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I grew up in the Swedish countryside. As a child, I was very much a dork. I didn't have many friends, and I didn't feel comfortable in my own skin. I was fantasizing about the big, exciting world out there. Somewhere, far away, everything would be completely different for me one day…
I left home at the age of 15, to start my exploration in the "big city" of Gothenburg in Sweden. I started drinking soon after that and kicked off a few years of debacle. The discovery that I could use an external, such as alcohol, to alter my state of mind felt like the greatest gift. Feeling like myself was terrible and I wanted nothing of it!
My restlessness continued. I left Sweden the very next day after graduating from high school, at age 18. I worked as a yacht stewardess for a while and was based in exotic locations such as New York City, Miami and all over the Caribbean and the Mediterranean.
I found myself with a front-row view of the "rich and famous" and the glamorous lifestyle of my fantasies. I was surprised to notice that having all you could wish for externally did not necessarily result in inner happiness…
In my early twenties, I moved to Sydney in Australia to study business at university. Choosing a location as far away from my roots as possible felt like a logical choice, as I was still desperate to reinvent myself into someone else. Someone who was confident, happy and felt good about herself – the opposite of who I was.
Around this time, I quit drinking. I'd put myself in many dangerous and horrendous situations with alcohol, and I'd come to the conclusion that continuing drinking was a risk to my life. However, that was not the reason why I finally quit. It was my embarrassing behavior when drunk that finally made me decide to get sober – I couldn't stand living with the shame.
Without the alcohol to magically transform me any longer, I was just an insecure, dorky countryside girl again. It was excruciating. I didn't understand: here I was, in the "prime" of my life in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, beaches and hot rugby guys everywhere I looked, and still… I felt complete darkness. I simply couldn't handle the uncomfortable feelings and turned to food to ease the pain.
What started was an eating bonanza that nearly ruined my life. Food quickly became my top priority in life and my solution for every issue. Stressed about studying? A couple of chocolate bars made me relax. Upset about rejection from a guy? Ben & Jerry's was there for comfort. Actually, any emotion – good or bad – was a reason to take to food.
My eating had an impact on every area of my life. I had terrible acne, a bloated stomach despite desperately working out at the gym six days a week, and constant diarrhea.
My mood was all over the place. I could be either ecstatic or completely depressed, and I had periods when I hardly slept at all. I isolated: I would often prefer staying at home watching Grey's Anatomy with a sugar feast over attending a social event.
That being said, I was hardly a nun. In fact, I was just as destructive with men as I was with food. I was obsessed with the thought of finding happiness through a relationship and was desperately searching for it. My low self-worth resulted in a long string of more or less toxic encounters.
My binge eating was also expensive, and my mental state was not exactly conducive to sound financial conduct. I was terribly ashamed of being an adult who sometimes still had to rely on my parents' support because I couldn't manage my finances.
But that was nothing compared with the constant feeling of being out of control. The beautiful, exciting life that I had envisioned felt like a joke. I had managed to tick off visiting amazing places and getting my business degree, and it looked good on paper. But it was all falling apart very quickly…
After finishing university, I started a career in sales. Just like I had attempted to reinvent myself by moving between different countries, I now tried to pursue happiness through a corporate career. The sales profession was intoxicating: smashing my targets gave me such a rush. It was also stressful, with a lot of pressure. I dealt with it in the only way that I knew how: by binge eating.
Severe depressions had been a part of my life since my early teens. I had times of believing that they were behind me and that I had figured out how to be happy. But the low episodes kept coming back, and to worse degrees. I was now in my mid-twenties, and I was nearing exhaustion. I could not tell myself that everything would soon be fine any longer because it definitely didn't seem that way.
One day, I simply couldn't take it anymore. I felt like I had no more hope, no more energy to continue – and I didn't want to. My thoughts scared me.
I had asked for professional help at different stages before, but never felt heard or seen. I didn't trust that there was a medical solution for me and thought I had to make it on my own. But now, I feared for my life.
I desperately called a psychiatrist and got an immediate appointment. The doctor's facial expression when I told her about my madness made me feel that the only thing missing for her entertainment was a bag of popcorn.
I started taking the medication. Over the next few months, my world was crashing down. The drugs didn't help my mood and had horrible side effects: among them weight gain and hair loss.
I was waking up every morning with big chunks of hair spread around me in bed. I was terrified of the medication but at the same time, I didn't dare to stop taking them. I tried to contact the doctor, and she didn't return my calls. I felt like the loneliest person in the world.
I realized that I could not take care of myself any longer. I wasn't capable of performing a job, and my finances were in ruins after my years of erratic behavior. I had nothing to my name and I was in a foreign country with no real safety net. I was panicking.
I realized that I had no other choice than to give up on my Australian dream and return to Sweden, to seek refuge at my parents'.
It was a strange situation. On the one hand, it was devastating to lose the life that I had worked so hard for during my six years in Australia. It had been my dream that this was the place where I would create a safe place for myself and finally, find happiness… Sydney was where I had made most of my friends, who meant so much to me. Now I had to leave it all behind.
On the other hand, it was the greatest relief to end the struggle. I had no more energy to get up in the morning and pretend that everything was fine when I was literally dying.
I got rid of my household, said my goodbyes, packed my suitcase and flew back to my parents in Sweden. I felt like such a failure: a decade after leaving home with my grand dreams, I was back to square one.
I felt so lonely. Everyone around me seemed to have their lives figured out, and I couldn't even manage the basics of surviving… I spent a week locked up in an emergency psychiatric ward. Although that might sound like rock bottom, I was relieved to finally be honest about how sick I was.
After release from the hospital, I stayed with my parents. It was a difficult transition since I struggled with hiding my compulsive overeating. My parents didn't exactly support my self-destructive behavior, and it was a tense time.
I was determined to not give up on myself. I could accept that my life might never be the rose-colored version I had imagined growing up. But I would not kill myself. And I would not end up living with my parents, hiding chocolate wrappers like a junkie.
I had a few weeks of rest in the Swedish countryside, while I applied for sales jobs in London, England. At this stage, I had no more illusions about finding nirvana anywhere in the world. All I wanted was a job in a new city so that I could move on with my life. I got another sales role and moved to London.
My new assignment was with a top IT firm, and I felt like I had "made it". I was so proud of my new business card with the company logo. This was my chance to redeem myself!
However, my excitement was short-lived. After my first prescription drug disaster, I had started taking a new medication to help with my mood and sleep. It definitely helped my sleeping: it knocked me out so much that I felt like a Zombie during the day.
I was struggling to keep up at work. It was a fast-paced environment, and I had a lot to learn in my new role. It felt like my brain was processing everything in slow motion, and all I wanted to do was to crawl under my desk and take a nap. People around me were bright and successful, and I just felt so dumb. I noticed how some colleagues treated me as incompetent, which was extremely hurtful.
My mental health issues had caused a lot of embarrassment over the years, but being treated like I was stupid was on a different level. I have hardly ever felt this humiliated. The worst thing was that I started to believe it myself: it was true that I wasn't doing a good job. I was basically forced to quit my role, only weeks after I had started.
I believe that I have a Lucky Star, and this is an example of when I've felt its presence in my life. Because around this time, I was headhunted for and offered a similar role in another company. I first declined, as I had decided to give up on my mental abilities and move back with my parents.
But last minute, I had a feeling that I should try just once more. So I decided to stay in London, accepted the offer and started my new role.
