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Safeguarding Policy
Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy Statement
Earlsfield Baptist Church
Earlsfield Baptist Church welcomes children and young people in to the life of our community and to fulfil this, the church offers a programme of activities for children and young people and makes its premises available to organisations working with children and young people.
The church recognises its responsibility for the safeguarding of all children and young people under the age of 18 regardless gender, ethnicity or ability. As members of this church, we commit ourselves to the nurturing, protection and safeguarding of all children and young people associated with our church and will pray for them regularly. In pursuit of this, we commit ourselves to the following policies and their corresponding procedures to ensure their implementation.
Prevention and reporting of abuse
It is the duty of each church member and member of the wider family to prevent the physical, sexual and emotional abuse of children and young people. It is the duty of all to respond to concerns about the well-being of children and young people and to report any child abuse disclosed, discovered or suspected.
The church will co-operate fully with any statutory investigation into any suspected abuse linked with the church.
Safe recruitment, support and supervision of workers
The church will exercise proper care in the selection and appointment of those working with children and young people, whether paid or voluntary. All workers should have appropriate training, support and supervision to promote the safeguarding of children.
Respecting children and young people
The church will adopt a code of behaviour for all who are appointed to work with children and young people so that they are shown the respect that is due to them.
Safe working practices
The church is committed to providing a safe environment for activities with children and young people and will adopt ways of working that promote their safety and well-being.
A safe community
The church is committed to the prevention of bullying of children and young people and will seek to ensure that the behaviour of any that may pose a risk to children and young people in the community is managed appropriately.
Responsible people
Mrs Lili Perez has been appointed on behalf of the church's trustees to oversee and monitor the implementation of the Policy and Procedures. Mrs Lili Perez is responsible for ensuring that C.R.B. checks are fully completed and then passed by Due Diligence Checking Ltd.
Mrs Gill Rose has also been appointed by the church as the designated person for safeguarding to advise on related matters and to take appropriate action when abuse is disclosed, discovered or suspected. Contact can be made with these persons either personally or by a letter addressed to 'The Safeguarding Officer' via de church post box, marking the envelope private.
Policy and Procedures
Copies of the Policy will be displayed permanently in the foyer of "The Rock", the Hall and the Church Foyer. Every person working with children and young people, whether paid or voluntary, will be given a full copy of the Policy and Procedures and will be required to follow them.
A full copy of the Policy and Procedures will be made available by the Safeguarding Officers on request.
The Policy and Procedures will be monitored and reviewed in July each year by a small group representing the church organisations that work with children along with church representatives. The church statement will be read annually at the church meeting in January along with the report on the outcome of the annual review.
Safeguarding Procedures
Earlsfield Baptist Church
This document outlines various procedures. Further guidance can be found in the "Safe to Grow" booklet produced by the Baptist Union. Copies are available from Lili Pérez.
Protection of Children
All who work with children and young people need to be alert to signs of concern in young people. If at any time there are concerns voiced by youngsters, workers or onlookers, these people should be listened to carefully and notes be taken of the concern, when, and by whom the concern was voiced. A child who says anything deemed to be of a serious nature should be made aware that it must be passed on.
A report should be given to the Designated Person, Gill Rose, who keeps a record of all incidents. Gill will decide what further action to be taken based on the information provided. This may involve monitoring, direct intervention or the referral to relevant external agencies. Gavin Carpenter, the Minister, as the representative of the Trustees will be kept fully informed.
Recruitment, Support and Supervision of Workers
It is a privilege to work with young people, and sharing the Love of God with children should be the hallmark for appointing workers.
The 'personal approach' is more often the most effective way of attracting the right volunteers. An Enhanced Disclosure must be completed and accepted for every worker, paid or voluntary, with children. Lili Pérez will indicate the right procedure. An unknown person asking to become a worker must provide good references, if possible from a previous situation. All church based activities are supported by the church in prayer and supported by the nucleus of people attending events and visiting the ongoing work. The Girls' Brigade are also under the District and H.Q. of the organisation. The Parent and Toddler Leaders are registered with Ofsted, as are several of the Sunday School Staff. Regular Staff/Workers with children at the church should meet with the Trustee Deacon and Designated Person at an Annual Meeting.
Safe working Practices (including respect for children)
1. There should be a partnership between workers and parents.
Parents need to be aware of the activities and purpose of each group (Sunday School, Parents & Toddlers, Girls Brigade). Parents should be provided with updated objectives, timetable and policies of the group when children first join and subsequently in a regular fashion (i.e. once a year or at any other regular intervals) as it may convenient or when policies change. Policies should be available to those who join the group in an ad-hoc basis.
A parent consent, which includes relevant information, has to be completed for each child and update it regularly (parents should update details once a year or earlier if necessary). Forms must be kept safe and relevant information available in case of emergency. Any allergies should be noted.
Parents remain responsible for their children while staying in the church premises and providing there has not been a transfer of responsibility to a teacher, carer or steward.
Each group is responsible for updating their own procedures as needed and informing parents and others involved when this takes place.
2. Responsibility of children.
It must be ensured parents and workers know when responsibility is transferred from one to the other.
a. Sunday School
On Sunday morning this responsibility occurs during service when children leave for Mini and Junior Church. A steward will ensure that there is a smooth transition. The leader of Mini and Junior Church will ensure that all children in the Foyer over the age of three join the group and they will be counted before leaving the main building and confirm the same children have arrived to their classes. Children will walk to their classes through the garden rather than through the car park and, if possible, using a guide, such as a rope.
Children under the age of three remain the responsibility of their parents unless it is specified otherwise.
Children must be picked up straight after the service by their parents or carers, never by another child or a different person who delivered him/her to the Sunday School unless it is specified beforehand.
When refreshments are being served, children need to be supervised by their parents for their own safety.
b. For the Girls Brigade, responsibility comes back to the children's parents at the close of the evening. No child should leave the premises unattended.
c. Parents and Toddlers
It is the responsibility of parents and carers at all times.
3. Risk assessment.
Leaders of each group may identify hazards and elaborate a plan about how to minimise risks, including precautions as felt necessary. This includes the suitability of the equipment being used and the activities undertaken must be suitable to age group.
The recommended minimum ratio of adults to children is as follows:
Age Range
Recommended minimum ratio for INDOOR activities
Recommended minimum ratio for OUTDOOR activities
0-2 years
1:3 (minimum 2)
1:3 (minimum 2)
3 years
1:4 (minimum 2)
1:4 (minimum 2)
4-7 years
1:8 (minimum 2)
1:6 (minimum 2)
8-12 years
2 adults for up to 20 children (preferably one of each gender) with an extra adult for every 10 additional children
2 adults for up to 15 children (preferably one of each gender) with an extra adult for every 8 additional children
13 years and over
2 adults for up to 20 children (preferably one of each gender) with an extra adult for every 10 additional children 2
2 adults for up to 20 children (preferably one of each gender) with an extra adult for every 8 additional children
All groups have to be aware of the Fire Procedures, such as evacuation routes and extinguishers locations. The Leader of each group is responsible of evacuating the children from the premises immediately in case of fire. Leaders remain in charge of children while in the designated safety area and until it is announced that it is safe to move. There are hi-vis vests in the Mini and Junior Church coverts.
