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James 2: Love, Grace, Faith, Works
Posted on September 12, 2021 by johnaroop
O Lord, we pray that your grace may always precede and follow after us, that we may continually be given to good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES — right at twenty if you're looking at your watch — we will stand together and affirm our faith in the words of the Nicene Creed. "We believe," we'll say, or perhaps "I believe," and then we will enumerate the non-negotiable essentials of our faith as we have received it from the Fathers of the Church: not everything that can be said, but certainly that which must be said to avoid ancient heresies and their modern incarnations.
Πιστεύομεν — we believe — the Greek Fathers said; Credo — I believe — the Latin Fathers said. "Believe," we all say in whatever languages we speak. But, what did that mean in the fourth century when the Creed was formulated, and what does that mean in the twenty-first century as we stand and proclaim it: what does it mean to believe? Do we mean that corporately, "we," and individually, "I," have examined the evidence for each of the tenets in the Creed and are convinced that each is logically rigorous, historically accurate, verifiably factual? Probably not, though that would be a very good thing to do. Do we mean that we find the ancient witnesses credible and compelling and that we are certain — based not least on the quality of their lives and the example of their deaths — that their deposit of faith in the Creed is trustworthy? Probably so. Do we mean — as some accuse us — that in spite of a total lack of evidence we cling tenaciously to this story not based on knowledge but upon a blind leap of faith? Certainly not. Our belief is not less than rational, but more than rational, not irrational, but supra-rational; it incorporates the highest reason of which humans are capable and then transcends it in a relationship with the Divine.
So, when we say "we believe," we are giving more than an affirmation of our mental assent to a set of ancient theological doctrines. Yes, we believe — I would go so far as to say we know — that the Creed is objectively true, but "we believe" means far more than that. "We believe" means not just that we have a capacity for faith, but that we have faith in, that we are pledging our allegiance to, God — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — who is the subject of the Creed; it means that we will be faithful to him. "We believe" means that we accept this story as the story, as the only story that tells the truth about, and that makes sense of, creation, and that we willingly take our place in that story. "We believe" means that we look to this God and this story as the only source of our salvation. Belief, faith/faithfulness, and salvation: these go together: "For by grace you have been saved through faith" (Eph 2:8a).
We must be clear about this relationship among belief, faith, and salvation, clear about the meaning of each. When Scripture speaks of salvation, it means far more — not less, but far more — than merely eternal destiny and spiritual geography — everlasting heaven or hell — as important as that is. Salvation also means freedom in this moment from all the ways hell manifests here and now in human life: freedom from captivity to demonic spiritual powers; freedom from slavery to sin; freedom from fear of death and from death itself; freedom from bondage to the passions; freedom from alienation from oneself, from one's neighbors, from God; freedom from nihilism and despair; freedom from a meaningless, non-storied existence; freedom from a flattened out, materialistic world. Salvation means freedom from. But, salvation also means freedom to engage in this moment with all the opportunities and blessings heaven offers in human life: to live fully and confidently; to develop and exercise the virtues of righteousness; to reconcile with God and man and to turn outward away from the prison of the self; to find and embrace the deep meaning of existence told in the great story of Scripture; to live in the realm of things seen and unseen, to be surrounded by and in communion with angels and archangels and all the company of heaven, to take our place in the communion of saints. In the fullest sense, salvation means both freedom from and freedom to; salvation is both a present reality and an eternal destiny.
When I was younger, it wasn't unusual to be asked this question by street evangelists or by those who knocked on your door on Sunday afternoon, tracts in hand: Brother, are you saved? If you pressed them a bit on what they meant, they might come back with another question: Well, if you were to die tonight, do you know where you'd spend eternity? These were good, sincere folk, and I don't mean to disparage them. But, their notion of salvation was too small. Repent of your sin, accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior — whatever that means — say some form of The Sinner's Prayer, and you are saved; your place in heaven when you die is guaranteed. Really? That's all there is to it? I understand why James presents a challenge to that way of understanding faith and salvation.
James 2:14–17 (ESV): 14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith — dare I say, what good is it if someone says he believes and has said The Sinner's Prayer — but does not have works? Can that faith save him? For James, the question he poses is a rhetorical nonsense question on the order of How many corners does a circle have? or What color is yesterday? For James, salvation is both freedom from and freedom to, both an eternal destiny and life in the kingdom here and now. To reduce it to less than that is to miss the point. For James, true faith, saving faith, living faith always manifests in the present, in the works that salvation frees us to do. There is no space between James and Paul on this, though some, including Martin Luther, have supposed so. Listen to Paul to the Ephesians:
Ephesians 2:8–10 (ESV): 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Yes, yes, yes: let me say loudly and clearly with Paul; we are saved by grace through faith and human works play no part in obligating God to save us. But, we are saved for good works which God has prepared for us to do. That is salvation as freedom from and freedom to, just as James presents it. And if those good works for which we were saved are missing, there is something seriously amiss. James says that such faith is dead.
I know that in our Protestant milieu we are nervous speaking of works. But, Jesus wasn't a Protestant, and he was not hesitant to speak of works. Hear him from Matthew's Sermon on the Mount:
Matthew 7:15–21 (ESV): 15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. 18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.
21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
And in a parallel account from Luke:
46 "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you? 47 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. 49 But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
Last week, Fr. Jack beautifully presented James as New Testament wisdom literature. So is the Sermon on the Mount. In both James' epistle and Jesus' sermon, the way of wisdom, the way of true faith and salvation, lies not just in hearing the word, nor even in just believing what is heard, but in hearing and doing. James asks the rhetorical questions: "What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?" Jesus asks: "Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?" They are the same questions.
What is the most fundamental work through which faith expresses itself? Simply this, according to James:
James 2:8–9 (ESV): 8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. 9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
There it is; that is the work that proclaims our living faith and our salvation: you shall love your neighbor as yourself. That sounds familiar, doesn't it? As we will proclaim our faith in just a few minutes, we also proclaimed our work — our vocation — just a few minutes past:
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets (Mt 22:37-40T).
What does love for neighbor look like? James doesn't tell us directly; he tells us instead by the way of negation. Here's what love of neighbor doesn't look like.
