I was never trained in how to preaching about money so when it came to this thorny topic I felt insecure.
I think most pastors are in the same boat. No one has shown them how to preach on money or what to say.
Uncertainty leads to indecision then procrastination sets up camp and ultimately avoidance rules the heart.
Pastors get discouraged and people are not discipled. These are terrible results.
The majority of pastors I know have not run businesses or been raised in a financially savvy family.
They've studied theology, the Scriptures and pastoral leadership not financial management.
They answered Christ's call to ministry with a deeply ingrained desire to serve God and His people.
Invariably they discover that part of their role as a pastor is to raise resources to fund the vision Christ has given them.
Feeling ill-equipped for the task they bemoan their low levels of financial intelligence.
A pastor may be emotionally intelligent, spiritually alive and theologically sound but a lack of financial intelligence will be a hindrance.
Over the years I've endeavoured to increase my financial intelligence by networking, reading and becoming an investor. This journey has helped me no end as I've endeavoured to become more financially savvy.
Pastors don't have a death wish. They don't love rejection. They abhor it. They go into ministry to love people and hopefully have that love reciprocated.
Preaching on money will guarantee some intimidating reactions.
People don't want you messing around in their private financial world and trust me, money is a very private thing.
If you don't believe me start asking your friends how much they earn and the size of their credit card debt and you will soon discover a simple way to lose friends.
Without a doubt, faith and prayer are essential elements of a healthy church and healthy leadership.
However, idealistic pastors can be blindsided by relying entirely on faith and prayer to raise resources. They've read the legendary tales of saints long ago who prayed ardently for the Lord's provision and saw miraculous provision.
Thus the naïve pastor expects God to provide entirely through a response to fervent prayer and without them having to suffer the embarrassment of asking for money.
While I've experienced this type of supernatural intervention I'm not convinced that it is the only way we should approach resourcing Kingdom endeavours.
For example, Paul takes pains to prepare his churches for an offering for the needs of the Jerusalem church. He writes at length about this in 2 Corinthians 8 and 9 and I think gives us a good example of how to approach our church with special projects.
Now that's a good question to ask yourself every now and again.
And if I answered truthfully, my answer would at times be Yes, I do love money.
I love having savings in the bank, cash in my wallet and investments yielding returns.
I love the options that money gives me.
I love the security that money provides and I don't like the anxiety that accompanies lack.
I ask the Lord to uproot out of my heart my love of money. Plus I seek to be generous on all occasions as I've found it to be a powerful antidote.
The Bible presents seemingly polar opposite views about money.
On one hand, we see giants of the faith like Abraham and David becoming exceptionally wealthy and yet we see apostles like Paul making tents to raise resources for ministry.
Scriptures extolling the blessings of wealth are found in the same book of Proverbs as middle of the road ideas such as, "Give me neither poverty nor riches but give me only my daily bread. Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonour the name of my God." Proverbs 30:8–9.
We see Jesus instructing one rich man to sell everything he owned and give it to the poor while comparing wise disciples to wise investors.
It can be somewhat confusing and pastors know they have people sitting in their church who hold these polar opposite views. It turns a difficult task into a daunting one.
It makes me sad to write this but fraud and embezzlement occur in churches.
Yes, that's right Christians rob the church of funds.
What makes me even sadder is that pastors are at times involved in this corrupt behaviour.
A pastor who steals church funds is unlikely to preach about money. However, when they do their guilt and shame generally pushes them into the harsh territory of legalism on money matters.
Pastors can struggle with the right language, disposition and approach when it comes to presenting a genuine and significant need.
Uncertain about their stance, they either apologise for asking or worse still they never ask and thus never receive.
Pastors live with the reality that the Word works in them before it works in their church members.
So whenever you preach on a topic you have to wrestle with it at a personal level.
Plus you know that a sermon with personal stories always kicks a bigger punch than a sermon devoid of illustration.
When your personal finances are a mess you are less likely to wade into this topic.
Speaking on living within your means when your credit card debt is out of control is straight out hypocrisy.
Challenging people to give generously when you are a tight-fisted shepherd is not going to fly.
Some pastors have been in churches or movements that have gone overboard with an emphasis on money.
Once bitten, twice shy is their motto. They react with rejection and avoidance rather than learning from their experience.
Dwelling on the past is rarely a way to move into your future.
Now, this point is not readily acknowledged.
When pastors are raising resources they are also the beneficiary of those resources, especially in regards to their salary.
Healthy churches expend 40 – 50% of their income on salaries.
While this is normative a pastor can get skittish about raising money because they know that this money will be used to pay them a salary. False guilt can rule a pastor's mind and thus they avoid preaching about money.
This can also spill over into mission's money which is used to send the pastor overseas on a mission's trip. While these trips are rarely as glamorous as they might appear, the pastor can experience guilt over spending those monies on their travel expenses.
There are pastors who haven't given serious time to study the many references to money in the Scriptures.
While they may have perused various texts they haven't given contemplative time to understand the economics of the Kingdom and subsequently haven't formulated a personal philosophy on money.
The Scriptures are replete with stories regarding money and one-off texts outlining healthy attitudes towards money which should demand the attention of every pastor.
There's my 14. What can you add to the list?
One possible other reason seems to be people trying to compete with each other.
Commence does not seem to be something people invented. The merchant sold all he had and bought the land having the treasure — that for me is an indication transactions, commerce, is a thought not originated by men. Another example is redemption with His blood. Well, there is no money there, and yet there is a transaction.
I was not allowed to preach from pulpit on money, and that was fine with me. However, I was not allowed to conduct a Bible study on this topic either. Even if I have put in writing I have not intended to talk on this topic at all from the pulpit, but in a separate room, not even the main hall, still I got a polite "no".
Some other Christian entrepreneurs became very uncomfortable too.
I was told we can discuss this topic 1 to 1. Well, I don't see that different than discussing it outside church at all, which happens anyway. The intention was to help all disciples, but since it was not met then fine.
You've already raised the point, lack of training. You ask people what is money, and very few would be able to tell you that it's the equivalent of debt, e.g. the government owing to the central bank.
Is going in debt a good thing? Most people I meet say it's fine if it's for mortgage, etc. Having credit is not a bad thing, it means you are in quite a favorable situation. But assets, liabilities, income and expenses, these are things most don't look into.
Maybe they don't realise how transformative it is! Jesus said people can either serve God or mammon. When you help people master their money, they are free to serve God. I often hear people say "I feel like God is calling me to bible college (insert any other call here) but I can't afford it". That tells me that money might be their true master.
Looking for means to raise money for St. John"s UCC Church in La Crosse, WI. for external building repairs and for money for the church pipe organ.


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As the rates of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes continue to rise within the pediatric population, it is increasingly important for pediatric care providers to understand modern approaches to diagnosis and management of these and other endocrine conditions. To that end, this symposium incorporates multiple cases through which participants can practice and receive faculty feedback and support to build their clinical skills. The opportunity to examine and learn more about medical devices such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring devices in the exhibits will provide additional opportunities learn more about current approaches to treating diabetes and other endocrine disorders in pediatric patients.


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more on SSWSH and the Ordinariate
on Thursday, 30 September 2010 at 2.11 pm by Simon Sarmiento
categorised as Church of England
Updated again late Friday evening
Riazat Butt at the Guardian published Divine dispatches: bonus edition.
This refers to an article in the Catholic Herald by Anna Arco Britain could have an Ordinariate by new year.
Some more opinions on this topic:
Fr Hunwicke's Liturgical Notes The Society of SS Wilfrid and Hilda
Sevenoaks, St John the Baptist Of Ordinariates and Societies
The Anglo-Catholic SSWSH …. shhh! and What Is the End Game? and Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush…
The St Barnabas Blog We need answers…
Ancient Richborough Watch it! and Bishop Andrew hits the spot
According to The Tablet as reported here:
Two Anglican bishops opposed to women's ordination have declared they will leave the Church of England to join the personal ordinariate to be established within the Catholic Church. Bishop Edwin Barnes, the retired Bishop of Richborough, told The Tablet he would join the ordinariate "because the Anglican Church is no longer the one holy and apostolic Church it says it is". The Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Andrew Burnham, said Pope Benedict XVI had made the offer "and I've decided to respond to it".
And Damian Thompson has blogged twice about it, see here, and then also here.
The Bishop of Ebbsfleet's October Pastoral Letter, published on the web back on 21 September is available here.
The Church Times has a report by Ed Thornton Traditionalists hope for big-society model, courtesy of St Hilda
And, there is now a later report at the Church Times Flying bishops: We're not going yet.
Two Church of England bishops have denied reports they will resign to take up the Ordinariate before the end the year…
A further report in The Tablet by Abigail Frymann is headed Will they please make up their minds?
