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Posted on October 6, 2021 492
Features of the Orthodox mission in the Philippines.
In 2015, TV channels showed more than 200 Filipinos being baptized in the waters of the Pacific Ocean and taking communion just on the shore during the Divine Liturgy for the first time. It was not the first mass baptism of the inhabitants of the island state.
The Philippines is the only country in Southeast Asia where the majority of the population are Christians (mostly Catholics). ln recent years there are more Orthodox Christians here. In December 2018, the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in the Philippines were incorporated into the Patriarchal Exarchate in Southeast Asia. ln February 2019, the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese was established within the exarchate.
Hieromonk Korniliy (Molev), the secretary of the Diocese, cleric of the Blessed Matrona of Moscow parish in Davao City and head of the educational center of the same name, tells the Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate about the peculiarities of the mission in the Philippines.
The example of Father Daniel.
Father Korniliy begins his story from afar, when he studied at the Moscow Institute of Engineering and Physics. Near the dormitory he lived, there was the church of St Apostle Thomas on Kantemirovskaya street, where Fr Daniel Sysoev served as rector. The young man began to attend this church and entered the missionary school of Fr Daniel.
— After the murder of Father Daniel in 2009, we began to look at his ministry with different eyes, including as a missionary, – Fr Korniliy recalls. — It became clear that this was not just a good priest and theologian, but a man who suffered for his preaching – for Christ. And it became impossible to leave the work started by Father Daniel. I still teach at the school he created. Today it is called the Orthodox Missionary School at the Synodal Missionary Department. While studying there and being still a layman, I took part in several missionary trips to Africa, Mongolia, Cambodia, then to the Philippines, when our priests just started coming there. After graduating from my college, I continued my studies at the Belgorod missionary seminary. Its rector at that time was Metropolitan John of Belgorod, who also headed the Synodal missionary Department. He took me to study with him in 2013, because I wanted to go abroad after graduating from the seminary (I already had an invitation to carry out obedience in Cambodia and Laos).
While I was studying in Moscow and Belgorod, the Church in Asia has grown significantly. The parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Cambodia and the Philippines were under the care of Archbishop Sergiy (Chashin) of Solnechnogorsk (now Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast Asia, Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia). I began to serve in Cambodia, and then Vladyka transferred me to the Philippines, as there was a much greater need for priests there. Now for 3 years I have been serving on the island of Mindanao, the second largest island in the south of the country.
A shelter for Russian refugees.
The first Orthodox community in 1923 in Manila (the capital of the Philippines) was formed by emigrants from Russia. In 1934, on the basis of the appeal of the Russian diaspora in Manila, Bishop Victor (Svyatin) of China and Beijing established a parish in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. The Iveron temple existed until 1945, when it was destroyed during the liberation of the city from the Japanese invaders.
In 1949, after the Communists came to power in China, about six thousand Russian refugees left Shanghai. Of all the countries, only the Republic of the Philippines has agreed to temporarily accept them. The Russians were stationed on the small island of Tubabao. Among the first, two churches were built: in honor of the Archangel Michael and Seraphim of Sarov. The Holy Mother of God Cathedral was built from the former military marching church. Among the refugees was Bishop John (Maksimovich), the future St. John of Shanghai. He periodically traveled from the Philippines to other countries, primarily to the USA, to organize the relocation of refugees there. And he succeeded: in 1951, the Russians mostly left the Philippines.
A big interest in the Russian Orthodox Church began in 2013. This year, typhoon Haiyan, terrible in its destructiveness, occurred, having killed several thousand people. Fr Kirill Shkarbul, a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, was one of the first to arrive with humanitarian aid from Taiwan to Tubabao Island. Communicating with him, the locals became interested in Orthodoxy, thought about baptism, invited him to visit them more often. Since Fr Kirill is serving in Taiwan, he began to look for missionaries and priests who could come to the Philippines and talk about the Orthodox faith. One of the first to respond was the priest Georgy Maximov. He and Father Kirill performed the first mass baptisms.
In October 2016, the Holy Synod appointed Bishop Sergiy (Chashin) of Solnechnogorsk as the Administrator of the parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, the DPRK and the Republic of Korea. His Eminence began his activity with restoring the Iveron parish in Manila on Easter in April 2017. This parish has united Orthodox people of many nationalities, and its backbone became the Orthodox Filipinos interested in Russian culture. With the appointment of Bishop Sergiy, the priest Stanislav Rasputin came to the Philippines to work.
In December 2018, by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia was formed with 4 dioceses: Korean, Singapore, Thailand and Philippine-Vietnamese. Metropolitan Sergiy was appointed head of the Exarchate.
The mission proceeds from below
— You served in Cambodia, now you serve in the Philippines. What are the main differences in the perception of religion in these countries? I ask Fr Korniliy.Cambodia is a Buddhist country, the Philippines is Catholic. Filipinos have a Christian worldview. They sincerely believe in God. You can see, for example, a tricycle driver (a local public transport – a motorcycle with a sidecar, where people are transported), who will cross himself before the road. When there was an earthquake, people ran out into the street and shouted: "God save us!"
ln Cambodia, Buddhist culture is widespread. People have no idea of the One God there, it is simply washed away by this Buddhist worldview. There are spirits being fed on every corner. There are special houses everywhere where Cambodians leave food for them. You won't find this in the Philippines. There are some occultists and shamans here but, in general, people have a Christian understanding of the world.
Speaking about the specifics of the mission in the Philippines, my interlocutor emphasizes that this is not a "classic" version of enlightenment, when missionaries come to a new land and preach, then people study the basics of faith to be baptized. Here the mission goes "from below". Local residents themselves learn about Orthodoxy from books, through the Internet and ask for baptism.
The difficulty lies in the fact, explains Fr Korniliy, that not one or two people come to Orthodoxy here, but often whole communities. So, for example, in 2015, four communities of Aglipay church were baptized at once. Those were representatives of the Independent Philippine Church, which originated in the early twentieth century and bears the name of its founder Gregorio Aglipay, a Catholic priest who, protesting against the colonial policy of the Catholic Church, went into schism. Over time, the Aglipay people began to have a crisis of faith. They saw that each of the communities believes in something different. And they began to search the true faith. They learned that there are Russian priests in the Philippines, and invited them to talk about Christ. The process of catechization has begun. As a result, these communities were accepted into the Russian Orthodox Church: thousands of people who needed to be taught our faith. They had their own church culture, but it is far from ours. It helps that they are ready to change, to learn, they really like it. There is a large amount of work here, and there are not enough personnel. This is similar to our nineties, when people went to Church en masse and had to be received and instructed, but there were not enough priests.
Study for priests and parishioners.
Fr Korniliy notes that when the Synod appointed Bishop Sergiy to serve in the countries of Southeast Asia, it became a new level of organization of the work. A diocese was formed, 5 deaneries appeared: Manila (Luzon and Cebu Islands), Davao (Mindanao and Leyte), General Santos, Davao del Sur and Vietnamese. Diocesan departments were formed: missionary, social and catechetical. A full-fledged diocese has developed.
There is a personnel shortage, a lot of problems, but now the work is more focused and we have a lot to grow.
In August 2019, by the decision of the Holy Synod, Metropolitan Pavel (Fokin) of Khanty-Mansiysk and Surgut with the title "Metropolitan of Manila and Hanoi" was entrusted to be the ruling bishop of the Philippine-Vietnamese diocese. It was just recently the 10th anniversary of the Khanty-Mansiysk diocese in which he serves. He has extensive experience in organizing diocesan life. And he brought this experience to the Philippines. It is very symbolic that Vladyka Pavel served as a priest in the cathedral in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All who Sorrow" in San Francisco, where the relics of St. John of Shanghai rest. In 1949-1951, during the 27-month period of stay of Russian refugees on the island of Tababao, St. John walked around the entire camp every night and made the sign of the cross on all four sides. No typhoon happened during that period. After the people left for different countries, a terrible typhoon hit and destroyed the camp to the ground. And now St. John has brought Vladyka Pavel to work in the Philippines. We believe that this is not a simple coincidence.
After thousands of inhabitants of the archipelago converted to Orthodoxy, they had to be taught somewhere. That is why the Blessed Matrona of Moscow Educational Center in Davao was founded, headed by Fr Korniliy. Classes are held here for singers, elders of communities, future mothers. Educational activities are conducted among parishioners. Knowledge is given in a variety of fields – from the study of the rules of worship, including the performance of services by a lay rank and choir singing, to the subtleties of baking prosphora and sewing church vestments.
-At first, the center was organized in the city of General Santos, but not all priests could work there permanently. And it was not really a center but, rather, a base. When Vladyka Sergiy was appointed, he established a missionary center in Davao – the island's capital and the third city of the Philippines. Here Filipinos can receive basic knowledge to go then to Russia to study in seminaries and theological academies. Before going to Russia, they need to undergo some training here, where the situation is close to the seminar realities. It is important that they in advance take an experience of the routine of the educational institution.
The first ordinations were performed by Vladyka Sergiy. For the first time, five Filipino people were ordained deacons at once and then one became a priest. Then Vladyka Pavel ordained two deacons as presbyters. In February 2020, during his archpastoral visit to the Philippines, Metropolitan Pavel ordained 5 elders of the church communities of the island of Mindanao as deacons. They are also trained in our center.
Bamboo temple.
I ask Fr Korniliy, what Orthodox churches in the Philippines look like. The priest says that in Davao, where he serves, it is a rented house, which doesn't look like temple from the outside. In rural areas, these are mainly bamboo buildings with an earthen floor. Inside it is more recognizable – the iconostasis, candlestands.
Our Church managed to build three buildings of temple architecture. One of them was badly damaged due to an earthquake a year and a half ago, and is now recovering. The construction of another temple is ongoing. On February 22, 2020, for the first time in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Philippines, Metropolitan Pavel consecrated with a Great Rite the church in honor of St Seraphim of Sarov in Makalangot. Soon after that, many icons in this temple began to stream the myrrh.
There are 31 Orthodox parishes in the Philippines and 13 clerics.
The main work of our Diocese is to translate Orthodox prayer books and liturgical texts into Cebuano and Tagalog (the most common languages here). The texts of the services for the main feasts have already been translated. Orthodox Filipinos can celebrate the Liturgy in their native languages.
Fr Korniliy says that Filipinos adopt the traditions of the celebration of the feast of feasts – Easter – from the Russian Orthodox. Long fasts are new to Filipinos, but they try to observe them. Night services inspire them amazingly. But the peculiarities of the national cuisine are reflected on their Easter table.
The locals tried the Easter cakes, and they did not like them much, because Filipinos rarely eat bread. They did not find the cake as sweet as they like, for them it is almost tasteless. But when a local resident cooked Easter cakes according to a Russian recipe but putting five times more sugar in there, they became, in their opinion, already more edible. They like to eat sweet rice — this is a joy for Filipinos.
For locals, the main dish of any festive table, including Easter, is lechon – a whole piglet baked. They don't eat meat often at normal times, because most of them live in poverty and can't afford it. Therefore, cooking a pig is a great holiday. The meat is baked on a spit, on a fire, without spices (because they are expensive) and it turns out inside as boiled. To our taste, this dish is not very appetizing. But these are particulars. The main thing is that we have the same taste for Church and Truth. And the essence of the holiday remains the service in the temple and the Easter joy, which overwhelms Filipinos just as much as Russian believers.
Elena ALEKSEEVA
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Posted on September 7, 2021 573
