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A House bill designed to make it easier for agencies to rehire federal retirees has received broad but qualified support in a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Workforce Subcommittee.
The bill is sponsored by Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), ranking member of the subcommittee, and would let agencies rehire retired federal employees on a temporary basis without a loss of their annuities. Under current law, the salary of rehired retirees must be offset by the amount of the annuity, although it also permits the Office of Personnel Management to waive the offset rule under some circumstances.
Susan Gilman, legislative director at the National Treasury Employees Union, testified at the May 20 subcommittee session that NTEU doesn't oppose the judicious re-employment of federal retirees. However, she said, union officials are concerned that passage of the measure could open the door to potential abuse.
For example, because rehired retirees would not be eligible for most benefits that other employees receive, she said, they would have budgetary advantage over other federal employees, giving agencies an incentive to maximize the use of returning retirees rather than hiring and promoting full-time, permanent employees.
Agencies, Gilman said, should focus more on workforce planning and recruiting and retaining talented employees to meet current and future personnel needs — and not rely on rehired annuitants for tasks such as training and mentoring.
"Opportunities to provide training and mentoring are often the most valuable experience available to [current] employees to prepare them for more challenging work and promotions to positions of increased responsibility," she said.
"We do train people, but unexpected things occur," said Nancy Kichak, associate director of strategic human resources policy at OPM. "People leave before you expect them to but still are unable to retire. Folks get sick, and folks decide to change jobs."
Daniel Adcock, assistant legislative director at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, which supports the bill, said agencies should "use this authority to supplement, and not supplant, the current workforce and to find annuitants with specific skills…not presently available for hard-to-fill positions that require specific skills."
To avoid potential abuse, Patrick Purcell, a specialist in income security at the Congressional Research Service, suggested that the proposed changes be limited to a demonstration period of five or 10 years, and then officials can "evaluate how agencies and individuals respond."
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), noted that the Defense Department has had the authority to rehire retirees without annuity loss for several years, and she suggested that a study of the DOD experience would help lawmakers weigh the impact of similar rules for civilian agencies.
"It seems to me you have the perfect laboratory right there," she said.


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NASA's Artemis I Moon rocket sits at Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 15, 2022. (AFP)
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The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA on Wednesday talked up the prospect of putting the first European on the Moon, as they signed a deal strengthening collaboration for future lunar exploration.
The space agencies had already agreed that three European astronauts would fly on the Orion spacecraft to NASA's Gateway, a space station that will orbit the Moon as part of the Artemis programme.
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Now it seems one of those astronauts will go a step further.
"We look forward to having an ESA astronaut join us on the surface of the Moon and continuing to build on our longstanding, critical partnership," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said after attending an ESA council meeting in the Netherlands.
"NASA is counting on cooperation with ESA to propel exploration of the Moon through the Artemis programme," Nelson said in a statement, adding that "the European Service Module is the powerhouse of the Orion spacecraft".
The agencies also signed a deal on the Lunar Pathfinder, a planned communications satellite being built by British firm SSTL.
The ESA bought SSTL's services last year and will provide NASA with lunar communication under the deal. In exchange, NASA will launch the Pathfinder into orbit.
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The two space agencies will also carry out joint tests to create a satellite navigation network on the Moon, "just as today we navigate using Galileo and GPS on Earth," the ESA statement said.
They also discussed the future of the ESA's ExoMars mission, after its planned launch on a Russian rocket later this year was cancelled due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The ESA has previously said it hopes to work with NASA to launch the mission, which will drill for signs of life on Mars.
Nelson said that "NASA is determining how best to support our European friends on the ExoMars mission".
ESA director general Josef Aschbacher told a press conference that "intense discussion" was being held on the subject.
"It's going the right way and I am very confident that we find a good partnership on ExoMars," he added.
Also read: All you need to know about NASA's new mega Moon rocket
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There hasn't been any new Venture Bros. for a year and a half. In the time between the season-five finale and tonight's double-sized special, the show celebrated its 10th anniversary. (Though that comes out to an average of only just over six episodes a year.) But watching "All This And Gargantua-2," it hardly feels like it's been any time at all. Co-creators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer are just so effective at immersing viewers in the world of the show, getting them invested in a whole array of sad characters, and pacing their often-insane stories. By now, The Venture Bros is practically a perpetual motion machine—its plate-spinning seems delicate, but it's not hard to imagine it going on practically indefinitely. And there are so, so many moving parts in this episode.
It really does make sense for "All This And Gargantua-2" to be a special—it feels much bigger than the typical Venture Bros episode, closest in spirit to the season two finale "Showdown At Cremation Creek." The two-part episode pulls in practically every recurring character that the show has created over the years, including a few I wasn't sure we'd be seeing again (case in point: General Treister, whose trip to space finally does turn him into a Hulk). It's absolutely incredible that in the span of relatively few episodes, there are so many fully-realized characters and background figures who threaten to become fan favorites at a moment's notice. Once the special gets into gear, bringing almost everyone to the space station Gargantua-2, there are no fewer than eight different groups of characters pushing against each other for screen time*.
Bringing the whole cast to one location also helps increase the epic sweep of the episode. The extensive, luxurious design for the space station helps highlight how beautiful the show looks now. Not only that, the shiny veneer of Gargantua-2 is a great representation of Doc's brother J.J., a character who shows himself to be mostly surface, hiding unwittingly shady business dealings with the evil Investors while suffering from cancer. J.J. has always been one of the more hit-or-miss parts of the show given his propensity to alternate between hypercompetent douche and hypercompetent, earnest brother, but the resolution to his rivalry with Doc, which closed out the first season, is surprisingly effective. It'd be ridiculous to assume any character on this show is dead for sure (comic book rules), but it does seem like J.J. is gone, a sacrifice that actually might have meant something on a show where trying your hardest doesn't necessarily mean squat.
Doc also participates in the other most emotionally moving moment in "All This And Gargantua-2," when he tries to activate the manual reset switch on the space station's shield with Dean. Their collaboration is touching, and calls to mind season four's "Perchance To Dean" (and its associated prog rock super science syllabus) while explicit referencing "What Color Is Your Cleansuit?" It's both Venture men at their best, smug in their superscientific and deductive ability, but also at least somewhat self-aware and endearing in their posturing toward the other. These are the moments that anchor the rest of the madness.
But there's a sense in which The Venture Bros isn't really about the Venture family anymore so much as it's about the world the Ventures inhabit, and the tolls its arbitrary rules and systems take on the people. Sure, we'll always follow Hank, Dean, and Doc, but if this episode had ended with all of them dying, the show could have easily shifted to focus more directly on the Monarch, the newly confident Billy Quizboy, or even the Order Of The Triad. That's what makes it possible for one of the most surprisingly touching elements of the special to be the evolution of Fat Chance from a background joke to a complete character (Fat Choice!) with a rather powerful set of skills (aided by everyone's favorite supervillain nanny, Dr. Henry Killinger, whose transformation of the Revenge Society into a potent threat is adorable). That's why it's so great and heartwarming that General Treister finally gets to be a Hulk and do some smashing.
On the other hand, the massive scope of "All This And Gargantua-2" does, to some extent, work against the show's purposes with regards to those characters. The ease with which Publick and Hammer have introduced an intentionally dense, thorny mythology that snaps up everyone from Sally Impossible to David Bowie (sort of) is something to behold, but it also means that delving deeper into that backstory and the underlying facets of the Venture universe doesn't feel as meaningful. The special introduces some tantalizing new questions—the real nature of the Investors and their brother Henry Killinger springs to mind—but does so in a way that also reduces the number of characters and highlights the way they're all victims of the massive, hilariously convoluted forces beyond their control.
And those problems, all caused by self-contained, Kafkaesque systems in which the characters find themselves, are representative of something a little headier: The ways in which The Venture Bros is really an ideal way to tell a story about a group of (mostly) straight, white men. In a time when mainstream entertainment is still deeply whitewashed and focused on the perspectives of mostly straight white dudes (hi Oscar nominations!), it's worth asking the right ways of looking at those characters without excluding others. The Venture Bros doesn't privilege the perspectives of Doc, the Monarch, and Orpheus—instead, it plays up the ways in which they're self-involved, petty workaholics, and above all how they collapse under the weight of mythologies designed to uphold their white dude-ness. Though it's a bit less funny for the Sovereign—likely the biggest villain on the series until now—to turn out to not actually be David Bowie, it's still powerful for him to admit to Dr. Mrs. The Monarch that he's "just some bloke who wanted to be anyone but himself." The Guild, the O.S.I, these are all methods of escape for unhappy people, and The Venture Bros picks that apart mercilessly while also retaining empathy for their misery.
In all that abstraction, though, "All This And Gargantua-2" finds time to pack the jokes in. Somehow, the show hasn't finished plundering pop culture tropes for gags like the shot of only spies playing baccarat in Gargantua's casino at a table rounded out by Hank wearing a mustache. Gary and the Monarch draw out a game of 20 Questions throughout most of the episode. And the lower stakes of the story at the Venture compound story let Public and Hammer wring as much humor as they can from Jefferson Twilight appearing out of nowhere to startle Hatred. Even something as small as the Monarch bellowing angrily at Phantom Limb after recognizing his preferences in cutlery manages to draw on established characterization for quick, well-earned laughs. For all that the special has to race to get from point A to point B, it still somehow manages to keep the show a comedy.
"All This And Gargantua-2" is a huge story, but it also feels like a clearing of the decks for the show. At least in theory, most of the Council Of 13, the Sovereign, JJ, Treister, and the Investors are all dead. The people in charge of organized villainy are characters we've spent a lot of time with—Dr. Mrs. The Monarch, Phantom Limb, Professor Incorrigible. (And hopefully Henry Killinger will be a more regular fixture on the show now.) That means that the show has, hopefully, extricated itself at least a bit from the confusion of much of its mythological history. Will we see the O.R.B. again? Hear about the elaborate bureaucracy of the O.S.I.-Guild treaties? (Well, probably yes.) But the conflict can be much more tightly focused on people we know and care more about.
The last time things seemed to change this much on the show, in season four's "Operation P.R.O.M.," it wasn't clear how much it really altered about the status quo. Like that episode, this could also have served as a series finale, serving as it does to make a grand statement on the show and unify everyone to a place where we can easily envision the rest of the unimportant shenanigans they'll get into. (Maybe that's partially just me justifying spending so much time abstractly contemplating the meaning of The Venture Bros instead of digging through the specifics of all the intricate plot points.) If those episodes are any indication, the "story" of The Venture Bros, such as it is, has run its basic emotional course, and could end at any time rather than continuing to delve deeper into the world, and is mostly still going because it's built up a momentum while deepening its world. There could be another ten years between "All This And Gargantua-2" and the next episode of The Venture Bros, and the show wouldn't feel unfinished. But that doesn't mean I want it going away anytime soon.
I know I barely talked about the actual plot, but it sort of seems besides the point given how singular this episode is for the show, and how complicated everything is (obviously, if you haven't seen every other episode and paid close attention, pretty much nothing will make any sense). If anyone wants to try to hash out all the specifics, happy to do it below.
*The groups of characters I counted that independent runners: Gary and The Monarch on the spaceship, Hatred and The Order Of The Triad in the sewers, Brock and Amber (or Bramber), Col. Gathers and Snoopy, Hank, Gentleman, and company, Doc and Dean, Phantom Limb and The Investors, the rest of the Revenge Society.
This section could literally just be a list of all of the great little gags in this episode, so I'll leave those to the comments. Who were your favorite characters? Besides Fat Choice, I loved Watch and Ward's version of the Guild Resistance, and the continued depth of Billy's mom.
Hey! Brock's smoking an e-cig! It's… 2014?
I'm sure there's a lot of stuff I haven't picked up on (I only got a chance to watch the episode once), but one cool piece of casting: Stephen Colbert is back as Professor Incorrigible!
That burning Monarch symbol was actually pretty awesome.
And that's it until season six (teased in this nifty epilogue on the Adult Swim website)! Sorry I'm not Zack, but hopefully he'll be back to guide you through the next precious episodes of this criminally underrated show. Go team Venture!