The turning point came by chance. I was listening to a podcast interview with Dave Asprey, the founder of the Bulletproof Coffee and the Bulletproof Diet. I thought that coffee with butter in it sounded strange and I was skeptical, to put it mildly.
I was still desperate enough to try a cup. At least it couldn't make things worse. It didn't – Bulletproof Coffee blew my mind! I felt an unprecedented clarity and aliveness, and a strong sense that this would change my life forever. I dived into researching the Bulletproof Diet and lifestyle and implementing as many elements as fast as I could over the next few weeks.
During my years of overeating, I had for most of the time had an awareness that my eating was not healthy. I realized that sugar had terrible effects on me, and I desperately wanted to quit my food addiction. I just didn't know how.
This process always turned out to be a nightmare. I had to use all my willpower to stay away from the sugar and the temptation and cravings inevitably won in the end.
The Bulletproof Diet was a different way to eat altogether. It's a variation of the keto diet, which results in satiation and a relief of food cravings. This change in my body chemistry meant that I didn't have to force anything anymore. The sugar and carb cravings that had haunted me for so many years were gone. I, who could not imagine a life without Lindt's chocolate balls, now realized that there were even healthy desserts that I preferred over junk food.
The impact of my new eating habits was incredible. My insomnia disappeared, and I could sleep well for the first time in years. My mood swings settled and the depressive feelings lifted. Instead, I discovered a new sense of calm and wellbeing.
My psychiatrist was amazed and realized that my diagnosed bipolar disorder was incorrect, as I no longer showed any symptoms. I came off my medication and was relieved of its side effects: I dropped my excess weight, and the hair that I had lost started to grow back. I had never felt better. It felt like being reborn to a new, fantastic life!
After all of my years in pain, I was ecstatic about finally making progress. I could not get enough! I set out on a mission to give my recovery my all, to achieve the most optimal health and wellbeing possible.
It is funny how life works out sometimes. Only weeks after I had had my first cup of Bulletproof Coffee and instantly felt that it would change my life, was the Bulletproof Coach training program introduced. I jumped at the chance to participate. Nothing was more important than learning how to help others find health and wellbeing too!
I found myself in New York City a few months later. It was my first time back in the city since my time as a stewardess a decade earlier, and what a different person I was now…
I had the best weekend of my life up until that point. It was simply wonderful to find togetherness within the Bulletproof community: other individuals also passionate about improving their health and helping others. I felt such love for them all!
Everything came together in an almost magical way. At the Bulletproof Coach workshop, I made friends with a guy from Hawaii. We shared our best health hacks, and he told me that the most powerful thing that he had ever tried was something called the Wim Hof Method. It was part breathing method, part cold exposure, and part focus.
At this point, I was amazed by the results only from changing my diet. Thanks to the ketogenic diet, I didn't have any food cravings any longer. I had once been a slave to junk food, and now I felt physically liberated.
However, all of my years of compulsive overeating had strongly reinforced my behavior. I had periods of doing great with eating and times when it was a bit rockier. I was still in a stressful sales role, and I found it difficult to deal with the pressure. I often returned to my old habit of overeating as a way to escape and soothe myself.
In a way, this was almost more heartbreaking now after I had found a diet that worked for me. I was scared: what if I was a hopeless case, and could never learn to eat healthily?
What I now know is that there is not one single solution that will magically solve all of my issues forever. Instead, there is a toolbox of hacks that I can use to sustain my healthy habits on a daily basis.
The ketogenic diet lay the foundation for my healthy eating, through relieving me of the food cravings and making me feel great physically. What I now needed was the resilience to stay on track with my new diet. The Wim Hof Method turned out to be key for this.
Returning to London after the Bulletproof Coach training workshop in New York, I tried out the Wim Hof breathing for the first time. My friend had been right: it was an incredible feeling! I felt euphoric.
I then commenced the cold exposure, through starting each morning with a quick cold shower. At first, I was freaking out. I had always despised the cold, which was one of the reasons to why I had escaped all the way from Sweden to Australia. But I quickly got used to it and carried on.
After a couple of weeks of cold showers, I took the next step by tapping up an ice bath in my bathroom. I was terrified, the sensation was incredibly uncomfortable – but the feeling afterward was amazing! I felt so alive and refreshed. I was so proud of myself for having faced up to the challenge!
My cold exposure exercises had a quick and profound transformative effect. I believe that it was the new habit of starting each day with facing a fear, that trained my resilience. I realized that I'm so much stronger than I had thought I was.
Within weeks, I was able to use this strength in the area where I struggled the most: my eating. I experienced the same stress and challenges as per usual at work, but now I was able to resist reaching for some chocolate to stuff my feelings. It felt like a miracle, and yet it had all happened so naturally!
Just as with the ketogenic diet, I wanted to know everything about the Wim Hof Method. I enrolled in a course to become a Wim Hof Method Instructor and flew to Holland to train with the founder Wim Hof in person. We also traveled to Poland in the winter and climbed snowy mountains with as little clothes as possible, in my case a sports bra and shorts. One of the most challenging experiences of my life, but incredibly empowering!
Just as my illness had crippled every area of my life, so did my recovery now have an opposite effect. I was flourishing! I was happy, laughing – I even did a stand-up comedy course in London.
My skin was glowing. My hair grew back, fuller than ever before. I lost my excess weight and loved my strong, lean body.
As my mood leveled out, my relationships improved. Not having tantrums turned out to make a great difference. I had a new sense of self-worth, which started to put an end to my destructive behavior with men.
My new energy and drive had an incredible effect on my career: I aced my sales targets and tripled my income within a year. I had so recently lost everything, and now I experienced abundance! It felt like a dream.
I continued my quest for improving my health and wellbeing. I didn't hold back. No matter the cost or effort required: if it made me feel better, I did it.
I went to the Alps to do Dave Asprey's favorite hack "40 Years of Zen", which is advanced neurofeedback training. I went to the Bulletproof Conference in Los Angeles. I bought countless gadgets for improving sleep and increasing energy. I even changed my last name to Bjarkan, which is a Viking rune stone meaning "rebirth". Because that is exactly what it felt like!
I was at the top of my game career-wise. Just like I had dreamt about, back in Sydney… Now, I realized that it didn't matter anymore.
I'd had a burning desire since my first cup of Bulletproof Coffee, and I couldn't contain it any longer. It felt impossible to now know the effectiveness of simple and natural methods for alleviating suffering, and not share it with others. I wanted to help!
I quit my corporate career, packed one suitcase with the essentials and gave away the rest, and started traveling while starting my new career as a coach on the ketogenic diet. It will sound cliche, but I think I wanted to finally please that little dorky Swedish schoolgirl who had been dreaming about exciting adventures in the big world.
I had been around the block, for sure, but my unstable mood had always clouded my experiences. It was a great sorrow that I had visited so many beautiful places, without being able to enjoy it fully. I promised myself to now make up for lost time!
Unfortunately, my travels didn't quite become the adventure that I had dreamed about. Rather, I kept experiencing my extreme low points. I now knew for sure that I didn't have bipolar disorder, but something was clearly wrong. I was taking good care of myself, I was eating well – so what was wrong with me? I had no idea and by now, I'd literally been around the world to find out. I wasn't sure if there was a solution for me and I was running out of energy to keep trying.
During a visit to Cape Town, I'd seen a psychologist. She suggested that I'd try plant medicine to heal my long-term mood issues. I was taken aback by her suggestion: since quitting drinking nine years ago, I'd been adamant to protect my sobriety. I was terrified of doing anything mind-altering and becoming a junkie as a result.
