Patrick Comerford: Where do the child refugees find hope in Europe today?
find hope in Europe today?
In the rush-hour traffic through Liverpool Street Station, as commuters push their way through the crowds on their way and from the City of London, I am amazed how small groups of people still take time in the mornings and the evenings to stop in Hope Square, not to grab the 'fast food' at well-known outlet but to look at one of the outstanding Holocaust memorials in these islands.
This small plaza at the stop of the station steps is dominated by a sculpture of sculpture of five children, looking lost with their hastily-packed luggage, including one forlorn girl clutching her teddy bear, another clings onto her satchel, a small boy has a violin at his feet.
In gratitude to the people of Britain for saving the lives of 10,000 unaccompanied mainly Jewish children who fled from Nazi persecution in 1938 and 1939.
Kindertransport is the name given to the rescue mission that began nine months before the outbreak of World War II.
On a nearby wall, a plaque explains the name of this plaza: 'Hope Square, dedicated to the Children of the Kindertransport, who found hope and safety in Britain through the gateway of Liverpool Street Station.' It was erected 10 years ago by the Association of Jewish Refugees, Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief, in 2006.
These ageless children in Hope Square gaze towards a future that, despite all pain and loss, must be ripe with possibility. Britain took in almost 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and the Free City of Danzig. The children were placed in British foster homes, hostels, and farms. One of these children was Frank Mesiler, who arrived at Liverpool Street in 1939 from Danzig (Gdansk) when he was a 10-year-old boy. He left with 14 other Jewish children.
In total, there were four Kindertransport journeys from Gdansk – Meisler's was the last and his life was saved. German soldiers had already infiltrated what was then the Free City of Danzig on the day he left. Days later, his parents were deported and he would never see them again. They were sent to Auschwitz and died there.
The young Meisler continued his journey to Berlin, and from there he travelled to London, where he was met at Liverpool Street Station by two maternal aunt who would raise him.
After graduating in architecture, he worked with Sir Frederick Gibbons on substantial projects including Heathrow, the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool and the mosque at Regent's Park. He moved to Israel in the early 1960s and started sculpture as a hobby before changing professions.
His four-part Kindertransport project began when he was commissioned to make the Kindertransport-themed piece for Liverpool Street Station. The monument was unveiled by Prince Charles in 2006 and shows a group of pensive Jewish children standing with their luggage on railway tracks.
After his Liverpool Street sculpture was unveiled, he began working on a second commemorative piece at his departure point in Berlin. His piece at Friedrichstrasse Station, 'Trains to Life and Trains to Death,' shows a boy and girl with luggage, moving towards the train that would save them. They stand with their backs to a group of five other children whose fate was very different: in all, 1.6 million children did not survive the journey to freedom.
A third related group of statues, 'Kindertransport – the departure,' is at the main railway station in Gdansk. A fourth group, 'Channel of life,' is at the Hook of Holland in Rotterdam.
Frank Meisler worked on these projects with his long-time associate Arie Ovadia, and he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London for his work on these memorials.
It was moving to spend time in Liverpool Street contemplating this sculpture as I think ahead to a planned visit to Auschwitz later next month [November 2016]. But it is a reminder of our failures in Europe once again, almost 80 years later, to respond to the plight of refugees from Syria. Where can the children of Aleppo, or Yemen, or Sudan find hope? Why does Europe not find the heart to respond to so many Syrian refugees who have no hope of embarking on a journey towards a future that we could ensure is ripe with possibility? Instead, today's refugee children and their families are left in camps in Turkey, Greece and Calais, while Europe casts a cold eye on them, and turns its back.


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Accompanying the exhibition is an extensive programme of films, talks and events in the cinemas at EYE.
Attention: this exhibition was on display from 24 March through 27 May 2018.


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Tale of self-deception and deceit
Saturday 24th April 2004,
Standing in line for his photographic keepsake was the Washington Post reporter and author, Bob Woodward, whose investigations into the Watergate scandal had played a central role in bringing down President Richard Nixon.
When Woodward reached the front, the president congratulated him on the sales of his book, Bush at War, which covered the period from September 11 to the fall of Kabul.
"Top of the charts," Mr Bush said. "Are you going to do another book?"
"Maybe it will be called More Bush at War," Woodward replied.
In fact, his latest book, Plan of Attack, detailing decision-making in Bush's inner sanctum in the run-up to the Iraq war, could have been entitled just that. Its release this week had much the same effect within political circles as JK Rowling has in the playground.
The book tells readers that Mr Bush gave Tony Blair the option of not sending troops ("I appreciate it ... but I'm with you to the very end," Mr Blair said); that Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar saw the confidential war plans before US secretary of state, Colin Powell; and that the Bush administration diverted money intended to fight terrorism to prepare for an Iraq invasion. Revelations from Bush at War have featured prominently in evidence at the 9/11 commission examining how and whether the White House could have prevented the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
Plan of Attack is the latest of several books to have serious repercussions. In Against All Enemies, Richard Clarke, the former counter-terrorism tsar, sparked a firestorm with his allegations that the White House had mishandled the threat of al-Qaida because it was obsessed with Iraq. Earlier this year, the former treasury secretary Paul O'Neill's account of a cabal of ideologues leading an uncurious, unintelligent president also made headlines.
But while Woodward might not be unique, his book is unrivalled in the access he has gained with all the main players. He had two interviews with the president, as well as with Colin Powell, the national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of defence, Donald Rumsfeld and the head of the CIA, George Tenet.
There are two main explanations for Woodward's access. First, he is not just a chronicler of events but a player. When the White House heard that two Washington Post reporters were planning to write a story of a possible nuclear bomb threat, a CIA official called Woodward hours before it was due to run and asked him to get it pulled because it would upset the Pakistani regime. The official only then called the Washington Post's executive editor, Len Downie, who delayed publication for several days.
Second, the book is not a critical account of the Bush administration. Although Woodward says he cross-checks each protagonist's account against others, there are few challenges to what they say.
Asked whether he wanted a war, Mr Rumsfeld - one of the leading hawks - says: "Oh goodness, no. No one with any sense wants conflict." The response goes unchallenged.
When Mr Bush is presented with the plan for the surprise attack to try to kill Saddam Hussein and his sons that started the war, Woodward conveys that the president's primary concern was for Saddam's family. Hours later, according to the reporter, "Bush was still worrying about the women and children". Little wonder, despite the book's accounts of insider fighting, that the administration has not tried to discredit Woodward, as it did Mr O'Neill and Mr Clarke, but declared itself happy with the book.
For all that, two key insights about the administration emerge. The first is that self-deception reigns within Mr Bush's inner circle. Once, when asked how he gets his information, the president replied: "The best way to get the news is from objective sources. And the most objective sources I have are people on my staff."
The book exposes a circle of believers - with the notable exception of Mr Powell - who tell the president what he wants to hear rather than what he needs to know.
After an unimpressive slideshow about the evidence for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Mr Bush turned to the CIA chief, Mr Tenet, and says. "I've been told all this intelligence about having WMD, and this is the best we've got?"
"It's a slam-dunk case," Mr Tenet replied.
"George, how confident are you?"
"Don't worry, it's a slam dunk!"
Iraqi dissidents are ushered into the Oval Office to tell Mr Bush that troops will be greeted "with flowers and sweets". In a personal intelligence estimate, the vice-president Dick Cheney, said: "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."
The slope from assumption to presumption to pre-emption is travelled in a manner that highlights the second insight, namely the deceit that emanated from the White House. From the first page - where Mr Bush is described asking Mr Rumsfeld on November 21 2001: "What kind of war plan do you have for Iraq?" - the reader is left in no doubt that the dominant forces in his administration are determined to bomb Iraq and remove Saddam.
With the plans fully under way in April 2002, the ITN newscaster Sir Trevor McDonald asked Mr Bush whether Saddam was a target for attack. "I have no plans to attack on my desk," Mr Bush said.
In all this, the diplomatic avenues pursued through the UN were little more than a sideshow: a parallel track that the rest of the world followed in good faith. According to Woodward, the day before Iraq was due to let in UN weapons inspectors, Mr Bush told Mr Rumsfeld and the head of US military central command, General Tommy Franks, to "dissociate a big deployment or build-up from what Colin is doing on the diplomatic front ... Don't make it look like I have no choice but to invade."
Given events since the invasion - the resistance, the lack of WMD, the administration's return to the UN looking for help - it is little wonder that the book's epilogue is longer than most of the chapters.
In an exchange that illustrates both the status of the author and the state of mind of his subject, Woodward asks Mr Bush why he has not acknowledged that WMD have yet to be found.
Mr Bush says no one in his entourage has suggested that he make such an acknowledgement, before taking a swipe at Woodward: "But you run in different circles than I do. Much more elite."
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Long time Packer Backer and big time Favre fan makes me scream "enough already". I am LONG past the point of fatigue by the whole situation. How about some other news for a change. Can't even watch ESPN without seeing "Favre" situated at the top between league dividers.
How about any other Packer news? How are the draft pick negotiations going? The slowness concerns me some. Ryan Grant still not signed. Thought that was close to a done deal. Is this a lingering effect of Andrew Brandt being gone?
So please anyone got non-Favre Packers news?
I just got my Oakley's in, X metal Juliet's, Carbon fiber colored frames, emerald lenses and ear socks and nose pieces with "GO PACK!!" etched in the bottom left corner of my left lens. Sorry I no it's not very exciting just trying to help.
Favretigued? Lol. But the signings r alittle slow this year or it just seems like it.
well dont 4get about johny jolly!
As you can tell, a lot of us are tired of the whole situation but it doesn't appear to be ending anytime soon. So i expect to get more "favretigued" as the whole ordeal continues. Trust me, when we have info on other stuff we will be sure to post it.
I'm going to close this thread just because it really isn't needed and the forum in kinda cluttered. Don't get pissed, Welcome to the Packers forum!


