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Launch of Northern Ireland Catholic Schools Week 2011
Thus our theme this year Catholic Schools – Rooted in Jesus Christ is a key one in reflecting on who we are and what we are trying to do. Catholic schools here set the standards of academic achievement for the whole educational sector. So many of our Catholic schools have a rich cultural programme, both Irish and international. But it takes more than exam results or Irish language and culture to make a school Catholic in Ireland. A Catholic school in this country is not simply recognised by how well it plays Gaelic football, camogie, hurling or the tin whistle. The distinguishing characteristic of the 200,000 Catholic schools worldwide and of the education that they offer to some 52 million students is that they are rooted in Jesus Christ and in his way of looking at the world and at people. What inspires so many wonderful teachers in every country is a conviction that we have an energising vision of life, one that we want to share. If that is not what we are proud to offer, then in Northern Ireland we are merely divisive and potentially sectarian. If we are not clearly rooted in the love of Jesus Christ, then we risk being like a cymbal clashing (1 Cor 13:1) or full of sound and fury, signifying nothing (Macbeth Act 5, scene 5). Research shows that we do so well, not despite the fact of our religious conviction but because of the content and context that that belief system implies. Thus we constantly need to clarify our core vision so that we be the best that we can be.
I would suggest that the biggest challenge facing Catholic education in Northern Ireland 2011 is not transfer from primary to post-primary school, it is not just how we can be more effective and efficient. The biggest challenge in this decade is clarifying the identity of our Catholic schools in the context of a pluralist and reconciled society. Does a school system, explicitly rooted in Jesus Christ actually have a role in the 21st century? If so, what is that role? In that regard I would like to make a few points
Firstly, I have heard many commentators and even Catholic educationalists saying that we have to live with our so-called 'segregated education' system because it is a recognition that we have two communities here and that the choices of parents cannot be removed overnight and must be respected. That attitude implies that Catholic schools are merely a relic of a divided past and that they will eventually wither as we become a more mature society there. Sorry! Catholic schools are not a phenomenon that we will get over when we grow up! Access to faith-based education is a key characteristic of a modern, pluralist society. Catholic schools thrive in the most modern and advanced societies. They haven't withered away when societies make economic progress. They tend to provide better value for the public money that they receive. Indeed, in countries like Lithuania, governments have actually encouraged some state schools to become Catholic because evidence has shown that they can bring in all sorts of human and other resources that the state schools can't access. In Northern Ireland, the real sign of maturity will not be when everybody just goes to a secular state school, but when diversity of provision is seen as an enrichment for society and not as a threat to its stability. We are not going away!
Secondly, the very forward looking 2001 document Building Peace, Shaping the Future committed all Catholic schools to promote healing in our divided and hurting society. The writers were very aware of the dangers inherent in a system where pupils from a nationalist cultural background tended to attend Catholic schools and where Controlled schools were generally attended by those from a Unionist cultural background. The potential for division in Northern Ireland has been real and has been both exploited and accepted by many. A school system that is rooted in Jesus Christ has to be actively committed to overcoming the many barriers that arise between people on the basis of religion, social class, race and colour. One of my colleagues recently proposed that, after ten years, we need to revisit Building Peace, Shaping the Future and look again to see just how we balance our undoubted right to exist in a pluralist society with our Gospel obligations to promote reconciliation and healing. The constantly uncomfortable Jesus Christ, in whom we claim to be rooted, calls us to serve him and all people and not just ourselves. We are committed to being schools which integrate the community across denominational and social barriers. As we know from an increasing number of our schools which welcome pupils from all faiths and culture, we don't have to cease being Catholic in order to do build a more shared future.
And I believe that this imperative pushes us to do at least two things.
One of those is something that we are doing already, namely to work increasingly closely with educational leaders in the Protestant churches. And I am not just saying that because we find ourselves in the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The problem that all churches will face in the future is not one of religious difference but the reality of religious indifference. All our churches have an interest in ensuring that the ideology of secularism does not banish from education any openness to the Transcendent. In an age where children are under enormous pressure to adopt very insubstantial heroes from the saccharine world of light entertainment or the virtual world of war games, we have the common interest of promoting an openness to love, truth and beauty, to community and generosity, to being inspired by good and by God.
