Updated 9/16/18. A Disneyland Mother's Day celebration is one of the best ways to celebrate the mom's in your life! What mom doesn't love Disneyland?
Whether you're treating yourself or a special mother in your life, Disneyland is definitely the place to be!
Below, find our Disneyland Mother's Day 2019 guide to make the most out of your Sunday, May 12th 2019 trip to Disneyland!
Disneyland is an infectiously fun place for all generations of family to come together and celebrate all the love and care our Moms give to us! We can never thank them enough, and they truly deserve every ounce of appreciation.
Select restaurants offer unique Mother's Day dining experiences. Steakhouse 55 at the Disneyland Resort plans to offer a three-course tasting menu for $65, which includes a starter dish, 8-ounce filet mignon, and dessert. If you like wine, you can add an optional wine pairing for an additional $35. Storytellers Café at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa will offer a Mother's Day character breakfast buffet from 7am to 11:30am and a lunch/dinner buffet from 11:30am to 10pm. Various restaurants around the Resort spruce up their menus for Mother's Day so keep a look out for announcements on Disney's website. And don't forget to reserve early because as with every special occasion at the Disneyland Resort, restaurants book up fast!
If that special mother in your life (or you!) love sweets, you are in for a treat! Located throughout the Resort are delectable shops that sell hand-crafted sweets that will satisfy any sweet tooth! In Downtown Disney, you'll find a quaint old-fashioned candy store named after the small Missouri town Walt Disney grew up in – Marceline's Confectionery. The bakery cases are filled with pure goodness! Caramel apples, milk chocolate covered marshmallows, toffee… the list goes on and on. You will definitely walk out of this store with a delicious treat for mom (or yourself!).
In Disneyland, you're sure to find the perfect sweet gift at the Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen on Main Street or at Pooh Corner in Critter Country. In Disney California Adventure Park, the sweetness can be found at Trolley Treats.
You can also never go wrong with a Disneyland ice cream treat!
The Disneyland Resort has lots of gift shops. But finding the right one that offers unique gifts for mom may be challenging. Below are just a few of the stores that I, as a Disney-Mom, would love anything that was bought there. You can also check out our favorite Disneyland souvenirs.
The Disney Dress Shop – Going to Disneyland isn't enough for me! Dressing the part is what makes my experience there even better. The Dress Shop, located in Downtown Disney, offers beautiful themed dresses that honor classic attractions – Alice in Wonderland, It's a Small World, Snow White, and – my favorite – Haunted Mansion!
Disney Home – When I'm not at Disneyland, I like to remember all the magical memories my family and I create there. This brand-new store, located in Downtown Disney, offers a variety of gifts and housewares that any Disney-Mom would love! Get her a gift card so she can decorate your home Disney-style!
Pandora Jewelry – Enough said, right? Jewelry is great, but when it is Disney-themed, even better!
Crystal Arts – Located on Main Street and Cristal d'Orleans in New Orleans Square are hidden gems. Etch her name on a wine glass or frame (the possibilities are endless here) or buy her a cute crystal figurine.
Disney Floral & Gifts – Guests who stay at the Resort are in for a special treat! Leave all the work up to the Resort to deliver a fresh flower arrangement, a custom gift basket, or an in-room celebration package with decorations, gifts, and sweet treats!
Sometimes the best gifts for mothers are the family pictures she comes home with. Disney's Photopass photographers are located throughout both Disneyland and Disney California Adventure and they are happy to take your picture. Of course they will snap pictures with your camera, but Disney does offer many options so you can purchase digital downloads.
Flower Mickey at Entrance – I love this spot, although it does get crowded. The seasonal flowers of Mickey paired with the Main Street Railroad as the backdrop is iconic Disneyland.
Main Street – Stand right in the middle of Main Street U.S.A to get the full ambiance of Disneyland in one picture!
The Partners Statue, rightly placed in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle, is another prime location to get a great photo! In the spring when the trees are in full bloom makes for a great picture to frame.
Sleeping Beauty's Castle – If you get in early enough you may be lucky enough to snap a shot in front of the castle (with no crowds)!
It's a Small World – Snap a moment in front of the classic attraction with its whimsical artistry.
Carthay Circle Fountain – Maybe I'm biased because my family and I love dining at the Carthay Circle Restaurant. I've snapped many pictures in front of the fountain with Carthay Circle as the backdrop. The fountain encircled by blooming trees makes for one fashionable picture.
Cars Land Billboard – Strike a pose next to the billboard that welcomes you into Radiator Springs. Usually, there is a cast member at this spot ready to snap you a perfect shot.
Pixar Pier Disney Mickey Wheel – By far the best time of day to get a good picture in front of the pier is at dusk. When the attractions light the sky against the setting sun makes for an unforgettable picture.
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Iran, United States
Ten reasons why the Iran sanctions Senate bill is policy malpractice
January 16, 2014 Kevin Lees 2 Comments
Iran is quickly moving to the front of the ever-shifting foreign policy agenda in Washington at the end of this week, with 59 members of the US Senate, including 15 Democratic senators and the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey, supporting the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013.
The bill would impose additional sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran in the event that the current round of talks fail between Iran and the 'P5+1,' the permanent five members of the United Nations Security Council (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Russia), plus Germany. US president Barack Obama met with the entire Democratic caucus in the US Senate Wednesday night to implore his party's senators not to support the bill. Senate majority leader Harry Reid opposes the bill, and he hasn't scheduled a vote for the new Iran sanctions — and even some of its supporters may be backing off as the temporary six-month deal proceeds.
But with 59 co-sponsors, the bill is just one vote shy of passing the Senate, and it would almost certainly pass in the US House of Representatives, where the Republican Party holds a majority. In the event that the Congress passes a bill, Obama could veto it, but the Senate is already precariously close to the two-thirds majority it would need to override Obama's veto.
The Obama administration argues that the bill is nothing short of warmongering, while the bill's supporters argue that the sanctions will reinforce the Obama administration's hand in negotiations. Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister (pictured above with US secretary of state John Kerry), has warned that the bill would destroy any chances of reaching a permanent deal, and it's hard to blame him. Under the current deal, reached in November, the P5+1 agreed to lift up to $8 billion in economic sanctions in exchange for Iran's decision to freeze its nuclear program for six months while the parties work through a longer-term deal. The deal further provides that Iran will dilute its 20% enriched uranium down to just 5% enriched uranium, and the P5+1 have agreed to release a portion of Iran's frozen assets abroad and partially unblock Iran's oil exports.
So what should you make of the decision of 59 US senators to hold up a negotiation process that not only the Obama administration supports, but counts the support of its British, German and French allies?
Not much.
And here are ten reasons why the bill represents nothing short of policy malpractice. Continue reading Ten reasons why the Iran sanctions Senate bill is policy malpractice →
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Why Menendez is such an awful Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair
December 20, 2013 Kevin Lees 4 Comments
Was Jesse Helms a better chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee than Bob Menendez?
Menendez, who took over the committee earlier this year when former senator John Kerry was appointed as US secretary of state, is making headlines this week for a bill that would largely derail a still delicate US-Iranian rapprochement. He introduced a Senate bill yesterday that, if enacted, would mark a serious setback in the nuclear negotiations between the United States (and the other members of the 'P5 + 1' team that includes the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany) and Iran. The bill would institute a new round of punitive economic sanctions on Iran on the heels of a six-month deal between negotiators and the administration of Iran's new moderate president Hassan Rowhani that all parties hope could lead to a more permanent accord. On Thursday, ten Democratic committee chairs sent a letter to Senate majority leader Harry Reid in opposition to Menendez's bill, and the White House has warned Menendez that his legislative efforts aren't helping negotiations.
Though Menendez's bill, co-sponsored with Republican senator Mark Kirk of Illinois, is called the 'Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act,' there's no firm evidence that Iran even wants to build a nuclear weapon, though plenty of US policymakers suspect that Iran has secret designs on building one. Rowhani and his foreign minister Javad Zarif have disclaimed interest in nuclear weapons, and Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei has argued that nuclear weapons are a violation of Islamic law.
The bill would introduce new sanctions if Iran violates the terms of the current agreement or fails to come to a permanent agreement with the 'P5 + 1' team. In essence, it would put an economic sanctions gun to Iran's head — the bill demonstrates no respect for a process of negotiation between two sovereign states. It seems more designed to score low-hanging political points for conservative Democrats than to engage seriously on finding a mutually acceptable path for Iran's energy program that also makes the Middle East more stable. Menendez, a longtime ally of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is siding with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has attempted to derail the Iran deal at every turn.
As James Traub wrote in Foreign Policy earlier this week:
The reason why Menendez and others really are marching on a path to war is that they are demanding an outcome which Iran manifestly will not accept: zero enrichment. As Daryl Kimball, director of the Arms Control Association, puts it, "This is a strategy based upon hope that is not supported by the evidence of Iranian actions over the past decade, its past statements, or common sense."….