Last Friday a few hundred traditionalist Anglicans gathered in a charismatic church in London, a curious collection of dour-looking fellows who describe themselves with words like "pioneer" and "risk" – and heard that a breakaway group within the Church of England for clergy who don't like the thought of women bishops was to be established. Somehow this is different from Forward in Faith, which already exists, and different again from the Ordinariate offered them by Pope Benedict XVI last autumn, which would require a leap into the Catholic Church. At first this seemed like a warm-up room for would-be leap-ers. Yet as soon as the new group, the Society of St Wilfrid and St Hilda, was announced, some senior traditionalists were nay-saying on their blogs that it wouldn't and couldn't work…
more views of the Times interview
on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 at 7.22 am by Simon Sarmiento
Updated Wednesday evening
Two American views:
BabyBlueOnline has reproduced a significant extract from the recent interview in The Times , linked it to remarks made during the Lambeth Conference in 2008, and added further commentary. Read all this at Rowan Williams tells The London Times: "It's a question about a particular choice of life."
… in this interview from The Times he articulates that he is not a political activist, he is the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is resisting the politicization of his office on this matter, instead taking the position that it is a matter of theology, not purely a matter of rights. He does not fall for the tactic of aligning women's ordination with the ordination of non-celibate homosexuals since he states quite clearly, "the question about gay people is not about their dignity or the respect they deserve as gay people, it's a question about a particular choice of life, a partnership, and what the Church has to say about that." He does not agree that homosexuality is like another gender or race (as in the case of suffrage and civil rights), but that we all have choices about our behavior and as far as the church is concerned at this point, those choices have consequences in the matters of ordination and marriage…
Walking with Integrity has Integrity Leader Challenges Archbishop: "Enough, Double Talk"
…Maybe the Archbishop doesn't actually think that gay (and lesbian, bisexual and transgender) people deserve respect, or that God really loves them. Or maybe, against mountains of scientific evidence, he thinks that people choose their sexual orientation or gender identity.
The most common way of making sense of the Archbishop's argument, at least among the people who pay attention to Integrity, reflects rather badly on him as a moral leader. Perhaps he really has nothing in particular against gay (or lesbian, bisexual or transgender) people, but he simply doesn't think that their freedom to live in loving, intimate, and committed relationships is as important as keeping the Anglican Communion together. Keeping the party going with its current guest list is the important thing, even if it means that some people need to be blocked by bouncers at the door…
And now more views from Changing Attitude in Gay bishops still don't exist in the public domain (except in the USA)
"Gay bishops are all right by me, says Archbishop" was the front page headline in The Times on Saturday. More accurate but far less enticing might have been the line proposed in a comment on Thinking Anglicans – "Single, celibate, preferably virgin and never-once-promoted-gay-equality bishops are all right by me."
…If there is no problem with a celibate gay person being a bishop, why are none of the 3 gay Primates in the Anglican Communion able to be open about their sexuality and why are none of the 10 to 13 gay bishops in the Church of England able to be publicly open? Some are married, some or single and celibate, some are not, all are closeted. The recently published survey estimated that 1.5% of the UK are gay or bisexual. Eight percent of Anglican Primates are gay and 10% of Church of England Bishops…
WATCH comments on SSWSH
on Tuesday, 28 September 2010 at 8.45 pm by Simon Sarmiento
See earlier announcement of the formation of a religious society here.
WATCH Press Statement
The Paradox of the Proposed Missionary Society of St Wilfred and St Hilda
It seems curious if not paradoxical that in proposing to form a Society for those who will not accept women bishops, the bishops concerned should choose St Hilda of Whitby as one of their patron Saints. As Abbess of a double monastery, with men and women "under her direction" (Bede), kings and bishops came to her for guidance and advice. Hilda of all people knew about discipline and loyalty to her church with her acceptance of the decision of the Synod of Whitby to follow the Roman rules and not the Celtic way which she had supported.
The "Society model" (which this proposal seems to embody), was discussed in depth by the Revision Committee when it looked at how best to provide for those who would not accept women as bishops. It was rejected because, 'Crucially the majority of us came to believe that there was some risk of creating a society that was an even weightier body than a Diocese. This was because some of the representations made to us seemed to envisage that jurisdiction would in some way be conferred on the society itself and through it to its bishops… we therefore voted by 11 votes to 7 that we did not wish the draft Measure to be amended to give effect to a society model.' (Report of the Revision Committee, page 22 paras 110, 115)
How sad that the example given by St Hilda in her obedience to a decision concerning the ordering of her church is ignored by those using her name, who are themselves unwilling to accept the decision made by the Revision Committee and endorsed by the General Synod.
The Revision Committee report (142 pages, as a .doc file) is available via this page.
Women in the episcopate draft legislation referred to dioceses
on Monday, 27 September 2010 at 4.40 pm by Peter Owen
categorised as Church of England, General Synod
Updated 9 & 10 January 2011: links updated to refer to the new Church of England website.
The Church of England has announced today that the Women in the episcopate draft legislation has now been officially referred to dioceses. Here is the press release.
Dioceses have until Monday, 14 November, 2011, to debate and vote on draft legislation that would allow the consecration of women as bishops, according to documents published this week.
The four documents have been posted to Diocesan Secretaries and circulated to General Synod members, as well as being posted on the Church of England website. They are:
– a background note on the history of the legislative proposals;
– the text of the draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure and draft Amending Canon No 30;
– an explanatory memorandum relating to the draft Measure and draft Canon; and
– a procedural note together with a copy of the response form which diocesan secretaries need to send the Clerk to the Synod recording the diocesan decision by 5pm on Monday 14 November 2011.
The membership of a group established under the auspices of the House of Bishops to prepare the draft statutory code of practice will be announced shortly.
Article 8 of the Constitution of the General Synod provides that certain kinds of legislation may not receive the final approval of the General Synod unless they have first been approved by the majority of diocesan synods. Legislation to enable women to become bishops falls within the scope of Article 8 and hence this reference of the draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure and draft Amending Canon No 30 to dioceses.
There are actually five documents, which are linked from this page: Women in the Episcopate: Article 8 Reference, the text of which (with links) is copied below.
Article 8 of the Constitution of the General Synod provides that certain kinds of legislation may not receive the final approval of the General Synod unless they have first been approved by the majority of diocesan synods . Legislation to enable women to become bishops falls within the scope of Article 8, hence this reference of the draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure and draft Amending Canon No 30 to dioceses.
The Article 8 process is outlined and explained in a note from the Business Committee of the General Synod (GS Misc 964). The Business Committee has also circulated four other documents:
a background note on the history of the legislative proposals (A8(WE)BACKGROUND);
the draft Bishops and Priests (Consecration and Ordination of Women) Measure
(A8(WE)M);
the draft amending Canon 30 (A8(WE)AC); and
an explanatory memorandum relating to the draft measure and amending Canon (A8(WE)X).
responses to Rowan Williams interview
on Monday, 27 September 2010 at 2.15 pm by Simon Sarmiento
Updated again Tuesday evening
There have been a number of responses to the interview in The Times reported below.
Church Mouse as previously reported, here.
Changing Attitude TUCKED AWAY BEHIND THE PAY WALL …
Yearning for change in the Anglican Communion – discrimination wrong, affirmation right
Benny's Blog Archbishop's empty words
Lesley's blog Why can't Rowan Williams be candid?
Splitting the church over homosexuality?
Significant Truths Archbishop asks to pass…
Won't say, daren't say
Anglican Mainstream Response to Archbishop of Canterbury's Views on 'Gay' Bishops in The Times
Cranmer's Curate ARCHBISHOP'S 'PASS' WAS SOLD BACK IN 1991
Rowan Williams interviewed in The Times
on Saturday, 25 September 2010 at 4.40 pm by Simon Sarmiento
Updated again Monday evening
The Times has published a major interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury. Because this interview and several related articles are all behind a paywall, it makes no sense to link to them directly here.
However, there are other reports. The most useful so far comes from Episcopal Café which has summarised the material in Rowan Williams: "No problem" with celibate gay bishops.
Other British media reports:
BBC Archbishop Rowan Williams backs gay, celibate bishops
Guardian Rowan Williams backs gay bishops [this headline is obviously inaccurate]
Press Association Williams backs celibate gay bishops
Independent Archbishop supports celibate gay bishops
Telegraph Archbishop of Canterbury: Anglican Church has 'no problem' with gay bishops
Damian Thompson at the Telegraph Rowan Williams's authority goes up in smoke as he replies 'Pass' to a question about future gay bishops
Ekklesia reports Archbishop of Canterbury fails to bridge gay row gap
Church Mouse has written about Rowan's little communication problem.
…Mouse's view is that Rowan has two possible reactions to this kind of question. The first is simply to stonewall. That would be Mouse's advice. Simply respond, "the Church's approach to this is well known and widely documented" then refuse to go further. This is rather boring for interviewers but doesn't give them room to make up juicy headlines.
The other option is rather more high risk. That would be to say, "the Church's line on this is well known and widely documented, but we all know that it is a dreadful fudge concocted to try to avoid total civil war in the Church. I hope to be able to move forward on that in due course."
