We would love to hear what you thought of 10 Amazing Muslims Touched By God.
Your book is phenomenal. I am a Christian since birth, and I do practice my Christianity, however your book enlightened me somehow about Islam and it deepened my belief in Jesus. May God bless you and support you in this rewarding mission.
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who shared their stories with us in this book. I am already a Christian who believes in Jesus, but the stories I just read touched my heart and strengthened my faith even more. I received this book a week ago and when I first saw it I was wondering how it even got into my mailbox. Then I saw the title "10 Amazing Muslims Touched By God". I took the book and placed it on my computer table asking myself why I would want to read anything about Muslims, but each time I tried to use my computer to study, this book kept showing up so I finally picked it up yesterday (2/2/13) and began to read it. To my surprise,when I started reading the book I couldn't put it down because the stories kept touching my heart one after the other and I began to cry as I kept reading some of the stories of how Jesus Himself appeared to you guys. When I finally put the book down, I was so amazed that I began calling family and friends to tell them what I just read and to my surprise, one of my friends told me she also received the book in her mail I told her go read it. MY NAME IS HANNAH SHEREF AND I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT I RECEIVED THIS BOOK AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME ENCOUNTER THAT YOU GUYS HAD WITH JESUS, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR STORIES.
I am an 11-year-old Christian. Your book was sent to us by mistake. After looking at the cover I was immediately interested. My parents have been trying to get me to read more non-fiction Christian books so when I got your book i knew that i had to read it. My favorite chapter is Chapter 4, Sold to the Bedouins, Bought by the King. After reading it I told my family what an amazing book it is. My mom is reading it to my brother and sister. After reading your book I realized that God does not only appear to Christians but appears when you open your heart to Him. I also realized how much Muslims and people of other religions need God.
I am a Christian who is married to a Shia Muslim. Your book arrived at our house addressed to my husband a few days ago. When I saw it, the first words off my lips were "Thank You, God." His name is Mohammad*, please pray that he will read it and come to know Christ. Thank you that God works through Canada Post.
Excellent outreach and brilliant way of presenting it on this site. I've just sent the link to the "Meet the People" section to many Muslim friends... will send their names along on your prayer site... Massive blessings and continued inspiration to you!
I received your book in my mailbox... For one moment I almost tore it up, thinking this was Muslim propaganda. Then I searched a little deeper. I plan to give this book to a Muslim that I work with. Hopefully she will get saved. Hopefully your organization will reach many of these people for Christ.
I've been reading your book, "10 Amazing Muslims Touched by God" and I must say am really happy that the Lord is in your life. I myself am a Christian and I know the Lord is amazing at touching people's hearts.
I received your book in the mail today, and have not been able to put it down. It truly is an amazing book. I'm Lebanese and practice Christianity. It seems to be, based from the letter that the book accompanied that you are aiming to reach the Muslim population. I'm grateful to have received it... Thanks, and God bless you for spreading the WORD through real testimonies.
Dear Faisal, thank you so much for your wonderful book. I could not put it down! I'd actually given it to my husband after having seen you with Sid Roth. My husband has yet to read it. But just now I sent a recommendation of it to the Telegraph after reading Christopher Howse's article "Can Muslims Pray with Christians?" in today's paper.
I am a Christian, Egyptian. I read the book today. I am so happy that you guys came back to Jesus, and with you and by you, we are very happy. The book is really amazing.
This book is encouraging and filled with truth. The stories told are expressed with such detail, to the point where I felt each story and actually saw myself in the story with the person. As a believer in Jesus Christ I learned a lot about Muslim beliefs and have more clarity and understanding of the hardships and difficulties that they face daily with family and friends. I have always respected the Muslims around me, but now, I feel as if I know them. Thank you brothers and sisters for writing this book. Glory be to God!
Thank you so much for writing this wonderful book, Faisal. I read it in 2 days and I am starting to read it again. It was so inspiring!
This book is about how God revealed Himself to the Muslims, through dreams, visions and other means. God is faithful and will reveal Himself to us and our families also.
I cried so much reading the book. Human beings should not suffer so much in vain. This book will be a blessing to all mankind in search for freedom.
This book has definitely changed me. Reading the stories of these ten amazing muslims has opened my eyes. Every story was told in such a way that I could almost sense the problems these people were facing and that each and everyone of them came out on the other side. Very, very fascinating. I love this book and I highly recommend it.
This book contains incredible stories of people who had encounters with God that we don't often hear happening about the Muslim people. I love the way the book provided riveting details like I was witnessing the events happening. I had no doubt while reading people's testimonies that these were indeed true encounters with the living God! I believe no one who had no knowledge of Jesus, much less faith in Him, could make up these stories nor openly share them with others unless they were true. The commentary at the end of each chapter helps readers understand where the person in the story is coming from and how the touch of God has radically changed his or her life.
I could only get through one chapter at a time. I had to stop and think with every story. Each story is real, not fiction. To think of what Muslims go through and how the fingerprint of God is so evident in their lives. It is not about religion, it is about the God who loves people! I recommend this book to anyone who is searching for God and not a religion, who knows religion but needs God. It is an easy read; my heart has been changed forever. Thank you for writing this book and being so vulnerable about your lives, I know it comes with a price and does not go unnoticed.
The message of the book is clear: God loves the Muslims so much that He would choose to reveal Himself to them through dreams, visions and supernatural encounters. "10 Amazing Muslims Touched By God" will definitely touch you if you are a Muslim. And if you have Muslim friends, get them a copy of this book. This book is timely because there is so much negativity surrounding Muslims, especially in media these days, that you would think they were the enemy. They are not. God doesn't think so. They are God's children through Abraham, just as Jews and Christians are. I have a lot of Muslim friends and they are beautiful, loving people. And they are hungry for God the Father.


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El Páramo de Sumapaz es el páramo más grande del mundo. Está situado en la provincia del Sumapaz, en el departamento de Cundinamarca y la localidad de Sumapaz del Distrito Capital, en Colombia. Fue declarado Parque Nacional Natural en 1977.

Características generales

El páramo tiene una extensión de 333.420 hectáreas. Es una de las fuentes hídricas más importantes del país. Dentro de su ecosistema habitan osos de anteojos, venados, águila y cóndores, además de otras especies.

Aloja gran cantidad de lagunas todas ellas de origen glacial. Entre ellas destacan: lagunas de Boca Grande, laguna de Chisacá, laguna Larga, laguna la Guitarra, laguna el Cajón, kaguna del Nevado. Adicionalmente, alberga uno de los picos más altos en las cercanías de la capital el Cerro Nevado del Sumapaz con una altura de 4,306 km. Hace parte de las 64 áreas naturales protegidas pertenecientes al Sistema de Parques Nacionales Naturales (SPNN).

Historia

El páramo de Sumapaz fue considerado como un lugar de amor para los aborígenes muisca. Fue asociado con las fuerzas sagradas de la creación y el origen del hombre y la mujer, un dominio donde los humanos no deben entrar.

Durante el siglo XVI, el aventurero y conquistador alemán Nikolaus Federmann condujo una expedición desde Coro, cruzando el Sumapaz por la cuenca alta del río Ariari, buscando el mítico tesoro de El Dorado. Durante el paso por el páramo, murieron españoles e indígenas, así como caballos, de frío. El lugar fue nombrado por los españoles "País de la Niebla" a causa de las densas nubes a nivel superficial, que generan una gran disminución en la visibilidad.

En 1783, José Celestino Mutis lideró la Expedición Botánica, con el propósito de estudiar la flora y fauna de la región. Sin embargo, el páramo no fue visitado por sus difíciles condiciones climáticas. El naturalista Alexander Von Humboldt hizo la primera descripción del páramo y de las plantas locales en 1801. Él describió la presencia de valles glaciales y asoció las características de la región con aquellas observadas en la geomorfología alpina.