An Indonesian student about his spiritual path and impressions of Russia
The tradition of education of foreign students in Russian theological schools has ancient roots. In the XIX century, Russia turned out to be not only the stronghold of Orthodoxy in the world, but also the center of church education. Since 1850, Greeks, Bulgarians, Serbs, Montenegrins, Syrians were educated in Russian theological academies and seminaries. Some of them returned to their homeland after studying, while others remained in Russia. Among the foreign graduates were future bishops, theologians, church leaders. Today, the idea of getting a theological education in Russia is still popular among foreigners. A correspondent of the "Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate" went to the St. Petersburg Theological Academy to find out what use they plan to find of their theological education, whether it is easy to study, what they dream about and how they plan to serve in their homeland.
Difficult Russian
Academic Church in the name of the Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. Students of the Academy and regular parishioners gathered at the Divine Liturgy on the Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem. The temple is not crowded, the echoes of the pandemic are noticeable – not all students have started full-time training. Meanwhile, all those gathered are praying diligently, there is no usual whispering or exchange of greetings. I notice, on the right, a group of young people who are different from everyone else…
These are our students from Indonesia and the Philippines,-the dean and senior lecturer of the Faculty of Foreign Students of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy Nadezhda Vasilyevna Kolesnikova quietly says, – they always pray at divine services near the especially revered icon of the Mother of God "The Sign" of Tsarskoye Selo.
After the service, Nadezhda Vasilyevna takes me around the St. Petersburg Theological Academy and shows the audience where students from other countries study.
All my students regularly, without delay, come to worship services, they do not need to be reminded or warned in advance, – Nadezhda Vasilyevna says. – During the divine services, students of our faculty read the "Trisagion" to "Our Father", they pray, they work in the refectory, like everyone else. They never refuse to obey.
It is clear that Nadezhda Vasilyevna is ready to talk for hours about her wards. She surrounded the students of the faculty, who have all their relatives and friends very far away, with real maternal care.
Foreign students study at the preparatory department for two years, – explains Nadezhda Vasilyevna. – The first year they study only Russian, pulling up their knowledge to the basic level. During the second year, they continue to study the language, and also master the main program of the department, which includes: biblical history, catechism, liturgics, history of the Fatherland, Church Slavonic and English. At the end of the training, everyone passes an exam in the Russian language and in theological disciplines.
In the corridor, we meet our students and all go together to the classroom where classes are held.
Is it true that Russians rarely smile? – I ask the guys on the way.
Yes! Stefan answers decisively.
Well, not always… Leo refutes.
Basically, yes, – Kirill sums up.
The guys interrupt each other and laugh.
Do Filipinos and Indonesians smile a lot?
Before the class starts, we have time to talk about the students' impressions of studying and living in St. Petersburg.
What difficulties did you experience in mastering the Russian language? – I'm interested in them.
Oh, grammar!
Cases, verbs…
Pronunciation, accents…
Yes, everything!
The most emotional question is about the places they have already visited. Nadezhda Vasilyevna comes to the rescue.
We mostly visit museums and monasteries during the holidays, – the dean explains. – We went to Tikhvin, Kronstadt, the Alexander Svirsky Monastery. But even here in St. Petersburg, students can go out to the city on their own and go to museums, if I can't accompany them. In St. Petersburg, students visited the St. John's Monastery, the Chapel of St. Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg, St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, St. Nicholas Epiphany and Transfiguration Cathedrals. We have all been to the Hermitage and plan to go there again. I can't remember everything. For example, three of our students: Leo Gondayao, Kirill Benalon and Dimitri Situmeang, lived for a month in Pskov and the Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery. We are going to visit Peterhof in the next vacation.
And what struck you most about Russian culture? – I ask the guys.
"Russian cuisine," Kirill answers and smiles. The others nod in agreement.
Maslenitsa! – Dmitry is connecting. – Or when people plunge into the river on the feast of the Epiphany. But the most amazing thing in Russian culture is Orthodoxy.
Nadezhda Vasilyevna, smiling, goes on business, the guys go to classes, and I stay to find out from the young man what he was so impressed by the Orthodox life in Russia.
They offered to convert to Islam
Dimitri Situmeang is originally from Indonesia. Now he is 29 years old.
Dimitri's father is called Gasudngan Situmeang, and his mother is Salavati Simamora. They are Protestants and still live in a small Indonesian village where Dimitri was born. As a child, he lived with his grandparents, and when his grandfather died, he moved to live with his uncle. In 2013, he received a degree in Economics from the University of North Sumatra in Medan. But Dimitri did not have time to work in his profession. The fact is that shortly before graduating from high school, he learned about Christ.
For the first time I heard about Orthodoxy from a Protestant preacher, – says Dimitri. – First he told about Christ, then about the Ascension of Christ and about the history of the first temple. I became interested and began to study articles about the Orthodox faith on my own. He began to visit the church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Medan, where he was later baptized.
My uncle and aunt are Muslims. The issue of religion in Indonesia is very important in usual life of the family, and a few years ago they suggested that I convert to Islam. I explained that I could not, because Christ is our Savior. Unfortunately, my uncle and aunt could not accept my choice and asked me to leave their house. Medan is a big city, it has more than two million inhabitants. At that time, I was working in a promising company engaged in the export of various consumer goods, but since my uncle had arranged for me to take this position at the time, I lost my job immediately.
To Russia
For about a year, the newly baptized Indonesian lived in Medan at the temple and he did not have a permanent job.
"It was the most difficult period," he recalls. – I was longing for my family and one day I decided to call my grandmother, whom I missed very much. In the conversation, she admitted that she really wants me to come home. I told her everything I could about Orthodoxy from the bottom of my heart, but she only sighed bitterly and did not understand me, because she is very old. After that, my heart felt even heavier.
Soon Situmeang was forced to move from Medan to Jambi. There is no Orthodox church in this city on the island of Sumatra, and the young Christian went to services in a Catholic church, but did not receive communion there.
"I cried and prayed to God to help me," Dimitri continues. – Finally, I moved to Jakarta and found a job as an administrator at a Catholic hospital. I received a scholarship from the Catholic Church to study. Life began to improve. But soon my new friends began to persistently suggest that I convert to Catholicism. But I loved Orthodoxy very much and could not become a Catholic in any way. Therefore, I was very happy when I learned that I could study at an Orthodox seminary.
In 2019, Situmeang returned home and told his father and mother that he wanted to study in Russia. His parents, he said, were horrified. They had no idea where an unfamiliar country was located, and they did not want their son to study "at the end of the world". But since it was a very important decision for Dmitry, in the end, they agreed.
I like church singing most of all
At first, the Russian language was the most difficult for him.
It's still difficult, – Dmitry smiles. – For the first six months, I had a feeling that no one understood me, and I didn't understand anyone. Now I am studying in the first year and I have improved the Russian language a little. We study philosophy and basic theology. Teachers give lectures, and I do not always have time to write down notes.
Dmitry says that he has made real friends in Russia. He has already got used to the usual routine: on school days, students get up at 7:30 in the morning, at 8:00 prayer, and at 8:15 breakfast. Then, at 9:00, classes begin at all courses of the academy and seminary. In addition, foreign students continue to study Russian with teachers and do this for 4 hours a day.
Most of all, I like church singing, – the interlocutor admits. – I really like to sing. Last year at the Academy I had obedience in the choir, this year I am already helping in the altar as a subdeacon of the Vladyka rector.
Ask for help from the Lord
For a long time, Dimitri dreamed of visiting Valaam. When in Indonesia, he saw a video about the monastery on Valaam and was eager to visit it.
The film was in Russian, I didn't know the language at all at that time, – the future clergyman smiles, – but I knew one thing very well: I just needed to come to Valaam.
For the first time he was on the island in the winter, at Christmas. Dmitry was given the obedience to work in the refectory, although he wanted to be at the services with all his heart. And that's why I was a little upset.
In the end, the Lord ruled, and I was transferred to obedience as an altar boy in the temple, where I immediately asked for the choir, – he continues his story about the pilgrimage. – They asked me what voice I sing in. I replied that I was a tenor. We went to the regent, Father David. He asked: "Can you sing in Russian?". Of course I couldn't. But I really wanted to and received a blessing.
Valaam became a native for the young Indonesian.
The monastery has a different way of life. Constant work, which is not a burden, – Dimitri is sure. – I communicated with the brethren, with people with pure souls, and I understood what grace is. Lay people who come to the monastery are looking for Christ here, and I understand them: in such places He is especially close. I have already made friends on Valaam – familiar monks. I remember how once I made a mistake and read the "Trisagion" twice (instead of thrice) for the divine service. After the service, I went to the hermitage and on the way I cried: "Lord, why?! I have read this prayer so many times!" One monk comforted me – there is no need to get upset, we must continue to read prayers in Church Slavonic more and ask for help from the Lord.
After some time, Dimitri came back to his favorite monastery. On the Feast of St. Sergius he met with the Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast Asia Sergiy.
It was some kind of miracle. Vladyka Sergiy knew that I was on Valaam and invited me. At that time I still did not have a cowl, I was in dirty clothes, in which I worked in the refectory and was very shy of my appearance. But when I came to the meeting, it turned out to be completely unimportant. We managed to talk, although at that time I did not understand Russian very well. I was overwhelmed with joy from the meeting with Vladyka. I really fell in love with him during this time. For me, this meeting was exciting and at the same time joyful. Later, in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Ostankino, I met Bishop of Jakarta, vicar of the Diocese of Singapore, Vladyka Pitirim, then he was still a hieromonk. Together with him and other students, we visited Optina monastery. Vladyka Pitirim treated us very warmly and fatherly, we felt his sincere concern for us on that trip.
After studying, Dimitri would like to become a priest and return home.
After graduating from the academy, by the grace of God, I will serve in Indonesia.
But first I want to reconcile with my parents and uncle. They still have not accepted my path, and it is very important for me that my parents understand me.
The future priest has an extraordinary dream – he wants to build a monastery in Indonesia.
I understand, it's not easy, – says Dimitri, – because I'm not a holy person, here as God willing. And if in an ordinary business everything depends on money, then in such an undertaking everything is given by prayers. Why do I think that everything will work out? In Indonesia, people really want freedom, but everyone has a different understanding of this. In Orthodoxy, a person is called to be free from sin, that's where real freedom is! And now I understand with all my heart the lines from The Epistles to the Philippians of the Apostle Paul: I can do everything in him who strengthens me Jesus Christ (Phil. 4: 13).
Daria Kupryakhina
St. Petersburg Theological Academy
Posted on April 25, 2021 1,026
The Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem is the triumph of the Savior's earthly life. They want to make him King, because He can Make Israel Great Again. So that they would not obey to the Romans but they would be paid tribute by the barbarians, as in the times a thousand years before. And that it would be good for everyone in Israel. But it is impossible to build happiness on neighbor's grief, and instead of seizing power, Christ continues to teach: "Pay to Caesar that is Caesar's and to God that is God's", and "Love your neighbor". And we know that in a few days the Son of God will be betrayed, tortured, and crucified by His people. And no one will stand up for Him. Such is the gratitude of Israel for that the Lord healed his children of diseases. For freeing him from the bondage of Egypt and Babylon. He would have freed them from the Roman one as well, but He came to free us from the bondage of death.And in the coming days, called the Great Days, we will once again watch with awe the realization of the Divine plan for our salvation. Holy Week is the culmination of Christianity and human history. Yes, the creation of the world was also the greatest event and miracle, but this is hardly mentioned in the church calendar. Because it was easier for God to create the universe than to guide us to the right path, for which He had to taste death. The trillions of stars in the sky do not obscure His main creation for Him; the life of each of us matters to Him! As well as the prayer of each of us.
