During the summer of 2018, in between the end of Grade 10 and the beginning of Grade 11, I participated in an academic summer program called the Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS) from June 17th to June 30th. The session that I got accepted to was the International Affairs and Security session and I was able to learn a lot about the topic that I would not have learned in my school curriculum. Over the course of two weeks, I had eight lecture, eight seminars, one simulation, which was like a Model United Nations conference, and a group project called the Capstone project where we had to decide on a topic and do a presentation about it on one of the last days. Some lectures that I listened to were from well-known professors and experts on their topic, so their lectures were really interesting and detailed. One lecture that I enjoyed was about the US intervention in Iraq from a person who used to work at the UN in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Jordan, and currently works at Yale University. Even though this topic was something that I was not very familiar with, I got to learn a lot more about it and understood the controversy associated with it; whether US's military intervention was actually beneficial to solving the problems occurring in Iraq and the Middle East. After each lecture, we also had a discussion class where I got to debate about the topic we just got lectured on and see different perspectives/opinions on it from students all around the world. Another part of the program that stuck with me was the seminars. The subjects of each of the seminars were all debatable and intriguing, making me think about them even long after it was over. The seminar that I found the most fascinating was a seminar about the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh and whether if international communities have the responsibility to intervene or not. This seminar raised many questions about what it means to be an international citizen and how countries should interact with each other in our current world.
However, it was not just about the academics but also the people and the experience as a whole. As mentioned earlier, the program was for students all over the world and more than 100 countries were represented, including ones that I have never even visited or paid much attention to. Because of the wide variety, the friends I made there was also very international; from places such as Canda, United States, Zimbabwe, China, and Slovakia. This meant that I could even feel the differences as well as unexpected similarities between people around the world in such minor conversations like the ones over a dinner. This not only opened up my mind to a wide variety of perspectives and cultures but made me view the world differently. Before I came to the program, my understanding of the world was still limited even with my experiences living abroad and studying at international schools. However, the program opened up my eyes and inspired me, making me more interested in international current affairs. Moreover, I learned how my friends' lives are nothing like the ones I've had and how something I view normal might seem extraordinary to them. From these discussions and conversations, I realized the importance of understanding and respecting each other's cultural backgrounds in order to overcome the differences between us.
This summer program was a valuable experience for me in gaining knowledge about the interactions between countries around the world and the controversial world topics and issues that we are faced with today. Furthermore, it opened up my perspectives of the world and taught me the importance of respect in these inter-cultural communications. Finally, this program also allowed me to learn more about myself and what I am actually interested in pursuing, even in the future. Even now, a few months after the experience, I find myself still thinking about the issues that we discussed and the knowledge I gained through it. This taught me that I am genuinely interested in the topics covered in the program, maybe more so from the legal perspective, helping me with think further about what kind of a future I want for myself.
I am a Japanese student, who has pure Japanese blood, as all my parents and grandparents are Japanese. Our first language is all Japanese and this can be said for me as well. However, I have lived in a few countries around the world since I was young, beginning with Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Switzerland. These experiences of living in foreign countries gave me the opportunity to go to international schools, where English is the first language. Through my school life in international schools, I was able to become fluent in not only Japanese but also English, making me a bilingual student. There are several things about what being bilingual means for me.
Firstly, I think being bilingual allows me to become a communicator, who is able to communicate with a very wide range of people. While Japanese may not be as spoken around the world as English, it is still a language that some other languages share some similarities with, such as Chinese. English, on the other hand, is one of the most spoken languages in the world and I am able to communicate in English in most countries that I go to. I feel like this fact opens up a lot of opportunities for me to do what I want and to have a voice in the society. An example when being bilingual helped me become a better communicator was when I translated some Japanese documents into English and vice versa for NGOs. One NGO is HOPE International Development Agency, where I did a short internship, as reflected in this post, and during the internship, I reflected a wide range of documents from Facebook posts to progress reports and letters.
Secondly, bilingualism makes me a better learner. This is because I am able to learn knowledge in two contexts, Japanese and English, and this not only deepens my understanding of the topic but also gives me more than one perspective to look from. Since I learned how perspective people look from even on the same topic is heavily influenced by the language they speak and their cultural background, being bilingual allows me to see from several cultural backgrounds and perspective, giving me ideas on the difference and similarities between countries.
Lastly, being bilingual helps me to become an inquirer. As I have experienced going to both Japanese and English schools, I realized how different they are from each other in terms of what we learn as well as how we learn them. This experience opened up more paths for my curiosity because there are unique learning to be had in both kinds of schools. For example, through my current international school, I became interested in playing badminton as well as learning about the issue of poverty. On the other hand, the Japanese school that I went to when I was in elementary influenced me to become more adaptive to the environment and made me a better collaborator with other people.
As these show, I believe that being bilingual has many meanings for me, that are all very important. Now that I have written this reflection, I feel glad that I was given the opportunity to become a bilingual student and I would like to make sure that I will remain bilingual throughout the rest of my life.


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Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, markies de Condorcet (Ribemont, 17 september 1743 – Bourg-la-Reine, 28 maart 1794) was een Franse filosoof, wiskundige en politicus (en vroege politieke wetenschapper) die het concept van de methode Condorcet ontwikkelde. In vele facetten vooruitlopend op zijn tijd als een 18e-eeuwse denker, pleitte hij voor een liberale economie, vrij en gelijk publiek onderwijs, grondwettelijk recht, en gelijke rechten voor vrouwen en voor mensen van alle rassen. Zijn ideeën en geschriften hebben de Franse en de wereldpolitiek beïnvloed en blijven invloedrijk tot aan de dag van vandaag.

