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Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
By Peter Attia. 2023
A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new…approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health, from a visionary physician and leading longevity expert &“One of the most important books you&’ll ever read.&”—Steven D. Levitt, New York Times bestselling author of Freakonomics Wouldn&’t you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health. For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of aging that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer&’s disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late to help, prolonging lifespan at the expense of healthspan, or quality of life. Dr. Attia believes we must replace this outdated framework with a personalized, proactive strategy for longevity, one where we take action now, rather than waiting. This is not &“biohacking,&” it&’s science: a well-founded strategic and tactical approach to extending lifespan while also improving our physical, cognitive, and emotional health. Dr. Attia&’s aim is less to tell you what to do and more to help you learn how to think about long-term health, in order to create the best plan for you as an individual. In Outlive, readers will discover: • Why the cholesterol test at your annual physical doesn&’t tell you enough about your actual risk of dying from a heart attack.• That you may already suffer from an extremely common yet underdiagnosed liver condition that could be a precursor to the chronic diseases of aging.• Why exercise is the most potent pro-longevity &“drug&”—and how to begin training for the &“Centenarian Decathlon.&”• Why you should forget about diets, and focus instead on nutritional biochemistry, using technology and data to personalize your eating pattern.• Why striving for physical health and longevity, but ignoring emotional health, could be the ultimate curse of all. Aging and longevity are far more malleable than we think; our fate is not set in stone. With the right roadmap, you can plot a different path for your life, one that lets you outlive your genes to make each decade better than the one before.
Fostering Development in Midlife and Older Age: A Positive Psychology Perspective
By Irina Catrinel Crăciun. 2023
This handbook integrates and discusses a growing evidence base concerning individual development across middle and late adulthood. The book includes…a comprehensive analysis of what growth implies within midlife and older age and considers how different developmental areas are intertwined (i.e., physical, cognitive, social and emotional development as well as personality growth). As the gap between theory and practice still constitutes an issue in developmental research, the handbook also aims to provide illustrative examples of prevention and intervention from a positive psychology perspective. These were selected to represent a variety of topics, relevant for individual development where research informs practice, ranging from happiness, grandparenthood, love and sexuality to loneliness, depression, anxiety, suicide prevention and coping with death. This handbook is a must-have resource for students and researchers working in developmental psychology, health psychology, gerontology and, public health. It will also be of interest to practitioners such as counsellors, life coaches, psychotherapists, organizational psychologists, health professionals, social workers or public health planners.
Imaging in Geriatrics (Practical Issues in Geriatrics)
By Giuseppe Guglielmi, Mario Maas. 2023
This book addresses in a structured and multidisciplinary way the medical issues related to aging, paying particular attention to the…role of diagnostic imaging in the field of cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, respiratory, neurological, urogenital and gastrointestinal diseases.The progressive increase of the average age of the population, of life expectancy and the improvement of the quality of life are common phenomena in many countries of the World. Over the years, the management of older persons seems to have had an increasing impact both on the socio-economic and on the medical-health level. Medicine, in all its branches, has in fact focused more and more on the health conditions of the elderly patient and its protection and, in this context, due to the increasing progress in the field of technology and imaging methods, the radiologist occupies a front-line position. Unlike the young or middle-aged patients, the elderly need special care and attention, especially because of the involutive-degenerative senile processes they have to face, which must be taken into account to avoid incurring into misdiagnosis. Radiology, in fact, aims more and more at developing imaging techniques that are on the one hand satisfactory and comprehensive, but at the same time that do not represent any risk and/or obstacle for the elderly patient. The aim of this book is to provide the radiologist, and not only, with an adequate and complete geriatric preparation, thus to improve the diagnostic-therapeutic management of those patients who, to date, constitute the most conspicuous part of the medical-health users.
Cheating Death: The New Science of Living Longer and Better
By Dr Rand McClain. 2023
For the first time outside his private clinic, medical practitioner and pioneer Dr. Rand McClain shares what you can start…doing today to increase longevity and better your health—at home or at your doctor&’s office.In this golden age of medical discovery, cutting-edge treatments are emerging that increase longevity, stave off disease, and enhance our appearance and quality of life—our &“healthspan.&” But chances are, these advances are not readily available at most doctor&’s offices, in stores, or easy to find online.Dr. Rand McClain takes a fresh approach to genetics, natural aging, and proactive medical treatments. He is the founder and head of the renowned Regenerative and Sports Medicine Clinic in Santa Monica, a leading practitioner of alternative and cutting-edge treatments. In Cheating Death, McClain shares the best drugs and supplements, treatment methods, and devices—approaches that are backed by extensive research as well as Dr. McClain&’s own work with his patients—including: Little-known treatments that can reverse the effects of new and old injuries Emergent diagnostic and screening technologies that detect early onset disease soonerBreakthrough methods (some DIY) to slow down or reverse aging in the bodySteps you can take now to enhance gene expression and side-step your &“sins of the past&” and poor family genetics Best of all, McClain shows how you can get access to these therapies and jumpstart your body&’s regenerative processes—everything from stabilizing mood swings, relieving depression and anxiety, extending hormone balance and sexual function, improving muscle strength and stamina, relieving debilitating pain, and restoring a youthful appearance. Bolstered with research and recovery stories from real people, Cheating Death gives readers the tools to live healthier, longer lives.
Finish Line: Dispelling Fear, Finding Peace, and Preparing for the End of Your Life
By Robert Wolgemuth. 2023
Facing your ultimate death can be scary, but in light of God's promises, it doesn't have to be. Finish Line provides practical…and biblical help on topics such as finances, blessing others, end-of-life choices, heaven, and caring for those you leave behind so you can approach your own finish line with hope, joy, and peace.It's normal to have questions about how to face the last season of our lives well, and though we long to end our lives with grace and gratitude, sometimes we feel fear and uncertainty instead.Robert Wolgemuth knows what it is like to face death, having lost his first wife of almost 45 years to cancer and battling cancer twice himself. Finish Line distills a lifetime of spiritual wisdom as Robert helps you:Find true peace and reassurance about the end of lifeDiscover the things you can do to prepare those you love before you dieUnderstand the truth about heaven and what God has for his followers in the next lifeLearn from people in the Bible about what crossing the finish line should--and shouldn't--look likeTake care of specifics such as planning your funeral service, determining end-of-life issues, and preparing a willLet go of physical, relational, and emotional clutterReceive what God has for you in your final years A rich guide for this season of your life, Finish Line offers unvarnished--even lighthearted--truth to comfort your heart, practical help to ease your mind, and a reminder of God's promises to comfort your spirit so you can look toward your own finish line with both peace and hope.
Yale professor and leading expert on the psychology of successful aging, Dr. Becca Levy, draws on her ground-breaking research to…show how age beliefs can be improved so they benefit all aspects of the aging process, including the way genes operate and the extension of life expectancy by 7.5 years.The often-surprising results of Levy’s science offer stunning revelations about the mind-body connection. She demonstrates that many health problems formerly considered to be entirely due to the aging process, such as memory loss, hearing decline, and cardiovascular events, are instead influenced by the negative age beliefs that dominate in the US and other ageist countries. It’s time for all of us to rethink aging and Breaking the Age Code shows us how to do just that.Based on her innovative research, stories that range from pop culture to the corporate boardroom, and her own life, Levy shows how age beliefs shape all aspects of our lives. She also presents a variety of fascinating people who have benefited from positive age beliefs as well as an entire town that has flourished with these beliefs.Breaking the Age Code is a landmark work, presenting not only easy-to-follow techniques for improving age beliefs so they can contribute to successful aging, but also a blueprint to reduce structural ageism for lasting change and an age-just society.
