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Here are all the friendly faces that make up your Caxton Youth team.
We understand the issues faced by many young disabled people.
That's why our team are dedicated to providing you with the best experiences, that help you achieve a brighter future.
Our Full Time Youth Team
Rosemary Swainston
Rose is our CEO and a qualified Youth worker. Rose joins us from Home-Start Wandsworth, a local charity supporting families with children under 5, where she has been leading a team of staff and volunteers through the pandemic. Before this she was part of the leadership team and a Youth worker at Caxton Youth Organisation for six years. She has a wealth of experience in Youth and Community work and specialises in working with young people with learning disabilities.
Rose is an enthusiastic leader, a Trustee in the youth sector and a community volunteer for the RSPB. Most importantly she is passionate about the work of Caxton Youth Organisation in supporting young people with learning disabilities towards independence and celebrating their achievements.
Eliane Edmond
Head of Programmes
Eliane is Caxton's Head of Programmes. She is running the Emotional and Social Wellbeing programme with City Bridge trust equipping people with the tools to improve their wellbeing. Eliane is a qualified Youth Worker (MA) as well as supporting the youth work team in the delivery of the programmes and activities at Caxton. Eliane also runs Caxton's social media, ensuring that it is as youth-led as possible. This helps to develop young people's skills and leadership skills.
Floyd Hall
Senior Youth Worker
Floyd is the Senior Youth Worker at Caxton Youth Organisation. A qualified Youth Worker, his specialist areas are substance misuse education, and child protection.
Floyd leads Caxton's Health and Personal Care Programme, which supports young people to be healthy and to be able to make informed choices about their health.
Craig Gardiner
Fundraising Manager
Craig started as Caxton's Fundraising Manager in October 2021 and specialises in fundraising from charitable trusts and foundations. He is passionate about improving opportunities for young people and believes that youth-led spaces like Caxton are instrumental to building independence, nurturing community and enabling young people to fulfil their potential.
Our Part Time Support
Jessie Frost
Finance and Facilities Officer
Jessie joined the Organisation in July 2018. Her role includes includes office work, supporting staff members with their work and anything else that needs doing to help the running of the Organisation.
Ilaria Parinni
Ilaria joined Caxton in March 2021 as part of her uni placement and has loved Caxton since her start. She is now part of our part-time team. Supporting young people at Caxton inspired her to research and advocate for young people's independence and personal identity. She is particularly interested in promoting young people with disabilities' rights through relationships with their friends and families, and she is determined (one day) to bring the youth club culture back to Italy, where she is from!
Alex Hiscock
Alex attended Caxton for over 4 years as a youth member; enjoying the chance to help younger members. She joined the staff team in September 2020 and is helping to lead a project called "Getting back on track." In her spare time she enjoys sport, fitness and walking, sometimes walking and hiking over a hundred miles a week. She hopes to inspire and encourage young people to meet their fitness goals and become healthier.
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Lucy Rowley – Treasurer
Ann Caro
Nicola Carlile
Marc Myers
Rys Farthing
Donna Shannon
Peter Lewis
Hend Rahman
Delphina Johnson
Specialist Staff
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Description of the Grounds, Buildings, Industries and Aims of the Carlisle Indian Training School
Richard Henry Pratt reports on the buildings, grounds, industrial curriculum, and overall aims of the Carlisle Indian Training School. The report includes descriptions of building sizes and purposes, industrial capabilities, and the efforts then underway to establish Congressional approval for the school's continuation. Also included are…
Photographs, Reports
Buildings and Grounds, Enrollment Statistics and Policies, Industrial Training - General, Education
Standard Forms & Transactions:
Submission of Plans to Build Hospital at the Carlisle School
Richard Henry Pratt submits plans and specifications for building a new Hospital on the grounds of the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt notes that he has received multiple estimates for the cost of the building as well as supplies and believes that the use of Indian Apprentices will greatly reduce labor costs. He states that the old Hospital…
Blueprints/Architectural Drawings, Letters/Correspondence
New Building Construction, Industrial Training - Carpentry, Buildings and Grounds
Building Specifications, Request for Funds
Proposal for Building New Dining Room
Richard Henry Pratt transmits to the Bureau of Indian Affairs plans for a building at the Carlisle Indian School to include a kitchen, dining room, laundry, and a sewing room along with a cellar for commissary supplies, root cellar, and coal bin. Pratt notes that using School labor and materials he can cut the cost down from the estimates given…
Food and Dining, New Building Construction
Specifications for Proposed Dining Room to Built
Specifications for the proposed Dining Room to be built at the Carlisle Indian School by Richard Henry Pratt.
Letters/Correspondence
Supplies and Materials, Buildings and Grounds
Request for a New School Building
Richard Henry Pratt requests that Congress provide an appropriation for building a new school building through the Office of Indian Affairs. Pratt notes that the school can accommodate 600 students except for its school rooms which are overcrowded at 440 students. He provides the history of the current building and the reasons for his request…
Request to Build Addition to Teacher's Mess Hall
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to add an addition to the teacher's mess hall. Pratt details the work to be done and notes that most of the work can be done in house.
Building Repairs and Expansions, Students Working in Industrial Training, Buildings and Grounds - Supplies and Materials
Building Specifications, Request to Spend Funds
Pratt Requests Authority to Expand Employee Accommodations
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to expand the accommodations for teachers and employees at the Carlisle Indian School.
Building Repairs and Expansions, Supplies and Materials, School Employees - Housing
Plans and Specifications for Storehouse
Richard Henry Pratt forwards plans and specifications for the proposed storehouse at the Carlisle Indian School.
New Building Construction, Supplies and Materials
Plans and Specifications for Addition to Girls Building
Richard Henry Pratt forwards sends plans and specifications for adding on to the girls dormitory due to only receiving half of the appropriation for the building. Pratt also discusses the need for the new building in order to eliminate crowding. Included are seven enclosures including blueprints for the building, plan for the water closets, and…
Building Repairs and Expansions, School Utilities
Pratt Submits Plans and Estimates for New Blacksmith and Wagon Shop
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to build a new blacksmith and wagon shop at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt submits specifications, estimate of supplies and labor, and blueprints.
New Building Construction, Buildings and Grounds - Supplies and Materials, Industrial Training - Blacksmithing, Industrial Training - Wagonmaking
Request to Build Addition to Gymnasium
Richard Henry Pratt requests to use unexpended money from the current fiscal year along with some additional funds from the following fiscal year to erect an addition to the Gymnasium.
Building Repairs and Expansions, Financial Affairs - Management
Pratt Reports on Dimensions of Dorms, Dining, and School Rooms
Richard Henry Pratt provides a list of the rooms and dimensions for the sleeping quarters, dining room, and school rooms at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt focuses on the dormitories due to the excess space as compared to Office regulations.
Buildings and Grounds, Student Living Conditions
Plans and Specifications for Expansion to School Building
Richard Henry Pratt provides his recommendations for expanding the school building at the Carlisle Indian School. Pratt provides blueprints along with the specifications for the expansion.
Buildings and Grounds, Students Working in Industrial Training, Buildings and Grounds - Supplies and Materials
Proposal to Build Additional Employee Quarters
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to purchase various supplies to build new employee quarters along with hiring skilled laborers. Pratt includes plans for the first floor of the building.
Request to Add Additional Space to Dining Room
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to make an addition to the southwest portion of the dining room in order to better meet departmental regulations.
Building Repairs and Expansions, Food and Dining, Supplies and Materials, Enrollment Statistics and Policies
Pratt Requests Authority to Build Third Story to Small Boys Dormitory
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to build a third story to the small boys dormitory in order to alleviate crowding during the winter.
