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SELA ANNOUNCES PREVIEW OF JEDDAH YACHT CLUB AND OPENING OF SAUDI ARABIA'S NEW JYC MARINA ON EVE OF INAUGURAL SAUDI F1 WEEKEND
SELA, the national company behind some of the most ambitious lifestyle development projects across the whole of Saudi Arabia, is delighted to announce that JYC Marina this week welcomes the first yachts to berth there on the occasion of the inaugural Saudi Arabia F1 Grand Prix.
This new international motorsport spectacular takes place this weekend from 3rd - 5th December, at the new circuit on Jeddah's North Corniche – the fastest F1 street circuit in the world. Guests aboard megayachts like M/Y O Pari, 95m, built by Golden Yachts, the 85m Oceanco Sunrays and the 82m Abeking & Rasmussen RoMEA, have been joined by a fleet of over 40 superyachts and smaller units to take part in the fun, for what is going to be an adrenalin-packed weekend, just a stone's throw away from the JYC Marina.
JYC Marina is the first marina along the Red Sea coast that can accommodate superyachts and megayachts up to 120m in a world-class environment. In parallel, this opening event will give visiting yachts and VIP visitors to the F1 a unique opportunity to preview the premises of the upcoming Jeddah Yacht Club, which will be officially opened around the time when the Saudi F1 GP returns for the 2022 season on 25-27 March 2022.
A project built in record time – an incredible six months from first breaking ground, on an inland site, to welcoming some of the biggest yachts in the world this week - the entire complex is situated in the northern part of Jeddah, only a few kilometers away from the new King Abdulaziz airport and the city center. It comprises JYC Marina, the Jeddah Yacht Club and a collection of retail and F&B outlets on the marina Boardwalk around the basin.
WORLD CLASS MARINA
Capable of berthing over 100 yachts of all sizes up to 120m, JYC Marina epitomizes the future of superyachting on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastline. It is the first step into major yachting developments that are to take place in the Kingdom over the next 10 years, stretching from Neom in the North to Amaala and the Red Sea Project further south down to Jeddah and beyond.
Developed by SELA, JYC Marina provides berthing in a safe and secure environment with gated entry and easy access for guests, service providers and ship chandlers. It offers all the necessary supplies of electricity, water and fuel bunkering facilities, in a spectacular modern and functional environment. It has an on-site helipad to make it convenient for guests to arrive and embark or disembark discretely.
One of the key benefits of JYC Marina is that it is recognized by the Saudi authorities as a port of entry into the Kingdom. As such, it provides customs clearance and immigration services to all vessels, including foreign-flagged superyachts that will charter in the area, or stop off to visit this fast-developing destination on their way to the newly opened cruising grounds of the East Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. In addition, once fully operational by the end of March 2022, JYC Marina will provide repair and maintenance facilities within the Marina precinct.
With its highly strategic location, JYC Marina is ready to welcome permanent and seasonal yachts coming from the Mediterranean, the GCC, the Indian Ocean, Asia and beyond. As it is already possible to book short or long-term berthing at Port JYC Marina, interested yachts can enquire directly with the Marina manager by emailing berthing@jeddahyc.com.
WORLD CLASS YACHT CLUB
An exclusive members-only establishment, the Jeddah Yacht Club was founded to grow the maritime spirit and lifestyle in Saudi Arabia by providing diverse, world-class experiences across a full spectrum of social, sports and leisure activities. Strategically positioned at the crossroads of historical Red Sea maritime routes, JYC aims to provide a major new platform in the Kingdom for the development of sailing, boating and every facet of the healthy, fun-filled, on-water and sporting lifestyle for its members. It also intends to raise awareness of the need to protect marine biodiversity and ensure the preservation of the Red Sea environment for the younger generations and the local community to enjoy and take care of in their turn.
The perfect complement to JYC Marina, the development of the Jeddah Yacht Club was initiated only six months ago, at the end of April 2021 – designed and built from scratch in record time. As SELA will be completing the final touches to the Club House for its official opening less than a year after the project was launched, the Jeddah Yacht Club team have decided to take advantage of the first F1 weekend to play host to private, invitation-only entertainment and hospitality for future members and Marina guests to discover the premises and facilities soon to be available.
The Jeddah Yacht Club's architecture has been carefully designed to stimulate the senses and offer its members a rich, marine-inspired atmosphere where they can enjoy the numerous social and nautical activities available. Its mast-and-sail-themed 5,000sqm club house, located by the entrance channel of the Marina, is a beacon, a lighthouse that welcomes visitors to Jeddah's shores.
In addition to panoramic views of the city, the Jeddah Yacht Club boasts a feast of facilities for its members, which include restaurants, a wellness center, a business center, lounges, concierge services, sailing and nautical activities. Its Beach Club, operated by a team from world-renowned Omnia Club, features an infinity pool with glorious views over the Red Sea.
Another first in Jeddah, the Jeddah Yacht Club will welcome the Jason Atherton restaurant. Famous to gastronomes from London to Shanghai, Mykonos to St. Moritz, this Michelin Star-rated chef is instantly recognized for his cool artistic creations that evoke memories from other times and other places.
Mohideen Nazer, Director Parks & Resorts, SELA: "We're delighted that the world of yachting now has its first home address on Saudi Arabia's Red coast. All the teams have worked very hard to give birth to this great Marina and magnificent Club House in record time. This is a small step in our contribution to the realization of Vision 2030 for the Kingdom, but it is nonetheless a major first step to turn the Red Sea Coast into a compelling destination for yachting aficionados to enjoy our amazing cruising grounds".
Oliver Rees, General Manager Jeddah Yacht Club & Marina (from January 2022): "JYC Marina and the Jeddah Yacht Club will be a perfect home port for private yachts, but also a great place to meet, enjoy sailing and water sports and revel in the quality of services we have on offer. It will also be a gateway to the wonders of the Red Sea, and we are confident that this fantastic new facility will rapidly become a prime waypoint on the global yachting map."
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GAPPA was formed in 1983 for the purpose of strengthening professionalism among physical plant administrators by promoting the common interest in construction, care and operation of physical plants used by universities and colleges within Georgia, fostering professionalism among the persons engaged in this work, providing information services, programs and activities to its members, and representing the interest of its members of the higher education community and other groups.


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What did Athens most value?
Is Athens a rich city?
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What money does Greece use?
Who found the Athenian coin?
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What is Sparta famous for?
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Did Athenians pay taxes?
What did Sparta value the most?
Why was Athens successful?
In the fifth century B.C., Athens was one of the richest and most powerful city-states in Greece. … Researchers caution that Athens may have minted some of its coins in gold (which was worth about 14 times more than silver).
The Athenian economy was based on trade. The land around Athens did not provide enough food for all the city's people. But Athens was near the sea, and it had a good harbor. So Athenians traded with other city-states and some foreign lands to get the goods and natural resources they needed.
Athens was the largest and most influential of the Greek city-states. It had many fine buildings and was named after Athena, the goddess of wisdom and warfare. The Athenians invented democracy, a new type of government where every citizen could vote on important issues, such as whether or not to declare war.
Athens Values
While Spartans valued military strength, Athenians placed a higher value on education and culture. Their main goal was building a democracy. Athenians believed that the only way to build a strong democracy was to create well informed citizens.
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In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. In 2015, Athens was ranked the world's 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study.
While Spartans relied on agriculture for maintaining their economy, Athens became the foremost trading power of the Mediterranean by the 5th century BC and was thus, considerably richer. … The two city-states that best represent each form of government were Sparta (oligarchy) and Athens (democracy).
Sparta's economy relied on farming and conquering other people. Sparta didn't have enough land to feed its entire population, so Spartans took the land they needed from their neighbors. Because Spartan men spent their lives as warriors, Sparta used slaves and noncitizens to produce needed goods.
Lydia was credited by the Greeks with inventing coins in the early 6th century BCE which were stamped by the state to guarantee value and be recognisable as genuine.
15 Incredible Facts About Athens
Athens is Europe's oldest capital. …
Athens has experienced almost every form of government. …
If it weren't for an olive tree, Poseidon might have been the city's patron. …
The ancient Olympic games were never held in Athens. …
Athens is home to the first known democracy.
Sparta was one of the most powerful city-states in Ancient Greece. It is famous for its powerful army as well as its battles with the city-state of Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Sparta was located in a valley on the banks of the Eurotas River in the south-eastern portion of Greece.
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Although Athens is winning over travelers as a popular city break destination and garnering high marks by guests on the GBR satisfaction index, the city also scored low (5.6/10) in cleanliness.
Ancient Athens had a tax, called a liturgy, that fell largely on the wealthiest 1% of the population. These individuals were expected to pay the entire cost of provisioning, paying the wages for, and fully equipping a trireme warship for an entire year.
The Spartans valued discipline, obedience, and courage above all else. Spartan men learned these values at an early age, when they were trained to be soldiers. Spartan women were also expected to be strong, athletic, and disciplined.
This rise occurred largely due to its prominent location and control of key trading routes and leadership in the wars against Persia. While other Greek cities held more powerful armies, such as Sparta, Athens' leadership proved attractive and helped pave the way for its influence.

