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Dafnis Balduz (Vilanova i la Geltrú, Garraf, 7 de juny de 1983) és un actor català de teatre, cinema i televisió, conegut per la sèrie de tv3 Ventdelplà o per les pel·lícules Forasters o Malnazidos.

Va estudiar Interpretació a l'Institut del Teatre de Barcelona, i cant al Conservatori Mestre Montserrat, entre altres escoles. El 2008 va lliurar els premis del concurs de guions organitzat pel servei de Política Lingüística d'Andorra. L'any 2009 va estar nominat al Premi Gaudí a la Millor interpretació masculina secundària pel seu paper a la pel·lícula Forasters, de Ventura Pons, i a l'edició de l'any següent en va ser un dels presentadors. Guanyador del premi Cinema Gavia a millor actor de teatre per La Golondrina el 2021 i del premi a millor actor a la XXVIII edició dels Premis Butaca per L'Oreneta.

Filmografia

Cinema
 1999: La ciutat dels prodigis, de Mario Camus
 2001: L'illa de l'holandès, de Sigfrid Monleón
 2008: Forasters, de Ventura Pons
 2008: Espléndido, curtmetratge de David Ciurana
 2008: A las tres de la tarde, curtmetratge de Cristina Escoda
 2009: Xtrems, d'Abel Folk i Joan Riedweg
 2009: Tres dies amb la família, de Mar Coll
 2009: Todas las familias felices, curtmetratge de Bruno Sarabia
 2010: Lo más importante de la vida es no haber muerto, d'Olivier Pictet, Marc Recuenco i Pablo Martín Torrado
 2010: La familia de mi novia, curtmetratge de Guillermo Chapa
 2011: Mi ritual, curtmetratge de Dídac Cercerva.
 2011: Mil cretins, de Ventura Pons
 2012: Psychophony, de Xavier Berraondo
 2015: Hablar, de Joaquim Oristrell
 2015: Il papa della gente, de Daniele Luchetti
 2019: Mientras dure la guerra, d'Alejandro Amenábar
 2019: El cerro de los dioses, de Daniel M. Caneiro
 2020: Malnazidos, de Javier Ruiz Caldera i Alberto de Toro
 2020: Joc de nens, curtmetratge de Rubén Sánchez
 2022: Los renglones torcidos de Dios, d'Oriol Paulo

Televisió
 1998: Laberint d'ombres
 1998: Dues dones, telefilm d'Enric Folch
 2001: Pagats per riure, sèrie d'Agustí Vila
 2003: Jugar a matar, telefilm d'Isidro Ortiz
 2004: Hospital Central, episodi Fuegos artificiales
 2005: Amar es para siempre. Diagonal TV. Antena3
 2005-2010: Ventdelplà, sèrie de Josep Maria Benet i Jornet
 2010: Ermessenda, minisèrie de Lluís Maria Güell
 2010: Gavilanes. Gestmusic. Antena 3
 2011: 14 d'Abril. Macià contra Companys. Minoria Absoluta. TV3
 2012: Kubala Moreno i Manchón. Diagonal TV. TV3
 2013: Desclassificats. Animals Films, Focus. TV3
 2015: Llámame Francisco: La vida de un Papa
 2015: Carlos, Rey Emperador. Diagonal TV. TVE
 2016: Jo, Ramon Llull. TV3
 2016: Nit i Dia. Mediapro. TV3
 2017: El incidente. Boomerang TV. Antena3
 2017: Velvet Colección. Bambú Producciones. Movistar +
 2018: Amor de cans. Nova Producciones. IB3
 2018: El día de mañana. Mod Producciones. Movistar +
 2019: L'enigma Verdaguer, telefilm de Lluís Maria Güell
 2019: Señoras del (H)AMPA. Mandarina Producciones, Mediaset. Telecinco
 2020: Jo també em quedo a casa
 2020: Dime quién soy. De Lorenzo producciones e inversiones. Movistar+
 2020: Inés del alma mía. Boomerang TV. TVE. Amazon Prime
 2020: Los favoritos de Midas. Netflix

Teatre
 1994-1995: Perduts a Yonkers, de Neil Simon i direcció de Josep M. Porta
 1996: El petit príncep, d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry i direcció de Montse Obrador
 1997: El somni d'una nit d'estiu, de William Shakespeare i direcció de Susanna García-Prieto
 1997-1998: Telefills, direcció d'Albert Burgos
 1997-1998: Els meus amics, el meu jardí, direcció de Lourdes Gonell
 1997-1998: Tutti Frutti. Animacions per encàrrec de l'Ajuntament de Vilanova i la Geltrú
 1999: La comèdia de l'olla, direcció de Lourdes Gonell
 1999: La barca nova, d'Ignasi Iglesias i direcció de Joan Castells, al Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
 2000: Àtic, d'Àfrica Ragel i direcció d'Oriol Freixenet
 2001: Nit al parc i direcció de Montse Obrador
 2003: El Cafè de la Marina, d'Àngel Guimerà i direcció de Rafel Duran, al Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
 2003-2004: Allegro, direcció de Montse Obrador
 2004: Cortesans, de naixença, raça vil, direcció d'Alícia Gorina
 2004: Trilogía en Nueva York, de Harvey Fierstein i direcció d'Òscar Molina, al Teatre Artenbrut
 2004: Ser un altre, escrita i dirigida per Jordi Faura
 2004: La doble inconstància, de Marivaux i direcció de Magda Puyo. Taller de l'Institut del Teatre
 2005: Una més a la llista, de Xavier Durringer i direcció de Joan Anguera
 2005: El misàntrop, de Molière i direcció d'Antonio Simón. Taller de l'Institut del Teatre
 2005: Léon al desert dels prínceps, d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry i direcció d'Òscar Intente
 2005: Casa i jardí, d'Alan Ayckbourn i direcció de Ferran Madico
 2006: Les dones sàvies, de Molière i direcció de Pau Monterde
 2006: La fam, de Joan Oliver i direcció de Pep Pla, a la Sala Petita del Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
 2006: Qui a casa torna, direcció d'Alex Dezón
 2006-2007: L'illa dels esclaus, de Marivaux i direcció de Gemma Beltran. Companyia Dei Furbi
 2007: Arguments, direcció de Ramon Simó i Vinyes. Taller de l'Institut del Teatre
 2007: Requiem for Comaneci, direcció de Raquel Tomàs
 2007: Arcàdia, de Tom Stoppard i direcció de Ramon Simó, a la Sala Petita del Teatre Nacional de Catalunya
 2007: Mama Medea, de Tom Lanoye i direcció de Magda Puyo, al Teatre Romea
 2008: Don Juan Tenorio lectura dramatitzada de l'obra de José Zorrilla i direcció de Carles Canut, al Teatre Romea
 2008: Les coses de la forma (variació sobre La forma de les coses de Neil LaBoute), d'Aleix Aguilà i direcció d'Àlex D. Capo, al Teatre Lliure
 2009: Don Carlos, de Friedrich von Schiller i direcció de Calixto Bieito, al Centro Dramático Nacional
 2010: El cafè, de Carlo Goldoni i direcció de Joan Ollé, al Teatre Romea
 2010: Nô, de Yukio Mishima i direcció de Joan Ollé
 2010: Pel davant i pel darrera, de Michael Frayn i direcció d'Alexander Herold
 2010: Prime Time. Dir. Martí Torras
 2012: The Guarry Men Show. Dir. Pau Roca
 2012: El furgatori. Dir. Iban Beltrán
 2013: Sí, Primer Ministre. Dir. Abel Folk
 2013: Elvis & Whitney. Dir. Pau Roca
 2013: Bangkok. Dir. Antonio Morcillo
 2014: El zoo de vidre. Dir. Josep Maria Pou
 2015: Pels pèls. Dir. Abel Folk
 2015: Mots de ritual per Electra. Dir. Jordi Coca
 2016: Thud. Dir. Nico Baumgartner
 2016: Terra Firma. Dir. Sam Underwood
 2015: Bajo terapia. Dir. de Daniel Veronese
 2016: Port Arthur. Dir. Jordi Casanovas
 2016: Una vida al teatre. Dir. Moisès Maicas
 2016: Delikatessen. Dir. Joan Ollé
 2017: La taverna dels bufons. Dir. Martí Torras
 2019: Expediente K. Dir. Alex D. Capo
 2019: El sueño de la vida. Dir. Lluís Pasqual
 2019: Oscuridad. Dir. Gorka Lasaosa i Abel Vernet
 2020: La Golondrina. Dir. Josep Maria Mestres
 2021: Nápoles Millonaria. Dir. Antonio Simón

Referències

Enllaços externs
 La seva fitxa a AADPC
 La seva fitxa a CatalanFilms
 La seva fitxa a TeatreNacional

