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Sunday, July 22, 2012
Review: The Glimpse by Claire Merle
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I wasn't a fan of Starters and I haven't even read Matched, but I certainly want to read Glimpse after your review. I love that it's captivating - I'm in dire need of attention-gripping books.
Lovely review, Sarah! You really did convince me to seek out a copy. :)I loved Matched, and really want to read Starters, so this sounds like the book for me! Looks like a great dystopian– thanks for the lovely review :D and you're from The Philippines?? I used to live there for 3 years!! :D
Confessions of a ReadaholicI am so glad that I chose this post to comment on. I remember reading about this book a good while back, but I forgot all about it. I am happy to be reminded! This sounds fantastic. And I have a huge fascination with psychology as well. Those kind of books get to me. Make me think. Thanks so much for the awesome review!
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Season 4, episode 14 | |
Air date | January 4, 1991 |
Writer(s) | Dennis Rinsler & Marc Warren |
Director | Joel Zwick |
Previous | Happy New Year |
Next | Ol' Brown Eyes |
Working Girl is episode fourteen of season four on Full House. It originally aired on January 4, 1991.
Plot Summary
Fourteen-year-old D.J. desperately wants to buy an expensive pair of shoes called Blow Outs, which cost $160 per pair. When she does not get the money from Danny, she asks him to let her get a job so she can earn enough money to get the shoes. Danny reluctantly lets her start working for a photographer named Jack; her job is to make reluctant kids smile for the camera. Danny allows her to have the job under one condition: she must make sure that her grades do not drop. However, this is easier said than done, since her science grade has been declining lately. But she believes that the job will not only get her enough money to buy the shoes, but also prove to her dad that she is not a little kid anymore.
However, D.J. ends up in a sticky situation when she brings home a science exam with an "F" on it (as she had been busy with work and a lot of other classes), and it becomes even stickier after Kimmy changes it to an "A", causing D.J. to lecture her best friend that what she just did was not only wrong, but also dishonest, and deceitful. Then, after a little advice from Jesse (who had done the same thing when he was in junior high, with 40s to 90s and zeros to hundreds), D.J. tells Danny the truth about her grade. After Danny tells her that she has to quit her job, and that she is not allowed to hang out at the mall until she improves her science grade, she says "I guess I'll go back to being a kid again." Danny tells her that there is nothing wrong with being a kid, and that she should enjoy it while it lasts. Luckily, D.J. has gotten her first paycheck, which is more than enough to pay for the shoes. But she decides to put it in the bank after all the hard work she did to earn it, rather than spend it right away.
Meanwhile, Jesse and Becky are unable to agree on where their wedding should take place. Jesse wants the wedding to be at Graceland (home of Elvis Presley), and Rebecca wants the wedding to be in her home state of Nebraska. With a little help from Joey, they come to an agreement and decide on having their wedding right there in San Francisco.
Also, Michelle irritates everyone in the house with her overzealous participation in her preschool's "Politeness Week", with D.J. being the most irritated. So much so, when Michelle annoys her during the science exam fiasco by reminding her that it's not polite to yell, and that she forgot to say "please", she literally has to carry the tot by her arms out of the kitchen and into the living room, after which she is polite with an annoyed "thank you" to Michelle, who responds with a not-so-polite "You're not welcome". Stephanie is also annoyed when a cupcake she was going to eat gets stolen, even after politely denying a "polite" Michelle the sweet treat with "No, you may not" (even though Michelle did say "please"); this causes her to give chase and a "How rude!" as she does so.
This is the first episode to deal with the topic of money management; the second was "Stephanie Gets Framed", where D.J. passes her piggy bank onto Michelle and teaches her the importance of saving money for things other than ice cream.
[Back in the kitchen, D.J. has already given the bad news to Kimmy regarding her science test.]
D.J.: When my dad finds out about this F, he's gonna make me quit my job.
Kimmy: You know, now that I look at it, I don't think you got an F. [She pulls out a red pen, and what she does next is about to anger her best friend and possibly put their friendship in jeopardy.] I believe that you...[puts a vertical line on the side of the F]...got an A.
[D.J. is visibly angered as she grabs her test back.]
D.J.: Kimmy! How could you do that?!
Michelle: It's not polite to yell.
D.J.: Michelle, I have enough problems without the "polite police" on my tail, so just stay out of this.
Michelle: You forgot to say "please".
[At and/or by this point, D.J. has had enough. She really has had enough. So much so, that that last remark has caused her anger to reach both its breaking and boiling points; Michelle literally asked for it, and boy, is she gonna get it now.]
D.J.: That's it! [She grabs Michelle by her arms and carries her out of the kitchen and into the living room.]
Michelle: [as she is carried out of the kitchen and into the living room] This is not polite, This is not polite, This is not polite, This is not polite.
D.J.: [as she annoyingly walks back into the kitchen, once Michelle is completely out of the kitchen and into the living room] Thank you.
Michelle: You're not welcome. [She walks away angrily.]
