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The evil of socialism
Commenting on my yesterday's piece, a reader asked a question that cuts to the chase: "Why is it that the left seem always to be treated as occupying the moral high ground? People should be constantly reminded that this high ground is built from a mountain of corpses."
One of those corpses is rather large: our civilisation. For socialism is the more wicked offshoot of a universal rebellion against Christendom, one going by the misnomer of the Enlightenment.
Therein lies the answer to my reader's question, but it's not a quick answer, preceded as it is by other questions and answers. Such as why did the rebellion occur? Why did it succeed?
Christendom was built on a set of Christian premises that, if taken seriously, imposed difficult demands on people.
Philosophically, it was based on the assumption that absolute truth exists, and it was at least approachable by activating a rigorously rational apparatus.
Morally, it postulated love above all, even love for one's enemies. This was accompanied by the concept of free will, free choice between good and evil.
Doctrinally, it put forth the notion of the triune God, the unique synthesis of the physical, spiritual and metaphysical reflected in the whole civilisation.
Ritualistically, it was demanding. Fasting, for example, was paramount – for up to 250 days every year or at least half that with less than strict observance.
Looking at the glorious edifice built on such foundations, even non-believers had to admit the possibility that only God could have been the architect – the magnificence of the structure simply couldn't be traced back to any other source.
However, the demands imposed by Christendom proved to be too difficult for many people. The same questions that were later posed by Hume began to be asked widely. If God is loving and omnipresent, how come there's so much evil in the world? If He doesn't know about it, is He really omniscient? If He won't stop it, is He really good? And if He can't, is he really omnipotent?
Theodicy wasn't unduly hard intellectually. But most people weren't looking for rational answers. They were looking for excuses, a justification for their inability to comply with the demands of their civilisation.
It's hard to pinpoint the moment when the balance was tipped – the process was gradual. Perhaps the Black Death in the mid-fourteenth century was the pivotal point: with a third of Europe's population perishing, theodicy could be swept aside with an air of self-righteous smugness.
The subsequent Reformation was in fact a mutiny against the Church, the depository and promulgator of Christendom's religious, cultural and intellectual essence. As such it was a rebellion against Christendom as such, masked, like many other revolutions, as an attempt at purification.
But an all-out rebellion hadn't gathered pace until the eighteenth century, when the philosophes provided a justification for apostasy, one as crude as the masses themselves were. This adumbrated the Age of Reason, which was an early example of words used to mean something opposite to their real meaning. Unreason became Reason.
The gullible avidly gobbled up a view of the world according to which Augustine and Aquinas were driven by crude superstition, whereas Rousseau and Voltaire, intellectual pygmies by comparison, were the bearers of high reason.
The West had found its excuse, and victorious rebellion was under way. Very early it bifurcated into two strains I call nihilist and philistine.
The two strains were close to each other, and in fact both combined philistine and nihilist aspects. The difference lay in their mix: to the philistine, the destruction of Christendom had to be accomplished in physical comfort and with a minimum of bloodshed. To the nihilist, comfort mattered much less, and the amount of bloodshed didn't matter at all: destruction was all.
It's instructive to observe how close the two strains are in their ends, if not always in their means. Philistine rebels (who later produced societies called democratic or capitalist) used attrition to phase Christendom out. Their nihilist cousins (those to be later called national, international or democratic socialists) opted for frontal assault, complete with apocalyptic casualties.
Predictably, the philistines were more successful, for the same reason that a seducer tends to run up a higher amatory score than a rapist. But both strains, and especially the nihilists, sought to create a new civilisation to dwarf the now moribund Christendom.
In that they've both failed spectacularly, and the nihilists catastrophically. Both are aware of this failure, which is why they try to camouflage it by preaching the simulacra of the traditional tenets of Christendom.
The nihilists, otherwise known as various sub-sets of socialists, are particularly keen to conceal their evil animus with vague references to Christianity. This can best be illustrated by the French revolutionary slogan liberté, egalité, fraternité. It was probably chosen for its Christian overtones purloined from the original owner for nefarious purposes.
To start with, let's consider its tripartite form. You'll notice that many revolutionary slogans of post-Christian modernity are constructed of three elements, either words or phrases.
One could cite the American 'life, liberty and pursuit of happiness', the Russian 'vsia vlast sovetam' or the German 'ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer'. And even a somewhat less significant revolution had to chip in with a vapid 'Work harder, produce more, build Grenada!'
This was the first stage of shoplifting larceny: the revolutionaries sensed that people's ears were attuned to Trinitarian music. Therefore they were predisposed to respond to similar sounds even if they conveyed an opposite meaning. In this instance, however, it wasn't just the music.
Also hidden in the French slogan was another mock-Christian allusion. For, according to the Enlighteners, 'fraternity' flowed out of 'liberty' and 'equality'.
The philosophes argued that no brotherhood was possible without liberty and equality, which is to say that the third part of the triad proceeded from the first two. One doesn't have to be a theologian to see how the subtle Christian doctrine of the Trinity had been vulgarised for a very un-Christian purpose.
Each element of the French triad was stolen property. To the original owner, freedom came from – and led to – the truth, which is to say God; equality was a natural consequence of jointly loving, and being loved by, a supreme being, which is to say God; brotherhood implied a spiritual kinship bestowed by a common father, which is to say God.
The intellectual cardsharps of the Enlightenment deftly pulled the ace of God out of the pack, leaving people with a hand of cards that were not only low but also marked.
Their descendants rule by simulacrum. Hence their attempt to occupy the high moral ground by claiming that ever-growing state control over the individual is the new freedom. Hence also their insistence that the state coercively taking money from those who earned it and giving it to those who didn't is the same as Christian charity – whereas in fact it's its exact opposite.
Hence, perhaps most important, their glossocratic effort to control language and thereby thought, which is the essence of political correctness. That all such efforts have been successful testifies to the awesome potential of sustained brain-washing.
Gradual and accelerating glossocratic corruption has worked: the word socialism gives people a nice, warm feeling denied to such variants of socialism as fascism, Nazism, if not always communism.
Communism, they say, was a nice socialist idea lamentably distorted by the Soviets. No number of direct quotes from the blood-thirsty writings of Marx will work. People don't need to read: they're prepared to let communism bask in the shining sun of socialism.
It's by such devious, evil stratagems that socialism, the secular religion of anomie, hatred and envy, has been allowed to claim a high moral ground, from which it can joyously relieve itself on the people underneath.
Rather than feeling instinctive revulsion at the very mention of the word, people feel guilty that they themselves fall short of socialist ideals. By way of redemption they vote for evil men like Corbyn, who know which platitudinous lies will work.
Author Alexander BootPosted on 10th June 2017 Categories Blog
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Socialism yes but but perhaps in the modern context even more so materialism and sports. That is what occupies the mind of most now. Religion was the "opiate" of the people but sports does the same now.
Harley Quin says:
Many are more exercised by the fortunes of their favourite team or sportsperson, or showbiz celebrity, than they are of the way their Civilisation is being filched from them.
Of course, their lack of interest and lack of awareness are symptoms of that decline.
The problem of evil is a stumbling block for a lot of people, I struggle with it myself. I'm working my way through a few well known (if not well read) Christian texts. I hope to find answers in the collected philosophical essays of Aquinas.
Alexander Boot says:
That's a good start. I've also found Augustine's The City of God very helpful. In general, Christian theology regards evil not as a separate entity but as simply the absence of good. The presence or absence of good is usually fairly obvious, and there aren't many marginal cases — especially if one proceeds from a Christian perspective.
This is somewhat off topic, but I'd be interested in your thoughts regarding the reformation. As a Christian who currently holds a reformed view of theology, I'm curious why you would say the Reformation was a mutiny against the Church? Do you believe in Catholicism and, if so, are there any books you would recommend that make a good case for Catholic doctrine over reformed protestant doctrine?
Many thanks in advance,
Eamon
You mean books other than my own? I argue the case at length in three of them, How the West Was Lost, The Crisis Behind Our Crisis and Democracy as a Neocon Trick. Having thus indulged my vanity, I could suggest a whole library of books. Off the top, I'd mention Newman's The Development of Christian Doctrine, Chesterton's Orthodoxy and Belloc's The Great Heresies (of which he regarded Protestantism as one, correctly in my view). Interestingly, the first two were written before the authors' conversion to Catholicism. Newman in a way was converted by his own book, as — and this is the only parallel I'd dare to draw between this great man and myself — was I. When I was writing How the West Was Lost, I realised I was writing it from a Catholic perspective because no other made sense.
