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Global cosmetics brand Yves Rocher upgrade its distribution centre with the help of Tellus Systems to support their aggressive expansion in Thailand
January 11, 2018
Every business aspires to growth. But expanding operations is often more difficult than it sounds. Yves Rocher, the global French cosmetics brand, currently has 85 stores operating in Thailand and plans to open 65 -115 new stores in the next five years. The problem?
In 2017, Yves Rocher was in need of a distribution centre that could operate more efficiently and support local stores. While their location had the capacity to supply existing outlets, it couldn't accommodate the company's projected growth. If Yves Rocher wanted to achieve their rapid expansion goals, they would need to relocate. But that's easier said than done.
Operating within a very limited budget and unable to shut down operations for a week-long move, Yves Rocher was unsure how to move forward. That's when Ian Longden, the Managing Director of Yves Rocher, gave Tellus Systems a call.
Limited time. Limited budget: How Tellus overcame these two problems
With over 80 active cosmetic stores, Yves Rocher would need to relocate fast while ensuring operations remained undisrupted. And because the company had a limited budget, they would require some creative solutions.
When Ian Longden contacted Tellus, Yves Rocher had already signed a lease for their new distribution centre. Having acquired the new space, their focus shifted to optimising the centre for maximum operational efficiency. Tellus worked closely with Yves Rocher to design the layout of the new facility and decide what existing equipment could be reused or modified and what additional equipment needed to be added. By performing this planning and analysis beforehand, Yves Rocher could optimise their assets and budget.
The next problem to resolve was the time issue. Yves Rocher's current distribution centre lease would end in mere weeks. If they were unable to move out in time, a penalty clause would be implemented. To make matters worse, it was critical that Yves Rocher's distribution operations remained running at all times during the move. How could Tellus support their move without disrupting operations?
To accomplish this feat, Tellus set up the new distribution centre's storage system in advance: new and old shelving, pallet racks and other storage equipment were installed for immediate use. Once the relocation began, this equipment was utilised while Tellus modified and refurbished Yves Rocher's existing storage equipment in batches. Following each modification, Tellus would install the equipment at the new facility where Yves Rocher would immediately utilise it. Then, Tellus would collect the next batch of old equipment to modify. This process was repeated three times.
The entire relocation was completed in less than a week, with daily operations continuing as normal throughout the whole move. Most importantly, the project was completed on budget and without incident. As planned, Yves Rocher now has the capacity to open 12 stores in 2018 and double their outlets within five years.
When asked about Yves Rocher's experience with Tellus, Ian Longden replied, "I couldn't be happier. Storage equipment were installed on time and on budget, and their team helped us keep operations running smoothly while supporting our expansion goals. I highly recommend Tellus to any company that wants to maximise storage space efficiency and expand operations."
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Hamburg, St. Pauli, New Year's Eve. Oskar Wrobel runs a music club in an old hospital at the edge of the Reeperbahn. While fireworks go off in the streets of St. Pauli, he prepares the big final party - the club has to close. Thankfully there is no time to think about it because the chaos is breaking into his living room, all while hell break loose at the club. The film, based on the novel by Tino Hanekamp, was filmed with hundreds of extras attending a real-life three-night-long party.
The owner of a failing music club throws one last blowout, bringing together friends, foes and hard-partying weirdos for an unhinged New Year's Eve.

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The first product by Sensorwave, co-founded by then-teenager Guillaume Rolland, was an alarm clock that used smell from little chemical cartridges as the waking mechanism rather than traditional beeps, buzzes, or rings — his heartwarming inspiration was the residents in senior homes who wanted to be woken without disturbing nearby roommates. Oria is like a bizarre take on that notion, and instead is meant to gently usher one to sleep — and keep you asleep longer — through the use of scent. While that may sound like a stretch, Rolland says the company relied on Swiss scent-maker Givaudan's research and subsequent patent along with EEG testing and found that certain combinations of smells can indeed alter sleep cycles and, thus, sleep quality. This first device is essentially a fan with a built-in timer that releases a first scent that is later followed up with a second scent that Rolland says helps maintain longer and better sleep. (The scent capsules are good for a couple months of use and will be cheap to replace, about $7.50 a pop.) Rolland says future versions will incorporate input from sleep sensors and fitness bands. ($150; sensorwake.com)
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Ian is a Partner of Triple Point who joined in 2009. He has advised on £250m of venture capital investments and exits during his time at the firm and has experience across multiple sectors including Cleantech, Healthcare, Media and AgTech. Ian leads TP's venture team.
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A Member in the East Asian Section of SIAM must be a SIAM member who resides in East and South East Asia.
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This story has every bit of masala (spice). Jharkhand State Government is trying to undo old tenancy laws which will allow companies to ire/purchase lands from tribals. The tribals are obviously opposing the move:
Ulihatu is the birthplace of Birsa Munda, a tribal hero elevated to godlike status. He fought against the British in the late 19th century, leading to the enactment of the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act of 1908, which prohibits the sale of tribal land to non-tribals. In fact, there had been several revolts even earlier, all of which had forced the British to enact the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act. Later amendments gave the Indian government power to take over the land for public welfare projects, as well as industrial and mining purposes.
In November last year, it was reported that the Jharkhand Assembly okayed more changes to the two laws, which are commonly referred to as the CNT Act and SPT Act. The government had first tried the Ordinance route to push through the changes, similar to what the Centre had attempted earlier with the Land Bill. (In 2015, the Modi government promulgated an ordinance thrice to implement its Land Bill, but allowed it to lapse subsequently following protests by the Opposition.)
The tribals are clearly not buying the promise of 'development' that these amendments are supposed to usher in. There are other worries too.
Karma Oraon is a prominent leader of the Jharkhand Adivasi Sangharsh Morcha, the organisation spearheading the joint protests by 40 different groups. The Morcha even organised a rally in March. According to Oraon, only 23 per cent of the land in Jharkhand is being used for agriculture, a livelihood on which nearly 90 per cent of the tribal population is dependent. A professor of anthropology at Ranchi University, Oraon likened the amendments to vajrapat, a body blow. "They have absolutely no care for the interests of the Adivasi," he had said during an earlier meeting at his well-appointed office in the university. "How will an ordinary tribal ensure that he remains the actual owner of the land once he leases it to a mighty company? Will he be able to drive it out if he wishes? Moreover, the local tribals are not well-versed in the ways of the market economy and will not utilise the money they get in a proper manner."
