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LeadersJun 1st 2019 edition

Calibration problem
How central banks should prepare for the next recession

They must change their targets and find new tools—while avoiding a populist takeover

IT HAS BEEN a decade since America’s latest recession, and it has taken that long for the Federal Reserve to ask itself whether it is ready for the next one. On June 4th officials and scholars will gather in Chicago to debate how monetary policy should work in a world of low interest rates. The benchmark rate is 2.25-2.5%, which gives the Fed little room to cut before hitting zero—and less than half as much as it has needed in past downturns. As if to remind policymakers that rock-bottom rates are here to stay, the ten-year Treasury yield fell below 2.3% this week. Other central banks, many of which preside over still lower rates and weaker economies, are looking to the Fed for inspiration.

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The belated battle-planning, although welcome, is awkwardly timed. Central banking is becoming more politicised. President Donald Trump has called for the Fed to cut rates and tried unsuccessfully to appoint two of his cronies to its board. Left-wingers are increasingly interested in taking charge of monetary policy. In Britain they have suggested, variously, that the Bank of England should cap house-price growth and target productivity—as if the rate of technological change were a monetary phenomenon. Central banks are often eyed as a source of cash for infrastructure investment or for fighting climate change. The European Central Bank’s quantitative easing (QE), bond-buying with newly created money, is a source of tension between euro-zone countries, helping make the ECB’s leadership race even more political than usual.

Given these pressures, central bankers’ caution should hardly be surprising. They surely fear that overhauling their targets and tools could lead to a free-for-all in which stability and independence give way to populist interference or even economic quackery. But that is not a sufficient reason to hold back. A worse danger is that the world faces a downturn it cannot adequately fight (see article). Central banks need to prepare for what is coming, by looking afresh at their targets and their tools, even as they strive to keep their independence.

Unfortunately, the outcome of the review is likely to be just a tweak to the Fed’s target or its communications policy and a decision not to change to its tools. The Fed may pledge to redefine its inflation goal, of 2%, so that this applies on average over the economic cycle. Overshoots during booms would make up for shortfalls during busts. The theory is that this might help deal with interest rates stuck near zero, by boosting inflation expectations in a downturn. That would mean real rates were lower, giving the economy a boost.

However that is likely to prove too modest. Start with targets. Inflation has undershot the Fed’s target 85% of the time since it was announced in 2012. Financial markets expect these shortfalls to continue for years. Investors may well ignore any new pledges from central bankers to get inflation above the target. And even if they believed the Fed, the cut in real interest rates would be too small to offset a bad bust. In the dark days of 2009 one rule of thumb for monetary policy suggested that nominal interest rates needed to be almost minus 4%.

The tools are equally in need of an overhaul. Most central banks have three unconventional policies to stimulate depressed economies: QE, forward guidance (trying to talk down bond yields) and negative interest rates. Debate rages over the effectiveness of QE—some see it as little more than forward guidance in disguise. Yet forward guidance is not always credible, whether it is disguised or not. And deeply negative interest rates require reforms to prevent people from hoarding cash or from causing instability at banks, which will struggle to get people to pay them for taking deposits.

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If the reforms are inadequate, the result could be a long and ruinous slump. Avoiding that fate is worth the risks. Central banks should thus swap their inflation targets for something better—we favour a target for nominal GDP, a measure that is more closely tied to the fortunes of debtors and investors—and they should search for new sources of monetary ammunition.

Politicians will inevitably play a part in the choice of such innovations—and rightly so, because they set the framework for the technocrats. What is more, the necessary work will take sustained effort, not a single meeting. The bankers should not be cowed by the threat of politicisation. Their work is too urgent and too important for that.

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RoHS: Understanding the Directive & Compliance

What is the RoHS directive?

RoHS is a European Union directive relating to electronics and electronic device manufacturing. Specifically, the RoHS directive – Restriction of Hazardous Substances – limits the use of ten hazardous materials commonly found in electrical and electronic equipment and goods (EEE). It means that any relevant product that came to market after 1 July 2006 must pass RoHS compliance. The purpose of the directive is twofold: to reduce the pollution and prevent environmental damage caused by the restricted materials – such as during recycling or waste disposal – and to reduce the health risks associated with exposure to them.

RoHS applies to any business intending to directly sell, distribute or manufacture electronic and electrical products in the EU. Furthermore, it also applies indirectly, for example if a business sells such products to a third party who distributes in the EU. Since it is a directive, rather than a regulation, the RoHS is legally binding for all EU members but allows for some differences in implementation and enforcement.

Key details about the RoHS directive

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RoHS compliance: responsibility and enforcement

Compliance with the directive is concerned with EEE products that are placed on the EU market, not specifically with manufacturing. This means that an electric or electronic product that contains the restricted materials only violates the RoHS once it is distributed or sold in the EU. Therefore, responsibility to comply with RoHS also lies with the retailer and importer of the product, not just the manufacturer.

Manufacturers, distributors and importers of EEE products must adhere to certain documentation and labelling standards in order to show compliance. This includes labelling products within the scope of RoHS with the CE mark, which also indicates compliance with a range of other health and safety standards. In addition, they must provide a Declaration of Conformity per product, stating that it does not contain any of the restricted substances listed in the directive.

Failure to comply with the RoHS directive is penalised on a national basis by enforcement bodies, and the consequences can therefore differ considerably between EU member states. Typically, however, penalties for non-compliance involve a fine.

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See here for more details about the certified product groups covered under the RoHS directive, from consumer electronics to appliances, and about why non-electrical items may also be covered.

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Additional Traffic Management Arrangements as of 23 August 2021

Weekly Traffic Management

Please find below a summary of additional traffic management arrangements to accommodate site investigations works and utility diversions outside the main area of works.

Traffic management arrangements for the main area of works are available to view and download.

Leith Walk - Cycleway Closure

To progress with construction of the permanent cycleway from Annandale Street to Foot of the Walk, we have closed the temporary cycleway for the full length of Leith Walk.

Find out more information on the Leith Walk cycle lane closure.

Shrubhill - Car Park Flip

From week commencing Monday 6 September, the turning lane at Shrubhill will be moved to the north end of the prioritised running lane between the carpark entrance and Shrub Place to enable track works to progress.

View the Shrubhill car park traffic management plan (PDF).

Middlefield - Pedestrian Crossing

The crossing point on Leith Walk at Middlefield will be moving approximately 30m south from Thursday 26 August to allow works to progress.

Pilrig Street Junction Closure

To progress the main infrastructure works on Leith Walk, Pilrig Street junction is currently closed to traffic.

View more information on the Pilrig Street closure.

Closure of the Pilrig Waiting Area on Leith Walk

To ensure people can still visit the area to shop and go about their business we are relocating short-term waiting areas on Leith Walk. The new waiting areas will be located north of Annandale Street and north of Iona Street. Both areas can be accessed via the citybound traffic lane.

Find out more about the opening of the new waiting areas.

Iona Street - Road Closure

The road closure on Iona Street from Leith Walk to the junction of Buchanan Street commenced on Monday 14 June for approximately 16 weeks for drainage system works.  Parking has been suspended for the duration of the closure with pedestrian access being be maintained.

View more information on the Iona Street road closure.

Lorne Street - Road Closure - REOPENED

Lorne Street junction with Leith Walk has now reopened to traffic.

Springfield Street - Footway Works

From Monday 2 August the fence line near Springfield Street will be extended west to accommodate footway works for approximately six weeks. Pedestrian access will be maintained at all times.

Foot of the Walk – Temporary Traffic Lights

The carriage way at the Foot of the Walk junction will be reduced to one lane traffic, controlled by temporary traffic lights. This will be in place from Wednesday 11 August and is expected to be in place until Winter 2021/22.

Find out more about the Foot of the Walk traffic management changes.