4. Consideration of the building and places.
Any places where the youngsters meet should comply with the Health and Safety procedures established by the Church Officer (Doreen) and her team. This includes:
a. State of the furniture safety and suitability
b. Lighting, including outside lighting in dark evenings
c. Heating
d. Security of the premises
e. A First Aid person present and a fully equipped First Aid box
f. A telephone available
g. Knowledge of fire equipment
A Health and Safety Procedures should be updated regularly, as necessary, and distributed amongst the different groups.
5. Transporting children.
a. Ensure parents are aware of who will be transporting their child, in what vehicle and expected time of returning home, permission must be obtain in writing when the transport arrangement are offered and made by the church or organisation. The driver should understand and agree to the church's code of behaviour when transporting children or young people.
b. If the arrangements are informal private arrangements made by parents, formal procedures do not need to be applied.
6. Others.
a. Photography of children. It is not illegal to photograph children but permission from parents must be obtained if photos are to be displayed. Children should not be named if the photos are made public.
b. Mobile phones should not be used by the children while on the premises. Workers should only use a mobile in the need of making contact with a parent/carer.
A Safe Community
Bullying comes in many guises and can include bullying by peer group, one child to another, and adults (often unwittingly) bullying children by their comments and attitude. Every effort should be made to avoid children being hurt by these things.
Any person from 'outside' the normal staff who are invited to work with the youngsters should be accompanied by regular staff or if this is not possible doors should be left open or have glass panels so that the activities are visible.
Again ensure that no 'unwanted' people can gain access to the premises.
We encourage friendly interaction with children and young people. However, any physical contact between adults working with children and young people should follow best practice and always be appropriate and proper for teaching and instruction and also for providing comfort to a child in distress or to maintain safety and good order, or in connection with the child's health and welfare.
When any interaction takes place between children and any member of the church community – not a worker -, we advise to not pick up or touch children without parental permission, as this being a sensitive matter for parents.
This procedure document outlines the need to ensure all the youngsters are in safe keeping while on the premises. Further information can be sought from the "Safe to Grow" booklet available from Lili Pérez or Gill Rose. They can be contacted either personally or by letter in the church post box.
These procedures will be published on the Safety Board.Safeguarding Procedures


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From the San Francisco Chronicle
Used Twice a Day, New Cream Can End the Need to Pluck or Shave
Lucinda Chriss
San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, September 24, 2000
The first prescription cream to treat unwanted facial hair will be available this week. This is news women have waited a long time to hear.
"Hallelujah. This is better than winning the lottery," said Fran Pangakis, a business consultant based in San Francisco. After years of plucking, waxing, bleaching and electrolysis so painful she needed Novocain, Pangakis hopes she'll get the fuzz-free results she's never found, hassle-free to boot.
Doctors report having received requests for prescriptions months before the drug, Vaniqa, was even available. "I had no idea so many women remove hair every day. But patients are telling me now," says Dr. Lenore Kakita, associate clinical professor of dermatology at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Women accustomed to the instant results of wax or depilatories should know that Vaniqa takes six to eight weeks to make a noticeable improvement. Until then, women will need to keep up their usual hair-removal routine.
So far, Vaniqa's effectiveness looks good to Kakita, but she says it's too soon for women to ditch their tweezers. The drug was tested for Food and Drug Administration approval in 24-week, double-blind studies on fewer than 600 women. That's standard protocol for the FDA, but it will take thousands of prescriptions to see whether Vaniqa is the next Retin-A.
Vaniqa does look promising, and compared with waxing and electrolysis, it's relatively inexpensive, with a two-month supply costing $45-$50. Sixty percent of testers showed significant improvement, meaning hair grew back thinner, lighter and far more slowly. The drug works by hampering an enzyme required for full, fast hair growth. So regrowth is delayed and sparse, not gone forever. (Only electrolysis and lasers have proven to remove hair permanently, and both methods fail for some patients.)
Applied twice a day, Vaniqa works only as long as used; stop and facial hair returns to what it was before treatment began. Studies suggest that improvement continues over time. During the 24-week trials, testers' results kept improving, with no leveling off or backsliding.
Mary Mercadante, a homemaker in Bronx, N.Y., saw less and less regrowth over the year she used Vaniqa as part of a small test group. "By the end of the year, I was challenged to find much of anything to pluck," said Mercadante, who found that the drug worked on both dark and fine, light hairs.
While Mercadante experienced no side effects, 10 percent to 15 percent of testers reported stinging, burning or redness lasting for a few minutes after application. Two percent of testers withdrew from studies because of these irritations.
"Vaniqa can be used in conjunction with AHAs, Retin-A (wrinkle-treating substances) and sunblocks," said Dr. Ken Washenik, assistant professor and director of the dermatopharmacology unit at New York University.
As a lead investigator for Vaniqa, Washenik is prepared to answer the question he knows patients will ask. If the drug works on facial hair, what about the bikini line, underarms, legs? "There's no reason why it shouldn't work on hair anywhere, Washenik said. "People are going to try it, and that definitely includes men."
For information on Vaniqa, call Bristol-Myers Squibb at (877) 829-9715 or log on at www.vaniqa.com.

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The oldest Polish parish in the Diocese of Buffalo, St. Stanislaus Church was built in 1882. A testament to the once thriving Polish community on the East Side of Buffalo, in 1904 St. Stan's was among the largest parishes in the country with close to 20,000 parishioners. Though it doesn't have as many parishioners today, St. Stan's still serves Buffalo's Polish community and remains an architectural and historic landmark of Buffalo's East Side.
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In 2008, Barack Obama promised, "We're going to work with your employer to lower the cost of your premiums by up to $2,500 a year."
Of course, like everything else he promises, he's LYING. But the American people are too narcissistic and too stupid to know that. And too programmed to put two-and-two together Now.
But middle-income consumers face an estimated 30% rate increase, on average, in California due to several factors tied to the healthcare law.
Some may elect to go without coverage if they feel prices are too high. Penalties for opting out are very small initially. Defections could cause rates to skyrocket if a diverse mix of people don't sign up for health insurance.
Pam Kehaly, president of Anthem Blue Cross in California, said she received a recent letter from a young woman complaining about a 50% rate hike related to the healthcare law.
"She said, 'I was all for Obamacare until I found out I was paying for it,'" Kehaly said
"This is when the actual sticker shock comes into play for people," said Gerald Kominski, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. "There are winners and losers under the Affordable Care Act."
Fullerton resident Jennifer Harris thought she had a great deal, paying $98 a month for an individual plan through Health Net Inc. She got a rude surprise this month when the company said it would cancel her policy at the end of this year. Her current plan does not conform with the new federal rules, which require more generous levels of coverage.
Now Harris, a self-employed lawyer, must shop for replacement insurance. The cheapest plan she has found will cost her $238 a month. She and her husband don't qualify for federal premium subsidies because they earn too much money, about $80,000 a year combined.
"It doesn't seem right to make the middle class pay so much more in order to give health insurance to everybody else," said Harris, who is three months pregnant. "This increase is simply not affordable."
Blue Shield of California sent termination letters to 119,000 customers last month whose plans don't meet the new federal requirements. About two-thirds of those people will experience a rate increase from switching to a new health plan, according to the company.
HMO giant Kaiser Permanente is canceling coverage for about half of its individual customers, or 160,000 people, and offering to automatically enroll them in the most comparable health plan available.
The 16 million Californians who get health insurance through their employers aren't affected. Neither are individuals who have "grandfathered" policies bought before March 2010, when the healthcare law was enacted. It's estimated that about half of policyholders in the individual market have those older plans. (LA Times)
So they won't see the 1000 lb gorilla in the room and vote for Liberals again. Because, it's not hurting them, after all.
