I board my 5 horses up in the mountains. Actually, I enjoy driving up there. It is a whole different world and mind-set up there. I found a wonderful lady who boards them. But she does more than that! She actually loves them! Thank you, Cathy! Anyway, here in the desert southwest, especially in the low desert, some signs of fall are late coming, if at all. There are some bottle trees that eventually lose their leaves and my cottonwood loses some of its leaves, but not all. Sycamore trees do shed their leaves, but I don't have a sycamore tree. It is easier to see signs of fall up in the mountains. At 4,000 feet, our local mountains don't have aspens, but they do have other trees that are turning colors. Here are some at the ranch where I keep my horses. This past week they had nights down to 33 degrees. The horses are getting their winter coats.
Ah! It was 14 degrees here last night...needless to say the colors are at their peak already!
Beautiful blog. Over via the black box and love the layout. For the first time EVER I turned the sound ON to hear the music on some one else's blog. Brilliant stuff. (Love the bobcat).


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Setting objectives
Developing a strategy
Giving tax effectively
Selecting Charities
Assessing Impact
Giving internationally
By Jane Arnott, Head of Global Alliance, Charities Aid Foundation
In the UK, 14% of people who give money to charity and 10% of all charitable donations target overseas causes.
As with any domestic giving strategy, donors will consider the impact that you want to achieve and this will in turn shape your long-term strategy informing what, where and how you want to fund.
The challenge of international funding is that the range of options is so much wider than in the domestic space, and the field is further complicated by different tax incentives, philanthropic traditions and structure around civil society.
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You may want to include an international focus as part of your giving strategy. According to UK Giving 2012 14% of people who give money to charity and 10% of all charitable donations target overseas causes. In 2011/12 this amounted to approximately £930 million. Major humanitarian disasters such as the Haiti earthquake and East African famine lead to spikes in international giving from UK donors, but there is also a significant body of donors supporting overseas charities on an ongoing basis. These include donations to address poverty, education, health and other development activities in developing countries. Global movements in people have also had an impact – whether through temporary travel for work, study or holiday, or permanent relocation for work or due to geopolitical pressures. In many cases, these donors may be supporting cultural and heritage institutions or as alumni of their former universities, as well as social welfare charities.
Identifying what to fund
Philanthropy is more successful when you have a clear, costed and workable strategy in place. As with any domestic giving strategy, donors will consider the impact that you want to achieve and this will in turn shape your long-term strategy informing what, where and how you want to fund. Some donors know exactly where they want to direct their funding, based on personal ties or experiences. However others may have a vision of helping developing countries, but without a clear focus.
The challenge of international funding is that the range of options is so much wider than in the domestic space, and the field is further complicated by different tax incentives, philanthropic traditions and structure around civil society. The UK has a sophisticated philanthropy market served by well established charities and intermediary organisations, tax incentives for giving and a regulated civil society. Philanthropy and civil society are growing in emerging economies such as Brazil, Russia and India, but the regulatory environment for philanthropic activity is still evolving. In many cases we use the same language of philanthropy, charity and social investment, but often with a different meaning. The spread of information in an increasingly globalised world has led to an explosion of new ideas in philanthropy. Donors are faced with ever more models for giving, including microfinance and impact investment. This is of course a positive development, with those ideas that are shown to be effective driving improvements that ultimately mean better outcomes for beneficiaries. However, it also means that donors need to be better informed and more strategic in their charitable activities.
Donors should also consider risk appetite and the type of work you want to fund in order to achieve your desired impact – do you want to support advocacy to change policy and practice, address systemic issues, support direct service delivery or build the capacity of local civil society? This will help to determine who you support and may influence your route to giving.
Language barriers, contextual variations and geographical distances means that it is essential to research both your broader strategy and individual donations before you give.
Routes for giving
Charities operating internationally are usually referred to as non-governmental organisations, or NGOs. There are a number of approaches to funding NGOs outside the UK.
Direct funding to an NGO working in the target country: this gives donors direct control over their donation, but it can be difficult to find, assess and monitor appropriate organisations. Many countries do not have a robust regulatory framework for NGOs, leading to donor concerns about credibility and corruption. An advisor can support you to identify organisations that deliver the impact that you are looking for and run due diligence checks to give reassurance about the credibility of beneficiary NGOs. There are a number of organisations that can provide advice and support for major overseas donations, including the Charities Aid Foundation.
Donation via a UK based NGO: the UK is a well regulated philanthropic market with tax incentives that benefit both donor and recipient and as such it is a hub for both international charities and for international charitable giving. The UK is home to many of the world's leading international charities and foundations, and many of these operate through a network of partners which deliver work in-country. If you choose to support organisations such as Oxfam and Action Aid, your funds may directed to these 'on the ground' partners, with the UK based organisation monitoring and evaluating projects to ensure that the funds have been spent effectively.
Co-funding through established international grant makers: a number of UK based foundations fund internationally and some will channel funds within their programmes or co-fund. Alternatively, your could work with a local community foundation to fund in your country of choice.
Your degree of control over how your donation is used will vary depending on the route you use. If it is important to you that you can specify the exact use of your funds, you should discuss this with the NGO or intermediary, or work with an advisor on your own programme of donations.
Identifying charities
If you have a low appetite for risk, your best option may be to work through a trusted intermediary. Discuss with them the level of service that they can provide. They will be able to inform you about the giving environment in country and any particular risks involved. They will be able to help you select NGOs based on your giving strategy and give you confidence that you are supporting a bona fide organisation.
If you choose to find charities yourself, there are some factors to consider in addition to those you would use when funding a charity operating in the UK. These include:
The country context: what is the political, economic and social context? How are NGOs and their activities viewed in the country, and what are the implications of this? How volatile is the environment and how might the country and local context change, and what effect would this have on your donation?
Establishing the credibility of the organisation: as systems for charity registration and publically available financial accounts do not exist in many countries, you may need to find a way to establish the trustworthiness and credibility of any NGOs you plan to fund. Endorsement of the organisation and the people involved by a trusted third party, for instance by another funder, can be helpful to establish trust. You should also look at any documentary evidence that they can provide, for example accounts and evaluation reports. An advisor can support you with this.
Monitoring international grants
As with all large donations, you will want to monitor how your funds have been spent, and what impact they have achieved. A structured approach to monitoring and evaluation and impact measurement will reassure you that your funds are being spent effectively – or flag any issues of concern. It will also generate learning to inform and shape your future giving.
Any monitoring arrangements should be agreed with the beneficiary NGO in advance of the grant to ensure that the organisation can provide the required monitoring information in a cost effective and timely way. This could include some fairly simple measures – such as progress milestones, to more elaborate impact measurement arrangements for large grants. Your level of measurement and reporting should be proportionate to the size of your grant and the capacity of the organisation. Professional advisors can help you to design a monitoring and/or impact measurement framework and to collect and analyse the data.
Tax efficient international giving
The UK tax environment for giving is one of the most favourable to donors and charities in the world. However, giving direct to charities based outside the UK does not carry tax benefits for individuals or companies unless an intermediary, such as a private foundation or a specialist organisation such as Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), is used. Fundamental to all international giving facilitated by CAF is whether the organisation would qualify as a charity under the laws of the country where the funds are held. This means that for gifts from the UK, the beneficiary's governing documents, accounts and activities are assessed under UK law. CAF supports UK based donors to make over £30m worth of tax effective overseas donations each year.
If you are paying tax in the UK and elsewhere, seek advice on international tax efficient giving as international tax rules can invalidate UK tax breaks. However, for dual UK and US taxpayers, the CAF American Donor Fund can help you to make the most of tax reliefs from both countries and make gifts to charities across the world.
Another resource is Transnational Giving Europe (TGE), which enables tax payers in participating countries to make tax-effective cross-border donations. If you want to make a tax-effective donation to a UK charity from one of the member countries, then this is a solution. CAF is the UK partner, and other members are currently working in Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland.
Giving in Europe: A guide to cross-border giving within EU member states,
CAF Global Alliance offices: for information about CAF offices in America, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, India, Russia, South East Asia and Southern Africa.
CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) is a global organisation that promotes charitable giving through advisory and transactional support to individual and corporate donors. CAF facilitates in the region of £400m of donations each year. CAF also provides financial services and social finance to not-for-profit organisations.
Jane Arnott is Head of Global Alliance at the Charities Aid Foundation.
Jane has spent the last 20 years working to strengthen the civil society sector and has significant experience of grant making, policy and organisational development, direct service provision and infrastructure support.
Jane joined Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in the UK in 2010 as Senior Advisory Manager for charities and grant making and later served as Interim Head of Advisory and Consulting. In 2012 Jane became Head of the CAF Global Alliance. Her role involves working with CAF's offices and partners in America, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, India, Russia, South East Asia and Southern Africa to develop CAF as a global leader in philanthropy services and thought leadership and to provide strategic development support to each office.
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Join Sustinova for two open houses
SUSTINOVA is a not-for-profit association based in Zurich, Switzerland, devoted to promoting Sustainability in the NGO area. Philanthropy Impact's members and supporters are invted to join two open houses in...
The Blue Sweater Bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world (2009)
This book, written by the founder of the trailblazing venture philanthropy Acumen Fund, is categorised by its publishers as a 'Memoir' and marketed as "part coming-of-age stor
Pragmatic Philanthropy: Asian charity explained
Pragmatic Philanthropy: Asian charity explained Authors: Ruth Shapiro, with Manish Mirchandani and Heesu Jang Ruth Shapiro's highly readable title is a welcome addition to the surprisingly underrepresented catalogue of books...
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BDB Pitmans LLP
BDB Pitmans LLP is one of the leading private wealth firms in the UK. They provide clients with specialist advice in tax and estate planning and administration, philanthropy, family law, residential property and employment, to cover every area and stage of life.
Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP
A pioneering firm of pre-eminent lawyers focusing on private wealth, philanthropy and professional services.
Frank Hirth plc
Accounting consultants specialising in expatriate tax compliance.
ING Private Bank
ING is a global financial institution of Dutch origin, currently offering universal banking services (retail, commercial and private) with a unique European footprint. ING delivered a unique offering launching various microfinance funds through ING Green Bank and the ING Sustainability Bank.
SharedImpact
SharedImpact is the world's first global donor-advised fund - a network of charities created to foster strategic philanthropy and impact investment around the world, by making it easier for donors, investors and charitable organisations to connect, give and receive donations tax-efficiently.
Since 1996, Aperio has offered consulting services to social sector organisations in North America and the UK. Their aim is to inspire, foster and support social entrepreneurship and innovation.
National Philanthropic Trust UK
National Philanthropic Trust UK provides uniquely flexible donor-advised funds and philanthropic expertise to individuals, families, companies, trusts, estates and foundations.
More than 250 years after its founding, the University of Pennsylvania continues to achieve excellence in research and education.
HSBC Private Bank
HSBC Private Bank provides private banking and trustee services worldwide to individuals and their families.
Sightsavers works to combat blindness in developing countries, restoring sight through specialist treatment and eye care. They also support people who are irreversibly blind by providing education, counselling and training.
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The Community Outreach Programs provide students the opportunity to get involved in community service on a regular basis. Further, the Community Outreach Program allows students to explore various local non-profit community and learn more about them.
As a part of our community outreach programs, the students visited Art for Akansha and National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped (NASEOH).
The Akanksha Foundation (Art for Akansha) is a non-profit organisation with a mission to provide children from low-income communities with a high-quality education, enabling them to maximize their potential and transform their lives.
NASEOH, established in 1968, is a non-profit organisation with a mission to develop comprehensive rehabilitation opportunities for the persons with disabilities so as to facilitate integration into the mainstream of the society.


