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Imitation: Book 4, Chapter 2
Of the Love God Shows You In This Sacrament
Trusting in Your great goodness and mercy, Lord, I come as one sick to the Physician, as one thirsty to the Fountain of Life, as one in need to the King of heaven; I come as a servant to my Master, as a creature to my Creator, as a dejected soul to my loving Comforter.
But why should You come to me? Who am I that You should give Yourself to me? How can a sinner dare show his face in Your presence? And why do You condescend to visit a sinner: You know Your servant; You know he has no good in him, and, therefore, You have no reason to grant him this great grace. Thus I confess my unworthiness; and I acknowledge Your goodness. I praise Your mercy, and I give thanks for Your boundless love.
True Devotion: Nos. 243-254
Those who undertake this holy slavery should have a special devotion to the great mystery of the Incarnation of the Word (25th March). Indeed, the Incarnation, is the mystery proper in this practice, inasmuch as it is a devotion inspired by the Holy Ghost; first to honour and imitate the ineffable dependence which God the Son was pleased to have on Mary, for His Father's glory—and our salvation—which dependence particularly appears in this mystery where Jesus is a captive and a slave in the bosom of the divine Mary, and depends on her for all things. Secondly, to thank God for the incomparable graces He has given Mary and particularly for having chosen her to be His most holy Mother, which choice was made in this mystery. These are the two principal ends of the slavery of Jesus and Mary. Because we are living in an age of intellectual pride and there are around us numerous, puffed-up scholars, conceited with critical spirits who have plenty to say against the best established and most solid practices of piety, it, is better for us not to give them any needless occasion of criticism, hence, it is better to say, we are slaves of Jesus in Mary and call ourselves slaves of Jesus Christ, rather than the slaves of Mary; taking the denomination of our devotion rather from its last end, which is Jesus Christ, than from the means to the end, which is Mary; we may use either term though. Another reason is that the principal mystery we celebrate and honour in this devotion is the mystery of the Incarnation wherein we can see Jesus only in Mary, and incarnate in her bosom. Hence it is more to the purpose to speak of the slavery of Jesus in Mary, and of Jesus residing and reigning in Mary according to that beautiful prayer, "O Jesus Living in Mary", etc.
Those who adopt this slavery ought to have a great devotion to saying the Hail Mary. Few Christians, however enlightened, know the real value, merit, excellence and necessity of the Hail Mary. It was necessary for the Blessed Virgin to appear several times to great and enlightened saints to show them the merit of it.
Litany of the Holy Ghost
(For Private devotion only)
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Father all powerful, have mercy on us.
Jesus, Eternal Son of the Father, Redeemer of the world, save us.
Spirit of the Father and the Son, boundless life of both, sanctify us.
Holy Trinity, hear us.
Holy Ghost, Who proceedest from the Father and the Son, enter our hearts.
Holy Ghost, Who are equal to the Father and the Son, enter our hearts.
Promise of God the Father, have mercy on us
Ray of heavenly light,
Author of all good,
Source of heavenly water,
Consuming fire,
Ardent Charity,
Spiritual unction,
Spirit of love and truth,
Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
Spirit of counsel and fortitude,
Spirit of knowledge and piety,
Spirit of the fear of the Lord,
Spirit of grace and prayer,
Spirit of peace and meekness,
Spirit of modesty and innocence,
Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
Holy Ghost, the Sanctifier,
Holy Ghost, Who governest the Church,
Gift of God, the Most High,
Spirit Who fillest the universe,
Spirit of the adoption of the children of God.
Holy Ghost, inspire us with horror of sin.
Holy Ghost, come and renew the face of the earth.
Holy Ghost, shed Thy light in our souls.
Holy Ghost, engrave Thy law in our hearts.
Holy Ghost, inflame us with the flame of Thy love.
Holy Ghost, open to us the treasures of Thy graces.
Holy Ghost, teach us to pray well.
Holy Ghost, enlighten us with Thy heavenly inspirations.
Holy Ghost, lead us in the way of salvation.
Holy Ghost, grant us the only necessary knowledge.
Holy Ghost, inspire in us the practice of good.
Holy Ghost, grant us the merits of all virtues.
Holy Ghost, make us persevere in justice.
Holy Ghost, be Thou our everlasting reward.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, send us Thy Holy Ghost.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, pour down into our souls the gifts of the Holy Ghost.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, grant us the Spirit of wisdom and piety.
V/. Come, Holy Ghost! Fill the hearts of Thy faithful.
R/. And enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.
Let us pray
Grant, O merciful Father, that Thy Divine Spirit enlighten, inflame and purify us, that He may penetrate us with His heavenly dew and make us fruitful in good works; through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who with Thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, liveth and reigneth forever and ever. Amen.
Ave Maris Stella
Hail, bright star of ocean,
God's own Mother blest,
Ever sinless Virgin,
Gate of heavenly rest.
Taking that sweet Ave
Which from Gabriel came,
Peace confirm within us,
Changing Eva's name.
Break the captives' fetters,
Light on blindness pour,
All our ills expelling,
Every bliss implore.
Show thyself a Mother;
May the Word Divine,
Born for us thy Infant,
Hear our prayers through thine.
Virgin all excelling,
Mildest of the mild,
Freed from guilt, preserve us,
Pure and undefiled.
Keep our life all spotless,
Make our way secure,
Till we find in Jesus
Joy forevermore.
Through the highest heaven
To the Almighty Three,
Father, Son and Spirit,
One same glory be. Amen.
(Indulgence of three years. Plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, if recited daily for a month. Preces et Pia Opera, 292.)
Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Jesus, hear us.
Jesus, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven,
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
God the Holy Ghost,
Holy Trinity, one God.
Jesus, Son of the living God,
Jesus, splendour of the Father,
Jesus, brightness of eternal light,
Jesus, King of glory,
Jesus, sun of justice,
Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary,
Jesus, most amiable,
Jesus, most admirable,
Jesus, mighty God?
Jesus, Father of the world to come,
Jesus, angel of the great counsel,
Jesus, most powerful,
Jesus, most patient,
Jesus, most obedient,
Jesus, meek and humble of heart,
Jesus, lover of chastity,
Jesus, lover of us,
Jesus, God of peace,
Jesus, author of life,
Jesus, model of virtues,
Jesus, lover of souls,
Jesus, our God,
Jesus, our refuge
Jesus, Father of the poor,
Jesus, treasure of the faithful,
Jesus, Good Shepherd,
Jesus, true light,
Jesus, eternal wisdom,
Jesus, infinite goodness,
Jesus, our way and our life,
Jesus, joy of angels,
Jesus, King of patriarchs,
Jesus, master of Apostles,
Jesus, teacher of Evangelists,
Jesus, strength of martyrs,
Jesus, light of confessors,
Jesus, purity of virgins,
Jesus, crown of all saints,
Be merciful, spare us, O Jesus.
Be merciful, graciously hear us, O Jesus.
From all evil, Jesus, deliver us
From all sin,
From Thy wrath,
From the snares of the devil,
From the spirit of fornication,
From everlasting death,
From the neglect of Thine inspirations,
Through the mystery of Thy holy Incarnation,
Through Thy nativity,
Through Thine infancy,
Through Thy most divine life,
Through Thy labours,
Through Thine agony and Passion,
Through Thy cross and dereliction,
Through Thy sufferings,
Through Thy death and burial,
Through Thy Resurrection,
Through Thine Ascension,
Through Thine institution of the most Holy Eucharist,
Through Thy joys,
Through Thy glory,
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Jesus.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Jesus.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Jesus.
Jesus, hear us.
Jesus, graciously hear us.
Let us pray
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who hast said: Ask and ye shall receive; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you; grant, we beseech Thee, to us who ask the gift of Thy divine love, that we may ever love Thee with all our hearts, and in all our words and actions, and never cease praising Thee.
Give us, O Lord, a perpetual fear and love of Thy holy Name; for Thou never failest to govern those whom Thou dost solidly establish in Thy love. Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.
(Indulgence of seven years. Plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, if recited with the oration daily for a month. —Preces et Pia Opera, 89.)
