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February 1, 2019
CALGARY – The Green Party of Alberta welcomes the sound decision by the Supreme Court of Canada to uphold the right and duty of provincial regulators to perform environmental cleanup of abandoned and orphaned oil wells with liquidated assets, while refuting the argument that bankruptcy laws make an unassailable protection of creditors right to repayment.
As Chief Justice Richard Wagner wrote, "Bankruptcy is not a licence to ignore rules, and insolvency professionals are bound by and must comply with valid provincial laws during bankruptcy." Accordingly, the Green Party of Alberta also calls for the provincial government to put in place firm timelines for reclamation.
A May 2016 ruling by the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench allowed trustees for bankrupt companies free to sell any productive assets for the benefit of the creditors and walk away from the rest, leaving them for the industry-funded Orphan Well Association and the taxpayers to clean up. Now, backed by this fair and clear ruling by the Supreme Court, the environmental obligations of the bankrupt entities will take priority over the claims of creditors.
Low oil prices since 2014 have led to more bankruptcies of companies, resulting in an enormous increase in newly orphaned wells from a manageable 74 in 2012 up to a current total of 3127 newly orphaned wells. Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) records indicate that as of January 2016, there are 77,658 inactive wellbores in Alberta alone that will need surface location reclamation. With every passing month, the burden on wildlife and on our streams and groundwater has been mounting from these orphan wells.
The Green Party of Alberta sees this as an opportunity to convert orphan wells into geothermal energy production resources, with infrastructure and basic drilling already in place. Such a point of emphasis will inject the province with badly-needed jobs and begin the task of revitalizing communities.
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For more information, please contact:
Cheryle Chagnon-Greyeyes
Leader of the Green Party of Alberta and Nominated Candidate in Calgary-Varsity.
Phone: 403-875-4651


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This article is a continuation of our series in regards to methods of financing for different segments of economy, professionals, businesses etc.
Many doctors recent graduates from med schools have substantial difficulties finding proper financing sources for their new practices. Medical equipment is expansive, and financing sources for purchase of such equipment are not readily available. Lease hold improvements, operating capital requirements, office equipment purchases and new employees hiring is also expensive. All of the above financing requests are not covered by the same financing products or small business loans for medical offices offered by institutions in Ontario. Therefore properly qualified financial advisor is required in order to structure the request.
Practicing doctors very often also looking to expand. Open new office for a new practice. Purchase new equipment, diagnostic equipment or office furniture etc. WeCanFinancial.ca has a great experience in financing new doctors and existing doctors and we will discuss some of the potential ways how this financing is achieved. Most of such financing is obtained through a combination of a small business loan, operating line, inventory funding.
Normally as in any other business loan transaction, we begin with properly prepared business plan, financial plan, use of proceeds and 2 year projections. Doctor that requires financing requires to provide us with a license, credit report and personal networth form. Ultimately Doctor's license and quality of the analytical work that our associates prepare, dictate the quality of the response from potential lenders, amount of financing and also terms of such financing.
Doctor's equipment is very expensive. Normally use of proceeds for business loan has to properly identify where the money is going, and what is the major reason for the expense. Medical equipment often could be leased, which could be a much smaller up front expense vs. the outright purchase. Now, medical equipment suppliers very often have a specialized list of equipment that could not be leased, due to liabilities, and many other reasons. Therefore when WeCanFinancial.ca prepares business plan, use of proceeds is very thoroughly analyzed and "optimized" in order to fit in the most appropriate manner into a financing product that client is being qualified for. Small business loan products offered by most institutions have a limit of $350k per deal, and up to 80% of the funds could be spent on equipment. In medical field $300k does not purchase much, therefore very often other forms of financing are required. WeCanFinancial have access to many different products that could cover up to several million in equipment funding per deal, per doctor.
Leasehold improvements are also not cheap. Contractors have approximate idea on how much the costs will be up front. Normally such costs are calculated on square foot basis, say $60-$80 per sq. ft is a good estimate for newly renovated medical office set up. Doctors-entrepreneurs need to properly plan out the budget for lease hold improvements, therefore our associates normally require 2 independent quotes for jobs required from good/verified contractors. Small business loan products normally cover up to 60% out of $250-$350k offered by institutions, for the purpose of construction and lease hold improvements. If substantial equipment financing is requested simultaneously, WeCanFinancial prepares a combination of several loans, in order to allow for the maximum leverage that Doctor requires to open the practice.
When established Doctor is expanding their practice, existing established cash flow of the existing practice is a very serious argument for substantial new financing program for new location. Strong cash flow and existing balance sheet, could be leveraged in a very efficient manner by experienced consultant such as WeCanFinancial.ca and out associates. Financial projections and use of proceeds could be based on previous history of the Doctor/client, or based on similar clients that our firm helped in expansion over many years in service. Doctor who is looking for expansion and development money could enjoy several other financial products, based on line of credit principle, thanks to existing cash flow. More importantly when WeCanFinancial.ca and our associates run the qualification process, any Doctor should be 100% confident that they are with the best in business.
We will continue updating our clients on different products and structures in small business loans for medical offices and Doctors in Ontario,
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When I work with home sellers I am often asked how to handle fixtures and items the seller doesn't want to leave. You have two choices.
1. To leave a note about what stays and what doesn't
2. To remove the items you want and replace them with something inexpensive but appropriate.
Without question, choice #2 is the right way to go whenever possible. Offense is always better than defense. Choice #1 puts you in a position of weakness and opens you up to having to negotiate the issue.
If you replace the items with something appropriate, even if it is cheap, the buyer won't give it a second thought. But if they see your beautiful fixture and how great it looks they may also fall in love with it. As a seller, why would you want to give the buyer an edge to negotiate against you? Especially if the listing is taking a while and you are in a weaker position. I was working with a buyer and in the newly rehabbed kitchen, there was s note about how all the matching appliances weren't staying with the home. In our offer, we requested the appliances stay anyways, and since the seller was motivated, all the appliances ended up staying. They would have been better off just buying cheap, but appropriate, appliances and taking the nicer ones out.
If you are a home seller, take control of the process and don't leave yourself open to more stress. I once had a seller who didn't want to leave special light fixtures in their bedroom. They left them in the home during the showings and when we received an offer, the buyer requested them to stay as part of the contract. The seller moved and took them anyways. Now, the buyer is hassling them over compensation. Why invite the headaches the week before closing? If they had simply installed something else before listing the home, this would have been avoided.


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Godly people are smooth down there, like Barbie and Ken
Between this story, this story, and this story, I am beginning to question the very sanity of the sex-is-filthy crowd. I mean, do they think that if they just deny that human beings have genitals long and hard enough, those genitals will just disappear? The irony of all this is that the same groups that send out the emails and protests in a panic that a child might know what a nude body looks like are the very same groups that make up the marching troops of the Gender Police. (Thanks, Mary Garth.) I mean, if you're that invested in making sure that kids know that boys and girls are Different, how can you be against pictures and statues where the all-holy difference is unmistakable?
I was going to write a little fake news story about a group called People Protecting the Purity of Children that is calling for mandatory C-sections to prevent innocent babies from seeing vaginas, but at this point I don't know if you could even call that for satire.


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A man has been jailed after killing a man in Droylsden whilst driving whilst drunk and on drugs.
Michael Taylor aged 26 of Heather Avenue in Droylsden, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
He will also be disqualified from driving for six years. This sentence includes charges for an assault and criminal damage in March 2017 and the supply of cannabis.
The court hear that Taylor was the driver of car that collided with 28-year-old Christopher Ramsdale in the early hours of the October 1st this year. He was left with serious injuries, and was taken to hospital where he sadly later died.
Michael Taylor ran away from the scene and was arrested later.
PC Neil Pennington from GMP's Serious Collision Investigation Unit said: "This was an absolutely devastating case, where another innocent man was killed after someone got behind the wheel after drinking and taking drugs. My heart goes out to Christopher's family. They have been strong and dignified in circumstances that are unimaginable.
