The Book of James tells us that the faith we have, if it's not accompanied with action, is dead. We are expected as Christians to live a life that is devoted to following Christ's example as it is specified in the Bible.
What can you expect at a Sunday Morning Service here???
At Mundell Christian Church there are several parts that comprise our morning service. Here are some specific parts you should expect to see in a regular Sunday morning service.
5) A time of response to the Word.
These vary as to their place in the service; and are by no means an exhaustive list. If you have any questions, feel free to ask anyone who regularly attends here or submit a question through our contact page.


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We want to wish our many friends in the Jewish community a Happy Hanukkah.
The celebration began Tuesday night and continues for eight days. On each night of Hanukkah, a special blessing is said during the lighting of the candles on the menorah. Other traditions associated with the "Jewish Festival of Lights" include the playing of a game called dreidel, singing special Hanukkah songs, consuming foods such as latkes (potato pancakes), and giving Hanukkah gifts (gelt).
Hanukkah means "dedication" in Hebrew and commemorates a "Nes Gadol (great miracle) in Jewish history. More than 2,000 years ago after the Maccabees had won a battle to practice their religion, they wanted to rededicate the Holy Temple that had been destroyed. Although they had only enough oil to light the menorah for one night inside the temple, miraculously the oil burned for eight days and eight nights.
We warmly recognize the outstanding contributions that our Jewish residents have made in our community and say, "Happy Hanukkah" to all.
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There's No Tim in Team: A Modest Proposal for the Political Influence of Entertainers
While growing up in a country that relentlessly bombards youth with the social conditioning to be obsessed with ice hockey, it's not surprising that I spent a large chunk of my allowance collecting hockey cards (the rest was spent, of course, on comic books and 5 cent candies). I had a lot of great ones – a card commemorating Wayne Gretzky's "1000th point," heck, I think I had the card of every Edmonton Oiler that was later sold off or traded for a profit at a loss to the community. Yep, I had a pretty big collection. Also, I think I have bitterness issues still resonating from the late 1980s and early 90s.
This card is tucked up under my 50 mission Cap
Categories: Matters of Debate, Punk and Politics
Tags: 50 mission cap, Artists, athletes, Bill Barilko, Boston Bruins, Canada, DIY, Duff McKagan, Edmonton Oilers, Entertainers, Entertainment Industry, Gaddafi, Green Day, hockey cards, Ian MacKaye, ice hockey, Ice-T, integrity, Jaromír Jágr, Joey Keithley, mullets, music, musicians, Obama, Picasso, Pittsburgh Penguins, politics, sportsmanship, the United States, the White House, Tim Thomas
Not Just White Noise Supremacy: The Diversity of the Underground Punk Network in late 1970s-early 1990s America
Recently, a book called White Riot: Punk Rock and the Politics of Race, edited by Stephen Duncombe and Maxwell Tremblay, was released. Race has been at the forefront of debates on punk, probably before, and definitely since, Lester Bangs wrote his article "White Noise Supremacists" in the Village Voice in 1979. Reactions to White Riot reveals the diversity of opinion on race and politics in punk milieux, especially this review of the book in Maximum Rocknroll, "White Riot: Another Failure."
Discussions on punk and race instantly brings to mind not only the Clash song "White Riot," but also the Minor Threat song "Guilty of Being White." The song was written by Ian MacKaye, who was frustrated by being mistreated, because of the color of his skin, by black youths in the community he grew up in. Highly contentious, debate and different interpretations continue to surround the song. As the book White Riot and the reactions to it show, this contention extends to the issue of race and punk as a whole.
The thing about punk is, as D. Boon said: "punk is whatever we made it to be." From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, punk was a melange of not only different races, but also voices, messages, outlooks and ideas. Music scenes sprung up across the United States (and parts of Canada), forming an underground network where people could raise voices differing to the status quo of the mainstream.
In the following, I try to touch on the diversity that existed in the underground punk network in the United States. It is by no means comprehensive, but should provide a taste of what was happening, and how the varying elements of that diversity mixed together.
Well, except for Diversity being an old wooden ship from the Civil War era
Categories: noise from the underground, Punk and Politics, voices from the underground
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, anarchy, atheism, Big Boys, Bush Administration, DIY, DOA, Environmentalism, Factsheet Five, fanzines, Fugazi, Gay Rights, Gulf War, hardcore, Ian MacKaye, Joey Keithley, John Lennon, Lester Bangs, Maximum Rocknroll, Maxwell Tremblay, MDC, Minor Threat, networks, Nike, Punk, Race, religion, Riot Grrrl, Spice Girls, Stephen Duncombe, subcultures, the Beatles, the Village Voice, underground culture, White Noise Supremacists, White Riot, Women's Rights
Creating Space for Questions
Writer, musician, and all around punk rocker David Gault has made a video. Produced for a class taught by Dr. Michael B. MacDonald at the University of Alberta, it explores the role of urban space in politics and music.
By focusing on a song written by Ben Sir from the Edmonton punk band Worst Days Down, Gault highlights the importa…actually, instead of me going on about it, just see for yourself:
Check out more from Worst Days Down at: http://www.myspace.com/worstdaysdown
Categories: "Intellectual" Sources, Punk and Politics, voices from the underground
Tags: climate-change, DIY, edmonton, Environmentalism, Lorrie Goldstein, Punk, red-baiting, suburbs, urban space, Worst Days Down
Short of Able proves that winning takes time
These days, a lot of importance is put on "the instant." For inst…example, Twitter gives you instant access to Charlie Sheen. Facebook gives you up-to-date status updates from that kid you went to junior high school with…Even though you didn't really like him and haven't talked to him in about ten years. And of course, you've also got the instant music celebrities – and all that really takes is singing a song about the order the days of the week come in.
It's getting rather rare to see musicians take their time, but that's exactly what the gang from Short of Able have done. Their new album, Far Away and Out of Sight, was written and recorded over a ten month period. Coincidentally, it has ten songs. Just by using basic math, it is evident this LP wasn't done in a hurry; the band was taking their time to do things right, and to learn.
Short of Able
Categories: Music from America's Hat, So Russell...what do you love about music?
Tags: auto-tune, DIY, edmonton, Far Away and Out of Sight, harmonica, independent music, indie, recording, Short of Able, winning
Dropping the Iron Curtain
Nowadays, American bands don't just influence American bands. American bands also influence British bands, Canadian bands, Australian bands, heck, American bands influence at the very least bands all over the world, if not also in places that aren't even planets, like Pluto. (sorry Pluto)
The same was the case during the Cold War. Despite the USSR's official rejection of western culture, all things American were slipping through the Iron Curtain. Music was no stranger to this transmission into Eastern Europe and the USSR. Musicians picked up from acts like Iggy Pop and the Stooges, the Velvet Underground, and of course later punk bands like the Talking Heads. I know this to be true because I read about it in a fanzine called Flagpole Magazine, from Athens, Georgia.
In 1991, a band called BIX came across the Atlantic to perform across the United States. They were from Lithuania, a country that had just declared independence from the Soviet Union. Already veterans of playing throughout Europe, and at a short 1990 US tour including a stop at the New Music Seminar in NYC, BIX was back for their second tour of America.
Categories: Music from the other side of the Iron Curtain, noise from the underground, One time, Back in History..., Punk and Protest
Tags: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, American culture, Antics, BIX, Cold War, DIY, fanzines, Flagpole Magazine, foreign policy, history, Lithuania, music, Protest, Punk, soft power, Soviet Bloc, the Cold War, the iron curtain, the United States, underground music, USSR, western culture
Here Comes the Sun, part II
You know, you're right to say that Sam Phillips sure recorded a lot of good black and white artists down in Memphis in the 1950s.
The Fantastic Four
BUT – how the heck did he do it? What happened to musicians having to go to major music industry centres like Los Angeles or New York to get a start on their recording careers? For example, didn't Ray Charles have to leave Seattle in just 1950 for California to get going on what would eventually culminate in Jamie Foxx getting famous and Kayne West shamelessly ripping him off?
The thing of it was, there were big changes to recording technology following World War II. And when an innovator like Sam Phillips came along to seize on untapped talent that was the Memphis region's musicians, well, the rest is history.
Categories: Music from Canada's Bow-tie, One time, Back in History...
Tags: blues, DIY, Elvis Presley, independence, independent music, innovation, labels, Memphis, music, music industry, R&B, Ray Charles, record labels., recording, regional music scenes, regional musical milieu, rock 'n' roll, Sam Phillips, Sun Records, Sun Studios, technology, WWII
F&M wear their hearts on their album sleeve
When people finish graduate work in history, they usually get a job at a university…or a library…or heck, they could just write a blog. But every so often, or at least this once – a history graduate will use the topic of their thesis to help inform their own songwriting and performing. It helps, of course, when the subject of your thesis was a Soviet rockstar.
It's New Album Release Day again, and F&M are back with a new album today called Sincerely, F&M. I know what you're wondering and yes – it comes with its very own winelist.
I sat down in Internetland with F&M frontlady (and history graduate) Rebecca Anderson to ask her about the new album, touring across Canada, and a guy that she learned about back in the USSR.
Tags: Alberta, authenticity, Canada, Canadian music, DIY, edmonton, F&M, folk music, history, independent music, indie-folk, indie-rock, interviews, music, music industry, music scenes, music videos, musicians, new music, regional musical milieu, Sincerely F&M, the arts, the Soviet Union, theses, tours, Viktor Tsoi, wine