But my psychologist explained how plant medicine, such as ayahuasca, isn't addictive. Although illegal and controversial in most of the Western world, it's been used for thousands of years as traditional medicine in South America. There is even scientific research proving plant medicine's positive effect on psychological disorders such as depression and PTSD.
If there is one thing that I've learned during my years of health issues, it is to keep an open mind and listen to people who know more than I do. Here was a highly educated psychologist, who I also really liked and trusted. And I had nothing to lose – I had now had recurring suicidal thoughts for half of my life. I realized that if I didn't find a solution, I might eventually kill myself.
I was lucky to be introduced by a friend to Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica. It's the world's first and only legal medical facility offering plant medicine ceremonies. If I was going to take the risk, I wanted to at least be in safe hands!
So I went for one week's treatment at Rythmia, which I share in detail about in this blog post. In a nutshell: it was the toughest thing I'd done in my entire life, times a million. I thought that no experience could ever be worse than being suicidal. But that was before I was on a hallucinogenic trip to a different dimension in the middle of a Costa Rican hurricane, trying my best not to shit my pants while shaman music sounding like "OMPI LOMPI, OMPI LOMPI!!!" was screaming in my ears.
No words can describe the utter horror I felt during that ceremony. But on the other side of that was liberation. When the effects of the medicine subsided, and I somewhat came to my senses again, an über-strength out of this world filled me.
I was beyond grateful for having survived the trip from hell and for having this amazing opportunity to have a life. I felt like a force of nature! I was in awe of myself for my bravery of having gone through that hell. (Not there is exactly a "STOP" button when you start a hallucinogenic trip.)
The low self-esteem that had always haunted me was gone, as in magic. I was strong and brave, how could I ever feel shit about myself again? I was awesome! And those insecurities that used to plague me, like "Will I ever be good enough for a guy?!" seemed so ridiculous now. The only thing that mattered was that I was alive and I just couldn't wait to start my life 2.0 and make the most out of it.
I've definitely had tough times after my plant medicine ceremonies. Perhaps they've mainly been a result of my previously erratic rollercoaster-life: I've had to deal with the consequences of years of not having made the best decisions for myself. I've been terribly sad over still being on my own in my early thirties, I've been in a complete panic over not being as financially set up as I'd like by this stage (my worldwide mission to "fix" myself hasn't exactly been cheap), and the list goes on.
But that's life: sadness is part of it. The big difference for me now is that my low feelings are not taking over so that everything feels pointless. And now when I'm healthy and well, I've got every opportunity to create the life of my dreams – and that's what I'm doing!
Healing and getting rid of the void inside of me opened me up to a whole new world. During a visit to Dubai in 2017, I recognized the opportunity to introduce the keto concept to the region, where excess weight is very common and the busy lifestyle is not compatible with exhausting and time-consuming diet regimes. I joined a medical clinic in Dubai where I worked alongside world-renowned doctors to help patients optimize health and wellbeing on the keto diet.
After a year of clinical experience, nature was calling me… A stressful city life just didn't feel right anymore. Therefore, I packed my bags once again at the beginning of 2019 and moved to Costa Rica, the place where I'd had my miracle.
So here I am, in the jungle. I work remotely with clients all over the world. I'm pursuing my passion of helping people create their best lives on keto, just like I wanted from my first cup of Bulletproof Coffee. My dream of living in a sunny, beautiful place finally came true. But most importantly, I'm healthy and happy and I'm super grateful for my life.
Thank you for reading my story. I would love to hear yours, too! Feel free to get in touch here.
Alexia Bjarkan


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About Curt Hansen
Curt Hansen (born September 18, 1964 in Bov, Sønderjylland) is a Danish chess Grandmaster and a former World Junior Champion. A strong junior player, he had major successes in international youth competitions, commencing with the then Groningen based European Junior Chess Championship, where he finished first in 1982 and second in 1983. The following year, he became the World Junior Champion in Kiljava, ahead of Alexei Dreev and was awarded the International Master title. In 1985, he became a Grandmaster after earning the necessary norms. In domestic chess, he succeeded Bent Larsen as Denmark's strongest player and between 1983–2000, won the Danish Championship six times. By 1992, his rating had reached the 2600 mark and later the same year rose to 2635, giving him his best ever ranking amongst the World's best players - a share of 14th place on the FIDE list. Hansen has represented his country five times at the Olympiad between 1984–2000, always playing first board and always scoring in excess of 50%. His list of International tournament successes includes outright or shared first places at Borgarnes 1984, Vejstrup 1989 (Politiken Cup), Groningen 1991, Tastrup 1992, Aalborg 1994,


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Purpose: The purpose of the NAC is to advise the Secretary and the Attorney General on practical and general policies concerning improvements to the nation's response to the sex trafficking of children and youth in the United States. The NAC is established pursuant to Section 121 of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 (P.L. 113–183). Access the tentative agenda.
Public Accessibility to the Meeting: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b and 41 CFR 102-3.140 through 102-3.165, and subject to the availability of space, this meeting is open to the public virtually. Register to stream the meeting online.
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How to Start E Waste Recycling Business?
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2.The value of the waste is greatly determined by the classification degree. To increase the value of your waste, you need to sort out your recyclables to different types. And to make the sorting more efficient, you can get some containers for placing each recyclable material separately and further sort out before sending them for recycling facilities.
3. Clean your waste and keep dry
The waste materials are often not clean, usually containing residuals like food, water, soil, oil hellp, which may pollute your recycling area and damage some of your other recycling material like paper. Meanwhile, the liquid residual will add weight to your waste and your transportation cost may be increased. Therefore, try to clean your waste and keep them dry.


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Trump administration raises alarm about Iran's missile programme
WASHINGTON - A top US diplomat warned that Iran's "lawless pursuit of ballistic missiles" is endangering the Middle East and countries as far away as Western Europe, which Tehran could target if it continues developing its missile programme.
The discovery of Iran-made missiles in Saudi Arabia — fired by Houthi rebels from neighbouring Yemen — illustrates the danger of Iran's programme to develop short-, medium- and long-range ballistic missiles, Brian Hook, US State Department special envoy for Iran, said in a speech September 19.
"When you look at the number of [Iranian] missiles launched from Yemen to inside Saudi Arabia, this is truly a threat to international peace and security. This is very dangerous work that they're doing," Hook said.
Hook's warnings come less than three weeks after reports that Iran transferred short-range ballistic missiles to its Shia proxies in Iraq and that satellite photos revealed an Iranian missile-production facility in western Syria. Iran's Foreign Ministry denied transferring missiles to Iraq.
Hook's speech was part of a campaign by the administration of US President Donald Trump to draw attention to Iran's missile programme, which has been overshadowed by Iran's nuclear programme. The efforts to develop missiles and nuclear weapons are tightly linked, Hook said, noting that the ballistic missiles under development could be used to carry nuclear weapons to Western Europe.
"Enhancements in ballistic systems often go hand-in-hand with nuclear development. Ballistic missiles are the most likely way Iran would deliver a nuclear weapon. They must be addressed together with Iranian nuclear weapons," Hook said.
A ballistic missile has a high, arcing trajectory, falls to the ground unpowered and can travel thousands of miles. Ballistic missiles have a greater range but less accuracy than cruise missiles, which are self-propelled for almost their entire flight.