Mitchell Street – Road Closure

UPDATE: The closure on Mitchell Street / Maritime Lane will remain in place until late August / early September.  This is to accommodate hard landscaping and public realm works in the area.

We will be closing vehicle access to Maritime Lane from Mitchell Street on Wednesday 7 April. This closure is to progress track works across the junction and is expected for up to ten weeks. A  temporary pedestrian walkway connecting both sides of the street between Queen Charlotte Street and Mitchell Street/Maritime Lane has been installed and will be in place to facilitate the ongoing works.

You can view the Mitchell Street temporary traffic management arrangements here (PDF).

Traffic Management Adjustments at Constitution Street/Ocean Way junction with Tower Street

The current traffic management arrangements at the Constitution Street/Ocean Way junction with Tower Street to include an additional traffic light head at Constitution Place, changed from 3-way set up to 4-way. There will be adjustments to the traffic management in the coming week within this section of works.  This is to accommodate further works to the east side of Constitution Street.

View the updated traffic management plan for Constitution Street/Ocean Way (PDF).

Constitution Street - Constitution Place to Tower Street Traffic Management Changes

Works will start on the east side of Constitution Street. Our site will be established on the east side of Constitution Street which will see the commencement of works such as overhead line equipment (OLE) foundation works, creation of the kerb lines, surfacing, street lighting and hard landscaping works. Traffic management arrangements will be adjusted to accommodate these works from week commencing Monday 23 August and are scheduled to be complete by  Autumn 2021.

View the traffic management drawings (PDF).

Ocean Drive - Traffic Management at Stevedore Place

The next phase of works on Ocean Drive at Stevedore Place between Tower Place and Constitution Place commenced on 26 July 2021.  The site has been established on the south side with traffic between Ocean Drive and Constitution Street running through the north side of Stevedore Place.

Ocean Drive - Traffic Management Changes

We've made revisions to traffic management on Ocean Drive to advance tram infrastructure works. This section of works has extended eastbound. Parking restrictions are in place to accommodate the new arrangements.

Find out more about traffic management changes on Ocean Drive.

Ocean Drive – Traffic Management Changes

From Monday 23 August there will be new traffic managements arrangements installed.  There will be three way traffic lights installed to accommodate the site extension which is adjacent to the CALA Developments. These arrangements are expected to be in place until early Spring 2022.

Find out more about Ocean Drive site extension.

Melrose Drive / North Leith Sands

A temporary road closure will be in place at the North Leith Sands junction from Tuesday 7 September, this is required to accommodate utility connections to the new substation recently installed on Melrose Drive. These works are expected to last up to three days.

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Constitution Street at Laurie Street - Footpath Closure

The footway on the west side between Foot of the Walk and Laurie Street is currently closed.

Constitution Street from Queen Charlotte Street to Bernard Street / Baltic Street

Hard landscaping and reinstatement works have started within the existing site set-up. In order to continue with these works we are extending our work space in to the footway. These new temporary arrangements will see existing fence lines being extended towards properties with the commencement of hard landscaping/public realm works. Access will be maintained to properties and where required temporary foot ways will be created on the newly laid tracks.

Constitution Street – Maritime Lane to Bernard Street (west side)

Hard landscaping and reinstatement works started within the above location on Monday 5 July.  To accommodate these works we extended our work space in to the footway. Access will be maintained to properties and the local area.

Constitution Street (Bernard / Baltic Street with Constitution Street)

Localised works are ongoing in the above area.  On the west side of Constitution Street pedestrian access has now reopened from this corner with diversions being installed, maintaining access to the local area.  The footway on the east side has required a temporary closure to commence further hard landscaping work, access to properties is maintained via the west side of Constitution Street/Baltic Street. These changes are temporary ahead of the reopening of two-way traffic between Baltic Street / Bernard Street junction.

Ocean Drive - Footpath Closure

The footway on Ocean Drive is currently closed, this is to allow structural works on Victoria Bridge. Diversions will be in place for all pedestrians/cyclists. These arrangements started on Monday 24 May and are expected to be in place for up to 20 weeks.

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John Muir Museum, Scotland Building, East Lothian Conservationist, Property, News, Project, Design

John Muir Museum in Dunbar

Dunbar High Street Building, East Lothian, Scotland – design by Richard Murphy Architects

John Muir Museum

John Muir Museum News

Museum celebrating the life of conservationist John Muir, Scotland, who lived in this Dunbar house. John Muir loved the nature around Dunbar and the John Muir Country Park just west of Dunbar is set up in his memory.

Richard Murphy Architects
John Muir Museum, High Street, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

The John Muir Museum, Dunbar, Scotland was set up with assistance of Dunbar John Muir Association, John Muir Birthplace Trust, East Lothian Council, all from Dunbar, Scotland: Dunbar’s John Muir Association (DJMA) was the key driver behind the John Muir Centre in Dunbar and it proved very controversial.

John Muir, Scotland: Letters re the Museum

Background reference: four letters re the John Muir Museum issued to this site by Winifred Silitto [Dunbar’s John Muir Association – DJMA] for publication in 2001:-

To The Editor, The Scotsman

Re: John Muir’s Birthplace in Dunbar

For seven years Dunbar’s John Muir Association (DJMA) has pursued a dream – a John Muir Centre in Dunbar. We, past and present members of the Council of the association, wish to make public our firm support for the planning application by the John Muir Birthplace Trust, currently before East Lothian Council.

Over the past three decades, East Lothian Council has acknowledged its famous son in many ways, but the relevance of John Muir’s ideas and vision to the new millennium deserves a new, sustained and imaginative attempt to attract the attention and involvement of the whole population — young and old, knowledgeable and uncaring, sophisticated and matter-of-fact. We welcome East Lothian Council’s co-operation with us and the John Muir Trust, in setting up the Birthplace Trust to use Muir’s first home in Dunbar to that end.

A short leet of three consultants was invited by the Trustees to make a presentation to them on 31st January, 2001. The chosen three were Simpson & Brown, Architects; Benjamin Tindall, an architect well known for his interest in Muir; and Campbell & Co. The Trustees unhesitatingly chose Campbell & Co., working with architect Richard Murphy, for their potentially delightful solution to a complex and demanding brief — an ingenious and original response to the challenge, in keeping with Muir’s own inventiveness.

Some sacrifice has to be made to install a lift into a house of small, modern, domestic rooms. This house has already been radically altered twice in the recent past, and as the museum had in consequence no authenticity and at best gave an impression of period which appealed to the sentimentality of visitors, the decision was made to remove all the reconstructed 1980 work, sad though it is to see the end of a familiar place which has served the memory of John Muir well for 20 years. All the historic fabric of the building will still be there.

Moving up through a free-standing, three-storey timber tower the visitor will get a series of glimpses across spaces created between the tower and the revealed interior of the original walls, and indeed occasionally through the windows out to Dunbar itself. Communicating Muir’s vision of the importance of wild places, the renewed birthplace will be engaging and fun, a place that visitors will want to return to, a place that will inspire them to explore the shore, countryside, castle and harbour where his attitudes were formed.

We are satisfied that this proposed development of the birthplace is not just an adequate, but a most exciting and worthwhile response to the brief set out by its Trustees, a brief based on the many discussions that were hosted, for any who cared to attend, by Dunbar’s John Muir Association over the years. This building must never be thought of as just an interesting little folk museum, about a Scots Victorian who happened to write some interesting books.

Instead, a high-tech tower stuffed into an empty shell? Definitely not! We see the timber structure rather as a tree – a tree rooted in the foundations and surrounded by the very walls that sheltered the baby who was born here in 1838. The tree tells the story of his life, spreading out as it rises. And in its topmost branches there will be nesting places for messages, flying to and from the whole wide world.

