tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67009462024-02-28T01:34:19.474-08:00Angie DeRouchie's BlogA day in the lifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-75896144234050797252012-04-12T13:58:00.000-07:002012-04-12T13:58:24.528-07:00We Love You - Iran & Israel -- Two minutes that will change the world!<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mYjuUoEivbE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mYjuUoEivbE</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-45716593047612502692012-02-29T12:56:00.001-08:002012-02-29T12:57:22.441-08:00Very cool film "Something Good"<span class="agTaglineL"></span><iframe frameborder="1" height="400" scrolling="no" src="http://www.indiegogo.com/project/widget/63196" width="210"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-57511593877403024942012-01-13T09:05:00.000-08:002012-01-13T09:05:17.320-08:00<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0y7cniorLXkQypB6khOJVBlOQItqUJ06YfILdv3TKom9XY2WU4U2_nFPFa4G5UpEQnZsOlGZ3hrUM9bMyYQWG9_biSkqt_BvX7Ozo5VwdbYMLNTfVDOKYEx5pY_YhAkkubYn3/s1600/0e2590ff6ae8b902d6c78227971aab5a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0y7cniorLXkQypB6khOJVBlOQItqUJ06YfILdv3TKom9XY2WU4U2_nFPFa4G5UpEQnZsOlGZ3hrUM9bMyYQWG9_biSkqt_BvX7Ozo5VwdbYMLNTfVDOKYEx5pY_YhAkkubYn3/s320/0e2590ff6ae8b902d6c78227971aab5a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Martin Luther King, Jr.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-34545630286575188812011-11-30T17:51:00.001-08:002011-11-30T17:53:37.732-08:00The Search For Peace is soliciting entires for the 2010 poster contest and art exhibit.<br />
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$100 cash prize for each age group!<br />
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See the flier below for contact information, or go to <a href="http://www.searchforpeaceart.org/">http://www.searchforpeaceart.org/</a> <br />
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On January 15th I attended an "Awakening The Dreamer" symposium, hosted by the West Hills Unitarian Church <a href="http://awakeningthedreamer.org/content/view/115/135/">click here to see a video trailer of the symposium</a>. <br />
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The Inter-religious Action NW is planning to host this symposium for its annual Faith Forum in April, so I figured I'd better attend one first, see what it's like!<br />
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I have to admit being impressed, which isn't easy. I say that because my nickname around my house--possibly my whole neighborhood--is "Recycling Zealot". Which is really a misnomer because I am a much bigger drum-beater for reduced use than recycling. If you just <em>have to</em> end up with that plastic packaging in your hand, by all means recycle it when you're done with it (I bet you didn't know you could recycle packaging, or any of this other stuff: <a href="http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=1383">http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=1383</a>). But real change of impact on the planet is better achieved by not having that packaging in your hand in the first place! <br />
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The symposium is essentially a series of beautifully filmed videos on four topics, starting with what is the existing planetary condition (<u>not just natural resources, but also the state of cultures and peoples),</u> how we got to this point, what's possible for the future and what each of us can do personally from here. In between videos were short interactive exercises and conversations. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>"If you wouldn't trade places with any segment of human society, </strong></em><br />
<em><strong>there's work to be done." </strong></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>--Van Jones</strong></em></div>One of the (many) things that struck me was a section that compared how we use Earth resources to living your daily life on credit cards. We live at a level of consumption much higher than our "Earth bank account balance," so we borrow against the future. We use today the oil, crystal, coal that's supposed to be sitting there in 50 years when our grandchildren are to use it. In the process of getting to them, we destroy the automatic Earth systems that create these resources, so they can't replenish.<br />
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The symposium lets the audience choose their forms of action at the end. From my perspective, I think what's really needed is for us all to change how and what we consume; if a product just can't be made without dipping further into the Earth's credit card, then, well, skip it! Live without it. Find one made without the use of slaves for example.<br />