I was testing an application I am building with Xamarin/Android. One of the tests was rotating the device while Google Maps fragment being shown. By default each time the orientation changes the activity and its views/fragments are recreated. IOW it is a good test for possible memory leaks because the recreation can be frequent.
I was quite surprised seeing a huge memory increase each time. Those eventually lead to an OutOfMemory in Java stack somewhere in Google Maps. After double checking that managed Xamarin code wasn't leaking (i.e. retaining the said fragment somehow) anything I was starting to wonder whether Google Maps fragment is leaking internally. Perhaps only when combined with Xamarin. That'd be odd but not impossible.
Thus I started Android Studio and crafted a repro in pure Java. It wasn't leaking. Thus it must have something to do with Xamarin. But what? Xamarin is providing a component to Google Maps (.net wrapping). Is it possible that there is a problem? Switching back to Xamarin and a few more tests later I couldn't create a non leaking version. No matter what I did I still got leaks.
Suspecting a problem within Xamarin somewhere I decided to report a bug to bugzilla (Xamarin's bug reporting web, not support) about it and mail a question to Xamarin support. The Jonathan Pryor's response on bugzilla was lightning fast. In an hour or so he solved the mystery. The response from official support line was fast as well. (kudos to Xamarin on both).
It turns out that I was bitten with unmanaged memory pressure issue. Actually with unmanaged managed memory pressure issue. The thing is that Xamain/.net doesn't know anything about unmanaged memory consumption. This is well known to .net developers, or at least, it should be. So, if you allocate a huge unmanaged piece of memory the .net won't know about its size and won't fire garbage collection automatically when it is released even it you are running low on memory (there are ways to let it know the memory consumption but that isn't automatic). That's usually valid for native code. But in the case of Xamarin, Java part is also unmanaged code to Xamarin (albeit Java is managed, but managed within Java with its own garbage collector).
Each time the Google Maps fragment was created and destroyed Xamarin created and "released" a single reference to maps fragment. By released I mean it was referenced from anywhere anymore and thus available for garbage collection by Xamarin garbage collector. But since .net saw only few bytes in that reference (which in turn referenced a ton of Java objects) it didn't fire garbage collection automatically (and Java garbage collector couldn't reclaim the memory because it was referenced by Xamarin) thus memory usage was increasing by huge steps. Strictly speaking this wasn't a memory leak because all the memory would be reclaimed eventually - when garbage collection would run.
And that's exactly how I solved it – I now run a manual garbage collection at least upon fragment creation (to reclaim the memory used by previous one). Problem solved. The bottom line is that you might run manual garbage collection after releasing a reference to Java object which internally uses plenty of memory. Also, calling Dispose on Xamarin objects helps (they might release reference to Java's counterpart). In my case I couldn't call Dispose because my fragment was created by layout inflation (actually I guess, I could by obtaining a reference to it, but that wasn't obvious nor it might not help).
Here is more about Xamarin Garbage Collection.