The benefit of this is that it avoids you sounding like you're defending a pretty indefensible position, as the Church's current line really is. It is inconsistent and illogical, but its what we've got. The second is that it puts Rowan on the front foot leading the debate. Of course, it is more high risk, as many within the Church would respond with their usual venom. However, the ultimate virtue of this position for Rowan Williams is that it is actually what he believes…
Update Monday
There is now an ENS report, ENGLAND: Archbishop says there's 'no problem' with celibate gay bishops.
on Saturday, 25 September 2010 at 9.36 am by Peter Owen
categorised as Opinion
Alan Wilson continues his BCP series in The Guardian with The Book of Common Prayer, part 5: The importance of evensong. "Evensong provides a peg on which to hang deeply personal reflections, most of them nothing to do with Christian doctrine."
Chris Elliott, the readers' editor of The Guardian, writes about his paper's coverage of the pope's visit and religion in general.
Julian Armitstead writes in The Guardian about Cardinal Newman: Oxford's soon-sainted son. "The former CoE clergyman's beatification can be cheered by local Anglicans too – he left a legacy to be proud of."
Giles Fraser writes in the Church Times about Observer's book of beauty.
Tomorrow is Back to Church Sunday. Paul Handley marks the occasion with this article in The Guardian: Putting the pull into pulpit. "Do not underestimate the power of a good priest in getting people back to church."
South Carolina disputes clergy discipline canons
on Friday, 24 September 2010 at 9.29 pm by Simon Sarmiento
categorised as ECUSA
ENS carried a report on 16 September, SOUTH CAROLINA: Diocese proposes resolutions to 'protect' itself. The diocesan convention meets again on 15 October.
As Kendall Harmon explained it on 15 September:
At the Clergy Conference held at St. Paul's, Summerville, on September 2, Mr. Alan Runyan, legal counsel for the Diocese, presented a report detailing revisions to the Title IV Canons of the Episcopal Church, which were approved at the 2009 General Convention. These Canons deal directly with issues of clergy discipline, both for priests and bishops. The impact of these changes is profound. It is our assessment that these changes contradict the Constitution of The Episcopal Church and make unacceptable changes in our polity, elevating the role of bishops, particularly the Presiding Bishop, and removing the duly elected Standing Committee of a Diocese from its current role in most of the disciplinary process. The changes also result in the removal of much of the due process and legal safeguards for accused clergy that are provided under the current Canons. For a detailed explanation of these concerns, members of the diocese are encouraged to review the paper co-authored by Mr. Runyan and found on the Anglican Communion Institute (ACI) website.
In response, the Standing Committee is offering five resolutions to address the concerns we have with these changes. View the resolutions. Each represents an essential element of how we protect the diocese from any attempt at un-Constitutional intrusions into our corporate life in South Carolina. In the coming weeks these resolutions, along with an explanation of the Title IV changes, will be discussed in the Deanery Convocations for delegates, as we prepare for Convention to reconvene on October 15th. By these resolutions, we will continue to stand for the Gospel in South Carolina and pursue our vision of "Making Biblical Anglicans for a Global Age."
The proposed resolutions can be found here (PDF).
The detailed analysis of the canons to which objection is being taken is on the Anglican Communion Institute website, Title IV Revisions: Unmasked.
A group named Episcopal Forum of South Carolina issued a letter on 22 September, addressed to the House of Bishops and the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, titled The Alienation and Disassociation of the Diocese of South Carolina from The Episcopal Church. The text of that letter is here (PDF). It concludes:
"We wish to call to your attention the recent actions and inactions on the part of the diocesan leadership and leaders in parishes and missions within the Diocese of South Carolina, which we believe are accelerating the process of alienation and disassociation of the Diocese of South Carolina from The Episcopal Church.
In accordance with our Mission statement, we feel compelled to emphasize the importance of the issues that we include in our attached documents. Specifically, we enumerate issues that present grave concern to us, as Episcopalians in our Diocese, and we request that The Episcopal Church leadership investigate the situation in our Diocese."
The Bishop of South Carolina, Mark Lawrence, has responded to this, see Bishop Lawrence Responds to Request for Investigation.
Yesterday a group within the Diocese known as the Episcopal Forum of South Carolina wrote to the House of Bishops and the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church urging them to investigate my actions as Bishop and the actions of our Standing Committee. They have cited seven concerns as the foundation for their request. While these are trying times for Episcopalians and there is much need for listening carefully to one another, I do not want to let these accusations stand or go without response. Perhaps in their anxiety they have done us all a favor—indeed, presenting me with a teachable moment for this diocese and, dare I hope to believe, for others as well who may have read their letter. I will strive to refrain from using ecclesiastical language (Episcopalianese) or unduly difficult theology. Unfortunately, due to the accusations, a certain amount of each is necessary. Nevertheless, I will tune my writing as well as I can for the person in the pew. I will proceed by first putting forth in italics the accusation. In most cases I will just use their language, then, give my response. This could be much longer, but there is little need to try your patience…
The first of two articles criticising the proposed resolutions, by Dr Joan Gunderson of Pittsburgh What the Diocese of South Carolina May Get Wrong is available here (PDF).
…I am truly surprised by the Anglican Communion Institute's and the Diocese of South Carolina's sudden negative reaction to the revised Title IV (ecclesiastical discipline) of the Episcopal Church canons. While I do not find the revision perfect and hesitated briefly before voting for them as a deputy at the 2009 General Convention, the time for protest is long past. In fact, these canons were developed over at least seven years in an open process that included posting of multiple drafts. The 2006 draft received numerous criticisms, but questions of constitutionality were not raised. In fact, conservative blogger Brad Drell republished (June 9, 2006), a set of comments made by Province I Chancellors after a careful study of the 2006 draft.
Constitutionality issues were raised neither by Drell nor the Province I Chancellors. General Convention listened to the many critics and, rather than pass the 2006 version sent the draft back to committee for further revision. The intent of the revision was to move away from an adversarial mode based on a courtroom trial model focused on uncovering truth and fostering reconciliation. Its closest model was the professional standards board. Driving the revision were concerns about dealing with sexual misconduct, not theological controversy…
And she concludes:
So why is there such a fuss now? Is it really the changes that worry South Carolina, or is it that some are looking for a wedge issue to drive South Carolina further from the rest of the Church and isolate it more? Were some of South Carolina's leaders following a strategy based on evading one set of disciplinary canons only to find that the loopholes they had counted on were about to be closed? Were South Carolina leaders so asleep at the switch that for five years they didn't notice a major revision of the canons until the deadline for implementation of the canons drew near? Whatever explanation you pick, it would seem the problem lies more within the Diocese of South Carolina than in Title IV.
Expect more on this story soon.
Update ENS now has a further report, SOUTH CAROLINA: Bishop says diocese engaged in 'battle' for Anglicanism's soul.
Ordinariate or Religious Society?
An announcement today about the formation of The Missionary Society of Saint Wilfrid and Saint Hilda, which has a website here.
Anglican Catholic bishops have announced that in addition to the provision of an Ordinariate offered recently by Pope Benedict there is to be a new Society [of St Wilfrid and St Hilda] for bishops, clergy, religious and laity in order to provide a place within the Church of England where catholics can worship and minister with integrity without accepting innovations that further distance the Church of England from the greater churches of the East and West…
The press release describing it is reproduced in full below the fold.
Also, a news story in the Catholic Herald Britain could have an Ordinariate by new year.
Britain could have an Ordinariate by the end of the year, it emerged today.
Sources say that the Rt Rev Keith Newton, the flying bishop of Richborough and the Rt Rev Andrew Burnham, the flying Bishop of Ebbsfleet will take up the special canonical structure, which allows groups of Anglicans to come into full Communion with Rome without losing their Anglican identity, before the end of the calendar year.
Groups of Anglicans are already forming across the country in preparation for joining an ordinariate, according to the blog of the retired Bishop of Richborough, the Rt Rev Edwin Barnes.
In his October pastoral letter, Bishop Burnham wrote that ordinariate groups would likely be small congregations of thirty or so people…
General Synod elections
on Friday, 24 September 2010 at 9.20 am by Peter Owen
Voting for the Church of England General Synod has started. Voting closes on or about Friday 8 October. The exact date varies from diocese to diocese, so if you are a voter who leaves things to the last minute be sure to check the closing date in your diocese.
All candidates are entitled to have an election address sent to each elector at the diocese's expense. Some of these addresses are available online, and the General Synod Blog has published this list: Online Election General Synod Addresses/Statements. If you know of any more do add it as a comment to that list.
I have prepared a list showing the number of candidates in each constituency, where I know them, and in due course I will publish the names of successful candidates.
Candidates for the 2010 Election
General Synod List of members
If you have any updates and/or corrections to either of these lists please send them to the email address given at the head of each list.
Australia and the Covenant
on Tuesday, 21 September 2010 at 9.42 am by Peter Owen
categorised as Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican Communion
Updated again Friday evening
The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia is meeting in Melbourne. The Synod debated the proposed Anglican Covenant yesterday (Monday) and agreed to send it to the 23 Australian dioceses for comment. A decision on whether or not to adopt the covenant will then be taken at the next meeting of the Synod, which will be in 2013.