And if it doesn't hurt them personally, it's ok.
All these cancellations were prompted by a requirement from Covered California, the state's new insurance exchange. The state didn't want to give insurance companies the opportunity to hold on to the healthiest patients for up to a year, keeping them out of the larger risk pool that will influence future rates.
Forcing good consumers out of their plans and their doctors to make the exchange look better.
Gee, Obama didn't promise that either. 🙂
Here's another one:
Forbes: A growing consensus of IT experts, outside and inside the government, have figured out a principal reason why the website for Obamacare's federally-sponsored insurance exchange is crashing. Healthcare.gov forces you to create an account and enter detailed personal information before you can start shopping. This, in turn, creates a massive traffic bottleneck, as the government verifies your information and decides whether or not you're eligible for subsidies. HHS bureaucrats knew this would make the website run more slowly. But they were more afraid that letting people see the underlying cost of Obamacare's insurance plans would scare people away.
HHS didn't want users to see Obamacare's true costs
"Healthcare.gov was initially going to include an option to browse before registering," report Christopher Weaver and Louise Radnofsky in the Wall Street Journal. "But that tool was delayed, people familiar with the situation said." Why was it delayed? "An HHS spokeswoman said the agency wanted to ensure that users were aware of their eligibility for subsidies that could help pay for coverage, before they started seeing the prices of policies." (Emphasis added.)
Misdirection? Never sen that from Obama and his Alinsky-ites before…:)
The answer is that Obamacare wasn't designed to help healthy people with average incomes get health insurance. It was designed to force those people to pay more for coverage, in order to subsidize insurance for people with incomes near the poverty line, and those with chronic or costly medical conditions.
P.T. Barnum couldn't have done better.
The middle class that liberals go on about endlessly will pay more for their insurance so the poor can have more.
After all, socialist societies don't have a middle class, do they… 🙂
Wayne Root: The GOP needs to stop calling ObamaCare a "trainwreck." That means it's a mistake, or accident. That means it's a gigantic flop, or failure. It's NOT.
Message to the GOP: This isn't a game. This isn't tiddly-winks. This is a serious, purposeful attempt to highjack America and destroy capitalism.
This is a brilliant, cynical, and purposeful attempt to damage the U.S. economy, kill jobs, and bring down capitalism.
It's not a failure, it's Obama's grand success.
It's not a "trainwreck," ObamaCare is a suicide attack. He wants to hurt us, to bring us to our knees, to capitulate- so we agree under duress to accept big government.
Obama's hero and mentor was Saul Alinsky — a radical Marxist intent on destroying capitalism. Alinksky's stated advice was to call the other guy "a terrorist" to hide your own intentions.
To scream that the other guy is "ruining America," while you are the one actually plotting the destruction of America. To claim again and again…in every sentence of every speech…that you are "saving the middle class," while you are busy wiping out the middle class.
The GOP is so stupid they can't see it. There are no mistakes here. This is a planned purposeful attack.
I said that years ago, myself.
The real sign that this is a purposeful attack upon capitalism is how many Obama administration members and Democratic Congressmen are openly calling Tea Party Republicans and anyone who wants to stop ObamaCare "terrorists."
There's the clue. Even the clueless GOP should be able to see that.
But they are too busy agreeing with them.
And the people are too programmed by "Vote for me the other guy's an asshole"
The asshole being the person who disagrees with the Alinsky Liberal!
Here's to the successful launch of ObamaNation.
To be continued tomorrow.


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Idealism! Throughout history, some men had sought the ideal, and most had called it freedom. Only fools expected absolute freedom, but wise men dreamed up many systems of relative freedom, including democracy. They had tried that in America, as the last fling of the dream. It had been a good attempt, too.
The men who drew the Constitution had been pretty practical dreamers. They came to their task after a bitter war and a worse period of wild chaos, and they had learned where idealism stopped and idiocy began. They set up a republic with all the elements of democracy that they considered safe. It had worked well enough to make America the number one power of the world. But the men who followed the framers of the new plan were a different sort, without the knowledge of practical limits.
The privileges their ancestors had earned in blood and care became automatic rights. Practical men tried to explain that there were no such rights—that each generation had to pay for its rights with responsibility. That kind of talk didn't get far. People wanted to hear about rights, not about duties.
They took the phrase that all men were created equal and left out the implied kicker that equality was in the sight of God and before the law. They wanted an equality with the greatest men without giving up their drive toward mediocrity, and they meant to have it. In a way, they got it.
They got the vote extended to everyone. The man on subsidy or public dole could vote to demand more. The man who read of nothing beyond sex crimes could vote on the great political issues of the world. No ability was needed for his vote. In fact, he was assured that voting alone was enough to make him a fine and noble citizen. He loved that, if he bothered to vote at all that year. He became a great man by listing his unthought, hungry desire for someone to take care of him without responsibility. So he went out and voted for the man who promised him most, or who looked most like what his limited dreams felt to be a father image or son image or hero image. He never bothered later to see how the men he'd elected had handled the jobs he had given them.
Someone had to look, of course, and someone did. Organized special interests stepped in where the mob had failed. Lobbies grew up. There had always been pressure groups, but now they developed into a third arm of the government.
Bagde of Infamy - Lester del Rey


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spring 2017
BED-3042 Intermediate Finance - 10 ECTS
Application deadlineApplicants from Nordic countries: June 1st for the autumn semester and December 1st for the spring semester. Exchange students: October 1st for the spring semester and April 15th for the autumn semester. Exchange students are students from academic institutions with which UiT The Arctic University of Norway have formal exchange agreements.
Objectives of the course
Students who have successfully completed the course should have achieved the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge and comprehension:
- Knowledge of portfolio theory, CAPM, index models and the fixed income market
- Be able to explain important topics and derive results in portfolio theory, CAPM, index models and the fixed income market
- Advanced: Apply theoretical concepts and ideas to new areas
- The student should be able independently to develop their own competence and expertise in the field of portfolio theory, CAPM, index models and the fixed income market. Moreover, he or she should be able to discuss central questions, analyses and conclusions pertaining to these topics.
Date for examinationWritten 12.06.2017
The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced in the StudentWeb early in May and early in November.


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You dropped your joint.
Mar 12, 2008
Hey W
Posted by Sorghum Crow at 1:59 PM
4 comments:
- dguzman said...
I think he might've slipped it up one of those enormous nostrils in that ever-more-pointy beak of his.
- March 14, 2008 at 1:05 PM
i thought he was having trouble with his invisible telescope.
you've been tagged
- March 14, 2008 at 2:19 PM
- Distributorcap said...
how does anyone stand listening to him?
- March 15, 2008 at 7:33 PM
- Fran said...
He doesn't need it - it is part of his long and awful dry drunk initiative.
Holy hell, if he actually sparked a doobie, things could be looking up.
- March 17, 2008 at 12:15 PM
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Whether they are original (a romantic tour in a Citroën 2CV, or a Segway ride), monumental (Brussels' Town Hall) or musts, tours with a passionate guide are the best possible way to really get to know a city.
Here are the guided tours that are not to be missed – under any circumstances – if you want to make sure you've taken in the best of Brussels.