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import tensorflow as tf

def image_distortions(image, distortions):
    distort_left_right_random = distortions[0]
    mirror = tf.cond(distort_left_right_random > 0.5, lambda: tf.constant([0,1]), lambda: tf.constant([0]))
    image = tf.reverse(image, mirror)

    distort_up_down_random = distortions[1]
    mirror = tf.cond(distort_up_down_random > 0.5, lambda: tf.constant([1,0]), lambda: tf.constant([0]))
    image = tf.reverse(image, mirror)

    return image

def central_crop(image, size):

    shape = image.get_shape().as_list()
    if len(shape)>3:
        return image[int(shape[0]/2-size[0]/2):int(shape[0]/2+size[0]/2), int(shape[1]/2-size[1]/2):int(shape[1]/2+size[1]/2), :]
    return image[int(shape[0]/2-size[0]/2):int(shape[0]/2+size[0]/2), int(shape[1]/2-size[1]/2):int(shape[1]/2+size[1]/2)]

def rotate_image(image, angle):
    image = tf.expand_dims(image, dim=2)
    image = rotate_image_tensor(image, angle)
    image = tf.squeeze(image)
    return image

def rotate_image_tensor(image, angle, mode='black'):
    """
    BY zimmermc from stackoverflow
    Rotates a 3D tensor (HWD), which represents an image by given radian angle.

    New image has the same size as the input image.

    mode controls what happens to border pixels.
    mode = 'black' results in black bars (value 0 in unknown areas)
    mode = 'white' results in value 255 in unknown areas
    mode = 'ones' results in value 1 in unknown areas
    mode = 'repeat' keeps repeating the closest pixel known
    """
    s = image.get_shape().as_list()
    assert len(s) == 3, "Input needs to be 3D."
    assert (mode == 'repeat') or (mode == 'black') or (mode == 'white') or (mode == 'ones'), "Unknown boundary mode."
    image_center = [np.floor(x/2) for x in s]

    # Coordinates of new image
    coord1 = tf.range(s[0])
    coord2 = tf.range(s[1])

    # Create vectors of those coordinates in order to vectorize the image
    coord1_vec = tf.tile(coord1, [s[1]])

    coord2_vec_unordered = tf.tile(coord2, [s[0]])
    coord2_vec_unordered = tf.reshape(coord2_vec_unordered, [s[0], s[1]])
    coord2_vec = tf.reshape(tf.transpose(coord2_vec_unordered, [1, 0]), [-1])

    # center coordinates since rotation center is supposed to be in the image center
    coord1_vec_centered = coord1_vec - image_center[0]
    coord2_vec_centered = coord2_vec - image_center[1]

    coord_new_centered = tf.cast(tf.stack([coord1_vec_centered, coord2_vec_centered]), tf.float32)

    # Perform backward transformation of the image coordinates
    rot_mat_inv = tf.dynamic_stitch([tf.constant(0), tf.constant(1), tf.constant(2), tf.constant(3)], [tf.cos(angle), tf.sin(angle), -tf.sin(angle), tf.cos(angle)])
    rot_mat_inv = tf.reshape(rot_mat_inv, shape=[2, 2])
    coord_old_centered = tf.matmul(rot_mat_inv, coord_new_centered)

    # Find nearest neighbor in old image
    coord1_old_nn = tf.cast(tf.round(coord_old_centered[0, :] + image_center[0]), tf.int32)
    coord2_old_nn = tf.cast(tf.round(coord_old_centered[1, :] + image_center[1]), tf.int32)

    # Clip values to stay inside image coordinates
    if mode == 'repeat':
        coord_old1_clipped = tf.minimum(tf.maximum(coord1_old_nn, 0), s[0]-1)
        coord_old2_clipped = tf.minimum(tf.maximum(coord2_old_nn, 0), s[1]-1)
    else:
        outside_ind1 = tf.logical_or(tf.greater(coord1_old_nn, s[0]-1), tf.less(coord1_old_nn, 0))
        outside_ind2 = tf.logical_or(tf.greater(coord2_old_nn, s[1]-1), tf.less(coord2_old_nn, 0))
        outside_ind = tf.logical_or(outside_ind1, outside_ind2)

        coord_old1_clipped = tf.boolean_mask(coord1_old_nn, tf.logical_not(outside_ind))
        coord_old2_clipped = tf.boolean_mask(coord2_old_nn, tf.logical_not(outside_ind))

        coord1_vec = tf.boolean_mask(coord1_vec, tf.logical_not(outside_ind))
        coord2_vec = tf.boolean_mask(coord2_vec, tf.logical_not(outside_ind))

    coord_old_clipped = tf.cast(tf.transpose(tf.stack([coord_old1_clipped, coord_old2_clipped]), [1, 0]), tf.int32)

    # Coordinates of the new image
    coord_new = tf.transpose(tf.cast(tf.stack([coord1_vec, coord2_vec]), tf.int32), [1, 0])

    image_channel_list = tf.split(image, s[2], 1)

    image_rotated_channel_list = list()
    for image_channel in image_channel_list:
        image_chan_new_values = tf.gather_nd(tf.squeeze(image_channel), coord_old_clipped)

        if (mode == 'black') or (mode == 'repeat'):
            background_color = 0
        elif mode == 'ones':
            background_color = 1
        elif mode == 'white':
            background_color = 255

        image_rotated_channel_list.append(tf.sparse_to_dense(coord_new, [s[0], s[1]], image_chan_new_values,
                                                             background_color, validate_indices=False))

    image_rotated = tf.transpose(tf.stack(image_rotated_channel_list), [1, 2, 0])

    return image_rotated

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Armando Costa, aged 46, of Priory Road, Bicester, pleaded guilty to one count of robbery at Oxford Crown Court.
The court heard, shortly before 4pm on May 24, Costa entered McColls Newsagent in Market Square where he threatened a female member of staff with a knife.
The man then forced open a till and stole money before leaving the store.
Costa was arrested on June 1, 2016 and was charged in connection with the offence on June 17, 2016.
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"""Fichier contenant la classe Sorties, détaillée plus bas;"""

from collections import OrderedDict

from abstraits.obase import *
from primaires.format.fonctions import supprimer_accents
from .sortie import Sortie

NOMS_SORTIES = OrderedDict()
NOMS_SORTIES["sud"] = None
NOMS_SORTIES["sud-ouest"] = None
NOMS_SORTIES["ouest"] = None
NOMS_SORTIES["nord-ouest"] = None
NOMS_SORTIES["nord"] = None
NOMS_SORTIES["nord-est"] = None
NOMS_SORTIES["est"] = None
NOMS_SORTIES["sud-est"] = None
NOMS_SORTIES["bas"] = None
NOMS_SORTIES["haut"] = None

NOMS_ABREGES = { # équivalent des noms abrégés
    "sud-ouest": "s-o",
    "nord-ouest": "n-o",
    "nord-est": "n-e",
    "sud-est": "s-e",
}

NOMS_ABREGES_OP = {
    "s-o": "sud-ouest",
    "so": "sud-ouest",
    "n-o": "nord-ouest",
    "no": "nord-ouest",
    "n-e": "nord-est",
    "ne": "nord-est",
    "s-e": "sud-est",
    "se": "sud-est",
}

NOMS_OPPOSES = {
    "est": "ouest",
    "sud-est": "nord-ouest",
    "sud": "nord",
    "sud-ouest": "nord-est",
    "ouest": "est",
    "nord-ouest": "sud-est",
    "nord": "sud",
    "nord-est": "sud-ouest",
    "bas": "haut",
    "haut": "bas",
}

NOMS_SORTIES_ALPHA = (
    "sud",
    "ouest",
    "nord",
    "est",
    "sud-ouest",
    "nord-ouest",
    "nord-est",
    "sud-est",
    "bas",
    "haut",
)

class Sorties(BaseObj):

    """Conteneur des sorties.
    Elle contient l'ensemble des sorties d'une salle, sous la forme de X (maximum
    10) objets Sortie.

