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Higher education is entering a new time, explained President Christopher L. Eisgruber '83 in an interview with The Daily Princetonian. This new era requires him to be more vocal than has been common for university presidents in the past.
"I do think we've entered a time," he said, "when it's becoming increasingly important for university presidents to speak to the mission of higher education and to the principles and values that underlie higher education."
For Eisgruber, immigration is just one of these issues — along with higher education for low-income students and free speech — about which he feels "we need to be talking about what it is" that universities are doing.
In December 2017, Eisgruber became a founding member of the Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, which is "dedicated to increasing public understanding of how immigration policies and practices impact our students, campuses and communities."
Since he became University president, Eisgruber has issued 27 letters and statements that have been listed on the Office of the President website. Ten of them have addressed or mentioned immigration. Seven of those 10 have come in the past 10 months alone, which doesn't include the six amicus briefs that the University has helped file regarding immigration or the immigration case in which the University was a litigant.
These statements addressed the Trump administration's proposals to bar the entry of individuals from targeted countries into the United States, to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and to terminate the Temporary Protected Status program for individuals from selected countries.
Samuel Vilchez Santiago '19, advocacy chair of Princeton Latinos y Amigos, said he welcomes the University's efforts to take "advocacy to a greater level" by challenging federal immigration policy.
"It speaks to a lot to [the University's] commitment to supporting undocumented students not only within the University, but also outside of the University's reach, which is, of course, positive for the country and the institution," he explained.
Eisgruber told the 'Prince' that the decision to issue a letter or a statement comes down to two main criteria: whether the issue at hand directly and especially affects the University or whether the topic falls into his areas of scholarly expertise, constitutional law and religious freedom.
Immigration policy, explained Eisgruber, falls into the first category.
"We as a University are a very international place, and we depend on the free flow of talents and ideas to support our mission," he said.
The decision to file an amicus brief, in particular, relies mainly on that first criterion.
"It has to bear a direct connection to the University's mission, and obviously we're going to make a careful assessment under those circumstances of the pros and cons as a pragmatic matter of going forward," Eisgruber said.
In the past two years, the University helped file six immigration-related amicus briefs: five against President Trump's proposed bans on immigration and travel from several countries and one that concerns DACA.
The most recent amicus brief, which was filed along with 30 other colleges and universities, favored the state of Hawaii's case against the travel ban — echoing the same argument made in previous briefs. It emphasizes that the Trump administration's proposal "threatens the universities' ability to continue to attract the most talented people from around the globe."
According to a statement released by the University, the University currently has 50 students and employees from the six countries affected in that particular case, including Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.
Despite praising the University's leadership on immigration issues, Vilchez Santiago finds that the University's argument, supporting immigrants on the basis that they contribute to the University or academia, is somewhat precarious. This argument can help create a narrative where there are "good immigrants" who have value and "bad immigrants" who do not, explained Vilchez Santiago.
"We should be supporting immigrants because they're human, not necessarily because they add value to our university or academia in general," he said.
When deciding to speak out on an issue, the University is "always thinking" about the University's different constituencies but doesn't necessarily view student input or public opinion as major factors, Eisgruber explained.
"We take into account that kind of opinion insofar that it supplies reasons that are relevant to our judgement about advancing the mission [of the University]," he said.
Eisgruber emphasized that his responsibility as University President is to look at what is in the University's best interests and what is most consistent with University values.
"It is not appropriate for me to be making judgments of this kind on the basis of which way public opinion stands in either the student body or the alumni body," he explained.
In 2016 Eisgruber faced criticism from the student body for his refusal to declare the University a "sanctuary campus," a decision that he still stands by.
"I don't think we have legal authority to declare ourselves as a sanctuary campus, and I think the term is misleading to students who rely on it," he said.
Eisgruber had previously told the 'Prince' in November 2016 that the term "may wrongly suggest that somehow universities can insulate themselves from or exempt themselves from the application of law."
Even though the University may not carry the "sanctuary campus" designation, Eisgruber pointed out that the University will try to do everything within its legal authority to protect the rights of undocumented students.
He referenced the University's recent victory in a court case that was brought on by the University, Maria De La Cruz Perales Sanchez '18, and Microsoft Corporation as an example of the University's willingness. The three parties alleged that the "termination of DACA violated both the United States Constitution and federal law." On April 24, a federal judge ruled in favor of the University, Perales Sanchez, and Microsoft. The ruling requires the U.S. government to continue the program and reopen it to new applicants.
At the time of publication, Perales Sanchez has not yet responded to repeated requests for comment.
Unlike other legal challenges involving the University, the University was a plaintiff in this case. According to Eisgruber, the University felt that it could contribute effectively as a plaintiff and could make marked arguments alongside Microsoft.
"We make decisions about when we believe that it's appropriate to go forward in light of our principles and in light of pragmatic considerations," he explained. "And we go forward in the best way we can."
For Eisgruber, the best way forward for the University may mean signing an amicus brief along with a group of universities, becoming a plaintiff in an immigration-related case, or writing a letter to President Trump. Nevertheless, he hopes that it will include "taking a stand" that will inspire others "to take similar stands" and helping to obtain legislation and rulings that advance "the cause of education and … the cause of freedom for these hard-working and talented people."
"Sometimes that will be with allies," Eisgruber said, "and sometimes that means going at it alone and doing something ourselves."


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"7/11"/ "Ring Off"
The box-set reissue of "Beyoncé" contains two new tracks design to entice the diva's hardcore fans back for a repeat purchase, but neither are of the quality that we've become accustomed to. "7/11" feels half-baked, with a bland trap beat, Beyoncé's Auto-Tuned vocals and some gratingly repetitious party lyrics combining for a disappointing track. In contrast, "Ring Off" is built around a sunny but ultimately slight dancehall rhythm and appears to be a lyrical ode to mothers who suffer through cold marriages. It could be addressed to Bey's own mother, Tina, who finally divorced her father, Matthew, in 2009, but given the rumors about Beyoncé and Jay Z's own marital strife, "Ring Off" might be even more personal than that.
"Shady XV"
Fifteen years on from the birth of his label Shady Records, Eminem and the rest of the imprint's artists have been assembled for "Shady XV." The combination of greatest hits and new material, including solid fresh offerings from D12 and Yelawolf. But Eminem's new songs, most of which showcase his still formidable mastery of lyrics and warp-speed rhyming, steal the limelight. It's difficult to feel anything but revulsion about some of the things he sometimes says ("Vegas" appears to find him threatening Iggy Azalea with sexual assault) but on "Fine Line," he's also grimly honest about the fish bowl of fame, and during the Sia-collaboration "Guts Over Fear," he muses "What am I gonna do when the rage is gone and the lights go out in thattrailer park?" The anger that can make Eminem so unpleasant is also something he knows he can't do without.
"Hood Billionaire"
The fact that Rick Ross made up his gangster persona isn't so much the problem anymore, it's that he's in danger of running it into the ground. The Florida MC's second album this year finds him peddling some all-too-familiar mafioso rap lyrics but "Hood Billionaire" offers up enough variation to avoid disappointment. Enlisting producer Timbaland and Jay Z for the club bounce of "Movin' Bass" results in a clear highlight, and there's even room for some soulful piano on the R. Kelly-assisted "Keep Doin' That." Perhaps most surprisingly, "If They Knew" showcases a dream-pop feel and thanks to a guest spot by K. Michelle, it captures Ross in an unusually romantic mood. Even Hood Billionaires need love.
Downloads of the Week
"We in This Bitch"
You can't blame Iggy Azalea for being opportunistic. After a summer where it was impossible to escape her without using a wormhole, Azalea is repackaging the best of her debut album "The New Classic" with six new songs for "Reclassified," and this throwback to '90s-style G-funk is a standout. The smooth beat suits her swaggering rap, and while it remains to be seen how long Azalea-mania can last, this is enough to ensure the good times go on for a little while longer at least.
PITBULL feat. CHRIS BROWN
It's strange enough when Pitbull writes a song that could be described as enjoyable, but it's even stranger when Chris Brown is on it. Pitbull's eighth album, "Globalization," is packed with the usual array of generic party jams, but this crisp cut of Latin electro-funk captures the Miami rapper toning down the smugness, while Brown's breezy hooks show why he was once touted as Michael Jackson's successor. If you can deal with the conflicting emotion, it is almost as fun as the title suggests.
DAVID GUETTA feat. NICKI MINAJ & AFROJACK
"Hey Mama"
Challenging himself to step outside his usual dance music comfort zone can't have been easy for French house DJ David Guetta, but on this track (taken from the new album "Listen"), his awkward fumbling with the rap world falls short. Even Nicki Minaj's guest spot feels uninspired and can't quite bring it to respectability, although it might well tap into the Oedipal issues you probably didn't realize you had.

