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St Gemma and the conversion of sinners

St. Gemma's Apostolate and Zeal for the Salvation of Souls.
From “The Life of St Gemma Galgani”, by Venerable Father Germanus CP

“Gemma had this mission: to labor for the good of souls and especially for the conversion of sinners, thereby cooperating, as far as she could in her human limitations, with the work of the Redemption. This mission was not given her in the usual way by which Our Lord, through His Church, ordinarily confides it to others; but by a particular, explicit and, I may say, a solemn investiture. She herself will tell us about it:

‘Some days ago I had scarcely received Jesus in Holy Communion when He asked me this question: "Tell Me, My child, do you love Me greatly?" What could I answer? But my heart answered Him by its throbbing. "If you love Me," He rejoined, "You will do whatever I desire of thee." And then sighing, He exclaimed: "What ingratitude and malice there is in the world! Sinners persistently continue to live in crime. Weak and heartless souls will not do themselves violence to overcome the flesh. Those in tribulation lose courage and despair. Indifference keeps increasing daily, and no one amends. I cease not to dispense heavenly graces and favors to all My creatures: life and light to My Church, virtue and strength to him who rules it, wisdom to those who direct souls that are in darkness, constancy and fortitude to those who have to follow Me, graces of every kind to all the just. I send My light into the dark dens of sinners, and even there soften their hearts, doing all I can to convert them. But notwithstanding all that, what do I ever gain? What correspondence do I ever find in My creatures whom I have loved so much? No one any longer cares for My Heart and for My Love. I am forgotten as though I had never loved them, and as though I had never suffered for them. My Heart is always in sadness. I am left almost alone in My churches. If many assemble there, it is for other motives than worship, and I have to suffer the pain of seeing My House become a theatre of amusement. Many, through hypocrisy, betray Me by sacrilegious Communions. I can bear no more."
This loving Lord of all had previously made similar complaints to His servant to move her to offer herself as a victim of expiation for the sins of the world, and we have seen with what generosity she corresponded. Later on He will renew the same complaints to induce her to sacrifice even her life for the same end, and Gemma will, as we shall see, offer herself with equal readiness. Now He wishes to lead her to spend her whole being for the conversion of sinners. "If you love Me," He says, "you will do what I desire of thee," and with a clear light He lets her see the form of her apostolate in its smallest details. "You know o Lord," she answered, "how ready I am to sacrifice myself in everything. I will bear every sort of pain for You. I will give every drop of my blood to please Your Heart and to hinder the outrages of sinners against Thee."

Let us see her in action. Of torments we need not speak, for she has suffered them in every way beyond measure and shed her blood, I may say, in torrents from her feet, hands, side and from her eyes and whole body, so as almost to leave no blood in her veins. But what works can this young girl perform to fit her to be an apostle of Jesus Christ? Let us have no doubt. By means of the Spirit with which Our Lord has filled her, she will achieve her mission perfectly. And what she does not reach by action she will certainly attain by prayer and tears. I am able to assert that from the first day that I came to know Gemma up to that of her death, I always found her exercising her zeal for the conversion of sinners.

Gemma had found the secret of moving the Heart of her Jesus, and those innocent tears, those burning desires, that force of argument that she managed so well, were always successful. On the last day we shall know how many souls have been dragged in this way from the clutches of the enemy by this humble virgin. It is certain that not a day passed without her praying for sinners. A proof of this is to be found in the register of her ecstasies through which, without being aware of it, she laid open her whole soul. "Oh Jesus, do not abandon poor sinners; think of sinners and of me. I want them all saved." And as she had always some particular sinner more especially in mind, "That one," she used to say, "I want You, Jesus, to remember particularly, because I want him saved together with me." Remember my words: "together with me," -her persuasive eloquence of love.

I will relate another fact in the words of a most reliable witness who told me of it. "I was asked," said this person, by a lady acquaintance to recommend her brother, a great sinner, to Gemma. I did so accordingly and she while in ecstasy began to plead to Jesus for him. But He [no doubt to try her faith] replied that He knew not that sinner.
"How do You not know him," she said, "since he is Thy child?" Then she turned to Mary, but seeing that even she remained silent and wept, she began to pray to Blessed Gabriel of the Dolors [Passionist], and he also was silent. But Gemma, for all that, did not lose courage. She redoubled her prayers.
At the same time she said to me: "That man must indeed be a great sinner. Jesus says He knows him not, Mother weeps, and Blessed Gabriel will not answer me."
After a year of this assiduous praying, one day, while returning from church with Gemma, I met the servant of the above-mentioned lady in the greatest consternation. The brother of her mistress, she said, was dying. We were greatly pained, but we had only gone about twenty yards when Gemma exclaimed: "He is saved, he is saved." I asked her who? "The brother of that lady," she answered. I learned afterwards that this man breathed his last pressing the priest's hand precisely when Gemma was going home. That coincided exactly with the moment when she said aloud, "He is saved, he is saved."

Gemma was often asked by friends to pray for sinners, owing to their high opinion of her sanctity. But it frequently happened that God Himself made such cases known to His servant directly, while she was at home, and by providential coincidences while she was out of doors. She was always ready to take charge of them whatever way they came, rejoicing in each one as if she had found a treasure and devoting herself the more earnestly to them in proportion to their number. "I would wish," she said, "to bathe with my blood all those places where Jesus is outraged. I would wish all sinners to be saved, because they have been redeemed by the Precious Blood of Jesus." The last one that she had in her mind, or, as she used to say, ‘that she carried on her shoulders’, was a gentleman of Lucca, a notorious and obstinate sinner, but not personally known to her.

The charitable child labored long and earnestly for his conversion and renewed her assaults on Heaven without losing confidence. In her last sickness she said: "I am keeping him on my shoulders for the whole of the Lent, then he will be taken off." On Holy Thursday, the good priest who had recommended him to Gemma, all full of joy, told me that a great sinner had been converted in his hands. It was Gemma's sinner. Two days later, freed from that great weight, with another palm in hand, the Virgin of Lucca took flight to Heaven.

This was the last conversion wrought through Gemma's intercession. The first, an interesting one, took place before she received the solemn investiture of her apostolate. It was while she was yet in her father's house, stricken by the dangerous disease that brought her to death's door. Among those who used to visit and nurse her was a woman who was found to be leading a bad life. Some of the family complained of this to Gemma, and she with her face full of animation replied: "Oh, then perhaps the Magdalene was rejected by Jesus because she was a sinner? Let her come; who knows that we may not be able to do her some good? Don't take her from me, I implore of you."

And although in a dying state, she took the poor sinner in hand. It was a difficult case as the woman lived by her own infamy. But what cannot the charity of Jesus Christ effect through a soul inflamed by it as was Gemma's? Her aunt of Camaiore, from time to time, sent her money to meet the grave necessities of her illness. And she, not caring for herself, passed it with exquisite delicacy to this woman, paying even the rent of her house so that the want of it might not cause her to offend God. And when any of the family asked what she had done with the money sent by her aunt she answered: "Hush! I'm not wasting anything, you'll see; you shall know the use I make of it." In this way, owing to her repeated attentions and the fervor of her untiring exhortations, she so prevailed with that soul as to wrest her from the hands of the devil. She got her to make a general Confession and from that time forward she has been leading a good life.
Regarding some other soul, Gemma was once overheard in ecstasy to say "Jesus give me this soul. In exchange I will give you three years of my life. Another time she said "....I am willing to give the last drop of my blood to satisfy the Heart of Jesus, to prevent the offenses of sinners." Two days before she died she was overheard still barganing thus for souls.

