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Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage : Awake11.05.2018: Sungrazing Records (Dist. - Proper Distribution)
"Find your place. Love what you love. Stay awake to the world."
Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage's debut album was 'a gorgeous, mellow delight' - this follow up is stunning in its grace and flawlessness; folk music raised to a high art whilst still keeping its roots fully in the ground.
Live the duo are musically exquisite - Hannah has a dexterity and purity of voice that should place her near the folk greats on any reckoning, and Ben's delicate, sympathetic playing always offers her an immaculate frame. Faithfully recording the magic of interplay between them might be a difficult task, but again Grammy-nominated Canadian producer David Travers-Smith has made it seem effortless.
Not skipping a heartbeat Awake carries on the elegant trajectory of Before the Sun, with a growing (but still subtle) Americana influence.
The album opens with a self-penned composition - the early-morning toned, sprightly banjo of Selkie Song, written about a mythical sea woman longing for return to her spiritual home. It hits its soulful stride three songs in with a brilliant, plaintive cover of Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key.
Awake pivots midway on three tracks. The first is another original, 7, which is all atmospheric instrumentation and muted, melancholic tone. 7 is followed by a breezy, buoyant and lilting version of traditional song Reynardine, that bleeds into a combined instrumental / recorded city soundscape. In contrast to both a rolling, nostalgic cowboy song, Santa Fe Trail, is then sung by Ben, backed by a rousing ensemble choir.
The best is saved for last - with two long moments of musical perfection. Peter Seeger's One Grain of Sand is made potently elegiac by Hannah's vocal and its minimal guitar backing. Reaching, a love-song written by Hannah, closes the album - it is simple, moving and beautiful.
The four parts the duo usually have at their disposal, when poised around one antique microphone on stage, are augmented often in the recordings. Adding an understated depth of instrumentation to Hannah's mountain dulcimer and Ben's dobro, from the UK Jon Thorn offers fluid double bass, Even Carson percussion and Jess Morgan, Catriona Gilmore and James Roberts vocals. From the US, Burke Carroll sketches always-evocative pedal steel and producer David Travers-Smith also guests on horns and organ. It is all very restrained though, accent is added only where needed to emphasise, underpin or colour the core sound.
The songs on Awake flow by, full of deft touches and strikingly expressed, soft-hued emotion. You can feel the love and craft in every moment. As notes are drawn out and sustained, the music becomes meditative - absorbing you completely and drawing out any stress as if it had been prescribed for the purpose. In that power it is a defiantly human work.
It has been a fortuitous journey so far, a few steps from a chance meeting in a Cambridge folk club to musical enchantment. As if to revere that luck Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage have now released a definitively sublime album.
HANNAH SANDERS & BEN SAVAGE I Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
There is a tour to support Awakes' release:
- 4th May DONCASTER Roots Music Club I Tel: 07939 148603 | Website: http://www.rootsmusicclub.co.uk/
- 5th May WATH Festival I Tel: 07982 658467 | Website: http://www.wathfestival.org.uk/
- 6th May TODMORDEN Folk Festival I Website: http://todfolkfest.co.uk/
- 11th May CAMBRIDGE Golden Hind I Website: https://cambridgefolkclub.co.uk/
- 15th May LONDON Heath St Baptist Church, Hampstead I Website: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/420014
- 16th May STOKE ON TRENT Biddulph Arms I Tel: 01782 523277 | Website: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/420341
- 17th May LEICESTER The Musician I Tel: 01162 510080 | Website: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/420052
- 18th May SHEFFIELD Greystones I Website: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/420026
- 19th May SHREWSBURY The Hive I Tel: 01743 234970 | Website: http://www.hiveonline.org.uk/
- 20th May HALESWORTH The Cut I Tel: 0300 3033 211 | Website: http://newcut.org/
- 25th May IREBY Festival I Tel: 01697 371 645 | Website: http://www.irebyfestival.co.uk/
- 26th May EGREMONT Florence Arts Centre I Tel: 01946 824946| Website: https://www.florenceartscentre.com/
- 1st June FAREHAM Ashcroft Arts Centre I Tel: 01329 223100 | Website https://www.hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk/ashcroft-arts-centre
- 2nd June CASTLE CARY Caryford Community Hall I
Tel: 01963 350 194 | http://www.wegottickets.com/event/420053
- 3rd June TOPSHAM Matthews Hall I
Tel: 01392 875332| https://www.wegottickets.com/event/420606
- 27th June SOUTHWOLD Arts Festival I
Website: http://www.southwoldartsfestival.co.uk
- 29th June AYLESBURY Limelight Theatre I
Website: http://www.qpc.org/
- 30th June HEREFORD Courtyard I
Tel: 01432 340555 | Website: https://www.courtyard.org.uk/
- 7th Jul KIMPTON Folk Festival I
Website: https://www.kimptonfolk.uk/
- 20th Jul BRISTOL Downend Folk Club I Website: www.wegottickets.com/event/430758


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Bajo has crafted an intellectual thriller for a literate audience. –Los Angeles Times
It's engrossing stuff, there's no question. Bajo uses words and equations to the point of poetry. –Los Angeles Times
Think of it as Eastern European beach reading: a sexy book that's about everything, yet above all about the act (Act? Art!) of reading itself. –Minneapolis Star Tribune


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So, I've never been tagged before. So this is a first. And a very good one, so thanks Tattooed Mummy!
As you might know I love books. I've always loved books, as long as I can remember I've been reading. I'm a member of BookCrossing which gives me even more to read. And as I posted just two days ago, My To Be Read pile is massive.
So which books would I take to a desert island?
1. Lost Nation by Jeffrey Lent. A book that grabbed me from the start. The plot twists and turns like a bendy country lane. Absolutely loved it. I bought it for very little in a clearance sale quite a number of years ago and I still think it's one of the best books I've ever bought.
2. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I'm so glad I've decided to buy this book. I've read Niffenegger's Her Fearful Symmetry before and up to the third part I've enjoyed that book. The third part let it down for me. So I wasn't too sure about this book, but when I started reading I couldn't put it down. I read it every available minute. the end of the book becomes clear about half way through, but I didn't care. Needless to say, I cried after reading this.
3. The Unburied by Charles Palliser. After reading it at least ten times, I'm still no closer to solving the riddle that is this book. The description says it's situated in the late 1800′s, but it could so easily be somewhere between 1700 and 2020. There's no clue to what era this book is situated in. It gives me an uneasy feeling every time I read it and yet, I love it. This is a book I picked up in a clearance shop, years and years ago. I've been asked to lend it out a couple of times, but I'm so afraid to lose that it stays on my shelves.
4. The Lost Book of Salem by Katherine Howe. Want a great story about witchcraft? This is it. It gets better every time you read it. I've been on the lookout for this book for quite some time after I saw a description of it somewhere. But it was never for sale, until I found it in a store that sells remainded books. I picked it up for much less money than I would've spend if I bought it second-hand.
5. Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. This book was given to me by a friend as a BookCrossing book. I've since given it to the next reader and I can't help but think that was a mistake. I so want to read it again. The wonderful writing really sucks you in, makes you feel like you are part of the book. Part of the lives of little Sarah that's so desperately wants to go back to her little brother. I was so mad when I found out the truth. I remember throwing the book through the room whilst tears streamed down my face. I've had lots of nightmares about this book. I have picked it up as yet another Bookcrossing book. And this one might go onto my permanent collection.
6. The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman. Great story. Bone chilling, in fact. I read and reread this story so many times, the book almost falls apart. I can't put it down when I start reading this. Never in a million years I thought this story would still grab me after reading it so many times. The story is sinister, the ending is a bit dodgy, but still good enough.
7. Birdman by Mo Hayder. This is the most chilling story I have ever read. Yet I couldn't stop reading. I had to know why and how. I'm not going to say any more about it, as I'm afraid I'll reveal the plot. From The Guardian: I'd read to the end what I wished I hadn't begun.
8. The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf. This book came to me as a Ring-book. Which basically means it gets send from one person to the next until it reaches the person who send it on its way in the first place. The story is about two missing 7-year-olda. The setting is very eery. You know something bad must have happened, just not what. It kept me involved throughout the story. At the end I almost wished it was a few centimeters thicker.
9. Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton. Again, a book that's been given to me by a BookCrossing friend. And again, one that I couldn't stop reading. Very moving, very chilly story. The only thing that let it down for me was the incorrect use of a medicin in the book. But if you don't know about those things, you wouldn't know. This book will grab you and won't let go. The time I had when reading this was just too short. I wanted to read it without stopping.
10. This is a whole series of books, de Kameleon by Hotze de Roos. My mom and dad both had books from their childhood which I read. I liked my moms books, but they were a bit too girly for me. I was more of a tomboy. I climbed trees, I built huts, I helped my dad with his carpentry. So his books appealed more to me. When I was about 7 or 8 I started reading the Kameleon books. The books are about twins who go on all kinds of adventures with their boat which is called "De Kameleon". I loved those books. I could spend hours with them, in their boat. I was there, every step of the way. I have all 60 books and I wouldn't go without them!
What are your 10 Desert Island Books?
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Roger made his first steps in IT back in 2004. Since 2006 he founded, developed and ran a group of four IT companies which spread their operations internationally, and succeeded to provide their services to hundreds of small, medium and large companies throughout the world. In 2010 and 2014, Roger co-founded several ecommerce businesses which continue to conduct sales in 100+ countries up to this day.
Roger was also involved as a team leader and had managing roles in many startups throughout the years, contributing to their growth and development. Some of the startups were social networking websites, augmented reality apps, and face recognition projects. Roger gained a lot of experience on how to take an idea, develop a great product out of it, launch it, make customers love it, and make it become a success.
SSL Dragon is one of Roger's favorite projects, where he serves both as a co-founder and as a manager. Roger's involvement in SSL Dragon on a managing role is definitely an asset and of a great benefit for everybody involved, and especially for the customers who will greatly benefit from SSL Dragon's outstanding online security services. Being based in San Jose, which is the heart of Silicon Valley, and a very inspiring and meaningful location for technology entrepreneurs and companies, Roger's next goal on SSL Dragon is to take the company globally.
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Sergiu continues to work hard on shaping our next features, and on making our existing ones excel. Without him, SSL Dragon wouldn't be where it is today, and we owe him praise.
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Leaving jokes aside, we love Eugene's work, and we proudly think about him as one of our most important dragons. Think about it: everything you look at and see on our website was attentively shaped and designed by Eugene in hundreds of hours of work, which he dedicated to SSL Dragon which so much creativity, responsibility and passion.
Eugene is designing the Internet by giving the codes nice shapes and beautiful colors for over 10 years already. He worked as a UI/UX designer and creative director for several digital companies before joining SSL Dragon. He did the concept and design for hundreds of websites, mobile apps, and software. Our work relationship with him dates back from 2012. We loved working with him, and that served as a reason for us to invite him to work with us closer. His creative skills are outstanding and we are proud to have somebody of his expertise on board.
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Katie has 5 years of experience in payment card risk management. From counterfeit transactions to phishing scams, she knows exactly how to teach you about online security and fraud prevention. Moreover, her obsession with payment protection techniques and the emerging number of evil fraudsters inspired her to write about 'Risks of bank's informational system and ways of ensuring its security' in her Master Thesis. This is when she became a true fan of cyber security and website protection.
Thus, when we proposed her to be our Content dragon at SSLDragon, she cordially accepted our offer. Katie is responsible for arranging almost every word that you read on this website (even the ones you've just read J), so you could easily understand what is an SSL Certificate and how it protects your website. She writes with great pleasure and enthusiasm, not being afraid of using scary terms like "man-in-the-middle attack" to give comprehensive guidelines about enhancing your website's security.
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We are very lucky to have Matthew in our team of dragons. His 10-years experience in elaborately solving the most difficult web security problems and SSL Certificate "puzzles" is a very precious asset in offering really great technical support to our customers. He has an endless passion for making each and every client truly satisfied and happy. Matthew even jokes that he could do it for free if we gave him a dragon costume, a sword, and a shield.
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It is acceptable for the Polish government to house its current criminals in Auschwitz-Birkenau
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This debate must strictly adhere to the following hypothetical situation to ensure clairity and good quality.
Poland has been having a current wave of violent crime. All of its jails are full and it has no money to make more institutions for criminals and every viable building to keep them has been used. Despite that there are still 1000 violent criminals that have no place to be put; Poland can get no internal or external help on the matter and is on the verge of having to release these convicted violent criminals back into society.
Should Poland use its existing ex-Extermanation/Concentration camps to house these violent criminals? The only other viable option is for the prisoners to be sent to a island controled by Poland on the Baltic Sea, but they would have to walk and the journey would be extremely hazourdous, and most likely fatal to many of them, but that's not guaranteed
So there are three options in this debate:
1. Reopen ex-Nazi Extermination Camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and other former concentration camps as places of confinement and prisons
2. Releast 1000 violent criminals into society
3. Force the prisoners on a potentially fatal walk to an Island Jail
Pro is in the support of the first option
I am hoping this doesn't become a legistical/practical debate, and focuses on the moral issues
I look forward to hearing from my opponent on what I hope will be an extrodinarily unique debate if nothing else
First round is acceptance and clarification only.
Anyway, I accept but would like to make the following clarification:
As far as I can see the only island that belongs to Poland in the Baltic Sea is (appropriately named for the purposes of this debate) Hel (1), but this is connected to the mainland by a causeway (thus negating the need for convicts to walk on water to reach it. Could we use Hel as the location of the offshore penal colony?