I ask the young tribal hunting for rabbits if the prospect of a job at one of the new factories or power plants that's likely to come up on acquired land, interests him. "They will ask for a degree for a job and we do not have them," he says matter-of-factly. "Even with a degree, there is no guarantee of a job as they will mostly hire their own people," he adds. His companions nod.
An old man, who was listening in silence, speaks up at this point. "In 2013, the Supreme Court gave gram sabha the power to decide whether land can be acquired by the government. The same will be followed here."


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Resources and information to help employees transition to biweekly payroll and web-based time entry
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Research at Pacific paves way for Eidos Therapeutics
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Toronto – The famous Bruce Trail, Canada's oldest and longest marked footpath, snakes its way all the way from Niagara's wine country to the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, at Tobermory. Stretching almost 900 kilometres, with roughly 400 kilometres of side trails, the trail offers magnificent hikes along forested cliffs and valleys of the Niagara Escarpment, a…
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Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever
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Stacey and Martin's wedding day has arrived. Now feeling more positive about things despite her doubts yesterday, Stacey tells Martin that she wants to go ahead with the ceremony after all.
The good news is that Stacey and Martin's wedding does go ahead – but will it really be the wedding day of their dreams?
Meanwhile, life for the Beale family takes a sinister turn once again when Bobby loses his temper. As a result, there are devastating consequences which will change the Beale family forever.
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Conversation and socializing will take place starting at 6:00 pm followed by dinner at 6:30
The annual meeting of the Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension Association will be held at 6:00 pm on Monday, December 3rd at Knapp Winery & Restaurant, County Road 128, East Varick, NY. (Between Routes 96 and 89). A light dinner prepared by Chef John McNabb will be provided as well as non-alcoholic beverages and a cash wine bar.
Date: Monday, December 3rd, 2018
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Conversation and socializing will take place starting at 6:00 pm followed by dinner at 6:30. If you have attended in the past, you know you will not want to miss what Chef John prepares! A brief business meeting will begin at approximately 7:15. The meeting agenda includes approval of the 2017 Annual Meeting minutes, election of Board members, review of 2018 activities and success stories as well as volunteer recognition. Names will also be drawn for door prizes. All individuals over 18 who are county residents and are in any way involved in or use the services of Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension programs as volunteers, participants, or supporters in any of its program areas are eligible to attend and vote.
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There is always something for everyone going on here at Grace! Via our online calendar, you can view all of our upcoming events. You can register for your events online, and add them to your calendar!
Grace Kids "Why Baptism?" Class
Has your child been asking questions about salvation?Would you like some conversation tools to help them make the most important decision of their life? Maybe your child has recently made the decision to follow Jesus and you want to introduce them to their next step of being an outward-focused follower of Jesus. During this interactive 90 minute class, we talk together about the ABC'S of salvation, what baptism means, why baptism comes after the decision of salvation and why Jesus tells us to do it. Bring your family, your questions and get ready to celebrate baptism! Childcare is provided.
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1. In close proximity to another location. Said especially when traveling by car, often when literally approaching a corner. The store isn't far from here, it's just around the corner.
2. Imminent or likely to happen very soon. My little brother believes that an alien invasion is right around the corner and that we should prepare ourselves for life on another planet. Our company is devoted to the self-driving car and believes that its widespread use is right around the corner.
See also: corner
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COMMON If something is just around the corner or just round the corner, it is going to happen very soon. With summer just around the corner, there couldn't be a better time to treat your home to a bright new look. General elections, of course, are just round the corner. Note: Around the corner and round the corner are also used in other structures and expressions with a similar meaning. Fearful that war was right around the corner, they promptly began to buy in extensive stores of food. There is a lot of concern about what may lie around the next corner.


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Re: Land Use Fees
Posted by Bodie the Dog on August 06, 2002 at 11:23:29:
In Reply to: Land Use Fees posted by Goody2shz on August 05, 2002 at 12:30:41:
I believe that one of the National Forest Acts called for the forests to managed "...for the use of all." No, I can't quote it exactly, nor do I know what act mentions this, so I may be completely off base. But any time you impose a fee, you're cutting off a segment of society from access. To those who earn minimum wage, a $20 entrance fee (Yosemite, and if there, why shouldn't that fee spread to other areas as well?) is significant.


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Don't think or judge, just listen.
I think, overthink, plan, and judge far too much. With everything. Knitting, jiu jitsu, people, life. Although I think I judge myself the hardest. (Texas may disagree with that last one from time to time.)
I keep getting told to stop overthinking and just do.
Not so easy when you "need" a plan for everything that could happen. I suppose it is a byproduct of my upbringing. I can tell you that it drives other people nuts sometimes. Hell, it even drives me a little batty.
I need to stop and listen more. To my thoughts, to others and to my body. I need to not judge myself (or others) so harshly.
I'm finding that the longer I do it, Jiu Jitsu is making me look at my character flaws rather than just my physical ones. I really thought it was just about challenging and changing my physical self. Ha! The joke is on me… in a good way.
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Very good maps, there is a alley, multiple downtown streets, offices, a gas station... if you need to throw in a combat or a delicate situation, you are probably covered.
I bought both of "Modern and Near Future Apocalypse Locations" from Santy's, I feel it should be a single package (I reviewed both in one, so some maps may missing from this specific package).
The only downside it's there are multiple pictures, not just a single PDF to easily catalogue.
To someone could be an upside, especially if you can edit it without needing to extrapolate the picture from a PDF to do so.


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The term Big Sheds is a coverall for large commercial buildings that have a number of uses: a manufacturing facility, storage & distribution centre, climate-controlled data centre, retail space sports building or community space. Generally made from a universal set of parts – a steel portal frame wrapped in profiled metal cladding – there are new possibilities emerging in the digital design and manufacture of buildings. This has caused Designscape to re-evaluate the standard approach and challenge the industry standard approach to Big Shed design.
There are a number of key drivers behind these shifts:
Changes in digital design technology (parametric modelling) and digital manufacturing are key drivers in finding a more cost and time efficient solution to Big Shed design. Parametric modelling and digital manufacturing techniques allow complex bespoke, optimised forms to be designed and made at no additional cost premium.
As suitable sites become increasingly difficult to find and the planning process becomes ever more demanding, so the concerns of sustainability, job creation and visual impact can be considered for a more positive planning outcome when proposing a Big Shed on a difficult site. A more bespoke and agile design solution can make an otherwise unviable site much more attractive.
Our cities are about to see some profound changes with the impending arrival of driverless vehicles, the requirement for clean air zones and automation of goods delivery services. As a consequence, Big Sheds are a feasible architectural solution to meet the growing needs out of town storage and freight consolidation facilities to support growing last mile delivery networks.
