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The market, started by two local visionaries who are passionate about bringing back the market culture, is housed in an old warehouse and the courtyard at the Old Biscuit Mill on Albert Road. Every Saturday it's buzzing with market-goers and over a hundred traders of organic and fresh goods and artisanal products. There is so much eye-candy that it really is quite dreamy.
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I know I have been — what's the word… haphazardly? sporadically? — writing lately in the blog because I have been quite busy working on materials and deliverables for my upcoming month-on-the-road. I have some very cool things coming up, lots of work and effort that went into producing it and would love to share them with you — if you want to join me.
I spent a considerable amount of the time the past four months working on a Social Media Maturity Model and the associated Social Media Readiness tools. It is pretty cool, and it can help you organization understand where you are, where you are going, and what you are going to be doing in Social Media. I have always said that Social Media (the channels) are going to become your basic infrastructure (just like phones or emails) — but there is a proper way to do this, to integrate it with other tools and architecture in your organization, and to understand where things like Social CRM, Social ERP, Social Business come in.
Would you like to know how it all fits together?
Would you like to use an online tool to see where your organization stands in relationship to the model?
Join me and Visible Technologies at these dates and locations (links are to sign-up pages for each event).
Oh, did I forget to mention that there is an ROI calculator that was developed by Dr. Natalie Petohouff that will help you justify how you can bring Social Media to your organization?
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Lei Parla Italiano? Lei Parla Enteprise 2.0?
I am presenting at the International Forum for Enterprise 2.0 in Milan, Italy. Beyond the oh-so-cool factor that I am going to Italy for a few days, I am going to be bringing the voice of Social CRM to the Enterprise 2.0 world. I am co-presenting with Mr. Mark Tamis, of Enterprise 2.0 and SCRM fame, and we will be talking about how to make it all work together. Not only that, but we were also given the closing panel for the conference — talking about "Enterprise 2.0 is from Mars, Social CRM is from Venus — bringing the two together to make a Social Business". It is going to be awesome.
Sameer Patel (fellow presenter at the conference) wrote a great post with far more details that I can fit in here.
One if by land, two if by water (and three if by Enteprise 2.0).
OK, corny title — but I am coming to Enteprise 2.0 in Boston, doing a panel, and having lots of time. What else is there to do at a conference of people that believe in collaboration, in working for the customer, and in innovating their operations? Why, evangelize, of course! Want to meet at the conference? Email me and we can set some time… I am going to be there 15 and 16, looking forward to it.
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Sorry, just keeping international. I am going to be part of an extension course / summer seminar in Madrid, Spain talking about customer experiences for the next few years, what to do, how to make it better, etc. It is going to happen at the Universidad de Madrid, on June 30 through July 2. I have a lot of work I have put into creating the new model for Customer Experience that I will be unveiling there. Want to come? Sign up and join me!
Hi Esteban – would be curious to see what you have been onto, specially after our discussion on skype a few days ago!


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On the same day many of his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination will compete in the Iowa Straw Poll, Texas Gov. Rick Perry will officially declare his candidacy Saturday, ending weeks of speculation and adding to the field a contender who could quickly shake up the race.
Perry intends to make his campaign official on Saturday in South Carolina, according to his spokesman, Mark Miner. The governor will then travel to New Hampshire before heading to Iowa for several days of campaigning.
On Thursday, Perry weighed in on the rampant speculation about his possible 2012 bid, telling Time's Mark Halperin that he wants to be president.
"Part of it must be, I assume, whether or not you want to do it still," Halperin said. "Is that still an open question?"
"You and I having this conversation has answered that question," Perry responded.
In that interview, Perry stopped short of declaring his candidacy but rejected any notion that he couldn't compete with President Obama's formidable fundraising operation in the 2012 cycle, which had already raised $86 million for himself and the Democratic National Committee as of June 30. "I think [my operation] will be quite competitive in the fundraising side," he said.
"I'm kind of getting to the all-in point and the idea that this is what I'm supposed to be doing," Perry told Halperin. "I'm very calm in my heart that this is what I'm supposed to be doing."
In fact, within minutes of Miner's announcement that the governor would run, Perry's campaign had sent out an e-mail fundraising blast, inviting major contributors to attend events in Texas cities and neighboring states at the end of August and beginning of September: Tulsa and Oklahoma City (Aug. 29); Fort Worth and Dallas (Aug. 30); Austin, New Orleans and Houston (Aug. 31); and Midland, Texas, and San Antonio (Sept. 1).
"Thank you for being willing to contribute to Governor Perry's Presidential Campaign and raise money, [or] both. On behalf of our team, we are very, very grateful." says the e-mail. "We are trying to get in the first million dollars of contributions very rapidly, to give the campaign its initial capital so important to get off the ground well. If you can send your own check in to us now, it will further that goal."
The e-mail also warned recipients not to share information with opponents and the media.
"It is imperative this email is not shared with anyone not a supporter of Governor Perry. We are trying to run a tight, disciplined 'ship,' with zero interaction with non-supporters or the media. Thank you for your full cooperation with this methodology," the e-mail read.
Meanwhile, a new independent group, billing itself as the top super political action committee supporting Perry's imminent campaign, is consolidating backers and getting its effort off the ground.
The Make Us Great Again super PAC is bringing in Texas fundraisers Elizabeth Blakemore and Cynthia Wiedemann, who had previously been working with another pro-Perry super PAC, Americans for Rick Perry.
It will hold its first fundraisers next week in Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth, and it should be airing its first ad "soon," according to a PAC source. Super PACs can raise and spend money in unlimited amounts and accept unlimited donations from wealthy donors, but they cannot coordinate with the candidates themselves.
In the Time interview, Perry said his wife helped him reach the conclusion that he should be a candidate. "The issue of 'is this what I want to do?' was dealt with about 45 days ago in a conversation with my wife," Perry said.
The governor said Anita Perry, who is a nurse and whose father practiced medicine, was concerned about President Obama's health-care reforms. "I mean we've got one of the finest, if not the best, health care systems in the world. She sees Obamacare as destroying that," Perry told Halperin.
Perry also recounted a conversation he had with former president George W. Bush in July, around the time that the media began speculating about a possible Perry candidacy. "He said, 'You'll do what's right,' " Perry recounted of his conversation with the former president and former Texas governor. "He said you don't want to wake up when you're 70 and go, 'I wish I had tried that. I wish I had done that.' "
Part of Perry's success in a race to which he has arrived late will depend on funding from super PACs. These entities, created after the Supreme Court case often referred to as Citizens United, are expected to play a large role in the 2012 presidential race.
The Make Us Great Again effort backing Perry has signed up a team of prominent consultants, including Sacramento-based fundraiser Tony Russo, legal counsel Cleta Mitchell and the GOP advertising firm Jamestown Associates. It has also added staff that includes executive director Scott Rials and senior adviser Barry Bennett, who are both close to top Perry adviser David Carney.
The group surfaced this week in an e-mail from former Perry chief of staff Mike Toomey and supporter Brint Ryan, who will work with Russo to lead Perry's fundraising operation. It is one of seven super PACs that have been launched on behalf of Perry's nascent campaign, but organizers say they expect this PAC to be easily the biggest.
The e-mail from Toomey to potential donors that went public earlier this week quoted Toomey as saying donors should "avoid any other group claiming to be 'the' pro-Perry independent effort."
Another former Perry aide, Dan Shelley, has launched two super PACs – Veterans for Rick Perry and the Jobs for Vets Fund. Americans for Rick Perry, which Blakemore and Wiedemann had been involved in, has been active early in Iowa.
The new effort aims to be the second major super PAC supporting a top GOP presidential campaign. Former Massaschusetts governor Mitt Romney's supporters have also formed a super PAC, Restore Our Future, which raised $12 million in the first half of 2012.
Karen Tumulty contributed to this story.
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Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage will play Regina's Conexus Arts Centre on April 15. Photo by Christie Goodwin
Although Star Trek is a cultural phenomenon matched by few other entertainment entities in the last half-century, it's often forgotten that the mammoth franchise originated from a television series that, despite a cult-following, was cancelled after just three seasons.
It's a testament to the legion of Trekkies who repeatedly have forced producers to reboot the franchise multiple times, thus building it up to its present popularity and helping the Gene Roddenberry-created endeavour reach its 50th anniversary in 2016.
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While the July release of Star Trek Beyond is intended to be the crown jewel of the series' anniversary, a close second is Friday's multimedia extravaganza at the Conexus Arts Centre.
Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage 50th Anniversary Concert Tour melds a live symphony, television and cinema footage, and a number of other stimuli to give Trekkies of all ages a totally immersive experience.
Justin Freer, co-founder and president of the show's production company CineConcerts, notes it was a no-brainer to take on the Star Trek world after previous shows featuring Gladiator and Lord of the Rings.
"The 50th anniversary played a big part (in doing this show) as it only comes one time and what a golden opportunity. There are very few franchises out there that have lasted that long in entertainment and this is certainly one of them and an amazing one at that.
Asked why music has been so integral to the Star Trek experience, Freer passionately explained that it adds untold emotion.
"I think music in general translates well to cinema. You have these two art forms — film and music — and when they're married well together it's hard to describe why it works but I think at the root of it, great film music and great television music tells a story and it does what film cannot. It gives you the emotional context that the visuals cannot. Music serves a very important role helping the audiences feel the ups and downs of what's going on and feeling the emotional and psychological content. They're things that pure visuals and dialogue cannot do."
Friday's show, as well as the remainder of the tour, celebrates the venerable franchise's humble beginnings to its current place in cinematic lore. It's a show that not only is officially licensed by Paramount and CBS, but given the proverbial thumbs up from Star Trek luminaries like the Roddenberry and Nimoy families, among other cast members.
"The feedback across the board has been very positive," Freer admitted, "and we've been very lucky in that way. From the studios to some of the talent that has seen the show to the fans the feedback has been really positive. It's a challenge and a responsibility to tell the story of 50 years in about two hours in one night. We're always asking ourselves if we've done it right and it comes with a great responsibility with so much material but I think that we have.
"This is only going to happen one time. The 50th anniversary concert is going to come through once and then it's done. I think being able to experience an immersive environment of music, both film and television footage, stage design, and lighting together is tremendous. Feeling and seeing this in person is something that you really have to experience in person to believe it. There's nothing more unique in the art world, for me, than being able to sit in a live musical environment and be surrounded by living, breathing real-time in-the-moment art. It's always changing every second and every minute because the musicians are performing live, which is something that you don't necessarily get with other art forms.
"You get to celebrate all of your favourite characters, all your favourite scenes and all of your favourite music. It's a wonderful show. It's very singular and unique and a rare opportunity to experience in person one of the greatest pieces of art that we've seen in our entertainment history."
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Q: Using only CSS, show div on hover over another element I would like to show a div when someone hovers over an  element, but I would like to do this in CSS and not JavaScript. Do you know how this can be achieved?

