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Leisurely morning–not up until 8:00. Because it was my last meal in their home, at least for this trip, Nikki and Richard created a really splendid breakfast and served it out on the terrace, so we could take advantage of the lovely weather. Then it was time to pack. Richard loaded my bag in the car, and we were off to Adelaide. Richard and Nikki had a few things they wanted to do in town, but Richard also had a couple of things he wanted me to experienced, things I had missed on previous visits to Adelaide. I happily left the day's plans to him.
We did a bit of shopping along the pedestrian mall section of Rundle Street, where cafés and eateries appear to outnumber boutiques. No one really wanted to rush around, so after Nikki bought a few things she needed, we just ordered tea, settled at an empty table, just talked for a while. After having their carefully made plans go so terribly wrong, Nikki and Richard had been fairly stressed, but today, they were unwinding at last. Also, with Richard no longer in his outback guide role, he could relax. The conversation was both stimulating and light-hearted–and it would make it that much harder to leave.
Artwork on Rundle Street
But Richard still had those two things he wanted me to experience, and it was several hours before we had to be at the airport. First stop was the Adelaide O-Bahn, a "guided busway." Buses pull onto the O-Bahn, and then, like a train, they are guided by the tracks. This takes buses out of city traffic, as cars can't go on the tracks. No stop lights or competing traffic. No holding up cars when the bus stops. Nifty.
On the O-Bahn
We took a bus for the 12-kilometer/7.5-mile ride up the Torrens Gorge. Transit was smooth, swift, and safe, and the surroundings were beautifully landscaped. The bus simply pulls off when it reaches one of the stops along the route, and then pulls back on. Really brilliant concept. However, since our purpose was just using the O-Bahn, we didn't disembark; we simply returned to our starting point.
For lunch, we enjoyed Indian food and more excellent conversation. Then we headed over to Victoria Square. I had seen the Glenelg Tram on my first visit, but just witnessed it stopping here at the square. This time, we would ride it. The tram is a classic electric tram—the last one in Adelaide. The interior is old fashioned and handsome, with abundant brass and wood and leather trim.
Glenelg Tram
The tram runs the 15 kilometers/9.3 miles from Adelaide city center to the Victorian-era, beachside town of Glenelg. The tram carried us through a trendy part of town into old suburbs, then to vintage rural areas to the seaside in a few minutes. But no time to linger in Glenelg. We had to return to Adelaide, get the car, and head for the airport.
As we drove out of the city, I wondered why I felt so much less like I was in Australia here than I did out bush. I love Australian cities, and Adelaide is a delightful place. But it's the wild places that cling to my heart. Maybe it's because cities are so much a part of "real life" that they don't offer me the sense of escape that the outback does. I do realize I couldn't live in the wilderness, but I do love the rugged beauty–and being truly "unplugged." That said, I was quite happy with the things we'd done today.
Nikki and Richard came into the airport with me, and I bought coffee and tea, and we sat and chatted until it was time for me to head out to the boarding area. I left them hoping I'd see them again, and maybe even have new adventures. I feel blessed to have such friends.
The flight was bumpy but otherwise uneventful. It was raining as we landed in Melbourne. Judy and Geoff were waiting for me at the airport. They look great; semi-retirement clearly suits them.
They had gotten a new Land Rover since my last visit, though they assured me the one I knew was still at the house, reserved for hauling supplies for the horses and garden. We wound through Melbourne's suburbs and out and up into the Dandenong Mountains, arriving at their lovely mountainside ranch at roughly 10:30 p.m.
The three of us enjoyed a cup of tea and talked about what we'll do this week. Then I headed off to their delightful guestroom with its regally high brass bed. It's good to be here again.
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An Apparent Hybrid Between Species of the Genera Spatula and Querquedula. 115-118.
An Annotated List of the Birds of Kootenai County, Idaho. 118-129.
Editorial Notes and News. 132-133.
Communication: at Cape Horn. 133.
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Minutes of Cooper Club Meetings. 134-136.
Directory of Members of the Cooper Ornithological Club. 136-144.
A Northern Winter Record of the Phainopepla. 129.
Three New Records for Kansas. 129.
Red Phalaropes Near Corona, California. 130.
Some Extreme Nesting Dates. 130.
Yellow-Billed Loon: A Correction. 130.
A Remarkable Flight of Sparrow Hawks. 131.
Black-And-White Warbler at Berkeley, California. 131.
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Like many local youngsters, Jerry Chilvers at age 8 was in the city sponsored Sea Cub program. In the early 1960s, Chilvers hung around the beach watching the lifeguards.
Jerry Chilvers as a child on Main Beach.
"He enjoyed being with lifeguards and we all loved him," said Dale Ghere, a veteran Laguna Beach guard who Chilvers called a "role model." "Jerry came early and stayed late," recalled Ghere.
Chilvers, now 60, described learning beach safety with practice rescue drills involving a Clorox bottle tied to a rope. Other lessons learned included recognizing rip tides and, as the cubs progressed to junior lifeguard classes at age 13, mouth to mouth resuscitation and basic first aid.
Basic first aid, reinforced later during an eight year Army enlistment, saved Chilvers life in February when he nearly severed his hand in a saw while working alone at a San Clemente job site.
Unable to dial his phone and not finding any neighbors at home, Chilvers made it 30 yards to the nearest through street, holding the barely attached hand onto his arm. He knew he was losing a lot of blood quickly and risked passing out.
He was fortunate to flag down a passing car driven by Steve Gesiriech, a retired Edison electrician, by wagging his foot.
"I could see he was holding his hand and there was a lot blood everywhere," said Gesiriech, 61, who pulled to the side of the road and turned on his emergency flashers. "I was in shock, but Jerry was calm," the good Samaritan said. Chilvers instructed him to hand over his belt to use as a tourniquet and asked him to dial 911 and provide their location.
"It was the first time I'd had to be the first responder," said Gesiriech, who took over keeping Chilvers' hand attached to his arm. "I didn't know what else to do," he added.
When the paramedics arrived the tourniquet was doing its job. "Once they got a closer look at the hand they started moving faster," Gesiriech said.
Chilvers with his surgeon, Dr. Mark Elzik.
Chilvers was transported to the trauma center of Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. Over a nine-hour surgery, Dr. Mark Elzik, an orthopedic surgeon and hand specialist, aligned bones, tendons, nerves and blood vessels using pins, wires and sutures, says a statement from the hospital.
Early treatment in the intensive care unit included placing leeches on the tips of Chilvers' fingers to take advantage of the anticoagulant they secrete that reduces blood clots and improves circulation. The therapy worked and within days blood flow was restored to the hand, indicating the surgery was successful, the statement says.
Even months after the accident, Chilvers still requires daily physical therapy. He has feeling in his fingertips and is working toward being able to grab an object. He's told it will take a long time.
"God was watching over me that day; everything fell into place," said Chilvers, of Mission Viejo, who returned last year to Orange County after 30 years in the construction business in Germany. The Laguna Beach High School graduate recalled attending city council meetings at age 13 to advocate for a lifeguard tower.
He credits Laguna Beach lifeguards John Cunningham, La Vern Dugger, Dean Westgard and Craig Lockwood for teaching him life lessons, respect for the ocean and lifesaving skills. Today, the Sea Cub and girls Mermaid programs introduce similar lessons to children every summer, now led by Chad Beeler.
Over the years, Chilvers said he has called on his first aid knowledge to assist others when he's seen a need. "I've stepped up several times in my life; everyone should take a course," he said.


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Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. Secures $435,837 Judgment Against Guarantors in Tenant Default Case
PROPERTY OWNER ALSO RECEIVES NEARLY $150,000 IN ACCRUED INTEREST
Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. has secured a judgment of $435,837 against individual guarantors for Handcheikh Investments, LLC, a tenant that had net leased 702-694 Rockaway Avenue in Brooklyn. The firm also secured nearly $150,000 in accrued additional interest ($39,225 per year for nearly four years).