I have no idea why Menendez and other Democrats believe that more pressure will make Iran abandon a core tenet of the revolution and thus undermine their claim to rule. (I asked for an interview, but the New Jersey senator was not available.) Maybe they believe it because [Netanyahu] has made zero enrichment his own bottom line.
So who is Menendez, and how did he rise to become the preeminent foreign policy official in the legislative branch of US government?
Menendez is the son of Cuban immigrants who came to the United States in 1953 for economic opportunity (not, as you might believe, to flee Fidel Castro, who was in 1953 still six years away from overthrowing the US-supported dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista). Menendez spent his childhood in New Jersey and rose to political prominence in the Democratic machine politics of Union City, which was once known as '10 Percent City,' and not because its residents were tithing Christians. Initially a protégé of Union City mayor and New Jersey political powerbroker William Musto, Menendez broke with his mentor only after Musto's indictment for skimming. Though Musto was ultimately convicted and served five years in prison, he still managed to defeat Menendez when the future senator challenged him for the mayorship in 1982. But Menendez eventually won the office in 1986, then became a member of the New Jersey State Assembly, the New Jersey State Senate and in 1993, a member of the US House of Representatives.
For nearly as long as he's chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Menendez has been under investigation by a Florida grand jury in connection with potential misconduct with respect to one of Menendez's top donors, Salomen Melgen, a Miami eye surgeon who moved to Florida from the Dominican Republic in 1980. Though the nastiest rumors about Melgen and Menendez cavorting with underage prostitutes were probably false, Menendez admitted to violating Senate ethics rules when he forgot to reimburse Melgen for two private jet flights to the Dominican Republic in 2010. Other accusations are less salacious but potentially illegal — Menendez is accused of intervening on Melgen's behalf in respect of a billing dispute between Melgen and the federal government's Medicare offices and in favor of a port security contract in the Dominican Republic that would have benefitted Melgen financially.
The grand jury hasn't issued any charges against Menendez, and prosecutors may ultimately choose to drop the matter, but it's not best practices for the Senate's top foreign policy voice to be implicated in an abuse of power scandal that involves, in part, international contracts.
The Iran bill follows Menendez's push earlier this autumn to goad US president Barack Obama into a more hawkish position on Syria that would have seen US military attack on Bashar al-Assad. Menendez actually made the following analogy in his push to win support for an attack earlier this year: Continue reading Why Menendez is such an awful Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair →
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China, United States
Amid debt ceiling showdown, China sharply calls for a 'de-Americanized' world
October 16, 2013 Kevin Lees Leave a comment
In case you missed it over the weekend, China's state-run newspaper Xinhua printed an extraordinary editorial calling for a turn to a 'de-Americanized' world that appears to have had the support of the top leadership within the world's most populous country:
As U.S. politicians of both political parties are still shuffling back and forth between the White House and the Capitol Hill without striking a viable deal to bring normality to the body politic they brag about, it is perhaps a good time for the befuddled world to start considering building a de-Americanized world….
The tone only sharpens as the editoral blames the United States for torturing prisoners and killing civilians in drone attacks before fully condemning the era of 'pax Americana':
Moreover, instead of honoring its duties as a responsible leading power, a self-serving Washington has abused its superpower status and introduced even more chaos into the world by shifting financial risks overseas…
Most recently, the cyclical stagnation in Washington for a viable bipartisan solution over a federal budget and an approval for raising debt ceiling has again left many nations' tremendous dollar assets in jeopardy and the international community highly agonized.
Elements of the editorial are somewhat biased — a self-serving ding against Washington for 'instigating regional tensions amid territorial disputes' is more reminiscent of Chinese bluster and blunder on relations with Taiwan, Hong Kong and Tibet, as well as the recent territorial dispute with Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands. But if, as is almost certainly the case, the editorial has the backing of top Chinese leadership, it will be the strongest call to date for a move to a 'de-Americanized' world.
It's important to keep in mind that, for all the defeatist talk that China has eclipsed the United States, the US economy remains roughly twice the size of the Chinese economy:
Furthermore, for all of the talk that the United States is becoming ever-more indebted to the Chinese, it's also important to keep in mind that of the $16.7 trillion or so in outstanding US debt issuance, around $4.7 trillion amounts to intergovernmental holdings (e.g., amounts held by the US Federal Reserve). Another significant chunk of that debt is held by state and local pension funds, the Social Security Trust Fund. In fact, as of July 2013, foreign governments held just $5.59 trillion of the debt, and China held just $1.277 trillion of it, while Japan held nearly as much with $1.135 trillion. Here's a closer look at the breakdown of the foreign holders of US debt:
In all the loose talk about China's rise, it's easy to lose track of those two items — China holds just over 7.6% of all US debt and its economy is just 52.5% the size of the US economy.
So while China isn't today in a position to issue edicts about the de-Americanization of the world economy, its views are becoming increasingly influential, especially as it takes a greater investment role within the world from Latin America to Africa. Its call for developing and emerging market economies to play a greater role in international financial institutions like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund mean that the days of an always-American World Bank president and an always-European IMF managing director are numbered.
Even in the worst-case scenario in which the US Congress's failure to lift the debt ceiling leads to another Lehman-style panic, China can't do much immediately to bring about a de-Americanized world. But, like Humphrey Bogart's warning to Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca, the threat will come 'maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon — and for the rest of your life.'
So when China makes noise about a de-Americanized world, it essentially means two things: a world where US debt is no longer perceived as the world's safest investment and the US dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency. I'll take a look at each in turn, but first, it's worth making sure we're all on the same page as to the basics of the debt ceiling standoff itself.
The debt ceiling crisis
US treasury secretary Jack Lew has pinpointed October 17 as the day that the United States will be truly jeopardized by its failure to raise the debt ceiling (currently at $16.7 trillion).
With about 24 hours to go until the world hits that deadline, the Republican Party, which controls a majority of the votes in the US House of Representatives, are nowhere near approving a bill that, with or without conditions, would raise the debt ceiling for even a short period of time, and the US Senate, which is controlled by the Democratic Party, will spend Wednesday taking the lead on a last-ditch effort at negotiations between Senate majority leader Harry Reid and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell.
It's reassuring to know that Moody's isn't quite as pessimistic about the October 17 deadline — in a memo from earlier this month, Moody's experts argued that the US government could quite possibly hobble along, quite possibly until November 1, when a slew of entitlement spending means that the US government will be unlikely to meet its obligations on time. The US government will certainly prioritize interest payments on US debt and meet its other obligations on the basis of incoming revenues. But the clock's ticking, and while Wall Street and global markets seem nonplussed about the shutdown and even about the October 17 debt ceiling deadline, there's no way to know when that could change.
Market sentiment is a tricky thing to forecast — recall the speed in 2008 with which former US treasury secretary Hank Paulson went from worrying about the moral hazard of bailing out Lehman Brothers on September 14 to, less than 24 hours later, worrying about rescuing the entire financial system from a global panic. While it seems unlikely that markets will immediately tank at midnight tonight if the US Congress fails to act on the debt ceiling, there are signs that other actors in the global economy are running out of patience. One of the other top three credit ratings agencies, Fitch, put the United States on warning Tuesday by lowering the outlook on its 'AAA' credit rating from 'stable' to 'negative,' citing the brinksmanship in the US political system that's so far failed to secure a debt ceiling hike.
For those of you who might have been living on a deserted island for the past three years, the US Congress is generally obligated to raise the total aggregate amount of US debt issued, irrespective of whether the US Congress has approved the spending levels associated with issuing such additional debt. No other country (except Denmark) has a similar concept, which is why the debt ceiling crisis is such a foreign concept for non-Americans.
Between 1798 and 1917, the US Congress had to approve every single issuance of new debt; the onset of the 'debt ceiling' concept was initially a way to streamline debt issuance during World War I. Since 1917, the US Congress raised the debt ceiling over 100 times, and 14 between 2001 and 2013. Traditionally, in times of divided US government, though those votes have sometimes been subject to one party's political posturing. US president Barack Obama himself cast a vote against raising the debt ceiling in 2006 when he was just a US senator, and he issued some pious, if garden-variety, blather about 'shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren.' Matt Yglesias at Slate called out Obama for 'bullshitting' back in 2006.
But only in 2011 did one party seek to wield the debt ceiling as a weapon of economic destruction — give us what we want on our policy priorities or the world economy gets it! In 2011, just months after Obama's party suffered devastating losses in the November 2010 midterm elections, Obama agreed to make budget cuts in exchange for a hike in the debt ceiling. But now, fresh off reelection, Obama is arguing that he won't negotiate over the debt ceiling — partly to discourage anyone from trying to use the debt ceiling as an instrument of political blackmail in the future.
