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This is Why I Don't Believe Polls on Same-Sex Marriage
By Peter Wolfgang Published on December 11, 2022 •
Peter Wolfgang
Disney's recent movie Strange World and the summer's Lightyear both bombed at the box office. The Wall Street Journal recently called this "an unusual record for a company long considered a guaranteed hitmaker in children's entertainment."
It was more than that. The Wall Street Journal won't tell you one of the big reasons the two films bombed. It's the same reason Bros — the movie whose poster showed two men grabbing each other's buttocks — bombed. Few Americans go to the theatre to see same-sex relationships promoted.
And this is why I don't believe the polls showing such a huge shift in support of same-sex marriage in the seven years since Obergefell. The practice has gained support from a solid majority of our political class, as the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act shows. But it doesn't have so much support from everyone else.
What People Don't Tell Pollsters
Don't get me wrong. I don't dispute that there has been some shift. And I don't dispute that large numbers of people tell pollsters they are now cool with same-sex marriage. I just don't think they are telling the truth.
Show me a poll that says a majority supports abortion at some point, at least in the first trimester, and I will believe you. Show me a poll that says there has been a huge sea-change in favor of same-sex marriage in the last seven years and I will not believe you.
There has been some change, of course. The law is a teacher. The more something is practiced, the more people get used to it. America is more accepting of same-sex marriage today than it was when such unions were forbidden.
But I still don't believe the claims about the great change in American beliefs. Why?
Because same-sex marriage is unlike any other issue in our public life. There is no other issue — not even a controversial one, like abortion or gun control — where you will be punished for not supporting it. If you register any sort of dissent on same-sex marriage, it could cost you your job. If not your promotion or your next pay raise.
It could cost you your standing in the community. Old friends may denounce you. Members of your own family may turn on you. And if they don't, you will find some friends less friendly, some family members less interested in being with you. You will have marked yourself as one of "them."
There is no other issue in American public life like it. I see this as a long-time pro-life and pro-family activist. I know what being against abortion brings and what being against gay marriage brings. It is positively Soviet-like. The American electorate reacts to it as if they are an occupied nation.
The Sign in the Shop Window
So when someone says they support same-sex marriage, they may not support same-sex marriage. They may be saying they support same-sex marriage the way the green grocer in Czech dissident Vaclav Havel's essay "Power of the Powerless" puts the "Workers of the world, unite!" sign in his shop window.
Havel wrote the essay in 1978, when the communist government ruled his country and allowed no freedom of belief. Why does the grocer do it? he asks. The grocer doesn't care about uniting the world's workers.
He does it because if he didn't, he could get in trouble, be accused of being disloyal. "He does it because these things must be done if one is to get along in life. It is one of the thousands of details that guarantee him a relatively tranquil life 'in harmony with society,' as they say."
Many people tell pollsters and tell others — when someone demands their opinion — that they support same-sex marriage. They may tolerate it, because it's now legal and it doesn't affect them. But they don't support it. They go along with it because opposing it's not worth the hassle.
And they're not going to watch the darn movies.
Peter Wolfgang is president of Family Institute of Connecticut Action. He lives in Waterbury, Connecticut, with his wife and their seven children. The views expressed on The Stream are solely his own.
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Creation of such service significantly served a powerful stimulus to fast development of mines rescue in the country. A number of Paramilitary Mines Rescue Units (PMRU) significantly increased. All PMRUs were included into the Russian Emergencies Ministry in 2010. Today these units are highly-trained rescue professionals that have modern equipment at their disposal, ready to carry out operations on all kinds of industrial facilities.
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After watching her father killed by a rival, Sophia is knocked out and sold to slavers who take her to a desert country where she is sold to a Caliph. However, before the Caliph can have his way with her she is taken away from him by an elf that used trickery on the Caliph. The elf, Lars, takes her away to his ship where they sail to his home in England. Sophie wants Lars to take her virginity since that is what got her into this trouble in the first place. Lars agrees and after a few days both of them fall in love with each other. Lars wants to marry Sophie but she will not accept saying that she has to kill her father's killer before she does anything else. Lars agrees to help her and plans on seducing her so Sophie will marry him.
The author has crafted a wonderful world with believable characters. Secondary characters keep the story lively too. In my opinion, the timeline for this tale seems to be in the Victorian era with all the rules of manners associated with that time.


At the end of the three races, with all points tallied, the Southwest Series saw the following teams at the top for the year: Amanda Products Mike Klensin topped the 4400 Pro class, followed by Goodall Racing Kenneth Goodall and Fly-N-Hi Racing Jeremy Hammer in third. Mitch Funk won the 4500 class, and Tim Adkins won the 4600 class. The Pro UTV class was won by Frank Minice, with Logan Goodall winning the Sportsman UTV class. Dom Vallejos was the winner of the SuperMod Trail class with Jayson Mitchell and Paul Tyler following.
The 2016 Dirt Riot season is gearing up and about ready to kickoff in Congress, Arizona again. See the full schedule of upcoming events: www.werocklive.com/events.