Building Repairs and Expansions, Student Living Conditions
Mercer Submits Plans and Specifications for Addition to Small Boys Dorm
William A. Mercer forwards the plans and specifications for adding a third story to the small boys dormitory and revises the estimate.
Building Repairs and Expansions, Supplies and Materials
Synopsis of Buildings at the Carlisle Indian School
J. R. Wise indicates that he has sent the Office of Indian Affairs a set of floor plans and front and side elevations of all buildings in the Carlisle Indian School. Wise also attaches a synopsis of several buildings.
Request to Alter Height of Ceilings in Wings of the New Hospital
J. R. Wise requests information from William A. Mercer related to the height of the ceilings of the one-story wings of the new hospital building. Wise notes that having the ceilings of the wings differ from the rest of the building would make it more difficult to add an additional story later on
Mercer forwards the letter to the…
New Building Construction


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Термін часто використовується для опису туристичних компаній і квиткових агентств, які рекламують себе як авіакомпанії, але не мають сертифіката авіаоператора та не мають контракту з одним або декількома сертифікованими операторами на польоти та технічне обслуговування літаків, часто за чартерною угодою. Незважаючи на те, що літак експлуатується іншими особами з нормативної точки зору, літак може мати вигляд віртуальної авіакомпанії та може належати цій компанії чи орендуватися нею.

Походження
Віртуальні авіалінії виникли в Сполучених Штатах Америки після різких змін, спричинених Законом про дерегуляцію авіакомпаній 1978 року. У роки гіперконкуренції відразу після дерегуляції основні авіакомпанії вважали, що конкурувати з перевізниками-початківцями на багатьох маршрутах, які вони зараз обслуговують, стає дедалі невигідніше. Замість того, щоб повністю відмовитися від маршрутів, великі перевізники часто укладали маркетингові домовленості з меншими авіакомпаніями, щоб літати під «вивіскою», або лівреєю, більшої авіакомпанії. Ці регіональні авіакомпанії, імітуючи відомі великі авіакомпанії в рекламі та прагнучи зробити сполучення якомога більш безперешкодними, незабаром відмовилися від власних місцевих маршрутів. У більшості випадків регіональні авіакомпанії вважали більш вигідним обслуговувати магістральні вузли як додаткову операцію, а не працювати самостійно.

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Ros Taylor
No more denial: let's accept the inevitable and fight for the best Brexit we can
Many supporters of remaining in the EU are in denial about Brexit, writes Simon Hix. But if the referendum result is not accepted, the 48% who voted to stay are in danger of being sidelined in the most important debate in Britain in the past 50 years. We need to accept the fact that the UK is leaving the EU, and emerge from it with the best possible deal. He identifies four policies pro-European Leavers – as well as dismayed Remainers – could adopt.
Remainers need to accept that the Commons is unlikely to overturn the referendum result. Chris Hanretty has estimated that a majority voted for Leave in 421 Westminster constituencies. Many of the Remain MPs, in both the Conservatives and Labour, will quickly change their positions. Parliament will also not want to provoke a constitutional crisis by voting against a popular majority.
Photo: Cesar Astudillo via a CC-BY-NC 2.0 licence
Denying the referendum result also ignores an underlying reality: that the UK has been drifting from the centre of gravity in Europe for several decades. We may have been leaders on the single market and enlargement in the 1980s and 1990s, but since then we have become increasingly isolated. Our political elites, in both Labour and the Conservatives, have never accepted that the EU is a political project, not just an economic one, and this is unlikely to change. We have been heading for the exit door for some time.
So we are leaving the EU, and the sooner this is accepted by Remain voters and campaigners, the sooner we can think about what the majority of the British people want in terms of Britain's future relations with the EU.
The new Conservative cabinet seems to be divided between two groups:
The hard-Brexiteers, such as the Brexit secretary David Davis and international trade secretary Liam Fox, who want a clean break with the EU – which may mean leaving the single market, restrictions on immigration, perhaps a new free trade agreement with the EU, new trade deals with other countries, and radical deregulation and tax-cutting to maintain our global competitiveness.
The reluctant-Remainers, such as chancellor Philip Hammond and home secretary Amber Rudd, in contrast, are likely to favour moving into the European Economic Area temporarily, but only if the UK can extract concessions from the EU to allow restrictions on the free movement of people.
Beyond that, there does not seem much else this group can agree on – and with Theresa May's commitment that "Brexit means Brexit", I suspect the hardliners will win out in cabinet battles over the choices ahead.
A pro-European Leave position
What is missing, then, is a "pro-European Leave" position. This is not a misnomer. This position accepts that we are leaving the EU, but also sets out a set of policies to establish a close and permanent relationship between the UK and the EU. This would be the preferred outcome of a clear majority of voters: most of the 16.1 million who voted to remain, as well as many of the so-called "liberal leavers". For example, a recent poll by ORB found that 20% of Leave voters would prioritise single market access over restricting immigration. This position could entail four main policies.
First, the UK should be a member of the European Economic Area for as long as possible, to preserve free movement of goods, services and capital, including "passporting" for financial services. This may not be sustainable in the long-run, as the EEA was not designed for a large country like the UK. In the longer term, a new framework for "not in the EU, but in the European single market" might emerge, but that is not on the table at the moment.
Second, the UK should maintain free movement of people, but with an "emergency brake", if that is achievable. Yes, many people voted Leave to restrict immigration. However, maintaining free movement of people is vital for our service economy, including the creative industries and our universities as well as financial services, and is crucial for younger generations of Brits who value this "right". Maintaining free movement of people may be the only way to remain in the EEA. Free movement of people would guarantee the rights of 1.2 million Brits living elsewhere in the EU and the 3 million EU citizens currently in the UK. Recent survey data from YouGov suggests that a narrow majority of British citizens still favour free movement of people. Also, with a falling pound, a downturn in the British economy, and fears of xenophobia in Britain, there is likely to be a significant drop in EU migrants coming to the UK in the next few years, which will take some of the sting out of this issue.
It might be possible to negotiate an emergency brake within the EEA, such as a monthly quota on the number of national insurance numbers issued to EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens elsewhere in the EU. But if that is not achievable, we should accept free movement and commit to keep negotiating on this issue, as part of a reform of free movement in the EEA or even in the EU as a whole, which is now on the table.
In addition, supporting the continued free movement of people should be combined with flanking policies to address the legitimate concerns of the millions of people negatively affected by large-scale migration. For example, the government should clamp down on employers who pay cash to undercut the minimum wage, and there should be targeted public spending to alleviate pressure on schools, hospitals, and housing.
Third, there should be close social and cultural co-operation with the EU. This should include UK participation in educational exchanges such as Erasmus, European scientific co-operation such as the European Research Council and the Horizon2020 research programme, and European film and TV collaboration such as the MEDIA programme. This would be valuable for cultural engagement and social relations, and would also be critically important for the economic interests of our universities, our scientific researchers and our creative industries, who contribute £84bn per year to the UK economy. In practice, this policy would mean the UK paying into these parts of the EU budget, but this would be a small price to pay for the funds received and for a 'seat at the table' when key decisions are made about European education, science and media.
Fourth, there should be close UK-EU security co-operation. We cannot allow the UK leaving the EU to destabilise European security, for example by encouraging Putin to stoke up trouble in the Baltic States. The UK should commit to close and permanent foreign, security and defence co-operation with the EU, such as collaboration between foreign policy and defence officials and an annual UK-EU security summit.
Who will make the case?