D.J.: I have to go to work. [She gets her clown costume and makeup.] You know, Kimmy, you really messed me up by giving me that A! Now I can't show it to my dad.
Kimmy: Why not? It's a perfect forgery.
D.J.: Kimmy, don't you understand?! What you did is wrong! It's dishonest, it's deceitful, it ...[she holds it up to the light]...really does look like an A.
[Later, Stephanie is about to enjoy a cupcake and a glass of milk, when...]
Michelle: May I have that cupcake, please?
Stephanie: No, you may not.
Michelle: But I was polite, and I said "please".
Stephanie: I was polite too, and I said "No, you may not".
Michelle: Well, guess what? [slams her "badge" down disgustingly] "Politeness Week" is over! [She grabs Stephanie's cupcake and bolts out of the kitchen, as Stephanie gives chase.]
Stephanie: [as she chases Michelle] How rude!
D.J.: Here goes. My science grade was an F, and Kimmy changed it to an A.
Danny: I'm just guessing she doesn't have the authority to do this.
D.J.: Dad, I'm sorry, but with work and all my other classes, I didn't have time to study for my science test.
Danny: Then you should've come to me and told me what was going on. D.J., we had an understanding. You wanted to be a responsible adult and this was the least responsible thing you could've done.
D.J.: I just wanted to prove that I could earn my own money.
Danny: Well, that's all out the window now, because you're going to have to quit your job, and no hanging out at the mall until you pull up that grade.
D.J.: OK. I guess I'll go back to being a kid again.
Danny: Deej, there's nothing wrong with being a kid. You should enjoy it. You got the rest of your life to be an adult.
D.J.: Well, I guess if "being an adult" means wearing a big, red mop on my head, I can handle being a kid a little longer.
Danny: In case I forgot to mention it, you're a pretty great kid.
D.J.: Thanks, Dad. [They hug.]


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The Supreme Court has ordered Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) to pay Rs 15 crore to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), against the Rs 70 crore property tax demand raised by the civic agency.
A bench of justice DK Jain and justice HL Dattu, however, clarified that the order was an interim measure.
The order came on DIAL's petition challenging the Delhi high court order asking the airport operator to pay the amount to MCD until the high court decided its petition contesting the demand for the entire amount.
The apex court said it was not appropriate to pass any order at this stage, as the high court is hearing the matter.
"Being in the nature of an interim arrangement, we are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order passed by the high court. Accordingly, the special leave petition is dismissed," the bench ruled.
The court, however, extended the time to pay the amount by two more weeks. The MCD had demanded Rs 70 crore as property tax for Indira Gandhi International Airport, maintained and operated by DIAL.
The operator challenged the amount saying the liabilities prior to May 2006 — about Rs 10 crore — was on the Airport Authority of India that earlier operated the airport.
DIAL said it has already paid Rs 1.32 crore as property tax under the self-assessment scheme. Passing an interim order, the high court had asked DIAL to pay Rs 15 crore within three weeks and listed the matter for next hearing on July 12.


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Title: | Optimisation of the GC-MS Conditions for the Determination of the 15 EU Foodstuff Priority Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
Authors: | RAMOS BORDAJANDI LUISA; DABRIO RAMOS MARTA; ULBERTH FRANZ; EMONS HENDRIK |
Citation: | JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE vol. 31 p. 1769-1778 |
Publisher: | WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH |
Publication Year: | 2008 |
URI: | http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC36312 |
DOI: | 10.1002/jssc.200700562 |
Type: | Articles in periodicals and books |
Abstract: | European legislation has recently established a list of 15 priority PAHs to be monitores in foodstuff. Thus, the accurate determination of these compounds has become a highly relevant issue. The fact that some of these EU PAHs differ from those typically analysed, the so-called EPA PAHs, requires the re-evaluation of the instrumental conditions, including the selection of the capillary column, for the proper determination of the new target compounds. In this study, the influence of the stationary phase and dimensions of the GC capillary column on the chromatographic resolution of the 15 EU PAHs has been investigated. Apolar (DB-5 type) and medium polar (DB-17 type) stationary phases with different lengths and film thickness have been evaluated for the separation of the target compounds, with special emphasis on those coelutions involving isomers such as the 3 benzofluoranthene isomers included in the EU PAHs. In addition, the influence of the injection technique and the column dimensions on the recovery of the high molecular mass PAHs has been studied. A programmable temperature vaporizing (PTV) injector has been used in three different splitless operational modes and the results were compared to those obtained using on-column injection. The best results were obtained when a medium polar column (DB-17 type) with athin film thickness was used and the PTV injector was operated in its programmable temperature mode. The experimental parameters involved in the injection step were optimised by using the so-called "design of experiments". |
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I started by turning my handle into a comfortable shape that fits in my hand nicely and then I made an inch and a half long tendon at the top of the handle that matches my drill bit. I trued up my pice of wood and then made a mallet shape with it. This is a nice beginning spindle exercise that is good for beginning turners. While the carver's mallet is straight spindle turning, the assembly hammer includes some unique lathe drilling techniques that are not easily accomplished on a drill press. A large selection of hand made, lathe turned, wooden trees.
