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'Enslaved': S. Carolina employer sued over treatment of mentally-handicapped black man
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South Carolina restaurant owners are being sued for practically enslaving a mentally-handicapped black employee for years, with regular beatings, almost no pay and sub-human living conditions. The lawsuit follows charges that are still pending.
Last year brought to light the harrowing ordeal of the restaurant worker, beaten, abused and underpaid for years by the two white owners. The victim's attorneys have just filed a new federal lawsuit.
The defendants are two brothers in Horry County, South Carolina.
Family of black man killed by South Carolina cop to receive $6.5 million in settlement
They are accused of holding the mentally-handicapped worker in conditions of "slavery," with a particularly hideous period lasting from 2010 to 2014. In all that time the victim would not have been able to put up much resistance.
Christopher Smith had been working at J&J Cafeteria in Conway from a young age.
The lawsuit filed by Smith's attorneys with the US District Court lists 14 charges against brothers Ernest J. and Bobby Paul Edwards, including false imprisonment, exploitative labor practices and discrimination, according to the Post and Courier.
It wasn't until last October that social workers got an anonymous tip and rescued Smith from the pair. Although the victim had worked at the café for 23 years, it was when Bobby Edwards became manager in 2010 that things got much worse. Everything from casual racist slurs to battery, bodily harm with belt buckles, frying pans and hot tongs. Smith was also allegedly working 18 hours a day, six days a week, and a further 11 hours on Sunday. Authorities estimated his total wages in a year to be a miserable $2,842.
He was living in a ramshackle, cockroach-infested apartment owned by the restaurant, in conditions described by his attorneys as "subhuman."
In November 2014, Bobby Edwards was arrested, but charges of second-degree assault and battery are still pending.
When social services investigated the complaints and coordinated with Conway police, they found scars on Smith's back.
Hundreds of students protest firing of 'body slamming' SC cop
Asked later why he never reported the clearly slave-like treatment, Smith said he had been afraid for his safety and life.
"This lawsuit cannot change the past, but hopefully it will bring about positive changes in the future," Lawyers Mullins McLeod and David Aylor said in a statement. Their opinion is that their client faced the lion's share of his problems for the crime of being black.
It is no secret that South Carolina is dealing with a reputation of one of the most racist states in the US. There is no shortage of anti-black sentiment, which includes both routine abuse, as well as trouble with the police force.
Late October saw a white officer under investigation for an extremely physical incident at a high school. A black female student had allegedly refused to leave the classroom when instructed to do so, which resulted in the officer grabbing the girl by the neck, flipping her desk with her behind it, tossing her to the floor backwards, then forwards before handcuffing her. The officer has since been suspended without pay.


Skydiving, food poisoning and photographic exhibitions.
My wonderful wife and gifted cook went to London for a couple of days. The ingredients for the feast were inadvertently set. Simply add me and some haphazardly prepared chicken breast fillet, thawed from frozen, leaking more juice than a bulging melon suffering water retention.
The stomach pain began later that evening. By morning my body was wracked with pain through every sinew, rolling its eyes at itself with hands on hips wagging an accusing finger as it began the arduous task of expelling the invader from all available, umm, ports.
It must be said, the human body can be a wholly remarkable thing in the face of adversity, or even idiocy, given the chance. Essentially sidelined by its impressive intervention, I was a mere spectator. I just wish I could've also been stood a bit further back. Instead, it dragged me along too, out onto the high seas in a Force 9, breached above and below decks for close on 48 hours. It wasn't pretty out there, but we finally made it back to the harbour, an arm draped around each other's shoulder, feeling like we've learned something from the experience. We've really bonded, and forgiven ourselves, especially since all the leaking stopped.
The moral of this story? If ever I invite you around a for a chicken dinner… wear a disappointed expression and a hazmat suit bearing the logo Nil By Mouth.
Altogether a more satisfying Show Of Myself. I was really delighted to have another image in the latest MA Doran Gallery exhibition Valentine's Group Show 2013, deepening and/or broadening my metaphorical American footprint. And I can now also confirm my involvement in F-Number at The Grant Bradley Gallery, which opens with a Private View on Friday 8th March 6 – 9pm, then runs until the end of the month.
I will be showing 4 images from the Where The Land Meets The Sea series; as well as the [rather gorgeous] large landscape book produced for the joint show in Oklahoma with Michelle Firment Reid and a full set of the companion individual note/gift cards; the large framed version of The Falling Leaf; and a further 20 16″ x 10″ prints culled mostly from my street photography work.


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Empowering refugee and migrant children to claim their right to health: Improving health literacy
https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/empowering-refugee-and-migrant-children-claim-their-right-health-improving-health-literacy
"I have always had to behave 'like a girl' and I am not used to being asked for my opinion, but you ask me to say what I think during these workshops." A 13-year-old girl from Syria describes the impact of empowerment workshops in Serbia Boy is drawing a picture. UNICEF-supported activities for children on the island of Lesvos, Greece The 'RM Child-Health' initiative has supported work across five European countries to improve health literacy among refugee and migrant children over the past year. As a result, they and their families have learned about key health issues, about the health services available to them, and how to demand health services as their right. Through its support for health literacy – the ability to find, understand and use information to take care of your own health – the initiative has helped to dismantle some key barriers to health services for refugee and migrant children and their families in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Serbia. This 27-month, €4.3 million co-funded initiative, which was launched in January 2020 by the European Union Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, works alongside young refugees and migrants to ensure that they have accurate health information in their own languages – information that reaches them via the channels they use and the people they trust. Importantly, the initiative makes them more aware of their right to health care in these European countries – welcome news for those who have fled from countries where good quality health care is either unaffordable or unavailable. With support from the initiative, UNICEF and its partners first worked with young refugees and migrants to identify gaps in the information available to them and in their own knowledge. This informed the health literacy packages that have been rolled out in all five countries over the past year, spanning a wide range of topics from immunization and nutrition to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and gender-based violence (GBV). The packages themselves have been backed by detailed plans to ensure that their messages reach their audiences and gain real traction. Great care has been taken to ensure that information materials are culturally appropriate, gender sensitive and child-friendly, and that they are suitable for the ages and backgrounds of their audiences. Cultural mediators and interpreters have helped to overcome language and cultural barriers, while materials have been made available in, for example, Arabic, Farsi and Pashto. Activities have often been led by trusted professionals, such as nurses, physicians and psychologists who are already familiar with the needs of refugee and migrant children and their families. Materials have been shared through channels and locations that are well-used by refugees and migrants, including asylum offices, temporary reception centres, health centres, Mother and Baby Corners (MBCs), workshops and discussion sessions, during outreach activities and via social media. As a result, health literacy is now embedded into existing activities with refugee and migrant children and parents across all five countries, and is based firmly on their views and needs.
A Mother and baby corner - a place of health and serenity
https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/mother-and-baby-corner-place-health-and-serenity
"Milos was born at a Reception centre, here in Serbia. We have been changing addresses ever since. We are currently staying at the Asylum centre in Belgrade. These are all difficult circumstances, where I, as a mother, don't set the rules. And I find it very difficult." Mother with a baby Sharife and her son Shahir Milos in the mother and baby corner in Belgrade, Serbia. That's why Sharife is happy every time she visits the Mother and baby corner. The nearby Community centre, run by the humanitarian organization ADRA, houses just such a mother and baby corner, whose work is supported by UNICEF through the project 'Strengthening Refugee and Migrant Children's Health Status in Southern and South-Eastern Europe', co-funded by the Health Programme of the European Union (the 'RM Child-Health' initiative). Here, mothers can spend time in a safe space for women, change their babies' clothes and nappies, access hygiene items for their children, breastfeed in privacy and put their children down for naps, as well as participate in workshops. And most importantly, because they are living in challenging circumstances, they can talk to a doctor about the nutrition, hygiene and early childhood development and immunization of their small child, but also about their own health and the health of older children. This is particularly crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic. Milos is learning through play in the Mother and baby corner. Milos is learning through play in the Mother and baby corner. The first piece of advice that mothers receive in the Mother and baby corner is always about breastfeeding – a source of food that is always available, hygienically safe and nutritious, and which boosts a child's immunity. "Breast milk provides all the nutrients a baby needs, but it also stimulates development [and] develops immunity. It helps the child to calm down, sleep better and be settled. This also helps me be calm," explains Sharife with a smile on her face. Sharife is an experienced mother. Even so, she is very grateful for the advice she has received from the doctor at the Mother and baby corner. When Milos was six months old, she introduced solid food into his diet, while she continued to breastfeed. She recalls that Milos's first solid food was rice cereal, and then later on vegetables, fruits and meat. The Mother and baby corner is a safe space where Milos and his mother can spend quality time together. The Mother and baby corner is a safe space where Milos and his mother can spend quality time together. "Milos likes best the carrot and apple puree I make for his snack," explains Sharife. The needs of refugee and migrant women, according to social worker Andja Petrovic, have shaped the development of ADRA's Community centre, where they would, as a rule of thumb, almost always come with their children. In order for women to be able to attend creative, recreational and educational workshops at the Women's centre, they needed a Child-friendly space for older children and a Mother and baby corner for women with infants. These spaces make it possible for mothers to participate in language classes, sports activities, creative workshops and, most importantly, in workshops about women's health and rights, while their children are taken care of and safe. In these challenging times, mothers really appreciate the chance to talk to a doctor about the health status of their children. "The most important thing is that all the advice from our doctor is in line with their economic circumstances and current living situation [in Reception centres]," explains Andja. "The advice is tailored to their life and I think they particularly like that, because they can see that their situation is acknowledged. Because when they go to a doctor [in other facilities], they get advice that they can't follow because they don't have the [living] conditions for that." Dr Zivica Lukic explains that she talks to mothers mostly about nutrition, hygiene and how to respond to their babies' needs. "We support mothers to establish and maintain breastfeeding, as it has not only economic benefits, but for mothers it also has emotional and physical ones. We know how healthy breastfeeding is for the child, but it is equally healthy for the mother, because it soothes and creates a strong bond between mother and child. When the baby is six months old, it's necessary to introduce solid foods. I advise [the introduction of] vegetables that can be pureed well, such as potatoes and carrots, [as well as] rice."
Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on children and families in the Western Balkans and Turkey
https://www.unicef.org/eca/mitigating-impact-covid-19-children-and-families-western-balkans-and-turkey
There is abundant evidence that children bear a heavy burden resulting from disrupted essential services, increased social isolation, and loss of family income. In pandemic times, parents and caregivers are more likely to feel overwhelmed with providing stimulation and care for their young children and delay seeking prompt medical attention for children. Childhood immunization and other basic services were often suspended. School closures can mean a year of lost learning and children become more susceptible to dropping out. Uncertainties have created family distress, which contributes to serious mental health issues, especially among children who are vulnerable to violence and abuse. The pandemic has deepened pre-existing vulnerabilities of children with disabilities and children living in poverty. In 2021, UNICEF and the European Commission Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations launched a two-year initiative to
Safeguarding the health of refugee and migrant children during COVID-19
https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/safeguarding-health-refugee-and-migrant-children-during-covid-19
, the initiative has supported UNICEF's efforts to improve the immunization process for refugee children and migrants by strengthening the assessment and monitoring process. As a result of such efforts, refugees and migrants have been included in the national COVID-19 Immunization Plan.
Strengthening the implementation of health policies
https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/strengthening-implementation-health-policies
The initiative also promotes and supports multi-disciplinary approaches and teams to address the complex causes of health problems among refugee and migrant children – from trauma, anxiety and over-crowded conditions, to lack of hygiene facilities and immunization. As a result, support from the 'RM Child-health' initiative builds trust between refugee and migrant families and health providers. At the Centre for refugees and migrants near Bela Palanka in south-eastern Serbia, for example, the needs of refugee and migrant women have shaped the development of the Community Centre run by ADRA, with its Mother and Baby Corner for women with infants. Here, women can take part in language classes, sports activities and, crucially, in workshops about their own health and rights. " The most important thing is that all the advice from our doctor is in line with their economic circumstances and current living situation [in Reception centres]," explains social worker Andja Petrovic. "The advice is tailored to their life and I think they particularly like that, because they can see that their situation is acknowledged. Because when they go to a doctor [in other facilities], they get advice that they can't follow because they don't have the living conditions for it." Also in Serbia, funding from the 'RM Child-health Initiative' supports work by UNICEF and the Institute of Mental Health that looks beyond the provision of basic health care to assess the scale and nature of substance abuse among refugee and migrant communities. This cutting-edge field research will guide the development of materials and capacity building specifically for health and community workers who are in regular contact with young refugees and migrants, helping these workers to identify and tackle substance abuse by connecting children and youth to support services. As one researcher involved in the research commented: "Most of those children have spent several years without a home or any sense of stability. They can't make a single plan about the future since everything in their life is so uncertain. I can't begin to imagine how frightening that is." By building greater rapport between frontline workers and children, and by equipping those workers with the support, skills and resources they need, the 'RM Child-health' initiative is helping to transform health policies into health practice. This vital work has been particularly crucial in 2020, as frontline workers have had to confront – and adapt to – the greatest public health crisis in living memory: the COVID-19 pandemic. Logo This story is part of the Project 'Strengthening Refugee and Migrant Children's Health Status in Southern and South Eastern Europe', Co-funded by the Health Programme of the European Union (the 'RM Child-Health' initiative).It represents the views of the author only and is her sole responsibility; it cannot be considered to reflect the views of the European Commission and/or the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency or any other body of the European Union. The European Commission and the Agency do not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.