These positions are surely supported by almost all of the 48 per cent who voted Remain. They are also supported by many of the "liberal leavers", who perhaps make up 10-15 per cent of the Leave voters. In other words, a large majority of the British people want the UK to maintain the closest possible relations with the EU. In contrast, only a small minority supports the version of Brexit advocated by the leading Brexiteers in Theresa May's cabinet.
The problem, though, is that no one seems to be articulating this "pro-European" version of Brexit. The Labour party is embroiled in in-fighting, while the Liberal Democrats are promising to campaign in the next election to take Britain back into the EU. Could a new movement emerge from the Britain Stronger In campaign? Could someone on the moderate wing of Labour step up to articulate this vision? Could someone on the pro-European wing of the Conservatives step forward? Or could a new party be created from outside parliament, by civil society leaders, industrialists and representatives from the creative industries, and intellectuals and opinion formers?
Without a new force to articulate these views, to represent the majority of the public who want a close and permanent relationship between Britain and Europe, we may end up isolated from our continent, and suffering the disastrous economic, political and social consequences that will result.
This post represents the views of the author and not those of the BrexitVote blog, nor the LSE.
Simon Hix is Harold Laski Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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Actually I think a lot of remain campaigners are saying loud and clear that – if this has to happen, IF – we would certainly want it to be as close to what you outline above as possible. But I'd say this is best achieved by contnuing to ensure the government is left in no doubt about the huge strength of feeling among the 48%. As ian Hislop pointed out on Question Time we are entitled, in the spirit of opposition, to keep on making the agrument that we are unhappy about this general 'let's-leave-but-we-don't-know-quite-how' debacle and still value what the EU has to offer..http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36742691
Keeping up pressure on the government to hear our voices and represent our interests is key. In negotiating terms, your points 1-4 should be a fall-back position not an ideal one, and we are in very early negotiating days.
Roy Grainger says:
Hislop gets £40,000 a show for HIGNFY doesn't he ? No chance of a Lithuanian taking his job.
Simplistic analysis of 'migrants taking British jobs'. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/20/reality-check-are-eu-migrants-really-taking-british-jobs Ah but that's a bunch of experts talking.
Alan Sked says:
I welcome some movement from the Remain Camp but there will have to be more. Simon's article is still suffused with Remain denial whatever he says about accepting the results. Opinion polls are used as an argument that the vast majority still really wishes to remain in the single market and Leave is still equated with 'isolation from our continent' (?!) along with predictions of gloom. There is no acknowledgement that EU and non-EU states have equal access and voting rights in EU funding consortia and overall the argument is that Brexit can only be on Remain terms.
Thanks for the few concessionary crumbs Simon and sorry you lost the vote but this will not do. The new government will lead Britain into an entirely new role in the world while the EU gradually unravels. As Churchill said: we will be with you but not of you.
Alan.
Henk E. Goemans says:
But the EU will not unravel, dear boy.
Tad Stone says:
I think it is only a matter of time before the EU unravels. The U.K. Will be successful in developing new trade deals, with or without the EU, immigration will start to be controlled, and laws will be made for the people by the sovereign government. People in other EU countries will say "why can't we have this" and public opinion will move against the EU. As the EU dictators impose more control to maintain their position there will be moves against them that eventually can only be controlled by force. The end, just like the Soviet Union.
Some very confident uses of the future tense, there – UK 'will be successful in developing new trade deals'…'immigration will start to be controlled'…. 'laws will be made'. Really? What if this is all just wishful thinking? I never cease to be amazed at this image of the UK as able to dictate terms in any negotiation.
It's because I am confident in our ability to succeed whatever. Glass half full. It's easy to talk ourselves down – the media does it all the time in search of a story, never mind the damage. We I'll succeed. Bet you.
Paul Clieu says:
Louise,
In the EU, the UK has no right to make Trade deals, to control the quantity and quality of EU migrants and unsuitable laws are imposed on the UK by all manner of unelected and unaccountable bodies. Leaving the EU may not cure all these ills, but it is clearly a necessary first step.
Since these fixing these issues must be universally regarded as desirable, once it becomes possible, we must assume progress will be rapid.
Banana says:
The EU's goose is cooked. The inevitability of ever closer union has been punctured. Much of Southern Europe has been economically ruined by the EU; when they see the UK swanning off into the sunset the desire to continue the economic torture for the sake of Eurosolidarity will be pretty limited I imagine.
On top of the economic issues, hard right eurosceptic forces are on the rise in places like Austria, the Netherlands, France. Not looking good for the EU.
Tad Stone, you are are indeed optimistic – slightly naive I would say.
Let´s look at some general facts from the last 3 weeks
1) UK in an economic crisis (huge currency drop)
2) UK in a political crisis (no effective opposition leadership – add a few nut case ministers…)
3) UK in a constituional crisis: (Scotland & N. Ireland prefer the EU to the the UK)
4) UK in a social crisis (Hate crimes rates embarrassingly high for a developed country)
5) EU support on the rise on the continent (polls conducted in several key EU member states)
6) EU economy does´t seem to be affected by the economic mess in the UK
Well go figure… 🙂
I think it will. Politicians can only paper over the cracks for so long. Hey will ofcourse endeavour to keep doing so … but EU economy flat lined, undo,payment 10%, southern countries in trouble and Italians banks in crisis now, wanting €140bn bailout … apparently that's the tip of the iceberg …not to mention the refugee crisis. There will just be a growing divide between the politicians and the lives of real people and eventually the fault lines will be too big to paper over any more.
It's already unraveling.
Robert Hunter says:
The waters are muddied with Remainers who think we must leave and Leavers who wish now to remain. Some entertain the fantasy of "negotiating the best deal for Brexit". Well, Cameron negotiated a deal – including the "emergency brake" mentioned above – back in February, a deal for our continuing membership of the EU, subject to endorsement in the referendum. The EU didn't regard June 23rd as a dress rehearsal for Brexit – it was the real deal. Once Article 50 is activated the only negotiations triggered by it are the mechanics of our exit from the EU. It's not another bite of the cherry to be had from Parliament or another referendum. If we're lucky we might also get in tandem a chance to fast-track some bilateral trade deals with countries outside the EU – there are none, repeat, none at present. The gravity of the situation involved in actually leaving the EU would unfold over months and years, well beyond the current Westminster froth of revolving government doors and an imploding Opposition. That's why the legitimacy question that needs to be put in a General Election is not the Premiership of Theresa May or her Cabinet but the constitutional right of parliamentary representative government to cede to plebiscite opinion the competence to govern a process of such manifold complexity as Britain's exit from the European Union.
Excactly !
@_SimonBarnett says:
The "emergency break" to which you refer is available to EFTA/EEA members under articles 112 and 113 (safeguard measures) of the EEA treaty. This could be used to mitigate the effects of Directive 2004/38/EC, if we accept article 28 on the free movement of *WORKERS*.
This is important as an FTA or (god forbid) a hard exit to WTO rules, while providing basic protections to trade-in-goods, would be highly unsuited to the UK economy. Our offensive interests lie in services, especially financial services that require EEA financial passporting. (Note that the Swiss trade through London because they aren't in the EEA).
But *ANY* trade deal of sufficient complexity to addresses these issues – including extended WTO arrangements – is going to include provision for economic rights of free movement, including the right of a worker to accept an offer employment.
It is essential that we get these facts, which were suppressed during the referendum, out into the open now, so that misinformed kippers don't try to tear up significant trade deals, just because they have "Europe" in the name.
Ioannis Glinavos says:
Ok, I get the feeling behind this post, I really do. I am the prototypical frustrated Remainer. Yet I was never pro-EU institutions. Anyone who has spent decades grumbling about EU problems could rally behind an EU minus participation centered on the 4 freedoms, like EEA.
