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By Tom Brearley
Fence and Fencibility - Can you be forced to construct or repair fencing?
An obligation to construct or maintain a fence on the boundary with neighbouring land is an anomalous issue at law. The obligation is a 'positive' one and arguably not enforceable once the land has changed ownership. The recent High Court decision in Churston Golf Club v Haddock (2018) has provided a clear, if questionable, development in this area.
Background - easements, covenants and fences
An easement is a right over one piece of land for the benefit of another piece of land. Common examples include rights of way and rights to light. An easement will automatically bind subsequent owners of the 'burdened' land.
By contrast, agreements that create positive obligations will not usually bind successors in title, and they are normally directly enforceable only against the original covenantor.
Generally, an easement cannot require the owner of the affected land to spend money or actively do a thing - for example, to repair a road or dig a trench.
So far, so good for the affected landowner. But one unusual exception to this rule is an obligation to maintain a boundary fence. In the past, the courts have, through some contortions of legal logic, held that such obligations can be 'quasi-easements', arising through a course of dealing between neighbours over a period of at least 20 years. These 'fencing easements' therefore bind successors in title, although it has not previously been possible to grant a fencing easement without the 20-year wait.
The High Court decision in Churston Golf Club
A recent case changes that. A farmer claimed against a neighbouring golf club, arguing that the club had breached its express obligation to maintain the boundary fence between their two properties.
The obligation was contained in a transfer from 1972 made between previous owners, and was expressed as a covenant, stating that the proprietor of the golf club and its successors in title would 'maintain and forever hereafter keep in good repair' the boundary fences, walls and hedges. The court at first instance found that the phrase 'forever hereafter' showed a clear intention that the obligation should survive changes in ownership of the golf club land and that the right was, in its proper construction, a fencing easement. On appeal, the High Court supported this interpretation.
The outcome of the judgment is that, for the first time, there is case law to support a process of creating, by deed, positive fencing obligations that bind successors in title. However, this should be approached with circumspection. Fencing easements are a legal oddity - the positive obligations they impose would ordinarily prevent them from being classed as easements at all.
Simply inserting forcefully worded covenants into transfer deeds is no guarantee of creation of a fencing easement. Whilst the decision in Churston Golf Club indicates that such covenants can be created by deed, there is likely to be further legal argument about the nature of the wording required to do so. It is also not inconceivable that the decision could be overturned by a future ruling in the higher courts.
April 2018 - As predicted, the decision has been over-ruled by the Court of Appeal who decided that a fencing easement was not created by this transfer deed and that a covenant to maintain a fence is only directly enforceable against the original contracting party.
For more information, please contact Tom Brearley or Martin Young in the Real Estate team.


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Neo4j Graph Database Assertion Tool.

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/graphaware/php-graphunit.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/graphaware/php-graphunit)

### Usage

Require the library in your dev dependencies :

```bash
composer require --dev graphaware/neo4j-graphunit
```

Create your `BaseTestCase` that will extend `GraphAware\Neo4j\GraphUnit\Neo4jGraphDatabaseTestCase` and declare the
`getConnection` method that should return a `Client` instance.

To make things easier, you can just call the `createConnection` method of the parent class to bootstrap the connection.

```php

namespace MyVendor\MyApp\Tests;

use GraphAware\Neo4j\GraphUnit\Neo4jGraphDatabaseTestCase;

abstract class MyAppBaseTestCase extends Neo4jGraphDatabaseTestCase
{
	public function getConnection()
	{
		return $this->createConnection('localhost', 7474, 'neo4j', 'password');
	}
}
```

### Assertions

#### assertNodeWithLabelExist

```php
public function testNodeWillExist()
	{
		$q = 'CREATE (n:TestNode)';
		$this->getConnection()->sendCypherQuery($q);

		$this->assertNodeWithLabelExist('TestNode');
	}
```

#### assertNodesWithLabelCount

```php
public function testMultipleNodesAreCreated()
	{
		$q = 'CREATE (n:TestNode), (n2:TestNode);
		$this->getConnection()->sendCypherQuery($q);

		$this->assertNodesWithLabelCount(2, 'TestNode');
	}
```

#### assertNodesCount

```php
public function testMultipleNodesAreCreated()
	{
		$q = 'CREATE (n:TestNode), (n2:TestNode);
		$this->getConnection()->sendCypherQuery($q);

		$this->assertNodesCount(2);
	}
```

#### assertNodeHasRelationship

```php
public function testMultipleNodesAreCreated()
	{
		$q = 'CREATE (n:User {name: "john"}), (n2:User {name: "mary"})-[:WORKS_AT]->(:Company {name:"Acme"}) RETURN n2;
		$result = $this->getConnection()->sendCypherQuery($q);

		$this->assertNodeHasRelationship($result->get('n2'), 'WORKS_AT', 'OUT');
	}
```

### Reseting database states

You can easily reset the database state (deleting all nodes, relationships, schema indexes and constraints) during your `setUp` events :

```php
public function setUp()
{
	$this->resetDatabase();
}
```

If you don't want to delete the schema indexes and constraints, just call the `emptyDatabase` method :

```php
public function setUp()
{
	$this->emptyDatabase();
}
```

### Preparing database states

You can just pass a Cypher pattern for preparing your database :

```php
public function setUp()
{
	$state = "(a:User {name:'Abed'})-[:WORKS_AT]->(:Company {name:'Vinelab'})
	(c:User {name:'Chris'})-[:WORKS_AT]->(:Company {name:'GraphAware'})
	(a)-[:FRIEND]->(c)";
	$this->prepareDatabase($state);
}
```

### Asserting same graphs

The library can assert that the actual graph in the database matches a graph you pass as a Cypher pattern, example :

```php

public function testMyGraphIsGood()
{
	$this->assertSameGraph("(:User {name:'John'})-[:WORKS_AT]->(c:Company {name:'Acme'})");
}

// Returns true if the actual graph is identical, otherwise show errors in PHPUnit

//1) GraphAware\Neo4j\GraphUnit\Tests\Integration\SimpleIntegrationTest::testAssertSame
//Failed asserting that the expected graph is the same as the actual graph.
```

---

### License

This library is released under the MIT License, please refer to the `LICENSE` file shipped with the library.

### Author

Christophe Willemsen

Github: https://github.com/ikwattro

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ikwattro

### Credits

GraphAware Limited

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2020 UTME: JAMB accredits 650 CBT centres nationwide
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, says over 650 Computer Based Test, centres have so far been accredited for its upcoming 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The board has fixed this year's examination for March 14 to April 4, while an optional mock examination for candidates is scheduled for February 18.
Similarly, the board had said that it would commence the sales of its registration documents from Monday, January 13, to Monday, February 17.
The Head, Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos that arrangements for the commencement of the sales of the documents nationwide had been concluded.
"We are set to go, Logistics have been put in place to ensure a smooth process.
"Like you may know, over 650 CBT centres have been accredited for this year's examination and the board expects nothing short of the best practices.
"We have clearly defined the process, just like we have also put mechanism in place that will address any challenge or challenges that may arise before, during and even after the examination.
"We also want to emphasise the fact that there is no going back on the use of the National Identification Number, for the acquisition of the registration documents by prospective candidates,� he said.
He urged candidates seeking to sit for this year's UTME and who are yet to acquire the NIN to intensify efforts to do so in order to participate in the examination.
"My advice to the candidates ahead of the registration is to ensure that they seek advice or help from officials of the board.
"They should not involve third parties. They should always ensure too that they secure their personal data.
"They should not disclose it to anyone, not even the JAMB officials, because doing so could lead to the mutilation of their records and other implications that could affect them much later in life.
"The board also wishes to state that the sale of Direct Entry forms closes same day as the UTME forms. There will be no extension,� Benjamin declared.


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So when it hit down in store, I swiftly tried on several of the dresses, which are BEYOND beautiful. The fabric (100% silk, tysm) is gorgeous, the cuts are on point and the prints are unreal. But in the end, I couldn't resist the star print blouse. I love a star print and as I spend 90% of the time in jeans or trousers, investing in a blouse to pair with them seemed like a smart purchase decision!
I'm a big fan of the high street and nabbing a bargain, so it takes something special to make me want to invest in a more expensive piece. I think our high street retailers have become so good and QUICK at representing the trends we see on the catwalks, it's easy to avoid splurging on the real deal. But after spending months tracking Rixo London's journey on various social media channels, I knew I hadn't seen anything like it. Hence, I decided to go for it!
I knew despite the statement print, I would be able to style and wear this top so many different ways. Here I have two different looks as a little taste of the multitude of ways it can be worn. I'm quite a fan of clashing prints so I've gone down that route with both looks, but I think it would be equally striking worn with all black or monochrome pieces. Dressed up or down, it's the perfect addition to my wardrobe and in terms of cost per wear, it's already well worth it!
We're currently waiting on the new season drop of Rixo London in our Galway store so watch this space… I may be back with another snazzy piece to share with you sooner rather than later!


