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It's Not Easy Being Pope
"Mortal, I have set you as a watchman to the house of Israel." Note that Ezekiel, the one the Lord sent to preach the word, is called "a watchman." A watchman or sentinel takes a post on the highest point, in order to see whoever may be coming from a distance. Similarly, anyone appointed watchman to a congregation should live a "higher" life so as to keep all things in sight.
As I say these words, I realize I am reproaching myself. For I do not preach as I ought, nor does my personal example accord with these principles that I'm preaching even now. I can't deny my guilt, for I've become lethargic and negligent in my work; though perhaps by recognizing my failure I'll win some sympathy and pardon from the judge. Before I started this work, while living in a religious community, I was able to refrain from talking about idle topics and to devote my mind to prayer. Since taking up this new pastoral position, I have been unable to concentrate on prayer, because I'm so distracted by my responsibilities.
For example, I have to consider questions about churches and communities and make assessments about people's lives and acts. One minute I'm involved with a public policy issue, and the next minute I have to worry over outside threats to the well-being of the church under my care. I have to accept a public role in political matters in order to support good government. I have to bear patiently with law-breakers, and then confront them with an attitude of charity.
I am split and torn to pieces by the variety of weighty things on my mind. When I try to concentrate and pull myself together to preach, I feel inadequate to that sacred task. I am often compelled by the nature of my position to associate with worldly people, and sometimes I become casual in my speech; because if I spoke as my conscience dictates with all formality, I know some of them would simply drop me and that I could never influence them towards the goal I desire for them. So I endure their aimless chatter in patience. Then, because I am weak myself I am drawn gradually into idle chitchat — and I find myself saying the kind of thing that before I didn't even want to listen to! I've come to relish wallowing where once I would have been ashamed to stray by accident.
What kind of a watchman am I? Far from the heights to which I aspire, I am constrained by my weakness. And yet — the one who created me and redeemed me and all humanity can give me, even in my unworthiness, some grace to glimpse the whole of life, and the skill and ability to speak of what I see. So it is for the love of God that I do not spare myself in preaching.
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Good morning. Things are hopping at the London Games, with 20 medal events today. And conversations are still buzzing about the scandal in Olympic badminton, over players intentionally throwing matches. Here are some highlights from this morning's news:
- The U.S. women's quadruple sculls team has won a bronze medal, ending a 28-year American medal drought in the sport. It's also only the second U.S. medal.
- Michael Phelps, who looks to add to his record 19 medals in today's 200m butterfly final, qualified with the fourth-fastest time this morning. Ryan Lochte was second-fastest, at 1:58.03. The top qualifier is Hundary's Laszlo Cseh, the 2008 silver medalist, who clocked in at 1:57.20.
- Great Britain finally won its first gold medal, as rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won their women's pair scull race. "I really hope my story can be an inspiration for kids in PE watching this or at home thinking about taking up a new sport," said Stanning, who serves as a Royal Artillery officer. "Just go on, go for it - you don't know what's going to happen."
- NBC will break even, not lose money, on the London Summer Olympics. "We are way ahead of where we thought we'd be," NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke tells the AP today. The AP continues: "Burke said that because of the timing of events in London, he had expected ratings to be down 20 percent compared with the Beijing Olympics. But they are up 9 percent so far, five days into the event."
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In five Southern states, we're in the middle of Confederate History Month, a dubious designation that's at odds with the reckoning the region has engaged in since the Charleston church massacre by white supremacist Dylann Roof in 2015.
Roof's act of terror began to shake the South out of its 150-year reverence for the Confederacy, a glorification cemented, in part, by the widespread installation of monuments that peaked during the period after Jim Crow was established, and again during the civil rights movement. As the nation mourned the victims in Charleston, grassroots organizers like Take 'Em Down NOLA modeled the kind of work necessary to persuade local governments to remove these monuments to slavery, white supremacy, and oppression from public places.
In many cases, it took courage by local politicians to act. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu exemplified that courage when he spoke last May at the culmination of Take 'Em Down NOLA's successful campaign to dismantle the remaining Confederate monuments in his historic city.
David Menschel called Landrieu's remarks "one of the most honest speeches given by a Southern politician."
Indeed, it was a remarkable speech and an important moment. We can think of no better way of marking Confederate History Month than to reprise Landrieu's words.
Thank you for coming.
The soul of our beloved city is deeply rooted in a history that has evolved over thousands of years; rooted in a diverse people who have been here together every step of the way—for both good and for ill. It is a history that holds in its heart the stories of Native Americans—the Choctaw, Houma Nation, the Chitimacha. Of Hernando de Soto, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, the Acadians, the Islenos, the enslaved people from Senegambia, Free People of Colorix, the Haitians, the Germans, both the empires of France and Spain. The Italians, the Irish, the Cubans, the south and central Americans, the Vietnamese, and so many more.
You see, New Orleans is truly a city of many nations, a melting pot, a bubbling cauldron of many cultures. There is no other place quite like it in the world that so eloquently exemplifies the uniquely American motto: e pluribus unum: out of many we are one. But there are also other truths about our city that we must confront. New Orleans was America's largest slave market, a port where hundreds of thousands of souls were bought, sold, and shipped up the Mississippi River to lives of forced labor, of misery, of rape, of torture. America was the place where nearly 4000 of our fellow citizens were lynched, 540 alone in Louisiana; where the courts enshrined "separate but equal"; where Freedom riders coming to New Orleans were beaten to a bloody pulp. So when people say to me that the monuments in question are history, well, what I just described is real history as well, and it is the searing truth.
And it immediately begs the questions, why there are no slave ship monuments, no prominent markers on public land to remember the lynchings or the slave blocks; nothing to remember this long chapter of our lives; the pain, the sacrifice, the shame … all of it happening on the soil of New Orleans. So for those self-appointed defenders of history and the monuments, they are eerily silent on what amounts to this historical malfeasance, a lie by omission. There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence of it.
For America and New Orleans, it has been a long, winding road, marked by great tragedy and great triumph. But we cannot be afraid of our truth. As President George W. Bush said at the dedication ceremony for the National Museum of African American History & Culture, "A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them." So today I want to speak about why we chose to remove these four monuments to the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, but also how and why this process can move us towards healing and understanding of each other. So, let's start with the facts.
The historic record is clear: The Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and P.G.T. Beauregard statues were not erected just to honor these men, but as part of the movement which became known as The Cult of the Lost Cause. This "cult" had one goal—through monuments and through other means—to rewrite history to hide the truth, which is that the Confederacy was on the wrong side of humanity. First erected over 166 years after the founding of our city and 19 years after the end of the Civil War, the monuments that we took down were meant to rebrand the history of our city and the ideals of a defeated Confederacy. It is self-evident that these men did not fight for the United States of America. They fought against it. They may have been warriors, but in this cause they were not patriots. These statues are not just stone and metal. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy, ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement and the terror that it actually stood for.