You made many persuasive points about the supremacy of Roman Catholicism in your books, especially with regard to statecraft. But I think it must be remembered that Protestantism gave the world some great treasures and figures. The KJB and Bonhoeffer, and of course the great CS Lewis, whose Mere Christianity serves as a primer for all Christians and searching souls to learn of Christianity whilst transcending the sectarian silliness of history. Not to mention contemporary figures such as John Lennox, whose intellectual defiance is profoundly admirable.
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Nonhuman animals aren't less than human animals
"Man in his arrogance thinks of himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a deity. [Yet it is] more humble and, I believe, true to consider him created from animals." —Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man
At the end of each year, I try to think of ways to ask people not only to treat nonhuman animals (animals) with more respect, compassion, empathy, and dignity, but also to reflect on the inconsistencies with which they view and treat them. For some time now, it's become clear that by focusing on our relationships with dogs, we can learn about these inconsistencies that typically incorporate denialism, essentially, the irrational rejection of truth or scientific facts and speciesism. In Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence, I've proposed that humans can rightfully be called Homo denialus. (For more discussion, see Michael Specter's Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives.)
Speciesism also influences how humans view and treat other animals. Speciesism, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, refers to the "discrimination against or exploitation of certain animal species by human beings, based on an assumption of mankind's superiority," involves assigning different values or rights on the basis of species membership, and constructs false boundaries among species. Speciesism doesn't work, because it assumes human exceptionalism, and also because it ignores within-species variation that often is more marked than between-species differences, a fact that is extremely obvious in domestic dogs. Speciesism also ignores the importance of individuals. (See The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age, "Individual Animals Count: Speciesism Doesn't Work," "Animal Minds and the Foible of Human Exceptionalism," and links therein.) For example, all and only humans might constitute a protected group regardless of an individual's unique characteristics. When animals such as great apes are protected from invasive research, this decision is speciesist, because all great apes are protected regardless of an individual's unique characteristics. Speciesism also results in animals being classified hierarchically as "lower" and "higher," with humans on the top rung of the ladder. This speciesist view clearly ignores individual variations in behavior within and between species, and hierarchical speciesism results in endless harm and is bad biology. Speciesists often use taxonomic or behavioral (cognitive, emotional) closeness to humans, similar appearance, or the possession of various cognitive capacities displayed by normal adult humans to draw the line that separates humans from other animals. Cognitive abilities include the capacities for self-awareness, to engage in purposive behavior, to communicate using a language, to make moral judgments, and to reason (rationality). The bottom line is that nonhumans aren't less than humans. Different doesn't mean "less than," "more than," "less valuable than," or "more valuable than."
Let's listen to youngsters, ambassadors for a more compassionate future
As I was writing this essay, I thought about some questions I've been asked by youngsters that are relevant to the topics at hand. These include: "What allows people to kill cows and pigs and chickens and other animals, but not dogs?"; "What allows people to say one thing and do another?"; "How Come People Say They Love Animals and Kill Them?"; "Why don't people 'walk the talk' when they say they love animals and then kill them?"; and "How can my friend's father say he loves deer and then hunt them for fun?" I also thought about how New Zealand's violent and brutal war on wildlife is using youngsters to harm and to brutally kill so-called "pests." Luckily, some kids are speaking out against these school-sanctioned activities and asking questions, such as: "Why Is It Wrong to Not Want to Kill Animals?" (Also see "Violence Toward Animals: 'Can You Please Help My Daughter?'")
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"We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth." —Henry Beston, The Outermost House, 1928
This 90-year old quotation from Henry Beston is one of my all-time favorites when I think about how we treat and view other animals, and where we're heading in the future. It needs to be read in full, and I always wish it could be made into a poster that would go viral globally. It also could form the basis for an entire course in animal-human relationships. I go to it constantly, because it says so much about who other animals are and about our relationships with them. First, we do indeed view others through our own senses, and as we have clearly seen, dogs don't sense the world how we do. So our views are, indeed, distorted. We also patronize them for not being like us, for what we perceive as their incompleteness, as if we are complete. This misrepresentation allows some people to place dogs and other animals below us on some mythical evolutionary scale. They're referred to as "lower" beings, a move that results in rampant mistreatment and egregious abuse. As Beston asserts, "And therein we err," for we should not be the template against which we measure other animals. I also like how he views other animals as "other nations," since this asks us to view them as the beings they are, not as what we want them to be. And, surely, dogs and other animals are caught up in the "travail of the earth," captive to whatever we want them to do and whoever we want them to be. As we've seen, this makes for a good deal of stress in their lives as they try to adapt to a human-dominated world.
Let's allow dogs to help us bridge the empathy gap to other animals, nonhuman and human
My purpose here is to make a simple request, which is to ask people to think about how they view and treat other animals and to try as hard as they can to iron out the wrinkles in how they make decisions about who lives, who dies, and why. I'm focusing on dogs, because they can and should help humans bridge the empathy gap and serve as a "gateway" species to include other nonhumans in the arena of compassion. (See "'Everyone Wants a Lost Dog Found,' Bridging the Empathy Gap.") These other animal beings do not suffer less than dogs when they're mistreated and abused, so it's important to ask, "Why the disconnect?" and "Why are there rampant and blatant inconsistencies in how dogs (and other companion animals) are treated, and how non-companion animals are treated?"
It's also important to know how people deal with these obvious inconsistencies in how they view, treat, or allow other animals to be treated using denial, ignorance, or other rationalizations. (See "'Oh, I know animals suffer, but I love my steak': The self-serving resolution of the 'meat paradox'," Hal Herzog's Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals andMelanie Joy's Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism.) We also need to appreciate how fascinating other animals are, and that we can no longer continue to be over-producing, over-consuming, arrogant, big-brained, big-footed, and invasive mammals who don't give other animals the respect, compassion, and love they deserve.
I often wonder if dogs, by bridging the empathy gap among humans, could help to heal our wounded world by bringing together people of all ages and all cultures who share an attachment and affection for these wonderful beings. This would be a win-win for all animals, nonhuman and human, because all individuals matter. (See "Why People Should Care About Animal and Human Suffering.")
We are most fortunate to have dogs in our lives, and we must work for the day when all dogs are most fortunate to have us in their lives. In the long run, we'll all be better for it.
A new year's resolution: Let's "walk the talk" and let dogs lead the way
"Harming animals won't stop until people stop harming them." —Jeannette, 9-year old
"Animals don't care if we didn't intend to hurt or kill them. They suffer anyway." —Eight-year old in conversation with me
As we move into 2019 and beyond, we need to "walk the talk." Jeannette is right on the mark when she said, "Harming animals won't stop until people stop harming them." I know how simple and silly this might sound to some people, but it's true. It's also the case that "The 'It's OK to Kill Animals Humanely' Apology Doesn't Work," and many or most youngsters know this. They and others know there is no way that the vast majority of animals who are killed by humans are going to be killed in any way that resembles "being killed humanely." Killing "humanely" is not "killing softly."
In upcoming years, let's put killing nonhuman animals on hold and leave future generations with a more compassionate and empathic ethos. No one has to apologize for treating all beings with respect and dignity. If you're against harming and killing, please speak out, but it's best not to say you are against harming and killing them and then do it yourself or allow others to do it for you. If you need some sort of mantra keep repeating, "Harming animals won't stop until people stop harming them." And, all the while, try to practice the 12 Ps of rewilding, namely, being proactive, positive, persistent, patient, peaceful, practical, powerful, passionate, playful, present, principled, and proud. (Also see "A Journey to Ecocentrism: Earth Jurisprudence and Rewilding.")
Simply put, we owe it to future generations to leave them a more compassionate, empathic, and peaceful world, and it's difficult to imagine anyone arguing against this view. So, as we move into 2019 and beyond, a wonderful legacy would be to strive for peaceful coexistence and justice for all and to "walk the talk." That's not asking too much, is it?
Originally published on Psychology Today and republished here with the kind permission of the author, Marc Bekoff, Ph.D.
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The launch of the Luvuvhu Adopt-A-River project on Wednesday was attended by Limpopo Premier Cassel Mathale, Vhembe district mayor Falaza Mdaka and Thulamela municipal mayor Thivhulawi Makumbane.
Mabudafhasi said the success of the project depended on the active participation and commitment of provincial and local government and communities. "People must be taught to conserve water as we are living in the water stress country, and we must recycle water for future usage," Mabudafhasi said.
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The other project was the R20 million Maila Medicinal Plant Conservation project that was launched outside Louis Trichardt on Tuesday.