With building assets recognised as an important part of a company's business strategy in an increasingly competitive global market, commissioning a Big Shed might be a practical consideration in projecting the right corporate image. Along with the increasing need to provide the ideal working conditions to both attract and retain employees, an elegant building design solution can help an organisation to help promote its CSR story.
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A lot of G's old younger selection of baby toys &clothes have either been bagged up to sell, already sold or given to a charity shop. However toys wise there are still a few she either still uses or wants to keep hold of. Her Mabyland toys are some in that category.
Here is the review I did on one of their products, brought up to date.
When pregnant I started entering a lot of pregnancy and baby competitions and continued to for a few months after my daughter was born. I was lucky and won several prizes over that space of time. One of them from Mabyland via their facebook page.
Here is the review I did on one of their products, brought up to date.
When pregnant I started entering a lot of pregnancy and baby competitions and continued to for a few months after my daughter was born. I was lucky and won several prizes over that space of time. One of them from Mabyland via their facebook page.
MabyLand have a range of gorgeous baby products based around four main characters, doggy, teddy, kitty & bunny. The soft toy items in particular are friendly, soft and colourful so your baby is bound to love them.
|My MabyLand Prize
The prize up that I was lucky enough to win, was a choice of a pair of their peg rattles; either Doggy &Teddy or Bunny & Kitty. With me being a cat lover I went for the latter and with submission of my address my prize arrived the very next day!
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The packaging of the product itself is very appealing and promotes all four of the peg rattle range.
The characters are a lovely design with friendly bright faces and the colours are warm and appealing. My only criticism is that the kitty could be mistaken for a teddy if not for the whiskers, if the ears were more cat shaped (but still soft so not a hazard to the babies eyes) then it would be perfect.
They are soft and make a pleasing sound on movement, not to harsh but noisy enough to entertain a young baby.
They normally retail at a price of £9.99 and their site sells a range of other products as well, from buggy accessories to towels and their award winning baby carriers to changing bags.
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I did this original review before my little girl was born but she was very fond of them and they brought a smile to her face. I can't remember at what age her hands were big enough to hold the rattles as a whole but they are still good to grab and touch and for you as a parent to entertain your baby with.
Several months later (2011/2012) I was lucky again and received a voucher in a baby&pregnancy magazine for another lovely item from Mabyland at a greatly reduced price, one of their musical dolls. I chose the teddy character this time.
It is a lovely bright soft toy with a lovely tune ('Give a little whistle') which comes on by pulling the string and pulling the doll to it's full length. As the tune plays the doll shortens up again. It is nice to have a change from the usual lullabies and the pull mechanism means there is no need to buy and replace batteries.
You can hang it from your babies cot or pram and it's great for soothing them. My little girl loved musical toys.
They are currently available for £15.99 and also come in the same range of characters as the peg rattles.
If that wasn't enough I got lucky a third time during another competition, which I think was run by a different site and we won one of Mabyland's round rattles. I chose the character we didn't have yet - the dog. Another lovely product, bright, soft, larger than the peg rattles and a different shape to grasp. Delivered quickly as usual.
The round rattles which again come in all four different characters currently retail at £7.99. I think that's a bit expensive for one rattle, however as my little girl is 3 now it's been a while since I've brought baby toys and after a quick research on the web it seems that is the average price for a rattle of this kind.
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Prayers go out to our brothers and sisters in Pakistan after Sunday's tragic church bombings. The Lahore bombings took place only two kilometers from URI's Pakistan office, greatly affecting the Lahore Cooperation Circles as well as all of the URI family and friends around the world.
Messages of support are pouring in to uplift Father James Channan OP, Regional coordination for URI Pakistan, and all those affected by the bombings. Please know our hearts are with you and we send prayers of healing and peace to our Pakistan family in this time of tragedy.
Fr. James,
We just heard about the terrible bombing. Such horrific news. We are praying that you and members of our URI family in Pakistan are unharmed, and we are praying for those killed and injured and their loved ones. May peace and courage be with you.
URI Executive Director Victor Kazanjian
Dear Father James, Yuel, Sabina, Tasneem and URI Community in Pakistan,
Having read the terrible news about the attack in Youhanabad I wanted to let you know we are with you in pain and prayer.
Maria Eugenia Crespo de Mafia, Director of Cooperation Circle Support, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dear Father James, Yuel Ji and sisters and brothers in Pakistan.
Members of our Environmental gathering in San Francisco have just prayed together for all the victims of the Lahore Church attacks. The URI family send love and healing at this very tragic time.
Kiran Bali, URI Global Chairperson
Dear Fr. James,
Greetings of peace and blessings to you. We are with you, and all of Pakistan in prayers today and always. No matter what is happening around our world today, we must remain prayerful, steadfast and committed to peace, unconditional love, healing and forgiveness. Just like falsehood has never conquered truth, evil shall never have dominion over goodness. In the end our collective vision for justice, peace and healing for humankind and mother Earth shall become reality.
Emmanuel Ivorgba, Regional Coordinator for URI Western Africa
Dear father James,
Nearly every day I receive Global Christian Voice with articles othe journalist Watson Gill from Pakustan, living in Netherlands. I work sometimes together with him.
Also an article today. I felt a deep grief about what happened in your region. I wish you much strength to to bear this affliction in your society. Our prayers are with you and with all URI-people in Pakistan to stay and to go in Peace!
Bart ten Broek, URI Netherlands Secretary
Dear friends,
Let me add my voice to those sending healing thoughts to the people of Pakistan and to all who are impacted by today's violence.
Stefan Howard, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director, URI
Dear Fr. James,
Salam! My husband informed me the moment he got the news of barbaric act in Youhanabad. With great pain and anxiety I pray for sanity to prevail. Can't believe this small and peaceful locality of Christian brothers and sisters is being attacked.
I and Sr. Sabina, I remember had memorable meeting with the CC in Youhanabad and remember the church as well. And all women were so inspiring. Hope all are safe in our CC members family and relatives.
Qutub Jehan Kidwai, Regional Coordinator, West Zone, India
Dear Father James,
My heart is breaking for you and your community today. It's in those broken cracks that the light of your work shines through so brightly in the midst of this darkness. I am wrapping you all in my prayers for your strength and commitment to Love and Compassion.
Let's all hold those who commit these crimes on humanity and whose hearts are hardened in the light so that they may find their innate love and that this be the last crime they commit.
Sande Hart, URI-North American Leadership Council Chair
Fr. James and URI community, you are in our meditation and prayer for peace in compassion.
