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Apex Legends, Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment Announce the Global Series
The Apex Legends Global Series will include online and live events for PC gamers, who will compete for a prize pool of over $ 3 million.
Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment have announced the Apex Legends Global Series. The tournament will include online and live events for PC players who will compete for a prize pool of over $ 3 million. The Apex Legends Global Series will initially feature 12 global live events, organized by EA and Respawn or produced by major eSports tournament organizers such as PGL and GLL.
"The competition is at the heart of Apex Legends," said Vince Zampella, Head of Respawn Entertainment. "ESports will play an important role in the future of Apex Legends and it all starts here, with the Apex Legends Global Series. We can't wait to see who, among our millions of players, will become a true legend of the arena".
Apex Legends Global Series is an open and inclusive ecosystem created to give all players the opportunity to become a star. Video players from over 60 countries will be able to participate, meeting the minimum age and PC system requirements.
The competitive route will start with the online competition, with competitors progressing to participate in regional Challenger Events and Premier Eventsglobal. Players will earn Apex Legends Global Series points based on their online performance and some live events. Those who remain at the top of the rankings can participate in the Apex Legends Global Series Majors, the highest competitive level of live events.
"Apex Legends is one of the most impacting launches in video game history and has enormous potential in the eSport world," said John Nelson, Competitive Gaming Commissioner at Apex Legends. "Through close communication with our community, we have created an accessible ecosystem of Apex Legends in which any player can become the pro-protagonist, while the whole world watches the unique and engaging evolution of Battle Royale eSports".
Each of the first three Majors will see 100 teams of three players from all over the world. The fourth Major, the Apex Legends Global Series Championship, will be the grand finale. Only the top 60 teams in the world will be able to fight for a prize pool of $ 1 million and the title of Apex Legends Global Series World Champion.
All four Majors will present Apex Legends' exclusive Match Point format, which debuted at the Apex Legends Preseason Invitational in September. Match Point requires teams in the final to reach a point threshold through a combination of placement and accumulated kills. Apex Legends is the only exporter of Battle Royale to present this game mechanic to offer a pure adrenaline experience.
The first Apex Legends Global Series online tournament will be held on January 25th 2020. The recordings will open for the event in early January. Players will earn Apex Legends Global Series points and, based on their online tournament performance, an invitation to the first Major, scheduled for March 13-15, 2020 at the Esports Stadium in Arlington. Many of the online tournaments in the global Apex Legends series will be produced by the new EA Broadcaster Center at the headquarters. Subsequent details of the tournament will be announced shortly.
For more information on Apex Legends Global Series and the Official Rules, visit the official website.
Developed by Respawn Entertainment, Apex Legends offers a team Battle Royale experience where gamers choose from one of 11 legends – each with their own unique skills and playing styles – in a battle to the death. The fighters will be able to choose between unique characters like Bloodhound, the tracker that can see recent enemy activities on the map, or Lifeline, a battlefield doctor who can protect teammates and bring them back from the deadly abyss. The balance of the team and synergistic work are fundamental since each Legend is easy to know, but difficult to master.
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This is a sample of what some of our supporters have been saying to us since we went public on Friday 31st May. We want to thank everyone of you for getting in behind us. Your support is so appreciated. Together we can make this happen!
Just a quick email to say "well done" on setting up the party!
I see the issue as not only "one law for all" (critical though that is) but also **historical honesty**.
Things like the *nonsensical* inflating of the Parihaka story. Things like the seeming coverups (by DOC et al) of possible pre-Maori sites in the Waipoua Forest and the West Coast.
To be interested in those sites is NOT being "racist" – it is being interested in uncovering the FULL history of the country, not only the "politically-correct politically-approved" bits. The insistence that history be restricted like that *is* being racist – insisting that "the official view" is untouchable and off-limits to scientific challenge.
Im going to take a punt anyway and join so I will be sending up my membership application.
Just bought my dad Twisted Treaty for his birthday and just as I hoped, he has said I can read it first as he still has other books to finish.
I look forward to seeing updates on your website and will do all I can down this way to try and gain support down here.
I cant help but keep looking at your website. Im so proud of you.
Just a thought that you might like to build on, logged on to your web site, came to the subscribe to your email list, automatically stopped to think about if I was opening myself up to some sort of victimising by maoridom. That then made me think what sort of country am I living in that I have a concern of that nature, followed this by a conversation with my wife who is currently reading Twisting of the Treaty. She then proceeded to explain how she had similar feelings when she was handed the book in public by a friend, and was concerned someone had noticed. We both agreed there is no way we should feel like this over this subject, so something is wrong in this country? I then notice there was only 36 other subscribers to your emails? I think a lot of people out there are hesitating in the fear of being labeled a red neck racist, just need to get the ball rolling. Will be watching with interest.
Well done go hard guys You've got my family's vote. Don't let our country be ruled and manipulated by only a small few of our population,getting payouts then asking everyone again to pay for there own schools, lower pass marks to be qualified.Health law etc NZ needs to wake up PC crap. They think they own everything water, lake beds, fish, crabs, Rivers, Air, etc they are not indigenous to NZ they came and took just like we did.
Man I could go on and on but..
I hope you get the ball rolling and turn it into a avalanche.Sorry Im not in a situation to contribute financially.
It's fantastic to see a political party with a democratic policy for the majority of New Zealanders without favouring any minority groups. I have no doubt that the support for this new party will grow exponentially.
I will be signing up as a member and I am happy to promote 1 LAW 4 ALL wherever I go.
Well done on this initiative and may it grow and grow.
I wonder what he would say today!
"Every few years, the ugly underbelly of New Zealand's uneasy political truce on race relations is exposed, and pleads to be itched".
Who is being divisive and racist? Is it those advocating racial separatism, Maori sovereignty and making extortionist demands for spurious reparations at the expense of the bulk of New Zealanders or is it a party like 1law4all who are demanding an end to race based largesse and special privilege and equality within the law for all New Zealanders regardless of race or ethnicity?
If you can't see the divisive nature of the Separatist Maori movement that has been growing strongly over the last few years Colin, maybe you should make an appointment with your optometrist.
Music Awards, Forest Rental Trust, which only Maori can use to finance their claims however the forests are owned by the public. ("Let the Truth be known" by Hilda Philips she found there were about 269 Acts giving Maori preference over non-Maori).
Sole Rights to whale watching and beached whales.
BTW there are NO race based privileges for non-maori !!
It is a relief to see the formation of this political party, it has come at a crucial time.
You need a good cross section of society for the party to capture support and credibility. A lot of that support should come from those caught in the middle ground, Ie: Maori & Non-Maori mixed marriages or Kiwis of mixed ethnicity. I am sure that these people do not want their children to grow up in a country with festering racial tension.
People who have a foot in each camp and whose interests lie in equality, will make your best candidates for election.
This website, whilst also being a forum to air genuine issues of concern, should avoid earning a reputation as a 'Redneck Outfit' focussed on Maori-Bashing.
Sure, whilst the issues relate to the Maori extremist's push for 'Separatism", 'Sovereignty", 'Corruption' and 'Greed', we should attempt to present objective articles and stay clear of emotive language that gives our opponents the material they need to discredit the party as 'just a bunch of rednecks'.
I think that at this point in time, 1Law4All is off to a good start. I view it as a credible political party that stands for a fair and secure future for all New Zealand citizens.
I will actively direct potential members to this website.


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Latin America-Europe: the 'other' transatlantic relationship
18/10/2020 - HR/VP blog - At our last Foreign Affairs Council, we took stock of our relations with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at a time when this region is going through a dramatic crisis because of COVID-19. This was also much needed because the region has lately not been high enough on our agenda: we must reverse this trend.
Our partnership with Latin America contains a paradox: despite having much in common, our interactions remain well below their potential. With Latin America, we share indeed languages, culture, history and religion… An important part of the Latin American population are descendants of Europeans migrants from 16th to the 20th centuries who left in search of a new 'promised land'. Buenos Aires or Santiago look like European cities. From many points of view, we are the most like-minded people in the world.