"Today Michael Taylor has been jailed and will have to contemplate his actions for the next eight years.
"As Christmas and New Year approaches, I hope that anyone thinking of driving whilst under the influence of alcohol or drugs thinks about Christopher and his family and how their lives have been devastated by this reckless individual.
"Today's sentence will never bring Christopher back but I hope Christopher's family think that they have the justice they deserve."
The family of Christopher Ramsdale have issued the below statement:
"In the early hours of Sunday 1 October 2017 we sadly lost Christopher following a road traffic incident instigated by the unforgivable and reckless act of Michael Taylor.
"Our lives will never be the same again. We as a family are devastated beyond belief with the loss of our Chris. The pain of never seeing him again is heart breaking.
"The sentence handed down today by the judge does not reflect the loss that our family will have to suffer for the rest of our lives.
"If anyone is thinking about getting behind the wheel after binging on drugs and alcohol, please think again. How would you feel if someone close to you was killed through the actions of another irresponsible driver? We don't want any other family to have to deal with the loss and pain that we face every day.
"We strongly urge the Government to extend the maximum sentence for dangerous drivers who kill from 14 years to life imprisonment.
"The family would like to thank the first responders and hospital staff at MRI who helped Christopher on that fateful morning. In more recent times the investigating officer, the family liaison officer, the CPS barrister and Tameside Council."
If you suspect anyone is driving under the influence of drink or drugs, contact the police immediately on 101 or 999 if they pose an immediate threat to themselves or other road users. Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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1) Dr. Charles F. Stanley's 30 Life Principles
Walking in the Holy Spirit
Memory Verse: Galatians 5:16
I. Introduction: Many believers go their entire Christian lives and never understand the necessity the Holy Spirit's presence and work. Yet, apart from the Holy Spirit, you and I simply cannot lead godly lives. It is His grace that empowers us to resist sin and obey the Father. The Spirit helps us interpret Scripture and fellowship with the Lord. Without Him, no one can have a genuinely fruitful and victorious Christian life.
II. Who is the Holy Spirit?
A. A member of the Trinity (Matt. 28:19; Acts 5:3-4)
B. Creator (Gen. 1:2, 26; Job 33:4)
C. A Person, not an impersonal force (John 14:16-17, 26)
III. What does the Holy Spirit do in our lives?
A. Teaches and reminds us of what we've learned (John 14:26)
B. Seeks to testify about Jesus rather than Himself (John 15:26)
C. Convicts us of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8-13)
D. Guides us into all truth (John 16:13)
E. Glorifies Christ (John 16:14)
F. Dwells within every believer (Rom. 8:11)
G. Reveals the Lord's plans for us (Rom. 8:14)
H. Assures us that we are children of God (Rom. 8:15-16)
I. Equips us with spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:4, 7-8)
J. Gives power, especially for evangelism (Acts 1:7-8)
K. Intercedes for us (Rom. 8:26)
L. Seals our salvation (Eph. 1:13)
VI. What does it mean to walk in the Spirit?
A. This phrase means to live each moment dependent on the Holy Spirit, sensitive to His voice, and obedient to Him.
B. When the Spirit speaks to your heart, obey immediately. Delayed obedience is disobedience.
C. Sometimes it will become clear why the Holy Spirit directs us one way and not another. Other times, we may never know why. However, the wise man or woman will obey the Spirit's voice—He knows all things, including the future, and His guidance is always for our benefit.
VII. How can we win the spiritual battle?
A. The Holy Spirit will equip us to live godly lives if we focus on Him. Romans 8:5 says, "For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit."
B. Believers have three enemies: the world, the flesh, and the Devil. The Devil can't make God's children do anything. He can tempt us and will certainly try to do so. But we can resist sin by allowing the Spirit's power to work through us.
C. The spiritual battle takes place on two fronts: in our minds and in our behavior. The mind governs how we speak, act, and handle different situations. If we lose the battle on one front, we will also lose it on the other.
D. We must set our minds on obedience to God. Then we can win the battle against sin. The Spirit will speak to our hearts to warn us when we have stumbled into something wrong. At that moment, we must choose to obey.
E. Scripture refers to the importance of being mentally prepared for spiritual battle. First Peter 1:13 says, "Prepare your minds for action," and Colossians 3:2 says, "Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth."
G. Setting our minds on spiritual things must be done on a daily basis. Each morning, I surrender to God and ask Him to give me strength and guidance for the day.
E. Apart from Him, we are inadequate to do anything of real value. With Him, we can experience spiritual victory, no matter how weak or unimportant we feel.
VIII. Conclusion: Do you want to live with real peace, contentment, and joy in life? Do you want to have the power to overcome temptation and persevere through adversity? This kind of victorious living is found only through total surrender and obedience to the Holy Spirit. Set your mind on the things of God, and trust the indwelling Spirit to guide, enable, and empower you to obey His voice. When we remain sensitive to the Spirit's guidance, depend upon Him totally, and obey, we experience life at its very best.
2) The 30-Day Reading List That Will Lead You to Becoming a Knowledgeable Libertarian by Robert Wenzel
Defending the Slumlord
by Walter Block
Recently by Walter Block: Defending the Speculator
Recently by Walter Block: Defending the Speculator
To many people, the slumlord — alias ghetto landlord and rent gouger — is proof that man can, while still alive, attain a satanic image. Recipient of vile curses, pincushion for needle-bearing tenants with a penchant for voodoo, perceived as exploiter of the downtrodden, the slumlord is surely one of the most hated figures of the day.
The indictment is manifold: he charges unconscionably high rents; he allows his buildings to fall into disrepair; his apartments are painted with cheap lead paint, which poisons babies, and he allows junkies, rapists, and drunks to harass the tenants. The falling plaster, the overflowing garbage, the omnipresent roaches, the leaky plumbing, the roof cave-ins and the fires, are all integral parts of the slumlord's domain. And the only creatures who thrive in his premises are the rats.
The indictment, highly charged though it is, is spurious. The owner of ghetto housing differs little from any other purveyor of low-cost merchandise. In fact, he is no different from any purveyor of any kind of merchandise. They all charge as much as they can.
First consider the purveyors of cheap, inferior, and secondhand merchandise as a class. One thing above all else stands out about merchandise they buy and sell: it is cheaply built, inferior in quality, or secondhand. A rational person would not expect high quality, exquisite workmanship, or superior new merchandise at bargain rate prices; he would not feel outraged and cheated if bargain rate merchandise proved to have only bargain rate qualities. Our expectations from margarine are not those of butter. We are satisfied with lesser qualities from a used car than from a new car. However, when it comes to housing, especially in the urban setting, people expect, even insist upon, quality housing at bargain prices.
But what of the claim that the slumlord overcharges for his decrepit housing? This is erroneous. Everyone tries to obtain the highest price possible for what he produces, and to pay the lowest price possible for what he buys. Landlords operate this way, as do workers, minority group members, socialists, babysitters, and communal farmers. Even widows and pensioners who save their money for an emergency try to get the highest interest rates possible for their savings.According to the reasoning that finds slumlords contemptible, all these people must also be condemned. For they "exploit" the people to whom they sell or rent their services and capital in the same way when they try to obtain the highest return possible.
But, of course, they are not contemptible — at least not because of their desire to obtain as high a return as possible from their products and services. And neither are slumlords. Landlords of dilapidated houses are singled out for something that is almost a basic part of human nature — the desire to barter and trade and to get the best possible bargain.
The critics of the slumlord fail to distinguish between the desire to charge high prices, which everyone has, and the ability to do so, which not everyone has. Slumlords are distinct, not because they want to charge high prices, but because they can. The question that is therefore central to the issue — and that critics totally disregard — is why this is so.
