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Blizzard On Diablo IV Release Date: "We Are Not Coming Anytime Soon"
Ali Haider November 2, 2019
Blizzard Entertainment has revealed Diablo IV, a brand new mainline entry in the classic loot-based RPG. They are not ready to reveal a release date yet.
Diablo IV is a brand new mainline game that will follow the dark and gritty art style in the second game instead of the one featured in its predecessor. It was revealed during BlizzCon 2019 along with the confirmation of three classes.
After the announcement and during a live panel called Diablo IV: Unveiled, Blizzard has talked about the release date. The game director Luis, senior producer Tiffany Watt, and art director John Mueller were present during the live panel.
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They gave the following comment when asked about the possibility of the game launching soon. "We are not coming anytime soon, not even Blizzard soon, " said the devs regarding the Diablo IV release date.
Diablo 4 announced was made during BlizzCon 2019 this week. In addition to a lengthy cinematic trailer, Blizzard also had a gameplay trailer prepared for this moment.
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"Sanctuary has been a home to Diablo players for more than 20 years, and it's with our own deep passion for the series and a deep appreciation of the community that we announce Diablo IV today," said J. Allen Brack, president of Blizzard Entertainment. "We're excited to be returning to the dark, quintessential Diablo gameplay that players love while expanding the world and story in new ways, and we can't wait for more people to be able to experience it."
The game is confirmed for PS4, Xbox One, and PC although no release date has been confirmed for it.
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Letter: Get back to work on health care bill
An open letter to Sen. Donnelly, Sen. Young and Rep. Rokita
Letter: Get back to work on health care bill An open letter to Sen. Donnelly, Sen. Young and Rep. Rokita Check out this story on jconline.com: http://on.jconline.com/2vuB8sl
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Dear Sen. Joe Donnelly, Sen.Todd Young and Rep. Todd Rokita,
Now that Congress has failed to repeal and/or replace the Affordable Care Act, it remains the law of the land. However, the ACA has serious flaws. Unless these flaws are corrected, tens of millions of Americans will be without the health care they have come to rely on.
The American people have learned to regard health care as a basic human right. In order to ensure that we have this right, you and your colleagues in the House and Senate need to return to "regular order." You must hold committee hearings, gather sound objective information, listen to your constituents, get input from a wide range of interest groups and work across the aisle to draft a sound and comprehensive health care bill.
At a minimum, such a bill must stabilize the private individual insurance market and continue to fund the expansion of Medicaid that has made HIP 2.0 possible.
This job will take time and it will not be easy, but your constituents expect it of you. We will be watching. Good luck.
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In this paper I investigate the practices of colonial Korean talkie production, with my aim being to transcend nationalism in the field of Korean film history. Existing research dealing with colonial Korean talkie production focuses on the production of the very first Korean talkie, the Story of Chunhyang (1935). It asserts a nationalist boundary and fulfills the desire for a standalone 'Korean film history.' For instance, Yi Yŏngil's The Complete History of Korean Film (1969; 2004), in the section "a talkie the Story of Chunghyang and Yi Pilu" in the chapter "the Advent of Talkies," says that the first Korean talkie was produced by colonial Korean filmmakers alone. Yi writes, "The fourth film by Kyŏngsŏng Studio, the Story of Chunhyang was produced by our Korean technicians (p. 176)." Not only did he deliberately limit the main agents of the film's production to early colonial Korean filmmakers including the brothers Yi Pilu (李弼雨) and Yi Myŏng-u (李明雨), he even claimed that Kyŏngsŏng Studio was run by the brothers. As I show in this paper, however, Kyŏngsŏng Studio was actually owned by the Japanese entertainment specialist and influential showman of colonial Seoul, Wakejima Shujiro (分島周次郞), and was run by a Japanese director from Shochiku Studios, Yamazaki Fujie (山崎藤江, Yamazaki's Korean name is Kim Sobong); in other words, the Story of Chunhyang was a cooperative (協業) production. In particular, both Nakagawa Takashi (中川尭士) and Yi Pilu took part in the Story of Chunghyang; Nakagawa was the creator of the 'Nakagawa Talkie System', and was invited in from Kyoto to take part.
In this paper I will deconstruct the nationalist boundary-making of existing Korean film history through comparative study, and will analyze Japanese talkie production of the period, something to which Korean film historians have never paid attention. Furthermore, I will probe the practice of colonial Korean talkie production from the viewpoint of colonial modernity, proposing the existence of a gray zone between empire and colony, a zone that we cannot simply incorporate into a dichotomy of pro-Japanese collaboration and anti-Japanese resistance. This is in keeping with Yun Haedong's 2006 proposition that "all modernity is colonial modernity." Yun understood that colonial modernity must be understood in terms of synchrony and diachrony; synchrony penetrates empire and colony, while diachrony connects colonialism and post-colonialism. Yun said that a colony is neither nation-state nor self-contained political, economic and social unit, but part of empire, and that the empire and the colonized construct 'a related world' and interact with one another (Yun, 2007). He therefore proposed an alternative point of view, 'the colonized modern'. As Kim Soyŏng (2010) points out, in the cultural sphere of colonial Korean cinema, film is the place of contact that best illustrates the competition between Japanese modernity, Western modernity and colonial Korean voluntary modernity.
As one colonial Korean intellectual, Im Hwa (林和) claimed in his 1941 article, "Chosŏn Film Theory," it was natural that colonial Korean cinema would depend on others and imitate foreign film for technical reasons, but that the inner motivation behind these phenomena should also be carefully investigated. That is, "Chosŏn cinema never received any assistance from capital, it did not take any advantage of capital," so one could expect that "Chosŏn cinema included more disparate films than Japanese cinema." As Im pointed out, when we look at cinematic practice in colonial Korea, we must take account of both Western modernity/cinema and non-Western modern Japanese cinema. In other words, in order to understand the relationship between colonial Korean cinema and Western cinema (including Hollywood), we should consider Japanese cinema as playing the role of mediator. It is difficult to apprehend the relationship between colonial Korean cinema and Japanese cinema without recognizing the existence of a common directivity vis-a-vis Hollywood cinema. That is why colonial Korean cinema is interesting, located as it is between the empires of the West and Japan.
In addition, I maintain that colonial Korean cinema, in this context, took a position in the triadic relationship with Japanese cinema and Western cinema (including Hollywood film). The colonial structure established by the non-Western colonial power ('Imperial Japan') necessarily consisted of three parties, which had to include 'the West.' Symbolically, Western cinema stood for an idealistic form of film and a great cinematic empire to colonial Korean film; Japanese cinema played the role of a small cinematic empire and a practical reference point. Colonial Korean cinema was positioned between these two empires. This triangular structure neither set bounds to the unilateral flow from Western and Japanese cinema to colonial Korean cinema; nor did it limit the scope of re-translation, in so far as colonial Korean cinema was influenced by Japanese cinema, which also received Western cinema. Instead, the structure implies that we should consider multi-layered phases: direct influences on colonial Korean cinema from Western cinema, colonial Korean cinema's competition and negotiation with Japanese cinema, and independent and autonomous practices of colonial Korean cinema. I will investigate how this structure is reflected in the practice of colonial Korean talkies. The distribution of talkies, creation of the talkie projection system and recording technology in colonial Korea all reflect the flow from the apex of Western cinema on the top of the triangle to Japanese cinema and finally to colonial Korean cinema. On the other hand, colonial Korean cinema sought to produce talkies akin to Western talkies, which is proved by the direct transition from Western cinema to colonial Korean cinema. In this article, Yi Pilu's effort to realize his talkies will attest to the triangular dynamic.