    Voir : ./sortie.py

    """

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        """Constructeur du conteneur"""
        BaseObj.__init__(self)
        self.parent = parent
        self._sorties = OrderedDict(NOMS_SORTIES)

        # On passe le statut en CONSTRUIT
        self._statut = CONSTRUIT

    def __getnewargs__(self):
        return ()

    def __getitem__(self, nom):
        """Retourne la sortie correspondante"""
        return self._sorties[nom]

    def __setitem__(self, nom, sortie):
        """Se charge principalement de lever une exception si
        'nom' n'est pas dans 'NOMS_SORTIES'.

        """
        if nom not in NOMS_SORTIES.keys():
            raise ValueError("le nom {} n'est pas accepté en identifiant " \
                    "de sortie".format(repr(nom)))

        self._sorties[nom] = sortie

    def __iter__(self):
        """Retourne chaque sortie dans l'ordre du dictionnaire."""
        sorties = [s for s in self._sorties.values() if s is not None]
        return iter(list(sorties))

    def __contains__(self, direction):
        return direction in self._sorties and self._sorties[direction] \
                is not None

    def __len__(self):
        """Retourne le nombre de sorties existantes."""
        sorties = [s for s in self._sorties.values() if \
                s and s.salle_dest]
        return len(sorties)

    @property
    def sorties_par_alpha(self):
        """Retourne la liste des sorties triées par ordre alphabétique."""
        sorties = list(self._sorties.values())
        sorties = [s for s in sorties if s and s.salle_dest]
        sorties = sorted(sorties, key=lambda sortie: NOMS_SORTIES_ALPHA.index(
                sortie.direction))
        return sorties

    def ajouter_sortie(self, direction, *args, **kwargs):
        """Ajoute une sortie.
        Le nom doit être un des noms sorties prévu et caractérise une direction.
        Les paramètres *args seront transmis au constructeur de Sortie

        ATTENTION : si une sortie existe déjà dans la direction spécifiée,
        elle sera écrasée par la nouvelle.

        """
        sortie = Sortie(direction, *args, parent=self.parent, **kwargs)
        self[direction] = sortie
        return sortie

    def supprimer_sortie(self, direction):
        """Supprime la sortie"""
        self[direction] = None

    def iter_couple(self):
        """Retourne un dictionnaire ordonné contenant les sorties
        Les sorties sont classées dans l'ordre d'auto-complétion.
        est, sud, ouest, nord
        sud-ouest, nord-ouest...

        """
        sorties = OrderedDict()
        for nom in NOMS_SORTIES_ALPHA:
            sortie = self[nom]
            if sortie:
                sorties[sortie.nom] = sortie

        return sorties.items()

    def get(self, nom, defaut=None):
        """Retourne la sortie si trouvé ou defaut."""
        try:
            return self._sorties[nom]
        except KeyError:
            return defaut

    def get_sortie_par_nom(self, nom, cachees=True, abrege=False):
        """Récupère la sortie par son nom.

        ATTENTION : la méthode __getitem__ semble faire la même chose.
        En fait, __getitem__ accepte des noms de direction immuables
        (comme 'est', 'sud-est', 'sud', 'sud-ouest'...) alors que la
        méthode courante accepte des noms de sortie (comme 'porte'
        par exemple).

        """
        nom = supprimer_accents(nom).lower()
        if abrege and nom in NOMS_ABREGES_OP:
            nom = NOMS_ABREGES_OP[nom]

        for sortie in self.sorties_par_alpha:
            s_nom = supprimer_accents(sortie.nom).lower()
            if not sortie.cachee or cachees:
                if abrege and s_nom.startswith(nom):
                    return sortie
                elif s_nom == nom:
                    return sortie

        raise KeyError("le nom de sortie {} est inconnu".format(nom))

    def get_sortie_par_nom_ou_direction(self, nom):
        """Récupère la sortie par son nom ou sa direction indifféremment.

        """
        for nom_sortie, sortie in self._sorties.items():
            if nom_sortie == nom or (sortie and sortie.nom == nom):
                return sortie

        raise KeyError("le nom de sortie {} est inconnu".format(nom))

    def sortie_existe(self, nom):
        """Retourne True si la sortie mène quelque part"""
        try:
            return self.get_sortie_par_nom_ou_direction(nom) is not None
        except ValueError:
            return False

    def get_nom_abrege(self, nom):
        """Retourne le nom abrégé correspondant"""
        if nom in NOMS_ABREGES.keys():
            nom = NOMS_ABREGES[nom]
        return nom

    def get_nom_long(self, nom, alerter=True):
        """Retourne le nom long correspondant au nom court entré.

        Si le nom n'est pas un nom de direction et que alerter est à True,
        lève une exception KeyError.

        """
        for long, abr in NOMS_ABREGES.items():
            if abr == nom:
                return long

        if nom not in NOMS_SORTIES.keys() and alerter:
            raise KeyError("La sortie {} n'existe pas".format(
                    nom))

        return nom

    def get_nom_oppose(self, nom):
        """Retourne le nom de la sortie opposée à 'nom'"""
        return NOMS_OPPOSES[nom]


