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Book Review: The Wreck Redeemed
Written by Pauline Dixon,
The Wreck Redeemed: Stories of Suffering and Hope
Richard Elms , Richard Elms, 2017
Richard Elms is a Mental Health Social Worker who has worked in a variety of settings as a therapist, trainer and consultant. He is deeply embedded in the Australian context, working in New South Wales. He also provides supervision to others who work in the field and draws on a rich and varied range of clinical examples to answer the questions relating to suffering and hope in the modern context.
Elms presents a picture of the work of narrative therapy and gives insights into the use of this approach in working with those who are broken as the result of abuse. He cites the work of the father of narrative therapy, Michael White and gives a detailed explanation of how the use of 'storying' can bring hope to victims of abuse and to those who have experienced a troubled pathway in life. Elms identifies as a Christian with his motivation and understanding of his work deeply influenced by his faith and God's word, the Bible. In a series of case studies and explanatory chapters, he links the work of narrative therapy and the practice of telling our stories to the Bible. The story of the Bible is linked to many of the stories in the book and he makes useful references to God's story and his work of redemption in his Son. The case studies are not for the faint hearted as they depict many of the situations that present in a clinical setting and are sad and heartbreaking. They are many of the struggles that ordinary Australians live with and have experienced. There are also clear links to a Christian response to such suffering.
In Elm's use of narrative therapy he gives the reader an introduction to the stages of work with individuals, couples and families. As people tell their story he examines the story with them, sharing his reflections, seeking to understand, repositioning the story and the person's view of their part in the story, developing a new story and in the process building hope. He seeks to work with those who have experienced trauma to develop a fuller picture of their story that incorporates their experiences of suffering but is not limited to them. He uses concepts such as creating a map for life, the social and cultural context of stories, deconstruction of the story, creating alternative stories, multiple listening and the place of community in providing support to those who have suffered. Each of these concepts is introduced and explained with reference to a case study and the detail of an individual's struggle to overcome the suffering they have experienced. God's story in the Bible is threaded through The Wreck Redeemed. Elms provides helpful explanations and linkages from the stories in the Bible, the work of the apostle Paul and the Holy Spirit, and ultimately the work of Jesus Christ.
Many of the case studies outline the struggles that those who have been abused and suffered trauma have had in their understanding of God. Elms provides a number of excellent accounts of conversations with those he is working with as they have struggled to understand their experience in the context of a loving God. The first case study with an indigenous child sets out his preparedness to work through all her questions and seeks to help her understand her cultural context and her current circumstances. He demonstrates how to be responsive to her particular situation and is not afraid to enter into the realm of what are often difficult questions relating to spirituality and how abuse can affect our understanding of God. Elms works at her pace seeking to find links that are relevant to her life experience to help her build a story of hope. In this case study and many others in the book, a child or young person presents with very difficult behaviour. Elms' use of narrative therapy provides an understanding of how our emotions, behaviours and overall mental health are affected by our history and need to be understood in this context. Many of the situations presented will be experienced in the life of a parish. Elms shows the need for expertise in managing these situations on a clinical level, however also provides excellent insights and models a way of approaching each individual that is helpful for anyone involved in parish life or any other kind of ministry. Many will find this book helpful.
The Wreck Redeemed is packed with insights from a career spent responding to those who have suffered. It gives some very specific instruction as to how people function and how those who have suffered can find a pathway through to hope. It is also very clear about the kind of work that those who have harmed others need to do in order to repair their relationships. He offers insights into what is happening in a person and in a society that results in the vulnerable suffering. He also provides a biblical understanding as to the origins of such behaviour and the distortions that have led to oppression and suffering. At a time when the church has a reputation to rebuild, many of Elms' insights provide a pathway to restoration of relationship and hope. I would have found this book very helpful when starting out on my career as a Social Worker and would recommend it as a helpful addition to any reading list.
Pauline Dixon, WA.
Book Review: God and the Transgender Debate:
Written by Ben Smart
God and the Transgender Debate: What does the Bible actually say about gender identity?
Andrew T. Walker, The Good Book Company, 2017
As Christians think about how we respond to transgender issues, many have fallen into two opposite errors. On one extreme, many have forsaken the truth of the Bible and let go of God's good design of humanity as male and female, affirming things that we ought not to affirm. On the other extreme, many Christians have forsaken the grace we find in the Bible, and have affirmed biblical truths but done so in a way that is unloving and out of line with the gospel of grace. Both of these extremes are dangerous because real love requires both truth and grace. It requires that we speak truth, even when that truth may be hard to hear. But it also requires that we speak it with grace and compassion, with kindness and genuine love for others. So when it comes to conversations around transgender issues, how can we engage with both truth and grace? One really helpful place to start is God and the Transgender Debate by Andrew T. Walker. In this book, Walker shows us that it is possible to steer clear of both extremes, helping us to hold firmly to the truth of the Bible and what it has to say about gender, but doing so in a way that exudes compassion, love, and an understanding of how difficult struggles with gender dysphoria can be.
Compassion Without Compromise
One of the most striking and praiseworthy features of this book is that it is saturated with grace. Sharing about how writing this book was a transformational and eye-opening experience for him personally, Walker reflects,
'I think Jesus's compassion and gentleness are especially needed when addressing a topic like this, because the testimonies of people who experience these conflicts demonstrate real distress… While I'm not afraid to share a strong opinion, if it can't be mediated through a tone of compassion, mercy, and gentleness, it may not be an opinion worth sharing.'
This perfectly sums up the approach of this book. The opening page (and whole opening chapter) sets the tone for the whole book by pointing us to Jesus, who was known for spending time with 'sinners' and invites us to come to him and find rest (Matthew 11:28-30). When it comes to conversations around transgender issues, he asks, 'What would Jesus do? He would listen to us, and he would love us, and when he disagreed with us, it would always and only be out of compassion.' (p. 15)
This book demonstrates that it's possible to have compassion without compromise. And it demonstrates that loving others doesn't mean letting go of the truth of the Bible, even when those truths can sometimes be hard to hear.
Walker spends a good chunk of the book looking at what the Bible has to say, helping to place transgender issues within the bigger picture of God's redemptive story. He not only looks at individual verses that speak to issues of gender, but also helps us see the importance of the broad sweep of creation, fall, redemption, and new creation. Creation shows us that God's design of humanity as male and female is deeply good. The Fall reminds us that our experience of this good design is marred and imperfect – though God's blueprint remains. Redemption shows us that Jesus has saved us and paved the way for the world to be made right again – though in the meantime we continue to struggle as we take up our cross and follow our Saviour. The New Creation shows us that we can have hope, because one day we will be freed from the effects of the fall and everything will be made right.
Walker argues that experiencing gender dysphoria is not something people choose, but rather a result of the fallen world we live in. At the same time, he points out that we do sin if we act on those feelings in such a way that rejects God's good design of gender. These are truths that are no doubt very difficult for many people to hear. But time and time again Walker points us back to the hope that we find in Jesus, even amidst the struggles and pain that this life may bring.
Another reason to commend God and the Transgender Debate is that it is intensely practical. It has a chapter devoted to 'Tough Questions': How should we think about pronouns? What about people who are intersex? Is taking hormones to manage dysphoria ever appropriate? Can someone be transgender and Christian? Walker provides helpful answers to all these questions (and others) with love and wisdom. He's also got a whole chapter on 'Speaking to Children', helping us think through in very practical ways how we have conversations with the next generation about transgender issues. Rather than keeping the discussion in the realm of theory, Walker does a great job at bringing things down to earth. He has lots to say in challenging the church about how we respond to transgender issues, and what we can do to engage more lovingly. He has a whole chapter on what it might look like for someone who struggles with gender dysphoria to follow Jesus. So if you're looking for a practical guide on responding to transgender issues as a Christian, you can't do better than this book.
As Christians, we need to work hard at engaging with the transgender conversation in a way that is saturated with truth and grace. And if you want to be equipped to do that better, God and the Transgender Debate is a great place to start.
Ben Smart, WA
Book Review: 12 Rules for Life:
Written by Ben Underwood
Jordan B. Peterson, Allen Lane, 2018
I don't know about you, but suddenly I can't move without bumping into Jordan Peterson, the Canadian professor of psychology who has become a public intellectual almost overnight it seems. He is a polarising figure, who has been involved in controversies over the use of newly-coined transgender pronouns, and whose online interviews and lectures are viewed and listened to by millions. He is outspoken in his intense dislike of the ideological left, and the feeling is mutual. He was recently in Australia, and his conversation with former deputy prime minister John Anderson is at the top of Peterson's youtube news feed as I write this review. The conservative side of society feel Peterson has cut through in articulating many objections they have to the ways we are being encouraged to think and feel about ourselves, our history and others in a post-modern, politically correct world.
Beyond his controversial profile, Peterson seems strongly motivated to help people live more satisfying, successful lives, and as a psychologist and intellectual he has ideas about how to do that. He is influenced by Jung, Nietzche, Dostoyevsky, the Bible and the Tao. He believes in the wisdom of the past, expressed in stories, myths and cultural practices passed down over millennia. His first book was an academic work on the psychology of religious belief. His second book, 12 Rules for Life, is the top selling book on the Amazon nonfiction charts in the week I write this review and aims to convey what Peterson believes will help people live well. The place to live well, according to Peterson, is on the straight and narrow path between order and chaos. For Peterson it is primary to say that chaos is a threat to life, and hence we need order, routine, tradition, discipline (and so the book's title and subtitle). But something else also needs to be said, that 'order can become excessive, and that's not good' (p. xxxiv). Chaos is also needed for exploration, creativity and transformation. The individual lives well by living on the boundary of order and chaos, in the zone of their fruitful intersection.
12 Rules for Life is a self-help book with a polemical edge, a critique of a certain current sensibility, rooting for taking responsibility for yourself, burying envy as a motivation, aiming at the good without seeking to be avenged upon the world for its unfairness, and sitting at the feet of tradition expecting to be schooled well, amongst other things. Peterson is unusual in his great respect for and extensive use of Biblical episodes and texts like Genesis 1-4, or the Sermon on the Mount. The twelve rules are cast in the form of wise advice, sometimes quirkily expressed. Rule 5 is 'Do not let your children do anything that makes you dislike them' and rule 12 is 'Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street'. Each rule gets a chapter, and the chapters wend their way towards the rules (which are the closing words of each chapter), covering a rich variety of topics and life issues. Chapter one is about hierarchy and dominance, the second about the necessity of sympathetically and realistically taking responsibility for yourself, the third about the company you keep, the fourth about what to pursue and why, the fifth about parenting, the sixth about responding to the outrages of the world, the seventh about sacrifice, evil and meaning in life, etc. Chapter 10, 'Be precise in your speech' has a lot about marriage in it. Peterson is bold, bracing and strident as well as sympathetic, careful and hopeful. He advocates living for meaning rather than happiness, and thus regards suffering as not merely unavoidable, but potentially the place of productive and meaningful growth and action. He is for the pursuit of the transcendent good, and against the reduction of human life to a contest of self-interested power. He is for the real distinction of masculine and feminine, and against artificial measures aimed at equality of outcome for all without distinction. He has a hard face, a sometimes aggressive twitter feed and huge doses of charisma. He has gotten lots of people talking. What shall we make of him and his ideas?