(1) http://maps.google.co.uk...
I thank my opponent for accepting this debate. In response to your clairification, I do not want to use Hel as the island. The point of the island is to give an ambigous option to the problem, and with the unknown risk of danger I believe if the Island is not clairified it will add to the philisophical meat of this debate.
Ill post my one contentions and keep this round short, though reminding my opponent I am withholding certain materiel, because I have absolutely no idea where this debate will go.
I hope this debate will be approached like the notion of using Auschwitz-Birkenau was just announced in the Polish Government, because I will be arguing that any option is better, it is not a viable option and should not even be seriously considered
Auschwitz-Birkenau is a monstrously innapropriate place to house prisoners because of practical and moral issues.
Subpoint A) The History of the place demands its sanctity is not disturbed
I think we all know the history, so keeping prisoners in what is now a state museum for the largest hate crime in history would be like housing criminals in Dome of the Rock Mosque. This place should be seen by not just Poland but the global community as absolutely untouchable-the only appropriate use is commemorating the victims that died there. The gravity of the situation-having 1000 prisoners and no idea what to do with them, in no way outweighs the absolute sanctity of this place of remembrance. This place should be as respected by all humans as a church is to all Christians-it is an international symbol or remembrance and tolerance, despite its evil use in WWII, thats what it has evolved to be. To defile it by filling it with prisoners would be unacceptable to every human being on the planet-no matter what the alternatives are.
Subpoint B) Using it as a prison is the worlds penultimate hate crime
Re-opening Auschwitz-Birkenau as a prison is re-opening the wounds of the Holocaust. It is extremely intolerant to use this place as a jail once again no matter what the reason is. It does not matter that these men are guilty while the original inhabitants were innocent because it has become of symbol of persevering over hatred and intolerance-so to have people once again locked inside and residing on its bunks would undo all that and be a slap in the face to humanity in general. Mainly, the international Jewish Community will be in an uproar and I bet Poland could bet to be on the recieving end of a few of Isreals 200 nuclear weapons-while Poland has none to defend itself with.
Subpoint C) This is a breach of the actual prisoners rights
Pro is likely to talk a lot about the rights of the prisoners. But remember Auschwitz-Birkenau was designed to be as cruel as possible to its inmates, and to be able to cram as many people as possible into small places. Polish people respect this place almost as much as Jewish people, and I am sure many of them will violentely oppose to being put in there. It is degrading and disgracing to jam people like cattle into bunks that were meant for horses.
Subpoint D) It could be said that Auschwitz-Birkenau is in fact the "ideal" prison-it is not.
This was meant to house large amounts of harmless civilians, a violent criminal could find it quite easy to break out of the place, it relies heavily on flimsy electric fences that rubber handled clippers could destroy. In fact since most of its technology was made before 1940, it is seriously outdated, at the expense of the prisoners health and the prisons security.
So although the other two options are indeed quite unnaceptable as well, there are not as quite unnaceptable-they do not break so many human rights and indeed are better options than re-opening Auschwitz-Birkenau as a prison.
Unfortunately, though, my wife and I were both totally underwhelmed by the exhibition at Auschwitz-Birkenau - all there was to see was a sterile collection of austere-looking buildings, the reconstructed crematorium and a dusty old museum full of faded documents and black and white photographs. (1) We ambled about for an hour or so, trying to justify the long journey we had made to get there, before leaving feeling quite disappointed.
And if we found Auschwitz-Birkenau uninspiring, even with my wife's family connection to the place, imagine how bored and frustrated even younger visitors must be. This matters because it is especially important for children and young adults to learn the lessons of history and the exhibition at Auschwitz-Birkenau could and should represent a solemn reminder to future generations of what can happen if people allow their nationalist sentiments and racial prejudices to be exploited by extreme Right-wing politicians.
So, because it is currently so difficult for visitors to Auschwitz-Birkenau to picture in their minds the misery and suffering that the prisoners endured there, it is clear that something must be done to make the site more dynamic and appealing. As far as I can see, there are two alternative solutions to this challenge:
1 – Imprison Polish convicts in Auschwitz-Birkenau, which my opponent is against but which I am in favour of, and thus make the prisoners exhibits in a living museum, and so ensure the suffering of the inmates of Auschwitz-Birkenau during the Second World War is properly appreciated (more on this later), or:
2 – Licence the Auschwitz-Birkenau facility to a multi-national leisure corporation so they can open a theme park on the site, which they might name The Holocaust Hotel & Resort, and which would probably feature amusements such as:
The Heil Hitler Helter Skelter
Goebbels' Ghost Train
Aryan Racing Cars
Waffen-SS Water-SSplash
Reichsf�hrer's Rollercoaster
The Fascist Ferris Wheel
Goering's Gas Chamber of Horrors
The War Crimes Waltzer
And mingling among the crowds there would no doubt be hosts dressed in outsized costumes of cartoon characters such as:
Dick Taitor
Holly Korst
Des Pott
Jenny Side
Percy Cute
Of course, all these attractions would probably make the guests hungry, which is why the gas chambers would perhaps be converted into a pizza restaurant - and the crematory ovens fired up once again to bake the pizzas in – and this could be what the menu would look like:
Neo-Nazi Neapolitan
Genocide Genoa
Fascist Fiorentina
Death March Margherita
Storm Trooper Supreme
Holocaust Hawaiian
Choice of Deutschland �ber ales including Birkenau-Brau and Konzentrations Lager
Selection of Waffen-SS SSodas
Freshly-squeezed orange Jews (not made from concentration campers)
I believe that if the Polish government chose this second option and allowed a private company to exploit the suffering of those interned in Auschwitz-Birkenau for profit, this would represent a grevious insult to the memories of those who died there, and they would, quite rightly, face intense criticism from the international community.
However, if they chose the first option and enhanced the poiniency of Auschwitz-Birkenau by housing prisoners within the memorial site to help visitors better visualise life in Auschwitz-Birkenau under the Nazis then the rest of the world would applaud the Poles for their efforts to bring the atrocities committed there to a wider audience.
To illustrate this I will address my opponent's sub-points in turn as follows:
A) The History of the place demands its sanctity is not disturbed.
On many of the famous historical battlefields of Europe and North America the conflicts of the past are re-created by battle re-enactment societies. This is done for their own enjoyment but also for the benefit of the public who are able to better understand the history of the event because it is brought to life for them. These mock battles usually take place on the very ground where thousands of people died but nobody objects and "demands that the sanctity of the place is not disturbed" – that's because they know that the re-enactment is educational.
B) Using it as a prison is the worlds penultimate hate crime.