Hook noted that Iran has said it was trying to develop a long-range, precision-guided cruise missile and recently unveiled two short-range ballistic missiles that could hit targets 500-700km away.
The exclusion of Iran's missile programme from the nuclear accord negotiated in 2015 drew criticism from some US officials and lawmakers at the time and was a major reason that Trump withdrew from the deal in May.
Former US President Barack Obama and his European partners at the time said it would be impossible to get Iran to agree to curb both its nuclear and missile programme.
Iran's compliance with the nuclear accord, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), "somehow became a seal of approval that Iran was fine in all the other categories" of Iranian malfeasance, such as exporting terrorism and destabilising the Middle East, Hook said.
The JCPOA was accompanied by a UN Security Council resolution that weakened prohibitions on Iran's missile programme that had been contained in an earlier resolution.
"The reality that UN member states ignore at their peril is that Iran has continued to develop and test ballistic missiles. Iran's pace of missiles did not diminish after the Iran [nuclear] deal was implemented in January 2016. They've conducted multiple ballistic missile launches since then," Hook said.
Hook said the State Department was working with allies in the Middle East and Europe to constrain Iran's missile programme. After his speech at a Washington think-tank, Hook avoided answering a question from the audience about whether the United States would allow China and India to continue to import Iranian oil if those countries helped put pressure on Iran over its missile programme.
Hook spoke generally about the reinstatement of US sanctions but said nothing about possible waivers to certain countries.
The United States intends to reinstate sanctions on Iranian oil exports in early November and Hook said the goal was "to get imports of Iran oil to zero." China and India are major importers of Iranian oil. China has said it intended to continue to buy Iranian crude, a move that could draw US sanctions. India reduced its purchases of Iranian oil and is asking the United States for a waiver from sanctions so it can continue some imports.


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Houston teens learn wage activism from working adults like them
This summer, with a grant from the United Church of Christ's Neighbors in Need offering, 24 high school students from an economically challenged Houston neighborhood learned about activism and carried out a local campaign for a $15 minimum-wage law. "It sparked something inside of me," one of the students said.Read more
Racism declared sin
Created to live with God; created to Be In Community With One Another
I'm often asked, "Why does everything boil down to race?" It seems that the issue of racism is one which intersects all aspects of our being. Issues of privilege and advantage, inclusion and exclusion impact our relationships with each other and to the goods, services and opportunities of society. Our present racial/ethnic group relationships are informed by our histories and shaped by the realities of living in a racialized society. As people of faith, we are called to recognize racism?s impact on our relationships with each other and with God. The resource entitled, Transformative Justice: Being Church and Overcoming Racism, acknowledges racism as a sin and states the following:
Churches have declared that racism is a sin
Racism is a sin because it:
* denies the very source of humanity ? the image of God in humankind;
* destroys God?s likeness in every person and thus repudiates creation and its goodness;
* assumes that human beings are not equal before God and are not part of God?s family;
* is contrary to biblical teaching;
* denies basic justice and human dignity;
* is a blatant denial of the Christian faith;
* is incompatible with the Gospel;
* is a flagrant violation of human rights;
* separates us from God and from other human beings;
* makes us blind to the reality of people?s suffering and
* perpetuates racist attitudes, practices and institutional racism.
We have confessed that racism is a sin, not only as individual Christians, but also as churches. To affirm that racism is a sin has a radical implication for the churches: the radical commitment to overcome it.
—Transformative Justice: Being Church and Overcoming Racism, Resource Guide, World Council of Churches 2004
This is our prayer Dear God, Creator of the universe and all that inhabit it, we come as your Church, and as individuals, in humble submission to Your Word and Your Way. God, you who are Alpha and Omega, The Almighty Judge and The Forgiver of All Sins, we come with bowed heads and contrite hearts on behalf of generations past, present and those yet unborn. We now ask that you forgive us and create in us a new spirit. Bind our hearts and send forth the healing power that You and You alone can give to us and this sin sick world. Bring us into reconciliation with one another and restore us to thy path. Amen.
Adaptation of Alter Prayer, Acknowledging The Breach, from Reparations: A Process for Repairing The Breach: A Study and Discussion Guide for Local Congregations, Associations and Conferences of the United Church of Christ.
This is our covenant
O God, as people of faith, we covenant with you, with one another and our churches to:
* become better informed about people of other races and cultures, that we may overcome the fears and misconceptions that exist;
* consider how issues of racial prejudice and privilege affect each person with whom we come in contact;
* discover and acknowledge practices and structures that are racist in our churches and communities;
* work to erase the sins of racism and injustice where they exist in our churches and communities and
* prayerfully heed Your call to embrace people of all colors, faiths, economic and social backgrounds as our brothers and sisters.
—Submitted by Dismantling Racism Task Force, St. Louis Association, Missouri Mid-South Conference, United Church of Christ
Affirmative Action
Affirmative action is a policy or a program promoting the representation in social institutions of groups of people who have been traditionally and systematically discriminated against.
As people of faith who strive to cultivate the Beloved Community, our General Synod supports affirmative action, because our nation cannot be completely free without all people's sharing the same rights and equal access to opportunities for advancement and equitable treatment. It is about more than diversity, for it is in fact a moral obligation to racial equity.
Why is it an issue of faith?
All people are created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). The history and legacy of discrimination in our social institutions denies honor to God. We are called to do justice, love kindness and work humbly with our God (Micah 6:8). We are called to repentance and reconciliation by remedying the destructive impacts of systematic and compounded discriminations accumulated across generations.
Aren't we "post-racial" yet?
The term "post-racial" may be used by individuals to express their sincere intention and desire that there is no more racism in our society. However, it does not describe the reality of racial disparities found in education, employment, housing, health and so on. It does not speak to the destructive impact of institutional rules, policies and structures that appear on the surface to be race-neutral in discrete entities (e.g. schools, districts). Structural racism is the cumulative effect of racial inequity in multiple institutions over time, and that is what Affirmative Action seeks to remedy.
UCC Social Policy Statements
The UCC historic policy based for Affirmative Action can be found in the General Synod resolutions regarding racial justice in 1971; racial and economic justice, women in church and society in 1975, implementation in the UCC, the church and persons with handicaps in 1979. The commitment to Affirmative Action in Church and Society was reaffirmed in 1981, and in 1995 in light of Supreme Court decisions.
1. Doesn't affirmative action reward unmotivated people to get ahead in life?
Affirmative action only provides equal access and the fair chance to achieve success for underrepresented groups. It cannot guarantee that they will succeed, only that they are given the same opportunities that the White majority has. In reality, many underrepresented people can testify that they have to work twice as hard to prove themselves.
2. Doesn't affirmative action justify the hiring or admission of under-qualified candidates?
Among qualified candidates, school should be allowed to choose based on their institutional goal of increasing diversity. At a deeper level, the history and legacy of systematic discrimination means that our society is not purely based on individual merit. People of color, women and the disabled have been put in positions by institutions that have not allowed them to maximize their full potential, and it would be unfair to judge people solely by their individual qualifications.
3. Doesn't affirmative action punish Whites today for what happened hundreds of years ago?
While Whites today and virtually all of their ancestors never owned slaves, they benefit directly and indirectly from systematic racial discrimination. They have less competition for school admission, jobs and government programs, which helped propelled many Whites and their descendants into the middle and upper classes.
Many non-Whites and their descendants were and still are systematically left behind and denied the same basic educational, economic, and other opportunities. The wide gap created by a racialized system which promoted the dominant culture, mostly White male, for several hundred years unfortunately would take time to be closed adequately, so that eventually all candidates can be judged soley on their individual merit.