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Gainesville, FL - On Nov. 10 the University of Florida's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) held a corner sign-holding protest in support of Rasmea Odeh. Odeh is a 67-year-old Palestinian woman activist from Chicago who is now being held in a Detroit jail. The U.S. government is targeting her because she is a powerful leader who speaks out against U.S. complicity in Israeli war crimes.
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Florida students showed their shock and anger thru their action. People stayed at the protest for almost two hours chanting, giving speeches and demanding that justice for this prominent community organizer, Rasmea Odeh. Jonathan Waring of UF Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) said, "We have to show the U.S. government that activists will not be intimidated by illegitimate trials directed at the pro-Palestine movement."
UF students are not intimidated by the U.S. government campaign of repression. If anything this verdict has amped up the sentiment for more education and actions to show solidarity with Rasmea Odeh and the Palestinian struggle that she embodies. This campus protest comes after a months-long campaign involving education, protests and call-in days. The issue is far from dying down and Florida students are ready to show support. Students for Justice in Palestine will continue to organize in solidarity with Rasmea until she is free, until all political prisoners are free and until Palestine is free.
As Eric Brown, a lead organizer with both SJP and SDS stated, "One day the settler colonial entity know as Israel will be found guilty by the people it has oppressed since its existence. On that day we will have people like Rasmea to look up to as those who have been pillars in the movement. This system has not only failed Rasmea but on every level has failed oppressed nationalities and there needs to be a serious movement for liberation that creates a completely new paradigm. Power to Rasmea and to all those facing political oppression!"
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Restructuring the World Order: BRICS and Africa at the Time of Change, or "Multicore" against "Polycentric"
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The article discusses some aspects of the formation of a new post-crisis world order, emerging on the ruins of a short-lived unipolar world order, from two perspectives: (a) the future structure of the new world system and (b) the role of fundamentally new constructs of global governance in it, such as BRICS. The role of the latter's relations with Africa in the formation of a new world order is considered at length. In theoretical terms, for the first time, the concept of a possible construction of two alternative versions of the world order has been put forward: one of a "single" world order with a number of "cores" coexisting inside it, the other of a world divided into two or more monocentric systems forced to somehow interact or isolate from each other.
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Q: Find using "LookIn:=xlFormulas" doesn't seem to work with my table How can I get this to look in hidden rows? This only works if I filterer my table every time. I was expecting "LookIn:=xlFormulas" to do the trick, but it doesn't.
Sub MarkCompleted1()
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    Range("Table1[[#Headers],[SO'#]]").Select
    If Range("C:C").Find(What:=Range("S1").Value, After:=ActiveCell, _
            LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt:=xlWhole, MatchCase:=False) _
            Is Nothing Then
        ActiveSheet.Range("S1").Select
        MsgBox "Sales Order # " & Range("S1") & " Not Found", _
            vbInformation, "Information"
    Else:
        Range("C:C").Find(What:=Range("S1").Value, After:=ActiveCell, _
            LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt:=xlWhole, MatchCase:=False).Activate
        MarkCompleted2
    End If
End Sub

A: The worksheet's MATCH function looks in hidden rows and columns.
Sub MarkCompleted1()
    dim m as variant

    m = application.match(Range("S1").Value, columns(3), 0)

    If iserror(m) Then
        Range("S1").Select
        MsgBox "Sales Order # " & Range("S1") & " Not Found", vbInformation, "Information"
    Else
        Range("C" & m).Activate
        MarkCompleted2
    End If

End Sub

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Q: Best way to update many documents in a collection in mongo? Basically, I want to check a schedule field in every document, and if Date.now() falls within the bounds of the schedule, I want to set isActive to true.
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Is there any way to efficiently do this without totally locking up my application and/or database every 30 minutes for however long it takes?
Do I need to call save() on each document individually or is there a way I can save all of them at once?


