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Newsletter: Quarter 1, 2021
2021 TRANS-FORMTrans Pacific Union Newsletter 01, Jan-Mar Be a Transformer! On Easter weekend, I was sharing devotions for the youth camp that was held at Navesau Adventist High School in Fiji. What I saw really inspired me. These young people were not there just to have a good time, however were there to transform Navesau. They planted thousands of root crops, vegetables, painted railings and cleaned up the place. At the end of the camp, they donated many things for the school – from equipment for the computer lab, cooking utensils, fencing wire and even family household items. I am sure that it amounted to worth thousands of dollars. I literally saw our Vision Statement come alive. I saw ‘A Vibrant Adventist youth movement, living their hope in Jesus and transforming Navesau’. I know that there were many youth camps around the TPUM who also did similar things and I praise the Lord for the commitment our people have made to transform our Pacific. We can work together to transform our communities, and we can also do it individually. Jesus Christ illustrates this with this Parable in Matthew 13:33: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast…mixed into…flour until it is worked all through the dough.” Jesus invites us to imagine the amazing properties of a little bit of yeast; it can make dough rise so that it bakes into wonderful bread. Like yeast, only a small expression of the kingdom of Jesus Christ in our lives can make an incredible impact on the lives and culture of people around us. -
Vanuatu Mission, Nambatu, Vila, Vanuatu
Vanuatu Mission, Nambatu, Vila, Vanuatu. Photo courtesy of Nos Terry. Vanuatu Mission BARRY OLIVER Barry Oliver, Ph.D., retired in 2015 as president of the South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists, Sydney, Australia. An Australian by birth Oliver has served the Church as a pastor, evangelist, college teacher, and administrator. In retirement, he is a conjoint associate professor at Avondale College of Higher Education. He has authored over 106 significant publications and 192 magazine articles. He is married to Julie with three adult sons and three grandchildren. The Vanuatu Mission is a growing mission in the territory of the Trans-Pacific Union Mission of the South Pacific Division. Its headquarters are in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Before independence the mission was known as the New Hebrides Mission. The Territory and Statistics of the Vanuatu Mission The territory of the Vanuatu Mission is “Vanuatu.”1 It is a part of, and reports to the Trans Pacific Union Mission which is based in Tamavua, Suva, Fiji Islands. The Trans Pacific Union comprises the Seventh-day Adventist Church entities in the countries of American Samoa, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The administrative office of the Vanuatu Mission is located on Maine Street, Nambatu, Vila, Vanuatu. The postal address is P.O. Box 85, Vila Vanuatu.2 Its real and intellectual property is held in trust by the Seventh-day Adventist Church (Vanuatu) Limited, an incorporated entity based at the headquarters office of the Vanuatu Mission Vila, Vanuatu. The mission operates under General Conference and South Pacific Division (SPD) operating policies. -
2Nd Quarter 2016
MissionCHILDREN’S 2016 • QUARTER 2 • SOUTH PACIFIC DIVISION www.AdventistMission.org Contents On the Cover: Eleven-year-old Ngatia started a children’s Sabbath School under the trees. When the group couldn’t meet there anymore, God provided a very unusual meeting place. COOK ISLANDS FIJI 4 Life on the Island/ April 2 22 The Mystery of the Matches | June 4 24 Praying for Parents | June 11 SOLOMON ISLANDS 6 The Snooker Hut Girl| April 9 NEW ZEALAND 8 Giving the Invitation, Part 1 | April 16 26 Working With Jesus | June 18 10 Giving the Invitation, Part 2 | April 23 RESOURCES 12 The Children of Ngalitatae | April 30 28 Thirteenth Sabbath Program | June 25 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 30 Future Thirteenth Sabbath Projects 14 The Early Bird | May 7 31 Flags 16 Helping People | May 14 32 Recipes and Activities 18 Angels Are Real! | May 21 35 Resources/Masthead 20 The Unexpected Church | May 29 36 Map Your Offerings at Work The first quarter 2013, Thirteenth Sabbath Offering helped to build three Isolated Medical Outpost clinics in some of the most remote areas of Papua New Guiena, Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands. These clinics provide the only easily accessible medical service to thousands of people living in these areas and offer a Seventh- day Adventist presence into these previously unentered areas. Thank you for your generosity! Above: The Buhalu Medical Clinic and staff house in Papua New Guiena were made possible in part through the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering. South Pacific Division ISSION ©2016 General Conference of M Seventh-day Adventists®• All rights reserved 12501 Old Columbia Pike, DVENTIST Silver Spring, MD 20904-6601 A 800.648.5824 • www.AdventistMission.org 2 Dear Sabbath School Leader, This quarter features the South Pacific and seashells. -
Shimko, Ch. 4, Notes by Denis Bašić