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The bridal industry is packed with thriving family businesses, with talented offspring inheriting their parents' love of being part of such a special day. Australian designer Jack Sullivan must have picked up a trick or two from his mum's label, Brides Desire by Wendy Sullivan, as both collections feature elegant shapes and an impressive use of embellishment and quality fabrics.
Here in Scotland, Perth's Apple Blossom Time is keeping it in the family: it has just welcomed both designers into its fashion-forward fold.


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Winner of Copenhagen's Bike Share Competition Awarded
Goals of the competition
In 2009 the City of Copenhagen decided to launch an open international design competition in order to gather ideas for a new bike share system in their city.
The winning entry for a new bike share system for Copenhagen had to adhere to the Citys primary goals for the future development of the city. The goals were that Copenhagen must be a sustainable and dynamic city and a city for everyone.
The design competition was the first step towards Copenhagen implementing a new bike share system that is...
- an attractive product for the city's guests
- an indispensible piece of the transport puzzle for train passengers
- a faithful friend in an hour of need for Copenhageners
- easily integrated and implemented in an existing city
- unique, elegant and attractive
- robust.
127 competition entries from five continents presented a world of thrilling ideas about how a new bike share system can support Copenhagens ambition to be the worlds best cycling city. The spectrum has been incredibly broad in the competition. Some entries have a point of departure in reusing existing bicycles and thereby focusing on sustainability in the production process. Others introduce high tech systems focusing on the operational aspects that take future users and operators into consideration. The common denominator for most of the competition entries is that they are of an unprecedented high quality.
Two First Prizes, a Second and a Third prize as well as a Special
Prize had been awarded. The prize-winning entries are those
were found especially interesting to consider in the next steps towards a new bike share system in 2013.
Further information
Short link to this page: nrvp.de/14056


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Talking TV new and old each week. Plus The Canon, Game Time and more!
We found 1 episode of Extra Hot Great with the tag "90 day fiance".
177: Is SMILF A Problem Child?
November 8th, 2017 | 1 hr 38 mins
90 day fiance, detroiters, pickle and peanut, rosehaven, smilf
Or is it just childish? Stephanie Green returns to talk Showtime's new cringe comedy, plus Detroiters and an odd Game Time!


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|CT03 - The Wasp Woman
|Release Date
|August 7, 2008
|Movie Director
|Roger Corman
| Susan Cabot
Michael Mark
Frank Gerstle
Anthony Eisley
|Preceded by
|Doomsday Machine
|Followed by
|Legacy of Blood
The Movie
Janice Starlin, the owner of a cosmetics firm, finds that her fading beauty is not only causing problems in her personal life but also for her business. She is approached by Eric Zinthrop, who claims to have developed a serum from the enzymes of wasps that will turn aging skin to youthful-looking skin. Starlin agrees to be the first human to try the Zinthrop injections.
As Starlin's beauty returns, her secretary and one of her advertising executives notice that she is also having undergoing a personality change. Then, Zinthrop gets hit by an automobile, and is somewhat incapacitated making him unable to produce any new batches of his Wasp Enzyme Serum
Without her enzyme injections, Janice's aged appearance returns. She later turns into a wasp-like woman and attacks several people before being killed in a final confrontation.[1]
- Whenever The Wasp Woman bit one of her victims, Cabot had to have a mouthful of chocolate syrup to pass for blood in a black-and-white film.
- Trying to keep ahead of schedule, director Roger Corman tried to film the climactic action scene in one take.
- When Bill Lane throws a bottle of acid at the Wasp Woman in the final scene, the plan was that Cabot would drop behind a desk and a crew member would sprinkle some liquid smoke on her mask before she would come back up. The crew member accidentally used too much liquid smoke,and by the time she crashed through the window the smoke had gone through the two air holes and into her lungs. An observer on the set realized that she could not breathe, so they pulled a bit of the mask off, along with some skin.
- Much of Fred Katz's soundtrack was recycled for Corman's later film Little Shop of Horrors.
The Episode
Strange Interludes
Prologue (Walk into the Theater): The admins ask the group how they like their living arrangements. Trace asks if anyone's cable went out, and an admin tells them it's not technically cable but a digital media center...yet it still went out apparently. Meanwhile Josh tries to smoke and two armed guards force him into the theater. Frank makes reference to the unusual circumstances of the film's star Susan Cabot's death, which is apparently true.
Interruption 1: Mary Jo calls a board meeting and discusses an arbitrary sales drop. She then berates the men, save for Trace who compliments her pant suit.
Interruption 2: Frank hosts his own segment, claimed to be back by popular demand. He brings in Buddy Rich (credited as "Biddy Rich", played by Dana Gould), who behaves in keeping with his reputation for being temperamental and insulting. Frank releases wasps to get rid of Buddy.
Additional Cast
- Dana Gould as "Biddy Rich"
- Sean Spillane
- Chris Pearce
Quotes & References
- Joel: "B5, you sunk my battleship!"
Reference to the popular board game Battleship.
- Zinthrop (pointing at dogs in a cage): "Look what do you see?" Josh: "More problems for Michael Vick"
A reference to Michael Vick's felony conviction for dogfighting.
- Trace: "Painstakingly hand drawn cell animation, the background of Hong Kong Phooey"
Hong Kong Phooey is a 70s cartoon. Like much of Hanna-Barbera's shows at the time, it was produced quickly an inexpensively, which is reflected in its quality.
- Mary Jo: "Shooting up in your own pharmacy...priceless"
A reference to Mastercard's "Priceless" advertising campaign.
- Frank: "Hmn which dosage should I use? Large? Extra large? Or the Belushi?"
A reference to comedian John Belushi, who was overweight and died of a drug overdose. It's possibly that it could be a reference to John's brother Jim, who is also a large man.
- Trace (singing): "It's a beautiful day in the labra-hood, it's a beautiful day in the waspy-wood..."
A play on words reference to the theme song of Mister Roger's Neighborhood.
- Cop: "Well find him alright, sooner or later we find them all." Joel: "Take that Waldo character, found him"
In the Where's Waldo series of picture books, readers must find Waldo among a large scene with many elements and characters.
- Mary Jo: "Hi my name is Janice, and I'm a wasp juice-aholic" The Guys: "Hi Janice"
This is how people admit their problem in AA meetings.
- Mary Jo: "Barry Bonds will pay top buck for this"
Reference to the Barry Bonds steroid scandal.
Video Release
- A DVD was released in 2008. It is no longer in production but is available second-hand through several online venues.
- A Boxed Set with all Cinematic Titanic recorded presentations was released by Shout! Factory in 2017.
- A heavily edited and colorized version of The Wasp Woman had previously been used in 1995 on the prime-time TV special Attack of the Killer B-Movies, co-written by Frank Conniff. It was never released on home video or DVD, but it can be viewed on YouTube here.
- It can be streamed for free at shoutfactorytv.com
- The DVD release includes a disclaimer at the beginning specifying that this is a different version from the 1995 remake of The Wasp Woman. This was done to appease Roger Corman, who had sent a Cease & Desist order to Cinematic Titanic, claiming that the 1995 re-make retroactively put the characters under copyright.


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Posted by: Chloe Kopilovic | Date: 22 January 2014
On 12 March 2014, the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 (Cth) will come into effect. This amending Act drastically bolsters existing privacy protection measures offered to consumers and reflects increasing public concerns regarding the handling of personal information by businesses, particularly in the online environment.
The Act also introduces the "Australian Privacy Principles" ("the APPs") which will replace the former "National Privacy Principles" and the "Information Privacy Principles" from 12 March 2014.
All businesses with an annual turnover exceeding $3 Million and who come into the possession of personal data, irrespective as to how the personal information was obtained, must now have their own privacy policy. In order to comply with APP 1.4, this privacy policy needs to address, without limitation, the following matters:
The privacy policy also needs to be readily accessible to clients and customers of the business.
If you operate a business that generates an annual turnover exceeding $3 Million and which comes into the possession of personal data, the next few weeks represent an ideal opportunity for you to conduct a full audit of your business to ensure its compliance when the new Act takes effect from 12 March 2014.
In preparing your new privacy policy regard needs to be taken to the APP's. You should also ensure the revision of the policy is undertaken in a collaborative manner with all members of your organisation who come into contact with personal information, given fundamentally these persons will be responsible for your compliance with the policy as well as the APP's.
It is also a good idea to make your new policy available on your business' website to ensure it is readily accessible to customers or clients in accordance with APP 1.5.
Given the new Act imposes fines for non-compliance of up to $1.7 million for agencies and companies and up to $340,000 for individuals, it is now really non-negotiable for business owners to address the way in which they handle personal information and to implement strategies into their business operations to ensure ongoing compliance with the APP's.
At FC Lawyers we can assist you in preparing a privacy policy unique to your business which is compliant with the new regime, as well as providing professional advice regarding other aspects of the new privacy regime.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions or queries regarding the amendments to privacy laws or any privacy laws issues.