A: You can do something like this:

div {
    display: none;
}

a:hover + div {
    display: block;
}
Hover over me!

Stuff shown on hover

This uses the adjacent sibling selector, and is the basis of the suckerfish dropdown menu.
HTML5 allows anchor elements to wrap almost anything, so in that case the div element can be made a child of the anchor. Otherwise the principle is the same - use the :hover pseudo-class to change the display property of another element.

A: I found using opacity is better, it allows you to add css3 transitions to make a nice finished hover effect. The transitions will just be dropped by older IE browsers, so it degrades gracefully to.

#stuff {
    opacity: 0.0;
    -webkit-transition: all 500ms ease-in-out;
    -moz-transition: all 500ms ease-in-out;
    -ms-transition: all 500ms ease-in-out;
    -o-transition: all 500ms ease-in-out;
    transition: all 500ms ease-in-out;
}
#hover {
    width:80px;
    height:20px;
    background-color:green;
    margin-bottom:15px;
}
#hover:hover + #stuff {
    opacity: 1.0;
}

Hover

stuff

A: please test this code
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

Hover over me!

the color is changing now

A: I'm by no means an expert, but I'm incredibly proud of myself for having worked something out about this code. If you do:
div {
    display: none;
}

a:hover > div {
    display: block;
}

Note the >, a direct child selector.
You can contain the whole thing in an a tag, then, as long as your trigger (which can be in it's own div, or straight up in the a tag, or anything you want) is physically touching the revealed div, you can move your mouse from one to the other.
Maybe this isn't useful for a great deal, but I had to set my revealed div to overflow: auto, so sometimes it had scroll bars, which couldn't be used as soon as you move away from the div.
In fact, after finally working out how to make the revealed div, (although it is now a child of the trigger, not a sibling), sit behind the trigger, in terms of z-index, (with a little help from this page: How to get a parent element to appear above child) you don't even have to roll over the revealed div to scroll it, just stay hovering over the trigger and use your wheel, or whatever.
My revealed div covers most of the page, so this technique makes it a lot more permanent, rather than the screen flashing from one state to another with every move of the mouse. It's really intuitive actually, hence why I'm really quite proud of myself.
The only downside is that you can't put links within the whole thing, but you can use the whole thing as one big link.

A:

.showme {
  display: none;
}

.showhim:hover .showme {
  display: block;
}

HOVER ME

hai

jsfiddle
Since this answer is popular I think a small explanation is needed. Using this method when you hover on the internal element, it wont disappear.
Because the .showme is inside .showhim it will not disappear when you move your mouse between the two lines of text (or whatever it is).
These are example of quirqs you need to take care of when implementing such behavior.
It all depends what you need this for. This method is better for a menu style scenario, while Yi Jiang's is better for tooltips.

A: This answer doesn't require that you know the what type of display (inline, etc.) the hideable element is supposed to be when being shown:

.hoverable:not(:hover) + .show-on-hover {
    display: none;
}
Hover over me!

I'm a block element.

Hover over me also!
I'm an inline element.

This uses the adjacent sibling selector and the not selector.

A: For me, if I want to interact with the hidden div without seeing it disappear each time I leave the triggering element (a in that case) I must add:
div:hover {
    display: block;
}

A: I would like to offer this general purpose template solution that expands on the correct solution provided by Yi Jiang's.
The additional benefits include:

*

*support for hovering over any element type, or multiple elements;

*the popup can be any element type or set of elements, including objects;

*self-documenting code;

*ensures the pop-up appears over the other elements;

*a sound basis to follow if you are generating html code from a database.

In the html you place the following structure:

In the css you place the following structure:
div.information_popup_container {
position: absolute;
width:0px;
height:0px;
/* Position Information */
/* Appearance Information */
}
div.information_popup_container > div.information {
/* Position Information */
/* Appearance Information */
}
div.information_popup_container > div.popup_information {
position: fixed;
visibility: hidden;
/* Position Information */
/* Appearance Information */
}
div.information_popup_container > div.information:hover + div.popup_information {
visibility: visible;
z-index: 200;
}

A few points to note are:

*

*Because the position of the div.popup is set to fixed (would also work with absolute) the content is not inside the normal flow of the document which allows the visible attribute to work well.

*z-index is set to ensure that the div.popup appears above the other page elements.

*The information_popup_container is set to a small size and thus cannot be hovered over.

*This code only supports hovering over the div.information element.  To support hovering over both the div.information and div.popup then see Hover Over The Popup below.