Dr. Jinwol Lee, URI Asia's Regional Coordinator for Korea
Dear Father James,
We are shocked by the attack to Christian churches in Lahore. It is sad that violence is unchecked.
Our prayers go with you.
Abraham Karickam, Regional Coordinator, India, South Zone
Dear Sr. Sabine Yuel, Fr. James,
We support you in your shock and grief at this terrible killing. Reading messages from our community give another reality- this is the one we support with all of you and the people in Pakistan who grieve with you now.
We are praying with you and for all those who live in fear and grief especially in your area in Pakistan. Our loving support and care flows with our prayers to God to be with all those who are suffering shock and loss of loved ones during these funerals. We pray also for all those injured and the families who care for them.
We pray that Pakistan military and police as well as growing numbers of citizen groups from all backgrounds are catalyzed to stop this violence against Christians and all those who suffer persecution in Pakistan.
With the power of prayer,
Sally Mahé, Co-Director of Global Programs & Organizational Development
Brothers and sisters,
Greetings in Christ, the way is to keep this problem to God, the God word said: all things impossible to people are possible to God. Our prayers will bring the world to be changed, especially the Muslim who persecutes the churches of Christ. We love them; we pray for them until God brings them to come to the initiative of peace.
God bless you all
In Christ,
Innocent Rwigema Birume, Great Lakes Peace Foundation
Dear Father,
The Interfaith Ministers of the Wisdom Circle CC offer prayers for your community. I am also encouraged by the Interfaith response.
Peace in all times
Claudia Roblee, Wisdom Circle CC
This is heartbreaking. Thank you, Mr. Bhatti for sharing the latest developments with us. Will continue to pray for peace.
Ruspi Burman, Founder, Hope in Life Foundation Corp.
Dearest Father James
May the people of Lahore stand together, the Chrstiand and the Muslims and Hindus, in interfaith unity and prayer, for the lives senseelssy lost and for the bereaved and injured. We affirm peace and stability now in your beloved and beautiful country. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
Blessings of peace and may peace prevail on Earth.
Karen Barensche, Regional Coordinator for URI Southern African Region
Dear Father James,
My heart is heavy withe news of the attack on the church. At the same time I am deeply encouraged by the interfaith response in support of the community and in condemnation of such atrocities.
The our CC members offer our sincere condolences to the families and to the community affected by this senseless act of violence.
In Peace ... May Peace Prevail,
Audri and the Trail of Dreams World Peace Walkers, NOWTIME Radio and the Global Indigenous Network
Dear Asher Nazir and Fr. James,
On behalf of URI Africa I want to express our sadness on the sad incident of the bomb blasts in Youhannabad Lahore, Pakistan. Happy to notice from your email that remember of different faith communities stand against any act of terrorism. This act will not represent any religion. We pray for those who are injured and affected by this evil act. We pray for peace to prevail in Pakistan.
In peace and gratitude,
Ambassador Mussie Hailu, Regional Director of URI Africa & Representative of URI to African Union, Economic Commission for Africa and UN office at Nairobi
Dear Father James,
We are shocked by the attack to Christian churches in Lahore. Our prayers go with you.
We pray for all our brothers in Pakistan. We pray for peace to prevail on earth.
Dra. Enoé Texier, Coordinadora Regional de la Iniciativa para las Religiones Unidas, (URI) América Latina & El Caribe
It was almost 8 hours ago when I saw what happened in Pakistan. I was shocked indeed and in my whole body I feel like I am having maleria. Indeed it's very sad news, where is peace and harmony, thats my deep prayer for you my friends. The whole group of Lilongwe Central Cooperation Circle is wishing you harmony, joy, and peace.
Geoffrey Manasseh of Lilongwe Central Cooperation Circle
This is a very terrible thing that happened in Pakistan and we pray for the everyone that is affected in one way or another. We need peace in our land and we need to pray harder!!! The fight is senseless anyway because if we go back into history, we are all one big family linked to each other in one way or another....
Chief Glen Taaibosch Gauteng Khoi and San Council Johannesburg South Africa
Fr. James,
CC Bumblebee Foundation, Global Renwal Projects Uri here in Aus. I desire to let you know we here, and all the organisations that we work alongside with are being still in our prayers along side you for PEACE. We pray for all those that are suffering the families, the loved ones and all those that such acts ripple on to touch and change lives in sadness. May our hearts remain faithful to that peace to love more passionately as we also pray for those that have found the need to cause such suffering, We pray that their hearts are transformed as to see that they are connected to all of us and that this pain and this suffering that they cause does not help them... it only causes more pain. May the inner peace be our guide in all we do.
With only Love for you and those you serve,
Pauline Crosbie, Founder/Chair of Bumblebee Sustainable Village Development
Messages From Pakistan:
Dear all,
I am very grateful to each one of you who have shared you concern, sympathies and prayers with us at the tragic twin suicide attach on our 2 Christians churches in which 17 Christians and Muslims have been martyred. May their souls rest in peace! There are 85 seriously injured in the hospital.
Our situation is very tense and Christians are under great shock, grief and threat as well.
Several Muslim organisations and civil society members have strongly condemned this barbaric act on a very small and vulnerable Christian community. There was joint Press Conference of Muslims, Christian, Hindus and Sikhs today in the Lahore Press Lahore. I also addressed this conference on behalf of the Christians. It was very crowded conference and several news channels gave coverage to this interfaith conference. We emphasizes peace harmony and mutual respect. These terrorists are against humanity and we must stand together to confront them.
Your prayers are very much needed at this very difficult time.
By the way Yuhannabad colony is only a mile away from Pak Arab where I live. I heard noise of the ambulances running to rescue the injured in these blasts.
Tomorrow would be the funerals and the atmosphere is very tense and alarming. Rangers are controlling Yuhannabad Colony. And this colony will be sealed tomorrow at 7am.
May Peace Prevail On Earth!
fr James Channan OP, URI regional Coordinator Pakistan
Dear URI Family,
Thanks so much for your concerned love and prayers for victims of Twin Suicide Bomb Blast in two Churches of Youghnabad, Lahore with result 16 people killed and around 70 serious injured. Youghnabad is largest colony consisting thousands of Christians. Our two CCs. Women and Children Development-CC & Organization of Peace and Development-CC, are based there and one our ABC4ALL School - A Better Community for All Pakistan-CC is on other end of the Colony, another colony Named Khaliq Nagar slum and remote area. The URI Regional Office is two kilometer away from Youghnabad. Our Worker staff is living there. Thanks God! all are safe. I live 12 kilometer from that side. When I heard this terrible news I rushed to contact our CC Coordinator and members of the CCs and School staff and Students of School. We all are affected directly and indirectly.
