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Discussions about Russian History => Their World and Culture => Topic started by: zolishka on March 23, 2007, 03:14:13 PM
Title: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Post by: zolishka on March 23, 2007, 03:14:13 PM
I am very interested in literature, and in the 19th century russian literature in general. And I have a question related to Fyodor Dostoevsky...
Does anyone know if he was read by any of the Romanovs? I mean, he was convicted and nearly executed for revolutionary actions by Nicholas I in 1848. But he totaly changed after this episode and became a very religious man and many of his later works have some sort of religious or moral theme. But was Dostoevsky generally disliked by the royals becous of his previous political views? I´m curious.
Leo Tolstoj had a very high status among the royal, I read that Nicholas II read "War and Peace" alound for his wife Alexandra.
Title: Re: Fyodor Dostoevsky
Post by: RichC on March 23, 2007, 04:37:50 PM
Quote from: zolishka on March 23, 2007, 03:14:13 PM
I thought that Dostoevsky was very much admired by members of the Royal family -- I believe I have read that he was a guest of Alexander II -- he was friendly with Podbedonotsev.
However, I do not recall Tolstoy being so popular amoung the royal family. GD Ella was "forbidden" by her husband to read Anna K, (possibly the greatest novel ever written) because of it's subject matter. And I have read Nicholas II's comments to his mother on the occasion of Tolstoy's death -- not very complimentary. But yes, Nicholas did read "War and Peace" to Alexandra shortly after they were married.
Yes, now I remember. The subject of Anna Karenina is adultery so... Believe it was banned in several circles. But I agree, it is probably one of the greatest novels ever written, along with let´s say Crime & Punishment. Do you know what Nicholas II said about Tolstoy?
Post by: dunya on March 23, 2007, 10:58:08 PM
I think they were reading Turgenyev often a lot, and Dostoyevsky and Turgenyev were sort of like enemies, and their writing & state of minds were too different, too. I guess they fancied Turgenyev better? Dostoyevsky is more like a ''common''man you know, perhaps that they felt Turgenyev closer to their life style and whatnot. I cant quite imagine a Tsar reading Crime and Punishment eventhough he's well educated.
Oh I love Dostoyevsky however people like Turgenyev more in Russia even now. ( i really dont know why)
I cant imagen so myself, but I just started to wonder since Dostoyevsky is such a cult icon of literature history. As of today I mean, dont really know what his status was back in the 19th century...
I read that Nicholas was a fan of Pushkin though, does anyone have more details on this? His daugther Olga was a big reader, what did she read?
About the new popularity of Turgenyev in Russia, I dont really know much about it but I think there is alot to do about trends and reprints really. And booksales! Here in Sweden the february booksale is a huge thing with reprints of old books that makes a huge fuzz about old authors.
I couldnt modify my post properly, sorry about that.
Btw if Im not mistaken in early 1900's Tolstoy sends a letter to the Tsar, warning that autocracy is doomed and he has to give the nation its freedom to avoid a civil war. Maybe thats why Nkolay was not very complimentary.
Post by: RichC on March 24, 2007, 02:53:45 AM
I'll look it up and post it sometime this week!
Post by: Mike on March 24, 2007, 04:17:07 AM
This is what Nicholas II had written on the report of Tolstoy's death:
"I earnestly regret the death of a great writer who, at the time when his talent was blooming, had created in his works dear images of one of the most glorious periods of Russian life. May God be his gracious judge".
For those who might wish to translate it more finely, here's the Russian text:
"Душевно сожалею о кончине великого писателя, воплотившего, во времена рассвета своего дарования, в творениях своих родные образы одной из славнейших годин русской жизни. Господь Бог да будет ему Милостивым Судиёю".
Quote from: RichC on March 23, 2007, 04:37:50 PM
I have to go to the library and check it out but the book is called:
The letters of Tsar Nicholas and Empress Marie; being the confidential correspondence between Nicholas II, last of the tsars, and his mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
Editied by Edward J. Bing and published in 1937
Post by: Lyss on March 24, 2007, 10:39:46 AM
I've heared that the story about GD Ella being forbidden to read Anna Karenina was made up, just like thes story about Marie Antoinette telling "let them eat cake" when there was no bread.
About Dostojevski, I wonder if anyone here has read his 'Devils'. It's that I'm reading it now, and have heared that this was his best book in which he predicted the coming of the revolution. I'm not that far yet, but if anyone has read it, what do you think?
Post by: TheAce1918 on March 26, 2007, 03:11:37 PM
My favorite quote by him was
"A Russian cannot be godless. As soon as he becomes godless,
he ceases to be Russian"
He is one of my favorite Russian authors next to Tolstoy and Pushkin.
Post by: Helen_Azar on March 26, 2007, 06:14:44 PM
One my personal favorites is: "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons�. So true!
BTW, there is a Dostoevsky museum in St Petersburg in the building where he used to live just before his death, on - where else? - Dostoevsky Street... I will see if I can dig up the photos from my visit, as well as of his grave...
Just as an aside about Dostoevsky...
Dostoevsky Museum in St Pbg (in his former residence where he wrote Brothers Karamazov):
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Dostoevsky's gravesite at Alexander Nevsky Lavra:
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great photos, thanks for posting :)
Post by: zolishka on March 29, 2007, 08:57:23 AM
For more information about Dostoevsky, I truly recomend his wife Annas biography named "My life with Dostoevsky"
Thanks for the info ;)
Post by: Naslednik Norvezhskiy on March 01, 2011, 08:04:53 AM
I am surprised that it's not more widely acknowledged that Dostoyevsky foreshadowed the murder of the IF and the ensuing question of guilt in "Crime and Punishment": Raskolnikov is like Lenin, an idealistic fanatical with a social consciousness. The old pawnbroker he murders is like NII. Is it an evil sin to murder her, even if she represents an inherently evil system? Her innocent sister can be said to represent innocent collateral victims just like OTMAA.
I don't think it figures in the book itself, but in one of the movies based on it Raskolnikov made the telling confession: "Alyona [the pawn-broker] was my crime, Lizaveta [her good innocent sister] is my sin."
Post by: Elisabeth on March 09, 2011, 12:47:20 PM
Quote from: Фёдор Петрович on March 01, 2011, 08:04:53 AM
Dostoevsky modeled Raskolnikov on the Napoleonic myth of genius, which I don't think interested Lenin much. (Herman, in Pushkin's "The Queen of Spades," was also modeled on this myth.) But more to the point, the confession you cite is one of those instances in which Raskolnikov unconsciously gives himself away as not yet fully conscious of his terrible sins. Because the fact of the matter is, he not only murdered the old pawnbroker and her sister, Lizaveta, but also Lizaveta's unborn child. Most readers (I think 99 percent of us the first time we read the novel) have forgotten this telling detail by the end of the story, if we ever even registered it to begin with. But yes, Lizaveta was pregnant when she was killed. This is significant in Orthodox terms because even (or especially) the life of an unborn child is considered precious. So as it turns out, Raskolnikov is a triple murderer.
I think, dear Fyodor Petrovich, that your analogy between Raskolnikov's murders and the murder of the IF is more than a little far-fetched. There is only a very rough similarity in terms of Dostoevsky's own ideology, which basically posited that without religion, everything is permitted and all hell will ensue. But this is and always has been pretty much the ideology of the Roman Catholic Church (see the novels of Piers Paul Read, a Catholic writer, albeit one heavily influenced by Dostoevsky, and you see exactly this same theme throughout). So I don't view Crime and Punishment as particularly pertinent to the IF's fate. Which is not to say, that Dostoevsky's novel Devils ("Besy," also frequently translated as The Possessed) is not an uncanny prophecy of revolutionary Russia under the Bolsheviks. It is precisely that... if for no other reason than that at the end of it, as at the end of Hamlet, everybody dies.
Quote from: Elisabeth on March 09, 2011, 12:47:20 PM
Dostoevsky modeled Raskolnikov on the Napoleonic myth of genius, which I don't think interested Lenin much.
But you can't deny the fact that the ideology of an elite vanguard party, i.e. a specifically non-mass party to lead the masses, has heavy parallells?
Because the fact of the matter is, he not only murdered the old pawnbroker and her sister, Lizaveta, but also Lizaveta's unborn child. Most readers (I think 99 percent of us the first time we read the novel) have forgotten this telling detail by the end of the story, if we ever even registered it to begin with.
Count me in there, I never noticed!
But yes, Lizaveta was pregnant when she was killed. This is significant in Orthodox terms because even (or especially) the life of an unborn child is considered precious. So as it turns out, Raskolnikov is a triple murderer.
Something which only makes him closer to the gang who murdered NAOTMAA.
I think, dear Fyodor Petrovich, that your analogy between Raskolnikov's murders and the murder of the IF is more than a little far-fetched.
I know, but being a synthesisist at heart I was very struck with how the most popular tales coming out of pre-Revolutionary Russia deals heavily with the same moral issues: Is it always wrong to kill a tyrant, who although not doing anything illegal per se nevertheless is a malevolent, exploiting influence. Or, in other words, does murder being illegal equal murder always being immoral and vice versa? And what about collateral damage? Does the end justify the means or will collateral damage curse the tyrannicide and the murderers?
My approach is from something we discussed in another thread, where you said you were fed up with people looking down on teens dealing with this and other moral Angst and Weltschmerz issues through a fascination with NAOTMAA. These teens are often female, perhaps from more conservative backgrounds. Compare them to the often male, more radical youngsters whose "rite of passage" often is reading "Crime and Punishment". It might seem like there is a huge gap between the romantic emo girl crying over NAOTMAA's fate and the Communist-posing Che Guevara-worshipping young male reading "Crime and Punishment" in a cloud of weed smoke, but if we look more closely they are actually reading about the same moral issues.
I'm from Norway where this "rite of passage" is quite common. Being more into German culture I read Thomas Mann instead of Dostoyevsky when I was young, angry and confused, but I was exposed to Lenin's story, as a positive story, in my teens, before NAOTMAA, which I only learned about later, here on this forum. I have never read Massie's "Nicholas and Alexandra" nor seen any of the movies it spawned, something I guess gives me a bit of a unique perspective, I guess.
BTW being a Thomas Mann fan fits perfectly with the first book by a Russian author I read (apart from some Soviet children's books) being "Au temps du fleuve Amour" (Norwegian title: Kjærlighet ved elven Amur; Love by the River Amur) by Andreï Makine. Yes, nostalgic emigré literature, but by an emigré from the Soviet Union, not Tsarist Russia.
You know, my dear F.P., I'm so out of practice with posting that I've actually forgotten how to do quotes from other people's posts. So here I am quoting what most struck me about your last post:
but being a synthesisist at heart I was very struck with how the most popular tales coming out of pre-Revolutionary Russia deals heavily with the same moral issues: Is it always wrong to kill a tyrant, who although not doing anything illegal per se nevertheless is a malevolent, exploiting influence. Or, in other words, does murder being illegal equal murder always being immoral and vice versa? And what about collateral damage? Does the end justify the means or will collateral damage curse the tyrannicide and the murderers?
You are as always extraordinarily sensitive to the nuances. I think the "collateral damage" does deal, if not a death blow, more than a glancing one, to any revolutionary regime. I would like to say a death blow, after the terrible fates of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and their children, and NAOTMAA of course, but the fact of the matter is that the French Revolution which dealt the former their brutalization in captivity and the parents their ultimate deaths by violence is still celebrated every July 14th and isn't their very place of execution (not only of them but of many nobility and peasants as well) now a major thoroughfare and public venue for some of these very same celebrations?
Thanks for bringing up the teen Angst and Weltschmerz issues, as you put it, I do think they are relevant. I have to say that as a little girl in a very liberal (socialist, actually, my father was a big fan of Trotsky) household, NAOTMAA was a sort of crucible for me when I was, say 10 or 11 and first read Massie's book. But Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment was also a major, no doubt much more major, rite of passage, when I was considerably older, 17 or 18 (note, before college, I read it on my own, without any formal intermediaries, which surely accounts for the incredible, unadulterated impact it had on me, because it came as a complete intellectual and emotional shock at the time). When I read C&P I thought, this is everything a novel should be, this is life, this is death, this is violence and evil, it is the truth. I still believe that, for the most part.
So yeah, you've probably hit the nail on the head yet another time, we have been discussing the same moral issues all along, and maybe Dostoevsky even acted as a sort of catharsis for me. As an adult, the more I read Dostoevsky (and I think I've read just about everything of his, except Diary of a Writer and Winter Notes on Summer Impressions), the more I realize that he was absolutely obsessed with the human capacity for evil, which includes every kind of abuse humans are capable of inflicting on each other. "Collateral damage," in fact.