I argue here for a new research frame, and suggest both empirical and historical evidence to support the idea of a triangular relationship. First of all, I propose the triangular structure itself, from 'Western cinema to Japanese cinema to colonial Korean cinema,' and 'cooperation system (協業)' as a methodology by which to study colonial Korean cinema, and examine the historical background behind the two frames. Secondly, examining the production process of colonial Korean talkies based on historical facts, I will show how colonial Korean cinema aimed at Western cinema, but in practice developed in cooperation with Japanese cinema.


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Central African Republic: UN cites 'dire' situation for children; amid threats, some...
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Four international humanitarian organizations have temporarily suspended activities in northern Central African Republic (CAR) after dozens of attacks on aid workers in the region, the United Nations humanitarian office said.
During the first quarter of the year, 33 incidents targeting humanitarians were recorded across the country, placing CAR "among the high-risk countries for humanitarian aid," according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Sixteen of those attacks were in the northern prefecture of Ouham, and were reported since March.
The senior UN humanitarian official in the country strongly condemned the attacks, reminding that half of the population – about 2.2 million people – depends on aid. Provision of basic services has been hampered by decades of instability, the latest following the ouster of President François Bozizé by the Séléka rebel coalition in March 2013.
"Suspending this aid would jeopardize social stability and threaten the fragile resilience of the communities," said the Humanitarian Coordinator, ai, Michel Yao.
"This withdrawal constitutes a setback in humanitarian access for the Central African Republic, as it places in the disarray of people who have already repeatedly suffered violence and have experienced successive displacements."
The staff from the four non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will redeploy to the capital, Bangui, while other aid organization plan to "strictly reduce" their presence and possibly withdraw if the attacks persist, according to OCHA.
Aiding children in the 'forgotten crisis'
Meanwhile, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) called for increased support to the more than 1 million children threatened by violence, in what a senior UNICEF official called a "forgotten crisis."
The situation for children inside the country is "calamitous as violence and widespread displacement have made children especially vulnerable to health risks, exploitation and abuse," the UN agency reported.
"We cannot allow the Central African Republic to become a forgotten crisis," said Christine Muhigana, UNICEF Representative in the Central African Republic. "The reality is that without sufficient support we will not be able to provide the vital services that are needed to keep children healthy, safe and in school."
The UN agency is facing a $32.6 million funding gap in its work in the country.
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How to Resist A Grand Jury — Jerry Koch "Promises Continued and Endless Contempt"
Posted on the 07 February 2014 by Earth First! Newswire @efjournal
by Will Potter / Green Is the New Red
Jerry Koch spent 8 months in jail in New York City for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury. But a district court judge has ruled that imprisonment only strengthened the anarchist's resolve, and the court had no choice but to release him.
As I reported previously for VICE, Koch, 24, was subpoenaed before a grand jury investigating the 2008 explosion outside a military recruitment center in Times Square. The blast damaged only the front door of the center and injured no one, but the FBI began a "terrorism" investigation of local anarchists.
Koch isn't accused of this crime—or any other crime. Prosecutors told his lawyers that they think he was at a bar in 2008 or 2009, after the bombing, and that someone else at the bar knew about another person who was involved. Koch was subpoenaed to a grand jury in 2009—when he was only 19—and publicly stated that he didn't know anything about it and wouldn't cooperate.
On May 21, he appeared before the grand jury again. And again, he refused to testify.
Grand juries are secretive proceedings that have historically been used to investigate, harass, and disrupt radical social movements. If you refuse to testify about your political beliefs, or others, you can be imprisoned for the duration of the grand jury.
The purpose of this imprisonment, under the law, is to "coerce" the prisoner into testifying. Koch's attorney, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, submitted what's known as a Grumbles motion that argued he would not, under any circumstances, cooperate.
It was a lengthy back-and-forth, but eventually judge John F. Keenan of Federal District Court in Manhattan agreed.
In a ruling full of snarky and petty insults against Koch and other anarchists, Keenan concedes that, "…Koch has chosen to remain in contempt — indeed, he promises continued and endless contempt."
Keenan notes Koch's deteriorating physical and mental health, and flippantly says that "…Koch will only derive increasing grim self-satisfaction from his position. The more unstable he gets, the more he will be presented as a martyr and perceive himself as such. Koch has already decided that this type of notoriety is more valuable than his health and freedom…"
Keenan was most swayed by 17 letters of support from family, friends, and academics about Koch's beliefs, and also his public statements about his intentions (as an aside, it was wonderful to hear that the VICE article was included in this).
At one point, Koch was on 24-hour solitary lockdown in the SHU. He was not allowed to shower, or given any reading material. He was never told why he received such harsh treatment, but his transfer to the SHU coincided with a protest by his supporters, and staff at MCC confirmed that to him personally. A staff psychologist at the jail told Koch, "They are treating you like an inmate of 10 South [the Terrorism Unit]."
None of this swayed Koch, though.
In a declaration to the court, filed last year, Koch said:
"I want so badly to spend Christmas with my mother, in a place where I can move freely and sleep in peace. But the idea that I hold the keys to my cell is hollow. I know that cooperating with the Grand Jury will only increase my suffering. It will disappoint and alienate my community. It will undermine everything I believe in, and all I have sacrificed for."
Similar statements were made by anarchists in the Pacific Northwest, who were also jailed for refusing to testify before a grand jury. Eventually they were released, and the judge cited the "strength of their convictions."
Koch said in a statement that "I've lost more during my incarceration that I ever thought possible." But he refused to be swayed by fear and intimidation; as Judge Keenan was forced to acknowledge, "Koch is governed by different incentives."
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Until I Find You
Jun 24, 2006	- Fonds 1818 Foyer - Dr. Anton Philipszaal/Lucent Danstheater, Spuiplein 150, Den Haag
One of America's most popular and respected writers, John Irving returned to the Netherlands to discuss his career and his latest novel, Until I Find You. Irving published his first novel at the age of twenty-six, but it was 1978's The World According to Garp that truly made him a household name. Since then, everything he has written has ended up on the bestseller list. In 1999, Irving won an Oscar for the screenplay of his novel The Cider House Rules. With tens of millions of books sold around the world, John Irving is one of America's most widely read contemporary authors and a distinguished member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1992, Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The evening was moderated by Hans Bouman, literary correspondent for De Volkskrant.
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The latest kooky idea: Abolishing police
Christopher Rufo writes for City Journal about one of the political left's most dangerous ideas.
The latest call to action from some criminal-justice activists: "Abolish the police." From the streets of Chicago to the city council of Seattle, and in the pages of academic journals ranging from the Cardozo Law Review to the Harvard Law Review and of mainstream publications from the Boston Review to Rolling Stone, advocates and activists are building a case not just to reform policing—viewed as an oppressive, violent, and racist institution—but to do away with it altogether. When I first heard this slogan, I assumed that it was a figure of speech, used to legitimize more expansive criminal-justice reform. But after reading the academic and activist literature, I realized that "abolish the police" is a concrete policy goal. The abolitionists want to dismantle municipal police departments and see "police officers disappearing from the streets."
One might dismiss such proclamations as part of a fringe movement, but advocates of these radical views are gaining political momentum in numerous cities. …
… Police abolitionists believe that they stand at the vanguard of a new idea, but this strain of thought dates to the eighteenth-century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who believed that stripping away the corruptions of civilization would liberate the goodness of man. What police abolitionists fail to acknowledge is the problem of evil. No matter how many "restorative" programs it administers, even a benevolent centralized state cannot extinguish the risks of illness, violence, and disorder. Contrary to the utopian vision of Rousseau and his intellectual descendants, chaos is not freedom; order is not slavery. In the modern world, civilization cannot be rolled back without dire consequences.
