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I know I often post tweets or blogs about how busy I am, but since I made a to-do list today on a digital sticky note (gotta love Macs) I thought I would post it for everyone to see what I'm doing between the time this is written and Sunday night. The good news is that not all of this has to be done by Monday, but most of it is due by Tuesday or Wednesday.
I have a feeling this won't make sense to a lot of you, considering this is a mixture of putting together a rough draft of my senior communications portfolio, a Communications law test, Photojournalism assignment, Comm and the World Wide Web project, and Scholars project writing. Whew.
Gather 20 oldest portfolio clips and put in template with art.
Gather 20 more clips and put in template with art.
At some point: Make sure The Pacer is ok, go to church, sleep.
In other news, Karen and I signed for an apartment today and got a lot of wedding planning stuff done this week, so that's a little less stress on our plates now.
Whew, I'm tired from just reading it.


This table skirt was part of a much bigger project. A few years back I was given a piece of antique lace and a two bolts of white silk. From that I created a bedroom to die for! We wanted to highlight the beauty we created with the silk in the rest of the room, so we used it along with the lace on this table.
We skirted the table in white silk, then hand sewed the lace to the silk for a breathtaking journey to yesteryear.
There are jobs that call for creativity as well as workmanship and this was one of them. We love a challenge, love to be asked to create something that's one-of-a-kind. This is one of those projects and we'd love to talk to you about yours.


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Crane Creek (Melbourne, Florida)
River in Florida, United States
Crane Creek
Crane Creek & Crane Creek Promenade
Crane Creek is a 3.3-mile-long (5.3 km)[1] stream in Melbourne, Florida, United States. It is a tributary of the Indian River, with its mouth in the vicinity of Front Street.
✪ 2343 Bignonia Street - Downtown Melbourne FL - Crane Creek
✪ Historic Downtown Melbourne, Florida Harbor
✪ Hurricane Irma . update . Melbourne . Florida .3
1 History
1.1 Early settlement
1.2 Twentieth century canal development
2 Current development
3 See also
Evidence for the presence of Paleo-Indians in the Melbourne area during the late Pleistocene epoch was uncovered during the 1920s. C. P. Singleton, a Harvard University zoologist, discovered the bones of a Mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) on his property along Crane Creek, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Melbourne, and brought in Amherst College paleontologist Frederick B. Loomis to excavate the skeleton. Loomis found a second elephant, with a "large rough flint instrument"[2] among fragments of the elephant's ribs. Loomis found in the same stratum mammoth, mastodon, horse, ground sloth, tapir, peccary, camel and saber-tooth cat bones, all extinct in Florida since the end of the Pleistocene 10,000 years ago. At a nearby site a human rib and charcoal were found in association with Mylodon, Megalonyx and Chlamytherium (ground sloths) teeth. A finely worked spearpoint found with these items may have been displaced from a later stratum. In 1925 attention shifted to the Melbourne golf course. A crushed human skull with finger, arm and leg bones was found in association with a horse tooth. A piece of ivory that appeared to have been modified by humans was found at the bottom of the stratum containing bones. Other finds included a spear point near a mastodon bone and a turtle-back scraper and a blade found with bear, camel, mastodon, horse and tapir bones.[3] Similar human remains, Pleistocene animals and Paleo-Indian artifacts have been found in the general locale, consistent with these discoveries.
Early settlement
Crane Creek greatly influenced the development of the area. Prior to the development of Melbourne, hunters used Crane Creek to gain entrance into the interior.[4] In the mid-1860s, Wright Brothers, Balaam Allen and Peter Wright the first pioneers in Melbourne settled in the area around Crane Creek, which became the present day Historic Downtown area on the east end of New Haven Avenue near Front Street.[5]
The settlement was first named "Crane Creek" but was renamed after the American Civil War.
Twentieth century canal development
As early as 1912, the area surrounding Crane Creek was being advertised as prime real estate for agricultural development, and efforts were already underway to enact drainage projects in the area.[6] By 1919, Chapter 298 of the Florida state statutes was enacted, allowing for the creation of drainage improvement districts.[7] Two year later, on April 5, 1922, the Crane Creek Drainage Improvement District was officially filed by the Secretary of State of Florida,[8] and bids were sought in the summer of 1922 to begin canal development.[9] Through 1927,[10] the initial canal construction resulted in the building of what would become the Crane Creek Canal (M-1), along with various feeder canals. The new canals drained an area previously part of the St. Johns River basin (west of the low Atlantic Coastal Ridge), redirecting the flow of water eastward into Crane Creek and ultimately the Indian River.[7] The interbasin canal diversions are estimated to have added 5,040 acres to Crane Creek's watershed.[7]
Presently, the Crane Creek Canal (M-1) runs from Sarno Road south along I-95 to just north of US 192 before heading east and eventually merging into Crane Creek on the campus of Florida Tech, just west of SR 507 Babcock Street. The Crane Creek Canal is fed by multiple secondary and leveling canals designated L-1 to L-16.[11]
Florida Institute of Technology's construction development after its establishment in 1958 eventually expanded into Crane Creek. Crane Creek currently runs adjacent to Florida Tech's Student Union Building, Brownlie Hall, as well as Florida Tech's Botanical Gardens.[12]
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^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed April 18, 2011
^ Purdy:23
^ Purdy:23-9
^ Scofner, Jerrell H. History of Brevard County Volume I (Stuart, FL: Brevard County Historical Commission, 1995), p. 90.
^ Stone, Elaine Murray. Brevard County (Northbridge, CA: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1988), p. 29.
^ St. Johns River Bottom Lands: Eau Gallie Record Says That a Project is on Foot to Drain. Florida East Coast Homeseeker, Vol. 14, No. 11; November, 1912. Available via Google Books
^ a b c Clapp, David A. & Wikening, Harold A. 1984. Interbasin Diversion in the Upper St. Johns River Basin[permanent dead link]. Technical Publication SJ 84-10. St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka, Florida, USA.
^ Bayless, F.E. Drainage Districts of Florida. Bulletin 67, New Series. State of Florida Dept. of Agriculture, Tallahassee, FL; 1931.
^ Drainage.-Board of Supervisors of Crane Creek Drainage District, Ernest H. Every, Secy., Melbourne, Fla-Bids until Sept. 18 to construct drainage district; information on application. Manufacturer's Record: Machinery, Proposals and Supplies Wanted, Vol. 82; September, 1922. Available via Google Books
^ Examination of Rivers and Harbors. United States Congressional Series Set, Issue 8756; 1927. Excerpt: "To the west and south of Melbourne is now being constructed the Melbourne-Tillman drainage district, embracing approximately 60,000 acres, and adjacent to it, the Crane Creek drainage district, having approximately 6,000 acres."
^ I-95 Interchange and Ellis Road PD&E Study, Brevard County, Florida: Alternatives Public Meeting Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine (Presentation). State of Florida Dept. of Transportation; March 29, 2012. Note: See page 20, Slide: Crane Creek Canal System.
^ Fact Card
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Dr. Victor FUNG
Group Chairman of the Fung Group
Dr. Victor K. Fung is Group Chairman of the Fung Group, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong, and was Chairman of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce from 2008 to 2010.Dr. Fung is an independent non-executive Director of China Petrochemical Corporation (People's Republic of China), Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited (Hong Kong), and Koc Holding A.S. (Turkey). He is also Chairman of the Asia Advisory Board of Prudential Financial, Inc (USA). Dr. Fung holds a number of civic and professional appointments. He is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the International Business Leaders Advisory Council for the Mayor of Beijing, an economic advisor to the People's Government of Nanjing, a member of the Economic Development Commission of the Hong Kong Government, and the Chairman of the Steering Committee on the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Dr. Fung holds Bachelor and Master Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Doctorate in Business Economics from Harvard University. He was a professor at Harvard Business School for four years before returning to Hong Kong in 1976.
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On a seasonally adjusted basis, the overall delinquency rate decreased for all loan types, except for subprime fixed loans, subprime ARM loans and FHA loans. The seasonally adjusted delinquency rate decreased 12 basis points to 3.23 percent for prime fixed loans and 53 basis points to 5.44 percent for prime ARM loans. For subprime loans, the delinquency rate increased 32 basis points to 19.52 percent for subprime fixed loans and 87 basis points to 22.33 percent for subprime ARM loans. The delinquency rates for VA loans fell by 12 basis points to 5.29 percent and the FHA delinquency rate rose by 41 basis points to 10.47 percent.
The non-seasonally adjusted percentage of loans in foreclosure, also known as the foreclosure inventory rate, decreased from 3.08 percent last quarter to 2.86 percent. The foreclosure inventory rate for prime fixed loans decreased 16 basis points to 1.56 percent, and the rate for prime ARM loans decreased 69 basis points from last quarter to 3.85 percent. For subprime loans, the rate for subprime fixed loans decreased 71 basis points to 8.28 percent and the rate for subprime ARM loans decreased 97 basis points to 15.48 percent. The foreclosure inventory rate for FHA loans decreased nine basis points to 3.27 percent, while the rate for VA loans decreased three basis points to 1.78 percent.