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Harnessing the Cooperative Model to Create Quality Jobs for Aging Workers
Home care aide Raea Stika bent over the bed of a woman she was caring for to lift and turn her. Unfortunately, Raea paid the price; her back ached that night and for days after.
Raea is a member of Peninsula Homecare Cooperative, a worker-owned and operated business that provides home care services for elders. The cooperative is located in Port Townsend, Washington, a small town nestled along the craggy coast of the Salish Sea, about 55 miles from Seattle. Peninsula Homecare not only takes care of elders in Jefferson County, it also takes care of older women like Raea, 75, by providing job security, a supportive work environment, and a starting hourly wage 46 percent above the national average.
Cooperatives have a long and venerable history in our country. Benjamin Franklin founded one of the first in 1752, a mutual fire insurance cooperative. For more than two centuries since, people in cities and rural communities have started agricultural, utility, consumer, worker-owned, and food co-ops, many of which still thrive today.
The appeal of cooperatives is in their democratic nature. Members share an economic stake in and control of the venture and are guided by a concern for the common welfare. There is no boss to threaten or dictate to them, and there is no boss to blame either.
Peninsula Homecare not only takes care of elders in Washington state's Jefferson County, it also takes care of older women like Raea Stika (above), 75, by providing job security, a supportive work environment, and a starting hourly wage 46 percent above the national average.
"I loved that people were going to be co-owners of Peninsula Homecare, in charge of making it a beautiful service for all [the people] we cared for," Raea says of joining the cooperative.
Aging baby boomers have made home care one of the fastest-growing sectors of the American economy, and that's reflected in Jefferson County, which has the oldest median age of any county in Washington.
Raea has a master's degree in counseling and previously worked as social worker in California before the Great Recession of 2007. She ran support groups and offered counsel to family caregivers. After the economic collapse claimed her home and business, Raea and her husband landed in Port Townsend.
"I never thought of myself as still working at this age," she says. But when she moved, Raea couldn't find work as a counselor. "There were no jobs here at all. And I decided, 'OK, maybe I can do caregiving hands-on.'"
Along with about 25 other state-licensed home care cooperative members, Raea assists clients with a range of personal services. On any given day she might provide companionship, cooking, safe administration of medicines, help with showering and toilet needs, communication with family, and end-of-life care.
In turn, Raea and her Peninsula Homecare Cooperative colleagues provide each other with support, professional consultation, guidance, and respect.
When she realized she could no longer provide the care her client needed without continuing to injure herself, Raea wondered if she might lose her job. She dropped by the cooperative office to discuss her dilemma with staff and other caregivers.
"I was amazed at how supportive they were," she says. "Here, I could have a conversation with a group of caring people and come up with a solution that would be so much better for myself and my client."
Another co-op member stepped up to take over care of her client, and Raea soon began working with a new client who, she says, was "a better fit for me."
After the economic collapse claimed her home and business, Raea Stika and her husband landed in Port Townsend, Washington. "I loved that people were going to be co-owners of Peninsula Homecare, in charge of making it a beautiful service for [the people] we cared for," Raea explains about joining the cooperative.
"I worried about doing this job," Raea says. "I said to them, 'Are you sure you want me?' And they said, 'Are you kidding? We love you.' They take care of who you are. I never feel I'm not needed — that's huge."
Home care is notoriously hard work. Ninety percent of professional home care workers are women, and they are among the most poorly paid workers in the United States; one in four lives below the federal poverty line. The average starting wage is $10.29 per hour.
The job is also physically demanding and calls for emotional acuity, compassion, and strong nursing and communication skills. The work requires aides to care for elders who are sometimes frightened, belligerent, severely disabled, and even sexually aggressive. Fifty-six percent of those taking care of America's elderly and disabled residents are women of color, and a quarter are foreign born.
Kippi Waters is the driving force behind Peninsula Homecare Cooperative and one of its founding members. Waters comes from a long career as a home care and hospice aide, and she knows the job from the inside out. She now serves as the co-op's administrator.
Kippi Waters is the driving force behind Peninsula Homecare Cooperative and one of its founding members. She was convinced that community members working together could come up with a different way of taking care of Jefferson County's aging residents and ensure that home care workers themselves were supported and respected in their work.
Waters felt compelled to create an alternative to for-profit home care agencies for elders, and she worked with a handful of dedicated volunteers to get the enterprise off the ground. The cost of eldercare in the United States is projected to reach $400 billion in 2018, with home care services ranked as the second-largest and fastest-growing segment of the eldercare industry. The quality of service by for-profit home care agencies is compromised, Waters believes, by an imperative to return a profit to owners and investors — often people from outside the region.
Waters was convinced that community members working together could come up with a different way of taking care of Jefferson County's aging residents.
The only way to do that, she says, was to ensure that home care workers themselves were supported and respected in their work and that their voices were heard when making decisions that impact their clients' care and their own welfare.
Waters, a volunteer steering committee, and an elected board worked for almost a year behind the scenes before the business was launched. In the process, they received advice from the Northwest Cooperative Development Center in Olympia, Washington, and financial assistance from Cooperative Development Foundation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, both of which provide grants to rural home care cooperatives.
"Working with the cooperative has renewed my faith in my own abilities and skills … And when we're able to take care of ourselves, we're obviously in a much better position to take care of our elder clients."
— Grace Rosen, Peninsula Homecare Cooperative worker/owner
Capital Impact and its partner, the Cooperative Development Foundation, are grantees of the AARP Foundation's Evidence-Based Solutions for Vulnerable Older Adults grant competition. Together, they are focusing on how to advance opportunities for competitive wages, quality training, and career advancement by leveraging the home care cooperative model. Capital Impact recognizes that home care cooperatives can provide more supportive conditions and greater job security for home care workers ages 50 and older, as well as for older workers returning to work after caring for a loved one.
These cooperatives offer stable job opportunities in a fast-growing industry. As part of this initiative, Capital Impact created a small stipend program for older female caregivers to offset professional training costs. Peninsula Cooperative members use the stipends to take courses and receive certification as home care aides.