What happens when I get a reading?
This is by far the most common question I get. There are a great many misconceptions about what I do and what happens when I do it. So here is a basic walk through of a reading. Prior to your arrival I will center myself, so that I am clear and prepared to meet your needs and be fully present when I read for you. Upon your arrival I will greet you and we will introduce ourselves to each other. Then you and I will sit down opposite each other, a table between us. Then I will have you hold the cards briefly and close your eyes to get centered (this allowing the cards to absorb your energy). I will then spread the cards out and have you pull a specific number to begin. I will place them then turn them over and begin reading them. You don't have to answer questions, provide any information, just relax and take in the information as it comes. I am happy to clarify or delve deeper into areas as I read if you care for me too. I am happy to answer questions as we go along. While it is a sacred space and the intention is to assist you in your healing and growth, it is also a very relaxed and easy going one. No parlor tricks, or spooky props. Just you and I, and the intuitive information and counsel I am able to share with you.
What is the difference in a phone reading and one in person?
There really is not a lot of difference. I will center myself prior in the same matter, then I will call you at the scheduled time. We will have our introductions then I will pull cards for you and read. The value of information and effectiveness is equal to an in person reading, as my clients can attest to. The added benefit of a phone reading is hopefully, afterwards you are able to have a little extra time to absorb the information I have shared.
What is the difference in a 30 minute reading and a 60 minute reading?
The difference is that in a 60 minute reading I just begin. In a 30 minute reading I ask if you have a specific goal or issue you wish to get to. This is simply because the time goes by so quickly and I want to be sure you have answers to any specific questions you are seeking guidance on. Beyond that the experience is the same.
What happens if I ask you to do a mediumship session?
During this type of session we will both sit down with the intention of connecting to someone on the other side you are seeking to contact. You do not need to tell me who it is you are seeking to communicate with. I will begin by giving you the cards I use and ask that while you hold them, you quietly hold this person or persons in your thoughts. We then proceed with you selecting cards. Once the cards are selected I will begin reading for you. I will attempt to give you an opportunity to ask questions to your loved ones if they are open to answering. No session is the same as they are all individualized to best serve each person's healing, growth and specific needs.


HOUSEBUILDER Persimmon Homes North is celebrating an outstanding performance for 2015.
Managing director Neil Follows says his team, based across the region, helped to deliver an increase in underlying profits before tax of 34% to £637.8m. This compares to £475.0m in 2014.
Full year revenues for Persimmon were up 13% to £2.9bn, with legal house completions increasing by 8% to 14,572.


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Prince Plays Surprise Gig at London's Electric Ballroom
Prince performs at Mohegan Sun Arena on Dec. 29, 2013 in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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Prince may still have a few tricks up his sleeve even after a decades-long career. After appearing with Zooey Deschanel on Sunday night's episode of New Girl, the Purple One surprised fans in London on Tuesday when he played a secret gig in Camden's Electric Ballroom.
The venue, which was once a roller disco, holds around 1000 people, but people who were lucky enough to attend report that the club wasn't even half-filled for the surprise show. The performance mostly consisted of songs from the forthcoming album Plectrum Electrum, with a few covers and classics thrown in for good measure. Prince hit the stage with his all-female band, 3RDEYEGIRL, and performed for an hour, before promising the crowd he would be "back here tomorrow, earlier – and funkier."
The surprise performance is thought to be only the first in a series of guerilla gigs by the legendary pop star, who earlier in the day performed acoustic tracks at the east London home of soul singer Lianne La Havas. "We'll work our way up, if people like us, to bigger venues," he told the Guardian of his secret gigs.
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How to Spot the Queen: Physical Features
Find out what to look for when inspecting a hive's inhabitants to identify the queen. Everything from abdomens, legs, backs and colors will set them apart.
By Hilary Kearney
A queen bee. Photo from Getty Images/Frank Greenaway
The most straightforward way to identify a queen bee is by her physical features. At first, it can be difficult to distinguish her from the worker bees and especially the drones. All the bees might look the same to you, but if you look closely she has some key differences.
The queen's elongated abdomen is one of her most prominent features. It extends well beyond her worker bee–size set of wings, making her wings appear undersize. When a beginner is confronted with a bee that registers as larger than the others, I always tell them to check the wings. Some worker bees are subtly bigger than others and drones are often mistaken for queens because of their size, but the queen is the only bee in the hive with wings that do not reach the end of the abdomen.
A comparison of the queen and a worker bee. Photo from Alamy Stock Photo
Long golden legs are another trait unique to the queen. Some queen breeds have dark legs, but typically a queen will have light-colored legs that contrast with the dark legs of worker bees and drones. Regardless of their color, a queen's legs are extralong. When she is not in motion they are splayed languorously. On close inspection, a queen's legs also differ from that of a worker bee's because they lack corbiculae, the concave pollen-collecting apparatus located on the tibia of a worker's hind legs.
Her hairless back can also distinguish the queen from the other bees. Workers and drones have fuzzy backs, but the queen has a shiny black back that can really stand out if you're looking for it. It's not always visible in photos, but there is also a cleft down the middle of her back.
The queen's head is only slightly bigger than a worker's, and although it has the same heart shape and almond eyes, it is often adorned by a crown of fuzz that the workers lack. Worker bees can have a wealth of hair when they are newly emerged from their cells, but they lose it as they age.
Sometimes an old worker will become so bald that her back resembles the shiny black back of a queen's, but she will not have the queen's lengthy abdomen. In contrast, a drone's head has little room for fuzz. His large, bulbous eyes take up most of the space on his head, giving him a flylike appearance that could not be more different from the queen and her daughters.
The queen is the only bee in the hive who doesn't have wings as long as her abdomen. Photo by Hilary Kearney
Honey bees and their queen come in a variety of shades. Sometimes a hive's color palette is homogeneous. A beekeeper will have to spot a luminous, golden queen among the luster of thousands of other gold-colored bees. In other hives, the queen's color will distinguish her from the rest of the bees and she will stand out — a stark red in a cluster of comparatively dull sienna.
When a queen's hue is unique within her colony, it's typically because her abdomen is free of stripes. This is common. I frequently find queens with solid or ombré coloring, while striped queens are a rare treat.
All this said, locating a queen by color is not a strategy I recommend. In addition to her own variances, some colonies exhibit salt-and-pepper coloration among their workers and even their drones. I have seen colonies where 90 percent of the workers are blond and 10 percent are a deep charcoal brown. I have also seen colonies where all the workers are uniform in color, but the drones are strikingly lighter or darker than their sisters. Don't get caught up in color when searching for the queen. It will usually mislead you.
Queen rainbow
A queen can come in a wide range of colors, from light gold to completely black and everything in between. She can be heavily striped, solid-colored, or in a gradient of hues. I sometimes see very blond queens, devoid of stripes but with a dark-tipped abdomen. Other queens are so black they can disappear completely in the shadow of a frame, but when you examine them closely in the sunlight, deep amber stripes sparkle into view.
Many queen breeders select queens for color as well as behavior. New beekeepers may find the eye-catching, luminous gold of an Italian queen easier to spot than the midnight shades of a Russian queen. I, for one, prefer to be surprised by the variety of colors nature has to offer and take great delight in spotting queens from the full spectrum of the queen rainbow.
From left to right, queens of all colors: blonde, tiger-striped, red, red and black, black. Photos by Hilary Kearney
Mother and Daughter Queens
I blink my eyes. There are two queens on this frame. I stare in amazement as one lowers herself to lay an egg. These are not virgin queens preparing to fight. They are mature queens living in harmony, side by side.
I recognize my original queen: she is a glorious red color. The other is blond. This must be a new daughter queen raised to replace the mother, but instead of killing the original queen the workers have let her live.
Although it is often said that there can only be one queen in a hive, some beekeepers claim that what I observed is a common occurrence. Most of us stop looking for the queen once we have spotted one, so who is to say that there isn't a second?
The two queens in front of me glide past each other. How lucky I am to have opened the hive when they were both on the same frame! I wonder how long they will live this way.
Two queens peacefully laying eggs withing inches of each other. Photo by Hilary Kearney
More from Queenspotting:
The Worker Bee
More from Hilary Kearney:
Keeping Backyard Bees Podcast: Episode 30: Swarm Essentials
MOTHER EARTH NEWS Fair appearances
Beekeeping Like a Girl: A Blog by Girl Next Door Honey
At the heart of every bee hive is a queen bee. Since her well-being is linked to the well-being of the entire colony, the ability to find her among the residents of the hive is an essential beekeeping skill. In QueenSpotting, experienced beekeeper and professional "swarm catcher" Hilary Kearney challenges readers to "spot the queen" with 48 fold-out visual puzzles — vivid up-close photos of the queen hidden among her many subjects. QueenSpotting celebrates the unique, fascinating life of the queen bee and chronicles royal hive happenings such as The Virgin Death Match, The Nuptual Flight — when the queen mates with a cloud of male drones high in the air — and the dramatic Exodus of the Swarm from the hive. Readers will thrill at Kearney's adventures in capturing these swarms from the strange places they settle, including a Jet Ski, a couch, a speed boat, and an owl's nesting box. Fascinating, fun, and instructive, backyard beekeepers and nature lovers alike will find reason to return to the pages again and again.
Excerpted from Queenspotting by © Hilary Kearney. Photography by © Hilary Kearney, © Tosca Radigonda © imageBROKER/Alamy Stock Photo, © Frank Greenaway/Getty Images. Used with permission from Storey Publishing.
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The 'Unlucky 7' Actions That Can Shorten a Dog's Life: How Many Are You Doing?
Most dog parents do many things right and just a handful of things wrong. Yet this small handful of "Unlucky 7" actions has a tremendous effect on your dog's well-being and longevity. Don't put your pup's life at risk, please vow to give these actions the extra attention they deserve.
A stray dog rescued by police is adopted by the department, as well as the mayor!


