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Land Pros Realty
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Hi from our new shop!
Yes it has nearly been a month since we moved... and this is the first chance for a newsletter, which is crazy!
We went to Wellington in mid-october, and a week later we shifted shops... and then two weeks later it was C4!
The new shop looks super cool, and we have had so many positive comments - even from all the other shop owners, which is awesome. It wasn't the easiest of tasks to move, but I guess as we pack the shop for shows quite regularly we are used to it! We had a big job getting the machines up the stairs to their new home - the boys made me swear we were not moving again ever! and my office is now all by itself away from the rest of the shop! The new classroom is a big private space, and the shop is bright and so very pretty looking! If you haven't had a chance to come and visit yet, make sure you do.
We are gearing up for the holiday season, with gourmet foods, and lots of kits for the kids to do, in fact we are just about a one stop shop! Well actually we don't sell socks or chocolate! (not sure why we don't sell chocolate... oh yes I remember because we had to write off 34 chocolate fish out of stock one year from the staff eating them all!!!) but otherwise we have many gift ideas for everyone in the family! We have recently started engraving on glasses, and we etch one-off glasses or whole sets, a great gift for the men in your life, for lovers of a glass or two of wine or if you want to have a little fun with a quirky personalised gift - even names can be done!! Check out what we can do in the links below the images further in this email!
We have lots of MDF cut outs and decorating bits for all your holiday needs, including wreath bases, and trees, mushrooms, ribbon, and lots more! We also have cake decorating supplies, mdf and chipboard cutouts, and stamps and paper to create your own gift wrap... as usual the list goes on and on. Customised cake toppers and Christmas baubles are some of the fun personalised things we can offer for your Christmas decor and big day needs!
We have a kids class coming up on the 20th of December - it will be a mini version of C4 with 5 projects for the kids! Only $70 and includes lunch! Check out more information further down!
Well that's all from me today
C4 - 10 project Day - A big Success!
C4 this year was held on the 11th of November and was a huge success! We had 45 lovely ladies come along and create 10 fantastic projects over the day! It was action packed and a lot of fun!
Next year C4 will be happening, as we had people trying to book for next year again on the day! If you want to see the projects we made - check out our
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For those who attended C4 or those who missed out there are some kits of some of the projects left over which we can sell as a kit. If you want any of the below let us know via email and we can post them to you.
Prices below the images.
Left Image - Advent Calender Kit $20 (Red or Green colour options available - there is none in the black and cream left which is pictured - this was for C4 only).
Right Image - Friendship House Picture $15.00
Left Image - Easel Calendar Card - $5.00 | Right Image - Fold up Box - $7.00
Left Image - Envelope Card $20 - Comes with paper and embellishments inside the book
Right Image - Blank Paper Mache Book $9.50 - This is the base for the grunge book we made - we cant sell the grunge book as a kit but we have the blank books for sale.
Personalized Laser Engraved/Etched Glasses now available!
Sold as single glasses or as a set - we can do red wine glasses, white wine glasses, pilsner glasses, tumblers, high and low ball glasses. Simply tell us the wording you want or choose from one of our quirky designs! See more wording options on our website....
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Make Christmas Cake and Tree Decorating extra fun this year with personalised Cake toppers and tree baubles! We can cut any wording you like including names, words, patterns, sayings etc. Just let us know what you require and the size!
5 Projects - 1 Day!!
Wednesday December 20th From 10am-3pm
$70 includes all projects with lunch included (hot chips, pizza, water, and fruit)
We will be making 5 projects (perfect as Christmas gifts) during the class - including a men's, women's, girls, boys and generic gift which are great for a range of people including family and friends!
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That is it for this week. We look forward to seeing you in store or hearing from you online.
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Michael James is a Trainee Solicitor in the Road Traffic Accident department, having initially joined the firm's New Client Team in October 2014.
When asked what he enjoys most about his role at Express, Michael explained: "Building rapport with clients is a key enjoyment for me; I like to ensure that the client feels comfortable with us as a firm and me as an individual. Finally I like the investigative side of my work, such as reviewing records to ensure everything matches up, and investigating previous cases to calculate damages."
Before joining Express Solicitors, Michael completed a Law degree at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has also gained extensive experience in the hospitality industry by working in customer services roles at a number of hotels. Michael hopes to transfer the experience he gained working in hospitality to his work at Express by offering an exceptional level of service and care to his clients.
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In this video on Digital Marketing Professional Program (in association with Google),
we'll be discussing about the current digital scenario, course content and how it can meet the learner's objectives. Some of the important topics covered in the informal discussion are:
What is digital marketing?
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How to reach people through mobile internet and mobile marketing?
The changing trends in mobile internet usage
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The advantages of digital media like real time marketing and contextual targeting
The benefits of Search Engine Marketing Campaign
The rewards and reach of Google AdWords
An overview about the course content, benefits and the target audience of the Digital Marketing Program offered by Manipal ProLearn in association with Google
The scope of the program in terms of placement
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Here's how you can install Cleanco theme using FTP. You will need an FTP client application such as FileZilla. Then you need to download the theme file package.
In order to download the theme files package, please log in to Themeforest. Navigate your mouse over your profile name, then go to the Downloads page. Click on the Download button and you will get a few options to download: All files & documentation ; Installable WordPress file only ; License certificate & purchase code (PDF) ; License certificate & purchase code (text). Click the Installable WordPress file only
After you downloaded the theme from Themeforest, you will get an archive file in .zip which you can unzip with 7zip. You should see Cleanco folder when you done unzipping it.
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- in extracted archhive folder, you should see Cleanco folder.
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- now login to your WordPress Dashboard and go to Appearance > Themes and activate Cleanco theme.
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- Tick the checkbox by Plugin label and then on Bulk Action dropdown select Install and then click Apply.
- to activate the plugins, do the same as the steps abve but choose Activate on the dropdown menu instead.


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Regional Command East
Headquarters, Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force- Afghanistan
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (July 13, 2011) – Members of the Afghan National Army responded to an insurgent attack, which resulted in eight enemy deaths, in Hasan Village, Gelan district, July 7.
The ANA Special Response Team, partnered with coalition Special Operations Forces, conducted a presence patrol to determine public opinions and conduct key leader engagements prior to embedding in a village stability platform.
After conducting a shura with village elders, the combined forces were attacked with indirect fire, small arms fire, mortars, and rocket propelled grenades. The forces were engaged by multiple groups of insurgents for more than six hours.
After determining there was no chance of civilian injury or collateral damage, they requested the aid of a close air support team, which responded with air strikes.
Shortly after the air strikes, the combined forces reported that a small group of insurgents unsuccessfully fired rockets at a helicopter.
A battle damage assessment confirmed the eight enemy deaths. Three suspects were also detained for possessing materials used to make improvised explosive devices. A search of the detainees resulted in an AK-47, a chest rack used to hold ammunition, AK-47 magazines, wires, switches and connectors.
The shura was held shortly after the combined forces arrived to the village. The village elders immediately approached the combined forces to speak with them. Many of the elders remembered seeing and hearing discussions the combined forces held. A good indicator of improved relations was their willingness to ask for help, said a coalition SOF member.
"Most of the elders who greeted us were genuinely happy to see us again and mentioned repeatedly that they liked the way the (combined forces) respected their people, unlike the Taliban who would come in at night and physically abuse the locals, even the elders," said a coalition SOF team leader. "This type of interaction has never been achieved farther from (the forward operating base) than the Janda Bazaar before, and is extremely significant."


