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Roger Mac Ginty’s Everyday Peace Indicators

On: 2017年1月29日

In: 2017, Study, things, University of York

普通の人々にとって日々の平和とは何か？

Short video on the ideas behind the Everyday Peace Indicators project.

Want to ruin your day? Here’s a mercifully short video of me talking about my research.

「“超”短く、簡単にまとめました。」と。YouTubeでRogerの語りを大きな画面で見たら、12年前を思い出した。

Roger 　1月12日 14:48 ·

「平和の内実は、個別に、そこに住んでいる人の実態に沿って考えられるべきで、国連やその関係機関、その他大きな組織のとらえ方がいかに実態からかけ離れているか、考えてみよう。」と。

2015/06/15 に公開

An introduction to the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute and our work.

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もうひとりManchester Univの、聞き取りやすい英語のRichmond先生の短いレクチャーはこちら　

自動変換の文字おこしはこちら

TrumpについてのRogerらしい風刺の効いた「提言」はこうだ。

I call for an international coalition of friendly nations to come together to save the United States from itself. In the name of peace and human rights, this coalition of the willing will effect regime change and install a Coalition Provisional Authority. After a new constitution is written by foreign experts, elections will be held. Only approved parties and candidates may stand. Under a process of “De-Baathificationバース党員の排除 “, no members of existing political parties will be able to stand for office. All US national and private assets will be on sale for foreign speculators.
Who’s in?

Rogerも過激だけど、だれよりも過激に機関銃のようにコメントを出し、議会で議論を吹っ掛けまくっているのはBernie Sandars,だ。

曰く；

昨日 3:47 ·

What a shock. Despite Trump’s assertions that he was going to stand up for working people it turns out that Wall Street and Goldman Sachs are still running the show – and the Trump administration. Among many other billionaires in the Trump administration is Gary D. Cohn, the departing president of Goldman Sachs and Trump’s new director of the National Economic Council. Upon leaving Goldman Sachs, Cohn just received an exit package of $285 million. Yes, $285 million.（33億円）

23時間前 ·

Why shouldn’t Mr. Andrew Puzder become Secretary of Labor? He has all the qualifications to become a perfect fit for the Trump administration. He’s a billionaire. He pays his employees starvation wages. He receives an enormous amount of corporate welfare as taxpayers are forced to provide food stamps, Medicaid and publicly assisted housing to keep his low wage workers alive. And he knows nothing about the job he is about to take. Sounds like the perfect nominee.

17時間前 ·

The attacks against democracy in our country are increasingly dangerous. It is difficult to have serious debates on the issues if the president has no respect for truth. Further, Trump and Republican governors are working overtime to suppress the vote and make it harder for poor people, young people, people of color and seniors to participate in elections. As a result of the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision billionaires are now finding it easier to purchase

‘The Economist’ Just Downgraded the US From a ‘Full Democracy’ to a ‘Flawed Democracy’
And the problem is a lot bigger than Donald Trump.
By John Nichols TwitterJANUARY 26, 2017

A woman exits the voting booth after filling out her ballot for the U.S presidential election at the James Weldon Johnson Community Center in the East Harlem neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York City

The United States is no longer a full democracy, according to the highly regarded Economist Intelligence Unit, which each year compiles a Democracy Index that “provides a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide for 165 independent states and two territories.”

“The US, a standard-bearer of democracy for the world, has become a ‘flawed democracy,’ as popular confidence in the functioning of public institutions has declined,” explains the introduction to the freshly released Democracy Index.

That would be a troubling announcement in any week.

But coming in the first week of the presidency of Donald Trump, a man who has claimed that election systems are “rigged,” who lies about supposed “voter fraud” and who attacks the media outlets who call him out for those lies, the announcement is all the more unsettling.

