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Prince George, B.C.- Construction of the new RiverBend Seniors housing project in Prince George is well underway, but it’s a project that almost didn’t happen. The $33 million dollar project was first presented to Mayor and Council in 2013 “We didn’t get much traction at that time” says developer Frank Quinn of A&T Ventures. He says it wasn’t until Mayor Lyn Hall was elected that the wheels were set in motion. Hall and key members of the City Staff, arranged to meet with Quinn in Kamloops and laid out the possible benefits of developing such a project in P.G. Those benefits include: a ten year tax break, and just over $265 thousand dollars in development cost charges relief plus an affordable housing grant of $855 thousand. “This project comes at the perfect time for us” says Gwen Norheim. She and her husband are among those who have already purchased a unit and expect to move to their new condo in the fall of 2017. “We were at the point of knowing we would need to move, but didn’t want to move into any of the existing facilities in Prince George.” Norheim was a teacher at the Connaught Junior High School which was on the neighbouring property until it burned to the ground. “In all my years of teaching I never imagined I would be living in its backyard.” She is also pleased their little dog, a small poodle terrier mix, will be able to live with them. Quinn says they did make an interesting discovery when they started construction, “The creek ran right through the property. Even though we had done our geo-tech work, we had no idea until we got into the ground how much of a challenge that was going to be for an excavation.” But he says their past experience in dealing with alpine construction and avalanche trenches gave them the know-how to deal with it. That’s it, big smiles Shirley and Mike… there is an election coming. This is an excellent and well needed project! If the NDP was in power (god forbid) and it was NDP MLA’s in the picture, you would be the first to be all over it, praising them and the NDP to no end!! Go ahead and deny it if you want, but we know better! What we do know with the liberals is they are always raising fees and medical costs for retired seniors..and also charging them more every year for staying in senior housing.. All the seniors really appreciate being driven into poverty after paying taxes all their lives.. Thanks liberals. grow up galt. Okay, so we get rid of all our debt. Let us say that the last little bit will be taken care of in 20 years from now. As time progresses, there will be progressively more money available to spend on parks, to spend on no tax increase for a few years until inflation starts catching up, and so on. We will then buy new buildings, additions, infrastructure, enhancements of one sort or other, rebuilding old stock, etc. at 2036 dollars which will have 20 years inflation on them. EXCEPT, we cannot do that until we have saved for these new buildings and other infrastructure so we can see such development 40 years from now. Great planning! Good understanding of how the operation of a City works and how financing city development works. Green parks???? forget abut it. Learn to design them so that they are as natural as possible. Have a walk sometimes on the cover of the First Avenue landfill. That is the way to design low maintenance “parks”. Forget about Rainbow, Connaught Hill, Fort George/Lheitli Tenneh, etc. Just like they have forgotten about Cottonwood Island Park and the Heritage Riverfront Trail system. Yess the owners of the condos can save money too if they tap into the creek that runs underneath. I see we really do not give a chit about housing for seniors, do we??? Seems like a great project to me . I could be wrong but what is wrong with keeping more seniors in Prince George? Nothing, just the usual curmudgeons that believe every project is a personal assault on their lives, all change is bad and anytime you even see a politician it must be a self serving photo-op. What is great about a project that only got built due to all the corporate welfare that it received? Cons just love to go on and on about the wonders of Capitalism over Socialism, but this thing only got built due to corporate socialism. The mayor and council of this city should put a sign that reads “For Sale…cheap” outside of council Chambers. The income tax being paid by construction workers on this project will more than pay for any so called corporate welfare. Remember, the City does not collect any income tax. Now it will not collect any property tax for 10 years either. This is the slow incursion of the City getting into the housing business, another download from the provincial government. Anything BC Housing has been getting into in the recent past reeks of Provincial Government download of responsibility without the necessary transfer of funds to the City. This is simply a hidden Triple P project. 18 of the market units have already been sold! Seems that demand for these units is already there! I for one have parents who are in their very golden years. A facility like this, especially next door to Gateway, will be well utilized and much appreciated by those that will live there and by those who will be able to easily visit elderly family members who will choose to stay here instead of moving south! Sounds like a win for those that will live there, those who’s family will live there, those who will work there and those who will benefit from the economic activity generated from the retirement funds that will be spent here instead of in the Okanagan or other points down south! What is so special about being close to Gateway? Are they in the market for cars, mufflers, tires, motel room rentals? Do they need to be close to a new Firehall? Perhaps they eat a lot of Big Macs or Popa and Moma Burgers or 711 wedges. The Gateway might be a clean-look route to drive through, but it is not exactly a shopping, restaurant or entertainment mecca. Come to think of it, which part of PG is, other than parts of downtown plus the major shopping centres. 1? What about all the other projects that developers walk away from, because the city is truly not ‘open for business’. Change the archaic zoning bylaws. Get Ospika built. Someone might want to ask a few questions. As an example do you think that a 10 year tax break, along with $265,000.00 in development cost charges relief, plus the $855,000.00 affordable housing grant is a little excessive. Who will own the rental units when the project is completed. My understanding is that the Government will own 33 units and Oncore Seniors Society, received financing from the Government over a long period of time, and they will own the other 33 units. The contractor of course will sell the other 107 Units. One assumes at a hefty profit. My understanding is that these rental units will be available for low to moderate income seniors. Hmmmm. Where does one go to get on the waiting list. These are one bedroom units with a space for a micro wave (Not provided) and while some aspects of it are pretty good, in actual fact, we end up with putting all this money into a project and end up with 33 units. Hmmmm. Perhaps gopg2015 could do some of his research and come up with a dollar number for the cost per unit, and perhaps some inkling as to how one can access these rentals. The Government has similar projects in Squamish, Kamloops, Peachland, etc; so this is not exactly new. Palopu, your comment shows us the amount of homework and research you did to support your assertions… my thumbs up! There is insufficient information to come up with a cost per unit. The proper measure of such a development is the cost per square foot and then attribute that to units of varying sizes. There would also be a difference between the market housing and the subsidized housing portion. Finally, I would want to want some info on which tax dollars are attributable to what portion of the development. What I am really trying to get at is why should anyone in the public have to do such calculations? This is a mixed housing project, and the taxpayer is funding part of it. This City has not yet learned the notion transparency. In this case they and the province need to prepare a prospectus of the project, the amount of subsidies provided by the taxpayer to something which few us will see any direct benefits from, the benefits which will accrue to the general population, who will be the source of the majority of the funds, and which services we will not see for general application to our annual budget deliberations, and so forth. I think THAT is the message we need to keep hammering the City as well as the province with. We should not have to second guess such information or spend more than a minute on finding the information. This looks like its going to be a successfull project with obvious demand for the units. How come it took a company from Kamloops to make this happen? The developers in PG seem to be very risk adverse and lack the vision and capasity to grow this city to its potential. This is one of those statements that could actually be very good or very bad . . . In my estimation it is more often bad from the taxpayer’s point of view. There needs to be a reporting out to the citizens of PG of the actual cost to the City of the subsidy provided and the measurable value received in return stated both in quality and in monetary quantity.. Like to get the names of the voters who voted for A. The Harper Conservatives B. The BC Liberals. Just get a good look. I voted for both. I’ll show you my name if you show me yours.

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The testosterone is one of the most vital hormones that plays a key role in the development of a body. The testosterone is responsible for strengthening bones, eliminating fat and even adding muscle to the human body. Apart from this the testosterone also plays a crucial role in various functions that are related to the mental as well as physical fitness. The testosterone is basically a anabolic and androgenic hormone which is secreted by testes among men. Women also secrete some testosterone through their ovaries whereas some of the testosterone in women is secreted via adrenal glands. Testosterone is fundamentally a male hormone which is why the production of testosterone in men is about 40-60 percent higher in comparison to women. The muscle tissue in both men and women is similar however the testosterone contributes to bigger muscle size as well as strength in men. One of the most well known facts about testosterone is that it plays a crucial role in the building of muscle and strength in a human body. However apart from that the testosterone is also responsible for other significant body composition advantages and benefits. Men with higher levels of testosterone are reported to experience more loss of body fat as well as improvement in the density of their bones. As people age it affects the density of their bones and thus ensuring the optimum levels of testosterone is a great way of maintaining the high bone density levels. The higher the density of the bones the stronger they become. Testosterone is also responsible for inhibiting the consumption of the triglycerides, which is essentially the fat that circulates in the bloodstream and is responsible for increasing the utilization of the fat. Thus the testosterone helps in reducing the harmful fat levels in the body. One of the most underrated benefits of the testosterone is the positive impact it has on the health of the heart. One of the recent studies that was published in a leading journal came to the conclusion that men with lower levels of testosterone were at a higher risk of cardiovascular mortality. It is important to maintain a healthy heart so that the muscles and the organs get the necessary oxygen at its optimum. Testosterone helps in increasing the manufacture of nitric oxide a type of molecule that is helpful in dilating the arteries which results in higher flow of blood and thus resulting in more oxygen being carried to the organs and tissues which need it most. The higher level of nitric oxide also translates into improved workouts, better sexual health as well as less recovery time post workouts. The levels of testosterone also have an impact on the emotional state of a person. There are multiple studies that have concluded that higher levels of testosterone help in promoting the feeling of motivation and self-esteem. If you want to check the testosterone levels in your body, then you can do it in a well-defined scientific manner. There are some clear signs and indicators that point to low levels of testosterone within your body. If you happen to experience any of these symptoms, then you must go ahead and get your testosterone levels tested. If you notice fatigue, low motivation, low levels of sexual drive or irritation then it is possible it is due to the falling of testosterone levels within your body. A simple and a straightforward blood test can help determine the cause of these symptoms. If it is indeed due to the low levels of testosterone, then there are various remedies and measure that you can take in order to boost the testosterone levels within your body. If the tests determine that your testosterone levels are below the required standards, then the physician will prescribe some supplements and dietary recommendations in order to boost the testosterone levels within your body. Boosting testosterone levels can be achieved as simply by changing your diet and altering your workout. In terms of workout you must give priority to the compound movements which recruits highest possible muscle mass. One of the leading weight lifting trainer suggests incorporating the different types of squats, rows, presses and deadlifts into your daily training program. It is also important to give proper attention to the duration of the workout time. The ideal time of workout is around 1 hour and you must give priority to the free weights instead of machines. The programs that involve high level of the muscle mass as well as which involve high intensity and volume training including short resting period. In terms of recovery a minimum of 7 hours of sleep is essential for optimum conditioning. In terms of diet you must not ditch the dietary fat completely. The saturated fat plays a crucial role in maintaining the high levels of testosterone.

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ABRA Products and ABRA Metals MERGED TO CREATE an amalgamated force known as ABRA Aluminium still based in Brisbane, Queensland and Melbourne, Victoria. The company’s activities continue to supply general and specialist aluminium services to a broad spectrum of industries within Australia and INTERNATIONALLY. ABRA Products was established in Brisbane in 1986 and purchased by current owners/directors, Don and James Allen in 1991. Collectively they have in excess of 50 years of experience in engineering and aluminium fabrication. In the late 1990s James and Don realised that the industry in general was being poorly serviced and the combination of customer care and supplier support was almost non-existent. Understanding the importance of customer service, ABRA Metals was created to provide a more supportive and streamlined service to the aluminium industry. In 2011 ABRA Products and ABRA Metals merged into the amalgamated force now known as ABRA Aluminium. Product distribution includes several thousand tonnes of extrusions and related products. The exceptional growth that has been achieved reflects the successful hands-on approach to servicing our customers' needs. ABRA Aluminium is proud of its standing in the aluminium industry and the fact that major aluminium companies (probably the hardest taskmasters to supply) utilise our services with confidence. ABRA Aluminium cuts through the red tape. Administration is purposefully simple so there are fewer enquiries and problems for the customer from initial contact to receipt of the invoice. The way we see it is, there's no need for complexities that often cause frustration between customer and supplier. At ABRA Aluminium we believe that we have an obligation to you as a customer, to provide a superior level of service. To us, service matters.

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October Faced with an adversary who is doing something we do not like, or who is not doing something we wish to have done, persuasion can be an invaluable tool. Though "power" is generally considered to be coercion or essays, persuasion can be powerful too, as is evidenced by the common saying, "the power of persuasion. Social-interest theorists tend to define persuasion as a form of social influence: Influence investigates the causes persuasion human change -- whether that change is a behavior, an attitude, or a belief. Persuasion a persuasion in behavior is called persuasion. Inducing a change in attitude is called persuasion. Inducing a change in belief is called either education or propaganda -- depending on essays perspective. Sometimes, social-influence scholars include under the term "persuasion" the concept of inducements, which tend to better fit my definition of exchange power or even coercive persuasionrather than persuasive power. At other times, efforts focused on behavioral change may be left out. In those cases, the writer is persuasion only with efforts to change attitudes, not with efforts to change behaviors. Some of the most useful research on persuasion can be found in the social-influence literature, but the key term essays be used somewhat differently in that literature from the way in which it is used here. Here Essays use "persuasion" to mean the form of essays that relies exclusively on symbols such as words to influence another to change. That change may affect beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors, but we are particularly interested here in changes in behavior brought about because beliefs or attitudes have been modified. Principles of Persuasion Social-influence scholars have developed a variety of ways of categorizing persuasion mechanisms through which people persuade others to change their behavior. Robert B. Cialdini's Influence: Science and Practice is one such resource. 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Appeals to Conscience In an appeal to conscience, the speaker is relying on shared values, but pointing out that current behavior is not in accord with these values. While none of us act in accord with our values at all times and in all places, "we nonetheless feel uncomfortable when made aware of inconsistencies. When these inconsistencies become obvious, we feel a strain to change. Appeals to Data and Logic Appeals to data and logic typically rely on new information or on the reorganization of existing information. The landmark U. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education, which de-segregated American schools, provides a good case in point. Court decisions are usually justified in terms of case precedent. To overturn Plessy v. Ferguson and do away with the principle of "separate but equal" in public education, however, the Court relied largely essays the social sciences, stating that: Whatever may have been the extent of psychological knowledge at the time of Plessy v. 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Manic Street Preachers hint at plans to celebrate album... Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers have hinted at plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 'This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours' album. Manic Street Preachers are eager to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their 'This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours' album. The chart-topping record, which was released in 1998, features hits such as 'If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next' and 'You Stole The Sun From My Heart', and lyricist Nicky Wire has hinted at how the band plans to honour the landmark. He shared: ''It's 20 years of 'This Is My Truth', so we might do something around that. Nicky - who stars in the band alongside James Bradfield and Sean Moore - also revealed some details of their upcoming UK arena tour, promising it will feature ''a few nice surprises''. He told NME magazine: ''We'll play some more oddities. We did the Q Awards and chucked in 'A Song For Departure' and that went down really well, so there will be a few 'Lifeblood'-ers in there, that's for sure. James is desperate to get 'Prologue To History' in the set. I did tell him there are about 5,000 words in that song so his lung capacity needs to be up.

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26 February 2016 - TAP - Prime Minister Habib Essid met, Friday in Dhiafa Palace, Carthage, with CEO of Qatar’s company “Silatech” Mohammed Abdulaziz Al Naimi who reviewed the activities of the company based in Tunisia since 2011 to provide job opportunities to youth and ease access to capital and markets. Al Naimi said 20 agreements have been signed between the company and the Government of Tunisia during these years of activities, besides the memorandum of understanding signed Thursday with the Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment and the program “Smart Tunisia” that aims to improve youth employability and build the capacity of employment Counsellors in the field of orientation and mentoring. He affirmed that his company has received all needed support from the Tunisian government in terms of exchange of expertise as part of bilateral co-operation. The Prime Minister stressed the importance of generalizing the activities of this company in all regions of the country.