Rosenberg & Estis's Jeanine Floyd, associates, represented the plaintiff, 702-694 Rockaway Avenue Corp. before Justice Larry D. Martin in Brooklyn Supreme Court.
Colin Warner, Catherine A. Charles Warner, Andre Juman and AG Juman Management, Inc., individually executed guarantees for the tenant, which defaulted on its lease payments to the owner of the building at the same time that it had sublet various portions of the building and was collecting rent from the subtenants.
Rosenberg & Estis served a default notice under the lease, and thereafter commenced a declaratory judgment action seeking to terminate the net lease and to obtain entry of a judgment for arrears and attorneys' fees.
Two of the three guarantors had moved out of state, but Silverbush was able to retain the services of an out-of-state process server who effectuated personal service on the guarantors. The defendants defaulted in the Supreme Court action, and Rosenberg & Estis succeeded in obtaining a judgment for the requested relief, including a money judgment against the guarantors in the amount of $435,837.
Nearly a year after entry of judgment, the guarantors moved to vacate the default judgment by order to show cause utilizing the services of an attorney. While that order to show cause was pending, they retained a second attorney to submit another order to show cause seeking the same relief but on slightly different grounds.
We worked with Silverbush to prepare the opposition papers, and Jeanine Floyd appeared and argued in opposition to the order to show cause. The judge's decision adopted Rosenberg & Estis's arguments in toto, and denied both of the defendants' orders to show cause. The judgment provided for 9 percent statutory interest from February 1, 2014, or $39,225.33 in accrued additional interest.
"This was a significant victory for the property owner as we were able to secure a judgment against out-of-state guarantors, withstanding attempts by two different firms to vacate," Silverbush said. "It appears the defendants thought they could violate their agreements and move out of state without consequence, but they underestimated the capabilities of motived client with able counsel."

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The CPUC needs to scrutinize PG&E's exit fee
Dec. 11, 2015 Updated: Dec. 11, 2015 5:24 p.m.
Lawton Alternative a K-8th grade school, on Sturday Sept. 15, 2012, in San Francisco, Calif., has a solar panel installed on the playground area.
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The Pacific Gas and Electric Co., California's largest utility and a longtime regulated monopoly, insists that its application to nearly double a fee for customers defecting to local clean power plans is simply a matter of market forces.
PG&E's many critics think otherwise.
"There's an urgency for PG&E to stifle competition," said state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco. "They're protecting a monopoly."
The suspicions are understandable. PG&E has the legal right to charge the fee, known as a Power Charge Indifference Adjustment.
It has to do with PG&E's obligation to provide power to everyone in its service area as the utility of last resort. Should any customer's alternate energy provider go out of business, PG&E still has to be able to provide for those customers — hence a fee.
"We have to undertake long-term forecasts about serving those customers in the event of their other service provider going out of business," said PG&E spokesperson Nicole Liebelt. "It's about ensuring that those customers won't be left stranded."
Liebelt said that PG&E's long-term contract costs for serving customers are higher than current market costs, and that's why the fee had to rise.
"The formula for calculating the fee hasn't changed," Liebelt said. "It's the inputs that change every year."
But the fee has never been as high as it is this year — the cost for each residential customer would nearly double, from $6.70 to $13 per month. In San Francisco, the proposed fee for residents looking to move to CleanPower SF would skyrocket by 100.26 percent.
Meanwhile, there's never been a greater danger of Bay Area customers stranding PG&E.
CleanPowerSF, San Francisco's city-run green energy program, launches in the spring. Peninsula Clean Energy, a community choice renewable energy program for San Mateo County, is scheduled to launch in August 2016.
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And Marin Clean Energy and Sonoma Clean Power aren't going anywhere.
But the administrators of these programs have all cried foul, saying that the big fee hikes threaten their business models.
We urge the California Public Utilities Commission to consider these arguments very carefully before they vote on a rate increase as early as next week.
Leno has urged the CPUC to do a public review of its methodology for how the fee should be calculated before voting on any increase above 15 percent.
Considering the fact that the CPUC has historically been incredibly deferential to PG&E's concerns, Leno's idea is worth considering. Electricity customers deserve choices, and local clean energy programs deserve the opportunity to compete on a level playing field.


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Latin American Independence
By JoyKalu10
Martín began his military career as a cadet in the Murcia infantry regiment. In 1808, he served the Sevilla in the war on behalf of the Spanish king, Ferdinand. Martín then was promoted lieutenant colonel and then to the command of the Sagunto Dragoons. He instead sought to go to Lima, which he ended up going to Buenos Aires. Martín was given the task to organize a corps of grenadiers. San Martín later explains that he sacrificed his military career for his native home land's call.
Manuela Saénz
A mistress to Simón Bolívar, Sáenz shared the same revolutionary views as her lover did, supporting him. She saved him from conspirators in 1828 in Bogotá, Colombia. Unfortunately, his death in 1830 caused her to attempt a (failed) suicide. She was exiled twice from Lima and Bogotá from her efforts in the revolution.
Independence from Spain
Video 3Independence from Spain was granted in a sudden manner to many parts of Latin America - Mexico, Northern South America, Southern South America, and the Caribbean. Although Spanish forces eliminated revolts and protests quickly, the desire to become independent burned strong in the minds of the Latin Americans, even since the American Revolution. Each region had their own independent thoughts and leaderships, and Spain had to fight ferociously to hold on to their colonies.
Period: Jan 1, 1806 to Jan 1, 1808
Biography of Jose Miguel Carrera
Jose Miguel Carrera LinkHe was a military and Chilean politician leading in the process of independence. Carrera met Jose de San Martin in Cadiz in 1806-1808. When Napoleon invaded Spain, Carrera joined the Spanish army in September 1808 and in April 1809. He was called back to fight in 1811 with the rank of master sergeant. He was then sent to prison. Once he got out, he began to represent the province of Santiago by joining the new Board of Governors.
The August 10 Movement in Quito, Ecuador
The August 10 movement was the spark that kicked off the Independence movement in Latin America and that the brief government of the citizens of Quito was the first republic in the New World.
Biography of Simon Bolívar
Video 4Simon Bolivar Bolívar was a Liberator of South America. Both him and San Martín believed that all Spaniards should be removed from South America. Bolívar wanted to gain independence for Venezuela in 1810. He soon lead revolts in New Granda, also known as Columbia, and Ecuador. He would now be known as the "Liberator of Venezuela" and crushed the last existing Spanish army.
Independence Days in Latin America
Video 2Independence Days In Latin America, many countries gained their independence in the years 1810-1825. Venezuela's Independence Day is on April 19, 1810. Venezuela received its independence from Spain and cut off all ties with that country. Argentina's official Independence Day is July 1816. Argentina battled all throughout the days of May. On July 20, 1810, Colombia won independence from Spain. Mexico proclaimed independence from Spain on September 16, 1810.
O'Higgins He was the chief liberator of Chile and its first leader after independence was gained. He lead the nation from 1817-1823. O'Higgins also became the commander in chief of the rebel groups fighting for Chilean independence from Spain in 1814. He later joined forces with Jose de San Martin and crossed the Andes Mountains and defeated the Spaniards in Chacabuco, near Santiago. O'Higgins was then named the Supreme Director of Chile.
The Battle of Rancagua
BattleOn October 2, 1814, the Battle of Rancagua occurred. Many believe that this battle was instrumental in the Chilean War of Independence. This battle was between the Anishinable Army and the Army of the White Confederation led by England. They fought for control of South America. The whites had finally gained control of Chile.
The Battle of Maipu
A battle fought near Santiago, Chile on April 5, 1818 between South American rebels and Spanish royalists, during the Chilean War of Independence.
Simon Bolívar Crosses the Andes
Video 5Crossing the AndesIn the year of 1819 in May, war was raging in Venezuela as they fought for independence. Simon Bolivar, who was one of the greatest liberators of all time, saw that Colombia was not defended while they were in war. Bolivar felt as if he needed to go there and help out the Colombians. He and his army made their way across the Andes Mountains and attacked the enemy when they were least expecting it.
