Retiring offers a variety of new opportunities to the single male, including starting over in a new place. While retirement can be an exciting and fun-focused time, you should also consider finances, living arrangements and access to healthcare when looking for a new place to live. Whether you're hoping for the chance to go on a first date in a sunny locale or begin a relationship in a new country, there are options to suit your needs.
Look for a retirement location full of adventure.
San Francisco is a diverse city with a welcoming atmosphere for those from all backgrounds. Adults over the age of 65 make up nearly 14 percent of the city's population, according to the United States Census Bureau in 2010. Traveling around to meet other retired singles is made simpler by the ferries, trolley cars, BART system and other transportation options across the city. Although the price tag of living in San Francisco can be intimidating to single men on a fixed income, the state of California does not tax social security income.
Listed as one of U.S. News and World Report's "10 Best Places to Retire Overseas in 2014," Panama City is typically valued for its gorgeous white sand beaches and tropical climate. Retirees can also enhance their social lives by taking advantage of Panama's Pensionado Program, which offers such benefits as 50 percent off entertainment throughout the country, 25 percent off airline tickets and 15 percent off hospital bills, according to International Living magazine. Home to the largest public hospital in the country, Panama City also offers private, social security and specialized hospitals throughout the area.
Pittsfield is ranked as a metro area in which 52 percent of the 55-and-older population is single, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2010 article titled "10 Best Places for Single Seniors to Retire." This city, which is located in western Massachusetts, has a variety of cultural and recreational attractions, including country clubs, hiking trails and museums. The Pittsfield area is also home to nearly 30 retirement communities.
Algarve was ranked as 2014's best place to retire, as well as one of the best places to retire overseas, by U.S. News and World Report. Algarve also offers a variety of housing options for retirees, such as Algarve Senior Living, which is a rental-based living community. Single men who are concerned about any language barrier during their dating endeavors will be pleased to know that English is among the most popular languages in the region. Romantic cliff-top views of the beach and sunny weather are just a few of the ways this area sets the scene for dating and romance.
Jackson is known as a soulful city due to its musical roots in gospel, blues and jazz. As recently as 2010, Jackson boasted a nearly 50 percent population of singles over the age of 55, with nearly 40,000 single women from this population, according to the Consumer Affairs article "Best Places for Single Seniors." In addition to offering a large population of eligible singles at retirement age, Jackson made the list as one of the best places to retire for under $40,000, as reported by U.S. News and World Report.
Nalls, Nicole. "The Best Places for Retirement for a Single Male." Dating Tips - Match.com, https://datingtips.match.com/places-retirement-single-male-5939372.html. Accessed 20 April 2019.


Greeting and blessings to you one and all! I am often convinced that in this day and age we have forgotten about the power of prayer. Sure we have more people talking about prayer; we even have more books written on prayer. And we as believers should be doing more as prayer warriors but prayers seem to barely squeak out as a last ditch effort.
James 5:16 [KJV] states, "The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much." Put another way, this could be stated, "The effective [producing or capable of producing a result], fervent [with great intensity of feeling] prayer of a righteous man avails much.". Translation: If your prayer is generated with great intensity of feeling or great belief, it is capable of accomplishing the desired result if you are in right standing (righteous and without doubt) with God.
My story today is about the simple prayer of a child, uttered without fear or doubt. I hope you enjoy it.
Back in the depression days of the early 1930's, my husband pastored a small country church. We then had three little children. Many times our weekly income was less than $10. One day, we found ourselves out of bread and with only some rancid bacon grease for shortening. I used it, however, in making some hot biscuits and we managed to eat some of them for lunch.
Later, that evening, the doorbell rang. There, at the door, stood a member of our church who had a bakery route. Before we could tell him our story he began unloading his hugh bakery basket with all kinds of sweet rolls, buns and biscuits, besides dark and white bread.
The effective, fervent prayer of the righteous avails much. Be blessed this day and know that you are a blessing to God.
Greeting and blessings to you all! Yes, I am behind in sending these out and I ask your pardon. Recently, I have been wrestling with a particular concern and only at the point that I have received some resolution have I been led to share it here.
Recently, I had dinner with a close spiritual sister in Christ at IHOP and while my fare was actually 'breakfast', after the joking and light conversation, I got down to the concern at hand. You see, I had been subtly, and through implication, accused of legalism. Now I received some very godly advice which I will share shortly.
The basis for that belief often rests with this portion of scripture, "for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life" (2 Corinthians 3:6b) yet without the verses that precede this section of scripture, we can easily lose context (4-6: "And we have such trust through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."). Obviously God is not teaching us that obeying His laws kills us, nor is He saying that we can be obedient to the letter of the law (which would be blasphemy). God is telling us that "Salvation by trying to keep the law" is futile, and will only bring the judgment of death for failing to keep it faithfully.
The sad reality of modernism is that more and more Churches are using the word "legalism" pejoratively (as criticism) so that keeping God's commandments is almost seen as a bad thing. That is to say, they are misusing the word so that it might come up in a conversation condemning anything from preaching against homosexuality to preaching against women Pastors. In fact it has become increasingly popular among Ministers and Parishioners alike to accuse Christians of being legalistic whenever they bear witness to anything that the Lord has forbidden.
Typically they will abrogate or make void any testimony against immorality, impropriety, or illegality, by labeling them examples of legalism. Likewise, those who faithfully witness that we should remain obedient, are called Pharisaic. And both these terms are usually used by those who don't really understand what either of them really mean. Many of these have fallen so far from the faith of our fathers that they no longer recognize the difference between legalism, and the righteous exhorting the Church to adhere to God's laws.
Now is a good time to ask yourself if you have been "hardened through the deceitfulness of sin" for the sake of modernism. Now as for the advice given me by my sister in Christ, I was reminded that anytime we are inclined to believe that God's word is outdated, has not kept up with the times or is in need of a more current revision, refer to Psalm 119:89 (NIV): Your word, O LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
A more direct translation of the same verse is seen here in The Message Bible: What you say goes, God, and stays, as permanent as the heavens. Your truth never goes out of fashion; it's as up-to-date as the earth when the sun comes up. Your Word and truth are dependable as ever.
So I offer to each person that reads this message to exhort obedience to God's Word, not only to yourselves but to others as well. Do not let the deceitfulness of sin cloud your minds and harden your hearts. God's Word is simple and pure yet we can make it confusing when we operate by feelings or anything that is contrary to the Word of God.
I pray God's favor upon each person that receives this message. And as always, be blessed and be a blessing.


As an independent consultant, I've often found myself in the position of wanting to run a workshop about a topic that interests me, but not being confident of selling enough tickets to cover the cost of venue hire.
For most consultants, committing to a venue hire and catering package is a big risk. You might need to commit to minimum numbers to secure the venue, which could set an almost impossible ticket-sales target. Forget trying to earn some money, you might not even cover your costs.
Of course, I've solved my venue problem by opening my own space. These day I can run workshops whenever I want to, in a room designed to suit my needs.
I'm responding to the consultants' venue dilemma by offering risk-free venue hire for people who want to run a workshop.
Instead of asking you to commit to a full venue-hire free up front, I'm offering my training venue on a per-person basis.
My idea is that I'll accept a percentage of your ticket-sales income, up to the advertised rate for our rooms.
If you sell only a few tickets to your event, you pay only a small room-hire fee. If your event sells well, I get my normal fee and you make a good profit.
This offer is designed to help independent consultants who want to try their skills at running workshops. It's also designed to promote my new venue, and I'll be asking you to sing our praises if you're happy with what we do.
You can find more information at our Northside Meetings website – www.northsidemeetings.com.au.
Of course, my problem hasn't gone away. Now I've got my own space, but running that space leaves me with little time for my own projects!