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Virginia is home to many historic sites on the central coast are three of the most important. These are the locations of the cities of Jamestown, Yorktown and Williamsburg. It is very easy to see all three from any central location that you may choose to stay. Jamestown and Yorktown can be seen easily in one day, but Williamsburg requires at least one day and most people will spend two. While Jamestown has the fewest structures still intact, it is probably the most important since it was the site of the first Anglo settlement in the New World. It is a National Park and more is being unearthed all of the time. If you visit on a quiet day and take some time, it is almost possible to sense the ghosts who reside there! I am amazed at the size of the ships that carried the early settlers and seamen to our shores. These three ships ranged from 39' to 80' in length and had no provision for quarters or privacy of the passengers or the crew. The only cabin was that of the captain, and was probably shared with the leader of the voyage. If you enjoy walking the streets of the past, you will find Jamestown to be a very interesting place. From here it is only about an hour's drive across the peninsula to the site of Yorktown, a key city in early American history and the location of one of the key conflicts of the American Revelation. Yorktown was the site of battles in both the American Revelation and the Civil War. While sleepy today, it has a very long, violent history. After a very busy day at these two sites, we rested up and then headed out to see the famous "Colonial Williamsburg." There are actually two different towns of Williamsburg, intermingled. The modern community and the old historic come together and at times actually intertwine. Since it is a public place, you can walk freely into the old historic district without having first paid admission, but if you do so, you will not have access to the public transportation and you will not be able to enter any of the historic buildings or watch the craftsmen and historic characters in action. So the best place to start is at the visitor center. It is quite expensive, but it is also a completely unique place and should be visited. I believe that we paid $40 each for one day but a second day can be added for a very small fee. The price of admission does provide entry to all buildings and shops and also allows you to join any of the tours. The best way to start is to take one of the short orientation tours just to get a feel for the town and also to know what bus to catch to go where you wish. This is a pretty good sized city and there are three bus routes which save many very long walks. We found that we walked through each area and rode the bus back. Watching the craftsmen work was the most interesting part of Williamsburg. They will explain their tasks and tools, and they happily answer questions. The governor's mansion is one of the "must see" locations. It is by guided tour only and is well worth the time. It is very easy to spend two full days in this location. There are even some events that take place there in the evening and the churches have Sunday services that are open to the public. I strongly recommend that you take the time to visit all three of these locations, should your travels take you to the central Virginia coast.

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Those who believe in any form of institutional domination (including economic or political domination) through being the most powerful (including the most economically or politically powerful) or the most successful (including economic or political success), or just because one can dominate the others in whatever way, can have no argument against a very successful and powerful voting majority of 70+% dominating, dominating people to not dominate (including economic or political domination). To complain that your right to dominate is unfairly denied by a bigger and stronger Egalitarian population then, is to complain about being the weak, the losers, the small, and the dominated, and that would make you a hypocrite, wouldn't it? The attempt to win the competition between capitalism and Egalitarianism by telling people that Egalitarianism is anti-competitive (which is not true) is to try and win the competition without competing. Always remember, we can be rid of our economic dominators, for ourselves and our descendants, just by voting for it. All we need is somebody to represent this viewpoint at the polls, and that's why the AEM is here.

http://aem.org.au/one-dominate.htm

The new kid on the block is actually not that new at all, but it seems to be the fastest way to turn back time on your face and body. What you put into your body is now back in the limelight with several large pharmaceutical companies starting to take note by offering a range of nutritional supplements. The cosmetics world was shocked when leading pharmaceutical brand Unilever proved that its nutritional supplements could reduce fine lines and crow’s feet by up to 30% in 14 weeks. These supplements were also found to stimulate the skin to produce “significantly more fresh collagen”. As a result the supplements sold out within days and are still out of stock in many places. There are many time capsule supplements emerging onto the market that are bursting with multivitamins and antioxidants. These combinations of nutrients are designed to make the skin look great and to boost your body and slow the signs of aging. When it comes to getting their hands of the latest anti-aging supplements, Londoners are amongst the most enthusiastic. Everybody is after that magical formula that will reduce wrinkles, up the energy reserves and stop the hands of time in their tracks. Many celebrities are starting to use nutritional supplements in a bid to stay looking younger without resorting to chemical or surgical measures. They are choosing formulas containing vitamins A, C and E, grape seed extract, glucosamine, omega oils, amino acids and antioxidants as part of their regime and this trend looks set to grow and grow. The fact that the large pharmaceutical companies are sitting up and taking notice is big news. More and more people are shunning synthetic remedies and anti-aging supplements in favour of their natural counterparts. This has led to the pharmaceutical companies investing in clinical trials of natural extracts and supplements and the findings are pretty interesting. It’s only a matter of time before more and more companies start to release their answer to nature’s remedies. At Ageless Health we’ve long advocated the use of natural supplements to sustain health and slow the signs of ageing. Our range of supplements have been developed with natural ingredients to give you all the support you need to live well and to look great every day.

http://agelesshealth.co.uk/time-capsules-that-turn-back-the-clock/

The first law addressing Nevada livestock branding was in 1873 are required livestock owners with brands to register them with their county recorder. In 1923, the Nevada legislature passed a law creating a Board of Livestock Commissioners and took over the registration of all livestock brands in the state. The first livestock association was formed in Winnemucca, NV. in 1884. It was called the Nevada Live Stock Assoc. and the dues were $10 per year. Its mission was to protect the bonafide livestock producer. Among the charter members were several future governors of the state. YP connected, recorded in 1885 and still in use today by Petan Co. of Tuscarora, NV. Y hanging L connected, 1883. 101 in 1885 and still in use today. Quarter circle J which came from Wales in 1885 and still in use today. Bing Crosby, who owned the PX ranch north of Elko in the late 40’s and 50’s. His registered brand was the Cross B (+B). Actor Jimmy Stewart owned the Winecup Ranch and the brand of the same description, north of Wells. Hoot Gibson owned a ranch and the D4C iron (must have been a social problem). E.L. Cord, an entrepreneur who among other things built the now classic Cord automobile. Max Fleischman, after whom the college of agriculture at the University of Nevada was named. Actors Rex Bell and Clara Bow, whose son Rex Bell Jr. (deceased) was the former District Attorney for Clark Co. (Las Vegas). Joel McCrea, western movie star who had a ranch in Ruby Valley, Elko County.

http://agri.nv.gov/Animals/Livestock/Brand_Trivia/

The Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) is an annual flagship event organised by the Bangla Government to showcase the State’s investment potential and to highlight its business enthusiasm in front of the global business community. Over the past few years, BGBS has emerged as one of the foremost business summits in India. Some of the top industrialists have participated in these summits, along with several international companies. Starting in 2015, BGBS has brought substantial investments to the State. It is an event that recognises Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s efforts at generating industrial growth and prosperity for Bangla. The second edition of the summit was held on January 8-9, 2016. The plenary sessions were addressed by dignitaries from India and abroad who shared their thoughts and experiences. The summit focused on B2B (business-to-business) and G2B (government-to-business) interactions. BGBS 2016 had the presence of industry leaders, senior ministers from India and abroad, heads of business and government leaders from 26 countries including USA, UK, Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan, China, Korea, Bhutan, Bangladesh, etc. Living up to the tagline of ‘Bengal Surging Ahead’, BGBS 2016 concluded on an optimistic note. Rs 2.50 lakh crore of business investment proposals were received at the summit. The Bangla Government organised the third edition of the BGBS on January 20-21, 2017. Inaugurated by then President of India, Pranab Mukherjee in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BGBS 2017 was aimed at projecting Bangla to the global investor community. Day one of the summit hosted plenary sessions on start-ups and entrepreneurship and multi-country Interactions while day two hosted eighteen sessions including eleven parallel sectoral sessions on focus sectors, special sessions on start-ups, country sessions, round-table discussion on a rising Bangla in emerging Asia and discussion on apparel and allied sectors. BGBS 2017 was attended by 4,000 delegates from 29 countries. Japan, Poland, Italy and Germany were the partner countries. Rs 2 lakh 35 thousand 200 crore (US$ 36 billion) of business and investment proposals were received at BGBS 2017. The fourth edition of the BGBS took place at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre on January 16-17, 2018. Japan, Germany, Italy, Poland, South Korea, France, Czech Republic, the UK and the UAE were the partner countries. Over 1,046 B2B meetings and 40 B2G meetings took place during the summit. BGBS 2018 received the participation of over 4,000 delegates from 32 countries from Europe, the Americas and Asia as well as from India. The fourth edition of the summit saw attendance from Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal, Sajjan Jindal, Sanjiv Puri and Sanjiv Goenka, among others. The 2018 summit received investment proposals worth Rs 2 lakh 19 thousand 925 crore, with the biggest success being the potential for creation of 20 lakh new jobs in the State.

http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/bengal-global-business-summit-a-look-back-at-the-last-three-editions/?0&cat_id=1

Desktop Linux has come a long way over the last ten years. There are lots of projects and people who have made desktop Linux a viable option for users everywhere. Most notably, the development of Ubuntu has done more for desktop Linux than any other distribution or project. A lot of the problems that plagued desktop Linux five years ago are solved today. The installation is a lot easier, and hardware support has greatly improved. Usability improvements are obvious, and fundamental applications like web browsing and office suites are on par with the closed alternatives. The Evolution project looked like it was going to be the great groupware client for Linux, but sadly Novell has pretty much abandoned it over the years, mostly due to their collaboration with Microsoft. There is not a viable alternative to Outlook that runs natively on Linux today. This is a huge barrier to corporate adoption. This is the main reason why I had to buy a Mac. You cannot do advanced content creation and use Linux as your primary desktop operating system. There are many basic applications for managing and editing photos, but don’t even try to edit RAW files coming out of a DSLR. There are a few apps that will do it, but nothing close to the sophistication of whats available on OSX and Windows. Video editing is another glaring support hole for desktop Linux. Sadly, there is no real good solution for this problem. None of the major Linux distributions are going to spend resources developing solutions for content creators. The existing market players like Adobe, don’t have enough fiscal justification for spending money on a Linux port. Sadly, I do not see this situation improving anytime soon. Once upon a time, Ipods played nicely with Linux, but not anymore. Sadly, this is really an Apple problem. Apple has deliberately obfuscated the Ipod in order to prevent it from playing nice with Open source software. Because Ipods are such a huge part of people’s everyday computing, the integration with Linux needs to be seamless. Unfortunately, Apple is evil. Smartphones are another issue. People need to be able to synchronize their phone with a Desktop computer without having to be a genius. In the age when everyone owns a device that syncs with their computer, Linux is way behind the times.

http://alexvalentine.org/?p=703

The research and evidence is strong. External suggestion as well as auto-suggestion affect your results and your well being, e.g. the words and works of Napoleon Hill, Dr. Dean Edell, Dr. Jill Bolte-Taylor, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Maxwell Maltz, George Leonard, Marcus Aurelius, Lawrence Gonzales, James Allen, John Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., etc., etc., etc. The February Allied Ronin e-newsletter topic was Don’t Lose Your Attractiveness by being dragged down into the trap of negative thinking. The article was inspired by communication I was engaged in for over a month as friends, clients and associates related how they were struggling with and bemoaning an economy in turmoil. “How could I have missed this!” – “Where did I go wrong!” – “What am I going to do!?” February’s article urged: (a) we need to own up to where we are; yet (b) not overindulge ourselves with self-doubt and/or worry lest we destroy the very attractiveness that creates the healthy foundations and relationships upon which constructive results depend. A preponderance of fear-based advertising and communication pervades the TV, radio and print medium. My opinion, yes, though I think it’s safely accurate. No new news here. But I believe we are numb, anesthetized to just how prevalent this is. Haven’t noticed? Perhaps it’s time you did. Why? Because, ideas that journey past the outer ear do impact you and me in real and tangible ways. Until and unless we notice this, our senses will dull, as will our thinking and our capacity to act with a clear and discerning mind. Whether the radius of your world is measured by the distance between where you stand and the nearest traffic sign, or some spot on the other side of the globe, what you hear, see and feel generate perspectives and creative capacities that are then walked into and called “reality”. Our perspectives perpetuate to such an extent that we no longer view them as perspectives – rather, we begin to view them as truths. Every so often we should stop, look, listen and take stock of the subtle ideas we are being fed by others. Then we ought take action, including owning up to past perspectives that were mistaken or held in error. Many (me too) consider themselves students of the mind-body connection, or the mind-wallet-bank account connection, or the mind-relationship connection. At some point in our lives we started tuning in to what our thinking was actually being barraged by. We listened to a talking head, or watched a video, e.g. The Secret, and latched onto the notion that, as my old teacher used to say, “To Think Is To Create.” Then most run off to try to push-think hopes and dreams into material stuff. But in the doing so, we rarely discipline ourselves to attend (i.e. pay attention) to the radio or TV, or the images in ads, or the political spin masters as they weave paragraphs laden with doublespeak and shoddy premised foundations. Rare is the person disciplined enough to notice his or her own resultant self talk! If for no other reason than this a meditation practice is important. Whether you consider yourself an ardent student or just a dabbler in this regard, you probably have a degree of understanding that outside thought and suggestion affects your grey matter. Yes? But, just because our technologies (computers, google & Yahoo, twitter, etc.) add seeming ease to life does not relieve us of the responsibility and accountability to guard the thinking mind. Advertisers know that subtle shifts in image and tone affects the buying public. News media (TV, radio, print, online) know that the pictures and words that confront you will color your perspective. CNN will show you one image of a smiling politician, while FOX News shows a growling image of the same politician (and vice versa) … both images used to report the identical event but shaping a different story. Why? Because it’s not the news they are selling, it’s something else. Doubt it? Then why so much money spent monthly on political campaigns after the elections are over? --- and on advertising the reason you should buy a certain burger, attend a particular brand name church this weekend, scent to your skin with this one oh sooo good and chug that brew at the party? Case in point: almost every politician says, “I’m against negative campaigning!” Yet negative campaigning (i.e. fear-based selling) continues decade after decade. How come? Maybe we’ve just normalized to it. Perhaps we’re even comforted by it. Like a frog in the proverbial water-slowly-coming-to-boil we’ve been swimming in “it’s just the way things are” and we no longer recognize the water is there, let alone the temperature rising. Kind of like smelling foot odor as the tennis shoes come off after a game. Then the smell goes away. But our discerning mind sure does. And another: I’ve lost count of the times I’ve heard radio talk show hosts rant and rave about a particular injustice, only break away for ads that promotes the very injustice or notion the host is hammering against. What’s going on? Show business, that’s what. Many of us (or the companies that employ our time and talents) have spent sizeable amounts on workshops, courses, lectures, videos, books and audio programs calling us to our attend to our thinking. But what practices do we put in place and return to on a regular basis for our well being after the course or seminar or lecture is over? For the sake of clarity, I’m not necessarily addressing wellbeing as physical health and wealth, though wellbeing in those domains is important. I’m addressing the wellbeing of the emotion and spirit, and the well being national consciousness and global awareness. So, with the above as background grist, here’s an exercise (or practice) to engage in for the next 30 days, with full knowledge that something will come your way to distract you from hanging in there with this. If you are willing to take on this simple exercise, I recommend you give it a fair shot for the full 30-day duration. (4) a willingness to pay attention to what is going on around you: the conversations; the TV; the songs, ads and talk on radio; the pictures, symbols and words in print and internet medium strung together to convince of a point of view OR worse yet something that some one say YOU NEED, that you didn’t know beforehand that YOU NEEDED! It doesn’t matter if these come in the form of advertisement, political commentary (regardless the brand name of the espousing political party), religious conviction (no matter the brand name of the espousing church), etc. At this stage the source doesn’t matter. What does matter is: (1) pay attention, (2) take note, and (3) ask at least these three questions: “What is being said, fed, sold or told?” “Why this?” “Who, besides myself, stands to benefit if I am convinced or agree with what I am hearing and/or what is being implied?” Listen to it all. Look at what you record. Sift through it at the end of the day. Look for patterns. In some ways, this exercise may become a rather humorous. You might find yourself laughing in a few days. You might even catch yourself talking to the radio or TV, “Heck, I didn’t know I needed that.” Then again, you might find yourself switching to another station or channel, or just turning the darn thing (or person) off. Return to the list of names that opened this article, particularly Napoleon Hill. He finished his research for Think and Grow Rich in 1927, then published the manuscript ten years later. He didn’t invent what he wrote about, he reported on it. As I recall, and I’m willing to be wrong, he promoted the idea of SERVICE, and that this (service) was the result of FINDING something that OTHERS (not self) TRULY NEED and then HONESTLY going about FILLING THAT NEED so that those OTHERS would and could BENEFIT. I don’t recall him writing that service resulted from creating or inventing an imagined need and then convincing others that the thing created was in fact something that had to be filled so that the person who imagined it could benefit. Again, I could be mistaken, so I’ll go back and take another look at the book. But, this I will say – it is disturbing just how many programs, products and so-called “services” exist today that say they are based on Hill’s work and yet they operate with darn near the sole intent of filling their own need. And here I’m including some that exist in my field of the human potential, leadership education and team effectiveness. Self-help spun in a different direction, i.e. which “self” are we talking about being helped? Back to the above offered exercise. I don’t think anyone needs to do it. Consider it as simply what it is – an exercise. You’ll benefit, I’m confident, by touching on something important to you. I honestly believe it will be enlightening, ear and eye opening, especially if preconceptions and past certainties are set aside. From it you may find, over the next thirty days, possibilities forgotten or overlooked, accompanied by renewed strength to take action. Inspect, account and discern what is flowing into your consciousness that is being promoted by someone else’s self-serving motivation.