St. Louis De Montfort's Prayer to Jesus
O most loving Jesus, deign to let me pour forth my gratitude before Thee, for the grace Thou hast bestowed upon me in giving me to Thy holy Mother through the devotion of Holy Bondage, that she may be my advocate in the presence of Thy majesty and my support in my extreme misery. Alas, O Lord! I am so wretched that without this dear Mother I should be certainly lost. Yes, Mary is necessary for me at Thy side and everywhere: that she may appease Thy just wrath because I have so often offended Thee; that she may save me from the eternal punishment of Thy justice, which I deserve; that she may contemplate Thee, speak to Thee, pray to Thee, approach Thee and please Thee; that she may help me to save my soul and the souls of others; in short, Mary is necessary for me that I may always do Thy holy will and seek Thy greater glory in all things. Ah, would that I could proclaim throughout the whole world the mercy that Thou hast shown to me! Would that everyone might know I should be already damned, were it not for Mary! Would that I might offer worthy thanksgiving for so great a blessing! Mary is in me. Oh, what a treasure! Oh, what a consolation! And shall I not be entirely hers? Oh, what ingratitude! My dear Saviour, send me death rather than such a calamity, for I would rather die than live without belonging entirely to Mary.
With St. John the Evangelist at the foot of the cross, I have taken her a thousand times for my own and as many times have given myself to her; but if I have not yet done it as Thou, dear Jesus, dost wish, I now renew this offering as Thou desire me to renew it. And if Thou seest in my soul or my body anything that does not belong to this august princess, I pray Thee to take it and cast it far from me, for whatever in me does not belong to Mary is unworthy of Thee.
O Holy Spirit, grant me all these graces. Plant in my soul the Tree of true Life, which is Mary; cultivate it and tend it so that it may grow and blossom and bring forth the fruit of life in abundance. O Holy Spirit, give me great devotion to Mary, Thy faithful spouse; give me great confidence in her maternal heart and an abiding refuge in her mercy, so that by her Thou mayest truly form in me Jesus Christ, great and mighty, unto the fullness of His perfect age. Amen.
O, Jesus Living In Mary
O Jesus living in Mary
Come and live in Thy servants,
In the spirit of Thy holiness,
In the fulness of Thy might,
In the truth of Thy virtues,
In the perfection of Thy ways,
In the communion of Thy mysteries,
Subdue every hostile power
In Thy spirit, for the glory of the Father. Amen.


text: PHARMACEUTICAL CARE CourseCode: 1698Degree: Bachelor's in PharmacyFaculty of PharmacyYear: Year 5 of Bachelor's in PharmacySemester: FallType: RequiredLanguage: SpanishECTS credits: 7.5Lecture: 4.5Laboratory: 3Hours: 187.5Directed: 75Shared: 0Autonomous: 112.5Subject matter: Pharmaceutical CareModule: Medicine and PharmacologyDepartment: EngineeringArea: PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGYCourse instructors are responsible for the course content descriptions in English.DescriptionFundamentals of pharmaceutical care. Management of rational drug use. Patient pharmacotherapeutic process. Patient and other health professional communication. Methodology in pharmaceutical care. Identifying patients with opportunities for improvement. Pharmaceutical performance. Pharmacotherapeutic monitoring. Evaluation of results. Dissemination of results. Treatment protocols. Pharmacovigilance.FacultyNameCoordinatorLectureLaboratoryLOPEZ PINTOR, ELSA■■■Professional interestPharmaceutical Care is the care response of the professional of the Pharmacy towards a greater commitment of the same with the society, within the framework of the rational use of the medicines. The pharmacist, as a drug expert, must actively participate in all the processes related to its management. Therefore, it must know in an integral and integrated way the processes that comprise the so-called therapeutic chain; These include drug selection, prescription, transcription, preparation, dispensing, administration, and follow-up of patient outcomes. Likewise, this care practice involves coordinated and co-responsible work that requires proactive collaboration with other health professionals in pharmacotherapeutic decisions and with patients, informing and educating about medicines so that the use of them is effective, safe and at the lowest possible cost.Competencies and learning outcomesGeneral competenciesKnow the economic, cultural, and social factors affecting the health sciences professions, as well as the economic, ethical, and social implications of professional decisions.Understand current legislation for the exercise of the profession.Hypothesize, assess information, and promote viable solutions to cases and professional situations.Apply the professional code of ethics considering user rights and existing legislation.Ability to analyze, evaluate, and assess individual and group situations, identify problems, interpret data, and formulate solutions to individual and/or group problems.Assess information critically and apply the scientific method to improve the profession.Establish good interpersonal communication to address the community you work with and the individuals you relate to effectively and with empathy.Be capable of working in multidisciplinary and multicultural teams and leading multidisciplinary teams.Ability to update, consolidate, and integrate new knowledge to improve the profession using continuous self-learning techniques and critical analysis.Capability to use and promote innovation and creativity to resolve professional problems.Specific competenciesIdentify, evaluate, and assess the problems related with drugs and medicines, as well as participate in pharmacovigilance activities.Perform activities of clinical and social pharmacy, following the cycle of pharmaceutical care.Develop communication and information skills, both oral and written, to deal with patients and users at the center where you work professionally. Promote work capabilities and collaboration in multidisciplinary teams and those related with other health professionals.Professional competenciesUnderstand the relationship between the life cycle of infectious agents and the properties of active ingredients.Develop skills for identifying therapeutic and biotechnological production of targets drugs and the use of gene therapy.Use medicine safely, keeping their physical and chemical properties in mind, including any risks associated with their use.Assess the effects of substances with pharmacological activity.Know and understand the techniques used in the design and evaluation of preclinical and clinical trials.Acquire the necessary skills in order to provide therapeutical counseling in pharmacotherapy and diet therapy, as well as nutritional and food consulting to the users of those establishments proving them service.Understand the relationship existing between food and health, and the importance of the diet in the treatment and prevention of disease.Understand the properties and mechanisms of the actions of drugs.Know and understand the structure and function of the human body, as well as the general mechanisms of disease, molecular, structural, and functional alterations, syndromic expression and therapeutic tools to restore health.Perform pharmacovigilance.Objectives (Learning outcomes)01Explain the origin, concept and importance of Pharmaceutical Care02Understanding Pharmaceutical Care as a philosophy of professional activity of the pharmacist03Explain the basic principles of Bioethics in the professional work of the pharmacist04Explicar el papel del farmacéutico en el Sistema Sanitario, y su posición como agente favorecedor del uso racional del medicamento05To know the main characteristics of chronic and polymedicated patients and the role of the pharmacist in their management06To know the regulatory rules of Pharmaceutical Care and the different Consensus documents07Explain, define, typify and differentiate the concepts of Drug Related Problem, Medication Error, Drug Negative Outcomes and other basic concepts in Pharmaceutical Care.08Conocer los procedimientos y metodología de los procesos que sustentan el manejo del uso racional del medicamento a nivel hospitalario y comunitario y el papel del farmacéutico en cada uno de ellos09To know the concept and methodology of the drug dispensing process and to be able to orient it to the patient and the optimization of pharmacotherapy010Explain the concept and role of the pharmacist in self-medication011Explain the importance of using a methodology in Pharmaceutical Care (AF) and the main characteristics of an AF Program012To know the characteristics and methodology of the Dader Method and the IASER Method of Pharmaceutical Care013Detect, Classify and Type PRM, ME and other situations of pharmacotherapeutic morbidity in the patient014Identify patients with opportunities to improve the quality of pharmacotherapy015To know the concept of pharmaceutical action and the different types and classifications016Explain the concept of Pharmaco-therapeutic Follow-up and its methodology017Explain the concept and the different types of evaluation of Results in FA and its characteristics018To know and to apply the methodology of a complete cycle of AF in the patient019Explain the concept of Professional Pharmacy Service (SPF), types, methodology and know how to explain its main characteristics020Explain the concept of therapeutic adherence and know the methods of detection of the non-compliant patient021List and describe the main characteristics of other PFSContentsLecture topicsTeaching unitsU1General aspects of Pharmaceutical CareU2Processes and Management of Rational Use of the DrugU3Metodologías y Servicios Profesionales FarmacéuticosAssociation between objectives and unitsObjective/UnitU1U2U3010203040506070809010011012013014015016017018019020021ScheduleWeekTeaching unitsDirected hoursShared