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In this post I argue that Blue Labour has some important links with Flemish Christian Democracy, and that this has everything to do with their use of Catholic Social Teaching (CST), which emphasizes the importance of dialogue and cooperation. Historically, this has led to a strong emphasis on subsidiarity and intermediary structures, which I will clarify later on. But first, allow me to explain the roots of Flemish Christian Democracy.
At the end of the 19th century, working conditions in Belgian factories were appalling. Wages were extremely low, people often had to work more than 14 hours a day and child labour was generally accepted. Due to the hard and long work, many children died. The dominant political forces were the Catholic and the Liberal Party, both mainly representing the employers. The only opposition was a still young Socialist Party, for whom many were not willing to vote.
It was both a Catholic priest, Adolf Deans, and his brother Pieter Deans, a publisher, who strongly advocated workers' rights in Aalst. Inspired by the first social papal encyclical, Rerum Novarum, both men strongly championed the Christian Workers Union (currently ACV). Adolf Deans understood that, to be relevant, he had to operate on a political level. He therefore established the Christian People's Party (Christene Volkspartij) and stood in the general election of 1884, in which he won his seat. The party's main objective was to make the Catholic Party more democratic, social and radical. This move cost him his priesthood (the previous Archbishop, Léonard, rehabilitated Deans). Although its success remained isolated and fragmented, the party formed an important basis for the foundation of the Christian Democrat movement. Its growing influence within the Catholic Party forced the latter to move to the left, which was supported by the Belgian bishops.
After World War II, the Christian People's Party (Christelijke Volkspartij), a centre party, was established out of the Catholic Party. During its first general election (1946) the party immediately won the largest number of seats in parliament. Since then, the party has implemented social reforms and pushed the agenda for more regional autonomy. Essential to its ideology are intermediary structures and the principle of subsidiarity. The focus on intermediary structures means that Flemish Christian Democrats favour consultations between groups who represent the workers, employers and farmers, before the proposals are brought before Parliament.
Subsidiarity means that decision-making power rests with the lowest capable institution. So for instance, when a community, for instance in a town, is perfectly able to handle a certain issue, this specific issue should be the responsibility of the town and not Westminster. Only when a case is too big for this community to handle, Parliament should be responsible.
Another essential element of its ideology is personalism, which emphasizes the uniqueness of God and every human person. As a consequence, it gives a central role to the dignity of the human person, thereby acknowledging that people always stand into a relation with one another. These relations are needed to achieve the common good. Therefore, one might say that we are always dependent on one another. Another essential element of these human persons is their free will. This partly explains the importance of grassroots organizations, in which people develop relations.
It is not difficult to draw some lines with the Blue Labour movement. Making the Labour party more democratic, social and radical are its main objectives too. Although Blue Labour wants to move Labour to the right, the ultimate goal is the centre of politics, the place where elections, leading to stable governments, are won. Further, CST is an important inspiration for Blue Labour's ideology. For Blue Labour, the "balance of power" is rooted in CST. This means that Blue Labour also advocates consultation between workers and employers. Also, subsidiarity is an important element of its philosophy.
The latter is probably the movement's main strength. Something which a lot of Flemish Christian Democrats championed, was more Flemish autonomy. For Flemish Christian Democrats, improving the lives of workers went hand in hand with a devolution of power, which is in line with their emphasis on subsidiarity. By embracing this principle of subsidiarity, Blue Labour could find large appeal in Scotland and Wales. Finally, Blue Labour believes that, in order to come to the common good, people must come together. Central to its ideas, are the notions of mutuality, reciprocity and solidarity, or, one could say: personalism, which believes in the dignity of every single human person, who are, in turn, linked and dependent on one another.
In the end, I am convinced that Blue Labour and Flemish Christian Democracy hold a common basis in CST. This has brought both movements to embrace intermediary structures, subsidiarity and personalism (or reciprocity, solidarity and mutuality). What CST, Adolf Deans, Flemish Christian Democracy and Blue Labour all hold in common is their emphasis on the common good, and its conviction that giving people control over their situations, will empower them in their strive for a brighter future.
Jeroen Jans, is currently a PhD student at the Radboud University (Netherlands), developing a thesis title, "State without religion? Perceptions of young Christians, Muslims and humanists on religion-state relationships".


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In collaboration with Lancashire County Council Leaving Care Service we are delighted to host for 1 week, the 'Sincerely, You' exhibition.
This free exhibition will feature around 50 letters written by children and young people who are either currently looked after by the county council or have been. They wrote the letters to their younger selves to capture their thoughts and feelings at that time. National Care Leavers' Week highlights the needs of care leavers, and encourages all organisations responsible for looking after them to work effectively together.
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Some Thoughts: Perception/The Sponsors/A Look Back
The Upcoming Question
How do you change public perception? That is a question NFL owners and commissioner Roger Goodell are going to be asking themselves in the weeks and months to come. This has been an absolute nightmare stretch for the NFL, we all know that by now, but what has to happen next to restore faith in the NFL shield?
Right now, the NFL is still in damage control mode (we know this because Goodell is still in hiding), but when the dust finally starts to settle, the NFL will have to strategize ways to demonstrate a pro-active stance on issues of domestic violence. The league would benefit from revamping its entire protocol when its players are arrested for any crime. After botching the Ray Rice situation, the NFL was scrutinized for its handling of Adrian Peterson, Greg Hardy and Ray Mcdonald situations. Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems like we fans all knew these men should have been sat down long before the league did.
