HAPPY "MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE DAY"!
According to the morning radio show I listen to, today, January 13th, is "Make Your Dreams Come True Day". On this fun holiday, you are supposed to do or plan to do something to help you achieve your dreams—so that's what I'm going to write about.
Part of the purpose of this blog is to help me track my progress towards achieving my personal, non-baby related dreams. Right now I have one huge dream that I've been working towards for a decade, and I have a smaller, second dream (though I hesitate to call it that since it's more of a goal and something I am interested in exploring, not something I am super emotionally invested in…yet).
The Big Dream: To continue my work as a writer and become a published author (hence the "Books" in the title of this blog, "Bumps, Babies & Books"). This is my "dream job": to get paid to write books. I love writing middle grade and young adult fiction, and I have a middle grade novel that I'm polishing up. Steps I've taken to realize this dream include joining an awesome writers group, having members there critique the crap out of my manuscript, following agents on Twitter and reading blogs like QueryShark, and also joining the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and doing my best to attend conferences.
The Smaller goal: Teaching myself the basics of coding & web design. I love being home with DD, don't get me wrong, but sometimes I think it would be nice to one day go back to work when she's in preschool (or at least have the option of doing so). I never really had a career I loved before becoming a SAHM; in fact, I worked a couple of jobs that I hated (Executive Assistant to the CEO of a small company, teacher in a rough, inner city school, and finally as a nanny). This blog itself is part of my attempt to get my hands dirty in web design stuff. I'm also working through sites like The Little Introduction to Programming (an AWESOME place for any newbie to start), and then going to move on to bigger challenges like Learn Python. My lil bro, who is a computer science genus, is giving me a "syllabus" to follow for my "self-teaching", and if it all goes well and I continue to be interested in coding & web design, in a few years I hope to attend one of the coding boot camps that are out there (see this NYT article).
Well, baby girl (who will be referred to as "DD" from now on) turned 9 months old last Wednesday, and then Saturday got her first major "boo-boo". I'll preface this by saying, thankfully, she wasn't more hurt by the incident—it could have been really bad. We were visiting friends and had just sat down for lunch when DD (who was sitting on my lap) lunged forward and grabbed my bowl of boiling hot tomato soup, spilling it down her front.
Lesson learned: Even when you think you and baby are sitting far enough away from the table and the hot things on the table, you are not. Unless baby is in his/her high chair with attached tray (which of course we didn't have at our friend's house) push your hot bowl(s) to the very middle of the table and don't even attempt to eat from them until someone else (who has already finished his/her hot food) can take over holding baby.
After the spill DD cried like I have never heard her cry. And, she kept crying. Our friends don't have children yet, and I think our host husband was scarred for life by all the tears (though, I'll note, he held it together and was so helpful, running around to get us whatever we needed).
Anyway, I immediately stripped DD down and then my husband (who is a doctor, thank God) took over. He put her in the sink and sprayed her off with cool water and then we lay her down on the bed and held cool compresses on her for the next 30 minutes.
It was the stuff of nightmares (I've had at least one a night ever since) and thankfully when all was said and done, poor DD "only" had some small burns on her right foot.
It was also challenging because we were at our friend's house, over an hour away from home, so didn't really have the supplies we needed to deal with the situation as best as we could have (e.g. Infant Tylenol—perhaps I should start carrying this in the diaper bag?). We did rush home—as fast as you can go when you have an hour+ drive—and after a nap DD was back in good spirits and seemed totally unfazed by the incident.
What do you keep in your diaper bag in case of an emergency like this?
This is my second attempt at creating and maintaining a blog.
Last year at this time, I made my first attempt. Then life got in the way (aka babies) and I used tiredness as an excuse not to write. I'm praying for more fortitude this year, even though extreme tiredness is imminent (baby boy will be born next month & baby girl just turned 9 months old on Wednesday—more on that later).
So instead of getting bogged down by the tiredness and difficulties of the upcoming months, I'm going to (pray for the fortitude to) write about them this time. Blogging is my primary new years resolution. I've realized that I need this outlet for my sanity, my pent-up creativity and for keeping my brain sharp (otherwise my brain literally turns into a pile of mush and I become a lazy individual who spends all her time online shopping).
So…Ready. Set. Go! Post number one is up.


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Le Jardin japonais (nl: Japanse Tuin) de Hasselt en Belgique est le résultat d'une collaboration entre la ville d'Itami (préfecture de Hyōgo au Japon) et Hasselt se déroulant depuis 1985. Hasselt offrit à Itami en  une tour à carillon, et Hasselt se vit offrir un jardin japonais, symbole d'amitié.

Le jardin japonais est une extension du parc Kapermolen. Avec une superficie de 2,5 hectares.

Trois parties peuvent être distinguées dans le parc qui s'étire en longueur : un espace de transition avec le parc Kapermolen, le jardin japonais proprement dit, agencé autour de la pièce d'eau et des torrents, et la ceriseraie. Cette dernière, d'une superficie d'environ un demi-hectare, comprend une place dégagée et des espaces de pique-nique, et peut accueillir divers événements.

La maison de cérémonie
La maison de cérémonie 'Korokan', qui signifie "havre de paix pour les voyageurs", est construite en matériaux naturels (pierres naturelles, bois, bambou, argile, papier). Elle est, comme la maison de thé, typique du .

Le toit est constitué de tuiles en terre cuite et d'ardoises en cuivre (rouges). Les nombreuses fenêtres offrent une belle vue sur le jardin.

La maison de thé
La maison de thé est située sur un petit promontoire. Le chemin d'accès serpente le long d'un tapis de mousse paysager. Un élément décoratif important est la lanterne de pierre Oribe (d'après le nom du Maître de thé Furnta Oribe). Présentant en apparence des symboles bouddhistes, elle traite en fait de symboles catholiques, culte interdit à l'époque.

Les fenêtres ne donnent qu'une vue spécifique sur le jardin et offrent une lumière limitée. Caractéristique d'une maison de cérémonie du thé, une fenêtre ronde dans le mur d'argile est faite de brindilles et de treillis attachés aux encadrements extérieurs de bambou.

La chute d'eau
Les lignes directrices du paysage sont les horizontales et verticales des roches utilisées, renforcées par les parties pierres émergées qui forment un premier plan dans l'eau. Les éclaboussures de l'eau apportent une ambiance sonore apaisante. La chute d'eau est inspirée d'une chute d'eau présente au temple Tenryuji de Kyoto.

Yatsuhashi
Le pont en zigzag dans le vivier est appelé Yatsuhashi. Il est toujours utilisé dans un « vivier à iris ». Les iris, selon l'usage japonais, sont plantés dans les étangs en mémoire d'un ami décédé.

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 Jardin Japonais Hasselt

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Source de la traduction

Jardin japonais
Parc ou jardin public en Flandre
Géographie de la province de Limbourg (Belgique)
Hasselt

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At the American Youth Foundation, we believe that we are all responsible for building equitable community. Our organization's work is to amplify the voice of youth and encourage them to speak out and take action against injustice. We know we don't have all the answers, but we seek to work together to educate ourselves and others and to dismantle systems of oppression to create a more just world.
'Under the leadership of Ambrean Ford, LLMSW, the new Director of Community Life, Diversity, and Inclusion, the AYF will launch a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in early 2022. The DEI committee will advise our organization in the continuous integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all aspects of the American Youth Foundation.
xWe understand there are certain traditions, sayings, and names within the AYF that have unintentionally caused harm to some past and current community members. The DEI committee will address those issues head on and help us continue to grow. The AYF wants our programs to be spaces where all people who align with our mission and values feel like they belong. If you would like to help make that possible, consider joining this committee and help the AYF advance further.
Learn More and Apply
Ambrean "Bre" Ford, LLMSW
Director of Community Life, Diversity, and Inclusion

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Q: Compare each element of a 2D array with the rest C++ I'm new to C++, and what I have to do is to write a method that checks if a 2D array contains any duplicate items.
So for example, I have a matrix[3][4], I've been able to compare the first element [0][0] with the rest, till the last one [2][3].
The problem is that I don't know how to proceed, what I should do is that the method then compares the element [0][1] with the rest (except with the previous one and itself of course) and etc..