"For too long, the home care industry has been characterized by low salaries, high turnover, and the labor of older female workers. That not only negatively affects these dedicated individuals but also the patients they care for," says Candace Baldwin, director of strategic aging initiatives at Capital Impact Partners. "By encouraging the worker cooperative model — one that has proved successful for workers across many fields — we can create a way forward that delivers real social change and makes good economic sense."
Peninsula Homecare Cooperative opened its doors for business in 2016. "They own this agency," says Waters about the members of the cooperative. "There's democracy in our workplace. They have a vote; they have a voice. It's up to them. We're very successful right now because of the level of devotion and commitment the members put into their work every day."
In addition to their daily shifts, members attend monthly evening meetings where decisions are made about everything from client care protocols to when to pay off loans, and who to pay off first. Weekly meetings are held to talk about the challenges members face as caregivers and to exchange ideas about how best to solve on-the-job issues with clients and families.
Peninsula Homecare Cooperative members spent nearly a year learning how to run a business and studying finances, state regulations, cooperative governance, and best practices for personnel policies.
"Yes, it requires extra time," Waters says. "It's always a group decision, though, on how we're going to spend our money."
In addition to their daily shifts, members attend monthly evening meetings where decisions are made about everything from client care protocols to when to pay off loans, and who to pay off first. Weekly meetings are held to talk about the challenges they face as caregivers and to exchange ideas about how best to solve on-the-job issues with clients and families.
"We're worker-owners; we're responsible for strategic planning and policies," Waters says. "We've had to understand our financial statements well enough to make good decisions for ourselves.
"It all takes time, but it's worth it," she adds. "It turns this from a job into a cooperative experience. People pick up shifts for each other when someone is sick or needs a vacation. They work overtime to keep clients safe and satisfied. This can happen when workers — many of them older women — are respected, honored, and taken care of."
In late 2017, after five months of study and discussion, cooperative members decided to distribute business profits to themselves as dividends after paying off a loan and tucking 5 percent of their profits into an emergency fund. The dividend is based on hours worked, and it brought the average hourly wage of cooperative members to $21 — well above the national average.
After starting with Peninsula Homecare, Grace Rosen, 66, earned important health care certifications and quickly went from a starting hourly wage of $13 to $15. When Rosen collected the year-end dividend, her first year's average earnings rose to $21 an hour.
After a career in teaching and counseling, Grace Rosen, 66, didn't plan on going into senior care. "Why would I want to work for $10 hour?" she asks. "Eldercare is like childcare — undervalued."
Still, she wanted to continue to be of service to others, and working with elders — given the region's aging population — was an obvious prospect. She knew she "wasn't corporate material," and she wanted to work for an organization that fostered "collaboration, cooperation, and co-creation."
After reading about Peninsula Homecare Cooperative, Rosen went to talk with the co-op's staff about the possibilities of working with them. Kippi Waters saw Rosen's promise and recommended hiring her.
A stipend from Capital Impact, in partnership with the Cooperative Development Foundation, enabled Rosen to earn certification as a professional health care aide, and she went on to earn her nurse delegation certification as well. Rosen quickly went from a starting hourly wage of $13 to $15 an hour — now a standard starting wage for new cooperative members. When she collected the year-end dividend, her first year's average earnings rose to $21 an hour.
"There's democracy in our workplace. They have a vote; they have a voice. It's up to them. We're very successful right now because of the level of devotion and commitment the members put into their work every day."
– Kippi Waters, Peninsula Homecare Cooperative Founding Member
"The cooperative provides long-term security for me and is meeting such a vital community need," says Rosen. "I don't need to be rich, but to go out for a slice of pie or buy a new outfit once in a while, that's nice. We're moving toward a livable wage now. I don't worry as much."
The opportunity to collaborate with others in her new career is a bonus. "As a co-owner, this is my business, too," she says. "It's a challenge, sure, to be a caregiver by day and a member of a co-op with its additional responsibilities. It requires that you have generosity of spirit to invest."
Rosen envisions providing hands-on care to clients for another five years, and then she'd like to transition into training newcomers to the field.
"My hair is gray; I'm becoming a crone in this society," she says. "Working with the cooperative has renewed my faith in my own abilities and skills."
Waters says the cooperative has enabled older women to support themselves comfortably and to live a dignified life. "And when we're able to take care of ourselves," she says, "we're obviously in a much better position to take care of our elder clients."
She suggests that those who are interested in starting a home care cooperative familiarize themselves with state laws that govern home care certification and practices. They also should confer with regional and national organizations that support cooperative ventures, particularly cooperatives of home care workers.
"We're running a business, and in our town, that means we're running a medium-sized business," Waters says. "We don't have anything coming down from above. We have to step up, and it's a great joy to step up. I'll do anything to make sure we succeed."
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Matt JarramSenior Digital Reporter and Crime Correspondent
Protesters demanded an end to animal testing in university laboratories during a march across the city.
Hundreds of people gathered in Old Market Square - some carrying banners, others dressed as animals, before marching around the city centre.
Nottingham became the host city for the World Day for Animals in Laboratories at noon on Saturday, April 28, with people coming from far and wide to make their feelings known.
Animal Rights protest in Old Market Square. Angela Dunkley with her son Evan, 13, of Derby.
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Hundreds of animal lovers gathered in Old Market Square before releasing bright yellow flares at 1.30pm.
Activists gather in Old Market Square against animal testing in university labs
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The rally caused severe delays to traffic as roads were blocked while protesters gained momentum shouting: 'There is no excuse for animal abuse' and 'close down the animal labs.'
There was a huge police presence with uniformed and plain clothed officers across Old Market Square as well as during the march.
Animal Rights protest in Nottingham Market Square. Students Logan Thompson, 21, Nicole Boultby, 27.
Claire Palmer, founder of the Animal Justice Project, which co-organised the event with Nottingham Animal Rights, said: "The march is in a different city each year and Nottingham was chosen this year.