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Q: Finding the perpendicular distance betwen two lines (3D), use of parameter I am working on Chapter 9, Example 24, from Pearson Core Pure Mathematics book 1.
'Find the shortest distance between the parallel lines with equations 1: $r=i + 2j - k + \lambda(5i + 4j + 3k)$ and 2: $r=2i+k+\mu(5i+4j+3k)$, where $\lambda$ and $\mu$ are scalars'.
The answer starts by finding the difference between two generalised points on A and B lines 1 and 2, with the expression:
$AB = (i - 2j + 2k) + t(5i+4j+3k)$ where $t = \mu - \lambda$.
I understand subtraction of the starting point vectors to get a point vector on the subtrated line, i.e. $(2i+k) - (i + 2j - k) = (i - 2j + 2k)$. But I cannot understand how the $t = \mu - \lambda$ operation is allowed, either intuitively or mathematically.
e.g. mathematically, subtracting both line 1 and line 2:
$(i - 2j + 2k) + - \mu(5i+4j+3k) - \lambda(5i + 4j + 3k)$. I dont see here how the $\mu$ and $\lambda$ can factor out to the t expression

A: I missed it, just factorising:
$\mu(5i + 4j + 3k) - \lambda(5i + 4j + 3k)$
$5i\mu + 4j\mu + 3k\mu - 5i\lambda -4j\lambda - 3k\lambda$
$(5i\mu - 5i\lambda) + (4j\mu -4j\lambda) + (3k\mu-3k\lambda)$
$5i(\mu - \lambda) + 4j(\mu-\lambda) + 3k(\mu - \lambda)$
$(\mu - \lambda)(5i + 4j + 3k)$

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Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (opening in cinemas nationwide on 27 October) re-invents the music film as an electrifying journey through the performance, private and public worlds of pop cultural icon Grace Jones, whose bold aesthetic echoes throughout the film. Director Sophie Fiennes (The Pervert's Guide To Ideology, The Pervert's Guide To Cinema, Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow) creates a powerful cinematic experience, contrasting breathtaking musical sequences with intimate personal footage, ultimately reaching beyond the iconic mask. In Jamaican patois, 'Bloodlight' is the red light that illuminates when an artist is recording and 'Bami' means bread, the substance of daily life.
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bamiis produced by Katie Holly (Love & Friendship, The Queen Of Ireland, Citadel) of Dublin-based Blinder Films, alongside Sophie Fiennes, Shani Hinton and Beverly Jones. The film is backed by BBC Films (Brooklyn, I Daniel Blake), the BFI (45 Years, Lady Macbeth), the Irish Film Board (Room, Love & Friendship) and Roads Entertainment (Being AP, Forever Pure).
Executive producers also include James Wilson (Under The Skin, Shaun Of The Dead, 20,000 Days On Earth), Francesca Von Hapsburg (Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present) and ÉmilieBlézat. The hats worn by Grace in the film are created by haute couture designer Philip Treacy. The staging for the performance sequences are based on the concepts designed for Grace Jones by Oscar winning designer, the late EikoIsioka.