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Steve Rothery (Marillion)
Steve Rothery features in our instrumental and progressive rock sequences.
Steve Rothery joined the formative Marillion in 1979 and in the Fish-era was the band's chief songwriter.
During the 1980s the band achieved wider success with the singles 'Kayleigh' and 'Lavender' and the best-selling 'Misplaced Childhood' album.
After Fish had left the band, and now with frontman Steve Hogarth, the band's music developed a new maturity. This included Rothery's contribution on guitar and he broadened his sound palette during the 1990s and especially after 'Anoraknophobia' (2001).
Since that time, Rothery has collaborated on two albums by The Wishing Tree and in late-2014 released his first solo album 'The Ghosts Of Pripyat'. The album received enthusiastic reviews and Rothery has toured with his band (which includes members of Panic Room) promoting it, whilst still playing the earlier Marillion material with which he is closely associated.
Broadcast history
"Assume The Position"
First broadcast Sunday 18 September 2016
Steve Rothery website
LATEST TOUR DATES
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Home » News & Features » Broadway News & Features » My Name is Lucy Barton, starring Laura Linney, to begin previews early
My Name is Lucy Barton, starring Laura Linney, to begin previews early
Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of My Name is Lucy Barton is now set to begin previews on January 4, 2020.
Tom Millward
Manhattan Theatre Club has announced that its upcoming American premiere of The London Theatre Company production of My Name is Lucy Barton is now set to begin preview performances earlier than expected. The Broadway run will now commence at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on January 4, 2020 (instead of the previously announced January 6), ahead of an official opening on January 15, and will conclude on February 29, 2020.
The production marks the Broadway return of four-time Emmy Award winner, two-time Golden Globe winner, three-time Oscar nominee and four-time Tony Award nominee Laura Linney in the titular role.
Synopsis: "Laura Linney returns to Broadway in a haunting new solo play adapted by Rona Munro from the bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout. Linney plays Lucy Barton, a woman who wakes after an operation to find – much to her surprise – her mother at the foot of her bed. They haven't seen each other in years. During their days-long visit, Lucy tries to understand her past, works to come to terms with her family, and begins to find herself as a writer."
Five-time Olivier Award winner Richard Eyre is set to direct the production which will also feature scenic & costume design by Bob Crowley, lighting design by Peter Mumford, sound design by John Leonard, and projection design by Luke Halls.
Laura Linney previously starred in My Name is Lucy Barton at London's Bridge Theatre from January 23 to February 16, 2019, making her London stage debut in a sold-out, critically acclaimed limited engagament. She last appeared on Broadway for Manhattan Theatre Club in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes in spring 2017, alternating the roles of Regina Giddens and Birdie Hubbard with co-star Cynthia Nixon at each performance and picking up her fourth Tony Award nomination. She had previously earned Tony nominations for her performances in Time Stands Still in 2010, Sight Unseen in 2005, and The Crucible in 2002. Her other Broadway credits include Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Uncle Vanya, Honour, Holiday, Hedda Gabler, The Seagull, and Six Degrees of Separation. On screen, she received Oscar nominations for "The Savages" in 2008, for "Kinsey" in 2005, and for "You Can Count on Me" in 2001. Other notable screen credits include "Nocturnal Animals," "Sully: Miracle on the Hudson," "The Truman Show," "Mystic River," "Primal Fear," "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," "Mr. Holmes," "The Big C," "John Adams," "The Squid and the Whale," "Frasier," "Congo," and "Love Actually."
My Name is Lucy Barton is produced on Broadway in association with Penguin Random House Audio.
My Name is Lucy Barton Tickets are available now for performances from January 4 through February 29, 2020.
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Voting against nuclear war with Iran
By Jorge Hirsch
The outcome of the November
election is likely to determine whether or not the US goes to war with
Iran before President Bush leaves office. For multiple reasons recounted
below such war will with very high probability include the US use of
tactical nuclear weapons. In casting or not casting a vote in November,
each of us will contribute to determine events of potential consequences
immensely larger than local taxes, illegal immigration or even the Iraq
war. Crossing the nuclear threshold in a war against Iran will trigger a
chain reaction that in weeks, years or decades could lead with high
probability to global nuclear war and widespread destruction of life on
the planet.
10/16/06 "Information Clearing House"
The Bush administration has radically redefined America's nuclear use
policy [1], [2]: US nuclear weapons are no longer regarded as
qualitatively different from conventional weapons. Many actions of the
administration in recent years strongly suggest that an imminent US
nuclear use is being planned for, and this was confirmed by Bush's
explicit refusal to rule out a US nuclear strike against Iran. We have
all been put on notice. The fact that North Korea is now a nuclear
country does not change the agenda - quite the contrary.
There were fears that the US would use nuclear weapons in the Iraq
attack [1], [2], which did not materialize, hence some will argue that
the current fears of nuclear use against Iran may not materialize
either. Some will argue that there were many other occasions in the past
60 years where the US appeared to come close to using nuclear weapons
and did not [1], [2], that the threshold for using nuclear weapons
always was and remains extraordinarily high, and that the US nuclear
"saber rattling" is just trickery to scare our opponents ( "madman
theory"). These arguments are wrong. The US is much closer than it has
ever been since Nagasaki to using nuclear weapons again. This year for
the first time in its history the American Physical Society,
representing 40,000 members of the profession that created nuclear
weapons, issued a statement of deep concern on this matter: "The
American Physical Society is deeply concerned about the possible use of
nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon states and for pre-emptive
counter-proliferation purposes".
In the case of Iraq, our adversary was so weak that there was no way a
US nuclear weapon use could have been justified in the eyes of the
world. Iran is different: it possesses missiles that could strike US
forces in Iraq and the Persian Gulf as well as Israeli cities, and a
large conventional army. 150,000 US soldiers in Iraq will be at great
risk if war with Iran erupts, and Americans will support a nuclear
strike on Iran once the administration creates a situation where it can
argue that such action will save a large number of American or allies'
lives.
In previous US wars, nuclear use did not occur because it carried an
unacceptably high risk of triggering a nuclear conflict with the Soviet
Union or China [1], [2], [3]. Because North Korea appears to have now a
nuclear deterrent, and because of the possibility that China could get
involved, there is no danger that the US will attack North Korea. In
fact, Bush will use the fact that North Korea has joined the nuclear
club, and charges that he was not "tough enough" on North Korea, as an
argument to "justify" attacking Iran before it achieves that status,
notwithstanding the fact that unlike North Korea Iran has stated no
intention to follow that path nor is there any evidence that it is doing
so. The nuclearization of North Korea only helps the plan to nuke Iran,
which is why the administration did everything it could to encourage it.
No nuclear country is likely to intervene nor threaten to intervene when
the US uses nuclear weapons against Iran, hence there is no military
deterrent to such use. The US has now achieved vast nuclear superiority,
and is about to demonstrate to the world that its 5-trillion nuclear
arsenal is not "unusable".
The US Nuclear Posture
The Bush administration has made sweeping changes in the nuclear weapons
policy of the United States during the past 5 years, singlehandedly
without consulting Congress nor the American people [1], [2], [3]. Under
the name of "New Triad", the key concept is "integration" of
conventional and nuclear forces. Don't be fooled by the rhetoric stating
that it means that some missions previously assigned to nuclear forces
will be taken over by conventional forces. What it really means is "a
seamless web of capabilities": there is no longer a sharp line, a sharp
distinction, between nuclear and non-nuclear weapons.
Why should there be such a sharp line? Because, as a newly set up
website from the Department of Defense kindly explains, "weight for
weight, the energy produced by a nuclear explosion is millions of times
more powerful than a conventional explosion". Consequently, it shouldn't
be difficult to understand, even for a Yale C-student, that a nuclear
conflict that gets out of hand will take a million times more lives than
a conventional conflict. The last global conventional conflict took over
50 million lives.
What is the benefit of making such policy declarations? The US has never
ruled out the use of nuclear weapons, and it carries a cost to remind
other countries of this fact, since it provides an incentive for others
to develop nuclear capability. There is no benefit in openly announcing
such ominous policy changes, unless the intention is to put them into
practice. Just like Bush announced in 2002 that "the United States will,
if necessary, act preemptively" in preparation for the "preemptive"
attack on Iraq.
The aforementioned Department of Defense website on "nuclear matters"
states that "there are a number of arms control agreements restricting
the deployment and use of nuclear weapons, but there is no conventional
or customary international law that prohibits nations from employing
nuclear weapons in armed conflict". That statement defines the "rules"
by which the U.S. government plays. No matter that it ignores (and the
website's list of "arms control agreements" also doesn't mention it) the
"negative security assurance" issued by the US in 1978 and reaffirmed in
1995 promising not to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon
states. Nor that it ignores the 1996 ruling of the International Court
of Justice.
The reason the changes in declaratory policy were made is to gauge
public opinion, and to prepare the public for the implementation of this
policy. Because reaction to these radical statements [1], [2], [3], [4]
unfortunately has been rather muted, the administration will be able to
claim that the American people by and large have embraced the new
nuclear doctrine of "integration" of nuclear and non-nuclear
capabilities" and approve of the use of nuclear weapons when they
provide "the most efficient use of force". The November vote may be your
last chance to disagree.
The Rumsfeld "downsizing" transformation
The changes in nuclear doctrine did not occur in a vacuum. They were
accompanied by a strong push by the White House to develop new and more
usable nuclear weapons, and they are intimately tied and go hand in hand
with Rumsfeld's "transformation" of the military [1]. The overarching
goal of this transformation is "downsizing" [1], [2], [3], [4], [5].
What Rumsfeld did as CEO of Searle, he set out to do for the US military.
As Time Magazine reported in its Aug. 20, 1945 issue right after the
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, "One hundred and twenty-three planes,
each bearing a single atomic bomb, would carry as much destructive power
as all the bombs (2,453,595 tons) dropped by the Allies on Europe during
the war". And this was before hydrogen bombs. To the extent that the US
military will be able to replace conventional weapons by nuclear weapons
to carry out its missions, it will have achieved the ultimate
"downsizing". That in a nutshell is the key to Rumsfeld's
"transformation of the military", everything else is window-dressing.
The principal vehicle to achieve this transformation is the radical
redefinition of the mission of USSTRATCOM, one of the nine U.S. Unified
Combatant Commands. Before Rumsfeld, STRATCOM's sole mission was nuclear
deterrence and if necessary the use of nuclear weapons. Since 2001,
"USSTRATCOM' nuclear focus broadened considerably with the latest
Nuclear Posture Review (NPR)". Now it is a "global integrator charged
with the missions of full-spectrum global strike...", and provides "a
range of options, both nuclear and non-nuclear, relevant to the threat
and military operations". And it is in particular "the lead Combatant
Command for integration and synchronization of DoD-wide efforts in
combating weapons of mass destruction". A supporting role will be played
by the expanded USSOCOM, US Special Operations Command, providing
Rumsfeld with convenient "intelligence" and covert operations capabilities.
The new nuclear doctrine is the software, the new USSTRATCOM is the
hardware, and Rumsfeld is the driver, for the "downsizing" program that
is about to be launched. Brace yourself.
There have been many voices across the political spectrum calling for
Rumsfeld's resignation for the botched Iraq war [1], [2], [3], [4], [5],
[6], [7], yet he "retains the full confidence" of Bush. Why? Because
Rumsfeld cannot be fired until he demolishes the "nuclear taboo"
barrier, by detonating a small tactical nuclear weapon against a US
enemy. The US military is reluctant to even consider the use of nuclear
weapons against Iran, because it would provoke "an outcry over what
would be the first use of a nuclear weapon in a conflict since
Nagasaki". Only after a small tactical nuclear weapons strike against
Natanz or another Iranian facility will such a barrier no longer exist
for future US nuclear threats and uses, and Rumsfeld's transformation
will be a fait accompli.
Why is "downsizing" the military so important to the PNAC crowd? Because
the American public has no stomach for a draft nor large losses of
American military personnel. If it becomes possible to wage war "on the
cheap", without loss of American life, and in the process we can lower
the price of oil and spread "liberty" across the world, opposition will
be muted. Public opinion on the Iraq war was not turned by the enormous
number of Iraqi lives lost (of which there isn't even an effort to keep
a count), it is only affected by the number of American lives lost.
How it will happen
"The decision as to the employment of atomic weapons in the event of war
is to be made by the Chief Executive when he considers such decision to
be required" according to NSC 30 from 1948. According to the
Goldwater-Nichols Act, the chain of command flows from the President
through the Secretary of Defense to the geographic combatant commanders.
If Gen. John Abizaid (CENTCOM commander) or Gen. James Cartwright
(STRATCOM commander) ask authorization from President Bush to use
nuclear weapons, following the guidelines in the Doctrine for Joint
Nuclear Operations, what will Bush's response be? As he often repeats,
"I'm going to be listening to the people that know what they're talking
about, and that's the commanders on the ground in Iraq. They'll make the
decisions". The commanders on the ground will be driven by what they
perceive to be the immediate military necessity, without regard to the
larger issues such as the survival of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT).
Congress will not be asked in advance to authorize the Iran war.
Congress has already declared, in passing H.R.6198, that Iran should be
held accountable "for its threatening behavior" (which merely consists
in Iran's refusal to give up its rights under the Nuclear
Non-proliferation Treaty). The Iran war is likely to start with selected
bombing of a few Iranian facilities. Recall that on October 3rd, 2002,
over 5 months before the US invasion of Iraq, we learned that "Coalition
forces this morning struck an Iraqi air defense center after a coalition
plane in the area dropping leaflets was fired upon, defense officials
said". On December 16, 1998, Clinton informed the American people that
"Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and
security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their
mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons
programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors". Neither
of these operations, nor many other US military operations, were done
with Congressional authorization.
Bush will threaten Iran with a massive attack if it responds to such a
bombing. Iran will certainly respond, and Bush will proclaim that this
constitutes Iranian "aggression" against the US, and that Iran has
"chosen" war. It will be less farfetched than in the case of Iraq, where
Bush stated shortly before the US invasion "war is upon us because
Saddam Hussein has made that choice" (speech of March 6, 2003), and as
the US was about to attack on March 17, 2003 "Should Saddam Hussein
choose confrontation, the American people can know that every measure
has been taken to avoid war". Once war with Iran has started, Bush,
Cheney, Rumsfeld and their hand-picked nuclear advisors will find plenty
of convenient "surprising military developments" to seize on to
"justify" the use of nuclear weapons.
The nuclear weapons that the administration is planning to use against
Iran are low yield earth penetrating weapons expected to cause "reduced
collateral damage". Their real purpose is not to destroy facilities that
are too deep underground to be destroyed by conventional weapons: it is
primarily to erase the nuclear taboo, and secondarily to shock-and-awe
Iran into surrender.
Of course the potentially disastrous consequences of this action cannot
be overestimated. Once the US has used its nuclear weapons against a
non-nuclear country signatory of the NPT, the NPT will fall apart. Many
more countries will strive to develop and test nuclear weapons, overtly
or covertly, as North Korea has just done. With no longer a nuclear
taboo many more countries will feel entitled to use their nuclear
weapons in aggression against or to defend against aggression from
nuclear and non-nuclear adversaries. Military conflicts inevitably lead
to escalation, and they usually end only when one side prevails. That is
not how a global nuclear conflict will end.
If the US attacks Iran and does not use nuclear weapons, it will incur
military losses that will vastly outweigh any benefit of such war. If
there is no Iran war, the Bush presidency will be remembered
predominantly for the disastrous Iraq war. Crossing the nuclear
threshold will overshadow all other events of the Bush presidency. To
the (however unlikely) extent that it results in an advantage to
America, Bush's achievement could conceivably be hailed by future
generations. The "rational" choice for the administration is clear.
Like desperate gamblers in a losing streak, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld
have nothing to gain and everything to lose by not attacking Iran with
nuclear weapons.
Why the November vote matters
On November 7th, 33 Senate seats and all 435 House seats will be
contested. There are many reasons why even Republicans may wish that one
or both Houses are won by Democrats, and the prospect of nuclear war
should be a dominant one.
The President can legally order the use of nuclear weapons under any
circumstance without asking Congress. However, Congress could block the
authority of the President to order the use of nuclear weapons against
non-nuclear-weapon countries by passing legislation under Article I,
Sect. 8, Clause 14 of the Constitution to "make rules for the government
and regulation" of the Armed Forces. If Congress passed such a law (see
an example for a bill here), it would in practice also impede a
conventional attack on Iran. Congress may also find other ways to derail
a presidential push towards using nuclear weapons, for example by
demanding that the Administration publicly discloses plans or
preparatory moves such as deployment of nuclear weapons in the Persian
Gulf. Which Congress is more likely to do this, a Republican or a
Democratic one?
Only Democratic congressmembers, however weakly, have questioned the
wisdom of the new US nuclear weapons policies [1], [2], [3]. Not a
single Republican in Congress has, nor have they questioned the fact
that the nuclear option against Iran is "on the table". This is not to
say that Republican candidates would necessarily approve of the use of
nuclear weapons against Iran, in fact many if not most are likely to
oppose it. And some Democratic candidates may be more hawkish than
Republicans in regard to Iran [1], [2], [3]. However, the principle of
"party discipline" applies to both Republicans and Democrats. And the
administration that is planning to use nuclear weapons against Iran is
Republican.
No matter how wise, moral, resolute, and independent of Bush a
Republican candidate appears to be, when push comes to shove he/she is
more likely than not to vote the party line. In the current Congress, as
reported by the non-partisan Hill Monitor website, Republican senators
voted for the White House position 92.57% of the time, Democratic
senators only 54.56%. In the House, the respective numbers are 88.50%
and 40.99%. On the October 2002 vote requested by the White House
authorizing the Iraq attack, a single Republican senator opposed it,
versus 21 Democrats; in the House, only 6 Republicans opposed it, versus
126 Democrats.
A US attack on Iran will lead to the US use of nuclear weapons and will
be disastrous for America. It is the path that Bush, Cheney and
Rumsfeld, with the advice of Kissinger [1], [2], are hell-bent on
pursuing. A military takeover of government is not likely, and military
refusal to carry out immoral orders is uncertain at best. Congress has a
role to play, perhaps the most important one in its history, and a
Republican Congress is likely to rubberstamp any White House plan on
Iran. Voting Republican in November is voting to wage nuclear war.
Jorge Hirsch is a Professor of Physics at the University of California
at San Diego, a fellow of the American Physical Society, and organizer
of a recent petition, circulated among leading physicists, opposing the
new nuclear weapons policies adopted by the US in the past 5 years. He
is a frequent commentator on Iran and nuclear weapons.
Email to: jorgehirsch@yahoo.com


