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A year of laughter and lament
This morning, Friday 29th June 2018, I had an opportunity to share some reflections from this past year as the Vice-President of the Conference, with those who are here in Nottingham for Conference, but are not members of the Presbyteral Session, during their period of closed business.
So, as a final entry on this blog, before handing on to Michaela and Bala tomorrow morning, here are the notes from that session, which I called "A year of laughter and lament".
Some may have been here last year when I used the VP address to speak of the rhythm of "Laughter and Lament"… this has travelled with me and I am very grateful to so many around the Connexion who have shared their stories with me – stories of joy and of sorrow, in personal lives, in the life of the church and in the life of the world.
• Is it really a year ago? Is it only a year ago? It's been the longest and the shortest year of my life…
• It's been a year which began with the death of Pauline Webb, one of the greatest lay people of our generation and has ended with the death of Colin Morris, one of our greatest presbyters – how are the mighty fallen - does their death offer a charge to us all - lay and ordained, women and men - to be the revolutionaries and prophets of the church in the coming decades?
• It's also been a notable year personally; with the birth of my first grandchild, Martha Grace, to Tim & Hannah in January, and the death of my sister-in-law, Cathi, at the age of 51, in March. Laughter and lament are with us all the time.
If I were to share everything I have learned and experienced it would take until next Conference, so I am mainly sharing headlines, but in the hope that there may be some time for discussion at the end.
10 things to laugh about/celebrate, then 10 things to lament and then a few closing thoughts…
Celebrate/laugh
1. There is life in the extremities – I live in the extremities and Scotland is a hard field; but been good to see life & growth in other fringes of the Connexion (what Jennie Hurd calls the Celtic Heart, rather than the Celtic Fringe) … Shetland; Isle of Man; Sark (leading a Quiet Day on Holy Saturday in the wonderful new Sanctuary centre) & Cornwall – where I was excited to pay my first visit to Gwennap Pit (& have a Cornish pasty there with the indomitable Steve Wild!)
Stepping beyond our connexion briefly:
2. The work of All We Can and World Church Relations: With All We Can I had an amazing trip to Ethiopia; operating with real partnership ethos, not paternalism.
• Planted a tree – hope it's still growing!
• Feeling of sisterly solidarity as I made eye contact with a woman with whom I shared almost nothing else – language, situation, lifestyle…
• (Also brilliant day conference in London in January – raised the bar for church events).
World Church Relations sent me to Russia… in Jan/Feb! Again too much to say there, but came back with one new concept, after talking with their brilliant Methodist Bishop, Eduard Khegay, that of "Horizontal Connexionalism" … e.g. Youth Forum (& for us; 3-Gen; Connecting Disciples; MWiB…)
• In my research for the trip I discovered that, around 1906, 2 Scandinavian pastors working to establish Methodism in Russia published a number of booklets and song books, including a booklet entitled "Methodists: who they are and what they want". I would like a copy of that!!
3. Committed and hardworking ministers: but this has a shadow side which we'll come back to later.
4. Committed and hardworking laity: again at every possible level, doing every possible job in local churches
• also e.g. Connecting Disciples – excellent training and fellowship event for paid lay workers;
• special mention of the DMLN team whose work I have seen in many parts of the Connexion and am really impressed – don't let it become a hidden treasure!
• But also "ordinary" lay people, unpaid, trying to be disciples and getting on with the job wherever they are… unsung heroes and heroines.
5. Personally the joy of preaching so regularly (e.g. Lent, Holy Week & Easter) & sharing in distribution of communion: again there are other issues we may explore later here about the role of lay people.
6. Churches engaging with messiness – all of church should be called "Messy Church" –
• some city centres; Manchester, Sheffield, housing estate on IoM,
• the work of Action for Children (I visited 3 services in Scotland doing excellent work with young carers, respite care for seriously disturbed young adults and provision of accommodation for homeless young people)
• lots of examples…
7. Rural work: especially Germinate & the work of the Peak Park Development officer (Deacon Lorraine Brown) working with tiny congregations to find their place in the local situation (also in IoM and Shetland) – potential for pilgrimage here.
• Mention one small rural church which I visited whilst on a pilgrimage with Chester & Stoke which had been redeveloped beautifully, but they put their growth down not to the improved building but to the consistent, good preaching which had been provided for them by nearby Swanbank…
8. Pilgrimage generally: so grateful to districts who have indulged me with this and some great experiences of doing pilgrimage and of learning from the pilgrim ethos… I could talk for 5 days on this without drawing breath – see me later if interested!
• Special highlight was the Pilgrimage conference at Cliff College in April; 70 folk gathered with real energy and potential.
• I feel more strongly than ever that the pilgrim ethos is where we need to go & my reflections at Methodist Council in April were in the form of a pilgrimage – (and are available if you would like them).
• Early on in the year, at a pilgrimage event with women from the northern districts at Rydal Hall in Grasmere I noted in my journal, "I feel empassioned to urge us all to embrace liminality, to be prepared to be unsettled, to be vulnerable and to live with uncertainty and so to become an attractive, wounded community!" I stand by that a year later.
9. Attendance at Labour Party Conference: similarities & differences to Methodist Conference; "Oh Jeremy Corbyn" sung with evangelistic fervour unmatched in much of our worship – standing on seats to attract attention… but good engagement with MPs who wanted to hear what the Free Church leaders group had to say (& excellent ecumenical cooperation amongst the Free Churches, led by Salvation Army)
10. Finally… : in a wonderful "celebration of Cornish Methodism" at Truro Cathedral, with Holy Communion celebrated by Methodist rites for first time, seeing the Anglican servers refilling not just the chalices which were being used, but also the trays of little glasses with (non-alcoholic) communion wine!!!
Situations and attitudes to Lament or which have given rise to lament in me and in the wider church/world:
1. Grenfell Tower: I have to begin here - the fire took place just before Conference last year and in a sense we have all lived with this all year. I went to Notting Hill Methodist Church in March to meet Mike Long and to record an interview on lament for BBC R4 which was used as part of the meditation on Good Friday.
• Found myself very moved by the site of the burnt-out Tower – some of you live with that daily – and so awed by Mike and the work he and the congregation have done there.
• And it's so right to use the word "Lament" here – on lots of levels. It is not just about the church providing "aid" or even moral support, but about the church leading the way in helping people to lament and to weep and to believe that that is what God is doing in this situation – discovering the heart of God.
2. Starvation in Ethiopia: meeting with 80-100 farmers on the last day and hearing how they had eaten leaves throughout the previous winter when frost had killed their crops. But they were not looking for handouts, but so grateful to All We Can's partner on the ground who are offering not handouts, but training in cultivation which can resist a changing climate.
3. Heartbroken people not always finding church the place to be: people have shared many stories with me – particularly around suicide of course.
• Last year at Conference the music group sang the Proclaimers' song, "Shadows Fall". Shadows are still falling on people's lives and we share the brokenness of the world to which we are called, for we are broken people too.
• A common feature of the stories people have shared with me has been that they are not telling these stories at church because of the stigma or sense that they are failing God… by being heartbroken… how do we rediscover and share the broken heart of God?
4. Terrible theology: during this year I have just about managed to continue as LP tutor in my circuit and so have encountered Module 4 of the new WLP course. Section 1 of this module is called "Encountering God in difficult times" and it is excellent – read it if you haven't done!
• It calls out "Terrible Theology" where (as in my last point) we make God out to be an unfeeling tyrant and condemn people who are bruised reeds and dimly-burning wicks.
• Sorry to say I have encountered some of this theology around the Connexion – including in a few people we have trained for ministry. Lord have mercy.
5. A very male God…: just an observation – but worship and even some key events within Methodism do not reflect the inclusive God we find (generally) at Conference…
• Maybe this is partly why I still wear black on Thursdays – that age-old campaign raising awareness of gender-based violence
• Maybe this is partly why I now find myself asked to do some listening around the area of sexual harassment in our church… hard stories.
• We've come a long way in our theology and practice, but there is still an instinctive default to the male God and the consequent imbalance of the sexes which is holding us back in so many ways.
• Maybe discovering more about a non-genderised God would help us to be more inclusive of those who don't identify as male or female in our churches and in our society?
6. Limited horizons: one of the lessons I have learned from going on pilgrimage to Lindisfarne is that small islands have bigger physical horizons than great cities… but this doesn't always extend to mental or spiritual horizons.
• I have found small, limited horizons in lots of places – from the Isle of Man, to inner City Glasgow and other places too: an example over a church tea party:
Me: "What do you see as the future for your church?
Neighbour: "We just have to hope and pray that people will come in".
• God is bigger and wilder than we think – something else I have learned from pilgrimage.
7. Lack of grace: while I'm in whingeing mode, I have to say that despite a great deal of wonderful hospitality, love and care there have been times when I have encountered poor grace… and have wondered, if that's how they treat the VP, how do they treat folk who might just drop in when they are in need…? So that (not my own treatment) worries me.
• Having to buy my own lunch from the canteen at an event where I was the keynote speaker is just a tiny example… we don't always live out what we say we believe.
• Grace in human relationships says a lot more to me than polished worship, beautifully refurbished buildings or erudite preaching.
• Just occasionally I have left places (& I do mean Methodist churches) fully understanding what Jesus meant when he talked about shaking the dust off your feet.
• It's been a tiny minority of places but it has happened and I am risking losing all the friends I still have in Methodism by calling it out.
8. Presbyters who find it difficult to treat lay people as fellow-disciples: again here I risk any friends who are still with me. Again this is a small minority, but, as a lay person, I have sometimes been made to feel "what would you know?" and I don't want that to creep into Methodism, which at one level prides itself on the ministry of the whole people of God, and on lay-ordained collaboration – that's the whole point of this role really. But we don't all "get it"!
• How many times have I been asked "So you will be President next year?" (By Methodists as well as non-Methodists). "So you are some sort of deputy for the President?"
• In Westminster Abbey at the celebrations of 500 years since the Lutheran Reformation I was the only lay person in a procession of about 80. I relish that – not for myself but for what it says about Methodism – let's not fail at ground level what we celebrate in our leadership structures.
• (in Westminster Cathedral at the Solemn Vespers for the Dead after the death of Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor I was the only woman in a procession of over 100, but that's another story!)
• During Moving Mountains, the ecumenical mission in Cumbria, in conversation with sundry bishops when I was trying to explain my lay role, one said "but we're going to ordain her" and laid hands on me… in a car park! (Well stranger things have happened in car parks in recent years) Somehow I had to explain that I wouldn't see that as a promotion or a privilege… more friends lost!
• Sorry to harp on about this, but from conversations with others too, I sense a real danger of going backwards here, just at a time when we desperately need to move forwards and grasp full collaboration in ministry – with all the questions that might raise about why we ordain in the first place and what we expect of those we ordain.
• Lay people are not "The Great Uncalled" - many of us feel strongly called to non-ordained discipleship & ministry.
• Lay people do not exist to help the minister with his/her job… if anything it's the other way round.
Sorry – it's going to get more depressing before it gets any better again!...
9. A sense of futility: just before the end of the year I was gripped by a real sense that the year had been for nothing and that I was exhausted for nothing and had left my husband on his own for more than half the year for nothing… and I felt like giving it all up.
• And that sense is not confined to the last weeks of a year like this – many of us are living with it all the time, and it's terrible.
• We preach our hearts out (which I have loved doing) and then wonder if it has made any difference at all… this leads me back to what I said earlier about very hard-working laity and ordained people.
• And leads on to my final thing to lament…
10. Weariness: Everyone is tired.
• This struck me particularly in February, preaching in mid-Derbyshire, when the lectionary reading was Isaiah 40… "Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength…" we all know it, we love it, we sing it with all the energy we can summon up… but does it work?
• I asked the congregation where I was preaching on that day if they were tired or full of energy… and you can guess their response!
• This may be nothing new – at Wesley House Brian Beck took me around the archives and put a copy of the 1st issue of the MR into my hands; there on the front, under the title, it said "Any proceeds from the sale of this paper will be given to the Fund for Worn-out Ministers and Widows"!
• What do we do? This is, to me, the most vital of all my observations. How do we redress the balance of our lives so that we are doing more of the stuff which gives us energy and less of the stuff that drains us? More "waiting on God" (whatever that means in your situation) and less ticking boxes… we can't answer this today I know! How do we structure our lives and rhythms to be energising?
In the communion service last year I preached on manna in the wilderness and used that really as an apologetic for stopping the business for an hour or two and putting worship central… but sometimes it feels as though we have to make an effort to do that… how do we allow spirituality – allow God – to infiltrate everything else we do? That's what I am taking into the next year – particularly if Conference affirms my appointment as the next chair of the Methodist Council!