I saw everyday pottery from before the modern era in various parts of Spain. In a village museum in Andalucia I saw the plate shown in the featured photo. The decoration looked very modern. When I looked at the date, it turned out to be from the early 20th century. I liked the red colour of the fired clay, which you see in the rim. The thin white glaze and the faded green decoration looked very nice too.
In the same place, I saw the pieces which you see above in the photo on the left. These pieces are also Andalucian and come from the early 20th century. On the right, above, is a detail from a painting by Murillo. If it shows contemporary pottery, then it is Andalucian, and from the early 17th century. Three hundred years has changed this pottery a little. The shapes are very similar. The newer pottery has somewhat of a brighter glaze. This could be because the firing kilns are hotter, and therefore allow different glazing.
Finally, I leave you with photos of pottery I saw in Toledo, said to be from El Greco's time. If this is an example of mid-16th century Castillian pottery, then it is remarkably similar in colour and design to tiles from other parts of Spain and Portugal of that time. Interestingly, even now one finds in southern France, pottery with similar decoration.
Although every Indian now seems to know about the bull run of Pamplona, the football clubs of Madrid and Barcelona, and Bunyol's festival of La Tomatina, until a few years ago a random person in a Mumbai train would not be able to say anything definite about Spain. The historical connection between India and Spain being so meagre, it is odd to come across a beautiful Renaissance building in Seville called the General Archives of the Indies. It took me a moment to realize that the Indies in question lie across the Atlantic.
We never entered to gawp at the eight kilometers of shelves which hold 80 million pages dating from the 16th century CE to the end of the Spanish empire in the 19th century CE. I doubt that access is permitted to this treasure trove of recent history. However, some of the documents of general interest are on display.
The Family drew my attention away from the cathedral to this building right outside. Apparently it was first built as a market hall for Seville, to draw merchants out from the cathedral, where they had conducted their business till then. King Philip II of Spain got his favourite architect, Juan de Herreira, to design this building. The clean uncluttered lines look beautifully modern.
The horse carriage that you see in this photo will be visible on any day I guess, standing in that particular patch of shadow. This spot is one of the "stations" where tourists can hire a carriage. Why is Seville full of these antiquated and expensive things? They seem to have something to do with the April Fair in this region.
My first exposure to the most famous dance form of Spain must have been through Carlos Saura's film trilogy on Flamenco. Of the three, I may have seen Carmen first, because I spent a while immersed in Paco de Lucia's music, and he acted in the movie. Soon after that I encountered the dance in a live street performance in Tokyo around the "Eiffel Tower". It took me a lifetime to get to the world's capital of the dance and music known as Flamenco.
Before starting our trip I asked The Family about the three must-dos of Spain: Flamenco, bullfights and soccer. She agreed to Flamenco. Then there was the difficult choice of whether to watch a performance in Madrid or Andalucia. We decided that the birthplace of Flamenco should be good enough for us, so Seville was what we settled on. It is clear that Seville takes its Flamenco seriously. The city hall was plastered with posters of performances and competitions. We had come to the right place.
Flamenco developed as a popular entertainment about a century ago in music bars called cafes cantantes. It has become very professional now, and shows are held today in tablaos. The Spanish word means stage, but it seems to imply something like the gharana of Indian music, with each tablao playing a larger role as a training ground and keeper of a style. The Tablao Los Gallos was highly recommended, and we found tickets for a show which lasted a little longer than an hour. The music which accompanies the dance is clearly descended from the middle eastern tradition, with large borrowings from other sources. Apart from the dance, there were interludes of flamenco guitar. The guitar tradition is about sixty years old, and, taken out of the context of the dance, sounds quite different.
Later I encountered Flamenco again in Granada. In southern Spain, this music and dance is never too far away.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Mudejar as a Muslim living under Christian kings especially during the 8th to 11th centuries. It also says that the first known use of the word is from 1829. Soon afterwards it was applied to a style of Spanish architecture in the sense that it still carries. The style is seen in all the photos here.
The main characteristics of the style are brickwork, decoration with tiles, intricate carpentry, and the use of geometrical motifs in decoration. The featured photo is of the grand mosque in Granada, and shows all these features. The mosque was closed because I went there in the afternoon of the last day of Ramzan, so I did not manage to see the interior. Still, the exterior gave a good indication of what the interior would have been like.
In Granada, near one end of Plaza Nueva is the church of San Gil and Santa Ana (photo above), an exemplary piece of Mudejar architecture. Look at the beautiful azulejos (tiles) at the top, above the bells, the woodwork just below it, the beautiful tiles above each of the romanesque arches, and the ornate pillar just below the bells. Again, because I was always there at the wrong time, I could not see the interior.
Notice the beautiful woodwork in these three photos. The one on the left is the exterior of the church of San Nicholas. I climbed up to it on a really hot day, and was too dehydrated to walk in. I sat in the shade outside and drank a lot of water. The other two photos above show the church of San Pedro and San Pablo. Typical Mudejar elements are visible outside. Inside, the ceiling is covered in incredibly beautiful woodwork. A friend told me about his perception of the difference between Islamic and Christian architecture in the Alhambra: that they embody different philosophies of what make something grand. These churches combine these two world views: the high interiors are grand in the manner of churches you see all over Europe, and the beautiful intricate workmanship brings to it the Asian love of detail. One wonders about the missed paths of history; if only the Jews had not been expelled in 1492, and the Muslims had been allowed to stay on after the 25 more years that they did, what kind of new architectural styles would have evolved as engineering improved.
In my mind the Giralda of Seville (photo above) is the grandest of these towers. Technically it does not belong to the Mudejar style, because it was built before the Christian reconquest, and was only converted from a minaret to a bell tower afterwards. However, it has all the elements of this style: brickwork to build up a really high tower and incredibly detailed external ornamentation.
Finally, a moment of duh-ness or serendipity, whatever you may call it. I looked back at the photos I took a year ago inside the Royal Palace of Sintra and realized that I had seen the Mudejar style before. The chapel inside the palace, which you see in the photo above, is an example of this style. And a particularly fine example, one must say.
In Seville we visited the cathedral, reputed to be the world's largest. Before my feet gave up, we chanced on the ornate catafalque (see the featured photo) which holds the remains of Christopher Columbus. This reminded me of the wars of geometry which Portugal and Spain fought across the world.
The background to this is well-known. In 1486 Bartholomew Dias had sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, and opened up the sea route to Asia for Portugal. Unable to compete in the east, Ferdinand and Isabel of Spain decided to finance the harebrained scheme of Columbus to find a westerly route to India after the fall of Granada in 1492. Spain hit gold, literally, when Columbus chanced on the continents now called the Americas.
The wars to control the sea-routes east and west went on for another couple of years. By 1494 Portugal and Spain involved the Pope in finding a political solution to end these skirmishes. It was agreed that everything to the east of meridian 46 degrees west would belong to Portugal and everything to the west to Spain. The agreement clearly did not consult geographers and geometers who could have told their political masters that you cannot divide a sphere into two parts by one line of latitude.
The result of this error, you might say, is history. In 1513 the Pacific Ocean was discovered by Balboa and his crew. Within years Spain crossed the Ocean and skirmishes broke out on the eastern edge of the Pacific. The new wars between Spain and Portugal were eventually halted by political recognition of mathematical facts. The meridian of 142 degrees east was the chosen as the second dividing line. In 1529 Portugal and Spain agreed that part of the world between these two meridians which included the Americas would belong to Spain, and the rest to Portugal.
It was hot in the cathedral, and I decided to sit down while The Family walked about. I slipped into my siesta which ended only when she came back to say we could go.
Spain is a large country, as countries in Europe go. Several hundred kilometers between cities is not unusual. We decided to take trains during our trip. There are the high-speed trains (AVE) which travel at about 300 Kms/hour and the slower regional trains which do one-third the speed. You need reservations to enter an AVE. Since we took trains, we saw a lot of the Spanish countryside.
Today, as we travelled on a regional train from Seville to Granada, we looked out at the usual flat landscape. In this season the temperature outside at 5 PM was around 44 degrees Celsius. Fields were dry and yellow. In the rest of Europe you see a mild powder blue sky. Here the sky was like India's, a blinding blue-white. It looks colourful in the featured photo because I took it through a polarized filter. If I hadn't, then all the colours would have been bleached out, and the clouds would have been invisible.
The Family looked out and said "The countryside is so flat." That it is, as you see in the featured photo. We'd seen this flat countryside between Madrid and Barcelona, and then again on our way to Seville. Now it looked like it was going to be flat all the way.
We had a little surprise about an hour out of Seville. An announcement on the train told us that there was work on the tracks, so our train would stop at the next station. We were to get out and follow railway staff who would take us to a bus. We'd noted earlier that changes are conducted very efficiently by the friendly staff who take special care of foreigners, even though they usually speak very little English. We came to some buses parked near the exit from the station. Someone told us which was the bus to Granada.
On the highway we finally saw some hills. You can see one of them in the photo above. Tomorrow we plan to climb one which stands at the centre of Granada to see the Alhambra.


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Music and Artistic Director
Known for his eclectic and fascinating programmes, conductor and pianist David Greilsammer is recognised as one of today's most audacious and adventurous classical artists. The New York Times has awarded his albums Baroque Conversations and Mozart In-Between as "Recordings of the Year", in addition to selecting his recital Scarlatti:Cage:Sonatas as one of the ten most important musical events of the year.
Praised as creator of numerous ground-breaking musical projects, ranging from baroque to contemporary music, David Greilsammer has also been celebrated for his Mozart performances. He has performed in Paris all of Mozart's piano sonatas in a one-day "marathon" and recently, he has played and conducted all of Mozart's twenty-seven piano concertos, in one season. In the past years, David Greilsammer has released four recordings on the Naïve label, and more recently, three prize-winning albums for Sony Classical.
Since 2013, David Greilsammer serves as Music and Artistic Director of the Geneva Camerata, one of the most daring, bold and innovative orchestras internationally. He has recently performed as guest conductor/soloist with the BBC Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Hamburg Symphony, La Verdi Orchestra di Milano, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Mexico National Symphony, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony.
He has recently given solo recitals at the Wigmore Hall in London, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, Verbier Festival, Forbidden City Theatre in Beijing, Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Venice Biennale, and Kennedy Center in Washington.
David Greilsammer's latest piano recital, named Labyrinth, has been described by the press as "fascinating and courageous". This daring solo programme will be released this season on a new album, in addition to being performed on tour throughout the USA, Europe and Asia.


