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UFC 174's Rafael Cavalcante: 'Brazil deserves to have more belts'
By Steven Marrocco, Christian Stein June 13, 2014 9:00 pm
By Steven Marrocco and Christian Stein | June 13, 2014 9:00 pm
UFC light heavyweight Rafael Cavalcante has his eyes set on beating Ryan Bader at Saturday's UFC 174, but his long-term goal is more ambitious.
With the ranks of Brazilian champions in the UFC shrinking to one over the past year, Cavalcante (12-4 MMA, 1-1 UFC) hopes to restore his country's dominance in the sport.
"I do think about it," he told MMAjunkie. "But I tend to have short-term goals. And right now my short-term goal is to worry about Ryan Bader.
"I do think that Brazil deserves to have more belts. It's a good thing that Brazilians are born with such a hunger to fight, because we certainly don't have the infrastructure that's available in America."
The Cavalcante vs. Bader (16-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) light heavyweight fight serves on UFC 174's pay-per-view main card at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Prelims air on FX and stream on UFC Fight Pass.
Cavalcante, 34, certainly has had to work for his success. He was trained in veterinary medicine before being convinced to train full-time by MMA legend Antonio Rodridgo Nogueira. He then became a chief training partner of ex-middleweight champion Anderson Silva.
Along with impressive wins, Cavalcante suffered career setbacks, losing the Strikeforce title to Dan Henderson just one fight after taking it from Muhammed Lawal.
Now training with Nogueira's team, Cavalcante is in the process of rebuilding his career after a drug test failure and loss in his UFC debut. This past fall, he got back in the winner's circle with a first-round TKO.
A striking specialist, Cavalcante has never gone the distance in 17 professional fights. Bader's wrestling background could mean he'll need extra energy if the fight turns into a stalemate on the ground.
"I truly believe in myself," he said. "Most of the fight happens in the mind of the athlete. The key is being able to surmount adversity. There are many fighters who can never rebound from a loss. It's necessary to seek victory until the last second.
"Losses are part of a fighter's life. Too often we listen to critiques from people who never say anything constructive. I refuse to listen to anyone who hasn't gone through what I've gone through.
"People feel very free to talk about me. But I only care to listen to those who understand my life. If you look at my career, within four years of my debut, I was world champion. I managed to get there, despite all the doubters and haters."
Like Cavalcante, Bader found success in his early career with "The Ultimate Fighter 8," where he won a reality show tournament at light heavyweight. After a 5-0 run, his rise was halted by now-champion Jon Jones, and he's since struggled to keep his momentum.
Cavalcante, though, thinks the matchup is valuable to his career. Bader sits at No. 11 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie.com MMA light heavyweight rankings, and higher on the UFC's official list.
"I'm merely making some final adjustments," he said. "My weight is well under control. Despite having a long pause between fights, I've managed to remain very active this time around. This is the best I've felt in my life. Of course, MMA is full of surprises, and a winning fighter can always lose at the last second. But the way things have been going, I fully expect to bring this victory back to Brazil."
For more on UFC 174, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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Coach Griffin Saenda has assured Malawians the Queens will soar new heights at the Fast5 World Netball Series in New Zealand.
Saenda, who is expected to name his travelling squad today ahead of departure on Thursday, said the players know well the responsibility they are carrying and they are geared to give their best.
Malawi's best at the world stage has been number five and Saenda believes this time around, they can break new ground.
"It is amazing how the girls are adapting to the Fast5 type of play. It is like they have been playing this kind of netball all their life. We are playing the top three teams (England, New Zealand and Australia) before the actual tournament and that will give us the necessary confidence.
"This gives me hope that we are ready for the world stage and that we will break a new record," he said.
Saenda is aware that the Queens need also to be wary of South Africa to avoid being displaced as the number one team in Africa.
Unlike the Queens, who have had no international game for the past six weeks, South Africa are currently taking part in the Quad 4 Series involving hosts New Zealand, England and Australia.
The South Africans lost to New Zealand 63-24 in their first game yesterday and tonight they are taking on England.
"We need to take part in such tournaments frequently so as to be among the top three in the world. It is possible if you look at what we achieve despite limited international experience," said Saenda.
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The R55 MINI Clubman is BMW's response to requests from MINI fans for MINI vans, with a bit more room in the back for carrying sports equipment, several people's luggage or more than a lampshade back from IKEA.
No doubt about it the MINI is the biggest motoring marketing success Britain has ever seen.
The Oxford factory will turn out 240,000 next year and we still can't get enough of them.
But there was a limit to how many buyers there could be for a car that, however much fun it was to drive, could only take four at a pinch. Even totally besotted MINI lovers were having to look for something else once the Clear-Blue strip gave them the good news.
What they really wanted was a stretched MINI, with a bit more room in the back seat, and a bit better access to it.
And that's exactly what BMW now gives them in a charmingly retro recreation of the original Mini Traveller. Except it can't be called a 'Traveller', for copyright reasons. So it's actually named from another Mini ancestor, the 'Clubman'.
It's 240 mm longer than a MINI, with more legroom, more luggage space and a slightly longer wheelbase that alters the handling in the same way as the original Minivan and Mini Traveller did from the original Mini. And in the back you can choose at no extra cost between a three-seater bench (with three three-point belts) or two individually sculpted seats.
It has an extra rear-hinged rear side door, like a Mazda RX-8, but on the right hand side of the car only. Some Brits may feel short changed by this because it isn't kerbside as it is on Clubmans sold in mainland Europe. But, in compensation, they gain the advantage of being able to chuck a briefcase or wet umbrella into the back from the driver's side. And, of course, in a carpark it doesn't really matter which side the kids get out. The back is really retro, with two separate side hinged doors giving access to the load area, but integrated into a really terrific example of rear end styling. It almost looks like a face on the back of the car as well as on the front.
You are offered a choice of three engines: 120hp 1.6 petrol, 110hp 1.6 turbo diesel, or 175hp turbo petrol, so all Clubmans so far are Coopers. You can have a 6-speed manual or basically the same Aisin Warner 6-speed automatic as offered by Peugeot, Citroen and Ford. A well as that BMW has applied its 'Efficient Dynamics' tweaks to the engines, adding Auto Start-Stop, clutched alternator that only regenerates on overrun or when braking and a Gearshift point indicator. These have the combined effect of pulling CO2 back to 132, 109 and 150g/km respectively, making sure the diesel remains in the £35pa Band B VED bracket and the other two in Band C. They also improve economy and we saw an excellent 43.4mpg from the diesel even after giving it a damn good thrashing.
The Cooper D could well turn out to be the best seller. As is the case with the MINI II hatchback, 16" wheels with 195/55 R16V Runflat tyres are the best all-round choice. The car is sweet to drive with just the right amount of road feel and the longer wheelbase helps it handle a tad more tidily than the hatch. It's very free-revving for a diesel, going to 5,000rpm no trouble and with no nasty hole at the bottom of the rev range. While six quite long gears help you keep it on the boil, ideally between 2,000 and 3,500rpm. Long gearing of 35mph per 1,000rpm make it both restful and economical on the motorway too.
