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At the initiative of the Mainichi Shimbun Travel Agency, which operates as part of Mainichi Shimbun, one of Japan's largest daily newspapers, Embassy hosted a presentation "Delicious Lecture on Serbia" for thirty guests on December 12th.
Serbian-Japanese Duo "Fugo" held a concert at the Embassy on 21 November in cooperation with the Association for the Promotion of Music Cooperation between Serbia and Japan.
In accordance with the tradition established in 2009, Embassy award was presented to the Japan Modern Naive Art Painter Ai Fujiishima for her work "The Dream Fairy Tale" at the ceremony held by the Japan Modern Naive Art Society on November 11 at the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo.
Embassy, in cooperation with the Tokyo Steps Gallery, organized the commemoration of the late Serbian painter and sculptor Milan Tucovic (1965-2019) on 7 November.
Novi Sad (SRB) won the 8th edition of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour in Utsunomiya, Japan, defeating Princeton (USA) in the final on November 2-3.
Novi Sad player Tamas Ivosev was named MVP of the World Tour Final after leading Novi Sad in scoring with 30 points.
On 1 November 2019 in Utsunomiya FIBA officially unveiled that Serbia as one of the 3 top temas in FIBA 3x3 Ranking in the men's category qualified directly to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
©FIBA 3x3 World Tour Utsunomiya Final 2019 Committee
The piano duo from Serbia "LP Duo", comprising Sonja Loncar and Andrija Pavlovic, along with Japanese pianist Aisa Ijri, held a concert at the Embassy on 1 November in cooperation with the Association for the Promotion of Music Cooperation between Serbia and Japan.
During her visit to Japan, University of Belgrade Rector Ms. Ivanka Popovic, PhD participated in the ceremony held at NINS (National Institute of Natural Sciences, Japan) on 1 November 2019 on the occassion of signing of Agreement on General Academic Collaboration between the University of Belgrade and National Institute for Fusion Science which is also a part of NINS.
Meeting of Prime Minister Ms. Ana Brnabic with Prime Minister of Japan Mr. Shinzo Abe on 21 October 2019
Presentation & Networking event on European Capital of Culture - Galway (2020) and Novi Sad (2021) will be held on 16 October 2019 in Shibaura House in Tokyo.
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is participating at this week's ATP 500 event in Tokyo.
Ambassador Nenad Glišić met on 20 August with Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan Mr. Tadamori Oshima.
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dačić on 15 August met in Belgrade with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Taro Kono, who is on a day-long visit to Serbia.
Serbian movie Train Driver's Diary (Serbian: Dnevnik mašinovođe) will be screened at cinemas across Japan starting from 17 August 2019.
Nine short movies from Serbia and one animated from Japan were shown on 1 and 2 June at the International Film Festival in Niigata, within a special program entitled "Selection of the Japanese – Serbian Film Festival (JSFF)".
The exhibition "Beautiful Serbia" was staged at the Tokyo TEN Gallery, from 26 April to 18 May, at the initiative by the artist Akiko Koga, who works with the Embassy on the promotion of Serbian art in Japan. Panels in Japanese language about Serbian tradition at the time of the Feast, on Easter and Christmas, as well as the UNESCO cultural heritage of Serbia, were on display. The Exhibition also presented the photographs of natural beauties, as well as of Nikola Tesla and his achievements and successful Olympic medallists, objects of folk craftsmanship, naive folk art, national costumes, souvenirs and texts about Serbia. The Japanese flag with messages of support, written by the citizens of Belgrade after the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011, was also displayed.
At a ceremony hosted by the Embassy of Serbia in Tokyo on 12 April 2019 Ambassador Nenad Glišić presented a gold medal to Mrs Etsuko Tsunozaki, Chairperson of the Association for the Promotion of Music Exchange between Serbia and Japan and a member of the Japan-Serbia Society, for a long-standing contribution to the promotion of our country in Japan.
Magazine in Japanese language "Shukan Shincho" published in it's April issue an interview about Serbian cuisine with Ambassador Nenad Glišić in the section "Tasting food from around the world".
"Serbia as a country with wonderful nature, where agriculture has long been the main industry, can be said to be a gourmet's paradise. We are proud of our meat, pork in particular, and of our wines too. By their quality, our cheeses can compete with best Italian cheeses. I am convinced that the Japanese will love them", ambassador Glišić said.
"Shukan Shincho" is a weekly published since 1956 and sold across Japan. It has a circulation of around 500,000 copies.
World Piano Teachers Association Japan/WPTA, with support from Association for musical cooperation Serbia-Japan and Japan-Serbia Sociate, held Serbian Music Festival at the Embassy on 15 March 2019.
As a part of the Festival, an auditon was held with Ms. Keiko Naoe and Ms. Yoko Naka performing piano works by Serbian composer Aleksandar S. Vujić (1945-2017), with a possibility for one of them to participate at the World Piano Conference in Novi Sad this year.
President of WPTA Ms. Rika Fukuda (piano), president of the Association Ms. Etusko Tsunozaki (violin) and Ms. Eriko Hayakawa (piano) dressed in Serbian national costumes held a recital perfroming works of Aleksandar S. Vujić, Isidor Bajić, Milenko Živković and Kornelije Stanković, as well as some of the famous compositions from Serbia, including Tamo daleko. Works by Franz List (Love Dream, with participation of soprano Ms. Yukari Tsukamura) and Johann Strauss II (The Blue Danube) were also performed.
The biggest international art event in Japan Art Fair Tokyo 2019 held in Tokyo in the program World Art Tokyo presented works of artists from 31 countries recommended by their embassies in cooperation with organisers. From Serbia the work of Marijana Anđelić "Lepo hodi" (mineral pigments on Japanese paper washi) was presented.
At the gallery of one of Japan's best known universities, Waseda University in Tokyo, an exhibition of works by Serbian painter Milan Tucovicć and two Japanese artists, Mitsunori Kurashige and Sogo Masanori entitled "Far Away" will be open from 5 to 14 March. On display were also works by Milan Tucovic painted during his stay in Japan.
The leading Japanese media in English language "Japan Times" and "Yomiuri Shimbun - Japan News" published special articles on Serbia on the occasion of the Statehood Day. The text written by Ambassador Nenad Glisic was published and headlined "In honour of 137 years of friendship with Japan." President of the Parliamentary League of Friendship between Japan and Serbia Ichiro Aisawa and President of the Japan-Serbia Association Tadashi Nagai also wrote about the "prospering of cultural and sports cooperation".
The news of the celebration of the Statehood Day at the Serbian Embassy was posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan with the photographs of Ambassador Glisic and Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Kenji Yamada.
In coopration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Embassy organized "Serbian Month" at the premises of the JICA Global Plaza in Tokyo.
"Serbian Month" included photo exhibition of Serbian scenic beauties, world heritage sites and traditional artefacts as well as video presentations and an opportunity to sample Serbian dishes at the JICA restaurant. Also various presentations were held on the Serbian culture and customs, tourist potential, sports and on its cooperation with Japan.
Ambassador Nenad Glišić appeared on a TV Osaka show "Wafu Sohonke" devoted to old Japanese handicrafts and tradition, in the part titled" "Foreign embassy requests - do you have anything to be repaired?" He gave the television crew for repair his acoustic guitar from the 70's, made by the famous Japanese company "Tokai", founded in 1947. The TV crew took the guitar to the Tokai factory in the town of Hamamatsu, where it was repaired.
Students of the Meiji University School of Arts and Letters attended a screening of "The Long Journey to War", a Serbian documentary film about the causes of World War I, directed by Miloš Škundrić. The screening held on 21 November was sponsored by the Serbian Embassy in Tokyo, in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture and the Media of the Republic of Serbia.
Promotion of a book in the Japanese language "Learn to cook Serbian food with Jelena" by Jelena Jeremič was held at the Embassy on 9 November. The book publishing was made possible by the Association for the Promotion of Music Cooperation between Serbia and Japan, headed by the spouse of the former Japanese Ambassador to Serbia Ms. Etsuko Tsunozaki. The book was printed by the Japanese publisher "Buna no mori" and will be sold in the bookstores across Japan as from 5 December.
On 12 October Ms. Jelena Nikolić and Ms. Tijana Nagato from the Embassy held presentation of Serbia for 170 second year students of Ebara Dai-ichi Junior High School in Shinagawa-ku in Tokyo.
News about the presentation on Shinagawa-ku website
On 11 October Serbian monuments inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List were presented at the Embassy for about 60 invitees from UNESCO associations which have their offices in various municipalities of Tokyo.
At the initiative launched by the Tokyo-based non-governmental organization International Artist Centre, Embassy organized a presentation of Serbian slava for some forty guests on 2 October. The presentation about the history and culture of Serbia, including the slava-related customs was given by Ms. Tijana Nagato who wore the national costume from Central Serbia. The guests had the opportunity to see the customs pertaining to the food served at the table on the occasion, the grain prepared cake and the cracking of slava unleavened bread alongside Serbian traditional food: cornmeal bread, ajvar (Serbian vegetable caviar), Shopska salad, home-made biscuits, all prepared by Embassy staff with the help of Centre representatives.
On 4 September Embassy organized presentation of dishes served at the court of Roman Emperors at the initiative of the Japan – Serbia Society, in collaboration with the Society for the Promotion of Music Cooperation between Japan and Serbia. President of the Japan – Serbia Society Tadashi Nagai and Ambassador Nenad Glišić underlined that a significant number of Roman emperors was born in Serbia, recommending the guests to visit Roman archaeological sites of Viminacium and Gamzigrad when travelling to Serbia.
Japanese writer Masashi Endo, author of the book Food of the Remote Past, held a lecture on Ancient Roman Food, focusing particularly on the territory of today's Serbia and the area's impact on the ingredients used in the preparation of food in the late antique period.
To the tunes of music from the Roman Empire period, guests were served dishes cooked according to the recipes of Roman imperial court chefs prepared by Masashi Endo.
The book entitled "Roman Emperors' Routes" (Itinerarium Romanum Serbiae) by a group of authors Miomir Korać, Snežana Golubović and Nemanja Mrdjić was also presented for visitors as well as billboards on the topic of the Roman Empire in Serbia and a tourist tour on the Roman Emperors' Routes.
Since a highly successful event with the same theme was organized by the Embassy last November, when the interest in participation exceeded the residence capacities, the event was repeated this year to enable the members of the Japan – Serbia Society to get to know more on this part of Serbian history.