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Captivation: Want Nothing But You, Chapter 12 Seek Justice For Mr. Guzman
Chapter 12 Seek Justice For Mr. Guzman
Victor put away his phone, stood up, and stated, "Fine. Let's go."
Ivan was stunned by Victor's response.
'Why doesn't he seem surprised that Mr. Guzman had gotten injured?
What's more, Mr. Guzman and Miss Bennet were in the same room thirty minutes ago, and there's no one else around. It's easy to figure out that she's the one who injured him.'
"Are we going to the hospital?" asked Ivan.
"I've sent the new contract to your email. Print it out tomorrow, and review it before sending it to our partner." Victor left the room without even answering Ivan's question.
A new contract?
What new contract?
With a frown, he took out his phone and opened his inbox. And as expected, he received an email five minutes ago.
Upon opening the email, Ivan was dumbfounded.
The contents of this new contract was exactly the same as the one they had asked Trevor to sign tonight. However, one minor detail was changed: Party A. It was no longer Trevor's company, but it was now one of the biggest suppliers for foreign markets. This supplier had no lack of customers, and it mainly targeted foreign markets. Back when this project was launched, Ivan had once contacted this same supplier, but they rejected his proposal, making it clear that they had no intention of entering the domestic market.
At the time, Ivan formulated several plans to convince the supplier, but he never succeeded.
But now, Victor managed to close a contract with the supplier for the next quarter unbeknownst to anyone.
At this moment, Ivan had an epiphany. Everything soon became clear to him.
Victor had never intended to cooperate with Trevor from the very beginning!
Ivan looked at his email, and then glanced at Victor's back. For some reason, seeing his boss sent shivers down his spine.
After all these years of working for Victor, Ivan thought that he knew his boss well. But now, he realized that he didn't know him at all.
It seemed that Victor was far more terrifying than he had initially imagined.
However, there was still one thing that Ivan could not figure out.
'If Mr. Sullivan had already decided not to cooperate with Mr. Guzman, then why did he attend this party in the first place?'
Ivan really couldn't figure it out. Upon seeing that Victor was walking farther and farther away, Ivan decided to drop his thoughts and caught up with him.
Figuring out Victor's thoughts was much more difficult for Ivan than finding a needle in a haystack. What Victor accomplished today was enough to prove his unfathomable capabilities.
As a matter of fact, the reason behind Victor's attendance at the party wasn't as complicated as Ivan had thought.
Initially, he did want to partner up with Trevor, but before he went to the appointment, he received the results of the investigation regarding Trevor's background. It was only then that Victor knew that Trevor's company was not really prosperous as it seemed. In reality, two years ago, their company started running out of money. In addition, the quality of their raw materials were subpar at best. His company was struggling to keep itself afloat.
Thus, it proved to Victor that Trevor did not have the upper hand in this supposed cooperation.
His company urgently needed the Sullivan Group as its partner to fill in his company's losses for the past two years. Otherwise, his company wouldn't be able to hold on for another three months.
While Victor was reading the report regarding Trevor's background check, Ivan came in to report that Alice had been detained.
And that was the reason he attended the party; to make things difficult for Rachel.
When Ivan found out that Victor had no intention of cooperating with Trevor, he thought that Victor would leave the club and go back home.
But to Ivan's surprise, he followed Victor to the private room where they met with Trevor earlier.
At this moment, all the lights in the room were turn
ed on. It was as bright as early morning.
Trevor had been sent to the hospital, but residues of his blood could still be seen on the gray carpet. The air in the room wasn't able to circulate well, so the scent of blood was still present in the air.
More than a dozen uniformed bodyguards were standing in the room, and their eyes fell on Rachel.
The club's manager on duty for tonight rushed here as soon as he heard what happened.
All of their customers were rich, powerful, or both. Even if a person looked ordinary, they could be a big shot who could turn this club upside down with a snap of their finger. And so, the manager wasted no time to try and resolve the problem.
The manager was in a difficult position. He never imagined that something this horrible would happen while he was on duty.
And to top it off, he never imagined that the Crown Club would be put in turmoil, not by some big shot, but by a mere woman.
After knowing who Trevor was, the manager's face turned pale. Right now, he wished that he was the one sent to the hospital instead of Trevor.
Although Trevor didn't live in the city, Apliaria, all-year-round, he was still a well-known domestic supplier, and he was one of the best in the country. He was definitely not someone they could offend!
Just the thought of this was enough to drench the manager's back with sweat.
In stark contrast to the trembling manager, Rachel was quite composed. Quietly, she swept her eyes across the bodyguards in the room, sat on the sofa, and remained silent all throughout the ordeal. Her actions left the manager confused.
The vibe Rachel exuded was hard to ignore. She was aloof, indifferent, and apathetic.
Was this woman who injured Mr. Guzman? Was she more powerful than him or something?
He couldn't figure it out, so he asked the bodyguards not to act rashly. He decided to call the general manager and wait for his arrival.
Rachel lowered her head, her long eyelashes cast a shadow beneath her eyes. Nobody could tell what she was thinking right now.
"Mr… Mr. Sullivan!" When the manager heard the footsteps, he quickly turned around; but instead of the general manager, he saw Victor. He was immediately stupefied by Victor's frigid presence.
Victor glanced at the manager, and then at Rachel.
He knew that Trevor didn't do anything to her. To be exact, before he could take action, she bashed his head in.
Victor narrowed his eyes on Rachel.
The reason he didn't leave the club right away was because he wanted to see what Rachel would do to make him regret.
When she claimed that he was gonna regret it, he thought that she meant things like she would never love him again.
If she really said that to him, Victor wouldn't hesitate to laugh at her face.
However, what Rachel did tonight was beyond his wildest imagination.
Amusement flashed through Victor's eyes. He smirked at the manager and asked, "Are you sure this woman was the one who hurt Mr. Guzman?"
Hesitating for a moment, the manager replied, "Mr. Guzman was still conscious before he was sent to the hospital, and he told us that this woman was the one who attacked him. We also checked the surveillance cameras and found that she had indeed attacked Mr. Guzman."
At last, Rachel decided to do something.
She looked Victor dead in the eye. As a matter of fact, she already knew that she wouldn't be able to escape Victor's clutches the moment she smashed the bottle at Trevor's head.
Even if she managed to escape the club and get back to her own house, Victor would still have a thousand ways to catch her.
Thus, Rachel decided to wait for him, and see what he wanted to do to her.
"Good. I'm glad that you confirmed it," Victor responded with a sneer.
"Mr. Sullivan, do you know her?" The manager was stunned.
"No, I don't. But Mr. Guzman is my guest. And since he has gotten injured, I must seek justice for him," replied Victor.

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The first Inuk to play in the National Hockey League is retiring.
Jordin Tootoo, 35, made the announcement Friday afternoon in Brandon, Man., where he began his hockey career playing for the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League in 1999.
"This community has embraced me and looked beyond Jordin Tootoo the hockey player, they just didn't judge me for how I played the game."
Tootoo, who's from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, recently celebrated his 15-year anniversary with the NHL and said he's "retiring with no regrets."
"It's been a great run and now it's time for me to move onto the next chapter of my life," he said, adding he plans to "continue to work to enhance life for Native children who are suffering."
He said he wants to work with communities on mental health awareness and to support suicide prevention initiatives.
After the Wheat Kings, Tootoo went on play in the NHL's Nashville Predators, Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils and, most recently, played right-wing for the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2016-17 season.
He also played for the American Hockey League with the Grand Rapids Griffins and Milwaukee Admirals.
"I owe my life to this game," he said, noting that the city of Nashville embraced him when he was grieving the loss of his older brother Terence Tootoo, who committed suicide in 2002.
"My brother Terence was my inspiration both in life and in the afterlife," he said. "His final words to me were, 'Jor, go all the way, take care of the family, you are the man.'"
He added: "I can only hope I lived up to your expectations, bro."
Tootoo — who described the loss of his brother and his own struggles with alcoholism in a recent autobiography — also credited people within the organization for helping him realize he needed help to address his drinking.
"It's difficult to describe the emotions I feel as I look back. I'll sum it up in one word: gratitude," he said.


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How supermarkets use baskets and trolleys to get shoppers to buy more items while they're in store
"They can almost hold the same amount as a small trolley, but because it's a basket, you have the perception that you're buying less"
Courtney Pochin
It's all to do with the basket placement
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A consumer psychologist has explained how supermarkets use baskets and trolleys to get shoppers to buy more items while they're in store - and it's all to do with the basket placement.
Dr Cathrine Jansson-Boyd says the blatant tricks are easier to spot and to try and ignore if you're paying attention. Other subtle ways include fake scents they pump out in the bakery section as well as the way items are arranged on the shelves.
Anyone who walks into a supermarket is usually met with various different promotions and signs that encourage you to buy a range of items you probably didn't have on your grocery list. Dr Jansson-Boyd, from Anglia Ruskin University, has been sharing these little-known psychological tricks and her latest tip is all to do with baskets and trolleys and how they are often strategically placed around the shops, but no one notices.
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She told The Mirror: "People used to find that if they put too much in a basket that you hold they got too heavy and that was a sign they should stop shopping, as they couldn't carry it. That's why you often see the baskets on wheels these day."
However, what many people don't realise is that these wheelie baskets are actually much bigger than the old handheld ones.
"They can almost hold the same amount as a small trolley, but because it's a basket, you have the perception that you're buying less," explains Dr. Jansson-Boyd.
"So when you're trying to save money, using one of these baskets is not necessarily a good thing to do, because you do tend to fill them up."
But according to the expert, supermarkets may also use basket placement tricks by the entrance of the shop to encourage you to use a bigger basket or trolley, over a smaller one.
"You often find that the smaller shopping trolleys are placed on the opposite side to the shop entrance and the bigger trolleys are on the entrance side," she said.
"If you want the smaller one you have to walk all the way round to get it, so it's usually just easier to grab the bigger one when you walk through as it's near the door."
Dr. Jansson-Boyd adds that they also do something similar with baskets, as supermarkets will stack the smaller baskets at the end of the tills and place the bigger baskets near the doorway.
"It looks like people have dropped the baskets by the tills while shopping, but often that's not the case, they put them there because it means it will be easy to grab the bigger basket on wheels as you come in than go all the way up to the tills to get the smaller one."
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Die Sterne lügen nicht ist ein deutsches Filmlustspiel von Jürgen von Alten mit Magda Schneider, Carl Heinz Schroth, Trude Haefelin und Fritz Kampers in den Hauptrollen.