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The territory must be contiguous to the municipality's corporate limits.
The territory must be within the municipality's urban growth boundaries, unless a referendum is held pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated (T.C.A.) § 6-58-111(c)(2) or all 3 of the following are met:
The tract is contiguous to a tract of land that has the same owner and has already been annexed by the municipality.
The tract is being provided water and sewer services.
The owner, by notarized petition, consents to being included in the municipality's urban growth boundaries. T.C.A. § 6-58-118.
The Planning Commission considers the request and makes a recommendation to the City Council regarding the annexation. Annexations are done by resolution, as required by the Tennessee Code Annotated, requiring one reading. In conjunction with the ordinance being read by the City Council, a public hearing is held. A Plan of Services for the area for annexation is considered, as a resolution, in conjunction with the annexation ordinance.
Public Notification for Annexation
Notice for Annexation
Three separate notification steps are required for any annexation:
U.S. Mail: A resolution describing the territory proposed for annexation, including the plan of services, must be "promptly" sent by first class mail to the last known address listed in the office of the property assessor for each property owner of record within the territory proposed for annexation a minimum of 14 calendar days before a public hearing on the proposed annexation.
Posting: 3 copies of the resolution must be posted both in the territory that is proposed for annexation and in a like number of places within the municipality proposing the annexation.
Published Newspaper Notice: Notice of the proposed annexation must be published "at about the same time" that it is posted in a newspaper of general circulation, if there is one, in such territory and municipality. In no event shall the notice be published less than 7 days in advance of the public hearing. The notice must include a map that includes a general delineation of the area to be annexed by use of official road names or numbers, or both, and other identifiable landmarks, as appropriate. T.C.A. § 6-51-104.
Notice for Plan of Services
A notice of a public hearing on the Plan of Services for the territory under consideration must be published in a newspaper of general circulation not less than 15 days before the hearing date and time. The notice must indicate the time, place, and purpose of the hearing, as well as the location(s) where the proposed Plan of Services is available for public viewing (3 copies must be available for public inspection during normal business hours). T.C.A. § 6-51-102.
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The Aftermath of United States v. Texas
Shoba S. Wadhia, Penn State Dickinson School of LawFollow
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On June 23, 2016, the Supreme Court issued a 4-4 ruling in the immigration case of United States v. Texas, blocking two "deferred action" programs announced by President Obama on November 20, 2014: extended Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA Plus) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Legal Residents (DAPA). The 4-4 ruling by the justices creates a non-precedential non-decision, upholding an injunction placed by a panel of federal judges in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. While the future of these programs remains uncertain in the long term, the immediate effects are pronounced, as millions of qualifying young people ("Dreamers") and parents who would have been able to request deferred action programs are unable to do so in the foreseeable future. The outcome of the ruling highlights the need for greater information about existing prosecutorial discretion tools, including a longstanding deferred action program on which DACA and DAPA are based.
This essay examines 185 deferred action cases processed by the United States Citizenship Immigration Services (USCIS), a unit within Department Homeland Security (DHS or Department). While previous scholarship examines deferred action historically and in depth, this is the first piece to review cases under the Department's current enforcement policy. The author's goal is to provide advocates and policymakers with accurate information about the deferred action program outside of DACA (and what would have been DACA Plus and DAPA) and to facilitate a dialogue about the possibilities of advancing a robust deferred action policy for Dreamers, parents and others who present humanitarian equities. A second goal of this essay is to (re)address the continued transparency challenges faced by the deferred action program and recommendations for moving forward. Beyond the scope of this essay is an analysis of whether certain noncitizens may be currently eligible for relief outside of deferred action or a discussion on those who should qualify for immigration status under unrealized but critical legislative reforms.
Also available at: http://yalejreg.com/nc/the-aftermath-of-united-states-v-texas-rediscovering-deferred-action-by-shoba-sivaprasad-wadhia/
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If you have suffered an injury in a slip and fall incident, you may be entitled to file a claim with a Santa Monica slip and fall attorney for those injuries . Whether you are eligible to do so is subject to a number of considerations. On other words, the wording here incluses 'May" be entitled. As is the case with many law related questions, the answer can be complicated.
In order to file a legitimate claim that will bear up to the provisions of slip and fall law, the accident must have been caused by the property owner's failure to correct the situation that caused the accident – and actually allowed that condition to continue without making repairs. The laws leave room for interpretation, an area best left to the expertise of an accomplished slip and fall law firm such at El Dabe Law, a well established L A practice that has attended to the legal needs of hundreds of clients from Los Angeles, Orange county, Riverside and Santa Monica for over a decade.
Slip and Fall injuries, whether they occur indoors or outdoors fall under the broad category of premises liability. Causes vary accordingly. Indoor claims often arise from accidents involving torn or loose carpet, dangerous flooring issues, poorly lit stairways that are difficult to maneuver, slippery floors, and other similar defects.
Outdoor slip and fall accidents can often be traced to ice and snow that hasn't been properly removed, cracked sidewalks, potholes in drives and lanes on the premises and a long list of other unexpected calamities that occur on a daily basis.
Why Choose El Dabe Law?
Edmond El Dabe and his legal staff of experienced slip and fall attorneys in Santa Monica have addressed and worked with all of these personal injury claims on many occasions. Because of the manner in which the laws are written, it is the responsibility of the injured party or to prove that the true cause of the accident that caused the injury was a dangerous situation on the property that could not have been anticipated and thus avoided by that party.
This is where an experienced Santa Monica slip and fall lawyer like Edmond El Dabe can help. His firm is experience with this process. Edmund has a staff of investigators available who can gather the evidence and proof required.
In Santa Monica, a number of slip and fall injuries occur on city streets and other municipal properties in and around the town. The famous beach and pier attract huge crowds every year. With those crowds, the probability of injuries increase. If your injury was caused by a slip and fall injury in a city location, the process to file a claim can be even more difficult and involved.
For example, to be successful in winning your damage claim and win a settlement or arbitration, the injured party must show how Santa Monica failed to maintain its walkways and streets properly. Many deadlines and tougher guidelines for giving notice to the city.must be observed. All of this is better left in the hands of a Santa Monica slip and fall lawyer with experience in these matters.
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Tony Munter summarizes the California False Claims Act below. He does not practice in the jurisdiction of California.
California is an early adopter of False Claims Act legislation having passed a law in 1987. The law was most recently amended in 2010.
So, liability extends to acts committed which defraud the many large cities and towns located throughout the state. This makes the California False Claims Act, potentially, one of the most powerful whistleblower laws anywhere.
To learn more about other state false claim laws, see our state by state guide page.
California's law also allows for the possibility of a large reward for the whistleblower. A relator is entitled to 15 to 33 percent of the funds recovered by the State of California in an action taken over by the state or political subdivision. And a relator is entitled to a minimum of 25 to 50 percent in a successful case when the State or subdivision does not intervene. While litigating a case without the support of the State may be difficult, the potential of a 50 percent share of the proceeds is likely to encourage relators to consider that prospect.
The California False Claims Act creates liability for and imposes treble damages and civil fines on similar activity as proscribed by the federal False Claims Act. There is liability for presenting a false claim using false records in order to unduly collect compensation. There are also statutes specifically listing conspiracy and other common kinds of False Claims Act violations. In addition to creating liability for the kinds of fraudulent activity the Federal False Claims Act proscribes, the California law makes it possible to sue a defendant who is a beneficiary of an inadvertent submission of a false claim, subsequently discovers the falsity of the claim, and fails to disclose the false claim to the state or the political subdivision within a reasonable time after discovery of the false claim. In other words, if you have the chance to be a whistleblower, and don't take that chance, you could be held liable.
It is hard to tell if there have been many cases filed (much less recovered) as a result of a contractor inadvertently keeping money that belonged to the State of California, but this theory of liability could create some interesting cases or add to the damages involved in a fraudulent scheme. Since, contractors are not simply supposed to obtain money from a state government and keep it knowing it was obtained wrongfully or obtained as the result of a wrongful claim it is good to see some states willing to make that actionable.
Obviously, California is a huge state with a huge budget. Indeed, the 2013-2014 budget proposed by the governor includes more than 97 billion dollars in general fund spending. Add local government expenditures, including most of the major cities in California, and it is clear there are plenty of government contracts that could be the subject of an action under the State's False Claims Act. It is possible, that if you have a viable false claims case under state law, you will also be able to move forward with a federal whistleblower claim.


