AXPC's primary purpose is to inform legislators and regulators of various technical issues that could affect our member companies in order to ensure that public policy effectively protects the public and environment, can be feasibly implemented by industry, and takes into account the unique characteristics of our members and their businesses.
As we kick-off 2019, below are some of the specific issues that we will be monitoring this year. Our goal is to engage on these issues in order to ensure that U.S. oil and natural gas production continues in a safe and responsible manner, and that our country remains a world energy leader.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates wastewater generated from oil and gas operations that is injected underground for disposal. EPA is currently conducting a study to consider available approaches to manage wastewater from conventional and unconventional oil and gas extraction. The study will help the EPA determine if future actions are needed to address wastewater associated with oil and gas extraction. AXPC will monitor and help inform EPA's work on this issue and any future action that may be taken. Click here to read testimony from AXPC President Bruce Thompson on this issue.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulates oil and gas operations on federal lands. Onshore Order 3 sets standards to ensure oil and gas is properly handled to prevent theft and loss and enable accurate measurement and production accountability. Order 4 establishes minimum standards for the measurement of oil, while Order 5 sets minimum standards for the measurement of gas. All three Orders have been recently updated and finalized after successful engagement from AXPC. AXPC will continue to monitor and ensure that any technical issues that arise are addressed prior to the compliance deadline.
Investors and shareholders increasingly rely on an investment strategy known as environmental, social, and governance investing (ESG) to assess our members and all publicly-traded companies. This strategy differs from traditional investing because it looks at how companies may be impacted by risks that may not be captured in a traditional financial statement. For the oil and gas industry, engagement with stakeholders concerned with these issues is a top priority. That is why AXPC recently engaged with As You Sow, an environmental organization focused on sponsoring shareholder resolutions that deal with ESG issues.
On the regulatory front, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Investor Advisory Committee recently held a hearing on the issues with standardizing how investors measure ESG factors and whether the SEC should conduct a rulemaking to require companies to disclose ESG related factors to their shareholders. AXPC will follow any SEC actions closely and provide the Commission input of the best route to pursue in this emerging area, should a rulemaking materialize. In the meantime, AXPC and our member companies will continue to engage and disclose relevant information to shareholders on a voluntary basis to address any concerns.
AXPC members are committed to proactively protecting and conserving threatened and endangered species and their habitats. Working closely with federal and state agencies, as well as with private landowners, AXPC members regularly participate in voluntary conservation measures that include providing funding for research and restoration efforts, setting aside acres for land conservation, and implementing practices and policies to avoid, minimize or mitigate habitat and species impacts. AXPC supports Administration efforts to update the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to ensure the law works properly for both people and species. With reasonable and balanced federal policy, it's possible that safe and responsible energy production can co-exist with species conservation.
AXPC has joined other organizations in expressing concern over the Executive Branch's unilateral use of tariffs to carry out new trade policies with allies. Tariffs, such as those on steel and aluminum, can significantly raise energy costs and threaten much-needed energy infrastructure projects. AXPC will continue to support fair trade policies that will allow for the increased production and export of U.S. oil and natural gas.
AXPC looks forward to making headway on these issues and more in 2019. Be sure to check back regularly for updates on our legislative priorities and other news from our member companies. To view past comments submitted to regulatory agencies on issues of importance, visit our issues page.


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Олексій Володимирович Лейбюк ( 5 жовтня 1992, м. Івано-Франківськ, Івано-Франківська область, Україна) — український актор театру і кіно, режисер, артист драми Івано-Франківського національного академічного обласного музично-драматичного театру ім. Івана Франка, телеведучий, співзасновник, директор і викладач Дитячої театральної майстерні при Франківському драмтеатрі.

Життєпис
Народився в Івано-Франківську 5 жовтня 1992 року.

Виховували мати (Оксана Мельник, начальник відділу кадрів) і бабуся (Анна Мельник, швея).

Освіта

Середню освіту отримав у франківській спеціалізованій школі №7 (1999 — 2007), закінчив музичну школу по класу скрипки. 13 років професійно займався бально-спортивними танцями. Середньо спеціальна освіта — ВПУ СОТ (2007 — 2010) за спеціальністю бухгалтерський облік.

Вищу освіту отримав на режисерсько-акторському курсі театрального факультету Київського національного університету культури і мистецтв (випуск 2015 року) — майстерня Ніни Гусакової. Вчився на курсі із Іваном Уривським, Дмитром Олійником. Друга вища освіта — публічне управління і адміністрування у Івано-Франківському національному технічному університеті нафти і газу (випуск 2021 року). Третя вища — Університет Короля Данила за спеціальністю архітектура та містобудування.

Театр
У 6 класі отримав перший сценічний досвід у виставі «Біла Ворона» (постановка Анатолія Хостікоєва театральної компанії «Бенюк і Хостікоєв») Хлопчик, який мав грати у виставі, захворів під час гастрольного туру, й Олексія підготували та ввели в роль протягом півгодини.

Першу роль — Перчика у виставі за «Тевье-Тевелєм» Григорія Горіна — зіграв в університеті, будучи студентом 3-го курсу. Будучи студентом, почав працювати у Київському театрі «Золоті ворота», де грав Орфея у виставі «Еврідіка» за Жаном Ануєм у постановці Валерія Пацунова.

На запрошення Ростислава Держипільського переїхав до Івано-Франківська.

З 2014-го року — актор Івано-Франківського театру ім. Івана Франка, на сцені якого зіграв понад 25 ролей, більшість з яких — головні (Голохвостий, Петер Леєр, Хайм Сутін, Аладдін).

Займається проєктами театру — виступив куратором напрямку «Аерофонія» під час фестивалю «Porto Franko», в рамках якого проходив перформенс із гелікоптерами, які озвучували музику Штокгаузена у футуристичній опері «AEROPHONIA» композиторів Романа Григорева та Іллі Разумейка у постановці Ростислава Держипільского.

Як режисер почав із постановки вистави «Кохання з присмаком дощу» — інсценізація Кіри Малініної за романом «Очі блакитного собаки» Маркеса, після якої були інші постановки на сцені Франківського драмтеатру («Красуня і Чудовисько»). Є постановником робіт Дитячої театральної майстерні («Україна в огні», «Мене звати», «Бабин Яр»), які згодом входили до основного репертуару театру, отримували фестивальне визнання.

2022-го реалізував незалежний проєкт — вокальну докудраму «Ніколи знову? Знову!» — етноформацію Галини Баранкевич про варварства московитів на західній Україні.

Викладацька діяльність
Займається викладацькою діяльністю.

По переїзду з Києва, три роки викладав у франківській театральній школі «ЖИВБУВПЕС» (кер. Ігор Захарчук).

2018-го року очолив створену Дитячу театральну майстерню при Івано-Франківському театрі ім. Івана Франка. Перший набір відбувався через кастинговий відбір до трьох вікових груп. Станом на 2019-й рік загальна кількість учнів складала 90 дітей, у 2021-у — 150). До репертуару театральної майстерні увійшли вистави «Україна в огні» за мотивами кіноповісті Олександра Довженка, документальні вистави «Мене звати» за авторськими дитячими монологами та «Бабин Яр». Вихованці підійшли до постановки Шекспіра («Сон літньої ночі»).

Кіно і телебачення
Повний метр у кінематографі розпочався із стрічки «Чому я живий» — фільм за оповіданням «Тепер я турок, не козак…» Євгена Митька режисера Віллена Новака, дія якого розгортається у Маріуполі довоєнного життя, який зібрав нагороди у Маріуполі (Гран-прі МКФ «КіТи»), Великій Британії (Діамантова нагорода журі за Найкращий повнометражний фільм Британського європейського кінофестивалю), став найкращим повнометражним фільмом «Future of Film Awards». Наступна робота — стрічка «Памфір» режисера Дмитра Сухолиткого-Собчука — історія про хорошого сім'янина, якому доля дає випробування, де він звертає з чесного шляху заради своєї сім'ї. На питання про свій шлях у кіно, відповідає, що «йде до Голлівуду».

Знімається у короткому метрі, музичному відео («Любов і Добро» Оксани Сливки та Віктора Барчука), рекламі («МТС», 2011, 2013; «Пепсі», 2013; «Mobile Nar» (Азербайджан), 2015; «Карсил», 2015).

У 2018 році став першим ведучим прямих етерів ранкової програми «Карпатський ранок» на телеканалі «UA: КАРПАТИ».

У липні 2018 року увійшов до TOP-20 найчарівніших та найпривабливіших молодих акторів України за версію видання «Главком», у лютому 2021-го — до TOP-10 найсексуальніших молодих акторів за версією проєкту «Дивогляд» «5 каналу».

Особисте життя
Одружений.

Дружина — Галина Баранкевич, актриса театру, співачка. Рішення про одруження прийняли після тривалого знайомства та спільної роботу у театрі. Освідчився напередодні Нового 2020-го року, який пара разом проводила на Кіпрі. Церемонія пройшла 7 червня 2020-го.

Театральні роботи

Актор
 Київський театр «Золоті ворота»
 «Еврідіка» Жана Ануя; реж. Валерій Пацунов — Орфей
 «Собор Паризької Богоматері» за мотивами однойменного роману Віктора Гюго; реж. Валерій Пацунов — Феб

 Івано-Франківський академічний обласний музично-драматичний театр імені Івана Франка
У Франківському драмтеатру зіграв понад 25 ролей.