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Category Archives: David Icke
Lifting the Veil by David Icke & Jon Rappoport
Lifting the Veil is a transcript of a series of interviews that researcher Jon Rappoport held with David Icke in 1998. Rappoport is the author of several books including The Secret Behind Secret Societies; Oklahoma City Bombing: The Suppressed Truth; AIDS Inc.: Scandal of the Century. Icke needs no introduction on these pages, as this is the eleventh book of his that I have reviewed.
This is a slim volume of only 135 pages, but it covers, however briefly, a vast array of subject matter, including Princess Diana's death/murder, secret government, religion, the formation of the USA, signs and symbols, pyramid power structures, money, the suppression of knowledge, mind control, ritual child abuse, consciousness and other dimensions, the New Age movement, the education system. Towards the close of the book there are also some interesting pages of reflection on the early days of ridicule that Icke endured.
Lifting the Veil was published not long before Icke's most popular book The Biggest Secret, and can be viewed as a summary of much of the information found in that larger volume (albeit without the reptilians). I've read so much material by Icke that I didn't really learn anything new from Lifting the Veil, but it's a great opener into important information that rarely gets a hearing in the mainstream. It doesn't demand too much of your time, and it might make you think, "Maybe, just maybe, the picture of the world that we're being fed on the TV news isn't quite the way things really are."
Posted in 1990-99, Conspiracy, David Icke, Jon Rappoport, Occult
October 15, 2009 by Darryl
The Biggest Secret by David Icke
I think this is the tenth David Icke book I have read. It is, I believe, his most popular and biggest selling volume. You may wonder why I didn't make this one a priority. Well, it's because this is the book where Icke introduces the lizards for the first time, and I just wasn't ready to tackle that. I couldn't fathom that I could end up believing that our world leaders are actually shape-shifting reptilian entities from another dimension. I also didn't want to have my opinion of Icke dashed to pieces, since I have benefitted so much from other parts of his research. But … I reckoned it was time to bite the bullet and dive in.
Firstly, the title of the book led me to believe that the entire five-hundred-page volume was going to revolve around the theme of reptilian entites. It doesn't. The reptilian theme is something that Icke weaves throughout the pages, but a lot of the material in the book is concerned with hidden agendas in human society. In essence, the theory that the world is ruled by reptilian entities is based largely upon the view that the gods of antiquity were actual beings of an extra-terrestrial or inter-dimensional nature. Mankind was ruled by these so-called "gods," and many cultures do speak of reptilian gods. In Icke's view, the gods never left. Overt rule was exchanged for covert rule. Today, the British Empire is nothing more than the ancient Babylonian Empire relocated and repackaged. Rather than dismiss this whole thing with a knee-jerk reaction, there are certain elements of this research that I personally find fascinating. One is the importance that ruling monarchy place on bloodline, and especially how the bloodline of many key figures in politics, both here and in the USA, can be traced back to Charlemagne (assuming the research is accurate). I find it interesting, and a little suspicious, that we have Egyptian obelisks placed outside powerful buildings around the world. We even have a pyramid with an "all-seeing eye" on the dollar bill, and the same on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States. This is very much tied into the secret society known as Freemasonry. A look at the key figures involved in the formation of the United States reveals a massive prevalence of Freemasons. Furthermore, Freemasonry has definite links with the occult.
Icke, by his own admission, has never seen an actual reptilian. Evidence for their existence relies on the testimony of witnesses that Icke has been in contact with, including Arizona Wilder (allegedly a "mother goddess" involved in occult ritual), Christine Fitzgerald (allegedly a close confidante of Princess Diana), and Cathy O'Brien (allegedly a Project Monarch MKULTRA mind control slave). Much is said about the British Royal Family in regard to reptilians and occult ritual. Icke places massive amounts of confidence in the testimonies of the people he quotes, and it's hard to see why he should expect the reader to be carried along with it all. This reminds me of his early books, which are full of "channelled" messages from so-called psychics that Icke placed his trust in. I have to wonder if he's making essentially the same mistake here again, merely in another context.
The closing chapter of the book, and one of the most fascinating, is about Princess Diana's death. Icke goes into a lot of detail in an attempt to show that it was an assassination, and not only that but a pre-planned occult ritual sacrifice.
Much of the research in the book was sloppy, disordered and inconclusive, and in the end, I felt frustrated that I couldn't hold something resembling proof in my hand and say, "Here it is!" So, do reptilian shapeshifters rule the world? Only in the imaginations of those who read uncritically.
Posted in 1990-99, Conspiracy, David Icke, Occult, Paranormal, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Published
September 14, 2009 by Darryl
Heal the World by David Icke
David Icke, after his "spiritual awakening" (or whatever term you choose to put on his transformation from BBC sports presenter to spiritual teacher), wrote five books in a period of three years, which was a prediction given to him by psychic Betty Shine. Heal the World, published in 1993, is the fifth of those books. It could be argued that this was merely a self-fulfilling prophecy, but the only thing I want to draw attention to is that this book does appear to mark the closure of an era for Icke and the opening of a new one. The focus of Icke's first five books is entirely spiritual; there is little to no trace of the conspiracy material that defines most of his later writing.
Heal the World is one of the better books from Icke's early writings. It's a slim volume of about 100 pages, like its predecessor Days of Decision. Some of the same ground is covered: an expose of religion as mind control, which has always been fundamental to Icke's worldview, as well as a stepping beyond the constaints of conventional science. The theme of this book is self-healing, and by implicition healing the world. Topics include taking responsibility, overcoming guilt, respecting others, judgementalism, spiritual awakening, intuition, UFO activity, channelling energies.
There's much in here that Icke stands by today, but also some stuff that he has changed his views on. That's not a bad thing, really. Better a man who openly changes his mind when his understanding grows than one who stubbornly refuses to evolve. His early works had a distinct emphasis on themes like reincarnation, karma, and channelling, which he appears to have moved past. Heal the World is not a book I can agree with one hundred percent, but I don't think there's any Icke book I've felt perfectly aligned with. Besides, buying into a specific belief system is not what Icke's writings are about.
Having read ten of his books, I'm struggling to find something new to say about this one, other than it has its moments of profundity, as do many of the others. If you've never read one of Icke's books, Heal the World would make a great starting point.
Posted in 1990-99, David Icke, Occult, Religion & Spirituality
August 13, 2009 by Darryl
Love Changes Everything by David Icke
After reading many books by David Icke and being impressed with some of his views, I grew particularly interested in reading this early work as a result of the author's own comments about the book in a 2008 interview: "Love Changes Everything … I don't like that book, because it was written at the most extreme time of my transformation, when wasn't sure what planet I was on, never mind what my name was." It's well known that Icke was ridiculed in the early days for his claim of being the Son of God, or rather a Son of the Godhead. I really wanted to get to the bottom of all that. I thought his first book The Truth Vibrations would tell all, but people often get the chronology wrong. The Truth Vibrations was actually written before his head blew, and is reasonably balanced in comparison to this follow up. People associate The Truth Vibrations with Icke's "Son of the Godhead" phase because its publication coincided with the infamous Wogan interview, at which time Icke had gone through a startling spiritual experience in Peru which resulted in him transforming into someone who wasn't sure what planet he was on. And the book that lets you look into that phase of Icke's life is Love Changes Everything. The book doesn't start well, as on the very second page of the introduction, Icke states (emphasis mine):
Since the publication of The Truth Vibrations I have learned so much more as I have communicated almost daily with Rakorski, the one known as Lord of all Creation, who is directly responsible for the changes the Earth will undergo. I also communicate often with the one we know as Jesus, the Spirit of the Earth, and many others.
Icke's present view is that there never was a Jesus, and he has held that view since at least 1999 (he talks of it in The Biggest Secret). Icke now says the story of Jesus is purely astrological, containing many elements from the stories of other saviour gods of antiquity: Horus, Mithra, Buddha, Krishna, etc. It's rather startling to hear him talk of communicating with Jesus in the early days. What was really happening? Was Icke lying? Was he being deceived by lying spirits? Who can tell. At least it clears up the notion that he was claiming to be Jesus, if nothing else. What exactly did he mean by "Son of the Godhead"? From page 103:
Some find it hard to accept that there is more than one Son of the Godhead. They believe that Jesus is the only Son of God. It is true that Jesus is the most evolved of these beings, but there are many of this evolution around the universes. Sons and Daughters of the Godhead carry and channel energies which can have a very powerful effect on the energy system [of the planet], and they can also restore links between a planet and the network. They have a different role to that of a Son of Man, and the two are not the same. They are created by the Godhead to serve Creation and the energy system, and are given a particular energy package that allows them to channel and generate incredibly pure and powerful energies. The more they evolve the purer and more powerful those energies become. They also have the ability to stimulate energies in other life-forms when they travel to or through an area. However, Sons and Daughters of the Godhead should not be seen as more important or special than anyone else. They have a role to play, but then so does every single life-form, nor are they super-human. They struggle with the same emotions and problems as anyone else.
The book continues by listing some people that Icke says were Sons and Daughters of God: Akhenaten (Egyptian pharoah), Cleopatra, then Jesus. He devotes a whole chapter to Jesus, retelling his life, disregarding a great deal of what is revealed in the Bible and supplanting it with information channelled through psychics. Here, apparently, is a channelling directly from Jesus himself: "I hoped that the Earth would change. That we could remove negativity with minimal landshifts and volcanoes and then continue with the energy work. Many people seemed willing to change …"
Here's some information about John the Baptist that will give you a flavour of the sort of re-telling Icke is doing:
John had a mervellous understanding of cleansing energy systems and chakras and opening up beings spiritually by removing negativity and past-life karma. It is said that he lived in the wilderness, but it's more correct that he lived in an area where many varied plants, rocks, and crystals were available. It was also near a place of Divine Water. Divine Waters are rivers or springs which carry Godhead energies as part of the energy system. People went to John to have their physical body cleared of any lingering negativity. The final cleansing was total immersion in the Divine Waters.
Love Changes Everything is based almost entirely on information channelled through psychics, in particular Mari Shawsun. The book provides a re-telling of history, including dramatically specific information about Atlantis, King Arthur, Lucifer/Satan. Are we supposed to simply take this information on faith? Apparently so. The Jesus part of this story is what really put things in perspective for me. We know those channellings are completely wrong (and Icke knows it, too, today), so that immediately throws the entire book into the realms of imaginative fantasy. It's a nice bed-time story, but it has absolutely nothing to say about what really happened in history.
The overall problem with the book is that Icke has allowed himself to be taken for ride by the claims of psychics, and it badly damages his credibility. I can't help wondering whether he's making the same mistake today, in the credence he places in the claims of people like Credo Mutwa, Arizona Wilder, Stewart Swerdlow, Zecharia Sitchin and others – people he uses to validate his claim that world leaders are shape-shifting inter-dimensional reptilian entities.
You know, I can't deny that I've been inspired by many a thing that David Icke has said, which is why I keep reading him despite the things (incredible or otherwise) that I can't take on board. But his claim to have channelled Jesus damages my view of him more than anything else he has ever said. I am reminded to have my BS detector on full alert when reading his books.
Here are some of Icke's personal reflections on the most extreme phase of his spiritual awakening, not long before writing this book. From page 141:
Then, in March 1991, I went over for a third visit to Canada to work with a channeller, Mari Shawsun. I can remember the time vividly: it was just as if someone had flicked a light switch. Suddenly, the David Icke I have just described had taken a step back. He was still there, but no longer controlling events. I think the same thing must have happened to Mari also. It was such a strange feeling. It was as if the real me had become an observer, just looking on, sometimes in horror, at what was happening. […] What happened next, however, was a real shocker. Communications came through that I was from the evolution called Sons of the Godhead. More than that, a list of fantastic and specific physical events were given that were supposed to happen before the end of the year. To top it all I was to call a press conference and tell the world all this. […] I will never forget that press conference and I doubt if any of the journalists will either. I stood there in my tourquoise tracksuit telling them all this stuff and as I read out the list of "changes" I remember my rational aspect saying with a distant voice: "David, what the hell are you saying? This is absolute nonsense." But my mouth continued to open and my credibility continued to sign its own death warrant.
