Cherry Gilchrist first published The Circle of Nine: Understanding the Feminine Psyche (Compass of Mind) in 1988. Her new book The Circle of Nine: An Archetypal Journey to Awaken the Divine Feminine Within is much more than just an updated version of the original. She has done an excellent job of rewriting it with the modern reader in mind. This time around she was also able to share the wisdom she's personally gained over the past 20 years of using this system herself.
History tells us that change happens when women gather together in groups, that's probably why throughout history they were so often discouraged to do so. Yet, despite that ongoing trend, accounts of women's groups exist throughout a variety of different traditions spanning decades. The membership of an incredible number of these groups specifically included the number nine. Gilchrist cites historical evidence of many of these accounts and retells the stories and legends that surround them. She has found a way to tie the past with the present and to transform these iconic archetypes into modern terms that every woman can see somewhere within herself and the other women she's known throughout her lifetime.
While it would be impossible to illustrate every role a woman might play during her long lifetime, the system presented does a good job of laying a solid foundation for finding similarities to one's own life through the formulae of the nine female archetypes. These nine archetypes lend themselves to an array of practical applications within daily life.
Gilchrist has created a model that contain a plethora of details and attributes for each of these archetypes, which makes it more probable that any woman who reads the book will discover something that she can relate to and apply to her own life. This system allows the individual to develop a personal classification of life experiences. The number of attributes and details she has compiled also make it possible for these archetypes to appeal to a larger and more varied group of women. This also enables us to identify with these archetypes as the roles that often play out over the course of human life in general.
I am certainly able to see some aspect of myself and my life in each of the nine archetypes provided. If I had to choose the one that I identify with the most, it would be the Just Mother archetype. On the surface this is because I have four children ranging in ages from eight years to 25 years old, but there are many layers to each of these archetypes. On closer investigation, the relatability of the Just Mother is also about my personal spiritual ideals and the way in which I choose to live my life. I accept that I am the author of my own story and the creator of my own universe. I always attempt to see the things I have done that lead me to every situation in life, without placing fault on anyone else. Those qualities are at the heart of the Just Mother archetype as Gilchrist describes it.
There are two sides to Gilchrist's formula: the mundane and the magical. Gilchrist shows us how the practical side of this formula can be utilized in different ways within our everyday lives. She talks about daily tasks most of us perform, such as shopping for groceries, taking care of children, working, enjoying entertainment, and preparing meals. Her formula can be used to aid the individual in overcoming a variety of obstacles and to foster growth opportunities in general within the life of the reader. This application for her model promotes self-realization, self-healing and self-help. These tools have the potential to aid us greatly in the various aspects of our daily mundane lives.
There is also the magical aspect of The Circle of Nine. As she writes, "The mythic figures that surround this place help to activate it's potential and guard the special inner sanctum where the individual can work and reflect without intrusion."1 This speaks to me of the magical circle, or space, in which ritual and change take place whether it be physical or psychological.
Women of today are striving to enjoy both the paradox of the beauty and sadness of ephemerality, as well as the beauty and sadness of physicality. They are searching for ways to integrate what they view as spiritual into their everyday lives. A magical woman, whether she considers herself a priestess, witch, or magician, strives to choose her attitude and perspective rather than just reacting to the situation before her. Being a magical woman to me means being able to effect change in and around me through the exertion of one's divine will.
Magick is widely thought of as a set of mental exercises, rituals, and tools used to achieve these goals. In a sense, it is a completely internal process, the physical actions being a manifestation of the psychological processes occurring within the mind of the individual. Women who use magick are working to actively manifest change within their lives. This incredibly detailed formula could help to perfect those techniques. The Circle of Nine encourages women to take charge of their own universe and so take responsibility for the outcomes they experience.
Gilchrist explains in a clear and concise manner how these archetypes can be integrated from a psycho-spiritual perspective, to connect with the everyday lives of women the world over. In this way, she is encouraging the reader to make spiritual connections within every aspect of their lives. Perhaps through use of this system, the reader will discover that spark of spirituality within even the ordinary and seemingly mundane.
Gilchrist gives us a method of accomplishing the goal we all have as magical beings. She shows us how to tap into the archetypes and weave our power to affect our surroundings, our perspectives ,and ultimately our lives — and she does it in a manner that is clear and concise. Her concepts are well researched and well defined.
I enjoyed the rich retelling of the mythological and historical stories that support the concept of the nine archetypes. Gilchrist is a storyteller with a firm academic foundation, rooted in history, legends and tales who has come up with a formula that could help many women the world over. I would recommend The Circle of Nine to all women, whether you consider yourself magical or not.
Heather Schubert is a mother, writer, artist, teacher, magician, and priestess. She has been studying various branches of occult sciences for 30 years. She is the editor of the Daughters of Babalon Publication and has had many articles, stories and poems published both in print and online for years.


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Take the train from Casablanca going south
That photo was taken by me a few days ago and shows the Marrakesh Express pulling in to Meknes. The train was immortalised in a track on Crosby, Stills & Nash's 1969 debut album which tells how on the journey "Ducks and pigs and chickens call". In a Rolling Stone interview Graham Nash explained that on the 1960s Marrakesh Express "Just like the song says, there were ducks and pigs and chickens all over the place and people lighting fires". As pigs are notably scarce in Muslim Morocco we must surmise that the lyric's reference to "Blowing smoke rings from the corners of my my, my, my, my mouth" describes something more potent than Marlboros.
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However......... http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?169560-Pig-farms-bloom-in-Morocco-thanks-to-tourism
Graeme said…
Greetings! It's good to see you back blogging. I had started to wonder whether something had gone wrong on your perilous journey. But re pigs in Morocco, did you ever wonder how the prodigal son got so closely acquainted with swine? And why casting your pearls before swine is there in the rather Jewish Bible?
Graeme, thanks for that and for your kind thought.
Yes, I am safe and back in the UK for a while. Despite flying back from Morocco a few days ago with a laptop in my carry-on bag.

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The leading international supplier fair for the food and beverage industry Anuga FoodTec took place from 20.-23. March in Cologne, Germany. Lubricant Consult GmbH presented in hall 4.2 at booth D028 the latest developments of H1-certified high-performance lubricants for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Other exhibition focuses were the innovative lubrication systems TLB 2000 and MircoMax, as well as the lubricant compound Turmocomp HD 150 and lubricants with antimicrobial additives. In total, more than 50,000 visitors came to Anuga FoodTec 2018, bringing the fair with visitors from 152 countries.


Singer Beyonce and rapper Harvey J are among the latest celebs to wear bathrobes out in public. The common household bathrobe is the newest celebrity trend.
Coachella Music 2017 is the place to look when you're looking for inspiration for fashion on a shoestring budget. Rather than throw money away on high priced statement pieces, you can crate your own style with just a little bit of cash and a lot of creativity. Check out the budget friendly designs below!
Beyonce's green tea-inspired dress sparked a new fashion trend that is catching fire on college campuses everywhere.
Students are dressing like Arizona Tea cans and posting images of their Arizona Tea-inspired gear on Instagram.com and Twitter.com.
Socialites (L-R) Christina Milian, Karrueche Tran, Amber Rose and Vanessa Simmons bond while shopping in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday. The ladies were shopping for a road trip they're taking to Coachella together. The chronically single ladies have a lot in common. Each has either dumped or been dumped by cheating men. Karrueche dumped her whoring ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown.
A New York subway commuter who was seen slapping a woman in a video that went viral has come forward to explain his actions.
Men, Are You Ready for the "Short Suit"?
A new menswear fashion trend is coming to high end boutiques and retail stores in your city. The cutting-edge "short suit" was tested quietly in J. Crew stores. And now Topman, Asos, and Barneys are among the retailers selling the short suit.
Rappers Sean Combs, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams helped popularize this look.
A 6-year-old Tulsa, Oklahoma girl was sent home from school because her unkempt dreadlocks violated the school's dress code.
