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True irony: Bush on personal responsibility
To the list of President Bush's many shortcomings, we can now add another failing.
Our poor president -- no, make that our exceedingly poor president -- is obviously irony impaired.
How else could he go to Furman University on Saturday and celebrate his time-tested -- and now, time-graded and time-failed -- theme of personal responsibility? Unless, that is, he intended to offer himself as a counter-example to the idealistic young collegians.
In his address, the president highlighted some important truths. Like, say, this: "You have responsibilities to your fellow citizens, your country, your family, and yourself." And this: "A culture of responsibility means being accountable to your families and to yourself."
His discourse on responsibility and accountability came just as the political world was aflutter over the divulgences, if an acknowledgement of something already well-established can be so described, from former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan. Prominent among them is that the president and his team engaged in a propaganda campaign to sell the nation on war with Iraq.
That war has turned up neither the weapons of mass destruction the administration insisted were there nor operational ties between Iraq and Al-Qaida. Still, the president continues to assert he was right in launching the invasion.
Ah, responsibility.
What's more, this is a president whose administration spent years ignoring global warming, while muzzling government scientists and editing government reports to weaken asserted links between greenhouse gases and climate change. In his second term, Bush has finally offered a halfhearted acknowledgment of the problem, but without embracing serious solutions. That, obviously, will be left to the next president.
But here's what took the commencement cake: Bush's warning to graduates to avoid amassing too much debt.
"You can strengthen our country by showing fiscal discipline in your lives," he said. "It may sound funny coming from a visitor from Washington, D.C., but it's important to your futures and the future of our country."
Although that quote suggests the president has some inkling that he's an unlikely messenger on this topic, it didn't keep him from offering this counsel: "My advice to you is not to dig a financial hole that you can't get out of. Live within your means."
What, exactly, can one say to that? Except this: "I guess it's a case of do as I say and not as I do," says Bob Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan deficit watchdog.
It is indeed. Having inherited a budget in surplus and a declining national debt, this president pushed through a series of tax cuts and presided over spending increases that have left us awash in red ink.
Publicly held federal debt has gone from $3.4 trillion when Bush took office to $5.3 trillion. Add in the trillions owed to government accounts like the Social Security Trust Fund, and our total national debt is now $9.4 trillion, up from $5.6 trillion in 2000. That's more than $30,000 for every American citizen. Meanwhile, since 2001, long-term unfunded liabilities and commitments have ballooned from about $20 trillion to more than $50 trillion.
"We have gone from a point where we had current and projected budget surpluses to where we have large and growing deficits," says former comptroller general David Walker, who led the Government Accountability Office from late 1998 until March of this year. "And we have gone from a point where we were projected to pay off all the federal debt and have fiscal sustainability for 40-plus years to a point where we have large and mounting debt burdens and the simulation model that is used by GAO to project fiscal sustainability crashes in about 40 years."
It will take years to work our way out of the hole we're now in. A significant part of the sacrifice will fall on the young, who as taxpayers will have to help repay the debt rung up in this era, even as they build their own lives.
And make no mistake: Much of the blame for that burden lies with a president who prefers preaching responsibility to practicing it.


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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini remains confident that his side can retain their Premier League title, despite a 3-2 derby defeat at home to Manchester United.
The Citizens, now 2/1 to retain their crown, fell six points adrift of United as a result of their loss at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, but Mancini was not too downbeat about his side's prospects for the coming months.
He told reporters: "Even though we have lost this game we have shown we can win the title this year.
"It is clear we need to work hard and stop making mistakes. We can't continue to go one or two goals behind because it is difficult to recover.
"We have a good spirit. Now we need to win four or five matches in a row."
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Meanwhile, Everton boss David Moyes, whose side are 7/2 to finish in the top four this season, was delighted with a late show which clinched a 2-1 home win over Spurs.
The three points moved the Toffees up into fourth place, with Moyes saying: "The position doesn't shame the way the players have been playing, they have been doing that well.
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text: This park is actually REALLY close to me. I live on the north side of Denton and the drive to the front gate is maybe 20 minutes. But for those of you in the DFW area, it's definitely worth a visit. Looking at the dark skies map online, it's probably the darkest State Park attached to the DFW metroplex. You won't see the milky way, but definitely many more stars than you would see just 20 minutes south in my backyard (which is actually more than you would see even in downtown Denton). It also has lots of great trails, including equestrian trails if that's your thing. DORBA (DFW mtb trail system) maintains a set of mountain bike trails there that I have yet to ride, but will make extensive use of once I pick up a proper MTB in December. And if you like cruising by bike on easy trails, there are some lengthy flat options that run up to 10+ miles depending on how you work it. I have ridden those on my CX bike in the past. It would go even longer, but the main gravel path that runs south out of the park has the second half closed due to massive flooding a couple of years ago. And it's on the lake so it has all the requisite facilities for fishing and boating, as well as a man made beach for swimming. This also means there are some camp sites with really beautiful views. I think I've stayed here once or twice in the past for tent camping, but it's been long enough I don't remember much about those visits. We stayed on the Quail Run loop and it was very nice. Only thing of note is that while there were water and electricity hookups, there was no sewer/grey water drain at the site. You will have to put it in a tank for disposal at the dump station near the entrance of the park. The park was PACKED due to the recent awesome temperature drops. However, the Quail Run loop (which has a nice playground next to the bathrooms if you have kiddos) was actually REALLY quiet. I know I've had my fair share of noisy neighbors in state parks, but the nature of the loop dominated by TT's, Pop Ups, and 5th wheel trailers meant the neighbors were typically families or retired types. Probably one of the more pleasant nights I've spent in a State Park. So YES, check it out.