Handlung
In einer bayerischen Kleinstadt betreibt der brave Bibliothekar und Junggeselle Otto Megelein ein Buchgeschäft. Er ist eng mit dem Bürgermeister und dessen Frau Brigitte befreundet. Bürgermeister Krambach ist abergläubisch und auch ein wenig eifersüchtig. Er sieht es nicht gern, dass seine Brigitte, die stets in höchsten Tönen von Otto als Vorbild für einen Mann spricht, und der Buchhändler sich so gut verstehen. Eines Tages wird Megelein in Anwesenheit des schmierigen und verschlagenen Barons von Malachowsky mitgeteilt, dass er in der Lotterie 50.000 DM gewonnen habe. Der geschniegelte Adelige überlegt sofort, wie er dem braven Bibliothekar das Geld abluchsen kann und macht gegenüber Otto Megelein stets auf gut Wetter. In der Großstadt, wo Megelein seinen Gewinn abholen möchte, heftet sich in Malachowskys Auftrag eine mysteriöse Type sogleich an Ottos Fersen und verstrickt ihn in ein Gespräch mit zwei komplett identisch gekleideten Männern, die wie er Schnauzbärte tragen und vorgeben, von der Presse zu sein. In Wahrheit haben die drei Schmalspurganoven im Auftrag des angeblichen Barons nichts anderes vor, als Otto seinen gewonnenen Lotteriegewinn wieder abzuknüpfen.

Die Gauner schleppen Otto in das Etablissement Cascade, eine Mischung aus Tanzsalon und Hotel, ab. Hier wartet bereits der "Baron" auf sie. Der Zufall will es, dass nahezu zeitgleich auch die Bürgermeistergattin Brigitte ebendort auftaucht. Damit Otto und Brigitte sich nicht begegnen, lädt Malachowsky die Bürgermeistergattin zum Diner ein. Währenddessen machen die Ganoven Megelein betrunken und knüpfen ihm sein gesamtes Bargeld ab. Dann taucht, auf der Suche nach seiner Gattin, Bürgermeister Krambach im Cascade auf. Der ist ziemlich unter Strom, glaubt er doch, dass seine Brigitte hier ein heimliches Rendezvous mit Otto Megelein hat. Währenddessen torkelt draußen vor der Hotelzimmertür der stockbetrunkene Otto den Flur entlang, bis er sein Zimmer gefunden hat. Während Otto nebenan zu schlafen versucht, macht Karl Krambach seiner Frau eine lautstarke Szene. Angeblich hätten ihm die Sterne verraten, dass Brigitte mit dem Bücherwurm fremdgehe. Die ist darüber sehr verwundert, hatte sie bislang doch geglaubt, dass es Baron Malachowsky sei, weswegen Karl eifersüchtig sei.

Stunden später erwacht Otto Megelein und hat offensichtlich einen Filmriss. Jedenfalls rennt er durch die Hotelgänge, nur mit einem Hemd und einer Unterhose bekleidet. Auf der Straße trifft er auf eine alte Bekannte, Monika Findeisen, die ihm weiterhilft. Die junge Frau nimmt ihn zu sich nach Hause, wo ihre Tante in Abwesenheit Monikas glaubt, es habe sich ein Einbrecher eingeschlichen. Derweil entkommt Otto in Frauenkleidern aus der Wohnung, gerät aber bald in die nächste Malaise, als er in dieser Kostümierung eine öffentliche Herrentoilette betritt und deshalb von einem Wachtmeister mit aufs Revier genommen wird. Während dort Otto verhört wird, ist es Monika Findeisen, die mit Hilfe eines riesenhaften Catchers namens Herkules den Ganoven Ottos Geld wieder abknöpft. Als der Chef der Bande, der falsche Baron, der in Wahrheit ganz banal Emil Branske heißt, auch noch auftaucht, kann auch ihm das Handwerk gelegt werden. Otto bekommt sein Geld zurück und hat darüber hinaus das Herz von Fräulein Findeisen gewonnen. Im strömenden Regen heiraten die beiden.

Produktionsnotizen
Die Sterne lügen nicht entstand Mitte 1950 in München-Geiselgasteig (Studioaufnahmen) und München und Umgebung (Außenaufnahmen). Die Uraufführung erfolgte am 2. November 1950 im Ulmer Central-Theater, die Berliner Premiere war am 27. Dezember desselben Jahres.

Harry Grimm übernahm die Produktionsleitung. Theo Hecht und Gottlieb Hesch schufen die Filmbauten. Es singt Hilde Seipp.

Kritik
Im Lexikon des Internationalen Films heißt es: "Dürftiger Versuch einer deutschen Gangsterfilmparodie."

Auf fernsehserien.de heißt es kurz "Gut besetzte Gangsterkomödie"