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Canada and Europe finally signed off on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ("CETA"). Its most significant aspect for the pharma industry is prospect of increased drug patent terms by up to 2 years. Not long after the ink was dry on CETA, an amendment (implementation) Bill was introduced into Canadian Parliament on October 31, 2016. This Bill is the first concrete domestic legislative step toward becoming a law1.
Background on CETA
CETA was the product of several years of negotiations. It is a wide-ranging trade agreement covering diverse topics such as foreign ownership and investments, access to public procurement contracts, automobiles, food (e.g. beef and dairy products) and agriculture. Pharmaceuticals were also a prominent part of the discussion.
Patent Term Extension - Supplementary Protection Certificate
Patents give companies the exclusive right to use an invention for a time period, typically up to 20 years from the patent filing date. A maximum two years of additional patent rights for an approved drug will be available by way of a Supplementary Protection Certificate ("SPC")2. The proposed Canadian SPC system is based on the European SPC system. It provides the same practical effect as as a patent term extension, but the additional patent protection is effected by the SPC. The SPC is limited to the particular medicine that is an approved drug (for example, if the patent covers non-commercialized drugs, the non-commercialized drugs will not be protected further). The additional SPC patent protection will be capped at a maximum of 2 years, as discussed in more detail below.
What drugs and patents qualify?
Eligible drugs are defined broadly to include human and veterinary drugs3. This article will focus on human SPC issues. If the same drug is useful for both purposes, they are to be treated as different drugs for purposes of the SPC rules4. Variants of a drug will be treated the same (ie. only one SPC, per drug)5. Reissued patents are also eligible for an SPC6.
The SPC is available upon request of the brand name company, for a patent filed on or after October 1, 19897. The patent will have to pertain to a medicinal ingredient, or a combo, that was authorized after a cut-off date to be set by government8. Drugs approved for sale in Canada prior to this cut-off date will not be eligible to apply for a SPC. The SPC is only available where the drug is being approved by Health Canada (Canada's equivalent of the US FDA) for the first time9. There will be no stacking of multiple SPC's – one SPC for one patent per drug.
The SPC Application Process
The main deadline to file an application for SPC protection will be based on a time period to be set by government regulation in future10. The time period will start to run on the day that Canadian marketing authorization is granted by Health Canada (assuming the patent is granted on that date; otherwise, the time period will start to run later, from the date of patent grant).
To qualify for the SPC, there also appears to be a limited time period to file a new drug submission in Canada after filing a corresponding drug submission is filed in certain other countries11. This time period will start to run from the date of filing of the corresponding foreign new drug submission. This is intended to encourage companies to promptly file a new drug submission in Canada. It also appears to be a risk for companies to lose the option for Canadian SPC protection, by not paying attention to the timing requirements.
Where there are multiple patents, the brand name company has the flexibility to select the benefiting patent for the drug. Only one patent can be the subject of an SPC12. Eligible patents will include one or more claims, such as to a product per se (ie. active ingredient alone or in a combination), a process to obtain a product or the use of a product (eg. medical treatment)13.
The SPC Rights and Term
The SPC will set out the patent number, identify the drug, as well as the starting and end dates of the SPC protection. It takes effect after the patent expiry date. The term is for a maximum of two years, but may be shorter depending on the patent issue date and how quickly regulatory review proceeded at Health Canada14. Health Canada may shorten the SPC term if it believes that the Applicant delayed getting its marketing authorization to try to increase SPC term.
The SPC is transferrable along with the corresponding whole or a part of the patent.
SPC is presumed valid in litigation15. An SPC infringement action may be brought in the same manner as a patent infringement action16. If the underlying patent is found invalid in court, the SPC is also void17. The Federal Court of Canada has jurisdiction to rule an SPC void18.
Next Steps
The Bill goes through additional readings in the House of Parliament before it is passed as a law and comes into force. There are likely to be some edits to the Bill along the way, though the substance of the SPC itself is unlikely to change much. It is likely that the Bill will not be passed until 2017. There are still a number of important gaps to be filled in by regulators relating to timelines and other issues, and we will provide updates on those issues in future.


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Doors drag themselves, and we thrust through
reeling from signs that flicker and switch
with shutter-speed trips, cutting this way and back.
We take pains avoiding inky gazes –
the strange and the fattened, locked into their wrists,
caught up in the stars, the columns of tales –
families, lost wives, the barking, the sad
the girls who have murder cut into their hands.
The morning's still flashing, in typical ways –
attempting to prove that changes can come
from this tepid wash of English skies, these
towns pulled from marshlands, the days have drained
such wonders. They built with all intentions –
riveted, nailed, knocked up by top hats,
industrious line upon line, now held
in ghost-faced postcards, praised at stations.
The coast breaks my sight, and somebody tuts
at the sun slashing through the uniform blinds.
A shot of blue, a stretch of sand is caught before
the cities sprint towards us.


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Is your job running slower than usual? Do you want to make sense from the thousands of Hadoop & Spark metrics? Do you want to monitor the performance of your flow, get alerts and auto tune them? These are the common questions every Hadoop user asks but there is not a single solution that addresses it. We at Linkedin faced lots of such issues and have built a simple self serve tool for the hadoop users called Dr. Elephant. Dr. Elephant, which is already open sourced, is a performance monitoring and tuning tool for Hadoop and Spark. It tries to improve the developer productivity and cluster efficiency by making it easier to tune jobs. Since its open source, it has been adopted by multiple organizations and followed with a lot of interest in the Hadoop and Spark community. In this talk, we will discuss about Dr. Elephant and outline our efforts to expand the scope of Dr. Elephant to be a comprehensive monitoring, debugging and tuning tool for Hadoop and Spark applications. We will talk about how Dr. Elephant performs exception analysis, give clear and specific suggestions on tuning, tracking metrics and monitoring their historical trends. Open Source: https://github.com/linkedin/dr-elephant
Session hashtag: #EUdev9
Akshay Rai is an engineer at Linkedin working with the Grid team. He is the lead engineer for the popular Dr. Elephant project, open sourced by Linkedin. He has been working on operational intelligence solutions for Hadoop and Spark and trying to improve the developer productivity by building systems that enable monitoring, visualizing and debugging of Big Data applications, Hadoop clusters and other related tools in real time.