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If you knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that an asteroid was heading toward North America, or some plague had been released (fill in the plot of your favorite disaster movie), and you had only four years to be ready to live in the resulting world...what would you be doing today to get ready? Figure out how to capture and clean rain water (think The Road, now there's a cheery piece of film)? How to eat without freight trucks and supermarkets? Wouldn't we be doing everything we could to use the technology, communication systems and innovative thinkers we have right now to figure out <em><u>how to not need them</u></em> in four years when we know for a fact they will be gone? <br />
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So how do we get ready? The good news is, if you do even a brief Internet search on sustainability topics you end up with a HUGE LIST of people working on this topic. From incredibly bright-minded thinkers and inventors to incredibly brave-hearted champions. You have many competent teammates waiting for you in both the "reverse the damage" and "prepare to live post-disaster" teams. Although, they aren't really separate teams because everything we do to figure out how we'd survive post-disaster will contribute to the reversing the damage, which is basically the whole point.<br />
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They had this book for sale at the symposium that I am convinced is a KEY tool for the "reverse the damage" team: The Better World Shopping Guide (<a href="http://www.betterworldshopper.org/">http://www.betterworldshopper.org/</a>). It grades product-makers A to F according to their impact on the planet and the people on it. It tells you which corporations are doing everything they can to create their goods in new ways that can actually be sustained into the future, and which ones are doing everything they can to get in the way. Which ones are using child slaves, and which ones are spending profits to fight slavery. <u>I was outraged to find that my hard-earned money is being used to enslave others via the products I purchase every week.</u> Armed with this book, each of us has a way to reverse and repair.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>"Human rights must be made a fact, not an idealistic dream." -- L. Ron Hubbard</em></strong></div><br />
Once you know about something, you are in the terrible position of having a responsibility for that thing, and must choose to do, or not do, something about it. This book gives you back that power to choose. Very concrete, effective action each of us can take to make a considerable impact.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>"As citizens, on average, we might vote once every four years, if at all. As consumers, we vote every single day with the purest form of power...money."</strong></em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <strong><em>--Ellis Jones, Author of The Better World Shopping Guide</em></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-89607495677022755962011-01-19T14:44:00.000-08:002011-01-21T16:30:17.575-08:00SOLV Project Leader TrainingSOLV is pleased to announce a new training opportunity in Hillsboro on Wednesday, January 26th. Learn how volunteers can help improve the environment and your community. This workshop is designed to help community members organize a SOLV project. Topics covered include:<br />
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· Watershed basics <br />
· Envisioning and defining your project<br />
· Managing and recruiting volunteers <br />
· Educate volunteers on the impact of their work<br />
· Add new energy to volunteer projects<br />
· Finding sponsors, fundraising, and working with the media <br />
· Project logistics for the day of your event <br />
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To Register or find out more:<br />
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Call Quintin Bauer at 503.844.9571 x 321 or E-mail quintin@solv.org<br />
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SOLV Volunteer Action Training Workshop<br />
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011<br />
9:00 AM – 3:30 PM<br />
SOLV Office<br />
5193 NE Elam Young Parkway<br />
Suite B<br />
Hillsboro, OR<br />
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This workshop is FREE to participants who plan to coordinate a SOLV project in their community within one year (fee-based training is also available with no project requirement). The workshop provides training, resources, and ongoing project support.<br />
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Feel free to invite any coworkers, friends, and/or volunteers you work with on a regular basis. If you’ve already completed training with SOLV or are currently coordinating volunteer projects, please feel free to join us for a refresher course or pass on this announcement to help recruit the next generation of leaders!<br />