I have used and still use wooden mallets in my immediate work. One of my first woodworking mentors made me turn my own mallet of Osage Orange as my first project under his guidance. So, they turned out not to be any good for creating the mallet I am after. So, my question would be, what wood is good for making these simple mallets, that could also take a good blow or three (as I also assist my in-law in some chair making activities) and where could I get these that would yield a really good tool? Affordable being an additional requirement. I thought this might make a good post on typical spindle turning. Let me warn you though that there is nothing typical about Lignum Vitae. I must have hit the Tormek about 3 different times while turning this mallet. Anyway, after cutting the block to an approximate length leaving about 1 inch on either end for mounting in the lathe, I marked the centers.
530 Small turned mallet or My first turning project! Oh no, now you will be one of those insufferable wood turners who make wonderful magic stuff. Making an Offset Mallet. P. Michael Henderson April 22, 2008. Here's an interesting turning project which results in a useful wooden mallet. Offset Mallet finished. Somehow it turned up at a car boot sale near Martin's home in Amble, Northumberland.
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Then, I turned the two remaining mallet handles, each with a different design. That said, Ash is a fantastic wood for a mallet handle and is second to Hickory for being able to withstand shocks. Turned between centres from a single lump of wood or length of branch, a mallet is a pretty straightforward bit of spindle-work. There are few technical demands, but you get to use a roughing gouge, spindle gouge, and skew chisel. The Vic Firth American Custom T5 Wood Timpani Mallets are a very hard special effects mallet. Turned from a single piece of rock maple, which eliminates a core that could rattle and the need for a screw-on washer to secure the head. Free download shopsmithturning a wooden mallet part or shopsmithturning a wooden mallet part wood turning a log on a shopsmith part and see more Shopsmith Turning A Wooden Mallet Part 1. Here is a video of me turning one of the carving style mallets. I used an entire log to turn this but because the heart is still inside it may have a tendency to crack so if you do, do this you need to have a completely dry log.


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A long time ago there lived in a little house on the edge of a wood, a Hare, a Squirrel, and a Little Grey Rabbit.
Little Grey Rabbit is a country Rabbit and, together with her woodland friends, she celebrates each year's changing seasons.
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The courses we offer begin with 'Start Yachting' for complete beginners; 'Competent Crew' for those looking to build up their skills; and 'Day Skipper' for those who wish to be introduced to all aspects of skippering a yacht.
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The Metal Shark 32 Fearless is a high performance center console featuring a twin-stepped hull design by renowned naval architect Michael Peters. Agile and maneuverable, yet tough enough to withstand the harshest environments imaginable, Metal Shark's 32 Fearless has been designed for border patrol and patrol missions. However, Metal Shark also offers this vessel for recreational (non military) customers as well.
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The 32 Fearless features a simple and uncluttered helm design that allows for easy, intuitive operation. All instrumentation, electronics, switches and controls are positioned within easy reach.
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Metal Shark is a leading shipyard supplying custom vessels for commercial, defense, and law enforcement applications worldwide. The company traces its origins to 1986, when Jeanerette, Louisiana-based Gravois Aluminum Boats began producing custom welded aluminum fishing boats for recreational anglers and commercial fishermen. Over the years, the Gravois family developed a loyal following among demanding Gulf Coast fishermen due to the rugged quality of their boats, which were often highly customized to suit the buyer's needs.
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For places in Iran, see Tomb, Iran.
"Tombs" redirects here. For other uses, see Tombs (disambiguation).
"Sepulchre" redirects here. For other uses, see Sepulchre (disambiguation).
A tomb (from Greek: τύμβος tumbos)[1] is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes.
The word is used in a broad sense to encompass a number of such types of places of interment or, occasionally, burial, including:
- Architectural shrines – in Christianity, an architectural shrine above a saint's first place of burial, as opposed to a similar [2] on which stands a reliquary or feretory into which the saint's remains have been transferred
- Burial vault – a stone or brick-lined underground space for multiple burials, originally vaulted, often privately owned for specific family groups; usually beneath a religious building such as a church or in a churchyard or cemetery
- Church monument – within a church (or a tomb-style chest in a churchyard) may be a place of interment, but this is unusual; it may more commonly stand over the grave or burial vault rather than containing the actual body and therefore is not a tomb.
- Crypts – often, though not always, for interment; similar to burial vaults but usually for more general public interment
- Hypogeum tomb - stone-built underground structure for interment, such as the tombs of ancient Egypt
- Kokh (tomb) – a rectangular rock-cut sloping space, running inward, like tunnels into rock, sufficiently high and wide to permit the admission of a corpse
- Martyria – Mausolea for the remains of martyrs, such as San Pietro in Montorio
- Mausoleum (including ancient pyramid in some countries) – external free-standing structure, above ground, acting as both monument and place of interment, usually for individuals or a family group
- Megalithic tomb (including Chamber tomb) – prehistoric place of interment, often for large communities, constructed of large stones and originally covered with an earthen mound
- Pillar tomb – a monumental grave. Its central feature is a single, prominent pillar or column, often made of stone.