Latin America has had an immense cultural influence
However, Latin America is also very different from Europe. Its identity is a mix of its indigenous roots and the Hispanic, Portuguese, but also African, French or Italian influences. By growing its own personality, Latin America is becoming more and more South America. As a result, Latin America has had an immense cultural influence during the last century and has been a laboratory for many political experiences. Nevertheless, it suffers also chronically from endemic social and political violence.
Many people believed, when I started at HR/VP, that being Spanish meant I was going to pay a lot of attention to Latin America. However, due to the crises in our neighbourhood and the coronavirus restrictions, I haven´t been able to travel to the region in almost one year. We have to reverse the tide: it is time now to engage more actively.
The dramatic impact of COVID-19 in Latin America
In July we had already discussed the dramatic impact of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Since then the situation has further deteriorated and the region is the hardest hit by the pandemic. This has led to an alarming rise of poverty and inequality. With only 8% of the world's population, the region now records one-third of global deaths. Health systems are often overstretched and the region has inherited a number of social issues, some of which are also present in Europe, that have aggravated the impact of the pandemic: large informal sectors, poverty, insecurity, overcrowded cities, isolated rural communities, inadequate sanitation and limited healthcare.
The development progress has started to unravel
Even before the pandemic, frustration was growing in the region as the development progress of recent decades has started to unravel. A scenario of long-term political instability, insecurity and challenges to democracy and human rights looks all too likely. Organised crime is increasing its grip in the world's most violent region and support for democracy has dwindled to a historic low (from 61% in 2010 to 48% in 2018, according to Latinobarometro).
The region suffers from many political crises. Venezuela remains an open wound: some 5.1 million Venezuelans have now sought refuge in neighbouring countries. The biggest humanitarian crisis of the region and one of the less funded by the international community. Internal conflict and violence persist in Colombia, Bolivia or Nicaragua with social tensions mounting in several countries of the region. Venezuela and Colombia now rank among the top countries of origin of asylum seekers in the EU (in third and fourth place respectively). However, because they don't arrive at ours shores by boats risking their lives, this flow is not noticed
The worst recession ever
The IMF now warns of another "lost decade", with economies forecast to shrink by 8.1 % in 2020. As the region faces its worst recession ever, demonstrating our solidarity with its 665 million inhabitants in their hour of need is not only a moral imperative. It is also an opportunity to step up EU engagement with a region whose strategic relevance has gone unnoticed for too long.
"As Latin America faces its worst recession ever, demonstrating our solidarity with its 665 million inhabitants is not only a moral imperative. It is also an opportunity for the EU."
The attention we give to the LAC region is indeed not proportionate to its importance. Together we represent almost one-third of the votes at the UN. The stock of EU27 foreign direct investment (FDI) in LAC amounts to €758 billion; more than the total of EU investment in China, India, Japan, and Russia combined. The EU is also the region's principal development partner and a main provider of humanitarian assistance. And there are intense people-to-people contacts: close to 6 million nationals from EU and LAC work and live across the Atlantic. The EU has negotiated association, trade or political & cooperation agreements with 27 of the 33 countries, making LAC the region with the closest institutional ties to the EU.
A growing sense of neglect
However, we have not had a Summit since 2015 and few high-level visits. This has not gone unnoticed: our diplomatic missions are sending reports of a growing sense of neglect. During the same time, other international players are moving forward. The US has kept a steady engagement. And Chinese investment has increased tenfold between 2008 and 2018. In fact, China recently overtook us as the Latin America's second most important trading partner.
"Other international players are moving forward: the US has kept a steady engagement, and Chinese investment has increased tenfold between 2008 and 2018."
I am therefore grateful to Germany for offering to host a ministerial EU-LAC conference planned in Berlin in December. This initiative could set in motion a new dynamic of high-level engagement. It is also urgent to re-energise the EU's relationship with Mexico and Brazil, our main strategic partners in the region. We should move swiftly towards Summits in 2021.
"Supporting Latin America to make a green, digital, sustainable and inclusive recovery is in our mutual interest."
Supporting LAC countries to make a green, digital, sustainable and inclusive recovery is in our mutual interest. LAC is home to the Amazon tropical forest: 50% of the planet's biodiversity And it accounts for around 8% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Ensuring that the region moves towards a more sustainable growth path is a matter of global concern. This should include raising the ambition under the Paris Agreement ahead of COP 26 in 2021.
The EU-Mercosur agreement could be a game changer
In that respect, the EU-Mercosur agreement could be a game changer. I remember travelling to Brazil and Argentina, as President of the European Parliament, at the beginning of this century and hearing that this agreement was "almost" done. Roughly, 20 years later, it is still "almost" done. If agreed, it would be the largest Association Agreement ever achieved by the EU and could contribute significantly to economic recovery on both sides of the Atlantic.
However, I am aware that the current political climate does not facilitate its ratification. The European Parliament has adopted a resolution warning that, as it stands, this agreement could not be ratified. At the Council level there are also opposition from a significant number of member states. So, we need to engage with parliaments and citizens to better address their concerns.
"The EU-Mercosur agreement has a deep geopolitical significance: help both regions to avoid being placed in a position of subordination in the US-China confrontation."
The EU-Mercosur Agreement should not be seen as a mere free trade agreement. Neither Mercosur nor the EU were established as mere free trade areas, and an agreement between the two cannot be viewed, in a reductionist manner, on those terms either. It has a deep geopolitical significance: it is a tool to enable both regions to cope better with the growing US-China confrontation, in which both Latin America and the EU risk being placed in a position of strategic subordination.
Legitimate concerns from European citizens
The EU that has negotiated the Mercosur agreement at the beginning of the 2000's is not the same as in 2020, and even less by the time we get to 2030 with our European Green Deal Agenda. It is legitimate for European citizens to hesitate about signing an agreement with governments that reject the Paris Agreement and whose policies in the Amazon create important environmental concerns.
"The costs of failure of the EU-Mercosur agreement would be substantial: after 20 years of negotiation, it has become a question of credibility for Europe in the region."
However, the political and economic costs of failure would be substantial: after 20 years of negotiation, it has become a question of credibility for Europe in the region. This agreement should be seen as a lever for a change in production and consumption models. We should use it to foster policy dialogue and regulatory convergence for the "green" transition of both regional groups. If we don't have this agreement, we lose a lot of potential leverage to discuss those issues with the LAC countries.
"It should be possible to reinforce the EU-Mercosur agreement with additional instruments on climate and environment, without reopening what has already been negotiated."
The agreement already provides useful tools to address this problem, and it should be possible to reinforce them with additional instruments on climate and environment, without reopening what has already been negotiated. As EU, we would be better off with a strengthened agreement than without it.
The question that arises today about environmental issues, was once asked about the protection of democratic standards. Today all EU Association Agreements include a democratic clause. This kind of clause was created in 1991, when Argentina, just emerging from a military dictatorship and fearing its return, asked for it to be included in its association agreement. In 1995, the European Council decided to extend it to all association agreements with third countries. As we have innovated with a Latin American country on the essential question of respect for the democratic political system, we could do now something similar with the equally important question of environmental and climate sustainability.
In any case, we should be more pro-active to work together at the multilateral level, identifying specific issues where such cooperation could be most fruitful. We are preparing a more detailed roadmap for engagement and actions, to be presented early next year.
A unique window of opportunity
We now have a unique window of opportunity, which we cannot afford to miss. Relations with Latin America are particularly close to my heart. However, I am convinced that it will benefit the entire EU if we succeed in raising our relations to the level they deserve.
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Alan Keyes was born August 7, 1950, in a naval hospital in Long Island, New York. Being the son of a U.S. Army sergeant, he spent much of his childhood traveling from place to place including Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia and Italy. After having graduated high school, he attended Cornell University where he studied political philosophy under the influential Allan Bloom, whom he identifies as a major mentor. He then left to participate in a foreign exchange study program, where he spent a year in Paris, France. Returning to America, he renewed his studies at Harvard University, where he completed his B.A. degree in government affairs by 1972.