A: First of, the fact that it's a 2D array is irrelevant in this context; you want to find duplicates across the entire array, so you'd be better of with 1-dimensional indexing anyway. Coincidentally, that's a suggested way of handlings two-dimensional arrays in C++.
So assuming you can put the indices in some order, the general idea is to check every element with all subsequent elements. This will give you O(n2). A pseudocode is, unsurprisingly, two loops, and is a common pattern used e.g. for collision detection:
for (iterA = 0; iterA < num - 1; iterA++) {
    for (iterB = iterA + 1; iterB < num; iterB++) { // note how iterB starts one further
        if (*iterA == *iterB)
            return true; // found a duplicate
    }
}

In case of a 2D array, the *iterA dereference can be replaced with a function that breaks up the composite 1-dimensional index into two components, e.g. with i % width, i / width. This is, again, a very common pattern.
That being said, why bother? Make an std::set, start putting elements one-by-one and call find before every insert. If find returns something, break.

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DU Isn't the Only Option For the City's Undergraduate Aspirants
Delhi University isn't the be all and end all of good academics; there are other universities in Delhi NCR too.
Divyani Rattanpal
Updated: 29 Jun 2015, 2:09 PM IST
"Correction" is a common term in stock market parlance. It essentially means bringing down the inflated price of a stock, bond, or commodity, to adjust for an over-valuation.
The cut-offs for Delhi University (DU) are overvalued, by all realistic estimates. But life doesn't end at DU. This isn't a consoling message for those who are finding it tough to get into the university. This is for all those ninjas who will manage to shine wherever they go.
A number of universities in Delhi NCR offer a wide range of good undergraduate courses.
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
IP University — students of this university are usually confused with the eponymous women's college — has over 20 undergraduate courses to choose from. Courses like engineering, business administration, and business studies are a springboard for a variety of corporate jobs. A LinkedIn alumni chart of 40,000+ alumni shows that many students go in fields like marketing, engineering, etc. working for firms like TCS, Infosys, Accenture, HCL, IBM, and Ericsson.
While most of its courses are for the postgraduate and doctoral level, the prestigious university offers language courses for undergraduates.
Ambedkar University
This lesser known university offers sought after courses like BA Honours with majors in Economics, English, History, Mathematics, Psychology, Sociology, etc. The university is know for its liberal outlook, and its undergraduate courses have a common module with foundational skills comprising language, communication skills, analytical reasoning, and a core module in social sciences.
Jamia Millia Islamia has around 56 undergraduate courses with over 3000 seats. It has courses in engineering, architecture, hotel management, psychology, and media.
This relatively new university is multi-disciplinary in its approach, which means that if you are pursuing a Bachelor's in Mathematics, you can also do a minor in Economics or Finance.
Apart from the major subjects, a student is also required to do certain courses as part of its core common curriculum in categories like Indian History and Society, World History and Society, Culture and Communication, and Empirical Reasoning and Analysis.
Though placement figures aren't readily available, students from the university have been accepted in Masters of Science programs in US universities like Arizona State University, University of Ontario, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Delhi University isn't really the be all and end all of good academics. It is important to remember that wherever you are, at the end of the day, it is your convictions and good work that will actually matter.
Published: 29 Jun 2015, 1:54 PM IST


I'm not into crime novels as such but I tend to like them more if they are dark and/or weird. This one sounds both. I'm thinking of David Lynch.
Well, it's certainly dark a story, and the twist is very, very clever. David Lynch is not a bad reference point. It would be interesting to see what he would do with something like this as a basis.
Thanks, Belinda. It is rather atmospheric and suspenseful. I don't usually write about the crime novels I read as they're often hard to describe without giving too much away! It's nice to do one every now and again, especially for a story as good as this. Hopefully, it might encourage one or two other readers to give it a try.
Dare I say the mood seems somewhat like a Modiano novel.
It's certainly strong on mood and atmosphere, but I found it much darker than the only Modiano I've read to date, Villa Triste. I'll be interested to see if Guy has any thoughts on this as he's read several of Modiano's novels now, plus two or three by Dard. Maybe he'll be able to give a better view.
It would have made a great Hitchcock film, I was thinking. Aso, shades of Pascal Garnier (well, probably the other way round, since Garnier came after him). I've previously been rather dismissive of the San Antonio novels which Dard also wrote in huge quantities, but like Simenon he seems to have the gift of conveying a lot in just a few words.
Yes, Hitchcock would have had a grand old time making adaptation of this! In some ways, it reminded me a little of Vertigo, also published by the same Pushkin imprint – there are some similarities, I think.
This was my first experience of Dard, so I'm not terribly familiar with his San Antonio stories. They sound a little different to his novels of the night, more James Bond-ey judging by the comments in that Guardian piece?
Yes, James Bondy would be a good way to describe them. And I too thought of Vertigo as I was reading this one!
Ah…did you review it, Marina? I just took a quick look at your blog but couldn't find it. If so, please feel free to post a link here.
I had more reservations than you did about this one, which didn't make my blog – I think MarinaSofia reflects my feeling it would have made a wonderful Hitchcock film I loved the atmosphere, and the beginning, and thought I was going to be 5 starring it, but I couldn't swallow 'the reveal' as plausible. A film wouldn't have given me time to collect my disbelief up. But, wonderful writing and characterisation and atmosphere, for sure!
Ah, that's very interesting, and it's really good to hear an alternative view. I have to admit that I totally went with the explanation – but equally, I can see why others might consider it somewhat implausible. I suppose I just bought it on account of Albert's state of mind and his level of disorientation once he found himself inside that apartment. (It's difficult to say any more without getting into spoiler territory, which I'd rather not do.) A film adaptation would be great, though – we're definitely aligned on that! In fact, it appears as though it was filmed back in the '60s. A quick search on google threw up this link to Le monte-charge, which looks as if it was based on this very novel. I'm hoping that John from the Noirish blog might drop by as he may have seen it.
Yes, I agree completely re spoiler avoidance. I did review it on Amazon, but it was, for me, 3 1/2 stars which I rounded up to 4, and my rule for myself for the blog is at least clear 4 star! I think psychology is really good in it, and I did love the atmosphere, which cranked my anxiety up higher and higher, TILL the reveal!
As you describe this it sounds so interesting. Your summery of the early parts of the plot made me initially think that this was a character study that did not involve crime.
As per Marina's comment, I think that this has the potential for a good movie.
For a novella of this length (around 120 pages), the central characterisation feels fairly well developed. As Marina was also saying earlier, Dard seems to be able to communicate quite a lot in just a few sentences. His prose is quite spare but very effective.
Pushkin are doing such a great job with this series – doesn't really seem to be a dud amongst them. At 120 pages it sounds right up my street. I'm trying to read shorter fiction to gain some reading momentum. Will check this one out. Thanks Jacqui!
You're welcome! I think you'll really enjoy this one, Sarah – it feels right up your street. And yes, I agree with you about the whole Vertigo series, they're very impressive – I've to encounter a disappointment. It'll be interesting to see which other authors they'll uncover in the future.
Sounds fascinating, Jacqui – I've not read a lot of the Pushkin Vertigo books, but loved what I have. They certainly are putting out some interesting books. Interesting how the reveal can be divisive – I guess we all react differently to books, and the fact that the narrator is somewhat unreliable might make it more easy to accept!
Pushkin are publishing some interesting books, and I like way they are using the Vertigo imprint to shine a spotlight on a number of these 'hidden' masters of crime. You might like this one, Karen – the denouement is certainly very original.
Spiffy review, Jacqui! As you'll have guessed, I'm aching to get my mitts on this — likewise the other Pushkin Dards. I'm afraid I haven't seen Le monte-charge (1962), but onto my wish list it has gone.
Thanks, John. This is definitely a book I would recommend to you, so it'll be fascinating to see what you make of it as and when you take the plunge. The screen adaptation sounds very intriguing too, hopefully a candidate for the full Noirish treatment – I shall await your verdict with great interest!
I also loved this and went on to read The Wicked Go to Hell which I didn't like quite as much. I also have Crush – I hope it's not going to be the law of diminishing returns!
Isn't it great? I'm so glad you enjoyed it as well. Did you review it by any chance? I couldn't see anything in my list of saved reviews, but let me know if I've missed it as we can add a link. I was thinking about trying The Wicked Goes to Hell as my next Dard. Hmm…maybe I'll leave it for a while to see how you fare with Crush. Do keep me posted on that – I'll be very interested to hear!
280 books to his credit and i've never heard of this author! Where has he been hiding I wonder and did he and Simenon have a race to see who could finish writing their books first?
Ha, yes – I can imagine there being a little healthy competition between the two of them. It's good to see Pushkin returning some of these lost authors to us. They seem to have a knack for doing this with both the Vertigo imprint and the Pushkin Collection series itself.
Yes, I included a link to that piece at the beginning of my post – you probably didn't see it as the hyperlink is quite short. Thanks anyway!
I'm not enough of a fan of noir to add this to the list, but you paint an intriguing picture.
No worries, Simon. I know this isn't going to appeal to everyone. There's quite a strong psychological flavor to the story, so it might interest a few occasional readers of crime fiction.
I think this will be my first Dard. I already liked Guy's and Max' review and yours makes it sound even better. I doubt all if husband 280 books are of the same quality but many are, I think.
I'll be very interested to see what you think, particularly in relation to other noir novels you may have read from this era. Yes, it's hard to imagine any author being able to maintain a high level of quality once they get above a few dozen books, never mind two or three hundred. Hopefully Pushkin are cherry-picking some of his best here.
I just saw that this is out of print in French. Too bad.
Oh, no. That's a shame. Maybe you could keep a lookout for a secondhand copy? Or read it in English?
Ha, I was going to say the exact same thing as BookerTalk. I've never heard of this guy. But this does sound tempting… you always pick the best novellas!
Thanks! I do love a good novella, especially one as suspenseful as this. It's a good book to bear in mind if you're in the mood for something dark and intriguing. I'd never hard of Dard either until he appeared in the Vertigo range – all credit to the Pushkin team for winkling him out!
You're welcome. Thanks for writing about Dard in the first place – on the strength of this alone, he seems a real find. I'm glad you liked the The Wicked Go to Hell as I was thinking of making it my next Dard. Grant was less on it, but I guess we're all going to end up with different favourites.
Goodness I have never heard of this author. This sounds like an excellent read I enjoy things that are atmospheric.
It's good one to bear in mind if you're in the market for something dark and suspenseful. Marina's comment on the potential for a Hitchcock film is a useful reference point.
Oh, I'm glad the sense of atmosphere came across in those quotes. It's a very suspenseful little story – as Marina was was saying, Dard seems to have a knack for conveying a great deal in just a few brief sentences. Bird in a Cage would be an excellent place to start if you're looking to take the plunge with these Pushkin Vertigo titles – I though it was very impressive for such a slim novella.
Also very glad you liked it. It's a winner isn't it? And so much character and atmosphere packed into so little space.
I do see why some find it gets a bit implausible, but I think that's part of the genre. Hitchcockian usually to me suggests some fairly unlikely stuff going along.
Yes, really terrific. I wouldn't normally post on a crime novel that you and Guy have reviewed as you both do such a great job at covering these stories, but I enjoyed this one so much that I just had to write something about it. As you say, the characterisation is excellent – you really get a feel for the sense of desolation surrounding Albert when he returns to Levallois. And yes, I agree about the denouement. I couldn't help but think of Hitchcock's adaptation of Vertigo – there are some similarities between the two, I think.
Oh… sounds a delicious one best consumed in one sitting on a dark cld winter's night!
Yes, that's it exactly – the perfect setting to crank up the suspense.