So, I hope the "Day by Day"/"Five-A-Day" ideas which Loraine and I introduced last year may continue and undergird our new emphasis which Micky and Bala will share tomorrow… for me one of the 5-a-day, Keep Silence, has been particularly energising and sustaining in a busy year.
Please pray for Micky and Bala – and pray for Sandy, Robert and Tamsin too, and for Sylvia, Dinesh & Shamila. There is a huge personal cost in these roles. I don't want to elaborate on that now, other than to suggest that the reason may be that the roles are seen primarily as a "ministry of visitation", in other words of presence, of incarnation, of physically BEING in the districts. And that has been really important…
I just wonder aloud if we need to find ways to spread that ministry of presence across the Connexional Team and beyond… ?
I hope we will keep exploring how laughter might be a mission strategy, so one final story, and then questions or comments if you wish:
When arriving at churches where I am preaching I always introduce myself, and don't expect people to know who I am; in one large church (which shall be nameless!) the steward happened to have a copy of the presidential prayer card in her hand as I arrived.
"Hello, I'm Jill" (I said to her)
"Yes, I can see that", (she replied), "I recognise you from your photograph… very flattering photograph"!
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Windrush - movement of the people
Last night, before speaking at the London Synod today, I went with friends to the Peacock Theatre in London to see the production by Phoenix Dance Company of "Windrush - movement of the people". I am very unversed in modern dance, so found the performances in the first half of the evening- "Calyx" and "Shadows" - intriguing but rather mystifying.
The second half, however, telling the story of the folk who came to Britain in 1948 on the S.S.Windrush (and on other boats in subsequent years) was mesmerising, powerful, vibrant and poignant. Of course this is hugely topical as the Government find themselves in disarray about their recent treatment of so many Caribbean-British-citizens who, as the soundtrack to the dance made clear, came because "you called", but often met racism and hostility from the country they viewed as the "Motherland". A brilliant scene danced by women with white paper faces, using washing lines and underwear, spelled out the unpalatable and shameful slogan often seen in the windows of rented accommodation; "No blacks, no dogs, no Irish".
The energy and passion of the dancers and the injustice and power of the story came over forcibly and the audience received it enthusiastically. If you have the opportunity do try to see it. More information here.
The Methodist Church in Britain owes a huge amount to the "Windrush generation" who, despite often receiving treatment in churches which was at best ungracious, and at worst, racist, have nevertheless shown courage and grace in sticking with Methodism and have, in many places, transformed and revitalized church life and worship. That message was clearly reinforced for me today at Synod.
JPIT are publicising the news that the House of Commons will be debating Windrush on Monday afternoon and are sharing advice on asking MPs to attend. Visit www.jcwi.org.uk for more information.
Memories of the loving, generous, hospitable way in which Andrew, Timothy, Peter and I were received when we landed as Mission Partners in the Caribbean in 1994 make me doubly ashamed of our current national behaviour.
Jill.
To be a pilgrim...
Last weekend saw 70 folk gather at Cliff College for a weekend exploring pilgrimage. People came from all over the Connexion and brought with them energy and enthusiasm, curiosity and commitment to sharing what they already knew or had experienced and openness to learn more. The team of facilitators shared brilliantly on a range of aspects of pilgrimage - looking at where it chimes with (amongst other things) heritage, mission, justice and pain.. This latter presentation noted that physical pilgrimage is not possible for everyone - and further considered how chronic pain and disability may itself be a sort of pilgrimage.
The keynote presentation was given by Rev. Michaela Youngson who shared the lessons and insights into life which she had gained when walking the Camino in Spain with her daughter; "Sacred wells", "Holy detours", "Arid places", "Letting go".... and much much more. Micky was inspiring, deep and amusing all at once - we look forward to her forthcoming pilgrimage as President of the Conference.
The whole weekend included a "Rhythm of Prayer", following the Five-A-Day shape. Early morning prayer included rooftop worship on Saturday - when we were blessed with a dry morning and even a sunrise... and on Sunday around the empty cross, such a powerful feature of Cliff.
Other opportunities for prayer and reflection were offered in various ways, including the mega-labyrinth brought along by Fiona Fidgin for Saturday afternoon.
Saturday evening was given over to "Pilgrimage on a wider map" in which Rev. Dr. Stephen Skuce conversed on stage with a number of people who have journeyed to life in Britain from various parts of the world - Barbados, Hong Kong, Cameroon and Benin. Their reasons for coming - and their treatment on arrival - varied hugely and we were humbled to learn from Pride of his long journey (pilgrimage?) to being granted refugee status. All participants were gracious - if only the same could be said of all our churches and of our Home Office!
At four points throughout the weekend Rev. Graham Sparkes, a Baptist minister and President of Luther King House, reflected back to us what he was hearing and what he felt was emerging of a theology and understanding of pilgrimage. His reflections were wise and perceptive and will be made available in due course on the pilgrimage pages of the Methodist Church website.
All this talking, listening, discussing and thinking was enriched and surrounded by the wonderful creativity of Ruth Sprague. Her series of weaves on a pilgrimage theme literally encircled us in the meeting room and the prayerful work which had gone into both the weaves and the booklets accompanying them seeped into all our conferring in a mystical way. Ruth had also brought along her loom and invited pilgrims to spend a few minutes weaving with her over the weekend - a wonderfully rhythmic, soothing activity. The result was a fabulous textile which expresses so much of the variety and togetherness of the time.
For those with energy and a passion to do pilgrimage outdoors, several options were on offer - some chose to stop off at Tissington en route and share in the Tissington Village Pilgrimage, devised and led by Peak Park Rural Officer, Deacon Lorraine Brown. Lorraine also led a group of 18 on the final section of the Peak Pilgrimage on Saturday afternoon. A prayer walk around the Cliff College grounds was one of many workshop choices.
Closing worship centred around the story of two early Easter pilgrims on the Emmaus Road - the whole act of worship, which I led, was shaped by the story, and as the disciples shared their meal with a stranger, we were led by Micky in a communion which captured that sense of Jesus being revealed in the breaking of bread.
So much more could be said - and I hope it will be in all sorts of locations and events, as some of the richness of the pilgrim ethos is shared with the wider Connexion. Look out for further reflections and report in the Methodist Recorder and elsewhere and many more photos can be viewed at https://www.flickr.com/photos/92902340@N00/albums/72157689622947590
Meanwhile, my heartfelt thanks to DMLN for wonderful support in putting on this event - especially Dr. Tony Moodie - and to the brilliant planning group of Sarah, Lynne, Simon, John, Marlene and Tony who all worked so hard. Blessings for the journey, Jill
Lament in Notting Hill
This morning I travelled from High Leigh in Hertfordshire (leaving the brilliant Connecting Disciples event early) to Notting Hill Methodist Church. Exiting the tube station and turning into Lancaster Road I immediately noticed graffiti on a wall, "Justice 4 Grenfell"
and moments later the wreckage of the burnt out tower block came into view. It is the first time I have been there and I found myself very moved and not a little shaken.
At the church - still bedecked with flowers, soft toys, photographs and tributes (although, apparently, the scale of this now is nothing to the weeks immediately after the fire in June) - I met Rev. Mike Long, the minister. Mike had only been in the appointment for a few months when the tragedy struck; many of us have followed in the media the extraordinary way in which he and the congregation at Notting Hill have embraced and responded to this horrendous "knock in the night" right on their doorstep. Mike says it has radically altered his life and his ministry. The Methodist Church is blessed to have him.
Our meeting was to talk about "Lament" and to record a brief interview between us which will form part of the Good Friday 3pm programme on BBC radio 4 to which Mike will be a main contributor. Producer Trevor Barnes, whose voice was very familiar to me from various programmes, particularly the religious affairs coverage of "Sunday" at 7am each week, conducted the recording.
As we left Mike pointed out to me a poignant sculpture which has been made and given to the church.
Depicting a weeping figure, perhaps a woman, it chimed strongly with all that we had been sharing about Good Friday, loss and lament.
It currently hides between the boarding which is necessary for some ongoing rebuilding work. Perhaps that is fitting; so often our tears and sorrows are hidden, passed by, unnoticed. Perhaps this broadcast will be one small channel for the grief of a community to continue to be heard and shared. Jill.
Women's World Day of Prayer
Today we join with millions of women across the world in celebrating Women's World Day of Prayer.
This year we joined with eight other Methodist women from across the Connexion to offer our thoughts, prayers and reflections in celebration of Women's World Day of Prayer.
For more information, please visit their website: www.wwdp.org.uk
Holocaust Memorial Day UK Ceremony
Although Holocaust Memorial Day is not until Saturday, the UK Ceremony marking this day was held today at Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Westminster and Loraine and I were invited to attend.
We just managed to slide it into the diary, travelling there directly from Methodist Council in Hertfordshire and setting off immediately it finished for Queens Foundation, Birmingham (tomorrow's story).
The ceremony was on a much larger scale than I had expected - perhaps 5,000 people present and a star-studded list of participants. Amidst a 90 minute programme of narration, music, film clips and personal testimony, Derek Jacobi, Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman and Celia Imrie all read from letters and diaries written by Holocaust survivors.
We listened to Richard Dimbleby's landmark BBC radio news report from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp which alerted the world to the horrors which had taken place, then Jonathan Dimbleby, in the flesh, reflected on the impact on his father, the whole family, and indeed the world, of this shocking news broadcast. He spoke with great integrity and passion, naming anti-Semitism as a 'cesspit which needs to be drained', but also having the courage to suggest that we must be careful not to confuse all criticism of the Israeli government's policies with anti-Semitism.
The theme for this year's commemorations is 'The power of words' so all the contributions linked to this in some way, demonstrating how the Holocaust did not come from nowhere, but began with a campaign of intentional slander, defamation of the character of an entire race, and provocative talk, intended to inculcate hatred and suspicion. Words do indeed have great power, for evil or for good.
Very moving was the conversation between a very elderly Holocaust survivor, Helen, and a much younger survivor of the Bosnian ethnic cleansing as they compared experiences and found much common ground.
At the end of the ceremony 6 large candles were lit, representing the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust but also standing for the 6 atrocities which the Holocaust Memorial Day remembers; the Holocaust itself, other groups targeted by the Nazi regime and the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
One phrase, used by Richard Dimbleby more than 70 years ago, was repeated by many contributors, 'Never again'... but have we learned? Have we changed? Our talkative taxi driver was very much of the opinion that human nature can't be changed... (but that conversation is another story entirely...) as Loraine and I stood with so many others for the haunting, chanted closing prayer, the crosses we wear in our roles felt very obvious and rather rare, but speak of the power for transformation found in the Word become flesh.
Called and Commissioned
Yesterday evening Andrew and I were delighted to represent Methodism at the Commissioning Service for Ms. Fiona Kendall as a Mission Partner, jointly appointed by the Church of Scotland and the Methodist Church.
The service took place in Kay Park Church of Scotland in Kilmarnock, the church where Fiona grew up (although she has been worshipping in the Methodist Church in Ilkley for the past decade so has strong links with both appointing churches).
It was an excellent service, led mainly by Rev. George Lind, the Moderator of the Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock, and included a splendid sermon by the Very Rev. Dr. David Lacy, a helpful and interesting background to Fiona's appointment with "Mediterranean Hope" in Italy, where she will be working in conjunction with the Methodist Ecumenical Office in Rome (and our other Mission Partners to Italy, Tim and Angela Macquiban), and the presentation of a Bible (in Italian) by Mr. Norman Liddle of the Scottish Bible Society.
However, the highlight of the service for me, and I think for many, was Fiona's own testimony of how this next step in her Christian journey has come about. As she told her own story, of her love for languages and the law (and the Lord), of earlier studies in Florence during which time she became fluent in Italian, of a deep desire to work with those on the margins, particularly refugees, the pieces of her calling fell into place so surely that there could be no doubt that Fiona has been called and equipped over many years for the role she will shortly take up as European and Legal Affairs Adviser for Mediterranean Hope, an organisation set up by the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy to respond to the crisis of migration.
The Commissioning was led by Rev. Iain Cunningham, Convenor of the World Mission Council of the Church of Scotland, after which I led a prayer of dedication.
Amongst the hymns (all well chosen and enthusiastically sung by the large congregation - although it was a wild night) we sang Andrew Pratt's challenging and thought-provoking "There are no strangers to God's love", the last verse of which sums up the work to which Fiona has been called:
"When people seeking sanctuary come to this place and need our aid,
then in Christ's name let's offer care; through this our debt of love is paid.
God's grace is free, this grace receive, let actions show what we believe."
News and updates from Fiona will appear on the World Church pages of the Methodist Church website; let's all hold her, and all our mission partners, in prayer, giving thanks to God for them.