The best of Brussels by bike
The Brussels Bike Tour is our favourite when it comes to bicycle tours of the capital! Every day (from April to October) a young and dynamic guide takes you on a tour of Brussels' unmissable spots. The tour lasts 3 and a half hours and includes a stop at the famous Maison Antoine chip shop (included in the price). Tickets sell like hot cakes, so make sure you book yours quickly!
The hidden side of Brussels' City Hall
Brussels' City Hall is one of the most beautiful in the country. It proudly displays its facades and their innumerable sculptures, its perfect proportions and the incomparable beauty of its tower, (atop of which sits the Archangel Saint-Michel). Now you get the exclusive chance to visit the interior of this iconic building, every Wednesday or Sunday.
Chocolate and beer: an unexpected marriage made in heaven
Probably one of the best tours out there that combines chocolate and beer tasting sessions. After the Brussels Journey, Marie shares with you her passion for these two Belgian specialities, and happily, Brussels has a lot to offer. Travel through Brussels, visiting some of its most extraordinary spots where heritage and gastronomy go hand in hand. Every day, from Wednesday to Sunday.
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Art Nouveau 1900: A visit to marvel at Brussels' most beautiful Art Nouveau facades (including some UNESCO-listed examples). It's a unique opportunity to explore the inside of these remarkable houses and other venues that only open to the general public on special occasions.
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New York's Climate Suit: What's the Measure?
by Dr. Gavin Law and Amy Bowe
On January 10, 2018, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips, claiming the companies intentionally misled the public about the effects of climate change in order to protect their profits. At the same time, de Blasio indicated that he and comptroller Scott Stringer would submit a joint resolution instructing the city's five pension funds to begin exploring ways to divest their fossil fuel holdings. Between them, the funds hold $5 billion worth of securities in over 190 fossil fuel-related companies.
The lawsuit seeks damages to cover costs incurred by the city to adapt to the effects of climate change, both those already observed and anticipated future effects. New York has reportedly appropriated $20 billion towards infrastructure upgrades, education campaigns and public health programs intended to protect the city against rising seas, hazardous weather and extreme heat.
San Francisco and Oakland filed similar lawsuits against the same five companies in September 2017, asking state courts to require the companies to fund infrastructure the cities say is necessary because of climate change.
Assessing blame
The lawsuit targets ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips, on the basis that they are the top five investor-owned companies "measured by their contributions to global warmings." Mayor de Blasio provided no details on how the city is measuring the companies' contributions to global warming. However, his statement, "We are going after those who have profited" would seem to indicate that the city is trying to hold the companies accountable for emissions resulting from the combustion of the oil, gas and refined products they produce, as well as their own direct emissions from operations. ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and BP are all integrated companies that produce and sell refined products, as well as oil and gas, and ConocoPhillips did have downstream operations until it spun-off its refining and retail business in 2012.
Wood Mackenzie's own analysis of the companies' upstream oil and gas emissions, as part of our recently completed multi-client study, Positioning for the future: benchmarking upstream corporate carbon emissions and value at risk, provides a more nuanced perspective. Measured on the basis of absolute emissions, direct and indirect, ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and BP do rank as the largest emitters amongst fully publically owned oil and gas companies.
However, Gazprom, which is a joint-stock company with just shy of 50 percent public ownership, is forecast to have emissions 20 percent higher on average over 2016-2025 than ExxonMobil, the largest of the majors, reflecting the fact that its upstream production portfolio is twice the size of ExxonMobil's. Moreover, ConocoPhillips' absolute emissions from its upstream operations rank below those of Total and Eni, which are both publicly owned.
Wood Mackenzie's data excludes emissions from downstream operations, as well as from combustion of the gas and refined products sold. However, as some of the largest, publically-owned downstream and midstream operators, one would expect absolute emissions from the companies' integrated businesses and product sales to also rank amongst the largest in the world. Again, ConocoPhillips is an exception, having exited the refining business six years ago.
2016-2025 average annual emissions and emissions intensity
In terms of gauging companies' emissions performance, however, absolute emissions are perhaps not the best indicator. Instead, emissions intensity, which measures the amount of emissions released per barrel of oil and gas produced, controls for differences in size and provides a better benchmark by which to compare companies.
On this basis, many of the publicly owned large market capitalization companies have higher or equal emissions intensities to the majors targeted. Moreover, Wood Mackenzie's projections suggest that the emissions intensities of all five companies' upstream portfolios will fall over the next seven years, as they address flaring, implement a variety of other mitigation measures and shift out of emissions-intensive resource themes, such as oil sands. Of the five companies targeted, Shell and ConocoPhillips have already sold out of Canadian oil sands, and Total announced its intentions to exit the sector when market conditions allow.
Forecast evolution of upstream emissions intensity: 2016-2025
Burden of proof
New York City will need to provide compelling evidence as to why ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips alone should be held accountable for damages. Though they do represent some of the oil and gas industry's largest emitters in absolute terms, other companies, both within the oil and gas industry as well as in other, emissions-intensive industries, such as power generation and mining, with at least partial public shareholdings have larger or equivalent emissions footprints.
Similarly, the companies rank comparably or better than other publicly owned oil and gas companies on the basis of emissions intensity, which is a more standardized metric by which to measure companies' emissions performance. Moreover, they are all starting to take steps to reduce the emissions intensities of their upstream portfolios.
Dr. Gavin Law is head of Gas & Power Consulting at Wood Mackenzie, and Amy Bowe is Director, Upstream Consulting at Wood Mackenzie.
The opinions expressed herein are the author's and not necessarily those of The Maritime Executive.


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I had not purchased any fabric since before Christmas. I had been tempted many times but resisted. I was kind of proud of myself. Then I had the opportunity to join the Portland Modern Quilt Guild (Yay! I'm so excited that my work schedule finally allows for this!), and while killing time before the start of my first meeting, I wandered into Modern Domestic, an LQS down the street. When I learned that they offer a 20% discount to members on meeting days, I was done for.
I did exhibit more restraint than is my norm, especially given that I'd been "fasting" for more than two months. I need to get comfortable with restraint, though, given that I'm no longer working full time while Little WIP is still a baby. The simple fact is that I don't have the fabric budget that I used to.
Though it's not like I don't have plenty of lovely stuff to work from in my stash already. I was already thinking along these lines when I stumbled across the Stash Manifesto at A Quarter Inch from the Edge back in January. While I doubt that I will put a manifesto of my own in writing, I am trying to be mindful of things like Jenn's Articles 3 and 4 each time I think about buying fabric. In essence, using what I have to start new projects, and reining in my "recreational fabric shopping."
Another concept that is part of my unwritten manifesto is that I hope to actually get started–and maybe finish!–many of the projects that are already fully formed ideas. By this I mean I've already settled on the quilt design and pulled the fabrics I want to use and they are sitting in pretty piles waiting for some attention from my rotary cutter and sewing machine. Sigh.
Linking up with Sunday Stash, hosted this week by Patchwork and Pastry. Oh, and a pic of Little WIP because some days I just can't resist. 😉


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The song begins with tenors in unison against a walking cello line, as if GH is accompanying friends on a bass viol. The organ enters with a minor arpeggio figure on the word 'death' but sadness is immediately dispelled by the soprano entry: 'Come my Light, my Feast, my Strength…', the third verse pouring forth on full choir: 'Come my Joy, my Love, my Heart…' most heartfelt of lyrics, where in the words of the poet R.S.Thomas, the language itself 'glides into a tune of beautiful simpicity'.