Happy St Patrick's Day everyone! It has been another great week here at The Slow Roasted Italian. I have been pretty focused on my garden and planting and caring for my little sprouts. How is your gardening growing?
So for a look back on the week: This weeks most popular post is Shamrock Milkshake. A homemade version of McDonald's famous Shamrock Shake. But done much better! This was actually last Fridays post, but is very popular this week! The Roasted Vegetables with Penne is still cranking this week (coming in at #2).
Leprechaun's Lunch Cocktail is very popular this week. It is such a smooth cocktail, definitely tastes more like mint milk with chocolate than an adult drink. It is amazing!!! This drink was also popular as a feature this week. It was picked up by gojee.com and Yummly to name a few. Fantastic St Patty's cocktail!
How to make your own Sun-dried Tomatoes was a big hit this week! I was a bit surprised that I shared this with you all, as I never thought I would be sharing dehydrating how to's, but I am really enjoying that and will probably continue sharing those tips.
The next most popular post of this week was Friday's The Best Muffins EVER: Banana Nut Coffee Cake Muffins a recipe adapted from Ina Garten. These are our favorite muffins and everyone I have ever shared them with raves over them (except for one person who didn't like nuts in their muffins... you know who you are).
Next up is 5 Minute, 3 Ingredient Strawberry Banana Ice Cream. A little twist on the ever popular Pecan Banana Ice Cream that we made last summer as our take on the banana "ice cream" that was seen everywhere. The strawberries really come through in this ice cream and it is creamy and delicious! Literally 3 ingredients and 5 minutes in your blender! It keeps nicely in the freezer too. We are still eating this 3 weeks later.
The post that did not get the attention it deserved this week was Southwest Turkey Meatloaf, packed with green chiles, enchilada sauce and SW chipotle spices it is a decadent feeling meatloaf. Moist and delicious, sprinkled with Monterey Jack and Colby cheeses. With only 267 calories per serving this is sure to grace our dinner table quite often!
We do hope you have enjoyed this weeks posts! If you get to make or bake anything on the blog, please link back to your post. We love to see your results!!!
Have a great weekend and we will see you Monday!
Great week in review...I'm loving your strawberry-banana ice cream....mmmmmmmm.