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Here is an insight into the tremendous depths of the personal suffering which the Lord Jesus endured on the cross of Calvary. This is what He prophetically referred to when the two brothers, James and John, came to Him, as recorded in the tenth chapter of this same Gospel, asking for the privileged seats on His right hand and on His left in the coming kingdom. The Lord Jesus told them, "Ye know not what ye ask; can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" (Vs. 38). The cup, of course, referred to His inward sufferings; the baptism to the outward.
One of the brothers, James, was the first of the apostles to die a violent death, and John, the other brother, was the last. But when Jesus asked, "Can you drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with," He was in reality referring to the agonies, the sufferings at Calvary that He was to endure in our place and stead.
Of the depth of the drinking of that cup and the awfulness of that baptism, I don't suppose any individual can ever know or will ever fully, truly understand. In order to comprehend the intense sufferings of Christ, in order to understand this cry, "My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me?" one would have to go to Hell and taste the agonies of Hell itself.
But even to go to Hell would not be sufficient. We would need to go to Hell as a sinless one, as one who had never committed any iniquity of our own, one never guilty of any personal sin. Yet even that would not be sufficient.
Who can understand that? God forsaken by God! When we arrive in Glory and know as we are known, I dare say we will not even then fully comprehend all the sufferings and all the implications behind the agony of Jesus Christ when He was forsaken by the Father. And let me emphasize, too, that He was forsaken on the cross, that the Father did turn His back upon Him at Calvary.
Deity was suffering at that hour! Eternal fellowship was being broken between Deity – Father and Son. But why? What was the reason; what was the cause? Was it necessary? Did it have to be? There are three answers that I want to impress upon you now, any one of which is alone sufficient to prove it was necessary for the Son to be forsaken.
The first reason the Father forsook the Son was because of His position – He was bearing our sin. Please keep in mind that God has always, eternally, as long as iniquity has existed, hated sin with a holy passion. You need only to pick up the pages of this sacred Book and begin to read its story until you are impressed over and over and over again with the intensity of the hatred of God against iniquity, against unrighteousness, against sin.
For example, when you commence reading this Book, in only the third chapter of Genesis you will find an earthly pair – Adam and Eve – who lost an earthly paradise because of a single sin. It tells of the curse of God upon the man, the curse of God upon the woman, the curse of God upon Satan, and the curse of God upon the ground because of one single act of disobedience. Just one sin caused them to lose that wonderful paradise! Just one sin and the wrath and the judgment and the curse of God came upon them. Just one sin expelled them from the beautiful Garden of Eden. Just one sin – but the awful curse and wrath of God was poured out upon them because of it.
A few chapters on in the Word of God you will find where, because of the sin of man and because of God's holy hatred of that iniquity, God broke up the fountains of the deep and opened wide the windows of Heaven – water boiled up from beneath and water flooded down from above – and a mighty torrent of water which continued for forty days and forty nights blotted out all life, destroying every single human being upon the earth with the exception of the eight righteous souls who were in the ark that had been prepared under the instruction and supervision of Almighty God. An entire human race save eight souls was wiped out in a moment's time because of God's holy hatred of sin!
You read on in the book of Genesis a few more chapters and you will learn how the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in the days of Lot, because of the stench of their sin and the wickedness of their actions, were destroyed as "the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven" (Genesis 19:24). Yes, from God, from Heaven, came the mighty judgment of the Almighty upon the Sodomites because of their homosexual sin. God does hate sin with a holy hatred!
You read on in the Bible and you will discover, in the tenth chapter of Leviticus, where the sons of a High Priest – Aaron's two sons, Nadab and Abihu – offered strange fire which God had not commanded at the altar of the Lord. Verse 2 tells us, "And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord" because they had offered the strange fire. Strange fire, and the judgment of God came! The iniquity of a priest in his service for God, but doing that which God had not commanded – or contrary to what God had commanded – brought the judgment of God immediately upon them. Yes, God hates sin.
You can read in Joshua 7 how an entire nation was defeated in battle, stymied in their forward advance into the Promised Land, because of the one sin of one man, Achan. Because of God's wrath over that single sin, the entire nation was blighted and held back in defeat until it had been judged and put away; then the nation rode on again to victory and triumph with the blessing of God.
You will read in the New Testament the same story of God's hatred of sin. Just one illustration: Ananias and Sapphira were both struck dead – both of them smitten by the judgment of God about three hours apart – because they broke their vow and lied to the Holy Spirit.
Yes, all the way through this Book – Old and New Testament alike – every place you turn you will find the curse, the wrath, the blight, the judgment of Almighty God upon sin. God hates sin!
Everything in the world about you reminds you of His hatred of sin. The toiling laborer who earns his bread by the sweat of his face is a reminder of God's hatred of sin. The laboring, travailing woman who goes down into the valley of the shadow of death in childbirth to bring back life – the sorrow, the agony of that pain is a mark, an evidence of His hatred against sin. The thistles, thorns, briars and kindred results of God's curse upon the ground are evidences, reminders of the Divine hatred of sin. Sickness, sorrow, death, blindness, deafness, lameness, – all are evidences of the fact that God hates sin with a holy hatred.
Even in such things as beautiful roses – with all their fragrance and loveliness – God has attached the piercing thorns to remind the admirers of the rose and the lovers of beauty, fragrance and sweetness that He hates sin, and that His curse because of sin is upon this earthly creation. Yes, wherever you turn you find the evidence, the fruit, the proof that God hates sin.
Then remember that when Jesus Christ died on the cross of Calvary, He was dying according to I Peter 2:24: "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree …" He was bearing our sins on the cross of Calvary.
It says in II Corinthians 5:21 "He [God] hath made him [Christ] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him." When Jesus Christ hung on that wooden cross on that skull-shaped hill of Golgotha, he was bearing your sin, my sin, and the sin of all the world. God had made Him to be sin for us!
We sometimes talk about this sin offering in abstract terms. We speak of how Jesus died for the sin of all mankind, how all the sin of all men of all ages was upon Him at the cross of Calvary; yet our weak finite minds comprehend very little of the magnitude of that load of sin.
Take the sin of lying for example. People are born liars, and continue to lie throughout their lifetimes. "They go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies," the Scripture tells us (Psalm 58:3). Think of the lies that were spoken just today, this one day in this nice religious college town of Wheaton [where this message was preached]. Then add to that the lies of Dupage County, plus all the lies told in neighboring Cook County's Chicago, plus all the lies told throughout the State of Illinois, plus all the lies told today throughout the entire United States of America. Then add to that all the lies of the Kremlin and the rest of Russia, England, France, Spain, Portugal and the remainder of Europe; all the lies of Asia, Africa, Australia, South America and the islands of the sea.
When all the sin of all ages was placed upon the Lord Jesus, the Father – because of His personality, because of His nature, because of His hatred of sin – was compelled to turn His back. The Son cried out in anguish of that hour, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" The fact that He was taking our place, bearing our guilt, receiving our condemnation forced that forsaking by the Father of the Son.
I tell you, it was an awful thing when He died. Can you imagine, not just the physical agony of the crown of thorns, the spear, the nails in His hands and feet, the Roman cat-o-nine-tails upon His back, but the spiritual and the mental agony that the holy, sinless Son of God endured as the weight and woe and guilt of the sin of the world was placed upon Him?
Voltaire, the infidel historian, tells us that when King Charles IX of France died, his death was "of a most unusual order." He died in such agony that the blood actually forced its way out through the pores of his skin. We know that this wicked king died in such anguish because of the terrible crime he committed in the heinous murder of the Huguenots, when he had them viciously and helplessly slaughtered. Before he died he said to his physician, "Doctor, for months I have been in a fever, physically, spiritually. If only I had spared the innocent, the weak-minded, the crippled, the women and children!" The awfulness of that sin as it weighed upon his mind literally drove King Charles IX of France insane! One sin! And remember, too, that one sin was committed at the desire, instigation and compulsion of another: wicked, vengeful Catherine de' Medici. Yet that lone sin drove him mad.