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Life without problems is perfect life. But, as people with carefree existence can be seldom met, we try to meditate more about the sense of our life, where we did mistakes, where the trouble comes from. Often we draw the conclusion that they are created by us or are the result of someones goodwill from our circle. The stars will tell you what zodiac signs trouble you, being to some extent responsible of your fails.
Stubborn and eager to do the things exactly like he wants, without missing something out of control, the Aries will have big problems when a Libra intervenes in plan. In general, any project of the Aries in which is included a Libra is doomed to fail, because the last one has noble goals: to highlight the qualities of everybody from the team. The Aries guesses the plan of Libra and will take the whole merit on him. But, of course, he will not succeed to face it, in this way becoming not only overbusy, but also to exceed a lot the deadline and become the non grata person for boss. In daily life, if you have Libra in your gang of friends, do not borrow from her, you will get indebted more than at a bank.
The Taurus is doing excellent on professional plan, reason for which he never has problems here. But, on personal plan he has to solve a plenty of troubles that beat with the frequency of a Chinese droplet. And the zodiac sign from which comes the emotional suffering is the Scorpio, characterized by instability from this point of view. He will be unbalanced sentimentally, he will not find his place in report with the Scorpio who, deliberately or not, will inspire him lack of self-confidence, hard to recover.
The Gemini are unstable, very good in communication, the reason for which their troubles are never too big. But, there is a zodiac sign that succeeds to mess up and make him doubt of everything he knows – reason of huge concern for Gemini. The Leo will always put him in the wrong, but not necessarily deliberately, but just this is his kind of being: boastful, eager to do everything alone and be in the center of attention. These wishes of the Leo coincide with that of the Gemini, reason for which they will do everything just to outpace the Leo, not without lamentably failing and dishonoring himself.
Protective and loving, the Cancer will have his heart broken each time when he will contact with an Aquarius. Fickle and mysterious, the Aquarius will infatuate the Cancer, that will get in the end his heart broken. This experience will leave him with the incapacity to be as true as flint to a person, thing which will make him suffer even more. Because the Cancer lives for this.
The bad fate of Leo is in Virgo's hands. She will string along with the Leo, eager to hear always just praises. But the Virgo, always disposed to climb the social ladder, although it does not like to recognize it, has her own agenda, which she, patiently, applies until she accomplishes her goals.
Analytical and eager to own the control, Virgo will have to suffer in life because of the Taurus. Jealous on the concentration and ambition of Virgo, but with superior intellectual capacities, the Taurus will calculate each move to remove the Virgo and make her lose the trust in her own forces. The plan of Taurus will work perfectly, especially that the Virgo has no such childish stakes and has the capacity to move on.
The Aries is capable to do much evil to Libra. The biggest one is that he is the only one who has the capacity to unbalance the Libra. Although he has a noble spirit, the Aries, an ardent admirer of brilliant ideas of Libra, will assume them to himself without any problem, and the Libra will not have the necessary force to react.
The Capricorn is a vigilant nature and if there is something that he does not support in this world, it is the superficiality and hypocrisy with which the Scorpio succeeds to climb the corporate ladder. "Rough diamond", the Scorpio wants to have quickly as good as possible results, he is not patient, and will appeal to a series of tricks, from flattery, till the assumption of the best ideas of those who surround you, for succeeding. The Capricorn is always with his eyes on Scorpio, he attentively notes his behavior and will unmask him.
The Cancer is worried about the adventurous and fickle Sagittarius, whom he will try to whip into shape. The Sagittarius likes the protective nature of Cancer, although he would never recognize it, not for love or money. The Sagittarius will always have to suffer sentimentally there, where he does not find his place, although the stars tell that he should be close to Cancer. The Sagittarius does not accept it, reason for which the Cancer leaves "the boat" disappointed, leaving the Sagittarius with his heart broken. Nor in the eleventh hour the Sagittarius will recognize this thing, reason for which he will suffer all his life.
The Capricorn is a dignified, constant character, in whom you can trust. Anyone can confide the most hidden secrets and can receive a good advice from Capricorn. But, also, the Capricorn has a sensibility for the unstable side of the Pisces, who wants to help him desperately. He will tell him all the secrets, especially for convincing the representative of Pisces that he is not the victim of the biggest problems, but the Pisces will betray the Capricorn. This is the story of the life of the Capricorn, who will suffer enormously because of this. But, one of the biggest defects which the Capricorn does not correct in him, although he could, is the non-inspiration with which he chooses the persons in whom to trust.
The Aquarius pretends to be sentimental and bohemian, but inside him are hidden plenty of desires and passions which he knows that if he would vociferate them, he would change the opinion of others about him. He has no courage to tell everything how it is, what he thinks about, but the best ability to unmask him comes from the Gemini. With a capability worthy of study, the Gemini succeed to remove the mask from the Aquarius, what will keep an eye on him his whole life.
The Sagittarius is the reason of troubles in life of Pisces. If there is something what the Pisces love most of all, this is silence, spoiled by Sagittarius. With an uncontrollable attraction for the Sagittarius, the Pisces will approach so much, but will have a rough time because of the nagging and fickleness of the Sagittarius. The Pisces do not need this in their life, but they cannot say stop either, because they are emotionally dependent of Sagittarius. This is the source of all troubles which the Pisces will have in their life.


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Meridian Flush Empowerment Level 2
Prerequisite: Meridian Flush Empowerment Level 1
Note: The Attunement Certificate IS included in this course. You will receive it immediately upon completion of the course.
However it is suggested that it would be most helpful for students to have opened their Kundalini channel and have some experience with Meridian / Qigong before taking these empowerments for more benefit. See "Resources" below for more info.
Important info regarding this empowerment/attunement:
- Remember the Meridian Flush Level 1 once activated runs continuously for 5 hours.
- Remember the Meridian Flush Level 2 once activated runs continuously for 7 hours.
The Meridian Flush Empowerments attunements helps to ensure the optimal functioning of your meridians.
The Meridian Flush Empowerments are made up of five systems, each with two levels with an attunement per level. You do not need to do these systems consecutively, although it is best to do so in order for the energies to build.
Meridian Flush Empowerments 1-2 (General meridian clearing) ONLY is being offered here.
Level 1 – Removes negative energies and keeps the meridians clear.
Level 2 – A stronger and more thorough cleansing of the meridians.
- Jose Gonzales
- Manoj
- Daniel Escamilla
- Sherry Andrea
"Healing Promise of Qi" by Roger Jahnke, you will find more complete explanations of Meridians and Qigong. Another helpful resource is a manual "Meridian Stroking" by Elizabeth Hibel who combines using reiki with the Meridians. From these recourses I have attached the following materials which I hope will be helpful for new students receiving these wonderful empowerments.
- None of the treatments listed on my websites or in the training manuals are meant to be a substitute for proper medical diagnosis, treatment or care from your GP/Medical Practitioner.
- I do not diagnose conditions, prescribe medication or interfere with a medical professional's treatment. If you are currently taking prescribed medication, do not stop taking it without your doctor's advice.
- If you have any concerns regarding your medical condition please speak with your doctor or other licensed medical professional first.
- I do not accept responsibility if you choose to treat yourself using any information from my website or training manuals.
- I accept no responsibility for any loss or damages caused as a direct or indirect result of the use or misuse of any information contained on this website or through attunements.


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Some environmentalists dream of vacations on peaceful beach villas fueled by hydropower. Others might wish for a solar-powered hut of solitude to make like a modern Henry David Thoreau. Jay Shapiro is not one of these people. As Msnbc.com reports, his Eco-Roamer is a "high-tech, zombie-proof survival RV" and it is making its way to a continent near you.
