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Deer Park Monastery
Deer Park Monastery is a mindfulness practice center and monastic training center founded by the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, author, and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh. It is a place to quiet the mind, look deeply, and enjoy the wonders of life within and around us through the practices of sitting meditation, walking meditation, mindful eating, deep relaxation meditation, and sharing togetherness. We invite all who wish to cultivate peace and happiness in their lives to plan a visit—for a day or for a retreat.
This 400-acre sanctuary rests peacefully in the chaparral mountains of Southern California, surrounded and protected by oaks and the natural landscape. Established in July 2000, it is a safe and serene refuge for many practitioners to come and learn the art of mindful living and to practice with a community, a Sangha. At Deer Park, the residential monastic community and lay community practice together year round under the guidance of our teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, in the tradition of engaged Buddhism. There are two hamlets: Solidity Hamlet (for monks and laymen) and Clarity Hamlet (for nuns and laywomen). The two hamlets come together several times a week to practice.
At Deer Park, we are nourished not just by the formal sitting meditation sessions, but also by the practice of meditation in our daily activities outside the meditation hall. We are guided by the teachings of Thây on mindfulness and peacemaking. We learn to live together as a community and to take refuge in the wisdom of the Sangha.
Visit the Deer Park website to register for retreats and learn more about the monastery.
Deer Park Monastery's Capital Campaign
New monastics are essential to the continuation of the community and our practice centers. However, Deer Park Solidity Hamlet lacks suitable and adequate housing for the next generation of Plum Village brothers. The hamlet is overcrowded, and there is no space where new monastics can live.
In addition, our existing monastic brothers' quarters are in dire need of renovation. The circa-1950s buildings (which weren't great to begin with!) need new roofs, insulated walls, safe structural repair, and bathrooms.
Priority Project Details
Phase 1 – Build a new monastic dormitory in solidity hamlet
We must care for our dear brothers so that they may care for us.
Our monastics devote their lives to our practice and trust the community to support their basic needs. In order to take care of our brothers, we are asking our beloved community to collectively support the renovations and expansion of monastic living quarters at Deer Park.
The brothers of Solidity Hamlet live in cramped, dilapidated dorms that were built in the 1950s. The hamlet is now overcrowded, and there is no room for our monastics to have basic shelter or for new monastics who could come to live and strengthen the community at Deer Park. New monastics are essential to the continuation of the community and the practice center.
This new residence will house nine brothers and support our senior monks during health or physical challenges. There will also be a courtyard and common area for the brothers to gather. The total cost estimate for phase 1 is $800,000. Work is expected to begin in spring of 2018. Generous friends have already given $80,000, so we are encouraged to be on the way to our goal!
Phase 2 – Renovate existing monastic dorms
The two existing monks' dorms are long past the point at which they should have been renovated, but the brothers are very modest and have lived in them until they have no choice but to renovate. Up to 20 monks will occupy the updated buildings, which will cost approximately $500,000 in total to renovate. Work will begin as soon as funding is available.
Phase 3 – Construct a community center and bookstore
Deer Park has grown to be very popular for the lay community. On days of mindfulness and on retreats, visitors are in need of an area to gather and enjoy the practice together. With this in mind, the community plans to create an outdoor/indoor space near the campground area and relocate the bookshop here. This will provide easy access from the meditation hall, dining hall, and campsites. As a gathering place for the community, there will be a large shaded deck area, a bookstore, and a tea room. The total cost is estimated to be $400,000.
Please consider making a gift to support these important projects. When donating online, choose Deer Park from the designation drop-down menu.


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*GALAPAGOS AGGRESSOR Captain's Log * October 27th-November 3rd, 2016
Captain Rufino Chele
Chef Javier Choez
Instructors Walter Torres/ Ruben Intriago
Steward Winter Basurto
GUESTS: Tino, Ric, Michal, Mariusz, Timur, Donovan, Juan, Greg, Jim, Roman, Maryse, Christian, Beth, Andrew, Jan, Bill
Thursday – Check dive at Itabaca Channel
Friday – Punta Carrión
Saturday – Wolf Island
Sunday – Darwin Island
Monday – Darwin & Wolf Island
Tuesday –Punta Vicente Roca
Wednesday – Cousins Rock
Thursday October 27th
We welcomed aboard visitors coming from Germany, United Kingdom, Poland, Russia, Mexico, USA and Canada. We picked them up from Baltra Airport in the morning and headed out to a briefing and to get ready for our check dive. During the check dive we saw tropical fish.
*Air Temp. 79 F
*Water Temp. 70 F
* Visibility 40 ft
* Depth 30 ft
Friday October 28th
On Friday, we had two dives in Punta Carrion north side of Santa Cruz Island. We saw mobulas, golden cow rays, sting rays, eagle rays, sea lions, sea turtles and tropical fish during these dives.
After them, we went on a land tour in Bartolome Island where we could see a volcanic and pristine landscape from the top of the walking trail.
*Air Temp. 79 F
*Water Temp. 79 F
* Visibility 40 ft
* Depth 110 ft
Saturday October 29th
We reached Wolf Island to dive with hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, barracudas, moray eels, sea turtles, back tipped sharks, scorpion fish, jacks, tunas and tropical fish.
*Air Temp. 79 F
*Water Temp. 70 F
* Visibility 40 ft
* Depth 99 ft
Sunday October 30th
On Sunday we went to Darwin, one of the most famous islands in Galapagos. Here, we could find the hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, silky sharks, black tipped sharks, jacks, tunas, sea turtles, moray eels, dolphins, scorpion and tropical fish.
*Air Temp. 78 F
*Water Temp. 70 F
* Visibility 30 ft
* Depth 98 ft
Monday October 31st
Around Darwin and Wolf we had other interesting dive times, in which we saw hammerhead sharks, Galapagos sharks, silky sharks, jacks, barracudas, eagle rays, moray eels, sea turtles, scorpion and tropical fish.
*Air Temp. 78 F
*Water Temp. 72 F
* Visibility 50 ft
* Depth 95 ft
Tuesday November 1st
Going down south, at Cabo Douglas and Punta Vicente Roca, Tuesday gave us the chance to see other variety of the marine life: we could swim with marine iguanas, sea turtles, bat fish, sting rays, barracudas, sea lions, scorpion and tropical fish.
*Air Temp. 75 F
*Water Temp. 59 F
* Visibility 40 ft
* Depth 109 ft
Wednesday November 2nd
On Wednesday, after a night navigation going east, we could visit Cousins' Rock. It was waiting for us with sea lions, sea turtles, eagle rays, barracudas, moray eels, sting rays, white tipped sharks, scorpion and tropical fish.
Later on, we went to visit the highlands of Santa Cruz to see the famous giant tortoises: the Galapagos were peacefully walking around the place, in the wild.
*Air Temp. 78 F
*Water Temp. 70 F
* Visibility 40 ft
* Depth 95 ft
Thursday November 3rd
We finished our cruise with the satisfaction of a great week. Thanks again for joining us along the Galapagos Aggressor, we will be waiting for another visit when you wish to come back... and we hope it is very soon!