Actors de teatre garrafencs
Actors de cinema vilanovins
Actors de sèries de televisió vilanovins

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On the Afghans (Updated)
"[Assange] insisted that any risk to informants' lives was outweighed by the overall importance of publishing the information." -- The Times of London
As it turns out, I have one more thing to say about Wikileaks. In the past, I have chastised some on the American Right for their apparent belief that what we -- the United States and its allies -- do or fail to do in Afghanistan is of paramount importance in this conflict. My view, as I think I have made clear, is that ultimately the fate of Afghanistan is in the hands of the Afghans. External actors -- the United States and its allies, Iran, Pakistan, etc. -- are important. But our counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan is dependent for its success on the actions of local Afghan actors. I may be misguided to think this and be prejudiced by my admittedly limited experiences, but based upon 10 years spent either fighting or studying conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon, I have arrived at the conclusion that in general the actions of local actors matter more than those of external forces. Thus one thing that a critic like Andrew Bacevich and I share in common is a degree of humility about what we can expect from the exercise of American power abroad.
There is a corollary to the above criticism of the Right, though. On the Left, you can often observe a similar phenomenon -- perhaps as the result of a post-colonial education that often preaches the evils of Western interventions through the years -- in that examining a conflict like Afghanistan, or Iraq, things like agency, responsibility and vulnerability are all disproportionately assigned to the (Western) external actor at the expense of local actors. There is a sign near my home in Washington, for example, in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood, which reads: "End the War in Afghanistan." The assumption behind such a sign is that the war is for U.S. and other western policy-makers to end. You saw similar signs in 2005 and 2007 exhorting President Bush to "end" the war in Iraq. As if once the United States and its allies ceased combat operations, the war would somehow end and the grievances of local actors be forgotten.
In the same way, the political target for Wikileaks and Julian Assange is most certainly U.S. and allied decision-makers. Why else collaborate with Western media outlets such as the New York Times, the Guardian and Der Spiegel and not al-Jazeera or Xinhua? The assumption, again, is that this is an American and Western war in Afghanistan, and thus we should reserve responsibility for what does and does not happen for Western policy-makers. The agency is stripped from Afghan and other local actors. So too is any claim of vulnerability.
I have said before that those western media outlets I mentioned above often labor to protect the lives of U.S. and allied servicemen and intelligence officers when reporting on sensitive stories. I appreciate that, even if Julian Assange, referring to last week's series of articles on the U.S. intelligence community in the Washington Post, considers this kind of stuff "craven". But it does seem as if measures have been taken by Wikileaks to protect U.S. and allied personnel whose lives might be endangered by the leaks. The same cannot be said for the Afghans. A cursory search of the Wikileaks documents by the consistently excellent Afghanistan-based journalist Tom Coughlan revealed hundreds of Afghan lives to have been put at risk by these leaked documents. The mentions of Afghans -- either because they have confounding, non-Western names or because they simply are not considered of importance -- do not seem to have been considered by Mr. Assange and Wikileaks when they decided to dump these documents into the public sphere.
I don't know whether Mr. Assange simply did not understand enough about Afghanistan to realize what he was doing when he leaked these documents or just doesn't care, so myopic is his focus on the governments of the United States and Europe. But when I stop and think about this, I think of one of the good guys in U.S. foreign and defense policy through recent decades, Richard Armitage, and the stories of how in the last days of U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam, he returned to save hundreds of Vietnamese who had worked with the United States. Long after the U.S. public had moved on -- remember, the iconic image of the fall of Saigon was that picture of our embassy, proving how hard it is for us to focus on anything other than ourselves -- the men and women who had actually fought and bled alongside their Vietnamese counterparts still gave a shit about their well-being. I suspect that's the way it's going to be in Afghanistan, too. For the U.S. and allied soldiers, diplomats and aid workers who have worked alongside Afghans, they matter. They are our peers. For Mr. Assange and others, they're little more than local color. Certainly not lives worth protecting.
Welcome to the world of collateral murder, Wikileaks.
Update: Josh Foust, whose tweets on this deserve credit for getting me so fired up in the first place, has a post up on Registan.
Update II: Glenn Greenwald counters.
As was painfully predictable and predicted, the bulk of political discussion in the wake of the WikiLeaks disclosures focuses not on our failing, sagging, pointless, civilian-massacring, soon-to-be-decade-old war, but rather on the Treasonous Evil of WikiLeaks for informing the American people about what their war entails. While it's true that WikiLeaks should have been much more careful in redacting the names of Afghan sources, watching Endless War Supporters prance around with righteous concern for Afghan lives being endangered by the leak is really too absurd to bear. You know what endangers innocent Afghan lives? Ten years of bombings, checkpoint shootings, due-process-free hit squads, air attacks, drones, night raids on homes, etc. etc.
I don't know if he realizes it, but Mr. Greenwald actually provides a darn good example of the tendencies on the American Left that I described above. No, Mr. Greenwald, the Afghans have not suffered through ten years of war. The conflict to which we have been a party for the past nine-plus years did not start on 12 September 2001. The Marxist coup that shattered the peace enjoyed by most Afghans for the bulk of the 20th Century began in 1978. The Afghan people have thus suffered through 32 years of near continuous conflict. Were the United States and its allies to withdraw from Afghanistan tomorrow, the war would surely continue.
Again, the American Left is as often as bad as the American Right: its pundits reserve all the agency for Western actors and assume history stops and starts when we the United States do something or stop doing something. Afghans and their actions, in this example, are rendered meaningless without Western attention to validate them. But we can no sooner "end" this conflict by pulling everyone out than we can "win" it by snapping our fingers and sending more troops. I have a lot more sympathy for a hard-core neo-isolationist who thinks the United States should just abandon most foreign interventions, consequences be damned, because those guys are usually at least realistic about the way the world works. They understand that life, death, famine and conflict will continue in our absence. For too many others, the history of Afghanistan begins in 2001 (when we the United States started caring about it again) and will end the moment we leave. Were the United States and its allies to leave Afghanistan, though, the conflict would go on: the only thing that would depart that country with our troops would be the short-lived attention of America's self-absorbed punditry.

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It doesn't matter what we believe if our beliefs aren't based on truth.
I can strongly believe that a coin tossed in a fountain will cause my wish to come true, or that a kind, friendly salesman has my best interest at heart, or a sad, desperate plea for financial help is legitimate.
But such beliefs can result in futility and misplaced trust. No, whenever possible I must verify the truth of my beliefs.
On November 8, what we believe will guide us to make a very important choice—a choice for which many of us have grave concerns. According to a Rasmussen Report released yesterday, 69% of Americans believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction. No doubt these folks are asking: Which candidate will be the most likely to change our course and lead us in a more positive direction?
It is imperative we base our decision on the crucial matters impacting our country: national security and terrorism, unemployment and jobs, the national debt, and healthcare, to name a few. Our beliefs about which person is the candidate of choice must be verified by facts—to the best of our abilities.
What kind of leader does our country need?
What are the most pressing concerns? Which candidate addresses those concerns with realism, clarity, and insightful solutions?
Which candidate aligns with the truths I consider most important?
If you're not sure how to answer those questions, may I recommend you ask for advice from people you highly respect, people who are knowledgeable about current events and have demonstrated wisdom in the life-choices they've made. Who are they voting for and why? What news sources do they trust and why?
To be honest, no matter how the election turns out, I have deep concerns about the outcome. Perhaps you do, too. What's a citizen to do?
Be responsible, cooperative, and supportive citizens, as the Apostle Paul laid out in Romans 13:1-7.
Be realistic. Our pastor pointed out a few weeks ago that, much as it may disappoint us, we don't have to live in a Christian nation in order to thrive as Christians. Throughout the centuries, the church has actually strengthened and grown when under persecution.
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I Could Have Had V-8!
Oh, boy. Here she comes again. 'Seems like she seeks me out every week. Lord, help me.
As Mrs. T. approached me after church, I braced myself for a lengthy, one-sided conversation. Mrs. T. loved to talk, usually about herself, her pains and struggles. As annoyance and frustration would build within me, all I could think about was how to get away without offending.
Now I realize there is a remedy for such situations.
No, not the fortified tomato juice—the VICTORY x 8!
I can win over annoyance and frustration—when faced with situations I cannot change—even those circumstances much bigger than aggravating people.
Confession and repentance provide the best place to begin. Lord, my attitude toward Mrs. T is negative and unloving; bitterness and self-pity have taken root. Help me to abandon those roots so they shrivel up and die.
Forgiveness. You, oh God, have forgiven me of so much; how dare I withhold forgiveness from Mrs. T? Help me to remember that forgiveness is not a feeling; it's a commitment to lay aside the offense—as many times as necessary.
Prayer for the person(s). Father, my first inclination is to pray you reveal to Mrs. T. how annoying her self-centered chatter can be! But your wisdom dictates I pray blessing upon her (Luke 6:28). Ease the distresses and frustrations in her. Show me how I can help, beyond providing a listening ear.
Thought Control. Those resentful, self-pitying thoughts in my mind want front-and-center attention, Lord. Turn my focus instead to gratitude. Thank you for the privilege of being your ears and perhaps your voice for Mrs. T.
Attitude Adjustment. Oh God, help me keep a proper perspective. On a "Scale of Measurement for Difficulties in Life", Mrs. T rates only a 1 or 2. Forgive me for allowing such a small annoyance to steal my joy.
Affirmation of God's sovereignty and attributes. It is well within your power to redeem this situation, Lord. Help me to embrace the fact you may have a different plan– that redemptive change take place within me rather than in the situation. May I avail myself of your strength, determination, and wisdom for that change.
Expectation. As Mrs. T. approaches, Father, remind me that you are working for my good and hers. My good undoubtedly includes growing the fruit of the Spirit. But it's also possible you have planned an additional positive outcome that will surprise and delight—at the proper time.
Perseverance. Thank you for that glorious promise in James 1:4–that perseverance in faith principles produces maturity and sound character. Thank you for the joy and peace that results—so much more satisfying that allowing frustration to fester!
Since those days of listening to Mrs. T, have I always applied V-8 to difficult situations? No. Annoyance, bitterness, and a host of other negative emotions can still crop up as challenges arise. This post was much more for me than anyone else.
When the next problem occurs and I feel weak to handle it, I'm serving up some V-8!