"It is really to give people a chance to stand together. I think it is a really good turnout. With an increase in veganism this march is just going to get bigger and bigger.
Man dressed as an animal in a cage to show cruelty
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Flares released as protest march begins in Old Market Square
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Animal Rights protest in Nottingham Market Square.
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Heavy police presence at protest march in city centre
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Im-Politic: An Immigration (and Assimilation) Tale
01 Saturday Apr 2017
assimilation, diversity, Im-Politic, Immigration, Open Borders, same-sex marriage, Somalia, tolerance, travel ban, Trump
I've long been wary of even using anecdotes in my writing – much less suggesting that they tell us anything useful about trends and developments worth writing about. But my conversation last night with a Somali-born cab driver in Washington, D.C. so strikingly reflected so many of my concerns about immigration and assimilation in America that I can't help but describe it.
As regulars on this blog know, I've long been concerned with the nation's recent failure to assimilate adequately huge cohorts of immigrants it's welcomed from countries with dramatically different political, social, and cultural values and practices. As often noted by restrictionists on the political right in particular, many of these newcomers are arriving from societies that either don't acknowledge or that actively reject the goals of diversity, tolerance, and gender equality that inevitably form much of the framework of the democracy we all cherish.
Today, I won't be arguing about how these values should or shouldn't be balanced against other important bases of a free society, but simply relaying the details of last night's discussion of these matters with my cabbie. Because unless his views are unique in the recent immigrant community, they strongly back the claim that current immigration policies have greatly increased the number of inhabitants of this country who either know nothing of its major organizing principles, or don't believe them. This fellow's opinions also indicate that proposals to admit even more immigrants from regions like Latin America and the Middle East, or to legalize those here illegally and thus inevitably attract even bigger numbers, will further magnify the problem.
My ride started uneventfully enough as we pulled out of Union Station in D.C. and I looked forward to getting home after a long day doing business in New York. But soon after I recommended the best route to my neighborhood and he ended a brief phone call, he announced suddenly, "Well, because of this fellow Trump, I've decided I'm going home" – which turns out to be Somalia. "Trump just said he doesn't like Somalia." I'm sure he was referring to the president's inclusion of Somalia in his travel ban proposals, but I didn't want to get into a debate about that (i.e., Somalia's longstanding lack of a government strong enough to enable satisfactory vetting). And I didn't want to come right out and ask him if his presence here is legal (in which case, he would have no legitimate fears of any Trump-ian immigration policies). So I just replied that "If your status is OK, then there shouldn't be a problem."
We made some non-political small talk for the next few minutes and then out of the blue, he asked me, "What about this man together with man?" After a few moments, I realized that he was talking about same sex marriage. I told him that Americans apparently have decided that such marriages are acceptable – and that this conclusion held for women as well. He expressed surprise that "This just faded from the news" and I responded that it seems to have become very quickly and very widely accepted – save for some regions (like the South) and for many traditionally minded Americans elsewhere. The cab driver repeated his surprise that "All of a sudden, nobody talks about this any more" and I added that the change had indeed been both rapid and dramatic in recent years. Even former President Obama, I observed, had opposed same sex marriage ten years ago.
I added that what's been more controversial has been the issue of whether Americans' biological gender or gender identity should determine which restrooms they can access. His reaction was complete disbelief, and I confirmed that the situation is novel and puzzling even to many who broadly accept equal gay and lesbian rights. But I ventured that this debate, too, will likely be decided in favor of chosen gender identity, largely because so many large businesses believe that public opinion has sided with change.
We spent much of the rest of the conversation discussing where he should go if he decides to leave the country. His preference seems to be returning to Somalia, but I suggested that places like Canada and Australia are safer, more promising economically, and overall more welcoming to immigrants than the United States seems at present (after repeating that no one with "the right status" needs to leave the country).
Again, this is only an anecdote. Last night's cab driver is only a single individual. I didn't explore other such issues with him (or he with me). As suggested above, obviously many native-born Americans hold socially conservative positions that are as strong or even stronger. More important, I'm sure there are immigrants from these regions that either came here believing in these American-style values.
But the cab driver clearly had been here for quite a few years. It's reasonable to suppose that his views on, for example, women's role in society and in families is just as increasingly out of the mainstream as on same sex issues – and perhaps even more dangerously backward. It's also certain that no systematic effort has been made to introduce him to more inclusive and egalitarian thinking. And it's just as certain that the numbers of those utterly unfamiliar with or repelled by a critical mass of the civic religion that's evolved in America – and that continues to evolve – will keep mushrooming unless the blithely come-one-come-all immigration and (non-) assimilation policies of recent decades are reversed.
The greatest irony, of course, is that the more America's social and cultural identity is reshaped by these newcomers, the further it will move from the kinds of tolerance so dear to so much of the left wing of the Open Borders crowd. How much longer before they recognize that (1) everyone indeed is capable of becoming an American in the only sense that reflects the best of this nation's history – and that's still broadly enough supported to justify optimism about its fate; but that (2) to achieve this form of (fundamentally tolerant) assimilation, it's still necessary to try.
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sorscher said:
When you say, "public opinion has sided with change," I hear, "young people are more tolerant and they are bringing their parents' generation along." The cab driver will never change, but his kids may.
Also, this part should go from your mouth to God's ear:
"… the goals of diversity, tolerance, and gender equality that inevitably form much of the framework of the democracy we all cherish."
Thanks for the response, Stan. Re the cab driver's kid – maybe, maybe not. If public opinion essentially stays where it is, then optimism is warranted. If it's increasingly shaped by greater and greater inflows of immigrants who don't come from regions that value pluralism, etc., then that optimism is less warranted. So I do think that the best way to protect "diversity, tolerance, and gender equality" (and other democratic values we rightly cherish) is to work much harder to inculcate those values in immigrants – a mission that's been too widely rejected as ethnocentric (at best).