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Brett Lyon | SOLV<br />
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brett@solv.org <br />
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Celebrate Earth Day by leading a community volunteer project for our state-wide SOLV IT event on April 16th.<br />
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Save Paper. Consider your options before you print.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-13886108358033147882011-01-03T10:50:00.000-08:002011-01-03T10:51:57.408-08:00Important news from Interfaith Committee on HomelessnessOne of the feel good stories of 2010 was what Rolling Hills Church did to restore the Essential Health Clinic to serve people in need in Tigard and the surrounding communities. Here is the story. Read it and rejoice:<br /><br /><br />http://www.tualatintimes.com/news/story.php?story_id=129314386336019000 <br /><br /><br />The Essential Health Clinic relies on volunteers for food, support staffing, as well as the doctors and nurses who see patients. Consider volunteering, or make a contribution. They save lives. They give people hope.<br /><br /><br />See this site for the latest update on the churches who open for the Severe Weather Shelter Program. It is important to note that these shelters do not operate alone. They are possible because other churches, businesses and individuals step up with food and volunteers in support of their efforts. In the case of my church there are five other churches who help us along with many local businesses and individuals, and Pacific University. Shelters like these are an opportunity for the community (you and me!!!) to come together to respond to homelessness, the suffering for which becomes all too plain when we have weather like we have now. People die outside when it's as cold as it is now. So in addition to offering hope and a helping hand, shelters save lives. Meet the human beings in your community who have no home of their own. They have names and stories. Volunteer at a shelter now. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Happy New Year everyone!<br /><br /><br /><br />Eric Canon (Chair)<br /><br />Interfaith Committee on Homelessness<br /><br />www.ahomeoftheirown.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-83205391792738580422010-12-07T13:02:00.000-08:002010-12-07T13:42:48.058-08:00HELP END HOMELESSNESS: EAT COOKIES!! BUT HURRY: OFFER EXPIRES DEC 15!Go into any Sweet Tomatoes restaurant in the Portland Metro area and donate $2.00 to Family Bridge (an Interfaith Hospitality Network), and they will give you NOT ONLY a nicely decorated package of 13 delicious cookies, BUT ALSO discount coupons for future meals at the restaurant.<br /><br />I tried the chocoloate chip and they were YUMMY.<br /><br />Perfect hostess gifts, stocking stuffers or party contributions.<br /><br />This is the perfect example of spending your money in a socially responsible way!<br /><br />To find the restaurant nearest you, click here then enter your zip code: <a href="http://www.souplantation.com/locations/">http://www.souplantation.com/locations/</a><br /><br />To learn more about Family Bridge, click here: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.family-bridge.org">www.family-bridge.org</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-16603606831820028772010-10-11T15:37:00.000-07:002010-10-11T15:45:34.017-07:00COMMUNITY FORUM: SEXUAL EXPLOITATION & TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The Washington County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Sexual Assault Resource Center, will convene a COMMUNITY FORUM to address the growing problem of child sex trafficking in the Portland-Metro area and how it is affecting children in Washington County. Click here for date, location, etc:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><a href="http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/11115039/1203853622/name/Forum%20flyer.pdf">http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/11115039/1203853622/name/Forum%20flyer.pdf</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The forum will feature a screening of the Dan Rather documentary, <em>Pornland</em> and will follow with a panel presentation by local experts on the subject.<br /><br />To ensure adequate seating for all, an RSVP is requested but not required. Please leave a message at 503-216-7192 if you plan to attend. (No calls will be returned from this number.)