As he was completing his doctoral studies, he joined the United States Department of State, acting as an assistant to UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick. He was assigned to the consulate in Mumbai, India, in 1979, and stayed a year before moving on to work at the embassy in Zimbabwe. By 1981, he was a member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff in Washington, DC.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan appointed Keyes to the United Nations as a fully-ranked ambassador. He stayed in this position four years until he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, and served jointly on the staff of the National Security Council, until 1987. During this time, he was a staunch supporter of Ronald Reagan and Conservative politics, and was a highly-favored staff member to Ronald reagan, who was fond of deploying him on errands.
In 1988, he was drafted by the Maryland Republican Party to run for the United States Senate. At the fundraiser for this Senate campaign, President Reagan gave a speech praising Keyes for the fine job he'd done, and calling him a "stout-hearted defender of a strong America". Despite glowing praise from a popular Republican President, he failed to defeat the incumbent Paul Sarbanes for the Senate seat. He ran again four years later for the U.S. Senator from Maryland, and again was defeated by a Democrat, this time Barbara Mikulski.
Raising his sights in 1996, he ran for the Republican nomination for the Presidential election. However, he only drew 3% of the vote in the primaries, coming in fifth behind Lamar Alexander, Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, and Bob Dole. Again in 2000, he sought the Republican nomination for President. Here his run was a bit more polished. He drew 14% of the vote, finishing third, and stayed on to debate with both George Bush and John McCain, in which he showed favorable poll results. However, he did not move up any further in the 2000 Presidential election.
Alan Keyes has contributed to some interesting incidents in his years of political involvement. A staunch Republican who is as anti-civil-liberty as just about any candidate can get, he rubbed a few of the people he met the wrong way in his days as an ambassador. During his first Presidential run in 1996, there was an incident where he allegedly tried to force his way into a debate to which he was not invited, and was briefly detained by Atlanta police. During the 2000 campaign, Keyes jumped into a mosh pit of youths body-surfing to music at a nightclub, apparently at the behest of Michael Moore, host of the "The Awful Truth" TV show, and his daughter. Finally, there was some controversy over the fact that he had thrown his daughter out and disowned her, upon learning that she was a lesbian.
Alan Keyes has been drafted by a grass-roots movement and has joined the race for the 2008 United States Presidential Election. As is usual for a draft pick, he has been very late in joining the race. He did just make it into the Republican presidential debate in Iowa on December 12, 2007, but is not expected to have made much progress in winning the vote.
Alan Keyes is running with a slogan "renew America". In a nutshell, he is anti-choice, anti-civil-rights, pro-corporation, pro-death-penalty, pro-drug-prohibition, pro-school-prayer, pro-school-voucher, anti-Kyoto, anti-environmental-regulation, pro-religion, pro-war, anti-free-trade, anti-gun-control, anti-euthanasia, pro-PATRIOT-act, anti-immigration, anti-gay, anti-income-tax, anti-technology, anti-welfare. Other positions and views may be extrapolated from this highly generalized paragraph.
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Home featured Trump Says Crime Is Rampant in N.Y.C. Here Are the Facts.
Trump Says Crime Is Rampant in N.Y.C. Here Are the Facts.
When President Trump sought to paint an apocalyptic portrait of big-city crime as out of control at the Republican National Convention Thursday night, he turned to two fellow New Yorkers to help him make the case.
Patrick J. Lynch, the president of the city's largest police union, and Rudolph W. Giuliani, a former Republican mayor, offered New York as a bleak case study in failed liberal policies.
Mr. Lynch pointed out that nearly 1,000 people had been shot and almost 300 killed in New York so far this year. "Why is this happening?" Mr. Lynch asked. "The answer is simple: The Democrats have walked away from us."
Continuing the attack, Mr. Giuliani warned the country to avoid his hometown's mistakes. "Don't let the Democrats do to America what they have done to New York," he said.
But the truth about crime — in New York and other urban centers — is complex. Overall crime remains at a generational low across the United States, despite the surge this summer in shootings and murders, criminologists say, and the underlying causes of the wave of gun violence are hard to pin down.
Here is what we know.
Crime is up in New York, but still remains low
There is no doubt that shootings and murders have increased sharply in New York since last year, and that many of the killings have been tragically senseless. As Mr. Giuliani noted, one recent victim was Davell Gardner Jr., a 1-year-old boy who was fatally shot at a cookout in Brooklyn in July as he was sitting in his stroller.
As of last week, according to police statistics, there had been 280 murders in New York this year, a 35 percent increase over last year. Shooting incidents have also spiked to 955 so far this year, 87 percent more than during the same period last year.
But the surge in violence has arrived amid a 2 percent drop in overall reports of all major crimes, the police say. Rape reports, for instance, are down 25 percent, and grand larceny has dropped 20 percent.
The spike in killings and gun violence also comes after seven years of record-breaking calm when murders dipped to below 300 one year — 2017 — for the first time since the 1950s. That milestone was reached under Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Democrat whom both Mr. Lynch and Mr. Giuliani have blamed for the rise in crime.
Mr. de Blasio shot back at Mr. Giuliani Friday morning.
"Rudy Giuliani, who did so much to systematically divide this city and created so much pain, has no validity as someone to speak to this moment in history where people are demanding racial justice," he said.
The causes of the rise are unclear
Police officials in New York have linked the rise in shootings to the state's new bail law — which vastly increased the number of criminal defendants who could be freed before trial without the possibility of bail — and to an emergency effort to release hundreds of inmates from the city's jails to curb the coronavirus crisis.
But criminologists say the rise in violence can be attributed to the advent of summer, always a high-crime season and especially difficult this year because of the economic and psychological strain of the pandemic and the civil unrest over police brutality.
And a recent analysis by city officials of police department data seemed to point to a different cause for the rise in violence: The number of arrests the police have made for gun crimes in New York has plummeted.
Trends look similar in other major cities
Other big cities have seen a similar pattern this year: Murders and shooting have risen sharply — often from record lows — while the overall rate of major crimes has dipped slightly.
During the first six months of the year, overall crime was down 5.3 percent in 25 large American cities relative to the same period in 2019, with violent crime down 2 percent. But murders rose in these 25 cities by 16.1 percent over the previous year.
Murders were up about 22 percent in Chicago in the first half of the year, and 44 percent in New Orleans.
The trend is not limited to cities controlled by Democrats. In Tulsa, for example, where the mayor is a Republican, the police recorded 12 homicides in June 2020, compared to four in June 2019.
Even with the increase in murders, however, the mayhem in cities does not begin to rival the high-crime era of late 1980s and early 1990s. The murder rate in New York this year is about where it was in 2012 and well below all eight years when Mr. Giuliani was mayor.
Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, said that crime this summer has not spread across cities in the same way it did 30 years ago. It appears to be concentrated in poor neighborhoods. "Cities are not awash in crime," he said.
Trump wants to keep cash bail
In his speech, Mr. Trump attacked his opponent, Joseph R. Biden Jr., for wanting to abolish cash bail, saying hundreds of thousands of criminals would immediately be loosed into the country's streets and neighborhoods.
But some places that have ended cash bail have in fact experienced a drop in violent crime. Crime fell in New Jersey, for instance, in the two years after that state ended cash bail, with murders and robberies decreasing by more than 30 percent, according to a report by the state court system.
In New York, the bail law that went into effect in January did not abolish bail for the most serious and violent crimes. But it did do away with cash bail for most nonviolent offenses, requiring judges to impose the least restrictive measures necessary to ensure people return to court.
About 90 percent of defendants in New York now go home before their trials, up from about 75 percent under the old law, according to an analysis by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Still, the city's own analysis of arrests suggests that the bail law has had little to do with the rise in violence. Shootings in New York stayed relatively stable for more than four months after the law went into effect. They began to increase in May during the coronavirus crisis and continued to rise after the eruption of protests connected to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the analysis found. The police have said that they deployed officers to crowd control during the protests, drawing them away from regular crime-fighting duties.
Neil MacFarquhar contributed reporting.