The non-seasonally adjusted foreclosure starts rate decreased three basis points for prime fixed loans to 0.30 percent, one basis point for prime ARM loans to 0.59 percent, 39 basis points for subprime fixed to 1.47 percent, 100 basis points for subprime ARM loans to 1.91 percent, two basis points for FHA loans to 0.75 percent, and increased three basis points for VA loans to 0.47 percent.
Compared with the fourth quarter of 2012, the foreclosure inventory rate decreased 54 basis points for prime fixed loans, 283 basis points for prime ARM loans, 100 basis points for subprime fixed, 276 basis points for subprime ARM loans, 58 basis points for FHA loans, and 30 basis points for VA loans.
Over the past year, the non-seasonally adjusted foreclosure starts rate decreased eight basis points for prime fixed loans, 38 basis points for prime ARM loans, 35 basis points for subprime fixed, 95 basis points for subprime ARM loans, 11 basis points for FHA loans, and two basis points for VA loans.


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As of an hour ago, John only knew he was going to use this package of ground beef. (I started this post while he was cooking but then I had to stop so we could eat! It really wasn't an hour ago by now!) He was going to do burgers but thought it would be more fun to make the meatballs instead of patties. He started throwing stuff in it. He went Italian with the seasoning.


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"Too much information", the title track of Dele Sosimi's long awaited 3rd album, is a sizzling afrobeat/funk infused track laced with paramount horns and inspiring vocals. Earlier this year, Quantize Recordings released remixes of the song by DJ Spen & Thommy Davis, Timmy Regisford & Adam Rios, Larry Espinosa & George Vibe Cardenas and Bad Zuke, now courtesy of Fatsouls Records come these brand new absolutely mind-blowing and timeless interpretations. DJ Said, Stephen Rigmaiden and Fuminori Kajago all add their distinctive deep/soulful/afro flavored touch to the song, keeping the spirit of the original alive yet taking this masterly crafted song to a whole new level. It is next to impossible to pick a favorite out of the three included versions, quite simply each one is guaranteed to make you yearn for more. Finest underground afro-house music by no means to be missed.


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The Chrysalids
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17
All Themes Words Ways of Knowing Time and Progress Morality Racism and Fear of the Unknown Real World Allegory
All Characters David Strorm Petra Strorm Rosalind Morton Uncle Axel Sophie Wender Joseph Strorm Michael Woman from Zealand The Inspector Gordon Strorm Aunt Harriet Anne Alan Rachel Emily Strorm John Wender Sally
All Symbols Horses Dreams
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John Wyndham
Ways of Knowing
Time and Progress
Racism and Fear of the Unknown
Real World Allegory
David Strorm
Petra Strorm
Rosalind Morton
Uncle Axel
Sophie Wender
Joseph Strorm
Woman from Zealand
The Inspector
Gordon Strorm
Aunt Harriet
Emily Strorm
John Wender
David Strorm Character Analysis
David is the main character and narrator of the novel. His ability to communicate telepathically, or through "thought pictures," with others makes him abnormal within the town of Waknuk, where he lives. As a result, David and the other telepathic Waknukians he meets must flee Waknuk – which sterilizes and banishes anyone who is different – when their secret ability is discovered. Throughout the novel, David refuses to adhere to the traditional and prejudiced beliefs supported by the Waknukian religion and government. He befriends and cares for people based on their character, rather than whether they adhere to The Definition of Man.
David Strorm Quotes in The Chrysalids
The The Chrysalids quotes below are all either spoken by David Strorm or refer to David Strorm. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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"Dreams were funny things and there was no accounting for them; so it might be that what I was seeing was a bit of the world as it had been once upon a time—the wonderful world that the Old People had lived in; as it had been before God sent Tribulation."
Related Characters: David Strorm (speaker), Old People, Mary Strorm
Related Symbols: Dreams
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"And God created man in His own image. And God decreed that man should have one body, one head, two arms and two legs: that each arm should be jointed in two places and end in one hand: that each hand should have four fingers and one thumb: that each finger should bear a flat finger-nail."
Related Characters: David Strorm (speaker), Nicholson
"And any creature that shall seem to be human, but is not formed thus is not human. It is neither man nor woman. It is a blasphemy against the true Image of God, and hateful in the sight of God."
"The nearest approach to decoration was a number of wooden panels with sayings, mostly from Repentences, artistically burnt into them. The one on the left of the fireplace read: ONLY THE IMAGE OF GOD IS MAN. On the opposite wall two more said: BLESSED IS THE NORM, and IN PURITY OUR SALVATION. The largest was the one on the back wall, hung to face the door which led to the yard. It reminded everyone who came in: WATCH THOU FOR THE MUTANT!"
Related Characters: David Strorm (speaker), Emily Strorm, Nicholson
"So I learnt quite early to know what Offences were. They were things which did not look right—that is to say, did not look like their parents, or parent-plants. Usually there was only some small thing wrong, but however much or little was wrong it was an Offence, and if it happened among people it was called a Blasphemy—at least, that was the technical term, though commonly both kinds were called Deviations."
Related Characters: David Strorm (speaker)
"'I only meant if,' I protested. I was alarmed, and too confused to explain that I had only happened to use one way of expressing a difficulty which might have been put in several ways."
"If John and Mary Wender had been there when I woke up struggling and crying, and then lay in the dark trying to convince myself that the terrible picture was nothing more than a dream, they would, I think, have felt quite a lot easier in their minds."
Related Characters: David Strorm (speaker), Sophie Wender, John Wender, Mary Wender
"There was only one true trail, and by following it we should, with God's help and in His own good time, regain all that had been lost. But so faint was the trail, so set with traps and deceits, that every step must be taken with caution, and it was too dangerous for a man to rely on his own judgment. Only the authorities, ecclesiastical and lay, were in a position to judge whether the next step was a rediscovery, and so, safe to take; or whether it deviated from the true re-ascent, and so was sinful."
"Most of the numerous precepts, arguments, and examples in Ethics were condensed for us into this: the duty and purpose of man in this world is to fight unceasingly against the evils that Tribulation loosed upon it. Above all, he must see that the human form is kept true to the divine pattern in order that one day it may be permitted to regain the high place in which, as the image of God, it was set."
"Perhaps the Old People were the image: very well then, one of the things they say about them is that they could talk to one another over long distances. Now we can't do that—but you and Rosalind can. Just think that over, Davie. You two may be nearer to the image than we are."
Related Characters: Uncle Axel (speaker), David Strorm, Rosalind Morton
"A word…a rusted mirror, reflecting nothing. It'd do the preachers good to see it for themselves. They'd not understand, but they might begin to think. They might begin to ask themselves…Are we right? For it is clear, boy, that however wonderful the Old People were, they were not too wonderful to make mistakes—and nobody knows, or is ever likely to know, where they were wise and where they were mistaken."
Related Characters: Uncle Axel (speaker), David Strorm
"Of course they should be burnt like they used to be. But what happened? The sentimentalists in Rigo who never have to deal with them themselves said: 'Even though they aren't human, they look nearly human, therefore extermination looks like murder, or execution, and that troubles some people's minds.'"
Related Characters: Jacob (speaker), David Strorm
"It wouldn't be just murder, Uncle Axel. It'd be something worse, as well; like violating part of ourselves for ever…. We couldn't do it…."
Related Characters: David Strorm (speaker), Uncle Axel, Anne
"But what's got them so agitated about us is that nothing shows. We've been living among them for nearly twenty years and they didn't suspect it. We could pass for normal anywhere. So a proclamation has been posted describing the three of you and officially classifying you as deviants. That means that you are non-human and therefore not entitled to any of the rights or protections of human society."
Related Characters: Michael (speaker), David Strorm, Petra Strorm, Rosalind Morton
"'Why should they be afraid of us? We aren't hurting them,' she broke in.
'I'm not sure that I know why,' I told her. 'But they are. It's a feel-thing not a think-thing. And the more stupid they are, the more like everyone else they think everyone ought to be. And once they get afraid they become cruel and want to hurt people who are different.'"
Related Characters: David Strorm (speaker), Petra Strorm (speaker)
"Your work is to survive. Neither his kind, nor his kind of thinking will survive long. They are the crown of creation, they are ambition fulfilled—they have nowhere more to go. But life is change, that is how it differs from the rocks, change is its very nature. Who, then, were the recent lords of creation, that they should expect to remain unchanged?"
Related Characters: Woman from Zealand (speaker), David Strorm, Joseph Strorm
"The Old People brought down Tribulation, and were broken into fragments by it. Your father and his kind are a part of those fragments. They have become history without being aware of it. They are determined still that there is a final form to defend: soon they will attain the stability they strive for, in the only form it is granted—a place among the fossils."