Posted on July 12, 2020 1,184
Today, on the feast of St. Apostles Peter and Paul, we also commemorate St. Paisios of Mt Athos. A great Saint and miracle worker of our days (he rested in God on mount Athos in 1994), he left us many useful books.
St Paisios of Mt Athos about reverence.
It is a deep respect for God, both in thought and action. Reverence for God must determine all aspects of our being.
God is moved with reverence. Reverence is the fear of God, the action of God's grace in the human soul. A devout person everywhere behaves with attention and modesty, he vividly feels every Holy thing. For example, he is careful not to stand with his back to the icons; where they are sitting, for example, on a sofa or chair, he will not put the gospel, a spiritual book or some Holy object; if he sees an icon, his heart and his eyes are covered with tears. Even if he sees the name of Christ written somewhere, or a piece of newspaper thrown on the ground, where, for example, the name of Christ is printed, or the words "Holy temple of the Holy Trinity", he picks up this piece, reverently kisses it and he is sad that it was thrown to the ground.
And how many people indifferently, without noticing anything, put their pots on newspapers where icons or some spiritual article are printed, and then throw out the garbage. Do you think such people can truly love the Lord? And do they need God? But without the love of God, there is no salvation. Only those who love the Lord with all their heart are gathered in Paradise.
"Geronde (old father), how can we acquire reverence?"
—The fathers say that in order to acquire reverence, one must live or communicate with people who have it, and observe how they behave. Paisius the Great, said:
"Associate with people who love God and have the fear of God, so that you may also acquire the fear of God." But imitate, only understanding the meaning of actions, otherwise it will be false worship.
— And why do the Holy fathers only say about reverence that if you want to acquire it, you should communicate with the person who has it? Why don't they say the same about other virtues?
-"Because reverence is transmitted. The movements, the behavior of a person who is reverent, like a fragrance, is transmitted to another; of course, if there is a good disposition and humility in him. I will tell you that if a man has no reverence, he has nothing spiritual. A reverent person is like a child who has no evil thoughts about his father and mother, because he loves his parents and sees everything they do as good and pure. How much more should one be in awe of God!
There are also those who have only a dry external reverence: they stand on their feet for a whole vigil, but they are not firm in their faith.
"Geronde, what else can help a man acquire reverence?"
The study of sacred things, as well as the use of the opportunities that are given to us. For example, if I have the opportunity to go to a temple for a short time and pray, and if I don't use it, then I deprive myself of Grace. But when I want to go in, and I don't because of some obstacle, I don't lose Grace, because God sees my good intention.
— Geronde, how does reverent behavior in the temple help us?"
–When you go to the temple, say in your mind: "Where am I going? The temple is the house of God. If, when we come to a worldly house, we wipe our feet, and sit down modestly, how should we behave in the house of God where Christ is sacrificed? Christ has redeemed us from sin; he heals and nourishes us with His all-Holy Body. All these terrible and divine events, when we remember them again, help us to behave with reverence in the temple. But at the divine Liturgy, I notice that even at the most Holy moments there are people whose minds are really far from the Lord!
From lack of reverence, we are possessed by an unclean spirit. Previously, people who were ill took oil from their lamps, anointed them and recovered. Now the lamp is lit just as a formality, just for illumination, and the oil is poured into the sink when the lamp is washed.
Once I was in a house and saw the owner washing a lamp in the sink. "Where does the water go?" "To the sewer," she says. "I see —" I say — " what is it, that you take an olive oil from the lamp and anoint your child crosswise when it is ill, and then pour all the oil from the lamp into the sewer? What excuse do you find for this? After all, you don't pour clean water into a filthy bucket and drink from it, and you don't put clean underwear in the closet along with dirty ones? And how will God's blessing come to your house?»
In modern homes, there is no place to throw away some consecrated thing, for example, a piece of paper in which the antidor was wrapped, and previously it was usually buried somewhere in a clean place.
In one house, which I once had to visit, the iconostasis was arranged under the stairs, although there was plenty of space. And in another house, the owner arranged an iconostasis in front of a sewer pipe. "Well —" I asked her," how did you come up with the idea of making an iconostasis in such a place?" So how will Grace come after that? For this, even what we have is taken away from us.
And here's another thing to be careful: you have something with crosses on the couch, but you can not sit on the crosses and step on them. Jews make shoes with crosses, often depicted not only on the outside of the sole, but also on the inside — under the heels and soles. And you pay money and trample on crosses!
And what reverence we should have for icons! A devout person is especially in awe of icons. When we say "venerate icons", we mean that he is in awe of those who are depicted on it. If a person who has a photograph of their father, mother, grandfather, grandmother or brother can't tear it or step on it, then isn't this much more true of an icon! When a person with reverence and fervent love kisses the Holy icons, inside himself these saints are depicted. Saints rejoice, being imprinted in human hearts.
"Why, Geronde, is reverence so rare in our times?"
-Because people have stopped living spiritually. They interpret everything through worldly logic and cast out of the divine grace. And before, what awe! Grannies, very simple and reverent, they fell to the ground in front of the mules of the monastery and bowed to them when the monks came down on their mules on business. "These are the mules of the Mother of God," said the grannies, " and let us bow to them!" If they showed so much reverence for the mules of the monastery of the Most Holy Mother of God, imagine how much reverence they had for Her!
The whole basis is in awe. Someone only touches the wall against which the icon was leaning, and already accepts the grace, and someone can have the best icon, but not get the benefit, because they do not have reverence. One may benefit from the ordinary cross, and the other, without reverence, will not benefit from the life-giving Cross itself.
You should always remember that where icons hang and stand, you can not even raise your voice, nor swear, you can not smoke near the icons in the house!
The house where the icons are located, the Bible – this is a small Church of God, so you need to behave very reverently. We do not need to test the patience of God, the love of God.
Awe is slowly lost, and all the evil we see comes from it. From inattention and indifference to shrines, people often become possessed. One woman became possessed because she poured Holy water into the sink. She had some Holy water left in the bottle. "Ah," she said, " this Holy water is not fresh, and I need a bottle." She poured out the Holy water, and even washed the bottle, and then began to rage.
The grace of God is gone, because grace cannot remain in a person who is not reverent and is indifferent to God.
– And if, father, someone spills the Holy water by mistake?" – If he put the Holy water in the closet and forgot about it, and accidentally poured it out, then it is half the sin, but if someone else put this Holy water in the closet, and the person who poured it out did not know that it was Holy water, then it is not his fault.
How can the divine Grace approach a person if he does not venerate the Holy place, does not honor it? Grace will only go to those who honor it. "Do not give a Holy thing to dogs," says the Holy Scripture. Success in faith is impossible if there is no spiritual sensitivity and attention to everything sacred and divine.
You must not give the Lord the worst that you have. Cultivate reverence and modesty as much as you can. This will help you accept the Grace of God. Because, having reverence, spiritual modesty, a person, if he is also humble, accepts divine Grace. If there is no reverence and humility in him, then the Grace of God does not approach him. In the Holy Scriptures it is written: "On whom shall I look, but on the meek and silent and trembling of my words" (Is.66:2).
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Saint John of Shanghai (1896-1966) is our contemporary. He did not have the majestic appearance of a white-haired old man: small, ugly, with a speech defect, often in a crumpled cassock and bare feet. Some of the people around him were even embarrassed for "such a Bishop", because he served in major cities: Shanghai, Paris, Brussels, San Francisco.
He often went barefoot, and once an order came from his superiors: wear shoes. The Bishop wore them slung over his shoulder with the laces tied. A new order has arrived: "put on your feet", the Bishop was obedient and put on.
Saint John took monastic vows at the age of 30. Since then, the prayer has become a greater reality for him than the cares and experiences of earthly life.
Since his monastic tonsure, Saint John never went to bed, sleeping sitting up only a few hours, setting aside the night for prayer. He ate, often mixing all the dishes: soup, garnish, compote – so that earth food did not seem like a pleasure. Already then, Saint Nicholas of Serbia said of him: "if you want to see a living Saint, go to father John in Bitol!»
At the age of 38 (1936), against his will, but for obeying his spiritual mentor, Metropolitan Anthony Khrapovitsky, he became a Bishop.
With the episcopate, the Saint did not change his ascetic practice. He constantly prayed, served the divine Liturgy every day, fasted strictly – ate only once late in the evening, and ate only prosphora during fasts. The Saint visited the sick daily and demanded the same from his clergy. In order not to be praised, the Bishop made a fool of himself – he was often late for Church, went barefoot and in rumpled clothes. But in all that concerned the service, the he was very strict with himself and others. He never spoke in the altar, and after the service he remained in it for several hours.
The first place of the Episcopal Ministry of St. John was China.
In Shanghai, where Saint John was sent in 1934 from Belgrade, there were about 20 thousand Russians. Bishop John found a huge number of homeless orphans on the streets of the city. The Saint created an orphanage. He often collected sick and starving children from the streets of Shanghai's slums. The orphanage existed from 1935 to 1951, during that time its pupils were more than 3,500 orphans — Russian and Chinese.
During the Japanese occupation of China, the shelter often had no food. Then the Saint prayed, and unknown people came, bringing the necessary things.
When the Communists came to power, Russians from China fled to the Philippines. In 1949, five thousand refugees were on the island of Tubabao. The Bishop went around the island every day and protected the island from seasonal typhoons with prayers and the sign of the cross. And indeed: 3 years of typhoons bypassed the island, but as soon as the last batch of Russian refugees were taken out, a strong typhoon hit and almost completely destroyed all its buildings.
The refuge in the Philippines was temporary, but the Russians were not given visas to Europe or USA. The Saint went to Washington to take care of this. As a result, the US Congress changed the refugee law, and Russians were able to enter the USA. Some of the Russian refugees went to Argentina and Australia.
The Saint was appointed Archbishop of Brussels and Western Europe in 1950. Many miracles and healings occurred through his prayers. In Paris a local Catholic priest told his parishioners: "You say that there are no miracles or saints now. What proof do you need if Saint John Barefoot is walking the streets of Paris today?"
In 1962, Saint John was transferred to San Francisco. The Saint found a mess in the finances during the construction of the Cathedral, and called the debtors to account. Debtors sent complaints to the Synod. This was taken advantage of by the Saint's detractors: they raised the question of the" illegality " of his appointment to the pulpit in San Francisco. There were many in the Synod who despised the living Saint as "an insufficiently subtle theologian" and "a bad administrator".
The Russian community in San Francisco was thrown into disarray. At parish meetings, the Saint was shouted and insulted. Among the persecutors of the Saint were even those whom he cured of cancer and other serious diseases. The case went to trial, where the Bishop was acquitted. Although the truth prevailed, the last years of Saint John were filled with bitterness of slander and persecution.
It was said that Saint John knew about the time and place of his death. On the day of his death, July 2, 1966, he served the divine Liturgy and after the service prayed in the altar for three more hours. The Saint died a few hours later in his room, praying before the miraculous icon of the Sign of the Mother of God.
For six days the Saint's body lay in a coffin not embalmed, but despite the heat, there was no smell of decay. The mayor's office of San Francisco made an exception, allowing the Saint to be buried, despite the sanitary ban, in the crypt of the Cathedral in honor of the image of the Mother of God "Joy of all sorrows", which the Saint built and served in.
In 1993, a special Commission for the glorification of Bishop John discovered his relics and found them incorrupt. In 1994, Saint John of Shanghai was canonized.