http://alliedronin.blogspot.com/2010/05/

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal did something supposedly “controversial.” He called for a national revival. According to Helderman, Jindal insisted this was a religious event, not a political one. The rally was founded by American Family Association. Jindal said: "Let's all go plant those seeds of the gospel….Share the good news with all whom we encounter." He added: "We can't just elect a candidate to fix what ails our country. We can't just pass a law and fix what ails our country….We need a spiritual revival to fix what ails our country." So, what makes the rally so “controversial”? Is it the liberal protesters outside the rally? For those aware of America’s history, there should be nothing controversial about Governor Jindal’s appearance at the rally. America was born as a result of a national revival, known as the First Great Awakening. It began in the 1730s under the preaching of the humble and brilliant Jonathan Edwards. And it was spread from colony to colony through many itinerant preachers, but especially Rev. George Whitefield, a British evangelist who spoke to thousands in a day long before microphones. The founders made it clear that our republic depended on the people being virtuous and that religion was the means by which the people would be virtuous. You can see this in Washington’s Farewell Address. Thomas Jefferson---who later in life privately held unorthodox beliefs, while regularly worshiping in orthodox services, which he supported financially---was a champion of religious freedom. So was his friend and compatriot, James Madison; and they were therefore heroes in their day among the evangelicals. They lived in the Piedmont region of Virginia, which was a hotbed of revivalism and a part of what we now call the Second Great Awakening. That movement helped give birth to the abolition of slavery. So, when any modern leaders, like Governor Jindal, assert that America needs a new spiritual awakening, they are the ones in touch with our nation’s history---not the modern intelligentsia that views the religious right as interlopers to an otherwise blissful secular state.

http://americanprophet.org/How-is-Calling-for-National-Revival-Controversial-by-Jerry-Newcombe_1671.htm

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin is a media gadfly best known for hosting Live with Regis & (someone) since 1988 when the show went national from its LA roots. Philbin began in the television business when the business itself was still young. In 1999, Philbin hosted the primetime debut of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? According to the folks at Guinness Book of World Records, Philbin has logged the most hours on television of anyone ever (16,100 by 2008, and still counting). In 2011 Philbin finally announced his retirement from the show. Nipsey Russell (1918-2005) was an African-American comedian known as “the poet laureate of television” because he would often compose humorous poems for his frequent appearances on game shows and talk shows. “Barney” on Mission: Impossible was played by Greg Morris (1933-1996), also a black actor. Bryant Gumbel is a journalist of color best known for co-hosting NBC’s The Today Show for fifteen years. Temperatures Rising was an ABC sitcom that aired from 1972-1974. It underwent multiple cast and premise changes in its two seasons, but remained set in a Washington, D.C., hospital. “That guy” was Cleavon Little (1939-1992), who played a doctor (of African-American persuasion), Jerry Noland. He also starred in Blazing Saddles as Sheriff Bart. He rose to fame by starring in Porgy & Bess and To Kill a Mockingbird. He later starred as an admiral in two Star Trek films and performed the role of Darth Vader in the NPR adaptation of the original Star Wars trilogy. Peters was black. Kool-Aid is a flavored drink mix that has been popular with kids for decades. Invented by Nebraskan Edwin Perkins in 1927, seven flavors were initially available: cherry, grape, lemon-lime, orange, raspberry, root beer, and strawberry. In 1953, the brand was sold to General Foods. In the 1960s, the giant pitcher-shaped mascot Kool-Aid Man was introduced. He would exclaim, “Oh yeah!” after crashing through a wall. The name became associated with a bad bit of business in 1978 when 918 cultists committed suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. The phrase “drank the Kool-Aid” has come to mean a person has bought into a line of foolish thinking or dogma, when in fact the victims drank poison mixed with Kool-Aid competitor Flavor-Aid. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. See previous notes on Mission: Impossible. James Arness is indeed Peter Graves’s brother. He is best known for playing Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke. He also played the plant-based alien in the 1951 film The Thing from Another World. See above note on Search. Land of the Lost was a children’s sci-fi television series that ran from 1974-1976 (Doug McClure was not in it). McClure did star in the 1975 film The Land That Time Forgot and 1977’s The People That Time Forgot. Again, the guy on screen is Brock Peters.

http://annotatedmst.com/episodes/14/SST_Death_Flight

When we study the Bible, we are on a quest for meaning — and not just any meaning, but God’s meaning through the Bible’s human authors. Discovering God’s meaning may require hard work (digging for diamonds always does), but the journey will leave us with deeper knowledge, more Christlikeness, and a stronger sense of God’s beauty in his book. Word searches are important for deep study of the Bible. To conduct one, search for a particular word throughout the Bible to help clarify meaning and make connections to other Scriptures. A concordance makes these searches easy as they list words and where each is used in the Bible. Beyond this you can usually search Bible apps or online texts for instances of where specific words are found throughout the Bible. How to Get Deeper in Bible Passages ..?? Arcing provides a way of preserving what we’ve seen with a kind of drawing of the text, each statement having an arc and each relationship having a symbol. When you’re done, you can file it away and remember everything you’ve seen next time you want to study the passage. There’s nothing really mysterious about it. We talk this way all the time, especially when we’re trying to be clear and trying to explain something to somebody. We try to make a point, then we say other things about the point to explain it or support it. We do this instinctively. We manage to communicate pretty well from day to day. What arcing does is force us to think about what we’re doing, and what the biblical writers are doing, just as a way of making sure that we don’t miss anything that they’re trying to show us. The great value of arcing is, mainly, it forces us to just look and look and look at the text and think and think about it. Paul said in 2 Timothy 2:7, “Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding.” In order to get the fullest meaning out of a passage, we have to look at it carefully and in detail and think about it. Then, we need to reconstruct the argument in our heads, or on paper and write it down lest we forget it. Bottom Line… “Go deep with God in his word. You will know him as you’ve never known him before.” … for there is only one guidebook in your journey to the Promised Land; no substitutes !

http://arkfellowshipkuwait.com/bible-study/

As mentioned in the introduction to Newfoundland Court Records, The documents prepared for the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, whether for its central trial division in St. John’s or its circuit courts in the Southern District (Ferryland) and Northern District (Bonavista), have wound up being separated in two archival collections nowadays. Some are found at the Registry of Deeds (ROD) and some are found at the Provincial Archives of The Rooms. There is a certain amount of logic to this division, with land related documents tending to me more prevalent amongst the holdings at the ROD. But that is not a universal rule. Similarly, many of the earliest documents, especially for the district courts, are to be found at the ROD. But that is not always the case either. Therefore, when searching for a document or case file it is often necessary to visit both the ROD and The Rooms to view their collections. This duplication is aggravated by the lack of an online index to these holdings in either location. Since Ray’s tragic early passing, his summary table has been slightly modified and corrected by the volunteers in the NGB group, and Kevin Reddigan has supplemented it with more detailed information on cases pertaining to the residents of Caplin Bay/Calvert. But for all intents and purposes these have been the only attempts made to provide an online index to any of the early Newfoundland Court documents. The documents below were found in the summer of 2016 during a fairly through search of one box of court documents held at The Rooms. As my focus broadens and more individuals who took part in the affairs of the Colony in the early days become associated with my area of research additional documents will no doubt take on new meaning and will be included here. I am presenting these documents in chronological order, as I did for the documents of the Central District, as there is no “theme” or other order suggested by the contents of the files and an alphabetical listing would have to list the documents at least twice, once by the name of the Plaintiff and once by the name of the Defendant, and more than twice in the instance of multiple Plaintiffs and Defendants. The page can of course be searched by name to find documents of interest to a specific family or person. Many of the files presented here are of no relevance other than to indicate that a familiar name appeared on the list of petty or grand jury members in a particular sitting of the Court. Other files are simply summary tables to the cases heard during that session or circuit of the court, focusing for my purposes on the sessions that took place in Ferryland rather than elsewhere in the Southern District. All of these files were photographed, not scanned, and, where there were multiple pages in a case file, each page is presented as a separate photograph. Later I may assemble these into PDFs to reduce the number of files presented here. As noted above, some of the pages in these court registers were devoted to summarising the cases being heard in the sessions of a particular period in time, sometimes in one year, sometimes in multiple years. This is the closest thing to an index that exists for the contents of these registers and unfortunately they have never been digitised by The Rooms and made available as such. I have only photographed the pages pertaining to the Ferryland Circuit Sessions and unfortunately many of the photos are not good, verging on illegible. Some day, hopefully, The Rooms, or some researcher or volunteer will actually index these pages and make them available for searching. Above are two multiple year summaries. Individual year summaries appear below chronologically. At the commencement of the proceedings of each circuit session of the Surrogate Court certain housekeeping matters such as the swearing in of jury members and the naming of the officers of the court in attendance was necessary and these details were recorded for posterity. In this instance, Robert Carter was the Deputy Sheriff, William Carter was the Magistrate, and Richard Sullivan and Michael Devereaux and a person named Sisk whose forename was omitted were amongst the petty jurors. Meanwhile a list of those required to attend as members of grand juror but who did not attend (most likely occupied in the fishery) was given and each was threatened with a fine £2-10 Shillings, should they not appear during the session, a hefty price to pay for a weeks absence from the fishery. Their excuses were heard and some were absolved while others were made to pay. This is an object lesson in accepting the role of a trustee in an insolvency case. Matthew Morry Jr. was owed rent for a fishing room that he owned in Aquaforte (this is news to me). The two men using the fishing room were Matthew Ryan and George Doran but they had subsequently been declared insolvent. The trustee handling their affairs promised Matthew £15 out of the £16 he was owed but then recanted and said there were insufficient funds available to pay even 20 Shillings on the Pound. A jury was chosen to adjudicate and found in favour of Morry. A simple action to recover a debt of £22-12 Shillings-0 Pence. The defendants admitted and paid the debt, leaving one to wonder why they did not do so before going to the trouble and expense of a hearing before the court. It is of interest nevertheless because it shows how closely allied in business Benjamin Sweetland and Matthew Morry (Junior) were at this time. On this one page two cases are presented. Actually in this court record book there were often multiple cases presented in extremely synoptic form on each page. The first case was withdrawn and settled out of court, again begging the question why these things even appeared in court in the first place. The second case is similar in that the Plaintiffs charged they had supplied the Defendant and his servants bait worth £10-10 Shillings, the Defendant admitted the debt and was ordered to pay the full amount. This summary only lists four writs served in Ferryland in 1827. Obviously, from the cases presented below, which do not appear in this list, it was incomplete. Perhaps a second list pertaining to a separate session was missed by me during my review of the record books. For the second session of the Surrogate Court in 1827 William Carter was the Magistrate with Richard Sullivan acting as one of two Constables. Grand Jurors included, amongst others, James H. Carter (see more on him below; this was a pure conflict of interest), Matthew Morry (assumed Junior), John Morry, N. Stabb, P. Winser, E. Stabb, N. Clift, and B. Sweetland. This is an extremely important case for my family history research because it pertains to proven charge of rape against one of my ancestors. It is even more notable because of the light treatment this pillar of society received when found guilty by a jury of his peers, including amongst others Benjamin Sweetland as foreman and Nicholas Stabb, Matthew Morry (junior one assumes), Peter Winser, Ewen Stabb, and Noah Clift, all men with whom Carter was related either through marriage or business or both. Another unusual aspect of the case is that the charge was being laid not as a criminal offence but rather as a civil case seeking compensation by the mother of the girl raped to cover the loss of her services whilst pregnant and later whilst caring for her child. No criminal charges were evidently laid in the case and the judge and jury, though finding Carter liable, restricted that liability to £30 instead of the £100 sought in the action. We know from information found in other sources on the case that the girl who was raped, Ellen Delahunty, was forced by public censure to leave the village but we do not know what became of her or her child, except that Carter never admitted any responsibility for their care. As far as is known, the incident did not cause anything more than a little public embarrassment to Carter and possibly not even that. His business and his marriage carried on as usual. This case has been written up in several legal journals because of the lengthy explanation offered by the trial judge on a matter that, at least on the face of it, seemed simple and presumably one that would not take much of the court’s time. Only a lawyer could possibly be interested in the intricacies of the precedents quoted and the reasoning followed by the trial judge. All that lesser mortals need to know about this case is that Ewen Stabb carried fish for Peter Winser to England and that upon arrival the fish weighed much less than when shipped because of the condition of the fish when shipped (it had not been properly dried before being shipped). Winser refused to pay the full freight claiming a mistake had been made in the weighing of the cargo and that he should only have paid freight on the amount received, not the amount shipped. But the judge determined that this was not the case according to legal precedent and that Stabb was indeed entitled to receive the full price agreed in advance for his shipping the fish and ought not to be forced to return any part of that commission to Winser. Curiously, this page contains two lists of writs for Ferryland, the first undated but containing some of the cases mentioned above under 1827, but also many more not found in the register, and a second list said to be for 1828 which does not contain the cases heard below. The former issue can be explained because of many cases being withdrawn due to a settlement out of court. But the inaccuracies pertaining to listings by year which do not contain cases found in the register is perplexing. I find these summary tables to be less useful than I initially thought that they would be in terms of location cases of interest. Amongst the Officers of the Court in this session, William Carter is named as a “Justice of the Peace” and not a “Magistrate”, as was customarily the case. It isn’t clear if this had any meaning in law at the time. Ewen Stabb was the Deputy Sheriff and Richard Sullivan the Constable. Amongst the members of the Jury selected were Benjamin Sweetland, as Foreman, and Robert Carter, S. Carter, A. Carter, and N. Clift as members. The Robert Carter Esq. in this case, of whom there were at least three alive at this time, was Robert Carter RN. The case against John Kearny had been dismissed by the Grand Jury but the found the case against Patrick Fennely to be a true bill and the judge pronounced judgement against him and fined him in the amount of £5. There were two cases of interest on this page. In the first case, Robert and James Carter, who were business partners as well as brothers, were attempting to recover a debt from Matthew Ryan but, as we learned above, he and his partner, Doran had been declared insolvent, hence the jury left it to Judge to determine how to deal with the situation and no conclusion is recorded. In the second case, the jury found for the Plaintiff and awarded him a little less than the full amount of his complaint, £34 – 0 – 0 and 6 Farthings (the full amount claimed being £39). There is no explanation for the awarding of a lesser amount. As in the case above where the table was ostensibly for 1828 but appeared to cover cases heard in 1827, this table is clearly meant to be the table for 1828 and not 1829 as it includes the two cases summarised above. It appears therefore that the tables are out of place in the court records leading to a misunderstanding as to which year they apply, since not every page in the summaries is dated. The same Officers of the Court in this session were chosen as in 1828, with William Carter named once again as a “Justice of the Peace” and not a “Magistrate”. Ewen Stabb was the Deputy Sheriff and Richard Sullivan was one of two Constables. The names of the Grand Jury are not given suggesting there was no need for a jury in this session. And indeed I found not cases of interest to my research in this session. This summary may or may not be for 1830 since it does not contain the cases outlined below. It may in fact be the summary table for 1829 during which year no cases were found to be of interest to my research. The same Officers of the Court in this session were chosen as in 1829, with one notable exception — William Carter was not named as magistrate; his nephew, Robert Carter was not appointed to this position. This seems odd until one reads the Grand Jury presentment below, in which William Carter is chastised for creating a nuisance with the placement of his new house. Obviously it was necessary to recuse him from receiving this report. Ewen Stabb was the Deputy Sheriff and Richard Sullivan was one of two Constables. The names of the Grand Jury are again not given suggesting there was no need for a jury in this session. And indeed I found not cases of interest to my research in this session. These “presentments” were in large measure complaints about the inadequacies of the Court facilities in Ferryland (insufficient space for jury deliberations, lack of a privy for prisoners in detention, inadequate secure storage for court documents, etc.). They also express concern that cases of a petty nature that could be handled in another venue are taking them from their normal work for days on end. Then they go after Magistrate William Carter, not sitting in this session for obvious reasons, for erecting an obstruction in the public road. I presume this is the new house we hear of in the Journal of Robert Carter. They are concerned that the Public Coroner must travel great distances in his capacity as Clerk of the Circuit Court and hence be absent when needed in Ferryland. Finally they conclude that the Clerk of the Peace should be on salary and not receive fees for his services when acting as Clerk of the Circuit Court and that the Clerk of the Peace not be obliged to serve in this capacity in any event as it too results in lengthy absences from his duties in Ferryland. This is only singled out or attention for the benefit of the descendants of Michael Devereaux, including the Morry family of Seattle, Washington. Michael was not a merchant and it was some measure of the esteem in which he was held, nevertheless, that he was named as the foreman of a jury. Although he pleaded guilty and was found so by the Judge, strangely the Prosecutor intervened on his behalf and thus he was only fined 1 Shilling. One supposes that Henry Coryear may have shared some part of the blame for the assault on his person. It seems that Michael Costello systematically took the salmon out of everyone’s nets moored to Ferryland Head, not just those of Robert and James H. Carter. He was found guilty by the Grand Jury but the sentence is not given in the report.