James 2:2–4 (ESV): 2 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, 3 and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place," while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet," 4 have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
What a vivid picture James paints with just a few words: so many problems in such a short description. First, there is the man with the gold ring and the fine clothes who walks into — swaggers into? — the assembly. The word James uses for "assembly" is συναγωγὴν, synagogue, and it is a wonderfully ambiguous word. It might mean a place of study, prayer, and worship — a Christian assembly. It might mean the community center. It might mean a place of judgment, a people's court; James hints at this a bit. And in walks the man with the gold ring and the fine clothes. The man himself is not criticized by James, but I wonder about his motivation. I can't help thinking of the singer Jim Croce and his hit — yes, this will date me — Bad, Bad Leroy Brown:
Now Leroy he's a gambler
And he likes his fancy clothes
And he likes to wave his diamond rings
In front of everybody's nose
Maybe the man is not like that at all; maybe he is just oblivious to his fashion choices, which is another problem in itself.
Another man walks into the assembly, poor and in shabby clothes. Just as James didn't critique the rich man, he doesn't praise the poor man either. In a literary sense, both these men are just props, just a backdrop for the real drama. The presence of each, and the difference between them, provoke a response. The assembly pays deferential attention to the rich man — "You sit here in a good place." — and shames the poor man: "You stand over there," or "Sit down at my feet." And there is the problem: not necessarily the presence of rich and poor together, not even the fact that there are poor in the assembly, but partiality. Instead of loving the poor neighbor, the assembly dishonors the poor neighbor. That is the opposite of the royal law.
Now, hear James again:
Showing partiality to the rich, ignoring the needs of the poor, standing in judgment as if the royal law does not apply to you: these things put to lie one's claim of faith in the Lord Jesus. While claiming faith, such a one has become again a transgressors of the law — of the full law. There is no fullness of salvation in that kind of faith, because the one who holds it has not yet been set free to do the works of faith that God has prepared beforehand that he should walk in them.
Do you know who holds that kind of faith, the kind of faith that believes the truth of every doctrine about Jesus Christ — the kind of faith that knows the Creed to be absolutely true — but who translates none of that belief into saving faith? The demons. Read the Gospels. The demons were the only ones who consistently recognized Jesus as the Christ and who fell down before him. James says as much:
James 2:18–20 (ESV): 18 But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
James contrasts that foolishness with the wisdom of Abraham who, in faith, offered up his son Isaac on the altar. James contrasts that foolishness with the wisdom of Rahab the prostitute who, in faith, hid the spies in Jericho and led them out to safety. In this righteous old man and in this less than righteous young woman, faith was active along with their works, and faith was completed by their works. That's the heart of James' understanding of faith and works: the conviction that faith and works, works and faith, go together and cannot be separated in our salvation. Saving faith produces works which complete the faith that saves us. God's grace — God's prevenient grace — goes before all, giving birth to faith within us. And that faith, if it is living and active, flows outward into good works to the glory of God and the welfare of his people — good works that flow back to further strengthen and enliven the faith that produced them — a synergy of salvation.
If you want to see all this, follow the order of the liturgy; it gives us a wonderful theological roadmap through this mystery of faith and works and salvation. We hear the Great Commandment and the Royal Law, and we ask God to write them on our hearts. We proclaim our faith — our faithfulness — in the words of the Nicene Creed. We feast on the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ only by the grace of God. And then, having done all of this — having committed to love, having proclaimed faith, having experienced grace — then we pray:
And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord.
Love, faith, grace, work: this is our salvation, in this age and in the age to come. Amen.
About johnaroop
I am a husband, father, retired teacher, lover of books and music and coffee and, as of 17 May 2015, by the grace of God and the will of his Church, an Anglican priest in the Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Diocese of the South. I serve as assisting priest at Apostles Anglican Church in Knoxville, TN, and as Canon Theologian for the Anglican Diocese of the South.
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While it is understandable to do it this way because the functions' scopes are different, it seems a bit superfluous and against the general rule of don't repeat yourself to have to repeatedly define the same variable var processed_query = process_function(req.query); for the exact same req. Is there a (better) way of doing it just once?

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Our partnership with CBT will benefit all of us. So, whether it is our National Bird, the Doctor Bird, or the the wild parakeets, the scarlet- headed woodpecker, or the winter birds which fly south as nest here, come to Neita's Nest for the birdwatching, and stay with us for the early-morning bird songs.


States should transfer their social security payments for the unemployed to companies, so that they can employ the unemployed and maintain skills - even if this would breach trade laws - according to Ton Wilthagen, one of the pioneers in the 1990s of 'flexicurity', a concept that combines job flexibility with security.
To reduce youth unemployment, training and education might not be enough, turning young people into entrepreneurs is the solution, Peter Matjaši?, president of the European Youth Forum, told EURACTIV in an interview.
The path to sustainable growth is complex, complicated and any measure proposed will have an uncertain outcome, but this is a time for responsible action not panic, said newly elected Amcham president, Hendrik Bourgeois, in an interview with EURACTIV on the eve of the EU-US summit.
Greece's economy can only be revived when the crisis is recognised as one affecting Europe as a whole, says the board chairman of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).
As the economic crisis lengthens and many industrial sectors restructure, private employment agencies are uniquely well positioned to help young people and redundant workers to find jobs in the new economy, argue Elmar Wiederin and Dennis Pennel.
Sweden's prime minister suggested recently that in future citizens might have to work until 75 before receiving pensions. Fears are widespread about the knock-on effects of the sharply ageing demographic in Europe. Leading demographer Andreas Edel argues that Europeans need to look on the bright side of a longer life.
This week offers us an opportunity to look back at the significant achievements that have been made in opening up Europe's markets. There is no doubt that it has provided new opportunities to businesses and consumers, who can take advantage of a market place that boasts over 500 million consumers, writes Malcolm Harbour.
The Common Agricultural Policy's reform needs to be decoupled from strict, technical standards that will be unappealing to younger generations if we are to have a sustainable farm policy, writes Staffan Nilsson.
Europe runs the risk of being left behind by its global competitors because of the shortage of engineers and scientists leads to lower productivity and a loss of domestic and international trade. That's one of the key messages given on Wednesday to delegates at the European Business Summit.
As the European Commission is about to present proposals to strengthen the "social dimension of the economic and monetary union", a new poll shows that up to 60% of Europeans believe there are better ways of solving the economic crisis than austerity.
