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Author Review: Peter Rendell
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in a small village near Bath in the west country of England. My parents had a camper van and we did a lot of travelling. Both my parents were born in the Home Counties near London. They considered themselves to be townies and preferred village life in the countryside. I was more attracted to the nightlife in Bath and took every opportunity to escape on the local bus.
I went to college in the North of England where I spent 8 years in a town steeped in the traditions of the Steel and Chemical industries. Life was good in the pubs and clubs with plentiful talents in country, folk and jazz music. I kept short notes about the best events but still hadn't been bitten by the writing bug.
When did you first start writing?
I wrote letters to my mother while I was at college, but a once a week habit became once a month as my studies grew; eventually it became half term only as I returned home at the end of each term.
My first attempt at writing a short story began for all the wrong reasons. I was away in Belgium on a contract. I was alone in a small bedsit. I was writing to preserve my sanity. A writer needs the desire to write about a subject they believe in. I was writing about whatever came into my mind. It was emotional rubbish but it achieved its objective; sanity was preserved.
What's the story behind your latest book?
At the great risk of annoying religious people, I look at what I might believe to be the philosophy of life. Reincarnation is a subject that fascinates me. I am a lapsed Christian. I was educated by both Roman Catholic and Church of England faiths. I do believe in God; however, I do not believe in all that is written in the Bible. There is too much vanity written in the laws.
I don't believe you can blame God for everything. If I was God then the first thing I would do is to delegate the task of maintaining the Earth; and so, I have proposed that Gaia is the soul of the Earth and it is her responsibility to look after herself.
What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
I guess that comes when I am finished. There are many highs at the end of each section and I get a great deal of pleasure from describing an emotional scene. It is particularly satisfying when someone else gets the feelings that I intended.
What do your fans mean to you?
Everything. I cannot expect to please them all, but I will do my best to listen to them.
What are you working on next?
The next book "Athena's Table" will show Samantha Merlin setting up a new home in Cartagena in Spain. Will this be her dream home or is it Athena's Fortress?
What is your writing process?
I start with an idea and then list everything I know about that idea. I try to define the birth and death of that idea; if I can see lots of little steps between the two events then I know the idea is viable. This string of steps is the backbone of the book and of each individual chapter. Each character has a diary and, in the magic world, a list of changes.
How do you approach cover design?
This was a nightmare for me. A book is judged by its cover.
I wasn't confident that I could describe to a third party what I wanted on the cover and I was almost certain that I would end up changing it; so I decided to do it myself. I use 'DAZ 3D' to compose my 3D scenes that are eventually saved in 2D. 'DAZ Studio' is free but you do have to pay for the characters and clothing. I use Gimp to add the Title to the final 2D image. Gimp is another free product with a large user community.
I try to choose scenes with blank areas to the top and bottom of the scene. I like to put the title at the top and the author name at the bottom.
I try to choose an image that represents the story content. I will keep drafting images until the killer emerges. I can spend several weeks on a single cover.
What can you say about your next book?
I am an author writing 'Fantasy' novels for a general audience. I am not a person who habitually swears and so my characters will only use profanities in extreme states or where it is expected of the character.
I write stories that are set in the world of "real magic". Imagine just how you would feel if you suddenly became caught up in a spell. Of course, it depends on the type of spell and where you are. They say it is a fine line between genius and insanity; a similar distinction can be made about your feelings for magic. At what point does curiosity overcome your fear?
Your host tells you he is a magician who uses 'real magic' in his stage illusions. Would you volunteer to be his assistant?
Just like any science, real magic has its limitations. These limitations lead to frustration, desperation and death; no one can cheat death.
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Beauty, Biblical Counseling, Communion, David Clarkson, Discipleship, Edward Taylor, Fellowship, Holiness, John Owen, Meditation, Meditation on Canticle 2.1, Mortification, Of Communion With the Father Son and Holy Spirit, Of Living by Faith, Praise, Puritan, Song of Solomon
The communion with the Son, on one hand consists of the Son's free gift of himself to the Church. The Church, in response, recieve the Son with complete "self-resignation of the soul". Owen explains this:
On the part of the saints, it is their free, willing consent to receive, embrace, and submit unto the Lord Jesus, as their husband, Lord, and Savior,
There are two elements of this receiving. First, Christ is received for his "excellency". Second, Christ is received as the only ground of salvation.
The first of these elements, reception of Christ as excellent as beautiful is much exhibited in the poetry of Edward Taylor ("Meditation on Canticle 2.1"):
No flower in Garzia Horti shines like this:
No beauty sweet in all the world so choice:
The Rose of Sharon sweet, that is
The fairest rose that grows in Paradise.
Blushes of beauty bright, pure white and red
In sweats of glory on each leaf doth bed.
This theme of the beauty and desirability of Christ was much in Puritan literature. Here is an example taken from David Clarkson:
Acceptation. He will yield to any terms, so as the Lord will but grant his chief desires. Tell him, if he will have Christ, and follow him, he must forsake all; he embraces the motion, he says, This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation. He says with Mephibosheth, Nay, let him take all, if my Lord will return to my soul in peace. Tell him, if he will inherit the land of promise, he must come out of Egypt, he is content, he will not leave a hoof behind. All his lusts shall go, if Christ will but come, small and great, secret and open, pleasant and profitable; his Zoars, his little ones, shall be turned into ashes; his Herodias, his pleasant beloved sins shall be divorced. The best and fattest of the cattle, his profitable and gainful sins, shall be put to the sword, with the rest of the children of Amalek; his secret idols, those that are hid in the stuff, shall not only be buried, but, as Moses with the calf, ground to powder. Tell him, if he will be joined to Christ, he must forget his kindred and father's house, his former old acquaintance and conversation; he is satisfied, so as the King will delight in his beauty, so as Christ will but take pleasure in him. Tell him, if he will have Christ as an intercessor, he must submit to him as a king; Oh, says he, if the golden sceptre may be but holden forth, I will submit to it for ever. Tell him, if he will have the Spirit of Christ, he must have him as a Spirit of grace, as well as a Spirit of supplication: he yields with cheerfulness; he looks upon holiness as garments of wrought gold, that which will both enrich and beautify him; the sanctifying work of the Spirit is acceptable to him, as well as the sealing work. Tell him, he that will name the name of the Lord with acceptance, must depart from iniquity: he answers presently, 'What have I any more to do with idols?' This Accepting Christ, and the Spirit of Christ, upon gospel terms, is called faith, John 1:12.