Tiana Parker's father, Terrance Parker, told KOKI that his daughter was pulled out of class at Deborah Brown Community School for having the "wrong hairstyle."
"They didn't like my dreads," the little girl cried during an interview with a KOKI reporter.
It takes a man with extreme confidence to wear what NBA star Dwyane Wade wore to last night's 2nd round playoff game between his Miami HEAT and the hapless Chicago Bulls. Wade wore a tailored sport jacket paired with tight capri pants and leather driving shoes. Wade's Metrosexual look was selected by his stylist, Calyann Barnett, who for years has feminized Wade's image with a softer style palette. Barnett sent along one of her assistants to make sure Wade was camera-ready.
Watch the video of Wade strutting in his capris after the break.
NBA superstar LeBron James elevated his already ridiculous ballin' skills to new heights earlier this week when he led his Miami Heat to a thrilling come-from-behind victory over his former team, the hapless Cleveland Cavaliers.
King James posted a triple-double -- the 34th triple-double of his career -- to rally the Heat to victory from a deficit of 27 points, keeping the HEAT's record breaking win streak alive!
LeBron may be a monster on the court, but off the court, the father of 2 prefers being laid back and casual.


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Q: Expecting an IndexError, but not getting one For the following exercise I am expecting an IndexError for certain test inputs, but it is not occurring.
Goal: Write a function that takes in a list of integers and returns True if it contains 007 in order
My Function:
def spy_game(nums):
    for x in range(len(nums)):
        print(x)
        try:
            if nums[x]==0 and nums[x+1]==0 and nums[x+2]==7:
                return(True)
        except IndexError:
            return(False)

Test Cases:
#Case 1
    spy_game([1,2,4,0,0,7,5])
#Case 2
    spy_game([1,0,2,4,0,5,7])
#Case 3
    spy_game([1,7,2,0,4,5,0])

Question:
I included the print statement in the function to try to understand the issue. Case 1 prints 0 1 2 3 and returns True which is expected. Case 2 prints 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 and does not return anything. Case 3 prints 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 and returns False. For both Case 2 and 3 I would expect it to print up to 5 and at that point result in an IndexError. I am not sure why Case 2 reaches 6 and has no IndexError and why Case 3 reaches 6 and does have one. Thanks in advance!

A: The reason it is not giving you an IndexError comes from how and operations occur in the code. Case 2 will not get to the point of looking for x+2 because it fails on the other operations before.
a = [True, True, True]
if a[0] == False and a[100000] == None:

for example, will never give you an IndexError because it fails on the first if.

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Victorian Aboriginal community organisations are key settings in which healthy food policies and support resources can improve and promote the health and wellbeing of staff, visitors and other Community members. VACCHO has resources to support healthy food policies. Resources can be adapted to reflect Communities.
The VACCHO Healthy Tucker Policy can be adapted to reflect the needs of your organisation.
The Healthy Catering Tool Kit can be used when ordering or preparing food and drinks for catered events. Pages can be printed and inserted into a ring binder.
Catering Order Form Adapt the form to suit your organisation.
Traffic Light Guide for Healthy Catering What is the Traffic Light Guide? How is it used to order healthy catering? Find out here!
Tip sheet for healthier drinks at catered events Uses the Traffic Light Guide.


(a) The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(d) The term "State" means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa and includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(e) The term "person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, State, municipality, political subdivision of a State, and any agency, department, or instrumentality of the United States and any officer, agent, or employee thereof.
(f) The term "municipality" means a city, town, borough, county, parish, district, or other public body created by or pursuant to State law.
(g) The term "air pollutant" means any air pollution agent or combination of such agents, including any physical, chemical, biological, radioactive (including source material, special nuclear material, and byproduct material) substance or matter which is emitted into or otherwise enters the ambient air. Such term includes any precursors to the formation of any air pollutant, to the extent the Administrator has identified such precursor or precursors for the particular purpose for which the term "air pollutant" is used.
(i) The term "Federal land manager" means, with respect to any lands in the United States, the Secretary of the department with authority over such lands.
(j) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the terms "major stationary source" and "major emitting facility" mean any stationary facility or source of air pollutants which directly emits, or has the potential to emit, one hundred tons per year or more of any air pollutant (including any major emitting facility or source of fugitive emissions of any such pollutant, as determined by rule by the Administrator).
(l) The term "standard of performance" means a requirement of continuous emission reduction, including any requirement relating to the operation or maintenance of a source to assure continuous emission reduction.
(m) The term "means of emission limitation" means a system of continuous emission reduction (including the use of specific technology or fuels with specified pollution characteristics).
(n) The term "primary standard attainment date" means the date specified in the applicable implementation plan for the attainment of a national primary ambient air quality standard for any air pollutant.
(o) The term "delayed compliance order" means an order issued by the State or by the Administrator to an existing stationary source, postponing the date required under an applicable implementation plan for compliance by such source with any requirement of such plan.
(p) The term "schedule and timetable of compliance" means a schedule of required measures including an enforceable sequence of actions or operations leading to compliance with an emission limitation, other limitation, prohibition, or standard.
(q) For purposes of this chapter, the term "applicable implementation plan" means the portion (or portions) of the implementation plan, or most recent revision thereof, which has been approved under section 7410 of this title, or promulgated under section 7410(c) of this title, or promulgated or approved pursuant to regulations promulgated under section 7601(d) of this title and which implements the relevant requirements of this chapter.
(r) Indian Tribe.—The term "Indian tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village, which is Federally recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
(s) VOC.—The term "VOC" means volatile organic compound, as defined by the Administrator.
(t) PM–10.—The term "PM–10" means particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to a nominal ten micrometers, as measured by such method as the Administrator may determine.
(u) NAAQS and CTG.—The term "NAAQS" means national ambient air quality standard. The term "CTG" means a Control Technique Guideline published by the Administrator under section 7408 of this title.
(v) NOx.—The term "NOx" means oxides of nitrogen.
(w) CO.—The term "CO" means carbon monoxide.
(x) Small Source.—The term "small source" means a source that emits less than 100 tons of regulated pollutants per year, or any class of persons that the Administrator determines, through regulation, generally lack technical ability or knowledge regarding control of air pollution.
(y) Federal Implementation Plan.—The term "Federal implementation plan" means a plan (or portion thereof) promulgated by the Administrator to fill all or a portion of a gap or otherwise correct all or a portion of an inadequacy in a State implementation plan, and which includes enforceable emission limitations or other control measures, means or techniques (including economic incentives, such as marketable permits or auctions of emissions allowances), and provides for attainment of the relevant national ambient air quality standard.
(z) Stationary Source.—The term "stationary source" means generally any source of an air pollutant except those emissions resulting directly from an internal combustion engine for transportation purposes or from a nonroad engine or nonroad vehicle as defined in section 7550 of this title.
Section was formerly classified to section 1857h of this title.
Provisions similar to those in subsecs. (b) and (d) of this section were contained in a section 1857e of this title, act July 14, 1955, ch. 360, §6, 69 Stat. 323, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 88–206.
1990—Subsec. (b)(1) to (3). Pub. L. 101–549, §107(a)(1), (2), struck out "or" at end of par. (3) and substituted periods for semicolons at end of pars. (1) to (3).
Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 101–549, §107(a)(3), added par. (5).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101–549, §108(j)(2), inserted at end "Such term includes any precursors to the formation of any air pollutant, to the extent the Administrator has identified such precursor or precursors for the particular purpose for which the term 'air pollutant' is used."
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 101–549, §109(b), inserted before period at end ", whether caused by transformation, conversion, or combination with other air pollutants".
Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 101–549, §303(e), inserted before period at end ", and any design, equipment, work practice or operational standard promulgated under this chapter."
Subsec. (q). Pub. L. 101–549, §101(d)(4), added subsec. (q).
Subsec. (r). Pub. L. 101–549, §107(b), added subsec. (r).
Subsecs. (s) to (y). Pub. L. 101–549, §108(j)(1), added subsecs. (s) to (y).