But the petrol engined 120hp Cooper is more fun. Again it's very high geared and after being used to the diesel's slug of torque between 2,000 and 3,000rpm you miss that on the 1.6 petrol. But it revs more sweetly and the engine is lighter so the feel of the car is sweeter. And fuel economy isn't too bad. Driving it quite a bit harder than the diesel it still returned 34mpg, so in normal use should be good for around 40 against the diesel's 50 or so. Chain-cam rather than belt cam too.
After the Coopers, at first I thought the Cooper S was a disappointment. It's much faster, of course. But, the test cars came on 17" Chili Pack wheels with 205/45 tyres that remove some of the sensitivity of the steering. The 'Power' button exaggerates this by both speeding up by weighting up the steering and robbing it of more genuine 'feel'. While the noise from the tyres on a poor road surface was truly atrocious. As well as that, this car was fitted with the optional satnav, the screen of which replaces the huge central speedo, and while this is very practical it robs the car of some of its retro chic.
Fortunately I had another chance to drive the same car the next morning on more interesting country roads, got used to the system and found it redeemed itself. Actually, with 54 more horsepower as well as the same strong torque of the diesel right though its rev range, the Cooper S needs those 205/45 tyres to get its power down. It's huge fun. You can be leery with it, generating masses of torque steer as the car tries to compensate for your clumsiness. Or you can be smooth and extremely fast. And for your total outlay of £19,345 (with the Chili pack), you'll have a hot little sportscar, as quick as an MX5 2.0i Sport, but capable of carrying 5 people, or skis, or scuba gear, or a mountain bike inside.
Or, of course, a baby.


Southwestern New Mexico is steeped in cultural, historical and recreational resources. From the Mimbreno People of ancient times to the miners and cattlemen both of the past and present, the history is rich. Native American, Latino and Western culture is well represented in the art, food and gifts that are found in the historical districts of the towns and cities in Grant, Luna, Sierra and Dona Ana Counties.
The area is made up of a relatively small population, great climate, and millions of acres of national forest and wilderness. So if you are interested in the outdoors, mining, raising livestock, or just a comfortable and safe place to live, Southwestern New Mexico meets the criteria.
If you enjoy a mild climate, then this is the place is for you! Rarely, is a place found where there are four definite seasons coupled with such mild temperatures. Spring bursts with life when leaves bud, and flowers open, Summer is marked with monsoon rains that keep the temps down while providing precious moisture for the high desert landscape. Fall is marked with spectacular color, both on the ground as well as in the Mimbres Valley where the multiple species of deciduous trees turn to bright yellows and oranges. Winter time seems like the time when this seemingly overactive landscape rests, however, mountain snows create beautiful views from the ranch, and you may wake up to a dusting now and then.
Summer months have an average high of about 88 degrees. Winter lows average about 27 degrees and rarely fall much lower than that.
Located approximately 30 minutes from the ranch is the quaint town of Silver City which is widely known for its historic downtown district where the original mining town built around the mid 1800's has been transformed to a colorful cultural, artisan and culinary mecca. From the museum at Western New Mexico University, to a multitude of galleries and specialty restaurants, there is something for everyone!
Silver City is also known as the southwestern gateway to the expansive 3.3 million acre Gila Wilderness, where hiking, camping, fishing, and hunting opportunities seem limitless. If you're not into the wilderness thing, there are literally tens of thousands of acres of National Forest and other attractions that can be accessed by regular vehicular travel, like the multiple hot springs in the immediate area. Nearby water recreational areas include Bill Evans Lake, Bear Lake and Lake Roberts. For a larger lake, Elephant Butte is just a beautiful drive over the Black Range, about an hour drive.
Chino Mine is a major employer in the area and is located only 20 minutes from the ranch. Chino is also the home of the Kneeling Nun which is a well known landmark as well as a religious treasure to the locals.
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Of course, every hipster loves Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154 but what's little known is that WIRE has had many recordings that have fallen through the cracks in coolness. This is a seminal record that made a huge impact on the U.K. Pop vista, an important transition for the band as they tossed aside the Punk elements and embraced a candied Pop direction. Don't get me wrong, ABIAC is still angular and obtuse and the themes are incomprehensible but the structure here is accessible. It definitely influenced many of the bands in the Brit-Pop explosion that followed in the early to mid-90's.
There are actually songs on this album that could have been featured in a John Hughes movie. So, turn off the cerebral listening factor, put the top down and just drive.


With the 2018 events season nearly all wrapped up, the time has come to look ahead. Next year's strategies will soon come to fruition, budgets will be set and, before you know it, your calendar will be full again. Before that happens, let's take a look at the first half of 2019 and just some of the recruiting-related events taking place across the country. While early January provides a bit of reprieve, prepare for things to start rocking and rolling around the end of the month and into February.
Mix and mingle with industry thought leaders to learn how their experiences have allowed them to effectively leverage social recruiting strategies and find top-notch talent. Save your seat at SRSC for practical hands-on workshops and a slew of case studies. Plus, there's the ability to download talks and presentations after the fact.
Recruiting Trends & Talent Tech LIVE comes to you from the same team that produces the annual HR Tech Conference & Expo in the fall. This conference, known for combining the art and science of talent acquisition, lets attendees decide exactly how they'd like to develop and perfect their craft, with five custom session tracks to choose from.
The conference names are starting to speak for themselves, huh? At this event, attendees will learn about the current issues in workforce planning, as well as the use of people analytics for data-based decision-making from the ground up. Bonus: if your boss doesn't go for its sunny locale, consider the online attendance option.
If you want to master "the road to sourcing greatness," SourceCon is the place to be. At this year's conference, explore hot topics in diversity and inclusion, global sourcing lessons, perspectives on automation, and more. Attendees can sit in on roundtables, visit the innovation lab, and even watch a hackathon.
Operating under the idea that "talent is everything," the 2019 Talent Conference & Exposition boasts more than 80 sessions, pre- and post-conference seminars, over 100 exhibitors and some 1400 attendees. At this event, attendees can fine-tune their skills and discover the tools, resources, innovations and solutions needed to evolve their human capital strategies.
Dedicated to all things enterprise talent acquisition, speakers from across the Fortune 100 are on the schedule for this year's ERE Recruiting Conference. Explore topics such as working with hiring managers, recruitment marketing and advertising, sourcing those hard-to-find candidates, talent acquisition leadership, strategy and more.
Taking on every aspect of the recruiting process, RecruitCon is set to uncover new and emerging recruiting practices with a stacked agenda featuring strategies from top brands, networking and idea-sharing sessions and professional development opportunities.
With more than 15 stages of content representing over 100 industries, UNLEASH returns to spotlight innovative technologies, the latest workforce solutions and inspired leadership strategies. This year's agenda remains a mystery, but past speakers include Francine Katsoudas, Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Cisco; Jonas Kjellberg, Co-creator of Skype; and Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group.