We are, etc,

Aubrey Manning (Patron, John Muir Birthplace Trust;DJMA Council, 1994-96); Fred Last (Patron, Dunbar’s John Muir Association; founding President, DJMA, 1994-97); Stephen Bunyan (Chairman, Dunbar Community Council; Hon President, East Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists Society); David Anderson(DJMA Council, 1994-97; past Chairman, Dunbar History Society); Ann Burns(DJMA Council, 1995-97); Dan Cairney(Birthplace Trustee; DJMA President; DJMA Council, 1994-); Will Collin(Birthplace Trustee;DJMA Council, 1997-); Alistair Mackie(DJMA Council, 1995-97): Alison McGachy(DJMA Council, 2000-); Duncan Smeed (DJMA Council, 1994- , Convener, 1999-2000); Winifred Sillitto(founding Convener, DJMA, 1994-97); James Thompson (DJMA Council, 1998- , Convener, 2000- ) Dunbar, 22/08/01

This letter has been submitted on behalf of the above signatories by (Mrs) Winifred Sillitto

9 August, 2001
The Director, AHSS

Dear Dr O’Reilly,

Re: John Muir’s Birthplace, Dunbar

I am deeply distressed to hear that AHSS has lodged an objection to the proposals now before East Lothian’s Planning Committee for John Muir’s Birthplace, Dunbar.

I can only assume that you have not looked at the Report by Nicholas Groves-Raines (see which clearly shows that the interior of the building is all of recent origin.

It would be ludicrous for AHSS to insist on preservation of the pseudo-historic rooms which were stuffed into the gutted building in 1978-81. They have served their turn, and done it well, but the time has come to look ahead.

Over the last 13 years an enormous amount of voluntary time and money has been spent trying to create a centre in Dunbar which would honour John Muir and, importantly, make visitors aware of his ideas.

Proposals to build a new environmental education building, and at the same time to use the Birthplace as an example of mid-C19 working and living spaces, did not, in the end, attract sufficient funding. This proposal has done so, and has the firm support of both Dunbar Community Council and East Lothian Council. I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that there is only one person among those who have been most closely involved with this project who does not support the current plans. Unfortunately he is also the most vocal!

If AHSS wants to spend money on re-construction, the place to do it is surely the house next door, which was John Muir’s lovingly remembered home for 9 of his first 11 years. Its former dormer windows are well documented, and famous. Their restoration would make a dramatic transformation to Dunbar’s townscape.

I beseech you to withdraw your objection.

Yours sincerely,
Winifred Sillitto

16 July 2001

Dear Mr Reed,

Re: John Muir Museum, Dunbar

Thank you for your letter concerning the e-mail from Historic Scotland to Graham White which came in error to my computer.

You kindly write “I am sorry that you have been inconvenienced”. On the contrary, I am glad to have been alerted to Mr White’s campaign to influence the outcome of your deliberations.

I would like to place on record my support for the proposals for 126/8 High Street, Dunbar. All that is original of the fabric will be retained, and it seems to me that the Birthplace Trustees have chosen an outstandingly delightful, unexpected and ingenious solution to a complex and difficult brief.

I write not only as a Dunbar resident and founder Convener of DJMA, but also as a life member of AHSS – indeed, I was assistant secretary in its early GeorgianGroup/Scottish Georgian Society days. I am also a life member of the Cockburn Association and an early contributor to the Cockburn Trust, so you can be sure that I am not prejudiced against the conservation of old buildings.

I hope that Historic Scotland will not find cause to reject these proposals for the future history of Dunbar.

Yours sincerely,
Winifred Sillitto

16 August 2001

Dear Mrs Sillitto

Re: John Muir’s Birthplace in Dunbar

Thank you for your letter of 9 August.The local panel have asked the National Technical Committee be convened to consider the matter, and their response, including the new information revealed in the report, will inform the panel’s subsequent response. issues such as these are not necessarily simple, and 1 believe that the society, through its local groups, gives a balanced and considered response informed by the material available for consultation.

I note that our response to the case was submitted on 5 July, prior to the availability of the Nicholas Groves-Raines July study, and so could not be used to inform our decision. Slack procedures by applicants, usually attached to the supply of inadequate information, only too often give rise to the kind of polarised (and often poorly informed) discussion that we see in this case. Sadly there is nothing the society can do to require the kinds of study that Nicholas Groves-Raines has produced to be submitted as part of an application. I am sure that you would-not want anything less from us.

I do hope that you accept that any responses by the society are made in good faith, and that these are not subject to the kind of failings that you appear to attach to the original comment. I hope that this has proved informative

Yours sincerely
Dr Sean O’Reilly, Director, AHSS

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Traders' anger at being left thousands of pounds out of pocket after Edinburgh Foodies Festival is cancelled

Traders have expressed their anger after being left thousands of pounds out of pocket following the cancellation of the Edinburgh Foodies Festival 2021.

Sunday, 1st August 2021, 4:15 pm

The food, drink and music festival was due to take place this coming weekend at the Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art (Modern Two), but it has now been postponed to 2022.

Festival organisers said they were only told on Thursday that various Covid regulations would apply to the event making it ‘unworkable’.

However, Chiara Scipione, who runs Edinburgh's artisan Chocolate and Pastry Bar in the city centre, said she paid the final balance for a stand - only to be told just two days later the event would not be going ahead.

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Gary Cennerazzo from Bellissimo Vino, has expressed his anger at the Edinburgh Foodies Festival being cancelled at such short notice.

Chiara said: “Taking part in an event like this requires a lot of stock and organisation. We tried to buy at the last minute but because of Covid, everything has to be pre-packed and handled as little as possible.

"We started production, making a few things which have a longer shelf-life like dried biscuits and then suddenly I was told it had been cancelled.

"It cost over £1200 to just have a stall, as well as paying for extra stock and staff. A lot of my products are perishable and this is not the time to waste money."

She continued: “I am £3500 out of pocket with no compensation for the stock.”

Chiara Scipione, who runs Edinburgh's artisan Chocolate and Pastry Bar in the city centre, has been left thousands of pounds out of pocket.

Meanwhile, Gary Cennerazzo, owner of Italian wine wholesaler Bellissimo Vino, said: “It is an absolute disgrace, I am furious.

"We were doing a pop-up bar and I have spent so much on supplies. This has affected our cash flow - we had hoped to bring money in at the festival to cover output, but we are thousands of pounds out of pocket.

“They took the balance three days before they cancelled - surely they would have had a heads up this was going to happen?”

Noru and Craig Innes, from Pixel Spirits Distillery & Gin School, said: “We truly feel for the small producers who have already spent so much time and money getting ready for a busy festival.

The Foodies Festival was due to take place from Friday 6 August - Sunday 8 August in Edinburgh.

"We had a hotel booked, paid a fee to attend and turned away huge amount of business for our gin and rum school experiences for the weekend in question.”

Catriona Mann from Bplastic free, which makes eco and vegan friendly reusable food wraps, said: “I had organised accommodation, staff and invested in stock. Just on Friday I received a delivery of over £2000 of stock for the event.

“It’s frustrating that small businesses, hospitality and musicians seem to be being targeted by a set of rules that don’t apply to footballers and their supporters.”

A spokesperson for Foodies Festival said: "We have been working with the council for months and applied for a dispensation to increase capacity while still keeping people safe.

"We were told at midday on Thursday this had not been granted and that new conditions had been put in place which were unworkable.

"We reacted very quickly and told all traders, exhibitors and visitors on Thursday afternoon so gave the maximum notice that we could.

"All of them have been given the opportunity to trade at one of our other festivals over the summer or the opportunity for a refund. I am absolutely gutted that we cannot go ahead."