Certainly Satan must have growled with rage at the zeal of this holy girl, finding how she snatched his choicest victims from him. He often appeared to her with eyes of fire and in threatening tones said: "While acting for yourself, do as you please, but listen well, do nothing for the conversion of sinners; if you attempt it, I shall make you pay dearly for it."
At other times assuming the role of prudent counselor he would say: "How and where comes such presumption? You are laden with sins, and all the years of thy life would not suffice to bewail and expiate them, and yet you lose time about the sins of others? Do you not see that your own soul is in danger? A strange gain, that of thinking for others and neglecting thyself." But all was in vain. Once she was heard to say to Our Lord in ecstasy: "Do You wish to know, Jesus, who has forbidden me to think about sinners? The devil. On the contrary, Jesus, I recommend them to Thee. Think of them, oh Jesus, poor sinners, and teach me to do as much as possible to save them."

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Anonymous said...

Without explaining my whole story, I will just say...Saint Gemma made herself known to me about 3 weeks ago. I, a passionate lover of the Saints, had surprisingly never heard of her before.
She has already, thanks be to God, blessed me with many signal graces..little miracles.
I've been reading the links on the right hand side of this website for quite a while tonight...and have found myself in tears, joyful, hopeful tears!
Thank you for putting this website together! May Our Mother and Lord bless all who read it! St. Gemma, pray for us!

Vanessa Rose

Glenn Dallaire said...

Hi Vanessa,

It is a pleasure to meet you.

Thank you so much for your comments. I am really glad to hear that you are enjoying the website, and it is especially wonderful to hear of your devotion to Saint Gemma and also to hear of her "little miracles" on your behalf.

Thank you again for your comments and may God bless you and yours!

Happy Catholic said...

Thank you so much for this website. We all can learn so much from St. Gemma. May God bless you for providing this oasis of inspiration I am so happy to find myself in - I happily return day after day, humbled and riveted by the example of this beautiful, holy saint.

Glenn Dallaire said...

Hi Happy Catholic!

Thank you for your comments.
I am glad to hear that you enjoy the website.

May God bless you always!

June said...

I meet St Gemma today while researching on St Maria Goretti.
I am too a great sinner, but God loves me so much He died for my sins, as I remember this, I am really moved by such love and passion of the lord for me. Thank You, Jesus for saving me, for loving me despite my sins. Never abandon me, for my hearts desire is You, please place a zeal unto my soul, to be with You forever.

Glenn Dallaire said...

Hi June,
Thanks for your wonderful comments and prayer.

May God bless you and yours!

Union in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,

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History of Stony Brook, NY

In the mid-17th century Long Island was a land of opportunity for many New England settlers. The areas on the east and west ends offered good farmlands therefore they were settled first. In addition, there were safe harbors for fishermen and ample supplies of fish. At that time Yankee whaling began on Long Island's South Shore. The most desirable areas however were along the Long Island Sound on the North Shore. Stony Brook is believed to have been established in 1660 after Setauket in 1655. Its Indian name was Wopowog, meaning "land at the narrows", referring to the the narrow inlet from the Sound into Stony Brook Harbor. The first approved road, which is now Main Street, was mentioned in town records on May 25, 1685.

The first grist mill was built in 1699 by Adam Smith, only to be destroyed in a storm in 1751. It was rebuilt shortly after, still standing to this day and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A general store, blacksmith shop and a bakery were developed, with the mill as a focal point. In the mid-18th century the center of activity started to shift to the north towards the harbor. The Three Village Inn, then known as the Old Homestead, was established in 1751. A large house with a liberty pole in front - the Old Brick House, was built close to the harbor on Main Street. Stony Brook's first school, which no longer exists, was built around 1750 on what is now Christian Avenue. On April 23, 1790 President George Washington passed by the school's yard after a visit to Setauket. The first post office at Stony Brook (spelled Stoney Brook until 1884) was established on March 24, 1807.

The strategic position of the island made it a center of activity during the American Revolution (Stony Brook didn't play any special role in it); the War of 1812 and the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 however made Long Island a backwater in the westward expansion of the U.S. The valley that was going to become the village of Stony Brook was getting more and more alienated and isolated. Settlers around the Stony Brook Creek concentrated around the mill area, with Harbor Road as the main connection to the west. With no churches, amenities and local authority Stony Brook "slowly drifted backward" according to historian William Pelletreau. Because of its small population and difficult harbor entrance steamers didn't stop there, making it difficult for settlers to travel.

William Sidney Mount recognized the problem and had an idea to create a new inlet at the west end of the harbor through Long Beach. The potential for economic profit was clear - since the local community survived mainly through barter, tourists and trade would provide good cash income for the community. Local investors agreed and the inlet was dredged two years in a row but filled in both times. The project was abandoned and Stony Brook remained a farmers' hamlet whose primary source of income was selling cordwood at the village dock. As cordwood was vital to the local economy, the Brookhaven town trustees retained ownership of the "cordwood landings", which are today's town beaches. The only other profitable industry in Stony Brook was shipbuilding and outfitting, through which the village had peaked economically by 1855.

After 1865, when the Civil War was over, Long Island became the center of sporting activity and a focus of summer resort. Country estates and clubs were built, first along the South Shore and then the Sound. Families from New York City often visited Long Island's hotels and boarding houses. In the 1870s the north branch of Long Island Rail Road was constructed and the clean air and quiet atmosphere of Stony Brook made it a point of interest for many travelers. At the turn of the century it had six hotels, and the popularity of Stony Brook as a resort town lasted until World War I.

Shoe manufacturers Jenny and Frank Melville Jr. developed a plan for the improvement of the Stony Brook village soon after they arrived. Their son Ward and his wife Dorothy followed in their footsteps and by the late 1930s they envisioned a new Colonial village to replace the untidy collection of buildings from the previous century. Over a dinner for around 80 guests at the Three village Inn on Jan. 19, 1940, Ward Melville, founder of the Thom McAn shoe chain, offered to rebuild the town's business section, which was visibly declining during the Great Depression. He lived in Manhattan and Old Field, but he had fallen in love with Stony Brook during his summer vacations there. He quickly persuaded about 35 merchants to sell him their properties and become renters by offering them low rents, the attraction of customers from outside the area and the prospect of national acclaim which they later got from architectural groups.

Town clearances were obtained easily and Melville spent $500,000 in 1940-41 for the rebuilding of Main Street into a crescent-shaped business district of attached stores, gathered around the Federal-Greek Revival-style post office on a two-acre village green. Melville gave permanent control of the project to the nonprofit Stony Brook Community Fund, which was recently renamed the Ward Melville Heritage Organization.

Many structures were moved, modified or demolished. Ward Melville's houses were restored by the removal of Victorian modifications and the addition of Colonial architectural features. In 1946 Suffolk County made a proposal to shift Main Street to the west and widen the new village green, thus easing the traffic into Christian Avenue. Again, buildings were moved and repositioned. In the end, the village that now stands in downtown Stony Brook was complete.

Between 1956 and 1968, in further pursuit of his goal, Melville donated 600 acres of land and funds to the state of New York for the creation of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, as well as for the local school district. He thought the building would look like the Virginia colonial college "William and Mary", and it would complement what he dubbed his "living Williamsburg.'' On this land the state opened the university in 1963, bringing many assets and opportunities to the area, along with thousands more homes, increased traffic and commercial buildup on surrounding major roads. As the university center grew, additional lands were used to build the university hospital and medical school. But Melville, who died in 1977 at the age of 90, lived to resent the brick-and-block look of what is now the 1,100-acre campus. Nevertheless, of all the events that took place in Stony Brook, none influenced the development of the area as much as Ward Melville's invitation to NY State to build a university there. It positively affected the development of all the surrounding villages, including Setauket, Port Jefferson and Smithtown.