This conference will examine ways to beat the talent crunch with an all-hands-on-deck strategy; there's also a crash course in data-driven recruiting. Attendees will learn how to leverage an array of strategies, tactics and tools that go beyond a siloed approach to recruiting. As with most Human Capital Institute events, there's an online attendance option, too.
Technically, it's already summer by this point, but with over 200 sessions across nine tracks (ranging from workplace strategy, global HR, talent and everything in-between), we'd be remiss not to include the SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition.
Yes, 2019 looks… busy. From the super-specific to the big and broad, there's a recruiting event out there for everyone, and now's the time to start making the business case for attending. Happy conferencing!


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Austin Getting Things Back on Track in Trenton
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LIDOM 2020: Abreu Sparks Licey to Shutout Victory
LIDOM 2020: Deivi, Listless Licey Lose Once Again; Sánchez Keeps Rolling
LIDOM 2020: A Tale of Two Toros
LIDOM 2020: An Important Offseason Begins for Gary Sánchez
LIDOM 2020: Deivi's Debut Marks Tense Tigres Win
Coles: Plenty of options should the Yankees need to replace Tanaka and Paxton
LIDOM 2020: Abreu, German Make Season Debuts as Toros No-Hit Licey
LIDOM 2020: A Yankee Fan's Guide to Winterball
Coles: Thinking about Replacements should LeMahieu Not Return
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Tyler Austin, in the Thunder dugout between innings Saturday night, has reasons to smile this season. (Photo by Martin Griff)
Jed Weisberger
TRENTON, NJ – We all know the story. Turn back the clock a few years, to a warm early April afternoon in 2013 that served as that season's Trenton Thunder Media Day.
We still have the photo of the Opening Day outfield from that year – a highly rated trio of former top draft pick Slade Heathcott in center, flanked by Top 100 prospect Tyler Austin and an up-and-coming, hustling kid named Ramon Flores.
Three years later, Flores has earned a roster spot with the Milwaukee Brewers, Heathcott had a successful taste of the majors with the Yankees last season and Austin is back in Trenton, where things looked so rosy in 2013. To many prospect watchers, Austin, once rated No. 77 by Baseball America, was all but forgotten.
A wrist injury that first surfaced in 2013, and bothered him for the better part of three seasons, a knee, and an ankle, kept Austin from fully playing at full strength. The wrist, however, was the key problem. Anyone who has had a wrist issue knows it can take a long time to heal.
Meanwhile, the Yankees designated Austin for assignment after the 2015 season to remove him from the 40-man roster. He went unclaimed and was outrighted to Trenton, where the clouds are finally clearing on his career. He still is only 24.
"It (the wrist) really affected me for parts of the last three years," said Austin, prior to the Thunder's game with Harrisburg in Arm&Hammer Park. "Finally, that seems to be all behind me. I feel good, having fun and following my routine.
"So far, it seems to be working," added Austin, who is hitting a solid .282 (24-for-85) with two home runs and 14 RBIs entering Sunday play.He has worked 16 walks and has put together an OPS of .835 in 25 games while playing first base.
Thunder manager Bobby Mitchell certainly appreciates Austin's contributions so far this season.
"Tyler has been great in the clubhouse and on the field for us," Mitchell said. "He is very focused in his routine, sticking to it and keeping things simple. He knows what works for him. It's been good."
Prior to the wrist issues, Austin, a native of Conyers, Ga., was a power prospect. He hit 17 home runs and drive in 80 runs in 2012, splitting most of his time between Class-A stops Charleston and Tampa, with a two-game stint in Trenton at the end of the season. leading to that media day with Heathcott and Flores that seems so long ago.
"It's just nice to get back to feeling healthy and doing what I know I can do," he said. "I have a routine that I've gotten used to, really keeping it simple, concentrating on what I need to be successful."
Friday night, Austin hit a long, opposite-field home run, something he used to do a lot of, but also something that has been absent the last few seasons. That lost power may be returning.
"I've got to say that home run felt good in a lot of ways," he confirmed.
Austin is playing a solid first base, and has made some plays that saved some throwing errors. This stretch has been his best in awhile, and is drawing notice, His Yankees system future can still go a few different ways, but he appears to finally be back on track.
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Have covered the Yankees and their system for over 20 years. I enjoy writing about future Yankees and where a prospect stands in the system. One rule: I only analyze and comment on prospects I have seen play and have talked to.
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Q: Ansible Tower: Custom Credential Type I created a Custom Credential in Ansible Tower and need to use it in a role.
The credential name is custom_cred -> this has 2 keys custom username and custom password.
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Q: curl pull request error - fork_collab Fork collab can't be granted by someone without permission I'm trying to automate github pull requests via bash script, specifically raising pull requests for forked branches. I've successfully done it for private repos, however it doesn't seem to work for public repos (see code below):
curl -H "Authorization: bearer <accesstoken>" -d '{"title":"SOMETITLE","base":"master","head":"'"someuser"':'"someForkedBranch"'","body":"some words to fill body."}' https://api.github.com/repos/<user-name>/<repo-name>/pulls

Any help would be appreciated.

A: If this is for creating a PR, you would need a -X POST somewhere in your curl command, in order to POST the query for a new PR:
curl \
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Make sure also to use the right oauth/PAT or SAML SSO:
curl -v -H "Authorization: token TOKEN" -X POST ...

Those token have just seen a new format update (Apr. 2021) so you might need to regenerate one.


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A: The left arrow statement here that the value i+1 is stored in the variable i.
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A: Left arrow (as well as right one) means assignment, in your case an equivalent C# code is
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Plans to turn a "dated" office block in the centre of Hammersmith into an 189-room hotel have been given the green light.
The five-storey Brook House in Shepherd's Bush Road is set to be transformed into a hotel by 2020, creating more than 80 jobs.
Hammersmith and Fulham council's planning committee heard on Tuesday (April 2) that the owner, Legal and General, will add two storeys to the building.
The site, just 100 metres from Hammersmith tube station in Breadon Road, will retain its groundfloor units for shops or cafes.
The plans by Darling Associates architects show that its brickwork will be given a pale yellow finish, a mansard roof made of lead or zinc, and a green wall at its southern end.
Hotel giant Whitbread is named in the plans as a potential operator when it re-opens in 2020.
A report by council planning officers called the current building "dated and uninviting" and "not suitable for continued office use".
Eighty per cent of the 88 jobs and internships that the scheme hopes to create will be reserved for local people, the planning committee heard.
The block will stand next to two grade II-listed buildings: Hammersmith Fire Station and Sacred Heart High School for girls. The developer has said no hotels will have views of the school.
The plans were unanimously approved by Labour and Conservative councillors.


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Accenture uses Marketing Disrupted podcast to share CMO-level conversations on digital challenges
Content Marketing, Latest B2B News, Top News June 19, 2019June 25, 2019 Shane Schick
Consulting firm Accenture this week will begin trying to reach chief marketing officers through their earbuds with a podcast series, called Marketing Disrupted, that explores the challenges they face in harnessing digital technologies.