All the injured and casualties brought to the General Hospital where we reached and see the horrible position of the injured male, female and children. The dead bodies were shifted to Jinnah Hospital. Some of them buried today and others' funeral will be tomorrow.
The protests are going on throughout Pakistan cities against the tragic incident in the worship places Catholic and protestant Churches in where in the Lent season the Christian Community were worshiping.
In morning we hold peaceful protest in our colony while speaking to TV Channel I, urged the Government for proper protection to the Church and all worship place and our demonstration and protest must peaceful although Pakistan is under Terrorist war.
At present Fr James Channan OP is holding Press Conference with Interfaith religious leader for condemnation for sad incident in Churches by the terrorist.
Am leaving now to visit the victims families and injured in Hospital. Your prayers of healing and love for victims are great source of solidarity, comfort and peace. Further more updates later.
May Peace Prevail in Pakistan!
May Peace Prevail on Earth!
Yuel Bhatti, Executive Secretary, URI Pakistan and Coordinator; A Better Community For All Pakistan-CC
Dear all URI Friends,
Extremely sad incident of tow bomb blasts in Youhannabad Lahore, Pakistan during Sunday Mass this morning. Now in Pakistan all Christian community are in big pain and sorrow. With it we are crying for justice and security to Government of Pakistan. We are demanding a effective action against the religious extremists- Taliban and other militant groups. Different faiths and religions of Pakistan pledged to stand united against the terrorists. Please Pray for Christians in Pakistan.
Asher Nazir, Community Organization for People Empowerment (COPE Pakistan) - Punjab, Pakistan
Thank you very much for your prayer and support.
We, the Ezaz-e-Niswan CC strongly condemn the 2 blasts in Lahore and pray for the suffering Christians in the hospital. May God grant eternal rest to the departed souls and peace and consolation to the families that lost their dear ones. Let us protest in a way that is moderate and nonviolent. United we stand for our rights and security. United we encounter violence and terrorism. May peace prevail in Pakistan and among all of us.
Miss Naseem George T.I., Director, Ezaz-e-Niswan Development Organization, Sargodha, Pakistan.
Thanks for you prayers, this is really a great bereavement and people need prayers and moral support to get out of trauma.
May God bless His people with peace, safety, and console.
Jahangir Piara
This is terrible. We pray for peace in our lands.
Deborah Ajai
Dear URI Brother and Sisters,
Thank you very much being with us at this time of sorrow and insecurity. Your prayers are felt strongly that empower us daily to go on with life. May Peace prevail in Pakistan and all over the world.
Naveed Bhatti, Project Coordinator, Ezaz-e-Niswan Development Organization (EDO)


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FYI - For your information
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GL - Good Luck
GR8 - Great
GTG - Got to go
GTSY - Glad to see ya
HAGO - Have a good one
HAK - Hugs and Kisses
HB - Hurry Back
HHOK - Ha, ha only kidding
HTH - Hope this helps
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IDKY - I don't know you
ILY - I love you
IMO - In my opinion
IRL - In real life
IYSS - If you say so
J/W - Just wondering
KIT - Keep in touch
KWIM - Know what I mean
LD - Long distance
LMK - Let me know
LOL - Laughing out loud
LTIC - Laughing 'til I cry
LTNS - Long time no see
LYL - Love ya lots
M8 - Mate
MRS - Meet real soon
MWBRL - More will be revealed later
MYOB - Mind your own business
NBD - No big deal
NOYB - None of your business
NP - No problem
OIC - Oh I see
ONNA - Oh no, not again
OOC - Out of Character
OT - Off topic
OTOH - On the other hand
POV - Point of view
RBTL - Read between the lines
RN - Right now
SF - Super friendly
SNAG - Sensitive new age guy
STYS - Speak to you soon
SWDYT - So what do you think
TAH - Take a hike
TIAIL - Think I am in love
TIC - Tongue in cheek
TM - Trust me
TMI - Too much information
TTYL - Talk to you later
TYVM - Thank you very much
VM - Voice mail
WE - Whatever
WG - Wicked grin
WYRN - What's your real name
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get
YAFI - You asked for it
YDKM - You don't know me
YNK - You never know
While this is only a fraction of what is being used in emails, instant messaging and chat rooms, you can understand more of what is being said and maybe even try a few out yourself. If you don't understand what someone is trying to tell you with an acronym, just ask. You aren't the only one out there who doesn't know all of them!
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International Online Dating: Tips for Men Looking for Russian Women
There are a good many happy stories of western men meeting and marrying Russian ladies after dating online. But there are many myths and idle talk, too, concerning the risks and benefits of Russian women dating. If you go by false ideas of people who are most often no experts in these issues there is every chance you will develop a wrong opinion. So when considering looking for a marital partner in Russia, make sure you understand what the Russian women's motivations are and what they expect to find when giving up everything for a foreign husband.
Safe Online Dating Advices
International dating websites grow in number and attract more and more thousands of people from all around the world who seek romance and friendship or want to build up a long-term relationship. This natural urge for love and happiness provokes all kind of cheat and trickery from online scammers who accomplish their own disgraceful purposes.
International Online Dating: Tips for women
Dating a foreigner involves both a most thrilling and embarrassing experience, but can also be a lot of fun and bring about a long-awaited relationship you deserve. Before you decide to enter the international dating business make sure you have properly considered all the underlying issues, like moving to live in a different country with different social laws to observe.
Sexual relations and foreign dating for women
Remember that at the beginning of any relationship, each of the partners as if standing on a tiptoe, trying to be much better than he really is.
Marriage for RUSSIAN and U.S. citizen
So, your American soulmate made you an offer. You should choose to marry here in Russia or the United States.
DNA dating
People are trying to make the choise: find friends in social networks
About dating scammers
Online Dating
is quite a risky area and we do know that some of our profiles are not real.
Five Ultimate Advices of How to Find Your True Love
...The trick is that the more detailed picture of your Love you have in your mind, the stronger you approach it to you and the more chances that you will really meet this person....
How to choose Online Dating website
There are too many different
online dating
websites on the Net today. How to choose the one that best fits your needs? In this article we will briefly review the most popular websites in the dating/romance industry.
Online Dating Acronyms
Dating has become easier for everyone due to the emergence and success of
online dating
websites. You can choose the site that suits you best, look for people who have the features you desire along with common interests and contact them immediately.