The question is what would be the benefit to the British Establishment in participating in the single market, yet not in the decision making mechanisms that allow it to evolve.
Perhaps there is some reason yet to resist the outcome of the referendum. If economic catastrophe follows (say a property crash), Leavers will reconsider. One tends to care more about the contents of their wallet, than their distaste of foreign neighbours.
Likewise I welcome the re ignition to move on and look at how we shape our future outside the EU ….. but I think we can all agree polls have been shown to be unreliable.
We have to remember that there were constant warningss on the ecominy as well as the EU telling us Before the Vote that there would be no access to the single market without open borders … Yet STILL 17.4m people voted Leave.
You have to conclude there is something Leave voters hold even more dear then the economy.
@Debbie – the warnings regards EEA access (notably from Strauble) were prompted by Osbourne and had mostly been rowed back by close of 24th June. https://t.co/bzbUlX1Tww
We will have to accept Free movement (https://t.co/iEPSdYmZGM), but it's important to remember that there is a sound economic reason for that – it's fee movement of *WORKERS*, not open borders.
I don't think anyone I have met who voted Leave wants to pull up the drawbridge completely, but they do want to decide who walks across it. So I agree it requires a proper system that we have control over …. but where I might differ is that I don't think the controls should be 100% related to driving the economy, there is something about the social fabric of communities and society that people are worried about too …it needs rebalancing. A 100% focus on the economy will also drive a further wedge between London and the rest of the country and in the long run that cannot be good for our society.
Happy to agree on that – but for me there is also a wider European social fabric and communities issue, which is about a bond of peace and a determination to keep far right nationalism at bay across the continent. It is aguable that a decision based on narrow UK economic interests damages this wider fabric. These are points of vision and principles, not necessarily amenable to a clear factual answer
The campaign was won by lying to voters.
Why should anyone agree to accept a decision based on falsehoods?
What kind of society would we be if we let the lies that fooled a slim majority drive us into economic depression and cripple our most productive sectors, the best case Brexit scenario, or much worse?
You mean the lie about an emergency budget with immediate tax increases for everyone ? Or do you think no potential Leave voters believed that and voted Remain ? Your whole one-sided argument about "lies" rests on the fact you think a large number of people who voted Leave are stupid and will believe anything they are told but no-one who voted Remain is.
Mark Riley says:
The amount of lies and general hysteria was a factor, all those promises of World War III breaking out, Punishment budgets, an end to inter railing, plagues of locusts, etc etc that were so transparent and bullying certainly pushed me to vote out.
Indeed. The only "lie" that the Remainers ever mention is the one which said let's stop sending 350M to the EU (which actually was a lie, it's more than that) and spend it on the NHS. So really what they wanted was for the Leave campaign to say lets stop sending 200M net to the EU and spend it on the NHS. They seem to think people would have said "200M ? No, I'm only voting Leave for 350M". However the punishment budget with 2-3% income tax increases was an explicit promise which has been entirely broken.
Ken Adams says:
The biggest lie was the status quo option it was never on the cards, as pointed out in the article we do not fit in the EU we do not want to be full members of the club and never have.
Raddiy says:
This is not moving on, it is akin in theory to the Wright Brothers moving on from their gliders to the powered Flyer, but doing so before the internal combustion engine was invented. Absolutely pointless!
Immigration or Free Movement is of primary concern not only to the 52%, but a large proportion of the 48%, anybody who still includes free movement in argument in any form, is defying the public instruction, and denying the reality. Free movement is finished, never to arise again,if you want to work here you will need a work permit.
When is moving on not moving on?
When it is anything coming from a Remainer.
The Remainers still don't get it. They insist that the vote was won by 17.4 million people's distaste for foreigners or their being duped by lies. This won't do. The EU failed on its record. Lies from Remain –everything from the threat of World War Three to the denial that France and Germany were planning a European army– abounded. No positive case for the EU or its future was made. Mention of its migrant crisis was dismissed as racist. Nothing but Project Fear was on offer and that went over the top. Your correspondents are still at it. Reality has still to sink in. It seems that if they have to choose between a failing, dysfunctional and disoriented EU and democracy they will choose the EU. Just more proof that neither it nor its supporters are democratic.
Alan, we only get one thing, you are the only one who gets it,.
Me and 17.4 million!
Kapri says:
I like to party, not look areitlcs up online. You made it happen.
This piece is long on desiderata and wishful thinking, and rather short on practical suggestions as to how this might be achieved:
For example: "… there should be close social and cultural co-operation with the EU. This should include UK participation in educational exchanges such as Erasmus, European scientific co-operation such as the European Research Council and the Horizon2020 research programme … this policy would mean the UK paying into these parts of the EU budget". Right. I'm sure the Commission will be dispatching large number of civil servants to work out special arrangements for the UK to allow this participation, because they'll be so desperate to have us in all of their projects, after we told them to get stuffed at a collective level.
Alan Sked, would you have stopped campaigning to leave the EU if the vote has gone the other way and was 52% Remain?
I would have accepted the result as valid. Whatever my views of the Remain campaign I would not have questioned the legitimacy of the vote or insulted the voters themselves. I would not have asked Parliament to ignore the result.
Charles Turner says:
I don't believe you. Nor do I believe that UKIP would have decided to pipe down and not field any candidates in 2020.
On a broader issue, whatever side you are on, MPs have completely abandoned the principle of parliamentary sovereignty, Not by refusing to ignore the result, but by allowing a decision over the future rights of EU citizens to be made by the executive, plus a bunch of unelected officials, without any parliamentary scrutiny whatever. Because if article 50 is triggered without an act of parliament, this is what will happen. my right to live and work in 28 countries will disappear, and be replaced by the right to live and work in 1 country. Poles and Romanians will continue to be able to do so in 27 countries. This will happen as a fait accompli, because the lisbon treaty does not provide for any ratification of a deal by the country that is leaving.
I have nothing to do with UKIP which I left in 1997.
I would indeed have accepted the result. Under UK law -/the Referendum Act— any further transfer of power automatically triggers a new referendum. I could then have taken up the cause again. Meanwhile I would have had other things to do.
But would you have stopped campaigning to leave the EU?
Had Scotland voted for independence, which as a Scot I opposed, I would have accepted that. On what democratic grounds could I have asked for the vote to be overturned? I thought Salmond lied and that Scottish nationalists were ill-informed and deluded but the result would have had to be accepted. There cannot be annual referendums on Scottish independence.
And there cannot be annual referendums on British independence. You have to accept this. You wouldn't be granting another had you won. Be honest. Grow up. Accept the democratic verdict of the majority.
I was very disappointed but not surprised that England lost to Iceland in the football. And only by ONE goal. Should we, the about 40 million Englash have asked for a replay because we didn't like the result.
Likewise a young friend said we Leavers stole his future. I countered by asking him if he would allow someone he didn't know or ask for advice to decide which computer games he could play, which friends he could have, where he could go on holiday, what food he could eat, and who he had to marry. Angrily he shouted NO!!! Point made. I won't be told how to run my life by unelected corrupt EU officials. I prefer to be told by our own corrupt but elected MPs!!!
But *ANY* trade deal of sufficient complexity to addresses these issues – including extended WTO arrangements – is going to include provision for economic rights of free movement, including the right of a worker to accept an offer of employment.
I disagree that the voice of the remain side is lost in rejecting brexit. The reason it isn't, is that Brexit is fiendishly complex (speaking from my day job as a lawyer) and not even well understood by the brexiteers.