Antimicrobial Stewardship in Non-Traditional Settings: A Practical Guide
By Shira Doron, Maureen Campion. 2023
The evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance is outpacing the ability to create novel antibiotics, which is proving to be a global…problem in the fact of climate change, population growth, demographic shifts toward aging populations, emerging infections, and other crises. Therefore, clinicians are forced to use the existing antimicrobials more responsibly to preserve their longevity for generations to come. In a parallel vein, there has been a recent regulatory acknowledgement of the importance of prudent antimicrobial prescribing, mandating the implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship across all healthcare settings. This is harder to manage in a non-traditional setting, which include long-term care facilities, outpatient care clinics, urgent care centers, and others. Given the trends in patient care in these settings—particularly where the aging community is concerned—this is proving to be a growing problem. This is troublesome even for spaces that have university and large hospital affiliations. There is a plethora of data describing the implementation and outcomes of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in acute-care hospitals with open-access, evidence-based guidelines endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. However, non-traditional settings often find themselves struggling to implement the same practices and procedures due to their unique needs and limited resources. There may be variability in access to resources, applicability, and patient-type. This book seeks to inform those in non-traditional healthcare settings on the principles, practice, and outcomes of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs to improve patient care across all settings. The text begins by unpacking Antimicrobial Stewardship in nontraditional settings then covers specific environments, including long-term care facilities, outpatient clinics, and emergency departments. The text also covers special topics, including veterinary medicine, HIV, oncology, and immunocompromised patients, pediatrics, neonates, transplant, and critical care patients.
Brainhacker: Master Memory, Focus, Emotions, and More to Unleash the Genius Within
By Dave Farrow. 2023
If you feel like your brain is &“glitching,&” or working against you, know that you&’re not stuck with the brain…biology gave you. An upgrade is possible.In Brainhacker, you&’ll learn how to &“rewire&” your brain and boost its power. David Farrow, author of The Farrow Method, helps you get inside your own head and call the shots, with concrete exercises and tips to train your brain to work for you. These tricks can instantly boost your memory, improve your reading speed, help you push away pain, and form life-changing habits that actually last—with techniques as simple as a hand movement or a little bit of imagination. Farrow speaks from personal experience. His unlikely journey from underachieving kid with ADHD and dyslexia to winner of multiple Guinness World Records for memorization is proof that training your brain really works—and can unlock hidden potential. Brainhacker pairs Farrow&’s unique, tried-and-true methods with his own story, following his path to success as he searched for solutions to overcome his struggles with focus, memory, sleep, anxiety, self-esteem, and more. On average, we waste 40 days of the year compensating for our bad memory. Many of us suffer from insomnia, stress, and chronic pain. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a huge surge in the already-huge number of people suffering from burnout and mental health problems. But all of this, from memory to ADHD symptoms to sleep problems, can be transformed with the simple hacks you&’ll find in these pages. If you&’re ready to tap into the full power of your brain, Brainhacker is your all-in-one guide to hacking into your brain—and making it as powerful as it can be.
(Re)designing the Continuum of Care for Older Adults: The Future of Long-Term Care Settings
By Farhana Ferdous, Emily Roberts. 2023
This book broadens the visioning on new care environments that are designed to be inclusive, progressive, and convergent with the…needs of an aging population. The contents cover a range of long-term care (LTC) settings in a single collection to address the needs of a wide audience.Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, rethinking the spatial design of care facilities in order to prepare for future respiratory and contagious pathogens is one of the prime concerns across the globe, along with social connectedness and autonomy in care settings. This book contributes to the next generation of knowledge and understanding of the growing field of the design of technology, programs, and environments for LTC that are more effective in infection prevention and control as well as social connectedness. To address these issues, the chapters are organized in four sections: Part I: Home- and community-based care; Part II: Facility-based care; Part III: Memory care and end-of-life care; and Part IV: Evidence-based applied projects and next steps. (Re)designing the Continuum of Care for Older Adults: The Future of Long-Term Care Settings is an essential resource for researchers, practitioners, educators, policymakers, and students associated with LTC home and healthcare settings. With diverse topics in theory, substantive issues, and methods, the contributions from notable researchers and scholars cover a range of innovative programming, environments, and technologies which can impact the changing needs and support for older adults and their families across the continuum of care.
Atlas of Psychiatry
By Waguih William IsHak. 2023
This atlas is the first fully visual reference to cover psychiatry broadly, appealing to psychiatric as well as non-psychiatric clinicians and…trainees who need an easy-to-use visual resource with holistic approach to patient care. Written by expert clinicians and educators, this text describes basic clinical and scholarly information across the field utilizing an easy-to-understand format. The rich figures and tables describe etiology, pathophysiology, phenomenology, and treatment even in areas that are difficult to illustrate, including substance-related disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, personality disorders, and others. The visual approach proves valuable to some of the most innovative techniques in psychiatry, including implications for neuroimaging. Comprehensive and unique, Atlas of Psychiatry is a landmark reference for all medical practitioners looking for an intricate yet accessible visual resource.
The Life Plan: How Any Man Can Achieve Lasting Health, Great Sex, and a Stronger, Leaner Body
By Jeffry S. Life. 2011
This guy is for real-- And he knows that it's never too late to transform your body It's very likely…that you have seen Dr. Jeffry Life before. And if you have, you might have thought, How can this seventy-two-year-old doctor have the body of a thirty-year-old? But his photos are very real, and you can look just as good as he does when you take control of your health. Back in 1998, Dr. Life was sixty years old and a stereotype of the aging man: he was overweight with a noticeable gut and little muscle tone. Even though his own medical practice was thriving, and he thought he knew everything about men's health, the facts proved differently. His libido was low, which was ruining his self-esteem. He felt tired all the time, yet no amount of sleep made him feel well rested. It wasn't until a cardiologist read him the riot act that he even considered that change was possible. He then decided to make critical adjustments to his diet and lifestyle, and the results have been nothing short of astounding. More than a decade later, Dr. Life continues to look and feel younger than ever. He knows that if he can make these changes to his body, his sex life, and his health, any man can. In this revolutionary book, he'll show how you can turn around yourhealth by using the very same program he success-fully created and follows to this day. The Life Plan introduces a healthy aging lifestyle that any man can master, no matter what shape he may be in. It offers: * An action-packed exercise program designed to make working out entertaining as well as improve heart health and increase muscle mass. His program taps into various disciplines--cardio workouts, resistance training, balance and core conditioning, martial arts, and Pilates. * An easy diet, featuring delicious choices, that any man can follow, along with rules for eating out and sample recipes for the single or married guy. * A simple nutrient supplement regimen highlighting the top supplements men may need to halt, and even reverse, the aging process. * A prudent guide to male hormone replacement therapies based on the most up-to-date research. * Lessons on how to get your doctor to provide the care you deserve. * How to sidestep America's disease-based approach to medicine and fuel optimal health. * And much more. By following this program you can once again enjoy an active, clear-headed, sexually satisfying, vigorous, and health-filled life, while avoiding late-onset diabetes, heart disease, and other common illnesses and complaints of aging. For men seeking to make over their bodies and turn back the clock, The Life Plan delivers the keys to a fitter body, a stronger immune system, and a richer, fuller life.