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Latin Texts & Translations
Cicero, pro Flacco (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [Cic. Flac.].
<<Cic. Flac. 55 Cic. Flac. 62 (Latin) >>Cic. Flac. 69
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"But he had no right to lay hands on that money." Had his father Flaccus a right to touch it or not? If he had a right, as he undoubtedly had, to take money which had been contributed for the purposes of his honours, then the son did right in taking away the money belonging to his father from those men from whom he on his own account took nothing; but if the father Flaccus had not a right to take it, still after his death, not only his son, but any heir, must have had a perfect right to take it. And at that time, indeed, the Trallians, as they themselves had been for many years putting out that money at high interest nevertheless obtained from Flaccus all that they desired; nor were they so shameless as to venture to say what Laelius said,—namely, that Mithridates had taken this money from them. For who was there who did not know that Mithridates was more anxious about adorning Tralles than plundering it?
60 And if I were to speak of these matters as they ought to be spoken of, I should, O judges, press more strongly than I have as yet done, the point of how much credit it was reasonable for you to give Asiatic witnesses. I should recall your recollections to the time of the Mithridatic war, to that miserable and inhuman massacre of all the Roman citizens, in so many cities, at one and the same moment. I should remind you of our praetors who were surrendered, of our ambassadors who were thrown into prison, of almost all memory of the Roman name and every trace of its empire effaced, not only from the habitations of the Greeks, but even from their writings. They called Mithridates a god, they called him their father and the preserver of Asia, they called him Evius, Nysius, Bacchus, Liber.
61 It was the same time, when all Asia shut its gates against Lucius Flaccus, the consul, and not only received that Cappadocian into their cities, but even spontaneously invited him. Let us be allowed, if not to forget these things, at least
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to be silent respecting them. Let me be allowed rather to complain of the inconstancy of the Greeks than of their cruelty. Are these two men to have influence with a people which they wished utterly to destroy? For whomsoever they could they slew while in the garb of peace; as far as depended on them they annihilated the name of Roman citizens.
Shall they then give themselves airs in a city which they hate? among those people whom, if they had their will, they would not look upon? in that republic to the destruction of which it was their power that was unequal, and not their inclination? Let them behold this noble body of ambassadors and panegyrists of Flaccus who have come from the real honest Greece. Then let them weigh themselves in the balance, let them compare themselves with these men;
62 then, if they dare, let them compare their dignity with that of these men.
Athenians are here, citizens of that city from which civilization, learning, religion, corn, laws, and institutions are supposed to have arisen, and to have been disseminated over the whole earth—that city, for the possession of which there is said to have been, by reason of its beauty, a contest even among the gods: a city which is of that antiquity that she is said to have produced her citizens from her own womb, so that the same land is called the parent, and nurse, and country of her people. And she is of such authority that the name of Greece, now enfeebled and almost broken, rests upon the glory of this city.
Lacedaemonians are here; men of that city, whose tried and glorious virtue is considered not only to be implanted in them by nature, but also to be fortified by discipline. The only men in the whole world who have been living for now seven hundred years and more under one system, and under laws which have never been altered.
Many deputies are here from all Achaia, Boeotia, and Thessaly, places in which Lucius Flaccus has lately been in command as lieutenant under Metellus as commander-in-chief. Nor do I pass you over, O Marseilles, you who have known Lucius Flaccus as soldier and as quaestor,—a city, the strict discipline and wisdom of which I do not know whether I might not say was superior, not only to that of Greece, but to that of any nation whatever; a city which, though so far separated from the districts of all the Greeks, and from their fashions and language, and though placed in the extremity of the world and surrounded by tribes of Gauls, and washed with the waves of barbarism, is so regulated and governed by the counsels of its chief men, that there is no nation which does not find it easier to praise its institutions than to imitate them.
64 Flaccus has these states as his panegyrists and as witnesses of his innocence, so that we may resist the covetousness of some Greeks by the assistance of others.
Although, who is there who is ignorant, provided he has only taken the most ordinary trouble to make himself acquainted with these matters, that there are in reality three different races of Greeks; of which the Athenians are one, being considered an Ionic nation; the Aeolians are another; the third were called Dorians. And the whole of this land of Greece, which flourished so greatly with fame, with glory, with learning, and many arts, and even with wide dominion and military renown, occupies as you know, and always has occupied, but a small part of Europe. It surrounded the seacoast of Asia with cities after it had subdued it in war; not in order to increase the prosperity of Asia by fortifying it with colonies, but in order to keep its hold upon it by placing it in a state of siege.
65 Wherefore I beseech you, O you Asiatic witnesses, that, when you wish to recollect with accuracy what amount of authority you bring into a court of justice, you would yourselves describe Asia, and remember, not what foreigners are accustomed to say of you, but what you yourselves affirm of your own races. For, as I think, the Asia that you talk of consists of Phrygia, Mysia, Caria, and Lydia. Is it then a proverb of ours or of yours that a Phrygian is usually made better by beating? What more? Is not this a common saying of you all with respect to the whole of Caria, if you wish to make any experiment accompanied with danger, that you had better try it on a Carian? Moreover what saying is there in Greek conversation more ordinary and well known, than, when any one is spoken of contemptuously, to say that he is the very lowest of the Mysians? For why should I speak of Lydia? What Greek ever wrote a comedy in which the principal slave was not a Lydian? What injury, then, is done to you, if we decide that we are to adhere to the judgment which you have formed of yourselves?


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The Congress of Soissons was a diplomatic conference held between a number of European powers, principally Great Britain and Spain, between 14 June 1728 and July 1729 in the French town of Soissons.

Along with the Convention of Pardo, it was designed to bring an end to the Anglo-Spanish War of 1727 by resolving their commercial and territorial disagreements. Spain agreed to recognise British possession of Gibraltar and Menorca in exchange for British recognition of Spanish rights in Italy. The ultimate aim of the British delegates Stephen Poyntz and Horatio Walpole was to prevent a Spanish-Austrian alliance from developing against Britain by resolving Britain's dispute with Spain as smoothly as possible. Directed by the Duke of Newcastle, the British took a relatively hard line, believing they were negotiating from a position of strength—a strategy that proved successful. The Dutch Republic was represented at the conference by Sicco van Goslinga.

It opened the way for a final treaty to be agreed between the two sides in Seville. However, many of the disputes between Britain and Spain flared up again over the next decade, leading the two states to fight again in the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739.

References

Bibliography
 Browning, Reed. The Duke of Newcastle. Yale University Press, 1975.
 Dhondt, Frederik. "Bringing the Divided Powers of Europe Nearer One Another: The Congress of Soissons, 1728–1730." Nuova Antologia Militare 3 (2022): 535–642.
 Simms, Brendan. Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire. Penguin Books, 2008.