War & Democracy Shimko, ch. 4, notes by Denis Bašić Are Democracies More Peaceful? • The idea that democracies are more peaceful than non- democracies has been part of liberal international thought for more than two hundred years, and it is one of those ideas that has seeped from the realm of theory to real- world policy. • Though proponents of democratic peace theory offer a variety of reasons why democracies might be less willing and able to wage war, all versions of the theory share the basic prediction that democracies will not wage war against one another. If the theory is correct, a more democratic world will also be a more peaceful world. • The commonly cited evidence in support of the theory is the absence of any wars between clearly democratic states. What do Skeptics Say? • Skeptics question this evidence, pointing to what they see as convenient and shifting definitions that omit troublesome cases. Some even claim that there have been wars between democratic states (think of WWI.) • Realists in particular are generally unconvinced by the theory and its supporting evidence. Even if we have not yet seen a war between democratic states, realists think our luck is likely to run out. In time, democracies will be subject to the same insecurities and conflicts that have driven nondemocratic states to war. • The coming decades are likely to put the theory to a real- world test as the number of democracies in the world continues to grow. Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher (1724-1804) • Living in an era of absolutist monarchism, Kant argued in his classic work, Perpetual Peace, that the emergence and spread of “republican” (or liberal democratic) political institutions would be accompanied by the emergence of a zone of peace. -
February 2006
The Law Library of Congress WORLD LAW BULLETIN February 2006 2 W.L.B. 2006 HIGHLIGHTS: Chemical Weapons Act Lesotho Charles Mwalimu Congestion Taxes in Stockholm Sweden Linda Forslund Controversial Family Law Passed Malaysia Constance A. Johnson Court to Review Past Execution Ruling on Dissidents South Korea Seung Eun Lee, Sayuri Umeda Draft Law on Immigration France Nicole Atwill Election of Members of Congress Italy Dario Ferreira Firearms and Ammunition Law Saudi Arabia Abdullah F. Ansary Internet Users Now Need Identification Brazil Eduardo Soares Internet Security Provisions China Wendy Zeldin New Constitution Congo (DRC) Karla Walker One-Child Policy to Be Continued China Rui Wei Prison for Vilifying Catholicism Italy Donald DeGlopper SPECIAL ATTACHMENT: Recent Developments in the European Union Theresa Papademetriou AFRICA | EAST ASIA & PACIFIC | EUROPE | NEAR EAST | SOUTH ASIA | WESTERN HEMISPHERE INTERNATIONAL LAW & ORGANIZATIONS | SPECIAL ATTACHMENTS Directorate of Legal Research for International, Comparative, and Foreign Law James Madison Memorial Building; 101 Independence Avenue, SE; Rm. LM 240; Washington, DC 20540 Reception: (202) 707-5065 – FAX: (202) 315-3654 http://www.loc.gov/law/congress Message from the Director of Legal Research The Directorate of Legal Research of the Law Library of Congress is a unique academy of expertise dedicated to providing world-class international, comparative, and foreign law research and reference services to the United States Congress. During fiscal year 2005, our faculty of 20 foreign law specialists and 5 research analysts consulted over 37,000 sources and conducted in excess of 48,000 electronic searches as they prepared 2,039 reports – some 5,900 pages of legal analyses and reference assistance that covered over 160 jurisdictions. -
The Dynamic Gravity Dataset: Technical Documentation Update
The Dynamic Gravity Dataset: Technical Documentation Update Note Version 2.00 Abstract This document provides an update to the technical documentation for the Dynamic Gravity dataset, describing changes from Version 1.00 to Version 2.00. For full descrip- tion of the contents and construction of the dataset, see full technical documentation for Version 1.00 on the dataset page at https://www.usitc.gov/data/gravity/dgd.htm. This documentation is the result of ongoing professional research of USITC Staff and is solely meant to represent the opinions and professional research of individual authors. It is not meant to represent in any way the views of the U.S. International Trade Commission or any of its individual Commissioners. It is circulated to promote the active exchange of ideas between USITC Staff and recognized experts outside the USITC, professional development of Office Staff and increase data transparency by encouraging outside professional critique of staff research. Please address all correspondence to [email protected]. 1 1 Introduction The Dynamic Gravity dataset contains a collection of variables describing aspects of countries and territories as well as the ways in which they relate to one-another. Each record in the dataset is defined by a pair of countries or territories and a year. The records themselves are composed of three basic types of variables: identifiers, unilateral character- istics, and bilateral characteristics. The updated dataset spans the years 1948{2019 and reflects the dynamic nature of the globe by following the ways in which countries have changed during that period. The resulting dataset covers 285 countries and territories, some of which exist in the dataset for only a subset of covered years.1 1.1 Contents of the Documentation The updated note begins with a description of main changes to the dataset from Version 1.00 to Version 2.00 in section 1.2 and a table of variables available in Version 1.00 and Version 2.00 of the dataset in section 1.3. -