hoursAutonomous hoursTotal hours1607.513.52607.513.53605114605115605116605117605118607.513.596071310607131130710124071113407111420151715201517Course contentsBasic bibliographyClimente Martí, Mónica. Jiménez Torres, N. V. "Manual para la atención farmacéutica". Valencia AFAHPE 2005. Jiménez Torres, N. V. / Borrás Almenar, Concepción / Climente Martí, Mónica / Merino Sanjuán, Matilde. "Calidad farmacoterapéutica". Valencia Universitat de Valáencia 2006. Cipolle, Robert J. Strand, Linda M. / Morley, Peter C. "Pharmaceutical care practice the clinician's guide". New York [etc.] McGraw-Hill, Medical Publishing Division cop. 2004. María José Faus Dáder, Pedro Amariles Muñoz, Fernando Martínez-Martínez. "Atención Farmacéutica: concepto, proceso y casos prácticos". Ergon, 2008.Complementary bibliographyHerrera Carranza, Joaquín. "Manual de farmacia clínica y atención farmacéutica". Madrid [etc.] Elsevier D.L. 2003. Links Spanish Society of Hospital PharmacyInternational Pharmaceutical Federation Pharmaceutical Care Foundation General Council of Official Colleges of Pharmacists SPANISH SOCIETY OF COMMUNITY PHARMACYSoftwareBOTPLUSMethodology and gradingMethodologyCase studies: Learning through the analysis of actual or simulated cases in order to interpret and resolve them by employing various alternative solution procedures.Lecture: Pass on knowledge and activate cognitive processes in students, encouraging their participation.Solving exercises and problems: Exercise, test, and apply previous knowledge through routine repetition.GradingEVALUATIONThe evaluation of the subject and calculation of the final mark will be made through:1. Theoretical part (70%): Written test to assess the acquisition by the student of the theoretical and practical contents of the Program. The evaluation may consist of multi-answer test questions, short questions or questions to be developed, at the discretion of the faculty. In the case of test questions, questions will be presented with five distractors, where each erroneous answer will deduct 1/3 of the added value for a correct answer. In the case of short questions, the value added for each correct answer will be specified.The exam will be considered passed with a grade of 5 or higher.2. Continuous assessment practices and teaching activities. They will account for 30% of the final grade of the subject, divided into:to. Continuous evaluation (10%): Teaching activities related to the subject. During the sessions, work and / or teaching activities will be considered for resolution and delivery in a timely manner.b. Final exam related to the work done in continuous evaluation and the contents taught in the classroom practices and in the Seminars. (twenty%). The evaluation may consist of multi-answer test questions, short questions or questions to be developed, at the discretion of the faculty. In the case of test questions, questions will be presented with five distractors, where each erroneous answer will deduct 1/3 of the added value for a correct answer. In the case of short questions, the value added for each correct answer will be specified.The exam will be considered passed with a grade of 5 or higher.APPROVED OF THE SUBJECTTo pass the subject, you have to fulfill each and every one of the following requirements:- The examination corresponding to the theoretical part must be approved (point 1).- The continuous practical assessment test must be approved (point 2).- The resulting note of (NOTE_TYPE X 0.70) + (CONTINUOUS PRACTICAL EVALUATION X 0.20) + (NOTE TEACHING ACTIVITIES X 0.10) must be equal to or greater than 5.If some of the above requirements are not fulfilled, the subject will be considered suspended.Assessment test characteristicsdpCorrection criteriaIn the case of test questions, questions will be presented with five distractors, where each erroneous answer will deduct 1/3 of the added value for a correct answer. In the case of short questions, the value added for each correct answer will be specified. The exam will be considered passed with a grade of 5 or higherAdditional requirementsDPAdenda a la guía docente (excepcional por COVID-19)Consecuencia de la situación de excepcionalidad provocada por el COVID-19, y ante la necesidad de adaptación del sistema universitario español a la no presencialidad, el desarrollo de la actividad docente correspondiente al segundo cuatrimestre del curso 2019/2020 estará sujeto a los siguientes cambios en la guía docente que se concretan como adenda a la previamente aprobada para la asignatura.Esta breve adenda cumple una doble función:Primero.- Concreta en cada asignatura los criterios generales aprobados para toda la Universidad respecto a la adaptación de la docencia al formato no presencial para este segundo cuatrimestre: cambios introducidos en la metodología docente y el sistema de evaluación aplicables en este periodo de excepción ( de acuerdo con las Reflexiones del Ministerio de Universidades, de 4 de abril de 2020, sobre criterios generales para la adaptación del sistema universitario español ante la pandemia del Covid-19, durante el curso 2019-2020, así como el Acuerdo de REACU de 3 de abril de 2020, ante la situación de excepción provocada por el COVID-19)Segundo.- Hace público y oficializa el cambio de procedimiento evaluador y los criterios que lo condicionan, garantizándose el procedimiento de seguimiento de las titulaciones por los sistemas internos de garantía de la calidad y por las Agencias Evaluadoras app_Android | app_iOS | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | | LinkedIn | Instagram | Pinterest +34 96 665 8500 | Contact us:info(arroba)umh.es Miguel Hernández University 2020

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Dorothy Magers
Dorothy Magers, 91, of Sidney, Nebraska passed away June 4, 2018 at Grace Pointe Rehabilitation in Greeley, Colorado.
She was born July 22, 1926 in Elsie, Neb., to Gust and Florence (Fosbinder) Nelson.
Dorothy married Dale Edward Magers on Dec. 30, 1945 in Elsie.
She worked as a bank teller for a number of years and was active in the American Legion Auxiliary, Daughters of Rebekah, Westview Church of Christ and NCMC volunteer.
Dorothy had recently moved back to Nebraska to be near family. She enjoyed crafting, ceramics, woodworking with Dale, sewing and baking her family-favorite cinnamon rolls.
Thankful to have shared her life are her children: Linda (Moose) Shoemaker of Potter, Neb., and Paula (Randy) Melhauser-Schuermann of Chesterfield, Missouri; five grandchildren: Jeff (Julia) Melhauser of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Chris Melhauser of Chicago, Preston Melhauser of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Shawn (Nicole) Shoemaker of Potter and Shannon (Mark) Ostransky of Fremont, Neb.; six great-grandchildren: Jayden, Kenzie, Alexa and Krickett Shoemaker, Madison and Miles Ostransky; sister, Sharon (Ed) Newton of Barrington, Rhode Island and brother, Frank (Betty) Royse of Kearney, Neb.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and sister.
Life Celebration service took place Sunday, June 10 at Westview Church of Christ in Greeley. Inurnment at Fort McPherson National Cemetery will be at a later date.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Westview Church of Christ in care of Adamson Funeral & Creamation Services, 2000 47th Ave., Greeley, CO 80634.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate has quietly stripped a provision from an intelligence bill that would have required President Obama to make public each year the number of people killed or injured in targeted killing operations in Pakistan and other countries where the United States uses lethal force.
The move highlights the continued resistance inside the government about making these operations, primarily carried out using armed drones, more accountable to public scrutiny. In a letter to the Senate earlier this month, James R. Clapper, the director of national intelligence, expressed concern that a public report would undermine the effectiveness of the operations.
The provision, passed by the Senate Intelligence Committee last year as part of its authorization bill, required Mr. Obama to make public an annual report on "the total number of combatants killed or injured during the preceding year by the use of targeted lethal force outside the United States by remotely piloted aircraft." The provision was the same for civilians killed or injured. But officials said that the provision encountered almost immediate resistance both from intelligence officials and Republican lawmakers, some who have fought against any changes to the way the targeted killing program has been managed.
Senator Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who leads the Intelligence Committee and who originally offered the provision, agreed to take it out of the authorization bill to enable it to be passed unanimously.
But some sharply criticized the move, saying that lawmakers were avoiding an important debate about transparency in order to swiftly pass the bill.
"Congress is charged with oversight of the administration and this is a matter of life and death," said Steven W. Hawkins, executive director of Amnesty International USA. "A basic report on the number of people killed shouldn't be too much to ask."
In a speech last May, Mr. Obama pledged to make drone operations more transparent, and administration officials said that the White House would like to gradually shift drone operations away from the C.I.A. — partly to allow targeted killing operations to be discussed more freely.
But nearly a year later, there has been little movement on the proposals. Some powerful lawmakers, including Ms. Feinstein, have opposed moving drone strikes out of the C.I.A. and managed to blunt any momentum to enact the White House proposals.
Mr. Clapper said in a letter that the executive branch was exploring ways to "provide the American people more information about the United States' use of force outside areas of active hostilities."