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Faith and Identity: Fireworks in the Graveyard by Joy Ladin
Reviewed By Siham Karami
The title of Joy Ladin's latest poetry collection, Fireworks in the Graveyard, juxtaposes death with explosive celebration, the perfect metaphor for turning conflict—in this case, a conflict of identity—into rebirth. Jane Hirshfield, in Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World, poses the question, "Why ask art into a life at all, if not to be transformed and enlarged by its presence and mysterious means?" Indeed, "transformed and enlarged" may be a tall order, but Ladin is more than up to the task, her whole life essentially necessitating transformation and transcendence, which reflects in her striking and regenerative poetry. Her struggles in transitioning from man to woman, most poignantly the effect of this on her children and wife who knew her as a man, are complemented by her deeply religious side, grounded in her Judaic faith. The dialectic between life and death, suggested in the title of this collection, is powerfully sourced in her experience of two significant forces in her life: the force of faith and that of identity, in her case against the identity of her own body.
In an interview with Krista Tippett on the PBS conversation and podcast On Being, Ladin says, "…what really drew me to Judaism was that, like many trans kids, I had an intense sense of God as a real, living, constant presence." The phrase "like many trans kids" stood out for me: someone I know and love personally is also trans, and one of the most highly spiritual people I've ever known. Yet I never thought of there being a connection between religiosity and being at odds with one's physical gender identity.
She elaborates further:
…the Torah includes one really genderless character and that's God. Because despite the male pronouns, God doesn't have a body. And, when I was a kid, that was a very powerful, not really articulated sense of connection that I had. Because I had male pronouns, but I didn't feel like I had a body.
As Tippett points out, Ladin writes that her "body felt like a cross between a mask and a tomb," reminiscent of the title's "graveyard," a place where her self is buried. This sense of not having a body is vividly portrayed in "Corpus":
I want to say goodbye to my body
before my body says goodbye to me.
We've never properly been introduced. I always call my body "body;"
my body never calls me at all.
Here she treats her body as a foreign object or third party, a disconnect that creates a sense of not exactly being a "self" either, as in "Summering":
It's hard to make small talk when the subject disappears. Excuse me,
have you seen my "I"?
Did it buy you drinks last night,
give you shivers,
stumble out at dawn, tail between its legs…?
This humorous play on identity calls to mind Emily Dickinson's "I'm Nobody," but Ladin takes the sense in an entirely different direction, where it is not one's social identity that is recalibrated, but one's personal, physical identity that is not only reevaluated but undergoes a literal metamorphosis of the most visceral kind. The identity disconnect itself feels like death or simply nonexistence.
But death does not occur in a vacuum. The title poem shows us even the cemetery is full of personal relationships—"a family sprawls on blankets: / toddler sobs, sibling ahs, parents, stiff and a little chilly…"—where "the dead have the night off, they don't celebrate with / explosions." Nonexistence is not an option for the living. The poet zeroes in on the pain of changing one's identity and the effect of this change on, for example, "the son who turns away when I wave,"
telling a story that is not unlike my life
to a sky as distant as the ear
of the man my young son loved
when I was not unlike his father.
To deal with such wrenching emotions, Ladin's poetry aims higher, toward larger issues, and with wider, more universal observations, to set her story within common experience and its wisdom, as in "I-95":
We're heading south, sun in our eyes, stuck in traffic,
outdistanced by a dragonfly.
No one's moving, but everyone will arrive.
That's the nature of heaven and highways.
That's the nature of time.
Pieces of heaven are tumbling toward us,
shards of sunlight igniting yesterday's puddles.
We're moving now, rolling through space and time
at many lives per hour. There's a village up ahead, a marina, a bridge,
a flock of neatly nested condos, very exclusive, almost uninhabited…
Driving down the freeway takes on cosmic significance; suddenly it's "heaven and highways" having the same nature, "the nature of time." It's not a highway to heaven but a heaven literally coming to the highway: "pieces of heaven are tumbling toward us." Light is "a piece of heaven" or the sky. Meanwhile, moving at "many lives per hour," the trip down the interstate becomes a time-tunnel, a channeling of lives past and present. One passes objects as omens or talismans of some as yet undetermined destiny. The stasis of rush hour becomes the rush itself as traffic clears. We are no longer ordinary, no longer bored. The world is practically bristling with meaning yet to be discovered.
Such meaning pairs emotional experience with intellect and philosophical musings to explore life and death at the point of intersection, as in the exquisite "Aubade: After All":
After all, I may not be dying, the dying I feel may only be
the dying part of me,
the part that's always dying.
[S]ouls in the neighborhood graveyard
savor the subtly differing chills
of dirt and grief and granite.
The sound of what survived the night
furrows the silence of what didn't,
waking me
to the not-so-complicated fact
that I may not be dying after all,
that life may be all there is.
This is an astonishing observation coming on the heels of the graveyard and the "dying part of me." If there is indeed a "dying part" and a graveyard, how can life be all there is? But what Ladin asserts here is not so much the negation of death, as the supremacy of life over death; of survival over destruction; an assertion that death itself is a part of life, rather than being its "conqueror." This is a profoundly religious observation in the best sense of the word. The death of one gender and its physical embodiment becomes a rebirth as the "opposite" gender. This is "not unlike" a phoenix, and yet Ladin philosophically and poetically explores her own regrets as well. Here in "Departure," she ruminates over a copy of Hegel's Phenomenology of the Spirit on the dashboard of a bus:
Hegel's dialectic ripens, synthesizing age and youth,
eternity and sweet September breeze.
Now that my life is almost over, I wish I'd been better,
more dialectical in my contradictions,
like that tree over there, spinning light into sugar…
Note the weaving of Hegel's book into a metaphor for the melding of opposites into something new. Ladin wants a better rebirth, something closer to photosynthesis, which brilliantly illustrates Hegel's "dialectic," down to the word "synthesis," the idealized creation of symphony from dissonance or of life-force from breakdown.
To "ameliorate" the desire for death or the sense of self-annihilation, Ladin finds in religion a way of reconciliation, not only within herself, but also with her community and society at large. This makes her work a sequel to Dickinson's "I'm Nobody," an affirmation of identity which, unlike Dickinson, Ladin actively asserts in the problematic real world around her. A powerful dialectic brings grace in the found poem, "Amelioration of a Dream," whose words were reworked from "a traditional Jewish ritual for comforting someone afflicted by a nightmare":
In this good, this very good, dream,
God's foot doesn't falter, God's help doesn't slumber,
you see the goodness of those who harm you,…
the good that delights and establishes a household
where curses become a blessing…
you make known the next morning
to three good friends to whom it isn't sacrilege to say
that goodness can be disturbing.
When "goodness" means honestly living as one's true identity, which in turn oversteps what society or religion has set up as sacred borders, that goodness is disturbing, and what tradition would call a curse becomes a blessing to the soul freed from its incompatible body. This, too, forms a marriage of contradictions, one complicated further by the relationships it disrupts. But what is most significant here is that the poem itself is the vehicle of reconciliation and a means of healing, a prayer.
Here lies the power of this collection, not only in the fireworks of imagery and language's legerdemain, but in the depth of its wisdom and the conclusions she reaches. As Ladin puts it in "Balance": "The little void I held inside / opens into sky."
Or from "Sabbath":
The unforgiving and the unforgivable
walked behind me, holding hands.
Listen, the blossoming evening sang,
you have no reason not to die,
but you have reasons to live.
Here is transformation at its best: a journey into the unknown and treacherous inner and outer struggle to be one's own person that results in triumph over the "death" of self-negation, expressed in words fully realized. Ladin gives us every reason to invite her art, this book, into our lives, not only for its considerable beauty, craft and range of emotion, but for her visionary voice which infuses these poems, enlarging our lives too with its indefatigable presence.
Siham Karami's poetry and critical work has been or will be published in such places as The Comstock Review, Able Muse, Pleiades, Tupelo Quarterly Review, Gay and Lesbian Review, Think, Mezzo Cammin, The Turnip Truck(s), Literary Mama, and Orchards Poetry as featured poet, among other venues and anthologies. Her first full-length collection is forthcoming in early 2019. Nominated multiple times for both the Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net, she blogs at sihamkarami.wordpress.com. More from this author →
Tags: book review, Emily Dickinson, Fireworks in the Graveyard, gender, Jane Hirshfield, Jewish, Joy Ladin, judaism, Krista Tippett, LGBTQ, On Being, Phenomenology of the Spirit, poetry, poetry review, religion, sexuality, Siham Karami, spirituality, Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World, trans, transitioning
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Man who suffers seizures fined for €5 worth of cannabis
Nenagh Court: Tipperary man on waiting list of 21,000 to see neurologist used cannabis for relief
A man who suffers from seizures uses cannabis for relief, Nenagh Court in County Tipperary was told.
Gerry O'Connor of 17 Hamilton Drive, Nenagh, pleaded to possessing cannabis valued at €5 at Nenagh Garda station on July 24, 2019.
Solicitor David Peters said Mr O'Connor used it for medical purposes.
"He is waiting to see a neurologist but there are 21,000 people on the waiting list," he said.
However, Judge Elizabeth MacGrath said that, "unfortunately, he has broken the law", and fined Mr O'Connor €100.