Then, when you realize the Son of God had not just one sin upon Him, but all and every sin of every sinner of all ages, you can well imagine the awfulness of the mental anguish He suffered on the cross of Calvary.
The heart that was broken for me.
But let's make it personal. It wasn't just the sin of the whole world. It wasn't just the sin of all ages. It was my sin, it was your sin that caused Him to suffer on the cross to such an extent – being forsaken by the Father!
In talking about Barabbas, one author let his imagination run wild in considering his reaction after the jailer came, opened his cell, and roughly dragged him out. He expected, of course, to be led to the place of crucifixion; after all, he was scheduled to die that very day. He was under condemnation with a just sentence of death by crucifixion. He was expecting to die a cruel, painful death on a cross. Then, imagine his joyous surprise when he was told that he was free; that as a result of the pleading of the people and the decision of the Roman governor, Pilate, he had been chosen as the one to be given freedom that Passover season!
Why should He love me so!
When He loved me so.
Yes, "My God, my God, why …?" Because of His position – He was bearing our sin.
You have just read the first part of Dr. Sumner's message. Part Two will be here soon.
This message first published in The Biblical Evangelist. Used by permission.
Hear me again. Not only because of His position, but because of His person the Father was forced to forsake Him; He was becoming our sacrifice. John 1:29 says, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the whole world." First John 2:2 tells us, "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the world." The Lord Jesus Christ was taking our place at the cross of Calvary. He was becoming our sacrifice. He was God's sacrificial lamb being offered to take away our sin.
Read the Old Testament. Every sacrifice in the Old Testament that had to do with atoning for sin was consumed, or cut off, or completely destroyed in some way. For example, there was the whole burnt-offering which burned all night long on the altar of fire that never went out. And even then, the next morning, the ashes were taken without the camp and cast away.
It was the same with the sin offering. It was first slain and the blood sprinkled seven times before the veil of the sanctuary, then on the horns of the altar of sweet incense and poured out at the altar of burnt-offering. The fat was burned on the same altar and then what remained was burned without the camp.
It was the same with the trespass-offering. It, too, was slain and the blood sprinkled at the side and bottom of the altar, a memorial portion was burned, and the remainder was consumed by the priest.
The same was true on the Day of Atonement when the High Priest selected two kids of the goats for sacrifice. One of them was slain, the blood was caught in a basin, and the High Priest with incense burning before him to hide from his view the mercy seat in the holy of holies that he die not, entered the secret place to sprinkle the blood upon that mercy seat. He then came forth and took the other goat, the one called the scapegoat, placed his hands upon its head and confessed the sins of the children of Israel. Then that scapegoat was consumed; that is, it was taken outside the camp and driven into the wilderness never to return again. Yes, all the Old Testament sacrifices that had to do with judgment against sin were cast off; they were consumed; they were destroyed!
Notice that statement: "That he by the grace of God should taste death for every man." Death here, of course, as always in the Scripture when used in the spiritual sense, simply refers to that separation which takes place between the individual and God.
Death is separation! That is why the Bible tells us that the person who is not saved is dead in his trespasses and sins. That is, he is separated from God. He is cut off from God. He has no connection, no union with God. The Bible goes on to tell us that if the individual continues in that separation of death, when he dies physically and stands before God in judgment, he will be cast into the lake of fire. This, we are told in the Bible, is the second death; that is, it is the second separation, the eternal final separation of the sinner from Almighty God.
Therefore, when Hebrews 2:9 tells us that the Lord Jesus on the cross of Calvary was tasting death for every man, it simply means He was tasting that separation from God which our sins had earned and deserved. As another has said, "My Hell, your Hell, and all the fires of all the Hells of all guilty sinners were burning themselves out upon Him when He died at Calvary." And so they were! He was tasting death and paying the price of spiritual separation from the Father in your behalf, in my behalf, and in the behalf of every single sinner of all ages.
Oh, what a wonderful story we have to tell of this Savior who came to take our place, the Lord of Glory who came to die in our stead! I could not pay for my own sins. I could not give a sacrifice of my own that would be sufficient to atone for my sins. So He came and took my place. He paid the price. He met all the requirements at the cross of Calvary.
My debt was fully paid.
It all depends, of course, upon the sacrifice. It is conditioned upon the merit of the one who pays the price. And the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus, because of who He was as God the Son, paid completely the price of sin for all sinners.
Notice that they said about David, "It would be better for ten thousand of us to die than for you to die." In other words, "You alone – because of who you are as the king of the people – are worth ten thousand of us." If David had been slain, it might have been the end of that young kingdom. It surely would have thrown all the people into confusion and turmoil with the result, no doubt, of a terrible slaughter among the Israelites. So they said, "No, no; you are worth ten thousand of us!" And in that sense he was.
So, because of who He was, the Son of God was worth, as far as the scales and balances of eternity were concerned, more than all of the world with all its individuals of all ages. His death could and did pay the penalty of all sin, of all sinners, past, present and future who would receive Him as their personal Lord and Savior. "My God, my God, why …?" – because of His person; He was becoming our sacrifice.
Let me give you one other reason: not only was He forsaken because of His position in bearing our sins, not only because of His person in becoming our sacrifice, but because of His purpose: He was buying our salvation.
Jesus Christ came to earth for one reason and that was to save sinners, to give His life a ransom for many, to purchase the salvation of everyone who would accept it as a gift from Him. He said in Hebrews 10:7, "Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will O God." He said, in effect, 'The whole book tells about Me and bears witness to the fact that I have come to do the Father's will.' He came to fulfill the will of God in buying salvation for sinners who would trust Him.
Wandering soul, to bring thee home.
"Wouldest thou know if Jesus loves thee?
If He loves thee well?
All thy guilt, and all thy doom.
Shed to bring thee back to God.
See the curse that else were mine.
Life eternal flows to me.
I wonder what that love means to you today? It was this great love that brought the Lord Jesus, the Son of God, down from the glories of Heaven to the tasting of the Hell of Calvary for sinners such as you and me.
The missionary then explained to him some of the wonders of the atonement and told him the story of His taking Kazainak's place on the cross of Calvary. As he told him about Christ's dying in his stead, that robber chieftain, whose hands were stained with his own brother's blood, stood and wept like a baby at the wonderfully sweet love story of the One who had paid that kind of a price to buy him an eternal salvation.
I wonder about you. Have you heard it too much? Has this story of the cross become so commonplace, so general run-of-the-mill variety that it no longer stirs your heart in loving appreciation for what He has done?
When I was a boy my father used to tell us fascinating stories. As a matter of fact, the folks could get us to go to bed at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon if Dad would tell a story. He had stories about Jimmy Chipmunk; stories about Robert the Rabbit; stories about Harold the Snake – every kind of story you could think of. Some were made-up animal stories and some were true-life human stories. I didn't always know when he was telling true stories or when he was making them up to please us.
My dad used to put me up on his knee and tell me about this husband and wife – a fine farm couple – and their only son. They solemnly vowed when the baby was born that he was going to have a chance in life and not be handicapped as they were by a lack of formal education.
They stayed true to their word. When he graduated from high school they gathered together what they had saved for his tuition and sent him off to college. He was going to become a medical doctor and they figured it would be at least seven long years before they saw him again, since he would need to work summers in the city to stay in school.
He went out and hitched the horse to the buggy and started off. It took him several days to get there but he didn't mind the journey for the joy in his heart. They were in very poor circumstances; every penny they had been able to set aside had been used to help their boy through school. The daddy's clothes weren't so good; the buggy was pretty much out of date; and the bones on the old horse were sticking out. When he hit that college town, my, the laughter! Everyone who saw him said, "Look at that old man! Look at that old horse!" So they joked. But he didn't mind; he was looking for his boy.
