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Pre-DEMF 2003
June 1, 2003 Phonopsia Leave a comment
…As I was saying, Thursday morning started with a trip to Detroit airport so we could return the rental car. We stopped one exit early in order to get gas. When I was walking in the building to pay for it, a guy pulled in bumping some amazing techno – I thought "Welcome to Detroit". 🙂 Casey wandered in after me, and the guy did too. Casey asked him what he was playing and he said, "that's me"! Wow. Turns out he's 1/3 of Audiomatrix. We all chatted for a while, and then he guest-listed us for his Movement afterparty. More on that later, but he seemed a really nice chap.
Since we were nearly in Detroit, we'd planned to check out a free brunch and symposium at the Detroit Historical Museum, home of the new Detroit Techno exhibit that will soon be touring the world. The exhibit was a bit of a let-down, but the symposium was cool. Got to meet up with a few of the Techno Tourists early-on, and see a few of Jenn's friends I hadn't seen in a while. Also, the talks were really cool:
Got to see Lenn Swan show a video of a DMC competition from 2000 (he would later win the world championship) – also got to see him spin (whew!!!)
Adriel talked about promotion in Detroit
Felton Howard talked about a DJ's responsibility to play for the love of spreading music and connecting with your audience. He made some really good points, like about being willing to play for free, about knowing your audience so that you can make them move, and even talked about spinning in the '70s before pitch-adjustable tables were around. He's credited with teaching Jeff Mills to spin, so that sort-of speaks for itself.
Max from Tresor talked about the Tresor club as the first true re-joining of East and West Berlin via Detroit techno. The wall fell, techno had just arrived, and a club appeared at the center of it all.
There was a DJ from Detroit public radio who gave an awesome speach on the history of American radio, and the forces that would begin to tear it apart, starting in 1943, through the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the new proposed amendments that will further dilute the American market. That was really cool.
By far the best part was seeing the Glufactory interview footage from their upcoming documentary on Detroit techno. All of it was in a raw, unedited form, beginning with an unbelievable segment from Laura Gavoor. I was really on the verge of tears for that bit. She taught me so much, and I only spoke to her once, briefly on the phone. Her impassioned, communicative powers were astounding, and her understanding of musical/racial politics globally was unequaled in my experience. To see about 10 minutes of interview footage was simultaneously uplifting and melancholy. She meant so much to Detroit.There was also some excellent footage of Alan Oldham, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Stacey Pullen and a hillarious commentary on European clubs from Kenny Larkin.We stuck around for a few hours, then headed back to Ann Arbor. After running errands, we grabbed some Cottage Inn pizza (I've been jonesing for this stuff for about 12 years now) and chilled with Casey and his Moms. From there we headed to Casey's decidedly college'd out hang out, "Dominicks". They have these enormous (1/4 or ½ gallon) jars for drinking, but that in itself did not sell me on the place. The outdoor deck was nice though, and I got to bond a bit with Jon, my brother in Jenneration X. Evidence:
From there we were headed to Necto (F/K/A the Nectarine Ballroom) for the Minus party feat. Clark Werner, Magda and Richie Hawtin. On the way I jumped out of the car on the corner downstairs from where Dave's Comics used to be, and got myself a cigar at a place next door to Stairway to Heaven (can't believe that place is still around). From there I wandered up State Street to Liberty and saw the sites and sounds that comprised my first adolescent adventures circa '86-'89. Once upon a time I wandered these streets with a skateboard in hand – a few years later I would be carting loads of debate evidence on the same streets. To say the least this was a flood of memories culminating in Necto, where I had my first clubbing experience at 14. Turns out that Jeff Mills used to DJ those same nights, although I suspect he was DJing later than the midnight curfew that was the teen-night terminus.
On entry we explored my old haunt. Everything was different. They moved the DJ booth, there was an outdoor deck, and a downstairs area I don't remember. Magda was playing a groovy set on the main floor while the deck had yet to start. The night was so nice we mostly chilled on the deck until Clark Werner came on. Many people were seen. Many drinks were consumed. Eventually I persuaded myself to check out Hawtin, just as he was starting. As usual, I persuaded myself it was really captivating for about 10 minutes, then my patience was tested in the next ten minutes, then I got bored in the last ten minutes I allowed him. I am [] close to writing him off. I'm really getting tired of stories from Hawtin fans telling me I need to see him in the right venue. I don't believe it. I just don't like his flacid music. Dare I say it, he is progressifying techno, and that is pretty damn criminal. I'll still listen to his production, but we've known for years that his production and DJing are very different things.
So… it was back out to the deck, where Clark Werner was continuing to play great music as always, and then things got a bit messier, and devolved into lots of drunken banter + overblown anti-Hawtin rants. End Thursday.
The next morning Ali and I walked up the street to the Village Kitchen, where I finally found my Belgian Waffle with Strawberries and Whipped Cream. True, it was not on a par with Maryland Diner quality, but it was 90% of the way there. On the way back I noticed we were across the street from Veteran's park, the place where they built the skate park where I first tried out a ½-pipe. It was 32 feet wide, metal and 13 feet tall at the highest extension. I never got very good at skating ramp, but it was fun to try! It was great to see Ann Arbor again, standing in line outside the Necto, being 50 feet from the old home of Schoolkids Records, where I started my musical development, and another 50 feet from the BK where I landed my first job. It was a trip!
That afternoon we headed to the Omni so Ali and I could check into her and Gil's room (I was staying there that Friday night). On the way we passed Portal, the old home of Submerge at 2030 Grand River, where I played Casey's party with Traxx in August, and where we would see Felton Howard and Rob Hood on Saturday:
After checking in, Casey and I headed up to Dennis's house in Southfield for his 2nd annual [313] party. Not as many familiar faces as last year, but good to see some new ones. These were the few that were familiar enough to pictorialize (or that I was smart enough to capture):
Around midnight we headed to the Corktown Tavern to try to take in some of the 7th City Party. I actually grabbed a cab from there, but it turned out that they weren't letting anyone in anyway, so Magda and Dennis arrived at the Detroit Contemporary around the same time as me. Very silly… I'm fairly certain that my friend Barry AKA Kataconda was playing when we arrived. He mixed a CD set, featuring a lot of his own material from CD-R. Really nice stuff! Christian Bloch followed that with a walloping minimal techno set, TJ (Wraith) followed that with another good techno set, then I came on, thoroughly inebriated at this point. If I can trust the reviews, it turned out well, although I had to mix from techno down to house, which is one of the things I find hardest to do, especially when really drunk. At one point I was manually winding one record up to +10 while in the mix – that was just stupid, although I think it actually worked! I think I recognized my limits fairly soon though, since Mike (who was on after me) allowed me to play a ½-hour into his set, at which point the cops came and shut us down. 'Twas a shame, but good that we got to go as late as we did, given that some of the other parties got crushed much earlier. It was a fun night, great to see all those peepz who I wouldn't get to see for long throughout the rest of the festival, and always a treat to play in Detroit. Also great to finally meet John Shipman, who I've been chatting with online for ages. Great chap. We got to spend a lot of time together over the weekend, which was long overdue.
This is getting really long, so I'm going to split it into two posts. On to the festival. ->
Acid Sonic ResearchAlan OldhamChristian BlochClark WernerDerrick MayDetroit ContemporaryFelton HowardGlufactoryJeff MillsKenny LarkinKevin SaundersonLaura GavoorLenn SwanMagdaMinusRichie HawtinRob HoodStacey PullenTraxxTresor