 (введення) —  — «Звичайна горошина»; реж. Ростислав Держипільський — Принц
 (введення) —  — «Заробітчанки»; реж. Ростислав Держипільський — італійський пан / Андреа / слідчий
 (введення) —  — драма «…майже ніколи не навпаки» за однойменною книгою Марії Матіос; реж. Ростислав Держипільський — Андрій, єврей
 (введення) — 2012 — «Дуже проста історія» Марії Ладо; реж. Сергій Кузик — Олексій
 (введення) —  — драма «Три сестри» за драмою Антона Чехова; реж. Ростислав Держипільський — Василь Васильович Солоний, штабс-капітан
 (введення) — 2013 — притча «Готель двох світів» Еріка-Емманюеля Шмітта; реж. Орест Пастух — Жульєн Порталь
  — соціальна драма «Кастинг, або Хто хотів люстрації?» за мотивами творів Віктора Пелевіна, Г.Грекова, Юрія Муравицького, Михайла Жванецького; реж. Андрій Кирильчук — Ікс і Аутсайдер
 2014 — «Котигорошко» за п'єсою-казкою Анатолія Шияна; реж. Ростислав Держипільський — Котигорошко
 2014 — феєрія-бурлеск «Енеїда» Ростислава Держипільського та Олексія Гнатковського за мотивами однойменної поеми Івана Котляревського; реж. Ростислав Держипільський — Анхіз
 2014 — мюзикл «Шаріка, або Кохання січового стрільця» на музику Ярослава Барнича; реж. Ростислав Держипільський — танцор
  — діалог почуттів «Кохання з присмаком дощу» інсценізація Кіри Малініної за романом «Очі блакитного собаки» Габрієля Гарсії Маркеса; реж. Олексій Лейбюк — Він
 2015 — «Оскар і рожева пані» за однойменним романом Еріка-Емманюеля Шмітта; реж. Ростислав Держипільський — Тато Пеггі Блу
  — обман без антракту «Кар'єрні ігри» за п'єсою «Методу Гронхольма» ; реж. Орест Пастух — Карлос Буено
  — героїчна комедія «Пристрасті Тіля» за мотивами п'єси «Тіль» Григорія Горіна; реж. Максим Голенко — Ламе
 2017 — притча-ораторія «Вона — земля» Ростислава Держипільського за новелами «Моє слово», «Виводили з села», «Марія», «Сини», «Діточа пригода», «Вона — земля» Василя Стефаника; реж. Ростислав Держипільський, Наталка Половинка — Син
 2017 — комедія «За двома зайцями» за однойменною п'єсою Михайла Старицького; реж. Орест Пастух — Свирид Петрович Голохвостий
 2017 — драма «На західному фронті без перемін» за однойменним романом Еріха Марія Ремарка; реж. Олексій Гнатковський — Петер Леєр
 2017 — «Красуня і Чудовисько» інсценізація Олексія Лейбюка за мотивами народної європейської казки; реж. Олексій Лейбюк — Гастон
  — ескіз на тему долі «Модільяні» Ростислава Держипільського за мотивами сценарію  художнього фільму 2004 року Міка Девіса; реж. Ростислав Держипільський — Хайм Сутін
 2018 — мюзикл «Гуцулка Ксеня» Ярослава Барнича; реж. Ростислав Держипільський — хлопець
  — трагіфарс «Калігула» за мотивами п'єси Альбера Камю; реж. Жюль Одрі (Франція) — Сципіон
 2019 — різдвяні набутки «Коляда та й плес… ізпрежди віка…»; реж. Ростислав Держипільський — бурсак
  — трагедія «Едіп» за Софоклом у перекладі Івана Франка; реж. Приходько Андрій — натовп, воїн
 2020 — музична казка «Аладдін і чарівна лампа»; реж. Олексій Гнатковський — Аладдін
  — антиутопія «Навернений грішник» за мотивами «Бориславських оповідань» Івана Франка; реж. Назарій Панів — Йойша

Режисер
 Івано-Франківський академічний обласний музично-драматичний театр імені Івана Франка
  — діалог почуттів «Кохання з присмаком дощу» інсценізація Кіри Малініної за романом «Очі блакитного собаки» Габрієля Гарсії Маркеса
  — «Красуня і Чудовисько» інсценізація Олексія Лейбюка за мотивами народної європейської казки

 Дитяча театральна школа «ЖИВБУВПЕС»
  — сповідь втраченого дитинства «Янгол у пітьмі» Таїсії Лютої (у співрежисурі із Ігорем Захарчуком)

 Дитяча театральна майстерня при Івано-Франківському академічному обласному музично-драматичному театрі ім. Івана Франка
  — «Україна в огні» за мотивами кіноповісті Олександра Довженка (вистава увійшла до репертуару Франківського драмтеатру 2019 року)
  — документальна вистава «Мене звати» Олексія Лейбюка за монологами сучасних авторів, авторських дитячих монологів (вистава увійшла до репертуару Франківського драмтеатру 2020 року)
  — «Бабин Яр» документальна вистава (вистава увійшла до репертуару Франківського драмтеатру 2021 року)

 Незалежні проєкти
  — вокальна докудрама «Ніколи знову? Знову!» етноформація Галини Баранкевич

Фільмографія
  — «Дух Різдва» (реж. Юрій Паливода, «Franko film»)
  — «Чому я живий» (реж. Віллен Новак, Одеська кіностудія)
 2021 — «Покоління t» (реж. Тетяна Шавкова)
  — «Памфір» (реж. Дмитро Сухолиткий-Собчук)

Нагороди та визнання
 2018, липень — ТОР-20 найчарівніших та найпривабливіших молодих акторів України (видання «Главком»)
 2019, квітень — Всеукраїнський фестиваль «Овації» (м. Тернопіль)
 «Янгол у пітьмі» (Театральна школа «ЖИВБУВПЕС») — 1-е місце
 2019, квітень — Театральна премія ім. Віталія Смоляка в галузі театрального мистецтва Івано-Франківської області (м. Івано-Франківськ)
 «Янгол у пітьмі» (Театральна школа «ЖИВБУВПЕС») — Найкраща вистава народних аматорських драматичних колективів
 2019, травень — Всеукраїнський фестиваль «День театру» (м. Київ)
 «Янгол у пітьмі» (Театральна школа «ЖИВБУВПЕС») — 1-е місце
 2020, серпень — III Всеукраїнський відкритий театральний фестиваль дитячих та юнацьких колективів «Казки України»
 Премію у номінації «Відкриття фестивалю» — документальна вистава «Мене звати» (Дитяча театральна майстерня)
 Спеціальна премія за режисерську роботу (Олексій Лейбюк)
 2021, лютий — ТОР-10 найсексуальніших молодих акторів (проєкт «Дивогляд», «5 канал»
 2021, травень — IV Всеукраїнський відкритий фестиваль театрального мистецтва аматорських дитячих та молодіжних колективів «Імпреза над Латорицею» (м. Мукачево)
 Краща вистава фестивалю — вистава «Україна в огні» (Дитяча театральна майстерня)
 Кращий акторський ансамбль
 Краща роль другого плану (Ольга Держипільська)
 Голос фестивалю (Ірина Шегеда)

Примітки

Посилання
 Олексій Лейбюк на сайті Івано-Франківського національного академічного обласного музично-драматичного театру ім. Івана Франка
 Олексій Лейбюк на сайті DzygaMDB
 Олексій Лейбюк на сайті Kino-teatr.ua
 «Актуальне інтерв`ю». Олексій Лейбюк (ТРК «RAI», 5 лют. 2019)
 Поза графіком. Олексій Лейбюк (Івано-Франківське обласне телебачення «Галичина», 1 лист. 2021)

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How agile is transforming modern marketing
Kim Davis, editorial director of MarTech, discussed updates to the Agile Marketing Manifesto with industry leaders at our MarTech conference. Many of these changes stemmed from developments at a recent virtual gathering of over 80 agile marketers from around the world.
John Cass, co-founder of AIContentGen, spoke of the gathering — the SprintTwo conference — that made some much-needed improvements to the Manifesto: "The first conference took place in 2012 — at that one, we developed the Manifesto because we felt that the practices of agile were needed by marketers at this point in time."
The marketers at SprintTwo were asked what they believed were the core values of agile marketing. Based on their responses, it appears agile has the potential to shape the future of marketing as a whole.
Image: Proposed values of agile marketing
Note: Subsequent to the session, the values were finalized.
The importance of agile marketing values
The proposed agile marketing values say much about where the industry is headed. They outlined where top professionals in the field see agile methodologies shaping how consumers and brands interact.
"These values are the basis of it all," said Giannina Rachetta, marketing manager at 3M. "Marketers need to shift their mindsets — to let go of the old ways of how we used to do marketing and do what our colleagues in the product development side have successfully adopted."
But not everyone has the same ideas when it comes to the path forward. It all depends on which side of marketing you're operating in.
"People look at it from their point of view from their world," said Stacey Ackerman, owner of Agilify Coaching & Training. "If they're working in a company, they're looking at it from how that language may be interpreted in their organization, and often what I see is where it could get misused."
She added, "But we landed in a good place. We had a good consensus from most people that these are meaningful values to have in our community."
Understanding customer-centricity
One of the biggest issues agile marketers — and marketers in general — face is how best to address the customer. Most marketing professionals agree customers should be the focus of any campaign, but few know how to best define "customer-centricity" accurately.
"So the marketing language is one thing," said Cass, "but the other is the issues that people face today. With so much digital transformation going on, we have to think about the customer journey."
Building relationships is a key ingredient of any marketing campaign's success — even more so with agile methodologies. Their ability to adapt to changing consumer patterns makes them a foundational piece of relationship marketing. But, at its core, agile should serve the purposes of customer relationships — whether through conversations or tailored messages.
"Meaningful conversations are going to be interpreted differently depending on your organization," said Ackerman. "I think about actually talking to each other versus relying on a tool; that is one of the issues I see in a lot of companies. They don't take the time to converse with each other."
Read next: A set of 10 principles were drawn up to reflect the finalized values
A transformed agile marketing ecosystem
"Having an advanced [Agile marketing] ecosystem means that it can have better tools to help you do your job better," Rachetta said. "Having more thought leadership can bring in that learning and spread it around."
Marketing systems can thrive when they're installed in adaptive frameworks, or "ecosystems," and marketers are finding tools based on agile methodologies to be quite effective. Some professionals believe these tools and methods are so prevalent that they've already brought us into the next level of agile marketing.
"So many people are experimenting and trying agile marketing and they're seeing what's working and not working for them in the real world," said Ackerman. "That's exciting to see as it becomes more mainstream."
But, convincing your whole team to transform their marketing operations can prove difficult. There's always concern about poor results when adopting new frameworks. That's why agile practitioners need to highlight the success of these methods in other departments.
"Developers have always had a method about how they work," said Cass. "Whereas marketers might have strategies and ways of doing marketing, we don't have processes on how you do marketing. That's a different question."
"I think that what agile offers are an opportunity for a way of working and also addressing some of those big issues in the marketing profession," he added.
Watch the full presentation from our MarTech conference here (free registration required).
Corey Patterson is an Editor for MarTech and Search Engine Land. With a background in SEO, content marketing, and journalism, he covers SEO and PPC to help marketers improve their campaigns.