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Даниел Ейбрахам () е американски писател, автор на бестселъри в жанровете научна фантастика, сатира, хорър и фентъзи. Пише и под псевдонима М. Л. Н. Хановер (), и заедно с писателя Тай Франк под съвместния псевдоним Джеймс С. А. Кори ().

Биография и творчество
Даниел Ейбрахам е роден на 15 ноември 1969 г. в Албакърки, Ню Мексико, САЩ. Завършва с бакалавърска степен Университета на Ню Мексико.

Разказите му имат множество публикации и са включвани в антологии. Неговата новела "Flat Diane" е номинирана за Небюла, а "The Cambist and Lord Iron: a Fairytale of Economics" е номинирана за Хюго и Световна награда за фентъзи.

Даниел Ейбрахам живее със семейството си в Албакърки, Ню Мексико.

Библиография

Като Даниел Ейбрахам

The Long Price Quartet
 A Shadow in Summer (2006)
 A Betrayal in Winter (2007)
 An Autumn War (2008)
 The Price of Spring (2009)
 Shadow and Betrayal (2010)
 Seasons of War (2010)

Кинжалът и Монетата
 The Dragon's Path (2011)Пътят на дракона, изд.: ИК "Бард", София (2012), прев. Милена Илиева
 The King's Blood (2012)Кралска кръв, изд.: ИК "Бард", София (2012), прев. Милена Илиева
 The Spider's War (2013)
 The Widow's House (2014)
 The Spider's War (2016)

Други романи
 Hunter's Run (2007) – с Гарднър Дозоа и Джордж Р. Р. МартинБягащият ловец, изд.: ИК "Бард", София (2009), прев. Валерий Русинов

Сборници
 Leviathan Wept and Other Stories (2010)

Комикси
 Игра на тронове, A Game of Thrones (2011) – адаптация по романа на Джордж Р. Р. Мартин

Като М. Л. Н. Хановер

The Black Sun's Daughter
 Unclean Spirits (2008)
 Darker Angels (2009)
 Vicious Grace (2010)
 Killing Rites (2011)
 Graveyard Child (2013)

Като Джеймс С. А. Кори

Серия "Експанзията" (The Expanse)
"Експанзията" е серия романи в жанра космическа опера написани съвместно с Тай Франк под общия псевдоним Джеймс С. А. Кори
 Leviathan Wakes (2011)Левиатан се пробужда, изд.: ИК "Бард", София (2012), прев. Юлиян Стойнов
 Caliban's War (2012)Войната на Калибан, изд.: ИК "Бард", София (2013), прев. Иван Иванов
 Gods of Risk (2012)
 Abaddon's Gate (2013)Вратата на Абадон, изд.: ИК "Бард", София (2014), прев. Юлиян Стойнов
 The Churn (2014)
 Cibola Burn (2014)Сибола гори, изд.: ИК "Бард", София (2015), прев. Юлиян Стойнов
 Nemesis Games (2015)Игрите на Немезида, изд.: ИК "Бард", София (2018), прев.
 Babylon's Ashes (2016)
 Persepolis Rising (2017)
 Tiamat's Wrath (2019)

Новели в света на "Експанзията"
0.5. The Butcher of Anderson Station (2011) – предистория на серията
2.5. Gods of Risk (2012)
3.5. The Churn (2014)
5.5. The Vital Abyss (2015)
6.5. Strange Dogs (2017)

Източници

  Биография в официалния сайт
  Биография и библиография във "Fantasticfiction"
  Биография и библиография като Джеймс С. А. Кори във "Fantasticfiction"
  Биография и библиография като М. Л. Н. Хановер във "Fantasticfiction"

Външни препратки

Американски писатели на хоръри
Американски писатели фантасти
Американски фентъзи писатели
Американски сатирици

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« How Cardinals plugged Ted Power into starting rotation
Harry Caray walked the walk, talked the talk with Cardinals »
Luke Easter kept up with young rabbits on Cardinals farm
March 29, 2019 by retrosimba
Luke Easter was a popular player with a power-packed swing who produced home runs well past age 40, including two seasons with a Cardinals farm club.
Easter grew up in St. Louis and played semipro baseball there. He became one of the top sluggers in the American League with the Indians in the 1950s before extending his career in the minors at Buffalo and Rochester.
His life ended tragically, on March 29, 1979, when he was robbed and murdered by two gunmen outside a bank in Euclid, Ohio.
Hard hitting
Easter was born in Jonestown, Mississippi, and moved with his family to St. Louis when he was a boy. At 21, he joined a semipro team, the St. Louis Titanium Giants, in 1937 and played for them until he entered the Army in 1942.
A left-handed hitter, Easter was 6 feet 4 and 240 pounds. After his stint in the military, he eventually signed with the Pittsburgh-based Homestead Grays of the Negro National League and played for them in 1947 and 1948.
In 1949, two years after Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers integrated the major leagues, Easter signed with the defending World Series champion Indians and was assigned to their San Diego farm club in the Pacific Coast League. Though he missed time because of a broken right kneecap, Easter hit .363 with 25 home runs and 92 RBI for San Diego and was called up to the Indians in August 1949, a week after he turned 34.
Over the next three seasons, Easter was the Indians' first baseman and produced 28 home runs with 107 RBI in 1950, 27 home runs with 103 RBI in 1951 and 31 home runs with 97 RBI in 1952. Easter was one home run short of tying teammate Larry Doby for the American League crown in 1952.
In 1950, Easter hit the longest home run at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium. The ball carried 477 feet into the upper deck in right.
A broken left foot limited Easter to 68 games for the Indians in 1953. He batted six times for them in 1954 before being sent to the minors.
Though he'd never again play in the big leagues, Easter, 38, wasn't done as a player. He hit 28 home runs in the minors in 1954 and 30 in 1955.
In 1956, Easter joined the Buffalo Bisons of the International League and over the next three seasons he became their most popular and productive player. He hit 35 home runs with 106 RBI in 1956 and 40 home runs with 128 RBI in 1957. Many of Easter's home runs were prodigious. In 1958, the year he turned 43, Easter hit 38 home runs with 109 RBI for Buffalo.
The spring weather was especially cold in upstate New York in 1959 and Easter struggled. He was batting .179 with one home run when he was released by Buffalo on May 13. "He gave it all he had, but it wasn't enough," Buffalo manager Kerby Farrell said to the Rochester Democrat-Chronicle.
Easter was immensely popular with fans, who marveled at his home run prowess and could count on him to accommodate autograph requests. The Rochester Red Wings, a farm club of the Cardinals, saw an opportunity and signed him. "We've been looking for another left-hand hitter with power," said Rochester manager Cot Deal. "This could be the answer."
Before sealing the deal, Rochester general manager George Sisler Jr., consulted with Cardinals farm director Walter Shannon and got approval to open a spot at first base for Easter by moving prime prospect Gene Oliver to left field, the Rochester newspaper reported.
Sisler wanted to be certain Oliver's development wouldn't be hurt by shifting positions. "As he goes, the team seems to go," Sisler said, "and we don't want to do anything to upset his playing or hitting."
Right for Rochester
Easter got six hits in his first nine at-bats for Rochester and became a mainstay in the lineup. In August 1959, catcher Tim McCarver, 17, joined Rochester and became a teammate of Easter, 44.
Easter hit 21 home runs for Rochester in 1959. The last produced a walkoff win against Buffalo.
"There can be no arguing about Luke's popularity, so clear-cut is the big man's superiority in the goodwill department," wrote Rochester sports editor Paul Pinckney. "He always will be the No. 1 choice of the youngsters."
Though productive, the Cardinals didn't call up Easter because they had George Crowe, 38, a left-handed batter who served as their backup first baseman and pinch-hitter.
In 1960, the year he turned 45, Easter produced a 22-game hitting streak for Rochester and overall hit .302 with 14 home runs.
After the 1960 season, Rochester dropped its affiliation with the Cardinals and became a farm club of the Orioles, but Easter remained. In 1962, the year he turned 47, Easter batted .281 with 15 home runs for Rochester. His last full season as a player was 1963. He also appeared in 10 games for Rochester as a pinch-hitter in 1964, the year he became 49.
After his baseball career, which included a stint as Indians coach in 1969, Easter worked in Cleveland for TRW Inc., an aerospace and automotive manufacturer.
As chief steward for the Aircraft Workers Alliance at TRW, Easter provided a service to co-workers who couldn't get to a bank. Easter regularly collected their paychecks, cashed them at a bank and delivered the cash back to his fellow employees at work.
Easter, 63, was leaving a bank with thousands of dollars in cash when he was approached by two men who demanded he give them the money. When Easter refused, they shot him dead.
In an interview with David Condon of the Chicago Tribune, Bill Veeck, the Indians owner who signed Easter in 1949, called him "a wonderful, gentle person."
"Everyone will miss Luke as a man," Veeck said. "Baseball also will mourn him as a superstar talent never fulfilled. Luke's talent would have found fulfillment if he'd reached the big-time as a youth."
Said Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller, who was Easter's teammate with the Indians: "If Luke had come into the majors 10 years earlier, I think he'd have been one of the top hitters all-time."
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on March 29, 2019 at 4:33 pm | Reply Phillip Mezzapelle
They allowed him to put his life at risk by serving in the military, but wouldn't let him play baseball. Thanks for publishing this piece. Sounds like Luke Easter could have had a great career if only given the chance.
on March 29, 2019 at 7:48 pm | Reply retrosimba
Well said, Phillip.