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Overseeing the Alamo, pictured here in 2018, is among the responsibilities of the Texas General Land Office, which also manages the state's public land, veterans homes and disaster recovery. A total of eight Republicans and four Democrats are running in 2022 to succeed incumbent George P. Bush as Texas land commissioner, the head of the agency.
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Eight Republicans and four Democrats are running to succeed Land Commissioner George P. Bush as head of the Texas General Land Office, setting up two of the most crowded contests to appear on next year's statewide March primary ballot.
Bush, a Republican first elected in 2014, is giving up his seat to run for attorney general against incumbent Ken Paxton and two other Republicans.
The Republican land commissioner field is led by state Sen. Dawn Buckingham, an eye surgeon from Lakeway who has served in the Texas Senate since 2017. Since announcing her candidacy in early June, Buckingham has received the endorsements of former president Donald Trump, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and former governor Rick Perry, along with those of most of her GOP Senate colleagues.
She had more than $1.6 million in her campaign account at the end of June, the most recent date covered by public campaign finance reports, giving her a major fundraising head start over the other candidates.
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Among the other Republicans running for the seat are Weston Martinez, a conservative activist from San Antonio who is being backed by Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller. Martinez has run twice unsuccessfully for the Texas Railroad Commission.
Republican candidates include Houston business consultant Ben Armenta, former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Victor Avila, Rufus Lopez, attorney Don Minton, heart surgeon and former Houston congressional candidate Jon Spiers, and pastor and former congressional candidate Tim Westley.
The Democratic field, meanwhile, includes conservationist Jay Kleberg and Austin lawyer Jinny Suh. Kleberg, whose family owns the massive King Ranch property in South Texas, previously ran as a Republican for an El Paso state House seat in 2010.
Democrats Michael Lange and Sandragrace Martinez have also filed.
The General Land Office, the oldest state agency in Texas, has been under Republican control since 1999, with Bush most recently defeating the 2018 Democratic nominee by about 10.5 percentage points.
The office has historically acted as a stepping stone for higher office. Each of Bush's four predecessors, dating back to the 1970s, gave up the seat to run for either governor or lieutenant governor.
Long considered one of the state's more obscure agencies, the Land Office has become known in Houston and other parts of southeast Texas for its role administering the state's disaster recovery following major storms, including Hurricane Harvey. It also manages the state's millions of acres of public land, many of which are leased to oil, gas and mining companies, who in turn pay royalties to the state that go toward public education.
The agency also oversees the Alamo and manages Texas' nine state-run veterans homes, while providing low-interest loans to veterans for purchasing land and houses.
Bush and the agency have come under fire for a handful of controversies during his tenure, including after a 2019 Houston Chronicle investigation found that Texas' public school endowment — a $44 billion fund fueled by oil and gas royalties — had lost out on billions in potential revenue and paid out less to schools over the past decade, adjusted for inflation, even as its overall size has grown.
A separate Chronicle investigation found that GLO-run veterans homes had recorded nearly double the COVID-19 death rate compared to other nursing homes in Texas. And Bush has faced criticism within his party for his plan to redevelop the Alamo, including a proposal to move to the revered Cenotaph to what he said would be a more "historically accurate" location.
The Texas Historical Commission voted last year to keep the Cenotaph in place. On her campaign website, Buckingham touts her opposition to Bush's plan, writing that she "fought alongside the grassroots and led the charge that ultimately resulted in the Cenotaph staying in its rightful place of honor."
Most recently, the Land Office faced criticism from Houston officials for its plan to distribute more than $4 billion in federal flood mitigation aid allotted to Texas after Hurricane Harvey. The agency initially proposed sending nothing to Houston and Harris County, before deciding to send $750 million to the county — a sum local officials still called inadequate.
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Tinder addict who has slept with 100 women he met on dating apps reveals he keeps a 'vault' of pictures of his conquests... but swears he's trying to find 'The One'
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Keeps a 'vault' of pictures on his phone of the girls he's bedded
But Mr Deal said: 'I just want to find that one – she's got to be out there.'
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A Tinder addict who has slept with over 100 women through the dating app has admitted he's only half truthful on the dating app.
But despite his lurid confession, John Deal, 42, from Essex, who also keeps a 'vault' of pictures on his phone of the girls he's bedded, swears he is genuinely trying to find 'the one'.
Appearing on ITV's This Morning, ahead of his appearance on Channel 4's documentary, The Secret World of Tinder, divorced Mr Deal said: 'I just want to find that one – she's got to be out there.'
John Deal, 42, from Essex, who also keeps a 'vault' of pictures on his phone of the girls he's bedded swears he is genuinely trying to find 'the one
Mr Deal, who started using dating apps after his marriage split said he was looking for love, even though he was unsure he would remarry.
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He then said he wouldn't hesitate to delete his 'vault', his name for his album of images of his past conquests, if he managed to settle down.
Mr Deal also confessed he'd recently been dumped by a girl after she discovered he was going public with his Tinder obsession.
'Unfortunately because of the programme we've experienced a few issues,' said Mr Deal.
John Deal claims to have slept with around 100 women thanks to apps like Tinder
Mr Deal explained his obsession with the app saying: 'Personally the dating scene has been a long drawn out thing.
'Going out to bars when I was 20 years of age, it wasn't hard to pick up a lady. Because of the friends I associated with it was easy for us to meet women.
'Now dating apps have revolutionised that – they are at a touch of a button.
But when host Philip Schofield accused him of being sad 'swiping and swiping' he was quick to defend himself, saying: 'I still go out though, don't get me wrong.'
He also said he convinced Tinder would help him find the one.
'I am really looking for love. I believe there is someone for everyone including me. Hopefully I'll find someone who's kind considerate and looking for a relationship.
But Schofield and Amanda Holden question whether can you judge a potential wife based on two pictures?
Mr Deal in his car swiping through Tinder, as he appears on tonight's Channel 4 documentary: The Secret World of Tinder
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Dr Lisa Mcentee-Atalianis
Positions held:
Reader in Applied Linguistics, Department of Applied Linguistics & Communication
Head of Department/Assistant Dean, Department of Applied Linguistics & Communication
Director of MA Applied Linguistics & Communication, Department of Applied Linguistics & Communication
Room 327, 25-26 Russell Square
Before joining Birkbeck in 2009, I worked at the Universities of Bristol, Cyprus, Reading and Queen Mary, University of London. I spent some years working and living abroad in Nicosia, Cyprus and New York, USA. I've researched and published in various fields of Applied Linguistics: Language Pathology (Aphasia), Sign Language/Deaf Studies and Sociolinguistics. In recent years my research has focussed on two main areas: issues of 'identity' at micro- and macro-discursive/linguistic levels and organisational language policy and planning in supra/international organisations. My breadth of interest in identity is evidenced in my recent book: 'Identity in Applied Linguistics Research' (Bloomsbury), and articles over many years which have focussed on different sites and communities, including the ethnolinguistic vitality of the Greek-Cypriot communities in Cyprus and London; the autochthonous Greek-Orthodox community of Istanbul, Turkey; the Hapa community in Japan and the discursive construction of European identity by NGO members, and the United Nations. I have under-taken an ethnographic and sociolinguistic investigation of language policy, planning and practice at the United Nations, with a special interest in the International Maritime Organization, London (an agency of the United Nations) and UN Headquarters, New York. I am a member of the Study Group on Language and the United Nations, New York (https://languageandtheun.org/index.html). I am keen to support the Organisation in finding ways to successfully implement its multilingual policy.
Book publication: McEntee-Atalianis L.J. (2019) Identity in Applied Linguistics Research. London: Bloomsbury.
Activities: led workshop for Multilingual Focal Points (Secretariat) at UN Headquarters New York: Implementation of Multilingualism and Applicable Challenges Facing the United Nations. 8 May 2019.
https://www.un.org/dgacm/content/multilingualism-network-focal-points
Recent publications:
McEntee-Atalianis, L. J. & Vessey, R. (2020, online first). Mapping the Language Ideologies of Organisational Members: A Corpus Linguistic Investigation of the United Nations' General Debates (1970-2016). Language Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10993-020-09542-4
Shepherd, E. & McEntee-Atalianis, L.J. (2020, online first). Constraints of Hierarchy on Meso-Actors' Agency: Evidence from Vietnam's Educational Language Policy Reform. Current Issues in Language Planning. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2020.1716577
'Lives in Translation' event: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_event_view?id=4488
Organised with Birkbeck Applied Linguistics Society (BCALS). The event won two awards – BBK Student Union Award and the national 'WhatUni' award for 'Giving Back'.
BA (Hons) Applied Linguistics, University of Wales, 1989
PhD, University of Newcastle, 1993
Administrative responsibilities
Head of Department/Assistant Dean
Co-Director of Education (ALC)
Director & Admissions Tutor: MA Applied Linguistics & Communication
Reviews Editor: Language Problems & Language Planning ISSN 0272-2690|E-ISSN 1569-9889.
(2016-present) Annual Symposia of the Study Group on Language and the UN, New York. https://languageandtheun.org/index.html
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2007-present).
Member of British Applied Linguistics Association (BAAL)
Member of the Study Group on Language and the United Nations.
Member of the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
Current research project: Implementation of Multilingualism and Applicable Challenges Facing the United Nations
(This work is being undertaken in collaboration with Prof Francis Hult, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC))
Current edited book project: Language and Sustainability (De Gruyter)
(co-edited with Prof Humphrey Tonkin)
Centre for Multilingual and Multicultural Research
Centre for the Study of Internationalism
Supervision and teaching
I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students who are interested in undertaking research in any of my areas of research interest.
Recently completed doctoral studies, under my supervision, have included:
(2015) 'The Discursive Construction of Europeanness: A Transnational Perspective'
(2018) 'A Comparative Discourse Analysis of Deaf and Jewish Identity' (Co-supervision with V. Williams, University of Bristol).
(2019) – 'The construction of Erasmus student identity: a discourse historic approach'
(2020) - 'Narratives of Infertile Muslim Women: The Construction of Personal and Socio-Cultural Identities in Weblogs'
Current studies:
- 'Stance-taking and Discourses of Professionalism in the Local Negotiation of Professional Identity Among Further Education Lecturers'
- 'Narratives of Haafu Identity'
- 'Exploring the role of meso agency in the language policy context of Vietnam'
I convene and contribute to a number of modules including:
Approaches to Language; Investigating Language; Identity in Applied Linguistics Research; Introduction to Applied Linguistics; and
Empirical Research Workshops. I also supervise a number of BA and MA projects/dissertations in the area of Sociolinguistics.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa and Vessey, Rachelle (2020) Mapping the language ideologies of organisational members: a Corpus Linguistic Investigation of the United Nations' General Debates (1970-2016). Language Policy ISSN 1568-4555. (In Press)
Shepherd, E. and McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2020) Constraints of hierarchy on Meso-Actors' agency: evidence from Vietnam's Educational Language Policy Reform. Current Issues in Language Planning ISSN 1466-4208. (In Press)
Gazzola, M. and Templin, T. and McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2019) Measuring diversity in multilingual communication. Social Indicators Research ISSN 0303-8300. (In Press)
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2017) "Leave no one behind": linguistic and digital barriers to the dissemination and implementation of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. Language Problems and Language Planning 41 (2), ISSN 0272-2690.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa and Litosseliti, L. (2017) Narratives of sex-segregated professional identities. Narrative Inquiry 27 (1), pp. 1-23. ISSN 1387-6740.
Gardner-Chloros, Penelope and Gogonas, Nikolaos and McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2016) How can linguists contribute to the refugee crisis? Issues and Responses. Éducation et Sociétés Plurilingues 40, pp. 95-101. ISSN 1127-266X.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2016) A network model of language policy and planning: The United Nations as a case study. Language Problems and Language Planning 40 (2), pp. 187-217. ISSN 0272-2690.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa and Zappettini, Franco (2014) Networked identities: changing representations of Europeanness. Critical Discourse Studies 11 (4), pp. 397-415. ISSN 1740-5904.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2013) Stance and metaphor: mapping changing representations of (organizational) identity. Discourse & Communication 7 (3), pp. 319-340. ISSN 1750-4813.
Gardner-Chloros, Penelope and McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa and Paraskeva, M. (2013) Code-switching and pausing: an interdisciplinary study. International Journal of Multilingualism 10 (1), pp. 1-26. ISSN 1479-0718.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2011) The role of metaphor in shaping the identity and agenda of the United Nations: the imagining of an international community and international threat. Discourse and Communication 5 (4), pp. 393-412. ISSN 1750-4813.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2011) The value of adopting multiple approaches and methodologies in the investigation of ethnolinguistic vitality. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 32 (2), pp. 151-167. ISSN 0143-4632.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2010) Order in 'polylogue': an investigation of argumentational discourse units in diplomatic negotiation. Sociolinguistic Studies 4 (3), ISSN 1750-8657.
Koumondouros, M. and McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2008) Language attitudes, shift and the ethnolinguistic vitality of the Greek Orthodox community in Istanbul. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 28 (5), pp. 365-384. ISSN 0143-4632.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2008) Diplomatic negotiation in an international organisation: an exploration of expert status and power. The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations 8 (3), pp. 265-272. ISSN 1447-9532.
Aldersson, R.R. and McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2007) A lexical comparison of Icelandic sign language and Danish sign language. Birkbeck Studies in Applied Linguistics 2, pp. 123-158. ISSN 1754-5366.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2006) Geostrategies of interlingualism: language policy and practice in the international maritime organisation, London, UK. Current Issues in Language Planning 7 (2/3), pp. 341-358. ISSN 1466-4208.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2006) Minority rights in a supra-national era: the case of the deaf community in the UK. Birkbeck Studies in Applied Linguistics 1, pp. 20-40. ISSN 1754-5366.
Gardner-Chloros, Penelope and McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa and Finnis, K. (2005) Language attitudes and use in a transplanted setting: Greek Cypriots in London. International Journal of Multilingualism 2 (1), pp. 52-80. ISSN 1479-0718.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2004) The impact of English in post-colonial, post-modern Cyprus. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 168, pp. 77-90. ISSN 1613-3668.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa and Pouloukas, S. (2001) Issues of identity and power in a Greek-Cypriot community. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 22 (1), pp. 19-38. ISSN 0143-4632.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa and Kennedy, M. (1995) Profiling agrammatic spoken language: towards a government and binding framework. European Journal of Disorders of Communication 30 (3), pp. 317-332. ISSN 0963-7273.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa and Milroy, L. (1993) Functional categories and projections in agrammaticism: profiling the developing grammar of a young English-speaking aphasic. Newcastle and Northumbria Working Papers in Linguistics 1, ISSN 2041-1057.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2018) Identity in applied linguistics research. London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781623564667.
Shaitan, A. and McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2017) Haafu identity in Japan: half, mixed or double?. In: Rocha, Z.L. and Fozdar, F. (eds.) Mixed Race in Asia: Past, Present and Future. Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 82-97. ISBN 9781138282674.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2015) Language policy and planning in international organisations. In: Jessner-Schmid, U. and Kramsch, C.J. (eds.) The Multilingual Challenge: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives. Trends In Applied Linguistics. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 295-322. ISBN 9781614512165.
Li, Wei and McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa and Lorch, Marjorie (2013) Literacy and multimodality. In: Li, Wei (ed.) Applied Linguistics. Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell. pp. 130-148. ISBN 9781405193580.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2013) Language, identity and power. In: Li, Wei (ed.) Applied Linguistics. Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell. pp. 172-190. ISBN 9781405193580.
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa and Pouloukas, S. (2005) Issues of identity and power in the Greek-Cypriot community. In: Papapavlou, A. (ed.) Contemporary Sociolinguistic Issues in Cyprus. Thessaloniki University Studio Press. pp. 213-236. ISBN 9789601214238.
Finnis, K. and Gardner-Chloros, Penelope and McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2005) Greek Cypriots in London: an empirical study of language use, attitudes and identity. In: Paparousi, M. and Tsokalidou, R. (eds.) Identity issues in the Greek diaspora: Language and Literature. Athens, Greece: Metaixmio. ISBN 9789603758488.
Gardner-Chloros, Penelope and Finnis, K. and McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (2004) Ellinokipri sto Londino: mia embiriki meleti gia ti glossiki chrisi, tis glossikes stasis kai tin taftotita. In: Tsokalidou, R. and Paparousi, M. (eds.) Themata taftotitas stin elliniki diaspora: glossa kai logotechnia. Athens, Greece: Metaixmio. pp. 69-93. ISBN 9789603758488.
Conference Item
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (1999) Language use and attitudes towards Greek, English and the Greek-Cypriot dialect in the Greek-Cypriot community in Nicosia, Cyprus. Fourth International Conference on Greek Linguistics, 1999, Nicosia, Cyprus
McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa (1998) 'Identity crisis' or 'act of identity': language attitudes and use in the Greek-Cypriot community in Cyprus. Second Craivo Conference in Sociolinguistics, 1998, University of Craivo, Romania
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Mick Schumacher wins on Formula 4 debut
Noah Joseph
Apr 27th 2015 at 9:31AM
This weekend saw the return of a big name in formula racing: M. Schumacher. In this case, though, it belongs not to seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, but to his son Mick. And he's already winning races.
The junior Schumacher was racing until now under his mother's maiden name Betsch so as to avoid undue attention, but has now hit the grid under the Schumacher name for the first time for the opening of the ADAC Formel 4 series - Germany's national F4 championship, powered by Abarth. The series kicked off this weekend at Oschersleben with three races: Mick finished ninth in the first race on Friday (first among the rookies), twelfth in the second race on Saturday (third among rookies), but took the checkered flag and the top step on the podium in the third race on Sunday. Not too shabby for a rookie. Not too shabby at all.
Although we're sure he inherited a good deal of his talent from his father, Mick had to make his Formula 4 race debut this weekend without the benefit of his dad's coaching, as the champ continues to recover far away from the limelight from his skiing accident late in 2013. That doesn't mean he's without wise counsel, though: German media reports that Sebastian Vettel has been counseling the young driver in his father's stead.
A close prodigy of Michael's, Vettel teamed up with the senior Schumacher to win the Nations' Cup at the Race of Champions six years running, and is now following in his mentor's footsteps by moving to Ferrari with multiple world titles already under his belt. In young Mick's corner, Vettel is reportedly giving his mentor's son some advice while arranging contacts in the business.
Also competing is Harrison Newey, son of legendary Red Bull engineer Adrian Newey who designed all of Vettel's championship-winning cars. Harrison finished seventh in the first race and thirteenth in the second, but dropped down to 27th following poor luck in the third race.
News Source: ADAC, Bild.de
Image Credit: Ronny Hartmann/AFP/Getty