- Rock-cut tomb – a form widespread in the ancient world, in which the tomb is not built but carved out of the rock and can be a free-standing building but is more commonly a cave, which may be extensive and may or may not have an elaborate facade.
- Sarcophagus – a stone container for a body or coffin, often decorated and perhaps part of a monument; it may stand within a religious building or greater tomb or mausoleum.
- Sepulchre – a cavernous rock-cut space for interment, generally in the Jewish or Christian faiths (cf. Holy Sepulchre).[3]
- Samadhi – in India a tomb for a deceased saint that often has a larger building over it as a shrine
- Other forms of archaeological "tombs", such as ship burials
- Tumulus – (plural: tumuli) A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hügelgräber or kurgans', and can be found throughout much of the world. A cairn (a mound of stones built for various purposes), might also be originally a tumulus. A long barrow is a long tumulus, usually for numbers of burials.
As indicated, tombs are generally located in or under religious buildings, such as churches, or in cemeteries or churchyards. However, they may also be found in catacombs, on private land or, in the case of early or pre-historic tombs, in what is today open landscape.
The tomb of Emperor Nintoku (the 16th Emperor of Japan) is the largest in the world by area.[4] However, the Pyramid of Khufu in Egypt is the largest by volume.
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- ^ τύμβος, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Digital Library
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- ^ Morana, Martin (2011). Bejn Kliem u Storja (in Maltese). Malta: Books Distributors Limited. p. 211. ISBN 978-99957-0137-6. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016.
- ^ Merueñas, Mark (2012-11-04). "Where emperors sleep: Japan's keyhole-shaped burial mounds". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
The Nintoku-ryo tumulus is one of almost 50 tumuli collectively known as "Mozu Kofungun" clustered around the city, and covers the largest area of any tomb in the world.


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Yeah, that sounds great, doesn't it? The one problem I have encountered is that I can become a bit obsessive, and when this happens I can look at the time and wonder where the entire day has gone. It's quite productive with my photography skills as I'm getting better the more shots I take, but it's not productive with everything else. After all I have another course that I need to keep up with (yeah, with quizzes happening every week as well as homework needing to be submitted that's really important), and then there's also my writing. I have a lot of stories that need to be finished so they can venture out into the world.
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The kids participated in the Awana Grand Prix. It seems pretty easy to make one of these cars but we realized quickly that they are a huge pain! Getting the wheels to balance, to meet weight requirements etc. it was sort of harder then we thought. Despite that the Roper clan did pretty good! Jacob got 1st place in the design of his YouTube car and Katie and I got 3rd place in speed in the adult competition. No matter what though we had fun and that's all that matters.
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The Open and Affirming (ONA) Designation
First Congregational is proud to be an Open and Affirming (ONA) congregation of the United Church of Christ. Open and Affirming is the designation that the national United Church of Christ gives to congregations, campus ministries and other bodies within the UCC that have made a public covenant to fully welcome persons of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions. You may read more about this designation at the Open and Affirming Coalition of the United Church of Christ.
First Congregational has a long history of acceptance and advocacy. We hold an attitude of inclusiveness that embraces diversity wherever we find it. We honor and value each person for who God created them to be in their whole person without attempting to "fix" or "change" anyone, and we have been privileged to celebrate same-gender weddings at our church for over twenty years.
We received the ONA designation after devoting a year to exploring the diversity of our multifaceted congregation. This process culminated in the acceptance of our identity statement, which was adopted on September 7, 2014.
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We are The Church of the Open Door, a Christian community called by God through the life and teachings of Jesus to grow in Spirit, to share our faith experiences, to serve others, to promote hope and peace in the world, and to welcome all God's people.
In worship and study, we explore and develop our understanding of God, our faith, our church, and ourselves.
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As an Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ, we celebrate a diverse congregation. We welcome into full participation people of every race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, creed, background, life experience, and physical or mental health and capability. As we proclaim every Sunday, "No matter who you are or where you are on life's journey, you are welcome here."


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Clomid is a brand name for clomiphene citrate, a prescription drug aimed at women who have trouble getting pregnant due to problems with ovulation. Clomid is highly effective at helping with ovulation in these women, even though it isn't a cure-all for all fertility problems, nor is taking it a guarantee of getting pregnant. But if you think it might help you, here is what you need to do to boost your odds of getting pregnant fast while taking Clomid.
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'Government became their god'
Witness to history has seen it before: Socialized medicine, removing prayer, emphasis on environment
Anita Dittman learned about fear and courage early, during a momentous period in history.
"I was 5-and-a-half when Hitler came," she says. "My mother said, 'We'll have to register.' I asked her, 'What about me?' She told me that I'd have to register as a Jew. 'Thank God,' I told her. I wanted to be identified that way, even as a child."
It was 1933.
Within 18 months, Dittman would become something of an oddity in her Jewish community: a believer in Jesus Christ.