The other agenda that we have to promote as well is the right of many people who have no religious convictions to have access to a secular model of education. That, too, is a characteristic of a modern pluralist society and is really not available here – and if we call for rights for ourselves, we have to champion the rights of others. They, like us, are tax payers. As is stated in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, they, like us, "have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children".[1][1] Our rootedness in Christ means that we can confidently champion the rights of others as well as those of ourselves.
The third point that I would like to make is the following. We have heard from some political and civic leaders the conviction that – and I quote First Minister Peter Robinson – What I do object to is the State providing and funding church schools. That is a genuinely held view in many quarters. However, I believe that this statement reflects just one more subliminal element of our divided society here. Some different Christian traditions here actually have different ways of looking at the world that we are not even aware of. Thus, I believe that many of those who believe that school should be about education in secular subjects and that all religious input should be handled by churches in their own time, come from a genuinely held belief that is very strongly influenced by one interpretation of the great St Augustine. Taking their starting point from Augustine, they believe that the world is divided into two spheres, the secular and the spiritual. The former is concerned with the here and the latter with the hereafter. Some people believe that this means that there should be a clear divide between things of the world and things of God. The world is studied in school, God is learned about in church.
A Catholic tradition, however, emphasises that the goal of Jesus' mission was to reconcile all things in Christ (Ephesians 1:10), and not just to escape from the clutches of the fallen world. Thus the Catholic school does not exist just to brainwash pupils with Christian fables alongside 'real education' in normal subjects but to provide an integrated view of the world, of culture, of history. The Catholic school tries to take seriously the fact that Jesus took on our human nature – and thus to ensure that by word and deed, "a specific concept of the world, of people and of history is developed and conveyed" [2][2] Or to put it another way "One of the characteristics of a Catholic school is that it interpret and give order to human culture in the light of faith." [3][3] An education about the Transcendent and the spiritual in human life cannot not be equally concerned with how history, geography, science, music, literature and sport are integrated into the human person's search for meaning. From a Catholic perspective you cannot separate a secular world that we learn about in school and a religious world that we learn about in church. Young people are living in one world, not in two. We believe that an educational experience that offers this perspective has as much claim to a place in publicly funded education as a school which disingenuously pretends to be neutral on the question of the spiritual.
My fourth point follows on from this and is a counterbalance to it. Nearly three weeks ago, the Irish bishops published Share the Good News – the National Directory for Catechesis in Ireland. That document is clear that, in modern Ireland, religious formation cannot be sub-contracted by families to parishes to the school. While the school is entitled to communicate and to exemplify particular ways of being human, the parish and the family still have the responsibility for catechesis and explicit Christian formation. School, parish and family have complementary but different roles to play in developing an adult faith. We cannot place excessively high expectation on schools and teachers. In many of our schools, there are increasing numbers of young people who are not Catholic or only culturally Catholic. In the school they can experience the Catholic worldview and learn much about that rich world of the imagination which is part of the Catholic identity. But growth in faith and in membership of a faith community needs to be offered in the context of parishes and movements. A GCSE or an A-level in RE is no substitute for conscious formation in the faith, within the family and through the parish. We know already that any limitation of faith formation to what is done through school results in young people happily taking part in what, for many, is the holy equivalent of Disneyworld. Get dressed up, see a guy with funny gear on and have a party! Despite the wonderful work done by schools in Ireland religious practice is now a minority interest. For most young people, the choice is whether to opt into active involvement with religious bodies, not whether to opt out of them. Across modern Ireland, not having any real connection with church is the assumed default position. How we were schools in past is not the model for being a Catholic school in the new environment. Catholic Schools Week is an invitation to acknowledge what schools can do, and to accept what schools alone cannot do. That will entail a revolution in how we are school and parish in the 21st century.