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Nonviolent Protest Groups Placed on Anti-Terrorism List
Last week it was revealed by the Groaniad that the environmentalist group, Extinction Rebellion, had been put on a list of extremist organisations, whose sympathisers should be treated by the Prevent programme. Extinction Rebellion are, in my view, a royal pain, whose disruptive antics are more likely to make them lose popular support but they certainly aren't violent and do keep within the law. For example, in one of their protests in Bristol last autumn, they stopped the traffic for short periods and then let some cars through before stopping the traffic again. It was a nuisance, which is what the group intended, and no doubt infuriating to those inconvenienced by it. But they kept within the law. They therefore don't deserve to be put on an anti-terrorism watch list with real violent extremist organisations like Islamist and White fascist terror groups such as the banned neo-Nazi group, National Action.
But Extinction Rebellion aren't the only nonviolent protest group to be put on this wretched list. Zelo Street put up a piece yesterday revealing that the list also includes Greenpeace, the campaigners against sea pollution, Sea Shepherd, PETA, Stop the Badger Cull, Stop the War, the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, CND, various anti-Fascist and anti-racist groups, as well as an anti-police surveillance group, campaigners against airport expansion, and Communist and Socialist parties.
I can sort of understand why Greenpeace is on the list. They also organise protests and peaceful occupations, and I remember how, during the 'Save the Whale' campaign, their ship, the Rainbow Warrior, used to come between whalers and their prey. I also remember how, in the 1980s, the French secret service bombed it when it was in port in New Zealand, because the evil peaceful hippies had dared to protest against their nuclear tests in the Pacific. From this, and their inclusion on this wretched list, it seems they're more likely to be victims of state violence than the perpetrators of violence themselves.
Greenpeace's John Sauven said
"Tarring environmental campaigners and terrorist organisations with the same brush is not going to help fight terrorism … It will only harm the reputation of hard-working police officers … How can we possibly teach children about the devastation caused by the climate emergency while at the same implying that those trying to stop it are extremists?"
And Prevent's independent reviewer, Alex Carlile, said:
"The Prevent strategy is meant to deal with violent extremism, with terrorism, and XR are not violent terrorists. They are disruptive campaigners".
Zelo Street commented that this was all very 1960s establishment paranoia. Which it is. You wonder if the list also includes anyone, who gave the list's compilers a funny look once. And whether they're going to follow the example of Constable Savage in the Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch and arrest gentlemen of colour for wandering around during the hours of darkness wearing a loud shirt. This is a joke, but the list represents are real danger. It criminalises any kind of protest, even when its peaceful. About a decade ago, for example, Stop the War held a protest in Bristol city centre. They were out there with their banners and trestle tables, chanting and speaking. Their material, for what I could see where I was, simply pointed out that the invasion of Iraq had claimed 200,000 lives. They were on the pavement, as I recall, didn't disrupt the traffic and didn't start a fight with anyone.
As for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, this is a knee-jerk attempt to link pro-Palestinian activism with terrorism. But wanting the Palestinians to be given their own land or to enjoy equal rights with Israelis in a modern, ethnically and religious diverse and tolerant state, does not equate with sympathy for terrorism or terrorism itself. Tony Greenstein, Asa Winstanley and Jackie Walker are also pro-Palestinian activists. But as far as I know, they're all peaceful, nonviolent people. Walker's a granny in her early 60's, for heaven's sake. They're all far more likely to be the victims of violence than ever initiate it. In fact, Tony was physically assaulted in an unprovoked attack by an irate Israeli, while one woman from one of the pro-Israel organisations was caught on camera saying how she thought she could 'take' Jackie.
I realise the Stop the Badger Cull people have also physically tried to stop the government killing badgers, but this is again disruption, not violence. And one of those against the cull is Brian May, astrophysicist and rock legend. Apart from producing some of the most awesome music with Freddy Mercury and the rest of Queen, and appearing on pop science programmes with Dara O'Brien showing people round the Jodrell Bank radio telescope, he has not, not ever, been involved in political violence.
This shows you how ludicrous the list is. But it's also deeply sinister, as by recommending that supporters of these organisations as well as real terrorist groups should be dealt with by Prevent, it defines them as a kind of thoughtcrime. Their members are to be rounded up and reeducated. Which is itself the attitude and method of suppression of totalitarian states.
Zelo Street pointed the finger for this monstrous shambles at Priti Patel. As current Home Secretary, she's ultimately responsible for it. The Street wanted to know whether she knew about it and when? And if she didn't, what's she doing holding the job? But there's been no answer so far. And a police spokesperson said it was unhelpful and misleading to suggest the nonviolent groups on the list had been smeared.
The Street said it was time for Patel to get her house in order, but warned its readers not to bet on it. No, you shouldn't. This is an attempt to criminalise non-violent protest against capitalism and the actions of the authorities and British state. It's the same attitude that informed the British secret state's attempts to disrupt and destroy similar and sometimes the same protest movements in the 70s and 80s, like CND. And it will get worse. A few years ago Counterpunch published a piece reporting that the American armed services and police were expecting violent outbreaks and domestic terrorism in the 2030s as the poverty caused by neoliberalism increased. They were therefore devising new methods of militarised policing to combat this. We can expect similar repressive measures over this side of the Atlantic as well.
This list is a real threat to freedom of conscience, peaceful protest and action. And the ultimate responsibility for it is the Tories. Who have always been on the side of big business against the rest of society, and particularly the poor and disadvantaged.
They're criminalising those, who seek peaceful means to fight back.
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Weak and Wobby May Does Massive U-Turn over 'Dementia Tax'
This also shows how much pressure and desperate the Tories are feeling from a resurgent Labour. In her manifesto four days ago, 'strong and stable' May said that she intended taking the value of people's houses into consideration when assessing the amount they would be charged for their social care. This would lead to people having to take out 'equity release', in which their houses would be sold and the money used to pay for their care, while allowing them to remain as tenants.
Florence, one of the great commenters to this blog, has pointed out just how nasty this policy is in a comment she posted to an earlier piece I did about it. She wrote
Equity release is not the same as insurance. Using equity release to pay for care is already available and has many times been shown to be the worse possible use of a house for the elderly. They are essentially unpaid mortgages where the interest accrues along with the original debt, so any capital increase in value is eaten up by interest and charges. The resident can be forced out of the house at any time. Instead of banning these deals the May cabal want to force us to use them.
Insurance will only be available to the young and fit or through workplace schemes. No one will insure a retired person.
Not surprisingly, large sections of the population did not welcome having the government force them to sell the homes they saved for throughout their lives. With the result that May has now made a U-Turn so fast, that she's left skidmarks in the road, if not in her underwear.
It's a very quick U-Turn indeed, as only this morning various Tory talking heads were appearing on breakfast TV defending it, saying that the Tories were showing resolve in coming to grips with Britain's aging population. Now she's telling everyone she's going to put a cap on the amount they will be expected to pay. Even though her ministers, like Jeremy Hunt, have been saying all week. She's also gone on the offensive – and to me, she's always been very offensive – and accused Labour of scaremongering.
But, as various people on social media have noticed, it's May herself who appears scared. Or 'frit', as the former Leaderene used to say in her native Grantham patois.
Mike's posted up two videos of her speaking, stating that her own fear is evident from her body language and tone of voice.
One person has posted a picture of a backbone, with a note beside it saying 'Wanted for Theresa May'. Marcus Chown also posted a photograph of a jelly, to show how weak and wobbly May is. Chown's a scientist and science writer, who's written for New Scientist, and published a book on the Cosmic Background Radiation, The Afterglow of Creation, far back in the 1990s. But you really don't need the Hubble Space Telescope or Jodrell Bank to see how desperate May and her fellows now are.
She's now telling everyone that she's going to keep her new promise to cap charges for social care. And the Daily Mail, like the Tory lapdog it is, has issued an article hailing her as an 'honest politician'.
No, no she isn't. Not remotely.
Among the various promises and pledges she's broken are her support for 'Remain', which has now definitely been ditched in favour of Brexit; her promise to raise National Insurance contributions from the self-employed; she claimed she wanted to put workers in the boardroom – that went very quickly; and her stated resolution not to hold a snap election. Along with a pledge to reduce the sugar content in children's foods.
See http://voxpoliticalonline.com/2017/05/22/dementia-tax-u-turn-theresa-may-is-a-weak-and-wobbly-conservative-in-chaos/
As Mike states in his article, it's not a complete list.
In fact, May's party lies frequently and shamelessly. Remember when David Cameron, May's predecessor, was telling everyone that the Tories would ring-fence NHS spending against cuts? How he, IDS and the rest of the Tory faithful claimed they were trying to protect the NHS for New Labour's closure of hospitals up and down the country? These policies were ditched almost as soon as Cameron got his foot in No. 10. As was his statement that his would be the 'greenest' government of all. That was ditched along with the little windmill outside his house, and replaced with a huge support for fracking and other environmentally destructive policies.
And May's new pledge about capping the Dementia Tax is, in my opinion, another lie, from a party of liars.
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Jodrell Bank and Amateur Radio Telescopes