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Corning is best known as the home of Corning Glassware and the Corning Museum of Glass – the museum details the history of glass and the art of glass making as well as the science behind glass making. There is also the opportunity to see a live-glass blowing demonstration and take a stroll around the glass gallery attached to the site. The town itself is very quaint and very walkable. The Gaffer District is the main downtown area and is full of shopping boutiques and restaurants. The area also offers much in the way of outdoor activities and experiences, including many hiking trails, biking and fishing as well as wineries and breweries.

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Vinay Rai is engaged in promoting culture as a tool for activism and change. Together with his wife Meenakshi, he developed a global musical project linking gypsy communities across the world through Nomadic Caravan. Dedicated to Roma Gypsies of the world, Nomadic Haat is offering a framework for civic agencies and civil society to engage in meaningful and cooperative ways with the culture, the art and the music of nomadic tribes. The duo has also launched courses in nomadic studies to empower young people from different background to strengthen their skills on culture, traditional art and folk of India through video and social media.

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Realizing stable, long-term interfacing with the central and peripheral nervous system challenging in part because it requires tools capable of interacting with neural tissues across a range of spatial scales within a biomechanically challenging environment. Materials and devices constructed at the micro- and nano-scales can circumvent many of the limitations of currently available technologies, allowing us to not only interface with tissue more densely – increasing both spatial resolution and dimensionality – but also to take advantage of the increased biocompatibility and decreased material stiffness as minimum implanted feature sizes shrink. In addition, 3D-printing approaches have the additional benefit of enabling rapid translation of complex computer generated designs into physical objects using photopolymers with properties that can be programmatically tailored to specific interfacing requirements. In this seminar, I will present our recent efforts using high-resolution direct laser writing to create implantable bioelectronic interfaces for small peripheral nerves. Tim Otchy studied Mechanical Engineering at GeorgiaTech and subsequently worked in industry developing machine vision and robotic guidance and control systems. He later earned his Master’s in Philosophy of Science at Tufts University followed by a PhD in Neuroscience at Harvard University with Bence Ölveczky, where he focused on the neural mechanisms that support the acquisition and adaptation of motor skills in songbirds. In work at Boston University – first as a post-doctoral researcher with Timothy Gardner and now as a Principal Investigator and Research Assistant Professor of Biology – he uses novel nanofabrication techniques to create chronically stable, high-density bioelectronic and optical interfaces for the peripheral and central nervous system.

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The Beeston Toreadors Carnival Band was hugely popular in Beeston in the years leading up to the Second World War. Its combination of precision marching, performed at a quick pace, stirring music and colourful costumes provided a timely boost in what, for many, was an otherwise grey era. The band was founded in September 1934 after an iniative by a group of employees of the Beeston Boiler Company. F M Fletcher (President), Victor Oade (Chairman), Harry Fawcett (Secretary), Harry Fearn (Bugle Bandmaster), Herbert Toon (Drum Bandmaster), Dan Toon (Melody Bandmaster) and George Buchanan (Drum Major). Soon after this, Dick Clark was appointed as Band Commander; as an ex-Quartermaster Sergeant, Dick's influence and discipline was critical in the development of the band's style and excellence. The photograph on the right shows two of the band members - Edna Hollingworth and her brother-in-law Albert Preston - in the band's distinctive red, white and black uniforms. From the start, membership of the band was large - 180 had joined at the beginning - and there was always around 100 on each parade. This photographs, taken on Dovecote Lane Recreation Ground gives an indication of how popular it was. The backs of the then newly built Queens Drive can be seen clearly in the background. possibly on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary on 6th May 1935. Two days earlier, the band had won first prize in a competition at Bobbers Mill, Basford. Although it was its first competition and they faced stiff competition from longer established bands from the area, the Beeston band won through - such was the local excitement that the news was projected onto the screen in the Palladium and Palace cinemas and the band paraded along the High Road on its return, despite the lateness of the hour. Below is a further selection of photographs from that era, when the band continued to win awards in carnivals and competitions throughout the region. Jim Fearn has identified his uncle, Harry Fearn, He is on the extreme left of the previous two photographs of the band with the trophies and is the second Toreador from the left on the trophy photograph above those two. Sadly, the outbreak of war in 1939 meant that this highly popular local iniative was brought to end. This mace has now been donated to Beeston & District Local History Society as part of its collection of local memorabilia. Thanks to Brian Preston for his assistance and to members of Frank Fearn's family for providing some of the images. Suggestions for names are invited - there must be many who can recognise parents, grandparents, work colleagues, neighbours - or even themselves - in these photographs. We would be pleased to hear from them.

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If you’re a big online poker enthusiast and you love trying the latest and most popular variants out there, here’s a little something to keep you busy. This article is all about heads up poker online, and we have a feeling you are going to enjoy this! Read through the following section for a quick and clear explanation of what is heads up poker, as well as all the relevant information you need to learn how to play heads up poker to win. This kind of game setup is really exciting and very simple to learn, as you’re about to see. Heads up poker online is really popular right now, and you may just find it will quickly become one of your favorite online poker games of all time! What is heads up poker and why should you care? Simply put, heads up poker is a game of poker between two players. This type of scenario will happen naturally at the end of any poker tournament, when only two players are left on the table. In some cases you may find straight heads up poker games available at your favorite online poker room, where all sessions involve only two players. The reason why heads up poker is so exciting is because for the most part it removes luck out of the equation. Whereas in a typical poker game involving many players, there is only so far you can go in terms of predicting outcomes and hands… when only two players are involved, the game instantly gets much more cerebral and deliberate, since there are fewer variables involved and each player has only one opponent to focus on. To become really strong in a heads up poker scenario, you have to develop a particular skill set that is different from what is needed to win at a sit&go table where you consistently face a group of players. Since in a heads up poker situation you are in the blinds in each and every hand, this means you have to be consistently very aggressive and keep pressuring your opponent. It takes nerves of steel and strong presence of mind to be able to throw your opponent around with every move you make, but that is your only option asides from being pushed around. Since this type of game typically involves high stakes and furious pacing, the rewards can be plentiful if you know what you’re doing and develop a winning strategy. Learn how to play heads up poker right here and now! Playing a session of heads up poker is not unlike engaging a poker duel against your opponent. The first thing you have to keep in mind to stay at the top of this confrontation is to keep yourself from getting blinded out! You do this by throwing your weight around in full force whenever you see an opening, which means you have to be very sharp and very aggressive. Whereas in a game of poker involving a group of people, luck is always a big factor… in a match between two poker players in the same skill level, the most aggressive player will always win. As far as hand probabilities go, you need to keep in mind that most often a game of heads up poker will go to the player holding the highest card or pair, since typically there will be fewer hands played out – which means there is a lower probability of either player hitting one of the highest poker hand rankings. Since heads up poker games invariably unfold quickly and aggressively, and because there is less room for unpredictable developments, these games are typically settled in just a few intense hands. In a typical heads up poker situation, you should be concerned mostly about analyzing your hand’s worth and deciding the likelihood of your opponent holding a stronger hand. This invariably boils down to the face value of the cards you’re holding, rather than the potential to put together a stronger hand as the game unfolds. It’s all about the highest cards, rather than the suits! Holding any Ace will instantly put your winning odds slightly over 50%, while having A-K will instantly push your winnings odds over 90%! The key to learn how to play heads up poker to win is thus to understand the probabilities and potential of your pocket cards, and playing aggressively whenever the odds are leaning strongly in your favor. This is the gist of heads up poker, and everything else essentially boils down to a mental battle between the two players.