The renewal will be a genuinely Christian one only if we ask ourselves, not just about structure but whether we are we rooted in Jesus Christ. Many people will say that they don't go to church but that they don't do harm to anybody, or even that they work for justice and community. But Pope Benedict made a very clear point in his 2005 document Deus Caritas Est. He wrote "Being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with…a person [Jesus Christ] which gives life a new horizon and a definitive direction"[4][4] If we are not rooted in Jesus, then we risk being rootless. People who stand for nothing, easily fall for anything.
Finally, if we are to achieve this, we will have to look at the messages and priorities that we emphasise and how much we are in solidarity with those in need, not just around the world but around the corner. We are one tree, rooted in Jesus Christ, not a series of different and unconnected trees in the same orchard. He is the one vine and we are all branches. Thus, when it comes to finding ways forward, there can be no detached Catholic school for those who live in detached houses, no semi-detached school for those in semis – and lesser provision for those who live in terraces. No school is rooted in Jesus Christ if it is concerned only with its only welfare, its own staff and clientele. The uncomfortable Jesus Christ asks us to see not just the successes of the past or the achievements of the present but his priorities for the future. Subsidiary without solidarity is neither Catholic nor Christian. Being rooted in Christ will place big demands on those who are doing very well at present so that opportunities can be shared and not hoarded, can be developed for all and not just preserved for some.
Our theme this year offers us a chance to see how explicitly each of our schools is rooted in Jesus Christ. It is not a bind, outdated in modern society. That is our strength and our inspiration. If we continue to turn to those roots in the context and content of our education, we will continue to thrive. If we do root ourselves in him, and seek new growth for new times, we can continue to be a blessing to individuals, families, communities and the wider society. If we do not have those roots, we have nothing to offer to anyone.
Last week, in the tragic events surrounding the death of Michaela McAreavey, we saw the best of what a faith community can do and be, especially in times of challenge and pain. There was immediate access to a wide range of resources to help cope with the awful pain. Our sector will be successful and continue to offer leadership to the wider community if they explicitly champion love, community, reconciliation and concern, especially for those less well off then ourselves. Next week I hope that we can learn from that and re-focus ourselves on being rooted in Jesus Christ.
I am therefore, very happy to encourage schools and parishes to reflect on the theme of Catholic Schools Week 2011. We are not merely relics of the past – but key players in the construction of a healthy and vibrant society where all our young people can flourish.
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Offshore Wind in UK – Roadmap Required
October 26, 2020, by Offshore WIND
The following article is a guest post by Maren Strandevold, an energy lawyer and an associate at the international commercial law firm Haynes and Boone.
In response to the recent offshore wind announcement by the UK's Prime Minister, Maren Strandevold discusses the need for adequate funding allocated in the correct areas, a streamlined regulatory regime, and the need for new technology and innovation.
On 6 October 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke at the Conservative Party conference about the future of offshore wind. He claimed, among other things, that the UK can become the "Saudi Arabia of wind". He also stated that he would spend £160 million to upgrade ports and factories for building wind turbines and raised the garget for offshore wind power capacity from 30 gigawatts to 40 gigawatts by 2030.
The ambition to "build back greener" is laudable, but in order for it to become a viable and successful enterprise, you need more than targets and good intentions. It is important to consider the role of offshore wind in the energy mix, to have a clear and transparent regulatory regime and to ensure that funding is targeted where it can be put to best use.
Offshore wind is a significant source of renewable energy and will be a key part of the energy transition. It is not, however, capable of meeting all of our energy needs. Several manufacturing and heavy industry processes require a level of heat that cannot be reached using electricity. There are also issues with reliability.
Offshore wind farms are weather-dependent, meaning that supply can be interrupted by a lack of wind. We are therefore still reliant on gas to provide a back-up when the renewable sources are insufficient.
To this end there are developments of battery power, however, these are still not at the stage where they can provide reliable back up on a significant scale. As such, whilst wind makes a valuable contribution to the energy mix, it must be a part of a bigger scheme, not the sole remedy to a complex problem.