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Since writing my last post, A Critical Response, I've made a correction to it, though now I wonder if it was needed. I used the confrontation between Moss and the Mexican who is asking for water as an example of Moss' denial of the existence of the devil, i.e. Chigurh. Moss actually answers in return, "There ain't no wolves," and not, "There ain't no devil." The problem is that I don't speak a lick of Spanish and he says "lobos".
But a response to my post, that pointed out this error, on Emerson's Scanners from someone named Dane Walker got me thinking. There is a lot of talk about wolves not having come to the site of the drug deal, or having come to the drug deal. I wonder if there's something written somewhere about wolves' relationship with death…ah, the joy of internet…
"The word "wolf" itself has a very negative meaning: The Swedish and Norwegian term for wolf is varg, in Icelandic vargr, which not only means wolf but also is used for a wicked person. The Gothic word vargs (warg in Old High German, warc in Middle High German, verag in Anglo-Saxon) stands for murderer, strangler, outlaw, and evil spirit. The verdict "thou art a warg" declared the culprit an outlaw. Those people were banished forever from human society and were forced to live in the wild. "
The wolf it seems has a very negative standing in mythology from blowing down the three pig's houses to having demonic origins. The whole write up I ran across about the mythology of wolves can be found here… It would seem that when Moss says "There ain't no wolves", he very easily could have in an ominous way and in a way he didn't realize he was doing, talking about Chigurh, or in a stretch…the devil. Ed Tom and his deputy take note that wolves haven't come, but perhaps it did, in a stretch, in the form of Chigurh. But maybe it isn't so much a stretch. Emerson speaks of Chigurh working on a mythological level, something I whole heartedly agree with. So maybe it's not so much of a stretch.
Jim Emerson has replied to my post on his own site.


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INA, Ill. (Feb. 20, 2014) – Whether you'd like to see our state capitol, or travel abroad to visit the narrow streets of Italy, Rend Lake College's Community and Corporate Education Department has a seat with your name on it. Five tours are scheduled between March and October in St. Louis, Springfield, Wyoming, and Italy.
The Irish in St. Louis Tour will take participants to St. Louis to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a guide through the historic Irish neighborhood of Dogtown on March 11. Stops in the neighborhood include The Kerry Cottage and O'Malley's Irish Shop. Lunch will be provided at Dooley's Pub with a performance by Irish dancers. If available, the tour will also stop in the St. James the Greater Catholic Church.
The guide for the day, Declan Rutan, is an Irish American who holds a minor in Irish Studies and who traveled to and studied at the University College Dublin. Registration for the trip costs $109, which includes tour fees, lunch, transportation, and gratuities. The bus will leave the Historic Schoolhouse on the Ina campus at 7:30 a.m. and the RLC MarketPlace in Mt. Vernon at 8 a.m. Return times will be 5:30 p.m. at the MarketPlace and 6 p.m. at the Historic Schoolhouse.
The following month, a tour of Springfield is scheduled for April 24. Spring in Springfield Tour will be with a step-on guide visiting the Old State Capitol, site of presidential candidacy announcements by Abraham Lincoln in 1858 and Barack Obama in 2007; Lincoln's Tomb; and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library. Lunch will be provided at the historic Chesapeake Seafood House.
Registration costs $95 for guide fees, tour fees, lunch, gratuities, and transportation. The bus will leave from the Historic Schoolhouse at 6:30 a.m. and from the MarketPlace at 7 a.m. The bus will return to the MarketPlace at 8 p.m. and the Historic Schoolhouse at 8:30 p.m.
If you've got a sweet spot, then the May 9 Sweet St. Louis Tour is right up your alley. This tour will stop at a number of St. Louis shops, including Soulard Market; Sweetie Pie's for lunch; the Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate Factory; Missouri Baking Company; and dessert at The Fountain on Locust.
The bus will leave the Historic Schoolhouse at 7:45 a.m., with departure from the MarketPlace following at 8:15 a.m. Return times will be 7:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. respectively. Registration costs $109, and includes samples, lunch, dessert, transportation, and gratuities.
There are also two bigger trips planned for this summer and fall: Northern National Parks and Reflections of Italy. More information is available on these tours by contacting RLC's Community and Corporate Education Department.
A tour of the Northern National Parks will include stops at Yellowstone National Park and Old Faithful Geyser, and Grand Tetons. Participants will stay four nights in Jackson, Wy. The tour is scheduled for June 13-20 and registration includes transportation, lodging, and 11 meals at $2,099.
This fall, the Reflections of Italy tour is scheduled for September 23 through October 2, and will feature stops in Rome, Perugia, Florence, Venice, and Malpensa. Two nights in Rome will include visits to the Colosseum, Piazza Venezia, and Piazza Navona, and much more. A special tour will also be given of the Academy gallery in Florence to see Michelangelo's Statue of David. The tour costs $3,249 per person, which includes transportation, lodging, and 14 meals.
For more information, or to register, contact RLC's Community and Corporate Education Department at 618-437-5321, Ext. 1267 or 1714, or at .


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I used to think one of the oddest things about Chico was the way people would park their cars way across a parking lot to get it under a sorry little parking-lot tree for a scrap of shade. That was before I'd experienced a car that'd been sitting for more than ninety seconds in a July sun in Chico, and of course now I do the same thing, estimating the change in the sun's position so as not to end up in full sun before I leave.
I was shocked that someone would go to that much trouble for a little shade. In Minnesota looking for a spot in the shade would be unseemly, self-indulgent, and a little selfish, too, because you'd be hogging a spot that somebody more deserving could have.
Last summer I found a good spot in a parking lot, in deep shade and certain to stay that way for the duration of my errand. I was happy as I walked to the store until I saw another spot nearer to the store and just as shady. It was also close to a cart corral, in case I thought of enough stuff to buy to warrant that extra convenience for my shopping pleasure. I hadn't parked near a cart corral, except no cart corral could possibly be more than thirty yards away anyway.
I had a perfectly good parking spot a few steps away, and I wasn't planning to spend enough money to need a cart. Still, when I saw that other spot cool and inviting one slot away from the cart corral, I thought, "Shit! I could have parked there! If I hadn't grabbed the first one I saw, I could be right there in the shade almost next to the cart corral! I blew it again!" That's not a direct quote—except "Shit!"—but that's the gist of it. I actually thought about going back to my car and driving to the new spot.
I was upset, disappointed in myself, and despairing of ever doing anything right for about 7.3 seconds, down from six months twenty years ago. Right after that I burst out laughing. Not all my loony thoughts make me laugh like that, and I especially appreciate the ones that do. I appreciate all my thoughts eventually, and some take longer than others.
The thoughts that take the longest to appreciate are the ones I've had so much that I don't recognize them as thoughts and, instead, I believe them. Beliefs are very sneaky.


