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For many centuries, the history of the crusades, as written by Western historians, was based solidly on Western sources. Evidence from the Islamic societies that the crusaders attacked was used only sparingly – in part because it was hard for most westerners to read, and in part because much of it was inaccessible even for historians who did speak Arabic.
Carole Hillenbrand set out to re-evaluate the sources for the crusading period, not only looking with fresh eyes at known accounts, but also locating and utilizing new sources that had previously been overlooked. Her work involved her in conducting extensive evaluations of the new sources, assessing their arguments, their evidence, and their reasoning in order to assess their value and (using the critical thinking skill of analysis, a powerful method for understanding how arguments are built) to place them correctly in the context of crusade studies as a whole.
The result is not only a history that is more balanced, better argued and more adequate than most that have gone before it, but also a work with relevance for today. At a time when crusading imagery and mentions of the current War on Terror as a 'crusade' help to fuel political narrative, Hillenbrand's evaluative work acts as an important corrective to oversimplification and misrepresentation.
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What does The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives Say?
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Module 11: Impact and Influence Today
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At Calvary Chapel the observance Lent really isn't part of our "tradition". In fact, if you are familiar with Calvary Chapel you will no doubt think that the word tradition isn't in our vocabulary! It is true, we are often referred to as a non-traditional church and for the most part we are. At Calvary you will find we "come as we are" and we very pretty laid back during our service. As the pastor you find me often in jeans and a jersey, or in the summer shorts and a t-shirt. But we do have traditions, for instance we almost always start our services with praise and worship, followed by an open fellowship time while the kids are being dismissed to their classes, then we settle down with our coffee in hand to study the Bible together. We take communion at least once a month and we baptize people when the occasion calls for it.
But as far as traditional liturgical stuff goes we are fairly light on that and I think that is just fine. I am not writing this to try and get you to start following the traditions of other churches or denominations. But I don't think it hurts to look at what other churches do and see if there is something there that might have some application for us. Ultimately the truth is that all we need is Jesus. The Word of God is clear from cover to cover that it is all about Jesus and what he did for mankind on the cross. We are saved by Faith through Grace. In other words… He did the work and all we do is believe on Him and what he did for us and let Him be our Lord and Savior. That is all there is to it.
But… often I wonder if we apply that in our lives every day… Do we reflect on what a commitment to be a Christ follower really means? Do we contemplate how it should impact how we live and the way in which others perceive us? Francis Schaeffer in his work "Art & the Bible" writes "Christianity is not just involved with "salvation", but with the total man in the total world. The Christian message begins with the existence of God forever, and then with creation. It does not begin with salvation. We must be thankful for salvation, but the Christian message is more than that. Man has a value because he is made in the image of God."
Do we ever take time to truly reflect on the transformation that salvation in Christ has actually worked in us? Does it reflect in our actions, our words, and how we view the whole of life? I believe strongly that it should. I think the season of Lent, in the weeks leading up to the celebration of the Resurrection, is a perfect time to set aside some of the distractions of life and consider Jesus. Reflect on his goodness and his complete work and take time to appreciate all in this world that reflects his Glory.
Lent wasn't a "thing" when Jesus was on this earth but he lived a life of prayer and fasting. He expected his followers to do the same. Remember this isn't religion it's relationship. Just like when you shut off the TV or put down that magazine to give your kids or spouse your undivided attention because you want to connect with them and experience the benefits of your relationship. Maybe it's time to set aside some time and try borrow and apply a little Lent in your life.


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Feb. 28 (UPI) -- An arbitration court handed an eight-year ban Friday to three-time Chinese Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang, one of China's best hopes for gold in Tokyo this summer, for potential doping.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland upheld a successful appeal by the World Doping Agency to an earlier ruling that allowed Sun to continue competing. He won a gold medal last summer at the World Aquatic Championships in South Korea.
The ban means Sun is barred from competing this summer at the Tokyo Olympics.
WADA said Sun, 28, destroyed a disputed blood sample wanted for testing, although he'd been warned against doing so by the anti-doping agency.
Sun said the sample, collected at his home in late 2018, was not valid because test administrators were not qualified. His argument was supported by world swimming body FINA, which allowed Sun to keep competing, but the anti-doping agency immediately filed an appeal and issued further warning for the swimmer to save the sample for testing.
Friday, the arbitration court sided with WADA.
"It is one thing, having provided a blood sample, to question the accreditation of the testing personnel while keeping the intact samples in the possession of the testing authorities," the panel said in its decision. "But it is quite another thing, after lengthy exchanges and warnings as to the consequences, to act in such a way that results in destroying the sample containers, thereby eliminating any chance of testing the sample at a later stage."
"WADA decided to appeal the original FINA ruling having carefully reviewed it and having concluded that there were a number of points that seemed to be incorrect under the [World Anti-Doping] Code," added WADA Director General Olivier Niggli. "Today's CAS ruling confirms those concerns and is a significant result."
Sun has won three Olympic gold medals -- two at the 2012 London Summer Games and one in Rio de Janeiro four years ago. He'd served an earlier doping ban in 2014.