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2 Chainz's storied career is the definition of perfect timing. Before captivating listeners with his snappy punchlines and "TRU!" ad-libs, 2 Chainz (formerly Tity Boi) was a member of Playaz Circle, where he ruled the underground for years. His Trap-A-Velli and T.R.U. REALigionmixtapes caught fire… and the ear of Kanye West, who featured him on the Platinum G.O.O.D. Music single "Mercy." His 2012 debut album Based on a T.R.U. Story hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spawned massive hits like "No Lie" and the 2x Platinum single "I'm Different." The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 55th Grammy Awards and was eventually certified Platinum. Its 2013 sequel B.O.A.T.S. II: #METIME extended 2 Chainz's dominance and included the Pharrell featured hit "Feds Watching." After capturing mainstream success, he took it back to the streets with a series of mixtapes—Felt Like Cappin, Daniel Son; Necklace Don, and Hibachi for Lunch. Using this momentum, 2 Chainz triumphantly returned to the charts with the critically acclaimed Pretty Girls Like Trap Music in 2017—cementing his status as hip-hop royalty. He released his fourth EP, The Play Don't Care Who Makes It, in 2018.
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Felt Like Cappin
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Dey Know - Itunes Ringtone
Hi Jack - Itunes Ringtone
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Murder (hook)
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Nuthin To Somethin (feat. Dollar Boy and Money Karlo) - Single
Spend It (Remix) (feat. T.I.) - Single
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Spend It (Ridin Round & Gettin It) - Single
Pretty Girls Like Trap Music
Daniel Son; Necklace Don
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Codeine Cowboy ( A 2 Chainz Collective)
Trapavelli 2 (the Residue)
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Hot Wings Are A Girl's Best Friend
Kill 'Em With Success (with ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz & Mike WiLL Made-It)
Bigger Than You feat. Drake & Quavo
The Play Don't Care Who Makes It
Alive (with Offset & 2 Chainz)
2nd To None (with 2Chainz)
Wake Up & Cook Up
Gang Up (with Young Thug, 2 Chainz & Wiz Khalifa feat. PnB Rock)
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Tell You That: MetaPop Remixes
Hibachi for Lunch
Da Man


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Gail has enjoyed numerous honors during her career, including being the No. 1-ranked Coldwell Banker sales associate in New England as well as one of Coldwell Banker's Top 10 agents worldwide. She also has been named one of America's Top 50 real estate agents multiple years by The Wall Street Journal and received Coldwell Banker's Society of Excellence Award, which is earned by less than one percent of agents around the globe.
Gail's community efforts extend beyond real estate. She serves on the boards of the New England chapter of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Mount Auburn Hospital, Huntington Theatre Company, the Guidance Center, and The Cambridge Community Foundation.
She takes the business of real estate seriously, focusing on strategically positioning and promoting properties to attract the most attention and customizing her proactive outreach approach for each client.
But she also likes to have fun and stay active, whether traveling, biking, hiking or dancing. She enjoys entertaining and possesses an outgoing personality and sharp wit.
In the end, Gail and her team strive to build community "one home at a time." She often hosts social gatherings for her clients so they can get to know other families and learn more about local organizations and events.


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Crivitz station is a railway station in the municipality of Crivitz, located in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

References

Railway stations in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Buildings and structures in Ludwigslust-Parchim
Railway stations opened in 1888


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Cauza Moldovan ș. a. contra României a fost un proces purtat la CEDO de către victimele violențelor interetnice de la Hădăreni, proces în care CEDO a dat câștig de cauză reclamanților.

Premisele revoltei de la Hădăreni în care au fost implicați cetățeni români
Cazul analizat de CEDO se limitează la întâmplările din momentul izbucnirii revoltei dintre cei implicați în evenimentele de la Hădăreni.

Starea de fapt reținută în sentința CEDO

În seara zilei de 20 septembrie 1993, într-un bar din centrul satului Hădăreni (județul Mureș) a izbucnit o încăierare. Rapa Lupian Lăcătuș și Aurel Pardalian Lăcătuș, doi frați țigani, împreună cu alt țigan, Mircea Zoltan, au început să se certe cu un etnic român, Chețan Gligor. Confruntarea verbală a degenerat în una fizică, care s-a terminat prin moartea lui Chețan Crăciun, care venise în ajutorul tatălui său. Cei trei țigani au părăsit în fugă locul faptei și s-au adăpostit în casa unui vecin.

În scurt timp, vestea despre incident s-a răspândit și un număr mare de săteni, maghiari și români, au aflat despre moartea lui Chețan Crăciun. Mânioși, ei s-au adunat ca să-i găsească pe țigani. Gloata înfuriată a ajuns la casa în care se ascundeau cei trei, și le-a cerut să iasă afară. În mulțime se aflau și membri ai forțelor de poliție locale, din Hădăreni, între care și șeful poliției, Ioan Moga, precum și sergentul Alexandru Șușcă, care auziseră despre incident. Când frații au refuzat să iasă, mulțimea a dat foc casei. În timp ce flăcările mistuiau casa, frații au încercat să fugă, dar au fost prinși de gloata care i-a bătut și i-a lovit cu araci de vie și pari. Cei doi frați au murit în seara aceleiași zile. Mircea Zoltan a rămas în casă, unde a murit ars. Se pare că polițiștii prezenți nu au făcut nimic pentru a opri aceste atacuri. Petiționarii au afirmat că, din contra, poliția a chiar a solicitat și a permis distrugerea tuturor proprietăților țiganilor din Hădăreni.

În seara aceleiași zile, sătenii au hotărât să-și verse mânia asupra tuturor țiganilor care trăiau în sat și au început să ardă locuințele și alte proprietăți ale țiganilor din Hădăreni. Răzmerița a continuat până în ziua următoare. În total, treisprezece case de țigani, aparținând petiționarilor, au fost distruse. Petiționarii au dat următoarele declarații:

 Iulius Moldovan - petiționarul a afirmat că cei trei țigani au fost uciși pe proprietatea sa în data de 20 septembrie 1993. Casa lui și dependințele au fost incendiate și distruse.
 Melenuța Moldovan - petiționara a afirmat că atât casa ei cât și posesiunile anexe au fost distruse de foc.
 Maria Moldovan - petiționara a declarat că în seara zilei de 20 septembrie o mulțime înfuriată a apărut la ușa ei, a intrat în casă și i-a distrus tot ceea ce avea. Apoi mulțimea a dat foc casei ei și ea a privit cum flăcările o distrugeau. A doua zi când ea s-a reîntors acasă cu soțul și fiica ei, s-a întâlnit cu o mulțime înfuriată de săteni. Polițiștii Ioan Moga, Alexandru Șușcă și Florin Nicu Drăghici au pus mâna pe ea, i-au dat cu spray în față și apoi au continuat să o lovească. Costică Moldovan a fost martor la aceste evenimente. Colonelul Drăghici a tras și el după Costică Moldovan și familia sa pe când încercau să se întoarcă acasă să dea de mâncare la porci. Petiționara a mai afirmat că a fost avariată casa și că a pierdut bunuri și posesiuni.
 Otilia Rostaș - petiționara a declarat că în seara zilei de 20 septembrie 1993 a aflat de la fiica ei de unsprezece ani ce se întâmpla la Hădăreni. Fiica ei i-a zis că un vecin spusese că sătenii voiau să omoare pe toți țiganii ca răzbunare pentru moartea lui Chețan Crăciun. Fiindu-i teamă pentru siguranța copiilor ei, petiționara i-a dus la casa mamei sale. Mai târziu, în acea seară, când s-a reîntors, ea a observat mai mulți oameni adunați în fața curții, aruncând cu pietre și cu bucăți de lemne, care în final au dat foc casei. Pe când alerga spre casa mamei ei, a văzut trei oameni cu ciomege care îndemnau mulțimea să dea foc și casei mamei sale. În câteva minute, casa mamei sale era în flăcări. În ziua următoare petiționara a încercat să se întoarcă la ce mai rămăsese din casa ei pentru a evalua pagubele. În timp ce se apropia de proprietatea ei a fost amenințată verbal și fizic de o mulțime de săteni revoltați și de polițiști. Un sătean a amenințat-o cu o lopată iar alții au aruncat cu pietre după ea. Sătenii, inclusiv polițiștii prezenți, au împiedecat-o să se ducă la ce mai rămăsese din casa ei. Temându-se pentru siguranța ei, petiționara și copiii ei au părăsit Hădăreniul. Mai târziu, în aceeași zi, ea a mai încercat încă o dată să se reîntoarcă la casa ei împreună cu ceilalți țigani. De această dată, petiționara a găsit drumul spre casa ei blocat în întregime de o mulțime și mai mare de săteni cu ciomege. Prin mulțime erau și polițiști. În mulțimea de săteni revoltați petiționara l-a recunoscut pe polițistul Nicu Drăghici. O mașină a poliției chiar a urmărit pe petiționară și pe ceilalți țigani, care încercau să se întoarcă la casele lor, trăgând cu arma după ei și avertizându-i să părăsească satul. Petiționara a declarat că a fost distrusă casa ei și că a pierdut bunuri de valoare.
 Petru (Gruia) Lăcătuș a declarat că a fost distrusă casa lui și cele trei mașini pe care le avea în curte.
 Florea Maria Zoltan - petiționara a declarat că în noaptea de 20 septembrie soțul său Mircea Zoltan și cei doi frați ai ei, Rapa Lupian Lăcătuș și Aurel Pardalian Lăcătuș, au fost uciși în mod brutal în revolta de la Hădăreni. Ea a mai declarat că una dintre cele treisprezece case ale țiganilor incendiate în acea seară îi aparținuse mamei sale decedate, Cătălina Lăcătuș.
 Petru (Dîgăla) Lăcătuș - petiționarul a declarat că a fost distrusă casa sa și că a pierdut bunuri de valoare. Soția lui pe vremea incidentelor era însărcinată și deoarece a fost bătută și a trecut printr-o spaimă mare, copilul s-a născut cu creierul afectat.