It's clear that in Love Changes Anything, Icke is in the process of recovering his rationality, but he had far from fully recovered, as is clear from the information he continued to place credence in. I leave you with a full transcript of Icke's personal reflections on the early days, from the 2008 interview mentioned at the top:
When you're working with psychics, as I was in those early days, trying to make sense of what was happening to my life and make sense of what I was beginning to understand, you're at the mercy of the psychic who is communicating information. For instance, what psychics do is they have the ability to access some of these other frequencies of existence and bring information from entities on those dimensions into this one. Now, you know, there are great footballers of world renown and there are people that kick a ball about on a team at the park on a Sunday morning. They're both footballers, but they're not the same quality of footballer – the same ability. And also, if someone has a belief system – a psychic – about a religion or Jesus or whatever, what happens is – it's like telepathy – as the energy is communicated through the psychic, the psychic will put their own spin on it, and it can come out in a less than pure way or less than the same accurate way than it was communicated, because it has gone through a filter which is based on belief – belief in something. So all these factors are in there with regard to information, in regard to how accurate it is or whatever. What I will say about the The Truth Vibrations particularly – Love Changes Everything … I don't like that book, because it was written at the most extreme time of my transformation, when wasn't sure what planet I was on, never mind what my name was. I was transforming from the person who presented the sport on the BBC to what I became, and now it's easy for me to transform from one state to another because, you know, you get used to it, and all the rest of it. But in those days, you know, I was a baby from this point of view. It was a real challenge. It was a very bewildering experience. So, Love Changes Everything was written at that time, with, to be honest, the bewilderment that I was feeling – the confusion that I was feeling. But The Truth Vibrations, the first one, which was written before my head really blew, I am extremely pleased with that. It's interesting that when I talk about things today, I'm talking about them in a more detailed way, with a greater understanding than then.
The book Icke wrote after Love Changes Everything is his autobiography In the Light of Experience, which I have read and reviewed. It provides yet more insight into his past, and is an excellent book by comparison. Perhaps Love Changes Everything should be looked at as the one book by David Icke that should never have been written.
Posted in 1990-99, David Icke, Occult, Paranormal, Religion & Spirituality
Days of Decision by David Icke
This is the fourth book David Icke wrote since his spiritual awakening in 1990. It's also his smallest, clocking up only 86 pages. Nevertheless, what it lacks in size, it makes up for in content. Chapters 1 to 4 in particular will arrest the attention of newcomers to Icke's work and dispel any notion of "crackpot" that might have festered in the wake of that long distant Wogan interview.
We begin with fast, sharp insight into all the planet-raping, soul-destroying insanity that we call normal life in the western world. Icke then shines a light on humanity's lack of thinking, exposing the conditioning of everyday life and our unthinking acquiescence it. Then comes a courageous expose on religion and its use as a tool for control. Science then comes under fire, or rather, system-serving science, which is quietly destroying the planet. You won't be unaffected by the information in these chapters. It's as relevant today as ever.
The book then turns to matters of an esoteric nature, discussing psychic channelling; the universe as a frequency; consciousness and the eternal mind; positive-negative balance (a different way of looking at good and evil); Earth as a conscious entity; an approaching spiritual awakening of humanity; and finally the importance of love.
Icke is not totally on the same page today as what he was expounding in the early 1990s, but there is much in here that reflects the same understanding he now expresses at a deeper level.
Days of Decision is compiled from speeches that Icke made all over the United Kingdom, during or not long after the days of his widespread public ridicule. It would have been amazing to attend one of those early speaking engagements. I'll bet a lot of mouths regretted their laughter before too many minutes had passed.
Copies of Days of Decision show up now and then on eBay. Well worth chasing it up. If you are someone who has never read any of Icke's work before and are completely new to his controversial views, this volume is an excellent entry point. From the back cover: "This book is written for those who are beginning their journey to truth and understanding at this time of immense change." You might well be changed after reading it.
In the Light of Experience by David Icke
Almost a year ago, I read my first David Icke book; it was I Am Me, I Am Free. Since then, I've been reading his work continuously, in tandem with my other reading. Icke's books are tough on brain, and after devouring my fifth one, I was just about Icked out. Then In the Light of Experience came along, which is a refreshingly simple book by comparison, because it's an autobiography.
What struck me as odd was that the book was written and published in 1993. Those familiar with Icke will know that he only got started on his spiritual journey in 1990, and a great deal has happened between then and now (2009). 1993 struck me as a bit early in his career for an autobiography. Nevertheless I was eager to read a detailed account of his early years, not least because these were the years when he faced the biggest ridicule – something that he has always said was the making of him, because it freed him from the prison of acting according to how others judge will us.
The internet is littered with audio and video interviews of David Icke, and he has often recounted his early experiences, such as his initial eye-opening encounters with psychic Betty Shine, his later spiritual experiences at a circle of standing stones in Peru, and the public ridicule that came on the heels of his appearance on the Wogan talkshow. You can also read a fascinating summary of his early years at the beginning of Tales from the Time Loop. I've listened to a lot of David Icke interviews (and I mean a lot), but there are things in In the Light of Experience that I have never heard him talk about anywhere else. Most fascinating of all was a relationship with a woman called Mari that resulted in a child, while David was still married to his wife Linda. Icke talks about this with brilliant honesty.
The first half of the book is devoted to Icke's earlier years: his childhood, brief football career that ended because of athritis, his time as a journalist, sports presenter, and spokesman for the British Green Party. The other half of the book is concerned with 1990 to 1993. One chapter in particular is entitled "The Son of the Godhead." Here's a couple of excerpts:
I did not have the luxury of a long and gradual preparation period that many others enjoy. My higher consciousness and those working through me just opened the top of my head, the crown chakra, and poured in these unbelievable energies. For many weeks I was staggering about like some spiritual drunk, hardly knowing what planet I was on!
The most important three words in terms of publicity and profile were "Son of God". I said I was a Son of the Godhead and this was immediately repeated in the media as the Son of the Godhead. What I said was true. We are all expressions of the energy that is everything, what I call the Infinite Mind, and what others individualise under the term God. Therefore, if you want to use symbolic language, we are all Sons and Daughters of God, all part of the Infinite Mind of Creation. But because society programmes people, even those who don't believe in religion, to think the words "Son of God" mean the biblical version of Jesus, the media predictably linked me to that whole concept of "messiahs" and the "second coming". The result was someone who was fundamentally challenging religion and the Bible view of Creation being dubbed in the media as someone who had discovered religion and was promoting the Bible!
For those who appreciate the work of David Icke, this rare and long out-of-print book is probably the deepest look you'll find into his life. Keep your eye out for it on eBay.
Posted in 1990-99, Biographies, David Icke, Occult, Paranormal, Religion & Spirituality
February 23, 2009 by Darryl
Tales from the Time Loop by David Icke
The book begins with a short autobiography, which I read with great interest, particularly to hear David Icke's own reflections on his experiences in the early 1990s, when he had his brief "son of God" phase that caused so much public ridicule. The rest of the book is divided into four parts, or layers, as they are called.
First, "The five-sense conspiracy." This is the largest section of the book and comprises some two hundred pages. Icke begins by filling us in briefly on the overall picture of the conspiracy, involving secret societies, hidden-hand leadership, pryamid power structures, and the various scams that are played on humanity. The bulk of this section of the book is taken up by an examination of the wars in Afganistan and Iraq in the wake of 9/11 – a tearing down of the propagana given to us by the mass media and a look at the US government's real motivations, as well as the consequences of their actions for innocent Middle Eastern civilians. Icke's previous book was Alice in Wonderland and the World Trade Centre Disaster. Although I haven't read that book, my guess is that the material in Tales from the Time Loop forms a sequel of sorts. The information quickly gets complicated to sift through, and I confess that at times I'm left not quite knowing what to believe. The chapter on civilian casualties is particularly moving, and at the very least the reader is left with a sense that he needs to question an awful lot more than when he hears on the TV news.
Layer 2 is "The extra-terrestrial/inter-dimensional conspiracy." To call the information in this section startling is an understatement. Essentially, Icke's claim is that many of the key people in positions of power (and throughout what is called the Illuminati) are possessed by entities from another dimension – entites that have a reptilian form. Icke was first introduced to this side of the conspiracy through receiving numerous reports in the late 1990s of people who witnessed another person "shape-shift" into a reptilian. When enough of these reports came to light, this indicated that there was something worth researching. 100 pages of Tales from the Time Loop is dedicated to this topic, merely a fraction of what went into his earlier book on the reptilians, The Biggest Secret, which I haven't read. In summary, the secret rulers of the world can be traced back to antiquity, via secret societies and religions, right back to ancient Babylon and Sumer. The worship of the serpent, in various forms, can be seen far and wide in ancient religion. Human sacrifice is one of the primary ways these entities obtain energy. Such practices never ended, but go on in secret today, among the rich and famous. Reptilian shapeshifting is commonly reported in Satanic ritual abuse.
That's just a fraction of the story. It reads like a science fiction extravaganza, and I can't get on board with all of it. Icke's big problem is that he never pauses long enough to let the reader catch his breath. The revelations come thick and fast, building one of top of the other, and the reader (me, anyway) is left behind somewhere along the way amidst a fog of information that he can't hang on to as provable. Icke relies heavily on quotes from other written souces, particularly authors Zechariah Sitchin and Stewart Swerdlow. The former has written books which take an alternative view of human history and the latter claims to have had access to an underground base where reptilians were operating from. I simply don't have enough information to make a decision. I wish Icke had simply tackled a few aspects of the reptilian theory thoroughly instead of trying to cram everything into a small space. For instance, I find it very interesting that the ancestry of the vast majority of American presidents can be traced back to Charlemagne. If that's true, then there has been something very big and very fishy going on for hundreds of years outside the public eye. I also find it very interesting that so many Freemasons were involved in the formation of America, and that government people participate in a secret dark religious ceremony at Bohemiam Grove every year. It is unquestionable that there is something shadowy going on in the world that the public is not privy to. I just wish these themes were developed fully, but all too often Icke says, "You can read more about this in my book, X." To be fair, though, Icke's summaries do raise important questions and open up many avenues waiting to be explored. Every chapter has thorough footnotes about where you can go to find out more.
Layer 3 is called "It's all an illusion". This is where the book goes in the direction that I really appreciate, where we delve into the philosophical and the intuitive. Physical reality, as we know it, isn't solid. Three-dimensional solidity is just a perception of the human body and brain. Underneath all of this, the universe is really an energy field. Now, you can believe that, or you can believe that physical solidity is the basis from which all else stems. Either way, it's a belief, and none of us can get outside of our perceptions to find out. You might ask, what does it matter? Well, if the physical universe is just a perception, perhaps consciousness is a far greater thing we have imagined. Perhaps all that exists is one gigantic consciousness, and every human life is that consciousness undergoing an experience of separation from the full magnitude of what it is. The cornerstone of this part of the book is an experience that Icke had in Brazil, where he was invited to take a psychoactive drink called ayahuasca as a means of opening the door to a higher perception of reality (a similar account is told by Aldous Huxley, regarding mescaline, in his book The Doors of Perception).
Layer 4 is "Transforming the illusion." The focus is on waking up from all the nonsense we've been conditioned to believe is normal life and all the traps that keep us hypnotised. The ultimate conclusion to all this is that we learn to laugh about life – to realise that this tiny life is just a game, full of endless possibilities, on the great canvas of infinite awareness. Really insightful stuff.
There were moments, in the earlier parts of the the book (especially the reptilian section), that I thought I was going to be giving this a bad review. But overall, when I've digested all 450 pages (and they're pretty big pages), I find myself yet again impressed with David Icke's insight. Once more, my mind has been stimulated to learn more and more from the wealth of information that lies ignored just outside the mainstream.
Posted in 2000-09, Conspiracy, David Icke, Occult, Paranormal, Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Self-Published