The Top Six Liberators of Latin America
Video 1There were many people who worked hard to liberate Latin America. Some of the best , who are also known as the Top Six, were: Simón Bolívar, Miguel Hidalgo, Bernardo O'Higgins, Francisco de Miranda, Jose Miguel Carrera, Jose de san Martin.
The Battle of Junin
A military engagement of the Peruvian War of Independence, fought in the highlands of the Junín Region On August 6, 1824. Although in actuality this battle would qualify as little more than a skirmish, this military engagement greatly enhanced the morale of the victorious independentists, with a first win in Perú.
The Liberators of South America
The Liberators of South America was people (mainly men) that were a big part of what made the Independence of South America possible. These people were put in the history books because they made history. They fought war and battles on the field and in the minds of people and were overall successful in their endeavours.
Biography of José Martí
He was a Cuban National Hero. He was an important figure in the Latin American Literature and he was also a poet. He was an Essayist and publisher and he was a part of the Cuban Freemasons. Through his writings, he became a symbol for Cuba's fight for independence from Spain. His death was a cry for Independence from Spain by all Cuban's alike.
Economic Change in Latin America
After the late 1800's, Latin America entered a new age of prosperity, which included a massive export of wheat, beef, coffee, bananas, sugar and silver from Argentina, Brazil, and Central America, respectively. These food exports were often traded for industrial machines such as textiles and luxury items. Not only did the economy burst in growth, but also the middle sectors of Latin American society, in which there was an increase of occupations such as doctors, lawyers, and schoolteachers.
Political Change in Latin America
The United States began to intervene in Latin American affairs in effect from being one of the world powers. As a result, Cuba became a Unites States protectorate and Puerto Rico was annexed to the U.S. Many countries were being occupied by the "big bully from the north," such as Haiti and Nicaragua. Not only did the U.S. oppress the Latin American countries, dictators from within Latin America were supported by landowners who had interests of the elites in power.
Chávez grew very unsuccessful during his lifetime of playing baseball professionally and working on his studies, which he graduated near the bottom of his class in 1975. Instead, he entered the military career and failed again when he and his troops, who were responsible for capturing President Perez. Unlike the other rebel leaders who were successful, Chávez, who had the key part of the operation, was unable to execute his part. He then surrendered and addressed his co-conspirators to as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fm0JghHu-4
Liberalism and Expansion in the Industrial Society
Spain in 18th-19th century
19th century in Spain
Spain in the 18th and 19th centuries .
Revolutions in the Americas
Revolutions Unit 5
Revolts & History of Latin America (1800-1914)
Unit 5 Enlightenment and Revolutions
Spain 18-19 century
Revolutions, Wars, and World Relations of Latin America in the 19th and Early 20th Century


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The Combined Choirs ended the 2011-12 academic year with a five-day tour of the German states of Thuringia and Saxony.
In what became a pilgrimage to cities associated with German musical legends, the Choirs performed to large audiences in Bad Lagensalza, Arnstadt, Halle (the birthplace of Handel) and Leipzig (birthplace of Richard Wagner), as well as visiting Erfurt, Eisenach (birthplace of J.S. Bach) and Weimar.
The concert programmes were themed around music from England and Germany between 1550 and 1950, including works such as Sheppard's sublime motet Libera Nos, Praetorius' Magnificat quinti toni, and Bach's Singet dem Herrn BWV 225, the latter entirely without copies.
The tour culminated in two services sung in the Nikolaikirche and the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, by the Choristers and the College Choir respectively. Both of these venues were highly significant for the Choir due to the fact that Bach had been the Kantor them from 1723 until his death in 1750, during which time he had composed many of his most famous musical works (including the St Matthew Passion and the St John Passion). The combination of fine weather, numerous musical highlights and plenty of good German beer (only for the adults) made it a tour to remember.
Choral Evensong for the Feast of St Radegund
"I hope people come ready to be disrupted": Dr Paul Dominiak on his book The Falling of Dusk
The combined Choirs celebrate Ralph Vaughan Williams with 'Five Mystical Songs' recording
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My time in Cambridge has been full of exciting moments, good memories, and amazing people. When I first embarked on postgraduate studies, I never imagined I would be becoming part of the Chapel community at Jesus College. However, after my first attendance to an evensong I decided I wanted to take an active role in what for me was a complete new experience; even when I had always been an active member of my church back at home, Jesus College Chapel was an enthralling environment in which other people like...
I've had an amazing time singing at Jesus over my four years in College. It's been an absolutely central part of my university experience, and has helped me grow as a student, a musician, and a person. The Chapel and Choir community is friendly, supportive, and diverse, and the high musical standard means that singing at Jesus is the perfect balance of challenging and rewarding. It's a great way to be really involved with college life, from matriculation evensong at the start of the year to graduation at the end...
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ACTS & FACTS IMPACT
Young Age for the Moon and Earth
BY THOMAS G. BARNES, D.SC. |
Receding Moon
It takes but one proof of a young age for the moon or the earth to completely refute the doctrine of evolution. Based upon reasonable postulates, great scope of observational data, and fundamental laws of physics there is proof that the moon and the earth are too young for the presumed evolution to have taken place.
There is an easily understood physical proof that the moon is too young for the presumed evolutionary age. From the laws of physics one can show that the moon should be receding from the earth. From the same laws one can show that the moon would have never survived a nearness to the earth of less than 11,500 miles. That distance is known as the Roche limit.1 The tidal forces of the earth on a satellite of the moon's dimensions would break up the satellite into something like the rings of Saturn. Hence the receding moon was never that close to the earth.
The present speed of recession of the moon is known. If one multiplies this recession speed by the presumed evolutionary age, the moon would be much farther away from the earth than it is, even if it had started from the earth. It could not have been receding for anything like the age demanded by the doctrine of evolution. There is as yet no tenable alternative explanation that will yield an evolutionary age of 4 billion years or more for the moon. Here is as simple a proof as science can provide that the moon is not as old as claimed.
How does an evolutionist reconcile this proof that the moon is too young for the presumed evolution to have taken place? This known dynamical limit in the earth-moon system is a great problem to knowledgeable evolutionists. Robert C. Humes in his book Introduction to Space Science (John Wiley, 1971) acknowledges the problem and states that "The whole subject of the origin of the moon must be regarded as highly speculative." Dr. Louis B. Slichter, Professor of Geophysics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology treats this problem in great detail and concludes that "the time scale of the earth-moon system still presents a major problem."2
It turns out that the earth-moon tidal friction causes the earth's spin rate to be slowing down. Lord Kelvin used that changing spin rate, assumed an initial molten earth, and proved that the earth could not be a billion years old, or the earth's present shape would be different.3
Hence from theoretical and observational considerations there are two proofs that the earth-moon system can not be as old as a billion years.
1) The earth-moon spacing and recession rate refutes that long age.
2) The shape of the earth refutes that long age.
Radiometric Evidence of Rapid Creation
Dr. Robert V. Gentry has radiometric evidence that the basement rock of the earth was formed in a cool state, not in a molten condition. A cool initial state of the earth gives support to a young age for the earth. His research involves the study of pleochroic halos (colored spheres) produced by the radioactive decay of Polonium 218. He analyzed over one hundred thousand of these halos in granitic rocks which had been taken from considerable depths below land surface and in all parts of the world.
Two very important conclusions were drawn from this research 1) The Polonium 218 was primordial, that is to say, this radioactive element was in the original granite. 2) Because the halos can only be formed in the crystals of the granite, and the Polonium 218 half-life is only 3 minutes, the granite had to be cool and crystallized originally. The Polonium 218 would have been gone before molten granite could have cooled. It would take a very long time for a molten earth to cool.
The final conclusion can be summarized in this brief quote from one of Gentry's technical papers: "The simple evidence of the halos is that the basement rocks of the earth were formed solid." "Halos in other minerals can be shown to give equally startling evidence of a young earth."4 One needs to read some of Gentry's technical articles to see how clearly he established his conclusion that the Polonium 218 was primordial. That in itself presents problems to conventional radiometric dating. The conventional radiometric dating postulates would not jibe with this initial state which Gentry has identified.