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From the Rector - February 2019
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- Written by The Rev'd Richard Warhurst
Dear Friends,
By now I hope most of you will have read articles by, if not met, our new Curate Kevin Martin. I am delighted to welcome another colleague in the Gospel to our team and am equally pleased that Kevin, Liz and their family will move into Donhead St Andrew this month.
This month (almost) begins with the feast of Candlemas or The Presentation of The child Jesus in the Temple. It signifies the end of our Christmas and Epiphany celebrations and turning our focus towards the cross and resurrection of Lent and Easter.
The season of Epiphany is about explaining who and what this child Jesus is, whose birth we celebrate at Christmas. One of the first major themes is that this child that is born "king of the Jews" is actually for all people and is worshipped by magi from foreign lands. I have been thinking recently about the character of our rural churches and our villages and villagers. I think it is more evident in the countryside how important church buildings are to a community.
What a joy and blessing it is that we have people across the Benefice who are involved in the life of our churches. These are often people who are not themselves C of E. Some prominent examples would be The Rev'd John 'the Baptist' Passmore who leads services at St Catherine's, Sedgehill on Christmas and Easter Day. At Donhead Saint Mary, Linda Franklin has been our lead flower arranger until their recent move, and at Semley, Sarah Howard is often seen helping with flowers - among other things; Fay Duthie helps at Messy Church - all three of whom are Roman Catholics. Across the Benefice there are many examples of members of other denominations and actually people who hold no faith who help with flowers, bells, cleaning and numerous other things. What a wonderful thing to rejoice in.
As I write this, we are coming to the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. One of the great pillars of the community once said to me that he joined the army at the wrong time in history because the empire was crumbling and that I had joined the Church at the wrong time because of its decline. There may be truth in that but God is always faithful. I give thanks every day that we no longer live in a time when denominations and their adherents mistrust and dislike each other. I give thanks every day that the support for the church from our rural communities is strong and genuine and full of good will.
Thank you.
From the Rector - December 2018
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Dear Friends,
Have you ever said or heard the words 'are we there yet?' I know that I have and can think of numerous occasions when driving that I hear Sophia and Tilly utter these words, on repeat, from the back! We always seem to be in a hurry to get places and if there's a short cut on a route I am sure most of us would take it.
In science fiction, we see creative solutions to the question 'are we there yet?' Characters teleport from one place to another, they can jump forward or backwards in time, and I suspect that many of us would be tempted to use such methods if we could to avoid long journeys and satisfy our impatience. However, I believe that if we had the means to transport ourselves instantly from one place to another, we would significantly lose out on what those journeys could have entailed. Imagine arriving instantly at your destination of Lake Coniston having not travelled through the beautiful Lake District scenery. This is how I see Advent - a rich and significant journey which is so often ignored or omitted from our lives as we engage with the commercial belief that Christmas is already here.
I am writing this in November and the shops are already full of festive Christmas cheer. The irony is that while our shops and media begin Christmas early and end it on 25th December, in the Church, Christmas truly begins on 25th December. The Christmas season then continues into January with Epiphany and ends with the last feast of Christmas, Candlemas, on 2nd February (which is why, if you've ever wondered, our Christmas tree remains in the Rectory until then!). By this time the shops have long forgotten it and are stocked ready for Valentine's Day and Easter!
It seems to me that at best Advent is misunderstood and used only as a countdown to Christmas, or at worst is completely lost in the midst of festive shopping and parties.
So, what is Advent all about? Well it is, of course, partly to do with remembering Jesus' birth and because of where Advent is placed in the Church calendar, we can't help but anticipate remembering the Nativity. My children have Advent calendars and as they open the doors day by day they do indeed countdown until Christmas but this is not what is at the heart of Advent.
It is helpful to learn a little about the origin of the word Advent to understand it's meaning. The word comes from the Latin adventus which means 'coming'. If we look back even further, the Greek word often translated to the Latin adventus is parousia. Although the Greek word parousia has a number of meanings, it is commonly the word used to refer to the second coming of Christ, his return in glory which is referenced and foretold throughout the Gospels. So the season of Advent can be thought of as a time of looking to the past as we remember Jesus coming to earth as a baby, and to the future in anticipation of his second coming.
For Christians this changes the way we engage with Advent, it shifts its focus from the past to the future, and in turn challenges us to look at how we live our lives in the present. Advent also marks the start of the new Church year, so while 1st January may seem the obvious date for New Year resolutions, Advent is also an opportunity to do this both individually and as a church.
My challenge is that this year we embrace Advent, make an effort to find out more about what this season means and what we can learn from it. Of course, we need to think about Christmas before the day — shopping, decorations, present lists, nativity rehearsals, cake making and so on — but despite the excitement and anticipation that Christmas brings, there is still room to experience the significance and richness of the Advent journey.
Advent also brings some excitement to our Benefice as we welcome our new Curate, Fr Kevin Martin. We hope you can join us at 10:30 am on Sunday 2nd December at St John's Church, Charlton for a welcome Eucharist followed by yummy refreshments!
From the Rector - New Curate
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On Sunday 18th November 2018, the following announcement from Bishop Nicholas was read in the Churches of The Shaftesbury team and in our own Benefice.
"Fr Kevin Martin is leaving his Curacy in Shaftesbury in order to gain new experience in the Saint Bartholomew Benefice in the second half of his Curacy".
The Rev'd Kevin will begin working in the Benefice on Monday 26th November 2018. This is a great opportunity for us, and I expect Kevin to be with us for a minimum of two years. In a few months time, he will move into the Curate's house ("The Rectory") in Donhead St Andrew but until then will travel from Shaftesbury.
His first Sunday will be Advent Sunday 2nd December. The Archdeacon reminds me that we need to do a service of welcome.
Services on 2nd December will now be as follows:
- 9.45 am: Pilgrim East Knoyle.
- 10.30 am: Welcome Eucharist at St John's, Charlton, followed by refreshments.
- 6.00 pm: Advent Carol Service, St Leonard's, Semley. The Archdeacon of Sarum, The Ven. Alan Jeans, will be licensing The Rev'd Kevin at this service.
The Matins scheduled for 11.00 am at Donhead St Mary is cancelled.
Please make every effort to be there even if attending elsewhere that day, and please spread the word and encourage others to come.
From the Rector - November 2018
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Dear Friends,
As the season of Harvest draws to a close you may well be feeling harvested-out! It's been the time of reflecting on abundance and that we are blessed with plenty.
And now in to November; a time of remembering in the church year.
The period from All Saints to Advent is a time when we are reminded of the fact that 'no Christian is solitary'. All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day are days when we reflect on this sense of belonging and remembering.
On All Saints, we celebrate men and women in whose lives the Church as a whole has seen God at work. God's work of grace can be seen in the ordinary and extraordinary.
The services where we commemorate the faithful departed are a more local and personal way of remembering those whom we have loved and are no longer with us. They allow us to remember those whom we have known more directly, those saints in our lives who have nurtured us, who gave us life, and made us who we are.
Then we move to Remembrance Sunday, where we explore further the theme of memory, both corporate and individual, as we confront issues of war and peace, loss and self-giving, memory and forgetting.
This year marks the centenary of the Armistice to the First World War. Full peace would be declared months later in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles. However, within 20 years, despite it supposedly being the war to end all wars, Europe and the rest of the world would be plunged into turmoil once again.
The two minutes silence at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month gives us pause for thought. We will give thanks for those who sacrificed their lives for the hope of a world in which freedom and justice reigned. We will take stock of the cost in deaths and lives shattered that war will always demand. We will pray for peace. Peace in our hearts and homes, and peace for all the world. 100 years after the guns fell silent and battle-hardened men wept at the waste of lives, we will mark the occasion in acts of remembrance across the Benefice.
So, November - a time of remembering, of reflecting, of moving towards a renewed hope as we prepare to celebrate the birth of God's son. A birth not announced in best BBC English on Radio 4, but by angels, to an unmarried teenager and her carpenter boyfriend. An announcement. made for each one of us, God so loved the world that he sent his only Son to save us. That's worth remembering.
From the Rector - October 2018
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Dear Friends,
October; a turning of the year. Very definitely the end of summer, the start of Autumn. Even the university students have started back again, and schools' half-term is coming soon. The weather might be anything — wet and windy, hot and sunny, cool and grey — but regardless, the leaves have started to turn colour, and the days are shortening fast.
We are in the time of year when we celebrate Harvest. Some have recently celebrated, and some are yet to do so.
Harvest seems to be something that occurs each year. It just sort of happens, does it not? It does not need any work or effort and all rolls along quite smoothly. Indeed, in some kinds of farming there is not even anything to harvest at a particular time of the year. Do cows milk themselves; do beef, sheep and pigs just eat; is that is all there is to it?
If such a statement is absurd in farming terms, why do we assume that Church finances occur in a similar way? Perhaps it is one of those things — it does not directly affect us unless something goes wrong and when it does go wrong we will take some interest. Such an approach can work but it is does not lead to long term growth or a sense of confidence. God will provide; indeed He has provided. The provision is with us and it is us that need harvesting.
Like an agricultural harvest, we will have been affected by outside factors. Jobs may have changed (and in some cases may not be there any longer); retirement may have occurred or full time study concluded and the world of work entered. All of these are key things that may prompt a personal giving review.
But, what about the many of us where there has not been a major change? As with a long established apple orchard, we still produce fruit even if no major changes in the shape of the tree have occurred. We still have a harvest and we need to look at what it is. We then look at how we offer part of this back to God.
We sing in the harvest hymn that all good gifts around us are sent from heaven above. We are then exhorted to "thank the Lord, O thank the Lord, for all his love". The tune enables us to concentrate on the word ''all''. When we review our giving, this year, let's concentrate on the word 'all' when looking at what God has given us. Our response can then reflect that giving to us.
From the Rector - September 2018
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Dear Friends,
September is effectively the start of a New Year for many people. It is always a busy month with every group and committee in churches, schools and many other organisations wanting to hold meetings so that they can make a 'good start'.
Looking through the pages of this website (and the recent edition of the 'Parish News'), you will read of all the things we are planning to do in the Benefice over the coming months. it can make you dizzy reading about it all... and thinking about Christmas — well that will immediately set you in a spin!
So what is it with all this 'busyness'? Why are we planning all these activities? And who are they for? As is so often the case, simple enough questions don't lead to simple answers. Is all this for the benefit of the congregations within our Benefice...? Well, yes! We will enjoy taking part in all the things that are planned for the coming months, whether it be a Harvest Festival, a Christmas Carol Service, Messy Church, Bible Study... But we are not planning these things just for our own benefit. We are planning them for the benefit of friends and neighbours, and members of the Benefice who we don't even know — yet. We are seeking to invite people into the Church fellowship. Why? Because our church is something that we value; it is important to us and helps us in our lives, and so we want others to benefit from that, just as we do. We want to travel with other people on a shared journey of discovery, and the sharing of that journey with other people in our church is one of the most important things that we as a church can do.
So the question you should ask yourself as you read through the events of the coming months is not really: 'Do I want to come to that?' It is rather: 'Who am I going to invite to come with me to this or that event?' By approaching things from this angle we start to engage in a fundamental activity of the Church — mission.
For the eagle-eyed among you will have noticed Messy Church and Bible Study in my list above! Starting in September I will host a bible study in the Rectory - "The Text This Week" — on Thursdays at 7:30pm, during term-time. Everyone is welcome and you don't have to commit to attending each week. The idea is that we will explore the text for the coming Sunday (over a glass of wine or cup of tea...) - not only will it help you understand and dissect the readings, but it will support my sermon prep!
Also, following an incredibly successful Children's Activity Week, Anna & l have decided that now's the time to explore "Messy Church". This will be held on the 4th Saturday of the month (except December & August) in Semley School Hall. We will need volunteers for this please... it doesn't need to be a monthly commitment if enough come forward —— but people to make refreshments and support activities would be very welcome! Please speak to Anna or myself for more details.
From the Rector - August 2018
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Dear Friends,
You may have noticed I have been growing a beard; it started as an 'Advent beard' but I embraced a challenge to grow it long by two Children at Semley School (much to Anna's disdain... although she assured me she got used to it!). It was ultimately a bit of fun, but it also reminded me that some challenges are sought, and some are thrust upon us. Some are welcome and others we would prefer not to face.
I reminded the children of this in an assembly just before cutting my facial locks off in front of them (to the noise of pleasing gasps!)
Generally, in Western society we are money rich and time poor. That is as true for the church as it is for the rest of society. As Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us, there is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven.
Each and every one of us are subject to times and changes over which we have little or no control.We all change; how we look changes; we grow older. When we are young we grow taller and many of us as we grow into our later mature years have started to become smaller. We can spend huge sums of money in an attempt to prevent or disguise these changes, but the plain and simple fact is that we and the world we live in, is constantly changing.
In Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, Solomon explains how we can understand time and the times. It is a beautiful passage that I often read at funerals. Why? Not because (as some think) it's a depressing passage because it stresses the power of God and the helplessness of man, but because this passage is an extraordinarily beautiful summary of the optimistic view of the Christian life.
We cannot control time - we cannot control the seasons - no matter what our skills, efforts or riches. So, they say, this is a counsel of despair. It would be, if it were teaching that everything is futile. But this is not the case.
There are times and seasons.There are rhythms. and there is a rhythm to life. We instinctively know this and our life demonstrates it. We all have our biorhythms. One of the problems with modern life is that we like to think we can change these - that we can live 24/7 lives, 365 days a year - with all our gadgets and artificial stimulants enabling us to overcome the natural rhythms and times. But ignoring the rhythms and seasons never works. It only results in burnout.
The 14 couplets in this Ecclesiastes poem cover every range of human activity; the two most momentous events in our life - birth and death, creative and destructive activities, human emotions, friendship and hatred, possessions and our resolutions concerning them...
I take great comfort from the fact that our times are in God's hands. It is not fate. And that there is a time for everything. You may be going through a hard time right now, but that will change.
You may be going through a spiritual springtime - it will turn to summer and perhaps to winter, before it turns to spring and summer again.
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born. and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war; and a time of peace.
Assistant Curate Placement
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The Reverend Melanie Otto, Assistant Curate in the Westbury Team, will be joining us for a two-week rural placement starting on 8th July 2018.
Please join us for tea & cake at the Rectory on Sunday 8th July 2018 between 3.00 pm and 5.00 pm as we welcome Melanie to the Benefice.
From the Rector - June 2018
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Dear Friends,
To go on a pilgrimage is to walk purposefully to something which has meaning for you, a search for spiritual or perhaps moral significance. It provides the opportunity to step out of the non-stop busyness of our lives, to seek a time of quiet and reflection. It is a time of simply being rather than always doing.
Often, people go on pilgrimage when they are at a crossroads in their lives. or when undergoing a change in their life's direction or relationships. Others may be in search of a deeper spirituality, healing and forgiveness. Or it may be that pilgrimage marks a special birthday, retirement or other occasion for giving thanks. It's also a great adventure with the chance to meet new people and see new places.
- Christians walk to Santiago de Compostela (something I am longing to do if you'd like to join me!)
- Every 10 years, the little town of Oberammergau puts on it's world famous Passion Play (Put this in your diary for 2020 as I hope to take a group from the Benefice with me)
- The Holy Land acts as a focal point for Christians
In this and my previous Parishes, we go on Pilgrimages and indeed, have one coming up in August to Walsingham. I have also, fairly recently, returned from a Diocesan led pilgrimage to Montserrat in Spain.
The area offered spectacular mountain views of Catalonia with The Benedictine Monastery in Montserrat, located at the top of a 4000 foot mountain... home to about 80 monks. Next door to this is the home of the revered La Moreneta (or Black Virgin). a beautiful 12th-century Romanesque carving which is about a metre in height She has the child Jesus on her lap and in her outstretched hand is a globe, a symbol of the cosmos (you can admire our own miniature La Moreneta - when you visit The Rectory next - on our hail table. who is, incidentally dark in colour due to the changes in the varnish with the passage of time!).
How La Moreneta came to be in Montserrat may be linked to a local legend which tells of the sighting of a vision by some shepherd boys in the year 880.
On a Saturday evening as the sun was setting over Montserrat, the boys saw a bright light shining down from the sky and it was accompanied by beautiful music. The following Saturday they returned with their parents and the same vision came to them again. On the following four Saturdays the Rector of Olesa went with them and everyone saw the vision. According to this legend, the statue of the Black Madonna was discovered in a cave where the light shone.
To be a pilgrim is to be a wanderer on an unbroken journey with a purpose.
We are pilgrims on journey.
Fellow travellers on the road.
We are here to help each other
Walk the mile and bear the load.
I will hold the Christ-light for you
In the night time of your fear.
I will hold my hand out to you;
Speak the peace you long to hear.
I will weep when you are weeping.
When you laugh, I'll laugh with you.
I will share your joy and sorrow
Till we've seen this journey through.
When we sing to God in heaven,
We shall find such harmony
Born of all we've known together
Of Christ's love and agony.
Brother, sister, let me serve you.
Let me be as Christ to you.
Pray that I might have the grace
To let you be my servant, too.
From the Rector - May 2018
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Dear Friends,
As I write this letter, we have just returned from a wonderful holiday in Malta. We were blessed with glorious weather and enjoyed much of what the country has to offer.
We stayed in St Paul's Bay and prior to our holiday. I was unaware that St Paul has an additional feast day on February 10th: "The Feast of the Shipwreck of St Paul"! I think this gives Paul an edge over Peter in the feast day stakes.They share one feast day, as co-founders of the Church in Rome. Peter also has the Chair of St Peter. Paul has the feast of his conversion and the feast of his Maltese shipwreck!
According to the sources (that is, the Acts of the Apostles), in the year 59, after two years in a Caesarean prison, St Paul exercised his right as a Roman citizen to "appeal unto Caesar." But Paul's voyage to Rome was prolonged by a shipwreck off the coast of Malta, just off St Paul's Bay which probably went by a different name back then! While the ship was mended, Paul worked many miracles and effectively founded the Church in Malta.
We attended the church of St Paul's Shipwreck in St Paul's Bay on our first weekend. The church was packed; so much so, that we - along with at least a dozen others - were stood on the steps outside for the service. As you'll (probably) be aware, the state religion in Malta is Roman Catholic, with 98% of the population adhering to Roman Catholicism. l attended the service wearing my clerical shirt - but imagine my joy when I was invited into the sanctuary - despite highlighting to them that l was an Anglican Priest.
This links me to Christian Aid Week - 13th to 19th May 2018 - which, this year urges you to #StandTogether. Everyone is equal in the sight of God. Yet we live in a world where poverty persists.
This year the organisation is highlighting the plight of the millions of people displaced around the world, but who remain within their own countries.Today, more than 40 million people are internally displaced by conflict, accounting for approximately two thirds of those who find themselves forced from their homes. A further 24 million were displaced by disasters in 2016 alone.Yet, because they haven't crossed a border. the public rarely hear about them.
Despite the huge number of people affected. situations of internal displacement receive almost no political attention, funding or support. In Haiti, thousands of people regularly experience some of the worst natural disasters on earth. The country is one of the poorest in the world,and a high number of its inhabitants live in precarious houses or have been uprooted from their homes entirely, making them especially vulnerable when another disaster strikes. More than seven years on from the devastating earthquake in Port-au-Prince in 2010, an estimated 38,000 people are still displaced.
In November 2016, Hurricane Matthew wreaked yet more havoc across the southern coast of the country, killing 546 people and destroying homes, businesses and infrastructure. Up to 90% of some areas were destroyed. Vilia was left homeless by the earthquake in 20|0 and her mother was killed. Bereaved and homeless, for Vilia, her husband and their seven children, life became a struggle. They didn't even have a safe place to sleep. Christian Aid's local partner, KORAL, helps local people prepare for disasters. In the aftermath of the earthquake, it reached out to Vilia and built her and her family a new home, that was safe, stable and strong enough to stand up to natural disasters.
Ahead of Hurricane Matthew, KORAL was able to warn local communities, helping to evacuate around 5,000 families and saving many lives. In the immediate aftermath Christian Aid and KORAL distributed urgently-needed shelter materials, hygiene products such as soap, food seeds and cash, so people could buy other items that they really needed. Disaster-resistant homes were built, giving people safe, secure places to live. Of the dozens
built before the hurricane hit, only one lost its roof in the disaster, and Vilia's home was able to shelter 54 people over several days following the hurricane.
Christian Aid Week unites thousands of churches every year to raise money to support our global neighbours in need, who are often suffering through no fault of their own. Just £25 could buy a hygiene kit to prevent disease after a disaster; £5 could buy a jar of seeds so someone like Vilia can grow beans to feed her family; and £210 could pay to train a local builder in Haiti to build safe, secure hurricane-resistant homes.
This Christian Aid Week, people can help to change the lives of people displaced due to disasters or conflict by donating online at www.caweek.org or calling 08080 006 006.
Please do support Christian Aid this month and let us #StandTogether as a united Christian family.
"I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as l have loved you, you also should love one another" - John 13: 34
From the Rector - April 2018
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Dear Friends,
A child once asked me if Jesus carries scars on his body, now that he is risen from the dead at Easter? What a great question that is!
A rugby-playing friend once told me that following a major tendon repair, his surgeon explained that that the repaired tendon was stronger than the original. The scar tissue would remind him he was stronger, better, faster now!
But while we all carry scars of one kind or another, how should we think of the damage we receive as human beings, even death, and what can our faith tell us?
I offer the following story as an illustration, remembering that Mary was one who grieved at the foot of the cross:
Someone on the internet wrote the following heart-rending plea:
"My friend just died and I don't know what to do."
A lot of people responded. Then there was one old man's incredible comment that stood out from the rest that might just change how you think about death and dying. Here it is:
"Alright, here goes. l'm old. What that means is that I've survived (so far) and a lot of people l've known and loved did not.
l've lost friends, best friends, acquaintances, work colleagues, grandparents, mum, relatives, teachers, mentors, students, neighbours, and a host of others. I have no children, and I can't imagine the pain it must be to lose a child. But here's my two cents.
I wish I could say you get used to people dying. I never did. I don't want to. It tears a hole through me whenever somebody l love dies, no matter the circumstances. But I don't want it to "not matter". I don't want it to be something that just passes.
My scars are a testament to the love and the relationship that I had for and with that person. And if the scar is deep, so was the love. So be it. Scars are a testament to life. Scars are a testament that l can love deeply and live deeply and be cut, or even gouged, and that I can heal and continue to live and continue to love. And the scar tissue is stronger than the original flesh ever was. Scars are a testament to life. Scars are only ugly to people who
can't see.
As for grief, you'll find it comes in waves. When the ship is first wrecked, you're drowning, with wreckage all around you. Everything floating around you reminds you of the beauty and the magnificence of the ship that was, and is no more. And all you can do is float You find some piece of the wreckage and you hang on for a while. Maybe it's some physical thing. Maybe it's a happy memory or a photograph. Maybe it's a person who is also floating.
For a while, all you can do is float. Stay alive.
In the beginning, the waves are 100 feet tall and crash over you without mercy. They come 10 seconds apart and don't even give you time to catch your breath. All you can do is hang on and float. After a while, maybe weeks, maybe months, you'll find the waves are still 100 feet tall, but they come further apart. When they come, they still crash all over you and wipe you out. But in between, you can breathe, you can function.
You never know what's going to trigger the grief. It might be a song, a picture, a motorway service station, the smell of a cup of coffee or hot chocolate. It can be just about anything...and the wave comes crashing. But in between waves, there is life.
Somewhere down the line, and it's different for everybody, you find that the waves are only 80 feet tall. Or 50 feet tall. And while they still come, they come further apart. You can see them coming. An anniversary, a birthday, or Christmas, or landing at Gatwick Airport You can see it coming, for the most part, and prepare yourself. And when it washes over you, you know that somehow you will, again, come out the other side. Soaking wet, sputtering, still hanging on to some tiny piece of the wreckage, but you'll come out.
Take it from an old guy. The waves never stop coming, and somehow you don't really want them to. But you learn that you'll survive them. And other waves will come. And you'll survive them too. If you're lucky, you'll have lots of scars from lots of loves. And lots of shipwrecks."
Perhaps a good way of understanding Easter is to see Jesus' love for us providing 'scar tissue' for our wounds and injuries? So that while the above story might provide a means of coping, an attractive means too, we as Christ-lovers have more than just a means to cope - we have triumph over death and dying.
The Easter season is a time when Christians rejoice in the knowledge that their risen Lord has overcome death and in so doing brought forgiveness to the world. Yet, for many, Easter is simply a holiday period and a time for giving chocolate eggs and enjoying the beginning of Spring (hopefully).
The Easter message resonates down the centuries and can bring a special meaning to all those who are feeling at their most vulnerable in these difficult times.
The truth of the resurrection for Christians is a message of hope and it is one that we are called to share with our friends and neighbours wherever they are. I wish you all a happy and joyful Easter.


