What a difference two-and-a-half years can make. Environmental issues were front and centre in the 2008 election, when the Liberal proposal of a carbon tax made climate change a key election issue. In contrast, last week's televised leader debate was most notable for its key omissions: Green Party leader Elizabeth May was excluded this time round, while environmental issues barely rated a passing comment, let alone being raised as a topic of debate.
National CBC radio's The Current attempted to rectify both of those gaping holes with a special broadcast on climate change. First, Elizabeth May was featured in a solo interview by Current host Annamaria Tremonti. Then a panel consisting of Conservative environment minister Peter Kent, along with environment critics Gerard Kennedy of the Liberals and Linda Duncan of the NDP, took on a series of pointed questions about climate change policy.
Unsurpisingly, Kent repeated his false claims that Canada was on track to meet its 2020 greenhouse gas emission targets and claimed Conservative policies were having a noticeable effect. Even more outrageously, Kent claimed that a carbon tax would be an "irresponsible measure that would kill Canadian jobs" and intimated that European countries were backing away from programs to meet emission targets because of their effect on the economy, while glibly misrepresenting the Kyoto accord. And not only did he rule out cap-and-trade, but he refused to answer a point blank question about regulation of the oil and gas industry, preferring instead to extol the new oil sands water monitoring program announced just before the election.
Neither Kennedy and Duncan provided much detail on their parties' respective cap-and-trade proposals, but both managed effective rebuttals to Kent, who sounded more than ever like the minister of the oil sands, not the environment.
Anna Maria Tremonti: For years, some of Canada's most contentious debates have been over environmental issues … climate change, clear-cutting, the oil sands, the seal hunt. But last night, with the exception of a quick mention of emissions, environmental issues were conspicuously absent from the English-language leaders' debate.
This morning, we're asking where the federal parties stand on the environmental issues affecting this country and this planet. We began with Green Party leader Elizabeth May who was also missing from last night's debate. She was in Victoria.
The wide-ranging twenty-minute interview touched on a number of subjects, but May was most passionate on the subject of climate change.
Here's Canada with an economic stimulus package that actually dropped support for wind energy … We had a homeowner package that helped people improve the beauty of kitchens and back decks and nothing for energy efficiency.
As May pointed out, this is indicative of a "silo mentality" that separates economic and environment policies. No other country's economic stimulus program gave such short shrift to environmental concerns, and Canada clearly missed an opportunity to boost "green" jobs.
May wound up by decrying the lack of leadership of the Conservatives and indeed all the other parties.
That [window] is measured now, not in decades but in very short years, and my question to the other leaders is how do you aspire to the name leader when you're afraid to address the single largest challenge we face.
It's arguably somewhat unfair to lump the NDP and Liberals together with the inactivist Conservative government; after all both of those opposition parties have pledged to implement cap-and-trade as soon as possible, building on existing provincial and state initiatives. On the other hand, May's frustration is understandable, as the Liberals in particular have backed off climate change as a defining policy issue.
The very first question was that posed by Green leader Elizabeth May in her parting shot, put to each in turn.
Kent went on to tout the Conservatives' EcoEnergy program, a home energy retrofit program that was a pale imitation of the previous Liberal program, and was resurrected only under pressure from opposition parties. Then, after a brief mention of regulatory actions promoting energy efficiency, Kent bizarrely expounded on the new water monitoring program in the Athabasca River watershed that is Kent mentioned Energy regulatory actions with a focus on energy efficiency.
At least, Kent has now backed off his previous absurd claim that there is "no scientific evidence" of contamination from the oil sands development (a claim roundly refuted by peer-reviewed science by ecologist David Schindler and his team at the University of Alberta) . But he still is broadly hinting at Ezra Levant's "ethical oil" canard that the contamination is likely mainly natural.
To be fair, the monitoring plan was praised as a positive, albeit very small, step in the right direction. But the belated move came only after the highly embarrassing studies from Schindler's team demonstrating gaping holes in the current joint industry-provincial monitoring program and a subsequent report that excoriated government inaction. Kent's whining about lack of coverage is also contradicted by the actual evidence, as seen in stories by the Toronto Sun, the Globe and Mail and the CBC. It remains to be seen how and when the plan will be implemented, while planned massive developments will proceed, no doubt outpacing the monitoring system's moderately expanded site sampling.
And Kent's digression simply avoided all mention of the huge greenhouse gas emissions of the oil sands, which already account for five percent of Canada's total GHG emissions, and are set to nearly triple over the next decade.
The opposition critics stuck to the actual question. The NDP's Duncan called May's tarring of all the other parties with the same brush "regrettable" and pointed out that the NDP had proposed "interim targets based on science".
The ability to make these decisions and change the way we live, change the way the economy works has got to be there. Every other country is way ahead of where Canada is at.
Panel discussion continued in Part 3 with pre-recorded questions from three invited experts.
University of Victoria climate modeller (and IPCC lead author) Andrew Weaver was next up, prefacing his question with a reminder of the Copenhagen commitment to limit GHG emissions to limit likely temperature increase to 2C.
There's clearly a disconnect between science and policy. My question to the panel is to what extent will you introduce what all economists believe is the only means to deal with this problem which is pricing on carbon emissions.
Both Kennedy and Duncan reiterated their parties' respective pledges to introduce a cap-and-trade system as soon as possible.
Then Tremonti made a valiant attempt to get Kent to answer Weaver's actual question.
How do you respond to what Andrew Weaver says: our emissions reduction targets are not good enough, that pricing on carbon emissions is necessary.
I agree with Dr Weaver that Copenhagen is the most effective way to engage all emitters on global climate change. Kyoto after all was signed by only 37 of the world's least emitting nations.
In fact, Kyoto accord was signed and ratified by 191 countries; the figure of 37 refers to the Annex I countries that committed to interim reductions in GHG emissions. In general, these countries included the highest emitting countries as measured by per capita emissions (including Canada which continues to be second only to Autsralia, as seen in this Conference Board summary of Canada's atrocious record). Even if one measures by total emissions, as Kent seems to prefer, the Annex 1 countries still include many of the top emitters, including Canada at number 8. So this is yet another self-serving falsehood from Kent.
Not only that, but the Copenhagen accord is an attempt, albeit watered-down, to extend Kyoto with a new follow-on agreement, not replace it. The accord specifically calls on the Kyoto Annex I signatories to "further strengthen the emissions reductions initiated by the Kyoto Protocol".
Kent then moved on to attack the most straightforward carbon pricing mechanism, namely a carbon tax.
I was surprised that Elizabeth May didn't talk about one of the central planks in her platform which is a carbon tax which of course in the last election Micahel Ignatieff foisted upon his then leader Stephane Dion and which Canadians resoundingly rejected and the rejected it with good sense bicause it is an irresonsponsible measure that would kill Canadian jobs.
Tremonti tried to reign Kent in.
Tremonti: OK can we go back to Andrew Weaver's question though. He says you are not looking at the science.
Kent: Well we think we are. We have over 1700 scientists in Environment Canada.
We have the super computer in Montreal which has been doing the leading computer modeling for the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change and we believe that while it is important to set targets … in alignment with the United States because first and foremost at the moment is the continued economic recovery. And I also noticed and I disagree with Elizabeth May on this is that the Europeans who set high targets and who had all sorts of programs are walking away from them.
Alas, Kent's evasions and prevarications were to continue.
Andrew Leech of the University of Alberta asked each of the three panelists to give specifics on how they would implement mechanisms to achieve short-term targets, including this very detailed question for Peter Kent.
Leach: To Mr Kent the question would be what regulatory actions are the Conservatives going to take to complement their proposed sector-by-sector regulations, specifically targeting the oil and gas sector How will those regulations be implemented and when?
How will you get to the 2020 target to which you've committed?
Kent: It's a great question, and I wish the Canadian media was discussing these issues.
Tremonti: Well, we are right now.
Kent: Absolutely and our government I can say is firmly on track to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions by the 17% target below the 2005 base levels by 2020 In fact, the regulations that we've implemented so far have put about a quarter of the way of to achieving those targets. We started with the transportation sector, which is by far the largest greenhouse gas emitting sector we brought in new emission standards on cars and light trucks last year. I brought in heavy truck regs this year.