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Condorcet werd geboren op 17 september 1743 in Ribemont, destijds gelegen in de provincie Picardië, heden ten dage in het departement Aisne. Zijn vader, een legerofficier, sneuvelde kort na zijn geboorte. Zijn moeder, voor de tweede keer weduwe geworden, liet de opvoeding van haar zoon over aan de kerk. Condorcet werd op elfjarige leeftijd naar de jezuietenschool in Reims gestuurd, waar hij in de volgende jaren een afkeer ontwikkelde van de kerkelijke greep op het onderwijs.

In de periode van 1765 tot 1774 concentreerde Condorcet zich hoofdzakelijk op de wetenschappen. Hij zag af van een militaire loopbaan, zoals zijn familie had gewild. In 1765 publiceerde hij zijn eerste werk over wiskunde: Essai sur le calcul intégral. In 1769 werd hij verkozen als lid van de Académie royale des sciences.

Als bezoeker van de salon van Julie de Lespinasse kwam Condorcet in de kring van Condillac, Marmontel, d'Alembert, Helvétius, D'Holbach, Turgot, Buffon en in mindere mate ook Voltaire.

In 1774 trad Condorcet op de voorgrond met zijn werk Lettres d'un théologien à l'auteur du Dictionnaire des trois siècles (Brieven van een theoloog aan de auteur van het Woordenboek der drie eeuwen). Datzelfde jaar werd hij door Jacques Turgot, de nieuwe algemeen controleur van Financiën, benoemd tot inspecteur-generaal van de Munt te Parijs. Condorcets aandacht verschoof daardoor van de wiskunde naar de filosofie en de politiek. In 1777 werd hij benoemd tot secretaris van de Académie des Sciences en in 1782 werd hij toegelaten tot de Académie française.

In de daaropvolgende jaren wijdde Condorcet zich aan een meer actief politiek leven: hij verdedigde de rechten van de mens in het algemeen, en meer specifiek de rechten van de vrouw en van kleurlingen. Hij steunde ook de zaak van de jonge Verenigde Staten en stelde politieke, economische en bestuurlijke hervormingen voor om de Franse maatschappij te veranderen.

Vanaf 1789 werd Condorcets politieke activiteit nog intenser. In 1790 stichtte Condorcet samen met Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès de Société de 1789 en leidde hij het Journal de la Société de 1789.

Condorcet speelde ook een belangrijke rol in de Franse Revolutie, waarvan hij hoopte dat ze zou leiden tot een rationele wederopbouw van de maatschappij. In 1791 werd Condorcet verkozen tot de Assemblée législative en in 1792 werd hij lid van de Convention Nationale. Condorcet maakte deel uit van de girondijnen en sprak zich tijdens het proces tegen Lodewijk XVI uit vóór de schuld van de Koning, maar tégen de executie (als tegenstander van de doodstraf stelde hij de galeien voor als straf). De girondijnen verloren de controle over de Assemblée ten voordele van de jakobijnen. Nadat hij kritiek had geuit op het voorstel tot Franse grondwet van 1793 van Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, werd hij van verraad beschuldigd en schuilde hij in 1793 enkele maanden in het huis van Mme. Vernet te Parijs. Daar werkte hij aan zijn Tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain, waarvan hij zijn Esquisse klaar had in oktober van dat jaar.

Op 25 maart 1794 verliet Condorcet zijn schuilplaats, na berichten dat hij daar gevaar liep. Twee dagen later (27 maart), werd hij gearresteerd te Clamart. Op 29 maart werd hij dood aangetroffen in de gevangenis van Bourg-l'Égalité (Bourg-la-Reine). Zijn doodsoorzaak is onzeker. Wellicht heeft hij zelfmoord gepleegd met het gif dat naar hem werd genoemd - het 'condorcetgif', een dodelijk mengsel van opium, stramonium en zoetstof, dat hij zelf "le pain des frères" noemde en in zijn ring had verstopt. Het kan ook dat hij stierf als gevolg van de emoties en angsten die hij daarvoor had meegemaakt.

In 1989 werd zijn as overgebracht naar het Panthéon.

Onderwijs
Condorcet formuleerde ook vernieuwende ideeën over onderwijs. Zo benadrukte hij dat onderwijs door de overheid georganiseerd zou moeten worden. Studiebeurzen, kosteloos onderwijs, gemengde scholen (naar geslacht, herkomst en klasse) – deze ideeën vonden veel aanhang, maar ze zijn niet tijdens zijn leven uitgevoerd, zelfs niet kort na de Franse Revolutie. Niemand werd namelijk bereid gevonden deze maatregelen te financieren.

Werken

 Essai sur le calcul intégral (1765)
 Lettres d'un théologien à l'auteur du Dictionnaire des trois siècles (1774)
 Essai sur l'application de l'analyse à la probabilité des décisions rendus à la pluralité des voix (1785)
 Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain (1795), postuum uitgegeven.

Bron
De biografie van Élisabeth Badinter en Robert Badinter, Condorcet. Intellectuel en politique, verscheen ook in het Nederlands: Markies de Condorcet 1743-1794. Een intellectueel in de politiek, 1993 (Uitgeverij: Van Oorschot, ISBN 90-282-0813-5). Vertaling Frans de Haan.