Recalibrate Your Life: Navigating Transitions with Purpose and Hope
By Kenneth Boa, Jenny Abel. 2023
As we make our way through life, we find ourselves in times of transition where we need to reassess who…we are and what we do. Living well doesn't happen automatically for followers of Christ—it happens when we have planned ahead by reviewing and recalibrating our lives on a regular basis, and when we transition from one stage of life to the next. Times of transition, especially in midlife or later life, are ideal moments for recalibrating our priorities and habits. Ken Boa and Jenny Abel give us the perspective and practical tools needed to evaluate our God-given gifts, talents, skills, wisdom, knowledge, resources, and opportunities so we can use them to the full extent God desires. It involves an intentional recalibration and envisioning of one's life based on God's universal and unique purposes for each person as we move from the demands of our careers into a deeper sense of calling. This eternal perspective allows us to live meaningfully now and into the future so that the best is yet to come.
Increasing numbers of adults are realising that they have been living with an undiagnosed developmental condition, yet most information and…support focuses on children. This leaves many adults confused and in the dark. The Adolescent and Adult Neuro-Diversity Handbook is a handy first-reference point guide to the full range of developmental conditions as they affect adolescents and adults. Each chapter focuses on a different condition, describing its history, causes and characteristics, its implications for the individual, diagnosis and assessment, treatments and approaches, and strategies for providing support and self-support. A wide range of conditions are covered, including Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD, OCD, Tourette's and Anxiety Disorders. The Adolescent and Adult Neuro-Diversity Handbook is an invaluable resource for health and social care practitioners, as well as for individuals who feel that they may be living with an undiagnosed developmental condition.
How to Age Joyfully: Eight Steps to a Happier, Fuller Life
By Judi Dench, Maggy Pigott. 2019
We’re living longer – let’s live better!Getting older should be something to enjoy and celebrate. And it can be.Research shows…that we can make a big difference to how well we age. From staying active to connecting with others, this uplifting book shares the secrets to ageing well in eight steps, to help keep you healthy and happy. Each step has easy-to-follow tips, alongside inspiring words both ancient and modern… and more!Whether you choose to follow some of the advice or all, this is the perfect guide for living a more fulfilled, healthy and joyful life.
How to Survive 50
By Clive Whichelow, Mike Haskins. 2016
Brace yourself… 50 is approaching! There’s no denying it – you’ve officially got ‘a few years’ under your belt (and…possibly a few extra notches on it). But don’t trade your party gear for a pair of slippers just yet, because there’s plenty more fun to be had. This cheerful little book, full of tongue-in-cheek advice, will help you carry on strutting your stuff for many years to come!
Glad to Be Grey
By Clive Whichelow. 2013
So what if the last tweet you had was from your pet budgie; he makes more sense than young people…these days anyway. And at least you don’t have to worry about having the latest gadget or keeping a trim waistline anymore. So cast off the cares of youth and join the ranks of those who are glad to be grey.
365 Days of Happiness (365 Days Of... Ser.)
By Lizzie Cornwall. 2012
Host an air guitar tournament for your friends and family. Cartwheel down the street. Tell nothing but the truth all…day. Prepare for a grand adventure, instigate a little mischief and embrace a sunnier outlook with this book of feel-good quotations and quirky ideas that will keep you smiling all year.
Suddenly Senior: The Funny Thing About Getting Older
By Tom Hay. 2016
You might be getting a bit thin on top, plump at the middle and creaky around the knees, but that…doesn’t mean you’ve forgotten how to enjoy yourself! This collection of witty quotations, light-hearted yarns and cheerful jokes will help you celebrate getting older with a smile on your face and a twinkle in your wrinkle.
How to Survive 60
By Clive Whichelow, Mike Haskins. 2016
Brace yourself… 60 is approaching! It’s time to face the facts – even though you might not feel it, you’re…decidedly more O.A.P. than V.I.P. But don’t trade your custard creams for the cod-liver oil just yet, because there’s plenty more fun to be had. This cheerful little book, full of tongue-in-cheek advice, will put some swagger in your step for many years to come!
This book gives the basic information needed to understand what dementia is, how to recognise it, and, most essentially, how…to deal with it, including details on: The different types of dementia Risk factors and investigation The various treatments and supports available Daily living, diet, exercise and attitude.

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The document discusses the two major challenges to development in Latin America and the Caribbean today: to achieve greater equality and to make development sustainable for future generations.
The publication analyses the progress of gender equality in the region 15 years after the approval of the Beijing Platform for Action, 10 years after the drafting of the Millennium Development Goals and three years after the adoption of the Quito Consensus at the tenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in 2007.
Integrating a gender perspective into the work of the United Nations military in peacekeeping operations
The guidelines aim to support a more integrated response by military peacekeepers, other peacekeeping mission components, UN entities and nongovernmental organizations working to implement Security Council mandates on women, peace and security.
Review of the sexual violence elements of the judgments of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone in the light of Security Council resolution 18
The aim of this document is to identify the sexual violence elements of the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). It offers a comprehensive overview of the various ways that sexual violence in armed conflict can be interpreted and addressed under international law.


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Twenty years after his death, the Castello di Rivoli is dedicating a day of study to the person and activities of Marco Rivetti (Biella, 1943 – Turin, 1996).
Speakers include: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, director of the Castello di Rivoli and the GAM, Torino; Germano Celant, art historian, critic and theoretician; Michelangelo Pistoletto, artist; Giuseppe Berta, historian of business and industry at Bocconi University, Milan; Anna Martina, former head of communications GFT Group; Carlo Rivetti, businessman.
In addition, other representatives of the business world such Illy, Ceretto and Trussardi will contribute opinions on the art-industry relationship.
Experimenting with art and contemporary creativity, Rivetti invented a new form of communication. At the end of the 1970s, he developed the Gruppo Finanziario Tessile (GFT), transforming the company into an international force which launched the production of prêt-à-porter. With his ability to combine creativity, enterprise and culture, Rivetti in the 1980s integrated contemporary art and culture in business communication with innovative choices. A cultured and sensitive entrepeneur, Rivetti, who was the third Chairman of the Castello di Rivoli from 1988 to 1993 supported the development of the first Italian contemporary art system around the birth of the Castello di Rivoli museum which opened in 1984.
In his inaugural speech in Rivoli, Rivetti highlighted how “the history of our company is deeply interwoven with the history of its relationship with a large field of contemporary creativity, design and fashion.”
This absolutely topical vision which prefigures aspects of today’s world, shows how Rivetti saw in the Museum a space which would combine art with all other creative languages.
Gianna Recchi, Chairman of the Fondazione Marco Rivetti, declares: “It’s with great pleasure that I welcome this day of study dedicated to my friend Marco, a visionary entrepreneur who anticipated the most current relationship between art and industry.”