The biennial of Physics will visit the capital of the river Ebre for the first time since 1950. For the organizers, who represent most of the departments and research centers of the University of Zaragoza and the CSIC with activity in physics, it is at the same time a exciting event and a responsibility.
On Tuesday, 29 January 2019, the Welcome Day for the COFUND MSCA Doctoral Training Programme on Functional Advanced Materials "DOC-FAM" PhD Fellows will take place at ICMAB. The Welcome Day is aimed to present the project and introduce the first call PhD fellows and their projects. In this first call, the projects are being carried out at ICMAB-CSIC, ALBA Synchrotron and IREC.
The 8th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry continues the well-established ICSE series to provide an excellent forum for scientists and engineers working in instrumentation, science and applications of spectroscopic ellipsometry and related techniques.
If you want to come to ICMAB with a Ramón y Cajal contract, please take a look at the call, that will open on 9 January, and will remain open until 30 January 2019!
If you would like to join ICMAB as a technician in our Scientific and Technical Services, take a look at the call that will open soon in this area!
The 50th General Assembly & 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress "Frontiers in Chemistry: Let's create our Future! 100 years with IUPAC" will take place on Paris, from 5 to 12 July 2019.
The VII Spanish Worm Meeting (SWM) will take place in Castelldefels (Barcelona), on March 28-29, 2019. Anna Laromaine, from the ICMAB-CSIC, is one of the organizers of this year's meeting.
This meeting is a biennial gathering of the scientific community working with C. elegans, with special focus on laboratories located in Spain or Spanish scientists working abroad. Deadline for abstracts submission is February 19, 2019.
Enantia is looking a for a Project Leader for the Department of Solid State Analysis. Enantia is a growing company specialised in R&D Process Chemistry, Solid Form Development, and Medicinal Chemistry.
Alejandro Santos is the Librarian & Documentalist of ICMAB. His office is right inside the Manuel Cardona Library, at ICMAB. However, during his free time he is also a professional sketcher, and during the last years he has participated in numerous projects on "scientific sketching" in different research centers in the Barcelona Area. On Thursday, 20 December 2018, he gave a talk at the IMB-CNM-CSIC about sketching and science entitled "Sketching y Ciencia. Divulgando dibujando".
The "Scientific Meeting of BNC-b Students" organized by PhD fellows and open to undergraduate, master students and PhD researchers, comes back in 2019! The meeting is aimed to present the work performed by PhD students of the whole Barcelona Nanotechnology Cluster – Bellaterra (ICMAB, ICN2, IMB-CNM, UAB, ALBA), promoting collaborations between them in an academic and scientific environment. The meeting will be held at ICMAB and ICN2 on 6-7 June 2019. Abstracts and registration deadline: 26 April 2019. Will you miss it?
If you are looking for a Postdoctoral contact in an exciting field, take a look at the Juan de la Cierva calls (Formation and Incorporation) that will open soon! Contact our researchers and get ready to apply!
We invite you to the II Workshop on Spectroscopy Techniques: Generalities and Applications, which will be held at ICMAB, Barcelona, on April 1, 2019. If you are working in this field, or are interested in spectroscopy techniques, such as Raman, EPR or NMR, you cannot miss it! We encourage PhD and Master students to attend! Registration is free and deadline is March 15, 2019.


The adventure of running your own business is just as challenging as it is exciting. From time to time, many entrepreneurs might wish they had some kind of a super power to help them make instant (and correct) decisions, constantly generate fresh ideas to stay ahead of the competitors, deal with multitasking, and more. Well, we can't promise you a spare neutron laser, but there are a few real lessons you can learn from the super heroes to gain new powers on the business battlefield.
1. Superman – Know your weaknesses.
Clark Kent knew perfectly well that his "Achilles heel" was vulnerability to Kryptonite. For a successful entrepreneur, it's important to be aware of your own and your business' weak points, too. And, going further, to be able to turn the weaknesses into an advantage in certain situations. In the 1960s, Hertz was the evident leader in the car rental business, and Avis was just one of the brands in the following pack. Instead of trying to compete for 1st place, Avis launched an ad campaign with the slogan "We are No.2. So we try harder." Within the next 4 years, they had tripled their market share.
2. Batman – Establish your network.
Networking generally requires a lot of time and energy. However, the effort Bruce Wayne made in this direction and the new connections he established helped the Dark Knight in his main mission of protecting Gotham City. In the business space, networking can connect you with new partners and, therefore, help you find potential new paths to the market.
3. Flash – Be lightning fast in your reactions.
4. Iron Man – Leverage the newest technology.
Most of the time, superheroes are not born, but made. For example, what always helped Tony Stark get ahead of his opponents was having the best "gadgets" in his arsenal. From his example, an entrepreneur can learn that being open to the latest tech trends (say, top-notch planning software) and ready to mix & match them is not an option, but a necessity in the modern business world.
5. Captain America – Become an inspiration.
Both soldiers and Avengers followed Captain America. Why? Because he knew that a man is made by his team, and he pushed himself to be better, which in turn inspired those around him to be better, too. A successful entrepreneur believes in what he or she does and understands that working with your own team is as important as working with the market or your business partners. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh strongly believes that the staff's happiness is key to the company's success. One of the methods he uses in his "happiness framework" is sending motivational open letters to encourage his employees. As a result, Zappos is known not only for its customer service, but also for its exceptional organizational culture.
6. Incredible Hulk – Be adaptive.
Just like Professor Banner, transforming from the genius scientist into the mighty Hulk, in the business world, an entrepreneur can vary the tactics and be flexible in his or her decisions. In 1984, Frederick W. Smith, the founder and CEO of FedEx, introduced an electronic delivery service, Zapmail, that was so unsuccessful that it cost the company nearly $350 million over two years. Realizing his own mistake, Smith abandoned Zapmail. Instead, he refocused the company's energy on its core delivery business. And today, it's a prosperous, multimillion-dollar corporation.
7. Wolverine – Stand up, even if you fall.
There is no business road without bumps and risks. Learning from the front X-man, who regenerates and comes back to fight even after the most serious injuries, a successful entrepreneur understands that it's okay to fall, as long as you stand up to face the new challenges. Moreover, a failure can be an important lesson that will contribute to nurturing business success. Randy Komisar, a successful venture capitalist, names "the culture of constructive failure" as the main reason that Silicon Valley became the world's innovation center.
Having a fantastic superpower would solve a lot of entrepreneurs' challenges. However, if you are ready to learn both from your mistakes and your achievements, are open to communication, and have a quick eye for tech and business trends, becoming a super-hero entrepreneur in the real business world is just a matter of time.
How about you? What super-hero advice can you share, or what special ability do you wish you could apply to your business?
Andrew Filev is the founder and CEO of Wrike, provider of popular project management software. He is a seasoned software entrepreneur, project and product manager, and advisor to several fast-growing ventures.