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Selena Gomez gave her parenting skills a test while shooting scenes for her upcoming film In Dubious Battle.
The singer and actress cradled an adorable little infant while filming on the set of the movie.
Wearing a sweater, knee-length dress, ankle-high socks and black oxfords, Gomez's look was nothing like the glamorous outfits we're used to seeing the Hollywood star wear.
But outfit aside, Gomez looked like quite the attentive "mother" as she kept her eyes on her little one for the day!
And she even made faces at the baby while making sure to support the child's head between takes. How sweet!
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In Dubious Battle is being directed by James Franco and is currently being shot in Atlanta, Georgia. Filming for the project kicked off in March.
The film is set in the 1930s and follows the story of an activist who becomes involved in the labor movement for farm workers. It is based on the John Steinbeck novel of the same name.


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import cx from 'classnames';
import Link from '../Link';
import v from '../../src/styles/variables.css';
import g from '../../src/styles/grid.css';
import z from '../../src/styles/aesthetics.css';
import s from './BreadCrumbs.css';

class BreadCrumbs extends React.Component {

  static propTypes = {
    className: PropTypes.string,
    pageLocation: PropTypes.string,
  };

  shouldComponentUpdate() {
    return false;
  }

  render() {

    const { className, pageLocation } = this.props;

    return (

        <h4 className={`${z.accessibility}`}>Breadcrumbs

        <ol id="breadcrumb" className={`${g.gNoMarginTop}`} aria-label={`You are here: ` + pageLocation}>

<Link to="/" title="Home">Home</Link>

{pageLocation}

    );
  }

}
export default BreadCrumbs;

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The Trail Scout is an ideal value for first-time campers and those looking to upgrade from closed cell foam pads. It's perfect for light backpacking, car camping, summer camps and adding essential warmth to cots. A streamlined shape keeps the weight and size down while a generous and supportive, self-inflating foam core inflates with the twist of the valve. Includes stuff sack.
Get Started Outdoors: Provides the essential comfort you need at an exceptional value.
Portable Comfort: Exceptionally compact, allowing you to take it anywhere.
Lightweight: Weighs just 1 lb. 6 oz. (630 g) for a 72" (183 cm) mattress.


Prostate cancer researchers dedicate their lives working in labs and clinics, collaborating with colleagues, designing experiments and trials… all with one big goal in mind: to help patients. Whether it's exploring the biology of cancer in the lab or conducting clinical trials with patients, research eventually converges into better treatments.
What is nmCRPC? Non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer is a clinical state in which men who are being treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) see their PSA levels begin to rise (indicating the cancer has become resistant to ADT and is starting to grow again), but no metastases are visible yet on scans.
What is mHSPC? Patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer have cancer that has spread beyond the prostate and have not yet been treated with ADT.
But how are these discoveries communicated to practicing doctors? The urologist who takes your blood for your PSA usually has little to do with the doctor who developed the test. One way that information is spread is through major scientific conferences: several times a year, researchers, clinicians, science writers, experts from the pharmaceutical industry, patient advocates, and, of course, leaders from PCF gather under one roof for a few information-packed days to present and discuss the most important developments in the prostate cancer field. Everyone comes away inspired – a researcher plans to try a new approach to a vexing challenge in her lab, a doctor sees a new treatment coming to market that could help his patients in the next few months.
In February, the team at PCF attended the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco. No cable cars or Ghirardelli chocolate for us – we spent our days in presentations. We are very excited to share news about two important developments in treating advanced prostate cancer.
A new drug, darolutamide, a second-generation androgen receptor (AR) inhibitor, may soon be a new treatment option for patients with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC). Dr. Karim Fizazi of the Institut Gustave Roussy and the University of Paris shared results which demonstrated that adding darolutamide to ADT delayed metastasis or death (whichever came first) by an average of 22 months compared with the addition of a placebo. This represents a 59% reduction of risk for metastasis or death for patients with nmCRPC. It is too soon to know the impact of this treatment on overall survival, but there is a positive trend, suggesting a nearly 30% reduction in the risk of death. If approved by the FDA, darolutamide would become a third option for patients with nmCRPC, in addition to the current drugs apalutamide and enzalutamide, both of which were FDA-approved last year for the treatment of nmCRPC in combination with ADT.
Patients with metastatic "hormone-sensitive" prostate cancer (mHSPC) may soon have another option to slow the growth of their cancer. PCF Young Investigator Dr. Andrew Armstrong of the Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Cancer Institute presented results showing that the addition of enzalutamide to ADT reduced the chances of tumor growth on scans or death (whichever came first) by 61% compared with a placebo, in men with mHSPC. This was seen in different types of mHSPC patients – those who had high and low levels of metastases, and whether or not they had already been treated with docetaxel. Again, it is too early to measure total survival, but the results appear somewhat positive.
What does this information mean to patients with advanced prostate cancer? Both of these drugs are currently under review by the FDA for use in these specific disease states. If approved, patients and their families will have more options to treat their disease.
PCF is proud to have funded the original synthesis of enzalutamide at UCLA by chemist Michael Jung, PhD, in collaboration with prostate cancer physician-scientist Charles Sawyers, MD (now at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center).


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Hope inspired.
The Bottoms
Greater Heights Apartments
Neighbor Up Brevard was established as Brevard Neighborhood Development Coalition (BNDC) in 2001. Our founders were a diverse group from Brevard County churches, businesses, and civic organizations with a desire to revitalize impoverished communities. Their original focus was on the Booker T. Washington neighborhood in north Melbourne, which was plagued by drugs, crime and poverty. While conducting early action projects such as exterior home painting and neighborhood beautification, BNDC leaders were introduced to Sister Irene Summerford. A long-time resident leader, Irene Summerford, had a passion for helping area children. With her guidance and vision, the Dorcas Outreach Center for Kids (DOCK) was established as a safe haven in 2004. While the DOCK initially operated from a public housing apartment, by 2007 BNDC had built the 3500 square-foot facility that is home to the elementary program. In January 2018, BNDC opened a 3800 square-foot building that houses the teen program on an adjacent lot. BNDC performs a valuable service by providing safe, structured community centers for children to go after school and during the summer.
Across the street from the DOCK was a blighted block known as "the Bottoms" - notorious for drug and criminal activity. Dilapidated, asbestos-laden housing owned by an absentee landlord was an eyesore and contributed to a sense of despair.
When the City of Melbourne targeted the area for improvements and asked nonprofit organizations for ideas, BNDC proposed a bold initiative: transforming the Bottoms into a safer, pleasant and affordable place for families and seniors to live. With strong backing from local government, BNDC was able to leverage private sector support for the project, acquire the properties, and tear down the old buildings. The 18-unit Greater Heights Apartments opened in 2009, and the street where they stand was renamed Irene Summerford Way. Recently, BNDC acquired the lot to the east of the DOCK elementary building with the intention of building six additional units of Greater Heights.
In 2010, residents of the Powell/Driskell Heights neighborhoods invited BNDC to serve as project manager for Evans Center, an economic development initiative in northeast Palm Bay. Fueled by residents and partners, the Evans Center opened in February 2019. It is transforming the neighborhood it serves from a "food desert" into a "food oasis", introducing walkable, affordable access to fresh meats, produce, dairy and all the necessary food stuffs for healthy dietary choices. A hot food deli is also popular and neighbors are once again enjoying this community gathering place. The Center also hosts a Brevard Health Alliance Clinic and a community room with workshops on topics such as health & wellness and youth job training.
BNDC, now Neighbor Up Brevard, continues to seek
opportunities to partner with neighborhood leaders to transform struggling communities into oases of hope and opportunity.
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Tax Reform: Flat Tax or FairTax?
Download Tax Reform: Flat Tax or FairTax?
We are frequently asked if we support any particular tax reform plan such as the Flat Tax or the FairTax.
As an institution, the Tax Foundation believes that the current income tax system is fundamentally broken and should be replaced with a code adhering to the principles we have advocated for 70 years: neutrality, simplicity, stability, transparency, and growth promotion.
We do not align ourselves with any particular tax reform camp. Indeed, we have Flat Tax advocates and sales tax advocates on our Board of Directors, and our research was cited in both Steve Forbes' book on the Flat Tax and Neil Boortz's book on the FairTax.
Both the FairTax and the Flat Tax are "consumption taxes." In other words, people are taxed for spending money, not earning it. The Flat Tax would require citizens to file tax returns as they do now, paying tax on all spent money (income minus savings). The FairTax would rely on merchants to collect tax at the point of sale, as they now collect state and local sales taxes.
Both would eliminate the estate and capital gains taxes.
Both plans are single tax rate systems that eliminate double taxation.
Both plans would dramatically reduce compliance costs and the tax system's dead-weight loss to the economy.
Any tax reform plan will have transition issues and these will have to be thought through carefully. That said, the long-term benefits of fundamental tax reform should far outweigh the short-term transition costs.
These tax reforms have been driven by the need to provide a more competitive fiscal environment: one which encourages investment, risk-taking, entrepreneurship and provides increased work incentives. At the same time, governments are aware of the need to maintain taxpayers' faith in the integrity of their tax systems. Fairness and simplicity have become the byword of reformers.
These reforms are not happening in a vacuum; they directly impact U.S. competitiveness in the global economy and we will fall behind if Washington continues to drag its feet.