Durante los inicios del siglo 20, el naturalista español José Cuatrecasas realizó importantes investigaciones del páramo. Otros científicos que describieron y estudiaron el páramo de Sumapaz fueron el colombiano Ernesto Guhl Nimtz, quien llevó a cabo una investigación de casi tres décadas sobre las comunidades vegetales, y Thomas van der Hammen. Fue un corredor estratégico durante el conflicto armado interno en Colombia.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
Ciudad Viva. Sumapaz: el más grande páramo del mundo, es una importante localidad de Bogotá.Por Otty Patiño del Observatorio de Culturas. Fotografías de Guillermo Angulo.
 Colombianparadise.com Páramo de Sumapaz – Cundinamarca.

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A collection of easy scores for orchestras of recorders and other instruments, meant for ensamble music in schools and for amateur ensemble. Enter the site and see for yourself how easy it is to set up your own orchestra!
Musicamedia-Simba section provides musical scores for schools, bands & others various ensembles.
Sleeping Beauty is a cartoon produced by Walt Disney, released on January 29, 1959, based on the fairytale of Charles Perrault "La Belle au bois dormant". The soundtrack is an adaptation of the music by Tchaikovsky for the ballet "The Sleeping Beauty" of which the song "Once upon a dream" resumes N. 6 Waltz, with the ending modified by the composer Sammy Fain. The text is by Jack Lawrence.
"(The) Mickey Mouse (Club) March", is the opening theme for The Mickey Mouse Club television show, which aired in the United States from October 1955 to 1959, on the ABC television network. The song was written by the Mickey Mouse Club host Jimmie Dodd and was published by Hal Leonard Corporation, July 1, 1955. Dodd, who was a guitarist and musician hired by Walt Disney as a songwriter.
Caresse sur l'océan (A caress on the ocean) is one of the songs of the movie Les Choristes directed by Christophe Barratier in 2004. Music is by Bruno Coulais, the words are by Christophe Barratier himself.
Jesus Christ you are my life by Marco Frisina, 2001, was the song-symbol of the days of Tor Vergata (Rome), on the 15th World Youth Day, in the presence of Pope John Paul II. On that occasion it was repeatedly performed in full voice, contributing to building an emotionally very engaging atmosphere.
"Heigh-Ho" is a song from Walt Disney's 1937 animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, written by Frank Churchill (music) and Larry Morey (lyrics). The melodic theme for "Heigh-Ho" might have been inspired by Robert Schumann's composition for piano "The Happy Farmer, Returning From Work" from his 1848 work Album for the Young, Opus 68.
Nel blu dipinto di blu (literally "In the blue that is painted blue"), popularly known as "Volare" (meaning "To fly"), is a song recorded by Italian singer-songwriter Domenico Modugno. Written by Franco Migliacci and Domenico Modugno, it was released as a single on 1 February 1958.
Nella Fantasia (In fantasy) is a song based on the musical part of Gabriel's Oboe, with text by Chiara Ferraù, written for Sarah Brightman's albums Eden and La Luna (The Moon).
The Capriccio n. 24 in A minor is the last of the 24 Caprices for solo violin written by Niccolo Paganini in 1817. It has a theme, eleven variations and a finale.
It is considered as one of the pieces more difficult ever written for violin only, and has been the subject of numerous transcripts by subsequent composers. And now there's also the version in the bubbling MusicamediaSimba transcription of Maestro Nino Bisceglie.
The Neapolitan song " Saint Lucia " was written by Teodoro Cottrau in 1849. The verses of the song celebrating the picturesque appearance of the seaside neighborhood of Saint Lucia, sung by a boatman who invites for a ride on his boat, the better to enjoy the cool of the evening. The song written in Neapolitan had limited success: the popularity turned her back to the original verses in dialect, so that the same thought Cottrau to a version in Italian, with texts by Enrico Cossovich, transforming it in the first Neapolitan song idiom translated Dante. The renewed composition immediately became a national hit, knowing a triumph that the projected soon out of the peninsula. Even today it is found in the musical repertoires of the best singers in the world.
Look and listen demos at italian folk song page.
Look and listen mp3 & pdf demos at Pop page.
Schindler's List is a 1993 film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel The list of Schindler by Thomas Keneally and based on the true story of Oskar Schindler. The soundtrack of the film, by John Williams, won an Academy Award, a BAFTA and a BMI Film Music Award; the film won a Grammy Award for best instrumental composition for film music.
It is now available in the Maestro Bisceglie's transcription for s.i.m. (schools with classes of musical instrument, with variable intrumentation and adaptable to almost any combination of instruments).
Look and listen mp3 & pdf demos at Cinema page.
Hatikvah is the Israeli national anthem. The text of Naftali Herz Imber (1856-1909), written in 1877, expresses the hope of the Jewish people to return one day in the land of their ancestors, as prophesied in the Bible. The melody was adapted in 1888 by Samuel Cohen (1870-1940), based on the music of the late Renaissance theme song "La Mantovana" (also known as Dance of Mantua or "Fuggi fuggi fuggi"). After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Hatikva became the de facto national anthem. It was officially proclaimed the national anthem of the State of Israel only in November 2004.
We publish two more brilliant transcriptions of Maestro Bisceglie of songs from Disney cartoons.
"Arabian Nights" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film Aladdin, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman.
Look and listen mp3 & pdf demos at Disney page.
"Prince Ali" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film Aladdin, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman.
"A Whole New World" is a song from Disney's 1992 animated feature film Aladdin, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Tim Rice.
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is a song from Disney's 1994 animated film The Lion King composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice.
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" (also called "The Magic Song") is a novelty song, written in 1949 by Al Hoffman, Mack David, and Jerry Livingston. It was introduced in the 1950 film Cinderella, performed by actress Verna Felton.
"A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" is a song written and composed by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston for the Walt Disney film Cinderella (1950). In the song Cinderella (as sung by Ilene Woods) encourages her animal friends to never stop dreaming, and that theme continues throughout the entire story. The theme of the song was taken from Franz Liszt's Etude No. 9 Ricordanza of the Transcendental Etudes.
"Hakuna matata" is a Swahili phrase; roughly translated, it means "no worries". It is formed by the words hakuna (there is not here) and matata (plural form of problem). The phrase has been popularized by its use in The Lion King.
Circle of life is part of the soundtrack of the film The Lion King , 1994. The music is by Elton John, the words are by Tim Rice. In the film is the opening song, sung by Carmen Twillie.
"Napule è" (Napoli is) is a song written and performed by Pino Daniele , was added as the opening track of his debut album Terra mia (My Land) (1977). The lyrics speak of the contradictions and the difficult reality of Naples and the feeling of indifference and resignation for this situation.
Musicamedia Simba publishes the transcription of famous Libertango, by Astor Piazzolla, for musical band.
"Beauty and the Beast" is already present in band version and now M° Bisceglie gives us a magnificient version for s.i.m. (schools with classes of musical instrument, with variable intrumentation and adaptable to almost any combination of instruments).
Rossini wrote "The Barber of Seville" in a few days, between the end of 1815 and February of 1816, when it was performed at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. Symphony original has been lost, and since the first replies Rossini replaced it with the one written in 1813 for the Aureliano in Palmira (already reused even in Queen Elizabeth of England 1815).
El Cóndor Pasa (The Condor Passes) is an orchestral musical piece from the zarzuela El Cóndor Pasa by the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles, written in 1913 and based on traditional Andean folk tunes. In 2004, Peru declared this song as part of the national cultural heritage.
Amarcord is the main theme of the soundtrack written by Nino Rota for the eponymous film by Federico Fellini, 1973.
When You Wish Upon a Star is a song appeared in the film Pinocchio (1940), with text composed by Ned Washington and music by Leigh Harline, originally sung by Cliff Edwards. In 1941 he won the Academy Award asr Best Song.
"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is a song written by Johnny Marks based on the 1939 story Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer published by the Montgomery Ward Company (Wikipedia). It is now available in the Maestro Bisceglie's transcription for s.i.m. (schools with classes of musical instrument, with variable intrumentation and adaptable to almost any combination of instruments).
"Greensleeves" is now available in the Maestro Bisceglie's transcription for band and s.i.m. (schools with classes of musical instrument, with variable intrumentation and adaptable to almost any combination of instruments).
"La gatta" (The cat) is an autobiographical song written, performed and published in 1960 by Gino Paoli.
The song "Montagne verdi" (Green Mountains) was presented by Marcella Bella to Song Festival of Sanremo in 1972. It obtained the 7th place in the standings, but sold over half a million copies.
"Smooth" is a collaboration between Latin rock band Santana and Rob Thomas of the rock group Matchbox Twenty. The song was written by Thomas, DeGaetano and Itaal Shur, sung by Thomas, and produced by Matt Serletic. It won three Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Not only was it the final number-one Hot 100 hit of the 1990s, it was also the number-two Hot 100 hit of the 20th century. Smooth is the only song to appear on two decade-end Billboard charts. As of 2013, "Smooth" is ranked the second most successful song of all time by Billboard.
"More (Theme from Mondo Cane)" is a film score song written by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero for the 1962 film Mondo Cane (Dog's World, or as the soundtrack album states, "a world gone to the dogs").
Originally composed as an instrumental and titled "Ti guarderò nel cuore", lyrics were later provided by Marcello Ciorciolini, which were adapted into English by Norman Newell. At that point, "Theme from Mondo Cane" became "More". "More" is one of Ortolani's most acclaimed and influential works. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 36th Academy Awards in 1963.(From Wikipedia).
"Over the Rainbow" is now available in the Maestro Bisceglie's transcription for band.