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The Educational Apostolate of Divine Word Missionaries
Written by Fr. Mark Weber, SVD
The Society of the Divine Word (SVD) has a strong tradition of seeing education as an integral part of your missionary outreach. Our Founder, St. Arnold Janssen, was a math and science teacher with a deep appreciation for education. In South America, one of the earliest places missionaries were sent, the Divine Word Missionaries were offered mainly pastoral work.
The Founder, however, was not too interested in involvement in ordinary parish work. In 1894, he famously wrote to a superior in South America, "We can no longer save the world with sermons and liturgy alone." He emphasized the establishment of schools as a means to give a solid basis to Christian life, training lay people who would be leaders in society.
In 1908, Arnold stated, "Education is one of the most important activities in the missions… this has been proved in the past… Those who receive a higher education are called to exercise a good influence on their contemporaries." The Founder clearly saw education as an important aspect of missionary work—both for the betterment of the people, as well as to train teachers, catechists, and the future leaders of nations.
The Society of the Divine Word continues its mission of education and its commitment to schools, "where the word of God can be heard and its liberating power experienced in one's personal and social life" (c.109.3). Some 11% of Divine Word Missionaries in perpetual vows are engaged in the educational apostolate throughout the world. I count around 130 middle, secondary, and tertiary schools established by and/or administered by the Society, including various agricultural, vocational, and technical schools. Most of these are in the Asia-Pacific Zone, followed by South America. Additionally, a good number of catechetical, missiological, theological, biblical, and language institutes are found throughout the world.
Other stories on the vocation office website include stories of Nanzan University in Japan and Fu Jen University in Taiwan; there are also two SVD universities in the Philippines, one in Papua New Guinea, and one in Indonesia. Of course, this number does not include countless parish elementary schools, nor does it include seminaries or educational entities that are solely for the formation of SVD candidates. In addition, there are many missionaries who teach at or administer non-SVD schools.
Our educators integrate not only gospel values aimed at building up the Reign of God, but also our SVD vision of mission as prophetic dialogue—inculcating in the students a respect for those who are of other cultures, races, and religions. A strong sense of solidarity with the poor is also an integral part of their education, with schools having various outreach projects as part of the students' educational experience. SVD schools often try to integrate the four "characteristic dimensions" of the Society into the curriculum and extra-curricular experiences of the students—a sense of mission, a rootedness in the Bible, learning skills for communicating the Good News, and a commitment to justice, peace, and the integrity of creation. Just as we consider these characteristic dimensions to be "family traits" of the SVD, so do our educators pass on those traits to the staff and students of our schools.
I was privileged to meet with many of my fellow Divine Word Missionaries in the educational apostolate around the world during my six years as General Secretary for Formation and Education. Their commitment to their students, to excellence in education, and to high professional standards are commendable. They not only strive to offer great educational opportunities within the context and structures of their particular country, but they also try to create alternative models of education, especially for those who find it difficult to participate in traditional classroom education due to extreme poverty, discrimination, or social marginalization. They are committed to bringing an authentic SVD flavor to their schools, and form genuine partnerships with the laity, Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS Sisters), and others involved in teaching and administration. May the vision of St. Arnold continue to guide them and inspire their efforts!
Mark Weber, a farm boy native of Dyersville, Iowa, entered formation just down the road at Divine Word College in Epworth in 1972. His perpetual vows and ordination were in 1982, and he spent 7 years as a missionary in Ghana. Upon his return to the USA, he served as a justice and peace coordinator, formator, provincial, and parish priest before being asked to be the General Secretary for Formation and Education for six years. He currently is a recycled rector and formator at Divine Word Theologate in Chicago.
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JUST A TRULY AMAZING CAMP IN TENERIFE WITH MY ATHLETES OUT OF THIS WORLD : 23rd March 2014 D !!
Just got back at 2 am this morning from my Training Camp in Tenerife organised by Polka Dot Holidays .. What CAN I Say . It was absolutely brilliant for me as my athletes were just head and shoulders above the rest of the guys there.. SORRY, but it is just a fact .. Jo Watts is climbing and descending like the great athlete she is. Joe McVey was an animal on the climbs and a monster on the descents .. James Rix has never climbed so well in all his riding career, along with James Lindsay ( who is just so damned strong and a lovely guy) and Ian Sedge was head and shoulders above his form last year at the Camp.. A REAL tryer and all round nice guy ..
REALLY WELL DONE GUYS .. I AM SO PROUD OF YOU ALL, I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT !!!


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Midlands Voices: Public health in Nebraska is well worth the investment
By Dr. Robert Butz, Dr. Josue D. Gutierrez, Chris Rodgers
and Marie Parker, RN
Butz, of Holdrege, is board secretary for Two Rivers Public Health District. Gutierrez, of Crete, is vice president of the Public Health Solutions Board of Health. Rodgers is a Douglas County Board member and president of the Douglas County Board of Health. Parker, of Scottsbluff, is president of the Panhandle Public Health District Board.
"An ounce of prevention is worth (more than) a pound of cure": This ancient adage greatly understates the present reality when it comes to community health. The real work of achieving a healthier community must be done while people are still healthy — through prevention and promotion of good health practices.
To use an increasingly common term, this needed public health work must start "upstream."
Nebraska's public health departments are the health promoters who carry the hope of every Nebraskan for a better life. Our departments are guided by the firm belief that everyone, no matter where they live, deserves to be connected to a system in an environment that supports their health and well-being.
Nebraska's public health departments are in your communities. From dealing with catastrophic flooding, high cancer rates, childhood lead poisoning, lack of dental and medical care, opioids, tuberculosis, measles and worksite health, Nebraska's public health departments are your best defense today and your best insurance for the future.
We cannot medicate ourselves out of poor health, yet 80% of Nebraskans' health care dollars are directed toward chronic disease.
Chronic disease is preventable, and no one knows how to prevent chronic disease like Nebraska's public health departments. Health prevention is the most powerful proven health policy tool we have. Studies have shown that investing $10 per person each year in proven, community-based public health activities could save the nation more than $16 billion within five years.
That's a $5.60 return for each $1 invested in public health.
Nebraska's public health departments know how to maximize those efforts. Creativity and collaboration are in public health DNA, just as growth is in the soil of this state.
That growth is currently threatened by spiraling health care costs and stagnant or contracting funding. Inadequate funding puts lives and health at risk, often among our most vulnerable Nebraskans. It leads to decreased opportunities, a physically challenged workforce, school absenteeism and decreased opportunities for growth even as it saps financial resources.
Local public health departments in Nebraska are grounded in their communities and continue to grow and develop community specific public health strategies. Those upstream efforts are proven to combat chronic disease even as they prepare for emergencies and expand their knowledge to meet the challenges of new infectious disease threats that are only a plane flight away.
From border to border, Nebraska's public health departments cover all 93 counties using science-based, community-driven and collaborative health protection strategies.
Eighteen years ago the Nebraska Legislature used $5.6 million from the Healthcare Cash Fund to jump-start a statewide public health funding infrastructure. Inflation and the growing challenges of an ever-changing world dictate that this infrastructure needs a tuneup. State support has been stalled at the level of 18 years ago, and your Nebraska public health system is at risk of eroding into ineffectiveness.
Today, we are asking our Nebraska partners to join our campaign to increase financial support for these vital community health prevention efforts.
It's time to unleash the power of Nebraska public health. From outreach clinics to health education and the initiatives that keep our lives safe and healthy, public health pays off. We need to keep Nebraska communities healthy and enable public health to be ready for the unthinkable that sooner or later always becomes real.
The best time to invest in Nebraska's public health departments was 10 years ago. The second best time to invest in your public health departments is now.
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Fast Company on WNYC's Storytelling Experiments
Fast Company writer John Paul Titlow did a great job capturing the spirit of experimentation at WNYC -- and me doing an ill-advised live demo on stage:
"Anyone who thinks old-school media can't be stealthy and innovative has never seen John Keefe text a room full of people from a command line on his laptop. But tonight, the senior editor for data news at WNYC—a public radio station founded in 1924—is showing off some things he built to help his colleagues tell stories."