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Tchaikovsky: Very Best Of -- 2CD
Fêted throughout Europe and America in his lifetime and still one of the most frequently played composers in today's concert hall, Tchaikovsky was unquestionably the most gifted melodist in all of Russian music. All his most famous tunes can be enjoyed on this outstanding 2 CD compilation, which features his charming ballets, his dazzling Symphonies and his beloved Piano Concertos. Ideal for newcomer and collector alike, this is the perfect way to experience one of the most popular composers of all time.


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WordPress site launch checklistPosted in: WordPress
My process for developing, testing and launching a site is currently all in my head so I thought it would be useful to list it here for reference. This doesn't include the ins and outs of the design or approval stages.
Initial set-up
- Set-up local development environment
- Set-up server account (shared, VPS or scalable cloud)
- Transfer domain names and email set-up if required
- Configure DNS for developing on staging server
- Configure Cloudflare WAF and CDN
- Set-up a Bitbucket Git repository
- Install latest WordPress core version and basic starter theme
- Set-up WordPress revision limit in wp-config.php
define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', 3);
- Disable file editing wp-config.php
- Permalink structure and date format
- Add favicons
- Ensure basic WordPress security practices in place with .htaccess
- Install key plugins: WP No Category Base, Advanced Custom Fields, Analytics (Google or other), ManageWP, SEO (Yoast or other)
- Set-up Custom Post Types as required
- Install security plugins (WordFence, Ninja Firewall, Sucuri)
- Set-up off-site backup (Codeguard)
- Configure plugins
- Decide on required libraries (jQuery) and CSS frameworks (Bootstrap, PureCSS)
- Create additional WordPress templates if required
- Set-up 404 page
- Set-up and test site search
- Set-up and link social media accounts
- Visual check on installed browsers for visual and functional issues
- Test on Browserstack for wider range of browsers
- Test on iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini and other devices
- Accessibility checks
- Final content checks with client (ensuring accessibility/privacy/cookie policy is in place)
- Run validation checks for HTML and CSS using the W3C validators
- Run through an HTML 5 outliner to make sure the structure is logical
- Set-up Google Webmaster tools
- Configure malware scanning if required
- Install two-factor authentication with Clef or Duo Security if required
- Redirect old URLs if required
- Update URLs in the database to new domain
- Change DNS
- Post-launch warranty bug fixes
- Create technical manual
- Check all services are working (Cloudflare, Sucuri, Codeguard, Google Analytics, Google Webmaster Tools)
- Client training if required


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What do you want for Christmas?
By del251nyu
United States
November 4, 2006 1:32pm CST
If you could have anything this year for christmas, what would you want?
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• United States
6 Nov 06
That's very sweet of you. Thank you for sharing with us all!
• United States
6 Nov 06
All you want is a bunch of christmas presents regardless of what they are? What if you got a bunch of shirts or pants. That would be a lot of stuff but I don't think you'd like it much. It would be even worse if the clothes didn't fit, happens to me every year!!!


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AMP12 posted a topic in VI Package Manager (VIPM)This is my first attempt at building a package, so excuse my novice-ness. I'm trying to build an Agilent driver into a package. I've set up my builder project, and played with the palettes option a number of times, I get one of two things. Either I get only the default icon on my LabVIEW palette, or I get the desired Agilent icon as well as a default icon. I can't seem to find the right settings that only give me the single desired Agilent icon in the LV instrument drivers palette. I don't see anywhere in the documentation that gives details on why this is happening or how to avoid it. What am I doing wrong? Please see the attachments for details.


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A new map of the Burren region of County Clare, by Mr. Tim Robinson, was launched at a reception held by Shannonside Tourism in Dublin. The Burren is a limestone plateau occupying an area of over one hundred square miles in North Clare. Pictured from left to right, Dr. David Drew, Dr David Johnson and Mr Martin BradleyAdd to Cart
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iPhone 4 Glass Cracks at 1ft Drop?
Earlier we posted a drop test video of the iPhone 4 being dropped from roughly 3 feet up, but this article isn't about that drop test but rather a real life accident which shows that the iPhone 4 glass isn't as tough as Apple says.
According to Jesus Diaz over on Gizmodo, this particular iPhone 4 was only dropped from one-foot. Apparently jaredfranklin.com posted the original article along with the image of a shattered iPhone 4 back, and says he is convinced this will be the "first of many."
Apparently someone close to Jared received their precious iPhone 4 today and just a few hours after accidentally dropped the device which resulted in a damaged rear, although he does note that the iPhone 4 still works.
Lesson to be learnt here is no matter how tough the tech boys say something is, sometimes they can get it wrong too, and thus make real sure you don't accidentally drop that lovely iPhone 4 sitting in your pocket or you may just end up with the same.


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Cluster course - cluster management towards cluster excellence
This course will provide an in-depth perspective in relation to cluster management and developing cluster excellence. This is targeted and designed for people involved in cluster organisations, cluster initiatives and those within the policy arena. The course is built to provide cluster excellence and to progress ones knowledge and understanding of this evolving and dynamic field. May 28th untill June 1st at Karlstad University.
The course is delivered by Karlstad University in the county of Värmland. Värmland is a region in mid Sweden that has been working with clusters for close to 14years in a context called the Värmland Model. We will use this success story to explore the current management structures as examples and for reflection.
Once you arrive at Karlstad on Monday until you leave on Friday all necessary practical arrangements are taken care of, this allowing you to focus on the opportunities 100%.
Programme (all is not yet fixed)
The course programme is designed to have both breadth and depth and be engaging of the skills, knowledge and competencies that participants will bring. It will be delivered by experts who combine their skills to ensure that the above aims are achieved. It is an intensive one week programme that brings theory and practice together, with full days which ensures that intergroup communication and sharing is central. The central themes of the course are Clusters and Regions, Cluster Management, Cluster Management Tools, Leadership, Clusters in Action, Marketing and Branding.
Monday May 28th
6.30 pm dinner and guest speaker
9.30 pm end of day
Tuesday May 29th
9 am until 5 pm sessions
7 pm dinner and guest speaker (Regions)
10 pm end of day
Wednesday May 30th
9 am until 5 pm sessions
7 pm dinner and guest speaker (Leadership)
10 pm end of day
Thursday May 31th
9 am until 4 pm sessions
6 pm dinner and guest speaker (Visionary)
9 pm end of day
Friday June 1st
9 am until 1 pm sessions, plenary and evaluation


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About AFJN
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The World Gender War Must End
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Ten years ago a drama was unfolding before our eyes in Rwanda. More than ½ million people were slaughtered. The same, and at a potentially greater scale, is taking place today, before our eyes, in Darfur, Sudan.
However, there are two major distinctions between Rwanda and Darfur. The first is that the US Congress calls Darfur "genocide." Notwithstanding, Darfur lacks the equivalent of the Rwandan Patriotic Front to intervene and help stop the killing. The second difference is the change in the world economy. The US is increasing its military presence in Africa to protect its interests, oil in particular, rather than to protect Africans against themselves in a situation like Darfur.
Neither China nor Russia wants the international community to interfere in their affairs in Tibet and Chechnya, and they are unwilling to support sanctions against Sudan at the UN. More importantly, they don't want to jeopardize their oil contracts in Sudan. Darfur is caught in the web of the globalizing economy. Nations now compete more by technological innovations and for access to strategic raw materials.