The Sponsors
Just tonight Crest announced it was pulling out of a promotion with the NFL. This comes on the tails of of other sponsors like Anheuser-Busch, Marriott, Fedex, Nike, Pepsi and more issuing strong statements about the NFL's handling of its off-field issues.
Good for these sponsors. I have seen and heard people questioning the motivation of big corporations speaking out on these issues, saying its just an easy PR opportunity. Sure it is! So? Its easy and we should be thankful these corporations are coming out to hold the league accountable. Only one language is spoken in the NFL and that is money. Like it or not these sponsors have the biggest wallets and therefore biggest voices. This is the perfect time for them to use those voices to express concern over the amount of violent crimes among players and the mishandling of events by the league. So I say good for these sponsors and I hope it leads us to an era of NFL football we can all be proud of.
One Last Thing
As a Dolphin fan I can't help but think back to the way the organization, led by Stephen Ross, handled the Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin situation. Not that the situations are all that similar but, Incognito was suspended indefinitely almost immediately after news of his indiscretions hit the news cycle. More importantly, it stayed that way no mater how the public opinion on the matter shifted. The Dolphins commissioned a report, assembled a committee and tried to do all they could to get in front of the problem and rectify the situation before the season even ended. Stephen Ross, although often ridiculed, took every measure to help find all of the facts.
I know these cases are of different gravities and are completely different in terms of timing and player caliber, but when I think about how seriously the Miami Dolphins took allegations of bullying another teammate, I can't help but feel underwhelmed at how the Ravens and the greater NFL handled the Ray Rice saga. Rice was suspended just two games by the NFL and then received a heroes welcome by the Ravens during the pre-season. The Ravens knew what he did. It took a video of him hitting his now wife going public and for public backlash to mount before his status with the team was terminated.
And lets not forget how the Vikings were willing to play Adrian Peterson until backlash from NIKE and the fans forced them to hold the now infamous "get this right " press conference. All I am saying is at the time it was easy to mock how the Dolphins handled their scandal last year. Three weeks into the season this year and its apparent that other NFL teams can learn from their quick reaction and strong discipline of Incognito.
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With the start of the 2014 World Cup Championship right around the bend, fans are lining up to place their bets on their favorite teams. While speculating is running rampant, there are a number of viable techniques to utilize for selecting the best bet. For starters, it is always smart to look at the current world cup odds, before making your selection.
Current World Cup Odds
- 3/1 Brazil
- 9/2 Argentina
- 11/2 Germany
- 13/2 Spain
While these are the most up to date world cup odds, it is important to check for yourself since the odds often change frequently during the lead up to the big game. These numbers should play a major role in your betting process. While the favorite is usually a safe bet, many times the favorite never wins the tournament. Betting on a favorite will usually earn you very little money unless you place a massive bet.
When you begin considering which team to bet on, the odds are important but not always a viable source of information. You should also consider the match ups. For instance, a particular team might be the favorite to win, but has lost every game to the opposing team in the opener. This will put the odds on favorite at a risk of dying out in the first round. Look at the 2010 championship, many of the favorites were eliminated in the first round.
When selecting a team to bet on, it is important to find a team that has a legitimate shot at winning. However, if you're only going to be betting a small sum, make sure you bet on a team with the right odds. For instance, at twenty to one, France would make a good underdog bet. You would earn a significant purse if France happened to pull off the upset.


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In Memoriam Mark Kopytman
A few months ago, Mark Kopytman passed away. Prof. Kopytman was one of Israel's most important composers and composition teachers. Many of today's composers in Israel have studied with him. Mark was a wonderful person and he would teach anybody who wanted to learn. He was my first composition teacher. I was not even a music student at that time; I was studying Philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The Musicology department advertised a course called "Composition for Amateurs", or something similar.
I still remember the first lesson.
Prof. Kopytman said: 'Once you have a musical idea, there are only five things you can do with it, only five procedures:
The first thing you can do with a musical idea is to repeat it exactly as is.
The second thing you can do is to repeat it starting on a different note.
The third thing is to make variations.
The fourth thing is to add material which is derived from the original idea, and the fifth is to add new material.
Of course as we advanced, we realized that each one of those options had more meaning and more options to it, but at least I was not overwhelmed anymore. The whole myth of composition started to decompose. The huge incomprehensible task became manageable.
I have used this lesson over and over again in my teaching and also to understand and explain pieces of music. But I have also used it as a lesson for life: every big problem can be broken into small problems.
I was happy and honored to conduct the Jerusalem Academy Chamber Orchestra on a special concert celebrating Prof. Kopytman 80th birthday in November 2009.
After we performed Cantus VI for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra, and people spoke and congratulated him, we surprised him with an arrangement I had made, a string orchestra version of his string quartet number one . After the concert, as I drove him home, I reminded him of my first composition lesson, one of the longest lasting lessons I have ever learned.
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Sunday, November 15, 2009
The photo above is of the audience at a concert by The Rods back in 1982. I think it captures being a Metal fan at that time perfectly. Everything is in attendance: the Wrangler (never Levi as I recall) denim jackets (sleeves optional), the dank brown hair a bit longer than the fashion at the time but not too long to get into trouble at school/work, the biker jacket and the wispy moustaches. It's a more innocent time, a time when Then Rods could leave people open-mouthed (or at least slack-jawed). And, naturally, there's the patches.