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Cook double century takes England to first-innings lead for first time this series
Veteran England opening batsman Alastair Cook has scored his second double century against Australia, giving the tourists a commanding first-innings lead in the fourth Ashes Test at the MCG.
Cook spent more than 10 hours at the crease for his unbeaten 244, giving England a lead of 164.
Geoff Lemon's analysis
There have been times in the last four years when Steve Smith has not seemed human, as he stacks up numbers like what Bart Simpson would call "some kind of non-giving-up runs guy".
Then there have been times that suggest he isn't a cyborg, like chewing his fingernails off during England's run chase in Adelaide, or his tears after winning the Ashes in Perth.
Finally, the Melbourne Test proved Smith's fundamental biological nature in the most earthy possible way. It turns out that even the most focused of cricketers finds it hard to maintain than when he has a stomach upset that necessitated emergency trips off the field.
While he managed to keep to the field for most of the day, Smith wasn't at his sharpest as leader, and it showed as England managed to bat through all three sessions.
The captain missed a catch at square leg when Alastair Cook was 153, and the Englishman added another 91 by stumps. This after Smith had dropped him the previous day at slip on 66.
Several other chances went begging through this third day, as Smith persisted in placing himself a pace too wide at first slip. While there were plenty of edges, a couple went between Smith and the wicketkeeper, wide enough that Tim Paine wasn't confident to launch for them.
A couple of chances were also missed in the deep, with players stationed 20 paces in from the rope rather than back on the boundary. Both Moeen Ali and Stuart Broad survived big hits that carried the catchers in the deep rather than falling to them.
It was a tough day at the office for Smith, but it always is when you spend half of it in the sick bay. Here's hoping the fourth day lets him focus on digesting tactics rather than how his digestive tract is.
It was his highest score against Australia and his third highest in Tests.
After finishing the day at 9-491, the visitors will go into the second innings with their noses in front for the first time this summer.
Having brought up his century in the final over of day two on Wednesday, Cook kicked on to register his second double century of 2017, which included 27 boundaries off 409 deliveries.
He got valuable late support from Stuart Broad, who brought up his half century before going down swinging for 56 off 63 balls as England chased quick runs late in the day.
Cook's knock was his most successful outing on Australian soil since he arrived with a bang in the 2010-11 Ashes tour.
He averaged 127.66 in that man-of-the-series performance, which featured three centuries and was highlighted by his 235 not out in the second innings of the Gabba Test.
Until this Test, the 33-year-old hadn't reached three figures against Australia since.
With Jackson Bird still searching for his first wicket in his comeback Test, Cook stroked a straight drive to the boundary to bring up his double century 360 balls and 560 minutes into his marathon knock.
It was his fifth career double ton, with his most recent (243) coming in August against the West Indies in Birmingham.
Shaky support from partners
England captain Joe Root couldn't go on with the start he made on day two, being caught on 61 by Nathan Lyon off the bowling of Pat Cummins after putting on 138 runs with Cook for the third wicket.
From there, Cook had the makings of partnerships with Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes. However each fell before they could go on to make any significant contributions.
Malan became Josh Hazlewood's second lbw victim of the match on 14, while Bairstow and Ali both fell to the spin of Lyon.
Bairstow (22) was caught behind by Paine, while Ali fell on his sword, having come out swinging before being caught by Shaun Marsh after a quickfire 20 off 14 balls.
Cummins, who had laboured under illness yesterday, was rewarded with his second scalp when Woakes tried to pull a short ball on 26, only managing to pop a simple catch off his gloves to Paine behind the stumps.
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When debutant Tom Curran went for just 4, caught behind off Hazlewood, it was obvious the biggest threat to Cook's double century would be him running out of partners.
The opener was on 182 when the eighth wicket fell, with only Broad and James Anderson left to escort him to his milestone.
The former skipper showed faith in his tailenders though, maintaining his patient approach even as Broad jumped around under a barrage of short-pitched bowling.
The number 10 batsmen didn't disappoint, bringing up his half century with a pull shot to the fence off Cummins.
He was finally removed when Usman Khawaja's catch in the outfield off the bowling of Cummins was confirmed by video review.
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Britain is home to some of the most prestigious historic buildings in the world, from great castles and stately homes to top tourist destinations, such as the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace. These buildings are a key part of our country's heritage, however they require expert love and care in order to remain solid structures that visitors will be able to enjoy for generations to come.
As Britain looks to conserve these historic buildings, the need for the specialist materials to restore them to their former glory is increasing. Traditional techniques are essential in creating materials that sit sympathetically alongside original brickwork, mouldings and facias - and the skills involved must be kept alive. One craft, the art of making hand-made wood-fired bricks, was all but lost until a few years ago.
We are now using this traditional technique, first used thousands of years ago, to create more than 500,000 bricks each year. As the only brick maker in Europe to produce hand-made wood-fired bricks, we have a responsibility to ensure this historic art is not forgotten. The hand-made bricks created are unique to the buildings they match in terms of the colour and glazing. This is as a result of the wood-fired kiln - an effect that simply cannot be recreated in modern oil or coal fired kilns.
This is much more than simply a passing trend, it is essential to keep Britain's heritage alive. However like many industries, brick manufacturing has seen production concentrated in fewer and fewer, but much larger factories. If we want to continue to preserve some of Britain's finest buildings then it is traditional techniques such as wood firing that are vital to these buildings' survival.
It's not just heritage and conservation sectors which are breathing new life into traditional buildings, developers are also looking to recreate an authentic look in new-build homes. And countries around the world are sharing in this desire for bricks made in the traditional way. We sent our first shipment of wood-fired bricks to the U.S. just last week, to be used on the site of an 18th century fort on the East Coast. Now developers in China and Japan are also looking to import these bricks in the coming months.
The manufacturing process that each wood-fired brick goes through is closed-loop - from the clay that we source from our surrounding land, to the sustainable biomass used to dry the bricks, through to use of wood from our own sustainable woodland for the firing kiln.
Although our skills are traditional, we've managed to adapt to the changing landscape of the construction industry and the increasing focus on sustainability. Rather than using oil, we use wood as the heat fuel to dry the bricks, which is welcomed by the government's Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme. We've managed to become part of the green building movement, but retain traditional skills and techniques to meet ever-growing demands, therefore ensuring these historic buildings will be enjoyed for years to come.


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Former Kiwi cricketer Chris Cairns and his legal advisor Andrew Fitch-Holland have been cleared of all charges of perjury. Any other result would have been a travesty, because the prosecution case was entirely based on gossip and innuendo. How the case even got to court puzzles me; surely the Crown Prosecution Service knew that they had no substantial evidence, no smoking gun. Perhaps they though they could provoke Cairns into a rash admission on the stand? It would have been their only hope, but he's clearly a stronger character than that.
But the trial went ahead and a very predictable outcome was reached. I hope Chris Cairns moves on now and builds a life of his choosing. I admired his cricketing prowess and his work for charity. I also hope Lou Vincent moves on with his life. He's still a young man, who has struggled with illness and been open about his moral failings. The most nervous man at the moment may be Black Caps captain Brendan McCullum, who admitted that he failed to report what he claimed to know about specific match fixing in a timely manner. There may be more to come on that score.