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Hello. I am just writing to inform you among other things, as a good friend and customer, of progress on my last three works, including the biographies of Heinrich Himmler and Winston Churchill, vol.3, all of which are complete or written in draft. Over the years I have carved out my own niche among historians; you might like to take in briefly what Peter Mayer, the late CEO and publisher of Penguin Books, said explaining his decision to continue publishing me, despite hostile attacks from those whom we all suspect of interfering in the background.
My work on Heinrich Himmler is reaching a conclusion; I am already editing page 620 of the final manuscript. I have plumbed his life, and drilled deep down into personal letters and archives which other authors did not reach. Sometimes we historians reach conclusions with no evidence at all or worse, against the evidence governments want us to believe.
As simple as, How did he die? There were surely enough witnesses. And yet I have concluded differently, which will lead to more hatred of, or annoyance, at least irritation at me…. I am incorrigible: can't be bought, and can't be bought off. Exegi monumentum aere perennius, the ancient poet Horace wrote (Ode 3, 30). I have written around thirty books. Governments and lawyers can no longer hurt me: they already took everything. The principal actors are long deceased too.
So this: some of you have wondered why my personal website fell silent for a few days earlier this month. I had come back to this house in northern Florida planning to revise the final Himmler chapters, and was struck down by a mysterious bug which took me, an Englishman, to the local hospital's Emergency wing. Here fine American doctors carried out a whole raft of tests and X-rays and have finally come up with a [prognosis] of kidney issues, curing which will make me feel better and more comfortable – until the hospital bills come. As a UK citizen, I carried no insurance, but I intend to meet my obligations.
My work on Heinrich Himmler continues, and will come out this year, a beautiful production like all the others we produce. Please consider assisting me to meet the hospital's bills, by sending a donation, anonymous if you wish. By way of thanks I will sign and send you a rare 30-minute archive DVD of the failed attempt to destroy me made in 1977 by the late Mr. David Frost on the BBC, in which endeavour the British press at least decided he had failed.
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January 11, 2018tacflow
Watch a video compilation on our featured course- Police Sniper Response to a public venue created and taught by Mark Lang and his team. The PSRPV™ Course is an advanced course and is NOT for the beginning Police Sniper. The course is conducted in a true advanced manner and students will need to show proficiency at every stage. PSRPV™ was designed to be the cornerstone for Public Venue Response and Deployment for SWAT teams. Optimally designed for a Police Sniper that is experienced and/or in an instructor role and has excellent skills of marksmanship and fieldcraft. The course is ... Read More
December 4, 2017tacflow
By Mark Lang For law enforcement agencies in the United States that have helicopter support, there is one potential program that, if properly developed, has the potential to bring major incidents to a successful end. Many SWAT commanders will tell you they want as many options as possible on the table during a tactical operation, and while an aerial platform does not guarantee success, it increases the likelihood. An aerial platform (AP) is also referred to as aerial gunnery, aerial marksmanship or aerial platform interdiction. All of these terms are simply defined as the placing of accurate rifle fire from a hovering, ... Read More
August 31, 2017Mark Lang
Mark Lang of Tacflow Academy discusses the importance of suppressors with law enforcement snipers. Mark Lang is a Tacflow Lead Sniper Instructor as well as the lead instructor and developer of 'Police Sniper Response To A Public Venue™'. He was a member of the Craft International training team until 2015. The PSRPV™ course was created to fill the gap that exists at sporting venues across the world that have minimum security and that could be the target for attack by domestic or international terrorists. Along with his co-instructors, they have established a standard to which Police Snipers and their SWAT teams ... Read More
August 11, 2017tacflow
By Mark Lang For too long, the .50-caliber rifle, or "Light Fifty," has lived a meager and secretive existence in the equipment rooms of many SWAT teams around the country. Sitting in a hard case with only a box of ball rounds to its name, many operators have forgotten they even have the rifle. Whether the weapon was seized, donated or purchased, the SWAT .50-caliber has gone neglected and under-deployed for years. Immediately recognizable as the largest caliber weapon system by virtue of its bold stature and design, it is finally carving out a definitive place on the use-of-force spectrum for ... Read More
By Mark Lang If you were to Google the term 'Millennial', you would come up with varying definitions of the time frame that exist for those Americans. A Millennial, according to the Pew Research Center, is anyone 18 to 34 years old in the year 2015. Therefore the oldest Millennial was born in 1981 and the youngest in 1997. Last year, the Millennial generation became the largest generation in the American workforce. As with any occupation in present day America, we are seeing the impact of the Millennial generation in law enforcement. When looking at present day SWAT, specifically, multi-generational teams ... Read More
By Mark Lang In the aftermath of the suicidal bombing at the Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom, many in the venue industry find themselves asking the hard questions that undoubtedly come after such an attack. What if this occurred at my venue? A terroristic attack has always been a possibility at any U.S. venue, albeit low by some accounts in the industry. What conclusions can be drawn to this attack overseas? Any illusions this is only contained in Europe would be foolish. What happens overseas most likely will occur here in the United States on some scale even with the ... Read More
Instructor Mark Lang's article- Taking the High Ground, the Police Aerial Platform was featured in Edition 6/2016 Safety & Security International Magazine READ PDF ARTICLE
January 23, 2017Mark Lang
An often overlooked asset is an agencies aerial asset (helicopter), which can serve as an aerial engagement platform with tremendous accuracy and effectiveness. Tacflow Academy's Aerial Platform Course allows for high levels of accuracy from crawling and medium speeds in aerial assets by incorporating a proven mathematical formula and associated shot placement graph. The course also covers mission planning, rapid deployment, aircraft set-up, aircrew/shooter roles, and safety considerations when utilizing the aerial asset as a shooting platform. Students should utilize .223/.308 type rifles with red dot type optics for optimal performance and precision rifles (sniper rifle) as an additional option ... Read More
June 8, 2016tacflow
The Need for Force-on-force Training & Realities of Home Defense at TacVille Training Center interview with The Arms Room
The Arms Room held a live interview with VIDEO at TacVille Training Center with Rigo from Tacflow, talking about the need for force-on-force training and the realities of home defense.
May 10, 2016tacflow
By Mark Lang The proliferation of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in the United States has increased substantially in recent years. Originally developed for military use, the civilian and commercial users are seeing unprecedented growth. Unmanned Aerial Systems is an acronym the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) uses to describe all of the complex systems in addition to the actual air vehicle. You will also hear and read where they are referred to as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). UAS can vary in sizes and are manufactured by companies such as DGI & Intel. Larger size UAS manufactured by Leptron and Raytheon are in ... Read More
June 17, 2015Mark Lang
Members of our team were proud to be invited to the pre-screening benefiting America's Mighty Warriors in Scottsdale, AZ in support of Debbie Lee. The opening of the movie has been bitter sweet for those who knew and loved Chris, as we know it is for the families and friends of Marc Lee and Ryan Job as well. As you go to watch movie, remember these guys were real life heroes. Chris wrote the book to be sure their story was told, not just his own. To support Debbie Lee and her ongoing work with veterans and Gold Star Families, please visit America's Mighty ... Read More
January 17, 2015tacflow
AUG TACFLOW™ SACP Combat Pistol Course in Phoenix, AZ for Craft International We had a fantastic group of students out to Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix, AZ. Everyone came ready to learn and had a fun, safe weekend of training. Students traveled from as far north as Canada and as far south as Mexico City to brave the desert heat. Instructed by Rigo Durazo and Randy DeHay Want to join the next SACP Combat Pistol Course? Check out our schedule page to find out when and where this and other classes are coming up next! TACFLOW™ SACP Combat Pistol Course The TACFLOW Structural Alignment ... Read More
August 28, 2014tacflow
SACP Combative Carbine Course for the ATOA Serving Those Who Serve Us Who trains in Phoenix in 110F+ weather? We do! We may have been a bit crazy to put on a course during the hottest season of the year in Florence, AZ. The students all pulled together and gave it their all.
August 4, 2014tacflow
2014 Indiana SWAT Officers Association Conference Thank you to the ISOA for having us out to their 2014 Conference! Rigo Durazo taught 2 blocks of Combative Principles. Our instructors are happy to put training blocks together for conferences and events. For more information please contact email@example.com. Thank you to Laura Fogarty for the awesome pictures! See more of her work at www.laurafogartyphotography.com
May 7, 2014tacflow
Structural Alignment Combative Principles - SACP - Combat Carbine Course/ FEB 2014 Instructed by Randy DeHaye, Rigo Durazo, and Edward Morales Tacflow partnered with Craft International This course focused on the fundamental building blocks including: · Introduction to Basic/Advance Carbine · Marksmanship Training · Defensive Posturing for Threat · Threat Analysis · Perimeter Security · Engaging multiple threats in a TCCC extraction situation (Urban/Rural) . SACP/ Structural Alignment Combative Principles For more information on this or any of our courses, email firstname.lastname@example.com We want to send a huge THANK YOU to our friends at TangoDown for supplying gear and prizes for last week's course! We would also like to thank S.O.D. ... Read More
February 10, 2014tacflow
Structural Alignment Combative Principles – SACP – Advanced Carbine Course/ JAN 2014 Instructed by Dan Herman, Rigo Durazo, and Edward Morales Tacflow partnered with Craft International We want to send a huge THANK YOU to our friends at TangoDown for supplying gear and prizes for last week's course! We would also like to thank S.O.D. Gear for the bad ass clothing. Your gear is outstanding! For more information on this or any of our courses, email firstname.lastname@example.com The first in a series of 2 custom course we put together for an SF group.
January 31, 2014tacflow
CRAFT International Civilian Memorial Shoot Out There were record lows in store for the students who braved the snow, ice, and stinging wind to make it out to the CRAFT International Civilian Memorial Shoot Out! Rigo Durazo, Randy DeHay and Jeff Kranz all taught blocks for those who made it through the storm [ux_slider arrows="true" bullets="true" auto_slide="true" nav_color="dark"] [/ux_slider]
December 19, 2013tacflow
MAY 2013 UC Combative Transitions to Your Firearm and Vehicle Fighting hosted by MCSO Instructed by Rigo Durazo and Edward Morales May is a tough month to train outside in the desert heat. These officers not only showed up, they gave their all! Course Overview: Learn how to create time/ distance/ opportunity to deploy your firearm from a concealed position. This Tacflow™ course focuses on foot work congruent to both the combative and shooting world, along with principals allowing the operator to understand and recognize "true" violence within their opponent. Students will work through multiple engagements and disarms. Training is not based on muscle science and mere aggression, ... Read More
May 21, 2013tacflow
2013 Georgia Tactical Officers Association Conference Thank you to the GTOA for having us out to their 2013 Conference! Rigo Durazo taught a block on transitions and containment with Combat Mindset. Our instructors are happy to put training blocks together for conferences and events. For more information please contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Thank you to Laura Fogarty for the awesome pictures! See more of her work at www.laurafogartyphotography.com
March 8, 2013tacflow
SEP 2012 Surviving Edged Weapons-Intro to KALI Course Had a great group of students out for the class. Always great when everyone learns, has fun, and goes home with no serious injuries. Job well done guys! by Rigo Durazo and Edward Morales
October 10, 2012tacflow
Tacflow and Craft International partnered for this sizzling AZ summer course! Thank you to all the students who came out for the July Combative Transitions course in AZ. All survived the summer heat on the 3rd Range day. firstname.lastname@example.com to learn about hosting TACFLOW courses at your department!
July 20, 2012tacflow
Combative Carbine Course for the Texas Tactical Police Officers Association While down in Dallas for a course, Rigo Durazo stayed after to work with students from the Dallas Police Department and local TTPOA. Students learned rifle manipulation, containment drills, and how to fight an assailant off your gun. Serving Those Who Serve Us
July 18, 2012tacflow
An Excerpt from the Full Combat Mind Presentation by Rigo Durazo "When I began my training many years ago, it was very much like a game of chess with strategy and tactics. I believed that with enough training I could counter any move. I would often see a move or tactic and immediately tell you what I could do to counter that move. I truly did not understand the elements of violence. I was basing all my training on people who had the same values and ethics or morality as myself. I was only fighting to win and dominate. I had ... Read More
May 29, 2012tacflow
During the summer of 2011, Rigo Durazo and members of the original Craft International training team including Chris Kyle, Rich Emberlin, Nathan Merithew, Steven Young, and Bo French, spent part of their summer doing a photo shoot for the 5.11 Tactical article. Guns, dirt, heat, and laughs. Those were fun times.
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Dance Organizations
From IrishDanceWiki
Organizations that support Irish dance.
- An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha The Irish Dancing Commission
- Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann
- Irish Dancing Net
- World Irish Dance Association
- Nordic Society of Irish Dancers
- Danish Society of Irish Dancers
- Southern England Regional Council
- Registered Teachers of Mainland Europe
- Cumann Rince Naisiunta [CRN
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North America[edit]
- American Association of Irish Dance Teachers
- North American Feis Commission
- Irish Dance Teachers Association of North America, Inc.
- IDTANA Western region
- IDTANA Southern Region
- IDTANA Mid-Atlantic Region
- The Irish Dancing Teachers Association of New England
- Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann North America
- North American Feis Commission
- FeisWorx Provides support for Feis organizers and teachers in North America.
- Feis Results.com Provides a Feis result listing service.
- eFeis.com
- Irish Dance Teachers Association of Canada Eastern Region
- Western Canada Irish Dancing Teachers Association
- North American Irish Dance Federation
- [1] North Texas School of Irish Music]
- Southwest Celtic Music Association