If I had an ounce of creativity or entrepreneurship, I would call up on of those Art Book publishers like Taschen with a proposal for a coffee table book called The Art of the Heavy Metal Back Patch. All of the classics of the genre would be there of course: the Judas Priest Razor Blade, the Motorhead Snaggletooth (or whatever it's called), the AC/DC cannon, the Number of the Beast album cover (surely an album cover that was designed to look good on a Backpatch on a denim jacket). I'm sure the book would sell more than you might think.
The one limitation about the different patches was that your selection was relatively limited, and you needed to rely on what was popular and being produced at the time. If you wanted to express your loyalty to someone who was a bit more obscure you needed to resort to your own art skills. Which is why my follow-up book would be Heavy Metal Art on School Jotters 1979 - 1985. I'm sure the lofts of Britain contain some excellent examples of school jotters containing fascinating interpretations of the Kiss Destroyer album cover done with felt pens or the words Black and Sabbath arranged in an upside-down cross that made the English teacher go ballistic. Apart from anything else, the actual act of trying to cover your school books with art gave you an idea on the exact level of your artistic abilities; I'm sure quite a few people realised that a career in illustration would be beyond them as they struggled with the horse while trying to do the Stormbringer cover.
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I'd been wondering about the thickness of cardstock vs text weight paper. That question has come up again with regard to the Bind It All. I'd posted a chart that gave the approximate sheet capacity for a given coil size. That was for text weight paper. What about cardstock though? I decided to try to look this up. Whoa. What a can of worms!
Okay, so really be able to discuss this somewhat intelligently, you have to understand that papers have different weights. The weight of a particular paper is based on the weight of a ream of that paper IN ITS STANDARD SIZE. I emphasized that last part because, naturally, different papers have different standard sizes. No-o-o, they couldn't just go by the nice 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches that we often buy at the store. The good news is that the weights of papers are usually printed right on the package, so we really don't need to know what the standard size for a particular paper is at all.
Now, armed with that info, I found a chart that compared the weights of various papers and their thicknesses. Yes! The thickness is really what will determine what the sheet capacity of the coils will be for papers other than text weight paper, eh?
Here's the link for the charts: Paper Weight - Thickness Guide
I looked that over and determined that my typical text weight paper is about 0.0048 inches thick. Now how that will compare with some other heavier paper will, of course, depend on the weight of that paper. I could be really precise, but it's Saturday, I really just want a ballpark figure, and I have no desire to get into any complicated math. ;-) To me, it looks like my cardstock will fall in the range of 0.0090-0.0096 inches in thickness. Basically, that's twice as thick. Close enough for me! Now I haven't pulled out my text paper and cardstock and placed them side by side in piles to compare, but I might. This was just one way of trying to figure out what size coil I might need to bind a particular project. Oh, and while I'm thinking about it, I believe that chipboard is also measured by its thickness, so if you want to use chipboard pages you could do some math and come up with the coil size that you need, too.
Hope that was helpful and not too confusing. :-)
ETA: Please also see my more recent post about this: Coil Binding Chart - revised, which now includes the thickness attribute.
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Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) have arrested actor Cogie Domingo in a buy-bust operation in Parañaque City Friday morning.
Authorities from the PDEA-Region IV-A Intelligence Section and Laguna Provincial Office seized Domingo and two others identified as Almira Bautista and Francisco Lim in BF Homes, Parañaque City, according to a report of PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino sent to INQUIRER.net.
Agents confiscated a sachet of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) from Domingo, as well as assorted drug paraphernalia inside a black hard plastic case.
Two sachets of suspected illegal substance were seized from Bautista and Lim.
Authorities also seized the group's vehicles – Domingo's white Lexus CT and Lim's Toyota Fortuner.
According to the report, agents have put Domingo under surveillance for some time to "validate" and "investigate" the actor's drug activity.
"It was revealed that Cogie Domingo frequents the area of Las Piñas City and Parañaque City to buy drugs," it added.
Domingo and his group were immediately detained at PDEA RO 4-A at Camp Vicente Lim.
Domingo, 32, was known for his role in the teen series "Click," a weekly afternoon show on GMA Network in the '90s. /jpv/ac
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Letter of intent to become a new FIWARE Lab node
From FIWARE Forge Wiki
In order to become a new FIWARE Lab node, you have to:
- Read carefully the following guidelines.
- (After reading) Download this pdf
- Compile and sign it
- Send it back to: email@example.com
Your request will be evaluated by the FIWARE consortium that will send the authorization (if accepted) to the technical stuff to initialise the federation process.
Letter of intent to become a new FIWARE Lab node
- "The FIWARE Foundation, e.V. (hereinafter "FIWARE") representing the FIWARE Community is very happy to receive your intention to be part of the FIWARE Lab ecosystem. FIWARE as such is acting to ensure SLA levels of FIWARE Lab for the benefit of all its worldwide users.
- As a new applicant to FIWARE Lab, several activities are required from your side in order to configure the node and put it in the FIWARE Lab ecosystem. These activities are described in the FIWARE Lab Operation Guide, section "Steps to become a New FIWARE Lab node". Please take a look to it.