Legături externe

 Decizia CEDO în cauza Moldovan ș.a. contra României (în format .DOC / Microsoft Word)
 Citare  a cazului pe situl Înaltei Curți de Casație a României (cazul citat în jurisprudența din România)
 Citare a cazului pe situl AvocatNet.ro. (cazul citat în jurisprudența din România)
 Cauza citată în cartea Hotărârile C.E.D.O. în cauzele împotriva României apărută în Editura Hamangiu (pagina 288)

Vezi și

Cazuri judiciare în România
Jurisprudența CEDO


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WALKING TOUR: Pittsburgh Bridges and River Shores
August 10, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
« VIRTUAL TOUR: SEWICKLEY
WALKING TOUR: Pittsburgh Bridges and River Shores »
10:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m.
Total participants: 20
Tour meeting and ending point: 107 Sixth Street, in Downtown (in front of the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel). Please arrive 10 minutes before the tour's start time. The tour route is largely flat but includes stairs at several points.
Pittsburgh is a city of bridges. No matter how you count them, there are hundreds of bridges spanning our many waterways, valleys, and ravines. Bridges also offer changing vistas on the natural and manmade features of the cityscape, giving us different perspectives on our physical environment as we cross them. In Pittsburgh, these works of artful engineering are also a source of pride.
Join us for this tour as we take a loop bounded by the Roberto Clemente and Andy Warhol Bridges and the north and south shores of the Allegheny River. Taking in sites ranging from the historically preserved Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel to the recently opened Allegheny Overlook Pop-Up Park as well as the bridges and river, this tour reveals the dynamic relationship between humans and nature that characterizes much of Pittsburgh.
This is an in-person tour. Please read the important information regarding registration in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
To ensure participants' safety, PHLF employs a radio audio system that transmits from the tour guide's headset to earpieces worn by each tour participant. All units and lanyards are sanitized before and after each tour. Participants may use their own headsets or earbuds (with standard round jack), or PHLF will provide a disposable earpiece if needed.
We require that all persons wear a face mask fully covering the nose and mouth at all times during the tour. Participation in the tour is contingent on signing an acknowledgment and release, which, among other things, verifies the participant's understanding that PHLF is unable to guarantee compliance with the foregoing Covid-19 recommendation.
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McCormick Place is a High-Wealth Residential Building that grows on High-Density Residential zones in SimCity 4.
McCormick Place closely resembles The Riviera at 790 Riverside Drive in Manhattan, New York, built in 1910. The recreation shares most of the building's shape and ornamentation, though it uses a different colour scheme and has a different roof.
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The Falkland Islands, remote British Islands in the South Atlantic 350 miles off the east coast of South America. The small settlements on these Islands fuelled memories of a childhood and offered a stage on which to explore the relationship between place and human experience. The islands are known largely by outsiders for the bad weather, barren landscape, Sheep, Penguins and War, and once described as 'the fag end of the world' by Robinson a Governor of the Islands in 1866. Conversely, for those raised there a strong attachment and identity is formed with the land. Archival family pictures and recent photography are fused in this series to give a personal vision on a sense of place.


Caitlin Parrott and TJ Stafford have been working together as The Rigs since 2014, and have shared moments together that have been both rewarding and challenging. In this guest blog, they chronicle each year they've worked together with some of their most memorable moments.
CP: For me the most memorable thing about 2014 was just that we started writing together. For as many years as TJ and I had known each other and played music together, we have never written. And honestly, the first time we did just felt like fire. Suddenly everything made sense. All of our history, the tension...it was like it all just suddenly had a place and a purpose.
TS: For me it had to have been our first writing session. I had never written with someone that I'd had such a complex history with, and going into it in such an emotionally transparent way was a transformative experience.
CP: Definitely one of my favorite memories (maybe ever) was playing the Troubadour in July of 2015. It was the first show we ever played as The Rigs and we played to a sold out room. I remember we had friends calling before the show saying they couldn't get tickets, and TJ and I were like, "we did it!" That was the most nervous I've ever felt for a show and the most fulfilled I have felt after one. It felt like the beginning of something really special. And it was.
TS: The entire year was memorable in that it solidified our relationship both personally and professionally. I would point to that as the year we truly became best friends, and the year our work together musically became serious and focused. It was interesting to see those two things coincide and one not diminish from the other.
CP: In 2016, TJ and I were asked by Sony to come to New York for a special showcase. We ended up playing an acoustic set for an exclusive group of a couple hundred people on the roof of the Sony building as the sun was setting. It was truly one of the more magical and romantic experiences of my life.
CP: Releasing our new album!! I think we just had so much more clarity with this latest project and more direction. I am SO proud of the first 3 albums we released. But everything happened so fast, it felt like we were always kind of playing catch up. But with this recent project, we really had the time to give it the attention it deserved. I think releasing the couple videos we released was my favorite highlight.
TS: The new album, for sure. It's a great album and I'm extremely proud of it. Not only the finished product, but the struggle of getting to those new sounds, the fights that occurred when one of us thought the new sounds went too far, working through those, and allowing each other to contribute and shine individually. I think this album highlights not only us as a duo, but allows each of our personalities and songwriting styles to flourish without diminishing the whole.


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Blues for Falasha is a posthumously released album by saxophonist Glenn Spearman. It was recorded on June 8, 1997, at Bay Recording in Berkeley, California, and was released in 1999 by Tzadik Records as part of their Radical Jewish Culture series. On the album, Spearman is joined by saxophonist Larry Ochs, pianist Chris Brown, bassist Lisle Ellis, and percussionists Donald Robinson and William Winant.

Spearman was the son of a black Christian father and a white Jewish mother. The album is the product of musical and spiritual exploration of his Jewish roots, and pays tribute to the Falasha, an Ethiopian tribe who claim to be descended from biblical Jews.

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, Stacia Proefrock wrote: "there are only fragments of Blues for Falasha that can be pinpointed as specifically Jewish... Instead, a poem... sets the philosophical tone for the album... What follows are three beautiful, inspired compositions that explore themes of pain and loneliness, beauty and delicacy, and heritage... if Glenn Spearman had to leave this world too soon, he certainly knew what to leave behind."