Katie Couric can start sleeping in.
The all-American morning-TV queen has decided to leave the "Today" show to become the evening news anchor on CBS – the seat once occupied by Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather.
She would be the first woman to anchor a national news broadcast by herself.
A deal has been "completed in principle," and an announcement could come as early as this week, the trade magazine Television Week reports today.
Couric was supposedly out West on a ski vacation with her two daughters last week, but it appears now that she's been secretly negotiating a contract with CBS.
NBC "recently" released Couric's lawyers and agents from contract restrictions that prevented her from bargaining with CBS until next month, according to a source.
Couric, 49, is coming to the end of a four-year, $65 million contract, the richest ever for a TV news personality.
NBC had reportedly offered her $20 million a year to stay. But after 15 years on "Today," Couric apparently has had enough of 4 a.m. wake-up calls and emceeing pop concerts on the plaza outside the show's Rockefeller Center studio.
Insiders have been saying that she wants the respect that comes with a bona-fide network anchor job.
NBC officials have said privately that they hoped to have a replacement ready to announce if Katie decided to go. That does not seem likely now.
Sources say Couric's announcement could still be held up by NBC. Until a replacement is ready, the network will hold Couric to her deal, they say.
According to the trade report, Couric is preparing to announce her "Today" departure shortly. She was due back on the show this morning after a week off.
CBS would wait a decent interval, perhaps as much as a week, to announce that Couric was taking over the anchor job there, as well as joining the cast of "60 Minutes," the report says.
Couric's personal publicist declined to comment yesterday, as did representatives for NBC and CBS.
CBS honcho Les Moonves has made no secret of his desire to shake up the network's nightly newscast and how much he wants Couric.
Hiring her away from NBC kills two birds with one stone: CBS will have one the best-known faces in America anchoring its evening news and it has dealt a serious blow to the "Today" show.
Meredith Viera, the TV reporter-turned-co-host of "The View," is said to be the leading candidate to replace Couric.