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He started with a tiny software company with a capital of barely 200 euros.
Today Narayana Murthy's chairman of Infosys is a major player in Asian business and a leader in Bangalore, India's silicon valley. Like other business chiefs, Murthy is also a major political player in his country, making his voice heard on trade, economy and even foreign policy issues. EuroNews- Mr Murthy, with 98 per cent of its revenues generated outside India and almost 15 offices in the USA and other countries, Infosys is a huge reality of the new technological sector. Are you the new Bill Gates? Murthy- No. I think it is not fair to Bill Gates because he is the world's greatest entrepreneur and I'm a small person compared to him. However because I was the first person in India to create a large entrepreneurship in the new economy and a lot of people in the company made a lot of money, many people call me that. EuroNews- Only the 5 per cent of Indians profit from this boom in information and communications technology. Murthy- It is the software industry that demonstrated that being in India, you could develop world class products and services. That is the first value addition of my industry. The second is this industry has demonstrated that you can create a large number of jobs if you look at the global market, in fact that's one of the requirement of the country. The third is it has demonstrated that you can run an organization legally and ethically in contemporary India and follow the finest priciples of corporate governance. Fourthly, because our people get good salaries, because they have good disposable income, they go and spend and stimulate the secondary and the tertiary sectors of the economy: they go to restaurants, they go to the theatre, they buy cars, they buy clothes… in other words they create jobs there EuroNews- what do you expect from the next World Trade Organisation summit in Hong Kong. Murthy- Well, I would expect the following: One, we will move from a free trade regime to a fair and free trade regime, That the US will reduce its subsidies on agriculture, Europe wil reduce its subsidies on agriculture. Second, countries like India, Brazil and South Africa will take a stand that will move this movement forward. I hope we will have a better services regime, that there will be an easier movement of people from countries like India to Western Europe, so that we can add value to the corporations here in sofware services. EuroNews- So you definitely think that the biggest battlefield on the WTO round will be on services and not agriculture? Murthy- Indian leaders will hop on agriculture because a vast majority of Indians are in agriculture. But India is also for allowing the free movement of people in the area of services. Both are important. If the ability to go from India to any of these countries can be instanteneous, can be friction free I think that will be a big step forward because then we can add more and more value to European corporations. The agricultural sector has suffered a lot, the growth rate in the agriculture sector has come down from 3 per cent to less than 2 per cent. The vast majority of Indians, 650 million people are in rural areas. They have less money to spend than they had earlier. So they are saying is this globalization? Is this opening up borders? Is this the WTO? So They are very, very upset.