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I am glad to say that creative block has now released my little cat shaped muse (my muse is definitely a cat, the fickle thing) from his constrictive grasp and I have been purred back into productivity!
Screw you Creative Block Monster!
The movement began quite small, with a couple of very basic earring I made for a couple of events I was going to:
|Not too taxing :)
|Yes I have a beaten up old anvil labelled 'Smashy Bashy Thing'.
It makes me happy :)
|Wrapping all those little links took foreeeeeeeeeeeeeeever...
|I love these lily shaped carnelian beads.
This was actually the second one I made in this style. Unfortunately I left the first one at a friends house last night! I'll have to recover it and photograph it at some point soon.
I have a couple of other pieces on the go as well. I've been experimenting with new wire techniques, and have also purchased some waxed linen cord from The Curious Bead Shop to try my hand at knotting. I definitely need some new tools, some mandrels (a candle stick does not make a great substitution), some round nose pliers that are actually round and flush cutters that are actually flush would be good start I think. And then I think I'll try sawing. And riveting. And soldering. And stamping. And any other technique I happen to stumble across in the vastness of the Interweb.
God help my bank balance!
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If you are travelling in Tokyo then you will want to try some of the local traditional grub. There is small man made island inside Tokyo Bay called Tsukishima ] filled with restaurants which serve a dish called Monjayaki (sometimes just called "Monja").
If you are going by public transport then just get off at Tsukishima station on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line or Toei Oedo Line. Once you get off then just follow your nose!
We head there by car and Mirai joins us.
Mirai is not only part of the business but also part of the family now so you will be seeing her in most of my posts ^^
Parking on the roadside is usually free on weekends.
While Tsukishima specializes in Monja, there are a load of non-monja places like this Izakaya. Izakaya is like a Japanese pub.
Previously designated as an industrial area, Tsukishima was made about 100 years ago from reclaimed land - today Tsukishima has a nice mix of the old rubbing along with the new and is great for a photo walk.
This is the main street in Tsukishima - to get there just ask anybody. Its only a few mins walk from the station and as the island is so small anyway you are going to find it just by walking around.
The restaurants are full of atmosphere. EVen though folks are drinking, you would very rarely see rowdy folks in the area - unlike places like Shinbashi which is the Salary Man area.
If you are not sure which restaurant to go for then maybe just choose the ones with folks lining up outside.
Monja, Monja everywhere.
Heading towards our destination for the night.
Most small roads in Japan do not have pavements for pedestrians to walk on - instead you just walk in the road and dodge or jump over cars if they come by.
This is where we are having noms today - Maguroya - copy past following address into Google maps.
104-0052 東京都中央区月島3-7-4
And this is what we are here to eat - its like a pancake that you make yourself - it does kinda look like something that you would see after feeling a bit sick BUT it tastes great ^^
First you get given a bowl of stuff - depending on what you order it could be seafoods or meats.
Next is to pour the bowl of stuff onto the hot plate in front of you.
Then mix it all up.
Create a circular moat with what you was cooking and then pour the bowl of soup that you also received in the middle - wait for a bit and then mix it up again.
There are usually some seasonings on the side - the green stuff in the bottle is dried seaweed and you should certainly try it.
When you go to a Monja place however, be prepared to come out smelling like what you just ate. If you are bringing little ones then stick them in a plastic bag! I forgot to bring one so the best I could manage was this green one ;-;
Food all done and Mirai comes back up for breather.
Heading back out to explore the streets of Tsukishima.
This little shop is in the main street and sells Melon Pan and other treats.
The store is most popular for its Melon Pan though.
The same shop also does ice cream too.
Some folks over here had a bad habit of smoking while they walk and leaving litter on the floor for others to pick up.
Heading back to the car. Remember to always look up while you are out n about Tokyo as many buildings have stuff going on the other floors too.
The lights turn off from time to time so you can see the real colors of the tower. I still prefer it to Tokyo Sky Tree.
Check out more places to visit in Tokyo listed up below.


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Chapel is an integral and distinctive part of our Christian liberal arts education experience at Roberts. Students have the opportunity to hear from a variety of guest speakers from across the world (and across campus). We hope to foster spiritual growth and discussion throughout the Roberts community.
Our chapels are open to the community, so whether you're a student, faculty or staff member, alum, or even a community member, you are welcome to attend!
We feature several options for students to fulfill their spiritual life requirement. Because we believe that the spiritual dimension of our life takes time and attention, full-time freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are required to obtain at least 20 spiritual life credits each semester and full-time seniors (90+ earned academic credits) are required to obtain 10 spiritual life credits each semester.
Monday Community Gathering Chapels
We create space and time for our Roberts community to worship and learn together. During the Monday Community Worship from 11-11:50 am, sermon series focus us together on various topics of faith development throughout the semester. We worship in a variety of Christian traditions and styles that reflect our faith community at Roberts.
Wednesday Chapel Services
On Wednesdays from 11-11:50 am, worship tends to be more contemporary and student-led. Area pastors, faculty, and other inspiring speakers bring biblical messages that challenge and aid our spiritual growth.
Friday Chapel
The Spiritual Life team members lead discussions on relevant topics each week on Friday's, from 11-11:50am in the Fireside lounge in the B. Thomas Golisano Library. This informal setting gives students the opportunity to explore faith issues in conversation.
Saturday Service Opportunities
Saturday service projects are offered once a month, three times a semester. These earn 3 spiritual life credits for each, since they involve serving Saturday morning or afternoon. These are service/ministry opportunities off campus, often in the city of Rochester. Our goal is to introduce students to new opportunities to serve God and stretch them to see God's heart for those in need.