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From Stutter To Stardom: True Facts About James Earl Jones
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James Earl Jones is perhaps one of America's best-known and most talented actors. He's starred in iconic roles, set the bar with his performances, and he is immediately recognizable no matter what he's appearing in. However, while his face and voice are unmistakable to the movie-going public there are a lot of things that Jones has done which his fans might not know about. For instance:
He Became An Actor To Overcome A Stutter
Despite the fact that his voice is his trademark, James Earl Jones has struggled his entire life with a stuttering problem. When he was a young student he was particularly quiet, and at times would refuse to talk because he was so afraid of stuttering. When his teacher had him read a poem he wrote, "Ode to Grapefruit" in front of the class Jones found he could speak clearly from memory. This led into him using acting as well as speaking parts he'd memorized as a way to help him deal with his speech problem. Judging from his current performances it's a method that has worked phenomenally.
Served His Country… In The Army Rangers
As alluded to in the behind the scenes interviews for the film "Conan The Barbarian", James Early Jones served in the armed forces when he was younger. Jones served with the 75th Rangers Regiment, which gave him a lot of experience in dealing with things like dry desert climates, hearty physical regimens and even handling the massive snakes that were both his props and his co-stars in the epic sword and sorcery film.
Interestingly, Jones isn't the only actor to have such an interesting career with the armed forces. Sir Christopher Lee, who played the Star Wars villain Count Dooku in the prequel films, was a serving member of the S.A.S. (Britain's special forces). With that much sheer badass on the side of the Empire, it's a wonder the good guys won the fight at all by movie six.
Got Famous For Sounding Famous
James Earl Jones is perhaps most famous for being the voice of Darth Vader. Even if he was humble enough that he refused to be credited for Star Wars films four and five, his voice is often what people think of when they think of the imposing Sith Lord. When George Lucas was looking for a voice actor to bring across the presence of Lord Vader his initial thought was to cast Orson Welles. However, because Welles was just too well known (he'd been The Shadow and Moriarty, along with a hundred other roles), Lucas started looking for someone that had the same presence in his voice but who was relatively unknown. Jones was the man who fit the bill, and from there on out the rest is history.
He's an EGOT
Most people don't know what the term "EGOT" means, and with good reason; only fourteen individuals can be described using those letters in that particular order. It refers to individuals who have won at least one of all four major entertainment awards; an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony. That's very distinguished company, especially for an actor that people associate with sci-fi bad guys and the voice of the King James Bible.
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You may or may not already know this, but I have a mild (to moderate) obsession with dumplings. If I could only eat one thing for the rest of my life, it would probably be some form of dumpling. And when I say probably, I mean definitely. The challenge would be what type of dumpling. Preferably a selection. A 'mezze' of dumplings, covering all the best flavours.
I think 50% of why I like dumplings is the fact that I drown them in vinegar and chilli oil. Sometimes the dumpling is more a doughy, vegetable filled vehicle transporting dumpling condiments to my mouth. When my friend told me she only ever used soy sauce as a dipping sauce, I literally stopped eating mid-bite. What?! What are dumplings without vinegar and chilli?! I shudder at the thought.
Considering my healthy love for dumplings, recently I felt a building pressure to make my own. But I was so nervous! For some reason I thought dumplings were one of the hardest things to make, ever. reserved for the realm of highly talented chefs working in restaurants.
But when I saw these beautiful dumplings and these I felt slightly reassured that it could indeed be done at home. Commence the Sugar and Cinnamon dumpling month. That's right, this whole month I'm going to explore the impossible, magical world of dumpling making and hopefully come out with some life-time skills and a whole freezer-full of dumplings, ready to get in my belly.
To kick off I made the simplest dumplings, that also happen to be my favourite. I made the classic flour and boiling water dumpling dough, with a classic mixed veggie and tofu filling. I actually managed to crimp my dumplings. Yes, they look a little funky. I didn't have to worry about finding which ones were perfect for my photos, because not a single one came out perfect. They each had their own lopsided, floury charm that just could not be tamed.
I definitely recommend making these with a friend. Otherwise the rolling and cutting of the dough can take a really long time and it may even dry out a little before you finish filling them all. I watched this video before I started and it was really helpful seeing how to actually do it in action. I definitely did not make a video of myself shaping dumplings because I am highly uncoordinated and my dumplings came out looking like little trolls, but maybe one day I will be dumpling GIF quality.
I'm so excited about how these turned out! They were so yummy. Just as I went to cook them I realised our steamer has mysteriously gone missing, so I had to make do with boiling a few and pan-frying a few. Both worked well, but I think steaming would be the ultimate here. Post-stickers are always lots of fun, but I might save that challenge for the next instalment of dumpling fun.
Put the flour and salt in a bowl and whisk well to get out any lumps. Boil the water (measuring it after in case some is lost as steam) and pour in a trickling, continuous stream into the flour, stirring with a wooden spoon as you go until a crumbly dough forms.
Turn the dough out on to a clean, lightly floured surface and knead for 2-3 minutes until the dough comes together. You may need to add a pinch more of water or flour to reach a soft, usable consistency. Put the dough into a sealed container for at least fifteen minutes (no longer than 2 hours) to let is rest before filling.
Cut the dough into four even pieces, and place all but one back in the container. Roll out with a rolling pin to 1/8 inch thickness (not too thin or they will fall apart as they cook) and cut with a cookie cutter into rounds. Lightly flour the rounds and keep on a plate covered in baking paper until ready to use.
Continue to crimp the side closest to you against the other half of the dumpling, completely enclosing the filling and sealing off the end. Complete the rest of the dumplings. Store on a plate covered with baking paper and try to stop them touching, to prevent sticking. You can either freeze them straight away on the plate and then store them in a ziplock bag, or steam/boil them for about 5 minutes until tender and cooked through. Serve with vinegar and chilli oil.
This past week me and a couple friends stole a few days to drive down the coast. One of my friends grandfather's has a beautiful beach house that he kindly shares with the whole family. Even in the first month of winter the weather was amazing. So sunny and beautiful! We spent the whole time sun-baking, reading and eating pizza.
I wasn't even allowed to swim because of my recent tattoo but my new swimming costume literally arrived in the mail the day before! It was a sign that I should definitely put it on and pretend right? Also the water was absolutely freezing so I feel I may have got the best of both worlds. Plus the sun setting over the ocean was worth seeing just in itself. I can't get over how beautiful the colours were.
Going away even for just a handful of days made me realise how claustrophobic the city can get sometimes. Especially during semester when you spend so much time indoors working or staring at some kind of screen. It felt so good to get away from it, even briefly, with some of my favourite friends.
It's become a tradition to make pizza every time we go to the beach house together. I think this year's pizza definitely deserved some kind of medal because it was the best thing ever. If you follow my instagram you might have seen just how many vegetables we managed to squeeze on top. I know it's not traditional! I know my version of pizza is sacrilege to any one who has been to Italy and eaten real pizza. But think of it more as a vegetable dish that happens to be constructed on a pizza base.
Literally the best pizza I have ever eaten was sitting in a gutter. I was in Rome, we'd just been to see the Vatican, it was drizzling with rain and we were all starving. I got a piece of the tomato and pepper pizza with drizzled olive oil. Holy moly it was incredible. This pizza is inspired by that, with the addition of a wholemeal base and a few added flavours.
I think my favourite part is the tangle of basil and spinach leaves tossed over the tomato base, but you can really stylise your pizza to suit whatever you want. I baked slices of pumpkin as a topping but you could also use zucchini, flat mushrooms, sweet potato, onion, any root vegetable you like! Whatever you want really.
If you eat cheese I highly recommend adding feta or halloumi as well 🙂 Have a nice week everyone!
Combine all the dough ingredients in a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook and beat slowly for 3 minutes. Increase to high and beat for 7 minutes. Put ball of dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Leave to proof for 20 minutes, then turn onto a floured board and use a rolling pin to flatten. Carefully transfer dough onto a baking sheet lined with paper. Preheat the oven to 220C (428F). Top pizza with tomato paste, then crushed garlic, then the spinach and basil. Arrange the vegetable slices according to what is flattest and fastest to cook from the bottom up, starting with the pumpkin. Top with olives and optional cheese.
Bake for about 15 minutes, until the base is crispy and the vegetables cooked. You can easily double or triple the recipe to feed a crowd. Makes about 4 servings.