Dittman's father, a German Jew, abandoned his family in the interest of self-survival. So Dittman and her mother not only were forced to scramble for basic sustenance; they had to survive the malevolent forces sweeping through their country.
It was the young Anita's new-found faith that sustained her, which she outlines in her book, "Trapped in Hitler's Hell: A Young Jewish Girl Discovers the Messiah's Faithfulness in the Midst of the Holocaust." It is a story she told her friend, Jan Markell, almost four decades ago. Markell, founder of Olive Tree Ministries, put pen to paper as the two women bonded through shared experience. Markell's family had fled Europe, as well.
"In 1977, I was just starting out in ministry," recalls Markell. "I was very green. Anita was having surgery and her pastor, while visiting her, asked about her story. When it became clear Anita wanted to share her story with the world, the pastor told her he knew someone who could help. We spent several months writing, and it was an emotional time. I realized that if my Russian relatives had not arrived at Ellis Island … well, I'd always had a burden for the topic."
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When Dittman's mother realized war clouds were forming, she began looking for a way to leave Germany. By this time, Dittman and her mother were both trusting their newfound faith in Jesus Christ. The day arrived when Dittman's sister, Hella, received her visa and passport. Destination: London.
So begins "Trapped in Hitler's Hell," an extraordinary journey filled with miraculous twists and turns. Dittman would eventually find herself coming to America in 1946. She has been grateful ever since.
"God can scoop up your shattered dreams and make a plan of His own," she says today from her home in Minnesota. "His plan is vastly different, but more conducive to our growth."
Dittman's story resonates with modern audiences, because the parallels between pre-war Europe and modern America are so striking.
"When I was a girl in Germany, when the Nazis came to power, promises were made," she says. "When I see Obama speak, and see the people inflamed when he raises his voice, I have nightmares about Hitler."
Dittman sees chilling similarities in the two leaders, Hitler and Obama. She remembers the "messianic" fervor that came with Hitler's ascension to power in early 1933.
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"What happened in Germany is that they had come out of World War I devastated and humiliated. They were looking for a savior and this was what Hitler offered. But there are tradeoffs with a dictator."
Markell says that several elements which were hallmarks of the Nazi power-grab are being repeated in the United States, including the removal of prayer in schools; changing "Christmas" and "Easter" to "Holidays" and "Spring Break," socialized medicine and an emphasis on the environment.
"Little by little in Germany, it brought tyranny," says Markell. "The German people didn't care about Jesus, because they loved this orator (Hitler). Government became their god — the very definition of a nanny state."
Dittman's uncommon perspective connects the dots for her audiences today. She is especially knowledgeable of the interaction between a totalitarian regime and a country's church leadership.
"The Confessional Churches were not for Hitler," she remembers. "In the middle of those services, the Nazis would come in, in their uniforms, and sit on the front row, to intimidate the congregation and pastor. People would have to move to other seats."
She is concerned that, during this dangerous time in America — with varied threats like loss of personal freedoms, an administration that is hostile to traditional values, and the existential danger posed by radical Islam — not enough people are paying attention.
"Twenty years ago, I was swamped with speaking engagements, particularly in public schools. It simmered down a bit, but then 9/11 happened and the doors flew open wide again; in one place, I spoke five times in one day."
However, apathy took over again.
"The secular schools hardly ever invite me anymore," says Dittman, who spoke to thousands on April 26 in Minneapolis, at Markell's "Understanding the Times" conference.
Dittman also says that her visible Christian witness is not welcome, either.
"Three years ago, a gentleman called me and said, 'I've heard so much about you from some young people who have heard you; we'd like to invite you to come back in the fall and speak to us again,'" Dittman says. "I left a message on his machine saying that I'd be honored, and later we talked and set the date. I mentioned that my message is a Christian message and he replied, 'Well, if you don't take Christ out, it's better that you don't come.' Well, I can't take Christ out of my message."
Dittman is certain she knows the source of this combination of apathy and intolerance.
"Satan is on the loose. The churches have many times said, 'That's very interesting; we'll let you know,' and then nothing. It's a trend of the times."
Markell sees the same trends in her work at Olive Tree Ministries.
"In Nazi Germany, not all the pastors compromised, but most were willing to take the cross down and put up [Hitler's] picture. The pulpits were watered-down, and your basic Lutheran church was willing to go with the flow.
"Hitler saw too that the church was willing to get involved with mysticism. Today we have the equivalent, with things like contemplative prayer and yoga."
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A fist fight, a snowstorm, a stolen kiss in the barn... and a second chance at love.
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We started with this adorable baby bunny. He was yellow, for Eater I suppose, but doesn't it look like you could nibble on his ear? This color of paint is as close to Dove brown I could find, it make my mouth drool just as bad too!;*~
I actually had the candle holders, but dolled them up with ribbon and some curling ribbon, marabou feathers. These will never be lit of course, I know this stuff is highly flammable. A cheap wooden frame, a picture cut from a dollar store gift bag that I fell in love with :*~TaDa~*: I adore it!