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import json
import re

from lib.variables import *
from lib.superjson import dumps
from jinja2 import evalcontextfilter, Markup, escape
from markdown import markdown

class Filters():
    def __init__(self, jinja2_env):
        self.jinja2 = jinja2_env

    def register(self):
        self.jinja2.filters["dump_errors"] = self.dump_errors
        self.jinja2.filters["pagination"] = self.pagination
        self.jinja2.filters["nl2br"] = self.nl2br
        self.jinja2.filters["build_uri"] = build_uri
        #self.jinja2.filters["tojson"] = json.JSONEncoder().encode
        self.jinja2.filters["tojson"] = dumps
        self.jinja2.filters["pretty_date"] = self.pretty_date
        self.jinja2.filters["content_process"] = self.content_process
        self.jinja2.filters["markdown"] = self.markdown
        return self.jinja2

    def dump_errors(self, errors):
        t = self.jinja2.from_string("""
                {% if errors %}

                        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert">
                        </button>

                            {% for error in errors %}

{{ ','.join(errors[error]) }}

                            {% endfor %}

                {% endif %}
            """)
        # {% if errors %}
        #

        #         {% for error in errors %}
        #
{{ ','.join(errors[error]) }}

        #         {% endfor %}
        #

        #     {% endif %}

        return t.render(errors = errors)

    def pagination(self, page, uri, list_rows = 10):
        def gen_page_list(current_page = 1, total_page = 1, list_rows = 10):
            if(total_page <= list_rows):
                return range(1, total_page + 1)

            if(current_page + list_rows > total_page):
                return range(total_page - list_rows + 1, list_rows + 1)

            return range(current_page, list_rows + 1)

        t = self.jinja2.from_string("""
            {% if page and not page.pages == 1 %}

«

                    {% for p in gen_page_list(page.current, page.pages, list_rows) %}

                            {% if not page.current == p %}
                                {{ p }}
                            {% else %}
                                {{ p }}
                            {% endif %}

                    {% endfor %}

»

            {% endif %}
            """)

        return t.render(page = page, uri = uri, gen_page_list = gen_page_list, list_rows = list_rows)

    @evalcontextfilter
    def nl2br(self, eval_ctx, value):
        _paragraph_re = re.compile(r'(?:\r\n|\r|\n){2,}')
        result = u'\n\n'.join(u'
%s
' % p.replace('\n', '
\n') for p in _paragraph_re.split(escape(value)))
        if eval_ctx.autoescape:
            result = Markup(result)
        return result

    def pretty_date(self, time = False):
        """
        Get a datetime object or a int() Epoch timestamp and return a
        pretty string like 'an hour ago', 'Yesterday', '3 months ago',
        'just now', etc
        """
        if time == None:
            return time

        from datetime import datetime
        now = datetime.now()
        if type(time) is str or type(time) is unicode:
            time = datetime.strptime(time, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
        elif type(time) is int:
            diff = now - datetime.fromtimestamp(time)
        elif isinstance(time, datetime):
            diff = now - time
        elif not time:
            diff = now - now
        second_diff = diff.seconds
        day_diff = diff.days

        if day_diff < 0:
            return ''

        if day_diff == 0:
            if second_diff < 10:
                return "刚刚"
            if second_diff < 60:
                return str(second_diff) + " 秒前"
            if second_diff < 120:
                return  "1 分钟前"
            if second_diff < 3600:
                return str(second_diff / 60) + " 分钟前"
            if second_diff < 7200:
                return "1 小时前"
            if second_diff < 86400:
                return str(second_diff / 3600) + " 小时前"
        if day_diff == 1:
            return "昨天"
        if day_diff < 7:
            return str(day_diff) + " 天前"
        if day_diff < 31:
            return str(day_diff / 7) + " 周前"
        if day_diff < 365:
            return str(day_diff / 30) + " 月前"
        return str(day_diff / 365) + " 天前"

    def content_process(self, content):
        # render content included gist
        content = re.sub(r'http(s)?:\/\/gist.github.com\/(\d+)(.js)?', r'', content)
        # render sinaimg pictures
        content = re.sub(r'(http:\/\/\w+.sinaimg.cn\/.*?\.(jpg|gif|png))', r'', content)
        # render @ mention links
        content = re.sub(r'@(\w+)(\s|)', r'@\1 ', content)
        # render youku videos
        content = re.sub(r'http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_(\w+).html', r'<embed src="http://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/\1/v.swf" quality="high" width="480" height="400" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed>', content)
        return content

    def markdown(self, content):
        if not content:
            return ""
        return markdown(content, extensions = ['codehilite', 'fenced_code', 'mathjax'], safe_mode = 'escape')

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import requests
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
import re
import random
import time
Li = []
term = "data"
head = "www.linkedin.com"
s = requests.session()
r = s.get('https://www.linkedin.com/uas/login?goback=&trk=hb_signin')
soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text)
loginCsrfParam = soup.find('input', id = 'loginCsrfParam-login')['value']
csrfToken = soup.find('input', id = 'csrfToken-login')['value']
sourceAlias = soup.find('input', id = 'sourceAlias-login')['value']
payload = {
'session_key': 'hanhaohh@126.com',
'session_password': 'hanhaohh123',
'loginCsrfParam' : loginCsrfParam,
'csrfToken' : csrfToken,
'sourceAlias' : sourceAlias
}
s.post('https://www.linkedin.com/uas/login-submit', data=payload)
File = open("test","w")
format1 = re.compile(r'link_viewJob_2"\:"[\w\d\s\:\/\;\=\?\.\$\&\%]*')
for i in range(1,2,1):
    print i
    page = "https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/j?type=jobs&keywords="+term+"&orig=GLHD&rsid=2060029261441227217895&pageKey=voltron_job_search_internal_jsp&search=Search&locationType=I&countryCode=cn&openFacets=L,C&page_num="+str(i)+"&pt=jobs"
    # page = "https://www.linkedin.com/vsearch/p?type=people&keywords="+term+"&openFacets=N,G,CC&pt=people&orig=FCTD&page_num="+str(i)
    print page
    soup1 = BeautifulSoup(s.get(page).text.encode("utf-8"))
    list1 = str(soup1.find('div',{"id":"srp_main_"}))
    if list1.find("link_viewJob_2"):
        contacts = format1.findall(list1)
        print len(contacts)
        for j in contacts:
            url= head+j.split('\"')[2].replace(";",'').replace("&amp","&")
            Li.append(url)
print (set(Li))


Anybody can film the apocalypse. (Hello, Michael Bay!) But the day after? That takes a real hack. Ever since Chuck Heston damned those dirty apes, we've been mesmerized by the zombies and mutants that will one day rule us. Here, we rate the newest outbreak against the genre's gold standard: Road Warrior.
October 2008 A corrupt mayor squanders the last energy and food in Earth's only surviving underground city. Two plucky teens (aided by dad Tim Robbins) race to crack a code that will help citizens escape to the surface.
November 2008 One day humankind is decimated by a virus. The next, the victims are resurrected as killers. Expect — nay, demand! — legions of decomposed infectees-turned-zombies.
Late 2008 In this adaptation of a Ray Bradbury story, WW III leaves Earth nearly sterile, and a tiny outpost of scientists attempts to sustain plant life. Things get wacky when one of the researchers turns into a man-shaped pod.
Early 2009 WW III again. Nukes have wiped out most of civilization, martial law rules, and one man goes up against a gun-toting regime — with little more than his wits and his mitts.
June 2009 Pollution destroys the ecosystem. Everything's going extinct. The cities empty. There's nothing left — apparently only a few bucks to rent Indiana Jones' fedora.
August 2008 (Russia-only release?) Greedy corporations vie for Earth's last remaining resources. Meanwhile, Ron Perlman and John Malkovich battle over the last remaining pieces of scenery to chew.
November 2008 Weaponized smallpox turns most of humanity into blind, vomiting, pus-oozing yet still walking corpses. Somehow, the uninfected 2 percent retain enough appetite to consume one another.