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Peppa Pig　

On: 2017年1月14日

In: 2017, Englsih, MyFavorite, University of York

英国の子供番組はかわいい。英語がきれい。

私はお誕生日をお祝いする番組を毎日見て（聴いて）いた！

Roger先生のかわいい娘フローラちゃんも子ども番組をみてるらしい。

FaceBookにかわいらしい会話が・・・。

1月11日 19:25 ·

The scene at 06:15 this morning.

Me: Flora, there has been a power cut. That means there is no electricity.

There will be no light or internet.

Flora: Don’t worry Daddy. The same thing happened on Peppa Pig.

Daddy Pig used torches. Have you got torches Daddy?

Me: er … no … well, yes … in the shed …

Flora. Sigh. Daddy Pig was better.

＜Peppa Pig – The Powercut＞

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【★London】 Trains & Stations

On: 2016年11月11日

In: 2016, food, things, travel, University of York

今回は英国鉄道メイン路線以外にヨークシャーへの鉄道にも乗って楽しかった。TubeはOysterカードでパパッと。今回はバスも大いに利用。

コヴェントガーデンへバスで行ったのはいいけど、帰るとき交通機関のストライキで「バスが走ってないよ～」とバス停で待っている人に伝えてる人がいる。その時、コヴェントガーデンバス停から地下鉄の駅までパパッと歩いた自分に喝采（！）　帰国の日なので遅れるわけにはいかなかったのだが、パニックにならずに済んだ。

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【★London】 University of York

On: 2016年11月10日

In: 2016, Englsih, schools, things, travel, University of York

楽しく,時につらかった2003-04の大学院での1年。今思い出せば良かったことだけ。大切な友人がたくさんでき、その人たちの眼を通して広く、そして複雑な世界を見ることができる。これ以上の財産はない。

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【★London】 City of York

On: 2016年11月10日

In: 2016, Englsih, things, travel, University of York

何をか言わんや、この美しさ。

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★ Trip To London, Nov 2016

On: 2016年11月10日

In: 2016, Ann, Foreign friends, MyFavorite, things, travel, University of York

友人たちに会いにロンドン、ヨークへ。大切な友人Annとのうれしい再会。小さいAdriは大都会に興奮気味。ずっと会わなかった英国の友人とも連絡が取れ、12年前に通ったヨーク大学の広いキャンパスを歩くこともできました。大切なヨークシャーの恩人をHelmsleyのご自宅に訪ねる時Yorkshire Daleに大きな虹がかかりました。帰りのMolton駅ではこの旅で一番心が動いた瞬間があり、思い出いっぱいの旅でした。

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City of London	Hyde Park w/ Ann	Hotels	Theaters
Shopping	City of York	Yorkshire	The Green Park
Trains & Stations	Ann’s Family	Univ of York

英国の誤算、EU離脱の選択

On: 2016年6月26日

In: 2016, Foreign friends, things, University of York, world matters

全く思いがけない英国民のEU離脱の選択には本当にびっくりした。こんなことを1/2で決める国民投票にかけて決定するのは、どうなのだろうか。投票前、投票後の論評はさまざまあるが、よく知っている英国人の反応に私が反応したものをとりあえず集めてみた。

Roger Mac Ginty
24 June at 05:28 ·
The fuckwits have actually gone and done it. Posh boy David Cameron calls an unnecessary referendum on EU membership. Loses it, causes economic disaster and anti-immigrant tension. And still remains an incredibly rich man. The rest of us face recession, job losses, further cuts to public services and a new government led by racists. Thanks Dave.

Roger Mac Ginty
24 June at 17:06 ·
Looking towards Europe ⇒

Roger Mac Ginty
24 June at 13:54 ·
The People’s Republic of Tweedyland declares itself pro-European(and far beyond), pro-migration, and pro-love.

Mat Whatley

11 hrs ·（6/24） Mat Whatley's profile photo

Quite a shock. But it is done. Now is the time for cool heads and good careful diplomacy. Milk spilt. Now Britain needs to get on with sporting all this out. Make a plan. Not the first time political leadership is required to get the country behind a plan, a direction. Churchill had. a similar problem when substantial part of the country in 1939 did not actually believe in a war with Germany. He managed to unite the country in one clear direction.