Strings and triangle present apparent insouciance, but at the end of each verse a memory-stab of mortality slows the musical impetus, only triumphing on the 4th verse in an outburst of faith in eternity on 'lives' (with a mighty flared organ chord). Ann Pasternak Slater says of the poem: 'The rose is painfully personified, flushed with defiance, 'angry and brave' in the face of decay, stinging the watcher to tears. And yet its root is buried in earth and it too will flower again.'
Full choir and vibrant fortissimo organ support a song of unreserved praise, joy and the love that is in God, the opening of verses 1-5 being in 7 beats that perhaps unconsciously sprang from 'seven whole days not one in seven'. Verses 6 and 7 soften into the minor as 'Thou grewest soft and moist with tears…' but an ecstatic 3-part soprano harmony reaching up to a top B flat on the words '..even eternity is too short to extol thee' sweep us back to the 'King of Glory, King of Peace', at the end dying away on a solo violin figure spiralling upward as if to heaven.
This poem is treated as a slow movement of inner reflection or prayer, expressing in simple domestic images GH's profound belief that: 'things of ordinary use are not only to serve in the way of drudgery, but to be washed and cleansed and serve for lights even of heavenly truths. The commonplace is not merely capable of sanctity; it is what can most easily explain the transcendent to us.' Perhaps nowhere in literature is this better conveyed than in the lines: 'Who sweeps a room as for thy laws makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone that turneth all to gold: that which God doth touch and own cannot for less be told'.
The organist is invited to pull all the stops out for the brilliant opening and ending of this celebration of all things wonderful. Antiphon rightly means a composition sung alternatively by two choirs, but the feeling of this is created in the one choir by the use of canon, which brings the cycle to a rumbustious conclusion.
(Programme-note by the composer, Copyright Howard Blake 2007)
Composer's note:
Songs of Truth and Glory were commissioned for the Three Choirs Festival by The Elgar Chorale for their twenty-fifth anniversary season with funds provided by The Elgar Foundation and first performed on August 8th 2005 at The Three Choirs Festival Worcester by The Elgar Chorale and Camerata conducted by Donald Hunt.
George Herbert was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College Cambridge where he was a major fellow and Reader in Rhetoric. However, despite prestigious beginnings, he abandoned secular ambitions and took holy orders, spending the rest of his life as rector in the village of Bemerton near Salisbury, preaching and writing poetry. He was a skilled musician, often playing the lute and singing his own verses, for which purpose they seem ideally suited. They appear to be simple, yet the thoughts with which he wrestled are profound and explore and celebrate the ways of God's love as Herbert discovered them within the fluctuations of his own experience. They are characterized by a precision of language, a metrical versatility and an ingenious use of imagery. He is sometimes compared with John Donne, who was a close friend of his, yet he is more ecclesiastical than 'metaphysical'. Some years ago I discussed him with the former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, who considered George Herbert 'the greatest of all hymn-writers'.
|13th July 2019
|Dong ill-Shin, Peter Auty, Julian Trevelyan, St.Albans Bach Choir directed by Andrew Sinclair with The Orchestra of St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by the composer,
30TH ORGAN FESTIVAL OPENING ST. ALBANS CATHEDRAL 13th JULY 2019
A concert of the music of Howard Blake obe fram, firstly celebrating his 80th year, secondly celebrating the opening of the 30th St Albans organ festival directed by David Titterington and thirdly recalling that Howard's acclaimed oratorio 'Benedictus' was given its world premiere in St Albans Cathedral when conducted by Sir David Willcocks, sung by tenor Robert Tear, played by violist Frederick Riddle, withThe St Albans Bach and Cathedral Choirs and The English Chamber Orchestra with speaker, the very rev. the Dean of Saint Albans, (January 25th 1986). The programme planned for July 13th 2019 recalls this memorable concert but substantially adds to it:
1. THE RISE OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (2003) for solo organ (Dong ill-Shin,top prize-winning S.Korean organist) – A concert work originally commissioned by the Usher Hall Edinburgh to celebrate the restoration of their historic Father Willis organ and first performed there by Dame Gillian Weir on June 10th. 2003.
2.WALKING IN THE AIR (1982) sung by the internationally-acclaimed operatic tenor Peter Auty, who as a St. Paul's chorister was selected by composer Howard Blake to record the definitive version of 'Walking in the Air' for his Oscar-nominated animation film and album of 'The Snowman'. This concert astonishingly brings them back together for the very first time since that very memorable recording of 1982, .
3. 'SPEECH AFTER LONG SILENCE' (2009) a virtuoso piano work commissioned by Vladimir Ashkenazy for the world piano contest in Hong Kong 2009, here played by the brilliant young St. Albans piano prizewinner, Julian Trevelyan
4. SONGS OF TRUTH AND GLORY (2005) - Five poems of George Herbert, (opus 546) for chamber choir and ensemble, originally commissioned as The Elgar Commission for the Three Choirs Festival 2005, Here performed by a section of the St. Albans Bach Choir conducted by Andrew Lucas.
5. BENEDICTUS – A DRAMATIC ORATORIO (1986), was originally commissioned by Victor Farwell, Abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Worth in mid-Sussex, in order to celebrate the 1,500th birthday of St. Benedict in 1980, when it was performed by Richard Lewis (tenor), The Ditchling Choral Society and The National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Janet Canetty-Clarke, with Frederick Riddle solo viola. It was extensively revised by the composer over the following five years to be given its first complete performance and world premiere at St Albans Cathedral on January 25th 1986 when it was conducted by Sir David Willcocks with Robert Tear (tenor) , Frederick Riddle (solo viola), The English Chamber Orchestra and The Saint Albans Bach Choir.
In this performance, which opens the 30th St Albans Organ Festival on July 13th 2019. The St. Albans Bach Choir (chorus-master Andrew Lucas) and The Orchestra of The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields will be conducted by the composer, with Peter Auty, solo tenor, Rosalind Ventris, solo viola and the role of Saint Benedict spoken by the Very Rev. Dr. Jeffrey John, Dean of St. Alban's.
|27th February 2018
|Dr.Joseph Fort conducts the King's College Choir at the 5.30pm Evensong in the chapel,
|12th November 2015
|Canticum Choir conducted by Mark Forkgen, St. Paul's Knightsbridge
JUBILATE DEO (choir & organ - Opus 406* commissioned by Abington Presbyterian Church, Penn. USA 1990)
FESTIVAL MASS (a cappella 8-part double choir - Opus 377* commissioned by The Three Choirs Festival, Worcester 1987)
THE RISE OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (organ solo - Opus 532* (commissioned for Dame Gillan Weir by The Usher Hall, Edinburgh 2003)
WALKING IN THE AIR (a cappella choir - Opus 585* commissioned by the Stockholm Boys Choir 2007)
MOTET: GOD BE MERCIFUL UNTO US AND BLESS US (a cappella choir - Opus 494 - commissioned by St. Margaret's Westminster & 1st performed there in 1996)
STILL FALLS THE RAIN (choir & organ - Opus 495* - commissioned by Chester Bach Singers 1997)
A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI'S (solo voice & harpsichord - Opus 263 - commissioned and 1st performed by Michael Leighton Jones, baritone with Howard Blake, harpsichord, on BBC Radio 3 1978 - 1st London concert performance)
SONGS OF TRUTH AND GLORY (choir & organ - Opus 546* - The Elgar Commission for the Worcester Three Choirs Festival 2005)
* = 1st London performance
|28th June 2008
|The Reigate and Redhill Society conducted by Peter Farrant, Dorking Halls Surrey
A programme of English music (Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Jenkins) in celebration of Howard Blake's 70th Birthday
|12th May 2007
|Sussex Chorus conducted by Neil Jenkins, Lancing College Chapel
|9th March 2007
|Elgar Chorale, Donald Hunt, Leeds Parish Church
|8th August 2005
|The Elgar Chorale and Camerata with Adrian Partington(organ), conducted by Donald Hunt, St. Martin's, Worcester as part of The Three Choirs Festival
Following the concert the composer and Dame Janet Baker both gave speeches at the Festival Society lunch.