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‘Fendi’ is the name of a new song by PnB Rock featuring contributions from Murda Beatz and Nicki Minaj, who has recently jumped into retirement in pursuit of motherhood. This song’s release has come right on the heels of the launch of Minaj’s Fendi Prints On Collection, which is coming this October. The brand Fendi is no stranger to Minaj fans, as she has worn it several times, and has also popularized the line, “Fendi prints on” in her 2018 song, ‘Chun-Li.’
“Murder,” she shouts at the beginning of the new song, adding, “Yo, this is actually, I swear, like, this is really my favorite song.” PnB Rock then starts proceedings with his fiery raps. “She wanna ride, just like my coupe. She wanna get high, straight to the moon. She wanna get fly, just like a broom,” he utters in the song’s hook.
‘Fendi’ hasn’t been given the music video treatment yet, but that seems difficult now that Nicki Minaj’s retirement has come into effect. The rapper had announced earlier this month, to everyone’s surprise, that she is retiring for the time being to focus on her motherhood. “I’ve decided to retire and have my family. I know you guys are happy now. To my fans, keep reppin me, do it till da death of me, in the box – cuz ain’t nobody checkin me. Love you for LIFE,” she had said in a statement.
Earlier this year, Nicki Minaj had released a single called ‘MEGATRON,’ which was her first outing since her 2018 album Queen. It was met with positive reviews, and debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200. The album was also certified platinum by the RIAA in January 2019.
You can listen to PnB Rock and Nicki Minaj’s new song ‘Fendi’ in the space above.


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MOSCOW, November 20 /TASS/. Moscow welcomes the French president’s intention to create a broad coalition against the Islamic State that is in line with the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin put forward at the United Nations General Assembly, Russian president’s aide Yuri Ushakov told journalists.
He said that coordination of counter-terrorism efforts would be in the focus of Francois Hollande’s meeting with Vladimir Putin on November 26. "Our country welcomes the French president’s statement on intention to create a broad coalition to fight IS," Ushakov went on to say.
"France’s anti-terrorist priorities are consonant with an initiative which our president launched at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in which he called for working out a UN Security Council resolution on coordination of efforts of all the forces that counteract IS and other terrorist organizations," Putin’s aide said.
Moscow regards Hollande’s visit to Washington as forestalling his visit to Moscow.
"It comes in continuation of his declared efforts to form a broad anti-terrorism coalition, which we actively support. They reflect the essence of our initiatives (at the UN General Assembly)," Ushakov said.
"It is clear that the dialogue with the French president is particularly important in the wake of the Russian plane’s detonation over Egypt and the tragic terror attacks in Paris," Ushakov went on to say.
"It is necessary to unite all efforts, real efforts, so to speak. Naturally, it’s going to be interesting to meet Hollande after he preliminarily presents his idea to his U.S. colleagues at a meeting with (U.S. President Barack) Obama," Putin’s aide said.
He recalled that Putin had visited the National Defense Centre shortly after his telephone conversation with Hollande on November 17 where he ordered the establishment of close cooperation with the French military and treat them as allies given the close location of the Russian and French naval groups with each other off the Syrian coast.
"The chiefs of the General Staffs of Russia and France had a telephone conversation on November 19 in continuation of (Putin-Hollande) telephone conversation and the presidential instructions," Ushakov said.

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Sustainable development is the 21st Century's wicked problem. After 40 years into this agenda have reversed only few unsustainable trends we hear the call for a paradigm shift, transformation, radical change or system innovations in order to finally change course. But what does this actually mean? And how do we put it into practice? This book describes the path ahead. It combines system transformation research with political economy and change leadership insights when discussing the need for a great mindshift in how human wellbeing, economic prosperity and healthy ecosystems are understood if the Great Transformations ahead are to lead to more sustainability. It shows that history is made by purposefully acting humans and introduces transformative literacy as a key skill in leading the radical incremental change strategies that wicked problems require, illustrating their nature through mapping pioneering practices and their commonalities.
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Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which academies have been identified by his Department as making inadequate improvement in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; and if he will make a statement.
The year after each academy opens, Ofsted inspect and report on progress. Ofsted send a letter to the academy with a result of their monitoring visit which is published on their website. In the third year after opening, there is a full section 5 Ofsted inspection. During 2006, 2007 and 2008 there have been 27 monitoring visits paid to different academies. Of these, in 2007 St. Marks C of E Academy was monitored by Ofsted who judged it was making inadequate progress in raising standards. Its progress was monitored again in 2008 and it was judged to be making inadequate progress though the significant changes in the academy's leadership were reported positively. The DCSF is working closely with governors to ensure good improvement is made before the next monitoring visit.
Stockley Academy was monitored in March 2008 and judged at that time to be making inadequate progress. However it was monitored again in late September and at the oral feedback the inspectors judged it was now making at least satisfactory progress. The written report will be available on the Ofsted website in the next two weeks.
Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what powers his Department has to intervene where academies are making inadequate progress; and how often such powers have been used.
Jim Knight: The Funding Agreements and Memorandum and Articles of Association of Academies give the Secretary of State powers to appoint extra governors to the Governing Body of an Academy, and thereby take control of the Academy, when he is satisfied that:
The standards of performance of pupils at the Academy is unacceptably low and is likely to remain so, or
There has been a serious breakdown in the way the Academy is managed or governed which is prejudicing, or likely to prejudice, such standards of performance, or
The safety of pupils or staff of the Academy is threatened (whether by a breakdown of discipline or otherwise).
Such an action would only occur after a sequence of events involving the Secretary of State warning the Governing Body about the situation and the Governing Body not responding to the problem to his satisfaction.
The Secretary of State can also use these powers in the case of a Special Measures Termination Event. This occurs after a sequence of events involving OfSTED giving the Academy a special measures notice and finding insufficient progress on their next visit, and the Secretary of State not being satisfied with the Academy Trusts plans for dealing with the situation. The Secretary of State can also terminate the Funding Agreement in a Special Measures Termination Event.
Jim Knight: The Department does not collect this information centrally. However, as stated in the academies prospectus of 2007, as good employers we would expect academies to recognise staff associations.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 928, on the Building Schools for the Future Programme, if he will (a) update the results for 2008 and (b) give the dates on which the Building Schools for the Future Programme (i) began and (ii) was completed in each school.
The validated 2008 GCSE results will be available in January 2009. The following table shows the Building Schools for the Future start dates for schools in the National Challenge for each wave of the programme, based on the 2007 results. The start date relates to the
local authority's entry to the programme. The table also shows the same information for BSF One School Pathfinders and new academies procured under the Partnerships for Schools National Framework.
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A further six school projects are expected to be completed in the current financial year.
John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children starting primary school in (a) Bassetlaw constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) England had previously attended a Sure Start children's centre in the latest period for which figures are available.
Mr. Leech: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students were entitled to education maintenance allowance in each local authority area in the academic year 2007-08; and what percentage of students took up their entitlement.
