Magazine. He received a BA from the University of Chicago, an MBA in Finance from DePaul University, is a Level 3 CFA Candidate, Adjunct Professor of Finance at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and is pursuing a Master's Degree in Applied Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago.


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The new interest rate on the loan was 12%, paid at maturity, which the company said represented a significant reduction in effective rates it had historically incurred.
The lenders would now have an option to swap debt for equity in full or in part, at a conversion price of 10.0p per share.
The restructure allowed for the company to progress 'various alternative refinancing options', Ncondezi said.
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Crafting Textiles in the Digital Age240
In an era of increasingly available digital resources, many textile designers and makers find themselves at an interesting juncture between traditional craft processes and newer digital technologies. Highly specialized craft/design practitioners may now elect to make use of digital processes in their work, but often choose not to abandon craft skills fundamental to their practice, and aim to balance the complex connection between craft and digital processes. The essays collected here consider this transition from the viewpoint of aesthetic opportunity arising in the textile designer's hands-on experimentation with material and digital technologies available in the present.
Craft provides the foundations for thinking within the design and production of textiles, and as such may provide some clues in the transition to creative and thoughtful use of current and future digital technologies. Within the framework of current challenges relating to sustainable development, globalization, and economic constraints it is important to interrogate and question how we might go about using established and emerging technologies in textiles in a positive manner.
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Nithikul Nimkulrat is the Professor and Head of Department of Textile Design at the Estonian Academy of Art, Estonia.
Faith Kane is a Lecturer in Textiles and Leader of the Textile Design Research Group at the School of the Arts, Loughborough University, UK.
Kerry Walton is the Programme Director for Textiles: Innovation and Design at the School of the Arts, Loughborough University, UK.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
J.R. Campbell, Kent State University, USA
Faith Kane, Loughborough University, UK, Nithikul Nimkulrat, Estonian Academy of Art, Estonia, and Kerry Walton, Loughborough University, UK
Part One: Digital Technologies Informing Craft
Crafting Textiles in the Digital Age: Printed Textiles
Cathy Treadaway, Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
Digital Embroidery Practice
Tina Downes, Nottingham Trent University, UK, Tessa Acti, Independent Artist, UK, and Donna Rumble-Smith, Independent Artist, UK
Textile Illusions – Patterns of Light and the Woven White Screen
Anne Louise Bang, Kolding School of Design, Denmark, Helle Trolle, Kolding School of Design, Denmark, and Anne Mette Larsen, Independent Researcher, Denmark
The Intelligence of the Hand
Monika Auch, Visual Artist, The Netherlands
Part Two: Craft Intervention in Digital Process
The Digital Print Room – A Bespoke Approach to Print Technology
Helen Ryall, University of Huddersfield, UK and Penny Macbeth, Manchester School of Art, UK
Maintaining the Human Touch – Exploring 'Crafted Control' within an Advanced Textile Production Interface
Martin Woolley, Coventry University, UK and Rob Huddleston, Birmingham City University, UK
Garment ID: Textile Patterning Techniques for Hybrid Functional Clothing
Kerri Akiwowo, Loughborough University, UK
Processes within Digitally Printed Textile Design
Susan Carden, Northumbria University, UK
Part Three: Craft Thinking in a Digital Age
Hand-Knitting in a Digital Era
Josephine Steed, Robert Gordon University, UK
Hidden Values and Human Inconsistencies in Hand-Stitching Processes
Emma Shercliff, Arts University Bourbanemouth, UK
Perspectives on Making and Viewing: Generating Meaning through Textiles
Sonja Andrews, University of Manchester, UK
Closely Held Secrets: Embodied Knowledge in Digitally Crafted Textiles
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Will Taiwan Become First In Asia To Okay Gay Marriage?
Taiwan is voting in a referendum on whether to become the first place in Asia to legalize gay marriage.
Taiwan's top court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, giving parliament two years to amend laws or pass new legislation.
But surveys last week suggest the island is unlikely to vote for change,
The issue is one of 10 voters are being asked to consider, including one that involves tensions with China. This is regarding nomenclature: how Taiwan wants to be called at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: Taiwan or Chinese Taipei.
Currently, Taiwan participates as Chinese Taipei, the name agreed upon with China in the 1980s.
This is because Taiwan's status is sensitive. The island has been self-ruling since 1949, but China views it as a breakaway province it will reunite with one day.
The referendums are running alongside local elections. Polls close at 16:00 local time (08:00 GMT), with the first results expected later on Saturday.
The issue is actually the subject of two separate referendums on Saturday, and they have been proposed by rival groups.
Conservative groups have asked whether marriage should be legally defined as between a man and a woman, while LGBT activists are lobbying for equal marriage rights.
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Vietnam at a glance: 2014: the year of exporters
In the coming years, Vietnam may emerge as one of the countries benefiting most from improved Western demand. The reason is simple: its economy is export-dependent, with shipment of goods making up 81 percent of GDP in 2012. Despite faltering global demand in 2013 and declining commodity prices, exports managed a respectable expansion of 15.4 percent. Most of this was due to the rebound of garment and textile shipments as well as new foreign investment in electronics. With disbursed FDI rising 9.9 percent and registered investment increasing sharply, we expect exports to accelerate in 2014.
Once a country with persistent trade deficits, Vietnam had a USD900m trade surplus in 2013, following a marginal surplus in 2012. While this helped improve the country's macro stability, it also exposes the weakness of the Vietnam's domestic demand. Dampened appetite for consumption and investment dragged down import growth. While we expect exports to accelerate in 2014, domestic demand will likely stay lacklustre due to the overhang of bad debts over the economy. The State Bank of Vietnam established the asset management company, but the bulk of financial sector reforms remain largely unaddressed. The prime minister may raise the cap for foreign stakes in listed firms from 49 percent to 60 percent to attract capital inflows. While a positive step, further reforms are necessary to address non-performing loans and reduce the stress in the financial system. Without reforms to address its bottlenecks,
Vietnam will continue to perform below potential, with domestic firms affected by a frozen financial system in an increasingly competitive market. Banking sector reforms, infrastructure investment, and supply chain restructuring and human resource development are some of the reforms needed to kick the economy into high gear.