My opponent wrote: "Re-opening Auschwitz-Birkenau as a prison is re-opening the wounds of the Holocaust." The wounds of the Holocaust have never healed: it remains deeply embedded in the psyches of Jews, Gypsies, Russians and other groups that suffered at the hands of the Nazis, even generations later. Furthermore, it is vital that the Holocaust should remain in the conciousness of humanity and never be forgotton lest the mistakes of the past are made again. Revitalising Auschwitz-Birkenau by installing real prisoners there once again will help keep the memories of the past alive.
I believe Jewish people in general, and the Israeli government in particluar, would recognise the righteousness of enhancing Auschwitz-Birkenau in this way but, even if they didn't, I don't believe the Israeli government: beligerent, belicose and aggressive though it often is; would launch an attack on a NATO member with all the dire concequences for them that would ensue from such a course of action. Iran, maybe, Poland, no.
(C) This is a breach of the actual prisoners rights.
A lot is spoken of prisoners' human rights, but not so much of the rights of their victims. Perhaps fod rations could be increased in relation to those of the Nazi times, and fewer inmates would be incarcerated in each building but, beyoind that, I don't think we need concern ourselves unduly with providing convicts with luxurious accomodation.
(D) It could be said that Auschwitz-Birkenau is in fact the "ideal" prison-it is not.
It's not an ideal prison at the moment but the security measures could easily be beefed up: and imagine, if the watch-towers were once again manned by armed guards, how that would make the whole visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau all the more evocative of the Nazi era and, by extention, therefore, more educational.
To conclude, the two alternative options my opponent suggested to solve the Polish prison crisis are unworkable and dangerous to both prisoners and public alike, whereas re-opening Auschwitz-Birkenau as a functioning prison within the context of a living museum not only solves the prison crisis but would also help keep the horrors of the past alive. That way, hopefully, a genocide along the lines of the Holocaust will never happen again.
Thank you.
(1) http://en.auschwitz.org...
I must admit I am a bit sad that after you described an Auschwitz theme park in such detail you did not use it as an argument or alternative. I would have liked to debate that with you, but you chose to scrap it.
"I believe that if the Polish government chose this second option and allowed a private company to exploit the suffering of those interned in Auschwitz-Birkenau for profit, this would represent a grievous insult to the memories of those who died there, and they would, quite rightly, face intense criticism from the international community."
Perhaps another time then. Oh well, to start I guess I'll tell you why my opponents entire argument is based on a lie
His entire argument relies on that fact that Auschwitz-Birkenau is not effective at educating its visitors-especially children, in the horrors that happened there.
Forgive me my dear Sir, you are obviously quite educated, even brilliant and are a phenomenal debater, but anyone who visits Auschwitz-Birkenau as it is today and is not moved and spellbound is either a blockhead or just insensitive. All of the horrors of the place still exist today, when tour groups walk by the still bloodstained wall where prisoners who were discovered to be pregnant were executed, it is common for many of them to burst into tears. Even a child could understand the significance when he walks under the Iron letters "Arbeit Macht Frei", I felt a chill run cold down my spine when I walked under those.
Auschwitz is not a "sterile collection of austere-looking buildings, the reconstructed crematorium and a dusty old museum full of faded documents and black and white photographs." The place is already a theme park-it is a sadists dream vacation and captures the attention of all who come, it needs no more visual examples or prisoner reeancatment to get the point across. The place has thousands of miles of razor wire, the "austere" buildings gaze down on every person with malice, each one with many horrifying tales to tell what went on in there. It is filled with gruesome exhibit after gruesome exhibit, you can see the electric fence where prisoners preferred to commit suicide, because it had higher voltage than the others, or the appelplatz where prisoners were hung for stealing a slice of bread, or even the gallow where Kommandant Rudolph Hess was hung-one of the first people to be tried for crimes against humanity!
Point is Auschwitz is much more effective as a ghostly remnant than a living museum, where would you rather go, an old abandoned Western Ghost town in the southern US, that oozes history, or an old Ghost town that looks ridiculous and modern because of renovations, and annoying tour guides dressed up in ugly costumes and that have bad accents?
This leads to my second point: Using Auschwitz-Birkenau as a living museum will decrease its integrity and effectiveness
No one wants to go to a place that has 1000 violent criminals shoved in it. They'd be dangerous and probably throw bodily fluids at the tourists. Also, it is an innacurrate re-enactment because the majority of people that were housed there were innocent-that is why its so notorious, so putting violent criminals in Auschwitz-Birkenau is like putting an actors in an opera. it would confuse people what the place was used for.
So basically what I've said is that A-B is much more effective as a lifeless ghost town, and live prisoners will detract from the message and ruin its integrity. The only difference between A-B and any other prison is that innocent people were kept there so again putting prisoners there is like putting actors in an opera. They have no historical relevance being there, but A-B is already effective as it is.
With reference to my opponent's most recent arguments, it is true that housing convicts in Auschwitz-Birkenau would be not entirely authentic, especially because the inmates during the Second World War were innocent of any crime. I suppose that the Polish government could round-up all the Jews, Gypsies, ethnic Russians and political dissidents in Poland and imprison them without trial in Auschwitz-Birkenau and use their vacated homes to keep convicts under house arrest, but I believe this would be immoral and, although I haven't checked, I am pretty sure it would be illegal under international law as well.
With regard to the current exhibition at Auschwitz-Birkenau, it is also true that more enlightened, cultured and sophisticated people (such as my opponent and our fellow members off Debate.org) would not require any artificial stimuli to help them appreciate the magnitude of what happened there under the Nazis but, sadly perhaps, most young people today are desensitised to violence, suffering and death.
That's because they are exposed to highly realistic simulated violence on video games whereby players are invited to kill their enemies on a wholesale basis, with these massacres being depicted in advanced computer-generated animations which show all the blood and gore in graphic detail.
Similarly, films featuring extreme violence are routinely piped into teenagers' bedrooms and viewed on HD, 3-D plasma TVs to enhance the seeming reality.
This instant gratification of wanton violence requires no need for the use of the imagination, no need to wade through dull black and white television documentaries, no need to research academic books or websites: all the drama and action any teenager could ever want is right there on demand via their computers, games consoles, TVs and even their mobile (cell-) phones.
How many young people are going to sacrifice sun, sea and sex to go on holiday (vacation) to Auschwitz-Birkenau just to look at displays of old suitcases, piles of human hair and some blood stains: the attraction must be made more appealing to them.
Now, imagine the haunting cries of a new inmate who has been cornered in the showers by a group of homosexual nonces drifting across the courtyards: the visitors would know they weren't the tormented screams of prisoners being tortured by the Nazis, but the sound would be the same – and they would know that, unlike on video games and films, someone was suffering right there and then, live, not an act or a sound-effect - and that would add the extra dimension to the Auschwitz-Birkenau exhibition that would broaden its appeal enough to attract more younger visitors.