For decades, elections to the European Parliament have been dismissed as secondary affairs, with turnout declining at every ballot since direct polling began in 1979.
The European Commission yesterday (2 August) welcomed Greek moves to bring about structural reforms in its economy.
The informal summit for growth tonight [24 May] has been widely touted as a showdown between the 'austerity' policies advocated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and the 'growth agenda' of newly elected French President François Hollande. EURACTIV's network reports.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is opposing economic stimulus policies that rely on new debt, amid calls to relax austerity measures from centre-left opponents in Germany and some European leaders.
Most European employers (86%) cut or froze their investments in training last year despite ongoing skills shortages and must take urgent remedial action, business and political leaders converging in Brussels for the 2012 European Business Summit will hear today.
Skills and growth topped the agenda of this year's European Business Summit, which took place in Brussels on 26 April. This year's conference was attended by Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, Belgian premier Elio Di Rupo, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, with more than 1,000 European business leaders and policymakers.
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy may call EU heads of state and government together to discuss growth initiatives before June, he told delegates at the European Business Summit in Brussels yesterday (26 April), which focused on skills and growth.
The European Commission's language learning schemes are set for a multi-million-euro funding boost under the upcoming 'Erasmus for All' programme due to be unveiled today (23 November).
As modest growth figures fail to dim fears of recession and employment data do not restore confidence in a recovery, experts flag a 'worrying' crisis outcome if structural reforms are not taken promptly to adapt the workforce to new business needs.
Scientists developing robots to care for the elderly shadowed members of the European Parliament this week in a skills-exchange scheme designed to provide practical links between policy and science.
Convinced that economic growth patterns of the past will not be viable in the future, the European Commission has started a crucial dialogue with stakeholders to ensure that social enterprises are given the means and the recognition to grow, as it is fully aware that policies alone are not enough.
To reduce youth unemployment, training and education might not be enough, Peter Matjaši?, president of the European Youth Forum, told EURACTIV in an interview. Turning young people into entrepreneurs could be the solution, he said.
Opportunities for new 'flexicurity' policies combining job security with flexible working arrangements are limited at the European level by sharp differences between member states over social issues.
Matteo Renzi promised to "revolutionise" Italy. In the wake of his victory in the European elections, he is expected to announce reforms in Italy's public administration on Friday, 13 June.
In its latest macro-economic survey, the European Commission again pointed the finger at Germany's high export surplus. Serious imbalances were also detected in Italy and France, EURACTIV.de reports.
Taylor Reynolds, senior economist for the information economy at the OECD directorate for science, technology and industry, looks at the latest trends in the Internet economy, and discusses the impact of greater adoption of information and communication technologies on economic growth.
Mr. Reynolds visited the Lisbon Council, a Brussels-based think tank, on the eve of the launch of OECD Internet Economy Outlook 2012, where he joined a High-Level Roundtable on Economics of the Internet.
Gender equality – Is a quota system the best approach?
In its 'Strategy for equality between women and men 2010-2015', the European Commission committed itself to supporting the promotion of gender equality in the implementation of all aspects and flagship initiatives of the Europe 2020 strategy, and also to promoting female entrepreneurship and self-employment.
In 2012, the discussion focused intensively on gender balance in the boards of companies, with the aim to reduce the barriers for women to access board positions and to improve corporate governance and company performance.
Former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing has called on EU leaders to put forward a vision for Europe to inspire citizens, boost confidence and develop a shared sense of belonging.


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Don: Nigeria needs harmonised laws to derive merger benefits
By Damian Duruiheoma, Enugu On Dec 14, 2021
•Vice-Chancellor of UNN, Prof. Charles Igwe, flanked by DVC administration, Prof. Pat Okpoko and Prof Nwosu at the event.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Prof. Edith Nwosu, has said harmonised laws on mergers and acquisitions will enable companies to enjoy the benefits of quasi-corporate marriages.
Nwosu, a Corporate Law don, also advocated for comprehensive legislation on mergers, adding that such should accommodate the role of the Federal High Court in determining compliance with enforcing appraisal rights and sanctioning schemes of mergers.
She spoke while delivering the 172nd inaugural lecture of the University of Nigeria with the theme: 'Gridlock and good luck in quasi -corporate marriages in Nigeria.'
The don maintained that quasi-corporate marriages should be encouraged in order to bail out the economy from the current grip of the global economic recession.
According to her, quasi-corporate marriages should be encouraged particularly now that the government neither has sufficient money for infrastructure nor enough to bail out ailing companies.
She added that business combinations in the form of mergers and acquisitions should be encouraged as a way of surviving the economic recession witnessed globally and which had been heightened by the COVI-19 pandemic.
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"But, for us to derive the benefits of mergers and acquisitions, it is important that our laws are harmonised.
"I advocate for comprehensive legislation that will not just address the anti-competitive features of certain mergers and acquisitions, but one that would address the appraisal rights of shareholders. That is, for dissenting shareholders who do not want to go on with the merger activities.
"They should be able to seek the court's intervention in getting their shares bought out by the emerging entity in fair terms.
"I think whatever legislation that we have in place particularly with the enactment of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act, which addresses only the competition aspect of the mergers and acquisitions without stating how the companies can go to court and apply to a court for court-ordered meetings and make room for the court to sanction the scheme.
"I believe by the time the court is given the opportunity to sanction the scheme, it will have to review the major transactions to ensure that relevant statutory positions have been complied with. And that's the interest of the stakeholders, in this case, the shareholders, are adequately provided for".
Nwosu added that the current legal and regulatory framework for mergers and acquisitions would benefit if the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) was amended to accommodate the role of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) in reviewing proposed merger transactions to ensure compliance with competition requirement, as seen under section 95 of the Petroleum Industry Act.
The procedure for consummating a merger, she continued, should be made less cumbersome by reducing the number of regulatory agencies involved in the process, or in the alternative, such agencies should maintain a desk FCCPC to save intending companies the burden of crisscrossing as was done under the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) Act, where NIPC has become a one-stop-shop.
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Do We Really Need a Tourbillon from Baume & Mercier? Pondering the Question of the Clifton 1892 Flying Tourbillon
Roberta Naas / February 13, 2014
The stunning new Clifton 1892 Tourbillon from Baume & Mercier, on a gent's wrist.