No It's Not Gibberish - It's Mississippi Speak! How Many Words Do You Know?
Only true Mississippians stand a chance of passing!
"How's ya mama an' 'em?!"
"She ain't got the sense that God gave a _____!"
________, creator of Kermit the Frog, was born in Greenville!
You're deciding to go to the store!
You're wanting to go to the store!
You're getting ready to go to the store!
Where can you grab a classic diner meal in an awesome vintage pharmacy/malt shop?
The King himself was Mississippi born and raised!
Jimi Hendrix is the man!
_______ is one of Mississippi's biggest crops and source of revenue. That's why your clothes are so soft!
Alright, let's settle this once and for all. What side of the soda vs. pop debate does Mississippi fall on?
If someone says they're craving some "''nabs," what do they mean?
They're craving peanut butter crackers!
They're craving flaky, butter crackers!
Mississipians use ________ to flavor and dye their pickles. Don't knock it 'til you try it!
What's the only proper response if someone asks, "Are you ready?" at an Ole Miss game?
Which genre of music was born right in the Mississippi Delta?
Sure, Mississippi summers are hot, but it's really the _______ that makes it unbearable!
But no matter where you go, you'll always be proud to call the _______ State your home!
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This September sees the 39th edition of the Premier Used Boat Show at Swanwick Marina – the home of Sunseeker Southampton.
The show will run from the 14th – 23rd September inclusive – concurent with the Southampton International Boat Show some 20-25 mins away by car, with free parking available. Open daily our experienced knowledgeable team will be on hand throughout the week 10am to 6pm to assist with any of your brokerage queries.
Includes one lift, pressure-wash bottom and block off ashore from 20th August through until the 30th September.
As part of the deal, your boat will be professionally inventoried and photographed, before listing across our extensive list of brokerage portals. She will also be included in our printed catalogue which will be given out to all show visitors for free. All viewings are accompanied by a knowledgeable yacht broker, so there is no need to remove all of your personal items prior to arrival.
The Swanwick site also hosts a park and ride service into Southampton Boat Show which sees more than 2,000 additional prospective boat buyers passing through across the 10 days.
Our exposure across Europe is second to none, with a network of closely-linked offices in key yachting destinations. Our Sunseeker team are well versed in the nature of international brokerage transactions and can maximise your chances of finding a buyer before the season draws to a close.
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Installing a Zappi EV charger, from MyEnergi allows EV owners to power their car utilising excess solar PV power from their roof, charging their car for FREE…but that's not all. If you have yet to take advantage of the benefits of solar PV, the clever Zappi charger, with its choice of 5m or 8m tethered charging cable is still ideal to provide grid power to your EV via a timer or in fast-mode.
Available to suit all EV models, the compact unit also has a graphical back lit display screen to demonstrate the charge mode and power usage information along with an historical data log.
Installed along with the Harvi wireless sensor (allowing power communication without fixed wiring and therefore increased flexibility in where to site your Zappi) the system harvests grid or self generated power to charge your EV in one of 3 ways to suit your home and lifestyle.
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So Moorish Foods Raspberry Rocky Road is made to the original recipe: Milk Chocolate, soft Raspberry lollies, butter biscuits and Raspberry Marshmallows.
No nuts are included, making this perfect for kids to enjoy!
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Trump offers help with Canadian detainees in China in upbeat visit with Trudeau
Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press June 20, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
WASHINGTON — It was third time lucky for Justin Trudeau in Washington on Thursday as President Donald Trump welcomed his "friend," the hard-working Canadian prime minister, and offered to help him out of jam with China.
One year after Trump insulted Trudeau following the G7 in Quebec — dishonest, weak, meek, mild is how Trump described Trudeau on Twitter — the president displayed a statesman's grace in welcoming the Canadian leader.
Trump signalled Thursday he will raise the issue of two Canadians detained in China when he meets with the Chinese president next week. And even though he held to his tough talk on tariffs, refusing to rule out their use in the future, he praised his North American neighbours for crafting an excellent new trade agreement.
The aura of restraint that Trump projected was part of his broader response to a tense set of developments in the Middle East. His administration was seized with responding to Iran's Revolutionary Guard shooting down a U.S. surveillance drone. The move sparked competing and unverifiable accounts over where the downing occurred and deepened a conflict between the U.S. and Iran — but Trump was adamant the plane was in international waters because the U.S. has "scientifically" documented that fact.
Trump, however, held tough on his favourite negotiating weapon — he wouldn't rule out the threat of using tariffs, if needed, even after the new North American trade agreement comes into force. But he suggested that the worst of past battles with his nearest neighbours might be in the past.
"He's been a friend of mine. We've worked hard together. We worked, in particular, on the USMCA," Trump said, using the acronym for his preferred name for the new trade pact, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Speaking to reporters as he and Trudeau sat in the Oval Office, Trump vowed to do whatever he could do to help Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig when he meets China's President Xi Jinping at next week's G20 leaders' summit in Japan, if Trudeau — as expected — asked for his help.
The two Canadians have been languishing behind bars in China since shortly after Canada arrested high-tech executive Meng Wanzhou late last year at the behest of U.S. authorities. The RCMP arrested Meng last December in Vancouver, where she awaits extradition south of the border to face allegations of fraud in violating Iran sanctions.
Trudeau doesn't have a planned meeting with Xi, unlike Trump. But the president said: "I'll represent him well, I will tell you."
"Our people are actually speaking now. We'll see what happens, but anything I can do to help Canada I will be doing . . . I would, at Justin's request, I will actually bring it up."
Trudeau's trip to Washington, including his third Oval Office visit since Trump assumed power in 2017, was aimed primarily at pushing the new North American trade agreement over the finish line in both countries.
"It's an opportunity for us, as you say, to keep talking about how we worked hard to build a great trade deal that's good for Canadian workers, good for American workers, good for Mexican workers as well. We're moving forward on the ratification process aligned with you," Trudeau told Trump.
Canada has started the ratification process, with legislation making its way through Parliament. Lawmakers in Mexico voted Wednesday in a landslide to ratify the deal, which U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer called "a crucial step forward."
Trump needed to persuade his Democratic opponents in the House of Representatives — in particular Speaker Nancy Pelosi — to allow the start of the American ratification of the USMCA.
Pelosi and her fellow Democrats want stronger enforcement mechanisms for the deal's new labour and environmental provisions.
Trump sounded upbeat in the Oval Office, saying he expected Pelosi and the Democrats would "do the right thing" and back the deal in Congress.
"Let's see what happens, but I really believe that Nancy Pelosi and the House will approve it, I think the Senate will approve it rapidly. It's going to be very bipartisan," the president said.
"I think Nancy Pelosi is going to do the right thing."
Trump also said it was a "terrific thing" that Trudeau was making the rounds on Capitol Hill.
When Trudeau arrived on Capitol Hill, Pelosi, the veteran California Democrat, said she looked forward to a "lively discussion" on global security issues and the economic relationship between the two countries, particularly regarding trade.
"Canada is our trusted neighbour. Our relationship is a warm one and it is an honour again to have the prime minister visit," she said.
A planned meeting between Trudeau and McConnell was postponed after Trump invited congressional leaders to a White House briefing on Iran scheduled on Thursday afternoon.
Trump and Trudeau said they planned to discuss Iran after the Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. surveillance drone on Thursday morning. The Guard said the drone was over Iranian airspace and U.S. said it was over the international Strait of Hormuz.
"Iran made a big mistake. This drone was in international waters, clearly, we have it all documented, it's documented scientifically, not just words, and they made a very bad mistake," Trump said.
Trump added later that he believed that it might have been a rogue commander who made an error by shooting the down the unarmed drone.
"It would have made a big difference, let me tell you" if the plane had a pilot.
Asked how the U.S. would respond, Trump said, "let's just see what happens. … It's all going to work out."
Canadian soldiers are in nearby Iraq as part of a NATO effort to train Iraqi military forces.
"Obviously, we're very concerned about the escalation by Iran recently," Trudeau said.
"We look forward to discussing with our closest ally their perspectives on this and how we can move forward as an international community."
Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press