'The other Elgar Chorale commission (in the programme) was Howard Blake's 'Songs of Truth and Glory', five settings of well-known poems by George Herbert - all settings primarily for chorus, in contrast with Vaughan-Williams' solo-led 'Mystical Songs' - hymnic in character, but each a charmingly turned, sparkling miniature.
The tenors' opening to 'Come my way' was outstanding, and the choir's a cappella launch to 'Teach me my God and King'' sounded equally pure. Simple in essence these may be, but these five songs proved shrewdly varied and utterly delightful. For the last, 'Let all the world' the organ seemed to embark on a tongue-in-cheek Handel organ concerto: both entrancing and effective.'
Roderic Dunnettt, Church Times, 9/3/2007


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We crave intimate love and we fear it. We want it more than air yet when we experience greater depths we unconsciously panic, and drown. How can we get closer to the Love we need so much?
The whole point of intimate relationships is to teach us how to love. We are already Love-itself, but we've lost touch with our own deepest heart. Through engaging in love relationships we discover just how fearful of love we truly are. If we watch closely, we see ourselves closing against it, self-sabotaging, pushing it away, or grasping-on in a way that destroys it.
Why are we so fearful of the very love we all crave? Because we fear the painful emotions that come up when we see all the ways we are unloving, which is another way of saying all the ways we run away from love. It's not that we fear we won't be loved when a partner sees our shadowy side (we do at that), it's that deeper down we fear how we feel when they look at us with judgement … or compassion. We fear our own feelings and associated body sensations, and mental stories (as in our thoughts … all of which are unprovable stories).
We fear the world of the inner. We don't realise that by experiencing the world of the inner, fully, in each moment we will journey even deeper inside. And the innermost-inner is the Love that we are: knowing ourselves as love,
experiencing ourselves as blissfully in-love-with-all,
Which is why we get into love relationships – we believe that they are the place where we will experience the love we crave. They can be … if we journey all the way through our own inner, into the innermost temple of Love. Which has nothing to do with any particular love relationship, so don't fear when one ends.
As we grow in love capacity (to love others, and to receive their love) we grow in consciousness. We are more conscious of what is already there (inside and outside); we are less blinded by projections and self-deception. We develop into a new incarnation of ourselves, one that is more transparent to the light of love – one which Love can be glimpsed through.
As we start to die to our old incarnation (like a caterpillar metamorphosing inside a cocoon), we start to be born into the new. Many of the people in our lives, including perhaps especially our closest relationships, will no longer resonate with us.
They knew us as the caterpillar we were. They may be shocked and frightened at the metamorphosis process and the half-formed butterfly. They know nothing of this, and they don't want to know. It seems dangerous, it seems absurd, it seems wrong. It IS wrong by their current standards. AND one day it will be them – when they grow enough to reach this stage of development. Subconsciously they know this, and the caterpillar that they are now is terrified and self-protective against what it sees (understandably) as its' death.
They are hardly likely to be supportive of the change process. They are likely to oppose it and you!
Let them oppose you. It's all part of the process and will ultimately nourish your growth, especially if you surrender into it. See, it doesn't matter what they think. What they are saying comes from an earlier perspective and is no longer relevant. Have compassion; they can't see it differently than they do right now. They mean well, they are being as loving as they can be as caterpillars. And there is nothing wrong with being a beautiful caterpillar … you've been one too, and you needed to be.
This may happen gradually, sometimes imperceptibly. There may be long stretches (especially at the beginning of a change, when you've just entered the cocoon) where the outside world appears exactly the same. But micro-shifts are shifting. As long as you keep-with the transformative process unfolding, and don't run away, the shifts will add up to bigger shifts.
Eventually your reality will have shifted in marked and remarkable ways.
One of the changes that could happen is that your intimates could lose attraction and/or respect for you. This could even be the magnetism-of-mutual-hate. The attraction becomes less and less when you are no longer engaging in endless drama (that is at core, about running away from love).
When you are present with what is, and have developed some capacity and staying-power, you will respond very differently to your loved ones' attacks. You will get triggered less, and eventually, not get triggered at all. I'm not talking about those who suppress their emotions so that they don't seem to feel attacks. That's killing the heart. I'm talking about rebirthing the heart – those who mindfully feel all their emotions, in each moment, including ones that have been triggered from the past. This is true mastery of emotions … to not try to master them: to allow them with love.
Your loved one might start to grow in response to your growth (and be supported by it). They may enter into their own caterpillar-process. If so, you will stay together with growing periods of peace and joy. You will inform and help each other's unfoldings. You will know more and more love together, and ultimately, know yourselves as Love (and become truly loving toward each other, and yourselves).
It is likely that your loved one might refuse growth when you grow, and be threatened by your growth. They may start to destroy your new shoots … this is not love. It's fear. It's running away from love. They may want to stay with you (for awhile) because of addiction-to-you, habit, to use you in some way, fear-of-the-unknown … but the relationship will gradually lose all magnetism (of the positive or negative kinds). You won't want to stay together, eventually.
This might take a long time. If there are stop-start periods of growth on their side, it could take longer. If you yourself fear the unknown and are addicted to your intimate relationships (likely, especially at earlier stages) you could contribute toward staying together in misery. This is the kind of misery that cycles through repeat-conflicts, and acts hatefully toward the so-called love one, and the aching self.
I want you to know a realisation I've had from going through my own cycles of caterpillar-becoming. If a relationship is meant to end, it will, and that's perfect. Your conditioning might fear endings or push for them (either way, it's out of the same motivation of wanting to avoid feeling what comes up inside). It might take awhile before you are able to end a relationship you know-deepest-down needs to end. It might take awhile before your non-growing partner/s are able to breakup with you (depending much on their conditioning).
But it will end so there is no point resisting (and at the same time, it will end as soon as you are able, and this is perfect). The end is written in the stars, as it were. The end is written in your eyes if you gaze deeply into the mirror and look for your heart's truth. Look and see if this is you or not.
When you allow it to end tremendous energy will be freed up for the caterpillar-to-butterfly process. It will expand. Whatever is next … because the butterfly ultimately doesn't stay a butterfly … will unfold with increasing rapidity and ease (increasing with each cycle of change that is surrendered to).
The world around you will change. It may take awhile, but a new world will come into being. You will be drawn to new more-loving people for love relating, and you will be far more loving in general, toward all people. The people who are drawn to you will be more-butterfly, and less-caterpillar. This wasn't possible before you changed inside. The inner precedes the outer.
You attract more love in your relating because you ARE more loving. And you became more loving because of the pain, heartbreak, confusion, and stuckness of your old relationships. Because of the stubbornness and foibles of your exes. Not to mention yours!