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by Steph Woolvin
We tried that ... bellringing
There's a happy group of men and women who create the rich and melodious sound, which echoes around Dartmouth every Wednesday night. The Dartmouth Bell Ringers gather at the foot of the ropes high above the pews at St Saviours Church at 7.30pm. "It is a bit of a work out," admits Tower Captain Tim Chapman. He has stuck with the hobby for 40 years and has been tower captain for 21. Concerned I may slow proceedings down I arrive early to have a quick run through before everyone else arrives. "So it's right hand above left, just pull down on the Sally (the soft padded material near the end of the rope) and let me take the strain," Tim says in a confident tone.
'Even with Tim's help a 'workout' turns out to be something of an understatement. I'm surprised how much effort it takes to get these bells going and I'm on the treble – the lightest one. Just as I'm wondering if I need to incorporate some kind of arm exercises into my daily routine Tim reassures me saying the treble bell does weigh the same as a motorbike! The tenor on the other side of the room is a ton in weight - about the size of a small family car so I don't envy the person who takes that rope! But after a few pulls I soon learn that it is all about technique. I begin to get a satisfying feel for the hefty weight at the end of the rope and to understand what motivates thousands of people across Britain to ring church bells every year.
Quick run through over, the rest of the team start arriving and Tim allocates each one a bell. There's talk of "have the ropes gone up again or have I shrunk?!" – apparently a regular dig at Tim's insistence on sticking with natural rope: "Some churches have moved to synthetic as natural can be hard to maintain and it does stretch and move according to the conditions and the weather, but we will stick with the traditional material as long as I'm in charge!" There are eight bells here at St Saviours. I ask if it is a myth that bell ringers who hang on to the rope at the wrong moment can be hoisted high into the air, as seen on sitcoms! Tim smiles and admits he was caught out on one occasion. Apparently he got his thumb wedged and was left dangling six foot above the floor! It's on hearing that story I decide to sit the next one out!
The next peel is "Queens" - the one most of us recognise. "Treble's going, she's gone," comes the call from Ruth on bell number one as she starts, and the others follow suit. I always enjoy the sound of church bells when I'm around the town so to be this close to the action is superb. You can tell this team, made up of men and women from their 20 to mid 60s, have had months, if not years, of practise as they pull the bells one after the other in a tumbling wave. Tim, who works with young adults with learning difficulties, is like a conductor calling out various instructions during the ringing; "look up…three to one…two to three". This continues for four or five minutes until he calls "upwards" which is the cue to stop. Everyone sits down for a quick breather and a chat.
Tim asked if I would like to climb up the rickety ladders and see the bells themselves. A couple of minutes later, after I've done battle with various cobwebs I realise I'm standing at the back of the clock, with its huge swinging pendulum. Tim has to come up here regularly to adjust the mechanism, as the clock tends to lose a few minutes a week. I climb one more set of stairs before I get to the actual bells. Some of these clanging giants have been here for nearly 100 years; the same bells that rang out on VE day.
I asked Tim what got him into bell ringing all those years ago. "I started as a cub at St Clements. We all gave it a go one evening and I really enjoyed it and started going every week. The thing with bell ringing is you don't need any experience you can pick it all up as you go along." He thinks the pastime might have a bit of a starchy reputation, which puts people off joining. "The hardest part about getting new members is just convincing them to come through the door. When here they would see that it is good fun, there's great camaraderie and at half time we have tea and the best snacks! I would like it if every person who lived in Dartmouth came and tried it once."
The team tries to encourage new members during the regatta morning bells. "We are Dartmouth's wake up call every regatta ringing out at 8am each day. People come in to watch and we try and sign up a few people when they're here. Our youngest members are two little four-year-old twins who visit each year on holiday. They always come in and we have a mini uniform for them!"
If Wednesday is tricky, you could attend the St Clements bell ringing session, which is on a Monday evening at the earlier time of 6.30. They are trying to attract younger people from the top of town. The youngest member up there at present is 10. The bells at St Clement's are lighter and up until 50 years ago it was the training church – ringers would learn their skills there before being allowed to progress to St Saviour's.
It's not all tea, jammy dodgers and chatting though, the team is regularly called on to ring for weddings and special events. Tim says the diary can soon fill up: "We used to be separate bell ringers at each church but St Saviour's and St Clement's merged two years ago which means it can be quite busy when there is a run of events and it's my job to make sure we provide a full team." He says he is an easygoing guy and only gets a bit ratty when people aren't paying attention in rehearsals! "You have to realise that this isn't a quiet practice in a back room somewhere – everyone can hear us, everyone knows if we make a mistake." But Tim concedes that getting it wrong isn't always bad: "One regatta we made a mistake that actually sounded really good, but we couldn't repeat it because no one could remember what we did!"
If you are interested, ring Tim on 01803 833754
First published By The Dart May 2018 Issue
St Saviours We Tried That May 2018 issue