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Volunteers contribute to economies all over the world, but are we measuring these contributions and thelr impacts on local communities? Copyright © Unearth The World, All Rights Reserved
Goodwill Poaching: Volunteering, Travel, and the Rise of Grey & Black Market Aid
by David Clemmons
In almost every country across this planet volunteering is considered a form of labor, regardless of the lack of remuneration for services rendered. As such, there are visas and/or special permits required in order to cross a nation's borders and volunteer within that country. Likewise, there are existing country-specific regulations for taxable income, including income generated from such activities as hosting volunteers. At present, there are many indications that these regulations are not being honored at the host-country level as it pertains to the combination of volunteering and travel. We do, however, know that travelers are utilizing transportation to these countries that is generally associated with the formal economy. As a result, a formal-to-informal economy, or grey-black market, is being created in destinations around the world. Before we can address this challenge, however, we need to better understand it. What is the informal economy? Is there a rationale behind it? Do we hold a collective attitude that do-gooding entitles us to circumvent rules & regulations? In what follows we'll explore these questions and offer suggestions on how to improve the overall situation.
"It is with great sadness and frustration that we have to suspend matching volunteers to our partner projects in Nepal. It is illegal to work in Nepal – even as a volunteer – without a work permit." [Source: People & Places Blog - 2 December 2013 - "people and places suspend Nepal Volunteer Programme"]
"It is with great sadness and frustration that we have to suspend matching volunteers to our partner projects in Nepal.
It is illegal to work in Nepal – even as a volunteer – without a work permit."
[Source: People & Places Blog - 2 December 2013 - "people and places suspend Nepal Volunteer Programme"]
The man bent over his shovel next to me is an ex-con. He recently wrapped up a twelve-year stint for murdering a fellow-villager. Standing next to him, in similar pose, is the President of Medtronic Mexico. He and I first allied back in October 2004 when we took his executive team to a village just outside of Mexicali, Mexico, to assemble beehives with a women's beehive cooperative. The project's aim was to assist the cooperative members in increasing their annual honey and beeswax yields, thus insuring that their children receive a primary and secondary education.
Surrounding our triumvirate are a group of students from the U.S., additional members of the Medtronic Mexico Team, a cadre of women and men from the local community, a foreman and his co-workers, and a host of peering onlookers dismissing their lessons in math and English for a glimpse at the organized chaos unfolding before them. Squeaky wheelbarrows and shovels and picks dinking against gravel, sand, and wet cement add to the din of voices and laughter crafted by this cross-cultural mixing session.
When the entire concrete-futbol court is completed, it will represent a socio-economic footprint of more than $50,000USD in materials & supplies, tools, labor, transportation, lodging, insurance, miscellaneous costs, and preventative health benefits to the community. However, this sizeable investment will go unreported to the Mexican & U.S. governments; La Prensa, The New York Times, nor CNN will cover the story. Like poachers in the night, we do-gooders will have slaughtered the societal challenge of an asthma-producing dirt futbol court in a Tijuana primary school and will have replaced it with a functional space, serving the recreational activities of children even during the rainy season. And no one who takes measure of such things, or should take measure of such things, will ever know about it.
"As a general proposition, an economic agent is regarded a member of the 'formal' sector of any economy when his actions adhere to, or are protected by the established institutional rules of the game. Conversely, when his actions fail to adhere to the established rules, or are denied their protection, the agent is regarded as a member of the 'informal' sector of the economy. Adherence to the established rules constitutes participation in the formal or aboveground economy, whereas, non compliance, or circumvention of the established rules, or exclusion from the protection of those rules, constitutes participation in an informal or underground economy. Since there are a variety of institutions (different sets of rules covering a wide spectrum of economic behaviors) there are also a variety of informal sectors. The characteristics of each distinct informal economy are determined by the particular set of institutional rules that its members circumvent." [Feige (1990) p.5]
The preceding story is repeated tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of times each year all across the planet. In 2008, for example, the Corporation for National & Community Service (CNCS) and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. BLS) estimated that more than 4.7 million Americans (3.6 million in the U.S.; 1.1 million internationally) participated in voluntary service more than 120 miles from their homes. Sparked by the noticeable influx of visiting volunteers to the Greater New Orleans area following Hurricane Katrina (August 2005), CNCS was curious to uncover just what kind of potential movement of Americans as volunteers was occurring in the U.S. and abroad. Unfortunately, this was as far as the study went.
Since 2008, CNCS and the U.S. BLS have not conducted a follow on study; no one knows how many Americans are still participating in such activities: where they go, what they do, or what the impact is at the destination level. Assuming that the number of participants stayed at exactly the same level, some 28 million Americans would have volunteered more than 120 miles from their home in the past six years. Even if we estimate that 50% of these folks were repeat do-gooders, conceivably, the U.S. has produced an additional 14 million (11 million in the U.S.; 3 million internationally) visiting volunteers during this period. Truth be told though, we have nary a clue.