In any event, for the best reporting in the United States on the debt ceiling crisis in terms of both politics and policy, go read Ezra Klein (and friends) at Wonkblog at The Washington Post and every word that Robert Costa at National Review reports from within the House and Senate Republican caucuses.
But it's vitally important to the global economy because US debt — Treasury debt securities (called 'Treasurys') and, specifically 10-year Treasurys (called 'T-notes') — is generally viewed as the safest investment in the world.
Why US Treasurys are so special
As Felix Salmon at Reuters memorably explained Tuesday, US-issued debt is the 'risk-free vaseline which greases the entire financial system': Continue reading Amid debt ceiling showdown, China sharply calls for a 'de-Americanized' world →
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Comparative Politics, United States
Don't blame the constitution for the shutdown — blame single-member plurality districts!
October 3, 2013 Kevin Lees 4 Comments
Dylan Matthews at The Washington Post wrote impressively yesterday about the perils of presidentialism and blames the current federal government shutdown not on the individual actors in the US Congress, but on the US constitution itself. Citing the late Juan Linz, who died Tuesday (coincidentally), Matthews points to a body of comparative politics research that shows presidential systems are more likely to fall into dictatorship and chaos than parliamentary systems:
But it's not just that [James] Madison's system is unnecessary. It's potentially dangerous. Scholars of comparative politics have shown that presidential systems with a separation of executive and legislative functions, like America's, are considerably more likely to collapse into dictatorship than are parliamentary systems where the executive and legislative branches are merged. That's because there are competing branches of government able to claim democratic legitimacy and steer the ship of state at the same time — and when they disagree profoundly, there's no real mechanism for resolving the dispute.
But parliamentary systems come with their own challenges. Italian prime minister Enrico Letta, who won a no-confidence vote yesterday after a four-day political crisis spurred by the whimsy of a single, highly volatile opposition leader, may disagree that parliamentary systems are necessarily more stable.
Matthews is right to poke holes in the sanctity with which the US political system holds 18th century governance documents, including the US constitution and the writings of Madison and others (after all, it's important to remember that the original constitution plunged the United States into civil war — it's the post-1865 version that includes the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments that we use today).
We live in a 21st century world that doesn't always fall into sync with 18th century political economy. The US constitution, whether Americans like it or not, is no longer state-of-the-art technology for constitutions and hasn't been for decades, and the US presidential system isn't one that many countries choose to follow these days. When the United States helped craft new political systems in Germany and Japan after World War II, they built parliamentary governments with mechanisms alien to the American system.
But in a world where a minority of one house of the legislative branch of government can shut down the US government, it's a tall order to ask that American political elites contemplate a major constitutional adjustment — a constitutional amendment to transform the United States into a parliamentary system would require the support of two-thirds of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate and the support of three-fourths of the 50 US states.
While we're working through thought experiments, can we can lay some of the blame on the nature of the American electoral system? Maybe the United States should elect members of Congress through some form of proportional representation (or 'PR') instead of a 'first-past-the-post' system — more technically, single-member district plurality.
Although it's typical to think about PR as a voting system used more often in parliamentary systems, both Canada and the United Kingdom (which have parliamentary systems) use a pure 'first-past-the-post' system to elect members to each of their respective House of Commons, while México (which has a presidential system) uses a mixed system that relies heavily on PR to determine members of both houses of its Congress.
How first-past-the-post skews US congressional elections: the 2012 conundrum
In the United States, House members are elected in single-member districts on the basis of 'first-past-the-post' voting. That means that the candidate who wins the most votes in the district wins the House seat. Typically in the United States, at least, that means the winning candidate will win over 50% of the vote (or close to it) because of the cultural dominance of the two-party system. That kind of two-party dominance, by the way, is much more likely to develop under the American electoral system (first-past-the-post in single-member districts) than under PR systems. That phenomenon even has a name — Duverger's Law — and we could spend a whole post pondering the mechanisms and effects of it.
So in the most recent November 2012 US congressional election, Democrats won 48.3% of the national vote and Republicans won 46.9% for the national vote. But Democrats won just 201 seats to 234 for Republicans — the party that won 1.7 million fewer votes nonetheless holds a fairly strong majority of seats in the House (by historical standards).
The skew is even more intense on a state-by-state basis. Here's a chart that shows five swing states that US president Barack Obama won in his November 2012 reelection bid where Republicans simultaneously won a majority of the state's congressional delegation — the first column is Obama's reelection percentage and the second column is the percentage of that state's House seats held by Republicans:
It works both ways — here's another chart that shows five solidly Democratic states where Democrats hold an outsized advantage in the House. Again, the first column is Obama's reelection percentage and the second column in the percentage of House seats held by Democrats:
What would proportional representation mean for the US House?
Contrast this to a PR system where seats are awarded on the basis of the party's overall level of support. There are nearly as many varieties of PR electoral systems as there are countries on the map, but the general idea is that if a party wins 25% of the vote, it should hold 25% of the seats in the legislative body. Often, there's an electoral hurdle — so a party would have to win 4% of the total vote in order to win any seats in the legislative body. Continue reading Don't blame the constitution for the shutdown — blame single-member plurality districts! →
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Toward a pink-blue coalition: how House Democrats can rescue Boehner's speakership
October 1, 2013 Kevin Lees Leave a comment
Last week, I noted that German chancellor Angela Merkel succeeded in achieving the post-partisanship in Germany that US president Barack Obama had hoped to achieve when he ran for president in 2008.
While that's somewhat of an unfair comparison given the collegiality and consensus that's developed in Germany's postwar politics, there's perhaps a lesson for US politicians to learn from the example of German politics in resolving the current standoff that has shut down the federal government of the United States and threatens to precipitate a sovereign debt crisis later this month over the US debt ceiling.
Even after Merkel's center-right Christian Democrats won a once-in-a-generation landslide victory, she remains five seats of an absolute majority in Germany's Bundestag (the lower house of the German parliament) and well short of a majority in the Bundesrat (the upper house), so she's locked in negotiations — likely for the rest of the year — to form a viable governing coalition with either her rival center-left Social Democrats or the slightly more leftist Green Party.
Contrast that to the United States, where a minority of a party that controls one-half of one branch of the American government has now succeeding in effecting a shutdown of the US government.
In the US House of Representatives today, speaker John Boehner (generally) operates on the 'Hastert rule.' He'll only bring bills to the floor of the House that are supported by a 'majority of the majority' — a majority of the 232-member Republican caucus. So even if 115 Republicans and all 200 Democrats in the House support a bill, such as a clean 'continuing resolution' to end the current shutdown, they won't be able to do so if 117 Republicans prefer to condition a continuing resolution upon a one-year delay of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as 'Obamacare.'
It's not uncommon in parliamentary systems for the 'loyal opposition' to sometimes lend their support for an important piece of legislation. Earlier this year in the United Kingdom, British prime minister David Cameron passed a marriage equality law only with the support of the opposition Labour Party in the House of Commons in light of antipathy within a certain segment of the center-right Conservative Party to same-sex marriage.
In country after country in Europe, including Greece, Ireland and Latvia, traditional rivals on the left and right have sucked up the political costs of austerity and voted to accept difficult reforms, tax increases and tough budget cuts in the face of rising unemployment and depression-level economies in order to avoid the further tumult of being pushed out of the eurozone's single currency. If Italy's left and right could support former prime minister Mario Monti's technocratic government for 15 months, it's not outside the realm of democratic tradition to believe that Boehner could form a working coalition in the US House to resolve a crisis that threatens not only American political credibility in the world and the American economy, but the entire global economy.
But as Alex Pareene at Salon wrote earlier today, the United States doesn't have a parliamentary system, it has a presidential system where an opposition party that controls one house of Congress can cause a crisis if it wants to do so:
An American parliamentary system with proportional representation wouldn't immediately or inexorably lead to a flourishing social democracy, but it would at least correct the overrepresentation of an ideological minority, and cut down on intentional tactical economic sabotage. The reason we're in permanent crisis mode isn't "extremism," but a system of government that guarantees political brinkmanship.
There's a bit of 'grass is always greener' mentality to that counterfactual. Parliamentary systems come with their own set of difficulties, and governments in parliamentary systems can wind up just as paralyzed as the current American government seems to be — former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is causing a political crisis this very week in Italy that will culminate in a vote of no confidence on Wednesday against the fragile coalition headed by center-left prime minister Enrico Letta. Though the government's been in power for just five months, Italy could face its second set of elections in 12 months if Letta's government falls. Belgium famously went without a government for 535 days between 2009 and 2011 because no majority coalition could form a government. Moreover, minority governments in parliamentary systems often lurch from crisis to crisis, with individual lawmakers willing and able to 'hold up' the government's legislation.
But the United States need not change its entire system of government to take away a few lessons from Merkel and from Germany.