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Google has added a few entertaining Easter eggs to Google Assistant since its release, including fully interactive quiz games. In the spirit of the season, a few new holiday-related commands have made their way to Google Assistant.Read More
Google has added a few entertaining Easter eggs to Google Assistant since its release, including fully interactive quiz games. In the spirit of the season, a few new holiday-related commands have made their way to Google Assistant.Read More
The internet has really gotten serious about April Fools—it's hard to even remember what this day was like before some of the world's largest companies started playing tricks on you via your browser. April Fools is sometimes amusing, but also frequently annoying because you can't trust anything you see, and those joke pages will live on long after the day is done like joke landmines for you to come across when you're least expecting it. Such is life on the internet. To help you keep track of the gags this year, we're going to keep a running list of everything right here.Read More
So, Family Guy is still on TV, in case you were not aware. We don't have much opportunity to talk about animated network TV series on Android Police, but the most recent Family Guy episode featured an amusing dig at Samsung. Here's the punchline spoiler: Samsung's phones are really big. Ha. Jokes, I like jokes.Read More
Google likes to have a laugh from time to time, even though sometimes the jokes are too geeky for non-programmers to grasp. Still, the teapot error page is fun even if you don't get the reference. Go to google.com/teapot and feel free to pour it out. It works best on a phone or tablet.
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April Fool's 2013 is here (at least in some time zones), and the Internet has already given birth to a few early pranks. We will spend the next two days second-guessing every piece of written content, getting rickrolled, and generally feeling the way members of bomb squads do on their missions.And we will
hate love every minute of it.
So, let's take a look at the best Android, mobile, and Google-related jokes that hit the web this year.
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When Matt reviewed Tiny Bang Story yesterday, he found it big on imagination, but gameplay came up short. If the $3 price tag was too large of a risk for you, though, maybe this sale will be more your size. HeroCraft has shrunk the price by two thirds, bringing it down to an outright miniscule $1. Any smaller and you'd need a magnifying glass to find it.
Okay, I'm done with the little jokes now. However, this sale doesn't end until September 28th, so you've got a couple days to find some change in the couch cushions or panhandle on a street corner for a bit.Read More
Simultaneously the most despised and glorious day of the year is upon us - April Fool's day 2012. The day we spend questioning whether anything and everything we see is real and expect a prank around every link. Click, click, rickroll, click, rickroll, .
So, let's take a look at the best Android, mobile, and Google-related jokes that hit the web this year.
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Personally, I both love and despise April Fool's day. On one hand, it is a lot of fun, but on the other, it makes me waste entirely too much time trying to see as many jokes as I can and then figure out which stories are real and which ones are not. Alas, such is life, and April 1st will keep coming every year (at least until 2012 :-S), so we'll just roll with it and link the best Android-related trolls of the day.
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Top Centre Properties is a privately owned company with a core focus on architecture, property development, and construction. Located in Johannesburg, this firm has been actively involved in a wide variety of projects (of various sizes) related to architectural buildings, renovations, construction, interior design, as well as small high-density / residential jobs.
Therefore, it comes as no surprise that Top Centre Properties has built up a considerable portfolio over the years, not to mention a widespread network of professionals, suppliers and vendors helping them to achieve high-end results that pertain to clients' unique requirements.
Let's feast our eyes on one of the company's most recent achievements entitled the "Dambuza home" in Sandton.
As per the client brief, this project involved some renovation work to an existing house, with the client requesting an increase in floor space. The dream for the residents? A space that could reflect the exterior landscape while also inviting the lush garden indoors and result in a more relaxed environment.
As we can see in the first picture, the neatly trimmed garden beautifully frames the meeting spaces between the lush landscape and house, with generous glass surfaces (in the form of windows and doors) allowing an abundance of garden views and natural lighting to stream inside.
The main focus for the professionals became the living space, which would be the most popular space for the client. This needed to be opened up and flaunt a contemporary look.
The experts' plan? An open-layout design in glazed boxes constructed from a lightweight steel structure clad in timber. This would ensure an eye-catching contrast from the rest of the house, which made more use of corrugated sheeting.
The results? A beautiful man-made structure with a spacious living room that opens up not only to the exterior landscape, but also an outdoor entertainment space overlooking the swimming pool.
From the pool, the residents get to enjoy a fire pit, which becomes the focal point (and dare we say most popular outdoor meeting spot when it becomes time to socialise) in the perfectly manicured garden.
Although the main colour palette of the indoors is neutral / earthy, additional tones (such as cherry red and baby blue) ensure visual character. And let's not forget about the amazing combination of textures and patterns bringing about some raw detail to this open-plan living room.
Our favourite piece here? It has to be that textured / patterned grey wall in the background, ensuring a stunning focal point that requires no additional decor whatsoever (not that the generous, classic-style, golden-frame mirror does anything to subtract from the space, obviously).
From one professional team (and project) to another, let's see these Pretoria architects present a R4,5 million modern dream home.


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My name is Ryan Boughen, and I love my job as a Regina mortgage broker!
I enjoy helping people that have all sorts of mortgage needs, from purchasing their next home, helping them with their mortgage renewals, or mortgage refinancing to lower their mortgage interest rate. In my latest mortgage tip I share how to find your Notice of Assessment quickly and easily.
What is a Notice Of Assessment?
A Notice of Assessment, or NOA, form is usually a 1 or 2 page form that Revenue Canada sends back to you as a summary of your received Tax Return. It will either contain a refund cheque or a bill for your outstanding taxes for the previous tax year. It will include the date, your full name, SIN number, tax year and tax centre clearly indicated in the top row of the page.
Why do lenders require NOAs?
1. To confirm if there are any outstanding taxes owed to Revenue Canada.
2. To confirm your taxable income as per line 150.
Tax arrears could be placed on the title of your home and take priority over any mortgage financing in a sale of the property. The lender will require the tax arrears to be brought up to date before advancing mortgage funds.
Where can I find my NOA?
1. Email me, and we will have a tax professional obtain your Notices of Assessment on your behalf.
2. You can obtain a duplicate copy by contacting the Canada Revenue Agency, or by logging into your account with them at http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/esrvc-srvce/tx/ndvdls/myccnt/menu-eng.html.
If you need more help finding your Notice of Assessment, information or mortgage rates and mortgage pre-approvals, or are a first time home buyer in Regina, contact me anytime.
This article is not intended to provide tax advice or any other advice.