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Filmtitel 1950
Filmkomödie
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Why does Welby continue to endorse false teacher Michael Curry?
The Wilberforce Academy's Ben John comments on the US Episcopal Church's decision ruling against Bishop William Love for upholding the Church's teaching on marriage and family.
The Episcopal Church of the United States of America (TEC) has found Bishop William Love, Bishop of Albany, guilty of "violating the Discipline of the Church," "violating the Worship of the Church," and "failing to abide by the promises and vows made when ordained."
What awful, blasphemous and wolf-ish act had the Bishop done? He wrote a letter to the clergy in his diocese instructing them not to perform same-sex marriages.
How did it get to this point?
The US Episcopal Church, which is overseen by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, speaker at the Royal Wedding in 2018, and part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, has embraced liberalism for a number of years. In 2003, the church ordained Gene Robinson, an openly practising homosexual, as a Bishop of New Hampshire. In 2012, the church authorised liturgy for the blessing of same-sex unions, and in 2015 they entirely capitulated and redefined marriage, eliminating language that defined marriage being between a man and a woman, and allowing same-sex 'marriages' to take place in their churches.
When same-sex 'marriages' were introduced, Bishops were allowed to decide for their dioceses whether they would allow gay marriages or not, but this changed in 2018 with the passing of Resolution B012. It said:
"Resolved [8], That in dioceses where the bishop… holds a theological position that does not embrace marriage for same-sex couples, and there is a desire to use such rites by same-sex couples in a congregation or worshipping community, the bishop exercising ecclesiastical authority (or ecclesiastical supervision) shall invite, as necessary, another bishop of this Church to provide pastoral support to the couple, the Member of the Clergy involved and the congregation or worshipping community in order to fulfill the intention of this resolution that all couples have convenient and reasonable local congregational access to these rites…"
This is saying if an orthodox Bishop does not support gay 'marriage', they must make every effort to find alternative provisions so that gay weddings can take place in their diocese.
Bishop William Love's pastoral letter
Bishop William Love responded to the passing of the resolution with a faithful, Biblical, and bold pastoral letter to all the clergy of his diocese. He wrote:
"With the passage of B012, the 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church in effect is attempting to order me as a Bishop in God's holy Church, to compromise 'the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints' (Jude 3 ESV)…
"B012's stated intent of making liturgies for same-sex marriages available for use in every Diocese and parish of the Episcopal Church (where civil law authorizes same-sex marriage) is in direct conflict and contradiction to God's intent for the sacrament of marriage as revealed through Holy Scripture…
"B012… encourages Brothers and Sisters in Christ who have same-sex attractions, to act on those attractions engaging in sexual behavior that God through Holy Scripture has not only NOT blessed, but has identified as sinful and forbidden…
"B012 is contributing to false teaching in the Church regarding marriage and human sexuality, thus opening the door for people with same-sex attractions to fall into sin by disordering God's original design in creation."
Because of the pastoral letter and his refusal to back down, disciplinary measures were launched against Bishop William Love. Last week he was found guilty. A hearing will be scheduled this month to determine the terms of discipline.
Bishop William Love wrote, announcing the decision:
"Whatever the final outcome, it will severely impact not only me and the ministry entrusted to me as Bishop of Albany, but it will also seriously impact the life and ministry of the Diocese. I continue to pray that somehow God will use all of this for His purposes."
Although we are thankful for Bishop William Love's bold stand against liberalism, why is the liberalism of TEC tolerated by the rest of the Anglican Communion?
In 2016, disciplinary action had been taken against TEC at the Canterbury Primates Meeting following the Episcopal Church's decision to support gay 'marriages':
"The Episcopal Church no longer represent us on ecumenical and interfaith bodies, should not be appointed or elected to an internal standing committee and that while participating in the internal bodies of the Anglican Communion, they will not take part in decision making on any issues pertaining to doctrine or polity."
But this was simply ignored. In 2018, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry was invited to speak at the Royal Wedding; could there have been a greater endorsement of his false ministry?
In fact, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has overseen and endorsed the disciplinary case against Bishop William Love. There has been much controversy and division within TEC in recent years including under Curry's leadership. Since TEC has drifted into liberalism, many orthodox Anglicans have left TEC to find alternative oversight, particularly in the new Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), whose Archbishop, Foley Beach, is the chairman of Gafcon, the global coalition of Bible-believing Anglicans. Many faithful Anglican churches, wanting to break away, have been involved in long litigation suits where TEC has sued them for their buildings and this continues to happen under Michael Curry. Meanwhile, his new book, ironically titled Love is the Way, is endorsed by Justin Welby – why? Why aren't the US Episcopal Church expelled from the Anglican Communion for their apostasy and heresy?
The US Episcopal Church is now therefore clearly apostate. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is a wolf, leading and pointing sheep towards destruction.
In 1 Corinthians 5 Paul writes:
"But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one…'Purge the evil person from among you.'" (1 Cor 5:11,13b ESV)
Scripture is clear we are to guard against the false teachers in our midst (Matthew 7, Acts 20, 2 Timothy 4, 2 Peter 2 and others) and to stand guard. But we seem to be welcoming them in. If more liberalism is tolerated in the Church of England, we will be on a similar journey as TEC.
By promoting Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Archbishop Justin Welby is promoting and endorsing someone who is toxic to the gospel, to the Church and to the cause of Christ. God does not call us to 'good disagreement' for those who preach another gospel, and we should not believe the lie that we can work together, that there can be 'mutual flourishing'. Liberalism should not flourish, it should die. The Church of England is sadly on a similar trajectory, accommodating false teachers leading people astray under the demonic lie of 'mutual flourishing'. Where is the bold leadership in the Church of England that will condemn TEC, who will stand up for the truth of God's word and the Gospel? When the Church of England made a clear statement on sex being reserved only for Biblical marriage earlier this year, the backlash from the world, and from within the church itself, pushed them into apologising for stating God's truth.
We thank Bishop William Love for his faithful and bold stand, and we praise God for his ministry in the Diocese of Albany.
What Michael Curry and TEC wanted of Bishop William Love was not to "conduct gay 'marriages' himself" but to condone them by allowing them in his diocese. Faithful clergy here in the Church of England – and there are many – must resist the temptation to take the easy option of allowing gay marriages in their churches by other ministers, or to submit to Bishops who allow gay marriages in their diocese, or to partner with those who preach another gospel. Same-sex 'marriage' is not something for us to turn a blind eye away from – we should oppose it and oppose sin in our midst.
Bishops in the Church of England are asked at their consecration:
"BE you ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrine contrary to God's Word; and both privately and openly to call upon and encourage others to the same?"
Bishop William Love is being punished for doing just this, for being faithful to God and his word, and for keeping his vow.
Let us pray that more Bishops will have the courage to do the same.
**Update: 27 October 2020
Bishop William Love has since resigned his position as Bishop of Albany before the disciplinary hearing. In an address to his diocese he wrote:
"A second meeting of the Hearing Panel under the leadership of Bishop Knisely, was scheduled for this coming Monday, October 26th, to determine what disciplinary action should be taken against me. After much thought and prayer, recognizing that whatever disciplinary action would be offered would not be anything I could in good conscience agree to, I have made the very difficult, but necessary decision to resign as Bishop of Albany …
"I have tried by God's grace and the guidance and empowering of the Holy Spirit to faithfully uphold my ordination vows, despite the recent ruling of the Hearing Panel, and to carry out the unique ministry of bishops, as 'one with the apostles in proclaiming Christ's resurrection and interpreting the Gospel,' testifying to 'Christ's sovereignty as Lord of Lords and King of Kings.'"


New details emerged on Wednesday about what former Homeland Security secretary John Kelly was doing when President Trump announced that the retired Marine general was the new White House chief of Staff.
Kelly was on a U.S. Coast Guard jet heading toward Washington's Reagan National Airport on Friday morning before Mr. Trump made the announcement, which quickly went viral on Twitter.
David Lapan, assistant secretary for public affairs at Homeland Security, said Kelly had been traveling back from the West Coast on a work-related trip before Mr. Trump tweeted about the staffing change. It wasn't surprising information for Kelly, who had already accepted the position.
Mr. Trump was flying back to Joint Base Andrews from a speech in Suffolk County, New York when he sent the tweets.
According to Lapan, Kelly had multiple conversations with Mr. Trump about taking the job. Kelly knew that the announcement was coming, but it's unclear if he knew it would happen Friday morning.
The Marine Corps general was formally sworn in as White House chief of staff on Monday. Lapan, who could be in the running to become the next White House communications director, told reporters on Wednesday that he has not been offered that job and refused to comment on whether he would accept the post.
On his Facebook page, Lapan elaborated on a potential move to the White House: "To say things have been a whirlwind since Friday afternoon would be an understatement. Since then, I have heard from many friends and colleagues asking what's next for me, with some suggesting I might end up in the West Wing ... I have not been asked to consider a position in the White House. I remain at DHS and truly don't know what comes beyond that."
CBS News' Andy Triay contributed to this report.


chosen from a design point of view but also because the design has meaning for me.
While the "hook" motif is used in their textiles in various forms including ikat and sotis (manipulation of warp floats), I have also seen it used in carvings. It was the experience however of being greeted at every village by the chief with a welcoming speech stressing the importance of relationships between us that has left a long lasting impression. Then, when our interpreter explained the dance as being another interpretation of the motif of linked arms the hook motif took on an incredible meaning for me. An added interesting fact about the "hook" motif is that I have come across an identical design on a fragment of a carrying strap from pre-Columbian Peru. (Symmetries of Culture, Dorothy K. Washburn / Donald W. Crowe, University of Washington Press, 1998).
These scarves have used the weave structure of warp float manipulation that is used in West Timor. The hook motif has been used as an all over design.
however the fact that I found it in a meeting place that gave it impact. "Meeting Place" has been a frequent theme in my work in recent times. I have been using the concept to illustrate the importance of having common ground for cultures to develop understanding and tolerance.
experiences there: navy from indigo, red/brown from morinda (tree).
The linked arms motif in the West Timor traditional structure of sotis, has also been interpreted into several interpretations as a 24 shaft design and used it as an all over motif. Both the following textiles use the design in different structures. In both cases the scale has been considerably reduced and you have to look to see it.
I have also used ikat as a design element. While the ikat style is totally different to the complex designs of West Timor, I have used it to reflect on the commonality of technique which is found in many countries around the world.
This is a wonderful time in the garden. I thought that I would share the spectacular show of the weeping paperbark. It lasts for such a short time but it is well worth the wait. The soft pink flowers cascade down and totally cover the tree.
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Viola rotundifolia, ou Violette à feuilles rondes, est une espèce végétale de la famille des Violaceae. Elle pousse dans l'ouest des États-Unis et dans le sud-ouest du Canada.

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Q: Private getter and public setter for a Kotlin property How to make a property in Kotlin that has a private getter (or just do not have it) but has a public setter?
var status
private get

doesn't work with an error: Getter visibility must be the same as property visibility
In my case, the reason is for Java interop: I want my Java code to be able to call setStatus but not getStatus.

A: Write-only properties with compile-time errors can be achieved since Kotlin 1.0, using a workaround based on @Deprecated.
Implementation
Kotlin allows to mark functions deprecated with level ERROR, which leads to a compile-time error when called. Annotating the get accessor of a property as error-deprecated, combined with a backing field (so that private reads are still possible), achieves the desired behavior:
class WriteOnly {
    private var backing: Int = 0

    var property: Int
        @Deprecated("Property can only be written.", level = DeprecationLevel.ERROR)
        get() = throw NotImplementedError()
        set(value) { backing = value }

    val exposed get() = backing // public API
}

Usage:
val wo = WriteOnly()
wo.property = 20         // write: OK

val i: Int = wo.property // read: compile error
val j: Int = wo.exposed  // read value through other property

The compile error is quite helpful, too:

Using 'getter for property: Int' is an error. Property can only be written.