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Carlos Vives "Después de Todo Vives Tour" Brings Colombian Vallenato Pop Rock to Prudential Center
Colombian, Music, People, Pop, Prudential Center, Rock, Vallenato / September 11, 2022 by Editors
Carlos Vives is a Colombian actor and Pop star who popularized Colombian Vallenato Pop music for the new generation. He's had sort of a charmed life, though he surely worked hard for it.
Carlos Vives Después de Todo Vives tour brings Colombian Vallenato Pop to Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 8pm (7pm doors). From $61. 🇨🇴
Santa Marta and Telenovelas
Vives was born in Santa Marta, Magdalena on Colombia's Caribbean coast on August 7, 1961. Santa Marta is on the bay opposite Barranquilla. It was the first Spanish colonial city. Many Colombian musicians are from the region.
Colombia has a very rich telenovela tradition that includes very good historical soap operas. Vives started out as telenovela actor and became famous in Colombia as "Gallito Ramírez" (Little Rooster Ramírez) in 1986. He starred as a Caribbean boxer who falls in love with a very conservative girl. She was played by his first wife.
Carlos acted in Puerto Rico for a couple of years in 1989 in the telenovelas "La Otra" (The Other) and "Aventurera" (the Playboy).
Escalona, the Legend
Back in Colombia in 1991, Vives was cast in "Escalona" as legendary vallenato composer Rafael Escalona.
Vallenato is a popular form of accordion music that is related to Colombian cumbia. Cumbia is from the Caribbean coast and Vallenato is from the mountains.
The real Escalona (1926-2009) was a troubadour and one of Colombia's most famous vallenato composers. He also founded the Vallenato Legend Festival in Valledupar, Cesar, Colombia which is the world's leading vallenato festival. That land near the border with Venezuela is beautiful.
"Troubadour" may not mean much to American readers, but it is a romantic street music tradition with roots in medieval France and Spain (roughly Catalonia) that is still practiced in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia and other Caribbean lands. It's Cuban trova which is just like protest folk music of 1960s United States. In a way it's the beginning of rap because it has the same improvisation and street hustle. There are even competitive traditions that are basically rap battles. It's very bizarre to watch two old troubadours dis each other on stage. Many New York music traditions are related to the Caribbean.
Vallenato was considered to be music of the campesinos. So it was looked down on. After singing Esalona's songs in the telenovela, Vives released a pair of soundtrack albums: "Escalona: Un Canto a la Vida" and "Esalona: Vol 2."
Vallenato Rock
In 1993, Vives made "Clasicos de la Provincia" which fused vallenato with rock and pop influences. The old timers were upset, but the album was a huge hit in Colombia and across the Latin world. His next album "La Tierra del Olvido" (The Land of Forgetting) produced some memorable songs and Vives had a new career.
Carlos Vives and friends sing about the beauty of the land of Colombia. "Yo te quiero."
His 2015 remake of the title song features Colombian music royalty and shows the beauty that is the land of Colombia.
Grammys and Latin Grammys
His "Déjame Entrar" (Let me In) won a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album and a Latin Grammys for Best Contemporary Tropical Album and Best Tropical Song.
Vives has won a bunch Latin Grammys and "Más + Corazón Profundo" (More with Deep Heart) won the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album in 2015.
"La Bicicleta" with Shakira may be more familiar to global audiences. It won Latin Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 2016.
Carlos Vives, El Papa de Vallenato Nuevo
So Carlos Vives is the guy who updated and renewed vallenato for young audiences. Art forms need to progress or be left behind. That may upset traditionalists, but it's what keeps tradition alive. Ironically, new forms can only be created with great love and respect for tradition. Perhaps that is the appeal of Carlos Vives.
carlosvives.com
Twitter @carlosvives
Instagram @carlosvives