For the sixth consecutive year the Embassy participated at the annual Oi Dontaku Summer Festival (25-26 August) held in Shinagawa-ku. Many citizens who visited the stall learned about Serbia for the first time.
On 7 August the Embassy hosted a launch event for "Bread and Wild Strawberries", a book by Belgrade University of Philology academic Prof. Kayoko Yamasaki, released in Japanese by Keiso Shobo publisher.
Eighty primary school students from Fujimi, Sister City of Šabac, visited the Embassy on 2 August.
Mr. Matsuhiro Hoshino, Mayor of Fujimi, expressed satisfaction for the long-standing friendship and cooperation with Šabac and Serbia, as well as hope that Fujimi will be chosen to be the Host Town for Serbian teams for Tokyo Olympics 2020. The mayor also reminded of mutual help and assistance the two counties provide to each other in the times of need, including the aid of the Government of Serbia after the floods that affected Japan in July this year. Ambassador Nenad Glišić welcomed the students and invited them to visit Serbia and Šabac where they would have to opportunity to see Serbian omotenashi. He also invited the students to cheer for Serbian athletes during Tokyo 2020.
During the visit to the Embassy, students had the opportunity to learn about Serbian history, culture and tradition and to see the statue of the Serbian genius Nikola Tesla.
The Government of the Republic of Serbia has decided on 12 July 2018 to send 500,000 Euros in aid to Japan for rehabilitation of flood damages. At the same time, the Government has expressed sympathy with the citizens of Japan who are our great friends and donors and who provided us with great assistance during the floods in Serbia in 2014.
On 8 July we held Charity bazaar at the Embassy for the purpose of collecting funds for publication of a cookbook in Japanese language. Cookbook of the author Ms. Jelena Jeremić will assemble recipes of Serbian and other Balkan kitchens, including Nikola Tesla Menu, food in Serbian monasteries, food served during Slava etc. Publication of the book is planned for November 2018 with publishing house Buna-no-Mori Co.,Ltd. whose owner Ms. Miho Ogura also promoted the cookbook at the Bazaar.
As a special surprise we also organized a 40 minute concert of the Japanese bend Pyramidos performing songs from Serbia, Greece and Macedonia.
In cooperation with JTB, Embassy has organized presenation of Serbia for the members of Mizuho Bank's Premium Brilliant Club on 14 June. Ambassador Nenad Glišić in his welcome speech stressed that friendly relations between Serbia and Japan have a 136 year old tradition. He emphasized that Prime Minister Abe's visit to Serbia in January 2018 has given further impetus to bilateral relations and intererst of Japanies companies and tourists in Serbia. He expressed hope that Premium Brilliant Club members will also decide to visit Serbia and use the opportunity to see her natural beauties, as well as hospitality of Serbian people.
Sale of wine from Serbia TRIBUS VILLA PROKUPAC from winery Toplički vinogradi starts today in COSTCO stores across Japan!
Wine made from 100% Serbian autochthonous grape variety Prokupac can be purchased at COSTCO Japan stores at a bargain price of only ¥728.00 (incl. tax).
Serbia's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards movie CIRCLES (KRUGOVI, 2013) dir. Srđan Golubović will be screened on 21 June (THU) from 17:00 at University of Tokyo, Hyogo Campus (Faculty of Letters, Auditorium No. 3/Sandai). PDF with details on Cinema Post-Yugo 2018
At an award ceremony held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on 8 May 2018 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun was conferred on Ambassador and former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Serbia H.E. Mr. Ivan Mrkić by His Majesty Emperor Akihito. Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun is the most prestigious decoration awarded in Japan to foreign nationals for special contributions. Considering that in Serbia no one so far has been awarded with imperial decoration of this rank, this is an extremely important honour for the Republic of Serbia as well.
Ambassador Nenad Glišić met with Mr. Tsuneo Suzuki, Mayor of Fujisawa City (Kanagawa Prefecture) and his associates at the Embassy on 10 April 2018, to discuss sports and other exchanges between Fujisawa City and Serbia
Ambassador with Mayor Suzuki and Mr. Tadahi Nagai, President of Japan Serbia Society and Mr. Osamu Hirashita, Vice President of the Japan Serbia Society
Ambassador Nenad Glišić visited MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD. In Tokyo on 27 March 2018 and met with the President Mr. Shin Maekawa to discuss further cooperation between Serbia and MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD.
Ambassador with President Mr. Shin Maekawa and Hiroshi Okada from Corporate Planning Division
At the invitation of the Mayor of Kashiwazaki Mr. Masahiro Sakurai Ambassdor Mr. Nenad Glišić visited this city in Niigata prefecture on 17 and 18 March 2018. Kashiwazaki is "Host Town" of the Serbian Water Polo National Team for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) video of brutal intervention and arrest in Kosovo and Metohija of Marko Đurić, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Government of the Republic of Serbia
On February 22, 2018 Ambassador Nenad Glisic met with Mr. Ichiro Aisawa, President of Japan - Serbia Parliamentarian League of Friendship and other prominent members of the League at the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan to follow up the successful visit of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Serbia (on January 15, 2018) and to discuss strengthening of the parliamentary cooperation.
On February 9th, 2018, Ambassador Nenad Glišić and Deputy Chief of Mission Ms. Ana Kontić met with Mr. Minoru Kiuchi, Director of the Economy, Trade and Industry Division of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Chief of Secretariat of the Japan - Serbia Parliamentary League of Friendship, to discuss the successful visit of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Serbia on January 15, 2018 and to talk about prospects of further enhancement of economic relations between two countries.
City of Belgrade - Belgrade City Administration, Secretariat for Culture announces the Public International Two-Phase Open Competition for the Design of a Conceptual Solution for the Zoran Đinđić Memorial at the Students Square in Belgrade
Embassy of the Republic of Serbia hosted reception on 15 February 2017 on Serbia Statehood Day. Over 250 guests attended the event, including the State Minister for Foreign Affairs H.E. Mr. Nobuo Kishi as the Chief Guest, senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representatives of Japanese business community, cultural and scientific community, academia, media, members of the Serbian community and the diplomatic corps.
Two Japanese daily newspapers in English language, Japan News and Japan Times, carried Ambassador of Serbia's message as well as congratulatory messages by the Japanese dignitaries.
On 13 January 2017, on the eve of New Year's according to the Julian calendar, Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Tokyo organized launch of the newly published book in Japanese language 『東京まで、セルビア Srbija do Tokija』("Serbia to Tokyo") by author Branka Takahashi published by "Michitani Publishing House" in December 2016 - book link in Japanese
For the sixth consecutive year, the Embassy of the Repbulic of Serbia participated at the popular Shinagawa summer festival Oi Festa on 28 August 2016. The booth of the Embassy was visited by a large number of people out of which many heard about Serbia for the first time. Our Japanese friends and Serbian citizens living in Japan also visited us.
Natural soaps "Sofi", fruit jams with natural ingredients without a trace of artificial preservatives "Bakina tajna" and various other Serbian products were available for purchase, as well as home made Serbian dishes and cakes made by Embassy staff. Travel brochures about Serbian tourist spots were also distributed. Students of "Toyo Eiwa" University in Yokohama organized Instagram photo sessions with a frame title "Serbiagram" and distributed booklets made by themselves with Serbian food recipes. Every visitor also got mosquito repellant samples from Japanese company "Kincho" with a leaflet on the history of the company and the connection between "Kincho" and Serbia by the Pyrethrum flower (bela rada in Serbian) which is the starting point of the company's long history.
INVITATION TO TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF REAL ESTATE SALES SERVICES – THE SALE OF DIPLOMATIC REAL ESTATE IN NEW YORK (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA), TOKYO (JAPAN), BONN (GERMANY), AND BERNE (SWITZERLAND)
In July 2016 a seminar on Serbia was held at Kodaira City. The initiative of Kodaira City followed several exchanges in cooperation with the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Tokyo in 2015 and first half of 2016 and was part of a plan of Kodaira City candidature for Host Town of Serbian athletes during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics 2020.
Seminar for approximately fifty Kodaira citizens was held on three different days in a span of three weeks. At the three hour long workshops the participants had the possibility to learn about the plans for their ciy to host Serbian sportsmen and sportswomen during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics 2020 and Serbia's great sport achievements in the world and Olympic championships.
At the initiative of the Japanese NPO "Next Big Pivot" a workshop/seminar "Getting to Know the World Through Basketball – First Episode: Serbia" on 29 June 2016 at the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Tokyo ahead of participation of the Japan Men's Basketball National Team at the FIBA Qualifying Tournament 2016 4-9 July in Belgrade.
With the support of the Chairman of the Yokohama company "Toa Gas" company Mr. Toshio Tanabe and in order to deepen the knowledge on, geography, history, culture, economic and tourism potentials of Serbia, the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Tokyo organized a presentation of Serbia on 20 June 2016 for 22 students of Keio University, Kanagawa University, Chuo University, Nihon Joshi University and Toyo Eiwa University.
The entire event was filmed by TV Kanagawa.
National team of Serbia in Volleyball will be playing matches in Kyoto 24-26 June at the FIVB Volleyball Grand Prix 2016. Our team will be playing at the Shimazu Arena, Kyoto on
24 June (Friday) vs. Russian Federation
25 June (Saturday) vs. Japan
26 June (Sunday) vs. Thailand
At the invitation of the Japan Volleyball Association Ambassador Mr. Nenad Glišić will attend as guest the match between the national teams of the Republic of Serbia and Japan in Kyoto on 25 June starting at 17:50.
Continuing the good cooperation established during last years between the Embassy and Ms. Kumiko Haba, Professor, PhD(International Relations), Aoyama Gakuin University, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia H.E. Mr. Nenad Glišić held a lecture at this distinguished Tokyo institution on 16 June 2016 focusing on subjects of Serbian foreign policy and challenges it faces on the path to the European Union.
13 May (Friday) 19.00 (entry 18.30) - Concert Ms. Andjela Bratić (flute) accompanied by Svetlana Dejanović Avramović (piano) at the Embassy
22 May (Suday) 10.00 - 15.00 - Humanitarian Bazaar at the Embassy (BBQ planned in case of good weather)
28 May (Saturday) 11.00 - 17.00 and 29 May (Sunday) 10.00 till 16.00 - Yokohama Festival Embassy Booth
25 till 30 April 12.00 till 19.00 Steps Gallery Ginza - Milica Nikolić photographs


