Prompt: Teaching and technology: How much do you rely on it? How useful is it?
When I taught ESL in Spain, I only had a chalkboard in the classroom at one school, and a chalkboard with a computer/projector at the other. That computer was used sparingly though, for PPT cultural presentations every couple of weeks, or for listening exercises with the book's audio CD.
Here at my elementary school in South Korea I rely heavily on TV and computer technology. All classrooms have a TV (hooked up to a computer), and the English textbooks come with CD-ROMs to be used during class. The quality of the textbook CD-ROM materials is debatable, as the chants often feature unnatural rhythm/speech, as do the short video clips. But we also use the televisions for PowerPoint presentations, which can make for some really fun games.
That's not to say that we rely solely on technology, though. Lots of times we'll do activities/games using the whiteboards, flashcards (from the book), game boards, or do speaking activities where the kids are up on their feet and walking around the room.
I rely on technology the most with my young first and second grade after school daycare classes that I teach alone. There is a Korean teacher in the room, but they're not my co-teacher. Rather, they have a little break to wash dishes from snack time, grade papers, clean the room, or whatever they need to do while keeping an eye on the kids too. When you don't have a common language with your youngsters, visuals and songs are so helpful - which is what I use the TV for. In this situation, the technology is extremely useful.
I was shocked at the start, when no one would listen or pay attention to what I was saying, but if someone in a YouTube video was saying/doing the exact same thing as I had done, the kids would look and pay some attention. It was frustrating, but I learned to go with it and used many more videos in class.
Don't be fooled by the site's "older" look; there are lots of great materials here. I mostly used it to print a coloring sheet or get activity ideas when I taught some classic children's books or songs ("The Very Hungry Caterpillar", "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed", "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", etc.). Once we got a color printer at school a few months ago this site became twice as valuable! Normally I would just print the black and white versions for coloring sheets, but now I can print in color and cut out storyboard characters for role plays, or sequencing cards, etc.
A related site run by the same people is the Itsy Bitsy Books from kidzone.ws, which has both themed and alphabet itsy bitsy books. These were always fun to make every month or so with my second graders.
I started using this with my second grade after school class and they love it! It's meant for native English speakers, to provide a short 2-5 minute break between activities during the school day. Some of the videos are meant to wake kids up, while others are calming. Since it's not specific to ESL, many of the videos aren't the right level for my kids, but there are still many that they enjoy (like "Let it Go" and "Shake Break"). The kids really liked seeing progress over time, and watching their "monster" transform. They chant "Monster! Monster!" when they want to do a song (which happens... every single day at the start of class!).
If we were doing "Monster", kids would shout "Let it Go" every time. A handful didn't like the song, and I certainly don't want to hear it every day (and they're not really learning much by singing only three words to the whole song), so early in July I devised a new system for doing our brain breaks. I picked ten videos, some that they knew, and a few we hadn't heard yet, and wrote the names on slips of paper. I made ten slots on a piece of paper, numbered them, and put the song names through the slots. Every student gets to choose a number (of the remaining), and the number with the most votes is the song we sing that day. So now they can't beg me for "Let it Go", because they know they'll do whatever song gets picked.
Dream English's videos are so great for kids. Most have actions to keep the students engaged, and the songs will most likely get stuck in your head too! My favorites are the Friday Song and The Sun Comes Up. I used Dream English videos for our Hello Song and Goodbye Song with every daycare class, and watched all videos directly from YouTube.
There are lots of great materials on ESL Games+, including memory games, classroom games, printable board games, phonics videos for young learners, hidden pictures PowerPoints, and much more.
We played a few of the classroom games throughout the year, but what I liked most about this site were the memory games. When you click on a card, it says the word out loud. Therefore, when matching the word to the picture, my young students could still play even though they can't read (since they could listen to the word). Other memory games that I saw online did not say the word out loud when you flip the card, so I really liked the ESL Games+ memory games.
I used this site more frequently as a private English teacher in Spain, but this year it was great for printing flashcards once we got the color printer. The website has flashcards, worksheets, phonics, videos, games, curriculum, certificates and projects.
I also used MES-English's Speaking First Curriculum when I was faced with the challenge creating and planning the entire curriculum for my daycare classes that met up to four times per week.
This simple tool is great for many games. With the younger ones, after they learned "What's your name?" and "My name is ~." on the first day, we used the timer in a circle game. I set the timer for three minutes, and then we passed a ball around the circle, while students took turns asking and answering "What's your name?" each time they passed the ball. Keep track of how many times you get completely around the circle. Record this number and try to beat it next class.
If viewing the remaining time is too distracting (as it was for our fifth graders when we played charades, who would shout loudly and count down in Korean as the time approached zero), just open a new tab in your browser after clicking "Start", and leave that blank tab on the screen. The stopwatch/timer tab will continue to count down, and you'll hear the alarm when the time is up.
There are multiple timers to choose from, and I always use the "full screen" option to make the timer big.
I used Starfall Phonics for ABCs, though the site has more to offer for young learners/readers. In the fall whenever we started a new letter, we would always watch the Starfall Phonics animation/video for that particular letter first. It kept the kids' attention, and introduced them to some new words and sounds.
This spring, I added Storybots letter videos (from YouTube) to the mix.
If you're teaching in Korea, chances are you already know about this site. "Waygook" is what the word "foreigner" sounds like in Korean, and this forum-type site is filled with resources and teaching materials. I'm sure you could find useful materials even if you're not in Korea (such as those amazing PowerPoint games I mentioned earlier), but also has lesson materials specific to the textbooks used in Korean schools.
It wasn't until later in the year that I realized this forum had much more than just teaching materials. If you're living in Korea, there are whole forums about life in Korea, from where to go to the doctor to how to do your taxes. Search through the history to find what you're looking for. If you don't see it, become a member and ask the question yourself.
Dream English - I already wrote about this channel; the videos are gold!
Storybots - Has a 1-2 minute song for each letter of the alphabet. They're enjoyable, catchy tunes.
Pancake Manor - I discovered this one later in the year, but the tunes are more modern and I really like their videos.
Shake Break - This is a quick song from Pancake Manor that my crazy second graders loved to shake with!
Here's an awesome trick if you want a song to play over and over, which I often did while the kids were coloring. From YouTube, go to the URL and type the word "repeat" directly after the word "youtube". Then hit enter.