Subsec. (z). Pub. L. 101–549, §709, added subsec. (z).
1977—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–95, §218(c), inserted "and includes the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands" after "American Samoa".
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 95–190 substituted "individual, corporation" for "individual corporation".
Pub. L. 95–95, §301(b), expanded definition of "person" to include agencies, departments, and instrumentalities of the United States and officers, agents, and employees thereof.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 95–95, §301(c), expanded definition of "air pollutant" so as, expressly, to include physical, chemical, biological, and radioactive substances or matter emitted into or otherwise entering the ambient air.
Subsecs. (i) to (p). Pub. L. 95–95, §301(a), added subsecs. (i) to (p).
1970—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–604, §15(c)(1), substituted definition of "Administrator" as meaning Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for definition of "Secretary" as meaning Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Subsecs. (g), (h). Pub. L. 91–604, §15(a)(1), added subsec. (g) defining "air pollutant", redesignated former subsec. (g) as (h) and substituted references to effects on soil, water, crops, vegetation, manmade materials, animals, wildlife, weather, visibility, and climate for references to injury to agricultural crops and livestock, and inserted references to effects on economic values and on personal comfort and well being.


The holiday season is here, and Arizona Gov. Ducey seemed to be in the holiday spirit last month when he told Department of Economic Security employees, "Our Number 1 obligation not only as public servants but as human beings is to care for those who cannot care for themselves." His actions paint a different picture.


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Regaining progress against malaria requires new tools
This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the 2017 World Malaria Report on the state of malaria control and elimination across the globe and, worryingly, emphasized that although more countries have accelerated toward malaria elimination, the global progress to prevent malaria disease...
Ending malaria: perseverance is key
The news shared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its annual World Malaria Report is at once heartening and concerning. While fewer people died from malaria in 2015 than in years past, the rate of progress against the disease has slowed.
The challenges of malaria vaccine "challenge" trials: mosquitoes travel in business class to infect American volunteers—but fare better in economy
VMP001 Q&A with Ashley Birkett The director of the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Dr. Ashley Birkett, tells us about recently completed work on a novel vaccine approach against the "other malaria parasite," Plasmodium vivax, and gives us a behind-the-scenes look at some unique hurdles to...
Events have been held around the world to mark World Malaria Day
Explore a couple of the events that MVI co-sponsored.
World Malaria Day 2016
Every year, April 25 marks World Malaria Day—an opportunity to reflect on progress made in combating the parasitic disease and to look ahead to ways to accelerate the quest to eliminate and ultimately eradicate this scourge.
PATH launches Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access
Searching for immune correlates in malaria vaccine development
MVI's Scientific Advisor Ulrike (Ulli) Wille-Reece, an immunologist by training, recently sat down with Kenzie Tynuv of the communications team to discuss the search for immune correlates in the context of developing malaria vaccines. Prior to joining MVI, Ulli worked at the Vaccine Research Center...
Raising air-conditioned mosquitoes to stop malaria cold
Lab-raised mosquitoes are critically important to figuring out how to stop their wild cousins from spreading deadly diseases like malaria.
As the malaria parasite continues to evolve, science must keep pace
Last week, a parasite small enough to hide out in the salivary glands of a mosquito served notice that it's capable of undoing a multibillion dollar global effort that over the last ten years has dramatically reduced deaths from one of humanity's most prolific killers.
Interview with Rick King, MVI Director of R&D
Rick King, PhD, joined the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) in May 2014 as director of research and development (R&D) and head of the transmission-blocking vaccine (TBV) priority area, one of two areas of focus for MVI.
Direct membrane-feeding assay workshop
In an effort to build the capacity of lab technicians and entomologists working on malaria research in Africa, the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) supported a five-day workshop in Yaoundé, Cameroon.


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le Chouans en Avant, Bivouac à Sully sur Loire
Du site La Troupe de Coeurs de Chouans une sortie à Sully sur Loire 17-18 Mai 2008. Oui, ils se rappèlent...
"- Combats, défilés, démonstration et maniements d'armes à poudre noire,
initiation au duel à l'épée.... le tout sur un bivouac savamment préparé par coupe-choux , les 25 chouans présents ont fait effet parmi les 400 participants costumés !
( d'ailleurs nous avons découvert de belles affiches publicitaires où la comtesse de la troupe et le gros de la troupe étaient mis "en avant" ).
Le soleil fût des nôtres contrairement à ce qu'avait prédit la météo, une très bonne ambiance régnait sur le campement et des "vive le Roy" nous firent chaud au coeur , nous connaissions plus de la moitié des reconstituants , et nos amis les bleus furent ravis du combat que nous avions organisé pour le public qui , lui aussi , fût plus nombreux que l'an dernier ... le choc a été violent , nous eûmes de légers blessés dans les 2 camps ... mais quelle joie de se frotter aux bleus !!!!!!
Côté prestations devant public: nous sommes passés 4 fois (au grand plaisir du public )! et dans la soirée , un défilé aux flambeaux, magnifique , devant le château illuminé !!!
Bref , encore un souvenir inoubliable que le journal de la Loire a mentionné avec une belle photo de la troupe!
Merci Chouans!
Vérité pour la Vendée!
A French view of Jehanne
Catherine Delors has posted the following article on the Maid and how she is viewed in France.
I sent my daughter Geneviève to France to study at the the Catholic University of the West in Angers (UCO). She was pursuing a French language degree and one in history history, (she is my kid after all). She related a story to me, upon her return about a class session, where she alone participated in a talk about the Maid. No one in the class had ever heard of la Pucelle.
Like every other French child, I learned about Jeanne d'Arc in elementary school. Of all the characters I encountered in the course of my history lessons, she was the one who left the strongest impression on my young mind.
Years later, at the beginning of my career as an attorney, I read the transcripts of her trials. Time has passed, but my admiration for Jeanne (or Jehanne, as her name was spelled then) has remained the same. To me, she is one of the most extraordinary and beautiful figures in history.
Who would ever believe this story if it were not true? An illiterate peasant girl of 16 is entrusted with an army, proceeds to win decisive victories, turns the tide of a war that had been raging for a hundred years, is captured in battle, is tried as a heretic and is burned at the stake at the age of 19?
Jehanne was born in 1412 into a peasant family from Lorraine, in eastern France. The country, at the time of the Hundred Years' War, was divided between the victorious King of England, who also claimed the crown of France, and the legitimate heir, who did not even go by the name of King, and was content with the title of Dauphin.
At the age of 13, Jehanne has a series of visions where Saint Catherine, Saint Margaret and the Archangel Michael appear to her. The three Saints prompt her throw the English invaders out of the country and crown the Dauphin. A tall order for a teenager of the lowest social status. more...
Thanks and a tip of the beret to Catherine Delors.
Sign of Hope
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is slamming the door on attempts by women to become priests in the Roman Catholic Church. It has strongly reiterated in a decree that anyone involved in ordination ceremonies is automatically excommunicated.
A top Vatican official said in a statement Friday that the church acted following what it called "so-called ordinations" in various parts of the world.
Monsignor Angelo Amato of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith says the Vatican also wants to provide bishops with a clear response on the issue.
The church has always banned the ordination of women, stating that the priesthood is reserved for males. The new decree is explicit in its reference to women.
Thank God finally someone has a backbone in Rome. But, My question is this why do Bishops need a clear response on the issue. The Church is 2000 years old, it isn't like this is the first time it has come up.
It is not a matter of equal rights, it is a matter of right and wrong.
St. Joan and the Royal House of France
My Job has preventing me from placing many articles this week, fortunately I have been able to read my favorite blogs. Toad Elena-Maria has posted this on Tea at Trianon...
Thanks Elena...