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title: "Hackathon: Chemnitz hackt"
author: Ronny
excerpt: Ende Oktober findet in Chemnitz der erste Hackathon "Chemitz hackt"statt. Ein Wochenende lang programmieren, hacken und basteln mit Gleichgesinnten und Offenen Daten.
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# Hackathon: Chemnitz hackt

Bei «Chemnitz Hackt» laden wir Entwicklerinnen und Bastler, Designer, Vordenker und Kreative dazu ein, in 25h Ideen zu entwickeln, Hardware-Prototypen zu basteln oder Apps zu entwickeln. Dabei soll es rund um offene Daten gehen und wie diese aufbereitet, kombiniert, erfasst oder genutzt werden können. Eurer Kreativität sollen keine Grenzen gesetzt sein - ob es ein kleines Spiel für Zwischendurch oder eine nützliche App für den Alltag wird. Ziel ist es zusammen in einem Team eine Idee zu einem Prototypen zu verwirklichen und anschließend allen Teilnehmern und einer Jury vorzustellen.

Wann und Wo?

Der erste «Chemnitz Hackt» startet am Samstag-Vormittag (28. Oktober) und endet am Sonntag-Nachmittag (29. Oktober), nachts schalten wir also gemeinsam die Uhren zurück. Neben dem Rahmenprogramm, wie einer kurzen Vorstellungsrunde, Ideen- und Team-Findung sowie der Abschlusspräsentation steht euch der Rest der Zeit zum Arbeiten an euren Projekten zur Verfügung.
Der Hackathon findet im Coworking-Space ZAMMWERK (Theaterstraße 56, 09111 Chemnitz) statt. Die Location ist zentral in der Chemnitzer Innenstadt gelegen und sehr gut mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln erreichbar.

Anmeldung erforderlich

Melde dich rechtzeitig an und sichere dir damit jetzt deinen Platz für «Chemnitz Hackt» und verbringe ein interessantes und aufregendes Wochenende unter Freunden. Da wir nur ein begrenztes Angebot an Plätzen im Zammwerk zur Verfügung haben, garantiert nur eine Anmeldung die Teilnahme.
Falls du bereits eine interessante Idee für ein Projekt hast, teile uns dies gerne direkt über das Anmeldungsformular mit. Wir können dann schon vorab versuchen Daten für dieses Projekt zu organisieren und das Ganze etwas vorbereiten. Eine Idee ist nicht zwingend erforderlich und natürlich kann man sich auch Projekten anderer anschließen. Oder natürlich auch die Ideen erst direkt zum Hackathon mitbringen.

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Today, I'm doing a little bit of a different blog post. I'm going to share one of my favorite quotes and talk a little bit about it! I have loved this quote for a long time and I'm really excited to share it with you today!
Everyone has a reason for why they do what they do and they don't owe anyone an explanation of that reason. If someone takes the time to explain to you their reason for doing something, please take the time to listen and try to understand. They don't owe it to you to explain it. They have their own reasons for doing what they do.
Honestly, I hate that since I have graduated high school everyone wants to know what I'm going to do with my life. I will say, the answer 'I don't know yet' gets some strange looks. But I believe that they don't need to know. Most people when I try to explain what I want to do look at me with a very judging expression and just don't understand. How do you explain to people that you want to do four different things with your life and don't know which one you want to start with or how?
Please take this quote to heart and remember it next time you want to judge someone for their life choices without knowing their reasons.
Happiness is something everyone wants.
As hard as I try to find happiness in this world I just can't find it. I have learned that true joy comes from God. For me to have true joy I need to have peace. There have been some crazy things happening in my life recently and I've been pretty stressed. But this morning I spent some time in prayer and God has blessed me with peace again. God is always faithful. I have found that it is in the moments that I place my trust in man and not God that I have the most stress. God is my anchor through all the storms of life.
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Summoning Patience
Indoor Skydiving at 94
Sophie Smal writes for the Diocese of Northern California:
Each church has a story, but even more so, each person in a congregation has something to share.
Naomi "Penny" Howard is one such person. She's a 30-year-plus member of St. Francis, Fair Oaks, who at age 94 (she'll be 95 in May), did something most middle-aged adults are afraid of doing.
During a Fair Oaks fundraiser last year, Howard bid on a simulated skydive flight – but didn't win. However, the woman who did win the bid decided to give the prize to Howard. At that point, Howard joked, she had to take the dive.
Even though it wasn't an actual skydive out of an airplane, Howard said it was still scary because it's just the wind holding participants up.
… "I've always liked to do daring things. I actually thought this skydiving [flight] was going to be tandem and that I would skydive off a cliff, which I probably would've done ," Howard said.
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Siblings - how do we support them?
They are so often the unsung heros of families! They often are taken to appointments, deal with tricky behaviour and truly understand their sibling with additional needs.
We always include siblings in our programs, ensuring they get time and understanding.
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Sibling relationships involving a brother or sister with an autism spectrum disorder can present enormous emotional challenges for everyone involved. This exceptional collection of deeply moving first-person excerpts from interviews with 20 siblings offers in-depth coverage of the issues of paramount concern to typical siblings like establishing boundaries and resentment. A chapter devoted to coping strategies is enhanced by end-of-chapter professional advice on how to maximize the sibling relationship.
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This is a great website for families and siblings that are dealing with specific drug and alcohol use. There is a great section on fact sheets, as well as a self paced tool kit for siblings to work through.
A NGO focused on children's grief support. There is awesome information about support siblings as well as information about support children of all ages when they are going through grief. Based out of New Zealand.
Kate is amazing! She has a wealth of information and resources to support siblings. She is a sibling herself and is aware of the crucial yet delicate role they play in a child with a disabilities life.
Sibworks is an amazing program and we would recommend training in it if you have the change!
This is an American organisation but has a great list of places to look at and get support both online and in person! There is also a great "Recommended Reading" list.


