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Bend the knee, sinners
Aug 7th, 2010 | By Ophelia Benson
So now we have the New Statesman rhapsodizing about Newt Gingrich converting to Catholicism and presenting a film that rhapsodizes about the previous pope. Yes really. Then it (in the person of Carla Powell) rhapsodizes about the current pope's upcoming visit, and his meeting with the queen. Gingrich, two reactionary popes, a monarch…The people's flag is deepest red, all right.
And yet, on recent visits to London, I have been shocked by the negative criticism of the Pope and the Catholic Church. Why are so many of the capital's liberal elite upset? Why is Pope Benedict, an 83-year-old retired university professor, causing such anxiety?
What a fucking stupid question. Because he is the reactionary head of a reactionary institution that tells millions of people what to do, and tells them wrong. Because he is a man at the top of a pyramid of men in an organization that officially bans women from all the decision-making jobs but doesn't hesitate to tell them what to do.
The child abuse scandals central to all this have been a stain on the Catholic Church. But it is important to remember that this is a problem the Pope has been working to resolve for at least a decade. Grave as it is, the scandal should not be allowed to obscure his core message.
Which is that secularism is evil, that condoms cause Aids, that the ordination of women is The Worst, and that when priests rape children it is up to the church to protect…the priests. Well don't worry, the "scandal" of child rape and the church's protection of child rape doesn't seem to be obscuring that message too much.
The tabloids will always offer apparently easy solutions and those hostile to the robust moral teaching of my faith will jump on any bandwagon.
Bandwagon shmandwagon. Yes I am hostile to the "robust moral teaching" of your "faith." Why aren't you? It sucks. The "robust moral teaching" of your faith is that homosexuality is a sin, women must never have the freedom to use their own bodies for their own purposes instead of other people's, birth control is evil, men must be in charge of everything, and a bunch of priests have access to a special spooky holy morality that cannot be adapted to fit modern sensibilities. I despise the "robust moral teaching" of your faith and your church.
It hurts me that those advocating the arrest of His Holiness are increasingly in danger of sounding like the Chinese government, which seeks to use its brute economic influence to silence the Dalai Lama whenever he travels abroad. So much for British freedom of speech.
Nonsense. It's nothing to do with silencing, and it's nothing to do with freedom of speech. Ratzinger concealed crimes from law enforcement; that's a crime; that's why he should be arrested.
What is this falangist drivel doing in the New Statesman? I know they're crazy there, but this? A Catholic rant about liberal elites?
Bend the knee or else
Benedict sees that secularism itself can be challenged
More tinkling cymbal
52 victim cards per deck
Joe sticks it to the man
13 Responses to "Bend the knee, sinners"
Eric MacDonald
Can the leopard change his spots? If he's the New Statesman, yes, he can. This is such an obscene piece of puffery, one has to wonder how the editors kept from chucking up their dinners. Newt Gingrich, John Paul II, Benedict/Ratzi, and moral authority?! Come on folks. What next? The moral authority of Iran, and Ahmadinejad? Nothing like robust moral teaching for you: stone adulterers! That raises Ratzi's bid considerably.
But listen to Carla:
Yet, as an intellectual, Pope Benedict believes that ideas have consequences and that bad ideas can lead to the crushing of the individual. These themes are central to his papacy and will, without question, inform what he says during his visit.
The gall of this Vatican toady! Crush individuals?! How many women has Ratzi crushed? How many poor, hopeless women, dying of AIDS? How many little girls condemned to bear children no one should be forced to bear? How many women forced to bear children of rapists? How many women forced to die because the pope so robustly condemns abortion? How many children raped, and their stories covered up, forced, by this man, to keep their stories quiet, under threat of eternal punishment (excommunication) should they fail to do so? How many innocent minds filled with the poisonous outpourings of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith? How many individuals crushed by the unthinking mind of this theocrat in the Vatican? And this is win-win for the British? God, these people sicken me! Bad ideas have consequences, and 2000 years of bad ideas have a train of consequences 2000 years long! Arrest the bugger! Put him in jail where he belongs!
ChrisU
I suspect that there will be precious little "British freedom of speech" allowed in the immediate vicinity of Ratzinger when he comes to see us and enlighten us with his world view.
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Andy Gilmour
what an appalling pile of apologist nonsense…and then I spotted this link just below the article:
"Get the full magazine for just £1 a week with a trial subscription. PLUS get a free copy of 'The Case for God' by Karen Armstrong"
arrrrggggghhhhh!!
RIchie P
I've only got one thing to say to the Pope-
"Oy here Popey. Get in the feckin bag".
Come to think of it, maybe he should be met by Dara O'Briain when he gets off the plane!
'The Case for God' by Karen Armstrong"
The Case for God a vague something that might exist, that definately isn't an actual being, that I choose to call God ( for reasons only known to myself).
Marie-Thérèse O' Loughlin
Bend the knee, Sinners. But…only after you cough up exorbitant amounts of dosh. Catholics in Britain are being asked to pay between £10 (€12) and £25 (€30) to attend Masses and Pope Benedict XVI's other public appearances during his four-day visit in September. Don't let 'the child abuse scandals central to all this' which have 'been a stain on the Catholic Church' deter you from paying your 'pilgrim contributions' to listen to the core message of the professor.
If only the RC Church had had the scrutiny of the Internet a century ago, then maybe Ratz would have got himself a life.
Irene Delse
How did Terry Pratchett put it, that humanity had a defect in design in its tendency to bend at the knee?
Paul Moloney
The same New Statesmen whose editor refers to non-believers in his religion as kaffir?
Why, say it ain't so.
I wish everyone with not the slightest doubt Christianity is an evil pox on the world would read this book:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/b67761f4-ecd2-423a-93a0-0ff2b9eb6149/Joseph-Atwill—Caesars-Messiah—The-Roman-Conspiracy-to-Invent-Jesus
Well dagnabbit. Newt became a catholic!! Despite the three divorces? I'm certainly glad that I wouldn't belong to any screwed up organization that would have him as a member!!
Begob, sure, couldn't Darren and himself have a few quiet God -moments together when he lands down, after he kisses hardened concrete manmade runway. ;0!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0123R6vjIoE


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AJ McLean explains why daughter changed her name – Music News
AJ McLean and his wife Rochelle have explained why their daughter decided to change her name.
The Backstreet Boys star took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a photo of daughters Elliott, nine, and Lyric, five, celebrating their return to the classroom after being home-schooled throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
After fans questioned the couple why Elliott, who was formerly known as Ava, had changed her name, Rochelle noted that she simply wanted a more "unique" moniker.
"For those asking… not that it's anyone's business but Elliott's name change is not a gender thing. 'Ava' has changed her name quite a few times since she was about five," she wrote in a post on her Instagram Stories on Thursday. "Last year she asked us to start calling her Elliott and it stuck. She wanted something unique that no one else had. (There are so many Ava's.)"