What usually stops people from charging inordinately high prices is the competition that arises as soon as the price and profit margin of any given product or service begins to rise. If the price of Frisbees, for example, starts to rise, established manufacturers will expand production, new entrepreneurs will enter the industry, used Frisbees will perhaps be sold in secondhand markets, etc. All these activities tend to counter the original rise in price.
If the price of rental apartments suddenly began to rise because of a sudden housing shortage, similar forces would come into play. New housing would be built by established real estate owners and by new ones who would be drawn into the industry by the price rise. Old housing would tend to be renovated; basements and attics would be pressed into use. All these activities would tend to drive the price of housing down, and cure the housing shortage.
If landlords tried to raise the rents in the absence of a housing shortage, they would find it difficult to keep their apartments rented. For both old and new tenants would be tempted away by the relatively lower rents charged elsewhere.
Even if landlords banded together to raise rents, they would not be able to maintain the rise in the absence of a housing shortage. Such an attempt would be countered by new entrepreneurs, not party to the cartel agreement, who would rush in to meet the demand for lower priced housing. They would buy existing housing, and build new housing.
Tenants would, of course, flock to the noncartel housing. Those who remained in the high-price buildings would tend to use less space, either by doubling up or by seeking less space than before. As this occurs it would become more difficult for the cartel landlords to keep their buildings fully rented.Inevitably, the cartel would break up, as the landlords sought to find and keep tenants in the only way possible: by lowering rents. It is, therefore, specious to claim that landlords charge whatever they please. They charge whatever the market will bear, as does everyone else.
An additional reason for calling the claim unwarranted is that there is, at bottom, no really legitimate sense to the concept of overcharging. "Overcharging" can only mean "charging more than the buyer would like to pay." But since we would all really like to pay nothing for our dwelling space (or perhaps minus infinity, which would be equivalent to the landlord paying the tenant an infinite amount of money for living in his building), landlords who charge anything at all can be said to be overcharging. Everyone who sells at any price greater than zero can be said to be overcharging, because we would all like to pay nothing (or minus infinity) for what we buy.
Disregarding as spurious the claim that the slumlord overcharges, what of the vision of rats, garbage, falling plaster, etc.? Is the slumlord responsible for these conditions?
Although it is fashionable in the extreme to say "yes," this will not do. For the problem of slum housing is not really a problem of slums or of housing at all. It is a problem of poverty — a problem for which the landlord cannot be held responsible. And when it is not the result of poverty, it is not a social problem at all.
Slum housing with all its horrors is not a problem when the inhabitants are people who can afford higher-quality housing, but prefer to live in slum housing because of the money they can save thereby.
Such a choice might not be a popular one, but other people's freely made choices that affect only them cannot be classified as a social problem. If that could be done, we would all be in danger of having our most deliberate choices, our most cherished tastes and desires characterized as "social problems" by people whose taste differs from ours.
Slum housing is a problem when the inhabitants live there of necessity — not wishing to remain there, but unable to afford anything better. Their situation is certainly distressing, but the fault does not lie with the landlord. On the contrary, he is providing a necessary service, given the poverty of the tenants.
For proof, consider a law prohibiting the existence of slums, and therefore of slumlords, without making provisions for the slum dwellers in any other way, such as providing decent housing for the poor or an adequate income to buy or rent good housing. The argument is that if the slumlord truly harms the slum dweller, then his elimination, with everything else unchanged, ought to increase the net well-being of the slum tenant.
But the law would not accomplish this. It would greatly harm not only the slumlords but the slum dwellers as well. If anything, it would harm the slum dwellers even more, for the slumlords would lose only one of perhaps many sources of income; the slum dwellers would lose their very homes.
They would be forced to rent more expensive dwelling space, with consequent decreases in the amount of money available for food, medicines, and other necessities. No. The problem is not the slumlord — it is poverty. Only if the slumlord were the cause of poverty could he be legitimately blamed for the evils of slum housing.
Why is it then, if he is no more guilty of underhandedness than other merchants, that the slumlord has been singled out for vilification? After all, those who sell used clothes to Bowery bums are not reviled, even though their wares are inferior, the prices high, and the purchasers poor and helpless. Instead of blaming the merchants, however, we seem to know where the blame lies — in the poverty and hopeless condition of the Bowery bum.In like manner, people do not blame the owners of junkyards for the poor condition of their wares or the dire straits of their customers. People do not blame the owners of "day-old bakeries" for the staleness of the bread. They realize, instead, that were it not for junkyards and these bakeries, poor people would be in an even worse condition than they are now in.
Although the answer can only be speculative, it would seem that there is a positive relationship between the amount of governmental interference in an economic arena, and the abuse and invective heaped upon the businessmen serving that arena. There have been few laws interfering with the "day-old bakeries" or junkyards, but many in the housing area. The link between government involvement in the housing market and the plight of the slumlord's public image should, therefore, be pinpointed.
That there is strong and varied government involvement in the housing market cannot be denied. Scatter-site housing projects, "public" housing and urban renewal projects, and zoning ordinances and building codes, are just a few examples. Each of these has created more problems than it has solved. More housing has been destroyed than created, racial tensions have been exacerbated, and neighborhoods and community life have been shattered.
In each case, it seems that the spillover effects of bureaucratic red tape and bungling are visited upon the slumlord. He bears the blame for much of the overcrowding engendered by the urban renewal program. He is blamed for not keeping his buildings up to the standards set forth in unrealistic building codes that, if met, would radically worsen the situation of the slum dweller. Compelling "Cadillac housing" can only harm the inhabitants of "Volkswagen housing." It puts all housing out of the financial reach of the poor.
Perhaps the most critical link between the government and the disrepute in which the slumlord is held is the rent control law. For rent control legislation changes the usual profit incentives, which put the entrepreneur in the service of his customers, to incentives that make him the direct enemy of his tenant-customers.
Ordinarily the landlord (or any other businessman) earns money by serving the needs of his tenants. If he fails to meet these needs, the tenants will tend to move out. Vacant apartments mean, of course, a loss of income. Advertising, rental agents, repairs, painting, and other conditions involved in re-renting an apartment mean extra expenditures.In addition, the landlord who fails to meet the needs of the tenants may have to charge lower rents than he otherwise could. As in other businesses, the customer is "always right," and the merchant ignores this dictum only at his own peril.
But with rent control, the incentive system is turned around. Here the landlord can earn the greatest return not by serving his tenants well, but by mistreating them, by malingering, by refusing to make repairs, by insulting them. When the rents are legally controlled at rates below their market value, the landlord earns the greatest return not by serving his tenants, but by getting rid of them. For then he can replace them with higher-paying non-rent-controlled tenants.
If the incentive system is turned around under rent control, it is the self-selection process through which entry to the landlord "industry" is determined. The types of people attracted to an occupation are influenced by the type of work that must be done in the industry.
If the occupation calls (financially) for service to consumers, one type of landlord will be attracted. If the occupation calls (financially) for harassment of consumers, then quite a different type of landlord will be attracted. In other words, in many cases the reputation of the slumlord as cunning, avaricious, etc., might be well-deserved, but it is the rent control program in the first place that encourages people of this type to become landlords.
If the slumlord were prohibited from lording over slums, and if this prohibition were actively enforced, the welfare of the poor slum dweller would be immeasurably worsened, as we have seen. It is the prohibition of high rents by rent control and similar legislation that causes the deterioration of housing. It is the prohibition of low-quality housing by housing codes and the like that causes landlords to leave the field of housing.
The result is that tenants have fewer choices, and the choices they have are of low quality. If landlords cannot make as much profit in supplying housing to the poor as they can in other endeavors, they will leave the field. Attempts to lower rents and maintain high quality through prohibitions only lower profits and drive slumlords out of the field, leaving poor tenants immeasurably worse off.
It should be remembered that the basic cause of slums is not the slumlord, and that the worst "excesses" of the slumlord are due to governmental programs, especially rent control. The slumlord does make a positive contribution to society; without him, the economy would be worse off. That he continues in his thankless task, amidst all the abuse and vilification, can only be evidence of his basically heroic nature.