Shapiro is a former advertising executive who sold his company to travel the world with his wife, two kids and two cats. Shapiro and family are currently traveling the globe, going from Alaska, then to South America, Africa, Europe, Russia and Asia. And they are doing so in the Eco-Roamer, a vehicle that Shapiro outfitted as a sort of green Frankenstein. As Msnbc.com reports, it is made up of two main parts. The cabin and chassis are part Ford F-650, and the biodiesel engine is from a Caterpillar C7.
Shapiro's motivation is simple: "Go into the world and do well, but more importantly, go into the world and do good." This is the motto of The Muskoka Foundation, a nonprofit founded by Shapiro. Shapiro says that many overland travelers are often doctors, lawyers, dentists and other professions who could offer their skills to poorer communities they visit. Providing the framework and tools for travelers, Shapiro and his organization want to help reduce poverty and improve living standards for communities around the globe.
So how does this result in a family RV that looks like it could survive "Mad Max Thunderdome"? Shapiro calls his creation "the world's first open-source, eco-friendly, family sized, 4x4 overland expedition vehicle." Shapiro designed the Eco-Roamer on the principle that it be largely self-sufficient and not impact the areas it visits. It uses a Caterpillar C7 engine that proudly runs on biodiesel — in fact, the vehicle boasts a bumper sticker reading "Biodiesel: No dinosaurs were harmed while fueling this vehicle." Containing two 130-gallon tanks, it can go 750 miles without refueling and can run on regular fuel if necessary. The Eco-Roamer has 42-inch tires, making it a powerful off-road vehicle.
On the inside, the vehicle holds all the modern conveniences. It has NASA-designed water purifying system, as well as Wi-Fi for wireless connection throughout the cabin. Solar panels cover the roof, and the vehicle contains a backup diesel generator for emergencies. According to Msnbc.com, Shapiro designed the cabin for comfort, storage and reliability. It has a fully outfitted kitchen, a composting toilet and shower, and a washer and dryer. The family comfortably sleeps in a cabin designed for eight people.
The Eco-Roamer is available to other entrepreneurial green travelers. To follow Shapiro and his family on their travels, go to Ecoroamer.com.


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Bandy is a K9 officer who worked for over ten years with the Pattenburg Volunteer Fire Department. After years of work, he began having painful hip problems and his health was declining. His handler knew it was time to have him put down but he wanted to make sure Bandy received the honor he was due before it happened. This video shows all of the love and honor he was given in the week before he was put down.
What a truly amazing K9 officer Bandy was! He served with honor and dignity and will always be remembered by the many lives he touched and saved. In his last week, he was showered with treats and lots of love so he left this Earth in a state of pure joy and bliss. You do not want to miss the opportunity to learn more about Bandy! Make sure to Please SHARE on Facebook so everyone can see the video.


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In the movie "Welcome to Monster High," the students of Monster High™ unite to revel in the opening of the high school at the Dance the Fright Away™ celebration. Beasties Frankie Stein™ and Draculaura™ dolls have worked hard for this day and plan to commemorate the skelebration. The ghouls are ready to hop into the photo boo-th with clawesome accessories for freaky fabulous party snapshots! The two original Monster High™ character dolls wear monster-cute party dresses with metallic details, fancy shimmer and glam ghoul makeup. Three photo boo-th accessories for each encourage lots of photo ops. Frankie Stein™ doll, daughter of Frankenstein, is voltageous in her signature plaid with lightning bright metallic accents, golden earrings and silvery bolt-detailed heels. She's ready for some electrifying pics with lightning-themed makeup and three photo accessories that include a Skullette™-inspired piece, lightning bolt and nuts-and-bolts decorated eyeglasses. Recreate favorite scenes, make up new moves for the dance floor or tell new monster tales with this favorite Monster High™ character. Check out the "Welcome to Monster High" movie, and collect all of the dolls and accessories for your own stories of a monster world (each sold separately, subject to availability). Includes Frankie Stein™ doll wearing fashion and accessories with three photo booth props. Doll cannot stand alone. Colors and decorations may vary.
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This article is from Fight Back! News:
30,000 march against war at the RNC
Podcast Interviews
The following are interviews with some people who helped organize for the march and lead some of the contingents.
Carlos Montes
Hatem Abudayyeh
Cherrene Horazuk
Kati Ketz
St. Paul, MN – On September 1, the opening day of the Republican National Convention, 30,000 people rallied at the Minnesota State Capitol and marched against the war. It was the largest anti-war march in the U.S. this year.
The four main themes of the march were U.S. out of Iraq now; money for human needs, not for war; say no to the Republican agenda; and demand peace, justice and equality.
The march was led off by large contingents of veterans, immigrants, labor, poor people, Somalis, Palestinians, and students.
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Suitable for couples, friends and families, HSM Torrenova Playa is located in the popular resort of Magaluf in Majorca. The property is constructed on an elevated platform, known as cardiac hill. The view from the hotel is simply astounding as the beach is right below the hotel. Also, it's not only about the incredible view and the friendly staff, but the lanes around the hotel are famous for its vibrant nightlife, and everything is located within five minutes-waking distance.
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Seamless for a three star property, HSM Torrenova Playa is an ideal destination for the people looking for a memorable trip and a pocket friendly hotel. The hotel spreads over 12 floors and is equipped with 41 studios and 37 apartments. Furnished with all modern amenities, the hotel provides currency exchange, express check-in & check-out, laundry, luggage room, internet corner, doctor on request, and cars and bicycle on rental. Similarly, the hotel has an outdoor pool for adults and a kid's pool with sunbeds and sunshades — the view from the pool area is worth the trip. The hotel also has a games room that provides billiards and few other indoor games.
Rooms are spacious and offer an amazing view of the sea and the surroundings. Simple yet tastefully decorated, the rooms are modern, fitted with a balcony. Common facilities in both the categories of rooms include, TV with satellite, telephone, safe deposit, air-conditioning, private bathroom and balcony/terrace. The Apartment rooms come with a bedroom, a living room and a kitchen. And Studio rooms are spacious with sofa beds and equipped with kitchenette. The hotel has a restaurant, a bar and a lounge that cater to international visitors — the hotel also has a bar by the pool area that serves both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
HSM Torrenova Playa is located in the popular resort of Magaluf in Majorca. The property is constructed on an elevated platform, known as cardiac hill. The view from the hotel is simply astounding as the beach is right below the hotel.
the bus stop is only 300 metres from the hotel.
Sports, Games and Entertainment
Within the hotel is a supermarket that sells almost all the basic needs, but in case you want to step out, there are numerous restaurants, bars and shops around the hotel. Water sport is the main attraction, but for golfers Magaluf is a heaven; check out Golf Poniente, Real Golf Bendinat, or Golf Santa Ponsa, they are located within 5km from the hotel. And, for extreme sports lover, the athletics tracks in Magaluf are certified as 'A' grade. Besides, if you feel the need to visit the capital town, the bus stop is only 300 metres from the hotel.
Other Information
Distance to Beach (Metres):200
Time to Beach (Walking):5minutes
Distance to Shops and Restaurants (Metres):300meters
Time to Shops and Restaurants (Walking):7 minutes


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Experience fun, sun, eats, events and more with Matt Pittman, better known as "Matt About Jax"! After spending a decade in radio broadcasting, hosting one of the highest rated shows in his market, Matt moved to Jacksonville, FL with a single mission: to showcase the culture, top things to do and places to see in our great city.
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Bobby DeRossett
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Bobby has primary responsibility for the operation of the Prism Dallas area service branch. In this role, he oversees all Dallas County customer accounts. He is also responsible for achieving sales objectives, supervising production staff and managing the budget for this service area. Bobby has worked in the electrical industry since 1978. Over the years he gained experience with a number of contractors both on the service and new construction side.