We all know Baume & Mercier as a solid Swiss watch brand – built around the keen premise of quality, affordability and timepieces that reflect heritage while looking to today and tomorrow. Time and again, this brand has brought us tried-and-true products with useful functions and elegant looks in the Clifton, Hampton, Classima and Capeland collections. So, then, why at the recent SIHH2014, did Baume & Mercier feel the need to unveil the Clifton 1892 Flying Tourbillon? Do we really need a tourbillon from a brand who's mainstay pricing is in the under $8,000 retail range?
The watch is being created in a limited edition of 30 pieces.
According to Alain Zimmermann, CEO of the brand globally, the concept was all about demonstrating the brand's scope as a watchmaker. "We wanted to show our watchmaking breadth," he explains. "By doing a concept watch such as this piece, which will be made in a limited edition of 30, enables us to demonstrate our abilities in haute horlogerie."
Yes, it does that. The Clifton 1892 is a beautiful piece of art, technical prowess and watchmaking skill. It takes Baume & Mercier outside of its comfort zone in several ways: it will retail for approximately $59,000 – well over anything the brand has released before (but still an amazing price for a tourbillon!); it is an extremely limited production in that only 30 pieces will ever be made.
Today's Clifton Tourbillon is based on an 1892 model that held an accuracy record for 10 years.
Where it doesn't take the brand out of its comfort zone is evident. To begin with, in typical Baume & Mercier style, the watch is based on the company's heritage- -drawing inspiration directly from an archival keyless winding pocket watch from 1892 that was regulated by a tourbillon escapement. That stunning pocket watch, with an exclusive hand-wound caliber, was presented to the 1892 Kew Observatory, where it won a score of 91.9 percent accuracy. It remained the most accurate watch of its time for 10 years. In addition to recalling Baume & Mercier's storied horological past, the watch also employs many of the brand's current signature quality details that define it as an accessible luxury brand. Among those details: "cheve"- shaped crystal; comfortably curved lugs; opaline silver-colored dial.
The detailing and finishing of the Clifton 1892 Flying Tourbillon is top-notch.
As to the rundown on the 45.5mm watch: it is crafted in 18-karat 5N rose gold and is driven by an exclusive mechanical hand-wound mechanical caliber Val Fleurier P591 with flying tourbillon. It features a winding ratchet wheel inspired by those on traditional pocket watches, is finished with the «Côtes de Genève» decorations on the bridges, and beading on the main plate, and is entirely assembled by the same watchmaker. The watch, with 50 hours of power reserve, features a sapphire caseback for viewing the exceptionally finished movement. The aperture on the dial at 9:00 offers an unobstructed view of the one-minute flying tourbillon carriage.
So, in the end, the watch does exactly what Baume & Mercier execs wanted to do: demonstrates that this 7th oldest watch manufacture (founded in 1830) still in operation has the expertise to build truly complicated watches according to its heritage. Others have done this before – gone outside their comfort zone to prove something, reached higher than they needed to just to make a statement. So
Even the packaging of the $59,000 watch is vintage inspired.
we wonder why everyone is making such a fuss about how Baume & Mercier reached higher to make a point – a valid point – about its lineage and abilities. Do we need the Clifton 1892 Flying Tourbillon? No, we do not. But we love it, and we congratulate the brand on making the high-watchmaking statement to wow the world. If I had the money, I'd be right in on one of the 30.
But, for those – like me—who may not have the nearly $60k to plunk down, you can experience that watchmaking savoir faire in other great new Baume & Mercier pieces, such as the newest, more attainable Clifton Chronograph models from Baume & Mercier reviewed here.
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You pray for God's help, give Him your problems, but you take them back and worry about them again. This habit indicates a lack of faith in God's promise and ability to take care of you.
As we continue our life's journey, trials are always on the horizon that cause us to hesitate or stumble. So many things face us that it is easy to get distracted and pulled off course.
Things happen and as a Believer we are to bring our difficulties and problems large or small to God in prayer, believe we will receive a resolution, and wait for His response. The problem occurs when we give God our difficulties and then take them back as though God is incapable of responding or unable to deal with our request. In other words, we are the "Indian Givers". We give God the problem and then take it back, try to come up with an answer, and worry about it in the interim.
Is it that we do not feel God is able or that He is too busy to address our problems. I know I have done this many times. In fact, I was a worrier stuck in the habit of worrying over the difficulties I encountered. "Casting my care upon Him…"[God] (1 Peter 5:7, KJV) and taking them back and worrying over them without realizing that this was addictive behavior that was detrimental to my health.
As I mature in my walk with God, it is easier for me to understand how destructive being an "Indian Giver" is to me spiritually, mentally, and physically. How can I acknowledge a faith in God if I do not believe He is more than capable of resolving any problem that I may have? After I have done what I can do, I leave my cares in His hands. The important and the hardest part is leaving the problem there and going on with my life and above all stop worrying? Worrying was really having a detrimental effect on my life. I read Matthew 6:25-34 frequently. In fact, I wrote these verses from Matthew on a 3×5 card and read them every day.
It has taken a long time to break this bad habit and place my faith in God to the point that I am not an "Indian Giver." It is really hard on occasion and I lapse, but quickly I am reminded by the Holy Spirit that the problem is no longer mine. I have given it away to Him who can do something about solving it—God.
3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?


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An industry executive says that India will ramp up its medical oxygen capacity to 15,000 tonnes in preparation for a third wave.
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India reports a world record of 412,262 new cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 21 million. The country also reports a record 3,980 deaths from COVID-19, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 230,168.
Romania reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India in a person from Brașov County.
Italy bans anyone who had travelled to India within the past 14 days from entering the country in order to reduce the spread of the Lineage B.1.617 variant.
Quebec reports its first eight cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India.
India reports a record 234,692 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 14.52 million.
Cambodia reports their first three cases of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the United Kingdom in 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman from India and a 23-year-old woman who travelled from China.
India reports six cases of a more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2 in individuals who travelled from the United Kingdom and are now in isolation.
India reports 19,556 cases of COVID-19, the lowest in the country since July 3.
Fiji reports its first death from COVID-19. Health minister Ifereimi Waqainabete reported it as a 66-year-old man who had been repatriated from India where he had been receiving treatment. The man apparently contracted it while in India.