As Vietnam begins the year of the horse, the future is indeed looking brighter. Exports, especially foreign-invested manufacturing firms, will provide a boost to Vietnam's growth.
The HSBC December PMI shows an acceleration of output for the manufacturing sector. It rose to 51.8, the highest level since April 2011. We expect output to continue to trend upwards in the coming months as inventories have stayed low while orders are picking up. Inflation trended downwards to an average 6.6 percent y-o-y in 2013 from 9.3 percent in 2012. We expect inflation to accelerate slightly in 2014 due to higher energy and food prices.
A stronger year
Manufacturing remains a key bright spot in the economy. The December manufacturing PMI index jumped to 51.8 from 50.3 in November. The PMI shows that the manufacturing sector enjoyed a solid expansion in Q4 2013, mirroring 6.0 percent y-o-y GDP growth in Q4 2013. What is positive about the PMI reading is the strength of the sub-indices, especially new orders and employment. The new orders sub-index rose to 52.5 from a slump in November of 48.8. This is impressive considering the drag from new export orders, which contracted from the previous month but at a slower pace.
The increase of new orders, coupled with reduced inventories, means that output will likely rise in the coming months to match the demand for goods. The sharp increase of quantity of purchases reflects anticipation of rising demand. With US and EU GDP expected to expand in 2014, which will increase demand for Vietnamese goods such as apparel and electronics, we expect the manufacturing sector to continue its upward trend. The most positive news from the PMI is the sharp rise of the employment sub-index. This reflects the country's competitiveness in labour-intensive manufacturing, which attracted high inflows of foreign investment in 2013.
Chart 3 shows that despite dampened domestic demand, which resulted from an overhang of bad debts, the economy performed relatively well. Most of this was driven by the stability of the service sector and the celebration of manufacturing, helped by export growth. Demand for services in Vietnam tends to be sticky, as they generally are essential services. Services made up 43.9 percent of GDP in 2013 and expanded by 7.4 percent y-o-y in Q4 2013 and 6.6 percent in 2013. Its robustness helps offset the sluggish pace of the agriculture sector, which expanded by a mere 2.4 percent y-o-y in Q4 2013, resulting in 2.7 percent expansion for 2013. This was due to the decline in prices of major export items such as rice and coffee. The manufacturing industry, by contrast, expanded 8.9 percent y-o-y in Q4 2013, up from 8.6 percent in Q3, resulting in 7.4 percent expansion for the whole year. We expect manufacturing to continue to perform well in 2014, helped by improved external demand and stable domestic conditions.
Inflation accelerated in December to 6.0 percent y-o-y from 5.8 percent in November. This is largely due to higher transportation and food prices. The Ministry of Finance recently allowed retailers to raise gasoline and diesel prices. Looking into 2014, we expect further price hikes for energy commodities such as electricity and fuel.
While inflation will accelerate in 2014 to 7.9 percent (average), the SBV has scope to keep rates on hold in Q1 2014.
The main bright spots in 2014 will continue to be export-oriented firms. With global conditions improving and trade negotiations in the works, export-oriented firms will enjoy another year of robust growth. Chart 4 shows that the trade balance has been positive in the past two years thanks to rapid growth of exports and slowing imports. With high exposure to the US (18 percent of total exports) and the EU (14 percent of total exports), Vietnam is poised to benefit from improving Western demand. We expect exports to rise 20 percent in 2014 from 15.4 percent in 2013. This will help support GDP expand 5.6 percent in 2014, up from 5.4 percent in 2013.
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Employment attorney Marc Engel recently spoke to STAR, the Society for the Technological Advancement of Reporting, about employment laws that affect small and midsize businesses. Most of the attendees own or operate small, medium and large privately owned court reporting companies in states around the country. Marc's presentation included:
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Marc Engel is an employment attorney at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, Maryland who brings nearly 25 years of wide-ranging civil litigation and counseling experience to his practice, and has represented clients in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies and various arbitration panels.


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Again, I'm sorry if I said something that could be misinterpreted as slandering Modi. It wasn't my intention at all.


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etc. and does something to realize it, to perform salva- horizon. No Carmel will be alive withoutbeing awaretion, to bti^g about liberation and redemption. Indeed of what Carmel we are hoping for. What is significantwe experienced a growing awarenessthat the church is is not only the fact of believing inCarmel,but alsohowcalled to evangelize much more in deed than in word. to believe in it.