Most Catholics, I have concluded, do not have trouble accepting the fact that St. Joan of Arc donned male apparel and led armies to victory. What seems to disturb many people, however, is that she gave her help to a king, and worse yet, to a King of France. Many Americans seem to be convinced that monarchy is an intrinsically evil institution. They are not able to see beyond their own time and their own political process. I recently read a comment in which someone said that St. Louis of France was a saint "in spite of being a king." May I be so bold as to suggest that St. Louis saw his kingship as a vocation in which he served God and man. What is more, he saw it as a calling to share in the Kingship of Christ, from Whom he held his authority and to Whom he had to render an account. St. Joan, in her simple piety, viewed kingship in a similar manner. She honored her King Charles VII, although he was far from being a saint, because in doing so she gave honor to Christ the King. The office was deserving of respect, even if the man was not. On her banner she bore an image of Christ the King surrounded by the fleur de lys, the lilies of royal France. More
Please also visit the following sites:
The Maid of Heaven
Le site francais: SteJeannedArc.net
et, Maison Jeanne d'Arc, Orleans
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A short biography of la Pucelle
I have reposted this article from November of last year on la Pucelle. I hope to take time to add "a best of..." section to my blog which will link to my older posts which are no longer listed.
Jehanne à Poitiers, mars 1429 (Joan at Poitiers, March 1429)
A Short Biography of Saint Joan of Arc
Many us were inspired by the CBS film on Joan of Arc with Lee Lee Sobieski. Though in my mind it is the best version of the life of Joan many of the fact were distorted or left out to keep the plot going along and making a dramatic film. A good point with this actress is that she was just about the right age which of course the Ingrid Bergman film couldnt quite pull off. Additionally, in the Bergman film, the script was parallel to the book by Mark Twain and the play by Bernard Shaw. The Lee Lee version was identifiably taken from her trial statements and the rehabilitation.
My friend Virginia Frohlick has placed on her site this short biography. I add it to whet the appitite, because, this is just a small portion of the most complete English language site dealing with the Maid. Virginia is the expert on Joan. The link above will transport you to her site.
Saint Joan was born on January 6, 1412, in the village of Domremy to Jacques and Isabelle d'Arc. Joan was the youngest of their five children. While growing up among the fields and pastures of her village, she was called Jeannette but when she entered into her mission, her name was changed to Jeanne, la Pucelle, or Joan, the Maid.
As a child she was taught domestic skills as well as her religion by her mother. Joan would later say, "As for spinning and sewing, I fear no woman in Rouen." And again, "It was my mother alone who taught me the 'Our Father' and 'Hail Mary' and the 'Creed;' and from none other was I taught my faith."
From her earliest of years Joan was known for her obedience to her parents, religious fervor, goodness, unselfish generosity and kindness toward her neighbors. Simonin Munier, one of Joan's childhood friends, tells how Joan had nursed him back to health when he was sick. Some of her playmates teased her for being 'too pious.' Others remembered how she would give up her bed to the homeless stranger who came to her father's door asking for shelter.
Joan was 'like all the others' in her village until her thirteenth year. "When I was about thirteen, I received revelation from Our Lord by a voice which told me to be good and attend church often and that God would help me." She stated that her 'Voices' were Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret. At first her 'Voices' came to her two or three times a week but as the time for her mission drew near (five years later), they visited her daily telling her to 'Go into France' to raise the siege of Orleans, conduct the Dauphin Charles to Reims for his crowning and to drive the English from the land.
Joan went to the neighboring town of Vaucouleurs, which means Valley of many colors. There she spoke to the loyal French governor by the name of Sir Robert de Baudricourt. After many rejections he finally agreed to send her to the Dauphin who at the time was living at the castle of Chinon.
On the evening of February 23, 1429, she began her mission for God. In the company of six men, she rode through the Gate of France on her way to Chinon. Joan reached this town on March 6th, but was not received by the Dauphin, Charles, until the evening of March 9th.
After being accepted and approved by a Church council headed by the Archbishop of Reims, Joan was allowed to lead the Dauphin's army. This part of her career was meteoric. She entered Orleans on the evening of April 29th and by May 8th the city had been freed. The Loire campaign started on June 9th and by June 19th the English were driven out of the Loire valley. The march to Reims started on June 29th and by July 17th Charles was crowned King of France in the cathedral of Reims.
From this time on, for reasons know only to King Charles, the king no longer valued Joan's advice and guidance. She had always told him that God had given her 'a year and a little longer' to accomplish His will but the king seemed to take no notice of it. For almost a year he wasted what time remained to Joan, until in frustration, she left the court. Her last campaign lasted from the middle of March until her capture at the town of Compiegne on May 23rd, 1430. Her 'year and a little longer' was over.
Abandoned by her king and friends, she started her year of captivity. As a prisoner of the Burgundians she was treated fairly but that all changed when on November 21st, 1430, she was handed over the English. How she survived their harsh treatment of her is a miracle in itself.
The English not only wanted to kill Joan but they also wanted to discredit King Charles as a false king by having Joan condemned by the Church as a witch and a heretic. To obtain this goal the English used those Church authorities whom they knew to be favorable to them and the staunchest of these was Bishop Cauchon.
Joan's trial of condemnation lasted from February 21st until May 23rd. She was finally burnt at the stake in Rouen's market square on May 30th, 1431.
Twenty-five years later the findings of Joan's first trial were overturned and declared 'null and void' by another Church court, who this time was favorable to King Charles. It was not until 1920 that the Church of Rome officially declared Joan to be a saint. Her feast day is celebrated on May 30th.
Note of Caution, Many writers have distorted the Story of this Saint, they have added calumny to her memory. You may find them on the net I will not place them here. I recommend all of these sites, as well as the books and CD rom. I recommend the Lee Lee version of the film and do not recommend "The Messenger" with Mila Jojovich, it is garbage. Here is a link to a silent film called the "Passion of Joan of Arc" from 1928...
Joan of Arc's Companions in Arms, English, French
The 'Companions' of Jeanne d'Arc and Others, short biographies
SteJeannedArc.net entirely in in French only
Maison de Jeanne d'Arc in French only
Allen Williamson's site on the maid
Joan of Arc: Her Story at Amazon.com
Joan of Arc by Maurice Boutet de Monvel, the narritive is a bit slanted and written for the youth of France but the illustrations are superb
CD Rom: this is a great resource, find it here
Maid of Heaven, The story of Joan of Arc. here...
My Favorite quotes of the Maid,*
"Je me attens a Dieu, mon createur, de tout; je layme de tout mon cuer..."
"I will follow God, my Creator in everything, I love Him with all my heart."
"Au France et au Roi, Mon ambition sera à servir. "...
"For France and the King, it is my ambition to serve"
(*medieval French)
Vive le Roi!
Jehanne la Pucelle
I have blogged here many articles since the inception of this blog. Tomorrow two of my faith interests converge as feast days, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the Feast of St Joan of Arc. Elena-Maria has placed the following article on her blog today in preperation for tomorrow's double feast. Joan or more correctly Jehanne, also known by the diminutive Jeanette, was never referred to by d'Arc or Darc. To her countrymen she was simply la Pucelle, the Maid.
" O how beautiful is the chaste generation with glory: for the memory thereof is immortal...." Wisdom 4:1
Tomorrow her feast coincides with the feast of the Sacred Heart, but in 1431 May 30 fell upon a Wednesday, the Vigil of Corpus Christi. It was around noon when Jehanne Darc, or Jehanne la Pucelle, "the Maid," as she called herself, was led into the public square of Rouen by enemy soldiers to where the stake awaited her. Nineteen years old, her head shaven, surrounded by placards branding her a witch, idolatress, and abjured heretic, she invoked the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, and St Michael the Archangel. She had been calumniated and condemned by those whose holy office it was to guide and protect her soul; she had been exposed to lewdness and impurity by those whose sacred duty it was to shelter her innocence and virginity. She was abandoned by the king whose crown her victories had won. She was in great interior darkness; the voices of her saints were silent.