text: +PHIL 2 Posted June 25, 2017 (edited) I noticed some limitations with the new Logging & Drafts Pages and like to give some feedback: New Logging Page - Re-open Log page no more possible I regularly write very detailed logs and while writing I need to open several other websites for example with translations, cache listings, friends logs, photo-collections etc.. Sometimes it happens that I close the wrong website-tab - that one with my log-text. With the old logging page it was easily possible to re-open that page in firefox and the written text was still there. With the new page you can re-open the page and you see your written text for half a second before it gets replaced by "Share your story! ...". Please fix that. It is so annoying to loose an text you wrote for half an hour. - Related Idea an other possible solutions for the issue described before would be to save the written text regularly every few minutes. That would give also give easy possibility to begin a log one and complete it later (which is already possible in the app but not on the website). - Attaching Photos I like the new possibility to add photos direct with logging but I would like to add a name the photos while that. All my photos are named or described and its not easy to search, open and edit the log to add a name to every photo after logging. New Drafts page - New Window I don't like that writing a log over the new drafts page is opening a new window. When you click on back to drafts after logging you end this one open drafts-window/tab for every log. Missing Link - I would like to get also a like to the cache listing, not only to the logging page Bad visible Logtype - when I have hundreds of drafts I like to log DNFs and needs Maintenance first, before I take time to log the founds later. But with the text-only view of Logtype it's very difficult to find that logs between hundred found-its.It was much easier with the smily-icons before. Edited June 25, 2017 by PHIL Quote Share this post Link to post


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As many people know, the famous Domesday Book of 1086 does not cover English lands north of the River Tees. For whatever reason – be it that the area had been 'wasted' by the Normans in previous years, or, more likely, that the region was considered ungovernable – the surveyors studiously avoided the present-day counties of Northumberland and Durham when the most famous manuscript in English history was compiled 900+ years ago.
King William I was happy to let the infamous Prince Bishops of Durham get on with it up here, it seems. And they were pretty powerful men in their day. Perhaps the most famous of them, Hugh de Pudsey, considered himself so important, in fact, that he commissioned a 'Domesday Book' of his own in 1183 – a work that came to be known as 'The Boldon Book'.
Though it differs in both its function and scope from Domesday, it still provides an important snapshot of the region in the late twelfth century. Basically, it presents an assessment of the land's worth, its annual returns and its customary tenures – and paints a picture of a settled system of Anglo-Saxon feudalism going back generations. Unlike its big brother, it presents a more colourful image of everyday life, with several amusing and seemingly mundane observations.
The Boldon Book does not cover all of Northumberland and Durham, but includes almost all of the latter, and large tracts of land of the former which were then the property of the Bishop of Durham (some areas on the southern bank of the Tweed and the area around Bedlington). The name 'Boldon' comes from the text's tendency to refer back to the Boldon entry (one of the first in the manuscript) when a settlement's tenurial set-up was similar to the aforementioned village (viz. 'as of Boldon'). The book lists each settlement in turn, giving an account of tenants' obligations – both individually and collectively.
The original text has long since been lost, but four copies survive – including one in Durham's Chapter Library. Transcriptions and interpretations have appeared in the Surtees Society publications (vol.25), the Victorian County History, and one or two other places; but the most accessible by far is that published by Phillimore & Co. Ltd in 1982 – which can still be found in libraries and, occasionally, in second-hand bookshops or online.


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Anyone else on here going to this?
Hi Tom!
I'm booked on this trip. I'm really looking forward to it, but a little nervous too - I hope I'll be able to keep up with everyone else on all the activities!
It's my first time travelling with Exodus - have you travelled with the company before?
Hi Linda
I went with Exodus last year to the white water stuff in Slovenia, it was a big mix of people and mostly complete beginners so I wouldnt worry about keeping up at all and from what I can see from reviews its what you make of it and I would expect there to be easier and harder routes for anything.
Its the cycling Im worried about keeping up for as I am a tad unfit at the moment!
Hey Tom, Linda & others,
I'm also joining you guys and looking forward to a bit of active holidaying in the sun. You guys flying from Gatwick?
Hi Hayley,
Im not sure, Im flying from London so I would guess its from gatwick, I should probably check!
Hi Tom and Hayley!
I have checked my invoice details and I am flying from Gatwick - flight TOM862 at 8a.m.
Looking forward to meeting you both.
Hey Linda,
Yeah me too. It'll be an early start getting to the airport by 6am, hey?
Hey Linda and Hayley,
I checked and yes its Gatwick at 8am for me too, to be honest Ill probably get a cab, I'll be coming from Southfields in SW London if anyone wants to share and be picked up or just a lift if you are close by anyway?
Hey Tom,
Yeah, have to agree I was probably gonna catch a taxi. I'm in Tooting so if you don't mind sharing that would be great.
Yep it makes sense, looking at it is it going to make sense for me to come to Tooting or you to come to Southfields? Probably me to you looking at the map.
Did you want to swap email addresses and we can sort it out from there. Maybe we can just get Southwest cars or whoever to pick you up first then come to me or vice versa?
Ill put a throw away email address on here so it doesnt end up being found by some spam bot, if you email Ill reply with my proper one:
[email protected]
The above one will forward any emails to me for 1 day.
Hi Tom and Hayley,
I hope you have managed to sort out your travel arrangements to get to the airport - wise move sharing a taxi. I'll be travelling up from "sunny" Southend so I look forward to meeting you (and all other travellers on this trip) at the airport.
Just as an aside, I haven't received any tickets etc in the post yet and was wondering if you have received yours? I note from the email I received when I booked this trip that the paperwork is usually issued about two weeks in advance, so plenty of time yet I guess for it to arrive. :-)
I havent recieved anything yet either, I would hope to this week though to be honest so if not Ill give them a call Friday.
Thanks for your reply Tom. If I receive anything in the next few days, I shall post a message to let you know. If nothing arrives by the end of this week, I reckon Exodus will be receiving quite a few phone calls asking where the documents are!
Hey guys, my tickets arrived last night.
Hayley I am going to phone around the local cab companies next week and get it booked, want to get somewhere cheap but also reliable as I dont fancy them not turning up and having to hunt around that morning!
Yeah mine turned up last night too. I did phone South West cars and with the 2 pick ups was quoted £38 so see how you go Tom, thanks again.
well the first quote I got today with the 2 pickups from the Keane group was 55 so I wont be using them
Hi guys, thanks for advising re tickets. I apparently have an envelope from Exodus waiting for me at home too so hopefully that'll contain my tickets - phew!
Hope you get a good deal on your taxi.
Hi everyone, I'm not comng on this trip I was just looking through the posts and this one caught my eye since i've just got back from it. It really is a good trip so much that i am now booked to go to Slovenia in August.
From the experience I would say don't worry too much about your fitness levels. The pace which is set on the activites is fairly relaxed and there are frequent breaks. If you are struggling there is always one of the guides at the back to help you along. The biking is the hardest and easiest task! It starts with 7km of uphill then 31km of downhill all on roads or big gravel paths. If you are stuggling on the uphills the tour bus is there to pick you up and get you to the top of the hill. The final climb on the last 1km of the 7km is a real killer. The guide will warn you about it and if you are not really fit or not great on a bike I would suggest getting in the bus.
The 2 main pieces of advice I can give you are think about wearing some kind of glove for canyoning. The whole group found that their hands proceeded to fall apart for the week after the holiday, basically grabbing rocks damages your skin as you're not used to it. 2nd piece of advice is take a non cotton top for rafting. If you wear a cotton top the guides will tell you to remove it as the cotton stays wet and pulls heat away from your body. We were given waterproof tops, which the material against bare skin is not very nice especially once wet. So some kind of lightweight top to stop the jacket clinging to your skin is best.
Hope this helps.
Cheers Gareth. Will take your advice about the gloves and wet tops. I do have a top that I wear in the surf (rashie) which may suffice or thermal tops, although warm are sweet when they get wet. I'm really looking forward to it
Hi guys - looking forward to meeting you all. Looks like I'm the inly one flying from Manchester... Hope my flight arrives on time otherwise I'll be making my own way to you!! quick question, what are you all taking for footwear for canyoning? I've been surfing the t'internet and it advises something grippy like wet shoes but the trip notes suggest something with ankle supports. Any ideas?