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It's a simple message, and we should all be following the guidelines set out by the Government. If you don't know them yet, or you aren't clear, have another look here.
Under normal circumstances, we would be encouraging everybody to get outside, get some fresh air, get walking, start exploring. But these aren't normal circumstances. At the moment, we would urge everyone to do the opposite: stay at home, don't drive unless it's essential, do your part. There have been a number of reports locally and nationally of people driving to enjoy beauty spots or to access their exercise, or gathering in groups in parks or areas of countryside. Please don't do this. Please stay in your local area to get out in the fresh air, or to go for a walk/run/cycle. Please be responsible.
When all this is over, the national landscapes of the UK, our National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, will be throwing their arms wide open to welcome visitors back. But for now, we are all asking everyone to
COVID-19: Update 24/3/20
Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's address to the nation last night (23/3/20) we have now amended our working practices further.
In line with the latest guidance from UK government, the Cotswolds Conservation Board team will now be working from home until further notice. The office will not be open, but it will be staffed by one team member from 10am – 3pm, Mondays to Thursdays.
Please bear with us as we adapt to these new working practices, and as we try to keep up with phone calls. If you are able to email the colleague you need and exchange direct phone numbers, that would be very helpful. All available email addresses are here.
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COVID-19 – office update
Following the latest guidance from UK government, the Cotswolds Conservation Board team will now largely be working from home. We will have alternating skeleton crews in the office from Monday 23rd March. All employees will work from home on Fridays until further notice.
COVID-19 – Guided Walks Postponed from March 19th Until Further Notice
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Cotswolds Conservation Board is closely monitoring the situation with regards to the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). This includes close attention to the latest guidance from the WHO (World Health Organisation), as well as from UK authorities.
In light of Government guidance for the Covid-19 pandemic to avoid non-essential social contact, we have taken steps to cancel the Cotswold Wardens walks programme from end of the day on Thursday March 19 until further notice.
Please check the website for updates, but subject to any changing advice, please try out one of our many self-guided walks that can be found at https://www.cotswoldsaonb.org.uk/visiting-and-exploring/walking/self-guided-walks/