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Jonathan and Jacob met each other at summer camp when they were children. They've been best friends ever since (except for a five year period when they hated each other). They've both had successful musical careers individually, but this is the first time they've sat down and written songs together. "We've always wanted to make music together, but distance and violence has always stopped us."
"We'd been planning a new band together for a while. Jon was living in New York and I was living in Florida. He said the music scene was better in NYC and I said the surfing was better down here so Jon moved to Florida and we started The Drums."
"We just wanted to start a band that sounded like The Wake." say The Drums, "We heard their song 'Pale Spectre' and went crazy! Maybe our music didn't turn out sounding too much like The Wake but we're really just like everybody else, chasing that perfect pop song. And that's not so bad right?"
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In 1469-70, a man named Thomas Malory (1405-1471) sat down to write a book about the adventures of King Arthur and his knights – a book that indirectly gave rise to works ranging from the novels of Sir Walter Scott and the poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson to the Prince Valiant comics and Camelot musicals of the twentieth century.
Produced at the height of the Wars of the Roses (c.1469-70), then published by England's first printer, William Caxton, in 1485, Malory's text has been seen throughout the past five hundred years as both an idealisation of perfect knightly behaviour and a thoroughly bad example... and sometimes as both at once. Writing from prison, Malory adapts a bewilderingly wide variety of sources – including English histories, books of prophecy, popular romances and prestigious French Arthurian cycles – to produce a text that is often seen as the point of inception for modern-day Arthurian storytelling. Preserved in two prints and a long-lost manuscript, all dating from the late fifteenth century, it encompasses, in Caxton's words, 'noble chivalry, courtesy, humanity, friendliness, hardiness, love, friendship, cowardice, murder, hate, virtue, and sin', and is still widely read and studied today.
The text now known as the Morte Darthur (see 'Print and Manuscript') is signed repeatedly by its author, who styles himself as both "Sir Thomas Malleorré, knyght" and "knyght presoner, Sir Thomas Malleorré". Moreover, the first printed version of the text attests that 'book was ended the ninth year of the reign of King Edward the Fourth, by "Sir Thomas Maleore, knight" – in either 1469 or 1470. The first problem in identifying the figure of Malory is that there are public records of at least three men with the same name alive during this period – Thomas Malory of Papworth, Huntingdonshire, Thomas Malory of Hutton Conyers, Yorkshire, and Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel, Warwickshire. Biographical and linguistic evidence uncovered in the 1890s by H.O. Somner and George Kittredge suggests that Malory of Newbold Revel is the most likely candidate – which reveals interesting information about his status as 'knight prisoner'.
14 July, 1468: General pardon for war prisoners excludes "Thomas Malarie, kt"
24 August, 1468: Pardon "shall not extend to Thomas Malorie, miles"
1 December 1468: Pardon "not to inlcude any customer, nor Humfrey Nevyll knight, Thomas Malarie knight"
Why, then, would a man with such a dubious relationship to the law commit himself to writing a long and detailed account – over 430 leaves in the Caxton print – of honour, worship and the upholding of the knightly Pentecostal Oath?
The figure of Sir Launcelot, whose role Malory expands and enlarges from his French source material, also provides a way of negotiating issues surrounding sin, punishment and redemption. Throughout the text, Launcelot spends a significant proportion of his time being taken prisoner – by evil witches, lustful queens and traitorous knights such as the dastardly Sir Melleagaunt – and subsequently fighting his way clear to emerge more honourable and victorious than before. Yet Launcelot is also a compromised figure, who cannot wholly erase the traces of his errors: as he discovered in the Grail Quest that takes place towards the end of Malory's work, his prowess is unparalleled but he remains 'the best sinful knight of the world', left behind when the more perfect Galahad ascends to heaven.
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You spend hours filling eggs, creating a diversion to sneak out and hide them all… the egg hunt itself is over in 10-15 minutes tops. Now what? Whether you are planning your preschooler's Easter party at school or need some Easter ideas to burn off those chocolate bunny highs, these Kids Easter Party Games are sure to do the trick!
After being cooped up for winter, every second the sun is out, my girls want to be outside. And who can blame them? With Easter just around the corner, we had been using plastic eggs for counting and sorting indoors, but with friendlier skies this week, decided to take them into the backyard for some outdoor fun and Easter games!
All you need are supplies you already have on hand to celebrate the big day – an Easter basket, colored plastic eggs, and while optional, colored containers to match the eggs add an element of fun to these games as well.
Up first, an Easter Basket Egg Toss. Set an Easter basket in the center of the playing area. Position each child equidistant from the basket with an equal number of plastic eggs. It is helpful for each child to have a single color, so when they miss, they can chase down their own eggs.
Children have a natural tendency to throw overhand – encourage them to toss the egg underhand to give them more aim and control. Whoever gets all their eggs into the basket first, wins!
Mixed ages? Have children stand 1 foot away from the basket for every year old they are. Or add more eggs to older kids buckets.
Line children along a starting line, each with a container of 5 eggs. Place another container for each child opposite them, 15-20 feet away. As quickly as they can, transfer the eggs from the starting line to the opposite container, one egg at a time. Whoever transfers all their eggs and gets back to the starting line first, wins!
Need more of a challenge? Place the containers farther apart. Or give kids spoons to use to balance eggs on for the transfer.
And the next day, when they want to play them all again… let your toddler practice sorting all the eggs by color. She came up with this one all on her own!
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6 Medieval Religious Orders That Came to the Rescue of the Church
Andres Jaromezek
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In the history of the Church, the regular clergy, that is to say the communities that decide to live by a determined rule which dictates their religious practices, have been something like the Ecclesiastical body's lung.
The Church, although Holy, has had a need for correction in every age. Subordination to temporal powers, worldly corruption of some of its members, and stagnation of piety were some of the problems which the Barque of Peter faced in the medieval period.
It's been in these challenges where the religious orders have contributed to revitalize the Church, rejuvenate Her in each phase, reactivate spirituality, dust off Faith, and re-channel Her towards the encounter with her Divine Spouse, Jesus Christ.
To the orders!
1. Order of Saint Benedict
The Benedictines received their name in honor of Saint Benedict, their founder, who was born in Nursia in 480. His rule proposed a life centered in three principal virtues: taciturnity (i.e. restraint of speech), humility and obedience. The order was characterized by a strict observance of the Divine Office, with a division of the day into seven different times for praising God. In addition, they spent time alternating between handwork – from whence the famous phrase "ora et labora" – and the Lectio Divina or meditation on Sacred Scriptures; and were known -and still are- for the hospitality with which they received their guests.
Thanks to the rule of Saint Benedict, the centuries between his death in 547 and the 12th century were called the "Benedictine centuries." The order contributed both on the continental and on the insular level, in diverse domains: spiritual, liturgical, artistic, intellectual, administrative, and economic.
2. Order of Cluny
The Cluniacs were founded in 910 by William The Pious, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Macon. At that time, he donated his domain of Cluny – hence the name of the order – to establish a Benedictine monastery, in part to defend monastic patrimony against increasing interference from the laity, who had begun to appropriate and adapt it. His rule was Benedictine, but in accordance with the prescriptions of Benito de Aniane, and informed by the ideas of the great abbots of earlier times. While they replicated the division of daily activity stipulated by Saint Benedict, they spent more time occupied by the liturgical office and prayer. All Cluniac monks were priests, they wore a black habit – for which they received the name of "black monks" – and in their diet they abstained from meat until the 14th century.
Cluniac spirituality was characterized by recollection, which was made through the Divine Office, prayer and silence. The Cluniacs made of the choral office a kind of perpetual prayer. The second element was charitable action, which opened the monastery to the world, with a school where they received and taught students who weren't destined for the monastic vocation.
The piety of Cluny caused a liturgical renaissance, which contributed to the development of Romanesque art. Equally, their search for independence from civil authority structures caught on beyond the boundaries of the monastery. This spirit became the precursor for clerical reform, influencing the future emancipation of the Church in the face of secular interventions of the Holy Roman-Germanic Empire's Emperor.
3. Order of Carthusians
The special virtue of this rule, established by Saint Bruno in 1084, was the way in which it synthesized the longing for an eremitic life with monastic stability. The Carthusian monk was a contemplative who lived in solitude, prayed, read, meditated, copied manuscripts and dedicated himself completely to manual chores. His spiritual life was sustained by removing himself from society and renouncing the world, seeking instead silence, introspection and prayer.
Carthusians were assisted by another kind of lay religious called converts who lived alongside them but whose mission was to do the necessary chores for the subsistence of the whole community. The rule of Saint Bruno was very important in the renewal of hermitic life during the 11th and 12th centuries.
4. Cistercian Order
It was founded by St. Robert de Molesme in 1098, who established a monastery in Citeaux, though the principal guidelines of the order were established by Stephen Harding. The Cistercians developed a monastic life centered on a literal following of the rule of Saint Benedict but made a special emphasis on their life in common, from which their daily activities derived. The monk, who dressed a white habit, coexisted with his lay brothers who were in charge of seeing to the community's material needs.
In their spiritual life, they pursued an austere piety which was reflected in their liturgy and was projected in their churches. Flight from the world, will for extreme poverty, agrarian labor, silence, and penitence were all a part of their proposal of Christian life.
The Cistercian Order brought renewed monastic ardor and spiritual aspirations in search of a complete restoration of cenobitism (communal religious life). The Cistercian monastery was a school for communitarian, practical spirituality. Their success is reflected by their growth to some 700 abbeys towards the end of the 13th century.
5. Order of Friars Preachers
They are popularly known as Dominicans because of their creator, Saint Dominic of Guzman who established the rule in 1215. The originality of the order was their mixture of prayer and preaching, of action and contemplation. Inside the convent, the Dominican taught, meditated and perfected his knowledge through a highly valued intellectual education; outside, he preached in the city and took courses in the university.
Within their daily activities, there was the recitation of the Divine Office, prayer and study. As "mendicants," friars couldn't own anything, they lived from charity and donations. Their vows were obedience, poverty and chastity. The spiritual path proposed by Saint Dominic was based on penitence, through rejection of passions and abandon of material goods; a cenobitic regime, which stipulated mutual assistance and communal prayer; and action and service through preaching, spiritual direction and teaching.
6. Order of Friars Minor
The order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi and approved by the Church in 1209 is the most famous order of the Middle Ages. Its members are divided into laity and clergy. Their daily activity revolves around the Convent and its exterior. Inside, the Divine Office is recited by the clergy, and the prayers of each liturgical hour are followed by the laity. Outside the convent, Franciscans offer preaching and works of charity, predominantly in their special attention to the poor.
The Franciscan monk, like the Dominican, professes vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. He has no possessions and works for his food or begs for it.
Franciscan spirituality is based on humility, that is to say, on submission of the will to one's established authorities without struggle or discord. Poverty is at the heart of Saint Francis' practice, seeking to conquer human reality with complete participation in and submission to divine love. The result is the mystery of love and the joy which flows from poverty and renunciation of material wealth; and the delight of contemplating the beauty of Creation as an expression of God's beauty.
The birth of the two first mendicant orders was encouraged by the needs of the Church at the time: the problem of heresy and growing urban populations in need of spiritual attention. The Dominicans and Franciscans undertook the evangelization of non-Christian populations in the regions of the Islamic East, st, the Maghreb, Eastern Europe and Mongolian territories. On the other hand, they renewed the sense of confession, which had ceased to be a way of obtaining absolution of sins and had turned into a method of spiritual perfectionism. Finally, they contributed to the development of university centers, working and serving as professors, wise doctors and scholars.
As a complement to this post, we give you an infographic with quotes that inspired these religious orders:
This post originally appeared here for Catholic-Link Spanish, and has been translated into English by Maria Isabel Giraldo.
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Depreciation Station: 2003-'08 Jaguar XJR
Sep 11, 2019 | Jaguar, Depreciation Station | Posted in Buyer's Guides | From the Sept. 2013 issue | Never miss an article
Story By Andy Reid
When it debuted in 2003, the new Jaguar XJ series cars easily could have been mistaken for a simple facelift of the old model. The car still had the traditional XJ lines dating to the original Series 1 XJ6, but it was under the skin–or the skin itself– that differed.
The new XJ series was the first aluminum- constructed Jaguar road car, so it was impervious to body and chassis rust. This new aluminum chassis was more rigid and much lighter than the earlier all-steel X300 and XK cars. What did this mean? The new car had higher performance, weighed less, handled better, and felt lighter when driven.
This new XJ was a hit from the onset, with many car magazines calling it the finest Jaguar sedan ever created. We would agree with that.
Upon its introduction to the U.S., the car came in three separate models: the standard XJ6, the Vanden Plas edition, and the high-performance XJR.
This was the third generation of the XJR in the country. The car came standard with an all-aluminum four-cam V8 engine that made 399 ft.-lbs. of torque and 390 horsepower. Then there was the computer-controlled air sport suspension, Brembo brakes, and six-speed automatic transmission.
Combine all this with the superb build quality, Connolly leather, Wilton wool and wood veneer of a Jaguar interior, and you have a car that can give a Bentley Turbo R a run for its money, not to mention the sports sedan offerings from Mercedes- Benz and BMW.
What about the Jaguar's notorious reputation for unreliability? By this time in the company's history, that Achilles' heel of Jaguar ownership had been pretty well banished, with the cars repeatedly scoring top marks inJ.D. Power and Associates' annual dependability ratings.
The performance of the XJR competed with the best offerings in European sports sedans with a 4.8-second zero-to-60 time and a 13.4-second quarter-mile. Those numbers nearly launched it into the supercar category and made it faster than the SL55 AMG we featured in our July 2013 issue.
The news only gets better: Today, you can buy one of these cars with less than 70,000 miles for as little as $13K, with nearly perfect, sub-40,000-mile examples selling for around $30K. (2019 prices)
Care and Feeding
The XJR is probably the best-sorted Jaguar. As a result, there aren't a lot of issues with these cars. Service costs will be comparable or possibly cheaper than those for BMWs, Mercedes-Benzes and Audis.
One issue that comes up fairly regularly is a stuck electronic parking brake. This usually happens when the car has been sitting for a while. These are not cars you can service yourself, though; they need a shop dedicated to Jaguar service. Despite that, we don't think a car that's been cared for should cost any more than $1000 to $1500 a year to maintain.
Like any modern highend car, examples should have a full service history from a Jaguar dealer or reputable Jaguar independent shop to earn your consideration. Also, be sure to have a prepurchase inspection done on the car by a Jaguar specialist who knows and understands these cars.
Last Piece of Advice
Though the XJR is reliable, don't forget that it's a high-performance automobile: Owning one will not be a Toyota Camry experience. Make sure you don't try to save money by getting one that has immediate needs or neglected items.
Buy one of these right, and you can drive something that delivers a true British sports sedan experience for scant money.
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UKAuto New Reader
Andy, I am with you on this. I have had a number of Jaguars over the years and put up with their issues as the benefits on the other side of the balance sheet still resulted in a net positive. My most recent Jaguar is a 2008 XJR, and I have covered about 70,000 km with one failed marker light bulb - and zero other failures.
Jordan Rimpela Digital Editor
9/11/19 8:57 a.m.
Looks like they can be had for a great deal if you know where to look.
Color me green.
mistanfo UltraDork
9/11/19 3:27 p.m.
In reply to Jordan Rimpela :
Shouldn't that be "color me British racing green"
Ransom UltimaDork
Compelling, but I can't believe that CM would print the phrase "These are not cars you can service yourself, though; they need a shop dedicated to Jaguar service." without providing some examples, specifics, or differentiating the particular areas where specialty resources become mandatory.
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Fair Trials, in coordination with LEAP (Legal Experts Advisory Panel), have submitted an opinion to the Estonian Supreme Court concerning the right to information in criminal proceedings. In it, Fair Trials emphasise that access to essential information during the pre-trial stage is a right legally guaranteed under Article 7 of Directive 2012/13/EU.
Within the third-party opinion, the Supreme Court has been informed that Estonian practice allowing prosecutors to restrict suspects' access to this information is inconsistent with the common understanding of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) case law, as well as of the Directive itself.
LEAP's contribution towards the submission was key, in line with its implementation strategy of February 2015. The opinion included three statements prepared by LEAP members (from Poland, Spain and Hungary - included in Annexes below) describing recent amendments to their laws, and drew upon the LEAP Access to the Case File report.
The Right to Information Directive was one of a number of measures adopted by the EU to ensure that all EU Member States apply the same standards in all criminal proceedings and guarantee the rights provided by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Directive, part of the EU's 'Roadmap Rights' to provide better defence protection for individuals across Europe, was adopted in May 2012 and implemented two years later, in June 2014. At its core, the Directive aims to ensure that anyone arrested in the EU will be supplied with key information about basic legal rights, charges against them (in a language they understand) and information they require to effectively prepare for trial.
While Article 7(4) of the Directive permits a suspect's right of access to information during the pre-trial stage to be limited in certain circumstances, such limitation must be justified by a strict necessity to safeguard the public interest or to protect the efficiency of the investigation. However, under the terms of Article 7, limitations do not apply in any circumstances to those who are challenging the lawfulness of their arrest or detention, as attorney Vincent Tochkov pointed out in our guest post. Article 7(1) states explicitly that all EU Members have an obligation to ensure that all relevant documents essential to challenging detention must be provided to suspects and their lawyers. Although the Directive does not offer a precise definition of what documents can be considered 'essential' to a decision at the pre-trial stage, the ECtHR has stated through its case law that the definition includes all documents relied on by a prosecutor seeking detention, or by a court ordering it.
Fair Trials regularly assists national courts in criminal cases involving EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECtHR), one example is A.T. v. Luxembourg, where judgment was given following our submission of a third-party intervention in the case.
In submitting this opinion, Fair Trials hopes that the Estonian Supreme Court will adopt an approach consistent with other EU Member States that provides accused suspects with all of the information and evidence relevant to challenging their detention or arrest. This is an important step towards ensuring that the right to information is effectively guaranteed across the EU, thereby strengthening the right of all citizens to a fair trial.
You can read the full recommendation made by Fair Trials to the Supreme Court of Estonia here.
You can also access Annex I, Annex II, Annex III and Annex IV which detail how legislation in specific EU states has been developed to ensure implementation of the Directive.