Reading Between the Lines
Reading through the personal ads can be a skill, an art in its own. You may find that skimming through the personal ads has become your latest habit, searching for the person that meets your profile needs and desires but without success.
Online Dating FAQ
A common question among friends these days is whether or not singles should try to meet their ideal partner through
online dating
. The first answer usually comes from the cautious individuals who warn against predators and seemingly demented individuals.
Online Dating Consideration Ideas
So, you've decided to take a chance and try
online dating
. You've checked out the sites, posted a little bit of information about yourself and what you're looking for and possibly browsed the potential contacts that you would like to make.
Do Blind Dates Really Work
Aside from the amusing stories we hear or see from the entertainment industry, many people often wonder if blind dates really work. Although I don't have an answer that is loaded down with statistics and polls, I offer something different- a common sense point of view.
Horror Stories of Internet Dating
Internet dating is a growing trend. Many singles are starting to rely on the internet to find potential mates rather than spending time in bars and clubs. While like anywhere else, the internet can yield some studs and some duds, the internet also has the scary factor of being anonymous.
How To Make Yourself Irresistible
At first glance,
online dating
may seem to be the easiest way to getting yourself a guy but it's harder than it looks. Because online dating is open to anyone and everyone, competition can be sometimes fiercer than fights between gladiators in the older times
Improving Your Chances on Online Dating
It is in man's nature to find his or her partner in life; unless of course the person has made a commitment to the "Single for Life Club". Some people have a hard time trying to find a partner in their lifetime.
First Meeting After Chatting Online
Technology has always been there to make lives of people easier. In fact, thanks to technology the world of emotions has also been conquered. Don't try to think dirty here folks.
The Ideal Online Dating Profile
Lot of people would love to eventually find their other half. Fortunately for some, it is very elusive. It's as hard as trying to prove the existence of Bigfoot.
The Detailed Profile for Online Daters
The dating scene has been changing pretty quickly. There are now lots and lots of new ways for people to date.
Expectations of Online Dating
You have no doubt heard about
online dating
, regardless of whether you have tried it or not. The reason for this is because online dating is really becoming popular and everyone is trying it; even those individuals who turned their noses up at it for so long.
Benefits of Becoming a Member
If you are new to the
online dating
world then you are probably finding out that many sites offer a free introductory period where you can view the site, its features, and maybe even contact a member or two you are interested in.
My online date is now my wife
I will always remember the first time I came across the idea of an
online dating
site, it was a number of years ago now and was suggested to me by a good friend.
Online Dating--Don't Get Consumed
Many people that sign up for dating websites are so excited about reading profiles and meeting new individuals that it is really easy to become consumed by checking email, sending invitations to members you are interested in
Do Online Personality Tests Help?
Finding love on your own takes time, effort, and really getting to know someone before you know whether you hit it off or not.
Foreign Love Online Dating
The Internet is certainly a great way to make new friends and find dates in your neighborhood, but what about all over the world? The answer is yes because the Internet is worldwide and you can meet individuals from anywhere simply sitting in your home on your computer
Truthful Profiles are Most Successful
Making your profile on an Internet dating website can be a little bit daunting because you want your profile to stick out and garner as much attention as possible. At least that is what you think you need so you become tempted to include activities like skydiving, even though you have never done it, to make you seem more daring and bold.
Fun With Online Dating
Online dating
is something that more and more people are looking into because it is relatively risk free dating. Instead of wasting your time out on the town with a date that may or may not work out, you can now look for people online and choose to interact with them for a period of time before you actually meet!
How To Flirt With Women
Let's talk about the concept of "flirting", and why it's SO important that you understand exactly what it is and how to do it with women. To begin with, most men need lessons on how to flirt.
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It's Just A Game.
The Power Of Sport As A Catalyst For Change.
It's Just A Game...
Read that again.
Now let it sink in for a minute.
Imagine saying those four words to Jesse Owens, Roger Bannister or Muhammad Ali, to name but a few. Quite hard, isn't it? And rightly so. Sport was their catalyst to influence positive change around the world.
To us, as it was to them, sport is life. It is everything. It is living. If that's not a familiar feeling it's time to shut down your browser, put down your phone and switch off from RÁS.
If you share that familiar feeling, you've stumbled upon something extraordinary and we're glad that you found us.
So, where does our belief, that sport is more than merely a game, come from?
It comes from the very simple idea that in life we should only ever chase feelings. Because that's what everything comes down to, isn't it? Whatever goals we set ourselves, in a sporting arena or otherwise, we set them so that we can feel a sense of accomplishment and achievement. We set them so that we can feel proud when we reach them and so we can share in that pride with those who are closest to us.
Look at it a different way: how do we feel when it all goes wrong? What replaces pride when that sense of accomplishment and achievement evades us?
Rewind to Wednesday 15 May 2019. It's the second leg of the Championship playoffs, Leeds United v Derby County. Leeds are your team; you're a lifelong fan and this match is one of the last hurdles to returning to the glory days of the Premier League. You're taking a 1-0 lead into the home leg, playing a team that you're three and zero against for the season. The spy-gate scandal is giving the pre-match build-up a bit of added spice.
It's a disaster for the first two-thirds of the game, 1-3 down but, of course, your grasping onto any glimmer of hope given the meaning of this match.
Fast forward to the sixty-second minute and Stuart Dallas cuts in and rifles one home, making it 2-3 on the night and drawing level on aggregate. There is still a game to be won but the euphoria has already hit you.
Eightieth minute. That euphoria turns to heartache and you're motionless on the floor, head in hands. Derby have taken the lead on aggregate for the second time. You watch the remaining time play out peering when you can bear to, through your fingers.
Final whistle. The season is over, and you'll spend the next in the Championship once more. A moment to sit in silence and reflect plays out.
How do you explain that feeling? That hurt? It's a feeling that isn't personal to you but, at the same time, very much is. You still feel it today, but a little less so than in the immediacy.
It's hard to put into words, but it's best described as a colossal vacuum sucking away the last of your energy and emotions. It's not your own defeat but you're deflated by it all the same.
And those feelings are just as all-encompassing when it goes right.
They are the feelings and emotions of being a fan of sport, invoked simply by observing. Can you imagine how it feels when you're an athlete or coach?
As athletes, we've lived it. As coaches, we have the privilege of watching others do the same.
Here's a short reflection from one of our own who recently completed Ironman Wales;
"These are the feelings you take to the grave. The famous T1 at Ironman Wales is mind blowing. You've been out at sea for circa 60 minutes, horizontal, turning over the arms, kicking the legs… It's a somewhat tranquil start to the day. As you swim back to shore the noise progressively builds, the excitement is ramped up a notch. Slightly dizzy, you exit the sea, strip off your wetsuit, don the trainers, and… well… the crowd go bonkers, a colosseum of noise greets you. I've goosebumps just writing about it. And to think, growing up, my mother used to tell me "It's only a game". Imagine if that game is living, the game that gives you everything you've been searching for".