August 12, 2010
Dr. Block is a professor of economics at Loyola University New Orleans, and a senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He is the author of Defending the Undefendable and Labor Economics From A Free Market Perspective. His latest book is The Privatization of Roads and Highways.
3) Roger's Rangers Rules or Plan of Discipline by Major Robert Rogers
Rule #22
22. When you return from a scout, and come near our forts, avoid the usual roads, and avenues thereto, lest the enemy should have headed you, and lay in ambush to receive you, when almost exhausted with fatigues.
4) 52 Weeks to Preparedness by Tess Pennington
Week 35 of 52: Surviving with CarbohydratesHave you ever noticed how many options and varieties of food there are at the grocery store? In a previous article on food pantry preparedness I wrote, "Variety is the very spice of life, that gives it all it's pleasure." To put it simply, having a well-rounded food storage pantry will cut down on culinary boredom, as well as balance your diet.
With this in mind, when the veritable "S" to hits the fan, you will want variety. By diversifying your emergency pantry will ensure you have plenty to choose from. Remember, food has more than one purpose. It comforts us, powers us with nutrition, and provides us with energy to withstand what may come our way. Choosing the right carbohydrates helps ensure power within diversification. Even if you don't eat many carbs now, in a survival situation, activity levels increase due to the escalated necessity of physical labor (i.e. chopping firewood, planting a survival garden, standing guard or securing a perimeter, hunting, hand washing clothes or dishes, etc.). Harsh weather conditions can also play a role in the amount of carbohydrates we will need to consume. Bear in mind that the colder the temperatures there are, the more carbohydrates you will require.
U.S. guidelines suggest that between 45 and 65 percent of your calories come from carbs. The best carbohydrates are those that are complex carbohydrates and come from natural sources that contain a lot of fiber, such as from fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains and low fat milk. These types of carbohydrates take longer to break down into glucose and give you the most nutrients along with your calories. As a whole, we underestimate how many carbohydrates we need stored for a long-term emergency. For example, one adult should have the following different types of carbs in their food pantry: 150 lbs. of wheat, 50 lbs. of rice and 25 lbs. of pasta to live off of for one year. To get an idea of how many carbohydrate sources you or your family will need, use the food calculator at Ready Nutrition. Those of you who have allergies to wheat or prefer to have a variety of carbohydrate sources, consider these alternatives.
When putting this food source away, remember that you will need a mill to turn your carbohydrates into flour. Therefore, start researching and saving up for a quality mill now. These can be a costly, but a necessary preparedness investment. Initially, when my family started preparing for a long-term disaster, we purchased a low cost hand-powered grain mill for around $70. We practiced and used the low cost grain mill until we had money saved up to purchase our primary mill. Those of you who may be wondering, we invested in a Country Living Grain Mill; and although the cost is on the higher end, we feel satisfied with our purchase. Not to mention, now that we have two working mills, we have designated our old a back up grinder to our primary one.
Many preppers like to choose a multi-barrier system to store their food. This barrier system is for long term purposes, and will keep natural elements such as sunlight, moisture and air out of the container when sealed. To learn more about this storage process, click here.
For the last four years, my family and I have stocked up on long-term food items from a variety of places, including super stores, the LDS food storage warehouse, emergency preparedness websites such as Emergency Essentials, Five Star Preparedness and the Ready Store.
From a survival standpoint, if you must forage to find carbohydrates, know in advance which wild food sources are available in your area. When food is scarce, chaos and fear begin to set in. However, instead of panicking, step outside and go for a walk and more than likely, food will be right around the corner or right under your nose. Consider the following:
- Look for bees (honey)
- Wild apples
- Cattail roots
- Wild potatoes
- Wild fruits
- Roots and tubers (cook these well).
Preps to Buy:[In Quantity]
*These items have a 20 year+ shelf life
- Corn (whole kernel lasts longer)
- Pasta
- Wheat – Hard red wheat or white wheat
- Rice – white rice
- Oats – Steel cut oats, not the instant kind
- Quinoa
- Amaranth
Action Items:
1. Get smart about survival and research the importance of having certain food sources in your diet.
2. Further, research how versatile these foods can be for your food pantry.
3. Use the Ready Nutrition Food Storage Calculator to find out how much protein you need to add to your storage supply.
4. Bear in mind, daily caloric intakes are different with each person, so research how many calories you need to stay at your optimum health.
5. Those with special needs (such as pregnant women) are advised to get more nutrition and calories daily, so keep this in mind when purchasing.
6. Learn how to package and store your bulk foods for long-term storage.
7. Store your purchased products in a suitable environment where it is not exposed to natural elements. Click here to learn about your food's worst enemies
Week 36: SHTF SugarsI might get a lot of flack for posting this, but before the haters get all up in arms, be honest with yourself, do you honestly want to sit out TEOTWAWKI without sugar or honey?
I realize there is a long list of diseases attributed to refined sugar in our diet. According to the American College of Sports Medicine a mere 5 to 6 percent of your daily calories should come from sugars. But, have you ever considered that there may be more than one reason for storing these sweet supplies for a long-term emergency? Some uses include:
- Curing/Food Preservation
- Alcohol
- Medicinal Use
- Bartering
- Honey - Sugar lasts forever if stored properly. Many honey harvesters say that when honey crystallizes, it can be re-heated and used just like fresh honey. Because of honey's low water content, microorganisms do not like the environment. Uses include: curing, baking, medicinal, wine (mead).
- White Sugar - Like salt, sugar is also prone to absorbing moisture, but this problem can be eradicated by adding some rice granules into the storage container. Sugar lasts forever if stored properly. Uses include: sweetener for beverages, baked goods, preservative, curing agent, making alcohol, gardening, insecticide.
- Maple Syrup - Maple syrup is another consideration for your food storage. Because of it's high sugar level (which is antibacterial), it lasts practically forever. The higher the quality and sugar level, the longer it lasts. Uses include: Baking, medicinal, food preservation, curing agent.
- Molasses - This product is a by-product of the refining process of sugar cane into table sugar and it actually possesses health promoting properties. Molasses can last up to two years unopened. Uses include: Baking, preservative, food preservation, curing agent, soil amendment.
- Sugar beets - Learning how to extract the sugar from beets can be tricky. During wartime, many people used ordinary red garden beets to make sugar. To learn more about this process click here: Making sugar from sugar beets. Please note that getting sugar from beets will require a lot of fuel, so prepare accordingly.
- Sugar cane - This is a region-specific plant and one that thrives in tropical-like weather conditions. However, the entire plant can be used. The tops and remaining pulp can be eaten or fed to livestock.
- Bees/honey - There are also many books on beekeeping that can be quite useful. Sometimes it is difficult to keep the bee colony thriving, so find a person in your area that is willing to share his or her experience.
- Sugar maple trees - The sap from the sugar maple tree will produce maple syrup. There are many how-to articles and videos on the Internet that can take you step-by-step through the process. Please note, on average you will need 400-500 gallons of sap to make 10 gallons of maple syrup.
- Stevia - A fairly easy to grow herb that is good for sweetening drinks, simple syrups and making jams. Here's a trick to keep your stevia producing its sweet leaves: when you see the plant trying to flower, cut the tops off.
- Sorghum - Sorghum is a grain cultivated for it's sweetness. Amish folk love this grain and use as a syrup. It is also a popular grain to grow in impoverished regions of the world, and remains a principal source of energy, protein, vitamins and minerals. Grain sorghum has been utilized by the ethanol industry for quite some time because it yields approximately the same amount of ethanol per bushel as corn. Take note: Some species of sorghum can contain levels of hydrogen cyanide, hordenine and nitrates lethal to grazing animals in the early stages of the plant's growth.
