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Dust on the Bible
by Bob Valleau
12/06/2009 / Christian Living
When I first heard the chorus to the country song, "Dust on the Bottle," I thought I heard David Lee Murphy sing, "Dust on the Bible." I mean, the words did seem to fit:
There might be a little dust on the bottle
But don't let it fool ya about what's inside
There might be a little dust on the bottle
It's one of those things that gets sweeter with time
Of course, when I heard the rest of the song, the lyrics were talking about something entirely different. Then I thought how sad, but true, believers can sometimes get so caught up in life that they have no time or little time to read their Bible. It becomes nothing more than another book somewhere collecting dust.
However, our source for living should be consulted daily. It is the only place where we can find strength and encouragement to face what may lie ahead. It is the only place where God Himself speaks to us on a personal level.
If it's been awhile since you've cracked open the pages of your Bible, do so today. Don't let it fool you about what's inside. You'll find it's one of those things that definitely gets sweeter with time.
Bob Valleau has over 30 years of writing experience for the Christian market. He was once named Christian Writer of the Year (San Antonio, Texas) by the American Christian Writers Association. He is the author of four books.
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I upset my mum with my last post on parenting. I didn't even think. The post was written as a rant against a British Nanny's take on the ills of modern parenting. But I confess I was possibly also influenced by having spent a few hours at my mum's house, feeling like she was criticising me because my kids backchat a lot.
I can't blame her, they do.
But I shouldn't get cross and I certainly wouldn't want to upset her just because we have different views on parenting. Just because we don't see eye to eye on one little thing doesn't mean I don't love her and would certainly never say something to hurt her. I owe her too much for that.
Yes there were elements of my childhood that weren't great. My dad had about as much patience for parenting as I have, but without my self-awareness and support network. He raged, he occasionally hit, he hated mess and lateness and noise, and I grew up terrified of him. But I still loved him. And I wish he'd lived long enough for me to tell him that I yell just as loud at my kids.
And yes my parents went down the pub and my sister and I sat with our coke and crisps, but I can't recall ever minding. In fact I am certain we got up to all sorts of high jinx while our parents were otherwise occupied. We were very good at entertaining ourselves writing notes to strangers through the window on long car journeys or finding things to climb on.
In many ways I had a great childhood, full of freedom and adventure. I spent my formative years in a housing estate in Sussex, with a garden that backed onto fields. I ran in a pack of kids, climbed trees and played in the tree houses Dad built behind our back fence. I practiced gymnastics on the beam he built and played on the stilts he made.
I went to fancy dress competitions in the incredible costumes my mother made with hours of endless patience and much tissue paper. I remember my mum was always baking – mostly raisin fairy cakes with icing on top. We got to lick out the food processor, even the super sharp blade, and we never cut our tongue. I remember putting on endless shows in the back garden for our parents and the German students who came to stay in the summer.
I remember going to the sweet shop and buying halfpenny sweets, and going for cycle rides all together at the weekends. I remember 'spotting' for dad when he was welding, watching for flames with a washing up liquid bottle full of water, ready to put out the fire. I remember helping him bleed brakes and accompanying him when he went to visit houses to collect cars.
I remember buying cream soda in a shop in a nearby village and my parents playing darts and whist and winning loads of prizes at the Christmas whist drives. I remember picnics on the beach and learning to swim in the icy cold sea. I remember the amusement arcades and holidays to Weymouth.
I remember going to France in our Comma camper van and learning to say, "un litre du lait, s'il vous plais" to the woman in the campsite shop, when offering an empty bottle, without having any idea what it meant.
Mum made the most amazing birthday cakes: pink princess castles and gymnastic medals. We had birthday parties at home, with sandwiches and cheese and pineapple on sticks. We went to fetes at the school and the summer fair at Wisborough Green and Mum would run in the Mummies race.
My memories of my parents fighting and my Dad's rages are what motivate me to be a gentle, patient parent (even though, genetically, I'm fighting a losing battle.) My fears of speaking out to Dad are why I let my children talk back to me (up to a point) because I never want them to be afraid to speak. But my childhood wasn't 'inadequate' and, on the whole, it wasn't unhappy. I remember the stuff I don't want to emulate, without focussing on the bits that were great.
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Here is the most recent in my series of posts on the ideas of space and time in Bruno's work. Here is the last one. Or you might want to start from the beginning and work forward.
In some of his most recent work Latour has used his ideas about space and time to develop a deconstructive reading of certain motifs that are prevalent within contemporary discourse. These include the motifs of "progress" and "the progressive", the motifs of "secularism" and "the secular", and the motifs of "globalization" and "the global". Latour claims that these motifs effectively function as slogans: they express the self-perception of contemporary western society and convey some of its most cherished values. His argument, however, is that they actually perpetuate (what I have called) "the spatio-temporal conditioning effect" identified above, an effect that itself has a quasi-religious underpinning. Thus, motifs that are often embraced enthusiastically and uncritically within contemporary western society can be revealed as encoding a covert form of religion or religiosity that undermines their own status and intended function.
The first motif I wish to address is that of "progress". Latour points out the importance of this motif within the self-consciousness of contemporary western society. It is related to perceived advances in science, technology, culture or material wealth, and is often represented by slogans proclaiming "the onward march" or "the frontier spirit" of human knowledge in its quest for increasing mastery over the world it inhabits.