I'll just be taking an old pair of lightweight sneakers. From past canyoning experience I don't think the ankle support is essential just good for clumsy peeps like me who knock their ankle bones on the rocks! I think I've just worn wetsuit booties before but I wouldn't think they are a necessary investment. I do have a bit of a "she'll be right" attitude though.
The Slovenia trip is great, I did it last year!!
Ill be taking my cycling gloves and tops then I guess, as per ankle support I have some basic walking boots but to be honest when I did canyoning last year I just wore a pair of trainers with good grips so Ill probably do the same again.
Cool, thanks guys
Thanks for your advices Gareth - really pleased to hear you enjoyed the trip. I hope you have a fab time in Slovenia.
Thanks also to you other guys for your recommendations about footwear etc - like Dipesh I was wondering whether I should invest in a new pair of boots/wet shoes but am definitely liking the suggestion of just wearing old trainers!
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Peter Xu's Hub
Table of Contents
1 About Me
I'm Peter Xu, a software developer from Beijing, China. I worked on storage and virtualization. Currently I am working for Red Hat virtualization team. I have an account xzpeter on gmail, post me an email if you want to. :-)
2 Articles
- 15K SAS Drive benchmark: This is a measurement document of 15K SAS drive which was done quite a few years ago.
- QEMU VFIO Device Assignment With vIOMMUs: This explains a bit about how QEMU VFIO device assignment worked with vIOMMUs.
3 Misc
- My StarWar game homepage: A tiny stupid game that I wrote in Common Lisp during my study time.
4 Contact
Please see "About Me" section.


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Interdisciplining Digital Humanities: Boundary Work in an Emerging Field by Julie Thompson Klein
(University of Michigan Press, 2015, 218 pages)
Digital humanities is a field that has emerged as computing technology and digital culture have been brought to bear on various disciplines in the humanities. One of the features most frequently highlighted about the field is its interdisciplinary character. As Klein points out, this is "an inevitable assumption given the marriage of technology and humanities in the name" (5).
However, while digital humanities brings together scholars from different disciplines and skill sets to work on issues that transcend any one discipline, there has been a lack of theoretical reflection on how this dynamic shapes the field. Klein applies "lessons from the literature of interdisciplinarity" (6) in order to help clarify terminology and define the field. In part, she looks to other fields, like American studies and feminist studies, which have established practices, institutions, and professional standards in order to help point the way forward for digital humanities.
One of the major themes of the book is the need for collaboration and openness amongst scholars working in this new-ish interdisciplinary field. Toward this end, Klein's book is available in its entirety online, complete with annotating and commenting tools meant to "enrich the reading and learning experience of others and to facilitate community peer review" (xiii). Making the book available in this way reinforces the message of collaboration and promotes the open culture that is necessary to the establishment of digital humanities as a defined field of study.


text: Ten years ago I was sitting in Ross-Ade Stadium for one of the better games I have seen. After having a blast at the Minnesota game earlier in the season I picked up a student ticket for the Michigan game. It was an impulse decision that I am glad that I made. At the time Purdue was 3-2 and needing a win to stay in the Big Ten hunt. Michigan on the other hand was ranked sixth in the country with a 4-1 record. The quarterback matchup was a good one between Drew Brees and Drew Henson. Michigan also had a running back named Anthony Thomas who was nicknamed the "A Train." In my mind the only man that can have that nickname was Mike Alstott. Continue reading


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This object was found by me, a long time Berowra resident, during road work in the early 70's. It was at the bottom of the eastern embankment at Berowra railway station.
I remember when I was a young boy electricity was first connected to the railway station. It was approximately 1936. Quite high wooden poles carried the wires. On top of each pole was fitted a decorative weather cap made of zinc to keep water from rotting the pole.
Quite some time later these wooden poles were taken down and replaced by steel ones. I can only assume that at this time the caps were just thrown over the edge and down the embankment where this one was found by me.
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By John Keller | USA
Arthur Henderson, a politician from Britain in the former half of the 20th century, wrote that "In some states, militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war."
We are on the verge of the collapse of democracy. Back in 1961, we got one of the greatest messages, with one of the darkest warnings from the 34th President of the United States and former field marshal Dwight Eisenhower, when he said in his farewell address:
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."
Eisenhower, the former field marshal that won World War II in Europe for the West, warned us of the growing influence of the military in the economy and politics and advised we keep our guard up against these invasions. What have we learned from this grave warning? Nothing. Eisenhower warned us of the expansive power of the military-industrial complex and how it will one day be used as a weapon, and we have not heeded his advice and allowed the military to dominate almost every major political decision in the United States. It is also important to look back on, arguably, the most important farewell address that was given by George Washington.
"Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people under an efficient government. the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel… Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest."
George Washington argues against a large standing army and a military-industrial complex by writing that America should focus on neutrality and harmony with all nations. We did not take the original advice from George Washington, and when the threat grew to our liberties Eisenhower again warned America, and where are we now?
In 1960, 35% of the budget was military spending. This was during a very tense part of the Cold War with the Vietnam War heating up and the Cuban Missile Crisis right around the corner. In 2015 military spending was 54% of the budget, spending $589.5 billion (a roughly $200 billion increase from 1960) out of a total $1.11 trillion discretionary spending authorized in the budget.
Who is the enemy we are gearing up against? In 1968, during peak involvement of U.S forces in Vietnam and throughout the world in the Cold War, the United States had 1,082,777 soldiers stationed abroad. Now, there are at least 1,046,457 on U.S. soil, with only 387,920 soldiers abroad. When America propagandized that the communists were the enemy the number of soldiers deployed matched what the nation's propaganda argued. The new age propaganda is against the "terrorists", but who is the government really targeting?
The "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act", also known simply as the PATRIOT Act, is a clear example of who the enemy truly is. A Washington Post article from 29 October 2014 reports:
"The 2011 report reveals a total of 6,775 requests. 5,093 were used for drugs, while only 31 (or .5%) were used for terrorism cases. The 2012 report follows a similar pattern: Only .6%, or 58 requests, dealt with terrorism cases. The 2013 report confirms the incredibly low numbers. Out of 11,129 reports only 51, or .5%, of requests were used for terrorism."
The PATRIOT Act is just one example of the government using fear mongering propaganda to get support for legislation that is actually used as a weapon against the people and not the threat they claimed it would be used against. Not only is it used against the people but it is a clear violation of the IV. Amendment, which in essence is the people's right to be presented a search warrant, as guaranteed in the Bill of Rights (Amendments I – X).
With the government using the military-industrial complex to strengthen its position at home, not abroad, liberties are bound to be trampled. With the passage of the PATRIOT Act, we had unlocked the door to the government trampling our constitutional rights and liberties. With the door unlocked, it won't be long until the government opens the door completely. Whether it is the alt-left or alt-right nationalism is irrelevant, as suggested in 'Doomed Republic', because, in the end, it is our liberties that will be lost.


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Ever wonder how federal tax dollars get wasted, why the best laid plans of politicians don�t work, and how state and local politicians and bureaucrats play a role? Thinking they can dictate to Mother Nature is one way. Here�s an example.
Destin officials are lobbying members of Congress, including our Rep. Jeff Miller, to get Congress to earmark funds to dredge the East Pass inlet. The problem is, they�re also lobbying the state to place the dredged sand within Destin�s city limits, to the east on private Holiday Isle beaches and on an unarmored Norriego Point � places where sand will quickly clog the inlet again.
It�s like pumping water upstream. It flows right back down.
This is why inlet dredges in the Panhandle place dredged sand to the west, downdrift in the direction Mother Nature intends. Placing sand downdrift moves it away from the inlet, where it won�t reclog the inlet, and protects the natural sand supply of downdrift public beaches.
It�s silly to legislate Mother Nature. Politicians can legislate where to put sand, but they can�t legislate what Mother Nature does afterward. They can help move sand along its natural path west. Or they can fight Mother Nature, divert sand east, and watch her reclog the inlet � increasing dredging, wasteful spending and environmental harm.
My prediction, final score: Mother Nature infinity, legislators zero. Mother Nature wins every time.
Whether Rep. Miller and others play along with the city remains to be seen.
It�s your tax dollars.
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Rigging a bear, robot and doll.
I scripted my rigging as I went alot, so alot of what I did can be replicated easily in the future. It took 2 weeks for all 3 rigs to be completed (the doll and bear calamari rigs were done well under), excluding skinning and corrective blendshapes- particularly for the podgy bear, fat characters don't make it easy! I included dynamics for the robot and bear, and a useful sliding pivot which made it easy to animate the robot.