Wright, N. (2003) 'The Human Dimension: A Case Study in OD', Organisations & People, Association for Management Education & Development, February, Vol 10, No1, pp33-40.
Managing the human dimensions of change can be a complex and difficult task. I believe that through disciplines including Organisation Development (OD), however, HRD practitioners can provide an insightful and valuable contribution that extends well beyond the confines of the training room.
I was invited by the Project Manager of an organisation-wide change process within an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) to provide OD input into that process, just at the point at which its Executive Steering Group (ESG) was preparing to move from strategy development to implementation.
The perspective I brought to this venture, which forms the basis of this case-study article, is intended to stimulate interest, insight and ideas for others working as HRD professionals in the OD field.
OD is a professional discipline concerned with understanding the essentially human factors and dynamics that influence an organisation's ability to be effective. It is this orientation that has been found to add particular value to leadership, management and teamworking strategies. Since the planned NGO change process was likely to have significant impact in each of these areas, I was invited to provide input as an HRD/OD specialist.
Extensive research was conducted in the 1980s and 90s to try to understand why managers in organisations seemed to hold such different views about what they needed to be effective, what the main barriers were how they ought to be overcome.
An important conclusion of this research was that each person tends to look at an organisation through a unique set of psychological 'spectacles' that determine his or her analysis and understanding of the situations s/he encounters (e.g. Morgan (1986); Bolman & Deal (1991)). The 'lenses' are shaped by various factors including personality, culture, professional specialism, structural location and degree/experience of exposure to alternative perspectives.
Were completely unaware of the spectacles/lenses they were wearing.
Were generally unaware of the limitations of their own perspectives.
Genuinely believed that their perspectives were holistic and self-evident.
Were often surprised that others seemed unable to share their perspectives.
Often interpreted people with contrasting perspectives as subversive, blocking or resistant.
These characteristics clearly apply equally well to all employees. The OD significance is, however, that managers, as a rule, hold greater power and decision-making authority and, therefore, carry greater potential for organisational impact in areas such as strategy and policy.
The ESG had included specialists in the four areas identified as key components of its international strategy.
The diverse composition of the ESG provided significant strength at the conceptual design stage by including different stakeholder perspectives and expertise. This, in turn, helped to ensure strategic coherence and avoid blinkered vision.
We identified that specialisms required for the design/implementation phases were different to those required for the conceptual design phase and that additional stakeholder perspectives would need to be taken into account. I recommended that this should involve changes in/broadening of ESG composition and an active period/process of consultation.
Change is often planned, introduced, implemented and managed as a principally rational and technical process. The underlying rationale is that if strategy, funding, structures, job descriptions etc. are organised and articulated clearly, consistently and fairly, participants in the process will (or at least, should) have little cause for concern or complaint.
From an OD perspective, rational-technical considerations are vital, but they are not enough. As we saw in section 3.1 above, the temptation if all of these points have been covered is to consider any subsequent disquiet as evidence of resistance to change or a basic lack of commitment. Concerns about how change is enacted should not be interpreted necessarily as objections to the nature of those changes or to change per se. Negotiating the process of change is as important as negotiating its content.
It is true, of course, that sometimes individuals may behave in ways that are deliberately subversive but the psychological contract perspective cautions managers to avoid drawing this conclusion too quickly.
For those who may be unfamiliar with this term, a psychological contract (as distinct from a formal, written contract) is an implicit understanding between employer and employee that is often assumed and unspoken but which, nevertheless, ensures that organisational relationships and workings run smoothly. The fact that the contents and resulting expectations of a psychological contract are rarely articulated or explored means that, unfortunately, breaches can be difficult to avoid in practice and yet can result in fairly 'bruising' consequences.
How to stay motivated when one's job is at risk.
How to deal with 'survivor's guilt' if colleagues are not appointed.
How to lead a Team that may be changed fundamentally in terms of key roles and relationships.
How to trust and stay committed to an organisation that doesn't feel as safe as it did before.
A practical application of the psychological contract perspective is, therefore, that any major change process needs to take seriously the psychological/emotional impacts of proposed changes on individuals, teams, groups, beneficiaries and organisation as a whole. OD research concludes somewhat soberly that the degree to which this dimension is circumvented may well correspond to the degree to which an underlying change strategy is likely to fail.
The NGO's strategy and change plans had focused predominantly on rational-technical issues. These dimensions were important and provided a very clear strategic rationale, vision, focus and framework.
It would be important to develop a 'planning-for-change' strategy in active collaboration with those who were likely to be affected most.
The planning-for-change process should actively encourage opportunities for open airing of concerns without contributors being branded 'subversive', 'resistant' or 'uncommitted'. Providing an open forum is likely, in practice, to diffuse anxiety/frustration and create buy-in to the change process as well as provide useful insight into how it can best be managed.
A practical technique (known as 'negative brainstorming') should be used that involves actively encouraging participants in a group to brainstorm every possible objection to what is being proposed on one side of a flipchart, no matter how trivial, including every reason why they think it will not work. This can be done in a fairly light-hearted way and at no point should objections be countered by the Manager. When the list is exhausted, participants are asked to work in 2s or 3s to find workable solutions to the objections that have been raised.
Where concerns about specific changes arise repeatedly and/or with particular strength, it would be advisable to: (a) consider what aspects of an unspoken psychological contract may at risk of being breached, (b) sensitively test out hunches with those involved to see whether they were valid, (c) consider whether the ESG needed to draw back from the breach in order to model/preserve something important (e.g. the organisation's core values) and, if this was not possible, (d) explore whether that aspect of the contract could be re-negotiated to achieve an alternative win-win solution.
The temptation to circumvent the human dimensions of the change process out of a simple desire to achieve a quicker result should be avoided at all costs (see Moss Kanter (1984) for further practical insights and ideas in this respect).
The standards it applies in relation to its external customers, stakeholders and/or beneficiaries.
Organisations often lack consistency between their espoused values and the actual values demonstrated by their internal practices.
Organisations are often unaware of the discrepancy between their espoused and actual values, as if passionate commitment to values = adherence to them.
Discontinuity between espoused values and internal practices can lead to various kinds of organisational 'pathology' (e.g. confusion created by mixed messages).
Organisations are often better at seeing and addressing problems 'out there' (a phenomenon known as projection) without seeing reflections of the same problems within.
This perspective calls for an examination of observations, analysis and strategising externally and to hear what echoes may resonate internally. I will touch briefly on each of the following central components of the NGO's strategy as specific examples of how this approach can be applied in practice.
Which people within the organisation could feel unheard in the current process?
What rights could different parties reasonably expect to exercise in relation to the planning and outworking of NGO strategy?
How could those who might feel unheard be encouraged and enabled to articulate their specific needs and, thereby, contribute to the process?
During this aspect of the exploration process, I found myself struck anew by the importance of all parties leading and impacted by the change process feeling heard as a pre-requisite for effective dialogue and collaboration.
What were the essential characteristics of relationships that the organisation aspired to achieve internally?
How would the change process need to be managed in order to ensure that internal relationships were maintained and developed according to these essential characteristics?
What distinctive resources could each party affected by the change process contribute positively to benefit the whole?
What processes would need to be built into the change process in order to ensure that benefits would be maximised at all levels?
I believed that learning to apply internally the organisation's experience ofcommunity development externally would turn out to be the very key to moving things forward in this area.
What risks to security were posed within the organisation by changes in strategy and the change process itself?
What/how could be planned/done practically to increase security within the organisation as and when changes were implemented?
In order to emphasise the importance of this dimension of the change process, I added that a significant body of OD research indicates that one of the principal reasons why many strategies fail is not because the vision was unrealistic but because risks associated with basic human needs (e.g. to feel involved, heard, respected, capable of influence) were not adequately addressed at the planning and implementation phases.
What people resources (including vision, motivation, enthusiasm, commitment, relationships) were available within the organisation that could be capitalised on to greater effect, and what were its human resource deficits?
How would 'people deficits' be identified and tackled without raising increased anxieties or creating additional pressures?
What were the necessary structure/policy conditions within the organisation that would encourage and allow maximum participation in the change process on an experienced-as-fair basis?
As a result of considering these OD deliberations before embarking on detailed communication and strategy implementation, the NGO was able to avert some of the characteristic stress/pain associated with change and to develop a robust process that would help ensure maximum integrity, collaboration and success.
Although the case example presented here is NGO-specific, I believe that the principles offered can be applied to very diverse types of organisation. The challenge that I leave with my fellow AMED colleagues and readers is this: is it time for OD perspectives to be integrated as a matter of course into the management development arena as a whole?
Bolman, L & Deal, T. (1991). Reframing Organisations. Jossey Bass. California.
Bridges, W. (2002). Managing Transitions – Making the Most of Change. Nicholas Brealey Publishing. London.
Morgan, G. (1986). Images of Organisation. Sage Publications. London.
Moss-Kanter, R. (1984). Managing the Human Side of Change. In Kolb, D. et al. (1995). The Organisational Behaviour Reader. Prentice Hall International (UK) Ltd. London.