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Five Questions with Tyler Duvall
LEADERSHIP IS A COMMON THREAD THAT RUNS THROUGH ALL THE WORK AT THE BUSH INSTITUTE. WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT LEADERSHIP DURING YOUR TIME IN THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THOSE DAYS DO YOU APPLY IN YOU WORK AT MCKINSEY & CO.?
The single greatest lesson I learned during the Bush Administration is how critical authenticity is to being a successful leader. President Bush was one of the most authentic leaders the country has ever had. That authenticity bred loyalty and hard work from his team. The whole Bush team knew that decisions were being driven by a genuine belief in clearly articulated objectives. People who disagreed with those decisions could not disagree on grounds that purely political objectives or other unclear motivations were at the heart. The bar for cynicism is quite low in today's world, so the importance of authenticity has only grown since the President left office.
YOU ADVISED PRESIDENT BUSH ON POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES IN THOSE AREAS TODAY AND WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD YOU OFFER TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS?
Many of the same issues that were prevalent in the Bush years are front and center today: sustainable funding; congestion; permitting reforms, attracting more private investment; increasing operational efficiency of existing infrastructure assets, etc.
The Trump Administration has advocated for significantly greater private sector investment and permitting acceleration, but many of the details around this are still under development. There is little question that delivering U.S. infrastructure projects takes too long and is far too expensive relative to what is seen around the world. Introducing efficiencies into this process is one of our major areas of focus at McKinsey. The policy debate over the business model for the U.S. air traffic control system continues to be a central part of the FAA reauthorization discussion, and the Trump Administration has made it a centerpiece of its overall infrastructure effort.
A number of major countries, most notably Canada, have successfully "corporatized" their air traffic control systems in order to create a more sustainable funding and finance model, deploy technologies, bring more operating flexibility, etc. What is interesting is that the final 3-4 years of the Bush Administration were characterized by an intense focus on congestion in major metropolitan areas and around the most congested aviation hubs (New York, Chicago, etc.).
Following the Great Recession, there was less focus on this, but now that transportation demand is growing again and the U.S. urbanization trend has continued, the constraints are real and growing again. Anyone who has driven a car in a major metropolitan area recently already knows this.
Several new issues have emerged that are potentially transformational to our transportation systems. First are autonomous vehicles. The conversation on autonomous (and connected) vehicles had started in our time in government, but was not yet a pressing policy issue. Today, with every Original Equipment Manufacturer and every major technology company making major internal investments and acquisitions in the space, big policy questions are emerging. Should the Federal government establish nationwide standards that preempt States or should states be creating a patchwork of regulatory approaches? What is the liability regime when someone is killed or injured? How do we build in protections to prevent vehicle hacking? Will the marriage of AVs and ride hailing companies like Uber and Lyft be a seamless next frontier for urban transportation (both are making big bets on autonomous vehicles)? While mass penetration of autonomous vehicles is still well more than a decade a way, these questions will likely need to be answered.
The second issue that has emerged is UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) or "drones". Drones will be highly disruptive to the operation of U.S. airspace (the FAA's responsibility) and to a variety of traditional business models (e.g. small package shipping; infrastructure inspections). The impact of these disruptions will be felt even faster than autonomous vehicles. Like AVs, there are big regulatory questions around operations "beyond the line of sight", operations of multiple drones, operations within urbanized areas, etc.
AT MCKINSEY, YOU'VE WORKED WITH GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD ON ECONOMIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT THAT PLACES A FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION AND AVIATION POLICY. TELL US ABOUT THAT WORK AND ANY TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL HERE AT HOME.
It has been an incredible experience to work all over the world on many of the same topics that we confronted during our time in government (and the U.S. still confronts). Every country faces a different set of challenges given where each is in its own development and how their own institutions (public and private) have formed. That diversity makes life interesting. The same is true across different geographies in the U.S. But what is most fascinating about doing work internationally is actually the commonality of problems and solutions.
I spend my time working on strategy, operations and organization at large public and private entities. Every high performing organization in the world has figured out how interconnected these three functional areas are. Organizations filled with great people and no strategic alignment struggle badly. Similarly, brilliant strategies are largely useless without a focus on achieving operational excellence. Our own business model at McKinsey reflects this reality where we combine industry experts with functional experts in every client engagement.
Specifically, as it relates to infrastructure development and operations, the U.S. has clearly lost global leadership in different sub-sectors. Our investment decisions are too politicized, our technology deployment is too slow, and our focus on customer service outcomes is too weak. In addition, other countries have more systematically figured out how to harness the private sector and market forces. That said, no country in the world has figured it out perfectly, and in fact the U.S. remains a global leader in freight rail transportation and energy development. Moreover, because we have the largest installed base of infrastructure assets in the world, we start from a natural position of strength.
YOU PERIODICALLY BRIEFED PRESIDENT BUSH IN POLICY MEETINGS. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THOSE SESSIONS, INCLUDING THE FIRST TIME YOU TOOK THE LEAD IN PRESENTING A POLICY RECOMMENDATION TO HIM?
These briefings were all incredible experiences, and I have too many stories to tell here. The first time I briefed the President is a day I will never forget. It was several days after Hurricane Katrina, and I was part of the Energy task force that Al Hubbard and Keith Hennessey had formed. While everyone was rightfully focused on the evacuation and protecting lives, there was an emerging significant energy supply issue. The two major pipelines that at the time were bringing the majority of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel supply to the East Coast had lost power and no product was flowing. All of the refineries were shut in. Al and Keith were leading regular calls between the departments of Energy and Transportation to ensure the Federal government was providing all the support necessary to the overall energy recovery.
The President asked for a briefing on this situation, and I was told the night before the briefing that my role would be limited to answering questions related to transportation assets in the region if such questions came up. We conducted a dry run late at night the night before. When I got to Al's office at about 7 a.m. on the morning of the briefing to do another walk through, I was panicked to see my name next to items 7 and 8 on the briefing agenda: the state of the jet fuel situation at major east coast airports and the state of the recovery at the Port of New Orleans and the Port of South Louisiana.
Al reassured me it would be fine as I'm sure my perspiration, pounding heart and pale look revealed my extreme nervousness. The intensity of the briefing was very high, as the President was understandably quite upset about the response and recovery. When I was called on during the meeting, it was one of those out of body experiences where you feel like you are watching yourself talk. I'm sure my voice was cracking. Let's just say I was very relieved I had been reading the regularly released situation reports and had had an instinct to get some more information on the airports on the way to the briefing.
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE MEMORIES FROM YOUR TIME IN THE ADMINISTRATION?
There are so many amazing memories in my seven years. Many of the White House briefings of course stand out, as do the incredible friendships I made. I testified in Congress and in front of state legislatures multiples times – those were all memorable. I think the best memories, though, come from working with so many State and local officials across the country (N.Y., Miami, L.A., Seattle, Virginia, Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta) on congestion-related issues. The President, Secretary Norman Mineta, Secretary Mary Peters and Deputy Secretary Maria Cino had launched and were executing a major national initiative to encourage new approaches to reducing congestion (including relying on market-based congestion pricing) using a competitive pot of discretionary dollars that were made available only when Congress did not fully earmark the DOT budget in 2006 and 2007.
It was a fascinating public policy experiment on a critical national pain point that produced some truly inspirational leadership at the State and local levels. Today, millions of people across the U.S. have the option to enjoy a 55-65 mph commute guaranteed every day of the week or hop on a high speed bus in a free flow expressway. Frankly, this is an initiative that positively impacts Americans every day for which the President should have received far more credit than he received.