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Vehicle Crashes Into Pool at Middleton Condo Complex
Police said there were no injuries reported in the incident
By Melissa Buja • Published June 11, 2019 • Updated on June 11, 2019 at 5:43 pm
A swimming pool in Middleton, Massachusetts, will be out of commission for a little while after police say a driver drove into it Tuesday morning.
Officers responded to calls for a vehicle in a pool at a condominium complex on Village Road just before 11:30 a.m.
When officers arrived, the vehicle was teetering on the edge of the pool and then slid into the water.
Authorities said a couple of people were able to help the 72-year-old driver and her passenger out of the vehicle before it went into the water.
No injuries were reported.
A tow truck was called in to remove the vehicle. Authorities said some damage was done to the pool, fence and some nearby shrubs.
The cause of the crash is under investigation but police believe the driver hit the gas instead of the brake.
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New Report Details Impact of Secretive American Legislative Exchange Council on Communities of Color
Contact: press@ccrjustice.org
December 3, 2019, Phoenix, Arizona – Today, a coalition of human rights organizations released an in-depth report about the role of the secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in the adoption of state laws that disproportionately harm communities of color. "ALEC Attacks: How evangelicals and corporations captured state lawmaking to safeguard white supremacy and corporate power" traces the establishment of the organization by evangelical conservative activists in the 1970s to counter advances made by the civil rights movement, through to the transformation of ALEC in the early 1990s to be a more stridently pro-corporate lobbying organization.
The report details how ALEC's corporate, conservative, and state lawmaker members have come together to promote the adoption of some of the most infamous state laws of the past two decades, which continue to affect communities of color today. In particular, the report includes in-depth discussions of Stand Your Ground laws, Voter ID laws, laws that punish participation in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement for Palestinian rights, and laws that punish protests against so-called "critical infrastructure" such as oil and gas pipelines. ALEC will hold its annual States and Nation Policy Summit in Scottsdale, Arizona, beginning tomorrow and running through Friday.
"ALEC is a leading example of how corporations and conservatives capture lawmaking processes to undertake the everyday maintenance of America's racist and pro-corporate political system," said Dominic Renfrey, Advocacy Program Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights. "Far from being content with 46 years of circumventing democracy by providing pay-to-play private access to lawmakers for its corporate and conservative members, ALEC is still brazenly attacking the movements that dare to advance human rights and protect the environment."
"ALEC Attacks" describes the process by which corporate executives and conservative activists pay membership fees to meet regularly in private with conservative lawmakers to develop draft laws that serve the interests of ALEC's members, which are then introduced in state legislatures around the country. The negative impacts arising from these laws are often felt by people of color. For example, through ALEC, lawmakers worked closely with members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) to enact Stand Your Ground laws in several states. The report discusses the infamous case of 17-year-old Black teenager Trayvon Martin, killed in Florida gated community by George Zimmerman—who was then acquitted of the murder because of Florida's Stand Your Ground law. The report cites studies indicating that the rates of homicide by firearm have increased in states with Stand Your Ground laws, and that acquittal rates on the basis of those laws exacerbate racial disparities in findings of "justifiable" homicide.
Similarly, "ALEC Attacks" documents how ALEC has been instrumental in enacting strict Voter ID laws, that tighten voting requirements and disproportionately impact Black and Latinx people. In one case a North Carolina court found its state Voter ID law was enacted with discriminatory intent and "target(s) African Americans with almost surgical precision."
"The story of ALEC is the story of a white supremacist political and economic elite harnessing their control of the means of government to perpetuate their own power," said Rachel Gilmer, Co-Executive Director of Dream Defenders, which is based in Florida. "Maintaining this system by necessity requires maintaining economic and political control over the lives of Black, brown, immigrant, and poor people, and the murder of Trayvon and many others like him is a symptom of this situation."
ALEC members have referred to the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement in support of Palestinian rights as "economic terrorism" and supported the proliferation of state laws that prohibit public entities from doing business with entities that boycott Israel. The report describes Palestinian-Americans who have been unable to continue job contracts or participate in school events because of the anti-boycott laws.
"ALEC's legislative attacks on advocacy for Palestinian rights are one part of its racist, reactionary agenda, and should concern all who are working for social justice in the U.S." said Dima Khalidi, founder and director of Palestine Legal. "But the movement for Palestinian rights continues to grow, in part because of the connections it is building with other communities targeted by ALEC's legislative repression."
The report also documents ALEC's role in the adoption of a spate of "critical infrastructure" laws in several states that have been enacted by conservative lawmakers in response to protests by Indigenous water protectors, and their allies, against the Dakota Access Pipeline that was built through Standing Rock Sioux territory in North Dakota. "Critical infrastructure" laws heighten criminal penalties for water protectors protesting against oil and gas infrastructure development. Indigenous and non-indigenous activists, as well as at least one journalist, have been arrested under critical infrastructure laws and face lengthy prison terms if they are convicted.
"While Indigenous Water Protectors and Land Defenders have been organizing to prepare for the struggle to stop fossil fuel infrastructure development on the ground, so have energy corporations been hard at work passing ALEC-sponsored critical infrastructure legislation to criminalize our people," said Melanie Yazzie, a founding member of The Red Nation. "The Red Nation calls upon all people of good conscience to take action and stop ALEC-sponsored critical infrastructure bills in your state. Indigenous people will not be the only casualty of these laws. So, too, will the water we drink and the air we breathe. Dismantling ALEC is a crucial step. Start by reading this report."
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) brings together corporate executives, conservative activists, and state lawmakers to craft model legislation that ALEC lawmakers then introduce in state legislatures around the country. Hundreds of corporations and conservative think tanks with non-profit charitable status are members, along with thousands of politicians. The organization's membership list is secret. Corporate executives reportedly pay tens of thousands of dollars to ALEC for private access to lawmakers at ALEC meetings. Each year hundreds of ALEC model bills become state law.
"ALEC Attacks: How evangelicals and corporations captured state lawmaking to safeguard white supremacy and corporate power" was authored by Center for Constitutional Rights, Dream Defenders, The Red Nation, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights and Palestine Legal.
Read the report at www.alecattacks.org/.
The Center for Constitutional Rights works with communities under threat to fight for justice and liberation through litigation, advocacy, and strategic communications. Since 1966, the Center for Constitutional Rights has taken on oppressive systems of power, including structural racism, gender oppression, economic inequity, and governmental overreach. Learn more at ccrjustice.org.