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Does the law need tightening up with regard to construction site safety? Recent events suggest that it does. Controversy continues over the case of a crane collapse in New York City, which left two workers dead. Incidents of this kind have increased recently, and the reluctance of construction companies to acknowledge responsibility is a growing concern for many people.
The Washington Post reports on the accident in May 2008 on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Joseph Lomma, the owner of the crane, denies responsibility for the collapse that killed Donald Leo, the operator, and Ramadan Kurtaj, a sewer worker who was working across the street.
According to NPR, prosecutors in the case assert that the 200-foot-tall crane snapped due to a shoddy weld of a vital component. Prosecutors claim that crane owner, Lomma, procured a cheap repair on the crane in order to save money. Lomma's legal team has insisted that Lomma was in no way responsible for the snapping of the crane and that the snap was a symptom, rather than the cause, of the disaster. The team contends the crane had been stretched to an unsafe angle, and the accident was due to operator error.
Two cases of a similar nature occurred recently in Ohio. In January, USA Today reported on a floor collapse at the Cincinnati construction site of the Horseshow Casino, owned by casino developer Rock Gaming LLC. There were no fatalities, but more than 20 people were injured. Interestingly, a Cleveland site currently in development by Rock Gaming suffered an accident in December when a parking garage collapsed.
Another incident, reported by Syracuse.com, occurred in Syracuse, NY. Workman Steven Pallotta was killed when the entire ceiling collapsed onto him as he was repairing one small part of it.
That some builders or employers in the construction sector are willing to cut corners on repairs is worrisome. Incidents like these show there may be a serious need for greater legal regulation of the construction industry. Employer irresponsibility is costing lives, and the risk of serious maiming and/or life-threatening injury due to accidents should not be underestimated.
Executives may bleat about the overreaching regulator trying to squeeze their profits, but the safety of workers transcends profits. Poor practices in the construction industry can threaten the safety of construction workers and members of the general public who happen to be nearby. The issue is not just of concern to the construction industry, but to all of us.
If regulation of construction companies does not come from the government, it can be brought about in another manner. Construction workers who are injured or the family of those killed may hold employers accountable for unsafe practices by filing personal injury or wrongful death lawsuits. These are effective not only for obtaining compensation for injured or dead employees, but also for assessing a punitive fee on employers who have risked their workers' health. If enough lawsuits are filed, employers across the industry may begin to pay closer attention to the safety of their worksites.
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Repo Men
A sci-fi action thriller set in a dystopian future and based on a novel by Eric Garcia. In the year 2025, people who can no longer make the payments on their high-tech artificial organs can expect a visit from repo men sent to violently retrieve the hardware. When veteran repo man Jude Law finds himself the recipient of a new heart, he discovers he's lost all passion for his work. Unable to afford his ticker, Law must square off against former partner Forest Whitaker who's been dispatched to collect on Law's debt. With Liev Schreiber and Alice Braga.
Genre: Science Fiction, Action
Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Jude Law, Liev Schreiber, Alice Braga, Carice Van Houten
Rating: R18 - Contains violence.
Location in store: Science Fiction
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Bridging between solitary and collaborative accomplishments. This ceramics exhibition will highlight a selection by each artist, and five of the "Lost Works" posthumous collaborations. Learn more about these artists, Don Reitz and Chris Gustin.
Don Reitz was a virtuosic thrower, and charismatic educator, spending more than 25 years teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He spent his final years in Arizona, where he continued to work, and through constant reinvention and originality, he extended the definition and potential of the ceramic arts. Widely collected and exhibited.
Learn more about the exhibition also on view in the gallery, Kindred Spirits.