We brought in renewable fuel regulations for gasoline, ethanol and gasoline, and I just announced biodiesel minimum content before the election.
Once again, Kent misrpresented the true situation. As I showed in excruciating detail in my previous post on Kent, the 2009 downward blip was entirely due to the economic downturn, not Conservative policies. Current projections call for steadily rising emissions for each of 2010, 2011, and 2012, almost reaching the original baseline level. In fact, Environment Canada's own 2010 Kyoto report estimates the effect of regulations "implemented so far" by the end of 2008 at a whopping 2 megatonnes of emission reductions, rising to 10 megatonnes by 2012, still well under 2 percent of Canada's total emissions.
We're now about to … and this unnecessary opportunistic election has delayed my announcement of the next sector which is the coal-fired electricity generating sector and we have regs which we are ready to roll out. I've been in discussions with emitters across the country from the east coast to central Canada and Alberta and we will work our way to other large emitters and other sectors.
Once again, Kent has maintained a perfect record of avoiding the question, with not a single reference to the oil and gas industry in his verbiage.
We would put forth regulations in all sectors – no exceptions. Unfortunately Mr Kent and Mr Harper are captive … There's a forward-looking part of the oil and gas sector and a backwards-looking part.
That backwards looking has direct links into Mr. Harpers's office. Mr . Kent is just a spokesperson here because these regulations have been promised five times with five deadlines by this government and never delivered. This is just a delaying action. So we would put in place those regulations we would be fair to all regions. And we would not concede our sovereignty to the U.S. Congress the way Mr Kent wants to. We can do that, we can link up both internationally and with the U.S. at the appropriate time.
The NDP's Linda Duncan stated that medium-term targets of would be achieved via the removal of "perverse" fossil fuel subsidies, cap-and-trade and green bonds. And she expressed an understandable skepticism about future Conservative regulations on electrical regulation.
That would shift over immediately to major investment in transit, and into intensified retro-fitting and investment into renewables. We have heard from many ministers of the environment that they are ready to roll out the coal-fired regulations and I will believe them when I see them.
Actually, this was not a question so much as an ideological rant against regulation of GHG emissions from the noted small-c conservative (and, not so incidentally, confirmed climate change contrarian).
If you make this a red-tape regulatory nightmare it will actually hurt your achieving objective. … If it ends up destroying businesses and jobs which we've seen happen in many jurisdictions in Europe they've actually backed off a lot their so-called green policies because it's ended up killing the economies so badly the tradeoffs weren't worth it.
I don't think it was the green initiatives that killed the economy.
But Kent welcomed the opportunity to state that Conservative policies would have absolutely no effect on small business, and noted the inclusion of Swift as a government adviser.
It's a very good question from Catherine Swift and she is a part of the red-tape cutting commission that the prime minister struck just a few months ago. The regulatory process that we're talking about doesn't have red-tape implications for small and medium-sized business. It is focused on the largest emitters sector-by-sector around the greenhouse emitting wheel.
Kent went on to rule out a cap-and-trade system, citing the U.S. failure to move ahead.
The final question came from the beleaguered CBC host, and provided an opportunity for some final comments from each of the three.
Tremonti: What is the proper balance between addressing environmental concerns and strengthening the economy?
Kennnedy: … There's a $529 million cut between just his ministry and Natural Resources.
Duncan: Yes, indeed, there was a small pathetic little move to remove peripheral subsidies in response to the commitment at the G20 but that is in no way moving in the direction of the commitment. They only did that move because the department of Finance said either you better do something or pull out of the commitments.
They also killed twice over the Canadian Climate Research Foundation… . I'm wondering when this government is finally going to initiate and kick start and open public dialogue on a clean energy path for the future rather than the closed door sessions being led by Bruce Carson.
The latter reference is very telling. Bruce Carson, a former advisor to Prime Minsister Stephen Harper, has been in the news because of a string of fraud convictions dating back to the 1980s and 1990s as well as allegations of improper lobbying. But Carson was also most recently the handpicked head of the School of Environment and Energy, a partnership of three Alberta universities, although he had no discernable qualifications for the post. He reportedly shifted the research institute's mandate to include improved image management for the oil sands industry. The government showered the shadowy school with millions in grants at a time when basic climate science research was being cut back.
And Carson's was just one of several dubious advisory appointments from the Harper government that strongly hinted at an anti-science agenda, including ex-Fraser Intitute executive diretcor Mark Mullins at the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Robert Sopuck of the Frontier Centre at the National Rountable on Energy and the Environment. ("Modern environmentalist" and climate contrarian Sopuck was recently elected in a Manitoba byelection and has been touted as a future environment minister).
I'll look at these appointments in more detail another time, but it should also be noted that all this is just a symptom of a much larger problem. As Gerard Kennedy of the Liberals pointed out, the Conservative government is clearly in the thrall of the most retrograde elements of the oil industry – the same players that have funded climate science disinformation via think tanks and astroturf groups such as the Fraser Institute and the Friends of Science.
Notwithstanding Peter Kent's crocodile tears over the failure of cap-and-trade legislation in the U.S., the sad truth of the matter is that fossil fuel interests on both sides of the border have sidelined effective action on climate change for the foreseeable future.
Superb summary of the state of climate politics in Canada.
You might be interested to know that Carson's replacement at the Canada School of Energy is an oil lobby consultant, and his replacement at Carbon Management Canada is a Suncor executive.
For what it's worth, the NSERC board also has James Blatz, associated with the Frontier Centre (I believe).
I'm so disappointed that the other parties seem unwilling to describe the government clearly and frankly as lying manipulators in the pockets (deep pockets) of vested interests. Add in the madness of their 'justice' policies (spend more, do more harm), opposition to safe-injection sites and needle exchanges despite their demonstrated benefits and obsession with a short-sighted, narrow-minded approach to international affairs, the Conservatives (no longer progressive even in name) have become a pale, cynical reflection of the Republican party in the U.S. (and the 'Liberals' in Australia), claiming economic virtue and resposibility while serving privilege and special interests. I expect pure and open denialism to become the new fashion of the day for them if they're lucky enough to extract a majority out of a very divided vote on May 2.
A minor niggle, DC, and perhaps I've brought it up before and am being repetitive, but "oil sands" is the preferred term of all of those who wish to see the development of this resource proceed untrammeled by any environmental considerations. "Tar sands" is a lot more accurate – one of the guys in the lab was working up that way and brought some cores back. Looked like asphalt and smelled like Brooks on a hot day. "Oil sands" sounds like the material is actually a lot more labile than it is in fact, and this hides just how tightly locked into the substrate the hydrocarbons really are.
Also, Ed Stelmach would rather that you called them "oil sands". Do you need a better reason not to?
There's a good article in The Tyee. on the oil/tar distinction and which is more negative in perception. I think that Albertans, long used to seeing the benefits of production, have this wrong, it's only in their minds that oil is good, whereas tar is dirty. Using "tar sands" instead of "oil sands" may, as Lars points out, be worthwhile because it peeves prominent Albertans, but according to the study cited in the Tyee article, public perception of "oil" is no better than "tar".
"Bitumen sands" would be the most scientifically accurate term to use.
Unfortunately for Canadian climate scientists, the Conservative government has stacked NSERC's board with patronage appointments (see Sixth Estates' detailed list here: http://sixthestate.net/?p=1415). Christopher Essex (coauthor of the Willie Soon-endorsed "Taken By Storm", with Ross McKitrick) was appointed in 2009. Arlene Ponting, appointed in 2007, appears to have more objectivity , but her partner Philip was also granted a patronage appointment to the Canada Council for the Arts in 2009 – apparently a $2250 donation ($500 after taxes) can get you somewhere!
Just another way for the futures/trading fat cats to make money at the expense of humanity, while leaving the problem of emissions largely unaddressed. Much better is something like James Hansen's proposed fee and dividend, that cuts out the unnecessary middle men, and would provide money for investment in developing renewables.
Given the info (in the article and the comments) about antiscience folks working their way into positions where they can do more damage, I'm feeling very depressed on this sunny Saturday morning. Other than voting (which I already did in the advanced polls), not sure what else I can do that I'm not already doing.