On the feast of St. Agnes there is an interesting blessing celebrated at the church of the saint on Piazza Navona in Rome. Two lambs are blessed, and when they have grown, the wool from these lambs is woven and used to make the woollen pallia for the new metropolitan archbishops.
This may all seem a little convoluted, so let's unpack it one step at a time.
First of all, why the feast day of St. Agnes? Well, that's somewhat clear. Join the fact that the Latin word for lamb, Agnus, is so similar to Agnes, with the fact that Agnes was an innocent young woman when she was martyred, and the association is a no-brainer.
So what's a pallium for? The pallium is a woollen scarf that was originally a common vestment that did what scarves do — it kept people warm. For the last millennium or so it has been a sign of having received a specific form of authority from the Pope, that of a metropolitan archbishop.
And so what makes an archbishop a metropolitan? This is a bishop in charge of an archdiocese, and so one who normally has a specific pastoral concern for the bishops in surrounding dioceses assigned to that archdiocese. Normally these "suffragan" dioceses were originally part of the archdiocese, but this is not always the case.
When the archbishop wears the pallium, it has three gems that are added to adorn it, but no one is quite sure where the practice comes from, nor do they have any specific meaning.
So happy St. Agnes day everyone! Lets spare a moment to pray for archbishops everywhere.


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Home » Fujifilm Gains FDA Approval for its Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Option for Mammography System
Fujifilm Gains FDA Approval for its Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Option for Mammography System
Stamford, Connecticut–based, Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A has achieved FDA approval for its Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT), an optional software upgrade for its Aspire Cristalle digital mammography system.
With the DBT software option, the x-ray tube moves through an arc around the breast, acquiring a series of low-dose image slices at different angles, producing a three-dimensional.
The acquired images are reconstructed into a series of 1 millimeter slices displayed individually or dynamically in a cine mode—making it easier to identify lesions that might be difficult to see in traditional 2D mammography images due to overlapping breast structures. — Cynthia Jessup
Medical Devices Submissions and Approvals

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School-Based Self-Management Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Asthma
The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends school-based self-management interventions for children and adolescents with asthma. Evidence shows these interventions reduce emergency department and hospital visits among children and adolescents with asthma.
A team of specialists in systematic review methods and in asthma research, practice, and policy assessed evidence from 30 studies identified in the following published review:
Harris KM, Kneale D, Lasserson TJ, McDonald VM, Grigg J, Thomas J. School-based self-management interventions for asthma in children and adolescents: a mixed methods systematic review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD011651.
What are school-based self-management interventions for asthma control?
School-based self-management interventions for asthma control provide education or counseling to help children with asthma learn to recognize and manage asthma symptoms, use medications and inhalers properly, and avoid asthma triggers. Programs may also provide instruction on monitoring asthma signs and symptoms, stress management, or implementing an asthma action plan. Interventions may be facilitated by trained nurses, teachers, health educators, or peers in group or individual sessions.
Asthma is the most common chronic lung disease among children in the United States and affects one out of every twelve children . Children with asthma may experience limitations in daily activities, missed school days, hospitalizations, or urgent primary care and emergency department visits . The burden of childhood asthma in the United States is disproportionate with higher rates in urban settings and low-income and minority communities . School-based self-management interventions for asthma control are likely to promote health equity when implemented in schools in low-income or minority communities.
The Community Guide: Asthma
Intervention summary
One Pager: School-Based Self-Management Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Asthma
Twitter® @CPSTF - official account for The Community Preventive Services Task Force
National Asthma Control Program (NACP)
Page last reviewed: January 07, 2020
Page last updated: January 06, 2020
Disclaimer:The findings and conclusions on this page are those of the Community Preventive Services Task Force and do not necessarily represent those of CDC. Task force evidence-based recommendations are not mandates for compliance or spending. Instead, they provide information and options for decision makers and stakeholders to consider when determining which programs, services, and policies best meet the needs, preferences, available resources, and constraints of their constituents.
Sample Citation:
Guide to Community Preventive Services. School-Based Self-Management Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Asthma. https://stgdaiss.thecommunityguide.org/content/school-based-self-management-interventions-children-and-adolescents-asthma. Page last updated: January 06, 2020. Page accessed: January 20, 2022


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After 9/11, there was a debate in Washington over the dysfunctional Pakistani government, with one side arguing that Islamabad was doing its best to rein in its unwieldy intelligence service and military, the other that Islamabad was complicit in what its intelligence operatives did and what its military didn't do.
That debate was settled by SEAL Team 6. After all, bin Laden was hiding in plain sight, in a mansion just outside Pakistan's capital, in a city that hosts Pakistan's military academy and serves as a retirement destination for Pakistan's military brass. Pakistani government officials had to know the most wanted man on earth was living next door.
Sadly, this wasn't the first or last time Pakistan let its American allies down since 9/11. Islamabad has ceded vast stretches of the country's laughably misnamed Federally Administered Tribal Areas to enemy forces. Pakistani troops have fired on NATO helicopters operating along the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier. Terrorists trained in Pakistan have launched attacks in Afghanistan and India. After the bin Laden strike, Pakistan expelled two-thirds of the U.S. military personnel assigned to training the Pakistani army. Worse, a Pakistani court found the man who was instrumental in helping the CIA confirm the whereabouts of bin Laden guilty of treason. For doing what Islamabad should have done, he was sentenced to 33 years in prison.
At some point, winning the broader war will demand tough decisions in Islamabad—or recognition in Washington that Pakistan is part of the problem. If the best we can hope for is a transactional relationship with Islamabad, then someone needs to ask—amid Pakistan's treatment of informants, sheltering of bin Laden, aiding of the Haqqani network and Taliban, blockading of NATO equipment, firing on U.S. forces—what exactly the United States is getting in the transaction.
Contrary to the media mantras, President George W. Bush did not "go it alone" in Iraq or Afghanistan. But President Barack Obama did in Pakistan, and he was right to do so.
• It was not authorized by the UN. In fact, some observers in Europe and the Middle East condemned it as illegal.
• It not only alienated the Pakistanis; it humiliated them. Recall that Islamabad was notified of the operation only after U.S. forces had left Pakistani airspace.
• It was completely unilateral. Pakistani forces didn't even participate in the operation. In fact, contingencies were in place for the U.S. strike team to fight its way out of Pakistan, presumably against the Pakistani military.
This is not to criticize the operation, but rather to highlight an important truth: Sometimes the only way to address a threat is through unilateral action. In this instance, the exigencies of speed and timing made UN pre-approval impossible; Pakistan's duplicity made involving the Pakistani military and intelligence services risky; and the U.S. military's unique capabilities made allied involvement unnecessary.
When possible, the U.S. should work in conjunction with partners, but when necessary it must act alone. Leading from behind is not an option with the likes of al Qaeda.
Although al Qaeda 2.0 hasn't successfully hit America, it has come very close, with near misses in the skies over Detroit and in New York City. "The cancer has metastasized to other parts of the global body," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta explains, sounding a much more realistic tone than the president.
• The most powerful wing of al Qaeda 2.0—al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula (AQAP)—has seized large swaths of Yemen. The U.S. has answered with an array of military responses. Killer drones take off 16 times a day from Djibouti, many bound for Yemen. A squadron of F-15Es has been deployed to Djibouti to conduct operations in Yemen. And the CIA has an airbase dedicated to launching hunter drones against AQAP.
• U.S. forces have conducted and/or supported numerous operations in Somalia, where the al Shabaab movement merged with al Qaeda in 2011. The architect of the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings was killed in Somalia in 2011.
• In Libya, where an al Qaeda hit squad murdered a U.S. ambassador, the Pentagon is reallocating funds from Pakistan to assist Tripoli in creating an anti-terror commando force.
• Boko Haram, with assistance from al Qaeda operatives, is trying to carve out an Islamist state in Nigeria and has launched hundreds of bloody attacks toward that end.
• After being decimated by U.S. surge forces in 2007-09, al Qaeda in Iraq now numbers 2,500 and is carrying out 140 attacks per week.
• The Syrian civil war, like Iraq before it, has drawn hundreds of al Qaeda fighters. They won't go away once the fighting stops. In fact, they are recruiting and radicalizing disaffected Syrian Sunnis.
The Bush administration used the term "global war on terrorism" as an umbrella for post-9/11 military operations. But the phrase was always imperfect. We cannot defeat terrorism, the critics countered, because it is a tactic or a method. Hence, they argued that a war on terrorism is a misnomer at best and would be futile at worst. Perhaps persuaded by this view, the Obama administration jettisoned the term from official pronouncements.
However, the civilized world has defeated or otherwise marginalized uncivilized behavior and methods. In his book "Surprise, Security and the American Experience," John Lewis Gaddis points to slavery, piracy and genocide. So, a war on terrorism is not necessarily a futile enterprise.
The Bush administration wrestled internally with what to call the post-9/11 campaign. Three years after 9/11, then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld asked, "Are we fighting a global war on terror? Or are we witnessing a global civil war within the Muslim religion…Or are we engaged in a global insurgency?" The answer to each question is yes, which means the language of war is appropriate. As the 9/11 Commission concluded, "Calling this struggle a war accurately describes the use of American and allied armed forces to find and destroy terrorist groups and their allies in the field." Tellingly, Obama used the word "war" eight times in announcing the strike on bin Laden.
That became clear on 9/11, when al Qaeda's war reached our shores. Those who accept al Qaeda's creed have proven that they are tenacious military adversaries who seek our defeat. They are not drug dealers, mobsters or scofflaws. Hence, repackaging this as something other than war—or trying to fight global terrorism with lawyers rather than warriors—is counterproductive. It pays to recall that indictments didn't stop bin Laden from waging war on America. But SEAL Team 6 did.