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[*] Rog DJ, Nurmikko TJ, Friede T and Young CA (2005). Randomized, controlled trial of cannabis-based medicine in central pain in multiple sclerosis. Neurology 65: 812-9. BACKGROUND: Central pain in multiple sclerosis (MS) is common and often refractory to treatment. METHODS: We conducted a single-center, 5-week (1-week run-in, 4-week treatment), randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial in 66 patients with MS and central pain states (59 dysesthetic, seven painful spasms) of a whole-plant cannabis-based medicine (CBM), containing delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol:cannabidiol (THC:CBD) delivered via an oromucosal spray, as adjunctive analgesic treatment. Each spray delivered 2.7 mg of THC and 2.5 of CBD, and patients could gradually self-titrate to a maximum of 48 sprays in 24 hours. RESULTS: Sixty-four patients (97%) completed the trial, 34 received CBM. In week 4, the mean number of daily sprays taken of CBM (n = 32) was 9.6 (range 2 to 25, SD = 6.0) and of placebo (n = 31) was 19.1 (range 1 to 47, SD = 12.9). Pain and sleep disturbance were recorded daily on an 11-point numerical rating scale. CBM was superior to placebo in reducing the mean intensity of pain (CBM mean change -2.7, 95% CI: -3.4 to -2.0, placebo -1.4 95% CI: -2.0 to -0.8, comparison between groups, p = 0.005) and sleep disturbance (CBM mean change -2.5, 95% CI: -3.4 to -1.7, placebo -0.8, 95% CI: -1.5 to -0.1, comparison between groups, p = 0.003). CBM was generally well tolerated, although more patients on CBM than placebo reported dizziness, dry mouth, and somnolence. Cognitive side effects were limited to long-term memory storage. CONCLUSIONS: Cannabis-based medicine is effective in reducing pain and sleep disturbance in patients with multiple sclerosis related central neuropathic pain and is mostly well tolerated. Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom. firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q..._uids=16186518


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I am somewhat tempted, this evening, to not give a sermon. I don't know if you're inwardly rejoicing at that, or not. Instead of me preaching, we could take 5 minutes of silence, to think, or to pray, or to maybe have a small nap?
My reasoning for this temptation is not – surprisingly enough – down to the fact that I haven't come up with anything to say (though I did find this evening's readings difficult to think about what to talk about), but actually because we've already had one sermon already. Or at least, we've already had the end of one sermon already.
Did you hear it? Don't worry, you didn't blink and miss an itinerant priest bound up to the pulpit and deliver a pithy and precise homily. No – it was, as you've probably guessed, one of our set readings for the evening – our piece from the book of Amos.
You wouldn't know it from tonight's reading – it was not the most uplifting of passages – but Amos is probably one of my favourite books from the Old Testament. It's not a comforting book; most of it is a stinging, venomous, spat-out rebuke of God's people; but it is powerful in its writing, and shows a writer who deeply cares about justice and righteousness; who hates hypocrisy and greed. The book is lightened at the end, by a vision of the final restoration of the people of God, of plenteous wine and bountiful harvests.
But not tonight.
Tonight, we heard only of punishment, and judgement.
As I said, this passage was most likely originally a sermon – the end of a sermon. And we didn't get the full impact of it in what we heard this evening. I'll try to give some context, and hopefully go some way to explaining what this sermon must have been like.
Amos starts his sermon a whole chapter earlier – right at the beginning of the book. He'd come up to Israel from their main rivalling nation, the southern kingdom of Judah and starts to preach his hellfire-and-brimstone sermon against Israel's neighbours. If Israel had anything like the relationships they did with their neighbours, as we in the UK do with our neighbours in the EU, I think we could be confident in saying that his congregation must have lapped it up. In fact, Israel's relationship with their neighbours was quite a lot worse than ours with the EU, if that can be imagined. They were often at war, and not at all on friendly terms.
Amos starts off by prophesying punishment on Damascus, and then Gaza, then Tyre, Edom, Ammon and Moab. Each time, using this phrase "for three transgressions… and for four". It's an odd phrase, isn't it? It turns on the fact that the Jewish people placed importance in numbers. 'Three' is a number of completeness. We still have the concept in our culture – I'm sure you've heard the idea that bad luck comes in threes, or that the perfect sermon has three points (that writes this one off, then). The idea behind this phrase of Amos' is that not only have Israel's neighbours sinned completely – three transgressions – they've gone above and beyond that in their wickedness – a fourth as well. And boy – are they going to get it from God! I imagine Amos preaching – perhaps in the style of Mr Nigel Farage reeling off the sins of France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Belgium. You can imagine the glee in the audience as they listen to him preach.
|Amos, doing his best Nigel Farage, 'man in the pub' impression
There's another number at play here, too, though: Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, Ammon and Moab. That's six neighbours. But anyone who was anyone back then knew that seven was a very significant number. Amos' sermon couldn't stop there. There had to be a seventh neighbour, whose punishment must be more severe than the previous six. A neighbour to preach such punishment upon that the congregation would stand up, and whoop and cheer. That neighbour was, of course, Israel's great rival, Judah. And so, Amos preached against his own land of Judah, and the crowd went wild. In my Brexit-inspired imaginings, Farage has ended his speech by blasting away at Germany (although in my example, Farage needs to come from Germany in the first place).
"Brilliant!", shout the crowd. "What a great way to finish your sermon!"
And then Amos continues; "For three transgressions, and for four…"
"No! Wait-", the crowd say. "You've done seven neighbours. You've ended with our great rival – you've finished! That was the perfect ending!"
"For three transgressions of you, Israel, and for four…"
The crowd must have instantly gone silent. The atmosphere must have turned completely.
This was not what they wanted to hear. Of course, they loved hearing of the sin of their neighbours, but not their own sin. They didn't want to hear about God judging and punishing them.
But this is how Amos' sermon continues – and for quite some time. He's devoted a few verses to each of Israel's neighbours, but now, he pronounces judgement on Israel themselves for several chapters – for much of the rest of the book. In my scenario, Farage has suddenly turned on the UK, blasting us for our treatment of the poor, our willingness to use and abuse people for our own means (for money, for sex, for power) and for the way we treat Christians, and Jews, and Muslims, and all people of faith in our land. Would that it were so! I think, though, in attributing this kind of speech to Nigel Farage, I have probably finally entered the realms of fantasy.
I have seen people attempt to rewrite Amos' sermon, to apply it to us, here and now. To the US, or the UK. I didn't want to do that. I'm not a hellfire-and-damnation preacher. But I do think it's important that tonight we heed Amos' message. Like Israel, we – and by that I mean separately and together, the UK, Christians, the Church of England, and each individual one of us – have all done wrong. The book of Romans reminds us that we 'all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God' and that 'There is no-one who is righteous, not even one'.
Sometimes, we're too quick to write off our wrongs with the knowledge that we are forgiven. It is true, of course, we are forgiven. But if we brush away that which we have done wrong too quickly, we are at risk not only of sweeping it under the carpet, but pretending it was of no importance – we are forgiven, and so we let ourselves forget.
The German anti-Nazi theologian, Dietrich Bonheoffer wrote about this. He talked about the dangers of preaching forgiveness without requiring repentance; of allowing the slate to be wiped clean without taking time to think about the weight of that which was written upon it. He called it Cheap Grace. Devaluing the wrong that was done makes our 'being forgiven' worthless. It is cheap and easy to forgive an offensive word, but harder and costlier to forgive that which has hurt us. It is harder and costlier yet to forgive injustices and abuses of power.