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Ash Kash Death Linked to Growing Social Media Addiction
Ash kash is a famous character from the world of magic. On May 5th, 2100, daily webpoint Media learned of the death of Ash Kash through news media distributions created on Twitter. In the news, dailywebpoint discovered that Ash Kash had passed away in his sleep at his home. No other medical issues, mishap or other reasons for death were figured out yet as no autopsy, accident or other medical conditions were found to be associated with the death. The discovery of the death was initially reported to the press by the family.
The reason for Ash Kash's death was not immediately clear and the search for answers was on. The growing social media phenomenon seems to have given an impetus to investigate more everyday deaths, even those that are seemingly routine to most people's eyes. The search for the truth in these situations has become a bit complicated with many of the social media sites involved.
Some media reports focused on the fact that the social media sites where Ash Kash was found deceased had a few million followers combined. This would mean that, at the very least, the deceased had millions of friends and supporters on these sites and that is usually assuming that he had only a few thousand friends on the original instagram account alone. This is the first indication that the original instagram account for Ash Kash may have also been used to help him to get the million followers that he had mentioned.
Ash Kash's death was also announced on YouTube and it appears that the money or revenue earned from selling of the 'Before This Time' DVD set has helped push the story beyond news outlets and into the limelight. This is because it is not normal news that is being shared across social media sites with millions of followers. Many normal news stories that would be shared across most media outlets will easily gain a few thousand followers. Kash's death however, was reported across social media by his friends and family. There were also news alerts that were sent to friends and family throughout the day as well.
The news of Ash Kash's death did spread quickly. Within 24 hours of the news of his passing having been broke on all of the social media platforms, a memorial service for Ash had already been planned. The news of the funeral took off immediately and Ash's obituary was published online within minutes. Within an hour of the obituary being published, news of Ash's death was being shared across social media platforms by thousands of people. The sheer speed and number of people who shared this news is something that is truly impressive. If there was any possible way to get a good amount of publicity for an obituary, it would almost certainly have been achieved with ease.
However, even with so many people sharing the news, many people are left wondering what exactly the obituary was all about. The answer to this question may surprise some. Ash Kash died from a drug overdose. Many people may have assumed that the obituary would contain information about his death from some sort of drug overdose, but in actuality, it contained information about his passing from social media.
It seems that Ash Kash did not die from any drug overdose at all, but rather from growing social media addiction. The drug that he died of was also a substance that many people use on social media sites, such as Instagram. Ash's death was featured extensively on Instagram and there were millions of comments posted about him and his death. It seems that Ash had millions of followers on Instagram, and his death from this overdose was likely met with support from these followers.
This shows that the recent trend of publishing an obituary on one's own social media pages can be misleading. The reason why Ash Kash died from this drug is not because he was using it while passing, but rather because he was not paying attention to what he was doing when he died. Many people do not realize that they can overdose on whatever substances they choose to take, and this is especially true with social media. If you are reading this article, then you are not alone, and you should not feel guilty for thinking that you can overdose on social media or other substances. Instead, you should seek help and get help, so that you can avoid putting your life in danger, which is what killed Ash Kash.
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A year ago I thought about taking my rings off but I just was not ready. It was almost four years but it didn't feel right to me.
More time has passed and it will soon be five years that I went from wife to widow and lately I've put more thought into my wedding rings.
The wedding ring symbolizes our love for our spouses and afterwards it's a comfort as a reminder of our love. It can also stop unwanted advances as we grieve. There are as many reasons to keep wearing them as there is to remove them.
Some widows move their rings to their other hand or pass their rings on to someone they feel close to such as a daughter or granddaughter.
In the end I took it to a jeweler and made two pendants out of them– one for me and one for our daughter. I cannot lie, it was hard to take them off but once I dropped them off at the jeweler I felt at peace and the decision was made.
I just picked them up this week and I love what they did. I will let our daughter have her pick because it doesn't matter to me. No matter what I will always have one of them to wear and with it I will have all its love and memories.
The wedding ring as pendants is very nice! I was married to my hnusband almost 50 years, and I have our ring on now after one year of widowhood. Occasionally, I put his wedding ring, identical to mine, on a bigger finger on my right hand. I like the look of the 2 wide gold bands. It seems to me anything you do is perfectly okay. Feel no obligation to do anything except what you feel like doing then. Later, it could be different, and that's fine too.
My late husband and daughter decided to surprise me with a new wedding ring for Christmas. Before the plan could come into full fruition, he passed from cancer. When we went to the jewelers to pick it up, the jeweler and the other associates encouraged me to keep and wear it forever. They were all a part of the initial surprise. They were saddened to hear of my husbands death. The ring is absolutely gorgeous, the ring of a life time! He paseed December 16, 2012. I'm glad I took their advice. It brings me such joy whenever I look at my left index finger. Memories are precious.
praise the Lord for all my blessings!
Can't believe it. My husband passed from cancer on May 3, 2014. A grief counselor from hospice comes out once a month to talk and I saw her just last night and we talked about this very subject because someone had asked me why I was still wearing my wedding ring. It's only been 4 months! This morning when checking my email I received this post about wedding rings. Coincidence? This post just reaffirmed to me that it's ok to keep wearing it. I look at it everyday and it reminds me of how lucky I was to have him for 35 years.
I lost my husband the day before my birthday in October 2014. I wear both my engagement/wedding rings when we were first married and the past/present/future ring he gave me when we received the sacrament of marriage in the Catholic Church. I resized my husband's wedding ring and wear it on my right thumb. This first year of "firsts" has been a roller coaster, but God sees me through every day and every moment. I thank Him for the 31+ years we were together.
My husband passed 8 years ago. I still wear my original wedding ring set he bought me 42 years ago. I have no desire to remarry. And the remind me of the love we shared.
My husband of 25 years passed away March 24, 2015. I thought that, by tradition, I was supposed to move my wedding rings to my right hand to indicate widowhood. However, no one seems to have heard of doing this and I had a man say that yes, he had heard of it but he thought it meant a widow was ready to be "hit on". I was horrified and quickly switched my rings back to my left hand. Was I wrong about the right-hand thing?
Sorry Loretta about the loss of your husband. I don't think that many widows follow traditions like they used to. If we did we would still be wearing black for a year to show the world we are in mourning. Having wedding rings on your right hand doesn't really mean anything as many people where their mothers rings on their right hand. Also, it's hard to tell what is a wedding ring as the styles are not always what we may thing is "normal".
of your kind words, I have put it back on and it will stay.
How wonderful to find your website! I have lost my husband also. We were married 38 hears. I cannot bring myself to remove my ring…and am glad to see others saying the same.
I lost my husband 10/12/11. We were together for about 48 years. I can't even think about taking my ring off as it represents our love & I have no desire to remarry. I keep thinking back to our wedding vows: 'til death us do part. Then, what? I cry every day. I still see a bereavement therapist. I have no life as our "friends" seemed to have disappeared. I keep asking G-d to take me as I would rather be with him than alone. I live with my daughter & her family in a 2-room apartment. But that is not enough. I can't seem to focus on anything more than food shopping, doctors' appointments, & paying my bills. I sometimes seem to go into a fog & don't realize how much time has passed. I get up late & go to bed late. The high part of my day is watching TV from 8-11 PM. This is no life.
I too lost my beloved Malcolm after 54years together and I will always wear my wedding ring on my left hand and my mothers on my right hand, his gold band I wear on a chain around my neck with a gold locket saying M for L, and together they keep him closer to me. Thank you all for a wonderful site. Lovinia H.
I'm adding – because I fear others are out there like me – I took mine off. Initally, I NEVER thought about my band. Of course I wore it – it was part of me. We were together 33 years. Love at first sight – lightning bolts and all that for both of us back in college. He was my best friend. He declined for 3 years from his brain tumor. Then, several months later, while I was still in that horrendous gray fog of emptiness (going to many grief support groups), I looked at my left hand and the tears would not stop. I wasn't married. I had NEVER thought about that. I was NO LONGER MARRIED! EGADS!
It was like that first time I had to check off "widow" at my doctor's office and I nearly fell to the floor in grief. I was sobbing. I couldn't finish the paperwork. The receptionist whisked me off to a waiting room and hugged me. That was so awful.
As much as I was trying to survive one day at a time without him, the ring poked at my heart. Our relationship will never change – I will always love him, he will always love me. But I could NOT wear it on my finger – it made me so so so inconsolably lonely and sad. This does NOT mean I do NOT love him. I bought a gold chain and wore our bands together. Our rings were united – next to my heart. My little secret. My comfort. Sometimes on display, sometimes tucked away beneath my blouse, sweater, workout clothes.
Just like our grief journey – our wedding band "to wear or not to wear choice" is personal. Individual. Just like the band itself. But I rarely see anyone post who chooses NOT to wear it. So I thought I would. I miss him so much. It will be two years in just a few days. sigh. I am who I am because of his love … and his death. I am learning to comfortably wear this thing called grief….. and for me, comfort is NOT seeing the wedding band on my left finger, but around my neck, with my small tiny band fitting snuggly inside of his.
Hi. Its been 1 month and 6 days ..since my husband Patrick passed. We were together for 10 years. Im 43 now. We had no children. I live in Lusaka, Zambia in Africa. I just want to be with him. I know my time has not yet come but i do look forward to seeing him again. Im still in shock. still waiting for him to come back…its like he went away…on a trip….right now i cant even think of removing my rings or re- marrying. Before i met Patrick i wrote a list of all the attributes i wanted in my husband. ..out of about 25 items on that list..Patrick had 22 of the things i wanted in a spouse. The other 3 things on my list….well ..my marriage was great without them. I cant imagine God could better that. I will always love you, Patrick. I want so much to be with you again.
I appreciate so much finding this website and reading everyone's posts sharing what I find to be a lonely road. My beloved husband of 44 years (plus a year engaged) "promoted to Heaven" on 11/1/2016 and, having devoted everything I could for 15 years to helping him live and beat kidney failure, after 3 years of very difficult but also precious and priceless days together, I'm feeling lost. We widows/widowers are all of a sudden fifth wheels of sorts and, while trying not to bring down everyone who worries about and cares for us, we must hour by hour figure out how to keep moving forward without feeling like it or wanting to, for we don't get to know how long we must wait for the reunion with our Lord and our beloved.
Thank you to everyone for sharing your heartfelt story of coping and thriving and existing all rolled into one journey. Thanks to Mathmom411; I put my rings on and take them off as nothing feels "right" … I will know I'm not the only one who removes them if I do choose to do that. Blessings to all.
Thank you Barbara for sharing your story. Widows supporting widows is what helps us all to heal as we grieve.
I've thought about having our two rings made into some type of single piece of jewelry …. but … I like that they are our wedding RINGS … our eternal symbol of love ….. so …. I don't know. I didn't even want a diamond – I just wanted a wedding band that matched his. I loved our bands – they were sooo pretty. they were not smooth – they were faceted – caught the light. We were happily married 26 years.
I DID buy a ring for me after his death …. has 5 diamonds … representing our family: me, him, 3 boys. I wear that white gold band on my right hand. THAT ring makes me happy – he loved being a dad. It was all he wanted. He told me he was "good to go" because he was proud of his 3 boys and he had a beautiful wife and marriage. He said, "what more do I need? I've done what I was meant to do." Because he had brain cancer …. we had a long illness before I walked him up to the gates of Heaven. He was looking forward to it. Needless to say, Boy I Miss Him.
I lost my husband of 45 years to cancer. I've thought of getting an eternity band but as of yet have not removed my wedding ring. With an eternity band I thought that might be a reminder of my eternal love for my husband. I've looked at eternity bands several times and each time I walk away without picking one out. I have no desire to remarry so most likely will just keep wearing my wedding ring for a while and when I am ready move to an eternity band.
I lost my husband suddenly on November 30, 2016 from a heart attack. He was 53 and I'm 46. This was a second marriage for both of us, and a blended family. All of our children lived with us. We had a wonderful life! Each of us had a really bad first marriage, so, we really appreciated each other all the more. We never knew that this was what God had intended true love to be! Our hearts were connected and we were soulmates. I say all that because I will never take off my wedding band. ( We couldn't afford an engagement ring, but I would rather have a good man than a diamond.) I want to wear my husband's wedding band on my finger as well but I'm not sure all the options. Right now a good friend bought me a special heart necklace that opens and allows the wedding band to slide on, then closes so it won't fall off. It's great, but I really think I would prefer to wear his ring as a ring as well. Anyone else have any ideas or do anything similar?
It was with a Happy yet Broken Heart I released my Mr. Wonderful of 25 years to the Lords arms just 2 1/2 weeks ago. (2/03/2017) Tom was a 17 year post injury TBI survivor from a car accident. We were wonderful HelpMates through this journey! I had the easy part of being the solution finder for all the pain and suffering he went through daily!
I like the idea of having the 2 loves of my life (my sweet Daddy and now Tom) wedding bands worn on a gold chain-close to my heart! Together as We all move forward at different paces, know that HIS Daily bread is sufficient- One day At a Time!
I am so pleased to find this website. I have been struggling about my wedding ring and I am so glad I'm not the only one that finds comfort in wearing it. I lost my husband Nov 2014 from a heartache at the age of 48. It happened so fast, I still can't believe he is gone. We were married for 25 years with 3 beautiful children. I can honestly say he was my sole mate. He was my everything! I was feeling people would think I was crazy still wearing my wedding ring. I was concerned about others thinking I wasn't healing since I still had my ring on. It keeps me connected to him. I didn't choose to be a widow, so I will not take it off. I don't plan to remarry, so if it helps so be it. Until we are together again my love, forever in my heart!
I lost my husband of 10 years on March 11, 2017. I had lost my previous husband of 29 years in Feb. 2005. I just ordered a "widows band" that is black titanium that I can wear with my present wedding ring. There are many beautiful black bands and some complete with CZ or diamonds that you can add to your wedding set. At 63, and after being widowed twice, I certainly don't plan on getting married again. Loosing my second husband has been the most difficult thing I have every had to face. Sending prayers of peace and comfort to all of the women in our sisterhood.
place and no longer suffering. I feel like I have lost half of me; and I have lost the best part of me.
My wedding set was a small diamond engagement ring and a delicate wedding band. Afte 30 years of marriage and loving antiques, we replaced the engagement ring with a wide gold band set with garnets that had been given to a bride over a century ago. My delicate gold bandB fits under the garnet band. The gold band will not come of of my finger and I will continue to wear both. Morgan was the love of my life.
I lost my wonderful husband in January, 2017 after 15 years of suffering the effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (too many concussions) which looks like Parkinson's and dementia. We had been married almost 46 happy years and his passing has left a huge hole in my life. I had to take off my wedding band. Every time I saw it, I cried. Now I wear my engagement ring on that finger and have both our wedding bands on a bracelet that I wear on special occasions. Glad there are so many appropriate options!
I lost my husband on the 16th September 2008. We were married for 5 years and known each other for 18 years. It was the hardest time of my life. I still miss him everyday. I took off my ring after 7 years. I feel ready at that time to take it off. He was my friend and brother. I still think lot about him. He will always be part of my life.
In,let my husband the end of January 2017. He suffered a massive stroke 2 1/2 years earlier and was paralyzed, couldn't speak, write or do anything for himself, except feed himself. There was so much damage to his brain and the damage continued to spread, similar to Alzheimer's. it was heart breaking to watch his decline. We met at work 36 years earlier and ended up sitting next to each other, car pooling to work, eating lunch together and even working on the same programs. He was my best friend and soul mate. I miss him so much. I wear his wedding band on my left hand next to my wedding and engagement rings. Just came across this site and thank you for sharing all the options.
I lost my husband 2 months ago today. I wear my ring and his now. I still have no idea of how to move forward. As another lady wrote, you don't want to be a depressive bother to family and friends. So I pretty much stay in my room watching TV or just sleeping. Tried a trip to our favorite beach spot, only made it 10 times worst. No plans to remarry, no man could beat him. Just lonely in a world full of people. For now the rings stay. Don't know whats ahead.
I recognise so much of what others say on this page, even though my situation is slightly different. I lost my fiancé, the one true love of my life, four months ago after two years of cancer. He was 36, I am 33. We were engaged for 8 months and had been wearing our wedding bands since we got engaged – for good luck, and because we didn't know whether we would get the chance to get married in between all the hospital visits and treatments. He was buried wearing his wedding band – but at home I found his engagement band. I've continued to wear my engagement ring and wedding band, and his engagement band on my left index finger, every day. So, I never even got the chance to get married, but am wearing 3 rings. I never take them off and have no plans to take them off. They make me feel physically connected to him. To me, it's a symbol that I'm his. I always will be.
Thank you for this website I lost my husband 18 months ago today. We had been married 42 years he left me two days befor Christmas. I too am still wearing my wedding rings and at this point have no intention of taking them off. I am still working for a few more months and then will be retiring. I mention this only because one of the women I work with started 2 weeks after I went back to work asking me when I was going to take my wedding ring off. The first time I excused myself and went to the bathroom and cried the next couple of times I went home at the end of the day crying. The last time I told her it was none of her business, and sorry but it felt good to stand up to her. It is a personal choice mine is to wear the rings Bobby put on my hand 42 years ago.
Hello my name is Beverly I recently lost my husband on 8/16/17 of 26 years to COPD and I am very lonely without him but rejoicing knowing he is no longer suffering. I look at my rings and remember how special the day was we united as one my ? Is shattered but with family members friends and God guidance I'm hoping for strength to pull through ?
When my beloved husband and best friend of more than half a century died of cancer, I slipped his wedding ring off his hand and placed it on my own hand….second finger, left hand next to the finger on which I wore my wedding rings. He had selected both my rings and his own and they were not a matched set….for me he bought white gold and diamonds, for himself a broad gold band with three inset star sapphires. He never took his wedding band off, no matter what he was doing. When he died, the sapphires were no longer beautiful but battered, dulled, and one was shattered but still intact. Still he wore it always and to me it was symbolic of him and the strength of his feelings about our marriage. It looked strange next to my white gold/diamond glitter, so I took my rings off and placed them in my jewelry box. I had his ring downsized and still wear it on the second finger, left hand. I love it and all that it symbolizes and it will remain on my hand until the day I, too, die.
I am so glad I found this website. I lost my husband of six years ( second marriages for both of us.) to cancer suddenly on June 6 2017. We only found out that he had liver cancer on March 6, 2017. We loved each other so much. We were so good together. He was the strongest and best human being I had ever known. After a lot of failed relationships we found each other and our children all loved each other. So rare. I keep thinking after over & months I would be getting better but I just can't think of living life without him. I know in my mind he is in a better place but my heart will never understand why my loving God took him from me. So I still wear my wedding rings and can not bear to think about taking them off. I tried one time to go to a grief share group at church and could not bear to go back. It seems like our rings are what makes me feel closest to him. I just want him back.
I wear his wedding ring on the finger next to mine, so they touch, all the time. It is a great comfort to me. I, too, have been widowed twice, but this time, after only 10 years, has shattered my life, as the love was so special. We have to do what feel right for us, as we are all unique in our love and our feelings.
Your story is so similar to mine. I lost my husband on 3-11-17, and still wear his wedding ring on the finger next to mine, so they are together, as we were. Sending you loving prayers for healing.
My husband passed November 12, 2017. He suffered for 6 long years with A L S.
Sending you prayers of comfort and healing during your time of grieving. Allow yourself time and patience, and hold on to those around you that are positive and caring.
Wearing or not wearing your wedding ring is a personal thing. My husband passed away over 6 years ago and we were married for 40 years. I continue to wear my wedding ring because it is my most treasured piece of jewelry. The 40 years were the best of my life. Even through the sad times when he was very ill.
This does not mean that it should be everyone's choice.
I am not interested in dating…but who knows if the right guy comes along, I may change my mind.