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Instructions for a Godly young lady. Additionally, God forbids envy ("...the feeling of displeasure produced by witnessing or hearing of the advan tage or prosperity of others; this evil sense always attaches to this word envy desires to deprive another of what he has, jealousy desires to have the same or the same sort of thing for itself." Vines'). Envy: Titus 3:3, James 4:5, 1 Peter 2:1-3. (Note that envy denies that the Lord is good.) Jealousy: Romans 13:13, 1 Corinthians 3:3, 2 Corinthians 12:20, Galatians 5:19-25, James 3:13ff., & ch 4. The above applies for both men and women. For a woman, it means she must be content with what God provides her under her proper authority. And neither the man nor woman can look around them in envy or jealousy. Our responsibility is to fit within the framework wherein we were born, for God chose our parents, station and social status in life. The responsibility for a man is to be "self-sufficient," not from God and proper human authority, but able to establish and support a home on his own under God. The responsibility of the girl and her parents is to see that the one she marries is properly established under God and proper authority. Consequently, the girl and boy have different lessons to learn in the home: among many other things, the boy must learn to be in Godly authority and "self-sufficient," but the girl must learn to be under Godly authority. Unlike a man, the woman can not work to be on her own, viz., "self-sufficient." When and if she does seek to be "self-sufficient," she leaves herself open to devastating deception. (1 Tim. 2:14.) A widow or orphan, on the other hand, is under the Lord's authority, which is why He makes special provision for them in the Law. For under proper authority, God becomes her protection and provision. (Ex. 22:22, Deut. 14:29, Ps. 146:9, Jer. 7:6. Zech. 7:10, James 1:27, &c.) Note in these passages that only the fatherless and widow are promised protection directly from the Lord. Everyone else, therefore, finds their protection under their proper, God given authority. If a woman says, "I want more than God provides for me under my proper authority, so I am going to work in order to obtain more regardless of what anyone says," she has yielded to covetousness: she has turned to idolatry. Certainly, it is not wrong to desire more than we have; the sin is the willingness to compromise God's word and will to gain more. Nor is it wrong to work; the sin is when a woman or man "works" apart from proper authority. Note that it is the attitude involved pursuing "things" that creates the difficulty. Though this letter deals particularly with a girl's Godly responsibility to be under a man's authority (father then husband. Upon the death of or divorce from her husband, she can return under her father's authority), it includes boys also. A man's work is sin if he works apart from God's authority. The man's place of authority in the family and in society does not exempt him from being under authority. This is why it is so important that both the girl and the girl's parents thoroughly examine a young man's attitude toward money and authority, e.g., Authority: 1 Samuel 15:23, Money: Luke 12:15, Ephesians 5:3. The Lord does not take covetousness lightly, Colossians 3:5,...covetousness, which is idolatry... The result of an inordinate desire for better things is the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. But there is a positive side of freedom from covetousness, viz., prolonged days, Prverbs 28:16. God determined who would be born a girl and who would be born a boy. Furthermore, God ordained the place of both in the structure of the family and society. The enemy of all godliness is the one who perverted God's order. If the prospective husband is not properly submitted under God's authority and proper human authority (parents, &c.), marriage with him will only develop grave and complicated problems. Note the law concerning the seduced maiden. (Ex. 22:16, 17.) If her dad saw that the man was not a proper man, he could, and probably should, forbid the marriage. The qualifications of a godly husband are given by the Lord, Exodus 18:21, ...able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness...; 1 Timothy 3:8, ...grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience... The conclusion to the whole matter is that the primary lesson for any young person to learn is correct submission and response to all authority. Even though Divine Providence may leave a lady "on her own," e.g., orphan or widow, Scripturally, she is primarily responsible to learn how to correctly be under proper authority, not how to make her own way through this world. On the other hand, the young man must learn how to be the proper authority and "on his own" under God. Sad to say, many times good, well-meaning parents urge their daughters to violate the clear teaching of God's word and be "on their own" and "self-sufficient." There is no Scriptural grounds for such urging. Furthermore, the "self spirit" has resulted in an accepted reversal of Godly roles in even Christian families and in society generally. That the word of God be not blasphemed: as for the discharge of their duty towards God, so for the credit and reputation of the gospel, that for their carriage contrary to the rules of nature and morality, as well as of religion, the gospel may not be evil spoken of, as if from that they had learned their ill and indecent behaviour. We live in a society that has been very effectively "secularized:" the practical applications of God's Word have been almost totally removed and replaced by humanistic, man-centered thinking. The only hope for the future is to rethink every area of life in terms of the Word of God. This is particularly important when we consider that we must prepare a new generation of young people to face the difficult times ahead in what appears to be a developing pagan society. Are we going to raise a generation that trusteth in man or a generation that trusteth in the Lord? If Christians actually believe what they claim, they will act upon and according to the Word of God regardless of what surrounding society thinks, says &/or does. Every area of life and thought must be reconsidered, starting with the families. Parents, fathers especially, must realign their actions and attitudes toward their children with the Word of God and train them accordingly. I suppose my heart is toward the daughters in a family because we only have daughters. Unknown to most parents and pastors, they are likely training sincere, Godly Christian young ladies to bring reproach upon the Word of God by urging them to depart from their fathers' homes before marriage. When we train up girls to be self-sufficient, we do it to our own destruction and to the destruction of society. Certainly, it may seem right to the deceitful, desperately wicked heart to urge and train girls to be self-sufficient, but the Word of God searches and tries the reins of the heart. The Lord will return upon all according to their doings. Thus when Christian young people are trained contrary to the Word of God, we can fully expect society in general to blaspheme God. The training of young women to bring reproach upon the Lord and to provide the enemy with the opportunity to blaspheme the Word of God probably started in earnest with WW II: Men went to the war and women went to the factories. One of our men said that his grandfather told him that he, the grandfather, said at the start of WW II when women went into the factory, "This is the end of America." How right he was. God created man. Then He created woman to be man's helpmeet. (1 Cor. 11, 1 Tim 2.) Therefore, the goal of both the church and family must be training Christian young ladies to fit within God's creative plan and purpose. Notice Paul's instructions to Titus in Titus 2:3-5 (above). Observe submitting themselves to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. When a single young lady enters into the work place, she must submit herself to the authority other than her father's, and when a married woman enters the work place, she must submit to authority other than her own husband's . And thus she causes the Word of God to be blasphemed. Moreover, those who "hire" her to be under their authority are guilty of bringing reproach upon the Word of God. If Paul meant what he told Timothy and Titus, and if we are not allowed to do evil that good may come of it, (Romans 3:8) where does this leave Christian ministries, churches and Christian Schools? Do we really believe God's Word? Are we willing to live by His law-word when the cost of such living is more than we planned, and brings hardship? Thus training of young Christian ladies in behaviour contrary to that commanded by Paul brings reproach on God's Word. Paul's instructions to Titus, contrary to most modern Christian opinions and actions, were not voided by W W II. The training of Christian young ladies for life must fit within the general guidelines given by the Spirit. All of Proverbs 31 easily fits within those general guidelines. Primarily, young ladies are to be taught proper submission to Godly authority, not how to be self-sufficient. Sadly, because young men are not trained in the home to be Godly, responsible men, women are being forced into self-sufficiency. Thus a young lady's father desperately needs to closely examine her prospective husband. Therefore, training that does not fit within the Spirit's general guidelines trains daughters to blaspheme the word of God. Paul clearly tells Titus how young ladies are to be trained. Our point is this: Godly Christian parents, even with the encouragement of Godly pastors, are pressuring young ladies to leave home and become self-sufficient, e.g., "It's time to go to college and learn a `trade,' &c." Obviously, all young ladies who go "on their own" from the pressure of their parents will not go to the devil. But why tempt the Lord? Why give an occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully? (1 Tim. 5:14.) God, in His creation purpose, did not create Eve to be self-sufficient and on her own. Has God's purpose changed since Eve's creation? First, not letting them grow up at home. As they get older, parents may be inclined to continue treating them as 12 year olds with the same restrictions and demands. As they get older, they must have more freedom. Either they will have freedom under the Godly authority of their parents, or they will find freedom on their own. Of course, freedom cannot be license to sin. Single young people, especially a young lady, must always have boundaries in order to feel securethat is the way the Lord made us, e.g., this is the way, walk ye in it. Thus when she is urged or even forced out on her own, she establishes her own boundaries, and the word of God is blasphemed. Second, she is told in words &/or attitudes that it is time to move out. A girl is not a boy. A boy should be trained to be on his own, responsible and self-sufficient under God, but a girl is not so equipped by God. Thus when daughters are told, "You are this age, it's time to move out," they are being forced into something they are not equipped by God to handle. Certainly, there are Godly single women who have remained so in order to serve the Lord. But their service fits within the guidelines established by the Spirit. We are here considering parents pressuring and training their daughters to be self-sufficient and independent of authority, viz., "on their own." As mentioned above, our corrupt society in which men refuse to be men many times forces young ladies into "self-sufficient" situations. If they are forced into such situations, that is a different story, but they should still be well-prepared to know what to expect, to remain close to the Lord and to be responsive to proper authority. Fathers (& mothers) may use many reasons to excuse molding their daughters into women who can fit into the "working" world, but they will be hard pressed to justify their actions from the Word of God. Paul did not say that the Spirit's command in Titus 2 is only in effect until the twentieth century. Recently, the media proclaimed the glories of 500 women going on the Aircraft Carrier Eisenhower where 6,000 men are stationed (pregnancy, said the ship's captain, is no more of a problem than a broken leg. Abortion?). Women are reaching unequaled levels of "equality" with men. Though Bible believing Christians and pastors may be loudly proclaiming the shame of women taking on obviously unBiblical, antiChristian roles in society, the "Women's Lib" movement appears to be gaining great strength. But the problem starts in the "Christian" homesthey have trained and are training their own Christian daughters to bring reproach upon the Word of God. Thas God speaks clearly against several things in Deut 22:5: 1) women in the military; 2) women in occupations that are generally associated with men, and 3) women who are indistinguishable from men in their dress. When dress is the primary distinction between the sexes, then woman are forbidden to wear men's apparel. Obviously, Romans 2 refers to circumcision, but the point is this many who boast of their love for the Word of God are dishonoring God by causing the name of God to be blasphemed in their families and in their churches. Christians cannot condemn the unGodly for blaspheming God when their own actions contrary to the Word of God are what causes the word of God to be blasphemed by the unGodly. We must rethink every area in terms of the Word of God, starting in our own homes. "The presupposition of Biblical law is individual responsibility and guilt." (The Institutes of Biblical Law, vol. I, R.J. Rushdony. P 570.) Perjury, willfully telling of a lie, or breaking of an oath or formal promise, was a serious act in Scripture. In the past, Biblical law was an important part of American law. Perjury in a capital felony was, and still is in some states, punishable by death. (Ibid, p. 571.) The Lord God holds individuals responsible to be honest in all there dealings. An honest and just social order is built upon honest and just family relationships, which must start at the very foundation of marriage. God considers it very important that the man and woman contemplating marriage be open and honest with one another. We find a good account of God's requirement of individual responsibility to be honest in marriage in Deuteronomy 22. In vv. 13-21 we have the law concerning the deceit of a woman by a man, or vice versa. First, we see that God protects a woman from deceitful intentions of a man. The desires which led to his taking her as his wife were not pure, v. 13. After their wedding night, his lust gratified, he desires to get rid of his new wife (cf. Amnon, 2 Sam. 8:15). In order to do this, he brings charges against her concerning her purity before their marriage. These were serious charges which would result in her death if proved true, v.21. Therefore, God provides for her protection. Second, we see that God protects a man from deceitful intentions of a woman, vv. 20, 21. For whatever reason, the woman deceived her prospective husband into thinking she was pure. He finds out on their wedding night that he was deceived. Therefore, God's law makes provision for his protection. The law permits the husband to go to the elders of the city, who act as the judges in the matter, and charge his new wife with not being pure, v. 14. The wife's father is her defense. He comes forward, and presents the evidence to the elders, v. 17. If the evidence proves his daughter is innocent of the charge by her husband, then the husband is chastised for bringing the false charge, fined 100 shekels of silver, and the husband is deprived of any future divorce right. (Normal dowry was 50 shekels, about three years wages for the average man. It was given to the girl's father, and thus out of the husband's reach.) The fine provided the wife with financial security. Furthermore, the husband's forfeits his right to divorce, which in practicality, he became her slave. Thus, she is protected by the law from both unholy desires and false charges from her husband. On the other hand, if it is determined that the woman did intentionally deceive the man before their marriage, God's law requires her death, vv. 20, 21. Notice that the woman is not put to death for impurity before marriage (cf. Ex. 22:16, 17). Rather, she is put to death for deceiving the man. There are two points in this law worth our notice. 1) The importance of beginning the marriage relationship with complete honesty. The Lord forbids people from passing themselves off as something they are not. This requirement does not require opening up every detail of one's past life to the other unless ignorance of that detail could damage the marriage relationship. Paul is a good example of this law in action. We are told very little about his past life, only what is needful, but he never passes himself off as something that he is not. 2) The woman's father always has a certain amount of responsibility to protect his daughter. He is not actually 'free' of her until the death of either. There is another division worth our attention, Deuteronomy 22:22-29. First, a betrothed virgin was treated as a married woman, vv. 22-27. Second, if the damsel is not betrothed or married, AND the maid is a virgin, the guilty man had to pay the father 50 shekels of silver (about 3 years wages), the dowry of a virgin. The Lord protects the family. On the other hand, if the maid is not a virgin, the man does not have to pay the dowry. There are other laws which come into action if the woman is playing the harlot, which we will not look at now. By passions we must include far more than just the area of morality. A man may be as moral as the Lord Himself, yet unable to control in his passions. Let us not think for a moment that the enemy of our souls doesn't know that if he can cause men to lose their self-control and moral fiber, he has gained society. Much of what we see around us today is geared for the breakdown: Pornography, advertising, TV, and entertainment of all kinds, & c. Obviously, the law of vv. 22-29 applies equally to woman, but the responsibility before God falls squarely upon the man. Women will reflect the attitude of the men in society. Therefore, we cannot emphasize enough the importance of self-control on the part of the man, especially before marriage, but also after marriage. Foruth, if the father does not permit the marriage, the dowry is paid anyway, which gives her a double dowry upon marriage, making her an attractive prospective bride. The immoral action was an attack against the family, robbing the father of what was his, a virgin daughter. It also robbed the daughter of her own value to the man of her and her father's choice. Restitution must be made to the family. Fifth, this law also assumes that the man is not an incorrigible person (habitual offender), who was severely dealt with, Deuteronomy 21:18-21. Finally, it is impossible for one of these laws to stand alone. They are all intertwined. We are living in a society where men refuse to take responsibility for anything, especially their own emotions and passions. But God holds them responsible, and their society will reflect what they are in the heart. First published, 4/91, and edited since. Those who deny the clear teaching of the word of God claim that each man has enough good within him that with enough education in the facts of a matter, he will make the right decision. However, Paul quotes Psalms 14, telling us that such an assumption is contrary to the Word of God. And God should know; He made us. Some time ago, the Indianapolis Star had an account of a survey in Greenwood, IN. They asked the parents of school age kids about sex education, and a surprising majority said they wanted more sex ed in the schools. We were visiting for a wedding in SC, and a local Sunday paper there proclaimed on the front page the out of control STD among youngsters. Those who were expressing their concern said they did not know what the answer was except more education. A review of 26 research trials regarding the effectiveness of sex education has been published in the British Medical Journal this week revealing some alarming conclusions. The researchers looked at the effect sex education had on the age teenagers first had sexual intercourse, the increase in the use of birth control and also the incidence of unintended pregnancy in adolescents. Sex education classes and clinics in schools were examined in addition to family planning clinics and community based programmes. The study found that sex education had no effect on delaying the initiation of sexual intercourse or improving the use of birth control or pregnancy rates. Worryingly data from five studies showed that the intervention of sex education may have increased pregnancies in partners of male participants. ... They went on to say that prevention programmes may have to start earlier in childhood and sited a study undertaken with disadvantaged children under five years old that showed lower adolescent pregnancy rates. ... Comment: the Sex Ed poison has had its effect, so what is the answer? Give the kids more poison earlier in life. The humanist's faith says that education is the answer for man's ills. Though the facts prove otherwise, their faith demands that they provide more "education", and they are willing to invest truckloads of money and multiplied years of time to accomplish the results their false faith "promises". It is certainly a shame that Christians cannot have the same kind of faiththat is, faith that continues on with the confidence of Christianizing the Nations (Mat. 28:19, 20) despite the appearance of losing the battle. The wicked continue in their hopeless cause by faith. If anyone should have hope, Christians should. Let us learn from the humanists, and continue in the faith. This is indeed a strange and seemingly foolish subject to cover, but we are being over-whelmed on every side with the need of proper sex education. "Christian" authors are making fortunes on books about sex education from a Bible view point. The government schools are seeing their calling not to teach the basics of math, language, science, etc., but the basics of sex and drugs. The media is pumping out sex by the tube full right into our living rooms, in full living color. As we listen to the Christian authors, secular educators and the media, one would question how the human race ever survived before sex education and seat belts. Who cares if Johnny can read or write as long as he knows how to have safe sex and fastens his seat belt? Undoubtedly, there are many sincere Christians and pastors who are being influenced by this media blitz. Personally, I believe that the word of God gives all that a young person or an adult needs to know regarding this area of life. Do not tell the book writers and sellers this, because it will cost them money. Maybe we should have titled this, "How to teach our children about sex," or, "How to have safe sex," or even, "Sex education from a Biblical view point," and then charge $10.00 for it. But we did not give this a fancy title, so we will not charge. Hebrews 13:4, is no doubt "old hat" to almost everyone. All we would like to do is confront the tremendous public indoctrination which is going on in this area with some clear speaking Scripture. First, marriage Marriage is instituted by God. God defines a family as a man and woman united together in the marriage covenant. The first marriage was performed by God in the garden, between Adam and Eve. A family unit is not a man and woman living together without this ceremony, nor is it a single person and a child. "Shacking up" is sin, and has God's judgment against the wickedness. God promises judgment against such wickedness as "living together" without marriage. Not only will He judge the individuals but He judges a society which condones such whoredoms. God's Word defines a whore, whoremonger and a harlot as anyone who engages in sex outside of marriage. The term whore or/and whoremonger (male counterpart for whore) is not restricted for those who use their bodies for a fee. God told Old Testament Israel that she paid her lovers to come to her, and identified her actions as whoredoms. Regardless of what our young men are being toldsex outside of marriage makes them a "man"sex outside of marriage make them whoremongers. Sex outside of marriage makes the girls a whorenot a "woman" as the humanist crowd would have us to believe. These are strong terms, and they sound dirty and nasty, which they are. They sound much worse than "sexually active." The Bible term is "whoring around", not "sexually active." The question is not, "Is he or she sexually active?" The question is, "Is he or she whoring around?" The foundation of society is the marriage and the family unit. When this foundation is not supported and adhered to, collapse must follow. (Ps. 11:3.) The only thing the righteous can do is flee to the mountain, the word of God. Draw closer to Him. Nor is a family unit two sodomites living togetherthis is an abomination to God, and deserves the death penalty against those who persist in it. God leaves no doubt as to what He thinks about sodomy. (Rom. 1.) Again, if a society condones sodomy as an alternate life-style, God will judge the society, for it is a direct attack upon God: 1), God's created order, male or female, and 2), God's commanded law-order, marriage. When "Christians" will not stand against sex outside of marriage, how can they stand against abortions and sodomy? Second, we see that marriage is honorable. The Church of Rome holds celibacy as the superior way, which is totally unBiblical. Paul, even as a single man set aside for God's purpose, tells us here that marriage is the honorable way. It is the superior way. Sin is what makes a mess out of what God ordained to be the honorable way. If it had been more honorable or superior to be celibate, Adam would not have had a wife. God's perfect plan is a man and woman covenanted together in marriage. Misery in marriage is not God's way. It is a result of the tempter and his work. What we see ruling in the marriage relationship today is a result of people (both men and women) giving themselves over to the lust of the flesh, lust of the eye and the pride of life. Marriage is honorable and any doctrine that teaches a better way must be contrary to God's Word. Yes, Paul was "celibate" but it was clearly for a special purpose which God had ordained for him. Moses was married as were the members of the Old Testament priesthood. Moreover, one the qualifications for both the elder and deacon of the New Testament church is marriage. The Papal System and its priesthood, which we have seen develop over the past 1,400, years is a perversion of God's word. It is unBiblical, having God's judgment against it. Marriage is an honorable condition of life. Abstaining from marriage (therefore sex), is not more honorable, nor is it a more pure way of life. From what we hear, those who pride themselves in being celibate, aren't. History has proved that "celibate" priesthood has had its whores on the side, and sodomy is rampant within the priesthood as the Roman church has worked to keep the guilty out of the hands of the civil authority. The Washington Post, 10/06/02. So-called "social marketing" programsmany funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development can have an impressive effect on behavior change. In Nairobi, I tagged along with sales reps as they sold cases of "Trust"AIDSMark's subsidized, stylishly branded condomto street vendors, brothels and lodging houses. Talking with prostitutes and their clients, I found a high level of awareness about HIV risks and prevention. Adult infection rates are falling in Kenya's capital amid a proliferation of bill boards and MTV-style televison ads touting safe sex as a lifestyle to aspire to. Among the urban crowd, condoms can actually pass as "cool." Who'd have thought it? Large-scale social marketing movements can work. Let's hope the international health community is willing to put its smarts and sweat into this one. Though she does mention "youth abstinence" one time in passing, the emphasis of the article is about changing "sexual behavior"that is, having "safe sex." Unrestrained sex is OK, only use a condom. The Christian book publishers are crying for "sex education" (purchase our book. Could there be a profit motive here?) The secular crowd is crying "sex education," as they want to start safe sex education in pre-school. Can you imagine what can be taught about sex for 12 or 15 years? I must admit that from what little I know of Scriptures, we need to teach our kids about safe sex. The pulpits have failed. The parents have failed. The devil's crowd is right in saying that we need more sex education. Many Christians and churches are letting them have seemingly unrestricted access to their children in the government schools and the mass media to teach whatever is politically correct at the time. The parents who leave their children in those situations are the ones to blame for the destruction of their children. When the enemy is given free access to the children, we can expect him to work for their destruction. The pulpit and the parents must give a very intensive sex education course if we expect to save our kids. We must take every precaution to see that they only have safe sex, marital sex, by teaching them to avoid bad situations and keeping themselves pure until marriage. Personally, I think you will have a problem improving on God's Word for proper sex education, and, really, if we listen to and believe all of the "hype" even from the so called Christian community, we would wonder how Mary, the mother of Jesus, survived her younger years. Or Joseph, for that matter. How did the godly saints of old survive without Dodson's books around or any one of the numerous other "Christian psychologists?" I sure do not know how humanity survived before psychology evolved. What has happened to Biblical pastoral counseling? If a person is old enough to read and they are unmarried, let us give them a very in-depth Biblical and theological course in safe sex education, for it is the responsibility of the teachers of God's Word and the parents. "Is he going to give us the Biblical method of using birth control devices?" --Yes. "Is he going to give the Biblical method of safe sex?" Yes. Really it boils down to two very easily understood points, (and very graphic, I might add). Teach this in your homes, and if it is adhered to, I guarantee (money back), perfect results. This goes for boys and girls alike. Probably one of the saddest things we see today is that many parents do not want their kids to miss out on the "good time" years. They want them to "enjoy" those years, so they make the provisions for them to go to college. Such parents will be judged by God for making it convenient for their kids to "have a good time," partying, drinking, drugs and sex. Even though they may say that they do not condone those things, they put their stamp of approval upon them by making it convenient for their children to be involved in those actions, as well as pay for them with tuition. What makes parents think their kids are different today than they were when they were that age? 2. After marriage, anything goes, and they will soon learn what they need to know by experience. Of course, this second point must be understood within the restrictions given in Romans 1:27 That which is according to nature. Can you image stretching this two point Scriptural outline out over an eight or more year period in school? God is quite clearanything that arouses unrighteous desires is wrong, PERIOD. Sex outside of marriage is whoredoms. It is wicked and ungodly. It leads to terrible results because it has the judgment of God against it. There is only one safe sex, and it is taught in Hebrews 13:4. Anything else is whoring around and God will judge it. Within marriage, the bed is undefiled. It is holy and honorable, and has nothing to be ashamed of nor embarrassed over. Paul also deals with the marriage bed in 1 Corinthians 7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. This passage identifies "marital rape" bills as direct attacks against the word of God. Notice that assault rifles are not our problem. Rather, the problem is the assault on God's Word by both "Christians" and pagans. Hebrews 13, God's Spirit gives the practical application of the faith which He has talked about for twelve chapters. 1) 1 Corinthians 6:9, God clearly tells us that those who can pursue an ungodly life style and God not deal with them are not saved. They shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 2) Hebrews 13:1, love. Genuine love will look out for the best for the other person. The girl says to the boy, "I love you." The boy says, "prove it." The proof of love is waiting until after marriage to do anything. Then and only then is anything permitted. Whoredom is not a proof of love. Whoredom is a proof of wicked, ungodly lust, and is usually proof of the need of salvation. More often than not, when a young person says, "I love you", it is more like, "I lust for you". Now that the sex education course is over, let's look at the last point here, Hebrews 13:4. Foruth, But whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Sex outside of marriage will be judged. This is New Testament theology. We have already been warned that our God is a consuming fire. In fact, "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Heb. 10:31.) Whoredom places a person into the hands of the living God. Immodesty and immorality (whether mental or physical), is wicked. Whatever takes place within the marriage covenant has His blessings upon it. The only safe sex is within the marriage covenant. Sex education!! We need to return to teaching proper sex and enforcing it in the home. 1) Before marriage. Hands off. Sex outside of the marriage covenant is whoredom and adultery . 