When you press enter, the website leaves YouTube and becomes "Listen on Repeat", and your video will do just that. There's also a neat feature that lets you change the start and stop time. So for example, if there's an annoying ad/introduction during the first ten seconds, you can set the video to always start at :10. Wonderful!
So here in Korea, we use technology every day. It's not the most advanced, just a TV screen and computer, but it's technology. Luckily I mix other non-technology activities in with both my regular 3rd-6th grade classes and after school 1st/2nd grade daycare classes. I know the younger ones like to use their hands, so we've made shapes with pipe cleaners, constructed letters of the alphabet with their bodies, cut out magazine letters to find the alphabet, etc. The other simple games and activities I've learned throughout the year have provided me many fallbacks, which all technology-relying teachers should have.
It was especially helpful when I showed up to my new 1st/2nd class at the end of June, only to discover the new classroom didn't have a TV! I had to throw my whole lesson out the window and quickly improvise the next 40 minutes. It wasn't pretty, but at least I knew some easy games I could try with this new batch of kids and the squishy ball I'd brought with me.
Technology is undoubtedly useful in the ESL classroom, though a nice mix of both is ideal for elementary students.
What do you think? Join the conversation! How much technology is used in your classroom? Is it useful?
Thanks for including some of my games on here. I made the Mario Wheel Game and the Fox one from Waygook.
You bet! Thank you for making them! Shoot me an email if you want your name/site listed up with the games, and I'll get it up there asap!


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Book Review: Thinking in Cases
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by Neil Vickers, Reader in English Literature and Medical Humanities, Department of English
Thinking in Cases, by John Forrester. Published by Polity, 2016
John Forrester, who died in 2015, was the most original historian of the human sciences of his generation. His great love was the history of psychoanalysis – he was for 10 years the editor of the journal History and Psychoanalysis – and he published no fewer than four major books in that field, including the classic Freud's Women (which he wrote with his wife, Lisa Appignanesi).
Thinking in Cases is the first of two books to be published posthumously, the second being the monumental Freud in Cambridge (co-authored with Laura Cameron), due out later this year. It comprises six essays written over the last two decades on what he memorably termed 'case-based reasoning'. Forrester, along with many historians of science, believed that case-based reasoning had embedded itself in a variety of disciplines, in ways that experts were often reluctant to acknowledge. It might be thought that in the era of evidence-based medicine, medical education no longer needs the case. Yet, as Forrester argues in his classic essay, 'If P, Then What? Thinking in Cases' (1996), novice practitioners learn their science by absorbing a handful of standard experiments from scientific textbooks. These case studies – for that is what they are – serve not only to make the underlying principles more memorable, they also provide something like a shared professional memory.
John Forrester in his Cambridge study. He was Professor in the Department of History of Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, which he joined in 1984 and of which he served as head between 2007 and 2013. He died in 2015.
Much of Forrester's thinking on case-based reasoning was informed by his decades-long engagement with the work of Thomas Kuhn, with whom he studied in the early 1970s. The most brilliant essay in the book ('On Kuhn's Case') treats the evolution of Kuhn's thought as a case study in how the philosophy of science actually works at an individual level. Kuhn, it turns out, came from a family that was steeped in psychoanalysis. His grandmother had analysis in Cincinnati with Alfred Adler, sometime in the 1910s or early 1920s. His mother edited some of Karen Horney's works. And most important of all, he twice underwent psychoanalysis himself, first (briefly) as a child, and again as an adult, between 1946 and 1948. The end of this second analysis coincided with two great changes in Kuhn's life. He was admitted into the Society of Fellows at Harvard, which enabled him to abandon his career as a theoretical physicist and to become a historian of science instead. And he embarked on a marriage that lasted 30 years.
At first he was baffled by the great man's obtuseness. How could someone who had written so penetratingly on so many other subjects have got the laws of the physics so wrong?
Kuhn decided to abandon physics for history when he read Aristotle's Physics. At first he was baffled by the great man's obtuseness. How could someone who had written so penetratingly on so many other subjects have got the laws of the physics so wrong? But one day it dawned on him that Aristotle was investing concepts like 'motion' with completely different meanings from the Newtonian ones he had learned as a boy, and that, once he had made allowances for this altered usage, Aristotle's physics not only made sense but was far in advance of its time. This Gestalt shift in his own thinking was the first instance of the famous 'paradigm shift', which became the master idea of Kuhn's book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962).
Forrester leaves us in no doubt that it was the result of analysis. In an interview published in 2000, Kuhn stated that it was while he was in analysis that he learned 'to climb inside people's heads'. He recognised that this ability was central to his work as a historian of science and that for this reason he owed psychoanalysis 'a tremendous debt', even though he didn't much enjoy being a patient. The Aristotle epiphany occurred while he was in analysis. Forrester points out that Kuhn's method was both individualistic and psychologistic.
Thomas Kuhn, philosopher of science who first coined the phrase 'paradigm shift'
Kuhn called himself an internalist historian of science because of his overriding preoccupation with the problems his subjects were trying to solve. The historical contexts in which they tried to solve them were a secondary matter. But he was an internalist in the more informal sense that he worked by climbing into other people's heads. In the same interview Kuhn recalled feeling he could 'read texts, get inside the heads of the people who wrote them, better than anybody in the world'. These other people were encountered as auxiliary selves – extensions of himself. Forrester quotes several anecdotes Kuhn told about himself in which new selves – famous scientists all – would arise almost in the manner of out-of-body experiences.
The other highlights of the book for me were two pieces on the LA analyst, Robert J. Stoller (1924-99). The first puts forward an extended speculation concerning Stoller's analysis of a woman on whom he conferred the pseudonym Belle. Belle is the protagonist of one of Stoller's best books, Sexual Excitement: The Dynamics of Erotic Life (1986). The turning-point in Belle's analysis occurred when she described a daydream she'd nurtured from childhood in which a figure called The Director instructed her to humiliate herself sexually before a group of adults (and sometimes animals). Stoller was bothered by what he took to be his patient's seductive behaviour towards him. It was only in retrospect he realised she was pressing him into the role of the Director. (Belle's mother was a famous Hollywood actress who took up with a number of Directors. The injunction to perform was everywhere in family life.)