Come join us for another fantastic evening of fun and entertainment on Saturday September 30th from 4-9pm on Main Street. There will be stilt walkers, fire dancers, jugglers, kids zone, craft and product vendors, food trucks and more.
New this year is a dunk tank and back by popular demand, Bob's Tommy & Friends Train.
Pi Brick Oven Trattoria will be hosting the Beer Garden serving Harpoon beer and cider.
Music by About Gladys and to top off the evening another beautiful Fireworks display!


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Richard Crompton
In a corrupt system, can one man make a difference?
How do you punish a detective who challenges the corrupt elite? Send him to Hell. Detective Mollel has been stationed in a beaten-up town on the edge of Hell's Gate National Park. He hasn't been there long before he senses his new colleagues might have something to hide. And when a body is found in the nearby lake, he realises the local police could be involved in more than just extortion and bribery. But in Hell, nothing is ever as it seems . . .
'A compulsive whodunnit set in Kenya, where tribal politics can get you killed' Ian Rankin on the first Detective Mollel novel, THE HONEY GUIDE
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 20 APR 2015
The jaw-dropping opening of Crompton's outstanding second Detective Mollel novel (after 2013's Hour of the Red God) finds the honest Nairobi cop, a Maasai, in prison, surrounded by hostile inmates. When the criminal who runs the prison, Mdosi, summons Mollel to his private room and asks why his men on the outside keep disappearing, their meeting ends in violence. A guard hears a disturbance and catches the detective red-handed, holding a bloody shard of glass and standing over Mdosi's body. A flashback presents the events of the previous week. In doing his job too well by solving a prostitute's murder, Mollel has outraged "some of the most powerful people in the city." His boss demotes and transfers him, literally, to Hell, a small town near Kenya's Hell's Gate national park. Greeted with suspicion by the corrupt local police force, Mollel ends up on a twisted path that leads to his incarceration. Crompton effectively integrates Maasai culture into the absorbing plot. Agency: William Morris Endeavor (U.K.).
More Books by Richard Crompton
The Honey Guide
Night Runners
Las puertas del infierno
La Fiancée massaï
Hell's Gate Mord in Kenia
La hora del Dios Rojo

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Hello, nice to meet you all! My name is Lina, and I'll be traveling from Los Angeles, CA. I was born in Iraq and lived in England before moving to the United States. Because I don't have the privilege of finding "home" in the country where I was born, I get the privilege of considering the whole world my home. I have briefly spent time around the Himalayas before and am looking forward to visiting Nepal for the first time : ).
I graduated from law school in 2014 and have been a lawyer for the last 3+ years. I love music and love to sing. I began studying kung fu earlier this year and appreciate its lessons for my mind and body. I deeply enjoy the nourishing effects of tea, incense, calligraphy, and meditation, so was very excited to read our itinerary : )!!
Looking forward to seeing our instructors and fellow travelers in person soon.


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Secondhand smoke: Nations producing less greenhouse gas most vulnerable to climate change
Conversely, nations that produce most greenhouse gases less vulnerable
Study shows "enormous global inequality" between emitters versus impacted nations
Countries like U.S., Canada, Russia, and China are climate "free riders," which dis-incentivizes mitigating their emissions
Problem will worsen in coming decades
NEW YORK (EMBARGOED UNTIL FRIDAY, FEBRUAY 5TH 5:00 A.M. USET) – A new study by University of Queensland and WCS shows a dramatic global mismatch between nations producing the most greenhouse gases and the ones most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
The study shows that the highest emitting countries are ironically the least vulnerable to climate change effects such as increased frequency of natural disasters, changing habitats, human health impacts, and industry stress.
Those countries emitting the least amount of greenhouse gases are most vulnerable.
The majority of the most vulnerable countries are African and Small Island States. These countries are exposed to serious environmental change such as oceanic inundation or desertification. They are also generally the least developed nations, having few resources available to cope with these issues.
"There is an enormous global inequality in which those countries most responsible for causing climate change are the least vulnerable to its effects," said lead author Glenn Althor of University of Queensland. "It is time that this persistent and worsening climate inequity is resolved, and for the largest emitting countries to act."
"This is like a non-smoker getting cancer from second-hand smoke, while the heavy smokers continue to puff away. Essentially we are calling for the smokers to pay for the health care of the non-smokers they are directly harming," said co-author James Watson of University of Queensland and WCS.
The study found that 20 of the 36 highest emitting countries – including the U.S. Canada, Australia, China, and much of Western Europe – were least vulnerable. Eleven of the 17 countries with low to moderate emissions were most vulnerable to climate change. Most were found in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The authors say the finding acts as a disincentive for high-emitting "free-rider" countries to mitigate their emissions.
The number of acutely vulnerable countries will worsen by 2030 say the authors as climate change related pressures such as droughts, floods, biodiversity loss and disease mount.
"The recent Paris agreement was a significant step forward in global climate negotiations" said study co-author Richard Fuller. "There now needs to be meaningful mobilization of these policies, to achieve national emissions reductions while helping the most vulnerable countries adapt to climate change".
The study appears today in the journal Scientific Reports.
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Neanderthal-like features in 450,000-year-old fossil teeth from the Italian Peninsula
Teeth of Homo antecessor shed light on trends in Pleistocene hominin dental evolution
Evolution: Genetics doesn't matter much in forming society
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Is adenosine the missing link in restless leg syndrome?
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Coral reefs near equator less affected by ocean warming


Each question is answered, it will open a piece of the picture.
1.What is a carbon footprint?
Carbon footprint is about the negative effect we have on the environment.
Using it is polluting and harmful.
It has many in Quang Ninh province.
It puts on the roof at home to catch the sunshine.
This is an activity of students when they go to school.
How do students go to school?
Exercise 1: Answer the questions below with a number from 1 to 4 .
A: How often do you take showers instead of baths ?
Exercise 2: Add up each other's answers, and look up the score below.Then explain how well your partner saves energy.
Your footprint is small. You are really environmentally friendly .
Your footprint is quite small. Remember to care about and respect, the world around you.
Your footprint is quite big. You do some things to save energy, but there's always room for improvement.
Exercise 3: Talk about your partner's carbon footprint to your group. Use the following prompts.
My partner's carbon footprint is ……….because she …………………….……………………………….....… By ….....………..., she can help to………………..
Watch the video and discuss!
What can we do to save energy at school as well as at home?