This do-gooding [which includes such terms as "international volunteering" (364 days or less), "international service learning," "volunteer travel," "volunteering abroad," and "volunteer tourism" & "voluntourism," just to name a few] is recognized as the fastest growing sector within the travel & tourism industry. The U.S. does not hold a monopoly on this little understood, yet highly under-measured, market; participants also hail from South Korea, Malaysia, China, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, India, France, Spain, the UK, the Philippines, and elsewhere. Despite the growing demand, no government, no formalized institution (including the United Nations) is measuring: 1) the sheer numbers of participants, 2) what visas they use to travel, 3) who is paid to get them in and out of communities and destinations around the world, and 4) whether these entities are operating according to the rules & regulations set forth by the countries in which they do business. As a result, the combination of volunteering and travel is becoming the 21st Century's version of Grey & Black Market Aid.
And aren't we all just a little curious as to why this is the case?
Defining the Informal Economy
So, what is this informal economy, anyway? Where did it come from? How is it relevant in the context of the intersection of volunteering and travel?
Edgar Feige offered an insightful definition of the informal economy, helping us by comparing and contrasting it to the formal economy. He wrote:
"As a general proposition, an economic agent is regarded a member of the 'formal' sector of any economy when his actions adhere to, or are protected by the established institutional rules of the game. Conversely, when his actions fail to adhere to the established rules, or are denied their protection, the agent is regarded as a member of the 'informal' sector of the economy. Adherence to the established rules constitutes participation in the formal or aboveground economy, whereas, non compliance, or circumvention of the established rules, or exclusion from the protection of those rules, constitutes participation in an informal or underground economy. Since there are a variety of institutions (different sets of rules covering a wide spectrum of economic behaviors) there are also a variety of informal sectors. The characteristics of each distinct informal economy are determined by the particular set of institutional rules that its members circumvent." [Feige (1990) p.5]
Likewise, Saskia Sassen emphasized the relationship between the formal and informal economies and how the latter is shaped by its relationship to the former:
"As I shall employ the term, the 'informal economy' refers to those income-generating activities occurring outside the state's regulatory framework that have analogs within that framework. The scope and character of the informal economy are defined by the very regulatory framework it evades. For this reason, the informal economy can only be understood in terms of its relationship to the formal economy-that is, regulated income-generating activity." [Sassen (1994) p.2289]
There are several points to be drawn forth from these definitions. The first point is the significance of rules & regulations. Rules & regulations formalize an economy; therefore, it is impossible to develop an "informal economy" without them. Second, any action that is designed to avoid the rules & regulations of a formal economy is, by definition, attributed to the informal economy. Finally, looking at the latter part of Feige's definition, we find a distinction between the characteristics of different informal economies based upon the rules & regulations that the informal economic agents are aiming to avoid or "circumvent." Each of these plays a part in better understanding the nature of the intersection of voluntary service and travel in the context of formal & informal economies.
Figure 1: The Formal & Informal Economies Representing the Intersection of Voluntary Service & Travel Copyright © VolunTourism Institute, All Rights Reserved
Seeing The Complete Picture: The Mixed Economies Associated with Voluntary Service & Travel
However we decide to frame the informal economy, the main point to be made in all of this is that the intersection of voluntary service and travel is contributing to both formal and informal economies. Let's take a closer look at exactly how this is occurring.
The Formal Economy
In Figure 1 (above), we see a distinct area in which all individuals traveling to a destination to volunteer are participating in the formal economy. Those who utilize a regulated form of transportation to arrive in a particular destination are, by definition, engaged in the formal economy. These activities are subject to rules & regulations set forth by governments and agreed to by businesses. Whether one uses an air carrier, ship, train, or rental car to travel to a given destination, the activity will be properly taxed and overseen by the public sector.
The Informal Economy: Hotspot #1 - The International Border
Remember, the informal economy begins when economic agents circumvent rules & regulations set forth to guide the formal economy. The International Border poses the first challenge to formal economic activity. When travelers are confronted with the myriad visas and governmental regulations regarding the conduct of voluntary service in a given destination, there may be perceptions of a bureaucratic nightmare/headache leading to serious time-consumption for travelers aiming to acquire the necessary paperwork. An easy way to avoid this is to acquire a tourist visa; but, is it the proper visa? Or what about an individual who travels into the country on a tourist visa, but later decides to volunteer - should this be considered part of the informal - grey or black market economy? Or, in the case of tour operators, their clients are in the country to go on safari, as an example, which will consume 75% of their clients' time in the destination - do they need to purchase a volunteer visa, which could cost several hundred dollars more per client?
The legalities, the money, the lack of options for travelers ("you are either this, or that") makes the decision at the International Border a very difficult one. "Who will know if we don't purchase the right visa or visas as long as we purchase a visa that works for at least part of what we are doing?" - a grey area indeed. But the moral dilemma can become quite black for those who see themselves as volunteers, however, yet purchase a "tourist visa"; ignoring a country's request that volunteers hold a "volunteer visa" is clearly circumventing the rules & regulations, i.e., participating in the informal economy.