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Join Canada's Leading Identitarian Movement!
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ID Canada is an ethno-nationalist and Identitarian youth movement inspired by Generation Identity's impressive headway in Europe. ID Canada has existed since 2014. First as Generation Identity Canada, and then re-branding into ID Canada early this year. With the name change, a new leadership team was tasked with crafting an organization unique to Canada. The vision was to create an Identitarian ethno-nationalist movement in the spirit of the Canadian cultural reality. We fight for the expression our own distinct identity.
We're succeeding.
Old Stock Canadians now face an unprecedented challenge. By 2036, StatCan predicts that half of all Canadians will be children of a first generation immigrants. Considering the demographics of those we let into this country, we can safely assume that a Euro-Canadian minority will follow shortly thereafter. We must ask ourselves, is this the "Canadian dream" for which our ancestors sacrificed everything? Is this the Canada for which our fathers died? Do we honestly expect our values, culture, traditions, languages and customs to remain unchanged? We're already seeing the negative effects of diversity and multiculturalism today, when Euro-Canadians have yet to become a minority. If we want a startling glimpse of may come to pass, we should look no further than South Africa.
The multicultural experiment has been a failure. Our founder's dreams of enjoying a safe, prosperous nation shared by the people of Europe has been poisoned. In its stead, a painful nightmare of European peoples being eradicated in their homeland. However, globalists overlooked a few obstacles - our perseverance, our pride, our honour and our discipline.
There isn't a more resilient people in the history of mankind. We Europeans have faced countless invasions through our long history; we've even fought bloody wars against one another. However, Europeans have always come together to fight a common enemy. From the Winged Hussars aiding their Austrian brethren in the 1683 Battle of Vienna, to the nations of Europe unifying together to retake the Holy Lands in the Crusades, there's no shortage of examples to showcase our ability and willingness to fight together. Fast forward to present times, and all across the western world there's a wave of nationalism, unity and brotherhood sweeping our nations. The fight has been going on for decades, and up until recently, the only people battling were our enemies. Euro-Canadians are now realizing that multiculturalism and diversity simply mean the lessened presence of our people.
The establishment is determined to discredit movements like ours as "racist, xenophobic and bigoted", but this could not be further from the truth. Euro-Canadians are beginning to realize that this has nothing to do with a loathing for others, but rather a love for our own. A love for our people, our languages, our culture, traditions, customs, and most importantly, our identity.
Every other ethnic group is not only permitted but encouraged to show boundless pride in their identities. Non-Europeans express confidence in their peoplehood while being championed by the left as civil rights advocates, heroes and visionaries. When Europeans attempt the same, accusations of racism, bigotry and Nazism are soon to follow. It's time to break the shackles of "white guilt" and re-instill a sense of dignity, honour and meaning into the hearts and minds of our youth. We're made of the same desire for greatness that ran through the veins of our fathers and mothers. We've simply been conditioned to suppress it.
The time for action is now. ID Canada has chapters from Prince Edward Island to British Columbia. We're coast-to-coast, and together we will fight against the relentless waves of cultural Marxism, liberalism and the attempted erasure of our identity.
ID Canada seeks real-world activists. We take quality over quantity, and have a very strict vetting procedure. To join, consider submitting and application. Note that after some experimentation, a $15 fee had to be enforced. This is to deter spam, bots and individuals seeking to infiltrate. Once we review your application, we will proceed with a brief voice interview, followed by an in-person meeting with one of our regional leaders. These steps are to safeguard the integrity of ID Canada and ensure we are working with people who are truly inspired to effect change. Once the vetting process is complete, applicants are granted initiate status and must partake in activism campaigns and attend meetings to become a full member.
ID Canada does not condone illegal activities, and will not accept applicants who we feel do not meet our criteria. Our membership is currently limited to applicants aged 18-35. If you wish to help but do not meet the requirements or don't want to join at the moment, consider becoming a Patron.
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On June 4-5, 2016 the Carlsbad Art Wall at 377 Carlsbad Village Drive, in Carlsbad, California will be home to new mural by San Diego based muralist Gloria Muriel.
Through her art, Gloria creates a portal to her own cosmic dreams and fantasies. She shows us a unique and magical world that exists beyond our reality—a universe in complete harmony with nature. Gloria's intention is to awaken hearts and open minds to the raw novelty of the present moment. Meditation helps guide her to see the divine presence found in everything that exists. . . Gloria's murals are often based around the geometries of a face, with lines and patterns borrowed from the natural world — elements of flowing water and sublime vegetation suggest an abundance of growing, healing, and evolving life. Her murals can be found in Mexicali, Tijuana, Guadalajara, Mexico City, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami.
For more info on Muriel and the Carlsbad Art Wall, please follow the jump.
The Village of Carlsbad's 4th Thursday Art Walk is this Thursday, May 26, 2016 beginning at 5 PM.
Throughout the Village, 20 different locations are waiting to welcome you with light refreshments and fantastic local and regional art ranging from photography, oil, sculpture, woodworking, and so much more!
For more info on what some of the participating businesses have planned, please follow the jump.
The longest-running one-woman show in Broadway history, Golda's Balcony tells the incredible story of Golda Meir, Israel's first female prime minister. On the eve of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in which Egypt and Syria mounted attacks on Israel, Meir reflects upon her life and relives key moments in her political and spiritual development. As she inches closer to nuclear war, Meir must confront the question that has echoed since she took office: what happens when ideology becomes power?
Previews for this New Village Arts presentation begin Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 8pm and continue Sunday, May 29 at 2pm, Thursday, June 2 at 8pm, Friday, June 3 at 8pm and Saturday, June 4 at 8pm. The production will host a soft opening on Sunday, June 5 at 2pm.
The New Village Arts Theatre is located at 2787 State Street, in the heart of the Village of Carlsbad, California. To buy tickets, please click the link.
The Carlsbad Village Association is welcoming the returns of Art Walk only now it's called the 4th Thursday Art Walk. And it kicks off on Thursday March 24, 2016.
Art Walk, held in conjunction with Cruising the Art Scene at the Village Faire Shopping Center, is a self-guided tour of art galleries in the Village, as well as stores that also feature local and regional artwork. You can visit nearly 20 different locations throughout the Village, as well as see numerous murals during your tour. Half a dozen locations will also feature live music and many will serve light snacks and refreshments. Come experience Carlsbad Village in a whole new way!
For all the details (including a list of participants) please click the link.
The Carlsbad Art Wall at Señor Grubby's is getting a whole new look on the weekend of January 16, 2016 as Encinitas based artist Skye Walker takes over the east wall of the Carlsbad eatery.
The first 2016 CAW artist Skye Walker will bring his life-long love for illustration, design and mural painting to the CAW with his signature colorful composition of nature and environmentally conscious iconography. Walker found his love for art in his early youth while traveling the country with the family bluegrass band named EarthWalkers. They logged over 2,000 shows nationwide singing about preserving the environment. During this time, Walker's father taught him the art of lettering and murals. His father was an accomplished sign painter and muralist in the 70's and 80's.
The City of Carlsbad's Cultural Arts Office presents a new installation in the Carlsbad Sculpture Garden, located at 2955 Elmwood St., immediately north of the city's Georgina Cole Library.
Leslie and Paul Wilton: Reclaimed, Repurposed, Remembered features nine sculptures created by Escondido artists Leslie and Paul Wilton of Metalmorph Sculpture Studio. A free opening reception will be held on Thursday, Jan. 28, from 5 to 7 p.m., hosted by the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts. The Sculpture Garden is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and admission is free.
It's December 1942, and New York's little-radio-station-that-could, WOV, is about to air its final broadcast of the holiday-themed Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade. That's the setting for The 1940′s Radio Hour, a timeless play full of classic tunes sung in four- and five-part harmony. With its dance routines, swinging music — including "Ain't She Sweet," "Blue Moon," "You Go to My Head" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" — and beloved cast of characters, Radio Hour is a perfect holiday treat.