- Although, FIWARE Lab is an environment where experimental activities are carried out, we are requesting you to offer a certain level of SLA in terms of resolution of users' problems while keeping the FIWARE Lab operations up and running with a SLA of the 95% of operational time. It means that issues should be solved in an average of 2 working days.
- Accordingly, in the event that the node would not be operational for more than 4 weeks, the management of the FIWARE Lab might unilaterally disconnect the node without possibility to challenge the decision. The operations of the node will be evaluated according to the automatic tests performed by the FI-Health service of the FIWARE Lab as well as the resolution of issues in of 2 working days. Please note that each issue is automatically associated with a ticket in our JIRA instance, so proper tracking and monitoring can be performed.
- Additionally, we inform you that FIWARE is the owner of the data and therefore responsible for protecting this information. Consequently, FIWARE is the data controller and you can access for notification to Franklinstrasse 13A, 10587 Berlin. We advise you that FIWARE complies with the current German legislation related to Personal Data Protection, Users' Privacy and the Secrecy and Security of Personal Data, as established in the Federal Data Protection Act in the version promulgated on 14 January 2003 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 66, BGBl. I S. 66 in German), as most recently amended by Article 7 of the Act of 30 June 2017 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 2097, BGBl. I S. 2097 in German).
- Finally, it is worth to notice that if an organisation plans to discontinue the operations of a node belonging to FIWARE Lab, a set of activities must be set in order that the FIWARE Lab management can offer a soft transition to the FIWARE users active in the discontinued node. These activities are described in the FIWARE Lab Operation Guide in the section "Steps to discontinue a FIWARE Lab node". It is mandatory that to announce the start of the disconnection process 1 Month before discontinuing the FIWARE Lab node itself.
- To be consistent with the above, we need a written commitment about the request of the ...................................................................................... node. This way, we would then be able to activate the FIWARE Lab support team to provide assistance in the required activities to federate your node."
Statement to be signed by the node owner
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- I do understand that we have to fulfil several steps to become a FIWARE Lab node and the different steps to discontinue a FIWARE Lab node besides with the defined SLA of the FIWARE Lab and the tools used to monitor and verify it.
- I do understand that this allows to activate the FIWARE Lab support team to provide assistance to my organisation in the required activities to federate the ...................................................................................... node.
- I do understand that Personal Data are owned by FIWARE and, together with it, I will perform all the possible corresponding actions to comply with the German Data Protection Law.
- If, for whatever reason, the organisation has to terminate the node operations this will communicated to you and the node users with an advance notice of 30 days."
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5 sI returned to karate late in life, after many many years. I am a beginner again. I felt so welcomed into the dojo by Sensei Steve, and not only did he make me feel good about my decision, he is one of the best teachers I have ever come across. He embodies the martial way. Wise beyond his years. When he speaks, you want to listen. Looking forward to studying there for a long time. As someone else said best, "this is not a McDojo. This place is for real". I highly recommend it. Osu!January 28, 2014
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This week is National NFP awareness week and many Catholics—as well as other Christians—in the United States practice some form of artificial birth control. By looking at the origins of the widespread dissent among many Christians from the apostolic faith on marriage and the one important danger of the pill that I think is too often ignored, I hope Natural Family Planning will be seen as more faithful to God's teaching for marriage and better able to ensure a the life of a child in the womb. Both artificial birth control and natural family planning are forms of birth control, but artificial means are immoral while natural methods are morally good. The moral quality of these methods will have to be addressed in a different post.
All Christians Were Against Artificial Birth Control Until 1930
That's a long time! For nearly 2000 years all Christians shared the same belief in the dignity of marriage by keeping it united to its primary purpose of procreation. I was taught in my class on Christian Marriage that the Anglican Communion made the first move to try and permit artificial means of birth control but only now looked at the actual documents themselves. About every ten years, all the Anglican communities come together at what is called the Lambeth conference to address contemporary issues and foster communion among themselves. The resolutions at this conference on not binding but they are very influential. At the Lambeth Conference of 1930, we read:
Where there is clearly felt moral obligation to limit or avoid parenthood, the method must be decided on Christian principles. The primary and obvious method is complete abstinence from intercourse (as far as may be necessary) in a life of discipline and self-control lived in the power of the Holy Spirit. Nevertheless in those cases where there is such a clearly felt moral obligation to limit or avoid parenthood, and where there is a morally sound reason for avoiding complete abstinence, the Conference agrees that other methods may be used, provided that this is done in the light of the same Christian principles.
[S]eeing that the primary purpose for which marriage exists is the procreation of children, it believes that this purpose as well as the paramount importance in married life of deliberate and thoughtful self-control should be the governing considerations in that intercourse.
The Conference affirms…the privilege of discipline and sacrifice to [the duty of parenthood and raising a family]
It is surprising that the conference allows someone to forgo a life of discipline to use a non-abstinent form—i.e. an artificial form—of birth control. If one chooses to avoid children and avoid abstinence for what the conference vaguely calls a morally sound reason, this actually contradicts the life of self-discipline under the power of the Holy Spirit and the primary purpose of marriage for procreation that this same conference teaches. The permission to use artificial birth control has no biblical, theological, or traditional teaching to support this separation of procreation from marriage and the marital act. To use a non-natural method is to choose to not live a disciplined life because it enables the Christian to choose an immoral means to satisfy their sexual desire instead of empowering them to say "no" to the passions of their body for the good of their family. This seemingly compassionate but injurious divide between marriage and procreation inspired Pope Pius XI to write Casti Connubii in which he affirms the true teaching of marriage that has always been held by the Church.