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Automating the E-Commerce Stack
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Automating the E-Commerce Stack

Our Investment in Alloy

Needless to say, the way we purchase everything has inexorably moved online. From books, toys, and electronics, to groceries, furniture, and healthcare, it’s become more convenient and affordable to order from the comfort of our homes (and smartphones). The global pandemic forced many to stay indoors and has been an intense ecommerce accelerant; after years of steadily climbing to 11%, online sales jumped to 17% of all retail last quarter in the United States, in a market of more than $5 trillion a year in spending.

Whether they were born digital, have migrated over time, or were spurred to action by lockdown restrictions, merchant adoption has created a tremendous market for ecommerce enablement. As platforms like Shopify and BigCommerce have gotten millions of sellers up and running, they have also catalyzed thousands of vendors providing a rich array of complementary applications and services: merchandising, mobile marketing, data capture, customer analytics, logistics, bookkeeping, inventory management, loyalty programs, and more.

While this ecosystem offers sellers the opportunity to choose the combination of tools that are the best fit for their businesses, it leaves two critical needs:

  1. Tools need to sync data and work well together, but it is impractical for every vendor to build their own integrations to everyone else.
  2. Sellers still need to do manual work using these tools, but as ecommerce volumes continue to spike, they need a low-cost way to scale with demand that doesn’t create a lot of operational overhead.

Over the past two years, Alloy Automation has developed the solution to these challenges. Today, we’re delighted to announce that Bain Capital Ventures led a $5 million seed financing for Alloy, alongside our friends at Abstract Ventures, Box Group, Red Antler, and an all-star cast of angel investors that includes the founders of Webflow, Shippo, and Attentive.

BCV is fortunate to invest in leading “commerce stack” companies, including ShipBob (fulfillment), Attentive (text marketing), and Flow (internationalization). These companies would like to integrate with the myriad ecommerce infrastructure apps their customers use, but can’t sideline all their other critical product development to focus on building connections to dozens or hundreds of apps. Thankfully, as soon as their product is available on Alloy, an ecommerce software company can now close more business, knowing that their merchant customers can easily sync data across any other applications in the Alloy library. Alloy already supports 60+ products, with more added every week.

Moreover, keeping data in check turns out to be a small example of the full potential of Alloy’s simple-to-adopt, no-code platform. With a few points and clicks, any user can automate otherwise tedious workflows in logistics, marketing, and store operations. A “recipe” might be as simple as adding a tag in Shopify based on order details, or as sophisticated as the Baltimore Ravens leveraging Alloy for the entire process of ordering cardboard cutouts to be placed in pandemic-empty stands during games.

As much as the product speaks for itself, our investments always come down to special founders who deeply impress our team. As a teenager, Sara Du invented a coffee cup that shocks your taste buds into tasting sweetness; after attending a year of college at Harvard, she opted to move to the Bay Area and focus on building products with DoNotPay, Wish, and Snap. Gregg Mojica got into Cornell, but chose to go build payments technology at First Data (now Fiserv), working directly with their SVP Engineering and serving on the customer advisory board for payments solutions giant Elavon.

Alloy Co-Founders Sara Du and Gregg Mojica

Over the years that we’ve gotten to know Sara and Gregg, we have been continually struck by their creativity, hustle, and determination. After building dozens of automated workflows for friends, they realized they could build a single platform, which became the basis for Alloy. They are so committed to user empathy that Sara also runs a successful streetwear brand called Nightshift, with drops at midnight. A little over a year ago, they were pivoting through Y Combinator, subsisting on frozen veggie burgers from Costco; now they are supporting hundreds of customers, including beauty brand OPTE, luxury clothing retailer Italic, and a National Football League team.

Archeological records suggest that over 4,500 years ago, humans first started blending copper and tin to form bronze; the process of alloying combines two substances together that are stronger and more durable than either could be on its own. We couldn’t be more honored to support Alloy in similarly enabling retailers and brands to flawlessly fuse best-in-class vendors into harmonized, automated operations that can deliver reliability and delight to all of us as ecommerce customers.

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The EIANZ in conjunction with the Department of Botany at the University of Otago present this networking event with a presentation by Aukaha. This event will be held in Queenstown and Dunedin. Non-alchoholic drinks and nibbles will be served.

Aukaha are a consultancy who are owned by, and mandated to act on behalf of, the 5 Otago based rūnaka:

  • Te Rūnanga o Waihao
  • Te Rūnanga o Moeraki
  • Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki
  • Te Rūnanga o Ōtākou
  • Hokonui Rūnanga

Learn about Aukaha, the work they do for mana whenua in Otago and some of the challenges of incorporating a Te Ao Māori worldview in resource management.

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Pharmacists urge locals to get persistent coughs checked

People in Aberdeenshire aged over 40 who have been using cough medicine to treat a cough that has lasted three weeks or more are being urged not to keep ‘bottling it’ and contact their GP practice to get checked.

Monday, 19th July 2021, 12:16 pm
Professor Harry McQuillan is urging those who have persistent and prolonged coughs to get it checked out.

Community Pharmacy Scotland has backed the latest Scottish Government Detect Cancer Early (DCE) awareness drive, designed to increase the number of lung cancers diagnosed at an earlier stage.

The organisation’s Chief Executive Professor Harry McQuillan reassured that although the vast majority of coughs resolve on their own, those who have persistent and prolonged coughs, that they’re continuing to treat with a cough medicine, should contact their GP practice to get checked.

Following a national DCE advertising campaign, campaign posters and leaflets urging people not to let lung cancer ‘settle in’, are being displayed in local pharmacies. These highlight the key symptoms of lung cancer, which include unusual breathlessness or a new or different persistent cough lasting for over three weeks.

Lung cancer is the most common cancer in Scotland with around 5,500 new cases diagnosed every year. However more people than ever are surviving the disease thanks to improved treatments and more people being diagnosed at an early stage.

Professor Harry McQuillan said: “Scotland’s NHS Pharmacy First service has enabled people to access NHS services throughout the pandemic, with pharmacists providing advice and treatment for minor illnesses and conditions.

“If you’ve tested negative for COVID-19 and have a new or persistent cough, lasting three weeks or more, it’s time to contact your GP practice.

“The vast majority of coughs clear up in a couple of weeks, but a cough that persists can be a sign of lung cancer, so it’s best to get it checked, especially if you are over 40.

“Without realising it, you may have worked through a few cough bottles to treat a cough that hasn’t got any better – don’t keep bottling it and make an appointment with your GP practice.”

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf added: “Don’t ignore possible early cancer signs and symptoms, and certainly don’t delay getting checked.”

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Just Because You Can’t See it, Doesn’t Mean it is Not There

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Bridget lay awake on her bed. She checked the time. It was only 3:15am. She continued staring at the ceiling, deep in thoughts on what to do concerning her 1 year old relationship with Tim. She has barely had a good night sleep since the day she checked through his phone and found signs that he may be cheating on her. There has been several confrontations previously, but Tim denied having anything to do with another lady. She couldn’t push on the issue because she had never found him in any compromising situation. Moreover, she was head-over-heels in love with him.

It became more confusing and suspicious when she went for her annual medical check up and decided to check her STI status. She found out she had pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) from untreated chlamydia infection. This was rather unusual as she did not show any symptoms to the infection. She had no doubt now that Tim was cheating, and that he had infected her. She is in a dilemma – what should she do now?Chlamydia

Invisible infection

The truth is, contrary to what Bridget now believes as a result of her test, Tim may not actually be cheating. Bridget may have, in reality, gotten infected by Dan, her ex-boyfriend. You may think, but she’s been with Tim for 1 year, so it can’t be Dan. But it can. That’s because chlamydia is a “silent infection”, you can have it for years and show no signs. It may simply be hiding.

Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections worldwide that affects about 4.2% of women and 2.7% of men. Majority of which are within the age of 15-25. This is the age where people are mostly sexually active. Chlamydia is tricky because it doesn’t often show symptoms, and if you do not regularly check yourself, it can ascend into the reproductive tract to cause serious inflammatory disease like PID or chronic pelvic pain. And when this happens, it can lead to more serious consequences like infertility, or pregnancy outside of the uterus (ectopic pregnancy).