Use cases

*

*The main use case are obviously APIs that allow properties to be written, but not read:
user.password = "secret"
val pw = user.password // forbidden

*Another scenario is a property which modifies the internal state, but is not stored itself as a field. (Could be done more elegantly using different design).
body.thrust_force = velocity
body.gravity_force = Vector(0, 0, 9.8)
// only total force accessible, component vectors are lost
val f = body.forces

*This pattern is also useful for DSLs of the following kind:
server {
    port = 80
    host = "www.example.com"
}

In such cases, values are simply used as one-time settings, and the write-only mechanism described here can prevent accidentally reading a property (which might not be initialized yet).

Limitations
Since this feature was not designed for this use case, it comes with certain limitations:

*

*If accessed using a property reference, the compile-time error turns into a runtime error:
val ref = wo::property
val x = ref.get() // throws NotImplementedError

*The same is true for reflection.

*This functionality cannot be outsourced into a delegate, because an error-deprecated getValue() method cannot be used with by.

A: It's impossible at the moment in Kotlin to have a property with a setter that is more visible than the property. There's a language design issue in the issue tracker on this, feel free to watch/vote for it or share your use cases: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-3110

A: In current Kotlin version (1.0.3) the only option is to have separate setter method like so:
class Test {
    private var name: String = "name"

    fun setName(name: String) {
        this.name = name
    }
}

If you wish to restrict external libraries from accessing the getter you can use internal visibility modifier allowing you to still use property syntax within the library:
class Test {
    internal var name: String = "name"
    fun setName(name: String) { this.name = name }
}

fun usage(){
    val t = Test()
    t.name = "New"
}

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Sterlite Power wins $600 million transmission project in Brazil
This addition increases the portfolio of Sterlite Power to 10 projects, the company said
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New Delhi: Private sector infrastructure giant Sterlite Power today announced it has won a $600 million power transmission project in Brazil that includes setting up six substations of 1.544 Mega Volt Ampere (MVA) capacity.
This addition increases the portfolio of Sterlite Power to 10 projects, the company said in a statement. The project under the latest order will be commissioned over a period of the next 3-5 years in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
"We feel committed to the region and look forward to delivering the new project ahead of schedule," said Pratik Agarwal, Group Chief Executive Officer of Sterlite Power.
Brazil's transmission system needs to add significant capacity to manage the transition in generation footprint -- from a hydro and thermal dominated base-load to renewable generation, the company said.
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Customer Acquisition or Retention? When it comes to inside sales compensation plans, many companies fall into the trap of focusing squarely on customer acquisition. When they do so, however, customer retention may suffer. Because the cost of keeping a customer is one-fifth the cost of acquiring one, deciding whether to direct your efforts toward acquisition or retention is essential. In most cases, a business is more likely to shore up its long-term health by retaining and growing current customers. Thus, if their inside sales compensation plans prioritize customer retention, they are more likely to be successful. Let's look at how two companies have addressed sales to existing customers in their compensation plans.
It may feel like you have to run faster and faster to keep up on the treadmill of customer acquisition, growth and retention. To do so, you may need to establish a call center or expand an existing one. If so, should you go in-house or outsource your call center needs? To help you with this decision, I compiled a list of the benefits of outsourcing your B2B call center as well as some concerns you need to address.


If your computer is sluggish to start up and slow to move between applications, a PC upgrade might be in order.
Read about how to improve the speed of your desktop computer before you start looking for new components.
For a hardware upgrade to be effective, consider the age and condition of your computer. If your system is more than five years old, it will be hard to find compatible parts. You will be better off buying a new computer.
If you're having difficulty loading pages or switching among applications, consider increasing or replacing your computer memory (RAM). RAM is where your data is stored while you're using it. More memory means you can store more data. Many computer manufacturers put in the minimum amount of memory, but there is usually room to add more memory modules.
If there isn't room for more modules, you can replace your existing memory with larger-capacity modules.
If your current storage drive is nearly full or if it is just too slow, upgrade it. If you have a traditional hard drive (HDD), this is a good time to look into a solid state drive (SSD). SSDs start up faster and are more reliable and durable than HDDs. They also produce less heat when they run, a big plus if your computer fans are having trouble keeping up with your hard drive.
See how easy it is to install an SSD with our guide.
If you're an avid gamer and you're having trouble with lag or freezing graphics, consider upgrading your graphics card. Unless a computer is built specifically for gaming, manufacturers will frequently put in a low-end graphics card. If the rest of your computer is functioning well, a graphics card upgrade can really improve your gaming experience.
Although upgrading your processor (CPU) can improve the efficiency of your computer, it can be quite involved. You need to make sure that your motherboard and memory are compatible with the new processor. Also, check that your current cooling system will accommodate the upgraded CPU.
To determine if a processor upgrade will help your computer, there are a variety of third-party benchmark tests you can run. These tests will indicate if your CPU is underpowered.
If you're considering upgrading your processor, you might want to get a new system instead.
Another way to give your system a boost is to upgrade some of your peripherals. If you're using an older monitor, a new one can improve graphics and readability in all applications.
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TAURUS: This is a terrific day for taking a good, long look at your domestic set-up and deciding whether it could do with some improvements. Maybe you've been thinking about moving house, or extending your current home, in which case this is a very good opportunity to think carefully about the pros and cons.
GEMINI: You will feel very optimistic and clear-headed. Your motivation will be high and if you are waiting for something, there is an indication that you may receive some good news.
CANCER: A colleague, friend, relative or closely associated person's sudden announcement of exciting plans may leave you feeling like a workaholic. You have not had a vacation or taken a break in a very long time. Maybe, this is a sign to indicate or instigate the same. Consider it.
LEO: Your relationships are highlighted bringing any difficulties and tensions to a climax. The atmosphere between you and your other half could be more fraught than usual because you need to adjust to one another's current moods.
VIRGO: It's play time! You're in a lighthearted mood and looking for activities that will help you to express this side of your personality. Ideally, you should do something sociable at some point, or at least have a spirited chat with someone.
LIBRA: Today, new ventures start on a positive note. It's an auspicious day for a housewarming, or to begin the construction of a new residence. If you go shopping, you are likely to find a good bargain, then an evening spent with friends will be rather pleasant.
SCORPIO: Your special charm and sweetness will warm even the coldest of hearts. An improved financial condition is a result of your own initiative, but don't be unwilling to help those who are struggling with problems. Start projects which are of a creative nature.
SAGITTARIUS: Do something on the spur of the moment today. It's exactly what you're in the mood for, and actually you'll feel rather fed up if you can't let off steam every now and then. You don't have to do anything very drastic, but a small departure from your usual Sunday routine will make you feel refreshed and invigorated.
CAPRICORN: Financial front is important and is presently the center of attention in your life. There is no surety to what might happen. You need to spare a moment to concentrate and double check every calculation you have done. No outside help will be beneficial regarding this.
PISCES: You're in a self-contained mood and will be happy to spend big chunks of the day by yourself. In fact, you might even make some excuses to certain people so you can have more time to yourself. If you're at work, you'll want to show yourself in a good light and will expect to be patted on the back when necessary.