The 2012 Citroen DS5 debut at Shanghai Motor Show. Citroen DS5 is the first model based on HYbrid4 Citroen diesel hybrid technology that delivers high performance and environmental credentials ruling class. The system offers advanced features HYbrid4 200 horsepower, the ability to drive four-wheel, zero emission power supply for the city, and a role in stimulating the acceleration of the road – with total CO2 emissions of 99g/km only. Movement in the executive segment, target customers looking for a car Citroen DS5 very brave and strong with a very modern car.
The dynamic exterior Citroen DS5 reflects a modern expression and promises greater driving pleasure. The flowing lines, a sleek profile, muscular wheel arches – alloy wheels that roll around the large (16″ to 19″) – gives an air of confidence Citroen DS5 unique. The front of Citroen DS5 immediately identifies as a member of the DS family. It is an oversized air inlets, a large chrome-finish grille housing signs, and a new LED light signature. Specificity, Citroen DS5 boasts chrome-finished 'sabre' inserts stretching from the top of each headlamp to the windscreen. The rear design takes Citroen DS5 presence on the road at another level. The car stands firmly on wide tracks , highlighted by two exhaust pipes integrated into the rear bumper and highlighted by a signature back with six light fibers.
Citroen DS5 equally charismatic interior of a remarkable cabin fully consistent with the exterior styling. Focused on cockpit a coupe-like driving position is nearly vertical steering wheel and a large center console. Citroen DS5 immediately fires the imagination. A number of buttons, switches, scroll wheels and toggles are grouped around two main console, one low and one above the driver's head, "the pilot-style". Press the Start button interior to life. Color Head-Up Display projects important information in the driver's vision and lighting the cockpit heady mix of white and red. Citroen DS5 opens up new horizons with pioneering architecture, including: A sleek, compact body (4.52m long, 1.85m wide) and a driving position worthy of a Gran Turismo coupe. A roomy boot (up to 465 litres VDA) reminiscent of a Sportwagon. Five real seats, four doors and all the access and modularity of a hatchback.