Rochelle went on to ask fans to accept Elliott's choice and to "be kind".
"I didn't really see the harm in respecting her desire to be unique. Come to think of it, it's a little odd that as parents we choose names for people we haven't even met yet and expect them to forever (identify) as that person! Anyway… so that's how Ava became Elliott," the mother-of-two continued. "I knew once I put it out there people would have opinions, but be kind. She's just a kid trying to make her way in this crazy world! I just want her to know she can always be whoever she wants to be."
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The term "complex site" refers to sites where remediation progress is uncertain and remediation is not anticipated to achieve closure or even long-term management within a reasonable time frame.
At some sites, complex site-specific conditions make it difficult to fully remediate environmental contamination using proven remediation approaches. This guidance presents a recommended process for remediation management at complex sites, termed "adaptive site management." The adaptive site management process is presented in a flow chart and each step is described in detail. Numerous case studies describe real-world applications of remediation and remediation management at complex sites. Stakeholder perspectives at complex sites are also summarized. This guidance incorporates and refers to best management practices, tools, and technologies described in previous publications by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), ITRC, Department of Defense (DOD), and others.
Site objectives are long-term remedial goals and objectives that are typically established based on federal and state environmental regulations. Examples include meeting applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARARs), achieving target risk levels or contaminant concentrations, restoring impacted media to beneficial use, or protecting human health and the environment.
Both technical and nontechnical challenges can impede remediation and may prevent a site from achieving federal- and state-mandated regulatory cleanup goals within a reasonable time frame. Examples of technical challenges include geologic, hydrogeologic, geochemical, and contaminant-related conditions as well as large-scale or surface conditions. Examples of nontechnical challenges include managing changes that occur over long time frames, overlapping regulatory and financial responsibilities between agencies, setting achievable site objectives, maintaining effective institutional controls, redevelopment and changes in land use, and funding considerations. Nontechnical challenges may be exacerbated by technical challenges, long remediation time frames, and higher costs.
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If substantial complexities are identified, a site-specific remediation potential assessment may be appropriate. The remediation potential assessment evaluates the likelihood of meeting site objectives within a reasonable time frame. Two different series of questions (pre- or postremedy implementation) are provided as examples. Site owners, regulators, and stakeholders can revise the questions and determine the relative importance or weighting of some questions to reflect site-specific concerns and address contaminated media other than groundwater. Many of the questions relate to effectiveness, feasibility, and cost. Each area of the site can be assessed separately (for example, source and plume, hydrogeologic unit, or operable unit).
The remediation potential assessment has three possible outcomes: a high, moderate, or low likelihood of achieving site objectives. If remediation potential is high, the site area is not considered complex. If remediation potential is moderate, the assessment can be reevaluated (such as criteria used, questions that may dominate the assessment, and the weight of evidence balancing the categories). If remediation potential is low, the site will not likely achieve site objectives in a reasonable time frame and adaptive site management should be considered.
Adaptive site management is a comprehensive, flexible, and iterative process of remediation management that is well-suited for complex sites, where there is significant uncertainty in remedy performance predictions. Adaptive site management includes periodically evaluating and adjusting the remedial approach, which may involve multiple technologies at any one time and changes in technologies over time. The CSM is refined using information gained from remedy performance. Note that complex sites may require more iterations of the adaptive site management process compared to simpler sites.
Regulatory agencies specify the criteria for evaluating and selecting a remedy—for example, Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) nine criteria per 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 300.430, Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) corrective measures criteria per 40 CFR 258.57, or analogous criteria under other state-led programs. At complex sites using adaptive site management, this evaluation may incorporate additional considerations. For example, is there flexibility to adjust or optimize the remedial approach based on performance data? Is the remedial approach synergistic with other technologies?
Interim objectives are designed as steps or milestones to achieving the overall site objectives. Interim objectives can be specific to a technology or an area of the site (such as reducing mass flux from the source area, or containing an off-site plume). Achieving interim objectives leads to the next phase of remediation.
Site remediation managers adapt or adjust the selected remedy over time in response to remedy performance. These adjustments keep the remedy on track to meet interim objectives. Interim objectives and associated performance metrics may reflect a variety of goals such as removal rates/treatment efficiency or reduction in mass, mass flux, concentration, plume footprint, or volume of contaminated soil. Site managers develop time-bound interim objectives and performance metrics in parallel with remedial alternatives and document them in the decision document.
If a site area is not sufficiently progressing towards interim objectives, despite remedy optimization and modifications, site objectives may be revisited. Applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARAR) waivers may be considered at CERCLA sites. RCRA and other state cleanup programs have similar options – a state survey highlights approaches to consider under state cleanup programs.
Preparing a long-term management plan with a performance model and metrics. Project risks and uncertainties are also identified, mitigated and tracked.
Conducting periodic evaluations to compare actual progress with expected performance.
Following predefined decision logic to evaluate, adjust, optimize, modify or transition the remedial strategy if needed to stay on track to achieve interim objectives.
Comprehensive planning and scheduled periodic evaluations of remedy performance help decision makers track remedy progress and improve the timeliness of remedy optimization, reevaluations, or transition to other technologies/contingency actions. Note that optimization is not typically the focus of adaptive site management, but is often appropriate as part of the process.
Sites typically use institutional controls (ICs) and land use controls (such as deed restrictions and fencing) to prevent exposure over the long term. In Long-Term Contaminant Management Using Institutional Controls, ITRC (2016b) identified critical elements of effective IC management programs based on successes from established state and federal regulatory programs. These controls, however, are rarely used as stand-alone remediation strategies and are not drivers for changing site objectives or a substitute for remediation.
Detailed case studies are included in this guidance. Each case study describes site conditions and complexities, the technical basis for remedial action, key decisions, remedial approach, monitoring and optimization activities, and regulatory and stakeholder involvement. Case studies describe any adaptive site management processes that were used for site evaluation and decision making.
Stakeholders are members of environmental organizations, community advocacy groups, or other citizens' groups that address environmental issues. Stakeholders can actively participate in the decision-making process at complex sites. Unique circumstances that apply to tribal stakeholders are also discussed. This guidance also presents best practices for including stakeholders in the management of complex sites and communicating with stakeholders through a site-specific stakeholder communication plan or (at CERCLA sites) through the five-year review process.


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The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU (articles 461-470) provides for the establishment of joint bodies. The joint bodies of the Association are, inter alia, the Association Council, the Association Committee, the Parliamentary Association Committee and the Civil Society Platform.
Political dialogue and high-level policy dialogue between the Parties takes place at the level of summits with the participation of the President of Ukraine and the leadership of the European Union.