So what are the politics of the case?
Well, first up. Lets acknowledge that it was played out under the rule of law. It's common for some people to say that the justice system in the western world is various shades of broken, but here was a sensible result.
Cairns and Fitch-Holland also had access to a taxpayer funded defence. Lets be clear, that would not happen here in NZ, because the Tories have kneecapped legal aid. They've limited who can get it and made it as unattractive as possible for good lawyers. Legal aid used to be a guarantee that working class Kiwis had a chance in court. Not now.
Secondly, corruption. It's been four decades or more since cricket was commercialised. Most of the revenue generated has been open and legitimate and has allowed cricketers of varying talents to make a reasonable living from the game. But in the last decade, the growth of live satellite coverage and internet betting has made informal and corrupt betting an astonishingly lucrative adjunct to the game.
Gambling on the intricacies of cricket is almost all pervasive, but it's one of the oddities of the sport that when the third umpire completely duffed the dismissal of an Aussie batter in Adelaide a few days ago, nobody much screamed "FIX!". Perhaps we only think of match fixing as an Asian issue. If so, that's a stupid prejudice. It's worth remembering that Lou Vincent only ever actually got paid to cheat in England, the home of the game.
Lastly, us. We the people. Cairns and Fitch-Holland have been cleared. There is no evidence whatsoever that they did anything wrong. Yet my twitter feed this morning is full of surprise and even outrage at the verdict. What's wrong with us that we think we can judge these two men from the comfort of our living rooms, basing our decisions on brief news reports and idle gossip?
Are we that shallow in our thinking that we can't get past the great Kiwi desire to see a tall poppy fall?
Chris Cairns says his reputation has been "completely scorched" by the trial. That's a shame and an indictment on the modern media's capacity to frame an issue. Having been cleared, Cairns should be free to return to cricket as coach or commentator, but because of the apparently ironclad rule that there is no smoke without fire, that's not going to happen.
Cairns wins, and he loses. And we've been played too, people. Readers, if you believe Chris Cairns is a match fixer as a result of this trial, have a good hard think about what that says about your critical faculties. Justice isn't just something that happens in court, it's got to happen in our heads and our hearts too.


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Welcome to my photos' hunt at Disneyland Resort Paris. You can find this newsletter at this address: http://joel.at.dlp.online.fr/dlp/
Click on a picture to enlarge it. If you like one of them and want to use it on your web site, don't forget to inform me and to mention the original source with a "© J°o°eL" !
This week in the photos' hunt :
Disneyland Park
|Scaffoldings on Town Square have disappeared.
|But it doesn't mean less work in the park, as you will discover bellow...
|Fresh paint too for Discovery Arcade.
|But it's turn to Liberty Arcade at Frontierland side to be hidden.
|Adventureland covered way is not forgotten.
|Fantasyland fences are found around Blanche Neige et les Sept Nains the Wishing weel and Sleeping Beauty's Castle.
|While work continues in Frontierland,
|for Big Thunder Mountain,
|and to prepare Halloween decorations,
|with the help of pink witches,
|and a Stitch touch ;-)
|Now L'Arbre Enchanté has its real meaning, the tree grown up !
|And it's really enchanted... look and count numbers of different fruits it owns !
|Have a good drink !
Walt Disney Studios
|1, 2, 3... and now 5 !
|Find your way to Toon Studios between blue and green fences.
|A walk around the Hollywood Tower Hotel.
|To be ready for its 5th birthday, the park is getting some fresh paint... and it needs it !
Disney Village
|A "Stitch-mas" mood is already coming at The Disney Store...
|CU again soon ;-)
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Sunday marked World Cancer Day. The World Health Organization warns cancer is the second-leading cause of death worldwide, second to heart disease, and is responsible for nearly nine million deaths in low-and-middle-income countries.
But as CGTN's Karina Huber reports, rates are dropping in the U.S., in part due to new testing options.
Robert Collins was 46-years-old when he found out he had prostate cancer. His family had a history of cancer, but not prostate cancer. And, he had no symptoms.
However, the former police officer was one of the first responders at the World Trade Center after the September 2001 terrorist attacks. Numerous reports have linked dust from Ground Zero to cancer.
"I was pretty shocked," Collins said. "When you hear that word 'cancer,' it is quite deafening."
His cancer was first discovered by a digital rectal exam, and then confirmed through a biopsy. Three months later he had his entire prostate removed, and with it, the last of the disease.
"I don't say survivor, I say thriver."
Every day, 4,700 Americans are diagnosed with cancer. Among men, prostate cancer is most prevalent among men, and among women, its breast cancer. Mortality rates are falling, however. Since 1991, cancer deaths in the U.S. are down 26 percent.
Tobacco consumption is the leading cause of cancer deaths, and with the drop in the number of people smoking, cancer rates have dropped as well.
In the 1950s, roughly 42 percent of U.S. adults smoked. Now, it's 15 percent.
The machine is a huge step in cancer treatment not only for Uganda, but also for patients from neighboring countries who can access free radiation treatment.
Rates are also falling because of early detection, linked to better screening methods.
"Early detection is critical, and plays a huge role in how extensive the therapy will be, potentially how much of an impact it will have on that person's function, and so on," according to Dr. Eva Chalas of the NYU Winthrop Center for Cancer Care. "Early detection cannot be underestimated in its importance."
In the U.S., patients are routinely screened at varying ages for breast, prostate, cervical and colorectal cancers. Some like Chalas, however, would like to see prescreening begin much earlier.
"I personally would like to see every newborn genetically tested. With increased genetic profiling, we will identify individuals who are at increased risk, and perhaps subject them to screening methodologies earlier so that we can sort of run interference in preventing the cancers from developing."
Leading cancer researchers in the U.K. also want genetic testing to become a part of the standard cancer screening process. Experts would like all women over the age of 30 to be tested for faulty genes like BRCA1 and BRCA2, which can lead to cancer. They predict this would lead to 17,000 fewer cases of ovarian cancer, and 64,000 fewer cases of breast cancers in the U.K.


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Monday, 1 September 2008
Made of leaves
Padded leaves layer up
And lean down under delicate weight.
Tight structures, spreading abroad.
Downy green, downy in the light,
No matter how you turn it.
Experimental twists, growing.
Patchwork sunshine does not
Carpet, but pauses lightly there.
Light made up of leaves.
What texture? To touch it would
Transform it to something solid;
And lines would slant away.
That frozen grain in the wood
Shows you – the shape of use.
Away! Planes and lines! Away!
Closely clustered, in pairs
And larger statements:
Form evolves, happily!
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Wet, Wet, Wet
Still in the wet season. After a few relatively dry weeks, the rain is back on in earnest. I usually take a shortcut to the office and cross this ditch and go through some backyards, but when it rains I would need to be Carl Lewis to cross it. The water lying there is over a metre deep.