Although she conversed with angels and saints, Joan the Maid was known to be practical and blunt. Very feminine, she missed her embroidery and her mother, yet she emerges on the pages of late medieval history like someone from the Acts of the Apostles. Surrounded by miracles, she was herself a Miracle; she led an army to victory at the age of 17, an illiterate peasant girl, who knew nothing of war or politics. She saved France as a nation, for it had all but ceased to exist when she came on the scene.
Such was her Faith that she confounded her judges, while exhausted, frightened and pushed to the breaking point of her mental and physical strength. Denied the Sacraments by her persecutors, she gazed upon the upheld crucifix, calling out, "Jesus! Jesus!" as the flames consumed her. When Joan's ashes were scattered in the river, her heart was found, untouched by the flames, and still bleeding.
"If I walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for Thou art with me, O Lord Jesus." Communion Antiphon for the Feast of St Joan
St. Joan, pray for us!
de Brantingy
Listen and read the words below.
Veni, Creátor Spíritus
As la Pucelle (the maid) travelled with her Priests from Chinon to Orleans she was acompanied by Monks who carrying crosses and her banner sang the "Veni Creátor Spíritus." below I have placed the words sung by the monks and priests on their journey.
Veni, Creátor Spíritus,
Mentes tuórum vísita,
Imple supérna grátia
Quæ tu creásti péctora.
Qui díceris Paráclitus,
Altíssimi donum Dei,
Fons vivus, ignis, cáritas,
Et spiritális únctio.
Tu septifórmis múnere,
Dígitus patérnæ déxteræ,
Tu rite promíssum Patris,
Sermóne ditans gúttura.
Accénde lumen sénsibus,
Infúnde amórem córdibus,
Infírma nostri córporis
Virtúte firmans pérpeti.
Hostem repéllas lóngius,
Pacémque dones prótinus,
Ductóre sic te prævio
Vitémus omne nóxium.
Per Te sciámus da Patrem,
Noscámus atque Fílium,
Teque utriúsque Spíritum
Credámus omni témpore.
Deo Patri sit glória,
Et Fílio, qui a mórtuis
Surréxit, ac Paráclito,
In sæculórum sæcula.
Jhesus+Marie
Monarchist Quote
From Durendal and Mark Amesse a monarchist quote:
The character of Kings is sacred; their persons are inviolable; they are the anointed of the Lord, if not with sacred oil, at least by virtue of their office. Their power is broad---based upon the Will of God, and not on the shifting sands of the people's will...more
Thanks Mark, and a tip of the beret to you.
Marie-Antoinette as a composer
Anabel who writes from Argentina has placed this in her blog today... My poor translation from Spanish is below. One can here the melody by going to her blog and clicking the bar on the right off the page.
María Antonieta se desenvolvió enormemente en la música y en la actuación. Y por eso, no dejó de producir sus propias obras. Compuso unas cuantas melodías, entre las que son más famosas "C'est mon ami" (Es mi amigo) y "Portrait charmant"(retrato encantador). Ambas se pueden escuchar en este blog, yendo a la barra de la derecha.
Aquí estan las letras:
Marie-Antoinette enjoyed writing music and performing it, and because of that she did not stop producing her own works. She composed many melodies, among the more famous were "C'est mon ami" (This is my friend) and "Portrait charmant" (Charming portrait). Both can be heard on the Blog Trianon de la Reina, found here... on the main page at the bar to the right.
These are the words: en français
C'est mon ami
Ah s'il est dans votre village
Un berger sensible et charmant
Qu'on chérisse au premier moment
Qu'on aime ensuite davantage
Rendez-le moi
J'ai son amour
Il a ma foi
Si par sa voix douce et plaintive
Il charme l'écho de vos bois
Si les accents de son hautbois
Rendent la bergère pensive
C'est encore lui
Rendez-le-moi
Si même n'osant rien vous dire
Son seul regard sait attendrir
Si sans jamais faire rougir
Sa gaité fait toujours sourire
Si passant près de sa chaumière
Le pauvre en voyant son troupeau
Ose demander un agneau
Et qu'il obtienne encore la mère
Oh c'est bien lui
"Portrait Charmant"
Portait charmant, portait de mon amie
Gage d'amour par l'amour obtenu
Ah viens m'offrir le bien que j'ai perdu
Te voir encore me rappelle à la vie.
Oui les voilà ses traits, ses traits que j'aime
Son doux regard, son maintien, sa candeur
Lorsque ma main te presse sur mon coeur
Je crois encore la presser elle-même
Non tu n'as pas pour moi les mêmes charmes
Muet témoin de nos tendres soupirs
En retraçant nos fugitifs plaisirs
Cruel portrait, tu fais couler mes larmes
Pardonne-moi mon injuste langage
Pardonne aux cris de ma vive douleur
Portait charmant, tu n'es pas le bonheur
Mais bien souvent tu m'en offres l'image
Thanks and a tip of the beret to Anabel
Bosco Peters from New Zealand has asked me to place his site on my blog. I am honoured. While Bosco is not a Roman Catholic, his site has remarkably Catholic ideals, prayers and articles. The prayers could have come out of the St Joseph Missal of 1962. So this is my shot for ecumenism. There won't be many I assure you.
I pray for a time when we can all be counted as one as Jesus desired.
Of course as a Catholic in good standing I can not place a seal of Nihil Obstat on this site but as a Christian brother I can not see any but his good intentions.
http://www.liturgy.co.nz/
Labels: liturgy.
Drinking water in Paris during the 18th century
I found this at Debutants Ball while looking for another article by Catherine Delors.
I think you will find this interesting...
The Seine River was everything to Paris. Barges brought essential merchandises from distant provinces. Often they went no further than in Paris, to be dismantled in the spot and sold as wood. One embankment specialized in the commerce of wheat, another was dedicated to the wine trade. The embankments were not the paved, clean ones we see now. At the time, they were muddy or sandy, depending on the location. Indeed the Roman name of the city, Lutetia, is said to be derived from the Latin lutum, "mud."
In summer people went swimming in the river. They did it to exercise, and for many it was the only time of the year when they could enjoy a bath. With the onset of the Revolution, morals became more puritanical, and the Municipality of Paris passed an ordinance making it illegal to bathe nude in the Seine.
For those who could afford it, bathing establishments, installed on barges moored along the embankments, offered private cabins and showers. The poor were left with the option of bathing in their shirts or not at all. In any case, they washed their clothes in the river.
The Seine also served as an open-air sewer and garbage dump. The streets of Paris were only cleaned when it rained, and the runoff naturally flowed into the river. People also threw their solid waste in it since there was no organized garbage collection. In particular all of the detritus from the nearby slaughterhouses of the Chatelet district were dumped into the river. Contemporary accounts mention a pinkish scum floating on top.
People and animals often drowned in the Seine, and it provided the "safest" means of disposing of the corpses of murder victims. The bodies were sometimes recovered downstream, robbed of any remaining possessions and buried unceremoniously in the mud of the banks. Those corpses fished from the river within Paris were taken to the Morgue, also in the Chatelet district, where relatives could identify and claim them.
Within city limits fountains were rare and often enclosed within the private gardens of convents or mansions. Most were therefore inaccessible to the public. That left - you guessed it - the Seine! Water carriers filled their buckets in the river and for a few sols brought the water up many flights of stairs (six-story buildings were frequent within the city.) And yes, people drank it.
The rich, of course, could afford to have spring water brought from the suburbs. They also drank excellent wines, much the same as our best modern French wines. Poor people drank "wine" as well, or rather a liquid by that name, but it often had nothing to do with fermented grape juice. It was a toxic mix of various chemicals and purple dye. From a health standpoint, it would have been a difficult choice between Seine water and fraudulent wine. More...
Thanks and a tip of the beret to Catherine.
Dieu sauve Le Roy! Vive le Roy!