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Q: Getting incorrect file modification time using stat APIs I see a strange behavior while fetching the modification time of a file.
we have been calling _stat64 method to fetch the file modification in our project as following.
int my_win_stat( const char *path, struct _stati64 *buf)
{
 if(_stati64( path, buf) == 0)
 {
   std::cout<<buf->st_mtime << std::endl; //I added to ensure if value is not changing elsewhere in the function.
 }
 ...........
 ...........
}

When I convert the epoch time returned by st_mtime variable using epoch convertor, it shows 2:30 hrs ahead of current time set on my system.
When I call same API as following from different test project, I see the correct mtime (i.e. according to mtime of file shown by my system).
if (_stat64("D:\\engine_cost.frm", &buffer) == 0)
    std::cout << buffer.st_mtime << std::endl;

Even I called GetFileTime() and converted FILETIME to epoch time with the help of this post. I get the correct time according to time set the system.
if (GetFileTime(hFile, &ftCreate, &ftAccess, &ftWrite))
{
    ULARGE_INTEGER ull;
    ull.LowPart = ftWrite.dwLowDateTime;
    ull.HighPart = ftWrite.dwHighDateTime;

    std::cout << (ull.QuadPart / 10000000ULL - 11644473600ULL);
}

What I am not able to figure out is why does the time mtime differ when called through my existing project?
What are the parameters that could affect the output of mtime ?
What else I could try to debug the problem further ?
Note

*

*In VS2013, _stati64 is a macro which is replaced replaced by _stat64.

*File system is NTFS on windows 7.

A: Unix time is really easy to deal with. It's the number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970 (i.e. 0 represents that specific date).
Now, what you are saying is that you are testing your time (mtime) with a 3rd party tool in your browser and expects that to give you the right answer. So... let's do a test, the following number is Sept 1, 2015 at 00:00:00 GMT.
1441065600

If you go to Epoch Converter and use that very value, does it give you the correct GMT? (if not, something is really wrong.) Then look at the local time value and see whether you get what you would expect for GMT midnight. (Note that I use GMT since Epoch Converter uses that abbreviation, but the correct abbreviation is UTC.)
It seems to me that it is very likely that your code extracts the correct time, but the epoch convertor fails on your computer for local time.
Note that you could just test in your C++ program with something like this:
std::cerr << ctime(&buf->st_mtime) << std::endl;

(just watch out as ctime() is not thread safe)
That will give you the data according to your locale on your computer at runtime.
To better control the date format, use strftime(). That function makes use of a tm structure so you have to first call gmtime or localtime.

A: An year later I ran into the similar problem but scenario is little different. But this time I understand why there was a +2:30Hrs of gap. I execute the C++ program through a perl script which intern sets the timezone 'GMT-3' and my machine had been in timezone 'GMT+5:30'. As a result there was a difference of '2:30Hrs'.
Why ? As Harry mentioned in this post

changing the timezone in Perl is probably causing the TZ environment variable to be set, which affects the C runtime library as per the documentation for _tzset.