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Middle School Internship Program: Authentic experiential learning in action
May 17, 2012 InlySchool Experiential Learning, Middle School, Practical Life Skills One comment
As we visited students at their internships the last week in April, we were yet again struck by the poise and maturity that comes through so strongly in these situations. The students' hosts were so impressed with their work ethic and professionalism. We hope that this sense of accomplishment carried over at home, although we also know that fatigue may have stood in the way! (Who knew that 25 hours of work could be that exhausting?!?!)
A key component of the Inly Middle School curriculum, internships a great reminder to all of us about how important it is for adolescents to be authentically exposed to the larger society they will enter. Amid all the tumult, inconsistency and insecurity, we need to remember that they can do much more than we typically expect when given the chance and proper support.
The rationale behind Inly internships
Why do we do internships in 7th and 8th grade?
Middle school aged children are fascinated with their potential roles in the larger society and eager to explore these roles through their own participation. Authentic work experiences are an important part of their exploration of the world. At Inly we've designed our Internship Program to give students the opportunity to experience this key aspect of adolescent development and exploration.
The Montessori connection
The Montessori educational program leads each student naturally to the world of work. From the youngest age, the child's activities in the classroom are referred to as "work," and students are given substantial independence in how they approach this work in school and out of school. While their independence and initiative is encouraged, they are also taught that they are accountable for thorough completion of what they set out to do.
The connection with adults
At school they have developed many productive relationships with adults, including their teachers, the school administrators, and many parents, most of whom they are comfortable addressing by their first names. The Internship Program is designated to give our Middle School students further experience being supervised by adults, accomplishing important work, and meeting adults' expectations.
What is a typical internship like?
There is no such thing as a typical internship. While each internship experience is different, all are valuable for the intern. There is no "right" way to host an intern and no "rules" for the experience. The goal is that middle school students participate in authentic, productive, necessary work.
That being said, there are some uniform guidelines:
Inly interns work for at least 25 hours over the course of their week-long internship.
During internships, all students are required to keep a daily journal to help process the experience and prepare for their follow-up presentation. Specifically, they are asked to reflect on the questions below:
What did you learn about the organization you chose for your internship?
What was a typical day like?
What did you learn about yourself and your work habits?
What skills did you use or observe others using to be successful in this job?
Are you interested in this field of work? Why or why not?
In hindsight, how was the process of securing your internship? What did you do well? What would you do differently? What advice would you give to someone who hasn't gone through the process before?
When students return from internships, they give oral presentations to faculty, family and other students. For seventh graders, this often sparks new ideas for next year's internship!
Where do Inly students intern?
All over the place! Here's a short sample of organizations and businesses that have hosted Inly interns over the past few years:
Advanced Food Systems Inc., Babycakes Bakery, Bayside Runner, Booth Hill Horse Barn, Company Theatre, Gary Land Photography, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Holly Hill Farm, Music Unlimited, NephCure Foundation, South Shore Art Center, South Shore Natural Science Center, Ventress Library, Weir River Farm
In addition, we've been fortunate to host talented interns in several departments at Inly School, including: Communications, Marketing, Events, Development and Alumni Relations. Those interested in early childhood education have also served as interns in the Toddler House and Children's House preschool and kindergarten programs.
For more information, see the Middle School page on the Inly School website.
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Do you know what's happening?
What keeps coming up is the importance of deeply sensing what is happening. The more deeply I can feel into what's going on with the team, the more we can accomplish together. As leaders, we can use this sensing to make every interaction more powerful. In this post, I'm going to tease apart what I believe is involved in this sensing. My experience suggests there are 3 essential components.
If you're not, maybe you should be. While events around the world continue to be disturbing, that's not what I'm talking about here.
Awareness is disturbing. So why bother?
As leaders in these difficult times, we need this "disturbing" awareness to fully meet the complexity and uncertainty the world brings us. All of us have habitual ways of thinking that limit us.