What's the most foolish thing you've ever done? It's not always easy to pick just one, at least if you're me. That was, until the day I decided to visit the salt mines in northern Pakistan. They are the second-largest salt mines in the world, and a huge draw for tourists, mostly locals. It was more than just walking through a cave. The salt mines have been turned into a tourist site, with salt sculptures, a health-treatment centre (to help clean out your lungs in the mines) and even a train that will take you from the front of the mine to the back.
Outside, there's more to see, including lots of shops and even a "fairground." In developed countries, fairgrounds are kind of sketchy. In developing countries, fairgrounds are totally terrifying. After leaving the mine, my friend Dan and I joked about riding the scary Ferris wheel that we saw towering over the fairground. We became more and more enthralled with this idea and our wives were enjoying our banter about it, until we reached the edge of the fairground. Then it led to: I wonder how much it costs? We asked the young man running the fairground. He said it was about 20 rupees or around 20 cents Canadian a person. Then, for some reason, our minds snapped.
We went from joking about how unsafe the Ferris wheel was to talking about what a bargain it was. Within minutes, Dan and I were heading to the attraction with money in hand. Upon arrival at the base of the giant wheel, I could see the motor that keeps it spinning right out in the open. I could also see a tube running from the motor to an open barrel of gasoline that was fuelling it. The gondola floors were made of wood, and it appeared to be dry wood. As we made our way into the first gondola, the nice young man running the ride informed us that we would have to sit on opposite gondolas to distribute our weight. This was a little nerve-racking. After Dan got into the first gondola, the Ferris wheel spun for a few seconds and my gondola came around. The nice young man informed me that I would also have to sit on the opposite side of the (different) gondola from Dan, to distribute the weight completely.
This is likely the moment that I should have turned around and left, but I had already paid my 20 cents, so there was no turning back. I got in my gondola, and the wheel started to turn. The first thing I noticed was the door – or lack of it. This might have been a good thing if I needed to bail out, but not a good thing if the gondola started rocking out of control. Many of the planks in the floor were either broken or missing. I'm assuming the missing ones fell out, and although it gave me an interesting view straight down, that did not cheer me up. Most of the mechanisms for the wheel were exposed, so there was nothing to hang onto that wasn't moving in a way that could seriously hurt me or even remove an arm. Did I mention that this wheel was about three storeys high? Dan and I were the only ones on the ride, and our group of Canadian friends were the only foreigners in the area, so our hijinks became a bit of a show for the locals. The empty fairground started to fill up with kids and parents watching the crazy foreigners on the Ferris wheel. The young man running it didn't want to stop it because it was attracting such a crowd. We were on the ride for about 15 minutes (which is a long time to spin).
At about 10 minutes in, I thought the ride was over. The young man started to walk toward the controls, which he had been ignoring for the past few minutes. What I learned at that moment was troubling. It turns out Ferris wheels have gears, like a car. We were in low gear until then, but the young man was going to change that. As he pulled the comically long pipe controlling the wheel, we started to go faster. At some points I was being lifted out of my seat, toward the many gears that were exposed or toward the non-existent door. I figured I was likely to die – but at least it was a cheap ride.
Dan's wife and my wife were watching this with our friends. Apparently they discussed appropriate epitaphs on our tombstones. They eventually agreed upon "Died Foolishly."


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Expressionism and Surrealism are two branches of Art that fascinate me.
Many of my friends tell me that they don't understand surrealism or don't see any talent in expressionism. I don't understand how they don't understand! I tell them that if the picture moves you or speaks to you, it is Art.You don't have to like it just because everyone else says it is great. Art is what you feel—what makes you think, and perhaps take a second look.
Most people find it hard to believe that I have had absolutely no formal training in Arts whatsoever. I have never been 'taught' art. I don't know any techniques of painting, nor do I know angles, perspectives etc.Whatever I create, I just do it as a way of expressing myself.
This painting (The curse that wasn't) that I completed two days ago is very meaningful to me.I have used symbolism, surrealism and expressionism here.
The painting... hmmm, i've always loved art, although i'm quite a novice at it.
Ummm, I see fire, I see a nasty hand, a human and a chameleon.
I'm tempted to say... we tend to imitate the chameleons when going through hard times??
I love, love the colors. And you know what the first thing I though of was? Your story about when there was a lizard (or whatever reptile it was) in your shower. So, it definitely spoke to me since it reminded me of that great post.
i am no art critic..so pics don;t speak to me.
I see a tortured soul, like the chameleon, it has many shades but not knowing which is its true color. I see the person being disturbed for some reason, feeling guilty or angry.
what I see here really is a chameleon in hell..flames everywhere, and a demon like thingie below him...the only thing that it speaks out, "why on earth is a lizard in hell?"
I'm too stupid for art. I get how people can appreciate it and that they are moved by it but I'm a realist. Stuff like this makes me feel like an idiot. I went to an are museum about a month ago and was moved by som very beautiful things but it was all realistic. I sort of glazed over when I came across the symbolic stuff. I would relly like to get it nut I just don't. Your painting has very good use of color though and is pleasing to the eye.
:-).True, we do change colours like the chameleon.
Katherine:Thank you my friend.You are so good for my soul too.
Glenn: My intention was NOT to make anyone feel stupid ot that they dont understand 'art'.What I was trying to convey is exactly the opposite--that if it doesnt make sense to you, its NOT art, no matter what ANYONE says.YOU decide what is Art--and what is not.I for instance do not like picasso, but adore Van gogh.I feel happy to know that my painting pleased you.Thank you.
So (to you) Picasso is not art then? I guess I don't really feel stupid about art. It's not like I can't appreciate the work and emotion that goes into some pieces. Sometimes though, I look at a piece and wonder how it managed to get into a museum. For example, there was a display at the afore mentioned gallery and it consisted of old rail road ties stacked and set up in a square spiral pattern. To me this is not art. It's really big lincoln logs. Also there was an area that had four white canvases set up on the walls. They were rather big 10'x10' or so and had odd shapes. There was no paint just streched canvas over a wood frame mounted on a white wall. This is not art any more than the canvases at Wal-Mart. I guess what upsets me sometimes is that some artists seem to be trying "get over" on me. I've seen struggling gelleries and people with true talent barely scraping by and when I see garbage in a respected institution, it seems like a slap in the face to those that are more deserving. At least I can look at your work here and see that effort was made and that there is something to it, even if it's not my favorite form.
Hey, you haven't said what the picture means to you.
this might sound daft, but its honest atleast,I peered and looked at it more intensely than i have at any mathematical intrigues.The picture didn't speak to me..sorry!However I liked the colours.Despite the fact that i am no reptile lover,the lizard did look 'guapo pero simpatico'..'good looking and yet kind' in spanish ...i saw distinct expressions in that thing which was i guess , was supposed to look menacing???enlighten me !
The colours are wonderful. The background is so vivid that I wonder if the chameleon can mimic it? The human figure seems less well formed so I get the impression that it is a tortured soul trying to decide what to be, just as the chameleon is trying to decide what colour to be. It reminds me of your post about the box of crayons.
Thanks very much for your kind comment on my blog by the way. I have posted an update if youa re interested, but basically still feel awful. The identity thing and my notes adn books are worrying me.
Glenn: You expressed my sentiments COMPLETELY.Even I cannot relate to bank canvases in the name of Art.By the way do you use orkut?If so I'll add you on that.Its a great way to keep in touch.
Devil-Mood:We think so much alike.
Opal:Thank you.You made my day!Will visit you soon.
Bharathi:The picture so completely spoke to you my friend!!You are so so right.I'm amazed and thrilled that you understood what i was trying to convey.Yes, the lizard seems menacing, but is actually kind hearted.People just look at the external and judge him.
You understood perfectly about the human figure being a tortured soul.That is what I intended to convey.
I love the Chameleon ..aren't we all changable and adaptable to the place we are?..at least to some degree.
I often have conversations about the nature of art with people at my exhibitions. It's very subjective..one gentleman I spoke to toild me that my pictures were "real art".."not like that pile of bricks in the Tate gallery in 1971...not lke that Damien Hurst stuff..not like Tracy Emin's unmade bed..."etc..etc.. I told him that art is art if it illicits a reaction from the viewer...the very fact that he could remember and site each of those artists works meant they had done their job and affected his view of art and therefore the world. My pictures may look like what they represent..but it doesn't make them 'Art'.
Wow Mom, the painting is very cool. Especially the scales and the colours and blends used.