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The Association Committee, established in accordance with article 464 of the Agreement, is a subsidiary body of the Association Council and the highest body of the Association at the expert level. The Association Committee consists of representatives of ministries, mainly at the level of Deputy Ministers for European integration. Meetings are held at least once a year and when circumstances so require.
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The Association Committee in Trade configuration was established under article 465(4) of the Agreement to deal with all matters related to Section IV ("Trade and trade-related matters"). The Association Committee in Trade configuration includes top-level officials from Ukraine and the European Commission who are responsible for trade and trade-related matters. Meetings are held at least once a year and when circumstances so require.
The Parliamentary Association Committee was established under article 467 of the Agreement as a forum for members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and the European Parliament to hold meetings and exchange views. Meetings of the Parliamentary Association Committee are held twice a year.
The Civil Society Platform was established under article 469 of the Agreement to inform the civil society of the Parties on the implementation of the Agreement and to take into account their contribution to its implementation. Each of the Parties to the Civil Society Platform consists of 15 people representing three sectors: trade unions, employers and other civil society organizations.
In order to properly organize the activities of the Association Council and the Association Committee on the Ukrainian Part, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted the Resolution No. 700 of December 10, 2014.
The Resolution No. 646 of July 8, 2021 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Procedure for organizing the work of subcommittees of the Association Committee between Ukraine and the EU, including the Association Committee in Trade configuration, and Ukraine–EU dialogues.
The Resolution No. 84 of March 4, 2022 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine established that the decisions and recommendations of the Association Council and the Association Committee, including the decisions and recommendations of the Association Committee in Trade configuration, are posted on the Government portal, as well as published in the Official journal of Ukraine within ten days from the date of their attesting by the Secretaries of the mentioned bodies.
The Decision No. 1/2014 of the Association Council between Ukraine and the EU of 15 December 2021 approved the regulations of the Association Council and the Association Committee and its subcommittees.
The Order No. 831 of June 15, 2022 of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the Regulations on the Ukrainian Part of the Parliamentary Association Committee.
The Regulations of the EU–Ukraine Civil Society Platform were adopted by the members of the European Economic and Social Committee and representatives of the civil society of Ukraine during the founding meeting on April 16, 2015.
The Government Office for the Coordination of European and Euro-Atlantic Integration in accordance with sub-paragraph 14 of paragraph 4 of the Regulation No. 759 approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of October 4, 2017, providing for joint meetings of the Association Council between Ukraine and the EU, the Association Committee between Ukraine and the EU, subcommittees and dialogues, working meetings of their Ukrainian Part, performs the functions of the Secretariat of the Ukrainian Part of these bodies, and also participates in joint meetings and meetings of the Ukrainian Part of other bilateral bodies formed in accordance with the Agreement and other international treaties of Ukraine in the field of European integration. Also, according to sub-paragraph 15 of paragraph 4, the Government Office also ensures the interaction of members of the bilateral bodies of the Association from the Ukrainian Part and organizes quarterly meetings with the participation of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, with the representatives of the Ukrainian Part of the EU—Ukraine Civil Society Platform.


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UK milk production in November another 25 year high
According to an AHDB survey, November deliveries are provisionally put at 1,009m litres, 2.0% above last year and the highest November volume since 1995. This is despite a revision to the weighting we use to convert survey results into an estimate for the whole country, reports Chris Gooderham, AHDB Head of Market Specialists - Dairy & Livestock.
As a result of disruption to markets earlier this year, we have seen a number of farmers moving milk buyer recently, and this has thrown out our estimates of milk deliveries. Over the last 2 months, these movements have meant the coverage in our weekly milk production survey has increased from 76.3% to 77.6% of total production in Great Britain (GB).
While at first glance that might not seem like a significant change, in reality it would alter the estimate for the whole of GB by some 18m litres per month. While we had factored in an increase in the weighting because of those movements, the latest data suggests we underestimated the changes that took effect from 1st October.
The latest re-weighting puts GB milk deliveries in October at 1,025m litres, 0.6% above October last year.
The solution to further improving the accuracy of our estimates is for more companies to get involved in the weekly milk deliveries survey. By doing so, our coverage will increase, limiting the risk of farmers moving from a company outside the survey to one within it, or vice-versa. If you are a milk buyer and would like to discuss how you can get involved, please get in contact.
To read more details from the survey, click here.
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Editors' ChoiceTuberculosis
Understanding Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis
Heather B. McDonald
Science Translational Medicine, AAAS, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Science Translational Medicine 18 Nov 2009:
Vol. 1, Issue 7, pp. 7ec27
Tuberculosis (TB) is among the world's deadliest diseases. According to the World Health Organization, it resulted in nearly 1.8 million deaths worldwide in 2007. Caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, TB is generally curable with anti-TB drugs. Because of misuse or mismanagement of these drugs, however, multidrug-resistant strains of TB have emerged that require extended treatment with second-line anti-TB drugs like kanamycin and amikacin. Extensively drug-resistant TB is also resistant to one or both of these second-line drugs, further limiting effective treatment options. Knowledge of the drug-resistance profile of a patient's particular bacterial isolate can aid in the choice of drugs and help prevent additional drug resistances from arising. Especially in developing countries where culture facilities are limited, diagnosis of an isolate's resistance profile with molecular biological techniques is a useful approach, but relatively little is known about the molecular basis of resistance to second-line anti-TB drugs. To gain a better understanding of this issue, Zaunbrecher et al. sought to determine the mechanism of low-level kanamycin resistance in M. tuberculosis. These researchers identified mutations in the promoter region of the eis gene, which increase Eis protein levels, conferring resistance to kanamycin. The mutations were present in 80% of the clinical isolates with low-level kanamycin resistance analyzed in this study. Although it is often assumed that isolates that are resistant to kanamycin are also resistant to amikacin, the eis promoter mutations did not confer resistance to amikacin. Thus, the presence of eis mutations might help identify strains that could be usefully treated with amikacin.
M. A. Zaunbrecher et al., Overexpression of the chromosomally encoded aminoglycoside acetytransferase eis confers kanamycin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 11 November 2009 (10.1073/pnas.0907925106) [Full Text]
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By Heather B. McDonald
Science Translational Medicine 18 Nov 2009 : 7ec27
Resistance to one second-line drug for TB does not necessarily imply resistance to a related drug, as previously assumed.


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LDAD Collects 1000s of Signatures for Ethics Complaint Against Rudy Giuliani
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LDAD has filed an 18-page ethics complaint with the Grievance Committee of the New York State Bar in Manhattan calling for an investigation of Rudolph W. Giuliani and requesting that his New York license be suspended pending completion of the Committee's investigation.
This is the most comprehensive ethics complaint against Mr. Giuliani filed to date.
As of February 3, 2021 over 7,600 lawyers — including 3,000+ attorneys — have joined as co-signers of the complaint.