<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-59092909103732399252010-10-04T13:24:00.000-07:002010-10-04T13:27:11.675-07:00<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Dress for Success Oregon will be holding it's bi-annual fundraiser, Acey's Closet Clothing Sale, on October 8th, 9th, and 10th! </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Join in on the fun and score some great deals on women's seperates, suits, shoes, handbags and jewelry. All proceeds go to support the programs of Dress for Success Oregon, whose mission is to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">When:</span> </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;">Friday, October 8th 12-8pm </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Saturday, October 9th 10am-4pm </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Sunday, October 10th 12-4pm (All items are 50% off on Sunday) </span><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Where:</span> </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;">On the corner of NE 37th and Sandy Blvd in the Hollywood District (the Budweiser Bldg) Parking is available on the street or in the parking lot at the Banfield Motel. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">Cash and Credit Cards only, all sales are final. Due to limited space, adults only please. Call 503-249-7300 for more information.<br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-80031185868213626192010-08-14T11:19:00.000-07:002010-08-14T11:29:10.796-07:00Tropfest NY 2008 winner, "Mankind Is No Island" by Jason van Genderen<span style="font-size:130%;">Click here to watch this video: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrDxe9gK8Gk"><span style="font-size:130%;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrDxe9gK8Gk</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">The email I got with this link in it said:<br /><br />Jason is a young Australian who shot this film entirely on his mobile phone. It cost him $57 to make and won him $20,000.<br /><br />GET INVOLVED!! Put your time or money into any one of these worthy agencies:<br /><br />Sisters of the Road </span><a href="http://www.sistersoftheroad.org/">http://www.sistersoftheroad.org/</a><br />Inter-religious Action Network <a href="http://www.ianofwashingtoncounty.org/">http://www.ianofwashingtoncounty.org/</a><br />Oregon Faith Roundtable Against Hunger <a href="http://ofrah.worldpress.com/">http://ofrah.worldpress.com</a><br />Tualatin School House Pantry <a href="http://www.schoolhousepantry.org/">http://www.schoolhousepantry.org</a><br />Faith Cafe <a href="http://www.faithcafeor.org/">www.faithcafeor.org</a><br />Tualatin Valley Gleaners <a href="http://www.tvgleaners.org/">www.tvgleaners.org</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-73075194803611349642010-07-23T13:35:00.000-07:002010-07-23T13:39:31.970-07:00Great quote<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff6666;">"Successful people have the habit of doing the things failures don't like to do. They don't like doing them either, necessarily, but their disliking is subordinate to the strength of their purpose." E.M. Gray</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff6666;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff6666;">I have no idea who "E.M. Gray" is, but I loved the concept!</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-34933063887513631322010-07-23T13:30:00.000-07:002010-07-23T13:34:54.482-07:00Get ready for National Night Out!!<span style="font-size:180%;">Just in case you're not reading the paper, National Night Out is just days away! </span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Find out what's happening in your Washington County neighborhood by clicking here:</span><br /><a href="http://www.co.washington.or.us/Sheriff/OtherServices/CrimePrevention/national-night-out.cfm"><span style="font-size:180%;">http://www.co.washington.or.us/Sheriff/OtherServices/CrimePrevention/national-night-out.cfm</span></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Events in Portland are listed here: </span><a href="http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?c=28986"><span style="font-size:180%;">http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?c=28986</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">If you don't find something that suits your tastes, create your own!!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-29693426804957314032010-06-14T12:05:00.000-07:002010-06-14T12:15:16.776-07:003 in one day. Unfortunately, just more par for the course for this industry<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghF8_BwlCqzC9qEhBOZUBx6qU4V6B1uDx7xDrXqA_xSPV-_tcT4JbWgE9zIJcK2iH97SxFqmpWXYRpF0b5iXSmXZ9yP_au4uM96zEJS-5-zzfnz3vR6RqKFOy0RKfb6RfkEZGi/s1600/doc4c111a6e11b42496147405.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 164px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482708507940972194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghF8_BwlCqzC9qEhBOZUBx6qU4V6B1uDx7xDrXqA_xSPV-_tcT4JbWgE9zIJcK2iH97SxFqmpWXYRpF0b5iXSmXZ9yP_au4uM96zEJS-5-zzfnz3vR6RqKFOy0RKfb6RfkEZGi/s200/doc4c111a6e11b42496147405.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Appeals court upholds psychologist's 3-year prison term for sex with 14-year-old patient<br />June 11, 2010<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />An appeals court has upheld the three-year prison sentence a judge handed last year to Jennifer A. Hastings, a former Rensselaer County psychologist who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 14-year-old boy she was counseling.