Magnetic Evidence of a Young Earth
The known decay in the earth's magnetic field and the inexorable depletion of its energy clearly point to an imminent and inevitable end of the earth's magnetic field. A Department of Commerce publication lists evaluations of the strength of the earth's dipole magnet (its main magnet) since Karl Gauss made the first evaluation in the 1830's. It states that the rate of decrease is about 5% per hundred years. It then states that if the decay continues the magnetic field will "vanish in A.D. 3391."5
This decay has some harmful environmental effects. The earth's magnetic field extends into the space around the earth. This provides a protective shield against cosmic rays and solar wind. The half-life of this decaying magnetic field is 1400 years (meaning that every 1400 years its strength is cut in half). The field strength is now only about one third as strong as it was at the time of Christ. More harmful radiation is penetrating down to the surface of the earth. This is an irreversible degradation of our environment.
Horace Lamb predicted this decay in an 1883 theoretical paper on the source of the earth's magnetic field. Looking backward in time, in the light of his theory and the present known decay rate, and assuming the maximum plausible initial strength, puts an age limit on the earth's magnet of only a few thousand years.6
Evolutionary geologists assume that there is some type of dynamo mechanism sustaining the earth's magnet. No one has yet come up with an acceptable theory for such a dynamo. That mechanism is supposed to be able to reverse the direction of the earth's magnet. They assume that this magnet has not been decaying continually but has reversed back and forth many times for billions of years. They must hold to a long age or it is the death knell for the whole theory of evolution. Reversal phenomena are "read" into the magnetization of accessible rocks in the crust of the earth. The literature shows real problems and some self-contradictions with those interpretations.7
The age of the earth and moon can not be as old as required in the doctrine of evolution, as has been shown when the great laws of physics are applied to observed large scale phenomena such as:
1) The recession rate of the moon and the Roche limit.
2) The faster earth spin rate in the past.
3) The decay of the earth's magnetic field.
4) The pleochroic halos in the earth's basement rock.
1. Whitcomb, John C. and Donald B. DeYoung, The Moon, Its Creation, Form and Significance, BMH Books, Winona Lake, Indiana, p. 41.
2. Slichter, Louis B., "Secular Effects of Tidal Friction Upon the Earth's Rotation," Jour. Geoph. Res., 1964, Vol. 8, No. 14, pp. 4281-4288.
3. Barnes, Thomas G., ICR Impact No. 16.
4. Gentry, Robert V., "Annual Review of Nuclear Science," Vol. 23, 1973 p. 247.
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Cite this article: Thomas G. Barnes, D.Sc. 1982. Young Age for the Moon and Earth. Acts & Facts. 11 (8).
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Elba Island is one of the great classical localities of Europe and has produce a great many different minerals over the centuries. While, as type locality of elbaite, Elba is primarily known for fine tourmaline specimens, many other great mineral specimens have been unearthed here. This pristine hematite, embedded in a nest of fine white quartz, is a shiny example for a recent find producing such high quality classics. The main crystal is like a dark, shiny pearl, aesthetically centered between white quartz needles and a massy black hematite slab. The metallic luster has a red tinge to it, revealed at closer inspection under direct downlight. This is a great hematite specimen that is in overall well condition. Yes, there is a dinge at the main crystal (not as dramatic as it might look at first glance) that drops the price here but if you can live with that, you will be delighted by the excellent aesthetics of this wonderful piece!
A cluster of several quartz crystals, chaotically arranged but of nice quality and widely free of damage. Even the backside is fully crystallized, as are all contacted or broken faces. The terminations of some of the crystals seem a little rough but at closer view there is no fresh damage to be detected. The matrix at the background is a nice agglomeration of calcite and quartz. As a small gift you will find a red rutile, around 3 mm in size. This is a fine piece of very good crystal quality and an appealing 3-dimensional look!
Purely breathtaking, this attractive purple fluorite has everything a masterpiece of this caliber needs! Great color, clarity, luster and a composition that is nothing short of perfect!The piece does not need much illumination, the color and light appear just like out of nowhere. Anyway, if illuminated from the back it becomes a sparkling ball of purple fire, dotted with golden spots of pyrite. The piece is a floater and - except for two tiny wears, that are discernible only at very close view - in superb condition. A true miracle of nature and definitely one of the very best pieces we have ever seen coming to the market.
Pure elegance, combining marvelous colors with beautiful shape and bright luster is the stunning nature of this tourmaline specimen. The termination is nicely modified and offers a great view with mirroring faces and fine structure. The tourmalines color changes from pink to turquoise at the center and back to pink at the termination. It is free of damage with a rehealed bottom. A wonderful and classy piece of remarkable character.
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Creating and analyzing financial reports may not be the thing you enjoy the most about owning a business. Even so, these tasks are essential if you hope to enjoy long-term business success. Not only do these reports need to be error-free and easy to understand, but you need to work with them regularly to meet the financial goals of your business.
A financial report is only useful when it's accurate. That means you can't ignore system notifications such as data problems or balance sheet not balanced. Depending on your accounting software, you may need to purge incorrect data from the file and rebuild it. Just make sure that you run a backup before you do this.
Look for missing entries such as interest calculated on a loan or depreciation of a business asset. These missing figures can throw off your entire system. One way to know that you have missing transactions is when negative balances appear. When you print a balance sheet, only depreciating assets, significant losses, or cash distributions should show a negative balance. You will need to correct the error for any other entry showing as negative.
It won't do your business much good if you're the only one who understands its financial reports. The profit and loss of your business is the big picture take-away from your statements. They should also show how much it costs to create and sell your products. This should include cost to use machines, direct labor, and raw materials if you're in manufacturing and cost of goods sold, shipping fees, and wholesale discounts and penalties at a minimum if you're in retail.
The reason this is necessary is that it helps to determine the most effective pricing strategy. You could be losing money on one or more products otherwise. We recommend restructuring your financial reports to ensure that everyone who accesses them understands what they see. It's essential for everyone viewing the report to know whether each segment is profitable and how much of the company's income it generates. A segment can be whatever you determine it to be, including products, business unit, or geographical division. If you feel stuck on this step, an accountant or small business consultant can help you.
Your reports will never be accurate if you don't follow a schedule to update them. This should include weekly reconciliation of bank accounts and monthly reconciliation of your company's financial reports. If you don't feel comfortable doing this yourself, you can outsource the task or hire someone to manage the books. Following a regular schedule is the best way to ensure that your report remains reliable and readable. Lastly, don't forget to make regular cash flow projections and plan for financial emergencies. Please let us know if we can assist you in any way.
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Pirro, a former district attorney and judge, specifically singled out special counsel Robert Mueller and former FBI Director James Comey as targets who deserve to be locked up in her fantasy cleansing. The rant, which lasted a whole seven minutes, basically amounted to a wishful indictment list of all the lead investigators probing Donald Trump and his campaign.
Pirro's comments come just over a week after Trump went after the FBI and its former director on Twitter. "After years of Comey, with the phony and dishonest Clinton investigation (and more), running the FBI, its reputation is in Tatters - worst in history," he tweeted.
Criticizing Pirro's unambiguous endorsement of expelling agents from the FBI whom she perceives as a threat to Trump's presidency should not be interpreted as a defense of the FBI. However, it's quite clear that an FBI whose agents have been tested for their loyalty to Trump would be decidedly worse than the bureau we're presently stuck with.
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Place House stands in a small walled courtyard in the centre of Ware and is a building of grade I national historic and architectural importance. As the former manor house of Ware, the oldest part of the building is thought to date to the late 13th or early 14th century when the manor was held by Thomas Wake, the Second Lord of Lydell (b.1297 - d.1349). Today the building is owned by the Hertfordshire Building Preservation Trust who became its owners in 1975 and oversaw its restoration in 1977-8.