Beginning Oct. 1, homeowners and condo owners will have greater protection from abusive boards.
In the first major reform in a decade, Gov. Jeb Bush on Wednesday signed two bills that would create the job of ombudsman to hear condo complaints and ban homeowner associations from foreclosing if owners don't pay fines.
Homeowners will have the right to fly flags in front of their homes and associations won't be able to sue members for speaking out.
Condo boards will not be able to change rules on rentals for existing owners. Homeowners and their associations will face mandatory mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution to prevent them from battling in expensive lawsuits.
"It's a major step toward adding consumer protection," said William Sklar of West Palm Beach, co-chairman of the homeowner association task force and a law professor at the University of Miami. "Homeowners don't have to live in fear of losing their homes for breaking a rule."
The new rules apply to every owner in every homeowner or condo association with mandatory membership. In South Florida, that translates to more than half the population, experts say.
For condo owners, the ombudsman is considered the sweetest victory, said Rep. Julio Robaina, R-Miami, chairman of the House Select Committee on Condominium Association Governance.
The 14-member staff of the ombudsman will be able to monitor elections, recommend enforcement action and investigate condo financial dealings. It would only act after six unit owners, or 15 percent of the association members, sign a complaint against their board.
"This will not cost condo owners one more single cent," said Robaina.
The ombudsman will be paid for with the $4 a year that every condo association pays the state for every unit.
For Karen Gottlieb of Dania Beach, the biggest victory was the one protecting a homeowner's right to speak freely.
Gottlieb has spent $39,212 so far fighting a $1 million slander suit brought against her by her association.
"To be a victim, then to be part of the cure, gives me hope that when things go wrong they can be made right," said Gottlieb, who was appointed to the homeowners' task force by Bush. "Every day there are more victims."
Robaina said he and Sen. Rudy Garcia, R-Miami, plan to begin a review next month of both the condo and homeowner laws so they can propose additional changes for next year's legislative session. He said his hopes are high for more reforms at that time.
Reformers weren't sure if Bush would sign the bills because many of his supporters opposed it.
"Instead of diluting the laws, the governor put the whole thing on the table so we can look at it for next year," Robaina said.
Robaina said he hopes to have the ombudsman apply to homeowner associations as well as condos, have the tougher condo laws also apply to homeowner associations, and make it possible to discipline lawyers who knowingly give bad advice to associations.
Jan Bergemann, whose grass-roots Cyber Citizens for Justice led the fight for change, plans to hire a professional lobbyist next year to battle for the rights of unit owners.
"More reforms are necessary to protect the welfare of owners in mandated properties and to finally create the harmony that Gov. Bush was talking about when creating the [homeowner association] task force," he said.
This year, however, was satisfying. "We got our foot in the door," he said.
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Preaching By Doing: A Lesson on Environment Care
By Elena Huegel on May 11, 2014
"I have lived in shalom!" Milca was bubbling with excitement when we met at the Shalom Center after she had spent two weeks volunteering with the Chilean National Forest Service. I have accompanied this vivacious and talented college student, a committed member of the the Pentecostal Church of Chile, in her spiritual walk from the time she was fourteen and began attending camp at the Shalom Center.
"When I went in to the interview for this volunteer position, I saw that the other young people were from wealthy families and had all the latest outdoor gear. " Milca´s parents are pastors of the Pentecostal Church of Chile in the tiny village of "Las Cabras" (literally "The Goats") in central Chile. "But as I started to answer the interviewer's questions, I relaxed. He asked me basic questions about the biodiversity of Chile, about caring for the environment such as leaving no trace and garbage control, about camping and about team work. He asked me what I would do if I knew that one of the other volunteers was drinking even after signing a 'no drinking, no smoking, no drugs' policy commitment; if I would try to talk to the volunteer or if I would talk to a supervisor. I answered that I would talk to the supervisor immediately, because I felt it would do no good to talk to the volunteer myself if a commitment had already been broken, that the drinking could put us all in danger, and that I felt that caring for ourselves, our bodies and our relationships was directly tied to caring for the environment. The interviewer told me that in all of his years of interviewing young people for this volunteer service, he had never heard the answers I gave him. I spent the next hour sharing with him the vision and mission of the Shalom Center and I what I have learned as a volunteer on staff at this church camp of the Pentecostal Church of Chile.
When I arrived at the national forest located on the 'Todos los Santos' (All Saints) Lake in southern Chile, I felt like a very tiny and insignificant fish in a large and strange pond. Everything was different from how we do things at the Shalom Center. I was intimidated by the rough language, gossip, and trivial in-fighting between leaders and volunteers. I prayed. I felt the Holy Spirit guide me. I visited the volunteers in each of the tents every night with questions to help them think deeply about their experiences during the day. This is one of the responsibilities of the motivators (counselors) at the Shalom Center. Soon the leaders were asking me to lead group development activities. Then I began making suggestions with regards to the program.
On the second to the last day of work, we were hauling construction materials about five miles up a mountain to repair a scenic overlook on a trail, when it began to rain. Our team leader suggested that we climb three miles further to the nearest refuge. I felt God speak to me in my heart. I insisted that we needed to get back to the base camp immediately. Since I had already made a name for myself by listening to others, working hard and encouraging the leaders, he followed my advice. By the time we had crossed the swollen rivers and climbed down the muddy paths, we discovered that the base camp had been evacuated due to flash flood warnings. We were the last ones to traverse the path we had come down on for the next two weeks. The group leader thanked me in front of the whole camp, once we caught up with the rest of the volunteers at the nearest hostel.
The national leader of the volunteer service asked me to be a part of the staff next year. I told him that I had other obligations with my church, and that I felt that I still needed further training at the Shalom Center before taking on such a responsibility. As I got off the bus on the highway outside of 'Las Cabras,' the other volunteers hung out the windows shouting and cheering. Back when I was picked from hundreds of young people to be volunteer in the Chilean National Forest Service, my parents thought it would be a perfect opportunity for me to preach God´s word. It was, but not in any way they could have imagined. I preached, with my actions, about God's invitation to SHALOM as I have learned at the Shalom Center. I lived out fully, in the midst of those who don´t know God, the Bible text that is the theme of the Shalom Center:
because of the tender mercy of our God,
by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
to shine on those living in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace. Luke 1:78-79
And for two weeks, I showed the people of the National Forest Service what I have learned at my church camp: that to truly care for the environment we must work on healing our relationships - with God, with ourselves, with others and with all of creation."
Testimony of Milca Reyes
As told to Elena Huegel
at the Shalom Center, Chile, 2014
Elena Huegel serves as chaplain at the Shalom Center, a ministry of the The Pentecostal Church of Chile.
Latin America and the Caribbean chile
Angel Luis Rivera-Agosto
arivera@dom.disciples.org


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ATR Partners on International Tax Burden Index, USA Ranks Second-Best
Posted by Rowan Saydlowski on Friday, July 23rd, 2021, 3:45 PM PERMALINK
Americans for Tax Reform Foundation partnered with the Paris-based free-market think tank Institut Économique Molinari for the publication of the first edition of "The Tax Burden of Global Workers: A Comparative Index," published by James Rogers and Nicolas Marques of the Institut Économique Molinari.
In the index, South Africa and the United States had the lowest tax burdens, while European Union member states took the bottom 25 spots in the 34-country ranking. The 34 countries studied represent 58.2% of the global economy. The annual study calculates a "tax liberation day" for each country, indicating how many days' worth of work compensation is extracted from workers by their governments each year. The amount of taxes extracted were calculated as a combination of income taxes and social security contributions by both the employee and employer for an average worker in each country.
The governments of three countries (Austria, France, and Belgium) were found to extract more money than the worker himself or herself receives; for example, in Austria, the government receives $1.35 for every $1.00 that the average worker receives in take-home pay, for a total real tax rate of 54.76%. Meanwhile, in the United States, the government only receives $0.41 for every $1.00 that the average worker takes home, for a total real tax rate of 27.11%.
According to the index, Austria and France share the latest tax liberation day (July 19th), while South Africa has the earliest day (March 7th). American workers can celebrate their tax liberation day on April 9th this year.
The study notes that this year the overall average "real tax rate" throughout Europe decreased as a result of small policy changes and pandemic relief measures, though different European countries saw differing effects. 2021's tax liberation days arrive earlier in 10 European countries, later in 8, and on the same day in 10 as compared to last year, according to the authors.
"We are excited to partner with the Institut Économique Molinari to analyze tax burdens from major countries around the world," said Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform. "While the United States fortunately performed well in this ranking, U.S. officials must remain wary to not fall into the burdensome taxation trap implemented by many of their European allies. Lower tax rates allow workers to keep more of their own hard-earned money and provide an environment for innovation to thrive. We need to stop the $2.9 trillion USD tax increase proposed by the Biden-Harris Administration, otherwise we will end up with the same level of taxation burden as European Union workers."
"Expanding our research to include all continents reveals a sharp contrast between the European Union and the rest of the world when it comes to taxing the salaries of workers," said James Rogers, co-author of the study and Research Fellow at Institut Économique Molinari. "Workers outside of the EU, with the exceptions of tiny Malta and Cyprus, get to keep significantly more of their earnings. American workers celebrate their 'tax liberation day' earlier than any of their European counterparts and enjoy the third-highest take-home pay around the world––while the cost of hiring them, thanks to the relatively labor-friendly tax rates, is cheaper than in 10 European countries."
"Through 12 years of study, the correlation between payroll taxes and the unemployment rate is clear in many European Union countries," added Rogers. "Looking at the global picture, this is generally the case, with low-tax countries such as Australia, Ireland, the U.S. and the U.K. experiencing lower unemployment than the EU average."
The full study can be found here: https://www.institutmolinari.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2021/07/tax_burden_on_global_workers2021.pdf