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The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil offered an elusive promise.
Forgetting she was already made in God's image, and thinking she was becoming more like God, Eve listened to the serpent's words. Deceived, Eve believed she was making the good choice. Ironically, choosing to disobey God and eat from the tree immediately perverted the knowledge Adam and Eve gained.
As humans, we now have the capacity to know good and evil, but can we really differentiate between the two? I'm honestly not sure we can.
Growing up in an ultra-conservative version of Christianity, many normal behaviors were considered evil. Listening to rock music, dating, going to college, women wearing pants, men growing beards, being friends with the opposite gender, women working outside the home… All of these things were bad, not to mention going to movie theaters, drinking alcohol, getting tattoos, multiple piercings, etc. It was a long list.
If you don't come from a conservative background, this list of "evil things" seems ridiculous. But, look at extreme versions of any religion and you will find the same scenario. In a frenzied desire for holiness, normal, good things become evil.
We know that there is such a thing as good and evil, but our ability to distinguish the two has been perverted.
In our brokenness, we not only want to classify behaviors as good and evil, we also want to classify people. This is where we really screw things up!
Differences can be scary and uncomfortable. We don't like that feeling. If you are different than me (in your beliefs, your actions, your looks, etc) you must be wrong…you must be bad. It is true that sin has broken people and some of them are unfortunately controlled by evil. But, different isn't the same as evil. Different isn't wrong; it's just different. And that's okay!
Motives can make good behavior evil. Prayer, Bible reading, church attendance, Scripture memorization, giving, serving…all of these things are good, right? Not when they are done to gain something, or to prove something, or to pridefully show off spirituality. When our motives are evil, then our good actions are no longer good.
But, people can also do bad actions with good motives. If the bad things they do are motivated by a desire for justice, or because of intense hurt, are they really bad? Does it make them bad people?
This is kind of a depressing blog post, Christy. The world, and the people in it, are really messed up!
They are. It is. It's a mess. A dark, confusing, depressing mess. But into that darkness came a Light.
"The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" John 1:9-11.
Jesus lived as the only perfect person to walk our little planet. He defied human laws, norms, and expectations. He loved people no one else would look at. Everything he did was right and good, even though sometimes it looked wrong. He was God in a human body, but the religious leaders said he was possessed by the devil. They missed the Messiah because he didn't fit their ideas of good and evil.
These religious leaders murdered an innocent man, convincing the Roman's to crucify him even though they couldn't find fault. And yet, that horrific act of evil was the best thing that ever happened. Because, as Jesus drew his last breath, as his blood dripped down, He provided forgiveness for the world. He became our Savior.
"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" John 1:11.
Jesus didn't leave us alone. The Holy Spirit, Jesus' very Presence, comes to dwell within everyone who believes! Not only does the Spirit convict us of sin, righteousness, and judgement (John 16:8), He also gives us the power to live (Romans 8:10).
But, how should we live? How do we know what is right and wrong? Does it really matter? When asked about the greatest commandment in the law, ultimate list of right and wrong, what did Jesus say?
"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind…and you shall love your neighbor as yourself" Matthew 22:36-40.
"For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death" Romans 8:2.
How do you think focusing on love instead of behavior would change you?
The Bible is history…the story of God and the people He created. The Bible is prophecy…some of which has been fulfilled and some of which is still to come. The Bible predicts a Savior and then reveals Him to us. It shows us our value as God's creation and encourages us to seek after the God who made us. It demonstrates God's incredible grace, love, forgiveness, mercy, and faithfulness. But even more than this, the Bible claims that it is alive, powerful, and able to change hearts, all by itself.
During my husband's first year of Bible school, I taught math to 6th-12th graders at a Catholic, residential, psychiatric treatment facility. It was quite the job, in case you are wondering! Almost immediately, I had some run-ins with a young Satanist named Ben*. He was a sweet kid and willing to dialogue about God, but determined not to believe in Him. I bought him a book called "101 Reasons to Believe in God." It contained a bunch of little proofs from science, psychology, the Bible, etc. All pretty gentle. Ben refused to read it. He even left it behind when he moved on from the facility.
However, his roommate, Matt*, picked it up feeling intrigued, and began to read. A while later, Matt came up to me after class and started talking about the book. He asked me if I could get him a Bible. Of course! I found him an easy to read translation and he was excited.
A few weeks later Matt told me that he had read Genesis and Ex-e-do-sis. Knowing what was coming next (Leviticus), I encouraged him to skip to the New Testament. We didn't talk again for a while.
I asked Matt if he liked Jesus. Of course he did! So I sent him to the book of John. A week or so later, Matt was back in my room telling me how much he loved Jesus, how he believed that Jesus was God, and that he knew Jesus had died for him.
No one "saved" Matt…no one told him how to have a relationship with Jesus, no one preached to him, or led him in a prayer. He read the Bible, and he believed it.
This is the point. This is the purpose of the Bible!
When you take an honest look at your heart and your opinion of the Bible, what words come to mind? Mystical, difficult, boring, old fashioned, and complicated? Or alive, amazing, revelation, and life-giving? Are you willing to let God show you the truth about the book He wrote for us? Will you try to separate what people have told you about the Bible and what the Bible actually says?
I know that it might be super hard. I get it, I do. But this is where we have to start. Get a new translation, buy a study Bible, listen to it on your Smart Phone, etc. Do something different that won't be as triggering.
If you enjoyed the story of Matt finding Jesus, I know you would love the story of our Uncle Jim. A skeptic, a cross country trip, and a KJV Bible on cassette tape bought with the purpose of disproving it.
When people of other religions become Christians, they leave behind their old religious books, the Quran, the Book of Mormon, etc. and start reading the Bible. It seems obvious. But, how do you leave behind the Bible and then start reading the Bible? How do you locate the truth when it's supposedly found in the book that was used to tell you lies? How do you unravel lies about the God of Christianity without leaving Christianity altogether?
These are legitimate and difficult questions.
Unfortunately, the Bible can be used to say just about anything. Grab a verse here and a verse there, or just half of a verse, and you can prove whatever you want. It's especially effective if you use a version with outdated English: full of words no one uses anymore and definitions that have changed over the years.
Growing up in Bill Gothard's Institute, I was never taught how to correctly read the Bible. I never thought to consider the context of the verse and passage, the intended audience, and the author's original intent as they wrote. Any verse could mean whatever anyone wanted it to. As a result, it was easy for spiritual authorities to control those around them because god could say absolutely anything and who were we to disagree?
We were taught to look for rhemas as we read the Bible. Gothard's definition of rhema (a Greek word for "word") was a verse or portion of Scripture that the Holy Spirit brings to our attention with application to a current situation or need for direction. We were supposed to use these words or phrases to guide our lives. It didn't matter if the word used in the KJV had a different meaning than today, or if the verses were out of context, or if the prophecy was about the nation of Israel or even Jesus Himself. The Bible became like a religious Ouija board. We attempted to use God's Word to find specific answers to our questions and then claimed that they came from god.
Through this method, god told people to move to specific towns, leave their jobs, and marry off their children, etc. It sounds crazy now, but when spiritual leaders are claiming to have found hidden mysteries and new revelations, followers feel the pressure to find them too.
It makes total sense, after going through this kind of craziness, that people can't handle the Bible anymore. It was used to control and abuse them. How in the world can it be good or from God? It's way easier to completely reject something and find a new thing to believe.
Seriously, how in the world do you find the truth when it's only a foot, or an inch, away from the lie?
I know I'm not the only one who either has, or currently does, struggle with the Bible. The book we call God's Word can seem so mysterious, so confusing and mystical. If this is you, I absolutely do not blame or condemn you. I get it. I do. But, can I propose something?
What if it's not the Bible that's the problem…what if it's the people who used it? What if the Bible was distorted and abused for their own gain? What if the Bible you think you know is a lie?
You should know that I absolutely believe that the Bible is the infallible (foolproof, reliable, watertight) and inspired Word of God. All of it! I do not pretend to be smart enough to figure out which parts are true and which parts are fake. I realize this is a popular method within progressive Christianity, but the God who breathed it out is way bigger than me, and that attitude kind of scares me (in a good way).
The Bible itself is not the problem.
The problem is, we don't understand how to read it. We don't understand what it really is or how to use it.
Shhh! Don't Talk About the Can't Talk Rule.
"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them" (Ephesians 5:11 ESV).
There is a lie spread throughout Christianity and it really bothers me. I've experienced it firsthand both in my Christian cult days and in "normal" settings since then, seen it expressed on social media, and read it in articles.
This lie allows people in Christian leadership to cover up serious problems. It allows abusive situations to continue, and it keeps hurts and issues buried.
Please hear me. I am not advocating gossip. But there are times when the truth needs to be told. Talking about a problem does not make you the problem. It is not okay for Christians to use fear, intimidation, or twisted biblical ideas to shut people up!
If God really believes in sweeping people's sin issues under the rug to protect His name, wouldn't He have left certain stories out of the Bible…David & Bathsheba…Samson & Delilah?
If God really feels that it is vitally important to hide issues for the sake of Christ, why did He publicly kill Ananias and Saphhira?
The "Can't Talk Rule" is a lie. The only people who benefit from it are the perpetrators.
Yes, we should be careful who we tell and why we tell it. Yes, we need to avoid gossip. But without accountability, Christian authorities have unlimited freedom. This is dangerous. Even as Christians, we are still broken sinners who are capable of incredible evil when left to ourselves.
"Leaders are more accountable because of their position of authority – not less accountable. Why? Because if you are a leader people are following you, behaving the way you do" The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, pg. 69.
Sadly, there are a lot of wrong things that secretly happen within Christian churches and ministries. And because of the Can't Talk Rule, people who talk are considered the problem instead of addressing the real issues.
Countless, precious individuals, made in God's image, are being injured by Christians and are walking away from the church deeply wounded.
If that's you, I'm SO sorry! Please know that the Can't Talk Rule is not Biblical. It's not from God. That's not how He feels. People can misuse Bible verses and twist them to make you think this is truth, but God is never on the side of the abuser. Never!
Fellow Jesus followers, we have GOT to stand up for the victims of abuse, including spiritual abuse.
We cannot continue to turn a blind eye, or allow things to be swept under the rug.
We must humbly recognize our own lack of perfection and desperate need of grace.
We need to be aware of how Christianese terms and ideas may reinjure these precious, hurting people.
We need to evaluate our own beliefs against the Word of God. Just because we were taught something in church doesn't make it truth. Ouch.
We must be like Jesus…full of love, grace, and acceptance.
Just a note: The words libel and slander can be used as threats, but you should know that in the United States legal system, things are only considered libel or slander if they CAN'T be proven true!