With the rain is the cold - relatively speaking of course. Usually blankets are not needed in this tropical clime, but at the moment I have been snuggling up under one and remembering that cold nights are not so bad. Certainly beats sweating all night anyway.


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HAGERSTOWN - The fields and trails of Hagerstown's City Park were permeated Sunday afternoon with the smell of hot funnel cakes, the blue glitter of Mardi Gras beads and, of course, the soulful music of Western Maryland Blues Fest 2008's final four acts.
Sunday's free concert, which wrapped up the annual four-day music festival, is traditionally the most family-oriented, and guests at Sunday's show said this year was no different.
"It's a family day," said Joan Grove, 53, of Smithsburg, whose relatives came prepared with a semi-transparent tent, picnic foods and a tarp.


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Do you hear God's voice? Do you have the vertical habit of listening?
In 2004 the UCC rolled out a catchy new ad campaign. Perhaps you have seen it on tv or noticed the signs as you drive past UCC churches. A banner with a large comma declaring, "God is still speaking." It is a bold statement. God is still speaking. Talking to us here and now. It makes me wonder, what has God been saying, and to whom? I suspect it makes a lot of people wonder why they haven't heard God's voice themselves. God is still speaking. Do you hear God's voice? Are you in the vertical habit of listening?
Every week in worship we pray a prayer together. It's called the prayer of illumination. It comes right before the psalm, the scripture lesson and the sermon. We said the same one for several years in a row Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that, as the Scriptures are read and your Word proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. And after each scripture lesson is read the liturgists says "This is the word of God for the people of God." But I wonder. How do you experience the reading of scripture? Do the scriptures set to music come to you as messages from God? Have you heard God's voice through sermons? Are you preparing yourself when you get up on Sunday morning and make your way here listen for what God wants to say to you now – to us now? How about those in the Bible study? How often do you hear God speaking to you through the scriptures, and in your discussion of God's word? Do you expect God to speak to you when you read your bible? Or is it a curiosity, an ancient document that tells you some historical about who God used to be, or maybe as a generic rule book or road map for what God's people are supposed to do? God is still speaking/ Do you hear God's voice? Are you in the vertical habit of listening?
Through the pages of Scripture we see God speaks to many people, in many ways. Often quite dramatically through angels, or animals. Sometimes directly, the way God spoke to Abraham, and Moses Isaiah. And Elijah heard God in the sound of sheer silence. But when you go into most mainline American churches today you won't come across many people who will tell you that God has been speaking to them, and what God has been saying.
I grew up in Sunday School and we read stories of God speaking to people in the Bible. I even heard about God speaking to John Wesley and his mother Susannah. But my teachers never told me that God was still speaking to them, and what God said. During the Shift workshop we went to in May we heard about incarnational hospitality which is when we tell people outside of the church about our relationship with God. Our team recognized that we don't very often tell one another inside the church what we've heard God say, or how we perceive God has been active in our lives. Think about it. When is the last time someone who is part of the church told you that they had heard from God? It is easy to get the impression that God has stopped speaking. If no one around us talks about God speaking to them, it is natural that we would not expect God to speak to us.
Listen, listen, listen to my heart's song. God is still speaking. Do you hear God's voice? Are you in the vertical habit of listening?
Given our assumptions that God spoke to everyone in scripture, we may find it interesting to read in the Bible that when Samuel was a boy, "the word of the Lord was rare in those days, and visions were not widespread." In other words, it was a time like now. God may have been still speaking, and acting in the world, but people weren't talking about it.
It was different for their Grandparents whom God freed from slavery in Egypt. They were able to follow God through the wilderness because he showed up as a pillar of smoke by day and pillar of fire by night. God fed them manna from heaven, and dictated the law of the covenant to Moses on Mount Zion and taught them to worship. They used a tent called a Tabernacle as their portable sanctuary. Inside there was another tent containing the Ark of the Covenant; a big ornate box containing the Ten Commandments and designed to look like God's throne. Just outside of that inner tent was an altar for burning sacrifices to God. The job of the priests, all descendants of Aaron, was to burn the offerings and say the prayers for the people.
Once they moved into the Promised Land, the Israelites put the Tabernacle up in Shilo where it stayed for many years. The sanctuary remained, and the priest kept doing their priestly thing, but somehow their relationship between God and the people declined. The children and grandchildren were no longer hearing God's voice. The word of the Lord was rare and visions of God were not widespread.
In chapter 2 of 1 Samuel we read that even the religious leaders were not listening to God's voice. Eli the priest in Shiloh had two sons who were meant to inherit his priestly roll and status. Every day Eli's family offered sacrifices to God on behalf of the people, they prayed the prayers and led the religious services. But Eli's sons didn't seem interested in anything but themselves. They let their greed and gluttony take over, and they devoured the sacrificial meat before it had been sacrificed. And Eli, himself seems not to have heard God speak in a long, long time.
Things are not much different for us today. Religious Awakenings seem to come in cycles. There are periods when God's people hear God speak and see God at work, their prayer lives become active, it's all very exciting. And then after a generation or two communities of believers enter periods when the word of the Lord becomes rare again and visions are not so widespread. The slump seems to start when no one is noticing. The sanctuaries are full of people. The calendar is full. The rituals are followed religiously. But somehow the spirit declines, the power of healing and transformation that comes through direct encounters with God diminishes. Worship remains a habit – but it becomes more of a horizontal habit where people notice that the music is exquisite, the children are cute, the pastor's stole is lopsided, that person wore the same dress two weeks ago – but they fail to notice the presence of the living God. Some people remain, going through the motions, but they fail to worship God in spirit and in truth because they fail to hear God speaking to them.
Listen, listen, listen to my heart's song. God is still speaking. Do you hear God's voice? Are you in the vertical habit of listening?
God is still speaking, and calls out again and again until someone hears and responds. God spoke to a young boy, Samuel who was growing up as an apprentice to Eli. Samuel lived in the Tabernacle. He slept right next to the Ark of the Covenant. But still, he had not been taught to recognize God's voice.
One night God called, "Samuel, Samuel." The boy woke and, assuming it was Eli, he ran to his bed, "Here I am!" Samuel cried, waking the old man, who sent Samuel back to bed. This happened three times before sleepy Eli realized that the voice might be God's voice. Then Eli told Samuel to respond "Speak, your servant is listening."
That was the beginning of a new chapter of the relationship between God and God's people. Speak, your servant is listening.
Listen, listen, listen to my heart's song. God is still speaking. Do you hear God's voice? Are you in the vertical habit of listening?
There are many reasons why we don't hear God's voice. Sometimes we try to put God in a box. Wrap him up neatly and close the lid. Then we reject anything we hear that doesn't fit in our box. Sometimes we expect God to speak in only one way – if it's not a voice from a cloud in heaven we don't recognize that it is from God. Eli was an unusual adult who was wise enough to hear the message of God delivered by a child. Much of the time we don't hear God's voice because we haven't been exposed to other people talking about what they have heard God saying. Samuel need Eli to suggest that the voice he was hearing was God's voice, and encouragement to go back and say "Speak for your servant is listening." And perhaps most important, listening takes time. We need time to be quiet. Time to reflect. Time to read passages of scripture and let them word of God sink into our souls.