*It has been tested and works as expected in Opera 12.16 Internet Explorer 10.0.9200, Firefox 18.0 and Google Chrome 28.0.15.

Hover Over The Popup
As additional information.  When the popup contains information that you might want to cut and paste or contains an object that you might want to interact with then first replace:
div.information_popup_container > div.information:hover + div.popup_information {
visibility: visible;
z-index: 200;
}

with
div.information_popup_container > div.information:hover + div.popup_information
,div.information_popup_container > div.popup_information:hover {
visibility: visible;
z-index: 200;
}

And second, adjust the position of div.popup so that there is an overlap with div.information.  A few pixels is sufficient to ensure that the div.popup is can receive the hover when moving the cusor off div.information.
This does not work as expected with Internet Explorer 10.0.9200 and does work as expected with Opera 12.16, Firefox 18.0 and Google Chrome 28.0.15.
See fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/F68Le/ for a complete example with a popup multilevel menu.

A: The + allow 'select' only first not nested element , the > select nested elements only - the better is to use ~ which allow to select arbitrary element which is child of parent hovered element. Using opacity/width and transition you can provide smooth appear

div { transition: all 1s }
.ccc, .ggg { opacity: 0; color: red}
.ccc { height: 0 }

.aaa:hover ~ .bbb .ccc { opacity: 1; height: 34px }
.aaa:hover ~ .eee .fff .ggg { opacity: 1 }

Hover me... to see

BBBBB

CCCCC

DDDDD

EEEEE

FFFFF

GGGGG

HHHHH

A: Based on the main answer, this is an example, useful to display an information tooltip when clicking on a ? near a link:

document.onclick = function() { document.getElementById("tooltip").style.display = 'none'; };

document.getElementById("tooltip").onclick = function(e) { e.stopPropagation(); }

document.getElementById("help").onclick = function(e) { document.getElementById("tooltip").style.display = 'block';
e.stopPropagation(); };
#help { opacity: 0; margin-left: 0.1em; padding: 0.4em; }

a:hover + #help, #help:hover { opacity: 0.5; cursor: pointer; }

#tooltip { border: 1px solid black; display: none; padding: 0.75em; width: 50%; text-align: center; font-family: sans-serif; font-size:0.8em; }
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A: HTML

Show content

Hello World

CSS
 div+div {
    display: none;
 }

 div:hover +div {
   display: block;
 }

CodePen :hover on div show text in another div

A: If you follow this method, element will appear even if you hover over the hidden element. This will be useful if you want to click on the hidden element. For an example you might want to see a delete option and then click on it.

Hover over me!

Element show on hover

A: From my testing using this CSS:
.expandable{
display: none;
}
.expand:hover+.expandable{
display:inline !important;
}
.expandable:hover{
display:inline !important;
}

And this HTML:

expand

expand

expandable

, it resulted that it does expand using the second , but does not expand using the first one. So if there is a div between the hover target and the hidden div, then it will not work.

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What will happen at a parish level?
Parishioners will be invited to participate in a series of meetings. At these meetings there will be prayer, reflection and discussion on a number of set questions and a record will be kept of the content of the discussions.
Why are we being asked to reflect on Questions?
Reflecting on questions can be a powerful way of generating effective conversations that can open up new thinking and lead to new ways of engaging with our tasks and the world. Solutions to the questions do not have to be arrived at by the end of the conversations
What is the purpose of this?
The purpose is to create a context that allows God through His Spirit to articulate what he wants from his Church at this time? It's a process of discernment of God's Will
How is this discernment achieved?
It is achieved by listening to God in prayer, reflecting on his Word in Scripture, and in listening to one another deeply
What does listening to one another deeply involve?
An account of what is involved in listening deeply is available on pages 15 and 16 of the document "Simply Synod" on the diocesan website. See also Bite Size Video 4 on the diocesan website. In a nutshell one listens deeply when one tries to stand in the shoes of the other, and understand how the other has come to hold the views they hold. It is not about debating or arguing for one's point of view. You can view the Simply Synod Resource HERE
Who will organise these gatherings?
The gatherings will be organised by specially chosen and trained animators
What is an animator?
An account of the role of an animator, what abilities they need to have and how they will be trained and supported is available HERE. Animators, in collaboration with parish teams and parish pastoral councils, will organize the gatherings of people that will listen to God's Word, pray and listen to each other's experience.
All the baptised, and Pope Francis is very anxious that those who are on the margins be invited and that they participate by those on the margins he means those on the edges of the Christian community because of personal, social, economic, cultural or political reasons.
Why is the Pope so anxious to involve those on the edges or peripheries?
He does not want the experience to be one of "group-think" which is always hazardous and because is through the blending of very different perspectives and viewpoints that breakthroughs often occur
What about those who are shy, lacking in confidence, very elderly, — how can the meetings be made safe for them?
The animators will take every step to organise the meetings in a way that feels safe and comfortable for participants, especially for those who might be concerned
Is this process like a consumer survey? The church getting the views of service users so it can make itself more attractive to modern people?
Definitely not, no this process is about discerning what God wants at this time from His People, in fact some of what emerges might be very challenging for many of us
How then will all of this make a difference?
It will make a difference in several ways. Those who participate in the prayer, reflection and conversation, and share the views of others, will likely come away from the gatherings enriched and with mindsets broadened. When reports of the meetings are collated at diocesan, national and international levels, a range of insights and recommendations will emerge that hopefully will enable the worldwide Christian community to sense what God wants from them. In all of this we must of course trust the Holy Spirit to be with us and bring us to where He wants us to be
Will the results of the deliberations be filtered and sanitised?
No every effort will be made to convey what happened at meetings accurately, honestly and fairly