All seven episodes of the Marketing Disrupted podcast are already available and feature a range of marketing leaders beginning with former Kodak CMO Jeffrey Hazlitt. Others on the program include digital evangelist Guy Kawasaki, Shopify marketing director Arati Sharma and executives from Google and Adobe.
Brent Chaters, managing director of Accenture's Digital Customer & Marketing Transformation practice in Canada, said while there are plenty of marketing-related podcasts on services like iTunes/Apple podcasts and Google Play already, Marketing Disrupted is debuting at a time when more of the CMO's budget is shifting to digital than ever before.
"It starts to make you rethink what a digital-first company might look like," Chaters told B2B News Network at the launch party in Toronto on Monday evening. "Marketing isn't just about brand. It's about owning customer outcomes. The CMO now has to work with the chief financial officer, the chief technology officer."
Chaters said he's often getting questions from clients and others about what the evolution of the CMO means for the wider marketing team, and in particular what kinds of skills they'll need to be successful. Marketing Disrupted will now serve as an on-demand resource with in-depth answers to those kinds of questions, he said. Of course, the podcast could also serve as a way to keep Accenture top of mind when brands are struggling with various aspects of digital transformation.
"As marketers we're all thinking about where do we go next," he said. "If there's something we (at Accenture) can do to help, I'd love to have a conversation."
The firm has chosen Amber MacArthur, more popularly known as Amber Mac, who has a long history of reporting on technological change in Canadian broadcasting and online, as the podcast's co-host.
"One of the themes that seemed to emerge from a lot of the interviews is that you can't plan too far ahead," Mac told the audience during a Q&A at the launch event. "You need to be open to pivoting along the way, or something I call relentless adaptation."
Besides looking at "the new CMO," Marketing Disrupted's season includes episodes focusing on "balancing data and desire," personalization and corporate social responsibility.
Shane Schick is the Editor-in-Chief of B2B News Network. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Marketing magazine and has also been Vice-President, Content & Community (Editor-in-Chief), at IT World Canada, a technology columnist with the Globe and Mail and was the founding editor of ITBusiness.ca. Shane has been recognized for journalistic excellence by the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance and the Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
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Vietnam sentences 30 to death for drug trafficking
Jan. 20, 2014 Updated: Aug. 27, 2017 3:14 p.m.
HANOI, Vietnam >> A Vietnamese court sentenced 30 people to death on Monday for trafficking heroin at the conclusion of a mass trial.
State media reported the 21 men and 9 women were convicted of being part of four connected rings that smuggled nearly 2 tons of heroin from Laos into Vietnam and then on to China.
The 20-day trial in the northern province of Quang Ninh involved the largest number of defendants sentenced to death in a single trial in Vietnamese court history, said provincial court chief Ngo Duc.
It was not immediately possible to reach lawyers for the men.
The fairness of the Vietnam's criminal justice system has been questioned by human rights groups and foreign governments.
Vietnam has tough drug laws and possessing or trafficking 600 grams (21.16 ounces) of heroin can result in a death sentence.
There are currently nearly 700 people on the death row.
In 2011, the country switched from firing squads to lethal injection on humanitarian grounds. Since then it has only executed a handful of people because of the difficulty in acquiring the required drugs.


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HRD ministry official's body found on railway tracks in New Delhi.
New Delhi, December 15: Jitender Jha, the Indian Defence Accounts Services officer, who has been missing since December 11, was found dead on Thurday. Jitender Jha's body was found on railway tracks in Palam area of south Delhi. The police have also recovered a suicide note from near Jha's mutilated body.
An unidentified body was found on the intervening night of December 11 and 12 on the railway tracks in Palam. It was identified as that of Jha after a wallet was found. A purported suicide note was found from his pocket, in which he said that no one was responsible for his death, they added.
Jha, a 1998-batch officer, had left his home on Monday to drop off his children to their school bus and then returned home. He went out again a little later but left behind his phone, the police said.
Jitender Jha, who was regarded as a no-nonsense officer. His family had alleged a foul play. The police said it is probing the case from all possible angles.
Bhawna Jha, the officer's wife, alleged that her husband was not happy about the frequent transfers. Jha, originally a resident of Bihar's Supaul, had reportedly been transferred multiple time in the last six months. It is suspected that Jha was upset over something as he was not going to office and was on medical leave from September 28, the police said.
The Delhi police had earlier said they obtained CCTV footage which might be helpful in tracing Jha. The video, however, provided no substantial lead in the case.
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Contempt of Court and the challenge of social media
Posted by David Bankson February 11, 2019 May 16, 2019 in Contempt of court, Media Law, media law training, Newspapers, social media, Uncategorized1 Comment
WHEN the Contempt of Court Act made it onto the statute books in 1981 Twitter founder Jack Dorsey was five, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg was yet to be born.
Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004; Dorsey co-created Twitter in 2006.
Understandably then, the legislators of 1981 could have had no concept of what publication would mean in the age of the Internet. Yet here we are almost 40 years later applying that same legislation to a 21st century digital media.
And it doesn't fit.
The Contempt of Court Act 1981 was a piece of legislation that attempted to strike a balance between the right of an individual to have a trial free from prejudicial publicity; and the rights of people generally to freedom of expression.
But then prejudicial publication could only be carried out by a handful of national newspapers and there were only two broadcasters in the UK – BBC and ITV (albeit ITV was made up of a number independent regional broadcasters).
Even if you added in regional newspapers you are still dealing with publishers that might number in the tens that might publish something prejudicial about a particular case. Keeping a lid on things was relatively straightforward and the occasional prosecution had the effect of sharpening awareness among those titles that might be pushing at the boundaries.
Now publishers number in their millions. Ordinary users of Facebook or Twitter may not have follower numbers that rival a newspaper's circulation, but that is to dismiss the viral effect of social media. One tweet is retweeted by ten followers, and ten each of theirs retweet it, and so on. Soon you get up into newspaper circulation numbers.
But for contempt, and other laws, it is not just the viral way in which posts are spread. More pernicious is the way in which users reinforce each other's behaviour, which can have the effect of encouraging, or condoning, breaking the law.
You see this happening quite often in online communities and it is one of the factors that contribute to so-called 'trolling' behaviour.
It works something like this:
One user will post something that is close to what is acceptable behaviour, and nothing happens to them.
A second user decides they will push it a bit further, still nothing untoward happens.
Other users might make encouraging remarks, they might 'like' or repost the offending comment.
The effect of the platforms algorithms mean all those users interacting in this way get more content like this pushed at them, they all see more of each other's posts and comments on this subject and others like it.
The effect of this is to create a micro-community that validates and normalises this behaviour. They don't see anything wrong with it because they are all doing it. The normal checks and balances that operate in society to prevent us behaving in a bad way cease to operate in an online community that takes this turn.
You see this with trolling behaviour and harassment online and you see it in commentary on court cases and crime. This is a real problem for contempt law.
Of course, one might take the view that if people behave so badly they can take their knocks with a prosecution for contempt and a hefty fine or even a prison sentence.