Today there were two bosses at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after the departure of Rob Cordray.
Mike Mulvaney came in with donuts and let everyone know he wasn't going to burn the place down, even though he's on record as saying he hates the CFPB and wants to kill it with fire.
Leandra English stayed home, probably scared out of her wits that "the Emperer" has tried to install his own hand-puppet instead of following established Congressional procedure that was specifically set up to keep the CFPB away from partisan sin.
The situation is "in the courts" which means it's hopeless and probably will come down to public opinion.
Leading the Horse has called Lloyd Smucker's office to ask for the legislator's statement on this absurd development. A response letter is pending.


The Rusk County Amateur Radio Club has modified it's monthly meeting plans for November and December due to conflicts with holidays. Although the club typically meets on the fourth Thursday of each month, the club voted to move November's meeting to Tues, November 15th. The meeting will still be at the Central Fire Station at 7pm.
The club also set it's annual Christmas dinner for December 22nd. The meal, which everyone is invited to attend, will be held at Sal's Italian Restaurant at 414 US-259, in Henderson. (Map) The club has reserved the meeting room beginning at 6:30pm.
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VF Corporation (NYSE: VFC), a global leader in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories, today announced the appointment of Lauren Guthrie to the position of Vice President, Global Inclusion & Diversity (I&D).
Guthrie will be responsible for leading VF's global I&D efforts and directing, developing and operationalizing the company's strategy with a focus on transformational change.
"VF has accelerated our focus on inclusion and diversity in recent years, both inside and outside our company, and we're committed to maintaining the strong momentum we've created," said Anita Graham, VF's Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. "Lauren is a collaborative, proven leader who has spearheaded some of our most thoughtful and powerful I&D programs aimed at racial equity, social justice and fostering a more inclusive environment for all. She is the ideal person to lead VF and our family of brands into the next phase of this important work."
Guthrie previously served as VF's Vice President, Council to Advance Racial Equity (CARE) and Inclusion & Diversity for the Americas Region. She was selected by VF leadership to develop and activate the company's CARE program to enhance VF's external racial equity initiatives while also creating more opportunities to support the Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) workforce throughout VF and its brands. Guthrie also helped to establish a network of employee resource groups across VF that focus on addressing the needs of underrepresented employees.
Prior to her involvement in VF's inclusion and diversity efforts, Guthrie was Vice President of Regional Merchandising, Americas, at the company's The North Face® brand, where she defined and executed the brand's commercial strategic direction for the region. Before joining VF, Guthrie held merchandising and general management roles with Abercrombie & Fitch, Nike, Levi's and Old Navy.
Guthrie received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, with a focus on African American studies, from Columbia University in New York and minored in Psychology. With this new appointment to Vice President, Global Inclusion & Diversity, she succeeds Reggie Miller who is leaving VF to pursue other opportunities.
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Nicholas Okoh and the women he leads
Nicholas Knisely
In case there was any confusion over the question of where CANA Provincial Primatial Archbishop Nicholas Okoh stands on questions of gender and morality – i.e., what makes for turpitude – the Church of Nigeria's web site currently offers reportage of an Okoh speech that'll clear it all right up.
According to Okoh – or at least this is how we're reading it – much of the blame for the ills of society is to be heaped upon women first, then homosexuals. But mostly women. So there's that, then.
Women have been called upon to key into the supreme righteous judge of righteous acts in order to please him and make the difference in this rotten society.
The primate of all Nigeria Anglican communion, the Most Rev Nicholas .D. Okoh, made the call at the grand finale of the 12th annual women conference of Abuja Diocese at the All Saints church Wuse.
He said whereas the earthly judge sometimes lack courage like Pilate, and are hypocritical, God is all knowing, he knows all the facts, he does not need any presentation.
The Primate says the first challenge that women face is in the area of marriage, and marital fidelity.
He said their sanctuary headquarters and base is the home hence they must take heed and speak to themselves so as not to lose the self confidence.
It is then that they can be in a unique position to establish a righteous society they are asking for.
According to him women occupy a unique position, in that their daughters are in their hands, they are the books they read, the schools they attend, and later in the years they would be reflecting all they have copied from the mothers in their husband homes.
On homosexuality, Primate Okoh said the fact that it has been approved by some countries in Europe, Latin America and some states in America does not make it a righteous act.
He said homosexual is a rebellion and man has been in rebellion against God. According to him, men of reprobate minds are also pushing up the act of legalizing prostitution, claiming that prostitution is a profession and needs to be legalized so that practitioners can be free.
But the Archbishop was quick to add that there are certain things that may be right before the laws of the land but may not be righteous before God. He quoted profusely from the scriptures to corroborate his stand that prostitution is not right adding that the money of a prostitute is an abomination unto the Lord.
He said for Nigeria to be a righteous society the family must be strong and upright, the family must be a dispensing plant for the children, keep the home safe and stand up for Jesus.
The Primate of all Nigeria who cited the case of Portiphar's wife in the bible cautioned women against flirting about like a dog, because according to him a lady who flirts is a murderer because he is killing the home and the husband can be eliminated at any time.
Instability in the home he said, is a big challenge to the women because women are the problem of women fighting tooth and nail to unseat themselves, escorting their daughters to Italy and other parts of Europe to practice prostitution.
The head of the Anglican Church in Nigeria says the image of the society must be redeemed, hence the crying for people to repent of their wickedness.
He came down heavily on women and suggestive dressing. He said a good number of women have oversized responsibilities as there is no limit to what they need.
Their need according to the cleric is insatiable because every occasion must have its own dress, shoes, bag adding that they need spiritual rehabilitation. Quoting 1 Timothy 2:9 and 1 Peter 3:5 the bishop of Abuja Diocese and Primate said women should dress moderately because the beauty of the woman is more or less an inner thing based on character, decency and conduct not on earrings shoes, necklace, bag and rings.
He opined that no society can develop with these materials adding that the country needs the help of women to build the country.
The Primate said to have a happy society mothers must behave themselves as godly women and take their proper place because righteousness, true character and true life flows from God.
After reading this, I wanted to know what CANA might have ever said about women, so I entered the search term on canaconvocation.org:
Sorry, there are no results that match your search.
There's plenty on the site, though, including a Women's Ministry section with a report of women's ministries in 22 CANA parishes authored by 28 women excited about the work they did in 2010.
So, to those women in specific, we ask: Does Nicholas Okoh speak for you?
Will CANA take pains to dissociate itself from these words? In which case, is it saying this message about women is secondary to the greater evil of same-sex love in marriage?
"He came down heavily on women and suggestive dressing."
Again and again in patriarchal (and misogynist) social systems, this is the theme: "Women Are Responsible for the Behavior (including CRIMINAL behavior) of Men."
Anathema.