And this, despite our surface-viewing, is why our reading from Amos tonight is good news for us here today. When seen through the lens of the cross, through the work of Christ, we know that this heavy judgement proclaimed by Amos is one that has been overwritten by grace. Not the cheap grace that Bonheoffer warned us of, but one that includes recognition and repentance of our wrongs – in reading and hearing and thinking about this passage from Amos, we are able to contemplate our own wrongs. In doing so, we confront our own part in injustice, and, as we resolve to do what we can to dismantle injustice wherever we see it in our world today, we see the great price of the grace our God has bestowed upon us. Tonight's readings help us to refocus on the amazing expense, and depth, height and width of our own forgiveness, and work towards that vision that Amos saw at the end of his book – for the restoration of all people, of plenteous wine and bountiful harvests; a world where justice rolls like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.


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On a hot day in early September, three glass revolving doors twirl into the midtown Manhattan high-rise where the most fascinating man in the NBA spent most of his summer. The lobby is palatial, with a dazzling chandelier fixed in the center of the room; a young woman with platinum blonde hair stands directly underneath it, inside a front desk that looks like someone cut a marble egg in half, juggling phone calls and small talk with delivery men as they scurry across the floor.
New York Knicks center Enes Kanter steps out from an elevator behind her, armed for the heat in a white short-sleeve hoodie, dark mesh shorts, and solid teal low-top Nikes. A trimmed beard accentuates his baby-fat-free face, and the thick hair atop his head takes the shape of a Brillo pad that's been dyed black. A long, red scar runs along his right forearm, memorializing the time he fractured it punching a chair in the middle of a game. A towering, chiseled, bronze sculpture of a man, Kanter's stride is unexpectedly graceful; it's unclear if his heels ever touch the ground. If any other first impression can be had, it's that he's almost too affable: Over the next two minutes, Kanter asks how I'm doing and/or if I'm good four separate times.
We exit the elevator and pass through a noisy weight room and congested lounge, towards a cafe that's attached to a broad outdoor terrace. Before we move outside to escape the crowd, Kanter points up at a giant menu populated by fresh pressed juices, açaí bowls, and almond butter shakes. "They have smoothies!" he smiles. "Are you sure you don't want something? You're not getting anything? Seriously you have to get something." We grab two water bottles and make our way outside to sit in the far corner, beneath a giant sun umbrella for the rest of an afternoon that's already unlike any I've ever had. For Kanter, it's a typical day: A visitor is here to ask questions about his inexplicably complex life.


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Gardner syndrome
Type of disease: Rare conditions
Gardner syndrome is a specific type of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), a genetic condition that causes growths (polyps) in the large intestine (colon) and rectum that become cancerous over time. Like all forms of FAP, Gardner syndrome also causes polyps to form in these areas. However, in addition to the polyps that form in the colon and rectum, individuals with Gardner syndrome are also at risk of developing both cancerous and noncancerous (benign) tumors in other areas of the body. These tumors tend to develop as fluid filled sacs (cysts) in the skin (called sebaceous and epidermoid cysts) or in bone (called osteomas). Other symptoms of Gardner syndrome may include too many teeth and a benign abnormality of the back of the eye (retina), called retinal pigment epithelial hypertrophy.
Gardner syndrome is caused by a change (mutation) in a gene affecting cell growth, called APC. This gene, when mutated, causes abnormal cell growth and division, which can lead to the creation of polyps and tumors. Gardner syndrome is inherited in a dominant manner, meaning a mutation in only one of the two APC gene copies a person has causes the condition. Each child of a person with Gardner syndrome has a 50% of also having Gardner syndrome.
Gardner syndrome is considered in a person with multiple polyps in their colon, along with other tumors or cysts in other parts of their body. The diagnosis is confirmed with genetic testing. Treatments include close monitoring and screening for colon polyps using a camera that is inserted into the colon (colonoscopy), removal of the polyps, and removal of the colon. If you or your child has been diagnosed with Gardner syndrome, talk to a doctor about all treatment options. Support groups are also available to connect with others who are affected by Gardner syndrome.
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CactoSim simulation framework final prototype: accompanying document for project deliverable D6.4
Castañé, Gabriel González
Svorobej, Sergej
Byrne, James
Stier, Christian
Krach, Sebastian
FacultiesFakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und Psychologie
InstitutionsInstitut für Organisation und Management von Informationssystemen
External cooperationsFZI Forschungszentrum Informatik am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
Umeå Universitet
PlayGen, London
Dublin City University
LicenseCC BY-ND 4.0 International
This deliverable provides supporting documentation for the software deliverable D6.4, the third release of the CactoSim simulation framework. It includes user manual supporting information for installation, usage, features, and data collection using the CactoSim toolkit, as well as technical information for developers with description of the architecture and internal interfaces. Through the use of CactoSim and this supporting documentation, the user is provided with a full concept of what is CactoSim able to produce, the main set of features, simulation of energy consumption, VMs, applications, and data centre elements. Simulations can be carried out allowing for energy conscious decisions for cloud operators. A full integration with other CACTOS tools (CactoOpt and CactoScale) makes CactoSim an indispensable tool for predicting and improving the usage of the data centre in a non-invasive way. To this end, this deliverable specifically presents (i) a utilisation guide or user manual of CactoSim towards easing users the installation process, (ii) the main list of features described from an utilisation perspective, (iii) a full integration between CactoSim and other CACTOS tools, and (iv) a description of the internals of CactoSim with an architecture and class diagrams in order to ease the extension of CactoSim for developers.