It seems to me that Jordan Peterson is for law. He is about recognising the non-negotiable realities of human existence. Instead of destroying yourself and your culture by resentfully and misguidedly going to war with the way things are, Peterson recommends living creatively and meaningfully according to the rules that lead to success in the midst of inevitable suffering. Jordan Peterson is not preaching gospel. His exposition of Biblical texts contains none of the notes of grace that a Christian might point out. This is not to say that Peterson has no mercy or compassion in him, it is more to say that for Peterson, Being (the way things are) is practically synonymous with God. The figure of God stands in at points for all the things (encompassing both chaos and order) that we must accept with awe and humility, and be reconciled to as what stands sovereign over us and cannot be changed.
But since Christians make a momentous distinction between God and the World, the Law of Being is not the final reality in our lives. There is the possibility of divine help coming to us that is utterly different to self-help, or to any other help offered by another. Help offered by another who is not God will take the form of instruction, guidance, counsel, listening and conversation to accompany what is ultimately self-help, a process started, carried out and concluded through an individual's courage, resolution, reflection and action. Such help is not to be sneezed at, but God in his grace may help us in a fundamentally different way. His help can come to us as new birth, as regeneration, as life from the dead, as justification by faith, as conversion. I have not found in Peterson this gospel note. As far as I can see, for Peterson, Jesus is a teacher and an ideal, archetypal human being, but he is not the Risen Saviour who pours his Spirit upon his disciples and in whose name forgiveness of sins is proclaimed.
Still, Jordan Peterson has cut through. He has a great chord in our culture. To some it is beautiful, half-forgotten music. To others it is an ominous, dark and unwelcome sound. Christians may find what he has to say illuminating, and we may enjoy the respect he accords the Bible as a popular intellectual with a rather different angle on religion and Christianity than Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens and their ilk. Peterson may catalyse a softening of militant atheism and a revaluation of the Bible in our public discourse, and that would be a welcome development. Beyond that hope, we may also pray that some Christian, some preacher of the Gospel, might cut through and strike a mighty chord in our society in the way that Peterson has, and that the Spirit would blow our way and bring new birth, even to those who are old. For law is not our salvation.
Book Review: Liturgy of the Ordinary
Written by Stephen Hale
Liturgy of the Ordinary:
Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
Tish Harrison Warren, IVP, 2016
Liturgy of the Ordinary could become a contemporary classic. It was the Christianity Today Book of the Year in 2018. As a staff team we look over this annual listing and pick one book each as a summer read. This was my pick and it was surprising, refreshing and renewing. I'd go so far as to say it was the best book I've read in years. The concept of the book is unique and the writing is beautiful, honest and theologically rich. Being on holidays I read a chapter a day and it was a rich experience. None of that getting the book out with good intentions and finding oneself asleep an hour later!
Tish Harrison Warren is an Anglican priest (in the ACNA), a writer, a wife and the mother of two girls. When she wakes up each morning she faces a formidable to-do list. How does one find time to pursue holiness amid the rush of responsibilities?
The answer comes in this, her first book. Chapter by chapter, she explains how the most routine tasks, if done with an eye on the eternal, become extraordinary. 'We are shaped every day, whether we know it or not, by practices—rituals and liturgies that make us who we are', she writes. And that makes the 'small bits of our day . . . profoundly meaningful because they are the site of our worship. The crucible of our formation is in the anonymous monotony of our daily routines.'
The opening chapter begins with getting out of bed and then proceeds to look at the seemingly ordinary things that make up our lives. The chapter headings could make it all seem very mundane, covering topics like 'Losing keys' or 'Fighting with my husband'. But this is what makes it so refreshing. Each day we see that everything in life is touched with holiness. Warren's writing is very personal, honest and fresh, and each chapter takes you to surprising places. Some might be tempted to think this is a woman's book. Presumably many women will find this especially refreshing, seeing she is a young mum. However it shouldn't be boxed. It helped me to see my daily chores with fresh eyes and lifted my mind and spirit into new places in order to reflect on the extraordinary in the ordinary. I can't recommend this book more highly.
Stephen Hale, Vic
Book Review: God's Country
Written by Mark Short
God's Country: Faith, Hope, and the Future of the Rural Church
Brad Roth. Herald Press 2017
Sometimes myths get in the way of mission. In the opening chapter of God's Country, US Mennonite pastor Brad Roth asserts that 'all too often, rural people and places become objects of our cultural mythmaking, the focus of our fear or pity, meant to be saved or gawked at.' That tallies with my observation of the Australia scene. Stereotypes such as the bush as hapless victim of natural disasters and economic change or the bush as the bastion of cultural backwardness and prejudice are neither accurate nor a helpful basis for faithful and fruitful Christian ministry. That is why theologically informed and pastorally realistic accounts like Roth's are vital. Notwithstanding the cultural translations that need to be made at times, the book makes stimulating reading for anyone concerned to reach the millions of Australians who live outside major population centres.
Roth's book contains a brief but important discussion of what constitutes the essence of rurality. He concludes that what makes a location 'rural' is neither the presence nor importance of agriculture but the way people experience the world:
'The defining difference may be that rural communities are marked by knowing and being known. We know our neighbours and they know us.' (p27).
For the Australian scene at least this conclusion would need to be qualified. There are communities in the bush, particular those with a mining or lifestyle component, which have quite high levels of transience. Even in more stable farming communities there is often a disconnect between long-term residents and those who've moved to town more recently because of relatively cheap housing. Roth's catalogue of the structural challenges facing rural communities—the industrialisation of agriculture, declining and aging populations, the removal of government and other services—is consistent with the Australian experience, particularly outside major regional centres. More searching is his examination of the challenge of acedia (literally 'without care'), which he describes as 'a boredom that anchors its gangly roots in the belief that God is not present or at work in the places or life situations where we find ourselves.' (p41) His antidote is a commitment to praise God wherever we are, recognise and name the signs of God at work and abide in situations of challenge rather than give in to the temptation to flight. Roth then explores the practicalities of ministry in a rural setting. He explores the process of discerning a community's structure, working with rather than against its yearly rhythms and nurturing intentional evangelism that grows out of a commitment to sit with people and listen carefully to their stories. A particularly interesting suggestion is that rural churches express an intentional vocation to a ministry of focussed prayer, precisely because the challenges they face should encourage a deep dependence on God. Roth's book offers a vision for rural ministry that is both wholistic and hopeful. There are certainly points at which I felt his case needed to be strengthened or supplemented. For example, there seems to be a tension in his theology of place. Sometimes he seems to suggest that rural locations have a unique relation to God; at other points their significance lies more in what they share with every other part of God's creation. This tension is resolved to some extent in the final chapter when he develops the rudiments of a biblical theology of the rural church as a community located both in present realities but also in relation to God's promise of a new heavens and new earth. It would have been good to have this perspective worked back through some earlier material. I also had some questions about the implied reader of the book. In most sections this appears to be an ordained pastor who has come to a rural community from elsewhere. Perhaps this is not surprising given the actual readership of ministry books! But given the importance of local, long-term leadership in many rural settings I thought it would be valuable to address them more directly. It's one thing to think through what it means to abide in a rural community when you have the choice of accepting a call to a city church, another when re-location is not even an option because of the ties of family and work.
Notwithstanding the above quibbles this book inspired me to pray and dream about God's work in our rural and regional places. It's also challenged me with the need for similar resources that engage more directly with the Australian context—a challenge that I hope BCA and others will answer in the years to come.
Mark Short, Bush Church Aid.
Book Review: All Things Made New
Written by Dale Appleby
All Things Made New
Writings on the Reformation
Diarmaid MacCulloch, Penguin, 2017
Alongside his larger works on various aspects of the Reformation, MacCulloch has also written smaller pieces, book reviews, and occasional lectures. Some of these are gathered together in this volume. He has a few themes which run through the collection. His common sub-theme of sexuality is a very minor part of this book. One of the bigger ones is his crusade against the rewriting of Reformation history by the Oxford Movement
The first part concerns the Reformation in Europe. He has excellent chapters on Calvin, the Virgin Mary, Angels, the Spanish Inquisition and a very thoughtful book review of John O'Malley's Trent: What happened at the Council. He regards this as the best history of the Council yet written.
The English Reformation is the second part and includes chapters on Tudor image making, Henry VIII, Tolerant Cranmer, the Prayer Book, the two Tudor Queens, and the King James Bible. A lot of helpful and new insights in all of this.
The third part is a look back at the English Reformation. It includes a number of chapters critical of modern studies on the Reformation. He critiques what he calls the "hegemonic narrative" of the twentieth century. The hegemony was Anglican – but specifically High Church Anglican. There had once been another narrative, the Evangelical Anglican Narrative but this had been lost in the Victorian era. So the "adherents of the Oxford Movement, or the wider world of Anglo-Catholicism, were dominant in the practise of religious history at university level ..." (240). This first chapter provides an excellent overview of the progress of historiography in the last century. McCulloch gives an example of the mythology of some history by recounting research into the removal of rood screens in certain parts of England. 30 – 40% disappeared in Norfolk churches in the nineteenth century, and 40-50% in Dorset, the work of High Churchmen who wanted the congregation to be able to see the consecration on the High Altar.
He has a similar critique of Thomas Cranmer's biographers. Perhaps the best chapter is the 42 page essay on Richard Hooker, and the various people who hijacked him for their own purposes, not least John Keble. This chapter I think is worth buying the book for.
MacCulloch's penultimate chapter concerns two reformation myths. He calls it a cautionary tale. One concerns the sermon Cranmer preached at Edward VI's coronation where he referred to the King as like King Josiah. The other is the story of Queen Elizabeth berating the dean of St Paul's for giving her a copy of the Book of Common Prayer adorned with devotional pictures. MacCulloch, says neither of these things happened although they have become part of the legend of the Reformation.
His last chapter is a potted summary of the history of Anglicanism underlining that it is really a Reformation church, but that in the face of too much dogmatism, it should be recognised as a "trial-and-error form of Christianity". And we should keep on debating in public and allow ourselves to change.
One doesn't need to agree with everything MacCulloch says to benefit from his many helpful insights and research. One of the great benefits of his writing is that he has challenged the narrative that the Reformation in England didn't really happen. And has provided lots of new evidence not just that it did, but what actually went on between 1533 and now.
This is a fascinating book and worth reading. It also contains eight pages of colour plates with important images to go with the text.
Dale Appleby, WA