Ever since this shift from the divine meaning of marriage among the Anglicans, many Protestant communities have fallen suit and the Lambeth Conference of 1958 stated that birth control methods—which may be artificial or natural—can be determined by a Christian's conscience that both spouses find acceptable. The rhetoric of determining birth control by one's conscience pervaded the the Catholic Church during the 1960s and there was a huge expectation for years that the Church would change her teaching away from the apostolic tradition of nearly 2000 years. Humanae Vitae's confirmation of the divine plan for marriage upset numerous Western Catholics and many continued to dissent from God's plan for marriage by placing their conscience as the determining factor of what is morally right and wrong over divine revelation. Now Jesus did not explicitly address contraception or many other issues—such as the Trinity or homosexuality—and in ancient times contraception was linked to abortion so that it is difficult to separate the two sins but these summaries by Fr. Mitch Pacwa and Fr. John Hardon begin to show the general consensus of the Church against the sin of contraception throughout history.
One Way Hormonal Contraception "Prevents Pregnancy" Is By Aborting the Child
The most popular form of artificial birth control is "the pill" and this is the only method space permits me to address. The pill causes three effects in the woman's body to "prevent pregnancy." It is important to note that "pregnancy" is now often defined by many medical professionals to mean the occurrence of when an egg implants in the uterus and not when the egg is fertilized. The first effect of the pill is to suppress ovulation so that no egg is released. The second is to thicken the mucus so that sperm cannot reach the egg. The third and most devastating effect is the thinning of the uterine wall so that a fertilized egg cannot implant and the consequence is that the fertilized egg—or child—is aborted. Thus, according to some doctors, there is no pregnancy because there was no implantation but the child in the womb dies.
Awhile ago I found studies on "the pill" and was shocked by the numbers I read. I am unable to find the site right now but this website—especially the last four questions—has similar numbers. Hormonal contraception only suppresses ovulation about 90% of the time. The remaining 10% results in an implantation of the fertilized egg or an abortion of the child so that a woman will have a child attached to her uterus or one child is aborted every year. Chapter 1 of the booklet Contraception of Grief confirms that 1.4—4.1 million children are aborted from "the pill" every year. That is a staggering figure and many of those taking the pill call themselves Pro-Life Christians yet have no idea they are aborting their children. Even if it is only one child a wife/mother may abort every year because of the pill, I just don't think it is worth taking that risk. It is a an act of complete selfishness to satisfy one's sexual urge at the risk of killing one's child. What is interesting is the Lambeth Conference of 1930 condemned abortion but the pill actually causes abortions even though it only occurs about once a year if a women does not have an implanted fertilized egg that year.
The Takeaway
Seeing that marriage—as communicated by God in His divine revelation—has always been taught to be intrinsically connected to the possibility of the generation of offspring, NFP is a more appropriate form of birth control that encourages temporary abstinence each month and does not contradict God's plan for marriage which all Christians believed until the 20th century. Furthermore, NFP does not risk aborting a child for the sake of sexual gratification. For these reasons, the abandonment of the pill and employment of NFP can only help a couple to live a marriage according God's design and ensure that through no fault of their own any child in the image of God will be lost.


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Thank you for your fantastic treatment of our case through the entire adoption process. You were a fabulous resource and we are thankful for your guidance through this journey! What a blessing from God this whole experience has been. Thank you for your excellence! — J. & J.B.
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I have always tried to live a generous and thoughtful life, aiming to be selfless and not selfish. But I recently came across an idea that inspired me to change the way I build relationships. I first read about the 100/0 principle in Darren Hardy's book The Compound Effect. It's about taking control over the creation of successful relationships. "You have to be willing to give 100 percent with zero expectation of receiving anything in return. Only when you are willing to take 100 percent responsibility for making the relationship work, will it work. Otherwise, the relationship left to chance will always be vulnerable to disaster."
Most people think of relationships as 50/50. I do this for you, you do that for me. I will sacrifice something, but only if you sacrifice something as well. These ideas give people the sense of "fair", but will usually also bring a sense of resentment. Most importantly, it requires someone other than you to create a successful relationship. The principle of 100/0 goes against everything we are taught about fairness growing up. If one of our friends gave us a Squeeze-It, our parents made us give them something back in exchange, because it's only fair, right? Thus, an expectation was created that if we do something for someone, they will do something for us in return. If they don't, then why bother giving them our time, effort, or attention.
Implementing 100/0 in you lifestyle will boost your relationships, because what we do depends on OUR effort. WE are accountable for developing a positive relationship. Instead of complaining about someone not doing something, take the initiative to do it because you want your relationship with them to be strong. Before I give you some ideas of how you can start living 100/0, let's clarify what this principle is NOT…
A non-stop charity – Living 100/0 does not mean giving all (if any) of your money, time, possessions away to people. In fact, much of the principle does not even imply spending money or buying gifts.
Letting people dominate you – You will not be considered soft for living this way. In order to successfully live 100/0, you must be principle driven. Your beliefs and values will not be compromised by giving without the expectation of return.
Making everything you do "volunteer"– If you work in the service business, living 100/0 does not mean that you work for free. This is your job, your trade. It is natural that you charge money for what you do.