A few prominent families stand out in the history of Stony Brook; they controlled the area in the 18th and 19th century. These families include the descendant of Arthur Smith - John Smith, whose home became the Stony Brook Hotel; Jonas Smith, whose home became the Three Village Inn; David Bayles, who built the sawmill and lumberyard complex; Reverend Dr. John Carson, founder of the Stony Brook Assembly; Edward Kane, who purchased the Stony Brook mill and millpond; Jennie and Frank Melville; and Dorothy and Ward Melville, who created the present village center and funded the Museums at Stony Brook, saved historic homes and provided valuable community assets, leaving a legacy that has clearly altered the community's rather unremarkable background.

Today Stony Brook is known for the abundance of 18th and 19th century buildings still in use. Much of the old hamlet is preserved in the streets leading up to and out of its center; few 20th century structures interrupt the progression of homes which once belonged to farmers, craftsmen, and seamen.

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Stony Brook Hospital which officially changed its name in 2006 to Stony Brook University Medical Center to reflect its diversity of both inpatient and outpatient medical care, has been providing care, research, education and community service since 1980. Every year the center provides services to more than a half million patients and it's one of the largest hospitals on Long Island. Construction on the complex began in 1976 and three buildings were created: the Hospital, the Clinical Sciences Tower and the Basic Sciences Health Tower. The Health Sciences Center houses many research laboratories and classrooms.

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General Information about Stony Brook, NY
Near medium city: Brentwood, New York (11 miles)
Nearest large city: New York, New York (45 miles)
County: Suffolk
Metro Area: Nassau - Suffolk
Zip Codes: 11790, 11794
Phone Area Code: 631
Time Zone Eastern (-5 hours from GMT)
Daylight Savings: The city observes Daylight Saving Time.
Latitude: 40.926
Longitude: -73.14

Population in July 2007: 14,011
Median resident age: 38 years
Foreign born population: 1,464
Estimated median household income in 2007: $115,044
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $580,798
Average household size: 2.9 people
Total Number of Households: 4,822
Family Households: 3,718

Races in Stony Brook:
  • White Non-Hispanic (89.8%)
  • Chinese (3.1%)
  • Hispanic (2.4%)
  • Black (1.2%)
  • Asian Indian (1.2%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)
  • Korean (0.6%)

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    Public elementary/middle school in Stony Brook: William Sidney Mount School (Students: 909)
    Public high school in Stony Brook: Robert Cushman Murphy Junior High School (Students: 933)

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    Total Crime Risk: 0.19 (The National Average is designated 1.0 - A value of 2.0 represents twice as much risk while a value of 0.5 represents half as much risk.)

    Average July High Temperature: 84.1° F
    Average January Low Temperature: 24.5° F
    Air Pollution Index: 106% of National Average

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Lewis and Harris Select set to apply for mainland cup entry

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THE Lewis and Harris Select have exclusively confirmed exciting new plans to follow in the studmarks of the Orkney FA and step into competitive mainland football for the first time ever.

Taking on the region’s best on a regular basis has long been on the wishlist of local football fans and players alike but now having watched Orkney turn that dream into a reality it has given Lewis and Harris FA chiefs the incentive to take the plunge.

Lewis and Harris FA Chairman Kenny Maciver revealed to the Gazette he is primed to officially apply for entry into one of the cup competitions in the North Caledonia League as early as next year where the Select could lock horns with the likes of Thurso, Muir of Ord, Alness and Caithness.

And should the Select’s application be a success it shouldn’t have any impact on the current domestic league which runs through the summer as the mainland competition runs through the winter – the local close season.

“The Select have done really well over the past few years and we want to try and keep progressing to take the team on further so to that end I’m looking at entering a team into a cup competition in the North Caledonia League which I believe is the next step forward,” revealed Maciver.

“The North Caledonia League AGM takes place in May so I expect to have a formal written request for entry into that cup then so they could discuss our application then.”

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The Belgrade Irish Festival

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The Belgrade Irish Festival (BIF) is a multidisciplinary program between the 6 - 22 March in high profile venues throughout Belgrade. The program features dance performances by Jean Butler, 7 days of Irish movies, including by BIF guest Peeky Blinders director David Caffery, Visual Arts, Trad. and contemporary music, & Craic Caint and Sceal at Festival Bar and Restaurant.

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Provincial funding supports affordable seniors’ housing

March 16, 2017

Provincial funding supports affordable seniors’ housing

As part of its 2017 Alberta budget, tabled today, the Province of Alberta has allocated $32.4 million to rebuild the Clover Bar Lodge in Sherwood Park.

The existing lodge has 75 rooms, and a waiting list of 44 people. The waiting list for all Heartland Housing lodges is 162 people. The intent is to build a new facility with approximately 144 units.

“This is good news for our community,” says Mayor Roxanne Carr. “The province clearly recognizes the growing need for affordable seniors’ accommodation, and supports the desire of its citizens to age in place.”

To address the need, Council last year created the Mayor’s Task Force on Community Housing, co-chaired by councillors Carla Howatt and Fiona Beland-Quest. These same councillors also sit on the Heartland Housing Foundation Board.

“Today’s announcement supports recommendations coming from that task force; specifically, recommendation 5.1: That County Council and administration continue to seek provincial and federal funding to continue with affordable housing programs,” Mayor Carr says.

Stew Hennig, Heartland Housing Foundation Board Chair, adds, “we are pleased with the announcement today of capital money for the replacement of Clover Bar Lodge. We look forward to working with Strathcona County and the Alberta Government, Ministry of Seniors and Housing, on this project. Replacement of the lodge and additional units will help meet the needs of the citizens of the communities we serve for affordable housing options.”

Set in the centre of Alberta’s energy and agricultural heartland, Strathcona County is a thriving, successful and vibrant community of over 98,000 residents. Strathcona County is made up of the urban area of Sherwood Park and a large adjacent rural area of farms, acreages and smaller hamlets. It is home to 75 per cent of refining in Western Canada. With a focus on economic, governance, social, cultural and environmental sustainability, Strathcona County is committed to balancing the unique needs of its diverse community.

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On February 9, Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman announced that '. . . we're at a point where global warming is impossible to deny. Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers . . . .' [1]. She has a point. The available data does point conclusively to the fact that things have been getting hotter, at least over the past century [2]. But I suspect that Goodman wasn't only referring the last century's warming trend. No, judging by the fact that she bragged about her new 'environmentally friendly, compact fluorescent light bulb,' and 'the Prius in [her] driveway,' I think it's safe to assume that she was proclaiming the factual existence of a historically unprecedented warming trend caused by human emissions which must be stopped, or else [3].

So why has Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1,500 Years, a book by Fred Singer [4] and Dennis Avery [5] not been relocated to the World War II History section? After all, it boldly claims that global warming is simply part of a natural cycle! And after Denmark 's firsthand experience in fighting off the Nazis, surely Henrik Svensmark's new book, Chilling Stars, should have put him in hot water at the Danish Space Research Institute. He thinks that cosmic rays from exploding stars are a main driver of climate change. But Singer and Svensmark are experienced atmospheric scientists, while Goodman is a journalist with no expertise in the area, representing the self-proclaimed consensus view. It's obviously not true that absolutely everyone agrees about global warming, but are these, and other, skeptics just being stubborn Holocaust deniers?