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Robbins Geller Prevails Over Defendants' Motion to Dismiss in The Southern Company Securities Class Action
On March 29, 2018, the Honorable Mark H. Cohen of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia denied in part defendants' motion to dismiss the consolidated complaint in Monroe County Employees' Retirement System v. The Southern Company.
Southern Company is a utility holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Its operating subsidiaries include public utility companies located throughout the Southeastern United States. The complaint charges Southern Company and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 arising out of false statements and omissions concerning the completion of a "clean coal" power plant to be built by one of Southern Company's subsidiaries, Mississippi Power. When the project broke ground in 2010, a funding package of almost $1 billion in U.S. Department of Energy grants and Internal Revenue Service tax credits was in place, provided that construction of the plant was completed by May 2014. The complaint alleges that during the class period of April 25, 2012 to October 30, 2013, defendants made false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose adverse information regarding the progress of the Kemper Plant. Even when cost overruns and other delays began to materialize, defendants continued to assure investors that the project would be completed by the critical May 2014 deadline. Internally, and as later chronicled in an investigative report in The New York Times, defendants knew the Kemper Plant would not be completed by the deadline. As a result of defendants' false statements and/or omissions, Southern Company common stock traded at artificially inflated prices, reaching a high of $48.51 per share in April 2013. When the truth about the Kemper Plant was revealed, the price of Southern Company securities plummeted.
Defendants argued that plaintiffs' claims were time-barred because plaintiffs had sufficient information to plead the elements of a securities fraud claim as early as October 2013, when defendants announced that the Kemper Plant would not be completed by the May 2014 deadline. In rejecting the defendants' dismissal request based on the statute of limitations, the court agreed with plaintiffs that facts that would support the requisite allegations of scienter were not made available until The New York Times article was published in July 2016. The court also rejected defendants' argument that the alleged false statements were not actionable, holding: "They are not vague optimistic statements, but are capable of objective verification." Finally, the court found that plaintiffs sufficiently alleged three of the six individual defendants issued the statements with knowledge that the statements were false.
Following the court's March 29, 2018 order, defendants Thomas Fanning (Southern Company's CEO), Art Beattie (Southern Company's CFO), and Ed Holland (Southern Company's Executive Officer) argued that they were no longer defendants in the action because the court found the complaint did not allege scienter as to them. On April 6, 2018, the court issued a follow-up opinion clarifying that Fanning, Beattie and Holland remain defendants as control persons of Southern Company, holding that plaintiffs sufficiently alleged that they "exercised the requisite level of control over the general affairs of the Southern Company and Mississippi Power and the specific policies underlying the alleged violations of the securities laws."
Robbins Geller attorneys Daniel S. Drosman and Darryl J. Alvarado and forensic accountant Terry Koelbl obtained these results for investors.
Monroe County Employees' Retirement System, et al. v. The Southern Company, et al., No. 1:17-cv-00241, Order (N.D. Ga. Mar. 29, 2018).
Monroe County Employees' Retirement System, et al. v. The Southern Company, et al., No. 1:17-cv-00241, Order (N.D. Ga. Apr. 6, 2018).
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Who (or what) is the Antichrist?
By Paul Carter
The Apostle John is the only New Testament author to use the term "antichrist" or any derivative thereof. John uses the terms "antichrist", "antichrists" and "the spirit of antichrist" for a total of 5 references in his epistles.
Many scholars believe that the person referred to by the Apostle Paul as "the man of lawlessness" in 2 Thessalonians 2 is the same person or phenomenon referred to by John as "the antichrist." Both figures fulfill a pattern that originates in the Book of Daniel and that reappears in John's vision of the Beast in Revelation 13, giving us a number of passages to consider in this attempt to produce a composite sketch.
The first thing we can say with some confidence is this:
1. He will be active all throughout "the last hour"
In 1 John 2:18 the Apostle writes to his people saying:
"Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour." (1 John 2:18 ESV)
The Apostles understood the entire period between the ascension of Christ and his return to constitute "the last days" or "the last hour". With the work of redemption having been accomplished by means of all the great events associated with Jesus' First Coming, there was nothing left to do apart from the few and final events associated with Christ's Second Coming and therefore, in that sense, it was and is the last hour.
John expected "the antichrist" to be very active in this entire period – the period that exists only by the grace and mercy of God for the purpose of extending the Gospel invitation to people from every tribe, tongue and nation on planet earth.
2. He is a spirit, a pattern and occasionally a person or persons
In the same verse cited above, John refers to "antichrist" and "antichrists", then in 1 John 4:3 he says:
"This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already." (1 John 4:3 ESV)
John conceives of a person, persons and a general animating spirit. Likewise Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2 spoke of a man that was coming, who was now restrained, while a mystery of lawlessness was perpetually active in the world:
"For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction … For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way." (2 Thessalonians 2:3–7 ESV)
This spirit, who manifests as a person or persons, operates according to a recognized pattern. Tremper Longman III points out that:
"Antiochus becomes an apt symbol for the one Christians know as the Antichrist."[1]
The stories of Antiochus IV Epiphanes in Daniel 7-10 are highlighted because they establish for us the general aims and approach of antichrist, whenever and wherever he manifests in the world. Putting that all together, I think it can be suggested that there is a spirit of antichrist that operates perpetually during the last days, who occasionally manifests in human form and who will ultimately manifest as a person of enormous power and authority once the entity restraining that development has removed the current restrictions upon his activity in the world.
3. He opposes the Apostolic teaching about Christ
In 1 John 2:22 the Apostle says:
"Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son." (1 John 2:22 ESV)
Later in the same epistle, John further specifies that:
"By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already." (1 John 4:2–3 ESV)
The spirit of antichrist, whether manifesting in a person or a group of people such as those who "went out from us" in 1 John 2:19, intends to obscure and oppose the Apostolic teaching about Christ. He opposes doctrines such as the incarnation, the Trinity and the Divinity of Christ. He would have people recognize Jesus as a great teacher, a moral leader, a political prophet but not as the Messiah and incarnate Son of God.
4. He exercises great authority
In line with the general pattern established in the story of Antiochus Epiphanes IV we expect the antichrist to attempt to seize the power of the state in order to harass and oppose the saints of God. Antiochus seized power through deceit and guile and became, for a season, the most powerful ruler in the known world. Likewise, in Revelation 13 it says of the Beast who arises from the sea:
"And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority." (Revelation 13:2 ESV)
This authority appears to extend beyond the borders of any one single country:
"authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation" (Revelation 13:7 ESV)
By means of this demonically given authority he will attempt broad and comprehensive changes within society; Daniel says that he:
"shall think to change the times and the law" (Daniel 7:25 ESV)
John's vision suggests that he will also wield control over the economy:
"Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name." (Revelation 13:16–17 ESV)
It appears that if a person does not conform to the changes instituted by the antichrist, then that person will be effectively shut out of the marketplace, unable to buy or sell.
5. He exalts himself as an object of worship
In line with the pattern of Antiochus and also the more recent pattern of Nero Caesar (as per the 666 identification in Revelation 13:18) it appears that the final manifestation of antichrist will attempt to insist on some sort of "emperor worship". In Daniel 8:10-11, speaking of Antiochus as "a little horn", it says:
"It grew great, even to the host of heaven. And some of the host and some of the stars it threw down to the ground and trampled on them. It became great, even as great as the Prince of the host." (Daniel 8:10–11 ESV)