Samuel's story also shows us that listening to God is best done in community. There is a danger when we listen for God's voice that we might hear a voice that is not from God. When we have some trusted Christian friends we can talk to about what we think we hear God saying, they can help us discern if it's truly God's voice.
Listening to God turns our prayer time from a monolog, where we present God with a list of things we want God to do for us, to a conversation. Not only will we hear God ask us to do things, but we may also hear from God words of comfort, words of affirmation "well done good and faithful servant, words of love, or receive a peace that is too deep for words.
Listen, listen, listen to my heart's song. God is still speaking. Do you hear God's voice? Are you in the vertical habit of listening?
The last comment I offer this morning is is that listening and the need for dialogue and community are critical for good preaching. Good preaching, effective preaching, involves listening vertically and horizontally. As I read and study the scripture for the sermon I listen to God and I consult other Christians in the world church by reading their comments. Sometimes I listen to other sermons. But to have a really good sermon I also need he hear you. How does this scripture strike you? What questions, doubts or fears does it raise? Where do you find hope in God's word already, and where is it confusing? In most of my years of preaching I've been guessing about these things. I imagine my listeners and what I know about them and try to find the word of God for them. But how much better my sermons could be if I was truly in conversation with you and you told me for yourselves what you understand, what you don't get, and what good news you are yearning to hear.
Listen, listen, listen to my heart's song. God is still speaking. Do you hear God's voice? Are you in the vertical habit of listening? This isn't a rhetorical question. I really want to know. I hope that we begin to speak of these things more often so we may grow until we hear the voice of God every week, and visions from him become widespread.


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(a) Who May Initiate. Bar Counsel may file a complaint on Bar Counsel's own initiative, based on information from any source. Any other individual also may file a complaint with Bar Counsel. Any communication to Bar Counsel that (1) is in writing, (2) alleges that an attorney has engaged in professional misconduct or has an incapacity, (3) includes the name and address of the individual making the communication, and (4) states facts which, if true, would constitute professional misconduct by or demonstrate an incapacity of an attorney constitutes a complaint.
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Committee note: In this Rule, "docket" refers to the process of listing a complaint on the docket of active investigations maintained by Bar Counsel, rather than on a docket maintained by the clerk of a court. Before determining whether a complaint is frivolous or unfounded, Bar Counsel may contact the attorney and obtain an informal response to the allegations.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, Bar Counsel shall notify the attorney who is the subject of the complaint that Bar Counsel is undertaking an investigation to determine whether the attorney has engaged in professional misconduct or is incapacitated. The notice shall be given before the conclusion of the investigation and shall include the name and address of the complainant and the general nature of the professional misconduct or incapacity under investigation. As part of the notice, Bar Counsel may demand that the attorney provide information and records that Bar Counsel deems appropriate and relevant to the investigation. The notice shall state the time within which the attorney shall provide the information and any other information that the attorney may wish to present. The notice shall be served on the attorney in accordance with Rule 19-708 (b).
[Adopted June 6, 2016, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended June 20, 2017, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.]
Editors' Notes
2017 Orders
The June 20, 2017 order, changed the words "appropriate investigation" to the words "inquiry concerning" in subsection(b)(1); permitted Bar Counsel to decline a complaint is duplicative; permitted Bar Counsel to decline a complaint instead of dismissing one; permitted Bar Counsel to decline a complaint submitted by an individual who provides information about an attorney derived from certain sources where the complainant appears to have no personal knowledge of the information being submitted; provided that unless a complaint is declined, Bar Counsel ordinarily shall obtain a written response from the attorney who is the subject of the complaint and consider other appropriate information to assist in evaluating the complaint; giving Bar Counsel the discretion to close a file without the approval of the Attorney Grievance Commission if Bar Counsel determines that an insufficient bases exists to demonstrate misconduct or incapacity or that the overall circumstances do not warrant further investigation; in subsection (b)(3), changed the words "open a file on" to the word "docket"; changed the words "acknowledge receipt of the complaint" to "notify the complainant" , changed the word "believe" to the word "support; added a sentence to the Committee note following subsection (b)(3); permitted Bar Counsel with the approval of the Commission to defer action on a complaint when an investigation of substantially similar or related facts by certain authorities is under way or when there are related allegations in a pending civil or criminal action; and made stylistic changes.
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Aug 13, 2015
The Pedagogy Behind MOOCs: What eLearning Professionals Should Know
Marisa Keramida, e-Learning Industry, 2015/08/13
From the intro: "What are the peculiarities of designing an online course that addresses to such a big audience? What does it mean in terms of instructional design? And is there an ideal pedagogy behind MOOCs? In this article, I'll explain the peculiarities of an instructional design for "massive" learning, the different pedagogical approaches behind xMOOCs and cMOOCs, and I'll show you how to motivate your learners in order to maximize the effectiveness of your MOOC courses and minimize dropout rates."
The Coddling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt, The Atlantic, 2015/08/13
Actually, the best bit of this post is the list of common cognitive disorders at the end of the article, taken from Robert L. Leahy, Stephen J. F. Holland, and Lata K. McGinn's Treatment Plans and Interventions for Depression and Anxiety Disorders (2012). The rest of the article is an extended argument to the effect that people who are opposed or sensitive to objectionable discourse should buck up and get tougher. It's not an exaggeration. They object, for example, to this case of microaggression: "I believe the most qualified person should get the job." This is a dog whistle, and people recognize it as such. From my perspective, the opposition to 'political correctness' is based on the desire of a certain subset of people to be boorish, offensive, racist and worse. No, you can't mandate a change in language. But you can demonstrate through personal and social policy that such language isn't tolerated in polite society. And the university, of all places, should be polite society. And - in my view - it's the increasing tolerance for boorish, offensive, racist and worse behaviour that signals the decline in American discourse, not the opposition to it.
Time For Change
Julia M. Stasch, MacArthur Foundation, 2015/08/13
The president of the MacArthur Foundation announces a significant change of direction. "In the future, we will work primarily through programs and projects that are larger in scale, time-limited in nature, or designed to reach specific objectives. We will place less emphasis on program areas with an indefinite lifespan." Interestingly, this is exactly the change of direction my own employer understood a couple of years ago. And like the NRC, they are focusing on some flagship programs, in this case criminal justice in the U.S. and global climate change. In education, "The next step is to experiment with a new organizational model that can attract a more diverse set of partners and investors, explore alternative funding models and mechanisms, and accommodate a more entrepreneurial and innovative approach to achieving the ambitious goal of reimagining what learning is and how it is supported. This fall, we will launch a new, independent nonprofit whose goal is the scale and spread of the innovations developed by the many organizations we have supported."
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CIUDAD TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — The afternoon swelter had yet to abate, the swollen skies had yet to release their regenerative downpour, when an ancient vision sporting a tattered poncho ambled up the dirt track beneath the canopy of broad ceiba trees.