We've all heard that greenhouse gases like CO2, water vapor, methane, and ozone warm the atmosphere. When heat radiates from the Earth's surface, these gases absorb it and reflect it back, instead of letting it escape into space. Theoretically, increases in greenhouse gas should lead to a hotter planet, and since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has contributed significantly to a 30% increase in atmospheric levels of CO2 [6]. If the increase in greenhouse gas can truly explain the noticeable global climate change we have observed, then Ellen Goodman's light bulb would illustrate an admirable gesture in the fight to avert catastrophe. But how sure are we that greenhouse gases are the real culprits? Is there any evidence that would lead a serious person to question the explanation we seem to be hearing from almost everyone? I think so.

During a speech at Carleton University , geology professor Tim Patterson showed that 'There is no statistical correlation between the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere through the last 500 million years and the temperature record in this interval' [7]. Patterson points out that historically, 'temperature [goes] up first'with CO2 coming up later. This correlation indicates that, as one might expect, as temperatures warm biological productivity increases resulting in more CO2 in the atmosphere [sic]' [8]. In other words, rising CO2 levels don't typically cause climate change; climate change causes rising CO2 levels.

But even if CO2 hasn't caused changes in the past, couldn't it still be responsible for the recent warming trend? Astrophysicists Sally Baliunas and Willie Soon [9] don't think so. They believe that the sun has more to do with our climate's warming than CO2. The astronomers among us will know that the sun goes through a magnetic cycle which runs in approximately eleven year intervals. During this cycle, the amount of energy emitted from the sun varies, along with the strength of the sun's magnetic field. Scientists have discovered that the sun's cycle is not completely uniform; some cycles go on for longer than others, resulting in different levels of light intensity and magnetic forces. [10]

Baliunas and Soon explain that 'the question [of] how the sun affects the climate is unresolved' [[11]] but some studies suggest that differences in the energy output and magnetism of the sun can have effects on cloud coverage, atmospheric chemistry, and circulation patterns, all of which have very significant impacts on global climate [[12]]. Furthermore, their data shows that global temperatures seem to have a much closer relationship with solar variability than with atmospheric CO2 levels [[13]].

Does this imply that we should simply dismiss the work of the many hundreds of scientists saying that humans cause global warming? Of course not. We would be guilty of a double standard if we said that the plausibility of some alternative theory conclusively disproves the mainstream view. And even if the sun really does play the most important role in determining global climate, we can't conclude that greenhouse gas has been completely uninvolved in causing the current warming trend; we have every reason to believe that it plays at least some role. But it may be wise to reconsider the way we think about the global warming debate. It doesn't seem like the scientists who question our responsibility for global warming are indefensible skeptics who refuse to acknowledge what is obviously true. Rather, it appears that there is still a lot of research to be done before we can consider this case to be completely closed. Perhaps people like Ellen Goodman should avoid name-calling until they've heard all the evidence.

[1]: Goodman, E. (2007, February 9). No Change in Political Climate. The Boston Globe. Retrieved August 5, 2007 from: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/02....

[2]: See for example, Hansen, J., Ruedy, R., Sato, M., & Lo, K. (2006, January 12). GISS Surface Temperature Analysis. Retrieved August 5, 2007 from: http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/2005/.

[3]: Goodman, op cit.

[4]: Founder of the Science and Environmental Policy Project and professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia .

[5]: Director of the Center for Global Food Issues.

[6]: Barbalace, R. C. (2006, November 7). CO2 Pollution and Global Warming: When does carbon dioxide become a pollutant? Retrieved August 5, 2007 from: http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/environmental/200611CO2globalwarm....

[7]: Patterson, T. (2005, January 1). The Geologic Record and Climate Change. Retrieved August 5, 2007 from: http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=010405M.

[8]: ibid.

[9]: Both of the Solar, Stellar and Planetary Sciences Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

[10]: See Patterson, op cit; Baliunas, S., & Soon, W. (1999, October 20). Solar Variability and Global Climate Change. Retrieved August 5, 2007 from: http://oldfraser.lexi.net/publications/books/g_warming/solar.html.

[11]: Baliunas, S., & Soon, W., op cit.

[12]: ibid.

[13]: ibid., Figure 4.

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Monday, 17 August 2009

Don't mention it ... (or No sex, please - we're American)

Yale University Press is getting some flak for its decision to remove pictures of the prophet Mohammed from The Cartoons That Shook the World. As well as the cartoons published in Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 lambasting Islam, the book was to have included an engraving by Gustav Dore for a 19th-century edition of Dante's Inferno. (The illustration of Mohammed in Hell here is by William Blake.) They have been removed to avoid offending Muslim readers and so prompting terrorist acts. This type of pre-emptive censorship is hardly news to children's writers. We live with it all the time. And it's not Muslims we can't afford to offend, it's Americans.

A friend (an MP) recently grumbled that he couldn't find a book about evolution for his young son. He sent me a message on Facebook to suggest I write one. I would love to, but evolution is one of many topics that are out of bounds for children's writers. Although most British parents and teachers want their children to know about this important aspect of science, the US market is evolution-hostile. There are enough Creationists to make it difficult for US schools and libraries, and in some places even bookshops, to stock a children's book about evolution because they are worried about complaints and boycotts. This year I even had an adult book about evolution turned down because the UK publisher (who wanted to do the book) couldn't find a US publishing partner to take it on.

Without a US market, many full-colour children's books aren't financially viable. The result is that the reading of UK children is limited by a bunch of nutty Creationists 4,000 miles away who don't even work in publishing. It's insane - as insane as the idea that the world was created by a supernatural being in seven days (or six with a holiday - why would an extra-temporal being need a holiday?) And no, I am not going to 'respect their beliefs' any more than I would respect an adult who believed in the tooth fairy.

It's not just evolution that's out of bounds. Sex and nudity are also ring-fenced - to the extent that it's not possible to show an image of Michelangelo's David in an art history book, or a teenager in a short skirt or a bikini. In 2007, an American publisher precipitated a row with a German illustrator after asking that the virtually invisible penis on statue in an illustration of an art gallery be airbrushed out. The statue itself was only 7.5 millimetres high, so you can imagine how hard you would have to look to find the penis and be offended by it. (In this case the publisher backed down under the ridicule heaped upon it.)

Violence fares no better, despite American children spending most waking moments playing World of Warcraft and watching Terminator movies (or worse) while choosing which gun to buy later. Books on medieval warfare can't show dangerous weapons or violent activity - so no swords, and no bows and arrows. And for later periods, absolutely no guns. (How the West was won - they gently persuaded the native Americans to die off?)

Fiction is no easier than fact. Stories can't feature unfamiliar things such as a hedgehogs, wardrobes and sausages (God forbid the American child would have to find out something about wildlife or bedroom furniture outside the Land of the Free). Witches are often vetoed, too, unless you are JKR (and her books aren't allowed everywhere). It's a bit easier at the upper end of the age range.

It's not just the US that limits what British children can see in books. As more and more books are printed in China, offending Chinese sensibilities has become a new concern. Anthony Browne tells of how he had a book pulped by the Chinese printers after they noticed it showed a Tibetan flag. Other books have any mention of Tibet removed, and even any critical remarks about China's allies in Africa may be censored.

Why do we allow this? Why don't publishers print their books elsewhere (yes, I know China is cheap - but so are India, Russia and eastern Europe), and why do they go along with US nannying? Separate US language editions are produced anyway - it wouldn't be hard, since the black plate is different, to blot out the bits of pcitures that American children aren't allowed to see, and to edit the text. Of course, blotting out would let them know their book has been censored. And they have that thing, don't they, about freedom of speech? As long as you don't use your freedom of speech to say something like - life on Earth evolved over billions of years... (For a confusion of Creationism, evolution, prejudice and gun crime, see this brilliant scene from Mean Girls.)