(RT News) The stream of accusations is growing against Ankara over illegal oil trade and support of Islamic State, with politicians and experts calling for Turkey to be held accountable for its actions after a new batch of evidence gathered by RT.
"There was plenty of evidence even before these latest – very damning – revelations that Turkey was up to its neck in support for collaboration with Islamic State," he said. On Tuesday, 31 people died in the Belgian capital in suicide bomb attacks at the airport and subway.
We already knew that the flow of oil into Turkey and sold at low prices according to an energy report by Rystad Energy of Norway. Read more, Norwegian report: Most ISIS oil goes to Erdogan's Turkey. Now RT has provided the world with undisputed proof that Erdogan is involved neck deep.
I really have to question whether or not NATO is playing a role? It is obvious to me Ankara has been given a cart blanche to do whatever they can to destabilize Syria through funding, training and recruitment of ISIL combatants.
Former UK ambassador to Syria, Peter Ford, has described as "very convincing" a report aired by RT which features piles of oil accounting papers left behind by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) fighters.
"There was plenty of evidence even before these latest – very damning – revelations that Turkey was up to its neck in support for collaboration with Islamic State," he said.
According to Ford, the "obsession" of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with removing from power his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, and preventing the strengthening of the Kurds in Syria saw Turkey become eager "to stop at nothing, including collaboration with Islamic State terrorists," Ford stressed.
"It's not an exaggeration to say that if Turkey had sincerely tried to put an end to the activities of Islamic State it could well have gone slow and we wouldn't perhaps even be having this latest atrocity in Brussels," the former ambassador stressed.
On Tuesday, 31 people died in the Belgian capital in suicide bomb attacks at the airport and subway. The attacks were later claimed by IS.
Lord Peter Truscott, a life peer in the UK's House of Lords, stressed that Ankara has "serious questions" to answer following the revelations by RT.
"RT's report highlights some alarming evidence that Turkey is buying oil from Daesh [Arabic pejorative term for IS], and is either supporting or turning a blind eye to terrorists crossing its border into Syria. If this is the case, Turkey needs to stop aiding Daesh in its murderous activities," Lord Truscott stressed.
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BC Liberal Leadership Candidate George Abbott
At one time, I worried that BC Liberal leadership candidate George Abbott's conciliatory positioning might impede a government lead by him from getting much done. The concern centred around a seeming lack of both opportunities for decision- and policy-making, and of timelines with respect to such policy creation and policy outcomes.
I've begun to change my mind.
First was Abbott's early proposal to add a question to the HST referendum about the continuation of carbon tax hikes following the hikes already scheduled. Abbott says he will abide by the people's decision on both the HST and carbon tax.
The latter puts me in conflict with two of the three priority issues that guide my voting preference, which I've listed elsewhere and repeat here:
Democratic reform.
Support for greater independence and return of powers to local governments.
We work, play, live and die in communities. Local elected officials are the closest to the people and best positioned to identify their communities' unique strengths and needs, and to provide the best solutions. Therefore, the greatest political power should rest with local, not the provincial or federal, governments.
Outreach and meaningful engagement with the public.
Resumption of powers to MLAs.
Open government policies.
Electoral reform.
Taxation policy. Smartly applied carrot-and-stick consumption taxes designed to guide consumer behaviour and a gradual reduction of earnings taxes. I favour the HST, a carbon tax with teeth and the proposed-then-rescinded 15 percent reduction in income tax for the middle-class.
Environmental Stewardship. Greening the economy. This is crucial to supporting our environment and must work in sync with sound taxation policy. Greening the economy must include an effective carbon tax and cap 'n trade.
Regarding Abbott's carbon tax referendum question, I worry about its result, that British Columbians will turn down future hikes. But I worry more about lack of democratic process and meaningful consultation with the public. Since the latter is dominant for me, I support Abbott's carbon tax referendum proposal.
In like theme, I support Abbott's proposal to have the people - through a meaningful process of dialogue among non-profits, aboriginal communities, business, the immigrant services sector and the BC Government - create a child poverty policy with legislated reduction targets five years and ten years out.
"The participants themselves would be tasked to define the problem and design a set of solutions together through ongoing dialogue, and also submit to taking action as partners to support the solution in recognition that no single group alone can solve the problem," says Abbott's news release.
With this and other concrete proposals that combine meaningful public consultation with policy creation, George Abbott comes across as a solid candidate for the BC Liberal leadership. It doesn't hurt that
he has 16 MLAs who support his candidacy;
he stands second in public opinion only to Christy Clark - who has the support of one MLA;
another frontrunner, Kevin Falcon, has dropped like a stone in those same public opinion polls (could it be all those business endorsements?); and
the BC NDP prefers anyone but Abbott as leader of the BC Liberals.
More and more George Abbott looks like the candidate to beat.
ETA Jan 30: Dirty tricks may beat Abbott's otherwise excellent odds. Despite all leadership candidates declaring support for the weighted vote - each riding's constituency association would get 100 points -, word is that the Christy Clark, Mike de Jong and Kevin Falcon campaigns have all been working to ensure enough delegates to vote in their chosen one's favour; i.e., against the measure. And all three campaigns have been signing up 1000s of new memberships in four key ridings in the lower mainland. Those four ridings could alone determine who becomes leader of the BC Liberals; in effect, making the BC Liberal Party even more a regional, not a provincial, party.
Labels: BC Liberals, BC Politics
BC Liberal Leadership Candidate Christy Clark
A dear friend who died just over a year ago spent her last decade, all the while coping through severe illness, trying to get community groups and non-profits recognized by governments for the beyond-their-weight work that they do for communities. Ronnie Phipps would have been thrilled to see a leadership candidate make a proposal such as this.
Christy Clark: "If elected premier, I want to hold a special summit with non-profits, charities and government to see if we can construct a made-in BC model for public and non-profit partnerships."
The expansion of non-profits, under Clark's vision, would follow four principles:
Transparent selection: organizations would clearly know how funding will be allocated and the criteria for selection
Encourage: motivate groups and people to get involved
Resources: Provide predictable funding and provide knowledge transfer from the B.C. Public Service to non-profits [my emphasis]
Measurability: Reward excellence and identify weaknesses in public and non-profit delivery of services.
"This campaign is about putting families first and strong communities, with vibrant non-profit groups that contribute so much, are a key part of that," says Clark. "It's time we look at taking the work that has been done and raising it to the next level. Let's engage non-profits, let's engage British Columbians and find a way to build a non-profit and public partnership that strengthens communities."
That the proposal comes from a BC Liberal who currently runs in first place in public opinion polls for that party's leadership race would have astounded my friend Ronnie. The only thing she would have picked at, and which immediately got my attention, is the phrasing I highlighted in the quote. I made my objection public in a couple of tweets.
1: "provide knowledge transfer from the BC Pub Serv 2 nonprofits" http://bit.ly/i8EMOb AND OTHER WAY ROUND! NPs have tremendous knowledge
2: TO @christyclark4bc: PLS rephrase 'provide knowledge transfer from the BCPS 2 NPs' => 'between BCPS and NPs' http://bit.ly/i8EMOb.
In other words, I am suggesting point three be changed from:
Provide predictable funding and provide knowledge transfer from the B.C. Public Service to non-profits
Provide predictable funding and provide knowledge transfer between the B.C. Public Service and non-profits
It's a change of just two words, yet they make a crucial difference in the tone and meaning of the message.
I hope the phrasing gets changed. As is, it's disrespectful of non-profits. It fails to acknowledge the tremendous knowledge and expertise they have which, if heeded, would benefit the people in government who work to serve the public interest. The knowledge transfer shouldn't be just one-way.
Beyond that objection, I give a big thumbs-up to Christy Clark. This proposal, together with others Clark has made concerning community groups and the challenges to local governments is why I currently have her in top spot on my list of preferences for the next leader of the BC Liberals.
Labels: BC Liberals, BC Politics, Community
BC Liberal Leadership: Order of preference 2
[UPDATED Jan 20, 10:00 a.m.]
My three top issues that will guide my decision remain as before:
Democratic reform. Support for greater independence and return of powers to local governments. This is the key issue for me. We work, play, live and die in communities. Local elected officials are the closest to the people and best positioned to identify their communities' unique strengths and needs; and to provide the best solutions. Therefore, the greatest political power should rest with local - not provincial, not federal - governments.
Further democratic reforms I'd like to see: outreach and meaningful engagement with the public, resumption of powers to MLAs, open government, electoral reform.
Climate change. Greening the economy which must work in sync with the taxation policy. Greening the economy must include an effective carbon tax and cap 'n trade.
Given the dominant themes stated above, of the realistic contenders for the BC Liberal leadership race the following is my current order of preference. This new list acknowledges that Christy Clark, George Abbott and Kevin Falcon are thought by Liberals to be the frontrunners; and that Mike de Jong, while currently considered by as being in fourth place could be, given the positive reception he has been getting, a challenger on the second ballot. Placing Moira Stilwell or Ed Mayne in any position other than fifth or sixth is an exercise in futility, so I've simply dropped them off my preference list.
Christy Clark. Over the past couple of weeks, Clark's public messaging and videos have suggested a lack of vision (see this, for example: nice music, nice ambience, no policy statement). As I write this, the first all candidates meeting has just completed. Clark continued her "we must listen to the people" mantra almost ad nauseum. My advice to the candidate: Be careful not to portray yourself in your public appearances as merely interested in consultation; that can suggest that as Premier you could be indecisive.
At the same event Clark fortunately did announce a major policy proposal, the creation of an Office of the Municipal Auditor General.
Over the last several years, as the economy has shifted, municipalities have struggled to determine how to fund services and deal with the shifting of responsibilities from senior levels of governments. This new office would look at the competition between commercial, industrial and residential taxation, the role local government is playing and find ways to make sure the taxpayer is being well-served.... [T]his new office would be able to select its own areas for review, react to requests from municipalities and look at suggestions from the public.
Couple this with Clark's call for a Community Gaming Grants review and an initial 12.5 percent increase to the program, of the major contenders Clark stands first in terms of policy acknowledgements of the importance of communities and local governments. Therefore, I currently place her first in this list.
Mike de Jong. de Jong appears to be the most real in terms of outreach, in trying to engage not just Liberals but the general public. He truly appears to be listening to the ideas presented to him at his Open Mike sessions. Among those I like: lowering the voting age to 16, a call for an online vote of the HST referendum, support for the carbon tax.
ETA Jan 20 10:00 a.m.: Just now on CFAX, I liked de Jong's nod to the Citizens' Assembly and his discussion regarding lowering the voting age and increasing citizen participation generally. He's not backing off on the voting age proposal, which had been a concern of mine. Still haven't heard de Jong say anything about municipalities.
George Abbott. As the campaign has proceeded, I've been less enchanted with Abbott. It's nothing I can put my finger on; more that his conciliatory positioning makes me question whether much would get done under his leadership. Abbott isn't short on policy, for which I give him credit, but can he make the hard decisions when necessary?
Kevin Falcon. Falcon suggested lowering the HST first to 11 percent then to ten percent. Where does he plan to make up the shortfall? Falcon also has signalled a backtracking on the carbon tax.
In general, some of Falcon's responses or statements expose a defensiveness which is unattractive in a political leader. He tends also to listen through a particular lens to questions posed to him; not just in terms of which questions he chooses to answer but in his responses. In many cases, he is not responding to the question at all, but giving a response in reference to an issue only remotely related to it.
ETA Jan 18, 12:30p: For example, just now in the Vancouver Sun online chat session, Falcon gave a terrible, defensive nanny-state answer to my municipalities question. This was a case (of several) of not answering the question put to him:
What policy, if any, would your government implement in support of increasing the power (areas of responsibility) to, and autonomy of funding for municipalities?
Regarding funding, 'autonomy' was a key word. Falcon's answer began with a defence a) against claims, which the question didn't make, that the provincial government had continued to download responsibilities to local governments while b) reducing their provincial funding. Provincial funding wasn't part of the question either; autonomy of funding was.
Posted by Chrystal Ocean at 10:40 a.m.
Labels: BC Liberals, BC Politics, Democratic Reform, Environment, Taxation-Fees
BC NDP Leadership: Order of preference
Finally! More, though not all expected, contenders for leadership of the BC NDP have entered the race.
Adrian Dix isn't expected to do so until next week. That is past the due date (January 17th) for new members whose votes can affect the leadership race.
That January 17th deadline irks me to no end. It has affected my decision with respect to which of the two parties I will sign up for membership in order to cast a vote for its leader. My preference would have been the NDP. However, the deadline has given me and other reflective British Columbians no time to assess currently absent detailed policy or leadership styles; whereas the longer leadership period of the Liberals has. Ergo, unless a scientific miracle happens, I'll be signing up for a Liberal membership.1
As with the selection of leader of the BC Liberals, how NDP candidates stand on the following three issues will shape my decision:
Democratic reform. Support for greater independence and return of powers to local governments (candidates are ignoring this, yet it's the most crucial of democratic reforms), outreach and meaningful engagement with the public, resumption of powers to MLAs, open government, electoral reform.
Taxation policy. Smartly applied carrot-and-stick consumption taxes designed to guide consumer behaviour and a gradual reduction of earnings taxes, ultimately to zero. The latter punish enterprising activity, behaviour that should be encouraged. I favour the HST, a carbon tax with teeth and the proposed-then-rescinded 15 percent reduction in income tax for the middle-class. (I also favour the elimination of all corporate taxes provided that corporations no longer have person status; if they continue to be deemed in law as persons, then they can damn well pay income taxes like the rest of us.)
Climate change. Greening the economy, which must work in sync with the taxation policy. Greening the economy must include an effective carbon tax and cap 'n trade.
Given the dominant themes stated above and the scant information presently available (two candidates haven't yet websites), of the six current and expected contenders for the BC NDP leadership race, this is my present order of preference. I admit doing a dice throw for most. Absent policy, detailed or otherwise, doesn't help.
John Horgan. He has the nicest website of all candidates, of either party. That visual communication appears to be part of an overall communications strategy, with good engagement by Horgan and his team on Twitter and Facebook. Would be nice to have an Islander heading the party.