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March 25, 1953
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, March 25, 1953
* Mary of Teck death (1st report)
* Queen mother of United Kingdom
The front page has a nice banner headline: "QUEEN MARY DIES IN LONDON AT 85 Churchill Sobs as He Breaks News to House of Commons" with subheads and photo of Queen Mary. (see)
Other new of the day. Incomplete, containing the 1st section (16 pages) only, all related coverage present though, a little central fold wear, otherwise good condition. Nice for display here.
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(Jon Sweeney, The Pope Who Quit: A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation, Image Books, 2012, 288 pages)
Jon Sweeney has written a relatively breezy history of an obscure chapter in church history: the story of Peter Morrone (1215-1296), a saintly monk, revered sage, and confirmed hermit, who stumbled backward into becoming Pope Celestine V.
His immediate predecessor to St. Peter's throne, Pope Nicholas IV died on April 4, 1292. The normal procedure called for a new pope to be elected ten days hence, but the cardinals could not come to a consensus. Twenty-seven months passed as various combinations of the cardinals lobbied on behalf of their preferred candidate.
Morrone, who was 85-years-old at the time, wrote a brief jeremiad to the sequestered cardinals lamenting their dereliction of duty, chastising their misplaced priorities, and charging them to make a decision quickly (24-26). Their reaction, rather than indignation, was surprisingly to elect Morrone to the papacy by acclamation.
Peter tried to refuse the call, but was coerced into accepting. He lasted five months as pontiff before the machinations of power, manipulation, and intrigue surrounding the high office caused him to resign. He never even made it to Rome, serving his entire papacy within the kingdom of Naples at the behest of Charles II.
Although Peter was a natural, gifted, and inspiring monk, he was, by the standard measures, a terrible pope: "Peter ruled for fifteen disastrous weeks from August 29 to December 13, 1294. Not a day went by when he wasn't unduly influenced — often without his knowledge — by the Neapolitan monarchs who convinced him to live among them" (161).
Many popes have been deposed of by murder or other nefarious means, but Celestine V is the only person in the last two millennia to willingly abdicate papal power and authority (208-210). For his trouble, Peter was quickly succeeded by Benedetto Gaetani (Pope Boniface VII), Peter's supposed friend, who helped facilitate Peter's abdication only to turn around and have Peter placed under house arrest for the rest of his life, lest Peter change his mind and challenge the new pope's authority. Indeed, it is possible that Peter was murdered by his erstwhile friend (214-221).
The above details are only the faint outline of the story. Sweeney has woven an accessible account of this fascinating episode in church history, including the larger historical context: "Chartres was rising like a skyscraper and Aquinas was writing a hundred volumes of theological commentary on every subject imaginable…" (13). The author has succeeded in cashing the check promised in the subtitle: "A True Medieval Tale of Mystery, Death, and Salvation." Speaking of salvation, there is at least one final silver lining in this tumultuous saga: on March 5, 1313 Peter Morrone was canonized as Saint Celestine V.
Bonus: Be sure to check out the author's post on "Would a Pope Quit in 2012? Would it surprise you to know that Benedict XVI has chosen to align his papacy with the memory of the one pope in history who quit the throne?"
Update: In light of Rowan Williams announcing his upcoming resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury, there are some important parallels to the book at hand. Perhaps we need both married popes, and popes with the free option to resign. More importantly, there are strong parallels between Williams' compassionate spirit and keen intellect being no match for political machinations at the highest level of church leadership and Morrone's experience 700 years earlier. From a blog post of the Anglican solitary and author Maggie Ross:
Perhaps in Cambridge his profound spirit will be able to come to the fore in a way that was blocked while he was at Lambeth, where instead he was forced to attend to the petty spitefulness and grandiose pretensions of his fellow clergy. While he was Archbishop, he committed himself to keep the conversation going among all the factions, at considerable personal cost; few people are aware how great that cost has been. Unfortunately some clergy, including not a small number of bishops, are like petulant children and 'won't play'. Deaf to the meaning of 'ecclesia', they are interested only in their personal fiefdoms, not in making church (cf. Mt. 11:12-22). The Church of England and the Anglican Communion did not deserve him.
The same could be said, mutatis mutandis, of Saint Celestine V.
This book review is a sponsored post that is part of the Roundtable at the Patheos Book Club.Visit the Book Club website for more free resources related to this book.
The Rev. Carl Gregg is a trained spiritual director, a D.Min. candidate at San Francisco Theological Seminary, and the pastor of Broadview Church in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. Follow him on Facebook (facebook.com/carlgregg) and Twitter (@carlgregg).


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I am a recent Master of Architecture graduate of University of California, Berkeley, College of Environmental Design.
I have a strong interest in projects of different scales, including planning, renovation, commercial architecture, material research and furniture design.
Veyko, Philadelphia, PA, US, Architectural and Fabrication Designer, Project Manager
• Conducted extensive material and conceptual research for residential architecture and fabrication projects.
• Coordinated production staff and contractors.
• Supervised construction and installation on-site.
• Produced architectural and detailed fabrication documents.
• Responsible for PR material and circulation in print and digital formats.
• Participated in design charrettes for competition entries.
Blackney Hayes Architects, Philadelphia, PA, US, Intern Architect
•Responsible for producing zoning, bid, and construction documents as a continuation for the winning design of undergraduate thesis project in a team of three students.
•Researched and completed grant proposal for state solar incentives.
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, MArch, Master of Architecture
Thesis: Oblique Explorations: Symbiotic Phytoremediation and Data Infrastructure
Studios: Vertical Cities Asia Competition, Glen Ellen Winery project.


text: The Bnei Shul is a youth minyan run on Shabbatot and chagim for the madrichim and chanichim of the movement. For years, it has been an integral part of the Bnei experience, as each new generation is inducted into the minyan and eventually takes on its leadership. The Bnei Shul offers young people invaluable opportunities to acquaint themselves with the inner workings of a minyan, and to hone their skills as chazanim, ba'alei tefillah and speakers. Many of the tunes that are synonymous with the Bnei experience are learned in the Bnei Shul, and, from a personal perspective, the opportunities for participation and involvement in the minyan contributed to my own love of and connection to the movement. The Bnei Shul is always looking for new ways to involve and engage the community's youth, with new initiatives especially desgined to bring in younger, pre-bar/bat mitzvah aged children. Such initiatives include partnering young kids with madrichim for an hour during the chagim to familiarize them with the davening, as well as a new program where children read out a synopsis of the parasha to the whole minyan before laining on Shabbat morning. We look forward to many more years of inspiration, excitement and involvement with the community.