The threat of prosecution kept newspapers and broadcasters in line for the most part, why shouldn't it work for social media?
Newspaper editors and broadcasters sat up and took notice when someone was prosecuted for contempt. It was, and is, reported by the trade press. In-house lawyers would send round memos reminding staff of contempt law. Trainers like me would incorporate examples into our sessions to highlight the dangers.
None of that happens on social media. Facebook doesn't put out a memo; Twitter doesn't offer its users any training. To do so would be to accept a responsibility for what their users do and that is a precedent the platforms do no want to set.
So users, unless they keep a very close eye on such matters, do not get to hear about contempt prosecutions. Worse still they do not know about court orders that are meant to have the effect of keeping publishers in line.
When Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were released after a life sentence for the kidnap, torture and murder in 1993 of James Bulger they were made the subject of lifelong anonymity orders forbidding anyone from publishing a picture of them as adults, or revealing anything about their whereabouts or their new identities.
Last month, the actor Tina Malone was issued with a summons to the High Court after allegedly posting a picture said to be one of the killers. Malone has said she did not know sharing such an image was illegal.
In another case Cleveland Police appealed to social media users to show restraint in the wake of the death of a young man in Teesside. Elsewhere trials have been relocated as a result of widespread prejudicial commentary on social media.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse, but generally we all have an idea about the laws we should not be ignorant of, be it anything from speeding to murder.
The orders placed on Venables and Thompson were made 18 years ago. Journalists know about them, it is our job to do so. Is it reasonable to expect people who do not work in media, who might not even have been born when James Bulger died or his killers were released, to know about them as well?
News organisations train their staff to know all this. I know, because I deliver the training to many of them.
You don't get a beginners' media law course when you open a Facebook or Twitter account. Perhaps you should, but then, again, to provide this would be accepting a degree of responsibility for what users do, which thus far platforms have scrupulously avoided.
The platforms are uniquely placed to deliver easy-to-understand guidance to their users to try to avoid some of the most outrageous examples of contempt. If contempt law is to survive, maybe it is time they reconsidered their refusal to do so.
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Tweeting your way into prison
Posted by David Bankson May 9, 2013 May 9, 2013 in Media Law2 Comments
I ARRIVED home one Friday evening to a flurry of messages from sports reporters who follow me on Twitter.
"You have got to get on Twitter and see what Joey Barton is up to," they said.
I logged on to find that Barton had decided to give the world the benefit of his thoughts on the viability of John Terry's not guilty plea to a charge of racially abusing Anton Ferdinand – a charge for which he had yet to stand trial.
Barton was typically forthright and one memorable tweet described Terry's plea as an insult to any juror's intelligence.
Was Barton, I was being asked somewhat hopefully it has to be said, up to his neck in contempt and would his next fixture be in court facing the Attorney General?
Fortunately for football, and Twitter's, favourite bad boy @Joey7Barton was in the clear because Terry's case was to be tried by magistrates, who are beyond the influence of the media, and certainly incapable of being swayed by the tweets of a footballer. Indeed, Terry was eventually found not guilty.
But as was clear from his tweet mentioning jurors, Barton didn't know this, and nor did the many people who assumed he was about to be prosecuted for contempt.
This was a sign of things to come. Following press inquiries, the Attorney General's office announced the following Monday that Barton would not be facing any action. But since he was appointed the AG, Dominic Grieve QC, has made it clear he takes contempt very seriously and has warned that he would prosecute bloggers and tweeters as well as traditional media if they overstepped the mark.
So it came to pass last month that two men were given nine-month suspended prison sentences after they admitted contempt by publishing on Twitter and Facebook photographs purporting to show the killers of James Bulger, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables as adults. Both are subject to a court order banning publication of any details about their new identities, location or photographs of them.
The case is the latest in a long line of incidents where ordinary members of the public have taken to social media and found themselves charged with a crime; facing substantial damages in a civil action or else doing untold damage to their own reputation through an errant post.
We are all publishers now, but mainstream publishers know the law, and even they get into trouble reasonably often. Setting up a Twitter or Facebook account is the work of moments and if memory serves does not entail a run-down of the legal pitfalls that await the unwary.
Perhaps it should, because the past year has seen a catalogue of cases illustrating the variety of ways in which individuals can break the law online.
For example, some supporters of Ched Evans, a Sheffield United and Wales footballer, took to Twitter when he was convicted of rape, naming the victim. Ten of them were tracked down by North Wales Police. They now have a criminal record for an offence under the Sexual Offences Amendment Act 1992.
Even the judicial process itself can be derailed by the injudicious use of Twitter or Facebook. One juror had to be discharged after she confessed to her Facebook friends that she was having difficulty deciding the case she was trying so asked them to help. Another was sentenced to eight months in prison after she Facebook friended a defendant she had just acquitted and gave her a running commentary on the two co-defendants that were still being tried.
Police forces are finding their time increasingly being used to investigate messages on social media.
The man who sent obnoxious tweets to diver Tom Daley after he 'only' managed an Olympic bronze found himself the victim of Tweetmob after the diver RTd him and then got a knock on the door from the police who issued a warning for harassment.
The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, recently issued interim guidance on when it would be suitable to prosecute such messages. However, even with that guidance in place, as more and more people sign up for such media, the caseload for police and the court can only increase.
And that is just the criminal side of the issue. The capacity for user to publish libels and breach others' privacy on social media is huge.
A retweet takes just two button pushes, and as we saw from the Lord McAlpine libel case, several hundred people found that all too easy to do. It seems the retweeters are being let off with an apology, deletion of the tweet and a nominal donation to charity. Others who tweeted more are embroiled in actions launched by the peer.
There seems to be a perception among those who find themselves in difficulty that a post on social media is not like publication. Many will say things like it's 'just my opinion' or that they were simply not aware that what they were doing was against the law.
But it is. Conversations confined to the saloon bar or the dinner party table are being committed to the internet where they are permanent and searchable.
And here lies the challenge for our lawmakers, and to an extent the publishing platforms that allow people to get into so much trouble.
It may be that well-publicised cases such as the purported Bulger killer pictures and the McAlpine libel may serve as a deterrent. If they do not have that effect then the DPP, CPS and the government perhaps need to examine the law to see whether they are content for ever-larger numbers of people to criminalise themselves in this way.
We cannot expect Twitter, Facebook, Blogger and others to police every item that is published by their users, nor would we want them to for well-founded reasons of freedom of speech. However, they could give better guidance to users when opening an account about the kinds of material that can get them into legal trouble.
If nothing is done, then the police, courts and, before long I predict, prisons are going to be busy.
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University of Hohenheim
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Scuola Normale Superiore, Florenz
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Institute of Education, University of London
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Professor of Political Sience
Bielefeld University
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Publishing Date: 10/22/2020 10:00 AM
On 22 October 2020 the Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg (UJ) in partnership with the Development, Capable and Ethical State of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) released the latest summary findings from the UJ/HSRC Covid-19 democracy survey. These findings illustrate, amongst other things, that there is a growing pandemic fatigue and greater complacency in compliance with public health measures, increasing the unnecessary risk of exposure to Covid-19 during the lower lockdown levels.