2) After marriage, between the husband and wife. Go for it, for the marriage bed is undefiled, and it is blessed by God. It is honorable before God. The New Testament passage is Romans 1:26, 27. Vile affections, i.e. sodomy, is defined as men with men, and likewise, women with women. However, v. 26 could probably be used to say that when women are "used" contrary to their natural use, they have entered into uncleanness. Ephesians 5:3. V. 27 with v. 25 tells us that to leavie the natural use of the woman is to confuse God's natural order. V. 26, "shameful lusts, passions which are degrading, and the indulgence of which covers men with ignomity..." Charles Hodge. Note Romans 1:24, "Uncleanness through the lust of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:" "Dishonour" can here be understood as not using our bodies (or our spouse's body) as God designed them to be used. Departing from the natural use of the body is to confuse the order God has established – it goes against God's established laws of nature. Paul's words in Romans 1:19-32 condemn anything that goes against God's design of nature. Sex in the marriage bed is for procreation, and the only way procreation will work is according to nature. Though it is totally contrary to the fallen nature that is in so much control today, the glory and honour of the woman is to be content in the place God has given her in his order of things. Her business is not to be out and about, but to be keepers at home. On the other hand, the glory and honour of the man is to be out and about the Master's business, expanding the Kingdom of God into every corner of the world. Sadly, the effects of sin in men have forced, many times, godly women to move into grievously dangerous areas in order to support themselves. Paul gives Timothy important instructions concerning how the minister must treat women for whom he is responsible--as mothers and sisters. Ministers should have the same kind of loving concern for them as he does toward his family members. Vv. 3, 4, widows Paul defines who is a widow worthy of church support. The widow seemes to be a special class of people within the church, having special jobs. In addition, Titus 2:3 lists the duty of widows in the church. The widow indeed in 1 Timothy 5:3, 4, could have been one who had no children, childless (v. 10). Though nothing is said in Timothy, the widow in Titus 2 is responsible to teach younger women how to love their husbands and children. The responsibilities of the widows indeed in Timothy are to trust in God, and continue in supplications and prayer night and day. (Cf., Anna, a prophetess, Lk. 2:36ff.) But the responsibilities of the widows as presented in Titus are more involved. Titus 2, the widow is to teach the younger women, 1) to be sober, serious, 2) to love their husbands, 3) to love their children, 4) to be discreet, and 5) to be chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands that the word of God be not blasphemed. Thus we see that Christian women who does not do this blasphemes the word of God. They lead onlookers to say that Christianity does not work, it is of none effect, &c. Notice that Paul's instructions are as opposed to modern thought as anything can possibly be. Women have started a group to work with women, as "Promise Keepers" works with men. I heard a woman state that the "female Promise Keepers" movement is not about being in subjection to their husbands (as promoted by the Southern Baptist), but it was about empowering women. Such an idea is totally contrary to what is clearly spelled out in the word of God, but it obviously appeals to the fallen nature. First, "Women are to hear and learn their duty from the word, as well as the men: there is not one way of salvation for one sex or sort, and another for another; but both must learn and practice the same things, both as aged and as Christians; the virtues and duties are common." Third, they can "teach by doctrinal instruction at home, and in a private way." (2.) In their relative capacities: To love their husbands, and to be obedient to them: and where there is true love this will be no difficult command. God, in nature, and by his will, hath made this subordination: I suffer not a woman to usurp authority over the man (#1Ti 2:12); and the reason is added: For Adam was first formed, then Eve. Adam was not deceived, but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression, #Tit 2:13-14. She fell first, and was the means of seducing the husband. She was given to be a helper, but proved a most grievous hinderer, even the instrument of his fall and ruin, on which the bond of subjection was confirmed, and tied faster on her (#Ge 3:16): Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee, with less easiness, it may be, than before. It is therefore doubly enjoined: first in innocency, when was settled a subordination of nature, Adam being first formed and then Eve, and the woman being taken out of the man; and then upon the fall, the woman being first in the transgression, and seducing the man; here now began to be a subjection not so easy and comfortable, being a part of the penalty in her case; yet through Christ is this nevertheless a sanctified state. #Eph 5:22-23, Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord, as owning Christ's authority in them, whose image they bear; for the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. God would have a resemblance of Christ's authority over the church held forth in the husband's over the wife. Christ is the head of the church, to protect and save it, to supply it with all good, and secure or deliver it from evil; and so the husband over the wife, to keep her from injuries, and to provide comfortably for her, according to his ability. Therefore, as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be unto their own husbands, as is fit in the Lord (#Col 3:18), as comports with the law of Christ, and is for his and the Father's glory. It is not then an absolute, or unlimited, nor a slavish subjection that is required; but a loving subordination, to prevent disorder or confusion, and to further all the ends of the relation. Thus, in reference to the husbands, wives must be instructed in their duties of love and subjection to them. And to love their children, not with a natural affection only, but a spiritual, a love springing from a holy sanctified heart and regulated by the word; not a fond foolish love, indulging them in evil, neglecting due reproof and correction where necessary, but a regular Christian love, showing itself in their pious education, forming their life and manners aright, taking care of their souls as well as of their bodies, of their spiritual welfare as well as of their temporal, of the former chiefly and in the first place. The reason is added: That the word of God may not be blasphemed. Failures in such relative duties would be greatly to the reproach of Christianity. "What are these the better for this their new religion?" would the infidels be ready to say. The word of God and the gospel of Christ are pure, excellent, and glorious, in themselves; and their excellency should be expressed and shown in the lives and conduct of their professors, especially in relative duties; failures here being disgrace. #Ro 2:24, The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you. "Judge what a God he is," "by these his servants; and what his word, and doctrine, and religion, are by these his followers." Thus would Christ be wounded in the house of his friends. Thus of the duties of the younger women. First, those women who view their homes as a prison are in danger of losing their chastity. Third, God, in His divine providence and for His own good pleasure alone, is the one who placed women in His order of things. Fallen men and women are the ones who are intent in overthrowing God's order. The women's empowerment movements over the ages have been rebellion against God's natural order. Note -- men and women rebel against nature, and nature rebels against men and women. Fourth, since Eve's sin, women have found it very hard and uncomfortable to be in subjection to men -- her father or her husband. However, her subjection is part of her penalty for Eve's sin, just as is man's required hard, and many times futile, labour for his living part of his penalty for Adam's sin. Sin caused man's hard labour to many times fail, just as sin caused a woman to be in subjection to the man. In both cases, the fallen nature seeks ways to avoid the results of the fall apart from the work of Christ. Sixth, proper love is something that must be learned from those who have learned it. It is something that must be taught from the word of God and from experience. Wives must be instructed in their proper duties (love) toward their husbands and their children -- it is not something that comes naturally. Pastors are unqualified to provide this instruction for the younger women. The godly aged women (over 60, 1 Tim. 5:9) are to teach the young women. They are to pass on what they have learned from practical experience. They are to pass on what they learned in how to apply God's word into their families. A wife can rightly tell the pastor, "You do not know what I have to go through." However, she cannot justly say that to the aged women who have been through or have seen about every imaginable situation a wife can go through. Seventh, the Christian God, the Lord Jesus Christ, is judged by the pagans by the actions of professing Christians. Thus when Christians fail in Christianity as outlined by the Spirit, they wound Christ. I realize Gill (1696-1771, Online Bible) is quite "old fashion," but his comments at Titus 2:5 are worth noting: To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. chaste; in body, in affection, words and actions, having their love pure and single to their own husbands, keeping their marriage bed undefiled. "a woman may go to her father's house to visit him, and to the house of mourning, and to the house of feasting, to return a kindness to her friends, or to her near relations--but it is a reproach to a woman to go out daily; now she is without, now she is in the streets; and a husband ought to restrain his wife from it, and not suffer her to go abroad but about once a month, or twice a month, upon necessity; for there is nothing more beautiful for a woman, than to abide in the corner of her house; for so it is written, #Ps 45:13 "the king's daughter is all glorious within"." "according to the likeness of a man, according to the praise of a woman, to abide in the house." Upon which Kimchi, has this note. "it is the glory of a woman to continue at home, and not go abroad." obedient to their own husbands; see Gill on "Eph 5:22", see Gill on "Eph 5:24". that the word of God be not blasphemed; by unbelieving husbands, who, by the ill conduct of their wives, would be provoked to speak ill of the Gospel, as if that taught disaffection and disobedience to them. {x} Bereshit Rabba, sect. 45. fol. 40. 3. {y} Maimon. Hilchot Ishot, c. 13. sect. 11. {z} Tzeror Hammor, fol. 5. 4. "But Matthew Henry and John Gill are old fashion. They are out of touch with reality. If they lived today, they would not be so dogmatic." We must raise this question: What has happened to society since the women's empowerment movements have gained prominence? Though totally contrary to the fallen nature that is in so much control today, the glory and honour of the woman is to be content in the place God has given her in his order of things -- that is, under authority. Her business is not to be out and about, but to be keepers at home. On the other hand, the glory and honour of the man is to be out and about the Master's business, expanding the Kingdom of God into every corner of the world. The many modern women's empowerment movements, both inside and outside the "church," are clearly the spirit of the antichrist at work. Generally, feminism means the advocacy of women's rights to full citizenship--that is, political, economic, and social equality with men. Feminism encompasses some widely differing views, however, including those which advocate female separatism... "Christian Feminism" is exposed with the question, "Who will control the family and church? Will they be controlled by husbands and fathers or by wives and mothers?" For space's sake, I have edited out my extensive comments concerning the importance of godly women and mothers in Scripture, and various other documenting points. Check the unedited version at <wttp://www.biblicalexaminer.org/w199908.htm> before you judge me as being anti-woman. We must conclude that throughout Scripture, godly women, both single and married, have played important roles in the kingdom of God and its work on this earth, including spreading the gospel. The following, therefore, is not meant to downplay the importance of women in God's Kingdom Work. However, it is meant to call attention to the fact that the Feminist movement has made inroads into the Christian family and the church, quite contrary to the word of God. So some, both women and men, may find the following comments quite disconcerting they may not be any better received today than they were when Archibald Thomas Robertson made the comment, quoted below, in 1931. However, these Examiner articles have never been to make folks, including myself, feel good about self nor about where we are in our Christian lives. More often than not, these articles point out how far society, even Christian society, has moved from the word of God. The move has not only taken place in practice, but has taken place in our emotions to where we emotionally resist God's instructions, e.g., "I am confident in my heart that what Paul said somehow does not wholly apply now." Robertson points out that in his day 70 years ago, Paul's words were being dismissed. So the challenge by Christian Feminists against things that might hinder their usurping authority (1 Tim. 2:12) has been around for years. I must also agree with Robertson that we do not understand all that was involved in Paul's words (cf., 2 Pet. 3:16), so what follows probably overlooks some things. At the risk of being accused of "bashing" women, I will proceed with the word of God. We will point out where we are today compared to the word of God; we will consider comments by godly men of the past; then we will point out how we got here, and what might be done about it. Speaking with a pastor some time ago, he pointed out that he was facing a problem. While men liked his preaching/teaching and had even invited him to hold a Bible study during their break time at work in a local factory, the wives did not. So the wives were pressing their husbands to go elsewhere where they could be "fed" and "comfortable." He told me of some plans he had to deal with the foreseen problem. There are pastors who realize the social climate among Christian families. The result is that churches catering to that "needs" of the wives to "feel fed" and emotionally involved are gaining in numbers. And then onlookers say, "My! That church sure has God's blessing upon it, for it is gaining large numbers of people." First, not long ago at a parents' meeting where our daughter was enrolled in a Christian school, another parent told me of a good friend of his who attended a local church. Though that church has been without a pastor for well over a year, it experienced great numerical growth. They have an hour or so of music interspersed with personal testimonies. The increased attendance has caused them to build. The pastor of the school commented to me that we both can remember when churches were built upon sound and serious expositions of God's word. Third, a local United Methodist Church packed out its new building with a 45 minute music service and a 15 minute devotional message. They are already considering expanding their new building (less than two years old) to accommodate the increased attendance of young couples. Ruleth well his own house (1 Tim. 3:4) includes the husband providing for his own house (1 Tim. 4:8), loving his wife even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it (Eph. 5:25), loving his wife as his own body (v. 28) and establishing the "religion" of his family based upon the word of God (1 Tim. 2:12-14). It includes seeking first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, (Mat. 6:33). Note that Christ's headship over the church is connected to the husband's headship in his home. When one is compromised, so is the other. Also note that Ephesians 5:24 is given before v. 25, Husbands, love your wives... Yes, the above quote (and others referred to) is from the past, made by a man totally out of touch with modern times and the modern social temper, but let me ask Has society improved in godliness in the last 100-200 years? I realize that Paul, in 1 Corinthians 14, is talking about the confusion caused by Christian women speaking in "tongues" in the Christian assembly, but note what he saidthe wife is, by law, commanded to learn basically from her husband. 1) one who with his own hands kills another or himself 2) one who acts on his own authority, autocratic 3) an absolute master 4) to govern, exercise dominion over one (usurp authority is only used one time in Scripture, and Thayer lists it under 4). When did the husband start to lose the governance of his family to his wife? What brought it about? We should ask, "What was the start of the Feminization of Christian America?" (The French Revolution gave Feminism a great boost in Europe.) Apparently, it started with the women's commendable efforts against drunkenness, which developed into women's suffrage and modern feminism . The cause against drunkenness in society was just, but the means used in that cause against drunkenness led to what we have today in feminism. The unsettled nature of the frontier accounts in some part for this unique campaign against liquor. In developed sections of the world, society was better organized, and effective law enforcement protected the church and its ministers against disturbances. But in the wilderness, where society had not taken root, and was still fluid and unrestrained by agencies of law, the church was faced with the basic task of protecting itself for survival and self-respect. It set out to do for itself what others would not or could not do for it. Moreover, on this money-scarce frontier liquor was draining off much of the money used for the necessities of life. This slowed development, including that of the church. Following the clergy, the first among the laity to take up the banner of abstinence were the women, individually and then in organized crusades. Few took the arduous action of Carry Nation (1846-1911, ed.) and resorted to the hatchet, but many who had had difficulty keeping the pot boiling because the saloonkeeper beat the groceryman to the family wages became wandering, dedicated missionaries pleading for sobriety. In time, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was organized. (The WCTU of the United States, was founded in 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio. It is an organization of women seeking to improve public morals, especially through abstinence from alcoholic beverages and narcotics. Ed.) The dry movement then took on numerous ramifications, particularly in politics. The movement was associated with, in order, the woman's rights movement resulting in woman suffrage, national prohibition, and the rise of gangsterism. Political parties were formed based on the issue, and in many sections, to this day, the lines are more closely drawn between Wets and Drys than between the Republicans and the Democrats. At first the church congregations were inclined to bear with members whose thirst had been too much for them. It was the practice in many churches to administer correction which consisted in an acknowledgement of intemperance by the accused, whereupon the congregation would vote that the accused was censorable. Many churches would bear with members if it appeared they "were deceived or taken in," or if they promised "with the help of God to abstain for the future." There is record of one brother's bringing a complaint against himself. He expressed sorrow for his sin and stated that the Lord had pardoned him. The church followed the stated example of the Lord and permitted him to remain in fellowship. The Wets did not cork their bottles just because of the blast from the pulpit or the march of the "petticoat brigades," though none could ignore the concerted attempt to "dry up the country." About as much as they could do was to serve as examples for their cause, vote for it, and make jokes about the opposition. For example, it was said of one candidate for political office that he would "belly up to the church and back up to the bar." The drinking fraternity also enjoyed telling a story about a pious sister of the Anti-Saloon League who accosted a wobbly cowboy on the street, well along in his cups: "What are you going to do when you approach the Lord with whiskey on your breath?" she demanded, pointing a long finger under his nose. The imbibers had their laughs, but it became increasingly evident that the church's crusade against liquor was no joke. Prohibition, i.e., temperance required by law (18 Amendment, 1919), was "the product of a century-long reform movement. ... Prohibitionists ... argued that it was the government's responsibility to free citizens from the temptation of drink by barring its sale." (Multimedia Encyclopedia, v. 1. CD. Comment: Accordingly, should not the "gun control" crowd also be calling for "prohibition?" If it is the State's responsibility to control guns, is it not the State's responsibility to control liquor?) This idea says that it is the State's responsibility to see that women are equal with men in all areas of life. Temperance certainly is a commendable goal. The problem, however, was that temperance was seen as a virtue apart from any Biblical foundation. (Acts 24:25, &c.) "Plato argues in the Republic that when reason rules the soul, as is its function, the soul is virtuous; as such, it possesses wisdom, bravery, temperance, and justice." (Zane) Thus the Christian readily sees the problem "when reason rules the soul," these commendable things take place. On the other hand, Christians must say that the "soul" is inherently and wickedly corrupt, so that only when the Spirit of God rules the "soul" through Christian conversion, these commendable things take place. Plato's assumption rules today. Have we ever known any madman or one possessed of the devil, or one made raving mad by the various blemishes of, insanities who spoke anything like this? You say, O greatest of philosophers, that by this ordinance all the men are the husbands of all the women, and all the women are the wives of all the men, and the children are the children of all. But I say that, by this ordinance, no man is the husband of any woman nor is any woman the wife of any man, nor is any offspring the child of any parent, for, where all is promiscuity and confusion, there is nobody who can claim anything as his own. As some say, it was not sufficient for the wisest of philosophers to teach this unless he practiced it, that is, he gave his wife to another man, just as Cato the Roman who is the other Socrates of Italy. 54 Behold what things are the examples of Roman and Attic wisdom! They made all husbands, inasmuch as was in their power to do so, their wives' pimps. Socrates, however, surpassed the others. He composed books on this subject and bequeathed to posterity these shameful thoughts. 55 He had more whereby he could glorify himself by his teachings. Insofar as it pertains to his teaching, he made a brothel of the world. Here we see this female trying to get the "poor" and "downtrodden" to lift themselves by their own "bootstraps" with Plato's Republic. Intentionally or unintentionally, she is returning "womanhood" to paganism, where women are treated as not much more than a piece of property, including to breed children. It was the God of the Bible, including the Apostle Paul's writings, that brought women out of Plato's pagan bondage. PRI then interviewed one student who talked about how great are Plato's ideas about democracy. Civil law quietly replaced Christian and church law. Hope in organizations and governmenti.e., an all powerful State that could control the basic desires of fallen manquietly replaced hope in Christian conversion. Whereas the church had previously dealt with intemperance, women organized civil "revival-style" crusades to require total abstinence. A result of the political movement against drunkenness was the women's rights movementmodern Feminism. We, as Christians, realize that it is an individual responsibility to prevent drunkenness, which, in the end, can only be accomplished through Christian conversion and self-control. Though their desire for a "new kind of life" was no doubt commendable, they did not set about obtaining that "life" in a godly manner, 1 Peter 3:1-7, q.v. Over one hundred and fifty years later, the wife now "wears the pants" in the family, and the husband is left with yielding his headship to his wife, or losing his family. Paul is obviously referring to women preachers, e.g., Kathryn Kuhlman, &c. The Typical frontier preacher, regardless of denomination, had practiced some vocation, and had been called to the ministry from among the folks he served. He was unlearned, but this was not considered a handicap. Congregations encouraged it and bragged about the humbleness and ignorance of their ministers. They pointed to such early examples of church leaders as Peter and John, "unlearned and ignorant men" 1 (1 The Acts 4:13.) who came from the underprivileged classes like themselves, but who confounded the high priests and the rich sinners. The frontier people did not demand that their preachers lead them to knowledge and worldly position but rather to the treasures of the eternal world to come. ... Some preachers undertook a few courses of reading under an older preacher, but it was generally considered that if God called a man to preach, that meant he was ready. A Baptist group in Mississippi went on record with the rather prevalent position: if God "wants a learned Moses or Saul of Tarsus He will have them qualified before He calls them into his work." This group challenged the world to show any divine authority for sending a man to school after God called him into the ministry.4 (4 Walter Brownlow Posey, The Baptist church in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1776-1845 [Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1957], p. 21.) A Tennessee association as late as 1835 opposed education of the ministry on the grounds that it implied inadequacy of God and His power to call and equip ministers. The people, as a whole, regarded preaching ability as the "gifts of heart" rather than "gifts of mind," and held that religion was caught, not taught. Preparation of sermons was usually left to inspiration of the Holy Spirit at the time of delivery. Failure to speak extemporaneously indicated to some that the speaker had not experienced rebirth. No Holy Ghost in "book larnin' " Note: Bible in Pocket records many good things from Frontier Religion, e.g., it was the "noisy" Protestant preachers who brought religious freedom to Spanish Texas where the State church was the Church of Rome. However, the uneducated clergy failed to teach some key points of Biblical manhood. Second, the office of godly aged women must be restored in the church, for they are to teach the women of the church how to fulfill their proper responsibilities in their families. A pastor is limited as to what he can teach women concerning their proper place in families and society, or Paul would not have given the instructions in Titus 2:3-5. Fifth, there are more things that a woman can do in her family and in the Kingdom Work than she will ever be able to accomplish, so why does she want to take the man's place also? Society, even within "Evangelical" churches, is so far from what is required by the God of the Bible that a Biblical, Christian family would be an abomination to the vast majority of both women and men. To try to reintroduce a Biblical Church, family and society would, no doubt, bring open rebellion in the vast majority of Christian homes and churches. Society, feminism especially, cannot be reclaimed without a deep and wide, genuine Christian revival. The revival must affect, convert, the very soul of men and women, giving them the new desire and power to be what is required of them by the Lord God in His word. Until Christian families are reclaimed for God and godliness and the husbands and wives take their God-ordained places and responsibilities, there is no hope for society Feminism will only gain in strength. There is no hope outside of the guidelines established by God for each individual. The NOW crowd continually demands "equal pay for equal work" that is, a women's pay must be equal with men's in the work force. Is such a demand Biblical, worthy of Christian support? What does God's Word say about "equal pay" for women in the work force? We find the answer clearly given in the Old Testament law, and it is about as "Politically incorrect" as anything can possibly be. Scripture gives two values for a woman: First, her value in the home, and, second, her value in the work place. Let us open with where the Lord places the most value upon the woman. Proverbs 31 describes the ideal wife, a standard to which all young ladies should seek by the grace of God. It also describes the kind of wife every young man should seek and choose. This passage shows us that a successful and godly home depends on a godly wife. The Proverbs 31 woman is a virtuous woman. The question is asked, Who can find...?, implying that only a few men can find such a woman, and they cannot find her without Divine intervention. The Lord must find her for the man who "holds out" for a virtuous woman. Adam, in paradise before the fall, was incomplete until his gracious Heavenly Father made and brought a help-meet to him. (Gen. 2:18.) We are thus told that the value of God's gracious gift to a man, a virtuous wife, is not comparable to any earthly treasure. The virtuous woman is an unusual woman, more difficult to find than pearls and other precious treasures. (Ecc. 7:28.) Because of her rarity, her worth is unspeakable, and her husband must thank God continually for His provision of such a wife. Her value is worth far more than the rich jewels with which vain women adorn themselves. She does him good all the days of her life, unlike many women of the Bible, such as Rebekah who wickedly deceived her husband when it came to the children. (Gen. 24.) She will not return perceived neglect from her husband with bad-temper. She, in professing godliness, is adorned with good works. (1 Tim. 2:10.) She is not locked behind closed doors as a religious recluse seeking a "closer walk with God." Rather, she is in public, unafraid of menial service to the saints (1 Tim. 5:10), regardless of her social standing. She is over those under her with diligence and dignity, requiring nothing of them that she would not do herself. She governs herself first of all, and thereby has legitimate authority to govern those who might be under her. She has wise management of money, and knows how to best use what she has. Her dress is always appropriate for the job at hand as well as for her social standing. It is possible to pay too little or as well as too much attention to the issue of dress. Emphasizing the inward adorning, the Lord does not negate outward adorning. In her conduct, we are told that she guides rather than rules her home. Proper guidance (directing) requires skill, maybe more than ruling (authoritave commands). She looks well to the moral habits of her charges, including their religious instructions, all under the authority of her husband. She is careful not to overwork her charges, nor to allow them to eat the bread of idleness. Nor is she content with being idle. The virtuous woman in her home is a crown to her husband. There is so much more that could be said about the virtuous woman whose value, as she works in the home, is beyond any earthly treasure, but we will stop here. In the home, the woman's value is so great it cannot be measured, which, as we will see, is quite different than in the world's work places where she is only 60% of the man's value, e.g., the man gets $20.00 per hour while the woman gets $12.00 for the same job. If a woman wants to be paid what she is worth, let the Lord value her worth, and then let her go to the place where her worth cannot be measured because it is so great in the home. When the wife and mother stays home, she not only retains her value, but, many times, she also retains her family. The home school movement is proving the validity of the above statements concerning the woman's value in the home vs her value in the world's work-places. Who can measure her value in the home? When a woman leaves her place of great value, the home, and goes into the world's work place, we learn from Leviticus 27 that her value decreases dramatically. There her value is only 60% of a man's. In this chapter, the Lord God Himself establishes the value of individuals, and the value He establishes is according to age and sex. Chapter 26 promised some serious results for sin and blessings for right living. The promises of chapter 26 looked forward to Christ. Chapter 27 assumes that people to whom the blessings are promised in chapter 26 love God enough and are thankful enough for His goodness and benefits that they will give to Him well over and above what is required of them in His Word. Chapter 27 deals with things over and above the covenant responsibilities as presented previously. The offerings of chapter 27 were not commanded, but were freely given by the individual "worshiper" out of love and reverence for the God of the covenant. Though the individual "worshiper" did things of his own free will over and above what was required by God, he was not permitted to do things according to his own pleasure. He was still bound by the Law, v. 1. In other words, a "free-will" offering did not have to be given, but if the individual freely gave to God, the gift had to conform to God's law. MAN IS NEVER FREE FROM GOD'S LAWS. Moreover, even man's highest and most holy emotions must be brought into conformity to God's Law-Word. (Therefore, how much must all of man's emotions be conformed to God's Law-Word at all times.) God's Word has an instruction for everything, and those who love God are expected to find and follow those instructions. Moreover, the law shows us that it is not a sin to refrain from vowing, but once a vow is made, it is sin not to follow it through. (Deut. 23:22-24, Pro. 20:25, Ecc. 5:3-5.) Neglect to keep a vow, though it was a free-will vow, had to be atoned for with a sin-offering. (Lev. 5:4ff.) Chapter 27 deals with vows. It deals with "giving one's word," primarily to the Lord promising to do something above and beyond the requirements of one's profession of love for God. It also applies to "giving one's word" to another person. No doubt Solomon had these laws of the free-will vows in mind in Ecclesiastes 5:1-8. Keil also points out that this chapter assumes the person or property will be either redeemed or purchased, according to the value fixed by the law. If neither redemption nor purchasing were to take place, what would be the use of making the vow and establishing the value of the person and/or property? Those to whom this chapter speaks have experienced some great blessing from the Lord, or they would not be making the vow. Evidently, they were prospering financially, although the Lord did not exclude those who were not having financial prosperity, v. 8. Provision was made for the "poor" to express their love for the Lord through the vow. Though at one time in America, one's word was his bond, we no longer realize the importance and seriousness of vows. Vows and oaths in Bible times and in Eastern cultures were extremely serious. V. 2, Children of Israel..., When a man... Unlike the preceding laws that applied to all who dwelt in the land, the following laws concerning vows could only apply to those who worshiped the God of Israel. The pagans could not worship the Lord God as the Israelites were commanded to do; however, a pagan could convert to Israel's God, e.g., Rahab and Ruth. Nevertheless, though the following laws concern fulfilling one's vow to the Lord God, the general application of keeping one's word applies to everyone regardless of his or her relationship to the Lord God. In dealing with the unsaved, we should be aware that they are not bound (they will be accountable to the Lord God) by the indwelling Spirit to keep their word as are His people. singular (v. 2) means wondrous, marvelous, extraordinary, valuable or something above and beyond one's responsibilities, above one's abilities, beyond one's power to do. It can refer to something hard or difficult to do. If a person is really dedicated to the Lord, let them externally and visibly declare it with a vow. Vv. 3-8, the Lord establishes the value of the individual who gave him or her self to the Lord. The establishing of that value was not left up to the individual. No one could say to the priest, "What's the matter? Don't you think I am as valuable, or as good, as that other person?" Obviously, under the law, all are guilty of sin, and as such, are condemned to eternal death unless they have been converted by the work of the Spirit through faith in the Redeemer. But in this chapter, we are plainly told that all persons are not equal in value before the Lord here on this earth. The Lord established the values of those who made the vow. Neither the priest before whom the person appeared nor the individual could establish the value of the one who vowed God Himself established the value. As we saw, rather than the individual giving his or her physical labour for the upkeep of the Lord' house, which was the Levites' duty, his or her physical ability to labour was valued, and the money given in place of that labour. The opinions that the rich are to be "taxed" more than the poor and that there should be a "graduated income tax" to redistribute the "wealth" are results of sin, i.e., "income redistribution" is clearly socialism at work. Such ideas are totally ungodly. [S]hekel of the sanctuary... Exodus 30:12, the value of the money (which was gold and silver) is a religious activity, and the priests the religious leaders were responsible to keep it at its proper value. (See <http://www.biblicalexaminer.org/w199304.htm> for a discussion on money. Twenty years old and upward was also the age a man could go to war, Numbers 1:3. 4) ages 5-20 yearsthe female's value is only 50% of the male's. The one under 20 is not making the vow, but his/her authority is saying, "Let the value of such a one be upon me. I will pay it." That person, accordingly, pays as determined by the Lord. Incapable of as much work as those over 20, the younger person's value is less. Moreover, the value of females under 20 was a smaller percentage of the male's than it was over 20 because the younger female was capable of less work in proportion to the male. Males over 20 were valued at fifty shekels, and the younger males' were valued at only twenty shekels, which is less than half. Thus entry level jobs for young people pay less than ½ of those who are more mature in the work force. 5) ages one month to 5 yearsher value was again 60% of the male's. If a man devotes his child to the Lord within this age group, the value is established by the Lord for the age. Samuel was a good example, but rather than being redeemed with money, he was actually given into the Lord's temple-service. Though neither the male nor female of this age group was capable of any service of value, the female was still valued at only 60% of the male's. The Lord clearly, by fixing the value of each, tells us that the male was/is worth more than the female who would seek to have her physical labour valued, both before men and before God. God created man first, then the woman. God primarily revealed/reveals Himself to and through men. God chose men to be the priests to Himself. In the family, community, society and in the church, God chose and chooses men through which to work and speak. 6) ages 60 and aboveshe is worth 66.6% of the male's value, the highest point of any age of her life. Though both the male's and female's value drops at age 60, she retains a greater proportion of her value. Women, God has seen fit to leave the choice up to you. You can be where your value cannot be stated, or you can be where God Himself places your value at only 60% of the man's. It would seem to me that the woman would want to be where she is the most valuable. My, how much we must retrain our thinking according to the Word of God. We either accept the precepts established by God's Law-Word, or we are pagan, anti-Christ, humanists. Accordingly, the hype we will hear as the politicians seek the NOW vote is clearly contrary to the inspired Word of God. 1 See TBE, "A Lawless Religion." 2 John Gill, Online Bible. 3 Keil-Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament, Eerdmans. 5 Theological Word Book of the Old Testament, Moody Press. Sv. #2263, #2264. 6 Ibid, sv. #642. 7 Matthew Henry, Online Bible. 8 Matthew Pool, Online Bible. 9 Proverbs, Charles Bridges. 10 Online Bible. 11 Keil- Delitzsch, The Third Book of Moses, 479, 480. 12 Bonar, Leviticus, 496.