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In 1974 Peter Erdelyi started working as a professional engineer in California. To present day, after more than three decades, Peter Erdelyi continues to actively supervise projects from launch to completion on a daily basis, although he lost count of them somewhere around 10,000. This blog is a collection of his professional, educational or simply delightful engineering stories gathered throughout the decades in business.
ARE OUR CHILDREN SAFE IN SCHOOLS?
Not too many people are aware that our kids going to private schools are not as well protected as kids attending public schools. What do I mean?
When the great Long Beach earthquake hit in 1933, it brought 70 school buildings tumbling down. Officials said thousands could have been killed if schools had been in session when the earthquake hit at 5:54 PM. This earthquake prompted a strict state law that set standards and inspections for public schools. But the law, known as the Field Act, did not cover private schools.
Today, public schools in California have a very strict way to assure children's safety. The permitting of these buildings requires the plans go thru the state architects office to be reviewed by a licensed structural engineer. Generally speaking, this process ensures that these buildings are super safe in case of an earthquake. Private schools, on the other hand, don't have to go thru this permitting process. Any Department of Building and Safety can issue permits for private schools. In addition, existing private schools in older buildings don't have any requirements to upgrade these structures to current seismic, or earthquake, codes.
Don't our children in private schools deserve the same secure and safe environments as children in public schools?
I think cities should act to require upgraded earthquake safety for all the children in California.
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The race to top the Tarasov Division - and with it claim second place in the Western Conference - is set to go down to the wire. Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod took advantage of a slip-up by Dinamo Minsk to sneak ahead, while Severstal's win over Lev Poprad means the Steelmen stay with Atlant in a four-horse race. Six points separate the quartet with 10 less than 10 regular season games to go.
In Nizhny Novgorod, Torpedo moved clear with a 2-1 win over struggling Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Martin Thornberg and Robert Nilsson struck in quick succession early in the second period to keep the home crowd happy and move the hosts up to 79 points.
Spartak Moscow's play-off hopes are vanishingly slim, but that didn't stop the Red-and-Whites dealing a blow to Dinamo Minsk. The Belarussians are stuck on 78 points, one behind Torpedo, after a 5-2 defeat at Sokolniki. The decisive action came in the second period when Stefan Ruzicka and Alexander Komaristy got two quickfire goals to open up a 4-2 cushion. Earlier Ruzicka had opened the scoring, but Dinamo fought back to tie the game at 2-2 by the end of the first session.
Severstal Cherepovets kept in touch with its divisional rivals thanks to a 3-0 win over Lev Poprad - but the scoreline did not entirely reflect the efforts of the Slovak side. Although Severstal took the lead through Mikko Lehtonen on 16:19, the visitors just shaded the second period but could not force an equalizer. In the end, two goals in the last 10 minutes settled the outcome, but home goalie Vadim Tarasov did well for his 24 saves.
Dynamo Moscow has already booked its play-off place, and an overtime win against Amur Khabarovsk stretched the Blue-and-Whites' winning streak to three games. Yury Babenko got the all important goal, 20 seconds before the final siren. Earlier Sergei Konkov and Sergei Soin each posted 1+1 following Jakub Petruzalek's opener for Amur.
Goals win games, as Vityaz Chekhov demonstrated at home to CSKA Moscow on Thursday evening. While the visitors had by far the greater share of the chances, forcing Danila Alistratov into 32 saves, the hosts skated to a 2-1 win thinks to clinical finishing in the second period. Vityaz only mustered seven shots in that session - and just 17 in total - by Evgeny Timkin and Sergei Lesnukhin made sure that two of them counted. Tomas Surovy's goal for CSKA was too little, too late.