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Nicki Minaj Talks Roman Reloaded, Upcoming Collaborations
by Island Yute April 3, 2012
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Nicki Minaj is in New York to kick off the promotion of her sophomore album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.
On Monday the Young Money rapper stopped by DJ Clue on Power 105.1, where she opens up about the sophomore jinx, recording with Nas, mixing pop with hip-hop on her sophomore album and upcoming collaborations with Cam'ron and Waka Flocka Flame.
On whether she believes in the sophomore jinx: "Hell no! This album is gonna sell so much more than Pink Friday. Ask me this question two years from today, Clue. With me, I'm never about first week and all that. I like to look at it for the long haul. I'ma travel, I'ma meet my beautiful babies, my Barbz everywhere, and this is my first time I'm gonna get to do a world tour, so the album is gonna do its thang."
On mixing pop, R&B, and hip-hop on Roman Reloaded: "When I first got in the studio, it was just gonna be all rap, that's why I named it Roman Reloaded. Things just don't keep my attention long enough to only do one thing. By the time the album was done, it was just a versatile album. But I have to say, I feel like people love saying the pop word first. The album is more hip-hop than pop."
On working with Nas on "Champion": "I didn't think I could get Nas, just to be honest. He's always been so exclusive. He doesn't work with everybody and I respect people that are like that. They take pride in their craft."
On her upcoming collaborations: "I may have a little something something coming out with [Cam'ron]. I may have a little something something coming with Waka Flocka, my little brother. I do have a few more verses to hand in and then we got to hit the world a couple times."
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The royal Sikh court at Lahore was undoubtedly 19th-century India's most magnificent. At its heart lay one of the greatest treasure collections the world had ever seen. Maharaja Ranjit Singh's spectacular treasury or toshakhana housed objects that are today the prized possessions of some of the world's most famous public collections - the Koh-i-Noor diamond (British Crown Jewels) and his golden throne (Victoria & Albert Museum) are perhaps the most well known.
The East India Company's annexation of Punjab and capture of the toshakhana in 1849 saw a large volume of armour, weapons, manuscripts, jewels and other precious artefacts brought to Britain. Focusing on the dispersal of these treasures, Collecting Sikh examines the facets of Sikh material culture, highlighting the fascinating stories accrued by these objects in their journey from the palaces and shrines of Punjab to the imperial exhibitions and aristocratic collections of Victorian Britain, and most recently to a global Sikh diaspora hungry to reclaim its lost heritage.
Dr Lucian Harris is a historian, journalist and acknowledged expert on British collections of South Asian art, the subject of his doctoral thesis. Dividing his time between London and Delhi, he has combined academic research with reporting on the international auction market for South Asian and Middle Eastern art for the likes of The Art Newspaper, Apollo, Art + Auction, Harper's Bazaar Art Arabia and Art India. He has witnessed in recent years a new phase in his field of expertise, as wealthy and increasingly well-informed collectors from across the Sikh diaspora have shown a willingness to pay substantial prices to build collections reflective of their religious and cultural heritage.


Landmark Hotel Wedding, Niamh & John's wedding video trailer. Filmed in Abbeylara Co. Longford and The Landmark Hotel, Carrick on Shannon, Co Leitrim.
Such a pleasure being at John and Niamh's wedding, not forgetting their daughter Emily who at times stole the show.


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Moving teeth to better positions through orthodontics not only improves dental function and health, it can vastly improve your appearance. But to achieve a result that continues to be attractive as you age requires thorough planning and forethought.
That's because your body continues to change all during life. While the most accelerated growth happens in childhood and adolescence, even older adults continue to change, especially in their facial features. A good deal of research has helped identify and catalog these changes, which orthodontists now incorporate into their corrective treatments for poor bites (malocclusions).
For example, the lips grow until they reach their maximum thickness in girls usually around age 14 and boys age 16. But researchers have also found lip thickness gradually diminishes for most people beginning in their late teens until about age 80. In other words, the appearance of your lips in your elderly years will be vastly different than in your teens. The same holds true for other facial features: our facial profile flattens as the nose becomes longer and more pronounced while the lower part of the face shortens.
Using this knowledge of the effects of aging on the face, orthodontists now attempt to anticipate "where" the facial features will be decades down the road. This projection can help them design a treatment plan that takes advantage of these projected changes.
For example, orthodontists may begin treatment before a patient's teenage years with techniques that serve to guide jaw growth. Keeping that development on track will help if or when braces may be needed a few years later. Guiding jaw growth will help shorten the distance of where a patient is in their orofacial development and where they should be later in life with normal development.
Orthodontists aren't predictors of the future. But armed with an understanding of the aging process, they can help patients head in the right direction to produce a smile and facial appearance that will endure well into later life.
If you would like more information on moving teeth to achieve a more attractive appearance, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Understanding Aging Makes Beauty Timeless."
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For major-league slugger Giancarlo Stanton, 2014 was a record-breaking year. After the baseball season ended, he signed a 13-year, $325 million contract with the Miami Marlins — the biggest deal in sports history. But earlier that same year, Stanton suffered one of the worst accidents in baseball: He was hit in the face by an 88-mph fastball, sustaining multiple fractures, lacerations, and extensive dental damage.
After the accident, Stanton didn't play for the remainder of the season. But now he's back in Spring Training… and he's got a not-so-secret weapon to help protect him against another injury: A custom-made face guard designed to absorb impacts and keep him from suffering further trauma.
As sports fans, we're glad that Stanton was able to overcome his injury and get back in the game. As dentists, we'd like to remind you that you don't have to be a major-league player to feel the harmful effects of a sports injury — and you don't have to look far to find a way to protect yourself. In fact, you can get a custom-made mouthguard right here at the dental office.
Mouthguards have a long tradition in sports like football, boxing, and hockey. But did you know that far more Americans are injured every year playing "non-collision" sports like basketball, baseball — and even bicycling? And it doesn't take a major-league fastball to cause a dental injury: The highest incidence of sports-related dental injuries occurs in 15-to-18-year-old males. In fact, about one-third of all dental injuries among children stem from various types of sports activities. These injuries may result in countless hours being lost from school and work, and cost significant sums for treatment and restoration.
Mouthguards have a proven track record in reducing dental and facial injuries: They are capable of absorbing the energy of a blow to the mouth, and dissipating it in a way that prevents damage to facial structures and teeth. But not all mouthguards are created equal: Custom-fabricated mouthguards, which are produced from an exact model of your mouth made right here in the dental office, offer by far the best protection. They fit better and safeguard the teeth more fully than any off-the-shelf or "boil-and-bite" type can. Plus, they're more comfortable to wear. And let's face it: No mouth guard can protect your teeth if you don't wear it.
What's more, some recent studies indicate that custom-made mouthguards may offer significant protection against concussion. An increasing awareness of the dangers that concussion may pose to athletes is one more reason why we recommend custom-made mouthguards to active people and their families.
To get his face guard, Giancarlo Stanton reportedly went to a specialist sporting-goods manufacturer in Illinois, and paid around $1,000. But you can get a custom-made mouthguard for yourself or your loved ones right at our office for a fraction of that price. And the peace of mind it can give you is… priceless.
If you have questions about custom-made mouthguards, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can learn more by reading the Dear Doctor magazine articles "An Introduction to Sports Injuries & Dentistry" and "Athletic Mouthguards."
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We're all familiar with tried and true traditional braces and perhaps with newer clear aligners for realigning teeth. But there's an even more novel way that's quickly becoming popular: lingual braces.
This type of braces performs the same function as the traditional but in an opposite way. Rather than bonded to the front of the teeth like labial ("lip-side") braces, these are bonded to the back of the teeth on the tongue (or "lingual") side. While labial braces move teeth by applying pressure through "pushing," lingual braces "pull" the teeth to where they need to be.
Although lingual braces are no better or worse than other orthodontic methods, they do have some advantages if you're involved in sports or similar physical activities where mouth contact with traditional braces could cause lip or gum damage, or if your work or lifestyle includes frequent snacking or eating, which requires continually removing clear aligners. And like aligners, lingual braces aren't noticeable to the outside world.