As a result of this growing awarenesswe became Today, on the feast day of Our Lady of Mountdeeply involved in socio-eco activities, establishing Carmel, our patroness,we call to mind the words ofcredit cooperatives,organizing labor, organizing sitios the Constitutions: "in our aariousapostolatewe shall beand barrios (villages) or any other natural clusters of inspiredbyMary". Whatever type of devotion to Marypeople into BasicChristian Communities, responding we may express/the biblical Mury shows one impor-to the call of VaticanII, to work towards the " other zuay tant feature to all of us and that is her spontaneousof being Church". The concerns of the Philippine attitude of service.Servicein line with the will of Godindigenous peoples were embraced and some took for her, service in line with the needs of the peopleresponsibilitywithin the network of NGO's and politi- around her, her family and the disciples, service in thecal organizationsduring the period of the dictatorship. heroic support for |esus during his short ministry and torturous way to his and her Calvary. Evangelizing much more in deed than in word. Wetoo have encountered the rejection and the cross of the We are very thankfirl to the Dutch Carmelite Prov-Founder.Bro. IsaganiValle was killed during an expo- ince whidr has opted to bring Carmel to the Philippinessure- immersion program among his own roots as part Nrdfor 47 yearshasbeengenerousinits fratemal,moralof his pre-novitiate program. Fr. Hein van Vilsteren was and material support and promised to continue to keepkilled while on his way to transportwounded people to the new GeneralCommissariatcloseto its heart.the hospital. Fr. Simon Westendorp and Sister NanetteBerenbenwere drowned in the rough waters off the coast We are thankful that in a providential way, so manyof Agusan del Norte on their way to a Justiceand Peace people, especially the poor sugar workers, the tenantmeeting in Cebu City in 1983.Many of us, together with farmers, the indigenous peoples, the workers haveour co-workers, while &ti^g more importance to the constantly guided us in living out the basic liberativeliberative activities than the performanceof cultacts were option as expressedby Jesusin his inaugural speechataccused of being communists and had our various the Synagogue in Nazareth: "to bring good news inapostolic missions viewed as questionable. parish apostolate,especiallyin theformation of basic Christian communities;in justice and peaceinaolaement, In all honesty, we painfully reabzed, that we our- in educationalministry, in our initial and ongoingselveswere wounded by our deep involvement in the formation programs,in the researchwork and oariouspeoples struggle, which had in one way or another, actiuitiesof the mediaprogramand the growing inaolae-paralyzed the possibility to dream within us because ment and interestin the Centerfor Spirituality's researchof a falseidea of "realism". Overwhelmed by the many ztsork on indigenousAsian spiritualities."pressingproblemsof ourcountry and communities,we,and many among us, forgot to leave a place in our lives It is a challengefor all of us, Carmelites.The olderfor dreams,for hopes, of a future Carmel. ones among us and the enthusiasticgrowing younger brood, the associateCarmelites, the Third Order Lay Several made the painful decision to leave the members,co-workers and friends to dream about. WhatOrder and we miss them. type of Carmel are we hoping for at the start of the last definitive step towards becoming an independent In this whole process of growing deeper into the Philippine Carmel Province? For sure it will be themidst of the people, aware of our woundedness and privilege of the next generation to translate our hopessearchfor identity, we retumed in the 90's to our own into the existing Carmel then.sourcesand started the processof re-discovering ourvitality, our creativity, our capacity to be happy and to Thankful and great$ challenged,we may repeat theenjoy life, beyond immediate needs and consumer words the evangelistLuke placed in Mary's mouth whilesatisfactionor being trapped in a false utopia. answering the call of Service: "my soul proclaimsthe greatuessof the Lord, My spirit rejoicesin Godmy Sauiour No one is really alive without walking towards a for hehnsloolcedwith faaoron his lowluserunnt."Amen. IULY-AUGUST2004 GARMEL IIIEWS
ne hundred forty eight participants coming from hr her paper "The Spiituality of Managemcnt in a different religious congregations,academicinsti- GlobalizingWorld," she emphasized dre invitation oftutions and development organizations joined the becoming "prophets in a profit-oriented world".Fourth Spirituality Forum last Aug 3-5,2004,in IFRSAudio Visual Room, TeresaBuilding, New Manila, Phil- On the dimension of "Spirifrulity irr the Mediaippines. The participants, with the resourcespeakers Agr,'Dr. Maria ConsolataMandin& PSP,directressofand panel of reactorsinteractively reflect on this year's Paulines Communication Center, highlights thetheme "Spirituality Faceto Facewith Global ization.,, postmodern media cultue as the characterization of our age. A worldview that challerrge people to know The Center for Spirituality-Manila (CSM), a the media's language and to evaluate and analyze it inresearch-basedinstitute in the scientific study of spiri- the light of a Christian faitlutuality, organized this Forum as a contribution to theon-going efforts to uncover and understand the inter- Drs. EsmeraldoReforeal"O.CamLa Carmelite friarplay between the dynamics of spirituality and the based in Melbourne, Australi,a, preented a paper onphenomenon of globalization. the "Loob in a Global Villege-. He shared the insight that the Filipino "Ioob" (inEifiitv) nust refuse any The Forum was packed with six portraits: Prof. Dr. fabrication and caricatureof anv preordained design.Kees Waaijman, O. Carm, the director of the Titus It is through this that he/shebecoures the new type ofBrandsma Institute in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, sets the empowered Filipino.the stagefor the dynamic encounter between spiritu-ality and Globalizatiorl. [r his paper entitled, "spiittt- A new awakening, a rersnred worldview, a newalifu in the Context of Globalization," he