Juliet Eilperin and Zachary A. Goldfarb at The Washington Post suggested earlier Tuesday that Boehner make a push to become the first truly bipartisan speaker:
[T]he press tends to trumpet two unflattering themes: that Boehner can neither manage his own conference nor make a credible deal with the White House. As a result, the narrative runs, Americans are left careening from fiscal crisis to fiscal crisis, and Congress can't even tackle popular initiatives such as immigration reform. A host of other potential changes supported by huge swaths of both parties — from tax and entitlement reform to infrastructure spending — are also left on the table just because of the fallout Boehner faces from a few dozen, ultra-conservative Republicans.
At least that's the rap against Boehner, whose speakership so far has been defined by blocking Obama's priorities rather than producing significant laws. But that could all change if he were just to decide to say to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.): "Let's enter a grand coalition. Democrats will vote for me for speaker as long as Republicans hold a majority. And we'll do a budget deal that raises a little bit of tax revenue and reforms entitlements. We'll overhaul the tax code for individuals and businesses. We'll pass immigration reform and support the infrastructure spending that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and labor unions want."
Call it a pink-blue coalition — the moderate Republicans and the Democrats. (Or maybe the donkey-rhino‡ coalition). Continue reading Toward a pink-blue coalition: how House Democrats can rescue Boehner's speakership →
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Action Taken at December 7, 2015 Meeting
Shall the council:
230. Approve the collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME, Local 114F for 2015–2017? Wages will increase by two percent on 1/1/2015, three percent on 1/1/2016, two percent on 1/1/2017 and half a percent 7/1/2017. The premium sharing contributions for 2015 benefits will remain the same as implemented on 1/1/2015. In 2016, the employer contribution for health insurance premiums is capped at a five percent increase above the employer contribution for Group Health in 2015. The employer contribution for premiums in 2017 will be capped at a five percent increase above the employer contribution in 2016. (Discussed in Executive Session) Approved 7-0
231. Approve the collective bargaining agreement with Teamsters, Local 231 for 2015–2017? Wage increases are scheduled at two percent for 1/1/2015, three percent on 1/1/2016, two percent on 1/1/2017 and half a percent on 7/1/2017. The premium sharing contributions for 2015 benefits shall remain the same as implemented on 1/1/2015. In January 2016, the employer contribution for health insurance premiums is capped at a five percent increase above the employer contribution for Group Health in 2015. The employer contribution for premiums in 2017 will be capped at a five percent increase above the employer contribution in 2016. (Discussed in Executive Session) Approved 7-0
232. Approve the collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME, Local 114L for 2015–2017? Wage increases are scheduled at two percent for 1/1/2015, two percent on 1/1/2016, two percent on 1/1/2017 and half a percent on 7/1/2017. Effective 7/1/2016, 114L will receive up to a one-and-a-half percent matching contribution in a 457 plan. The premium sharing contributions for 2015 benefits shall remain the same as implemented on 1/1/2015. In 2016, the employer contribution for health insurance premiums is capped at a five percent increase above the employer contribution for Group Health in 2015. The employer contribution for premiums in 2017 will be capped at a five percent increase above the employer contribution in 2016. (Discussed in Executive Session) Approved 7-0
233. Authorize the legal department to file a civil abatement action to demolish structures on properties located at 2315 and 2512 Lynn Street? At the 3/10/2015 meeting, vote #38, the council authorized the legal department to file civil nuisance actions with respect to properties at 2315 and 2512 Lynn Street. At the 5/18/2015 meeting, vote #96, the council passed an ordinance allowing code enforcement officers to negotiate compliance agreements with property owners. (Discussed in Executive Session) Approved 7-0
234. Authorize the mayor to award the low bid of $573,188 to Severn-Trent-De Nora of Sugar Land, TX for hypochlorite water treatment plant equipment? The company is a leading provider of water disinfection systems using onsite generated sodium hypochlorite produced from seawater or brine. The water treatment plant pre-treatment project is currently in the design phase at approximately 60 percent. The hypochlorite generation system which has been procured early to facilitate the design process. The bid includes full life cycle costs for the equipment and is for the capital cost component of this total which is $267,000.00. The engineer's estimate was $320,000.00 for capital cost only. The city received four bids, the high bid was $738,523. (AB21055) Approved 7-0
235. Authorize the mayor to sign a $904,973 agreement with Western Washington University for the 2016-2018 Lake Whatcom Monitoring Project? A Lake Whatcom restoration study began in the 1982; it was initiated by the city and WWU to measure and track long-term lake data for temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, turbidity, and nutrients, including nitrogen and phosphorus. The work of the monitoring program since 1987 has been under the helm of Robin Matthews at Western's Institute for Watershed Studies and funded by the city. The partnership between Western and the city for Lake Whatcom monitoring is a key component of the Lake Whatcom Management program. Work in future years is subject to city budget approval. Funding for all years was projected with the 2012 rate study as an annual and repeating operating expense to the water utility.The agreement starts on 1/1/2016 and ends of 12/31/2018. (AB21056) Approved 7-0
236. Authorize the mayor to accept a $47,803 federal grant for 2015 emergency management programs? Federal grant funds are awarded to emergency management programs to assist in preparing for all hazards through sustainment and enhancement of existing programs. These annual grant awards have been accepted since 2008. (AB21057) Approved 7-0
237. Approve the annexation agreement with Whatcom County Fire District 4? The city has developed an agreement with Fire District 4 to ensure an orderly transition of fire services for the E. Bakerview/Mt. Baker Hwy annexed area; the key terms of the agreement include the city paying $35,000 in tax revenue to District 4 for three years in exchange for certain automatic aid and continued use of District 4's training facility. (AB21062) Approved 7-0
238. Approve the mayor's reappointment of Tom Slocum and Jasmine Fast to the Greenway Advisory Committee? The committee provides recommendations to the City Council and the Parks and Recreation Department about Greenway levy expenditures, parkland acquisitions and parks/trails/open space development projects. Tom Slocum's was initially appointed to the committee at the 12/3/2012 meeting, vote #230. He was listed as an environmental engineer with a master's degree in civil engineering, who is experienced with salmon habitat protection; his final term will expire on 12/3/2018. Jasmine Fast's was appointed to a partial term at the 2/9/2015 meeting, vote #28. She was listed as a city resident for four years, a board member of the Cordata Home Owner's Association and has studied an array of courses including environmental stewardship, biodiversity, pollution prevention and environmental law. Her first full term will expire on 12/3/2018. (AB21067) Approved 7-0
239. Appropriate $5,935,661 for goods and services checks issued from November 7 through November 27, 2015? (AB21073/21074) Approved 7-0
240. Appropriate $5,756,702 for payroll checks issued from October 24 through November 25, 2015? (AB21075/21076) Approved 7-0
241. Authorize the mayor to accept a $892,400 state grant to complete phase three of the Federal Building historical preservation project? The Washington State Legislature appropriated $920,000, the Washington State Historical Society will retain $27,600 to administer the grant. The project includes restoration of the first floor lobby and additional life safety improvements in the basement of the building. Council previously approved a Federal Building Fund 125 cash match of $3,226,380 for a total project cost of $4,146,380 for phases two and three at the Federal Building. Phase one was approved at the 4/14/2008 meeting, vote #89 and phase two was approved at the 1/12/2015 meeting, vote #1. (AB21077) Approved 7-0
242. Authorize the mayor to award the low bid of $190,339 to Rite Way Roofing of Puyallup for the re-roofing of Fire Station #1? The roof has reached the end of its useful life and requires replacement. The engineer's estimate was $301,062. The city received five bids, the highest was $429,710. (AB21078) Approved 7-0
243. Authorize the mayor to sign an agreement with the Whatcom County Rural Library District for the mutual extension of borrowing privileges and services? The agreement provides unrestricted access to the materials and services at all city and county library facilities for all city and county residents. Since the county residents use city library materials more often than city residents use the county system, the county library will reimburse the city $156,393 for the difference. The agreement runs from 1/1/2016 trough 12/31/2016. (AB21079) Approved 7-0
244. Authorize the mayor to sign agreements with libraries at the Bellingham Technical College, Whatcom Community College and Western Washington University for a Bellingham Public Library "holds pick-up" location? The Bellingham library will install and maintain a self-checkout station at the three locations in order to increase access to Bellingham library materials for students, staff and community members. BTC/WCC/WWU will provide space, electricity and adequate shelving for the library station, and will collect and organize book returns for the library. Library patrons will be allowed to use the staff telephone to contact the Bellingham Library with questions. The agreements run from 1/1/2016 through 12/31/2016. (AB21080/21081/21082) Approved 7-0
245. Call on the Washington State Legislature to pass a Paid Sick and Safe Leave Law in 2016? The Bellingham City Council directed its Community and Economic Development Committee to examine options for rules relating to mandatory paid sick leave for employees of businesses located in Bellingham. The committee heard public comment regarding this idea at a 11/4/2015 listening session, and on 11/9/2015, the City Council directed staff to draft a resolution calling on the Washington State Legislature to pass a paid sick and safe leave law in 2016. A recent amendment allows employees who have accumulated qualified paid sick leave time to use it on the first day of an illness ("first-day" sick leave). AB21065 (Resolution #2015-27) Approved 5-2, Jack Weiss/Roxanne Murphy opposed.