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I guess that could be true also but it could be all sorts of things really his mental state current life goals many factors to consider. Asker Why aren't you answering more people's comments, if you actually want an answer to this? Share Facebook. Guys, why would a single man turn down a potential relationship with an attractive woman? Add Opinion. There are man reasons. Attractive does NOT mean quality.
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People who aren't in relationships are turning to dating apps for social connection and moving straight from text chats to phone and video calls - things that might usually only come after in-person dates. Bumble saw a 93 percent increase in video chat and voice call usage from March Match Group, which owns Tinder and Hinge, has also reported increased activity among existing users, particularly those under 30, and plans to roll out new video chat features soon.
Sep 23, � He could be gay, he could have feelings for someone else, he could be at a point in his life where he doesn't want a relationship, he could be a nervous wreck around pretty girls and can't handle the anxiety, maybe he doesn't find her as attractive as you think she is, maybe he has an STD and its waiting until it clears up, maybe he's completely unaware that he's overlooking a potential.
The outbreak has even led to the creation of a new dating app, Quarantine Together, which launched in late March. The app texts users a daily reminder to wash their hands and physically distance. Talia Goldstein, a matchmaker and founder of Three Day Rule, introduced virtual matchmaking three weeks ago.
Anna Escher, 29, also lives in San Francisco and has been more active since the ordinance. Address it as soon as you have the chance.
Remember, it takes a lot of courage to approach someone, especially in person. Neil Clark Warren, founder of eHarmony, suggests you show them the same respect you would want if the tables were turned.
What necessary dating turned down question interesting, too
Always keep your tone in mind, stay calm and be gentle, while you also make sure you still sound assured. It comes down to what you say and how you say it. Lastly, keep the situation to yourself.
Here are some examples:. Only this way, nobody is getting nearly as hurt.
Dating turned down
After being rejected, the door is sometimes not yet fully closed and prone to be opened by the slightest friendly action. Let him be. As dating expert Christie Hartman, Ph.
If most of your dating interactions happen online, things can be a lot different.
I'd talk to him and try to get some answers. Xper 5. Have you ever heard the saying beauty is only skin deep that explains the whole situation if the guy is handsome or the girl is pretty but total scum under the surface evil, conniving, hateful, backstabbing, disloyal, dishonest, untrustworthy why would you wanna be with him no matter how good looking they are the only people that would think that they deserve someone just because they look good is a narcissist.
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GavinM Xper 1. Because being pretty doesn't make a woman special, same with men. In some cases, pretty women can be nasty bitches, selfish and up themselves.
Of course I would date a pretty women, but only if she is on the same lever as myself. She would need to be nice and used common sense. One girl liked me, but I didn't like her attitude and when I turned her down.
She then showed her ugly true self.
Probably because the guy is mature and has a practical approach towards life. Physical attraction is transient which fades sooner than you realize.
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I don't like her personality. She's attractive to me.
There are a lot of reasons it's not all about looks. That single man might be happy living the single life. No one to answer to, nor responsibilities outside of his profession.
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On New Year's Eve in Cologne, Germany, hundreds of women reported being sexually assaulted. I, along with many other people, heard about this and was quite disgusted. It was uncertain as to what would happen to these women and if, when the perpetrators were identified, what would the punishment be. Unfortunately, for them, no one will be held accountable for these actions. When I found this out, I was completely shocked because I know in the United States, for the most part, people are reprimanded for their sexual assault actions. I chose to look more into this topic and here is what I found.
Chantal Louis, an editor at Emma, one of Germany's oldest feminist magazines, says, "the German law accepts that a man generally has the right to touch a woman, to have sexual intercourse with a woman. It's his right unless the woman shows her resistance very, very strongly." In the logic of German law, if touching of a woman's breasts or vagina happens quickly, the law will not punish the perpetrator because the victim did not have enough time to resist the action. As far as the law is concerned, the issue is not verbal consent. The law requires that there be a "threat of imminent danger to life and limb." That is, if a woman, or any person for that matter, cannot prove with their body (with bruises or other injuries) that they fought back, then the assault is not a crime. In Die Zeit, a German newspaper, a male German defense lawyer reported, "a woman must carry her 'no' through. We [men] can hardly know with a simple 'no,' whether she really means it." According to national statistics, "between 7,000 and 8,000 rapes are reported every year." BFF, a national association of women's help groups based in Berlin, believes these numbers only represent 5% of the real number of cases. BFF also states, "only 13% of rape cases result in convictions." One possible explanation for this is the law's limitations.
Interestingly enough, in German workplace it is clear that "it's not OK for someone to touch you, to try to kiss you, to lay a hand on your back." This is called "sexual harassment at the workplace" and every women and man knows it is unacceptable. Heike Lütgart, a criminologist and career police officer with decades of experience investigating gender-based violence, says that not having a law outside of the workforce is a tremendous problem for women because they do not realize that they do not have this protection.
After reading about the laws in Germany surrounding sexual assault, I became curious about how the three most populated countries handled sexual assault. In China, they recently overturned a law that "mandated a more lenient punishment for men who had sex with girls under the age of 14 if they could 'prove' that they paid the girl for sex." There is now a heavy mandatory penalty for this crime with the highest punishment being the death penalty. India passed a new Anti-Rape bill in April of 2013. This bill includes crimes such as acid violence, stalking, and voyeurism. Attackers can be charged anywhere between 14 years in prison to the death sentence for extreme cases. The bill states that even if the victim does not physically struggle, that does not constitute as consent. Unfortunately, marital rape is still legal, but the age of consent was raised from 16 to 18.
I then looked at the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 30 percent of U.S. women experience some kind of unwanted sexual contact in their lifetime. The Model Penal code, the go-to documents for lawmakers rewriting their criminal laws, still allows for men to rape their wives, but this "marital exemption" has been outlawed in all 50 states since the 1990s. It was not until about the middle of the 20th century that victims needed to prove their chastity for their cases to be taken seriously. In the United States, forty-three states and the District of Columbia specify that unwanted sexual contact is prohibited. Five states have laws prohibiting battery, public indecency or "lewd and lascivious" behavior. Mississippi and Idaho, on the other hand, do not have "criminal laws that clearly forbid unwanted sexual touching such as groping and fondling." In 2013, Mississippi's Democratic state Republic Kimberly Campbell proposed a bill to create a misdemeanor crime called "indecent assault." This bill would handle adult fondling cases, which could prevent future crimes by stopping the act early. The bill died due to the fact the bill was too vague with the explanation of intent and opponents feared that the bill could "criminalize accidental touching or bumping." On the other hand, there has been an indecent assault law in Pennsylvania since the 1970s. Deputy District Attorney Janet Necessary says that she takes several dozen of these cases a year. Her office has used this law to prosecute cases involving supervisors who have sexually harassed their workers in a physical way.


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Q: A last-seen time label added to questions to foster OP votes and accepts? On several SE sites, a recurring issue is a low rate of upvoted or accepted answers by the OP. Some just pop up for a question, reappear in the SE site seldomly, and do not bother marking answers appropriately.
If I understand concerns about the "last-seen" time label regarding spying at work, once the last-seen date exists on the profile page, I wonder whether this information  could appear close to, or be added  to the "asked" information below the question:

Such a last-seen mark could be a good incentive to remind OP to vote for answers to your own question, and could tell people who answered whether the OP really is interested in promoting good answers... or not.

A: Morally no. Logically no.
It doesn't take much time and effort to select the OP's profile and see for yourself the last time they were on SE. Anyways, the OP may not even have the privilege to vote up (10 rep). Thus forcing the OP to vote is definitely not a good idea, especially when they prefer not to for their own reasons. Users should only vote when they want to, not when they are under constant peer pressure because of this feature.
Anyways, if the OP isn't going to return for a long time, it is more likely the OP won't even realize there is such a feature. Unfortunately, most new users don't quite understand a lot of SE at first (struggles to deal with downvotes, what in the world is the accept, I have a profile page?!!) so a small feature like this will probably go unnoticed for now.
The above makes the logical sense of me say no. Now here comes the morals-ish part. As stated above, peer pressure isn't acceptable. Especially when it comes down to that nice upvote and that all so precious accept. Users have said for ages, DO NOT FORCE OTHERS TO UPVOTE OR ACCEPT ANSWERS (the all-caps is just for emphasis). Now to deal with your counter-arguments (yes I am quite thorough with this answer):

Basically, when a question is answered, and at least one answer seems good, and not accepted, and one sees the OP does not come back, there is little incentive to improve the answers.