What etiquette rules must Meghan abide by now she's a Duchess?
What are the top etiquette rules Meghan will have to abide by as a royal?
'The top tips for the newly created Duchess of Sussex are to dress like a royal – which means skin toned or natural coloured tights and nail varnish with no bright colours. Skirts will now be on or below the knee and never above.
How should we act around the Duchess now? Should we curtsey and bow our heads?
'The public now must treat her as a royal. This includes gentlemen bowing their heads when they meet HRH, while ladies will curtsey with the right foot behind the left followed by a little bob. Not too low though as you may not come back up, and hands on the side as you are not a penguin.
Do you think she has undergone etiquette training? Did Kate?
'The royal ladies would never have undertaken any etiquette training. The reality is the ladies would learn from other royal family members – and their husbands, of course.
What was it like to be a butler to the princes? Any funny stories?
'It was a huge honour to be a butler for the royal family, and working for the young princes was great fun. I was always thrilled to be asked to go away with them to carry out butler work over the years and treasure those memories as a special time.
'I even once got to sit down and have lunch with Prince William at an event which was amazing, and an occasion I will not forget. I also made sure I knew which cutlery to use and how to behave. Prince Harry is like his brother, a true gentleman and I always tell people he would never ask me to do something he wouldn't do himself.


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Raul Tejada vs Makoto Takeda: Mismatch?
by Cicilia on Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:23 pm
Rules: Standard Match
Winning Conditions: Pin, Submission, 10-sec knockout
Raul had done a little bit of research into the person he was supposed to be fighting this evening before the match had begun, curious as to what he could expect from them. What he found shocked... and awed him, to say the least as Makoto, his chosen opponent by the divine figures that were the AFW management, was 19 AND only 5'2''! He was going to be fighting a girl that would barely come up to his chest... and who was 6 years younger than him...
"Dios mío..." He sighed, running his hands down his face in disbelief. "They let children in here..." Indeed, her moves were nothing to scoff at. Girl was a fighter, without doubt... BUT he couldn't help but hesitate... She was so damn young and so much smaller than him... How was he going to be able to fight THAT without hurting her and getting a bad rep?? He wasn't going to be able to hold back... and yet, he didn't feel like he should go all out either!
OH BOY was he in a pickle...
Raul stepped out before the crowd waving casually waving with a cool, warm smile upon his face! Internally, as he walked down the ramp, however, he was quietly nervous... He wasn't like some of the overly fanatical people back in Mexico who had no problem hurting kids... He liked to think of himself as a benevolent force... more or less... half-and-half.
Bah. This was going to suck for him one way or another.
Raul slipped into the ring, tugging on the end of his black gloves and adjusting his jacket, letting out a huge sigh to help calm himself... Well... here we go...
-Cicilia De'Reighnhardt
Yayuuki (Lucky) Sakura
-Yuki Arashi
"Raul" Tejada
-Rio Kazama
-Elena Miyazawa
-Ayane Tokegawa
-Grand Papillon
Cicilia
Location : 07/21
Re: Raul Tejada vs Makoto Takeda: Mismatch?
by acuya on Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:15 pm
"THIEVES!
THIEVES AND LIARS!"
The audience went into a sudden booing frenzy as the Valkyrie's music hit, turning all of their hate towards to the top of the ramp. Sure enough, the familiar roar of motorcycles began to emanate from behind the curtain, coming closer, roaring louder, growing and growing. First, Stone came out, sliding over to the side of the stage on her bike. Devine came through a moment later, throwing a flirty smile towards Raul from the top. And there, at the center, donning a skull helmet, Makoto took position. His opponent for the evening.
The three Valkyrie's made their way down to the ring as their theme music leaving a trail of smog in their wake that had more than a few audience members coughing. They came all the way down, right in front of the ring, and came to a stop there. Stone and Devine sat and waited on their bikes, kickstands up, while Makoto dismounted. Their leader.
Only she wasn't their leader, not anymore. Ever since she lost to Blue Thunder Mask, he was the guy running the Valkyries, more or less. At the least, he'd laid out some guidelines on what they were and weren't supposed to be doing, and she'd have to answer to him if she stepped too far out of line.
It wasn't a taste that Makoto care to have on her tongue, and she intended to take it out on...who was this again?
She popped her helmet off, gave her hair a shake, and looked at the man in the ring. Raul. Tall. Dark. Hispanic, though she couldn't even begin to guess where from, exactly. He looked tougher than the usual weaklings that Tension had for male competitors, but she'd beaten bigger before. Nothing to be impressed with.
...handsome, though.
She hung her helmet on her bike's handle, slid into the ring, popped up to her feet and promptly marched over to him, looking him up and down as she neared. She stopped when she was right up in front of him, looking at him straight from below. Staring. Waiting. Almost daring him to take the first shot.
★★★BEHOLD MY MIGHTY ROSTER★★★
acuya
Location : Charlotte, North Carolina, WOOOO!
by Cicilia on Wed Mar 27, 2019 10:28 pm
Raul tilted his head as he heard the low growl of a motorcycle... or several... and almost on cue, the crowd started BOOING the other side! Well... whoever these people were, they haven't made many friends with the crowd, have they...? Before the Mexican knew what was even happening, a trio of bikers RODE into the arena from backstage, no doubt being a health hazard to themselves and everyone else in the process! Damn... Not even back home did the overly theatrical and bombastic luchadors try anything like THAT! Most of the showmanship was saved for the fight... nothing like THIS! Raul did little to hide his shock as the ladies dismounted their vehicles one smiled at him... another didn't appear to care in the least... and the third, the shortest one in the skull-painted helmet... came into the ring.
"Makoto, huh...?" Raul murmured to himself as the girl shed her head-ware.... Yup. That was her... He probably could've guessed that she was already, what given her fame and body-height but he didn't want to assume. Would be rude, you know? Yes, this would be his 19 year old opponent... the girl who had inflicted upon him mixed feelings as to how he would fight...
...But judging by her reaction of him, he could tell the feeling was less than mutual.
Raul simply did as she did, looking the biker-girl over with an analytical eye, taking in detail... short of aesthetic appeal. After all, looking pretty didn't do much for anyone during a fight. ...And she was quite... something, he wouldn't lie. Without a word, Makoto marched RIGHT up to to the mexican wrestler until they were toe-to-toe looked UP into his eyes... and all Raul could do... was offer a hand.
...Why be an asshole in this situation, you know? It doesn't help to keep tensions high.
"Saludos, señorita." He greeted, flashing the smaller girl an appropriately sized smile. "My name is Raul. I would hope it is a pleasure to meet you."
by acuya on Sat Mar 30, 2019 5:11 am
The moment Raul extended his hands, the crowd rose up and threw warnings his way, telling him not to try that, to just go on the attack, to watch out for what Makoto was about to do, like they all had glass balls and could see the future.
Makoto, for her part, just looked down and stared at the hand for a moment, with the same expression she would've worn if Raul had just handed her, say, a trout. A quirked eyebrow, a tweaked lip, a canted head.
"Headbutt." Stone sighed, as she settled down into the seat of her Harley, getting nice and comfy. "She's going to headbutt him."
Devine rubbed her chin, looking on. "You think so? She did that to the last guy, don't think she'll repeat herself so soon." She snapped her fingers. "A knee. She'll go for a knee."
Stone just shook her head. "She's getting into position for. Just watch."
Sure enough, Makoto put on a slim smile, reached out, took Raul's hand, and gave him a firm, solid shake...right up until the moment where she used that grip to pull him down, leaped up, and cracked him in the face with a vicious headbutt.
Devine winced. Stone shrugged. "Told you."[/color]
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by Cicilia on Sat Mar 30, 2019 12:20 pm
Hmph... What's their problem? Raul wondered to himself as a wave of panic washed over the crowd, their cheers for him turning into... Jeers...? No, not jeers. The tone wasn't sharp enough and the words he couldn't make out didn't SOUND hostile... It was more like... warnings...? What? Who were they warning and why...? Nothing's happened yet! The Mexican wrestler cocked an eyebrow as the smaller girl simply stared at his hand in disgust, Raul getting a better look at his palm as he adjusted his vision... What, did she not like dragons or something? Why wasn't she taking his-
*BONK*
Raul's eyes went blank as his head SMASHED into Makoto's, the smaller girl literally HOPPING UP and headbutting the top her her skull into the larger man's chin! Oh boy, were he watching this from an outsider's perspective, he might've just laughed... and kept laughing for the next minute. It was a hilarious image, the smaller being literally forcing a larger being back with such a comical technique... But to the wrestler suffering it...? Well... He was lucky he didn't break any teeth with that hit! He stumbled back, nearly losing his footing entirely as a gloved hand shot up to his jaw, his yellow eyes filled with confusion... But also a sharp awareness. Whatever comradery that could've been was now forsaken with that cheap-shot...