Is it there?

You see, chlamydia can be contracted through unprotected intercourse; vaginal, anal or oral. Sexual intercourse with multiple partners or with an infected partner can also expose you to it.

As we said earlier, most people do not show symptoms of having chlamydia. And even if the symptoms do eventually occur, it can take up to weeks after the infection. Those who show symptoms of chlamydia may have it in form of awful vaginal or penile discharge, painful urination, and swollen testes in males.

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All you have to do is simple.

  • Play it safe – Use condoms.
  • Stop self-medicating with antibiotics – you won’t know the right doses to take, so you’d end up developing antibiotics resistance without even treating the infection.
  • Get tested, and do it with your partner. It is always better when done together.

Stop Assuming; Be Sure.

You might be thinking, since there is no symptom, and no pain anywhere, why should I be bothered that I have an STI. Or you might say “I am a good boy/girl, I can’t have an STI.” My dear, it doesn’t work like that. We’ve already said it, and will repeat it, most people won’t have symptoms. We are stressing on this because we don’t want you to go looking for symptoms – because it may not be there. That someone doesn’t have symptoms doesn’t mean they don’t have chlamydia.

Another thing you should know is that chlamydia is not the only infection that may not show symptoms. Hepatitis B as well does not necessarily show symptoms. The good news is that you can test for Hepatitis B at home with our Slide Safe pack, Bluebird. Bluebird contains easy-to-use self-test kits of HIV 1/2, Hepatitis B and syphilis. It also has water based lubricants and free condoms. Discreetly packaged and delivered. Just visit our online store to order.

Stop assuming your STI status; test to know for sure. You put yourself in more danger by not knowing. So, take charge of your sex life today.

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How Does Santa
Get Around The World
In One Night?

Want to know how Santa gets to every house
around the world to deliver gifts in one night?
Keep reading!

The (Saint) Nick of Time!

I'm Santa's Grumpy Elf.  So you want to know how Santa gets to everyone's home all around the world to deliver presents in just one night?   So how does he do it?  We like to say he does it in The Saint Nick of Time.

There's only one little problem.
I can't tell you how Santa does it.  (And I'm not even being grumpy about it!)

I can't tell you how Santa gets to everyone's home in just one night because -- it's another Santa SECRET!  After all, what would it be like if everyone knew how to get around the planet in 24 hours?   There would be people appearing and disappearing all over the place!  It would be CRAZY!  Can you imagine trying to arrange a playdate?

There are, however, lots of ways Santa can get around the world in 24 hours.  I'm going to share those with you and let you decide!

How Santa Delivers Presents (The short answer)

If reading too much makes you grumpy (like me!), then here's my quick answer to the secret of how does Santa get around the world in one night.   Santa might just be using one of these:

  • It's a government conspiracy
  • It's not just 24 hours
  • Santa's magic dust
  • Santa rides the magic of Christmas
  • The theory of Santa-Relativity
  • The Naughty/Nice Matter/Anti-Matter!
  • Time-bending
  • Time warping

Keep reading to find out more about Santa's sneaky sleigh-flying shenanigans!

The GovernmentProved It!

So don't take my word that Santa can get to everyone's home all around the world to deliver gifts in just one night!  If it wasn't true, why would Google and NORAD (jointly run by the Canadian AND U.S. governments!) still track Santa every year?

I'm just glad NORAD knows Santa is real so they don't accidentally shoot him down!

It's Not Just 24 Hours!

How does Santa get around the world in one night?  Santa's a cheater!  There, I said it.  Are you happy?  I'm not. I'm still a grumpy elf.

Have you heard of time zones?  Well, Santa uses them to cheat -- on time!  He takes advantage of the Earth's time zones!  He starts by delivering presents at the International Date Line and travels west following the Earth's rotation around the sun.  By doing that he gains many, many extra hours of time.

Children are actually waking up and opening presents while Santa is still delivering!  (See the section about how Santa and the reindeer are Riding Christmas Magic).

Did you know that, if you live in the U.S., today is already tomorrow in Australia?  Likewise, when Santa is in Australia, it is already yesterday in the U.S.  This is a handy trick to know when you're Santa Claus!

It Doesn'tMatter!

You know that there are Nice kids and Naughty kids, right?  Well, there's also Matter and anti-Matter.  If you put two children in a room for long enough, they start to fight (I know this -- I'm a grumpy elf!). When they fight, they release a lot of energy (although not usually in a good way!)

Matter and anti-Matter work like that.  Except, Matter and anti-Matter release a LOT of energy when they collide.  They release enough energy to easily go to Mars.  So, using that energy to go around the Earth is child's play.

Riding ChristmasMagic

You only need two things to fly around the world in one night: lift and desire (thrust).

Everyone knows Santa's special reindeers' antlers are big, very big.  They are specially designed to catch children's Christmas wishes and dreams.  These wishes and dreams give Santa and the reindeer the two things they need: 1. the lift in their spirit and, 2. the desire to make more children happy.

Once presents start to be delivered, Santa's reindeer fly ever faster.  As children around the world open their presents, the children are filled with pure Christmas joy.  (See the section It's Not Just 24 Hours!)  The reindeer's antlers catch the children's Christmas joy too.  This joy gives the reindeer and Santa even more of a lift and thrust.  They fly and work ever faster delivering more presents for children to open!  This virtuous circle makes it so the sleigh essentially floats on air and the presents deliver themselves!

Let's Do TheTime Warp Again!

How fast does Santa travel?

Elves cracked the secret of Time Warps and Wormholes a long time ago (well, it was only a few seconds ago if you know how to time travel back to when they did it!).

They use science so Santa, his reindeer and sleigh can sit in a small bubble of the space-time fabric.  They use the reindeers' antlers to create and keep the bubble going.  Of course, the elves' wormhole technology also means Santa can use cosmic short-cuts (that means time-travel).  When you can time-travel, it's really easy to visit all the homes in what appears to be one night.

It's AllRelative!

How does Santa deliver all the presents in one night?

Have you ever heard of Albert Einstein and his Theory of Relativity?  Einstein showed that time runs at different rates for observers who are moving relative to one another.  This is why time passes more slowly for excited children waiting for Santa.  Christmas Eve moves relatively slowly (ok, it takes FOREVER!) for everyone else.  But for Santa, he is moving at the speed of light!

E=mc2 after all just means Eve = Merry Christmas squared

This is the oldest answer to how Santa gets around the world in one night.

Everyone knows how powerful a little magic can be.  (Just ask Harry Potter!)

Santa and the elves created the top secret formulae for magic a long time ago.  They've had centuries to perfect it and make lots of it!

Santa is a Time Bender!

Where does Santa live?  The North Pole.

Where do all the time zones in the world meet?  The North Pole.

'Nuff said!

Santa Delivering Presents

So now you know the secrets to Santa delivering presents! And now you know how fast Santa can travel. You even know how Santa gets around the world in one night! Just please don't tell everyone. I don't want people appearing and disappearing all over the place like they were Santa Claus delivering all the presents! That would make me really grumpy!

More Answers to your Questions

Get a reminder to come back to closer to Christmas! Come on Christmas Eve Day to watch Santa & his reindeer LIVE on the Santa Snooper! You can also help "Elf Control" track & talk to Santa Claus on his famous flight & send him emails!