Externe links
 Monopolie en Monopolist (Nederlandse website met werk van en over Condorcet)
 Schets van een historisch tafereel der vorderingen van 's menschen geest (vertaling Esquisse uit 1802)

Frans schrijver
18e-eeuws filosoof
Frans filosoof
Frans parlementslid
Frans revolutionair
Frans wiskundige
Franse adel
Verlichtingsfilosoof
Lid van de Académie française
Lid van de Académie des sciences

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Assistant Research Technician
Apply now Job No:511869
Area:Faculty of Medicine
Salary (FTE):Professional Level 03 ($58,005.74 - $63,991.11)
Work type:Part Time - Fixed Term
The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School
The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) envisages securing a self-sustaining medical workforce for regional Queensland through excellence in medical education, research and community service. With a footprint encompassing the greater part of central and western regional Queensland, the Rural Clinical School comprises four clinical sites – Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay and Toowoomba. Significant investment in people and training infrastructure at each site provides the operational focus for a network of smaller clinical training locations in host communities across the state. With a recurrent budget of up to $9 million per annum provided through the Australian Government's Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) program and a capital works portfolio in excess of $20 million, UQRCS is a substantial enterprise.
More information about the UQ Rural Clinical School can be found here.
As Assistant Research Technician the primary purpose of this role is to provide direct research assistance to the Supervisor, facilitating research that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Assist in the recruitment and consenting of research participants by maintaining case files in accordance with study protocols, University policy and statutory requirements. Training will be provided
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Report feedback and consent information to the lead Chief Investigator
This position is primarily based at our Rural Clinical School - Toowoomba. Roughly 125 km west of Brisbane, Toowoomba is a dynamic regional town with a population of more than 100,000 people. As the main centre for the Darling Downs Region, it's a hub for industry, commerce, education and health.
Known as the Garden City, Toowoomba enjoys four distinct seasons. The town has a rich heritage and lively culture, playing host to numerous major cultural and sporting events throughout the year. It's also the perfect place to sample the region's abundant local produce.
Alongside the completion of Year 12 or a Certificate II, with relevant work experience in the areas of health sciences, epidemiology; or an equivalent combination of relevant work experience and training, the successful applicant will demonstrate:
An understanding of and experience working with Indigenous Australians in a research environment, with the ability to establish and assist in research projects
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For a full list of duties and selection criteria, please see the attached Position Description.
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It is a condition of employment for this role that you will be required to provide evidence of immunisation against certain vaccine preventable diseases and a current valid Queensland Drivers Licence.
We value diversity and inclusion, and actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity to the University. Our Diversity and Inclusion webpage contains further information if you require additional support. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to recruitment@uq.edu.au.
This is a part-time (0.6 FTE), 8 month fixed term position, at HEW Level 3.
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You will be able to take advantage of salary sacrificing options, discounted private health insurance, development programs and many other benefits.
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Stephen Sawyer
Chair of the History department and Founder of the Urban Studies program at the American University of Paris The American University of Paris
Stephen W. Sawyer is the Ballantine-Leavitt Professor of History and Director of the Center for Critical Democracy Studies. Sawyer came to the American University of Paris from the University of Chicago center in Paris and the Ecole Normale Supérieure-rue d'Ulm where he was lecturer in the final years of his dissertation. After receiving fellowships from the EHESS, Fulbright, and Sciences Po, Sawyer served as part-time assistant to Pierre Rosanvallon at the Collège de France. A specialist in political history and theory, Sawyer earned his PhD at the University of Chicago. The core of his research articulates a history and theory of democracy as a mode of popular magistrature, administration and public regulation.
For more on his research and publications, see his profile page at the American University of Paris.
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HomeU.S. AgricultureTennesseeTennessee Agribusiness
How the Agriculture Enterprise Fund Supports Economic Development in Tennessee
The Agriculture Enterprise Fund grants are committed to growing Tennessee's agribusinesses
By Kayla Walden -
The Smith and Patterson families own and operate GF Hardwoods in Clay County, one of the first recipients of the Agriculture Enterprise Fund grant.
The Agriculture Enterprise Fund (AEF) is an incentive program that offers grants to businesses committed to growing and developing agricultural development in the state of Tennessee. Created to support former Governor Haslam's priorities of job creation and economic development, these grants are awarded to new and existing agricultural, food or forestry businesses, as well as farmers, nonprofits and other state entities.
In order to qualify for grant money, recipients must demonstrate more than a need for extra cash to benefit their operation. They should be able to show how the grant money will allow them to impact their local community through aspects including job creation, increased capacity or agricultural innovation.
"We're looking to support operations who are seeking to expand or grow," Agricultural Advancement coordinator Kyle Hensley says. "We're specifically focusing on at-risk or distressed counties because we feel like that's where we can make the strongest impact."
While grant recipients are not required to live in or adjacent to a distressed county, those who do are given priority.
"If we can support a business in one of those counties that allows them to hire more members of their community or purchase from local producers in the area, that will have a positive impact on their economy," Hensley says.
Job Creation in Clay County
One of the first recipients of the AEF grant was GF Hardwoods, a family-owned and-operated supplier of kiln-dried and raw hardwood lumber located in Clay County.
See Also: How Tennessee's Horticulture Industry Beautifies the State
Nick Patterson co-owns the company with his wife, April Smith Patterson, and her family. He says the business received $36,000, which was used to replace the valves in their dry kiln and purchase a new forklift to move the lumber from the kilns to storage and then to delivery trucks.
With just over 7,700 residents, the county looks to local businesses for employment opportunities.
Grants like AEF ensure companies like GF Hardwoods will continue to supply them.
"Living in a state that chooses to invest in family-owned agricultural businesses is encouraging," Patterson says. "It shows that our leadership understands the value of rural communities and what family- owned businesses mean to the state of Tennessee."
Diversifying Crops in Robertson County
"The AEF grants are helping our farmers grow and promote a diversity of crops, especially in places like Robertson, Montgomery and Cheatham counties," Cory Winters says.
Owner and operator of Winters Farm, Winters also serves as the secretary and treasurer for Melon Pride, the newly formed cooperative for melon farmers. Based in Robertson County, this organization committed to growing watermelons received a $36,000 AEF grant to help launch their new venture.
Winters says the grant money was used to build a packing line, purchase computers and printers for labeling and tracking, and to buy a machine that scans the melons for sugar-moisture content.
"For years, farmers in our area were dependent on tobacco crops as their primary source of income," Winters explains. "But grants like this give us the chance to diversify production and not rely on a single crop."
See Also: Horticulture and Nursery Industry Blooms in Middle Tennessee
Growing Grundy County
Bruno Durant is a French farmer who started his Silver Bait Worm Farm in Georgia in 1993 before relocating to Coalmont, Tenn. in 2004. Silver Bait Worm Farm has grown to be one of the top fishing- worm companies in the U.S., producing millions of worms every year. He farms approximately 700 acres of corn to feed his worms, which are grown and processed in a 400,000-square-foot building.