Laurence Tribe of Harvard Law School and former U.S. Attorney General Stuart M. Gerson joined dozens of retired federal and state judges, two former Associate Deputy Attorneys General, seven past presidents of the American Bar Association, nearly 100 former federal prosecutors, and over 100 current and retired law professors from nearly every prominent law school in the country in signing the complaint.
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The link between work and pay and the value of unpaid work
Posted by Roderick Benns 362sc on October 23, 2015
Roderick Benns recently interviewed Luc Gosselin (left), a member of Basic Income Earth Network, and a member of France's Mouvement français pour le revenu de base, about a basic income guarantee.
Benns: How did you come to be involved in this issue?
Gosselin: It's the last stage in a mental voyage that started with an aphorism I coined when a teenager: Il n'y a pas de salaire pour l'ennui, which translates as: No salary is high enough to pay for boredom.
A few years later, in one of Buckminster Fuller's book, I came across this:
"We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today that one in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a living. We keep inventing jobs because of this false idea that everybody has to be employed at some kind of drudgery because, according to Malthusian Darwinian theory he must justify his right to exist. So we have inspectors of inspectors and people making instruments for inspectors to inspect inspectors. The true business of people should be to go back to school and think about whatever it was they were thinking about before somebody came along and told them they had to earn a living."
My little aphorism and this great quotation intermingled and I developed the fantasy that if I'd been guaranteed an income that would be enough to live on, I'd happily pay 50% tax on all my earnings on top of that. I seldom shared that dream of mine, but it stayed in my mind for years and years.
And then, approximately fifteen years ago, I heard an interview with Philippe Van Parijs on Radio-Canada about the concept of basic income (which he calls: allocation universelle). That was exactly my dream! I had a sort of Big Bang moment! I bought one of his books, subscribed to BIEN's (Basic Income Earth Network) newsletter and later to BICN's (Basic Income Canadian Network) newsletter as well, read a few other books on the subject, and talked about it on all occasions given any pretext.
The current stretch of that journey started in February 2014. I was quitting a job and getting into what I call an "auto sabbatical leave of undefined length". I thought it was time for me to put my time where my mouth was on that basic income business: I became a member of BIEN, attended its Conference and General Assembly in June, became a member of France's Mouvement français pour le revenu de base, created a Facebook Page, co-founded Revenu de base Québec, started networking with other groups in Québec and Canada.
It has become my main occupation.
Benns: What about a basic income guarantee makes it a social justice issue?
Gosselin: First and foremost, it would, at least, alleviate poverty and, hopefully, end it all together. It's just plain scandalous that we have not succeeded in doing that in our rich societies, that we keep treating the poor as "pariahs". That's why it's urgent to implement basic income, but it's not the only reason we should do it. Precariousness is spreading; it's becoming an undesirable way of life for a lot of people. Inequality polarizes our societies and causes a deep feeling of intolerable injustice. Both precariousness and inequality will become very important problems, and dangerous ones to the point of fomenting rebellion, if we don't take care. There are numerous and complicated causes for that situation; political and economic solutions come from right and left in a cacophony of dogmas that leaves one deaf. Basic income is a solution worth careful attention in order to solve, or at least reduce, those social injustices. I've come to think that discussing it is the most important thing that we need to do in our society, nowadays. And it's a focus that would unite us.
Many social justice issues would have to be taken into account in our discussion of basic income: first, as mentioned, we would have to question seriously the way we treat the poor, and anybody who goes through hard times in life for that matter; the link between work and pay would have to be scrutinized; the value of a great lot of unpaid work would be recognized and enhanced; solidarity and community, equality and liberty would get new and deeper meanings; just to mention a few things that come to my mind…
I'm not a specialist of social issues, but I can't help seeing basic income as the main social issue of the 21st century, because it encompasses many of the most important ones.
Benns: The most common concern is about implementing a basic income guarantee is that too many of us would choose not to work. Why do you believe this won't be the case?
Gosselin: It has not been the case in any of the projects that I know of where basic income has been implemented for a limited time: India, Namibia, Dauphin (Manitoba), London (UK), South-Carolina, Alaska. The people I know who work with recipients of social assistance tell me that a majority of them want to work. We all know what happens when they do: not only do they pay the highest income tax possible, 100%, when they reach a ridiculously small amount of supplementary income on top of their allowances, but they have to go through a maze of paperwork to report on it and they are treated as suspects of fraud anyway. It's no way to encourage work. Unconditional basic income would solve that.
And then, there is that well known experiment: when asked how many of their fellow citizens would stop working if they had basic income, people say that around 80% would do so; and if asked what they would do themselves, most of them say they would keep on working…
It's a matter of false perception.
Benns: When you imagine Canadian life with this policy in place — say 10 or 20 years of the basic income guarantee — what does the country look like? How has it changed?
Gosselin: I imagine it will look more like a democracy. We would have gone through such a turmoil of conversations, discussions and debates on the way to its implementation that we would keep them going, hopefully.
Back to liberté, égalité, fraternité, at long last!
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BREAKING: Lohr to become Ag Commissioner, Leave House
March 16, 2010 Craig Orndorff	Leave a comment Go to comments
Just was alerted to this by a friend of mine who works in the General Assembly–nearby Delegate Matt Lohr (R-26) has been appointed as Commissioner for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Lohr has not yet resigned from the House and will not take the job until May 1st. However, from the tone of his letter (click read more below for the complete letter) he has decided to resign (and almost certainly has to under state law), meaning the move will surely trigger a special election in the district, which comprises Harrisonburg and parts of Rockingham County.
Lohr is a familiar face to those in the Valley, including Shenandoah County, as he often appears on WHSV, the main station for the area. Lohr previously served as a statewide FFA officer and runs his own family farm and pick your own pumpkin patch. I've worked very closely with the Delegate on several campaigns and worked with his staff during his first year in the House (he and Delegate Gilbert were both members of the class of 2005). Lohr is definitely an excellent pick for the position, as he brings both extensive knowledge and passion to the position. His letter to supporters is below the fold.
Of course, even with this happy news for the Lohr Family, this does mean that a special election will be triggered in Harrisonburg and creates practical political concerns. The seat went heavily for Lohr in the fall, scoring 73% of the vote and even carrying the city proper, which was the first time a Republican Delegate candidate had since 2001. However, Democrats currently control city council, and they won in 2005 (Kaine only), 2006 and 2008. The city makes up a slim majority of the district, so it could be in play. Still, the overwhelmingly Republican nature of the district makes me lean towards making this a likely Republican hold.