We understand how it feels to be working towards the A-Race. The one that an athlete has been thinking about for a long time and which has consumed most of their energy since hitting 'register' all those months ago.
As the coach, you truly understand your athlete's capabilities, derived from the enormous commitment they have given throughout your journey together. You've built a relationship that goes beyond the traditional coach/athlete setup typically associated with the endurance world. When that gun sounds, you know they have the physical capacity and emotional skill to execute the race plan.
It's 06:45. The sun is rising and you're on the beach before the start. You're helping to settle nerves and reiterating the key mantra that you've agreed and lived by in the months, weeks and days leading up to this very moment. The trials and tribulations that you've faced together, that are part of any endurance journey, are forgotten. It's their day but you're living it with them.
As the race progresses, you're dotted around various locations on course, shouting words of encouragement and giving time splits. You know exactly what words to say and actions to take to get the best out of your athlete when it gets really tough. This is coaching.
The performance. The finish line. The brace. It means so much more than just the final time achieved on the day. This is them experiencing what it feels like to be alive.
And this is just a snapshot. We have so many stories to tell and we'll be delving into them much deeper as we grow.
Even more than just creating feelings, sport has the power to transcend differences that everyday life can't and to create a unity that would otherwise be impossible to forge. Athletic rivalries may divide us playfully but, ultimately, sport unites us. It's something that may not be best expressed with words, but with experiences, and we needn't look far for an example. South Africa have just lifted the Webb Ellis cup, lifting with it the spirit of an entire nation. Siya Kolisi, the Springboks' first black captain, has helped children who are growing up hungry in townships, as he did, dream bigger than they ever dared to before. Some might argue, and perhaps rightly so, that South Africa weren't the standout favourites. More importantly than that though, there was no team who wanted it more. There was no other team whose victory could bring so much hope and unity to an often-troubled country. And perhaps, if it is this that drove South Africa twice across the try line, there is a lesson for us all in how to go further than we ever thought possible in sport but also in life.
It's the competitive element at the heart of these sporting endeavours that make them unlike anything else we ever experience and makes the victory matter so much.
They make this arena unique. There is nothing and nowhere else like it. It's a place where athletes can truly express themselves and bare every ounce of their being and somewhere where friends, family, fans and coaches can throw their support behind them, living and breathing the experience alongside them, facing the heartaches and successes as if they were their own. It is within this competitive arena that we suffer Leeds' loss to Derby in a playoff final as if we were the twelfth man on the pitch.
But to truly understand, to truly live the experience alongside an athlete, you need to have stood at that start line yourself. You need to understand the progress and planning it's taken to get there and the sacrifices they have made along the way to ensure they reach the finish line as fast as is possible.
It is this innate understanding that makes RÁS; we've been at that start line and we are there once more with our athletes, inspiring them to break boundaries in pursuit of their goals.
Just a game?
Of course not. It's so much more than that.
If it sounds like we're on your wavelength, we'd love to find out more about what sport means to you. Find us on social media and share your story.
We're also looking for athletes, coaches and sports scientists to join us for some epic challenges throughout 2020. We'll be sharing more in the New Year, so keep in touch if you want to find out more.
For now though, find a start line and get ready to be extraordinary.
The game is living, it's your own theatre royal.
We're here to live it with you.


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Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday morning, deliberated fired dozens of tear gas canisters at the Palestinian local girls school in Hebron, leaving 15 young girls to suffocated as a result.
Local sources said to PNN that Israeli soldiers deliberately fired tear gas canisters towards the ranks of al-Zahra girls school located in the southern part of Hebron's old city.
Israeli soldiers claimed they fired back to a group of boys that were stone-throwing.
The sources added that the IOF deliberately and intentionally fired this large quantity of tear gas canisters at the girls school, with no reason.
The 15 affected girls were all transferred to Mohammad Ali Hospital for treatment.
For its part, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that some 15 Palestinian students arrived at local hospital for treatment due to inhaling tear gas fired by the IOF.


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|Football's Future
Mr. Young [in "Blue Devil Football: First and Long," July-August 2003] fails to address the real issue facing Duke's football program. Duke's inability to compete in football is the result of the university's failure to adhere to its stated mission, "engage the mind, elevate the spirit, and stimulate the best effort" of all associated with the university. Professors and administrators who justify a football loss as evidence of Duke's academic excellence fail all associated with the university. Duke should, and must, prove that it is possible for superior academics and football excellence to coexist. It must not be the university that quits because it is too difficult.
History demonstrates that strong academic institutions can be competitive. Duke's 1989 ACC championship and 1994 season show Duke can compete in the ACC. Yet, Duke willingly leaves it to Stanford, Boston College, or Notre Dame to prove consistently competitive teams are possible at superior academic institutions.
Improving facilities and aligning football admissions closer to standards for basketball admissions does not demonstrate lasting philosophical support for Duke's football program. These changes represent only a step in the right direction.
The article is disappointing because it doesn't describe the positive impact that ACC football and a Duke degree has on the lives of former student athletes. It doesn't analyze the economic impact Duke's football affiliation with the ACC has for Duke's non revenue varsity sports. Most importantly, the article doesn't address Duke's hypocrisy--how Duke professes excellence in all things, but permits a visible endeavor to fall so far behind its competition.
Terry Sanford said, "The stamp of Duke University and its continuing goal ought to be the unrelenting search for excellence in all of its endeavors." Duke must support this philosophy for its football program as it does with its other endeavors.
Christopher C. Rising '91
The correspondent was a member of the 1989 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship team.
President Keohane's report as to the ACC expansion and "athletic pressures" in general illustrates how it has come to pass that the Athletic Tail is wagging the Academic Dog among America's colleges and universities, a situation most painfully evident among Division I schools.
It appears to me that if Duke remains in the ACC, then Duke, like other institutions of its caliber, has two basic options open to it:
Option One: Make the "trade-off between supporting academic priorities and athletic priorities," to which President Keohane refers (without approval, I gather), by lowering the "normal" admission requirements in order to allow superior athletes (football players particularly) to enroll, thus (perhaps) preventing Duke from continuing as the perennial ACC doormat on the gridiron; or
Option Two: Make no such trade-off and continue as the ACC's ninety-pound weakling on Saturday afternoons each fall.