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"Radhe" Bollywood most Awaited actioned Salman khan movie Radhe will be released on EiD 2021.
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Meanwhile, Salman Khan is also getting ready to release his much-awaited actioner Radhe on Eid 2021. Even at a time when cinemas everywhere were running at 50% occupancy, he has announce that he'll bring his flick to cinemas on Eid. This made Radhe the first big film to have a confirmed release date. And now it has come to light that Salman and his team are already working on getting the promotional strategies right for Radhe. A source reveals, "The shoot of the film was complete post-lockdown after which the makers begin full throttle with the post-production work. Meanwhile, recently, they also managed to put together a teaser of the film. Since it's a teaser, the video won't be more than a minute long but it gives a nice idea about the film and its action and grandeur. It is slick and messy and would surely get thumbs up from the target audience and trade."
Akshay Is Non-Stopping
The theatres resume operations from October 15, 2020, after being shut for nearly seven months. Due to the Coronavirus-induced lockdown. It would help the industry to regain the businesses and also would help people to get entertain . Sadly, that didn't happen as there was a fear perception that audiences might not turn up to cinemas. But in these couple of weeks 15% growth has been see in the industry. 100%audience is allow in theaters. This has motivated the makers of Sooryavanshi to commence discussions with multiplexes over revenue sharing. The release date of Akshay Kumar-Katrina Kaif starrer is also expect to be announce in a few days. And this would further up the excitement in trade
Akshay kumar joined Police force
The teaser is expect to be release in the March, by the theatrical trailer. Is it possible either of the two promos would be attached to the prints of Sooryavanshi, which releases on April 2? "The possibility can't be rule out," states the source and signs off.
Directed by; Prabhu Deva, Radhe (Salman Khan) also co-stars Disha Patani, Jackie Shroff, and Randeep Hooda.
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New fintech payment services directives (PSD/PSD2) are set to open up competition across Europe, increase innovation online and promote mobile payments across borders, promoting digital payments from nontraditional payment providers. European banks need to implement PSD2 by January 2018, so the heat is on to implement the directive. Kony's Open Banking Data Model (OBDM) is a subset of our retail banking platform to help open your bank to new opportunities.
Login using the following credentials and view the documentation for the RBObjects services.
Simple, easy to use data model for exposing back end services.
Easily secure API's using Kony's Identity Management Services.


BRITISH POP NEWCOMER ALICE CHATER IS AIMING HIGH. WE'RE TALKING BEYONCE, LADY GAGA, MADONNA LEVELS OF TRIPLE-THREAT STARDOM. ON-POINT CHOREOGRAPHY, HIGH-CONCEPT MUSIC VIDEOS, ATTITUDE-LADEN VOCALS THAT AREN'T AFRAID TO BELT. BORED OF THE MODERN POP LANDSCAPE, ALICE IS HERE TO SHAKE THINGS UP. SIGNED TO VIRGIN RECORDS UK AND CAPITOL RECORDS US, THE MUSIC VIDEOS FOR HER FIRST 3 SINGLES RELEASED IN 2018 HAVE AMASSED 2 MILLION VIEWS AND COUNTING.
ALICE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON HER DEBUT ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN 2019.


Oh, this song is used to be "Wombass" tune but with lyrics it is "The Right Song", a collaboration of Tiësto & Oliver Heldens.
Music video by Tiësto & Oliver Heldens performing The Right Song featuring Natalie La Rose. © 2016 Musical Freedom Label Ltd, under exclusive license to PM:AM Recordings, a division of Universal Music BV.


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Jumpin' Jellyfish
Description from PassPorter's Disneyland Resort and Southern California Guidebook:
This gentle attraction is geared toward small kids. Each giant jellyfish seats up to two guests and "jumps" up 40 feet before drifting slowly down among the kelp and then up again a few times during this short ride. Your feet dangle during the "jump," so avoid loose-fitting footwear. Rider switch. 350 lb./159 kg. weight limit per vehicle. Guests must transfer from wheelchair/ECV.
Type: Ride
Scope: C-Ticket
Ages: Ages 5 & up
Thrill Factor:
Ride Duration: 1 1/2 min.
FastPass: None
Queue Conditions: Med. waits
Special Considerations:
- Rider Swap Available
- Must transfer from wheelchair
PassPorter's Ratings for Jumpin' Jellyfish
Author GingerJ's Rating:
Appeal by Age:
25% of our readers would definitely visit Jumpin' Jellyfish again.
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I would definitely visit this attraction again!
What PassPorter Readers Think of Jumpin' Jellyfish (2 comments):
If you have nothing better to do or if the line is really short I reommend this ride.
scott disney dad gave this a rating of 4 on 06/27/2016 at 12:40:08 am EDT
My daughter loved this ride, but was safely fastened in. I only had a lap strap and the height frightened me.
vanmum gave this a rating of 5 on 06/03/2016 at 12:26:55 pm EDT
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Jumpin' for jellies! | photo by DopeyGirl
Explore Other Attractions in Paradise Gardens:
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Goofy's Sky School
The Little Mermaid - Ariel's Undersea Adventure
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I posted a detail shot of this mural on Jan 8th (click here), and a number of viewers asked to see the whole mural. See the Panorama shot above. It features a number of specific Brookings, SD locations such as the animated Tyrannosaurus Rex from the Children's Museum, Nick's Hamburgers, and the SDSU Campanile tower.


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Q: Setting ChartComponent in Blazor Radzen for count of properties of each value I have a
public IEnumerable<Project> Projects;

with projects having several properties, one of them being "projectStatus"
a project can have one of 5 status (open, closed, in progress, deleted, new)
I want to have a ChartComponent, that shows the amount of projects in each status.
however I don't know how to set this
                <RadzenChart>

                    <RadzenColumnSeries Data="@Projects" CategoryProperty="projectStatus" Title="Status" LineType="LineType.Dashed" ValueProperty="projectStatus.Count()">
                        <RadzenSeriesDataLabels Visible="true"/>
                    </RadzenColumnSeries>

                </RadzenChart>

I'm using as reference the documentation in https://blazor.radzen.com/docs/guides/components/chart.html
I want to have an X axis with 5 columns (with each status), and a Y axis with the amount of projects in each status

A: You can create a separate list that will work with RadzenColumnSeries. The list will be of a class with two properties which are:

*

*Status: as CategoryProperty (status value as string eg. open, close ...)

*Projects: as ValueProperty (number of projects that fall in the current status)

Then create an item for each status and assign the number of projects that fall in that status.
projectStatus = new[]
{
    new DataItem()
    {
        Status = "Open"
        Projects = projects.Count(x => x.ProjectStatus == ProjectStatus.OPEN)
    },
    new DataItem()
    {
        Status = "Closed"
        Projects = projects.Count(x => x.ProjectStatus == ProjectStatus.CLOSED)
    },

    //...
};

Working example:
@page "/chart"

            <RadzenChart>
                <RadzenColumnSeries Data="@projectStatus"
                                    CategoryProperty="Status"
                                    Title="Projects"
                                    LineType="LineType.Dashed"
                                    ValueProperty="Projects">
                    <RadzenSeriesDataLabels Visible="@showDataLabels" />
                </RadzenColumnSeries>
                <RadzenColumnOptions Radius="5" />
                <RadzenValueAxis Min="0"
                                 Max="@maxValue"/>
            </RadzenChart>