An important point is the ability to use offshore wind not purely to produce electricity for general consumption but in conjunction with other forms of energy.
There are two important ways in which wind can be used. One is to reduce emissions from the production of other forms of energy, such as oil and gas. The other is to use offshore wind for the production of green hydrogen.
Oil and gas platforms are traditionally powered by on-site gas turbines which burn significant amounts of fuel and therefore cause significant emissions. In order to meet net zero goals, the oil and gas industry is therefore looking at alternative ways to electrify platforms. Given that a number of offshore wind farms are in close proximity to offshore oil and gas platforms, this presents opportunities for the use of offshore wind.
Offshore wind can also generate electricity that can be converted to hydrogen via electrolysis of seawater. Hydrogen has the advantage of being more easily transported and can be carried via existing gas pipelines rather than having to lay electrical cables. By converting electricity to hydrogen which is capable of being stored, it also addresses some of the issues of intermittency created by the fact that offshore wind is weather-dependent.
In light of this, it is important that any plans for the future of offshore wind consider how much electricity should be generated by offshore wind and look at how the energy produced is best deployed.
Regulatory Regime
Given the fast-moving nature of the energy transition and the technologies being developed, it is difficult for legislation to keep up.
However, companies require a clear framework in which to can operate. As such, it is an opportune time for the government to consider and simplify the regulatory regime in a manner that allows for cross-collaboration across the different parts of the energy industry and facilitates energy integration.
Looking at the existing regimes, questions have arisen regarding the suitability of the current regulatory regime for offshore wind. It is currently heavily concentrated on competitiveness, which is considered beneficial for consumers. That means that currently there is no sharing of infrastructure, and each wind farm has an individual connection to transmit the power that it generates.
There are three material concerns with this: it is financially inefficient; it has a negative environmental impact; it may have a negative impact on coastal communities where connections make landfall. There has been some progress on this point.
In August, BEIS and Ofgem sent an open letter to developers of offshore wind generation, electricity transmission licensees and other interested parties to open consultation for increasing the level of coordination in offshore electricity infrastructure.
The letter sets out a request for feedback on which "commercial, regulatory and policy frameworks might not be driving the best outcome for consumers or the energy system". The consultation closed on 30 September 2020 and the outcome has yet to be published.
There are also areas where there is insufficient regulation, particularly in relation to hydrogen. Given its potential, it will be increasingly important to look at creating a regulatory regime that reduces the barriers that exist in relation to hydrogen.
In a report prepared for BEIS in August this year, it was highlighted that among other things, in order to make progress in this area, policies need to be developed to deal with funding, emerging technologies and the effect of market forces. It is expected that further reviews of potential business models will be considered by BEIS before any legislative changes are made.
Another issue to be addressed is that it seems clear that there will be more integration between different types of energy production and storage as set out above, and it is necessary that the applicable regulatory regimes are designed to accommodate this.
In its recent report on UK Continental Shelf energy integration, the Oil & Gas Authority set out some of the challenges faced by the regulatory regimes currently in place.
The report highlighted that some projects might fall under more than one scheme. For example, platform electrification would fall under the Petroleum Act 1998 as well as the Energy Act 2008. Clarity must be provided as to how different regimes will interact in these circumstances.
Development of offshore wind will inevitably require funding, as is recognised by Boris Johnson and his pledge to invest £160 million to development of offshore wind. Leaving aside for the moment whether that figure is adequate to reach his ambitious target, how those funds are invested is crucial to ensuring success.
It appears that the intention is predominantly to invest in infrastructure such as ports and factories. However, funding is also required for research and development to ensure that technology is optimised and that the supply chain is well placed to support additional offshore wind farms. By way of example, the Norwegian government's plan for the green transition announced in June expressly earmarked funds for offshore wind but specified that a portion of the funds would be targeted at research and development, with the remainder to be aimed at developing new projects relating to supply chains and the delivery of offshore wind projects. Applying funding in this way achieves a number of objectives. It avoids locking development into one track, recognising that we are in the middle of a fast-moving transition where a lot of solutions and technology have yet to come to market, and it ensures that there is a continued focus on research which will help to ensure that solutions can be optimised and made cost-effective and reliable.