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Review of Victrix Greek Peltasts, Javelin Men and Slingers
A big difference for this box is that there are som pictures on the Victrix homepage so that it's possible to get some inspiration on how to build them and then you could also pick up some of the excellent shield transfers that they have as well.
The box itself contains 56 miniatures, where 48 is for Peltasts/Javelin men and 8 slingers so for my purpose it's going to be more than what I need for this. The miniatures are spread out over 10 sprues, 6 of javelin men and 4 with slingers.
When you open the box you are met with a well filled box, lots of sprues, but no building instructions or other information other than what can be found on the box itself. There is not much need for it, and I prefer a lower price point to some leaflet, but I guess it could pose a problem for anyone that's all new to this miniature thing or the period as how to use them.
The sprue is more or less the same as the Unarmoured Hoplites, the thing they have done is replace about half the sprue where the hoplite shields, spears and heads is and changed the shields, replaced the spears with javelins and some heads with no helmets.
This then leds to the same problem I had with the hoplites, the connection that the hands has with the arms. The plastic is the same as before, and I had the same problem getting the hands to stick. But the problem was not quite as large here as the javelins are much shorter and not as prone to get stuck in every thing.
As much of the miniatures are the same, the statements I did about the hoplites still stand, the bodies are good, the clothing a bit odd in a some cases, and it's a nice assortment of parts that you get on each sprue. The unarmoured heads are nice though, there are som good variation here, and you get 9 heads a sprue, giving you some spare and there is nothing stopping you from using some of the helmeted heads. The new javelins are ok, they are on the thicker side of things, so they should hold up to gaming, but if you want more realistic sizes to things you should think of something to replace them.
One thing to note when you put these together, and that is the shields, they are supposed to have the flat side out, not the one with a rim, that's the inside. I knew of this and still got one of eight wrong, so keep this in mind. Especially if you get the Little Big Men transfers, I've heard that they will not fit at all if you do it the wrong way around.
The slingers comes 2 on each sprue with a choice of a few heads and sling arms. They are nice and looks good, and the left over heads could provide with a few more choices on the rest of the miniatures.
The kit then is good for what it is, a lot of miniatures for a cheep price, I give this set a 3 out of 5 javelins. You get what you need, and you get quite a lot of variety in poses and looks. But it's not the greatest thing you have ever handled.
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A report in the Times this morning by the usually reliable George Caulkin, suggests Steven Taylor will be out of action for up to 6 weeks.
Steven Taylor – out for 6 weeks??
Steven has a hamstring injury, which he sustained earlier in the week, but we have been told that both he and Fabrico Coloccini (groin) are in the frame to play tonight against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.
No official word from the club on whether the injury has become more serious, but if Steven is out for up to 6 weeks, that will be a tremendous blow to the side, and his absence will be until early December.
It may be worth trying to bring in another center-back – maybe former player Andy O'Brien from Bolton Wanderers – as one example.
A loan deal for Andy was almost worked out in the summer but his wages were said to be too much for Newcastle.
We'll have to wiat and see if the Times report has any substance to it.
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I thought "hammies" were the most unpredictable of injuries? Hard to say if it's 2 weeks or 6? Maybe just presenting worst case scenario? Let's hope – I do not like the defence with him missing – and even less if we have any more injuries. What previous matches (Huddersfield, Peterborough) have shown is that our promising youngsters are still just that.
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JOHANNESBURG — Darren Dobbyn was a Second Team All-Ski Valley Conference player, as a linebacker.
A nice accomplishment, sure — but certainly it only begins to tell the story of what Dobbyn meant to the Cardinals. With a big heart and the tough skin to match, Dobbyn more or less carried the J-L team on his back through their impressive run to the regional final.
A natural leader who will go down as one of the best quarterbacks in school history despite throwing for just 200 yards, Dobbyn is the 2009 Herald Times Player of the Year. He may have been snubbed by some of the league coaches, but his success certainly wasn't lost on J-L coach Fred Davis.
"We've had kids who could throw the ball better and we've had great runners at quarterback," Davis said. "But there isn't a player who had more leadership or determination."
Matt Stapleton is the coach of Frankfort, who will face Crystal Falls Forest Park in today's Division 8 semifinal. Stapleton doesn't have a vote on the All-Ski Valley team, but if he did, you know where it would go.


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"HARTLEY HOUSE" This house was built before 1800 for John Pearson Bond, according to local tradition. It later came into possession of John Bates of the family from whom Batesburg derives its name, and has been owned for over a century by Lodwick Hartley and his family. It was the first meeting place of the Batesville Masonic lodge and was a stagecoach mail stop.
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Reading Irises from Cars?Author: Brian Rhodes, Published on Apr 14, 2013
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What about the potential 'weekend at bernies' vulnerability of biometrics-only authentication?
If someone wants into the high-security area, and the only way in is with either my eyeballs or my fingers, then bad guys might take my eyeballs and/or fingers to gain access without any secondary requirement.
That might get messy. :(
It's my understanding that iris scanners can discriminate live eyeballs from dead ones. A live iris has an involuntary movement when the scanner beam strikes it that dead ones don't.
Do not worry for your eyeballs. They are nothing without you and you have to be alive.
Will we hold educational classes for the bad guys so that they don't fall prey to movies showing dead eyeball scanning? On the other hand, I don't want my finger cut off either.
It does not make sense at all. It will be much easier just to force you to use your traits and grant access to the facility or asset.
Person who is willing to cut a finger or cut out an eye will torture without any hesitations in order to get let's say a password or needed information. Thus it does not an exclusive problem of biometrics.
Konstantin, I and Marty were writing tongue-in-cheek as obviously what you say characterizes the situation very well.
And usually, the threat of torture is all it takes unless you are Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris or the like.
Generally employee training is to give such an attacker what they want, rather than try to fight them. A life is more valuable than other company assets.
I think some field trial reports and customer use data will tell the story for this product, which as Brian writes would be suitable for government and high-security applications.
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Scrolling through this week's challenges, I found CAS(E) this Sketch, and I loved the sketch and design team examples. Since I didn't have anything besides the sketch for inspiration, I decided to combine this with the ABC Challenge: use three patterned papers on one card. I admit that when it comes to combining patterns, I lack expertise, so I decided to stick with black, white, and pink. I used Creative Imaginations Epoxy Stickers (flowers) and combined patterned paper. There is a simple sentiment stamped and embossed in silver between the lower flowers that says, thinking of you.
This was a great challenge for me because it helped stretch my imagination with combining patterned papers. Instead of placing the strips of paper in the center of the card, I decided to offset to the left. This allowed more of the black and white base pattern paper to be visible.
Happy Scrapping.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
The Power of the Flower
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Thanks so much for playing along with CAS(E) this Sketch!
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The anticipation of the new direction for professional Drag Racing in Australia is a buzz amongst teams and fans alike. ANDRA have recently released it's 2013 calendar and other crucial changes to again win over race fans and build the sports profile.