After the Civil War, these statues were a part of that terrorism as much as a burning cross on someone's lawn; they were erected purposefully to send a strong message to all who walked in their shadows about who was still in charge in this city. Should you have further doubt about the true goals of the Confederacy, in the very weeks before the war broke out, the Vice President of the Confederacy, Alexander Stephens, made it clear that the Confederate cause was about maintaining slavery and white supremacy. He said in his now famous "corner-stone speech" that the Confederacy's "cornerstone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first in the history of the world based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."
Now, with these shocking words still ringing in your ears, I want to try to gently peel from your hands the grip on a false narrative of our history that I think weakens us, and make straight a wrong turn we made many years ago. We can more closely connect with integrity to the founding principles of our nation and forge a clearer and straighter path toward a better city and a more perfect union.
Last year, President Barack Obama echoed these sentiments about the need to contextualize and remember all our history. He recalled a piece of stone, a slave auction block engraved with a marker commemorating a single moment in 1830 when Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay stood and spoke from it. President Obama said, "Consider what this artifact tells us about history. … On a stone where day after day for years, men and women … bound and bought and sold and bid like cattle on a stone worn down by the tragedy of over a thousand bare feet. For a long time the only thing we considered important, the singular thing we once chose to commemorate as history with a plaque, were the unmemorable speeches of two powerful men."
A piece of stone—one stone. Both stories were history. One story told. One story forgotten or maybe even purposefully ignored. As clear as it is for me today … for a long time, even though I grew up in one of New Orleans' most diverse neighborhoods, even with my family's long proud history of fighting for civil rights … I must have passed by those monuments a million times without giving them a second thought. So I am not judging anybody, I am not judging people. We all take our own journey on race.
I just hope people listen like I did when my dear friend Wynton Marsalis helped me see the truth. He asked me to think about all the people who have left New Orleans because of our exclusionary attitudes. Another friend asked me to consider these four monuments from the perspective of an African American mother or father trying to explain to their fifth-grade daughter who Robert E. Lee is and why he stands atop of our beautiful city. Can you do it? Can you look into that young girl's eyes and convince her that Robert E. Lee is there to encourage her? Do you think she will feel inspired and hopeful by that story? Do these monuments help her see a future with limitless potential? Have you ever thought that if her potential is limited, yours and mine are too? We all know the answer to these very simple questions. When you look into this child's eyes is the moment when the searing truth comes into focus for us. This is the moment when we know what is right and what we must do. We can't walk away from this truth.
And I knew that taking down the monuments was going to be tough, but you elected me to do the right thing, not the easy thing and this is what that looks like. So relocating these Confederate monuments is not about taking something away from someone else. This is not about politics. This is not about blame or retaliation. This is not a naive quest to solve all our problems at once.
This is, however, about showing the whole world that we as a city and as a people are able to acknowledge, understand, reconcile and most importantly, choose a better future for ourselves, making straight what has been crooked and making right what was wrong. Otherwise, we will continue to pay a price with discord, with division and, yes, with violence.
To literally put the Confederacy on a pedestal in our most prominent places of honor is an inaccurate recitation of our full past. It is an affront to our present, and it is a bad prescription for our future. History cannot be changed. It cannot be moved like a statue. What is done is done. The Civil War is over, and the Confederacy lost and we are better for it. Surely we are far enough removed from this dark time to acknowledge that the cause of the Confederacy was wrong.
And in the second decade of the 21st century, asking African Americans—or anyone else—to drive by property that they own; occupied by reverential statues of men who fought to destroy the country and deny that person's humanity seems perverse and absurd. Centuries-old wounds are still raw because they never healed right in the first place. Here is the essential truth: We are better together than we are apart.
Indivisibility is our essence. Isn't this the gift that the people of New Orleans have given to the world? We radiate beauty and grace in our food, in our music, in our architecture, in our joy of life, in our celebration of death; in everything that we do. We gave the world this funky thing called jazz, the most uniquely American art form that is developed across the ages from different cultures. Think about second lines, think about Mardi Gras, think about muffaletta, think about the Saints, gumbo, red beans and rice. By God, just think.
All we hold dear is created by throwing everything in the pot; creating, producing something better; everything a product of our historic diversity. We are proof that out of many we are one—and better for it! Out of many we are one—and we really do love it! And yet, we still seem to find so many excuses for not doing the right thing. Again, remember President Bush's words. "A great nation does not hide its history. It faces its flaws and corrects them."
We forget, we deny how much we really depend on each other, how much we need each other. We justify our silence and inaction by manufacturing noble causes that marinate in historical denial. We still find a way to say, "Wait, not so fast." But like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Wait has almost always meant never." We can't wait any longer. We need to change. And we need to change now.
No more waiting. This is not just about statues, this is about our attitudes and behavior as well. If we take these statues down and don't change to become a more open and inclusive society this would have all been in vain. While some have driven by these monuments every day and either revered their beauty or failed to see them at all, many of our neighbors and fellow Americans see them very clearly. Many are painfully aware of the long shadows their presence casts; not only literally but figuratively. And they clearly receive the message that the Confederacy and the cult of the lost cause intended to deliver.
Earlier this week, as the cult of the lost cause statue of P.G.T Beauregard came down, world-renowned musician Terence Blanchard stood watch, his wife Robin and their two beautiful daughters at their side. Terence went to a high school on the edge of City Park named after one of America's greatest heroes and patriots, John F. Kennedy. But to get there he had to pass by this monument to a man who fought to deny him his humanity.
He said, "I've never looked at them as a source of pride … it's always made me feel as if they were put there by people who don't respect us. This is something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime. It's a sign that the world is changing." Yes, Terence, it is. And it is long overdue. Now is the time to send a new message to the next generation of New Orleanians who can follow in Terence and Robin's remarkable footsteps.
A message about the future, about the next 300 years and beyond: Let us not miss this opportunity, New Orleans, and let us help the rest of the country do the same. Because now is the time for choosing. Now is the time to actually make this the City we always should have been, had we gotten it right in the first place.
We should stop for a moment and ask ourselves: At this point in our history—after Katrina, after Rita, after Ike, after Gustav, after the national recession, after the BP oil catastrophe and after the tornado—if presented with the opportunity to build monuments that told our story or to curate these particular spaces, would these monuments be what we want the world to see? Is this really our story?
We have not erased history; we are becoming part of the city's history by righting the wrong image these monuments represent and crafting a better, more complete future for all our children and for future generations. And unlike when these Confederate monuments were first erected as symbols of white supremacy, we now have a chance to create not only new symbols, but to do it together, as one people. In our blessed land, we all come to the table of democracy as equals. We have to reaffirm our commitment to a future where each citizen is guaranteed the uniquely American gifts of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
That is what really makes America great and today it is more important than ever to hold fast to these values and together say a self-evident truth that out of many we are one. That is why today we reclaim these spaces for the United States of America. Because we are one nation, not two; indivisible with liberty and justice for all, not some. We all are part of one nation, all pledging allegiance to one flag, the flag of the United States of America. And New Orleanians are in … all of the way. It is in this union and in this truth that real patriotism is rooted and flourishes. Instead of revering a 4-year brief historical aberration that was called the Confederacy, we can celebrate all 300 years of our rich, diverse history as a place named New Orleans, and set the tone for the next 300 years.