There is a report by Mark Brolly at Anglican Media Melbourne Covenant to be debated for three years – Australian Anglicans.
There is also an official press release, which is copied below the fold.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports this as Anglicans try to resolve issue of gays.
Barney Zwartz at The Age writes Debate on gays brings world debate home.
The Sydney Morning Herald carries an interview with Archbishop Peter Jensen, see Church needs new vision, says Jensen.
Andrew McGowan has written a reflection on the synod, see The Grammar of Fragility: After Australia's General Synod 2010.
Colorado Springs: confused reports
on Tuesday, 21 September 2010 at 8.50 am by Simon Sarmiento
Updated Thursday morning
The case of Don Armstrong former rector of Grace Church in Colorado Springs, now a priest in CANA, is back in the news.
Episcopal Café has two recent articles which contain links to pretty much all the reports of the previous few days (see also in the comments).
Armstrong pleads no contest
Speaking of diminishing Christian witness…
The latest newspaper report at the time of writing this is in the Denver Post.
Priest and Pueblo attorney general interpret plea agreement in different ways
The Rev. Don Armstrong, who founded St. George's Anglican Church after he and his congregation lost the battle for the Grace Church building in Colorado Springs, called the disposition Friday of his criminal theft case "divine intervention."
Pueblo District Attorney Bill Thiebaut, whose office provided a special prosecutor, called the disposition "just." And the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado, which last year took back Grace Church in civil court from Armstrong after he became an Anglican priest, said the end of the criminal case would bring "healing to all those harmed by Armstrong's actions."
Yet reports and interpretation of the plea deal have created confusion…
Episcopal Café has a further report, Truth and clarity about Armstrong's plea agreement which includes a link to the full text of the plea agreement (PDF) and statements from the Episcopal parish and the diocesan Chancellor.
Papal visit: later Anglican angles
The Pope did mention Anglicanorum Coetibus in his remarks to the Roman Catholic bishops at Oscott on Sunday. He said this:
…The other matter I touched upon in February with the Bishops of England and Wales, when I asked you to be generous in implementing the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus. This should be seen as a prophetic gesture that can contribute postitively to the developing relations between Anglicans and Catholics. It helps us to set our sights on the ultimate goal of all ecumenical activity: the restoration of full ecclesial communion in the context of which the mutual exchange of gifts from our respective spiritual patrimonies serves as an enrichment to us all. Let us continue to pray and work unceasingly in order to hasten the joyful day when the goal can be accomplished.
Last Friday, the Archbishop of Canterbury gave an interview to Vatican Radio. You can read the full transcript of that at Vatican Radio Interview Archbishop after Evening Prayer with Pope Benedict XVI in Westminster Abbey.
The Tablet reported some reactions of Anglican bishops to the visit, see Anglican bishops encouraged by papal visit.
Volumes of articles have been published about John Henry Newman in the past few days, but here are just two items:
Guardian Stephen Bates John Henry Newman: An unlikely candidate for sainthood?
New York Review of Books Garry Wills Stealing Newman
A Vatican astronomer and aliens
on Saturday, 18 September 2010 at 10.19 am by Peter Owen
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Guy Consolmagno, SJ, who is an astronomer at the Vatican Onservatory, is visiting Britain to speak at the British Science Festival today (Saturday). He spoke to the press beforehand.
Alok Jha in The Guardian: Pope's astronomer says he would baptise an alien if it asked him.
Richard Alleyne in the Telegraph: Pope Benedict XVI's astronomer: the Catholic Church welcomes aliens.
James Dacey on the Institute of Physics blog: Pope's astronomer hits the bar.
Vicky Davidson in The Big issue in Scotland: God's Astronomer.
Clive Cookson in the Financial Times: Pope's astronomer would welcome alien life.
John von Radowitz in The Sydney Morning Herald Smart aliens 'would be God's children'.
David Derbyshire in the Mail Online: I'd love to baptise ET, says Vatican's stargazer.
Doug Chaplin asks on his Clayboy blog: Can you help me with this strange G-d orthography?
Alan Wilson continues his series on the BCP in The Guardian with The Book of Common Prayer, part 4: In the midst of life. "The robust and unsentimental realism of the BCP funeral service is better than modern sanitised sentimentality."
Giles Fraser writes in the Church Times Ground the debate in worship.
Roderick Strange writes in The Tablet about Newman's diffident holiness.
Stephen Bates writes in The Guardian about John Henry Newman: An unlikely candidate for sainthood? "Victorian academic who will be beatified by Benedict this Sunday was a troubled and conflicted character."
Also in The Guardian Eamon Duffy writes that Newman offers church a candle in the dark. "Everything about modern Anglicanism bears the marks of Cardinal Newman's teaching."
Andrew Brown writes in The Guardian: Pope's visit: Moral absolutes and crumbling empires. "Rebellion against the pope was the foundational act of English power yet now the pope stands in Westminster Hall."
Papal visit: Church Times reports
Ed Beavan Pope and Dr Williams find accord at Lambeth Palace
Paul Handley in Westminster Hall Religion is not 'a problem to be solved', says Benedict
Text of Pope's address in Westminster Hall
Ed Thornton Dr Williams embraces Pope in Westminster Peace
Papal visit: Westminster Abbey
A Service of Evening Prayer in the presence of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI and His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury.
Order of Service (PDF)
Archbishop of Canterbury's remarks here
Pope's remarks here
Papal visit: Lambeth Palace
The Pope visited Lambeth Palace and addressed a joint meeting of diocesan bishops from the Church of England and the RC Church in England & Wales.
PDF file of the proceedings
The Archbishop of Canterbury's remarks (start below the press release) are at The Fraternal Visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Archbishop Rowan Williams.
The Pope's remarks are here (very strangely, the Vatican website has relocated Lambeth Palace to the London Borough of Richmond).
The Joint Communique issued immediately after the event is below the fold.
Baroness Varsi speaks to Anglican bishops
on Friday, 17 September 2010 at 12.08 pm by Simon Sarmiento
The Conservative Party has published the full text of the address that Baroness Varsi gave to the College of Bishops on Wednesday. (Some Scottish, Welsh, and Irish bishops were also present.)
Read it all at Sayeeda Warsi: The importance of faith to life in Britain.
There has been a lot of media coverage of this, and follow-up appearances by Lady Varsi on various television news programmes.
Bishop Nick Baines who was present at the speech, has commented on his blog, see Kasper, Warsi & Wei.
Ekklesia has a report of the BBC Newsnight coverage, see Churches should not misuse public service ethos, says bishop.
And today, the Tablet has an article by David Cameron Place of faith in British life.
Papal visit: more Anglican angles
on Thursday, 16 September 2010 at 10.25 pm by Simon Sarmiento
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Giles Fraser spoke on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme today about Anglican reactions to the Pope's visit to Britain. For the next few days you can hear what he said at Fraser: Anglicans 'not anti-Pope'.
Kelvin Holdsworth was critical of some of the Pope's remarks at Holyrood Palace this morning. See Where to find a place to stand?. Earlier he had written What to say to the Pope, which includes a link to the mural displayed outside St John's Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, which was on the papal route today.
Abigail Frymann has written at the Tablet Blog The Vatican needs a few English lessons. After dealing with the Kasper gaffe, she writes:
What will Benedict say about Anglicans while he is here? Will his affection and respect for Dr Rowan Williams endear him to the troublesome Anglicans who, 500 years after running off with the family silver have opened the door to women priests, supplied the Catholic Church with married priests and seem to take a far fuzzier line on gay issues than does the Vatican? Will he reiterate his invitation for them to join Rome en masse? At best, using carefully chosen words, Pope Benedict could praise what the Vatican calls "Anglican patrimony". In his homily at Newman's beatification, or his meeting with the Queen or with Dr Williams and the other Anglican bishops, he could recognise the good the Church of England does, the initiatives for growth it has successfully pioneered, and the parity of its struggles with those of the Catholic Church. At worst, if there is an awkward moment behind closed doors, a subtle criticism, an unfortunate choice of words, between guest and host, let's hope both Benedict and Koch grasp the use of the line, "More tea, vicar?"
Catherine Pepinster has written at Cif belief Cardinal Kasper take note: the Catholic church in Britain is full of immigrants. This includes the following observation:
…Kasper, like Benedict, is also deeply concerned about the Church of England and fears that it is on the point of schism over women bishops and gay priests. And while people might assume that Rome is keen for that schism if it means hundreds of Anglicans cross the Tiber and become part of what is called an "ordinariate" – a special grouping of Anglicans within the Roman Catholic church – if you talk to people at the pontifical council in Rome and, indeed, to the Catholic hierarchy here in Britain, they want the established church here to be strong…
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PrintPack in March is IPAMA's first responsibility - The Noel D'Cunha Sunday Column
By Noel D'Cunha 28 Nov 2021
Rakesh Sodhi, the newly president of IPAMA, talks about lean management, pruning internal costs, reducing short production time, investing in technology and inventories and increasing turnaround time. Tete-a-tete with PrintWeek
Kudos and congratulations on being elected the president of IPAMA? What was the first thing you did when you got the news?