For Latour, however, the idea of progress is not neutral. The assumption that history will move forward in a certain direction implies an understanding of time that is linear and predictable. This in turn is premised on postulating a moment of rupture that has previously taken place in human history: a time after which humans came to master the progress of history in its essential form . This is the emancipation narrative of "modernity". By positing the transcendent epistemological categories of "Nature", "Society", "the Second Nature" and so on, themselves undergirded by the meta-category of "the crossed-out God", modernity perceives itself as having broken with a pre-enlightened past. Once, the story of humanity was framed in relation to a plural, contingent world that was by no means under the mastery of humans. But now, the history of modern people is conceived as proceeding on a different trajectory. The "laws of nature", the "laws of social existence" and the "law of market forces" have been revealed. Modern people proceed on the basis that the future will entail nothing more than the progressive disclosure of reality according to these laws. Of course, the journey may be uneven. But the ultimate destination is known. Thus, as well as positing its own trajectory of progress in relation to a pre-enlightened past, modernity also functions in relation to a future state of affairs or end-state that is conceived to have been brought into the time of the present. This facilitates the idea that the progressive flow of human history has been in some way raised above the impact of events in the world that might lead to an unpredictable or contingent end. Echoing the terminology of Fukuyama and others, then, "the end of history" is proclaimed within modernity. But for Latour this phrase has problematic connotations. It refers to an artificial experience of time. A flow of history that was once tied to a contingent ontology of actors and events has now become formatted by categories that fix its progression in a controlled and predictable order.
Thus, for Latour, modernity is characterised by:
[…] ce thème étrange que l'histoire serait déjà finie, qu'il existerait une rupture totale et radicale qui aurait définitivement brûlé nos vaisseaux derrière nous. (my trans. "[…] this strange idea that history should be already finished, that a total and radical rupture should have taken place that definitively burnt bridges with what was behind us", Latour, Face a Gaia, French, p.220.
Representing these ideas visually, the conceptualization of history within modernity can be depicted as follows:
Latour thereby gives us a sort of bastardised, religious aetiology of progress. The progressive identity of modernity is held in place by means of two assertions about historical time. The first of these looks backwards and is a bastardised expression of "incarnation". To be modern is to have broken with a pre-enlightened past whose rationality was associated with the contingent and unpredictable conditions of the immanent world. The second looks forwards and is a bastardised expression of eschatology. To be modern is to function in accordance with laws about the world that are fixed, external and immutable, analogous to the knowledge of God that is to be revealed at the end of time itself, that is, in the eschaton. In between these two historical buttresses, modernity is held in a spatio-temporal grid where the "slight surprise of action" associated with the logistical movements of actors in the present moment is replaced by a trajectory that, in its essential form, has already been set. History can be conceived as moving forward in a controlled and predictable order. It is this celebratory narrative of progress that Latour exposes as a myth.
To summarise, then, Latour's deconstructive reading of the idea of progress and its relation to historical time is best understood in relation to his writing on religion. Looking backwards, the historical rupture that lies behind the emancipation narrative of modernity is equivalent in form to the Christian doctrine of the incarnation. Both posit an interruption within history that establishes an entirely new historical timeline for those that follow in its wake. And looking forwards, the confidence modern people are able to place in the future trajectory of history is a function of the Gnostic appropriation of an eschatological motif. Thus, for Latour, the progressive identity of contemporary western society has the form of a religious ideology that promises to its adherents a proleptic assurance about their own place in the flow of history and its ultimate triumph in the eschaton.


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Knob Creek Bourbon is trying something a bit different. It's not another flavor, i.e., smoked maple, but rather a limited edition Knob Creek Quarter Oak.This special, limited-time release uses a secondary finishing approach to continue the vision founding distiller Booker Noe set for Knob Creek decades ago: to craft bourbon with the fullest flavors characteristic of pre-prohibition style, the distiller says in a news release.
"With its latest release, Knob Creek explores and deepens the influence of oak on its flagship bourbon. Knob Creek Quarter Oak takes the brand's Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, crafted in the pre-prohibition style fans expect from Knob Creek, and finishes it for a minimum of four years in quarter cask, American oak barrels to increase the amount of contact between the whiskey and wood," the release says.
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Quarter Oak Collins
2 parts Knob Creek Quarter Oak
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Coal country, West Virginia, 1962. Fourteen year-old Pete's fighting to claim his past. His older brother Jake's hoping to forge a future. With their friends, they've embarked on a life-altering journey to the mine that took their father's life. Featuring a vibrant, haunting bluegrass and pop-inspired score, this gripping new musical from an acclaimed new team will capture your heart as it finds the streaks of light within the darkness.
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Presenting the keynote address will be Christine M. Puchalski, M.D., founder and director of the George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health in Washington.
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This helmet was thought to be a French tank crew helmet until the Tank Museum at Bovington examined it and pronounced it not to be such. It is now suggested that it might be a French aviator's helmet. Is this likely? The date stamped inside is 1916. I have other images which I can post if needed. I'd be interested to hear your opinions.
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Dressed and nude. Insistent and introvert. As models and as themselves. Curvy and jagged. Observing and sleeping. Over the course of seven decades, the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) depicted the female form as a colourful metamorphosis; always full of yearning and steely will, desire and passion.
Until 23 February 2020, ARKEN will be showing a dazzling array of Pablo Picasso's best works in the exhibition Beloved by Picasso – The Power of the Model. The exhibition is created in close collaboration with Musée national Picasso-Paris and presents a total of 51 works including paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints – among these are many masterpieces from the museum's collection. Beloved by Picasso – The Power of the Model presents Pablo Picasso's artistic progression in the light of his models, and therefore the artist must share the spotlight with the five women: Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Thérèse Walter, Dora Maar, Françoise Gilot and Jacqueline Roque.
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On Sunday, April 28, 2019 Dr. Sylvia Wright, Nancy Brown, and Chef Zeb Stevenson joined together for a fun filled Sunday Supper at The Pink Palace. The Pink Palace is the historic 100 year old home of Melanie Turner and Stan Benecki. Guests enjoyed a beautiful afternoon and "free spirited" cuisine which Chef Zeb describes as "a positive experience of being able to take great ingredients that inspire you and turn them into dishes that inspire other people."