The $50,000 grant he received will allow him to bring three-phase power to his farm, which is necessary if he wants to continue to grow and expand. Unlike single-phase power, which is fine for homes, three-phase power is crucial for industrial operations.
Durant employs seasonal and full-time workers, but these additional funds will enable him to bring even more jobs to Grundy County.
"This grant will allow us to add 80,000 square feet of buildings in 2019 and another 80,000 in 2020," Durant says. "That alone means we can create another 10 to 15 jobs."
Investing in the State's Top Industry
As the largest industry in the state, promoting the growth and development of agriculture is crucial – especially in rural areas.
"We're passionate about supporting this industry," Hensley says. "Investing resources into agricultural businesses allows us to support them as they continue to grow and develop."
Ag Enterprise Fund
Kayla Walden
Tennessee Ag Insider 2019
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I want to live a God-centered life.
I have been realizing over the past few months just how much I need God to be involved in every aspect of my life. Growing up I went to church regularly. I would always make a resolution to read my Bible everyday, pray more, etc. but never make it past a few days of consistency. (This is exactly the conflict Lysa Terkeurst discusses in her book Becoming More).
Although I still strive to be in the Word on a regular basis I don't treat it like a chore or an obligation. Over the years I have really learned more about the value of God in my life personally. College, marriage and now parenting have taught me more about how much I need God daily. And it is not that we only need Him in times of trouble either. I'm guilty of just coming to Him when I am having a problem. Now, I try to actively come to Him in prayer in the good times as well. I come to His word and journal and just thank Him at times.
When I think of how much I have learned and all that is still left to learn I am excited about being on a journey with Him. He has truly brought me this blogging opportunity and I am taking each step knowing it is leading somewhere. God has been leading me to use my current background experience to integrate wellness topics as part of this blog. This is the first post in that thread of new topics.
For this introduction to a God-centered wellness approach I want to first look at what the Bible says about physical health. I want to look at some key verses and help us think more about our physical bodies.
From the 6 Attributes of God study we looked at 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 when discussing that God dwells within His believers.
As Christians we may have heard the phrase that our bodies' are a temple. I have heard this before and figured that meant to treat it well but never really understood why or what made it a temple exactly.
You could spend all day talking about temples of the Bible, and history of temples, and their purposes; but, for this study the main point is that temples are important places. Temples are a dedicated place for service and worship.
We, as believers, accepted Christ into our hearts at some time or another. When that occurred, the Holy Spirit came to dwell in us. Therefore, we should consider our bodies as dedicated to serving and worshiping God. God calls us to be disciples and use our testimony to reach lost people. If we are lost in bad habits, addictions, and are experiencing chronic conditions that were preventable, does that make us in the best "shape" to serve Him?
No, we don't "need" 6-pack abs, or a certain pant size to be in shape, unlike what media would have us believe. But, we do need to be listening to God, and ready to take on our personal mission. I have worked with many people who have let an inactive lifestyle and other habits consume their daily lives. They have so much to do to take care of themselves they are unable to look around for ways to take care of others. On the opposite side of the spectrum we can become way too preoccupied with being in physical shape. Spending too much time working out that it starts negatively affecting other aspects of our lives, including family, and service is still not right either.
We need a healthy balance. We need to look at our current circumstance and focus and talk to God about where He wants us. God uses people in different ways and so we need to be aware of opportunities and also be asking Him for guidance. I know I need His guidance and His viewpoint when I get down on myself comparing myself to a worldly view of a woman and mother. I want to know what God thinks of me.
As I was saying above, comparing ourselves to a worldly viewpoint will never satisfy us. In this verse from Romans, God tells us to not conform to this world. I love that this verse talks about our physical bodies but also our minds. Our minds play a huge role in who/what we are serving with our thoughts, time, and effort. God tells us that we are called to discipleship. That takes mental effort along with the physical. Our minds need to help keep us on track and we need to feed them His Word and His goodness for renewal and focus.
From a worldly perspective, I find this verse to be difficult in some ways. It may seem like God is asking a lot of us. But truly, with all He sacrificed for us it brings it into perspective. When I was looking at NKJV and CSB for this verse I liked how NKJV emphasized 'which is your reasonable service'. I think this clarifies that this isn't much to ask of us. Even though in this world it is tough to be different and going against the grain in a lot of situations-that's what we need to do.
I know I struggle with pleasing people at times rather than God and this is a huge area where I could improve. I like this verse and the hope it has for renewal and for us to be aligned with His perfect will.
Going along with the discussion of balance and worldliness above, is some perspective on where physical training belongs in our lives.
Well, this is certainly not exactly what I tell patients in the clinic. Usually, I am giving a big emphasis on physical exercise. Merely because it does treat and help so many things and can relieve pain, improve chronic conditions, etc. (that lecture can wait another day…). However, in all seriousness, I think this is another verse that truly provides some healthy perspective. Again, through studying the attributes of God it became a little more clear just what kind of scale God works on. He is perfection of all traits He has and knows every detail about us. So when we consider that scale, obviously physical exercise has a role for our worldly bodies and can help us be in a place to serve Him better with our abilities; but, it is not the most important thing.
If we only focus on the outcome of strength, endurance, or attractiveness we miss the point entirely. These earthly bodies will fade away but our relationship with God is most important. A strong relationship with God is the foundation in all our other relationships and endeavors. We can set goals of course, but we need God to be our focus. Praying, worshiping Him, living out His characteristics as much as possible is what gives our lives true purpose. Our physical health is important, but above all is Him. If we want to serve Him better we need to know Him better.
Lord, I lift up my fellow Christians who are joining me today. I pray for them to let these words of yours to just resonate with them. We can easily struggle in this world of sin and misplaced values and ideas of importance. I pray that we can be physically and mentally healthy in your name. That you would give us Your hope for a renewal of ourselves. I pray that we would seek the right choices and glorify You with our physical health. Thank you Lord for Your teachings and Your presence with us.
What I've Learned and Some Questions for You!
God uses all of us in different ways and even when we fall (as we all do) He is able to use those experiences for good.What I am writing now is easy to say and harder to live, I know that. I know that in the past I have struggled to meet weight loss goals, unrealistic expectations of beauty, etc. because I wasn't focused on the right thing. It's a struggle to deal with a mindset that if a, b, and c occur I will have more friends, be better-looking, have self-confidence, be happier, have it all together….blah blah blah.
I have had to learn to live in the moment better and bring my mindset to a higher cause. God has used me in places I didn't expect to be in and I honestly never thought I would be writing online and sharing my story this intimately. But, here I am.
I hope this has given you some food for thought. I've included a few more verses to think about as well and a few questions.
Have you been thinking of what it means to live a God-centered life?
What have you been doing lately to bring Him into your everyday?
What are the ways you take care of yourself?