When I was unanimously elected as the president of IPAMA, I immediately expressed my gratitude to the members of the association and assured my best services.
What is the first thing on your agenda? PrintPack 2022?
Yes, of course. PrintPack India 2022 is the first responsibility to be fulfilled for our members. We all have suffered during these tough Covid times. It will be my endeavour that the exhibition should set a record in business generation for the industry after the pandemic.
What is your plan for the next 12 months after PrintPack 2022?
I believe continuous learning is the only mantra to survive and grow. Following this belief, our plans are to organise conferences and information-sharing activities related to new technology, management tools, quality, and new policies, among others, as a knowledge-gaining experience for our members. There are a number of ongoing projects which are to be started again after the 15th PrintPack India exhibition. The plan for 2022 includes: setting up of an R&D lab, setting up of a museum, some charitable activities, organisation of exclusive packaging exhibition and basic homework for the 16th edition of PrintPack India.
Tough time to be a president – what with the second wave of Covid and the deaths and the medical emergency...
Being the president of IPAMA, a prestigious organisation, is definitely a challenging job. I have to fulfill all the responsibilities and complete all the projects well in time. As for the pandemic, admittedly, there was an adverse impact of the second wave of Covid-19, not only on the industrial operations but also on the general public. There was large-scale migration of workforce to their home states. A number of deaths were also reported from different parts of the country. However, after the lifting of lockdowns, the industry is now returning to normalcy.
Has IPAMA organised any support for beleaguered print families?
During Covid-19, IPAMA office-bearers had regular interactions with IPAMA members through various modes of communication. Necessary assistance was provided to them, as and when required. IPAMA members are fighters and can survive in difficult conditions. They have proved this in the last 18 months.
What is the condition of the factories in Faridabad/ Greater Noida?
Though all areas were equally affected, the web offset industry, and the commercial and book printers were the worst-hit by Covid and its implications.
The order by the central government crippled the commercial printers when they directed all states to restrict or avoid printing of promotional articles like calendars, diaries, greeting cards, etc. What is IPAMA's view about this?
Indeed, the government's policy of scrapping promotional articles has been a big setback to all commercial printers and also to all related machinery manufacturers. After the onset of Covid, it was presumed that for at least the initial six months, capital goods/machine manufacturers' businesses were affected badly.
What's the reason?
There were limited funds with printers/buyers. All the industries were working at 20-30% of their capacities. There were no expansion plans. Priority was given to their internal fund requirements. We all had to keep our resources intact to sail through, though it was also time to rethink our businesses, gain new knowledge, adopt new technologies, source alternatives to survive, build new relations.
There is huge uncertainty about the cost of raw material and freight costs. How are IPAMA members coping?
It looks like all manufacturers are suffering on all fronts. Prices for raw material like steel, iron, rubber, electronic items have skyrocketed by 40-70%, sea freight for imported critical items have increased by ten times. Add to it the non-availability of critical components with lead times of 3-4 months. All these factors have made it really difficult for us even to quote prices and withstand it. Every day, the prices are increasing.
So, what's the way going forward?
The only way to survive is to adopt lean management, cut internal costs, cut short production time, invest in technology and inventories and increase turnaround time.
When are prices likely to be normalised to an earlier price level?
I don't see it coming back to normal in immediate future.
Why have the prices of almost all types of paper/paperboard/kraft tripled? And when will the situation be normal?
Interruptions in the international supply chain, non-availability of waste paper from developed countries, sea freight owing to Covid and their spiralling effects continue.
Is it true that the speculators are taking advantage of the unprecedented circumstances leading to the worst impact on the price?
Holding onto inventories was the immediate effect, where speculators, in general, did take advantage of the situation. But now, there is a genuine shortage of raw material and components, where supplies are affected for three to four months.
Who is representing our industry to the government to address all challenges — shipping, containers, paper, power — to begin with...
Shipping and containers are primarily regulated by international trade, where prices are controlled by a very strong cartel. But raw material and petrol prices, which have a direct impact, can certainly be controlled by our government with representations from different industry federations/associations and trade bodies like CII, FICCI, Assocham, etc.
You are a keen watcher of the packaging market. What is transpiring in this vertical? What should our readers be looking out for?
With the commercial printing industry hit hard by Covid and digitalisation, many affected players are now contemplating shifting their verticals and spreading their resources in the packaging industry, be it corrugated, folding cartons, rigid boxes or flexible. With India's growth in FMCG, food and pharma, packaging is the only growth sector.
There are doubts too about the packaging segments' growth...
The packaging segment is performing very well. If the sector strengthens its capabilities in terms of technology, skills, and efficiency, India can emerge as a significant global player. The export of packaging materials from India was estimated at USD 843.8-million in 2018-19, witnessing a growth of 14.1%. India has emerged as a market leader in quite a few sub-segments of packaging. Investment in the packaging industry is also attractive.
Many firms in India were investing in technology, basically reducing dependence on people's availability on their shopfloor. For example, investments in workflows and finishing equipment. Is this trend to automate the shopfloor dominant among IPAMA members too?
Surely, automation in technology at every step of business is the only solution to achieve productivity with quality to meet the ever-increasing demands of customers. Be its ERP software, CRMs, integration of different divisions of print, data integration. The main objective of automation is to utilise maximum time and save resources. Finishing equipment now plays a major role as it was the main bottleneck to meet the just-in-time concept of manufacturing. Our members have already geared up to provide state-of-the-art equipment with the latest in technology and automation. IPAMA is in the process of setting up its own R&D lab with a view to develop and provide the latest technology to its members.
India is a country with the maximum youth dividend. As an industry have we failed to send out the proper messaging to this demographic group?
It is a fact that India is a country having a very large youth population. Today's youth want white-collared jobs where it is easy to work in a plush working environment. We see very few turning towards hardcore manufacturing, where they have to burn their fingers to achieve milestones. We, at IPAMA, are working towards attracting more youth to our industry.
Any new schemes by IPAMA which have been a success? What is the status of the research lab?
The research lab is a long-drawn project, which needs input and resources from all segments of our industry. We are working hard on this front.
Moving away from Delhi and NCR, what are the trends you are picking up from IPAMA members in the rest of the country?
Other than Delhi-NCR, Gujarat, Coimbatore, and Aurangabad region are now well-developed as manufacturing hubs.
One lesson you have learnt from the past 18 months?
Never quit... keep walking, keep reinventing. Well-balanced physiological health is the key to happiness.
As president of the IPAMA, what is your message to the fraternity for 2021-22?
We have crossed half a bridge. Keep walking. Soon we shall run. Focus on raising the bar of quality standards, technically upgrade products with automation so that 'Make in India' can be truly justified across the globe.
Rakesh Sodhi — At a glance
How do you unwind?
Listening to old Hindi songs.
One activity you love?
My work and spending time with my family.
Favourite films?
Pakeezah, Mughal-e-Azam.
Once the pandemic is over, where will you vacation to?
After successfully concluding PrintPack India 2022, I will go to Melbourne, Australia to see my kids.
Favourite snack?
Almond Magnum ice cream, chilli cheese toast, and fruits.
Your adda in Delhi?
My sweet home and my family.
One thing about the IPAMA no one knows?
Everything is transparent to all.
One phrase, you utter at least once a day?
This is what I want.
(Rakesh Sodhi is also the managing director, Sodhisons Mechanical Works, Haryana)
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Test is a necessary evil—at least, that's the conventional lens through which it's viewed. Your best opportunity to improve profitability, though, may be to improve your testing. Chances are you're under-investing in technology, and as a result, you have a test strategy that isn't optimized.
I've worked with test engineers around the world in industries from semiconductor to consumer electronics to defense and have witnessed many teams reinvent their testing process with dramatic results. Annualized savings of millions to tens of millions of dollars is not uncommon. I doubt there were many other opportunities within these companies to add such a significant improvement to their bottom lines with such a small investment.
There are at least three ways to generate additional profits through test: direct cost savings, cost avoidance, and enabling a premium price.
For many industries, lowering the cost of test on a per unit basis can be an important competitive advantage. High-volume, low-cost devices, such as those in semiconductor and consumer electronics, are obvious examples. In these areas, each penny spent on testing a device is scrutinized.
Test cost can also contribute to competitiveness in larger, more complex devices. A complex aeronautic system may take days to test with very expensive equipment. In this case, lower test costs can increase margins or enable a more competitive bid for a design.
Test costs are often viewed using a simple model: the cost of the test equipment itself. A more holistic view of test costs should also account for development expense, maintenance costs, and the operational costs per unit of time spent testing.
In many production test applications, for example, the throughput of a tester is the largest factor in test costs—not only due to the operational costs of the tester, but also because the throughput of each tester dictates how many testers are required to keep up with the production rate.