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(The Datanla Waterfall)
Waterfalls everywhere in the cooler part of Vietnam, Da Lat. Temperature wise, it was my favorite in Vietnam (I haven't been to Halong Bay which I heard is a lot cooler), I could say it is the Philippine's Baguio City counterpart not only the temperature but the surroundings as well.
(Isn't it a cool ticket booth?)
The amazing parks, Pine trees, horse carriages, cheap healthy foods, etc. only less the tribes people you get to see everywhere at the park (specially Burnham park wearing the traditional tribal clothing). Except less Datanla waterfalls where you can only find in Da Lat. Crazy House is one unique place to see there too.
(The coaster rail)
Datanla Waterfalls looks amazing! Plus the fact that you can choose to walk through the beautiful and lush rain forest, enjoy some little swing parks surrounded by colorful flowers in the woods or if you are lazy to trek the natural way you can ride the roller coaster that will bring you to the waterfalls at the end of the up and down ride, basically a roller coaster ride in the middle of a rain forest. Isn't that cool? It is. You have a choice of riding the coaster back and forth, just going to the waterfall or just back from the waterfall. We chose the latter.
(Wooden sculptures around the area)
(It isn't real, just a display)
(Beautiful flowers are visible in the rain forest)
Also, to add a little more fun, you can rent out their traditional tribes clothing and pose for a photo with the waterfall in the background. How's that? Vietnamese creativity huh? Awesome!
Lyndsay is the mind behind this fashion blog, she also blogs about her travels on Discount Travel Blogger giving tips on how to explore the world as cheap as possible. She has earned units in Masters in Psychology, designs websites and graphics, online marketer, YouTuberand a singer by heart.


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Backers of the pay equity law passed last year took a victory lap Tuesday, reflecting on the two decades of advocacy that went into its passage and the partnerships that pushed it over the finish line.
The law, signed by Gov. Charlie Baker in August 2016, bans gender-based discrimination in pay, allows coworkers to freely discuss their salaries, and prohibits employers from requiring an applicant's salary history before a formal job offer. Versions of the legislation have been filed since 1995.
"Despite the fact that it's taken so many years, the passion in this subject was always, always there, each and every year," House Speaker Robert DeLeo said at a panel hosted by the Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators. "This year again it's a little different because I think we have something to celebrate."
"As we embrace the new reality that over half of our employees are women and if your goal is to attract the best and the brightest, you need to be thinking about not just pay equity but the workplace culture." - Jim Rooney, President & CEO, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
The panel was held in conjunction with "Equal Pay Day" -- this year, April 4 -- which, according to the National Committee on Pay Equity, is a date that symbolizes how deep into the next calendar year women must work to earn the equivalent salary of a man for the previous year.
Former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy, who moderated the discussion, said DeLeo's support for last year's pay equity bill was key because early versions had "died quietly every session, but largely because of opposition in the House."
"There was no doubt in my mind if we could get the parameters of a bill that he could be comfortable with, that his support would be there," said Murphy, the founder of a nonprofit, The WAGE Project, that seeks to fight wage discrimination against women.
DeLeo said Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad knocked on his door one afternoon to ask if she could take over work on the pay equity bill, saying she thought she could help find ways to get it done. He said the Somerset Democrat "led the way" in bringing stakeholders together.
"She broke heads," DeLeo said, as Haddad held a finger to her lips in a shushing gesture.
Haddad said she had "honest and candid" conversations with business groups to figure out how to address their concerns about cost, regulation and other issues.
"It was exactly about sitting down with people face-to-face and being able to talk a lot -- what is it you're trying to get at, where are we all trying to be," she said. "And I do believe that every man -- wow, it was mostly men at the table, I'm so shocked by that -- most of the men, they did believe that we could get there. They just didn't know how."
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce announced its support for the bill in January 2016. Murphy said Chamber President and CEO James Rooney had "opened a door that had been closed for almost 20 years" by getting business interests to look seriously at the bill.
Rooney said there is more to be done for women in the workplace, calling for a focus on diversifying boards and C-suite positions to include more women.
"As we embrace the new reality that over half of our employees are women and if your goal is to attract the best and the brightest, you need to be thinking about not just pay equity but the workplace culture," he said.


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Over the last twenty years, German unions at company level have come under harsh pressure from employers who demanded major concessions to preserve the competitiveness of German manufacturing industry. In return for preservation of core employees' interests, some company unions agreed on the hiring of temporary agency workers with fewer rights than their permanent colleagues. In the long run, these concessions were detrimental to the workforce as a whole. Such is the main message of a recently published ETUI Policy Brief.
The years 1996 to 2008 saw a fourfold increase in the numbers of workers employed on agency contracts in the German metal sector, according to field research findings of Chiara Benassi, lecturer in Human Resource Management at Royal Holloway, University of London.
In an ETUI Policy Brief issued in mid-February, Ms Benassi points out that this situation results from the combination of decentralisation of collective bargaining to company level and the labour market reforms undertaken in the early 2000s by Gerhard Schröder's left-wing government.
Under adverse prevailing conditions, many workers' delegations agreed on the inclusion in company-level agreements of provisions that reinforced segmentation between permanent and contingent workers in terms of working time (overtime, unsocial working hours) and pay (no access to company-level bonuses and benefits).
It was some years before unions realised that the stronger presence of contingent workers in companies was being exploited by employers to exert additional pressure on core workforces. The unions became aware also that this situation had considerably weakened their own mobilisation capacities.
This was the starting point for a campaign on agency workers conducted by the metalworkers' union IG Metall. Using the slogan 'Same work same wage', the campaign was aimed at raising public awareness of the situation of agency workers who were treated as second-class workers; at the same time it sought to affiliate this largely under-unionized category of workers.
The IG Metall campaign produced positive results: in 2011, over 1,200 companies had signed collective agreements guaranteeing better working conditions for agency workers and by 2012 over 50,000 agency workers had joined the union. In the collective bargaining arena, an industry-wide agreement on equal pay for agency workers was signed in September 2010.
To find out more:
Chiara Benassi, Extending solidarity rather than bargaining concessions: the IG Metall campaign for agency workers, ETUI Policy Brief, February 2016
Chiara Benassi (University of London)
Isabelle Schömann (ETUI) and Coralie Guedes (University of Lyon)


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I still need to make the brown striped waistcoat, but in my head I've already moved on to my next capsule, a spring green and black set based around this fabric and existing purchased jacket, bag and necklace.
Adventures in garment construction. (Plus random thoughts, photos of interesting places and stuff I've made!)
Monday, 18 October 2010
Winter Sew along
3 comments:
- Jenni said...
Love the black and green knit. Its really sophisticated, grown up, but still you. And the jacket and bag just go so well. I am really looking forward to following your progress on this one.
- 19 October 2010 at 11:50
- gwensews said...
I love that combination of green and black. Love green, especially those pretty, spring greens.
- 20 October 2010 at 12:31
- Barbara said...
Gorgeous, gorgeous. I was so happy to see that bright green on this gloomy morning in Nova Scotia. Looking forward to seeing this develop.
- 23 October 2010 at 14:37
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So last night I hosted a freegan trailblaze with four other swashbucklers in West Harlem. We began by making our way to Pathmark, just two blocks from my apartment. We stopped at a large pile of trash outside of Duane Reade where we salvaged a baby bathtub, a small aluminum garbage can, and an igloo cooler (I brought the baby bathtub home and posted it on the craigslist "free" page). Next was Pathmark, where we found two or three dozen VHS tapes. Another trash tourist took them home, also with the intent to sell or give away on CL.