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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, is the final stage of an infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
When the HIV virus gets into the human body, it infects certain immune system cells called T-helper cells, or CD4 cells.
The virus replicates itself and, over time, damages its host cells, impairing the body's ability to fight off infections and making you susceptible to these and other diseases.
Once you have HIV, you can be diagnosed with AIDS if your CD4 cell count is very low or if you develop one or more opportunistic illnesses from your infection, such as tuberculosis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
To contract HIV, certain bodily fluids infected with the virus must enter your bloodstream directly, or come into contact with damaged tissue or the mucous membranes of your rectum, vagina, opening of the penis, or mouth. (1)
Fluids that can transmit HIV include:
In the United States, HIV is most commonly transmitted via anal or vaginal sex, or through the sharing of contaminated needles, syringes, or other equipment for the injection of drugs, including heroin, steroids, and hormones. It's possible for the virus to survive in a used needle up to 42 days. (1)
While the estimated number of HIV infections due to intravenous drug use declined 32 percent from 2010 to 2014, the CDC notes that increased use of injected drugs, as a result of the opioid epidemic, puts new populations at risk for HIV. (2)
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HIV is not transmitted through saliva, sweat, or tears, nor is it spread through social contact (hugging or shaking hands) with someone who is infected. It is possible that improperly sterilized tattoo or piercing equipment could transmit the virus, but there are no known cases in the United States of someone contracting HIV this way, according to the CDC. (3)
"If you're HIV-negative but in a very high-risk group for HIV, ask your doctor about pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP."
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In terms of risks associated with different sex practices, receptive anal intercourse carries the most risk — due to the fact that the lining of the anus is thin, allowing HIV to enter the body — followed by insertive anal intercourse and receptive penile-vaginal intercourse, according to the CDC.
Certain other sexual practices, including oral-anal contact and sharing sex toys, carry very low but not zero risk of transmitting HIV. (3,5)
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Bisexual and gay men accounted for about two-thirds of new HIV cases in 2016, according to the CDC.
Additionally, African-Americans accounted for 17,528 new cases of HIV, or 44 percent of diagnoses in 2016 — the highest percentage for any racial group.
Whites and Hispanic or Latinos accounted for 10,345 and 9,766 new cases that same year, respectively. (6)
Youths tend to have the highest HIV diagnosis rates.
In 2016, people age 13 to 24 accounted for 21 percent of the people diagnosed with HIV. About 80 percent of the diagnoses in this age group (or 6,776 cases) occurred in people between 20 and 24 years old. (7)
Transgender women who have sex with men are one of the groups at highest risk for contracting HIV, according to HIV.gov. People who use injected drugs are also at increased risk. (8)
There are a number of ways to reduce your risk of contracting or transmitting HIV. Getting tested is a good first step.
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A proposed two-day Air Races event in Orewa next March has some hurdles to clear before it can go ahead.
Orewa Beach Carnival (OBC) representative Ken Ogilvie presented the proposal to the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board in June, outlining the event which he says will include air displays and races, powerboat races, a parachute drop, jet ski and land yacht races. The initial landowner consent application sought exclusive use of Orewa Beach for the event on March 7 and 8, as well as a third day for practice.
The organisation is still in the process of securing landowner consent from the local board. In a statement to Hibiscus Matters, OBC says that its initial application has been reworked and will be re-submitted shortly.
Auckland Council has confirmed an event permit application has been received, adding that, "To date, no event permit, resource consent or land approval has been granted."
However, OBC says its commitment to host the event in March 2020 remains.
Meanwhile, concerns have been raised by the business association, Destination Orewa, and local board chair Julia Parfitt.
Mrs Parfitt says she is aware of business owners who have been approached to sponsor the event to the tune of $25,000. "I want to make it absolutely clear that this event currently has no approvals in place," Mrs Parfitt says. "I would hate to see businesses out of pocket and, until the consents are approved, I advise people to be cautious."
She says landowner approval is just the first step. The organisers will also need a full traffic management plan from Auckland Transport, as well as waste management and health and safety plans. An event of this size and scope is also likely to require resource consent, and approvals from the Civil Aviation Authority and Harbourmaster.
Mrs Parfitt said, in her view, "The intervening local body election and the time these consents take to process make it very unlikely that the event will be fully permitted in time for next March".
Destination Orewa operations manager Hellen Wilkins says that around nine organisations approached her after they received requests from an OBC representative seeking large sums in sponsorship upfront, in return for the purchase of vouchers from that business.
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Last month's top-rated #FridayFeature is from Canadian-based photographer Jeff Bartlett, who perfectly captured the pristine beauty of Lake Bled in northwestern Slovenia. The photo features tear-shaped Bled Island and its iconic Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary.
The site was originally used by polytheistic pagans as a temple consecrating Ziva, the Slavic goddess of love and fertility. But during the wars between the local pagans and Christians, which ended in AD745 upon their conversion to Christianity, the temple's altars were destroyed and a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary was built in its place. The current Baroque iteration of the church has stood since the 17th Century.
To reach the island, visitors can take a pletna (a gondola-like boat), row or swim, then climb a 99-step staircase to the church. Those who make it all the way to the upper roof beams will encounter the "wishing bell" – it is said that ringing the bell three times will make your dreams come true. However, there is a caveat: you can only make a single wish.