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2009 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase Results
Ryan Moore and Daryakana go in to the unsaddling area after the Hong Kong Vase
Kicking off the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races for 2009 was the HK$14 million ($1.8 million U.S.) Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Vase (G1), a 2400 meter (about 1 1/2 mile) trip for older horses over the right-handed turf course at Sha Tin. Prix Foy winner Spanish Moon was sent off as the 8-5 favorite in the field of 13 exiting a fourth place finish in the Breeders' Cup Turf. In to challenge the Juddmonte Farms homebred included three-time Arc runner-up Youmzain at 9-2, beaten just 2 lengths by Sea the Stars last out, and undefeated 3-year-old filly Daryakana at 6-1, winner of the Prix de Royallieu last out and taking on males in stakes company for the first time.
Daryakana closes on the far outside right at the finish
Jockey Brett Doyle sent 29-1 Packing Winner to the lead first time past the stands, and he set easy fractions of 26.05, 50.07, and 1.15.30 while being stalked by 100-1 longest shot Jackpot Delight and 66-1 Black Mamba down the backstretch. After a mile in 1:39.53, Jackpot Delight briefly poked a head in front. Entering the stretch, the pacesetters tired and faded from contention, as 8-1 Cirrus Des Aigles moved up to take a short lead. Spanish Moon on the rail and 10-1 Jaguar Mail to his outside came through between horses at the 1/8 pole to the front looking like they would battle for the win. However, Daryakana, who was last down the backstretch, closed with a rush down the center of the course to nail Spanish Moon by a head in the final strides, getting the win in 2:27.51 over the good turf course. It was just a neck back to late-running 44-1 Kasbah Bliss third, and another neck back to Jaguar Mail fourth.
13  Daryakana            Mosse         10.80   5.60   4.50
2  Spanish Moon         Moore                 5.40   3.70
4  Kasbah Bliss         Thulliez                    17.90
$2 Exacta  13-2                    53.10
$2 Quinella 2-13                   27.10
$2 Trifecta 13-2-4               1160.90
Left: Daryakana in the winner's circle with trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre on the far left.
Right: Georges Rimaud, manager of owner the Aga Khan's studs, celebrates with the Hong Kong Vase trophy. Winning trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre said, "We decided to bring he here when she quickened really well to win the Prix de Royallieu and it's great to win another big race in Hong Kong with another great filly after Pride in the Cup a few years ago. It seems like I can only win with the fillies. For a 3-year-old she travelled very well and when I saw her early in the week, I thought she was perfect. When she won her Group 2 at Longchamp I started to think of this race here. She will stay in training as a 4-year-old."
Left: Daryakana parades with her winner's sash. Her jockey Gerald Mosse said, "I had a lot of horse under me and the pace was ok so I was happy to sit at the back. I knew she had a great turn of foot and I was always happy in the straight that I would get there. I was able to gradually pick them up and she flew in the final 100 meters (1/16 mile) to lead on the line. She is a superb long distance filly. This filly has a heart bigger than herself. She's among the best I've ridden." At the time, Mosse's win tied Olivier Peslier's record of 6 Hong Kong International race wins, but Peslier regained sole possession of the record when he won the Hong Kong Cup later in the card for a total of 7 wins.
Right: Daryakana prepares to return to the barn with her new winner's blanket.
Left: Second place finisher and beaten favorite Spanish Moon in the paddock before the race. His jockey Ryan Moore said, "He has run a great race, done nothing wrong. I got mugged on the line. There was no chance to fight back then. He has beaten everything else around him but the filly (Daryakana) came very wide and late and she was the one that was unexposed and open to improvement. But it's still a great run from my fellow who is a true Group 1 horse."
Right: Third place finisher Kasbah Bliss heads out for the post parade. His jockey Thierry Thulliez said, "He was held up at the last bend behind Youmzain which is a bit of shame because if he could have accelerated earlier and that would made a difference. It's the best race of his career."
All the connections and officials pose with the trophy and winner's banner after the trophy presentation for the Hong Kong Vase.


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Q: Using button.getTag() causes the app to Crash whenever I try to get .tag() My App Crashes. It's been a while and , i can't solve the problem....
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    public void translateFrench(View view){

        Button button = (Button) view;

        Log.i("Nothing", button.getTag().toString());
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }
}

XML:
<android.support.v7.widget.GridLayout
    android:layout_width="368dp"
    android:layout_height="495dp"
    android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"
    android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
    android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
    android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
    android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
    android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
    app:columnCount="2"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
    app:rowCount="4">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button1"
        android:text="Do you speak \nEnglish?"
        app:layout_columnWeight="1"
        app:layout_gravity="fill"
        app:layout_rowWeight="1"
        android:onClick="translateFrench"/>

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/button2"
        android:text="Good Evening"
        app:layout_columnWeight="1"
        app:layout_gravity="fill"
        app:layout_rowWeight="1"
        android:onClick="translateFrench"/>

 </android.support.v7.widget.GridLayout>

Error Log:
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.String java.lang.Object.toString()' on a null object reference
        at

A: you need to call setTag() before getTag()
I think you can find useful information at this post
What is the main purpose of setTag() getTag() methods of View?


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Our Awesome, Totally Effective, Non-Good Guy Killing Drones Are a Secret
CIA Director David Petraeus shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Michael Ferriter at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.Flickr/Fort Bragg
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in February seeking records pertaining to the legal basis for the Central Intelligence Agency use of its deadly flying robots. On Monday, government lawyers filed a response brief, which says the agency won't acknowledge whether the drone records exist because they're secret:
Regardless of whether plaintiffs seek records of any CIA involvement or intelligence interest in U.S. drone strikes generally, or the alleged use of drones by the CIA specifically, or both, the district court properly held that plaintiffs failed to establish official disclosure by the CIA of the existence of any records that would be responsive to such request and that the CIA therefore is not prevented from providing a Glomar response. Instead of citing any direct statements to that effect by an authorized official, plaintiffs rely on vague and ambiguous statements by former CIA Director Leon Panetta and President Obama, none of which expressly acknowledges the information that plaintiffs seek here: that the CIA possesses responsive records relating to drone strikes.
Plaintiffs alternatively suggest that such an official disclosure may be inferred from those statements, particularly if those statements are considered in the context of media reports and statements by other government officials, which purportedly acknowledge the CIA's involvement in drone strikes. But an official disclosure cannot be premised on speculation or inference by the public or media, or on statements made by unauthorized or unofficial government sources.
In early May, White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan gave a speech in which he acknowledged the existence of the targeted killing program, defended it as legal, and argued that it almost always only kills bad guys. So the CIA's argument here is: Just because a high-ranking public official gives a speech explaining how awesome and effective the targeted killing program is doesn't mean the program's existence isn't a secret. It's a state secret despite the fact the White House likes bragging about it.
Adam Serwer is filling in while Kevin is on vacation.
Why America's Killer Drones Give Our Government Too Much Power
What Obama's Counterterrorism Chief Won't Say About Drone Strikes
Drone Attacks Are Popular Because They're Better Than the Alternative
Everybody Loves Drones