L'evento principale sarà il Meeting Annuale della Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, che per questa edizione si svolgerà a Los Angeles. Io non sarò presente fisicamente al Meeting SVP, ma posso contare sull'appoggio di alcuni amici, che saranno là. Inoltre, si sta attivando una rete nei social network che permetterà di partecipare "virtualmente" ad alcuni degli eventi in programma. Da quello che so, alcuni sono molto interessanti... ma non posso dire ancora nulla.
Inoltre, so da voci e rumor molto attendibili che anche altri eventi - molto interessanti - sono in arrivo nella Theropodosphera.
I hope it were the authors themselves who gave you those rumors , otherwise someone might not have acted in concordance with certain ethic guidelines.
Yes, it was the author himself of that study that gave me that rumor.
Don't worry for my ethical behaviour.
I was not speaking about your ethical behaviour, but of the behaviour of a hypothecical(I used the word someone with a reason, I would never speak to you or anybody else in such an indirect manner, as this would be rude) informant that is not the author himself, which, as you have clarified to me, is not the case.
You yourself did not spoil anything, which is pretty obvious from reading your posts.
Also, only one interesting study? I thought you were using the plural, must be my bad Italian and Google Translate that misguided me.
Sorry, I meant more than one.


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from tempest.api.identity import base
from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
from tempest.lib import decorators
from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc

class ServicesTestJSON(base.BaseIdentityV2AdminTest):
    """Test identity services via v2 API"""

    def _del_service(self, service_id):
        # Deleting the service created in this method
        self.services_client.delete_service(service_id)
        # Checking whether service is deleted successfully
        self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound, self.services_client.show_service,
                          service_id)

    @decorators.idempotent_id('84521085-c6e6-491c-9a08-ec9f70f90110')
    def test_create_get_delete_service(self):
        """Test verifies the identity service create/get/delete via v2 API"""
        # GET Service
        # Creating a Service
        name = data_utils.rand_name('service')
        s_type = data_utils.rand_name('type')
        description = data_utils.rand_name('description')
        service_data = self.services_client.create_service(
            name=name, type=s_type,
            description=description)['OS-KSADM:service']
        self.assertIsNotNone(service_data['id'])
        self.addCleanup(self._del_service, service_data['id'])
        # Verifying response body of create service
        self.assertIn('name', service_data)
        self.assertEqual(name, service_data['name'])
        self.assertIn('type', service_data)
        self.assertEqual(s_type, service_data['type'])
        self.assertIn('description', service_data)
        self.assertEqual(description, service_data['description'])
        # Get service
        fetched_service = (
            self.services_client.show_service(service_data['id'])
            ['OS-KSADM:service'])
        # verifying the existence of service created
        self.assertIn('id', fetched_service)
        self.assertEqual(fetched_service['id'], service_data['id'])
        self.assertIn('name', fetched_service)
        self.assertEqual(fetched_service['name'], service_data['name'])
        self.assertIn('type', fetched_service)
        self.assertEqual(fetched_service['type'], service_data['type'])
        self.assertIn('description', fetched_service)
        self.assertEqual(fetched_service['description'],
                         service_data['description'])

    @decorators.idempotent_id('5d3252c8-e555-494b-a6c8-e11d7335da42')
    def test_create_service_without_description(self):
        """Test creating identity service without description via v2 API

        Create a service only with name and type.
        """
        name = data_utils.rand_name('service')
        s_type = data_utils.rand_name('type')
        service = self.services_client.create_service(
            name=name, type=s_type)['OS-KSADM:service']
        self.assertIn('id', service)
        self.addCleanup(self._del_service, service['id'])
        self.assertIn('name', service)
        self.assertEqual(name, service['name'])
        self.assertIn('type', service)
        self.assertEqual(s_type, service['type'])

    @decorators.attr(type='smoke')
    @decorators.idempotent_id('34ea6489-012d-4a86-9038-1287cadd5eca')
    def test_list_services(self):
        """Test Create/List/Verify/Delete of identity service via v2 API"""
        services = []
        for _ in range(3):
            name = data_utils.rand_name('service')
            s_type = data_utils.rand_name('type')
            description = data_utils.rand_name('description')

            service = self.services_client.create_service(
                name=name, type=s_type,
                description=description)['OS-KSADM:service']
            self.addCleanup(self.services_client.delete_service, service['id'])
            services.append(service)
        service_ids = [svc['id'] for svc in services]

        # List and Verify Services
        body = self.services_client.list_services()['OS-KSADM:services']
        found = [serv for serv in body if serv['id'] in service_ids]
        self.assertEqual(len(found), len(services), 'Services not found')