<br /><br />Hastings, 35, pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree rape and other sex abuse charges in October of 2008.<br /><br />Hastings, a Sand Lake resident, was employed by the county Department of Mental Health when a court sent the boy to her for counseling in 2006. State Police began investigating her in October of the following year after a trooper found her waiting in a car outside Tamarac High School, where the boy was a freshman at the time.<br /><br />When the trooper asked Hastings what she was doing, she told him she was there to pick up her brother; the trooper, however, was familiar with the boy and knew he did not have an older sister. The student later detailed sexual encounters he had with Hastings at her Sheer Road home and area motels to police.<br /><br />The sex acts with the 14-year-old were not committed forcibly.<br /><br />Following her arrest, Hastings was suspended without pay from her county job. She later resigned and her license to practice psychology was revoked.<br /><br />Source: Dave Canfield, " Former Rensselaer County counselor to remain in jail," Troy Record, June 10, 2010.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/06/10/news/doc4c111a6e11b42496147405.txt">http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/06/10/news/doc4c111a6e11b42496147405.txt</a><br /><br /><br />Psychiatrist Allen C. Weiss charged with assault of patient<br />June 11, 2010<br /><br /><br />A Milford-area psychiatrist was arrested Wednesday morning on assault and unlawful imprisonment charges after one of his patients accused him of holding her in his office against her will.<br /><br />The 28-year-old patient who accused Dr. Allen C. Weiss, 64, of assaulting her told police that she had gone for a new patient appointment to his office in the 100 block of Russell Road. According to court papers, the woman spoke with Weiss about her mental health condition and said that she was interrupted when his phone rang. When Weiss hung up the phone, he yelled, cursed and started biting and chewing on his own hand, the woman alleged in court papers.<br /><br />He calmed down briefly but became upset again, leading her to walk toward the door in fear. Weiss had been yelling about "three letters and losing his license," the woman told investigators.<br />Weiss grabbed her by the arm and called her a junkie, according to court papers. The two yelled at each other and struggled for a short time before she broke free and run away, police said.<br /><br />When Weiss spoke to police, he told them the woman was trying to get him to prescribe painkillers and that when he refused, there was an altercation. The woman also had a scratch on the side of her neck, which she claimed Weiss caused. The woman also alleged Weiss took off his belt and unbuttoned his pants, police said.<br /><br />Weiss was charged and released on unsecured bond.<br /><br />Source: Ira Porter, "Delaware crime: Psychiatrist charged in assault on new patient," The News Journal, June 11, 2010.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100611/NEWS01/6110339/Psychiatrist-charged-in-assault-on-new-patient">http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100611/NEWS01/6110339/Psychiatrist-charged-in-assault-on-new-patient</a><br /><br /><br />UK psychiatrist Malcolm Darley suspended 6 months; solicited prostitute<br />June 11, 2010<br /><br />Psychiatrist Malcolm Darley was suspended today for six months after a UK General Medical Council (GMC) hearing, in which it was revealed he'd been prosecuted for "kerb crawling" [UK slang for "driving slowly by at the curb, soliciting sex from prostitutes or other women"].<br /><br />The consultant worked at Arundel House, a mental health unit in Wavertree, and also cared for acute in-patients at the Broadoak Unit, in Broadgreen.<br /><br />He was dismissed from mental health trust Mersey Care in January last year.<br /><br />Darley, now of Wallings Lane, Silverdale, Carnforth, after moving from his home in Southport, was cleared in June last year at Liverpool Crown Court of having indecent images of children on his computer.<br /><br />But on April 19, 2008, while he was living in Southport, Darley was arrested and later fined for kerb crawling. He also gave a false name to the police and lied to his employers. The suspension, imposed on Tuesday, will come into effect in 28 days.<br /><br />Darley currently works as a locum consultant psychiatrist specialising in old age psychiatry, but it is not thought he operates in Merseyside.<br /><br />The panel’s conclusions added: “You outlined the steps you are taking to address your behaviour and gain an understanding of why you acted in the way you did.”