BBC 4 a few weeks ago broadcast a documentary on the history of Jodrell Bank, Britain's pioneering radio telescope. Bernard Lovell, its founder and director, had been one of the scientists working on the development of radar during the War, and the radio telescope was originally built using parts left over from the project that were due to be scrapped. In the early days it was very much an ad hoc operation. The size of the telescope's dish has the radius it has because that was the distance between the van holding its key components in the early days to the edge of the field. The programme covered the history of the telescope from its very beginnings to today. It described how the telescope came into its own in the late 1950s and 1960s when it was the only instrument that could independently verify the first Soviet space missions and their conquest of space. This also caused additional pressure on Lovell, as there was official demand for him to monitor space missions in the USSR, which detracted from his real interest in exploring the heavens through the radio signals sent out into space from stars, nebulae and galaxies.
The Russians also liked and admired Lovell, so much so that on scientific trip to the Soviet Union, the Russians showed him some of their highly top secret space installations, and hinted that he would be very welcome if he left Britain and joined them. Obviously the great man did not take up the offer. Eventually such pressure proved so great that he was off work suffering from depression, and even considered leaving science altogether. Lovell was a Methodist, and to the surprise of his children, at this point in his career he considered joining the clergy. He didn't, but went back to charting the heavens.
Other highlights of the telescope's fifty-odd year history was the discovery, by Jocelyn Bell-Purnell, of pulsars. These are neutron stars, small, highly compact stars at the end of their lives, which broadcast a signal into space. The stars are small, about 40 miles or so in diameter, and spin quickly, so it appears that the signal is being sent in pulses. They're also regular, so that in the first few days when they were discovered one of the theories about them was that they were a signal deliberately sent out into space from an extraterrestrial civilisation. After more pulsars were discovered in the following days, the scientists were able to give the true explanation of their origins.
Since its heyday, much larger telescopes and arrays have been built. Jodrell Bank nevertheless still remains important, contributing valuable research in this area of astronomy.
Indeed. I remember a few years ago an edition of one of the Beeb's astronomy programmes in which Dara O'Brien and Brian May were up there. O'Brien is a failed mathematician, having dropped out of a university maths course, while May is a properly accredited astrophysicist. He had, it's true, a twenty-odd year gap in his career, due to performing with Queen, but he finally handed his thesis in a few years ago. It was duly marked, and he passed. This obviously makes him one of the most rock 'n' roll scientists ever. I think in the programme they were supposed to be looking for signals from alien civilisations. They didn't find any, which probably surprised no one, given that scientists have been looking, off and on, for radio signals from aliens since the days of Project OZMA in the late '60s and 70s. Despite NASA's optimistic prediction in 1995 that in five years they would be discovered, no has as yet.
Patrick Moore, one of the greatest science communicators and popularisers, always maintained that astronomy was still one of the very few areas of science where amateurs using modest equipment could make a real contribution. I doubt that there are very many ordinary people outside the big observatories, who have an active interest in radio telescopy. Nevertheless, it is possible to build your own radio telescopes. There's a piece by Trevor Hill, who was a science teacher at Taunton School in Somerset, about how he built a an array of radio telescopes in the book, Small Astronomical Observatories, edited by Patrick Moore (London: Springer 1986). He did so as part of an attempt to get the pupils interested in astronomy. Naturally, he started off by building a normal, optical observatory for a telescope. He turned to radio astronomy at the suggestion of one of the pupils after the normal astronomy session had been cancelled due to rain. The pupil pointed out that radio waves travel through clouds, and so observation wouldn't be stopped by bad weather. His article in the book describes the radio telescopes he built. This includes a set of Ham radio aerials set up in an array to receive radio waves from solar flares.
Trevor Hill's Solar Flare Radio Telescope at Taunton School
He also provides a schematic of the telescope's construction. As you can see from the photo, even as a small-scale amateur project it's still very large. Nevertheless, he states that it was very cheap. With the exception of the computer, it cost about £200 in 1995. Which means it's almost possible for every man or woman to become their own radio astronomer. Obviously, this was before the boom ended, and Cameron got in to hit everyone with massive debt and advancing poverty.
Here's Tim O'Brien, professor of astrophysics at Manchester University and the radio telescope's associate director, talking about the telescope on the 70s anniversary of its establishment. It's great to hear him say that it remains at the cutting edge of research, and may be so for the next fifty years.
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Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum's Jamie Cunningham earns statewide 'Tourism Employee of the Year' award
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TnHTA President & CEO Greg Adkins, Jamie Cunningham and TnHTA Board Chair Tom Loventhal
Jamie Cunningham, office manager for the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum, has been named statewide "Tourism Employee of the Year" by the Tennessee Hospitality & Tourism Association (TnHTA) at its annual "Stars of the Industry" awards gala.
The 2016 event was held Sept. 22 at the Chattanooga Convention Center. The "Tourism Employee of the Year" award recognizes exemplary professionalism and service by an employee whose outstanding performance goes above and beyond normal job responsibilities to provide excellent service to the property, guests and community. The "Stars of the Industry Awards" are presented to individuals, companies and industry partners whose commitment to hospitality and tourism has improved the overall industry statewide.
"Hospitality and tourism make up the state's second largest industry," TnHTA President and CEO Greg Adkins said. "The winners were selected to receive these honors by people who truly understand the level of commitment that is required to provide excellent service to customers on a daily basis – their peers. We're honored to have them as part of our membership, and we congratulate them on a job well done."
Cunningham received the 2016 Service/Supplier Employee of the Year Pauly Award from the Greater Knoxville Hospitality Association (GKHA) in May, which qualified her for the state award.
Both the GKHA and TnHTA awards recognized Cunningham for her initiative and ownership of any task assigned to her – even if they fell outside her job. Kristy Todd, human resources manager at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum, said Cunningham "walks into work with a smile and a positive attitude every day."
"Jamie is an exceptional employee and well-deserving of this statewide recognition," said Mary Bogert, general manager of the Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum. "Jamie always goes above and beyond with every task she is assigned and completes it with a smile. Our facility has the best employees and customer service, and it's wonderful that the state association has recognized our team's efforts."
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Hamlet by William Shakespeare
only exaggerates the idea of payback or karma, but this saying took a whole new meaning in the famous tragic-revenge play of Hamlet, written by William Shakespeare in 1601.What is so appealing about this masterpiece, to audiences of many decades, is the fact that revenge plays a rather large role throughout the play, motivating not only characters but developing an extensive plot. Revenge is the dominant theme that is intertwined into every character's actions, forcing some to act out of blind anger
Revenge Tragedies: The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd
Elizabethan Revenge The Book of Exodus in the Holy Bible states that everyone should "give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot"(NLT 21:23) in order for the world to be a fair place, and also so that everyone is punished properly for their wrongdoings. In the Elizabethan era, revenge is an extremely prevalent endeavor. It is almost as though they closely follow what the bible says about punishment and revenge in the Elizabethan theatre because specific incidents
convention for a large part of the play. In the beginning, Shakespeare sets up the scene, having a ghost on a dark night. Everyone is working and something strange is happening in Denmark. It is as if Shakespeare is saying that some kind of foul play has been committed. This sets up for the major theme in the play which is of course revenge. The ghost appears to talk to Hamlet. It is quite obvious that the play had a gruesome, violent death and the sexual aspect of the play was clearly introduced when Claudius
With Love, Revenge
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Hamlet: Shakespeare's Plagiarism of The Spanish Tragedy
; and with what effect ? In particular, Shakespeare borrowed the plot elements, the concept of the revenge tragedy and the character traits from Thomas Kyd's Spanish Tragedy. First of all, this essay will discuss what plot elements, such as the play within the play and the genre of the revenge play that have been borrowed from Thomas Kyd's works, notably The SpanishTragedy. The play within a play has been used for a long time in stories ; scholars have traced it's use back to the Arabic, Persian
The Threat of Women During the Jacobean Era
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Titus Andronicus - Appearance Versus Reality
Titus Andronicus - Appearance Versus Reality As appearances play an important role in society, so they also play an important role in William Shakespeare's play Titus Andronicus. From the first scene to the last, Shakespeare elaborates on the theme of appearance versus reality through plot and character. The play's plot is full of incidents and events that are not what they appear to be: from Titus' "mental breakdown" and Tamora's extended deceitfulness, to Aaron's declared deeds. Each case
Hamlet Reflection Paper
Throughout the course of the discussion, a number of topics were discussed regarding Shakespeare's play, Hamlet. The initial discussion began with the contemplation of whether Hamlet is a hero or not. Along with this raised another question, whether Hamlet is morally conscious with his thoughts and actions. Parallels between the Hamlet's and Laretes's desire for revenge were drawn, as well as Hamlet's apparent love for Ophelia. Eventually the conversation shifted from analysis of specific characters
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somewhat irrelevant to Titus, we must note that there are certain standards and practices established by a play from its first performance. It is also important to establish the general attributes that audiences attribute to Shakespearean performance. One of the distinguishing factors in portraying Titus centers in its origin: "Titus Andronicus [...] must be considered as an experimental play" (Bowers 118). Being Shakespeare's first attempt at tragedy, it obviously has room for error. Yet, as
Characteristics of a Machiavel in The Spanish Tragedy and Hamlet