The Informal Economy: Hotspot #2 - The Host Community
Even if travelers, or volunteers (depending on how they see themselves), purchase the proper visas at the border, they still run the risk of initiating an informal economy in the Host Community. For example, if they stay in a family's home and pay cash for that service - circumventing the tax system, or regulations regarding small businesses and how they may have requirements to register with local governments in order to operate - then they have, knowingly or unknowlingly, helped to create an informal economic activity. The same may be true in the case of hiring locals to support construction projects, offer guiding services, prepare meals, etc. - all of these activities would be part of the informal economy if any rules & regulations were summarily being circumvented as a result.
If all services being provided to hosted travelers/volunteers in the local community are part of the informal economy, then voluntary service and travel are intersecting to create black market aid. In the event that some products & services are part of the formal economy and others the informal economy, then we have created grey market aid. This, of course, need not be the case.
Addressing Grey & Black Market Aid
A Peruvian Voluntour courtesy of Travel to do Good Copyright © TTDG, All Rights Reserved
No organization woke up one morning and said, "Let's create grey market aid or black market aid, shall we?!?" There was no overarching intent to craft a generation of poachers of goodwill. Nonetheless, this is the situation in which we find ourselves. The systems and governmental regulations that were initially established to oversee voluntary service and travel & tourism were done so with a set of minds which saw them as separate and distinct. How could anyone have foreseen that in the 21st Century we would have 10 million-plus individuals spending 10's of billions of dollars roaming about the planet each year with the desire to integrate the two? Integration, therefore, is something that we need to collectively address.
First and foremost, we need to come to a level of acceptance that whether an individual travels and tours the world, whether an individual travels the world to volunteer, or whether an individual moves about the world with a clear intention of engaging in both travel & tourism and volunteering, we need to all, collectively, embrace this as part of our humanity. No one is "more right," "more evolved," "more enlightened" than anyone else for choosing the particular path s/he chooses.
Second, we need to work with governments to see that we really do have three different audiences in the world today. The United Nations should hold a gathering to discuss what researchers and academics the world over are reporting - there are travelers/tourists; there are volunteers; and there are "voluntourists." We need systems and regulations for governing these three audiences. We need approaches that are geared to take the movement of social benevolence and economic support in more constructive, holistic ways.
Third, businesses, institutions of higher learning, and NGOs - all of whom are stakeholders in the movement of this energy about the planet - need to take a lead in bringing the importance of new systems' design to the attention of the public sector. By streamlining and developing more effective systems, we open the door to a potentially larger audience of participants - more informed, more educated, and more prepared to interact with the host communities which they encounter.
Fourth, and speaking of host communities, if we become more effective in our systems, we are likely to see the emergence of communities which feel empowered to host travelers, volunteers, and voluntourists in their own communities, sans the typical liaison force - an NGO, a tour operator, or an outside company. If local residents have access to a system of rules and regulations which assist them in hosting visitors, and better understanding the processes involved, they will not be intimidated by the prospects. In fact, they may be inclined to formalize their own structures of how to host visitors, determining what should be required of both host and guest.
Finally, if we could transition the economic activity surrounding this movement, which, at least in part, is currently falling into the abyss of the informal economy, into the formal economy, we could conceivably open new doors for resource leveraging & reallocation. What's more, home countries could distribute their aid packages more effectively if they had a sense that their citizenry are actively engaged in certain locations and not in others.
Final Thoughts...
UNESCO World Heritage Site - Vernazza and the Cinque Terre. Photo courtesy of Save Vernazza, All Rights Reserved
Informal economies need not be the norm where the intersection of voluntary service and travel are concerned. We can create new systems and new approaches to honor the different types of travelers in the world today.
We continually encounter difficulty when we spend our energy striving to differentiate ourselves from one another. There is no collective profit in doing so. All we need do is recognize and honor that there are different approaches; once we do this, the cooperative energy of all three approaches can converge to meet the demands of streamlining the systems which inevitably impact each one.
The desire to integrate travel and volunteering will not suddenly disappear from this earth; on the contrary, the past two decades demonstrate a substantial increase in the number of participants engaged in such travel. What we can do, by formalizing the systems supporting and surrounding them, however, is move the control of these processes to the host countries and communities.
The sustainability of traveling, volunteering, and/or voluntouring is at stake as long as ownership remains with only one audience - that which caters to participants. When we expand the reins of governance to host communities, we may discover a form of voluntourism that has yet to be realized - one that truly exemplifies the importance of integrating voluntary service and travel & tourism. If this be the case, all stakeholders will probably be able to move more quickly in the aftermath of natural disasters, for example, because systems will be in place to honor the well-being of host communities and the well-meaning of visitors.
Undoubtedly, everyone will rest a bit easier if we no longer need engage in goodwill poaching.
Feige, Edgar L. (1990). Defining and Estimating Underground and Informal Economies: The New Institutional Economics Approach. Online Access http://188.8.131.52/eps/dev/papers/0312/0312003.pdf (1-29).
Sassen, Saskia (1994). The Informal Economy: Between New Developments and Old Regulations. Yale Law Journal 103(8), 2289-2304.
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