After decades of public debate, of anger, of anxiety, of anticipation, of humiliation and of frustration. After public hearings and approvals from three separate community led commissions. After two robust public hearings and a 6–1 vote by the duly elected New Orleans City Council. After review by 13 different federal and state judges. The full weight of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government has been brought to bear and the monuments, in accordance with the law, have been removed. So now is the time to come together and heal and focus on our larger task. Not only building new symbols, but making this city a beautiful manifestation of what is possible and what we as a people can become.
Let us remember what the once exiled, imprisoned, and now universally loved Nelson Mandela and what he said after the fall of apartheid. "If the pain has often been unbearable and the revelations shocking to all of us, it is because they indeed bring us the beginnings of a common understanding of what happened and a steady restoration of the nation's humanity." So before we part let us again state the truth clearly.
The Confederacy was on the wrong side of history and humanity. It sought to tear apart our nation and subjugate our fellow Americans to slavery. This is the history we should never forget and one that we should never again put on a pedestal to be revered. As a community, we must recognize the significance of removing New Orleans' Confederate monuments. It is our acknowledgment that now is the time to take stock of, and then move past, a painful part of our history.
Anything less would render generations of courageous struggle and soul-searching a truly lost cause. Anything less would fall short of the immortal words of our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln, who with an open heart and clarity of purpose calls on us today to unite as one people when he said, "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds … to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations."
This article was published by the Southern Poverty Law Center, an Alabama-based civil rights organization.
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The vintage India Matchbox Label in a good condition. Circa 50ies of 20th centure.
Good vintage condition with some signs of years. Original Label ( not a repro or copy).
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Phillumeny (also known as Phillumenism) is the hobby of collecting different match-related items: matchboxes, matchbox labels, matchbooks, matchcovers, matchsafes, etc.
Collecting of matchbox labels emerged together with matches. In some collections it is possible to find labels from chemical matches, produced in 1810-1815-long before the modern matches arrived. Quite often people who went abroad brought back matchboxes as souvenirs from other countries. After World War II a lot of match factories worked in close contact with local phillumenists, issuing special non-advertising sets. The hobby became especially widespread from the 1960s through the 1980s. Widespread introduction of bulky (for collectors) cardboard matchboxes with less distinct images on them, much poorer quality of print and, also some social phenomena, made this hobby (like many others, not connected with commerce) much less engaged.
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Planning Perspectives
A look at life and finance from every angle.
From personal to professional, from family to financial, there are many facets to your life. Yet, each is interconnected. Planning Perspectives is a source of ideas and information to help you make the most of them all, all together.


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Jacob Chaise Section - Grey
The Jacob Sofa Chaise Module can be added to your Jacob sofa. The sectional sofa part boasts premium soft-touch grey fabric with ergonomic seat design, complete with bolster cushions. Crafted for comfort, the sofa section is an inviting oasis for relaxation, designed to cradle you in cosiness.
Crafted in a sleek and timeless grey, the Jacob sofa collection serves as an excellent canvas to infuse your personal style. Its premium fabric is not only tough and hardwearing, but it's also incredibly soft to the touch, ensuring comfort and durability.
We understand the importance of quality cushioning, and the Jacob sofa doesn't disappoint. Its ergonomic high back seat design is 60cm high and angled just right, complete with a 33cm high bolster cushion, ensures the utmost comfort and support, whether you're lounging with friends or enjoying a quiet evening in.
With its simple yet unique design, the Jacob Modular Sofa Section is more than just furniture; it's a statement piece that blends seamlessly with modern interiors. Assembling the sofa is easy, just click the backrests into the base section and screw in the feet - which raise the sofa 6cm off the floor. Experience the difference of Jacob - where style and comfort unite.
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The Tortured Politics behind the Persian Gulf Crisis
The splintering of the powerful Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) into warring camps—with Qatar, supported by Turkey and Iran, on one side, and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), supported by Egypt, on the other—has less to do with disagreements over foreign policy and religion than with internal political and economic developments in the Middle East. The ostensible rationale the GCC gave on June 4 for breaking relations with Qatar and placing the tiny country under a blockade is that Doha is aiding "terrorist' organizations. The real reasons are considerably more complex, particularly among the major players.
Middle East journalist Patrick Cockburn once described the Syrian civil war as a three-dimensional chess game with five players and no rules. In the case of the Qatar crisis, the players have doubled and abandoned the symmetry of the chessboard for "Go," Mahjong, and Bridge.
Tensions among members of the GCC are longstanding. In the case of Qatar, they date back to 1995, when the father of the current ruler, Emir Tamin Al Thani, shoved his own father out of power. According Simon Henderson of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Saudi Arabia and the UAE "regarded the family coup as a dangerous precedent to Gulf ruling families" and tried to organize a counter coup. The coup was exposed, however, and called off.
Riyadh is demanding that Qatar sever relations with Iran—an improbable outcome given that the two countries share a natural gas field in the Persian Gulf—and end Doha's cozy ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Indeed, if there is any entity in the Middle East that the Saudis hate—and fear—more than Iran, it is the Brotherhood. Riyadh was instrumental in the 2013 overthrow of the Brotherhood government in Egypt and has allied itself with the Israelis to marginalize Hamas, the Palestinian version of the Brotherhood that dominates Gaza.
But fault lines in the GCC do not run only between Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar. Oman, at the Gulf's mouth, has always marched to its own drummer, maintaining close ties with Saudi Arabia's regional nemesis, Iran, and refusing to go along with Riyadh's war against the Houthi in Yemen. Kuwait has also balked at Saudi dominance of the GCC, has refused to join the blockade against Doha, and is trying to play mediator in the current crisis.
The siege of Qatar was launched shortly after Donald Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, when the Saudi's put on a show for the U.S. president that was over the top even by the monarchy's standards. Wooed with massive billboards and garish sword dances, Trump soaked up the Saudi's view of the Middle East, attacked Iran as a supporter of terrorism and apparently green-lighted the blockade of Qatar. He even tried to take credit for it.
Saudi Arabia, backed by Bahrain, Egypt, and the UAE, along with a cast of minor players, made 13 demands on Doha that it could only meet by abandoning its sovereignty. They range from the impossible—end all contacts with Iran—to the improbable—close the Turkish base—to the unlikely—dismantle the popular and lucrative media giant, Al Jazeera. The "terrorists" Doha is accused of supporting are the Brotherhood, which the Saudi's and the Egyptians consider a terrorist organization, an opinion not shared by the U.S. or the European Union.
On the surface this is about Sunni Saudi Arabia vs. Shiite Iran, but while religious differences do play an important role in recruiting and motivating some of the players, this is not a battle over a schism in Islam. Most importantly, it is not about "terrorism," since many of the countries involved are up to their elbows in supporting extremist organizations. Indeed, Saudi Arabia's reactionary Wahhabi interpretation of Islam is the root ideology for groups like the Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda, and all the parties are backing a variety of extremists in Syria and Libya's civil wars.