We had only stopped at two stores and already our hands were full, so we went back to my apartment to leave our findings on the stoop.
Having lightened our load, we made our way toward Broadway, stopping at nearly every large pile of trash along the way. We rescued doughnuts and bagels at Dunkin Donuts, sweet plantains at C-Town, and took pictures of perfectly good discarded furniture to post as CURB ALERTS on craigslist. Finally we made our way to Food Town on St. Nicholas and 148th St.
Here we hit the jackpot.
I opened a bag that felt as though it might have food in it. All I could see inside was another black plastic gargage bag. I opened that bag and discovered yet another bag inside of it - how many of these bags would I have to open before I reached my treasure? And why did this trash need to be triple-bagged?! Finally I reached the bags' contents, dozens of good peaches. I rescued about ten of them. Then another trash tourist discovered a bag, a cornucopia of other fruits and veggies: apples, strawberries, lemons, green peppers, mushrooms, soup greens, lettuce, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, zuchini, and squash! What a find!
We tied up our leavings and walked back toward my apartment. After a solid treasure hunt I think it's safe to say we were all headed home quite happy!
This morning I woke up to a smoothie - featuring rescued peaches, apple, and strawberries! - and a viewing of "The Story of Stuff".
And I have a free baby bathtub if anyone needs ;)


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Matt Pritchard is running a wave camp in one of the best locations in the world, Punta St Carlos in Baja. Baja is one of those places where you can get endless amounts of bottom turns as the wave breaks and reforms. It sounds like a great place to put into practice tips from Matt Pritchard himself.
Matt Pritchard:
"I will be hosting the SoloSports wave camp from September 1-8 2007 and will be conducting daily windsurfing instruction. The camp is geared up for action – surfing in the morning, sailing all afternoon and mountain biking the groomed trails in the early evening. Watching the sun set as your catered meals are being specially prepared make it the perfect ending to a fun-packed day.
Punta San Carlos is unquestionably the best place to learn or perfect your wavesailing! I have a structured daily agenda guaranteed to take you to your next level. I will also be showcasing the Tabou boards for you to try www.tabou-boards.com at the camp so get signed up today for the most insane week of your summer!!!!!!!!!!
One on one sessions, group training, land talks, technique evaluation with video as well as still photography make this a fun and educational experience! I\'ve also invited fellow pro sailor Kevin MacGillivary of Santa Barbara to assist me in your instruction. Kevin is also very at home at all the Punta San Carlos breaks.
"Whatever your level of sailing, We can make it better!" But it starts with you. We hope to see you there but don\'t wait too long as space is limited! "
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A Man in Full (Book Review)
My late maternal grandmother was an avid reader. When she was a little girl in the 1920s she'd hide with a book so as to avoid having to help with housework. In later years she told her daughter, my mother, that she was reading a terrible book and having a hard time finishing it. My mother thought that was hilarious. If you don't like a book, stop reading it! With 'A Man in Full' I found myself in the same situation as my grandmother. This book was no fun to read, and yet I read it through to the end.
To begin, I hated every character except one. The one I didn't hate, I pitied. Most of the characters were greedy, self-centered creatures who couldn't see beyond the horizons of their own, petty existences. One of the main characters (I can't really say for certain that there was a clear protagonist in this mess) was a well-to-do real estate developer and recalcitrant (yet I know what that means, and yes I think it's an apt description) good ol' boy named Charlie Croker. At the other extreme, among several characters we're forced to learned about, is Conrad Hensley. This latter is a decent young man trying to do the right thing and take care of his young family, and through bad luck and even worse judgement ends up in jail. I felt awful for him, and worse for myself for continuing to read it.
Further, this book was too wordy. ½ of the text – at least – could be selectively chopped away without any harm to the plot. It would have flowed much better, at least. Tom Wolfe goes into excessive detail describing each room the characters find themselves in, and generally goes too in-depth on the mental states and thought processes of the people he describes. It was beyond tedious, and after the halfway mark I started skipping a few pages at a time. It made no difference to my ability to follow the storyline.
What put this book on my radar in the first place was that I heard that Stoicism featured heavily in it. That being the case, I decided it must be worth a look. What I actually found was…well, weird. Modern-day Stoicism is an attempt to revive the ancient philosophy of life. Some take it more 'by-the-book' and insist that a deity and Providence are necessary to make the philosophy work. Others, like myself, see no need for these concepts to be involved. What Tom Wolfe did with Stoicism was stranger still. One of the key characters (have I mentioned there were many?) ended up in prison through his own desperation and stupidity. For reading material in jail he ended up with a book of Stoic writings, and pretty soon he experienced a jailhouse conversions…to Zeus! This sort of personal relationship with Zeus is something I think must be fairly rare in real-life Stoic circles. At least, I hope so.
After so many words and so much long-delayed build-up, the denouement was completely unsatisfying. A press conference that was bumbled yet somehow got what many wanted, then a few pages of a couple of the characters discussing what happened afterward. Cringe-worthy.
'A Man in Full' is a bestselling book from a famous author, and I hope to never read its like again.
For books I do recommend, see the 'Reading' section of this blog.
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The new Lightwell name and visual identity were developed to better reflect the company's values, customer-centric approach, and range of technology services and solutions.
WESTERVILLE, Ohio (May 8, 2014): Oxford Consulting Group, a leading provider of technology services and solutions, announced today that it has changed its name to Lightwell, effective immediately. The new name and visual identity were developed to better convey the company's value proposition, commitment to its customers, and expansion of its technology services and solutions portfolio.
"This is a very exciting chapter in our company," said Michelle Kerr, president of Lightwell. "As our company turned sixteen years old this week, it's appropriate that we are closing the chapter on Oxford Consulting Group and starting a new chapter on Lightwell. Lightwell represents our future, our next sixteen years."
Kerr continued, "As our company has evolved into a multi-national organization with many facets and disciplines, Lightwell is much more reflective of who we are today, and the level of excellence we're continually striving to deliver to our clients, our employees and our partners."
Since the company's inception over 16 years ago, it has expanded from a one-person consulting firm to a company with hundreds of professionals supporting a broad portfolio of technology services and solutions. Today, the company's focus areas include omni-channel order management and fulfillment, e-commerce, supply chain management, EDI and B2B Integration, managed file transfer, and IT staffing.
Lightwell has assisted hundreds of companies across North America and Western Europe by implementing, managing and optimizing their technology portfolios. Its customers span many industries, and range from mid-size organizations to Global 2000 enterprises. Through its services and solutions, Lightwell enables its customers to reduce costs and complexity, increase customer satisfaction, and accelerate growth.
"The name Lightwell better reflects our commitment to bringing clarity to complexity, how we bring to light innovative solutions that solve problems and add real value, and how we help our customers achieve their visions and goals—today and over the long term—by illuminating the path to success," said Lori Angalich, vice president of marketing at Lightwell. "Lightwell is who we are, and what we do."
The new name is coupled with a vivid new logo and visual identity that represents the company's positive progression.
"Our new name and visual identity is based on the concept of an architectural lightwell, which is an aperture in a building that draws light and air down into an otherwise-dark area ," said Angalich. "We believe that this is fitting for our company because we strive to shed light on solutions to complex business problems, provide increased clarity for our customers, and enable them to thrive in an exceptionally challenging business environment."
"Our new logo's design is a resolution of complex components and patterns that represent how we help companies interconnect and reduce complexity—within their enterprise and across their value chains," Angalich continued. "Its 'starlight' design and brilliant colors also represent illumination and innovation, which are at the foundation of our company."