Forrester puts forward an extended speculation concerning Robert Stoller's analysis of a woman on whom he conferred the pseudonym Belle in the book 'Sexual Excitement: Dynamics of Erotic Life'
Forrester suggests it was from Belle that Stoller drew his controversial theory that sexual excitement ultimately depended on hostility. He suggests that the book detailing her case history, written years after her treatment ended, was an attempt to model a more benign form of watchfulness for her. Stoller consulted Belle over every draft of the book and gave her carte blanche to alter anything she didn't agree with. It was sobering for them both to discover that they had very different views of what had been valuable in their work together. Forrester suggests that the writing of the book was the decisive part of the treatment, for through it he showed her that he didn't need to be entertained by her. 'If he had not published his book,' he writes, 'her analysis would have been a failure.'
The second Stoller-related chapter (unpublished until now) is a paper on 'Agnes', one of the world's first male-to-female transsexuals. Agnes's case was first described in Harold Garfinkel's Studies in Ethnomethodology (1967), but Garfinkel took Stoller on as a co-author as he was one of Agnes's psychiatrists. Agnes claimed to have been born intersexed and, starting in the late 1950s, went through an arduous vetting procedure lasting many years in order to obtain surgical gender reassignment. Many years later she told Stoller that from the age of 12 she had in fact taken her mother's hormone replacement medication, which resulted in her acquiring female secondary sex characteristics.
Garfinkel the sociologist thought that Agnes's attempts to pass as female shed light on what maleness and femaleness were, as socially-credited qualities summoned up into being every moment of every day.
Garfinkel the sociologist thought that Agnes's attempts to pass as female shed light on what maleness and femaleness were, as socially-credited qualities summoned up into being every moment of every day. Her deception about her history was just another instance of what she had to do to 'pass'. Stoller, on the other hand, originated the concept of core gender identity on the basis of his treatment of Agnes. He met Agnes's mother and discovered that she had regarded herself as male from the age of eight and that she had passed her own ambivalence about her gender identity on to her adored son, whose transformation into a woman she supported wholeheartedly.
Thinking in Cases is an ideal introduction to Forrester's thought, containing some of his most important papers. He combined a scientist's delight in devising new methods to understand recondite things with an exceptionally acute sense of the role of contingency in intellectual discovery. These strengths were central to his style of reasoning and, as these pages testify, made him one of a kind. Everyone with an interest in the medical case history and its wider ramifications should read this book.
This book review was originally published in the British Medical Journal Blog series. You can read the original post here.
You may also be interested in Confessions of a Medical Humanist.
Blog posts on King's English represent the views of the individual authors and not those of the English Department, nor King's College London.
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These results suggest that the pain generator or nociceptor in CLBP is not merely an anatomical hardware defect correctable with surgery or conventional physical therapy alone.
Further, failure of exercise therapies to show significant impact on CLBP outcomes  suggests against deficits in core stability or motor control training as major contributors.
The failure of conventional methods to treat CLBP advocates an alternate underlying mechanism for the generation of CLBP that these authors post to be a central nervous system upstream movement dysfunction, which is the foundational requirement for a healthy spine. These authors hypothesize that conventional therapies neglect or at best address movement dysfunction with poor efficacy, resulting in persistence or recurrence of CLBP after treatment with both surgical and non-surgical paradigms exemplified in the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study, and in fact all studies on CLBP treatment.
Our hypothesis is that the root cause of chronic non-specific low back pain is movement deficiency in the form of corrupted motor patterns resulting in movement deficiency.
Surgery, other pain interventions, and the most commonly practised physical therapies target only the "hardware" elements of the spine and neglect the "software" elements of spinopelvic functional movement.
Without addressing causation and repeated targeting of the "hardware" and related symptoms, the long-term success in controlling low back pain will be elusive, and its prevalence and huge economic burden will continue to escalate as the modern industrialized lifestyle actively suppresses proficiency in functional movement, which is the root cause of CLBP.
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Why in News? India's first-ever launchpad for a private launch vehicle has been established at Sriharikota. Highlights: Agnikul, which is…
Domestic Violence: Why Women…
Why in News? Just ahead of the International Day for Elimination of All Forms of Violence against Women (November 25),…
A reality check on…
Why in News? The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022 has brought more unwelcome news for India, as far as its…
Data surveillance and the…
Why in News? Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released the Digital Personal data Protection Bill, 2022, on November 18.…
Rohini RH-200
Why in News? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be attempting the 200th consecutive successful launch of the Rohini…
Role of Private Sector…
Why in News? The launch of the Vikram S (Mission Prarambh) rocket last week has been rightly hailed as an…
Why in News? "16 Days of Activism" will be held from 25th November 2022. Highlights: Annual "16 Days of Activism"…
Principles of Financial Consumer…
Why in News? Earlier this year, the G20/OECD released a draft of the proposed revisions to their 2011 High-level Principles…
Is India a Diabetes…
Why in News? India is often referred to as the 'Diabetes Capital of the World as it accounts for 17%percent…
Vice-Chancellor Appointment, New Chapter…
Why in News? Recent judgments of the Supreme Court of India on the appointment of vice chancellors (VC) in State…
Permanent Commission for 11…
Why in News? SC has directed IAF and central government to consider granting Permanent Commission (PC) to 32 retired women…
Why in News? On 27 September, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the rollout of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission…
Regulating the Election funding…
Why in News? Elections are to democracy what financial markets are to the economy. The absence of an omnibus law…
Kerala Government seeks Centre's…
Why in News? Kerala has approached the Centre seeking urgent measures, including expansion of its borrowing limit, a special assistance…
Indian Judiciary: Issues of…
Why in News? The reach of India's highest court is all-pervasive. The Supreme Court sits in final judgment over decisions…
Improving the Quality of…
Why in News? The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) convened a conference in late October in the capital, which saw…