As he drove along across that campus looking and searching, way off down the street his old eyes recognized his son and another boy coming toward him. But what he didn't know was that the boy walking with his son had looked up and said, "Hey, would you look at that! Look at this old fool coming down the road with that old horse and that old buggy!" And so they laughed together.
But the boy quickly sidestepped and said, "Sir, you must have made a mistake. You're not my father. I don't know you. I've never seen you before in my life, so far as I know." The ungrateful son turned on his heels and walked off, leaving his brokenhearted daddy standing there in open-mouthed amazement.
When my father would tell me this story and remind me of the sacrifices those loving parents had made for their son in sending him to school, I would weep like a baby. I could never understand why the boy would treat his daddy so contemptuously, even though he didn't have good clothes and the horse and buggy weren't much. Even if everyone else were laughing and mocking, I couldn't understand why the boy wouldn't boldly step out, throw his arms around his daddy, claim him as his own, and return a portion of the sacrificial love his father had made for him!
My father said that the old man got back in the buggy, went back home, unhitched the horse, fed him, watered him, went into the house, sat down in his rocking chair, and died of a broken heart. I say, I've never been able to understand that story. I couldn't when I was a boy; I cannot now.
But I tell you truly that the story of the ungrateful son is dead easy to understand – it is the height of simplicity to comprehend – in comparison with the story that God Himself left Heaven's glory; took upon Himself the form of a servant; went all the way to the cross of Calvary; was spit upon; had His beard pulled out by the roots from His face; had His back beaten with the lashes of the dreaded cat-of-nine-tails had the Roman nails driven through His hands and feet; had the crown of thorns jammed upon His brow; was jeered at, laughed at; was blindfolded and smitten in the face; was mockingly invited to prophesy; was challenged to come down from the cross; was weighted with all the sins of the world upon Him; tasted all the physical, mental and spiritual agony that He did in order to buy salvation for sinners; then to have a sinner meet Him and say, "I won't have You. I won't let You come into my heart. I won't receive You. I won't let You save me. I won't let you take me to Heaven. I want my own way. I prefer my own sin. I want my own life," and turn away from Him. I tell you, it is far easier to understand the attitude of the boy who turned down his daddy than it is to understand the attitude of a sinner who turns down such a Savior as this!
Why not right now, this moment, let this lovely, wonderful Savior come into your heart and save you forever? He will! He said in Romans 10:13, "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." That is God's Word and all of Heaven stands behind it. The sinner who will trust Him and will call upon His name shall be, shall be, shall be saved, according to God's own Word! Will you trust Him?
If you are willing to receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Savior right now, simply ask Him, in the light of the above Scripture, to forgive your sin and become your Lord and Savior. Then, let us know of your decision. Either write us a letter in your own words, or use the following decision form to let us know and rejoice.
Dear Dr. Sumner: I have read your sermon about the sacrifice of Christ at Calvary and can no longer remain indifferent or ungrateful. Right now, this very moment, I am receiving Him as my Lord and Savior, trusting Him to forgive my sins and change my life. In humble, earnest gratitude, I want to love Him and serve Him the rest of my life.
Kindly send me some information about how to live for Him and honor Him as a Christian.
This two-part message first appeared in Dr. R0bert L. Sumner's publication, The Biblical Evangelist. Used by permission.


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Does Full-Spectrum Light Have UV? (Facts Explained)
It's popular health advice that Ultraviolet (UV) radiation should be avoided.
Concerning human health, it is not recommended to expose the eye or the skin to UV radiation, except in certain unusual cases.
Exposure to excessive UV radiation holds adverse effects, which include skin cancer, cataracts, and sunburn (erythema).
UV radiation is also known to deteriorate and fade architectural materials and artworks. On the other hand, full-spectrum lights have many advantages.
For instance, full-spectrum lights are known to improve the color appearance of artworks – a big reason why museums use full-spectrum lamps.
Considering the importance of full-spectrum light and the adverse effects associated with exposure to excessive UV radiation, it is very important to find out whether full-spectrum light has UV or not.
This article, therefore, explains what full-spectrum light is and whether it has UV radiation or not. Read on.
Full-Spectrum Light
The full-spectrum light is similar to the natural sunlight. Normally, full-spectrum lights have a Color Rendering Index (CRI) of at least 90 and a temperature of 5,000K or above. Full-spectrum light is described as having a purple or bluish cast.
Full-spectrum lamps are designed to imitate the full electromagnetic spectrum of light, which is most commonly referred to as midday sunlight describing its appearance to the human eye.
Full-spectrum lamps come in a variety of sizes, voltages, wattages, finishes, and base types.
How Full-Spectrum Lamps Work?
How full-spectrum lightworks depends on the type of full-spectrum lamp used to create it. Nevertheless, there is no technical definition of full-spectrum light.
Hence, it's difficult to measure what defines a full-spectrum lamp specifically. Generally, full-spectrum light falls within two larger light types – incandescent and fluorescent.
Full-spectrum incandescent lamps make use of a neodymium glass enclosure to filter out some of the more dominant "warm" colors that make regular incandescent light look yellow when compared to sunlight. Full-spectrum incandescent lamps appear purple or lavender when turned off.
On the other hand, full-spectrum fluorescent lamps use a mix of phosphors to reach wider ranges on the Kelvin color temperature scale. Though full-spectrum fluorescent light appears much "whiter" and closer to daylight than the normal fluorescent light when lit, they appear white just like the typical fluorescent lamps when unlit.
Full-spectrum fluorescent lamps usually have a moderate to high CRI and are also generally designed to represent colors more accurately. Practically, full-spectrum light does not provide the spectrum range and Kelvin temperature that sunlight does, though it is designed to imitate that hue or quality of visible light.
Just like sunlight, the full-spectrum light also produces UV radiation. In fact, some full-spectrum light lamps are promoted as producing UV radiation. Full-spectrum light covers the complete electromagnetic spectrum from infrared to near-ultraviolet.
However, some companies that use full-spectrum lamps now block out these UV radiations through their diffuser screen – you may need to check to be sure.
Also, skin exposure to a fairly narrow band of UV radiation – between 290nm and 315nm – can promote the production of vitamin D, which is vital for proper bone development and maintenance. Nevertheless, dietary sources of vitamin D, such as fish and dairy products, can provide a sufficient amount of vitamin D, which can eliminate the incidence of bone-related problems like rickets. There are also dietary supplements that can supply the necessary vitamin D. All these, therefore, minimize the need for exposure to a fairly narrow band of UV radiation.
Since full-spectrum lights have UV, broad-spectrum lamps are being used as a close substitute to full-spectrum lighting as they do not have UV radiation. Broad-spectrum light bulbs are described as being pure white light. Normally, all broad-spectrum lamps have a CRI of about 82 and a temperature of about 4200K. Most companies now use broad-spectrum lamps as they do not pose any danger of UV radiation.
Basic Facts about Full-spectrum Lamps
Although full-spectrum light has UV radiation (UVB), the light doesn't quite emit enough UV radiation that can impact health. In fact, the UVB intensity generated by the full-spectrum light is only equivalent to one minute of natural sunlight every eight hours. Hence, full-spectrum light is not as harmful as people claim.
Also, some brands of full-spectrum lamps produce traces of UVB and a little of UVA. Though full-spectrum light does not produce sufficient Ultraviolet B necessary for vitamin D3 synthesis in reptiles. However, the UV rays from full-spectrum lamps can be useful for improving general light levels in cooler areas of a vivarium.
While most companies that only produce light therapy devices claim that all full-spectrum fluorescent lights produce Ultraviolet radiation, full-spectrum lamps usually require special Ultraviolet phosphors to generate any measurable amounts of UV radiation.