I often think of my exes with such gratitude, seeing now that they have done so much to help me learn to love. I couldn't be here, body-sensing my own lovability, if it wasn't for them and the painful combinations of us.
I only experienced more-love because of learning each of Love's lessons, willingly. When I allowed Love to teach me, it schooled me good. It always gave me (and continues to give me) exactly what I need for growth-in-Love.
It does the same for you, so develop trust, my love, step-by-step as you can (on your own unique journey). As you come into trusting relationship with Life/Love, and surrender to it as it is in each moment, experiencing it fully, your life starts to flow. When you stop resisting you start to perceive the flow of love-inside.
You start by surrendering to a fundamental truth of love relationships, like it or not: Love is for Lessons. This is the beginning of love – when you put down your arrogance and become an open-hearted learner.
Love is for lessons. So learn, my love.


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June 24th: FD 2018 Results – Well this year's field day, and W7P 4D AZ is in the books. The bands were not all that great this year and so the level of activity was much less than last year. Especially on 80 meters. But, each of us had a few runs of contacts and working small pile ups which is always fun. In the end I worked about 180 phone contacts which was well shy of my goal of 500, but it is what it is. My equipment worked without issues and we performed well as a team. Despite the slower conditions the team kept the radios going for the full 24 hours. As it was quite slow in the middle of the night I grabbed a few hours sleep from 1am-5am and was back on the radio at 6am. Troy/K7TJK operated my station while I got some rest. Still tons of fun and I always learn something through the process. Here is a snap of the 80m-10m OCF dipole I operated as the sun was setting on Saturday night. Until next year… 73.
June 23rd: The W7P Team – This year we operated as W7P, a 4D station. Here are a few shots of the team.
(Note: K7TJK/Troy not shown – he wasn't off of work yet, bummer)
June 23rd: Field Day station – I set my station up with all the necessary amenities. The no-frills but effective Yaesu FT-450D, accompanied by the typical accessories and endless hot coffee in the Yeti.
June 23rd: – FD Setup – Things started bright and early Saturday morning for antenna set up before the heat hit sweltering. We primarily put up a beam and the Titan DX.
June 21st: Well, things are all unplugged and half packed up for FD. Lots of moving parts. The USB/Serial adapter I purchased off Amazon didnt work with my FT-450D. I tried several configuration tweaks but in the end decided to go with another cable from Ebay that was described as specifically for the FT-450. I received the cable today and its working like a champ for CAT control. So, I can check that off my list with only about 48 hours to spare. The only thing I am wishing I had at this point is a hard case for my Heil headphones… but I am going to swing by GoodWill tomorrow and see if I cant nab something suitable.
June 15th: TGIF. Well, I decided I didn't want to push my luck on my current MFJ MightyLite 25amp power supply (since my FT-857 states it needs 27amps), though I have not had an issue yet, and since I have been more often operating two radios simultaneously, and because I have been meaning to do this anyway, I purchased a quick and easy TekPower 30amp power supply from Amazon. Anderson Powerpoles up front and posts in the back. Nothing fancy, but it does have good reviews and feedback from Hams that there is no RF noise and that the fan is not loud (fan being very loud and always on is a complaint I have with my MFJ).
June 14th: As I get my ducks in a row for field day, the first thing I need to do is to determine what gear I will use. Since I want to be able to operate digital/psk31 and voice, I need to ensure I have the right gear in place, and if needed, I better buy the items that are missing.
Here is the list of gear as of now that I think I will use on Field Day.
- Yaesu FT-450D Radio – check
- Heil Proset Headphones – check
- Heil to Yaesu headphone adapter – check
- Heil footswitch – check
- Singnalink USB and cable –check
- Windows 7 Laptop with power cord: – check
- Running ACLog Field Day log – check
- Running psk31 software – check
- RS232 to USB cable for CAT connection of FT-450 to Windows laptop – dont have one yet! – pu
rchasing this one.Scratch that. The cable from Amazon didn't work. Got a different one on ebay that is now working
- 100′ coax – check
- OCF Dipole (80m-10m) antenna – check
- Jackite pole and mount –check
- 12v DC Power Supply – TBD, might pick up a second 30amp…
- Lithium Ion 50kmah battery bank – check


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Saab Magalona introduces her son on social media
Saab Magalona took to Instagram to share photos of her newborn son, Pancho Gerardo. Sadly, Pancho's twin sister died soon after being born.
Actress, singer, and blogger Saab Magalona shared photos of her baby boy, Pancho Gerardo, on Instagram. She also revealed the name she gave to her daughter, who sadly passed away soon after being born.
Saab Magalona will soon take her son home!
Saab shared that her son Pancho Gerardo will be able to come home. This was after her son was taken to the NICU where he underwent an operation due to a number of complications.
Check out her Instagram post below:
On April 1st, Saab shared another photo on Instagram. This time her son can be seen wrapped up in a blanket and smiling happily.
It's a bittersweet moment for the couple
Both Saab and her husband Jim are thankful that they're finally able to bring home their son. However, it still feels bittersweet for the couple since they lost their daughter.
Saab posted a photo of their daughter's grave, and captioned it with "Oh, my love, we'll keep on dreaming ?☺"
In spite of their loss, Saab is still doing her best to stay positive. In her blog, she wrote, "I am still alive, I have a strong and loving husband, and God has shown us so many miracles through our little boy." She also added on her blog post that she herself was in and out of the ICU along with her newborn son.
She has also donated over 100 bags of her breastmilk to the Human Milk Bank, adding that helping other moms helps her cope with the loss of her daughter.
Source: Rappler


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I recently had an opportunity to be at the Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayag (Allahabad). It is the world largest human gathering in one place with millions of people assembled at the SANGAM, the confluence of the three rivers of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. It was a sight to see and digest the enormity of the spiritual and religious significance of the place itself. One is spell bound by the extent to which the eyes can see the spread of the place and people having the holy dip in the river. One is able to see a massive makeshift city with all possible arrangements for the devotees and visitors from ordinary people to the VVIPs, from small Sadhus to high profile saints, from self proclaimed God men to religious leaders, all for the purpose of salvation and a better life.
Although, I had a better understanding of what triggers people in India and the masses who are looking for something to hold on to and be able to create an identity for them self, there is something more interesting that I noticed and that is the two real faces of India. The divide is so apparent that you cannot miss it. At one end of the river there is so much glory and at the other end there is so much misery and poverty that is visible.
The disparity in India is not just restricted to economic and social disparity, we also find that even at the place of God there are the haves and the have not's and they all are served by the middlemen who are the path to reach God.
At one end of the river which is the new area in the Mela are located, the shivirs of the great saints who serve the interests of the rich and the powerful. They are the intermediaries between the rich and God. These include the likes of Swami of Parmarth Niketan, Shri Shri Ravi Shankar, Asharam Bapu, Murari Bapu and a lot more of the same stature. Their following consist of the people from the upper strata of Indian society with most of them having followers from the international community as well. The photograph above is one such camp where the high and the mighty visit throughout the day and night. They have very good accommodation for their VIP guests, and they are treated like kings. I can't say that their camps are not open to those from the lower strata of society but none are visible around the place. The camps are guarded by state police personnel with guns, may be they are there to protect the VVIPs who are coming in their fancy cars with red lights flashing all along throughout the day. Special arrangements are made for the VIPs to visit the Sangam and all doors are open for them.