Why in News? As per the recently released Global Nutrition Report 2020, food systems should be inclusive, local and diverse…
ECOVSENS: PORTABLE CORONAVIRUS DETECTION…
Why in News? The researchers from the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad, have developed a Biosensor that can…
BRICS AGAINST COVID 19
Why in News? In the global war against the COVID-19, emerging economies, many belonging to BRICS, have reached out to…
NATURAL PRODUCT BASED ALZHEIMER…
Why in News? Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an autonomous institute under the Department of…
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PRIVACY CONCERNS DURING A…
Why in News? The Aarogya Setu app, developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Electronics &…
MULTI-SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY STATE REQUIRING…
Why in News? Recently, the Paediatric Intensive Care Society (PICS) in the United Kingdom (UK) had observed an apparent rise…
TO PRINT MORE MONEY,…
Why in News? Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been trying to boost the liquidity in the financial system. It…
SEQUENCING OF INDIAN SPECIES
Why in News? The Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI) is gearing up to play an important…
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH…
Why in News? The Union Minister for Agriculture took a review meeting of the Department of Agricultural Research & Education…
HOW COVID-19 UNSETTLED RUPEE
Why in News? The economic disruption due to the spread of the COVID-19 over the past few months has adversely…
COMBATTING ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
Why in News? While covid-19 has infected more than 2 million and killed nearly 150,000 people globally, antimicrobial resistance (AMR)…
RBI ANNOUNCES SECOND SET…
Why in News? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the second set of measures to preserve financial stability…
IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS…
Why in News? The Aviation Industry, like several other sectors, is facing a crisis in the wake of the COVID-19…
OUTDATED CENSUS DATA DEPRIVES…
Why in News? Over 10 crore people have been excluded from the Public Distribution System (PDS) because outdated 2011 census…
REMEMBERING JALLIANWALA BAGH
Why in News? The Prime Minister of India had paid tributes to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on…
EBOLA DEATH IN DEMOCRATIC…
Why in News? World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has recently recorded a…
SUCCESS OF A LOCAL…
Why in News? The Centre showcased the Agra model at the daily COVID-19 briefing, and it is also being shared…
SAARC 2.0
Why in News? India has shown diplomatic resilience and leadership by forging unity in the neighbourhood in the war against…
COVID-19 AND ANOSMIA
Context: Multiple reports have surfaced, primarily from Europe and the United States, from physicians and ear, nose and throat specialists,…
ICMR ISSUES RULE BOOK…
Why in News? The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) public guidelines to manage a large outbreak and guidelines on…
E-WAY BILLS
Why in News? Having been stuck for the last two weeks amid lockdown in the country, truckers raise concerns over…
DISEASES OF ANIMAL AND…
Why in News? The recent rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus across the world has focused attention on the invisible…
MGNREGA LABOURERS WAGE HIKE
Why in News? The Central Government has approved a double-digit hike in the wages of manual labourers under Mahatama Gandhi…
FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION TO PM-CARES…
Why in News? The Central Government has decided to accept contributions from abroad, irrespective of the nationalities, to the Prime…
COVID-19 OUTBREAK: WHAT DOES…
Why in News? As India faces the danger of community spread of the Novel Coronavirus and a spike in Hospital…
SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE: THE CHEMICAL…
Context: Recently, in various places, migrant workers who returned from Delhi were showered with a disinfectant, apparently to sanitise them.…
RELIEF PACKAGE UNDER PRADHAN…
Context Recently, Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Niramla Sitharaman has announced Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore relief package under Pradhan…
RECAPITALISATION OF RRBS
Why in News? The Centre has approved a ₹1,340-crore recapitalisation plan for Regional Rural Banks (RRBs). The move is crucial…
NATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING MISSION
Why in News? In an attempt to boost the country's computing power, the National Super Computing Mission is steered jointly…
CORONAVIRUS & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
Context: Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked people to share technology-driven solutions for coronavirus. MyGov, the nation's citizen engagement…
NEW TEST WITH QUANTUM…
Why in News? Researchers from the Raman Research Institute (RRI) have devised a new test for fairness of quantum coin…
US – IRAN RELATIONS
Why in News? Tensions between US and Iran has reduced after US has backed away from further conflict with Iran.…
NORTHEAST GAS PIPELINE GRID…
Why in News? The Union Cabinet has given approval for viability-gap funding of North East Natural Gas Grid that connects…
CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF…
Context: The Creation of the post, Chief of Defence Staff erodes civilian supremacy over the defence establishment The Outline of…
GST COUNCIL VOTES FOR…
Why in News? The GST Council broke its tradition of taking decisions by consensus at its 38th meeting which was…
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF…
Why in News? Former President Shri Pranab Mukherjee has recently argued for increasing the number of Lok sabha seats to…
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES CENTRES…
Why in News? The Union Cabinet has recently approved International Financial Services Centres Authority Bill, 2019 which seeks to establish…
CONSTITUTION (126TH AMENDMENT) BILL,…
Why in News? The Constitution (126th amendment bill), 2019 was introduced recently in the Lok sabha which seeks to extend…
TORREFACTION TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE…
Why in News? India is planning to make use of the Swedish torrefaction technology to reduce stubble burning issue. What…
VISUAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
In the past, people were depending on some passer-by for directions to reach any destination that is unknown to them.…
PROHIBITION OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES…
Why in News? The Parliament has recently passed the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Bill, 2019. What are e-cigarettes? An electronic…
RESTRUCTURING POWERS OF THE…
Why in News? The actions of the Governors of few states over the last few years have invited scrutiny on…
CLOUD SEEDING TECHNOLOGY
Why in News? Haryana Dy. CM has written to PM Modi, requesting him to "undertake cloud seeding plan to combat…
WHY LOK SABHA IS…
Why in News? Last week, former Union Minister and Congress leader Jitin Prasada said the number of Lok Sabha seats…
NOBEL PRIZE 2019 FOR…
Why in News? The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been announced and the awardees were as John B Goodenough,…
CHANDRAYAAN-2'S ORBITER CLASS DETECTS…
Why in News? Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that Chandrayaan2's Orbiter payload CLASS has detected charged particles on…
NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS RESOURCE…
Why in News? The National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC) has been designated as the WHO Collaborating Centre for Priority…
U.S. WARNS ALLIES OF…
Why in News? The U.S. officials have warned India that with the decision to go ahead with the purchase of…
MEASLES VIRUS IN CONGO
Why in News? Over 3,000 people have been killed by a deadly Measles virus in DR Congo this year What…
INDIA SHOULD NOT HAVE…
Context: India's decision to shut down oil imports from Iran due to sanctions imposed by the United States is also…
ERADICATING MALARIA BY 2050
Why in News? A report in The Lancet concludes that it is possible to eradicate malaria as early as 2050…
CLASSIFICATION OF INFLUENZA AS…
Why in News? On September 3, India was again declared free of the H5N1 virus, which causes avian influenza or…
DADABHAI NAOROJI'S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
Context: September 4, 2019 was the 194th birth anniversary of Dadabhai Naoroji, the "Grand Old Man of India", who was…
INDIA'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT, 1946
Why in News? On September 2, 1946, the interim government of India led by Jawaharlal Nehru was formed. It was…
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL…
Why in News? The Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval for the Establishment of an International Coalition for Disaster…
BIG DATA TO MITIGATE…
Why in News? According to the report by the UN's Asia-Pacific social agency, technological innovations like big data can better…
ISRO TECHNICAL LIAISON UNIT
Why in News? The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of ISRO Technical Liaison Unit (ITLU) at Moscow, Russia.…
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AADHAAR AND OTHER LAWS…
Why in News? In a major move aimed at making Aadhaar making people friendly, the Union Cabinet has approved "The…
PRESIDENT'S (NOT GOVERNOR'S) RULE…
Why in News? Based on the prevailing situation in the state as stated in the report of Governor of J&K,…
NEW DELHI INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION…
Why in News? The Union Cabinet has approved the Bill New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) Bill, 2019 for introduction…
HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATOR VEHICLE…
Why in News? The DRDO has conducted the maiden test of an indigenously developed Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) along…
NEW PAPER-BASED TEST KIT…
GS 3 : Science & Technology - Achievements Of Indians In S&T Why in News? With over one million reported…
DEFENCE SPACE RESEARCH AGENCY…
GS 3 : Science & Technology – Space technology Why in News? To enhance the capabilities of the armed forces…
PROJECT SASHAKT
GS 3 : Economy Why in News? RBI made it mandatory for lenders to enter into an Inter-Creditor Agreement (ICA)…
NATIONAL DATA WAREHOUSE
GS 2 : Governance - Ministries & Departments Of The Government Why in News? The statistical reforms are necessary for…
NDMA CONDUCTED TRAINING PROGRAMME…
Why in News? National Disaster Management Authority(NDMA) conducting a basic training programme at the Deendayal Port Trust in Kandla, Gujarat.…
BHARAT STAGE – VI
Why in News? International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) released India's first Type Approval Certificate (TAC) for Bharat Stage –…
INDIA & PORTUGAL TO…
GS 1: Art & Culture Why in News? India has partnered with Portugal to set up a National Maritime Heritage…
ASI DECLARED CHAUKHANDI STUPA…
GS 1: Art & Culture Why in News? Chaukhandi Stupa, an ancient Buddhist site located in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, has…
IRSDC ENTERS INTO TRIPARTITE…
GS 3 : Economy - Infrastructure' Why in News? The Indian Railway Station Development Corporation (IRSDC), has entered in a…
GS 3: Disaster Management Why in News? National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) conducting a basic training programme at the Deendayal…
GS 3: Environment Why in News? International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT) released India's first Type Approval Certificate (TAC) for…
RBI REVISES STRESSED ASSET…
Why in News? The RBI has released revised set of norms on stressed asset resolution which are substantially less stringent…
INDIA TO HOLD FIRST…
Why in News? • India to hold it's first-ever simulated space warfare exercise in the last week of July, 2019.…
AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS TO…
Why in News? • The United States has approved the sale of armed drones to India also offered integrated air…
AAI SIGNS 'TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE…
GS 2 : Governance Why in News? The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed a 'Technical Assistance Agreement' with…
NEW START POLICY
GS 3 : IR - International Happenings Why in News? Russian has warned to US to withdraw the Obama-era nuclear…
GS 3: Economy Why in News? The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut interest rates by…
GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS BY…
GS 3: Economy Why in News? World Bank has released the report "Global Economic Prospects: Heightened Tensions, Subdued Investment". Global…
FISCAL PERFORMANCE INDEX
GS 3: Economy Why in News? Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has launched a Fiscal Performance Index (FPI) to assess…
INDIA BACKS DHANAURI FOR…
GS 3: Environment Why in News? The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change has asked Uttar Pradesh forest department,to…
INDIAN NAVY ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION…
Why in news? The Indian Navy has formulated an environment conservation roadmap aimed at reducing energy consumption and diversifying its…
RULE 49 MA
Why in News? The Election Commission may "revisit" the rule for prosecution of a voter for making afalse complaint of…
FISCAL PERFORMANCE INDEX BY…
Why in News? Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has come out with a 'Fiscal Performance Index' to assess quality of…
SWACHH BHARAT MISSION IMPACT…
Why in News? Swachhata has affected all aspects of the environment – be it groundwater, surface water, soil or air…
INDIA'S FIRST EMISSION TRADING…
Why in News? Gujarat has launched India's first trading programme to combat particulate air pollution on World Environment Day 2019,…
JAN SHIKSHAN SANSTHANS
Why in News? Fee for SC/ST candidates, who join vocational training under Jan Shikshan Sansthans (JSS), has been waived off.…
PURCHASE MANAGER'S INDEX
Why in News? • PMI or a Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is an indicator of business activity — both in…
PERIODIC LABOUR FORCE SURVEY…
Why in News? The govt has finally released Annual Report of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2017-18 and the…
Why in News? About a week ago, the New England Aquarium in the US announced that a "virgin" anaconda had…
RICE BLAST DISEASE RESISTANCE
GS 3 : Science & Technology - Biotechnology Why in News? Rice blast, caused by a fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is…
ICMR CALLS FOR COMPLETE…
GS 2 : Governance - Health & Education Why in News? The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recommended…
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NEW 'JAL…
GS 2 : Governance -Ministries & Departments Of The Government Why in News? Fulfilling its poll promise, the government has…
CRISPR-CAS9 -GENE EDITING RULES