Related Characters: Woman from Zealand (speaker), David Strorm, Joseph Strorm, Old People
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David Strorm Character Timeline in The Chrysalids
The timeline below shows where the character David Strorm appears in The Chrysalids. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The book begins with David, the young narrator, telling us that when he was young, he sometimes dreamed of a... (full context)
While David felt like a normal child at the time of the dream, he tells us that... (full context)
When David tells Sophie that she'll have to take off her shoe to get free, Sophie becomes... (full context)
David tells the reader that at the time, he did not connect Sophie's foot to the... (full context)
David can feel that Sophie's mother is anxious before she speaks to him, and he tries... (full context)
David walks home with his knife in his hand, because the woods where Sophie lives are... (full context)
David's parents consider their well-built house to be a symbol of their strong morals, and his... (full context)
According to young David, people who diverge from the norm—known as Deviations—live in the Fringes that surround Waknuk and... (full context)
After David sees Sophie's foot, the two start playing together regularly. One day they go to see... (full context)
Sophie and David leave the steam-engine and return to Sophie's house. Her father is home, and he is... (full context)
David tells us that the incident began when he got a bad splinter and tried to... (full context)
David's father accuses him of asking the Devil for a third hand, and then admonishes him... (full context)
David lies in bed and thinks about the events of the day. Seeing his father's response... (full context)
One day David's Uncle Axel, who lives with David and his family, comes across David, who appears to... (full context)
David tells the reader that at the time of this conversation, he does not inform Uncle... (full context)
Soon after this, a group from the Fringes launches an invasion of Waknuk. David's father organizes a counter-attack, during which the Waknuk militia captures a few Fringe leaders. A... (full context)
David is shocked when he realizes that the leader of the captives looks almost exactly like... (full context)
David's father is so unpleasant to be around during this time that David spends most of... (full context)
In his Ethics class, David learns that civilization is "in the process of climbing back into grace." There is only... (full context)
David and Sophie spend their summer exploring Waknuk for places they can play freely, without Sophie's... (full context)
Sophie and David tell John Wender that Alan saw Sophie's foot, and John decides that it is time... (full context)
This is the first time David has spent the night in a house other than his own, and he is frightened... (full context)
David tells the others in his group of telepaths about Sophie, and while they struggle with... (full context)
The Inspector visits David at home and asks him more about Sophie. David tells him that Sophie didn't seem... (full context)
David finds it difficult to promise the Inspector that he will report future Blasphemies, because he... (full context)
A few days later, David announces to Uncle Axel that he is going to run away. Uncle Axel cautions him... (full context)
Uncle Axel explains to David at great length what he knows about the rest of the world. Much of this... (full context)
Uncle Axel tells David that these lands are now known to be inhabited by people who either do not... (full context)
While David finds what Uncle Axel has to say vaguely interesting, he is mostly concerned with whether... (full context)
One night, David hears a baby cry in his house. He is surprised because he had not noticed... (full context)
A few days later, David's Aunt Harriet, his mother's sister, arrives at his house. David is hiding to escape having... (full context)
David's mother is furious at Harriet for bringing a Blasphemy into her house. Harriet asserts that... (full context)
David tells the reader that Aunt Harriet's suicide was the most disturbing event in his life... (full context)
David tells Uncle Axel about the conversation he overheard between his mother and Aunt Harriet. Uncle... (full context)
...that is totally different from theirs, and one that might just end in another Tribulation. David does not understand most of what he is saying. Uncle Axel, knowingly speaking heresy, tells... (full context)
David tells the reader that he only starts to understand what Uncle Axel was saying when... (full context)
...in it is able to understand the lessons better than they could on their own. David enjoys his increased access to knowledge, but notes that it also poses a problem for... (full context)
David tells the reader that his sister Petra always seemed completely normal. One year during a... (full context)
Eventually people from the town catch up to Rosalind and David to see what they were running toward. No one understands how they could have known... (full context)
David tries to communicate through thought-shapes with Petra to tell her to conceal her ability, but... (full context)
...a particularly bad year, and many are deemed Offenses and destroyed. Jacob, a farmer, tells David that the failed crops are a punishment for the fact that people have become lazy... (full context)
David asks Uncle Axel if other people, like Jacob, feel that the Government is too lax... (full context)
...comes with marriage simply because there are not enough boys in the group. Rosalind and David, she claims, are the only others who know what it is like to be in... (full context)
David tells Uncle Axel, who knows about the wedding, that Anne is capable of think-together. David,... (full context)
Uncle Axel tells David about a sailor he once knew who was thrown overboard so that the rest of... (full context)
Anne's relationship with Alan prompts David to reflect on his relationship with Rosalind, a relationship he has had to keep secret... (full context)
David and the other members of the group receive a compelling call from Petra, who has... (full context)
David rides his horse into the forest until he reaches Petra, whose pony is being attacked... (full context)
David takes Petra home and the group discusses what to do about the stranger who saw... (full context)
David talks to Petra about thought-shapes and tries to teach her to control them. She struggles... (full context)
A few days later, Uncle Axel tells David that a friend of the Inspector has been asking about him and Rosalind. He suspects... (full context)
David makes a few preparations that night, but decides to leave the rest for the morning.... (full context)
...they can better pretend to be normal. Rosalind has taken her father Angus's great-horses, so David and Petra send their horse Sheba back home. They ride away from Waknuk in "paniers"... (full context)
David goes to sleep, and when he wakes up, he learns that Rosalind has had to... (full context)
Michael warns Rosalind and David that the authorities are furious over their escape. Most Deviations can be seen with the... (full context)
Petra impedes Rosalind and David's progress when she becomes afraid of Hairy Jack (the Mutant boogeyman used to frighten children)... (full context)
...whether Petra might actually mean Sealand. In the Waknukian language, Zs do not exist, so David and Rosalind believe Petra has confused a Z for an S, even though Petra insists... (full context)
...horse and he is thrown to the ground. The injured horse runs away, while Rosalind, David, and Petra venture into the Wild Country. As they ride, the woman from Zealand contacts... (full context)
...to think-talk, and are willing to do anything to understand and control it. He tells David that it would be better for him to kill Petra and Rosalind than let them... (full context)
Petra overhears Michael's message to David and does not understand why anyone would want to hurt her when she is not... (full context)
While Rosalind and David sleep, Petra talks to the woman from Zealand and learns that almost everyone there can... (full context)
Rosalind calls to David who, semiconscious, begins meditating on his love for Rosalind. He tells the reader that there... (full context)
When David fully comes to, Rosalind is explaining to Michael that men from the Fringes dropped from... (full context)
...touch with the woman from Zealand. The woman is finally close enough for Rosalind and David to be able to communicate with her as well. She advises them to emphasize to... (full context)
The woman's pride and disrespectful attitude toward God and the Old People make David uncomfortable. Rosalind is curious about Zealand, however, so she asks about the history of the... (full context)
The woman from Zealand ceases communicating, and Rosalind, David, Petra, and the great-horses on which they are riding stop. The men put the fugitives... (full context)
The spidery man suggests that David has lost Waknuk as well, and questions why he is not fighting for what is... (full context)
Rosalind catches the spidery man's eye and he looks her over for a long time. David, angry, attacks him, but the man's guards drag him away. The spidery man explains that... (full context)
David awakes to a woman dragging him along the forest floor. He is shocked to see... (full context)
David follows Sophie to her cave, where he gets in touch with Rosalind and learns that... (full context)
...several days. When the town discovers that someone is dead, they will search everywhere for David, but will never think to look in her cave. When Rosalind asks Sophie why she... (full context)
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Tons of Americans are going to go back to their 'normal way of life this summer. Thanks to the new Covid vaccines, you'll be able to visit your favorite beaches, parks, and resorts. You'll also be able to spend time with beloved relatives.
Unfortunately, racial gaps in our nation's health care recovery are persistent. This summer looks very different for many of the Black, Hispanic, Latino, and Indigenous communities who are 2-3 times more likely to get sick and die of Covid. Their vaccination rates also trail those of Caucasian people.
The major obstacles to quality care and life-saving vaccines are, among others, social barriers to good health, like poor transportation, unstable housing conditions, and food insecurity.
It is estimated that more than 2 million seniors do not have the means to step out of their houses and do not have access to transport millions of Americans who have disabilities that make it difficult to go outside.
It is impossible to reach all the Americans that need a Covid vaccine without health care data that reflects these realities.
Vaccine Community Connectors
Recently, during a nationwide vaccine campaign, health insurance providers worked tirelessly with the White House and state leaders to tackle this challenge.
The goal was to deliver Covid vaccines as quickly as possible to the most vulnerable communities. We estimate that more than 2 million seniors have been vaccinated in less than 100 days and plan to expand outreach to younger people.