Whiffle Squeek sails the seas in a one of a kind boat, sleeps beneath a mysterious moon, and catches herring as only a sea sailing cat can do But one nigh t Whiffle Squeek meets a hungry monster with almost disastrous results Full color illustrations.
one of my childhood favorites. this cat is a sailor on a kibitka boat and he wears shoes made of jellyfish squish. badass for real.
Not a book to be read to oneself since the entire text is repetitive. I ended up skimming each page for the one line of action, not caring about the pictures because the writing was so blah.


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Q: Nightwatch.js using data attributes I'm new to nightwatch.js. I work in QA and the developers don't want to use ids or classes for the automated tests. They want to use data-test. So for example data-test="nav-button".
Is there way to find elements and click elements using this attribute in nightwatch.js?

A: This is actually pretty simple. Just put the data-test in square brackets after the element type. See below for examples. In these examples, the data-test attribute is in an anchor tag.
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 .click(a[data-test=nav-button])

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Tourists usually get thrills and lasting memories from professional car rental agencies near Denver international airport. Business owners in Colorado's capital city basically understand the "Customer is King" maxim, as evident in their uncompromising customer service strategies. My recent visit to Mile High City was just to relax and expand my horizons of the 12-city U.S. state and the options for fun were never in shortage during the creative road trips—thanks to the high level of professionalism displayed by the assigned driver who also served as a tour guide.
Strange as the word sounds, we drove all the way from Denver airport through Hampden Avenue to this location in the south for an awe-inspiring dreamlike mountain view in the early morning hours. After weaving through a web of highways in Bailey and Morrison, we found a nice place for our breakfast. And guess what. The burrito was so extraordinary that you would never want to miss it anytime you're in Denver.
A drive to the South Park, Pike, and San Isabel National Forests as well as South Park City Museum was so pleasant that, after exploring some of the hidden gems in Mile High City, my wife frantically suggested calling an estate agent for home sales inquiries.
We later visited Beatrice and Woodsley due to its proximity and discovered it's a restaurant with quality local and continental food. The classy food shop has classy decorations, amazing restrooms, huge wine rack, different menus/recipes and experienced wait staff who pampered us throughout the duration of our stay. 'd have skipped this lovely place because their picture on the tour book shows wine racks,' I murmured. hat's judging a book by its cover,' my wife retorted.
One of my best memories came from a dive in Casa Bonita and guided hiking tour at Rocky Mountain National Park. But getting indoor skydiving and supercar experience for our son made the most impact during the visit to Denver.
For a memorable experience in Denver, get a professional tour guide from any reputable car rental agencies around Denver international airport.


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Q: Can upgrade to Mavericks harm Bootcamp NTFS data partition? I consider to upgrade from Mountain Lion to Mavericks. I have two Bootcamp Windows 7 partitions, one for boot & system, another for documents and data. Both Windows partitions are NTFS. OS X recovery partition was manually removed prior to installing Bootcamp/Windows.
Any risk that upgrade will break either of my Windows partitions? How to minimize the risk? It definitely happened last time I upgraded from Snow Leopard (or Lion?) to Mountain Lion.
One post suggests that it happens with any OS X upgrade, though I'm not sure it applies to my situation.
Update: Tried running upgrade, got this message: "Install Failed: OS X could not be installed on your computer. OS X can't be installed on the disk because a recovery system can't be created. Visit www.apple.com/support/no-recovery to learn more" which links to another support article (which is surprisingly for Lion) suggesting to manually shrink the OS X partition which will allow space for creating recovery partition. The question is still the same: will it hurt either of my Windows NTFS partitions?
This is how my partitions look on OS X side:

A: Usually OS X backups don't mess with the partitions, except for when they create a recovery partition. And since your recover partition has been (manually?) removed, OS X will probably try to add it again.
If you do the upgrade, definitively back up all your stuff (on the windows side as well!).
If you want to play it really safe:
1 - get an external (usb) drive
2 - copy your mac-partition to that drive (via disk utility or any other cloning software)
3 - boot from the external (usb) drive and run the update there
4 - clone the partition back form the external onto your internal drive

A: My final resolution for this problem is described in this answer to a related question.
In a nutshell, I decided to switch to a single partition (reasons detailed here). To migrate, I used WinClone for Windows partition, Time Machine backup for OS X, manually moved all files from Windows data partition to a spare HDD; installed OS X from the scratch (Lion), restored OS X backup over it, re-installed MtLion (this restored the recovery partition); manually create FAT partition with Disk Utility and restore WinClone backup to it; upgrade to Mavericks; move Windows data files to the Windows partition.