According to island legends, the bell's power to grant wishes stems from the tragic story of the widow Poliksena, who lived on Bled Island in the 16th Century. Upon learning of the death of her husband, she gathered her gold and silver and cast a bell in memoriam; however, a terrible storm sank the bell, the boat and the boatmen as it was being delivered. Inconsolable, the widow moved to Rome and became a nun. Upon her death, it's said that the Pope in power at the time, Pope Clement VII, heard of her misfortune and out of sympathy cast a new bell for her. It was his decree that anyone who rang the bell three times and believed in God would have their wish granted.
Today, however, the island is a happier spot, serving as a popular wedding venue. But even now, traditions prevail: to ensure a long and happy marriage, the groom must carry his silent bride up the 99 steps to the church. It is a reminder of how history still reigns on this island paradise.
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Women's Olympic Soccer: Tuesday's Review, Reports, & Analyses
The United States clinched top spot in Group G with a 1-0 defeat of North Korea at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Abby Wambach continued her impressive form in women's Olympic Soccer, scoring in each match of the group stage by providing the lone goal in Manchester. Finishing as Group G winners, the U.S. advances to the quarterfinals where it will play New Zealand, which finished third in Group E with a 3-1 defeat of Cameroon on Tuesday.
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The Department of Labor issued new rules that will, beginning in April 2017, require financial advisors handling 401(k)s and individual retirement accounts (IRAs) to act in the "best interest" of their clients. Previously, brokers were only required to recommend "suitable" investments, and some firms steered clients into investment products that regulators considered high costs. The government estimates that these fees cost retirement savers $17 billion a year.
The legislation is known in the media as the Fiduciary Rule. Here's the fine print of the new rule.
What is Fiduciary and Why Does It Matter
An advisor who makes investment recommendations to 401(k) plan participants, 401(k) plan sponsors, or IRA investors in exchange for compensation will now be legally considered a "fiduciary." Previously, financial advisors recommending retirement investments were not considered fiduciaries. The difference? Fiduciaries are legally required to recommend investments that are in the "client's best interest." Any investment that pays a commission or unreasonable fee could be deemed to be in the best interest of the advisor, not the client.
The DOL rule doesn't ban commissions or revenue sharing, but it requires advisors who accept them to have clients sign a best interest contract exemption or BICE. In the BICE, the advisor pledges to act in the client's best interests and only earn "reasonable" compensation. The exemption also must disclose information to clients about fees and other possible conflicts of interest. It's unclear how much protection a BICE provides either investors or advisors.
Defining Client Best Interest
When is a fee unreasonable? How do you know if a recommendation is in the best interest of the client or the advisor? There's no litmus test. As a result, some speculate that many advisors will simply no longer offer IRA or 401(k) products at all, at least not for small investors. There is simply too much expense in the compliance documentation and too much risk that an investor will at some point become disenchanted with his or her choices and blame the advisor for making money from these choices. "Washington doesn't need to put another roadblock between people and their financial goals," Rep. Scott Garrett, R-N.J. said in a statement. "The DOL's rule will increase the cost of retirement advice for lower- and middle-income Americans while creating a preferred class of rich investors."
Cost of Compliance
A major issue is the cost of compliance with the new regulations. Large financial advisory firms will need to craft new administrative steps and invest millions in technology and training to meet the rule's requirements. Small and midsize broker-dealers may not have the money to comply, and the change could force some to merge with larger companies.
Unintended Consequences
Another possible outcome is that investors will be offered a reduced range of funds, mainly index funds, and will be given no guidance on which fund might be right for them. An unintended consequence could leave many investors with retirement funds weighted heavily in the stock market when it would be prudent to diversify as economic conditions change.
Take, for example, the "dot com" crash of 2000. For three consecutive years, the major indexes fell. Investors in stocks did not recoup their losses until 2007, just before the next market collapse and the great recession. People holding stocks in the form of mutual funds or other vehicles would be unlikely to receive any guidance if most IRA and 401(k) advisors simply become order takers rather than advisors.
Possible Benefits
On the other hand, some believe the new regulations will encourage people to seek advice with new confidence. "This rule isn't just about protecting investors from bad financial advice; just as importantly it's about encouraging investors to affirmatively seek investment advice because now they're going to have a new sense of confidence," said Maryland Congressman John Sarbanes. "They're going to be able to step into that world believing that somebody is looking out for them. Too many Americans put off planning for retirement because it's complex, they don't understand the rules, and so they stay away from the opportunity. What this will do is give people the confidence and alleviate the anxieties they have knowing that they're going to be protected."
Of course, you should always be confident that your financial advisor is acting in your best interests and if you have doubts, discuss your concerns and either regain confidence or perhaps look for a new advisor.
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Today I have a sneak peek of a some new Create-A-Card dies coming out this week from Crafter's Companion. These dies have been specifically sized for the US market so they fit our standard card size of 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". Unlike other dies on the market, they don't trim the outside edge so you can do lots of different things with them... like make a box ~ like I did here.
These dies are coming out on Friday and there are 3 new designs and 3 die have been resized from last Christmas.


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If it's a Wednesday, which it is, it must be time for another cut to numbers for Apple's (AAPL) iPhone sales.
Analysts John Donovan and Steve Mullane of the boutique BlueFin Research Partners this morning report that they are cutting numbers again for the iPhone, in particular the iPhone X, after chopping their numbers back in February.
The "builds" of iPhone for the first half of this calendar year have been cut by 6 million, they reckon, for the X, while total iPhone builds have been slashed by Apple by 9 million. The authors do not cite any source for the data.
This is a big comedown from original expectations, they write:
Our most recent field checks indicate that build forecasts were cut once again this weekend, with the reductions primarily coming from the iPhone X family. The iPhone X builds were reduced by 6M, and thus far over 75M have been deducted from the once lofty plans for the OLED device.
The authors now predict a total of 219 million phones will be sold by Apple this calendar year, which is below the Street consensus for 224 million units, according to FactSet.