GS 3: Science & Technology -Biotechnology Why in News? In a bid to make babies immune to infection by the…
GS 3: Environment -Environmental impact assessment Why in News? Severe heat wave conditions will continue in many parts over the…
IAF SIGNS AN AGREEMENT…
Why in News? • Reserve Bank of India (RBl) permitted banks to accept Aadhaar number only for 'Know Your Customer'…
SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY A NEW…
Why in News? • Scientists have recently identified a new species of Wasp from the genus Kudakrumia in Goa. Highlights:…
Why in News? • The Indian Air Force (IAF) has signed an agreement with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)…
IIT MADRAS LAUNCHES A…
Why in News? • Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) launched a data platform called "Integrated Database on Infrastructure…
MENSTRUAL HYGIENE DAY 2019
Why in News? • The MH Day seeks to break the silence, raise awareness and change the negative social norms…
THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR…
Why in News? • The International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT), Manesar, located in the northern automotive hub of India.…
Why in News? U.N. Interagency Coordination Group (IACG) report on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) calls for greater action by stakeholders at…
INDIA RANKS 43RD IN…
Why in news? India ranks 43rd most competitive economy in the world in IMD World Competitiveness Rankings-2019. IMD World Competitiveness…
T N MANOHARAN COMMITTEE
Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday constituted a task force to suggest policy and regulatory…
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS REGARDING APPOINTMENT…
Why in news? Prime Minister Modi and his 57 member council of ministers takes oath Article 74: There shall be…
EAST CONTAINER TERMINAL
Why in news? Sri Lanka, Japan and India on Tuesday signed an agreement to jointly develop the East Container Terminal…
WHO OFFICIALLY DECLARES EXCESSIVE…
Why in News? World Health Organisation (WHO) recently declared excessive mobile, video gaming as a disorder. Several mental and physical…
COMMITTEE FOR HOUSING FINANCE…
Why in News? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted a committee to review the existing state of mortgage securitisation…
BLOCKCHAIN DISTRICT
Why in News? Telangana released a draft blockchain policy to set up country's first 'Blockchain District' in Hyderabad. Highlights: It…
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Agreement for Rajasthan with…
CONTEXT: India signs Loan Agreement with the World Bank for Strengthening the Public Financial Management in Rajasthan Project. The objective…
BS Dhanoa will be…
CONTEXT: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa received the baton of Chairman, Chiefs of Staff…
US HAS REMOVED INDIA…
Why in news? The US administration under Trump has removed India from its currency monitoring watch list. Countries in the…
DRAFT EXPORT POLICY
Why in News? The Commerce Ministry has come out with a comprehensive draft of the export policy which includes product-…
SURFACE OZONE POLLUTION
Why in News? According to a forecast by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), with…
NATIONAL SC-ST HUB
Why in News? • The National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ministry of…
AKASH MISSILE
Why in news? Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test fired AKASH-MK-1S missile. Highlights: It is surface to…
SOCIAL AND LABOR CONVERGENCE…
Why in news? The 'Social and Labor Convergence Programme (SLCP),' an initiative to have a standard- neutral, converged assessment framework…
INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES…
Why in news? The World Health Organization has for the first time recognised "burn-out" in its International Classification of Diseases…
MEERLICTH OPTICAL TELESCOPE
Why in news? Scientists in South Africa have launched the world's first optical telescope linked to a radio telescope, combining…
EQUIP PROJECT
Why in News? Equip stands for Education Quality Upgradation and Inclusion The Ministry of HRD plans to launch this ambitious…
Why in News? Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru confirms that their material exhibits major properties of…
UAE LAUNCHES 'GOLDEN CARD'…
GS 3: IR Why in news? The United Arab Emirates has launched a permanent residency scheme to woo wealthy individuals…
GROUND WATER ASSESSMENT
GS 2: Governance Why in news? The Union Water Ministry is finalising an updated estimate on the state of groundwater…
CRESTED IBISES
GS 3 : Environment- Conservation Why in News? An endangered bird was reintroduced to the wild by South Korean authorities…
DOUBLING INDIA'S EXPORTS
GS 3: Economy Why in News? The high-level panel constituted by Commerce and Industry Ministry has recommended a host of…
GS 3 : Science & Technology - Awareness In The Fields Of It, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-Technology Why in News?…
ROOM FOR THE RIVER'…
GS 3 : Disaster Management Why in news? The Kerala CM after returning from the Netherlands tour spoke of incorporating…
NEW PLANTS SPECIES WITH…
ISRO LAUNCHES RADAR IMAGING…
Why in news? In a predawn launch, a PSLV rocket of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) placed RISAT-2B, an…
COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA…
Why in news? The Competition Commission of India (CCI) celebrated its 10th Annual Day which marks the notification of the…
SUCCESSFUL FIRING OF BRAHMOS…
GS 3: Science & Technology - Awareness In The Fields Of It, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-Technology Why in News? IAF…
MOU FOR JOINT COLLABORATION…
GS 3: Science & Technology - Awareness In The Fields Of It, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-Technology Why in News? The…
8th INDO – MYANMAR…
Why in News? Myanmar Navy Ships arrived Port Blair for the 'Opening Ceremony' of the 8th Indo- Myanmar coordinated patrol…
INDIA CUTS OFF UN…
GS 3: IR Why in news? Reacting angrily to a submission from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council (HRC) on the…
INSURANCE REGULATORY AND DEVELOPMENT…
GS 2: Governance Why in News? Irdai proposes to increase third-party insurance premium for cars, two-wheelers Highlights: Irdai has proposed…
CHARTER BASED BODIES
GS 3: IR Why in News? Charter bodies include the UN Human Rights Council and Special Procedures. UNHRC: The Human…
INDIA ADOPTS NEW STANDARDS…
WEARABLE SUPERCAPACITOR
CHIEF RISK OFFICER (CRO)…
GS 3: Economy Why in news? • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)…
RISAT-2B
BRS CONVENTIONS
GS 3 : Environment- Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation Why in News? The 14th meeting of the Conference of the…
NOT ALL ANIMALS MIGRATE…
GS 3 : Environment- Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation Why in News? Ahead of the International Day of Biological Diversity…
POLY-DI-KETOENAMINE (PDK): NEW PLASTIC…
SIMBEX-19
GS 3: IR Why in news? On successful completion of IMDEX 19, IN ships Kolkata and Shakti are continuing their…
MRSAM FIRING TRIALS
NEFT & RTGS
GS 3: Economy Why in news? The RBI has proposed to examine the possibility of extending availability of National Electronic…
Dr. P.K. Mishra conferred…
CONTEXT : United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) conferred Sasakawa Award 2019 for Disaster Risk Reduction to Dr.…
Union Ministry of Envt…
CONTEXT : Union Ministry of Environment announced a project to create DNA Database for Indian Rhinos. This is done in…