Some of this nannying is dangerous not only to the intellectual health of children, but to their physical health, too. A book about healthy living for teenagers can't include advice on aspects of sexual health - presumably because teenagers who hadn't thought of having sex might feel encouraged to try it if a book mentioned condoms or health checks or contraception. American children need this information as much as - and perhaps more than - British children (who have other sources, at least). Here's another bit of advice from Mean Girls, this time on sex education.

Enough grumbling - I'm off to sit in the wardrobe in a skimpy outfit, drink some Taiwanese spirits, and write the outline for my book on the evolution of the Tibetan hedgehog. UK market only, of course.

Saturday, 8 August 2009

Machines guns to the ready - writers get together

Writing has always been a lonely business. Years ago, the world was very different. Not only did we have to wipe the dinosaur footprints off the galley proofs before sending them back in the post, we had hardly any contact with other writers so we couldn’t even compare dinosaurs. But over the last two or three years the loneliness of the long-distance writer has faded away. Our studies and writing sheds now hum with the voices of other writers, always on hand to offer advice, distract with jokes or questions, to encourage, sympathise, congratulate, grumble or just gossip.

Like most writers, I belong to several online groups. One of the best is Balaclava, the discussion group of the SAS. (Yes, we’re cool, we writers, we know how to storm an embassy and bust a hostage situation. Leave your machine guns at the door, please.) Groups like Balaclava provide the workplace gossip that people in a normal working environment take for granted. But they also offer a source of emotional support, celebrating successes and commiserating over disappointments, and they are an invaluable source of information. That information ranges from the practical details of publishing (whether the contractual terms we’ve just been offered are any good), to essential everyday knowledge (how to make gingerbread), to facts we need for our writing – how to flay a human being, what people might have eaten for breakfast in 15th century Poland, the details of a particular World War II plane… Many things that could lead to a night in the cells if asked outside the group are common currency inside the charmed circle. Where will I dump the body? Where can I find out about Serbian sex slaves? How long does it take to strangle someone? (Crime writers’ groups are full of especially salacious work-gossip.)

For all their benefits, online groups are also a huge distraction. Writers spend a lot of time avoiding writing, as you probably know. Published, professional writers are no different in this regard from writers-in-training, in fact they are possibly worse. And if someone has just asked for suggestions for the title of their latest book, or how pop-up books were made in the 1880s, or what were the ingredients of theriac (a ‘cure’ for plague), you do, of course, feel duty bound to spend the morning helping out your friend rather than getting on with your work. It’s great for building a sense of community, but perhaps not for getting books written. I wonder if anyone is studying the productivity of authors alongside the rise of online groups catering to their interests?

There will be losers, but they are not us. In the dim and distant past, great literary friendships were carried on by letter. Our online groups, Facebook and, to a lesser degree, email have replaced letters. Future scholars will find no equivalent of the correspondence between Tolkien and CS Lewis, or Boswell and Samuel Johnson. If I ever became a renowned literary figures (dream on!), the advice I’ve received from even the most famous and accomplished authors will have disappeared into the ether long ago – no-one will ever dig it out of the twisted bowels of Facebook and the archives of the SAS are deleted regularly (secrecy comes with the balaclava).

Choosing the right online groups can take a bit of trial and error. My favourites are Balaclava (for published writers of children’s fiction), Nibweb (for published writers of children’s non-fiction) and Wordpool (for published and unpublished writers of any kind of children’s books). None of these groups is concerned with mutual critiques, by the way – that’s an entirely different kind of activity. If you're not part of a writing group yet, you can start looking at the lists of groups offered by Yahoo, or on Facebook, or you could join one of the social networking groups aimed at writers, such as JacketFlap.

I find UK-based groups the most useful. Publishing in the US is very different from publishing over here, and advice does not always ship across the Atlantic well. Over here, too, many of us share publishers or agents and write for the same lists and series. That helps to create a real sense of community as though we actually were, really, in a workplace, doing real work that we were being paid real money for while actually standing around the water-cooler having a natter.


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Dale is recognized as one of Dane County’s preeminent litigators of complex business and commercial disputes.  He represents business clients in all aspects of litigation and alternative dispute resolution.  He has extensive experience in disputes involving contracts, dealerships, product manufacture and distribution, shareholder disagreements, mergers and acquisitions, construction, real estate, technology, and property taxation, among others.  Dale also advises many Wisconsin and national business clients on compliance with Wisconsin’s laws and regulations and resolution of business disputes.  He has a proven track record of success and offers his clients broad knowledge and experience in his business law practice.  Dale’s business law background, including his knowledge of accounting, tax, and financing principles, has proven to be of significant advantage in litigating business disputes from start to successful completion.

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  • Has served for more than 20 years as general counsel to the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, the largest farm organization in the State of Wisconsin with more than 40,000 members; provided ongoing legal advice; represented the organization in numerous lawsuits in matters involving agricultural issues such as right-to-farm law and defending the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s use value system of property taxation; in use value taxation lawsuit, successfully defended the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s use value taxation system before the Wisconsin Supreme Court with the result that Wisconsin farmers now save more than $600 million annually in property taxes compared to the prior market-value assessment system.
  • Represented one of Madison’s largest shopping centers with various legal matters, including property tax challenges, negotiating, drafting, and enforcing commercial lease agreements with tenants, employment law issues, property management, and tenant relations.
  • Extensive front line litigation experience trying and defending business disputes before juries, judges, and arbitrators.

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  • University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, B.A., with honors

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Dale began his legal career as a research analyst with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, where he helped develop and enforce school desegregation plans in school districts in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.  His experience resulted in his returning home to attend law school at the University of Wisconsin intending to resume his civil rights work after graduation.  Instead, Dale’s love of Madison and enjoyment of business and tax classes during law school caused him to change his career plans to pursue the litigation and business law practice that he continues today.


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U.S. and Mexican authorities announced Aug. 4 a 90-day pilot project under which U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexico’s Tax Administration Service are conducting joint cargo clearance examinations at the Mariposa port of entry in Nogales, Ariz. Press sources said the pilot has already lowered processing times for cargo trucks by as much as 85 percent by eliminating the need for trucks to stop for paperwork and possible inspection on both sides of the border.

Two similar pilots are already operational: one at Laredo Texas International Airport that focuses on air cargo shipments for the automotive, electronics and aerospace industries that are destined to Mexico, and one at the Mexican Customs facilities at Mesa de Otay, Baja California, that deals with low-risk, high-volume agricultural commodities that are part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Release Program. A third, at San Jeronimo, Chihuahua, which will focus on finished electronics shipped from Mexico to the U.S., was recently delayed until spring 2017. According to press sources, the pilot at Nogales is the only one so far where Mexican customs agents are working with their CBP counterparts at a U.S. land port of entry.

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Chapter 15 (1861-1865)
Crucible of Freedom: Civil War
Mobilizing For War
-Both North and South were unprepared for war.
-North had a small army of sixteen thousand men, mostly in the West.
-One-third of the Union officers resigned to join the Confederacy.
-No strong president since James Polk and Lincoln was viewed as a “yokel”
-The federal government had levied no direct tax structure
-Never imposed a draft.
-No tax structure
-No navy
-Two tiny gunpowder factories
-Poorly equipped
-Unconnected railroad lines.
-Recruitment and Conscription
-Largest army organization created in America
-2 million in Union
-800,000 in Confederate
-Recruitment depended on local efforts than national or state. -Citizens opened recruiting offices in hometowns, held rallies, and signed up volunteers.
-Union instituted examinations for officers.
-As casualties mounted, military demand soon exceeded the supply of volunteers. -Confederacy enacted the first conscription law: All able-bodied white men aged eighteen to thirty-five were required to serve in the military for three years. -The act antagonized the southerners. Opponents charged that the draft was an assault on state sovereignty. -20-Negro law exempted an owner or overseer of twenty or more slaves from service. -New conscription law of 1864 required all soldiers to stay in the duration of the war.