Read the whole story here.
Alexa Baked in a Pi
You can put Alexa in a Raspberry Pi, and that is pretty cool.
Alexa is Amazon's intelligent agent, like Siri for your living room. Standing nearby, you speak to it with a question or a command, and it responds verbally.
Normally Alexa lives inside a $180 device called an Amazon Echo, or the new $50 Echo Dot. But Emily Withrow at Northwestern University's KnightLab told me it was possible to put the Alexa code inside a cheap Raspberry Pi hobby computer. And I happened to have an old Pi lying around.
So I gave it a whirl!
Making Liza's Fireflies
Several friends recently planned a party for maker, e-textiler and all-around awesome person Liza Stark — and I wanted to celebrate her with blinkies appropriate for the occasion.
The event was to take place in a rented house with a porch overlooking a slice of woods.
I decided to fill the trees with digital fireflies.
Now Available: Family Projects for Smart Objects!
It exists! I can't believe it!
My first book, Family Projects for Smart Objects: Tabletop Projects That Respond to Your World is in my hands. The Kindle edition is available now, and Amazon is taking preorders for the paperback edition that comes out September 24, 2016.
It's a collection of 11 projects designed to introduce beginners to Arduinos, sensors and "internet of things" things. I tried to make it as accessible as possible, with clear instructions intended for girls, boys, women and men who have never done anything like this before.
The book grew out of my attempt to make something every week for a year (and blog about it).
Other fun facts:
I wrote much of it on my phone riding the NYC subway to work.
I promised myself I'd never write a book (thanks to Quinn Heraty for talking me into it).
It's published by the folks who make Make Magazine.
If you're into making and live in the NYC area, come out to the World Maker Faire October 1-2. I'll be there both days, demonstrating some projects and talking about the book!
"Family Projects for Smart Objects" at the World Maker Faire, NY Hall of Science:
Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 2:45 p.m. — Zone 3 Make: Show & Tell Stage
Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 11 a.m. — Zone 3 Make: Show & Tell Stage
C'mon out!
Tracking Harlem's Heat with Sensor Journalism
How hot is a Harlem apartment?
We're trying to find out.
There are now DIY sensors in about 20 apartments, measuring the indoor heat and humidity -- in the middle of a heat wave.
It's the latest sensor journalism project from WNYC's Data News Team, in a collaboration with blog AdaptNY, community group WEACT and observation platform ISeeChange.
And this week we worked with maker space HackManhattan, which hosted a soldering party to build more sensors.
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Book Making: Done
Between the last post and this one, I made a book!
Family Projects for Smart Objects is a collection of 11 projects based on Arduino hobby computers. They're DIY activities designed for beginners who want to learn about sensors and make "Internet of Things" things.
Or just make stuff with people you love.
The book is currently with a team of designers who are working to make it beautiful, useful and fun.
Game plan is to publish in time for the World Maker Faire in New York this fall. If you'd like a note when it's published, just jump onto my mailing list.
Ridiculously, that's not all I've been doing. More posts ahead about cool (and hot) things I'm exploring at work and on the side.
Make Every Week Begets a Book
About this time last year I set out to make something every week in 2015.
In the end, it was actually "Make Every 1.7 Weeks." But two exciting things happened along the way:
I made many, many more things than I would have otherwise, learning a ton.
I was invited to write a book.
Adventures in Minecraft & Parenting
When it comes to screen time, there are two activities where we give our daughters a lot of latitude: coding and Minecraft.
This morning I published a post on Medium called "Gardening at Night: One Dad's Guide to Minecraft." It's something I've been noodling on for a while, inspired by my daughters and by a few other parents who wanted to know how our family got started with the game.
Please let me know if it's useful to you or anyone else you know!
Separately, I've been collaborating with Jodi Jefferson to create a meetup geared for girls who play Minecraft called Girls Who Mine. We've met a couple of times, and are making it public with an event we're crafting for January. If you're interested, and live in the New York City area, jump over and add your name to the mailing list. We'll keep you posted.
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DIY River Sensors: The 5 Minute Summary
Here's the high-wire act in which I describe the West Virginia University sensor-journalism project with 20 slides that advance automatically every 15 seconds. This took place in a room of brilliant thinkers at Newsgeist 2015 earlier this month in Phoenix.
More details about the sensor project are available on the StreamLab site and in an earlier blog post.
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Make Every Week: Programs in Python
"Daddy, I want to learn Python," announced my 12-year-old daughter a couple of weeks ago. Boys in her youth group know it, she said. She wanted to, too.
Say no more.
I've introduced my daughters to a variety of friendly programming platforms, including Kids Ruby, Hopscotch, Codea and Lua in Minecraft. They've sweetly tolerated my programatic prodding. This was the first direct request.
I quickly ordered two paper copies of "Learn Python the Hard Way," by Zed A Shaw, and we've been walking through each lesson together — one every week.


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Prince Hamdan bin Rashid receives Qatari Consul-General
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.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance, this morning received Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Hassan Al Hammadi, Qatari Consul-General in Dubai, who was paying a courtesy call to H.H. Sheikh Hamdan at the beginning of his tenure in the country.
Sheikh Hamdan wished Mr. Al Hammadi success in promoting the fraternal relations between the UAE and Qatar.
The meeting was attended by a number of officials.
Source: wam.ae
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Fire breaks out in Blue Cut area after I-15 crash early Sunday
By Matthew Cabe Weeklies Editor
County Fire and U.S. Forest Service crews battle separate sections of a fire in the Cajon Pass as other County Fire units make quick work of a blaze in Hesperia.
CAJON PASS — San Bernardino County Fire and U.S. Forest Service crews are battling separate portions of a fire in the Blue Cut area along southbound Interstate 15 following a crash early Sunday that set alight a semi truck, another vehicle and nearby vegetation.
County Fire spokesperson Jimmy Schiller told the Daily Press crews on scene reported two separate sections for the vegetation portion of the fire. The first had burned ½ acre, while the second had consumed ¼ acre.
Crews with the San Bernardino office of the U.S. Forest Service had stopped forward spread of the vegetation aspect of the fire as of 12:33 a.m., according to Schiller and County fire tweets.
"The semi truck that caught fire is going to take some overhaul, so people should expect delays," Schiller said.
Schiller said Cleghorn Road or Kenwood Avenue "would be the best spots for turnaround," depending on location and which direction motorists are traveling on the section of the freeway near the fires.
County Fire crews were in "attack mode" on the vehicle fires as of 12:15 a.m., according to a County Fire tweet. That work was ongoing as of 12:53 a.m.
Schiller said all parties involved in the crash were accounted for, but he could not confirm any injuries.
Shortly after 2 a.m., Araceli Anaya told the Daily Press on Facebook that she was headed northbound on I-15 and witnessed traffic "completely stopped" on the southbound side of the freeway.
Motorists in the area are urged to drive with caution.
Meanwhile, in Hesperia, County Fire crews made quick work of a ½-acre vegetation blaze that broke out shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sunday.
County Fire tweets said the fire was near Summit Valley Road and "Aqueduct access road," with an updated location that placed it in Cal Fire's jurisdiction.
County Fire crews, however, stopped forward spread, remaining on scene for mop-up work as of 12:41 a.m. Sunday, according to the tweets.
Weeklies Editor Matthew Cabe can be reached at MCabe@VVDailyPress.com or at 760-951-6254. Follow him on Twitter @DP_MatthewCabe.


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Foreigners and Nationals are subject to the same conditions upon purchasing real estate property or real estate rights, therefore the same regime applies for both.
Before purchasing a real estate property it is most convenient to retain the services of an attorney, (consult with Rosario & Asoc. at: rosario.asc@codetel.net.do), as the research to determine liens and encumbrances on the property, payment of taxes and issue of the new title certificate in the buyer's name is necessary and should be carried out thru proper legal counsel, as it is imperative that the situation of the property be researched at the Titles Registry Offices and requesting a written confirmation of the result of those investigations. This system protects the buyer from the claim of any previous sale or lien that has not been registered when the buyer deposits its sale contract for registration purposes.