Date created
Funding information
CACTOS / Context-Aware Cloud Topology Optimisation and Simulation / EC / FP7 / 610711
CACTOS / Context-Aware Cloud Topology Optimisation and Simulation / EC / FP7 / 610711
Subject HeadingsDatenmanagement [GND]
Cloud computing [GND]
Coud computing [LCSH]
Electric network topology [LCSH]
KeywordsFramework; Prototype; Simulation; Software; Optimisation; Cloud; Context-aware cloud topology; Cloud services; Data management; Cactos Projekt
Dewey Decimal GroupDDC 004 / Data processing & computer science
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Castañé, Gabriel González et al. (2017): CactoSim simulation framework final prototype: accompanying document for project deliverable D6.4. Open Access Repositorium der Universität Ulm. http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-4340
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Juggernaut Fight Club10 Seng Poh Road, Singapore
BJJ Gisee all reviews
The club kindly allowed us to participate even without a Gi. More focus on fundamentals in this class with Shi Hao, and it was a good experience getting to roll/spar with different partners during the class as that allows for a richer learning experience. Come prepared with an open mind and a can do/just try attitude.Juggernaut Fight Club is a combat sports gym with a no-nonsense approach to training…
- Yoga, Martial Arts, …
Core Collective27A Loewen Road, Singapore
Pilates Reformer with Jasminesee all reviews
Tim doesn't spare you at all! Expect to be well worked out. Love the torturous excercises and how he corrects the class as much as possible. Had a very good stretch and definitely feeling lighter after class. Would definitely come back again. Shower facilities are amazing and amenities provided are ????Core Collective is a collaborative centre for fitness and wellness professionals…
- Martial Arts, Boxing
Spartans Boxing Club393 Joo Chiat Road, Singapore
Boxing Advancedsee all reviews
Quite technical what. Was apprehensive coming cos of the previous review about it being just a fitness place. But I thought it was pretty boxing focused. Drills are a part of it man. And they were solid, boxing-related drills. (Found this more technical than J*****naut's boxing class even!)Spartans Boxing Gym is made for everyone. Everyone wants to hit something but very…
- Martial Arts, Boxing
Spartans Boxing Club573 Balestier Road, Singapore
Boxingsee all reviews
Amazing class and great workout! The instructor was really good. She was super energetic and friendly and made a complete beginner like me feel absolutely at ease. Cant wait to visit every week!Spartans Boxing Gym is made for everyone. Everyone wants to hit something but very…
- Martial Arts
Eminent Air Muay Thai452 North Bridge Road, Singapore
Muay Thai - All Levelssee all reviews
Class under ClassPass was actually 1hr long, but it was a good taster of their regular classes which are 1.5-2hrs+ long. The instructors are really encouraging and will correct your form. Very convenient location, just opposite Bugis Junction. Overall great vibes and recommended!Eminent Air Singapore is a fully equipped Muay Thai gym and also the first affiliate…
- Martial Arts
Fighter Fitness Singapore123B Serangoon Road , Singapore
Krav Magasee all reviews
Friendly instructor! Guided the students and explained the lesson well! Thank you!At Fighter Fitness, they provide martial arts Singapore group training like Muay…
Muay Thai (Beginner)see all reviews
Was quite a noob and initially intimidated by the setting,but the people there are really friendly and welcoming!The instructor was attentive to newcomers and mindful with beginners getting the right stance instead of going for the speed.Neue is a brand new lifestyle studio that brings a fresh take on fitness and martial…
- Martial Arts, Boxing
Fighter Fitness Singapore456A Geylang Road, Singapore
Boxingsee all reviews
This class is not like the other cardio boxing classes on class pass, there is a greater emphasis on technique. The instructor, Jake was very patient in teaching a complete beginner like me the correct boxing punches and footwork.At Fighter Fitness, they provide martial arts Singapore group training like Muay…
- Martial Arts
Kapap Academy144 Robinson Rd, #05-01, SingaporeKapap Academy Singapore uses a system called Modern Street Combatives which includes…
- Martial Arts, Boxing
Vanda Boxing Club108 Robinson Rd, Singapore
Muay Thai Technical Classsee all reviews
Vernon was friendly and helpful in teaching and guiding me the proper way!! Good technical class with small class size and a good student to teacher ratio. Studio is comfortable with great amenities as well :)VANDA is Singapore's most unique Boxing and Muay Thai gym! Based in the heart of…
- Martial Arts, Boxing
Team Highlight Reel118B Neil Road, Level 3, Singapore
Brazilian Jiu—Jitsu Fundamentals (No Gi)see all reviews
Time flies and we ended 20 minutes past the end time because everyone was so engrossed in learning and practicing technique. Good exposure for beginners. Did not feel competitive and there was a healthy mix of girl to guy ratio.WE HAVE MOVED TO 118B NEIL ROAD (088854)! Team Highlight Reel is a Mixed Martial…
- Martial Arts
Muay Art Fitness48 Woodleigh Park, Singapore
Muay Thai Beginnersee all reviews
Instructor was really patient although Im first timer and really bad with coordination. It was enjoyable! I will come back again!Singapore's traditional gym, passing down the art of Muay Thai.
- Martial Arts, Strength Training
FaMARiver Valley Road, #02-03, Clarke Quay , 3A , Singapore
FAMA FITsee all reviews
Great all around workout!! With a good mixture of martial arts basics incorporated in a circuit training model.FaMA is an independent gym who take pride in providing their community with one of…
Yoga for Athletessee all reviews
Great class, clear and very informative. Jen has a very calming presence. loved it. Just didn't realize that class was 7:15pm not 7pm as was seen on the classpass schedule, so ended later than i thought. Please update it!At Fit Bloc, no matter your pace, they are here to provide you with advice, with…
- Martial Arts, Boxing
Bushido Fight Academy11 Bedok North Street 1, #01-18 Heartbeat@Bedok, Singapore
Muay Thai / Boxingsee all reviews
Intense Muay Thai session, with cardio workouts at the start and end, and with the instructor giving proper lessons and corrections and the techniques and form of the kicks. Though firm during lessons the instructor was really nice when I encotuenred a bit of difficulty towards the end. Would recommend if you want to learn Muay Thai!We're a modest open concept gym, set in the heart of Bedok where you're free to join…
V Wipeout Level 3see all reviews
Nice space, good soft floor. Kevin explained and demonstrated to us each exercise and ensured he was watching us and correcting us where needed the whole class - it was a small class so this meant a lot of personal attention. He was also a little forgiving during our rest breaks (giving us extra seconds for that extra sip of water). Great circuit class.As a total fitness and Wellness solution provider, V FIT seeks to assist people in…
Technical Muay Thaisee all reviews
Kru Nat was encouraging and taught useful techniques. Was a good workout session too! Gym also very clean :))SINGAPORE's BEST Female Muay Thai Gym in the East! Take yourself to indulge in a…
- Martial Arts, Boxing
Refuel Gym Academy219 Lavender Street, Singapore
Turbo Boxing Burn And Gosee all reviews
Clean gym with new equipment. Instructor made alot of effort to correct the proper boxing techniques; you don't get that in other gyms where they just ask you to punch. He paced warmups and other exercises according to my ability. Super encouraging. No hard selling of packages but they are running good promotions!Take some time to recharge your mind and body by coming down to Refuel gym. Their…
- Martial Arts, Pilates
Kapap Academy82 Lor 23 Geylang, #02-02, Singapore
Personal Safety Programme (Level 1)see all reviews
Very amazed that yunquan can maintain her enthusiasm and energy even after almost back to back classes from early morning! Attended her tactical pen seminar in the morning and this class in the afternoon, yet she was more energetic than us!Kapap Academy Singapore uses a system called Modern Street Combatives which includes…
- Martial Arts, Boxing