These latest findings come from round 2 of the UJ/HSRC Covid-19 democracy survey, which was conducted between 3 July and 8 September, during which time South Africa's alert levels were gradually relaxed. The data for the second round comprised of 7,966 respondents. Findings have been weighted to match Statistics South Africa data on race, education and age, and can be regarded as broadly representative of the population at large.
The survey was conducted through an online survey using the popular #datafree Moya Messenger app, which has 2 million active users. Participants are able to respond to the survey #datafree on the app as well as through the following #datafree link, which has been enabled #datafree by biNu, the parent company of Moya.
The key findings demonstrate:
Four in ten adults believe the threat of the Coronavirus is exaggerated
During the hard lockdown, in April, about a third (31%-33%) believed that the threat posed by the pandemic had been overstated. By September, this had grown to 41%.
One in three adults do not always wear a mask when leaving home.
In early April only 37% wore a mask when they went out. This rose to just over 70% in July, August and September. Among the other 30% of adults, 20% said that they wear a mask "most of the time" and about 7%, "some of the time". Only 2% revealed that they never (or not often) wear a mask and 1% did not want to say.
Fear of Covid-19 is declining.
Our survey shows that frequent feelings of fear remained at a consistently high level from April through July, ranging between 44 % and 47%. However, this fell to 31% during August and early September. While nonetheless high, this is a considerable decline, and is of importance when considering parallel changes in risk perception measures.
Trust in the President is declining
While our findings show that 65% of adults believe that the President is doing a good job in his handling of the Coronavirus pandemic. This has declined by 20 percentage points from our round 1 survey findings during level 5 lockdown. This is important as there is strong evidence to suggest that trust in government has an important bearing on general compliance with public health measures.
Professor Carin Runciman, Associate Professor at the Centre for Social Change says, 'the findings point to a worrying growth in pandemic fatigue. The greater number of people that do not comply with public health measures, such as wearing masks in public, the greater the likelihood of a second wave in infections, as is currently occurring in Europe and the US. There is a need for strong and continued public health messaging that the threat posed from the virus is not over even though we are now at a lower alert level'.
These and other findings combined point to 'pandemic fatigue'. This is important to take note of as any premature reduction in preventative behaviours poses a significant challenge in our ability to combat the virus. Prof. Abdool Karim, chair of the Covid-19 ministerial advisory group, has similarly warned about complacency, mass gatherings and eased travel restrictions as factors that are increasingly likely to make a second wave in the country inevitable.
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The Arabian Nights Musical, the beloved story of Aladdin and Princess Jasmine is brought to theatrical life in Magh Ene College, Church Road, Bundoran, Co. Donegal.
In the middle-eastern town of Agrabah. Princess Jasmine is forced by her father, the Sultan to marry a Prince. After refusing all her suitors, will she find the love of her life? Or will the evil Jafar's plan unfold before them?


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This was our second stay at Chelsea House & we would stay again…very nice rooms & grounds. Each room that we've stayed in has been clean and unique, with a little Key West style. Also, the location of this hotel is great…we always just park our car & leave it for the whole trip, walking around the neighborhood or down to Duval (about a 10 minute walk). The pool & gardens are also nice, kind of a little retreat from the bustle of Key West. The pool is partially shaded, which we liked, but if you like to sunbathe be aware that only about half the lounge chairs get sun at one time.
My only complaint (and it would not keep me from staying here) is that the water pressure in the shower was terrible – so low it felt as if you couldn't rinse shampoo from your hair!


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Council and West Moreton Health join forces on COVID-19 front lines
Originally Published on Ipswich First in April 2020
Ipswich City Council staff have answered the call from the West Moreton Public Health Unit for assistance.
The West Moreton Public Health Unit conducts contact tracing, which along with physical distancing, has been a powerful combination in flattening the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic here in Ipswich.
After Queensland declared a public health emergency late in January, West Moreton Health reached out to Ipswich City Council for assistance and teams began training with health officers to ensure they are able to effectively undertake the work they will be doing.
About eight council officers are now working with health officers in the West Moreton Public Health Unit to assist as required and more council officers are being trained as the need arises.
Contact tracing is the process used to put the pieces of the puzzle together around how someone who has a confirmed case of COVID-19 became sick and then contact whoever the sick person may have been in contact with while infectious.
This detective work gives health professionals a clearer picture to understand how the virus is spreading in the community.
Ipswich City Council Environmental Health manager Peter Clifton said the work his team will be undertaking in coming weeks is very different to their normal roles.
"Usually officers conduct food safety inspections of local food businesses or investigate environmental complaints," Mr Clifton said.
"We are looking forward to assisting West Moreton Health in a range of various tasks that they require us to undertake.
"We are currently in the process of training and shadowing health staff so we can hit the ground running."
West Moreton Health's Public Health Physician Dr Catherine Quagliotto said it is the role of Environmental Health officers to work with the rest of the Public Health Unit team to reduce the opportunity for further transmission of COVID-19 and provide advice to a range of stakeholders.
"It is of course a busy time as we respond to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and we are grateful to be able to call on our counterparts at Ipswich City Council to assist the West Moreton Health Public Health Unit," Dr Quagliotto said.
"The unit's work is the first line of response for the West Moreton community and essential to flatten the curve by identifying new infections and preventing further transmission.
"They also make sure anyone with COVID-19 is following isolation and quarantine requirements."
Members of the Environmental Health team are excited to be able to put council's purpose statement 'together we proudly enhance the quality of life for our community' into action.
"We have a lot of work ahead of us and we are focusing all of our energy on this important work," Mr Clifton said.
"We are lucky to work with a great team and look forward to learning new skills along the way."


Tim Van Laere Gallery is pleased to present Two Trees, the second solo exhibition of Ben Sledsens (°1991 Antwerp, lives and works in Antwerp), where he presents large-scale canvases in which he transforms daily life, literary characters, animal portraits and elements of (art)history into his own private utopia. His works often hide subtle links to each other and compositions recur also between paintings and drawings, which only amplifies the works' underlying ambiguous significance while he creates a bigger fictitious world together.
involved. Sledsens translates his personal subject matter into poetic or romantic images, with an open beginning and ending, meant for interpretation by the spectator.
In conjunction with this exhibition, the first monograph of Ben Sledsens will also be published.


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Christianity and Ecology
Heather Eaton, St. Paul University
See also Ernst Conradie's article on Christianity and ecology in the Routledge Handbook of Religion and Ecology
Christians have been grappling with the ecological crisis for several decades, in many ways and in distinct contexts and traditions. Ecological issues have seeped into all aspects of Christian theologies, church leadership and practices, noting that Christianity must always be understood as diverse, with multiple historical and existing cultural traditions and challenges. The overall aims are to orient Christianity towards ecological sustainability, and to transform the traditions and practices. An ecological influence on Christian traditions is now worldwide and growing and is considered here under the rubric of ecotheology. There are countless people developing ecotheology across traditions and theological disciplines. A few will be mentioned throughout, noting there are many more.