IMPORT OF REFURBISHED MOBILE…
GS 3: Economy Why in News? India has allowed the import of refurbished mobile phones, subject to the condition that…
MASALA BOND
GS 3: Economy Why in News? The state-owned Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) debuted its 'masala bond' issue of…
ISRO'S SEVEN MEGA MISSIONS
GRAPHITE RESERVES OF INDIA
GS 3: Economy Why in news? Geological Survey of India (GSI) has released a report on graphite reserves in India.…
NATIONAL E-VIDHAN APPLICATION (NEVA)…
GS 2: Governance Why in news? Kerala Legislative Assembly recently announced an initiative to digitize all its records and proceedings…
PRADHAN MANTRI FASAL BIMA…
S 2: Governance - Govt Schemes Why in news? Four north-eastern States Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram — are…
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN…
GS 3: IR - Events Why in news? The executive secretary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) has…
PAYMENT AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS…
GS 3: Economy Why in news? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the 'Payment and Settlement System in…
PROJECT 'SPARROW-CBIC' FOR APAR…
GS 2: Governance Why in News? Project 'SPARROW-CBIC' for online writing of Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) in SPARROW (Smart…
WORKSHOP ON ARTIFICIAL BIO…
INDIA SETS THE TONE…
GS 3: IR - Events Why in News? Conference of the Parties (COP) to Basel Convention on the Control of…
INDIA'S SMALLEST ORCHIDS DISCOVERED…
GS 3: Environment &BD Why in news? Lecanorchis Taiwaniana (the parasitic bloom), a type of Orchid was accidentally discovered in…
7th ECONOMIC CENSUS 2019
GS 3: Economy Why in News? In the run up to upcoming 7th Edition of Economic Census, a national training…
SERVICES TRADE RESTRICTIVENESS INDEX
GS 3: Economy Why in News? STRI is released by Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Highlights: It was…
NASA'S ARTEMIS TO PUT…
GS 3: Science & Technology - Awareness in The Fields Of It, Space, Computers, Robotics, Nano-Technology Why in News? NASA's…
COASTAL REGULATION ZONE (CRZ)…
GS 3: Environment-Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation Why in news? The Supreme Court last week ordered the demolition, within a…
CCMB SCIENTISTS SEQUENCE ASIATIC…
GS 3 : Science & Technology Why in news? The entire genome of Asiatic lion has been sequenced by scientists…
NEW UN ACCORD TO…
GS 3 : Environment-Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation Why in news? Around 180 governments agreed on a new UN accord…
INDIA TO CO-CHAIR CONSULTATIVE…
GS 3: Disaster Management Why in News? India is unanimously chosen as co-chair of the Consultative Group (CG) of Global…
POWERGRID HELPS IN RESTORATION…
GS 3: Disaster Management Why in News? Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWERGRID), a Navratna Central Public Sector Enterprise…
DNA DATABASE FOR INDIAN…
GS 3: Environment-Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation Why in News? The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has…
MICROSOFT LAUNCHES "ELECTIONGUARD" FOR…
GS 3: Science & Technology Why in news? Microsoft has announced the launch of "ElectionGuard", a free open-source Software Development…
CONTRACT SIGNED BETWEEN KONKAN…
GS 3: Economics - Infrastructure Railways Why in news? India and Nepal have inked a deal on procurement of two…
GS 3: Economics - Animal-Rearing Why in news? Three pairs of barn owls have been taken from Kerala to Kavaratti…
IAF GETS FIRST APACHE…
GS 3: Science & Technology - Defence Why in news? US aerospace major Boeing has handed over first of the…
GS 2: Governance Why in News? The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has started a probe against Google for alleged…
INTERNATIONAL WATER CONFERENCE
GS 3: IR - Organizations Why in News? UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) will organise a International Water…
WTO MINISTERIAL MEETING
GS 3: IR - Organizations Why in News? India will host a WTO ministerial meeting of developing countries in New…
In Ships Undertake Group…
Why in news? IN Ships Kolkata and Shakti carried out Group Sail with naval ships of Japan, Philippines and the…
Why in news? Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) is organising a meeting of the Regional Heads of…
India Adds 40mn New…
Why in News? According to Google's 'Year in Search – India: Insights for Brands' report, an estimated 40 million Indians…
Indian Scientists Discover How…
Why in News? Indian scientists have discovered that serotonin boosts energy production in brain cells and helps them survive under…
India and China Sign…
Why in News? Delegates from India and China held a meeting in New Delhi today to discuss trade related issues…
India's First Indigenous Microprocessor…
Why in news? Engineers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) have developed a microprocessor called "AJIT" which…
Who For Eliminating Industrially…
Why in news? The World Health Organisation (WHO) is working with the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) to eliminate…
Basel Convention
Why in News? 14th Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (COP-14) is being held in Geneva, Switzerland. The…
How China, followed by…
Why in News? A new satellite-based study shows that China and India are leading the crease greening efforts" across the…
ARCTIC COUNCIL
Why in News? India has been re-elected as an observer to the Arctic Arctic council: The Arctic Council was established…
PURPLE FROG SET TO…
Why in news? There is an ongoing campaign in Kerala to declare 'Maveli', the purple frog as Kerala's State Amphibian,…
DENGVAXIA
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The 'New Right's' War On Women
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Residents of NWA gather in Fayetteville last Spring for a rally against the war on women.
The 89th General Assembly of Arkansas:
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE PREGNANT WOMAN'S PROTECTION ACT. SB170 — Is now known as Act 156 as it has been signed into law.
TO TERMINATE CERTAIN PARENTAL RIGHTS OF A PERSON CONVICTED OF RAPE TO A CHILD CONCEIVED AS A RESULT OF THE RAPE AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. HB1002 — Is now known as Act 210 as it has been signed into law.
TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS HUMAN HEARTBEAT PROTECTION ACT; TO PROTECT UNBORN CHILDREN; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. SB134 — Has been passed by both the House and Senate, vetoed by Beebe, With override of that veto from the Senate.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE POLICIES FROM OFFERING COVERAGE FOR ABORTIONS EXCEPT THROUGH A SEPARATE RIDER. HB1100 — Is now known as Act 72 as it has been signed into law.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. HB1037 — Is now known as Act 171.
Special Editorial By Donna Shade and Claudia Reynolds-LeBlanc
Democracy is being hijacked and the women of Arkansas are the hostages. Relentless, the 89th General Assembly is diligently legislating women's reproductive rights. Militant, polyester dinosaurs at the Capitol remain addicted to the idea of "sacred" reproduction. Their theocratic, corporate backed barrage of legislation is designed, whether consciously or otherwise, to treat women as broodmares. People like tenacious evangelist Senator Jason Rapert (R) are prepared to sacrifice women on the legislative altar, to honor personal agendas and the zygote.