But lingual braces typically cost more: as much as 15-35% more than traditional braces. They can initially be uncomfortable for patients as the tongue makes contact with the hardware. While most patients acclimate to this, some don't. And like traditional braces, it's hard to effectively brush and floss your teeth while wearing them. This can be overcome, though, by using a water flosser and scheduling more frequent dental cleanings while you're wearing them.
For the most part, lingual braces can correct any poor bite (malocclusion) correctable with labial braces. The treatment time is also comparable, ranging from several weeks to a couple of years depending on the malocclusion. And, as with any other orthodontic method, you'll need to wear a retainer once they're removed.
Lingual braces have only been available in a limited fashion for a few years, but their availability is growing as more orthodontists train in the new method. If you're interested in the lingual braces approach, talk to your orthodontist or visit www.lingualbraces.org to learn more.
If you would like more information on lingual braces, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Lingual Braces: A Truly Invisible Way to Straighten Teeth."
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Dec 01, 2017Convention Digest
Convention Digest
The 128th Convention of The Diocese of West Missouri.
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The 128th Annual Diocesan Convention of The Diocese of West Missouri Image credit: Gary Zumwalt
The 128th Convention of The Diocese of West Missouri met at the Adams Pointe Convention Center in Blue Springs on November 3-4, 2017. Below is a digest of events that took place and official actions of the convention.
Ordinations and Reception
At the Convention Eucharist, Mr. Larry Ehren (Grace and Holy Trinity, Kansas City) and Ms. Karen Mann (St. Mary Magdalene, Belton) were ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons. The Rev. Jonathan Callison (St. Paul's, Kansas City) was received into the Sacred Order of Presbyters.
2018 Plan for Ministry
The 2018 Plan for Ministry was adopted as presented. It is balanced and calls for just less than $1.9 million in both income and expenses. The income comes from diocesan assessments (67.29% of total income), investment income (27.32%), and other sources of income (5.06%). The investment income represents a draw of 5.0% from investments.
The Plan for Ministry as presented by the Diocesan Council called for the elimination of personnel costs from the Campus Ministries budget. An amendment was presented to restore this funding, but was defeated by the Convention.
Elections and Appointments
Counting the election votes at the 128th Annual Diocesan Convention of The Diocese of West Missouri Image credit: Gary Zumwalt
The Convention elected the following persons to various governance and programmatic bodies of the diocese.
Diocesan Officers (serve until the next Diocesan Convention ends): Curtis Hamilton, Secretary (Grace and Holy Trinity, Kansas City); Caleb Cordonnier, Treasurer (St. Paul's, Kansas City); and David Powell, Chancellor (St. Paul's, Kansas City).
Standing Committee (two-year terms): Mary Christiano (Christ Church, Springfield); Rob Walker (St. Peter and All Saints, Kansas City); Mtr. Anne Meredith Kyle (Calvary, Sedalia); and Fr. John Spicer (St. Andrew's, Kansas City). After the Convention, the Standing Committee elected Fr. Jonathan Frazier (St. Peter & All Saints, Kansas City) as President.
Diocesan Council (two-year terms): Walter George (Church of the Redeemer, Kansas City); Jillian Merrill (Trinity, Independence); Marsha Patterson (Christ Church, Springfield); Mickey Simnitt (Christ Church, Lexington); Mtr. Laura Hughes (St. George's, Camdenton); and Fr. Ron Verhaeghe (St. Luke's Health System). (Note: Bishop Field is also allowed by diocesan canons to appoint two laypersons to the Diocesan Council for two-year terms. As of the time of writing these appointments have not been made.)
Board of Examining Chaplains (three-year terms): Dr. William Stancil (Church of the Redeemer, Kansas City); Dean Peter DeVeau (Grace and Holy Trinity, Kansas City); and Fr. Russell Johnson (Trinity, Independence).
Bishop Kemper School for Ministry Board of Directors (two-year terms): Pam Davis (Shepherd of the Hills, Branson) and Fr. Jonathan Frazier (St. Peter & All Saints, Kansas City).
Disciplinary Board (two-year terms): Mark Galus (Grace and Holy Trinity, Kansas City) and Fr. Stan Runnels (St. Paul's, Kansas City).
Commission on the Ministry (three-year terms unless otherwise noted): Kathy Alexander (Christ Church, Springfield); Cossette Hardwick (Christ Church, St. Joseph) (Bishop's Appointment); Karen Horny (St. John's, Springfield); Fr. Joe Behen (Church of the Redeemer, Kansas City); (two-year unexpired term); Mtr. Ezgi Sarabay Perkins (St. Andrew's, Kansas City); Dcn. Beck Schubert (Hospice Chaplain); and Fr. Galen Snodgrass (Good Shepherd, Kansas City) (Bishop's Appointment).
Adopted Resolutions
Resolution #6, submitted by the Northwest-Metro Deanery, called for a reduction of the parochial financial assessment scale for 2019 to specific targets. The convention amended the resolution to call for a reduction in "a significant and meaningful way to allow congregations to direct more financial resources to mission and ministry at the local level."
Resolution #7, submitted by the Committee on Dispatch of Business, changed the Order of Business in the Rules of Order of the Convention in accord with a motion from last year's Convention.
Resolution #8, submitted by Mtr. Megan Castellan (St. Paul's, Kansas City) and Mtr. Susan McCann (Grace, Liberty), called on the Convention to "affirm our support for all immigrants and refugees in the United States, especially those persons who are DACA recipients (commonly known as Dreamers)". It also called for media outlets and elected state and federal elected officials to be made aware of the support of the Diocese for Dreamers. A motion to amend by removing language regarding support for all immigrants and refugees in the United States was defeated.
Resolution #9, submitted by the Commission on Ministry (COM), called on the COM to research and study the feasibility of implementing a diocese-wide curacy program. Language calling for a report back to next year's convention was added by the Resolutions Committee before they recommended the resolution's adoption.
Approved at first reading
Resolution #3, submitted by the Standing Committee, called for a change in the number of consecutive two-year terms a member can serve from two to three. This is a change in the Constitution of the diocese and must be approved by two consecutive conventions. In order to adopt this change, next year's convention must approve the same change in a vote by orders and the bishop must assent to this change. Implementing changes to the diocesan canons are also required, but need action by only one convention to be adopted.
Referred Resolutions
Resolution #1, submitted by Fr. Steven Wilson (Grace, Carthage) and Dean David Kendrick (St. John's, Springfield and Dean of the Southern Deanery), would have called for a change to the canonical definition of a parish. The Convention referred this resolution to the Diocesan Council for action by a committee to be formed to consider a rewriting of the diocesan constitution and canons.
Resolution #4, submitted by the diocesan Campus Ministry Commission, would have called for a change in the diocesan constitution to allow for representatives of campus ministries to elect up to four delegates to the diocesan convention. The Convention referred this resolution back to Campus Ministries for further study, working with the Diocesan Council.
Resolution #5, submitted by Dean Peter DeVeau (Grace and Holy Trinity, Kansas City), Curtis Hamilton (Secretary of the Diocese), and the Northwest-Metro Deanery, would have called for the next convention to be approximately one-half day shorter, and held at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral. The Committee on Resolutions divided this into two resolutions (one regarding the location of the convention and one regarding its length) and the convention referred both resolutions to the Diocesan Council for further study.
Resolution not adopted
Resolution #2, proposed by Fr. Stan Runnels (St. Paul's, Kansas City) and the Northwest-Metro Deanery, would have called for a termination of the lease of an apartment the diocese maintains in Springfield.
Bishop's Shield
During the Convention, Bishop Field announced that a Bishop's Shield would be awarded on Saturday evening at the Bishop's Ball, hosted by the Diocesan Youth Commission. The Shield was awarded to Ms. Duchess Wall (St. Peter & All Saints, Kansas City) for her decades-long work in youth ministry at the diocesan and local level.
Curtis Hamilton is the Diocesan Secretary and attends Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral.