Zeus Fitness258A Geylang Road, Singapore
Beginner Muay Thaisee all reviews
Good class to run through the basics of Muay Thai. The instructor was clear on the basic purposes and techniques of it and the session was smooth and adequate. I would recommend to take further classes to really have a better grasp on Muay Thai.Zeus Fitness provides quality Muay Thai, Boxing from beginners to competitive. We…
- Martial Arts
Kickmatics Taekwondo68A Serangoon Garden Way, Singapore
Adult Taekwondo Introduction Classsee all reviews
Omel (instructor) corrects postures and cracks jokes to liven up the class. Love it! FYI: beginner friendly. Have 0 experience in any form of martial artsFounded by Former Singapore National Taekwondo Athlete. Kickmatics Taekwondo…
- Martial Arts
Art of Fitness SG18 Sam Leong Road, Singapore
Muay Thaisee all reviews
Love the class! Trainers were very patient & knowledgeable. Highly recommended! Will definitely come back again to train!Art of Fitness is a Muay Thai studio, a combat technique that let you punch, kick…
- Martial Arts
Carpe Diem BJJ Singapore767 Upper Serangoon Road , Spazio @Kovan Singapore, Central Singapore
BJJ All Levelssee all reviews
Abit intense for a beginner but was quite fun and the instructor was very patient! The guys who were there were also quite patient with a noob like me. Felt abit bad! Probably should join a fundamental class instead!Carpe Diem BJJ began 10 years ago in Tokyo, Japan. It has now grown to six dojos…
- Martial Arts
Zesty Kickz6 Shenton Way, #02-25/28, Singapore
Ladies Kickboxingsee all reviews
Fion and the other male instructor (so sorry I didnt catch your name) were professional, friendly and made the session beginner-friendly for us. :) There were other regulars who were around/were more advanced, and they spilt the class into 2 to cater to both groups. Glad to learn more about the techniques behind kickboxing, and get a good workout from it also!One Stop Fitness Studio for individual, group and corporate solutions. -Ladies…
- Martial Arts
Stronghold MMA100 TURF CLUB ROAD, SINGAPORE 287992, Singapore
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (No-Gi)see all reviews
Technics explanation and drilling. Class is fast and time paced. Ends the session with flow rolling.Stronghold is one of the leading mixed martial arts gyms in Singapore close to Sixth…
Adult Judosee all reviews
Very welcoming, friendly people. Teacher was obviously skilled, and patient. Good vibes overall. They'll lend you a gi on your first try, if you're worried about that. Has changing room, 7-11 right outside. Nearest toilet should be only those in the middle of katong sc.At The Dojo, they aim to provide the space and service to fitness enthusiast to keep…
- Martial Arts
Field Assembly39 Carpenter St , Singapore
Yogasee all reviews
Relaxing, well-paced and crystal clear - Stephanie's classes are fabAt Field Assembly they want to help you develop positive habits for life, and for…
- Martial Arts
Ghetto Fitness442 Orchard Orchard Road, #03-03, Singapore
Kickboxing Group Classsee all reviews
Terrence is a v encouraging instructor!! The class was fun and upbeat; casual but definitely still hard work. Glad to have learnt more technicalities behind kickboxing and improve my skills :) I definitely sweated BUCKETS. Bring your bottle, no need sport shoes.Ghetto Fitness is about doing fitness training at any location. Be it in the park…
- Martial Arts
Superfly Tactical (Parkour/Movement)80 Stamford Road, Singapore
Direct Pekitisee all reviews
Tushar was very accommodating and patient with me as a first-timer. The class seemed so fast given how much we covered!Superfly Tactical was created with the goal of making world-class tactical and martial…
- Martial Arts
Saudação Capoeira Singapore44C North Canal Road, Singapore
Capoeira Regional (Beginners)see all reviews
Upbeat, fun! Good mix of dance, martial arts, stretching and PT! Friendly community.Capoeira is the martial arts that combines everything you love: flow, wit, athleticism…
- Martial Arts
Xango Capoeira Singapore21 Lower Kent Ridge Rd , Singapore
Capoeirasee all reviews
Really amazing time and was glad everyone was so inclusive!!Xango Capoeira SIngapore is a Singapore registered Non-Profit Organization that is…
- Martial Arts
Xango Capoeira SingaporeFight G, 41C North Canal Rd, Singapore
Capoeirasee all reviews
This is really fun. Enjoyed the class very much. Sunny and the rest have been really patient with the new comers like us. Lotsa camaraderie positive energy during the session.Xango Capoeira SIngapore is a Singapore registered Non-Profit Organization that is…
CRYSTAL BOWLS + THERAPY HARP : SOUND HEALING IMMERSION SERIESsee all reviews
Very interesting combination on the therapy harp and crystal bowls. I enjoy very muchSpace 2B is more than just a meditation studio–they are a dedicated collective of…
- Martial Arts
Fighter Fitness Singapore865 Mountbatten Road, Katong Shopping Center, #B1-37, Singapore 437844, SingaporeAt Fighter Fitness, they provide martial arts group Muay Thai,training that will…
- Martial Arts
Superfly Tactical (Parkour/Movement)1000 East Coast Parkway , #01-05 Marine Cove, SingaporeSuperfly Tactical was created with the goal of making world-class tactical and martial…
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Tesco surges to £1bn first-half profit as 'robust' turnaround under boss Dave Lewis pays off
Tesco has surged past the £1billion profit mark in the first half of its financial year, the latest sign that the rewiring of the business under chief executive Dave Lewis is paying off.
The figures, forecast by analysts and expected to be announced next month, would mark the healthiest profit outcome under Lewis.
Broker Shore Capital said management presentations to the City in June showed a 'robust recovery from its deep nadir' in 2014 when a black hole was discovered in its accounts.
Trading trends: Profit at Tesco is expected to rise as much as 30 per cent by some analysts' measures
Shore analyst Clive Black said Tesco is 'now more in control of its own destiny'.
Another broker, Bernstein, said Tesco continues to benefit from its Booker merger and there is evidence that older Aldi and Lidl stores are no longer stealing market share, but still pose a threat.
Profit at Tesco is expected to rise as much as 30 per cent by some analysts' measures, leaving earnings at £1.1billion despite a difficult summer for many supermarkets.
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The highway out of our development is being surfaced with a fresh coating of tar. However, it's just a thin layer, and when we drive along it, we still feel the same old bumps in the road. It looks good, but obviously, it's a quick and easy attempt to improve the appearance of the pavement and seal up the cracks.
I've noticed that in the church, there are those who prefer to have just a sprinkling of the Holy Spirit's anointing, like a top coating. They attend services on Sundays, chat with others about the latest ballgame or fashion, and go home saying that they feel good after being there. But when it comes to going deep with the Lord in personal devotions, Bible reading, prayer, and small group meetings, they say, "I'm just too busy." Perhaps even some of our readers feel like that.
When we respond that way, as a result, we experience only a shallow understanding of the Lord and His purposes for our lives. We can fool people with our life success stories and fancy dress, but when we experience a tragedy or harmful temptations in our lives, we often don't have that deep, abiding strength of the Lord to endure.
The apostle Paul wrote about being stuck on the basics of our faith, which seems to me just like having a top coating of spirituality.
Hebrews 5:12 – For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. (NKJV)
As far as our personal testimony is concerned, is the day we got saved all we can talk about, and very little about what God is currently doing in our lives? This indicates that we may have a shallow faith that isn't experiencing growth in our walk with the Lord.
The road out of our development needs to be dug up and new pavement put down, to get rid of all the bumps. We need to allow the Lord to do the same to us in a spiritual sense, and give us more than just a top coating to withstand the storms of life.