On June 6, 2018, the National Labor Relations Board General Counsel issued GC Memorandum 18-04, Guidance on Handbook Rules Post-Boeing. In the Memorandum, the General Counsel analyzes various common work rules and employment policies to determine if they violate the National Labor Relations Act under the Board's recent employer-friendly holding in The Boeing Company, 365 NLRB No. 154 (2017). Employers should review and revise their employee handbooks and policies to ensure compliance with the GC's guidance and take advantage of the Boeing ruling.
In The Boeing Company decision, the Board announced a new standard for analyzing whether a work rule violates employees' rights under the NLRA. The new standard focuses on the balance between the rule's negative impact on employees' ability to exercise their Section 7 rights and the rule's connection to employers' right to maintain discipline and productivity in their workplace.
Category 1 includes rules that the Board designates as lawful to maintain, either because (i) the rule, when reasonably interpreted, does not prohibit or interfere with the exercise of NLRA rights; or (ii) the potential adverse impact on protected rights is outweighed by justifications associated with the rule.
Category 2 includes rules that warrant individualized scrutiny in each case as to whether the rule would prohibit or interfere with Act rights, and if so, whether any adverse impact on Act- protected conduct is outweighed by legitimate justifications.
Category 3 includes rules that the Board will designate as unlawful to maintain because they would prohibit or limit Act-protected conduct, and the adverse impact on Act rights is not outweighed by justifications associated with the rule.
In GC Memorandum 18-04, the General Counsel analyzes common employer rules and provides guidance to the regional directors regarding the placement of the rules into the three categories.
Category 1 rules are generally lawful and regional directors should dismiss the charge absent withdrawal.
• Civility Rules. "Behavior that is rude, condescending or otherwise socially unacceptable is prohibited" is an example of a lawful civility rule.
• No Photography Or Recording Rules. "The use of cameras or other recording devices is prohibited" is an example of a lawful rule.
• Insubordination Rules. "Being uncooperative with supervisors . . . or otherwise engaging in conduct that does not support the Employer's goals and objectives is prohibited" is an example of a lawful insubordination rule.
• Disruptive Behavior Rules. "Creating a disturbance on Company premises or creating discord with clients or fellow employees" is an example of a lawful disruptive behavior rule.
However, employers must exercise care using disruptive behavior rules to discipline employees for strikes or walkouts.
• Confidentiality Rules. Rules banning the discussion of confidential, proprietary, or customer information that make no mention of employee or wage information are generally lawful. "Do not disclose confidential financial data, or other non-public proprietary company information" is an examples of a lawful rule.
• Rules Against Defamation or Misrepresentation. "Misrepresenting the company's products or services or its employees is prohibited" is a lawful rule.
• Rules Against Using Employer Logos Or Intellectual Property. "Employees are forbidden from using the Company's logos for any reason" is an example of a lawful rule.
• Rules Requiring Authorization To Speak For The Company. "The company will respond to media requests for the company's position only through the designated spokespersons" is an example of a lawful rule.
• Disloyalty, Nepotism Or Self-Enrichment Rules. "Employees may not engage in conduct that is disloyal . . . competitive, or damaging to the company such as illegal acts in restraint of trade or employment with another employer" is an example of a lawful rule.
• Broad conflict-of-interest rules that do not specifically target fraud and self-enrichment and do not restrict membership in, or voting for, a union.
• Confidentiality rules broadly encompassing "employer business" or "employee information" (as opposed to confidentiality rules regarding customer or proprietary information, or confidentiality rules more specifically directed at employee wages, terms of employment, or working conditions).
• Rules regarding disparagement or criticism of the employer (as opposed to civility rules regarding disparagement of employees).
• Rules regulating use of the employer's name (as opposed to rules regulating the employer's logo/trademark).
• Rules generally restricting speaking to the media or third parties (as opposed to rules restricting speaking to the media on the employer's behalf).
• Rules banning off-duty conduct that might harm the employer (as opposed to rules banning insubordinate or disruptive conduct at work) or rules specifically banning participation in outside organizations.
• Rules against making false or inaccurate statements (as opposed to rules against making defamatory statements.
• Confidentiality Rules Specifically Regarding Wages, Benefits, or Working Conditions. For example a rule stating employees are prohibited from disclosing salaries or the contents of employment contracts is unlawful.
• Rules against joining outside organizations or voting on matters concerning employer are unlawful.
• The Memorandum also notes that "rules that specifically ban protected concerted activity, or that are promulgated directly in response to organizing or other protected concerted activity, remain unlawful.
This GC Memorandum is the first guidance employers have had since The Boeing Company decision. Employers should review and revise their employee handbooks and policies to ensure compliance with the GC's guidance and take advantage of the Boeing ruling and ensure they are supported by the Boeing standard. This will help avoid unfair labor practice charges and ensure that the employer's rules are enforceable.


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Die Zisterzienserinnenabtei Solières war von 1229 bis 1796 ein Kloster der Zisterzienserinnen in Ben-Ahin, Huy, Provinz Lüttich, in Belgien.

Geschichte
Die  Augustinerinnen des 1224 gegründeten Klosters Solières (am Bach gleichen Namens, sieben Kilometer westlich von Huy, im heutigen Weiler Solières, am Ostufer der Maas) wurden 1229 zisterziensisch (päpstliche Bestätigung 1231). Das Kloster (das in der berühmten Ferraris-Karte von 1771 eingezeichnet war) bestand bis zu seiner Auflösung im Jahre 1795. Es wurde überwiegend abgebaut. Bedeutendster Rest ist das später "Schloss" genannte Äbtissinnenhaus. Die Anlage (die auch ein großes Portal umfasst) steht seit 1984 unter Denkmalschutz.

Literatur
Marie-Elisabeth Montulet-Henneau: Les Cisterciennes du Pays Mosan. Brüssel/Rom 1990.
Monasticon Belge. II, 2. Maredsous 1928, S. 187–192.
Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Straßburg  2012, S. 396.

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Nennung von "Solierès" (sic) in der Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
 Deutscher Text zum Äbtissinnenhaus "Abtei Solières"
Basisdaten zur Abtei

Solières
Ehemaliges Kloster in Wallonien
Gegründet 1229
Aufgelöst 1795
Huy (Belgien)
Kloster in der Provinz Lüttich
Solieres
Kulturdenkmal in der Provinz Lüttich

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Scenic Hudson parks connect people to the majesty of the Hudson River, its storied shorelines, and the beauty of the bucolic Hudson Valley landscape.
While we keep our parks open to the public all year long, they also make great venues for special events and group outings, and even the occasional movie set. To use a Scenic Hudson park for such an activity, we ask that you complete the appropriate application and agreement forms below and submit them 4-6 weeks before the date of the activity.
Download and complete the appropriate application form and agreement.
Scenic Hudson will contact permit applicants with any questions and to verify information within 1 week of receiving an application.
After application is thoroughly reviewed and all pertinent questions are satisfactorily answered and all application materials are received, Scenic Hudson will issue its decision in the form of a letter to the applicant. A letter approving the request will serve as the permit.
Activities with fees associated with them.
Activities that request any part of the park to be closed to the public or that involve the use of special event equipment (tents, portable toilets, dumpsters, generators, food service equipment, etc.) or motorized vehicle use.
Routine park activities that will include 10 or more people, whether private or open to the public.
School groups and educational activities/studies of any sort, civic organizations, club activities, scout groups, etc.
Scenic Hudson requires 4-6 weeks advance notice for Special Event Permits and will try to accommodate shorter notice for Group Permit applications.
Permission for park usage is contingent upon there being no other scheduled uses of the park at that time. Scenic Hudson reserves the right to postpone or deny a permit if it conflicts with its own park activities.
Applications must be for park uses that are in keeping with Scenic Hudson's mission and goals.
Permission for the event will be granted by Scenic Hudson in writing and is not guaranteed by submitting an application.


First, the final standing! Here are the AKB election results.
The number of votes was crazy — much higher than last year. It's also interesting to note that the difference between 1 and 2 was nearly 30,000 votes. I was surprised to hear that even #80 had over 10,000 votes.
A lot of people came up in ranks, but there also a lot of drops. Suda Akari's drop out of the senbatsu member listing from #10 to #16 was really surprising. Shimazaki Haruka gave an refreshingly serious speech and, like previous years, didn't take any questions from the MCs.
And lastly, Maeda Atsuko's appearance. It was very touching. It would have been more so if they showed the entire thing and didn't cut it off (oh, Fuji TV).
We're still processing what just happened, with lots of interesting results. The most interesting part of any AKB48 election results is usually the top 16 members, but it is always nice to see who is up and coming in the lower ranks as well.
Anyhow, it was definitely another fun AKB election year this 2015. Were you happy with the result?
What was a pity too is that they were pressed for time, so some of the top speeches were probably rushed.
Are you going to upload the senbatsu speeches this year?
Probably, I did the text translation already.


December 20, 2013. In one of my biggest jobs to date, I've just spent large parts of the last three months camping all over the highlands of Scotland to photograph 38 of the Forestry Commission's sites to help promote them as visitor destinations on the Commission's website. I can't help thinking that the low cost of living in a campervan in winter (compared to bed and breakfast) helped my tender to succeed!