@code {
    bool showDataLabels = true;
    List<Project> projects { get; set; }
    DataItem[] projectStatus { get; set; }
    int maxValue;

    protected override void OnInitialized()
    {
        projects = new List<Project>();
        projects.Add(new Project(ProjectStatus.OPEN));
        projects.Add(new Project(ProjectStatus.CLOSED));
        projects.Add(new Project(ProjectStatus.IN_PROGRESS));
        projects.Add(new Project(ProjectStatus.DELETED));
        projects.Add(new Project(ProjectStatus.NEW));
        projects.Add(new Project(ProjectStatus.NEW));
        projects.Add(new Project(ProjectStatus.OPEN));

        projectStatus = new[]
        {
            new DataItem()
            {
                Status = ProjectStatus.OPEN.ToString(),
                Projects = projects.Count(x => x.ProjectStatus == ProjectStatus.OPEN)
            },
            new DataItem()
            {
                Status = ProjectStatus.CLOSED.ToString(),
                Projects = projects.Count(x => x.ProjectStatus == ProjectStatus.CLOSED)
            },
            new DataItem()
            {
                Status = ProjectStatus.IN_PROGRESS.ToString(),
                Projects = projects.Count(x => x.ProjectStatus == ProjectStatus.IN_PROGRESS)
            },
            new DataItem()
            {
                Status = ProjectStatus.DELETED.ToString(),
                Projects = projects.Count(x => x.ProjectStatus == ProjectStatus.DELETED)
            },
            new DataItem()
            {
                Status = ProjectStatus.NEW.ToString(),
                Projects = projects.Count(x => x.ProjectStatus == ProjectStatus.NEW)
            }
        };

        maxValue = projectStatus.Max(x => x.Projects);
        base.OnInitialized();
    }

    class DataItem
    {
        public string Status { get; set; }
        public int Projects { get; set; }
    }

    public class Project
    {
        public Project(ProjectStatus status)
        {
            this.ProjectStatus = status;
        }

        public ProjectStatus ProjectStatus { get; set; }
    }

    public enum ProjectStatus
    {
        OPEN,
        CLOSED,
        IN_PROGRESS,
        DELETED,
        NEW
    }
}

Result:

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The History of Automotive Paint.
In the early days of car building, the newly-formed car companies used the carriage makers' painting process of hand-painting each vehicle using brushes. It was a slow, laborious process that could take several weeks to finish one car, depending on the weather conditions. The unmounted car bodies were brought to the painter in primer. After the bodies dried, they received more primer coats, each one brushed on at 90 degree angles to the previous coat to hide brush strokes. The body was moved to a drying booth, then it was given a yellow top coat which was sanded off to show the high and low spots on the body. A couple of base coats were then applied and rubbed down with compound, then the color coating began--a process in which the paint pigments were added to clear varnish, giving color to the painted surface. The color was built up to as many as six coats, rubbing down each one to level the surface. The final coat was applied "heavy", allowed to dry, then rubbed down, pin striped, and finished off with a couple of coats of clear varnish. In spite of all this work, the finish usually lasted only two years or so before needing to be refinished!
In the days before the assembly line, when cars were hand-built, waiting for the paint to dry was not too much of a problem. As production time was reduced and the cars were rolling out faster, however, a new, quicker paint process was needed. Henry Ford (and others) had begun using "baked-on" enamel as early as 1914 on his Model T's. The problem was that colors couldn't hold up to the 400-500 degree baking temperatures, nor could the wood in the bodies. The only color that could stand the heat was black! A system was developed to lower the heat to around 160 degrees, which was not harmful to the wood bodies.
In 1923, General Motors along with DuPont, developed a spray painting system using "nitrocellulose lacquer". DuPont had actually been producing lacquer since 1905, but had not applied it for automotive use. This new paint, called "Duco", could not only be sprayed, but had an array of colors. It had to be rubbed, but did not need to be baked. To apply Duco, the body was metal-prepped, primed and sanded, then the color coats were applied, wet-sanded and buffed. These lacquers produced a beautiful, deep finish that was much quicker to apply, and were used until the 1950s. Although beautiful, lacquers had poor resistance to gasoline spills and other chemicals, and had to be rubbed out periodically to remove oxidation caused by the sun and restore the color and gloss.
By the early 1930s, "Alkyd" enamels were developed. These paints were more durable than lacquers, but required baking to make the paint flow and produce a smooth finish. Like lacquer, they oxidized and caused the colors to fade, but overall, they produced a good finish. By the mid-1950s, GM developed a new acrylic lacquer system, which produced a smooth, durable finish that held up bettern than the old nitrocellulose system. It didn't have the depth of nitrocellulose, but required less maintenance. By the late 1960s, acrylic enamels became available. When used with hardeners, they could be color-sanded and buffed to produce a high-gloss finish with similar depth to lacquer, and stood up well to weather abuse.
In the 1980s, under governmental mandates to lower the "VOCs" (volatile organic components), paints were developed to comply, introducing the "base coat/clear coat" system. These finishes feature greater durability and very high gloss, but less depth than the old lacquer finishes.
As we paint our car today, it is still a labor-intensive job. Time should be spent at the beginning of the restoration, to determine what look we are going for: An OEM finish that is deep and glossy, or a base coat/clear coat finish that is less deep but even more glossy. Whatever finish you choose, it affects the character of the car. We always do a sketch of the car first, and color in our paint scheme, to decide which paint system (lacquer, enamel, etc.) will be right for the car. Once that has been decided, we choose the paint manufacturer (we use PPG) and stay with that company's products throughout the project, so that each product will be compatible with the next.
Automotive painting can be a lot of fun and the result can be something that you're really proud of. It's worth the work and research, so that you will achieve that finish you envisioned when you started your project! Enjoy your cars...keep 'em driving!