This isn't a unilateral decision and there are many checks and balances. I fully expect the UK to be a member of the EU in 5 years time: not even the most ardent brexiteers are keen to commit economic suicide.
If anything people who want to "compromise" have got it wrong: just turn up the heat on the leaders of leave to deliver EVERYTHING they promised and make sure the country understands when they fail.
I wonder when people will acknowledge that before the vote the electorate were repeatedly warned of the economic consequences of Leaving, they were also v clearly told by the EU there would be no access to the single market without a freedom of movement. Yet STILL 17.4m voted Leave.
Is it just possible that most people have concluded they value the social and democratic impact more than the economic??
Or rather that they simply didn't believe it? There was a lot of counter-arguing from Vote Leave that this was just EU posturing, that of course the EU would want to do a generous deal with us because we're so valuable to them, and of course we'd be able to drive a hrad bargain giving us single market access AND migration control.
You say that 'in addition, supporting the continued free movement of people should be combined with flanking policies to address the legitimate concerns of the millions of people negatively affected by large-scale migration. For example, the government should clamp down on employers who pay cash to undercut the minimum wage, and there should be targeted public spending to alleviate pressure on schools, hospitals, and housing'
We could have done all these things at any time in the last 10 year. why suddenly think of them after leaving the EU? A position more consistent with brexit would be to tell all non-UK Eu citizens to leave the UK.
Stuart Michael Davies says:
It is all silly and a mess, the best thing for the UK itself is to remain in the EU sort out this mess then see if we can get ourselves in a better position to leave in the future, many those who voted leave regret their vote I think it was worked out at about 7% which puts the vote in favor of remain. Only 37.5% of the electorate voted leave which is not a majority as it needs to be 40% or more to be classed as a majority and the referendum was even ran illegally if you look up the UK law on referendums. The downside is that the Pm as some in her cabinet wish us to leave the EU not to benefit the country but so they can pass certain laws that were being blocked by human rights or workers rights laws from the EU. Either way the country is split down the middle and most of this countries educated people make up the remain side these are the only people clever enough to fix this mess as the leavers seem to be uneducated and won't know how to fix this and do not even care that they have messed this country up for the next few decades.
It's leave now or never. The rules are changing. What a shame people here don't have faith in their own Country. I am proud of my Country and absolutely sure that we will succeed out of the EU.
Pete Hudson says:
Well the EU has been a lot better for me than the UK has. I take my consequences from the referendum result and will be relinquishing my UK citizenship in favour of that of another EU country. I look forward to watching the chaos from a distance and seeing who you'll be blaming for the actions of the UK government once the old scapegoat, the EU, is no longer a factor!
Wow. It's citizens like you we don't need. I am of immigrant stock and thank the heavens I was born in this country. I make sure my children are aware of their good fortune of having been born here. We have made mistakes in the UK but goodness, you will soon see the benefits of living here when you move away. It's an incredible country is so many, often very subtle ways. The UK is like the Catholic Church: it thinks in terms of centuries. Brexit is merely a minor blip in a long and phenomenal history.
One more point: hang on to your UK citizenship; you won't be the first to hurry back when you see what life is like outside the UK. Or when the EU collapses. But if I had my way, I wouldn't let you have it back. Brexit means Brexit!
Debs says:
It amazes me why Remainers are so wedded to the idea of free movement of people. The working classes and poor middle classes have seen their standard of living ,wages and job prospects fall because of oversupply of cheap labour.An emergency break will never be enacted .We need something more definate that will be fairer to non EU citizens too.
It doesn't sound to me from this article that acceptance by EU lovers is around the corner at all.Leave means Leave.
Dodgy geezer says:
I cannot understand what this 'free movement ' is, that everyone seems so concerned about.
If the UK wants people to be able to come here, either to work or for a holiday, it's up to the UK to allow it. The same applies to other countries. Why is this seen as a problem?
The Future says:
The Youth of Britain Will Never Forget that Their Right To Live and Work in 27 Countries has been Stolen. They Will Reverse This Even if it takes decades… This Will Never Be Over…
You can still live and work in these countries. You need only apply. What you have lost is an automatic right.
Really? EU Economy has flatlined, unemployment is 10% and in some countries it's as high as 50% for the 'youth' ….that's why they all want to come here. Southern European countries in big trouble. We all know Greece is on its knees but Spain is struggling and the Italian banks are now in crisis – seeking a €140bn bailout from EU just for starters (apparently tip of the ice berg).
Exactly what golden future have we robbed you of?
Are you familiar with EUs plans for ever closer economic, monetary and political union? These are openly published on European Commission website. By 2025 all Eurozone countries to transfer their treasury function to the EU. What does that mean long term? Basically individual member states will lose control over decisions relating to running their own economy's … it's another key part of the infrastructure of a Superstate.
I wonder will the youth of Britain have the grace to thank Leave voters in 20-30 yrs time when all other EU states subsumed into an EU Superstate, where all major decisions affecting individuals lives are no-longer taken I the state but by the EU and an individual's vote is worthless as one of 430m people (without the UK).
I was under the impression that there are many countries in the world that do not have to have free movement of people to trade with the EU.
Had David Cameron provided all of the available information to both sides, put forward a balanced view of the pros and cons for Remain, and not tried to to scare and bully us the result might have been different.
As it was he was not balanced which gave support to my starting definition of a senior politician do "a two faced, self-serving intelligent idiot." I then wait to be proved wrong.
Cameron was in my mind, an honest and decent man for a politician before the referendum. By his actions he quickly became my definition. Hence, I ceased to trust him which reinforced my Leave position. Many others I spoke to said the same. And oddly enough, none of us are stupid, racist or as required by Cameron gullible.
John B says:
Thank god the author if this risible article will not be negotiating our exit. What defeatist nonsense. We hold virtually all the important cards in the deck. If I run my business like Hix is suggesting we should negotiate I would not have lasted a year.
Step aside and let the adults deal with this.
Jim Blythe says:
There are indeed other issues, but the economy is pretty important – unless of course you are fairly wealthy. I think it would be helpful to remember that a lot of people have made life-determining choices based on being in the EU: they have started businesses that depend on EU membership, students have started courses based on EU membership, people have bought retirement homes in EU countries, people have already retired there (and how will they get health insurance when they can no longer access French and Spanish National Health services)? Some people are working in EU countries, some work part of their time in the EU. Last night I was talking to a University dean who told me he has already had EU students cancelling their places for next year, and has had one resignation from the staff, and Art 50 hasn't even been triggered yet. These are facts, and they are why people are not going to "suck it up" or give up on EU membership. Nigel Farage is on record as saying that he would continue to campaign if the referendum was for Remain, and I think most Leave voters would have felt the same. That's democracy and freedom of speech – something we appear to be losing fast in the wake of the referendum.
Derek Emery says:
See The only way to save the EU is for the UK to leave it http://qz.com/721089/the-case-for-brexit/
…."If there is a wakeup call it has to be a recognition that it's not austerity that's going to get them out of this," he says. "Austerity simply means after Germany bankrupts peripheral Europe and can no longer do so, they push their entire surplus abroad. And the US will probably have to absorb it."
And that would ultimately be catastrophic: Even the US can't borrow from foreign countries to pay for its imports forever. And when austerity has worn away enough of the global economy's ability to grow, those debts will bury the world in another financial crisis, maybe even a reprise of the Great Depression…..
A Musson says:
Good article. Remainers and "liberal leavers" together constitute a majority which could end up being ignored by an opportunistic government. I've started a parliament epetition about retaining single market access. Anyone who is in favour of this could sign it and circulate on to others. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/149966
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"These positions are surely supported by almost all of the 48 per cent who voted Remain."