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Municipal elections: 1.8 % turnout till 11 am in Kashmir Civic polls
Srinagar: About two per cent of the electorate voted in the first five hours of polling in 49 wards of urban local bodies in militancy-wracked Kashmir Valley, where elections are being held amid tight security, officials said Wednesday.
Voting for the second of the four-phased elections in the Valley began at 6 am and will end at 4 pm.
"Only 1.8 per cent of the 2.20 lakh electorate have cast their votes in the first five hours," an official said.
Of the 1.78 lakh voters in 19 wards of Srinagar Municipal Corporation, only 1.3 per cent turned up to exercise their franchise at the heavily fortified polling stations.
Polling was brisker in Bandipora district with 17.4 per cent of 8,300 voters casting their votes by 11.00 am, he said.
The poll percentage in north Kashmir's Sopore and south Kashmir's Anantnag municipal areas was 2.3 per cent and 0.7 per cent, respectively.
Polling is going on amidst stringent security arrangements at 544 polling stations across the state and would end at 4 pm.
Over 1,000 candidates – 881 in Jammu division and 148 in Kashmir division – are in the fray for 263 municipal wards in both the divisions.
Sixty-nine wards in the Valley have been won uncontested.
The elections, covering 79 municipal bodies with an electorate of about 17 lakh, are being held in four phases.
A total of 3,372 nominations have been filed for 1,145 wards. The next phases will take place on October 13 and October 16.
The urban local body polls were announced last month. Two major political parties — the National Conference and the PDP — have boycotted the elections accusing the Centre of not taking a firm stand on protection of Article 35-A of the Constitution, which is facing a legal challenge in the Supreme Court.
In dozens of wards, especially in southern Kashmir, no candidate filed nomination papers.


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From 1961 until 1995 the T-40 was a farm tractor built by the Lipetsk Tractor Plant.

The T-40 was designed for plowing light soil, processing row crops, mowing, plowing snow and for transportation. To achieve these goals, it has a carrier transmission and rear axle, a more rigid connection between the engine and the transmission case, increased diameter of the rear drive wheels, smaller front guide wheels and stiffer suspension than other tractors.

Its durability has enabled many of the tractors produced in the 70's - 80's to remain in operation. Spare parts are still being produced.

Features
The T-40 was produced by the Vladimir Tractor Plant. The tractor has four-cylinder four-stroke diesel air-cooled engine: D-37 37 hp or D-144 50 hp. Depending on configuration, an electric starter or a gasoline starting engine (PD8), were used to start the diesel engine.

It was manufactured in four-wheel drive (T-40A) and rear-wheel drive versions. It has an adjustable gauge and adjustable ride height on all wheels. The T-40 can be fitted with removable rear wheels of reduced width to work in aisles. In order to work on steep slopes, the track width can be increased by installing the rear wheels inside out.

The T-40 had a completely reversible manual transmission, allowing the use of the full range of speeds both forward and backward. A bevel gear was placed immediately after the clutch and a mechanical or hydrostatic reduction gear, which enabled it to operate at low (less than 2 km/h) speeds. It had two PTO shafts - rear and side. These features, as well as its good performance, led to the tractor being widely adopted throughout the USSR.

The engine is air-cooled which reduces the risk of overheating and freezing.

Modifications

Tractors with D-37 and D-144 (some sources D-37e) engines had differently shaped hoods. The former had a rounded hood, while the latter had a rectangular hood.

Modifications with D-37 engines
 T-40 - basic model - rear-wheel drive, engine D-37
 T-40A - all-wheel drive
 T-40AN - all-wheel drive with reduced height and less ground clearance for slopes
 T-50A - Industrial modification for shovel loading

Modifications with D-144 (50 hp) engines
 T-40M - rear-wheel drive
 T-40AM - all-wheel drive
 T-40ANM - all-wheel drive and reduced ground clearance for slopes
 T-40AP - all-wheel drive designed for communal facilities

References

See also
 Photos tractor T-40, T-40A
 Photos of tractors T-40M and its modifications

Tractors of the Soviet Union


Cattle farming | Nagykun 2000 Mezőgazdasági Zrt.
Our company inside the field of husbandry also deals with cattle farming.
The amount of milk produced is 3,500,000 litres per year.
The breed is triplicate-free (the IBR exemption is in progress), the breeding and the milk production is done according to the rules of HACCP since 2002.
As an approval of the breeders' work of the Holsten-friz type breed, we won the special prize of the Holsten-Friz Breeders' Association in 2004 both at the XI. Husbandry days of the Great-Plains and at the VII. Husbandry days of Pannon as the cow which was given the grand prize was from our breed.
Our presentation: "Szántóföldtől az asztalig"