It has been a long time between rounds for the 'Allstar Batteries' funnycar but this has allowed Steve plenty of time to get the new Pontiac funnycar chassis ready to launch down the quarter mle. The team will be appearing in a couple more rounds for this season, the next being in Sydney in May and back at Willowbank Raceway for the Winternationals in June, all the while preparing to go full throttle in their 2013 championship season campaign.
Reed is yet to confirm if the 'Allstar Batteries' funnycar will appear at all 2013 rounds but at this stage ANDRA have listed 7 championship rounds for Top Alcohol.
- Round 1 - 2md - 4th Nov 2012 @ Sydney Dragway
- Round 2 - 16th - 17th Nov 2012 @ Perth Motoplex
- Round 3 - 23rd - 24th Feb 2013 @ Adelaide International Raceway
- Round 4 - 4th - 5th May 2013 @ Sydney Dragway
- Round 5 - 6th - 9th June 2013 @ Willowbank Raceway
- Round 6 - 16th - 17th Aug 2012 @ Hidden valley Drag Strip (Darwin)
- Round 7 - 1st - 3rd Nov 2013 @ Sydney Dragway
The Reed Racing team will be looking for a repeat of their performance in Sydney last September but hoping for one better than their Runner-up trophy. May 2012 @ Sydney Dragway is a national round and the appeal of a gold christmas tree never fades with this team.


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Original post December 3, 2014 By: Tom Owens
Season's greeting to our EACG group.
I am not a Christmas lover. If I had my way it would be a 3 day maximum break and that would be the end of it. It is not an age thing either. I have not suddenly become a Victor Meldrew. I just don't like the commercialism of the season. Anyway, a few of us made it to the meeting organised by Peter Ellis today for the group. Sadly, several people were caught out with family illness or chimney problems.
Peter Ellis, Keith Locke and I made up this informal gathering in the very lively Coffee Link on Neptune Quay.
We talked about the discussions I had with ABP Ports and our inclusive approach to other photographers. I will send a formal email to the Deputy Port Manager and also to another local camera club person, Kevin Marrable to join us. Peter Ellis will check with Stew about including people in the Facebook group. I don't know what the protocols are so best that the Webmaster tells Peter.
Talking of web stuff, we felt that it was important that members of the group contributed to the blog that Stew set up for us. The group is not about the 'Dock'. That just happened to be a catalyst that Stew came up with to get us all together. We all have other series work and projects on the go that are interesting to us all as photographers. Peter will check with Stew about all the other members getting credentials to make posts to the blog. I offered to show Keith how to go about it.
We talked about using the blog to keep us all informed about what we are doing so it would be good to get some comments on threads. One thing that was evident that even in our approaches to the project, despite us being similar ages and possessing the same the same colour hair, we are all different and despite us being in a contemporary group we cannot be labelled one way or the other. Ipswich docks has had a regular photographic record made from the day it was opened. I doubt there is any other place with such a record but it was I have found out the biggest dock in Europe at the time it opened in 1845. So from soon after the birth of photography this place has morphed in as many ways as photography itself. I rather like that.
There is no way it can ever be the same or indeed ought it to be. What I do like about some of the developments going on is the homage that has been paid to the industrial heritage.
I've included as seasonal an image as I could muster for this post. The block is synonymous with how this group will produce a body of work. I recall from my schooldays that blocks were an invention that lessened effort and made for lifting heavier loads. The blog is our block so if people could start posting on it to let us know what they are up to then we will all get something from the sharing experience.
Enjoy the season and no doubt Peter will be in touch about the next meeting in the New Year
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Thanks Tom – I particularly like the 'Block' analogy. It was great to chat with Tom and Keith yesterday – they have a wealth of knowledge about the area and I now know where my old favourite 'Wagon Wheels' came from! The dock site is changing relatively fast so it is an apt project for the group to work on together – there is no obligation by the way, as Tom states a lot of you will have your own projects as well and we want to see them as well…. so get posting!
Yes the block analogy is very good. Very sorry to miss out yesterday but I needed to get down to Sussex to help out my Mum who was under the weather.


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Best restaurants in the world = Excuse to visit London
I recently came across Restaurant Magazine's
best restaurants in the world for 2005
Clearly, this would make the basis of a decent travel itinerary around the world. One surprising thing I noticed is the number of British restaurants that made the list. Perhaps the result of a culinary Renaissance of sorts in Merry Old England.
Either way, it's a good excuse to visit and sample sartorial London. I certainly wouldn't mind a weeklong itinerary constructed entirely around classic English haberdashery. For starters, I'd make sure to visit and pick up:
A classic spread collar shirt by
Hilditch & Key
An oxford weave or jacquard silk tie by
Drake's of London
A pair of
John Lobb
Edward Green
monk shoes (say the Ashby model in dark oak and the 808 last)
A handmade sports coat in 10/11 oz
Holland & Sherry
Super 120s wool on or off Savile Row
Hmm, I'll have to think some more about this!


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January 07, 2012
Melissa Satta Supports Auction Marco Simoncelli's Jacket
Despite the departure of the late Marco Simondelli have passed a few months ago, but until now the event to commemorate the "SuperSic" still remain to be done. As performed by the Alpinestars racing gear manufacturer with a tender for a leather jacket and boots.
According to the page of "Motoblog" goods are being auctioned shown to the public by making use of the Italian fashion model Melissa Satta who has appeared in Sports Illustrated magazine's swimsuit issue in 2010.
Satta wearing leather jacket and boots, product of Alpinestars to be auctioned on eBay. A special edition that has been customized by the Italian artist Lucio Barbuio.
The plan results from a charity auction will be donated to organizations who working for social activities for children with autism in the city of Rimini who had been visited by Simoncelli during his lifetime.


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Germany Beck
Germany Beck Planning Application - Historical Information
The Parish Council has formed a sub-committee to maintain a watching brief over the development at Germany Beck to ensure that the interests of parishioners are represented fairly and that planning conditions are adhered to, as well as working proactively to improve the coming development wherever possible, particularly in its impact on the established community.
The City of York Council was minded to grant outline planning approval, Thursday 26th May 2005. Some City Councillors were not happy with the scale of the development & single access road, which places additional demand on to the A19/Main Street, which is already at capacity & is the most congested road into the City. However, motions to defer in order to sort this out and to reduce the number of houses back to 600 (as in the Development Brief) were voted down and approval granted.
Background history for reference:
Thanks, we believe, to the vocal opposition of local people and the outstanding issues surrounding them, we have now had Public Inquiries on the Germany Beck and Derwenthorpe developments as well as the University expansion (Heslington East). These have now concluded.
The decision of the Secretary of State was to allow all three developments and the last hope for a legal challenge seems now to have gone.
The Parish Council sought legal advice on whether it had a valid case to challenge the decision on Germany Beck. The Council had to decide by the 19th June whether to seek to challenge the decision in the High Court, perhaps resulting in a judicial review.