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BBC Newsnight - Fit for Purpose?
Fit for purpose?
BBC Newsnight's documentary on the 1967 abortion act.
Alerted by an enews communication from "Life", I took a look at the BBC's "Newsnight" programme of January 16th. The topic was "Is the Abortion Act fit for purpose?" and "Life"s enews commented (with what I could not help picturing as a weary sigh and a shrug of the shoulders): "The BBC covered the issue in their usual unbalanced way".
In fact, the question of balance between the pro-life and pro-abortion viewpoints was very largely evaded, probably in the hopes of leaving viewers with the impression that this issue has now been settled in favour of abortion, and that society has moved on and now needs to consider some fine-tuning of abortion legislation.
If debating whether or not something is "fit for purpose", you might think it would be important to know what its purpose is, or at least was when it was originally devised. This, however, was not touched on; and, not being touched on, it left viewers to assume that everyone knows the purpose of the '67 Act, just as everyone knows what the purpose of a tin-opener is. But do we know? David Steel (now Lord Steel) the "architect" of the '67 Act, has said in the past that the Act was not being used as he had originally envisaged it. As he appeared on the programme (albeit briefly), he might have been asked about this; but he was not - or, if he had managed to express an opinion on the subject during the making of the programme, that opinion was not included in the final airing. The only points he was able to make were that in 1967 abortions were surgical, whereas now there is also the option of medical (chemically-induced) abortions; and that in most European countries it is now relatively easy to obtain an abortion during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy with few if any questions asked; which was not the case in 1967. Hence the '67 Act may need "revisiting".
Other people interviewed only briefly included Dr. Sethi, a consultant paediatrician who suggested that perhaps women are travelling to India for sex-selective abortions rather than having them carried out in the UK; Mark Pritchard, a pro-life M.P. who made a very brief appearance during which he pleaded, at the very least, for a reduction from 24 to 22 weeks as the maximum gestational age for abortion; and someone whose name I missed, from Abortion Rights, who said that the requirement to have two doctors give consent for a woman to have an abortion "smacks of paternalism" (if they are female doctors, does it smack of maternalism, I wonder?)
The bulk of the interviewing was carried out with Ann Furedi, CEO of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), and Dr. Claire Gerada, GP and former Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners. In terms of "Life" issues, then, the programme could hardly be considered balanced. Dr. Gerada seemed concerned mainly to emphasise that women seeking abortions should have access to "good and safe" procedures; she did, however, betray some uneasiness about the number of abortions being carried out when she made a plea for women to be educated about contraception so that they don't need abortions. Ann Furedi's views hardly need commenting on, since her livelihood is derived from the BPAS's very considerable income from NHS funded abortions. Expecting her to be in favour of reducing the number of abortions carried out would be like expecting a butcher to be in favour of vegetarianism.
The underlying agenda of the programme seemed to be not "Is existing abortion legislation fit for purpose?" but "How would we like to see it changed, - and why?" Two points in particular were raised, each having been in the news recently, and each of which might seem to prompt changes in the direction of placing restrictions on abortion providers, in one way or another.
The first of these related to abortions being sought (and carried out) for reasons of gender. An investigation by The Independent, based on detailed statistical analysis of data from the 2011 National Census, has reported discrepancies in the gender ratio of children born to first-generation immigrant families from Pakistan and Afghanistan "which can only be easily explained by women choosing to abort female foetuses in the hope of becoming quickly pregnant again with a boy". Are such abortions legal under existing legislation; and should they be?
Nobody was quite so crass as to say that abortions carried out for reasons of gender are just fine, though Ann Furedi has said – or written – something very like this in the past: "Sex selection, like rape, may not be a ground for abortion, but there is no legal requirement to deny a woman an abortion if she has a sex preference, providing that the legal grounds are still met." Dr. Gerada said that the Independent's statistics are "not clear-cut" (implying that perhaps, after all, there is no good evidence that gender-selective abortions are taking place). But the Independent had its figures checked by professional statisticians, one of whom, a lecturer in statistics from Imperial College London, was quoted as saying "The only readily available explanation... is gender-selective abortion. In the absence of a better theory, these findings can be interpreted as evidence that gender-selective abortion is taking place." Perhaps Dr. Gerada, not a professional statistician as far as I know, would like to cast about for a "better theory" to explain the figures.
The second point related to the fairly recent discovery that some abortion clinics have not been complying with existing legislation in that they were having doctors pre-sign consent forms without having seen the patient, - indeed, in some cases, without the patient even being named on the form (the '67 Act requires the consent of two doctors before an abortion can go ahead). No-one was prosecuted for this breach of the law. Ann Furedi and the Abortion Rights representative jointly argued for abortion to be removed from the criminal law altogether, for abortion to be treated like any other operation which requires the consent of only one doctor, for early abortions to be carried out by suitably competent nurses as an alternative to doctors, and for the second dose of mifepristone (RU486), the drug used to precipitate medical abortions, to be given to women to carry away from the clinic, rather than being administered in the clinic following which they "might miscarry on the bus going home". They also want abortion law in mainland UK to be extended to Northern Ireland, despite the fact that a considerable majority of the people who actually live in Northern Ireland want no such thing. The Abortion Rights representative considered that women should be entirely free to have their pregnancies terminated without having to comply with "grounds laid down by politicians". In other words, abortion on demand, for any reason.
The BBC's 2007 report, "Safeguarding impartiality in the twenty-first century", draws several conclusions about the need for balance and impartiality in its programmes. They include the following:
"Impartiality is and should remain the hallmark of the BBC"
"Impartiality is an essential part of the BBC's contract with its audience"
"Impartiality involves breadth of view, and can be breached by omission"
"Impartiality is most obviously at risk in areas of sharp public controversy. But there is a less visible risk, demanding particular vigilance, when programmes purport to reflect a consensus for 'the common good' or become involved in controversies".
You'd think the "Newsnight" producers belonged to some quite different organisation, wouldn't you?
By the Prayer Crusader under the Patronage of St Theresa of Avila
The BBC is institutionally pr-abortion and will not employ anyone who isn't . If you don't believe contact their Human Resource department and state in a job application you are Pro-Life. You will be politely told to @sling your hook"RIGBY
Clear Vision Catholics 28 January 2014 at 09:29
yes - The BBC has its own core values some of these are - being pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia, radical feminist, and anyone who points out that homosexual acts are dangerous is according to them - homophobic. The BBC also has its own tribe (the people who work at the BBC) the problem is this tribe is very powerful and has been able to impose its values on the rest of the peoples of Britain and even further.
Is the BBC fit for purpose? Perhaps the BBC should be aborted see how they feel.
Coronation Street and euthanasia
Visions of Modernity
Staggering
Catholic Philosophy of Television