Probably not. Indeed almost certainly not.
Take your suggestions on scientific research. Probably 95% of Remain voters are involved in research.only to the extent their wallets are raided to pay for it. In particular:
1. They don't get to choose how much is spent.
2. or what type of research is conducted.
3. They don't know that it represents a good investment of their money.
4. There is almost no transparency. They can't look up the amounts awarded and spent and the value the taxpayer received.
4. It is entirely possible that ordinary taxpayers presented with a truthful cost benefit analysis on EU and State funded research might conclude that a great deal of their money is being misspent by cosy groups of academics who recommend each others' insignificant projects just to keep the money flowing.
Finn Jackson says:
I want my democracy back. I want my democratic process back.
With his comments of "We will do whatever the referendum says", both before and after the referendum, David Cameron hijacked that process. He attempted a coup of the democratic process, a coup that is still ongoing.
Our parliament is sovereign.
Not the government. Not the EU. Not the prime minister. And not the referendum.
Get parliament to take the decision it is paid to take. Then go with that outcome.
Until the massive assumption contained in the title and opening sentences of this blog are resolved, there is no point addressing the rest of it.
(I believe the academic term is 'false premise'.)
celt darnell says:
Our parliament is sovereign?
I suggest you read the EU treaties. Start with Lisbon and work backwards.
Only when we leave the EU will parliament regain its sovereignty.
EppingBlogger says:
Why the word "fight".
We should calmly and resolutely negotiate and if the EU does not want to do an acceptable deal wew ei have none – that would mean (horror of horrors) we have to deal with Germany etc on the same basis as the US, China, Canada, Brazil etc.
Oh, my god! We would be just like a normal country.
pwgc says:
I am a remainer, but am beginning to wonder whether my country (England) will ever be comfortable in or out of the EU. It seems to me that the problems of the EU were best sorted from within, but our politicians didn't have the nouse or the gumption to do it. The Germans and the French don't have problems getting their way, be we are perpetual victims.
However I have now realised that the answer is simple: all we remainers move to Scotland. What's not to like? With Global Warming it is getting better weather, and if 16m of us join the 4.5m already there, we would hardly notice them, they would seem like the chippy minority we have got used to in Parliament. And houses are dirt cheap outside of Edinburgh, which actually is the size of Sheffield. And of course the best bit is that we could get rid of the Scots Nats at the first election. I'm beginning to warm to this now…
Obviously, we would vote for independence and join the EU as one of our first acts (forgot to mention that).
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Dear Prof Hix,
I spent a lot of time thinking about your proposal and I came to the conclusion that I disagree. Appealing as it may be to make peace with Brexiteers it suggests a betrayal of values I cannot stand for.
Please read my full reasons by clicking on my name above..
Andrew Adamson says:
It is too early to accept thar Brexit is inevitable. Before article 50 is due to be triggered it may be clear that something along the lines of the Norwegian arrangement is the best offer other than WTO rules. Something more expensive than EU membership and without the influence could could make parliament think and remember we live in a representative democracy. The referendum was a snapshot on one day and it may become obvious it was not the settled will of the people.
Campaigning against triggering article 50 may not be successful but it puts down a marker for the sort of Brexit deal that is required.
"Theresa May's commitment that "Brexit means Brexit"." Dear Professor Hix, that is not a commitment, that is a statement. Brexit means Brexit means Brexit.
I completely agree that we now need to accept that we are leaving the EU and emerge from Brexit with the best possible deal. As a remain voter, it was a disappointing outcome but now we must look forward with as much optimism as possible.
I read a very interesting blog from a business software company a few days ago. They viewed Brexit in a similar way to what you are suggesting in this article, and said this is the time to prepare your business in the best possible way for when the economy recovers. As a software company, they even go in to details about how changing your software can help with your supply chain (which will no doubt be affected in some way if you have business relations in Europe).
http://www.erpcentral.co.uk/resources/blog/business-beyond-brexit/
usman Khan says:
Good piece, but in reading this and the comments little mention is made of Brexit having severed the notion of European citizenship. The practical consequences of this can be dealt with through some 'blue card' deal, but isn't this missing the fundamental part of us having shared a common citizenship for 40 years.
The "common citizenship" (a legal fiction as citizens from other EU countries did not, in fact, share identical rights to British citizens, such as the right to vote in our elections, making a mockery of the idea of common citizenship) only dates from the Maastricht Treaty ratified in 1993.
We are thus talking 23 years, not 40.
Needless to say, as a leave voter, I categorically rejected the legal fiction of a common European citizenship.
Chris schofield says:
The majority has spoken we want out of the EU this was a vote given to the people to decide and they have spoken in a democratic way why are the losers spitting out their dummies in an undemocratic Way
The judges should respect the decision of the majority as the laws are made to protect against pirates and similar I am afraid the decision in the courts was not in the people's interest. Chris
Things what have happened in the past with no respect for the majority vote have led to Civil Wars
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Brandon McIntyre says:
I believe that there are valid arguments to those on either side of the "Brexit" discussion. Those who argue for it have a strong argument in the concept of independence. It seems as if much of the monetary weight is carried by the United Kingdom, so, by gaining independence, the UK could potentially have more freedom over their economic policy and, moreover, trade policy. It seems as if the UK government still wants some relationship with EU Member States, showing that they do have an interest in solidarity with the rest of Europe.
Brexit also secures the sense of nationalism that has seemingly swept the globe as well, providing citizens with their own sense of independence and national pride as well.
However, independence and free jurisdiction over national policy from the EU does not necessarily mean the Remainers do not have valid points. The UK has been a part of the EU for a few decades now, and breaking away from it suddenly may mean a very differently-structured relationship between the UK and the EU. Additionally, "Brexit" could potentially be a recipe for disaster. While independence sounds possible right now, leaving the EU might mean structural changes that will hurt the United Kingdom, or at least in the short term.
Either way, there is good reason to be supportive of "Brexit," but also good reason to remain cautious about it.
Huw Sayer says:
Excellent post Simon.
Please may I just point out that some of us who voted Remain have been making similar points (fairly consistently) since the day of the referendum. For instance – see my comment here on The Economist (including my replies to various objections) https://www.economist.com/comment/3167457 – posted on 27 June 2016.
As I said at the time: "no one (neither the UK government nor the Leave Party) has a coherent plan, let me suggest one. The aim is to cauterise the wound to prevent further harm to both the UK and our European neighbours.
"The referendum result was to 'leave' the EU. But the confusion in the Leave camp makes it abundantly clear that there is no sensible definition of what LEAVE means. The government must therefore define 'leave' as narrowly as possible while still abiding by the will of the people to leave the EU.
"That clearly means giving up our membership of the club. It means giving up our seat in the council of ministers, giving up our MEPs and giving up our commissioner. But as Norway and Switzerland show, it doesn't have to mean much more than this."
I finished by urging the government to "take the above as a reasonable starting point (before anyone pushes the red button marked Article 50)."
Sadly parliament did not listen to that last bit. We are where we are. We need to make the best of the situation. A close association agreement – along the lines of EFTA / EEA (if not in them precisely) with a customs union would work. It would meet the simple simple condition of leaving the EU and keep the UK united.
BUT – we must first sign the Withdrawal Agreement treaty. This will secure an essential transition period. If we laid our EFTA/EEA cards on the table now, we could get that included as part of the 'framework for our future relationship' which will go in the accompanying (but not legally binding) political declaration. This is needed before 29 March 2019.