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— Extensions of Remarks E2130 HON
E2130 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 7, 2006 Ford dealership in Monroeville, and he opened ried to Darren Brown. Olivia Brown is their served as the voice of New Yorkers residing Sales Ford Lincoln Mercury in Grove Hill in granddaughter and a second grandchild is on on the East Side of Manhattan between 52nd 2002. the way. and 59th Street, from Second Avenue to the In addition to his professional successes, Due in no small part to Natalie’s violin play- East River. Founded to maintain and improve J.W. has long been an active supporter of nu- ing, Jane has worked to bring a beginning the quality of life in that historic neighborhood, merous community organizations. He served strings program to the Sulphur Springs I.S.D. Sutton Area Community (SAC) has united as governor of the Alabama District of Kiwanis This program has brought orchestral music to area residents on a myriad of concerns and its and was one of the seven trustees on the the lives of children who otherwise would not ranks now include over 2000 dues-paying Kiwanis International Board of Directors. have had the opportunity . members. On October 22nd, SAC celebrated He is also active in the Monroeville Cham- Rev. Randles has made a lasting contribu- its thirtieth anniversary at the internationally ber of Commerce and has served on the tion to his community, and in celebrating his renowned Perigord restaurant, at which its board of directors of the University of Mobile. retirement, I join his family, church, and members honored their community’s extraor- J.W. -
History of the Pacific Islands Studies Program at the University of Hawaii: 1950-198
HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: 1950-198 by AGNES QUIGG Workinq Paper Series Pacific Islands Studies Program canters for Asian cmd Pacific Studies University of Hawaii at Manoa EDITOR'S OOTE The Pacific Islands Studies Program. often referred to as PIP, at the University of Hawaii had its beginnings in 1950. These were pre-statehood days. The university was still a small territorial institution (statehood came in 1959), and it is an understatement to say that the program had very humble origins. Subsequently, it has had a very checkered history and has gone through several distinct phases. These and the program's overall history are clearly described and well analyzed by Ms. Agnes Quigg. This working paper was originally submitted by Ms. Quigg as her M.A. thesis in Pacific Islands Studies. Ms. Quigg' is a librarian in the serials division. Hamnlton Library, University of Hawaii. Earlier in this decade, she played a crucial role in the organization of the microfilming of the archives of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Office of the High CommiSSioner, Saipan, Northern Marianas. The archives are now on file at Hamilton Library. Formerly, Ms. Quigg was a librarian for the Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu. R. C. Kiste Director Center for Pacific Islands Studies THE HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS STUDIES PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: 1950-1986 By Agnes Quigg 1987 ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am indebted to a number of people who have helped me to complete my story. Judith Hamnett aided immeasurably in my knowledge of the early years of PIP, when she graciously turned over her work covering PIP's first decade. -
Nauru and the Rule of Law
1 Select Committee on the Recent Allegations relating to Conditions and Circumstances at the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru Submission from the Hon Geoffrey M Eames AM QC Nauru and the Rule of Law In December 2010 I was appointed Chief Justice of the Republic of Nauru by President Marcus Steven. I held that position until I resigned on 13 March 2014. My resignation was forced, because the Nauru government of President Baron Waqa MP had revoked my visa, thus making it impossible for me to perform the role of Chief Justice. The actions of the Nauru government constituted a series of flagrant breaches of the Rule of Law. The fact that the government is not committed to the Rule of Law should be a matter of concern to the Australian government. Removal of an independent judiciary Resident Magistrate and Registrar of the Supreme Court, Peter Law, was arrested on 19 January 2014, forced on to an aeroplane and deported under police escort. No reasons were given to him by the government for this extraordinary action. The reasons, however, are now very clear – Mr Law had offended the Minister for Justice and Border Control, Mr David Adeang, by making interim orders, as Registrar, restraining the unlawful deportation of two expatriate businessmen, an Australian, Rod Henshaw, and a Fijian, Mohammed Haneef. The Resident Magistrate granted the applicants leave to commence judicial review proceedings. David Adeang, was incensed by Peter Law’s orders because he believed, wrongly, that under legislative amendments to the Immigration Act 1999 that had been steered through Parliament by him in December 2013, non-citizens could be deported without notice, or grounds, and were denied the right to review his decisions in the courts. -