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Race for the Trails
March 08, 2020 Lindale Middle School • 415 Andover Rd Lindale Middle School Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 View Map Organized by Bluepoint Race Management and Timing
Running-10 Mile - Individual
in 9 days $60.00
Running-10 Mile - Students 18 and under
Lindale Middle School
415 Andover Rd Lindale Middle School Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
Sponsor: Friends of Anne Arundel County Trails
Our Mission is to promote, protect & enhance
the trails in Anne Arundel County.
The Friends of Anne Arundel County Trails are partnering with Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks for a 10 mile course is taking place on the BWI Trail around the BWI airport. Our mission to promote, protect and enhance the public multi-use trails in Anne Arundel County includes beautification projects, the addition of benches, water fountains and other user amenities and public programing
The Friends of Anne Arundel County Trails, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 volunteer organization working in partnership with the Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks to provide a positive user experience on the County's publicly maintained and/or operated multi-use trails. Currently, those trails include the B&A Trail, the BWI Trail, the Broadneck Trail, the South Shore Trail and the WB&A Trail.
The ten mile race course primarily utilizes the ten foot wide paved BWI Trail in a clockwise direction, starting and ending at Lindale Middle School. The principal deviation is that the course uses one westbound lane or shoulder of Dorsey Road (MD 176) from Aviation Boulevard to WB&A Road, approximately 1.3 miles. That portion of the roadway will be closed to vehicular traffic during the race. There will be restrooms and snacks at Lindale Middle School as well as at the two rest stations located at approximately one-third and two-thirds of the way through the race course. All pre-registered participants will be given a commemorative long-sleeved tee shirt.
Check our website:
Our website is www.friendsofaatrails.org.
Course Length: 10 Mile Run
Course : BWI Trail - Anne Arundel County
Date: Sunday 8 March
Start Time: 8:00 AM
Race Address: Lindale Middle School
415 Andover Road
Registration Fees: Early Bird $ 50.00 – Until 01/31//20
After 2/1/20: $ 60.00
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 18 and Below - $40.00
Race Day - $ 70.00
19 and under
60 and older
One Top Finisher Award for Men
One Top Finisher Award for Women
Lindale Middle School • 415 Andover Rd Lindale Middle School Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 Get Directions