In conjunction with the announcement, the company has launched its new website at https://www.lightwellinc.com, and has rebranded its marketing collateral. Its Oxford Consulting Group website address will repoint to the new website, effective immediately. The company's current social media profiles will be changed to reflect the rebranding as well.
The company has also posted a video about the new name and brand on its home page, featuring members of its leadership team and employees across the North America and the United Kingdom. Furthermore, extensive outreach to customers, partners and contractors is planned to inform them of the change and showcase the company's new identity.
"This process has been an opportunity to reevaluate who we are and what's important to us—and our commitment to providing superior solutions and quality services has not changed," said Adam Heeter, CEO of Lightwell. "It's brought a renewed passion and confidence in what we do, and we're excited about what we can bring to our customers in the future."
About Lightwell Inc.
Lightwell, formerly known as Oxford Consulting Group develops and implements technology solutions that answer critical business challenges. They serve businesses across North America and Western Europe that have a desire to more effectively interconnect and manage information for optimal business performance. Their technology services and solutions—including B2B integration, e-commerce, order management, supply chain management, and IT staffing—enable cost reduction, increase customer satisfaction, and accelerate growth. Lightwell is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, with two offices in the United Kingdom and satellite offices across North America. Visit https://www.lightwellinc.com to learn more, or contact them directly at (614) 310-2700 in North America or +44 (0) 845 226 0979 in Europe.


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Younghusband Lecture 2018
People in Pigeonholes: the impact on faith relations
13 November 2018
Dr Chetna Kang MB BS MRCPsych explored how identities and belonging can bring people together or keep them apart.
A report of this lecture appears in our February 2019 newsletter here.
'Spirituality, dialogue and action: new thinking for an interfaith society'
on 21 March 2018
The World Congress of Faith's 2018 programme of events started with a symposium 'Spirituality, dialogue and action: new thinking for an interfaith society' on 21 March held at the Focolare Centre in Welwyn Garden City. More than 30 delegates met to explore themes of' Spiritual but not Religious', 'Inter-generational issues in interfaith practice' and 'Challenges and innovation'. The scene was set for each theme by a presenter, and then explored in depth by small break-out groups. WCF was fortunate to have three excellent presenters: Barney Leith, Ana Co, and Jenny Ramsden. Each got their topic off to a stimulating start, and the ensuing discussions all helped to fulfil WCF's remit of sharing ideas and information about new approaches to interfaith through spirituality and disseminating the results.
Conversations around the first theme focussed on the nature of 'spirituality' in the context of morality and the search for meaning in life, and on the role of religions in providing structure and guidance as well as connection into cultural settings. Rather than reaching 'conclusions' groups provided considerable food for thought and action by WCF: for example, the extent to which spirituality can relate to community activity as well as individual inner life, and whether connecting through spirituality helps or hinders in building bridges.
The second and third themes opened up discussion about ways of drawing people into interfaith dialogue and action, especially those new to working with other faiths. Ana Co's account of 3FF's Schools Programme prompted delegates to reflect on how sensitivity, tolerance and listening skills can be learnt, and how others (whether in schools or community groups) could be equipped to teach them. Those attending felt that shared hobbies and interests played a key role, and interestingly, this was the very issue developed in the final theme.
Jenny Ramsden gave practical examples of work done by Touchstone in Bradford to enable people of different faiths to work together creatively and with purpose; break out groups then had the opportunity to talk during craft exercises, making and decorating artefacts. Some found this absorbed them such that conversation became secondary to a quiet feeling of group endeavour, while others found it an environment that encouraged unpressurised and wide-ranging discussion about life and individual lives.
A full review of the event, and some of the individual presentations, feature in the Summer 2018 issue of Interreligious Insight.
Jenny Kartupelis
16 April 2018
Celebrating the life of Huston Smith
We gathered at the Headquarters of the Buddhist Society in May for our AGM which was followed by a lecture with Richard Boeke celebrating the life of Huston Smith.
Huston Smith, who died December 2016, was a renowned author and theologian whose book 'The World's Religions' has been a standard text for 50 years and TV series 'The Search for America' was a treasure trove of meetings with spiritual leaders.
Revd. Richard Boeke who gave the lecture is a Vice President of World Congress of Faiths, Co-chair of the Peace Commission of the International Association of Religious Freedom, a lecturer and an author.
Celebrating Inter Faith Co-existence
How interfaith engagement can affect the future of humanity
Sunday 13th November 2016
Global Cooperation House, LONDON,
Hosted by the Brahma Kumaris in collaboration with the World Congress of Faiths and Chaired by Pejman Khojasteh, Treasurer for World Congress of Faiths, the welcome was given on behalf of the Brahma Kumaris by Cherie Chin A Foh.
The Chair's address highlighted the contribution of faith communities to society in the UK and throughout the world and although it often appeared otherwise religion is not one of the main causes of war. It has been recorded that of the 1762 wars throughout human history only 7% have been religious in nature. Yet he questioned whether religious scriptures have an innate propensity to unity or disunity and suggested it was the way in which religious followers interpreted their scriptures that could create disunity and that in scripture as a whole there is the Golden Rule principle of treating others as we would want them to treat us. The Chair also highlighted the benefits in interfaith engagement and activities whilst maintaining the unique identity of each faith community and he emphasized that 'unity' amongst faith communities does not mean a 'melting pot' as there is a respect for differences as well as commonalities. So it is very much 'unity in diversity'. The introduction was recorded on YouTube at youtu.be/vGEFnumKpAA
The Chair then invited each speaker on the panel to contribute their perspective from their religious tradition on the theme of how interfaith engagement can affect the humanity. The following are some quotes from the words spoken:
Rabbi Mark L Solomon, (Jewish): There has been a tendency for human beings to keep separating as new and different ideas emerge, creating an 'us and them' mentality across humanity. The thrust of interfaith dialogue is to challenge this and it is one of my most passionate callings and it seems that God is calling us to do this work at this time in history'. 'As an interfaith movement we must resist casting the secular world as our enemy even though amongst the secular world there can be a militant dogmatic tendency that is hostile towards people of faith… But we do need to establish the same kind of bonds between the religious and the secular as we are trying to establish amongst ourselves. 'Part of the benefit of interfaith dialogue is to remind ourselves that God is greater than any one religion. Through our friendship we can show religion is a helpful and not a harmful force in society. Mark's speech was recorded on YouTube at youtu.be/DmX4oXe5YBw
Dr Alhagi Manta Drammeh, (Muslim): From the perspective of ethics and spirituality which is a very important koranic concept, and in these terms we are all so close to each other and yet we think we are far apart. ' Be good and do good' for example. We cannot close the door on other people. We need to communicate our commonality and we need conversations for this and then we will break those artificial barriers that breed intolerance. Dr Drammeh's speech was recorded on YouTube at youtu.be/lOTZNYW9wv4
Fr. David Standley, (Roman Catholic Christian): I am wearing a white poppy today as the red poppy talks of blood, violence and loss and the white poppy talks of hope and working towards peace. Christianity has a shameful record in history of division which in the last century have we made moves to amend. In the past 50 years Christianity has become more open to interfaith dialogue. This began at the Vatican Council in the 1960s. We see interfaith dialogue as a long journey. It is a listening to what others believe and also to learn from the other side. Your faith illuminates my faith…by John Wesley. We need to be open to what is true and holy in other religions. There is the dialogue of life as we show interest in different traditions, the dialogue of action where we can stand together and witness. Then there is the dialogue of theological exchange which is also important and the dialogue of scriptural reasoning which can be illuminating as we share our religious experiences and as I share my experience of God through my tradition I can also listen to yours. We can pray together in this way. David's speech was recorded on YouTube at youtu.be/iUrZyZA6KdU