The field may already be cleared, but names to watch as the election develops, on the Republican side:
Chaz Evans Haywood, Clerk of Court
Tom Mendez, City School Board
Mike Meredith, former GOP Chairman
John Elledge, former LA to Delegate Glenn Weatherholtz
Tracy Evans, former city council candidate and City GOP Chair
Kerri Wilson, former City GOP Chair and City School Board Member
Pablo Cuevas, Board of Supervisors member
On the Democratic side:
Kai Denger, Mayor
Gene Hart, Democratic nominee in 2009
Lowell Fulk, Democratic nominee in 2003 and 2005
Wild cards (independents):
Rodney Eagle, 2003 State Senate candidate and former Mayor
Carolyn Frank, 2005 Independent Candidate for Delegate and Councilwoman
Myron Rhodes, local political gadfly and blogger
We'll track this story as it develops. This may even be enough intrigue to convince me to attend the Rockingham-Harrisonburg LDD this Friday.
These types of letters are never easy to write, but I wanted to personally let you know about a big change that has just taken place. Recently, the McDonnell administration contacted me about possibly joining their team as the new Commissioner for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services I was honored to be considered, but needed time to evaluate the situation and prayerfully consider the proposal. After many discussions with my family, I have decided to go forward and earlier today the governor made his official announcement. It was a difficult decision to make because I truly love my job as a delegate.
I wanted to send a personal letter thanking you for all your friendship, trust, and support these past five years. You have no idea how much that has meant to Andrea and me. It has been such a tremendous honor representing the 26th District in the Virginia House of Delegates and I will miss serving in this role tremendously. Since 2005, I have worked tirelessly to improve our educational systems, strengthen agriculture, promote public safety, hold the line on new taxes, fight for our family values, and be the best possible public servant I could be. We accomplished much and I am proud of my tenure in office. Thank you for your prayers, support, ideas, and friend ship.
As most of you know, my passion in life has truly centered on the agricultural industry. The farm that I own today has been in my family for over 100 years and I come from a long line of farmers who have cared for and loved the land. It has been a privilege to be involved in agriculture my entire life as an FFA member, a leader in farm bureau, and as a member of the General Assembly. I truly love being part of such an important industry. I am deeply honored to step into this role and I look forward to continuing my work with you. I am also excited that I will be able to divide my time working from both Richmond and Harrisonburg in this new role, so we will not have to move away from the Valley.
I know the 26th District will be left in good hands. If I can ever be of service to you in the future, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. Thanks again and may God continue to bless you and your family!
Matt Lohr
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Beargrease sled dog race won't start in Duluth for the 2nd straight year
There's not enough snow in Duluth, so the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon is moving its start farther north.
This is the second consecutive year race organizers have had to start the race in Two Harbors, instead of at Duluth East High School, according to the organizer's website.
Jason Rice, who's on the Beargrease board of directors, told the Duluth News Tribune they estimate there will be about 6 inches of snow on the ground in Duluth, which isn't enough to start a sled dog race, while snow depth in Two Harbors will be closer to a foot.
(See the latest snow depth report on the state Department of Natural Resources website here.)
Rice also told the paper there are no plans to permanently move the start of the race out of Duluth.
The change to the start of the race, which begins Jan. 31, won't shorten the nearly 400-mile marathon event, WDIO reports. It will now extend to Grand Portage, before it's expected to finish at Billy's Bar in Duluth on Feb. 3, The Associated Press says.
The race – named after John Beargrease, an Ojibwe Indian who delivered mail on the North Shore via dog sled in the late 1800s – is the longest sled dog race in the lower 48 states, according to the event's website, and serves as a qualifier for the famous Iditarod in Alaska.
Lack of snow may also affect the Iditarod race – officials are considering moving the start of the 1,000-mile trek because of poor snow conditions in south-central Alaska, KTUU reports.
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Organizers are also reminding people to be mindful of the city's emergency regulations.
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Snow deadline looming for Duluth sled dog marathon
Organizers of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon will meet next Sunday. The mild and dry winter is forcing them to decide whether the scheduled January 29 event has to be canceled or postponed. The Duluth News Tribune reports the lack of snow caused the race to be canceled in 2007.
Ready, set, go! Long-delayed Beargrease sled dog race begins
Chisholm man wins Beargrease sled dog marathon


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See how the Waterhouse Residence Museum is transformed to a Halloween-themed wonderland. Docents will lead visitors of all ages on an immersive tour of this historic home. Many of today's Halloween traditions were originally developed in the Victorian era as a result of their fascination with death. See intriguing artifacts such as a wreath made of hair and a 19th–century funeral plaque and discover Halloween traditions from lighthearted superstitions to early exploration of science and medicine.
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Advance tickets are sold out for the special evening tours, but limited walk-ups are available.
The Waterhouse Residence Museum is open for regular tours Thursday – Sunday during this exhibition, 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.


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Conviction of Warlord in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a Milestone for Justice and Accountability: PHR
Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka found guilty for war crimes committed between 2010-2014, including murder, mass rape, sexual slavery, and enlisting children under 15
November 25, 2020 Democratic Republic of Congo
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) welcomes a Congolese military court's conviction of Ntabo Ntaberi, whose Nduma Defense of Congo (NDC) militia was responsible for terrorizing communities in Eastern DRC for years.
Sheka was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of war crimes, including murder, rape, sexual slavery, enlisting children under the age of 15, looting, and destruction of property. Among his many atrocities, Sheka and the NDC militia were responsible for systematically raping 387 women, girls, men, and boys across 13 villages in Walikale, eastern DRC over several days in 2010.
Since 2011, PHR's Program on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones has strengthened the capacity of local doctors, nurses, police, lawyers, and judges in DRC to document forensic medical evidence of sexual violence, preserve it in a court-admissible form, and deploy it to prosecute perpetrators. To date, PHR and partners have trained hundreds of Congolese medical, legal, law enforcement, and justice professionals in the proper collection, storage, and transmission of this critical evidence.
The following statement is attributable to Karen Naimer, PHR director of programs, who has led PHR's Program on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones:
"Sheka's conviction is a milestone for accountability, contributing to the movement to end impunity for sexual violence in DRC and beyond. Sheka's appalling crimes have caused devastation for countless Congolese, but this successful prosecution offers a modicum of justice for survivors. We applaud the Congolese justice, legal, and medical professionals who have worked for years on this landmark case, and we recognize the tremendous bravery of the survivors and witnesses who testified."
"Moving forward, Congolese authorities must ensure that the reparations the court awarded to survivors – an essential precursor to accountability and healing – are actually provided by the defendants. Additionally, many of those who were also responsible for these crimes in DRC have yet to be tried – Congolese authorities should do everything in its power to bring other perpetrators to justice. However, we are concerned by the lack of opportunity for defendants to appeal their charges, and the Court process should respect due process rights for all."
"The NDC militia is still active in the region, and witnesses, survivors, and communities remain under threat. Congolese authorities and the international community must double down on efforts to protect civilians and hold perpetrators accountable."