Meanwhile the spotlight is also on the EU. They must come to terms with the many and various reasons why the Brits have node thus extraordinary decision. They must soul search. It is not only the swivel eyed loons of Britain who can see fundamental problems with the nature of the EU.

Other European countries will watch how the EU handles Britain now. A senior member of the EU. Paid its dues. Followed the rules. Contributed in enormous and various ways. Shouldered fair share of the burden. Now the EU should say thank you for all you have done. Sorry to see you go. Wish us luck. Help create a better future for all concerned. Anything less will be noticed with concer by eurosceptics in Holland and other countries, and will add oil to their flames.

Fay Ballard

24 June at 16:32 ·

Devastated. The most charitable thing I can say about people who voted to leave is that they have no idea what they have just done. This is not just Cameron’s failure, but a failure of the UK political leadership (over decades) to make people understand what the EU is and how the UK benefits. Despite holding a UK passport I have never felt British, but I have always felt European. My Irish passport means I can continue to be European, and so can my daughter. But it’s small comfort this morning.

Ian Bostridgeさんは、ご自分のFaceBookカバーまでも変えてしまいました。「リキ」入ってます！私は、このIanさんのコメントにいちばん同意しました。

Ian Bostridge I didn’t have this contest. It was ha(r?)d for me. Imposed by a party with a small minority of the vote in order to solve their parochial　（［視野］の狭い） problems and won by a smaller margin than they are demanding of trade union ballots. No other country in the civilised world would make such a major constitutional change in such a cavalier（むとんちゃくな,傲慢な） way. And it is not at all clear what the question answered means.

Ian Bostridge updated their cover photo.

Yesterday at 14:36 ·（6/24）

こちらはHalf-Joke
Roger Mac Ginty
24 June at 08:17 ·
7AM emergency phone call from Professor Alp Ozerdem:
Alp: This is disastrous
Me: Yep, truly catastrophic
Alp: I really wonder about staying in the country
Me: At least I have an Irish passport
Alp: Can I marry you?
Me: er … well we can’t have two no votes in one day …. so Yes.
Alp: Great! And I am sure Mrs Mac Ginty won’t mind
Me: Oh yes …. Mrs Mac Ginty ….

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英国では自分の選択がとんでもない間違いだったことに終わってから気づいた人が大勢いるらしい、ありがちなこと。

25 June 2016 at 8:09am

The government petition page was crashed by demand from pro-EU campaigners Credit: PA

More than two million people have signed a parliamentary petition calling for a second referendum of the UK’s membership of the EU.

An unprecedented surge of people trying to access the page briefly caused the official petition website to crash as many Britons shocked by the referendum result tried to engineer a re-run.

By Saturday morning more than one million people had signed – more than ten times the figure at which an issue is formally considered for a debate in parliament.

The government will consider debating any petition that gets over 100,000 signaturesCredit: petition.parliament.uk

The petition, set up by William Oliver Healey, states: “We the undersigned call upon HM Government to implement a rule that if the Remain or Leave vote is less than 60% based on a turnout less than 75%, there should be another referendum.”

On Thursday 51.9% of votes were cast to leave the EU, versus 48.1% for remaining part of the bloc.

Meanwhile over 130,000 people signed a petition calling on London Mayor Sadiq Khan to declare the capital independent from the UK and apply to join the European Union.

Protesters have been trying to roll back the decision for Brexit Credit: PA

However elections professor John Curtice said such online campaigns had no chance of success and that a million supporters was “chicken feed” compared to the seventeen million who backed Brexit in the referendum.　（以下略）

Sat 25 Jun 2016

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感情的だが、将来の政治の舞台で Trump とBoris Johnsonが並ぶのは見たくない。そう思う人が多いらしい。