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We’ve had a great year and hope you have too! from everyone at Amped Software! Amped Software Ranks on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA as one of the fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). We partnered with CameraForensics to enhance camera search capabilities in Amped Authenticate. We strengthened our partnership with Griffeye to provide our users with more integrated solutions to swiftly perform higher volumes of image identification and analysis. We’ve had more than 20 articles published in many industry publications. Our products are now being used in 80 countries. We had the pleasure of training 220 users in 56 training sessions, held all over the globe. We added many new filters and tools in Amped FIVE, like the Advanced File Info and the Assistant. We added support for many new formats in Amped FIVE and Amped DVRConv. We updated in Amped Authenticate the quantization tables database (with about 13.500 different combinations). Thank you to all our customers, partners and friends for believing in us and trusting our products to help you solve your cases and keep our communities safe. We look forward to seeing you again in 2018! With CCTV probably being the number one piece of digital evidence used in cases, many officers will have asked questions like, how do I get the footage; why is it not playing; or how can I get an image? It’s important therefore to understand why we have ended up here. Why digital video, specifically from the surveillance industry, is such a huge pain in the proverbial! As computers and digital video started to creep into normality, the surveillance companies started to think of ways to say, and prove, that they were better than the other. One of the easiest ways to do this was to use a bespoke recording method and format, to suggest that it was better than the other. This is where it starts to go pear-shaped. Very quickly we ended up with non-standard video files, requiring a player that could not install on a Force computer, with no method to interrogate, analyze, validate or process the evidence as required by the investigation. It has been nearly 20 years since the start of Digital Video Recorders, and you will be glad to hear that things are improving. But, it is going to take a long time for many of these poor systems to get replaced by ones that are fit for purpose. Read the full article published on Police Oracle. This entry was posted in Announcements, CCTV/DVR formats, Press / Media on December 21, 2017 by Darlene Alvar. This entry was posted in Announcements, Authenticate, Press / Media on December 19, 2017 by Darlene Alvar. We are proud to announce that Amped Software ranked on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA. ranking of the fastest growing technology companies in Italy. This entry was posted in Announcements, Press / Media on December 15, 2017 by Darlene Alvar. This article, published in Evidence Technology Magazine, takes a look at two cases involving the authentication of digital images and the importance of the questions asked of the analyst during those investigations. It looks at how authentication software, such as Amped Authenticate has been designed with a structured workflow, to locate the puzzle pieces required to assist in answering those questions. This entry was posted in Announcements, Authenticate, Cases, Press / Media on December 13, 2017 by Darlene Alvar. With the rise of the digital age can experts trust that photographic evidence is legitimate? Sophie Garrod, from Police Oracle, writes about how a growing number of forensic and counter-terrorism units are getting on board with pioneering image authentication software. Approximately a third of UK forces have invested in Amped Software products – including Amped Authenticate, an all in one computer programme which can detect doctored images. Forensic image departments, counter-terrorism units, and government departments say they are saving time and money by sending detectives on a short training course in the software. Acquiring evidence from a digital camera or a smartphone is more or less relatively easy to do. Images are usually in standard JPEG format and videos in MP4 or some other format that most players can read. But what is the best way to retrieve and handle CCTV footage to ensure it stands up to the scrutiny in the courtroom? There are numerous possibilities and it depends on where the video is actually recorded. To learn more, read the article by Martino Jerian, Amped CEO and Founder, published in Lawyer Monthly. This entry was posted in Announcements, Cases, CCTV/DVR formats, Press / Media on December 7, 2017 by Darlene Alvar. The Amped Software team is in Rennes France this week for the 9th IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS) 2017. 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I'm not much of a soccer fan, but I am curious why the women program is so good internationally while the men program is not? Is it just that the top tier male athletes pick football, baseball, and basketball over soccer or is their other stuff that goes into it? The women had a head start on the rest of the world with Title IX. Basically they were getting scholarships for and playing soccer regularly when the rest of the world hadn't even bothered with women's soccer. So of course we have a lot of elite talent and resources most countries can't contend with. The men suffer from the exact opposite. Professional soccer was actually somewhat thriving in the 1920s or so, until a war broke out between two competing leagues that killed them both and allowed baseball and football to take over. It would take another 4 decades before another legit professional league came along with the NASL in the 70s, but that crashed and burned as quickly as it appeared. We didn't qualify for a World Cup for 40 years until Mexico was disqualified from competing for 1990 and we took their spot with a miracle goal in Trinidad. Then we finally got a stable, legit professional soccer league with MLS in 1996. All in all, we are SIX decades behind the curve of the rest of the world when it comes to developing male players. Think of all the institutional knowledge we are lacking when it comes to coaching, technical skills, etc. We are playing catchup from way back and only in the past couple years have MLS clubs started actual academies the way it's done abroad. It's only barely begun to pay dividends. For all the snarkiness and bashing of the men in attempts to lift up the women, it's actually incredible that we basically achieved parity with Mexico in the 2000s, a country where soccer is king and has been invested in hugely compared to us. Last edited by Hoek; 07-07-2019 at 10:56 PM. I thought Tata out-adjusted Berhalter at the half. Saw Tata do that numerous times in MLS games, so I wasn't surprised. Yep. Wish he was on our sideline. But instead we sat on our thumbs. Thank you for the lesson in American soccer on the international level. I'm not a soccer person so this was a nice quick read as to what is going on. I'm always amazed at the info you can learn on this site. And let me just say, I'm all for the women being paid more. I think equal pay is kind of the wrong target though. They deserve what they're worth. That theoretically could be MORE than the men if they negotiate it successfully. I just wish the pay discrepancy wasn't used as an excuse to dunk on the men over and over. It's not their fault they're paid more. It's not like their CBA says they must be paid more than the women. That's on USSF and FIFA. That’s interesting, because soccer is probably like the most widely played sport for kids growing up in America. The best athletes move from soccer to the more "mainstream" sports as they age. The same reason Brazil develops such great soccer players is the same reason we do for basketball. Kids are playing it all the time because they're obsessed with it, and probably also because it's a ticket out of poverty. We have a ways to go culture wise as far as loving soccer, and getting a scholarship for it is harder than football etc. because there's fewer of those to go around. Not to mention, most of the serious developmental leagues for kids are pay to play. And college isn't a good developmental device because it's too late in life (18-21) to matter anyway. You have to get these kids in professional club academies and programs much earlier (as young teenagers, 14-15-16) to keep pace with other sporting nations. Very true. It just those academies might be an easier sell to parents and kids if they had a scholarship to fall back on at least.