This is a way of saying that, having conquered all powers on earth, Antiochus began to think himself capable of making war on heaven itself. This aspect of the "antichrist pattern" is picked up by Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2. He says, concerning "the man of lawlessness":
"For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God." (2 Thessalonians 2:3–4 ESV)
Thus, putting Daniel and Paul together, it sounds as though when the current restrictions imposed by God are removed, the final antichrist or man of lawlessness will achieve full, uncontested dominion on the earth and will begin to think himself able to make war on God. He will forbid all forms of worship other than worship of himself.
6. He wears out the saints for a predetermined season
Making war on God will inevitably involve making war on the people of God, as per the pattern established in Daniel:
"He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time." (Daniel 7:25 ESV)
The "time, times and half a time" seems to refer to a reasonably short period of time – 3.5 years in the case of Antiochus Epiphanes. For 3.5 years Antiochus Epiphanes was given a long leash to harass and oppress the people of God. The beast in Revelation 13 is described in similar fashion:
"it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them." (Revelation 13:5–7 ESV)
42 months is 3.5 years, thus both Daniel and John agree that for a short period of time the antichrist will have complete control over the machinery of a global state and will use that power to rage against heaven and oppress and persecute the saints. He will grind them down. He will conquer them. According to Revelation 11 he will kill them and their dead body (the Greek noun in Revelation 11:8 is singular) will lie in the street for 3 days.
"But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them." (Revelation 11:11–12 ESV)
The antichrist is denied his victory. The church is rescued, resurrected and gloriously redeemed. The reversal of fortune for the antichrist is remarkable. Daniel says:
"the court shall sit in judgment, and his dominion shall be taken away, to be consumed and destroyed to the end. And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; his kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.' "Here is the end of the matter."" (Daniel 7:26–28 ESV)
At the height of his power, in the midst of his attempts to eradicate the faith of the covenant people, decisions are made in heaven, his kingdom comes to a sudden end and his domain is transferred to the saints who shall reign with God forever and ever amen.
Here is the end of the matter.
Pastor Paul Carter
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[1] Tremper Longman III, Daniel in The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1999), 209.
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The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group Is Shaking Up Its Executive Ranks
Ross Scarano of Complex joins as vp of content for Billboard
By Sami Main
Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group announced some changes at the top.
The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group announced some changes to its executive hierarchy today, according to a memo emailed to staff.
Mike Bruno, who has been at the company for three years as svp of content, is leaving, and Ross Scarano, currently deputy music editor at Complex, will join the company as vp of content for Billboard. Meanwhile, Billboard music editor Jason Lipshutz will be promoted to editorial director and report to Scarano.
Current svp of analytics and audience, Jim Thompson, will step into a new role, chief audience officer. Thompson will report directly to John Amato, co-president of the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, and lead editorial and video operations at Billboard, Spin, Vibe, Stereogum and Death and Taxes. Each of those brands will have its own edit leader who will report to Thompson.
Billboard acquired the assets of SpinMedia late last year.
The staff shake-up comes at a time when traffic is growing for the brand. In his memo to staffers, Amato noted a 79 percent jump since December, from 26 million to 47 million monthly uniques.
"These moves are all about future-proofing Billboard and its sister brands for the video-first future," a source close to the changes said.
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Aviation workers issue 14-day ultimatum, begin protest against anti-labour clauses
By Wole Oyebade
12 September 2022 | 6:01 am
A coalition of aviation workers' unions will, today, hold rallies at airports nationwide to protest anti-labour clauses in new aviation bills currently awaiting the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari.
[FILES] An aircraft
The unions also threatened to proceed with industrial action in the next 14 days, if their requests for withdrawal of the bills are not granted.
The coalition is made up of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Air Transport Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), Association of Nigerian Aviation Professionals (ANAP) and Amalgamated Unions of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE).
Specifically, the unions decried what they called a subtle attempt to restrain the powers of unions and obliterate unionism in the aviation sector.
They alleged unknown persons in the sector inserted repressive clauses into new bills governing affairs of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and four other aviation agencies.
The contentious clauses state: "All services which facilitate and maintain the smooth, orderly and safe take-off, flight and landing of aircraft, embarkation and disembarkation and evacuation of passengers and cargo respectively in all aerodromes in Nigeria are hereby designated as essential services pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as altered).
"The minister may, by regulations, prohibit all or such class or classes of workers, officers and other employees or persons, whether corporate or natural, engaged in the provision of services specified in subsection (1) of this section from taking part in a strike or other industrial action.
"The provisions of the Trade Disputes (Essential Services) Act, Cap. T9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 shall apply to service in the agency, facilities managed by the agency and in the implementation of this bill. There shall be no strikes, lock-outs, pickets, blockades, service disruptions, etc. of any kind within all facilities managed by the agency and where any labour dispute arises, such dispute shall be resolved by the agency."
Secretary-General of NUATE, Ocheme Aba, said the implication of the clauses is that the bills grant powers to the minister of aviation to regulate trade unions and workers, in contradiction to the Trade Unions Act, 2004, which grants the minister of labour sole regulatory powers over trade union and industrial relations matters in Nigeria.
He said: "It is absolutely clear that the contentious clauses smuggled into the aviation agencies' bills have no moral or legal basis for being there. The lame reference to Section 11(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Public Order and Public Security) is poignantly pretentious.
"Its attempt to enable the minister of aviation to usurp the powers of the minister of labour is diabolically disingenuous. And its bold assault on the rights of trade unions and hapless workers renders the intended law a demonstration of an ultimate disservice by public officers. Therefore, the intended laws must be prevented from breathing any air of acceptance."
To right the wrong, the coalition demanded that the leadership of the Senate and House Committees on Aviation withdraw the bills and expunge the contentious clauses before approval by Mr President.
The unions requested that persons behind the clauses must be exposed and punished, adding that obnoxious clauses are in conflict with prevailing national and international laws (as ratified by Nigeria) and have no place in the aviation sector.
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Celanese (CE) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know
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CE - Free Report) closed at $106.33, marking a -0.51% move from the previous day. This change lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.41%. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.55%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 0.1%.
Coming into today, shares of the chemical company had lost 3.7% in the past month. In that same time, the Basic Materials sector lost 2.65%, while the S&P 500 lost 5.13%.
Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Celanese as it approaches its next earnings report date. In that report, analysts expect Celanese to post earnings of $4.17 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 13.49%. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $2.32 billion, up 2.18% from the prior-year quarter.
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O'Keefe describes the resulting images as "radically different from each other, yet each is an equally true representation of that particular piece of paper." In each of these images, O'Keefe explains, she is creating a "visual puzzle", her camera revealing aspects of perspective and form that the eye cannot perceive on its own.
On Paper is showing as part of Lightplay, an exhibition of work by contemporary American artists, which opened this week in Moscow at Gallery 21 (www.gallery-21.ru), and continues until December 9.