Funding also needs to look ahead to the decommissioning of wind turbines. An offshore wind turbine may have a life of up to 30 years, but how and when this is decommissioned must be factored into the planning. A 2018 report from BEIS estimated that decommissioning the wind farms in existence would have cost between £1.28 million and £3.64 million. It is, therefore, crucial that when assessing future projects, consideration is given to how the life cycle will be managed. Indeed, not only examining how decommissioning will be funded but also applying principles of the circular economy to assess manufacturing processes, design durability and possibilities for re-use and re-manufacturing.
The commitment to offshore wind is an important step to meet net zero targets in accordance with the Paris Agreement. However, it will not be enough on its own. A comprehensive strategy that takes account of the complexities of the energy transition, the inevitable changes in the commercial landscape as well as the need for innovation, will be the key to reaching targets.
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Executives from National Grid Plc meet government officials on Thursday to discuss how a growing tangle of projects offshore can be best connected to the network on land. At the moment, wind farms at sea are each linked individually with separate cables. Combining some of those links could cut the amount of new infrastructure needed in half.
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Every day, with each new experience, children learn important life that help develop values lessons. As parents, these ethics and values in the back of our minds, often subconsciously, when we do things with our children like bake a cake together, and make a card for a relative, and to help them build a den with their friends or just let them play in the garden. Dig wants to explore the understanding of mothers' instinctive deeper values, so we talked with 240 mothers and grandmothers 20, and 5 great grandmothers in 10 locations throughout the world to do exactly that. We called "Mamma Mia," and some of our findings, the project is the most exciting common interest below. Values are an integral part of every person and help to provide us with personal, social and cultural value part; in essence, they form our identity and place in society. They do not guide us all, pointing to what is important, good or useful, but it can also be a source of inspire and motivate us. Regardless of the social and cultural differences and mothers see the world the responsibility of instilling values and the role of personal information. Whether in Turkey, or Brazil, Indonesia, and mothers everywhere share a certain set of values as a bench to raise their children:
Mother values-driven (non-negotiable) - those we feel a duty to instill such as honesty, respect for others, sharing and giving and self-reliance, responsibility and respect for cultural traditions and the elders.
Child and maternal values driven (encouraged) - that we feel we can be actively encouraged, but which are driven by personal, such as design and trust; or those that are rewarded and armed, like love and gratitude towards the family and sociability and relationships.
Child values-driven (high values) - those are our child will develop normally and have a negative, but we can facilitate, such as creativity and discovery, curiosity and imagination. When our children recognize and understand the values we have tried to instill, it is greatly rewarding, providing us with pride and happiness. Child-driven values such as creativity, imagination, curiosity and discovery is very important for the development of children, but also mothers, and we put them less direct importance. Most of these values instilled naturally and can be stimulated or facilitated through play and experiences in the outdoors, such as climbing trees, rolling down hills or jumping in pools. While we may be eager to leave the kids have free reign to discover through curiosity, in case they hurt (or home dirty), and provides the play with kids basic personal experiences that form the building. Along with other values, it can also increase our own happiness and pride - How did you feel rewarded last time your child painted a picture of you? Not only does it show that they understand the love and gratitude and the importance of sharing and giving, but they show a natural tendency creative and imaginative.
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From rainbow-bright salsa to ceviche eaten straight from the shell, this fresh-faced feast will wow all of your Cinco de Mayo guests this year.
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The ideal balance of sweet and sour, this boozy sidekick tastes like summer sunshine.
These tacos will be the center of attention on your table, and easily win the title of "best-dressed" when served with green pico de gallo, pickled veggies and carrot habanero sauce.
Spicy chiles and sweet carrots make these pickled veggies the ideal acidic taco topper.
Sweet and savory have hooked up once again and we're here for it. Serve this super-green salsa on tortilla chips or over our crispy fish tacos.