Jim Knight: Eligibility for the education maintenance allowance (EMA) is based on household income. The Department for Children, Schools and Families does not hold information on household income for every eligible 16 to 18-year-old who participates in a course that meets the EMA valid provision criteria. Therefore it is not possible to calculate the number of students who were entitled to EMA in each local authority area, or what percentage of students took up their entitlement.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what costs are incurred by students seeking to re-take (a) mathematics and (b) English language GCSE examinations.
Jim Knight: The amount awarding bodies charge is the same whether a candidate is retaking an examination or sitting it for the first time. Examination centres (eg schools or colleges) decide whether or not they charge candidates who wish to retake exams.
Each awarding body based in England sets the examination fees they charge for GCSEs. The examinations and assessment regulator, Ofqual, works closely with the awarding bodies to monitor the costs of examination fees to ensure value for money. It is for the awarding bodies to publish details of these costs on their websites for each of the specifications they offer. Typically the cost of GCSE mathematics and English examinations is between £20 and £40.
Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students have taken (a) mathematics and (b) English language GCSE examinations for a second time in each of the last 10 years.
(4) how many key stage two and key stage three test markers were rejected for lack of reliability during the live marking of the tests in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; and if he will make a statement;
(5) what proportion of (a) key stage two and (b) key stage three tests in (i) science, (ii) English and (iii) mathematics were (A) marked, (B) marked with results entered into a computer system and (C) marked and returned to the relevant school by (1) 8 July and (2) 15 July 2008; and if he will make a statement;
(7) what percentage of appeals against key stage two and key stage three marking were upheld in each year from 2005 to 2008; how many appeals were received in each year; and if he will make a statement.
Jim Knight: The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) is responsible for the development and administration of national curriculum tests. The National Assessment Agency (NAA) administers the tests and manages the delivery contract, on QCAs behalf. David Gee, Managing Director of the NAA has written to the hon. Member and a copy of his letter has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps the Government have taken to assist parents seeking employment with their child care responsibilities.
Beverley Hughes: In September of this year, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families announced the new Free Childcare for Training and Learning for Work programme which is supported through £75 million of funding to run from January 2009 to March 2011. The programme will be piloted in 67 local authorities from January with a national roll-out from September 2009. The programme is aimed at lower income couple families where one parent is working and the second parent is not working and wishes to undertake training on route to employment.
The programme will look to complement other existing child care support for families moving into work such as the Free Entitlement programme for 3 and 4-year-olds, £3.5 million of support made available through tax credit every day, the Childcare Affordability Programme in London and other initiatives run through Job Centre Plus and the Learning and Skills Council.
(2) how many and what percentage of students in pupil referral units had been there for more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) a year, (d) two years, (e) three years, (f) four years and (g) five years in each of the last 10 years;
(3) how many pupils have spent more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) a year, (d) two years, (e) three years, (f) four years and (g) five years in a pupil referral unit since their introduction.
The available information shows the number of pupils attending a pupil referral unit in January of each year since 1999 and is shown in the table. The table excludes pupil with dual registration, information on the number of dual registrations can be provided only at disproportionate cost. Information prior to 1999 can also be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Eradicating the sidewalk economy to clear pavements for pedestrians is not a wise solution.
Rather, the Government should consider pavements as “public goods” and plan to manage them in a manner that benefits all stakeholders.
In mid-February, a team of police and urban management officers in HCM City’s District 1 cracked down on illegal sidewalk encroachment, kicking off a movement for localities - from the north to the centre - to follow suit.
The issue made headlines in all media outlets. It was a hot issue not because it was being done for the first time, but because of the strong spillover effect on other localities – something that had never happened before, and because of authorities’ forceful, even heavy handed response to pavement “violations” that have been a way of life.
Imitating the “pioneer” in the south, many districts in large cities in the north like Hà Nội and Hải Phòng, and in the centre, like Đà Nẵng, also tried to free up footpaths as part of a beautification effort and improve “social security and order.”
Hàng Đào Street in Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District in one of the Old Quarter’s busiest and most crowded areas. — VNS Photo Đoàn Tùng
What they did
They removed illegal parking areas, street vendors, advertising boards, extended canopies; dismantled ongoing construction works as well as parts of completed buildings, and even broke down perrons (exterior steps and platform at the main entrance to a large building) in front of people’s houses if they encroached a part of pavements.
The actions were deserving of praise in so far as they restored pavements for pedestrian use and enhanced urban cleanliness.
But the actions also came in for deserved criticism for their harshness, with pavements being cleared regardless of their width, not taking cognizance of the fact that several sidewalks were still wide enough for street vendors or households to open a stall and earn a living.
Most of all, people are still wondering if such an aggressive campaign was really called for and whether it would bring long-term results.
We’ve seen similar campaigns earlier that were never as aggressive. Usually, they were launched just before Tết (Lunar New Year holidays) or some other special national events, and things returned to normal several weeks later.
The root of the problem
It seems that the pavement was being treated as a “private good” by some individuals/groups, and the State was failing its role as a “public goods” provider.
It is pertinent to note that there are two important characteristics that differentiate public goods from private goods. First, it is non-competitive, meaning consumption by one user does not reduce supply available to others, and second, it is non-exclusive, meaning users cannot be prevented from consuming the goods. These characteristics make it difficult, if not impossible, to charge for public goods.
So, according to the definition, pavements are public goods, but in Việt Nam, we could see that some pavements or pavement sections were being treated as exclusive property.
An investigative report by the Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper in late March showed that several sidewalks in HCM City were “owned and traded” between local vendors.
Depending on the location, a section of pavement could be sold for between VNĐ100 million (US$4,400) and VNĐ300 million, the newspaper reported. Some of these places were protected by gang members paid to help sellers keep the space from being occupied by other competitors and also to deal with inspectors.
Local authorities seemed to be unaware of the situation till it was exposed by reporters. This, by itself, is evidence that the Government cannot eradicate the sidewalk economy completely.
So what we saw was the emergence of an “underground economy” where pavements were traded as private goods. We saw the deprivation of opportunities for vulnerable, low-income migrants, and the loss of tax revenues, an important source for the State Budget.
However, another aspect that should not be overlooked, is that for visitors, the pavement business is a prominent symbol of the attractiveness, friendliness and vitality of Vietnamese localities. Street food stalls, in particular, are a mystery and an adventure for foreign and domestic tourists.
Recently, international news agencies have reported that street food stalls would be banned in all main roads of Bangkok – a Southeast Asian city long renowned for its street cuisine. This move also prompted outrage among the nation’s citizens and disappointment among foreigners.
We will have to wait and see what the city authorities do next to deal with the situation and what the ultimate outcome of this crusade will be.
But I agree with Annette Kim, an associate professor at the University of Southern California and director of the Spatial Analysis Lab at the college’s Sol Price School of Public Policy, who was quoted by Saigoneer.com saying “…you could be losing an important part of the culture by following a homogenous, modernist approach to city planning.”
Experience from developed countries like Germany or France shows that sidewalks, as places for business by households and street vendors, can be an important source for employment/job creation and cities’ budget revenues if they are well managed. In these countries, authorities choose specific stretches of pavements dedicated to business households or street vendors to set up shops and they are only allowed to operate for a specific period of time in a day.
In short, even if it is the key function, a pavement is not just for ensuring the right of people to have a walkway. It is also a space to promote the vitality of a locality. As a public good, it would neither be provided by the market at all, or would it be underprovided. In another words, even in public goods administration, things like market failure and social inequality can create conflicts of interest that the State has to deal with.