246. Authorize the mayor to sign an agreement with the state of Washington for the local source control program? Since 2008, the city of Bellingham has had a cooperative agreement with the Department of Ecology to provide staffing for DOE's local source control program. This program funds city employees to provide education and outreach to small businesses on the proper practices to deal with hazardous or dangerous waste, aids business owners in maintaining compliance with federal, state and local codes for such materials and protects our stormwater, sewer, and lands from contamination. This agreement will add $178,809 in revenue for the 2015-2017 biennium. It begins on 7/1/2015 and expires on 6/30/2017. AB20936 (Ordinance 2015-12-047) Approved 7-0
247. Create an infill incentive program for eligible projects in the Downtown or Old Town Urban Villages? The program offers a partial fee exemption through the next three-year biennial budgeting period and allocates $250,000 per year from the general fund to support a 50 percent reduction in charges and fees. Qualifying projects must also be a minimum of three stories or 35 feet for new construction and 10,000 square feet or two stories for existing buildings. AB21049 (Ordinance 2015-12-048) Approved 7-0
248. Grant a partial Business & Occupation tax credit for new businesses or branch locations that open in the City Center (Old Town, Downtown and Waterfront Districts), Samish Way Urban Village, or Fountain District Urban Village? The phased credit will be at 90 percent of the tax due for the first year, 75 percent of the tax due for the second year, and 50 percent of the tax due for the third year. The credit would be available only to businesses new to Bellingham or new branches of existing Bellingham businesses in order to avoid encouraging the relocation of businesses within the city limits, and would not affect the Business & Occupation taxes required and collected by the State of Washington. AB21050 (Ordinance 2015-12-049) Approved 7-0
Action Taken at December 14, 2015 Meeting
249. Recognize Julie Guy for her outstanding contributions to the Cordata Neighborhood and the city of Bellingham? Julie Guy served on the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board from 9/13/2006 through 7/3/2013 advocating for parks in North Bellingham; participated in the steering committee for the Cordata Park Master Plan, the steering committee for the 2008 update of the Park, Recreation and Open Space Plan, and the planning committee that created the North Bellingham Trail Plan; and has been active on the Cordata Neighborhood Association, most recently serving as association president since 2013, and representing the neighborhood at the Mayor's Neighborhood Advisory Commission. AB21083 (Resolution 2015-28) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
250. Honor Councilmember Jack Weiss for his service to the citizens of Bellingham? Jack Weiss is recognized for his many accomplishments and the council's sends best wishes to Mr. Weiss as he retires. Mr. Weiss was initially elected to the Bellingham City Council on 11/6/2007 and reelected on 11/8/2011; before that he was a staunch supporter of the Greenway Advisory Committee. He was on the council's Planning Committee, Parks and Recreation Committee, Lake Whatcom and Natural Resources Committee, and Public Works and Public Safety Committee; has represented the city on the Bellingham International Airport Advisory Committee, the board of trustees of the Bellingham Library, and the Whatcom Transportation Authority board of directors; and has an exemplary record of prior public service that resulted in the establishment of the first curbside recycling program in Whatcom County and the creation of the successful Greenways III Levy. AB21084 (Resolution 2015-29) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
251. Authorize the mayor to sign an agreement with Yakima County for as-needed jail services? The city may be precluded from using the Whatcom County jail per the August 15 and November 24 letters from Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo and Whatcom County Executive Jack Louws, regarding the inability of Whatcom County to continue to serve the city's jail needs. The primary concern expressed has been with the time frames for notification and transfer of inmates back to the custody of the city or its designee. Yakima County costs are estimated from $48.75 per day bed use to $54.75; the annual amount is currently undetermined. (AB21093) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
252. Endorse the contract extension with Whatcom County for jail services? The city's current contract with Whatcom County for jail services expired on 12/31/2015, and the sheriff has proposed an extension to the city that will allow the city to use the facility under different terms than the existing contract. The time required for inmate transfers will be extended up to seventy-two hours for the next sixty days and then reevaluated. (AB21094) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
253. Appropriate $3,553,067 for goods and services checks issued from November 28 through December 4, 2015? (AB21095) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
254. Amend the 2016 schedule for regular council meeting? At the 11/9/2015 meeting, vote #216, the council scheduled twenty-five meetings for 2016. This amendment changes the date of the April 4 meeting to April 11. AB21096 (Resolution 2015-30) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
255. Amend the Bellingham Comprehensive Plan to include a new Capital Facilities Plan? (Public hearing held) This is an emergency request from the Bellingham School District because the original request did not come in time to be included with the annual cycle of amendments and their current plan expires at the end of this year. The city's comprehensive plan covers the 2015-2021 planning period. School impact fees are to increase by $388 for single-family dwelling units and decrease by $925 for multi-family units. An update of the school impact fees was last approved at the 12/14/2009 meeting, vote #288; the city began collecting impact fees on behalf of the school district in 1992. AB21047 (Ordinance 2015-12-050) Approved 5-1, Michael Lilliquist opposed, Roxanne Murphy excused.
256. Expand the multi-family tax exemption program to include Barkley and Fairhaven areas? These two new urban centers will be required to provide 20 percent of the units for affordable low-income housing. The changes to affordable low-income housing would also apply to other urban centers (Downtown, Old Town, Fountain and Samish), but these areas will have the option of receiving an eight-year exemption without affordable low-income housing. Two recent amendments will remove the RT-2 portion from the Fairhaven district and remove the effective date of the Fairhaven Urban Village. Jack Weiss expressed his opposition to the amendment that specifically removed the RT-2 zone in the Fairhaven District. Council provided direction on May 18th to expand the program to include Fairhaven and Barkley. Also, see 3/10/2003 meeting, vote #38; 7/18/2005 meeting, vote #160; 12/13/2010 meeting, vote #254; and 9/8/2014 meeting, vote #175. AB21048 (Ordinance 2015-12-051) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
257. Adopt Transportation Impact Fees for 2016? Fees are charged to new development proposals seeking building permits in order for the city to recover the costs of new transportation infrastructure, (i.e. streets, lighting, signage, maintenance, etc). The base rate is charged per p.m. peak hour vehicle trip, and is calculated by combining the city's actual expenditures of local transportation funding over the last six years with the anticipated funding needs for transportation during the next six years, and dividing the resulting total by the amount of traffic projected for new development and by the number of p.m. peak hour vehicle trips projected for the entire 12 years. The new base rate of $2,017 for 2016 is budgeted as $927,000 revenue, with additional revenue recovering a proportional share of city investment in transportation infrastructure costs from new development based on building permit activity. AB21054 (Ordinance 2015-12-052) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
258. Add the state's special tax evaluation eligibility for local historic places listed in the National Register of Historic Places? At the 5/18/2015 meeting, the City Council directed staff to pursue adding an eligible property class to the special tax valuation incentive as part of the urban village incentives package. AB21058 (Ordinance 2015-12-053) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
259. Adopt the 2015-2016 mid-biennial budget modifications? The Revised Code of Washington requires the city of Bellingham to make any mid-biennial modifications to the budget prior to December 31. This ordinance includes modifications to the adopted 2016 budget by fund, and will increase citywide revenues by $7,543,132 and expenses by $9,658,859. The 2015-2016 mid-biennial budget modifications were presented 10/12/2015, with public hearings on revenues held 10/26/2015 and budget on 11/16/2015. AB21060 (Ordinance 2015-12-054) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
260. Revise the duties of the Bellingham Hearing Examiner? The changes reduce the frequency of council presentations to annual and delegates advising on civil service commission duties to an attorney within the city attorney's office. These changes are a result of a presentation made by contract hearing examiner Sharon Rice on 11/16/2015. The proposals stem from having a contract hearing examiner rather than a hearing examiner who is an employee of the city. AB21064 (Ordinance 2015-12-055) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
261. Dissolve the Bellingham Transportation Benefit District as of 1/1/2016? At the 7/12/2010 meeting, vote #144, the City Council established the Bellingham Transportation Benefit District as a separate entity. It was to be governed by the City Council and preference given to projects that improve safety, travel time, air quality, traffic flow, freight mobility, etc. In 2015, the state enacted legislation that allows the city to absorb the district and assume all of its "rights, powers, functions and obligations." At the 10/26/2016 meeting, vote #209, the council voted to hold a public hearing, which was held at the 11/9/2016 meeting. From 1/1/2016 forward, all district revenue and expenses assumed by the city will be reported as a special revenue fund; cost savings in the day-to-day managing of the district will be realized as well as a reduction in state auditing fees of approximately $5,300 per audit. AB21071 (Ordinance 2015-12-056) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.