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Dr Adam Smith, Editorial Director of Nobel Media, has a background in scientific research and science publishing. He studied chemistry at Oxford, before moving to the Pharmacology Department to pursue doctoral research combining medicinal chemistry and neuroscience. He took postdoctoral fellowships in Oxford to learn neurophysiology, and in Heidelberg to learn molecular biology. Smith then returned to Oxford to run his own Wellcome Trust-funded lab for four years, investigating the role of neurotransmitters in brain development.
Smith took over as Chief Editor of Trends in Pharmacological Sciences in June 2000, and then moved to Nature Publishing Group in 2001 as Editor-in-Chief of a new title, Nature Reviews Drugs Discovery, which launched in 2002 to become the highest cited review journal in its field. The journal reflects his belief in the importance of collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches to drug development.
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Roger Williams founded the capital city of Providence on a mission of religious independence and tolerance. In cities such as Providence and Newport, ancient meeting houses and places of worship dot the landscape.
Rhode Island also has a rich maritime tradition, as evidenced by the many boatyards and customs houses dotting the coastline. Newport is the most famous of the state's opulent resort communities, but other coastal towns captivate lovers of the sea as well.
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The landscape of Rhode Island is defined more by the splayed fingers of Narragansett Bay's watery hand than by any other feature.
The bay extends almost 30 miles (48 kilometers) north from the waters of the Atlantic, nearly touching Rhode Island's northern border. Islands rising in the bay and beyond include 45-square-mile (117-suyare-kilometer) Rhode Island, also called Aquidneck to distinguish it from the state, and Block Island, nearly 10 miles (16 kilometers) off the southern coast.
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Snoqualmie, Washington: Twin Peaks TV Waterfall
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Snoqualmie Falls
Fall City Snoqualmie Rd, Snoqualmie, WA
West of town one mile, on the south side of Fall City Snoqualmie Rd. Look for the parking area just west of the Snoqualmie Falls Lodge.
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Twin Peaks TV Waterfall
For David Lynch fans, a dramatic waterfall and lodge that were in the opening credits of 1990-91 TV show Twin Peaks.
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I loved the Snoqualmie Falls! It was amazingly beautiful. There are two places to park; would have been good to know. The main parking is at the top with the eye level view. You can hike down, about 15-20 minutes, about medium level difficulty. There is also a parking lot about 100 yards for the lower observation deck. (Downriver from the eye level parking) We stumbled on this adventure and it ended up being the highlight of the day! We are planning to go back when family is in town.
Snack bar at the eye level observation with ice cream and espresso!
[Tracy, 06/15/2014]
The viewing area, which is built and maintained by a local electric company that runs an underground hydroelectric plant at the Falls, completed renovations in the summer of 2013. It's now better than ever. The mist gets cold during winter months, so bring a jacket.
The Salish (not Snoqualmie Falls) Lodge at the top is one of the nicest hotels in the area. You'll pay extra for the amenities, of course, but if you want somewhere nice to stay in the east side of Seattle, you'll be hard pressed to find a better option.
Some of the other Twin Peaks attractions are nearby -- the school is Mount Si High School, about three minutes away, and Twede's is about six minutes further down the road in North Bend. And if you get tired of that, there's one of the nicer Indian casinos nearby, with ridiculously good views of the Snoqualmie Valley.
[TK, 11/03/2013]
I came here for the Twin Peaks association, but became much more awestruck by the size, power and beauty of this waterfall. This one deserves a high rating whether or not you're a Twin Peaks fan.
[Log Lady, 11/05/2011]
This was our first stop in a series of 'must sees' on a drive from Seattle, WA to Baltimore, MD. It was quite amazing. I stayed for about an hour in awe of nature, taking in the roar and getting drenched by the mist. It is not far off the highway, about 15 minutes. If you like sights that nature offers, check this out. It's free and there is no bombardment of tacky gift shops to ruin your experience.
[Thomas, 04/27/2011]
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The EMIDA – European Musical Instrument Dealer Awards are bestowed within the frameworks of Musikmesse to the best specialized music retailers from Europe.
In a total of four categories, international companies from the musical instrument sector are acknowledged for their outstanding achievements with an award and prize money.
With the awarding, the promoter SOMM – Society of Music Merchants e. V. and the cooperation partner Musikmesse emphasize how important all European specialist music dealers are to the MI industry and the fair organizer. All too seldom do these actors take center stage in the MI business. They are the gate to consumers and sell all products with passion, devotion and a lot of professional expertise. They deserve respect and a very deep bow.
Tuesday, 4 April 2019 within the Musikmesse Executive Night. Further information will follow soon.
a dinner, also a musical evening program and an ensuing after-show party.
The Submission period goes from February 11, 2019 to March 11, 2019. Submissions arriving after this date or within this period, but incomplete, will not be considered. Extension periods will not be granted.
The Awards will be awarded one time only among all European companies. No cluster takes place. Europe is regarded as a whole and not divided into regions.
Management Board of the SOMM – Society Of Music Merchants e. V.
a company will be distinguished which dedicates itself to the mediation of music and music classes in nursery schools, schools and other institutions. Moreover, the company stands out for a particular willingness to anchor the music making and the musical ability in the society in a lasting manner.
In the category "Best Unique Selling Proposition", a company will be honored which succeeds in creating a particular customer benefit (unique selling proposition) in the long term, thus differentiating from competitors and generating a special buying experience.
In the category "Best Store Concept", a company will be honored which stands out by a very high rating of specialized advice and an elaborate store concept, adapted to the respective target group. Decisive for the assessment are, among others, customer friendliness, professional expertise, shop staging, creation of experiences, creativity, willingness to innovate and observation of compliance guidelines.
In the category "Lifetime Achievement", a company will be honored whose entire economic work is meaningful for the specialized music retail trade, in notable and long-lasting manner (also from the traditional point of view). Values such as diligence, foresight and entrepreneurial courage will be distinguished. The prize is not meant to serve as a posthumous honor.