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the track titled "Rituals" "Spearman's attempt to think his way back into a forgotten ancestry for the blues," and stated: "Few artists better represented the cultural collisions of John Zorn's 'Radical Jewish Culture' imprint than Spearman."

Glenn Astarita of All About Jazz commented: "Blues for Falasha hits you from many different angles and reverently displays the tranquillity and inner character of Spearman's music... Blues for Falasha mapped new territory for Spearman yet the essence of his intensity and determination prevails."

Writing for JazzTimes, Duck Baker remarked: "the darkness of Blues for Falasha makes it impossible not to think of composers like Berg whose last works were unintended auto-requiems... the music builds by such imperceptible degrees that the feeling of uneasy restraint pervades even at the most intense moments... The instrumentation and some of the writing evoke Jones-Ali-period Trane, but the rhythm team here actually works better."

In an article for The New York City Jazz Record, Clifford Allen wrote: "Spearman... was a force of nature on the tenor saxophone and his peals of sound came from air and earth in reflection of forebears like John Coltrane, Albert Ayler and Frank Wright.... Blues for Falasha is a deep late offering from one of this music's most intriguing figures."

Track listing
Composed by Glenn Spearman.

 "The Old Book" – 2:15
 "Rituals" – 5:26
 "Cold Water and Dirt" – 10:01
 "Seed Sounds" – 28:14

Personnel
 Glenn Spearman – tenor saxophone, voice
 Larry Ochs – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
 Chris Brown – piano
 Lisle Ellis – bass
 Donald Robinson – drums, percussion
 William Winant – drums, percussion, timpani

References

1999 albums
Glenn Spearman albums
Tzadik Records albums


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But, four years down the track she and Dan were more nutritionally aware of what went into their drinks and, disillusioned by the number of sugar-laden RTDs on the market, they started looking for healthier options.
"I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that everything in our local liquor stores seemed to be loaded with sugar or artificial crap," Holly says. "What's more, there was no requirement for alcoholic drinks to show a printed nutritional panel. We thought that was crazy when most other food products have to show one. We knew there had to be a better way.
With their search for alternatives stalled, the couple decided to take a leap of faith – they had been saving for the Big OE but the idea of producing their own all natural, alcoholic RTDs without the sugar or the carbs, took hold.
"We had $30,000 for the start up. Although we both had a background in sales and marketing, and we were also equipped with a strong passion for health, we had no experience in the alcohol beverage industry," Dan says.
Despite being rank amateurs, this enterprising Auckland pair decided to "go for it." They listened and learned then engaged a food technician who had eight years beverage experience in the United Kingdom particularly with low carb drinks.
After a year of painstakingly doing the groundwork including knocking on plenty of industry doors, Dan and Holly officially launched Clean Collective in December last year.
"We just hoped people would give our product – and us – a shot," says Holly. "As you can imagine, there were a lot of ups and downs just getting to that stage. We had to find the right companies to bottle, label and distribute our product and we, personally, went to liquor outlets asking them to take a punt.
But not without some hiccups!
"The first month we sold out completely. Being close to Christmas we couldn't immediately supply repeat orders; it was terrible, we didn't want to lose customers before we had really even started. We knew the one thing that had to be right was our ability to supply at any given time," Holly says.
"We definitely felt the pressure of our mistakes, and of the competition especially me I tend to panic more when things go wrong, Dan is more measured. That's probably why working together works for us.
"We have similar but different skill sets and our temperaments while different tend to complement each other – that's not to say we don't have our moments," she laughs.
But that hasn't meant resting on their mojito! A second flavour – watermelon, cucumber and lime – has been Clean Collective's biggest seller although Dan and Holly hope the new Gin & Tonic with a twist will be another winner.
"Interestingly, we thought the 100% natural, no sugar, no carbs ethos would appeal to our age group and younger but it's been the 30s, 40s and 50s who have really taken to them as well as people on the likes of the Keto diet or who have diabetes," says Dan.
In fact, prior to Christmas the pair says it was a whirlwind keeping up with demand.
"Well, we want to keep developing the range and establish Clean Collective firmly throughout New Zealand then we'll look at exporting to Australia," Dan says.
But Holly has her sights set even higher – "Maybe, we'll do a 42 Below one day and sell the company for millions," she laughs.
And, as a Clean Collective convert, I'll drink to that!


We're bringing Newfoundland and Labrador back to Toronto!
We've got music by Tom Power and Patrick Ourceau, great food by Todd Perrin and the best alumni in the country!
Join fellow Memorial alumni and friends at Aria Ristorante for a wonderful night where you can re-connect with old friends, meet new ones and share stories of your time at MUN.
Tom Power is an award-winning musician and broadcaster who hosts the national arts & entertainment program q on CBC Radio One. Hailing from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Tom started his career programming folk music on college radio while pursuing a B.A in Folklore from Memorial University. When not on the air, Tom leads his own band, The Dardanelles, who have been drawing a new audience to traditional Newfoundland music - playing festivals and theatres around the world.
Patrick Ourceau has been playing Irish music since his early teens. Born and raised in France, Patrick moved to the U.S. in 1989, lived for seventeen years in New York City and now lives in Toronto. His taste in Irish music developed early in his playing after being introduced to recordings of the fiddle players Paddy Canny, Bobby Casey and Paddy Fahey. Patrick has toured all over North America and Europe in a variety of duets, trios and bands.
Todd Perrin is the chef and co-owner of Mallard Cottage and the Inn by Mallard Cottage in Quidi Vidi Village, St. John's, NL. Canadian foodies know him as the burly, entertaining, larger than life Newfoundlander who made it to the top 8 in The Food Network's hit series Top Chef Canada 2011 and returned for Top Chef Canada: All-Stars.
Join fellow alumni and friends at the annual Affinity NL Toronto Celebration! With entertainment by Tom Power and Patrick Ourceau and tastes of Newfoundland and Labrador courtesy of Todd Perrin.