Prayer: O God, may we never be satisfied with just a top coating of Your Spirit, but experience a deep and abiding spiritual relationship with You. Take us past our salvation experience to a place of holy sanctification. In Jesus' mighty name, we pray. Amen.
The highway out of our development is being surfaced with a fresh coating of tar. However, it's just a thin layer, and when we drive along it, we still feel the same old bumps in the road. It looks good, but obviously, it's a quick and easy attempt to improve the appearance of the pavement and seal up the cracks.
Thank you Allan.
Thanks for sharing Allan.
Thanks Allan for the reminder to go deeper in our Scripture studies, being unsatisfied with a "top coat." Blessings.
Thanks for this timely devotion this morning- it really reinforces what the book I am presently reading is saying. The book is "Not a Fan" – emphasizing are you a fan or a follower of Jesus. Have you read it?
Have a blessed day!
Dear Allan Smith,
Yes, I pray with you for a real change-over for people in genuine acceptance of Jesus Christ as their savior — not just for a top-coating.
Keep writing.
Very insightful devotional, Allan. Thank you. Sometimes, it seems as though I've been "patched over" many times, but the good news is that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Dear Allan,
Take it from me, some of us are just too busy and too old: really we are!
I would love to get out there, but by the time the day's chores are done, and the children are in bed, I just sit down and count my blessings and go to bed.
Even if I wanted to, and I do, I am too tired. I used to go to worship group practice but found that I was too tired to play properly.
Still, I find time to read my Bible in bed when everyone else has gone to sleep.
I think I need a whole new road with extra lanes, not a just a touch up.
Thanks for the thought.
Dear Allan,
Just a quick note to encourage you in regards to what you have seen as you gathered with others. In John 3, Jesus, on a one on one basis, laid down all that was needed for Nicodemus in the way of salvation, just tweny one verses, from start to finish! Note that, as you read there are two endings that are very clear for the hearer to consider. That is why it was recorded, for all of mankind to consider today.
So now it is your turn to stand up for the need that you have seen. First, a renewing of understanding, as to how, and why, Jesus suffered. The agony and horror of His death. And the love that the Lamb of God showed for "Whosoever." Yes, that is you, I and any that would but believe.
Hello, Allan:
Just read this devotional. Very well said thoughts about our daily need for communication with our Lord. We have the privilege of a beautiful friendship and we need to nurture it every day. I can't have a good day till I've first met with the Lord. Then my day and my walk is assured. He is in control of whatever I meet on that day – and it is one day at a time. Thank you for the reminder of where my priorities need to be placed.
God Bless you.
Hi Allan:
I love your devotions.
Good Afternoon Allan:
Another message of great interest.
When I look deeply into my own heart I discover I too am sometimes guilty of wearing a coating of tar.
I loved this message. It gave me much to think about.
Thanks for sharing. This is a very good analogy for we can all relate to roads that are given a quick fix with a thin topcoat. When I drive or walk along one of these roads I will remember your comparison.
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I am writing to ask the citizens of Whistler to give a gift back to a small independent business this Christmas season. Nothing could mean more to a small Whistler business than to know you made a special effort to buy local and to buy at least one item from an independent business. Small businesses in Whistler have given so much to our community for so long and for the most part, it goes unnoticed.
Small businesses are truly the cornerstone of British Columbia's communities. Ninety-eight per cent of all businesses in B.C. are small businesses and 83 per cent have fewer than five employees. That's what small businesses do best: employ our friends, relatives, neighbours, children, parents and even grandparents. Have you ever thought about it? Small businesses in Whistler account for 56 per cent of all private sector employment and they hire over 60 per cent of all new employees. Independent businesses are the most likely to try and hold onto their staff in slow economic times. Small business owners are the first to forgo a paycheque themselves at the end of the month in order to first pay their number one resource and asset, their loyal employees.
In addition to the economic and employment benefits they provide, small business owners lead the way when it comes to giving back to our community in which we live, work and play. A recent survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business shows a staggering 96 per cent of small businesses give back through cash donations to non-profits, donations of in-kind goods and services and even donations of their own time by volunteering for local non-profit groups. The next time you see a sports field full of children, remember that their uniforms were most likely donated in whole or in part by a small Whistler business owner. The coach is also more than likely a small business owner, or works for one. CFIB found that 22 per cent of small business owners are also likely to be donating their employees' work time back to the community in one form or another.
Many small business owners work over 60 hours a week and spend their nights and weekends doing government paperwork and remittances to keep their businesses going. We often don't think about this time commitment or the risk they take when they finance their small business with a mortgage against their home.
After the bustling holiday season, many small businesses in Whistler will struggle. If you are lured by flashy advertising, bright lights and big parking lots, take a moment to think of our local small business owner and what they do for us. Give back to our small business community by supporting them through the purchase of at least one item this season. Small businesses are truly B.C.'s economic engine and they will be the first to lead us out of this economic downturn. Let's help them survive so they stay afloat and continue to give, donate, volunteer and hire our citizens.
During these troubling economic times let's support the backbone of our community. Over the next month, especially after Christmas, let's give back! Let's say thank you, by supporting them as they have supported our community for so long. You won't be disappointed! You will be pleasantly surprised with the quality and availability of goods and the "above and beyond" service. A hands down winner every time.
Your gift to them could be a dinner or lunch out with a friend or family member at a local restaurant or cafe. Purchase a service or maybe a gift for your uncle, neighbour or favourite pet. It could be that you need something for the house, the yard or in the kitchen. Buy a book, a cake or a new pair of pants or shoes. Let's challenge ourselves, whatever we buy, to purchase something from an independent small business.
Your gift back may be one of the best gifts you give this Christmas season.
Brian Bonney,
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
CFIB Director of Provincial Affairs, B.C.
Olympic ticket disappointment
We applied for tickets to a variety of events taking place in Whistler and were unsuccessful. How did other people fare? We thought perhaps as residents we might get some sort of priority but that didn't seem to be the case.
If we have to watch it on TV we wonder if it's worth staying in town. We are happy that the tickets sold out so quickly but perhaps VANOC might consider making some future allocation available to Whistler residents who didn't get tickets. After all, we are the hosts and it's a bit like not being able to go to ones own party!
Caroline Cluer
Radio waves
One has to wonder about the place Mountain FM has in our Emergency Response Plan. As the only truly local station, we should be able to look to Mountain FM when faced with a community emergency. Yet, Mountain FM was not only scooped by many stations from Vancouver, in the hours following the gondola collapse, Mountain FM ran music and not news, save for a few run-of-the-mill 20-second spots that provided virtually no useful information for locals and tourists who may have had friends or family on the gondola.
One would have expected a local station to provide a faster response, live reports from the scene and perhaps a phone number for mountain or muni information. Let's hope that our only source of local news creates a plan to deal with breaking news and emergency needs.
Matthew Saver
Talent in Transition
Thank you to Sam for writing about Transition Space in last week's Pique.