Doing everything on your own – 100/0 is about doing things and acts to benefit relationships, not taking on twice your workload because someone is lazy. Know the difference between helping someone, and taking over their life. Also, make sure you know specifically which relationships are most important to you. Those are the ones which require the most attention.
Here are a few things you can do to implement the 100/0 principle into your life:
Do the little things that are not expected, but everyone desires Take the time to open the door for people who are walking through doorways at the same time. Help a person pick up something that they dropped. Go out of your way to do easy, unexpected acts that help people have better days.
Listen… Give people your attention if they are talking to you. Put your phone down! Make the person you are interacting with the most important person to you at that time. On a deeper level, listen to what people appreciate. Find out what their complaints are and what stresses them.
…understand… There are some things that other people value which may seem quite unimportant to us. We have the tendency to brush those things aside. Why bother if we don't understand the significance, right? Truly understand why things are important to those close to you.
…Apply What is important to the people that are in your life? What signs have they given of what they value and appreciate? A long tradition in my family is leaving empty egg shells in the carton when we cook eggs. There is no purpose to this, but it's what I have done my whole life. While I was cooking eggs at my girlfriend's house one day, she expressed her displeasure of my habit. At first, I thought, "What's the difference? Why would it matter that empty egg shells in the carton?" Then I realized, I was only asking myself what's in it for me. I was being stubborn because it did not affect me. However, in the long run, my stubbornness would lead to her displeasure, which would cause friction in the relationship. Because it is important for her and I care about our relationship growing, I am now removing the empty egg shells.
Support other people's goals We know how important our goals are. In trying to achieve our goals, we put everything we have into reaching the level we want to reach. If we give that same effort to supporting others' goals, that value would mean more than any monetary value or gift. Go out of your way to do something that shows someone close to you how much you want to see them succeed. I have a friend who recently began eating primal. One of the easiest ways to fall of track is by not having enough food to eat. Knowing the difficulties of changing to a healthy lifestyle, I gave him the chicken and spinach lunch I had packed. This way he could suppress his hunger with something primal, but also know that I was really supporting him and pushing him to succeed.
Most importantly - - be genuine You can't live 100/0 if you are bitter or feel cheated that you just did something good for somebody and they are not doing anything to pay you back. That's the whole point! You have to be happy knowing that you are making someone's life better. Intentionally do those things for others, and soon you will be creating the best relationships of your life.
"The more you give, the more you get. The more you get, the more you get to give." -Michael Ellsberg


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National authorities rebel against BRRD state aid limits
EU single resolution board will "never have any work to do", lawyers predict
Temporary state aid for struggling banks will need to become a normal feature of resolution toolboxes because the European Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) is not flexible enough, according to numerous national regulators and legal sources.
"Everybody is trying to make sure that if they have a problem in one of their banks, they can somehow argue the bank falls under the Article 32 exception in BRRD. This is something the Monte dei Paschi case made clear," says one official at a national resolution authority in the banking union.
Such views appear to confirm continued disagreement within the European Union regarding the idea of bailing in the creditors of a distressed bank and what precedent is set by the recent authorisation for the Italian Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) to access state aid.
While some say state aid should only be used in very exceptional circumstances, numerous national resolution authorities and legal experts who spoke with Risk.net say the MPS case shows access to support needs to be a regular tool for struggling banks, rather than an exception. They warn if more flexibility is not built into the BRRD, the framework will lose credibility because it will be too difficult to comply with in practice.
"I think [the MPS case] is a sign everybody somehow reads that the resolution framework is not feasible in real-life cases where big banks are facing problems. I think [the MPS recapitalisation] should make everyone reflect on the ability of applying the resolution framework in a concrete case," says the resolution official.
Risk.net spoke to experts at national resolution authorities in six countries subject to BRRD, three of which are in the eurozone banking union under the Single Resolution Board (SRB), which is meant to manage a resolution process in those countries. Some say the MPS case should be viewed as an exception, after which European regulators will need to draw a line in the sand on access to state aid. But resolution officials in other countries, together with legal experts, say the BRRD will need to move towards regularising easier access to state support, especially in the form of burden sharing, where state capital injections complement the bail-in of some subordinated creditors.
We are more in the camp of those who think that in a systemic crisis you should be able to use recourse to state aidSecond resolution official at a national resolution authority
"There are indeed divisions on how we should interpret Article 32 and the precautionary recap, and the whole state aid framework, and the capacity to use it in resolution. We are more in the camp of those who think that in a systemic crisis you should be able to use recourse to state aid," says an official at a second resolution authority in the banking union.
He says the European Commission (EC) drafted the state aid exception in BRRD too strictly, but will be forced to apply it more flexibly to maintain financial stability, which diminishes the credibility of the framework.
"The framework, as it is currently, is not really satisfying because it is a rigid framework, and you see that ex ante in normal times the commission has a very strict approach. But you see the rule can also be applied kind of flexibly, but you don't know what determines this flexibility and so you never know whether this flexibility will be used or not," adds the official at a second resolution authority.
MPS is planning to undertake a precautionary recapitalisation under Article 32, which says a bank that is solvent but faces a capital shortfall under an adverse stress-test scenario can benefit from state guarantees for liquidity and newly issued securities, as well as injections of capital at non-advantageous conditions.
The European Central Bank confirmed the eligibility of MPS to apply Article 32 last year, and the bank is now negotiating with the EC for final approval of its plan. According to legal experts, rather than illustrating an exception to the rule, the MPS case shows a welcome path to legally shore up banks without resorting to resolution.