You can receive badges for editing other users' answers (don't edit or do anything just for the badges) passively, users do appreciate editors, and did you forget the hundreds to thousands to maybe millions of users that can view and vote on the answers? The accept shows the OP's favorite answer. The vote count technically help show the community's favorite answer... ish.
So why do we answer in the first place? To answer the OP's problem and hopefully others. And when it does appropriately, users can receive positive feedback from the community through voting, bounties, and comments. So incentive isn't a problem. Anyways, we do have Tenacious and Unsung Hero for those left behind...

...could tell people who answered whether the OP is interested in promoting good answers or not.

If you are answering a question, you have to make a good, nice-quality answer to be positively received by the community and the OP. You shouldn't be lazy and create a short, non-detailed answer. The OP anyways isn't here to promote good answers, the OP is here to receive good answers because that is a reason why you join a Q/A site in the first place.

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Someone told me Buddha copied almost everything from Brahmanism, how accurate is that?
I am fairly new to the Dhamma and this site specifically. I was told by an Indian person that dyana (meditation) was a part of a yoga system which became zen in china, dharma became dhamma, most of Buddhists texts are sutras, ideas of reincarnation, maya (phenomenon), nirvana, samaddhi, sat (truth), chitta (conciousness), daya (compassion), ahinsa are all Hindu themes reinterpreted.
How much did Sakyamuni reinterpreted on Brahmanism and how much is disinformed?
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Is "Brahim" is mis-spelling for something, or is it a real word? Did you mean "Brahmin", for example? – ChrisW♦ Apr 10 '18 at 9:19
Dyana meditation is basically keeping your focus on one object. Various forms of it can be found in many religions. There's nothing exceptional about it. Even christians/muslims praying to a God is a type of concentration meditation that could lead to the first Dyana. In that case, the object of focus is conceptual or fictional.
In Buddhism also you can find types of Dyana meditations as they are useful methods of developing concentration and subduing defilements. But what makes Buddhism exceptional is Vipassana meditation. This meditation is not found in any other religion. Then there are so many unique teachings like the four noble truths, the noble eightfold path, most of the teachings in the sutta, abhidhamma, vinaya pitakas that amount to 84,000 teachings.
So if someone claims that the Buddha copied almost everything from Yoga, it only speaks of his lack of knowledge in Buddhism.
if I'm right even bodhisathwa learned all "rupa jhana" and "arupa jhana" from different teacher. Those jhana existed even before lord Buddha. Lord Buddha found Vipasana meditation on his own. As you have mentioned in your answer I don't think it's not available in any other religion. – Joe Apr 11 '18 at 8:10
The Bodhisatta attained the first jhana on his own when he was a child. Yes he learnt Arupa jhana from 2 masters. – Sankha Kulathantille Apr 11 '18 at 8:53
Yes I have heard about it. But when in rupa jhana, there are 4 jhanas. As I know Bodhisatta learnt about other three at least from another teacher. I think its the first teacher – Joe Apr 11 '18 at 10:04
Sorry for asking to do something in comment. I tried to ask a question. When I looked for a tag as "Buddhism" there wasn't anything like that. But there were several tags as tibetian buddhism, chinese buddhism etc. As I believe there are no such things. Only Buddhism exist. You have reputation needed to create a tag. So, please create a tag as buddhism or theravada buddhism. – Joe Apr 11 '18 at 11:08
congratulation and grateful for giving such answer. – Anchal Kate Jun 15 '18 at 9:16
Prior to the Buddha (born 563 or 480 BCE), was the historical Vedic religion (1750 - 500 BCE), followed by the shramanic movement (500 - 200 BCE), and the beginnings of the Upanishadic movement within Hinduism (500 - 200 BCE). Buddhism is also considered to be part of the shramanic movement. Vedanta came later as part of Classical Hinduism (200 BCE - 1100 CE). You can find this information here.
Prince Gautama, after leaving home, followed the shramanic traditions which were based on asceticism. Jainism was one of the major shramanic traditions at the time. The Pali Canon (DN2) has descriptions of various shramanic teachings at the time (Pūraṇa Kassapa, Makkhali Gosāla, Ajita Kesakambalī, Pakudha Kaccāyana, Sanjaya Belatthiputta and Mahavira). These teachings may or may not be compatible with the Vedic religion at the time.
Gautama tried to follow the different teachings at the time (Vedic and shramanic teachings) and found that it did not lead to the goal that he sought. And you know the rest of the story of how he found enlightenment and started teaching.
Hindu religious scholars today like to do two things. The first is to place all these different groups under the umbrella of Hinduism, sometimes including religions that do not accept the authority of the Vedas like Buddhism and Jainism, but sometimes not. This is often used to generalize that all concepts in Hinduism today are older than Buddhism, when in fact, not all concepts in today's Hinduism come from the ancient Vedic religion. On the other hand, Buddhist scholars tend to describe Classical Hinduism as "Hinduism", while they describe the Vedic religion as "Brahmanism".
By grouping everything together, the Hindu religious scholars hide the fact that Buddhism (and other shramanic schools) had indeed influenced Vedanta and Classical Hinduism. It is well known that the founders of Advaita Vedanta including Gaudapada and Adi Shankara, were influenced by Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna's Mula-madhyamaka-karika and Buddhism. This can be seen in Hinduism.SE questions here and here.
The second thing that Hindu religious scholars like to do is misrepresent the age of a scripture. The Brahma Sutras or Vedanta Sutras which includes criticism of Buddhism (see this question) is claimed to be much older than the Buddha by Hindu religious scholars (see here). Meanwhile, in the Wikipedia article on this text, we can see that most historians and academic philosophers have the opinion that the Brahma Sutras or Vedanta Sutras come at least two centuries after the Buddha. The same applies to other Hindu texts like the Bhagavad Gita and certain Upanishads (Kena, Katha, Isa, Svetasvatara, Mundaka, Prasna, Mandukya), according to the timeline of Hindu texts.
This again shows that many writings that come after the Buddha, would most likely have experienced influence from the Buddha's teachings, but would be misrepresented by Hindu religious scholars as being far older than the Buddha.
While the ancient Vedic religion was based mainly on sacrifice and worship to the Vedic gods, I would guess that ideas like dhyana and samadhi come from the shramanic movement, which include ascetics who may or may not accept the authority of the Vedas. It is also likely that shramanic ascetics may have influenced each other, just as the Buddha learned some things from other teachers like Alara Kalama and Uddaka Ramaputta, although they did not achieve the Buddha's level of enlightenment before the Buddha did. It is well known that the Buddha discovered Vipassana meditation but not Samatha meditation (see this answer). Samatha meditation existed before the Buddha's time.
Apart from that, there are also other concepts that are simply common human themes that can be found in many cultures around the world, or are common words found in many languages. Examples include karuna (compassion), atma or atta (self), maitri or metta (friendliness).
Here are some major doctrinal differences between Buddhism and Classical Hinduism:
The middle way between eternalism and annihilationism (Hinduism subscribes to eternalism of the self) - see this answer
The self is not eternal, not standalone and not independent - see this answer, and SN44.10, and contrast with Hindu BG2.24
The self or soul does not pervade the body (unlike the Hindu BG2.17) - see SN35.85
There is no Supreme God (unlike Hinduism) - see this answer
The self or soul does not transmigrate (unlike Hindu BG2.22) - see this answer
Warriors dying on the battlefield while performing their duty do not go to heavan after death according to SN42.3 (unlike Hindu BG2.32)
Lay people eating meat that was bought dead and frozen from the supermarket is not sinful - see this answer
Centuries after the Buddha's passing, the development of Buddhism and Hinduism did influence each other. As discussed in this answer, later on, Buddhist and Hindu philosophy influenced each other to produce Advaita Vedanta and Indian Mahayana Buddhist philosophy. Also, Tibetan Buddhism have adopted some Hindu deities. On the other hand, there has also been debates in later times between Hindu and Buddhist scholars (see this question).
It must be clear that the Buddha's unique contributions that cannot be found in Hinduism and other religions, are anatta, vipassana, dependent origination (pratityasamutpada) and the middle way between eternalism and annihilationism (see this answer).
Furthermore, anatta is the irreconciliable difference between Buddhism and Hinduism, as stated by eminent German indologist Professor Helmuth von Glasenapp in his essay "Vedanta and Buddhism: A Comparative Study":
Nothing shows better the great distance that separates the Vedanta and the teachings of the Buddha, than the fact that the two principal concepts of Upanishadic wisdom, Atman and Brahman, do not appear anywhere in the Buddhist texts, with the clear and distinct meaning of a "primordial ground of the world, core of existence, ens realissimum (true substance)," or similarly.
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Do we have a list of scriptures mentioned by Gautam Buddha? – Mr.Sigma. Jun 22 '19 at 14:15
Do you mean Hindu scriptures or Buddhist scriptures? – ruben2020 Jun 30 '19 at 3:04
Yeah, I mean Hindu scriptures. – Mr.Sigma. Jul 2 '19 at 7:48
The Buddha mentioned Three Vedas in the Canki Sutta, presumably the Rg Veda, Yajur Veda and Sama Veda. The other Hindu scriptures were probably non-existent during his time. – ruben2020 Jul 7 '19 at 16:31
@ruben2020 well-done answer, this has helped clear up a lot for me. :) – user16793 Nov 25 '19 at 5:11
Someone (I forget who -- Paul Carus perhaps) drew an analogy with Christianity -- saying that Buddhism is a reformation of Brahmanism, like Christianity is a reformation of Judaism.
In my opinion, the doctrines might seem similar superficially, in that they inevitably have some words in common -- a common language or vocabulary, the vernacular. If Christianity and Judaism both use the word "God", here you say that Buddhism and Hinduism both use the word "mind". I don't understand that to mean that it's "copied" though. If I paint an original picture, and you paint an original picture, and we both use the same paints -- we're both using the same paints (the same words) to create our pictures, but that doesn't mean that we're copying each other's pictures.
dyana (meditation)
Forms of meditation were practised in China too at about that period -- without I think being copied from Hinduism.
I don't assume it (meditation) is specifically "Hindu" rather than "human".