China is a perfect illustration of such a policy in Africa. Last year, for example, it was the top buyer of cement in world, importing 55% of global production. Additionally it buys coal (40%), steel (25%), nickel (25%), and aluminum (14%). It was also the second largest importer of oil (after the US). By 2030, China's consumption of energy will equate that of today's Japan and US' combined. At that rhythm, the alternative to massive oil imports would be to double its nuclear energy capacity, building two nuclear plants per year for the next 16 years. Rejection of that alternative implies human suffering in Darfur and other places.
In this global economy, there are only two types of players -- key players and role players. Anything in-between is expendable.
Marcel Kitissou, Ph.D
AFJN Executive Director
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On 20 August 2004 Fr. Phil Reed, M.Afr., chair of AFJN's Board, was arrested in front of the Sudan Embassy in Washington, DC protesting the genocidal actions perpetrated by the Khartoum government in Darfur, Western Sudan. Below is an abridged version of the statement he made at the time of his arrest.
On August 20, 1988 when I was ordained a priest in the Society of Missionaries of Africa I chose as theme Jesus' words, "I have come that they may have life, life in all its fullness." That same theme compels me to act on behalf of people in Sudan whose lives are threatened by ethnic cleansing, rape, disease, hunger and, as the US Congress says, genocide.
There is no more fitting way for this priest to celebrate his anniversary of ordination than to align himself with those who, like Jesus, unjustly suffer the wrath of oppressors. I daily offer the Eucharist, which recalls Jesus' suffering, death and resurrection. I believe that death will not have the final word. There can be life after this time of death both for the people and for the government of Sudan.
Being arrested and going to jail is a small price to pay for ways I have contributed to evil in the world, 'in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do.' I shall do penance and ask for a change of heart for those perpetrating monstrous evil on the people of Darfur.
Over one million people are displaced in Sudan while one hundred and eighty thousand more have sought refuge in Chad. Fifty thousand civilians have been killed since February 2003. On top of attacks by the Janjaweed militias, disease, food insecurity and inadequate support for food relief threaten the population.
I join the U.S. Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services in calling upon the Government of Sudan to ensure the security of the civilians, disarm the militias and grant freedom of movement to aid workers. We ask the U.S. government to prioritize Sudan, increase our humanitarian response, and rapidly fund UN appeals beyond the current 40 percent. The U.S. should reinforce the international monitoring team led by the African Union, strengthening it to include protection of civilians. The U.S. should work for the immediate deployment of UN human rights monitors in Darfur and for the investigation of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. If this is done without delay many lives will be saved and that "fullness of life" can be more than a theme.
Go to AFJN Current Issues for the full text of Fr. Reed's statement.
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The August 30 deadline that the United Nations' Security Council gave to Khartoum to show the world that the Sudanese government can stop warring parties in the volatile Darfur region of western Sudan from raping, kidnapping, displacing, or killing civilians has passed.
By that date the government was supposed to have disarmed the Janjaweed, a militia group that human rights groups say is supported by the government and is primarily responsible for the atrocities of the war, which has killed thousands of people and displaced an estimated 1.2 million people since its inception in February 2003.
The UN resolution that gave the deadline also required Khartoum to arrest and bring to justice human rights violators, and to allow for safe passage of humanitarian relief to those affected by the war.
If the government failed to take action by that point, it could face sanctions and other punitive measures, said the resolution.
The Sudanese government has vehemently denied supporting the Janjaweed or committing any other wrongs in Darfur.
But Minister of Justice Ali Mohammed Osman Yassin did publicly admit that militia fighters allied to the government have committed human rights abuses, including rape, and even handed a list of 30 suspects to the United Nations Human Rights Commission's international observer, Emanuel Akoy.
"The government does not deny that human rights abuses occur and it will not protect those who commit them," Khartoum dailies quoted Minister Yassin as saying.
Talks between Khartoum and Darfur's two main rebels groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, and the Justice and Equality Movement, sponsored by the African Union (AU), began in Lagos on 23 August. Several rounds of talks have been attempted ever since the government and rebel groups signed a ceasefire agreement in Chad's capital N'Djamena in April.
Rebels have demanded that Khartoum implement what they signed in N'Djamena: neutralize the Janjaweed militias and allow the international community to assist people with humanitarian aid in an unobstructed fashion.
An analyst with the think-tank International Crisis Group, David Mozersky, said. "I don't think that there can be substantial progress on the political processes until the government begins to show that it is able or willing to implement its earlier commitments, and the key one in that category is the disarmament and neutralizing the Janjaweed."
At the moment, a small contingent of African Union observers is on the ground, ensuring all sides stick to the April agreement. The Sudanese government has allowed the African Union to send 150 Rwandan soldiers and 150 Nigerians to protect the ceasefire monitors. On 19 August the Nigerian senate approved President Olusegun Obasanjo's request to contribute up to 1,500 troops to the AU peacekeeping mission.
Meanwhile, the people of Darfur continue to suffer brutal attacks, rapes, and killings, primarily at the hands of the Janjaweed. The United Nations calls Darfur the "world's worst humanitarian crisis." An August 20 report in The Guardian newspaper gives details of attacks by the Janjaweed on 11 villages from August 2 to 10 and talks about the suffering of those who have fled to refugee camps in neighboring Chad.
"The refugees have arrived in the camps suffering from malnutrition and dehydration, and without any of their possessions," the Guardian quoted Lino Bordin, deputy representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Chad, as saying. "They came with nothing. When the Janjaweed arrived, they stole everything from the houses."
Cathy Majtenyi is a correspondent for AFJN in East Africa
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Although a lot of progress is still to be made, women are vigorously and successfully pursuing their nonviolent social change agenda in industrial democracies. However, in many forms, the global gender war continues.
In China, as a result of the 1978 "one child policy," and after two decades of selective abortion, the 2000 census uncovered an anti-female trend in that for every 117 boys there are 104 girls, threatening China with the status of a "nation of bachelors" in the future (Christian Science Monitor, 9/3/04). The ordinary split is 104 boys for 100 girls. China's trend can be observed at other places. In Punjab, India, the split is 126 boys for 100 girls. The same phenomenon is appearing in the Caucasus, Eastern Europe and Latin America.
Western Europe has taken another direction: domestic violence against women -- the first cause of disability and death for women between 16 and 44, before traffic accidents and cancer (Le Monde Diplomatic, July 2004). On average, between a quarter and half of women are affected. In Portugal fifty two percent of women reported having been victims of violence at the hand of husbands or boyfriends. In Germany, every 4 days three women are murdered by men with whom they live, i.e., 300 per year; in the United Kingdom, a woman dies from the same cause every 3 days. In Spain, one woman is assassinated every 4 days, i.e., close to 100 per year. In France it is one woman every 5 days, of which a third are stabbed, a third shot, twenty percent strangled and ten percent beaten to death. In general, 600 women in EU countries are murdered in situations of domestic violence, almost 2 per day.
More disturbing, these crimes occur mainly in the middle class. For example, university-educated men commit almost fifty percent of domestic violence crime. In France, white-collar workers are responsible for sixty-seven percent, medical professionals for twenty-five percent, and armed forces and law enforcement officers for most of the rest. This phenomenon is not occurring mainly in the perceived "macho" countries of Southern Europe. Worth noticing are Romania, where for a million people, 12.62 women are murdered by their male partners per year, Finland (8.65), Norway (6.58), Luxembourg (5.56), Denmark (5.42), Sweden (4.59). Italy, Spain and Ireland are affected but to a lesser degree.