Many naturopaths support further regulation, but other industry elements disagree. Jon Wardle discusses this dichotomy and the benefits of regulation.
Further regulation of complementary medicines is advocated for many reasons by various groups, but popular opinion suggests that practitioners may not support regulation of their industry. The reasons for this are complex and may be representative of not only the extraordinary breadth of the industry but also its fragmentation and division. Combined studies from La Trobe University, the University of Queensland and the University of Western Sydney show the reality, however, is that over 90% of grass-roots naturopathic practitioners do actually want further regulation despite the vast majority of the large organisations representing the complementary industry (and the practitioners that work in it) actively campaigning against it.
To find out the reasons for these contradictions it is important to understand the current frameworks that naturopaths currently work under. The current regulatory model used for naturopaths is one of self-regulation. This means that the naturopaths – or rather the professional associations that represent them – are responsible for policing their own industry.
The major professional associations for naturopaths in Australia are the Australian Naturopathic Practitioners Association (ANPA), the Australian Natural Therapists Association (ANTA), the Australian Traditional Medicine Society (ATMS) and the National Herbalists Association of Australia (NHAA). However, not all these groups cater for naturopaths alone, so the interests of other complementary therapists must be taken into account when they make decisions or statements. Also, other groups with interests apart from those of naturopaths may also be represented in these associations, such as education providers or the manufacturing industry.
The entry standards for practitioners, complaints mechanisms and professional standards vary quite considerably between these associations. Some require a degree for registration as a naturopath, while others may only require diploma-level qualifications. These differences have led to a difference of opinion among these groups about regulation. The ATMS is adamantly against registration; ANTA supports what it calls a "meta-regulation" model (where associations regulate on behalf of the government); and ANPA and NHAA support and campaign for statutory (or government) regulation of naturopaths.
Statutory regulation is the form of regulation most supported by practitioners, with over 97% of practitioners who support regulation favouring this model. We already know from previous studies that naturopaths do support regulation, so our studies at the University of Queensland investigated the reasons for this support.
improve access by naturopaths to research and policy development.
To become a qualified naturopath, practitioners are required to complete a 4-year health science degree with levels of health science comparable to more conventional health professions. The University of Western Sydney offers a 3-year course, but a further 1-year graduate certificate is required before graduates can practice.
However, the title of naturopath is not protected so anyone can (and many people do) call themselves naturopaths without adequate training, and in some cases without any training. Naturopaths believe this belittles their profession. Often the most visible negative cases against naturopaths are often due to people who are either unqualified or practising unethically and who would have been barred from practice under a regulatory framework. Examples include the Sydney naturopath narrowly acquitted of manslaughter after a patient died during a radical treatment regime, and the Newcastle naturopath who told an infant's parents to cancel a necessary life-saving operation for their baby's congenital heart condition.
Regulation would also ensure minimum standards of practice. Although some institutions (e.g. the Australian College of Natural Medicine, Nature Care College, Southern Cross University, Southern School of Natural Therapies and the University of Western Sydney) currently offer accredited degree-level naturopathic qualifications, other institutions offer much lower standards of naturopathic courses at certificate or diploma level. Charles Sturt University and the University of New England also run "upgrade courses" whereby graduates of some of these diploma courses can complete a number of health science subjects and upgrade to a Bachelor of Complementary Medicine, although without the extra clinical training offered in a 4-year degree. To add to this confusing mess some institutions, such as the now-defunct Perth Academy of Natural Therapies, have even offered degree courses without seeking accreditation from relevant authorities such as the Office of Higher Education.
This situation may affect the level of support for regulation by the professional associations. The ATMS – the largest professional association with over 11,000 members, most of whom are not naturopaths – does not have an elected board and is instead run by a board comprising representatives of a number of education institutions, some of which do not offer sufficient training to survive regulation, and this may in part explain the ATMS's resistance to further regulation.
However, naturopaths believe that regulation can ensure minimum standards of training, and this will allow the public to more easily identify competent, qualified practitioners and give conventional health professionals the ability to confidently refer to an appropriately trained professional for complementary medicine treatment.
Naturopaths believe that they are most qualified to make clinical decisions relating to complementary medicine. Indeed, those that have gone through an accredited degree program easily have more knowledge about complementary medicine than any other health professional. However, due to the lack of regulation and the extremely variable quality of practitioners, naturopaths aren't often consulted for their complementary medicine expertise. Instead, many people will consult conventional medical doctors or pharmacists for questions about these medicines. For several reasons they may not be the most appropriate people for complementary medicine advice.
In a study of Melbourne hospitals, Lesley Braun of RMIT University found that 81% of medical doctors did not feel confident enough in their knowledge of complementary medicines to be able to identify whether complementary medicines would interact with other medicines or adversely affect their patients. Other studies have found that 85% of pharmacists don't feel confident in answering patient questions about complementary medicines.
The doctors in the Melbourne study scored an average of 18% on tests of the most commonly used complementary medicines. This has nothing to do with doctors' abilities to prescribe complementary medicines, but rather reflects the poor training they have received in this area.
More training in complementary medicine may not be the answer because this would require other elements of their training to be omitted. Various studies also suggest that some patients may be unwilling to talk about complementary medicine with their doctor, and many doctors may be unwilling to practise complementary therapies themselves but would be happy to refer to an appropriately qualified practitioner.
Naturopaths believe that by ensuring minimum standards of training, other health professionals could be confident that referral to a naturopath would be handled professionally, competently and appropriately and therefore encourage integration of professional complementary medicine treatment into health care.
It is important to note here that naturopaths in our study were not opposed to other health professionals practising complementary medicine; they just felt that these professionals should also abide by minimum training standards specific to complementary medicine before doing so.
Naturopaths are worried that ineffective treatments, often self-administered or recommended by unqualified persons (such as "vitamin consultants" in pharmacies), may unfairly tarnish complementary medicine. People may have a bad experience that could have been predicted and prevented if they had consulted a qualified professional. Many naturopaths believe that many issues with lack of efficacy of complementary medicines are due either to lack of regulation of products or injudicious use of products.
Many complementary medicines are natural supplements and, like other natural supplements, can exhibit very different qualities depending on their growing location, time of harvesting, part used or manufacturing processes. Two good analogies are wine and coffee. Wine is just fermented grape juice and coffee just a roasted seed, but people savour the subtle quality differences that small variations in production can make.
Herbal medicines also exhibit enormous differences. For example, the effective compound in Tribulus, a herb used in menopause and men's health, is found only in plants grown in Bulgaria and the Balkans.
The form of the treatment is also important. Glucosamine is only effective when taken as glucosamine sulfate at a dose of at least 1500 mg per day, yet most Australian supplements contain the ineffective forms (www.choice.com.au). Other issues include substitution (for example of one closely related herbal species for another) or contamination of complementary medicine products. Naturopaths believe that regulation will ensure that quality, effective products are easily accessible.
The other efficacy issue that naturopaths identified was the use of the wrong remedy in the wrong circumstance. Doctors wouldn't use heart medications to treat infection, yet many people with a poor understanding of complementary medicine do similar things every day. Echinacea, for example, is used by many people to treat colds or flu despite research that it is ineffective for this use. Traditional use by naturopaths supports this research because Echinacea has a lead-in period of 7–10 days before having an effect. Naturopaths use it more for prevention or recovery in chronic patients, or for other immune conditions (such as asthma or autoimmune disorders). Naturopaths claim that complementary medicines are often used incorrectly, which is why they are ineffective.
Naturopaths also claim that not all complementary medicines are safe, and therefore a qualified practitioner with intimate knowledge of the therapy should be sought in complementary medicine treatment. These safety concerns certainly have merit. Despite massive under-reporting, the Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee of the Therapeutic Goods Administration suggests that 62 deaths in Australia have been linked to complementary medicines in the 10 years from 1998 to 2007, and an average of 395 adverse reactions are reported every year. However, risks are minimised when professionals with suitable levels of knowledge administer these medicines.
Kava, for example, is banned in some jurisdictions, including Western Australia, because it has been linked to some cases of liver damage. But when Kava supplements are manufactured properly and administered in appropriate circumstances they are a very effective (even validated by a positive Cochrane Review by Max Pittler and Edzard Ernst in 2003) alternative for the more harmful anxiety medications currently used. Naturopaths believe that regulation will restrict inappropriate medicines to those most suited to use them and allow those most suited to use currently restricted medicines.
According to our study, one of the major concerns naturopaths did have with regulatory processes in their industry was that there would be no consultation with their profession. Their major concern was that the process would be controlled by people from professions that had little knowledge of complementary medicine or its practice. Naturopaths also believed that regulation, particularly minimum standards of training, would make them more attractive to research and policy positions, ensuring that complementary medicines were practised both safely and effectively. For statutory regulation of naturopaths to work properly, naturopaths believed that they must be consulted appropriately throughout the development and application of this process.
Self-regulation is used in other industries such as accounting, and isn't an inappropriate form of regulation in all cases. However, when practices are deemed to put the population at certain levels at risk they are required to be regulated. These risks don't always have to be directly related to health. This is why some medications that seem relatively harmless require a prescription from a qualified medical doctor.
Antibiotics are freely available over the counter in some countries but Australia has chosen to restrict them to prevent the evolution of resistant bacteria. Naturopaths believe that parallels exist in complementary medicine: when used incorrectly, complementary medicines can also cause adverse effects, and thus should be regulated to the same levels as other health professions and options of similar risks.
A lot of factors come into play in the arguments for regulating naturopaths. The two government reports commissioned to investigate regulation (by the Complementary Medicines Expert Committee reporting to the Minister for Health and Ageing in 2003 and the Victorian Department of Human Services in 2005) have both strongly recommended statutory regulation of naturopaths.
However, opposition from within the industry may be due to the various interests of the most powerful and visible components. The manufacturing industry has a very clear financial interest in ensuring that regulation does not take place, the professional associations may fear loss of political influence under a regulatory framework, and some professional associations may be representing the interests of their board (who have much to lose from regulation) rather than their members (who have much to gain). Unfortunately those elements opposed to regulation are also those with the most influence, resources and media presence and may represent a false view of practitioner opinion.
Naturopaths see themselves as valid health professionals with the potential to play an important part in healthcare delivery. However, the voices that represent them may not be loud enough to be heard over those that oppose them.


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Leo VI
Leo VI (Leo the Wise or Leo the Philosopher), 862?–912, Byzantine emperor (886–912), son and successor of Basil I. He added to the work of his father by the publication (887–93) of the Basilica, a modernization of the law of Justinian I and of canon law. Leo attempted to end the schism which had been provoked by the patriarch Photius, but the quarrel was renewed (906), partly over the issue of Leo's fourth marriage. During his reign, Leo was forced to pay tribute to the Bulgars after his defeat in 896. The Arabs completed the conquest of Sicily by taking Taormina in 902. They then sacked Salonica (906), and advanced in Asia Minor. Among Leo's edicts are the Tactics, for the army and navy, and the Book of the Prefect, on the duties of that officer, including his jurisdiction over the guilds of Constantinople. Leo was succeeded by his brother Alexander (reigned 912–13) and by his son Constantine VII.


Growing up in Libertyville, IL, Matt Scott cut his musical teeth playing alt-rock in and around the Chicago music scene. While studying film\video at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, he met his wife Brooke. Through her support and encouragement, Matt became a member of St. Marcus which eventually led to his becoming a member of Koiné. In the summer of 2010, Matt left his television career behind as he became the final member of Koiné to join full time.


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Never Raising Capital Ever Again
March 18, 2014 · 3 min.
Fairly often entrepreneurs will pitch investing in their seed-stage company, and it starts sounding great… interesting market… great team… notable early traction… until we arrive at the financials + fundraising slide and the projections state that this round of Seed financing is planned to be their last. Sometimes it's even presented as an additional feature of the pitch itself: "We'll never need to raise money again!"
Seed financing direct to long-term profitability is often both a realistic and laudable goal, especially given capital efficiency of internet-enabled startups. However, it doesn't match the ethos of our investment strategy at NextView Ventures. We're looking for investments which have the possibility of what we call "golazo," which is a soccer expression for an exceptional, improbable goal. We use it to describe the bold and ambitious nature of the founders we hope to work with. In other words, we're looking for investments which have the potential to be truly enduring and industry transforming. Of course not all of our investments will achieve this lofty aspiration, but it's always part of our mindset from the outset.
Any additional capital fundraising, whether it's for debt or equity, startup or mature public company, is to facilitate growth ahead of cash flows generated by the business. (Or perhaps also to dividend out cash to shareholders in mature public companies with a low weighted average cost of capital, but that's irrelevant here). So theoretically-speaking, if there is truly a huge venture-scale opportunity ahead of a startup, there should be an appropriate cost of capital for future financings to expand which make sense for the company. But that "if" there is very important… perhaps in many cases the desire for the Seed round to be the final round of financing is a tacit signal that it doesn't have the potential to be "venture scale" after all, even if the opportunity is a real one (and a corresponding viable investment for the right player). The vast majority of successful business started aren't venture-scale. In the past, one could argue that early founders + employees + angels have different risk/reward profiles in comparison to later-round financiers funders and are rationally willing to sacrifice upside in return for greater certainty of outcome; however, the emergence of liquidity options for these early players has diminished that negation.
That is not to say that gunning towards cash-flow breakeven (CFBE) isn't a stated short-term goal of some of our portfolio companies, even those just having raised a Seed financing round. CFBE empowers entrepreneurs to raise money on their own terms, when it isn't necessary but out of being advantageous, pursuing greed instead of fear of cash-out. For truly venture-scale growth start-ups, achieving CFBE early in a company's life-cycle can be a means towards optimizing the growth trajectory and ownership for early constituents.
But bolding predicting that a single round of financing will be its last reflects a markedly different mindset about what type of company an entrepreneur is looking to build (which doesn't match our own stated strategy). Our approach, though, obviously isn't the only feasible one, as there are many strategic paths to seed investing. It's perfectly reasonable for a seed investor to seek businesses which don't require much additional capital and will be able to be funded on near-term cash-flows. In this case, the range of outcome exit sizes will tend to skew lower but perhaps (and hopefully) the success rate of any individual company within a portfolio will be higher. In contrast, when we make a new initial Seed investment at NextView, we're anticipating that the company is going to raise a Series A in 12-24 months. Not all of them will be successful in doing so (though we have a 70%+ "graduation" rate from Seed to Series A, which we're proud of), but we believe if an entrepreneur is shooting for a golazo-sized win that the Series Seed will not be his her last planned round.
To generalize beyond the specific NextView Ventures case, for entrepreneurs raising Seed rounds, it's helpful to do the proverbial homework about a particular prospective investor's follow-on strategy and investment approach. One shouldn't assume that "never raising capital again" is a feature and not a bug, and that claiming so doesn't (mis?-)signal about the prospects for the business.