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Geert Muylle studeerde rechten, vergelijkende en internationale politiek en management aan de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Van 1986 tot 1987 was hij werkzaam als advocaat.

In 1990 trad hij in dienst van Buitenlandse Zaken. Hij bekleedde verschillende posten in Warschau, Belgrado, Genève (Verenigde Naties), Brussel, Parijs en Brussel (Europese Unie). Van 2004 tot 2009 was hij diplomatiek adviseur van Yves Leterme (CD&V, die onder meer Vlaams minister-president, vicepremier, premier en minister van Buitenlandse Zaken was. Van 2009 tot 2010 was Muylle permanent vertegenwoordiger bij het Politiek en Veiligheidscomité (PSC) en de Noord-Atlantische Verdragsorganisatie (NAVO). In 2010 werd hij directeur-generaal bij het ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken en in 2012 lid van het uitvoerend comité van SDA Holding. In 2014 hervatte hij zijn diplomatieke carrière en werd hij adjunct-secretaris-generaal en directeur-generaal Bilaterale Zaken ad interim bij Buitenlandse Zaken. In 2016 werd Muylle permanent vertegenwoordiger bij de VN-organisaties in Genève, waaronder de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie. Hij was in 2016 voor een periode ook vicevoorzitter van de Mensenrechtenraad van de Verenigde Naties en voorzitter van de Internationale Organisatie voor Migratie en van 2017 tot 2019 vicevoorzitter en van 2019 tot 2020 voorzitter van het uitvoerend comité van het Hoog Commissariaat voor de Vluchtelingen. Sinds 2020 is hij ambassadeur in Berlijn.

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Black gothic dress by Aderlass, with straps, mesh and lace detail, ornate with metallic flowers.
First of all, I most say that I had a very good experience with this company. Thank you The Black Angel! You really have an excellent customer service!
Anyway, I most warn you that that if you have a medium or a big breast, you run the risk to feel unconfortable on it. I already spent about half an hour sewing it but I think it was not enough: I still feel undecent when I bow... We can see about 5 cm of the crak of my breast!
Anyway, if you LOVE this dress, my comment does not disapoint you. Just know that you will have to spend a little bit of time to fit it to your body ;) and that it will be worth it!


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The state of Georgia was named in honor of England's King George II. The royal source of the name is fitting, as Georgia is also known as The Empire State of the South due to its influence in the region. The state's pioneering history is rich and varied, including the nation's first planned city, Savannah, which was laid out in 1773. Georgia's regal moniker is also applicable to the magnificence and majesty offered in the Georgia luxury home market. The revolutionary city of Savannah is now filled with historic elegant mansions, while the Atlanta and Alpharetta luxury markets offer grand traditional estates. Whether it's remarkable manors full of history, or immaculate brand new construction, Georgia has a wide array of options for the luxury home seeker.
Metro Atlanta Lake Lanier Estate
US $2,900,000 in Gainesville, GA, USA
The Norton Agency
charming ranch estate on exceptional acres
Harry Norman, REALTORS
Magnificent 180-degree views
fantastic opportunity in prestigious Cloister Cove
build your dream estate home on 25 plus acres
4016A Chapman Drive, Gainesville, Georgia 30506
6346 Loco Vare Road on Lake Lanier
Remarkable opportunity on Lake Lanier
Ansley Atlanta Real Estate
4644 Manor Drive
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Virginia Military Institute, B. A.
"U.S. History: 'Mouse' Judy Salken ('67) seeks Mr. Reed's advice on her schedule and vocation for class work."
as he was every girl's heart throb .... right?
Thanks, Dave! And I must admit - he WAS hot stuff - a gorgeous man!