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THE ZOMBIES INDUCTED IN TO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
Congratulations to 2015 SWI performers The Zombies on their induction in to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! Inducted on March 29th by Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs, The Zombies were nominated 3 times before getting the green light on try #4. After they were announced as one of the inductees, the Rock Hall said, "Innovative arrangements, gorgeous choral harmonies, and impeccable musicianship made the Zombies one of the most admired and influential groups of the 1960s.
The ceremony took place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, a fact not lost on keyboardist Rod Argent who said, "It's a wonderful coincidence to all of us standing here in Brooklyn, the site of our very first concert in America, where we did a Brooklyn Fox Show, Christmas Day 1964, at 8 o'clock in the morning." Another fluke? The day of the ceremony was the 50th anniversary of their most famous track, "Time of the Season," reaching #1 on the U.S. charts. After their induction, the band went on to perform "Time Of The Season," "This Will Be Our Year," "Tell Her No," and "She's Not There" for the enthusiastic audience.
All four surviving members were in attendance (Paul Atkinson passed away in 2004), but only Colin Blunstone and Argent continue to tour as The Zombies. Visit their website for some upcoming dates: https://www.thezombiesmusic.com/live
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I've mentioned already (on All Saints) my misgivings at the timing of Christmas Eve services.
At Our Place (backstreet A-C parish), we have the Crib Service (with scratch Nativity Play) at 5pm, and 'Midnight Mass' at 1145pm. The latter timing is in deference to our Madam Sacristan, who insists that the Gospel (the Johannine Prologue) be read at midnight, perhaps as though there is some extra Auncient Magick Out Of Time with it being read then.
Now, the Crib Service is reasonably well-attended, but Midnight Mass is increasingly less well-attended - we had a few visitors last night, but only a handful of our own 'regulars'.
AIUI, quite a few churches find that a 'First Mass (or whatever) of Christmas' at about 8pm on Christmas Eve works well, as it's not too late for older folk, and still allows others to get to the Pub well before closing-time. I intend to raise this with our PCC and new priest in due course, but would like to hear of others' thoughts and experiences - good or bad! We would probably need to bring the Crib Service earlier, say to 3pm, in line with our Carol Service, if only to allow a bit more time between services for the Ministry Team.
Yesterday's Crib Service attendance was well down on last year's, as indeed was Midnight Mass, and, as there seems to be a trend here, it's time to have a revaluation IMHO.
BTW, this isn't just about numbers, and bums-on-pews, but how effectively we can proclaim the Christmas message to our parish. The old ways are not now necessarily the best!
Here the Crib Service is at 5pm, following on from the Rotary Carols on the Green, so people can attend both and many do go from one to the other, then home for Christmas Eve.
The Midnight Mass service is 11:30pm. I didn't get to it to see what the attendance was this year; it has traditionally been the busy service, but weather dependent. One of the other churches in the team has an 8pm First Mass of Christmas, which the first time happened as they drew the short straw to provide Christmas services at too many churches without enough clergy, but it worked so well for them that they have chosen to keep it. The 8am BCP on Christmas Day was pulled some time ago, but there is a family friendly morning service.
The Nine Lessons and Carols service here is held at 6pm on Advent 4 - whenever that is, part of the 6pm sequence which includes an Advent Ring service on the first Sunday of Advent. Other churches in the team hold their Carol Services on different Sundays, depending on school links and other local conditions.
The Christingle Service is held some time in early to mid December, varying around the Christmas Market and Tree Festival (which are linked), as the monthly family friendly non-Eucharistic service. This year it was the 9:30am on 16 December, which is late.
I bumped into my friend Anna as we were walking to Ely cathedral this morning for Mass. She's on placement in a village near Cambridge, about 20 miles away, though we live just round the corner from one another in Ely. Anna said that the vicar, her, and the lay preacher had advertised, prepared, and turned up for a crib service yesterday at 4pm to which not one single person had turned up. No one at all.
I think it's high time to restore the "church ale".
We had around 30 at 9 lessons and carols, I'm afraid I skipped the watchnight service as I have a toddler and there is only so much sleep deprivation I am willing to endure for a non-eucharistic service.
" Festival church "which only has services four times a year, today's being family worship at 11 am. There were only four people from the village, with no children. The other 20 or so people were from neighbouring villages, this being the only morning service in a group in an interregnum. Apparently they normally get about 50, including several families with children, so they were disappointed, having made a real effort to decorate and heat the lovely building for the occasion.
IMHO it's worth trying an earlier 'First Mass of Christmas', and after last night's rather dismal affair (so I am told - alas, I was one of several absent due to illness), even Madam Sacristan agrees.
All services - Sunday or seasonal - are subject to fluctuation, of course, depending on weather, holidays etc. etc. On one Christmas morning a few years ago, the expected 15-20 had become 50+ by the time of the Gospel reading!
I've noticed a steady decline in the numbers attending the midnight service, along with a great increase in those attending the 3.30 Christingle service.
This year our carol service (6.00 on Sunday) saw a 300% increase on anything we've seen in recent years. I'm inclined to put it down to the way the holiday has fallen this year. This morning (10.00) was about the same, perhaps a little down, and only about 10 children.
There are some things I want to think about further in the light of the experience, and particularly the midnight for which we are no longer able to raise a choir.
Another difficulty with midnight Mass is if you don't drive, you may need to take the bus, and buses where I am stop running from 8pm Christmas Eve until Boxing Day. And even if there is a church in walking distance, it's a bit of an unsafe time to be walking in the dark.
Hello, long term lurker had to join for this discussion. I am a clergy spouse from a land down under. We have changed our service times over the last few years and have noticed a huge difference. We have 2centres, 8km, apart, one bigger, one very small. We now have an outdoor Messy Church style service with jumping castle and Nativity ect and BBQ at 5-7, then a midnight style service at 8pm, both at the larger centre on Christmas Eve. Then Christmas Monring at 9am , communion service at the smaller centre. We have found that 8pm is much better than midnight, especially for the "mature " driver, some of our folk bring grandchildren etc to the afternoon and stay. We have found this pattern appeals both to our congregation and to visitors.
We have found that 8 pm is much better than midnight, especially for the "mature " driver.
Agree. We're not a large church and our tradition doesn't really include a midnight "Mass", however we used to have a 10 pm Communion service. This got changed to 8 pm a few years ago with beneficial results. We also have a 9.30 am service on Christmas Day, very much aimed at families - many families get up early on the Day and this gives times to go visiting or start cooking. Some folk came to both services; but a surprisingly large family contingent came to the evening Communion. I think attendances this year were skewed by having three "service" days in a row. Last year was better as Christmas Eve was a Sunday and we only had the 8 pm service that day. I suspect that things may be a bit different in the Anglican/RC traditions, and perhaps in rural areas too.
Certainly in multi-church C of E benefices one might find services at various times during the afternoon and evening of the Eve.
Last year, with Christmas Eve on the Sunday, we had a said Mass for Advent 4 at our usual time of 1030am, the Crib Service (well-attended) at 5pm, and Midnight Mass at 1145pm - which made a long day for the Ministry Team - followed by another Mass with Carols at 1030am on Christmas Day.
At least this year there was a breathing-space between Sunday and the Christmas Eve services, but people are raising some interesting points for consideration. BTW, I see that our incoming priest's previous parish had its Christmas Eve Mass at 930pm...but that might simply be due to the need to import a priest from somewhere else!
I think the questions one should ask (apart from practical ones such as availability of personnel) are: what is best/required/preferred for "the usual faithful"; and what might be best for folk who don't normally attend church but want to come at Christmas? Those questions don't just refer to service times but also their style, format and content - what the faithful want may of course clash with what visitors are seeking!
Agreed.but given that three groups of churches surrounding us are in interregnum, and even when they are not, for so many churches in multi- church benefited or groups, it is a case of when they can be fitted in.
For those in a more privileged position, I agree. Carol services, crib services, christingle etc would seem to cater for those who only come at Christmas, and are ever popular. Cathedrals attract a good congregation at all types of service at this season, whereas a single parish church should indeed make sure it provides for its faithful congregants at a suitable time, and if that is 8pm, then so be it. I know very few people now who insist on making their communion actually on 25th Dec.
Carol services, crib services, christingle etc would seem to cater for those who only come at Christmas, and are ever popular.
Which then begs the question of whether we are "pandering to a consumer market" or seeking to make a meaningful and enduring spiritual connection with these folk? In other words, how can we make our Christmas services a real "way in" to faith rather than simply endorsing a vague "Christmas spirit" sentimentality? (Not quite the question raised in the OP, I realise).
@fineline , I don't drive either, but luckily a lot of buses here were still running after midnight so I avoided the 30 minute walk home. I understand that getting home late at night can be a real problem for people who don't drive and aren't able or don't want to walk. Personally I like being out after dark and it wouldn't have worried me if I'd had to walk home, but I know most people don't feel the same.
The village church which started running 8pm First Mass of Christmas Service is some distance from the village, down a twisty busy road without pavements. There are footpaths across the fields, but at this time of year they are muddy.
The church that has kept the 11:30pm Midnight Mass is in the middle of town, with pubs nearby for people to roll out of into church, and walk home.
That's good you had buses. I was wondering as I posted if other areas have later buses.