The following is a general list of long-term sugars that can be stored:
Preps to Buy:[In Quantity]
Brown Sugar
Corn Syrup
Fruit drink – powdered
Flavored Gelatin
Action Items:
1. Get smart about survival and research the importance of having certain food sources in your diet.
2. Further, research how versatile this food source can be for your food pantry and for your overall survival.
3. Use the Ready Nutrition Food Storage Calculator to find out how many sugar items you need to add to your storage supply.
4. Bear in mind, daily caloric intakes are different with each person, so research how many calories you need to stay at your optimum health.
5. Those with special needs (such as pregnant women) are advised to get more nutrition and calories daily, so keep this in mind when purchasing.
6. Learn how to package and store your bulk foods for long-term storage.
7. Store your purchased products in a suitable environment where it is not exposed to natural elements. Click here to learn about yourfood's worst enemies.
5) 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation by George Washington
#64 - Break not a Jest where none take pleasure in mirth Laugh not aloud, nor at all without Occasion, deride no mans Misfortune, though there Seem to be Some cause.
#65 - Speak not injurious Words neither in Jest nor Earnest Scoff at none although they give Occasion.
#66 - Be not froward but friendly and Courteous; the first to Salute hear and answer & be not Pensive when it's a time to Converse.


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- Half of the day they call me "Athena" where I get paid to dabble with computers. The other half of the day I'm called "Mom", but I also have an online secret identity. I am bilingual, so what might look like Greek to you, probably is. I blog because it's cheaper than therapy and I like to make people laugh.
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Equipments are useful in different areas to facilitate various operations. Some of the areas that require the equipments include the offices, factories, cleaning companies and hospitals. The type of equipment that these institution need are different so the manufacturers should be able to meet their needs. Due to the availability of many companies, people should take their time in identifying the suitable equipment company that will meet their need. The website allows people to find out details regarding companies that specialize in the sale of equipments. The information gathered will help people to make an informed decision before purchasing the equipment. The following tips will help one to select the best equipment company for their supplies.
The company should be experienced in manufacturing the equipments that are needed. Institutions can get the right equipments for their business. Most of the equipments may be bulky and needs transportation to the buyers. It is important for the equipment company to offer after sale services such as transporting the equipments for free. If equipment companies offer extra services to their customers, they are guaranteed of retaining the customers for many years. If equipment companies offer the services; the customers will not incur extra transportation cost . The equipment company should be in a strategic location to allow people to trace it easily.
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I hope my period starts soon, it was supposed to start this week. At least I haven't had swollen, tender breasts, moodiness, or cramps yet.
I have had a slight flu this week; my throat is sore, I feel hot and sweaty, and my head hurts. At least I don't have a fever, and I also don't have the general spaced out feeling I have when I have the flu, so I have been able to do housework and go out for errands and such.
I had dreams about many different cities in Finland, in most of the dreams I had gotten stuck in a city far from home and desperately tried to find a way back to my hometown. They were really unhappy dreams.
I got up at quarter to one o'clock in the afternoon, put on a panda bear- patterned pyjama pants and a stripy shirt. Mo
I went to see my psychologist today, we had an appointment at half past one o'clock this afternoon. She performed some personality tests on me, and they made me feel a bit downcast; I feel as if I am some sort of a laboratory animal, or a savage that they're trying to civilize.
After the appointment, we agreed to have the next appointment on next week's Wednesday at three o'clock in the afternoon.
I made it to the bus 574 and travelled to Martinlaakso, I visited the local parish and asked them politely for a food coupon. Me and the parish worker talked for a moment, and then I was given a voucher for 25 euros. It's not much, but it's something.
I went to the S- Market in the new shopping center and bought a big block of cheese, a bag of oranges, a bag of tomatoes, a box of butter, a big carton of milk, two bags of rye bread, and a cucumber.
I hauled my shopping bag to the bus station and took the bus 572 to Myyrmäki. I don't think I have ever taken that bus.
Laajavuori elementary school, the same that my brother used to attend, is being demolished. I don't know what they're going to build there.
Once in Myyrmäki, I went home and put the groceries to their rightful places.
My friends Suavecita and Elisa came to visit me later the day, they knew that I would be wearing pyjama pants when I answered the door.
We had fun, drinking coffee and orange juice and eating brownies that they had bought, taking friendship selfies, chatting and laughing. I managed to iron my brown Dirndl dress and a pillowcase and five small towels.
Later the day we left at the same time, Suavecita drove back to her own home and Elisa came with me to the post office where I mailed Luisita's package.
I decided to go see my parents, so I took the bus 571 to Raappavuori. Once in my parents' home, I noticed that they had a new ornament on their front door, a straw wreath with white plastic flowers.
My dad was home watching Django Unchained, and my mother had gone for a walk.
Later the evening I went home.
I didn't bother with brushing my teeth because I didn't want to leave my flu bugs into my toothbrush.


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Dozens protest outside centre for asylum seekers in Killarney
Demonstrators call for local people to be housed before those at the centre
A group led by local councillor Donal Grady arrive to protest at a reception centre for asylum seekers in Killarney, Co Kerry. Photograph: Don MacMonagle
A county councillor was among a group of about 30 people who protested at the weekend outside a reception centre for asylum seekers in Co Kerry.
The protest outside Linden House in Killarney, a former guesthouse which has previously hosted asylum seekers, followed the arrival of the first of the 55 men who are to be housed there.
The group's placards highlighted the 3,000 homeless children in the State and stated that local people should be housed first.
Cllr Donal Grady (Independent) addressed the gathering at the gates of the property and also handed in a petition explaining the protesters' concerns.
"Firstly, to make clear we believe that people from war-torn areas like Iraq and Syria should be accepted in our country," Mr Grady said, adding that there were concerns about the lack of consultation with the community about the move.
"We have no knowledge of the vetting procedures these people have been through and they are being housed across the road from a local school."
The town had a large number of homeless and they should be looked after first, he added.
Protesters also noted that some of the asylum seekers, who arrived on Friday, had iPhones and smoked while others objected to State funds being used to pay for their accommodation.
"It's not healthy having 55 men with nothing to do all day," a protester said.
Three of the men who have arrived at Linden House spoke briefly to the media. Others remained inside, but opened the door to accept the letter of protest.
A 25-year-old man from Albania told The Irish Times he had been in Ireland for four years, and had previously lived in Co Galway, while waiting for his residency application to be processed.
"Give me work and I don't stay here," the man said.
The accommodation in Killarney was very good, he said, when asked about the standard of the building. He said it was the first time he had come across such a protest.
A 48-year-old man from India said he was from Punjab and was seeking asylum because of the war there. He said he had been in Ireland for two months and had also spent time in Co Donegal.
One protester asked an Albanian resident where his family was while others remarked how the asylum seekers had "brilliant English".
Local homeless
Mr Grady, who organised the protest and said they would continue, has previously called for the privately owned Linden House to be leased by Kerry County Council and used to house local homeless people. He said Killarney already hosted 120 asylum seekers in two State-owned properties.
"We have people coming in and we don't know the first thing about them. Killarney has its own problems. I can pick out 40 people in this town who won't have any warmth tonight," he said.
The Department of Justice said it was expected that those arriving in Killarney will be from different countries.
"There has been an increase in applications for international protection in Ireland. The latest figures [as of the end of November 2017] suggest that 2,620 persons applied for international protection this year, compared with 1,982 in the same period last year."
Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae said he had been inundated with calls from locals concerned about pressure on housing lists and about the proximity of the centre to local primary schools.
"We have questions that need answering. Surely someone in the Department of Justice could have contacted the county council," Mr Healy-Rae said.
The mayor of Killarney, Fianna Fáil councillor Niall Kelleher, has also criticised the lack of consultation on the matter.


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Manarola (Manaea in the local dialect) is a small town, a frazione of the comune of Riomaggiore, in the province of La Spezia, Liguria, northern Italy. It is the second smallest of the famous Cinque Terre towns frequented by tourists.