"Given the anemic demand with the current lineup," they write, "this forecast includes a fairly optimistic 2H18 outlook for the new models and also highlights what we believe will be a challenging environment until the September new model launch."
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[A.M. NO. P-04-1833 : July 3, 2007]
ATTY. CESAR A. ENRIQUEZ, Complainant, v. LUCILA M. DE CASTRO, Court Interpreter II, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, Respondent.
In a Sworn Statement1 dated 8 April 2003, Atty. Cesar A. Enriquez (complainant) charged Lucila De Castro (respondent), Court Interpreter II of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro (trial court), with grave misconduct and extortion.
According to complainant, respondent extorted money from persons who have cases with the trial court on the pretext that she would give complainant the money as attorney's fees. Complainant stated that one such person was Ernesto De Ala (De Ala), the accused in Criminal Case No. 13006. Complainant stated that De Ala was charged with violation of Republic Act No. 6425 before the trial court on 21 March 2002.
Complainant stated that in De Ala's Sworn Statement dated 26 March 2003, De Ala asserted that:
1. Respondent solicited and received
P15,000 from his wife, Sonia De Ala, on the pretext that the money would be given to complainant as attorney's fees and that complainant would be De Ala's defense counsel in the criminal case.
2. During De Ala's arraignment in the Regional Trial Court, Branch 40, De Ala learned that respondent did not give the
P15,000 to complainant but pocketed it for her own personal use.
Complainant asserted that respondent personally admitted to him that she received the
P15,000. Complainant asserted that respondent asked for his indulgence and assured him that she would give him the money in "staggered amount." Complainant stated that he did not authorize respondent to solicit cases for him and to collect money for his attorney's fees.
On 8 April 2003, Judge Manolo A. Brotonel (Judge Brotonel) issued a Memorandum to respondent informing her of the complaint for grave misconduct and extortion that complainant had filed against her. Judge Brotonel directed her to file her answer and comment on the complaint within five days from notice.2
In his 1st Indorsement dated 13 May 2003, Judge Brotonel forwarded to Executive Judge Manuel C. Luna, Jr. (Judge Luna) of the Regional Trial Court of Calapan City, Branch 39 the Memorandum on the complaint which complainant filed against respondent. Judge Brotonel stated that despite the long period of time afforded respondent, she failed to controvert the charges against her.3
In his 2nd Indorsement dated 23 June 2003, Judge Luna forwarded to the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) the Memorandum issued to respondent for appropriate action.4
The OCA, in its 1st Indorsement dated 2 July 2003, required respondent to file her Comment within 10 days from notice.5 However, since respondent still failed to file her comment, the OCA sent her its 1st Tracer on 7 November 2003 reiterating its directive for her to submit her comment within five days from receipt of the 1st Tracer; otherwise, it would submit the case to the Court without her comment.6
On 1 March 2004, the OCA submitted its Evaluation Report. The OCA stated:
The essence of due process is simply to afford the respondent the opportunity to be heard or as applied to administrative proceedings, an opportunity to explain one's side or an opportunity to seek reconsideration of the action or ruling taken. A formal trial or hearing is not always the earmark of due process. The requirements of due process are satisfied when the parties are afforded a fair and reasonable opportunity to explain and air their side (Villareal v. CA, 219 SCRA 293).
Respondent's failure to file comment despite her being given the opportunity twice, indicates her waiver of her right to be heard. The records show that besides the two opportunities given her by the OCA, she received the Memorandum of Judge Manolo Brotonel dated 3 April 2003, directing her to submit her formal answer within five (5) days. Respondent likewise failed to do so.
RECOMMENDATION: Respectfully submitted for the consideration of the Honorable Court is our recommendation that this case be REDOCKETED as a regular administrative matter and that respondent be SUSPENDED for six (6) months without benefits and SEVERELY WARNED that commission of any infraction will be dealt with most severely.7
On 14 June 2006, the Court issued a resolution requiring the parties to manifest within 10 days from notice whether they were willing to submit the case for decision on the basis of the pleadings submitted.8
In its resolution dated 15 January 2007, the Court resolved to consider the parties to have waived their compliance with the resolution dated 14 June 2006 because of their failure to manifest their willingness to submit the case for decision based on the pleadings filed.9
The findings and recommendations of the OCA are well-taken, except for the penalty.
The charges against respondent relate to her act of soliciting from De Ala's wife the sum of
P15,000 on the pretext that the money would be given to complainant as attorney's fees and that complainant would be De Ala's counsel in a criminal case.
The Court notes respondent's failure to file her comment despite the opportunities given her.ςηαñrοblεš νιr†υαl lαω lιbrαrÿ
She received on 9 April 2003 the Memorandum issued to her on 8 April 2003, directing her to submit her answer to the complaint filed against her.10 On 30 July 2003, respondent received the OCA's 1st Indorsement dated 2 July 2003 directing her to submit her comment within 10 days from receipt of the order.11 Respondent received the OCA's 1st Tracer dated 7 November 2003 on 25 November 2003. The OCA reiterated its directive for respondent to submit her comment within five days from notice.12
Respondent gave the impression that she waived her right to be heard and to present evidence. While respondent may have lost such right, the Court is convinced that she was not denied her day in court.
The essence of due process is simply an opportunity to be heard,13 the requirements of which are satisfied where the parties are afforded fair and reasonable opportunity to explain their side of the controversy.14 Here, it cannot be said that there was a denial of due process on the part of respondent because she was given the opportunities to refute the allegations of complainant.