machiavel (Plotting, secrecy and eventually murder). This is the difficult part, as most of the major characters in both plays exhibit some, if not all of these characteristics - while neither Heironimo nor Hamlet are villains, they both rely upon machiavellian tactics; they both feign madness to seem unthreatening, then proceed to strike when least expected: I will revenge his death! But how? Not as the vulgar wits of men, With open, but inevitable ills, As by secret, yet certain mean
Plays About Revenge
throughout plays during Renaissance times. This idea of vengeance and revenge is present in many of Shakespeare's plays, notably his most famous play Hamlet and also The Tempest. Both plays really have a strong focus on vengeance and getting revenge on someone, but these ideas are quite different today than they were in Shakespeare's time. Within this essay, it will be discussed how vengeance and revenge are apparent in both Hamlet and The Tempest. Also, the differing ideas on vengeance and revenge in today's
A Sense of Tragedy in the Final Scene of Romeo and Juliet
as 1) A play in which the main protagonist falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing and circumstances which they cannot deal. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy because both characters kill themselves to show how much they love each other, even though that love is forbidden. Romeo and Juliet is different from other plays of Elizabethan times as Shakespeare made the play about a type of love that is positive as opposed to the type of love shown in the revenge tragedy plays
Violence in theTitus Andronicus
Whilst the Greek and Roman predecessors of revenge tragedy showed little compunction in gruesome on-stage violence, the Elizabethan spectators were, by the time of publication and performance of Shakespearian plays, a more educated audience who would appreciate the poetic style and subtle references to classical literature. This is not to say that the sixteenth century public were sensitive to acts of startling brutality; public executions and bear baiting were frequent occurrences that no doubt
'Tis the Season to Be Paranoid' All Year Long
Do we really know anything? Most people struggle daily with enduring epistemological questions of truth and how we can distinguish it from false information and shield ourselves from deception. Why this obsessive fixation on constantly making sure that we have the right information- the truth? Well, we feel immobilized otherwise. We cannot move further without having a safe frame of truths that we can act upon and form our identity, values, and perception of the world around us. Paranoia thus may
Thos Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49: No Escape
There are two levels of participation within The Crying of Lot 49: that of the characters, such as Oedipa Maas, whose world is limited to the text, and that of the reader, who looks at the world from outside it but who is also affected the world created by the text.3 Both the reader and the characters have the same problems observing the chaos around them. The protagonist in The Crying of Lot 49, Oedipa Mass, like the reader, is forced to either involve herself in the deciphering of clues or not
Revenge in Shakespeare´s Play Hamlet
Hamlet and Laertes both contribute to the play main theme, revenge. Both characters dearly loved their fathers, thats the reason for revenge. But, their love has been distorted and all they feel now is a need for revenge for their fathers' deaths. But they cope with it differently. Hamlet knows who killed his father, but does not take immediate action. Laertes is a little unclear on who is responsible for his fathers death, but he takes immediate action to avenge him. "To hell, allegiance! vows,
What Does Revenge Play In The Crucible
rudges and Rivalries Play a Role In Life Revenge is a channel of hatred and anger fueled by an action of someone who crossed a person in some way. In The Crucible, because John Proctor had an affair with his old servant Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Proctor fired her. Abigail then took it one step farther and cried witch on any one who got in her way of love including John's wife. Grudges and personal rivalries played a huge role in the witch trial hysteria because people want to acquire other people's
The Role of Madness in The Spanish Tragedy and Hamlet
The role that madness plays in The Spanish Tragedy and in Hamlet, indeed in all revenge tragedies, is a vital one; it provides an opportunity for the malcontent to be converted by the environment into the avenger. In almost all revenge tragedies, the malcontent takes the form of a renaissance man or woman who is confronted with a problem - the deed to be avenged. This crime, and the criminals that perpetrated it, effect that surroundings to such an extent that it is impossible to remain unchanged
Oresteia: Revenge
continuing cycle of revenge. Someone is murdered and then a relative must kill the murderer, therefore becoming a murderer himself. A new chosen one is then selected to take revenge on that person who killed before him and the cycle goes on and on. The furies also play a part in this cycle of revenge. They seek out those who kill their blood relatives and haunt them and torture them for eternity. So basically they also take revenge for the ones that have been murdered. Revenge is a continuing theme
Revenge in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights: Revenge – The Strongest Theme When Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, first appeared in 1847, it was thought to be obscene and crude (Chase 19). To the common person, it was shocking and offensive, and it did not gain popularity until long after it was first published. When the piece of literature became widely read and discussed, however, Bronte was declared as a "romantic rebel against repressive conventions and a writer who made passion part of novelistic tradition"
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Former Spice Girls manager claims Posh Spice was 'uncomfortable' being part of the band
By Katie Scott Global News
Posted April 28, 2016 3:21 pm
Updated July 15, 2016 8:09 am
The Spice Girls former manager claims Posh Spice felt 'uncomfortable' in the Spice Girls. Getty Images
Spice Girls former manager Simon Fuller is claiming that Victoria Beckham "always felt uncomfortable" being part of the band.
Fuller, who worked with the group through the peak years of their success, believes the 42-year-old only found her "true vocation" when she quit music and ventured into the fashion industry.
The 55-year-old explained,
"Victoria, coming out of the Spice Girls, being married to David Beckham, launched a solo career. She never felt comfortable. Even in the Spice Girls – it was great fun, she was in the world's biggest group for two or three years – but she didn't feel comfortable."
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After the split of the girl band, Beckham released her own self-titled debut album in 2001 (it contained 12 tracks).
A BBC review of the eponymous compilation critiqued it as,
"A mish-mash affair of gushy sentiment and wishy-washy RnB. Whereas her fellow Spice's found a natural progression for their sounds, Posh's long awaited debut pulls no surprises as formulaic, cringy pop."
While speaking at the Business Innovation Awards in Los Angeles, where he was named entrepreneur of the year, Fuller added,
"When the Spice Girls broke up, she had a few songs as a solo artist but she wasn't happy and she said to me 'Simon, I just don't want to do music any more. What do you think I should do?'"
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The creator of the Idol franchise went on to mention,
"It was one of those things that you get this kind of clarity of vision. I've known Victoria since she was 18 and her passion in life was always clothes. She was called Posh Spice because she always wore the best dresses and she knew everything about clothes.
"I said 'You should be in fashion. You should be a designer.'"
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Victoria Beckham went on to become a successful model, gracing the cover of magazines such as Vogue. She also created her own clothing line titled, Victoria by Victoria Beckham.
The now fashion guru was just named the world's best-dressed traveller by British Airways. Placing second was Amal Clooney and third was Kendall Jenner.
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There have been plans for a Spice Girls tour to mark the group's 20th anniversary this year, but Posh Spice has announced she will not take part.
In January her rep said that, "she has been very respectful about the fabulous time they had together in the past, however, her focus is now very much her family and fashion business."
Sporty Spice, a.k.a Mel C., also dropped out of the reunion talks. She's released six solo albums since leaving the girl group in 1998.
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Dennis Prager Fireside Chat Ep. 215 — Public Reactions: Rittenhouse & the Christmas Parade Massacre
12/03/2021 1:57:59 PM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 4 replies
PragerU ^ | December 2, 2021 | Dennis Prager
Legacy media outlets called Kyle Rittenhouse both a murderer and a white supremacist. Viewers believed them. The same journalists told viewers that—not a career criminal— but an SUV drove through a Christmas parade in nearby Waukesha killing six and seriously injuring dozens more. If you haven't yet accepted the sad truth that legacy media willfully distorts the news to fit a left-wing agenda, it's about time you did.
The Left's Bungled Revolution
11/13/2021 2:00:01 AM PST · by RoosterRedux · 22 replies
American Thinker ^ | J.R. Dunn
The two major political elements in play over the past year are closely intertwined. Those are the new left-wing blatancy, in which the American Left scarcely attempts to hide its actual agenda anymore, and the vast number of enemies the left is lining up against itself throughout American society. In hindsight, this makes perfect sense. How could the Left hope to maintain the support of the mass of Americans once its actual goals and methods became evident? In the past, leftists made a serious effort to shield their true agenda from scrutiny using a wide range of methods – wrapping...
Will the 2020 Summer of Hate Ever End?
09/26/2021 5:18:45 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 12 replies
Townhall.com ^ | September 26, 2021 | Lloyd Pettegrew
This column is co-authored by Jim McCoy.It is a sign of our partisan political times that whites can't address racial issues unless they are progressives hopping on the "racist" bandwagon. They even devote an innumerable amount of time in the fool's errand of somehow being anti-racist. Looking back on America's 2020 summer of hate, stretching to the present time, it has become clear this racial hate was manufactured by a cacophony of progressive factions and interests. Abetting this summer of protests and violence was the ever-present MSM love child, America's racial instigator-in-chief, Reverend Al Sharpton. In his eulogy at George...
Patriots, Awaken – the NEW Intellectual Froglegs
09/18/2021 7:49:57 PM PDT · by Bobalu · 8 replies
Intellectual Froglegs ^ | September 16, 2021 | Joe Dan Gorman
These traitors in DC ignore data…ignore evidence…and they ignore us…. as they take our tax dollars and send out kids to war. They demand we all be injected with an experimental 'mRNA gene therapy' drug that is less than a year old… and they've come for our children. We are unified in a resounding "Hell No"
Public Schools -- Stop Experimenting on People's Children
09/07/2021 2:49:17 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 3 replies