Eat this fermented sauce on anything you would drizzle your favorite jarred hot sauce over... and never look back.
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Healing a Sunburn - The Cheeky Peach "
Chances are, you've experienced a sunburn once or twice in your life. I've dealt with some nasty burns myself – fair skin and a childhood on the beach don't mix well.
On an unusually hot day in May, I decided to head right to the beach after high school. I laid out in my uniform, forgoing sunscreen, and soaked in the rays. Legs don't really burn, right? I ended up with one of the most painful sunburns of my life on my calves. To make matters worse, my school uniform came equipped with knee highs. I remember carrying around spray aloe, reapplying after each class, and gently rolling my knee highs back up over my calves. To this day, I cringe thinking about that recovery. Beyond skin damage and potential health risks, sunburns are painful.
What I didn't have back then was a sunburn secret weapon. While I hope to never burn again and I hope you don't either, it's always good to have a backup plan. Not originally intended as a sunburn solution, I once tried Burt's Bees Hand Slave out of desperation and, voilà, the next day, I was sunburn free. I've since continued to use the product as a sunburn remedy for years now and haven't looked back. If you can handle the strong scent of various essential oils, you won't regret allowing the product to soothe your burn. It takes some time to soak in, which is exactly what your sore skin needs – a thick barrier of moisture. This product is 100% natural and incredibly available – you can find Burt's in almost every drugstore.
A note about Burt's Bees: the brand is a little controversial in the natural products community. Back in 2007, The Clorox Company acquired Burt's Bees and, although the brand has remained, many question its authenticity. You can really look at this two ways. One, Burt's is now owned by a company that doesn't share a similar belief system, therefore shouldn't be supported. Or, appreciate that Burt's is now more accessible to the mass population, less expensive than alternative brands, and has been able to increase its use of natural ingredients. I choose to go with the latter here. Burt's has educated many users by offering quality natural products, opening many doors for other natural product lines. I'll take it.
Scroll down to the Do Greine Spray. Again, there is a scent to get used to, but its natural and effective. Also, its a lesson that apple cider vinegar is once again helpful in a pinch.
Thanks so much for sharing, Kelly! We'll have to check this out. And good call on the apple cider vinegar!


BIM4SMEs is a working group made up of individual organisations from different sector backgrounds within the industry, from: SME contractors, specialist sub-contracts, architects, FM providers and construction bodies etc. All these organisations are SMEs or have a key interest in ensuring SMEs are well informed and recognised for their advancing of Building Information Modelling within the SME Community.
Responding to the need to raise awareness of BIM to the SME community, the BIM4SME working group has developed a poster campaign as a method of reinforcing the benefits of BIM implementation within organisations. The campaign creates a highly visual and high impact promotion through genuine and independent advice and guidance from trusted and real life SME organisations / people / sole proprietors etc.
This ongoing campaign would welcome any SMEs who wish to share their thoughts of those using BIM but also those that have yet to start the journey. Purpose of the campaign is to hear from real people with real messages.
You will see these posters over and over again so keep your eye out for them.
Any SMEs who may have a message they would like to share, then please contact BIM4SME by clicking here.


We manufacture our Sealed Tabletop Artifact Case with archival materials and microclimate capability. At SmallCorp, we have standard designs, but we do not have standard sizes. We manufacture each case to your size requirements. This means each case is made to meet your specific needs.
The Sealed Tabletop Artifact Case comes with a powdercoated aluminum collar. We offer a variety of archival deck options. Our standard ODP deck consists of dibond and aluminum, wrapped in fabric. Another offering, our ethadeck, uses the ODP deck as a base and includes a layer of pinnable ethafoam beneath the fabric. Finally, we make object decks out of HDPE, expanded PVC and other materials. We offer standard fabrics or we can work with those that you specify. The interior of the case and silica gel compartment are fabricated from archival materials.
The sealed tabletop artifact case comes with a silica gel access port. As a result, you can service the silica gel without disturbing the artifact. The gel access door locks with security screws.
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