Animation and Cinematography
**To be updated** Here is the animation for shots 01 and 02. I did 3 shots in total, taking approx. 2 days per shot- one day for blocking, the other for splining. I wish I could have done more- I thoroughly enjoyed animating for BFX!


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Apparently, Angelina Jolie doesn't always come out on top. Women's Wear Daily reports that St. John's CEO announced that model Karen Elson will become the new face of the brand for Spring 2010, marking a departure from both the A-list star and Kelly Gray, the founder's daughter.
According to the St. John CEO Glenn McMahon, Jolie "overshadowed the brand" and the company would steer clear of using her (or other actresses) in their ads going forward. "We wanted to make a clean break from actresses and steer away from blondes and cleanse the palette," he said. The CEO explained the replacement with Karen Elson as part of the brand's "evolution".
U.S. & World
News from around the country and around the globe
Two points to St. John's spin team for their creative work in finessing the firing of a megacelebirty. Minus two for their non-awareness that Jolie and Gray might not be the issue.


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When Mothers Take Literacy Classes, Children Reap Benefits
WASHINGTON--Literacy and job-training programs for low-income mothers appear to have a secondary benefit of improving the educability of their children, a study by a women's employment group asserts.
The 18-month study of the families of 463 low-income mothers in adult-education and job programs found that 65 percent of their children demonstrated improvement in at least one of several education-related areas following the women's participation in such schooling.
After taking part in the programs, the study found, the mothers were more likely than before to read to their children, to take them to the library, to help them with homework, and to take an active interest in their schools--activities presumed to have contributed to the youngsters' educational improvement.
The study, released here last month, was conducted by Wider Opportunities for Women Inc., or wow, a Washington-based, nonprofit training organization. Applied Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Inc., a nonprofit research group in El Cajon, Calif., assisted in the project.
'Double Duty'
"What this research tells us is that even very modest investments in the training of mothers can have a positive impact on the educability of their children," said Cynthia Marano, the executive director of wow.
"Such investments can contribute to ending the cycle of illiteracy," she argued. "Dollars spent on such programs perform 'double duty.'"
The study, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, gathered data on low-income mothers participating in nine literacy and job-training programs across the nation. More than 900 children of these women were also studied.
All of the children were under age 16, with those ages 6 to 11 constituting the largest group.
Of the 463 mothers surveyed, more than 45 percent reported that their children had improved their grades after the mothers participated in literacy or job-training programs.
"Even though the programs had no intention in their design to influence the educability of children, that effect showed up," said the project's principal researcher, Thomas G. Sticht of Applied Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences.
The children of mothers who participate in such programs, he suggested, "may be in the long run the greater beneficiaries."
Other improvements in the performance of the children studied included:
- Better test scores, reported by 42 percent of mothers;
- Improved reading ability, reported by 42 percent;
- Improved school attendance, reported by 37 percent; and
- More positive attitudes toward school, reported by 54 percent.
In addition to the survey, the researchers conducted 48 in-depth case studies of mothers, children, and the children's teachers. The teachers reported educational improvement in at least one area for almost 69 percent of the children in the case studies.
Issue of Working Mothers
Irene Natividad, the chairman of WOW's national commission on working women, noted that the study has been released at a time when "it has been somewhat trendy in some quarters to blame the ills of American society on mothers who go back to work."
"We now have documentation to show the intergenerational impact" of literacy and job-training programs, she said, adding that, "as these mothers build their own skills, they are investing in their children's education as well."
Ms. Natividad said the study's findings do not reduce the importance of investing directly in the education of children, but "should be used to argue for additional support for programs targeting adults--especially mothers."
Ms. Marano suggested that existing literacy and training programs for low-income mothers should incorporate instruction in such areas as how to read to children and how to be an advocate for children in school.
Officials of wow said they intend this fall to launch a project designed to teach the administrators of women's programs ways to increase the intergenerational benefits of their efforts.
Copies of the report, "Teach the Mother and Reach the Child," are available for $15 each, postpaid, from Wider Opportunities for Women, 1325 G St., N.W. Lower Lovel, Washington, D.C. 20005.
Vol. 11, Issue 01, Page 20Published in Print: September 4, 1991, as When Mothers Take Literacy Classes, Children Reap Benefits,
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The third wave of the survey has just been completed by June this year and since then data capturing (of data from 2011 and 2012) has been ongoing.
dataset therefore still needs a lot of work and it is taking us time to get it
sufficiently cleaned for the analysis. This delay has been unexpected, but a
part of what is involved in a panel survey.
The project has however been presented at an ACCESS conference where
various South African policy makers and academics conferred about climate
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On Having a Sabbatical
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I tweeted last night that I was having a fabulous time on sabbatical. A friend who helps clergy on their sabbaticals asked if I could say why. Here then are a few thoughts.
Planning and Permission
Many clergy are driven by a desire to serve. A sabbatical can feel very selfish. I had to get over this, especially in a parish setting. Let others tell you how important a sabbatical is, believe them, then give yourself permission to plan for a fabulous time. It may only happen once.
Working from Rest
I've been ordained 24 years, and this is my first sabbatical, so the key thing was to change gear, and that has meant permission to do nothing. It is, after all, a sabbatical. The freedom from daily demands is the essential joy, and not doing too much has been the best gift I could give to myself. I have not filled 'free' days with too much. This is a space to remember who you are, not what you do – or at least to recognise in what ways the two are linked and feed off each other.
Taking Enough Time
How long should a sabbatical be? I felt initially guilty, especially in a parish setting, about taking too much time 'off'. A wiser friend counselled that I should go for the maximum possible. I worked on the basis that a sabbatical is 12 weeks, and I added the 3 weeks we are advised to have as a holiday.
Another wise friend said that, as a Bishop, he often felt that clergy should have three months off and then have a three month sabbatical. That was echoed by an American friend, planning his sabbatical. The norm there is 6 months, and he was going for 7 if he could.
Take as much time as you can.
Time It Right
It is a commonplace among clergy that you go on sabbatical, come back, and then leave the parish. I guess that's because sabbaticals are often taken seven or ten years into a particular job. The clergy realise how much they are valuing not being there, and the parish realise that they are quite enjoying it too. So be it…but my circumstances have prevented an extended break until now, less than three years into my time at Beverley. I was keen to say that this was to energise the next few years here, not to prepare to leave.
Genuinely Leave the Day Job Behind
I guess this is the most difficult thing for parish clergy. I am very blessed in having a parish with assistant staff and lay employees, where parish life is filtered through a separate office. I planned the time so that my assistant staff would be in a position to take the reins (and indeed appreciate the opportunity – or that's what they told me), and tried to make sure that there were no major events (so after Easter and before September…though the arrival of the Olympic Torch and then the Paralympic Flame were not on the radar when I booked it!).
No one calls the Vicarage anyway, and a stern 'Out of Office' on the email has meant that I have genuinely been left alone. Not everyone will be able to stay in the Vicarage without the 'day job' intervening, so do some creative planning beforehand to give yourself real freedom.
Even with all this the best thing I did was to leave the Vicarage the day the sabbatical started and not return for six weeks. It reminded me that the parish was not about me – perhaps the best lesson to learn. I couldn't have interfered even if I wanted to.
You need to convince yourself that all is fine 'at home', even if it's not, and that stuff can be dealt with when you get back, however tempting it is to sort it now.
Do Stuff You Wouldn't Otherwise Do
It seemed important to use this opportunity to engage in things that a normal break wouldn't allow. For me it was going to Israel for an extended time – four weeks. I was also able to visit places closer to home which I wouldn't want to inflict on my family as part of a normal holiday. And we've tried to make our holiday time slightly more special by going to more events we both like – we might not have done as much without the sabbatical as an excuse.
Don't Do Too Much, But Have an Aim
In other dioceses there is an emphasis on justifying this time away by studying, or doing something which will have an immediate impact on your parish or the diocese. Some call it 'study leave'. That wasn't the impression I got in York, and I've worked on the basis that having an aim, or a theme, is good, but not to overcook it.
I thought that 'sacred place' might give me the excuse to travel, and would link to the day job in that Beverley Minster is much visited, and remains a shrine and sacred place to many.