TOKYO, Nov, 27 2018 - (JCN Newswire) - The all-new Lexus UX goes on sale today at all Lexus dealerships across Japan. Catering to urbanites in search of a fresh, contemporary and dynamic take on luxury driving, the UX offers the brand's innovative design, luxury features, and advanced safety in a package that combines charismatic new styling elements and ultra-efficient new powertrains.
The all-new UX will be priced from 3,900,000 yen to 5,350,000 yen (consumption tax included)(1).
The powerful essence of the UX's side profile is highlighted by a pair of character lines (one above the other) that swoop from the front of the vehicle to the rear, creating an image of constant motion even when still. The high fender arches and 17-inch wheels(2) add volume to the UX's personality, as well as deliver excellent aerodynamic performance.
13 total exterior paint colors, three of which have been newly developed exclusively for the UX, expand customization options. Newly served up are: "Blazing Carnelian Contrasting Layering," producing a deep hue of orange clay that changes tint depending how the light hits it; "Terrain Khaki Mica Metallic," inspired by the color of stones and deep shadows; and "Celestial Blue Glass Flake," characterized by a solid color peppered with sparkling flakes.
The cockpit amplifies the exhilaration of driving. The styling and shape of the cabin generate an overall sense of spaciousness that is immediately noticeable to the vehicle's occupants. Possessing the silhouette of a crossover vehicle, the UX also offers a low driving position, further enhancing the driver's sense of unity with the vehicle. Other aspects of the cockpit have been designed around the steering wheel, to evoke a sense that it is a true driver's machine.
Designers strived to create a seamless continuity between the inside and outside of the UX akin to traditional Japanese architectural concepts; the upper section of the instrument panel appears to extend out beyond the windshield into the fenders, delivering an excellent field of vision and a clear sense of the tire placement. The border between the inside and outside of the UX artfully blends together, with the top portion of the dashboard fusing flawlessly with the hood and fenders. The shoulders, center console, and armrests are shaped to convey a reassuringly solid feel, creating an interior with a high sense of security.
The "functional and aesthetically pleasing" theme has also been incorporated in the front seats through sashiko quilting--an age-old Japanese embroidery art--and excellent seat ventilation achieved through strategic perforation, keeping the occupants comfortable on long journeys. The ornamentation on the top part of the instrument panel was inspired by washi (traditional Japanese paper), lending the UX a distinct Japanese character. The UX also features the world's first(3) air-condition knob with LED illumination sources wirelessly powered by electromagnetic resonance(4), providing a unique depth to the interior lighting.
The UX boasts razor-sharp steering response and excellent stability, owing partly to the new GA-C platform that provides the lightweight vehicle with a low center of gravity and excellent structural rigidity. The UX also utilizes the latest Lexus powertrains, namely, a newly developed direct-injection 2.0-liter inline-4 for the UX 200 and a 2.0-liter next-generation hybrid system in the UX 250h. Both provide exceptional response and match flawlessly with the UX's handling character, making it emblematic of Lexus' signature "refreshingly profound" driving character. All the elements come together--steering, braking, and accelerating--and enable a nimble drive with accurate line tracing.
Boasting excellent power delivery and an environmentally friendly clean-burning character, the UX's 2.0-liter direct-injection inline-4 engine allows brisk acceleration through its high-rev prowess and melodious engine sound. Combining revolutionary laser-clad intake valve seats that enhance airflow within the cylinder and yield high-speed combustion within the chamber, the UX boasts world-leading thermal efficiency (UX 200 gasoline engine: 40 percent; UX 250h hybrid system: 41 percent). The engine is also the first-in-the-world to feature cross-hatch grooves on the piston surface to improve oil retention and decrease friction(3). Other new technologies gleaned from Lexus' motorsport pursuits have been adapted into the UX, including the high-rev engine that results in enhanced power output.
The F SPORT exhibits a solid ride quality and enhanced handling, derived from its linear solenoid AVS system(5) that controls damping force to the finest degree, a performance rod at the front of the vehicle, and a performance damper at the rear(6).
The Adaptive High-beam System(7) (AHS) automatically reduces brightness in specific regions ahead of the car to avoid harshly illuminating oncoming vehicles or those in front of the vehicle.
The Parking Support Brakes(8) make driving safer in restricted spaces such as parking lots, where moving vehicles and pedestrians present possible dangers. It detects pedestrians using a rear camera, and if a potential collision is spotted, helps minimize damage with alerts and brake control. The Panoramic View Monitor(8) provides a bird's-eye view of the surrounding environment, equipping drivers with a composite image of the vehicle's surroundings.
(1) Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price. Recycling fee not included.
(2) "Version C", standard setting and standard specifications.
(3) As of November in 2018, according to Lexus data.
(4) Standard on "Version L."
(5) AVS Adaptive Variable Suspension system. Options on "F SPORT" and "Version L."
(6) Options on "F SPORT" and "Version L."
(7) Standard on "Version L." Options on "F SPORT" and "Version C."
(8) Options on "Version L," "F SPORT," and "Version C."


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Q: What would be the drawbacks of adding #0 for denoting the name of the macro that currently is expanded? Assume a scenario where some macro triggers error-messages.
The error-messages shall also reveal the name of the macro which did trigger the error-message.
One could do something like this:
\newcommand\MYCOMMAND{%
  % ...
  \GenericError{%
    \space\space\space\@spaces\@spaces\@spaces
  }{%
    A point is reached where carrying out macro
    \string\MYCOMMAND\space triggers an error-message...
  }{%
    See the documentation for more information.%
  }{%
    More explanation.%
  }%
  % ...
}%

The problem is:
If you do something like \let\MYSAVEDCOMMAND=\MYCOMMAND, then the error-message with \MYSAVEDCOMMAND will also contain the phrase \MYCOMMAND although here the phrase should be \MYSAVEDCOMMAND.
This is because the phrase is "hardcoded" inside the definition-text.
If you had syntax where #0 denotes the result of applying \string to the macro-token (control-sequence-token/active character-token) that currently is expanded, then you could do without such "hardcoding":
\newcommand\MYCOMMAND{%
  % ...
  \GenericError{%
    \space\space\space\@spaces\@spaces\@spaces
  }{%
    A point is reached where carrying out macro
    #0 triggers an error-message...
  }{%
    See the documentation for more information.%
  }{%
    More explanation.%
  }%
  % ...
}%

My questions are:
Would it be hard to implement and add this feature to the TeX program?
(As you can see from the compiler-generated error-messages with macros that process delimited arguments and hereby encounter unbalanced curly right braces, TeX seems to already keep track of names of macro tokens:
The example
\def\foo#1delimiter{definition text, argument: #1}
\foo bla}delimiter
\bye

delivers:
! Argument of \foo has an extra }.

)
Are there drawbacks or pitfalls or problems with this #0-feature?
Would code written for compiling with current TeX engines be incompatible to engines where such a #0-feature was available?