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Charlotte Hoaks. . . .(C. A. Hoaks)
Multiple books in the "Torn Apart" Series. Navigation menu to the left.
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Posted: May 14, 2015 in Book I Terror in Texas
Tags: Apocalypse, horror, Larry, Matt, sci-fi, Zombie
"Okay, Matt, where to now?" Larry asked as he plowed over three infected at the entrance of the alley. Two of the bodies fell under the massive tires jerking the wheel and jostling the vehicle from left to right and back again. The Humvee roared from between the brick buildings and hit the front bumper of a Fiat sending it into the front of a glass storefront across the street.
"Sorry. I'll try to dodge around the next one so you can settle things down back there."
The baby in Matt's arms screamed in terror. Matt had no experience with babies and the screaming made his head throb. He didn't have a clue what to do so he just clung to the squirming bundle trying to keep her from slipping from his grasp.
"Larry, damn it, slow down and stop hitting shit! You're scaring the shit outta the kids back here." Matt ordered. "And I need a fucking drink."
"Sorry," Larry mumbled over the crying children.
"My mommy? We have to go back for my mommy." Amy wailed.
Matt sighed as he looked at Amy, then down at the sobbing baby in his arms. He had to get his shit together. When he looked at the men in the front seat, he realized the three of them were the only hope for the two kids. It was time to man up.
Larry slowed the Humvee to a speed that allowed him to dodge around stopped or crashed vehicles but still outpace the roaming infected.
Matt slid closer to Amy and wrapped his arm around her trembling shoulders trying to calm her terror. "We're going somewhere safe. Can you help me, Amy? Let's get your sister a clean diaper and calmed down."
Amy nodded and pulled a pacifier from the diaper bag. She popped it into the baby's mouth. The baby began sucking the nipple and silence filled the vehicle.
Matt gave a big sigh of relief. Amy unlatched the seatbelt and slid out from under Matt's arm to reach deeper into the diaper bag. She passed Matt a disposable diaper then settled back and reattached the seatbelt.
Matt accepted the diaper then laid the unhappy baby across his lap on her stomach.
"Not like that!" Amy protested. "On her back. Her head there." She pointed to his knees. "My daddy can do it like that."
He carefully laid the baby girl down as instructed and with a little help removed the wet diaper then opened the window and tossed it out. The wind caught the diaper and it flew into the face of an infected man as they passed. Amy giggled.
"Oh, you like that, huh?" Matt asked as he grinned at her. Amy shrugged and grew silent. He unfolded the new diaper. It can't be that hard, right. He looked to Amy and asked. "Now what?"
"That end goes under her bottom," Amy advised.
Matt followed the directions then pulled the front up and between the baby's legs. He pulled down at the top as he wondered about the closures.
Amy leaned over and pulled the tabs up and over the front.
It was done. He sighed in relief. "That wasn't so hard. You think she's hungry?" Matt asked.
Amy nodded.
Matt leaned toward the front seat. "Hey Curtis, hold the baby for a minute." He passed the infant to Jake immediately made faces and baby sounds. It was funny seeing a huge black man playing with the tiny baby girl. Her sudden smile caused her to drop the pacifier and the road sounds were drowned out by a giggle.
Amy helped Matt make a bottle of formula then passed the bottle to Jake. Within minutes, the vehicle was quiet except for an occasional slurp of the hungry baby.
Matt looked at the ten-year-old girl and asked. "What's your name?"
"Amy."
"Is this your sister?"
"Yes. Her name is Claire. My daddy is a soldier. How are we going to find my mommy?"
"We're gonna work on that as soon as we can," Matt answered as he rubbed at his temple.
When they got a few miles away from the alley, Larry pulled off on a side street with a good view of the surroundings and stopped. After looking around for the infected one last time, Larry leaned over and picked up a radio and depressed the button on the side.
"Three stooges outside the wire. Request FOB?"
Initially, Matt had hated when a smart-ass sergeant had referred to the trio during ranger training as the "three stooges", now at thirty-two, the moniker never failed to bring a smile to his face. They became fast friends in boot camp and remained together ever since. When men in the unit began referring to them as The Three Stooges, Matt decided if he couldn't escape it, he may as well embrace it.
He smiled thinking of his friends as young recruits and the strong capable soldiers they had become. If he was going to be caught in a shit-storm, he was glad it was with them.
Larry Benson was five-ten but sported broad shouldered with thick muscled arms. He was a bearish man that kept his wiry black hair cut short and his hazel eyes hidden behind a pair of aviator glasses.
Jake Curtis had put on almost fifty pounds of muscle since basic training and grown into a huge man with a quick smile. When he started losing his hair, he shaved what was left and never looked back. The bald head and massive build made him look fierce and dangerous until he smiled.
Matt was almost as tall as Jake, but didn't have the bulk of his friend despite the weight lifting and training. He kept his sandy blonde hair short and his face with its square jaw, clean shaven at least until he had started drinking. Over the last year in the Sand Box, a name used by some of the troops to identify Iraq, deep furrows had appeared on his sun-browned face.
Since back stateside, he had become brooding and silent. He spent hours replaying missions over and over again blaming himself for the missions that failed. Only alcohol dampened the need to constantly examine his decisions.
Larry released the button on the mic and waited. Static and distant gunfire was the only answer. After three minutes, he repeated the message and waited again. No response.
Finally, Larry sighed and turned down the volume. "Maybe it's the range on this radio."
Jake answered pointedly. "You saw the same things I did last night. We're on our own." He bounced Claire on his shoulder.
Matt's head pounded as if Van Halen's drummer was doing a solo. He leaned forward to be part of the conversation. "What in the fuck is going on? What is wrong with all those people?"
Jake turned around and looked at Amy pointedly.
Matt grunted and mumbled. "Sorry, kid. I'm a little under the weather." Matt ignored Jake clearing his throat and continued. "What's going on?"
Larry spent several minutes outlining the attack and the resulting masses of roaming infected dead.
Matt just kept moving his head from side to side all the while his face growing paler by the minute. "I…I can't…I don't…believe this." He leaned against the window and closed his eyes. He gripped his knees to keep his hands from shaking. He really needed a drink.
Finally, Larry turned to Jake and asked. "What are we going to do?" He jerked a thumb toward Matt. "Shit for brains there, is so hung over he can barely sit up. We're so fucked now."
Jake frowned. "Watch your mouth, Larry. We got kids in the vehicle."
Matt looked at Amy. Her pale and tears streaked face tore at his heart. Ignoring the bickering conversation in the front seat, Matt swallowed the bile at the back of his throat and cleared his throat.
"Turn left here and head to Smith Street. We're going to the orange storage units just north of West Commerce. I got a unit at the back of the facility. It'll be a quiet place to regroup." After a pause, he continued. "I got weapons."
Larry snorted. "And you got a well-stocked frig in this storage unit?"
The baby began to whimper and Jake turned his dark face around to look over his shoulder and smiled at Amy. "Don't worry little one. We'll figure this out. Poor Larry here is a little anxious. Just ignore him."
"Yes, sir." Amy answered then continued. "A hmmmm. Mister? That was the last diaper and Claire makes a dirty diaper after she eats." She shrugged.
"Diapers." Larry lamented. "Where in the fuck are we going to get diapers?"
Matt raised his hand. "Enough!" He swallowed hard. "There's both a CVS and a Walgreens about a mile from the units. If we're lucky we can find what we need, then have a quiet place to hunker down and evaluate our options. Hopefully, the area is quiet."
"Yeah. That sounds good." Jake chimed in. "And after that? You know we can't stay in the city for long. Electricity will be going out."
"We'll figure something out," Matt answered as he picked up the diaper bag and riffled through the contents.
Amy was right. No more diapers. He put everything back except a woman's wallet he'd found in a side pocket. He ignored the credit cards and cash and looked at the driver's license. Elizabeth Jameson. She was a nice looking woman judging from her picture. He replaced the license and found a slip of paper with a rural address postmarked through a small town three hundred or so from the city.