To me, walking somewhere very late at night depends on the area - the church within twenty minute walking distance of me is in a bit of a rough area, and the route there is sometimes quite isolated, and also not well lit, so I wouldn't feel safe. There's another church, a different route, along a main road, which would have been safer and in theory I'd be okay with it, but it's an hour walk, a lot of uphill parts. I don't think I feel enthusiastic enough about Midnight Mass to walk two hours late at night in the cold and the rain. I stayed home and listened to the Kings College choir on my iPad.
No late buses in our town (well, very few), especially on Christmas Eve, and, from anecdotal evidence, most of those who do turn up either walk (we are, geographically, a very small and compact parish), or come by car (and I know from experience how generous our peeps are in offering and providing lifts).
My point was simply this. If (as I'm sure we do!) we wish to share the message of the Incarnation with our parish/neighbours, then we might have to re-think our ways of doing it, and, if that means changing time-honoured Hours of Service laid down by the Law of the Medes and the Persians (which altereth not), then so be it.
This. But that may well involve more than just changing the timetable.
I am nodding vigorously in agreement with the previous 2 posts and also the point of how we cater to both the regulars and the outsiders. I would be interested to ascertain if we do see any "fruit" from the visitors who come each year. In my experience we have several who visit every year for their annual whatever, and despite our best efforts ,think they have "done God" for the year. We have had a couple join us after coming to us because the Baptists didn't do Christmas the way they wanted and our music was softer and, in our previous parish, others who joined us after an annual visit and discovering we had children coming, so theirs were welcome. This is not to undermine the importance and joy of sharing the news of the coming of Christ, proclaiming Christ has come, but just a thought on are we making the most of this news inhow we proclaim it.
I think it's interesting that the Service of Lessons and Carols, which has very much become a "tradition" that can be - dare I say? - somewhat ossified and lacking in spiritual challenge, was in its day very much a "fresh expression" with outreach in mind: https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/nov/29/truro-nine-lessons-carols-christmas-history.
Well, we've tried to 'update' our Carol Service a bit by including a brief homily after the final reading (we only have 6), which is the Johannine Prologue, accompanied by our customary Gospel Alleluias, and a modicum of incense.
We also interpolate two or three 'choir' items, rendered by our organist/pianist, and a small group of singers recruited for the occasion from our Usual Suspects (we do this on other major Holydays, like Easter and Pentecost).
My feeling is that we could enlarge on this by perhaps including our local primary school choir (it's not a church school, but it's they who have offered ), and perhaps other 'community' involvement.
Well, we have plenty of time to consider these matters, as our incoming priest will doubtless wish to do in due course!
I believe that the vital element is for the community of faith to be able to celebrate and to be seen doing so. I see this as at least a potential solution for the massive difficulty of being hectoring (for those of a liberal persuasion) and smug (for the conservatively minded). I suppose what I mean is that the group that's most attractive to join is the one that's simply doing its thing. Trying to second guess what potential new members want leads to all kinds of misery for everyone. Current members feel unnourished, unvalued and even discounted, while visitors feel as if they are under a very hot spotlight,being asked to respond to things they don't understand and for which they have no criteria for evaluation. It's a hugely difficult process, but expecting festivals to be a catalyst for growth seems to me to miss the point spectacularly.
The organist at My Last Place was incensed (ha!) with me because I dared to introduce a brief homily and a couple of reflective poems into our service (we had 7 Lessons, by the way). His view was that the carols, hymns and readings spoke for themselves, while mine was that they had become over-familiar and simply "flowed over" people (he also, let's be honest, didn't want the Minister fiddling with what he regarded as "his" service). Generally however my innovations were well-received in the church.
A good friend who ministers in a rural parish in western NSW and currently has oversight of a neighbouring parish has been conducting Christmas services in tiny rural churches across the two parishes since December 9. Enormous distances between centres in some of our remote parishes make the Christmas Eve/Christmas Day pattern impossible.
It doesn't do to be too precious about Advent/Christmas, IMHO.
Wot, are you saying that "O come, O come Immanuel", "Adam lay y-bounden" and "Of the Father's heart begotten" are optional - not to mention "In Dulci Jubilo" by Bach at the end of the Service of Lessons & Carols?
Well, not quite - would that we had the musical resources to render 'Adam lay y-bounden', and 'In Dulci Jubilo' (by Bach)!
We had 'O come, O come Immanuel' on Advent 3, and IIRC we have 'Of the Father's love begotten' this coming Sunday, so we are not altogether ready to yet be consigned to Nether Hell.
Actually.my Fellow Reader (wot chooses the Ims) was almost consigned to Nether Hell by our resident Mr. and Mrs. Glum for choosing 'For Mary, Mother of the Lord, God's Holy Name be praised' for Midnight Mass, despite its appropriateness.
O yes - but, alas, these Serious Questions do arise, at least in the minds of The Glums (who really need to relax a bit......)!
Now that I come to think of it, some Christmas ALE might help.
I'm mostly accustomed to Midnight Mass starting at 11:30. On moving to this part of Canada (semi-rural, close to a city), we had it at 11:00. I was told this was too late. This year it was at 10:00, but numbers were still poor. Am beginning to think that 8:00 might have to be considered, even though it goes against the grain and I would face severe opposition from Mrs Teasdale. But the reality is that almost everyone has to drive to get to the church and they really don't like coming out late at night.
Our Nativity Service (non-Eucharistic) does well at 4:30. I faced a lot of flak over it initially, as people wanted it later (6pm). But I think that I have shown that it works where it is and in its present simple, free-wheeling, interactive format.
But the "traditional" later service worries me. What was once a service to fill the church is rapidly declining. Could 8pm be the way to go or should we simply accept that the appeal of such a service is now fading, regardless of when we hold it?
If we do go for 8pm, it certainly can't be "Midnight Mass". "First Mass/Communion of Christmas" is more accurate but hardly a snappy title. Are there any other suggestions on how to market this kind of service?
We Jokingly refer to is as Midnight in New Zealand (as we are roughly 3or so hours behind them time wise. The sign out the front says Traditional service including communion. RufusT Firefly, we had exactly the same thought and it has worked for us.
We have, since time immemorial (at least 4 decades), had two services on Christmas Eve—5:00 and 11:00. Traditionally, the 11:00 service was the best attended, while the 5:00 service was the service for families with young kids. Choir at 11:00, no choir at 5:00. The 11:00 service was a Eucharist, while the 5:00 was not. Instead, it was a Love Feast. This was because at the time, children who were not yet confirmed could not take Communion.
But that rule changed in the 80s, and Love Feasts are labor intensive preparation-wise. So the 5:00 became a Eucharist as well.
Fast forward to now. The 5:00 service is the big service. The church is packed, with generations of families (including the children of now-grown kids who went to that service years ago) and with some visitors. I think I counted, and heard, 5 or 6 babies. This year, it was billed as a "festival service," even though there is still no choir. People linger afterwards a visit, before heading on to Christmas Eve dinners.
Meanwhile, the 11:00 service has shrunk. This year, a sanctuary that can seat 350+ (not counting the choir) had around 55 people (including the choir, which includes me). A handful of us had been at the 5:30 service as well; I was the only one from my immediate family there at 11:00. I saw at least 10 visitors I did not recognize at all, but because of the preference for silence afterward, and of getting my choir robe off, I have no clue who they were or why they came.
The 11:00 service still matters to some people, so we don't give it up. It meets a need and has value. But it's clear that the congregation's momentum is behind the 5:00 service. For the first time that I can recall, the possibility of having the choir at that service as well was raised. But the reality is that those of us in the choir who attend that service want to sit with our families, and the choir remained a distinguishing feature of the 11:00 service.
Times change. What works in one stage of a congregation's life may not work as well at another stage. We make the best choices we can. If it doesn't work, there's always next year.
I see a lot of 7 or 8 pm services, and I suppose a few 10 services are around.
For the first time ever, we tried a family service at 4 on the Eve. It was a resounding success ( a somewhat stripped down eucharist) with nearly as many people as we get at our SUnday morning service -- but with all the families with young children, none of whom have attended or will attend either our 7 pm service or CHristmas morning. About 30-35 under 10s. The evening service was much as before -- a full church but no added chairs needed, so roughly twice as many people (but all of them much larger than the rugrats).
May I enquire as to what a "love feast" is, @Nick Tamen ?
Our Christmas morning is growing and growing, almost the opposite of what @john holding experiences. But the ageing congregation thing regarding late night services is a real challenge. For a few years now one of my churches has had the local people outnumbered by a bus party from one of the local hotels. This year, I gather (I was officiating I. Another building at the time) the bus party were mainly on walking frames, so even older than the locals! Next Christmas (say it ever so softly) I may bring the two current midnight services to 9 p.m., which is after hotel evening meals and after Santa and his reindeer have been through the village. That would free me for a midnight at the third church I will have taken on during 2019.
...and whether I'm the only one on here who always mentally hears those words being said in a Barry White voice?
The epicenter of the Southern Province of the Moravian Church is nearby, and Moravian influence is seen in many ways around here.
A highlight (to me) of a traditional Moravian Christmas Lovefeast: "Morning Star." As in this video, the solo lines are traditionally sung by a child or a few children. The candles they're holding would be these. These are also frequently seen around here at Christmas.
When I read up on the origins of the Christingle, the Moravian church celebrations were referenced - those candles and the red ribbons seem to be part of the idea that has been adopted.