Kate Upton and Chrissy Teigen are two of SI's most popular models but their biggest fans may just be each other. The two, who have been friends since meeting on a shoot years ago, sat down with SwimDaily and discussed their best physical features, love of Beyonce, the perfect day and more.
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This 10-year-old girl designed her own prosthetic arm — and it shoots sparkles!
Jordan Reeves was born without part of her left arm. But with all the glitter flying around, that'll hardly be the first thing you'll notice about her.
March 31, 2016, 12:21 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
By Rebekah Lowin
In January, the 10-year-old from Columbia, Missouri got the invite of a lifetime. She was asked to join the Superhero Cyborgs workshop in San Francisco, hosted by nonprofit organization Kidmob and 3-D software company Autodesk.
Little girl designs own prosthetic arm – and it shoots glitter
"They reached out to us and basically said we could come and join the workshop for free," Jen Lee Reeves, Jordan's mother, told TODAY.com in a phone interview. "And I said, 'That's funny.' But, no, they really made it possible for us to be there."
RELATED: Robert Downey Jr. gives 7-year-old boy 'Iron Man' prosthetic arm
That's partly thanks to Kate Ganim, co-director of Kidmob. She told TODAY.com that design firm's main goals are to "help kids develop 21st-century skills, work alongside design and engineering professionals and gain the creative confidence to improve their world."
"It's about inviting kids who are often viewed as 'disabled' to design themselves into being 'super-abled,'" she continued. "We're asking the question, 'If not a hand, than what?'"
Jen Lee Reeves/Born Just Right
Each of the kids involved in the workshop had an upper limb difference of some sort, and all were tasked with the design challenge of taking advantage of the body they do have to turn themselves into a superhero.
"Jordan had been brainstorming with one of her friends," explained her mother. "And she had this concept of spraying out sparkles. Her friend Sydney came up with water gun arm, and another kid came up with a lightsaber on his hand."
And as for Jordan's own thoughts on the program? "I thought it was a really, really cool experience," she told us. "I just got to be with people like me and let my feelings be shared and stuff."
RELATED: She can fly! Girl, 4, gets prosthetic running legs thanks to help from strangers
She added, "Before, my creativity and thoughts about what I could do were kind of just locked up. When I went to the workshop, it unlocked it. And now I'm letting my creative, building side do what it wants."
Jordan and her family.Jen Lee Reeves/Born Just Right
The workshop may be over now, but Jordan's creative work continues. She participates in a Google hangout once a week with her designer partner, Sam Hobish, who currently works at Autodesk and is focused on 3-D printing. He volunteered to be Jordan's design mentor after the completion of the workshop.
"Our first goal is to design a base upon which we can build the glitter cannon," he told TODAY.com, explaining that the most basic prototypes for the prosthetic accessories had been completed at the workshop, but that there was still a lot to be done to make them fully functional and as fun as possible. "We're trying to see if we can make some functional adjustments to one particular design so that Jordan can have some elbow and finger motion. This will make shooting a basketball and holding a cellphone far easier."
Jordan models her prosthetic gadget at the workshop.Jen Lee Reeves/Born Just Right
And the most important part of their prototype will come last.
"From there, we will create a system for attaching the glitter mechanism," Hobish said.
Jordan reiterated that point excitedly. "Right now, we are improving the glitter, and the whole thing's going to be re-attachable," she gushed excitedly.
RELATED: Boy with prosthetic legs from Super Bowl ad is 'differently-abled,' says mom
Of course, there's more to being a superhero than just spraying the world with glitter. Jordan loves basketball, running, animals, playing piano and countless other activities that Hobish and his team are using to inform her design.
"She's so energetic and passionate and sometimes that means we go off on tangents where we end up talking college basketball, pets and movies," said Hobish. "While these conversations may seem off topic, such interactions are really valuable for me as a designer to help guide Jordan towards making a product that reflects her personality."
Meanwhile, of course, Jordan does wear traditional prosthetics as needed to perform basic tasks that would otherwise be difficult for her. Certified prosthetist David Rotter of Chicago has been working with her since she was 3 years old to develop her traditional prosthetics. And he's thrilled about her new accessories. In fact, he's volunteered his time, too, to help Hobish improve the designs.
"We're just about to start collaborating," he told TODAY.com. "What is just so fascinating and exciting for me is that, thanks to the Internet and this community, we have tremendous resources that come together to solve problems. Software engineers, industrial designers, traditional prostheticians ... it's exciting. What I'm hoping to do is at least help guide Sam [Hobish] as he tries to create her superhero arm, and help him problem-solve."
The fact that so many have donated freely of their time to help Jordan's dream come true isn't an anomaly, says Rotter. "This community is filled with volunteers and good Samaritans," he said "It bodes well for the future."
Jordan may be the first omen of a brighter future. "She told me the workshop changed her life," said Reeves. "She thinks about creating and building all the time now, and she only just turned 10."
For now, though, it's all about the glitter.
"I brought it to school," said Jordan, "and all my friends were like, 'Wow, that's really cool. I wish I could shoot sparkles from my arm.'"
8-year-old ballerina doesn't let prosthetic leg hold her back
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Land, labour and capital: Small and large-scale miners in Papua New Guinea
Nicholas A Bainton, John R. Owen, Simon Kenema, John Burton
This paper provides the first detailed characterisation of the interface dynamics between artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and large-scale mining (LSM) activities in Papua New Guinea, recently termed 'ASM-LSM interfaces'. We characterise these interfaces across the project lifecycle at operational, non-operating, and future mines. Despite industry commitment to contemporary standards for social responsibility, our study shows that large-scale miners actively co-construct ASM-LSM interfaces and contribute to their intensification, which often results in violence, dispossession, and entrenched inequalities. By focussing on interfaces, we identify the influences and effects on the underlying elements that small and large-scale mining activities have in common, namely land, labour and capital. This provides the basis to chart the 'mining encounters' among the host of actors entangled in these extractive zones, and the competing interests that arise at each resource conjuncture.
Resources Policy
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101805
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Bainton, N. A., Owen, J. R., Kenema, S., & Burton, J. (2020). Land, labour and capital: Small and large-scale miners in Papua New Guinea. Resources Policy, 68, -. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101805
Bainton, Nicholas A ; Owen, John R. ; Kenema, Simon ; Burton, John. / Land, labour and capital: Small and large-scale miners in Papua New Guinea. In: Resources Policy. 2020 ; Vol. 68. pp. -.
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AB - This paper provides the first detailed characterisation of the interface dynamics between artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and large-scale mining (LSM) activities in Papua New Guinea, recently termed 'ASM-LSM interfaces'. We characterise these interfaces across the project lifecycle at operational, non-operating, and future mines. Despite industry commitment to contemporary standards for social responsibility, our study shows that large-scale miners actively co-construct ASM-LSM interfaces and contribute to their intensification, which often results in violence, dispossession, and entrenched inequalities. By focussing on interfaces, we identify the influences and effects on the underlying elements that small and large-scale mining activities have in common, namely land, labour and capital. This provides the basis to chart the 'mining encounters' among the host of actors entangled in these extractive zones, and the competing interests that arise at each resource conjuncture.
U2 - 10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101805
DO - 10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101805
SP - -
JO - Resources Policy
JF - Resources Policy
Bainton NA, Owen JR, Kenema S, Burton J. Land, labour and capital: Small and large-scale miners in Papua New Guinea. Resources Policy. 2020;68:-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101805