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I attended the 'Women's Voices Conference' which works towards to inspiring, empowering, and demonstrating, the importance of women centred care, in our maternity services. I'm not a medical professional, but I was interested in understanding more about the charities and organisations providing support to pregnant women.
The day itself was a coming together of a variety of women (and a few men), who were either clinical midwives, student midwives, doulas, charity representatives and keen campaigners, all working towards improving women's rights throughout pregnancy and birth. I was unaware just how much support there was for women, but I felt incredibly inspired by all of the women that part. If you wish to find out more, please follow the links below.
This method also helps us to find connection; to ourselves, our breath, our baby, the floor, our own femininity, not to mention connection to others around us. To me, this is what yoga is all about, connecting with others wherever they are at, meeting and learning from them. I can see this connection happening in the classes I teach at The Well Woman Centre. Seeing women coming together and bonding through shared experiences. After all who remembers better than a brand new mum how it feels to be pregnant, and being around mums and their new borns is a great experience for those about to have their own. It's a unique dynamic and one I'm proud to be part of.


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The Bank, one of the top 10 US banks will use RippleNet
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PNC, which is among the ten largest U.S. banks, will use RippleNet for handling international payments for their customers.
According to Reuters, a division of PNC Treasury Management – will use xCurrent for the accelerated processing of international transactions by commercial customers from the USA.
Ripple emphasizes that xCurrent will allow business customers to PNC instantly withdraw and Deposit funds into the account, and it can dramatically change their approach to managing accounts and working capital.
Senior Vice President, product at Ripple, Ashish Birla believes that the use of xCurrent in the banking sector is the first step towards the introduction of other products Ripple, such as the decision xRapid, which will be launched in a few months.
This is a great way [for banks] to test these mechanisms.
It should be noted that some Ripple employees are skeptical about the use of xCurrent in the field of international payments. In July, Ripple chief cryptographer David Schwartz said that banks are unlikely to implement the technology because of the low scalability and privacy issues.
PNC is among the ten largest banks in the U.S. with 8 million customers and branches in 19 States.
Recall that at the end of the 2017 American Express announced that creates an app that supports Ripple for B2B payments between corporate customers and the US customers of the British unit of Banco Santander. And in March, a consortium of Japanese banks said that it will release a mobile application for instant internal payments "MoneyTap" on the basis of the Ripple.
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Dear Diary, I met up with the Cyndaquil trainer again. Or is it more proper to say that he stood in our way? He had come to get his second badge, as well, but, having heard that we drove Team Rocket out of the Slowpoke Well, he deemed us worthy of being approached. What's more, he demanded a battle! Thank Arceus, we healed up after the match with Bugsy. After a hard-fought match, we emerged victorious, and he stepped aside. There's something about him I can't quite place. It's like he wants to win at any cost! He's not a bad trainer, but I feel sorry for his Pokémon. With 2 badges in hand, the next stop on my journey will be my hometown of Goldenrod City. First, however, I have unfinished business to take care of. I returned to Slowpoke Well and caught a Slowpoke. I nicknamed her Shelley, and transferred her to Professor Elm. One less Pokémon in the greedy hands of Team Rocket. It was nighttime after the match with Bugsy, and most people would wait until the morning to head out. Especially considering that Goldenrod City lies past Ilex Forest, which is known to be dangerous at night. But I'm looking for a Pokémon that only comes out at night. If I can find one, they'll make a great addition to the team. We set out into the forest, and, before long, we found our target. A wild Oddish! Hard to find, but easy to catch. I named her Chrissy, after the chrysanthemum. Much like how I named Angelica after the angel's trumpet. I expect she'll come in handy soon. In fact, if I have my way, she'll be more than useful in the next Gym! Of course, she'll need quite a bit of training first. With Oddish in hand, we retreated to Azalea Town to rest. The next morning, we set out again through Ilex Forest, only to find our path blocked. An Azalea Town trainer had lost an unruly Farfetch'd somewhere in the forest. Farfetch'd are very rare in Johto, and nearly impossible to find in Kanto, so it makes perfect since he'd want it back. We tracked it down, and lured it back to him. We were greeted by not only him, but his boss, as well! It turns out, the Farfetch'd belonged to this boss, who used it to clear trees in preparation for charcoal making. We were thanked with our second HM. The HM for teaching Cut. Brittany was chosen as the recipient of that move. Her claws felled a Scyther, after all. The rest of our journey through the forest was uneventful, save for two things. The first was many encounters with Pokémon; Ilex Forest seemed to be swarming with them! The second was a kind boy who parted with the TM for teaching Headbutt. Diane got that. The path through the forest ended on Route 34, just south of Goldenrod City. I don't need to ask around to find out what type the Gym Leader here specialises in; I live here. Whitney uses Normal types. With no Fighting types to counter them with, the only way we're getting through that Gym is with some serious training. And that training will start now. My plan is to impede Whitney's Pokémon, keeping them and her on their toes while we build our defences. And Oddish will be pivotal in that, with access to Sleep Powder and Stun Spore. Angelica will be a great help, too, keeping damage low with Reflect, whilst she whittles the opposing team down with Razor Leaf. We can have the greatest defences possible, but we can't win if we don't attack. I'm counting on Angelica's Razor Leaf for that. Being an evolved Pokémon, her attacks should have some power behind them. With Angelica and Chrissy making up the crux of my forces against Whitney, I set to work training them. Being at a lower level, Chrissy was first. Much of her training took place in Union Cave. By the time we had left there, she had defeated countless Pokémon, and had Stun Spore and Poison Powder in her arsenal. But the comparatively weak enemies in the cave quickly became less valuable as experience. It was time to move on to Goldenrod City. Ilex Forest led to Route 34, which, in turn, led to my glittering hometown. Our training wasn't over, though. We just had to change locations, since defeating the low-levelled Pokémon in Union Cave wasn't giving enough experience to be worthwhile anymore. The trainers north of Goldenrod, and the wild Pokémon south of it, served that purpose at least a little bit better. Knowing I would eventually want Chrissy fully evolved, I headed north to the National Park, hoping to win the Bug Catching Contest. The first prize was a Sun Stone, which Chrissy would need. I brought Julia with me into the park for the contest, since she wields Sleep Powder to make tough captures a little easier. The competition, as well as the Pokémon, were both fierce, especially our target. It took some time, but we eventually came across the formidable Scyther. Yes; the same species felled by Brittany in our match with Bugsy. I certainly wouldn't mind having that power on our