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Ethical Challenges of Publishing and Sharing Social Media Research Data

The Ethics of Online Research

ISBN: 978-1-78714-486-6, eISBN: 978-1-78714-485-9

ISSN: 2398-6018

Publication date: 12 December 2017

The focus of this chapter is the intersection of social media, publication, data sharing, and research ethics. By now there is an extensive literature on the use of social media in research. There is also excellent work on challenges of postpublication sharing of social media, primarily focused on legal restrictions, technical infrastructure, and documentation. This chapter attempts to build upon and extend this work by using cases to deepen the analysis of ethical issues arising from publishing and sharing social media data. Publishing will refer to the presentation of data extracts, aggregations, or summaries, while sharing refers to the practice of making the underlying data available postpublication for others to use. It will look at the ethical questions that arise both for researchers (or others) sharing data, and those who are using data that has been made available by others, emphasizing the inherently relational nature of data sharing. The ethical challenges researchers face when considering sharing user-generated content collected from social media platforms are the focus of the cases. The chapter begins by summarizing the general principles of research ethics, then identifies the specific ethical challenges from sharing social media data and positions these challenges in the context of these general principles. These challenges are then analyzed in more detail with cases from research projects that drew upon several different genres of social media. The chapter concludes with some recommendations for practical guidance and considers the future of ethical practice in sharing social media data.

Bishop, L. and Gray, D. (2017), "Ethical Challenges of Publishing and Sharing Social Media Research Data", Woodfield, K. (Ed.) The Ethics of Online Research (Advances in Research Ethics and Integrity, Vol. 2), Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, pp. 159-187.

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Hooded jacket from R.E.D. by EMP:

- Asymmetrical front
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Jasmine Officinale – Fiona Sunrise (lime green leaves) – 5 litre pot fan grown

I cannot praise this beautiful Jasmine enough, the lime green/golden yellow foliage looks so wonderful against any dark green leaves climbing onto a fence, wall or pergola. It does not grow quite at the rate of normal summer Jasmine but flowers as freely as normal Jasmine, and, of course, the flowers it produces are also extremely fragrant. If I am designing a border I plant Fiona Sunrise in the semi-shade or shade to get the most out of the leaf colour – it can really light up a dark area.

This is in a 5 litre pot grown onto a fan frame.

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2022 F-150 LIGHTNING

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F-series is America’s best-selling truck for 44 years* for a reason. And now, it’s charging into the future with the all-new, all-electric 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning. It’s the first F-Series that’s gas-free and offers more purposeful technology, an elevated driving experience and trusted Built Ford Tough capability. Offering an ingenious array of connected intelligent features with over-the-air Software Updates to help ensure your truck can get even better over time.

*Based on 1977-2020 CY total sales.

100% Electric F-150 Lightning

We went beyond building an all-electric F-150. We created the smartest, most connected F-150 Ford has ever built, packed with all of the advantages that zero-emissions propulsion offers – from nearly instantaneous torque to Ford Intelligent Backup Power, connected services to intelligent range, it’s a strong, capable look at what’s to come.

100% Electric F-150 Lightning

We’ve created a wide array of advanced technologies that can help improve the performance of your truck and your business. Including over-the-air Software Updates, powerful charging solutions and FordPass Integration that allows remote access to your truck and communication with a Ford Charge Station Pro at home for seamless access to public charging.5*

5*At purchase, the FordPass Connect modem is connected and sending vehicle data (e.g., diagnostics) to Ford. To disable, or for more information, see in-vehicle connectivity settings. Learn more at

100% Electric F-150 Lightning

The all-electric F-150 Lightning is a purpose-built, must-have truck for serious work and recreation. And because we take the words “Built Ford Tough” seriously, we torture-tested it and put it through the same paces that all F-150 trucks go through. So you can be confident the F-150 Lightning will live up to the standards you have come to expect from F-150.

Be among the first to own the all-new 2022 F-150 Lightning. Just fill out the reservation form, choose your dealer and make a reservation. Then use your credit or debit card to make your deposit.

Select your dealer and put down your refundable $100 deposit.

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A reservation lets you configure and be among the first to order a new P702 BEV from Ford with a refundable Reservation Deposit. It is not an actual order and does not guarantee delivery.

What steps are required to complete my reservation?
Go online and select reserve now, create a Ford Account, select your preferred Ford EV Certified dealer and enter your credit/debit card details and address. A confirmation receipt will be sent to the email address you provide. *

What is a Ford Account and why do I need one?
A Ford Account lets you sign in to the Ford website to save and manage your personal and reservation information. You need to create a Ford Account to reserve your P702 BEV. Reservations can also be tracked in your Ford Account at *

Can I select any Ford Dealer?
To find the closest Ford EV Certified Dealer, go to the and select ‘Locate a Dealer’; insert zip code or type in Dealer name; select ‘Advance Search’; check EV Certified. This will ensure EV Certified Ford Dealers are presented in your search results.

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Customers may reach out to Ford Customer Support at (800) 334-4375 for assistance in updating their dealer selection. In changing dealers, there will be no impact to a customer’s reservation ID, vehicle details, or the associated timestamp.

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Santa Cruz homeless shelter creates kids’ play space

SANTA CRUZ >> Carving out a slab of space devoted to the impulses to learn and grow of homeless children was a no-brainer at the Homeless Services Center’s Rebele Family Shelter.

It just took officials a while to get there.

In recent weeks, though, the shelter pushed aside other difficulties, using funding and support of Encompass Community Services’ Head Start program to convert half its dining area into a safe no-pressure place for children to “just be,” said Rebele Family Shelter Program Manager Mary Triulzi.

“Up to this point we had no common area with a place where children could really be without having to constantly be inhibited. That’s the chronic state, certainly for folks who are homeless, but underserved populations don’t have a safe space for children to play,” Triulzi said Thursday. “Children are wired to grow and develop, so it puts the parent of the position of ‘no, don’t.’ All those healthy impulses you have are ‘no, stop, don’t.’ That’s the most important piece. That this is a ‘yes.’”

Toy furniture, books, soft blankets and other toys lined the fenced-in area on Thursday. It is available for the 27 otherwise homeless families who currently call the shelter home. Each family has anywhere from one to five children, Triulzi said.

Helping to create the new play area was part of Encompass Head Start’s five year plan to support homeless children and families, said program director Cynthia Sloane. The space will allow home visits for the shelter’s Early Head Start families, offering parenting and early childhood development information and classes, she said.

“The space will provide a quiet safe retreat for young children in the usually hectic environment of the shelter,” Sloane said.

While the play space is primarily designed for children up to 7 years old, older kids may use the space with permission from shelter staff, said Triulzi.
“Last night, we had an 11-year-old, a 9-year-old. They came in, the put the boat up on the side, they took the kitchen, and they made a fort. And they called it a bomb shelter. This is a chronically homeless family,” Triulzi said. “Their play is very serious. It is development. It is good work that they’re doing to figure out how to defend themselves from all that they have to face in the world.”

On Thursday morning, Holly Martin brought her 1-year-old Patience and 2-month-old Passion to the new play area. Patience, up on her feet and walking around the enclose area, was deeply engrossed in mimicking ladling food out of a tiny empty pot with a spatula.

“I like it. She can play,” Martin said, pointing to Patience. “She didn’t really have a place to play before. Here she can run around.”

Homeless Services Center spokeswoman Valerie Thomas said the new play area will be a valuable addition to the campus.

“You can do parenting skills and all that. So it gives a much better space than just sitting in an office with the kids going, ‘I’m bored,’” said Thomas. “Every time I’m in here in the evening, I see the kids in it.”


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Tel: (310)506-4000; Admissions: (310)506-4392; Fax: (310)506-4861; E-mail: [email protected]; Web Site:
President/CEO: Dr. Andrew K. Benton
Admissions: Paul A. Long
Financial Aid: Edna Powell

Type: University

Sex: Coed

Affiliation: Church of Christ

Scores: 100% SAT V 400+; 100% SAT M 400+; 18% ACT 18-23; 60% ACT 24-29

% Accepted: 23

Admission Plans: Early Action

Application Deadline: January 15

Application Fee: $55.00

H.S. Requirements: High school diploma required; GED accepted

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $55. Comprehensive fee: $37,360 includes full-time tuition ($28,630), mandatory fees ($90), and college room and board ($8640). Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $890 per unit.