Therefore, the State must intervene in providing this public goods space with appropriate plans that take into account social, economic, cultural and environment factors to minimise conflicts of interest. The planning and implementation must be done in a transparent, accountable manner.
Otherwise, clear pavement or not, the State would have failed in fostering entrepreneurship and maintaining the nation’s cultural characteristics and identity. — VNS


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Teacher fractures student's hand
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The right arm of a nine-year-old girl was fractured after she was allegedly caned by a teacher for coming late to the school in Rajouri district.
The girl, a Class IV student of government middle school in Nagari area on Rajouri, said, "my teacher (Dheeraj) beat with wood stick on my right hand for coming late -- I cried --it pained me a lot."
"Her hand has been fractured -- how brutally the teacher has beaten her. Doctors told us they need to operate the hand", the minor's father Babloo Singh said adding, "we demand strict action against the teacher."
Singh alleged that the teacher beat his daughter with a wooden stick for coming late to the school yesterday.
On the complaint made by Singh, police today registered a case against the alleged teacher and started the probe into the matter.
"An FIR has been lodged against the teacher -- medical examination of the girl has been done -- teacher will be arrested," SP Rajouri Mubasir Latifee said.


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Latitude: 53.4011 / 53°24'4"N
Longitude: -2.9792 / 2°58'44"W
OS Eastings: 334995
OS Northings: 389812
OS Grid: SJ349898
Mapcode National: GBR 75Q.KS
Mapcode Global: WH877.6SM0
Plus Code: 9C5VC22C+C8
Entry Name: 135-147, Duke Street
Listing Date: 21 July 2004
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1391054
English Heritage Legacy ID: 492740
Location: Liverpool, L1
Electoral Ward/Division: Riverside
Built-Up Area: Liverpool
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Merseyside
Church of England Parish: St Luke in the City Team
Church of England Diocese: Liverpool
392/0/10205 DUKE STREET
A terrace of houses, including a shop and offices. Late C18, and developed incrementally in the early-mid C19, with C20 alteration and remodelling. Brown/buff brick with painted stone dressings, eaves cornice, broad ridge chimney stacks and a slate roof covering.
PLAN: Linear terrace plan on a gently sloping frontage.
EXTERIOR: The terrace is of 3 storeys above basemnts, with a common eaves line, but variations in the levels of window heads and cills, reflecting the incremental development of the site. It comprises 7 dwellings, with no.135 altered to form a shop at ground floor level,and no.147 now used as offices. All of the houses have 2 windows to each storey, those to the upper floor smaller than those below. Nos. 137 to 143 each have 2 windows to the ground floor, and blind walling above the doorways. Nos. 145 and 147 are narrower in width, with a single ground floor window to the side of the doorway, and with window openings above. Nos. 135 and 137 appear to be the earliest houses, no.137 retaining a late C18 doorcase with semi-circular overlight, open pediment and a flight of 5 stone steps. The ground floor of no. 135 was remodelled in the late C19, and a shop front with stall riser,pilasters, 4 light display window and signboard. Window openings throughout the terrace have wedge lintels and projecting sills, with 2 over 2 pane sash frames to nos. 135, 137, 139 and 141. Nos 143, 145 and 147 have relacement frames of various designs within original openings.
INTERIORS: Not inspected.
HISTORY: Nos. 135 and 137 appear to be present on Horwood's map of 1803.
Nos. 135-147 ( even ) Duke Street are of special interest as a late C18 and early C19 terrace of dwellings forming part of a significant historic street frontage within the Duke Street Conservation area. They are part of a range of dwelling types which characterise the evolution of residential areas close to Liverpool's earliest enclosed dock and contribute strongly to the areas distinctive character and appearance.
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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Enodis set to receive new takeover offer
Enodis, the kitchen equipment maker that rejected a £796m takeover offer from its American rival Middleby last weekend, is to receive a more generous bid from another competitor, Manitowoc.
David McCulloch, Enodis' chief executive, and his advisers at Credit Suisse can expect an offer of 220p a share within days. That would value the maker of fryers and fridges for MacDonald's and Burger King at £880m.
Yesterday, Enodis was valued at £789m after the shares climbed 15.5p to 197.5p. They have more than quadrupled in value in the past three years.
Mr McCulloch dismissed Middleby's earlier 195p-a-share conditional offer as significantly undervaluing the company, despite being pitched at an 11 per cent premium to the then share price.
On Tuesday, Enodis moved to justify its rejection of Middleby's advances with a 71 per cent jump in pre-tax profits to £24.4m in the six months to April. Sales rose to £354m from £308m over the same period a year before.
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Alfaz' Paradise Club places you next to Sierra Helada National Park and within a 10-minute walk of Albir Beach. This 3-star hotel has 16 guestrooms and offers an outdoor pool, free in-room WiFi, and a fitness center.
Quench your thirst with a drink at the bar/lounge.
All 16 air-conditioned accommodations feature kitchens and space to spread out with dining areas. Flat-screen TVs come with satellite channels, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi. Espresso makers, safes, and ironing boards are also standard. Limited housekeeping is available.
Alfaz' Paradise Club features an outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a fitness center. If you drive, self parking is EUR 25 per week, or you can take advantage of the airport shuttle (available 24 hours) for EUR 75 per vehicle one way. Helpful staff can provide tour or ticket assistance and luggage storage. Additional amenities include a spa tub, free WiFi in public areas, and a terrace.

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May 4, 2013 |
For an Indian tourist seeking a summer holiday escape, the neighboring landlocked kingdom of Bhutan -- nestled in the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayas -- assures easy accessibility to happiness. And it's not just because of the lack of a need for a visa, the acceptance of the Indian rupee as legal tender and the forthcoming discounts at shops in Paro and Thimphu. But the sheer tranquility offered by the rich biodiversity hotspot (home to 770 bird species and 5,400 species of plants)
May 4, 2013 |
HYDERABAD: In an impressive passing out parade, 12 Gentlemen Cadets of the 21st course of the technical entry scheme passed out of the cadets training wing of MCEME. Lt general K Surendra Nath GOC-in-C, Army Training Command, and colonel of the Mechanised Regiment reviewed the parade on Saturday morning, which was witnessed by a gathering including lt general SM Mehta, commandant, MCEME and colonel commandant of the Corps of EME, senior officers of the Indian Army and parents of the Gentlemen Cadets of the passing out course.
May 3, 2013 |
LUCKNOW: The mood was sombre, the occasion historic and atmosphere brimming with patriotism as senior army officers laid wreathes at Smritika, the Central Command War Memorial in Lucknow Cantonment on Wednesday to pay tributes to officers and jawans who laid down their lives for the country. The event started at 8.00am and saw former army commanders turning up to salute the courageous men, who at the call of their motherland, risked life, only to ensure that no one dared to cast an evil-eye on the country.