The attack on Qatar is part of Saudi Arabia's aggressive new foreign policy that is being led by Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammad bin Salman. Since being declared "monarch-in-waiting" by King Salman Al Saud, Mohammed has launched a disastrous war in Yemen that has killed more than 10,000 civilians, sparked a country-wide cholera epidemic, and drains at least $700 million a month from Saudi Arabia's treasury. Given the depressed price for oil and a growing population—70 percent of which is under 30 and much of it unemployed—it is not a cost the monarchy can continue to sustain, especially with the Saudi economy falling into recession.
Underlying the Saudi's new-found aggression is fear. First, fear that the kind of Islamic governance modeled by the Muslim Brotherhood poses a threat to the absolutism of the Gulf monarchs. Fear that Iran's nuclear pact with the U.S., the EU and the UN is allowing Tehran to break out of its economic isolation and turn itself into a rival power center in the Middle East. And fear that anything but a united front by the GCC—led by Riyadh—will encourage the House of Saud's internal and external critics.
So far, the attempt to blockade Qatar has been more an annoyance than a serious threat to Doha. Turkey and Iran are pouring supplies into Qatar, and the Turks are deploying up to 1,000 troops at a base near the capital. There are also some 10,000 U.S. troops at Qatar's Al Udeid Airfield, Washington's largest base in the Middle East and one central to the war on the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Any invasion aimed at overthrowing the Qatar regime risks a clash with Turkey and the U.S.
While Egypt is part of the anti-Qatari alliance—the Egyptians are angry at Doha for not supporting Cairo's side in the Libyan civil war, and the Egyptian regime also hates the Brotherhood—it is hardly an enthusiastic ally. Saudi Arabia keeps Egypt's economy afloat, and so long as the Riyadh keeps writing checks, Cairo is on board. But Egypt is keeping the Yemen war at arm's length—it flat out refused to contribute troops and is not comfortable with Saudi Arabia's version of Islam. Cairo is currently in a nasty fight with its own Wahhabist-inspired extremists. Egypt also maintains diplomatic relations with Iran.
Besides the UAE, the other Saud allies don't count for much in this fight. Sudan will send troops—if Riyadh pays for them—but not very many. Bahrain is on board, but only because the Saudi and UAE armies are sitting on local Shiite opposition. Yemen and Libya are part of the anti-Qatar alliance, but both are essentially failed states. And while the Maldives is a nice place to vacation, it doesn't have a lot of weight to throw around.
On the other hand, long-time Saudi ally Pakistan has made it clear it is not part of this blockade, nor will it break with Qatar or downgrade relations with Iran. When Riyadh asked for Pakistan troops in Yemen, the national parliament voted unanimously to have nothing to do with Riyadh's jihad on the poorest country in the Middle East.
The largely Muslim nations of Malaysia and Indonesia are also maintaining relations with Qatar, and Saudi ally Morocco offered to send food to Doha. In brief, it is not clear who is more isolated here.
While President Trump supports the Saudis, his Defense Department and State Department are working to resolve the crisis. U.S. Sec. of State Rex Tillerson just finished a trip to the Gulf in an effort to end the blockade, and the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is threatening to hold up arms sales to Riyadh unless the dispute is resolved. The latter is no minor threat. Saudi Arabia would have serious difficulties carrying out the war in Yemen without U.S. weaponry.
And the reverse of the coin?
Doha's allies have a variety of agendas, not all of which mesh.
Iran has correct, but hardly warm, relations with Qatar. Both countries need to cooperate to exploit the South Pars gas field, and Tehran appreciated that Doha was always a reluctant member of the anti-Iran coalition, telling the U.S. it could not use Qatari bases to attack Iran.
Iran is certainly interested in anything that divides the GCC. The Iranians would also like Qatar to invest in upgrading Iran's energy industry and maybe cutting them in on the $177 billion in construction projects that Doha is lining up in preparation for hosting the 2022 World Cup Games. Also, some 30,000 Iranians live in Qatar.
Figuring out Turkey these days can reduce one to reading tea leaves.
On one hand, Ankara's support for Qatar seems obvious. Qatar backs the Brotherhood, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party is a Turkish variety of the Brotherhood, albeit one focused more on power than ideology. Erdogan was a strong supporter of the Egyptian Brotherhood and relations between Cairo and Ankara went into the deep freeze when Egypt's military overthrew the Islamist organization.
Qatar is also an important source of finances for Ankara, whose fragile economy needs every bit of help it can get. Turkey's large construction industry would like to land some of the multi-billion construction contracts the World Cup games will generate. Turkish construction projects in Qatar already amount to $13.7 billion.
On the other hand, Turkey is also trying to woo Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies for their investments. Erdogan even joined in the GCC's attacks on Iran last spring, accusing Tehran of "Persian nationalist expansion," a comment that distressed Turkey's business community. As the sanctions on Iran ease, Turkish firms see that country's big, well-educated population as a potential gold mine.
The Turkish President has since turned down the anti-Iran rhetoric, and Ankara and Tehran have been consulting over the Qatar crisis. The first supportive phone call Erdogan took during the attempted coup last year was from Qatar's emir, and the prickly Turkish President has not forgotten that some other GCC members were silent for several days. Erdogan recently suggested that the UAE had a hand in the coup.
Is this personal for Turkey's president? No, but Erdogan is the Middle East leader who most resembles Donald Trump: he shoots from the hip and holds grudges. The difference is that he is far smarter and better informed than the U.S. President and knows when to cut his losses.
His apology to the Russians after shooting down one of their fighter-bombers is a case in point. Erdogan first threatened Moscow with war, but eventually trotted off to St. Petersburg, hat in hand, to make nice with Russian President Vladimir Putin. And after hinting that the Americans were behind the 2016 coup, he recently met with Tillerson in Istanbul to smooth things out. Turkey recognizes that it will need Moscow and Washington to settle the war in Syria.
The Russians have been carefully neutral, consulted with Turkey and Iran, and have called on all parties to peacefully resolve their differences.
There is not likely to be a quick end to the Qatar crisis, because Saudi Arabia keeps doubling down on one disastrous foreign policy decision after another, including breaking up the Arab world's only viable economic bloc. But there are developments in the region that may eventually force Riyadh to back off.
The Syrian War looks like it is headed for a solution, although the outcome is anything but certain. The Yemen War has reached crisis proportions—the UN describes it as the number one human emergency on the globe—and pressure is growing for the U.S. and Britain to wind down their support for the Saudi alliance. And Iran is slowly but steadily reclaiming its role as a leading force in the Middle East and Central Asia.
There is much that could go wrong. There could be a disastrous war with Iran, currently being pushed by Saudi Arabia, Israel and neo-conservatives in the U.S. and Russia, the U.S. and Turkey could fall out over Syria. The Middle East is an easy place to get into trouble. But if there are dangers, so too are there possibilities, and from those springs hope.


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Thursday, December 09, 2010
Otak Otak: placing students in high-quality internships
Of course, where there's a problem, there's an opportunity. Some friends have set up Otak Otak, a project to match qualified interns with good companies, and provide structure to the internship programmes. They are currently looking for companies interested in hiring competent interns for a month or two, as well as interested students looking for internship opportunities in Malaysia. The website is otak2.com; more details after the jump.