Scholarships: Available

Calendar System: Semester, Summer Session Available

Enrollment: FT 2,575, PT 523, Grad 4,232

Faculty: FT 192, PT 140

Student-Faculty Ratio: 12:1

Exams: SAT I or ACT

% Receiving Financial Aid: 53

% Residing in College-Owned, -Operated, or -Affiliated Housing: 48

Library Holdings: 315,078

Regional Accreditation: Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Credit Hours For Degree: 128 units, Bachelors

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Coach Greg Rhodes was selected as a member of the PSIA-AASI National Team for the 2016-2020 term. Greg is one of 30 selected to be part of the elite group of ski and snowboard instructors in the the USA. Greg is one of two cross-country specialist on the Nordic Team for this term. Greg will be involved in clinics around the country throughout his time on the national team.IMG_0691

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By Pat Badstibner, World Prayr, Inc.

This article has been updated as a response in the series Discussing the Law in Scripture. See that page for a detailed directory of articles in this discussion. The initial article in that discussion is The Law as Gospel.

There is something about having a mission statement for a mission that says, “Helping Christians act like Christians.” Such a mission statement creates mental images of Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible for me as I picture Tom Cruise jumping over motorcycles, walking down the side of a multi-story glass building, and other insanely impossible stunts. Yet, our minds are often so focused on Do that such a mission statement is the way we usually think.

This type of thinking once so predominately ruled my life that when faced with not being able to DO, I found myself standing on a bridge one night ready to jump, late one evening. An award-winning artist, my life was defined by being able to do DO. Now, I was facing not being able to be the man I once was. The very thing my identity and significance were found in I was faced with losing.

Dozens depended on my ability to perform for their livelihood and the ability to feed their families. As my church’s largest employer, I was also a leader among men known for his ability to help Christians act like Christians. This was who I was until diagnosed with a crippling disease. A disease that left me with an uncertain future, wondering why God was mad at me, and feeling like I would let dozens and my church down. Entering a world of silence with doctors predicting I may never be able to walk without some aid, much less DO again!

As I stood on that bridge, there were five prominent thoughts in my mind;

  • I wanted to end the tremendous emotional and physical pain I was in.
  • Was God mad at me?
  • Hadn’t I done everything right?
  • Why did it not seem enough? Why did I get the feeling that it wasn’t enough?
  • Was God throwing me on the trash heap of life, was he done with me?
  • How could I face anyone? What would they think of me now that I couldn’t DO?

My dear friend Henry said it best recently. “The devil is a gambler; he gambled on the jump. Grace won that night.”

I didn’t have the answers that night, and the pain of not knowing the answers to those questions was as painful as the physical pain I was feeling. Yet, looking back, it was not the bright lights that hit me in the face from the emergency road crew keeping me from jumping that night but God’s loving sovereignty. It was God’s loving sovereignty as he broke my self-righteousness, my idea of obedience, my self-sufficiency, and my idea of what a Christian should be to instill a different message. A message of hope and change.

One Without The Other Doesn’t Work

A message that focuses on both the gospel and the Law and reveals the necessity for both. Without a correct understanding of the Law, the gospel is not valid. Without the Law, we cannot express what we have discovered through the gospel in our life. Yet, the Law without the gospel is nothing more than a powerless to-do list unable to accomplish anything but make one weary from living life. I know firsthand about being tired from trying to be enough, to be right in the eyes of other Christians and God. My team and my family were indeed weary from my to-do lists and my insistence they perform to an unreachable standard.

I had grown up with a Christianity that was all about DO. That night on the bridge, tens of thousands of hours of study and what is now sixteen years later has brought a different message. A message that has created what my family calls Dadisms. “It isn’t if you don’t get the gospel right, you don’t get anything right. It is if you don’t get the Law right, you don’t get anything right, including the gospel.”

The Breakdown Begins

The first breakdown in getting the Law right occurs in the game “Whose Standard Is It?” Where contestants are left to themselves to set the standard of God’s Law. After deciding the standard, each contestant can then use their determination to judge themselves and others. As one can see in this game, the law’s standard becomes subjective to each contestant’s subjective judgment.

Creating a Law that now has a consistent change variable, a change determined by each player’s external circumstances and life experiences. When the standard of the Law is changed, we are left with no choice but to change God’s character. Instead of a God who acts independently, and perfectly we are left with a God defined by each player’s life experiences in the game. Here’s the catch though, all of us are playing the game.

The Game We All Know And Play

This is the game of life we all play. Once, we had no choice but to play this game, as we defined not only God but ourselves by our ability to play. Thus, it is the most natural thing to accept an ever-changing subjective law as we expect everyone and ourselves to hold to these standards. When we don’t, we live out of fear, we labor to control, suffer shame, loss of love, loss of connection, and we create divisions, even within ourselves.

When we change the standard of the Law from one objectively demanding utter perfection from us to one of being subjective, we also change the gospel. Instead of a gospel that tells us that we are all moral failures, and none of them are enough, we find a gospel that pushes us to be more, do more and do better. Instead of a gospel that tells us our answers lie elsewhere outside of us, its message now places us on a tireless hamster wheel. When we rob the Law of its objective demand of perfection and thus robbing of its voice so that it ceases to scream at us of its impossibility, we will quickly fall into that which is most natural to us.

We Must Let It Scream

It is natural to us to want to be right, to find sufficiency and rightness in ourselves. This leads one to Find One’s significance in being obedient and walking the right life. Only by trusting in a law that no longer defines God, His character, or His actions can we even begin to lay claim to finding significance in such a life. Only a Law that screams failure at us can break us of such a natural bent to find significance or reason to matter in what we do, rather than what Christ did.

Those who ignore the voice of the Law screaming failure at them find no reason to run continuously to the gospel (Gal 3:24-25) or explore its depth to a deeper level (Romans 8). For them, the gospel is a one-time done event. Such thinking, as previously noted, always leaves them imprisoned on the hamster wheel, running to be enough within themselves.

All You Need Is A Little More

As they labor to meet not only their expectations, everyone else’s but what they see as God’s as they run harder and harder to be more or prove themselves enough within their abilities. Only discovering, as John Paul Getty once remarked when asked how much money is enough, “just a little more.” Except now the question isn’t about how much money is enough, but “What more do I need to do?”

They may pretend that the law is not screaming at them or hear the law laughing at them running on the hamster wheel; they may even state such, as they remain caught up on the hamster wheel of performance and perfectionism. Yet as the law screams louder to the falsity of such claims, they run faster as they remain unwilling to walk into the light with one’s failures, weaknesses, and sins (1 John 1:5-10) with both God and man, hindering the fellowship of both.

The Struggle Is Real

Even sixteen years later, the idol of self pushes against what I know to be true about the gospel. As I labor with all of God’s elect to prove myself capable so that I might, I’m among those who are on the right side of Christianity—feeling the pangs of shame-driven guilt when I fall short of some imaginary standard. I find nothing that separates me from others as we labor in unison with a natural bent towards self-righteousness and self-sufficiency in our self-motivated efforts to be enough.

Those grace messages that do not call us to face our weaknesses or failures forget essential truths. Truths that remind us that there are two parts to the equation of “His grace is sufficient for my weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9).” The first part everyone seems to understand, but the second part of knowing one’s weakness either we or ignoring or unclear. Along with forgetting that grace is given to those who have heard the voice of the Law that they are not enough, nor will the most uprightness, the rightest person, the most together of us ever be enough alone (Psalm 138:6; Proverbs 3:34; Proverbs 29:23; Matthew 23:12; Luke 1:52; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5).

These messages attract like moths to light, not realizing that such light may endanger them.  The following statement regarding society as a whole reflects this truth.