Most importantly, the industry was helped by this effort in one specific strategy to accelerate health equity: providing better access to data that incorporates the social determinants of health.
To start off, customer information was paired with neighborhood-level Social Vulnerability Index data. The 15 social factors that affect health are included in this index, and household composition, disability status, access to housing and transport, and primary language are among them. This unique data combination helped identify and communicate with the 25% of the population of America that was most at-risk.
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This model should definitely be followed to address other persistent diseases like diabetes and heart disease and cancer, and other consequential conditions. Black people are 60% more likely, and Latino people are 17% more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than white people. This is just an example of the bigger impact these diseases have on Black and Brown communities, and this calls for urgent action.
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We have been discussing the one remaining sacrifice that we are to offer the Lord: the Sacrifice of Praise. Christ has fulfilled every other sacrifice of Scripture so that we could stand in His Righteousness before the Father. At the end of our service this morning, we will go to His Table to be reminded that His Body was broken and His Blood was shed, so that there is now a New Covenant between Heaven and Earth.
Part of the error with this line of reasoning, is that the horror of sin has been redefined by our modern culture. We prefer to use terminology that is not so severe or "insensitive." Sin is now seen as an error, a mistake, a vulnerability, a propensity to failure, and not as an Evil Task Master enslaving people. The horrible violations against women, abuses of children, exploitation of the poor, bigotries, the taking of life, extortion, jealousy, envy, greed are all far more than just mistakes, it is the activity of Sin. Every transgression takes something from the life of someone, and collectively it diminishes all of us as a society. All sin creates a debt. It is not done in a vacuum. We can apologize, but we cannot pay the staggering liability that has created the gaping hole within our hearts and drained the very soul of our civilization.
To wave one's hand and offer a forgiveness without sacrifice as though this horrible iniquity, transgression, and corruption are somehow cosmically okay, is to never have understood the tragedy of Sin. It is to not appreciate the cost of forgiveness; and it is to misappropriate the loving compassion of Almighty God.
Therefore, "Real Love" is Sacrificial because true forgiveness is costly. It exacts a toll on the one who has been hurt, offended, robbed, or violated. God is a God who is Just. To pretend that sin is okay, is not Justice and it is not Grace. Instead, it is profoundly unjust and delusional. What Christ did was pay the cost. The great debt of Humanity (corporately and individually) was laid upon Him and He freely bore the UNTOLD COST, and SACRIFICED the PURITY of His LIFE so that JUSTICE would be met, so Evil would be DEFEATED, and so FORGIVENESS could be received!
1 John 4:10 CEV - Real love isn't our love for God, but his love for us. God sent his Son to be the sacrifice by which our sins are forgiven.


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Michael Phelps and Wife Nicole Expecting Second Child
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Michael Phelps and his wife, Nicole Phelps, are expecting their second child, the couple announced on Tuesday, August 29.
The pair posted matching photos to their social media accounts on Tuesday of Nicole holding their 15-month-old son, Boomer. "Number 2 on the way!!!! So excited!!" the Olympic swimmer wrote. "Wonder if it's a boy or a girl??"
Number 2 on the way!!!! So excited!! Wonder if it's a boy or a girl??
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Nicole captioned her post: "Lil mans going to be a Big Brother!!!"
The couple also announced the news on Boomer's Instagram account. "So excited to see what mama is having!!" they wrote alongside a photo of the little one smiling and clapping his hands together. "Do I get to have a brother or a sister?!?"
So excited to see what mama is having!! Do I get to have a brother or a sister?!?
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The couple welcomed Boomer in May 2016 and wed shortly after. During a Facebook Live video in October 2016, Phelps revealed the surprise nuptials while also hinting at the desire to expand their family. "I've been married for a while. A couple months. I had to keep it a secret from y'all," he said at the time. "I had to keep it hush-hush from you guys."
As he took fan questions during the live video, he teased: "Baby number two may be coming soon. Who knows, though?"
Lil mans going to be a Big Brother!!!
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The couple celebrated Boomer's first birthday in May with sweet posts about their little one. "One year ago.. @mrs.nicolephelps and I had the privilege to welcome @boomerrphelps to this world," the Olympian wrote on May 5, alongside a photo from the day Boomer was born. "For me it's the best thing that ever happen to me!!"
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One day earlier, Nicole gushed over her baby boy as well. "Turning 1 tomorrow and some of his milestones include…. -On and off his cars, in and out of his wagon -Climbing on everything but also turning around to get down," she wrote. "Drinking from his own cup -Making a drum out of anything -Clapping when he hears an audience clap And so much more… Happy Early Birthday to the most special gift we could have ever asked for ? "
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Following on from Deepa Shah's interview in AWM, we showcase the other winners from last year's Asian Women of Achievement Awards.
From a Mongolian yak wool entrepreneur to a BBC health reporter, the recipients of the annual Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2016, held in association with NatWest, were an incredibly diverse and inspiring group of women.
The awards, which are held in London and now in their 17th year, celebrate the contributions made by Asian women, both professionally and in their communities, across the UK. Guests of honour this year included Princess Badiya bint El Hassan of Jordan and Baroness Helena Kennedy.
Winner of the Entrepreneur Award was Nancy Johnston, who won for her social business Tengri, which brings eco-friendly Mongolian yak wool to the forefront of the British fashion industry. Meanwhile, BBC health correspondent Tulip Mazumdar was honoured for her brave reporting on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Sara Khan won the Social & Humanitarian Award for her work championing women's rights and countering Islamist extremism.
This year Julie Hanna was honoured with the Global Empowerment Award. Julie is an Egyptian-born entrepreneur named by President Obama in 2015 as Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship. She is an investor and adviser to companies and institutions globally, and since 2009 has served as executive chair of the board at Kiva, the largest crowdlending marketplace for global entrepreneurs.
Commenting, Pinky Lilani CBE and founder of the awards said: "We are thrilled for all the winners, who are united by their passion and inspirational achievements. The diversity of this year's winners highlights that whether they are martial arts champions or children's book authors, Asian women in Britain are bucking sterotypes while making an enormous contribution to British life. I am immensely proud to stand alongside this inspiring group of women."
Arts & Culture – Shweta Aggarwal, creator of Dev and Ollie Books
Business – Deepa Shah, CFO,
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Entrepreneur – Nancy Johnston, CEO and founder, Tengri
Professions – Amina Memon, professor of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London
Public Service – Tulip Mazumdar, global health reporter, BBC News
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Young Achiever – Bonnie Chiu, co-founder Lensational and Shiura Rasheed, programme manager, Thomson Reuters Foundation
AWA Chairman's Award – Tahira Widolf, general store manager, Asda
Asian and Jewish communities urged to share their entrepreneurial spirit
Leading business men and women from the Asian and Jewish communities have been urged to come together to meet the economic and social challenges facing Britain today. The inaugural Asian-Jewish Business. MORE
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Experts and investors from the world of property discussed the future of investing in our Capital at the Asian Wealth event in late September. The crème de la crème of the. MORE
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IPO market in Hong Kong has been prosperous during years 1999 to 2007. In particular, nearly half of the newly listed shares are China-related companies and significant over-subscriptions have been reported for many IPOs. As there is an upward trend for Chinese companies listing in Hong Kong, this dissertation is dedicated to discuss how the Chinese entities could prepare their initial public offerings ('IPO') in Hong Kong. The focus of this dissertation is to prepare the issuers to manage their IPO in Hong Kong by providing them with a brief overview of the Hong Kong stock market, including the IPO market and highlight the major regulatory requirements for listing in the Main Board ('MB') in the form of either H Share or Red Chip. This report then proceeds to suggest how Chinese issuers may secure their IPO listing successfully through re-structuring the listing vehicles. Finally, the common underwriting arrangements are introduced and the adoptions of underpricing strategy for IPOs are recommended.


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Hong San See
Hong San See is a Chinese temple located along Mohamed Sultan Road in Singapore.
The temple, whose name means, "Temple on Phoenix Hill", is dedicated to the God of Fortune, known as Guang Ze Zun Wang.
Hong San See, UNESCO Chinese Temple, Address & Hours, Singapore
Singapore's Hokkien community built the temple between 1908 and 1913 using materials that were imported from China. It was built on a small hill, which initially provided devotees with sweeping views of the sea.
Although there are no longer sea views seen from the temple due to obstruction from tall buildings, it's worth visiting for its intricate details and vibrant traditional Asian architecture. Visitors will need to climb a long flight of steps, but it's worth it once you see the stunning temple.
Hong San See is a perfect example of the traditional southern Chinese style temple. Its features include walled enclosures, axial planning, a beam-frame structure, and courtyards. Everything was built with exceptional workmanship; evident in the fact that the roof was installed without the use of nails.