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An active coach potato is a person who is physically active in their leisure time, but who also spends long periods of time sat down. Such sedentary behaviour increases the risk of chronic health issues such as diabetes, heart disease and strokes.
The study is published today in the Society of Occupational Medicine's scientific journal Occupational Medicine. The researchers asked 222 desk based workers and 121 managers to rate the healthiness of various combinations of sitting and physical activities during work and leisure time. They found that if a scenario included being physically active during leisure time, the employee didn't appreciate the detrimental effect of workplace sitting alongside it.
Study author, Dr Mussap said: "Uninterrupted sitting constitutes a substantial risk to physical and mental health. There are known associations with poor musculoskeletal health, a range of cardiovascular diseases and even cancer. There is a common yet incorrect belief that prolonged workplace sitting is not problematic if a person is physically active during their recreational time.


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Australian Gender Equality Council launches
Article by Loren Bridge
Alliance of Girls Schools Australasia / 18 September 2018
The Alliance is proud to be a founding member of Australia's first independent, national body dedicated to driving gender equality which launches today. The Australian Gender Equality Council (AGEC) has a member network representing over 500,000 women and girls, all of whom seek the same rights and opportunities when it comes to pay, superannuation and treatment in the workplace and society.
AGEC has the following four driving principles:
1. To act as an authoritative and independent voice for gender equality in Australia
2. To advocate for and raise awareness of gender equality in Australia
3. To develop research driven policy in the area of gender equality in Australia
4. To raise awareness of the impact upon gender equality of policy and legislation
AGEC Chair Victoria Weekes said "We are so excited to launch the Australian Gender Equality Council today, in a bid to finish the fight that our predecessors started. Through being independent and unbiased AGEC will provide a free and fair view of the true state of gender equality in Australia."
AGEC, in partnership with its member network detailed over the page will drive a cultural shift in Australia's attitudes towards gender equality through national campaigns underpinned by rigorous empirical research.
To mark the launch, AGEC has released its campaign video, titled "It's Time." The video acknowledges the work and efforts of the suffragettes and the feminist movement of the 1970s. Change is again in the wind represented by a swell of momentum across the globe; this current change is what is known as the 'third wave'. The video questions how far women have come since then, with statistics such as women earning 23% less than men, 1 in 5 women experiencing sexual violence after the age of 15, women having 42% less superannuation than men, girls receiving 27% less pocket money than boys, and 1 in 2 women being discriminated against at work for being mothers*. It concludes with an invitation to all viewers – women and men – to help finish the fight.
AGEC is asking everyday Australian women and men to help fund this message onto mainstream media in Australia. The video can be viewed below, or on YouTube or the AGEC website, www.agec.org.au. Any person or corporate wishing to either donate to the 'It's Time' campaign, or to AGEC itself to assist with its research and advocacy, are able to do so at http://www.agec.org.au/its-time.
AGEC's initial research projects include understanding the origins of gender segregation in the Australian workforce, what constitutes successful practice for workforce organisations seeking gender equality, and understanding the impact of Australia's child care system on working women. These collaborative research projects are led by AGEC's Managing Director Dr Terry Fitzsimmons, with participation by AGEC's members. Dr Fitzsimmons, who is a Senior Lecturer in Leadership at The University of Queensland Business School, said "Through our members and expert network, AGEC is well-positioned to lead these innovative and priority research projects on behalf of the working women of Australia. We firmly believe the important insights generated by our independent research will help us to drive meaningful change for all Australians through government policy, workplace practices and national conversations."
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We have been so busy lately, I feel that I have not had a moment to sit down and think. Here are a few pictures of some of our outings. I have a lot more posts to catch up, but here is a start. . .
Fun at the Jungle (even though it was the wrong Jungle) with friends.
Late night talks with Matt. Trying to sneak a picture of him before he has a chance to duck away. Used my Iphone, so not good quality. Just trying to capture a moment. Notice the Spiderman cup.
Friday nights: Stevie and Sami playing Scrabble. Steve is so excited that the boys are playing Scrabble. He is all over helping the boys with words. Stevie and Sami are such good boys.
Matt and Claire watching a movie.
Marky and Audrey climbing our tree that is in full bloom.
Seeing friends at the junior high play. The Junior HIgh put on the play Willie Wonka. We knew so many kids that were in the play.
Stevie arriving and deciding to work for his ticket.
He looks so official in his uniform.
Love the St. Patrick's hat that Marky made at Ms. Kimmy's.
Saying goodbye to Sam's family.
Steve took Chelsea and Stevie skiing during ski week. The only picture he captured was Chelsea on the balcony. That girl LOVES balconies. She always tells us that she is going to live in a house with a large balcony.


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Q: Shopify - Shorten/change 'Sort By' filter list options (not just changing default order) I want to reduce the number of options available for users to sort by on my website. The default list of options is too long (e.g. there is no need to sort alphabetically, which is one of the default options), and I'd possibly like to rephrase some of them too.
I believe the code below is the most relevant. I can't seem to find where the sort_options are stored. I am using the Debut theme.
Note that I am not trying to create any new criteria to sort-by, only to reduce the options and rename them.
              {% if section.settings.sort_enable %}

                  {%- assign sort_by = collection.sort_by | default: collection.default_sort_by -%}
                  {{ 'collections.sorting.title' | t }}

                    <select name="sort_by" id="SortBy"
                      class="filters-toolbar__input hidden"
                      aria-describedby="a11y-refresh-page-message a11y-selection-message"
                      data-default-sortby="{{ collection.default_sort_by }}">
                      {%- for option in collection.sort_options -%}
                        <option value="{{ option.value }}" {% if option.value == sort_by %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ option.name }}</option>
                      {%- endfor -%}
                    </select>
                    {% include 'icon-chevron-down' %}

              {% endif %}

A: Create a variable with option keys you want to hide and then just check whether the current option key is a part of that variable within the for loop.
{%- assign sortOptionsToSkip = "title-ascending,title-descending" -%}
{%- for option in collection.sort_options -%}
    {%- if sortOptionsToSkip contains option.value -%}
      {%- continue -%}
  {%- endif -%}
  <option value="{{ option.value }}" {% if option.value == sort_by %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ option.name }}</option>
{%- endfor -%}

Or just use the following if you only need to hide the alphabetical sort options:
{%- for option in collection.sort_options -%}
  {%- if option.value contains "title" -%}
    {%- continue -%}
  {%- endif -%}
  <option value="{{ option.value }}" {% if option.value == sort_by %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ option.name }}</option>
{%- endfor -%}

Use case/when control flow tags to use other option names, again by matching it by key.
{%- for option in collection.sort_options -%}
  <option value="{{ option.value }}" {% if option.value == sort_by %}selected="selected"{% endif %}>
    {% case option.value %}
        {%- when "best-selling" -%}
          Best
      {%- when "created-ascending" -%}
            Old first
      {%- else -%}
          {{ option.name }}
      {%- endcase -%}
    </option>
{%- endfor -%}

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Moderated by Victor Mugo from CSAYN, five panelists, including young farmers and researchers, shared challenges of and opportunities for involving youth in agriculture.
Panelists of the youth event. From left to right: Jessie Mburu, Antony Malovi, Caroline Kabateria, Evan Girvetz, Catherine Mungai. Photo: CCAFS East Africa. See more photos on Flickr.
Jessie Mburu, a young farmer from the Africa Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN), highlighted that young farmers faced many challenges such as lack of information, inconsistencies in government extension programs, buying uncertified seeds, poor animal husbandry and breeding, among others. For him, the most important step forward is to create awareness among the youth and motivate them to join agriculture.
Awareness raising shouldn't just happen at conferences, said Antony Malovi, a young maize farmer from Millennials in Agribusiness (MIA). As we create awareness, we need to start moving to other places from Nairobi and engage youth there. "We need to take these discussions out of the conference rooms," he concluded.
To successfully engage young people, they need to be able to see agriculture as a desirable profession. Caroline Kabateria, a young farmer from CSAYN Uganda, is working to try and change young people's perception of agriculture. She argued that the government should advocate for a better education system through which students could appreciate farming. She also emphasized the need for sharing forums that can reach the grass-roots level.
Harnessing digital technologies is the future of agriculture in Africa, said Evan Girvetz, Senior Scientist at CIAT. Technology is not only a game-changer for agriculture; it could also encourage today's tech-savvy youth to go into agriculture. He also said that farmer business schools are important for understanding how to manage the farm as a business.
And finally, Catherine Mungai, CCAFS East Africa Partnerships and Policy Specialist, made a recommendation to document what young people are already doing in agriculture and start organizing learning visits for them so they can exchange knowledge and best practices with each other.
The session ended with the launch of the Kenyan Chapter of CSAYN. It is anticipated that working with the network in Kenya will facilitate the involvement of youth in the development and implementation of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) strategies and implementation frameworks at county level.
During the session, Maren Radeny and John Recha, scientists at CCAFS East Africa, presented CCAFS in a nutshell and introduced the journalists to the concept of CSA.
CCAFS East Africa hopes that our work inspires these young journalists to raise awareness on the issues of climate change in agriculture and help us promote CSA. After the presentations, we received a request from one of the West African journalists to participate in their broadcast, and John Recha was interviewed by five of the participants from Malawi, Uganda, Benin and Kenya who sought more information on CSA and the Climate-Smart Villages.
Lili Szilagyi is the Communications Consultant at CCAFS East Africa. Catherine Mungai is the Partnerships and Policy Specialist at CCAFS East Africa.


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Pandemic exposing 'cracks' in financial system, bank losses likely': IMF
By Pete Schroeder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The novel coronavirus outbreak has exposed "cracks" in the global financial system and "will likely" see banks suffer both credit losses and market losses that will test their reserves, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Tuesday.
FILE PHOTO: Canary Wharf is seen illuminated blue in support of NHS and other key workers as the number of coronavirus cases increases globally, London, Britain, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Paul Childs
The world's largest multilateral lender cautioned that while banks have built up strong capital and liquidity buffers, and passed regular stress tests, since the 2007-2009 financial crisis, the potential for a long and severe downturn will put the firms to the test.
"This crisis presents a very serious threat to the stability of the global financial system," the IMF wrote in its Global Financial Stability Report ahead of its virtual summit with the World Bank in place of its usual spring gathering.
"Today, of course, we are in the very adverse economic scenario ... we do expect that most banks and most banking systems are going to be stable," said Tobias Adrian, the director of the IMF's monetary and capital markets department. "There might be some additional struggles in some banking systems and for some banks around the world."
Measures to stem the spread of the virus have put 16 million Americans out of work, wiped trillions of dollars off global stock markets and could lead to the worst economic crash since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the IMF warned last week.
"The declines in asset prices are expected to lead to losses on banks' portfolios of risky securities, though this could be partly offset by gains on their holdings of safe-haven assets," the IMF said.
Prior to the report's release, JPMorgan Chase & Co and Wells Fargo both reported their quarterly profits steeply fell as the firms set aside billions of dollars in preparation for potentially huge numbers of loans in default.
The IMF flagged that emerging strain in the U.S. commercial real estate sector, as tenants struggle to pay their landlords, were a point of potential stress for banks who account for as much as 70% of lending to that sector.
Companies have been rushing to draw down what the IMF estimated was $10 trillion in unused credit lines at the end of 2019, pressuring banks to eat into their liquidity buffers.
The fall in oil prices is also likely to lead to credit losses among energy lenders, while banks may also take losses on loans to struggling households, the IMF said.
"The longer the sudden stop in economic activity continues, the more likely it is that banks will see credit losses," it added.
Policymakers have already taken "decisive" fiscal and monetary policy steps to soften the impact of the pandemic, the IMF said. In the United States, the Federal Reserve has taken a volley of unprecedented measures to prop up the economy.
But some emerging and frontier economies do not have the firepower of their Western peers and are facing a "perfect storm" as domestic financial stress is compounded by record funds outflows and reduced access to external debt financing.
"This loss of external debt financing is likely to put pressure on more leveraged and less creditworthy borrowers," the IMF warned.
Reporting by Pete Schroeder; editing by Michelle Price, Michael Perry and Tom Brown