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Modern-day marketing, bridging connections in the influencer landscape
Brigitte Chua, co-founder of Hype and Seek, holds onto a very interesting business premise, one that is both very millennial, and very niche. In fact, it is treading new ground on the changing marketing and advertising world, yet Hype and Seek is barely into its second year of business.
Brigitte's company connects "influencers" with those who want do some influencing.
To make it as simple as possible; say a large fashion-retail brand wants to advertise a new clothing line, something hip and healthy in the fast-fashion bracket for the junior-executive female demographic.
In the past, the marketing and advertising departments would have to source out their own avenues of information dissemination; and in today's high-technology, always-connected world, the power of social-media influencers is nothing to scoff at – rather, it is a heady reality for companies keeping on the cutting-edge of media.
Hence, said multi-national corporation would have to hunt down individual "influencers", do a negotiation with each one, and then choose which of the agreeable few to begin a campaign with.
Sans Hype and Seek, a corporation looking to source influencers to promote a new marketing or product campaign have two traditional options – utilizing an agency or sourcing for influencers on their own. Brigitte calculates a simple rubric for this; a business would have to reach out to about 30 influencers just to hit a safe 10.
That's just the connecting part, which of course must be completed within a certain marketing timeline. Worse yet, Brigitte adds that, "this scenario is unaffordable for real SMEs".
Small and medium enterprises, due to their size and newness, often aim to go straight to digital, and thus require online marketing to share their wares – which is exactly where Hype and Seek come in.
Hype and Seek essentially helps to connect these two sides. Brigitte calls Hype and Seek the "Trivago of the social media industry". Hype and Seek was borne from Brigitte and her co-founder seeing an innate problem with the corporation-to-influencer dynamic.
Hype and Seek removes all the manual work from this process, freeing up a hefty amount of resources to a big firm's communications and HR department.
This is because Hype and Seek keeps a database of influencers, and simply by word of mouth, attracts new ones to their cause.
Hype and Seek leverages on the glut of influencers in this burgeoning millennial industry.
"The hardest worker on our side is the website," Brigitte jokes. The algorithm that does the online matchmaking is simple, yet effective. What that means is little manpower on the influencer side, leaving Brigitte and her co-founder to focus on the businesses.
Their successes are numerous, from getting a hundred campaigns in the first hundred days of business, to being able to choose and curate which industries to work with.
That is not to say the influencer market is not rife with inherent difficulties. Much of the arena is a proving ground, with no watchdogs. Hype and Seek has to be vigilant and curate influencers just as much as they nurture relationships with businesses. "It's an industry that has scandals, those who game the system, we have to keep consistency," Brigitte says.
A micro-influencer (meaning just over 5000 followers) might have broken into the scene with a certain fashion image or lifestyle, but for Hype and Seek, it's not about taking selfies. "We have to give brands their due exposure, sometimes you have to have a healthy image, in eating and lifestyle," Brigitte says, citing the requirements of being both on the lookout but also having sound matching techniques.
She hopes that with her company and the market in their star ascendant, that Hype and Seek can be a regulator of sorts.