Other incredible highlights of the temple include the striking granite columns which have been carved with phoenixes, dragons, magpies, and peonies. The 'chien nien' ornaments and the plaster relief on the roof and eaves are also worth seeing – especially the prancing dragons.
Hong San See was listed as a National Monument in 1978. It still remains in superb condition thanks to several renovations from 2006 through 2010. Craftsmen and technical consultants were even flown over from China to ensure utmost care and quality during the renovations.
It's also worth noting that it's the first Singapore landmark that ever won an Award of Excellence during the 2010 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
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31 Mohamed Sultan Rd
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31 Mohamed Sultan Rd, River Valley, Singapore
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Finding a solution for the legacies of UK nuclear power
Managing radioactive waste needs an integrated approach, says Karen Wheeler at Radioactive Waste Management
Radioactive waste must be managed safely and responsibly to protect people and our environment. Around 90% of the UK's radioactive waste generated during the past 70 years is classified as low-level and is already being safely disposed of at the Low-level Waste Repository in Cumbria or other existing and specially designated, licensed surface facilities.
The remaining 10% is classed as higher activity waste, which will continue to be radioactive for thousands of years. This is currently being stored safely and securely in interim facilities at more than 20 locations around the country. Still, these facilities require constant monitoring, ongoing maintenance and the costly re-packaging of waste over the long-term. They will also remain vulnerable to the environmental and social risks and changes, such as glaciation, sea-level changes and extreme weather, that will occur over many thousands of years.
GDF – the best option for hazardous waste
We need to safely and permanently dispose of this waste in a geological disposal facility (GDF) – a highly engineered network of vaults and tunnels built into the rock many hundreds of metres underground to ensure no harmful levels of radiation ever reach the surface environment.
Geological disposal is internationally recognised as the best long-term solution for higher activity radioactive waste. The UK government adopted geological disposal as its policy for managing this type of waste following recommendations from the Independent Committee on Radioactive Waste Management. The Committee has carefully considered many alternatives to geological disposal, but they are not technically achievable, not environmentally safe, or too dangerous to implement.
I am proud to be leading RWM's work to deliver a GDF.
A subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority group, we are working together with those who produce and store nuclear waste to adopt an integrated approach, ensuring it is carefully managed to protect people and the environment, now and in the future.
We are also working in close collaboration with international partners who are ahead of the game. Countries including Sweden, Finland, France and Canada are already working on their plans to construct and operate their GDFs.
A suitable site and a willing community
In the UK, our approach is to find a suitable site and a community willing to host a GDF. Hosting a GDF will bring many benefits for the host community – its construction and operation will create substantial numbers of skilled jobs and training opportunities for decades, as well as other significant investment opportunities aligned to the community's own long-term growth vision.
Evaluating whether a site is suitable and selecting a location will be done based on the following factors:
Safety and security – must be assured and endorsed by independent regulators. A GDF will not be built unless we, and they, are satisfied it is safe
Community – RWM will consider social and economic opportunities, community wellbeing, and how a GDF can align with the host community's vision
Environment – a GDF is a major environmental protection endeavour and construction of a GDF will need to meet independent regulatory requirements
Engineering feasibility – RWM will need to ensure there is scope for sustainable and safe design and the ability to construct and operate a GDF in the location
Transport – RWM will need to ensure the safe and secure transportation of waste, people and other materials
Value for money – RWM has a duty to ensure that the costs of each potential location represent value for money
At RWM, we are at the start of the process to find a site for a GDF in the UK. We are actively engaging with people and communities across the country to help them find out more about the opportunities this long-term programme could have for them, so they can decide whether their community might be interested.
We feel it is really important that people understand our approach to siting a GDF, so I would encourage readers to visit the dedicated GDF website: www.geologicaldisposal.campaign.gov.uk.
By Karen Wheeler, Chief Executive, RWM
Find out more about opportunities in the nuclear sector with the EIC's upcoming webinar on Tuesday 5 May, including Doosan, Rolls Royce, Sellafield, HR Wallingford, NDA and Nucear AMRC.
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If all goes well, this could be what Wright finally needs to get back out on the field eventually, but that's assuming a new problem won't pop up, or that his old back and neck issues won't rear their ugly heads again. Chesapeake native David Wright has played in just 75 games since the start of the 2015 Major League Baseball season. According to Spotrac, the Mets owe the seven-time All-Star $47 million from 2018 to 2020 . (more...)
Instant Analysis: Five Takeaways From Giants' Walk-off Loss to Rockies
And despite the fact that he has picked it up recently, that has gone largely unnoticed with how poorly the rest of the Colorado Rockies have played. The Giants have lost nine straight games at Coors Field , the last two via a walk-off. Four pitches later, Gonzalez was walking to first and Blackmon was walking home for a walk-off win. "He's had some success here (at Coors Field) and against their pitcher (Chad Bettis )", Giants manager Bruce Bochy said pregame Monday. (more...)
Irish, Wimbush turn attention to Georgia after good start vs. Temple
That's not all entirely bad ... potentially. Notre Dame is loaded on the left side of the offensive line, with 2 Potential First Round picks. This Irish offense might have it in spades. It's never a good sign when both starting safeties, Delvon Randall and Sean Chandler, lead the team in total tackles. In 1965, legendary head coach Vince Dooley was in just his third season as head coach when Georgia made their second ever visit to Ann Arbor to play the Michigan Wolverines. (more...)
Rafael Montero beats Phillies, continues to make pitch for 2018
The strong August ensures Leiter will finish the season in Philadelphia's rotation - an impressive feat for a former 22nd-round draft choice who didn't even receive an invitation to major league spring training in February. After two walks, Brandon Nimmo hit an RBI single. Cameron Rupp delivered a run-scoring groundout in the fifth before Philadelphia scored four times in the sixth, when Nick Williams raced home on a wild pitch and Hyun Soo Kim (two-run double) and Andres Blanco (RBI single) ... (more...)
Ben Askren To Face Shinya Aoki In Retirement Fight At ONE Championship
One of the best fighters now operating outwith the UFC, current ONE FC welterweight champion Ben Askren is set to retire from the sport after one last title defense against Shinya Aoki on November 24th in Singapore. 4, 2017) to announce that Askren will be taking on Shinya Aoki on November 24 in Singapore. However, a clash of personalities with Dana White led to Askren being overlooked and he signed up for the up-and-coming ONE FC promotion, where he's remained ever since, quickly winning ... (more...)
Patriots LB Shea McClellin reportedly going on injured reserve
New England, however, had to wait until McClellin had been on the active roster for a day before putting him on injured reserve, allowing the Patriots to bring him back later in the season. The Patriots value the athleticism and versatility of the 6-foot-3, 250-pound McClellin, who entered the National Football League as a first-round draft choice of the Chicago Bears in 2012. (more...)
Northern Ireland named 'fourth most prosperous region in UK'
But regions including Eastern England, the South East and the East Midlands experienced an overall rise in prosperity scores, with the East ranked as the third most prosperous region. The figures also state that household spending here has increased nearly 4% in the a year ago to £500 per week, a rate which is higher than the South East of England and Scotland. (more...)
Mirallas "really sad" not to leave Everton
The 29-year-old Mirallas was previously on the books of Olympiacos from 2010 to 2012. During that period, he scored 34 goals from 67 games and won two League titles and one Greek Cup. "They should know that I love their club". "He was out because he is struggling to deal with moments in the season and with disappointment", the Dutchman said. (more...)
Steelers trade Ross Cockrell to Giants for conditional pick
Cockrell was the odd man out in Steelers' outside corner competition. When the dust had settled after the Pittsburgh Steelers made their final roster cuts on Saturday, the landscape at the cornerback position looked a whole lot different than a season ago. (more...)
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More than half of world's wealthy expect to live to 100, says survey
The UBS Investor Watch, which tracks the sentiments of more than 5,000 people with at least $1 million in assets, showed nine out of 10 were adjusting spending habits and making long-term investments to finance their longevity.
Tucker said prospective centenarians needed to plan for a 30 or 40-year retirement.
The prospect of living longer and passing a smaller legacy to successors worried 35% of respondents, UBS said, while 62% said they were planning to give away more of their wealth while alive.
More than half of wealthy investors around the world expect to live to the age of 100, with almost two in three planning to work longer in life to afford a comfortable retirement, according to a survey.
But around one-in-four respondents based in the United States and Britain said they were not making any such financial changes, highlighting a shortfall in retirement planning in two of the world's most important economies as life expectancy rises, especially among the rich.
"The idea of living to 100 would have seemed absurd up until recently. Now, it's destined to become commonplace," Nick Tucker, Head of UK Domestic at UBS Wealth Management, said.
Tucker said prospective centenarians needed to plan for a 30 or 40-year retirement. That meant making and protecting wealth across all market cycles during that time, and deciding how to share their money more effectively with descendants.