A: I upgraded from 10.8 to 10.9 OSX with an XP BootCamp partition and everything worked fine. Both booting as a PC, and with Parallels desktop.


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Mostly, I just browse the kinds of ordinary things that I suspect most people do. I'm not a terrorist (nor even a whistleblower!) But I find it sickening, unconstitutional and just plain wrong that our own government is indefinitely storing and analyzing even these ordinary bits of data about us- using algorithms and AI to create profiles on us in case of "some event" "some day".
And so I use Tor most everywhere. I know I'm also signalling myself out because of this- I might be even more carefully and analyzed and targeted simply BECAUSE I use Tor. But ultimately, it's not about hiding- it's about making a point and living by my convictions for me. If that gets me the privacy I have a right to- Great! If that robs me of even more privacy- well, at least it's not by my consent.
I do become frustrated with all the CAPTCHAs and sometimes plain site rejections I get. I mean, I even get them when I'm LOGGED IN at a site some times. Couldn't they whitelist logged-in users? How do I modify my behavior? 90% of the time I just find an alternate site of just do without it. Rarely, I will temporarily forgo my privacy for the sake of some particular resource for good reason.
Like another user posted, I don't normally do Facebook or Google either.
As for this research- I think the questions are not that interesting, so the answers won't be either. What will be interesting is how it will be presented: Positively, negatively or neutrally. It could take on a human interest quality as well. In other words, I think how it is presented will have the greatest impact. Most of us using Tor I bet are just privacy-conscious people.
Some of us are paranoid, some of us too sane for our own good, and most of us at least well educated in computer use. Like all these things, it is a certain more educated and interested group which starts to use it (such as the case of personal computers themselves), and it takes a certain time to spread out and become more mainstream. But I think it will. I don't believe most people are really okay with government watching their every move online (and off) and people are becoming more computer/Internet-savvy every day.
First, youtube videos and flashplayer seem to work just fine.
Lately, captchas seem to work just fine.
In general, comments do not work which probably means that if you make a comment through tor browser - it is not going through tor and your privacy is being violated.
It seems that comments cannot be made anonymously anymore.
*I have tor and privoxy on one machine with two NICs, one NIC is connected to the internet and the other is connected to firefox on another machine. Nothing should be able to get on the internet without going through privoxy and tor.