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LANDMVRKS – Fantasy / Turned Up Louder
Sophomore albums: it's make or break, right? After a two-week delay, Marseilles-based LANDMVRKS (formerly COLDSIGHT) have dropped their all-important second album, 'Fantasy'. Considering their debut album 'Hollow' (2016) was self-produced and released independently, it was received well by fans and critics alike. They were excellent at what they did, however the sound was quite generic, as we see in so many debut albums, making 'Fantasy' doubly important in giving the band a true identity. When the album artwork was released, it was clear that this was a priority to the band. Signed to Arising Empire Records, LANDMVRKS have matured in their sound and have been able to lend talent from Florestan Durand (guitar, Novelists), Aaron Matts (vocals, Betraying The Martyrs) and Camille Contreras (vocals, Bliss Sigh).
They've succeeded in honing in on their sound, which resembles music from modern American metalcore bands such as Beartooth and I Prevail, yet has several unique twists. Low growls and djenty breakdowns give the record a more metal edge amongst the posthardcore moments such as 'The Worst Of You And Me', and the bouncier tracks like single 'Scars' (ft. Flo Durand). Vocalist Florent Salfati showcases his brilliant cleans, screams and low growls in English despite the members' first language being French, and shakes tracks up with universal 'ooh's, 'uh's and 'blegh's. Tracks 5 and 6, 'Blistering' and 'False Reality', build the heaviness up, the former sporting a pre-breakdown 'Motherfucker!' and a breakdown which only ends as the song fades out. Then comes 'Reckoning', ft. Aaron Matts. The band make use of the extra talent by layering his vocals with Salfati's, a wise use of guest vocals, and executed perfectly.
After this point, the album loses momentum. 'Alive' is slow and emotional, with Camille Contreras providing half of a duet rather than guest vocals. It's somewhat touching but jarring as it feels randomly placed. 'Dead Inside' picks up the pace too quickly, whilst 'Kurhah' feels like an unnecessary interlude leading to a disappointing end. 'Disdain' is fine, but doesn't stand out, with an atmospheric close tacked onto the end lengthening the song and contributing to the feeling of lack of flow.
Although the last few songs don't particularly stand out, this album contains some brilliant tracks for –core fans, bringing together talent from the overlooked French metalcore scene. 'Fantasy' provides decent singles, and despite the seemingly rushed ending it's clear that they've gained much more of a collective personality.
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Who can you trust?
The mobile phone, the tool for fools?
The mobile phone bites the hand of those who feed it, ha ha!
Today is a good day for most the MSM. Not for the News of the World I'll agree, but the rest of the pack are whooping it up. The phone hacking allegations are high octane stuff and the story of the moment. As you might expect there's more to this than a quick look reveals. From the Spectator we get the following -
News International have allegedly handed emails to the police that show Andy Coulson as editor of the News of the World authorised payments to the police. If this was true, it would be illegal.
Oh how funny! We can't trust the press to regulate itself, but the police? Oh that's just fine! I shall be laughing all day at this.
Even more laughter when you remember that just days ago when whinging about the proposals to reform the police Sir Hugh Orde said -
posted on 6th July 2011
Sir Hugh Orde
A quick look at the Guardian
Blair and Coulson, stung by a wasp or a bee?
Policy wonk being hacked?
As a child I was told that a wasp can sting as much as it likes whereas a bee can sting only once, then it dies. Is this true? No matter; it could be the situation the Guardian is in. Apart from the BBC no section of the MSM has worked harder on the Andy Coulson case. So his departure from the Cameron inner circle at No 10 must have brought the Guardian joy, given them a buzz if you like, so what happens now? Following the successful sting, the very health of the Guardian comes into focus as well as the life of the political spinner. It's said that the sales figures of the Guardian are going down at an alarming rate; how long can this go on? It's wise to remind ourselves that Coulson denies any wrongdoing and would appear to be innocent until proven guilty. You may regard this as either a tiresome tradition that means nothing or a corner-stone of good legal practice, feel free to choose.
Also feel free to wonder at the lives of the assorted celebs and smart people who are not smart enough to live without a mobile phone. The Coulson case goes back years and is not the first case of this sort. It would seem smart people have yet to learn that mobile phones are not totally secure and have been leaking data for years. We also have to wonder why Cameron wanted to employ a house trained version of Alistair Campbell.
posted on 23rd January 2011
What's wrong with spying?
The Tory party, Coulson and Djanogly.
Spymaster Djanogly
The basis of the News of the World/Andy Coulson story is that the newspaper hacked into mobile phone traffic and this is illegal. Also we can assume that the people who had their phones hacked wished the data to remain private. Ignoring the, 'did-he-know' question hovering over Coulson, that he works for David Cameron plus that the NotW is owned by Murdoch and that all of these things are bound to inflame passions on the left, we could describe this activity as spying. But the state would rather we did not. For they spy all the time on us and upon what they would like us to think of as threats to our way of life. But in reality they see us as a threat to their way of life and it's this that they use to justify their actions. And if the state can spy why not newspapers? After all the former likes to use the latter, but only on its terms. But we are also told a free press is essential to our way of life, so the definition might include free to spy.