Manarola may be the oldest of the towns in the Cinque Terre, with the cornerstone of the church, San Lorenzo, dating from 1338. The local dialect is Manarolese, which is marginally different from the dialects in the nearby area. The name "Manarola" is probably dialectical evolution of the Latin, "magna rota". In the Manarolese dialect this was changed to "magna roea" which means "large wheel", in reference to the mill wheel in the town.
Manarola's primary industries have traditionally been fishing and wine-making. The local wine, called Sciacchetrà, is especially renowned; references from Roman writings mention the high quality of the wine produced in the region. In recent years, Manarola and its neighboring towns have become popular tourist destinations, particularly in the summer months. Tourist attractions in the region include a famous walking trail between Manarola and Riomaggiore (called Via dell'Amore, "Love's Trail") and hiking trails in the hills and vineyards above the town. Manarola is one of the five villages. Mostly all of the houses are bright and colourful.
Monterosso al Mare, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy. Monterosso al Mare is one of the five villages of the "Cinque Terre" on the rugged coastline of Liguria.
Riomaggiore. Riomaggiore (Rimazùu in the local Ligurian language) is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy.
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Something about this car just sticks with me. It's tastefully modded and has a modded fuel system waiting to go on it. This is truly one of the best examples of this model out there.
However, he also owns a 2017 Charger Daytona 392. She needs washed as black cars always do, but look at the stealth of the 392 decal.
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Although there is still a great deal of work to be done to perfect the performance of flat panel display technology, a display with highly realistic interaction, a display content can 'float' in space instead of at the panel surface, will lead the new revolution. Micro-LEDs are a technology that can very likely achieve this goal. The very-high-density light rays that can be generated by micro-LEDs arrays may become a key enabler for light-field displays ? an exciting technology that can produce true 3D display images in real time. The presentation will give overview of MicroLED technology as well as application challenge of the technology.
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The connection between training and motivation
Tom Moriarty says data from leadership survey point toward a direct correlation between the two.
In the continuing series of articles on the 2015 Plant Services/Alidade MER Leadership Survey, one of the questions I wanted to answer was whether a correlation exists between leadership training frequency and leader motivation levels. The theory is that motivated leaders will be more effective at leading people due to their attitude – they are more energetic, and inspire higher performance from the teams they lead. So, in this month's article, I'm presenting data that suggests there is indeed a direct relationship.
Recall that Expectancy Theory is a method that allows us to assign a relative motivation score. We asked several series of questions to get the respondent's feelings on several elements. The elements included how the person felt regarding level of effort, performance outcomes, and how important those outcomes were to them. Responses were combined into an equation that calculated a score indicating the individual's level of motivation. You might also recall that behaviors are triggered by motivation, and motivation is based on individual needs.
I used a Microsoft Excel pivot table and selected the responses from frequency of training relative to the motivation score from the Expectancy Theory calculation. In Figure 1 you can see the categories for frequency of training: "every year or more frequently", "every couple of years", "not more than once in five years", and "never". The pivot table pulled all responses for average scores for senior managers, managers, and supervisors. (Team member leadership training frequency was not really relevant for this analysis.) Note that as training is more frequent, the motivation scores increase; less training equates to lower motivation.
There is a strong correlation between the frequency with which senior managers, managers, and supervisors receive leadership training and the level of motivation they report. In relation to the average motivation score for leaders of 146.8, the motivation scores for the most frequent training recipients are 8.5% higher than the average. When leadership training is never received, the motivation score is 6.7% below the average motivation score. That means there is a 15.2% difference in motivation score between the most frequent, and never receiving leadership training.
What is that 15.2% difference worth to an organization? If we could determine the value of improving leader motivation 15.2%, or even 1%, the return on investment for leadership training could be determined.
Suppose this survey was done within a single organization. The survey could be structured to associate team member motivation scores to supervisor motivation scores and the frequency of leadership training. This would be a fantastic tool for evaluating the quality of leadership training and for monitoring a leader's application of leadership skills and tools. We can measure the impact of motivation improvements by trending absenteeism, turnover, recordable safety incidents, and even total cost per unit produced.
If there was little or no improvement in average motivation scores after say three to six months of emphasis, you could conclude that the training was not very effective. If there was an increase in the average motivation scores, but some individual scores did not improve, it may be that those individuals were not committed to improving. Coaching or reassignment might be in order.


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I have an interview this weekend with a company called Vantage Japan. The job is exclusively teaching to kindergartners. I have no teaching experience, though they do not require it (as I guess is standard in Japan).
Anyways, they want me to do a demo lesson made for 25, 5 year olds. I have to make a lesson plan, and the topic is basic emotions, specifically happy, sad, angry, tired, and hungry. I do not think it would be so hard to do an initial demonstration of the vocabulary (I will probably draw faces on a piece of paper, and then mime the emotion and say it a few times, for example).
They also want me to plan a game and a song. They do not want me to actually play the game or the sing the song, but they want me to show them how I would explain to the kids how to play the game and how to sing the song. This is the part I am not sure about. I have 0 experience teaching children. I have been responsible for large groups of children at my local church, but I did not teach them and they already spoke English of course.
Could someone give me some advice on how I would explain a game or song to Japanese kindergartners? The game I was thinking of doing was where I would call up a student and have them draw one of the emotions on the board or a piece of paper, and then the rest of the students would try to guess it. Then after a few students do this, I would split them into pairs and have them play the game with each other. As for the song, I have no idea. First of all, I do not really like singing (unfortunately). I do like kids though, and it is part of the job, so I am willing to do it. I am not sure what song or kind of song to do though, and less sure on how to explain it to them.
Sorry, this is long. I guess my basic question is how do I explain a game to Japanese kindergartners? They would have very limited vocabulary I suppose. Thanks for the help!
Demo Lesson for 5 year olds
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Your game sounds fine. You can introduce it by doing an example. Make sure the students get plenty of practice saying the words before they play.
Take a look at Lucy Pollard's Guide to Teaching English
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Enrique Ugalde regularly hosts workshops and gives in person and Skype private instruction in the ancient art of Tuvan throat singing.
He has had extensive training in various styles of Tuvan throat singing including; Khoomei, Kargyraa, and Sygyt. He's studied and performed with Tuvan masters such as, Aldyn-Ool Sevek, Monguun-ool Ondar, Aldar Tamdyn, Igor Koshkendey, Zhenya Oyuun, Ouidupaa and Nachyn Chodu.
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Module Reading List
Dr Yim Ling Siu
Tutor information is taken from the Module Catalogue
Materials will be available in a summary form on the Enviroweb resource at - http://enviroweb.see.leeds.ac.uk
Key overview text books
Key overview text books that introduce environmental science and environmental systems at a suitable level, to which you should refer for scientific guidance, include –
O'Riordan, T. (ed. 2000). Environmental science for environmental management . (second edition). Longman, London.
Park, C. (2001). The environment : principles and applications (second edition). Routledge, London.
Briggs, D., Smithson, P., Addison, K and Atkinson, K. (2002). Fundamentals of the physical environment (third edition). Routledge, London.
Cunningham, W.P and Saigi, B.W. (2006). Environmental science : a global concern. (ninth edition). McGraw Hill, New York.
Specific subject texts, for reference include –
Barry, R. G. (2003) Atmosphere, weather and climate (eighth edition) Routledge, London
Begon, M., Harper, J.L. & Townsend, C.R. (2006) Ecology : from individuals to ecosystems . (fourth ed.) Blackwell Scientific Publications, London.
Huggett, R.J.(2004). Fundamentals of biogeography (second edition). Routledge, London.
Kemp, D. (1994) Global environmental issues : a climatological approach . London, Routledge.
Lovelock, J. (1995) The ages of Gaia : a biography of our living earth . (second edition) Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Press, F and Siever, R (1986) Earth W.H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco
Tarbuck, E.J. and Lutgens, F.K (2006) Earth science : (eleventh Edition), Prentice Hall, Hall Jersey
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When I set my Murderous Musing's prompt for Charli's Flash Fiction Rodeo, I expected a few good folk to turn bad, but not thirty-two of them. And what a deliciously devious lot they are! Thank you so much to all who entered; my esteemed judges and I read wide-eyed and suitably horrified through a disturbingly chilling collection exploring the dark side of the Rodeo.