ETA Jan 15 8:15a: In the Globe and Mail, Horgan is described as "a Roy Romanow kind of New Democrat." I'd take that as a compliment, John. In fact, it's enough for me to move you up to 1st place and to move Larsen down to your old 3rd place spot.
Mike Farnworth. His leadership announcement contained the most substance. I like the suggestion of using carbon tax to fund public transportation alternatives, his emphasis on sustainability (does he support Sustainable BC?). The call for a commission on education sounds nice and is getting a lot of play in the media. However, as with all commissions, committees, consultations, town halls, inquiries... unless their recommendations are given teeth, they are meaningless.
Dana Larsen. I've a soft spot for rebels, nonconformists and people who push the status quo. I also like Larsen's platform. (OK, it's more that he has one.)
Nicholas Simons. Not enough information to make a judgement.
Harry Lali. Hasn't a website, so I've no idea what he stands for.
Adrian Dix. Hasn't yet entered the race.
1That I'll soon become a big 'L' liberal has me shaking my head. Don't recall ever voting Liberal, federally or provincially, during my 40 years as an eligible and dedicated voter; I've voted Progressive Conservative, NDP, Independent or Green. But this is an important opportunity to participate, directly, in choosing the next Premier of this province. It's an opportunity I'm not going to pass up. Who will I vote for? Don't know yet. Stay tuned!
Labels: BC NDP, BC Politics, Democratic Reform
The issue of corporate taxes comes down to a single straightforward principle for me:
Remove person status from corporations; then, and only then can you, and should you, remove corporate taxes.
If you do not remove corporate person status, then corporations can pay income tax like the rest of we persons.
Some people argue against corporate taxes on the basis that shareholders already pay income tax.
That argument misses the point. Corporations have been deemed in law to be entities separate from their shareholders. With such status come certain rights and obligations. You can't and shouldn't have it both ways.
I see this as a justice or equity issue. The continuation of person status to corporations together with the simultaneous reduction of their income taxes is a form of corporate welfare and bailout.
Remove person status from corporations. Then I'll wholeheartedly support outright elimination of corporate taxes.
Labels: Corporateers, Justice
It's Baaaaaack!
Just like I said last time, the per-vote subsidy will be in Harper's next election platform - and likely in the upcoming budget. See around the 10-minute mark.
Posted by Chrystal Ocean at 9:13 a.m.
Labels: Democratic Reform
Anyone Can Grow Shit Themselves
Well, not quite anyone. If you've not a patch of land or a balcony or suitable space indoors for growing pots (not to mention the required additional equipment), then you're out of luck.
But otherwise, yea, anyone can grow shit themselves, as Ms Broke-Ass Grouch makes so eloquently clear in this fantastic article.
Here's a snippet:
Listen up, locavores, opportunivores, dumpster-diving fermentation fetishists, and Dave Matthews Band fans: A great many of us live by the same ecologically sound principles that you do. We, however, are not doing so because we nurture an abiding desire to "create choices" for ourselves or to "live intentionally." We don't have any more than a passing interest in "sustaining biodiversity." We are known as poor people.
Now go ahead, read the rest.
[Cross-posted at economicus ridiculous]
Labels: Duh, Food Production, Fun-Humour, Poverty
BCNDP New Member Deadline Dissuades New Members
Any non-members of the BC NDP who want to have a say on the party's new leader - who will be elected April 17th - must sign up for membership in the party by January 17th.
So far, the only declared "heavy-hitter" in the leadership race (according to insiders) has been John Horgan, who announced his intention January 10th. Other 'heavy hitters' rumoured to enter but yet to declare are Adrian Dix and Mike Farnworth. (Just caught on Twitter: Farnworth is set to announce tomorrow.)
From the perspective of seriously interested nonpartisans, undecideds, dissatisfied members of other parties, and so on, the timing for membership sign-up to the BC NDP is abysmal.
All these would have to happen before I, for example, took the step and became a party member:
All men and women who had intended to declare for leader had done so
All leadership contenders had set out, in clear form, their proposed policies
All leadership contenders would have debated one another at least twice; i.e., at All Candidates Meetings
All leadership contenders would have had reasonable time to respond to questions I (and others) had asked to them
Given all the above, I'd have had time to reflect
The timing of the new membership deadline makes all but #1 impossible and #2 unlikely. One can only assume that the BC NDP does not want new blood or fresh ideas, that it does not want new people who would make decisions on selection of a leader or, for that matter, selection of a party for membership, so seriously and thoughtfully.
Therefore, I suppose that people such as myself are left to change the channel back to the leadership race of the BC Liberals. As for the NDP, whoever the current membership of the party choose, it is likely that he or she, together with the current provincial council, will conduct business pretty much as usual.
ETA: This man's run for the BC NDP leadership would seriously interest me.
Labels: BC Liberals, BC NDP, BC Politics, Democratic Reform
Dinner is Nearly on the Table
Last week I received a query from a pregnant woman who saw a documentary called ' Earthlings'. The video upset her so much that she asked how to embrace a vegan diet.
Her request got me to thinking that others would benefit after viewing this. It may influence them into doing some research. It may aid them in realizing that there IS another way to live respectfully, and in harmony, with all creatures on our little blue planet.
I challenge all carnivores/omnivores to watch the video, in it's un-pretty, cruel, factual, and appetite killing entirety.
Now go eat your dinner.
Posted by Daphne Moldowin at 8:54 p.m.
Labels: Food Production, Health
UPDATE Jan 4/11: BC Liberal Leadership - Order of preference
[See ETAs below]
It's early days yet in the BC Liberal leadership race, but it appears there will be only the five contenders who have already declared - although a BC Liberal in good standing could run for leader as late as 13 days before the leadership vote. [See ETAs Dec 21 2:40 p.m., Jan 4 10:15 a.m.]
When evaluating the possibility of a new government, these issues rank as the top three for me:
Democratic reform. Outreach, meaningful engagement with the public, resumption of powers to MLAs, openness and transparency, electoral reform, support for greater independence and return of powers to local governments.
Taxation policy. Smartly applied carrot-and-stick consumption taxes designed to guide consumer behaviour. A gradual reduction of earnings taxes, which punish enterprising activity, behaviour that should be encouraged. I favour the HST, the carbon tax and the proposed-then-rescinded 15 percent reduction in income tax for the middle-class.
Of the five contenders for the BC Liberal leadership race, this is my current1 order of preference given the dominant themes stated above:
George Abbott. Said to be the least polarizing of the candidates for Liberals, Abbott is aligned with the old guard. He and Kevin Falcon have been playing catch-up in terms of who can get the most endorsements from Liberal MLAs and members of the current Liberal cabinet. Last I checked they were tied at 12 each. What I like about Abbott: his ability to bring opposing sides together, his support for the carbon tax, the HST and lowering the voting age to 16. Against: his Falcon-like response to cap 'n trade: best to wait for more partners. [See ETAs Dec 18 5:00 p.m., Jan 4 10:15 a.m.]
Mike de Jong. de Jong appears to be the most real in terms of outreach, in trying to engage not just Liberals but the general public. He truly appears to be listening to the ideas presented to him at his Open Mike sessions. Among those I like: lowering the voting age to 16, a call for an online vote of the HST referendum, support for the carbon tax. I've yet to get an answer from de Jong about cap 'n trade and I'm disappointed in his early lack of vocal support for and pessimistic messaging re the HST. In my view, a defeat of the HST in the referendum is not a given. Opinion appears to be changing, more British Columbians are sitting on the fence hoping for more information about the tax, and the anti-HST commitment has lowered in numbers. [See ETA Jan 4 10:15 a.m.]
Kevin Falcon. Falcon suggested lowering the HST first to 11 percent then to ten percent. So far there has been no proposal for making up the shortfall. Falcon also is backtracking on the carbon tax and cap 'n trade in tune with demands from big industry, including oil and mining. [See ETAs: Dec 18 5:00 p.m., Dec 21 11:00 a.m.]
Christy Clark. A huge demerit for Clark is the secrecy regarding her possible role in the sale of BC Rail, otherwise I might have ranked her #1 or #2. A huge plus for Clark: She was a late but strong vocal proponent of BC-STV, the new, elegant electoral system that was defeated by referendum in 2009. Other points in Clark's favour: support for the HST, the carbon tax and lowering the voting age. Like Stilwell and de Jong, Clark has avoided answering the cap 'n trade question. [See ETAs: Dec 18 4:00 p.m., Dec 21 11:00 a.m.]
Dr. Moira Stilwell. Stilwell has been the most direct in answering my questions, for which I give her mucho kudos. She supports the HST and the carbon tax. Her answers so far waffle or are lacking regarding cap 'n trade and lowering the voting age. [See ETAs Dec 18 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., Dec 21 11:00 a.m.]
ETA Jan 4 10:15 a.m. - Ed Mayne. New entrant to the race. Not enough information yet to assess him as Liberal leader or Premier. One thing I like is his support for the HST referendum to remain in September. British Columbians could need time to assess the impact of removing the HST and to make an informed decision.
Supporters of the lower-ranked candidates will work to poke holes in this ranking. That's fine; fire away on Twitter.
To some candidates, my opinion won't matter. I am a non-partisan and hence have no vote in electing the leader of the BC Liberal Party and this province's next Premier.
To other candidates, the smart ones, my opinion and that of other members of the voting public, will matter.
In the end, it is not just about winning the leadership of a given political party. It is about winning over the majority of British Columbians.
1By "current" I mean as of 11:00 a.m. December 18 2010. That is, "subject to change without notice." I'll be adding ETAs as required to explain inevitable shifting of ranks.
ETA Dec 18 12:05 p.m.: Latest response from Stilwell: on #capntrade It's a great idea, but we need to find more partners for it to actually work well. My reply: Unless 1 govt starts cap 'n trade, wht's incentive 4 others? Who takes lead in Cda? Relevant: http://bit.ly/h2Ie4g. Subsequent Twitter conversation. Still waiting for response on voting age. In the meantime, Stilwell is still ranked #2.
ETA Dec 18 4:00 p.m.: First change! The rankings of #2 and #3 have switched.
Christy Clark came out early in favour of Mike de Jong's proposal to change the voting age to 16, one of the important facets in a democratic reform package. I've heard back from Stilwell regarding both cap 'n trade and the voting age. Regarding the latter, Stilwell wants to hear from the public; which plays right into the status quo and the vested interests that will fight to keep the electoral system (not to mention party discipline) as is.
Stilwell's answer on voting age is as much a waffle as any other. If you can be elected leader of your party by votes from 14-year-olds (yes, the BC Liberal Party Constitution permits this), then you're a hypocrite not to defend a policy position that would allow 16-year-olds to vote in provincial elections.
ETA Dec 18 5:00 p.m.: My foggy brain recalls a tweet from someone reporting on George Abbott's telephone town hall yesterday. Apparently, he was asked if he supported Mike de Jong's proposal to lower the voting age to 16. He said Yes. Trying to find that tweet or get other confirmation. [Dec 21: Got it - see last paragraph]
Spotted a rumour on Twitter that Falcon also supports lowering the voting age. Trying to get confirmation on that also. [Dec 21: Got it] If true, then Stilwell stands alone.
ETA Dec 21 10:00 a.m.: Yesterday, Falcon introduced a plan for BC's northern regions. Kudos not so much for the plan - that's up to northerners to approve -, but for its specificity. As far as I've been able to track, no other candidate has presented a (detailed) plan for northern BC. Then today, the Falcon team announced this. Gotta admit that's pretty cool and could be part of coming changes to engage the public in political decisions.
Clark has been and continues to suggest she'd call a snap election. From the perspective of the electorate, it's a bad idea and reeks of political opportunism. Voters need time to assess the new Premier and his/her style of governance. We'd also benefit from observing the NDP Official Opposition under its new leader. The two years until the next scheduled election would be ideal. Clark also so far has come out with no policy. In this video, she gives a general discussion regarding fiscal responsibility; says her government would strike up an "economic advisory panel" and only then decide on a taxation policy. Voters are to elect a Clark-led Liberal government on this basis? That she'll strike up an advisory council on monetary issues? Not good enough.
Given i) the latest Falcon announcements and the additions to the ETA of Dec 18 5:00 p.m. regarding Falcon, and ii) the issues with the Clark campaign, rankings have changed. Clark has fallen from 2nd to 4th and Stilwell from 4th to 5th. Abbott and Falcon have moved up, from 3rd to 2nd and from 5th to 3rd place, respectively.
ETA Dec 21 2:40 p.m.: Interesting development yesterday re entrants to race. Parksville mayor "seriously considering" entering and filed letter of intent to party last Thursday.
ETA Jan 4 10:15 a.m.: Just finished watching George Abbott's announcement. "It's as much about the how as the what." Was impressed with Abbott's passion (!) about open government and greater involvement by, and better representation of British Columbians. Among the policies Abbott proposes is including a vote on the carbon tax along with the HST referendum. I think that's fair, given how the scheduled hikes in the tax will impact British Columbians differently. I favour the carbon tax and its continuation as previously set. I also favour more involvement by the people in the determination of such policy. Was impressed sufficiently and have been less impressed by Mike de Jong lately, that I've moved Abbott to the number #1 spot.
Am waiting for an email response to this question, which I asked via Twitter: Munis must chg laws, allow not public hsg but low-cost hsg dev. How wld u persuade? http://bit.ly/gkBmU.
Abbott team has responded quickly to my reminder. I grant that today is a busy day and understand the delay, appreciate response.
Ed Mayne, now former mayor of Parksville, has entered the race. See list above.
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Every word in the original writings is inspired by God and is without error. It is accurate in all matters to which it speaks, spiritual, historical, and scientific. The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the foundation of the faith and practice of Living Hope Bible Church.
God exists eternally in 3 persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The three are mysteriously distinct in person but the same in essence. They are one God.
Salvation is given to those who are chosen of God and drawn to Christ by the Holy Spirit. This is solely accomplished through the inseparable graces of repentance and faith, wherein a sinner turns from sin and trusts in Christ's substitutionary life, death, and resurrection for his soul's rescue from God's just condemnation and entrance into eternal life.
The church is composed of all those who believe in Christ alone for their eternal salvation. It is the body and bride of Christ, formed by the baptism of the Holy Spirit and existing in two aspects, universal and local.
Spiritual gifts are God-given enablements designed to empower believers to serve the church and reach the lost with the gospel. Every true believer possesses a spiritual gift. Certain sign gifts or miraculous gifts were intended to be temporary and are not operative today.
Believers are called to a holy life of service and testimony in the power of the Holy Spirit. This service includes the propagation of the gospel message to all peoples. All believers are promised rewards in heaven for their faithfulness in service.
The Bible sets forth two ordinances, the Lord's supper and water baptism. The Lord's Supper is to be celebrated regularly in remembrance of Christ's death on the cross, and in expectation of His return. Water baptism (by immersion) is an outward demonstration of the spiritual reality that a person has both died and risen with Christ in salvation.
The blessed hope of the church is the imminent and bodily return of Christ. According to His promise, Jesus Christ will return personally and visibly in a glorified body to the earth. In the end, the dead will be raised and Christ will judge all men in righteousness. The unrighteous will be consigned to hell, the place of eternal punishment. The righteous, in their resurrected and glorified bodies will receive their reward and will dwell in heaven with the Lord Jesus Christ forever.