You didn't make up that anti-Obama meme. You just believed it without reading the full text of the quote, considering it thoughtfully, and coming to your own conclusion.
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IT WAS NOT pretty, it was not convincing and it will not be enough to turn their season around on its own. But Chelsea fans will not care about that – it was a home win and that is all that matters right now.
Stamford Bridge these days is a nervous, edgy place – and not just because the pavements are slippery.
Every home game is a trial for Rafa Benitez's squad, a minefield to be negotiated by a team whose confidence has the fragility of a snowflake.
But yesterday against bitter rivals in a game they had to win to confirm third place in the table as their own, Chelsea finally triumphed, finally hung on.
It was still edgy, mind you. They were once again as brilliant for 45 minutes as Arsenal were awful, and two goals up at the break thanks to Juan Mata and Frank Lampard's penalty.
But nothing is ever sure these days with Chelsea. On Wednesday just such a lead had been squandered against Southampton.
This time, despite Theo Walcott's second-half goal, fingernails bitten to the quick, the team made it to the wire.
In the great scheme of things it was a result that makes little difference to the overall picture of the Premier League. Neither of these teams are good enough to win the title. As this game showed, both can be very good for 45 minutes. But 90? Look elsewhere.
After their poor first half, Arsenal just did not have enough to recover. Arsene Wenger's team are now seven points off the top four, with one win in five games in all competitions, after successive league defeats by Manchester City and Chelsea.
For Chelsea it was only a third home win in nine games, their first this year. And for once, Benitez was not booed. Joy at the eventual result took the fans' minds off it.
But Chelsea's players' minds will have been done a world of good by this game. It would be going a bit far to say they have put their home hoodoo behind them, but it will help.
Benitez, robbed by injury of David Luiz, boldly started with a newly-shorn Fernando Torres up front, and the Spaniard had one of his better games.
But it was Arsenal who missed a chance after just five minutes that could have turned this game on its head. Walcott put Olivier Giroud clean through, but the Frenchman criminally shot wide.
The punishment was instant. Ramires left Francis Coquelin in a heap with a lunge, but referee Martin Atkinson waved play on. Cesar Azpilicueta's superb pass put Mata clear, and the Spaniard finished coolly past Wojciech Szczesny.
Petr Cech turned Santi Cazorla's shot round a post, but Arsenal were being overwhelmed. Eden Hazard saw his shot tipped round the post and Oscar drove over. But then Mata cleverly put Ramires free in the box.
Szczesny lunged out and brought the Brazilian down for the penalty – but was astonishingly only booked and not sent off. It did not matter. Lampard rattled home the spot kick, and the Gunners had a mountain to climb.
It could have been worse, Ramires shooting just wide and then Torres blazing over.
Arsenal, though, came out for the second half a different team and Cech was forced to make good saves from Per Mertesacker and Walcott.
They deservedly got one back when Walcott raced on to Cazorla's pass to beat Cech. Arsenal threw themselves forward, but Walcott put a good chance wide, Thomas Vermaelen wasted a free-kick and Giroud headed straight at Cech.
Time and again Chelsea got a boot or a head in the way. Torres could have made sure but his touch was too heavy and Szczesny saved.
Demba Ba, on for Torres, could have also made it safe late on after rounding Szczesny on the edge of area, only for Vermaelen to block his shot.
But Chelsea made it over the line. Where Arsenal are is another matter.


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87/2010 2010-12-21 Notification about the change of shares
The Management Board of Boryszew S.A. informs that on December 21st, 2010 the Company received a notification from Mr. Roman Krzysztof Karkosik about the transaction of purchase on December 15th, 2010 on the Warsaw Stock Exchange 341,000 pieces of shares of Boryszew S.A., which has resulted the change of shares of Mr. Roman Krzysztof Karkosik in the total number of votes by 1 % at the GM of Boryszew S.A.
Before change, e.g. On December 14th, 2010 Mr. Roman Krzysztof Karkosik owned 221,031,430 pieces of shares of Boryszew S.A. constituting 58.77 % share in the equity. The owned shares gave 221,031,430 votes at GM, which constituted 58.73 % of the total number of votes at GM.
At present Mr. Roman Krzysztof Karkosik owns 221,713,801 pieces of Boryszew's shares, constituting 58.95 % of equity and 430,039,703 pieces of rights to shares of Boryszew S.A.
Shares together with rights to shares (651,753,504 pieces) will constitute 57.76 % of the equity. The owned shares give 221,713,801 votes at GM, which constitute 58.91 % of the total number of votes at GM and together with rights to shares (651.753,504) will constitute 57.75 % of the total number of votes at GM of Boryszew S.A.


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There were two special elections in 1979 to the United States House of Representatives in the 96th United States Congress.  Both of them were won by Republicans, filling seats that were vacant since the January 3, 1979 beginning of the term.

List of elections

Elections are listed by date and district.

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| Leo Ryan
|  | Democratic
| 1972
|  | Incumbent member-elect had been re-elected November 7, 1978, but was then murdered November 18, 1978.New member elected April 3, 1979.Republican gain.
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| William A. Steiger
|  | Republican
| 1966
|  | Incumbent member-elect had been re-elected November 7, 1978, but then died December 4, 1978.New member elected April 3, 1979.Republican hold.
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The number of people moving abroad is rising each year - mostly families relocating for increasingly long periods of time. It's an enriching experience, but it can be a challenge psychologically.
The homecoming experience, which is part and parcel of the whole expat experience, doesn't generate the same excitement and thrill of the new that you feel when you're embarking on an adventure, but the emotions are no less powerful.
Living abroad is a wonderful experience. It opens your horizons. It offers you the chance to experience unique and sometimes unusual encounters. It's an opportunity for personal, professional and financial growth and it allows families to grow together too.


Terje Saether makes a much anticipated return to John Johnson's ICONYC with 'Silver Lining'. The Norwegian artist last appeared on the US imprint in July of 2017 with a remix of 'Witchcraft' by Michael & Levan and Stiven Rivic. Also owning releases on Connaisseur Recordings, Hope Recordings and Parquet, Terje now returns to ICONYC with a brand new artist showcase.
As seen across his diverse discography Terje is adept at crafting a broad spectrum of electronic music. The EP's first track 'Thinking' is tough yet deep and sounds ideally suited for late night action. Quite heavy sounding it definitely carries a large presence throughout. It's the vocal narrative which is most compelling though, looping through various phrases as electronics sizzle, eventually leading to a short break which resets the groove to lock you on once again.
Next up is 'True' which shows the Norwegian's borderless approach perfectly. A chunky low end offers endless amounts of groove while a tech house style percussion section adds copious dance floor flair. It's no secret Terje likes to work with vocals and once again it's a sparsely used, ultra processed storyboard which burrows deep into your subconscious. There's something quite funky about it and it plays off the groove wonderfully.
The release concludes with it's title and showcase piece 'Silver Lining' which comes in as an acid fueled peak time rocker. As soon as I hear the acid lines i immediately recall 'Acperience' and that's a great thing. The complementary elements and timely transitions are what really add the icing on the cake. Everything from bleepy stabs to wonky motifs get the piece to a higher level and definitely make it one people are going to remember long after the night it over. It rounds out a super EP from one of the underground's most underrated artists. Highly recommended music from John Johnson's ICONYC imprint once again.