Ever since the ill-fated relationship between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie began in 2004, our society has been in the downward trend of mashing two words together and calling it a day. Case-in-point: "resimercial", which is the trend of residential aesthetics in the commercial marketplace.
This insistence in mashing two words together to coin a phrase was started by the media in a lazy attempt to explain a more complex idea, but in my opinion, those of us in design media should nix this terrible trend. Resimercial is the best place to start.
The first and most significant reason to retire resimercial is the negative response that it gets. Most people don't know what it means, which automatically negates the entire reasoning behind combining two words. One should be able to understand that the speaker is describing the relationship between the two things which make up the word. Of those who do know what resimercial means—or who have had the word defined for them for the first time—a majority of the response is sour.
The last thing anyone working in the commercial design industry wants is for someone to automatically react in revulsion to a word describing their product or design.
Never heard of Resimercial? We've got you covered.
Second, in many ways the word resimercial cheapens designs. This isn't to say that residential design is in any way secondary to commercial design, but for some it brings to mind less hearty products at best and companies such as IKEA at worst. It makes sense since residential products are not created with the same type of end user in mind. They need to accommodate at most a dozen or two people on special occasions such as holidays rather than the dozen a day or more that high-traffic commercial interiors deal with regularly. However, while the word resimercial may make commercial goods seem less hearty, the truth is that products from every sector are becoming closer in terms of what type of wear-and-tear they're able to handle. Residential has benefitted from the blurred lines of commercial and home by providing more durable products at a lower price point far more than contract furniture has benefitted from taking on the aesthetic of residential.
Third, it ignores the historic ways in which commercial and residential design have always been intertwined. The idea of products specifically for the contract market is still relatively new. To be precise, one could pinpoint the invention of the cubicle in 1964 by Robert Propst for Herman Miller as the dawn of office design. Even the hospitality market only began to flourish as the middle class did in the post-war period, hitting its peak within the last few decades. Not to mention, the impact of the previously-sterile and uncomfortable interiors of institutions such as hospitals, schools, and government buildings is something those in the industry are just beginning to research.
Many products have always had one foot in residential and one in commercial.
All this being said, it's understandable that one would want to easily explain the more laid-back aesthetic that is finding its way into the commercial market, particularly as we transition from the more rigid impression of offices—meaning board rooms and desks—towards the reality that space is fluid according to the needs of the individual.
Teknion, for example, calls its resimercial products "soft contract". It's a solution that, in my opinion, works better than resimercial because it is the antithesis of the rigid office space. However, I don't think it's quite right, Aas it sounds as if all soft contract products need to be cushioned and upholstered.
Instead, I would say a more appropriate term for describing the ways in which the more laid-back aesthetic of residential is penetrating into the commercial market is "ambidextrous design". The term highlights the ways in which design from all markets are overlapping. Healthcare is taking from hospitality, retail is taking from restaurant design, and commercial and residential are swapping design ideas left and right.
The word ambidextrous gives the product described more strength in that it doesn't diminish any characteristic of the design. Being ambidextrous is seen as a strength and describes the ability to use both sides of the brain; the combination of feeling and creativity with logic and precision.
This perfectly defines the way in which design is headed. It understands that beauty and comfort can be matched to the scientific perfection technology allows and can be blended into the characteristics that a space requires, whether it be a strong and sparse conference room or a comforting hospital lobby.