After that (when we are a third country) the real negotiations on our future relationship begin. There is still much to fight for – and it will be gruelling (with many on the far left and far right trying to divide us further from our EU neighbours – and ourselves). Those who favour close ties with the EU (including ardent Remainers) must start preparing the ground now for a sensible compromise.
@HuwSayer
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Impact of peer support on PTSD, Hope, and functional impairment: A mixed-methods study of child soldiers in Nepal
Christopher A. Morley, Rollins School of Public Health
Brandon A. Kohrt, Duke University
Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma
child soldiers; Nepal; post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); psychosocial; war
The experience of child soldiers during postwar civilian reintegration is recognized as a major contributor to mental health. For some children, postwar social relations may be more important than war trauma in determining psychosocial well-being. Mixed methods incorporating epidemiology and qualitative case studies were employed to evaluate the effects of family, peer, and community relations after reintegration on psychosocial outcomes: hope, functional impairment, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Participants were 142 child soldiers, including 9 qualitative case studies. Peer support predicted increased hope, decreased functional impairment, and decreased PTSD symptoms. Conversely, problems with peer relations predicted less hope and more PTSD symptoms. Maximizing peer support and minimizing stigma from peers should be prioritized within psychosocial reintegration programs, especially among former child soldiers with PTSD. © 2013 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Morley, C., & Kohrt, B. (2013). Impact of peer support on PTSD, Hope, and functional impairment: A mixed-methods study of child soldiers in Nepal. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, 22 (7). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2013.813882
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Asha Devi speaking to ANI in New Delhi on Tuesday.
After SC dismisses curative petitions, Nirbhaya's mother says 'big day for me'
New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): Shortly after the Supreme Court dismissed curative petitions of the two death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case, victim's mother Asha Devi said that it is a big day for her but added that the "biggest day" will be January 22 when convicts will be hanged.
"This is a big day for me. I had been struggling for the last 7 years. But the biggest day will be 22nd January when they (convicts) will be hanged," Asha Devi told ANI while flashing victory signs.
A five-judge Bench of Justices NV Ramana, Arun Mishra, RF Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan heard the petitions filed by Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh.
The duo had moved the curative petitions in the top court after a Delhi court issued death warrants in their names for their hanging on January 22.
Besides them, two other convicts named Pawan and Akshay are also slated to be executed on the same day at 7 am in Delhi's Tihar Jail premises. They were convicted and sentenced to death for raping a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in the national capital on the intervening night of December 16-17, 2012.
The victim, who was later given the name Nirbhaya, had succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Singapore where she had been airlifted for medical treatment.
After the rejection of pleas, the convicts are legally bound to move a mercy petition before the President, who has the power to commute it to life imprisonment. (ANI)
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 Sonderbooks Book Review of Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?
Review posted January 11, 2014.
Jericho Books, New York, 2012. 276 pages.
This is an important book for Christians to read if they want to interact with today's society. (If they want to just hide out apart from the world, then they shouldn't bother.) I like the questions Brian McLaren poses, and I like the thoughtful and thought-provoking answers he gives.
Simply put, we Christians already know how to do two things very well. First, some of us know how to have a strong Christian identity that responds negatively toward other religions. The stronger our Christian commitment, the stronger our aversion or opposition to other religions. The stronger our Christian commitment, the more we emphasize our differences with other faiths and the more we frame those differences in terms of good/evil, right/wrong, and better/worse. We may be friendly to individuals of other religions, but our friendship always has a pretext: we want them to switch sides and be won over to our better way. We love them (or say that we do) in spite of their religious identity, hoping that they will see the light and abandon who they have been to find shelter under the tent of who we are.
Alternatively, others of us know how to have a more positive, accepting response to other religions. We never proselytize. We always show respect for other religions and their adherents. We always minimize differences and maximize commonalities. But we typically achieve coexistence by weakening our Christian identity. We make it matter less that they are Muslim or Hindu by making it matter less that we are Christian. We might even say that we love them in spite of our own religious identity.
For reasons that will become clear in the pages ahead, I'm convinced that neither of these responses is good enough for today's world. So I will explore the possibility of a third option, a Christian identity that is both strong and kind. By strong I mean vigorous, vital, durable, motivating, faithful, attractive, and defining -- an authentic Christian identity that matters. By kind I mean something far more robust than mere tolerance, political correctness, or coexistence: I mean benevolent, hospitable, accepting, interested, and loving, so that the stronger our Christian faith, the more goodwill we will feel and show toward those of other faiths, seeking to understand and appreciate their religion from their point of view. My pursuit, not just in this book but in my life, is a Christian identity that moves me toward people of other faiths in wholehearted love, not in spite of their non-Christian identity and not in spite of my own Christian identity, but because of my identity as a follower of God in the way of Jesus.
This book explores those ideas in detail, and lays out what a strong benevolent identity can mean for our doctrine and our liturgy and our sense of mission.
I read this book over a long period of time. (I kept having to turn it in because it had holds.) I think I'm going to buy myself a copy and read it over again, because there's much in here that I want to absorb more fully.
This is well worth reading. And if you disagree, it would be worth analyzing why you disagree. How do you think Christians should interact with today's multi-faith world?


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For Boston College's Noah Hanifin, who's the number one ranked defenseman—third prospect overall among North American skaters—in tonight's NHL Draft, his bodily fitness hasn't simply been just a hobby. It's become a way of life.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.—It's one thing to play a sport. It's another to love a sport. But the true test of character lies within the ability to dedicate mind, body and soul toward a discipline that will change one's persona. Forever.
During this month's NHL Scouting Combine in Buffalo, N.Y., which included strenuous fitness components, Hanifin executed his solid conditioning and finished in the top 10 in four tests. Hanifin's biggest combine challenge—the infamous VO2max bike.
met with SI.com on the campus of Boston College—just hours before the Chicago Blackhawks captured the Stanley Cup—to discuss his health and fitness, and its importance toward his craft.
18 years old 6'3" 205 lbs.
Training grounds: Edge Performance Systems, Foxborough, Mass.
Typical offseason workout: Four days per week—Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.


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Kien Giang boasts huge tourism potential
Due to the region's desirable natural conditions, the Mekong delta province of Kien Giang has marked out four key tourism development zones, in the hope of satisfying travellers' demands for discovery, relaxation and sightseeing.
VNA Tuesday, January 31, 2017 16:17
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Tourists in Phu Quoc, Kien Giang (Photo: VNA)
Kien Giang (VNA) – Due to the region's desirable natural conditions, the Mekong delta province of Kien Giang has marked out four key tourism development zones, in the hope of satisfying travellers' demands for discovery, relaxation and sightseeing.
It is no exaggeration to say that Kien Giang is a natural 'masterpiece'. The locality is home to plains, hills, forests, rivers, seas and islands, providing itself with a significant advantage for tourism development, even when compared to other areas in the Mekong Delta region.
This is a solid basis, amongst favourable conditions, for Kien Giang province to make its otherwise lacking industry begin to thrive.
As part of Kien Giang province, Phu Quoc island district is experiencing increased interest, as investors push to make it a high-end tourist destination. The district boasts Ngoc Island which features unique terrain, including a mountain range that is inhabited by many vibrant species of plants and animals.
Its beautiful beaches and its system of 26 islets create a picture of breathtaking beauty.
The province's Ha Tien - Kien Luong region, with scenic spots such as Mui Nai, Hon Trem, Hang Pagoda, Binh San Mountain, and the mountains To Chau, Da Dung and Thach Dong, will make a lasting impression on visitors. Its islands are associated with fairy tales, many of which contribute to local beliefs.