I've read a little bit, and tried to reflect on this at some of the sacred places I've been to (where is more sacred than Jerusalem, for example?), but have not been obsessive about it. And as one who has an (exaggerated) reputation for 'always' being on social media and blogging I made a conscious decision not to write too much about what I was doing or thinking day by day. Wise advice from Israel was not to promise exhaustive diaries, as the situation out there is so complex that your immediate responses may not always be helpful. That has worked for the sabbatical in general.
But…I'm determined to let the lessons I've learnt 'seep out'. A session with a wise friend and counsellor at some point will be a good idea, and the sabbatical will be complete when, perhaps in a few months, some considered reflections emerge.
Get Enough Funding
I couldn't have done the Israel thing without separate funding, and it felt a whole lot easier to 'indulge' myself knowing that there was less financial pressure. Thanks then to the Diocese of York, CFI, Ecclesiastical Insurance, the Boniface Trust, my own PCC and one of my other churches, and our local Methodist Circuit (a surprise and gratefully accepted gift), for their grants.
Get Back To Work
I'm not there yet – 13 days to go. But there will need to be a re-entry (deliberately on a Monday, not a Sunday…). The team here have been good in coping with loads, and there has been just the right amount of communication to let me know what I can expect.
For fifteen weeks there has not been a Vicar of Beverley Minster, and, inevitably, some things will be happening differently. I'm keen not to make everything 'revert' to what it was, so there will need to be some adjustment on my part.
And I will be different too. A sabbatical reshapes you. I can remember 17 years ago when a significant event (a family bereavement) reshaped my priorities in ministry, and in some ways there has been a similar reshaping in these last weeks. It's something about discovering what is important, not just required, and underneath that something about being fully alive rather than just efficient and good at the job. So the parish will, I hope, see something of a change. We'll all have to adjust.
A simple thing for me will be to make sure that planned time off – a day, a free weekend, a retreat, a holiday – will be another version of this extended time. Permission to rest, to enjoy, to wonder, and to live.
Rules for Reverends – the Xtra Factor
December 21, 2011 § 2 Comments
Greetings Ruleteers. A couple of seasonal ones in this week's top ten.
111. Christmas happens on December 25th every year. It is amazing the number of times you will not realise this until it's too late.
112. If you have the NRSV on your smartphone you can update your Facebook status during worship and pretend you're reading the Bible.
113. There is probably a way of remembering which of your robes is in which of your churches, or your house. If you've discovered it, please let the rest of us know.
114. Never be afraid to admit that part of you is in it for the dressing up.
115. There is absolutely no way you can look at your watch when in a deep pastoral situation without the other person noticing.
116. Most church problems are sorted out by the people who know in the car park afterwards. Not worth having the original meeting at all, when you think about it.
117. Visitations are only made by Angels, Archdeacons and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Not all Visitations are the same.
118. At least with Alpha you get food.
119. Everything is fair game as a sermon illustration. Especially your children. They'll love you for it.
120. Store up the questions that only God can answer on the other side of death. There'll be plenty of time to get them answered. Or maybe they won't need to be.
Rules for Reverends: The Next Generation
December 15, 2011 § 2 Comments
Somebody stop me…
101. On paper Carol services look like they are going to be really long, but are shorter than you think.
102. Work out how you respond best to conflict, because there will be some. The Body of Christ is made up of human beings, after all. And the Holy Spirit doesn't help. Look at Corinth.
103. No, the compilers of the Lectionary didn't know what they were doing.
104. If you buy a thick cassock because all churches are cold, you will only ever work in warm ones.
105. There is no such thing as a quiet toy.
106. Never overestimate the power of a lone bagpiper to evoke a sense of lament.
107. If your worship group has a drummer, pray that they are the most musical person in the building.
108. People who have worshipped in the same church for decades have rarely looked around it properly. Preach about the windows or a carving. They will be amazed.
109. Church bells must be divine. Humans ring them. God knows why.
110. Don't mess with the Flower Arrangers.
Rules for Reverends X
December 14, 2011 § 1 Comment
We've made it to 100. Should there be more?
91. It's only when you're in the pulpit and coughing that you realise you're not sure whether the jug and glass have been there for five years without being changed.
92. Gardening is only therapeutic when your parishioners can't see you doing it. When they do they think you're taking too much time off.
93. Answering machines are superb, but you do need to listen to them.
94. If you need a decent policy for something, ask your friendly Methodists. They've got loads of good ones.
95. No surprise is more pleasant than a letter from the Bishop by return.
96. Never underestimate the power of a nun to get conversations going. Especially on public transport.
97. Fill in attendance numbers carefully, and review them year by year. Some trends take time to make themselves felt.
98. Never handle any cash. If you have to, get a witness.
99. People are very coy and very careful about their giving. Be coy and careful back, but make sure they know they are appreciated.
100. Working harder at this job won't get you any more money. Unless you become a Bishop, a Dean or an Archdeacon. And who wants to be one of them?
Rules for Reverends IX
December 13, 2011 § 2 Comments
81. There is probably a very good reason for Deanery Synods.
82. There will be one key which unlocks the drawer which has all the other keys to the building and safes in it. This key will be in plain sight somewhere.
83. There is nothing clergy like better than following other clergy in a procession. That the one at the front knows where they are going is taken a matter of faith by those behind, and is a proof of the existence of God.
84. Most people's worst nightmare is a Vicar with a guitar. This situation is helpfully relieved by saying 'I know. I am your worst nightmare. A Vicar with a guitar'. When tuning up, give them a bit of All right now (Free) or Thunderstruck (AC/DC). It works for me.
85. There is nothing so very wrong with wedding photographers. When there is, do give them some feedback.
86. Take great care over finances, and learn to read a balance sheet. The level of giving as a barometer of the spiritual life of the congregation.
87. Being on the committee of another organisation is a good way of realising that perhaps the PCC isn't so bad after all. Or recognising that, actually, it is.
88. The law of buffets is that the optimum arrangement of food and plates has not yet been discovered, and that all the other ones are achingly slow.
89. Loud shoes in stone floored churches are much to be encouraged.
90. The contents of the flower cupboard are a mystery, one not to be explored without prayer and fasting.
Rules for Reverends VIII
December 12, 2011 § 1 Comment
Where does this stuff come from?
71. Under no circumstances agree to judge a fancy dress competition where there is any possibility of you meeting any contestant, or any member of their family, during their lifetime.
72. If your church has lots of needy people, it's probably because it's doing the right thing. But that doesn't make it easier to handle.
73. Choristers have to work very hard to make sure they have the right stuff to sing at the right time. They might not, therefore, take in what else is happening in your brilliantly crafted act of worship. Give them some input another way.
74. Some people will never ever be satisfied. Find out who they are, and spend as little time as possible trying to sort things out for them.
75. The preferred communication style of most churches is osmosis and telepathy.
76. Decide which practical things in your church you will know nothing about. This could be how the clock is wound, or the way the boiler works. You do not have to do everything, only the stuff you have to do. Discovering what this is will be your life's work.
77. Look carefully at the retired clergy around you. Find a happy one, and ask them how they did it. Start planning to do the same. You could be retired a long time.
78. What they don't teach you at theological college is how to hold a plate and a glass of wine and a fork at the same time. They should.
79. You may not be designed for small talk. Watch a master, and steal three phrases which will help. Asking people about themselves is a good starter.
80. There might be loads of clergy at the cathedral, but they do work hard. It's just different to what you do.
Rules for Reverends VII
December 11, 2011 § Leave a comment
On a roll…
61. The length of a PCC discussion about money will be in inverse proportion to the amount discussed.
62. No, the Diocese does not know what it is doing.
63. If you want something to thrive, threaten to abolish it.
64. Some organisations do die. Give them an honourable and joyful funeral.
65. It is impossible to overestimate the impact on your ministry of using clear consonants and not dropping your voice at the end of a sentence.
66. Just because the microphone is there doesn't mean everyone will automatically hear you.
67. The notice sheet exists so that people can happily ignore its contents.
68. If you can't be omniscient you can give the impression of being omnipresent. And you don't have to stay to the end.
69. If the whole team is last minute you'll get on well with each other and your church will learn what faith is all about.
70.Yes, it's frustrating not to be able to join in at Choral Evensong. Just let go, and let the office pray you.


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Ideally, youth sports should be an addition to healthy active and natural play for a kid. I've found that more and more kids are getting less and less physical activity. So to make up for it, parents put their kids into organized youth sports.