Sakyamuni did study under other contemporary teachers, before he attained enlightenment -- he found their teachings insufficient, though.
dharma became dhamma
It's a very general word, meaning something like "doctrine" or "reality" or "the way things are".
Every doctrine has (or is) dhamma, by the definition of the word, that doesn't mean they're copied from each other.
ideas of reincarnation
I'm not really familiar with Hindu ideas of reincarnation, I think the ideas might be dissimilar though.
I presume that the Buddhist doctrine of anatta (the non-existence of a permanent self) makes it unlike the Hindu idea.
daya (compassion)
Again, IMO this (Compassion) is a human theme: not specifically Hindu or copied from Hinduism.
There are many suttas in which the Buddha interacts with (talks with) Brahmins -- sometimes to criticise their behaviour, or to explain why and how his (Buddhist) dhamma is different from theirs (early Hinduism).
I think it's truer to say that it's "reinterpreted" rather than "copied". Even so that reinterpretation (i.e. contrasting Buddhism with Hinduism) may occur especially when talking with Brahmins.
There's a Wikipedia article Buddhism and Hinduism -- I think it's an OK article, not brilliant -- at a minimum it begins to illustrate how many similarities there are, and how many differences: more than it's easy to answer fully, here.
I've also heard the opposite, for what it's worth -- that some aspects of (later) Hinduism are copied from influenced by, or in response to, Buddhism (and/or Jainism). I don't know any details of that though; only that Hinduism continued to evolve after Buddhism started. Hindu synthesis and smriti says:
The smriti texts of the period between 200 BCE and 100 CE belong to the emerging "Hindu Synthesis", proclaiming the authority of the Vedas while integrating various Indian traditions and religions. Acceptance of the Vedas became a central criterion for defining Hinduism over and against the heterodoxies, which rejected the Vedas.[17]
The so-called "Hindu Synthesis" emerged during the early Classical period (200 BCE – 300 CE) of Hinduism.
I think Sakyamuni was earlier (Wikipedia says "c. 563/480 – c. 483/400 BCE"), with Jainism founded maybe one generation before that.
Buddhism could, perhaps more accurately, be seen as a "reinterpretation" of Jainism rather than Hinduism (see "Jainism and Hinduism", and "Buddhism and Jainism"), perhaps only in that before his enlightenment he tried various austere/ascetic/extreme (Jain-like) practices, before eventually abandoning them as unprofitable and practicing and teaching "the middle way" instead.
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Technically not "the vernacular" -- I mean, "understood by the people who used the language". – ChrisW♦ Apr 10 '18 at 11:04
Everything is an incarnation of something else. If you read the upanishads and Bhagavad Gita those go really well with the Dhammapada. Gautama was from Indian where it left and went to China and Japan and eventually the world. But naming like we do when we categorize has its limits.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will award $216 million over five years to 90 community-based organizations throughout the nation.
The funds will be used to deliver effective HIV prevention strategies to those at greatest risk, including people of color, men who have sex with men, those who identify as transgender and people who practice intravenous drug use.
"Community-based organizations have been vital to our nation's HIV prevention efforts since the earliest days of the epidemic," said Jonathan Mermin, M.D., director of CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention. "The organizations we're funding have a strong foothold in the hardest-hit communities. They have the credibility and experience needed to deliver the most effective HIV prevention strategies to those who need them most."
Here's a breakdown of how community-based organizations will use the funding:
-Provide HIV testing to those at high risk to increase the proportion of people who are aware of their HIV status
-Engage HIV-positive people in ongoing care and treatment, helping them adhere to antiretroviral therapy, and ensuring they receive prevention and support services
-Ensure high-risk, HIV-negative individuals have access to prevention and support services such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), high-impact behavioral interventions, and screening for sexually transmitted infections
-Distribute condoms to HIV-positive and high-risk, HIV-negative individuals
For the first time in its nearly 30-year history, the program includes funding for a component that allows organizations to pool their expertise and resources into "Prevention Partnerships." Thirty of the ninety organizations receiving funding will serve as the lead of a partnership comprised of several organizations.
The CDC chose organizations that are hardest hit by the HIV epidemic. They are in the 50 geographic areas that reported the highest number of HIV diagnoses in 2011.
Of the 90 directed-funded community-based organizations, 67 (74.4 percent) primarily serve African Americans and 15 (16.7 percent) primarily serve Hispanics. Sixty-four (71.1 percent) serve men who sleep with men.
Click here for a full list of funded community-based organizations.
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Implementing the Global University Publications Licence: a new open scholarship model for advocating change
Zhou, Jiafeng and Ke, Wu and Smyth, Neil (2020) Implementing the Global University Publications Licence: a new open scholarship model for advocating change. Insights . ISSN 2048-7754 (Submitted)
Universities want a voluntary non-exclusive licence from authors to disseminate publications. This practitioner case study explores an innovative model to communicate and advance open and equitable scholarship through the implementation of the Global University Publications Licence at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. The paper explains the licence policy and key influences, including: Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China and the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
The University approved the Global University Publications Licence, with implementation from 1 August 2019. It is available in Chinese and English. Since implementation, the University has retained rights for 74% of research publications submitted; 100% of those publications are available through the University with a CC-BY licence and zero embargo. The Open Scholarship Model provides an equitable approach to versions and citation. The paper concludes by suggesting university libraries can exploit Copyright Law in China to progress open scholarship strategies, including: recognition of employers as authors of works; a priority right to the exploitation of works; and, an embargo protection of two years after the completion of the work. The author's final version of publications can be open, discoverable, cited and preserved through trusted universities with global reputations for high quality research.
Open Access; Open Scholarship; University Licencing; Research Publications; Citations
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Church Commissioners' research into historic links to transatlantic slavery
The Church Commissioners for England has learned from research it commissioned that Queen Anne's Bounty, a predecessor fund of the Church Commissioners' endowment, had links with transatlantic chattel slavery.
The Church Commissioners is deeply sorry for its predecessor fund's links with transatlantic chattel slavery.
The Church Commissioners wants to learn about its past better to understand its present and continue to support the Church of England's work and mission in the future as best it can. In 2019 the Church Commissioners decided to conduct research into the source of the endowment fund to gain an improved understanding of its history. We worked with forensic accountants and academics to analyse early ledgers and other original documents from Queen Anne's Bounty. This phase of the research is now complete, and the report is publicly available. The press release can be found here.
The full report provides details of the findings of this research. An interim report published in 2022 provided a high-level overview of the findings. The press release about the interim report can be found here.
The endowment fund managed by the Church Commissioners has part of its origins in Queen Anne's Bounty, which was founded in 1704.
Queen Anne's Bounty had links with transatlantic chattel slavery. In the 18th century, it invested significant amounts of its funds in the South Sea Company, a company that traded in enslaved people. It also received numerous benefactions, many of which are likely to have come from individuals linked to, or who profited from, transatlantic chattel slavery and the plantation economy.
Queen Anne's Bounty was used to supplement the income of poor clergy. This was done either through buying land from which the clergy received the income or through an annuity stream paid by Queen Anne's Bounty.
Queen Anne's Bounty funds were subsumed into the Church Commissioners' endowment when it was created in 1948, perpetuating the legacy of Queen Anne's Bounty's linkages to transatlantic chattel slavery.
Every human being is made in the image of God, and Jesus teaches us that he came so that we all may have life in all its fullness. Chattel slavery, where people made in the image of God have their freedom taken away to be owned and exploited for profit was, and continues to be, a shameful and horrific sin.
We set up a consultation group to help us shape our response to the findings. We are grateful to this group, whose members were: Right Reverend David Urquhart, Chair; Dr Andrew Boakye; Reverend Dr Kate Coleman; Very Reverend Rogers Govender; Jay Greene; Father Stephen Trott; and Mark Woolley. In response to these findings, the Church Commissioners is trying to address some of the past wrongs by investing in a better future. It will seek to do this through committing £100 million of funding over the next nine years commencing in 2023, to a programme of impact investment, research and engagement. This will comprise:
Establishing a new impact investment fund to invest in a better and fairer future for all, particularly for communities affected by historic slavery. It is hoped this fund will grow over time, reinvesting returns to enable it to have a positive legacy that will exist in perpetuity, and with the potential for other institutions to participate, further enabling growth in the size and impact of the fund.
Growth in the impact fund will also enable grant funding for projects focused on improving opportunities for communities impacted by historic transatlantic chattel slavery.
Further research, including into the Church Commissioners' history, supporting dioceses and parishes to research and address their historic links with transatlantic chattel slavery, and sharing best practice with other organisations researching their slavery legacies.
The Church Commissioners will also continue to use its voice as a responsible investor to address and combat modern slavery.
A new oversight group will be formed with significant membership from communities impacted by historic slavery. This group will work with the Church Commissioners on shaping and delivering the response, listening widely to ensure this work is done sensitively and with accountability.
The Church Commissioners will continue to listen and consult more widely to consider further actions that could be taken in our drive for truth, justice and reconciliation.