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As experienced in preparing its first annual congress on 8 December 8 2011, NACIIL received great (financial) support for the start-up of its activities and its future initiatives. NACIIL has several sponsoring-programmes, both for ad hoc meetings as well as for the annual congress. In return for sponsoring its activities NACIIL may, for example, agree to:
- present the sponsor's logo on the NACIIL-site prior to a specific meeting
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"You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." When Jesus had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. – Acts 1:8-9 (New Revised Standard Version)
This is the last thing Jesus said before ascending to heaven. In the resurrection, he tells the disciples to go. To be a witness in the place they were (Jerusalem), the region they lived in (Judea), with people different than them (Samaria), and to the ends of the earth.
Our church lives into this calling to be a witness everywhere. One of the ways we do this is by supporting ministries in Pulaski, southwest Virginia, and around the world. Every fourth Sunday, we have a special Faith Promise offering to support their diverse work:
New River Community Action A well-known proponent of self-sufficiency, NRCA offers "A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out" to local families in need. NRCA works with our community's most vulnerable residents including the homeless, ex-offenders, the disabled, and struggling young families. We coordinate with approximately 1,000 local volunteers to offer a variety of programs to improve the lives of over 12,000 people each year. Some services address basic needs such as food, shelter, and employment. Learn More
FUMC Pulaski Ministry to Area Needy Used to aid individuals who contact the church in need of assistance with utilities, housing, prescription medications, heating, and other needs.
Beans & Rice Pulaski Improves the economic well-being of low-to-moderate income families through hunger relief, after-school programs that improve educational opportunity for at-risk children, job creation for low-to-moderate income families, and savings programs that help families buy their first home and children save for education. Learn More
YMCA Pulaski County The YMCA is a charitable association dedicated to building healthy spirit, mind, and body. Learn More
UMCOR The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is the humanitarian relief and development arm of The United Methodist Church. UMCOR enables us to give through the local church to support disaster relief when situations arise. 100% of funds given through UMCOR go directly to those being served. Learn More
Pregnancy Resource Center New River Valley The Pregnancy Resource Center of the New River Valley is a non-profit medical clinic and Christian outreach for those facing an unplanned pregnancy. We operate two clinics with locations in Blacksburg and Radford. Learn More
Fairview Home Dublin Helps provide personal care items such as clothing, shoes, and other amenities to residents in this assisted living facility.
Future Projects Seed money for new needs and new ideas at our church.
Willow, Alaska United Methodist Mission This ministry was formed in response to the poverty needs in the area; First UMC Pulaski has sent mission teams to Alaska multiple times, including in summer 2018. The weekly food pantry serves between 200-300 people monthly. Willow has a firewood ministry, helps with specific construction projects on homes as needed, and has a fuel voucher program. Learn More
Brooke Atchley, UMC Church & Community Worker, Tazewell, VA Church and Community Workers have many roles in the community in which they are assigned. They may develop and coordinate various ministries such as: health and outreach programs, volunteers, community centers, respond to natural disasters, and participate in ecumenical ministries. Learn More
Wesley Foundation Radford University The mission of the United Methodist Student Center at Radford University is to promote and support spiritual development, theological reflection, religious tolerance and social awareness among students, faculty and staff within the university community. Learn More
Young Life Pulaski County Young Life invites kids to follow Christ, cares for them regardless of their response, and changes lives in the process. Learn More
Daily Bread First Presbyterian Pulaski Every weekday over 100 people in Pulaski receive a hot meal through the ministry of Daily Bread. Your gift helps buy food that is prepared by volunteers.
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Feed My Lambs More than 100 students from Pulaski Elementary, Critzer Elementary, and Head Start are given backpacks filled with easy-fix food for the weekend.
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Jubilee Project A Holston Conference ministry in Hancock County, Tennessee. Food security, shelter, access to clean water, health, self-worth, and love. Learn More
Helen Roberts-Evans (Liberia) Helen's work includes meeting needs in teacher training, scholarships, resources, new school construction, and school renovation/repair.
Warming Station Pulaski County When the temperature drops to 40 or below, this ministry provides lodging for area homeless. Includes showers, clean clothing, a hot meal and a warm bed.


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Healthy Living: Preparing for Cold and Flu Season
As temperatures go down, the number of colds and flues goes up. If you're hoping to minimize the amount of sneezing and coughing you'll have this flu season, then this next edition of Healthy Living is for you.
Marleni Cuellar, Reporting
2017 is winding down fast. As the end of the year approaches, so is the start of one predictable season in Belize and all over. The flu season. The cool northerly winds expected within the next month are known to contribute to an increase in colds and flus. That's why now is the best time to take preventative measures. Chief pediatrician at Karl Huesner Memorial Hospital, Dr Cecilio Eck explains.
Dr. Cecilio Eck, Chief Pediatrician, K.H.M.H.
"The flu vaccine works best prior to the flu season. The flu season starts during the winter months. Our winter months in Belize would be late October November December, January, February so that is ideally the time you should take it. It takes weeks for your body to recognize the half dead germ to create antibodies to it and for those antibodies to be circulating so that when you come in contact with the sick folk who have the flu and the cough or you shake their hands and then go eat something and then you catch it the circulating antibodies that you created because of the flu shot will clear it from your body before you get any symptoms."
Some people will be in a better position to fight off a flu but there are some who are more at risk of developing a more severe symptoms.
"People who are at risk are the ones who need it desperately and those would be children, specifically kids above six months, pregnant females and elderly and people with chronic illnesses like sickle cell, asthma and hypertension and diabetes. But all that beings aid even a healthy adult would a strong immune system can for whatever reason become susceptible to a flu virus and when you get a very severe infection it can lead to pneumonia, hospitalization and even death in some cases. I tell people that even if it is the quoted thirty to thirty-three percent effective this year. I would take that thirty-three percent over zero percent because in our line of work or if you're exposed to kids, if you're more susceptible to it. You get exposed to these viruses multiple times every day."
Every year, the scientists develop a new vaccine for the upcoming year. So the 2018 vaccine that is now available contains the most common flu viruses that we may be exposed to during the upcoming flu season. So it is important to get a new flu vaccine each year.
"The flu vaccine protects against the flu viruses. There are many viruses that cause cold cough that look like the flu but the flu shot that you take protest against the flu virus that can be devastating so getting the shot won't protect your from all the coughs and colds but it will protect you from the devastating flu that may mess you up for a week or two and even lead to complications. It's one of the most important medical advances in the last century. Vaccines have more people than other innovation that has been created – that humans have come up with. Prevention is better than cure. You get the shot there is some side effects the side effects owl include fear of the shot, painful where you get it at the site, down the road it will hurt a little bit. If it's the first time you're getting it you may get a flu like illness. But then your body recovers and it remembers these bugs and builds antibodies against them and down the road even when you don't know it's working that's when they are at work."
Flus vaccines are available at private clinics & hospitals across the country for a cost of 65 to 80 dollars. But, after November 13 all public health clinics will have the vaccine available free of cost for children under 5, elderly, pregnant women, and persons with chronic illnesses.
"I implore all parents, parents with young kids, all pregnant females; all parents with kids above 6 months take in the kid and get them protected."