Thank you.
My dear, my very dear opponent, I thank you for this stimulating debate, but there's just one small issue...
Perhaps Auschwitz-Birkenau isn't a place for children,
My opponents whole argument relies on Auschwitz being ineffective at teaching our current generation about the holocaust. But Auschwitz is not meant for being a tool to teach children about the Holocaust, it is much to nuanced for that. Children should and must start at books, and the other many mediums of Holocaust education. Only when someone already has a true grasp of what went on in the Forgotten nights of Hitler's Europe should they visit the museum known as Auschwitz in Poland. Auschwitz is the epitome of realization about the holocaust, children under 16 are discouraged from attending, we simply cannot dumb it down to try and appeal to a wider audience, not just for moral issues but for the impossibility of doing anything but muddling and sensationalizing someone's image of the holocaust. Any attempts to re-create what happened would only muddle and distort Auschwitz's real message. The complexity of hundreds of years of racism, and the ignorance and apathy from the world leading up to the events would be lost by making this place a glorified theme park. Auschwitz has simply so much more to offer than the shallow display of cruelty my opponent proposes. The road to understanding Auschwitz is a gradual one-with a gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts, and above all, certainly not prisoner re-enactment.
Point is, Auschwitz-Birkenau is not meant to be the source to generate interest in the Holocaust. It is completely true that it is the most famous and most macabre, but filling it with prisoners will detract from its ultimate message. Would undermine what it says about tolerance and social awareness and advocacy. We must teach that the crimes of the past are unacceptable, and must never be repeated, but what my opponent is proposing is just that-repeating the sins of our past. Whether or not it is in the attempt of education, the reality would be once again cries are ringing out in the night just as they did during the war, once again human suffering is thriving in that patch of forlorn dirt, and that ladies and gentlemen, is simply unacceptable.
But let us say, let us say that Auschwitz is opened once again as a prison, and has a measure of effect, despite the amount of educated, elderly people that would cease to come in disgust. Let us assume the impossible idea that despite Jewish people being too scared or ashamed to visit, that the young managed to get past oohing and awing at this glorified zoo and entertainment t theatre, and managed to learn something. Let us assume that we tried to modernize something that has no place in modern society, and it worked to a degree, that hundreds of years of hate could be compressed and expressed by a couple of cruel acts, that they weren't so distracting because of their nature, that youth could learn something besides the fact that cruelty happened there. I ask you, how long until that became ineffective? How long until the next generation was so desensitized to what they saw, that they needed more visual aids to become in touch with Auschwitz-Birkenau? How long until the gas chamber had to be re-opened? How long before innocent Jewish children had to be thrown to the flames to teach youth about the holocaust? How long before we lost everything we tried to save?
I have said in this short speech that Auschwitz is not meant as a resource to help youth connect to the holocaust, it is the end of the line of holocaust education, if children need that sort of stimuli they can watch Shindlers List.
Prisoner re-enactment gives a false, shallow image of the real messages of Auschwitz and so much is lost in the process
We cannot try to accommodate Auschwitz to the needs of the portion of our youth that is addicted to media-violence, it is not possible, it will be silly, fake, shallow and distracting to what really needs to be learnt
The slippery slope of dumbing down Auschwitz not only loses its message, but will lead it to being used as a nefarious place once again
Perhaps the ghostly silence of the dusty walks in Auschwitz-Birkenau is louder than the shriek of any man.
It is, perhaps, true that housing convicted prisonersi in Auschwitz may attract some critism but let us remind ourselves of the only two possible alternatives my opponent set: to relaese the prisoners: and thus allow them to run amock accross Continental Europe committing crime with impunity; or to make them swim to an offshore island.with all the loss of lives that will certainly entail.
Of the three options, I believe I have shown that the Auschwitz option is the least worst.
Thank you.
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The story surrounding this book would make a better book than the book itself (if that makes any sense). Jack Henry Abbott was a career prisoner who struck up a correspondence with Norman Mailer, who was writing a book about another prisoner, Gary Gilmore, which became "The Executioner's Song." Abbott, encouraged by Mailer, kept writing and was eventually released and then killed somebody. So, yeah, you could be the biggest advocate for prison reform and still find this book a little repellant, as well as Mailer's sponsorship. Mailer, attracted to violence in an adolescent manner, maybe thought he was discovering the next Sade or Genet, but Abbott, while exhibiting some raw, brutal power, is not much of a writer and a rather incoherent philosopher and political commentator, which he seems to think he is, touching on Marx, Engles, Sartre and Nietzsche without making much sense of them. This muddled, half-assed philosophizing is also found in Mailer, so he might have recognized himself. He also has lots of nice things to say about Communism (like the Communist press always tells the truth) and about himself (like he's read a lot of important books). Interesting to read next to Mailer, but a deeply flawed, morally queasy work.
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Ariana makes brave comeback to Manchester for a star-studded night where "Love Wins!".
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A rainbow over the London Bridge,— Simone. (@SimoneHeartbeat) June 4, 2017
while Ariana Grande sings "somewhere over the rainbow",
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Cried at Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Such an incredibly special show. Thank you @ArianaGrande. #OneLoveManchester pic.twitter.com/V4X8pIm9T6— Josh Baldwin (@JoshB_xx) June 4, 2017
Ariana Grande breaks down in tears during Somewhere Over The Rainbow #OneLiveManchester pic.twitter.com/rvwvspINcf— Elliot Wagland (@elliotwagland) June 4, 2017
An emotional end to an emotional night. #OneLastTime #OneLoveManchester https://t.co/BZZ5U9qQqJ pic.twitter.com/25umlGIYe5— Heart (@thisisheart) June 4, 2017
A beautiful ending to a heartfelt night where celebrities, victims' family and friends and supporters stood together as one.


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The Guardian's Simon Jenkins said "[t]he symbolism is impossible to escape". It feels like an assault on democracy, an assault on the Palace of Westminster.
But it's not.
This is Jenkins point. We must not be reactionary in a way which satisfies the (supposed) objectives of attacks such as these. In this case, Britain and its allies must recognise that this was the "not if but when"; a scenario not unlike what they have planned, exercised, and prevented before.
Attacks on highly emotive targets are designed to cause an assault on democracy, but themselves simply highlight the most fragile points in our ideals. We are most fragile where we are afraid, lose trust in the goodwill of our community, and start to question our intuition that free, prosperous societies keep us safe. The debate walks the line between privacy and security; between "if you've got nothing to hide" and "show probable cause"; and it is in this debate that we begin to lose sight of the values that actually create and maintain our security.