262. Close the Beyond Greenways Fund? The Beyond Greenways Fund was created in 1998 to account for the revenue and expenditures from a nine-year levy. Substantially all of the levy has been collected and expended so closing the fund is in the best interest of the city. AB21072 (Ordinance 2015-12-057) Approved 6-0, Roxanne Murphy excused.


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I think it will thrill them to receive birthday cards from their many friends across the United States and around the world.
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Items View of the antechamber of the Temple of Jupiter and of the interior of the cella
View of the antechamber of the Temple of Jupiter and of the interior of the cella
Reconstructions
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Weichardt, C. (Carl), 1846-1906
Original Scan
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Italy -- Pompeii
Weichardt, C. (Carl), 1846-1906 (Artist)
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Architecture, Roman
Columns -- Italy
Roman temples
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Source note: Pompeii before its destruction : Reconstruction of its temples and their surroundings. (Leipzig K.F. Koehler 1898) Weichardt, C. (Carl) (1846-1906), Author.
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Religion and Secular Liberalism Should Enrich Each Other in a Modern Democracy
Muhammad Bari
Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari is an educationalist, Parenting Consultant and Author
22/02/2016 07:10am GMT | Updated February 21, 2017
Ignorance of others in a pluralist democracy is a big enemy. In recent decades the lack of religious literacy in Europe is becoming ever more evident. On the other hand, many religious minorities have an equal knowledge deficit in the nature of secular liberalism as well.
The debate as to how religious ethics and not dogma can exist side by side with liberal democracy, even enrich one another, has to be carried out with tolerance, respect and objectivity.
The chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phillips waded into the debate on religion in modern society and suggested that "being an Anglican, being a Muslim or being a Methodist or being a Jew is just as much part of your identity and you should not be penalised or treated in a discriminatory way because of that. That's part of the settlement of a liberal democracy." His recent comments on Muslims that "continuously pretending that a group is somehow eventually going to become like the rest of us is perhaps the deepest form of disrespect" has, however, created interest in some and unease amongst others.
Religion, particularly Christianity in Europe, has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law. Judaism and Islam have their own spheres of influence. But in the post-Renaissance world, the separation of church and state or the lack of authority of religious leaders over political decisions has become a key feature of modern democracies. In some Muslim majority countries, such as Turkey or Tunisia, over the past century state secularism was ruthlessly against their own majority religion - Islam. As a result, the European and Muslim experience of secularism is not exactly similar.
Although Muslims were able to create successful long lasting pluralist cultures in the past, their current reality in many places is unsavoury. Early Muslims turned a pre-Islamic 'Ignorant' Arabia from barbarism to a seat of civilisation. Consequently, Muslim rule in Baghdad, Cordoba, Istanbul and in Delhi were based on knowledge and pluralism.
Muslims, like many others, feel secure where there is an atmosphere of freedom and reasoning, not in anarchy and blind following (Taqlid). In Muslim history there was a method of continuously renewing and re-interpreting Islam with the context of time and space through the power of reasoning (Ijtihad). Sadly, stagnation overtook this process some time ago.
Muslims can be socially conservative on some issues, but are more than capable of being loyal and productive citizens while confidently practising their faith without fear. However, religious or social conservatism of a people should not be conflated with radicalisation, extremism or terrorism.
As a 'community of communities', British Muslims are a heterogeneous group with no single figurehead - theological, social or political. The moral and ethical principles of Islam demand from them to be responsible and active citizens in Britain. Many professional Muslim youth are at the forefront in their voluntary and civic activities.
As such, labelling Muslims as moderates, liberals, conservatives, extremists or Islamists is not helpful.
Any debate on any community needs to be objective and evidence-based, not skin-deep. The reality that Muslims are being seen as 'others', 'suspects' or 'subversives' by some is not based on personal experiences in the neighbourhoods, workplaces and other civil society arenas.
Over the decades Britain has become an indisputably pluralist country and its model of pluralism has so far worked well; better than many developed countries. The metaphor for such a dynamic society is a multi-coloured human garden, where diversity does not lead to parallel lives amongst people but seeks to enrich all of them.
Many Muslims live in neighbourhoods suffering from multiple sources of deprivation and exclusion from mainstream society with poor living conditions. But we should not forget there are other groups such as the white working class who are also seriously disadvantaged. In spite of being in the lower level playing field, Muslim participation in the education, economic and voluntary sector should be seen as encouraging.
Young Muslims particularly have been in the hot seat for some time. Measures are needed to recognise their importance in society, defeat negative stereotypes in the media and eradicate barriers so that they are able to formulate their Britishness with multiple, but complementary, identities; this will give them more confidence in their self worth.
Mosque Open Days and the recent MCB's 'Visit My Mosque Day' have proved that mosques and community centres are looking to build friendships, trust and mutual respect with their neighbours. They should be more frequent and more structured.
Islamophobia, like anti-Semitism, is a sad reality now but overplaying or underplaying its importance is dangerous. There is no need for political correctness in our robust democracy. There is also no room for undermining a community and putting any group into a corner.
What we need in our fractured world today is more openness and transparency that will facilitate an objective discussion on how people from all backgrounds - religious or secular - can know one another better and co-exist in the spirit of plurality.
As human beings, we have our unique individuality. Yet, we are destined to live together with dignity and to appropriately steward our shared planet. Nothing is more imperative than to strive for this sacred human undertaking now - individually and collectively.
Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari is a noted civic leader, intellectual-activist and commentator.
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Manaria Friends (), dříve Šingeki no Bahamut: Manaria Friends (), je japonský anime seriál založený na mobilní hře Rage of Bahamut. Původně měl mít premiéru v roce 2016, ta však byla přesunuta na leden 2019. Seriál je celosvětově, kromě Asie, licencován společností Sentai Filmworks.

Postavy

 Anne ()
Dabing: Jóko Hikasa
 Grea ()
Dabing: Ajaka Fukuhara
 Hanna ()
Dabing: Nana Mizuki
 Owen ()
Dabing: Wataru Hatano
 Lou ()
Dabing: Kimiko Kojama
 Miranda ()
Dabing: Kikuko Inoue
 William ()
Dabing: Júma Učida
 Heinlein ()
Dabing: Čiharu Sawaširo
 Poppy ()
Dabing: Lynn

Produkce
Anime seriál, původně nazvaný Šingeki no Bahamut: Manaria Friends, adaptuje příběh události Manaria mahó gakuin () z mobilní hry Rage of Bahamut a nevztahuje se k dříve vydanému anime seriálu Šingeki no Bahamut, který je také založený na hře. Společnost Cygames oznámila adaptaci v srpnu 2015. Původně se měl o scénář a režii postarat Takafumi Hošikawa a o animaci Studio Hibari. Megumi Išihara měla designovat postavy a působit na seriálu jako animační šéfrežisérka. Keniči Kurata měl být uměleckým ředitelem a Takaši Watanabe se měl postart o hudební doprovod. Dne 8. března 2016 byl však celý produkční štáb seriálu z důvodu "různých okolností" propuštěn.

Dne 2. října 2018 bylo oznámeno, že se seriál bude jmenovat Manaria Friends a o jeho animace se postará studio CygamesPictures. Režie se ujal Hideki Okamoto a scénáře Satoko Sekine. Minami Jošida byla dosazena na post designérky postav. Takaši Watanabe se navrátil jako hudební skladatel.

Vysílání a vydání
Seriál měl být původně odvysílán v programovém bloku Ultra Super Anime Time společnosti Ultra Super Pictures, a to společně s anime seriálem Učú Patrol Luluco a druhou řadou Kagewani. Premiéra byla stanovena na 1. dubna 2016 na televizních stanicích Tokyo MX, BS11 a AT-X. Dne 8. března 2016 však bylo oznámeno, že premiéra seriálu byla přesunuta na dobu neurčitou a uvolněné místo v programovém bloku obsadil znovu vysílaný anime seriál Pučimas! Petit Idolmaster z roku 2014, spin-off franšízy The Idolmaster. Po výměně členů produkčního štábu bylo ohlášeno, že 10 dílů seriálu bude premiérově vysíláno od 20. ledna do 24. března 2019.

V listopadu 2018 oznámila společnost Sentai Filmworks odkoupení celosvětových práv k distribuce anime seriálu. Práva však nezahrnují distribuci v Asii. Anime bylo vysíláno pod anglickým názvem Mysteria Friends. Dne 21. dubna 2019 vydalo Sentai Filmworks anglické znění seriálu na službě HIDIVE.