In order to carry out real estate transactions in the Dominican Republic, applicable documents must be registered; such is the case when a transfer is made, or when entering any rights over registered properties, such as mortgages, encumbrances, and leasing, among others.
The prompt registration of a sale is very important. In order to have it, the buyer shall deposit at the Title Registrar one original of the sales-purchase agreement legalized by a Public Notary, together with the Certificate of Title in the name of the seller, which shall be cancelled and replaced for a new one on behalf of the buyer.
REAL ESTATE LEGAL STATUS CERTIFICATION. The real estate legal status certification is the document issued by the Title Registrar in which its legal status and the term of the Title Certificate Owner's Duplicate is certified, specifying the entries in force registered in the Complementary Register on the date of issuance, such as mortgages, objections or encumbrances.
CERTIFICATION OF REAL ESTATE REGISTRATION. This document is issued by the Title Registrar and certifies the property has been registered on the date of issuance.
ACCESSORY REAL PROPERTY RIGHTS REGISTRATION CERTIFICATION.
This certification is the documentary evidence that an entry of an accessory real property right, lien, encumbrance and provisional measures has been made in the Title Register in favor of the holder or beneficiary such as mortgages, rights of way, etc.
The creditors' registration certification is the document issued by the Title Register which certifies the real property right, liens, and encumbrances, such as mortgages.
This Certification is the document issued by the Title Register in which the legal status of a registered property is certified, pointing out the entries in effect recorded in the Complementary Register, as well as the holder on its issuance date, in order to guarantee the immutability of said status and guarantee a particular legal business preventing entries of any other transaction as long as it is in force.
Real estate properties can be acquired in the Dominican Republic in an individual capacity or through a company, regardless of nationality or the migrant status of the acquirer.
Recommended in the case of long-term investment and when not interested in assuming corporate procedural expenses.
Expedited transfer process before the Title Registrar.
The property would be exempted from property taxes if its value is less than applicable exempt value.
The property is exposed to personal demands against its holder or owner.
The property is subject to the inheritance reserve provided in the Dominican Civil Code establishing that a person that has the use of its properties must leave a certain amount for his children in the case of death for succession purposes.
Transfer is subject to a tax equivalent to 3% of the amount of the transfer.
In the event of the owner's death, the property will be subject to a succession tax, which would be calculated based on the total value of the property.
If the property enjoys the fiscal benefits granted by law 158- 01, these would be lost with an eventual resale, or by the owner's death, since only the project and the first purchaser will benefit from these exemptions.
Facilitates short-term resale, because with a simple sale of shares the property is transferred without the need to change the holder of the Title Certificate.
It is useful for equity planning of the owner or holder.
It protects the property before obligations that could result in personal civil liability, since legally the real estate belongs to a company and not to the company's shareholder.
Avoids succession legal restrictions, since companies are not subject to inheritance reserve.
If the transfer is made through an in-kind contribution, that is, by assigning the property to a company in exchange for shares, there is no obligation to pay the transfer tax.
In the event the property is protected by Law 158-01, the future buyer maintains, during the applicable period, the tax benefits when the shares of the company that owns the property are transferred.
The transfer of goods and chattels, such as shares, is subject to a tax equivalent to 2% of the transfer value, when the seller is an individual.
Companies are subject to the payment of Capital Tax, equivalent to 1% per year of the value of its assets.
The process of an in-kind contribution is long and complicated.
There is the need to verify if the company is up to date on all its obligations, in particular its fiscal duties.
Certification that the company is up to date on tax payments.
The Title in the name of purchaser usually is issued two months from the time of deposit of proper documentation. A power of attorney must be provided to person retrieving new Title Certificate if not the buyer or if it is a company.
Some of the properties sold by tourism resorts and those on this website benefit from the provisions of Tourism Incentive Law 158-01, whose objective is to stimulate, through a rational process, the development of the tourism industry in the regions with great potential or that have excellent natural conditions for its tourism development throughout the country.
National and municipal taxes collected for using and issuing construction permits and purchase of land or other types of real estate properties, as long as they will be used to develop a specific tourism activity. This include Real Estate Transfer Taxes (sale, in-kind contribution and any other form of real estate transfer), equivalent to 3%, with regards to land and buildings, whether to be part of the project, or to be transferred to investors or buyers.
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PORTLAND, Oregon – The Suzhou Chinese Orchestra drew hundreds of Chinese folk music-lovers to the Lincoln Performance Hall at Portland State University on Friday with a "Charm of Chinese Music Concert".
The audience was deeply impressed with the young orchestra's great vigor and dedication. After the performance, the orchestra received a long standing ovation.
"I traveled almost three hours from home to see the beautiful concert," said David Perkins, a Chinese-language teacher who lives in Sisters, Oregon, a town more than 150 miles from Portland.
Bonnie Miksch, director of Portland State University's School of Music, was also among the audience members who were thrilled to hear the Chinese instruments.
"It is very interesting to me that instead of the violins, we have the erhu, which is of a very different timbre from the violin, and against the whole orchestra, a very special color, that I was very struck with. It's very rare to hear something like this, other than on TV, or YouTube, that kind of thing. It's very special to be upclose," Miksch said.
The concert was conducted by Pang Kapang, who has conducted at the Golden Hall of Vienna 13 times. The repertoire included six carefully selected pieces: Celebration Prelude by Zhao Jiping, Jasmine Flower by Wenjin Liu, Butterfly Dream by Zhao Jiping, Variations of Emotion by Liu Changyuan, Peony Pavilion · Touring the Garden by Zhu Changyao, and Macau Capccio by Wang Danhong.
The Peony Pavilion · Touring the Garden is adapted from a play of the world intangible heritage Kun Opera and is composed by famous erhu virtuoso and composer Zhu Changyao. At the concert, the piece was also accompanied by a classic singing of the Kunqu Opera by artist Wang Fang.
Founded last December, the orchestra now has more than 90 members, including renowned musicians and students from top-class music schools across the country. Famous conductor Pang Kapang is its artistic director and principal conductor.
"Although Suzhou Chinese Orchestra is still very young, we are passionate and have been dedicated to integrating folk music into the orchestra performance and reinterpreting and expressing traditional Chinese music with international mainstream symphonic language," Pang said.
The concert is part of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Portland-Suzhou Sister City Association and relationship.
"This celebration is more important than ever to celebrate the many years of friendship and cooperation between our two cities, Portland and Suzhou, which help make our cities better places to live, work and play," Portland-Suzhou Sister City Association President Robert J. Fraser said.
The orchestra was scheduled to play another concert on in Portland on Saturday.


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CONTACT HILARY: 530-210-6592.
Hilary is no longer located at Yoga Well in Grass Valley, has re-located to Sacramento and is in transition. She will come to your house for an in person appointment for Energy Work, Belief and Emotional Processing, if she already knows you. If you have your own massage table and already know her we can talk about bodywork. It is a lot of time, set-up and clean up. If you have never done anything with Hilary yet, but feel your guides are telling you Hilary can help you, let's make an appointment first for a Chart reading or Emotional Processing on the phone. She can work now for donations to her Pay Pal, at PayPal.Me/HilaryJordan.
Hilary teaches Yoga on Zoom on special occasions now, and teaches ballet in person in Grass Valley on Sundays. She can possibly come to your house for a private Yoga class.
Hilary leads Druid Rituals with scripts from the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids in the UK, at every pagan/wiccan/druid Holiday: Imbolc, Spring Equinox, Beltaine, Summer Solstice, Lughnasad, Autumn Equinox, Samhain. To participate, text Hilary at above number with your interest, to get dates & link.
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She used to offer many discounted programs for coming regularly. Right now, this is all a hobby. If you want real progress in your life, monthly or weekly appointments are still advisable. Hilary still has a Cancellation fee still of 25$ for appointments which are cancelled less than 24 hours in advance: rescheduling is free though.