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The Old Lady will need the support of every single one of her followers in the National Stadium of Wales on 3 June for the Champions League final.
Naturally, fitting each individual Juventus fan between Turin and Cardiff would not be possible so in order to recreate the experience as closely as possible, we thought of the next best thing: #AMessageforJu.
Beginning its journey on Tuesday, a plain Bianconeri banner will depart the Juventus Club-Doc in Moncalieri. When it arrives in the Welsh capital four days and 1,500 kilometers later, it will bear the messages of every Juve fan along the way.
Transported aboard the new Jeep Compass piloted by Turin's own Victor Kwality, our message's long to road to Cardiff will take in three stops at the Club Docs of Lorrach (Germany), Morlenweltz (Belgium) and London (UK).
With daily reports on the way across all of Juventus' social media channels, this journey is literally unmissable, not least since we will be even adding your messages of support from Facebook and Twitter.
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Dissertation Projects DMin
Date of Award
Document Type
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Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry
Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary
Doctor of Ministry DMin
First Advisor
Norman K. Miles
Second Advisor
Garth D. Thompson
Third Advisor
Walter B. T. Douglas
This project was designed to develop a program of instruction for training layman in their personal Christian witnessing to the Muslims of Indonesia. The lay people involvement is very important at this time. Sharing Christian witnessing is a challenge to the lay people of Indonesia. They need to give their countrymen the good news of Jesus Christ. They need instruction to equip them for this great and rewarding service. The first chapter reviews passages from Scripture and from the writings of Ellen G. White about the functions of lay people in the church. The participation of the laity in the ministry of the Gospel is necessary to fulfill Christ's command. Representative contemporary literature was reviewed to examine its explication of Scripture. It emerged that the primary task of the pastors, evangelists, prophets, and teachers is to train the lay people for the ministry of the Gospel.
Chapter 2 draws attention to the need to understand the culture and social mores of the people in order for Christian witnessing to be most effective. The work of Christians— especially the Seventh-day Adventists— in Indonesia from 1904 to 1986 is discussed. The Christian work among the Muslim has grown notably since 1965.
Chapter 3 discusses methods and approaches in personal witnessing to the Muslims of Indonesia. The results of Survey of the Former Muslims in Indonesia are examined for contribution to understanding how lay Christians can share their faith to these people. Hospitality, the truth of the Adventist teaching, health messages, and the prohibitions of the unclean foods are found to be the most attractive features of the Adventist church to the Muslims.
Chapter 4 includes the conclusions and recommendations. The recommendations are based on the responses of the respondents to the survey discussed in chapter 3. Primarily, recommendations include: (1) that the Adventist Hospitality Seminar (AHS) be conducted in every church; (2) that the Lay Evangelists' Training Seminar (LETS) be more extensively conducted; and (3) that the decision of 1963 Islamic Conference in Beirut [i.e., that "every worker should study Muslim faith and also the language of Arabs"] be implemented.
Subject Area
Missions to Muslims--Indonesia; Christianity and other religions--Islam; Islam--Relations--Christianity
Recommended Citation
Tambunan, Dumas, "A Program For Training In Personal Christian Witnessing To The Muslim Of Indonesia" (1987). Dissertation Projects DMin. 236.
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I've been mulling over whether I should write about something other than faith. It seems that there are already thousands of 'faith blogs' and maybe this space is already full.
On just one directory of Christian themed blogs there are over 2750 blogs listed. Alexa has 63,328 sites listed in the category of 'Christianity'. This includes all types of websites, not just blogs, but that's a large number and these are only Alexa's "Top Sites".
Whatever the actual number, there are a huge number of Christian 'faith blogs'. Why add yet another one?
Writing about faith in Christ keeps me focused on this topic, which I want to remain central to my own life.
Surprisingly to myself even, I do have a unique story and can add something to the discussion of how we live our faith in the real world.
I used to think that I was a very boring person who leads a boring life. In some ways this is true, but life has thrown enough at me by now to add some flavour into the mundane details of an ordinary life. The ordinariness is even an aspect of what differentiates this blog. I am not a pastor, I don't work for a Christian organisation and consider my calling is to be in the secular work world.
Because I write as just another ordinary Christian, I'm not out to correct your theology or portray a spotless life of exemplary faith — my job security doesn't hinge upon a flawless outward appearance. The primary goal of this blog is to be an encouragement. This is the filter I want to be using in deciding what to write about, "is this something encouraging to other Christians?"
So, despite the size of the Christian blogosphere, A Saved Wretch does have it's own particular flavour, hopefully one that appeals to and encourages some readers.


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BPAS withdraws abortion fees for Northern Irish women
British Pregnancy Advisory Services acts 'in response to government's commitment to provide abortion care funding'
Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent
Monday 3 July 2017
Northern Irish women who travel to England, Scotland or Wales to have abortions will no longer have to pay consultation and treatment fees to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.
BPAS announced on Monday that it had decided also to refund women from the region who used their services last Friday, after the threat of a parliamentary defeat over the Queen's speech last week forced the government to scrap its policy of not funding abortions on the NHS for Northern Irish women in other parts of Britain.
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A Musical Kind Of Guy
"I sure do".
That's the answer I give to people when they ask me if I like Glee. Actually that's a bit of a little bitty lie. I actually love Glee.
And Wicked.
And Les Miserables.
And Grease.
And Rock of Ages.
And Hairspray.
And a heap more musicals.
And now I love SMASH.
My friends often joke about me being gay to enjoy such shows.
Well I am 100% straight. I like girls as much as the straight guy next to me. Hmmmmm, girls. How you doin?
I also happen to love me a good musical. And that musical can be on the big screen, the small screen or even live on stage.
I don't care what people think.
I am a loud and proud musical kind of guy!
I've even got my own idea for a musical movie or stage show! I just need a lyricist to help me write it. Know of anyone?
My latest love is SMASH and even though CBS has axed the show after only two seasons, I have really enjoyed the musical within a TV show format. This weekend my girls and I have been singing 'Broadway, Here I Come" by Jeremy Jordan from Season 2.
This is the clip from the show which picks up the song half way through when the star of the show, Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee) stumbles upon a bartender, Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan) singing one of his own songs for a musical he is writing. It's called Broadway, Here I Come, about, you guessed it, someone with a dream of making it big on Broadway. It's a great song and can be used as a metaphor in just about anything to do in life that needs a focus to succeed. Take a listen below to the clip from the show and then at the end of this post, is the full vocal version which is bloody awesome.
So tease me all you want. It's ok. Straight men can love musicals too! Try telling me I can't! Go on, I dare ya! Or how about you let go of the stereotype that only gay guys can enjoy this stuff and get your feet a tapping and your voice a singing, because folks, there's joy in these songs and shows, and we can never have too much joy in the world. It does make the world a better place.
What is your favourite musical? Have you watched SMASH? Did you enjoy it or happy to see it go?
It IS A Good Day to Die Hard
If you go to see A Good Day to Die Hard, the 5th instalment in the Die Hard franchise, don't expect to see a typical Die Hard movie.
But firstly, what is a typical Die Hard movie?
When people think, Die Hard, they think of an ordinary guy, trapped in an impossible situation, armed only with his wit and determination not to die. Sure. 25 years ago when John McClane was trapped in a building alone and up against 30 terrorists. The only conduit to the outside world he has is via a CB radio to Sgt Al Powell, who's out on the street. He saves the day as we all know and the credits roll to Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow.
The sequel, just 2 years later, escalates with McClane once again in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is mostly solo but has a little help from an airport orderly and a reluctant airport police commander in trying to save his wife's plane as it heads to Washington DC. Armed again with his customary one liners, he once again saves the day.