"The public report lays bare the links of the Church Commissioners' predecessor fund with transatlantic chattel slavery. I am deeply sorry for these links. It is now time to take action to address our shameful past. Only by obeying the command in 1 John 1:6-7* and addressing our past transparently can we take the path that Jesus Christ calls us to walk and face our present and future with integrity. It is hard to do this at a time when resources in many parishes are so stretched, but by acting rightly we open ourselves to the blessing of God."
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, who is also Chair of the Church Commissioners
"It is important for the Church Commissioners to understand and be transparent about our past so we can best support the mission and ministry of the Church of England, today and in the future. Discovering that the Church Commissioners' predecessor fund had links to transatlantic chattel slavery is shaming and we are deeply sorry. We will seek to address past wrongs by investing in a better future, which we plan to do with the response plan, including the £100 million funding commitment we are making. We hope this will create a lasting positive legacy, serving and enabling communities impacted by slavery.
"We recognise this investment comes at a time when there are significant financial challenges for many people and churches, and when the Church has commitments to address other wrongs from our past. We remain fully committed to our work to support the mission and ministry of the Church of England and we believe that this research and our planned response will help us to do so today and into the future."
The Bishop of Manchester, the Right Reverend Dr David Walker, Deputy Chair of the Church Commissioners
"The Church Commissioners is deeply sorry for its predecessor fund's links with transatlantic chattel slavery. The Church Commissioners aims to be transparent about its history and we will use this knowledge to ensure we are at the forefront of responsible investment globally. Alongside this work to consider our past, we continue to lobby for change in the companies in which we invest today and call for those companies to champion human rights within their supply chains. Through our policy of advocating 'respect for people' we aim to create a fairer world today in which all God's children can flourish."
The Right Reverend David Urquhart, Chair of the group that had oversight of the research, June 2022, upon the release of the interim report
* 'If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.'
1 John 1.6-7 (New Revised Standard Version Anglicized)
Lambeth Palace Library is hosting an exhibition with historic items from its archives that have links to historic transatlantic chattel slavery. These items include the original Queen Anne's Bounty ledgers and an anonymous letter written by an enslaved person in 1723 petitioning the 'Archbishop of London' (sic), the earliest known such advocacy for freedom. The free exhibition will be open to the public from 12 January – 31 March. More information can be found here.
Digital images of Queen Anne's Bounty's ledgers and benefactions registers can be found here: https://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/view/group/19
Gareth Mostyn, Chief Executive of the Church Commissioners for England was interviewed by journalist Mishal Husain, on BBC Radio 4 Today on Wednesday 11 January 2023. You can hear the interview on BBC Sounds, from 1:48:45, here.
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Corktown Bar PJ's Lager House Temporarily Closes After Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19
The bar will reopen only after all staff have had two negative tests in a row
by Missy Frederick@bylinemjf Updated Oct 19, 2020, 12:38pm EDT
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Corktown bar PJ's Lager House has temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
The bar disclosed the news on its Facebook page on Sunday, Oct. 18. It recommended that anyone who has been in the bar between Oct. 9–Oct. 12 be tested for the virus. The employee has been placed under quarantine, according to the bar.
PJ's Lager House will remain closed until all of the bar's staff has had two negative tests for the virus in a row, according to the announcement. The bar will be selling merchandise in the meantime. "Thanks for your understanding and we hope to reopen safely in the future," the bar said in the message. The full message is below:
We have had an employee test positive for COVID-19. If you have been in the bar any time between 10/9-10/12, you might...
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A manager for the restaurant told Eater that the restaurant is following all federal, state, and local guidelines in terms of reporting and deep cleaning, and right now is focusing on isolating everyone and making sure they get tested. The staff member who tested positive is currently not showing symptoms.
The restaurant closed down operations on Tuesday, Oct. 13, after they became aware that a visitor who came to the restaurant on Oct. 9 for a birthday party had tested positive. Since then, four individuals who were at the bar that night, including the bartender, have tested positive, according to owner and operator P.J. Ryder. The bar had conducted temperature checks that night as a preventative measure.
PJ's will be closed through this week at a minimum, Ryder said. If all staffers have had two "deep swab" negative COVID-19 tests after being tested again later this week, they'll consider reopening next week at the earliest.
The bar has shut down operations before during the pandemic as a precaution, but those closures did not result in positive tests for staffers, Ryder said.
"We're trying our best, and we can't do anything more than what we're doing. We're just trying to make sure nothing spreads," he said.
Under current regulations, when a food service employee gets a positive COVID-19 test, the establishment must prohibit gatherings and undergo a deep cleaning consistent with federal guidance. The worker must isolate, and employers must notify the health department, as well as any coworkers, contractors, or suppliers that may have come into contact with the individual within 24 hours. Contract tracing is not currently required for restaurants.
As of Oct. 17, Michigan had a total of 144,897 coronavirus cases and 7,010 deaths, with 1,791 new cases that day.
Update: This story was updated to include additional details from a bar manager at PJ's Lager House, and again later to include remarks from the owner.
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Twenty years ago, leadership at New Life was simple. We had two staff members, four adult classes, and ministries for Students and Children. With less than 100 people, communication was the church bulletin and a few phone calls. It is different today.
With 18 staff members, 900 people attending weekly, 2,500 who call New Life home, 45 in Student Ministry, 40+ adult groups, and more children (180) and children's workers (107) than we had people twenty years ago, today New Life requires more strategic framework.
To move forward we need even more. To plant churches, launch campuses, and multiply our impact for the Kingdom of God in Tucson, our leadership needs to grow.
Why have one set of gifts, when you can have two? We propose that instead of one Lead Pastor (Pastor Greg), we would shift to have two Lead Pastors (Pastor Greg and Pastor John).
Co-Leadership involves having Greg and John set aside ego as well as mutually submitting to each other in order to lead New Life together. Consequently, we gain the gifts of both and allow them to flourish in their strengths.
What it is not is Pastor Greg's retirement or succession plan. Greg has a lot more to give and looks forward to what God has in store to the future.
Is this Pastor Greg's succession plan?
No! Greg is not going anywhere. He simply sees that New Life will benefit by adding more leadership gifts to the lead pastor role. In this case, two is better than one.
Will Pastor Greg or Pastor John preach less?
No. Right now Pastor Greg preaches roughly 60% of the time and Pastor John preaches 40%. The plan is for this to continue unchanged.
Yet, it is teamwork and collaboration infused into the leadership for the church. We have moved towards this for years. When we adopted Elders for our leadership structure, it was because we recognize the value of a plurality of leaders, teamwork, and collaboration. Greg has shared teaching and preaching at New Life for years, because we believe it is better for the church (1 Corinthians 12:7).
Co-Leadership is setting aside ego and mutually submitting to each other, to have two people lead an organization together. In this way, we gain the gifts of both and allow them to flourish in their strengths.
Why is Co-Leadership Good for New Life?
It is Biblical. Church leadership in scripture is always a plurality (see Acts 20:17; Ephesians 4:11; 1 Timothy 5:17; Titus 1:5; James 5:14; 1 Peter 5:1-4). That is why our Elders have always been led by consensus. Co-Lead Pastors model this.
It makes the church less about human leaders. It is natural for churches to take on the personality of a Senior Pastor. A reason succession plans are so difficult, is a church has to shift from the charisma of one personality to another. Co-Leadership diminishes this and makes it easier for a church to be more founded on Christ than the personality of a pastor.
It multiplies gifting. In the same way that a husband and wife can complement each other by bringing different strengths to a family, Co-Leaders bring diversity in gifting. This is foundationally why we recommend New Life incorporate Co-Leadership. For us to move forward we benefit from the giftings of both Greg and John.
It diffuses ego and exalts humility and community over the church. Co-Leadership is not easier. It is harder. It requires people to die to their own ego, set aside power and control, and submit to each other. Co-Leaders model this in leadership to the church and the community.
It makes a Succession Plan Obsolete. While this is not succession plan, if we do Co-Leadership right it sets the church up so that it never needs a succession plan. It's not that John would take Greg's place. It is that Greg and John would both function in their gifts as Co-Lead Pastors and when one is called by God elsewhere the other would keep on in their role as a Lead Pastor.
1. WE WILL BE HOSTING THREE DIFFERENT FORUMS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO SHARE, LISTEN, AND PRAY TOGETHER.
2. WE CREATED A BOOKLET TO WALK THROUGH WHAT IS CO-LEADERSHIP AND WHY NOW.
You can view or download the booklet below or pick up a booklet at New Life.
3. WHO DO I TALK TO IF I HAVE QUESTIONS?
For any other questions not addressed here, please feel free to reach out to Pastor Greg, Pastor John or any Elder.
Here are the constitution change we are recommending that allows for Co-Leadership.
All this talk of Co-Leadership is ultimately a proposal. With much prayer and thought we believe this is best for New Life. But implementing this requires two congregational votes. The vote will take place on Sunday, May 3 during both services.
A constitution change that allows for Co-Leadership. It would still allow for a Senior Pastor, but in addition to a Senior Pastor model it would also call for Co-Lead Pastors.
We will vote to install Pastor John Beeson to become a Co-Lead Pastor.