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DHAKA : Discussants at a roundtable in the city today demanded construction of the Bangabandhu International Airport at Arial Beel in Srinagar of Munshiganj district.
Urging all concerned to build public opinion in this regard, they said the activities over the construction of the airport at Arial Beel were postponed in the face of opposition by vested quarters.
The roundtable was organized by the Munshiganj Kagoj at VIP auditorium of Jatiya Press Club with the daily's editor Mohammad Arfin in the chair.
Lawmakers Advocate Mrinal Kanti Das and Sagufta Yasmin Emily, Poura Mayor Faysal Ahmed Bipol, Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalist (BFUJ) General Secretary Omar Faruque and former lawmaker Shaheda Tareq Dipty Munshiganj, among others, addressed the meeting.
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Archive for the 'Lying For Allah' Category
Principle of Lying for Allah
Posted: September 25, 2010 in Doctrine - Taqiyya, Jihadi Doctrine, Lying For Allah
Understanding Taqiyya ― Islamic Principle of Lying for the Sake of Allah
by Warner MacKenzie
Lying and cheating in the Arab world is not really a moral matter but a method of safeguarding honor and status, avoiding shame, and at all times exploiting possibilities, for those with the wits for it, deftly and expeditiously to convert shame into honor on their own account and vice versa for their opponents. If honor so demands, lies and cheating may become absolute imperatives." [David Pryce-Jones, "The Closed Circle" An interpretation of the Arabs, p4]
"No dishonor attaches to such primary transactions as selling short weight, deceiving anyone about quality, quantity or kind of goods, cheating at gambling, and bearing false witness. The doer of these things is merely quicker off the mark than the next fellow; owing him nothing, he is not to be blamed for taking what he can." [David Pryce-Jones, "The Closed Circle", p38]
The word "Taqiyya" literally means: "Concealing, precaution, guarding." It is employed in disguising one's beliefs, intentions, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions or strategies. In practical terms it is manifested as dissimulation, lying, deceiving, vexing and confounding with the intention of deflecting attention, foiling or pre-emptive blocking. It is currently employed in fending off and neutralising any criticism of Islam or Muslims.
Falsehoods told to prevent the denigration of Islam, to protect oneself, or to promote the cause of Islam are sanctioned in the Qur'an and Sunna, including lying under oath in testimony before a court, deceiving by making distorted statements to the media such as the claim that Islam is a "religion of peace". A Muslim is even permitted to deny or denounce his faith if, in so doing, he protects or furthers the interests of Islam, so long as he remains faithful to Islam in his heart. (See endnotes)
Like many Islamic practices, taqiyya was formed within the context of the culture of Arab tribalism, expansionary warfare, Bedouin raiding and inter-tribal conflict. Taqiyya has been used by Muslims since the 7th century to confuse, confound and divide 'the enemy'.
A favoured tactic was 'deceptive triangulation'; used to persuade the enemy that preparations for a raid were not aimed at them but at another tribe altogether. The fate in store for the deceived enemy target was an unexpected plunderous raid, enslavement of the women and death to the post-pubescent males.
The core foundation of hyper-masculine Arab culture is bound up in perceptions of "honour and shame". At all times, he (it's usually a male) must avoid having his face "blackened" by words or actions which are a slight upon, a challenge or affront to, his status in the family or broader social / tribal group. To be open, frank and forthright or to make self-damning admissions in his dealings (particularly with the infidel enemy) is to leave himself open and vulnerable to humiliating shame and to the subsequent disrespect from his peers. Tongues will wag in the bazaar's coffee shops and rumours will rapidly spread that so-and-so has lost his "manliness" and status. In short, he is no longer worthy of deferential respect; to an Arab, this is worse than death itself.
The higher one is placed in the social order (or rather, on how important the individual perceives himself to be), the more imperative it becomes to strenuously avoid "loss of face". The male's perceived loss of honour and status, must be redressed and his face "whitened", i.e. his honour regained and restored, at any cost; even to the extent of (as in the honour killing of daughters) murdering the person "responsible" for causing the initial humiliation. When taqiyya is used to avoid making an admission or concession it is simply an essential means of ensuring that ones honour and standing remain intact and untarnished. Blood feuds and vendettas, caused by an ancient humiliation of a long dead ancestor, can persist, fuelled and propelled by shame and honour, for generations. Muhammad, who is promoted as every Muslim's exemplar, set the precedent for vengeful retaliation when he ordered the murder of those who mocked or satirised him and, as he was an Arab, caused him potential loss of face. [See link, "Muhammad's Dead Poets Society"]
Outwitting:
Islamic spokesmen commonly use taqiyya as a form of 'outwitting'. The skilled taqiyya-tactician doesn't want the matter at hand to be debated or discussed; so his opponent must be outwitted or preemptively outflanked by the use of taqiyya. The objective is to divert attention away from the subject through duplicity and obfuscation.
The claim is often made that difficulties in translating from Arabic to English makes the meaning of what they say or write difficult or impossible to convey….this is simply another subterfuge. Keysar Trad has repeatedly claimed that Sheikh Hilali's obnoxious, inflammatory and misogynistic comments have been "mistranslated", misquoted or "taken out of context". The aim of this ploy is to dilute or neutralise public opprobrium. The use of independent translators has, in the past, disproved his assertions. The Sheikh states what he believes to be correct according to Islamic precepts and his "interpreter" reconfigures the statement to make it palatable to the unwitting listener.
Consider the following statement by Mr. Trad on the February 24 2006.
Keysar Trad, president of the Islamic Friendship Association of Australia, told Reuters that Australian Muslims
agreed with Costello's (Australia's Treasurer, Peter Costello) sentiments about being good, law abiding citizens.
"But to continually single out the Muslim community like this is very unhelpful, it's very divisive and it does stir up Islamophobia",
Trad said.
"We're proud to be Australian and our religion strongly stipulates that if you make an oath, whether it's an oath of citizenship or any other oath, that you honour it, abide by it."
However, the Prophet Muhammad seems to have a different idea on the subject.
Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 67, Number 427:
"By Allah, and Allah willing, if I take an oath and later find something else better than that. Then I do what is better and expiate my oath.' "
Role playing as the victim:
When placed under scrutiny or criminal investigation, (even when there is overwhelming, irrefutable evidence of guilt or complicity), the taqiyya-tactician will quickly attempt to counter the allegation by resorting to the claim that it is, in fact, the accused who are the 'the victims'. Victims of Islamophobia, racism, religious discrimination and intolerance. Currently, this is the most commonly encountered form of distraction and 'outwitting'….. Defence by offence.
Manipulative ambiguity and Semantics:
Sheik Hilali and the late Yasser Arafat are both on public record as (a) 'condemning' the 9/11 attacks, in ambiguous terms, to the Western media and (b) praising suicide bombings, or " martyrdom operations", to their Arabic speaking audiences .
Islamic spokesmen will rarely unequivocally condemn a specific act of terrorism and direct questions will be skillfully evaded.
(NB: because Muslims regard Islamic attacks as "jihad", and not terrorism, their spokesmen can truthfully deny any support for terrorism.)
Interviewers would be better advised to ask the more precise question "do you believe in jihad against the unbelievers?
However, a direct question requiring a simple "YES" or "NO" reply is rarely forthcoming and is usually deflected by responding with a tangentially irrelevant rejoinder or, in an attempt to neutralise the original question, counter-challenging with another question such as "are you in favour of killing children in Iraq?"…..Touché and Checkmate!
Diversion, deflection and "tu quoque":
Questions relating to the 9/11 terrorist attacks will usually be diverted by either making outrageously wild conspiracy claims "the CIA did it to give the U.S. an excuse to attack Muslims,… Mossad was the perpetrator… No Jews came to work at the World Trade Centre on September 11" etc. or by making an irrelevant counter reference to "the plight of the Palestinians",.. Iraqis,.. colonialism,.. the crusades, or US foreign policy's support for Israel" as the 'root causes' of terrorism.
Then, of course, there's the ever popular, specious allegation that George Bush is a bigger terrorist than Osama bin Laden.
Diversionary "tu quoque" response ploys usually start with the words "but" or "what about…?" in an attempt to turn, and transfer an equal culpability back on their interlocutor.
Demanding 'evidence':
Islamic spokesmen practice a form of taqiyya defined in psychology as 'cognitive denial' by repetitive and persistent demands of 'where is the evidence!' and 'prove it!' whenever there is Muslim complicity in terrorist acts, evidence, which they know very well, for security or legal sub-judice restraints, can not be disclosed. If indeed the "evidence" were to be publicly presented, they would then move on to the familiar "prejudicial to the defendant receiving a fair trial–grounds for a mistrial" default position.
Tactical denial:
Rather than admitting that a proposition concerning a subject under discussion can be partly true, an Islamic spokesman will flatly deny a claim or proposition in absolute terms. For example, "It is impossible to be a Muslim and a terrorist"; this semantic argument is purely a matter of definition, because radical Islamists don't define their violent attacks as terrorism, but jihad. (i.e. holy war in the way of Allah) .Another popular assertion is that 'Islam forbids suicide', which is true, but by virtue once again of definition, irrelevant, because suicide bombings are regarded as "martyrdom operations" and are therefore not forbidden, but on the contrary, admirable and praiseworthy. Muslim spokesmen are also fond of using extreme hyperbole. Their refutations regularly include the word "percent". e.g. "I am 150% certain that Jews orchestrated September 11"…. "I guarantee the accused is 200% innocent".
Exploiting cognitive dissonance:
Islamic spokesmen regularly perplex and baffle interviewers and their audiences as they resort to double talk, 'clichés and platitudes' concerning Islam. A state of cognitive dissonance (i.e. holding two contradictory beliefs and attempting to resolve them) is therefore induced in viewers and readers as they attempt to mentally process the claim that Islam is a peaceful religion despite the indisputable evidence before them of Islamist involvement in terrorist acts or criminal conduct.
The Islamic 'defence' script:
Islamic spokesmen repeat the same predictable duplicitous clichés concerning Islam in Europe, as do their counterparts in Australia and America. They appear to follow a well prepared script as they repeat "Islam is tolerant and peace loving". In instances where they find themselves presented with, and cornered by, undeniable evidence that murderous radicals are indeed guilty as charged the spokesman will then fall back on the old chestnut that the culprits are only a "small minority" and not "true Muslims" anyway. Islamic spokeswomen use taqiyya when making the somewhat Orwellian claim that wearing the hijab, niqab, burqa etc. is "liberating" and "empowering", and that, for reasons known only to them, these symbols of submissive exclusion offer them more freedom than Western women, thereby implying that women in Muslim countries are somehow 'freer' than women in the West. This ruse is designed to preclude further examination into the well documented inferior status of females in Islamic societies. Being put on the spot, and having to admit their true obedient and subservient status, would be embarrassing and therefore shame inducing so resorting to denial and exaggerative taqiyya is their only option.
There's a common and oft repeated lie that "Islam" means peace", it doesn't, it translates as "submission" (to Allah).
Islamic falsehoods are echoed uncritically by Western politicians and other apologist dupes, for example "A small group of fundamentalists have hijacked a great and noble religion". This timely, skilful, misleading and diversionary theme of the 'hijacking' of Islam was introduced into public, political and media discourse by an Islamic 'spokesman' in the United States shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and has become an "accepted fact" repeated, ad nauseum, ever since.
The "Islam has been hijacked" myth is now a clichéd media and political reference which serves to deflect attention from the empirical proof of a fourteen hundred year continuity of the doctrinal, political and religious nature of Islamic jihad.
A related theme that "a small minority of Muslims are engaged in terrorism" is utterly irrelevant as terrorism is always perpetrated by 'small minorities' or more accurately small groups or cells. Surveys consistently reveal that between 10-15% of all Muslims sympathise with the aims and methodology of this radical strain of Islam which has been "hijacked". This means, that within an estimated world population of 1.2 billion Muslims, there are 120-180 million people prepared to fund, facilitate and in general, give moral and financial assistance to the jihadists….. "a small minority"?….you decide!
The indisputable truth is that there has been no "hijacking" of Islam. Islamic extremists can, and do, find ample inspiration, justification and encouragement for their violent ideology in the Quran and Hadith.
Taqiyya as impressions and perception management
Pathos and the tactical use of children:
Australian television viewers may recall that interviews with terrorist suspects raided by ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) and AFP (Australian Federal Police) frequently featured women in hijabs holding small children or a crying baby as they plaintively protested their husband's innocence and attested to his innate piety, decency and kind-hearted nature.
Trembling fingers and quavering voices pointed out damage, disruption and disarray to the family home. In some interviews the suspect / father holds the child, whilst denying any involvement in, or knowledge of, radicalism .
Sheikh Hilali's daughter, in a newspaper interview, played the taqiyya pathos card by claiming that, because the cold northern winter was imminent, her father was travelling to Lebanon to "hand deliver" thousands of blankets to "orphanages" and homeless victims of the war between Israel and Hizbollah.
In the same Israel /Hezbollah war, a photojournalist filmed a Lebanese man, strewing, for the purpose of emotional impact, the contents of a large cardboard box full of children's stuffed toys amongst the wreckage and debris. This was obviously for the benefit of a large contingent of international TV film crews who were about to be taken on a guided tour of the bombed buildings later that morning.
Photos of carefully placed baby's bibs and dummies (pacifiers) also appeared to be extraordinarily abundant on the internet, as were "staged" photos of a "body" being removed from the piles of collapsed concrete. One sequence of photos clearly shows the "body" in question, alive and well, walking around with his "rescuers" before and after the "retrieval" of his dusty, "lifeless body". This is taqiyya by imagery!
The above are examples of taqiyya in the age of impressions and perception management and are designed to, dupe, play on the emotions of, and elicit sympathy from, the compassionate, unwitting public.
Taqiyya and the Deceptive definition of Jihad:
The contemporary political meaning of jihad is clear: it is "Jihad of the sword" and not the peaceful internal struggle for spiritual improvement as their spin-doctors would have us believe. Islamic fundamentalists consider jihad to be the sixth pillar of Islam, a binding duty and integral to the faith. Claiming that Jihad is a subjective and psychological state to become a better person is taqiyya. In contemporary terms, Jihad means – HOLY WAR – against the unbelievers and it is in this context that Al Qaeda training manuals and other radical preachers use and refer to jihad.
The study of taqiyya is crucial to an understanding of Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism. Its use ranges from the issuing of false terrorist threats, operational and strategic disinformation issued by Al Qaeda in the form of 'intelligence chatter' for the purpose of throwing national defence groups into confusion. Terrorist in captivity resort to taqiyya during interrogation. It is most frequently used by Muslim 'spokesmen' whilst intentionally making misleading public statements concerning Islam and terrorism.
The Arabs have a story which exemplifies subtle, semantic dissimulation (taqiyya) perfectly. Legend has it that Mohammed's nephew, son-in-law and future Caliph, Ali, was sitting on a stool outside his dwelling when one of his allies ran red-faced and gasping into the village and hid in Ali's home. Perceiving that the man was being pursued, Ali promptly got up and sat on another nearby stool. A few minutes later, a group of angry pursuers ran into the encampment and asked Ali if he had seen the man they were pursuing. Ali responded with the statement "AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THIS STOOL I HAVE SEEN NO ONE"
This story demonstrates why nothing an Islamist says can be taken at face value. Every statement and utterance needs to be thoroughly analysed, or "unpacked".
After yet another violent incident in Sydney, involving "Males of Middle-Easter Appearance", a spokesman for the Muslim community appeared on a Sydney television evening newscast. In the brief soundbight he defensively declared "our religion teaches us that we must be kind to one another" ….and indeed it does, it simply depends on how we are to interpret the words "one another", as these verses from the Quran demonstrate:
Muslims are harsh against the unbelievers, merciful to one another. – (Q 48:25)
Muhammad is Allah's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless to the unbelievers but merciful to one another.
Through them, Allah seeks to enrage the unbelievers*. – (Q48:29)
So, was this spokesman lying?
Or was he telling the truth?
The answer is both, YES,… and NO! –Or, perhaps neither, and if you are confused by this apparent contradiction?,. You're meant to be, because he was practising taqiyya; ……where the devil is ALWAYS in the detail.
* The precise identity of the "unbelievers" in the above references requires no further explanation.
Endnotes1. Imam Abu Hammid Ghazali says: "Speaking is a means to achieve objectives. If a praiseworthy aim is attainable through both telling the truth and lying, it is unlawful to accomplish through lying because there is no need for it.
When it is possible to achieve such an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible." (Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, The Reliance of the Traveller, translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller, amana publications, 1997, section r8.2, page 745)
2. Bukhari Vol 3: 857 "Narrated Um Kulthum bint Uqba":
That she heard Allah's Apostle saying, "He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar."
3. Bukhari Vol 4: 269 "Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: The Prophet said, "War is deceit."
4. Bukhari Vol 5: 668 "Narrated Zahdam:
"When Abu Musa arrived (at Kufa as a governor) he honored this family of Jarm (by paying them a visit). I was sitting near to him, and he was eating chicken as his lunch, and there was a man sitting amongst the people. Abu Musa invited the man to the lunch, but the latter said, "I saw chickens (eating something (dirty) so I consider them unclean." Abu Musa said, "Come on! I saw the Prophet eating it (i.e. chicken)." The man said "I have taken an oath that I will not ea (chicken)" Abu Musa said." Come on! I will tell you about your oath. We, a group of Al-Ash'ariyin people went to the Prophet and asked him to give us something to ride, but the Prophet refused. Then we asked him for the second time to give us something to ride, but the Prophet took an oath that he would not give us anything to ride. After a while, some camels of booty were brought to the Prophet and he ordered that five camels be given to us. When we took those camels we said, "We have made the Prophet forget his oath, and we will not be successful after that." So I went to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle ! You took an oath that you would not give us anything to ride, but you have given us." He said, "Yes, for if I take an oath and later I see a better solution than that, I act on the later and gave the expiation of that oath"
5. Bukhari Vol 6: 138 Narrated Aisha:
"That her father (Abu Bakr) never broke his oath till Allah revealed the order of the legal expiation for oath. Abu Bakr said, "If I ever take an oath (to do something) and later find that to do something else is better, then I accept Allah's permission and do that which is better, (and do the legal expiation for my oath ) ".