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass said "I know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the liberties of any other class." I have always believed that this thought reflects of American slavery what us-and-them mentality reflects of security policy: when deciding how to deal with the intangible adversary – "them" – it is never possible to make good policy. Security policy must be grounded not in what threats it removes, but what threats it creates. Policy that creates power inequities, strong financial interests, and undesirable cultural shifts, no matter the risks it mitigated, always makes us less safe. Risks that are strategically mitigated are those that we are aware of; those that will be created by policy impacts are unpredictable.
This is why it is vital that we, the U.K. and likeminded states, do not lose sight of our values, and value shaped policy when confronted by the smoke and mirrors of emotive symbolism like the targeting of Westminster. Had the target been the palace at Holyrood, or St James, the same conclusions about its meaning would not be drawn. Then, there would be questions about republicanism, growing inequality and conservative austerity policies.
It's tempting to analyse the significance of the attack, and to draw conclusions about the direction of the world. But to do that is to forget that drawing these conclusions closes off other lines of analysis that may draw closer to our desire for safety and security. To extrapolate that democracy itself, the values of freedom of expression, gender equality, liberal societies are under substantive threat, excludes conclusions on the complexity of the global Information Age, where an individual can induce themselves to radical violence entirely in the isolation of their own home. It also forgoes improving policy frameworks on employment rates and living place of resourcing emergency response exercises and police recruitment. The breadth and nuance of factors leading to vents like we have seen in London is lost.
Acts of extreme, sudden violence in political climates of divisiveness, mistrust and scarcity must not push us to lose sight of the society we want to live in, and build for the prosperity of future generations. The words "National Security" must not cause a blinding to policy detail and tracked, assessed, properly measured intended and unintended outcomes. And citizens of liberal, privileged societies must not forget to hold fast to values which create trust, inclusion and compassion in a world where the climate induces sporadic attacks on the history of democratic thought.


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Desired Horizons
"I'm not happy with work." "I've been thinking about moving." These quotes are a tiny sample of what people have shared with me after I told them I am leaving. I wonder, if… Continue reading
"I'm not happy with work." "I've been thinking about moving." These quotes are a tiny sample of what people have shared with me after I told them I am leaving. I wonder, if… Continue reading
I never thought I would say what in recent years was all I wanted to say.
I've been crying a lot lately. There are many moments where I stop to catch my breath. I have moments of disbelief at the obstacles I have faced and have overcome. I can… Continue reading
I've been very emotional these past two weeks. This past week alone I've cried almost every day. If I cried in public, it might alarm people because of the depth of my tears.… Continue reading
My cell phone camera stopped working this weekend. I didn't know it stopped working, until I was at an event, that I looked forward to and wanted to document. The next morning, I… Continue reading
Letting go creates space for new people, opportunities and energy to come into your life.
Happy New Year! It's 2017!!! I hope your 2016 ended well with peaceful resolve on the hard moments and experiences of your year. I hope you had profound realizations on ways that you… Continue reading
I'm filled with emotion. I just saw a screening of a movie that I worked on last fall, called "La La Land". It was amazing and is perhaps the best movie I have… Continue reading
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Happy New Year's Eve! I hope the year was good to you and everything that you needed it to be. If the year was a challenge, I hope you learned and grew or… Continue reading
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Despite having advised or consulted to many a social enterprise and start-up over the years, there is nothing like the real experience of starting your own.
Despite having advised or consulted to many a social enterprise and start-up over the years, there is nothing like the real experience of starting your own.
Here are some of my learnings while setting up our social enterprise, Young Change Agents.
Finding the right Co-Founder is like winning the lottery and you should treat it as such. In my case, my Co-Founder Jonathan Srikanthan and I met at a social enterprise networking event so it was really a twist of fate that 1) we met at all 2) that in such a short period we connected over the idea of helping youth see problems as opportunities. One thing we decided on early on was that everyone who works for Young Change Agents is in a sales role. If we are to be a social enterprise, then we need to always be talking to potential customers, listening to their feedback and pivoting our solution as we need to. We also agreed to get over any disagreements quickly. Of course, not everything is smooth sailing but if you are not in it together then why would anyone else want to be part of what you are creating. For me, finding a Co-Founder was the first step in validating the idea. And on that note:
Validation is everything. In our programs we talk about that concept of "moving from fantasy to reality". Your idea is worth nothing if people aren't interested in it. For our schools-based product, for example, we initially talked to a Director of NSW Public Schools, some principals, teachers and even received positive feedback from the newly established NSW DET Futures Unit. For our youth-focused organisations we spoke to our contacts at various well-known NFPs including the Australian Red Cross, Muslim Women's Association, Cerebral Palsy Alliance and Youth off the Streets. Overall we have had great constructive feedback, especially around the levels of the students/youth, the format of our content, and how to better involve teachers and youth workers from a train-the-trainer perspective. For example, for primary schools we worked our program from a 3-day block into a 10 week program that fit the timetable. Soon we will be sending out wider surveys using SurveyMonkey (which we also encourage the youth to use for their validation!).
Pilots are a golden opportunity. We decided early on that our aim was to pilot the Young Change Agents program in two schools and with two youth-focussed NFP groups. The catch was that they all needed to be "paid pilots". We felt that a free pilot did not prove to us that our service was valuable enough to be sustainable unless someone was willing to pay for it. We are currently running our third paid pilot (with the fourth starting next week) and treat each of these as a co-development model with our clients. This means that are they clear on the fact it is a pilot and help us by providing feedback and ideas. There have been times during the pilot where we have had to stop and say, "this isn't working as we thought. Let's try it this way". This means as we scale we have the best model moving forward. We have also found that our co-development clients are also keen to help us promote the program by giving us access to photos and stories to use in our social media accounts.
Getting the admin and marketing organised efficiently and quickly. As part-time co-founders, we've had to get better at working smarter and efficiently.. quickly. We also know that embedding the right processes and tools from the outset will make it easier as we scale. Access to free or low cost technology has been a fantastic enabler, from collaboration software (to help us work remotely, documenting processes), through to using Google Apps for our calendar and emails. For our website, we decided to keep cost down and do this ourselves , using a product I was already familiar with – Nationbuilder. It means we can manage our website, use CRM tools, sign up volunteers and manage events/bookings down the track. You can now also find us on facebook, twitter (@ychangeagents) and of course here on LinkedIn.
Be careful with your money. There was a moment last week when I was boarding a bus for a Young Change Agents program, juggling a number of boxes and suitcases full of program material, and I thought, "why am I not getting a taxi?". You have to really value your money in a start-up, as it doesn't come easily and there are so many costs to take on. Our biggest expenses to date have been our logo (which we ran a design for on 99 Designs), our t-shirts we wear when presenting and our printing/stationery needed to run our programs. As an aside we try and spend with social enterprises where we can. Both our printing company (Kwik Copy in Surry Hills) and our t-shirt makers (Dorsu in Cambodia) are social enterprises. We also buy any thank you gifts from local social enterprises Thank you Group and Table of Plenty. Our next big expense will be our next video which will showcase one of our pilot programs. As an organisation passionate about the young people, for this we will be using up-and-coming young film makers.
