Bill (second to the right) with 350′s Jeremy Osborn (right), and the directors of Green City Munich and Green City EnergyA day in Munich with Bill McKibben, author, environmentalist, and founder of 350.orgTrying to organize a global movement is tough: traveling to places that hardly anybody has ever seen, such a Tibet, meeting fascinating people all over the world, getting to experience local food and culture,…those climate activists surely have a hard life! And then, jetting around the world,
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What it takes to be a climate activist
Financial Planning Estate planning is an area of our Finances that is probably the least exciting, and often the most over looked. Here are the Four Estate Planning documents you must have. A Will It’s been reported that each year over a million Americans die without a will. If you have a will, then you get to choose who receives your assets and cash, who becomes a guardian to your children, and who gets to look after your pets
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Estate Planning: 4 Financial documents you MUST HAVE
Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.This article examines the concept of the Divine Feminine from the Sufî tradition (and its roots) with questions regarding the Sufî definition of the Divine Feminine, the various techniques used to experience it, the nature of the experiences, and the ultimate intentions of the sufi mystics known for engaging in such practices.
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Abdullah Muzaffer/ Laurence Galian: The Centrality Of The Divine Feminine In SufismArticles, Sufi Hypotheses
The Anglican Church in North America website has posted the list of Ecumenical and Anglican Visitors Attending Assembly.Perhaps the most interesting item on the list is that Bishop Marray is listed not as Pastoral Visitor but as representing the Anglican Communion Office.About the “Anglican official delegations.” Notice that West Africa, Kenya and Southern Cone have Primates in attendance.
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Bishop Marray represents Anglican Communion Office? ACNA lists guests
John Bercow was out campaigning with his one-year-old daughter in the Portcullis House coffee shop at the House of Commons yesterday morning — a new man promising to be the “clean break” candidate in the race to be elected House of Commons Speaker. “We need change,” he told MPs, as he set out his plans to push through “an agenda for reform and renewal”. He wants a new expenses system, more independent scrutiny of legislation — and an enhanced role as an ambassador for Parliament, explaining the mysteries of politics to the outside world.
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Everyone's crying out for change. Except MPs
It's a fun day for Sir John Chilcot, because he will get to meet both Nick Clegg and David Cameron to talk about his inquiry into the Iraq War. He will find them, I am sure, wanting nothing that is not best for the country, or that would be unconducive for the learning of important lessons.
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Even if it's all in public, they'll cry whitewash
Victory in the World Twenty20 cricket is the best news that Pakistanis have had since the departure from power of their military dictator, Pervez Musharraf; and unlike the latter event, which only ushered in a long period of uncertainty and violence, the former offers clarity, light and a shot at redemption from evil.
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The Taleban can be beaten – through cricket
Bill Maher’s show on Friday had more highs than lows (his “New Rules” segment, embedded below, is worth taking in) but I want to call out one particular low: the curious glad-handing of Nevada Senator John Ensign, the most recent avatar of shameless moral hypocrisy originating from the Christian right. Both Maher and guest Paul Begala were much too quick to grant Ensign the privilege he has so loudly denied others, namely a private life neatly cordoned off from his public conduct. Whereas Ensign voted to impeach President Clinton for his private misconduct; he was eager to run Larry Craig from office for his private conduct; he touts himself as a defender of “traditional marriage” and “traditional values.” No, no, no.
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New Rules: No Glad-Handing Right-Wing Hypocrites
In Australia, a 21-year old Sikh man, Mandeep Singh, has filed a complaint with the Western Australia Equal Opportunity Commission because he was not allowed to take the state test for a motorcycle license without wearing a helmet. Today’s West Australian reports that the state’s Department of Planning and Infrastructure no longer exempts Sikhs from the helmet requirement. For religious reasons, Sikhs do not remove their turban, nor will they wear a helmet over it
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Australian Sikh Files Complaint Over Helmet Requirement To Take Motorcycle License Test
Today’s Jerusalem Post reports on a trial held Sunday in Israel in the Beersheba Magistrate’s Court in a suit by a Messianic Jewish congregation against Beersheba’s chief rabbi and the Jewish anti-missionary group, Yad L’Achim. The Nachlat Yeshua Messianic Congregation said that in 2007, hundreds of Orthodox Jews held a demonstration without a permit, broke into their church compound, attacked worshipers, broke furniture and held their own prayer service, until police removed the demonstrators three hours later. Apparently Rabbi Yehuda Deri organized the demonstration after being inaccurately told by Yad L’Achim that 10 bus loads of Jewish children were being taken to the church to be baptized.
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In Israel, Court Hears Suit By Messianic Congregation Against Beersheba’s Chief Rabbi