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Election Law Violations Hotline Updates
Election Hotline Updates
Special Election – Tuesday, November 2, 2021
The Office of the Attorney General has fielded 2 pre-election day complaints and 2 election day complaints. The complaints below have been divided into three columns to indicate complaints received prior to November 2, Election Day complaints, and complaints received after the polls closed. The complaints not reflected in the columns below were from out-of-state or were not specific to a county. "Other" category includes complaints received from counties not participating in the 2021 Special Election.
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Election Law Violations Hotline
Kentuckians who witness election irregularities or possible election law violations are encouraged to call 800-328-VOTE (800-328-8683).
The hotline is open during regular business hours and from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on Election Day.
Enforcement of Election Laws
KRS 15.243 gives the Attorney General jurisdiction to investigate and enforce election law violations by civil and criminal means. Reports made to the Election Law Violation Hotline are listed in the table on this page and will be updated throughout the day of the election.
In addition to the hotline, investigators from the Attorney General's office may patrol precincts and polling places across the Commonwealth on Election Day in order to respond immediately to complaints. Attorney General Daniel Cameron is committed to upholding election laws and holding those who break them accountable.
* The Office of the Attorney General, by law, cannot provide details regarding specific complaints or pending investigations.


 Socialeyesed - Milestones for Rashford, Sterling and Vertonghen - News - Watch the best of latest videos from your favourite soccer teams, competitions and players. Watch latest news, press conferences, match focus, funny videos and exclusive interviews. This is where soccer happens.
A look at how social media reacted to the Premier League Matchweek 25 including milestones for Marcus Rashford, Raheem Sterling and Jan Vertonghen.