side. Put to sleep by Julia, it was was an easy capture. Just in time, too. No sooner was Scyther secure in her Poké Ball than the announcement came in that the contest was over, and judging would soon begin. Our opponents were going to be hard to beat. Caterpie the size of a small Ekans. Beedrill with stingers that bulged with toxins. But our Scyther was the best in show! The Sun Stone is mine! In addition, the Scyther is ours to keep. I named her Missy. I don't have the means to evolve her, so I sent her to Professor Elm to look after until I need such a powerful ally. Now, our training can continue. Chrissy is near evolution, and I certainly don't intend to face Whitney with an Oddish, however high of a level it may be at. Between rematches with trainers we've bested before, and the myriad of wild Pokémon, our training went splendidly. Both Angelica and Chrissy gained considerable amounts of power. But it still wasn't quite enough. I know what's gonna have to happen to put us over the top, but I'm a little bit worried. In an underground section of Goldenrod City, some more trainers lurk. Some are just normal trainers, but a couple are known delinquents. If I want a shot at us defeating Whitney, though, there's no other option. And Arceus knows, I don't want the journey to end here. So it's off to the Goldenrod Underground. I've been to the Goldenrod Underground before. The Pokémon groomers there are wonderfully skilled, and a lady comes around once a week selling various trinkets. But it's also a hangout for the aforementioned trainers. We took them on, and, after some difficult battles – one trainer had a Lickitung! - we were levelled up even more! But, even after all that, it still wasn't enough. I know Whitney. I know she's got some serious skills that shouldn't be underestimated. Before I even take on the Gym, I want Chrissy to be evolved into a Gloom. The problem with training is that it gets tedious quickly. With the trainers all defeated, we had to rely on the wild Pokémon for training. And the experience they gave upon defeat was almost pitiable. But I have an idea. There might be stronger Pokémon in the trees! Diane's Headbutt could shake them out. I'll head back to Azalea Town, to see what I can find. I hear Heracross can be found there. If we're lucky enough to come across one, defeating it would surely grant a bounty of experience! Back in Azalea Town, we shook the trees until the Pokémon in them were awoken. As it happens, we actually did find Heracross! Not only that, but we also found a new team member. An Ekans that I chose to name Sarah. Poisoning opposing Pokémon is great for wearing them down and avoiding drawn-out fights. With Sarah in hand, the training can continue once more. Back to Goldenrod City we go, where the wild Pokémon should be enough to give Chrissy the last bit of experience she needs. It won't be long now; she's showing signs of being near evolution. Sure enough, I wasn't kept waiting long at all. Chrissy defeated the various Route 34 enemies, and suddenly began to glow with a bright light. When it faded, she had become a Gloom! With her and Angelica on my side, I'm confident I can win against Whitney. At least, I hope so. It'd be a damn shame, after everything we've been through, for our journey to end prematurely, with us defeated in my own hometown. Goldenrod City's Gym is in view through the windows of the Pokémon Centre; it's time. Whitney, we're coming for you! *Author's Note* Here we are. Outside Whitney's den of bovine pain. Can we make it through? Or will our dreams be crushed by Rollout? Find out next time! This was the training chapter. We spent a good portion of it preparing. Getting ready for our first big roadblock. Well, we're here now! It's do or die. Wish us luck!~ PokéDex #79: Slowpoke, the Dopey Pokémon Slowpoke take 5 seconds to feel pain. Their yawns are said to be able to summon rain. Their tails will regrow if detached. The tails are edible, and are commonly sold in Johto and Alola, sometimes dipped in chocolate. It's an acquired taste. #43: Oddish, the Weed Pokémon Oddish are nocturnal. In the daytime, they stay disguised as weeds. If mistakenly pulled, they will retaliate in kind. Their leaves regrow if accidentally cut, or if eaten by predators. When they near evolution, they may start to drool often, or their leaves may curl upwards. #44: Gloom, the Weed Pokémon By absorbing nutrients from soil, Gloom grow. Some have been seen to grow gigantic, to 3 times their normal size or more, in areas with good soil. Their viscous drool smells sweet as honey, but is toxic. They use it to attract and subdue prey. #123: Scyther, the Mantis Pokémon Ninja in ancient times used to train with Scyther, trying to copy their movements. Scyther can move too quickly for the untrained eye to track, and their blades can easily chop down trees. Thankfully, they almost never venture outside of their habitats, and will not attack unprovoked. #23: Ekans, the Snake Pokémon Bites from Ekans are among the most common injuries seen in inexperienced trainers. Make no mistake, however. While young, and lacking potency in their venom, they will bite if not properly trained. If being kept as pets, they can be devenomed.
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Why We Sing and How It Helps
Dr. Ligon Duncan | March 7, 2010
The Lord's Day Evening
"Why We Sing and How it Helps Us"
The apostle Paul, in Colossians chapter 3 verse 16, exhorts the Colossians and you and me as brothers and sister in Jesus Christ to "let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God." A quick glance at the concordance will supply you will well over one hundred passages in the Scripture that exhort us to and supply us reasons for singing and singing praise to God. And so in just a few moments I want to explore with you why we sing, and to answer that from Scripture, and then to ask — How does that help us? How does it help us to sing? Now I'm not going to look at the one hundred plus passages that the concordance will point you to but I do want to give you a taste of some of what the Bible says to us in answer to the question — Why sing?
Exodus 15:1 tells us that we are to sing because "God has triumphed gloriously. David, in 2 Samuel 22:15 says that we are to sing because of "God's great salvation and His steadfast love." 1 Chronicles 16:9 tells us that we're to sing because of "all God's wondrous works." And 1 Chronicles 16:23 tells us that we sing in order to "tell His salvation from day to day" while 1 Chronicles 16:33 tells us that we're to sing because "God is coming to judge the earth." A quick glance at Job 29:13 and Psalm 5:11, just as examples, will tell us that we are to sing "for joy." That is one of the two most commons reasons for singing given in the Bible. Sing for joy and sing for His name are perhaps the two reasons that are given more than any other reason to sing.
And there's an important theological reason for that that Jesus explains to us in His upper room words to the disciples and which Paul explains to us in the book of Philippians. God intends to give us joy in Christ and that joy is to be expressed in our singing. And so our singing, in that regard, is a testimony to the joy that God has given to us by His grace.
Psalm 7 verse 17 tells us that we're to sing to "the name of the Lord Most High." That won't be the last time you'll hear that exhortation to sing to the name of the Lord. That's one of the ways that the Bible tells you that we're to sing in order to glorify God. We're to sing in order to give testimony to His name, His reputation, His greatness, His majesty, His grandeur, His glory. And again in Psalm 9:2 we read that we're to sing to "Your name, O Most High." In that same psalm in the eleventh verse we're told that we sing in order to "tell among the peoples His deeds." In Psalm 13:6 we're told to sing because "He has dealt bountifully with us." In Psalm 21:13 we're to sing because of "God's power." In Psalm 30 verse 4 we're to sing and give thanks to what? "To His holy name." There's the theme of the name again.