Satish K Sharma (Hindu): Today we are remembering war (Remembrance Sunday) and yet I wish to speak on non-violence, Ahimsa. The Rig Veda says that when people of different communities meet we create an invocation……may divinity guide us and protect us…..may there never be harsh words between us. And I feel that until we have mastered non-violence within myself personally on the physical emotional, mental and spiritual plane then we continue to pose a threat to each other. Therefore although it is tempting to focus on our commonalities we must also address that which has been a perennial cause of conflict between our faiths and we see that the most active and dynamic players in the interfaith space are those from the most violent history. Satish's speech was recorded on YouTube at youtu.be/P2a-3O7BMpA
Malcolm Deboo (Zoroastrian): Those amongst us that come from Iran recently celebrated Sirus day. Sirus the Greats policy was to live and let live and as King of the Persian empire he allowed others to practice their faith as long as it did not challenge his supremacy…this was one example of interfaith coexistence in ancient times. Also when Zoroastrians went to settle in other places, it was the Hindu Raja's who allowed us to stay and continue to practice as we were not seen as a threat. Malcolm's speech was recorded on You Tube at youtu.be/cFYkV2MJsU4
Revd Michael Redman, (Anglican Christian): We speak what we feel not what we are told what to say. I speak for myself. One of our ancient hymns talks about Jesus emptying himself. Many of our institutions in this country were founded by Christians and have a Christian ethos: schools, university, hospitals, even football clubs. There is something about setting something up but also emptying so that it can have a life of its own. So Christians can look at interfaith in this way…..to allow other people to build into their ethos so institutions take on their own life. Michael's speech was recorded on You Tube at youtu.be/gYsNi0vrELk
Acharya Modgala Duguid (Buddhist): The Buddha searched for the causes of suffering and affliction and what he found was a nightmare….his night of enlightenment was a nightmare as he saw people going to war within themselves and communities again and again century after century and seeing this he found some causes: We try to escape from what we don't want and the mental affliction that came from that. The more we escape from what is going on within the self we cause more war. Buddhism gets us to stop and to see what is going on in our own head and then move on……then we can follow a path to be with others grounded in ourselves. I am a grass roots worker and I do come together with other faiths to see where we can help together in practical ways. Acharya's speech was recorded on You Tube at youtu.be/6_L_84RZqEc
Karl Wightman (Baha'i): There is violence in the mode of public consultation that is practised in our societies today, as it is one of adversarialism, where one or two positions jostle 'to win'. There is violence in this and it affects us all and this year we have seen how divided our society is in terms of political ideological These divisions have been growing wider and wider over several decades. There is an idea called an 'echo chamber', when we only see those whose views reflect our own therefore our perception of reality is very much shaped by who we interact and engage with. Yet our power is limited if we don't understand what people's concerns are and we are unable to dialogue in a non-intellectually violent way. Unless we have open true dialogue how can we understand each other. Broadly speaking religion see people as noble, as spiritual and reflections of the divine and if this vision were to permeate public discourse then perhaps our way of interacting would be non-violent. Karl's speech was recorded on YouTube at youtu.be/-aXfENQHhic
Charanjit Ajitsingh (Sikh): Cooexistence is to live in peace with each other despite differences. This has plagued humanity for centuries. Do we live together or live parallel lives so we can feel secure without any disturbance of the otherness of the other. It appears with the current political trends that we have put the clock back as we see the rise in 'hate crime' – being disturbed by the otherness of the other. Sikhs have always engaged in dialogue and it is auspicious that Guru Nanak's birthday is tomorrow, during interfaith week. Our local charities that are involved in cooking a hot meal invite anyone. Our scripture includes Hindu and Muslim saints so we are bound to people of interfaith. Charanjit's speech was recorded on YouTube at youtu.be/dLHrqy6Cpcs
Dr Harshadray Sanghrajka (Jain): Many have stolen my thunder! Ahimsa, non-violence is much deeper than just physical, .it has to be practiced in thought and speech and this is a specialty in Jainism….Ahimsa can alleviate the effects of climate change too. Just as I have the right to my religion I have to recognize others have the right to believe in their religion. It is essential to accept that each view is correct according to whoever is speaking. There are the three 'A's of Jainism that could help bring prosperity and bliss in life: Ahimsa – reverence for ALL living beings; Anekantawada – respecting and examining the validity of differing viewpoints and Aparigraha, reducing needs and possessions, which alleviates the desire of ownership and the propensity towards violence to achieve this. Dr Sanghrajka's speech was recorded on YouTube at youtu.be/O09iP45p4lk
Sister Georgina Long (Brahma Kumaris): Understanding and cooperation are buzz words for Inter faith week. And as we understand each other in each one's faith there can be cooperation and contentment with each other. I would like to highlight those who are always showing this ethos in their daily life. Those who at these interfaith meetings make the tea and work behind scenes are the stalwarts of interfaith by engaging, getting on with taking care of each other and providing a sacred space. Georgina's speech was recorded on YouTube at youtu.be/9RymVqu-mYE
After the break a short video created by the Mayor of London's team to celebrate Interfaith week called 'London is open' was shared and it highlighted the beauty of each faith, and the beauty of opening doors to each other to invite new possibilities and exchanges.
BK Masana de Souza facilitated a conversation based on the following three questions: What are the challenges and opportunities facing our spiritual communities at this time? What are the possibilities and opportunities are we aware of? How can I be the change that I wish to see in others?
This was explored first in pairs, then in groups of four and finally in groups of eight.
There were many points (see below) that came out of the afternoon's exchange in the conversations and the energy in the room lifted as each shared and listened to each other's views. Some of the themes that arose included the need for recognizing and respecting each other regardless of faith, culture etc and the need to cultivate an inner sacred space, developing an inner silence where we can have clarity and self trust and therefore extend this out to all others as we connect with the heart.
The afternoon was beautifully closed with a song by Rabbi Mark Solomon which encapsulated the feeling in the room 'The prayer of the true heart is that it all never ends…the sun, the sea, the beauty'….
Thanks were offered to the speakers, organisers and supporters of the day.
Some points shared by the panel members working within the groups after the afternoon tea:
- We enjoyed the idea of building the dialogue from 2 to 4 to 8. Our group was very diverse and our discussion was fascinating and revealing….we converged on many things.
- We had some converging of ideas that seemed beneficial and a mixture of faith and no faith.
- By recognizing and respecting the other…and their ideas even if I disagree…there is coexistence, otherwise we will end up destroying each other.
- Everyone is a loser in war. (Chekhov).
- The most important thing we can introduce is respect for people and contempt for beliefs…place on a higher platform respect for people…
- Becoming perfectly adjusted in a maladjusted society is an act of duplicity. Courageous to say what we do believe. The inner has to become the outer.
- Cultivate sacred space within the self and as it becomes deeper and stiller we create sacred space around us unconsciously
- How can I be the change I want to see in the other. Focus on the self and qualities and look for qualities in others.
- Lovely to be in a sacred space together.
- There is power in introversion and a necessity to be in silence.
- It is presumptuous to change another. Desire to change others is worthy of scrutiny
- Become a space for others to reach out. Become a mirror and recipient of others fear, concerns and desires to change.
- Thoughts are an issue and a battle…Acceptance of own thoughts brings release.
- Seek clarity and work on self trust.
- Coming together is the most important thing. It is often easier to speak to interfaith people that it is to those within own faiths. Be good to come together more within faith.
- We created a sacred space as we talked as we shared from the heart.
- How can I be the change I want to see in others. Living it oneself. Not blaming.