points out enlightenment- this is thevislnof Dr. Mina Ramirez,his task of opening up the spacefor questioning, doubt- president of the Asian Social Instihrte (ASI), in hering, refusing, and denying guidedby diakrisis (knowl- paper "Spirituality and Total Human Development."edgewith discernment) that accompany us in our spiri- She sees the light that sparks in fte very core of thetual joumey (mystagogy) that begins with our primor- human being that is certainlv differsrt from the enlight-dial spirituality. enment in the modern age of materialistic science. A vision with a wider horizon that allon s us to be con- Dr. JosHuls, O. Carm., Coordinator of the Spiritu- cemed with the whole, whidr bti.F trs closer to theality International and Spirituality Network for Holy who avows to give meaning to our sufferingEducation (SPINE-SPIRIN)seesthe possibility of an in- humanity and healing to ourwounded environanent.terplay between "Spirifiralifu in the Worlil Technol-ogy" as captured nicely in the title of his paper. He Somemembers of the International Board (Prof. Dr.presentsSPINE (Spirituality Network for Education), Kees Waaijman, O. Carm., Prof. Dr.-Eliseo Mercado,a project of Titus Brandsma Institute, that breaks the O.M.I., and Prof. Dr. FrancisVineeth,C.M.I) deepenedbarriers of leaming lirhited only to classrooms,librar- the Forum discussion by grving their respective reac-ies,schools,etc.elevating the academicto a worldwide tions after every presentation and a floor discussionscenario: a network. Spirituality is contextualized ensued.within the framework of SPINE through an interna-tional digital learning community. It is in this fruitful and meaningful event that the Center for Spirituality-Manild, established by the Dr. Flor PaulineDuran, Carm.O.L., president of the Order of Carmelites in 1999, once again proves itsSoutheastAsia Interdisciplinary Development hrstitute commitment and dedication in contributing to the(SAIDD presents the tension in balancing spirituality scientific and systematic study of Spirituality in theand in managing an organization in a globalized world. Philippines and in Asia. IULY-AUGUST 2004
Greetings in theLordandBlessings to theHolySpirit Dscnnn oF CANoNTcALERECTToN oF THE Gntrnar ConnnalseRlAT oF THEPHrLrpprNES provinceof thef n 1957the Prior Provincialof theINetherlands,Fr.BrocardMeyertraveledto thephilippines Thu GeneralCommisariat will comeinto existence on 16lookingfor opporturitiesto established the Order in these I luly 2004and Antoniode la Cruz is herebynamedtheislands.Eventually,theprovinceaccepted an invitationfrom first GeneralCommissaryof the Commisariatof the philip-theBishopof Dumagueteto takeresponsibility for thenorth- pinesandhe will hold officeuntil 14February2005,togetherern part of the dioceseon NegrosIsland.FathersRichard with the CommissaryProvincialCouncilors,ChristianVissers, WirenfredViestersandTheodulphVrakkingfoturded Buenafe,ReynoldCaigoyand RobertoNoel Rosasand alltheCarmleitepresence in thePhilippineson March16,I?Sg: otherCommissary officials.On 14February 2005all thosewith a right to attendand voteareherebysummonedto theFirst Ordermaderapidprogress in theseislandsandby19b5 Chapterqf theGeneralCommisariaito beheld in Manila. Jhe I a seminaryhad beenestablished in Escalante and in thelate1960sfriarswereworking alsoin thedioceseof Surigao, Th. Prior Generaland his Councilcommendall theManilaandIligan. I membersof thenew Commisariatto AlrnightyGodand his Son]esusCfuist,throughthe intercession of tireBlessed lthoughthe 1970smarkeda difficultperiod in the VirginMaryof MountCarmelandof Blessed I TitusBrandsma.-Lhistory of the islands,the Carmelites continuedto be to whoseprotectionand patronagethe Commisariatisactivenot only in parishministry,but rr schools, colleges and entrusted.tniversities,aswell asin socialactiongroupsand workers,programmes. The 1980switnesseda greatincreasein the Givenat theGeneralCuriaHousein Rome,numberof laypeopleassociated with the Order andprovisionswasmadefor themin Manilawith theopeningof On 16lulv 2004theTitusBrandsmaCentre.By the 1990sthemaingbaloflheCommisariatwas to work towardsindependence from thehomeprovinceanda seriesof strategies wasput in placeto By,{r*+4 CA*.et*"^ O.C^r,^consolidate andsystematize existingstructures. ]osephChalmersO.Carm. (PriorGeneral) Provinceof theNetherlands formally applied for theThu I erection of a GeneralCommisariat at theendof 2003.The l/ ntrCommisariathas five canonicallyhouses,32 solemnly Andbv: 11,*; S. /J{,b* 0. Q,*professed brothers,14 simply professedand 2 novices. Kevin|. AlbanO.CarmTheprospectsfor the future arebright : thereare some5 (Secretary General)postulants,22 men studyingphilosophyand another32aspirantswhowishtojoin a Carmeliteformationprogramme. Prot753/2004 2004 !I JULY-AUGUST CARMEL IIIEWS
Bro. Alaindelon Balasabasentertained everyone as the EXODUSstarted in 1988with a few modules six found- host of the eveningprogram with his standout comedy-style ing congregations:Augustinian Sisters of Our Lady of with all his instantaneouspunch lines bringing amusement Consolation (OSA), FranciscanSistersof the Immaculate to all. The presentatioru (songs,dances,etc.) from the nov_ Conception (SFIC),Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of ices,the student friars, the co-workers,and the guestsadded Remedies(OP), the Redemptorists(CSsR),Missionaries of even more color to the already colorful celebration. the Sacred Heart (MSC) and the Carmelites (O.Carm.). The end of the evening program was the start of the During those years the number of novices ranged between instant mini concertby the Redemptorist and the Carmelite as many as 70 novices to around 30 novices. student friars where they rendered selectedpieces from The modules touch the very core of the life of novices. country and folk songs, reggae,R&B, pinoy rock, rap, and This year's module consist of: Orientatiory Theater Arts 2, makabayansongsamong others.Day was finished with each Introduction to Prayer, Scripture and prayer, Enneagram, and every Carmelitemarking anothersignificant day in their Human Sexuality 2, Vows in Context, and a ten-duy lives as membersof the Philippine Carmel. "*po- sure to different sectorsof society.This exposure program