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Q: Multiselection in DataGrid WPF Here's my issue : I need to build a C# application with WPF where the users can select numerous lines from a DataGrid. But, despite the fact I put the selection mode to "Extended" I'm only able to select a single row from the GUI.
I thought I could circumvent this problem by programmatically select the row the user clicks, but again I can only select one row at time ! I searched a lot on the internet but didn't find a simple way to select multiple rows in a datagrid
I'm a beginner with WPF and I'm not very good with DataBinding and MVVM pattern, so if the the answers could be simple it'd be perfect !
Thank's a lot !

A: I finally used the checkboxes method, referring to this article : http://www.scottlogic.com/blog/2008/11/26/multiselect-datagrid-with-checkboxes.html
It works great and it's really easy to implement. At least the part with the checkbox. I put the CanUserResizeRows property to false, which resolved the issue with the gripper !

A: Changing the selection mode and selection unit should most probably fix your problem. It's working in my case.
In you XAML, set you following DataGrid attributes:
SelectionUnit="FullRow"
SelectionMode="Extended"

This should work.

A: You can Add Template column for CHECKBOXES for selection.
refer this Multi-select ASP.NET datagrid to get complete solution.

A: By default, you need hold shift and click to select multipe rows, really make no sense. Most people chose the check box approach. But wpf don't give you a simple option.

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We have already made it easy for you to pack for your next visit to the Gilis, but upon the advice of someone who recently visited this little paradise, we'd like to add to that list, as the most practical things are often the ones we forget to put in our suitcases.
All of these things can be purchased on Gili Air, should you not be able to acquire them before leaving on your trip.
The beaches along the coast of Gili Air are pristine and you're sure to spend a lot of time on them. However, walking over crushed coral while barefoot can lead to a few little cuts that may put a damper on your beach bum vibes. Invest in a cheap pair of beach reef shoes to prevent this. Also called water shoes, you can also wear them while snorkelling and exploring the coral reefs that surround the island. The sole and mesh upper protect your foot, but these shoes are so light and breathable that they'll dry in no time.
These slip-on pieces of footwear are indispensable when visiting an island. In fact, we'd recommend that you're already wearing them when you make landfall. They're easy to put on and take off, your feet can get wet in them and they don't take up a lot of space. Things are simpler here, and while you can certainly pack a fancy outfit or two, we'd recommend rather sticking to simple footwear.
This antiseptic ointment is the perfect guarantee against infection, should you step into some dry coral by accident. Keep a small tube at hand for any minor scrapes and cuts, and don't forget the band-aids!
Look, the Gilis are tropical islands, which means that it gets quite hot and humid all year round. A small hand fan is the island companion you didn't know you needed! It'll take the edge off and keep you cool all the time. Don't forget to bring along extra batteries.
All of these items can be bought on Gili Air, and they aren't expensive. But if you prefer rather biding your time on the beach, next to the pool or in the ocean than scouring the markets, you'll be grateful that you planned ahead.