President Hails Australia Visit a Success
REPUBLIC OF NAURU Nauru Bulletin Issue 7-2017/155 3 May 2017 President hails Australia visit a success is Excellency President Memorial to lay a wreath, HBaron Waqa MP and was officially welcomed embarked on a historic state at Government House by visit to Australia from 6-9 the Governor-General of April, the first by a Nauruan Australia, Sir Peter Cosgrove president for over 20 years. and Lady Cosgrove. First Lady Madam Louisa The program also included Waqa and senior officials meetings with several senior accompanied the President on ministers and Opposition the four-day visit. MPs and the Governor of President Waqa met in Sydney Queensland Paul de Jersey. with the Prime Minister of The invitation by the Australia, the Honourable His Excellency President Baron Waqa greeted by Australian Prime Australian Government to Malcolm Turnbull MP and Minister Malcolm Turnbull on historic state visit His Excellency reflects the the Governor of New South the Mount Majura Solar Farm and close relationship of the two Wales, David Hurley. discussed renewable energy with senior nations over many years and the ongoing In Canberra His Excellency toured management, visited the Australian War friendship and cooperation between Nauru and Australia• Nauru, Australia signs partnership agreements is Excellency President Baron Waqa welcomed Australian to continue its assistance and support of Nauru’s development and HMinister for International Development and the Pacific to reform as well as build on the priority development strategies of Nauru and for the signing of documents that would further enhance Nauru, support human development and the public sector reform, relations and assistance at the grassroots level for the people of which in turn demonstrates the extent of the relationship between Nauru. -
Congressional Record
June 6, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1021 shows that tidal is as favorable as wind and promptly surpassed that achievement two of groceries each week to over 900 clients, that wave would be as favorable if the same terms later by becoming the youngest Mayor nearly half of whom are children. Each week, resources for wind had been invested which in the city’s history. Since assuming the may- families with one to three members receive has now achieved economic competitiveness or’s office in 1986, Mayor Guido has master- one bag of food and families of four members and is undergoing extensive worldwide growth. fully guided Dearborn with an immense degree or more receive two bags of food—amounts It is estimated that if 0.2 percent of the of dedication, passion and competence. that are expected to supplement a week’s oceans’ untapped energy could be harnessed, As mayor of Henry Ford’s hometown for 20 meals. it could provide power sufficient for the entire years, Mayor Guido has proven his tremen- AFAC obtains surplus food at a minimal world. dous ability to serve as a leader both locally cost from the Capital Area Community Food Wave Energy has several advantages over and nationally. In Dearborn, Mayor Guido has Bank and at no cost from local bakeries, su- other forms of renewable energy such as wind been able to reduce crime; maintain a respon- permarkets, farmer’s markets, food drives and and solar including higher energy densities, sive police, fire and medical service structure; private donors. -
Chronicle of Parliamentary Elections 2008 Elections Parliamentary of Chronicle Chronicle of Parliamentary Elections Volume 42
Couverture_Ang:Mise en page 1 22.04.09 17:27 Page1 Print ISSN: 1994-0963 Electronic ISSN: 1994-098X INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION CHRONICLE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 2008 CHRONICLE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS VOLUME 42 Published annually in English and French since 1967, the Chronicle of Parliamen tary Elections reports on all national legislative elections held throughout the world during a given year. It includes information on the electoral system, the background and outcome of each election as well as statistics on the results, distribution of votes and distribution of seats according to political group, sex and age. The information contained in the Chronicle can also be found in the IPU’s database on national parliaments, PARLINE. PARLINE is accessible on the IPU web site (http://www.ipu.org) and is continually updated. Inter-Parliamentary Union VOLUME 42 5, chemin du Pommier Case postale 330 CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex Geneva – Switzerland Tel.: +41 22 919 41 50 Fax: +41 22 919 41 60 2008 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.ipu.org 2008 Chronicle of Parliamentary Elections VOLUME 42 1 January - 31 December 2008 © Inter-Parliamentary Union 2009 Print ISSN: 1994-0963 Electronic ISSN: 1994-098X Photo credits Front cover: Photo AFP/Pascal Pavani Back cover: Photo AFP/Tugela Ridley Inter-Parliamentary Union Office of the Permanent Observer of 5, chemin du Pommier the IPU to the United Nations Case postale 330 220 East 42nd Street CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex Suite 3002 Geneva — Switzerland New York, N.Y. 10017 USA Tel.: + 41 22 919