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Sovereign Wealth Funds: Form and Function in the 21st Century
FEEM Working Paper No. 140.2010
See all articles by Gordon L. Clark
Gordon L. Clark
Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
Ashby Monk
As representatives of nation-states in global financial markets, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) share a common form and many functions. Arguably their form and functions owe as much to a shared (global) moment of institutional formation as they owe their form and functions to the hegemony of Anglo-American finance over the late 20th and early 21st centuries. We distinguish between the immediate future for SWFs in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, and two possible long-term scenarios; one of which sees SWFs becoming financial goliaths dominating global markets, while the other sees SWFs morphing into nation-state development institutions that intermediate between financial markets and the long-term commitments of the nation-state sponsors. If the former scenario dominates, global financial integration will accelerate with attendant costs and benefits. If the latter scenario dominates, SWFs are likely to differentiate and evolve, returning, perhaps, to their national traditions and their respective places in a world of contested power and influence. Here, we clarify the assumptions underpinning the conception and formation of sovereign wealth funds over the past twenty years or so in the face of the 'new' realities of global finance.
Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds, Crisis, Market Performance, Long-term Investment
JEL Classification: D02, F36, G15
Clark, Gordon L. and Monk, Ashby, Sovereign Wealth Funds: Form and Function in the 21st Century (November 17, 2010). FEEM Working Paper No. 140.2010, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1710650 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1710650
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#InThisTogether
Protecting our people
Our people step up
Strengthening bp's resilience
COVID-19 BP response
All over the world, people are stepping up with acts of kindness in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read how bp staff are doing their bit to help their friends, neighbours and communities
Response timeline
1 June: App helps feed underprivileged schoolchildren
20 May: Heroes of the hour
15 May: #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
14 May: Food for orphaned babies
11 May: Shopping for the vulnerable
7 May: Trading spirits for sanitizer
6 May: Making a difference from home
30 April: 3D printing to protect health workers
17 April: BP employees share digital skills to support learning
15 April: BP's own local hero
14 April: Mapping app aids care in the community
30 March: BP employees deploy own talents and resources to fight COVID-19
24 March: Farm to food banks
22 March: Home-grown kindness in China
App helps feed underprivileged schoolchildren
US | 1 June 2020
Four members of bp's One Map team are using their geospatial and data skills to help millions of underprivileged children across Texas access free school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rachel Stanley, Salman Ahmed, Gang Wang and Lisa Singerman all responded to a call for volunteers to help track and update opening hours across school districts, along with information about meal drop-off locations and times.
"A lot of underprivileged children have their main meal at school," says Salman, "either free or at a discounted rate. When we went into quarantine, there was a lot of concern about how to make sure they could still get food."
So, Chis Akin, from an engineering firm called Dunaway Associates, worked with Texas COVID-19 School Services to develop an online, editable map that families can use to track their local school. To do that, 41 volunteers, including the four from bp, are each assigned 25 independent school districts (ISDs). Every week, they must check the latest information from their ISDs and then plot and update their assigned points on the map.
The resource is thought to be helping some 4.5 million children and has meant many schools have been able to retain cafeteria staff.
Normally, schools in Texas wind down their free school meals during holidays, but some schools are looking at the possibility of continuing the service throughout the summer, which will mean the volunteers will need to be ready to help provide the necessary updates.
The bp volunteers are doing this work in their free time, but all agree they're proud to help out: "I always have an urge to volunteer, at least in some small ways," says Lisa. "It's not always easy to find something that feels like I can make a difference skill-wise and fits in with schedules. This was one of these rare things that I thought – perfect! I can do this! She adds:
"If this helps some Texas families find a needed source of food for their kids while we're getting through the crisis, I wouldn't want to pass up that opportunity."
Heroes of the hour
Global | 20 May 2020 | 📹 1 min
Many of our people have balanced their day jobs with volunteering to help others in areas from education to the environment.
People like bp data analyst Kim Brewin, who has spent the past 20 years volunteering as a blood runner for Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers Surrey & South London – or SERV – a charity that transports blood, plasma, platelets and samples between hospitals.
During the current crisis, Kim and her team have gone from a weekend cover service to supporting the NHS 24/7.
And, the charity has even been helped by bp's offer of free fuel.
Watch this short film to see Kim making a vital delivery on her motorbike.
Meanwhile, other bp employees have inspired us with their selfless acts, including digital telecoms engineer James Cox, who has volunteered for the St John Ambulance service for more than 10 years. He's now covering extra shifts in a London hospital to help relieve pressure on NHS staff.
Or Andy Clouting, a service portfolio director for bp's upstream digital operations, who signed up as an NHS volunteer, transporting patients from hospital to home, inspired by his family who all work in the health service.
And then there's Katherine Dickens, who has put her emergency planning skills to good use by helping in the command centre of her local hospital, with duties including allocating and redistributing staff to where they're most needed.
In Poland, Wild Bean Cafe process operations advisor Jan Gil is serving his local community as a trained paramedic on the frontline at Zakopane hospital. And, if that wasn't enough, he's also a mountain rescuer.
Reminder: volunteer firefighter Greg Otto and digital mapping expert Josh Townsend, both of whom are providing invaluable service to their communities.
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
UK | 15 May 2020
The coronavirus has had a major impact on all our lives and, for many, that includes our mental wellbeing. Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week, we find out how one bp employee and trained psychotherapist is helping his colleagues to weather these challenging times.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK, bp's Matt Vickers knew straight away that he wanted to help. "One of the first things I did was start issuing weekly challenges to the mental health network to help people try and create a sense of new routine," he says.
Each challenge is deliberately simple, such as reducing hour-long meetings to 45 minutes or writing down what drains you and energizes you. Matt says:
"The idea is that routine turns into habit, which can create strong foundations of emotional support."
Matt has worked for bp's trading division for the past 15 years but now splits his time between his bp role and his private practice as a psychotherapist – a role he trained for after therapy had a positive impact on his own mental health.
As well as the challenges, Matt is hosting virtual mental wellbeing 'huddles', providing a safe, active listening space for people to come together and share their feelings during the crisis.
"We usually start with a check-in and some mindfulness and then open it up to a specific theme. We end on a note of appreciation to get a balance between the harder and the positive stuff," he says.
Food for orphaned babies
Senegal | 14 May 2020
Throughout the pandemic, we've heard many stories of how bp employees are going out of their way to help others. And, this one is particularly heart warming.
In Senegal, bp's Berthe Nanette Gomez has come to the rescue of a babies' orphanage that was in urgent need of food and nappies after the COVID-19 pandemic had cut off their usual supply.
Berthe saw an online appeal launched by the Sisters running the nursery in the small city of Nianing and immediately took action, organizing a fundraiser.
She said: "I was really touched by their call for help. I am grateful to all our colleagues and friends who had compassion for my call and responded so quickly. In these difficult times, our attention must go to those who are in need and that was the case for these children."
Thanks to the generous response, Berthe raised funds to buy thousands of packs of nappies, boxes of milk and cereal. She then coordinated with BP Senegal employees to safely deliver the supplies, abiding by the country's and the company's safety and lockdown measures.
Sister Monique, director of the nursery, said:
"We are very thankful for this act of kindness. The donation was extremely helpful for the nursery and the children, especially as, due to the impact of the pandemic, getting supplies is increasingly more difficult."
Reminder: bp has donated hundreds of essential medical items to help address the COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritania and Senegal, where it is building a new gas business. bp also delivered much-needed clean water to the Mauritanian river island of Ndiago when the normal supply was cut off following the closure of the border with Senegal and is now working with local NGOs to find a permanent solution.
Shopping for the vulnerable
Global | 11 May 2020
From Chicago to Cairo, bp people are going out of their way to help others in their local communities by shopping for elderly and vulnerable neighbours.
Dana Hendrix in Houston has managed to help even while remaining in self-isolation by leaving unused face masks – left over from her woodworking hobby – on the doorstep of a neighbouring ER doctor. In return, she received fresh vegetables, a welcome gift as supermarkets struggle to stay stocked at this time.
Also in Houston, Ashley Booten has put together care packages and picked up prescriptions for housebound elderly neighbours.
And single mum and principal carer for her vulnerable brother (a kidney transplant patient) May Akrawi is still finding the time to do grocery shopping for her neighbours, which she delivers on her new emissions-free e-bike.