This gender war at a global scale but with local twists has its own features in Africa. There is a lot of talk about how men control African women's lives with the result that women are unable to negotiate sexual relationships in order to control the spread of HIV/AIDS. Moreover, what is accepted as normal in times of peace is exaggerated in times of war. From the Great Lakes region to Sudan to West African conflicts, women are deliberately targeted for rape and other forms of humiliation. Usually, when foreign powers intervene in those conflicts, they make issues more complicated by bringing their own values. One area of where they have difficulty dealing with African belligerents is the protection of women.
Because violence against women takes different forms at different places, specific national laws are needed. In addition, the international community must set standards and create special international legal mechanisms to protect women all over the world.
Marcel Kitissou is Executive Director at AFJN
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In June AFJN played a pivotal role in organizing two congressional briefings related to key issues on its agenda.
Northern Uganda Crisis AFJN is a principal member of the Catholic Task Force on Africa (CTFA), a coalition of some fifteen NGOs that focus attention on U.S. policy toward Africa and collaborate on joint advocacy actions. On 16 June 2004, CTFA organized a Capitol Hill briefing on the crisis in Northern Uganda for congressional staffers, NGOs and the media. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN-04), a close ally on African and social justice issues, hosted the briefing and promoted it widely among her House colleagues.
The briefing panel included Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu, northern Uganda, who chairs the Acholi Religious Leaders' Peace Initiative, an internationally recognized and respected voice on the crisis in northern Uganda. Adotei Akwei, Senior Advocacy Director for Africa at Amnesty International, joined the Archbishop for the discussion, which was moderated by Trish Katyoka of Catholic Relief Services.
Archbishop Odama spoke movingly of the dire situation in the northern part of the country, characterized by long-standing violence wreaked on the local population by the conflict between the government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The LRA has terrorized the north for years, murdering civilians and abducting children to serve as soldiers and, in the case of girls, sex slaves to the rebels. Hundreds of children walk for miles each night to local towns to sleep in church compounds, alleyways and on the streets in order to avoid capture by the LRA.
Among the Archbishop's strongest statements was his conviction that there is no military solution to the crisis. Steps must be taken to return and rehabilitate the children forced to serve as soldiers with the rebels. The government also must devise incentives to defuse the rebellion, including taking a much greater interest in the wellbeing of the northern communities, which historically have often been at odds with southern ethnic groups.
Adotei Akwei reinforced the Archbishop's contention that the military cannot offer a solution. He spoke of the need for the U.S., a strong supporter of the current Ugandan government, to encourage initiatives to reach out to northern communities with development, health and education programs as a way to build trust and cooperation. In the long-term there will never be peace without better mutual understanding and collaboration. Both the Archbishop and Mr. Akwei lifted up the link between what is happening in northern Uganda and the situation in southern Sudan, where Khartoum backs the LRA while Uganda aids the SPLA.
Water as a fundamental human right On 29 June 2004, Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL-09) hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on the critical issue of water as a fundamental human right. AFJN and Public Citizen's Water for All campaign worked closely with Rep. Schakowsky to craft a House resolution on the right to water for drinking and sanitation [Around Africa, June/July 2004, pg. 6]. The "Water for the World" resolution (H. Con. Res. 468) was introduced on 25 June 2004.
On the briefing panel were Marcel Kitissou, AFJN's Executive Director, Ruth Caplan of the Sierra Club, Beatrice Edwards of Public Services International, and Sharon Zayac, OP, of the United Nations Religious Orders Partnership. Sr. Zayac offered an insightful theological reflection on ecology, water and the integral relationship between human beings and all of nature. Ms. Caplan and Ms. Edwards spoke to the public policy dimensions of the issue. Dr. Kitissou analyzed the relationship between water and armed conflict, notably in Africa -- a critical point often overlooked by policymakers and the mainstream media.
AFJN members can strongly reinforce our presence on Capitol Hill by getting their members of Congress to co-sponsor H. Con. Res. 468, attending the October annual membership meeting, and taking part in Ecumenical Advocacy Days in March 2005. See our web site for details.
Larry J. Goodwin is Associate Director at AFJN
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Structures have been put in place since the President signed the Millennium Challenge Act (MCA) in January 2004. The MCA is a pledge to increase US bilateral development aid by 50% and to channel the new funds to poor countries that show good governance, invest in their people and adopt economic policies that promote enterprise and entrepreneurship. In the past eight months the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) received funding, a CEO was and outside directors were appointed, staff were recruited, and "eligible countries" selected and invited to submit proposals for FY2004 funding. Actual disbursement of aid to the world's poor, however, is still a way off.
Congress appropriated $1b for FY2004. The administration requested $2.5b for FY2005 but in July the House reduced this by half to $1.25b because of budget constraints. The Senate has yet to act on the request. This is a slower start than the administration's earlier projections of $1.7b in 2004 and $3.3b for 2005, and the President's promise that MCA aid would reach $5b per year by FY2006. The MCC expanded its staff from seven to 42 and is expected to grow to 100 in 2005.
The Senate confirmed the President's appointee, Paul Applegarth, as CEO of the corporation. Applegarth is widely experienced in development and finance. He spent nearly a decade at the World Bank and another on Wall Street working for Bank of America and American Express (Lehman Brothers). He recently was managing director of Emerging Markets Partnership and chief operating officer of Emerging African Infrastructure Fund, a British government initiative that combines public and private money for projects in sub-Sahara Africa.
The Senate also confirmed two non-government directors to the MCC Board: Christine Todd Whitman and Kenneth Hackett. Whitman previously served as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and as Governor of New Jersey. Hackett is President of Catholic Relief Services with operations in over 90 countries. Hackett, in his long career at CRS, worked in Kenya, Ghana and Sierra Leone and served as regional director for Africa. These two join the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, US Trade Representative, USAID Administrator and the CEO as board members. The President has yet to nominate two additional outside directors to complete the board.
After announcing 75 "candidate countries" from among the world's poorest, and the criteria used to measure their relative policy performance, the MCC Board selected 16 "eligible countries" for FY2004 funding. Eight of the "eligible countries" were African: Benin, Cape Verde, Ghana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique and Senegal. The average per capita income of these African countries is $449 per year and their combined population is 85 million.
MCC teams visited all "eligible countries" to invite proposals and have in-depth discussions on the criteria to be used in evaluating their proposals (poverty reduction, sustained economic growth, widespread in-country consultations and commitment to policy reform). The teams met with top government officials, civic and business leaders, members of the public and international donors.
The next step is for each "eligible country" to submit a proposal for MCC funding. Proposals must demonstrate: poverty reduction, sustainable growth, country ownership, broad consultation within society and how priorities were determined. After discussion and negotiation, the MCC and the country may enter into a "compact," an agreement between the MCC and the country that states the objectives of the country's program and plans for implementing and monitoring and maintaining fiscal accountability. Funds will be distributed periodically over the term of the compact based on performance and accountability.
Because the process is both complicated and new to both the MCC and the countries, predicting when the first compacts will be completed is difficult.
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09 January 2004 - Letter to South African Parliamentarians signed by over 200 international organizations opposing increased corporate control of water for drinking and sanitation. In more and more communities around the world - as 'cost recovery' or market based approaches to managing public utilities become widespread - people must pay for water up front, even at communal standpipes. Pre-paid water meters are prevalent in South Africa, where they are manufactured and exported abroad.