<br /><br />Source: Liza Williams, "Kerb crawling psychiatrist suspended by General Medical Council," Southport Visitor, June 11, 2010.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/southport-news/southport-southport-news/2010/06/11/kerb-crawling-psychiatrist-suspended-by-general-medical-council-101022-26630398/">http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/southport-news/southport-southport-news/2010/06/11/kerb-crawling-psychiatrist-suspended-by-general-medical-council-101022-26630398/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-73011355014693977352010-06-06T11:30:00.000-07:002010-06-06T11:38:35.849-07:00CONGRATULATIONS ON 40 YEARS!<object width="580" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/aQZHAfxF50Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/aQZHAfxF50Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />WWW.NVOAD.ORGUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-75237297947568856312010-04-30T12:22:00.000-07:002010-04-30T12:32:35.303-07:00Church of Scientology of Los Angeles Opens New Ideal Quarters<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzq1fALjCkOXzN_y3d-OIpnUkw_ct76M_UQfZhtZ8_8MvNjcmYPMmu07vcdvIejF8jrZ-gXzEtFl9BRyaQ4ttcA1ab8iXTb-MBpwpJJeVbOUDKGV-2uY7KgYEPTpyO-_T_BgM/s1600/church-of-scientology-los-angeles-opening-long-shot.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 263px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466013748446498354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzzq1fALjCkOXzN_y3d-OIpnUkw_ct76M_UQfZhtZ8_8MvNjcmYPMmu07vcdvIejF8jrZ-gXzEtFl9BRyaQ4ttcA1ab8iXTb-MBpwpJJeVbOUDKGV-2uY7KgYEPTpyO-_T_BgM/s400/church-of-scientology-los-angeles-opening-long-shot.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Take a virtual tour of this and other Church by click here: <a href="http://www.scientology.org/">http://www.scientology.org/</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-22710673752606198982010-01-22T17:53:00.000-08:002010-01-22T17:57:53.195-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;">8TH ANNUAL AUGUSTANA INTERFAITH PEACE SERVICE<br /><br />“CULTIVATING THE CULTURE OF PEACE”<br /><br />SUNDAY, January 24, 2010 4:00 P.M.<br />Augustana Lutheran Church<br />2710 NE 14th, Portland<br /><br />Peace Fair and Interfaith Dialogue following service<br /><br />Sponsored by: Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, The Interfaith Alliance of NW Oregon, Interfaith Council of Greater Portland and the Inter-Religious Action Network of Washington County </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-54906434253634155382010-01-20T12:41:00.000-08:002010-01-20T14:08:48.496-08:00SUPPORT THE CHURCHES OF SCIENTOLOGY DISASTER RESPONSE IN HAITI:<div>Click this link to see the TV news report on the medical team fired out to Haiti:</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.wpix.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=238a3e2e-b27b-4053-9127-6c676d3e572c&src=front">http://www.wpix.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=238a3e2e-b27b-4053-9127-6c676d3e572c&src=front</a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428947342730451714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6u8zWkhntaHtwKgWxdAm-Ot-TbJophkRpJryx7Koyvsb8HADHHwoF2on4pXyrQsRM73K8LW-G_J_dH7iIbeWlumuTC141IAnrgfYmEVkI2EWnmE8q1mV0U8Bxezpr7AKtNYDY/s400/!cid_3346839879_651643.jpg" /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-46472034559549612852009-12-28T09:19:00.000-08:002009-12-28T09:23:11.946-08:00Click on the image to see larger view<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQ4_SkgN-DF7lsn2XK2GGDyM9_WiDt_IeDccPnPaX_SudHpdMUuP1xPqk54Og4J2ohsQbHSFzmEqAG6EE7otu8CPRSQ9B8IJRg0GcwnvHObLMLVr_L1UZA1CGEpCORt4EAuX1/s1600-h/molk.png"><img style="WIDTH: 460px; HEIGHT: 553px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420338208082638370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQ4_SkgN-DF7lsn2XK2GGDyM9_WiDt_IeDccPnPaX_SudHpdMUuP1xPqk54Og4J2ohsQbHSFzmEqAG6EE7otu8CPRSQ9B8IJRg0GcwnvHObLMLVr_L1UZA1CGEpCORt4EAuX1/s400/molk.png" /></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-65765974685574993772009-12-28T09:01:00.000-08:002009-12-28T09:13:17.851-08:00Youth For Human Rights annual review<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3CT25RhFBed1734VSh2d4lJJN8aGK2MjF9D8P_Wddy2gW4UxBZcNoGJz6S6t6cr1Mx4Sw-5hDifIG5FDFgADpaWj47NtyacMfs6szkZWbGALVPuhsZ-TH5y5RqWB_gmDDBJZ/s1600-h/YFHR.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 126px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 146px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420335948956389922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3CT25RhFBed1734VSh2d4lJJN8aGK2MjF9D8P_Wddy2gW4UxBZcNoGJz6S6t6cr1Mx4Sw-5hDifIG5FDFgADpaWj47NtyacMfs6szkZWbGALVPuhsZ-TH5y5RqWB_gmDDBJZ/s200/YFHR.