Otak-Otak : An Elite Internship Program for Future Malaysian Leaders
What is it : Otak-Otak is a highly selective leadership program for interns to be held during the June - July 2011 period. We are looking to accept 50 top students and place them in leading organisations across 4 sectors in Malaysia - the corporate sector, small businesses, goverment, and the non profit realm. All interns will have access to events most evenings after work (networking, site visits, training from corporates), and also share common accomodation - with regular sharing and development sessions planned.
Why it's important : This is a unique oppurtunity for students to participate in a highly selective program of its kind and share experiences with other students who are going through the same program. It will be the first year (of many to come) for a very innovative program that will allow young Malaysians to work at top companies across KL and at the same time be part of a larger group.
How to Apply : Application details and more program information can be found at www.otak2.com
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I do appreciate your friends' effort in helping the students securing internships.
What are the companies involved? - 12/10/2010 10:08:00 am
- lan said...
good effort for those graduating!
- 12/10/2010 11:26:00 am
- Unknown said...
Congrats for having this superb idea to help those graduating...Me myself experienced a very weak internship program from a very well known organization..It was totally unexpected to experience such from that organization. Basically what should I do was to help the clerk preparing the room for any training program such as organizing chairs,tables,papers,pens,u name it.. None of it relates to what I learn back in my Uni.. I learnt nothing from my internship...sigh...
Good effort and good luck.. - 12/20/2010 03:04:00 pm
- moot said...
In real world, there is no such things as "quality internship". It is the intern willingness to learns that matters.
FYI, so called "cheap" internship inside Mac Donald are better than many cooperate internship. McD never hide all those process procedure,, but few people able to learn management from there. - 12/21/2010 03:27:00 pm
Usah bertikam lidah dengan kuman-kuman pendatang seperti Tony P.,Kian Ming dan John Lee.
Tarik balik kewarganegaraan mereka dan hantar mereka balik ke Tong San.
Human beings are born free. Not to live their lives like bees, ants, sheeps and cattles.
Faham?? - 12/24/2010 01:19:00 am
Dah lah tu, ekonomi negara Cina dan India sudah pulih dan kuat.
Semua kuman-kuman pendatang mata sepit dan peminum toddy boleh berambus balik Cina dan India!! - 12/27/2010 05:33:00 am
- BoboCap said...
thanks....nice sharing
- 1/18/2011 02:33:00 pm
- fatin eya said...
What moot says is kinda right. Its up to intern's effort and willingness to learn. ask more questions and tell your expectation to the host company as they might not know what are you looking for. those who put you there are pple from HR. not from the departments.
Btw admin, i dont think such a quality internships could be acheived in 2 months time like otak2 promoting.maybe more than that? - 1/29/2011 02:39:00 am
Indians like dogs as a pet. Chinese like dogs as a pet. When you blend these two funny culture in-differences you later get austro-mao and dayie like cat as a pet. So what is right and what is wrong nobody knows. Regards, Asylum Seeker True enough.
- 2/03/2011 11:05:00 pm
- eddi88 said...
Great info for interns, sure helps a lot, thanks.
- 3/28/2011 11:44:00 pm
- English Courses London said...
great effort guys.. keep it up.
- 4/18/2011 04:03:00 am
- IIT Jee Classes said...
Really this internship program is a great opportunity for the students to work at good place in Malaysia.So be ready to grasp this opportunity.This type of program should be held in India also.
- 7/11/2011 06:34:00 pm
- Florida Permit Test said...
Ohhh its really great to hear that the company is providing the internships for the students. keep on doing.
- 7/13/2011 07:22:00 pm
- Joshua's Law said...
Its really a great job and appreciate you a lot. As it is very difficult to get a job nowadays for any student. Placing a candidate as an internship is much difficult, you are doing a really good job. Keep it up.
- 7/14/2011 12:08:00 pm
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- 8/05/2011 03:13:00 pm
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Thank u for helping the young teen Packers and Movers Comapny
- 8/05/2011 03:17:00 pm
Thanks for giving information about related "Otak Otak: placing students in high-quality internships". We will discover education in the whole world..INSHALLAH....... Thanks to you . Have a nice day.
regards, saad from
" entire education " - 10/04/2011 03:19:00 am
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- Catherine said...
i dont think such a quality internships could be acheived in 2 months time like otak2 promoting.maybe more than that? See... http://www.newmalaysianews.com
- 2/17/2012 01:29:00 pm
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- 3/17/2012 11:23:00 pm
- ladycooper said...
Good intention on the bove program.
I have went through lots os interview with fresh graduate and I feel that they all does not go through a good internship.
Therefore, we have some internship position as "Sales and Marketing Trainee" @ http://exabytes.com.my/about/careers.php
No Doubt, we will have the trainee to perform some simple job at the beginning and we slowly train them to be creative and find ways to automate their daily job find ways to simply their daily jobs which we think is very useful for trainee and good for their future. - 3/27/2012 05:08:00 pm


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So says President Obama to Barbara Walters.
Marijuana Users Not High Priority for President Obama
President Obama says recreational users of marijuana in states that have legalized the substance should not be a "top priority" of federal law enforcement officials prosecuting the war on drugs.
"We've got bigger fish to fry," Obama said of pot users in Colorado and Washington during an exclusive interview with ABC News' Barbara Walters.
"It would not make sense for us to see a top priority as going after recreational users in states that have determined that it's legal," he said, invoking the same approach taken toward users of medicinal marijuana in 18 states where it's legal.
So after a month, the President comes out and says… absolutely nothing.
After all, feds going after users has never been a top priority, because they don't have the resources to go after that many users. But this says absolutely nothing about distribution methods, or even the possibility of going after some users (it just wouldn't be a "top priority").
Now, politically, he could have stated this exact non-policy in several different ways, and they way he stated it is at least positive.
The other thing I kind of liked was one word used here:
"This is a tough problem, because Congress has not yet changed the law," Obama said. "I head up the executive branch; we're supposed to be carrying out laws. And so what we're going to need to have is a conversation about, How do you reconcile a federal law that still says marijuana is a federal offense and state laws that say that it's legal?"
The word is "yet." That's an interesting signal.


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Earlier The cashback used to come on time and getting tracked automatically but now it not tracks and later after so many chats and contacting they credited only 58inr instead of 250 really disappointed....
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As the terms and conditions were broken (cashback is not credited for orders in which a discount has been applied), we did not receive a reward for this order ourselves. In such cases we are only able to credit a partial cashback.
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Everything is fine, the cache came in a month. Happy New Year everyone!
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Excellent shop. Cashback is always clear and fast. For a month comes. Even increased by 10%! On orders, there are kasyaks, but they always answered me and, most importantly, they compensated decent sums of money to the account in the account of future purchases. So I absolutely disagree with the last 1-star review. The store is very loyal to the customer. And it doesn't winter with cashback. I am generally silent about the prices of shares, taking into account the increased cashbacks, and next to nothing in pharmacies such prices cannot be bought.