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"When you sing, you have to open yourself up, you have to be raw. And you have to reveal yourself, and sometimes it's very difficult for me to listen to that back, because it might not be as macho as you see yourself." — Bono
U2 Concert: Apr 15, 1985 at East Rutherford , NJ
Tour: Unforgettable Fire 5th Leg (N. Amer.)
Venue: Brenden Byrne Arena
Location: East Rutherford, NJ United States
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Lone Justice
Wire, Gimme Some Truth (snippet)
Cry (snippet), The Electric Co., Amazing Grace (snippet)
Bad, I'm Waiting For The Man (snippet), You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (snippet), Ruby Tuesday (snippet), Sympathy For The Devil (snippet)
40, Do They Know It's Christmas (snippet), We Are The World (snippet)
Boy had 2 songs
October had 2 songs
Non-Album Singles had 1 songs
Other U2 Songs had 1 songs
Comments: Because of a torrential rainstorm outside the venue, after Lone Justice's opening set, an announcement is made from the stage that U2 will delay taking the stage for thirty to forty five minutes in order to allow time for all the fans to arrive safely at the show.
Over the course of the Unforgettable Fire tour, "Bad" quickly becomes the set piece of the show with the band extending it's performance on a nightly basis. This show's performance is no exception, with it being extended past the 16 minute mark, making it the longest known performance of the song.
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Continued from HOME PAGE: Career highlights
Production and editing contracts with UTV, RTE and SKY as well as other independent TV producers.
The opportunity to produce a number of tourism related videos including the NITB's own branded production to promote Northern Ireland as a tourist destination around the world.
Produced a series of TV programmes for a Norwegian broadcaster.
Produced a series of personal development programmes with world-renowned psychologist, Lou Tice, founder of Seattle-based, The Pacific Institute (TPI). These were used as 'courses' with facilitators around the world.
Co-founded a digital signage company with video screens in public places around Ireland north and south.
Filming assignments have taken me to various parts of Ireland, UK, Europe, US, India, Andaman Islands and South Africa.
Filming a broadcast documentary with Dr Colin Morris, former Controller, BBC N Ireland
A broadcast documentary being edited at Callister Communications studio. We had one of Northern Ireland's first digital edit suites outside BBC and UTV.
Filming for Corrymeela. Sometimes a little height helps.


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Michigan-Based Product can Dramatically Speed up Pothole Repairs Throughout the U.S.
Storch Magnetics Mar 29, 2019
LIVONIA, Mich., March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Storch Magnetics, headquartered in Livonia, has invented a product that can expedite pothole repairs by dramatically reducing the flat tires experienced by the pothole repair crews.
The company's SuperMag, a powerful and durable industrial-sized magnet, removes damaging and debilitating debris from any surface. Nails, screws and other metal debris on the roadways and highway shoulder can cause flat tires, which is particularly debilitating during "pothole season." Pothole repair and road maintenance crews experience an average of one flat tire every three hours on the road, said Storch Magnetics CEO Matt Carr.
"It's amazing how much hazardous debris you encounter on the shoulder of our roads," said Carr. "This is particularly true after snow plows and sweepers have pushed these items off to the side when clearing snow and ice this winter."
According to AAA, motorists suffer more than 220 million flat tires each year in the U.S., or seven flats every second. Road repairs are a high priority this summer in Michigan, and added debris causing maintenance vehicle flats slows down repairs and costs taxpayers money. Such debris is often made of metals, wires and other materials.
"While it can cost up to $750 to repair and replace a tire on a maintenance vehicle, the more significant cost is the lost time of the idled crew," Carr said.
SuperMag, which can be mounted to the front of a road maintenance vehicle, is the first magnet of its kind that can be towed or front mounted on an existing snow plow mount. The permanent magnet is hydraulically actuated, hinging upward and away from the working surface. It can be fitted to a lead vehicle on a pothole repair team so that hazardous items are magnetically removed from the road, virtually eliminating the threat of a flat tire from road debris. It is designed to last generations with less than 1 percent of magnet loss per 100 years.
"At less than $15,000, one SuperMag in a road commission fleet can save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years," Carr said. SuperMag is easy to operate and can be raised and lowered like a snowplow. Operators can turn SuperMag on and off without even leaving their vehicle.
"The amount of debris that exists on many roads is one of the hidden dangers that doesn't always get addressed," Carr said. "SuperMag allows these crews to remain effective and efficient. Plus you have the added benefit of picking up this dangerous debris for other motorists."
There were 738 total motor vehicle fatalities in tire-related crashes in 2017, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In addition, an October 2015 report released by the National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) indicated that each year, about 33,000 passenger vehicle tire-related crashes occur in the U.S., resulting in about 19,000 injuries. The NTSB has publicly stated that a majority of tire-related crashes are preventable and much more can be done to prevent tire-failure-related accidents.
"Before using SuperMag, Jackson County Department of Transportation was experiencing a flat tire about 90 percent of the time it had a crew heading out for pothole repair," said Director of Operations and Deputy Managing Director Bob Griffis. "By using SuperMag for approximately one year, Jackson has already paid for the cost of the magnet just on tire repair savings alone," he said.
"The amount of money we have saved just on tires has been unreal," Griffis said. "We've taken SuperMag out to crash sites to sweep up debris there as well."
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Clannad, the masters of ethereal Celtic folk music have released Nádúr, their eagerly awaited studio album this month. The popular Irish family band has mesmerized international audiences for many years with its fabulous mix of Irish traditional music, ethereal harmonies, the unmistakable lead vocals of Moya Brenan, harps and electronic keyboards.
The current incarnation of the band includes the original lineup of siblings Moya, Ciarán and Pól Brennan and their twin uncles Noel and Pádraig Duggan. Nádúr is the first studio album since 1989's Past Present. Earlier this year, Clannad released a live recording on CD and DVD: Clannad – Christ Church Cathedral (ARC Music EUCD2441).
The talented lineup includes Moya Brennan on vocals, harp; Ciarán Brennan on bass, guitar, keyboards, mandolin, vocals; Noel Duggan on guitar, vocals; Pádraig Duggan on guitar, mandola, mandolin, vocals; and Pól Brennan on flute, guitar, percussion, whistles, vocals.
Guest musicians featured are: Ged Lynch on drums, percussion; Steve Turner on keyboards; Duke Special on vocals; Steve Cooney on guitar; Eamon Murray on harmonica; Alan Bailey on bagpipes; Aisling Jarvis on bouzouki; Leon Brennan on chanting; and Eamon Curley on bones.
With Nádúr, legendary Irish band Clannad returns with a stunning recording of timeless musical beauty rooted in Irish traditions.