Matt turned to Amy. "Your last name is Jameson?" Amy nodded. "Who lives in Pine Springs Canyon, Texas?"
"My grandpa. He used to be in the Army, but now he lives out in the woods."
Matt nodded. Jameson? He groaned. He knew the kid's father. He was a good man and had kept him out of a jail cell more than once in the last few months. He was an M.P. on the base. That meant whatever went down he would have been in the middle of it. Captain Brian Jameson was probably dead.
"Is your dad, Brian Jameson?" Matt asked.
Amy smiled. "Yes, sir."
Matt replaced everything in the wallet except the slip of paper and returned the wallet to the bag. At least it would be a destination that satisfied two requirements; family for the girls and out of the city. Maybe grandpa would be remote enough to protect the kids.
Matt buckled Amy into the seat belt next to him while Larry put the Humvee in gear and pulled from the gloom of the side street onto a boulevard that led to a thoroughfare. He guided the vehicle around a small fender bender and eased down the street toward the warehouse district. They passed gatherings of the undead. Each time the vehicle grew close the faces turned and arms reached out toward them. The infected would begin to follow and Larry would accelerate and leave them behind.
Matt was appalled. There were hundreds of the mangled and torn dead stumbling around the city. The bodies were walking nightmares.
Matt leaned toward Amy. "Hey, don't look out the window okay?"
Amy turned to face him. "Claire is supposed to ride in a car seat."
Matt chuckled. "I guess you'll have to tell us what we need for your sister."
Larry used the medium to drive around a roadblock as they got closer to the base. Clusters of the infected dressed in military garb stumbled through the streets aimlessly until they spotted the moving vehicle. As they neared a group of stumbling monsters in the middle of the road, Matt saw they were feasting on two bodies. The world has gone to hell.
Twenty minutes later, the Humvee approached an intersection where three infected dressed in tattered and torn business suits leaned over a body still trapped in a car. The car had been involved in a minor accident crumpling the front fender. Now the windows were broken and the infected were feasting on the remnants of the occupants. They pulled entrails from the trapped corpse and clutching organs against their gnashing mouths. Dozens of infected had been drawn to the accident.
Larry slammed on the breaks. "Ain't getting through this ways."
Matt stared at the sight through the windshield then turned back to Amy. "Lay your head down, Amy." He reached out and pulled her against his chest.
He sobered as he realized the terrible state of the world. He could see when the infected noticed the vehicle. They focused on the sound then sniffed the air like dogs smelling a bitch in heat. Finally, they seemed to comprehend the faces through the windshield and turned toward the passing vehicle.
"Uh oh. I think they've noticed us." Jake commented as he passed the baby over the seat back.
Matt accepted the infant and pulled her close as he ordered. "Back up! Get us out of here, Larry."
Larry slammed the Humvee into reverse and turned the wheel to the right. He performed a K-turn and headed back the way they had come. At the next intersection, he turned right and stepped on the gas. At the first cross street, he looked toward the right and saw a repeat of the same scene of the previous intersection.
"We're fucked!" Larry pointed to the intersection ahead. He braked then quickly looked left and right. "Which way? Where do we go from here?"
Matt pointed toward a yard and deteriorating picket fence. "That way! Go right through the yard to the next block." Matt ordered. He pulled Amy and the baby closer. They jostled around the back seat. "Amy, hang on. This is going to be bumpy."
Amy grabbed at the handhold of the seat in front of her, her face mirroring her terror. She turned toward Matt and commented. "Claire should be in a car seat."
Matt cuddled the baby close with both arms and answered. "We know sweetie, but for now, we have to get outta here. Now hang on as tight as you can."
"Fucking hope there ain't any pools!" Jake shouted as he braced himself between the door and the array of equipment in the console between the seats.
Larry turned toward the fence and gunned the engine. The vehicle jumped the curb and slammed into the fence. Pickets flew to either side in arcing white missiles. The Humvee plowed through the yard and into the adjoining yard. Larry stirred the vehicle between cemented posts, sending splinters of cedar left and right.
The Humvee burst through the last fence but by the time the debris cleared, Larry realized they were racing toward the side of a Cadillac parked near the house. He jerked the wheel to the left and sped between two small trees, before bouncing down the curb and clipping the passenger side tail light with the front bumper. He jerked the wheel to the right and ended up face to face with a horde of the infected.
"Oh, hell, no!" Larry cursed as he slammed on the breaks.
Jake clutched at the handle above his head. "Turn around. One-eighty man!"
"No, shit!" Larry answered as he executed a U-turn in the middle of the street and headed in the opposite direction.
"I know where we are." Matt leaned over to look around Jake's head. "Take the next right."
"We gotta find some weapons. We're rolling around with all these freaks and we don't have a gun between us." Jake commented.
"I got that covered," Matt answered. He looked down and groaned. A wet spot appeared under the baby and began growing across his pant legs.
"Before we do that, we stop to find some fucking diapers!" Matt groused. The baby in his arms began to cry and he instantly felt like a jerk. "Sorry, sweetie. I know, you're wet and we're going to deal with it as quick as we can." After a soft rumble against his leg, a whiff of dirty diapers filled the confines of the vehicle. Matt laughed. "I deserved that baby girl."
The residential area gave way to a sparsely occupied commercial zone with blocks of overgrown vacant lots. They drove nearly a mile before they saw occupied buildings in the distance. As they drew closer, the trio realized it was a small strip center with half a dozen stores. Only two storefronts were occupied; one with a Dollar General store and the other a florist.
An infected woman paced back and forth inside the small flower shop. She clutched a wilted rose in one hand while the other hung limp at her side still covered in gore from the shoulder to fingertips. The dead woman just stood at the window staring through the glass. The retail center gave way to several office buildings then the open parking lot of a large discount store.
"Hey, look there!" Jake pointed at the Walmart.
Larry slowed and turned into the parking lot. He headed toward the front door driving slowly through the vacant parking lot. He parked the Humvee about twenty feet from the door and studied a sign on the door. The store was closed the night before for inventory.
"Could be people in there," Jake commented.
"Yeah, could be," Matt commented. "Jake, with me. Larry, stay with the girls. If anything happens, get to my storage locker then take the girls to their grandfather's place." He scribbled an address on a scrap of paper and passed it to Larry. "If anything goes wrong, head to the storage unit at this address. It has everything you'll need. These keys will get you in the unit." He laid a keyring on the center console. I wrote the code to open the gate on the paper."
He turned back to Amy and passed the baby to her. "Hold your sister while I'm gone."
He opened the door, got out and reclosed it. He walked around the back of the Humvee, opened the back door and pulled a tire iron from inside the back then reclosed the door.
Jake eased his massive frame from the front seat of the vehicle. He put a hand to his back and stretched. "I guess there ain't two of those?" When Matt offered him the tire iron, he moved his head from left to right. "I'll pick up something inside. Let's do this."
Amy called out. "Don't forget a car seat!"
Jake laughed and gave Amy a thumbs-up. "I got it covered, little girl."
He walked to the front door and pushed on the closed door. When it didn't budge, he reared back to drive his foot through the glass panel. The glass shattered and fell to the concrete in a waterfall of sparkling shards.
Matt and Jake eased through the opening and disappeared into the dimly lit store. Matt stopped to study the overhead signage. A moment later, he nodded toward the baby aisle. "Get what you think we need for the girls over there. I'll get water and food. Don't forget diapers. Pick up something to use as a weapon on the way. There might be infected in here."
"No worries," Jake answered as he grabbed a shopping cart and hurried away toward the garden center.