Test engineers today have available to them an array of techniques to improve the performance and thus reduce the cost of test, such as built-in-self test, on-chip testing modes, and parallel test. A relatively small investment in one or more of these techniques can yield huge savings.
There is reason to believe that many production test systems aren't operating at an optimum level today. For one, the test requirements in many industries have grown exponentially along with the complexity of the devices themselves. If there isn't innovation in the testing process, test costs will grow at the rate of this complexity and make up a larger and larger percentage of the cost of the device.
Second, most organizations still move test systems appropriate for a design lab directly into production. The whole notion of "rack and stack" test systems reflects this strategy. These boxes are designed primarily to be used interactively on an engineer's desktop, not in a highly integrated and automated system.
It is estimated that the cost of a failure decreases by 10 times when the error is caught in production instead of in the field and decreases 10 times again if it is caught in design instead of production. By catching defects and collecting the data to improve a design or process, test delivers a lot of value to your organization.
If you really understand the value of catching defects through test, you can make more educated investments. By increasing test coverage, you may save expenses in field failures, such as returns, repairs, and lost future business.
Test coverage and test cost are often interdependent. As devices increase in complexity, and the time and budget to test a device remains fixed, test engineers are forced to make tradeoffs in coverage to keep up. Using these techniques, however, you may be able to increase test coverage without reducing throughput.
Because the cost of defects increases as you move through the product development cycle, catching defects early is of particularly high value. Integrating testing into the design and collecting measurement data early and often reduces defects in design. The data collected in test systems is often underutilized, yet it can be a gold mine for improving products and processes within your organization.
While cost savings and cost avoidance are the most direct ways to add to the bottom line, higher pricing also is effective. A higher price increases revenue without adding to your cost of goods, and therefore it has a bigger impact of profitability than increasing sales volume.
Your testing strategy may enable you to receive a higher price for your products. For many products, high quality has established a premium brand position. This high quality is maintained through rigorous testing in both design and production.
Volvo, for example, has a strong brand position from the safety features of its automobiles. Of course, this image is reinforced with marketing dollars, but Volvo has also invested over $80 million in a major crash testing facility in Sweden.
The perception of safer vehicles, supported by investment in testing, enables Volvo to charge a premium for its automobiles. The value of its testing can, in part, be established by the incremental margin it can command versus its peers.
Another example of premium pricing is the practice of screening units, commonly used in the semiconductor industry. When you opt for the more expensive speed grade version of a component, you are paying for value added by testing, which was able to bin the parts based on their performance.
Next time you're tempted to cut the budget of your test department, consider how you can view testing more strategically. You'll find ample opportunities to make small investments that can yield a large impact on your profitability.


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Tests of adrenal reserve; Cosyntropin stimulation test; Cortrosyn stimulation test; Synacthen stimulation test; Tetracosactide stimulation test
The ACTH stimulation test measures how well the adrenal glands respond to adrenocorticotropic hormone ( ACTH ). ACTH is a hormone produced in the pituitary gland that stimulates the adrenal glands to release a hormone called cortisol.
The ACTH test measures the level of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in the blood. ACTH is a hormone released from the pituitary gland in the brai...
The adrenal glands are two triangle-shaped glands. One gland is located on top of each kidney.
The test is done the following way:
Your blood is drawn.
You then receive a shot (injection) of ACTH, usually into the muscle in your shoulder. The ACTH may be a man-made (synthetic) form.
After either 30 minutes or 60 minutes, or both, depending on how much ACTH you receive, your blood is drawn again.
The lab checks the cortisol level in all the blood samples.
You may also have other blood tests, including ACTH, as part of the first blood test. Along with the blood tests, you may also have a urine cortisol test or urine 17-ketosteroids test, which involves collecting the urine over a 24-hour period .
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The cortisol urine test measures the level of cortisol in the urine. Cortisol is a steroid (glucocorticoid) hormone produced by the adrenal gland. C...
17-ketosteroids
17-ketosteroids are substances that form when the body breaks down male steroid sex hormones called androgens and other hormones released by the adre...
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The urine 24-hour volume test measures the amount of urine produced in a day. The amount of creatinine, protein, and other chemicals released into t...
You may need to limit activities and eat foods that are high in carbohydrates 12 to 24 hours before the test. You may be asked to fast for 6 hours before the test. Sometimes, no special preparation is needed. You may be asked to temporarily stop taking medicines, such as hydrocortisone, which can interfere with the cortisol blood test.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain. Others feel only a prick or stinging. Afterward, there may be some throbbing or slight bruising. This soon goes away.
The injection into the shoulder may cause moderate pain or stinging.
Some people feel flushed, nervous, or nauseated after the injection of ACTH.
This test can help determine whether your adrenal and pituitary glands are normal. It is most often used when the doctor thinks you have an adrenal gland problem, such as Addison disease , or pituitary insufficiency . It is also used to see if your pituitary and adrenal glands have recovered from prolonged use of glucocorticoid medicines, such as prednisone.
Addison disease is a disorder that occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough hormones.
Pituitary insufficiency
Hypopituitarism is a condition in which the pituitary gland does not produce normal amounts of some or all of its hormones.
An increase in cortisol after stimulation by ACTH is normal. Cortisol level after ACTH stimulation should be higher than 18 to 20 micrograms per deciliter (mcg/dL) or 496.58 to 551.76 nanomoles per liter (nmol/L), depending on the dose of ACTH used.
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or may test different specimens. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
This test is helpful in finding out if you have:
Acute adrenal crisis (life-threatening condition that occurs when there is not enough cortisol)
Acute adrenal crisis
Acute adrenal crisis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when there is not enough cortisol. This is a hormone produced by the adrenal glands...
Addison disease (adrenal glands do not produce enough cortisol)
Hypopituitarism (pituitary gland is not producing enough hormones such as ACTH)
Hypopituitarism
Growth hormone deficiency means the pituitary gland does not make enough growth hormone.
Veins and arteries vary in size from one person to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Fainting or feeling lightheaded
Barthel A, Willenberg HS, Gruber M, Bornstein SR. Adrenal insufficiency. In: Jameson JL, De Groot LJ, de Kretser DM, et al, eds. Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric . 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 102.
Chernecky CC, Berger BJ. ACTH stimulation test - diagnostic. In: Chernecky CC, Berger BJ, eds. Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures . 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2013:98.
Stewart PM, Newell-Price JDC. The adrenal cortex. In: Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, Kronenberg HM, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology . 13th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 15.
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Back in February I booked a flight to Denpasar, knowing I wanted to see Indonesia but not sure which parts. By September I had decided to split up my time between Bali, Gili Trawangan to the east and Java to the west, and because all three islands had a very different vibe, I've broken down my experiences in this amazing country into three separate posts.
I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I didn't know much about Bali, other than the fact that it belongs to Indonesia and suffered two devastating terror attacks in the last decade. I also found the movie Eat Pray Love to be a bit ridiculous (and never read the book) so I wasn't among the countless 30-something females flocking to the island hoping to find their inner peace while being swept up into the arms of a Javier Bardem-type. To be honest, the main reason I was attracted to Bali could be traced back to the visions in my head of world-class scuba diving and postcard-worthy beaches.
As it turns out, the diving off of Bali was, well, underwhelming (not to be confused with the diving in Gili, coming up…), and the beaches were far from perfect. I don't want to complain – it's still an island ideally situated in the warm Indian Ocean. In fact, I found this to be a complex place still struggling to maintain its identity more than three decades after an influx of tourism began to erode its charm, and I came away wondering if I wanted to be entirely honest about how much I loved it nonetheless, for fear of adding to this problem. With a growing trend in global travel, a number of spots have morphed from cultural destinations into mass tourism destinations, and unfortunately Bali is a leader in this trend. It leaves me extremely hesitant about propping it up as one of my favorite spots this year, but as of now, not too many people see my blog other than those related to me, so what the hell: I loved Bali. Go. Enjoy. But if you do, know beforehand what the drawbacks are, make an attempt to appreciate and respect the culture, and be aware of the impact your presence might have.
A meet-up for drinks in Singapore with Tim, my cousin's stepbrother, a few days before my flight proved helpful. I had researched accommodation online and found the area of Kuta to be the cheapest. I nearly took the bait, but as Tim put it – rather diplomatically – Kuta is not a place you can spend more than maybe half an hour before losing it. I now know it to be a place where one might begin to predict the downfall of society and very rapidly get a doomsday sense of all that is wrong with the world (my words, not Tim's). Kuta is to Australia what Cancun is to Americans or Ibiza to Brits – a place whose charm and personality have been overrun by spoiled, black-out drunk westerners insisting on all the comforts of home, but with cheaper booze, easier hookups and a plethora of locals too polite and unassuming (and possibly too dependent on tourist dollars) to object.