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Complera Class Action Lawsuit
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A class of HIV medications that includes Gilead's Complera (Emtricitabine, Rilpivirine , Tenofovir) have been linked to severe kidney problems and bone fractures / breaks.
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Fort Wayne-South Bend Cursillo Movement
Make a friend, be a friend, bring a friend to Christ!
History of Cursillo
Make a Cursillo
Leadership Board / Secretariat
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The Cursillo Weekend
A Faith Experience
Live a Cursillo Weekend to discover the beauty of our Catholic Faith and a life in grace
Cursillo Calendar
Cursillo Weekends for 2022
2023 Men's Weekends:
October 5-8
2023 Women's Weekends:
Feb. 9-12
Nov. 2-5
The Cursillo Weekend is an opportunity to encounter Christ in yourself and in other attendees from the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese. It provides an opportunity to strengthen your faith through prayer, Sacraments, worship, and education while being away from everyday responsibilities.
Who Should Attend a Cursillo Weekend?
Catholic men and women who want to develop a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ are welcome to learn more about attending a Cursillo Weekend.
If you are a Catholic who wants to develop a better understanding of the Holy Spirit and to learn how to share the joy of God's love with friends, this weekend is for you.
What to Expect on a Cursillo Weekend?
While on a Cursillo Weekend, expect to discover your own unique value and to develop new friendships. You will also experience God's love and receive the confidence needed to impact your community and bring the presence of Christ to all you meet.
The Cursillo Weekend begins on Thursday night and consists of educational talks from clergy and lay presenters. There are also small group discussions, prayer, Mass, time to relax, fun, laughter, joy, and the opportunity for Confession.
What Do Others Say about their Cursillo Experience?
"After my Cursillo weekend, I had a roadmap towards a deeper relationship with Christ."
– Bill D'Andrea
"Cursillo has given me a this whole new community of women who have shown me new and amazing ways to grow in my faith. My love of the Holy Spirit has been rekindled and His gifts have been set ablaze in me. I am so grateful to God for bringing Cursillo into my life."
– Jackie Oberhausen
Where Do Cursillo Weekends Take Place?
Cursillo Weekends usually occur at St. Felix Catholic Center (1280 Hitzfield Street, Huntington, IN 46750).
St. Felix Catholic Center was the home of Blessed Solanus Casey for 10 years. It provides private, simple Franciscan-style bedrooms with outlets. Each wing in the center has a large restroom with shower facilities.
How Do I Apply for a Cursillo Weekend?
Thank you for your interest in being a candidate on a Cursillo Weekend. If you know someone who has been on a Cursillo Weekend, a great first step is to reach out him or her to find out more about the experience. If you don't know anyone who has been on a Cursillo Weekend, feel free to reach out to us through the contact form below and we'll be in touch to share more about Cursillo and the application process.
Please note that applications for Cursillo Weekends are taken year-round. Because applications are accepted from across the diocese and each Weekend can only admit a certain number of candidates, it could be that not all applicants can be accepted for the next scheduled Weekend.
The cost for the entire Weekend is $125 which includes food and lodging. $25 is due at the time of the application and the remaining $100 is due upon arrival. Checks may be written to the "Fort Wayne-South Bend Cursillo Movement" and mailed to the address below. (Because there is limited space on each Weekend and due to the number of applications received for each Weekend, your application is not complete until your non-refundable $25 deposit is received.)
Thank you again for your interest!
c/o: Our Lady of Good Hope
7215 St. Joe Rd
Fort Wayne, IN 46835-1567
Email us at: fwsbcursillo@gmail.com
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Photostory: Rehabilitating patients in a "forgotten crisis"
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MSF physiotherapy staff Brice works with Jean Noel, a 46-year-old trauma patient who survived a traffic accident, in Bangui, CAR.
© Elise Mertens/MSF
In Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, an innovative MSF physiotherapy team is helping patients recover from the trauma of road accidents and violence.
Despite the country experiencing ongoing conflict and the fact that around half the population relies on humanitarian assistance, the situation is often called "a forgotten crisis".
This makes the work of the physiotherapy department at SICA Hospital – established by the International Society for Construction in Africa – all the more crucial.
They support patients who would otherwise have limited access to rehabilitative care to regain their independence, reintegrate into their family, social and work lives and learn to live with a new physical condition.
Haroun, 28, was stabbed in the chest several times. He's now learning to breathe again through physio sessions.
Complex injuries
Around three-quarters of patients seen by the team have been involved in a road accident or wounded by bullets or knives.
In order to avoid long-term consequences, due to the bad repositioning of bones or the weakening of key muscles, physiotherapists must treat patients as early as possible. This is often as soon as they leave the operating theatre, or on their way to the emergency department.
Whatever the treatment, the road to regaining mobility can often last for months or even years.
As well as applying plaster, bandages and giving massages, the team members also listen and reassure.
Throughout physio sessions, close links are forged between patients and staff.
For many patients, this helps lead to the acceptance of their new physical condition – a vital moment in their recovery, achieved through physiotherapy.
The physio team
Composed of five members, the MSF physiotherapy team perform an average of 150 consultations per week with patients inside the hospital and monitor over 100 more through outpatient services.
Moara, Seraphin, Bonaventure, Elsa and Brice form the physiotherapy team at the SICA Hospital in Bangui, CAR.
Over 10 percent of those treated in the Bangui hospital have been referred from provinces elsewhere in the country.
However, due to the lack of specialised care outside the capital, ensuring the continuity of rehabilitation can be difficult once patients are discharged.
Elastics, balls and weights are powerful tools in teaching patients how to regain motion.
For this reason, the MSF physiotherapists work to make sure that patients learn simple exercises that can be reproduced at home, so they can get back on track as quickly as possible.
Looking towards the future
After a motorbike accident in April 2017, Stephanie had to have her left leg amputated. She recently received her final prosthesis.
Fractures due to road accidents are often so complex that they require external fixation with metal frames. For some patients, their injuries may be so severe that they will need to go through an amputation.
However, the MSF team works to ensure that patients are prepared for a future with their new condition.
In the Central African Republic, MSF is currently able to provide prosthetics for lower limbs and is working on adapting to fit upper limbs by 2019.
Zakaria, 25, was injured by a grenade in April 2018. He suffered open fractures to both legs and later had his left leg amputated.
In the first six months of 2018 alone, the team at the SICA Hospital treated 738 new patients and provided more than 6,500 sessions.
MSF in the Central African Republic
Since gaining independence in 1960, the Central African Republic has been plagued by political instability and violence.
It remains one of the poorest countries in the world, despite considerable natural resources. Despite a peace deal signed in February 2019, extreme violence has continued in many regions of the country, exacerbating the already immense humanitarian needs.
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) first began work in Central African Republic in 1997. Our teams run projects for local and displaced communities in eight provinces and in the capital, Bangui, providing primary and emergency care, maternal and paediatric services, trauma surgery and treatment for malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.