Review of myprotein rather than letyshop. There have never been any problems with cashback, but myprotein is the bottom. 3 times ordered, 3 times they took off extra money or not complete sets, or completely ordered, jam was sent on the bank it says 500gr, but in fact it turned out to be 460 without a bank lid ... politeness, and at the same time do nothing really. We will not take any more from these skiers, especially since the products are clearly worse in quality than others, and with a rise in prices, there is no point in losing quality with such a minimal difference. Do not recommend myprotein to anyone
Thank you Letishop, everything is clear! Mayprotein has been my favorite sports nutrition brand for almost 10 years now. All cashbacks in Leti were credited sooner or later, no problem.
Good afternoon, Vladimir!
Thank you for sharing your experience.
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Well, very nice discounts from both letyshops and Myprotein. But sometimes shopping delays when cashback from fly 12 percent + cashback from Tinkov when paying by card 5 percent (supermarkets) + Mayprotein discounts (70 percent + 42 percent of the balance). Uff. You buy what you need and don't need :)
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Challenge 100 - Stripes!
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Blimey i think we hit a new record last week with all our entries! We got over 100!
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There's this thing that happens whenever I speak about or write about women's issues. Things like dress codes, rape culture and sexism. I get the comments: Aren't there more important things to worry about? Is this really that big of a deal? Aren't you being overly sensitive? Are you sure you're being rational about this?
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Portugal is a southern European country on the Iberian Peninsula, bordering Spain and its location on the Atlantic Ocean. Portugal is a country blessed with excellent sandy beaches, rugged coastline, cosmopolitan and architecturally-stunning cities, and incredible weather. Use Portugal travel guide for a great food, lots of wine at cheap prices, and makes for a perfect holiday spot.
Quinta da Regaleira
Quinta da Regaleira is one of the best Attractions in Portugal. This place needs at least 4 hours to go through the whole thing. Make sure you're wearing comfortable shoes because there is a lot of walking and uphill's there in your way. Visited in July and it is a perfect season for your trip to Sintra. You can ride on the bus tour and it will drop you off right in front of the place. The Portugal attractions give you a 'variety, mysteriousness, beauty, history and general scenic of the place are breathtaking'. There are tunnels and "secret" passageways leading to coves, small lakes, and also maze to be discovered. This place is worth the effort as it makes more interesting Attractions in Portugal.
Ponte de Dom Luis I
Ponte de Dom Luis I is a very beautiful bridge that was constructed by the same person who constructed Eiffel Tower. If you walk along the bridge, you can get the beautiful view of Douro valley and Porto city. It's a stunning place, especially from the top. The views from both sides are just amazing and definitely worth a look and a visit. The lower level is transited by cars, while the upper one by the metro. The best thing to do is waiting for the sunset and sees fantastic view from the top of the bridge.
Lisbon Oceanarium
The Lisbon Oceanarium is a must visit for anyone who is in Lisbon. This is located in the Park of Nations which is an improved area on the Tagus River which was constructed for Expo '98. This is a modern waterside building that shows ocean habitats for 'sharks, rays, penguins and tropical fish'. This is an intelligent design of the oceanarium. They are aiming to provide the visitors, and the closest, and the most in-depth and offer them the best experience of ocean life. The Portugal travel guide gives you many travel tips for learning something new about the city. The architecture of the building is good and it is worth a visit with your families or friends. The inside is simply stunning as you wander through an endless seascape of diversity.
Caldeira das Sete Cidades
Caldeira das Sete Cidades is one of the beautiful places to admire. There are two different color lakes that were joined but didn't mingle; colors are "Blue and green". The scenery is absolutely breathtaking and even more beautiful. If you go to San Miguel this is one place you must visit. This is the most important and iconic site to visit. This place is the best attraction on the island Sao Miguel and also in the whole island group the Azores. It made it special when you knew the history of the area as well. Easy to have different views, walking or driving around the whole area made it accessible for anyone.
Ponta da Piedade
Ponta da Piedade has lots of attractive spots and sightseeing You can see fantastic views not only from above the cliffs but also from the beach itself. There are a lot of steps down to the water where boat tours are €15 per person. Take the opportunity to see this site from both the water and from the cliffs above. The rock formations including cliffs, caves, arches, pillars and blow holes are very impressive to see and most probably the most dramatic views you would see before anywhere in the world. Definitely worth spending some time there and there are lots of local boat trips that will give you a sea level view as well. This is a must if you're anywhere near Lagos.
Falesia Beach
Falesia Beach is a wide and long (approximately 10km) sandy beach that sits directly below beautiful white and ochre cliffs with high pine trees, and that is perfect for taking long walks (you can even take a 1hr long walk to the next town on Vilamoura). The water is clear and free of stones or rocks, and the beach is well serviced. The cliff tops have regular clusters of conifers which add another dimension and another color, leaving only the blues of the sea and the sky to complete the range of colors. For more about this city use Portugal travel guide.


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Black Press Media is a proud partner of the Miss BC pageants, with this year's event taking place June 29 – July 1 in Fort Langley. We are posting contestants' biographies online for readers to learn more about the women and girls from their communities.
Submitted by Brooklyn S. of West Kelowna:
I'm different from the stereotypical pageant girl because I know pageants aren't just about gowns and makeup, they are about etiquette and grace. I love to learn new things to better myself and I just want to be the best version of myself that I can be!
Being different from everyone else can be hard in today's society. I was bullied in school, but I never let that define me. I always held my head up high and always stayed positive. I had to learn to just not care what anyone had to say about me.
Joining the Miss BC pageant has already given me that extra step of confidence! After just retiring from being a West Kelowna Ambassador, I know that I would love to continue being a leader and representing amazing cities here in B.C.!
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Professional teeth whitening is faster, more effective, and longer lasting that treatments you find over the counter. As we age, our teeth darken over time. We can brighten your teeth by five to ten shades in a single session, but maintaining good oral hygiene and steering away from certain foods and beverages will help keep any future whitening services to a minimum. We may also prescribe some medication for you to use at home that helps the whitening process.
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Year: 1972
Genre: Jazz Rock
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Followed by: Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
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We move away from hard rock this week, with the antithesis of seventies bands like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath. It's up to the jazzy instrumental magicians Donald Fagen and Walter Becker this week.
Those guys are the core members of the American band Steely Dan. They accidentally ran into each other, noticed they listened to the same jazz music and started a band. They found a proper band name in Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch, featuring a strap-on dildo called 'Steely Dan III from Yokohama'. For the title of their first album they were instead inspired by Bob Dylan: 'Can't Buy a Thrill' is a lyric from 'It takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry' on Highway 61 Revisited, remember that one? On the album cover you can see prostitutes in a red light district, waiting for clients.
But the most important question remains: how does the music sound? It sounds marvellous. Steely Dan were the kings of the studio: everything was refined a gazillion times after recording and after a few years they didn't tour anymore to concentrate on studio albums. Maybe it all sounds a little too smooth at first, but after a while you realize this is just superb craftsmanship.