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2019: On our way to the Cloud
The year is drawing to a close, so we'd like to take a moment to look back. For us, 2019 was clearly the year of Google Cloud. With building up a team of Cloud consultants, 12 certified experts, and 2 Google Cloud specializations, we are well-prepared for a new year full of Cloud momentum.
Follow the Red Bull X-Alps 2019 with live-tracking in 2D and 3D
Our latest project is live! For the Red Bull X-Alps 2019, we have implemented the athlete tracking on 2D and 3D maps. We couldn't wait to finally see our work live at the prologue on June 13th and at the race that started on June 16th.
Hamburg in 3D & LunchVote tool // #UbiHacks
On the first Friday of each month, it's "HackDay" time at Ubilabs, which involves working on small projects outside the daily client work. Our highlights in April were a 3D map of Hamburg and the LunchVote tool for our new office.
New Google Earth: The world at your fingertips
After two years in the making, it's finally here: the new Google Earth. Maintaining the magic of the classic app, Google has revamped Earth visually and functionally. Ubilabs assisted bringing Voyager into existence, Earth's exciting new storytelling platform. With its refresh, Google Earth is built to inspire curious minds to explore, learn, and care about our vast, fragile planet.
3D Map Visualizations with Mapbox GL JS
Mapbox GL JS is a JavaScript library that uses WebGL to render interactive maps from vector tiles and Mapbox styles. Our front-end developer Robert Katzki will show you how you create a map with 3D functionality and add 3D data visualization to it.
3D & VR: With the Yeti in the Himalayas and Biking through Great Britain
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Sharif slammed for trying to get 'positive response' from India
Leaders and media in Pakistan have launched an offensive against the Pakistani government, criticising the the joint statement's failure to talk about the vexed issue of Kashmir.world Updated: Jul 10, 2015 23:24 IST
Leaders and media in Pakistan have launched an offensive against the Pakistani government, criticising the joint statement's failure to talk about the vexed issue of Kashmir. Initially they had welcomed the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif, held on Friday during their Russian visit.
Sharif met Modi in the Russian city of Ufa on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), following which a joint statement was issued that mentioned terrorism and the need to expedite the Mumbai trial but Kashmir was conspicuously missing in it.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, former foreign minister and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), told private Express TV channel that Kashmir should have been mentioned in the joint communique.
"It is quite strange that Kashmir has not been part of the statement," he said.
Senator Rehman Malik of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) said that Modi was disrespectful towards Sharif and behaved like a Tsar, forcing the Pakistani premier to walk through a long corridor to come towards his "throne".
"Modi didn't show the slightest courtesy under diplomatic norms for his Pakistani counterpart to walk a few steps forward to receive him," he said.
Talat Hussain, prominent anchor of Geo TV, said that it was Sharif's failure to get Kashmir mentioned in the joint statement.
He said it looked as if Sharif was just trying to please Modi. "I think government was in a hurry to get a positive response from India," he said.
Senator Sehar Kamran, who heads Centre for Pakistan and Gulf Studies (CPGS) think-tank also criticised the joint statement.
"The statement, only mentions the Mumbai case trial, but fails to highlight the lingering Kashmir dispute which is a lost opportunity to illustrate the destabilising role of India in the region."
"Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan and the resolution of the Kashmir dispute lies at the heart of future prospects for regional peace and stability," she said.
Foreign Office (FO) so far has not commented on absence of any mention of Kashmir in the joint statement but it is believed that government will come under lot of fire over it.


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JFL, CBC to produce Canada 150 comedy special
Stand-Up on Guard for Thee, hosted by Daniel Levy, will air on the pubcaster this summer.
Just For Laughs and CBC are teaming up to produce a comedy special in time for Canada's 150th and JFL's 35th birthday celebrations.
The two-hour event, Stand-Up On Guard For Thee, will be hosted by Schitt's Creek showrunner and star Daniel Levy and is set to premiere on CBC this summer.
Stand-Up on Guard For Thee will highlight some of the best moments in the comedy festival's history and also track the trajectory of some of Canada's top comedians.
Just For Laughs was recently presented with the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Icon Award. In addition to the famed Montreal comedy festival, JFL has produced more than 1,000 hours of TV stand-up, scripted and variety programming.


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This essay was for a course called "Pre-Reformation developments." The paper principally deals with the doctrine of the spiritual presence of Christ in the Eucharist during the Medieval period. The strange language used towards the end of the paper is "middle English." It's not quite as hard to read as it looks.
How, if at all, is Christ present in the Eucharist? The question itself was one of the most hotly contested of the Protestant Reformation. Though the question is formally a matter of sacramental theology, the answer to the question for the Reformers often rested upon their own Christological presuppositions. After all, how one understands the relationship between the divine and human natures of Christ, as well as what limits (if any!) one believes should be placed upon the physical body of Jesus will influence how one understands the possibility of the presence of Christ in the elements of bread and wine. One could say that Christology sets the grounds rules for sacramental theology.
For many of the Reformed, the Christology that sets the ground rules for their sacramental theology has come to be known as the extra-Calvinisticum. Oberman defines the extra-Calvinisticum as the theological conviction "that the immutable God became man without diminution or loss as regards any of his attributes" joined with the conviction that the "existence of the second person of the Trinity et extra cernem." [1]To put it more simply, the extra holds to the ubiquity of the divine Word, the local presence of the physical body of Jesus contained in heaven, while emphasizing the unity of the two in the person of Christ.[2] The extra-Calvinisticum as a formal Christology had many advocates long before its namesake John Calvin. The affinity of patristic and even scholastic Christology with the extra-Calvinisticum has been demonstrated by many scholars and will be briefly reviewed in this paper. Despite the presence of theextra-Calvinisiticum in the formal Christology of Calvin's predecessors, it is noticeably lacking in the sacramental theology of many of Calvin's more mainstream predecessors. This does not mean, however, that the extra-Calvinisticum as applied to sacramental theology is altogether absent. This paper will demonstrate that the extra-Calvinisticum as applied to sacramental theology was present, albeit in a minority fashion, from the late 9th century up until the eve of the Reformation. This will broaden the thesis that the extra-Calvinisticum should not only be regarded as a catholic doctrine in its formal Christology, but in its application to sacramental theology as well. Read the rest of this entry »