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Our favorite socialist superstar just made a complete and total fool of herself at the South by Southwest conference (SXSW) just by being herself.
Watch this hilarious montage of AOC making a fool of herself:
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New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is starting to sound more like the Rev. Al Sharpton as each goes by.
Everyone who disagrees with her is either out to get her, a liar or, her new favorite, a racist out to get minorities.
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Her latest targets for the charge of racism are two of America's most popular presidents, Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
"One perfect example, I think a perfect example of how special interests and the powerful have pitted white working-class Americans against brown and black working-class Americans in order to just screw over all working-class Americans, is Reaganism in the '80s when he started talking about welfare queens," she said.
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"So you think about this image; welfare queens and what he was really trying to talk about was he was painting this photo, he was painting this like really resentful vision of essentially black women who were doing nothing that were 'sucks' on our country," she said.
"And it's this whole tragedy of the commons type of thinking where it's like because these one, this one specific group of people, that you are already kind of subconsciously primed to resent, you give them a different reason that's not explicit racism but still rooted in a racist caricature," she said.
"It gives people a logical reason, a 'logical' reason to say, 'oh yeah, no, toss out the whole social safety net,'" she said.
During the interview at the South By Southwest conference, SXSW, she even said quasi Socialist President Roosevelt's New Deal was racist.
It was merely a part of her interview in which actor Bill Nye essentially apologized for being white and was applauded by Ocasio-Cortez.
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New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared herself to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a speech at SXSW.
The speech at the annual conference on Saturday highlighted her rise to become a representative and her power in the Democrat Party, Variety reported.
Austin, Texas is brimming over with Oscar winners, tech moguls and social media influencers, but no one drew more heat with her speaker address than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
A serpentine line of conference goers stretched around the length of Austin's convention center — the longest and most hectic so far this year, a SXSW spokesperson told Variety — to catch Ocasio-Cortez's session, a conversation moderated by The Intercept writer Briahna Gray.
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While she's spent the past few weeks grilling former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen and promoting her own documentary and Sundance entry "Knock Down the House," this Saturday was centered on her unlikely rise in the Democratic party and what it means for the future of the country.
"Part of what happened last year was a crack in the system," she explained, of her election to the U.S. House of Representatives for New York's 14th district. The politician has often said that election winners do not look like her, a woman of color from a working-class Puerto Rican family in the Bronx.
"Suddenly, a lot of other people said, 'Wait a second, maybe I can do this too,'" said Ocasio-Cortez.
Her ego came out to play when she compared herself and what she wants to do to Dr. King and labor unions.
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"History is often revisionist. Martin Luther King is cast as this angelic person that never made anyone mad and just asked for civil rights and got it," she said.
"Unions were always seen as this great powerful thing that no one ever died for, [to get] a 40 hour work week and a weekend," she said.
"We use cynicism as an intellectually superior attitude and we view ambition as youthful naiveté. 'Meh' is worshipped now, for what?" she said.
"I've gotten a lot of heat recently in the party because I was really furious about this Republican amendment (to report illegal immigrants who attempt to purchase guns to Immigration and Customs Enforcement)," Ocasio-Cortez said.
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"The reason I was so upset is because we have an agency [ICE] that is separating children from their parents and putting them in cages and injecting them with antipsychotic drugs … since when did it become the moderate position in America to keep caging children?" she said.
But one of the most mind numbing parts of the speech came when Bill Nye took a shot at himself for the crime of being white.
"I'm a white guy," he said. "I think the problem on both sides is fear. People of my ancestry are afraid to pay for everything as immigrants come into this country."
"People who work at the diner in Alabama are afraid to ask for what is reasonable. So do you have a plan to work with people in Congress that are afraid? That's what's going on with many conservatives especially when it comes to climate change. People are afraid of what happens when we try to make these big changes," he said.
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"One of the keys to dismantling fear is dismantling a zero-sum mentality," she said. "It means the rejection outright of the logic that says someone else's gain necessitates my loss and that my gain MUST necessitate someone's loss."
"We can give without a take. We're viewing progress as a loss instead of as an investment. When we choose to invest in our system, we are choosing to create wealth. When we all invest in them then the wealth is for all of us too," she said.