Goa's House of Lloyd is now open in Mumbai. It replaces Porto & Poie, a Goan restaurant that had a brief stint in Juhu.
We have to admit, we were a little sad upon learning that Porto & Poie had shut shop after a very brief rendezvous with the city. It was breezy, served good food and had its heart in the right place. But, the city moves on fast.
Almost a month after, we now have House of Lloyd making an appearance at Juhu Tara Road. The coveted Goan eatery has Lloyd and Nerissa Braganza at the helm – the duo who gave Candolim House of Llyod, located in a 150-year-old bungalow.
HoL had retained the blue-and-white azulejo tiles and the al fresco bar and has spurts of Goa splattered across. Whether it's the Mario Miranda illustrations or black and white pictures from an era gone by, they have tried to make that connection visually.
The menu is quintessentially Goan but still manages to surprise you. Be prepared for their signature pork chops with BBQ sauce, tiger prawns in Goan rechado sauce and grilled Kingfish with a crust of salt, pepper and lime. Vegetarians can look forward to ratatouille with summer vegetables, baked feta with oregano and extra virgin olive oil.
House-made cocktails made here use fresh juices and skip the syrup. Go for Tangy Tamarind or their Grape-based cocktail if you need that kick for dinner.
Go here for decent cocktails and the music. Juhu can do with a Goan restaurant, so here it is.