“Bolstering, maintaining, and protecting self-esteem is the sacred cow of modern society. It’s a grievous evil to do anything that might cause others to feel bad about themselves or their performance.” – Dan Rockwell.

The Message We Want Is Not The Need

Those who long ago downgraded the voice of the Law in such a way that it only gives them instructions on how to run better on the hamster wheel of life hunger and thirst to hear more of the words that tell them how to perform better, do more, be more pleasing and more worthy. As they scream out, “Give me instructions on how to improve, how to do better, then I can surely hold on to the hope that I’m improving.” “Tell me what to do,” their ego screams as it clamors for that which it falsely believes makes them significant, makes them enough, makes them matter.

Of course, it is not their ego they think they hear, but simply directions on proving themselves pleasing, they will say.

The longing for some form of righteousness is not an aberration perpetrated by capital-R Religion but a foundation of what it means to be human. – Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do About It. – David Zahl

Possibly never coming to understand that such behavioral, morality-based teaching only keeps hidden the real bread and water that will quench their hunger and thirst to be enough, to matter, to be counted significant (John 6:35). To their detriment, they have flocked to those teachers who have left them without knowledge, The knowledge that l rightness comes not from within themselves, but outside of them (Hosea 4). It is not instruction in how to do better, manage their behavior, perform better or do more they need first.

The Course They Need

It is a course on how to hear the bark of the Law daily as it robs one of all hope in improvement of oneself to be enough. Instruction in how to listen to the voice of the Law denies any attempt to find solace in thinking that God is quite satisfied, try-hard, do your best, or give it your best shot mentality. Anything short of such a course will leave them on the same tireless hamster wheel they’ve been stuck on.

Only such a course of instruction that leads them to grow less self-dependent and more dependent on the One who gave the ultimate performance enables them to change the questions that lead to new discoveries. Discoveries that point to the top performance that closed the application process for performers of the year. A performance that has now allowed all other performers to rest from the weariness of the hamster wheel (Matthew 11:28-30).

Change Always Requires Risk

Only when we take the risk to step off the hamster wheel of laboring to be special, significant, and made of the right stuff will our answers to the question of “Why Are We Significant” shift from; being about what we are doing and what others believe about us. When our lives are no longer based on making all the right calls, being right, or having it all together, only then will our focus shift away from ourselves to another apart from us. As our focus shifts, we discover life-changing beauty in the knowledge that because God has declared us His song of glory, the praise of His grace, His Crown Jewels, the reflection of the Trinity, and the beloved of the Son, we no longer need fear being exposed. Found out or seen as not having the right stuff.

These discoveries help us understand that when Christ said, “It Is Finished,” he told us we could stop working to be enough. And accept that He had now made us enough. Here is where we discover the beauty that we no longer must find within ourselves the ability to be right or enough to have a sense of our righteousness but accept that we have Christ’s (2Corinthians 5:21). Our failure to respond and live life from the knowledge of these truths leaves our focus inward. As our focus remains inward, we are left with no choice but to maintain the predominant determining factor of our identity, worth, value, and significance based on our ability to run.

The Real Battle

This is the war that rages in us and why we, like Paul, are coveters. It is why we long to hear those “to-do” messages and why we focus so hard on being right, winning, and being seen as enough. Why is this so?

It is what we lost in the garden. In the garden, we lost the knowledge that we were accepted, loved, and known. Since then, our curvature has been inward as we covet that which we deeply desire and turn to other lovers (Idols) to recover lost love. A curvature inward is always sin, as we focus on ourselves. The more we accept that we are deeply loved in Christ and are enough is when we will slowly experience our focus shifting away from us towards God and others.

The Real Beauty Of The Law

Then instead of the Law being a vessel of self-service to regain what we lost, it reveals the grace contained within as it gives us instruction in the art of love—teaching us to love the One who loved us first (1John 4:19) back and love others. We no longer have to change the Law for our purposes, but now can choose to outdo others in love (Matthew 22:35-40; Romans 12:9-21). Instead of laboring towards what we feel are our rights, entitled to or deserving, we now can choose sacrificial labor on behalf of others.

With the transformation of our minds, we move away from finding hope within ourselves to be right to ask, “How do I express that which I now am?”  Creating a mind shift that moves us from DOBE to BEDO.  Grow to realize that Colossians 1:10 is not an instruction on how to do more, but because we are more instruction on how to exhibit that we believe we are. Only as we give up any hope in a righteousness of our own, can we help others find the real source of righteousness, beginning with ourselves.

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Question 1: fishing, at
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Question 2: together, table
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Question 3: beside, chatting
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Question 4: frame, but
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Question 5: baggage, open
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  2. Three employees have gathered together around an oval table to discuss their concerns of the day.
  3. She is chatting on her cell phone while sitting beside a colleague in the taxi.
  4. The frame of the building is almost done but construction has been called off.
  5. When she got to the arrivals department, the tourist noticed that her belongings were falling out of her open baggage.

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Hello. I've been looking at the photo gallery of your online home buyer's ad. Congratulations on trying to sell your home without a real estate agent. It is difficult (we have done it twice) but is worth the effort if you find a reasonable buyer. My sister is interested in buying a home in your region. Your home could be ideal if you are willing to negotiate the price. Your asking price is about $10, 000 above her budget. She also wants to live near an elementary school and a bus route. I'm not sure if your home is near these amenities. Could you let me know about these details? Most importantly, are you open to negotiation on the price? Please let me know when the house would be available for viewing.

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From: Home Owner
Subject: My home
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Hi. Thank you for your message. We are excited about selling our home privately. Your sister is welcome to call me at 222-444-4444 to schedule a time to see our home. We will be showing it this weekend. We are willing to negotiate but will not be able to drop the price too much. We have just spent $7000 on basement renovations.

There is an elementary school a few blocks from here. It has a very good reputation. The local bus stop is about a five minute walk down the hill. I look forward to meeting your sister. Thank you for reviewing the photos. We love this house and have lived here for twenty years.

Warm regards,
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Sample Question: Some companies block their employees from using social media networks and websites such as Facebook. Do you think managers should trust employees to use time wisely, or do you think it is smart of companies to block access to some sites? Provide reasons and examples to support your opinion.

Type your outline (5-10 minutes):

Type your essay (15 minutes):

Save five minutes to proofread your writing.

Sample opinion essay:

The average work day is seven to eight hours long. How much of this time is spent working? People who work on computers have many distractions due to the Internet. Some companies have been forced to restrict usage of certain sites, such as Facebook and Twitter due to concerns about productivity. It is a wise decision to remove these Internet temptations.

A boss is not a babysitter. Though some people only log onto Facebook or surf the Internet on their own time, other people cannot resist temptation. Having rules about Internet use is not enough. Some employees cannot stand to be stuck in their offices without social interaction. If they need a short break, they should be encouraged to stand up and stretch. Unlike chatting to friends on Facebook, this type of activity increases productivity. By blocking certain social sites from a system, the boss need not waste time monitoring those who cannot follow rules.

When time is wasted online it is the company that pays for the loss. Employees on salary still get paid no matter how productive they are. Those who waste time may not get raises or bonuses, but they still get a paycheque. It is only the employer that loses out when time is wasted online. Employers should not feel guilty about restricting Internet access. If surfing the Internet and sending out Tweets is not part of one's job description, these activities take away from true duties.

Some employees have lost their jobs because they wrote something online against their own company. It is too easy to press send, post, or publish these days. Preventing employees from using certain websites actually protects the employees as well.

There are many honest workers who can be trusted at work. They only check Facebook or Twitter during their break time or lunch, and they don't post any information that could damage the company's (or their own) reputation. Unfortunately, there are always a handful of workers who cannot be trusted. By eliminating the temptation, employers can prevent any problems related to Internet abuse in the workplace.

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