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A Case for Making Students Resilient to the Far-Right?
A protester at a far right rally in Glasgow in 2016 ( PA )
The UK education system has, since the statutorisation of Prevent, been legally obliged to both nurture 'resilient' students and refer those whose resilience has been or is at risk of being eroded. Resilience being understood as the ability to 'bounce back from adversity', or in other words, being able to both reject and remove oneself from extremist ideologies. However, the extent to which the far-right is incorporated within this must be questioned. In this blog post, I explore discussions of the far-right and counter-terrorism amongst staff and students within further educational institutions, and the challenges which occur along the way.
Discussions of the far-right have long existed within academic spheres, and have recently been placed to the forefront of political and media dialogue, largely in response to a growing number of public cases such as the murder of MP Jo Cox, the attempted murder of MP Rosie Cunningham, the Finsbury Mosque attack and indeed the proscription of National Action, amongst others. Neil Basu, the Senior National Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, has highlighted that the far-right is the 'fastest growing UK terrorist threat' and appears to have been receiving an increasing number of headlines as a result. Further, the rise in Prevent referrals related to the far-right are argued to provide evidence that the UK's counter-terrorism strategy which seeks to tackle such threats no longer primarily focuses on Islamist-inspired ideologies, and is instead encompassing 'all forms' of extremism and terrorism within its agenda, with an increasing focus on the far-right.
In my PhD research, I observed a significant number of trainings and classes, and was told about from further education staff, that the far-right were being used as a key example for demonstrating the processes and risks of radicalisation. These engagements highlighted the presence of the far-right within educational institutions' discussions of the threats which Prevent, through their duty, sought to counter. For the educational staff I engaged with, the far-right was a real concern and one which many felt their students might be vulnerable to becoming engaged with.
However, discussions with and observations of students presented a more complex understanding of how the far-right fitted in with their need to be aware of and resilient against extremism and terrorism. For some, the far-right was something which could and should be engaged with, yet its visibility within these discussions was lacking in the perception that there remained an a priori focus on Muslims. This largely, for them, came as a result of disproportionate representations of Islamist terrorism within media portrayals of threats. For others, the topic of the far-right sparked discussions around Tommy Robinson and the English Defence League where students talked about images and 'meme's that their friends posted to social media as 'jokes', whether deflecting their responsibility to engage with it, using humour to avoid engaging with it, or simply not viewing it as something which required serious consideration. Yet, it was also evident that, for a minority, the far-right was a relatively unknown entity with whom they could not associate any particular threat or act of terrorism.
Whilst it is vital to explore the implications of these engagements, here I focus on whether or not students should be made aware of the far-right within educational responsibilities to build student resilience against terrorism and extremism. Given the environment of a rising threat and awareness of far-right organisations, and indeed the notion that it was something many educationalists felt needed to be taken more seriously, it would be logical to argue that students should have greater knowledge and understanding of the far-right in order to heighten their resilience against such ideologies. There are, however, some important considerations:
Who and what is it we are referring to?
A key element which emerged from my fieldwork, and too many of my discussions with fellow academics and students in my classes, was the difficulty with which to define the 'far-right'. Moreover, not only did it emerge that there were questions about who the far-right were, but also what acts or events could be viewed as far-right extremism and/or terrorism. Though these debates encircle academia frequently, knowledge of what or who the organisation(s) or ideology(ies) that one needs to be resilient against is not so familiar for educators.
The blurring of lines between hate speech, hate crime, and white supremacy, between individuals like Tommy Robinson and groups like National Action, and between ethno-nationalist discourse and ethno-nationalist inspired attacks, translate to the inability to define the far-right. Whether this results from the mainstreaming of far-right language, ideas and popularity, or the mainstreaming of racism, nationalism and anti-Other which the far-right have utilised, it has ultimately resulted in a complex environment in which far-right ideologies are viewed as (un)acceptable. The point at which hatred or indeed problematic conceptualisations of Others becomes extremism, and perhaps extremism becomes violent extremism or indeed terrorism, then becomes even more difficult to determine when the ideology behind these actions are also visible within wider public discourses.
Is this actually a way of countering a disproportionate focus on Muslims?
A second consideration is whether the far-right are being brought in as a means of looking like there is no longer a disproportionate focus on Islamist inspired ideologies, rather than a genuine belief in the far-right as posing a significant threat. Where educators are charged with the front line operations of Prevent, there must be consideration for the criticisms which have surrounded the agenda, and as many of my participants noted, this results in an active desire to minimise such claims through responsive enactment. However, where the far-right is only referenced, there runs a risk of disingenuous engagement with efforts being seen simply as lip service. In other words, the far-right becomes utilised as a trope to counter criticism around the agenda, rather than something which poses a serious threat. Ultimately, whilst this might provide a band aid over the immediate impacts on minority communities, Prevent, where engaging with the far-right primarily for appearances, retains the negative consequence for certain communities over others.
Does greater knowledge really mean greater resilience?
Introducing discussions of the far-right in order to promote student resilience to such ideologies infers that greater knowledge leads to greater resilience. However, even as government guidance claims, Prevent within the classroom is not about teaching on terrorism and extremism, but encouraging critical thinkers who would reject such ideologies in their antithesis to British values of democracy, rule of law, liberty and respect and tolerance. Greater knowledge of the far-right, therefore, would not be necessary. Though I find this line of thought problematic, given that a rejection of ideology must involve some knowledge of said ideology, being an expert in the far-right would not necessarily mean an individual could never become a far-right extremist. Thus, might it not be about greater knowledge of the far-right, but greater knowledge around difference which might build resilience?
There also runs the risk of further promulgating far-right ideologies where there lacks critical engagement and a deconstruction of such narratives due to lack of time, resources, or knowledge. Attempting to fill a knowledge gap of the far-right insufficiently might well lead to new gaps emerging which do not sufficiently counter the narratives being pushed by such groups. In other words, greater knowledge might not be the right knowledge. Yet, a lack of knowledge can bring with it problems for resilience and so there is an important balance to be had in providing students with sufficient knowledge; how that is and should be determined, however, remains open to debate.
Whilst the public and legislative focus on far-right ideologies has been sharpened over the last few years, so too has an awareness of the need for the far-right to be not just mentioned, but directly engaged with in Prevent. As Prevent seeks to address 'all forms' of extremism and terrorism, it remains critical that through its enactment there is a direct engagement with a threat that does not appear to be going away any time soon. I suggest that, where the Prevent duty's statutorisation of educationalists in shaping resilient students remains, there is a need to actively counter the far-right alongside the perceived dominant concern of Islamist-related ideologies. Yet, I issue such claim with caution. Where the far-right are brought into such discussions, let it not be as a result of instruction over importance, nor in a vain attempt to quash a stigmatisation of Muslims by "adding in" the far-right. And finally, let it be meaningful and effective, enabling students to identify where free speech becomes hatred.
Ms Natalie James is a Doctoral Fellow at CARR and Doctoral candidate in School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds. See her profile here.
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Trump set on veto of defense bill over renaming bases honoring Confederates
The president has told lawmakers he won't back down from a campaign threat to scuttle defense spending bill over proposed changes.
Trump threatens defense bill veto over renaming bases honoring Confederates
Nov. 23, 202003:15
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By Carol E. Lee, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Courtney Kube
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is threatening to veto legislation to fund the military as one of his final acts in office unless a widely supported, bipartisan provision to rename military bases honoring Confederate military leaders is removed, according to White House, defense and congressional sources.
Since the Nov. 3 election, Trump has privately told Republican lawmakers that he won't back down from his position during the campaign that he would veto the annual National Defense Authorization Act if it includes an amendment to rename the bases.
A senior administration official confirmed Trump's conversations with Republicans and his veto threat. "He's said that," the official said.
Trump's stance has put in doubt legislation that had been agreed to by Republicans and Democrats in the House and the Senate. It has sent members of Trump's party scrambling to find a path for the defense bill, which outlines military policy and funding, and put them on a collision course with Democrats.
While some Republicans are now shifting their positions to align with Trump, Democrats are refusing to budge on the agreed-to amendment, threatening passage of the legislation.
The effort to change the names of military bases honoring Confederate military leaders has been a target for Trump for months. It was among the disagreements he had with his former defense secretary, Mark Esper, who was quietly working with Congress to codify the renaming of bases in the bill before Trump fired him this month.
The pressure from Trump has increased as members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees have begun formal negotiations to work out the differences in the legislative bodies' respective bills.
Both chambers overwhelmingly passed a provision that would change the names of Confederate-named bases as part of their defense bills.
But the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., indicated that he's gotten the message from Trump, and he called it a "big issue" of contention in negotiations with Democrats.
"Only the president can say whether or not there's any room for a negotiation," Inhofe said, adding that he doubts that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., would put legislation up for a vote on the floor "that has a veto on it."
Democrats are balking, saying Republicans are buckling under pressure from a lame-duck president. Three dozen Senate Democrats wrote a letter urging that the provision remain.
Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, acknowledged that the issue has become a central sticking point.
"It passed overwhelming in the Senate," Reed said. "My position is it has to be maintained."
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., chair of the House Armed Services Committee, who is leading negotiations with Republicans, said the issue could derail the whole bill, which has passed every year for 59 straight years, a rarity in a polarized Congress.
"It's a simple thing, and it's getting in the way of a lot of very important stuff over something that we all ought to support, and most of us do," Smith said.
The legislation sets defense priorities for the coming year, but it also includes a pay raise for troops and funding for female-specific uniforms and body armor, which doesn't yet exist. And it provides funding to support quality of life for service members and their families, including measures this year to support education for military children with special needs whose families have to frequently change school districts.
In July, Trump tweeted that he would veto the measure if it includes an amendment that renames bases. "I will Veto the Defense Authorization Bill if the Elizabeth 'Pocahantas' Warren (of all people!) Amendment which will lead to the renaming (plus other bad things!) of Fort Bragg, Fort Robert E. Lee, and many other Military Bases from which we won Two World Wars, is in the Bill!" he wrote.
A congressional aide said that Trump's feelings haven't changed and that the reality is that the next administration would probably change the names even if the language isn't included in the defense bill. "Why put a large, important bill at risk for something that will come to pass anyway?" the aide asked.
After his inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden, who released a statement supporting the name changes in June, could issue an executive order to change the names, and the changes would likely be implemented faster than any legislation could implement them, a defense official said.
Biden wrote: "The names affixed to our military installations must honor the diverse heritage of leadership and sacrifice in our country's history. I fully support Senator Warren's bipartisan effort to form a commission to rename Defense Department facilities named after Confederate leaders in the next three years, and look forward to implementing the commission's work as president."
The Biden transition team declined to comment on whether he would sign an executive order renaming the bases.
If Trump vetoes the bill and a new version isn't passed and signed before the 116th Congress adjourns Jan. 3, the next Congress will have to start from scratch.
Carol E. Lee
Carol E. Lee is an NBC News correspondent.
Leigh Ann Caldwell
Leigh Ann Caldwell is an NBC News correspondent.
Courtney Kube is a correspondent covering national security and the military for the NBC News Investigative Unit.


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Q: Updating Form Data Select Box when tabbed I am currently using the following code to update form data before submission.
    $('.countyx').change(function(){
            var d=$(this).val();
            $('.countyq').text(d);
        });

This works fine if the user selects any change with their mouse, however, if the user uses the arrow keys to navigate the checkbox the 'change' is not registered. Obviously the keyup handler would work but is there any way to implement two handlers at once in a neat, lightweight way?