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import com.gs.fw.common.mithra.finder.AggregateSqlQuery;
import com.gs.fw.common.mithra.finder.Operation;
import com.gs.fw.common.mithra.finder.NoOperation;
import com.gs.fw.common.mithra.util.InternalList;
import com.gs.fw.common.mithra.*;
import com.gs.fw.common.mithra.HavingOperation;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

public abstract class AbstractBinaryHavingOperation extends AbstractHavingOperation
{
    protected InternalList operands;

    public AbstractBinaryHavingOperation(HavingOperation left, HavingOperation right)
    {
        this.operands = new InternalList(4);
        this.addOperand(left);
        this.addOperand(right);
    }

    protected abstract String getOperationName();

    protected abstract void addOperand(HavingOperation operand);

    protected InternalList getOperands()
    {
        return operands;
    }

    public void zGenerateSql(AggregateSqlQuery query)
    {
        boolean wroteSomething = false;
        for (int i = 0; i < operands.size(); i++)
        {
            com.gs.fw.common.mithra.HavingOperation op = ((HavingOperation) operands.get(i));
            if (!wroteSomething)
            {
                query.appendHavingClause("(");
                wroteSomething = true;
            }
            else
            {
                query.appendHavingClause(getOperationName());
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        {
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    }

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    {
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    }

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    {
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        {
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        }
    }

    public Operation zCreateMappedOperation()
    {
        Operation mappedOperation = NoOperation.instance();
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        {
            HavingOperation op = (HavingOperation) operands.get(i);
            mappedOperation.and(op.zCreateMappedOperation());
        }
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}

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Q: Use moveRowAtIndexPath I'm trying to find a code sample that shows how to handle moving/rearranging cells in a tableView.
For removal of Core data I use the code that is written below
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)aTableView commitEditingStyle: (UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath

{

if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete)

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        Moneybox *employee = [empArray objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
        [self.objectContext deleteObject:employee];
        [self.objectContext save:nil];