Meanwhile, in Cairo, Sherif Elshaer started single-handedly delivering food and home essentials to the elderly and vulnerable in his neighbourhood.
In Chicago, Dan Balzer and his wife are taking extra precautions but continuing to do their twice-weekly van deliveries of food to their local church's neighbourhood food pantry, which serves up to 60 families each week. As he says: "They need it now more than ever."
In Swindon, UK, Dawn Maslen regularly delivers meals to her 93-year-old neighbour.
Proving that this really is a global crisis, elderly and vulnerable residents of a small town in Hungary where shops aren't easily reached can be grateful for the kindness of bp's Emese Hajdu, who is giving up her time to provide them with essential supplies.
Trading spirits for sanitizer
US | 7 May 2020 | 📹 1 min
Normally, when Ryan Bare wasn't working on bp's Prudhoe Bay operations in Alaska, he was running his family-owned distillery back in Iowa, US, producing whiskey and vodka. But, as the coronavirus response began ramping up across the country, Ryan saw an opportunity to help his community by switching production from spirits to hand sanitizer.
So, he began converting some of the distillery's equipment to produce alcohol-based hand sanitizer using a formula developed by the World Health Organization. Now, the facility is offering bottles free to the public, as well as to local first responders, hospitals, nursing homes and other groups fighting the spread of COVID-19.
He is also making it commercially available to other businesses at pre-pandemic prices – including bp. When the team in Alaska needed supplies for workers on the slope, Ryan coordinated with the company to send four 55-gallon drums of hand sanitizer to Prudhoe Bay.
Describing the experience, Ryan says:
"It has been a complete labour of love, to take the skillset that I've used for 25 years working in the oil sector, bring it back to small-town Iowa, and build a facility that's able to do something like this."
Watch this video to find out more.
Making a difference from home
Spain | 6 May 2020 | 📹 2:16 mins
After responding to a WhatsApp group message from a radiographer friend, bp Spain's Ruth Hurtado has joined a cottage production line creating plastic aprons for Madrid's frontline heath service staff.
Each apron takes just two to three minutes to make and, so far, Ruth and her group have made 3,000, which have already been distributed to local hospitals. And they'e not stopping at that. Ruth says:
"I would encourage you and your families to make small things in this difficult time."
3D printing to protect healthcare workers
US | 30 April 2020 | 📹 3 mins
Last month, we met BP's Ricky Burns, who has been using his 3D printer to create visor shields for use at his local hospital and at testing sites.
Now, he's going a step farther by building more sophisticated respirator masks as well.
Watch this three-minute video to find out more.
BP employees use digital skills to support learning
Global | 17 April 2020
COVID-19 might be closing classrooms but BP employees are helping young minds stay open.
In Hungary, our head of country Viktor Knezevics is using Facebook to offer free digital training for teachers in Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom. Viktor says:
"It provided a great platform for discussion, educating teachers and parents, connecting schools and giving an emotional release for a few. We feel encouraged to continue beyond COVID-19."
Meanwhile, in Houston, senior learning coordinator Rae Comeaux has been offering instruction in online conferencing service Zoom to teachers and students.
And because no play makes for a dull day, employees and their families are helping to keep kids entertained during the lockdown, too.
In Surrey, BP's Susan Snelling, who is also a scout leader, is continuing her pack's meetings on Zoom, where she's led an online scavenger hunt and discussions on the positives of being at home. Susan says:"I had many parents thanking us for giving the kids a chance to interact with their friends and saying how much they appreciated hearing their children laughing. It's been tough for kids at home, but finding new ways of carrying out meetings brings structure and keeps us connected – all good for our mental health."
And in Aberdeen, BP data steward Kerry Balment's daughter, Logan, has used her time in self-isolation to launch her own YouTube story channel. She's now won backing from Bloomsbury and Austin Macauley Publishers are supplying free books for her to read online. If your kids need entertaining, check out the channel.
Many more of our employees have lent their support to families as children continue their studies at home. The BP Educational Service has free teaching resources for four- to 19-year-olds.
BP's own local hero
US | 15 April 2020
One BP employee is right on the frontline of the COVID-19 response in his role as president of his local Volunteer Fire Department in Texas.
This is not the first time this group of volunteers has been on the sharp end in a crisis. Just over two years ago, they were working round the clock trying to rescue hundreds of residents from the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.
In his day job as a senior project lead architect in BP's IT&S (information, technology and services) division in Houston, Greg Otto is in charge of designing, implementing and supporting communications solutions for offshore assets.
But, on nights and weekends, Greg can be found on call for the Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department, a non-profit corporation that provides all of the fire and 911 emergency services for the Texas municipality. And, as president, he doesn't just oversee all FVFD activities; he's also an active lieutenant firefighter and is scheduled to start his EMS training.
During the COVID-19 crisis, demand placed on the FVFD is unprecedented. It's down to Greg and the chiefs to ensure that the teams are as prepared as they can be. He says:
"We're making sure that their needs are met and that they are physically and mentally prepared for what will be a long-term and high-stress event."
As first responders, Greg and his team will often be the first people in contact with a infected individual and, as such, PPE gear is vital.
It's potentially dangerous work, but to Greg and others like him, the service they provide outweighs the risks."I am proud of our organization, proud of our personnel and of what we do," he says.
Find out how BP is supporting first responders, doctors, nurses and hospital workers at bp.com/localheroes or by following the BP America #bpsupportslocalheroes.
Mapping app aids care in the community
UK | 14 April 2020
BP employee Josh Townsend is using his precision digital mapping skills to help his local community find the resources they need during the COVID-19 crisis.
In his day job, Josh makes maps that help BP select the optimum location for our assets, such a wellhead placed on a seabed. He does this using his skills in geodesy – a branch of mathematics that deals with the shape and area of the earth – and a range of tools, including the BP OneMap platform.
Now, he is using those techniques to help coordinate the COVID-19 response in his local village of Lightwater, Surrey. To help track vulnerable people in the community, Josh has created an app that has a range of functions, such as heat mapping technology and a volunteer contact database. Plus, it can be updated quickly to reflect any changes in local circumstances.
Josh explains:
"We're using the interactive map to direct volunteers to certain areas that need help and to identify which facilities, such as shops or pharmacies, are open."
Josh is one of a 200-strong group of volunteers in his village that make up the Lightwater Resilience Plan. As well as applying his digital skills, he is helping to deliver food, prescriptions and even post for those who are self-isolating.
BP employees deploy own talents and resources to fight COVID-19
US | 30 March 2020
While BP is donating funds, equipment and fuel, employees are taking a DIY approach to keeping frontline workers safe.
Castrol HR business partner Christine Yang heard that her local New Jersey hospital was short of surgical masks and remembered her sewing machine. She says:
"I make simple things for the house, such as curtains and cushion covers, and thought this was a way I could help."
After receiving instructions from the hospital, Christine used spare cotton and elastic in her home to assemble around 30 masks. The hospital is now providing kits from their own supplies, and Christine is using social media to recruit more volunteers.
Meanwhile, in Houston, business transformation team leader Ricky Burns is using his 3D printer to make parts for visors.
"I found out via a friend who works in a local hospital that they could really use extra equipment," Ricky explains – so he contacted a group of 'makers' already trying to help. They needed visor parts – the plastic frame, the visor itself, which has to be laser cut, and an elastic band.
Ricky is now 3D-printing visor frames at a rate of one every 90 minutes. Each feature two messages: 'Get well soon' and 'Houston Strong' – a slogan popularised during Hurricane Harvey. Ricky explains.
"We know what it's like to pull together in difficult times, so it seemed right to include the message."
From farm to foodbanks
UK | 24 March 2020
In rural Aberdeenshire in Scotland, BP's Camilla Bush is working nights on her partner's organic dairy farm (forestfarmdairy.co.uk), as well holding down her day job as HR business partner.