November 22nd, 2017 04:00 AM | by William Bell | Resurrection.
In this study we examine further the relationship of dying and rising with Christ. Most futurist and some Preterists see the physical body paradigm of resurrection in 2 Corinthians 5. Our study will examine that premise as we walk through the context of 2 Corinthians to demonstrate that Paul's view of the resurrection did not entail a body rising from the ground.
The most common approach is to look at the persecutions of 2 Cor. 4:8-9 and read into them the meaning that this is the spring board for individual bodily resurrection in the remainder of chapter 4 all the way through to chapter 5. We critique that view beginning with those verses.
Ch. 4:8-9 do speak of the persecution but rather than saying they're dying from it, the text says they're "not crushed" and not (appollumenoi) i.e. not destroyed or killed. So, this text is not teaching they were physically dying but the very opposite. In fact every time Paul mentions his afflictions in 8-9, he makes it a point that they are not life-ending. Some have even argued for the corporate nature of these trials.
This brings us to the question of what exactly does he mean by the carrying about in the body, the "dying of Lord Jesus". In the broader context of ch. 3, Paul mentioned dying to the Old Covenant ministry of death, the old aeon. Jesus died to this aeon through his death on the cross. He wasn't simply dying but was being crucified to the world of Moses, the aeon of death and condemnation.
In Luke 9:31, at the Mt. of Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah spoke with the Christ about his "exodus" which he would accomplish at Jerusalem. In other words, he was about to leave the world "below", the Old Covenant world into which he was born (Gal. 4:4), -the world of the flesh and enter the world of the Spirit. (See Rom. 1:3-4; 1 Pet. 3:18). Christ was put to death "in the flesh" but made alive "in the Spirit". These are covenantal spheres.
For this reason, Christ was no longer known after the flesh, (2 Cor. 5:16). He no longer belonged to that world. That is the world Paul was dying to through the Spirit until all was fulfilled and it passed away. That is the "dying of Jesus" in his body that he lived out daily (Phil. 3:7-8).
In contrast, the "life of Jesus" was the life in the new creation which was progressively being revealed through the Spirit and the fulfillment of all things written. Thus, Paul taught the Romans, "do not be conformed to "this age" [of Moses] and the "dead sacrifices of Judaism, but to present their bodies as "living sacrifices" transformed through the renewing of the minds (Rom. 12:1-2). This is how the "life of Jesus" of the New Covenant aeon, was being manifested in their "mortal flesh".
The reason "this" death was working in Paul, i.e. the Jews is because they were under aeon of death, i.e. the law of Moses and working their way out of it. The Gentiles were not allowed to follow and hence were not subject to the law, so "life" was working in them apart from the law. Therefore, Paul and company who were not physically dead, expressed his full confidence in that outworking through the Spirit. He wrote: "Knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you." (4:14). See 1 Cor. 6:14, where this would be accomplished through the Spirit.
Summarily, the Jews would be raised out of that body of death and saved by "grace" through faith apart from the law, just as the Gentiles, (Acts 15:10-11; Gal. 3:14). Concerning Israel, God said, he would sow them unto him in the earth, Hos. 2:23.
That continues the theme of the temple typology, the Old Covenant being the "holy place" and the new temple-kingdom (house not made with hands) being the new life in Christ, who is our true temple (John 4:23-24; Rev. 21:22) that was being put on through the Spirit and would be consummated at the Parousia.
Following this same temple typology through to chapter 6:16-18, takes us back to Ezk. 37, and the resurrection, Israel's regathering in the last days, the Messianic David, the New covenant, and sanctuary (temple) set in the midst of the people of God.


When we study the commandments of God, someone decided that there were ten of them, but I have often been confused about the count. For one thing, numbers 1 and 2 seem to belong together and that brings the count to 9, but when you read number 4, we seem to skip part of that one and concentrate only on the part about keeping the Sabbath holy. We forget the part in verse 9 about laboring for six days.
We live in a society that seems to hate work. We live for weekends and holidays and for "play time". TGIF seems to be the catch phrase for Americans, but people in other cultures seem to have a different idea about work. It is sad to me that those people who know God miss the idea that God thrives on work. We don't have a true picture of the creative, joyful God who delights in His work. I have heard some preachers say that when God rested on the Sabbath it was because He was finished with His work, but God continues to take a very active part in the creative process. Every time a new child is born or a new bird is hatched or a new fawn is born, God is at work. All life comes from God and God loves giving life to all creatures.
We also have a false picture of Adam as being carefree and walking around in the garden of Eden doing nothing but picking fruit off the trees when he was hungry, enjoying Eve's company (because she had nothing else to do), and walking with God in the cool of the evening. If we read Genesis 2:15 we find that God gave Adam work to do on his first day in the garden. He was to cultivate it and keep it. This would have been an enjoyable and fulfilling thing for Adam. God actually brought all the animals that he formed from the ground (Genesis 2:19) and Adam was given the task of naming each one. The creativity of God was also in Adam and is a part of each one of His children. The difference between enjoyment of work and the drudgery of work came after sin came into the world and God cursed the ground to make work hard for men and women. But there is a Scripture in Genesis 8:21 that seems to indicate that after God destroyed and changed the earth by flooding it, He decided not to curse the earth over again, because He knew that corruption was part of His creation. We know that God did not completely lift the curse of the ground, because thorns and thistles still grow, and gardening is still hard, but He certainly did not make the new earth after the flood any worse than before.
The entire purpose of God creating man was to have fellowship with him. There was fellowship when God brought each of the animals to Adam for naming. God and man were working together in the creative process. There was probably fellowship in many ways that are unmentioned in the Bible. God gave man a language that they could use to communicate with one another. Adam probably named all the plants that came up from the ground. God taught Adam what marriage was to be and probably about family life with Eve and their future children.