A: How hard is it to implement:
When the error
! Argument of \foo has an extra }.

is generated, TeX is still in the process of scanning the parameters.
During this process, the name which has been used to call the macro is still available. (in warning_index if you want to look into the source)
The situation changes after all parameters have been read: Then TeX starts a new input level and reads the macro body, inserting parameters in the process. Here warning_index is no longer set to the macro name.
But while the error message example doesn't work out, something also does: For every input level, TeX stores a name, in case of macro expansion this is the csname.  So the name is available.
For example in LuaTeX (should be similar in other engines but I prefer C over Pascal), a variant of your #0 can be implemented by the patch: (This code replaces #0 with the macro token, not with the result of applying \string, so you have to add \string yourself. That could be combined without significantly more work, but this is more flexible. E.g. it allows you to use \csstring instead)
diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/scanning.c b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/scanning.c
index 8f7e1d591..5064c5401 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/scanning.c
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/scanning.c
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ halfword scan_toks(boolean macro_def, boolean xpand)
                 else
                     get_token();
                 if (cur_cmd != mac_param_cmd) {
-                    if ((cur_tok <= zero_token) || (cur_tok > t)) {
+                    if ((cur_tok < zero_token) || (cur_tok > t)) {
                         print_err("Illegal parameter number in definition of ");
                         sprint_cs(warning_index);
                         help3(
diff --git a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/textoken.c b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/textoken.c
index d6c168906..3de298753 100644
--- a/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/textoken.c
+++ b/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/tex/textoken.c
@@ -2018,8 +2018,15 @@ static boolean get_next_tokenlist(void)
                 break;
             case out_param_cmd:
                 /*tex Insert macro parameter and |goto restart|. */
-                begin_token_list(param_stack[param_start + cur_chr - 1], parameter);
-                return false;
+                if (cur_chr == 0) {
+                    cur_cs = iname;
+                    cur_cmd = call_cmd;
+                    cur_chr = istart;
+                    return true;
+                } else {
+                    begin_token_list(param_stack[param_start + cur_chr - 1], parameter);
+                    return false;
+                }
                 break;
         }
     }

About compatibility: This change only affects code which uses #0. As can be seen in the code above changing scan_toks, using #0 in normal TeX will always lead to an error Illegal parameter number.
So it is compatible in the sense that every TeX document which does not produce an error message in a normal engine will still work without change in behavior in the modified one.
So I think the biggest problem is that it is of limited use:
For error messages TeX already shows some context, normally including the macro name. So it doesn't add a lot of information while adding (a bit of) complexity to one of TeX's most central routines (get_next_tokenlist) and making TeX's macro expansion rules more complicated.

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THE HISTORY OF THE BELGIAN GRAND PRIX
The Spa-Francorchamps circuit is one of the most known circuits in the world and as such is steeped in history as Motorsport Live discovers.
The Belgian Grand Prix was part of the inaugural Formula 1 World Championship and has been hosting motor-racing for almost a century, with the very first race taking place around its fearsome public roads in 1922. Motorsport Live takes a look at what history tells us about the Belgian Grand Prix.
Spa-Francorchamps is one of the most well-known motor-racing circuits anywhere in the world and even its abridged seven-kilometre version, introduced in the early 1980s, is one of the favourites of drivers. Everyone wants to win at Spa. It is a thrilling rollercoaster ride through the Belgian countryside, incorporating iconic corners such as Eau Rouge, Pouhon and Blanchimont. Through history it has been a venue at which World Champions have thrived – as the record books show us.
Since 1983, Spa-Francorchamps has only failed to feature on the calendar twice. Similarly only twice has a driver who was either not a World Champion, or who would go on to become World Champion, savoured victory at the venue. Those anomalies are 2008 victor Felipe Massa – who won in controversial circumstances and came within 20 seconds of becoming a champion – and 2014 winner Daniel Ricciardo, who could yet still add his name to the list of Drivers' champions.
Ayrton Senna took five wins, including four-in-a-row, while the circuit is synonymous with statistically the greatest of all time, Michael Schumacher. He made his debut at the venue in 1991, his first win in 1992, won from 16th on the grid in 1995, and clinched his seventh and final world title in 2004, two years after his sixth and final win at the Belgian Grand Prix, sealing his place in history as the event's most successful driver. Mika Hakkinen, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel have all hoisted aloft the victor's trophy at Spa-Francorchamps. Last year's win for Vettel elevated Ferrari above McLaren as the most successful constructor at the venue, now with 13 wins to its name.
Even if World Champions have tended to triumph it's a race that's far from predictable.
Pole position is a natural advantage but 65 per cent of races at Spa-Francorchamps have been won from outside of the top spot, meaning Saturday success is no guarantee of Sunday champagne, as Hamilton found out in 2018. The ever-present risk of rain in the Ardennes Forest means it's far from straightforward. Witness the 1998 rain-soaked race which featured a multi-car pile-up, a fierce clash between Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard that spilled out into the pits, and a stunning victory for Damon Hill in a Jordan – a team that has a strong history at Spa-Francorchamps in its various guises.
Jordan claimed its maiden pole position in 1994, it captured a shock 1-2 in a rain-soaked 1998 race to pick up its maiden Formula 1 triumph and in 2009 Giancarlo Fisichella took pole and a podium for the rebranded Force India team – indeed last year it locked out the second row of the grid! Perhaps its an inherent straight-line speed gain? For three of the past four years Sergio Perez has been fastest through the speed traps, clocking almost 360km/h, so can Racing Point continue the trend in 2019?
Through Formula 1's hybrid era there's been an average of 33 overtakes at each of the Belgian Grands Prix and each event since 2015 has featured either a Safety Car phase or red-flag period, highlighting the race's propensity for collisions and clashes. As the first grand prix after Formula 1's four-week summer break there's likely to be a little bit of race-rustiness from those sitting in the cockpit. In 2018 there was a huge pile-up at La Source involving Nico Hulkenberg, Charles Leclerc and Fernando Alonso that send debris scattering over the circuit. Teams cannot bank on any strategy being safe with such a risk of the pack being bunched up, meaning those on the pit wall are kept on their toes throughout the 44-lap encounter.
It's one of the most iconic motorsport events, set in beautiful surroundings, and where World Champions thrive, with ample opportunity for overtaking and the very real threat of sudden downpours thrown into the equation. Join Motorsport Live for the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix and click here to view ticketing options.
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The blog has been quiet for the last couple of weeks. I could blame the summertime relocation to my homeland, the excessive availability of sunshine, tasty food and wine or the distraction of the FIFA World Cup. Truth is that the relocation was a piece of cake, sun did not shine every day and the World Cup only started a few days ago and has not become an obsession (the food and wine bit is true). I have been suffering the blank page syndrome and this has prompted me to browse the web in search of some insight on the phenomenon. What are the causes of writers block? It depends. Anxiety and boredom, however, seem to be often at the root of the problem.
I used to believe I had the capacity to remain calm and relaxed, that I could trust to stay cool in front of challenges and problems. This might have been true in my early teenage years, but ever since I have developed the capacity to consider the consequence of my actions I have been suffering from the anxieties of life. When writing, anxiety seem to be the product of 'perfectionism' and/or 'task inflation'.
We look at the words on the page (the few we have managed to type) and nothing ever seems good enough. I know I will have multiple chances to refine and improve them, but I have to fight the impulse of doing it right away and by myself. Unrealistic expectations regarding the quality or the timing of my work create a sense of 'task inflation'. What is simply a small hill quickly transforms into Mt Everest.
As previously mentioned, I dislike typing. I perceive it as a necessary evil required to communicate my ideas. It is 'boring' when compared to the exciting task of imagining the content, the characters and the plot. It is not as intriguing as playing with the structure and creating audio-visual scenes inside my head. In the article Blockbusting: Understanding Writers Block, Christopher Edwards writes "Boredom can occur when scientists view writing as merely a mechanical transmission of their truly creative work." The important word here is: view. It is a perception attached to an 'unpleasant' task. But, the act of writing actually helps us refining our ideas. It helps us reshaping the structure and often brings us to destinations we had never imagined in the previous phases of development.
Beware of Writing myths. They make us feel inapt. The beliefs that good writing needs to be fun and easy, the fruit of positive inspiration and self-confidence and that it requires that special genius can all be seriously damaging to the motivation needed to overcome the hurdle.
To me, it is important to create manageable steps. If you break a 90 pages script over a month, all you are left with is the 'daunting' task of writing 3 pages per day. If that fits your schedule and your requirements it will be more than enough, and nothing will stop you from writing more (way more) when all the ingredients required by your motivation and inspiration are magically present.
According to Dorothy Parker "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." Now that I am done browsing a subject not directly related to my script, it is time to get back to it. Type, just type. It does not matter what or how much. I will type as I trust it will be a productive and helpful session.
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Resolve Marine Group began in 1980 as a one-tug operation after Joe Farrell, Jr. purchased his first tug, THE RESOLVE. Throughout the next 10 years, the company oversaw salvage jobs in the Caribbean, working on various small freighters and island vessels. Following the 1989 EXXON VALDEZ oil spill in Alaska, the U.S. Coast Guard established regulations for OPA-90 and, at the time, Farrell, realized he needed to offer services that met those regulations if he wanted to remain in business. In order to comply with OPA-90 rules, Resolve needed the expertise and capabilities to fight tank vessel fires – in short, it needed a firefighting team and, as it turned out, the only way to establish one was to build a training facility. RESOLVE soon became the only salvage company with an in-house firefighting team of experts, who also served as professional instructors. While Farrell realized the OPA-90 model had worldwide ramifications, he first dedicated his resources to the North American market. RESOLVE was the only SMFF provider at the time with a focus on offering the best services in the United States. Farrell's dedication to refine the OPA-90 emergency response model domestically paid off as Resolve now maintains a strong network of 23 depots nationwide, stocked with company-owned equipment around the clock. Once Resolve established its U.S. capabilities, Farrell applied the OPA-90 emergency response model worldwide. The company now has offices and response bases in the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, Singapore, India, China, and South Africa.