May 3, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: China violated a key agreement with India when it pitched tents at Depsang Bulge in eastern Ladakh on April 15. But the Indian government has been silent about it, even dismissing the event. In April 2005, India and China had signed a protocol on "Modalities for the Implementation of Confidence Building Measures in the Military Field Along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China Border Areas". This was a successor protocol to the two foundational pacts that govern "peace and tranquility" in the border areas â€" the agreement for Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility along the line of actual control (LAC)
May 2, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: The "acne" -- as foreign minister Salman khurshid described it -- could well turn into a deep scar on India's face, with the Chinese reinforcing their position across the Line of Actual Control and raising the real prospect of India losing access to 750 sq km in strategically crucial northern Ladakh. While China on Tuesday rebuffed India's plea to withdraw its troops, squatting 19km inside Indian territory at Raki Nala in the Depsang Bulge area, fresh imagery from Indian spy drones has shown that the People's Liberation Army has already started using trucks to replenish supplies for over 30 soldiers stationed there.
May 1, 2013 |
DHARAMSHALA: A massive agitation was held by Tibetan supporters on Tuesday, in which activists from ABVP also participated, over the Chinese intrusion in eastern Ladakh. The protest was organized by Students for Free Tibet-India wherein some students from Ladakh also participated. PLA troops of China has reportedly intruded at least 19 km into DBO (Daulat Beg Oldie) in eastern Ladakh since April 15 and has erected 5 tents with soldiers stationed, ignoring repeated calls by Indian Army to withdraw.
April 29, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: Efforts to break the stand-off due to the Chinese incursion are apparently bearing no fruit because of China's insistence that some bunkers constructed by India at a key vantage point be dismantled. China is understood to have laid down this condition before the Indian side for going back from the place 19km inside the Indian territory in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector where its troops have been camping for the last over two weeks, sources said here. The government is taking a look into these issues in the meetings of the China Study Group headed by the National Security Advisor and including secretaries of key ministries such as defence, home and external affairs, they said.
April 29, 2013 |
LUCKNOW: The open air display of the Indian Army's latest gadgets at Surya Khel Parisar made for perfect 'edutainment' for children and youngsters from the city on Sunday. Children of various age groups could be seen climbing on the tanks and enjoying the live demonstration of the artificial bridge-making machine. And the quantum of excitement only increased as the day progressed, with military bands providing great best musical ambience to the weekend. Motorcycle stunts by the daredevils team, a dog show, paramotor activities, Army exhibition and adventure activities were the other major highlights of the Army Mela organised to mark the golden jubilee of the Central Command.
April 29, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: Members in the Lok Sabha on Monday voiced concern over intrusion by Chinese troops in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir , with crucial UPA ally Samajwadi Party objecting to the upcoming visit of external affairs minister Salman Khurshid to Beijing. Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav took the lead in targeting the government for "doing nothing" and alleged that it was acting in a "cowardly" manner in dealing with the intrusion. Describing China as the "biggest enemy", the former defence minister said during Zero Hour, "We have been warning that China has started occupying our territory.
April 28, 2013 |
LUCKNOW: Adding a new dimension to its image, the Indian Army has now decided to spread awareness among public about the immense tourism and trade potential that rivers of the country hold, and that if harnessed properly, the rivers will not only help generate a plethora of jobs, but also contribute in sustainable development. The river expedition, besides commemorating the golden jubilee of Surya Command, also aims at paying tributes to the rivers, considered an integral part of our culture since time immemorial.

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Mission in Post-Modern Britain
When Peter asked me to write the congregational letter for October I immediately thought of sharing with you an article written by David Miller – my former “Missions” lecturer at ICC. This article has stimulated my thinking on mission and I believe David is saying something important for us all to think carefully about as we strive to reach the lost in our land. I will look forward to hearing your feedback and discussing these issues with many of you in the next few months as I begin my new role as Outreach Co-ordinator. Please read on.
Yours in Christ,
(this article first appeared on the website of Christian Vocations www.christianvocations.org and is used with permission.)
Singing the Lord’s song in a foreign land – mission in post-modern Britain
I sat across the room from a minister nearing retirement, at a conference on mission in contemporary society. With a tone of sadness in his voice he said, “ I no longer recognise the culture in which I live.” And the penny dropped. “My wife and I had been missionaries in Japan for ten years, and had not long returned to a much-changed UK. We felt so out of touch with the society around us, just as we had felt ten years earlier when we first arrived in Japan. Culture shock in our own country! But that minister’s comment made me realise that it wasn’t just us. In many ways Christians who had spent all their lives in the UK were experiencing a form of culture shock as well, struggling to understand and communicate with people in a society very different from even a generation ago. Like so many missionaries returned to the UK, people like Lesslie Newbigin and David Smith, I realised that the church here would have to change radically in the way it approached its mission here. The phrase which trips off people’s lips ”We’re all missionaries really" would need to be taken seriously, as the church starts to think about what it means to engage missionally with, in effect, a new culture in Britain.
The first stage of any missionary encounter with people of another culture must be observing and understanding their culture. And what are the marks of this different Britain? Space prevents a full analysis, but here are some of the key features.
Firstly, we live in a fragmented culture. By this I don’t just mean one in which lots of relationships have broken down, but one in which there is increasingly little sense of common identity across the differences of age, gender, class, background and so on. Instead, people are far more conscious of belonging to groups of like-minded people. This may be seen in the various youth tribes of Goths, moshers, skaters and so on, or in the different and poorly-integrated ethnic and religious communities which mark out Britain as a plural society, but it is also seen in the huge range of choices in everything from yoghourt to digital TV channels. A generation ago, over half the country watched the Morecambe and Wise Christmas Specials. Now if a programme attracts 12 million viewers it is counted a huge hit. There will still be conversations about the weekend’s television over the water cooler in the office, in the pub or in the playground, but it will not be about the same programmes. Both at the level of popular culture and at the deeper level of shared beliefs or identity, there is little commonality.
Secondly we live in a disillusioned culture. For some this is because they are aware of being in the country’s economic underclass. For many it is the more general sense that all the big dreams of previous generations of solving all the world’s problems by science or by religion have proved empty. Science, it is felt, may have given us Myspace and painless dentistry, but it has also given us global warming and the threat of nuclear or biological terrorism. And all religion does is to cause violence…or so it is claimed.
In turn this loss of hope in the future has caused us instead to live for the present, and to try to numb the mundane existence of life and work by shopping, drinking, drugging, and taking foreign holidays, preferably all at the same time.
The loss of shared identity and belief makes it much harder to have an agreed set of values. Instead, we make moral and ethical decisions based largely on self-interest or at best family interest. Small wonder then that we find it so hard to get on together.
And in the midst of this Britain has forgotten the Christian story. A combination of social and intellectual challenges from outside has led to increasing secularisation, and churches, by and large, have been unsure how to respond to this loss of influence. When my father-in-law was at school he was belted if he forgot to do his Bible reading homework. When I was at primary school in the late 1960s all but two children in my class went to Sunday school. In primary school classes today it is rare if more than two children do attend. Many churches are virtually empty of anyone under the age of 30. We can therefore no longer assume that people will know what we mean when we talk about Noah’s Ark, the Exodus, the Exile, the Gospels, the Easter story, Jesus or even God.