Seznam dílů

Přijetí
Seriál byl velmi ceněn západními kritiky, kteří chválili vysoce kvalitní animaci a atraktivně znázorněný vztah mezi dvěma hlavními postavami s lesbickým tématem a homoretismem. Theron Martin z Anime News Network tak přirovnal seriál k nejlepším příkladům "slice of life juri" děl. Ačkoli souhlasil s tím, že se příliš uměřené vyprávění příběhu může zdát nudné a může tak odrazit spousty diváků, doporučil dílo všem, kteří si užívají sledování slice of life anime nebo hledají seriály s velkým potenciálem žánru juri.

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After a lot of ups and downs, it would seem that Bitcoin is here to stay. Now IRS has ruled that for tax purposes, it will be treating Bitcoin as a property and not as a currency.
The decision is certainly not welcome to the Bitcoin community. It brings the virtual currency into the fold of the taxation system so that Bitcoin will no longer afford a lot of anonymity to anyone. This directly impacts the nature of the currency since Bitcoin was originally envisioned as a way of making anonymous digital payments.
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The virtual currency had had a free run for a while, with some considering it the final answer to anonymous online transactions without any meddling by the government. But that is changing fast. With anonymity as well as freedom of Bitcoin curtailed, it is now a lot different from the currency it mainly started from.
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The framing of the debate in advance of the availability of the iPad device has centered around control of the words "freedom, choice and health." The reactionary forces claim the iPad will be detrimental to all three. Within minutes of the conclusion of Steve Jobs's presentation, the swiftboating of the iPad was under way. Our freedoms are being curtailed; our choices limited and the health of the ecosystem is threatened. The iPad is a deviation from the one true path.
Another vector of dissatisfaction involves the paternity of the iPad. One look at its features and cognitive dissonance sets in among its detractors. Surely a tablet computer is the child of the laptop– what happened to all the ports, the keyboard; where's the operating system? This Jobs fellow has disfigured the child, removing ports to satisfy some twisted personal vision— and, no doubt, because he hates our freedoms.
…Steve announced the iPhone for the first time to the public. After the event, Alan recalled Steve walking up to him to show him the new iPhone in person. He asked Alan, "So, did we build something worth criticizing?" Alan recalls telling him sure, but if you could just make the screen 5″ by 8″, you would take over the world. Steve's eyes apparently lit up.
The iPad is definitely worth criticizing. And what can you say about a product when both people who love it, and those who hate it, admit they must buy it? Its significance is big enough that simply withholding attention and comment will have little effect on the course of events. You'll have to pick the device up and touch the glass.
In advance of holding one in my hands, there are two areas I'd like to explore where it looks like the iPad will open doors and make new connections possible.
While we attribute much of the success of the human species to our brains, we owe an equal amount to the dexterity and power of our hands. While the power of thought enables us to apply levels of abstraction to the world; it's the fine motor control over our hands that allows us to bring these ideas into the world. Apple made a significant design decision when they chose the hand over the stylus, the scrollwheel, the trackball and the physical keyboard. Our fingertip touching the glass makes a direct connection to the virtual controls. This is both a technical and an emotional interaction point. The pleasure derived from the multi-touch interface with real-time responsiveness will quickly make it the most desirable and the most used.
The larger multi-touch interaction surface of the iPad will open the door to a whole range of personal computing gestures. It's likely that electronic gaming will lead the way, and this is where users will try out thousands of new gestures — some will rise to the top and become defacto standards. Here the opposable thumb, the power grip and the precision grip will expand their repertoire to include the pinch, the spread, the swipe, the twist and others. And the accelerometer expands this interaction model into three dimensions.
And while Apple isn't the only company whose worked extensively on these new interaction models, they get first mover advantage for introducing the tablet computer in 2007 and calling it a telephone. Creating a product in the lab is one thing, but putting a product on the street and getting uptake is another entirely. We're seeing the new digital network joined to the original digital network.
"I see the laptop as not a good collaborative tool,�? he explains. A laptop computer acts as a barrier between the adviser and client, since it is only one person (presumably the adviser) who will handle the keyboard, hit the return key and flip the computer round to face the client.
On the other hand, with an iPad, you can reach over and touch the screen, instead of having to navigate with a button or a mouse. "With the iPad, an adviser could navigate better, sweep pages across, look at a client's financial plan and statements, and work more collaboratively side by side. It's a subtle difference. The touch-screen means you can sit on the same side of the table, work as a partner,�? Dannemiller adds.
This kind of change isn't necessarily in the algorithms used to crunch the data, but rather in the human interaction— the human transaction between the parties. The bond between the consultant and client is strengthened, as is the connection between the client and her data. The tablet format changes the sheer physicality of the interaction. The affordances, or action possibilities, of the consultation are no longer dominated or broken by the technical mediation. The devices recede to allow the people to connect.
The Puritans have coalesced around the mantra of "open." For the Web, HTML5 is the sacred book— although it is unfinished, and there are still many sects within the fold. A specification isn't a platform, so HTML5 must extend its control through the major denominations: Webkit, Gecko, Trident, KHTML and Presto. When we say, for instance, that HTML5 supports the H.264 video codec, what we're really saying is that a runtime plugin for that media type must ship with all orthodox HTML layout engines. On this point of scripture, the Gecko sect has reservations. Runtimes outside the Holy stack are strictly the devil's work.
But purity is just a myth. Dylan's electric music had elements of the folk song; and his folk songs had elements of rock and roll. At bottom the "closed" iPhone OS was built up from the open source Darwin operating system. And Darwin had its roots in Berkeley Unix. If you want to build an "open" iPhone OS, you can take the same raw materials and knock yourself out.
The real question is what does it take to break through? To create a new kind of computing experience, not in the labs, but in people's homes, in the cafes, schools and businesses. The answer isn't in feature sets, ports or adhering to technical religious dogma. When you pick the device up, does it make you want to dance? I know that the puritans have forbidden dance. They've given us stern warnings about what will happen if we dance with this new partner. But when you put your fingers on the glass, do you feel a tingling in your toes?


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Singapore, 28 June 2015 – Clarke Quay, Asia's leading F&B and entertainment hub, is pleased to welcome Zouk – one of the world's top dance clubs – to its first-rate line-up of over 50 clubs, bars and restaurants. Zouk will be taking up about 31,000 square feet of space in Block C of Clarke Quay. The 24-year-old dance club plans to invest S$10 million in the new club at Clarke Quay and is targeting to open its doors to club goers in June 2016. Further details, including a series of parties to be organised leading up to the new club opening at Clarke Quay, will be announced at a later date.
Located along the iconic Singapore River at the fringe of Singapore's Central Business District, Clarke Quay is a unique conserved landmark comprising five beautifully restored waterfront godowns, which was the key warehousing facility of Singapore during the colonial era in the 19th century. Currently owned by CapitaLand Mall Trust and managed by CapitaLand Mall Asia, Clarke Quay now basks under a climate controlled canopy lit by coloured lighting, evoking a modern and cosmopolitan ambience amidst tradition and history.
Last year, Clarke Quay was voted by the public as Singapore's best nightspot at the AsiaOne People's Choice Awards organised by AsiaOne, Singapore's leading news portal. Recently, Clarke Quay was awarded the 2015 Certificate of Excellence by TripAdvsor and identified as one of 50 iconic places to visit in Singapore, based on the travel website's data on the mostreviewed attractions and eateries.
To keep the visitor experience fresh, new tenants and concepts are introduced regularly. In April this year, Clarke Quay brought in three new-to-market brands at the newly refurbished Block A. These include McGettigan's, a modern Irish pub and restaurant; Motorino, a popular pizza joint from New York; and Catch!, a new homegrown eatery offering fish and chips. River House at Block A, the oldest building in Clarke Quay that was constructed in the 1880s and turned into a F&B venue since 1993, is currently undergoing renovations and will be unveiling a brand new entertainment and F&B concept in the third quarter this year.
Part of Block C, measuring about 57,000 square feet, is currently undergoing asset enhancement and reconfiguration works in preparation for incoming tenants. In addition to Zouk, new tenants taking up the other spaces at Block C will be introduced progressively.
Besides the new brands and concepts, visitors to Clarke Quay can also look forward to a series of exciting events starting with the inaugural Summer Live Music Festival from July to September featuring a stellar line up of local bands each month. A festive October follows right after featuring Clare Quay's signature events Oktoberfest, Halloween celebrations and a highly anticipated return of the Singapore River Festival.


I don't want this to be a trend. I don't want this to be a fad. I want to breathe every day knowing I chose the lifestyle I want. I chose to wander. I want to look back one day and say, "I served my purpose."