10 February 2004 - Letter to the World Bank President urging adoption of the Extractive Industries Review (EIR). This evaluation of the development impacts of the World Bank's support for oil, mining, and gas projects recommended that the WB adopt significant reforms, including ceasing to finance coal projects worldwide and phasing out support for oil production by 2008, refusing to support extractive industry projects in situations characterized by conflict, human rights abuses or poor governance, and strengthening social and environmental policies. The Bank-sponsored review also recommended enhanced human rights protections, prior informed consent for indigenous and project-affected peoples, greater transparency within the World Bank and its activities, and an end to support for destructive mining technologies.
02 March 2004 - Letter to House and Senate Budget Committees from religious, humanitarian, human rights and student organizations urging a level of funding for the overall international affairs account large enough to accommodate $5.4 billion to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, with at least $1.2 billion for the Global Fund.
26 March 2004 - Letter to Ambassador Randall Tobias, Global AIDS Coordinator, from human rights groups, expressing serious concerns about efforts by the Bush administration and the ambassador's office to block the use of affordable generic HIV/AIDS medicines in U.S.-financed programs in poor countries.
14 April 2004 - Statement on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur by members of U.S. and international non-profit organizations, calling on the Bush Administration to issue a statement on the Darfur situation, bringing to light the actions of the government in Khartoum responsible for acts of terror against the people of Darfur.
15 April 2004 - Letter to the World Food Program Director initiated by African NGOs registering disquiet at the failure of the WFP to guarantee Angola and Sudan the right to choose whether or not to accept genetically modified (GM) food aid, as the WFP is obliged to do.
17 April 2004 - Letter circulated by Jubilee USA Network that was delivered to the G-8 leaders at the time of their annual summit in June. The letter called upon the world's most powerful nations to take decisive action to cancel 100% of the debts owed by impoverished nations to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and other primary creditors, without imposing harmful conditions.
27 May 2004 - Letter to the U.S. Trade Representative from several dozen NGOs expressing grave concerns regarding the potential impact of intellectual property provisions in regional and bilateral trade agreements initiated by the United States. These provisions, which exceed international standards for intellectual property protection, threaten to dramatically reduce access to essential medicines for millions of people with life-threatening diseases throughout the developing world.
01 June 2004 - Letter to the chair of the House International Relations Committee from international development and human rights NGOs about the severe humanitarian situation in Northern Uganda caused by continued conflict between the Government and the Lord's Resistance Army. The letter urged the committee to swiftly take up S. 2264, "The Northern Uganda Crisis Response Act," which had passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
26 June 2004 - Petition circulated by Africa Action calling on the U.S. Secretary of State to recognize the violence in Sudan's Darfur region as constituting genocide and to take aggressive action to stop it.
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A 23-year-old boy, a Central Railway employee, committed suicide in the early hours of Saturday morning by jumping into Futala Lake in Nagpur. The boy has been identified as Mukesh Chauhan, a resident of Shatabdi Chowk. His body was found in the lake on Sunday morning.
On Saturday morning at around 5:30 am, Chauhan had asked one of his friends to take him to Futala Lake to meet another friend. Once Chauhan and his friend (who took him to Futala) were at the lake, Chauhan asked his friend to leave telling him that he will be back soon.
A while after the friend left, Chauhan texted him saying that he didn't want to meet anybody but had come to Futala Lake to end his life. The friend panicked and informed other friends and relatives of Chauhan. When nobody could contact Chauhan on his cellphone, Ajni Police was informed. Divers were called in and they searched the lake for Chauhan's body, which was not found on Saturday. Meanwhile, Chauhan's friends, thinking that he might not have jumped in the lake and be still alive, starting searching for him at places, which Chauhan would often visit.
Also read: 19-year-old Nagpur boy murdered by three history-sheeters in broad daylight
When all efforts went in vain, on Sunday morning, Chauhan's friends and relatives accompanied by the police and the rescue personnel reached Futala again. After an intensive search operation, Chauhan's body was finally found and taken out of the lake. His body has been sent for post mortem at the Government Hospital.
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But what if you found some natives in the jungle who'd never heard music before? Would they know the difference between the soundtracks of a happy movie scene and a sad one? Yep.
In the same way that we're all programmed to know that babies are cute and spiders are terrible, our brains are also programmed to recognize "sad" and "happy" when it comes to music. The two main chord and scale types are referred to as major and minor. Major chords tend to sound positive and upbeat, while minor chords are spooky and sad. This video shows a pianist playing Beethoven's "Fur Elise," once in A minor (as intended), once in A major. Even though there are only three different notes between the keys, the effect is remarkable. Take a listen.
And here's where it gets weird. Researchers visited a culturally isolated native tribe in Cameroon to see if they had the same perceptions of "happy" and "scary" music as we do. Even though their music was nothing like ours and their civilization had not yet progressed to the Nickelback phase, they identified the emotional core of songs the same way we would. When exposed to piano selections in the major keys, they were more likely to point to pictures of smiling faces; when presented with songs in the minor keys, they were more likely to point to sad or fearful faces.


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This was Brett's second take. Last time he messed up the last "A"
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Stuffing down some roast beef sandwiches before we get dressed
Looking snazzy, Brett
Bryce's father and (soon) father in law!
Either Bryce has a fat finger, or Alicia has a really skinny one..
Tony is Bryce's bodyguard. Also, at this point I surrendered to the professionals and put my camera away until after the ceremony!
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The view from the balcony outside the after party
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Amanda and Vic! I like Vic's shirt
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I think Alan got his trench coat from the 20s
The groom's cake! It was pretty amazing to look at but the frosting tasted disgusting. The interior cake was pretty good though
Colin took one bite of the Koopa's head and then threw it off the balcony
Shortly after this photo, Amanda found a pin inside! Hooray!
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The cake was slowly demolished
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Nessebur is set in the museum town of Nessebur, Bulgaria. The
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Cooking time: 12 minutes
Difficulty: Easy - for beginners
Serves: 14-16
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¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
3 Tbs. canola oil
5 Tbs. prune-oatmeal baby food
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350F. Whisk together flour, brown sugar, cocoa, baking soda & salt in bowl. Heat chocolate & oil in a glass measuring cup in microwave for 30 seconds; stir & microwave for 30 more seconds if necessary. Stir in baby food & vanilla, then stir into flour mixture. If dough is too crumbly to hold together, add 1 Tbs. more baby food.
Roll dough into 1 ½ inch balls (or use 1oz scoop); press with palm (or drinking glass) to flatten. Bake 12 minutes or until small cracks form on top of cookies. Cool about 5 minutes on baking sheet then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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All of my rings are available in sizes 4-22, quarter & half size increments.
The best way to find your ring size is to be sized by a local jeweler. If that is not possible, BrinkJewelry will gladly mail you a free ring sizer! If ordering a 10mm or wider ring, it should be considered to increase the ring size by a 1/2 size. Please make note to me in the comments box if you have increased the ring size due to width. Please do not use sizers printed from the internet, they are often very inaccurate. Please contact me if you have any size questions. BrinkJewelry is not responsible for any wrong measurement due to buyer error.
What if I need to order a foreign ring size?
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This blog is something I've been wanting to do for a long time. I've often said to myself, "If I weren't writing novels, I'd have a book blog." Well, maybe it's time I did just that – even while I continue to write my stories full time.
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