Student hourly work limitations are established by State of Iowa law. Students may work a maximum of 40 hours per week over the summer.
During the summer, two employment programs exist on campus, Part-Time Hourly and Work-Study.
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Imagine a Church where…
Christ Church Annual Church Meeting: 1st April 2012
May I invite you to put your hand up. Now please take it down if you joined Christ Church in 2012. Welcome to Christ Church! Put your hand down if you joined in 2011. Thank you. 2010? 2009? 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997? You were here when Joanna and I arrived. Well done. For those who were here cast your mind back. For those who have joined since, imagine…
Imagine. Imagine if you walked into Christ Church on Sunday 1st April 1997 what would you have experienced? First of all, you would have entered via the long corridor and in through the tower doors. If the weather had been warm you might even have entered by the tower steps. The white divider would have been closed and the seats would have been in rows facing the chancel. The curtain and cross covered the Ten Commandments and Lords Prayer. The Communion Table was in the middle of the podium with two seats on either side. A wooden lectern stood in front of the table and behind a communion rail. To the right in the transept you would have seen a robed choir and to the left our organist playing. You would have found a Morning Prayer order of service card and hymn book in the pocket in front of you as well as a Bible. There was a large kneeler on a rack under the seat in front of you. And I would have been wearing a clerical collar and robes.
Fifteen years ago, Christ Church was blessed with one part time paid secretary called Margaret Duckworth who worked in the Vestry Office with me. We relied entirely on a wonderful team of volunteers headed by Enid Mellor and Anne Cotton who assisted with Sunday services; Phil Elsdon and John McNaught were the Church Wardens; Jane Clarke was the organist and choir master and Debbie Elsdon coordinated the children's ministry with a large team of enthusiastic volunteers.
The white divider would have been closed because the Sunday school for 3-8 year olds met on the other side during the service. There was a side room for the crèche. The Explorers 9-11 year olds met in the Vicarage lounge and the Pathfinders 11-14 met in the old stable opposite the Vicarage. Virginia Water was in those days blessed with a flourishing Crusader youth ministry with over 200 teenagers. Led by Ken and Gill Morgan they met in our Church Hall behind the parade of shops near the railway station.
In the preceding year, Sunday morning attendance had averaged 147, including the children. On Sunday evenings attendance averaged 58. We had 75 children and teenagers registered and we were literally bursting at the seams. The Church budget in 1997 was £85,000.
The biggest challenge we faced was a lack of space, especially for the Sunday school and youth ministry.
In the next few years, as attendance grew, if you arrived late for the morning service you had to queue in the Corridor for the first five minutes while the children heard a talk and sung a song and then left to go to their Sunday school through the side door. Then the adults could find a seat.
And at the end of the service, the Sunday school had to clear up quickly and vacate the Centre before we could come through and have refreshments. Sometimes it was a little chaotic. In place of the book shelves were large white cupboards with a sloping roof holding additional chairs and the vacuum cleaners.
Hospitality at Christ Church was important in those days although cooking in the kitchen was a challenge. We had one simple domestic cooker. For some reason you could only use two rings at a time, or the oven, but not both. In those days we innovated with things like an overhead projector for the songs and talks at monthly Family Services. These along with the youth services were the most popular services of the month.
Increasingly at Family Services and Festivals, because there was no Sunday school, we experimented with the divider open and created a wedge of extra seats, although those on the edge could not see very much. In 2000 we opened our Millennium extension and saw weekly Sunday Club attendance grow from 63 to 96.
This enabled us to re-order the layout of the Church to include seating in what was the Centre. This has, however, only been a temporary solution….
After a considerable gap, the Diocese designated Christ Church a training parish again and gave us a curate, David Gibbs.
We then recruited Andy Burns as a part time youth worker shared with Crusaders when East to West was still just a twinkle in his eye. Paul Simpson became our first part-time Student Pastor in 2004. Then we took the big step to employ a full time Youth Pastor, Jon Herbert in 2003, the Mark Teeter from the USA in 2005 and then Andy Bruins in 2008. We also began an Apprentice scheme in 2005.
The staff team as we now know it began to take shape in 2007 when we consciously put our energy into investing in people and adding more services rather than extending the church building.
Our priority in recent years has since been to expand our volunteer base rather than add more staff.
Highlights for me in the last 15 years have been the way the church family enthusiastically entered into creating a series of Five Year Plan and now our 2020 Vision. The three fold – win – build – send motto became the driving force for shaping our priorities. We joined the Willow Creek Association and Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans.
The music group began to play at every service. We dispensed with clergy robes. The services become more informal. We introduced Christianity Explored as a central feature of our evangelism strategy, First Wednesday as a focus for prayer and mission and Thursday night courses for our discipleship strategy.
We flood lit the Church and car park and created new sign boards. We turned the corridor into the Church Office and converted the Vestry into the back office. We bought a mini-bus and then a second.
We added projectors to the Church and all the Centre rooms, as well as improved speakers, mixer desk and spotlights. We then turned the Church round and bought more seats. We doubled up Sunday morning services as another way to cope with growing attendances.
Mission has always been a priority at Christ Church but we have in recent years been blessed with a number of church members also serving full time with mission agencies. I share that passion for mission. In the last 15 years, indeed for the last 35 years I have invested several weeks of the year, invariably including holidays, to participate in mission initiatives, mostly covertly, serving the underground persecuted church in various parts of the world through evangelism training, bible teaching and leadership development. I now take about 8 weeks of the year to assist with mission projects and we also encourage the church staff to give a lead in mission as we aspire unashamedly to be a sending church. Our philosophy is not only win and build but also send.
In the last 15 years we have equipped and trained four curates, David Gibbs, James Hughes and Ro Mody who are now all serving as pastors of parishes in East London, Hartford and Bournemouth. Francis is presently seeking the Lord's guidance for his next appointment too. We have sent at least two people for training for the ordained ministry, Richard Coleman and Glen Mansfield. Nick Hardy was licenced as a Lay Reader. Two apprentices, Andy Cook and Ed Cope became Youth Pastors and Andy Bruins became Associate Pastor of the Co-Mission Church in Kingston. Many of our other apprentices and youth workers have gone on to undertake theological training.
The fact that we had an unprecedented ten candidates for five vacancies on the Church Council today is evidence of the health of Christ Church as well as the enthusiasm and servant heartedness of many individuals within the church family.
And what of the future? In 2012 we hope to publish exciting plans for a brand new church building behind this one. It will seat around 500 people, so that this building can be adapted to create a hall and additional rooms. It will be the most ambitious initiative in the 175 year history of Christ Church.
But clearly "Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labour in vain." (Psalm 127:1). Humanly speaking, however, our future as a church depends entirely on you. That is why we take membership so seriously at Christ Church.
Next Sunday, on Easter Day, the most important day in the church calendar, we will be inviting you to rededicate yourself in the year ahead to serve the Lord in and through Christ Church, praying, serving, giving, sharing from what he has entrusted to you, to build his church and extend his kingdom to the glory of God. And I for one, count it a privilege to be part of that exciting adventure.
Imagine a church
…for doubters, seekers and believers that becomes something that everyone wants to be part of.
…of every age, race and colour putting their relationship with God first, meeting together regularly to worship Him and becoming one in Christ.
…of fully devoted, spiritual Christ followers passionate for an ever-deeper relationship with God.
…where everyone is fully surrendered to the Holy Spirit, exercising their God-given gifts in a joyful and fulfilling service.
…where every member is totally committed to making disciples of all nations.
"I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:12-14)
This entry was posted in Anglicanism, Christ Church, Church of England on April 4, 2012 by Stephen Sizer.
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Today's pharmacists are taking a more hands-on approach to patient care by going back in time to when interactions were more personal, not just another sale at the cash register. And consumers are making a visit to the pharmacist their first-line defense for healthcare.
AzPA members Teresa Stickler, Rosy Vallin and Rick Herrier interviewed for this Arizona Republic/AZCentral article.
APhA, in collaboration with other pharmacy organizations engaged in the provider status initiative, is organizing a health fair on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., for legislators and legislative aids to see for themselves what pharmacists are able to do. Please consider filling out the online form at the following link to invite your senators and representative by way of a pre-drafted letter.
Anisa Shivji, a pharmacist who earned her pharmacy degree from the University of Toronto in 2008, writes: "I have been a teacher for a few years now and have watched all my students become overwhelmed and frustrated with the stress that accompanies community pharmacy. As I watch their blood silently boil, I fear that in a few years, they will all detest their jobs. In the pressure-cooker environment of a community pharmacy setting, it is hard to find a reason to keep helping, to keep smiling, to keep trying and to keep caring. Below is a depiction based on a real event on Oct. 8, which made me realize pharmacists still have moments of impact."
Contaminated pain injections killed at least 64 people last year because of a contaminated compounding pharmacy. Now, Congress believes it is time to increase federal oversight over these pharmacies.
The November theme issue of Health Affairs explores ways of redesigning the nation's healthcare workforce to respond to the Affordable Care Act as well as an aging population. Given the projected primary care provider shortage, pharmacists can help fortify primary care by providing medication management services such as comprehensive medication review, reconciliation of discrepancies, identifying and resolving medication-related problems, medication coordination across multiple prescribers and pharmacies, and monitoring for any adverse drug events or preventable medication errors.
Unanticipated emergencies and the pharmacy: What's your plan?
The list of potential natural disasters is long: hurricanes, tornadoes, windstorms, floods, ice storms and even a new weather phenomenon — derechos. Storms and their aftermaths can seriously tax the healthcare system in general and pharmacies in particular. Just a year ago, a swath of the East Coast was battered and then flooded by Hurricane Sandy. As the most accessible healthcare professionals, pharmacists played an important role in helping patients in the affected areas cope.
After voluntary market withdrawal by manufacturers in 2007 of over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for children younger than 2 years, and a relabeling a year later, emergency department visits related to these drugs declined among children younger than 3 years, according to an article published online November 11 in Pediatrics.
The Stroke Bridge Clinic at Novant Health's Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., helps patients make the transition from hospital to home after a stroke. As part of that transition, a pharmacist consults with patients in the clinic about a week after discharge. The pharmacist ensures patients understand their medications, that the regimen is optimal, and that they are taking them correctly.
UHC, a network of 116 nonprofit academic medical center and 298 affiliated hospital members, announced that it will launch a program by late 2013 or early 2014 to help those facilities gain access to limited distribution specialty medications.
In a new, placebo-controlled study, prolonged-release opioid treatment with an oxycodone-naloxone combination product produced impressive relief of symptoms in patients with severe restless legs syndrome for whom other therapies had failed.
Aptiom has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an add-on drug to help treat adults with partial epileptic seizures.
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The last asthma inhalers containing chlorofluorocarbon propellants will be removed from the market by the end of the year to comply with an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer from CFCs as well as other substances that harm it, the FDA announced recently.
Researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis say one way to gauge the extent of prescription opioid pain reliever abuse in any Indiana county is to count the number of healthcare providers, particularly dentists and pharmacists. In a study of opioid use and abuse, the researchers said they found that access to healthcare increases the availability of prescription opioids, which, in turn, is associated with higher rates of opioid abuse and associated consequences.


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Twitter suspends tens of thousands of accounts dedicated to sharing QAnon content
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
(Reuters) - Twitter Inc said it has suspended more than 70,000 accounts since Friday that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content after last week's violence in Washington when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.
"Given the violent events in Washington, DC, and increased risk of harm, we began permanently suspending thousands of accounts that were primarily dedicated to sharing QAnon content on Friday afternoon", Twitter said in a blog late on Monday.
"These accounts were engaged in sharing harmful QAnon-associated content at scale and were primarily dedicated to the propagation of this conspiracy theory across the service", the company said.
QAnon backers have pushed conspiracies on social media that include the baseless claim that Trump secretly is fighting a cabal of child-sex predators, among them prominent Democrats, figures in Hollywood and "deep state" allies.
Twitter had said on Friday it would permanently suspend accounts pushing QAnon content, banning prominent right-wing boosters of its conspiracy theories.
The storming of the Capitol building last week by Trump supporters delayed the certification of Biden's election victory.
Lawmakers were forced to flee, as the building was mobbed by the president's supporters who overwhelmed security forces. Five people died in the violence including one Capitol Police officer who was beaten as he tried to ward off the crowds.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Lincoln Feast.


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Bedell Frazier hosted our annual Market Outlook events in the Bay Area which included stops in Marin, San Francisco, and Diablo. At the events, we provided our outlook for the investment markets for the coming year and also reflected on 2017 from a market and firm perspective. Events like our Market Outlook allow clients to engage with Portfolio Managers and Staff in person in a friendly and interactive atmosphere.


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Bruno Tilley
MANGA / ICA
Creative Consultant
Manga Films
Old work colleague Andy Frain was running Island Visuals Arts when he invited me in to act as creative director for a new label they were setting up 'Manga Films'. A company that would license Japanese animation films and distribute throughout the rest of the world. The thing about these films was they were like something we'd never seen before. Like Disney on acid - mind blowing visuals and dynamics with a Punk ethic.
Manga Brand
The logo was created around 3 basic elements - The rising sun, A comic style treatment to the typography and the word Manga written in a calligraphic Japanese style. The idea was to make the brand look as authentic as possible. Working with Josh Riley and my Japanese make up artist Michi who wrote the word manga in a brush style for me we created a graphic that became one of the most recognisable film brands around.
I read the screenplay several times and came up with some thumbnail ideas which were then sketched up into visuals by Sharon Pinsker. The chosen image was then sent to the animation team in Japan to be artworked. Two weeks later a package turned up which we nervously opened. The artwork was superb but unusual as it was created in cell layers as it would have been for the the animated film.
The Guyver
Having watched the series I came up with ideas for each video sleeve and commissioned James Goodridge to do the illustrations. I was particularly happy with a terminator type image of the Guyver emerging from a wall of fire which we turned into posters. This scene actually did happen in the animation so it wasn't a total rip off!
Manga Clothing
Manga used to send out cut up promo films to clubs like The Ministry Of Sound which got projected onto the walls while dance music blasted out. It occurred to me that given the popularity amongst the club goers one could create a clothing range and diversify the brand. So I invited fashion designer Clare Fazal in to create the Manga clothing range which she did. Photographer Salvatore Salamone photographed pop duo 'Stretch & Vern' wearing the gear.
The Secret Adventures Of Tom Thumb
As part of the Manga Films they also distributed ICA Films which meant I also got to work on the sleeves and posters. This took me to Bristol where I got the chance to work with the Bolex Brothers and do a photoshoot with them for their award winning film ' The Secret Adventures Of Tom Thumb'. The film is an incredible feat of stop frame animation - I'd never seen any thing like it. I particularly liked the image in the poster of Father Christmas on the cross.