These are some of the marks of a society we call post-modern. Yet we should understand that “post-modern” is a descriptive word, not a value judgment. We must not simply see post-modern society as negative or opposed to the gospel. There are actually many positive things about post-modern society as well. Post-modern people are more tolerant, more concerned about the environment, less willing to leave problems for other people to fix and more likely to try to make a difference themselves, less willing to pretend things are all right when they are not, and more concerned to find genuine communities to be part of. The Bible and the history of the church tell us that the gospel can take root and bear fruit in any culture…including post-modern Britain. They also tell us that the form of the church is likely to be a bit different to what it looks like elsewhere.
So, what should mark our mission and witness in post-modern Britain?
Firstly we need to learn to look and listen before speaking. A rather cynical T-shirt slogan a few yeas ago said “Jesus is the answer – but what’s the question?”. Prophetic indeed! Christians need to beware lest we feel so sure that we know what others need to hear that we actually fail to hear ourselves the questions that they are asking, and thus do not see how they are seeking God. Just as Paul in Athens (Acts 17: 16-34) saw the altar to the unknown god as a gospel bridge into Athenian culture and recognised that the Greek poets also pointed to God, so we should seek to discern the ways in which God has gone ahead of us into this new culture. We may find these bridges in the positive values of post-modern society such as a longing for community or a desire to care for God’s world, or we may find them in the hurt and disillusionment that result from a turning away from His values.
Secondly, our witness should be characterised by love. This is not to downplay the reality of sin nor the need for conversion. However, it may be that hurting, disillusioned people need to find the kindness that leads to repentance (Romans 2:4). They will find this in a community which welcomes them as they are, and helps them see what, in Christ, they could be. We are familiar wit that good Presbyterian phrase of bringing people under the sound of the Gospel. However, in our contemporary setting, it’s likely that people first need to be come into the sight of the gospel before they can be persuaded that it is worth listening to.
Thirdly, in a fragmented society our mission should be local. However, we need to remember that “local” may not necessarily refer to a particular place. In villages and small towns peoples‘ community may well be geographical, but in urban settings people’s communities will be their place of work, or their gym, or their pub or club. Christians need to connect with these network-based communities…and churches need to resource Christians to be witnesses within these communities rather than the more common practice of trying to extract people out of their communities to come to hear the Gospel on the Christians’ own territory. One of the marks of missionaries after all is their willingness to go where people are rather than expecting the people to make the cultural shift and enter the missionaries' world.
Finally, we should remember that our witness may need to be long, particularly in a society where people have little or no knowledge of the Christian story and thus start much further back than did those of two or three generations ago. There are some wonderful stories of Jesus suddenly breaking into people’s lives, but for many folk their journey to faith is precisely that – a journey over time, a journey of experiences and of learning to make sense of these experiences in the light of the gospel. We often look at Paul’s conversion as the model for a “proper” conversion, but it may be that we should look again at Peter’s three year journey, with all its ups and downs and false starts. The challenge for Christians today is to be willing to accompany people as they journey towards the One who is already calling them.
Psalm 137 records a cry of despair as the exiles from Israel were dragged into captivity in the strange new culture of Babylon. “How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” In the psalm this is a rhetorical question, and the feeling is “We can’t”. Yet among their number were Daniel and his friends – who did learn how to “sing the lord’s song” in pagan Babylon, and so well that Nebuchadnezzar himself acknowledged their God. (Read the whole of the book of Daniel if you don’t know the story!). Christians in Britain, facing a strange new culture, do not need to follow the despair in the psalm. Instead they need to cultivate fresh confidence in Daniel’s God who will make Himself known in any and every culture.
For further reading
Graham Tomlin The Provocative Church (SPCK)
Stuart Murray Post-Christendom (Authentic Media) and Church after Christendom (Paternoster)
David Smith Moving Towards Emmaus (SPCK)

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The rubber-check scandal is Topic A these days-in the newspapers, over family dinners, on talk radio. It is already implicated in the defeat of one incumbent member of Congress (Illinois Democrat Rep. Charles Hayes), and dozens of others are running scared. There`s even talk of a possible criminal investigation, with the implicit possibility of jail terms for the worst offenders.
It is, by every barometer, a major scandal. And yet, I am embarrassed to say, I can`t even figure out just what the scandal is.
I`ve followed the stories and as best I can tell it goes something like this: For more than 150 years-until it was shut down last December-the unchartered House ''bank'' had been just another congressional perquisite. Members could have their pay deposited there, write checks against those deposits, and handle a few other transactions normally handled by real banks. There were a few differences, of course. For one thing, only members of Congress could use the facility. For another, it paid no interest on deposits.
But the big difference-the source of the scandal that still eludes me-is that, whether by specific rule or time-honored custom, members were allowed to write checks against anticipated deposits.
Do it at Fourth National, and it`s an overdraft that either results in a bounced check and a penalty or (if you`ve got overdraft protection) triggers an interest-generating loan sufficient to cover the shortfall. But if you did it at the members-only congressional bank, it was no big deal. The bank simply paid the check and waited for the next payroll deposit. It had been done that way for a good 40 years and more.
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The House is chagrined, the voters outraged and vengeance-minded, and I-a newspaper guy who imagines himself reasonably decent and morally sensitive-can only say: What scandal?
It may be absurd that so many smart people had so much trouble balancing their checkbooks. It may be a fact that many of them knowingly used the casually run bank as a routine source of short-term no-interest loans. And it may be true that you and I couldn`t have gotten away with it down at Fourth National.
But so what? Fourth National handles everybody`s money, and is subject to rules designed to protect the safety of the deposits. One of those rules defines advances to cover overdrafts as loans on which interest must be paid. The congressional bank, on the other hand, handled only members` money, paid no interest on deposits and collected none on advances. It`s not as though the taxpayers had to cover the shortfall; in the long term, there apparently was no shortfall.
Ah, but the taxpayers footed the bill for the bank facility itself, including staff. Isn`t that enough to make it a public scandal?
No-unless the scandal is the existence of the bank itself. A casual attitude toward overdrafts covered by other members` paychecks does not, so far as I can see, increase the cost of the operation to the taxpayers.
Of course the bank was casually-even sloppily-run. Jack Russ, who (as sergeant-at-arms) was responsible for managing the bank and who (as scapegoat) resigned a week ago, reportedly had been ordered by his congressional superiors to clean up the place. Plainly he failed to do so; indeed, he apparently did a little check-kiting himself. Maybe he deserved to lose his job.
But it isn`t sloppy staff work that has the voters (and the media) so exercised. It`s the unpenalized overdrafts. We talk about them as though we are talking about embezzlement or fraud or corruption-as though we`d never borrowed a few hundred from a friend and failed to report the forgone interest on our 1040s.
Where`s the scandal?
My friends tell me the outrage stems from the fact that members of Congress treat themselves as exempt from the rules that apply to the rest of us. But there`s nothing new about that. Members of Congress have always had their perks: their tax-subsidized meals and barbershops and gyms, their free postage and free parking at National Airport, their immunity from arrest en route to and from the House. You think they put special license plates on their cars so the voters can identify their favorite congressmen? No, it`s to allow them to park where they please without fear of being ticketed.
As I see it, the now-closed bank was just another perk. Tell me we give our legislators too many perks, and you get no argument from me. Tell me that some members abuse their special privileges, and I say Amen.
But career-ending scandal? I don`t get it.

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