Two months after I met my guru, Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, I heard the Ātmabodha by Shankarācarya. I was in a car, with one of my teacher's oldest students, George B. As he drove, George popped a cassette into the stereo and off we zoomed down the highway. I remember how somber we were, as we had just dropped our teacher off at the airport. Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati would go on long tours for months at a time. That day he was embarking his next big tour and would be gone for a while.
As we drove home on those busy, rainy New Jersey highways, we listened to Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati's voice ringing out through the speakers. It filled the car with a profound sense of peace. I was enthralled and immediately asked, "What is this?" George told me it was our teacher chanting the Sanskrit verses of the Ātmabodha, the text on Self-Knowledge. "Text on Self-Knowledge?" I thought. I never knew there was such a thing. Our teacher's chanting made such a big impression on me that to this day I can still hear the verses he sang.
As the appearance in the mother-of-pearl seems to be real silver when the true nature of the shell is not perceived, in the same way this sense-perceived universe appears to be tangible, eternal and real as long as the substratum, Brahman, pure awareness, is not realized.
In the Ātmabodha, Shankarācarya dispels the confusion that happens as you walk along the spiritual journey. He clarifies and sheds light on the nature of reality. The word for reality in verse 7 is Brahman. Brahman means the highest expansion, limitless reality. While knowing a few words on a mental level like 'Brahman' and 'reality' is a good start, for meaningful transformation you have to work to actually connect with Brahman. The Rishis tell us over and over again to go beyond the world of the senses and feel Brahman. But instead of feeling this innate freedom, we often feel limited, either physically and or emotionally. How? Because we identify with what we are not. Shankarācarya reminds us to not take what appears to be real as the real. In the verse above, he says, it would be natural to get confused and misunderstand what is real silver and what is false silver, but stay vigilant and know that the life of the body and mind are not reality. Have courage and pursue beyond them into the experience of your true form, limitless awareness. Throughout the text, Shankarācarya delves further into what a life of misidentification looks like and what a life illumined is.
To work with this discussion on Brahman in your Luminous Soul practice, start with small steps. Each day pay attention to and become clear about what is your body mind reality. Then notice what you feel when you watch all as a witness beyond your body and your thoughts. Practice connecting with what you are beyond the mind without rejecting your ordinary life. This month, I invite you to be curious about what lies beyond the body and mind. Each day, engage the process of distinguishing and feeling what lies beyond for 8 min. Let what I have said in this article sit in your field of awareness.
Be courageous. Take small steps and you will and discover your true form which is with you always, real peace.
Be guided by Manorama, as you immerse in one of the most elegant and meaningful yogic texts, The Atmabodha, text on Self-Knowledge.
Each week, Manorama will delve into select verses and their beauty. She will discuss the hidden meaning contained in the verses and will give you practical examples, along with Luminous Soul exercises to support this text becoming alive in your yogic practice and in your own life.
Grow your knowledge. Be inspired.