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Wrong again, Mike Bara
Labels: bara nonsense
Proposal for an experiment to test "hyperdimensional physics"
Open letter to Richard Hoagland and Mike Bara, cc: Derek Eunson
As I wrote to you on 13th March, the theory of what you have called "hyperdimensional physics" is now falsified because of the definitive failure of the WISE mission to find the large trans-Neptunian solar system bodies that you have writtennote 1 are an essential prediction of the theory.
I commiserate. It must be hard to be so comprehensively proved wrong—especially in light of the fact that I have also falsified Von Braun's Secret and The Table of Coincidence. You boys don't really have a whole lot left to pontificate about, do you?
Proposal for an experiment
Let us, however, be optimistic. It is still possible that some truth may be sifted from the ashes of your work over the years. I hereby propose a test of your (MB's) expository statementnote 2 about the theory:
"There is overwhelming proof of a new, little understood theory of physics, Hyperdimensional physics ... [I]f you take a sphere—like ... a planet—and you rotate it, then you will pull energy from the higher state of the planet (the hyper-sphere) and that energy will preferentially upwell from inside the planet according to the geometry of a tetrahedron encased in a sphere, and appear at or around 19.5 degrees."
Solid aluminum sphere, diameter 50cm. Mounted on robust bearings and capable of being rotated at up to 1,000 rpm about a vertical axis by a rheostat-controlled electric motor.
volume 4/3 π x 253 = 65,449 cm3
density of Al 2.70 g cm-3
mass 176.7 kg
NOTE: This equipment will need very careful balancing, lest it become a missile.
360 sensitive thermocouples are to be embedded in this sphere at intervals of 0.5° latitude between its poles, the signals from these to be led to a display/recording rack via a commutator. A tachometer continuously records the rotation rate.
Ambient temperature of the laboratory to be controlled at 20°C ± 1°.
Baseline recording to be obtained for a period of two hours without rotation.
Active recordings to be obtained as the equipment is spun up in steps of 200rpm, n minutes at each step.
Experiment to be repeated 24h later.
Per your written text, we expect to detect a significant rise in temperature over bands of latitude centered on 19.5° N and S, as the hyperdimensional energy dissipates as heat.
NOTE: In your other writings on this topic you have cited Olympus Mons (18.5°N) and the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter (22°S) as manifestations of hyperdimensional energy upwelling, therefore we should presumably anticipate bands of energy spreading over at least 3.5°.
Questions for you:
1] Is this a fair test of your theory?
2] What should the value of n be? How long do you estimate we need to wait for hyperdimensional energy to appear?
3] Please provide an equation, using Maxwell's quaternionsnote 3, describing the mathematical relationship between speed of rotation and energy access from the "higher state".
I will happily participate in such an experiment but I regret that I am unable to contribute to its (considerable) cost. Perhaps you might allocate some portion of the royalties from your published works promoting this idea to the public?
I have copied this to Dr Derek Eunson, a systems engineer in Scotland. Not only would his comments on the protocol be obviously welcome, but he is also in touch with Irene Gardner who may possibly agree to sponsor all or part of the cost. As you will recall, in May 2012 Ms. Gardner made a generous offer to sponsor Hoagland & Falkov's proposed expedition to Egypt for the Venus transit that year.note 4
Please respond.
1] Dark Mission chapter 2
2] The Choice chapter 3
3] You have written (Dark Mission chapter 2) that Maxwell's quaternions are the basis of "hyperdimensional physics".
4] An offer you (RCH) surprisingly refused, on the grounds that it would require handing over "totally unreasonable quantities of raw, propriority [sic] data to turned over to TOTAL styrangers [sic], and far ahead of its planned formal publication." By the way, when will that data be published?
Labels: hoagland baiting, hyperdimensional physics, WISE infra-red survey
"Evolution is a crock of shit" --Mike Bara, tweeting today
The full quote was "We do believe science is real. That's why we conclude evolution is a crock of shit."
So this is Mike Bara, world-famous jetliner designer, citing SCIENCE to make one of the most profoundly anti-scientific statements I can imagine.
I wonder how Mike explains the extremely well documented phenomenon of rapid evolution of resistance to antibiotics. Or even more rapid evolution of the Lambda virus, directly observed in the laboratory, mutation by mutation?
How does he explain endogenous retroviral insertions? These are randomly-inserted DNA sequences that no longer have a function. Therefore, finding them in exactly the same place in many different animals strongly indicates common descent.
How about cytochrome-C divergence?
Perhaps it's expecting too much for a designer of jetliners to understand such things. Especially since there is such ample evidence that Mike Bara really hasn't grasped some fundamental scientific ideas, such as simple orbital mechanics. What he also hasn't grasped is his own ignorance. If he had, he'd abstain from tweeting rubbish.
Three years since Richard Hoagland showed his abject ignorance
Magnitude 9.0
Epicenter 142° 22' E 38° 19' N
Time 05:46 UTC 11 March 2011
6,148 injured
2,633 people missing
127,290 buildings totally collapsed
272,788 buildings half collapsed
747,989 buildings partially damaged
Level 7 meltdown, three reactors, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
Those are the facts about the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The pseudoscientist Richard Hoagland saw past the human tragedy and economic catastrophe, to an opportunity for promoting himself and his bankrupt, discredited, ideas. On the Book of Faces, and on Coast-to-Coast AM (24th March) he proclaimed that this was not a natural event but an attack, contrived by "somebody." His "evidence" was that the longitude of the epicenter was 120° East of the Great Pyramid at Giza. As I blogged at the time, he was out by 8° 46', or 765 km. Not that this pseudo-fact would have had any actual meaning even if he'd been spot on.
His follow-up, a few days after the main event, left us all in no doubt of his ignorance of geophysics. It was this:
That "Fukushima" was a Planned Event -- by "someone" -- is almost a certainty now; I mean, what are the odds of ANOTHER major quake (the 7.1 a couple days ago) -- complete with similar tsunami warnings -- with an epicenter (and depth!) only a few miles different from the earlier, devestating [sic] 9.0 quake ... and all, by "acident [sic]?!"
The man is incompetent. No further comment needed.
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NYCC 2019: Getting Inside The Teenage Mind In Super-Powered YA Panel
Michele Wells, VP, Executive Editor at DC Entertainment opened the Super-Powered YA: DC Teen Reads for Your #TBR Pile panel by introducing the guests including Danielle Page, Steven Bryne, Gabriel Picolo, Stuart Moore, Chris Wildgoose, Nicole Goux, Sarah Kuhn, Isaac Goodheart, and Kami Garcia. They represent the bulk of the creators behind the current DC young adult books like Batman: Nightwalker and Teen Titans: Raven. These are outside of canon, not tied to the overall DC Universe.
The panel was asked what their characters favorite subject in school would be. Picolo said Beast Boy would be interested in biology to figure out all the animals. Garcia said Raven would choose English. Goodheart said Catwoman is great at math and Wildgoose picked computers for Bruce Wayne, although he's good at everything. Kuhn and Goux chose home economics and community service for Batgirl. Byrne said Mera would pick murder class.
A similar rundown happened for pet peeves. Garcia said "bitchery" for Raven and Picolo said Beast Boy would be people eating meat. Wildgoose said crime is Bruce Wayne's pet peeve. Cassandra Cain's pet peeve is other people's mess. She's a slob, but she doesn't like it when other people leave their trash around. Mera is not a fan of anything Atlantians do.
The final icebreaker question was what the first thing the characters do when they wake up in the morning. Beast Boy picks what sneakers he'll wear, which is a nice fit for Picolo who is a self-proclaimed sneaker head. Cassandra Cain works out first thing while Bruce Wayne races to the computer to jot down all his thoughts.
The Mera graphic novel pulls from the Aquaman movie with Jason Momoa's portrayal of the character. Paige and Byrne both wanted to have this. To convince DC, Paige made a couple requests through email and then sent pictures of a young Momoa from Baytwatch and got it approved quickly.
Moore described Bruce Wayne as a nice kid in Batman: Nightwalker. He's fairly normal which is a counterpoint to most of the versions we've seen of the character. He just gets in a bit of trouble and has to do some community service at Arkham Asylum.
Garcia said Raven struggles to figure out who she is, which is something that just about everyone goes through. She didn't want to completely redesign the character from the ground up because there's still a lot of great elements there. The jewel on her forehead was out because it would not have worked for her to go to high school, but they were able to work it into the character as a necklace.
Picolo added that you can tell a lot about a character based on how they sit and how they walk. Raven is more compact and reserved while Beast Boy is stretched out and loud.
Goodheart said that fashion played a big part in Catwoman: Under the Moon. She engulfs herself in a big jacket to feel safe. As she gets more comfortable in her own skin, her clothing changes. He complimented Picolo's work in Beast Boy with items like the gaming chair in his room. Picolo pointed out there are monster posters on his wall because the character identifies with those creatures due to his powers.
Kuhn spoke about the origin of Cassandra Cain's costume and how her clothing is important to her. There's a new character in Shadow of the Batgirl named Jackie who is described as an "Asian Auntie" who wears loud clothing that doesn't necessarily match. Some of these clothes are passed onto Cassandra, but it doesn't really go with her style, so she cuts some up and keeps elements of them while making them their own.
Most of the clothing featured in these titles have a real world element. It's like casual cosplay so kids reading them can make their own outfits that fit in the same kind of style.
The panelist were asked how the setting played into the story and what kind of research they did for it. Picolo relied on a lot of references that Garcia sent for New Orleans. The city was so interesting that it sparked his creative energy. He visited New Orleans thinking it would be an awful experience. He wanted so much to draw these books. He was given a tour of the city by Alys Arden, the writer of the upcoming Zatanna graphic novel. She came up on stage and spoke about Raven's ties to New Orleans and how much it meant to have creators who cared about showing the city the right way and in a good light.