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Casablanca Review
Who hasn't seen Casablanca yet? It's one of those classic movies which totally define the genre. In some senses it's the classic movie by which all others are measured. And if you've never seen it you're a barbaric Philistine.
I'm one of those people. Never saw it. Never had a girlfriend make me see it. And it's not that I have anything against classic movies - it's just that I feel anything this hyped can't be all that good.
So it was with a little trepidation, but also a feeling that I can give some proper subjective bias to the subject, that I rented the DVD and sat down to watch it.
First, the unexpected things I liked: there are pleny of unsavioury characters around: corrupt French officials, villainous Nazis and general lawlessness abounds. Also, the first half of the movie is lovely and cynical. This is in stark contrast to the sappiness I was expecting. None of that. In fact it's quite funny and entertaining. I also gained some new-found respect for the old-school actors such as Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains. There is a really nice sincerity and down to earth manner in their acting - you won't find anything fake here.
And while all these points are very much in the movie's favour, I'm not quite sure I see what all the fuss was about. At it's heart it's really just a very standard romance movie, with a bit of a war background thrown in. Sure, a lot of the dialogue is hillariously well written but not to the point where I'd say "they don't make movies like these anymore".
While the story is set against a pretty dark background, I also don't feel that these issues are truly explored to maximum effect. I constantly wanted to know a bit more about the history of these events rather than just the short opening narration. In it's defense at the time of filming most people probably would've been up on the state of current affairs.
I'm not going to repeat the main plot layout. I'll assume that most readers, unlike me, would've seen this before. And I'm not one for spoilers in anycase.
I have to conclude that most likely what holds Casablanca so up high is probably a lot of nostalgia, mingled in with movie studio WWII propaganda.
What is the verdict? I'd recommend it to people, but I don't think this self-confessed geek will give up his scifi and classic war movies just yet.
Score: 3.5/5


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Recent developments and trends
Are there any notable recent developments or trends in the aviation sector in your jurisdiction?
The Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the associated Aircraft Equipment Protocol (together known as the 'Cape Town Convention') were extended to the Cayman Islands by the United Kingdom on November 1 2015. The Cayman Islands made its own declarations under the Cape Town Convention, including the adoption of Alternative A, which is one of the conditions required to comply with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Aircraft Sector Understanding in order to obtain a discount on export credit financing.
The Cayman Islands has long been a hub of the securitisation industry. In keeping with this, recently there has been a growing trend among aircraft operating lessors eager to access the capital markets to securitise portfolios of aircraft in asset-backed securitisation (ABS) transactions using Cayman Islands-incorporated special purpose vehicles. The notes issued by the issuer in these transactions are then listed, and there has been a significant increase in ABS listings on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange, with its favourable disclosure requirements and listing fee structure.
The Cayman Special Economic Zone (SEZ) recently created the Cayman Aviation Services Park to sit alongside the existing Cayman Maritime Services Park established in 2015. The Special Economic Zones (Cayman Enterprise City) (Amendment) Order 2017 states that the parks are designed to attract maritime and aviation services businesses in order to help establish the Cayman Islands as the largest maritime and aviation services cluster in the region. Businesses may set up operations in the Cayman Islands under the SEZ regime and obtain the benefits and concessions provided by the SEZ.
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Happy Independence Day! While you're out backyard-barbecuing, rocking your best red bikini on the beach, catching a fireworks display and indulging your patriotic side for the day, celebrities are doing pretty much the exact same thing. See the best #4thofJuly Instagram photos as your favorite stars celebrate America. (Note: While no one has posted any *official* photos on Instagram yet, we all know what Taylor Swift and her squad are doing.)
Chrissy Teigen
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Changmin re-posted Javier Martin's work featuring him and thanked him in English > w <!!!
Thank you for such a beautiful masterpiece. I appreciate it👍
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Information on the compatibility of work and family life as well as childcare close to or at the workplace can be found on the following pages:
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Internet portals on the compatibility of work and family life
- www.beruf-und-familie.de [in German]
- www.erfolgsfaktor-familie.de [in German]
- www.mittelstand-und-familie.de [in German]
- www.dji.de [in German, summarised in English]
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On Tuesday 15th of March a debate on ethical procurement took place in parliament after the governments recent announcement on the 17th of February on "putting a stop to public procurement boycotts", including boycotting goods from Israel's illegal settlements.
Richard Burden MP led the debate and the majority of MPs welcomed the debate and believed it was extremely important. Burden stated that the purpose of the debate was to "hold Ministers to account and to require them to be clear about what their policy announcements mean and do not mean."
An overwhelming number of MPs voiced similar concerns about the ban and it sparked a discussion about what this means for local democracy and the wider failings of democracy. As Tristam Hunt pointed out the "Decisions about spending, representation and taxation can also be made at a local level. If we strip that out, it undermines the pluralism and democracy of this country."
One of the key issues discussed by a number of MPs was the ambiguity and unclear statements by the government. Jo Cow MP highlighted the following; "The Foreign Office is warning UK companies and private individuals against trading with the settlements, while the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Cabinet Office are threatening to make it illegal for public bodies to do so." The Foreign Office openly states on its website that is does not encourage or support firms that trade with illegal settlements. It further states that settlements are illegal under international law and constitutes an obstacle to peace. Therefore, creating one rule for the government and another rule for local authorities.
Others like Naz Shah MP spoke about how the BDS movement seeks to uphold international law. She further went on to say that the current procurement ban is turning the UK into a "nanny state that tells councils where they can and cannot invest, where will the line be drawn for procurement?" He added that councils should have the right to make decisions on procurement, which was agreed upon by the majority of MPs.
Richard Burden MP concluded, "If settlements are illegal, I fail to see how trade with those settlements and co-operation with businesses involved in aiding and abetting illegality is not itself illegal." The government is yet to make clear its position and a number of questions asked at the debate were left unanswered.
"Over the last few week's campaigners, activists and students have raised their concerns over the proposed ban. These worries have now been echoed in parliament by MPs who have similar fears. The mounting pressure means that the government must be held accountable for its self-contradictory and undemocratic move." – FOA
Full transcript of the debate: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm160315/halltext/160315h0001.htm#16031557000002