We have been overwhelmed with the positive feedback we have gotten from the community and visitors in regards to Transition Space. We all agree that a local gallery would be a great addition to Whistler, creating an outlet to express and promote our local arts culture. We have a lot of talented people in this community and having a space where we can exhibit their works has been amazing.
Thank you to all the business owners in our building for helping us when they can.
All of the artists would also like to send out a warm thank you to Don Wensley, without him Transition Space would not exist and we all really appreciate his generosity.
Look for a completely new exhibit starting next week. This Sunday only, we are hosting a small market with over nine vendors from noon to 6. Please come out and support our local artists and artisans.
Andrea Mueller
Status quo has got to go
I just listened to a interesting show (CBC 1, The Current, Friday, Dec 12) which in a nut shell illustrated how our Canadian government policy and performance towards action on global warming was ranked 59th out of a list of 60 world governments.
Jim Prentice, the third Conservative environment minister in as many years, was interviewed and of course dismissed the report. He trotted out the usual Conservative party lines which state that economic factors are as important as environmental (science based) factors in determining policy, and developing countries must play by the same rules before we sign onto anything resembling a binding international policy (Kyoto).
Anyone who doesn't understand this as meaning anything but full speed ahead on the status quo should give their head a good vigorous shake.
Most illustrative of this point was Jim Prentice's statement that implementation of meaningful climate change policy can only occur if our society is sufficiently prosperous enough to afford it. By that I would like to think he means that when we are well off, we can and will take meaningful action. If this is true then why during the past few years of booming economy and abundant prosperity have the tar sands been allowed and encouraged to become such a huge contributor of greenhouse gas and toxic waste production?
Because it's good for the economy, stupid! Economy will always trump environment even during the good times. If we can't exercise some economic restraint (or more accurately, economic innovation) in favor of what is clearly necessary during the good times, then do you think our government will stray much further from the status quo as we slide into the coming years of global recession?
The sooner we realize that this government is fundamentally opposed to anything that threatens the status quo and that the continued and accelerated degradation of our environment is of little consequence to their values and policy the closer we will be to the truth. Then it's just a matter of do we have the will and conscience to kick them out and demand what is clearly needed.
Bruce Kay
Reflections of a conspiracy theorist
If I was a conspiracy theorist I'd say that the Conservatives were more fiendishly diabolical than arrogant or ignorant. The current state of Canadian politics is a result of well thought strategy, an unimaginable turn, then recognizing the potential that brought, and good luck (luck being the meeting of preparation and opportunity).
Consider that in taunting the opposition to defeat the government in a confidence vote, the only option Mr. Harper would have was to ask the GG to dissolve Parliament and call an election. The populace, incensed at the Liberals, would then obliterate them in the election.
Things didn't go that way. Rather they took a turn for the absurd.
Somehow the opposition was able to cobble together an association that unbelievably included the BQ. They announced that the PM in waiting would be Mr. Dion, the same man that Canadians and the Liberals had rejected only a few weeks ago. It appeared that the Liberals would be back in power in spite of themselves.
Spite themselves they would.
In response to Mr. Harper's television address, the Liberals managed to allow Mr. Dion to present himself as a distraction. They then proceeded to eviscerate him and publicly took turns carving him up.
The GG's acceptance of Mr. Harper's request to prorogue is no surprise. It set the scene for the GG to give the opposition association a shot at forming a government if the government is defeated in the next confidence vote and if there is such an association at that time.
Shakespeare said, "Alas, the storm is come again! …misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows…" From where I sit though, the opposition association has a proverbial snowball's chance of not eating itself under Caliban's cloak.
Neil Ross
An appeal for oversight
This letter was addressed to MLA Joan McIntyre. A copy was
forwarded to the Pique for publication.
I want to touch base with you specifically on the lack of
planning oversight of IPPs in the province.
I understand the provincial government's underlying rationale
of proactively dealing with future energy crises by generating alternative
energy sources. Frankly, I would much prefer to see us develop solar, wind, and
hydro energy sources, as opposed to coal, gas, oil or nuclear-powered energy to
meet future energy demand. I also understand the rationale of farming out the
risk of new developments to the private sector, and that there has to be
sufficient reward to motivate those companies to undertake the risk.
However, I do not believe that in order to accomplish an
energy-secure future the government should step back and largely deregulate the
energy sector. Arguably, B.C. was already a world leader in the production of
green energy, given that such a large percentage of our power has been
generated by hydro power. Perhaps, a large-scale dam would be
"greener", or have more moderate and localized impacts, than the
proliferation of private, unregulated, unmonitored power projects all around
the province. As citizens, we rely on government to undertake this kind of
big-picture thinking, and right now, your government has reneged on that
I fear for the future of British Columbia — after
watching the financial crisis begin to hit home around the world, and seeing
the causative link between the current economy and the deregulation of the
banking and finance sector, I urge the provincial government to take a more
involved leadership role in managing and protecting our "energy"
assets. Those "energy" assets — rivers and windy coastlines
— are also assets in their wild state — as habitat, as vital
ecological systems — and they are of immeasurable value to future
generations. The province's current lack of an overarching plan to manage and
monitor the cumulative impacts of all these independent power projects
undermines any green gains that might be claimed.
Please urge your colleagues to initiate a master-plan for these
independent power projects; to consider protecting certain rivers and
watersheds because of their high competing values (recreation, tourism,
wilderness, habitat) from IPP development (and thereby, protecting the
proponents from the risk of spending significant sums to develop a project that
is unacceptable to the region's residents); to empower the Environmental Assessment
Office to review individual projects in the context of multi-river development;
and to keep future energy as an asset of the people of B.C., not as a commodity
that has been divided up, like the spoils of a great pillage, amongst private
sector developers.
Lisa Richardson
Thanks from Waldorf School
The Whistler Waldorf School held its ninth annual Christmas Fair this past Saturday and amidst the freezing temperatures and icy winds, the holiday cheer and festive craft-making was enjoyed by many local families.
Thanks to the following businesses who graciously contributed to the wonderful success of our school fair: Nesters Market, Mountain FM, Whistler-Blackcomb, Pique Newsmagazine, Windsor Plywood, Sachi Sushi, Ziptrek Tours, Charlie Doyle Sign and Design, Whistler Happy Pets, Armchair Books, The Old Spaghetti Factory, Whistler Clearance Centre and Aphrodite's Organic Cafe and Pie Shop (Vancouver). Jenn Raffler
Globalists have it wrong
Further to Andrew Mitchell's perceptive piece, "Car companies in trouble," (Pique N Yer Interest, Nov 27), I agree that the Big Three U.S. auto makers should be bailed out. They were done in not so much by their supposed unimaginative incompetence but by the same globalist government policies that have turned America — once the world's biggest creditor nation — into its biggest debtor nation. These policies included the practically duty-free auto imports from countries with lower labour, social and environmental standards, and the lack of U.S.-wide labour standards that have enabled foreign car makers like Toyota to set up non-union shop in the deep South at lower wages and fewer benefits. Such policies meant grossly unfair competition for Detroit.