How is your new friend that dog? You must be so happy to play with that! I like the photo you make of the man that draw the chawk on the rode. Why is that man so strange? The police will want to catch that man becase he is so bad.
Everyone like to see that. You should also get the baby with the woman. Then. you can feel more happy.
I am backed to my job now after the 7 day holiday so must work very hard now for my boss.
My life is the same… tell you one thing …my boss is angry with a man from USA that is at our company to buy the shoe but he do not pay the money. But he want me to talk to that man becase he is scared of all the USA man becase he think all the USA people like to punch the face and are so violet so he want me to talk to that man. So tomorrow I will do that becase I think all the USA people are nice so I am not think that man is scaresome.
I do not have the photo of Suzhou now for you becase my camera is not working but you should wait and I will use the film camera to show you that!


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Адольф Карлинг (1882—1966, Хельсинки, Финляндия) — католический священник, настоятель католического прихода в городе Териоки (сегодня — Зеленогорск).

Биография
Сын кузнеца из Хельсинки, окончил Императорский Александровский университет по отделению славянских и финно-угорских языков. Знал восемнадцать языков, но служить (рукоположен в 1911) предпочитал на финском, хотя не все из прихожан его понимали. Когда началась война, был призван в русскую армию и служил там капелланом. После войны приход покупает бывший дом писателя Генриха Сенкевича и устраивает там новый приход (на фото).

Преподавал латынь в терийокском лицее, английский язык в финской народной школе, закон божий в католическом интернате Мерентяхти. Печатался в журнале Sanoma, где он комментировал евангельские тексты и другие вопросы веры. В 1921 году получил высшие духовные звания монсеньера и прелата, а в августе 1923 г. Териоки посетил кардинал Ван Россум. Священник попросил его выделить деньги на устройство новой часовни, поскольку старая не вмещала всех желающих.

Римский папа Пий XI выделил деньги на приобретение бывшего особняка Нечаева на улице Виертотие (совр. ул. Ленина). Старый дом был продан. Католический приход Териоки просуществовал до Зимней войны. В 1939 году в нём насчитывалось 80 человек. После войны Адольф Карлинг жил в Хельсинки, где и умер в 1966 году.

Примечания

Литература
 Heinz Finger,Reimund Haas,Hermann-Josef Scheidgen (hg.). Ortskirche und Weltkirche in der Geschichte. Kölnische Kirchengeschichte zwischen Mittelalter und Zweitem Vatikanum. Köln: Böhlau Verlag, 2011. ISBN 978-3-412-20801-1

Ссылки
 Католический приход Териоки
 Древний Выборг
 Зеленогорск (Терийоки). Храм Святейшего Сердца Иисуса
 Adolf Carling (1882—1966), katolinen pappi, monsignore
 Pappi, profeetta ja puoltaja: Adolf Carling
 Презентация книги об Адольфе Карлинге на польском языке

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Q: paths are not defined in helper specs I've just upgraded my Rails version from 4.2.6 to 5.0.0.rc1 and using RSpec version 3.5.0.beta4.
Problem is; I have a method which calls root_path in my helper and paths are not defined in helper specs. Issue started after version upgrade.
I'm getting the following error when I run my helper spec;
NoMethodError:
       undefined method `root_path' for #<#<Class:0x00000002749080>:0x00000011f3e650>

I've tried to add following line to my helper;
include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers

But now error is the following;
NameError:
       undefined local variable or method `default_url_options' for #<#<Class:0x00000001efa550>:0x0000001784ccd8>

How can I define path helpers for helper specs or default_url_options?

A: This seems like it may be a bug with RSpec, one thing you can do in your helper specs is add the necessary methods yourself.
describe MyHelper do
  context "doing something" do
  helper do
    include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers

    def default_url_options
      {}
    end
  end

  it "should work" do
    expect(helper.run_it).to be_truthy
  end
end

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Anandi comes to Jagya. She asks him, what do you think Ganga's doubt is true? If it is, then it's not good because that Ratan singh is very dangerous. Once he decides to take
revenge… he can do anything which we have seen already. You will have to be careful. Jagya says, how careful one can stay? I can't stop going to the hospital.. or can't stay inside house scaring from Ratan Singh. And we have Ganga's responsibility as well. Anandi says, i can understand and she appreciates Jagya for helping Ganga like this. I can't imagine in which condition Ganga and her child would have been if you and this family didn't help her. Jagya says, that's what I was trying to explain to Sanchi when she blamed Ganga for all this. He asks her, what she was trying to say? That we remove Ganga and her child out of this house? Anandi says, Sanchi is immature.. Jagya says, I know.. I figured that when I met her first. She is only daughter from a rich house so she is spoiled a bit. She's stubborn as well and arrogant to some extent. But I am surprised to see her coming here after my accident. I know she wants to return favor to me when I did no favor to her. I don't like her saying anything to Ganga. She's very difficult to understand. Anandi says in her mind, Jagya still didn't find out that Sanchi started liking him. I will have to leave with Sanchi as soon as possible. Jagya asks her, what are you thinking about? Anandi says, about what you just said that she wants to return favor to you. She explains him, Sanchi is immature and sometime she makes mistake.. just like how we did when we were of her age. Jagya says, not you.. but I have and got punishment as well. Anyways, Sanchi will get mature with age and experience. Anandi says in her mind, faster she gets matured, better it will be for both families.
Inspector comes to Shiv's house and informs the family that hearing will take in a month time and gives him some papers to take Sanchi's signature. Shiv says, but she is not here.. when she comes.. we will take signature and send you back the file. Inspector leaves.
Daddu asks Alok to bring Sanchi back with them as they are going Jaitsar. Alok doesn't feel good due to hearings, police case. He says, Sanchi will have to give statement and they ask such nasty questions. Sanchi will have to go through all that pain again. Shiv's mother agrees with Alok. Daddu and Shiv say, but someone will have to take a stand.. and there is no Sanchi's fault and we shouldn't be ashamed of saying truth. Shiv's parents say, but what about embarrassment that Sanchi will have to take? Daddu says, because of this mentality of our society, men keep doing stuff like this. Shiv agrees with Daddu and says, Sanchi is victim, not a culprit. Daddu says, those guys did a crime and they should be punished.
Anandi comes to know the update on college.. whether it started building or no, but the guy says that they are trying their best, but they just don't have enough fund. anandi says, I will see what can be done.
Sanchi comes to Sumitra with the coffee. Sumitra says, I drink that occasionally only. Sanchi gets disappointed. Sumitra says, I didn't say that I never drink.. you made it with so much love.. how can I refuse? She drinks it. Sanchi says, I don't make tea that good.. so I just make coffee. Sumitra says, then you should have told Ganga.. she makes good tea.
Sanchi says, after yesterday I just don't feel like talking to Ganga. Don't you think you made mistake by keeping Ganga in this house? You guys are so good and everyone respects this family a lot. You guys don't have to do anything with Ratan Singh either. If Ganga wasn't saying in this house, then that Ratan Singh wouldn't dare to do anything. For no reason You all, especially Jagdish, became enemies with Ratan Singh. We are very lucky that God saved Jagdish.. otherwise who knows what would happen with Jagdish after how they beat him. She continues, this Ratan Singh isn't going to stay quiet.. he can do anything. Taiji is pregnant and everyone is so happy.. but what if that Ratan Singh takes out his anger on her? There is no point of taking risk. Ganga and Ratan Singh are husband and wife.. if they can't get along… why should your family be punished? Poor Jagdish is training Ganga to be a nurse and he loves her kid so much.. and that Ratan Singh is behind Jagdish. What kind of people are in this world. Sanchi gets a call so she goes outside. Screen freezes on Sumitra's horrified face.
Precap: Ganga comes to the kitchen to help Sumitra, but Sumitra refuses saying she will do it.
Anandi tells Shiv that there is more than friendship between Jagdish and Sanchi.
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package com.sun.tools.apt.mirror.declaration;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import com.sun.mirror.declaration.*;
import com.sun.mirror.type.ReferenceType;
import com.sun.tools.apt.mirror.AptEnv;
import com.sun.tools.javac.code.*;
import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.*;

/**
 * Implementation of ExecutableDeclaration
 */
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
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    public MethodSymbol sym;

    protected ExecutableDeclarationImpl(AptEnv env, MethodSymbol sym) {
        super(env, sym);
        this.sym = sym;
    }

    /**
     * Returns type parameters (if any), method name, and signature
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        return sym.toString();
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        for (Type t : sym.type.getThrownTypes()) {
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package main // import "github.com/acazau/docker_vulcand_sidekick"

import (
	"flag"
	"github.com/acazau/docker_vulcand_sidekick/domain"
	"github.com/acazau/docker_vulcand_sidekick/infrastructure"
	"github.com/acazau/docker_vulcand_sidekick/usecases"
)

var (
	dockerAPIClient  = new(domain.DockerAPIClientManager)
	vulcandAPIClient = new(domain.VulcandAPIClientManager)
	workflow01Client = new(usecases.UseCaseManager)
	config           = &domain.Config{}
)

func init() {
	dockerAPIRepo := &infrastructure.DockerAPIClient_HTTP_Repository{}
	vulcandAPIRepo := &infrastructure.VulcandAPIClient_HTTP_Repository{}
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	workflow01Repo := &usecases.Vulcand_Register_Backend_Server_Repository{}
	workflow01Client.InjectedUseCaseManager = workflow01Repo
	config.InstallFlags()
}