The market never wants to see Elke KönigA legal expert in London
"The market never wants to see [SRB head] Elke König. If people carry on doing what I predict they will continue to want to do, which is avoid BRRD and resolution, then König is never going to have any work to do. Only if the situation is so bad that you can't use the national technique or the state monies are unavailable, then König comes in," says one legal expert in London.
"The only way forward is this [exception]. The question is political – do [regulators] see it as a hole to be plugged in BRRD or will they leave it for the commission to operate fairly, and trust the commission to do it on the basis it's the solution the market wants?" he asks.
Resolution authorities and legal experts say these issues could come up in amendments to the BRRD during its review in 2018. They warn that if state aid is not better defined as a normal tool, the MPS case shows how its application could become fragmented.
"My guess is those member states that sincerely believe in the BRRD would probably prefer the creation of a sort of single Europe-wide statutory route to burden sharing, rather than allowing it to develop in a random piece-by-piece way," says a second legal expert in London. "This is going to be quite interesting, because there is a whole stack of amendments to BRRD, which are about to be placed in front of the European Parliament later this year, and if you wanted to put all this into a hardwired BRRD mechanism, this is the ideal time to do it."
The main reason why the current BRRD framework is unworkable, say the dissenting resolution authorities, is the requirement that 8% of a bank's total liabilities must be bailed in before it can access state support. This amount is too high, they say, and could require a bank to eat through to more sensitive liabilities such as deposits. This means European and national resolution authorities will be forced to continually find ways to work around triggering bail-in because of the danger it could pose to financial stability.
This problem is particularly relevant now, because resolution rules entered into force in January 2016, but most banks' bail-in buffers – called the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) for non-systemic banks – have yet to be defined. MREL will be phased in until 2020, so banks might not have the required liabilities in place for a bail-in before that date.
The BRRD doesn't deal with the fact there is no limitation on whether or not you can place MREL-eligible liabilities in your retail customer baseFirst resolution official at a national resolution authority
"At one stage [we] pleaded for a BRRD holiday. It would have made the whole framework more credible," says the second resolution official. "So there is no MREL requirement, but on the other hand, if you want to open the door for state aid, you have to apply the 8% bail-in. So the situation we are in is very uncomfortable, especially if you believe deposits should not be bailed in."
Even after bail-in buffers are complete, it is unclear if the framework, as currently drafted, could function smoothly. The strict writing of the rules makes it difficult for some banks to provide comfort to sensitive clients that would not be hurt by bail-in. This could jeopardise depositor and market confidence in the individual firm, and potentially the whole national banking system, warn resolution authorities.
Authorities say they doubt whether some – especially deposit-funded – banks have the ability to raise buffers of subordinated debt high enough to cope with the 8% bail-in requirement in order to keep sensitive investors and depositors safe. They also say it might not be possible to ensure no subordinated debt is held by retail investors – one of the key sticking points in the Italian bank recapitalisation process. Eliminating retail investors could make raising MREL even more challenging for banks in certain jurisdictions.
"The BRRD doesn't deal with the fact there is no limitation on whether or not you can place MREL-eligible liabilities in your retail customer base. You could say, 'look, you signed this declaration saying [you understand]', but then a client might say it was misselling. And if it's 300,000 people, it becomes a political interest, and it is very difficult for a political leader to ignore," says the first resolution official.


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What do I do if my child has to miss practice because of illness or an appointment? Especially Zero period?
Communicate (via email, text or phone call) to your coach when an illness occurs. Try to schedule appointments after workouts whenever possible. Try to work your class schedule without a zero period, but we understand that will not always be possible.
It is the first week of school and my freshmen child is playing water polo/swimming and has a conflict with another class during 6th period? What do we do?
Continue to work with your guidance counselor to correct the situation, as being enrolled in 6th period P.E. is a must. Until the problem gets corrected, hustle out to the workout session as soon as your 6th period class is done.
What exactly is the Esperanza Booster Club?
The Coaches teach our children. The school district provides and maintains the pool, water and the electricity. The Esperanza Aquatics Booster Club ensures that the coaches have all the necessary equipment and supplies they need to run all four aquatics sports (Men's Water Polo, Men's Swimming, Women's Water Polo and Women's Swimming) that comprise the program. That means that every water polo ball, lane line, bleacher, and swim kick board was provided by the Booster Club.
The Booster Club orders all the swim suits, t-shirts and other clothing worn by our athletes. They also organize team meals, team photos, fund raising events and the always popular team banquets.
Our Aquatics Booster club supports four sports: Men's Water Polo, Men's Swimming, Women's Water Polo and Women's Swimming. Depending on the number of kids that we have, we will typically field a varsity team, a junior varsity team and a frosh/soph team (for each sport).
What are the Booster Contributions?
The Boosters cannot provide all that is necessary to ensure a great aquatics program on their own. Everyone is asked to contribute to the costs. The Booster contributions that are requested at the beginning of each season (men's water polo, women's water polo and swim) cover the cost of the athletes swim suit, team shirt, banquet, team meals, any game or meet entry fees, any coaches stipends not covered by the PYLUSD, any cost for Referees or officials, in other words everything other than the pool, water and electricity.
I am not getting good information from my child regarding games, meets, team meals, pictures, etc. Where can I get information?