God also has a teaching quality about Himself and He expects us to use that quality as well. Over and over in the Bible are Scriptures about how older women are to teach younger women, fathers are to teach their children, ministers are to teach the flock, and on and on. Jesus Christ made it very clear that even adults need teaching. He was constantly teaching his disciples about Him and about God purpose and plan. Christ was in fellowship with them, just as God (maybe Christ Himself) had been with Adam. Jesus was the master teacher who used parables to teach his disciples. He used the familiar to teach the disciples, and through His word teach us, all about life and God's character. He used examples like shepherd and their flocks, rich men vs. poor, salt, light, mustard seeds and many other familiar things to show us what God is really like.
One of the main problems with our societies view toward work is that we do not have a correct view of the purpose of work. We think of it as a way to earn money and buy things, but God's view is clearly a form of fellowship with Him and allowing Him to have a part In the process of our work. God's view of our work is to give us opportunities to serve him by serving others. He sees the job we do as a way to witness for Christ and to give us joy is seeing the change that comes from another person's encounter with Christ through our lives. We are given the opportunity to be light and salt when we are on our jobs and that should give us pleasure.
I personally have always been the type of person who enjoyed working. I knew from a very early age that I wanted to be a teacher. I believe that the desire to teach was planted in me by God and I have been fulfilled by being allowed to do that. I know that God has been the major force in any ability to teach that I have had, because I really tended to be shy and afraid to get up in front of anyone when I was young and believe it or not, I still have that tendency. My teachers in school had no idea that the desire to teach was in my heart and certainly did not believe that I would ever be able to accomplish that goal. God knew and God provided the way for that desire to be fulfilled. I love the creativeness of teaching and seeing some student light up when they understand some difficult process in mathematics. But I also enjoy the creativeness of art and music and the creativity of crafts and seeing a dresser renewed by refinishing. Any ability I have in any area is from God; as I express those abilities I believe I am expressing the creative God that is in me, who gives me those abilities.
Each job that I have had over the years, whether homemaking or some professional job for which I have been paid, had been something that has been fulfilling for me. They have not always been easy, but God has blessed the work. When I homeschooled my children I can remember sending Greg a letter of resignation as teacher of our homeschool, because it was extremely difficult working with my own children at first. I was afraid of the authorities coming to our home and arresting us, since we were the only people in our county at the time who were home schooling. My children were used to thinking of me as a mother, but not as a teacher. We really struggled at first, but I realize now that nothing has been more valuable to us as a family as the time I spent getting to know my own children so well.
If we find ourselves miserable in our work there may be two reasons for the misery. One is we may not be in the right place. We may have taken a job only because of the money or the prestige it provides or because someone else pushed us into the position. Another reason for the misery is the lack of fellowship with God that should be part of the work we do. We cannot be in fellowship with God in a place where He does not want us to be. That fellowship with God should be the goal of every part of our lives, especially in our work.
We are rapidly becoming a society of non-workers, either by choice or not. What we are doing when we enable people to be paid without working is robbing people of the joy of seeing God work in their lives through the creative work they do with the Lord as their guide. We are no longer teaching our children the value of being creative in their play and in their school work. I heard a debate recently between two men who had total different views of the purpose of school. One man felt that school was designed to put information into the brains of children. He believed that because students are out of school in the summer, they miss out on valuable time of receiving this information for their future work and productivity in society. The other man felt very strongly that summer vacation from school was extremely valuable because it gives children time to have creative play and activities that bring out their best. School to him should be the time to teach children how to learn because learning is a lifetime activity. Twelve grades will never give students all the time they need to accumulate knowledge. Every day of our lives is a day of learning if we use it correctly. Yet, our society has come to a place where we are following routines that do not allow time for being quiet and communicating with the God of all wisdom and knowledge. We fill up our time with noise and activities that do not allow for creative thinking.
We were watching a program on television about a man named James Clerk Maxwell who came up with the formulas in mathematics that proved light, heat, magnetism and electricity were all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum that that were consistent and related to each other. This understanding paved the way for electricity in our homes, televisions, x-rays, cell phones – all electronics and probably was one of the most important discoveries in the history of science. I mentioned to Greg that I believed Maxwell must have been a Christian, because he made the assumption in the beginning of his experiments that God had created a consistent world with order, not confusion. Sure enough, when I looked on the Internet about Maxwell's live, it stated very clearly that Maxwell's mother was a devout Christian and had been his teacher before he went to the University in Scotland. He was also a very humble man and a devout Christian and remained one all his life. Other scientists who believed in God and worked with God to be creative were Isaac Newton, who created Calculus; Johannes Kepler, who came up with the three laws of planetary motion that we use for space travel; and many others. I am not trying to give a science lesson here, but I believe we need to realize that when God is at work in us and also in our work, we can be creative people who will be successful in the things we do. If science today were to make the correct assumptions to begin their work, I believe that they could come up with cures for many diseases like Pasteur or accomplish things that we cannot dream of. All the ideas for computers, for our communications systems, for the Internet came not as original ideas in themselves but are based on ideas that came before from many Christian men and women who had God at the core of their lives.
We should certainly be encouraging our children to know Christ and His creativity. I believe this would give them a purpose for their lives and a totally different attitude about work and its possibilities. Again, work should be much more than earning money. We must see it as an opportunity to serve God and fulfill His goals for our lives. God created each one of us for a purpose and we will only be at peace and content in our lives when we live our lives doing His will and fulfilling His purpose for us.