Ecotheology is prominent in theological studies, seminaries, workshops, conferences and parishes. This work represents a significant range of perspectives, traditions and topics, as well as differing emphases on interpretation, ethics, leadership, ritual and social practices. Ecotheology, while confessional, provides critiques of Christianity as well as comprehensive reforms, generating constructive and creative transformations. These include assessments of biblical and other texts and teachings, and revisions of meaning on such themes as creation, revelation, redemption and soteriology. There are three prevalent methods: retrieval, such as the Earth Bible Project, (Norman Habel, Elaine Wainright, Vicky Balabanski); reinterpretation, such as expanding the precept of a 'preferential option for the poor' to include the Earth (Ivone Gebara, Leonardo Boff), and; reconstruction, such as with Process theology (John Cobb, Catherine Keller), ecological sin (Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople) and the renewal of creation theologies (Sallie MdFague, Jürgen Moltmann, John Haught, Elizabeth Johnson, Celia Deane-Drummond). There are deliberations on ecological hermeneutics (Ernst Conradie, Kim Yong Bok), ethics (James Nash, Larry Rasmussen, Sigurd Bergmann) ecojustice (Dieter Hessel, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Mary Grey, John Hart) and ecofeminism (Rosemary Radford Ruether, Gebara, Heather Eaton). Rituals, symbols, and spiritual practices are being revised (Paul Santmire, Denis Edwards, Nancy Wright). There are reflections on cosmology, science and worldviews (Thomas Berry, Ian Barbour, Charles Birch, Anne Primavesi, Ilia Delio), as well as religiously motivated activism against local ecological deterioration. Ecotheology crosses into systematics, ethics, history, biblical studies, rituals and liturgies, and spirituality, and spans the diversity of Christianities. Ecotheology is a fertile field of study in theology and Process thought, feminist analyses, Black, Mujerista and Ecowomanist theologies, postcolonial and animal studies, and other topics and approaches. Ecotheology is vast in scope and includes revitalizations of all these aspects, and often has an emphasis on justice, and social, political and ecological ethics.
Ecotheologies may accentuate either the ecological or theological aspects, and unites around goals of connecting Christianity with nature, promoting constructive human-Earth relations, and resisting ecological decline. As a whole ecotheology represents significant developments in, and renewal of, Christian thought, worldviews, and practices. The consequences are both comprehensive reforms of Christianity, as well as new expressions, noting that experiences and interpretations of adherents vary widely as does the variance between beliefs and actions, and principles and practices. Distinct approaches have been developed in Catholic, Anglican, Reformed, United, Evangelical, Eastern and Greek Orthodox, Methodist, Lutheran and more, and these are further differentiated in countries and contexts. In fact, within the spectrum of Christianity all the major ecclesial traditions are involved. In addition, there is a range of traditionalist, reformist, progressive and radical. Regardless of the diversity, from the 1970's to the present, the force and flourishing of ecotheology is astounding.
Challenges and contributions
Several challenges and contributions occur at the intersection of Christianity and ecology. These can be internal to theology, on how theology engages with other religions and disciplines, or how to relate to global diversity, or respond to the complexity of ecological issues. Examples of each are given, noting that work in ecotheology is extensive, and is making contributions to all of these topics.
Early publications stressed an urgency to respond to ecological issues as well as to address prevalent, albeit simplistic, claims against Christianity, such as the in infamous essay by Lynn White suggesting that Christianity's devaluation of nature is a cause of the ecological crisis.[i] Of course, there is no direct cause and effect between Christianity and ecological disregard. Also, many other factors, such as economics and capitalism, and the lack of ecological literacy, have created the cultural conditions for ecological crises to develop. Nonetheless, ecotheologians reexamined the worldview and basic values ingrained in Eurowestern consciousness and Christian theological presuppositions. They engaged in extensive ideological excavation of the ideals and theories embedded in the worldview(s) that have led to pervasive and unfettered ecological decline in Christian-influenced cultures. For example, they had to address the historical, and contemporary, Christian anthropocentrism, an emphasis on humanity's transcendence over the natural world, and the claims nature was void of divine presence. Throughout much of Christian history is the idea that the natural world is fallen, corrupt, imperfect or irrelevant. The result is death. Humans must then be saved, redeemed or restored from nature, with a promise of eternal life. Although each religious worldview has some perception that life does not end with death, the Christian tradition has potent otherworldly imagery that has both depreciated Earth life and supported notions that salvation means from this world. This led ecotheologians to criticize otherworldly interpretations of redemption, salvation, and resurrection. Dualist imagery, which was operative across all Christian traditions - heaven/earth, spirit/matter, culture/nature, mind/body, men/women, divine/demonic – was excavated and exposed, and assessed as neither accurate nor informative. Christian worldviews were rethought at a foundational level.
Other challenges concerning beliefs around Christologies, a closed canon, biblical inerrancy, and Christian imperialism and colonialism also had to be addressed. It became clear that Christianity, as with all religious views, must remain fluid, attentive to presuppositions, values, orientation and impact. Religions should be supple, receptive to new insights, and able to abandon out-dated or unworkable beliefs, interpretations and dogmas in order to be relevant to the exigences of the era.
All this work is part of the critique and internal reformation of aspects of the Christian traditions. It sparked intense re-evaluations of Christian thought, with different emphases according to the tradition, context and operative beliefs. These intro- and retrospections have resulted in the retrieval of texts and teachings that connect the natural world to divine presence, and in multiple ways. Revising elements of Christianity, and encouraging Christians to participate, should be seen as a rapid yet deep and ongoing transformation, in response to increasing and complex ecological issues.
Developments in Christian ethics also represents both challenges and contributions. The challenges are how to include ecological concerns in customary approaches to ethics, and/or to expand approaches to ethics to be responsive. For example, feminist ethics became influenced by ecofeminism, and social justice discourses were transformed by global efforts in ecojustice, environmental racism, climate justice and ecological activism. Issues and analyses of inequality, discriminations, economic exploitation, structural violence and systemic domination were expanded to include ecological aspects, and in turn influenced a range of Christian ethics and appeals for ecological and social justice.
It is important to note that Christian ecotheology is developing as other disciplines are being pressured to be ecologically relevant. New knowledge from sciences, reports about climate instability, the state of ocean life, deforestations, extinctions, water quality, plastics, and myriad ecological deteriorations is emerging constantly, and requiring responses. Christianity, among other disciplines and religions, had to undergo an ecological conversion.