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Poem: My Life as a Slave
I am always afraid,
Always looking over my shoulder.
My master hates me.
Tormenting me at his whim.
I sometimes wonder
Who he will hurt next.
I hope it's not me.
I'm so sick of it being me.
I try to escape, try to hide.
He always knows how to find me.
I dream of freedom.
Freedom is Elusive.
Or perhaps Illusion.
At every turn it evades.
I have no hope.
My master imprisons me.
He steals from me at every turn.
He would have me destitute,
Alone, shackled to a nightmare.
He robs me of life. He leaves me with regret.
My master is Sin, and my master hates me.
I hate Him, almost as much as I hate myself.
But payment is being made.
Another master beckons me.
I am free to follow,
Free to obey, free to be his slave.
Free to leave one master
And be shackled by another...
True freedom: pure illusion.
There is no escape.
I will always have a master.
The tears come once again...
He has paid for me now and I hear him
Simply ask gently that I follow Him home.
I am bought and purchased, yet still He asks!
He says he will lead me.
Direct me, guide me. Help me, find me.
Protect me, restore me.
Save me.
Love me! Like a child-- Adopted into his family
And treated like I deserve to be there!
An impossible kindness For an unlikely beneficiary.
Freedom is Illusion.
But love? Perhaps that is real.
I hope it is real. I want it to be real.
I just know that I am willing to chance it.
And so I humbly agree to
A transfer of ownership.
When he calls, I will follow.
When he asks, I will obey.
I will belong to him.
He will be both my master and my father,
And I will be both his son
And his slave.
A Note From Mike
For some of us it's counterintuitive to think of Christianity as something akin to slavery. For others of us (mostly those outside the church), it makes perfect sense. And yet within the church, we use words like "purchased", "servant", "bought", "payment"... but we don't necessarily go so far as to use the "s" word. Culturally, this makes sense because of the negativity associated with that word in the United States. Slavery is a horrific part of the American historical landscape, and it's still something that haunts us today when we see the remnants of racism and bigotry in those around us. And yet we are all slaves from a Biblical point of view.
"We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin... Don't you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living." (Romans 6:6-7, 16-18)
Sin is not our friend, no matter how much we may be attached to it. Don't we all just want to do what we want to do? We don't want anyone telling us no, or "don't do that." Some of us even have trouble following instructions when they come from employers, the police department, the IRS... And how does that work out for us? It's so easy to see when we're breaking the law. When we drive too fast consistently, a policeman comes to let us know we'll be giving them money soon. There's a clear consequence for our actions. Why don't we see this with the rest of life?
For example, those of us living under a mountain of debt right now understand that there are consequences for buying what we want with no safeguards. We purchase things with the credit card only thinking about the thing we're buying. How many of us really consider the consequences of the purchase (or the last 23 puchases) before swiping the card? Eventually you feel completely trapped to the point that you literally find it hard to breathe. You can't buy anything you want because all of your money is going to pay interest on things you don't even have anymore. Imagine how much you're overpaying for that refrigerator as the interest piles up. It's frightening. That is the consequence of sin (in this case, greed).
Sin is a terrible master. It destroys relationships, fractures families, and annihilates reputations. It imprisons us (literally or figuratively). It makes a mess of our lives in one way or another. Eventually the freedom we spent so much time pursuing turns out to be a mirage and we find ourselves feeling like the slaves we are. All the while, your Heavenly Father stands knocking because he loves you and wants something better for you. He not only wants you to feel free but he wants you to literally be free--free from the anxiety, fear, and suffering that sin so graciously provides. As a Christian, I am His servant--His slave. I was purchased by His death on the cross, according to Paul. But I have never considered that a detriment, mostly because I remember the life I had with my former master. There is no comparison whatsoever. My life is infinitely better with Christ than without. That I can promise you.
Thanks for stopping by!
Yes, freedom is an illusion but love is not.
Sin is a cruel master such that it will taste delicious at first then dump you into a pool of guilt and feeling of lack of worth afterwards...
I LOVE this poem, we are a slave to something (Most of the time it's ourselves, our fears, hope, lust, etc.)
excellent . in fact Paul says we are to be bond slaves, a much more devout slave, a slave because you think the lord can run your life better than you can and when given the chance to be free you choose to be bound to the Master
This is both beautiful and amazing. I have been both. I relate, and thank you.!
Wow - I'm having so many thoughts right now - a real soul-opening piece of work.
I love this poem it's so good. keep it up Awesome. I'm lost at words
great Poem...great words...thanks.
Totally captivating words,really enjoyed your Poem.
A hubful of talent and wisdom. I love this one and vote up plus share.
Have a wonderful day.
can i copy it plz
Hi...have pressed the follow button....made a bit of a hash of leaving the fan mail! enjoyed this poem immensely. Your style of writing has the ability to awaken on the inside. thank you.
Thank you for sharing this awesome message! Very powerful poem and message thought-provoking piece indeed! Keep up the good work and keep educating the masses. I really enjoyed every bit of this thanks for giving us a glimpse in the mind of greatness!
God Bless,
The Mad Poet
Very wise words from from a well written poet.
I hope to never have sin as my master. All that I have comes from God, so I am a willing servant, not an unhappy slave. He lights my way, so that I don't need to be fearful. I sometimes feel that the hands of sin will try to undermine my footing, but I pray daily that I will walk firmly on God's path and always follow His voice in this life.
I have no problem being a slave to Christ because he is a loving Master. I like how Paul sometimes refers to himself being a bondslave or bondservant, which is someone who is a slave or servant to his master for life. He has given up his opportunity for freedom, to serve his master as long as he lives. That's how I like to look at it. Loved your poem.
PS Still waiting for the 2nd installment on your romance hub.
Excellent poem. It is in servitude to a benevolent master that we find our true freedom. Lenzy
I loved that. All of it.
I enjoyed your poem very much! Sin is a terrible master indeed. I too, realized that people do not like to use the word slave when speaking about Christianity. It is viewed as some kind of bad word. The truth is we all are slaves to something and slavery cannot really be escaped. We just think we escaped it. The best master to belong to is God because His servants become as brothers to Him. It is that simple and I will not let my pride keep me from calling Him that. I would gladly serve Him with my every breath.