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />What a great year YFHR had! To receive a copy of the 2009 year-end report, email a request to: <a href="mailto:info@youthforhumanrights.org">info@youthforhumanrights.org</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-36816556610205624062009-11-18T09:00:00.000-08:002009-11-18T09:17:10.193-08:00Universal Declaration of Human Rights Anniversary Event<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE FLIER:<br />HRDay09Flyer2.pdf<br /><br /><br />SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6TH, 2009<br />3:00 pm to 5:00 pm<br />First United Methodist Church<br />1838 SW Jefferson, Portland, OR 97201 </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">* Special Story: Koffi Dessou, Executive Assistant, Office of Human Relations, City of Portland – Tells the story of his fight to ensure the rights for all in Togo, Africa </span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">* Thai Princess Dance performance by BAAN SAAN FUHN<br /></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">* Keynote Speaker: Greg Hamilton, President, Northwest Religious Liberty Association – Speaking on the UN UDHR and the American Constitution<br /></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">Visit the tables of the Co-Sponsors and enjoy the refreshments.<br />Sign up to read on stage an article of the UDHR<br />Support the U.N. by joining UNA-Oregon </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">(website: </span><a href="http://www.una-oregon.org/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">http://www.una-oregon.org/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">) </span></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">For more information email: info@una-oregon.org </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-30474535083190832872009-11-16T21:41:00.001-08:002009-11-16T21:45:52.313-08:00<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">ANNUAL THANKSGIVING SERVICE AND FELLOWSHIP DINNER</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;">This is a <em>great</em> event. Please click here to view the pdf file with time, day, location, etc.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://morespamfordero.googlepages.com/ThanksgivingFlyer20091.pdf"><span style="font-size:130%;">ThanksgivingFlyer20091.pdf</span></a></div><span style="font-size:180%;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-38991096455838426012009-07-20T11:47:00.000-07:002009-07-20T11:51:39.315-07:00New short film "Struck"<strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#99ff99;">This is a very cute new short film that's worth watching: </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#99ff99;"><br />www.struckthefilm.com<strong><br /><br />I couldn't get the link to insert properly, so just copy/paste the web address into your browser.<br /></strong></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#99ff99;"><strong></strong></span></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6700946.post-81062182228481618292009-06-12T08:27:00.000-07:002009-07-10T08:45:42.891-07:00<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhDk0DXL7w1JARGTrr57cspZs9U3-qrTgYp8PLUeHOBQZfJ6iOP87080lLSfT-TwI3K1llOeBmNq6zArxWfE909TjkYDpS0uIOEBqcBcg1ttwaaEuqjNG4_RU34Bym_mWzztS/s1600-h/Parli+Flier.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 165px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 216px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346469842415893570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhDk0DXL7w1JARGTrr57cspZs9U3-qrTgYp8PLUeHOBQZfJ6iOP87080lLSfT-TwI3K1llOeBmNq6zArxWfE909TjkYDpS0uIOEBqcBcg1ttwaaEuqjNG4_RU34Bym_mWzztS/s200/Parli+Flier.bmp" /></a><br />This event is part of a Parliament of World Religions process of hosting gatherings around the world prior to their December World Parliament in Melbourne, Australia.<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left">Several in Portland will be taking what we learn from this event to Melbourne, and returning to share what we've learned in a Post-Parliament event intended to further energize our work<br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left">Our intent is to gather the wisdom of this area in terms of the ethics and activities we share. Please go to our own <a href="http://www.parliamentofreligions.org/_templates/templateprepar.cfm?ppid=55">event web page</a> to learn more and to print a flyer that we hope you will post, extract information for announcements in your organization bulletin, and forward to friends. <br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left">This event will be highly interactive and engaging--no panels or speakers--and we hope each person will make new friends across the region and deepen existing relationships. Please confirm your attendance by RSVPing from the website so we can include you in our food and beverage planning. <br /></div><br /><br /><div align="left">We hope to see you July 26th at the First Methodist Church on SW 18th and Columbia from 4-7PM. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com