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ABOUT HILARY: Hilary has 15 years experience doing bodywork & energy work. She has been doing emotional and belief work herself for 11 years, and facilitating shifts for other people for 8 years. She has past life memories of doing Energy Work, Bodywork, Druidry and Herbalism. Using Intuition and helping people shift emotions, beliefs and energy has been a passion since mentor Dan Swartz taught her this stuff, 11 or 12 years ago. Gayleen Haynes Gibson, another mentor at Tre Bella spa, got Hilary to sing in order to resolve an energy situation in the building, and then encouraged her to sing in all her sessions because she believed it is a sound healing, helping energy move with frequency. Hilary's Human Design Chart (which she studied with close friend and mentor Carol Lee) says that her intuition is her Authority, the means of truth through which to make all decisions, and get all information. Hilary has always been a dancer, and worked with the body. She has always been aware that we are all eternal essence, not just bodies. As a child she was convinced that if her friends changed their attitude, it would change their entire reality. The value of experience, and commitment to following through, is one of Hilary's strengths, along with orientation at the heart. We have been tolerating a dark patriarchy and inertia of ignorance for an entire period of time, which included an orientation through mind.
Hilary has been on a journey of healing and spirituality since 1997, when she was 19. She learned Progressive Relaxation, Transcendental Meditation, studied Psychology, Yoga, Chinese Medicine, Tai Chi, The Enneagram, Psychophysiology, Autogenic Training, Self-Hypnosis, The Blood Type Diet, Ayurveda, Raw Food, and The Enneagram. She was a Holistic Health Intern at San Francisco State University. She studied Vedic Astrology while at Maharishi University of Management, and has since had fun studying Human Design. She has a BA in Holistic Health, Psychology, Dance and Theater from San Francisco State University and a BA in Physiology (Ayurvedic emphasis) and a Masters in Vedic Science from Maharishi University of Management, where she meditated in The Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge and read Sanskrit for 6 hours a day. She has a Certificate in Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultation from California College of Ayurveda, certificates from Just For Your Health College of Massage in San Jose, California and Guiding Light School of Massage in Fairfield, Iowa. She was part of the Invincible America Assembly of Meditators in Fairfield, Iowa for 2 years. While in Fairfield, Hilary attended a weekly meeting of practitioners who talked about extraordinary spiritual experiences and awakenings, and this is when she met mentors Tom Traynor and Rory Goff. During this time she felt a change in physiology, and noticed spiritual experiences. She then explored Byron Katie's teachings, EFT Tapping with Tom Traynor, and Rory Goff's "Wavicle Work". She studied Radical Forgiveness and Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way" with Carol Lee and became certified in Janet Swartz's "Empowerment Process". She uses Janet and Rory's "belief processes" (for short) often. She feels strongly that shifting beliefs and emotions can eventually eliminate some of the need for heavy physical remedies, prevent serious disease, due to her experience of healing her own health conditions. She has extensively used Human Design, Vedic Astrology, and The Enneagram as a combined reading to help people understand themselves better. Hilary has a Certificate in Deeksha (The Oneness Movement Blessing), an energy blessing/transfer. She was Nationally Licensed for Massage, now holds a California Massage Therapist License. She has certificates in "Creative Dance Psychology", "Zumba" and has taught ballet, jazz, modern, tap, and a class she created called "Emotional Processing Through Dance" as well as producing and directing many dance and performing arts shows. She has facilitated 3 courses of "The Artist's Way" for groups in Roseville, Auburn, and Grass Valley and has done the full process 5 times herself. This was the first subject of conversation when she met Sarah Molaro, in whose Yoga studio she now operates Elements of Health, and with whom she now directs Nevada county Dance Collective and teaches Dance and Acro-Yoga at Yoga Well. Hilary has her own Health Model, Energy Work, Emotional Processing Technique, Manifestation Process, and classes. She is a member and distributor of Young Living Essential Oils and Maharishi Ayurveda Products. She has also studied Crystals, Druidry, Myth. For 5 years she has been emersed in Real Tantra of relationship, Adyota Yoga and 7th Stage Enlightenment teachings, with her amazingly precious and powerful personal Guru, Satya Ama Adyota, a complete gem among teachers on earth. She also spent 2.5 years at Tre Bella Spa in Auburn where she learned a lot about energy and essential oils from Gayleen Haynes Gibson, a gifted energy healer. She is always considering writing a book about emotions for children and teenagers. Some of her dance, meditations and classes can be seen on youtube at hilaryshealthelements and other channels. Hilary loves people and helping them, every step is a creative adventure.
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It is during holidays and special occasions that you begin to miss your closest dear friends and family and when you are worlds apart (in my case, air travel for Ethiopia and Philippines requires 12 hours).
Good thing though that there are social media including Skype, Line and Viber to appease the separation anxiety.
Christmas requires us a new family picture; too bad, I will be missing it.
The time difference does not help too; Ethiopian and Philippine time is 5 hours gap. So, for now, we can only contend on offline messages and occasional talks.
But, we can't feel sorry at all times; so, from the land of kind hearts, Ethiopia, have a MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!


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Caught at London Colney a 15lb 10oz Pike. Not pictured on the same day another 11lb Pike!
Another great catch of 12lbs at Lowbell Lane by our member Stuart Richardson.
Jordan Neighbor with some of the best catches he has had from Shepherds Way.


It was a very moving memorial Mass for a very special person.
Residents, students, friends and family of G.I.F.T. Centre founder Cenacle Sr Jean Mary Sinclair remembered her fondly at the Mass celebrated on August 19 at Sinclair House in Mount Eden, Auckland.
Fr Ezio Blasoni, SM, explained each step to the residents, making sure they knew and understood what was happening.
Good Shepherd Balmoral parish priest Msgr Bernard Kiely led the enthusiastic group in singing. The Mass was attended by Sr Jean's family and Cenacle Sisters Clare O'Connor and Mary Jackson Kay.
The residents also shared their memories of Sr Jean.
Still another thought it was cool to have their very own angel in heaven. "Sr Jean never stopped praying for us," he said.
In 1973, Sr Jean started the G.I.F.T. (Growth In Faith Together) religious education programme where she taught intellectually disabled children about the sacraments.
In time, G.I.F.T. grew to become not only a religious education programme but a residential programme with 10 long-standing residents.
G.I.F.T. religious education coordinator and board member Vivienne Aherne told NZ Catholic that Sr Jean's legacy will go on.
"Sr Jean's vision embodied servant ministry as shown by Jesus when he washed the disciples' feet (John 13:14)," Mrs Aherne said.
"We continue this legacy by adapting our programmes collaboratively to give greater voice and ownership to our disabled friends as we grow in faith with them. Sr Jean's commitment to prayer and the disabled community is an example that we strive to live up to through our faith," she added.
Mrs Aherne said three main issues are being worked on: increasing the awareness of the centre and its programmes, addressing difficulties such as transport, and working better with schools and church groups to encourage volunteering.
"The greatest opportunity for G.I.F.T. in 2017 and beyond is to increase participation from our disabled friends, their whanau and the wider Auckland diocese so as to build this really special place," she said.
We try to coordinate and assist with transport but recognise that we need more volunteers in this ministry," she said.
Mrs Aherne cited the Remar students of Marcellin College who "help create a happy and fun-filled environment during our religious education programmes for us all to grow in faith together." Remar is a Marist Youth Movement which forms young people in faith and Christian leadership.
G.I.F.T. Centre general manager Mylene Caballero said they always want residents to be happy and comfortable.
"Our mission remains the same: to make sure they (residents) have fulfilling lives," she added.
The centre also holds religious education programmes for high-functioning intellectually disabled people once every fortnight.


ONLY a week ago, militia in the eastern reaches of East Timor were terrorising thousands of people. But on Saturday, almost half of the territory – the major towns of Baukau, Viqueque, Los Palos and all points between – was declared "green", safe to all citizens and travellers.
The decision was taken not because Interfet had swept through villages and mountains flushing out militia. It was on the advice of the regional Falintil and National Council for East Timorese Resistance (CNRT) operatives that Interfet pronounced the troublemakers a spent force.