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Reviews The Fade Out #1 Review
The Fade Out #1 Review
A writer in 1940s Hollywood wakes up in unrecognized surroundings to find a young starlet murdered and a hazy memory as to the previous night's events. Cigarette smoke billowing towards the ceiling amidst a raucous chorus of big-band jazz, the nightlife of the land of fame and fortune bustles on with little sympathy. Dark secrets, murder and intrigue all during the height of McCarthyism in the city of angels. Ingredients for a noir masterpiece.
This is just how it was here…
The creative powerhouse that is Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips continue to pump out the hits with their new ongoing series The Fade Out. After having worked on Sleeper, Criminal, Incognito and most recently Fatale together, the team have reunited once again under the Image comics banner for a noir tale of life in 1940s LA. After having signed a five year contract with Image comics giving them creative carte blanche to publish whatever they want together, the two keep on in the tradition of creating brilliant crime comics with this first issue.
The internal monologue is an element of Brubaker and Phillips' comics that excels and really cements the dark, smoky tone of their books together and as their work continues to grow and their catalogue expands their chemistry with this device gets better and better. The seamless connection between the thoughts of a character and their display in a panel has always been a relationship that I've admired with their work and here in the Fade Out as Charlie tries to piece together the events of the night before, you as an audience are immediately transported inside the mind of a character with a very distinct voice and world, something not many collaborators are so adept at achieving. The world that they paint together in the Fade Out is vivid and grim and of renowned quality.
Another excellent feature of the Fade Out is one that has been a mainstay of the partners' comics all the way back to Criminal and that is of the single issue backmatter pages. Each month Brubaker will report on his current movie, comic, book or television recommendations and it is always a great read. In addition to that, an essay provided by the likes of Patton Oswalt, Jess Nevins or in this issue's case, Devin Farachi, is often included which give you even more reason to pick up the singles and not just wait for trade (I have even been known to double dip for the team's work. The Criminal Deluxe Hardcovers are too beautiful not to pick up in addition to the singles).
Brubaker and Phillips are a team in comics that is bound to produce excellence with each of their ventures, as Image clearly saw when they offered them an opportunity to publish whatever they wanted for 5 years, and they have achieved this yet again with the noir gem, The Fade Out. Be sure to check it out this week whether you're a mystery, crime, noir, action, drama or simply quality comics fan.
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Having help boosts caregivers' quality of life, but many not seeking support: Study
A large-scale NCSS study found that caregivers who received help in caring for their loved ones reported a better quality of life. ST PHOTO: FELINE LIM
Theresa Tan
Senior Social Affairs Correspondent
https://str.sg/wDou
SINGAPORE - Often all a caregiver wants is a listening ear and someone who can offer emotional support, said Ms Wang Yu Hsuan, director of eldercare services at social service agency Montfort Care.
And so its hotline, which was started in 2020, does just that.
Part of the suite of services under its Caregiver Community Lab in Radin Mas, the hotline provides a safe space for caregivers to talk about their struggles and discuss ways to handle their caregiving issues with professional staff.
The lab boosts the support for caregivers in the neighbourhood, and is one of several pilot caregiving projects the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) has started with its community partners.
This comes after a large-scale NCSS study found that caregivers who received help in caring for their loved ones reported a better quality of life.
The study, which started in 2018 and whose results were released in early August, aimed to find out the factors that affect caregivers' quality of life and how their needs can be addressed.
It polled more than 4,500 Singapore residents aged 21 and older who are caring for a loved one with disabilities, chronic illnesses or mental health conditions.
The NCSS said this is the first time a study on caregivers' quality of life of such a scale has been done here. Its key findings were:
- Just over half of the caregivers are "burdened" by or "barely coping" with their caregiving responsibilities and they feel they have less control over their lives.
- Caregivers who received help in caring for their loved ones reported a better quality of life. Almost two in five polled provided care to their loved ones alone, with the lack of other helpers being commonly cited as their reason for going solo.
- Less than 30 per cent used caregiver services.
A significant proportion of caregivers who did not use caregiving services cited cost as a reason. The other commonly cited reasons include the lack of such services.
For those who used a caregiving service, they rated most services, especially caregiver-related training programmes, respite care and support groups, as useful.
The study also noted that as Singapore's population ages rapidly and family sizes shrink, more people are likely to become caregivers to the seniors in their family.
'I feel I have lost my freedom': 72-year-old shares struggle caring for dad who has dementia
Higher grant among initiatives to give more support and respite to caregivers
An NCSS spokesman said providing caregiver support is one of the council's key service priorities and understanding the challenges caregivers face, such as through the study, helps to improve the support given.
For example, the Win Caregivers Network was launched in April to train and connect caregivers to a network of other caregivers, volunteers and support services.
The NCSS spokesman also pointed out that the Home Caregiving Grant will be increased to further reduce the costs for families caring for a loved one with disabilities.
In March, it was announced in the White Paper on Singapore Women's Development that the grant will be doubled from $200 to $400 a month for beneficiaries with a monthly per capita household income of up to $1,200.
Over at Montfort Care, its staff engaged caregivers to find out the barriers they faced in accessing support services and the help they want when it planned its Caregiver Community Lab programmes.
Besides the hotline, the lab has come up with a map of available resources in the estate, such as clinics, services for the elderly and 7-Eleven shops, for the caregiver's easy reference.
Caregivers deserve better and society must better value what they do: President Halimah
President's Challenge 2023 to focus on caregivers
In December last year, it also introduced a support programme called Caregivers Recharge! for caregivers to share their experiences and learn from other caregivers, and also hear from professionals on topics relevant to them, among other things.
Last year, the lab expanded its operations to Tanjong Pagar and staff are now engaging caregivers in that area to find out their needs and challenges, Ms Wang said.
She said that the caregivers the lab sees range in age from the young in their 20s to seniors in their 80s, and one common issue they face is loneliness. They also worry about medical and other expenses.
Commenting on the study's finding that the majority of caregivers not using caregiver services, Ms Wang said this is because of the lack of awareness, and the issue of affordability of such services.
She added: "People often see the act of caregiving as expected duties and responsibilities as children, parents or spouses.
"They don't see themselves as a caregiver and so they might not see how caregiving services are relevant to them."
Those who want to call the Community Caregiver Lab hotline can do so on 8343-3224.
New hub to coordinate courses, other services for people with disabilities, caregivers
Online community for young caregivers among winning ideas at socio-health challenge
Caregivers/Caregiving
National Council of Social Service (NCSS)


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Home Perspectives Christy Thomas United Methodists, Take Notice: This Could Be Our Future
United Methodists, Take Notice: This Could Be Our Future
by Christy Thomas
United Methodists, take notice: an extremely prominent Presbyterian Church, Highland Park Presbyterian, is suing the PCUSA , (Presbyterian Church USA) its mother denomination, as a preemptive strike to keep its 30-million-dollar property. HPPC has voted to align with a far more conservative denomination, the ECO (A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians.)
HPPC is leaving the PCUSA over theological reasons, a "lack of freedom to choose future pastors" and the denomination's vote to "allow openly gay people in same-sex relationships to be ordained as pastors, elders and deacons."
Years ago, in my more doctrinally rigid days, I heard of a denomination called the IFCA (originally the Independent Fundamental Churches of America). Because it was formed from churches that split from other churches which split from other churches over increasingly tiny doctrinal differences–which had exploded into giant, irresolvable gaps–they became known colloquially as "I'll Fight Christians Anywhere."
What a sad reputation.
And we, as The United Methodist Church, keep hovering closer and closer to owning that reputation for ourselves.
Unless we can agree again that a wide tent serves the world far, far better than a tiny, limited tent, I think we need to be prepared for the first round of lawsuits similar to the one the HPPC has filed. Which will be the first, large, ultra-conservative church to say, "I'm leaving and I'm taking my property me, no matter what the Discipline says"?
Pope Francis, who is powerfully re-energizing the Roman Catholic Church by his grace, expansive love and winsomeness, has figured it out. Why can't we?
The Rev. Christy Thomas is pastor of First United Methodist Church of Krum, TX, north of Dallas. She blogs at Thoughtful Pastor.
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This has been tried in recent years by Episcopal Churches, with varying degrees of success. It was news to me, but not a big surprise, that Highland Park Presbyterian is trying it. To my knowledge, few if any such attempts in the UMC have been upheld in secular courts. That's not to say, though, that the BOD's trust clause will always win the day. Quite honestly, the chances of General Conference approving the same steps which the Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches have taken in recent years regarding openly gay clergy are slim to none, in my estimation. So those who leave the UMC, with or without their property, will tend to be those who hope for a wider tent but regret that the UMC will never become one.
Jeanne Devine more than 7 years ago
The author forgot...
...that Pope Francis walked it back quite a bit the next day to appease right-wing Catholics. Still the point is well-taken. We could have a big tent...if the right-wing would get over its' ignorance and homophobia. But then they would cease to be right-wing.
BTW, Hi, Jeanne! I visited my mother's church, Trinity UMC, when you were the pastor there, and spoke to you briefly about her situation after my father's death.
George Nixon Shuler more than 7 years ago