 I had left there the last Friday I had worked. Naturally, being curious about my fortune from over a week ago, I opened it and found this…..
I immediately laughed out loud. Boss#2 begins to wonder why I laughed, and when I showed her, her only reply was “You are. Certainly by me.” <big grin> Glad they saved it for me.
I have recently been craving the Surf ‘n Turf at Panda Express. I have so many addictions going on right now, that I had to satisfy one of them. So, to Panda I went today for lunch. And with Panda came another fortune cookie.
How come when I saw this, all I could think about was Game of Thrones? Goffery hasn’t married yet, right?
My fortunes are never quite that promising. Whats up with that?.
Detection of Zika virus rapidly without the need for a laboratory in Brazil Gomé, Gilad, Danyelly Bruneska Gondim Martins, Maria Amélia Borba, Henrique Castelletti, Guy Aidelberg, Alexander Kumar, and Jones Albuquerque.. LIKA Laboratório de Imunopatologia Keizo Asami., 10 Mar 2016. Experiment. doi: 10.18258/6724
This project has not yet shared any protocols.Digital Storytelling with Refugees: Analysis of Communication Setting from the Capability Approach Perspective

This research investigates the communication setting of the Digital Storytelling Workshop through the analysis of a case study carried out with a group of refugees and asylum seekers within the European project “IntegrArt”. By analysing this communicative process, we will reflect on the relationship between Media Studies and the concept of Human Development as theorised in Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum’s Capability Approach. In so doing, it will be possible to understand how communicative processes act in a performative way on the capacity that individuals have to imagine themselves and act as active and responsible subjects. What will emerge from this study is therefore the importance of deepening our understanding of the concept of Human Development within Media Studies dealing with migration.I was very excited to receive my copy of Blueprints for the Little Church by Elissa Bjeletich and Caleb Shoemaker in the mail. There was once a time I could indulge in picking up a book and reading it straight through. Those days are pretty much gone, at least for now. One day..! But having to read this book in short snatches over many days was really better because I was able to ponder each section before moving on.
First of a ll, there are a few general things I would like to note. Number one: stationed right at the beginning is an admonition to ask your priest if you have questions about specific traditions in your jurisdiction, about your personal prayer rule, fasting rule, etc., and any other questions. Yes! This is a fantastic book, but a book isn’t a spiritual father. Never confuse the two. Number two: throughout the book, in every section you will find quotes from the Church Fathers and saints of the Church. Orthodoxy isn’t something that is reinvented for every generation. God, in His mercy, has provided us with luminaries to light our way. We don’t have to blunder about in the dark!
Blueprints for the Little Church is family-based. Our homes really are little churches, and the parents are the heads of those churches. Topics covered include praying as a family, setting up an icon corner/prayer space, getting children to (and through!) church services, fasting, almsgiving, and the reminder to pay attention to one’s own private prayer life. The assumption is that you are starting from the beginning. Even if you are not a new convert to Orthodoxy, with dramatic changes in your life (addition of children, career change, moving away from family, etc.) you may find yourself floundering around as the practices that used to work so well, just don’t anymore. At each stage of t he game you have the opportunity to reassess and get back on track. Truthfully, there are probably many of us who, while we excel in one area, such as attending services, could do with a nudge when it comes to other things like fasting or almsgiving. Wherever you are, Blueprints can help you round everyone together and head back in the right direction.
Each section also includes anecdotes from each of the authors, and from other Orthodox Christians. They share their own experiences and what measures they have taken to organize their little churches. You can see by example that no family is exactly alike and that different situations call for different solutions.
I really can’t say enough good things about Blueprints for the Little Church. It is accessible without being condescending, gentle without being lenient. While it’s a wonderful beginning place for those new to the Faith, it is no less useful to those who have more lengthy backgrounds. Consider giving this as a gift to newlyweds, to couples having their first child, or to families just joining the Church. In addition, give this to your children and your godchildren, but above all, don’t forget to get a copy for yourself!
*Disclosure: I was sent a free copy of this book, but that did not influence my review!
Federal Conservatives have resisted making a commitment to addressing climate change – despite the fact that opinion polls indicate they cannot win an election without doing so. Former leader Erin O’Toole was an exception. He introduced a carbon-pricing plan that was later rejected by the party. Many commentators, including those writing in Policy Options, have expressed concern about the party’s position – either because they regard climate change as a fundamental challenge requiring stronger action (as Imre Szeman has written), or because they believe that Conservatives should see no tension between serious environmental policy and traditional conservative values (as Jerome Gessaroli has argued).
The current party leadership race is fundamentally important. Effective democracy requires that there be a credible opposition – a government-in-waiting that has a serious possibility of being elected. As a result, all Canadians need the Conservatives to choose a leader who understands the importance of reducing carbon emissions.
This should not be too much to ask because a carbon tax is the most market-friendly (least regulatory) approach to climate change. Indeed, it relies on market incentives to address one of the market’s own imperfections – externalities. Negative externalities exist whenever a transaction harms a third party that is not consulted. Carbon taxes ensure that the third-party costs are respected, and they are efficient because those who can easily reduce emissions do so to avoid the tax, while those who cannot, pay the tax.
Carbon taxes are tailor-made for people with conservative views because aggregate emission-reduction targets can be met with no need for the government to identify which individual households and firms are in each group.
Nevertheless, it seems that many Conservatives find the word “tax” to be so offensive that O’Toole felt compelled to devise a plan that he claimed was “not a tax,” because the “revenue” was to go to each individual’s savings account – not to the government.
It would not be helpful for the Conservatives to return to some form of this individual savings-account proposal.
I am more concerned that this plan cannot be expected to work at all – even in theory. It is important that Conservative leadership candidates devise an emissions-reduction plan that is not open to this criticism. This is why I’m writing.
To appreciate the problem with the individual savings account plan, consider two goods (X and Y), with X production involving carbon emissions. Each household’s net income is its market earnings minus taxes plus subsidies. With carbon taxes on X purchases (T per unit) and green subsidies for Y purchases (S per unit), net income equals (market earnings – TX + SY). The fact that T and S appear in the household budget constraint is how these policies can affect behaviour. But O’Toole’s savings-account proposal assured each individual household that TX would equal SY. So, the tax and subsidy terms would cancel out and so disappear. With no policy items remaining, there could be no effect of policy on behaviour!
Normally, policies are designed to ensure no such cancelling-out. This is achieved by ensuring that the revenue-neutrality of the government initiative be imposed at the society level – not at each individual’s level. That is, if all the tax revenue is to be returned directly to individuals, the amount given to each individual is arranged to be independent of their own behaviour.
I hope that Conservatives can come to regard a carbon tax as okay, after all. If they wish to return the entire revenue to households within the same time period, I favour the subsidies going to those most hurt by the tax. But another use of the revenue should also be considered. Because many of the high-emission purchases that people make are on goods that they regard as necessities, a very high carbon tax may be required to generate a significant cutback in demand. That high tax rate may exceed what is politically feasible, so some direct emission cut-back laws, such as ruling out gasoline-powered cars by a specified date, are required as well. As a result, some of the carbon-tax revenue should be used to subsidize those who struggle to meet these laws.
Twilight Photography by Lynn Saville ’71Open To The Public
Fine art photographer Lynn Saville will present her dynamic twilight photographs taken in American cities and rural environments.
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Fine-art photographer Lynn Saville was educated at Duke University (T’71) and Pratt Institute (M.F.A.)., wi¬¬¬