To others, this could be just another millennial dream. To eat in a local restaurant and try weekly chef's specialty. To mingle with strangers and pet their dogs. To feel the sand between your toes and let your feet sink into ground's cushions. To turn your back... away from all the things that caused you drama. To be yourself and make a mark in a world full of turbulence and doubts. To play a song while driving on unfamiliar streets and forgetting that problems, wars, and societal division exist. To live in your little bubble and call it paradise. To smile because all while it's loud outside and roads are rocky sometimes, you have a choice whether to stop the journey or to get going and move to your next destination.
I asked myself after paying two sets of electric bills, rent, and car loan. I'm not going to lie; paying double for everything is stressful to my budget and pocket. Why double, you ask? As a travel nurse here in the US, we receive pay packages that are different compared to those with permanent staff positions. Travel agents offer us nontaxable travel benefits which include housing stipends, meals, and incidentals. Say they give us 1000 USD for housing and 500 USD for meals biweekly, we're able to keep it to ourselves. No tax! And that doesn't include our hourly rate yet. However, to receive nontaxable travel benefits, we must have 1) a permanent tax home (which is my apartment in McAllen) and 2) my travel assignment must not be within commuting distance of my permanent tax home, and each travel assignment, including extensions and other assignments cannot be expected to keep me in the same general area for more than one year.
So you get why I need to keep my original apartment, right? You might think that the end result is the same- getting paid more while spending twice the amount of what you used to give away. And that it doesn't make sense at all if the salary barely changed. No, not really. I travel with my boyfriend so somehow we manage to cut the expenses in half. And I have a roommate in Mcallen so she pays half the rent as well. It's all good actually. I have saved more in three months than what I used to when I was still a permanent staff in my previous job. It's quite confusing I know, but to keep it simple, this travel nurse life works for me and my needs.
The question didn't sprout from money. It's from something else.
His mom will cook tostada for breakfast. He'll wash his face and brush his teeth in front of a big mirror with ceramic sink. His toothbrush, razors, towels, and creams will be at the same corner; he can do his routine without minding that another person will use the bathroom because it is his bathroom. And nobody will sigh whenever he forgets to flush the toilet. He will go to their dining area with plates already lined up, with food waiting for him, his mom ironing clothes and telling him random stuff. Then his siblings will walk across the room, or his dad, and it will be another day of going to work or church or someplace else. He will play his video games using his large screen. Oh, how he loves his Xbox! He will try to choose a game among his mountain of collections and he'll end up playing Fallout or Resident Evil. He will do this for hours and days and weeks and he won't bother that any of his routine will change.
And then one day, I told him about my plans of finally doing travel nursing. I was excited. I would tell him about this travel nurse working in our unit and convincing me to do the same. I would research about travel communities and blogging world and he'd just nod. I was into it. I was thrilled by the idea of it, but he was sad and hesitant. It came to that point when I told him I can go. Alone. Solo. And that would mean us breaking up. I know the idea is horrendous but traveling around every three months? With new people, new cultures, I mean all these changes are going to happen, and we both know we will be different people after.
We all know what happened next: He decided to come with me.
I used to have nightmares of him leaving in the middle of our contract and going back home. I was anxious that he might not like it because he'd miss his family so much. I was worried about our housing situation- how to find an apartment that will accept tenants on a short lease or how to function with limited furnitures. On top of this, it is a known fact in nursing community that couples and groups experience a little more difficulty finding jobs at the same hospitals or hospitals within a reasonable commute of one another. It's because some hospitals maintain a policy prohibiting couples from working at their facility at the same time. They cite problems that they've experienced with companies in the past as the reason. In addition, it's always a little more difficult to land jobs for multiple people in any given location. That's just the nature of the game.
My mind's exploding at the thought of him not being satisfied with our work environment. What if our new coworkers are mean? What if the place is chaotic and more toxic than where we were? How are we going to spend holidays away from home? What if the travel isn't worth it? What if I didn't make the right choice?
"What if he's not happy?"
I used to imagine his face with disappointment. I used to try so hard doing all things that would make him comfortable and not feel homesick. I look at him and I feel at home, but... what if he doesn't feel the same way?
Second week of February ended our travel assignment contract in Lufkin. This is it. The moment of truth. I finally had the courage to ask him what his thoughts are. If he still wants to go on, or just stop. There was tug of war inside my gut. I wanted him to say that he'd stay with me and travel some more but I don't want to be selfish. I just want him to be happy whether it's with me or not.
It's hard to gauge what a happy relationship means but in this lifestyle, I found out that having the same goals and plans is one way to start accommodating each other's needs. I still plan on doing this again and I don't see it ending soon. It taught me how to be a better nurse. It made me feel human again. I was high. It was amazing.
So when I asked him about his plans, he smiled and said he'll do it again in a heartbeat. I felt relieved.
At this point, I already made peace with myself knowing and finally believing that our relationship grew stronger than I could ever imagine. Maybe he got used to our arguments? By the way, when we're traveling, we argue a lot. A LOT. I posted a whole other article for that here and we never had a problem that we couldn't fix since that day. From simple details to complicated ones, somehow, our spirits are less stressed. We see a different view and that helps our perspective. We became better people than our past selves.
We never lived together under the same roof before our travel assignment. Yes, we'd go on week-long trips like during that time when we went on cruise but actually breathing the same air freshener (and farts, lol) and compromising each other's privacy? Traveling revealed a lot about us. We discovered our weaknesses and strengths. And what came out of it? We perfected adjusting to our limitations.
Doing our weekly groceries has played a great part on how we communicate, too! Who would have thought that weighing which meal to cook, what guilty pleasure to buy and whatnot could bring us closer? It is really true that as humans, the indelible treasure in our hearts and minds when experiencing something new together can be everlasting. It is reassuring to know that there is somebody with me to share adventures with. Somebody was there when it was fun and when it was scary.
Judging from our past conversation, our sense of humor became more in sync. There are times when situations don't go as planned and things just go horribly wrong and you just laugh about it. It could be the disgusting food from the cheap hotel you booked online, or from nasty comments made by a stranger who didn't have anything to do with you. At the end of the day, no matter how terrible the day went by, both of you gained one more golden story to laugh about in the future.
After our first travel nursing assignment, YES, WE CAME OUT ALIVE! And OUR RELATIONSHIP IS STRONGER THAN EVER.
My experience may vary from other travel nurse couples out there because Luis and I are both nurses who only accept same hospital contracts. If you're a travel nurse couple but with different set up, read on.
If your spouse or significant other is retired, then the challenge is greatly reduced. Most people have thought about what they will do when they are retired (like travel) so now is the time for your spouse or significant other to look into those interests and hobbies that have always been on hold. This is also a great opportunity to travel in locations close to the kids and grandkids. If they are retired and bringing in extra income is not a huge priority, then a retired spouse or significant other is in a great position to take care of the issues like taxes, finances, your house back in your hometown and you (hey you're the one still working so make sure they take care of everything at home so you can relax).
This is the easiest situation, but does present some of its own challenges as far as finding assignments in the same city if not same hospital at the same time. This will require a great recruiter and travel nursing company and a lot of pre-planning on your part. Another challenge of this is to make sure that you try to get your schedules as closely synced as possible so you don't miss out on the chance to enjoy your travel location together. You don't just want to transfer a life where you don't see each other to a new locale; you want to enjoy all the benefits of a travel nursing job. So make sure you work with your recruiter and nurse manager to see how often you can work the same schedules or at least coordinate one or two days off together a week. And hopefully you can avoid a situation where one of you is working the night shift and the other the day.
Another option here is to take turns working the travel nursing jobs. Instead of you both working during one 13 week stretch you could alternate. And another option is to both work a ton for 2-3 assignments a year and have 3 months off together. By then you should have seen enough of each other enough that going back to work sounds like a vacation.
The challenges of having a spouse or significant other who is not retired or a traveler while you are a travel nurse is really keeping them busy and productive away from home. If you have already made the decision for them to leave their job or career behind while you use travel nursing to make extra money and see the country then hopefully the two of you have thought through what they will do while you are at work. But if you haven't or you have realized that you need or want them to supplement the household income then are some cool job options for spouse or significant others of travel nurses.
Some other options are working with a temporary staffing agency. Many industries rely on staffing agencies just like nursing does so be sure to check out that option. It is a great way for them to gain new skills and broaden their career network while you travel.
Some websites to get started with are Kelly Services, Manpower, Kforce and TrueBlue.
Another option for them is to go back to college online. There are tons of great online university degree programs all you need is an Internet connection, time and motivation. Just search for online colleges and you will find tons of resources.
My travel agency is Medical Solutions. If you've been wanting to join the gypsy nurse life and don't know where to start, feel free to message me for referrals. 🙂 If you have questions about Travel Nursing in general, you are welcome to join our Travel Nurse Group on Facebook! Have a good day everyone!
Psalm 32:7-8 For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory. The Lord says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you."


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