Everyone knows there's more to Thanksgiving than the bird. There's family dynamics; there's the seemingly warring flavor profiles of all the other fixings; there's football. And there are plenty of opportunities throughout the day to sip, toast, guzzle, and slurp, whatever your chosen libation. But that's just it: Although turkey is incontestable, what you drink with it is not. In the absence of hard and fast rules, we consulted the beer, wine, cider, and cocktail experts on what to quaff at every critical juncture, from basting the bird to the ritualistic gobbling of the leftover-turkey sandwich. While there is no one perfect pairing for the entire feast day, there are plenty of great suggestions, courtesy of Belinda Chang, head beverage honcho for Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Culinary Concepts; master sommelier and Corkbuzz co-owner Laura Maniec, who's got a soft spot for bubbly; PDT cocktail maestro Jim Meehan; and Hayley Jensen, beer sommelier at Taproom No. 307.
*This article originally appeared in the November 19, 2012 issue of New York Magazine.


I am a beginner to DSLR, and I am currently shooting with Nikon Coolpix. As an upgrade I am looking to buy D3400. I checked its specs and seems like AEB is missing. Is it really needed for a beginner or is there any workaround for it? For this reason I am also looking at D5300. In what cases should this feature be my decision point?
Considering how many D3000, D3100, D3x00, etc. cameras Nikon has sold, AEB is not a 'deal breaker' for many buyers.
Whether it is a deal breaker for you or not depends on your own personal preferences and plans for usage.
You can do manual exposure bracketing and bracket by changing 'Exposure Compensation' between each successive frame when using semi-automatic exposure modes. You can do manual exposure bracketing by changing the shutter speed manually between each successive frame in manual exposure mode.
Or you can buy an entry level Pentax DSLR or Canon EOS camera. I'm most familiar with the Canon line. All of their entry level, as well as all of the higher level models, include some form of AEB. The Canon model most equivalent to the Nikon D3400 is the Rebel T6/1300D. It has AEB with 3 shots +/- 2 EV in full, 1/2, or 1/3 stop increments. Some of Canon's higher level models offer AEB for up to 7 shots in increments of +/- 3 EV in full, 1/2, or 1/3 stop increments.
I don't think AEB should ever be a deal breaker for a first step into entry level DSLR.
A proper deal breaker would be not having access to manual exposure settings, or not being able to turn automation features off (not uncommon with consumer point-and-shoot cameras). Automation features invariably slow your camera down. If you are taking pictures of events and kids, it is more important to 'capture the moment' - the moment that the kid's eyes light up, or a group of guests laugh at a joke.
To do that you want look at 'shutter lag' and keep it as short as possible. Here is a review of the D3400 concentrating on shutter lag - and those timings look reasonable to good.
Many people use AEB to compensate for not being able to choose the right exposure. But it is better to learn how to use exposure lock and spot metering modes to get the exposure right, rather than to use AEB to get at least one shot quite close.
That said, where exposure bracketing does shine, is in landscape photography when using a tripod and AEB to substitute for a graduated neutral density filter. You can use manual exposure settings combined with AEB to get a set of exposures that are just right for the sky and the foreground. Later in editing, you can blend between the exposures to get the final picture. You can do this by just changing the exposure manually, but AEB allows you to avoid touching the camera and moving the camera slightly between exposures, which is much better.
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Now that it's slowed down enough we can breathe on occasion, it's time to do some things long postponed.
One for me is doing a blessing/cleansing/gratitude ceremony at Alder Creek Farm. I had a strong urge to do it as soon as we took possession, but then the cows weren't off. When that finally happened, we were in the middle of getting the trash cleaned out, then an open house, then it was summer.
Two spirits from the Nehalem tribe came to me during a massage session with Dana Zia. They have been holding the place and its energy for a long time. This is a special place, and one whose energy needs to be released, purified, and renewed.
It is time to thank the Nehalems, and the cows, and the earth, and the stars; to release the energies and spirits from recent use still hovering around, and to welcome in energy to bless, direct, and energize the future.
So join us, about 6:30am – shortly before sunrise, at Alder Creek Farm on Tuesday morning, Sept. 23. The 23rd is Equinox – time of changing balance. If we're not near the barns, we will be down near the ford. Please fast.
Wow . . .I'll never forget that night, before the sunrise!
Awe . . . sleeping among the herd of elk, them singing to each other with amazing sounds resonating from their skulls. The spirits of the place were clearly speaking to our hearts and souls.
Fear/anger . . . up on 13th Street at the meth house, hunters with spotlights and guns, looking down for the elk, ready to shoot. Us shining flashlights back up to let them know we were there.
Later, during REAL hunting season, hunters trying to stampede the elk out of the farm so they could shoot them. OK, lesson #87: There's importance in having "oversight" at a place like this. Which led later to Judy's purchase of the Redwing House up on 13th Street where she and Vivi and others could "keep an eye" on the place.