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May be I am not under the right topic but bear with me.
Yesterday I posted under the french section of this forum about the fact that the pre iOS 9 weather app was now totaly useless, no weather stations data available for more than 24h. Did they drop it?
No longer able to login and connect to the server with that old iOS version ran by old gen iPod/iPad/iPhone as secondary weather monitoring tools.
But all weather app versions be it iOS or Android are droping the connection but at least they are able to connect for a few minutes.
For the past few hours there is a message sometimes in the app saying :" Server under maintenance ".
Well this kind of no connection problem or the connection being dropped has plagued the weather app at least for months almost on a daily basis!
Come on Netatmo, say something usefull and truthfull ( remember the Tylenol tampering story, that's how problems should be handled ).
The weather products are good products only if backed by the smart side of things.
What kind of reliabilty is this?
If you search the web, some Netatmo thermostat's users could not crank up their devices, surveillance cameras have their reliability problems too,
and now Netatmo is offering a smart smoke detector .
Well, No WAY that I will put my security in Netatmo's so called smart hands.
You got - Netatmo - hundred of my $$$ for smart products that are missing the smart part way to frequently.
Feels like I got robbed, but no more, I'm done with Netatmo, if you can't or won't or don't know how to handle your problems, I know what to do with mine.
Too bad, great idea that went/is going sideways.
Hope you guys that are more patient than me will eventually get solutions to a recurent problem.
Reliability issues ... and more.
Remarks, questions, tips and tricks regarding the Netatmo iPhone application.
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From the Thursday night (Friday morning) maintenance the server access became really slow (from Hungary). This issue is visible at the thermostat too.
I've checked other weather stations and it is not a local network related problem. Netatmo, please undo what happened on the maintenance.
I've checked other weather stations and it is not a local network related problem. Netatmo, please undo what happened on the maintenance.
Re: Reliability issues ... and more.
Yes, we are also seeing a lot of server issues again, mostly 503 HTTP errors. We can confirm that this started on Thursday.
Here are two screenshots of our server issue logging from myatmo:
Here are two screenshots of our server issue logging from myatmo:
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myatmo/ ... &ls=1&mt=8
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By Année Tousseau
It was a beautiful day when I toured the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center in north San Jose in late February—for the first time in a long time, sunny skies and no rain.
Operated by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD), this facility is the largest advanced water purification plant in Northern California. It takes in wastewater that has already undergone a two-step treatment process at a neighboring plant. This treated wastewater would normally be discharged back into the Bay, but the Water Purification Center treats it further so that people can use it for nonpotable purposes—for things like irrigation and cooling industrial facilities, not drinking. The plant's daily output is 8 million gallons of purified water that is then mixed with other recycled water and piped out to customers around the valley.
Eventually, by 2022, SCVWD would like to use the purified water to boost groundwater supplies.
Inside the plant
The Water Purification Center was about seven years in the making and has been operational for three, since 2014. It's a relatively small facility, and inside the main building, it's brightly lit and feels spacious. A loud hum fills the air. There's a faint smell of a clean swimming pool. The plant has few workers; while it doesn't run itself, it's not like a bustling factory with hundreds of people onsite.
The water the plant receives has already been cleaned twice, and it contains 800 milligrams per liter (mg/L) of total dissolved solids (TDS). TDS is one way to assess the purity of water; it's a measurement of the total amount of dissolved substances like salts, minerals, and other substances in the water. Through its purification process, the plant produces water with TDS of 40 mg/L. In contrast, the EPA's TDS standard for drinking water is 500 mg/L.
The process takes three steps:
To remove bacteria, solids, and other contaminants, the water is forced through thousands of tiny, hollow fibers in tall, tube-like vessels. These tiny hollow fibers resemble extremely thin straws; they have even tinier holes in their sides—much smaller than a human hair—through which the water is forced.
Reverse Osmosis
In reverse osmosis, a pump applies intense pressure to force water through a membrane with infinitesimally small holes—so small that only water molecules and little else can pass through. These membranes are also contained within tube-like vessels.
Reverse osmosis separates the purified water from the concentrate, which contains all the substances that have been removed from the water, like pesticides, viruses, salts, and the residue of pharmaceutical and beauty products.
However, this concentrate can be cycled through the system again, to wring even more purified water out of it. As much as 82% of the source water becomes purified through this process. Relatively little water is wasted.
Ultraviolet light disinfection
UV light sterilizes the water, killing any living bacteria or other organism that remains. The UV light kills cells by damaging the DNA within.
The final result of the purification process? Clean water that resembles distilled water in appearance and TDS. You can't drink it, just as you can't drink distilled water, but the water is visibly pure.
Why recycle water?
You can think of recycled water as a new source of water that's hiding in plain sight. Every day, we discharge wastewater into the Bay. But now that we have the technology to purify this water and make it useful again, perhaps this is more wasteful than we originally thought.
Orange County, for example, has been using recycled water to augment its groundwater since 2008. The county's water and sanitation districts operate the world's largest water recycling system for indirect potable reuse, which means that the recycled water is ultimately used for drinking, but not directly. After undergoing a similar microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and UV light purification process, the purified water is transported to percolation basins, where it eventually seeps underground into aquifers that Orange County uses for drinking water.
Recycled water has advantages over other alternative water sources. For one, it requires less energy to purify wastewater than seawater. Saltwater has TDS concentrations of 35,000-40,0000 mg/L; the treated wastewater that flows into the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center has TDS levels of 800 mg/L. Desalination requires much more energy and effort to bring that number down to an acceptable, drinkable level. In addition, at the Water Purification Center, the reverse osmosis pumps require 190 pounds per square inch (psi) of pressure to do their job; desalination can require up to 5,000 psi of pressure.
And then there are certain facts of life that make recycling water more attractive. Even after a soggy, rainy winter, Silicon Valley imports up to 55% of its water from the Sierra Nevada. The cost of that water is rising and its long-term reliability is in question, as climate change will likely reduce the mountain snowpack. Meanwhile, the population of the Bay Area may increase from 7.2 to 9.5 million by 2040. Unless we somehow learn how to live without water, it seems inevitable that we will have to rethink how we source and use water.
Luckily, according to a 2014 report by the Pacific Institute, there is a "tremendous" opportunity to increase water recycling in California. The report estimates that some 1.2 million to 1.8 million acre-feet of water could be reused each year, in addition to the 670,000 acre-feet of municipal wastewater that's already being reused. (An acre-foot is the amount of water it takes to flood an acre of land one foot deep.)
Direct potable reuse
Right now in California, recycled water can only be used for nonpotable (nondrinking) purposes and for some kinds of indirect potable reuse—like what Orange County is doing with their groundwater replenishment system.
However, in December, the State Water Resources Control Board released a study stating that it's possible to develop regulations for direct potable reuse—adding recycled water directly into a drinking water supply, without an environmental barrier like the percolation basins used in Orange County. There's no timeline for when these regulations might be proposed, let alone enacted, but it's a significant step.
Allowing direct potable reuse would make California a leader in recycled water. According to the same study by the Water Resources Control Board, there are only two direct potable reuse projects in the world that are operated as permanent sources of water. One is in Namibia and the other is in Texas. Texas does not have regulations for direct potable reuse, but the project there was permitted on a site-specific basis when the community went through a major drought.
SCVWD offers free public tours of the Advanced Water Purification Center, which is located on Zanker Road in north San Jose. See http://purewater4u.org/ to sign up for a tour.