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Reviewers like these things about the Seattle Sports E-Merse
- Users liked how it fits their phone perfectly and keeps it dry.
- Many users said its simple,secure and fits into their pockets.
- Other reviewers liked how they can talk and text with their phones without taking it out.
- Many users find the ziplock and side closure useful and most waterproof.
- Other users particularly liked its double seal system with a lanyard to hang around the neck.
- Many reviewers agree it's a great phone case at an excellent price.
- A lot of users appreciate the on-time delivery and packaging of the item.
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- Other users thought the yellow material in the back is super thin and somehow got a small hole and allowed water to penetrate the case.
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Source: Orlando Sentinel
Jon Bon Jovi, of course, has seen a million faces and he's rocked them all.
Yeah, that lyric sounded silly in 1986 and it hasn't evolved into anything that's any less embarrassing after 25 years. Then or now, you don't want to be caught by the motorist in the next lane belting out "Wanted Dead or Alive" along with the car radio.
But give credit to Bon Jovi, and the band that bears his name. With a loaded six-string on his back, he has persevered through grunge, boy bands, rap-metal and his own flirtation with country music to emerge as an unassailable vanguard of arena rock. (The band performs Sunday at Amway Center.)
Livin' on prayer? With all that success, who needs divine intervention?
In a tough economy that derailed tours by Christina Aguilera, Lilith Fair, the Eagles and American Idol, Bon Jovi ranked as the top touring attraction of 2010, a spot that the band also claimed in 2008.
The band hasn't done it with tabloid antics or Gaga-esque hype, but with a blue-collar work ethic that recalls another icon out of Bon Jovi's New Jersey homeland, Bruce Springsteen.
"It's what we've done since the inception of this band," Bon Jovi told the Chicago Sun-Times last year, on the eve of two concerts at Soldier Field. "I was the guy quoted saying that I wanted to play and sell out the desert — more than once. I've always been very comfortable in the big venues.
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During a research dive into the pages of the Mail and Empire while preparing this article, I wound up collecting two months worth of women's pages, which I figured might make an interesting ongoing series for this website. The paper had a rich history of covering women's domestic affairs and social issues stretching back to Kit Coleman's pioneering work during the 1890s.
Caricature of Izaak Walton Killam, Maclean's, April 1, 1933.
In 1933, the Conservative-leaning Mail and Empire was Toronto's largest morning paper, ahead of the Liberal-leaning Globe (the Star and Telegram, both of which had larger circulations, battled it out for evening readers). It was owned by Izaak Walton Killam, one of Canada's richest businessmen. In keeping with his shy, modest persona, Killam tended to keep out of the editorial staff's way.
Some excerpts from a profile of Killam written by Charles Vining that was published by Maclean's that year:
Mr. Killam lives in Montreal and is a perfect example of what once was known as the financial magnate, a species rendered almost extinct by the glacial action of frozen assets.
He has a power company in Calgary, a chocolate concern in Halifax, a newsprint enterprise at Liverpool, Nova Scotia, and a good deal of trouble with all of them.
He also owns a newspaper in Toronto called the Mail and Empire, and has hoped some day to own the Globe as well.
A great many people has wondered why in the world he bought the Mail and Empire, and are even more puzzled as to what a man would do with two newspapers, especially two Toronto newspapers. [Note: the two papers were united as the Globe and Mail by George McCullagh and William Wright in 1936].
He does not speak at all unless he has to.
He is nearly always tired.
He is nearly fifty, wears blue suits, carries a yellow stick, and has romantic brown eyes and a complexion that makes him look slightly in need of a shave.
He made a strict rule some years ago not to be interviewed or photographed by the press, and has had little difficulty about this during the last couple of years.
In spite of the inconvenience which frequently results, he is disposed by nature to be friendly with people.
For more on Killam, check out an episode of CBC Radio's Ideas series which covers his life, and the philanthropic legacy he left, including scholarships and a lot of money for the Canada Council.
Mail and Empire, March 1, 1933.
Future posts will discuss the identity of "Ann Adam," so for now let's dive right into the table talk about food. The main feature was a series of "ethnic" meat recipes. Understanding of non-European dishes was slowly evolving, as was the bastardization of meals inspired by exotic locales. In 2019, little screams "Mexican" about that meat loaf other than tomatoes.
Next was a lecture from a series sponsored by Consumer's Gas, which spends today stressing the importance of meal accessories. The lectures were held at the Consumer's Gas Showroom, an art deco-influenced architectural gem built two years earlier.
Mail and Empire, March 1, 1933.
Some cookie recipes to get you through your late winter malaise.
Mail and Empire, March 1, 1933.
A brief word from our sponsors. Underweight children will become a recurring advertising theme.
Mail and Empire, March 1, 1933.
A mixture of features here, including a spinach recipe, a cutesy cartoon, and an update on a social service organization.
Mail and Empire, March 1, 1933.
Finally, a syndicated cartoon which ran across North American throughout the 1920s and 1930s.