The warrant of arrest issued against Ajay Gupta has been withdrawn by Hawks.
Gupta was wanted in connection to corruption charges and the warrant meant he was a fugitive from justice and could face arrest if he entered the country.
Last year Duduzane Zuma appeared at the commercial crimes court in connection to the same charges Gupta was facing.
Former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas had alleged that he was invited to the Gupta compound in Saxonworld by Zuma and that Gupta offered him a ministerial post as the minister of finance shortly before Nhalnhla Nene was to be fired in 2015.
Jonas said he was also offered R600 million if he took up the job. Zuma was charged and his case was provisionally withdrawn in January. The NPA said the reasons for the withdrawal was because Jonas' testimony at the Zondo commission had not been finalised.
The withdrawal of the arrest warrant against Gupta was also based on the withdrawal of charges against Duduzane.
Jonas is expected to appear before the Zondo commission to finalise his testimony and he also faces cross-examination from Zuma who was successfully granted permission.
Commission chair deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo granted businessman Fana Hlongwane, who was also present during the alleged bribe, and Zuma to question Jonas based on the fact they are also willing to testify at the commission.


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R.I.P. Joan Micklin Silver
I was already planning a post about pioneering female filmmaker Joan Micklin Silver but we just got word that she passed away on December 31 at the age of 85, so we move it to the top of the queue. I was already a major fan of Hester Street (1975), but had been exploring some of her other work this year, hence the inspiration for a post.
While it's not her most famous work, Hester Street is probably her most remarkable accomplishment for many reasons. It's based on the 1896 novella Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto, by Abraham Cahan, founder of the Jewish Daily Forward. Set in the Lower East Side, shot largely in the New York Tenement Museum, with dialogue mostly in Yiddish, and black and white cinematography, this initimate little film, made on a shoestring, feels as close as you're going to ever get to the New York immigrant experience of a century ago. The film stars familiar character actors Steven Keats, Carol Kane (who was nominated for an Oscar) and Doris Roberts.
Naturally, my interest in vaudeville and its origins is what originally drew me to this film. You might call it a cult favorite — if JUDAISM is a cult! Joan Micklin was married to the son of Zionist rabbi Abba Hillel Silver. Originally from Omaha, she graduated from Sarah Lawrence and directed theatre in Cleveland for years, before selling her first screenplay Limbo to Universal in 1972. Directed by Mark Robson (Peyton Place, Valley of the Dolls) it features Kathleen Nolan, Kate Jackson and Katherine Justice as three wives of Vietnam War POWs. She also directed several educational films for young people that year. She also wrote the script for an education film called The Frontier Experience, directed by and starring the equally facinating Barbara Loden whose major work was 1970's Wanda. Much like Hester Street, The Fontier Experience is hyper-realism, this time about a widowed frontier woman living in a sod hut on the Kansas plains with her children, (While the setting is far from Hester Street, it shares the theme of a woman's hard experience in 19th century America, When we remember that she was from Omaha, the rural plains setting for this one no longer seems a stretch.) I caught this one on Criterion a few months back. It's an incredible little essay.
Another film of Silver's I caught this year was the jaw-dropping Between the Lines (1977). I wish I'd seen this one when I was younger, i.e. when it came out, as it has all these resonances for me. The setting is the offices of a fictionalized version of The Boston Phoenix, the alternative paper where I grew up, very similar to the Village Voice. As I lived in Boston for a time, and used to free-lance for the Voice, and had connections to the regional music scene (as some characters in this story do), the movie held special meaning for me — but only because it was good. I think as time goes on, it will get to be better known. One of its chief points of interest is that it is transitional. It is an ensemble slice-of-life that on the one hand feels countercultural in the mode of Robert Altman, but on the other hand points the way for more lighthearted group portraits of partying young people such as Animal House (and I found it highly significant that Doug Kenney has a cameo at the end of this film. I'll eat my hat if Between the Lines did not influence Animal House.) Among the film's myriad pleasures (common to this type of film) are lots of early career performances by people who were not-yet-famous-but-were-about-to-be, such as Jeff Goldblum, John Heard, Lindsey Crouse, Bruno Kirby, Stephen Collins, and Marilu Henner. Already famous by this point was Oscar-winning Michael J. Pollard who has a sort of high profile supporting part as a newsboy (a sort of presentational narration device). Also familiar are Jon Korkes (The Day of the Dolphin, The Front Page, Two Minute Warning) and Gwen Welles, who played Sueleen in Altman's Nashville.
Just prior to Between the Lines, Silver had worked with two other Altman actors, Shelley Duvall and Bud Cort in her made for TV adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Bernice Bobs Her Hair. This 1976 PBS production also featured Veronica Cartwright and Polly Holiday, who'd just started playing Flo on Alice.
Her next film, Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979), once again starred Heard, and also featured Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert (fresh off of Animal House), and, in one of her last roles, no less than Gloria Graham. In the '80s came her two best known films, at least they were the ones I knew about long before I knew anything about Silver. The first was the HBO film Finnegan Begin Again (1985) starring Robert Preston (post Victor/Victoria) and Mary Tyle Moore (post Ordinary People and Six Weeks), with Sylvia Sidney, Sam Waterston, and David Huddleston. The other was Crossing Delancey (1988) with Peter Riegert again, Amy Irving, Sylvia Miles, David Hyde Pearce, Rosemary Harris, and Suzzy Roche (who also did music). These last films two were rom coms, the latter resonating with Hester Street in an interesting way, as portions of it are set in the same neighborhood.
Silver made 10 more films through 2003. Stand-outs include the 1992 TV movie A Private Matter which featured Sissy Spacek as a children's television host who received a firestorm of negative publicity in 1962 when she sought to abort a thalidomide baby (true story); as well as In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997) about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; and A Fish in the Bathtub (1998) starring Stiller and Meara. Her last film was Hunger Point (2003), starring a pre-Mad Men Christina Hendricks.
Silver was also known for her theatrical revue A…My Name is Alice, created with Julianne Boyd, which opened at the Village Gate in 1983 and moved uptown to the American Place Theater in 1984.
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Texas Southern's Aaric Murray Making The Most of His 'Last Chance'
By Kendrick Marshall January 6, 2014 139 views
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The best mid-major player in the country through the first half of the 2013-14 college basketball season has been Texas Southern center Aaric Murray.
The SWAC's leading scorer at 24.2 per game is making the most of his third chance after failing to live up to lofty expectations at La Salle and West Virgina.
How good has the senior been this season?
During a stretch against Stanford and Lehigh in November, Murray posted back-to-back 28-point games.
A month later in a slate that featured Tulsa, Cal State Fullerton and Temple, the 6-11 big torched the Golden Hurricanes for 30, the Titans for 21 and the Owls for 48 while shooting 74 percent from the field.
In the conference opener versus Alcorn State Saturday, Murray tallied 26 and 11 to go along with five blocks.
Murray's dominate play has led to SWAC Player of the Week honors along with recognition from national collegiate basketball scribes.
Murray, who was a top 100 recruit coming out of high school, understands that his maturation as a player and person has contributed to his success.
"I can say I'm a lot more focused now," he told CSN Philly, comparing himself to how he used to be at La Salle and even West Virginia. "Because this is like … my last chance. I don't want to mess it up."
Kendrick Marshall
Editor for HBCU Sports, award-winning journalist, and a graduate of Jackson State University.
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