Other challenges and contributions come from collaborations with the emerging field of religion and ecology, which is occurring in tandem with Christian ecotheology. Today, the alliance of religion and ecology is a multifaceted global agenda, and countless programs. The Forum on Religion and Ecology has been a leader and supporter of many initiatives. Most religions have engaged in similar reconstructions as has Christianity. The collaborative efforts across religious traditions evokes questions about the nature of religion, religious epistemologies, sensibilities, orientation and sources, and the importance of theories of lived and critical religions. Challenges exist, at times, when ecotheologians enter the field of religion and ecology, as theology tends to overlook other religions, including the histories, diversities and complexities. In general, theology operates with deficient theories of religion and epistemology. Thus, at times there is an uneasy placement of ecotheology within academic spheres of religion and ecology. However, while some streams of eco-Christianity remain in traditional boundaries, others venture into the field of religion and ecology and embrace new questions and insights. The dialogues between ecotheology and the field of religion and ecology are important, albeit distinct depending on competence, experience and interest in these more comprehensive frameworks.
For example, every religion and culture present a creation or origin story which provides meaning and orientation to human life and fulfills the need to grapple with the perennial questions of time, space, origins and destiny. Such stories are usually longstanding and may have lost their relevance or effectiveness in the face of new knowledge, global exchanges, or the plurality of viewpoints. Christianity has examined the biblical origin story and reflected on various meanings of the role of humanity as ecological steward, gardener, or Earth-keeper rather than as having dominion. Religious traditions have been challenged by discoveries from sciences about Earth origins, biospheric development, and the evolution of life, as well as the processes of the universe out of which emerged the solar system and planet Earth. Some Christian traditions have integrated evolutionary biology and cosmology into a new understanding of 'origins'.
There are several other noteworthy challenges that pertain to religions engaging on ecological issues. One is the radical diversity and plurality of cultures, views, values and beliefs. How do we assess these? For example, the social construction of nature is contested. Is a forest a sacred grove, an ecosystem, animal habitat, lumber, real estate, or an eco-tourism destination? Is the natural world a set of resources with instrumental value or a living community with intrinsic value? A great deal depends on the answer, and yet an ecological sustainable vision is imperative. However, which vision? In whose interests? How can a community decide which vision to embrace? What vision will inspire? There are diverse and competing visions, and the processes of change from one to another are not straightforward. It is crucial to embrace radical diversity and plurality and unity: an ecological vision with agreed values, ethical principles and cooperative actions.
A connected challenge is that some problems cannot be grappled with contextually, as they are global in scope and/or the administrators are trans or multinational. Some pertinent concerns are climate change, international land grabs, corporate rights on fresh water sources or icebergs, energy (transnational pipelines), mining privileges, food insecurities, corporate ownership of food, environmental refugees (who surpass political refugees), environmental illnesses, and more. These issues require several disciplines to understand and cross many contexts. They are global, local and contextual realities. The term 'global issues' is too vague, and contextual is inaccurate, resulting in additional challenges for a robust ecotheology to address.
The last challenge to be mentioned is that a correlation between Christian-influenced cultures and ecological exploitation, extractive economies, extreme consumption, and climate emissions is evident. In tandem, Christian bodies have done little to restrain deforestation, species extinction, water contamination, and so on. There are tensions between ecotheology from the global South, where poverty, ecological decline, and often political instability are intense, and that of the affluent post-industrialized, high consumer and waste production regions. Questions arise as to the key priorities, and the fundamental global inequities around ecological resources, access, ownership and decline. These cultural, denominational and theological divergences can be a call to greater equality and justice and cooperation, and/or a distraction to an overall agreement that Christians need to address ecological issues locally, nationally and internationally. Planetary solidarity is becoming a prophetic call.
Countless contributions around Christianity and ecology are effective and active in their communities. At the local levels there are innumerable contributions of conferences, workshops, retreat centres, and church groups addressing everything from the range of ecotheology topics to public policy on waste, water, transportation, and climate activism. At the national level, many denominations and theological organizations have incorporated forms of Earth ministries, Earth-keeping, stewardship, climate justice and more into their national policies.
Internationally, The World Council of Churches and their initiative of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC), has provided leadership and sustained programs in many Christian traditions, countless contexts and on multiple issues for decades. The importance of connecting Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation has been recognized worldwide, and has opened possibilities of working locally, with Indigenous peoples for example, of opening national offices, and devising international campaigns on climate justice, nonviolence, and poverty. Another important contribution is the document, Laudato Si: On Care of Our Common Home, from the Catholic Institutional church, released in 2015, as part of the Catholic social teaching encyclicals. It is a comprehensive overview of the need to connect integral ecology to peace, justice, education and governance, as well as to understand the mechanisms that create poverty, ecological ruin and social injustices. This document has resonance around the world, within multiple Christian traditions and with other religions. These speak to the need for programs and visions that are sufficiently clear yet open-ended to encourage creativity, participation and action. There are multiple robust efforts addressing religion and ecology from diverse organizations, such as The Earth Charter, Alliance of Religion and Conservation, the National Religious Partnership for the Environment, The Parliament of Religions of the World, United Nations Environment Program, World Wildlife Fund, Earth Democracy, Global Peace Initiative of Women, and more, and each encourages collaboration.
There is no doubt that the field of Christianity and ecology, representing efforts of all kinds, is a much-needed response to the ecological challenges of this era and for the future. The internal challenges to Christianity have been somewhat replaced with an engagement with ecological issues. This means that Christianity - adherents, churches, theological schools, retreat centres, national offices – has many options, and places of transformation. While some issues are local, others relate to ecosystems and bioregions, or are planetary, such as climate instability. This supports the need to collaborate across regions, religions and disciplines. Christianity is a religion: a worldview offering meaning and orientation, as well as a political, economic and ethical force. Christian themes of revelation, liberation and solidarity are compelling for ecological concerns. Human experiences of wonder, humility, grace and gratitude are of utmost importance, as are the ethics of equality, resistance and sacrifice. The commitments of justice, flourishing, equality, preferential option for the Earth, and the goodness of creation can be integrated deeply, and be a transformative power. It can take the form of ritual, education, persuasion, policymaking, activism and resistance. Prophetic voices are needed. The conviction of the centrality of love, hope, faith, and an ever-renewing spirit provide energy and inspiration, and at times consolation.
Some consider this era to be a new religious moment. Not only is the ecological crisis provoking concern, new thinking, social engagement and cross-sector collaboration. It is evident that there is a need for global commitments to ecologically sustainable communities, and ones that will preserve the elegance and beauty of the whole Earth community. Thomas Berry, a Catholic priest and historian of religions, addressed the question of vision. Much of his work was an inquiry into what could be an adequate, ecological, and spiritual vision. For Berry, it must comprise a sufficiently broad horizon commensurate with scientific knowledge of the emergent universe, of time, space and Earth dynamics, incorporate a suitable grasp of the histories and complexities of religions, be ecologically literate, and deeply inspiring. Such a vision must give humanity a way to live within the rhythms and limits of the natural world, and as a member of this Earth community. The insights about the origins and developments of the universe, the emergence and dynamics of evolution, and Earth's integrated and entangled processes reveal how embedded humans are in what Christians can refer to as the deep incarnation. For some this knowledge, perspective and vision offers the most power and promise for an overall orientation for a viable future.
Lynn White,(1967), The Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis," Science (155: 1203-1207.
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