American Thinker.com ^ | September 7, 2021 | John Conlin
A few years back, public schools in my hometown of Littleton, Colorado began using laptop computers in the classroom. With great fanfare every student was given their own computer. Classroom instruction quickly moved away from traditional teaching materials to primarily computer-based learning. This trend occurred throughout the country. We were told this would usher in a grand new world where student's educational achievements would take off through the stratosphere. In a normal world, a major undertaking like this would only have been done after extensive research, testing, and actual results. And since we are dealing with something that will affect...
The Clock Is Running out for Time's Up as Major Hollywood Stars Quit the Feminist Organization
Red State ^ | 09/06/2021 | Brad Slager
How has Time's Up, a group that was formed to help women, become one defending male predators?It has been a tumultuous couple of weeks for Time's Up, the anti-sexual harassment organization that sprang up from the #MeToo movement, and this weekend, it is suffering a mass exodus of many from its high-profile board. On Friday, a number of prominent board members announced they were stepping away from the group, including actress Eva Longoria, TV mega-producer Shonda Rhimes, and CNN contributor Hilary Rosen, along with five other names. This announcement comes quickly after the resignation of CEO Tina Tchen, who stepped...
Jason Whitlock: "A Lot Of What The Left Supports Is Satanic," In Direct Objection Of The Values Of This Country
08/23/2021 10:52:42 PM PDT · by Right Wing Vegan · 28 replies
RealClear Politics ^ | 8/23/2021 | Ian Schwartz
JASON WHITLOCK (GUEST): I don't think 5 percent of America believes it, maybe 10 percent. I don't know. Tucker, I'm going to say something difficult to unpack in this short amount of time, but it's what I truly believe: I think a lot of what the left supports is satanic. I'm just sorry. It's -- it's in direct objection to God. In -- in direct objection to the Judeo-Christian values that were at the foundation of this country and those Christian values are why we made so much progress in terms of freedom and humanity and the way we treat...
The Afghanistan Debacle is Exactly What the Left Wanted
08/20/2021 10:04:16 AM PDT · by Java4Jay · 22 replies
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What happened in Kabul was deliberate. In fact, I would argue it went far better than most leftists dreamed it would. Even they underestimated Joe's uncanny ability to make the absolute worst decision in practically every situation. Our kids' grandkids will be fighting the wars that result from this and will likely do it alone. Far from being a tragedy, our abandonment of Afghanistan was one of the left's biggest foreign policy successes.
Liberals Hate That You Have Rights
Townhall.com ^ | August 5, 2021 | Kurt Schlichter
The bizarre contortions that the libs are going through to blame you for the virus because you selfishly refused to submit to their fussy commands illustrates, for the umpteenth time, an undeniable fact about these fascist-curious creeps. They hate hate hate the idea of rights, particularly yours. In fact, when they refer to rights, they often insist on encasing the word in quotation marks, as if it was some bizarre and alien concept those Jesus-gun-truck-cisnormative people from Iowabamaho invented under the influence of moonshine and the Holy Spirit. Rights, they realize, are an intolerable obstacle to the things they want...
'Progressive' Hubris and Hypocrisy
Townhall.com ^ | July 27, 2021 | Oliver North
America-bashing has become the favorite pastime of the far left. So-called progressives who, in reality, are Marxists, excoriate America as a nation founded by white men for white men. They even reject the Declaration of Independence, labeling it a racist document. These ideologically blind politicians claim our country is guilty of systemic racism and perpetuating "white privilege." According to them, Black Americans are still in bondage in the United States. U.S. Reps. Maxine Waters and Cori Bush have added their voices to the chorus of leftists spreading this absurd and divisive nonsense. In his Independence Day address, President Joe Biden...
Wikileaks Co-Founder: Site Now Promotes Leftist Establishment Propaganda
07/18/2021 7:05:26 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 10 replies
Newsbusters ^ | July 18, 2021 | P.J. Gladnick
Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger is warning that the online encyclopedia is nothing like it used to be, when it used to aspire to neutrality. Now it easily comes up in Google searches of everything, and so it can't be ignored by powerful people.In an interview with Lockdown TV, Sanger said "Wikipedia is known, now, by everyone to have a lot of influence in the world … so there is a very big, nasty, complex game being played behind the scenes to make the articles say what somebody wants them to say."
Here's More Proof The Left Is Willing To Burn Everything Down For Power
The Federalist ^ | July 15, 2021 | J.T. Young
The left's response was a scorched earth policy to destroy Trump. Five years into their implacable opposition, we now see the earth the left scorched was America.America has been torched by the left's scorched-earth strategy to defeat Donald Trump. While Trump was still in office, the price was already high. With Trump gone, we are learning that high price was just a down payment. Today, America is paying in full in its cities, in its schools, on its southern border, and abroad. Seemingly behind every shameful headline is a leftist lowlight. America's cities are enduring exploding violence to an extent...
Who America is Truly Up Against Today - Lucifer/ The Father of Fake News and the Slander Tactic
07/15/2021 6:52:22 AM PDT · by The Ignorant Fisherman · 3 replies
IFB ^ | 7/15/21
My friends, the EXPONENTIAL demonic movement behind all mediums of information today is absolutely ASTOUNDING to me! Lawless men are all in for lawlessness and are whole heartedly available and open to demonic deception and use (John 8:44, Eph. 2:1-2)! We can especially see and observe this EXPONENTIAL demonic movement in all facets of medium today in light of our nation's post 2020 elections and in light of the Biden crime family scandals etc. In light of the Left's super aggression, "Fake News", critical theory agenda, coordinated narratives and unified montages, envy, love of lawlessness, rebellion and demonic defamation against...
As the Left's Power Rises, Its Legitimacy Is Falling
07/14/2021 6:38:03 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 16 replies
American Greatness ^ | July 13, 2021 | Adam Mill
As the Left's Power Rises, Its Legitimacy Is Falling When the Left requires brute force to win, it alienates apolitical America. I can recall only three instances of gasping aloud in response to a plot twist. Being a child of the 1980s, I had the privilege of seeing Darth Vader announce to Luke Skywalker, "I am your father," as a surprise in the movie theater. But since then, most plot twists failed to measure up until October of 2017 when I learned that Hillary Clinton commissioned the now-infamous Steele dossier accusing Donald Trump of colluding with the Russians. Although holes...
The left: Jan 6 was worse than the Holocaust, Pearl Harbor and 9-11!
07/10/2021 9:43:48 AM PDT · by Starman417 · 26 replies
Flopping Aces ^ | 07/10/21 | DrJohn
At times there is no imagining just how stupid people on the left can be but they keep trying to push the envelope. To wit- the mind numbingly idiotic assertion that Jan 6 was worse than 9-11. Huffington Post reporter S.V. Dáte said Jan 6 was "1000 percent" worse than 9-11. 1000 percent worse. https://t.co/0jS4r1S2uk — S.V. Dáte (@svdate) May 25, 2021Matthew Dowd, the so-called "GOP strategist" who will say anything for face time on MSNBC said 9-11 pales in comparison to Jan 6. "To me, though there was less loss of life on Jan. 6 – Jan. 6 was...
Stop Surrendering Education to the Radical Left
Townhall.com ^ | July 7, 2021 | Ben Shapiro
This Independence Day, a poll from Issues & Insights revealed that only 36% of adults aged 18-24 said they were "proud to be American," compared with 86% of those over the age of 65. This shouldn't be surprising. America's children have been raised in a system dedicated to the proposition that America itself is evil, a repository of discrimination and bigotry, a country founded in sin and steeped in cruelty. This week, for example, the National Education Association, the single largest teachers union in the country, passed a resolution pledging to "Share and publicize ... information already available on critical...
Leftist Narrative Crumbles After Key Fact About Armed Men Involved in Standoff Revealed
07/04/2021 10:01:51 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 49 replies
The Western Journal ^ | July 4, 2021 at 8:22am | C. Douglas Golden
In Wakefield, Massachusetts, an armed group that apparently believes it is not subject to the laws of the United States engaged in an hours-long standoff with police in the early hours of Saturday morning. On its Twitter account, The Associated Press reported that nine suspects were taken into custody after the incident, which closed down Interstate 95 — the major north-south artery for the entire East Coast — in both directions on the Fourth of July holiday weekend. No member of the group — carrying long guns and clad in military fatigues — was wounded in the standoff. July 4,...
Doing as the Left does
06/29/2021 4:23:31 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 17 replies
American Thinker ^ | 29 Jun, 2021 | Tyler Jordan
Is it time to start using the tactics of the Left? Do you ever wonder how establishment media can go about not even pretending to be objective, or how Democrat politicians can tell you the current surge in crime, illegal border crossings, and rioting last summer are all a figment of your imagination? The CNNs and leftist politicians can do this because it's not their goal to get you to tune in or get your vote. The Left now has enough of a coalition of immigrants, racist blacks, young morons, self-hating whites, perpetual victims, and government freeloaders to enforce their...
How To Starve Big Tech
06/27/2021 7:54:19 AM PDT · by LuciusDomitiusAutelian · 79 replies
American Thinker ^ | 04/25/2021 | Jim Daws
The sad part is that Big Tech's control over the free flow information is almost entirely illusory and based wholly on our submission to it. Much in the same manner that consumers become zealously brand-conscious, we have come to accept that Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have some innate value that makes them indispensable. We forget that Big Tech's dominance has come about in just one generation and we can track a direct trajectory between the rise of Big Tech and the radical Left's ascendancy.
3 Ways The Left's Hatred Of Women Shows Up In Transgender Ideology
06/21/2021 10:37:53 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 16 replies
The Federalist ^ | June 21, 2021 | Jane Robins
For all the trumpeting of women's rights, leftist policies frequently demean, disempower, or even endanger women.Everyone knows the political left disdains men — at least, white heterosexual men who aren't confused about their sex. But it also has a serious misogyny problem. For all the trumpeting of women's rights, leftist policies frequently demean, disempower, or even endanger women.Women are expected to shoulder burdens not imposed on men, all to promote what's touted as a greater public good. Besides, is there anything more dismissive and denigrating of women's value and humanity than referring to them as "menstruators," "birthing units," or "uterus...