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3) Choose your finish color from the drop drop menu. The standard finish depicted in the primary photo is called vintage maple, which plays beautifully with the natural variations of the wood. I am happy to custom mix a shade to work with your own furnishings, floors, woodwork etc... Please inquire if interested.
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The bottom of all the pipe legs has a cap that will allow you to adjust individual leg length to accommodate uneven floors. The leg standard color is a finish called dark bronze. Black is also available. Make a note when ordering if you would like black legs.
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I understand that it is not so easy to find all the words needed to pass level 648 of Word collect game. Do not worry, below you can find all the answers.
What happened to Word Addict level 648?
Well, it is the same level as word collect 648. Word addict changed its name to Word Collect. So word addict level 648 is the same as word collect level 648.


On Sunday, September 23, 2018, join Nine Circles Community Health Centre for the inaugural Red Ribbon Walk & Run. The event features activities and entertainment in Vimy Ridge Memorial Park, and your choice of a 2km walk around West Broadway, or a 5km run through Wolseley. Help ensure HIV will not prevent anyone from being able to live a full and meaningful life: register & donate today!


The Nikon Prostaff 5 Eyepiece 20x25x (SEP25) is a dedicated eyepiece for use with specific Nikon PROSTAFF 5 Fieldscope. Designed for digiscoping with certain COOLPIX cameras.
Bayonet mount with lock for easy attachment and release.
New Turn-slide eyecups - for DS in case turn-slide is pulled in, for adjustable eye relief in case turn-slide is pulled out.
Waterproofness Filled with nitrogen gas. Up to 2m under water for 10 min.
The joint between the body and eyepiece is water-resistant.
Very clear view through scope, fairly easy to remove with bayonet fitting. Makes me keen to think about getting a higher power eyepiece.


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Яджудді́н Ахме́д () ( — ) — 13-й президент Бангладеш з 5 вересня 2002 по 12 лютого 2009.

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Народився в місті Муншігандж, Британська Індія. Закінчив Університет Дакки та Університет в Медісоні у Вісконсині, за фахом агроном. Професор.

Викладав в Університеті Дакки, як запрошений професор. З 1991 — урядовий радник, голова різних комісій. У 2002 переміг на виборах президента (єдиний кандидат), змінив Джаміруддін Сіркар.

З 26 жовтня 2006 по 11 січня 2007 — голова тимчасового уряду через незгоду в парламенті щодо кандидатури Прем'єр-міністра.

З 2006 по 2007 — міністр закордонних справ Бангладеш

5 вересня 2007 мали відбутися нові президентські вибори, але було вирішено, що у зв'язку із введенням військового правління повноваження Президента продовжуються до скликання нового парламенту наприкінці 2008. Вибори відбулися 11 лютого 2009. На них президентом був обраний Зіллур Рахман, який був приведений до присяги наступного дня.

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The midnight deadline on Friday looms as the United States Senate attempts to avoid a federal government shutdown by passing a House-approved temporary spending bill.
The House of Representatives voted late on Thursday 230 to 197 in favor to extend funding until Feb. 16 in what would be a fourth short-term budget measure to keep U.S. agencies funded.
Funding runs out at 12 a.m. on Saturday if a deal can't be made in time.
The Democratic and Republican Party's are still split over immigration, with the Democrats hoping to include protection for over 700,000 undocumented immigrants who entered the United States as children to be protected from deportation.
Known as "Dreamers", the young immigrants were granted a temporary stay status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also called DACA.
U.S. President Donald Trump last September announced he was cutting the program, giving Congress until March to propose a replacement.
Trump met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer shortly after noon on Friday at the White House, likely in an effort to find a solution to unite the Senate in passing a spending bill before the deadline.
The last government shutdown in 2013 caused $24 billion USD in lost economic activity.
The budget package needs 60 votes out of 100 to pass the U.S. Senate before the deadline midnight on Friday, but the Republican Party only has 51 seats in the upper legislature.
The latest reports place 47 Republican Senators in the "yes" camp for the current budget proposal, with three leaning towards a "no" vote.
Although Republicans would need 12 Democrat votes to pass the short-term spending bill, only West Virginia's Joe Manchin has said he will vote in favor.
Republicans Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Arizona's Jeff Flake have all stated their opposition to the bill.
Graham says that he wants more military spending and an immigration deal to be finalized, Paul has expressed condemnation over the federal debt and Flake explained Thursday he was not "inclined" to give the budget a pass.
Negotiations leading up to the deadline faltered after Trump reportedly used crude language to describe some foreign countries during a bipartisan meeting in the Oval Office.
Trump allegedly described Haiti and other African nations as "sh*thole countries", a claim made by several present at the meeting last week that the White House did not deny.
Image of Capitol Hill from CG.
Dunn is here to shake things up. Get to know him!
The United States President talks to March for Life.