Election Results & Appointments: www.diowestmo.org/Convention-2017/election-results-and-appointments.html
2018 Plan for Ministry: www.dropbox.com/s/ej82vvrw1nypjbc/DWM_2018_Budget_Convention%20As%20Adopted%2011-04-17.pdf?dl=0
Resolutions After Action: www.diowestmo.org/Convention-2017/resolutions-after-action.html
Diocesan Convention Photographs: flic.kr/s/aHsmb45ea5
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You know you're in for a raucous dialogue when the guy who wrote a book called God Is Not Greatis the less controversial of the two speakers. A week ago, Slate contributor and God Is Not Great author Christopher Hitchens and the Rev. Al Sharpton faced off in a debate about religion at the New York Public Library. Slate Editor Jacob Weisberg moderated the event.
The evening made headlines because of Sharpton's biting comment about Mitt Romney, the one Mormon candidate in the presidential race (Sharpton said "… those that really believe in God will defeat him anyway.") But there's a lot more as well.
Here's a video of the entire NYPL event, provided to Slate by the video site Fora.tv. (Notes: The video takes a few moments to load after hitting the play button. And you'll find Sharpton's comment at 00:27:38.)
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Claudia Corbisiero's journey from work experience kid at Sky Sports to the world's biggest stages
From a work experience runner on Sky Sports to a director and producer in high-end sports content, Claudia Corbisiero of SJA award-winning Noah Media Group has broken down gender barriers.
This profile was written by HEATHER MCLEAN, editor at Sports Video Group Europe, who has given permission for the SJA to publish an abridged version.
A passion for creative directing and producing in sports broadcasting has led Claudia Corbisiero around the world and back many times.
As a producer at Noah Media Group, an independent production company specialising in high-end sports content, most recently she was in Japan at the Rugby World Cup, and Corbisiero is now gearing up to get back to Tokyo for the Olympics next year, working directly with Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the Host Broadcaster of the Games.
Sports has always played a big role in Corbisiero's life. She explains: "I'm a big sports fan and always have been. I think sport showcases some of the rawest emotions humans feel; passion, patriotism, sacrifice, elation, devastation. Sport is the ultimate story of human endeavour and plays out in a concentrated period of time that's often really well documented, which is great for storytelling."
At the 2019 Rugby World Cup Corbisiero was tasked by IGBS, the Host Broadcaster, with creating a 50 minute short documentary review of the tournament, telling the most emotive stories she could find.
That meant, "finding and filming interesting people, places and players, utilising both the additional content crews travelling around for the tournament, a camera operator in Tokyo and my own camera, and then working with an editor to put these stories together".
To tie this in with Japanese culture Corbisiero linked some distinctive Japanese cultural traits with traditional rugby values, like respect, bravery, and unity, and used these to punctuate the film. "I found a performance artist who created giant Kanji characters of these and filmed her painting our seven Japanese values and used these as a theme," she said.
"Alongside this, I also produced 10 creative promos, filming with Taiko drummers, manga artists and at light museums and tea houses around Tokyo. It was an incredible experience; I fell in love with Japanese culture. It's an amazing blend of tradition and innovation and so visually rich, which is wonderful to capture on camera."
Rugby World Cup 2019 Tournament Opener from Claudia Corbisiero on Vimeo.
Tokyo 2020 is next on Corbisiero's horizon. She says: "The project I am working on now is for Tokyo 2020, creating sport guides for OBS which essentially break down each Olympic sport for viewers. We decided to use 3D animation for these and set them in a futuristic Tokyo world, with the athletes represented by holograms performing their sport on rooftops against a neon backdrop.
"To achieve this, I directed a motion capture stage at Pinewood Studios, filming with about 50 athletes over a six week period to get the data needed for the animation. Whilst working on this project, I also produced and directed a campaign for UEFA Euro 2020 to announce their mascot, creating four promotional videos.
"Additionally, I travelled to Canada in July for a series we are creating for the IPC that follows young aspiring Paralympians. Next year I will be working on a promos team with OBS at the Olympics, producing creative content."
It has been a meteoric rise for Corbisiero, whose first job was as a runner for the multi-sports team at Sky Sports.
"From a young age I loved cameras and video editing. A family friend was an assistant producer at Sky Sports and they managed to get me some work experience. I became friendly with the 'pub sports' team who worked on darts, speedway, snooker and pool.
"I knew absolutely nothing about those sports, but the team were incredibly creative and used to produce some really interesting content which really stood out. When I left for university, I continued working on OBs and doing office days in my holidays or on weekends.
"I slowly began to produce the odd 'story of' feature or opener. When I graduated university, although still ad-hoc, I started working with editors and cutting more and more content for them, as well as working on their live productions too.
"Sky was an amazing place to learn the ropes. Being such a big organisation it could be quite intimidating at times, but it was filled with experienced creative producers to watch and be inspired by. Because the team I worked with did more marginal sports, it meant that there was room to try new things and push the boat out a bit creatively.
"I was lucky enough to work under Georgina Faulkner when I was there who was a great role model as a female producer in a senior position."
Corbisiero moved to BT Sports's production company Sunset+Vine in 2013 when she was appointed an assistant producer on rugby. She was just 22.
"Many of our production team were quite young and had limited experience in sports television so those early years were quite an adventure. Rugby coverage up until that point had been very traditional and BT Sport wanted to approach it in a completely different way."
After two years working for Sunset+Vine she spotted an advertisement for a job on Gillette World Sport, a weekly magazine show that was broadcast globally. It entailed finding top athletes all around the world and crafting the interviews into five-minute features.
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She also spent six weeks in India for the 2016 World Twenty20 World Cup as a features producer for Sunset+Vine. Next in Corbisiero's career progression was Noah Media Group in 2017 where she has worked on a great variety of projects, including additional filming for the Bobby Robson Film (Winner of two awards at the SJA 2018 British Sports Journalism Awards – Broadcast Production Team and Television Sport Factual or Feature.)
She did the same for the FIFA One to Eleven documentary series and worked on the Premier League Productions title sequence while creating promos for Formula E, Cricket World Cup and Rugby League World Cup. She also went to Russia for the 2018 FIFA World Cup as promos producer, which was an intense six weeks of non-stop filming and editing.
She adds: "I was proud to be the first ever female promos producer at a World Cup for Noah, and I made the closer for the tournament. I spent a few days in the Russian space archives pulling together some amazing footage of Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova (the first woman in space,) and doing some additional filming [see her work here].
Life behind the camera is not without its challenges for a woman who admits she has had to overcome a certain amount of bias and assumptions on what she ultimately wanted to be in the industry.
"The creative side of the sports TV industry was extremely male dominated, and still is. There was and is sometimes an assumption that you don't know as much about the technical side of the game, so it was always important to have your facts right and be extra prepared to create the right first impression.
"I often found it frustrating that people you'd meet when working would assume that you wanted to be in front of the camera. It meant that you were constantly trying to assert that you actually wanted to be a creative producer and this wasn't just something that you were doing to get on TV!
"Sports broadcast has taken longer than other working environments to become diversified but it's getting better. Traditionally, women have done more of the organisational roles in sports broadcast, which is no small task as they are often the backbone of the whole production. However, I'd like to see more women directors, creative producers, sound engineers, camerawomen, EVS ops etc.
When you look in the production trucks at outside broadcasts you still see nearly all men in there, which is quite crazy for 2019
"When you look in the production trucks at OBs you still see nearly all men in there, which is quite crazy for 2019. On screen, it has gotten better though. It's amazing to see more women commentators and pundits being included."
Corbisiero has been fortunate not to have clashed too often with the old boys' network but, when there has been an issue, she has hesitated to report it.
"Thankfully, most of the teams I've worked on over the years have been run by fair, decent people. However, there have been moments where things have happened that you'd like to call out, but you feel it might negatively impact your career.
"Things have changed in the last couple of years and there's more support for women when they do need to speak out about bad behaviour. I've tried to let my work do the talking and be the most efficient, most creative producer that I can be.