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When It Comes to Sustainability, We're Ranking Our Cities Wrong
September 7, 2016 September 7, 2016 David Wachsmuth
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It's been two weeks since the publishing of my commentary with Daniel Aldana Cohen and Hillary Angelo in Nature on the limits of current urban environmental thinking, and the response so far has been terrific. We argued that policymakers and researchers need to expand the way we define and measure urban sustainability in both social and spatial terms, and while this argument won't be surprising to critical urban scholars, our goal was to boil it down to its most accessible and intuitive formula.
Building on this goal, I recently sat down with Vanessa Quirk from Metropolis Magazine to unpack some of the arguments we made in Nature, including the idea that the current "leaders" in urban sustainability policy such as New York and San Francisco only look like leaders because we do a very poor job of properly capturing their broader environmental impacts.
Part of the reason why wealthy cities are so wealthy is not that they removed themselves from global manufacturing, but that they occupy a very privileged position there. The banks are located in New York, the same banks that finance all the factories. It seems pretty unjust to say, "Look at how successful New York's been at reducing carbon emissions" when New York is the center of all the global activity that pollutes other parts of the world. New York has exported its pollution. That's partly why we say that a lot of sustainability gains actually turn out to be "regressive redistributions."
We also discuss the difficulties with ranking or comparing cities' environmental performance. Even if good consumption-based measures of carbon footprints were common, I argue, we'd still have intractable problems of how we define cities and regions:
If we're comparing cities, we have to compare whole regions. You don't just look at the city, because the city boundary is a historical accident. We look at the whole urban region that's all functionally interconnected.
But the problem is that the way that these are defined really varies across place. Even just within the United States, the census bureau defines urban regions based on counties, but if you look at the southwest the counties are huge. But in the northeast they're tiny. Even just within the U.S., where statistics are really good, it's very hard to compare cities. If you look at it internationally, forget it. At the end of the day the problem is we don't have the data to do a good job of comparing cities. Period.
The entire interview is available at Metropolis Magazine, and the original commentary is available at Nature.
Vancouver's foreign-owned real estate: Is public policy required?
November 26, 2015 November 26, 2015 David Wachsmuth
(Source: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada)
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada has just published a "virtual roundtable" on the increasingly contentious question of whether and how to regulate foreign ownership of residential real estate in Vancouver. I'm honoured to be one of the experts who was asked to weigh in.
In general, the panel expressed strong concern about housing affordability in Vancouver, but also warnings not to uncritically demonize "foreigners".
As I argue:
There's a strong public interest in regulating the sale of housing to people who don't live and work in the Vancouver region, because non-local buyers make housing less affordable for everyone else. The specific question of foreign nationality isn't the problem (although it may be the easiest way to tackle the problem politically); the problem is people buying houses who aren't living in those houses year-round and contributing to the local economy.
See more: Vancouver's Foreign-owned Real Estate: Is Public Policy Required?
Getting a grip on the vacant housing problem (plus: urban geology!)
April 28, 2015 April 28, 2015 David Wachsmuth
Urban geologist? What's that?
A new City of Vancouver proposal to start addressing the city's scourge of speculation-driven housing vacancy is in the news. The municipal government wants to comprehensively identify vacant houses throughout the city, building on important work being done by the grassroots group Beautiful Empty Homes but leveraging governmental data (namely from BC Hydro) that the public doesn't have access to.
I spoke to a number of news outlets about the proposal yesterday, starting with the Vancouver Sun, which focused on the spectre of xenophobia in discussions of Vancouver's expensive property market. As I argued, though, the major issue here isn't whether it's foreigners buying houses or other Canadians, it's that Vancouver's housing market isn't strongly connected to the local economy, and speculators buying properties but not living in them just makes that problem worse:
"The problem in Vancouver is that demand for housing doesn't have that strong of a relationship with the local economy, which means that prices are out of whack with what people who live and work in the city can afford."
CTV News Vancouver ran a good summary of the proposal to start counting vacant housing, and paid good attention to the connection between housing affordability and housing vacancy:
"The crisis of housing affordability is also a crisis of vacant buildings."
Finally, as pictured in the screen cap at the top of this post, Global News bestowed on me the dubious title of "UBC Urban Geologist" in their newscast. No doubt this is some cutting edge new subfield in the discipline, but alas not one I am actually acquainted with.
See more: Vancouver looks to gather data on vacant homes; Vancouver to count empty houses; Website could be in the works to identify vacant homes in Vancouver
Municipal mergers in Metro Vancouver?
April 16, 2015 David Wachsmuth
Should Vancouver municipalities merge? (theprovince.com)
Over the weekend, The Province ran a front-page story about a new opinion poll suggesting strong public support for municipal mergers in Metro Vancouver. I was interviewed for the piece, and spoke about the decades of austerity and fiscal tightening city governments have been subjected to, and the wastefulness of economic competition between municipalities:
"The more separate municipalities you have competing over jobs and investment within a single metropolitan region, the more corporate giveaways you see, and the fewer benefits communities actually achieve."
See more here: Residents have big appetite for merging of cities in Metro Vancouver
The Vancouver transit referendum
February 22, 2015 January 19, 2016 David Wachsmuth
Metro Vancouver from the sky (news1130.com)
Last week I was interviewed by News 1130 about the upcoming metro Vancouver transit referendum, and particularly about the prospects for more formal regional governance if the referendum failed. As the story discusses, I'm pessimistic about the prospects for governance reform if voters reject the transit plan.
See more here: If the transportation vote fails, is there any appetite for a Metro Vancouver megacity?
"Vancouverism" and urban development policy
November 13, 2014 February 22, 2015 David Wachsmuth
Vancouver's glass skyline (Mikul Media, Flickr)
The Globe and Mail conducted a short video interview with me about Toronto and Vancouver's different urban development policies. In it I discuss the idea of "Vancouverism", and whether this condo-driven model of development would work for Toronto.
It didn't make it into the video, but I was drawing on insights from the excellent recent article "Vancouver's suburban involution" in CITY, written by Jamie Peck, Elliot Siemiatycki, and Elvin Wyly.
See more here: Vancouverism: It's time for Toronto to take note of this urban development model
Real estate booms and housing abandonment
October 6, 2014 February 22, 2015 David Wachsmuth
An abandoned building in Toronto (David Wachsmuth)
When we think of property abandonment in North America, we usually think of de-industrializing cities such as Detroit and Philadelphia. But abandonment and vacancy is also a problem of cities undergoing property booms, such as Vancouver, and here it's tied to speculation.
The Globe and Mail interviewed me for a feature about Vancouver's abandonment problem, and I discuss both the roots of the problem and how communities can go about addressing it.
My thoughts in the article build on research and activism from my days in Toronto, as part of the Abandonment Issues initiative which Shiri Pasternak and I led. The full Abandonment Issues policy report was released through the University of Toronto Cities Centre, and Shiri and I wrote about the vacant property problem for Critical Planning.
See more here: The problem with vacant homes amid Vancouver's real estate boom


All about Buddhism: Work to live or live to work?
With the recent passing of HM King Bhumibol, the important role that colour plays in Thai culture has been easy to see. In Phuket and all around the nation the vast majority of people are dressed in black to publicly display their sorrow at the King's death. Black and white lengths of cloth also adorn all government buildings and many websites have been turned black and white as well.
I wrote this article for anybody out there who suffers from depression. This is the first article I've written that I am certain will create a controversy, because when it comes to depression, there are two opposing schools of thought in the Buddhist world about how to manage it. The first opposes the use of antidepressants and/or any other psychotropic drugs whatsoever and the other allows for the use of those medications.
The custom of tattooing has a long history in Thailand and traditional tattoos here are generally divided into two categories – those for loving-kindness (metta) and those for invulnerability and empowerment. These Sak Yant tattoos are part of Thai magic and not for beautification.
The preliminary rituals for the Phuket Vegetarian Festival, also known as the "Nine Emperor Gods Festival", begin today (Sept 30) – the last day of the eighth lunar month of the Chinese calendar.
Many cultural theorists have explored the relationship between farang and Thai national identity or "Thainess". They posit that since the 1950s and the beginning of the 21st century, foreign influences have played an increasing role in how modern Thai identity is made. The mixed-race children of Thai and foreigners or luk kreung, as they are know here, have become a popular symbol of how Thai and Western cultures interact in the modern world.
If you're familiar with Thai culture, you will know that supernatural beliefs, especially in ghosts and spirits, are very prominent. They can be divided into two main groups: benevolent and malevolent spirits.
Asian and Thai ancient literature lovers certainly know about the Thai Ramakien, which is a famous National Epic of Thailand, based on the Indian epic Ramayana.
One of the most beautiful and artful things in Thailand is the Phuang Malai (พวงมาลัย).
We've all come across the word 'farang' (ฝรั่ง) in some context or other. We all know that in Thai it describes a European person. However, what are the origins and the meanings of this term? It is an assured fact that the word derives from 'Frank', a word that originally referred to a Germanic speaking people in the region of today's France.