Just Us Girls #169 - New Year's Theme with SPARKLE!
Hi there everyone! I'm back with another Just Us Girls challenge. This week is our Wild Card Challenge, which simply means the hostess can choose whatever type of challenge she wants! Our marvelous Maria has chosen the challenge of making a New Year's themed card with SPARKLE! My type of card, cause I love sparkle!
But before we get to the challenge, I have something special to say...kind of sad! We are saying farewell to our very lovely and talented Lynn Mangan. She has been a very special addition to our JUGs design team for quite a while, and has chosen to move on. But she has told us she will still play along with us from time to time! Best wishes, Lynn and Happy New Year! We will miss you!
OK, so on with the challenge!
You can see more fabulous inspiration from our JUGs design team at these blogs. Make sure you stop by Lynn's blog for her farewell JUGs post too!
Pretty Palette #78 - Happy New Year!
Hi there! There is a new Pretty Palette challenge over on the My Time Made Easy blog. These colors are taken from the latest digital paper pack called Table for Two Patterns.
You can see more from the Pretty Palette girls at these blogs.
Hi everyone! Long time, no post! Things have been a bit hectic here. Update on my mom: She's out of rehab and is continuing her recovery at my house (she broke her hip on Thanksgiving). So I've been busy getting her settled, helping with her exercises, getting ready for Christmas (not much shopping done!), and working, crafting has taken a back seat.
But Vicki chose this fabulous photo for our Just Us Girls photo inspiration challenge (she always manages to find the coolest pictures!) and she wanted all of us to join in so I went into my cold basement craft room and rolled up the sleeves.
Here's a closeup of the picture for a better view.
I decided to use the rosettes and the colors as my inspiration and came up with this. The paper is SU's sooo retired Bali Breeze. I made the rosette out of the turquioise paper and Tim Holtz's Paper Rosette die. I added the scalloped circle, ribbon flower, and white glitter dot. The senitment is Signature Greetings II from PTI.
I used this great sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. That circle was perfect for my rosette!
The JUGs design team has some great inspiration for you to see, so stop by these blogs.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you join us this week!
Happy Saturday! Only three weekends until Christmas! I'm so behind since my mom broke her hip on Thanksgiving. I've been so busy tending to her needs and visiting her in the rehab center, that I don't have anything done yet. I don't even have a wreath on my door!
But since it's Saturday, it's time for a new Just Us Girls challenge. Our lovely Lynn has chosen an easy one that we all use regularly...embossing. And it could be heat or dry embossing.
I've used a technique that I recently learned at the Online Card Classes: Holiday Card Workshop. If you took the class, you'll see I CASED Julie Ebersole's card! I just loved hers! The technique is super easy. I ran Vintage Cream cardstock through a Cuttlebug folder, then used E51 and BG10 copic markers to very randomly lightly lay down some color on the embossed paper. Then I pounced some Picket Fence stain on top and heated it to dry (you could leave it to dry, but I was impatient!). It creates a look like marble! I then added some Vintage Photo distress ink around the edges to shabby it up a bit. The pattern paper is from Signature Christmas by My Mind's Eye. I also embossed the front of the card with a linen plate from PTI. The snowflakes are from the It's Snowing cut file from My Time Made Easy. I used Soft Sky cardstock and ran them through my Zyron machine and added some chunky glitter to them. I also added a light blue crystal brad to one.
The JUGs design team are posting their creations, so please stop at these blogs to see what they did!
I'm playing in a Mojo Monday sketch challenge! I haven't done that in a looooong time! I used to play all the time. What the heck happened? LIFE! Hahaha!
So here's the sketch. Perfect for the card I needed. My niece Andrea is a nursing student and she and the other students in her class bought a gift for their teacher/mentor and she asked me to make a card. I love those requests! Finally a card that's going to actually get used!
I wanted something with pretty feminine colors, so I chose these papers from October Afternoon called Sidewalks. They are just so lovely! I paired it up with SU's Melon Mambo cardstock and Vintage Cream cardstock for the base. The sentiment is PTI's Thanks All Ways stamp set. The flower was created using PTI's Beautiful Blooms II and Sending You for the leaves. I added a yellow flower button and some So Saffron tafetta ribbon.
She's on her way over to pick up the card right now. I hope she likes it! Thanks for stopping by!
Hello again! Today is the last post for this month's My Time Made Easy release. Have you seen the new products? Take a peek at them here. Today the entire design team is posting our annual Year in Review where we use previously released products. I wanted to make a little treat box for my mom. She fell at my house on Thanksgiving and broke her hip. She had a hip replacement and is at a rehab center for a while. We saw a commercial for Mounds candy and she commented on how she liked them, so I thought I'd make a little box to put some in. (Of course, I forgot to buy them today! I'll have to buy them tomorrow before I go see her.) I ended up making two!
So I first thought I'd use the Paper Bag cut file. I printed this beautiful paper from Tis the Season digital paper pack on cardstock and then cut out the bag. It was a little too small, so on to project #2.
I love this Tricky Treat Tote template. It's really a huge bag! But I wanted something smaller, so I reduced it 50% and got this! I cut it out of SU's Poppy Parade cardstock and decorated it with the same paper. This was a much better size for what I needed. I may use the other for favors at my Christmas Eve dinner. I decorated it simply with some red velvet ribbon, Prima poinsettias with a green glitter dot in the center, and some leaves made from this fabulous glittery paper I got at A.C. Moore.
Aren't they lovely? Check out what the rest of the design team created at these blogs.
Hi there friends! Did you see the new products just released yesterday at My Time Made Easy? I have another template to share with you today. This is a super easy one to make! It's called Card Wrapper and it is a wrap for cards, but it can be used to package up just about anything! Here it is closed. I used real red cardstock for the base and the lid was cut from cardstock printed with a print from the Hot Holidays digital paper pack previously released. The label is from the new Christmas Swag digital stamp set. I just love all the images in this set! I colored it in GIMP and used the print and cut feature on the Silhouette Cameo. I popped it up on dimensionals and added a flourish bling.
I used the same cardstock and paper for the cards. The main panel was cut using the previously released Steno Note cut file. I added the sentiment and those cute reindeer before cutting. Then I created some clouds with Broken China distress ink and some ground with some brown distress ink.
You can see more examples using new products at these blogs.
Hi friends! I have a two-fer today! It's release day at My Time Made Easy and our weekly Just Us Girls challenge. I'll get to the JUGs challenge in a minute.
First up, let's take a look at one of the three new templates from My Time Made Easy you can purchase and use TODAY! This one is called Chair-ish You. Isn't this amazing? Lauren is a genius at creating these templates! Let me tell you how I created this. I cut it out using the Silhouette Cameo and More Mustard cardstock. Yes, mustard cardstock. To get the wood look, I used Stamp TV's woodgraining tutorial. You run some white pigment ink onto the paper, then go over it with brown ink and this is the result! Amazing result! It looks just like wood!
Here are some blogs you need to visit to see more of the My Time Made Easy release.
And here are the JUGs design team blogs you need to visit for the sketch inspiration.
Thanks for sticking with me on this long post! I hope you stop by again!
Hi everyone! Today begins a new Pretty Palette challenge and the start of previews for the December My Time Made Easy release! We have three new templates being released as well as new digital images, cut files, and digital paper!
So let's begin with the Pretty Palette Color Challenge. These colors are taken from the new Christmas Patina digital paper pack that will be available for purchase and use on Saturday, December 1st.
This is a new label from the Vintage Vineyard Sentiments digtial set. I re-colored it in GIMP using the colors from the paper and used the print and cut feature on the Silhouette Cameo to cut it out. I added some Star Dust Stickles around the perimeter of the label for some sparkle.
Stop by these blogs to see more previews of the December My Time Made Easy release.
Also stop by the Pretty Palette design team blogs for the color inspiration.
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Moving on After a Breakup
Ashwini Kulkarni Sule Mar 12, 2019
Mourning the demise of a relationship is definitely not easy, but then life moves on and so do people. The sooner you prepare yourself to move on, the less traumatic it will be for you. Enlisted here are some tips to help you heal faster.
Breakups are always difficult for the two people involved. Life suddenly becomes darker, and there is a great void to be dealt with. This phase can be pretty traumatic for the couple, especially for the person who did not initiate the breakup. Everyone has their own way of dealing with this kind of situation.
Some people may shut themselves away from the world, while others may begin going out and partying like never before. No matter which way you choose, the basic 3-step process of recovering remains the same: mourning, acceptance, and then moving on.
Some Tips to Help You Heal Faster
Do Not Blame
People often resort to playing the blame game after their relationship hits a rock. It is unfair to blame yourself, your partner, or anyone else for that matter. Blaming and pointing fingers won't really help you to move on, it will rather delay the process.
Instead, just think about how whatever happened, happened for a good reason. Do not have bitter feelings for the other person or yourself.
Cry Your Heart Out
The demise of a relationship is no less traumatic than the demise of a person. The very thought that the person you shared so many wonderful moments with will no longer be with you is very depressing.
Hence, do not shy away from expressing your genuine feelings. It's okay to cry out and isolate yourself for a few days, just don't make it a habit. Call a friend who will understand and can offer you some genuine advice.
Do Not Wait for Him/Her to Return
Do not live in the hope that the person you loved will come back to you. Do not try to re-establish contact with the person in the same hope.
Remember that there is no point in 'being friends', as that will only make you more hopeful and postpone dealing with the broken relationship. Instead, leave the past behind and start living your life.
Re-acquaint with Friends and Family
When in a relationship, a couple tends to drift away from their circle of family and friends and gets engrossed into a world of their own.
So, this is the right time to re-acquaint yourself with those long lost friends and relatives. Go out with them more often and you'll discover that there are other relations in life which are just as important.
Do not feel sorry for yourself, as that can hamper your self-esteem in the long run. Instead, pamper yourself by doing all the things you longed for while you were in the relationship.
Buy some nice clothes, make an appointment at a spa, or take that vacation you so desperately wanted. In short, do all those activities which you wanted to do all those years.
Sort Out the Legal Matters
If there are any legal matters such as shared accommodation, joint bank accounts etc. involved, then sort them out as early as possible. Do not delay these matters, as they may create complications for you in the future and re-open the wounds.
Beware of a New Relationship
Do not rush into a new relationship before you have given yourself enough time to recover from the previous one. It is very easy to fall for the person who offers a shoulder to cry on during your troubled time.
This is the mistake most people do and they end up with another wrong person, which eventually results in a fall-out again. Hence, make sure you are emotionally stable to handle another relationship, and only then proceed.
Moving on after the end of a relationship is not easy, but you can do it. If you face your life positively, you'll emerge a stronger person than you were before.