startswith an orientation and endswith group and individual processing.The months of November and Decemberare for congregationalactivities. August was a busy month for the student friars. As In'fanuary and February the modules are: History of membersof the Inter-CongregationalTheologicalCenter,the Religious Life and Spirituality and a presentation of tt. studentsjoined activities in celebratingthe Feastday of the charism of the participating congregations;Missiology and Our Lady of the Angels Seminary.One of the activities was Inculturation; and WomenIssues.The final activity is u it,r"e_ the Inter-FransciscanLeague where some of the student day evaluation and integration towards the end of February. friars togetherwith other studentsfrom ICTCjoined the ICTC The vision of Exodus reads: ,,The Exod.usVision is team and came out as champion in volleyball and table expressedin a kind of formation which believesthat all tennis respectively.The three week long ielebration was people can, as the Scripture says,,,Act justly, love tenderly culminated with a Eucharistic celebration which was and walk humbly with God,,.(Mi.6:g) presided by Bishop Antonio Tobias. Therefore it aims for a holistic, integrated and In the Spirituality Forum IV last Augu st3,4,5, 2004,the contextualized formation that is rooted in |esus Christ, in student friars took a lead role in the preparatior! during and the Gospel, in the tradition of the Church and her mission, after the forum making the atmosphereof the activity ricep_ in religious life, in the charism of the respectivecongrega_ tive to the delegatesinvolving themselvesin the secietariit, tions, and in the signs of the times, towards a realization of registration and in the documentation. They led the com_ the reign of God.' munity for the culminating prayer of the forum. Theprogramof Exodusisbasedontheoperatingprinciples To deepenthe spiritual life of the student friars, the first of co-education,contextualization,community Luilding, recollection for the school year 2004-2005was held last and a pooling of resources.Fr. Anton Hooghnl,August 13,2004.During this recollection,the studentswere {4ogu" O.Carm.servesasthe Coordinatorof ExodusBatchXVII.helped in sharing their deepestemotions with the brothers.Fr. Rico Sabanal,O.Carm, solemnly facilitated the activity.The-secondday of the recollectiory the student friars pro-ceededto Batis ng Makiling in Laguna last August 1,4,i004 Frs. Modesto Malandac, O.Carm., of Our Lady ofas the continuation of the recollection activity to help the RosaryParishand GabrielDolotina,O.Carm.,of SacredFieartstudents in contextualizetheir spiritual experiencewith the of JesusParish in Agusan del Sur left for the Netherlandsscenicand refreshing ambianceof the resort. This was also lastAugust 29,2004.Bothfriars will attend the Internationalintended to soothethem after many busy days. Pastors'Congressof Carmelite Parishesin Sassone,Italy set on SeptemberT-13,2004. Von voyageBrothers. The postulants had an insightful exchangewith Weng Ladaga on Lay Spirituality on July 1.4-15,2004.As part oI THEEXODUS PROGRAAN their program, they left on August 1 for a one-month This year's novices started their Exodus program last immersion with the indigenous peoples (Banwaons andJuly 1,,2004belonging to Batch XVIL This means that Manobos) of SanLuis, Agusan Sur.EXODUShas been in existencefor already 1Z years.It is an Bro. BenedictZaragozais enjoying his new assignmentinter-norritiate program of male and female cbngregations as in-charge in the development of the farm in pisaan, Santo provide formative modules for participating novicis. The Francisco.With Fr. Eddie Albino and the rest of the Carmeliteword EXODUSstandsfor: ExchangeOf Dreamsin a Unified community 's assistance,he's learning a lot in developingStruggle for relevant formation. an Eco-Spirituality Center. IULY-AUGUST 2004 GARMEL IUEWS
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In Negros:st. Josephseminary, sibulan,Negrosoriental CarmeliteFamilyGathering in Negrosthis yearcanbe Fr.Exalawas"BubukasangKarmel,papasok Th. angAssociates... I comparedto a traditionalreunionof a Filipino Familv angsayasaya", whereineachmembers familyshares how big theygrew,what If afamilyhasoldieswith wisdorn,andanenergetic middle weretheirjoysandshadows, whatis keepingthembusynow, age/we alsohad the vibrantCarmelyouth of Escalante and andwhethertheyarestill interested tojoin in theregulargath_ Sibulan.CarmelYouthof Escalante tackledtheworkshopques- eringof thefamily. tioru by puttingtheminto question-and-answer portions-ofa In a creativeformof sharingthroughstorytelling,dancing, pageant. Whenaskedwhy do you wantto join the Carmelite r.-gTg, drama,andpoetry,theytold of theirbeginnings and Family,"to bea Flowerof Carmel!"wastheanswer. that thecarmeliteConfraternity in Zamboangitistarteiback TheCarmelYouthof Sibulandid wondersfor theCarmel n1920with thepioneering members all goneto heavenwith_ FamilyGathering2004.Theydecorated the venuewith an outleavinga storybehindabouttheconfraternity. Thereis also atmosphere of Mt. Carmeldramatizedtheir sharingof their aConfratemityin LaLibertad,NegrosOrientalthit wasfourded beginningsand their status. Theyouthmadethe ftot gucha_ in 1986with theencouragement of Fr.JesusCorteswherethey rist lively andholy by their singingin thechoir, have"BungtodsaBirhensaCarmen,,, whichcouldbea sitefor Fr.Exalawelcomedthefamily,Fr.Caigoysynthesized the a CarmeliteTow of Negros.Thesetwo groupsarrivedin fully creativesharing,Sr.BaybethMarieAndaya,Caim.O.L.asthe loadedjeepneys andbuses. A fewcamefroma confraternitv in emceesustainedthe attentionand livelinessof the prograr; Sibularu whichis undertheguidance of thecloisterednunJ. Fr.Exalawasthemaincelebran!andthemessage of graitude TheTOCsof CathedralDumaguete, of Sibulan,and of wasfromBro.FransKl. Koerkamp, aO.Carm.. Escalante performedin their own creativeways.TheTOC Theenthusiasmto seethebrothers andsisters in aCarmelite CathedralDumaguetetold their storieswith smilesttuough Gathering could larruly be seen by the early arrival of the singing,huggingandkissingtheaudience andno onepaidaiy Escalantetpeople the night before.'Sr.Baybethtook careto attentionto their gray hair,eyebagsand skinfolds.Their