These are not comfortable choices; and there appears to be no middle ground - for example, remaining in the ACC except as to football. If I were compelled to vote, however, I'd opt for Option Two. I like college football a lot, and I'm loyal to the Blue Devils, but I simply cannot rationalize in any meaningful way a university's "trading off" academic priority for athletic prowess. Duke University is, or ought to be, first and foremost, about education.
There might be an Option Three: Go the University of Chicago route and give up big-time intercollegiate athletics altogether. But that, no doubt, is way too risky: Think of the millions in alumni dollars the university would lose if, God forbid, it devoted its entire energies and resources to the continued pursuit of academic excellence.
John A. Carnahan '53, J.D. '55
I read with interest Nan Keohane's comments regarding the "Expansion Pressures" within the ACC. I do agree with her comments and applaud her for considering academics to be primary at Duke and not buying into others' arguments about "changes" in the ACC being necessary. I constantly brag about being a Duke graduate, one of the few top schools that is excellent in academics and athletics.
Unfortunately, money is the real issue here, as it has become throughout the world in just about everything. Perhaps the only way to continue Duke's excellence in everything is to create a new conference and call it "The Scholastic Athletic Conference--SAC." We could enlist top schools like Duke, Stanford, Notre Dame, and any others willing to guarantee a decent graduation rate. I have a feeling Duke and the other new SAC members would get a large group of the "best" out there--ones who can think as well as play!
Wright Hugus Jr. '52
The 'War Story'
I've received Duke Magazine for thirty-five years without ever feeling compelled to write a letter, but Art Harris' facile glorification of war ["Riding 'Shotgun' for CNN," July-August 2003] begs comment. I read it right after reading some compelling research by Duke professor Miriam Cooke, who writes that war persists partly because of its age-old mythification in what she calls the War Story. The WS is full of binaries: good guys and bad, home front and battlefront, winners and losers, warriors and their opposite (women, children, etc.). The WS orders the gory chaos of war into tales exalting bravery and patriotism, and thus keeps the war machinery grinding, century after century. Harris exalts the "Semper Fi's," young and brave, savvy and full of derring do: the archetypal good guys. His description of snafus and other mix-ups ("friendly fire"), his use of military slang, clichÈs, and human-interest bits--all function to draw the reader into this mythic story and into sympathizing with the military venture in Iraq.
Harris (unknowingly) confesses that he is in Iraq because he grew up hearing the WS: "I always wondered what it would be like being there, after watching war movies growing up, arranging and rearranging guns ... taken off dead German soldiers.... I'd heard the heroic tales about my stepfather, a Marine dive-bomber pilot ... and studied war at Phillips Academy under a brilliant history teacher who loved Teddy Roosevelt." He wants a chance to tell the WS, just like Hemingway: "I know now that I had to be there, just to see for myself. If they could do it, if I could do it, chasing Hemingway."
No, I'm not buying this article's tired justification of the same old story. If only Harris could have taken a class with Miriam Cooke!
Geraldine Cleary Nichols '67
Action Items
The students who expressed discomfiture with affirmative action ["Reaffirming Affirmative Action," September-October 2003] have sound instincts. The narrow Supreme Court majority that ruled in its favor in a University of Michigan case on grounds of "diversity" proves (again) that fuzzy thinking, expressed convolutedly, can seemingly justify almost anything. That even the Court's majority felt ambivalent about its decision is revealed by its preference for the Michigan Law School's murky approach to the undergraduate college's "too blatant," but transparent and uniformly applied, practice and Justice O'Connor's expressed belief that the practice should (and could) end after twenty-five years.
Old-style race segregation at universities, as elsewhere, was grounded in the prejudicial belief in an innate racial hierarchy. Diversity-based affirmative action assumes instead that racial differences form a basis for mutual "enrichment"; how so is not specified. Put differently, it assumes that, intra-racial differences notwithstanding, (unspecified) interracial differences overwhelm them; so a racial mixture (invariably) augments diversity. This, to me, is still racism, albeit of a less malign form. It is surely a far cry from the ideal of racial immateriality enunciated by Martin Luther King Jr. and other early civil-rights leaders. More fundamentally--and this applies to diversity by design generally--diversity-based affirmative action, by attaching value to an applicant's racial (i.e., group) identity, is deeply contrary to our democratic ideal of valuing each individual's uniqueness.
The diversity rationale for affirmative action has (largely?) replaced the original--and, to a degree, defensible--compensatory (for the disadvantage inflicted upon blacks by discrimination) rationale. The shift, I believe, reflects an attempt to assuage the public's increased sense of the policy's unfairness (because of reverse discrimination), combined with the current fashionableness of diversity. In any case, affirmative action fails to address the real challenge to racial inequality-- making quality primary and secondary education accessible to all.
Albert Hirsch Ph.D. '61
Lessons in Christianity
Recently I have been helping to found a church in Ghana, and was surprised at how little my alma mater, whose foundation is the Methodist ministry, knows about Christianity, as illustrated in the most recent issue.
The ad for Duke Chapel on page 3 says nothing about God or Jesus but talks about students' "personal journeys of faith." Anybody who knows Christianity knows that Christian faith is not just personal---it is shared by all believers everywhere, openly reinforced with praise and fellowship from friends, and involves bonding with the Holy Spirit.
I would consider changing the name of the Divinity School to the School of Self-Affirmation, as it seems that current professors such as Mary McClintock Fulkerson espouse very few Christian principles, but rather advocate changing the religion over time to suit the desires of man. "Just as understandings of sexuality have changed over time, so, too, has the Christian Church," according to page 13. Professors Fulkerson and [Kathy] Rudy, please take note that people and society change over time, but the Word of God and the basic principles it lays forward do not. And that is what a divinity school should be teaching.
It was not until page 27 that I could find any Christian authenticity--a mention of the student body in 1955 that challenged the societal norm and declared segregation wrong in the name of Christianity. Hallelujah! It should be noted that it is those same students whose advice the university is now ignoring: The stream of letters from pre-1960 alumni who feel dejected by the institution they helped define is heartbreaking. This, while allowing current students such as Nikki Jusu, who came to Duke because it "offered me the most money," to contribute to the agenda of the university, is a travesty.
When will we learn to listen to our elders, especially those who have proven their moral and societal leadership over and over again? Thank you to the brave and early alumni of Duke University, of whom my father was one (Class of 1945).
I'm afraid that it's time for me to decrease my donations to Duke University and start donating to Duke's Campus Crusade for Christ so that the university re-learns what Christian principles are truly about.
Greg Holcombe '93