In Psalm 47 verse 7 we're told to sing because "God is the King of all the earth." In Psalm 51:14 David tells us to sing because of "God's righteousness." In Psalm 57:5 we're told to sing in order to "give thanks to God" and in order to "give praises to Him among the nations." In Psalm 59:16 we're told to sing because of "God's strength." In Psalm 59 verse 17 we're told specifically to sing because "God is our fortress and the God who shows us steadfast love." Psalm 63 verse 7 says we're to sing because "God has been our help." And perhaps you remember that from the Isaac Watts hymn that we sing based on Psalm 90 — "O God, Our Help in Ages Past."
Then in Psalm 66:2 we're told again to sing because of "the glory of His name." In Psalm 67 verse 4 we're told to "sing for joy because God judges the people with equity and guides the nations of the earth." In Psalm 68:4 we're told to sing praise to God and exult before Him because "He rides through the deserts." In Psalm 71 verse 22 we're told to sing because of "God's faithfulness." In Psalm 84 verse 2 we're told not only to sing with a heart but with our flesh "for joy to the living God." In Psalm 89 verse 1 we're told to sing because of "the steadfast love of the Lord" and "His faithfulness to all generations." In Psalm 92 verse 4 we're told to sing because "God has made us glad because of His work."
In Psalm 95 we're exhorted — "O come, let us sing unto the Lord and make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation" — why? Well the psalmist gives us the answer in verses 3 to 5 — "because the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods and He has made everything." In Psalm 98 verse 1 we're told to sing not just a song, but a "new song because God has done marvelous things and His holy arm has worked salvation for us." In Psalm 101 verse 1 we're told to sing because of "the steadfast love and justice of God." In Psalm 105 verse 2 we're told to sing because of "all His wondrous works." In Psalm 119 verse 172 we're told to sing because of "God's Word and His commandments." In Psalm 135 verse 3 we're to sing to His name because "it's pleasing to God to do so." In Psalm 138 verse 5 we're to sing of the "ways of the Lord." In Psalm 145 verse 7 we're to sing because of "the fame of God's abundant goodness."
In Isaiah 24:14 we're to sing because of "the majesty of the Lord." In Jeremiah 20 verse 13 we're to sing because "God has delivered the light of the needy from the hand of evildoers." In Hebrews 2:12 we're told to sing because Jesus is in the middle of His church leading the singing. The author of Hebrews tells us, "I will tell your name to my brothers. In the midst of my congregation I will sing your praise." And that Old Testament quote is applied to the Lord Jesus who is the great congregational singing leader. In James 5:13 we're asked the question — "Is anyone cheerful?" and the response is — "Let him sing praise." And so we're to sing because we're cheerful and that connects back to joy. And in Revelation 15:3 we're told to sing because "God's deeds are great and amazing and His ways are just and true and He is the King of the nations." And that is just a tiny sampling of the reasons that the Word of God gives us to sing.
I. It helps us to praise God in all parts of our prayer.
So how does that help us? Very quickly, it helps us four ways. First of all, it helps us to praise God in all parts of our prayer. To sing helps us to praise God in all parts of our prayer. If you listen to the words closely that we have already sung tonight and that we're going to sing tonight you will discern four types of things that we're doing. We are praising God. We're directing praises to Him. We are asking requests or petitions of God. We're making requests of Him as we sing. We are giving testimony to God of who He is and what He has done. And we're exhorting one another to praise Him. We're doing all four of those things in the songs that we're singing, but all of them are directed to God.
Now think about it my friends. Typically when we pray, what do we spend most of our time doing? We spend most of our time requesting things of God. Now that's good and that's Biblical, but it leaves out the other three things — praising God, giving testimony, and exhorting one another about who He is and what He has done. And what can that do? It can allow your prayers to become self centered. This is how singing helps us when we sing good, sound, Biblical truth it will make our singing and our praying to be God centered.
Listen to what Augustine says. He's meditating on Psalm 148 and he begins to ask himself the question — What's a hymn? And here's what Augustine says — "A hymn is a song of praise of God. If you praise God and sing not, then you utter no hymn. If you sing and praise not God, then you utter no hymn. A hymn that then contains three things — a song, praise, and that of God. Praise then, of God in song, is called a hymn." So a hymn always directs us to God whether we're uttering a request, giving a testimony, exhorting one another, or directly worshipping and glorifying Him. It's all God-ward and our public singing on the Lord's Day in accordance with Scripture enables us to bring that God-ward balance to our life of prayer which we so desperately need.
II. Helps us magnify His name.
Secondly, and it's so clear from the passages we're read about singing, singing helps us to magnify His name and give Him the glory. The overwhelming dominant thrust of all of these passages that exhort us to sing is about glorifying God. And so our singing reminds us that we're made to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. And it insists us to do it with our voices.
III. Helps us give the whole of ourselves to God.
Third, singing weds what we know and believe to our affections so that we give the whole of ourselves to God — mind, desires, and our passion.
IV. Because it's biblical.
And fourth, we sing, and this is stunning but it's biblical. If I couldn't give you a verse for this you should accuse me of heresy, but here it is. Just listen closely. We sing because one day we will hear God sing to us. We sing because one day we will hear God sing to us. And do you know what He's going to be singing about? He's going to be singing about His love for us. You're going to hear that with your own ears one day.
And you're wondering, "Where does it say that Lig in the Bible?" Here it is — Zephaniah 3:17 — "The Lord your God is in your midst" and he's looking to the time when God is going to do this in the future in the great day of the Lord. "The Lord your God is in your midst, a Mighty One, who will save.
He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will quiet you by His love. He will exult over you with loud singing." You are going to hear God exult over you one day. If you're trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ as He is offered in the Gospel, on the great day of the Lord your God will exult and sing over you. Don't you want to sing to Him in the meantime? Let's pray.
Our Lord and our God, move our hearts to sing we pray, in Jesus' name. Amen.
Now will you take out your bulletins or your hymns and turn with me to 598 and let's sing to God's praise, "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah."
Amen. Would you receive the Lord's benediction this evening? Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all now and forevermore. Go in peace.


To examine the relationship between measures of the household and retail food environments and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake in both urban and rural environmental contexts.|A cross-sectional design was used. Data for FV intake and other characteristics were collected via survey instrument and geocoded to the objective food environment based on a ground-truthed (windshield audit) survey of the retail food environment.|One urban and 6 contiguous rural counties.|This study involved 2,556 residents of the Brazos Valley, Texas, who were selected through random-digit dialing.|Two-item scale of FV intake.|Data were analyzed using chi-square analysis, 2-sample t tests, and linear regression.|Distance to supermarket or supercenter was insignificant in the urban model, but significant in the rural model (β = -.014, P < .010, confidence interval = -.024, -.003).|Retail food environments have different impacts on FV intake in urban and rural settings. Interventions to improve FV intake in these settings should account for the importance of distance to the retail food environment in rural settings.


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