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22 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.


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She was, in a word, faithful.
Faithful to her work. Faithful to her community. Faithful to her congregation. Faithful to her family and friends. Faithful to the Lord.
Faithfulness and much more lead me to label Virginia Finkel a stalwart. A stalwart is steadfast, sturdy, strongly built. Virginia proved herself to be all of these.
When I arrived in tiny Port Hope, Michigan, in 2001, Virginia had already been the church secretary for thirty-four years. Since she was well into her sixties, I never could have guessed that she had ten more years in her, so that in 2011 we finally were able to throw the big retirement party that she had earned.
At her retirement party, Virginia is flanked by sons Larry, right, and Ray.
At her retirement, Virginia stood as the second-longest serving person of St. John, falling just short of Rev. Emil Berner.
Virginia was employed by the congregation at fifteen hours per week. I am confident that never once in my ten years with her did she only work fifteen hours in a week.
Part of it was the workload. Some of it was that she was so sociable, making conversation with any and all visitors in the office, whether they were strangers who were in town looking for information about the grave of a long-lost family member, or they were members of the congregation making their rounds—in Port Hope, that was post office, bank, convenience store, and church office—or it was the pastor stopping in with the latest thing to hand off to her and the two of them caught up on the news or got into a discussion of theology.
As this former pastor can attest, Virginia could hold her own in theological conversation.
Returning to the long hours Virginia spent at her desk in St. John's church-school office, another part of it was that she didn't work as fast as she used to. She certainly was not the quick hare, but the steady turtle. You do, of course, recall who won the race between those two. Turtles are stalwarts.
And, make no mistake, Virginia could have taken more advantage of computer technology. The day after she retired in 2011, I began emailing to the new church secretary, Andrea Piotter, my weekly stuff for the bulletin, which I had always printed out to hand-deliver to Virginia, which she then had to retype for the bulletin.
Virginia did her best with much of modern technology. Some of it did its best with her.
Finally, as Virginia would admit, she simply liked being at her desk, in the office, among its traffic, interacting with folks. The October before I arrived, Virginia's beloved husband, Norm, had died suddenly. Virginia's work became even more precious, and her need to be home less so. This, of course, was a win/win situation. Virginia benefited from being around the people she loved, and we had her where we needed her with our incessant questions.
If I have not yet built my case that Virginia had been a stalwart, I move onto the practicing of her faith in the Lord Jesus. She worshiped every Sunday and every holy day. She was in Bible class every Sunday. She hated when something—an illness or the weather—kept her from being in the Lord's house, receiving His gifts of forgiveness, life, and salvation.
As already mentioned, she proved that she was paying attention. Many a conversation between us began, "Pastor, I don't understand how . . ." and then she would bring up something going on in the world that did not match up with the Word of the Lord, which we would flesh out for the next ten minutes.
Virginia served on the Ladies Aid until that group of women simply grew unable to carry on. She attended every church event, from the kids' basketball games, to choral concerts, to the Christmas program, to you-name-it. Her faithfulness extended to the public school of Port Hope and the village. This was her lifelong home, and she was its beloved daughter and sister.
She and Norm were blessed with two sons and a daughter, and the kids gave them the grandkids of which Virginia spoke to me often. Son Larry didn't marry, remained in Port Hope, and proved an essential blessing to Mom, especially after Dad died.
My Julie got to know Virginia for herself. Julie served as the school secretary for a couple of years, which had the two of them sitting in the office across from each other. In 2007, to mark Virginia's reaching forty years as church secretary, Julie put to use her former career—newspaper writer—to pen the lovely tribute which was printed in the local paper.
Thanks to daughter-in-law, Jane, for this and the picture from Virginia's retirement party.
Ultimately, even stalwarts like Virginia give out. Her health failed over the past few years. Finally, on September 5, at the age of eighty-four, she fell asleep in Christ.
Because the Lord Jesus is The Faithful One, we trust that He fulfilled every promise to Virginia upon which she relied during her earthly pilgrimage, and that her soul is before Christ's throne in heaven, praising the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, and that on the day of His return to the earth He will resurrect Virginia from her grave, give her a new and imperishable body, and with all of the faithful she will enjoy the eternal heaven-on-earth paradise.
Until that day, we who remain thank the Lord for Virginia. Even more, we do well to follow her example as faithful stalwarts in our homes and churches and jobs.
St. John Lutheran Church Port Hope Michigan
Virginia Finkel
4 thoughts on "Virginia Finkel—stalwart of St. John"
What a lovely tribute to a stalwart lady!
Your excellent description of Virginia, her work, and her faith brings to mind Psalm 73:23-24. There is no doubt that these words described how Virginia believed.
Thank you, Colleen!
The verses referenced:
"Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory"
Amen, Ken.