    }

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Category: Read Rabbi Michael Samuel in over 20 foreign languages!!
Read Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel in Spanish, Italian, French, German, Hebrew, Yiddish, Greek, Russian and over 20 other languages!
Respecting the Limits of Human Knowlege
Most Jews tend to identify Maimonides, Saadia Gaon, Judah HaLevi, Martin Buber as among the great Jewish philosophers of all time, but there are a number of ancient Jewish thinkers whose ideas are rich with originality; in fact, their insights are no less valuable today than they were over two thousand years when they first introduced their wisdom to the world.
Among those scholars we are quoting, we will cite the Wisdom of Ben Sira, who is better known by his Greek name, Sirach. Sirach's perspective on many philosophical themes continue to delight moderns, and I am glad to consider myself among his followers. Ben Sira lived about 2200 years ago and his book almost made it into the Bible, but fell a little short of the mark. I imagine that the conservatives of Late Antiquity probably felt a little threatened by Sira's novel way of looking at Judaic wisdom. In modern terms, Ben Sira never worried about "political correctness." His straight-forward style of writing puts him in a class all of his own.
The second thinker we shall examine is Philo of Alexandria, who arguably is considered the founder of medieval theology. He is the first Jewish thinker to fully integrate Judaic and Greek thought. He flourished in Alexandria, a city that rivaled even Athens when it came to wisdom. Founded by Jewish settlers who admired Alexander the Great. Alexandria soon produced the world's first university. Philo would have disappeared from Jewish history had it not been for the Early Church Fathers who admired his exegetical style and originality. Had Maimonides been familiar with Philo's writings, he would have quoted him profusely.
Here is one example how the ancient Jewish thinkers briefly dealt with the issue, "On the Limits of Human Knowledge."
Ben Sira says, "What is too sublime for you, seek not, into things beyond your strength search not. What is committed to you, attend to; for what is hidden is not your concern. With what is too much for you meddle not, when shown things beyond human understanding. Their own opinion has misled many, and false reasoning unbalanced their judgment. Where the pupil of the eye is missing, there can be no light; and where there is no knowledge, there is no wisdom" (Sirach 3:19-24).
Philo says, "For it does not say that the wise man saw God but that God appeared to the wise man; for it was impossible for anyone to comprehend by his own unassisted power the true living God, unless he himself displayed and revealed himself to him" (On Abraham, 4).
In general, the Sages disliked the speculative thinking of Greek thought and culture. The Sages' reticence to embrace philosophical wisdom were reinforced by the tragic experiences of the famous four teachers who had studied the ultimate mysteries: Akiba, Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma and Elisha ben Abuyah. A cryptic passage tells of their fate: "Ben Azzai gazed and died; Ben Zoma gazed and became demented; Acher (Elisha) cut the plants (turned apostate); R. Akiba departed in peace." [1] As to what exactly happened to these men, we will leave aside for another discussion.
Interestingly enough, Rabbi Akiba is considered by some modern scholars to be among the early founders of Jewish mysticism. Mysticism often propels its followers to abandon the material world but in R. Akiba's case, we can discover the mystical realm through our ordinary interactions; the world is full of mystical expression and meaning–all we have to do is to pay attention to the synchronicity of events that unfold in our lives daily.
The assertion that God is invisible made Him seem unreal for people who were accustomed to identify reality with concreteness. The rabbis often felt that the human mind could barely grasp the existence of God's Reality, but could never comprehend the nature of God's essential nature. Thus it is related in a Talmudic anecdote that the Emperor Hadrian had said to Rabbi Joshua ben Hananiah: "I desire to behold your God." Rabbi Joshua explained to him that it was impossible. Still and all, the Emperor persisted. Finally, the rabbi relented and asked him to stand in a fixed gaze at the sun. The Emperor found the sun's light too strong to behold. Triumphantly, the rabbi exclaimed: "If you admit that you are unable to look at the sun, which is only one of the ministering servants of the Holy Blessed One, how can you honestly expect to behold God, Whose existence is even more dazzling?" For some of the Sages, the reality of God by analogy to the soul whose specific abode we do not know and of which we have no direct concrete experience. That, however, does not make it unreal. [2]
[1] BT Hagiga 14b, Zohar I, 26b.
[2] BT Hullin 59b; Midrash Tehillim, Psa. 103:1.
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A Way To Promote End Of Political Polarization: Nominate Merrick Garland A Justice Of The Supreme Court
October 3, 2018 Ronald 2 Comments
Assuming that the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court fails to gain a majority of the US Senate, the future of the Court and its reputation remains at stake.
One way to resolve it is for both Republicans and Democrats to work toward the end of polarization, and call upon President Donald Trump to nominate Merrick Garland to the empty seat on the Supreme Court, three years after he was summarily dismissed and ignored by the Republicans, when President Barack Obama nominated him to replace Antonin Scalia, who died in February 2016.
Merrick Garland was seen by Obama as a compromise choice, whom the Republicans would accept, as he is seen as a moderate, and has a distinguished background as the Chief Judge of the US Court Of Appeals for the DC Circuit, the highest court next to the Supreme Court.
Garland is technically the "boss" of Brett Kavanaugh, and also was of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, and both of them have always been very positive in their views of Garland.
Being in his mid 60s. Garland would serve far less than the theoretical 30 years that Gorsuch might serve, and that Kananaugh might serve if he was confirmed.
Garland is perfectly qualified to keep the Court balanced, and would likely replace Anthony Kennedy as the "swing vote" on the Court, and would prevent the kind of polarization represented by an extreme right wing choice for the Supreme Court, keeping it as four liberals, four conservatives, and Garland as the crucial vote, sometimes siding with one or the other side, as Anthony Kennedy did, and earlier, Sandra Day O'Connor did.
Why could not the two parties agree to a truce, to work toward cooperation, and return the US Senate to what it was under Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan, when Senator Everett Dirksen worked with LBJ, and Speaker of the House Thomas "Tip" O'Neill did with Reagan, working across the aisle on many matters?
It is proper that Merrick Garland be put on the Court, as a distinguished, and accomplished man, who deserves, belatedly, three years late, to give his service to our nation's highest Court.
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25 Years Of "RBG", Ruth Bader Ginsburg In August, 85 Years Old And No Intention Of Retiring Before 2021 At Earliest!
Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, bless her heart, is finishing 25 years on the Court, and 38 years in total in the federal court system, having been appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, and then elevated to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton in 1993.
She has become a "rock star", often called "the notorious RBG" in recent years, after the publication of a biography by a scholar in 2015.
She has survived bouts with colon cancer in 1999 and pancreatic cancer in 2009. and the death of her husband in 2010, days after their 56th wedding anniversary.
Through it all, she has stood up for the rights of minorities, women, gays and lesbians, the disabled, workers, consumers, environmentalists, and all other causes that fight against the enemies of civil rights, civil liberties, and social justice.
At age 85, she has had a stent put in her right coronary artery, and she has had a strict regimen of exercise for many years.
The question is whether Ginsburg can hang on and stay in office until 2021, when she would be 88 years old, and hopefully, a Democratic President could replace her after 28 years on the Court.
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Guide for the Church Shopper
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People searching for a church these days face a bewildering array of alternatives from which to choose. The old brand names are still alive and kicking: Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Reformed, Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregationalist, Baptist, etc. Many of these traditional churches have split into a number of subgroups, increasing the choices and the confusion. The fringe groups are also there, and new sects come on the scene almost weekly. Then there is the endless parade of faith healers, fast-talking feel-good preachers, and the self-appointed prophets and apostles, complete with signs and wonders.
How do you find a responsible church in this sea of spiritual confusion? People take different approaches, depending on their individual personalities. Some people follow their heads and take an analytical approach. They look at the church's growth pattern, its ministries and programs, its financial condition, the quality of its buildings and staff, the depth of its preaching. Others go with their hearts or their guts. They take an intuitive approach. They look at the warmth of the worship, the friendliness of its people, how uplifing the sermons and songs are. Some people look to have particular needs satisfied or problems solved - help with parenting, drug or alcohol dependence, habitual destructive behaviors, stress, anger and the like.
I would like to propose an alternative approach to church shopping. It is neither a head nor heart approach, though it employs all your reason and senses. The approach might be called caveat emptor. Buyer beware. In Scripture, St. John writes, "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world" (1 John 4:1). If that was so in John's day, how much more does it apply to ours? When choosing a church, test the spirits. Find out what a church teaches. Practice doctrinal discernment.
Here, at the outset, I will admit that this is written from an unashamedly Lutheran perspective. I believe that Lutheran doctrine is Christian doctrine without any additions or deletions. I am willing to discuss that point with anyone who takes doctrine seriously. Now I will not claim that the Lutheran churches, as they exist today, are pure and perfect. We have many things of which to repent, but our doctrine is not one of them. Nor am I saying that the only Christians are Lutherans.
To help you in your church shopping, here are a few questions, along with some do's and don'ts of church shopping. I have tried to write from the point of view of the many inquisitive church shoppers that are out there. Some come and join us and become members; others don't. But the questions are honestly given:
Questions for the Discerning Church Shopper
Q: Does the congregation believe, teach, and confess the Triune God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - three Persons in one divine Being, as the only true God?
A: This is a basic question, though it should not be taken for granted today, even among those who call themselves "Christian." If a church can't say "Father, Son, and Holy Spirit" something has gone terribly wrong.
Q: Does the congregation believe, teach, and confess that all people are by nature sinful in the eyes of God?
A: Churches that deny the teaching of original sin end up pushing self-improvement as the way to salvation, making people think that they have, within themselves, the power to change and improve.
Q: Does the congregation believe that sinners are saved by God's grace through faith in Jesus Christ, who is our Lord and Personal Savior?
A: This is the central teaching of Christianity. Without it, a church cannot be called "Christian", no matter how holy and religious it might otherwise appear. You may hear many things during the course of a service, but did you hear that Jesus Christ died on a cross and rose from the dead? Did you hear that for His sake you have pardon, peace, and eternal life?
Q: Do the sermons and Bible studies properly distinguish God's comands, threats, and punishments from His promises of forgiveness, life, and salvation in Jesus Christ?
A: As we say, there is good news and there is bad news. A church needs to tell the difference between the two. The bad news is that we are sinners. Because of that sin, we will die, temporally and eternally. The good news is that we are saved from eternal damnation by the blood of Jesus Christ. Period. If a church doesn't teach that, it has lost its moorings.
Q: Is the congregation overly or under-friendly?
A: Everyone likes a warm and friendly greeting as a visitor. However, an aggressive or pushy congregation can be desperate for growth at any cost. Beware of "bait and switch" tactics that minimize doctrinal differences among churches. Anyone who says something like, "Doctrine divides, but the Bible unites" or "We all believe basically the same thing" is ignorant or a liar and shouldn't be taken seriously. Look for substance.
Q: Does the congregation baptize the babies of its members?
A: Churches that do not baptize infants may be denying original sin (Psalm 51:5) and what the Scriptures say about Baptism (Matt. 28:19-20, Mark 16:16, Romans 6:4, Titus 3:5, etc.). Check into this matter closely.
Q: How does the congregation see to it that its children are taught the Christian faith?
A: Disciples are made by baptizing and teaching (Matt. 28:19-20). While there is no guarantee that your children will grow up to believe in Jesus Christ, there is evey certainty that children who are not taught the Christian faith will grow up believing just about anything or nothing at all. Find out what partnership exists between parents and the church for the baptizing and ongoing teaching of the children. Even if you don't have children, this will tell you a great deal about the congregation's priorities.
Q: What is the congregation's involvement in outreach and missions?
A: Direct and indirect involvement in mission work and outreach is a good indicator of a congregation's commitment to the preaching of the Gospel. This doesn't necessarily mean a lot of boards and committees, but a clear orientation of the congregation toward those who have not yet heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Churches that have settled in to being cozy "religious country clubs" tend not to be terribly committed to making disciples of all nations by baptizing and teaching (Matt. 28:19-20).
Q: Is the congregation in fellowship with other Christian congregations or does it stand by itself?
A: Watch out for the "Lone Rangers" of religion, especially if they claim some "new revelation" or special teaching that no one else has. Avoid churches that have no mechanism of public accountability for their teachers and pastors, or that seem to be run entirely by one person.
Some Do's and Don'ts of Responsible Church Shopping
Do shop for churches "concentrically". Start with the congregations closest to where you live and work out from there in ever-widening circles. The closer your church is to your home, the more you can be involved in that congregation's life.
Do be so kind as to leave your name, address, and phone number so that the church can contact you. Don't feel compelled to leave an offering, unless you truly desire to make one.
Do attend more than one service before moving on to another church. Don't let your first impression be your only impression. I suggest that you try to attend a congregation for a least a month or more before moving on to another place unless the problems are immediately obvious.
Do introduce yourself to members and talk to them. Find out how long they have been going there, and why they are members at that particular church.
Don't be terribly concerned about what kind of instruments and music are used for worship, or whether the service has contemporary or classical music. Pipe organs, guitars, trumpets, tambourines, and keyboard instruments can all be used as instruments to the glory of Jesus Christ. You wil grow accustomed to whatever music delivers the Gospel. What matters most is content.
Do pay attention and see if the central theme is Jesus' death and resurrection for your forgiveness, life, and salvation and not something else.
Don't be concerned about the number of a congregation's activities. Large churches tend to have many activities. Smaller churches have fewer. Look at the foundaiton and the structure of the church, not the decorations.
Don't be put off if the service seems unusual. The Christian church has been around for nearly two thousand years. A lot of tradition has been handed down to us - some helpful, some not. We're always sorting, but we're not about to toss out the treasure with the trash. Christianity is an historic religion. We don't mind letting the gray hairs of our history show. It may take some time for you to learn the mechanics of the liturgy, so be patient, ask questions and expect to learn.
Don't expect any congregation to be perfect in practice. Churches are compsed of sinners forgiven for Jesus' sake. Every congregation has flaws and weaknesses. So do all ministers. Don't judge a church by the holiness of its members, the success of its programs, the impressiveness of its buildings, or the charisma of its leaders. Judge it solely by the Scriptural purity of its preaching and teaching and the faithful administration of Christ's sacraments.
Do plan on joining a congregation and committing your time, treasure, and talents to the support of that congregation as soon as possible. Church shopping is a temporary activity with the goal of finding a place to receive the gifts of Christ.
Do become a member of a congregation via their ordinary way of making members.
At Trinity that means:
If you are a Missouri Synod Lutheran you may be transferred in from your home congregation. If your present Lutheran church is not in fellowship with us, you will be asked to attend an adult catechetical class that lasts about 4 weeks. If you are sure of your understanding of the Lutheran teaching, other arrangements may be made at the discretion of the Pastor for your convenience.
If you are a non-Lutheran Christian, or converting to Christianity, you will be asked to take the catechetical class that lasts about 4 weeks. This will be of great long-term benefit to you, and will give you a chance to hear our teaching in depth. Of course, don't do anything that violates your conscience or the Word of God.
All who attend our adult catechetical classes will be given a free copy of Luther's Small Catechism. This book contains the basic fundamental teachings of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
Finally, we join you in praying that God would grant you His Holy Spirit, who works through the Word. May you discern the truth of Him who is the Way, the Truth, and Life - Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Trinity Lutheran Church
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Q: BIRT PDF UTF-8 encoding I have some trouble with BIRT 4.3.1, I want to create some PDF with BIRT. This works all fine, but I have some problems with the encoding of my font.
For my font I am using Arial Narrow. This isn't a standard font which BIRT support. So I know that I must edit the fontsConfig_pdf.xml file in the JAR org.eclipse.birt.runtime_4.3.1.v20130918-1142.jar file. Here look at my config file:
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I have put my font TTF file inside the location. All works fine, but the encoding is wrong for special signs.
Some hint to you, the encoding works well in my Windows-Machine but on my Linux-System it doesn't work. Maybe someone could give me a tip.