Realize that organized youth sports are going to take a commitment of some type; mostly time and money. Also, be aware that 75% of kids quit sports at thirteen. And I bet it's up to 85 or 90% by time they are seventeen. So youth sports are not the complete answer, but they do help. And it can be a lot of fun for kids.
Team Sports: The big youth team sports are soccer and swimming. There are a lot of ways to get involved at various skill levels. You can get started as a beginner or not very athletic and have some fun and learn some skills.
For soccer, many of the coaches at the recreational level will be volunteers. They receive minimal training but the organizations do a good job of assisting and setting up developmentally appropriate goals and rules. At the top and elite levels, many of the coaches will be full time coaches and be very knowledgeable about the sport. They might not be so knowledgeable about making the best decisions for your child.
Swimming too, has a lot of different levels of coaching. There are the country club and Y level teams which are geared more for summer and instruction. Then there are the US Swimming teams which go year round and try to get kids to swim in the upper levels including college and even the Olympics.
Obviously, to be good it takes skill and dedication to reach the top levels for swimming and soccer. Many kids will have private coaching and even their own strength coaches (I recommend it, if it's appropriate).
But for beginning kids and recreational athletes both sports provide an excellent entry into team sports. Swimming might be a bit better for kids that are overweight because they can have more success. Another aspect that swimming has for the less athletic child is that it is more self-directed and goal oriented. Soccer is entirely a team sport and the success of the team depends on everyone being at a certain level.
In swimming, you swim your own event and except for relays you're on your own. You can measure your improvement easily by watching your times drop.
Another advantage swimming might have is that you're unlikely to get cut from a high school team. Soccer is more competitive and most teams will cut. Only the most competitive high schools cut. And if you have any experience at all, you'll find more success at high school then you will as a club or year round swimmer.
Looks like I missed a lot of sports. I guess I'll have to continue this in another blog post.


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Both studies examined inequality by calculating a "neighborhood advantage score" based on household income, homeownership rates, housing values, and college attainment and then comparing the top 10% of Census tracts to the bottom 10% across the US.
To determine economic distress the groups examined seven variables across 25,000 ZIP codes. Those variables include, educational attainment, housing-vacancy rates, unemployment rates, poverty levels, median-income ratios, percent changes in employment, and percent change in establishments.
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The study found that the top 10 cities with a population of 400,000 or more that have the biggest economic disparity are Dallas, Austin, Fresno, Phoenix, Omaha, Kansas City, Fort Worth, Memphis, Indianapolis and Louisville. Only Fresno is located in a blue state.
The least unequal city in terms of economic differences is Erie, which is in the blue state of Pennsylvania.
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I'm sure people are curious, so I'll just get right to Andre Agassi and maybe post about the rest of the day later.
We spent most of the first set in the Grandstand watching Marat Safin–Nicholas Mahut, while keeping an eye on the scoreboard during the change-overs and listening to the cheers from the Stadium.
I really thought it was going to go to a first set tie-break, so I went over near the end of the set. We were standing by the chain waiting to go in when Andrea Stoppini broke Agassi to take the first set 6-4, marking the beginning of the end. Agassi completely smashed his racquet to bits in a tirade while the crowd gasped and sighed at what they had just witnessed. No one really seemed to have prepared themselves for the second set yet, and I regret having missed the best of what the man apparently had to offer last night. ADHEREL
Andre was hitting balls long, far wide, and into the net. Suddenly the younger guy was up 3-0. With every point Andre managed to win, the sold out crowd rocked the place with cheers. With every point Andre lost, the fans still cried "You can do it!" and whispered to each other about how sad it was to see him choke.
Darren Cahill sat at the baseline expressionlessly watching when, close to the end of the second, Agassi walked over near him and screamed, "I can't fucking see it! It's getting smaller and smaller!!"
Soon it was over, and the place went crazy. He immediately tried to make for the exit, but he could see all the fans waiting by the player tunnel, and knew he could never walk out like that. With his bag over his shoulder, he walked back to the center of the court, dropped his bag, and blew his signature 360 degree kisses to DC for the last time. Charlie Brotman was screaming on the PA, over the crowd, "We love you man!!" but you could barely hear him over the roar of the crowd. People were wiping their eyes and trying to applaud at the same time.
After that we walked back over to see how Marat was doing. A friend and I were deliberating about how long it was going to take Agassi to get it together to go face the media. Just then I saw Kenneth Carlsen come up next to me texting someone on his mobile and we exchanged greetings. I missed the end of his match against Paradorn Srichapan, but knew that he was up a break in the third, so I said, "Hey, did you win?" He smiled and told me he did and I congratulated him.
About twenty seconds later I saw James Blake's mom go flying past me to avoid the throng and get into the Stadium to see her son play. I walked into the front of the player area and talked with Kenneth some more. We talked a bit about Agassi's match and he lowered his eyes when I told him about the end.
Andre then walked past me to go do his media bit. He must have just gone into the locker room, toweled off, put on a clean shirt and some sweats and headed over. All of a sudden we were outside and the swarm descended on him for the 20 yard walk he had to make. I moved over to the side and actually saw a woman lift up her daughter, who couldn't have been more than 4 years old, and told her, "Say, 'I love you Andre!' honey. Say it to the nice man…" as an inducement to get herself an autograph.
A few moments later we were in the press room and he started off with a creaky voice. There were a few times when I really thought he was going to start crying. You can read some of the quotes, but the thing that stuck out for me was how he repeated that with every point, the court just got smaller and smaller. He said he was swinging, but he had no idea where the ball was even going. He never got comfortable and never found his rhythm, the typical things you say when you don't have another explanation.
Someone asked him what it felt like to be in an arena with thousands of cheering fans while he was losing like that and he joked, "Instead of throwing things at me? I felt like I wanted to have dinner with everyone."
As most people know, Perry Rogers, Agassi's manager and lifelong friend, is a Georgetown grad. Rogers is credited with keeping Agassi coming back to DC over the years, but Washingtonians know that there's something more to it than that. The Legg Mason has captured snapshots of Agassi's career over the years: He's been here with long hair and then no hair, dressed in neon and then in white, with Brooke Shields as his girlfriend and then as his wife; and in more recent years with Steffi Graf as his wife holding their newborn son in her arms.
After he lost his opening match in the then Sovran Bank Classic at age 17, he wandered out onto 16th Street, handed his racquets to a homeless man and swore that he was quitting tennis forever.
A year later he was Number 3 in the world.
He threw up in a courtside planter during his final with Stefan Edberg in 1995, recovered, and took the title. In 1997, with his career totally in the dumps, he repeated his Wimbledon loss of a few weeks earlier to unseeded Doug Flach in his first match. A year later he beat Scott Draper in the final, and said, "I love this city, I love the enthusiasm created in this stadium. As long as I'm playing this game, this is where I want to be to start every summer."
Last night in an awkward presser, a quiet and reflective Agassi talked about ending his career in a few weeks at the U.S. Open, and reiterated that it just "happened" that way. He added that by ending it this way he realizes that he put a lot of pressure on himself.
Soon he was meekly looking around to see if there were any more questions, going through the motions of being forced to explain himself, and plainly looking like he just desperately wanted to get through with it and get on a plane home.
He walked down the side aisle of the room, stopping to chat with a guy he recognized who's worked at the tournament for about a decade, asking about his family and being pleasant. Then he headed for the side door, briefly stopping to look over his shoulder and looking like he wanted to see if there was a way to avoid the crowd if at all possible.
Then he was gone.
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ANDERSON, RICHARD ALLEN (1948–1969). Richard Allen Anderson, Medal of Honor recipient, was born at Washington, D.C., on April 16, 1948. He entered the military service in Houston, Texas. On August 24, 1969, Lance Corporal Richard Anderson, United States Marine Corps, Company E, Third Reconnaissance Battalion, Third Marine Division, was serving as assistant team leader against an armed enemy in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. While conducting a reconnaissance patrol his team came under heavy automatic-weapon fire that severely wounded Anderson. He continued firing in an attempt to repulse the enemy and was wounded a second time. While a companion attended his wounds he continued relentless fire. When a grenade landed between him and the other marine, Anderson rolled over and covered the grenade to absorb the detonation. By his courage and self sacrifice he saved several Marines from injury and possible death. Anderson is buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Texas.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863–1973 (Washington: GPO, 1973).
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