When I made the decision to breastfeed, I didn't realize the enormous responsibility I would take on. Within 5 weeks of giving birth, I went back to work and quickly found out my son wouldn't take a bottle. He would then only nurse at night when I was home, called reverse cycling. If you've found yourself on this nursing schedule, you'll quickly find out how difficult it can be. Check out more information about breastfeeding reverse cycling in this post and try some of my tips on keeping your sanity when your breastfeeding reverse cycling!
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I was always scared of breastfeeding, mostly because my mom didn't breastfeed me and even though she was a nurse in the Philippines, she didn't recommend I breastfeed either. Ultimately I decided to try breastfeeding and took two classes before I gave birth so I could try to prepare myself for it. Neither class told me anything about reverse cycling so when I found myself staying up all night feeding and working all day, I questioned whether I made the right decision.
What is Breastfeeding Reverse Cycling?
Reverse cycling is a nursing pattern used to describe a baby who only nurses in the late evening or night hours. It can happen at any stage of your newborn's life and can be caused by some sort of disruption in regular day time feeding. In my case it was the fact that I returned back to work and my son wouldn't take a bottle. It could be many reasons though including a long trip that allowed your baby to sleep extended periods of time if your baby is easily lulled to sleep in a car or your newborn is up all night and sleeps during the day.
Breastfeeding was already hard for me so when I returned back to work, I had planned on pumping milk. Little did I know, my son wouldn't take a bottle; no matter what bottle we gave him. I must've bought every weird looking bottle on Amazon to no avail. My parents even tried to feed him by plastic syringe but my son would just spit it up. I was fortunate enough to work near my parents' home so I could take my lunch and nurse him then. Within a few days, my son would only nurse when I was home in the late evenings and nights.
It wasn't long after that I started to feel the effects of the full time day job and full time night job of nursing my son. I was extremely exhausted and completely stressed out! I was afraid I was going to have to quit my job! My son's reverse cycling lasted for months, until he was about 6 months old. It ended when my son finally took a bottle (the cheapest kind at that!) and started eating some baby food. During those months, there were some things I had to do to keep my sanity! I hope they will work for you!
Consult your pediatrician – Especially as a first time mom, there were a lot of questions in general that I had but sometimes I just needed that reassurance from an expert. Fortunately I have mine on speed dial (just kidding that's old school – on my favorites list is close enough)! Set an appointment with your pediatrician and pick that expert brain of theirs and get some much needed reassurance that you will get through this! Your newborn's reverse cycling can be caused by many different things and you and your doctor can sit down and talk about a plan and maybe some solutions!
Try to determine the potential causes of the reverse cycling – Did you return back to work? Take an extended trip? These are things you can discuss during your pediatrician visit. My second son slept all night since Day 1 so I always said it was to make up for those 5 months of sleepless nights with my first son.
Adjust to eliminate reverse cycling – What I needed to do was adjusting my work schedule to accommodate my baby's feeding needs since that is the reason why he was reverse cycling. Working towards a regular feeding routine for your baby can go a long with to eliminating reverse cycling. What also helped me the most was keeping a schedule of when my son was feeding and changing them to 30 minutes to 1 hour later to slowly move him out of feeding in the middle of the night.
If you've consulted your pediatrician and tried the tips above with no luck, then breathe, sit tight, and read on! Try these tips below to help keep your sanity during this time. You need to take care of yourself! Keep in mind this time is temporary. It may not feel that way and I certainly felt it would last forever in those 5 or so months we were reverse cycling but it does end.
Self care – Think of things that can really help calm you down. This can be anything, try some of the activities below that I love to do to get some self-care in! I would enlist my husband or family members to help me get a little bit of self-care time!
Enlist Help – My husband was a huge help during this time since he was taking time off work. I was also able to enlist help from family and friends to minimize other tasks like cooking, cleaning, and caring for siblings. Check out my 10+ Must-Have Resources For A New Mom post to learn about services like Meal Train which is a free service that allows you to organize meal giving for anyone.
Stay healthy – There's a reason why we feel awful when we don't sleep well or have enough sleep, WE NEED IT! During this time it's important to stay healthy by eating healthy food and staying hydrated so that even if you're mentally drained, your body isn't. Don't forget to continue using your prenatal vitamins!
Adjust Work Schedule – If you are working during this time, try talking to your employer about changing your schedule at work, especially if you have split days off. Try Switching hours with a coworker if you're working a closing shift and a morning shift back-to-back so you can get enough rest between shifts.
Introduce a Bottle – If you are comfortable trying to transition your baby to bottle feeding, check out rental bottles and return policies from some major retailers to try which bottle is best for you. I went on Amazon and literally ordered every kind of breast-like bottle made to no avail!
If baby is taking a bottle, you can take turns with your spouse to feed at night.
If baby isn't taking a bottle, have your spouse bring the baby to you for feedings and taking the baby back to crib for you can help so much!
mini fridge – This was so helpful once my son finally took a bottle because it saved us the time running downstairs to get milk since we had a mini fridge in our room.
glider – I was thankful to find a glider for cheap on craigslist and would nurse and rock my baby to sleep, sometimes even falling asleep there!
Breastfeeding Pillows – I won an awesome breastfeeding pillow from Back Buddy to put behind me that saved me life so many times! Breastfeeding nursing pillows are so useful to make sure my son was positioned and comfortable too!
I know it may feel like forever, but it's so important to know that this will pass! Hang in there mama, you're doing a great job!
Did you experience Breastfeeding Reverse Cycling?
What did you do during this time to keep yourself sane?
What advice to have for someone who is experience this right now?
Thank you for reading this article! I hope you liked it and found it useful!
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These sound like some good tips for a Mum who is having to go through this or well any Mum who is breast feeding at all!
absolutely! Self care is so key as a mother!
These are great tips. I have yet to be a mother so I will keep these in mind.