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XII/2.Review of progress in providing support in implementing the objectives of the Convention and the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, and enhancement of capacity-building, technical and scientific cooperation and other initiatives to assist implementation
A.Progress in revising/updating and implementing national biodiversity strategies and action plans and submission of fifth national reports
The Conference of the Parties
1.Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Japan and other donors for their most generous contribution to support developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, small island developing States and countries with economies in transition, in developing the capacity to review and, as appropriate, update and revise their national biodiversity strategies and action plans, and to prepare their fifth national reports;
2.Expresses its gratitude to international organizations and convention secretariats, especially the Global Environment Facility and its implementing agencies, for their efforts in facilitating developing countries, in particular, the least developed countries, small island developing States and countries with economies in transition, to review and, as appropriate, update and revise their national biodiversity strategies and action plans, and to prepare their fifth national reports;
3.Recalls decisions X/2, X/10 and XI/2 and XI/3, and commends those Parties and other Governments that have reviewed and, as appropriate, updated and revised their national biodiversity strategies and action plans in line with the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, adopted relevant indicators, and submitted their fifth national reports;
4.Urges those Parties that have not yet done so, to review and, as appropriate, update and revise their national biodiversity strategies and action plans in line with the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, to adopt indicators at the national level as soon as possible and, in any event, no later than October 2015, and to submit their fifth national reports;
5.Calls upon all Parties to continue and to accelerate the implementation of their national biodiversity strategies and action plans in order to contribute towards the mission, goals and targets of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.
B.Enhancing support in implementing the objectives of the Convention and its Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
The Conference of the Parties,
Recognizing the importance of a coherent and mutually supportive approach regarding capacity-building, exchange of information, technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer under the Convention and its Protocols,
Welcoming the funding provided by the Government of Japan, and the Governments of Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay as well as the European Union and the Global Environment Facility,
1.Provision of support for revising, updating and implementing national biodiversity strategies and action plans and capacity-building
Recognizing the good progress made in the provision of support for revising and updating national biodiversity strategies and action plans,
Also recognizing that capacity and financial gaps remain at the national level, especially in developing countries,
Welcoming the efforts of the Executive Secretary to further facilitate and promote, in cooperation with the secretariats of other biodiversity-related conventions and the implementing agencies of the Global Environment Facility, capacity-building support to Parties for the effective implementation of the Convention and its Protocols,
Mindful of the need for continued capacity-building support to Parties, especially the developing countries among them, in order to further enhance the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets,
Recognizing the need for continued capacity-building support to indigenous and local communities,
1.Invites Parties, other Governments, indigenous and local communities, relevant organizations and the business sector, as appropriate, to share information on their capacity-building initiatives, including emerging best practices and lessons learned, and opportunities, as provided for in section 2, paragraph 11 (a) below;
2.Encourages developing country Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them, and Parties with economies in transition, as well as indigenous and local communities, to make available information regarding their capacity-building needs and priorities identified through, inter alia, national, subnational and local capacity self-assessments, and to incorporate them in their national biodiversity strategies and action plans with respect to the implementation of the Convention as provided for in section 2, paragraph 10 below;
3.Encourages Parties, particularly developing country Parties, to ensure inclusion and enhancement of effective monitoring mechanisms in the current and future versions of their national biodiversity strategy and action plans with emphasis on identifying capacity-building needs and priorities as called for in paragraph 2 of this decision;
4.Encourages partners to support activities initiated at the national level to implement the national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
5.Invites Parties to establish and maintain programmes for scientific and technical education and training and societal participation for the identification, survey, monitoring, conservation, restoration, sustainable use of biodiversity and its components, and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources, especially developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them, and Parties with economies in transition;
6.Encourages Parties, in accordance with their capabilities, to provide funding in the context of the above paragraphs;
7.Invites developed country Parties and donors to provide funding to developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them, and Parties with economies in transition, for the implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans as well as for capacity-building based on the information regarding capacity-building needs and priorities made available by the Parties;
8.Requests the Executive Secretary, subject to availability of resources:
(a)Recalling paragraph 10 of decision XI/2, and in collaboration and cooperation with relevant organizations and processes, to continue promoting and facilitating activities to strengthen the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, and to further progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets at the regional, subregional, national, subnational and local levels;
(b)To support and facilitate capacity-building initiatives relevant to targets where implementation has been weak, especially in developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, and countries with economies in transition;
(c)To support and facilitate capacity-building initiatives for the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and national biodiversity strategies and action plans, especially for developing country Parties, and in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them, and Parties with economies in transition;
(d)To undertake (i) an evaluation of the effectiveness of capacity-building activities that the Secretariat has supported and facilitated, including recommendations on how to further integrate the needs expressed by Parties using participatory approaches, (ii) a review of related partnership arrangements and opportunities for delivery; and (iii) an analysis of the gaps in capacity-building activities supporting the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, and, building on these elements, develop a short-term action plan to enhance and support capacity-building, especially for developing countries, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, and countries with economies in transition, and to convene an expert group to examine the proposed short-term action plan prior to its submission to the Subsidiary Body on Implementation at its first meeting, for its consideration prior to the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties;
(e)To promote the use of available mechanisms and advanced technologies, including the clearing-house mechanism, to further enhance capacity-building, technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer to support the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets;
(f)To ensure that information on capacity-building and technical and scientific cooperation needs, opportunities and activities is shared effectively across, and accessed through, all platforms under the Convention;
(g)To facilitate matching between needs, opportunities and activities, for capacity-building, inter alia, by organizing special matching side events during relevant regional and international meetings;
(h)To report on progress made and results achieved to the Subsidiary Body on Implementation at its first meeting, for its consideration prior to the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
2.Technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer
9.Requests the Executive Secretary, in collaboration with partners, taking into account and avoiding duplication with other efforts, such as those of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), and subject to the availability of resources, to enhance technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer under the Convention, with a view to supporting the effective implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets, as well as revised and updated national biodiversity strategies and action plans, by, inter alia:
(a)Facilitating the communication of technical and scientific needs and priorities of Parties, utilizing the clearing-house mechanism and other appropriate means;
(b)Further enhancing the availability and accessibility of information with respect to best practices and expertise for technical and scientific cooperation to make it more readily and effectively available through the clearing-house mechanism and other appropriate means, and encouraging and supporting South-South and triangular cooperation for mutual strengthening of the capacities of developing country Parties;
(c)Facilitating the linking of the needs of Parties with support for technical and scientific cooperation by relevant global, regional and national organizations and initiatives;
(d)In the context of paragraph 9 (c) above and building on existing structures, promoting thematic, cross-cutting and regional pilot programmes for technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer;
(e)Reporting on progress to the Subsidiary Body on Implementation at its first meeting, with a view to assisting the evaluation of progress in technical and scientific cooperation, taking into account also the transfer of technology and, information in national reports;
10.Encourages developing country Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them, and Parties with economies in transition, as well as indigenous and local communities, to make available information regarding their technical and scientific needs and priorities, and needs for technology transfer, and to make them available through the clearing-house mechanism;
11.Encourages Parties, other Governments, relevant organizations, stakeholders and other entities, taking into account and avoiding duplication with other efforts, to participate in and contribute to technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer under the Convention, and in particular:
(a)To share, including through the clearing-house mechanism, as appropriate, information on good practices and the provision of expertise for technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer;
(b)To provide technical and scientific support and associated capacity-building, using the information made available pursuant to paragraph 9 (a) above;
(c)To promote collaborative partnerships for technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer on a thematic, cross-cutting and/or regional basis;
12.Invites developed country Parties, and others in a position to do so, to provide financial, technical and human resources to enable the further enhancement of technical and scientific cooperation and technology transfer among Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States among them, and Parties with economies in transition, as well as indigenous and local communities;
13.Welcomes with appreciation the proposed Bio-Bridge Initiative as an important contribution to the Pyeongchang Roadmap on enhancement of technical and scientific cooperation in the context of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Targets.
3.Clearing-house mechanism
Recalling decision IX/30, in which Parties are encouraged to take the necessary steps to establish strong and sustainable national clearing-house mechanisms, and Parties, other Governments, relevant agencies and other donors are invited to provide resources to enable developing country Parties to take those steps, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, and countries with economies in transition,
Also recalling decision X/15, in which Parties are encouraged to continue to take the necessary steps to establish, strengthen and ensure the sustainability of national clearing-house mechanisms,
Further recalling the work programme for the clearing-house mechanism in support of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 5 and its recommended activities,
Taking note of the progress report on the clearing-house mechanism, 6
Noting the low number of Parties having an active national clearing-house mechanism,
Emphasizing the importance of providing effective information services that contribute to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and to the national biodiversity strategies and action plans,
Also emphasizing the importance of the national clearing-house mechanisms for the implementation of the Convention;
14.Invites Parties and other users to submit information through the central clearing-house mechanism and to provide user feedback whenever possible;
15.Strongly encourages Parties to accelerate the establishment and development of their national clearing-house mechanisms where they have not done so, and requests the Executive Secretary to propose, in collaboration with the informal advisory committee to the clearing-house mechanism, a process to grant, at the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth meetings of the Conference of the Parties, subject to the availability of resources, an award to the Parties that have made the most significant progress in the establishment or further development of their national clearing-house mechanisms;
16.Invites Parties and partners to provide support to developing country Parties that are developing their national clearing-house mechanisms;
17.Invites Parties and donors to continue to provide financial support to establish and strengthen their national clearing-house mechanisms, including for content preparation, and for translation to facilitate the sharing of information and knowledge;
18.Requests the Executive Secretary, subject to the availability of resources, to continue developing the information services of the central clearing-house mechanism, taking into account user feedback as well as recommendations from the informal advisory committee to the clearing-house mechanism, including:
(a)The establishment of a fully functional online reporting tool enabling Parties to submit, on a voluntary basis, information on their progress towards national targets and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, directly involving Parties in the development and testing of this tool;
(b)Interoperability with national clearing-house mechanisms, among which is the existing portal toolkit used by many national and regional clearing-house mechanisms, where applicable;
(c)Interoperability with InforMEA to allow relevant information on the Convention on Biological Diversity to be globally searchable on the InforMEA website;
(d)The maintenance of a high-quality website for the Convention in all six United Nations languages, noting the fact that its Chinese language version is not well established;
19.Also requests the Executive Secretary to develop a web strategy to ensure that all information common or relevant to the clearing-house mechanism, the Access and Benefit-sharing Clearing-House and the Biosafety Clearing-House, as well as other platforms developed under the Convention, such as the NBSAP Forum, the website for ecologically and biologically significant marine areas 7 and any future similar developments, can be accessed centrally to avoid duplication of efforts, and to provide this strategy to the Subsidiary Body on Implementation, for its consideration at its first meeting, in preparation for the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
C.Communication, education and public awareness and the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
Recalling decision X/8, which called upon the United Nations General Assembly to declare the period 2011-2020 as the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, and the subsequent United Nations General Assembly resolution 65/161, which established it,
Recalling also decision XI/2, section D, and its calls for action in support of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity by the Executive Secretary and Parties,
Recalling further decision XI/14 B, paragraph 5, and its specific calls for action related to indigenous and local communities,
Recalling decision XI/2, paragraph 21, that encourages Parties to promote the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity in ways appropriate to national circumstances, for example, protection of Mother Earth, to create dialogues and to share experiences,
Recalling recommendation XVII/1, paragraph 3 (a), in which the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice identified the need for better ways to draw on social sciences to motivate choices consistent with the objectives of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and to develop new approaches as key scientific and technical need related to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020,
Taking into account the conclusions of the fourth edition of the Global Biodiversity Outlook with regard to the status of implementation of Aichi Biodiversity Target 1, and the importance of this target as the basis for implementation of many of the other Targets,
Also taking into account the accomplishments and lessons learned from the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization including the work of regional centres of expertise,
1.Invites Parties to promote public awareness of the values of biodiversity, including through the following actions that may be used flexibly according to national circumstances:
(a)To establish and use national indicators, where appropriate, for elements of their national biodiversity and action plans that relate to Aichi Biodiversity Target 1;
(b)To promote surveys at the level of the general public, as well as for key target groups, on the level of public awareness of biodiversity, its multidimensional values and the steps that can be taken to conserve and sustainably use it, and share the results through the clearing house-mechanism;
(c)To work with all relevant stakeholders, through mechanisms such as national committees, to promote the development and utilization of communication strategies for the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity that support the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, and in particular the achievement of Aichi Biodiversity Target 1, and as a contribution to the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity;
(d)To make full use of the International Day for Biological Diversity, celebrated on 22 May of every year, following the themes established by the Executive Secretary to raise awareness of the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, and, where relevant, other events, such as International Mother Earth Day, 8 22 April, which promotes better harmony between people and nature in Mother Earth;
(e)To work with subnational authorities and their networks of partners to implement national biodiversity strategies and action plans, including actions taken to achieve Target 1, and to communicate progress towards the goals and targets of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020;
(f)To promote research and the development of guidance on behavioural change methodologies and approaches to support communication and awareness-raising for the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets;
2.Requests the Executive Secretary, subject to the availability of resources, to further promote awareness-raising, in collaboration with relevant actors, such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in particular through the following activities:
(a)Facilitating the development of a global communication strategy, to be implemented over the second half of the United Nations Decade, incorporating messaging approaches to be used as a flexible framework for Parties and relevant organizations;
(b)Developing, improving and updating toolkits for communication, education and public awareness, based on identified user needs, and making them available through the clearing-house mechanism, ensuring that the tools and approaches listed therein are relevant for the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and taking into account new research on communication, marketing and social marketing perspectives;
(c)Conducting a workshop, on the basis of a review of existing knowledge and a gap analysis and in collaboration with representatives of different stakeholder groups and taking into account behavioural analysis studies, to develop and utilize messaging approaches for the specific target groups in the context of the different Aichi Biodiversity Targets and to report on the outcomes of the workshop to the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting;
(d)Collaborating with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and other relevant actors to integrate issues related to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity into actions for Education for Sustainable Development , as appropriate;
3.Also requests the Executive Secretary, subject to availability of resources in carrying out the tasks outlined in paragraph 2 above, to promote the full and effective participation of relevant stakeholder groups, including, inter alia, indigenous and local communities, youth, women, business, and local and subnational authorities, taking into account the particular needs of developing country Parties, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, and Parties with economies in transition, and with this in mind, to continue to work in cooperation with established partners and initiatives, including the Commission for Education and Communication of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group of the Arctic Council, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, other relevant agencies of the United Nations system and others, and to also work with networks involving cities and their associated networks of partners, such as natural history museums, botanical gardens, zoos and aquariums, as well as networks of citizen groups that encompass the above-mentioned stakeholder groups;
4.Invites the Executive Secretary, subject to availability of resources, to facilitate the organization of an interactive dialogue on living in harmony with nature at the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, and invites the United Nations General Assembly to make available to the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting the outcomes of the interactive dialogue on Harmony with Nature of the United Nations General Assembly.
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5UNEP/CBD/COP/11/31.
6UNEP/CBD/WGRI/5/3/Add.2 and UNEP/CBD/COP/12/11.
7http://www.cbd.int/ebsa/.
8Designated by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 63/278 of 22 April 2009.
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Police set to relocate part of its Tactical Aid Unit to Wigan borough
Woman and child's terror as car is firebombed on Wigan home's drive
Firefighters stopped flames from a blazing car spreading to a woman and child's home nearby following an early hours arson attack.
By Charles Graham
5th Dec 2022, 8:14am - 1 min read
Updated 5th Dec 2022, 12:37pm
A Land Rover Freelander, parked on the drive of a house in Legh Street, Golborne, was firebombed at around 6am on Monday December 5, the passenger compartment having been set alight.
The victims told a fire crew from Leigh that the vehicle had its windows put through during a previous recent incident.
Wigan Youth Zone to get £22k windfall from cash seized from criminals
A Land Rover Freelander similar to the one attacked on Legh Street, Golborne
Watch manager Steve Waygood said his team was at the scene for around half an hour, adding: "We got there quickly and brought the fire under control. Much longer and the flames would have spread to the house.
"Deliberate ignition is very much suspected and the police have been informed."
Before leaving, firefighters went to neighbouring homes to carry out safety checks and give advice on keeping vehicles secure.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to ring police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.