Camilla has been helping out any way she can, from feeding cattle to filling milk bottles. With supermarket shelves emptying, the farm's self-service shop is providing a much-needed lifeline for the people of the nearby town of Kinellar.
The farm is also dropping off milk to local food banks and homeless charities, exploring ways to deliver to vulnerable and isolated members of the community, and arranging for volunteers to come to the farm to collect supplies for those in need.
Camilla insists she's just doing her bit.
"In a time where we could get consumed by despair, I've seen nothing but kindness. It's been a hugely humbling experience to see communities and companies pulling together."
Home-grown kindness in China
China | 22 March 2020
BP's team in China has been helping in the fight against the virus since the start of this year. The team has been finding new ways to care for each other and the community, from distributing face masks to providing free vegetables.
Wait, free veg? That's right. In Zhejiang Province, an area severely impacted by the virus, vegetables planted by the staff for their own consumption were offered to neighbouring residents free of charge.
Neighbours struggling to find fresh food could pick up home-grown turnips, cabbages, kale, eggplants and chilis, with around 300 kilograms given away so far.
In BP offices in China, life is now gradually resuming, with precautions in place. Qin Zhang, BP Beijing team member, said:
"We are coming back to normal and have reopened the office, although we still wear masks and test our temperature before entering the building."
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Colin Stetson on the restraint and all-out chaos of his first...
Colin Stetson on the restraint and all-out chaos of his first horror score Hereditary
The saxophone virtuoso discusses Hereditary which premieres this weekend at Sundance.
Colin Stetson, the saxophonist best known for playing with Bon Iver and Arcade Fire, has long been praised for his cinematic solo compositions, something exemplified on 2011's stunning New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges. It was hardly surprising then when a track from that album was used by Steve McQueen in 2013's brutal 12 Years A Slave to accompany one of the film's most horrific moments: a lynching.
Stetson is set to play on our fears again this year with his score for horror film Hereditary, the feature debut of writer/director Ari Aster. The movie premieres this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival and has already been acquired by A24, the prestigous studio behind modern horror classics such as Under The Skin, Ex Machina and The Witch. It's not Stetson's first attempt at scoring by any means; he assisted Jóhann Jóhannsson with the heavenly Arrival and has written a slew of original scores, including 2015's La Peur and 2016's Outlaws and Angels.
Hereditary follows a family reckoning with dark forces following the death of their reclusive grandmother and standout performances from Toni Colette, Gabriel Byrne and child actor Milly Shapiro (best known for starring in Matilda The Musical) are already attracting attention. Director Aster achieved notoriety with a series of controversial short films and approached Stetson to work on the film two years ago with a first draft of the script. Stetson's unusual saxophone compositions had been an inspiration for Aster as he was writing the movie, so the saxophonist's involvement is fitting, to say the least.
FACT reached out to Stetson to discuss the film, his score and what he's working on next.
How did you get involved in Hereditary?
I was approached by the director, Ari Aster, a couple years ago. Right after he had finished the first draft of the script he let me know that he had been influenced by my music in the writing process and was hoping we could start a dialogue about me being involved with the film when it got made – either in licensing music to it or as composer of original score. As things in that world tend to take a lot of time, we were in touch on-and-off throughout his process of acquiring funding and distribution and ultimately things worked out, so that I was indeed available to get involved in that scoring capacity.
Watching the film for the first time, what were your first impressions and what do you think it needed musically?
I had seen stills and read the script months before seeing any of the footage, so I had already established a tone and sonic palette that felt right for the film. That, and I had spoken in depth about what [Aster's] feelings were regarding the music, so when I saw the first edits I was pleased that those initial instincts of mine were, for the most, part spot on. As for what it needed musically, as horror films tend to do, Hereditary uses a lot of music. I don't know that I'm able to speak specifically of minutes, but this is a colossal score, and as so much of it is furthering both general and specific feelings of dread, confusion, and unraveling, the music has to be tied incredibly tightly to picture.
In this case, that was a joy, as the acting performances in the film are tremendous and really inspired the sonic character of the music from moment to moment. In terms of instrumentation, I relied on a stable of acoustic sound sources almost exclusively. Clarinets were used extensively, both contrabass and Bb, as well as some bass clarinet, as well. Of course the more obvious cornerstones of my signature solo sounds are there in the forms of bass and alto saxophones, as well as deriving all of the film's percussive sounds from the saxophones themselves, as I do in my solo composition. But I also utilized a bit of the brass world, both french horn and trumpet make appearances and a key melodic and sonic element was provided by the Lyricon, a rare analog wind synth from the 1970s.
This is a colossal score
Did you have any initial temp music to work from?
Since I had been able to write a bit of music before tracking to picture, some of the temp was actually just my demos for the project itself. There were some other pieces used as temp, both of my solo music, and of several orchestral works, but I didn't find any of that confining in this case.
Your music has appeared in many films and certainly soundtracked some horrific moments, but what was the experience like composing for a film specifically in the horror genre?
There are things that you can and can't do, depending on what the overarching theme of the subject matter is, I think. Certain things that although they might 'think' right, when put into practice with the picture and narrative, of Hereditary specifically, just don't work. So, you quickly learn what works to support and propel the story and emotions forward in the right ways and what is distracting from those ends. Luckily for me, this film, though very streamlined in its needs and wants sonically, didn't have any limitations in terms of the scope of said sounds, so I was able to take things pretty far in the directions I wanted, from calm quiet restraint to all-out chaos.
Will you do a soundtrack release?
I'd like to, though there isn't one set just yet.
Is there anything else you're working on this year that you can talk about yet?
I'm currently working on scoring a new TV series called The First for Hulu and working on recording the next solo record. That, and my band EX EYE will be going back into the studio sometime this year to work on our second album, so yes, quite a bit happening this year!
Finally, what are the horror film scores that have stuck with you?
Probably the two that stuck out the most to me growing up would be for the movies The Changeling and for Poltergeist. Though I'd also say that Johann Johansson's score for Prisoners, though not a horror film, was and is tremendously influential for me in how I try to approach scoring in general.
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Teeling Whiskey Company, established in Dublin in 2012, has just released a brand new 24yo whiskey. Hang on… that doesn't add up… a 5 year old company can't release a 24yo whiskey can it? It can, actually, and here's how.
The Teeling family have long had an association with the Irish whiskey industry, what with Walter Teeling having set up a micro-distillery in the Liberties area of Dublin in 1782. Fast forward to 1985 and, several generations later, John Teeling buys a former potato schnapps distillery and converts it into a whiskey distillery within two years. This distillery, originally known as Cooley and now known as Kilbeggan, was the first new distillery to open in Ireland in over 100 years, and it marked the re-introduction of the Teeling name back into Irish whiskey distilling. Having sold this distillery to Beam Inc in 2012, John's sons, Jack and Stephen, established the Teeling Whisky Company, initially as an independent bottler and, more recently, as a distiller. The new Teeling distillery first produced spirit in March 2015, but as even the most mathematically challenged amongst you will realise, this is not even close to 24 years ago.
Part of the T&Cs involved with the sale of Cooley to Beam included the transfer of approximately 16,000 cask of mature Cooley spirit to the Teeling brothers and presumably it is some of this stock, as well as maybe a wee bit of Bushmills, which comprises the liquid in this expression. History lesson over. Let's get to the whiskey.
Nose: Grapefruit, passionfruit, lychee, wine gums, apricots, waxy apples and banana fritters. An explosion of tropical fruit. The there's plum jam, vanilla cheesecake and meringue, all underpinned by vague smoke/wood char. Very enticing.
Palate: Big and juicy initially, with apple chews, grapes, pears in syrup, grilled pineapple and rhubarb crumble. A white pepper nip pervades, along with cooked apples and a touch of light honey. Some smoke wafts around too.
Finish: Some sawdust, gentle oaky notes, fruit pastels and pear skins hang around for quite a while.
Overall: Oft. That's all I have to say really. Wonderfully fruity, really quite complex and a whiskey which had me coming back to nose it again and again. Stellar stuff.
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