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I would like to apologise in advance for I am going to use some foul words as I am really furious right now. So much that I wish a few people could burn right in front of my eyes. And also if this hurts your religious sentiments, then let me tell you beforehand, I am a Hindu and a lover of Shiva and Krishna, most probably they were more advanced than the Colonial British values rushing in the bloods under the Indian skins of today, which unfortunately constitutes the majority of Indian population. And yeah I mean no offence but I am trying to put the facts in front of you with the least harsh words I can, after what I have faced today.
So I was in metro talking to my friends about section 377 in India (if you do not know, google it). Basically, section 377 is about sexual act amongst two individual so I was describing my friends about it and from there I went on to telling them how Hinduism had always been open about LGBT relations and people.
I was describing the story of one lesbian sex in Hindu mythology and one "GENTLEMAN" interrupted in-between saying, "Stop preaching wrong things about our culture." I asked him, "What wrong things are talking of?"
Then he figured he should diverge to make me stop talking about it so he came up with his best. He said, "You have a girl with you and you are talking about all this out loud." I said, "She doesn't have any problem. They are all my friends."
Now he says, "You can talk slowly." I said I have friends sitting at different places. I can't go and whisper in everyone's ears."
Then another "GENTLEMAN" interrupts saying,"Then get out of the metro and talk." I asked him, "Are you the only one here to head back home?" Now the first man says, "You don't have to come down to sex all the time." I said, "Its because we are talking about a thing which HAS to deal with sex."
Now he comes to the point, "Our culture doesn't have all this." THIS was the moment I had been waiting for. Oh and before that, did I mention that during all this, a sardar kept on bullying me and telling me if I raise my voice, he'll throw me out of the metro, to which I simply said, "Give it a try. Shut him up and I'll not respond. He is calling for more." and then he would try to calm him down.
Now getting back to the moment I had been waiting for. I heard "Our CULTURE" and I LAUGHED, like literally. I was like, "Dude do you know what Khajuraho temple is about? or have you heard about Kamasutra? You say our CULTURE doesn't talk about sex? Are you sure you have your facts right?"
I forgot to remind him of one more thing which I will add here. You tell me that our culture doesn't talk of sex and shit like that and you will have to face one SIMPLE question: "What has Shiva left as his symbol that you pray all the time?"
If you are having a hard time thinking, then let me answer it for you: Its Shiva-LINGA. How would you call it in English BTW? Oh I know… It's Shiva's penis.
You pray to a penis protruding OUT of a yoni (that is Vagina in english and I still don't understand what exactly does it mean for a penis coming out of vagina because the linga looks like the head of the penis instead of the crotch side. A friend of mine suggests its the inside view when the penis is inside the vagina) hoping that it will give you salvation. And you say OUR culture never talks about sex. I would like to say, my DEAREST ignorant brainless creatures, please wake up and see or at LEAST think before you speak.
Yeah I know I am not the master of our culture but I am at least aware of what I am saying. I made sure that everyone around me knows what they are doing by being ignorant and trying to bully us for talking the truth. I told my friends LOUDLY, "My parents were right. This society will NEVER accept me because THESE are the kinds walking this Earth. They are the reason why my parents left me. They fear that these people will make THEIR lives a pain. So they HAD to abandon me. BUT WHY SHOULD IT MATTER TO THEM? Because they ALL will go home, have their dinners and sleep the night and continue with their lives. They do not care and they DO NOT want to know how many lives they have destroyed and how many families got separated or how many died trying to fit in and failing in the end."
My friends tried to calm me down but I said, "We say people need to get educated but these kinds will never attend a gathering where they are supposed to get knowledge about it. They need to listen right here right now. They can talk all the crap about us, they can make our lives a hell but they cannot listen to what they are contributing. I have the right to speak and I will speak. They cannot listen, they have the right to ignore and also leave."
People went silent, all eyes on me. A tear rolled down my eyes but they all remained unaffected. I know they will never change and will always be hypocrites but I had to make my voice heard to such pieces of shit just for the sake of what my heart said was right.


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End of interview questions:
"Well that's everything from us. Do you have any questions you would like to ask?
"Yes please.
How do you want me to teach maths?
How have you interpreted maths mastery and how do you want me to do it?
How do you want me to teach literacy?
How do you want me to teach reading?
How many pens and highlighters do I have to use?
What colour must my PowerPoint slides be?
What comments should I make in their books and how often?
Am I allowed to write praise in books?
How often do you carry out book scrutinies?
How long is the non-negotiables list for book scrutinies?
Do I type, print and stick in learning objective slips?
For what lessons?
How many other things need to be on the slip?
Will I have my own trimmer?
Do you have funds for an endless supply of glues sticks?
Do I need to use stampers?
Please assure me I don't have write 'Verbal feedback given' every time I talk to a pupil.
Do your half-termly assessments bear any relation to the work we actually cover?
How often do I attend pupil progress meetings?
What happens to me if a pupil hasn't made enough progress?
Will I still get paid if some pupils don't make sufficient progress?
Am I allowed to give stickers out?
What tracking software do you use?
How many 100s of objectives do I need to update and how often?
How should I ask questions to class? Lolly sticks, hands up, no hands up?
What colour pen do pupils edit in?
How often do you need to see evidence of peer feedback?
What should it look like?
How should I write the letters k, f, x, z?
What letters are not joined?
What should my displays look like?
Are they all working walls?
What are the non-negotiables for displays?
When do you inspect them?
Please assure me you mostly look for progress in books.
Can I group children how I want to, on a day to day basis, or do you tell me how to group them?
Do I have to use random chat chums?
How often do they change?
Are learning walks designed to help me improve or as a way of policing consistency policies?
How often to you drop into lesson and what happens if you see something you don't like?
How much autonomy will I have? If any?
Will you support me with poor behaviour from a pupil or tell me my lessons need to improve?
Are you aware of current education trends?
Do you have ed-twitter account?
Do you use research to help improve the school?
Do you use phrases like 'it is what it is' and 'we have to play the game' to justify your policies?
Do all classrooms have to look the same?
Do staff feel like robots?
What's the atmosphere like in school?
How are you addressing workload?
Is your school a SATs factory or do you have a broad and balanced curriculum?
Are teachers happy here?
Are you happy here?
Erm…I think that's it.
I didn't get the job did I?
I'll get my coat.
Thanks for the opportunity."


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With long weekends, city breaks and overnight stays all in my diary lately, it goes without saying that I've had to knuckle down on my travel essentials. Traditionally, I'm the gal who epically overpacks: 3 pairs of shoes for a 2-night weekend in the South of France, for example. But I'm trying to turn over a new leaf and I think we're onto a winner with this little kit.
Aesop canvas pouch
Before we get into the *really good* stuff, here's my top tip for keeping travel essentials together, particularly if you're prone to back-to-back trips – an Aesop canvas pouch. Aesop give you these little cotton drawstring bags when you make a purchase and I'm pretty obsessed with them. Not only are they awfully aesthetically pleasing, they're the perfect way to store bits and bobs that tend to go missing. Chewing gum, pocket tissues, tampons and a pocket mirror get put in one for my handbag, whilst Rescue Remedy, hand-sized wet wipes, Paracetamol and hand sanitiser tend to go in my 'on holiday bag'. They're perfectly sized to keep products together, basically.
Oral-B Pro 2500 Toothbrush
When the guys over at Pure Smiles sent me Oral-B's new Oral-B Pro 2500 Toothbrush to try, I absolutely jumped at the chance. I'm already a huge fan of their Pro 600 but this one is oh so dreamy to use. Vibrations that alert you as to when to switch to a new part of the mouth (every 30 seconds), a 3D Cross Action brush head , a handy travel case and sleek black finish, it's become my go-to thing to pack first. Who else is a chronic toothbrush-forgetter when going away?! I must have about 5 manual travel toothbrushes in the bathroom at the moment and another 2 at my boyfriend's, but nothing quite matches up to the power of the Pro 2500.
Um, a passport, duh?
I always get questions about my passport cover/travel wallet whenever I post that obligatory 'I'M GOING AWAY I'M SO FANCY LOOK AT ME' Instagram. I house my passport and travel documents in this Iconic Design travel wallet. I picked it up from YesStyle and have used it religiously for about 4 years now!
It's supposedly made to safeguard your passport from being electronically de-tagged in airports but I mostly just adore it for all of its' handy sections – great for keeping some travel money, ID cards, insurance cards and travel tickets in one place, especially if you also like to carry your passport around with you on a day-to-day basis when holidaying.
Fujifilm Instax Mini 8
I wrote a full post about this charming instant camera almost 5 years ago but the sentiment remains true: I bloody love this thing. Yes, the film is expensive and yes, it is pretty bulky, but I absolutely adore having a tangible memory to keep forever. Harvey and I used mine pretty obsessively when we went to Asia for a month and we STILL adore flicking through the photos today. It's available here for a reasonable price and my favourite place to pick up film remains to be eBay.
A good book
Whilst it kills me to admit it, I don't read nearly as much as I want to at the moment. When I'm at home, I'm working and when I'm out, I'm socialising. The moment I have some downtime, I can barely keep my eyes open to Netflix, let alone prop a book open! I'm tempted, even, to try audiobooks just to get through my ambitious reading list. But when I'm away/travelling, I can get shit done on the reading front. Right now I'm reading A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George R.R. Martin, which is the prequel trilogy to A Song of Ice and Fire (the Game of Thrones books) and I really rate it. Loving it. (Might share a recent reads – ironically – post soon if you fancy one?)
Rollerball fragrances
Something that I'm really sensitive to when travelling is scent and so I make it a huge point of ensuring I'm comfortable when travelling. I picked up this Chloe rollerball from Sephora when visiting Elodie a few weeks ago and it is perfect for handbags. A few rolls on the wrists and collarbone does wonders! I also really enjoy the scent of Tiger Balm, which is another essential for me. Rubbed into the temples and a touch on the nose (not really recommended but YOLO), it calms my nerves and is my 'familiar' scent that quells anxiety and chills me out.
Girlfriend Collective leggings
Oh yes. I'm one of those people. I'm just not that into
you wearing jeans on flights. And I can't get onboard with dresses because I'm not really that elegant. My Girlfriend Collective leggings and a Brandy Melville tee are my weapons of choice if I must be forced to sit upright for X number of hours. And I just can't sing Girlfriend Collective's praises enough.
What are your travel essentials?
Disclaimer: This post contains items gifted to me for review. However this does not affect my opinions on the items given. Thank you to Pure Smiles and Smartbuyglasses for helping me to create this post!