Where Are They Used?
Full-spectrum lights are used in several different applications. They can be used whenever a faithful rendering of sunlight is of primary importance.
They can also be used in plant grow lamps, aquarium lamps, and color-matching lamps.
Museums also use full-spectrum lamps to improve the color appearance of the artwork.
Museums specifically require all radiation shorter than 400 nm to be filtered completely from light sources illuminating environmentally sensitive pieces, such as watercolor paintings, and historical artifacts.
Benefits of Full-spectrum Light
Full-spectrum light offers a wide range of benefits for several applications. Here are some of them:
Full-spectrum Light Improves Alertness
This is one important benefit of full-spectrum light. It makes you feel more focused and alert by suppressing melatonin and improving circadian rhythms. Full-spectrum provides a positive association with daylight, which can also be good for psychological well-being.
Full-spectrum Enhances Interior Design
As stated above, full-spectrum light enhances the appearance of indoor spaces, making them look more vibrant.
While under the usual fluorescent lamps, the human eye is capable of differentiating only about eight shades of each color, the human eyes are capable of recognizing about 50,000 individual shades under natural light, which full-spectrum light mimics.
Full-spectrum light also makes spaces appear more spacious and cleaner by removing shadows that naturally occur at the corners of a room.
Full-spectrum Light Maintains Nutrients in Food
Several studies have proven that leafy foods, such as green vegetables, respond to the same day-night light cycle as human bodies. Therefore, when green vegetables are stored under artificial light, they tend to go bad faster. However, when green vegetables are stored under full-spectrum light during the day, they tend to last longer and retain metabolites like chlorophyll and glucosinolates. These metabolites can have powerful anticancer and detoxifying effects on the body.
Full-spectrum Light Boosts Learning Rates
Artificial light could actually be damaging students' academic progress. Comparative studies of schools in both Sweden and the United States show that students absorb and process information faster when they receive ample natural light. One study found that students whose schools used natural lighting progressed 20% faster on standardized math tests and 26% faster on reading tests than students who learn under artificial light.
Full-spectrum Light Improves Health
Recent research revealed that moderate exposure to full-spectrum light helps to improve visual health and aid the prevention of certain medical conditions, which include hypertension, pre-diabetes, seasonal affective disorder, multiple sclerosis, and some autoimmune diseases. Full-spectrum light is so beneficial that workplaces that integrated it experienced a decrease in employee sick days by up to 6.5 percent.
While artificial light could have a damaging effect on students' academic progress, a recent study showed that students absorb and process information faster and better when they receive ample natural light, which can also be created with full-spectrum lamps. The study showed that students whose schools used full-spectrum light/natural lighting progressed 20 percent faster on standardized math tests and 26 percent faster on reading tests than students who learned under artificial light.
full-spectrum light has UV radiation. However, the UV is in a very small dose and there are no known negative health effects from the UV radiation produced from full-spectrum lamps.
Nevertheless, UV radiation from full-spectrum lamps can be harmful to many of the materials commonly found in art workshops and architectural spaces.
Although full-spectrum bulbs are getting better at imitating natural light, the best way to ensure consistent full-spectrum light for your building is by incorporating day-lighting into the building design.
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Metro Magazine / January 2012 / Moving Forward
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midlands mentoring partnership aspires to make omaha a model mentoring community by nurturing programs that use best practices.
It's no coincidence that National Mentoring Month is observed in January and the Midlands Mentoring Partnership (MMP) holds its annual conference Jan. 27-28.
more mentors needed
The campaign and the event draw awareness to the need for more mentors and recognize the efforts of individuals and groups. Estimates put the number of Omaha youth who could prosper from a mentor at 30,000, compared with 3,000 mentors.
Closing that gap is a priority because studies show mentoring reduces absenteeism and tardiness, improves grades and increases graduation rates. "Building Bright Futures believes in improving quality standards and diversity of mentors in our community in order to improve the academic success of at-risk students" stated JohN CavaNaugh, Executive Director of Building Bright Futures.
Midlands Mentoring Partnership aspires to make Omaha a model mentoring community by nurturing programs that use best practices. The City of omaha and Building Bright futures partner is made up of 14 member mentoring organizations. Some, like Big Brothers Big sisters of the Midlands, girls iNC., Partnership for our Kids Child saving institute and oMaha home for Boys, have been around for decades. Others, like Hope Center for Kids and 100 Black Men, are more recent. All have strong mentoring program track records.
raising the mentoring bar
MMP adheres to strict National Mentoring Partnership standards.
"Last year we became a formal affiliate member of the National Mentoring Partnership," says MMP executive director deBorah Neary. "There's only 22 organizations in the country that have that status. We are working together to roll out a data tool to continue to improve quality mentoring."
Neary expects member organizations will soon be collecting data via a new data software program that will help show more clearly the impact mentoring makes. She says it will be the most comprehensive mentoring data collection and analysis done anywhere in the U.S.
To be an MMP member, she says organizations must "demonstrate they're following certain standards for mentoring, because we really advocate for high quality mentoring." One standard requires a mentor make a one year, four hours per month commitment. "We don't want a youth who's had lots of disappointments in life to be disappointed again by a mentor that doesn't last very long," she says.
Organizations are carefully vetted through a "peer review process" to ensure adherence to standards, says Neary. "We have some of the more established mentoring organizations actually mentor some of the newer programs. We're doing that right now with two new mentoring programs in the pipeline -- Mercy Housing and Loves Jazz & Arts Center. They're being mentored by TeamMates and Partnership for Our Kids."
She says an esprit de corps runs throughout the Partnership.
"These organizations are really focused on the mission and working together. The thought is we don't want to reinvent the wheel. There's no competitive spirit. They all believe in mentoring, they believe every kid can benefit."
Neary says MMP goes beyond national standards on mentor background checks. "We've put financial support behind that, so we pay member organizations' costs for doing more extensive screenings."
Additionally, she says, "we see to it the mentor-mentee relationship is monitored by the organization on a monthly basis to make sure that student is benefiting and is safe and secure, that mentor has the training they need, and that there are resources available. I know a lot of our organizations offer free opportunities to visit attractions to give mentors things to do with their mentees so there's no out of pocket expense for either one.
"We've had 100 percent buy in by organizations in agreeing to uphold standards, it's been an exciting process."
more than window dressing
Neary says the standards are more than window dressing.
"All the research shows all the great things happening because of mentoring are based on mentoring being done by these certain standards. So while every single program is completely different, serving different audiences, structured differently, happening at different times of day, they all follow the same standards."
Omaha philanthropist diCK hollaNd, a BBF board Chairman and mentoring advocate, says the experience is too important not to have training and accountability guidelines and the need too great to not support proven mentoring efforts.
"It really takes something to be a great mentor. It should not be undertaken lightly," he says. "A good mentor has to have the ability to educate with some rigor, you can't just be nice or friendly. I mean, there's got to be a relationship where you're together trying to make some progress with regard to education and behavior.
"There's a whole list of things that should be changed and improved to help the educational opportunities for children living in poverty and mentoring is one of them."
giving mentors their due
Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle says he's put the weight of his office behind mentoring initiatives like MMP to help prevent or mitigate risky behaviors in youth. The mayor says the city acts as "a catalyst" to funnel mentors and support where needed. MMP serves a similar function by sponsoring mentoring organization staff at professional conferences, offering mentor education workshops and granting monies to mentoring programs.
Then there's recognition. MMPs 2012 Mentor of the Year is laura hoPP. The Duchesne Academy senior mentors Cassie through the peer mentoring program Just frieNds at the ollie WeB CeNter. She's been mentoring since age 13. MeNtor advoCate of the year is the KieWit CorPoratioN, Kiewit has 107 employees volunteering as teaMMates. Kiewit CEO BruCe greWCoCK serves on the TeamMates board of directors. The company encourages and facilitates mentors spending time with their mentees.