When I removed the wallwrap, the clones were left in as bouncing at 100 or width-100 instead of reaching the edge wall.
My games over the last few days I found it easier to move out to the side and shoot.. which is a good strategy but hm, it was too easy, because clones weren't moving out to the sides too, duh!
Discovered after fixing clones moving down past the bottom of the screen.


The failure of the Fifth Crusade placed a heavy responsibility on Frederick II, whose motives as a Crusader are difficult to assess. A controversial figure, he has been regarded by some as the archenemy of the popes and by others as the greatest of emperors. His intellectual interests included Islam, and his attitude might seem to be more akin to that of the Eastern barons than the typical Western Crusader. Through his marriage to John of Brienne's daughter Isabella (Yolande), he established a claim first to the kingship and then, on Isabella's death in 1228, to the regency of Jerusalem (Acre). As emperor, he could claim suzerainty over Cyprus because his father and predecessor, Henry VI, was paid homage by the Cypriot king and bestowed a crown on him.
After being allowed several postponements by the pope to settle affairs in the empire, Frederick finally agreed to terms that virtually placed his expedition under papal jurisdiction. Yet his entire Eastern policy was inextricably connected with his European concerns: Sicily, Italy and the papacy, and Germany. Cyprus-Jerusalem became, as a consequence, part of a greater imperial design.
Most of his Crusade fleet left Italy in the late summer of 1227, but Frederick was delayed by illness. During the delay he received envoys from al-Malik al-Kāmil of Egypt, who, threatened by the ambitions of his Ayyūbid brothers, was disposed to negotiate. Meanwhile, Pope Gregory IX, less patient than his predecessor, rejected Frederick's plea that illness had hindered his departure and excommunicated the emperor. Thus, when Frederick departed in the summer of 1228 with the remainder of his forces, he was in the equivocal position of a Crusader under the ban of the church. He arrived in Cyprus on July 21.
In Cyprus, John of Ibelin, the leading member of the influential Ibelin family, had been named regent for the young Henry I. Along with most of the barons, he was willing to recognize the emperor's rights as suzerain in Cyprus. But because news of Isabella's death had arrived in Acre, the emperor could claim only a regency there for his infant son. John obeyed the emperor's summons to meet him in Cyprus but, despite intimidation, refused to surrender his lordship of Beirut and insisted that his case be brought before the high court of barons. The matter was set aside, and Frederick left for Acre.
In Acre, Frederick met more opposition. News of his excommunication had arrived, and many refused to support him. Dependent, therefore, on the Teutonic Knights and his own small contingent of German Crusaders, he was forced to attempt what he could by diplomacy. Negotiations, accordingly, were reopened with al-Malik al-Kāmil.
The treaty of 1229 is unique in the history of the Crusades. By diplomacy alone and without major military confrontation, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and a corridor running to the sea were ceded to the kingdom of Jerusalem. Exception was made for the Temple area, the Dome of the Rock, and the Aqṣā Mosque, which the Muslims retained. Moreover, all current Muslim residents of the city would retain their homes and property. They would also have their own city officials to administer a separate justice system and safeguard their religious interests. The walls of Jerusalem, which had already been destroyed, were not rebuilt, and the peace was to last for 10 years.
Nevertheless, the benefits of the treaty of 1229 were more apparent than real. The areas ceded were not easily defensible, and Jerusalem soon fell into disorder. Furthermore, the treaty was denounced by the devout of both faiths. When the excommunicated Frederick entered Jerusalem, the patriarch placed the city under interdict. No priest was present, and Frederick placed a crown on his own head while one of the Teutonic Knights read the ceremony. Leaving agents in charge, he hastily returned to Europe and at San Germano made peace with the pope (July 23, 1230). Thereafter his legal position was secure, and the pope ordered the patriarch to lift the interdict.
Jerusalem and Cyprus, however, were now plagued by civil war because Frederick's imperial concept of government was contrary to the well-established preeminence of the Jerusalem baronage. The barons of both Jerusalem and Cyprus, in alliance with the Genoese and a commune formed in Acre that elected John of Ibelin mayor, resisted the imperial deputies, who were supported by the Pisans, the Teutonic Knights, Bohemond of Antioch, and a few nobles. The clergy, the other military orders, and the Venetians stood aloof.
The barons were successful in Cyprus, and in 1233 Henry I was recognized as king. Even after John of Ibelin, the "Old Lord of Beirut," died in 1236, resistance continued. In 1243 a parliament at Acre refused homage to Frederick's son Conrad, unless he appeared in person, and named Alice, queen dowager of Cyprus, regent.
Thus it was that baronial rule triumphed over imperial administration in the Levant. But the victory of the barons brought to the kingdom not strength but continued division, which was made more serious by the appearance of new forces in the Muslim world. The Khwārezmian Turks, pushed south and west by the Mongols, had upset the power balance and gained the support of Egypt. After the 10 years' peace had expired in 1239, the Muslims easily took back the defenseless Jerusalem. The Crusades of 1239 to 1241, under Thibaut IV of Champagne and Richard of Cornwall, brought about the return of the city as well as other lost territories through negotiation. However, in 1244 an alliance of Jerusalem and Damascus failed to prevent the capture and sack of Jerusalem by Khwārezmians with Egyptian aid. All the diplomatic gains of the preceding years were lost. Once again the Christians were confined to a thin strip of ports along the Mediterranean coast.


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2005 Supply & Demand Chain 100 Case Study Johnson Space Center / MfgQuote Inc.
Profiles in Supply Chain Enablement: Space facility launches into a new age in streamlined sourcing
Company: Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
Company Size: Large
Company Sector: Public Sector
Area(s) of Enablement: Sourcing, Supply Chain Integration & Infrastructure
Enabler: MfgQuote Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
Case Study: For more than 40 years, Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, has been home to the U.S. human space flight program from the final Mercury flight to today's space shuttle and International Space Station missions. The space center has long been at the forefront of applying technology to solve the engineering challenges of space flight, and now JSC also is taking advantage of the latest innovations in online technologies to streamline its sourcing processes as well.
NASA engineers, including those at JSC, continuously roll out new hardware, software and methodologies to support the United States' unfolding space exploration initiatives. As this large organization churns away on multiple projects, engineers are constantly designing new or reengineered components and assemblies.
Johnson Space Center's in-house machine shop handles precision machining and other types of jobs for the company. But like any manufacturing facility, it is feast or famine when it comes to workflow. When the machine shop is inundated with work, engineers needing made-to-order parts can queue up for the work or have the option of looking for another source. But for every job sent outside the in-house shop, the JSC engineer is required to put out the bid for work to a minimum of three suppliers.
In the past, the process to find three suppliers who could do the work and meet the part production schedule was a long process; on average, it could take nearly a month to secure three quotes. However, the engineers at JSC now have adopted an online tool that has significantly streamlined their sourcing process.
Today, NASA-JSC uses MfgQuote.com for high tech sourcing. MfgQuote provides a production-level sourcing system complete with request for quote (RFQ) wizards and management tools. But even more important, buyers can tap into a public marketplace of over 1,700 contract manufacturers ready for work.
Migration to the online sourcing service was seamless, simple and very efficient. There were no costs involved as buyers can post RFQs at MfgQuote.com free of charge. The online service is available 24 x7, and there was no special software to buy or load on the computer. Because JSC's design work is primarily CAD-based and engineering documentation resides in an electronic PDF format, the first JSC engineers to test-drive the system moved immediately into a streamlined, digital operation.
MfgQuote.com's fast-track RFQ process automatically matches a buyer's RFQ specifications with a supplier's capabilities, capacity, and qualifications. This "intelligent matching" functionality is the heart of high tech sourcing. For research and development work, JSC engineers must find suppliers located in the United States with ISO 9000 certification. They can choose all of those "qualifiers" and more during the RFQ creation process. At the click of a mouse, an RFQ can be sent to a pool of high caliber contract manufacturers who match the job's requirements.
To date, JSC has found many qualified suppliers across the country to produce their parts. Finding the "right" supplier and awarding the job is a task driven by company requirements, variables of the job at hand and the buyer's own systematic process. A buyer may examine jobs completed in the past by suppliers or research the MfgQuote.com Supplier Profiles. Other buyers find the MfgQuote.com rating system to be a helpful tool.
JSC engineers have discovered major advantages of using online sourcing, from time-savings to price to ease-of-use. Once a PDF file containing part specifications is ready to upload, an engineer can request quotes and begin receiving them in as little as five minutes. The RFQ can go to as many, or as few suppliers as the particular job requires. The entire sourcing procedure can be completed in one day instead of a month at JSC, resulting in a reduction in the sourcing process by 95 percent.
For more stories of successful supply chain implementations, read the "2005 Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100" article in the June/July 2005 issue of the magazine. Also watch the Today's Headlines section of SDCExec.com every Tuesday and Thursday for more in depth best practices drawn from this year's Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100.


John Orion Young (JOY) is a San Francisco-based artist who works primarily in Oculus Medium on a yellow PC he built himself. He explores new ways of creating, distributing and experiencing art through contemporary technologies of virtual reality and blockchain. All the work showcased are elements of JOYworld, a place filled with pure creativity that JOY is developing piece-by-piece for a 2019 launch.
JOY is exploring a number of interesting ways of sharing his work, and much of what he does can be found on his Instagram @johnorionyoung.


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Q: Unexpected Acess violation reading (tail) Here is my tail code (for first 10 lines):
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <ctype.h>

typedef char storage_datatype;

#define MAXLINESIZE 1000
#define STORAGESIZE 10000
#define MAXLINES 100

int mgetline(char*, int);
char* alloc(int n);
void cp(char*, char*);

char *lines[MAXLINES];

storage_datatype storage[STORAGESIZE];
storage_datatype *storagep = storage;

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    int space, i;
    space = i = 0;
    char line[MAXLINESIZE];
    char* p;
    while ((space = mgetline(line, MAXLINESIZE)) > 0) {
        p = alloc(space);
        cp(p, line);
        lines[i++] = p;
    }
    i = 0;
    while (i < 10) {
        if (*lines[i]) {
            printf("%s", lines[i++]);
        }
    }
    getchar();
    return 0;
}

int mgetline(char *s, int lim)
{
    int c;
    char *t = s;

    while (--lim > 0 && (c = getchar()) != EOF && c != '\n')
        *s++ = c;
    if (c == '\n')
        *s++ = c;

    *s = '\0';

    return s - t;
}

char* alloc(int n) {
    if (storage + STORAGESIZE - storagep >= n) {
        storagep += n;
        return storagep - n;
    }
    else
        return 0;
}

void cp(char *s, char *t) {
    while ((*s++ = *t++));
}

I am getting this error:

Access violation reading location 0x0000000000000000.

on this line:

if (*lines[i]) {

And i am not able to understand why. I hope someone can explain me this.

A: while (space = mgetline(line, MAXLINESIZE) > 0)...

performs the comparison:
mgetline(line, MAXLINESIZE) > 0

and stores the result (1 - true or 0 - false) in space.
To store the result of mgetline to space and then check if the value is larger then 0:
while ((space = mgetline(line, MAXLINESIZE)) > 0)...

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The REALTOR® Foundation of Wake County has partnered with CASA to furnish apartments for tenants who have moved in their new apartment without furniture and household necessities. The Foundation exists to partner with nonprofits just like CASA to help people just like Kenneth.
Kenneth traveled around for years, trying to figure out how to start again in a new place. Sometimes, he remembers, "I just lived on the streets, because I couldn't find housing. I wasn't sure about how to go about doing it and I had no support, so I just stayed on the street. I slept anywhere I could – cars, benches, bus stops, or I would sleep underneath a tree." He was homeless, on and off, for eight years. "I would find housing and get on my feet and do the right thing," he says, "and then I would relapse," and the cycle would begin again. "I don't ever want to go through that again," he says now.