British perfume house Atkinsons has launched two new fragrances: Her Majesty The Oud and His Majesty The Oud (and see also: 2013's Oud Save the King and Oud Save the Queen).
Her Majesty The Oud ~ "Everyone called her Khatun, from camel riders to emirs. But in London the bold heroine of our latest perfume was known as Gertrude Bell. English adventuress, archeologist, and diplomat of the Levant, Miss Bell was Our Woman in Baghdad during the Empire's prime. In this rich spicy-sweet evocation of oud we travel with Miss Bell as she did, on horseback through the burning deserts of Mesopotamia alongside tribal horsemen in embroidered cashmeri robes. Like her, this deliciously womanly and nomadic fragrance laces together Orient and Occident, mingling precious Turkish Rose-infused oud with the afternoon high tea delights of sweet red berry and apricot-scented osmanthus flowers. An intrepid leather accord of saddle and bridle softly rounded by the powdery florality of iris and a desert whisper of vanilla expresses the Victorian elegance of this adventurous horsewoman."
His Majesty The Oud ~ "The smoky power of His Majesty The Oud is every bit the bold equal of its protagonist, King Faisal I. Confidante of Gertrude Bell, and trusted ally of Lawrence of Arabia, Faisal was a natural leader and a legendary figure of Arabian history. Of princely Bedouin lineage, he fought, charmed, and negotiated with brilliance. His charisma and fierce elegance are perfectly matched in what can only be described as an epic fragrance. The intense smokiness of the scent is the bold alliance of a rare and exclusive quality of natural oud essence from Laos together with an exceptionally complex lapsang souchong tea accord. Conjuring up the scent of the saddles of Arabian stallions, the Lapsang Souchong accord inprints [sic] its smoky and leathery nuances onto the voluptuous woodiness of Cedarwood & Sandalwood, Surrendering only to the hypnotic aura of Oud and vanilla."
Atkinsons Her Majesty The Oud and His Majesty The Oud are available now at Harrods in the UK, in 100 ml Eau de Parfum, £150 each.


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Politics and PBR: First Tuesdays with Mick and Ben
By Leslie Gray • February 24, 2016 • Politics • Leave a Comment
In an industrial parking lot near the Kennedy, there's a delightfully sketchy clapboard house with an "Old Style" beer sign dangling from it like a Christmas ornament. This ramshackle shanty has been slinging drinks to hardworking folk since the 19th century, and has officially been "The Hideout" (1354 W. Wabansia Ave.) since 1934.
The vibe here is all about free expression, verbally, artistically and socially. (Their history of "played here first/ it happened at the Hideout" is alt-rock name-dropping at its finest.) But on the first Tuesday of the month, Ben Joravsky, a bestselling author and political reporter for the Chicago Reader, and Mick Dumke, a former Reader staffer who's now an investigative reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, host a roundtable of elected officials, union leaders, activists, and other journalists to dish how Chicago really works.
Backroom politics where you can actually enter the backroom, pull up a chair and grab a drink—what a concept. I talked to Dumke about how and why this started.
Mick Dumke (right) and Ben Joravsky (left) get city big wigs to tell it like it is. In this case, the first First Tuesday featured Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd), former Ald. Richard Mell and Ald. Joe Moreno (1st). Photo used with permission
"We like to talk politics in a bar," says Dumke. "It's our favorite sport. The atmosphere makes people comfortable and encourages free-flowing conversations about series issues."
Give a person a beer, I take it, and you give them an opinion. But why should people come to listen, especially if they're not political junkies?
"This is a chance to be provoked," Dumke says. "To think about this city and why it works the way it does."
"People say shit that upsets you. It should. That's politics."
That's great in theory, but voter turnout for people under 35 is about 20 percent, according to the Knight Foundation. Besides offering PBR, what else can you do to get people to show up?
"If the fact that people are taking money won't get you involved, what will?" Dumke asks. "If you don't like all money going to foreign wars, corrupt politics, schools and parks falling apart, you have to speak out."
When I ask what he hopes this dialogue will do, Dumke gives me, of all things, a dating analogy.
"Politics isn't love at first sight. Change doesn't happen in one fell swoop. It's like courting someone. It takes time."
Despite the fact I have a scary, yet charming vision of being serenaded by Bernie Sanders "Say Anything"-style, I get it. There's innate power when people come together, at city hall or in a hundred-year-old speakeasy on a Tuesday night.
I have one last question. "What about Rahm?"
"There's an open invite," Dumke tells me. "He's denying it by ignoring us."
Oh well. The next First Tuesday might not have Rahm, but it will have a debate between longtime political consultant Delmarie Cobb, representing Hillary Clinton, and Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, representing Bernie Sanders. Bring your questions.
It's anyone's guess who'll be playing Bill eating a hot dog in the corner.
First Tuesdays with Mick & Ben will happen at 6:30 pm March 1 at The Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia Ave.). Entry is $5.
Leslie Gray • Former Writer
Leslie Gray studied journalism at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, then switched to advertising, eventually getting a Masters in Copywriting, because she liked to embellish the facts too much. After a little time in New York City and North Carolina, she decided to give Chicago a try and moved here on a snowy night in '13. You can often find her walking the streets of Logan Square looking for eccentricities, or curled up at the Reno with her favorite drink and an iPad.