"By the time you pass away, your children are likely to be in their 40s, 50s or 60s. Wealth might not be as useful at this point as when they were younger. That's a key reason why we're seeing inheritance being shared earlier, or being given to grandchildren instead of children," Tucker said.
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The Problem of Propaganda
Posted on November 2, 2012 by James Thomas Snyder
Hoang Nhat Thong (left) and Viet Khang (via http://www.nguoi-viet.com)
Last week, the Vietnamese government sentenced two musicians on the charge of "anti-state propaganda," apparently the first case in recent memory that Hanoi imprisoned artists under the charge. But within the month the government put on trial three writers on the same charge of "anti-state propaganda," so the accusation is clearly not a new one. Vietnam is still a one-party state in the Chinese mold; while similarly opening up its economy, the government still maintains tight control over all communications and the arts.
The artists (pictured above) and writers were engaged in direct political protest against the state and it is important to assert, again, that is their right. Vietnam is a signatory to the United Nations Charter on Human Rights, which grants them the liberty to criticize their own government. Particularly in the United States, we enjoy exceptionally broad latitude to attack and criticize our government and our leaders, and it is important to remember that not everyone enjoys this freedom.
This leads me to the particular charge of "anti-state propaganda," an Orwellian construction which is common in Communist or post-Communist states such as Vietnam. It may seem peculiar to attack this particular epithet when the larger concern is for these artists' and writers' human rights. But when the charge for the "crime" involved includes the incendiary and imprecise word propaganda I think it is important to get involved in the semantics.The artists (pictured above) and writers were engaged in direct political protest against the state and it is important to assert, again, that is their right. Vietnam is a signatory to the United Nations Charter on Human Rights, which grants them the liberty to criticize their own government. Particularly in the United States, we enjoy exceptionally broad latitude to attack and criticize our government and our leaders, and it is important to remember that not everyone enjoys this freedom.
Propaganda, like terrorism, is one of those post-modern words that has been used so often by so many to have lost any concrete popular meaning. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't insist that it does have some real definition, especially when it is being abused to send people to prison by repressive governments.
We could begin by looking at its roots, which my Webster's Unabridged Dictionary notes dates to the 17th century, when Pope Gregory XV instituted a committee of Cardinals called the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, or the congregation for the propagation of the faith. Commentators on propaganda often point to these origins and forget perhaps two critical aspects of the congregation. The first is the most obvious: the evangelical nature of the Church, which was dealing with the challenge of the Protestant Reformation at that time.
But most easily forgotten in our more secular age is the fact that even as late as the early 17th century the Catholic Church directly and indirectly ruled as a temporal power in Europe. That is, the Church was a state. This is important to my argument which will follow.
However, if you forget or choose to ignore that the Church was a state, then the roots of propaganda in state-mandated ideological propagation starts you on an entirely unproductive semantic path leading to today, when anybody or anything can be engaged in — or, more precisely, be accused of — propaganda.
It is distressing that the otherwise wholly moral scholarship of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which held a massive and disturbing exhibit for several years (ending in 2011) on Nazi propaganda, could not be more precise when it came to defining what propaganda is. Here is what they have on their exhibit web site:
"Scholars, journalists, and politicians have long argued about how to properly define propaganda and distinguish it from other forms of mass communication. Propaganda is biased information designed to shape public opinion and behavior."
(Bold in the original.) In this definition there may be lost on the visitor to the exhibit or the site an insight made by Hannah Arendt during one of the war crimes trials after World War II: this definition fails to take into account the particularly warped reality of the Third Reich. The Nazis not only controlled every aspect of communications, but every aspect of those communications were used to serve the state. "Bias," in that context, doesn't even begin to scratch the surface of how the Nazis approached propaganda.
But outside the Nazi context the definition could very easily be applied to any other form of "mass communication," from legitimate advertising, to social marketing, to newspaper editorials, to political communications. "Bias" is the key word here. It is the essence of any practical choice we face, especially in politics. More specifically, when we attempt to persuade the public on any important matter — childhood vaccination, for example — aren't we engaged in an inherently biased activity? (Do we give opponents of vaccination equal time?) Or to put this more precisely: I am sure those Vietnamese musicians and writers demonstrated ample bias in their attempt to shape domestic public opinion and behavior against the government. (If they didn't before, I'm doubly sure they do now.) Does that justify their trial and imprisonment on charges of "anti-state propaganda"?
The Memorial isn't alone in its imprecision. This site includes a standard list derived from a ground-breaking work from the Institute for Propaganda Analysis done in the 1930s. It includes some of the usual suspects — bandwagoning, plain folks appeals, fear, testimonial — and provides some examples of propaganda that includes Enron, Newt Gingrich, the John Birch Society and the Office of Strategic Information.
All of this makes me extremely uneasy, mostly because you could apply most, if not all, of these critiques to a series of highly effective vaccination public service announcements that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention produced a few years ago. (Unfortunately, my combination of key word searches failed to pull them up.) They featured a series (bandwagoning) of grandparents (plain folks) with their grandchildren on their knees, talking about (testimonial) what it was like when they were children, losing friends and family to the diseases that ravaged kids at that time (fear). But then there was hope (glittering generalities): vaccines were developed to protect children, vaccines that protect their own grandchildren. Is this propaganda?
The other list includes only one government agency (the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Information), with the possible exception of the Maoist International Movement which may be funded by the Chinese government. This, too, is disturbing. We may not like what Newt Gingrich has to say or the way he says it, but how does that make what he says propaganda?
This is the core of my argument and why I mentioned the crucial distinction that propaganda had its root in the Church as state. If a musician can be imprisoned for engaging in "anti-state propaganda" — and a definition provided by the Holocaust Memorial seems to support the government's case, then our understanding of this word is corrupted. Let me define propaganda down.
Propaganda is defined as:
Communications by a state or its directly control agents.
That deliberately and substantially distorts, misleads or lies,
Against a material or corporeal enemy.
There may be concerns about what we do about the "communications" of terrorist or quasi-state entities, or the lies that are admitted by political enemies. As with my argument about terrorism, we have other words for them. They are terrorists, or liars, or engage in libel or defamation. (Some of these are legal causes of action in their own right; propaganda is not.) These words may not be as satisfactory as propaganda, but we need to hold propaganda in reserve against those states that maintain a monopoly over communications to real effect — and, as we have seen with Hoang Nhat Thong and Viet Khang, to direct detrimental effect over individuals.
It goes without saying that these musicians and their writer cousins are not propagandists. But many in their country may not know anything else because only their government tells them what to think. We can change the way we think about what governments tell us, and the way we think about propaganda, and this is a good place to start.
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North Canaan - Housatonic Valley Regional High School and North Canaan Elementary School Bus Routes
Housatonic Valley Regional High School
Bus 16 - A.M. Route
7 a.m - Depart North Canaan Bus Lot - Right Clayton Road, left Route 7, left North Elm Street, 7:03 a.m.; 163 North Elm St., North Elm and Orchard St., 72 North Elm St., North Elm and Daisy Hill Rd. Right on Route 44, 7:08 a.m.; Route 44 &Salisbury Bank, Route 44 and Reed St., Route 44 and Barlow St., 173 Route 44-Church St., 126 Route 44-Church St., Route 44 & Grove St., Right onto Honey Hill Rd., 7:14 a.m.; Honey Hill Rd. and Highland Lane, Right onto Route 44 -Church St., Route 44-Salisbury Rd. and Lawrence Street, 321 Route 44-Salisbury Rd., 7:16 a.m.; Route 44 and New High St., 345/347 Route 44, Route 44 and Birch Lane, 379 Route 44-Salisbury Rd., Left on Route 126-Belden St., 7:22 a.m.; 88 Route 126 - Falls Village, 7:25 a.m.; Route 126 and Dublin Rd., Continue Straight at Railroad Crossing, Straight onto Railroad St., Right on Water St., go through overpass, quick Left onto Warren Turnpike, school is on the right. 7:30 a.m. HVRHS.
6:50 a.m.; Depart North Canaan Bus Lot - Go out rear driveway, left Cemetery Rd., left Route 7. 6:51 a.m.; Route 7 and Barracks Rd., Route 7 and Bragg Street Right onto Bragg, Bragg St. and Town Hall Parking Lot, Straight onto Orchard, 6:59 a.m.; Orchard and Killawee Street, Left on North Elm St., Right on Route 7, Right on Clayton Road, 7:05 a.m.; 16 Clayton Rd., 75 Clayton Rd., Right on Allyndale Rd., 7:06 a.m.; 122 Allyndale Rd., 106 Allyndale Rd., 56 Allyndale Rd., Right on Marilyn Drive, 7:08 a.m.; Marilyn Dr. and Margret Lane, Right on Trescott, 7:09 a.m.; 110 Trescott Hill Rd., 81 Trescott Hill Rd., Right onto Route 44, Left onto Route 7, Left onto Lower Rd., 7:14 a.m.; 35 Lower Rd., 31 Lower Rd., 21 Lower Rd., T/A at the Quarry, back over Lower Rd., Left on Route 7 - High St., 7:17 a.m.; 53 Route 7 - High St., 75 Route 7-High St., Right on Sand Road, 7:20 a.m.; 101-1Sand Road, 101-8 Sand Rd., 123 Sand Rd., 135 Sand Road, 7:23 a.m.; 178 Sand Road, 86 Sand Road, 7:25 a.m., 36 Sand Road, Left on Route 126, Right under Trestle/Left on Warren Turnpike, School 7:30 a.m.