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Justia Patents Robert Bosch GmbH Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications
Patents by Inventor Robert Bosch GmbH
Robert Bosch GmbH has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
TRENCH BASED CAPACITIVE HUMIDITY SENSOR
Abstract: A trenched base capacitive humidity sensor includes a plurality of trenches formed in a conductive layer, such as polysilicon or metal, on a substrate. The trenches are arranged parallel to the each other and partition the conductive layer into a plurality of trenched silicon electrodes. At least two trenched silicon electrodes are configured to form a capacitive humidity sensor. The trenches that define the trenched silicon electrodes can be filled partially (e.g., sidewall coverage) or completely with polyimide (Pl) or silicon nitride (SiN). A polyimide layer may also be provided on the conductive layer over the trenches and trenched electrodes. The trenches and the trenched silicon electrodes may have different widths to enable different sensor characteristics in the same structure.
Applicant: Robert Bosch Gmbh
Inventor: Robert Bosch Gmbh
TRI-AXIS ACCELEROMETER HAVING A SINGLE PROOF MASS AND FULLY DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT SIGNALS
Abstract: A tri-axis accelerometer includes a proof mass, at least four anchor points arranged in at least two opposite pairs, a first pair of anchor points being arranged opposite one another along a first axis, a second pair of anchor points being arranged opposite one another along a second axis, the first axis and the second axis being perpendicular to one another, and at least four spring units to connect the proof mass to the at least four anchor points, the spring units each including a pair of identical springs, each spring including a sensing unit.
Method of Fusing Multiple Information Sources in Image-based Gesture Recognition System
Abstract: A method of interpreting input from a user includes providing a surface within reach of a hand of the user. A plurality of locations on the surface that are touched by the user are sensed. An alphanumeric character having a shape most similar to the plurality of touched locations on the surface is determined. The determining includes collecting information associated with hand region localized modules, and modeling the information using statistical models. The user is informed of the alphanumeric character and/or a word in which the alphanumeric character is included. Feedback is received from the user regarding whether the alphanumeric character and/or word is an alphanumeric character and/or word that the user intended to be determined in the determining step.
SCREWING SYSTEM HAVING A TOOL HOLDER WHICH CAN BE ACTUATED IN MORE THAN ONE DIRECTION
Abstract: A screwing system, in particular for assembly plants, includes a drive shaft, which is rotatable with respect to its longitudinal axis, and an output shaft, which is rotatable with respect to its longitudinal axis. The rotary motion of the output shaft is coupled via a coupling device with the rotary motion of the drive shaft. The output shaft has a tool holder configured to receive a tool. The output shaft is movable in relation to the drive shaft along its longitudinal direction in two opposite directions, and a drive device, which moves the output shaft at least in one of these directions, is provided.
Hand Power Tool Having a Drum-Type Tool Change Magazine
Abstract: A hand power tool includes a tool receiver configured to receive a tool. The tool has an outer polygonal coupling and the tool receiver has an inner receiver including, at least portionally, a rotary driver profile. The tool receiver is provided on an associated tool housing, in which there is a drum-type tool change magazine having at least one tool chamber configured to store the tool. The tool chamber is configured to be aligned so as to be flush with the tool receiver to enable the tool to slide from the tool chamber into the inner receiver or from the inner receiver into the tool chamber. An alignment element is configured to align the outer polygonal coupling as the tool slides from the tool chamber into the inner receiver to enable the outer polygonal coupling to slide into the rotary driver profile.
Abstract: A welding system has a baseplate and a plurality of welding components which are arranged on the baseplate.
Method for operating an internal combustion engine and control device for this
Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine is described, in which a setpoint torque for the operation of the internal combustion engine is specified, an actual torque delivered by the internal combustion engine being ascertained as a function of a signal of at least one cylinder pressure sensor, and a comparison between a variable that is a function of the setpoint torque and the actual torque being carried out.
ACTUATION APPARATUS AND ACTUATION METHOD FOR AN ACTIVE SNUBBER CIRCUIT FOR A DC-DC CONVERTER
Abstract: A DC-DC converter including a transformer having a primary-side winding and a secondary-side winding with a center tap, and a storage choke. A rectifier circuit is connected to each of the taps at the ends of the secondary-side winding and generates a rectified output voltage at a second output of said DC-DC converter. A snubber circuit is switched via the rectifier circuit and stores energy occurring in said rectifier circuit. (An actuation apparatus includes a switching time determining device designed to determine a time interval as a function of the output voltage, the charge stored in the snubber circuit and the current fluctuations of the current through the storage choke occurring as a result of the rectification. A storage signal generator generates an actuation signal for discharging the snubber circuit as a function of the determined time interval.
PUMP OR MOTOR FOR LIQUID OR GASEOUS MEDIA
Abstract: A pump or motor for fluid or gaseous media comprising a shaft (4), which faces a working part (13) and has a common inclined sliding surface (14) with the same, whereby the working part (13) limiting the pump working spaces (12) wobbles in a positionally fixed housing (10).
Method for Performing Proactive Wireless Communication Handoffs Using a Mobile Client's Route Information
Abstract: A method of handing off radio resources from a first base station to a second base station includes transmitting route information and speed information associated with a client device from the client device to the first base station or to an application server. A time is selected at which the radio resources are to be handed off from the first base station to the second base station. The selection is performed by the first base station or the application server. The selection is performed dependent upon the route information and speed information.
MICROMECHANICAL SENSOR APPARATUS WITH A MOVABLE GATE, AND CORRESPONDING PRODUCTION PROCESS
Abstract: A micromechanical sensor apparatus has a movable gate and a field effect transistor. The field effect transistor has a drain region, a source region, an intermediate channel region with a first doping type, and a movable gate which is separated from the channel region by an intermediate space. The drain region, the source region, and the channel region are arranged in a substrate. A guard region is provided in the substrate at least on the longitudinal sides of the channel region and has a second doping type which is the same as the first doping type and has a higher doping concentration.
VIDEO SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE DATA, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
Abstract: A video system 1 for displaying image data. The system includes a server (2) having a coder device (5) which can be operated in a number of operating modes, and a client (3) connected to the server (2) via a network (4). The coder device (5) is configured to code video data (V) in accordance with an active operating mode and to output coded transmission data (U). The client (3) is connected to the server (2) via a network (4), and configured to request, to further process, and to display the coded transmission data (U) from the coder device (5). The coder device (5) operates in the active operating mode as determined by the client (3).
Swash Drive of a Hand-Held Power Tool
Abstract: The invention relates to a swash drive (10) of a hand-held machine tool, particularly a drilling or chipping hammer, having a drive shaft (12), comprising a swash bearing (14) disposed on the drive shaft (12), and having a swash disk (16) supported on the swash bearing (14), at least two swash fingers (18, 20) having swash finger axes (22, 24) being provided on the swash disk. The invention provides that the axes (22, 24) of the swash fingers (18, 20) form an angle (a) different from 180°.
Pressure Sensor with Doped Electrode
Abstract: In one embodiment, a sensor device includes a bulk silicon layer, a first doped region of the bulk silicon layer of a first dopant type, a second doped region of the bulk silicon layer of a second dopant type, wherein the first dopant type is a type of dopant different from the second dopant type, the second doped region located at an upper surface of the bulk silicon layer and having a first doped portion bounded by the first doped region, a first cavity portion directly above the second doped region, and an upper electrode formed in an epitaxial layer, the upper electrode directly above the first cavity portion.
METHOD FOR REGISTER CORRECTION IN A WEB PROCESSING MACHINE HAVING A DELAY SECTION
Abstract: A method for register correction in a web processing machine includes leading a product web through at least one delay section and processing the product web by a first processing device. An actuating command is applied to the first processing device to position the product web at an intended position during a web tension change. The actuating command is determined from an actuating command leading to the web tension change and at least one delay term. The at least one delay term delays the action of the actuating command leading to the web tension change on the actuating command for the first processing device by a delay time needed by the product web to pass through the at least one delay section before the first processing device.
DETERMINING THE BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL IN A PATIENT BY USING AN IMPLANTABLE SENSOR AND AN ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONAL ADHESIVE BANDAGE
Abstract: An implantable sensor includes a hydrogel, a glucose-binding protein and a reference molecule. The binding affinity of the reference molecule for glucose differs by at least a factor of ten from the binding affinity for glucose of the glucose-binding protein. At least one of the electromagnetic behavior and the fluorescent behavior of the glucose-binding protein and the reference molecule change when glucose is bound. An electrical functional adhesive bandage includes a measurement element for measuring at least one of electromagnetic properties and fluorescent properties. The bandage also includes a first communication element for wireless communication. Together, the implantable sensor, the bandage, and an evaluation device, which includes a computation unit, a display and a second communication element for wireless communication, form a kit for determining the blood sugar level in a patient.
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGENERATING A PARTICLE FILTER PRESENT IN A HYBRID DRIVE
Abstract: A method for regenerating a particle filter (28). The procedure according to the invention is characterized in that before the regeneration of the particle filter (28), the battery (16) is discharged to a minimum state of charge by increasing the torque portion (20) which the electric motor (14) contributes to the total torque (24), in that when the minimum state of charge of the battery (16) is reached the regeneration of the particle filter (28) is initiated by virtue of the fact that an operating range (36.1, 36.2, 36.3, 36.4, 38.1, 38.2, 38.3, 40) which brings about an increase in the exhaust gas temperature is determined in an engine load characteristic diagram (30) of the internal combustion engine (12), and in that at least when the regeneration of the particle filter (28) is initiated, the internal combustion engine (12) is operated in this selected operating range.
BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDINDG THE SAME
Abstract: A battery module and battery pack, the battery module including a pair of end plates facing each other; a plurality of battery units arranged in a first direction between the end plates; a first side plate extending along a first side of the plurality of battery units, the first side plate being coupled to the end plates; a second side plate extending along a second side of the plurality of battery units, the second side plate being coupled to the end plates and being disposed opposite to the first side plate; a first coupling member, the first coupling member coupling the end plates to the first side plate; and a second coupling member, the second coupling member coupling the end plates to the second side plate, wherein the first coupling member and the second coupling member are disposed in asymmetrical positions with respect to a central line of the end plates.
Applicants: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Inventors: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GMBH
System and Method for Discharging a Battery in a Vehicle after a Crash
Abstract: In one embodiment, a discharge control system for a vehicle includes an energy storage device supported by the vehicle, a switch, a first load selectively connectable to the energy storage device by the switch, a memory in which program instructions are stored, and a controller operatively connected to the switch and the memory and configured to execute the program instructions to control the switch to a condition in which the energy storage device is operatively connected to the first load based upon a predetermined rate of heat generation of the energy storage device.
Abstract: There is provided a battery pack capable of improving the safety thereof. The battery pack includes a battery array, side plates, a top cover and end plates. The battery array includes a plurality of battery cells aligned in a first direction. The battery array is formed as a hexahedron having (1-1)th, (1-2)th, (2-1)th (2-2)th, (3-1)th and (3-2)th planes. The top cover is provided to the (1-1)th plane of the battery array, and has reinforcing frames respectively formed at both sides based on the first direction. The reinforcing frame includes vertical and horizontal frames. The end plates are provided to the (3-1)th and (3-2)th planes, respectively. The end plates are fixed to the top cover. A holding part pressing both sides of the top cover on the (1-1)th plane are provided to the side plates, respectively.
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Johannes Leiacker (* 1950 in Landshut) ist ein deutscher Bühnen- und Kostümbildner.