The album has a perfect opening track: 'Do It Again'. This is one of those songs you feel like knowing for years already. This song must have the best tempo ever and features a great solo on electric sitar. Besides, it's a perfect example of typical Steely Dan lyrics. No societal complaints or whatsoever, but just telling stories of all kind of persons, ranging from a naïve lover to some slumdog, like the gambling addict in 'Do It Again'.
Subsequently, you'll hear David Palmer do the lead vocals on 'Dirty Work' and 'Brooklyn'. Palmer also sang the other songs live during live gigs, as Fagen refused to, but he left the band after this album. The first part of the album is concluded by the beautiful pop songs 'Midnight Cruiser' and 'Only a Fool Would Say That'.
The second part starts furiously again with the radio classic 'Reelin' In the Years'. The guitar solo on this track is well-known as favorite solo of all time for Led Zeppelin's guitarist Jimmy Page. Not that big of an antithesis after all than? Well, Dan's second album Countdown to Ecstasy, kinda was a flop and according to Becker and Fagen this was due to the fact that they had to rush-record between several tour dates. Compare that with Zep's second album I spoke about last time.
A last word of appreciation goes to the song 'Fire In The Hole', with the tremendous piano playing of Donald Fagen. It starts with the brilliant intro an ends up with a delicious solo. This song proves that a piano should be an essential instrument in every rockband. Check it out and decide whether you like it or not!
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2. Midnight Cruiser
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Hitting the streets to make your voice heard is a fundamental right in the United States, and it's part of our country's lifeblood. Whether you're headed out in support or dissent, you should know what you're getting into before you go. Even if you think the event is purely peaceful, someone else, another protest group, or the police may all have different ideas. Here are some tips to prepare before you go out to have your voice heard.
Before we go too much further, it's important to note that these tips will help you stay comfortable and be prepared in case something bad happens. They're no replacement for following police direction, using common sense, and leaving the area if ordered or if things get dangerous. Since history has shown us that even the most peaceful protests can turn dangerous, and that people on any side can be injured, it's important to be prepared for anything that may happen before you leave the house.
This article was originally published in 2011, and has been updated.
Know Your Rights
The most important thing you can do before you leave the house is research. If you're planning to go to a march, or protest, it's important to know what rights you do and don't have. For example, many people incorrectly interpret their first amendment right to assembly to allow them to gather anywhere they wish, but in reality it limits the government and other agents of the state from infringing on peaceful assembly in public places. Unfortunately, it's very easy to inadvertently walk from a public place to a private one, or assume private property is public, and find yourself in trouble with the police.
Do your homework and find out whether the organization organizing the protest has a history of non-violent protests, and find out whether they plan to gather in a public, safe space. Our reference cards for knowing how to deal with the police can help you deal with authorities on the scene in a professional and non-confrontational manner, and this cheat sheet from the EFF, while geared toward search and seizure, can also help. Many organizations will offer tips on their web site or hand out pamphlets at protest outlining what you should expect.
Finally, even though you may be within your rights, be aware that arguing that you have a right to stand on one side of the street when a half-dozen police officers want you to move to the other side is probably a losing—and meaningless—battle. Unless your goal is to get arrested, pick your words and your battles carefully. You may be better off complying with police direction first and arguing your rights later. You're no good to your cause if you're injured or worse and can't continue protesting.
How to Dress for a Protest
I've seen protests get disorderly over everything from war or foreign aid to seemingly harmless topics like arts and music in schools. Before you go to a protest, think about the kind of event it will be, whether or not there will be a counter-protest, and whether or not there will be a large police presence. Dress accordingly.
Wear comfortable shoes. You'll be on your feet for a long time, sometimes for long hours and you may be marching. Wear shoes you're comfortable standing, walking, or running in.
Wear multiple layers that cover your skin. Wearing layers will make sure you're comfortable in any temperature. Wearing clothing that covers your skin will reduce your exposure to the sun, wind, and yes, to gas or pepper spray if things get out of hand. Dressing in thick layers will also help soften the impact from beanbag rounds and rubber bullets. However, don't do this thinking you'll be able to go toe to toe with police. At most, it won't hurt as much so you have time to get out of the area without being incapacitated by pain.
Wear goggles or shatter-resistant glasses if you plan to be up front. If you plan to be on the front lines in front of a counter-protest or the police, you need something to protect your eyes in case things get ugly, preferably something with a seal around the eyes. Sure, you don't want pepper spray in your eyes, but you don't want spit from someone shouting at you in your eyes either.
Wear a zippered backpack. Don't keep your personal belongings in a wallet. Any large crowd of people is perfect for pickpockets, even protests. Keep your belongings in a zippered backpack that you wear square on your back instead.
Wear a second backpack on your stomach. Stuff this second backpack with towels or a second set of clothes in a sealed plastic bag. The padding on your front will give you a little protection if the police jab you back with a baton (and give you a chance to comply and move back without falling down in pain) and gives you another place to store items you want quick access to, like an ID card, permit to gather, or something else you may need to present to the police when asked.
Hopefully, you won't need any of these, but the point is that you'll be happy you have them if things go south in a hurry. Also, when putting on items like goggles or a gas mask, keep in mind that you're walking a line between being prepared for what may happen and telling others that see you that you expect trouble. You may make yourself a target for police, or draw the ire of other protesters who just want to peaceably gather without any trouble. Keep this in mind when packing.
How to Pack for a Protest
In addition to identification and any permits you may be required to carry, it's important to pack properly for a protest. Unless you're a journalist or photographer, leave the delicate and fragile equipment at home. Pack only the absolute minimum you need to establish your identity, buy food or make a phone call if needed, and take care of yourself or your friends in any situation. Here's what should go in your backpack.
A first-aid kit. Bandages, antibacterial ointment, a nylon wrap bandage, and some basic wound-care essentials will do you wonders. Even if things stay peaceful, a bandage wrap will come in handy in case you twist your ankle, and a few band-aids will come in handy if someone takes a tumble on the pavement. Your first-aid kit should contain some simple analgesics as well, like aspirin or ibuprofen.
An inhaler, epipen, any essential medication you can't do without, and personal hygiene accessories. This is all preventative. If you plan to be on the march for a long time, you may need them, but if you wind up getting into trouble with the police or held in an isolated area away from others, you'll want to make sure you have basics like an inhaler or epipen on you in case you need it. The same applies for hygiene products—you may not be allowed to leave before you need them, and the police are more likely to bring you an inhaler from your bag then they are to just discharge you because you're having trouble breathing.
A dry bandana over your hair and another soaked with vinegar or cider vinegar. Keep the soaked bandana in a sealed plastic bag until it's needed. If your group winds up being tear gassed, the soaked bandana can provide some relief until you can leave the area safely and calmly, without getting trampled. Most tear gas isn't actually "gas," but a chemical suspended in fine smoke, so you don't need to show up in a full gas mask, but if you can get one from a surplus store, it might help to have stashed in your backpack. Instructables has several methods to make one as well.
Baby wipes and eye drops. Perfect for general cleaning, and to wipe your skin or clothing clean if you're exposed to gas, pepper spray, or doused with anything by other protesters. Be careful though, oil-based moisturizers and and cleaning solutions can actually make chemicals in tear gas or pepper spray stick to your skin. Make sure to get water-based or flushable wipes, or make your own with paper towels and a solution of baking soda and water. Keep the wipes and your eye drops in sealed containers.