6:45 a.m.; Depart North Canaan Bus Lot - Left Clayton Road, 6:47 a.m.; Clayton Rd. and Sodom Rd., Straight across to Old Turnpike Rd., 6:49 a.m.; 69 Old Turnpike Rd., Mountain View and Old Turnpike Rd. North, T/A at Mountain View, right onto New Street, 6:55 a.m.; New St. and Moses Mead Rd., Right on Canaan Valley Road, left onto College Hill Rd., 7:02 a.m.; 25 College Hill Rd., Left on Old Turnpike Rd., 7:05 a.m.; Old Turnpike Rd. South and Browns Lane, Left on Route 44, 406 Route 44, Turn around at Locust Hill, Route 44 and Locust Hill Rd., Right onto Route 44, 395 Route 44, 360 Route 44, 343 Route 44, 349 Route 44, 337 Route 44, 328 Route 44, Left onto Lower Rd., 7:16 a.m.; 158 Lower Rd., Lower Rd. and Furnace Hill Rd., Right onto Furnace Hill Rd., 13 Furnace Hill Rd., Left onto Route 44, 7:18 a.m.; 199 Route 44, 202 Route 44, 175 Route 44, Route 44 and Deely Rd., 7:21a.m.; 53 Route 44, Route 44 and Bakery, 5 Route 7-Elm St., Left at light onto Route 7 South, 7:25 a.m.; Route 7 and Stein Lane, 11 Route 7, 316 Route 7, 7:28 a.m.; Route 7 and Facchin St., 7:30 .m.; HVRHS.
North Canaan Elementary
7:50 a.m.; Depart Bus Lot - Left on Clayton Rd., straight at four corners, onto Old Turnpike Road, 7:55 a.m./3:50 p.m.; 79 Old Turnpike North, Old Turnpike Rd. and Mtn. View Rd., Turn around at "King's"- Back into driveway, back over Old Turnpike, 8 a.m./3:45 p.m.; 44 Old Turnpike Rd., Right on New Street, 62 New Street, Right on Moses Mead Rd., 8:03 a.m./3:40 p.m.; 41 Moses Meade Rd., 35 Moses Meade Rd., Cross Canaan Valley Rd. onto Hollow Brook Lane, left on Emmons Lane, 110 Emmons Lane, Left on Toby Hill, Right on Canaan Valley, Left onto Carlson, 16 Carlson Rd. (Drive through Yard), Left on Carlson Road, Right on Canaan Valley Rd., Canaan Valley Rd. and Emmons Lane, Left College Hill Road to Burton Road, 8:15 a.m./3:35 p.m.; College Hill and Burton Rd., 6 College Hill, T/A at Burton Rd., back down College Hill, left Canaan Valley Road, 8:20 a.m.,/3:30 p.m.; Canaan Valley Rd. and Old Turnpike Rd., 19 Canaan Valley Rd., Right on Route 44, left Lower Road, East Canaan Church, 158 Lower Rd., 152 Lower Rd., Furnace Hill Rd. and Lower Rd., Right Furnace Hill Road, 1 Furnace Hill Rd., 13 Furnace Hill Rd., 15 Furnace Hill Rd., 16 Frunace Hill Rd., 20 Furnace Hill Rd., Left on Route 44, right on Trescott Hill Rd., 8:22 a.m./3:22 p.m.; 59 Trescott Hill Rd., Left on Daisy Hill, 107 Daisy Hill Rd., Straight on Lime Kiln, right Route 44, Right on North Elm, 8:28 a.m. /3:18 a.m.; 44 North Elm St., 68 North Elm St. - Pond Side North Apts., 132 North Elm St., 180 North Elm St., 200 North Elm St., Left on Railroad St., Right on Pease St. to North Canaan Elementary aprox. 8:35 a.m. 8:35 a.m./3:15 p.m.; North Canaan Elementary School.
8 a.m.; 5 Route 7 (P.M. ride Bus 17), Right at light onto Route 44, 8/3:30 p.m.; 22 Route 44, Route 44 and Deely Rd., 144 Route 44, 174 Route 44, 186 Route 44, 206 Route 44, 230 Route 44, 268 Route 44, 318/320 Route 44, 8:09 a.m./3:38 p.m.; 340 Route 44, 404 Route 44, Pull into Locust Hill, Turn around and go right on Route 44, 8:13 a.m./3:41 p.m.; 395 Route 44, Right on Old Turnpike Rd., 8:18 a.m./3:45 p.m. 50 Old Turnpike Rd. South, 63 Old Turnpike Rd. South, Old Turnpike Rd. South and Browns Lane, Left on Browns Lane, 8:20 a.m./3:50 p.m.; 4 Browns Lane, Right on Route 44, 337 Route 44, 329 Route 44, 321 Route 44, 267 Route 44, 117 Route 44, 8:20 a.m./3:55 p.m.; 49 Route 44, 39/43 Route 44, Straight through town, right on Railroad St., 8:28 a.m./3:19 p.m.; Crosswalk (crossover), Car Wash(crossover), Left on Pease St., Right on Whiting Drive, Right into Daycare, 8:29 a.m./3:18 p.m.; Canaan Child Care Center, Back out Whiting Drive, Right on Pease to North Canaan Elementary School, 8:35 a.m./3:15 p.m.; North Canaan Elementary School.
7:40 a.m.; Depart HVRHS, Left Warren Turnpike, right under Railroad Trestle, left Route 126, over Railroad tracks, right onto Sand Road, 7:53 a.m./3:50 p.m.; 160A Sand Rd. (Gulian's farm), 117 Sand Road, 101 Sand Road, 59 Sand Rd., Right on Route 7 South, 8:08 a.m./3:45 p.m.; 210 South Canaan Rd. - Route 7 South, Back into Stein Lane, Stein Lane(pick up all students), Return to Route 7 North, 8:13 a.m./3:43 p.m.; 57 Route 7 and Geer Apartments, 38/39 Route 7, 8:14 a.m./3:40 p./m. 33A and 35A Route 7, Church Terrace, Right on Lower Road, 8:16 a.m./3:43 p.m.; 31 and 35 Lower Rd., 88 Lower Rd., T/A at the Quarry, back over Lower Rd., Right onto Route 7, Right onto Route 44, Left Allyndale, 40 Allyndale Rd., 56 Allyndale Rd., 61 Allyndale Rd., Left on Trescott Hill, 8:20 a.m./3:30 p.m., 109 Trescott Rd., Right on Marilyn Dr., Marilyn Dr. and Margaret Lane, 8:22 a.m./3:28 p.m. 9 Marilyn Drive, 16 Marilyn Drive, Right on Allyndale Rd., Right on Trescott Hill, 8:25 a.m., /3:25 p.m., 81 Trescott Hill Rd., Right on Daisy Hill Rd. 213 Daisy Hill Road, Right on Granger Lane, 8:32 a.m./3:20 p.m.; 73 Granger Lane, Right onto North Elm, Left Railroad Street, right Pease Street to NCES for 8:35 a.m.
7:53 a.m.; Depart Bus Lot - go out behind building to rear exit, left Cemetery Road, left Route, 7:54 a.m./3:55 p.m.; Route 7 and Barracks Rd., 462 Route 7 Canaan Auto), Left on Clayton Rd., 7:56 a.m./3:50 p.m.; 16 Clayton Rd., 23/25 Clayton Rd., 75 Clayton Rd., 146/148 Clayton Rd., 170 Clayton Rd., Right on Sodom Rd.8:02 a.m./3:45 p.m.; 49 Sodom Rd., 32 Sodom Rd., 7 Sodom Rd., Right on Allyndale Rd., 8:07 a.m./3:40 p.m.; 106 Allyndale Rd., 122 Allyndale Rd., Left on Clayton Rd., 8:09 a.m./3:35 p.m.; 101 Clayton Rd., Left on Route 7, 8:15 a.m./3:30 p.m.; 425 Route 7. Left on Killawee St., 8:17 a.m./3:25 p.m., Killawee St. and Granite Ave. Ext., Right on Granite Ave Ext., 119 Granite Ave. Ext., Straight on Granite Ave., Granite Ave and Orchard St., 94, 86, 78 Granite Ave., 8:20 a.m./3:23 p.m.; 25, 61 Granite Ave., Right on Route 44, Straight thru Town, straight onto West Main Street, 8:24 a.m./3:20 p.m.; 141 West Main St., 146 West Main St., West Main and Foote St., Right on Prospect St., 41 Prospect St., 59 Prospect St., 62 Prospect St., Left onto Bragg St., 88 Bragg St., Bragg and West Main St., Left on West Main,, 8:28 a.m./3:18 p.m.; West Main St. and Quinn St., 191 West Main St., Straight onto Route 44, 8:31 a.m./3:16 p.m.; Route 44 and Station Place, Left on Railroad St., Left on Pease Street to school, 8:35 a.m./3:15 p.m.; North Canaan Elementary School.