Mayor Suttle sees recognition as one way "to call attention" to an ever pressing need. "I don't know that we ever find the job is done," he says. "This is a continual effort that seems to have more and more growing needs."
Neary says MMP can match inquirers to a youth program that best suits them. "There's some way for everybody to be involved – as mentors, tutors, readers. Helping one youth at a time is so rewarding."
To learn more about mentoring and the Midlands Mentoring Partnership visit www.mmpomaha.org.
mentoring directory
big brothers big sisters of the midlands
www.bigomaha.org
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands (BBBS) believes that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers ("Bigs") and children ("Littles"), ages 7 through 14, throughout the Omaha/Council Bluffs area. BBBS help develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people. As a donor and volunteer supported mentoring organization, they are here to help children reach their potential, and through them, transform families, schools and communities.
Sheryl Lindau at (slindau@bigomaha.org) or
Shawna Singhoff at (ssinghoff@bigomaha.org)
boys & girls clubs of the midlands
www.bgcmidland.org
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands (BGCM) reach thousands of youth each year. BGCM deliver a proven youth development strategy, access to Club services five days a week, a safe
and clean environment, life-changing programs, and the opportunity to receive mentoring experiences and relationships with diverse, trained and caring staff and volunteers in a supervised and structured environment. Just as a Boys & Girls Club staff member's one-to-one work with each boy or girl is the key ingredient to deepening impact, a volunteer mentor's personal attention and guidance can truly open new doors of hope and opportunity for them.
For more information contact: Regina Tullos-Williams at (rtwilliams@bgcomaha.org)
child saving institute
www.childsaving.org
Child Saving Institute (CSI) provides three different mentoring opportunities to Omaha's Community. In the School and Family Enrichment (SAFE) program, CSI partners with Omaha Public School students in developing social skills, increasing coping skills, enhancing their self image, learning strategies for responsible decision-making, assisting with homework and providing one-on-one support and friendship. In the Independent Living Skills (ILS) program mentors help with children aging out of the Foster Care System prepare for independent life. Mentors are instrumental in helping with job preparation and finding resources for continued education. Child Saving Institute also offers mentoring opportunities for Young Parents to help meet their goals of continued education, reducing the risk of abuse and neglect for their infants and learning problem solving and independent living skills.
For more information contact: Sherri Harris at (sharris@childsavings.org)
girls inc. pathfinder
www.girlsincomaha.org
The Pathfinders Mentoring Program at Girls Incorporated of Omaha encourages all girls to be Strong, Smart, and Bold! In an inequitable society, mentoring has been critical to the success and achievement of many women. Pathfinders is a long-term
match program where mentors work with a young lady until she is a senior in high school. Girls are accepted into the program between the ages of 10 and 14. At a minimum, mentors are asked to mentor a girl for three years. The time commitment for Pathfinders is: one 3-hour initial training session, one meeting with the mentee per month for at least two hours, weekly contact with the mentee via phone or e-mail, and quarterly group workshops.
For more information contact: Antonia Valentine at (avalentine@girlsincomaha.org).
goodwill goodguides
www.goodwill.org/get-involved/volunteer/goodguides
Goodwill® GoodGuides is a national mentoring program for youth between the ages of 12 and 17 who are at risk for making harmful choices such as dropping out of school or joining a gang. These youth may also be at risk for delinquency. The goal of the GoodGuides program is to help youth build career plans and skills, and prepare for school completion, post-secondary training, and productive work. Funded by a two-year grant to Goodwill Industries International from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Goodwill GoodGuides program is run by 56 independent Goodwill agencies around the country.
For more information contact: Miriam Blair at (mblair@goodwillomaha.org.)
gmbc amachi mentoring
www.gethsemanembc.com
GMBC Amachi is a unique partnership involving both the secular and faith-based organizations working together to provide mentoring for children impacted by incarcerated
parents and/or high crime areas. Launched in Philadelphia in 2000, Amachi has spread rapidly; there are now least 350 Amachi-modeled programs in more than 100 US cities and all 50 states. In Omaha, the Amachi Mentoring Coalition Project is a program of the Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church.
For more information contact: Kainette Jones at (k.jones@mbc.omhcoxmail.com)
hope center for kids
www.hopecenterforkids.com
The Hope Center for Kids is an after-school and summer program located in North Omaha. Relationships are at the heart of our program as we work to faithfully inspire hope in youth and children through faith, education, employment and collaboration. Many of the Hope Center members simply need the support of a positive adult, to initiate significant change. Mentors spend six hours per month with a specific student in fourth through twelfth grade. This time can include a combination of program activities and pursuing interests one-on-one.
For more information contact: volunteer@hopecenterforkids.com or 402-341-4673, 1002.
midwest trailblazers youth program
www.blazerhoops.com/index.php
The Midwest Trailblazers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, composed of a group of committed volunteers – Board of Directors, coaches, parents, and administrators working together to support our young scholar athletes. Generous sponsorships and donations help offset the cost of running the program allowing us to minimize player registration fees. The Midwest Trailblazers Youth Program puts students, athletics, academics, and community first. Using grassroots strategies, Trailblazers works with students to help them hone interpersonal, academic, and athletic skills so they go on to be productive citizens for their community, state, nation, and world.
For more information contact: Nicole Nash at nnash31@gmail.com
ollie webb center, inc.
www.olliewebbinc.org
The Just Friends Program of Ollie Webb Center, Inc. is a peer mentoring and friendship program that matches adolescents (ages 13 – 18 years) with developmental disabilities (e.g., Learning Disabilities, Down syndrome, Autism, etc.) to adolescents without disabilities. Just Friends was created to bring social, recreational and friendship opportunities to individuals with disabilities. Volunteer Mentors are asked to make a one year commitment in which they hang out with their 'friend' twice a month by participating in social/recreational activities such as bowling, shopping, movies, etc. and making weekly telephone contact.
For more information contact: Lisa Dougherty at (ldougherty@olliewebbinc.org)
omaha home for boys
www.omahahomeforboys.org
The Omaha Home for Boys is a non-profit residential group home that provides a structured living environment in a cottage setting with caring House Parents, balanced meals and educational support for boys ages 10-18. The Omaha Home for Boys is looking for adults who have a strong desire to work with youth and are willing to commit to a weekly phone call and one outing per month. For residents at the Omaha Home for Boys, being mentored is a chance for a youth to receive individual attention from a caring adult and, most importantly, a chance to just have fun.
For more information contact: Nicole Heim at (nicoleh@omahahomeforboys.org)
release ministries
www.releaseministries.org
The Juvenile Justice Mentoring Programis designed to help youth lay a foundation upon which they can continue to build toward success in every aspect of life. This spiritual foundation is the launching point that empowers them to reach beyond themselves and their circumstance into an arena of promise for their future. The mentor is matched to a youth in a one-to-one relationship in order to become a trusted friend and guide. The relationship building may take place within a detention, group home facility and/or out in the community. The mentor and the youth meet once a week for 1 to 4 hours. The focus of the match is relationship building with emphasis on enabling the youth in their spiritual growth. Structured activities may include goal setting, strength assessment and vocational guidance, and discipleship exercises.
Woody Winchell at (woody@releaseministries.org)
Marcus Brown at (marcus@releaseministries.org)
Sandra Preston at (Sandra@releaseministries.org)
teammates mentoring program
www.teammates.org
The TeamMates Mentoring Program was co-founded by Tom and Nancy Osborne in 1991. Presently, there are over 5,000 mentors across Nebraska and Iowa in over 100 chapters. TeamMates is a school-based, one-to-one mentoring program. Volunteers who wish to be TeamMates mentors are screened and trained before they are sent to be matched to an elementary, middle or high school student. Mentors spend about an hour a week with a student in a school during school hours. The commitment is for a minimum of one year with the goal of following the same student through high school graduation. A TeamMates mentor is a positive role model that gives a young person a sense of hope, purpose and vision.