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"My position did not abruptly change," Kaplan said after a talk at the Texas Lyceum in Austin, adding that he had seen risks in financial markets and in global weakness in October. The Fed this week signaled it would keep rates steady for the time being. Kaplan said that he expects inflation to stay muted, giving the central bank the luxury to be "patient" on policy decisions.


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Green comet to pass Earth for first time in 50,000 years, possibly visible to naked eye
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If you start your 2023 off with a little stargazing, you may catch a once-in-a-thousand-lifetimes event: the flyby of Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF).
The comet, which has the appearance of a green glow, was only first discovered in Mar. 2022 by the Zwicky Transient Facility at the California Institute of Technology. Scientists have since determined its full orbit takes about 50,000 years placing its last Earth visit in the era of Neanderthals.
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Waging War with Pen and Paper
They asked for it; they got it.
A couple years ago, whilst I was still hashing out a novel set in Alandar, I decided to run an RPG set in the world. I adapted Wick's Roll-and-Keep system, got a bunch of my friends to play, and so on (the focus of this post isn't really on those particulars). Before the game began, I had my players vote on what kind of storyline wanted to deal with most in the campaign. The categories were 'Exploration', 'Intrigue', 'Romance', and 'Military' and each player had 100 points to distribute. When the dust settled, the party had voted overwhelmingly for Intrigue and Military while Romance came in third. Almost nobody wanted to explore.
Now, one of the things I knew was going to be essential if I was to run a campaign with a significant military element: I needed a way to adjudicate large battles that would both allow for the players to have control (more or less) over the actions of their army while simultaneously allowing for individual acts of heroism. Now, as it happens, the 7th Sea core rules (Roll and Keep system, Wick) had a system for running mass combat, but it didn't work too well for me. Accordingly, I do what I almost always do with the games I run: I fiddled with it to no end.
The basic premise of the old 7th Sea system was that each player would pick their level of engagement in the battle (whether they were in the thick of things or way back in the reserves) and they would roll on a table that would determine if they had heroic opportunities or not. These opportunities were various things like 'claim the enemy banner' or 'duel the enemy general' or some such and they could add to your reputation, get you wounded, and help tip the battle this way and that. The battle itself was essentially decided by a dice off between generals. If you won three rolls in a row, you won the battle.
Now, I'm a fan of strategy games, military history, and military strategy in general, and this system left me a bit flat. The battles themselves were just window-dressing for heroic derring-do and little more. Now, this works great in a swashbuckling game like 7th Sea, where the nitty-gritty of strategy isn't really part of the game. It wasn't going to work in my Alandar campaign, where I had two and later three characters who were heavily involved in military campaigns. So, here's what I changed:
Armies Are Characters
I made the armies themselves (or, more specifically, the divisions or regiments of those armies) into 'characters,' much like ships or vehicles. They had a set of characteristics to adjudicate their armaments, morale, mobility, discipline, and training. This changed the battle from something abstract to something more concrete and, since the system lent itself to duels, battles simply became duels between 'characters' comprised of tons of NPCs. I gave everybody sets of maneuvers they could use (advance, charge, flank, shoot, envelop, hold, withdraw, etc.), crafted specific advantages armies would have over each other, and established a rudimentary system for game balance. I will not claim it is perfect, but it worked well enough.
Battles Are Session-long Events
A major battle in a war is not a simple affair. Before the armies even take the field, there is weeks of skirmishing, supply lines to maintain, ground to scout out, enemy movements to spy on, and (in the case of Alandar) ritual magic to decide upon. I could get every player more-or-less involved with the planning and execution of these battles, even if they weren't warriors, per se. The battles themselves would go on for a long time and, within them, there would be multiple different opportunities for individual heroism, periods of dialogue, and even skullduggery that could be committed against each other.
It's All About Morale
In war, and particularly in pre-modern war, the plan isn't really to kill all the enemy combatants, as that rarely is achievable or happens. The plan is to break the enemy army's morale; if they no longer wish to fight, the war is over. Morale was sapped by casualties; the longer a battle went on, the more morale was sapped on both sides. There were occasions during the campaign when one side or the other would sound a retreat long before their forces broke, knowing that having a cohesive army was better than risking losing the whole thing on a gamble. Winning battles and engagements enhanced morale, but not by so much that you could willy-nilly charge your guys at that fortified position and expect to come out scott free (unless you were a particularly inspirational leader, that is). The PCs who were the generals of the armies in use had to be very careful keeping their army together, which in and of itself was a campaign element and recurring challenge.