I spent my childhood on the beaches of the Jersey Shore, where I lived year round on an island. In that area, it was important to have a small boat to run around in during the summer, and I had my first by the time I was eight. By age sixteen, I was working at sanding, painting and cleaning boat bottoms (as most teenagers did at one time or another) at the Ocean Beach Marina.
I got my first real taste of Florida when I moved there for college in 1980. Following an early career as a financial planner and stock trader, I returned to the world of boating as a yacht broker. I quickly realized that if I really wanted to get to the top of my game as a broker, I would have to go where the big boats were — South Florida! I have now lived in Boca Raton for the last 28 years.
It's great to wake up every day and be glad to go the office. We have a good time, and our clients are always wearing their "fun" hats when they come to talk boats and boating. I really can't imagine myself doing anything else. My recent transition to Luke Brown Yachts allows me to represent a greatly respected company and work with a wonderful group of experienced and enthusiastic people.
My wife Kristin and two sons, Brandon and Tyler live and play on the water, enjoying annual boating trips to the Bahamas and the Keys to fish and play.
I look forward to meeting you, talking boats, and hopefully bringing you into the Luke Brown Yachts family, which you'll discover is a great place to be.


Posted on January 22, 2016 by Fay Curtis.
The second death related exhibition, death: is it your right to choose? opens at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery on Saturday 23 January. It will look at end-of-life options in this country and focus on whether we should allow assisted dying to be legalised.
Whilst researching death: the human experience it became obvious that this was one of the most controversial aspects of contemporary death but also one of the areas that deserved to be better understood by a wider cross-section of the public.
I had heard of people travelling to Switzerland to have help to end their lives, I had heard of a place called Dignitas but I didn't know that a vote in our Parliament on changing UK law was imminent (an assisted dying bill had its first reading in the House of Lords in June 2015 and a second one was debated in the House of Commons in September 2015). It seemed clear to me that as a museum talking about death and dying, we should give over some of our public space to debate what we as a society think about assisted dying.
Luckily, the Wellcome Trust also thought it was a good idea and gave us money to help construct the exhibition, make films about end-of-life questions and fund various educational and public events aimed at promoting wider public engagement with these topics.
Some people may feel that assisted dying is not a subject a museum should be concerning itself with. I disagree. I think a museum is exactly the right place to challenge preconceptions, to inform in areas of public interest and be a space where different opinions and voices can be heard. It's important to talk about death and dying, it's important to talk about things that will affect the way we leave this world – even if they make us feel uncomfortable.
I hope you'll visit the exhibition, perhaps learn something about the debate and leave your thoughts in our assisted dying survey. The results will be available in the gallery and online, along with further sources of information. The assisted dying debate on 26 January will be a great opportunity to hear from a range of experts and see where the people of Bristol stand on this most challenging of current issues. Bring along your mobile device to get involved in a poll during the debate, and if you can't make it in person you can listen live to the debate online. You can also watch a film related to one of the speakers from the debate, Lesley Close, who accompanied her brother John to Dignitas in 2003.
What are your views on assisted dying? Tell us in the comments section below or tweet us @bristolmuseum using #ISawDeath.
After seeing the exhibition, I think that the law in this country should allow assisted dying.
View the live responses to this question.
Each circumstance is different. Very much like abortion, I believe that people should be allowed to make their own decisions, in a safe environment. More choice doesn't necc mean more people will choose it, but it allows people to feel they have an option. Some freedom over themselves. Looking forward to the talk!
Absolutely we should have the right to assisted dying in the UK. Opponents will always cite rare last minute recoveries and the fear that sick people will feel compelled to end their lives rather than be a burden on their families. I think with well thought out safeguards, the UK could end the suffering of many terminally ill people by allowing assisted suicide.
If you want to pursue this subject, you might like to look at the coverage of assisted dying on a website I run, http://www.openupuk.org. It asks you to rate a dozen key arguments on the topic. Before and after doing this, you are asked for your view. At the end, you can see a summary of whether and how your view changed, which arguments you rated most highly, and how your views compare with those of other participants. This can be done in as little as ten minutes, or as long as you want to give it.
This exhibition is a propaganda platform for the ex euthanasia society who now disguise themselves as dying with dignity organisation.They failed in our parliament to change our law protecting the dying, sick,vulnerable and disabled from them and also failed with the government funded Liverpool Care Pathway euthanasia program that killed thousands before the public realised they were being murdered in their hospital beds and stopped it. This museum should not be taking money from the Welcome trust who in my opinion supports euthanasia and cannot be trusted obout anything.
I have been in a situation where an operation made me well. Without that operation I would have been disabled and in constant pain until I died.
I decided then that that was unacceptable to me. Other people make other decisions, that is fine by me.
Why do you think you have the right to condem me to years of suffering by suggesting I am not capable of making decisions for myself?
I am not a vulnerable person, I do not need protection. Nobody has suggested I would be a burden in fact quite the opposite, fortunately those people who might also believe we all have the right to make sure own decisions.
I believe you have a choice, I respect that, you should do the same for me.
I agree with Peter Sowerby that "dying, sick, vulnerable and disabled" people need to be very well protected from any persuasion that they should choose to end their lives. HOWEVER, those same people, together with others who are not so "vulnerable", need to be listened to if they, quite rationally, persistently and with full understanding of the available facts, decide that their life is complete, their quality of life is intolerably low and will not get better, and that rather than continue to suffer, they would prefer a medically assisted death to free them from further pain and anguish. "Protection" needs to work both ways: protection from having to continue to live a life of incurably and unacceptably low quality that the person no longer wishes to live, as well as protection from pressure to choose to end one's life against one's wishes. A change in the law is required to provide this balance of "protection".
In four other Western European countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and Switzerland) today, with the support of a great majority of their populations and their doctors, it is possible for an adult, who is suffering unbearably from an incurable illness, to receive medical assistance to die. Are we so different, in the UK, from those who live in these countries? Of course not.
I am a retired GP. In my view, a compassionate doctor should always do what is best for his/her patients. During my career, like many other doctors, I have helped some of my patients – who have asked for my assistance – to die. And, since my retirement, I have accompanied four determined individuals from the UK to Switzerland for them to have a doctor-assisted suicide – each time, it was a most dignified end.
One day, thank goodness, the law will be changed in the UK.
I am currently working on a project on assisted suicide for my bachelor degree in photography in Switzerland.
Looking for stories on people who traveled (or will travel) to Switzerland to make use of assisted suicide I found your comment. I would be very interested to get in contact with you and hear about your experience. Maybe you also have more information for me about people who are planning a travel to Switzerland, or any hints where I could look for.
humorous, and active. No one has a right to make this decision for me. Please remember this is voluntary euthanasia.
I totally agree with you Carole.
Its a person right to decide when they want to die and without pain and with dignity.
Looking for stories on people who traveled (or will travel) to Switzerland to make use of assisted suicide I found your comment. I would be very interested to get in contact with you and get to know more about your opinion.


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The M/T Stolt Helluland, the first of four 29,999-dwt state-of-theart parcel tankers being built for Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Holdings) S.A., was recently named at the Kleven Floro A/S shipbuilding yard at Floro, Norway. Mrs. Mary Wright, wife of Christopher J.
U.S.-Built NSF Research Icebreaker Begins Operation
The nation's first commercial icebreaking research ship, the Nathaniel B. Palmer, recently began operation for the National Science Foundation (NSF) U.S. Antarctic Program. To be operated under the direction of Antarctic Support Associates (ASA),
First Commercial Icebreaking Research Ship Delivered By North American
The culmination of two years of construction, the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer emerged from the Larose, La., shipyard of North American Shipbuilding as the nation's first commercial icebreaking research ship. Able to break ice three feet thick at a speed of three knots,
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Q: How to pass two parameters in AsyncTask? I am using MVVM structure and my query in Dao looks like:
@Query("SELECT * FROM Sorted WHERE date LIKE :date AND categoryChart = :category")
LiveData<List<Sorted>> getSortedDiagramData(String date, String category);

In Repository I need to execute this method in AsyncTask, but I don't understand how to do it.
What I've tried:
 public LiveData<List<Sorted>> getSortedDiagramData(String date, String category){
    String[] array = new String[2];
    array[0] = date;
    array[1] = category;
    return new GetSortedDiagramDataAsyncTask(sortedDao).execute(array);
}

And then:
 private static class GetSortedDiagramDataAsyncTask extends AsyncTask<String[], Void, LiveData<List<Sorted>>> {
    private SortedDao sortedDao;
    private GetSortedDiagramDataAsyncTask(SortedDao sortedDao){
        this.sortedDao = sortedDao;
    }
    @Override
    protected LiveData<List<Sorted>> doInBackground(String[] ... strings) {
        String date1 = String.valueOf(strings[0]);
        String category1 = String.valueOf(strings[1]);
        LiveData<List<Sorted>> list = sortedDao.getSortedDiagramData(date1, category1);
        return list;
    }
}

But when I pass "array" to execute() there is an error "Incompatible types".
Could you please suggest how I can solve this problem? Thanks for any help.

A: You can pass it in the constructor:
private String date, category;
private SortedDao sortedDao;
public GetSortedDiagramDataAsyncTask(SortedDao sortedDao, String date, String category) {
    this.date = date;
    this.category = category;
    this.sortedDao = sortedDao;
}

@Override
protected LiveData<List<Sorted>> doInBackground(String[]... strings) {
    LiveData<List<Sorted>> list = sortedDao.getSortedDiagramData(date, category);
    return list;
}

Call it as:
new GetSortedDiagramDataAsyncTask(sortedDao, "date", "category").execute();

A: Another way would be to use this:
GetSortedDiagramDataAsyncTask(sortedDao).execute(date,category);


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Russia's Ombudsman requests information about Russian pilgrim detained in Ukraine
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Prosecutors ask court to fine defendant in judge murder threat case $3,000
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Former Russian penitentiary official's sentence for graft comes into force
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Demand to seize Russian Xiaomi reseller's assets worth $11.6 mln dismissed
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Russian citizen accused of murder of child in kindergarten found insane
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Initially detained Russian deaf society head put under house arrest in embezzlement case
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