"It's important that when women join sports broadcast companies at entry level they are not immediately funnelled towards production coordinator roles. This will be easier when more women are in senior or creative jobs in sport production, so younger women can envision themselves doing the same thing.
"At Noah, I'm proud to say that nearly half of our company are women. I've always thought that it's incredibly important for women to help each other in this industry and I make sure that female researchers, edit assistants and producers at Noah know that I'm there for them if they ever need help or support.
"I want to set a good precedent for them, as has been set for me by other women that I've worked with, that women don't need to be pitted against one another and that we're stronger when we help one another."
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In list of Microsoft Online Services there is an addup where commercial launch of Microsoft Online Services and Windows Azure witnessed worldwide in HongKong. More than 40 million paying end users are counted on using Microsoft Online Services around th world which joins to its truly global cloud solution for communications and collaboation ready for global business. We can count as customers of this service which include 7 of the top 10 global energy companies, 13 of the top 20 global telecom firms, 15 of the top 20 global banks, and 16 of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies, and many more of the world's top global businesses are already using cloud services from Microsoft. Microsoft is investing over US$1B in datacenters and already has 20 datacenters worldwide, including Hong Kong and Singapore.
As per David Hooper, Information Worker Business Group lead of Microsoft Hong Kong.


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It's that time of year again, the weather is getting colder and summer is definitely over. Time for a game night! The AC would like to play a fun game with you, and with all of your friends. On the 23th of October starting at 18:30, we will play 'The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow'. We will provide enough versions of the game with extensions, as well as the new 'One Shot' version of the game. There will also be some snACks to get you through the evening. The only things you have to bring are a good mood and friends, because the more, the merrier. See you on the 23th!


Abstract : Most photo sharing sites give their users the opportunity to manually label images. The labels collected that way are usually very incomplete due to the size of the image collections: most images are not labeled according to all the categories they belong to, and, conversely, many class have relatively few representative examples. Automated image systems that can deal with small amounts of labeled examples and unbalanced classes are thus necessary to better organize and annotate images. In this work, we propose a multiview semi-supervised bipartite ranking model which allows to leverage the information contained in unlabeled sets of images in order to improve the prediction performance, using multiple descriptions, or views of images. For each topic class, our approach first learns as many view-specific rankers as available views using the labeled data only. These rankers are then improved iteratively by adding pseudo-labeled pairs of examples on which all view-specific rankers agree over the ranking of examples within these pairs. We report on experiments carried out on the NUS-WIDE dataset, which show that the multiview ranking process improves predictive performances when a small number of labeled examples is available specially for unbalanced classes. We show also that our approach achieves significant improvements over a state-of the art semi-supervised multiview classification model.


Cold weather: Most modern cold-weather goggles have two layers of lens to prevent the interior from becoming "foggy". With only a single lens, the interior water vapor condenses onto the lens because the lens is colder than the vapor, although anti-fog agents can be used. The reasoning behind dual layer lens is that the inner lens will be warm while the outer lens will be cold. As long as the temperature of the inner lens is close to that of the interior water vapor, the vapor should not condense. However, if water vapor gets between the layers of the lens, condensation can occur between the lenses and is almost impossible to get rid of; thus, properly constructed and maintained dual-layer lenses should be air-tight to prevent water vapor from getting in between the lenses.
Power tools: Must be made of an unbreakable material that prevents chunks of metal, wood, plastic, concrete, and so on from hitting or piercing the eye. Usually has some sort of ventilation to prevent sweat from building up inside the goggles and fogging the surface.
Winter sports: Protect the eyes from glare and from icy particles flying up from the ground. Double lens anti-fog ski goggles were invented and patented by Robert Earl "Bob" Smith.
Basketball: Several NBA players have worn goggles during play, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, Horace Grant, Kurt Rambis and Amar'e Stoudemire; they prevent a fellow player from scratching or hitting the eyes when trying to grab the basketball. In most circumstances, a player starts wearing protective goggles to prevent further injury to the eyes.
Virtual reality: A virtual reality headset, sometimes called "goggles", is a wrap-around visual interface to display computer output. Commonly the computer display information is presented as a three-dimensional representation of real-world environments.


CARAG, short for Calhoun Area Residents' Action Group, is a distinguished, established community that lies between W. 31st Street and W. 36th Street to the north and south, and between Hennepin Avenue and Lyndale Avenue to its east and west. This Uptown neighborhood offers residents the rare opportunity to live in a community with a small-town feel that also boasts a thriving art and cultural scene, plenty of trendy restaurants and shopping, and even walking distance to Lake Calhoun, recently renamed Bde Maka Ska.
Because CARAG offers so much to its residents, this is a popular neighborhood for both home buyers desiring a lovely neighborhood and people who want to be close to the action. Due to this popularity and demand, when homes go on the market, they tend to sell quickly.
Like much of Uptown, CARAG came into being in the early 1900s as the streetcar line was developed out of the business districts of Minneapolis. The architecture of the period is still evident today with gorgeously restored foursquares, craftsmans, and arts & crafts style homes. However, due to the growth of the area, there are also townhouses and condos being converted from old buildings or are being newly built to keep up with demand.
CARAG is only a few blocks to the east of Bde Maka Ska which offers plenty of outdoor recreation, including scenic walking trails, biking, boating, and fishing. Lake Harriet and the famous Bandshell which features live music and events all summer is also conveniently located to CARAG residents. Bryant Square Park offers year-round recreation, including a wading pool in the summer and an ice rink in the winter.
If you want to be near some of the best amenities in Minneapolis without sacrificing a small town feel, you'll love CARAG. Since 1992, we've worked with home buyers across Minneapolis, helping them find their ideal home, so if you're ready to buy, we're here to help. Contact Stutsman Realty, Inc. at 952-927-4144 to begin your home search and turn your dream home into a reality!
Ready to move on from CARAG into a different home? We'll list your home and help you sell it quickly while getting the maximum price! Call us today or fill out our contact form to get started!


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Byju's raises Rs 3,689 crore in Silver Lake-led funding round
Bengaluru, Sep 8 (IANS) Leading edtech startup Byju's has raised $500 million (approximately Rs 3,689 crore) in a new funding round led by global technology investment firm Silver Lake, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Existing investors Tiger Global, General Atlantic and Owl Ventures also participated in this round which put the edtech startup's valuation at $10.8 billion.
The new investment comes barely a month after Byju's acquired WhiteHat Jr., a Mumbai based coding platform, for $300 million.
Byju's confirmed the new investment round without disclosing the amount raised.
"We are excited to welcome a strong partner like Silver Lake to the BYJU'S family," Byju Raveendran, Founder and CEO of Byju's said in a statement.
"We are fortunate to be in a sector of positive relevance during this crisis. This has brought online learning to the forefront and is helping parents, teachers and students experience and understand its value."
In response to the closure of schools due to the ongoing pandemic, the company had made content on its learning app free for all students.
Over the last few months, Byju's has entered the after-school learning space with the launch of Byju's Classes, an online tutoring programme.
"We are delighted to lead this investment and partner with Byju and his impressive team of education technology pioneers in their mission to help children in India and around the world achieve their true potential," said Greg Mondre, Co-CEO of Silver Lake.
"We look forward to working with them as BYJU'S builds on and accelerates its compelling growth trajectory by forging new partnerships and continuing to cultivate a comprehensive ecosystem of innovative educational offerings."
Byju's said it has seen over 20 million new students starting learning from its platform for free since the lockdown.
The app currently has over 64 million registered students and 4.2 million annual paid subscriptions.
Byju's said it had doubled its revenue from Rs 1,430 crore to Rs 2,800 crore in fiscal 2019-2020.
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Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Senator. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Senator and, of course, Senator synonyms and on the right images related to the word Senator.
Senatorially Sen`a*to"ri*al*ly, adv. In a senatorial manner.
Senatorian Sen`a*to"ri*an, a. Senatorial. [R.] --De Quincey.
Senatorship Sen"a*tor*ship, n. The office or dignity of a senator. --Carew.


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