The implications are far-reaching – Kuta's and neighboring Legian's beaches are covered in garbage. In some places, the smell of sewage seeps out into the water, making you wonder how the thousands of people lounging and swimming in the area can stand it. Much of the land has been scooped up from locals to make way for hotels, McDonalds, KFCs, 7-Elevens and beach-wear shops. Taxi drivers will, in every instance, rip you off purely because they know instantaneously that you're a tourist, meaning you're automatically assumed to be rich, naive and probably drunk. And with more than 3 million visitors a year adding to the already strained infrastructure of this tiny island the size of Delaware, population 4 million, you'll often find yourself walking – sometimes even several miles – because it's faster than sitting in the island's insanely frustrating traffic. That's not usually a big problem, except that in Bali being a pedestrian entails running the gauntlet of mopeds grazing you as they take over the sidewalk, rapid dogs looking to take a chunk out of your leg, and monkeys eyeing anything you might have in your hands or pockets.
Yet if you're willing to put up with these setbacks and have enough sense to venture outside the overcrowded Kuta area, you might end up peeling back a few of the many layers on what is one of the more intriguing and charming places I've ever been.
For one thing, going inland and away from the rush of foreigners will pay off. I was lucky enough to find a peaceful, boutique-style hotel just outside of Seminyak, about ten minutes from the beach (albeit more than an hour when the aforementioned traffic flares up). The staff were some of the friendliest, most helpful people I've come across all year, the place itself was absolutely stunning and relaxing, and I got a massive bungalow for about $45 a night. Chris didn't quite believe me when I wrote to him raving about the place, until he showed up a few days later to see for himself.
Which brings me to my favorite aspect of this tiny island: Bali's charm lies in the décor of its interior spaces. It seemed as though the Balinese pride themselves on embracing the Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim influences of their island when it comes to designing a guesthouse, restaurant or shop. And of course, there are the temples.
Walking into pretty much all of these buildings requires stepping around a Canang Sari, the daily offerings to the Hindu gods in the form of colorful palm-leaf baskets filled with anything from flower petals and various fruits, rice or other foods to incense and tobacco.
The colors of Bali fill your senses like no other place on the planet, all against the backdrop of stunning red sunsets and, farther inland, bright green rice fields.
After a trip to the Gili islands (more on that in my next post), Chris and I returned to Bali to explore a bit of Ubud, made famous by Julia Roberts and her praying. Or was it loving? I don't remember. In any case, if you come to Ubud not with Hollywood-induced expectations of your life being transformed and all your petty problems dissolving into thin air, but rather to soak in the simple pleasures of wandering the streets, chatting with the people and risking your life to the potentially rabies-infected primates of the Monkey Forest, you might leave with a sense of appreciation for the place. I can't speak for Chris, but one of my favorite memories from Ubud was our hike through the searing heat of the city into the cool hills above. We left the crowds behind to discover green rice fields, a recommendation from our guesthouse owner. We engaged in some small-talk with a friendly local happy to sell us a coconut and eager to know what we think of his beautiful island. We took some time to shop for artwork from a painter to adorn my walls once I return home from this trip, and lost track of time, nearly missing our ride back to Seminyak. We were exhausted, wiping sweat from our skin as we climbed uphill, then frantic rushing back downhill, and I loved every minute of it.
In short, my advice for the general public is to go ahead and join the ranks of millions visiting Bali every year, but be aware of the mass tourism trends that are contributing to an unsustainable situation for this tiny island. I recommend staying at small, locally owned hotels and guesthouses, getting outside the Kuta/Legian area, keeping the drinking to a minimum (and I shouldn't have to tell you to refrain from drug use/possession, which could get you the death penalty in Indonesia), trying a new activity like yoga or a cooking class, and consciously conducting yourself in a way that acknowledges that you're on someone else's turf. Finally, work a bit of time into your schedule to see other parts of this massive, complex country.
Such amazing detail and colours on the photos!
Thanks! It's a colorful place, so that made it easier on me!


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USS Shoshone (ID-1760) was a transport that served in the United States Navy in 1919. Shoshone (ID-1760), the first United States Navy ship of the name, was built in 1911 by Bremer Vulkan at Vegesack, Germany, and operated as a passenger-cargo ship by the Hamburg-America Line as SS Wasgenwald. Wasgenwald was chartered for World War I service by the United States Army on 26 October 1917 from the Custom House, New York, and used as a depot collier with the name SS Shoshone.

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As built, the vessel was  long overall and  between perpendiculars with a beam of  and a draft of . The ship had a gross register tonnage (GRT) of 4,708. The vessel was powered by a vertical quadruple expansion steam engine driving one shaft, giving the vessel a maximum speed of . As built, the vessel could carry 50 first-class passengers. In United States military service, the vessel was armed with one /51 caliber gun and one /50 caliber gun.

Service history

Early service
The vessel was constructed in 1911 by Bremer Vulkan at their yard in Vegesack, Germany with the yard number 552. The vessel was launched on 30 December 1911 and named Wasgenwald. The merchant ship was completed in February 1912 and registered in Hamburg. Owned by the German Hamburg-Amerika Line at the onset of World War I, Wasgenwald took shelter at Saint Thomas in the Dutch Virgin Islands. The ship was interned by the United States after they took over the Virgin Islands in March 1917, where the vessel had remained since the outbreak of war. However, before the Virgin Islands could become an American colony, the vessel was purchased from her German owners by the Kerr Navigation Company, renamed Shoshone and registered in New York City.

American military service
The Kerr Navigation Company then chartered the vessel to the United States Army. In October 1917, the vessel was inspected for possible requisition and given the identification number 1760, however was not taken up into immediate service by the United States Navy. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships believes that the ship was operated on behalf of the Army by the U.S. Shipping Board with a civilian crew until the end of the war. Silverstone states that the ship was used as an Army collier.

Following the end of the war, Shoshone was acquired by the United States Navy for use as a troop transport to return American soldiers from France. The ship was placed in commission as USS Shoshone on 18 February 1919. She was attached to the Cruiser and Transport Force and, between February and July 1919, made two voyages to St. Nazaire, France, returning to the United States with American troops coming home from World War I service in Europe. Shoshone was decommissioned at Norfolk, Virginia on 5 August 1919 and returned to her owner.

Merchant career
In 1920, the vessel was acquired by first the American Interlake Line before the Canada Steamship Lines purchased the vessel and renamed her Manoa and registered her in London. The ship entered service in 1921 and remained with the company until the vessel was sold to Boston Iron & Metal Co of Baltimore, Maryland. Boston Iron & Metal Co in turn sold her back to her original owners, the Hamburg-Amerika Line. The Hamburg-Amerika Line renamed the vessel Grunewald and the ship was registered in Hamburg. Grunewald remained in service until 1933, when the vessel was sold for scrap. The ship was broken up during the first quarter of 1933 at Hamburg by Deutsche Werft.

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Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: S.S. Shoshone (Freighter, 1911). Originally German Passenger-Cargo Steamer Wasgenwald. Served as USS Shoshone (ID # 1760) in 1919

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HomeEditorial/OpinionThe Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Why do you suppose this boy fell through the disciplinary cracks so many times? Was it by design?
February 24, 2018 Editorial/Opinion, FBI, Featured, Politics 6
Let's Talk About The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting
by Jacque Guinan
This was an incredibly heart-breaking event. Hearts and prayers across the nation are lifted up to these children and their parents/families. Every day across the nation, parents send their children off to school, as they have for centuries. Up until recently, it has never been even a fleeting concern that their children may not return home at the end of the day. Why now? What has changed?
As more and more details emerge regarding this most recent event; a picture is developing. It is a shocking, devastating, hard to accept picture. We see failures and mistakes that would ultimately culminate into an unimaginable tragedy – Failures and mistakes; or are they?
Let's venture back to 2013. Here is a quote from Nikolaus Cruz's disciplinary reports, obtained by Miami Herald:
Westglades Middle School, which he attended in 2013, he'd been cited numerous times for disrupting class, unruly behavior, insulting or profane language, profanity toward staff, disobedience and other rules violations.
Records show the behaviors continued at Marjory Stoneman Douglas [High School], which he attended in 2016 and 2017 before being transferred, with discipline being dispensed for fighting, profanity, and an "assault." It appears the Jan. 19, 2017 assault resulted in a referral for a "threat assessment." A few months later, Cruz landed at an Off Campus Learning Center, where he remained for only about five months.
Let's go back a little further, to 2011. A familiar name appears – Trayvon Martin. In neighboring Miami-Dade School District. Trayvon was observed on surveillance cameras in 2011, in an unauthorized area "hiding and being suspicious" – Immediately after, he was observed "marking up" a door. The next day, his backpack was searched, looking for a graffiti marker. Instead, what was found was a bunch of womens' jewelry and a screwdriver that was described as, "a burglary tool". Without going into a lot of detail; let's just say that this crime and others were lied about, police reports falsified and evidence hidden, in order to cover up the crimes. Why?