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Q: C# Thread issues What I have going on is a listview being dynamically created from a previous button click.  Then ti starts a background worker in which should clear out the listview and populate the iistview with new information every 30 seconds.
I continously get: Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'listView2' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on.
  private void watcherprocess1Updatelist()
    {
        listView2.Items.Clear();
        string betaFilePath1 = @"C:\Alpha\watch1\watch1config.txt";
        using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(betaFilePath1, FileMode.Open))
        using (StreamReader rdr = new StreamReader((fs)))
        {
            while (!rdr.EndOfStream)
            {
                string[] betaFileLine = rdr.ReadLine().Split(',');
                using (WebClient webClient = new WebClient())
                {
                    string urlstatelevel = betaFileLine[0];
                    string html = webClient.DownloadString(urlstatelevel);
                    File.AppendAllText(@"C:\Alpha\watch1\specificconfig.txt", html);
                }
            }
        }

A: You cannot access your ListView from the background thread.  You need to do this on the UI thread.
There are two options - first, you can switch this around to use a Windows.Forms.Timer to fire every 30 seconds.  This will occur on the UI thread, which will avoid this problem entirely, but move the processing onto the UI thread.  If your processing is slow, this could cause "hangs".
Alternatively, use Control.Invoke to marshal the calls to ListView back onto the UI thread:
 listView2.Invoke(new Action( () => listView2.Items.Clear() ) );

In any case, I'd rethink using a BackgroundWorker.  It's not intended for "timed events" that happen on regular intervals.  You should consider changing to a Windows.Forms.Timer (UI thread) if there will be no long processing, or a System.Timers.Timer (runs on a background thread) if the processing will take a while.  This is a better design option than a BackgroundWorker which never terminates.

A: You need to use Control.Invoke to call code on the UI thread to update the listView.

A: Here's a pattern I use for methods that will mess with a UI control
public void DoSomethingToUI(string someParams)
{
    if(UIControl.InvokeRequired)
    {
        UIControl.BeginInvoke(()=>DoSomethingToUI(someParams));
        return;
    }
    //Do something to the UI Control
}

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