-After recruitment, the Confederacy had to supply it.
-South relied on arms and ammunition imported from Europe, weapons from federal arsenals, and guns captured on the battlefield. -Assigned ordnance contracts to privately owned factories like the Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, provided loans to establish new factories, and created government-owned industries like the giant Augusta Powder Works in Georgia. -Clothes were more difficult:

-Southern soldiers frequently went without shoes
-Supplying the South was difficult:
-railroads that fell into despair or were captured
-an economy that relied more heavily on producing tobacco and cotton than food.
-Union invasion early in the war.
-the Impressment Act was passed, which authorized army officers to take food from farmers at prescribed prices. It also empowered agents to impress slaves into labor for the army
-Union supplement was easier
-The Enrollment Act of March 1863 made every able-bodied white male citizen aged twenty to forty-five eligible for draft into the Union army.
-Offered two means of escaping the draft
-Paying a $300 fee to the government.
-Financing the War
-The federal government met its revenue needs from tariff duties and income from the sale of public lands.
-Gross national product rose to 15%
-Neither the Union nor Confederates wanted to impose tax, but did so in 1861. -Both sides turned to war bonds: to loans from citizens to be repaid by future generations. But must be paid in gold or silver coin. -Both sides agreed to print paper money.

-Legal Tender Act issued $150 million of “greenbacks”
-Greenbacks would only work if the public has confident in the government that issued it. The Union officials made the greenbacks legal to pay most public and private debts. But the Confederacy never made it legal, and suspicions rose. By printing more money in the south, it suffered from an inflation rate over 9,000 percent! -The National Bank Act established that banks could obtain a federal charter and issue national bank notes. It gave private bankers the right to purchase war bonds.

-Political Leadership in Wartime
-Democrats wanted to prosecute the war without conscription, without the National Bank Act, and without the abolition of slavery. -Lincoln became a Radical Republican
-Jefferson Davis (Confederate President) suffered from frequent resignation in his cabinet. His main objective is to secure the independence of the South from the North. -The Confederate Constitution guaranteed the sovereignty...
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As Friedrich Engels, one of the most prominent socialist philosophers in history, wrote, “All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development”. If not true of all history, these words are at least relative to the Victorian Era. Characterized by the pompous upper class, the struggling middle and lower class, and a woman’s need for a husband, the Victorian Era social class system is encapsulated in the masterpieces of both Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre) and Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice). The dichotomy presented between the romantic (Bronte) and realistic (Austen) views of the social class system yield both similarities and differences, e.g. the shallowness of the class system and the possibility of class ascension. It should also be noted that though both authors establish themes based strongly on woman’s role in the social class system, Austen prefers a pessimistic yet rebellious outlook of it in order to emphasize woman’s strength whereas Bronte prefers an optimistic and submissive stance that highlights the inner and outer beauties of woman.

To begin, we must delve into both Austen and Bronte’s positions regarding social class, beginning with the former. In Pride and Prejudice one of the most notable aspects of social class is marriage, more specifically a woman’s need for a husband. Though evident through almost every member of the Bennet family, the most obvious example of this can be found in Mrs. Bennet. Deranged and manic, Mrs. Bennet constantly pushes her daughters to find husbands, preferably rich ones, so that both she and her daughters will be guaranteed financial stability in the future. Austen, however, seems to take an opposite stance as evidenced through the main character Elizabeth; though offered marriage by Darcy and Mr. Collins, she initially declines both because of a disdain for both characters. Though she later accepts Darcy’s proposal, it is clear that Lizzie is marrying Darcy for love and not money. By doing this, Austen states that, in her opinion, the social class system is extremely aloof and shallow, being more contingent upon materialism than love.

The shallowness of the social class system is also evident in another major motif of Pride and Prejudice: dexterity. Both men and women, according to the social norm of Victorian Era England, were expected to have certain skills and characteristics, e.g. men should be smart, noble, and own property and women should be skilled at the creative arts, pretty (or handsome), and trustworthy. Ultimately, Elizabeth does not exemplify many of these characteristics, as she is only mediocre in the arts, somewhat handsome, and too easily swayed in opinion to be considered trustworthy; her only extremely admirable quality is her silver tongue and wit. However, characterizing Elizabeth in this way is another way that Austen attempts to rebel against the norms of the social class system. In other words Lizzie is strong and beautiful despite the fact that she does not conform to the skills societies wants her to have. This is not to say that Austen condemns skills, however, but instead she states that they should not determine one’s social acceptance. Conversely, the stance Austen takes on the social class system is that acceptance is dependent upon more than just wealth and rank, but also talent.

Finally, Austen’s last major view of the social class system is that ascending from lower or middle class to upper class is not only virtually impossible, but also unacceptable. Moreover, though the middle class is allowed to associate with the upper class, the members of the upper class make it blaringly obvious that they are “superior” to all who do not hold equally high status. Though this is manifest in Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Collins, the best example of this can be found in Miss Bingley. After Jane Bennet comes down with a cold during her stay at Netherfield, she is forced...
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Disadvantages Of Social Media

Social media can be define as “"a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological, multi -faceted, and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content." We are living in a world in which the social media is common and available to us. From Google to Facebook, the world has embraced the new tools that help us interact each day no matter where we are.

The first disadvantage of social media is potentially viral. In other words, when you have privet information to share with an audience, it can spread all around the world like brush fire. It is difficult and almost impossible to control the damage when you are dealing with social media. For example, an unidentified male put insulting video on the Internet about Muhammad the leader from Mecca who unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam. This cause Muslims people to attack the U.S. embassy all over the world, In this case three Americans had been killed. This is only one example of many that appear on the social media everyday.

Another disadvantage is waste time because social media needs intensive labor. If you intend to build a brand and name through social media, you must be ready to spent time updating your audience with your opinions on the relevant issues of the day. For example, when I first opened an account with Facebook I realized that I had to put more time then I thought. Today I am using social media more then 50% of my time it is a waste of time I could use the time much better if I never opened an account on Facebook. Social media will never be able to beat dealing with consumers face-to-face.

Another disadvantage is negative affects among children. Constant online communication affects children, making it difficult for them to communicate and concentrate when they are away from the screen. Also, social media encourage interpersonal relations that...
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Growth of Internet Business

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Introduction The history of the Internet traces its roots to the United States government. The original use of the information system was to maintain communication during the cold war, with the Soviet Union in 1969, by the Department of Defense, incase of a nuclear attack or a major catastrophe. The National Science foundation created the Internet based on the ARPAnet. The first mass connection was between the University of California Santa Barbara, Stanford Research Institute, the University of Utah and the University of California Los Angeles.Ray Tomlinson develops E-mail in 1972.The ARPAnet became obsolete in 1982, but the basis for the program is still used at the present time. The Web began in 1989;it wasn't released to the world till the early 90's that's when it became the World Wide Web. In 1993 Marc Andressen created software for the Internet to publish text, images and sound. Andressen also introduced the first graphical Web browser, called Mosaic, still in use today. The United States runs most of the access to the Internet with 62% of all the routers, next closest is the United Kingdom with 5.2%. That is just an example of what America controls much on the Internet. 70% of the writing on the Internet is in English, next is Japanese. Statistics say 1 in 3 people use the Internet for E- Mail, 1 in 6 use it because they want to find out how it works, 1 in 8 want business information and 1 in 2 go to the Internet for education, hobbies, job listings, and entertainment. In 1993 less than 1% of users paid for use of the Internet. By 1995, it rose to over 200% due to the profits companies made from the providing this service. This became a common change that businesses have made since the beginning of the information highway. It was then clear that the Internet wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. This stared a trend, which is still being felt today and into the near future. Because of the demand for the Internet around the World, and the amount of capital a...
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Lecture No. 125-10-210