Likewise the UN, given the task of creating provisional government in East Timor, has found itself unable to move without checking first with Falintil and the CNRT. At regional meetings, the UN appears to be delegating much responsibility to local authorities and standing back, promising they will be little more than a facilitator of humanitarian services.
There are two reasons for this: the UN has enormous guilt for abandoning the people after the ballot; and it seems as yet uncertain what its powers are.
Last week, UN CivPol was sent to inquire about a murder totally unrelated to events of the referendum. The policeman's powers to investigate, charge and hold the suspect were not defined. The accused will remain under the eye of a village chief, potentially subjected to village retribution.
Meanwhile in a small village outside Los Palos, a potentially dangerous experiment is under way. Four militiamen have been released back to the people.
"I'm going to be monitoring the reintegration of those people in that village," said New Zealand UNAMET Squadron Leader Scott Arrell. "If I perceive they are in any danger, then we'll probably have to take them back into our security."
In Los Palos, Falintil are holding 44 militia. They had been interrogated by Interfet in Dili and released. But Falintil has refused to return the men to their villages, fearing they will be slaughtered. Even though they are technically free men, Falintil's authority in detaining them has not been questioned.
"The best advice we have is through Falintil," said Squadron Leader Arrell. "To go against Falintil's will and forcibly reintegrate them would be folly."


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Whenever I find a story blog, I am always overexcited to see the artists work. So I was browsing cartoonbrew > saw the annie award nominations for story > found Lissa Treiman's uber cool blog!! She's a story artist at Disney.
I have spent the entire morning archiving her wonderful work. So funny and so simple! Drool. I wish I did so much work fr myself as she does, besides her boards for pixar/disney. I also don't get how she manages to maintain her own style while working in disney, where most people have a consistent way of drawing characters.
Here's Bill Pressing's painting process she mentioned and followed in one of her blog posts. So so helpful!
the paintings are amazing !!
She's absolutely brilliant. Imagine a board artist who can use watercolors! The wonders they can do with the knowledge of staging, drama and continuity! <3 Stalking her like I stalk Willie Real.


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Francis Ngannou shows his appreciation for Kobe Bryant on 'Mamba Day'
Simon Samano, The Blue Corner
August 24, 2020 6:00 pm ET
With the way 2020 has unfolded ever since, it's hard to believe that it's been nearly seven months since the sports world lost Kobe Bryant, who was among nine people – including his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna – to die in a tragic helicopter crash on the morning of Jan. 26.
Bryant, a five-time NBA champion and 18-time All-Star for the Los Angles Lakers, was celebrated widely on social media Monday – a.k.a. "Mamba Day," which is acknowledged Aug. 24 because of his jersey numbers 8 and 24.
One prominent member of the MMA community to honor Kobe on Monday was UFC heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou, who shared a wonderful story about the time they met. It was at a BodyArmor event, and Ngannou wasn't expecting more than a quick "hello" when he introduced himself. It turned out Kobe, known for being a UFC fan, wanted to know more about Ngannou, and the two engaged in a longer conversation, with Kobe showing a real interest in Ngannou's background from humble beginnings in Africa.
Video: See the UFC's tribute to Kobe Bryant at UFC 247
Chasing greatness: Memories of Kobe Bryant from halfway across the world
It's a conversation Ngannou won't ever forget, and you can hear him talk about it in the video below (via YouTube):
Ngannou is awaiting his next fight but has been confirmed by UFC president Dana White as the man to challenge heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic in a rematch. We're just awaiting a date and location.
The Blue Corner is MMA Junkie's blog space. We don't take it overly serious, and neither should you. If you come complaining to us that something you read here is not hard-hitting news, expect to have the previous sentence repeated in ALL CAPS.
Photos: Francis Ngannou through the years
John Morgan, The Blue Corner
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired Ronald Torreyes from the Blue Jays for cash considerations. The team also has designated Darwin Barney for assignment to clear space on the 40-man roster.
The Blue Jays acquired Torreyes from the Astros last month, but he's struggled this season at the Double-A and Triple-A levels. Torreyes, 22, has a slash line of .175/.208/.200.


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WWE Superstar Taking Time Off
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WWE Superstar and former United States Champion Rusev revealed in a tweet that he will be taking time off.
As of now, Rusev is not advertised for any WWE events until a tour that starts on March 17. That means he will be gone for less than 30 days. However, if he is indeed taking 30 days off, that means he will be absent for WrestleMania 33, which is taking place on April 2, 2017.
If Rusev were to miss WrestleMania, it would be the first WrestleMania that he has missed since making his main roster debut in April, 2014, as he has been present for both WrestleMania 31 and WrestleMania 32.
Although he debuted at the 2014 Royal Rumble, Rusev officially joined the main roster on April 7, 2014, just one day after WrestleMania XXX. He quickly picked up an undefeated streak, defeating the likes of Zack Ryder, Sin Cara, R-Truth, Heath Slater, Xavier Woods, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Santino Marella, and others, more often than not in matches that were less than five minutes. He set his sights on Sheamus's United States Championship, and defeated him on a WWE Network special to claim his first singles title in the WWE. He was the first Bulgarian to hold a championship in the WWE.
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Rusev held onto the belt for 146 days. He retained against Sheamus, Jack Swagger, and even in a 20-man battle royal. He outlasted Adam Rose, Cesaro, Damien Mizdow, Diego, Erick Rowan, Fernando, Goldust, Heath Slater, Jack Swagger, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Justin Gabriel, Sin Cara, Stardust, The Big Show, The Miz, Titus O'Neil, and Tyson Kidd to hold on to his championship. He would eventually drop the title to John Cena at WrestleMania 31. It was at that WrestleMania where Rusev suffered his first pinfall loss.
After WreststleMania 31, Rusev entered a highly panned angle that saw him, Lana, Dolph Ziggler, and Summer Rae involved in a love quadrangle. The story was dropped when it was revealed that Rusev and Lana were engaged in real life.
In November, 2015, Rusev joined the League of Nations. Together he, King Barrett, Sheamus, and Alberto Del Rio feuded with Roman Reigns. In a December episode of SmackDown, the entire League of Nations lost a handicap match against Roman Reigns. At Tables, Ladders, and Chairs, the League interfered in Sheamus's "Tables, Ladders, and Chairs" match to help Sheamus retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
The stable was highly criticized as well, as many felt WWE was wasting four great superstars by feeding them to Roman Reigns. Wade Barrett said in an interview that the League's main purpose was to help Reigns get over.
"The obvious answer is a heel group with a potential World Champion who had the Money In The Bank briefcase. You really want to be dominant along the lines of The SHIELD, The NEXUS or something like that… at least The NEXUS at first. We had a natural charisma together but it felt like we had very few segments to display that. The majority of the time it would be Sheamus coming out and talking while we stood behind him. I just don't think that we focused much on trying to get over our natural charisma and natural friendship. It was just the storylines and I don't know what we could have done. There were plenty of ideas thrown about but ultimately we were there as foils for Roman Reigns. We needed to help him with his WrestleMania push."
Rusev would be back in title contention again in 2016, defeating Kalisto to become United States champion for a second time before dropping the title to Roman Reigns.
If Rusev is indeed taking time off, he does deserve it, as he has most definitely been working hard and is one of the more over superstars on Raw's roster.
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Modern ground floor apartment with substantial private terraces within this sought-after community featuring 2 private swimming pools and direct access to the fairways of the Royal Bendinat Golf Club.
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Bendinat Golf is a well-managed community within one of Mallorca´s best 'top end' communities. Here you have access to a saltwater pool, spa and heated pool plus a second outstanding pool with ample bathing terraces. A private parking place and a storage room are included. If you are looking for a home in one of Mallorca´s best communities just a few steps from the golf course with private terraces - this is this apartment for you.
The prestigious Portals Marina and the Royal Golf Course Bendinat are located closeby.
Several international schools are also reachable within short distance. Bendinat is situated within 10 minutes of Palma city centre.