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Willard McCarty is Professor of Humanities Computing, King's College London, and Professor, School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney. From 2005-2008 he was Visiting Professor, University of Sofia, Bulgaria. He took his PhD in Seventeenth-Century English Literature at the University of Toronto in 1984. Currently he is Editor of the British journal,
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (2008-), founding Editor of the online seminar Humanist (1987-) and founding Convenor of the London Seminar in Digital Text and Scholarship (2006-). In 2005 he received the Award for Outstanding Achievement, Computing in the Arts and Humanities, Consortium for Computers in the Humanities/ Consortium pour ordinateurs en sciences humaines, Canada, and in 2006 the Richard W. Lyman Award from the U.S. National Humanities Center and the Rockefeller Foundation for contributions to humanistic scholarship and teaching through the innovative use of information technology. He is editor of Text and Genre in Reconstruction (2010), author of the first comprehensive theoretical treatment of his field, Humanities Computing (2005) and is currently writing a history of literary computing, 1949-1991. He has lectured widely in Europe, North America and Australia. More is available from staff.cch.kcl.ac.uk/~wmccarty/.


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St. Louis City Firefighter Pissed the 'Respectable' Black Men He Knows Would Never Call Him a Terrorist, Unlike Don Lemon
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A St. Louis City fireman is under investigation after using the n-word in a Facebook post.
According to station KSDK, firefighter Dennis Beckman reportedly used the slur in response to a St. Louis TV station's Facebook post about CNN anchor Don Lemon's comments calling white men the "biggest terror threat" to America.
Firefighter Dennis Beckman has reportedly been placed on leave after posting a racial slur on Facebook. (KSDK / video screenshot)
"Sounds like something an n-word would say … not a respectable black man," Beckman wrote. "I work with plenty of black men that I trust with my life, on a daily basis, and I doubt that this would come out of their mouths."
The St. Louis Fire Department said it first learned of the offensive post last week after the Ethical Society of Police brought Beckman's comments to the department's attention. The fire chief has since launched an investigation and a spokesman said "disciplinary proceedings" are underway.
It's unclear whether Beckman has been placed on leave, however.
The city of St. Louis has a social media policy for in place for employees, which explicitly prohibits workers from posting content "that disparages a person or group of persons based on that person's or group's race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, disability, or age (over 40)."
Rev. Darryl Gray, the community liaison for the Ethical Society of Police, called the fireman's comment's "unacceptable"
"If you feel it keep it to yourself," Gray told KSDK. But once you say it, once you act out on it there will be consequences. I think the use of the word n—-r is enough … regardless of what he said after that."
After multiple calls to the city's public safety director, the group said it was told Beckman was reprimanded and placed on some sort of leave, according to the station. A department spokesman wouldn't confirm or deny any disciplinary action taken against the firefighter.
The incident comes a year after a St. Louis police officer was accused of posting a meme referring to Black Lives Matter demonstrators as "The Klan with a tan."
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You can set the privilege levels of players by editing /settings/gobalprivileges.txt. This will effect all servers run on this machine. Additionally, you can edit /savegames/(save_game_name)/privileges to have a privileges list for that specific game mode. If a player has a higher privilege level in either file, they will be set to that level.
When you log in to the Voxel Turf client, you will automatically be added as an admin on /settings/globalprivileges.txt. The effect is that you will always be an admin for servers run on your machine.
In addition, you can whitelist your server. To do this, go to /settings/blacklist.txt, insert the line "%WHITELIST" in the file. This will make the server appear offline to any player that is not on the list. Keep in mind that you cannot run a server with both a blacklist and a whitelist at the same time.
IRC style me command. Gives the output "*YourPlayerName Text"
Shuts down the server without saving.
Gives you 10,000 credits. Gives Quantity if specified. Quantity may be negative.
Gives you $10,000.00. Gives Quantity in dollars if specified. Quantity may be negative.
Teleports you to (X, Y, Z). Does not care if (X, Y, Z) is out of bounds or not.
If Y is not given then this teleports you to coordinate (X, YA, Z), where YA is the height of the heighest non-air block in the column at X, Z. Will then fail if (X, Z) are out of bounds.
Pings the server and returns the round trip time.
Executes the provided expression, client side. Prints the result to the in-game console.
Fills the region (X1, Y1, Z1) to (X2, Y2, Z2) with block BLOCK_ID. This is a simple fill, any decals or electronics(!) present will still remain.
Tip: Run the client with the --echoBlockPlacement switch to get block id and coordinates placed on screen whenever a block is placed.
Replaces any instance of OLD_BLOCK_ID with NEW_BLOCK_ID in the region (X1, Y1, Z1) to (X2, Y2, Z2). This is a simple fill, any decals or electronics(!) present will still remain.
Sets your notoriety/wanted level. VAL is a value from 0 to 5000.
Sets and freezes the time of day as rendered by the client. /tfreeze TIME will set the time of day where 0.0 = midnight, 0.5 = midday and 1.0 = midnight, /tfreeze with no argument will unfreeze the time. /unfreeze also unfreezes the time.
/dawn, /midday, /afternoon, /dusk and /middnight freezes the time at around these times (slightly off so that shadows actually render).
The sever clock ticks along as usual. This does not count as a cheat and is executed clientside, so if you can't see at night or you want to film or take screenshots under a certain lighting conditions use these.
If this lot is attached to another, then this lot is detached from it.
Loads the lot from file /lots/FILENAME.lot into the map. DIR specifies the facing of the lot and must be n, s, e or w. If this is different than the saved direction, the lot will be rotated. In the case of a lot that is more than 1x1 in size, then lots to the east and north will be merged to fit the imported lot. HEIGHT specifies the height at which the lot is imported, by default this is 1 block below the player.
Finally FILLMODE determines what happens to blocks below and above the imported lot. If omitted, this will fill blocks below the lot with either stone or clay, depending on depth. Blocks above will be removed, and any decals or electronics above or below the lot will be removed. If NOFILL is passed, then blocks below and above are not touched. if BRIDGE is passed, then blocks below and above are not touched, however any non-air block from the bottom row of the lot will be filled downwards and penetrate 2m into the ground below.
Marks the lot as a Road lot. This will appear white on the map.
DIRFLAGS can be any combination of n, s, e, w, nh, sh, eh, wh and tl. For example "/lot road n s" will mark the lot as a road that the AI can drive north and south on. The "h" varients mark the lot as being high (like the platform of a bridge). tl will mark the lot as having traffic lights.