Inexplicably, successive U.S. administrations have allowed manufacturing — the sector that can best take advantage of technological advance to increase productivity and wages — to contract. As a result, the middle class that used to maintain demand, save to form capital, and be a solid tax base has been shrinking. After 30 years of globalization, Americans find themselves working more or less in a moribund service economy and going deeper in debt.
Even more importantly, the U.S. needs a robust manufacturing sector for defense purposes as well. Yale professor Paul Kennedy made a direct connection between economic and military might in "The Rise and Fall of Great Powers," and we know from Conrad Black's seminal biography "Roosevelt," that the Allies could not have won WWII without America's prodigious manufacturing output.
The more rabid globalists insist that the Big Three should be allowed to go bankrupt. However, there are encouraging signs that they should not be. Their international divisions are still profitable, and their new American product lines — for example, GM's plug-in electric car, the Volt — have been critically acclaimed and environmentally endorsed. Detroit could make the bailout work provided the playing field is level. Besides, the U.S. simply can't afford to lose anymore manufacturing capacity.
Clearly, America (and the West for that matter) needs to import less, repatriate productive capacity, make as much of what it consumes as possible at home and pay higher wages to restore economic health. As the late President Lincoln explained it to American railway barons wanting to import cheaper British steel: "When be buy abroad, we get the goods and the foreigner gets the money. When we buy at home, we get both the goods and the money." Sadly, Barack Obama is no Lincoln. He is a globalist, and the real economic remedy of de-globalizing and re-industrializing North America is not on his agenda.
Joe Bako
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Dear Whistler Neighbours, I am desperately hoping that somebody has found our Japanese marriage certificate that I very stupidly placed on top of my car while cleaning it, and then more stupidly left it there rushing to my son's birthday party....
So somewhere between our house on Emerald Drive and the Spruce Grove Field house, our certificate flew into the unknown. It is framed in gold and is very beautiful with a lot of Japanese writing. I can imagine that if someone found it on the side of the road, they could think that someone threw out some lovely art. I can't even explain how difficult and complicated it will be to replace so if anyone spots a hint of gold shining out from the snow please, please, please grab it and give us a call (604-932-6987).
Thank you,
Carin Smolinski & Allan Wilson


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Yesterday, a Welsh MP became the first UK government minister to propose a referendum on the general election voting system. Here, Martin Shipton examines the significance of the call
THE alternative vote (AV) system is currently used to elect members of the Australian House of Representatives, the Irish President – and the winners of Hollywood Oscars.
But Huw Irranca-Davies's call for a referendum on changing the UK's general election voting system to AV cannot be dismissed as an irrelevant piece of whimsy from someone on the fringes of politics.
He is, after all, a minister in Gordon Brown's government and in June the prime minister hinted that a switch to AV was being actively considered.
Mr Irranca-Davies, however, is the first serious player to argue publicly that a referendum on the issue should be held on the same day as the next general election.
Not that long ago, the prospect of ditching the first-past-the-post electoral system seemed inconceivable.
Although the Liberal Democrats and their predecessors, the Liberals, had banged on for decades about the need to move to a system of proportional representation (PR), the opposition of the two main parties made that seem nothing more than a pipe-dream.
After all, even when propping up the minority Labour government in the '70s or, before that, being offered the opportunity to prop up Ted Heath's Tory government, they had never pressed home their advantage and demanded PR.
The arrival of devolution, however, inaugurated an era in which a new voting system suddenly became not just possible, but necessary.
Opposition parties in Wales and Scotland would not have tolerated the introduction of new democratic institutions elected using first-past-the-post because, it seemed, that would have ensured Labour majorities for the foreseeable future.
In Northern Ireland, the particular demographic problems thrown up by sectarian conflict also made a different kind of electoral system inevitable.
Until now, however, there has been no serious attempt to move away from the traditional way of electing MPs.
The expenses scandal has perhaps changed that. Public outrage delivered a huge jolt to the parliamentary system and traumatised the great majority of MPs. Changes that were previously seen as beyond the pale are now having to be contemplated in the drive to restore public confidence.
Huw Irranca-Davies argues that introducing a new electoral system would be a vital part of that. It would, he says, provide MPs with greater legitimacy. At present only a small minority of MPs are elected by more than 50% of those who turn out to vote.
They have won their seats not necessarily because they have widespread support, but in many cases simply because the opposition is divided.
By allowing voters to list candidates in order of preference, the person elected would command the support of a majority. In order to secure the second and subsequent preferences of people whose first vote has gone to somebody else, the proponents of AV say, the winning candidate would have to reach out beyond his or her core supporters.
MPs who had a poor reputation in their constituency – either because they were not seen as sufficiently hardworking or because they were not prepared to make the effort to appeal to a wider section of the electorate – would possibly be easier to defeat than under the current system.
It goes without saying that Mr Irranca-Davies's view of AV is not universally shared. The Liberal Democrats dislike it just as much as they dislike first-past-the-post. AV does not deliver a proportional outcome, and it has been claimed that it would have delivered Labour an even bigger landslide victory in 1997 than it achieved under the current system.
Other arguments, perhaps more self-interested than those put forward by Mr Irranca-Davies, have also been advanced by Labour politicians.
AV would give the "progressive left" a virtually permanent majority, it has been suggested. But while a majority of Liberal Democrat voters may have been inclined to give Labour their second preferences in 1997, that may well not be the case now.
AV has had its detractors within Labour too. Writing in 1998, when he was a leftwing Labour MP, Ken Livingstone wrote an article that was excoriating in its rejection of the system.
He stated: "The problem with AV was summed up perfectly by Winston Churchill at the beginning of [the 20th] century when he pointed out that it allows an election to be decided by 'the least important votes of the least important candidates'.
"Those voters who have backed one of the two strongest candidates in a constituency get no further say in the process, whereas those who have voted for minor parties and crank candidates then get a second vote to determine the outcome between the two leading parties. I can see no logic to justify a majority of the representatives in parliament being determined by a small minority of voters in each seat who will be allowed the luxury of a second vote."
That way of looking at the matter turns Mr Irranca-Davies's argument on its head. But it should be remembered that it was written at a time when Labour was enjoying the biggest majority at Westminster it had ever achieved. It is hardly surprising that the idea of changing the electoral system would not have appealed to most of the party's supporters at the time.
Now, of course, Labour is in a far more precarious position, looking at the prospect of a big defeat in the next nine months and considering ways that may mitigate the looming disaster.
Getting the electoral system changed to one that gave a better prospect of success next time around would at least provide some consolation.


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What [Donald] has put up for question is this idea of tariffs. Initially, he said if China won't stop taking advantage of us and manipulating their currency, then I will put tariffs in place. That spooked everybody because if you charge China a fee and an extra tariff for anything they bring into the United States, what's going to happen is that companies carrying those goods are going to raise prices. It's going to be expensive for people. People got scared of that, but then he walked that [idea] back. I don't think anybody is expecting heavy tariffs on anything.
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