Matt grabbed a cart and headed into the store. Suddenly, he stopped as he neared the end of an aisle. Shuffling feet and a low moan made Matt stop and release the cart handle. He sidestepped toward the shelving of the endcap. He raised the tire iron then slid his foot forward. Peeking around the cases of canned corn he saw the infected making his way toward him. He also noticed a hanging display of the small packages of notepads. He pulled a package from the rack and tossed it to the middle of the aisle.
The infected, dressed in a white shirt and black apron moaned as he leaned toward the packet. Matt slammed the tire iron down on the back of a young man's skull. Bone crunched and scalp split. The body fell to the floor, black goo spilling from the wound. The monster still clutched the note paper in his hand when he twitched one last time.
"Sorry, buddy." Matt pulled the kid's legs out of the way and rolled the cart into the hardware department. He grabbed a number of items from the shelves, all in threes. He found multi-tools, large knives and machetes then headed toward the grocery department.
He stacked cases of water on the bottom of the cart then swept the shelves of pre-packaged ready to eat meals and bags of nutrition bars. As an after-thought, he tossed in boxes of Pop Tarts, cereal in bags, boxes of crackers and powdered milk.
He heard Jake on the baby aisle tossing things into the cart. When he arrived, he found Jake's cart filled with an array of items: cans of dry formula, three huge bags of diapers, baby wipes, cases of baby food, packages of baby clothes, blankets and in his hand he carried a car seat box.
Matt grabbed a rattle from the shelf and tossed it into Jake's cart. "Let's move."
They both turned and headed toward the front of the store door. Matt walked past paper goods and grabbed three boxes of plastic spoons. As they made their way down the aisle, they passed a display of Tylenol. Matt grabbed two bottles and tossed them into the cart. He kept a third box and tore the top off, dumped the bottle out and then twisted at the cap.
When he looked back up, he cursed again. "Fucking headache!"
Jake nudged Matt with his elbow, but Matt ignored him.
"Child proof." Matt complained.
"Ain't got time for that," Jake answered and pointed toward the back of the store.
Two infected appeared from the auto department and began shambling toward them while Matt struggled with the packaging. Jake looked up and reached for the tire iron, but Matt raised his hand.
"I got this."
He threw the plastic bottle at Jake then dug through his cart and pulled two machetes from the shopping cart he had filled. He tossed one to Jake and ripped the second from the scabbard. He walked away to meet the pair of infected. He jabbed the blade into the left eye of the first, withdrew it then swung the blade in a wide arc at the second monster. The head separated from the body of a young woman in a white jacket. Her hair fanned out as her head spun away.
Matt finished off two more store employees and wiped the blade on the white coat of the pharmacy technician before he slid the machete back in the scabbard. "Let's get the fuck out of here."
Jake rolled his cart to the shattered window, stepped outside then picked up the front wheels and eased it over the window frame. He pulled the cart forward then Matt raised the back wheels over the window frame. When Jake's cart was clear, Matt moved his cart in position and they repeated the process.
Jake pushed the cart to the back of the truck and began tossing his haul into the back of the Humvee. He tore the car seat box open and tossed the box aside. He pushed the seat into the middle of the back seat of the Humvee. He stepped aside to give Matt access to the open tailgate.
Matt pushed the cases of water toward the back seat, then picked up the cart and upturned the content into the back of the vehicle. He slammed the back door and grinned at Jake.
"Good work, buddy."
Larry called out. "Better get a move on guy, we got company."
Matt looked over his shoulder. "Oh, fuck."
Jake turned just in time to see an infected redneck ready to take a chunk out of his shoulder. He jumped back swinging the shopping cart at the monster. The cart knocked the infected man down and Jake drew his machete. He slammed the blade into the top of the man's head. The man fell back pulling the blade from Jake's hand and landed with a crack of his skull against the asphalt. Jake ran to the body, stepped on the redneck's face and pulled the machete free. He hurried back to the front of the Humvee and climbed in the front seat.
Matt took off half of the second infected man's head then followed Jake to the passenger side of the vehicle. With the second door slamming, Larry jammed the vehicle into gear and spun out of the parking lot.
tdhemlin says:
You know, I'm the fist one who'd defend the fact that a man can change a diaper, but you make it perfectly clear in the third paragraph that Matt has no siblings, or friends with babies…then magically he can change a diaper? Umm, no.
Other than that, pretty good stuff here. So, is the grandfather dead? I don't think so…at least I hope not. I'm pulling for the old fart.
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Frequently, emotions will arise from a mysterious source deep within me and I find myself anxious or annoyed with no clue why. I'm typically at a loss to say why I'm having a bad day and I have trouble fixing it. This is because, as a psychologist once told me, I have no clue at any given moment what I'm feeling. Which means I often behave in ways that are unexamined and unhealthy because I'm carrying around past hurts that I'm not even aware are still affecting me. It's only later that I reflect and understand the cause.
As small as my hurts may be, I struggle to put them behind me. As a pastor, I talk with people who are seeking counseling and prayer and I find that past hurts and trauma can linger like an open wound. It may be a memory from childhood or a more recent event, but either way if it isn't dealt with, that past hurt will continue to cause a negative, ongoing effect. A lack of inner healing can destroy marriages and friendships. It makes us behave in self-destructive way and can make inner peace impossible.
So how do heal and we move forward?
Enter St. Ignatius of Loyola, the 16th-century priest and founder of the Jesuits. His life was marked by various trauma-inducing events. His mother died when he was young, he was involved in several violent altercations and murdered a man in a duel, and he had his leg maimed by a cannonball in battle. As a result of his injury he underwent several painful surgeries with no anesthetic. It was during his recovery that he begin to contemplate his life and begin to make changes. Ultimately, he published his Spiritual Exercises, which detail his practical method for achieving spiritual freedom. Part of his process, called the Examen, is helpful to examine past hurts, mistakes, and motivations for actions.
By this, St. Ignatius means that we should enlarge our perspective. It's all too easy to fixate on past hurts and allow them to become our identity, which is why carrying that weight over time becomes isolating. It's tremendously helpful to see ourselves with new eyes. Ignatius particularly has in mind seeking a Godly perspective, but it's also good to find support from friends and family.
When I'm anxious or feeling hurt, my mind constantly fixates on my worries, which only makes the hurt grow in size. Psychologists agree with St. Ignatius that it is important to dwell on positive experience to break a negative mental cycle. This won't erase the hurt, but it will provide some much needed emotional breathing space.
Take an honest look at the day, including what hurts may have accumulated and which past hurts are still lingering. I often take time by myself at the end of the day to reflect and honestly consider where I stand, asking myself what emotions I'm experiencing and identifying their source. Strong emotions mean that I have some digging to do to sort out whatever is happening in my soul. Psychologists agree that it's vital to make this review, identify emotions, and work towards understanding them.
It's hard, but no matter who has hurt me I cannot use it as an excuse for my faults. One of the steps to healing is to break the cycle of acting out. Even if I'm negatively affected by past hurts I cannot allow the negativity to saturate the rest of my life and control my behavior. When we take responsibility for our actions, it sets us free to make positive choices in the future.
We do not have to be captive to our past forever, and the future is bright for every person regardless of what experiences got us each to where we are today. St. Ignatius advises that each day we make a resolution be the best possible version of ourselves.
Throughout his life, St. Ignatius found his meditations to be an effective way of leaving his past behind and making progress towards the type of person he wanted to become. His influence continues to be widely felt today as people from all walks of life use his practical methods to progress in self-knowledge, understand their emotions, and find healing.