The Council wished to ensure that it consulted parishioners before making such a decision. We therefore invited all residents of Fulford to a public meeting at 7.30 p.m. on Monday 11th June 2007 at the Social Hall, School Lane, at which the situation was described in more detail and parishioners' views heard. The overwhelming feeling of the 80-90 parishioners at the meeting was to start the challenge if the Council was advised that we had a strong case and over £3,000 was generously pledged by attendees to form a fighting fund for the purpose. The Parish Council then voted unanimously so to do.
However, we were advised that, despite having valid points, we did not have a strong enough case for the Courts to overturn the decision. We would like to thank all the parishioners who attended the emergency meeting and offered their support. We are waiting for the City Council to re-form the Consultative Group which may have some input into detailed plans, but not overall matters already given permission. We are seeking direct representation for local members of the public as well stakeholding groups and the Parish Council.
The Parish Council's detailed case on Germany Beck was submitted. Many thanks are due to the councillors, colleagues and parishioners who attended, contributed and spoke in opposition to the developments, particularly the constant vigilance of Cllr Campbell over the course of the Inquiry.
The Planning Inspectorate, acting for the Secretary of State, will now effectively grant or deny planning approval for each of the developments as proposed in their original applications. The Inspectorate may add further conditions to approval, if given. If denied approval, the applications are likely to be re-submitted later in a form which takes account of the reasons for denial.
The structure & timetable of the Inquiry (2006):
14th June General Housing requirements
15th am General Housing affordability
20th June Financial Appraisal
21st Green Belt & Questions
22nd Evidence from Mr George Wright
Pm Sequential testing paper
23rd Osbaldwick Parish Council
27th 6th July Osbaldwick
Germany Beck
11th July Layout + Conservation + Design
12th Fulford Village Design Statement, Fulford Friends, York Green Party, John Hutton, Karin de Vries, Mr Richardson, Peter Barton.
13th Travel and Traffic Peter Eveley, Brian Hall, Keith Aspden, Green Party, Wilf Mellor.
14th Flooding
18th Conservation Ray Gammell, Bob Missen
19th Archaeology Charles Jones
20th Fulford Village Design Statement, Heslington PC.
27th or 28th - Site visit
We understand that the Local Government Office recommended that the Germany Beck and Derwenthorpe developments should be addressed together & then the University expansion, but in the event they were taken in reverse order. The results of the University Inquiry will not be known until after the others are over & so will not be taken into account.
Members of the public were asked to attend on the first day of the Inquiry to ask to speak in person. We booked an evening meeting on Thursday 20th July at St. Oswald's Primary School to allow further local objections to be heard, particularly to the latest set of changes to the plans, including a wholly inapropriate bus route through Low Moor Avenue and alterations to the pumping station and junction with Fulford Road, including an increase in proposed height.


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Idaho is a delightful outdoors state. If you love the outdoors, you won't be disenchanted; there's swimming, playing golf, fishing, and whitewater paddling, so it's totally impossible to get bored. Indian Hot Springs is a campground esteemed by the residents of Weiser.
Indian Hot Springs is situated in a region with scores of entertaining things to do, and it sure is a delightful campground. Camping out sure is a pleasant thing to do, and Indian Hot Springs in Idaho is a delightful site to go.
Several folks opt for this campground to be right next door to Farewell Bend State Park. The glorious choice of local attractions, and the glorious variety of outdoors recreation will make
you delighted you came.
The obliging operators of the campground and the very satisfactorily run facilities are a glorious pull for lots of folks. A pleasant spot like Ontario State Park close to Indian Hot Springs is too perfect
to leave out, and while you're here at Indian Hot Springs it's a delightful idea to go to West Weiser Flat. Indian Hot Springs is near Scott Creek Dam which is a stunning place definitely worth a visit; a fine scene to bowl in the vicinity of Indian Hot Springs is Head Pin Lanes. This is such a gorgeous campground. You'll meet a lot of people from Weiser here; for all you bowlers, Sunset Lanes is a good bowling alley near Indian Hot Springs. A round of golf at nearby Rolling Hills Golf Course is a pleasant way to kill some time. Don't leave Indian Hot Springs without popping by Farewell Bend State Park, and you simply should take a look at Rocky Point while you're here at Indian Hot
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Kiawanis Campground, Washington County
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Lazy River Mobile Home and Park, Payette
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Ontario State Park, Oregon
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Lake Owyhee State Park, Oregon
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Rolling Hills Golf Course, Weiser
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Scotch Pines Golf Course Restaurant & Lounge, Payette
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Ontario Golf Club, Ontario
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Country View Golf Course, Ontario
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Today We Celebrate Mother's Day In Sweden
May 27, 2012 8:24 PM
So I wish all amazing mamas a truly Happy Mother's Day! My sister and I celebrated our beloved mum with some hand picked Lily Of The Valleys, a home made cake, a "Best Mum" mug and a Mother's Day Card. We also made her dinner. :-)
Mother's Day treats my sister and I gave our mum.
Now the custom of celebrating Mother's Day, which of course is a special day when children celebrate their mothers, began with an American woman, teacher Anna Jarvis (1864-1948), in Philadelphia in 1907 who wanted to celebrate her deceased mother's memory with a sermon in church. Jarvis wanted the sermon to focus on the fourth commandment and mother's love, which it did. The church was also decorated by Jarvis herself and white carnations where given out to all visitors, her mother's favorite flower. In the coming years Mother's Day spread throughout the rest of the United States and in 1914 it became an official holiday.
In Sweden, Mother's Day was celebrated for the first time in 1919 at the initiative of author Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg (1857-1920), who in the journal "På Vakt" - "On Guard" brought up the tradition. Bååth-Holmberg also suggested that Mother's Day should be celebrated on the last Sunday of May instead, because flowers would be in bloom in most of the country by then. She actually also published a "guidance" on HOW to celebrate one's mother.
So in 1920 the booklet "Instructions for the celebration of Mother's Day" was sent out in Sweden. In it were six points to show Swedes how to celebrate this new tradition. And the six points were:
1. The Swedish flag is hoisted from the home's flagpole.
2. Mother is greeted in the morning with singing by the children.
3. She is offered, before getting out of bed, great coffee and bread prepared by the children. She is being honored with flowers and a small gift.
4. She is given, as far as possible, rest and freedom from all the housework during the day. The children make beds, sweep, cook and wash dishes.
5. At afternoon coffee or in evening a small ceremony is held where the father of the family is involved. Something beautiful is read aloud by heart, and a heartfelt thank you is given to Mother, who is the home's cohesive force. The children ask for Mother's forgiveness for disobedience and lack of gratitude for everything that has caused Mother sorrow, groans, troubles and difficulties.
6. Absent child greets Mother via letter or telegram or postcard, that has been especially made and provided for Mother's Day.
I just love when I find little treats like these, so funny to read how they thought back then. Anyway, despite this lovely booklet it was not until many decades later that Mother's Day was recognized to a larger extent in Sweden. And today Mother's day is actually celebrated in 46 countries around the world, though not on the same date.
But even though we do not celebrate Mother's Day on the same day in all parts of the world, I do wish all Mothers out there a (perhaps again) Happy Mother's Day! I mean, you really cannot celebrate or appreciate a mum too much. At least not in my book. :p
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