...And he supposed it was just as well. He really kinda needed a good, convincing argument to not hold back. Goodie for him that Makoto provided him with one.
"Alrighty... If that's how you want to do it." Raul muttered, lowering himself down a tad and raising his hands in front of him. Let's see if she was reactive... or proactive... He could work with both.
by acuya on Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:49 pm
It wasn't the prettiest way to kick off a match, but then, Makoto had never been one for doing things gracefully, and she rarely cared much for sportsmanship. This dumbass was stupid was enough to give her an opening? Fine. She'd glaldly take it, and wreck him before he even had the chance to get...back…
...huh. He was still standing.
Makoto blinked a couple of times as her vision focused and confirmed that, yes, Raul was still on his two feet after that blow, managing to keep his wherewithal despite taking such a huge blow. Okay, so the guy was a little tough. Nothing she couldn't handle.
Up came her fists, nice and tight. Deep breath. Solid stance. Go.
She hopped towards him, closing the distance quick, and threw out a left jab towards his guard. It wasn't much of a blow, really, just trying to keep focused upstairs, while she lashed out with a low roundhouse kick aimed at the side of his knees.
by Cicilia on Sun Apr 14, 2019 10:44 pm
T'would've been comedic that this girl was hopping towards Raul like a kangaroo ready to box... it would have had her skull not left a nice little CRACK along his jaw-line a few moments earlier! Well... it might've not been that bad... after all, he could still open and close it well enough without his face feeling like it would shatter like a grenade in it's explosion... BUT THAT DID NOT MEAN THE PAIN OF THAT ATTACK DID NOT LINGER! It did... and it made him wary... Cautious for the inevitable attacks that would come from this girl. Yeah, she was a kid but apparently that didn't register with her at ALL before coming into this ring! Makoto was mean... and she hit like she meant it.
Fair enough. He could work with this.
Makoto lashed out with a quick punch at his guard, the smaller girl's fist impacting with his soft palm but retracting faster than he could close his fingers around it! Like a desert viper, Makoto struck hard and struck fast, leaving stings upon his padded palms as if she had sunk her tiny fangs into it...
"Tch." He tsked, stepping back just fast enough so that Makoto's leg grazed the front of his pants, BARELY missing his leg... Yeah, what a little snake she was... Not quite as subtle as one, but she had the speed and bite... A Rattlesnake. That's what she reminded him of. He had to be just as quick... just as unforgiving if he intended to survive a pit-fight with one... A mindset not easily slipped into when your opponent was this much smaller that you...
Raul lashed back with a quick front kick of his own, aiming to slam the sole of his shoe HARD into the girl's chest and hopefully send her sprawling on her back! It was quick... it was strong... but less of a damaging move and more of a push... Cautious...
by acuya on Mon Apr 22, 2019 3:56 am
Persistence. In Makoto's experience, that was the one thing she always had on her side in a fight. Oh, her opponents were always bigger and stronger and more experienced, but that could work in her favor - they always looked down on her, always underestimating until the hits started to wrack up. She would just keep coming and keep coming and keep coming, wearing them down, and before they knew it, they were on their backs while she bashed their faces in.
Worked like a charm. Always.
Raul wasn't going to be any exception. Oh, he managed to avoid her kick - barely - but she was already closing in, catching up, getting ready for the next attack. She was just about to strike, too, when the guy showed some speed of his own, lashing out with a boot that landed square in her chest.
Weight and momentum weren't on her side here, and falling flat on her back was the only thing that could really happen after taking a hit like that. Didn't mean she had to stay on her back for long, though.
Makoto threw her legs up, kicked out, and rose to her feet in an instant wtih a kip up. Her feet had barely touched the ground before she was off again, leaping through the air to come at Raul's face with a flying knee.
by Cicilia on Mon Apr 22, 2019 8:42 pm
Raul's boot connected HARD with Makoto's middle, sending the smaller girl HARD to the floor! Not his most graceful kick but hey... What worked, worked right? His current strategy was playing keep-away, to continue pushing her to the floor until she tires out... Then he would go in for some real damage. He stood ready, arms raised... yet, he was uncomfortable fighting someone so much SHORTER than him. It wasn't really a moral point... after all, that surprise headbutt eliminated any inhibitions he had polluting that department. It was just... he couldn't really PUNCH her could he...? Not without throwing a punch at a significant downward angle and that would just be awkward!
...Looks like he would have to rely on grapples and kicks... Predictability wouldn't be working for him in this fight, he figured!
Raul cocked and eyebrow as Makoto KICKED back up to her feet faster than the former gang-member had anticipated, the Mexican's frown deepening... if only slightly. It was almost as if she were made of rubber with how fast she rebounded back... He figured with her spine impacting with the ground in that way, it would've at least stunned her for a second. HALF A SECOND even.
...Nah. That would be too easy, wouldn't it?
Raul quickly folded his arms over her face like a shield as Makoto LUNGED at him with a flying knee, her knee-cap DIGGING into his toned, trained forearms like a musket-ball would into armor! Instantly, the point of impact FLARED up in pain, the Mexican's teeth GNASHING as her attack BIT into his guard... How strong WAS she...? So small... yet so powerful! While Makoto still hung in the air after connecting with his arms, Raul would Reach out to GRAB Makoto, one arm shooting out to grab her shoulder, the other reaching for the opposite thigh... before PULLING HER DOWN as he knelt... Makoto's crotch coming down HARD on his knee!
If this connected, Raul would push her off... ONLY to lift that knee up to SLAM into her chin!
by acuya on Wed Apr 24, 2019 7:42 pm
It was taking her a moment, but Makoto was starting to getting an inkling on just why this guy was pissing her off so much right out of the gate. It was the look in his eye. That look. The same one she'd seen in so many guys over the years, more than she could ever give a shit about counting.
The 'I can't believe I have to fight a little girl' look.
It shouldn't have bugged her, she knew, since she used that perception to her advantage all the time. It was a great way to get a quick edge in a fight against bigger, dumber, slower opponents, no harm in seizing it when it came her way. But, at the same time, people looking down on her, treating her like some dainty flower that they had to be careful not to step on, not giving her the proper respect…
Yeah. That shit needed to stop.
Cracking Raul in the jaw would've been a good step in that direction, too, if her shot had landed. The dude had decent reflexes, though - up came his guard, and it all went downhill from there.
Instead of just letting her fall, Raul went an introduced Makoto's groin to the point of his knee, a meeting that sent shockwaves vibrating up and down her spine. She fell back, only to find that same knee crashing hard into her face, right on the chin. It was a nasty combination that she sort of wished she had the height to pull off, rough and effective. She stayed down when she feel on her back this time, groaning and rolling about, trying to get the sense back into her brain. "Goddamn it...stupid fucker…"
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Right before Layna's 1st birthday, we went and had pictures taken. We did Layna by her self for her 1 year portrait, the kids together and a family portrait. These three are our favorite ones from the photos that were taken.
P.S. For those that knew it was happening...Brayden's brain MRI results came back fine. He is just going to have a small head. We will continue to monitor it, but without as much worry.
They're beautiful and HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAYNA!!!
Awesome Pictures! Great news on the MRI results!!
Your pictures are great...but the news about Brayden is EVEN BETTER! I am glad to hear there are no reasons to worry. Both of your babies are adorable and the family picture is great.
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I am so happy to hear that you got great news about Brayden, too!!!
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Differing lines of thought on how attentional control affects creativity are found throughout the literature. Some researchers have observed a relationship between lower attentional control and creativity, while others have identified that higher attentional control aids creative task performance. In an attempt to clarify these seemingly contradictory findings, we examined the relationship between Stroop task performance and two types of creative problems: divergent thinking and insight tasks. Two differing types of tasks were selected to represent creative thinking's two distinctive processes. We proposed that success in these problem types would correlate differentially with Stroop performance. Two hundred and forty participants participated in the experiment. Greater Stroop effect was related to a higher number of insight problems solved, but not to divergent thinking task performance. Study results are discussed in terms of Dual Pathway Model of creativity perspective and theories of restructuring in solving insight problems.