2.Indian Perspective
3.Pakistan Perspective
6.Independent and conclusion

In the 18th century Kashmir was ruled by the Muslim Pashtun Durrani Empire. In 1819 Kashmir was conquered by the Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh. Following the First Anglo-Sikh War in 1845 and 1846, Kashmir was first ceded by the Treaty of Lahore to the East India Company, and shortly after sold by the Treaty of Amritsar to Gulab Singh, Raja of Jammu, who thereafter was given the title Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. From then until the Partition of India, Kashmir was ruled by the Hindu Maharajas of the princely state of Kashmir and Jammu although the majority of the population were Muslim, except in the Jammu region.

In 1947, British rule in India ended with the creation of two new nations: the Union of India and the Dominion of Pakistan while British suzerainty over the 562 Indian princely states ended. In 1843 the Britain sold Kashmir to Ghulam Singh in 7.5 million rupees. According to the Indian Independence Act 1947, the states were left to choose whether to join India or Pakistan or to remain independent. Jammu and Kashmir, the largest of the princely states, had a predominantly Muslim population while having a Hindu ruler (Maharaja Hari Singh.) On partition Pakistan expected Kashmir to be annexed to it. In October 1947, Muslim revolutionaries in western Kashmir and Pakistani tribals from Dir entered Kashmir intending to liberate it from Dogra rule. Freedom fighters marched toward Sarinagar and occupied 6 miles territory. Unable to withstand the invasion, the Maharaja signed the Instrument of Accession that was accepted by the government of India on 27 October 1947. As the result of 1965 war the valley of Jammu and Kashmir has been divided in fourth parts: i)Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir:

This is Indian occupied territory.
ii)Azad Jammu and Kahsmir:
This is under in Pakistani administration
iii)Northern Areas:
Qarakaram, Gilgit, Biltistan
They are separated and have their own administration by their self. iv)Aksai Chin:
This is under the control of China. China occupied on this territory on war of 1962.

Indian viewpoint is succinctly summarized by Ministry of External affairs, Government of India: • India holds that the Instrument of Accession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir to the Union of India, signed by Maharaja Hari Singh on 26 October 1947, was completely valid in terms of the Government of India Act (1935), Indian Independence Act (1947) and international law and was total and irrevocable. • United Nations Security Council Resolution 1172 tacitly accepts India's stand regarding all outstanding issues between India and Pakistan and urges the need to resolve the dispute through mutual dialogue and does not call for a plebiscite. • United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 cannot be implemented since Pakistan failed to withdraw its forces from Kashmir which was the first step in implementing the resolution. • India does not accept the two-nation theory that forms the basis of Pakistan and argues that Kashmir, despite being a Muslim-majority state, is in many ways an "integral part" of secular India. • The state of Jammu and Kashmir was provided significant autonomy in the Article 370 of the Constitution of India. • All differences between India and Pakistan including Kashmir need to be settled through bilateral negotiations as agreed to by the two countries when they signed the Simla Agreement on 2 July 1972. • Insurgency and terrorism in Kashmir is deliberately being fueled by Pakistan to create instability in the region. The Government of India has repeatedly accused Pakistan of waging a proxy war in Kashmir by providing weapons and financial assistance to terrorist groups in the region..

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Some of Manawatu's most well-spoken youth braved the spotlight to showcase their oratory skills in two languages.

An audience of hundreds turned out to support secondary school students who competed at the Manawatu/Horowhenua Regional Manu Korero Speech Competitions held at Te Wananga o Aotearoa campus on Centennial Dr in Palmerston North yesterday.

Students from schools in Dannevirke, Marton, Feilding and Palmerston North took to the stage to test their orating skills in both English and te reo Maori.

The annual event is held in partnership with Tai Wananga Tu Toa, Te Wananga o Aotearoa and Massey University.

The competition challenges young Maori speakers to better themselves in oratory skills, with the competition run in two parts - a six-minute prepared speech section, in either English or Maori, and three-minute impromptu speech section, in either English or Maori.

The speaker with the highest score across both sections takes top spot and progresses to the national competition.

The competition featured some serious topics for students to muse over, including "Education is the most powerful tool", "Graffiti: an art or crime?" and "Chance encounters can be life transforming".

But it was the young speakers' impromptu comedy skills which came to the fore when forced to think on their feet that had the audience in fits.

Impromptu topics ranged from the effects of technology on young people's lives and preserving te reo Maori.

Horowhenua College student Roha Teomeringi's homily on the effect social media had on communication had the audience cheering and laughing.

Turakina Maori Girls' College student Ella Lyons told the audience that young Maori were the drivers in maintaining the language.

"Te reo is powerful, and we need to be the one to revitalise it," Lyons said.

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Dream come true for pint-sized performer

Dream come true for pint-sized Disney performer

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BACK HOME: Renee Pink has returned to Palmerston North after working at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.

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A Palmerston North performer has fulfilled the stuff of little boys' and girls' dreams - donning a pair of Mickey Mouse ears to spend a year at Disney World.

Renee Pink, at 25, says she drew puzzled stares walking around Palmerston North in a Donald Duck T-shirt.

The musical theatre performer and budding student teacher has returned from a year accustomed to a Disney disguise that, from the look of her house, she hasn't quite shaken.

Disney-mad Miss Pink has a house full of cartoon memorabilia - her iPhone has Mickey Mouse ears, her kitchen is Disney-fied right down to the last tea towel - and she concedes her name even fits the bill.

She had applied on a whim after coming across a Disney job advertisement aimed at students in September 2011 and a month later, was interviewed in Wellington by Disney representatives who had travelled all the way to New Zealand to meet the candidates.

While 300 Australians and New Zealanders scored a job at Florida's Walt Disney World Resort, Miss Pink was the only Kiwi to be chosen for a character role.

Standing at just a little over five feet tall, she was judged too short to be a Disney Princess, to her amusement, but they found another purpose in a "huge" warehouse full of costumes.

"I got measured at five foot so they put me in the ‘mouse' height range for the short people. My friend who is six feet tall got told he was the Goofy height range," she said. "But that's OK, I got to be Minnie Mouse and she's a princess."

Miss Pink embodied dozens of classic characters - with gender no barrier as she was costumed head to toe - from Minnie and Mickey Mouse, to Aristocrats characters, all in summer heat that peaked at more than 40 degrees Celsius. She sometimes began work at 4.30am, and she was not allowed to speak in the costume to preserve the "magic" of the Disney tales that the children visiting the theme park treasured.

She learned to make exaggerated gestures as part of a mime to keep guests entertained.

Her family had visited Disney World once before in 2008 but Miss Pink had not imagined the capacity in which she would return.

"I never thought in a million years I would be doing that four years later. It all looked so familiar and I remember thinking, how did I get here, how did this happen? From Palmerston North to Orlando and here I am dressed as a Disney character. It's a little girl's dream."

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Eight places you need to visit right now

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COLOMBIA: With beaches, nightlife and jungle to enjoy, it will soon become mainstream.

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Remember when no one would go to Cambodia? Or if you did, people would think you had some sort of death wish.