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Grades Are Not God
Grades Are Frightening Students Away From Mission
By Russell Fiorella
Teach me to be generous,
Teach me to serve you as you deserve,
To give and not to count the cost,
To fight and not to heed the wounds,
To toil and not to seek for rest,
To labor and not to ask for reward,
Save that of knowing I do your will.
Prayer for Generosity, attributed to St. Ignatius
Teaching theology at a Jesuit high school has taught me grades are not God. Discovering the wonders and struggles of the world and growing into a deeper understanding of oneself is a divine experience. A student's edification ought to reflect that. The most inimical word in Jesuit education is "reward." While the average student is conditioned to perceive education as a transaction, "If I accomplish this, I will receive this," a Jesuit educated student should learn out of love. For learning out of love allows students to enter into relationship with the greatest of wonders, the greatest of loves, and hopefully inspires action in love's name in light of that experience. The illustrious Fr. Pedro Arrupe S.J. summarizes this utmost point better than anyone:
Today's prime educational objective must be to form men and women for others; men and women who will live not for themselves but for God and his Christ…men and women who cannot even conceive of love of God which does not include love for the least of our neighbors.
Finding God in one's education should be effortless, humbling, limitless, continual. Finding God should be about broadening one's perception of reality, using questions big and small as tools for insight. Finding love also requires using one's heart as a source of courage and a compass for discerning how to realistically make an impact on others for the greater good. Grades hamper this formational experience.
Jesuit educators ought to be honest about the effect grades have on the mission. These thoughts and questions I'm posing are meant to stimulate an extremely challenging yet necessary conversation among learning communities, from students to parents, teachers to administrators. This conversation requires a sizable amount of hard research, open mindedness, creativity, audacity, and a lot of time-time for contemplation, further conversation, and discernment. A starting point is untangling how words like "success," "vocation," "reward," "desire," and "failure" among others are understood in the context of Catholic Jesuit education. Such discussions could create a more refined and widespread understanding of Ignatius' Prayer for Generosity among students at the end of four years. What follows can only be great.
I have had success intentionally directing my students' attention away from grades. Rather than pinning numbers and letters to their performance, I regularly serve my students feedback in the form of detailed written comments or face-to-face consultations. At the end of each marking period, students take time composing reflective writing pieces. What they gleaned from their reflections helps them determine where they were in their journey before proposing a grade. Instead of me judging their performance, the student and I come to a conclusion together. Out of over five hundred grades put forward by students this past, perhaps ten were off the mark. Half of those ten probably lowballed. My students have responded to my less grade-centric approach to learning with resounding appreciation. At the conclusion of the year they celebrated how the questions, conversations, projects, writing pieces, the general investigation into the human experience made learning infinitely more meaningful.
No moment has been more inspiring than reading a final reflection from one of my quieter freshmen, Matt. He expressed how his first year had been difficult-there were problems unfolding at home, friends were hard to come by and so were good grades. Despite his forgettable struggles, my class proved a memorable adventure leaving a lasting impact:
"I truly looked forward to going to your class each day . . . It was challenging and fun and not about 'getting the grade.'' And although I wasn't your best student, your class makes me want to look deeper into what we talked about this year. Thank you."
Matt was certainly not the most intellectual student. But throughout he "learned to learn out of love" and will be returning for his sophomore year. Entering my third year teaching I continue to pray Saint Ignatius' Prayer for Generosity, hoping its words become real for students like Matt and all students enrolled at Jesuit schools. But I also pray Ignatius' prayer as a reminder of my mission as a Jesuit educator: to form students empowered and inspired to give themselves away to others, for the love of it.
-excerpt from Fiorella's essay Save That of Knowing I Do Your Will: Grades Are Frightening Students Away From Mission
Russ Fiorella teaches Old and New Testament studies at St. Peter's Preparatory, an all-boys Jesuit high school in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Author Barbara Anne RadtkePosted on June 11, 2019 Categories Catholic high school culture, Catholic high school students, Catholic school identityTags Ignatius Prayer for Generosity, mission of high school, Russell FiorellaLeave a comment on Grades Are Not God
Building Community in a Culture of Individuals
By Eric Surat
The National Catholic Educational Association's website currently has a live timer counting down to Catholic Schools' Week, the way news outlets might have one leading up to the New Year, or ESPN for the Super Bowl. For many students Catholic Schools' Week means going out of uniform, spirit days, and other fun activities. For teachers, it may also mean hosting a school open house. There are liturgical celebrations, often a Mass. But amidst all these activities, what is Catholic Schools' Week really about?
The NCEA writes that since 1974 Catholic Schools' Week has been a time to "focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to our church, our communities and our nation." In an increasingly diverse world, and indeed an increasingly diverse Church, the value a Catholic education provides is increasingly difficult to define. By what metric are we to determine this value? Standardized test scores? College acceptance rates? Certainly there are non-Catholic schools that are as successful or potentially more so in these types of categories. What about faith-based metrics; participation in sacramental preparation, Mass attendance, retention of Church membership after graduation? Such metrics miss the growing population of Catholic school students who are, in fact, not members of the Catholic Church or who may not conform to traditional metrics of membership. Surely these students are still imbued with the charism of Catholic education.
It seems then, that a topic for reflection during Catholic Schools' Week in 2019 could be a question not so much of value, but first, of identity. What makes Catholic education distinctive? Who are we that serve in the endeavor of Catholic education? What is uniquely Catholic in our methods and in our goals? What – beyond even Church membership – makes us Catholic? And why, in terms of education, does it matter that we are Catholic?
A possible answer to these questions could build on an understanding of Catholic schools as particular communities which inform the moral, ethical, and spiritual formation of young people. Catholic schools offer more than robust education. They offer an understanding of community and the human person that is grounded in a particular faith tradition; one that sees the human person as fundamentally in relationship with God, gifted with life, and deserving of love. This belief is at the core of Catholic anthropology. By identifying as Catholic, Catholic schools take on the task not only of academic formation but also the human formation of their students. And the task of forming adolescents has never been more challenging and dynamic than it is in 2019.
In her book Navigating Toward Adulthood: A Theology of Ministry with Adolescents, Theresa O'Keefe identifies several contemporary challenges facing adolescent development. One of the major challenges she describes in her second chapter, "Sailing Solo," is a "cultural individualism" in the United States which "proclaims that the greatest accomplishments are achieved on one's own. But these narratives promote a false vision, because they dismiss the essential role that relationships with others played in accomplishing the tasks." She describes a cultural dynamic of self-interest in competition with relationships, as though they are caught in a zero-sum game. This dynamic can be particularly damaging to adolescents, who are focused on achievement and maximizing their value, all while not having fully realized their own cognitive development as adults. It sets up a world view in which adolescents understand success, and indeed personal value, as in direct competition with their peers' from an early age. Therefore, identity is primarily formed by individual achievements or potential.
Catholic schools are in a unique position to challenge this kind of individualistic identity and replace it with a community that emphasizes relationships as essential for the human formation of adolescents. Catholic school identity, rather than one derived from achievement and success beyond one's peers, is rooted in love and is made manifest by modeling that love and compassion for others. To use O'Keefe's language once more, a Catholic school can be a "community [that] models the truth that we are never perfect – never free of mistakes – but always open to greater grace." Catholic schools could function as a proving ground for the development of this relational consciousness, and could combat the notion that we work best when we work alone. In contemporary individualistic culture, this communal, relational identity may be the greatest offering of Catholic schools for adolescents.
Author Barbara Anne RadtkePosted on January 26, 2019 Categories Catholic high school culture, Catholic school identity, cultureTags #CSW19, Catholic Schools Week, Eric Surat, Theresa O'KeefeLeave a comment on Catholic Schools Week
A New Season of Ministry
. . . instead of seeing my role as a parent as taking away from the energy I could give to my work, I was able instead to notice all the ways that this can enrich my work and faith life
By Huy Huynh
Looking back on my last school year, I can now see there were some places where my work had become stale, stagnant, and routine. Having been in this position for over ten years, I was able to run some programs and retreats on autopilot. However, the danger of being complacent became clear during my last retreat of the year.
I was unsure of whether or not I wanted to write about this. Would it be a poor reflection of my ministry, my workplace or, in general, me as a person? The more I thought and prayed on it, the more I believed that at least some of you would be able to relate. So here it is.
It was a retreat that I had created and run many times. However, this time it would be different because two other high schools were joining us. I made some adjustments to involve the other schools but, in large, kept the program the same. I think the retreat was fun, relaxing, and valuable to some degree, for all the students. However, as the retreat finished, I knew that I had missed the mark. I had used a program that was planned for my students. I forgot to start with the "who." Who was I ministering to? Where were all of these students coming from? What were their needs? In short, how could I meet them where they are?
What had led to this complacency? I have come up with a few ideas.
Having run these programs so many times, I could treat these programs like a formula. I lost sight of the fact that the variables are always changing. The students and leaders are always different. Their chemistry and the spirit of the retreat is always different. The context, or what is happening in our lives is different. No program, class, or retreat is really the same and I tried to make it that.
There was something else that was different. Me. There had been so many changes in my personal life. My second child was just born a few months before and my daughter had just turned two. While, for me, becoming a parent has often felt like the best thing that has ever happened in my life, it has also changed everything. There is more to balance. More to do. More to take care of. More to love.
I can also say parenting is ALL consuming. It has taken up so much time, energy, and attention. There is more worry and more gray hairs. There is less sleep and less time for relaxing. It can seem like there is no time for hobbies, personal care or my own spiritual wellness. There are few opportunities to go for a run, go hiking, read, be silent, pray or go on a personal retreat.
But being a father is not all sleepless nights and busy days. It has also enriched my life in so many ways. It has helped me to remember that everyone was someone's little baby, everyone is a child of God. It has helped me to learn to trust my instincts. I have had to learn how to be more flexible and ready to reset when things don't go according to plan.
I think that last year I was so consumed by trying to manage the busyness of family and worklife, that I allowed myself to become stagnant at work. But this year, instead of seeing my role as a parent as taking away from the energy I could give to my work, I was able instead to notice all the ways that this can enrich my work and faith life.
With this new perspective, I felt different coming back to school. Something shifted. It did not feel like just another school year. Rather, it felt like a new school year with new students and new possibilities. I engaged my work with a sense of openness, freedom, and creativity. I started with the questions of who am I serving, what is our goal, how do we get there, and how is God in this? I have loosened my grips on planned agendas and programs to leave space for new ideas from students, co-workers, myself, and of course the Holy Spirit. My ministry has felt alive and fulfilling.
And so what has changed? Perhaps it was the humbling experience of a tough retreat that woke me up. Perhaps it was finding more confidence, peace, and trust in my role as a father. Perhaps it was being more intentional about making the time to take care of my mind, body, and spiritual life.
In all of this, the thing that has surprised me most, is my comfort with the lack of balance and my imperfection. In my younger years, I would have spent so much time beating myself up for not running a "perfect" program. There is nothing like parenting to remind you that "perfect" is just not possible. I can only give what I have to give and that has to be enough.
I wonder if anyone can relate to this. Have you experienced these different seasons of your ministry, your personal life, and your spiritual life? How do you see them connecting or affecting each other? How have you made peace with imperfection?
Huy Huynh is a campus minister at a Catholic high school in the Boston area.
Author Barbara Anne RadtkePosted on November 16, 2018 Categories balance work-life, Catholic high school campus ministry, ministry renewal, well-being of ministersTags being perfect in ministry, imperfection in ministry, minister as parentLeave a comment on A New Season of Ministry


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Notogomphus is a genus of dragonflies in the family Gomphidae, containing the following species:

Notogomphus anaci
Notogomphus butoloensis
Notogomphus cottarellii
Notogomphus dendrohyrax
Notogomphus dorsalis
Notogomphus flavifrons
Notogomphus kilimandjaricus
Notogomphus lecythus
Notogomphus leroyi
Notogomphus lujai
Notogomphus maathaiae
Notogomphus maryae
Notogomphus meruensis
Notogomphus moorei
Notogomphus praetorius
Notogomphus ruppeli
Notogomphus speciosus
Notogomphus spinosus
Notogomphus verschuereni
Notogomphus zernyi

References

Gomphidae
Anisoptera genera
Taxa named by Edmond de Sélys Longchamps
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot


Chairperson of the Board of the International public association "Gender Perspectives" Irina Alkhovka addressed Informal Interactive Multi-stakeholders Hearings in support of the preparatory process towards the High-Level Plenary Meeting to review the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons.
This year the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked Belarus 30th out of 144 countries in its Global Gender Gap Index. According to its indicators, Belarus surpassed highly developed countries such as Canada (35) and the United States (45). However, unlike other countries at the top of the list, Belarus does not have any coherent strategy to achieve gender equality.
In July 2016, Belarusian Facebook users showed support for the initiative #IamNotAfraidToSayIt (#янебаюсясказаць in Belarusian). Originally a Facebook post by a Ukrainian journalist against gender-based violence, it quickly grew into a spontaneous online phenomenon which transcended borders.
Open letter on the necessity of passing the Legislation on Domestic Violence Prevention in Belarus based on gender equality principles and international standards.
'Construction workers suffer for the Olympics in Russia', 'Exploitation on mushroom farms in The Netherlands', 'Abuse in Czech asparagus field', 'Inhumane conditions in Italian tomato fields' and 'Strawberry pickers in Greece shot at'. This has happened right here in Europe.