8:10 a.m. Depart McDonald's - Right on Route 44, left at sharp curve onto Route 44, 8:12 a.m./3:18 p.m.; 10/11 Church St., Route 44 and Reed St., 70 Church St., - Route 44, Right on Barlow Street, Barlow St. and Grove St., Left on Grove, 26 Grove St., Right on Route 44, 192 Church St. - Route 44. Right Honey Hill, 8:14 a.m./3:22 p.m.; 14/15 Honey Hill, Honey Hill and Highland, Right back onto Route 44, Route 44 and Cedar Lane, 8:19 a.m./3:25 p.m.; Route 44 and Raymond Ave., Left Route 126, T/A at Boniay Hill, swing left toward Boniay Hill then right on Route 126, right Route 44, 361 Route 44, 349 Route 44, 345 Route 44, 8:22 a.m./3:30 p.m.; Route 44 and New High St., Route 44 and Lawrence Ave., 173 Route 44, 124/126 Route 44, 121 Route 44, Route 44 and Segalla Ct., 25 Church St., Around the sharp curve, left at light onto Route 7 - Railroad Street, left Pease St. to NCES 8:35 a.m./3:15 p.m.; North Canaan Elementary


I used to think that people became 'all-knowing' and somehow 'saintly' after they had moved on into the none-physical world. Now I think that some stay earthbound - and some choose to re-visit.
Liara Covert of Dreambuilders left the following comment on my post about 'The Creeping Mist' - in which I describe an ectoplasmic mist that formed in the garden of a house I was staying in earlier this year and which advanced up the garden path towards me. I was rather un-nerved and retreated indoors with some rapidity.
Sometimes a comment can spark a connection and promote a simple realisation. Dr. Covert was spot-on about my fear; in many ways, I was just not up to it that night. I had finished a very tiring rehearsal day and an aggressive mist approaching up the garden path was the last thing I needed, as I tried to wind-down and get to bed for a much needed slumber before another stressful day.
Sometimes I'm up to meeting and interacting with a demanding person (or spirit) - at other times, I would prefer to duck back down the proverbial alley in order to avoid them. This particular spirit was demanding and aggressive and so I 'ducked back down the alley' by closing the kitchen door, just before the mist reached me.
The following evening, I described the event to Phillipa, the young actress I was staying with. Phillipa confirmed that there was a spirit and that she always felt safe and protected, but that the spirit was often rather aggressive towards men (including her ex-husband). Her son had also sensed the male spirit, which had accepted him - but not the other male visitors, including myself.
Perhaps that's why the spirit was lurking (sulking) in the garden.
I guess I should have explained that I was no threat and that he could come indoors.
On that occasion, I sensed that the mist-spirit was very friendly and ended up literally bathing in the vapour by smoothing it onto my face and body.
It turned out that the spirit was that of an old lady who used to live there and who had passed away at the exact spot where the mist was thickest. I tried to press the landlady for more information, but she became uneasy and reluctant to explain further. So I left the subject alone.
After all, she had to live there, after I had moved on.
Talking about 'moving on' - I try not to call upon my departed loved-ones too much nowadays. I think it can keep them earthbound and interrupt their own pathways.
But when I really do need help, they are there.
I was fascinated to see that Liara had commented on no less than three of the posts on this blog, at the same time as I was writing this post.
Another co-incidence - or extra-sensory perception?
This was very timely. Something decided to pass by here the past week or so. As usual it began with a total electricity blackout in the house (nope, no storm, wind outside, nada. Complete calmness, and the neighbors' lights all on). My husband can never understand it,and I thought, "oh boy, here we go...what is it now?".
I understand the helping part, but I get a little perturbed at times that the responsibility is on me in this house, because I sense it! And, I get a little perturbed, because many times it causes disturbance and negativity in the relationships here in the house, as well.
It's such a clear feeling..this time it has been that clear sense of anger and aggression coming head on towards me. It is not my own anger, that can be felt welling up inside of me...and, the sensation almost burns the skin on my face and arms is it moves in..I sometimes feel like yelling out, "I have other work to do, and you are disturbing me! Go away!". I've always heard that when you ask them to go, they must. BUT! I do not always find this to be true.
This is interesting Tami. I have a negative spirit that whistles and laughes and calls my name, with a chuckle, when I am troubled and have a low resistance.
You could try reasoning and saying that they are welcome, as long as they let you live your life.
Sometimes negative entities become attracted via Ouja boards and enter through, as if by a gateway.
Whatever - a lot depends on how vunerable you are at any point in time - My London psychic Cris told me I was too open....but I've stayed that way because spiritual contact excites me.
Perhaps you should ask if you can help in any way and send out feelings of love, or at least acceptance.
Other than that, if it continues, maybe you should get in contact with a reputable clairvoyant who may be able to identify the spirit.
Yes, I had someone recently tell me the exact same thing about the low resistance. I saw it early in January when I had a slight injury from tai chi, and again in early Feb. with a slight cold that I ridded myself of quite quickly. Although, I sensed it with other things. This one is new, like a wind blowing through.
No Ouja board here. Haven't seen one of those since I was a kid. Had someone also recently mention a worry about the front door and too much openness (or, portal). I had a strange suspicion of one upstairs when we first moved in, and secured the cubby-door to a storage loft.
Well, something it is, because several keep mentioning that "openness"...don't think it's me as of late anyhow. My focus has been on grounding the last weeks.
Good of you to be welcoming. I find it difficult when my concentration becomes disrupted by it! haha. I also don't think it belongs to this house, so it shouldn't become too comfortable here..hehe.
Still working out the directed emotional energies of living others, and that which is otherwise. Do you have any advice for me regarding that?
I should confess to something that I haven't written about. There is a spirit in my upstairs rooms that does not want me to share.
So...since my mother passed away, I've slept downstairs.
I'm happy enough with the situation. Earthbound spirits themselves, are sometimes confused. Many are Jealous of earthly pleasures they can no longer experience. Many of them do not fully realise (or do not accept) that they have passed on.
They are just like us... indeed they are us...except they no longer have bodies. They are to be loved and tolerated, just like awkward family members.
You may shout at them, advise them..and love them, just the same as anyone else.
You have a being that has attached themselves to you, because they have found something they can cling to. Help them.
Now I know that's hard. So is an awkward son, husband, mother father or whoever.
They have a lot to learn before they can fly.
I'll write to you more about this, but I hope others will read this and add their experience and comments because I am learning also.
Well Henry, I read this the other day, but was called away before I could comment. The idea of Liara's is a good one, but I can see where I would have trouble accepting it. All too many times, I am just not in the state of mind needed to accept the presence of other worldly spirits. But then I have my moments when I seem to welcome them, even crave their supportive nature.
I wonder if I could open my thoughts a little more regularly if the comfort would be there constantly. We all have difficult days, spurred by any number of circumstances. If I only recognize these spirits during those times, does it make me selfish? I think I'll have to ponder this thought a little more, and see if I can't realize their need more than my own.
This post is truly fascinating. I have not come across this in my life yet. I hope I do. By sharing this you have opened my mind up to what could already have been right in front of me but I have yet to lift my veil. I never thought if I asked my love ones to help me that I could be holding them earth bound. I think I will ask less to set their spirit free just in case.
Dear Janet ~ the last part of your comment troubled me a bit. I would not want to inhibit you calling on your loved ones for help - or just so you can feel close to them again.
"Earthbound" or whatever, is a three-dimensional concept. There is neither "here" nor "there" - just different dimensions.
The Universe is a resonance - Janet, you resonate Joy into the Universe and to your loved-ones in everything you do - so I really think you should keep up your contact - they and the Universe also need you.
In any case - what if one of them (or all) become your Spirit Guide(s)?
Why not ask them if they need your help.
Henry, coincidence does not exist. Spirit are on different planes based on energy vibration, residual emotional energy and other factors. Spirit energy you encounter teaches you about grasping and clinging and mirrors aspects of yourself you have yet to consciously realize or accept. In this sense, spirit encounters can be illuminating tools. As with enything, you can take things at face value (on superficial levels) or delve deeper and learn more.
I don't think we delve deeper than we feel ready to do at any given time. I feel it is ok to have patience with ourselves.