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2019-2020 School Counselor Corps Webinar Training Schedule
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Germany is committed to upholding the human rights to water and sanitation as recognised by the UN and is helping its partner countries to realise these rights. It is a matter of mobilising the political will to secure these human rights and making the necessary financial resources available. The basis for all of the activities supported through German development cooperation in the water sector is the BMZ's 2016 strategy for the water sector.
Integrated water resource management
German development cooperation in this sector is based on the principle of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Essentially, IWRM aims to ensure a fair balance of interests between the various water users. The standpoints of all the different user groups within a water catchment area are taken into account when developing strategies for managing water and land resources. This can be rather challenging in the context of transboundary water catchment areas; however, taking a joint approach also offers opportunities for cooperation, and can contribute to regional stability and development.
The German government takes this as the starting point for helping its partner countries to develop pro-poor water policies and legislation, and carry out reforms regarding water and sanitation and water resource management. In addition to establishing the IWRM principles, core aspects include strengthening administration, operation and management structures, and developing independent monitoring bodies and regulatory authorities.
Nexus approach
A second important principle for coordinated action is the nexus approach. This approach was first put onto the international agenda at the Bonn 2011 Nexus Conference, which was hosted by the German government. The nexus approach takes into account the interdependencies of closely linked sectors. The core idea is that, given the scarcity of resources and the shortage of supplies, managing water, energy and land and securing basic services are tasks that need to be planned and carried out collectively by the sectors involved.
A collective approach to managing resources and ensuring services – i.e. the nexus approach to water, energy and food security – can increase efficiency, create synergies and help negotiate fair compromises where supplies are short. In keeping with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, security of supply in one sector must not be achieved at the expense of other sectors.
Germany is already applying the nexus approach in many of its development cooperation projects. In addition, it cooperates with its partner countries, other donors and international organisations, fostering the exchange of information along with research and publications on this topic.
Water in the 2030 Agenda
The international community has demonstrated how important water is by making water an ambitious stand-alone goal in the 2030 Agenda. Goal 6 says: "Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all by 2030."
If this goal is to be achieved, however, the engagement in the water sector will have to be increased. This does not just mean making investments and developing sustainable strategies for financing infrastructure and services in developing countries. This means it is also important to significantly strengthen the capacities of institutions in these countries and improve policy coherence.
At the international level, Germany is a strong advocate of effective political governance, monitoring and accountability in the implementation of the global water agenda.
International initiatives
With regard to development cooperation in the water sector, Germany has contacts and exchanges with a vast range of international players, for instance with United Nations organisations, the Global Water Partnership and the Water Integrity Network, which addresses corruption in the water sector.
The German government actively voices its positions in international processes, initiating changes and contributing to shaping international water policy. It does this, for instance, in the context of the G7/G8, the G20 or the United Nations Human Rights Council.
An example of Germany's successful advocacy work at the international level is the growing recognition that sanitation is equally as important as water supply. Germany has been pushing this position for many years in various forums.
More information
- BMZ Water Strategy | A key contribution to implementing the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreementnew window, PDF 367 KB 07/2017 | pdf | 367 KB | 28 P.
- Summary: BMZ Water Strategy | Key to implementing the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreementnew window, PDF 298 KB 10/2017 | pdf | 298 KB | 2 P.
- Water – the source of development | BMZ Position Papernew window, PDF 783 KB 04/2019 | pdf | 783 KB | 20 P.
- Practical implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Synergies and conflicts between water (SDG 6) and other goals. Six guidelines for implementation within development cooperation.new window, PDF 665 KB, German 02/2019 | pdf | 665 KB | 47 P.
See also
External Links
- UN General Assembly | Resolution 70/169 (adopted on 17 December 2015): The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation - external link, new window - Visit website
- Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation from 27 July 2015 - external link, new window - Visit website
- Information on SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation on the website www.globalgoals.org - external link, new window - Visit website
- Website of UN-Water - external link, new window - Visit website
- UN-Water | The United Nations World Water Development Report 2017 – Wastewater: The untapped resource (PDF 19.4 MB) - external link, new window - Visit website
- Sharing Experience with Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) – a GIZ publication (PDF 1.2 MB) - external link, new window - Visit website


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Journey Of an Enlightened Mind
By: Page 32
About the Book
Where do we go from here? When our conscience has left the physical realm and ventured to the stars. Robert Haskins asks the same question. Watching the stars blow by in a blur, perfectly in focus. Moving forward, always forward. No stops on this train, one stop, one end. A light, shimmering, unmoving. Will he understand what it was all about? Or will he forget everything he once knew? Out of life, out of mind. As he travels through his Journey Of an Enlightened Mind.
About the Author
Page 32 is just that, a page, one in one hundred and eighty-three. Just a hand written on a rock, on a post, on a tree. There is nothing special about this rock, about this page, about this man, about you. The only difference is that he is here, living between the pages and you are there reading this back cover. You, looking to be cured of your boredom. You, craving your next big adventure. You are nothing, as is he. Together, solving the greatest mystery that has never been solved. The mystery of us.