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Yuto Kide (; * 13. Februar 1999 in der Präfektur Mie) ist ein japanischer Fußballspieler.

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Yuto Kide erlernte das Fußballspielen in den Schulmannschaften der Nishigaoka Secundary School und der Seiryo High School, in der Jugendmannschaft vom Tsu FC W1 sowie in der Universitätsmannschaft der Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences. Seinen ersten Profivertrag unterschrieb er am 1. Februar 2021 beim Kagoshima United FC. Der Verein aus Kagoshima, einer Stadt an der Südwestspitze der Insel Kyūshū, spielte in der dritten japanischen Liga. Sein Profidebüt gab Yuto Kide am 30. Mai 2021 (9. Spieltag) im Auswärtsspiel gegen den AC Nagano Parceiro. Hier stand er in der Startelf und spielte die kompletten 90 Minuten. Kagoshima gewann das Spiel 2:1.

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Chargers HC Anthony Lynn said Monday that RB Melvin Gordon (knee) likely would have played against the Chiefs last week if the game was on Sunday. That obviously bodes well for his chances of returning for this Saturday's game against the Chargers. Gordon put in a limited practice on Monday. We'll continue to keep a close eye on his progress.
The Chargers believe that there's a "legitimate chance" RB Melvin Gordon (knee), RB Austin Ekeler (concussion, neck) and WR Keenan Allen (hip) are all ready for Saturday's game against the Ravens, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports. We'll get the team's 1st official practice report tomorrow. The Chargers still have plenty to play for, with the AFC's #1 seed still in sight.
Chargers RB Melvin Gordon (knee) is inactive for tonight's game against the Chiefs. He returned to limited practices this week and has a good shot to play Week 16. With Austin Ekeler (neck, concussion) also out, L.A. is down to RBs Justin Jackson, Detrez Newsome and Troymaine Pope. Jackson will serve as the lead back and projects for 15-20 touches, making him a RB2 with upside.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that it'll be "challenging" for Chargers RB Melvin Gordon (knee) to play against the Chiefs tonight. Schefter adds that "the Chargers won't make a final determination on Gordon until pregame warmups." But fantasy owners shouldn't be planning on having him this week. Gordon's absence -- along with Austin Ekeler's -- would leave rookie Justin Jackson as Los Angeles' lead back.
Chargers RB Melvin Gordon (knee) is listed as questionable for Thursday night's game against the Chiefs. He put in limited practices on Tuesday and Wednesday and did travel with the team to Kansas City. It looks like Gordon will be a game-time decision. We'll find out his official status around 7 pm ET tomorrow. RB Austin Ekeler (neck, concussion) is out. So if Gordon can't play, rookie Justin Jackson will serve as the Chargers' lead back.
Chargers RB Melvin Gordon (knee) returned to a limited practice on Tuesday. HC Anthony Lynn and the media have been pessimistic about Gordon's chances of playing against the Chiefs on Thursday night. But Gordon himself said he expects to be a game-time decision. And the Tuesday practice at least gives him a shot to play. We'll continue to monitor his progress.
Chargers HC Anthony Lynn is "not optimistic" about RBs Melvin Gordon (knee) and Austin Ekeler (concussion, neck) being ready for Thursday night's game against the Chiefs, according to NFL.com's Steve Wyche. Their absences would leave the backfield to rookies Justin Jackson and Detrez Newsome. Jackson has looked good over the past 3 weeks, averaging 6 yards per carry and catching all 3 of his targets for 42 yards. He'll be a good bet for 15+ touches on Thursday night, making him a RB2 with upside. Newsome has only 5 carries for 15 yards this season and figures to mix in for just a handful of touches behind Jackson.


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The Failing State of British Education
For around a decade, immigration has been among the most salient issues for British voters, and particularly in the years since the decision to leave the European Union, British news coverage has been overwhelmingly preoccupied with Brexit and all of its corollaries. Though social institutions such as the NHS have come to the fore during this period, the issue of the quality of British education has largely been neglected, despite the fact that over half of all voters consistently view education as one of the most significant factors when choosing a party to vote for. When education has featured in contemporary political discussion, it has largely been invoked in relation to immigration, and as such, has been utilised as an ideological cudgel in televised polemics. For these reasons, though many Brits are keenly aware of the existence of education inequality within the UK, few are aware of the extent of the problem, and many continue to view Britain as a meritocratic society.
Yet, the notion of a meritocratic Britain is hard to maintain in the face of the evidence. Many of the problems faced by Britain's most disadvantaged students begin long before they ever pick up a pencil. A 2018 report on social mobility in Great Britain noted that babies from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to be born with a low birth-weight, which correlates with worse childhood health, worse educational attainment, and lower wages in later life. The earliest years of a child's education are often the most vital, according to a global report on social mobility conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which indicated that more than two-thirds of the achievement gap observed at age 15 and about two-thirds of the gap among 25 to 29-year-olds was already seen among 10-year-olds.
Most alarming is the fact that, despite having some of the greatest levels of education inequality in the developed world, the situation seems to be deteriorating rather than improving for those worst affected. The chance of a child from a poorer background going to a higher-performing school is falling rather than improving. Geographic access to a high-quality education is not merely unequal, but is becoming more so, despite repeated government promises to improve the quality of education outside of London and the South East. One fifth of local areas in England have no high performing secondary schools within a reasonable travel distance, and in some areas, such as Blackpool and Hartlepool, government reports indicate no high performing secondary schools at all.
When I began volunteering for 'Action Tutoring,' an organisation that attempts to boost the educational attainment of students from lower socio-economic backgrounds, the immense challenges such students face in completing their GCSE qualifications became more apparent to me than any statistics could suggest. From students who were being cared for by a single elderly relative with a poor grasp of the English language, to students who had turbulent and disruptive situations at home, a common thread with these students was that problems began in the home and had a disastrous effect upon their education. The other common thread was a sense of disillusionment – two girls I worked closely with both expressed no clear extrinsic motivations and very little hope in achieving their desired grades. They felt neglected by a set-system that focused on examination results irrespective of their individual strengths and weaknesses, and teachers who cared more about ticking off specifications than about facilitating any personal growth. Neither of these two students had ever picked up a book outside of school, nor had they been encouraged to do so by anyone within or outside of their school environment. They lacked knowledge of the limited educational resources available to them and had never been taught how or why to utilise them anyway. In short, the extremity of their situations both at home and in school was apparent to them, and the effect deeply demoralising. The available data suggests my observations were not anomalous. The aforementioned OECD report found that the poorest students in Britain were more unhappy and discouraged than in any other developed nation besides Turkey. The report also found that only 15 percent of disadvantaged students in the UK are satisfied with their lives, do not suffer from test anxiety, and feel socially integrated at school. These statistics are utterly embarrassing for the fifth-largest economy in the world.
But the situation is not all bleak. Incentivising high-quality, experienced teachers to work in schools with disadvantaged students is a remarkably simple and effective strategy that has had enormous success in other developed nations. Further, the very fact that organisations like 'Action Tutoring' exist is proof that third-parties are willing to step in where the government has consistently failed. The potential remedies for education inequality are numerous, and each is deserving of a detailed appraisal. My next blog post will explore the effect of non-profits in boosting the educational attainment of disadvantaged and vulnerable children, and in doing so highlight one of the many ways we can eradicate the social pollutant of education inequality for good.
Isa Eldin
Isa Eldin is a member of the Education policy centre's working group.
'Social mobility in Great Britain – state of the nation 2018 to 2019'. Social Mobility Commission. 2018. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-mobility-in-great-britain-state-of-the-nation-2018-to-2019
'Equity in Education – Breaking Down Barriers to Social Mobility'. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 2018. https://www.oecd.org/education/equity-in-education-9789264073234-en.htm
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Sir Dominick Browne, Irish merchant and landowner,  – .

Biography

Browne was the eldest of three sons of Geoffrey Browne, alderman of Galway (died 1608), a member of the Tribes of Galway.

Dominick was of age and married at the time of his father's death, and a town bailiff in 1609. He was convicted for felony and homicide of Henry Rany of Galway, at Athenry on 29 July 1620. However, for the sum of £5.00 he was pardoned that December.

He successfully stood a M.P. for Athenry in the 1634 Irish parliament, in the same year been elected Mayor of Galway. In 1635 he was knighted by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford. In 1636 he was noted as holding half the lands of Mayo Abbey in addition to other land in the baronies of Costello, Gallen and Clanmorris. Two of his sons were made Freemen of Galway in 1641.

His activities during the Irish Confederate Wars are uncertain. In 1653 he was dispossessed of his Galway property but permitted to retain a portion of his lands in Mayo.

He was married to Anastasia Darcy, a daughter of James Riabhach Darcy (died 1603). Via his son, Geoffrey Browne, M.P. (died 1668) and grandson Dominick Browne, he was ancestor of Baron Oranmore and Browne, Garech Browne and Tara Browne.

References

 Pedigree of the Brownes of Castle mac Garrett, Lord Oranmore and Browne, Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, volume 5, 1907–08.
 Dictionary of Irish Biography:from the Earliest Times to the Year 2002'', p. 903, Cambridge, 2010

Politicians from County Galway
Mayors of Galway
Irish people convicted of murder
People of the Irish Confederate Wars
17th-century Irish businesspeople
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1580s births
1650s deaths