- Being authentic and open minded beyond colour, culture and clothes
- Be with others in a nonjudgmental way is important especially when they are wavering.
- We need to detach from material things and accept the self.
- We are all unique and yet how do we share? If we are all Gods' children why are we so divided. How do we manage this. There is the challenge of unity.
- By being good listeners with compassion we can create a feeling of sacred space.
- Transcendence across the limitation of our bodies.
- Focus on the spiritual space within our bodies.
- Extremism flourishes in the absence of doubt….doubt sometimes can work beautifully as an antidote to fundamentalism. So to believe in ourselves but not be selfish about it.
- I am coming away from here joining a meditation group.
- We need to allow people to make mistakes and forgiveness
- Fabulous opportunity to come together and see how we can become more united . Nice we all got a chance to share our perspectives..
- Very good afternoon, very diverse….building up the groups….worked very well. Being more true to myself. Being kinder to myself and believing that I notice that what I project onto other people is very often what I need to look at myself To express humbly as well as listen to others.
- I need to get deep enough to true self where I meet God.
- Music is often a way of transforming a space. Even if it is not a place of worship or a regular space
In Peace
Our 80th Anniversary Conference in Emmanuel College, Cambridge held on 23 September was a great success.
Dr David Cheetham of the University of Birmingham introduced the proceedings, noting how the nature of interfaith encounter had changed with new ideas of what constituted the 'secular', and with the advent of new technologies and ways of engagement.
Revd Dr Alan Race spoke about 'coming full circle': in the post-colonial era, people of faith had to learn not to see others in their own image, but we have now moved from simple empires of land to empires of the mind, and are falling back into old habits. He reminded us that 'We each experience the whole, but in different and partial ways'.
Professor Ursula King traced the involvement of women in the development of interfaith relations, where even now their contribution is more at grassroots level that in the leadership roles where they are needed. To move successfully into the future, feminist thinking must be applied to interfaith theology, and gender-critical thinking must be actively cultivated.
Dr Ankur Barua considered religious pluralism and interfaith dialogue from the perspectives of Hinduism, and the seeming paradox whereby some western observers and Hindu thinkers presents Hindu forms of thought and practice as intrinsically peaceful and tolerant, while historians of south Asia are familiar with the complexity of Hindu patterns of violence directed at other faiths on the subcontinent. There is a need to distinguish between 'spiritual' and 'political' Hinduism.
Rabbi Tony Bayfield agreed with the view that religious absolutism is both a cause of world conflict, and is logically absurd. Public discourse in the UK is grounded in economics, preventing the essential space for exploring and affirming values; dialogue about values should not be the preserve of academics and professionals, but should be part of ordinary life, and we must be more creative about enabling this.
Professor Chris Baker focussed on the interaction between public life and religion, and how they shape one another. Due to 'globalised modernity', boundaries have become more fluid, and this creates an environment in which religion can thrive, representing a search for reconnection and a 'home'. At the same time, however, 'faith' in the sense of vision and commitment has been lost from the political arena.
Dr Edward Kessler and Dr Riaz Ravat then provided their reflections on the development of interfaith relations, the increasingly pressing need for this area to be addressed and prioritised, and the importance of this conference and WCF's work in raising some of the key questions.
Full details of all the talks and discussions will appear in the next issue of Interreligious Insight, our Journal - which will appear in December 2016
Our Garden Party
We held a garden party at the Royal Foundation of St Katherine, Limehouse on 10 July
The Royal Foundation of St Katherine is a wonderful oasis of quiet away from the busy-ness that is London.
About 50 members and friends enjoyed tea and sandwiches and discussion about interfaith matters.
We were particularly delighted to welcome Hamander Singh who talked about Interfaith dialogue and marathon running.
Spiritual Awareness and Interfaith Relations
On 4 February 2016, we held a symposium at Sarum College in Salisbury.
Jenny Kartupelis has written a blog which will appear in the Journal for the Study of Spirtiuality in February 2017
Fo Guang Temple
Tea ceremony and interfaith debate in Inter Faith Week 2015
The Fo Guang Shan Temple is in the heart of London's West End, but one would never guess at its bustling environment once inside, and enjoying the peace of its meditation and meeting spaces. The Humanistic Buddhist Temple was the setting for one of the first events in Inter Faith Week 2015, when jointly with the World Congress of Faiths it hosted a tea ceremony and a debate on 15 November.
Attended by more than 30 people, the tea ceremony offered an insight into the calm and contemplation associated with small but significant acts, such as sharing and appreciating refreshment. After the ceremony, guests were given a new publication of daily reflections, '365 days for Travellers'.
They then moved to the Library, where Inter Faith Network UK Director Dr Harriet Crabtree welcomed the first day of Inter Faith Week, a tradition that was moving from strength to strength with more events and support every year.
The debate was chaired by Dr Alan Race, Chair of WCF, and the four speakers were introduced by Jon Dal Din of Westminster Interfaith. They were: Venerable Hui Sheng, of the Fo Guang Shan Temple in Paris; Roman Catholic Archbishop Kevin McDonald of England & Wales; Rabbi Helen Freeman of West London Synagogue; and Jayde Russell of the London Central Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre. Each spoke on the theme of 'Vision and hopes for the future: What can faiths achieve together in the coming year?' and delegates then discussed some of the issues and questions arising.
If you would like to comment on this event, or join a discussion, please go to our blog page.
Parliament of World Religions, Salt Lake City, October 2015
The World Congress of Faiths was well represented at the Parliament, by Vice-President Marcus Braybrooke, Chair Alan Race and members of the Executive Committee including Sister Maureen Goodman, Karen Bali, Vinod Kapashi and Mary Braybrooke. Members from Britain arranged a multi-media meditation on "Peace in Our Hearts: Peace in Our World", while Alan Race and Jim Kenney – editors of our journal Interreligious Insight – led a seminar discussion.
Some 8,000 people attended the Parliament, which was described as "The best ever," by its chair Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid. The focus was on what religions can do together to "Reclaim the Heart of Our Humanity."
Many speakers stressed the need for participants to turn what they had learned into action in their own communities to overcome poverty and fight for justice through action and not just words. The President of Parmarth Niketan Rishikesh, one of India's largest interfaith spiritual institutions, said the work of the interfaith movement is needed worldwide. "There is a shortage of food, clean water and arable land across the globe. If there's any shortage, there's a global consciousness shortage."
Even so, there was time to learn about many spiritual and religious practices and for transforming individual conversations. A highlight was a concert of sacred music in the Tabernacle of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints of Jesus Christ (Mormons). The children's choir, with youngsters from most of the many faith communities in Salt Lake City, inspired everyone with their hope that a new world is possible, but that "only we can be the change."
The first Parliament was held in Chicago in 1893, and has since been re-convened in South Africa, Spain, Australia and the US.
If you would like to comment on this report, or join a discussion, please go to our blog page.
July 2015 Conference
In July 2015 the World Congress of Faiths co-hosted the Conference at High Leigh on Seeking the Sacred, with Modern Church. Full details are on the Modern Church website.
Many thanks to Modern Church for allowing us to reproduce them.
Many of our members were involved, including our chairman Alan Race, who chaired the conference, Rev Georgiana Heskins, Staff Tutor, South East Institute for Theological Education, who spoke on Revelation and Scripture in Abrahamic Faiths, Rev Bonnie Evans-Hills, who was Conference Chaplain and led a workshop on Feminist Movements Within Religious Traditions, and Jenny Kartupelis our new Strategy and Development Officer, who led a workshop on Christians Facilitating Interfaith Dialogue: Opportunities And Challenges In Practice.