What are the top Language Programs in Macomb, IL?
With an overall population of 18,558 and a student population of 12,679, approximately 12,679 of Macomb students attend one of Macomb's schools that offer language programs.
The largest language school in Macomb, by student population, is Western Illinois University. In 2010, Western Illinois University graduated approximately 12 students with credentials in language.
In 2010, 12 students graduated with a language degree in Macomb. If you decide to attend one of Macomb's language schools, you can expect to pay an average of $21,692 per year in instate tuition and $25,081 per year in out of state tuition.
You should also anticipate spending about $1,200 for language related books and supplies every year. And if you live on campus, you will face an additional expense of $7,642 per year, on average, for room and board. If you live at home, you can cut this cost down to approximately $0.
Many language graduates choose to work as language professionals after graduation. If you choose to follow that path and remain in Macomb, your job prospects are good. There were 7,000 language professionals working in Illinois and 180 working in the greater Macomb area in 2010. Macomb's language professional workforce is projected to increase by 18% by the year 2018. This projected change is faster than the projected nationwide trend for language professionals.
The average salary you can expect to earn as a language professional in Macomb is $50,790 per year. This is lower than the state-wide average salary for language professionals.


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To live out and fulfill the values and principles of our co-operative movement, we need to center social, racial, and economic justice in our co-ops. By understanding the diverse history of co-operative organizing-both nationally and globally-we will be more effective in our work to create a more just and inclusive economy and society.
The food co-ops of the Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA) are working together to manifest our shared vision of a thriving regional economy, rooted in a healthy, just and sustainable food system, and a vibrant community of co-operative enterprise. Central to this work is addressing systemic racism and classism in all of their many forms.
Co-operatives have long been used as a tool to establish deep roots in communities and give everyone the opportunity to meaningfully participate in their society and economy. Throughout history, communities across the world have used co-operatives as a strategy for shared economic advancement, reclaiming community power, and restoring self-determination in the face of incredible odds.
Across our region, food co-ops are engaging their members in addressing systemic injustices. Working with their Neighboring Food Co-ops to share resources and ideas, our co-ops are building relationships with community organizations focused on racial justice and voting rights, collaborating with partners and local farmers on climate and food justice and access, and supporting mutual aid efforts to meet unmet community needs. We partner in times of crisis to ensure comprehensive solutions that include all community members.
Here are some resources to help your Co-op and member-owners learn more stories of co-operatives centering social, racial, and economic justice.
Celebrating African-American Cooperators. Central Co-op, WA
A Short History of Black Cooperatives in America. Lisa Barclay, The Food Co-op (Port Townsend, WA).
Dangerous History: What the Story of Black Economic Cooperation Means for Us Today.YES! Magazine article by Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard
Latinx Co-op Power in the U.S. Report by Esther West of the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives and Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard of the City University of New York.
Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice by Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard.
Collective Courage chronicles African American cooperative business ownership and its place in the movements for Black civil rights and economic equality. Not since W. E. B. Du Bois's 1907 Economic Co-operation Among Negro Americans has there been a full-length, nationwide study of African American cooperatives. Collective Courage extends that story into the twenty-first century. Many of the players are well known in the history of the African American experience: Du Bois, A. Philip Randolph and the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Jo Baker, George Schuyler and the Young Negroes' Co-operative League, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panther Party. Adding the cooperative movement to Black history results in a retelling of the African American experience, with an increased understanding of African American collective economic agency and grassroots economic organizing. To tell the story, Gordon Nembhard uses a variety of newspapers, period magazines, and journals; co-ops' articles of incorporation, minutes from annual meetings, newsletters, budgets, and income statements; and scholarly books, memoirs, and biographies. These sources reveal the achievements and challenges of Black co-ops, collective economic action, and social entrepreneurship. Gordon Nembhard finds that African Americans, as well as other people of color and low-income people, have benefitted greatly from cooperative ownership and democratic economic participation throughout the nation's history.
As co-operators, we need to lift up stories of the history of co-operative enterprise in African American, Asian, Indigenous, Latinx communities, explore the contribution of the co-operative movement to multiracial struggle for Civil Rights and economic democracy, and continue to challenge ourselves to live up to our values and principles.
On the national level, the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA CLUSA) is joining co-operators nationwide in celebrating the essential contributions of Black co-operators to our movement and amplifying the voices of today's change makers, including recorded sessions from the 2020 Cooperative IMPACT Conference.
Cooperative Economics and Civil Rights with Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard
Co-operatives Can Advance DEI: Lessons, Issues & Ways Forward
Indigenous Rights and Inclusion in Co-operatives Webinar
Indigenous Rights and Inclusion in Co-operatives Webinar, Part 2
Interview with Cornelius Blanding, Federation of Southern Cooperatives / Land Assistance Fund
The Challenge of Achieving Racial Equity
Cooperative Economics and Civil Rights, Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard
Featured on Laura Flanders Show: What role did economic cooperation play in the civil rights movement? As it turns out, a huge one. This forgotten history is the focus of Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard's recent book Collective Courage: A History of African-American Economic Thought and Practice.
At NCBA CLUSA's 2020 Co-op Impact Conference, professor and historian Jessica Gordon-Nembhard dispels the notion that "co-ops can't be racist," noting that the movement's fundamental grounding in open membership and democratic member control are not enough to offset the cumulative effects of structural and institutional racism—particularly in the U.S.
Indigenous Rights and Inclusion in Co-operatives Webinar with Dr. Priscilla Settee & Dr. Isobel Findlay, Part 1
The International Centre for Co-operative Management hosted this webinar. Saint Mary's University is located in Mi'kma'ki, the traditional, unceded and never surrendered territory of Mi'kmaq people. As people-centred organizations and businesses, co-operatives are called to action to reflect on what inclusion really is. How does it show up in our governance and management practices? What policies, procedures, conversations, and practices should we be considering when trying to build more inclusive co-ops? The webinar is the first in a two-part series.
Dr. Priscilla Settee is a member of Cumberland House Swampy Cree First Nations and a Professor of Indigenous Studies where she teaches courses on Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Indigenous Social Economies, University of Saskatchewan. She has won recognition nationally and internationally for her work on Indigenous knowledge systems that spans several continents. She was awarded a Global Citizen's award by Saskatchewan Council for International Co-operation, was twice nominated for a teaching excellence award by her students, and has also been awarded the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee award for contributions to Canada. Settee serves on the Seed Change Canada and Culture Conservancy(US) boards and is a David Suzuki Fellow.
Indigenous Rights and Inclusion in Co-operatives: The Practice of Inclusion (Part II)
The International Centre for Co-operative Management hosted a webinar, and Saint Mary's University is located in Mi'kma'ki, the traditional, unceded and never surrendered territory of Mi'kmaq people. As people-centred organizations and businesses, co-operatives are called to action to be inclusive. What policies, procedures, conversations, and practices should we be considering when trying to build more inclusive co-ops? This webinar is the second in a two-part series to help participants be more familiar and fluent in issues of indigenous rights and inclusion, as as well as to give tangible examples as to how we can build more inclusive organizations. Representatives from Vancity Credit Union, the Saskatoon Community Clinic and Arctic Co-operatives are featured.
As part of this celebration, we are also sharing this interview with Cornelius Blanding, Executive Director of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives / Land Assistance Fund. Conducted by NFCA Executive Director Erbin Crowell as part of the International Centre for Co-operative Management recent training on Member-centric Governance & Management, the interview explores the work of the Federation and its intersection with the movement from Civil Rights in the South, and the potential for co-operative associations to work together for greater justice.
In this session from NCBA CLUSA's 2020 Co-op Impact Conference, Moderated by National Cooperative Bank's Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs John Holdsclaw IV, leaders from across the co-operative landscape discuss the state of diversity, equity and inclusion in the U.S. and the co-op movement, with a focus on how sectors are raising awareness, stimulating conversations and taking concrete steps to advance DEI work.