Respondent's actuation undermines the people's faith in the judiciary. The image of a court of justice is necessarily mirrored in the conduct, official or otherwise, of the men and women who work in the judiciary, from the judge to the employee holding the lowest position. It becomes the imperative and sacred duty of each and every one in the court to maintain its good name and standing as a true temple of justice. Thus, every employee of the court should be an exemplar of integrity, uprightness, and honesty.15 Respondent failed in this duty. No other office in the government service exacts a greater demand for moral righteousness and uprightness from an employee than the judiciary.16 The Court will not tolerate or condone any conduct of judicial employees which tends to or actually diminishes the faith of the people in the judiciary.
We find respondent guilty of grave misconduct. Under Section 52, paragraph A(3), Rule IV of the Uniform Rules on Administrative Cases in the Civil Service, grave misconduct is a grave offense punishable by dismissal for the first offense.
WHEREFORE, we find Lucila M. De Castro, Court Interpreter II, Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, GUILTY of grave misconduct and accordingly DISMISS her from the service, with forfeiture of all benefits, except accrued leave credits, and with prejudice to reemployment in any branch or instrumentality of the government including government-owned or controlled corporations.
1 Rollo, p. 8-A.
2 Id. at 7.
3 Id. at 6.
4 Id. at 5.
5 Id. at 4.
6 Id. at 11.
7 Id. at 13-14.
8 Id. at 16.
9 Id. at 17.
10 Id. at 7.
11 Id. at 4.
12 Id. at 11.
13 Palanca v. Guides, G.R. No. 146365, 28 February 2005, 452 SCRA 461; Verceles v. Bureau of Labor Relations-DOLE-NCR, G.R. No. 152322, 15 February 2005, 451 SCRA 338.
14 Nueva Ecija Electric Cooperative (NEECO) II v. NLRC, G.R. No. 157603, 23 June 2005, 461 SCRA 169.
15 Chiong v. Baloloy, A.M. No. P-01-1523, 27 October 2006, 505 SCRA 528.
16 Imperial v. Santiago, Jr., 446 Phil. 104 (2003).


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Rahim Jaffer's appearance before a Commons committee last week may not be his last.
Opposition MPs said Sunday that the former Conservative MP should be called back to explain why he and his business partner, Patrick Glémaud, told the government operations committee that they had never lobbied the government or been paid to do so - denials that appear to have been contradicted by three cabinet ministers.
Pat Martin, a New Democrat MP, told CTV's Question Period that Mr. Jaffer will have to return to the committee to tell federal politicians why he said his conversations with former colleagues in the Conservative caucus were limited to social banter.
"I think there has to be consequences if you willingly mislead or, slash, lie to a parliamentary committee. We can't take that lightly," Mr. Martin said.
Environment Minister Jim Prentice told the House of Commons on Friday he had learned the previous Tuesday that Mr. Jaffer had made representations to a senior ministerial aide on behalf of someone else's company.
Mr. Jaffer's firm, Green Power Generation, also pitched three projects to Conservative MP Brian Jean, the parliamentary secretary to Transport Minister John Baird. Mr. Baird has released documents related to those proposals.
And Gary Goodyear, the minister responsible for economic development in Southern Ontario, said Mr. Glémaud approached his office regarding three other projects.
Neither Mr. Glémaud nor Mr. Jaffer are registered as lobbyists with the federal Lobbyists Commissioner.
Liberal MP Siobhan Coady said she is upset that Mr. Prentice waited until Friday to divulge the information about the contact between Mr. Jaffer and his staff member.
"Why didn't Mr. Prentice give us this information on Tuesday before committee so that we could have asked Mr. Jaffer very pointed questions on this issue on Wednesday," Ms. Coady asked in an interview with The Globe and Mail.
On Wednesday of this week, the committee will hear from Nazim Gillani, a Toronto-area financier with whom Mr. Jaffer was working to help get grants and public funds for green technologies. Ms. Coady said the committee will likely want to talk to the companies for whom Mr. Jaffer and Mr. Glémaud were working. "Maybe we'll have to ask Mr. Prentice to appear," she said.
Liberal MP Frank Valeriote wrote to Karen Shepherd, the Commissioner of Lobbying, last Friday asking her to verify that Mr. Goodyear had reported the matter to her office. He also asked for information related to the status of any investigation she is conducting.
That drew an angry letter from Conservative MP Kelly Block. The Lobbying Act, wrote Ms. Block, "requires the Commissioner to conduct any investigations in private and not to disclose information that comes to her knowledge during the course of performing her duties."
But Ms. Coady said Mr. Valeriote was not asking the Commissioner to overstep her authority. "We're not asking her to release documents or give us any information."
During his testimony before the committee, Mr. Jaffer offered a tearful apology to his wife, Helena Guergis, who lost her cabinet post as minister of state for the status of women and was kicked out of the Conservative caucus as revelations about his business dealings were made public.
A private investigator says Mr. Gillani claims to have opened offshore accounts for Ms. Guergis and Mr. Jaffer. And Ms. Guergis sent a letter to Simcoe County on Sept. 9 "to encourage" officials to consider the BioDryer waste-disposal system at about the same time her husband's company was seeking money from the federal government for the same technology.
Ms. Guergis has stayed out of the public eye since the scandal broke. But she turned up Saturday at the annual general meeting in her Conservative riding association in New Lowell, Ont.
"It's really not appropriate for me to be answering, I know, the many questions that you do have," she said as she left the meeting. "I am anxious to answer those questions, but I will not be doing that right now."
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There's a sad but helpful lesson for everyone to take away from the Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher split (assuming the whole thing isn't a big old tabloid lie!), and that's this: Before making any kind of major life commitment, make sure you consider it very carefully, because not everything in life is easy to erase without major emotional distress and feelings of abject loss.