We have just witnessed a dazzling display of strength, stamina and athleticism — a feat so Herculean that it will undoubtedly go down in history as one of humanity's shining moments.
Colet, for those of you who haven't heard, earned a place in the record books for delivering the world's longest speech. He spoke nonstop for 24 hours and 21 minutes, aided only by sips of water, beer and wine. Especially wine.
Colet continued speaking even while going to the toilet, which – I think you'll agree – demonstrates an admirable single-mindedness and dedication to his craft, as well as the willingness of someone to follow him into the john to make sure he kept jabbering.
The subject of and inspiration for Colet's speech was the surrealist painter Salvador Dali, who 33 years ago stepped out onto the railway platform at Perpignan and loudly declared it the center of the universe. Why Dali did this no one really knows, because he quickly got back on the train and left, apparently never to speak of Perpignan again.
Other people took note of his pronouncement, however – enough people, at least, to form the Association of the Friends of the Center of the Earth, which Lluis Colet ably serves as chairman.
To celebrate the 33rd anniversary of Dali's revelation and to make his assault on the record book, Colet prepared a 700-page speech about the artist. This took up a good chunk of the 24 hours and 21 minutes. The rest of the time, he just made stuff up.
I know what you're probably thinking: Why isn't this man running for president? Well, for one thing, Colet speaks French, which means that — to most Americans — he would be slightly less intelligible than Ross Perot on a really lucid day. What's more, it's not likely that Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich – the most long-winded politicians in America today – would stand for some Frenchie taking over and hanging Dali's paintings of melting watches in the White House and the Capitol.
The time might be ripe for Colet, though, because Clinton and Gingrich may soon be preoccupied with their own attempts to get into The Guinness World Book of Records. Gingrich, in fact, appears to be well on his way. According to the Reuters news service, he is attempting to claim the record for the "most handshakes by a national figure." The House Speaker and his staff believe he earned the record on a recent Saturday in Washington state, where he shook hands with 3,609 people at a Republican Party picnic in a five-hour period.
Gingrich's staff has submitted reports from eyewitnesses along with additional documentation, according to Reuters. He is eyeing the "most handshakes by a national figure" record because the categories for "public official" (8,513 handshakes by Theodore Roosevelt), "local public figure" (8,710 by Irish politician Joe Harrington) and "regular guy" (31,118 by Yogesh Sharma) are – for now, at least – a bit out of reach.
I'm sure we all wish him well in his endeavor and hope that he will not rest until he squeezes Sharma out of the record book. Bill Clinton, who would be better off if he stopped at a handshake, ought to try diverting attention by setting a record too. In fact, I have just the record in mind, and it involves Clinton's favorite musical instrument – the saxophone. Reuters reported last week that Geovanny Escalante, a Costa Rican musician, is laying claim to the new world record for blowing the longest single musical note. The record was previously held by Kenny G.
Of course, it will take months, if not years, of practice for Gingrich and Clinton to set their new records.
In the meantime, Americans would be happy to sit back and listen to Lluis Colet say whatever it is that needs to be said. Sure, it might take us a while to get used to speeches lasting 24 hours and 21 minutes at a stretch. But at least we can be sure of one thing – they won't be any more surrealistic than what we're hearing from politicians now.


The National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), also known as Manufacturing USA, is a collective of research institutes in the United States that focuses on developing and commercializing manufacturing technologies through public-private partnerships between industry, universities, and federal agencies.
To date, 14 manufacturing innovation institutes have been established or announced. Oregon State University first joined the network in 2014 when it was chosen to be part of the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. In the past year, OSU has been selected to join three more institutes – Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute, Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, and Rapid Advancement of Process Intensification Institute.
In addition to the MIME faculty who serve as leaders and PIs in these institutes, over 300 faculty and students across MIME and College of Engineering are expected to be involved.
Oregon State University will be a founding academic partner in one of the newest institutes, known as the Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Innovation Hub (ARM), which will be supported by $253 million from federal and matching funding. States, local governments, industry, universities, community colleges, and non-profit organizations will participate, and the U.S. Department of Defense is directing the federal effort. A primary goal is to better organize the current fragmented capabilities in robotics technology in the U.S. while preparing the nation to be more globally competitive.
Among participating academic institutions, Oregon State already has one of the nation's leading educational and research programs in robotics.
"We'll be leveraging our world-class robotics faculty in collaboration with our colleagues in mechanical, industrial, and manufacturing engineering, and electrical engineering and computer science," said Bill Smart, an associate professor in the College of Engineering and one of the university's leaders in robotics education and research.
ARM will conduct applied research and development; deliver education and workforce training; and create a nationwide network of "regional innovation" collaborations. Oregon State University will help lead one of those collaboratives in the Pacific Northwest.
As a partner in the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), the College of Engineering will significantly expand its outreach and collaboration with Pacific Northwest business and industry, helping them to save energy, waste less, create jobs and become more internationally competitive.
This broad program is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, headquartered in Los Angeles and comprised of five regional centers. One of those centers is based at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and in addition to Oregon State University, its partners include, Washington State University, the University of Washington and regional industry.
co-principal investigator of the program.
The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII) is a world-class, first-of-its-kind manufacturing hub. As a unique public-private partnership, DMDII seeks to transform American manufacturing by ushering in the digital revolution.
According to Matt Campbell, professor of mechanical engineering, digital manufacturing is a concept that greatly reduces physical prototypes and testing, as well as time to manufacture.
This approach, researchers say, will provide a fundamentally new way for digital information to flow among designers, suppliers, and customers, as well as to and from intelligent machines and workers on the factory floor.
The technology being created at Oregon State, and other partners in this initiative, translates almost every aspect of a mechanical system into data that can be mixed and matched in sophisticated computer systems – what a part will do, how it will perform, what materials it is made of, how much stress those materials can take before they fail, what will happen at the intersection where one component interacts with another, where failures might occur, and how those failures can be prevented.
Key industry investors in the project include General Electric, Rolls-Royce, Procter & Gamble, Dow, Lockheed Martin, Siemens, Boeing, Deere, Caterpillar, Microsoft, Illinois Tool Works and PARC. Thousands of small and mid-sized companies are also involved. And Oregon State's research in this field, which will continue to assist regional industries, includes such companies as Daimler Trucks, Blount, PCC Structurals, ESCO, Intel, Xerox and HP.
The university is also partnering with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) to co-direct a key component of a five-year, $70 million advanced manufacturing institute, with the goal of greater energy efficiency, increased manufacturing innovation, and more jobs in the nation's chemical industries.
The institute, Rapid Advancement of Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID), was announced by the U.S. Department of Energy. It will be coordinated by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Oregon State University and PNNL will lead the Module Manufacturing Focus Area within the RAPID institute, and work with chemical equipment suppliers to advance lower-cost process intensification equipment.
"The selection of OSU and our colleagues at PNNL to lead this focus area is a tribute to 15 years of commitment by state leaders, Oregon businesses, and our research universities," said Brian Paul, the Tom and Carmen West Faculty Scholar of Manufacturing Engineering and leader of the new focus area.
The new focus area, Paul said, is an outgrowth of the collaboration between Oregon State University and PNNL through the Microproducts Breakthrough Institute which began in 2001. The success of that partnership has evolved into the Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Institute, located on the Hewlett-Packard campus in Corvallis. It focuses on the research and commercialization of advanced materials and technologies being developed within the university, in concert with research partners across Oregon and throughout the world.
"The cumulative economic impact from these industries could one day mean billions of dollars and thousands of high-wage jobs for Oregonians," Paul said. "We are creating the building blocks for an economy with staying power and the ability to export sustainable technologies to the world.