Julie Swain at (jswain@teammates.org)
or Tom Miller at (tmiller@teammates.org)
the partnership for our kids
www.allourkids.org
All Our Kids is a scholarship program providing group mentoring to over 600 Omaha Public School students from 6th-12th grades. Mentors act as role models and participate in the age appropriate curriculum such as: community service projects, career exploration, college access, youth leadership development, academic goal setting, tutoring, prevention education and field trips. All Our Kids gives committed adults the opportunity to improve public education by spending time with students twice a month in a fun structured environment.
Jessica Warren at (jwarren@thepartnershipforourkids.org)
or Phil Jarrett at (pjarrett@thepartnershipforourkids.org)
youth emergency services
www.yesomaha.org
Youth Emergency Services (YES) has four programs that strive to provide homeless, at-risk and street dependent youth with the support necessary to thrive. We have a Drop In Center and Emergency Shelter that serves youth ages 13-21. Our two newest programs are the Maternity Group Home and Transitional Living Program serving youth ages 16-21 in the Omaha and Council Bluffs areas. The mentoring program at YES serves the youth in the Maternity Group Home and Transitional Living Program. The mentors provide support and guidance as the residents work to become independent and successful. We ask our mentors to make a commitment to the youth for the duration of their time at YES, with one face-to-face meeting per month and regular contact.
For more information contact: 402-345-5187
www.100blackmenomaha.org
The 100 Black Men of Omaha, Inc. (100) was established in 1995 when a group of concerned men realized that the survival of the Omaha community rested on their willingness to join together and be a vehicle for positive change. Today the 100 Black Men of Omaha is one of over 100 chapters nationally and internationally that make up the 100 Black Men of America, an alliance of leading African-American men from a myriad of professions.
For more information contact: Dejuan Reddick at (dreddick@100blackmenomaha.org)
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Watches You Should Know
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Brought Two Companies Together to Form a Juggernaut of the Watch Industry
May 2, 2019 Watches By Oren Hartov Photo by Brenden Clarke
Welcome to "Watches You Should Know," a new bi-weekly (the once-every-two-weeks kind) column highlighting little-known watches new and old that have interesting stories or have had a surprising impact on the industry.
The famed Swiss watch company Jaeger-LeCoultre was not always so-named — in fact, prior to 1937, Jaeger and LeCoultre were two completely separate firms, the former being a Parisian watchmaker, and the latter a Swiss watch manufacture. In 1903, Jacques-David LeCoultre, grandson of founder Antoine LeCoultre, accepted a challenge set forth by Edmond Jaeger for Swiss watchmakers to develop ultra-thin watches, but the two companies remained separate entities for several decades.
Then, in the early 1930s, British soldiers stationed in India found themselves with a unique problem — as acrylic crystals had yet to be invented, they were finding that their watches were getting damaged during polo matches, the glass crystals shattered by stray mallet swings and polo balls. Some of the officers petitioned César de Trey, a businessman and associate of LeCoultre, to find a solution to this problem.
When de Trey returned to Switzerland, he spoke with Jacques-David LeCoultre, who in turn engaged French firm Jaeger's help with engineering a solution. Jaeger then brought on board French engineer Alfred Rene Chavot to design a mechanism whereby a watch head could be flipped in reverse in order to protect the dial.
The name "Reverso" was registered by de Trey, the case design was purchased from Chavot, and a distribution outfit dubbed "Specialités Horlogères" was set up to distribute the watches. Cases were sourced from Geneva-based A.E. Wenger, and, as LeCoultre didn't yet possess a shaped movement that would fit the debut model, watchmaker Tavannes' calibre 64 became the beating heart of the original model, which debuted in 1931.
Ironically, the original design didn't feature the name of either firm on the dial, but only said "Reverso." Featuring an Art Deco-inspired design (think: triple gadroons, or the horizontal lines above and below the dial; the rectangular case shape itself), the Reverso's patented flipping mechanism provided the ideal canvas for personalization. Customers could engrave or lacquer the watch's case back with a monogram, family crest, map, or anything else they saw fit to include. Celebrities of the day, such as General Douglas MacArthur, famed pilot Amelia Earhart, and even King Edward VIII all personalized their Reversos.
In 1933, LeCoultre developed the first dedicated movement for the Reverso's unique case shape, which it dubbed the calibre 410, and added a sub-seconds model in 1934 and a center-seconds model in 1935. By 1937, the Reverso's success was such that Jaeger and LeCoutlre decided effectively merge, reconstituting re-registering "Specialités Horlogères" as Jaeger-LeCoultre S.A.
Following the merger, the name "LeCoultre" was finally placed on the dial of the Reverso, and lacquered versions became available by request. Weathering the Depression, the Reverso then came upon hard times during World War II. Art Deco fell out of favor, and the advent of thermoplastic crystals (plexiglass) meant that the Revero's original raison d'etre was effectively negated — as plexi crystals were largely "unbreakable," the ability to flip over one's watch for protection was no longer necessary when playing sports.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the Reverso effectively languished in obscurity, Jaeger-LeCoultre having decided to focus on watches like the new Geophysic (released in 1958 in time with LeCoultre's 125th anniversary), the sporty Memovox models and even the Atmos clock, a contemporary of the original Reverso. In 1972, however, an Italian watch dealer named Giorgio Corvo noticed a stock of unsused Reverso cases at the Jaeger-LeCoultre manufacture. Purchasing the entire stock and outfitting them with movements, he managed to sell out the entire run in Italy.
Corvo was thus confident that a revival of the Reverso would ultimately be successful, and convinced Jaeger-LeCoultre to revive production. In the early 1980s, the Reverso was reborn, and in 1984, it received its first water-resistant case, this time featuring the ability to rotate at any point during its horizontal travel and requiring over 50 different parts. Finally, the Reverso was a true "in-house" or "manufacture" product, with a case and movement made entirely by Jaeger-LeCoultre.
Many of these new Reversos featured quartz movements, which helped Jaeger Le-Coultre somewhat to weather the "quartz crisis" being experienced by the Swiss watch industry at large throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Still, the 1980s were a difficult time for Jaeger-LeCoultre, which was then packaged with IWC within German VDO's "Les Manufactures Horlogères" subsidiary.
Under new leadership in the 1990s, Jaeger-LeCoultre set about rethinking its corporate image, with the Reverso at the forefront of this rebranding. Beginning in 1991 to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the model, Jaeger-LeCoultre began releasing a series of complicated models in precious metals, followed by limited editions. Around the same time, the manufacture began reviving its decorative department, using fired enamel to create beautiful works of art on the backs of Reversos. Personalized watches from the 1930s served as the inspiration for an entire department dedicated to enameling, engraving, gem setting and more.
Today, the Reverso line spans multiple sizes, complications, colors, case materials and more. They're available in dedicated women's sizes as well as in precious metals; with leather straps or on bracelets; and in countless different configurations. Perhaps fittingly, the Reverso also serves as a relatively affordable entry point into Jaeger-LeCoultre's catalog (the Reverso Classic Small with quartz movement retails for $4,200) — amidst the myriad iconic timepieces produced by the manufacture today, it's the Reverso that has the most storied history, and also the Reverso that is priced in line with with several "classic" iconic watches from other luxury brands.
With its legendary beginnings and enduring popularity, and despite many bumps along the road, the Jaeger Le-Coultre Reverso has stood the test of time.
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