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Glass more than half full for Waikato dairy farmer
Christmas Day 2019 won't be one that the family of dairy farming stalwart Tony Wilding will forget in a hurry.
As they sat down for Christmas breakfast, Tony's daughter Lizzy had an announcement, sharing the news that Tony had been recognised in the New Year's Honours list, being made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Tony, who already knew, having received a letter in September, said it was a special moment to share with his nearest and dearest.
"Lizzy read the letter out to the family and there were hoots and tears of delight. When I first found out I was really chuffed, so it was great to be able to share it with my family, who have been my greatest supporters over the years."
Amongst the list of great New Zealanders honoured this year, Tony was the only farmer to be recognised, testament to the second to none dedication he has given to the dairy industry and his community.
Dairy farming in Okoroire, South Waikato, Tony has had a busy career on and off the farm. Away from farming, close to his heart is his community work, including with the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust and Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand, which he is currently a Trustee and previously a chair of.
"The community and voluntary work has been personally rewarding," says Tony who is actively involved with Okoroire School and Tirau Golf Club as well.
Tony's commitment and governance skills have also contributed greatly to the dairy industry, with six years on the New Zealand Dairy Board, while he was also one of a team instrumental in the creation of our Co-op. He had 14 years' experience as a Director and prior to forming Fonterra Deputy chair of the New Zealand Dairy Group.
Perhaps one of his greatest contributions is as a positive force in building a fair and productive sharemilking industry. Tony has spent years championing the rights of sharemilkers, and is currently chairing the Federated Farmers sharemilker farm owner's group, which looks after the interest of farmers who employ sharemilkers on their farm.
Tony says a successful sharemilking industry is built on two parties both having success while building capable talent to run farms in the future, something that is beneficial for farm owners and the wider sector.
"To me it's a step process, if you don't have sharemilkers then you don't have sound steps to farm ownership.
You need to have a good succession of capable people firstly working on and then buying and operating New Zealand farms."
Tony knows first-hand how valuable that process is. Passionate about agri-education from a young age he was a part of the farmer cadet scheme. Going on to join Young Farmers he talks fondly of the encouragement he received during his early years as a sharemilker.
"It was a time that I really enjoyed. For me it was all about the continuous support and that is the driving force behind my passion for mentoring young people in the industry now. It's nice to give back what I received and seeing young people getting ahead and hearing their feedback – nothing beats it."
Tony's positivity extends to the future of dairy in New Zealand too.
"I feel encouraged about it. We will keep reinventing ourselves, we have a huge depth of knowledge and for me I've always seen the glass half full."
A milk tanker with a difference at Fieldays
Thousands of farmers and members of the public have been the first to experience a brand new addition to Fonterra's milk tanker fleet at Fieldays in Waikato – an interactive showcase of what makes the Co-op Good Together.
Saving native bats at Hautapu in time for Halloween
October 31st is just around the corner and while bats are symbolic for the spooky season we call Halloween, it's not the reason they're important to Fonterra.
Te Awamutu site fires up on pellet power
It's full steam ahead on wood pellets as our Te Awamutu site takes the next step in its transition away from coal.