Manipulation Of Faith
Something awful has happened within the community of practicing Christians over the past few decades. Women are the most recently targeted, of two or three groups, who are scapegoats for the outward expression of a deeper and more dangerous, hateful, New Puritan disposition. A large faction of those who profess Christ have been seduced into enabling and empowering a corporate backed cartel of ruthless political schemers, that has turned our nation into an empire reminiscent of regimes we were always told were criminal, moral opposites of all the United States stood for.
Long standing values and traditions of churches and political parties have been manipulated and twisted, re-packaged, and marketed through slick well-funded personalities and foundations. Most of the rest of us have been appalled, trying to make sense of the growing hardhearted psychopathy of not only those in power, but many average Americans too, who now so frequently think and act in terms of imperial exceptionalism.
History of Church & Abortion
It isn't true that Roe V. Wade upset the evangelical Protestants. It was over five years after Roe V. Wade that The Moral Majority was founded. For decades evangelicals had little interest in politics. The issue that mobilized them was the IRS revoking the tax exempt status of segregated private religious schools.
So their characterization of themselves as the "New Abolitionists," comparing their stance on abortion to that of the true abolitionists during slavery, is totally preposterous. Besides which, the original abolitionists advocated women's equality too.
Before Roe V Wade — in 1971 the Southern Baptist Convention adopted this resolution: "We call upon Southern Baptists to work for legislation that will allow the possibility of abortion under such conditions as rape, incest, clear evidence of severe fetal deformity, and carefully ascertained evidence of the likelihood of damage to the emotional, mental, and physical health of the mother." AFTER Roe V Wade — A Dallas Theological Seminary professor in an early 1980s Christianity Today article: "God does not regard the fetus as a soul, no matter how far gestation has progressed. The Law plainly exacts: 'If a man kills any human life he will be put to death' (Lev. 24:17). But according to Exodus 21:22-24, the destruction of the fetus is not a capital offense. … Clearly, then, in contrast to the mother, the fetus is not reckoned as a soul."
W.A. Criswell, a past president of the SBC, and pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, regarding the Roe decision: "I have always felt that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person…and it has always, therefore, seemed to me that what is best for the mother and for the future should be allowed." W. Barry Garrett of Baptist Press: "Religious liberty, human equality and justice are advanced by the Supreme Court abortion decision."
All of these leaders have since done an about-face on the issue, and it's never mentioned that they ever said such things. Even one book was revised, with its author's original position completely reversed.
Nothing about this is mentioned in the revised version.
Before 1979, the Catholic church was essentially the only one that ever showed any interest in eliminating legal abortion. They had already formed the National Right to Life Committee before Roe, in response to a rapidly growing trend in state legislatures. Arkansas changed its law to ease restrictions on abortion in 1969, four years prior to Roe, and it was one of many states. But when the IRS came to take away Bob Jones University's tax exemption, the white evangelical establishment rallied the troops.
That's when ultra-conservative strategists who wanted to create a powerful "New Right" in the Republican party saw an opportunity to galvanize the unhappy Catholic and evangelical establishments, and use them to mobilize a base that would propel their New Right to power. The Moral Majority's creation and name was the idea of one of those strategists, Paul Weyrich. He enlisted Jerry Falwell as the co-founding figurehead and spokesman.
Well-Funded, Slick Personalities
Weyrich and other operatives worked with Falwell, James Dobson, and other fundamentalist personalities, to create new and powerful stories about the nation, and the Christian tradition within it.
These stories were not concerned with truth, but with what could stir up masses of people by playing on their fears and insecurities, following an era of social change, and correction of some past injustices.
They played dirty, and they were experts at revisionism and manipulation, as well as persuading and motivating people. They particularly played on fears of lost prosperity and hierarchical position.
Moreover, if the New Puritan Dominionists ever get the theocracy they're after, and all abortions become criminal offenses in the U.S., they'll have to backtrack just a little, and enact a law whereby a husband and the family's clergyman (and it will be cclergyMAN) can force a wife to have an abortion.
According to Old Testament instructions, the husband is to bring the wife before the priest, who is to give her something called "bitter water" to drink. If she's innocent, everything will be just fine. If not, then she'll miscarry, and whether pregnant or not, be stricken with a very gnarly and painful sounding infection that will leave her sterile. Good Christian women rejoice.
All Jewish scholars and experts on Mosaic law will tell you that abortion was always allowed in Hebrew and Jewish tradition. As a matter of fact, Israelites were not even allowed to observe the traditional mourning rites if they had a child who didn't live past thirty days. This is not to suggest, as those who call themselves "pro-life" do, that ancient Biblical laws should be written into our state or national codes, just that their anti-choice stance has absolutely no Biblical support.
Jesus Loves Women
Stanley Grenz in his Women in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry describes that "Jesus gave no explicit teaching on the role of women in the church. In fact, he left no teaching at all concerning women as a class of people…. He treated every woman he met as a person in her own right".
The women Jesus befriended were many — but the compelling fact is that Jesus trusted women! The 89th General Assembly of Arkansas would best serve our state by emulating Jesus in seeing women as persons in their own right. The misogyny and patriarchy manifest in our General Assembly disparage Jesus' example of acknowledging the dignity and honor of women. The multiple anti-woman bills of the 89th General Assembly are prejudicial, archfiend and a debasement of the whole, civilized society.


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Frances Clemente
A Journey to Crete, Constantinople, Naples and Florence. Three Months Abroad by Anna Vivanti-Lindau. Impressions of a German female writer on Naples in the second half of the Nineteenth century
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1/2021, April
DOI: 10.1404/100263
Informations and abstract
Keywords: Anna Vivanti-Lindau, Mediterranean, Naples, Travel Literature, Nine- teenth century.
In 1865 German writer Anna Vivanti-Lindau, mother of the more renowned Annie Vivanti, travelled to the Mediterranean on a three-month trip. Once back in her London home, she wrote an account of her experience, giving rise to a A Journey to Crete, Constantinople, Naples and Florence. Three Months Abroad. The present contribution aims to draw the Journey out of the oblivion to which it has so far been assigned, making it the subject of a monograph for the first time, with a twofold purpose: to shed light on a figure forgotten by history, albeit considerably grounded in the European culture of the second half of the nineteenth century; and to provide a new insight into the history of travel in the Mediterranean, with a focus on the Parthenopean leg of Vivanti-Lindau's itinerary.


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