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Singapore Introduces Guidelines to Raise Financial Reporting Standards
In a bid to boost the standard of financial reporting in Singapore, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) has last week announced that it has issued two documents – the Financial Reporting Practice Guidance No. 1 of 2014 (FRPG) as well as Practice Direction No. 2 of 2014.
Rikvin, a Singapore company registration specialist, recognizes that the move was imminent as the country has pledged towards greater transparency in financial reporting since 2011. That year, ACRA established the Financial Reporting Surveillance Programme (FRSP). The programme set to determine if company directors are fulfilling their duties in relation to financial reporting.
At the 8th Public Accountants Conference in August 2013, Minister of State for Finance and Transport Josephine Teo said that CFOs and CEOs in Singapore may soon be legally liable for certifying that their companies' financial statements are true and fair.
In addition, in March this year, the preparation of financial statements in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) has become mandatory. Along with that, the BizFinx filing system, managed by ACRA, has come into effect to help companies prepare their financial statements accordingly.
Practice Direction No. 2 of 2014
The Practice Direction sets out the duties of a director in relation to financial reporting. It also explains the review and sanction process of the FRSP.
Financial Reporting Surveillance Programme (FRSP)
Under the FRSP, ACRA will review selected financial statements from FY2013 (financial years starting 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013).
According to the Companies Act, directors of a company incorporated in Singapore must present before the company at its annual general meeting financial statements that comply with the Singapore Financial Reporting Standards (SFRS), Singapore Financial Reporting Standards for Small Entities (SFRS for SE) or Charities Accounting Standards. The financial statements must also give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company, as well as its profit and loss.
In addition, the Act requires directors to maintain a system of internal accounting controls as well as proper accounting records that will enable the preparation of true and fair profit and loss accounts and balance-sheets.
If a director has failed to comply with any of these requirements, a financial reporting breach has occurred. ACRA will then call upon the directors for interviews before imposing regulatory sanctions on them and in accordance with the breaches. The range of enforcement actions include an advisory letter, a warning letter, a fine by offer of composition, followed by prosecution leading to fines and/or imprisonment.
Financial Reporting Practice Guidance No. 1 of 2014 (FRPG)
The FRPG lays down the areas of focus for the FRSP reviews, which will commence between 1 April 2014 and 31 May 2015. The eight areas include new standards, significant accounting policies, going concern, accounting judgement and estimation uncertainties, asset value and impairment testing, financial risk and capital management disclosures, related party disclosures and consolidated financial statements.
Commenting on the measures, Mr. Satish Bakhda, Chief Operating Officer at Rikvin, "Providing quality financial data is crucial for maintaining the confidence of investors and stakeholders. These guidelines and review process send a signal to all companies incorporated in Singapore that transparency, clarity and quality in financial reporting are extremely important and that breaches will culminate in regulatory sanctions on directors. The move also signals that companies that wish to operate in Singapore must comply with its accounting standards. We are confident that more bonafide investors and companies will be encouraged to set up in Singapore, as a result."
For more information, please visit ACRA's page on the Financial Reporting Practice Guidance and Practice Direction.
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• Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 11:52 p.m.
I agree with Ozzy. All you are doing is marketing a product and that has nothing to do with the music at all.
Half the young witches and wizards at Hogwarts are probably christan anyway. why else would they celebrate christmas?
the score is breath taking, and wonderfully written, but why would you even bother getting involved with it if you hate it. i put it to you to actually read the books, with a clear mind.
all these books have been analyzed to the tenth degree by real theologans that have decided that the books are not evil and satanic, and in fact, just good fiction writing. people are flocking away from the churches. many of them, because of the fact that priests and heavy god botherers have an oppinion that they believe should be the only one.
if you remove harry potter, it would be like destroying every copy of lord of the rings. does that not have "witchcraft" as you put it, all the way through it. but lotr does not get critisism.
there is no mention at all of satan, or evil gods and goddesses in harr potter.like daryl said: when we get a scene where little 6 year olds are summoning satan THEN you gotta start worrying.
but until then, let the people who enjoy harry potter enjoy it, and refrain from preaching to the rest of us. it is everyone's own choice to choose what they read. if the pope suddenly became interested in the occult, for instance, there would not be a thing you could do to stop it. there would be general uproar amongst the catholic community, but it would be his onw choice.
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History of the USA, 1840-1968
Level: AS and A Level
Subject: History
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End of scene Scene 2 Set in a small hall beautifully decorated. King - You decide to disturb our peace again then. You see the King standing tall, wearing a coat of arms and wearing a sword. King - The penalty for this here is death. However, I am willing to let you go I hope some good comes from this, but my heart tells me it will not. You will be banished out of my kingdom forever, unless you come in by force. Out. The assailant is lead out under the watchful, and thoughtful, eye of the King. End of scene Story Board - Opening Scene 1 Shot No. Vision Shot description/Camera Movement Sound 1 Black screen, nothing visible. Footsteps, heavy breathing. Gives it a strange atmosphere. 2 Through the eyes of an attacker, holding a knife, about to turn the corners. Running footsteps, very quite and eerie. 3 Sudden abrupt halt, two guards standing in the way, obviously they knew about the attack. Loud, but subtle flash sound. Used to make the audience jump a bit. ...read more.
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author: Stanisław Lem
[Lem, Stanislaw] Lem, Stanisław
[Glos pana.] Głos pana. [His Master's Voice.]
[Warsaw]: Czytelnik, [1968]. First edition. In publisher's illustrated hard paper with the original dust jacket, both with Andrzej Heidrich's illustrations. 284, (4) p. First edition of Lem's celebrated novel Głos pana (His Master's Voice). Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), the author of Solaris, was a Polish science fiction writer, the..... More
Powtórka.
Warszawa [Warsaw]: Iskry, 1979. First edition. In publisher's illustrated hard paper, designed by Kazimierz Hałajkiewicz. 164, (4) p. First edition of Lem's three short stories. Powtórka is a collection of Lem's three short stories, besides the eponymous prose it contains the script of two radioplays Godzina przyjęć profesora..... More
The First Episode of the Star Diaries
Sezam i inne opowiadania. [Sesame And Other Stories.]
Warszawa [Warsaw]: Iskry, 1954. First edition. In publisher's illustrated hard paper, designed by Jan Młodożeniec. 226, (2) p. First edition of Lem's seven short stories, including the first episode of the Star Diaries, the adventures of Ijon Tichy. One of the earliest books by Lem. The last story..... More
Stanislaw Lem's First Book
Astronauci. Powiesc fantastyczno-naukowa. [The Astronauts.]
[Warszawa (Warsaw)]: Spóldzielnia Wydawnicza Oświatowa "Czytelnik, 1951. Cover designed by Jan S. Miklaszewski. First edition. Text in Polish. In publisher's illustrated wrappers. 334, (4) p. First edition of Lem's debut book, a science fiction novel of an ideal, socialist utopia. Stanisław Lem (1921–2006), the author of Solaris, was a...... More
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First edition of the "Insomnia"
Bezsennosc. / Bezsenność. [Insomnia.]
Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, [1971]. First edition. In publisher's illustrated wrappers, with the original, illustrated dust jacket, both by Daniel Mróz. 313, (3) p. First edition of Lem's collection of five short stories. Contains the novel "Kongres futurologiczny" (The Futurological Congress), Non Serviam (later also published in "A Perfect Vacuum"), Ananke..... More
Inscribed by lem
Warszawa [Warsaw]: Czytelnik, 1970. Second edition. Inscribed by the author in 1984. In publisher's cloth, with the original dust jacket, both with Jan S. Miklaszewski's illustration. 324, (4) p. Inscribed copy of Lem's celebrated novel Głos pana (His Master's Voice). The first edition was published by the same publisher..... More
First edition of Solaris
Solaris.
(Warszawa [Warsaw]): Widawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej. 1961. First edition. In original, illustrated paper, printed in orange and black. With illustrated dust jacket. Typographically illustrated title page, printed in black. Wrappers, cover and title page designed by Konstanty M. Sopoćko. 196, (4) p. First edition of Lem's science fiction novel about..... More