A: var fn_count = function() {$('.countyq').text($('.countyx').val());}
$('.countyx').change(fn_count).keyup(fn_count);

A: To maintain scope as you have in your example:
$('.countyx').change(function() {
    $('.countyq').text($(this).val());
}).keyup(function () { $(this).change(); });


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Venezuelan refugees inflame Brazil's already simmering migrant crisis
by Robert Muggah
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
Robert Muggah, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
(THE CONVERSATION) Though refugee and migration crises have dominated headlines in recent years, most news stories exclude Brazil. That's because of the world's roughly 62.5 million forced migrants, according to the United Nations – just a small proportion are thought to be in Brazil.
New research suggests this omission needs correcting.
According to the Forced Migration Observatory, a new database from the Brazilian think tank Instituto Igarapé, which I co-founded, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians are driven from their homes each year by disasters, development and violent crime.
Venezuelans escaping economic crisis at home are also now pouring into Brazil. Though neighboring Colombia has born the brunt of this exodus – with as many as 1 million migrants settling there since 2015 – Brazil has seen 60,000 crossings from Venezuela and numbers are rising fast.
Despite this influx, Brazil's main migrant problem remains the millions of displaced people already inside its borders. This domestic crisis has mostly simmered under the radar for nearly two decades.
In part, that's because internally displaced people are a politically inconvenient topic in Brazil. Each year, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians driven from their land each year by natural disaster, infrastructure development and violence – the three main causes of forced migration in Brazil. But because they are overwhelmingly poor and marginalized, politicians see few upsides to highlighting their plight.
Officials may also be unaware that they exist. In Brazil, migration scholars tend to focus on voluntary population movement: which prosperous Brazilian states are attracting new residents, and which are losing them.
To date, there has been no attempt to compile and analyze comprehensive nationwide data about Brazilian citizens who move – or are moved – against their will.
My team at the Forced Migration Observatory, which launches in mid-February 2018, began this mammoth task in 2016. Pulling information from Brazil's national development bank, government agencies and non-governmental organizations, we found that a stunning 8.8 million Brazilians – out of a population of 208 million – have been forced to flee their homes since 2000.
Our data analysis shows that natural disasters cause most migration within Brazil. Between January 2000 and June 2017, floods, storms, mudslides and droughts drove 6.4 million people from their homes – or an average of 357,000 people each year.
Such disasters have a high price tag. According to the United Nations, floods, mudslides and the like cost Brazil the equivalent of 800 million reals – or US$245 million – each month in recovery, reconstruction and lost productivity. That's almost 2 percent of its gross domestic product each year.
Infrastructure development also contributes to Brazil's migration woes. Since 2000, the country – which before a 2014 recession was among the world's fastest-growing economies – has built at least 84 large hydroelectric dams.
The Forced Migration Observatory estimates that the construction, flooding and environmental changes related to these projects have displaced between 130,000 and 230,000 people. Most of them come from the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Amazonas, Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais and São Paulo.
In total, development schemes have uprooted upwards of 1.2 million Brazilians over the past 18 years.
Many of these citizens, left indigent, head to cities seeking employment. There, they frequently end up in urban slums or on the streets, where they become newly vulnerable to development-induced displacement.
In the lead-up to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games, both hosted by Brazil, at least 47,000 Brazilians — primarily lower-income residents of big cities like São Paulo and Rio do Janeiro — were forcibly evicted to make way for stadiums, subway lines and new housing.
Brazil's Ministry of Cities issued a policy to safeguard the rights of people involuntarily removed from their homes in 2013, but implementation has been sporadic. In practice, most cities and towns have no strategy in place to support new arrivals, whether they hail from Venezuela or just down the block.
Crime and violence also uproot many Brazilians each year, but data on this critical driver of migration is not good.
An analysis of the nonprofit Pastoral Land Commission's annual report reveals that approximately 1.1 million Brazilians were evicted or expelled by land and resource disputes since 2000. Such clashes can be deadly: In 2016, 61 land rights activists were killed in Brazil.
What migration researchers still don't know is how much urban violence – which has reached epidemic proportions in recent years – is compelling city dwellers to move. More than three-quarters of the 57,395 Brazilians murdered in 2017 lived in cities, so it's reasonable to assume that some residents would flee their neighborhoods to escape violence.
Indeed, in Rio, where gangs now run many of the poorer informal neighborhoods called "favelas", the news shows that entire families are routinely extorted and evicted by organized crime. We just don't know how many.
The current unrest in Venezuela is compounding these already significant domestic migration challenges for Brazil, where an estimated 60,000 refugees from the crisis-stricken country have sought refuge from starvation, violence and repression.
Historically, Brazilian politicians and diplomats have often made a show of welcoming international refugees. In recent years, the country has won plaudits for inviting in more than 65,000 Haitians after that country's 2010 earthquake and promising to accept 100,000 Syrian refugees.
A souring economy and dampened public mood, however, have since compelled Brazilian authorities to reneg on their Syria commitment.
Today's Venezuelan refugees are streaming into frontier towns in Brazil's northwest border. Cash-strapped governments in this region are generally unable to provide adequate care for the many asylum-seekers who arrive needing treatment for dehydration, malnutrition and disease.
Brazil's National Immigration Council started issuing two-year residence permits for refugees in March 2017. The documents give migrants access to health care and other public services, but at $100 apiece, they're out of reach for most.
Nor has the Brazilian government adequately funded measures to protect asylum applicants, such as shelter or food. Thomson Reuters reported in January that many Venezuelans "sleep in tents pitched in public squares … while others beg in the streets and wash car windshields."
Brazil has responded by tightening security, including military and police patrols, along the border. Venezuelans fleeing their country may soon be required to show that they've been vaccinated before entering Brazil, and plans to "relocate" new arrivals to refugee camps to elsewhere in the country have raised human rights concerns. Some officials believe that the border with Venezuela should be closed entirely.
Under international humanitarian law, Brazil's national government bears the primary responsibility for resettling and supporting refugees both domestic and international. All of the country's displaced citizens are additionally entitled to care and compensation.
In practice, though, government responsibility for dealing with migrants is distributed across various federal ministries and departments. As a result, Brazil has no unified resettlement program to respond to the millions of displaced people scattered across the country.
This, in my opinion, has now become a crisis. And it's past time to act.
Maiara Folly, a researcher at the Igarapé Institute, co-authored this article.
Image credit: Lianne Milton/Panos Pictures for USN&WR


Today we announced the availability of Red Hat Gluster Storage in Google Cloud Platform as a fully supported offering. Red Hat Gluster Storage will give Google Cloud Platform users the ability to use a scale-out, POSIX-compatible, massively scalable, elastic file storage solution with a global namespace.
This offering will bring existing users of Red Hat Gluster Storage another supported public cloud environment in which they can run their POSIX-compatible file storage workloads. For their part, Google Cloud Platform users will have access to Red Hat Gluster Storage, which they can use for several cloud storage use cases, including active archives, rich media streaming, video rendering, web serving, data analytics, and content management. POSIX compatibility will give users the ability to move their existing on-premise applications to Google Cloud Platform without having to rewrite applications to a different interface.
Enterprises can also migrate their data from an on-premise environment to the Google Cloud Platform, easily leveraging the geo-replication capabilities of Red Hat Gluster Storage.
A Red Hat Gluster Storage node in Google Cloud Platform is created by attaching Google standard persistent disks (HDD) or solid-state persistent disks (SSD) to a Google Compute Engine (GCE) instance. Two or more such nodes make up the trusted storage pool of storage nodes. To help protect against unexpected failures, the Red Hat Gluster Storage nodes that constitute the trusted storage pool should be instantiated across Google Cloud Platform's zones (within the same region), up to and including a single zone.
Gluster volumes are created by aggregating available capacity from Red Hat Gluster Storage instances. Capacity can be dynamically expanded or shrunk to meet your changing business demands. Additionally, Red Hat Gluster Storage provides geo-replication capabilities that enable data to be asynchronously replicated from one Google Cloud Platform region to another, thereby enabling disaster recovery for usage scenarios that need it in a master-slave configuration.
Anticipated roadmap features like file-based tiering in Red Hat Gluster Storage include providing the capability to create volumes with a mix of SSD- and HDD-based persistent disks providing storage tiering (hierarchical storage management) in the cloud in a transparent manner.
Red Hat Gluster Storage in Google Cloud Platform will be accessed using the highly performant Gluster native (Fuse-based) client from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and other Linux-based clients. Users may also use NFS or SMB.
We are excited that users will be able to take advantage of all the Red Hat Gluster Storage features in Google Cloud Platform, including replication, snapshots, directory quotas, erasure coding, bit-rot scrubbing and geo-replication, because they now have a compelling option for their scale-out file storage use cases in Google's cloud.


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