What a way to reach God, the easy way for some. These camps are a true reflection of the divisions in our society. The other interesting part of this side of the river is that they are all so concerned about the poor and want to do so much for them. I guess that is how they get donations to expand their religious empires. It is like many of our National socialites, who have NGOs through which they help the poor. In the name of the poor they have misused the funds to their advantage. Having said this, I want my readers to understand that I am not putting anyone down or hurting the sentiments of anyone; this is just my own reflection of what I have seen and felt. It is my way to saying what I see in the Kumbh Mela is a true reflection of our society and that even in the house of God we have a divide that is visible. I hope God is witness to this type of event. Is this the kind of religion and spirituality that we want to embrace?
The other side of the River is another story, this is where Bharat lives. These are the millions who are shivering in the cold around fire burning with food being cooked in small makeshift tents. There are no red light flashing cars, in fact everyone seems to be on foot. There is water all over and people walking through them, there are no red or green carpets all over. These are just ordinary people of Bharat who also want a place in the house of God. Their middlemen are the small time Sadhus and babas who are a reflection of the community they serve.
What a contrast and how ever religion has not been left from the reality of the haves and the have not's. This is my India, a country of so much diversity in field of social, economic and religion. But a Nations that is held together through a tight tope called spirituality and trust me there is still true happiness on this side of the river Ganges.


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HVDSA 2019 Summer School
HVDSA Summer School #5 – Friday September 27 at 6 PM – The Local Left
Friday, September 27, 2019 at 6 PM
Journey of Faith Christian Church
1900 Manchester Rd, Ann
Come out to our summer school to learn about left tendencies from local left groups! Facebook event.
HVDSA Summer School #4 – Friday Aug 2 at 5:30 PM – History of U.S. Leftism
Friday, August 2 at 5:30 PM
Canterbury House
721 E Huron St, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
Come join us at Canterbury House on Friday August 2nd for our next summer school session! We will be learning about and discussing experimentation and past successes and what the future holds for U.S. left movements.
Canterbury House has a single-occupancy gender-neutral bathroom, and there is ramp access on the side of the building.
There is some limited parking in the back of the building, and there should be plenty of street parking in the residential area. Facebook event.
Socialist Summer School #3 – Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 2 PM – Ecosocialism
Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Ann Arbor District Library,
343 S 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
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Join us for our third Socialist Summer School session in the 3rd floor Freespace! This one is about ecosocialism: what it is, why socialism needs ecology, why ecology needs socialism, and how we can save the world and make society better in the process. This will be an interactive presentation with a combination of lecture and discussion. Hope to see you there! Facebook event
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Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Ann Arbor District Library,
343 S 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
3rd floor Freespace
Join us for our second summer school session to learn about and discuss socialism and intersectional feminism! Facebook event
Resources from 6/20/19 Session
Socialist Feminism – Seattle DSA
Combahee River Collective Statement
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Socialist Summer School #1 – May 31 2019 – Intro to Marx
Friday, May 31, 2019 at 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Ann Arbor District Library,
343 S 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
3rd floor Freespace
Join us at our first Socialist Summer School session. As it will be the first session, we will be doing some introductory readings about Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, what were their influences and how their ideas became the foundations of modern socialist, and socialism in the present day. Hope to see you there! Facebook event
Resources from 5/31/19 Session
Reform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
Alive in the Sunshine by Alyssa Battistoni
Collected Readings from Boston DSA
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Prime contractors on federal construction projects furnish the federal government with a Miller Act payment bond. Subcontractors and suppliers in privity of contract with the prime contractor (or sub-subcontractors or suppliers in privity with a subcontractor) must file a Miller Act payment bond lawsuit within one year from when the last of their labor was performed or material was supplied, i.e., their final furnishing date (excluding punchlist, warranty or repair-related work). If filed outside of the one-year limitations period, a claimant will have blown their rights to pursue a Miller Act payment bond lawsuit.
For example, a prime contractor hired a mechanical subcontractor for a federal project. Months after the subcontractor completed its work, it notified the surety that it would not furnish its close out documents until it received payment. The surety responded that it would get the ball rolling regarding the subcontractor's claim. However, more than a year after the subcontractor last furnished work on the project, it still remained unpaid. The subcontractor filed a Miller Act payment bond lawsuit and the surety argued that the subcontractor filed its lawsuit outside of the one-year statute of limitations. The subcontractor tried to circumvent this argument by stating that the statute of limitations should be equitably tolled based on the surety's response that it would get the ball rolling regarding the subcontractor's claim. But, the surety never represented it was going to pay the subcontractor and never did anything to induce the subcontractor into not timely filing a Miller Act payment bond lawsuit. Thus, the subcontractor's Miller Act payment bond claim failed because it was untimely filed. (In order for the statute of limitations to be equitably tolled to excuse the late filing of a Miller Act payment bond lawsuit, there generally needs to be some form of misconduct that misled the claimant into allowing its statute of limitations to expire—a very difficult burden to support).
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Introducing Int. Engelska Gymnasiet's Webmaster
I figured now was as good time as any to introduce myself as I've finally got my IEGS email address up and running (thank you, Mr Edwards!) – I'm Jon Buscall.
I'm the person responsible for co-ordinating, writing and updating Int. Engelska Gymnasiet's webpage.
I also run the school's Facebook Fan Page
- Twitter account
- YouTube account
- and Newsletter
I started out teaching Writing at universities in Finland and Sweden for almost ten years before moving into copywriting and journalism, and starting my own media and communications company.
Nowadays my days are spent writing content for a string of clients and you'll find my scribbles all over the internet, as well as in journals, adverts, brochures and newspapers.
From time to time I also do a fair bit of consulting, showing people how to write more effectively, and I'll be doing just this a couple of times during the course of the academic year at IEG.
How Can You Get Involved?
If you'd like to write for the Latest News section of this website or have a good story you'd like me to cover, please get in touch.
I'm always on the look out for:
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- reports
- study tips
- photographs
- or anything else that we can share as part of the IEG's online community.
I also have a list of stories I'd like student "reporters" to cover, so drop me a line if you'd like an assignment!
I'm usually around the school once a week or so if you want to talk to me in person, but email is easier as I'm usually hidden away behind my computer(s) in my office north of the city.
All the very best!
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This morning i was up at 4.30am and drinking a cup of tea whilst making my sausage sandwiches in anticipation of a good days tenching at a local club water. It was misty outside which added to the excitement as i started the truck engine and set of to my destination. Upon arrival, a little later than i hoped for, the sun was rising but shrouded by low mist and the water had a lovely whisp floating above it. A classic tench fishers morning.
I spent the next 45minutes watching the water for signs of tench activity but unfortunately all that was showing was a few silver fish, not even a carp was seen to bosh out. Pretty odd really as this is quite a visual lake as you always see fish of one sort or another moving around in the upper layers. A decision was made and i was loaded up and making my way around to the opposite side of the lake where there was a large gap between the slumbering carpers. It amazes me how most carp anglers sleep in late while they are fishing. Early morning is the best time to watch for carp activity, and shortly after setting up i could see a few milling around in front of one dozing carpers swim.
Two rods were set up after a little cast about with the marker float. One was going to be a method with a whittled down white amber strawberry boilie, fished over a large bed of hemp, pellet and some broken up matching boilies fished no more than 15ft from the bank in 8ft of water. The other was maggot fished helicopter style above a maggot feeder cast over a light spread of hemp, pellets and maggots. This was cast 50ft out in roughly 10ft of water. Both rods were to my left in a small kind of bay area.