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Term Paper: American Politics
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When a successful capitalist republic engages in popular elections to determine the leadership of its governing body, the administrating rules regulating it are the nuts and bolts to which systematic legitimacy is inextricably tied. American history is wrought with the corruption that naturally surfaces from this heated competition; from dirty politics to lobby and corporate controllers, every election has been limned with the discoloring that comes from abandoning fair play. The role of the leadership, once elected, however, must be to maintain the integrity of the ideas for which the Constitution provides; not only for the security of its statutes and amendments, but also the core of ideas at its spirit. McConnell v. Federal Election Commission represents the importance of this responsibility in application; while the Supreme Court was split on partisan lines in its interpretation of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, the division was clearly defined by priorities of protection - protecting either the sanctity of the elections that allow for the government to run, or the system of laws that allow for the execution it provides.
McConnell v. Federal Election Commission is rooted in the deep sequence of twentieth century campaign reform. Most of this reform is particularly geared to financial expenditures and contributions, which, as the Opinion of the Court clearly states, are capable of coloring each election with airs of illegitimacy and corruption.
Moreover, contribution limits are grounded in the important governmental interests in preventing 'both the actual corruption threatened by large financial contributions and the eroding of public confidence in the electoral process through the appearance of corruption." Federal Election Comm'n v. National Right to Work Comm., 459 U.S. 197, 208.
The judicial branch has a long taken responsibility for judging the constitutional viability of congressional acts to curb the corruption capable in campaigns, recognizing that their review standard needed to not only meet the absolute doctrinal lines, but the spirit behind them that guides the country; id est, the Supreme Court is responsible for insuring that while Congress tries to regulate their own elections, they do not under-regulate to the point that it might be possible for corruption to exist or even seem to exist and they do not over-regulate to the point that the basic freedoms provided to those tax paying, election-contributing constituents are not suppressed.
Behind McConnell v. Federal Election Commission is a series of other efforts on behalf of lobbyists, leaders, legislators, and judiciaries to address these subtleties of campaign regulation and reform. In United States v. Automobile Workers 352 U.S. 567, 572, the Supreme Court held that the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and the Communications Act of 1934 must be applied in such a way as "to purge national politics of what [is] conceived to be the pernicious influence of 'big money' campaign contributions." (McConnell) Before that, Cromwell v. Benson and Buckley v. Valeo sought to address the same corruptions that can overwhelm or tarnish a political campaign that were clearly distinguished by the McCain-Feingold law of 2002.
The Court was evenly split in its decisions along party lines, in a 5:4 decision in which O'Conner held the swaying opinion. Each Justice was faced with the critical decision of determining the actuality of infringement by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) on First Amendment rights to free speech and the further regulation of soft money in political elections, particularly as they pertain to funneling federal campaigns directly before an election date. While some feared that the outcome of the decision would be so fractured in its acceptance and rejection of separate parts of the singular piece of legislation that it would ruin its function in practice, the Justices were able to preserve the spirit of the law by upholding its statutes in part.
The Supreme Court accepted 323(e) and 323(f). 323(e) forbids federal candidates and officeholders to "solicit, receive, direct, transfer, or spend" soft money in conjunction with their, or any other, federal election. 323(f) regulated public communications and the spending of contributions that directly influence federal elections through issue-based attack ads. The plaintiffs in the case argued that this aspect of the law infringed upon First Amendment rights, but the Justices held that this was viable "anticircumvention" protection that did not deny any First Amendment rights. The Justices who sided with this decision, including O'Conner and Stevens, said in their opinions that the argument of the plaintiffs was unpersuasive, and further affirmed the rights of the Court to uphold this decision with Tenth Amendment conformity. In staying these two aspects of the law in their decision, the Court remained true to the spirit of the law, directly prohibiting the use of suspicious funds for negative campaign activities immediately before the election.
While it affirmed the core two ideals of the law, the Court reversed sections 323 (a), 323(b), and 323(d). 323(a) was deemed to unconstitutionally interfere with the ability of communities to associate between the national, state, and local levels based on the concepts of financial statutory terms "spend," "receive," "direct," and "solicit." So long as national officers do not personally spend, receive, direct, or solicit soft money, the court left the FECA-ruled monies without further specification.
232(b) addresses this problem further, by dealing with the "important governmental interest of preventing corruption and its appearance." This area is further legislated by the Levin amendment, which carved out a special sanctum for federal election activities to be paid for by state and local campaigns for activities that do not involve voter registration activity during the 120 days before a federal election, voter identification, Get Out the Vote, generic campaign activity addressing a specific candidate. [441(b)(2)(B)(iii).] the Justices supported reversing the BRCA infringement upon these laws, and further supported the restrictions applied to the monies spent close to the election by state and local groups on federal campaigns or candidates. "If a voter registration drive does not specifically mention a federal candidate, state committees can take advantage of the Levin Amendment's higher contribution limits and relaxed source restrictions." Further restrictions were uplifted from federal workers personally spending their own resources and contribution caps, but the core of the decisive alteration was to focus the Levin Amendment in effect upon federal campaigns.
323(d) forbade national, state, and local party-centered committees to solicit funds for 501- tax exempt and 527 organizations in their conjunction with elections. Ultimately, the Justices deferred to the FECA rules, holding that it was necessary to follow another standard of procedures for these particular monies.
Because the record does not compel the conclusion that Congress intended 'donations to include donations from a party's hard money account, and because of the constitutional infirmities such an interpretation would raise, the Court narrowly construes 232(d) ban to apply only to donations not raised in compliance with FECA."
While the ban proved to the supporting Justices a legal means of anti-circumvention initiatives, they acknowledged the importance of donations as well as the validity of their solicitation restriction.
The decision of the court to limit soft money and attack ads as based on the necessary corruption prevention and its illusions of campaign deceit was split strictly down party lines. Ginsberg, Breyer, O'Conner, Souter, and Stevens stood firmly on the side of the modified upholding of the BRCA rules, while Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, and Kennedy, the right-wing faction of the Supreme Court, rejected it. The Opinion of Stevens and O'Conner cites the patriotic role of regulation to insure legal and free elections, harkening that "the 'sober-minded Elihu root' advocated legislation that would prohibit political contributions by corporations... To elect legislators who would 'vote for their protection and the advancement of their interest against those of the public." They firmly rejected a hierarchy of support in campaigns that pitted corporations above the public individual, and Breyer supported this limited role of broadcasters in influencing the popular vote. All typically liberal judiciaries, these judges inherently paid homage to the anti-corporation ideology of the Democratic party, while the Supreme Court Republican-minded Justices staunchly opposed the decision.
Justice Scalia proclaimed the passage of the BRCA affirmation a failure of the American system. "This is a sad day for the freedom of speech," he wrote in his Opinion.
Who could have imagined that the same court which, within the past four years, has sternly disapproved of restrictions upon which inconsequential forms of expression as virtual child pornography..., tobacco advertising..., dissemination of illegally intercepted communications..., and sexually explicit cable programming..., would smile in favor upon a law that cuts to the heart of what the First amendment is meant to protect: the right of citizens to criticize the government.... It forbids pre-election criticism of incumbents by corporations, even not-for-profit corporations, by use of their general funds, and forbids national-party use of "soft" money to fund "issue ads" that incumbents find so offensive."
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Q: Getting number of new features to be stored in layers using PyQGIS? In PyQGIS, how can I get the number of features that have been created in a given layer and that are pending to be saved in the layer when "Toggle editing" or "Saving layer edits"?