Don't risk everything. I have often watched the TV show "Shark Tank" where they have questioned the full commitment of the founders if they have a part-time job. Well, for me it is a smart choice to keep some income coming in for the very early days of a new venture. It also provides an outlet so you don't think constantly about your start-up! Of course it's a personal choice, but it would be much more stressful for me not to be able to pay my rent than it is to work a couple of days a week doing something other than my own thing. It also gives you perspective and the chance to meet different people and learn new skills. This works for me because I am more efficient when I have less time to do something. So if I know I only have 3 days a week then I get it done in 3 days. I would be lying though if I said a start-up doesn't mean working evenings and weekends, because it does. And that's okay because for me – Young Change Agents isn't a job.
Plan for growth and scale. Our vision is that Young Change Agents is an affordable and accessible program to all youth, which is why scale is key for us. From very early on the aim has been to get all our content ready to move online. The program itself is very hands-on and practical - it's not about getting youth to sit in front of a computer. It aims to build the capacity of youth workers, teachers and corporate mentors to promote and facilitate the program. Our digital learning and communication platform will include gamified learning, mentor guides, videos and forums. It will also allow the facilitators to engage directly with Young Change Agents. To achieve this vision, we need to get partners on board and are in the process of talking to a number of interested partners about their involvement. If you are interested in helping create a generation of change agents, please get in touch. Our focus is on shared value and maximising social return on investment. You can drop me a note at firstname.lastname@example.com
I look forward to sharing more of the next 6 months! For now, back to work.


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Skills Development Scotland has launched a choices toolkit that helps pupils to make the right subject choices for their future career pathways. This tool complements the efforts of Career Advisors who are busy in schools providing a programme of support at this important time for young people in S2/3.
The toolkit allows learners to connect subjects with the potential career opportunities and relevant job profiles. You can access the toolkit at: https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/subjectchoices
Using the toolkit
A support pack has been developed around the toolkit with useful ideas on how to support young people alongside the efforts of career advisors to make well informed and appropriate subject choices.
You can download the pack here:
SDS Partner toolkit


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May 18, 2016
Ep. 131 - special guest Marius Røvde
This week we welcome back Whitecaps FC goalkeeper coach Marius Røvde to the show. Over the next hour you'll hear Marius' thoughts on the Whitecaps season to date, the recent victories over Toronto FC, Chicago and Portland, as well as which Premier League goalkeeper Marius believes he can help and much, much more. Enjoy!
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Tag Archives: Steve Madden
Bali Prep!
In 3 days I am heading off to Bali, Indonesia for the first time! It's hard to imagine sunny humid days when its bitterly cold here in Australia. I'm currently working out my travel wardrobe. Maybe pink shades? With black and white? A rain poncho, a hat and insect repellent are absolute musts!
To do list:
- Seminyak! Where we are staying 🙂
- Beach bars and sunsets
- Ubud and the rice fields
- Monkey Sanctuary
- Elephant Safari
- Temples!
- Shopping…
Sunday Spots
What will I wear tomorrow? #polka
Saturday Nights In
Obsessed with… Snowflakes
After my recent trip to Yosemite Valley where we got to explore the frozen creeks and snow around the bases of the giant trees, I'm catching myself thinking wistfully of snow. I've not experienced much snow in my life and I've never actually experienced snow falling on me. In London the closest I got was some sleety hail/snow, but it had evaporated into rain as soon as it hit the ground.
So snow flakes almost seem like a fantasy creation. I recently bought these large Steve Madden earrings to help curb my enthusiasm for intricate, delicate snowflakes that one day hopefully I'll experience in the flesh.
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New York - Lynn Turner, former chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission and an outspoken critic of the Big Four and the American Institute of CPAs, was named a managing director at financial consulting firm Kroll Zolfo Cooper.
In his new role, Turner will advise KZC's forensic accounting and litigation consulting clients on financial restatement investigations, SEC matters and corporate governance. In addition, Turner will provide an array of services such as expert testimony.
Turner was also recently named managing director of research at Glass, Lewis & Co., an independent research concern that focuses on corporate integrity. The company reviews corporate governance, accounting policies, financial transparency, compensation plans, shareholder protections and the boards of directors of public companies.
"These [Glass Lewis and KZC] are extremely intriguing opportunities," said Turner. "It takes me back to much of what I was doing at the SEC for investor protection and to corporate governance as well."
Turner has been a professor of accounting and corporate governance at Colorado State University since August 2001. He said that he would remain at CSU under the auspices of an "executive-in-residence" program, where he will serve as a guest lecturer at the university's College of Business.
Turner served as the chief accountant of the SEC from July 1998 to August 2001.
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Sun, Oct 4, 2015
Colorado Springs, CO
Adult 5k - Adult 5k
Youth 5k - Youth 17 and Under
Family 5k - Immediate family of 4
BE a Hero, RUN for a Hero!!
We supply the Super Hero Cape for each registrant and you supply the desire to run/walk for your Super Hero! You're more than welcome to wear your own special Super Hero Costume.
Do you have a Super Hero that you'd like to honor? Possibly your Super Hero is enlisted, deployed, fighting cancer, battling an illness or waiting for you in Heaven.
Or, is you Super Hero dedicated to bringing awareness to an illness or a mission? Maybe it is your child, mom, husband or best friend that you'd like to honor during this 5k? Is it you? Are you a Super Hero by battling a war of your own?
It doesn't matter who your Super Hero is, what matters is are you ready to honor them by running or walking this 5k?
A wall of Super Heros will be on-site for everyone to honor their Super Hero. Write a note, words of encouragement, poems, or post a dedicaiton. Would you like to add a photo of your hero? - please do!
Q's? Please email: email@example.com
USA Cares information: http://www.usacares.org/
All proceeds will benefit the USA Cares Colorado Chapter. This is the largest fundraiser in 2014 for this chapter. Thank you in advance for supporting a local event supporting a local non-profit.
Sunday, October 4, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
NO! Please bring ID if you'd like to enjoy a local craft beer at our beer garden.
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
There is plety of local parking at the event, please follow the parking signs.
What can/can't I bring to the event?
Please leave your best furry dog friend at home for this event.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Please email: email@example.com
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New Year's resolutions are all too often forgotten about before the calendar flips to February. How can you make a New Year's Resolution that you can keep? Or perhaps more importantly, one you want to keep?
First, choose something that is important to you. It doesn't only have to be about your weight. As a gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, or gastric band patient, you've already made a decision to lose weight and set a plan in motion. You can use this momentum to reach your goal weight, or you could strive for something different, something that will benefit your life in other healthy ways. Health and wellness can go deeper than just weight. Consider also physical health, as well as emotional, spiritual, environmental, intellectual, occupational, and social health and wellness.