The result of this system was, to my eyes, quite successful. My friends in the campaign still talk about the Charge of Atrisia against the 4th Kalsaari Heavy Legion, they still grin at the Sack of Tasis and shudder over the bloody fields of Calassa. Their characters became legendary figures in the history of the world and the war they fought in – The Illini Wars – I've made an integral part of Alandarian modern history. The Treaty they negotiated to end the war with the Kalsaaris was a two-session long arc in which there was more back-stabbing, political plotting, and nerve-wracking negotiations than at almost any other time in the campaign. I showed my players a map – a map they had bled and worked and even died over for the past 5-6 months of gaming – and told them to list their demands. I countered, we haggled, and in the end they negotiated a treaty they hated but that was the best they could do. They'd won against all odds, and I like to think I gave them the closest thing to being a Napoleon I could.
In the end, what I learned was that running a military campaign requires players who want to be in a military campaign, just like anything else. If you have players who want that kind of game and you work hard to give it to them, some pretty crazy stuff can happen.
Posted on December 17, 2012, in Gaming and tagged 7th Sea, Alandar, campaign, fantasy, Illini Wars, military, Roll and Keep, RPGs, war. Bookmark the permalink.	8 Comments.
I'm just imagining an alternate Alandar campaign game where Romance scored in the upper 90s… 😉
One of my greatest disappointments was not being able to play in that game. When I discovered I was too late on the sign up, I spent the next week or so feeling like I had just been dumped by my girlfriend.
I still hold out hope for an eventual Alandar mini-campaign somewhere down the line, complete with Roll & Keep. I know you're tired of that system, but it's still one of the most fun and compelling mechanics I've ever played. Exploding dice make every roll a possible miracle.
I do think about it from time to time; I, also, was disappointed you weren't in that game. If I were to run it again, I would (surprise, surprise) change a bunch of stuff. I might keep Roll and Keep, but I'd make it a bit more deadly. One of my primary problems with the damned thing was that every time you got to a fight with a big baddie, the damned thing would take like four hours. If everybody were a bit more mortal, I'd be happier.
The biggest issue on combat length using R&K seems to be the 'Double Resolve' issue. Late in a campaign, two times your Resolve in Dramatic Wounds is a LOT to have to get through to knock someone out.
So I wonder if the problem could easiestly be solved by either 1) not run a campaign so long that PCs get enough experience to get their Resolve up to 4 or 5 (or god forbid 6), or 2) make getting knocked out equal to *just* your Resolve, rather than twice it. And make Crippled equal half your Resolve (rounded up).
KatieHal | December 19, 2012 at 10:11 am
Crippled at half your Resolve would SUCK.
aahabershaw | December 19, 2012 at 10:50 am
Well, half-resolve would make combat go faster, and that's mostly what I'd want. Weapons become more deadly, spells become downright fatal, and so on. R2 characters would *hate* it, of course. There might be some middle ground to be had, though. Perhaps when you hit Resolve, you are KO'd unless you spend a drama die, at which point you remain crippled until you hit double Resolve. Of course, that would mean folks would just sit on a drama die all the time, which is against the spirit of drama dice.
We've had two large battles in Serp's Alandar game. The first did not go well on a number of levels–one, I don't think we as players had a good understanding of mass combat in Alandar (and reading this, I feel Serp may have used the 7th Seas rules instead of yours), we ultimately lost, and it was also a battle we kind of just ended up getting pulled into without our characters being all that invested in it. My character actually actively did not want to be there and saw the whole thing as a waste of our time (not me trying to pooh-pooh the idea, but again, it wasn't really our fight, so she wasn't invested). And due to not really understanding the mechanics, characters who had military backgrounds and were supposedly built for this kind of thing, in reality weren't that well built for it after all.
By the time we got to huge battle No. 2, we had a better sense of it and were much more personally involved in the battle. As a result, hey, we won that one! But with some key differences–only some characters were actually in the battle itself and rolling for the armies, and they were the ones who SHOULD have been doing so. (My non-military character was doing something else that was MUCH more important…or, y'know, that's how she'd put it. 🙂 )
So I don't recall if the second battle had the updated battle rules, but overall, I do like your breakdown of how to make it more interesting here overall. Granted, this comes from non-strategy player, so…there's that.
I wouldn't put players through the mass combat rules if they weren't in charge or didn't want to participate. I've done that in the past and it never works. You can quite simply settle the battle on a single die roll, if you want, and then just use the battle as window-dressing, just like 7th Sea does.
Crippled at half Resolve would be too punishing. R&K is for heroes who are dashing and larger than life, and by the time your Resolve is high enough to make those fights last a long time, you're often carrying around a few dramatics all the time as a matter of course anyways. No one likes not being able to have their dice explode, and having that being an almost constant thing would take out some of the fun of the system.
Personally, I prefer that if a fight is just taking too damn long, encourage the PCs to mix it up–their strategy at the moment isn't getting the job done fast enough. Or have your bad guy mix it up and try something unexpected to do the same. They've got all these nifty skills, put 'em to good use. (Of course, if the fights are fun & high drama & interesting, I'm all for those taking however long they need to anyways, it's a good time!)