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Protests Pile Pressure on Iran After Admission of Plane Strike
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Jan 12 – Iranian protesters and newspapers piled pressure on the country's leadership and riot police stepped up their presence in Tehran on Sunday after Iran's military admitted that it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner.
Riot police fired teargas at thousands of Iranians who had taken to the streets late on Saturday in the capital and other cities, many chanting "Death to the dictator", directing their anger at Iran's top authority, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Reports of the protests were carried by state-affiliated news agencies, while video clips circulated on social media.
Tehran residents told Reuters that police had stepped up their presence in the capital on Sunday morning.
"Apologise and resign," Iran's moderate Etemad daily wrote in a banner headline on Sunday, saying the "people's demand" was for those responsible for mishandling the plane crisis to quit.
All 176 people aboard the flight, many of them Iranians with dual citizenship, were killed.
Protests erupted after Saturday's admission that the military accidentally shot down the Ukraine International Airlines plane minutes after take off on Wednesday, when Iranian forces were alert for U.S. reprisals after tit-for-tat strikes.
For days, Iranian officials had vigorously denied it was to blame, even as Canada, which had 57 citizens on the flight, and the United States said their intelligence indicated an Iranian missile was to blame, albeit probably fired in error.
Iran's president said it was a "disastrous mistake" and apologised. But a top Revolutionary Guards commander added to public anger about the delayed admission, when he said he had told the authorities a missile hit the plane the day it crashed.
Another moderate daily Jomhuri-ye Eslami, or Islamic Republic, wrote in an editorial: "Those who delayed publishing the reason behind the plane crash and damaged people's trust in the establishment should be dismissed or should resign."
Criticism of the authorities in Iran is not unusual, but it tends to stay in narrow boundaries.
The press attacks and protests add to challenges facing the establishment, which in November faced the country's bloodiest unrest since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
As Saturday's protests spread across Iran, including major cities such as Shiraz, Isfahan, Hamedan and Orumiyeh, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter: "We are following your protests closely, and are inspired by your courage."
"There can not be another massacre of peaceful protesters, nor an internet shutdown. The world is watching," he said, posting his tweets in both Farsi and English.
Britain said its ambassador in Iran had been briefly detained on Saturday by the authorities in Tehran. A news agency said he was detained outside a university for inciting protests.
Condemning the arrest, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Iran "can continue its march towards pariah status … or take steps to de-escalate tensions and engage in a diplomatic path forwards."
Protests inside Iran followed a build up of tension between Iran and the United States, which withdrew from Tehran's nuclear pact with world powers in 2018 and then re-imposed sanctions that have steadily crippled the Iranian economy.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 11, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable
'HORRIFIC'
On Jan. 3, a U.S. drone strike in Iraq killed prominent Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, responsible for building up Iran's network of regional proxy armies in Iraq and beyond, and Tehran responded with missile strikes on U.S. targets in Iraq.
No U.S. soldiers were killed, but in the tense hours after that, the Ukrainian Boeing 737 was cleared to take off from Tehran airport and then brought down by a missile fired in error by an operator who mistook the plane for an attacker.
"Shooting down a civilian aircraft is horrific. Iran must take full responsibility," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
Iranians protest in front of Amir Kabir University. Tehran, 11 January 2020. SOURCE: KAYHAN LONDON
Trudeau said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had committed to collaborating with Canadian investigators, working to de-escalate tensions in the region and continuing a dialogue.
Rallying to the establishment, Iranian lawmakers praised the elite force's commanders for courage in admitting the error, according to Fars, a news agency seen as close to the Guards, a parallel military set up to protect the theocratic system.
Iranian officials sought to portray the plane disaster as a second blow to a mourning nation after Soleimani's death in a U.S. drone strike.
Soleimani's funeral had prompted huge public gatherings, which the authorities described a show of national unity. But the displays of emotion have been swiftly overshadowed and protesters on Saturday tore up pictures of the slain general.
Public fury at Iran's authorities had grown as questions about the plane crash mounted. Iranians on social media asked why officials were busy fending off criticism from abroad rather than sympathising with grieving families. Others asked why the plane was allowed to take off at a time of high tension.
(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi in Dubai; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)
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