In coming to the Rach Gia - Kien Hai region, visitors cannot help but be surprised by the impressive sea encroachment work that has been completed to expand the town of Rach Gia.
In addition, this coastal town is home to the sites of many valuable cultural and historical relics, along with unique architectural works by the three main ethnic groups: the Kinh, the Hoa and the Khmer.
During folk festivals, the locality's well-known destinations, such as Nguyen Trung Truc Temple, Tam Bao Pagoda, Phat Quang Pagoda, Quan De pagoda and Khmer Pagoda, attract millions of tourists every year.
The Nam Du archipelago and Hon Tre Island (in the Kien Hai island district) are among travellers' top choices for exploration, with their pristine natural landscapes and healthy environment.
U Minh Thuong National Park is part of the Kien Giang Biosphere Reserve, where visitors are provided with the opportunity to discover globally rare ecosystems, such as submerged tropical forests and peat swamps, which still thrive in Vietnam.
The park is home to a diverse range of flora and fauna, with around 254 species of vascular plants, 32 species of mammals, 188 species of birds and 64 species of fish. Many of these species are listed in both Vietnam's and the world's Red Book of endangered species.
In order to make full use of the natural potential and inherent strengths in the four key tourist zones, Kien Giang province has mobilized all resources to invest in developing infrastructure that will serve tourism development.
Major infrastructural works have already been put into use, including the upgraded Rach Gia Airport, the Phu Quoc International Airport, in addition to a number of sea ports such as Rach Gia, Bai Vong and Duong Dong, along with transport and power systems on the island of Phu Quoc.
The province will invest further in the construction of infrastructure at many tourist attractions, as well as upgrading historical, cultural and scenic sites to serve tourists. These sites include Phu Quoc Prison, U Minh Thuong historical site, Binh San mountain, and Phat Quang pagoda.
Kien Giang province has attracted more and more investment in tourist industries, even at a time when the island district of Phu Quoc has seen rapid development of tourist infrastructure and facilities.
Tran Chi Dung, Director of the Kien Giang Tourism Department, said the province has so far attracted more than 270 projects which are being implemented in all four tourist zones, with a total registered capital of approximately 232 trillion VND.
"Kien Giang province is focused on using tourism to develop a spearhead for its economic sector, which has experienced fast and sustainable growth. It is expected to become an attractive destination and tourist center, not only within the Mekong delta region and the country, but also across Asia and even the world," said the director.
He added that the province has set a target of welcoming 6.8 million tourists by 2020, including 450,000 foreign visitor arrivals. This represents a projected average annual growth of 9.5 percent.-VNA
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Indonesian news outlet calls Da Nang Vietnam's Bali
Indonesia's Detik news outlet calls Da Nang, the largest and most modern city in central Vietnam, "Vietnam's Bali" favoured by both local and foreign travellers.
Central Vietnam among top 15 not-to-miss spots in 2020
The central region of Vietnam has been listed in the top 15 must-see destinations in 2020 by the World Travel magazine.
Three Vietnamese cities honoured with ASEAN Clean Tourist Awards
Three cities in Vietnam have been presented with the ASEAN Clean Tourist Awards 2020.
Hanoi falls behind many regional cities on foreign tourist attraction
Hanoi still falls behind many major cities in the region and the world regarding foreign tourist arrivals, according to a survey of the municipal Department of Tourism which was revealed on January 16.
Quang Nam aims to welcome 8.1 million tourists in 2020
The south-central coastal province of Quang Nam has set a target of serving 8.1 million tourists in 2020.


それがあの女の正体だ. That's what she really is.
やがてその正体をあらわすに違いない. I'm sure he'll show (himself in) his true colors in time.
東京へ帰る電車の中で子供たちは正体もなく眠っていた. Our children were fast asleep on the train back to Tokyo.
A fox reveals its natural shape―A man reveals his true character―shows his true colours―shows himself in his true colours―throws off the mask.
It is no use playing the hypocrite any longer―show yourself in your true colours.
He has revealed his true character.
I will unmask him―expose him―find him out―prove his identity.
The ghost proved to be a beckoning flower.
He is dead drunk―drunk and incapable.
He drinks himself dead drunk.
He is dead asleep―fast asleep―sound asleep.


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Screen for Beginners
Perhaps I got spoiled at the last couple of companies I was at, but I was shocked when I discovered that my new coworkers had never heard of screen, much less used it. In the past couple of years, I have found screen to be such a valuable program that I can't imagine life without it. I use it on a regular basis both at work and at home, partly because it's so handy and partly because I'm a nerd.
There are plenty of ways to use screen, but there are three things that I like to use it for:
* Maintaining a perisistent shell on one computer that I can access from multiple computers.
* Maintaining a perisistent development environment.
* Logging into somebody else's shell to monitor them, or demonstrate techniques to them.
Screen doesn't ship installed on every distribution, but it's easy to get installed:
RHEL/Fedora: yum install screen
Ubuntu: apt-get install screen
Once it's installed, it's easy to get running. Just type "screen" from the command prompt. The display will blank, and you'll be left at a prompt that looks just like the one you were just at. If you're doing thing in gnome-terminal, you might see something like [screen 0: bash] in your title bar.
At this point, you can use the command line exactly as you did before; you're really just running another shell. Go ahead and run top, to see what I mean. But now you have a series of commands available, each of which starts with CTRL-a. The first one you'll want to be familiar with is CTRL-a d (that's a CTRL-a followed by a d, not CTRL-a CTRL-d). This will detach from your screen session. When you do this, you'll find yourself at the command prompt that you were at before, with "[detached]" displayed above the prompt.
At this point, screen is running, but it's in the background. If you didn't exit out of top, then it is still actively running, you just can't see it. Go ahead and open a second terminal window and type in screen -r. This will reattach to the screen session, and you will see top still running.
That's enough to get you going for a basic persistent shell. I know a lot of people that do this on a server with a public IP address, to keep programs like Irssi open so that they can log into it from work or from home, without having to actually log out of their chat accounts. But let's take this a little further.
You should still have top running. Keep it open and type in CTRL-a c. This will create a second screen, with its own command prompt. Go ahead and type in free.
Now that you have two screens going, type CTRL-a p. This will switch to the previous screen, where top is running. Type CTRL-a n to go to the next screen, where free is running. You could also use CTRL-a 0 and CTRL-a 1 to go to a specific screen number. If you hit CTRL-a c again, you'll get yet another screen.
I've found this to be useful in maintaining a persistent development environment, so that I don't have to leave my notebook at work or close several instances of vim and bash at the end of the day. But let's look at one more feature of screen.
If your terminal is maximized, go ahead and resize it so that it only takes up half the screen. Hit CTRL-a 0 to make sure we're at the screen with top. No go ahead and open up another instance of gnome-terminal and maximize it. Type in screen -x at the prompt. You will see the top screen running, but it won't be taking up the whole window. That's because you've attached to a screen session that was already running somewhere else, and screen is using the display variables from that other screen.
Those of you who have ever tried to walk another user through something on the phone know what a pain it can be to not know exactly what the user is looking at. This can be especially troublesome when a command prompt in Linux is involved. Isn't it much easier to log into their machine, connect to their terminal, and then watch them work?
Now for some cleanup. Hit CTRL-a d to detach from this screen. Go back to the other terminal window where top is still running and hit q to quit. Type exit at the prompt to close that shell. Continue exiting out of screens, using the exit command. When you've exited out of the last command shell, you will be dropped back at your original shell, with the message "[screen is terminating]" above the prompt.
That should be plenty to get you running for now. When you're ready to get into some of the more advanced features of screen, go ahead and run man screen to take a look at the other options available.
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