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Another post in my series of posts whining about things that they have in other places but that we don't have in the US.
The political system in the US is broken. The clincher for me was this few minutes in which the Democratic National Convention Chairman, Antonio Villaraigosa, disregarded the democratic process to push though amendments to the party platform. Of course we could get into a heated discussion about the substance of the amendments (adding god to the platform and saying that Jerusalem was the capital of Israel), but let's skip that. In the very subdued (on the liberal side, anyway) discussion of this flagrant disregard for the convention rules and the will of a good portion of the delegates representing their localities in the construction of a party platform, more than a few times apologists gave some line about how platforms don't really matter. The logic there is a bit tenuous seeing as if the platform didn't really matter then there should have been no need to amend it but, all the same, it speaks to a truth the platform should matter more than it does. It should matter a lot and that is one of the problems with politics in the US. In a national political landscape in which the Democratic party fails at democracy, something needs to change.
Imagine this. You have political parties. Members of those parties convene and hash out a platform. If it is an established party, that platform will resemble past platforms in many ways but their may be with some changes that reflect the compromise and consensus of the group. Most members of the party accept those changes and those who cannot move to other parties or establish new ones. The party identifies individuals, functionaries really, whose job it will be to implement that platform and policy priorities of the group at various levels of government. Elections roll around and people vote for the representative of the party whose platform they favor most. The resulting government is made up of people who represent specific and well-defined political platforms and policy proposals. Government results from compromises and the identification of common ground between different platforms. I call this party-based politics. That's what they have here in Sweden.
Now imagine this. You have parties but they are so large and diverse as to be basically meaningless in terms of political philosophy and goals. The party has a platform but folks see it as basically meaningless political talk. Individual candidates are affiliated with parties but they may or may not be in agreement with the platform and, instead of being led by clear ideal and policy plans in which people vote consistently with other members of the party, consensus has to get worked out within the party on a case by case basis and in relationship to the individual proclivities of particular politicians. Voters understand that words are wind so the best they can do is pick the candidate they think shares their values (whatever they decide this means) and hope that the person will make the right choices once in office. Voters of most stripes feel underrepresented in government and are dissatisfied with their slate of candidates. I would call this cult-of-personality politics (yes, I know that this same term is used to describe the political landscape that brought us Stalin and Hitler, among others).
US politics is too much cult-of-personality and not enough party politics. I don't really care to engage in all of these discussions about what kinds of people my candidates are. I am tired of the litany of campaign promises. All of this holier-than-thou posturing the candidates and the populace do around social values and morality (on both sides) is ridiculous. Instead of voting for a "hero" or against "evil" in whatever form, I would like to identify the party that has political goals and concrete policy plans that I agree with. I would like to cast my votes for people who understand that it is their job to work to achieve those goals and implement those plans. I would be quite satisfied with compromise solutions based upon the recognition of shared goals and policy recommendations.
Why can't we have that?


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An amateur set of contemporary modern ruins photography of Reims, at and around the bombed-then-burned-out Cathedral, and probably taken well before the end of the Great War, shows 12 views from a very talented photographer, documenting the damage to a beautiful city and its centerpiece.
Amateur set – Ambulances from Champagne 1915 & Saint-Mesmes 1916 (Marne)
An amateur set containing 7 views from the Great War: 3 of an ambulance convoy leaving to pick up the wounded of Champagne, 3 of a convoy at Saint-Mesmes, and one of soldiers camped in a small village (probably the latter).
"My Shelter at 36th Artillery Regiment", Verdun, 1918
4 "digital prints" from negatives of life in the camp of the 36th Artillery Regiment stationed in Saint Airy Forest at Verdun in January 1918 show snowbound soldiers near one's shelter - as well as a peek into the shelter itself!
One-shot #24: Executing the "Snowboche"
In the final post in the Month of Remembrance series, we take a look at a merry band of soldiers preparing to "execute" what I've decided to call a "Snowboche" - a simple end to a complex series, much like the Great War itself.
Casualties That Yet Lived On
Most people think that the casualties of War are the people killed in fighting. But many lived on, bearing scars, lost limbs, trauma; they did not receive the honors of those that fell. This post explores that notion with casualty stereoviews from A. O. Fasser, and a poem by Wilfred Owen.
One-shot #23: Wilfred Owen's "Strange Meeting"
A simple image of a skull intentionally staged in a "tunnel" (trench), accompanied by Wilfred Owen's most complex war poem - set in a tunnel... of sorts.
Fasser Collection: Belgian Waterfront & Port of Zeebrugge
A port or other fortified waterfront in Belgium, photographed by A. O. Fasser, is the subject of today's Month of Remembrance post - along with some brief discussion on maritime combat during the Great War.
Four from Fasser: Belgian Oddballs
Four of A. O. Fasser's stereo photos (from a set on Belgium) are not like the other ones - let's take a look!
One-shot #21: No Man's Collection
Marketed as the collection of a French Artillery Sergeant's personal photography before, during, and after the Great War, I was sold a disparate collection of mostly-junk by an eBayer who didn't know what he was talking about. Here's the story, and one of the few slides that likely had anything to do with the Great War.
One-shot #20: A 75 in action at Verdun
A look at the Canon de 75 mm Modele 1897, in use for almost a century, and the central role it played in defending the Meuse Heights in 1916 at the Battle of Verdun.