A: Say that you have a vector layer referenced:
lyr = iface.activeLayer()

At this point, I assume you start an edit session and digitize some features.
Now you can use the QgsVectorLayerEditBuffer class, in this way:
if lyr.editBuffer():
    print len( lyr.editBuffer().addedFeatures() ), "features to add!"

addedFeatures gives you a dictionary of new features that are pending. As you're interested in the count, you can use len().


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What is the standard deviation of {2, 5, 9, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 7}?
Statistics Random Variables Mean and Standard Deviation of a Probability Distribution
Leland Adriano Alejandro
#sigma=sqrt(1/9*(614/9))=2.753224821#
The formula for standard deviation #sigma# is
#sigma=sqrt(1/n*sum_(i=1)^n(x_i-mu)^2)" "# where #mu=#mean
#" "# #n=#number of items
Solve for the mean first
#mu=(2+5+9+1+1+1+3+2+7)/9=31/9=3.44444#
Compute the standard deviation #sigma#
#sigma=sqrt(1/n*sum_(i=1)^n(x_i-mu)^2)#
#sigma=sqrt(1/9*((2-31/9)^2+(5-31/9)^2+(9-31/9)^2+(1-31/9)^2+(1-31/9)^2+(1-31/9)^2+(3-31/9)^2+(2-31/9)^2+(7-31/9)^2)#
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