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'Game of Thrones': Burning questions heading into season 7
Will Cersei keep the Iron Throne?
ByMICHAEL ROTHMAN and NICOLE PELLETIERE
Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister in the "Game of Thrones."
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— -- "Game of Thrones" returns this Sunday night for the highly anticipated seventh season.
A lot went down last year, and as always, we lost a lot of fan favorites. RIP Hodor!
Read: Exclusive: Kit Harington talks 'ambitious' 'Game of Thrones' season 7
Related: 'Game of Thrones': New action-packed season 7 trailer features war, White Walkers
Here are the top burning questions heading into the big premiere:
Sansa Stark and Jon Snow
At the end of season 6, we see Snow take his place as King in the North right next to his sister (or so he thinks) Sansa. But the always-sneaky Littlefinger wants to be with Sansa, and have her take over and rule alongside her. Will he get his chance and create a rift between these two?
It's also worth noting that it was suggested that Snow is actually the son of a Targaryen, not Ned Stark, so maybe if this information comes out, that will also affect Snow and Sansa's dynamic. It looks like they may be cousins, not brother and sister like everyone thought. Littlefinger would love for this to come to light to split the duo up.
Game of thrones characters Sansa and Jon Snow on season 6, episode 9, June 19, 2016.
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Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen
These are two that fans really want to meet on the show. Dany is out for blood and coming for the Iron Throne, and her possible relative Snow is now King in the North. Will they go to battle before they find out they can be allies? This could be a powerful union for sure!
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in a scene from Season 6 of "Game of Thrones."
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Daenerys and Tyrion Lannister
Tyrion is currently her Hand of the King, or Queen in this case. But that role has had a bad rap over the seasons (RIP Ned!). Will he last by her side? He didn't last too long when he was Hand to Joffrey.
Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in the "Game of Thrones."
Also, Tyrion has had a rough path and has been banished before. Will the Lannisters come looking for him? Cersei wants revenge for Joffrey, whom she thinks he killed, so that's a safe bet.
At the end of last season, she really came into her own and doesn't need anyone now. After her run with the Faceless Man didn't pan out so well, she took things into her own hand, stole a mask from the Hall of Faces and killed Walder Frey, one of the many people on her "To Kill" list.
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark in the "Game of Thrones."
Will she come for Cersei, the Mountain or others next? Will the Faceless Man come after her for her theft?
The Hound
Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane in the "Game of Thrones."
Who saw this arc coming that after being left for dead, the Hound starts to amend his ways and try to help people. Will he be reunited with Arya and what will happen if they do meet again?
And what about his brother, the Mountain, who is basically a zombie now after almost dying in his battle with Oberyn. They have never gotten along, so we could expect those two to face off?
Cersei and Jaime Lannister
Cersei killed all her foes at the end of last season, including her daughter-in-law, which led to the suicide of Tommen, her final child ... that we know of.
What will become of Jaime's relationship with his sister, now that they have no children left? Will Jaime think she's finally gone too far?
Olenna Tyrell, the grandmother of Margaery Tyrell, the king's late wife, declares war on Cersei and heads to Dorne to unite with Ellaria Sand, who lost her love Oberyn in the battle with the Mountain. They are both gunning for the Lannister matriarch in a big way.
Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell and Ian Gelder as Kevan Lannister in the "Game of Thrones."
We last saw him as we said goodbye to sweet Hodor, who gave his life to save the powerful boy.
Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark in the "Game of thrones."
Bran also was in contact with the Night's King, who touched him during one of his powerful visions. What's his next step? Bran took over as the three-eyed raven, so he should play a big role in the final two seasons on "Thrones."
The Next Joffrey?
There's always a character you love to hate on "Thrones." First it was Cersei, then Joffrey, then Ramsey Bolton. Who will be it next? Maybe it will be someone you never saw coming?
The Night's King
So many questions here. What's his next move? Just how powerful is the leader of the White Walkers? We've seen very little from him, but winter is here, so expect him to be featured big time this season.


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Looking Back at D23 EXPO 2015 Disney Theme Park Merchandise
I know that many of you, our Disney fans, were with us all weekend long at D23 EXPO 2015 in Anaheim, Calif. I mean what an experience, am I right? New film releases, new attraction and lands announced and of course, merchandise!
Those of you who attended the 60 Years of Disney Theme Park Merchandise panel discussion were in for quite a surprise as we took a look at the evolution of ear hats, new artwork set to appear on Twenty-Eight & Main, Disney Boutique, Disney Couture, Princess, Haunted Mansion – Revisited and Pirates of the Caribbean. Of course, it was the What Lies Ahead segment that caught the attention of some folks, with merchandise art reveals for the Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Paris, Hong Kong Disneyland, Tokyo Disney Resort, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and of course, Shanghai Disney Resort. Here's a quick glimpse at some of the art that was shown.
With the panel also came the world debut of the artists taking part in the We Love Disney compilation album by Verve Records and Walt Disney Records, due in stores October 30. Produced by multi-platinum, 16-time Grammy award winning producer and Verve Music Group Chairman, David Foster, the album will feature some of today's hottest artists across pop, rock, R&B and country as they deliver their own interpretations of classic Disney songs. I could go on and on about who is featured on this album but why don't you check it out for yourself including the We Love Disney Box Set here.
The spectrum was broad when it came to finding favorite souvenirs, as there was literally something for everyone. D23 EXPO merchandise, from t-shirts to mugs, handbags to drinkware, flew off the shelves, and of course the R4-D23 was definitely the droid everyone was looking for, and Force For Change t-shirts, fleece and pins weren't far behind. Tip: Look for Force For Change apparel shortly at select locations at the Disneyland Resort through Labor Day and help us make a difference! If you have the D23 EXPO App, go to Aurasma and watch as the shirt activates before your very eyes.
What did I find? With ALEX AND ANI on hand, it's no surprise that I spotted my souvenir at their table. While I almost picked up the new Snow White-inspired bangle, available at Disney Parks now, I chose to go a bit simpler with the Mickey Filigree Wrap in the Rafaelian Silver finish. I know you're shocked! This is one of three pieces ALEX AND ANI pre-launched at D23 that won't be available in the parks until the fall.