In the third instalment, Die Hard with a Vengeance, McClane is this time in the middle of the action, but not by accident but by invitation from another Gruber. Other than the opening challenge, set by Simon, McClane is joined by a sidekick in the form of Samuel L Jackson, who assists him in saving New York.
In Live Free or Die Hard or Die Hard 4.0, he has another reluctant sidekick in the form of Justin Long and then in the newest film, A Good Day to Die Hard he is joined by his estranged son, Jack.
See a pattern here? I'll help you out. McClane in each movie since the original and most of the Die Hard 2, hasn't been solo. The last three films he has had a companion throughout the movie. He has also become somewhat superhuman, surviving a flooded aqua dock and exploding ship, an attack from an F35 Jet after surfing on the tail of the same jet, and being flung around by a helicopter in the newest film. Sure he dangled from a fire hose in Die Hard and ejected out of an exploding military cargo plane in the second, but both are plausible and not that far fetched. However the stunts have been getting bigger and more unbelievable. Nothing about the sequels equals the same feel as Die Hard and to a lesser extent Die Hard 2.
During the 25 years he's been a cop, don't you think that John McClane has also grown and become more skilful and cunning in what he does? If the original John McClane tried to fight the Russians in A Good Day to Die Hard, he probably would have been eaten up and spat out in the opening gun battle. But as with anyone, he's 25 years older, smarter and wiser.
This isn't James Bond who replace the actors every 5th movie or so. This is Bruce Willis who coincidentally is getting old too, just like John McClane. Therefore not only is the actor ageing but so is the character. With ageing comes growth. With growth comes new skills and emotions and new ways of doing things.
I don't go to each new Die Hard expecting to see the same movie or get the same feel as the original. I go expecting to see a kick ass action movie with plenty of explosions, gun fight, one liners and great villains. And when it comes to the villains, I never expect to see Hans Gruber again. He was an extraordinary bad guy, played by Alan Rickman. If each bad guy wore John Williams suits and spoke so well, then maybe but he really was one of a kind.
So my advice when going and seeing A Good Day to Die Hard is to sit back and enjoy it for what it is. A whole different movie to the original but with the same John McClane wit and never say die attitude.
I loved it and so has everyone else in my family full of McClanes.
4 out of 5 stars.
First Look at Die Hard 5
Since 2007's Live Free or Die Hard or Die Hard 4.0 as it was known internationally, fans of the Bruce Willis arse kicking series have been waiting for the next instalment, especially considering that Willis said that there would probably be two more movies in the franchise.
Here is the first official image from Die Hard 5, featuring Bruce Willis and Australia's very own, Jai Courtney.
Plot details are still sketchy but what we know is that the film is set in Russia where John McClane goes to the rescue of his son, Jack. Yep, Jack McClane! How cool.
The official name for Die Hard 5 is A Good Day to Die Hard and it will be released on February 14 in the US. We'll have to wait until March 21 in Australia.
We can expect to see the first trailer next week when Taken 2 hits the cinema.
I can't wait! Yippie Kai Yay MF'ers.
When I was a kid in high school and while sitting in the amphitheater for school assembly, I use to imagine the school was getting attacked by terrorists and it was up to me to save the day.
I remember how I would do it and the small spaces I would climb through and the ledges I would jump off to get to my position of advantage to take out the bad guys, one by one.
I can't recall whether these daydreams started before or after I had seen Die Hard for the first time. Most likely before as Die Hard came out when I was in year 11 and I am sure I had rescued the school and all of the teachers and students a hundred times before then.
It was definitely before Sean Astin saved his school from terrorists in 1991's Toy Soldiers, which is well before he became a hobbit. I still think that the producers of that movie tapped into my daydreams and stole my idea, though I didn't have Louis Gossett Jr. in my daydreams which is a shame because he was so cool back in the '80s and '90s.
So back to reality and fortunately or unfortunately, depending on which side of the fence you're on, I have never had to face off against terrorists and save the day. I did once chase down a bag snatcher which you can read about here, but other than that, my heroic days have been few and far between.
I wonder though what I would do in such circumstances. Have I seen too many movies where the good guys win and save the day? Does this really happen in real life? How many reports do we see on the news where the day hasn't been saved?
The attacks on 9/11 and Bali prove that sometimes terrorists get what they want and even if John McClane or Casey Ryback or Jack Bauer were real and available they probably would have been able to do bugger all about it.
Yet we do hear of good news stories where terrorists do get stopped but it is generally by the agencies responsible for keeping us safe. The Mosman Bomb Threat is one recent example even though it was only an act of terrorism against one person.
I would like to think that if there was no one else specialised to do it, that I would stand up and fight against anyone trying to cause harm against my fellow man. Perhaps if more people stood up and said no to crime, the world might be a little better place to live in.
Luckily terrorism in my neck of the woods is rare and we live in relative peace in Australia. We have criminals, as does every society, but I think the major crime saving days will still be on the big screen with the score conducted by James Horner or Hans Zimmer and the credits roll at the end.
I'm not ready to prove that what I think is a reality of me saving the day in my mind is actually a one-way ticket to that giant big fluffy cloud in the sky with my last thought being, "you dickhead, did you really think you could make a difference, did you?!"
But if that day comes though, I will try and make that difference. For now, I'm quite content to daydream about it.
What about you. Did you ever daydream of battling terrorists at school or have you had these daydreams as an adult? Would love to hear from you.
Bieber Fever
I can't believe I am going to write this piece and give even more airtime to that chick, Justine Bieber.
You know who she is. Of course you do. She has dominated your online world for the best part of two years now. She has polluted your twitter timeline. Well not her, but all of her fans….
Hang on, hang on, I am being disrespectful to the teen sensation. Of course Justin Bieber is a 17 year old boy and I gotta tell you, after watching the interview from Michael Usher on Australian 60 Minutes this week, I gotta say my opinion of the Biebs has somewhat changed.
I did joke about him being a 'her' and not calling him Justin but Justine. I did this based on nothing at all except knowing that he was occupying vital cyberspace which I would have much preferred be given to – well anyone!
I didn't really know any of his songs but I knew his story. Well I thought I knew his story. I thought he was some kid who knew he could sing, and had an ok boyish look and charm about him and went online to sell himself as the next big thing.
I thought you pretentious little shit. Most stars wait to be discovered. You went online to be found.
Then I watched the interview. As it turns out, Justin had loaded the video onto YouTube so that his family could see him sing and dance. That's ok I thought. I've done the same with my kids so far away friends and relatives can see what they're up to.
He doesn't quite know how they became viral and in turn created an internet sensation. Long story short, he was discovered by a producer, signed and his star rose rapidly.
He also came from a broken home and certainly didn't have the advantages that a lot of kids have today. It appears as though his life wasn't cookies and cream but he loved to sing and play the drums (which he was shown doing at a very young age rapping out a beat on some chairs).
He seems very down to earth and I gotta say, he's pretty likeable.
When I heard about his hair being auctioned off a couple of weeks ago I thought this kid is so up himself that he thinks people want his hair but he explained that he thought he could sell it off for charity. Better off doing that than throwing it in the bin! He's right. If he can auction off his do and raise money for a worthwhile charity, well why the hell not? Who am I to judge? Maybe I was jealous that he had hair to auction off and I don't!
I guess I can learn to appreciate the Biebs a little more now. After all, his new documentary style movie is called Never Say Never and he ended his interview with Michael Usher with this:
"It gives people hope and at the end of the day….if you focus and keep your dreams in front of you….never give up. Never say never. Anything is possible"
It's a great attitude. Anything is possible with the right attitude. That's how I try and live my life.
Justin Bieber, you're alright kid and I'm going to give you a break from my cruel taunts and jokes.
That doesn't mean I'll be buying your songs though! But it also means I won't be stopping my teenage daughter from buying them either.
Good luck mate. I hope it doesn't go to your head and that in 20 years time, you're not the current day Charlie Sheen.