New insight into motor adaptation to pain revealed by a combination of modelling and empirical approaches.
Hodges PW, Coppieters MW, Macdonald D, Cholewicki J.
Eur J Pain. 2013 Jan 25. doi: 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00286.x.


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JPMorgan says to buy Bear Stearns for $2 a share
The Bear Stearns name is seen outside their headquarters in New York July 18, 2007. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Sunday it would buy stricken rival Bear Stearns for just $2 a share in an all-stock deal valuing the fifth largest investment bank at about $236 million.
Under the deal, the Federal Reserve will provide special financing and has agreed to fund up to $30 billion of Bear Stearns' less liquid assets.
In a statement, JPMorgan said it would exchange 0.05473 shares of its stock for one share of Bear Stearns' stock. It is guaranteeing the trading obligations of Bear Stearns and its subsidiaries.
Bear Stearns' cash reserves were drained by fleeing customers on Thursday, and on Friday the bank secured emergency funding from the Federal Reserve, extended through JPMorgan.
Bear Stearns' chief executive, Alan Schwartz, said in a statement the deal represented the "best outcome for all of our constituencies based upon the current circumstances."
JPMorgan's chief executive Jamie Dimon said in a statement: "Bear Stearns' clients and counterparties should feel secure that JPMorgan is guaranteeing Bear Stearns' counterparty risk."
The bank said the deal was expected to close by the end of the second quarter and would be accretive to JPMorgan's annual earnings.


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FROM debian:stable
MAINTAINER Jeremías Casteglione <jeremias@tincan.co.uk>

COPY apt.sources /etc/apt/sources.list
COPY apt.preferences /etc/apt/preferences

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
RUN apt-get clean && apt-get update -y && apt-get dist-upgrade -y

COPY apt.preferences-django /etc/apt/preferences.d/django
COPY apt.preferences-ansible /etc/apt/preferences.d/ansible

RUN apt-get clean && apt-get update -y \
    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
        python3-django ansible ssh \
    && apt-get autoremove --purge -y && apt-get clean \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb \
        /var/cache/apt/*cache.bin

VOLUME ["/opt/tsadm/webapp", "/opt/tsadm/ansible"]
WORKDIR /opt/tsadm/webapp

ENV TSADM_LOG warning

RUN groupadd tsadm
RUN useradd -c tsadm -m -g tsadm -s /usr/sbin/nologin tsadm

USER tsadm:tsadm
RUN ssh-keygen -b 4096 -t rsa -N '' -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Are You Using Plain Language?
The first in a line of students boarding their morning school bus whispers to the driver, "Johnny's got a knife!". The driver now faces a set of critical decisions within the next few seconds. What steps can he take that would not further complicate the situation? Should he immediately notify someone, call for help? If he uses plain language, will it initiate a confrontation?
Many fleets use codes to communicate the existence of a situation on their bus. I found this was the procedure in our school's transportation department after taking responsibility for the fleet. If a driver suspected a weapon was on the bus, they would radio in to the base that they were "invited to the wedding." This would alert the base, who would then call 911.
One of the reasons given to me for this practice was that alerting the person that help was on its way would cause them to act rashly. Another was that openly communicating the threat could traumatize children riding in other buses who could overhear the broadcast. I understood their reasoning, their desire to keep things from escalating, and the powerful need to protect children from harm. But, was it really in the best interest of the students and did it align with the best approach to dealing with such a situation?
The gold standard of planning is the National Incident Management System (NIMS). It is the framework provided by the Department of Homeland Security for state and local entities. It prepares them to mitigate, respond to and recover from a hazard. The reason for the development of NIMS is to achieve inter-operability across agencies, jurisdictions and disciplines. At the local level, this requires communicating clearly, concisely, and in plain language, so authorities can prepare and respond in the most effective manner.
If there is someone with a weapon, authorities need to know the type of weapon and any other pertinent information. The use of codes can cloud their understanding of the actual situation and events. The faster the response, the less likely events will get out of hand. Every complication increases the time it takes to prepare and get the right people in the right place. Using a code limits the information that can be passed and is open to interpretation, which can add a large degree of uncertainty as to what is actually occurring.
Research shows that a person under stress experiences numerous symptoms, among them a decline in cognitive function. They begin to lose the ability to think clearly. At such time, complications like a code only makes things more difficult for them.
During a critical moment on the school bus, the driver's world narrows down to their bus and the person with the weapon. What a driver needs in such a high stress situation is simplicity. The fewer decisions they have to make, the more likely the choices made will be the right ones. Trying to remember a long list of procedures and codes is not something conducive to clear thinking.
The acronym often used in emergency planning is KISS, and plain language helps keep things simple.


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Promote functionality is available for registered members only in order to make sure that your popularity is a reflection of other community members' opinion about your work and actions. Each promote adds one point to your overall popularity.
A few things can be promoted for now. First of all, it is all photos that you add to your profile. You are limited to 10 images on any of your profile types. This is done in order to assure the quickest preview of any given candidate for a project, so you should only put your best images there.
Create Projects! Projects are a great way to increase your popularity. Once you upload photos to any finished project all these images can be promoted too. Since you must have at least one member confirmed for your project each promote will give a popularity point to all confirmed photo shoot participants.
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The Romances for violin and piano by Schumann, initially written for oboe and piano were a Christmas gift to his wife Clara.
The Beethoven violin Concerto is contemporaneous with the third and fourth symphonies. The final rondo theme was composed by the first performer: Franz Clement.


LEESBURG, Fla. — Caroline Schoenbucher (Barrington, N.H.) went 3-for-3 with four runs batted in to lead a 16-hit parade as the University of New England cruised to a 13-2 (5 inning) win over Becker College on Sunday evening (Mar. 12) at the Dot Richardson Spring Games hosted by the U.S. National Training Center.
Three others supported with two hit apiece for the Nor'easters (1-2) — Sydney Helmbrecht (Grand Rapids, Minn.), Samantha Dreissig (Linden, N.J.), and Alison Kuechler (Fairhaven, Mass.). Anna Sessa (Tewksbury, Mass.) added a two-RBI triple, and, after Schoenbucher's three runs scored, Helmbrecht and Avery Alberghini (Middlesex, Vt.) each crossed the plate twice. Helmbrecht and Alberghini both also stole a pair of bases.
Andrea Gosper (Wyoming, R.I.), Kelsey Mansfield (Brookeline, N.H.), and Gabby Harrison (Kennebunk, Maine) all chipped in with a hit, an RBI, and a run scored.
Sydnee Bessler (Everett, Mass.) fanned six through three innings to get the decision for UNE in the circle. Bailey Tremblay (Saco, Maine) worked two scoreless innings to the finish with a couple strikeouts.
Gosper put the Nor'easters on the board first, but the Hawks (0-2) tallied two runs in the bottom of the 1st with three singles around a groundout.
In the 3rd, one swing by Schoenbucher got the advantage back (3-2), and the margin was two before a seven-spot in the 4th blew things open. UNE sent 12 batters to the dish in the frame.
Rebecca Carkhuff had two hits for Becker. Samantha Belenchia was charged with the loss.