Finally, throughout the weekend, Disney fans were lined up to meet some of their favorite Disney Legends, artists, authors and special guests and the Disney Dream Store did not disappoint. More than 45 special guests and 80 signings took place over the course of the weekend, including a special appearance and signing with the Mouseketeers!
Who were you most excited to meet? What was your favorite part of D23 EXPO 2015?
Looking Back at D23 EXPO 2015 Disney Theme Park Merchandise by Michelle Harker: Originally posted on the Disney Parks Blog
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When Wonder Woman came out, it felt surreal. It didn't feel like it was actually happening until I was sitting in that theatre. It felt like a movie I'd been waiting for forever that I was in shock I was actually getting to see. Justice League? It's going to be that feeling times ten.
The movie isn't coming out until November. That's five months. That's still a long time to wait. But compared to how long I've been waiting to see it, it's no time at all.
Don't get me wrong, I was incredibly excited to see Wonder Woman. And I loved it. But that was just Wonder Woman. Justice League is going to have her, Superman, and Batman together again in the same movie, like in Batman v Superman, except there'll be more, because she'll be more than an extended cameo, she'll be a character. It's going to have Aquaman and the Flash and Cyborg, for the first time ever on the big screen. It's going to have Mera. The League is going to fight Parademons together.
Thinking about this movie – and the fact that we're getting another trailer in a month – makes me grin like an idiot. It's going to come out on the anniversary of the Justice League cartoon first airing. The Justice League is finally going to come together, and we're going to get to see all of them together. I'm going to be there opening night.
Even aside from the this is so awesome geeking out, it's going to be so satisfying to watch this movie. It'll be the epic conclusion to a three part story. We'll finally get to see the entirety of Zack Snyder's vision brought to fruition. Wonder Woman was excellent, and Suicide Squad was entertaining, even if it was a bit messy compared to the other entries in the DCEU, but Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Justice League are/will be the core of this universe. Superman is the heart, and he was the catalyst for the formation of the League.
…Can it be November yet?
It's coming out during SDCC, so less than a month to go. 😀 I can't wait!
It's going to come out on the anniversary of the Justice League cartoon first airing.
You're not speaking of "The Super Friends" are you?
Nah. The DCAU Justice League cartoon. First episode date was November 17th, 2001.


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128: Being Exactly Who You Are with Phoebe Mroczek
by Amberly Lago | Apr 20, 2022 | Podcast
We've got an amazing conversation for you if pressure to fit the mold is one of the struggles you encounter when trying to create your own business and path to success. When we lose sight of who we are in the pursuit to become what we think will make us successful, we can deprive the world of witnessing our true uniqueness.
Phoebe Mroczek is the go-to advisor when you feel unclear, unfulfilled or unsatisfied with one or more areas of your life. She studies identity, neuroscience and intuition to help successful leaders gain clarity, make great decisions and stay true to their calling.
Phoebe Mroczek is a leader in energetic intelligence and a media personality in the consciousness space. She is the founder of Unbecoming®, a leading podcast and nationally-syndicated radio show that reaches nearly 180,000 listeners per week. The show breaks down knowledge into meaningful, actionable steps with some of the world's most interesting and intelligent people. The mission of Unbecoming is to elevate the consciousness of the world by helping leaders unravel the misconception that they need to become something or anything other than who they are to be the person, do the work and have the impact they want in life.
Phoebe and I talk about why we feel so much pressure to be someone we are not, how to unbecome that manufactured version of ourselves, and what happens when we are clear about who we are.
How Phoebe got out of her own way and became the founder of Unbecoming (3:14)
How a car accident started her on the journey to uncovering (7:27)
Why clarity and rest are important to business strategy (16:08)
How to approach weight loss with commitment (25:42)
Why staying in your lane can help you to understand your energy (30:21)
How creating space helps to prepare for and prevent burn out (36:37)
Why being yourself gives others the same permission (41:14)
What did you learn from this episode? Share on Instagram and tag me at @amberlylagomotivation @phoebemroczek so we can see!
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Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place
by Michelle Chesner
25 Nov Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place
The Yerusha blog is launching a series of guest posts on projects whose mission is similar to ours: to unite, through digital means, scattered pieces of cultural heritage. Our first post is by Michelle Chesner, Norman E. Alexander Librarian for Jewish Studies at Columbia University and Co-director of the Footprints project.
Through trial and tragedy, joy and opportunity, the Jews have traveled (one might say, wandered) from place to place throughout the centuries. Books have always been sacred to the Jewish people, and they carried books with them throughout their travels, noting tidbits about their journeys in the margins and flyleaves as they went. Footprints: Jewish Books Through Time and Place is a digital humanities project that works to collate the movement of these books across centuries and the world.
Footprints' main goal is to document the often-ephemeral data about printed books' provenance (sometimes found in the books themselves, as well as in archives, bookseller's catalogues, acquisition lists, and more), and to make them available in a searchable database. Footprints captures all data known about a book from the moment it came off the press until the present day. We record owners, censors, dates, places, and of course citation evidence about the books. The data is browsable in a clear format, and we have a search function as well.
Footprints offers an opportunity to raise new types of questions particularly because it is designed as an instrument of inquiry, not a closed set of conclusions. It can be purposed towards multiple fields of study, for example:
● Intellectual History: The works of Rabbi Moshe Alshikh were read in Padua and Algeria, and sold from Amsterdam to New York. Where else was his work studied?
● Gender Studies: A sixteenth century woman named Rahel was interested in medicine, language, prayer, and philosophy. Were her contemporaries reading similar genres?
● Migration: How does a single copy of the Pentateuch leave Amsterdam, where it was used in an old age home for Ashkenazi men, travel (via Offenbach, Germany) to a Yemenite synagogue in Rehovot and come to rest in Seattle, Washington, in the United States? What wonderful and terrible stories can we learn from following its travels?
● History of collecting and reading: What happened to the collection of Jacob Emden? David Oppenheim? Leopold Zunz? What edition of the Hebrew Bible did Johannas Reuchlin use in his studies?
● Jewish-Christian relations: What books were prone to censorship? Where and when did censors operate?