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Hoc Est Corpus
Matthew 26:26-28, Mark 14:22-24, Luke 22:19-20, I Corinthians 11:23-32
One of the great fights at the time of the Reformation, if you can believe it, was over the communion service. There was a Latin phrase that had been in use for a thousand years and more. The phrase in Latin was "Hoc Est Corpus." In English it is simply "This is my body." They are the words that Jesus spoke on the night of that very first communion meal when he met with his disciples. There were the words used in the communion services practiced throughout Christendom.
But when the reformation took place, the meaning of the words came under furious debate.
Transubstantiation Mark 14:22-24, Matthew 26:26-29, John 6:53-58
The part of the church that we now call Roman Catholic took one position. It was called transubstantiation. This simply meant that when the bread and the wine were consecrated by the priest, the very elements were transformed into the actual body and blood of Christ. They took the words of Jesus very literally. He said, "This is my body", "This is my blood." Therefore, in some supernatural way, they were changed. So, when we partake of the elements, we actually partake of the divine nature. Now the elements appear the same and taste the same, but in reality, they have been changed.
When some of the worshippers then heard the Latin phrase, "Hoc Est Corpus" and understood that at that moment they were changed, they saw magic taking place. This is the origin of the phrase "Hocus Pocus". The phrase now used by magicians and conjurers to supposedly change one thing into another.
Memorial Luke 22:17-20, I Corinthians 11:23-26
But there were some who had left the Church of Rome in protest. The protesting people of Holland were led by a man name Uldrich Zwingli. He wanted nothing to do with magic or with the miraculous. He wanted nothing of superstition or sleight of hand. He said the communion elements do not change into anything else. They stay bread and they stay wine, and all the words we can speak will not change them.
The elements are simply audio-visual aids intended to help us remember. The service is more like a memorial service in which we remember the life laid down for us so long ago. It is almost the same thing that we do at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, of the eleventh month each year to remember those who laid down their lives for us in war. At a communion service, we remember, lest we forget, what Jesus did for us on the cross, and so we eat the bread and we drink the wine as an act of remembering. The communion service serves as a string around the finger that helps us remember.
Consubstantiation
In Germany the protest against the Roman domination of the church was led by Martin Luther. He listened to the leaders from Rome on the communion question and felt uncomfortable. He listened to Zwingli of Holland and knew he could not agree with him either.
He wanted to take the words almost as literally as did the Church in Rome. But he did not like Hocus Pocus either. So, he proposed a solution that is called Consubstantiation. This position said that the presence of Jesus Christ is with the elements. (The Chalcedon Formula reads, of one substance with the Father as touching his Godhead, and at the same time of one substance with us as touching his manhood; but the nature of both are retained.) The idea is that in the service of communion, the body and blood of Christ, and the bread and wine, coexist in union with each other. Luther illustrated it by the analogy of the iron put into the fire whereby both fire and iron are united in the red-hot iron and yet each continues unchanged.
The presence of the resurrected Christ is above, beneath, beside, around and through the elements, but the bread and the wine are not changed in any way. But when I partake of the bread and wine, I partake of Christ simultaneously. So the bread and the wine carry the real presence of Jesus Christ to my life.
Sign and Seal
In Geneva, Switzerland another reformer, John Calvin, got into the debate. He did not like the Roman Church's response. It was too magical. He didn't like Luther's response because it leaned too close to the Roman viewpoint. But he did not like Zwingli's view, whom he thought went too far in the other direction.
So John Calvin writes, "The sacrament is an aid to our faith related to the preaching of the gospel…an outward sign by which the Lord seals on our consciences the promises of his goodwill toward us in order to sustain the weakness of our faith; and we in turn attest our piety towards him in the presence of the Lord and of his angels and before men.[30]
So, he said the communion elements are a sign and the seal of God's grace. That means that the elements are both reminders, a sign, of God's grace, but the elements are also vehicles of God's Grace. God meets us in the sacramental moment. God uses the means to convey his grace to us.
The Quaker's position
There was a fifth group during this time of the splintering of opinions. The Society of Friends, the Quakers, wanted nothing to do with sacraments as such. Many felt the whole thing was superstitious nonsense. They refused to baptize, and they refused to offer communion to their people, but instead urged their people to hold spiritual communion with their Lord without the props, which they felt no better than idols. These symbols were a distraction at least and better avoided. God is present everywhere and those with eyes "take off their shoes" says Elizabeth Barrett Browning, for "Earth is crammed with heaven…"
Later, for different reasons, they were joined by the Salvation Army in shunning the sacraments and ordinances.
Transignification
In more modern times, now that we are away from the heat of those arguments, we are able to look at the issue more dispassionately. There is a sense in which each group was correct in part. The Roman Catholic church was right in their desire to take Jesus at his word. They were right that the bread and the wine were changed.
But Luther was right too. Christ was present in those very moments during a service in the power of His resurrection. Zwingli was right that it was a service for remembering what Christ had done. John Calvin listened and tried to blend the strengths of each position. Each group was right in what they affirmed. But wrong in what they denied about the other's positions.
But how do we explain the words "Hoc Est Corpus" in modern imagery and language.
The Roman church said, there is a change in the substance. But the word "substance" has many meanings. It can mean "material stuff", for instance; I am not just an idea, I have substance.
But when we talk about the substance of the debate, then we mean the very heart of the argument. We mean the very essential element of what we speak about. "The substance of the argument was different than he had understood." So when the theologian said, "The bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ" they were not intending to say that we end up eating bleeding flesh in a cannibalistic sense, which would be horrendous. Instead the very nature, the significance of the bread and wine has changed.
Some years ago, the Canadian flag came into dispute. The flag was flown upside down. The outrage was instant. But why all that fuss over a bit of cloth? Because it is more than a piece of red and white material. When red cloth and white cloth are cut into the shapes of the maple leaf, and the cloth becomes a flag, it is not just cloth anymore. Though the scientist in testing it would say, "Just cloth. nothing more." But 30 million Canadians would say, "give me a break!" It is the flag of our country and know that the substance they had defamed was not material substance, but Canadian honour.
More than 50 years ago Amy and I were wed. I gave her a wedding band that she wears to this day. It cost very little in those days when Gold was $35 an ounce. If a scientist were to inspect it with the question, what is the essence of this thing, he would say gold of a certain caret. That's all. nothing more. But if Amy were to take that gold ring and fling it into the Welland Canal, she has not just thrown away a $100 item. She may be throwing away our marriage. She is not just jettisoning a piece of jewelry, but she may be discarding me, insulting our marriage and doing terrible hurt to me. The ring is more than gold. When it was placed on her hand, it changed its essence. It was transformed.
On the night of the betrayal, Jesus took bread, something common to most meals. He took wine. Something present in Mediterranean countries as a normal beverage, and he reinterpreted their meaning. He changed them forever. When these common table elements are used in a communion service, they are more than bread and wine. They become the meeting place of God and man. They are the very means whereby God Himself may engrace my life, advance the work of His Spirit, and where the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son cleanses me from my sins.
The Eastern Orthodox Church
The Western church patterned its communion service on The Gospel accounts of that first communion service in the upper room, and on Paul's letter to the Corinthians which attempts to stop the abuse of communion. It became a penitential service. Forgiveness of sin was the focus. It was a solemn time.
The eastern church based their communion services on the life of Jesus spent with his 12 disciples, and the resurrection accounts where Jesus eats meals with his friends. After the resurrection they broke bread with joy. It was the resurrected Jesus who met with them in the power of the holy Spirit. It was joyous celebration that He was present with them.
The Eastern part of the church said, "Hoc Est Corpus?" What are you talking about?" Then they said, Jesus is not in the bread or the wine, he is in the room. His feet are under the table with ours. Where 2 or 3 are gathered in his name, there he is, among us. He does for us, as he did for the early apostles: he meets with us in person. He wants to have a meal with us and fellowship with us and share life with us. So the East said the resurrected Jesus Himself is present by the Holy Spirit and having a meal with his people is one of his favourite things!
But whatever view we hold; the entire Christian Church knew enough about the significance of the Communion service to think it worth a great debate. They knew they were not making a mountain out of a mole hill. They were saying to people like you and I, "Do not take the communion service lightly. Do not abuse the opportunity. Do not flagrantly play fast and loose with the sacred. The bread and wine are not a mini-coffee break. They are part of a set of moments when God and his people intentionally come together in a trysting moment and focus on the salvation provided by Jesus Christ.
I must come to conclusion. The question arises, do we need to understand the "how" of communion? Do we need to solve this dilemma of the scholars? I believe it is helpful to think about the matter, but I would want to be cautious in presuming I understand the mystery of God's workings. (By the way, the world "sacrament" is the Greek word for "mystery")
So the question arises, how much do I need to know to be able to benefit from the sharing in a communion service? I suspect very little. I need to know two things only.
First, I need to know about my sin, and secondly, I need to know about his forgiveness.
First, I need to know about my weakness, and secondly, I need to know about his offer of strength.
First, I need to know about my tendency to selfishness, and secondly, I need to know about His desire to cleanse me from all unrighteousness.
First, I need to know enough about myself, and secondly, I need to know enough about God, to know that the one who knows me best, loves me most.
Then if I am aware of my need and His infinite kindness in Christ, that may be enough understanding to take part in every celebration of the lord's Supper.