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What Are They Doing in Heaven Today
I'm thinking of friends whom I used to know,
Who lived and suffered down in this world below
They are gone to glory, yes dear Lord, whom I would like to know.
Oh can you tell you me, what are they doing now?
The mood of this gospel tune has been resonating since Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling.
Those who risked their lives, were brutalized or murdered on the road to gaining the protections enshrined in the Voting Rights Act, what are they doing now?
The recent, excellent recording of this song by Mavis Staples includes these verses:
There's some who were poor and often despised
They looked up to heaven with tear-blinded eyes
While people were heedless and deaf to their cries
But what are they doing there now?
What are they doing in heaven today,
Where sin and sorrow are all done away?
Peace abounds like a river, they say.
What are they doing there now?
Those whom the system never served, to whom the Voting Rights Act is a monument, what are they doing now?
Writes Andrew Cohen:
Who loses today? Not just the tens of millions of minority voters whose ability to cast a ballot now may be more easily restricted by new voting laws. Not just the millions who now will be more vulnerable to redistricting plans that are patently discriminatory. But the poor, the elderly, and the ill of all races, men and women who have voted lawfully for years but who will not be able to find the money to pay for new identification cards, or take the time out of work to travel to state offices to get one, or have the health to make the journey to obtain identification they otherwise do not need. These people, everywhere, were the indirect beneficiaries of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. And today their right to vote is far less secure.
So the losers today are registered voters like Craig Debose, a Vietnam veteran and longtime resident of South Carolina. Last year, he traveled 11 hours by train to Washington to testify in a Section 5 lawsuit. He doesn't have a car, which is why he didn't have photo identification, which is why he was going to be disenfranchised by state lawmakers until the Voting Rights Act saved him (for at least the last election cycle, the South Carolina law is still on the books). Losing today, too, is Jacqueline Kane, an elderly woman in Pennsylvania who had voted lawfully without incident for decades but who would have been forced from her nursing home to get an identification card. All to prevent "voter fraud" no one can prove.
Losing today also are citizens of all races in Texas who work for a living but cannot afford to travel hundreds of miles to state licensing offices. They were spared last year by Section 5 when a federal court declared, among other things, that officials intentionally limited the hours of operation for offices available to issue new identification cards so as to preclude the working poor from getting there. "A law that forces poorer citizens to choose between their wages and their franchise unquestionable denies or abridges their right to vote," declared a federal court last year. Today's ruling in Washington stands for precisely the opposite proposition.
Really the question is what are we doing now.
If my father were still here, his exact words would be, without a doubt, "don't mourn, organize."
OK, Congress, Time to Get Your (Voting Rights) Act Together
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Fay and Harry Nesker celebrate 75th anniversary
by Cynthia Gasner
Torontonians Fay and Harry Nesker celebrated their wedding anniversary on May 28, 75 years after marrying in secret.
Family and friends attended a reception at Cummer Lodge where Fay is a resident to rejoice in their marriage that took place on May 28, 1928. On that day, Fay Lefkovitz and Harry Nesker, who were then living in Chicago, eloped to Waukegan, where they didn't have to wait for a license, lied about their ages and got married.
After, they returned to their homes and did not tell anyone they were married because they knew Fay's family would think they were too young.
In an interview with Harry, 95, and his son Jerry Nesker, a Toronto lawyer, Harry said the secret came out when he came to pick Fay up to take her on a picnic.
Fay's mother said, "You don't take my daughter anywhere until she is your wife."
Harry replied, "But she is my wife. We are married."
To make their parents happy, Harry and Fay exchanged vows for the second time, on July 3, 1928, this time under a chuppah.
Today, Harry said, he lives alone, travels by public transportation and is still independent. His wife has Alzheimer's and has been living at Cummer Lodge for 11 years.
"I love her very much," Harry said. "Sometimes I could just eat her up. When I go to see her, her face lights up and she responds to me. We had problems like everyone else, but my wife was remarkable. She knew how to make people, even strangers, feel happy."
Jerry said, "I absolutely enjoy my Saturdays when I take my father to visit my mother. There is something about watching the two of them together. There is a twinkle in her eyes the minute she sees him."
Harry's grandfather, Michel Nisker (the family names are Nisker and Nesker), came to Toronto in 1905 from Kielce, Poland. He made several trips back and forth while setting up business before he had enough money to bring his family here. Harry's father, Yukel Nisker, came to Canada at the beginning of World War I. They were not able to bring Harry's mother and the rest of the family until 1920.
At the age of 18, Harry left Canada.
"My father was too religious for me," he said. "I couldn't take it."
Leaving with six friends, he went to work as a busboy in the Catskills and later moved to Detroit to live with a friend's aunt.
In those days, he said, you didn't need citizen papers to enter the United States. You only had to pay a head tax.
"I and my friends did not have the money for the head tax so we snuck in across the border by hiding from the inspectors — when they went upstairs, we went down, and when they went down, we went up until we finally got across."
But the authorities eventually found them and they slipped away to another relative in Chicago.
"On the first night we were in Chicago, we went to a dance where I first saw Fay."
He says he was not introduced to her that night, "but I thought she was a very good-looking girl."
That weekend, he attended a party and saw Fay. "She came to the party with a boyfriend, but I took her home that night."
After they had been married a few years, there was trouble. Harry wanted to move back to Toronto to go into the grocery business with his brother. But his mother-in-law, who didn't want them to move, convinced Fay to remain in Chicago with their young daughter Pearl (Weinberg).
Six months later, Harry returned to Chicago to convince his wife to come with him. He told her, "Come with me and if you don't like it in Toronto, you can come back to Chicago."
That never happened. The Neskers stayed in Toronto and had two more children, Brenda (Dolman, who died in 1992) and Jerry.
Harry and his brother owned six grocery stores, which they sold later to Leon Weinstein of Power Supermarkets. Harry also owned a hotel and a chain of men's retail clothing stores.
He said he told Jerry he would retire when Jerry graduated from law school. In June 1972, immediately after Jerry's graduation, Harry retired. He was 64.
In their retirement, the Neskers visited Israel several times and spent their winters in Florida.
When Fay moved to Cummer Lodge, Harry travelled by public transportation to be with her at least four days a week.
Harry and Fay have 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
"They tried to stop us from getting married but they couldn't," Harry said. "And 75 years later, I'm glad that they didn't succeed." ♦
This story originally appeared in the Canadian Jewish News and appears here courtesy of Cynthia Gasner. © 2003 by Cynthia Gasner.
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