Her Zatanna graphic novel takes place in New York. She describes it as a "gothic beach story" with a lot of Coney Island, mobsters, mystics, and mermaids. It's illustrated by Jacquelin De Leon. Some gorgeous designs for the characters were shown. I don't know anything else about this series just yet but based on these alone, it looks like we'll get a pretty cool, unique take on the character.
A fan asked about Shadow of the Batgirl and the ages of Cassandra and Barbara Gordon. The former is a teenager and Barbara is in her early twenties. Kuhn understands how much these characters mean to people and took great pains to do them justice.
The panel was asked about creating young adult stories and focusing on teenagers. Moore said you can play out drama with teenage characters more than you can with adults. Wildgoose added that it's nice to see them get things wrong and figure stuff out. Goodheart said that these are themes that we still see as adults, but they're a little more magnified as teenagers.
Garcia added that it's hard for her to write something she can't relate to. She also needs to be a fan of a character she's going to write. As a teacher, she spent more time with kids than adults by choice. She like them because you can't sell them nonsense.
A fan asked about how the creators approached writing for and about teenagers. Did they consult with any for the stories? Garcia has a teenage son and she spies on him all the time. She joked that Picolo is like a teenager to her and helps a lot with the style and design for the characters as he brings a younger perspective. Kuhn has a friend with two teenagers she always tries to talk to but feels like the Steve Buscemi meme saying "Hello, fellow kids."
To close out the panel, a fan asked if there was any thought to doing a shared universe between these stories. One of them quickly said "Please!" Wells clarified that they wanted to have the creators tell their own stand alone stories and not get tied up in continuity.
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Is education still relevant? A discussion on the meaning, purpose, value, delivery, and funding of contemporary education.
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From Aristotle to John Dewey, from Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King Jr., from Harry Brighouse to Sir Ken Robinson (to name a few), and from our teachers to the depths of the subconscious—we've all expressed our views on education in some form. It has been a matter of discussion for centuries. But why is this so? What's all the fuss been about? And is education even relevant in today's context? Before I go on to answer these question, we must work our way through the different dimensions of education, to get a better grip of the word itself.
What is education?
"Education is the creation of a sound mind in a sound body." – Aristotle
Apart from the obvious, education is defined as "An enlightening experience." It originates from the Latin word "Educare", meaning "to nurture." There is a lot of debate as to what education is or ought to be. The diversity of opinions surrounding education alludes to the discordance in its meaning and purpose. However, I am of the understanding that such discordances can be overlooked, as education isn't merely a product of varying ideologies—but a culmination of the varying methods of its delivery. Every society entails its own baggage of misfortune, so the delivery of its education ought to be predicated on solving its own issues—however unique—to aid in its progress and prosperity.
Purpose of Education
"Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education." – Martin Luther King Jr.
Why do we educate, and be educated? What is it that education hopes to contrive? The primary purpose of education is to promote human flourishing. And how does one achieve such a state of peace and prosperity? Via economic growth perhaps? Or is it through the promotion of our human values? Well, Harry Brighouse would argue that it's both. The British philosopher proves this via income studies—showing that in America, beyond the threshold of $200,000 a year, there is no change in the quality of lives led by American citizens. Hence, it is the life-long values and skills that illuminate our day-to-day experiences, along with financial security of course.
"No matter what global problem you are dreading, whether it's the elimination of poverty, whether it's the creation of peace, whether it's solving environmental energy problems, the solution always include education." – Nicholas Negroponte (Founder, One Laptop per Child)
Is education paramount in the progress and prosperity of all societies, and for human flourishing? What drives nations to invest in systems that promote learning and inculcation of inherited values? The truth in the matter is that education seismically changes socio-economic structures and relations—effectively ameliorating living standards and quality of life. Without providing quality education to the youth, our coming generations would perish with the resulting inequalities, and the lack of resources and innovative solutions.
Education is also one of the primary objectives of the SDGs. In fact, Patrinos and Psacharopoulos (2013) in Lomborg (2013) demonstrated that there is a 1.4% reduction of the Gini coefficient with every extra year of education. Furthermore, I would like to add that every child now would either grow up to become a revolutionary leader in their respective fields, or the next criminal—hinging on the cultural norms and economic mobility of the child's family, both of which are dependent on their level of education. Without it, we would be no different than our fellow inhabitants in the animal kingdom. Also, every opportunity missed by each student to excel in their respective fields, is an opportunity given to a misanthrope to cause harm—certainly a food for thought.
Delivery of Education
"Schooling does not always lead to learning. Worldwide, there are more non-learners in school than out of school." – UNICEF
Why is it, after all its impact and importance, that the delivery of education seem to be outdated and insufficient? What factors influence its efficacy? It's almost impossible to completely comprehend the complex nature of the delivery of education. The necessity of innovation in the delivery of education is an outgrowth of the pace at which we're technologically advancing, further impacting our social interactions.
Contrary to popular belief, the learning crisis doesn't solely stem from the lack of funding. This is evident from the failure of Bill Gates' Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching initiative, which had cost more than $1 billion. So, what we need is smart investments in education over longer periods of time (UN Global Compact). From the lack of resources, to biased curricula—access to quality education is riddled with unfathomable socio-economic, cultural, and political influences.
One possible solution to this is to align our systems with our cultural and ideological values, as is the case with Finland—making Finnish education system one of the best in the world. But how do we address the learning crisis? For starters, our teachers, policymakers, and administrators should possess adequate philosophical understanding of education. In addition to this, they may also use the assistance of services like the DeliverEd Initiative, to provide quality education. Secondly, I would like to argue that the creation of a resilient and effective education system isn't merely dependant on the relevant officials, but is rather achievable through the collective efforts of all the parties involved.
"It is paramount that young people are not only included, but recognized as valuable collaborators" – Youth Panel Global Call-to-Action (2016)
Funding of Education
Is education a public or private good? Should it be funded via state subsidies, or should it be locally funded? What are the implications of such funding? There's no easy solution to this dilemma, and the implications vary between state and non-state support. However, a thorough analysis of the topic can surely aid in the articulation of its complexity, and help understand the necessity of certain funding modules.
In the context of a public good, education is thought to have no spillover effects over its consumers, i.e., one's education does not trump another's. Most learning theories adopted in public schools are outdated. So, children that are unable to receive private education naturally miss out on the various opportunities provided to the students in contemporary systems of education. Moreover, the curricula and teaching methodologies are greatly affected by the politics involved in state subsidies and endowments. This creates bureaucracies that develop their own interests and lobbying power (Salsman, 2017).
"A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another: and as the mould in which it casts them is that which pleases the predominant power in the government…it establishes a despotism over the mind and body" – John Stuart Mill (1859, chapter 5, par. 13)
Another factor into the failure of state subsidies is the lack of incentive provided to teachers to perform well.
"The endowments of schools and colleges have necessarily diminished more or less the necessity of application in the teachers. Their subsistence, so far as it arises from their salaries, is evidently derived from a fund altogether independent of their success and reputation in their particular professions." – Adam Smith (1776, V.1.134).
When viewed as a private good however, education doesn't seem to perform well here either. This is due to the misuse of education as a "conspicuous consumption." Deane Neubauer writes, "Marketization affects how institutions of higher education recruit students; how they market themselves to donors; how they align their 'products' with market needs; and how they function as a useful laboratory for private industry and government" (2013).
This issue, though perplexing, may be resolved by the means of equitable and efficient allocation of budgetary resources. What we need is "designation of non-state agencies monitoring school work, complete financial independence of all schools, and allocation of funds on the basis of obtained results" (Jan Polcyn, 2015).
Is education still relevant?
I am confident that after going through education and its intertwined complexities, we can thoroughly answer this question. In essence, education is a process of the continual celebration and appreciation of being human. It should lay out all the factors and elements involved in our means of subsistence, for living a full life. Ultimately, irrespective of our cultural and ideological differences, the process and aim of living a full life on Earth is what binds us all together—and is the very basis for all forms of education.
"Education is a process of living and not a preparation for future living." – John Dewey
As aforementioned, there are discordances in the meaning and purpose of education. Such discourse stems from our urge to ameliorate outdated systems of pedagogy. And as time goes on, it's only natural for us to improve upon existing pedagogical systems—to keep up with the pace of our progress and innovation. Thusly, for as long as humanity exists, education is pretty much here to stay.
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