A: As the comment in the default fontsConfig.xml file says, usually you don't have to add an entry to the <font-encodings> element at all.
However, for Linux and the Tahoma font (which I think is comparable to your case), I had to add
 <encoding font-family="Tahoma" encoding="Cp1252" />

AFAIK the encoding attribute tells BIRT how the glyphs are mapped to numbers inside the font file, I think. So UTF-8 definitely cannot be correct.
I guess that on Windows it works anyway because the encoding attribute isn't considered.


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Can skin be kept from aging?
(Skin) Aging is a natural process and cannot be prevented. However, it is accelerated by a number of factors; and by controlling those factors we can delay the signs of aging. First of all dry skin tends to wrinkle earlier than well-hydrated skin.
Collagen is a protein that grants structure to our tissues. Free radicals, which are formed in our body, destroy this collagen. And overlong exposure to UV rays (sun) is one of the factors that increase these free radicals.
The same sun exposure is also responsible for age-spots or pigmentation too. Adding to this, a lower cell turnover rate, in aging skin, does not allow this damage to heal. And optimum skin care can well take care of these last two factors.
How does Gold help against skin's aging?
The most beneficial property of gold is that of being an anti-aging element. It stimulates the growth of new skin cells. Furthermore, it helps maintain the elasticity of the skin; by reducing the breakdown of elastin. It even improves the production of an essential protein of skin tissues, i.e. collagen. Finally, it prevents pigmentation and delays appearance of age-spots; as it slows down the melanin (darkening pigment) secretion.
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Last week I attended a premiere of a Czech movie "Miluji Te Modre" in Prague, having composed music for it. Here I am on the picture with a Czech musician Michael Foret, who also contributed to the film's score with a song. This was a lovely project for me to have worked on and I so enjoyed seeing the finished movie with my music in the cinema. Congratulations to the talented actors and the dedicated director. A special thanks to Tomas Krejci, my dear friend.
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Q: Mock the result of cursor.execute() when using cx_Oracle for unit testing I am writing unit tests for a python script. I am connecting to oracle DB with cx_Oracle and then running a select query. The script does different things base don whether the query returns any rows or not. My code is something like:
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        writer.writerow(headers)
        for row in cursor:
            writer.writerow(row)

I would like to patch the cursor.execute() method to return 0 rows.
I have tried the following by referring to a couple of answers here on SO. But I am getting the error:
TypeError: Need a valid target to patch. You supplied: 'cx_Oracle'

My test is as follows:
  @mock.patch('cx_Oracle')
  def test_invalid_data(self,mock_cx_Oracle):
    print("Starting test : Test with data file having size < 100000")
    mock_cursor = mock.MagicMock()
    mock_cursor.execute.return_value = []
    mock_cx_Oracle.connect.return_value.cursor.return_value.__enter__.return_value = mock_cursor

    with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as cm:
       dump_intexdb_n_load.main()
    self.assertEqual(cm.exception.code, 1)

How can I mock cursor.execute()?

A: You need to patch where the object is used, so if your tested module is called dump_intexdb_n_load.py, you should patch dump_intexdb_n_load.cx_Oracle.connect.
See more at https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html#where-to-patch .


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Intended for a Vase that is 7 and 1/2 inches tall or more, and is 1 and 3/4 inches in diameter.
I use a variation of a square stitch. This Lighthouse Bud Vase pattern is done in this style. The stitch I use is quicker and softer than Peyote or Brick stitch. The difference is that with Peyote and Brick stitch the beads are added one at a time and stacked like bricks, as the stitch implies. With my square stitch the beads are added four at a time and are stacked like loom work, one directly on top of the other. The square stitch I use is different and is also called an off loom stitch.