The Esperanza Aquatics website (http://www.esperanzaaquatics.com ) is the place to find out additional information. The Schedule is posted there for both swim and water polo. Important and pending events are also posted there.
In addition, we suggest that all parents sign up to receive regular team emails and notices. This can be done at registration or through the web site. If you have any problems signing up please contact any booster board member.
Where can I find directions to the various pools?
Directions to all pools are located on the Esperanza Aquatics website (http://www.esperanzaaquatics.com) under the DIRECTIONS Tab.
When are the team pictures taken and what do I do if my child did not bring home a photo form?
Team photos are taken at the beginning of each season and are usually on the deck. For example, Men's water polo will be in early September. Forms are often misplaced or lost, so additional forms can be downloaded from the Esperanza Aquatics website or will be made available on Photo day.
What does it mean for an athlete to be "Cleared"?
Before a student may try out or participate in any athletic activity, a completed Athletic Clearance Packet must be read, filled out and signed, where appropriate, by the athlete and his/her parent. This packet contains pertinent information in regards to the athletic program and the student/parent responsibilities. This packet must be filled out for each school year. The packet may be downloaded from the Esperanza High School website, www.esperanzahs.com. Under the athletics tab click athletic forms. This packet must be turned in by the student to the Athletic Secretary with their current Esperanza ID card at break or lunches ONLY unless other arrangements have been made by the coach and Athletic Secretary. Fall sports will clear returning players prior to the end of the previous school year and new and incoming 8th graders during June. Incoming 8th graders will not have their Esperanza ID card but must obtain one at registration in August.
What are the Transportation Fees and where and how do we pay them?
Transportation Share Fees are set by the Placentia Yorba Linda Unified School District and are paid to the School (Esperanza High School). This fee is for District Bus transportation to/from water polo games and swim meets. Separate Fees are to be paid for each sport. The fee will be entered on the student finance account based on the rosters given by the head coach and due the first week of the sport season. If needed a District fee reduction and waiver application is available from the Athletic Secretary. These fees must be paid by the athlete directly to the Esperanza School Finance Office.
The deadline for Transportation Fees is:
What is the best way for my child to handle a problem with either a coaching decision or a team mate?
Resolving Problems: If an athlete has a problem, they should talk directly to the coach first. If the problem is not resolved, the parent can then contact the Athletic Director.
How can I as a parent help out?
Be ready to volunteer with the team. Most jobs are for a finite period of time – not the whole season.
Be pleasant to other team parents who call asking for help.
Encourage your child to talk to their coach if they have a problem. Try to get your athlete to handle their problem themselves.
Treat the coaches with respect – they work hard to help our children.
Is it required that the water polo players be on the swim team?
It is not compulsory for water polo players to be on the swim team but it is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. Exceptions are made to children involved in another spring sport or activity. It is the best way to ensure the athletes stay in shape, improve their swimming skills, and continue to bond with their team mates.
Will we always have 3 different team levels (frosh/soph, junior varsity and varsity teams) for each of the sports?
Depending on the number of athletes involved in the program each year, we will typically field a varsity team, a junior varsity team and a frosh/soph team (for each sport).
Is attendance at the High School Summer sports camps necessary? And how much time each day is required? And for how many weeks?
It is highly recommended that our aquatics athletes participate in our summer camps. Workouts are typically three hours in length and go four days per week for six weeks. On two or three weekends during the six week camp, there will be some weekend games/tournaments.
When is the best time to plan a family vacation?
August is the best time to take family vacations, as CIF requires the coaches to not conduct workouts for a three week period. For boy's water polo, after the three week period concludes, double day workouts begin. For the girls, they get the entire month of August off.
I am new to the sport of water polo, where can I find information on the basic water polo rule?
Click here - Waterpolo-Guide
My child is on the swim team and I was wondering how many events can he/or she swim at a meet?
Swimmers can swim a maximum of two individual events and two relays or one individual event and three relays.
Who decides the events that swimmers will swim? When do the athletes find out their events?
The coaching staff works closely with each individual swimmer to determine what events they will swim each week. These events will often change each week as the coaching staff wants to evaluate each swimmer competing under different circumstance, with an eye on league prelims and finals.
How are points calculated at swim meets for the swim team?
For individual events:
1st place scores: 6 points
2nd place scores: 4 points
3rd place scores: 3 points
4th place scores: 2 points
5th place scores: 1 point
For relay events:
1st place scores: 8 points
2nd place scores: 4 points
3rd place scores: 2 points
What is the schedule of events for swim meets?
All high school swim meet events are run in the same order. Cards are available listing the events and the order. Ask any Booster Board Member to get you one. They are invaluable during swim season.
If you have a question that is not covered in these FAQ's please submit it to an EHS Aquatics board member and we will find the answer for you.


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4. Select a second strand and repeat the process but catch it in on the hook's far side. These strands form the trailing legs.
5. Take a length of grey poly-yarn and split it down the middle. Catch in one half along with a couple of strands of pearl Mirror Flash.
6. Fold the yarn and Mirror Flash so that both ends lie on top of the foam body. Secure the wing with further turns of thread.
7. Apply a small pinch of black rabbit fur to the tying thread. Dub it on then wind over the base of the wing to conceal the fold.
8. Wind thread forward, in front of the loose end of foam. Make an overhand knot in a third rubber strand and place around shank.
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