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IT Services companies come in many shapes and sizes. From a single person operations to giant collections of consultants and technologists.
There is also an equally large diversity in the degree of success of these companies.
Some questions that gnaw at us..
What makes an IT services company successful, and seen to be a leader?
Does being successful make it a leader?
Or is it the other way around - being seen to be a leader in a specific area ensures its success?
What role does visibility of the brand play in ensuring its success?
Do these companies, prior to being successful, even have a 'brand'? or only a company identifier?
Which are the channels these successful companies use to get their messages across?
What role, if any, advertisement play in building these brands?
Do customers really percieve these 'brands' the same way as the organizations' employees see themselves as?
Lets attempt to address these questions over a period of time.
This is a new blog where I will be posting my perspectives on business leadership.
The focus will primarily be on the IT services Industry, specifically on the critical success factors for Offshore IT services, Building an IT Services Brand, and Marketing Initiatives for IT services.
For those of you who share my passion for branding, marketing, reaching out to customers and building a successful organization, this should be a good opportunity to share your thoughts and insights.
I have been associated with IT services in the offshore space for about 6 years now. Not a long time if you consider that the IT outsourcing is more than 40 Years old, with Ross Perot starting this industry with the formation of the precursor to Perot Systems, which is EDS.
However, the Offshore IT services Industry has come of age in the last 5 years, post the Y2K era. And this is the era that I have spent in the Industry.
My observations are based on first hand experience with attempting to build a leading offshore brand and analysing how the current industry leaders have reached their strong position.
Look forward to inputs from specialists and from beginners in this area.


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The refinery will be a joint venture for the Singapore-based Silver Park International Private Limited firm and the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Oil and Gas, said Nalin Bandara, Sri Lanka's deputy minister of international trade. Construction will begin next week and the refinery is expected to be up and running in 2023, he said.
"This is the biggest foreign investment in the country's history," Bandara told reporters in the capital Colombo.
Sri Lanka leased the Chinese-built port located near the planet's busiest east-west shipping route — to a Chinese firm in 2017 for 99 years in a bid to recover from the heavy burden of repaying a loan obtained the country received to build the facility.
The port is part of Beijing's so-called string-of-pearls plan for a line of ports stretching from Chinese waters to the Persian Gulf.
China's influence in Sri Lanka makes neighboring India anxious because it considers the Indian Ocean region to be its strategic backyard. Sri Lankan government has been trying to balance both Asian giants. Sri Lankan officials have reiterated that the port's security will be handled by the government in an attempt to allay fears that the port could be used by China as a military hub.
Bandara said Silver Park has 70 per cent stake in the joint venture while Oman controls 30 percent.
Much of Sri Lanka's foreign debt is from China, with loans obtained to build highways and other infrastructure projects, including some that have become white elephants, deepening the country's debt burden.
Sri Lanka's export earnings are expected to rise $7 billion because of the refinery, Bandara said.