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Slottsparken er Oslos centrale bypark, som dækker et samlet areal på 22,5 hektar. Parken omgiver Det Kongelige Slott og Slottsplassen.

Området blev købt og udskilt fra flere omkringliggende ejendomme i 1824. Der blev udarbejdet flere planer for regulering og anlæggelse af parken, men man endte af økonomiske grunde med en noget forenklet plan, udarbejdet af slotsarkitekt Hans Linstow og slotsgartner Martin Mortensen. Parken består af store plæner under høje træer, stier , alléer og anlagte søer. Tilsammen er der omkring 2.000 træer i parken.

Anlæggelsen begyndte i 1838 under ledelse af Mortensen, men strakte sig over lang tid på grund af mangel på midler. De fleste af de nuværende træer blev plantet ved anlæggelsen.

Langs parken ved Parkveien og Wergelandsveien blev boligkvarteret Bak Slottet anlagt fra 1846, efter Linstows planlægning.

Der blev anlagt et gartneri ved Grotten i 1870'erne, som stadig findes.

I parken blev der efterhånden opstillet statuer og monumenter: Gustav Vigelands statuer af Niels Henrik Abel fra 1908 på Abelhaugen, og af Camilla Collett fra 1911 i parken udenfor slottets nordre fløj. Ved indgangen til Slottsplassens sydlige hjørne fra Henrik Ibsens gade, foran Dronningparken, som i en lang periode var kongehusets private del af parken, står Ada Madsens statue af Dronning Maud fra 1959. Den 21. februar 2007 afslørede kong Harald 5. en statue af sin mor, kronprinsesse Märtha, ved begyndelsen af stien fra Slottsplassens nordre hjørne mod krydset Parkveien/Wergelandsveien. Statuen er udført af billedhuggeren Kirsten Kokkin og var en gave fra Stortinget i anledning af kongens 70-års fødselsdag.

Den 23. september 1941 blev Snorremonumentet afsløret af Gulbrand Lunde, der var kulturminister i Vidkun Quislings anden regering, i anledning af 700-årsdagen for Snorre Sturlassons fødsel. Dette monument blev fjernet og sikkert også ødelagt ved befrielsen ved afslutningen af 2. verdenskrig i 1945.

Se også
 Parker i Oslo

Eksterne henvisninger
 Kongehuset.no om Slottsparken
 Kongehuset.no om statuerne i Slottsparken

Oslos historie
Parker i Oslo

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