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Establishing Internet Technology Clubs (ITC's) in areas untouched by the advent of globalization, the ministry has given both the young and old the chance to explore, expand, and dream.
To any stranger it is a seemingly modern and bustling street, suffocated by buildings, billboards, and an endless stream of traffic. A likely place for an internet café or city cyber hub.
For years, though, Al-Galaa Street in Cairo's downtown area has been no such place. Catering mainly to the residents of the older, poorer, neighborhood of Boulac, an Internet center would have been a badly calculated business choice.
Until earlier this year, that is, when MCIT came in and transformed the hopes of many, both young and old, into a reality. Introducing Internet access and training for just LE1 (USD 0.25) per hour – ten times less than average city rates - the ministry opened a gateway for neighborhood residents through local Internet Technology Clubs (ITC's).
Part of its effort to raise IT awareness and create a national information society, ITC training ranges from learning basic keyboarding skills, to web design, and software training in applications such as Photoshop, Front Page, and Excel. Users can also study independently by taking advantage of each club's English and Arabic software library.
It is opening their lives up to the world, and the change is felt.
On a typical Monday morning, the center is buzzing; with chatter, enthusiasm, and the steady background drone of 15 computers.
"This is great," he says, pointing enthusiastically to arabia.com's Arabic domain name registration option.
Ahmed Iskandar is fifteen. He started coming to the center several months ago, and now he wants to start his own business, he says. On-line, of course.
He still isn't sure. He does know, however, that it definitely has to be on-line. The Internet, he says seriously through his deep brown eyes, has changed his life.
He is not the only one who now looks at the world in a different light. And he is certainly not the only one who is acquiring skills and information, knowledge and ideas.
The Red Crescent Society Center at Galaa Street is one of 220 established, and 300 planned, ITC's, representing partnerships between MCIT and the private sector.
ITC's are hosted on premises of already-existing clubs and centers, many of which play educational roles in themselves. MCIT requirements stipulate at least 50sq. meters of space, complete with restrooms, air conditioning, lighting, and a safe, modern, electrical foundation [which MCIT inspects.] The ministry provides the necessary hardware, software, leased internet lines, a network (LAN), and server, drawing on local business and ISP's for their goods and services.
Youngsters like Ahmed, and his friend, Shahir - who works with his father at his Boulac car-repair workshop – are being given the opportunity to dream.
Being a trainer is separate, of course, from his e-business plans.
Ahmed, in short, plans to be busy and successful. Quite a change in attitude, he hesitates.
His father's fresh juice store, he elaborates.
"I still go there, but I'm going to make enough money so that he won't have to work anymore. And then I'm going to travel around the world," he adds.
To many, his words represent the youthful dreams of a teenager; the type that one looks back at ten, fifteen, years down the line and smiles at. In nostalgia for the naivety and hope. In the case of these youngsters, however, it is very different. For them, it is the reflection of their first tangible taste of opportunity. It is literally, the realization of a dream and desire which they never thought would be theirs.


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Q: How do I open a GAE account on behalf of my company? We are planning to build an app on GAE that is going to be public-
facing.  Initially I thought of creating a special email ID like "gae-
dev@mycompany.com", sign up for GAE using that and develop/deploy apps on that account.
However, when I was trying to sign up for an account using this
special company email ID, I realized that I won't be able to provide
certain info such as date of birth.  I could have provided a bogus DOB
etc, however, the whole approach sounded hacky.
So, what is the official way for my company to get a GAE account?
I looked at GAE for small business.  This option seems suitable only for internal apps.
(note that the new apps is an external facing web site...  NOT an internal app
that only people with the company email ID can access)
Thanks in adv!

A: http://code.google.com/appengine/business/

A: Sign up for App Engine with your work email, and have anyone else at the company that needs to do App Engine development do likewise. Then, add anyone who needs to be a developer as an administrator to each app they need it on. There's really no need to have a 'role account'.

A: Does your company use Google Apps to handle email?
If so, you'd want to use this link to sign up for App Engine:
http://www.appspot.com/a/


Thanks to some clever techy people, My message from Saturday's Word and Worship event is now up on the Kerith website if you want to take a listen. You'll find it under "Home" , then "media".
It's great to have started a conversation between us women about the power of our words. Words can either break or make our relationships and friendships with each other. Words break relationships when we criticise, gossip and speak unkindly to other women. But words can also make relationships (bringing life, love and hope) when we choose them carefully and use them kindly.
Heather's continuing some thoughts about criticism and critical words on her blog - take a look!
Thank you to all you lovely women who came out to Word and Worship on Saturday night!
It was so lovely to meet so many different women - and to chat, laugh, eat, drink, worship, pray and share truth together. What a privilege to meet together like that - time for each other and time for us and God.
Thanks so much to Lisa and the "Simply" team for organising the evening so brilliantly. Thanks too to the technical team and Eileen and the singers and band - wow it was wonderful to spend time worshipping the Lord together. Thanks too to all the willing helpers on the evening, the lovely smiley ladies who were there to help - I really appreciate you!
The truth is that the Holy Spirit will use all of us to speak God's love to others -it's in a smile, a word, a hug, a prayer - in a generous cup of coffee, a luxurious hot chocolate and a guiding car-parker!
I'm really looking forward to bringing the message at Word and Worship on Saturday night. It's a challenge of course in the run up to speaking, to use my time well so that I hear from God what's on His heart for the women. I love this verse in the Bible (it's 2 Thessalonians 1:11 in the Message paraphrase, and so says it how it is!)"Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray for you all the time—pray that our God will make you fit for what he's called you to be, pray that he'll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something. If your life honours the name of Jesus, he will honour you. Grace is behind and through all of this, our God giving himself freely, the Master, Jesus Christ, giving himself freely."
As I said on Sunday, I'll be giving up my Saturday night "Strictly Come Dancing" fix, to be at Simply Word and Worship at Kerith! Ladies it's 7-30-9-30pm, £2.50 on the door. We have no idea of expected numbers, which makes catering pretty exciting :) but we're hoping for a great evening together with many women of all ages.
We've planned the programme to give space for God and space for us. Space to spend time worshipping. Space to chat to one another. Space to pray and be prayed for. Space to listen without interruptions!
The evening starts with delicious cakes and drinks of coffee, tea and luxurious hot chocolate at 7.30. We've then got half an hour before the worship starts. Take the time to chat with friends; browse the bookshop; and take a look at the Information table, where you can find out more about Activate, Exposition, Fourteen ,Serenje Penpals and Hope For Justice.
I don't know what I'll face today - I'm working, it's raining, it's my turn to do playground duty :) Whatever we need for today, spiritually, emotionally, mentally, physically - it's God who will give us the strength to face it. He is Immanuel, God with us.
Thank God that He cares, that He loves, that He speaks, that He equips.
It reminds me of something Ben Oliver said in the sermon on Sunday "This Christmas, God can speak to us wherever and whenever He likes".
What's God saying to you?
I'm excited to announce that we have a Guest Blogger today! Following on from her preach at the 11am meeting last Sunday, here's a great article by Kerith's Worship Pastor Helen Cottee.
Evangelist J John "We're not prepared so we're not intentional about it but part of bridge-building is to tell a bit of your story and a bit of His story.
I challenged each of us to have a conversation with God this week, to think it through – what are the key points of your story?
Looking at Paul's testimony in Acts 26:9-23, he talked about What he was like before; What it meant to meet Jesus; and What it's meant for him since.
Author and evangelist, Tim Keller reminds us that we're not looking to have a debate or to get the whole gospel into one conversation (although we might!). Instead, keep it simple!
Telling Your Story helps others find salvation in Jesus.
It's God who saves, but we can play our part in telling our stories - giving God the glory for what He has done and is doing in our lives. Remember the story of the woman at the well, who had a conversation with Jesus?
Telling your story blesses you - it's part of what of helps us to overcome the devil.
Last Sunday we marked Remembrance Sunday and celebrated Baptisms in a 3:30 Sunday. With Helen Cottee preaching at the 11am meeting; and Ben Pocock preaching at the 7pm, it was a huge privilege for me to preach at the 9am Kerith meeting. You can listen to the day's preaches again, or for the first time here.
Over the next few days, I'd like to post some of the thoughts and Bible verses that I talked about. I pray that they are an encouragement to you to Tell Your Story.
It's what makes the life changing message of the crosspersonal to us.
How often do we think something nice, but don't actually say it?
Yesterday I had a short text from a friend. She said she liked the new picture of me and Simon on my blog.
That's it - and you know what, just her thinking of me, made me feel good! Kindness is like that.
Simon's been encouraging us to be a community of kindness.
God has poured His kindness into us - our natural response is is to be kind.
Lord, help me to be fully present right now. To hear Your voice in my busy-ness. To take each moment. To encourage and show love and kindness to others. To take people up in their lifts today. Amen.
Simon talked about Kindness.We are recipients of so much kindness from God, that it must pour out of us towards others. This effects how we use Social media - what we say and how we say it. Asking ourselves "Is this comment going to take someone "up in their lift"?"
What do you enjoy about Facebook? Who do you follow on Twitter? Were you inspired to start writing a blog; or create some music or a short film and put it on YouTube? Do you have your own personal guidelines for healthy, positive use of Social media in your daily life?
 My friend Bev Landreth-Smith from The Beacon Church Camberley, is hosting the Inspire Ladies day on Saturday November 12th 2011. The day commences at 10am (9:30 for coffee) and will finish at 3:30pm. Cost is £18 (including lunch) and you can book online. A great opportunity for us, as it's so local! I went along last year and had a great day! It's just around the corner (time and distance wise!).Squeezed between a fireworks party and preaching on the Sunday at Kerith (please come along and smile at me!), I'm planning to go along again this year, so why not come along too?
Simply Word and Worship Saturday 26th November at 7.30.
It's getting colder...and the Christmas decorations are already up in Tesco's...women, we need an evening out together!
It will be an evening for us to spend time together as women, with a Bible message, worshipping, talking and praying. Tickets are £2.50 and will be available on the door. Put the date in your diary and plan to come along and bring a friend for a relaxing, friendly, and inspiring evening together.