Pen, paper, and a marker. Just in case you need to document anything like names, organizations at the protest, badge numbers, and so on.
If you'll be out for a while, pack some snacks and water. Make sure you're fed and watered before you leave, too. Aside from this, keep as little as possible on your person. If you're detained or have to leave your items behind, you don't want to carry anything with you that you would terribly miss.
Be Smart, Know When to Stay, and Know When to Leave
I used to live in the nation's capital. It's rare a day that goes by without a protest, march, or some other gathering for some cause in my city. Often, people for and against the same causes, legislation, political parties, or even global events gather in the same place to be heard, and arguments often ensue. Usually it's a few angry people that just can't resist taunting the other side or inciting the police, but as soon as a scuffle breaks out, the police are quick to jump in and disperse the crowd entirely, make arrests, or at least separate people. I've seen this happen for all sorts of gatherings, from war protests to street celebrations.
The important thing to know if you're going out to enjoy your right to assemble, participate in some civil disobedience, or just make your voice heard, is to be smart, prepare properly, and when the time comes to leave or obey police direction, that you do so. If things get out of hand, get out of the way and away from the front lines as quickly as possible. If you can, get indoors where you can recover, change clothes, or use any of the supplies you packed if you need to. Don't go toe to toe with the police, don't antagonize them, and don't start an altercation with opposing protesters, you'll just make trouble for everyone.
In the end, your goal should be to protest peacefully, protect yourself defensively, and be ready for whatever may happen, even if things go poorly. Hopefully that won't be the case, but if it is, you'll have what you need to stay safe, uninjured, and able to stay as long as possible to have your message heard.
Photos by Debra Sweet, Jeremy Noble, Alistair, David Shankbone, and Ray Terrill.


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"We don't have the language to reflect the diversity of connections we experience."
Following my last post, this morning another example popped up of how poly ideas and culture are catching attention as, sometimes, useful ways for other people to think about things too.
The New Statesman is a British weekly magazine of politics and culture that goes back 100 years. Originating in the Fabian Society, it has always been left of center.
Isn't it time we admitted we're all a bit polyamorous?
Monogamy is rare, no matter what we might tell ourselves. We need a new currency of commitment.
By Rosie Wilby
"We don't have the language to reflect the diversity of connections we experience." (Photo: Getty)
...Human connections are the lifeblood and oxygen that aid our emotional survival. Even the most fleeting kindnesses and flirtations with strangers enhance our wellbeing. These brief moments of love feed our key relationships. Three and a half years in, my girlfriend and I might not always find it easy to generate huge sexual energy in a vacuum on our own. But if we go off into the world and connect, communicate, flirt with and enjoy other people, become energised by them and then come back together, our passion can still burn strongly. Other people act as our kindling. Love breeds love. It isn't a finite resource that we need to hide away in the attic.
...It struck me that we don't have the language to reflect the diversity and breadth of connections we experience. Why is sex the thing we tend to define a relationship by, when in fact it can be simple casual fun without a deep emotional transaction? Why do we say "just friends" when, for some of us, a friendship goes deeper? Can we define a new currency of commitment that celebrates and values this? Instead of having multiple confusing interpretations of the same word, could we have different words? What if we viewed our relationships as a pyramid structure with our primary partner at the top and a host of lovers, friends, spiritual soul mates, colleagues and acquaintances beneath that?
This isn't a million miles away from the central ideas of polyamory – consensual multiple loving connections, some sexual, some not, in a myriad of combinations and hierarchies. It was a new word and world to me, yet when I interviewed a few polyamorous women (meetings had to be scheduled months ahead due to their ridiculously hectic romantic and social diaries) it struck me that they weren't behaving so differently to anyone else I knew. Yet instead of shrouding some of their most intimate connections in secrecy as many of my "monogamous" friends have to, boundaries and priorities were honestly negotiated and declared.
Perhaps holding our hands up and owning the fact that we are all indeed a bit poly would be a solution to the growing problem of serial monogamy.... So, what if instead of serial relationships one after the other we had parallel ones running alongside one another? Would this improve the odds of some of our key partnerships lasting?...
Read the whole article (July 30, 2014).
Update August 1: The article was just reprinted in America on The New Republic's website, under the title You're More Polyamorous Than You Think.
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Are you getting the highest level of quality out of your water?
When it comes to your water, you should expect spot-free dishes, brighter and softer clothes and a shower stall minus the water spots.
Water softening systems or conditioners reduce the dissolved minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and to some degree manganese and ferrous iron ion concentration in hard water. Hard water is characterized by a high mineral content and a recharging cycle is required to minimize the minerals. Build up of these minerals will affect the taste of your water, contribute to drain clogs and have adverse efficiency of water heaters.
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A water conditioning and softening system will save you money on soaps and detergents while eliminating the scale buildup that can potentially harm your water-using appliances.
Water conditioning/softeners can be installed under the sink for direct use for your kitchen needs or used as a whole house system to meet all of your water conditioning needs. They are classified in five different categories:
Manual: There are several types of manual softeners. You open and close valves to control the frequency, rate and time length of the recharging or softening process.
Semi-automatic: You initiate only the recharging cycle. A button is pushed when the softener needs recharging and the unit will control and complete the recharging or softening process.
Automatic: An automatic softener usually is equipped with a timer that initiates the recharging or softening cycle and every step in the process. You need only to set the timer and add salt when necessary. It is the most popular type of softener used.
Demand initiated regeneration (DIR): All operations are initiated and performed automatically in response to the demand for softened water. DIR systems generally have two softening tanks and a brine tank. While one tank is softening, the other tank is recharging.
Off-site regeneration: Generally used in rental units, a pre-owned softening tank is physically replaced with a recharged tank. Spent softening tanks are then recharged at a central location.
Your Benjamin Franklin Plumbing professional can offer complete system solutions, as well as, additional processes to best meet your needs and treat your water.


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ICONA CONDO is a two residential condo towers (44 and 48-storeys) and a 9-storey redevelopment of the Hilton Garden Inn, first tower is coming in first week of January in the City to be located at 3201 Highway. Proposed to feature two towers with mixed-use luxury condo suites. The project's estimated completion date is January 2020. It's conveniently located on the Highways 7 and Highway 400, next to the station and connected to rapid bus system.
Just around the corner from Icona Condo is Hospital is under construction along Major Mackenzie Drive (between Highway 400 and Jane Street) which would serve the city. The provincial government of state approved construction of the hospital in July 2011, land preparation for construction began in the summer of 2014. The expected date of completion is 2019 and will be part of a regional hospital system with an incorporated administration and medical staff managed by Hospital.
A major landscape change has been proposed for 3450 in the city. Located opposite Shopping Centre, just south of Highway 401. Currently in its place is a 1970 12-storey Holiday hotel with 372 rooms, 460 spaces of surface parking. Our aim to redevelop the site with a new project containing three towers, residential, hotel, commercial, and restaurant uses.
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