Heritage New Zealand's Senior Legal Advisor, Geraldine Baumann, has traversed nine locations across New Zealand over the last three months to deliver her excellent Heritage Policy and Law Roadshow. For those who didn't manage to catch it, here is a quick overview of the key points she covered.
Going right back to the basics, an archaeological site, as defined by the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014, is any place in New Zealand (including buildings, structures or shipwrecks) that was associated with pre-1900 human activity, where there is evidence relating to the history of New Zealand that can be investigated using archaeological methods. A shipwreck can constitute an archaeological site, with the caveat that the wreck must have occurred before 1900.
Heritage New Zealand does have the authority to declare a site that is not pre-1900 and a good example of where it has made such a call is the Norwegian whaling base on Stewart Island, which is both pre-and-post-1900. Because treasure hunters were known to be damaging the site in their hunt for souvenirs, the whaling base was designated and is now preserved as heritage site. Several old mining areas have also been designated archaeological sites for the same reason.
It came as a surprise to several attendees at the Auckland Heritage Policy and Law seminar that the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act (HNZPTA) had been updated in 2014.
HNZPTA makes it unlawful for any person to modify or destroy, or cause to be modified or destroyed, the whole or any part of an archaeological site without the prior authority of Heritage New Zealand. While the Act was recently revised, very little has actually changed, says Ms Baumann. "Most of the content has not been updated, and the language remains unchanged", she noted.
What has changed, is that the new Act places more emphasis on the interests of the land owner. In other countries it is often a requirement that a site, having been assessed for archaeological significance, must then require a permit to work there. This is not the case in New Zealand.
While New Zealand's law precludes landowners from tampering with an archaeological site, the onus is on the landowner to request authority to undertake earthworks that may modify or destroy an archaeological site. Heritage New Zealand cannot demand a landowner or developer to seek such authorisation; however, if no authorisation is in place and a site is modified or destroyed, the owner or developer may be prosecuted.
Heritage New Zealand has no real power to demand that an owner change its plans for development; it can only decide whether or not to grant an authority for the development to proceed, explained Ms Baumann.
According to Ms Baumann, on average 496 out of every 500 requests for authority to develop a site are successful. Only four or five are refused; the rest are mediated, or compromises are found.
Once an authority is granted, the developer is within its rights to destroy any archaeological site that may be uncovered, irrespective of its rarity or value. Unfortunately, this happens more often than not. There is, however, one compelling case where a developer altered its plans to incorporate heritage into its development plans and in doing so, built a unique and priceless feature into the building's design.
In Wellington's Taranaki street, just south of the well-known Irish pub, Molly Malones, a two-storey retail premises built in 1899 was bought by a developer for demolition. Having obtained the authority to demolish the structure, the developer proceeded to knock down the building only to discover elements of Te Aro Pa, comprising structures made out of Ponga trunks that dated back to the 1840s. These are the only known examples of such structures on mainland New Zealand.
In order to preserve Te Aro Pa, the developer decided to forego building an underground carpark and foundations, instead preserving the structures with plastic resin and making them a feature of the building. As part of the compromise the Council allowed the developer to build extra storeys to compensate for the foregone basement space.
Heritage New Zealand's remit was further defined in a ruling earlier this year that required New Zealand Heritage to pay a substantial amount in court fees when it lost a case to Greymouth Petroleum over withholding authority to install an exploration drilling platform in Taranaki. As a precautionary measure, the company sought an archaeological authority and consulted with Iwi, who said that the valley held significant cultural significance as an ancestral burial site where, among others, the famed Maori warrior Chief Wiremu Kingi was interred. In light of the potential for the burial area being adversely affected, Heritage New Zealand did not grant authority to Greymouth Petroleum.
As reported by Maori Law Review, the Environment Court first considered whether the HNZPTA allowed HNZ to consider the effects of a proposal on an area wider than that included in the application, or whether it was restricted only to considering the particular archaeological site physically affected. Having analysed the relevant provisions, the Court concluded that HNZ was not correct in its determination, and that the wider cultural landscape should not have been considered. Rather, HNZ's decision should have related only to the physical integrity of the site that Greymouth sought authority to modify.
The Court went on to rule that even if it was proven to be the site where Wiremu Kingi was buried, the distance of the burial site from the proposed exploration well meant that there was no appropriate basis on which to decline the authority sought by Greymouth.
So who can deal with cultural landscapes? According to Ms Baumann, the protection of landscape sits within planning processes such as those under the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan. District planning has the advantage of seeing the 'bigger picture' and in this respect, can look at the avoidance. In other words, it can suggest workable alternatives, and have a dialogue under the Plan to avoid potential damage to Heritage sites.
The Maori Heritage Council is one of two governance bodies of Heritage New Zealand, the other being the Board of Heritage New Zealand. The new Act boosts the role of the Maori Heritage Council, which is soon to publicly launch its Tapuwae, or formal statement of their view of Maori heritage and their policy for its protection.
The New Zealand Heritage List, Rārangi Kōrero ('the List') identifies New Zealand's significant and valued historical and cultural heritage places. Continued under the HNZPTA, the List is maintained by Heritage New Zealand.
The difference, however, is that Under the Historic Places Act 1993, one of the purposes of listing was to lead to scheduling under district plans. This is no longer the case. Now, under the HNZPTA, local authorities need not pay any attention to listings except for listing of Heritage Areas.
When it comes to key planning decisions, Heritage New Zealand is involved in every single one; however, only to the extent that it submits on proposed second generation plans and plan changes. It also aims to work closely with local authorities to shape policies that support these.
For as long as Geraldine Baumann has worked for Heritage New Zealand, a Heritage Order, which provides for the protection of the heritage qualities of a particular place or structure, has not been successfully placed on a heritage building. Heritage New Zealand did unsuccessfully attempt to place a Heritage Order on the Jean Batten building.
Under the RMA, if the subject of the order can prove that they will incur economic loss directly resulting from an order, then the Heritage Order won't stand up, she explained. Furthermore, because the heritage protection agency must either buy the building subject to the order or withdraw the order, "heritage orders are things of the past", explained Ms Baumann. "Most heritage protection agencies are not funded to purchase buildings and certainly not Heritage New Zealand", she noted.
To access the full presentation notes, please click here.


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Installation photos courtesy Acorn Photo.


Apologies in advance if this has already been extensively covered somewhere else, but I wanted to share something with my fellow Taxi members, hoping somebody can profit from this.
So.. I'm catching up on old Taxi TV episodes, and am presently watching Ask Michael Anything from the 23rd of April last year. One of the questions asked was 'how to support your music career while waiting for licensing revenues without performing'. Michael didn't have a ready answer for this, apart from gigging. Had I been on the chat at that time, I would have replied: Freelancing.
I've been working as a freelancer on several freelancing websites for the past months, providing custom musical composition and voice-overs. Though it took a while to take off, it's definitely gaining speed now. I was surprised by the amount of work out there. If you have a homestudio, can do a basic decent mix, perhaps audio restoration.. then you can generate a decent income from this. Especially the amount of job postings for voice overs is astounding; at a quick estimate, I'd say I see 10-15 postings for this on a daily basis. Sure, not every posting is as interesting or lucrative as others, but it shows that there is enough work to be had.
People who know their way around the Izotope RX software suite (or other audio restoration software) can also find plenty of easy work here.
Again, sorry if I'm double posting, but I wanted to share my experience with this and hopefully give one or two fellow Taxi-members a new way to generate income.