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Johns Hopkins researchers have reported that Estrogen and Testosterone may influence the risk of developing Atherosclerosis. These naturally produced sex hormones may be hardening arteries without you even knowing. The study also discovered that men have significantly higher chances of developing heart disease because of their increased amounts of testosterone levels. These findings are being presented at the Nov 11th American Heart Association conference in New Orleans.
"The study suggests that older women who produce a relatively high amount of estrogen are more likely to develop coronary artery calcium (CAC), a component of the fatty plaque that builds up in blood vessels and hardens arteries. Older men with relatively high amounts of testosterone are also more likely to develop CAC."
With factors like sex hormones influencing Atherosclerosis it is vital that men and women take precaution and get heart scans regularly. Heart attack is a silent killer among candidates with heart disease.


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Partial road closures have been announced at The Walk at Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR).
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) says some lanes to and from the waterfront strip will be partially closed.
The closures will mainly affect the intersection of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street and Al Gharbi Street.
The move comes as the RTA begins a project to create a pedestrian bridge for residents and visitors.
The roads will be under construction until the end of December.
To users of the intersection of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud St. and Al Gharbi St., we inform you that some traffic directions and right exits to and from The Walk, JBR will be partially closed pic.twitter.com/j9eI0NEQ84— RTA (@rta_dubai) October 5, 2019


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This particular review is perhaps a few years late to this blog. As you know, I have reviewed many belts from many makers over the years, but the big Japanese brands have always been missing…partly because I wanted to feature small workshop craftsman (and language barriers meant I could only do so with Mandarin and English speaking craftsmen) and partly because I didn't believe buying leather goods from Japan represented good value.
For people interested in Japanese leather & denim goods, Kawatako (leather octopus) probably doesn't need too much introduction. They are a workshop with several brands and different lines, producing everything from low-end belts held together with screws to higher end wallets made out of whale leather that breaks 4 digits in price. Other than the sword-tip belt, Kawatako is also well known for popularising the use of bridle type leather with waxy bloom, for example their hand-dyed waxy-bridle long wallets.
Anyway, long story short, I was able to acquire Kawatako's famous "blade" belt at a very significant discount (~60 USD) some time ago. So here are my thoughts:
Firstly, there has been various iterations of the double-prong sword tip (or blade) belt over the years. Pricing ranges from 15,000 yen to 63,000 yen, depending on the type of leather used. This particular version costs approximately 160 USD.
Single-prong buckle versions also come in a variety of configurations & prices.
Basically, what we're talking about – as far as single-layer strap & plain metal buckle belts go – is high end belting territory. It is obvious just looking at the belt & Kawatako's other products that they are fairly well made. However, the question I asked myself when examining this belt is: "Does this belt represent fair value?"
Let us consider the leather first. This bridle-style leather used by Kawatako is more "finished" compared with most natural vegetable tanned leathers, but not so much as to cover all the natural characteristics of the cattlehide. The finish I'm talking about here is a higher oil content, achieved through the addition of fats & waxes after the leather has been tanned. The back-side has also been smoothly finished. The leather thickness is measured by me at an 12 oz (4.8 mm).
Immediately, the effects of this post-tannage currying are obvious:
A slightly darker than natural colour.
A less rigid hand compared with unfinished leathers.
A smoother but more pronounced grain that has a light pull-up.
This is good leather indeed, reminiscent of English bridle from Sedgwick.
The buckle appears to be thick, solid brass which is smoothly finished – fairly solid.
The method of securing the buckle fold is very interesting, being tied by a single leather strip through four holes. This is not a very secure method (you can see in the photo below the strap is imperfectly folded as a result), but it does add an interesting, signature twist to the overall aesthetics. The overall look, enhanced by the sword-tip finishing at the other end, is unmistakably Kawatako. This is one of those rare pieces where, at first glance, it is easy to identify the maker.
One flaw is obvious at the buckle end though! The prongs are installed too loosely. The prongs wobble about as I try and buckle up; there is too much movement. I believe this is due to both the prong holes being cut imperfectly (see that flaring of the folded edge?), and the prongs being installed too forwardly.
Otherwise, the finishing of the belt is fairly good. The edges are nicely burnished with what appears to be a gum finish, and are smooth to touch. The holes are a nice oval shaped, cut cleanly and perfectly aligned.
Okay, lots of details critiqued here, and perhaps I am being more picky compared to usual. But do remember this is a fairly expensive belt! My expectations are similarly matched with the pricing.
Is this a good belt? Yes.
Is this a good value belt? No.
The conclusion: The detailing, although good, is not up to the standards that the pricing would demand and the leather, although nicely finished, could be a bit thicker at this price. As a belt that cost twice the amount of Terry Dear's Quercus belt and is the same price as Equus' russet bridle belt, the value proposition isn't very good.


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Current Planning Applications
When considering a planning application reference should be made to the two publications below and also the Planning Policy adopted by the Parish Council. all are available below:
Filkins & Broughton Poggs Conservation Character Appraisal
Filkins and Broughton Poggs preservation and Enhancement
A map of the Conservation Area can be found below:
Filkins and Broughton Poggs Conservation Area Map
Check here regularly for Planning Applications under consultation with the Parish Council and their response.
19/00317/FUL Pear Tree Farm, Filkins - awaiting decision
19/01372/HHD 2 Burford Road, Filkins - awaiting decision
19/01770/FUL Newstones, Broughton Poggs - awaiting decision
19/01674/LBC & 19/01673/HHD Rectory Cottage - awaiting decision
19/01696/LBC & 19/01974/HHD Demarca, Filkins - awaiting decision
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Just last month Radio 6 DJ Gilles Peterson curated a pop-up book and record shop at the gallery on Edwards Lane in Stoke Newington to build awareness and raise money for local mental health charity Safaplace.
The charity was set up in memory of two Stoke Newington school children. Their aim is now to Support positive mental health and wellbeing of students in Stoke Newington school via education and raise awareness for all.
Peterson said: "There's never been a more important time for the creative community to support social issues and the existing institutions that are under pressure."
Among the artists interviewed by Peterson were drum and bass legend Goldie, Yazmin Lacey, broadcaster Colleen Murphy, James Lavelle, Jordon Rakel, Dave Haslam and Will Ashton. Miquita Oliver interviewed The Connor Brothers.
Earlier this year local artist Elsbeth Van Der Poel has created a program designed to raise awareness of mental health among children through art and imagination.
The 43-year-old grew up in Holland and now lives in Dalston. She first came up with the idea for the programme named Worryboy when she was overcoming her own battle with depression in her 20s. Her decision to create an exhibition was sparked by a series of courses about mental health.
She said: "I hope Worryboy is helping children identify their feelings and know that it's OK to feel emotions. We all have two sides to ourselves – we have this worried person and we have greatness and amazing gifts. Depression can impact everyone. As human beings we have to find ways to feel better when we're feeling down."
Earlier this year, Elsbeth worked with Year Six children from Jubillee Primary in Stoke Newington. Pupils were asked to draw what worries would look like if they were people. Through the story, children learn a few tools such as meditation, to deal with confusing emotions. They're encouraged to tune in to their inner wisdom and to sum up what advice the "wise being" in their hearts might give.
Their work was displayed in a street exhibition with more than 17 local businesses on Church Street offering up their windows. Businesses included Location Location, Earlybird Cards, Mind Charity Shop, Olive Loves Alfie and Hair Tonic.
You can be affected by mental health problems any day of the year, but 10 October is a great day to show your support for better mental health and start looking after your own wellbeing.
For more information and support regarding mental health head to https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk.
We all have two sides to ourselves – we have this worried person and we have greatness and amazing gifts.
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After last weekend's successful Well Dressing at Chadkirk, the team will be back again this coming Saturday. The first Saturday of every month is a Gardening Day in the gardens at Chadkirk. During the afternoon we meet by the Chapel and in The Walled Garden. Each person does a little bit of the work maintaining and improving the gardens. Sharing the activities means that we each do a little and we all gain a lot.
So if you enjoyed your visit last weekend, or if you visit Chadkirk regularly, you can add to your enjoyment by joining the folk who garden.
Gentle activity, beautiful location, sheltered garden, sharing the delights of being out in the open air, breathing in the scents of the garden. Birds. Bees. Woodland. And a cuppa and chat. Saturday 5th August 2-4pm Chadkirk.


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Harbourside wildlife February 2013
Today when pulling out of Harbourside, I had a wonderful bird encounter. It put a big smile on my face, and I wanted to share. While waiting for the light to turn green, I was fascinated by watching this sweet bird looking for … Continue reading