Oh, not talking about Ashton. Divorcing a cheating hound dog of a husband is the easy part. A good lawyer and a few hundred thou and she'll be done with him in a week. I'm talking about the other really big commitment that Demi made a few years back in her marriage that she must be really kicking herself for right now ...
Her choice of Twitter handle: @MrsKutcher. I love that she thought she was going to be that forever, just like her marriage, despite the rest of the world knowing they were doomed from the start. It was an old-fashioned and romantic side of Demi few of us ever knew! But changing that sucker is going to be a bitch for a Twitter addict like Moore, much messier and more traumatic than a divorce.
Demi legally changed her last name to Kutcher (she kept Moore only for professional endeavors) two years after she and Ashton married on September 24, 2005, six years before, almost to the exact day, he was supposedly banging some blond from a bar. She's supposedly "Demi Kutcher" on all her credit cards, her passport, and other legal documents. But, pe-shaw, all that takes to fix is a few annoying forms.
Her Twitter handle is another story entirely. It's like changing your identity! Suddenly it will be DMoore, or DemiM or DemMo sending out all those pictures of bikinis and it just won't feel like the same person. Plus it's a logistical hassle. She'll need to send out an update to her followers before she changes her username, because any replies or messages sent to her old username will not be associated with her account once she's changed to her new username. Demi might want to consider taking out an ad in the New York Times or something. Like she needs this headache at a time like this!
I hope for Moore's sake the rumor isn't true, but it's not looking too good, and her Twitter page has been unusually silent today as the rumors swirl. Either way, @Aplusk needs to stop promoting the fact that Two and a Half Men is now available on iTunes to his 7.7 million followers and start explaining some stuff. Now.
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Whatever Happened to the Blue Dog Democrats?
Remember the Blue Dog Democrats? They were the fiscally conservative Democrats from Southern and Western and rural districts who weren't going to go along with the big‐spending leadership of their party. They've gotten a lot of attention, especially after a lot of new Blue Dogs were elected in 2006, helping to give the Democrats a majority in the House.
But where are they now? After eight years of unprecedented profligacy, with a trillion‐dollar increase in federal spending, and in the face of both trillion‐dollar deficits and unimaginably large long‐term fiscal imbalances, the House is just about to vote to spend $825 billion that the government doesn't have. Will any Blue Dogs vote no? Will any Blue Dogs live up to their campaign rhetoric about fiscal conservatism?
Don't bet on it.
Their record isn't as good as they'd like you to believe. John Fund pointed out back in 2005 that they were not supporting any Republican efforts to limit spending. But maybe that was just because the Republicans didn't try to work with them. Fair enough. Now they're part of the Democratic majority. And apparently they're satisfied with vague promises from the Obama administration that after we spend all this money, we'll get back to fiscal responsibility. (Lord, make me chaste, but not just yet.)
Blue Dogs supported fiscal responsibility at some vague point in the misty past, and they will strongly support fiscal responsibility at some vague point in the future, but right now they're going to vote to put their constituents another $825 billion in debt.
Their members range from Rep. Mike Arcuri of New York to Rep. Charlie Wilson of Ohio, and include the newly promoted Kirsten Gillibrand. If you seek their monument, look around you.
UPDATE: By my colleague Tad DeHaven's count, 37 out of 43 "Blue Dogs" voted for the spending bill that will probably end up costing about $900 billion. Congratulations to actual Blue Dogs Allen Boyd, Jim Cooper, Brad Ellsworth, Collin Peterson, Heath Shuler, and Gene Taylor.


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People are going about their morning routines. Christine is eating what looks like either toast or a bagel with cream cheese, chatting with Hayden at the counter.
Victoria came into the kitchen and they started discussing what type of man would be her ideal man. Victoria tells them that guys she has dated see her parents' relationship and then tell her they can never be like Victoria's dad.
Victoria: My parents do everything together...they eat together, check email together, go to Publix together....everything together all of the time.
Hayden: It sounds like you don't need a husband...you need an employee!
Christine says that she loves her husband to death, and would spend every minute with him if she could. She told Victoria not to believe people when they tell her that she can never find the right guy---she should keep looking and not settle.
Hayden: You need to take applications, like a job.
Christine: I'm not saying that's a bad idea, either.
Hayden: Victoria, does your dad get benefits?
They all laugh but Victoria says her parents' relationship is a two-way street, and her mom treats her dad like a king.
Donny came in and they joked about the "new oatmeal" they have in the house. (slop)
(FYI Production got the Have Nots four wool blankets to sleep with---it was too cold before that and they weren't able to sleep at all. If they got rid of the Mylar blankets I suspect it was partially due to the sound they made in the microphones, not just the house guests' discomfort.)
Zach went upstairs and the cameras followed him...just like us Production is waiting for Zach to start running his mouth and wants to catch every word. He walked past Frankie who is in the bed and went in the bathroom. The volume on the mics turned up extra loud, I guess in case Zach muttered anything. But when he went in the WC and it was clear this was a business trip, the cameras moved away quickly.
Here's proof that Zach washes his hands after flushing...he used soap too.
Who would have thought that Donny shaves the top side of his face, too? FYI Donny has a girlfriend back home and he thinks she and his brother have been watching the live feeds.
Nicole whined about wanting a "pouf" so Victoria offered to help her. She started using hair spray and then teasing Nicole's hair. (No wonder Victoria lost her hair...)
After Victoria started her hair, Nicole changed her mind and whined about it. Victoria wanted to know what sort of hairstyle Nicole wanted, and Nicole didn't really know.
Hayden said he's not into Megan Fox. Victoria asked him who is celebrity crush is, and he immediately said Hayley Williams from the band Paramore.
Victoria: Her? Really?
This is Hayley Williams, so maybe BB put Joey in the house for Hayden...