If you have been paying attention to what has been going on in the environmental news front recently, you may have heard of the numerous earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts and other calamities that have struck our planet. Many of these are thought to foretell a bleak sequence of events that do not bode well for our collective futures. Now, the Kiribati and Maldives sinking islands present an even more immediate threat, one that we tackle in this comparison of the two occurrences.
Kiribati is an island nation found in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The island nation is comprised of 32 atolls and a single raised coral island, spread out over 3.5 million square kilometers. The group of islands straddling the equator, and is bordered on its eastern section by the International Date Line.
The Maldives is also an island nation, and it is located in the Indian Ocean. It is comprised of twenty-six atolls arranged in two chains, and it stretches out over the Lakshadweep islands of India in a north to south direction.
Both Kiribati and the Maldives are currently under threat from a variety of environmental forces, many of which have been linked to climate change and/or global warming. 33 of Kiribati's coral atolls are at most 6 feet above sea level, and these are all threatened by the global rise in ocean levels. Only recently, the country's president voiced fears of a global exodus of the island's residents to Australia and New Zealand.
The Maldives faces a similar threat, and over the last decade, there has been a notable increase in global acknowledgment of the threat to the island nation's very existence. Numerous scientists have warned that the islands could be totally submerged in as little as 100 years. Again, the cause of these environmental issues is global warming.
Given its dubious honor of being one of the nations most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, the country has been actively involved in efforts to shape global policies pertaining to climate change. It has been particularly active in the UNFCCC conferences of the parties or COP, and the country is one of the members of the Alliance of Small Island States or AOSIS. This organization is an intergovernmental entity comprised of low-lying island countries.
As for Maldives, the country's president has announced plans to purchase land in countries such as India, Sri Lanka, and Australia, in anticipation of the seeming eventuality of the islands being submerged in water. The country has also been actively seeking out solutions to global greenhouse gas emissions, acknowledging its role in the rise of sea levels that could eventually submerge the nation.


Situated on the corner of Portobello and Golborne Road, Pizza East Portobello is a restaurant, and deli spread over two floors of what was once a Georgian pub. The interior has been stripped back to reveal the building's original features with vintage furniture, exposed brickwork and distressed panelling throughout. If ever we want breakfast, this is where we come. The coffee is immense and the green eggs with ham is awesome - perfect when accompanied with the morning newspapers. We love the feel too - cool cosmopolitan, yet very relaxed. It's a great space to watch the world go by too, where you can choose to sit at the antique stools at the counter, or you can outside. Lunch and dinner is always busy, not that we're surprised given THAT lasagne! Everything here is home-made that day in the restaurant, so that all offerings are fresh and exceedingly good. We definitely recommend this as a place for birthdays or large parties, given the great atmosphere on a weekend. So cool!


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The Christian Evidence Society is a British Christian apologetics organisation that was founded in 1870. At its financial peak in 1883, it had slightly over 400 paying members, but that it had declined to below 300 by 1897. After 1900, its focus shifted from defending against external attacks to addressing doubts from within Christianity.

Formation
The society was founded to counter atheism in Victorian society. Its original purpose was described by a contemporaneous source as "meeting, in fair argument, the current scepticism". Its original methods were, in the words of this source:
Lectures for the educated
Classes aimed at the "lower grades of society, to save them from infidelity"
Circulation of tracts, and offering prizes for engaging in private study followed by competitive examination.

Its membership consisted of evangelical and moderate churchmen, including Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin and Charles Dickison, Bishop of Meath, as well as prominent scientists, including John Hall Gladstone and William Henry Dallinger.

See also

Christian apologetics

References

External links
Christian Evidence Society
Records of the Christian Evidence Society at the Church of England Record Centre

Christian organisations based in the United Kingdom
Christian apologetics
Christianity and science


Long ago in Ireland, the country people made lanterns out of hollowed out turnips or even large potatoes. A little animal fat and a wick provided a light to guide workers home at night. In Scotland and Ireland, the children still carry these 'punkies' on Halloween night. Based on an old Celtic tradition giving new meaning by the church Halloween celebrations have spread and continued across the world.
It is one of my favourite times of the year for telling spooky stories and sharing the history of this popular event. 'The Legend of the Jack o' Lantern' is one of them. This is the abbreviated version.
Long ago in old Ireland there lived a mean and stingy man by the name of Jack. He was so unpopular that the only person to drink with him was the devil himself. Oh, a fine old time they had together but when the time came to pay for the drinks neither was willing to find the money. "Sure and aren't you the devil himself?" asked Jack "Why don't you turn yourself into a sixpence and pay the man?" This appealed to old Satan and in a flash there was the coin on the table. Did Jack pay? Not a bit of it. Just as quickly he picked up that sixpence and put it in his pocket next to his rosary and as any good church going person would know … the devil could do nothing against the sign of the cross!
"Let me out, let me out!" screamed old Satan. "Oh, I will that," said Jack," but first I need you to promise me a year of good luck." Well what could the devil do but grant his wish and as Jack took the sixpence from his pocket it changed again and the devil took off in high dudgeon I can tell you.
The following year nothing could go wrong for Jack. The devil had kept his promise BUT as everyone knows a deal with the devil costs you your soul and a year later he came back to claim it. Once again Jack was able to trick him but when he asked for ten more years he forgot to ask for luck and that soon ran out. He became sick and died within that time. Well, obviously they didn't want him in heaven and when he reached the gates of hell the devil didn't want him there. Just before the gates closed on his fiery dwelling Satan threw Jack a burning coal which he placed in his turnip lantern. Now, condemned to walk the earth for ever more he can only be seen on Halloween night when all the spirits are about. He is, of course, Jack of the lantern, or Jack 'O Lantern.
When the Irish settlers arrived in North America they discovered the pumpkin which is much easier to carve than a turnip and our own Jack 'O Lanterns began to appear!


Become more mindful with this highly rated music iOS app.
Music does many things: It soothes, it inspires, it excites, it distracts. But music also can be made into an instrument for staying on task, reducing stress and producing other productive and healthy results.
Get real work done on your iPad Pro.
Is the iPad Pro a laptop replacement? Despite what you might think, and what many reviewers will tell you, it can be for a lot of professionals. But not by itself.
If you're going to use your iPad to get real work done, and to be as productive as possible, you'll need some things to go with it. In this roundup, we've listed affordable accessories that turn iPad Pro into a productivity powerhouse.
Pagico goes way beyond pen and paper to help you stay on-task and organized, and looks great in the process.
We all know adulting is hard, and staying on top of day-to-day tasks is a big task unto itself. Paper and pen are great for staying organized and capturing ideas. But we live in the digital age, so it pays to have digital tools.
Anything that saves time and energy while coding is welcome indeed. Saving keystrokes or screen time can be done with good habits, and with good apps. So we've got a roundup or workflow-improving apps for developers on Mac.
If your inbox looks like a disaster zone, this app will clean it up.
Chances are, your inbox is a mess. No matter how finely you tune your spam filters, the junk mail and obsolete conversations add up. So we can all use some help giving our inboxes a cleaning.
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Scheduling a meeting should be a simple task, but it never is. WhenWorks is a new app that takes away the pain by allowing clients and colleagues to book time with you only when you're free.
All you have to do is decide when you want your meetings to take place.


I was pleased to see your online post for an Assistant Manager recently. Aside from my passion for the Retail industry, I also offer seven years' experience working in a retail setting, and the skills to successfully manage a store for success.
Briefly, I have worked in the Retail industry for over seven years, with the last five of this being an Assistant Manager. In this role, I ensured that projected sales goals not only, met company requirements every quarter; but also, exceeded them up to 50%. I was responsible for merchandising, assisting in training/hiring staff, and various loss preventative measures. For these reasons, as well as my ability to work well as a team, interact with people, and sell the store's product line.
Thanks so much for your consideration and time. Please contact me for an opportunity to discuss this position at [email] and (123)-745-8262. I look forward to your response.