Once you've established what is important to you, choose a specific issue. If your career is important to you, think of your dream job and how to get it. If taking a trip is important to you, consider where you want to go and how you will pay for it. If your physical fitness is important to you, consider if you want to improve your stamina or learn a new sport. If social wellness is important to you, think about if you want to get involved in your community more, or volunteer to help others, or make new friends.
Finally, establish your resolution as a way of setting a goal that you can look forward to achieving.
We got 5 tips to help you establish and achieve your healthy New Year's resolution:
Set an Achievable Goal
Setting your goal too high is a sure fire way of letting yourself down. Chances are if you have trouble walking a mile on January 1st, you won't be running a marathon by December. But, you can work toward it. If you are a smoker, you may not be able to quit smoking cold turkey on January 1st. But, you can set a goal to reduce how much you smoke each day, week, or month until you've quit. You may not be able to quit your job and land the career of your dreams. But, you can work toward it by updating your resume, reaching out to contacts in your field to see who's hiring, setting up interviews, or taking a class to improve your skills or learn a new one. You will probably not get rich in 2017. But, you can set a goal to save money.
Make it Measurable
Setting a goal like "To Get Healthy" is a lofty vision, but hard to measure. What is healthy? Is it achieving a certain BMI? Exercising a set number of days a week? Lowering your cholesterol? It's hard to know if you're on track if you can't measure yourself. Instead, set goals like: I will exercise 5 days a week; I will reduce my BMI by 5 points; I will lower my cholesterol to below 200 mg/dl; I will go on 5 job interviews; I will be able to run 3 miles without stopping; I will set aside $400 each month in a special account; I will bring my lunch to work at least 4 days a week; or I will read ten new books. Keep track of your progress on a calendar, in a planner, or a journal. If your goal seems impossible to achieve, tweak it. If you reach your goal early, set a new one.
Don't Expect Immediate Results
You will most likely not achieve your goal by the end of January, nor should you expect to. Map out a plan for the year with short term goals for each month set up to help you be on track to meet your end of year goal. For example, if your goal is to lose 50 pounds, break it up. Set a smaller goal to lose 4-5 pounds per month, which will allow you to achieve your larger goal by the end of the year. If your goal is to save money, spend January keeping track of your expenses. Then, make a budget and stick with it. Next, trim expenses where you can. After you've cut back, set up weekly or monthly automatic transfers into a special savings account so you can see your savings grow.
Review Your Progress and Expect Some Setbacks
Each month, compare your goal versus your achievements. You may not meet your goal each month. Things happen. You will get sick. You will cheat on your diet. You will get busy. You will not get offered every job. You will have unplanned expenses. The trick is to keep moving forward and not use the setback as an excuse to quit altogether. Learn from your setback. What caused it? How could you have prevented it? Does it change your goal? Revise your plan if necessary, or keep working to achieve the goals you've set forth. But, keep at it and review again next month.
Celebrate Achievements
Each achievement deserves recognition. It might be as simple as telling people about it- tell your family, or friends, or coworkers. Celebrating does not have to equal treating yourself to a special food or spending money, especially if that contradicts your goal. If your goal is to save money, you could celebrate your first $500 by inviting a friend over to watch your favorite movie or show. Or, if your goal is to lose weight, celebrate your first 10 pound weight loss by painting your toenails. If you landed the job interview you wanted, celebrate with a day at the beach. Reward yourself for a job well done, set your eye on your next achievable goal, then brainstorm your next reward, and work toward it!
These suggestions are offered by Dr. Shillingford, M.D., P.A., a Center of Excellence Surgeon specializing in gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, and lap band surgery. Dr. Shillingford's reputation for excellent surgical skills and comfortable bedside manner attract patients from all over Florida, including Naples, Tampa, Sarasota, Port St. Lucie, Orlando, and Jacksonville. His bariatric weight loss patients receive top notch care during their hospital stay at Northwest Medical Center's Center for Excellence in Bariatric Surgery, where he serves as Medical Director, and during their follow up care in his Boca Raton office. Dr. Shillingford and his dedicated staff wish his patients a healthy and happy New Year.


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In the Middle East and North Africa, the Arab Spring brought about not only peaceful transformation but also violent conflicts, and it also reignited old disagreements. Whereas the protests were largely peaceful in Morocco, Tunisia, and Jordan, they escalated into violence in Syria, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen. Simultaneously, existing conflicts – for example, in Lebanon, in Iraq, and in the Palestinian territories – continued to develop as a result of their own dynamics. On the whole, the level of violence has increased since 2011, meaning that the institutions responsible for domestic and external security, such as the judiciary, the police, the military, and the security forces, are facing new challenges.
What importance do old institutional structures and new agreements have in the balancing of interests between various political actors? Can the choice of specific rules and institutions, for example, powersharing, prevent violence and secure peace? What role are the influential representatives of the military playing in the transformation? How much influence do religious actors have on whether conflicts unfold peacefully or violently?
The GIGA's experts closely examine the causes and consequences of both the peaceful and violent progression of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. In doing so, they take into account questions related to public security, security sector reform, and the relationship between military and civil power. They also examine the dynamics of violence as well as the opportunities and challenges of powersharing arrangements.
British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 45, 2018, 2, 231-250
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 39, 2016, 6, 519-541
GIGA Focus Middle East,
Terrorism and Political Violence, 27, 2015, 4, 762-780
GIGA Working Paper, No. 279, October 2015
Middle East Policy, XXII, 2015, 2, 94-107
Conflict Management and Peace Science, 32, 2014, 2, 175-199
GIGA Focus Middle East,
Civil Wars, 15, 2013, 1, 78-99
GIGA Focus Middle East,
GIGA Working Paper, No. 222, May 2013
GIGA Working Paper, No. 219, April 2013
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GIGA Focus International Edition English,
GIGA Focus Middle East,
in: Thorsten G. Schneiders (ed.), Der Arabische Frühling. Hintergründe und Analysen, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2013, 65-80
GIGA Focus Middle East,
GIGA Working Paper, No. 186, January 2012
GIGA Focus Middle East,
GIGA Focus Middle East,
Wissenschaft und Frieden, 3, 17-20
In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, Tunisia is on the road to democracy, Egypt has again become a military state, and Saudi Arabia remains an authoritarian monarchy. The GIGA studies the various political developments and analyses the new forms of political legitimisation.
The Arab Spring shook up the internal order in the Middle East. Several states are competing for regional influence. What role are international actors playing? How are regional dynamics influencing global politics?
The Arab Spring is widely viewed as a historical turning point. Why have the various revolts in North African and the Middle Eastern states played out so differently? What are the prospects for democracy, peace, and security? Our dossier provides the key background information.