accommodate thematStellaMarisReheatHousefor theirnight problemis: the difficulty of athactingyoungrecruitswhose rest.TheToCsCathedral ensuredthatthesistersandbroth-ers questionis "kapilamanmo mag-ampo sausaka adlaw,,and from Escalante would not misssupperandbreakfast. On the yet,theypray only 3 timesa day.TheTOCSibulanpresented day of the gathering, eachclustercameon time with their theirstorycomprehensively andapologized for notbeingwell "baon". The CarmeliteSisters,O.L.werethereearly for the preparedbecause of aninternalproblembeforethegathering, regishation. Theenergetic TOCEscalante told theirstoriesin a very orgi_ Thecoregroupin Dumaguete prepareda catered lunchfor nizedwaythrunanationof theirbeginnings, dancingthechaiha theEscalante brothersandsistersbutthelattermissedtheinte- to tell their joys,dramatizingtheir sorrows,singingtheir grationwith otherbrothers andsisterswhoenjoyedtheirbaon dreams... aahsaludosila. eatingunderthehees.Fr.Exalawouldhavelikedto pickimore TheCarmelite Sisters- O.CarmandO.L.sharedtheiriden_ "imbaos" fromtheO.CarmSisters andto goaroundthegroups, tity in interprativedance,singingin beautifulvoicesblending baon;butttherewill alwaysbea nextgathering... ONENESS in andnarratingin well-pronounced Englishby theiryoungsisl everythingmuchthankshoweverfor thecareandconcern. ters.Theyusedthesamelanguage suchas:religiousiwomen of Therewere187Carmelite brothersandsistersin thegath- comptemplative prayer,community,devotionto Marv,sfaith eringfrom 12clusters.Wemissed thecloistered nunsduring andsimplicity,womenof prayerandof missioru contemplation thegatheringbecause theyarenotallowedto leavethemonasl amidstapostolic demands andpresence of people,accompany_ tery.TheChineseCarmeliteSisters,,sistersof thelittle flower,,ing othersinbuildingtheKingdomof God. workingin Holy CrossSchoolwerenot ableto ioin for reason Fr. ChristopherExalaled the Escalante communityof unknown.FriarsandAssociates in presenting thehistoryof thecarmllte A core$oup composed of representatives from thediffer_Fathers comingto theDiocese of Dumaguete in 1957andwhose ent clusterswill preparethenextCarmeliteFamilyGathering.first missionareawasEscalante. Includedin thestorywasthe Thegatheringwasftrn,no onefell asleep,andttrefamiliesinvolvementin schools, dii_ parishes, expansion of missionareas, persedjoyfullyandarelookingforwardto nextyear,sgather-formation,justiceandpeace,associateship, andFilipinization. ing.Whylookingforward?"Because wewanttobelongto each with Fr.ReynoldCaigoyastheguitaristled thegroup otherin spirit,dreamsandfr. lxafa hopes!",,Because it,sour destinytoin theintroductionto "Kungalammo langMary,tfrtatafl fa be Carmelites, we belongto theCarmeliteFamily!,,,,BeciuseNaNamingMinamahal". Forsignificantperiodthey,urrgi ,ong we want to becomeFlowers of Carmel!,,,,ToGatherloadsofassociated with thatperiodandoneof thesongsinhoducedby CharmingFruits!""For]esusandMary!,, IULY-AUGUST2004 GARMEL ilEWS
Mcdia: the Salt and light of the World radio through RadioVeritasAsia and learning film dialogue in the processof watching films through The 40th year of Inter-Mirifica renewed the in- Titus Brandsma Media Program.spiration of media practitioners in the service ofthe Church through a seminar-workshop themed, Output from the workshop was shared and"Media: the Salt and Light of the World, A New presented in the concluding Holy Mass by Rev.Approach in Communication." Fr. Carlos Lariosa, SVD.
5R"ESTRETTAAGUIRRE T ast June 24 and 25, a workshop on SR.VIRGIN|ABAYLOSF | ,Spiritual Direction was held at Spring of Carmel.It was facilitatedby Sr.Iluminada '(Lumen) August22,2004 Calolot, ACI. who-is involved in- St. PeterParish retreat and spiritual-direction. It was Quirino Extensiort intended for the Carmelites who are Paco,Manila involved in this kind of work. Eight O.Carm. friars coming from the communi- Officiatedby: Fr. SireneoJaranilla,O.Carm. ties in Metro Manila and San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, participated including three sisterswho attended. Please dineandexperience FrenchCuisineat Sr. Lumen used a pradtical approach, consisting of praxis and theory. It was a LiEauUiuc Restaurant workshop in which she gave the basic . . . A place to discoverand experience.A perfect principles of Spiritual Direction, the venue formeetings, seminarsand family celebrations. differencebefweenpastoral counselingand Try and savor the exquisite French delicacies in the spiritual direction, and some do's and ambianceof peace and serenity. don'ts. UEau Vive (the Living Water) is being run by The participants were huppy with the the Missionary Workers of the Immaculate of way she conducted the workshop. She "Donum-Dei", locatedat 7499Paz Mendoza Guazon covered a lot of ground in just two days. fua, (formerly Otis) Paco,Manila since1981.
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YCPFOCTOBER BirthdayCelebrants 2004 tuzoN 15 IsabelleElarureAladana TeresitaMata1 Angelita Gonzales 1.6 Florentina Mangila 6 Paul Ducay2 Gloria Apostol, TOC 17 Jet Bueno 8 Razel suazoJ Anita Tecson,TOC 19 Heman Ilagan 11 JOEPACS5 Carl JosephPalad 20 Paz Macam, TOC 12 Wilfredo Galagala Lou Paglinawan Dra. Noreen Thngcuangco 1.4 Virgie Reyes8 Evelyn Dela Cruz Bro. JoeGeneroso,TOC 1.6 Nina Amodia9 RosarioAdriano 21. Elizabeth Balbin, TOC 23 Samue Anan10 William Agustin 22 Sally Ulanday OsitAbsioma Mina Mendiola Dolores Miranda 30 CharlynAmodia11 RosarioCandido Carmelo Joaquin Cancio Noli Patrick Rogando 23 Lilibeth Bonagua MINDA}{AO12 Rolina Capitan 27 Juliana Encarnacion 1 Francisco Comandante13 Isabel CaleoryTOC 5 Josefina resimo Sr. Chato Bueno, TOC YISAYAS 20 Fe-ThnCebrianL4 Elizabeth Manga Cancio CordovajI IULY-AUGUST 2004 CARMEL NEWS


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Native American Family Day Coming Soon
2.29.16We are excited about the third annual Native American Family Day that the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts will be co-hosting from 1 to 4 P.M., Saturday, March 12 in partnership with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. We will once again have hands-on crafts for children of all ages. Basket weaving and pinch-pot making are just some of the activities you and your family can enjoy while you are here!