The country was known only for Pol Pot and landmines, for genocide and the sarcasm of a Dead Kennedys song. No one really wanted to go for a holiday in Cambodia.

But obviously things have changed - the demise of a regime led to a boom in tourism. Only 10 years ago the temples of Angkor were getting about 270,000 foreign visitors annually. Last year that number had swelled to more than two million.

The Dead Kennedys, it turns out, were at the forefront of a tourism revolution. Because that's how things often work: one day a country is a no-go zone, the next it's in recovery mode, and pretty soon the backpackers have turned up to forge the path for tourism.

Among the travelling set now, everyone wants to go for a holiday in Cambodia. Croatia, too, is at the top of many people's lists. Laos is popular. Vietnam is huge.

But what are the next big things? Which countries are you soon going to be wishing you visited now, before everyone else arrived? These are my picks.

Remember the Angkor example, because pretty soon it will be repeated in a place called Bagan. Already the area in central Myanmar, a place strewn with temples and pagodas, is attracting busloads of tourists, but as the country opens up further to foreign visitors, Bagan is going to be overrun. All it needs is a little infrastructure for budget travellers and Bagan will be the place everyone is going.

Despite its years behind the Iron Curtain, and recent unrest over entry into the European Union, the Ukraine has the potential to become the next Croatia, or the next Czech Republic, that European country with plenty of beauty and a touch of adventure. From the party scene in Odessa to the charm of Lviv, all of the qualities are there.

The word is out on Colombia. The country formerly known for drug-related violence and, well, drugs, has changed, and the tourists are arriving. With good reason, too - you've got Caribbean coastlines in Colombia, you've got Amazon jungle, you've got nightlife in Medellin, you've got surf beaches on the southern coast and little fishing villages in the north. Soon enough, it will be a mainstream destination.

The signs are good for Iran. With a new government less likely to invent fake fighter planes but more likely, it seems, to open up a dialogue with the West, the country is going to be seen increasingly as a viable tourism option. It's cheap to travel in Iran, plus it's safe, it's friendly, and it's fascinating. It won't stay quiet for long.

Eventually, the violence will stop. It has to. And when that time comes, when the drug cartels loosen their grip on this amazing part of the world, the travellers are going to come flooding back, probably in far larger numbers than before. Mexico is one awesome destination - for food, for history, for culture, for beaches, for nightlife - just waiting to open up again.

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Civil unrest in the north and the devastation of the Boxing Day tsunami in the south have slowed the progress of tourism in Sri Lanka, but things are rapidly improving. This is an affordable destination with beaches, mountains, temples, great food and fantastic people. Once people realise it's also safe, they'll come pouring in.

Travellers to Europe looking to get off the beaten path of Italy, France and Spain need only go a little bit further west. Portugal is already popular but it's bound to become even more so, given it has many of the attributes that make those other countries so great - the historical sites, the culture-soaked cities, the great food, the resort towns and beaches, the ease of travel - only with a fraction of the tourists with which to share it.

The power of the people has, unfortunately, been unable to shift Robert Mugabe. The power of Mother Nature, however, inevitably will, and with the demise of Mugabe, Zimbabwe could go one of two ways. It could descend into chaos. Or the former jewel of southern Africa could pull itself together and reemerge as a tourism hotspot. I'm really hoping it's the latter.

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Gray Valentine

♥  Happy Hearts, Sweeties!

Coat: H&M// Sweater: local store// Jeggings, Denim Shirt, Bag, Boots: Stradivarius// Claw Ring: c/o Sammydress// Bracelet: borrowed from sister// Lipstick: Maybelline

You know how, when you find a special piece, you heart starts racing? Well, that was exactly how it was when I saw this coat hanging in the 'New Arrivals' part of H&M. It was that cocoon shape I've been lusting about, made of stiff tweed material, and that speckled salt n' pepper effect that I loved. Yes, I know I practically say this about everything I buy, but with basics it's different. I'd rather wait and take my time on pieces I will probably wear forever. So, in my hands were some sale stuff - donut sweater, some sale leggings, and what not - and I put them all down. I had found my piece. Everything else was inconsequential (tee hee, feel free to call me nerd)

It's so damn freezing nowadays, and grey, and did I mention freeeeeeezing? I wanted to keep it simple for an early valentine with my boy. Yep, we're both working on the day of love, so we celebrated Valentine's four days earlier. I'm still a little under the weather, but a simple dinner and some gifts were enough. We had Japanese BBQ Buffet at this place in Taipa, which got us so stuffed we decided to skip the movie lest we fell asleep. Oh, and we finally bought those matching shoes we've been talking about forever, you'll see them soon enough, heheheh...;) Finally, a 'House of Cards' marathon at home. Anyone else hooked to this show? They had us at Kevin Spacey (we're both fans).

Before I say goodbye for the time being, how awesome is this lipcolor right? My good friend recommended it, it's the Maybelline Lip Polish. Somewhere between a gloss and a stick, it's non-sticky (hate that about glosses), and super long lasting. This was by far my favorite shade, but they do have reds, pinks and nudes and I want them all. Now, you know I'm not much of a makeup fan so trust me on this - it's good.

How are you spending the day of hearts, sweeties?

See you really soon,

- Che

  1. Hi Chezca, your coat is a intelligent purchase, I am sure that you wear much this coat for many winters, good combination, have a nice day!

  2. Amazing coat, and your friend is fantastic for recommending the colour it looks perfect on you

  3. I totally loving this outfit!
    nice post :)

    maybe we can follow each other on GFC if you want?
    Let me know and I fallow you back immediately :)

    Kisses ;*

  4. I'm glad you didn't go the typical pink/red routine with V-day! Love the grey jacket :)

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  5. Che!! How are you? Long time no see, need to catch up :).

    Looks like you two had a nice early valentines day. We didn't do anything special this year, we were lazy. A Full Metal Alchemist marathon with some Dutch junkfood....ah, so romantic hihi, we had a great time.

    Love your coat, totally understand the lust feeling. Looking uber cute!

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The North Face Endeavour Thermoball Jacket

p-000_hi_2ti6-b9k-0Brand new to The North Face is their Endeavour Thermoball Jacket.

A versatile jacket, the gorgeous garment comprises an insulated body and hood, plus fleecy sides and sleeves. Lightweight and durable in equal measures, we love the sleek and practical effect this latest Thermoball creation radiates. Available in colours including Deep Garnet Red and Black Heather, we were torn between the gorgeous colour choices.

Priced at £145, I eventually plumped for the timeless black shade, a streamline offering which will go with everything in my wardrobe. An incredibly popular The North Face line, Thermoball comprises a design of small fibres which mimic down. This enables clothing to retain warmth, without heavy weighting. These clever synthetic clusters create a coat that is practical and stylish in equal measures. Working together to minimise heat loss and maintain inner warmth, Thermoball features were specifically crafted with outdoor activities in mind.

The chic jacket boasts a toasty warm Thermoball body with fitted fleece sleeves and side, plus hood and zip pockets. As such, it’s excellent for either layering or wearing alone. We’re thinking of pairing ours with a furry gilet for colder days. Equally, the jacket would work particularly well after a gym session, or even during an outdoor trek, workout or school run. Allowing your body to breathe and keep cosy in equal measures, this is one forward-thinking coat.

Tapered at the back, the jacket’s shape creates a waist-cinching illusion and as such, is very feminine. If you’re a fan of both style and functionality, we’re convinced you’ll love this new The North Face buy.

Perfect for both a cold snap and upcoming spring weather, we can see The North Face Endeavour Thermoball Jacket being a strong part of our outerwear repertoire across winter, spring and beyond.

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