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Johannes Leiacker ist weltweit als Ausstatter im Opern- und Schauspielbereich tätig. Engagements führten ihn an die großen Opernbühnen, u. a. an die Wiener Staatsoper, die Opéra National in Paris, das Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, die Nationale Opera Amsterdam, die Metropolitan Opera in New York, die Los Angeles Opera sowie die Opernhäuser in Madrid, Brüssel, Zürich, Helsinki, Moskau und Tokio. Bühnen- und Kostümbilder entstanden außerdem für die Festspiele in Salzburg, Bregenz und Baden-Baden. Eine kontinuierliche Zusammenarbeit verbindet Johannes Leiacker mit Peter Konwitschny (zuletzt Rihms Die Eroberung von Mexico bei den Salzburger Festspielen und La Juive an der Opera Vlaanderen Antwerpen / Gent) und Christof Loy (zuletzt Anno Schreiers Hamlet und Benjamin Brittens Peter Grimes – International Opera Awards 2016 als "Beste Produktion" – am Theater an der Wien sowie Ariodante bei den Salzburger Pfingstfestspielen). Die mit Christof Loy entstandene Produktion von Tristan und Isolde am Royal Opera House Covent Garden London wurde 2010 mit dem Laurence Olivier Award ausgezeichnet. Bis 2010 hatte er eine Professur an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden inne.

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 1984 Förderpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen für junge Künstlerinnen und Künstler
 1996, 2009 und 2018 wurde er von der Zeitschrift Opernwelt zum 'Bühnenbildner des Jahres' gewählt.

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The Most Unusual Credit Card Bonus Categories
Benji Stawski
Benji Stawski is a former reporter for the site, covering all things points, miles, credit cards, travel and aviation.
Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. View the current offers here.
This page includes information about the Discover it Cash Back that is not currently available on The Points Guy and may be out of date.
The travel rewards card market is undergoing a major shake-up, and it's great for consumers. With a load of recent card launches and updates, issuers are feeling the pressure to become more creative with their offerings. Besides adding perks, such as retail shopping credits, dining credits, automatic top-tier elite status and increased earning rates for certain spend categories, some issuers have been introducing entirely new bonus categories.
It's now possible to earn bonus points on a lot more than just travel and dining. Here's a rundown of the most unique bonus categories and earning schemes in the market. For this post, we'll focus on personal cards as small business owners have access to different bonus categories.
Round up to the Nearest 10 Points
The Citi Rewards+® Card and Citi Rewards+℠ Student Card offer a first-of-its-kind bonus multiplier in which earnings on all purchases are rounded up to the nearest 10 ThankYou points. So, paying 25 cents for a parking meter will earn 10 points instead of just 1, and paying $12.99 for a month of Netflix will earn 20 points instead of 13. This is especially useful for those who make a lot of small purchases as it guarantees a minimum of 10 points on every purchase and there's no cap to the bonus.
The information for the Citi Rewards+ Student Card has been collected independently by The Points Guy. The card details on this page have not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer.
These no annual fee cards also earn 2x ThankYou points at supermarkets and gas stations for the first $6,000 per calendar year (1x ThankYou points thereafter) so those purchases earn a minimum of 20 points. Even better, you'll get 10% of your points back for the first 100,000 points redeemed per calendar year, so in reality the earning rates are slightly higher. New cardholders of the Citi Rewards+ Card get 20,000 points after spending $1,500 on purchases in the first three months of account opening. For a limited time, earn 5 ThankYou points per dollar on air travel and hotels up to $6,000 in the first 12 months; then 1 point per dollar spent thereafter.
These points on their own are worth one cent apiece, but if you carry the Citi Prestige or the Citi Premier® Card, you can convert them into full-fledged Citi ThankYou points — worth 1.7 cents apiece based on TPG's valuations. The information for the Citi Prestige has been collected independently by The Points Guy. The card details on this page have not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer.
5% Back in Rotating Categories
The no-annual fee Chase Freedom and Discover it Cash Back cards both offer 5% cash-back in rotating categories each quarter upon enrollment and up to a $1,500 quarterly max in purchases. Plus, 1% cash back on all other purchases. The categories vary slightly between the two cards, but often include purchases made at gas stations, grocery stores, restaurants and Amazon.
The Chase Freedom (No longer open to new applicants) offers greater maximization potential on the long run as rewards could be converted into full-fledged Ultimate Rewards points if you have a card like the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card or Chase Sapphire Reserve. However, Discover will match cash back on all purchases during your first year of card membership so you'll effectively be earning 10% back on bonus category purchases in year one with the Discover it Cash Back, which is amazing.
Bonus Points on Streaming Services
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There are several other cards such as the Citi Premier® Card, Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card and Sony Card from Capital One which offer 2x Citi ThankYou points, 4% cash back and 5x Sony Rewards points respectively for entertainment purchases such as concert tickets, as well as streaming services. The information for the Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card has been collected independently by The Points Guy. The card details on this page have not been reviewed or provided by the card issuer.
There's also the Uber Visa Card, which offers 2% cash back on all online purchases, including streaming services, but with that rate of return it'd be better to use a card like the Citi® Double Cash Card, which offers 2% cash back on all purchases (1% when you buy, plus 1% as you pay) — not just streaming.
It goes without saying that bonus categories are more diverse than ever before. However, the bonus earning opportunities don't end there. You may be able to earn extra points for purchases that don't fall under one of these categories by taking advantage of Amex Offers and Chase Offers, as well as other limited-time promotions.
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Philip Brunelle named "Local Legend" by General Mills, United Negro College Fund
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (January 25, 2010) – VocalEssence Founder and Artistic Director Philip Brunelle was recently honored with a "Local Legend" award at the 20th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast. The sold-out event – hosted by the United Negro College Fund and the General Mills Foundation – was held on Monday, January 18 at the Minneapolis Convention Center and featured the Rev. Dr. Joseph E. Lowery as keynote speaker.
Each year, the annual holiday breakfast includes the presentation of Local Legend awards, honoring those with a legacy of service who have dedicated themselves to helping others, while illustrating Dr. King's commitment to nonviolent social change.
Philip Brunelle, conductor, choral scholar and performer, has devoted his career to sharing the rich history of wonderful, yet undiscovered, choral music. Under his leadership 20 years ago, VocalEssence launched WITNESS, an initiative that celebrates the contributions of African Americans to American heritage through concerts, recordings and education. This year alone, 7,500 students in 40 schools will participate in WITNESS.
Brunelle reaches out to African American composers who benefit from encouragement and exposure, but also inspire others and serve as positive role models. Brunelle's work reminds everyone that music knows no racial boundaries – it crosses borders, spans the centuries and touches the hearts of its listeners.
Additional award winners included Louis J. King II, president and CEO of Summit Academy, who was also honored with a Local Legend award; and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School student Simone Fuller, who received an "Emerging Legend" award which honors youth who are making a difference. Brunelle, King, and Fuller were showcased in a video that detailed their valuable work. Additional information about the General Mills Foundation, UNCF (the United Negro College Fund), the Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast, and award winners is available in the media center at: generalmills.com or by contacting Ann Merrill (763-764-4859, ann.merrill@genmills.com).
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our modern sensibilities. This representative collection of Swift's major writings includes the complete Gulliver's Travels as well as A Tale of a Tub, "The Battle of the Books," "A Modest Proposal," "An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity," "The Bickerstaff Papers," and many more of his brilliantly satirical works. Here too are selections from Swift's poetry and portions of his Journal to Stella. Swift's savage ridicule, corrosive wit, and sparkling humor are fully displayed in this comprehensive collection.
About Jonathan Swift (Author) : Jonathan Swift is a published author of young adult books. A published credit of Jonathan Swift is Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings (Riverside Editions).