There will be live Stomp Dance performances, the Pow Wow Club will perform, and Robert Thrower will once again captivate all with his amazing storytelling. Unlike last year, all crafting activities and demonstrations will take place on the back lawn of the Museum. We will be showing the movie A Place Called Poarch in the Rotunda along with images from the Faces campaign.
This event is FREE and open to the public. There will be multiple performances throughout the day and craft making activities will run throughout the afternoon. Native American Family Day will happen rain or shine, so make sure to mark your calendars now for what promises to be a great event celebrating our State's Native American culture!
Blake Rosen
Special Events Coordinator


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Switching from Payroll Taxes to Corporate Income Taxes: Firms' Employment and Wages after the 2012 Colombian Tax Reform
Bernal, Raquel, Eslava, Marcela, Meléndez, Marcela, Pinzón, Alvaro, Economia
(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.)
Social security systems aimed at covering workers against the risks of old-age poverty, sickness, work-related accidents, and unemployment are frequently financed via mandatory payroll contributions paid by both employers and employees, with employers usually responsible for the larger share of the contribution.1 In much of Latin America, high payroll taxes have been pinpointed as one of the causes of high informality and high unemployment.2
In Colombia, payroll taxes have been used to finance not only health coverage, maternity leave provisions, and pensions, but also monetary subsidies and in-kind transfers for low-income workers.3 Employers are also responsible for mandatory bonuses and annual severance payments. Put together, these costs imposed by regulation added more than 50 percent to a firm's wage bill by 2012. This rate had been increasing over the last two decades from an already high 40 percent in 1992. Costs attached to these regulations come on top of a mandatory minimum wage that exceeds the median income of workers in the country.
Extremely high payroll taxation in Colombia is a source of concern for analysts and policymakers, given its expected negative effects on employment and labor formality. Both unemployment and informality have, in fact, been very high over the past two decades. Consequently, the Colombian Congress approved a tax reform in December 2012 that reduced employer contributions by 13.5 percentage points for workers earning below ten minimum monthly wages. This group of workers represents the vast majority of the Colombian workforce (specifically, 98 percent of workers of private firms with at least two employees). In particular, the reform eliminated a 3 percent contribution to the National Family Welfare Agency (ICBF), a 2 percent contribution to the National Adult Training Agency (SENA), and 8.5 percent of the employers' contributions for workers' mandatory health insurance.
One of the objectives of the reform was to stimulate the creation of formal employment. To compensate for lost income from payroll taxes, the reform also increased corporate income taxes by reducing some of the exemptions that firms were previously allowed to claim to reduce their taxable income. In particular, the corporate income tax rate fell by 8 percentage points, while a new 9 percent tax on firm profits, called CREE, was imposed. The tax base over which firms pay CREE, however, is larger than the base for the corporate income tax, because exemptions were eliminated. Thus, more than a reform that reduced the tax burden, this was a reform that shifted the burden from formal employment to corporate income. The amount of benefits received by workers was not affected by the reform.
This reform offers a unique opportunity to analyze the effectiveness of replacing payroll taxes with taxes that do not distort the incentives to hire workers relative to other inputs of production, but that are still levied on firms. With this motivation, we analyze the effects that the reform had on formal employment and wages, using detailed firm-level administrative data covering all formal employment in the country before and after the reform.
The focus on firms is natural, to the extent that it is firms' hiring and wage policies that are directly distorted by payroll taxes. At the same time, identifying the effects of this reform on firms is particularly challenging, since the reform did not focus on particular firms or sectors. We take advantage of the fact that not-for-profit firms, many of which are de facto for profit, were exempted from the components of the reform under analysis. Though we do not have information on firms' individual tax regimes, we do know the sector to which a firm belongs. Because firms in the education and training sector are with few exceptions registered as not-for-profit, we are able to use these firms to construct a control group. …


text: News 'Don't just turn up, arrive', says Holden as part of its 'brand rejuvenation' November 12, 2018 4:10 by Abigail Dawson 8 Holden has created a new campaign for its Acadia model as part of the brand's rejuvenation.The 'Don't turn up, arrive' brand positioning for the Acadia SUV model aims to change the style of Holden's communications and inject a sense of humour and fun into the brand.The ad, created by AJF Partnership, features groups of regular people turning up to waterparks, the airport and a nightclub as if they are famous VIPs.Holden's new ad is backed to 'My House' by American performer Flo Rida.ADVERTISEMENT Kristian Aquilina, marketing director at Holden, said in a statement the Acadia has all the swagger and impact you associate with red-carpet Hollywood arrivals."Our new Holden Acadia 'Arrive' campaign picks up on this theme well, while also making it both fun and relevant to Australian families."This campaign is another example of Holden changing its style of communication. The Holden Acadia 'Arrive' campaign highlights the vehicle's strengths, while also including the sense of fun and humour that has been part of Holden's DNA forever."We believe this campaign and the vehicle will resonate strongly with customers as we continue to evolve the Holden brand and talk about our SUV credentials with Australians," she said.Last year, Holden launched its SUV Equinox model via a campaign created by The Monkeys.The Equinox campaign used the tagline 'Nothing to Prove? Prove it'. Abigail Dawson Abigail Dawson is a senior content journalist covering event content. Abigail was previously a senior reporter for Mumbrella covering the agency space. She graduated from RMIT University in 2016 where she completed a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) majoring in politics, economies and businesses. topics AcadiaAJF PartnershipHolden Share Tweet Share Comments: 8 Add Comment nick bartlett 12 Nov 18 I love the ad but my grandfather would be rolling in his Australian made grave Reply Turn down for what? 12 Nov 18 Maybe it's the millennial in me talking, but "turning up" comes across as more contemporary, impactful, and exciting than "arriving" (which sounds like a road safety word). Given the suits and the Flo Rida and the jets – "Don't just arrive, turn up" seems like the better fit here. Love the visuals though! Reply Dylan 13 Nov 18 I was literally thinking the exact same thing. Reply Al 13 Nov 18 I clicked in to write this exact comment! Maybe it's the millenial in me though…. Reply Anonymous 13 Nov 18 "Don't just turn up, arrive" is literally the tag line for an outdoor campaign on Flinders St for some sort of wine. i see it every day on the way to work. maybe the holden marketing team follow the same route… Reply goodone 13 Nov 18 I'm hip, I'm cool, I'm down with the four one one ….joking aside it's probably the best work from Holden in recent years. Let's just hope they remain consistent and don't change creative direction every two months like they have been. Reply Anonymous 13 Nov 18 love it ! Reply swagger 13 Nov 18 Definitely the best Holden ad for a while. Confidence is contagious. Keep it up. Reply Have your say Name Email Address (optional) Website (optional) ADVERTISEMENT Most Discussed 47 Comments DOA, a new consultancy backed by Thinkerbell and Ebony Gaylor, launches 40 Comments Bauer closes eight titles including Harper's Bazaar, Elle and Instyle 38 Comments Brands need to trim the fat, starting with waste-of-money agencies 35 Comments Ex-R/GA boss Jon Holloway returns to agency 34 Comments Good riddance to the Bauers, the family that wrecked Australia's magazine industry


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Graduate Student Matthew Handelman's article "Franz Rosenzweig's Modern Mathematics" will appear in the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book (2012).
Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) was a German-Jewish philosopher, pedagogue, and theologian. Rosenzweig's major accomplishments include his co-founding of the Freies Jüdisches Lehrhaus in Frankfurt am Main, his major theological-philosophical monograph Der Stern der Erlösung (1921), and his work as a translator, most notably,of the Hebrew Bible in cooperation with Martin Buber.
In his article, Handelman investigates the role Rosenzweig's engagements with mathematics as a medical student and autodidact between 1905 and 1916 played in his later philosophical writings. In particular, he examines how the concept of the infinitely small, taken from popular scientific primers and textbooks on infinitesimal calculus, informs Rosenzweig usage of the differential as the cognitive threshold between nothing and something. Although Rosenzweig's modern mathematics may differ from disciplinary discourses in mathematics, his usage of the infinitesimal calculus indicates the enduring relevance of mathematics in modern pedagogical, historical, and religious debates.
Handelman's article was published as a runner-up for the Leo Baeck Essay Prize 2012 and can be accessed on the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book's website.
"Franz Rosenzweig's Modern Mathematics" draws on Handelman's research for his dissertation "Applied Mathematics: Rosenzweig, Kracauer, Scholem and the Possibilities for German-Jewish Philosophy." He has also published on Rosenzweig and Siegfried Kracauer's correspondence (1921-1923) as well as on Paul Celan and Critical Theory.


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Three ladies have recently made history as the first black ladies that will simultaneously wear the crown of three different beauty pageants in the United States of America. They currently wear the crowns of Miss USA, Miss Teen and Miss America.
According to reports by Because OF Them We Can, two of the crowns had been previously won by Miss America Nia Franklin and 2019 Miss Teen USA Kaleigh Garris, before Cheslie Kryst joined them to complete the historic trio after emerging as Miss USA on Thursday, April 2.
It was gathered that Krsyt who completed the trio is a civil litigation attorney with a law degree and MBA from Wake Forest University.
Even more fascinating about the pair of Krsyt and Garris is the fact that they both rocked their natural hairs at their individual pageant competition, and did not go through any form of hair straightening.
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The report further noted that Garris who emerged as the winner of the Miss Teen USA pageant, said that people tried to convince her to straighten her hair, but she refused because rocking her natural curls helps her stay confident. The young lady who is still in high school revealed that, she plans to become a trauma nurse in the future.
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Nia Franklin who is the third of the trio, was crowned as Miss America in September 2018 and currently still wears her crown, until the 2019 edition of the pageant. She holds a master's degree in music composition from UNC School of the Arts. She is also an opera singer and an advocate of arts.
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Thank you to everyone who painted, performed and cheered on the Queens of Music Fest. If you missed the creation of these new works, they will be on display at The Gateway by the main fountain thru March with thanks to The Blocks.
The Eight Muralists are:
Makenzie Alexander: Diana Ross – Queen of Motown
Caitylyn Renshaw: Lizzo ‐ Queen of Pop/Hip Hop
Caroline Kane: Amy Winehouse ‐ Queen of Retro Soul
Alli VanKlee: Poly Styrene of X-Ray Speck ‐ Queen of Punk
Emma Goldgar: Joan Jett ‐ Queen of Rock and Roll
Lindsay Huss: Billie Holiday – Queen of Jazz
Tiffany Dewitt: Dolly Parton ‐ Queen of Country
Brooklyn Ottens: Bjork – Queen of Avant Garde
Big cheers to local bands Jazzy Olivo, Mana, First Daze and Talia Keys for keeping everyone's energy up.
And to the local women owned bussiness who connected with audiences new and old:
Gibbs Smith Publishers
Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music
Modern 8 / Nana
Commerce and Craft
Hop Bombshells Homebrew Club
VW Photo Bus
Mariposa Jewels
Utah Wild Ultimate
Utah Musicians Network For Women
Raise a glass to the offical bar host Vine Lore for a beautiful Women In Wine lounge, pouring spirits crafted by women winemakers.
And to Kiln for hosting the screening of the Ruth Bader Ginsberg documentary RBG.
Photography by Sam Crump and video by Black Feather Whiskey.
The Queens of Music Festival was created by KRCL, The Gateway, The Blocks and Kiln.


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