Here is a Conservative Treehouse article outlining the "backpack incident of Trayvon Martin
Here are the Sworn affidavits of police officers claiming they are instructed to look the other way, destroy/hide evidence, and falsify reports:
1.) Affidavit of Sergeant William Tagle
2.) Affidavit of Detective Steven Hadley
3.) Affidavit of Commander Deanna Fox-Williams
4.) Affidavit of Sergeant Lourdes Hodges
5.) Affidavit of Detective Gylamar Ochoa
6.) Affidavit of Sergeant Bradley Rosh
Apparently, in order to improve criminal statistics within the school systems of Miami-Dade and Broward counties; the schools intentionally created policies that would culminate into the mass shooting that occurred. Why??
In August of 2012 President Obama had issued an Executive Order and Federal Education Policy establishing the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence. Effectively placing "quotas" on school discipline based on race and financially rewarding schools with federal grants who bring down their disciplinary and arrest numbers.
Broward county went even further by completely halting arresting students and changing their policy of suspension.
To put it in perspective:
In 2011/2012 Broward County School Administration made a policy decision to block the arrests of students in order to improve their education statistics.
In 2013 Broward County School Administration was warned what was happening as a result of the policy as more and more serious crimes were being committed and overlooked.
In 2015 The school continued with their "Diversionary Policies" and allowed students to break the law without legal consequence
In 2017 Nikolas Cruz criminally assaulted someone – law enforcement was blocked, repeatedly, by school policy. The sheriffs' department was contacted over 20 times regarding concerns over Nikolas Cruz.
In 2018 Nikolas Cruz shot and killed 17 students/faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS and injured several more.
Again, why? Why would a school superintendent and a sheriffs' department blatantly ignore crime and avoid the prosecution of criminal offenders? Nikolas Cruz had shown violent tendencies repeatedly – police were called to his home, repeatedly.
One month before the shooting, there were even phone calls to the FBI tip line – twice – warning that Nikolas Cruz was "going to explode" FBI transcripts show that a girl close to Cruz had called and said she was terrified that Cruz would "get into a school and just shoot the place up". Cruz had been posting violent messages on his instagram – at first saying he wanted to kill himself; and then switching to a desire to kill other people. The caller went on to describe that Cruz had been cutting up frogs and birds; which she called "a red flag" Why would they ignore this?
One of the motivations to "ignore" illegal activities in the schools, is funding and grants. The school administrators wanted to improve their statistics in order to qualify for state and federal grant money. So, they entered into an agreement with the top LEO officials to stop arresting students for crimes; as noted by the 6 LEO whistle blowers previously linked.
As if things were not bad enough with a school administration and sheriffs' department adopting policies of "look the other way"; We find out that not just one, but a total of 4 Sheriffs' Deputies were outside of the school at the time of the shooting. 1 by the front of the building with a clear view of the lobby and 3 others hiding behind their cars, with their guns drawn. Why? Why did they not go in and confront the shooter?
When Coral Springs police officer showed up on the scene, they said they were "stunned and upset" to learn that 4 Broward County Sheriffs' deputies were stationed outside the building and had not gone inside to engage the shooter. Some even went so far as to call it a "derilection of duty". Even when the Coral Springs officers went inside the building, the Broward county officers did not join them. Why?
The question needs to be asked; why was there disciplinary action against one deputy and not the other 3? Could it have been because only one was caught on camera?
Where is the CCTV camera footage from the school and what does it show? Where is the Uber driver who supposedly dropped Nikolas Cruz off at the school the morning of the shooting? What was in the large black bodybag that police carried from the building during the shooting and threw in the back of a truck? What happened to Alexa Miednik who was interviewed the day of the shooting and claimed to have been walking down the hall with Nikolas Cruz as gunshots were going off in another part of the building? Why are there several witnesses claiming there was more than one shooter? Who is paying for these kids to travel around the nation in expensive charter buses to rally and demand gun control? Why are they wearing ear-pieces when they speak-who is giving them talking points? These are all relevant questions we need to be demanding answers to because as more information comes out; the official narrative is looking less and less believable.
Lastly, does it seem even slightly suspicious that this sheriff:
A) Allowed crime within his county school system to be actively covered up and to go unpunished and therefore escalate.
B) Ignored multiple warnings of a violently troubled individual within the Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS. Including warnings that he had bought a gun and had made open threats to "shoot up the school"
C) Supervised 4 deputies who failed to engage an active shooter as he took aim at over 20 innocent children and unarmed faculty.
D) Refused to accept any responsibility and instead placed the blame on the shoulders of the NRA organization and on top of that, openly calls for gun restriction and confiscation laws, immediately after the shooting.
Is it surprising that this sheriff has been referred to as "best friends" with Debbie Wasserman-Shultz? Is it surprising that this sheriff actively volunteered for the HRC presidential campaign and has been pictured with numerous vocal anti-gun politicians? Curiously, there are no corresponding pictures of the sheriff with conservative politicians.
There are numerous inconsistencies emerging in regards to this tragic event; with each piece of the puzzle being even more alarming than the last. We need to deeply question this situation. We need to locate and follow the money trail and ask some really tough questions about not only how and why this tragedy was permitted to occur; but what events lead up to it, who is profiting from it and what political agenda motives may have played a part.
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6 Comments on The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
CovfefeTruth February 26, 2018 at 6:42 AM
I still have serious doubts about this event. For those who took the time to look into the Sandy Hook thing, there is no doubt that this was not a shooting. This one in Florida has enough similarities–if not the same–to the SH event that I cannot accept what the very fake news says–as it said for all the others. Many of us know that they lie 24/7. However, when something like this comes up, we immediately are glued to the god-box and believe every word they vomit. Just as they do with President Trump, they present partial videos (remember Robbie Parker?) that are patently false when the whole vid is shown. The kids were filmed fleeing the school and immediately had microphones stuck in their faces…….SERIOUSLY? The "news" was there THAT quickly? A number of kids reported several "shooters"….and the girl who walked & spoke with the supposed shooter while shooting noises were heard some distance away.
The connection with ovomit's henchmen should give folks pause. These events advertise for crisis actors to participate. Remember the "Boston Bombing?" Remember that guy who supposedly had his legs blown off and the schmuck pushing him in the wheelchair for help? (1) The guy in the wheelchair lost his legs years ago; photos of his earlier life online. (2) Anyone with damage to the legs like that would have bled out in the street and that schmuck is wheeling him through the streets? Also, an arial photo showed that several streets parallel to the staging, blocks of ambulances were parked and never moved to to pick up the supposed wounded.
We are being lied to, massively, to accomplish their agenda of disarmament of the American people. Once this happens, we have NO MORE COUNTRY.
Judy Green February 24, 2018 at 12:21 PM
One also needs to connect the dots with the Broward County School Superintendent Runcie – he and his brother both worked for O.B.A.M.A.'s Dept of Education. The Superintendent, I believe, at one time worked for Rahm Emmanuel in Chicago. The brother just resigned this past summer over financial irregularities and refused to testify before Congress. "James Runcie, an Obama administration appointee who served as chief operating officer of the Federal Student Aid office, received secret, five-figure bonuses each year while his office gave out billions in improper payments, Judicial Watch reported, citing sources inside the Education Department."
People, for the most part, seem to have lost the ability to even SEE the dots, much less connect them. Good comment, Judy Green.
Boyd White February 24, 2018 at 11:55 AM
A scary article considering the implications. But the most scary statement of all was this: "Is it surprising that this sheriff has been referred to as "best friends" with Debbie Wasserman-Shultz?"
Nnnnoooooooooooooooooooooo!
Western Rifle Shooters Assn. has a lengthy post with pics/audio of one the Deputys at his mosque giving encouragement to the brethren. There is ALOT more to this as details are slowly emerging. This site would not open so had to go to gatesofvienna.net and click on it under the left side Blogroll column. GoV is always a must read and thankfully they posted Diana West and Katie Hopkins talks at CPAC. Everyone please watch Katie's if you want the truth about the white farmer genocide in South Africa. So much to learn! Wolfgang Halbig,former School Safety Expert, well familiar with Broward County Schools had alot of questions during his interview with John B. Wells on Caravan to Midnight last Thursday……..protocols were not followed…..imagine that.
Boyd White February 27, 2018 at 6:13 AM
I watched Katie Hopkins and then a couple Lauren Southern videos on this. It is sad that that is happening in South Africa. There is a lot of history there, the frontier of the southern tip of Africa bore a lot of similarities to the American West. During the time leading up to the Zulu Wars in the 1800's the same thing happened over and over again…white families on frontier farms would be attacked by Zulu braves and destroyed.
Goes to show the value of being able to be vigilantly cautious and having the capability to defend yourself. And unless a concerted effort is made to circle the wagons and inflict severe pain and death on any intrusion…it probably will get worse.
The epic sweep of time and space transcends our individual lives…I am over 50% certain I have a half sibling born in South Africa…my father being an American Navy sailor and making port in South Africa many times…and subsequent history/pictures/letters stashed in old family archives insinuating to such. If I do, my eyes look up and away, and I can only pray them well.


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