The innovation of Footprints is in the aggregation of multiple bodies of data, such as scattered collections, into a single location. Collaboration is thus an essential part of the Footprints work. Data regarding the books from the library of Jacob Emden that are now at Columbia University tell only half of his story; it is imperative that we include records for Emden's books that now reside at the British Library as well, in order to paint a more complete picture of his collection. On a much greater scale, many libraries were seized by the Nazis and scattered after the Second World War, but the only way to (virtually) bring these collections back together is by reaching out to the recipients of the books that were housed at Offenbach Depot after the war. We are thus working with many institutions and individual scholars to continue to add data to the site.
Footprints works on both a macro and a micro scale. We are able to upload hundreds of Footprints at a time, based on digital library catalogues or other data sets. Columbia University and Leo Baeck Institute in New York already have uploaded batches of data in Footprints, and we are currently working with data sets from Christie's and Kestenbaum auction houses, as well from the collections of the National Library of Israel, the University of Pennsylvania, and others. At the same time, our interface allows an individual scholar to enter a single piece of provenance data found in the course of research. Like the Footprints in our database, institutional collaborators already span the globe, from Jerusalem to Vienna, Oxford to San Francisco, Dublin to Philadelphia, and their numbers continue to grow.
For more information about the project, to learn how you can add materials to the database, or to provide feedback, please be in touch!
Michelle Chesner, Columbia University
Marjorie Lehman, Jewish Theological Seminary
Adam Shear, University of Pittsburgh
Joshua Teplitsky, Stony Brook University
footprints@columbia.edu


If you're planning a solo trip to Barcelona, there are tons of things for you to do on your own. In fact, there were so many things to do that I couldn't fit everything I wanted to do on my recent trip, so I have a feeling I'll be back to visit again.
Here are my top 9 recommendations on things to do in Barcelona on a solo trip.
You can't leave Barcelona without visiting at least one Gaudi site like La Sagrada Familia or Casa Battlo. Antoni Gaudi is one of the world's greatest architects from Barcelona and he created some amazing buildings in his lifetime; most from the early 1900s.
La Sagrada Familia and Park Guell are the most famous Gaudi sites in Barcelona, but my personal favorite was Casa Battlo because it wasn't as crowded as the other two. Of course, all of Gaudi's sites are absolutely amazing, so make sure you check out at least one. Check out my Gaudi tour guide HERE to see which Gaudi site fits you best if you can't visit all of them.
This event is free and usually begins the show around 9pm from Thursday to Saturday. It depends on what season you're visiting Barcelona, so make sure you check out their website to see the current showtimes. If you want a good spot, you'll have to go early. I arrived 20 minutes before the show started and the site was already packed with everyone in their positions to watch the fountain show. The best spots would be more elevated areas like the overpass or the steps in front of Palau Nacional (National Palace). I went right up front as there was still plenty of room there.
The show started promptly at 9pm and everyone started cheering when the colors started changing and the fountain started dancing with the music. Being in the front was fun but you will most likely get a little wet from all the mist the water creates as it does it's dancing moves. I started making my way back more to get views of the entire fountain and it's a beautiful site wherever you watch it from.
This sounds a little scary for solo female travelers but Barcelona is very safe. I did not feel like I was in danger at all. Of course, use caution but generally, walking in the alleys of Barcelona is totally fine; especially during the day.
There are so many restaurants in Barcelona that it's a little overwhelming. I found that some of the best food I had in this city were in little restaurants hidden away in the alleys. The bigger restaurants in popular areas were also great but I enjoyed these tiny, intimate restaurants a lot more. Try El Rincon, Bar del Pla or Melic Del Gotic. Another restaurant I really enjoyed that wasn't in the alley was Ciudad Condal - their filet tapas are to die for!
This was probably my favorite part of Barcelona. I loved the tall, beautiful, historical buildings and walking through the little alleys. Every corner I turned had some kind of charm to it and I couldn't stop taking pictures. As mentioned above, the restaurants in these alleys are the best too.
I don't think I've ever seen so many pigeons in one place at one time. I'm not sure why they all gather in this square but its quite a site to see. Some pigeons even flew on to people's arms like they were pets. They seem to be more friendly than other pigeons I've seen and it was quite fun watching them.
This pretty street goes on for miles and it's a bustling area full of artisan shops, major brands and restaurants. I bought myself a few jewelry pieces from a couple of locals and if I had more room in my suitcase, I probably would have bought more.
This was my first time trying the Airbnb Experience and I'm so glad I tried it. I chose to do the Photoshoot in Barcelona Secret Corners experience and it was only me and one other person on this tour, so it was very intimate. I had a great time talking to our wonderful photographer and learned a little more about Barcelona and it's secret corners. Plus, it was great to have someone take pictures of me since I was traveling solo.
This was a pleasant surprise I found through the Airbnb Experience tour. My tour guide knew some wonderful spots around the city and this was one of my favorite stops. I love that the artist asked for locals to submit pictures in the newspaper and created a beautiful kissing mural.
Sounds pretty ambitious but it's totally doable in 12 hours. I booked this tour through viator.com and had such wonderful time. Our tour guide, Xavi, was very sweet, knowledgeable and accommodating. I visited Baga in Spain, Ax-les-Thermes in France and a couple of sites in Andorra. I didn't even know Andorra was even a country until I discovered this tour and learned so much about each city and country. I highly recommend it!
As you can see, there are plenty of things to do in Barcelona on a solo trip! I had such a great time experiencing each and every one of these things in this wonderful city (and beyond). Of course, there are still plenty of other things you can do in Barcelona as there are so many things to do, but this gives you an idea of how much this city has to offer. To get tips on how to get around the city, check out my post HERE.
One thing my friends, fellow travelers and locals warned me about were to be mindful of pick pocketers. Even though this city is extremely safe, there are lots of professional pick pocketers out there looking to grab your belongings when you are not paying attention. Luckily, I didn't encounter this while I was in Barcelona, but I made sure to keep an eye on my belongings at all times and never put anything in my pockets. I also took my anti-theft gear from Pacsafe with me to secure my belongings as well and I think that helped a great deal.


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IED joins campaign calling for urgent clarity on UK Shared Prosperity Fund
The Institute of Economic Development (IED) is supporting a campaign led by University Alliance urging the Government to provide immediate clarity on how it intends to deliver the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). Together with 70 other national and local organisations, the IED is a signatory to a letter addressed to The Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP and The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/2020/11/13/ukspfclarityneeded/.
The campaign was also featured on Newsnight last night https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000pjly/newsnight-17112020
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