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I bought a discounted Asus ROG 1080Ti with RGB a while ago. The reason why it was discounted was, that the RGB was only showing yellow and green colors, doesn't matter what color you picked.
The RGB controller is burned imo. I haven't opened it yet so I don't know exactly though. Is there something I can do? Will Asus service help me with this?
I live in Prague...
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David Ben-Gurion (help·info) (Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן-גּוּרִיּוֹן, Arabic: دافيد بن غوريون Dafeed Bin Ghuriyyun, born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the main founder and the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946. As head of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and later president of the Jewish Agency Executive, he became the de facto leader of the Jewish community in Palestine, and largely led its struggle for an independent Jewish state in Palestine. On 14 May 1948, he formally proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel, and was the first to sign the Israeli Declaration of Independence, which he had helped to write. Ben-Gurion led the provisional government of Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and united the various Jewish militias into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Subsequently, he became known as "Israel's founding father". Following the war, Ben-Gurion served as Israel's first Prime Minister.
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I have decided to start a lifestyle site dedicated to exploring holistic living through a lens of sustainability that encompasses ecological, economic, political and cultural aspects of life, which makes me:
A complete over-sharer.
A seasoned opinion giver.
Well, it should make me more of a conscious human being.
So then why did I decide to go barhopping and drink three glasses of wine on a Wednesday?
My blog started in a somewhat organic fashion—basically, I needed a way to catalog my freelance work, engage with an online community about similar topics, and rant. At the time of its creation, my Modus Operandi was simply creating a site focused on interior design, along with some humorous anecdotes, helpful tips, and a peppering of various topics that coalesced with the political climate. What I didn't realize, was that the more that I stepped into freelance work, the more questions I began to ask about my role in the world and if interior design or freelance consulting were even things that I wanted to do. At the same time, almost every client, in some way or another, would ask questions about my personal life. How did I live? Where do I shop? What type of meditation do you do? Do you teach yoga?
The more questions that came in, the more I started realizing that I wasn't just decorating someones home, I was cultivating a life—that's when I realized that style is sort of the universal language that has the power to connect us. It's so much more than the home we live in, or the clothes we wear. It starts with an inward expression of oneself to an outward expression. Most of the things in my life have balanced between this dichotomy, what was I doing to cultivate an active inner life, and how was that playing externally?
I mean, when you think about it, it's so much more than style. It's also how we give back, and how we share, and how we communicate with one another. They are all external expressions of an inner life.
Tova and Wild came somewhere out of that dialogue, but now, I feel more than ever, it's important for me to cultivate a space that questions lifestyle topics ethically and holistically. Considering all parts of a person is so imperative to a lifestyle site because it factors in all of the aspects that connect us. We're all human. We want basic things like love and beauty, and to feel beautiful. We want good friends and partners and sisters and brothers. We want to know that our food is ethically made and doesn't harm life or the environment. We want to know our shoes aren't made by underpaid women in China. We want race and gender equality. We want to have furniture that isn't toxic to our children or ourselves. We want to feel fulfilled by the work we do and by the way we spend our money. We want to know that we're intellectual and good human beings. We want to laugh. We want to listen and share stories that are real and exploratory.
And at the same time, we know that sometimes we fuck up.
Sometimes we choose the wrong thing. Sometimes we buy cheap products that are made in an unethical way. Sometimes we contribute to plastic pollution because it's just so much easier to order a cold brew at Starbucks than making one at home, or god forbid remembering to bring your own bottle in.
Sometimes we need a little help in the process and a guidepost in the right direction collectively.
BUT despite all of those things, most of all, we just want to find our place in the world, and if it helps another person to find their place as well, then it's even better.
And at the same time, have fun while doing it.
I found my place in the world somewhat unintentionally, and at the same time, am still building it. I sort of hope that TW inspires you to create your own series of accidents that lead you to be a more whole, fulfilled, conscious human being. I hope that it reminds you that we all make mistakes, and we all mess up, and we all are on this journey together, and every time you read a story you feel less alone on your journey, and more connected to a friendship that is working towards the same goals with you.
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Sahara Group told the Supreme Court today that it is difficult to raise money while the company chief Subrata Roy is in jail.
No international buyer would like to visit the jail to negotiate a deal, Sahara counsel Ram Jethmalani said.
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The items donated will go to agencies like Sojourner Family Peace Center in Milwaukee. The agency helps thousands of women and children every year, impacted by domestic violence, women like Melissa. She first arrived at Sojourner in 2016 with her three children, fleeing an abusive situation. She took classes and participated in support groups.
Melissa says "Sojourner saved our lives in a lot of ways. Every time I walked through these doors, I knew that I was understood, I was listened to, I was believed and they helped me learn self-care."
Today, she has a career and volunteers on a panel of survivors at Sojourner. During her journey, Melissa received items donated to the TODAY'S TMJ4 Community Baby Shower. She says those items help more than people know. Today, Melissa has a career and volunteers on a panel of survivors at Sojourner. Sojourner President and CEO, Carmen Pitre says the Community Baby Shower is important because "at a difficult time in your life, it can be a relieve to not have to worry about basic needs."
Pitre says the agency served more than 11 thousand people in 2017, to the need is great, but the stories she's hearing are more complicated. Pitre says "people are coming in with more mental health issues, more complications related to how they had to survive and the choices they've had to make to survive."
She tells Melissa, "you're calm, you're peaceful, you're beautiful. You have your own story to tell." Melissa says it was hard for her to ask for help and that she "couldn't imagine anything worse than asking for help and the resources not being there."
Sojourner is one of 10 agencies that will receive the items donated today in our 17th annual event. Sojourner Family Peace Center does have a 24-hour hotline for people seeking help from domestic violence. It's 414-933-2722.