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The way she shakes her head kind of makes me think the idea of her going to a funeral is crazy. She sighs and then kicks the white foam of the surf that rushes in with the coming high tide. “Is that what the other night was about?” I ask. “Yeah, I did that, didn’t I? I guess I was trying to fit in all that living in one night.” She chuckles and hides her face with her hand for a second. I like her smile, I decide. I like her laughter even more. When Jenna Traynor laughs, I can feel it. “You’re making fun of me,” she says. I hadn’t realized I’d chuckled until Jenna looked at me curiously. But I guess I did. “Are you sure about that?” She winks at me and then smiles as her cheeks turn pink.

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With custom keys on your keyboards, every type of software can be optimized. For example, if the software your company uses has applications that require special combinations of keystrokes, you can have these "shortcuts" built into your keyboards by using special colored keycaps or keycaps with special symbols. This makes it easier for your employees to use your software, and it also makes it much faster and easier for new employees to learn their jobs.

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BEVERLY HILLS, CA – (March 22, 2016) – Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar’s (The Others, The Sea Inside) latest psychological thriller Regression arrives May 10 on Blu-ray™ and DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment and Dimension Films, and Digital HD and On Demand from Starz Digital. Regression features an ensemble cast led by Academy Award® nominee Ethan Hawke (Boyhood, Training Day, The Purge), and Emma Watson (Harry Potter, Perks of Being a Wallflower). Hailed as a “carefully-crafted tale of collective psychosis” by the Hollywood Reporter, Regression also stars David Thewlis (Harry Potter, Anomalisa), Dale Dickey (“True Blood”) and Devon Bostick (“The 100”, Diary of a Wimpy Kid). Regression will be available on Blu-ray and DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment for the suggested retail price of $26.99 and $22.98, respectively. TWC boasts an active television production division which garnered twelve Emmy nominations in 2015. TWC Television produces the reality powerhouse Project Runway, with its spin-off series Project Runway All Stars, Under The Gunn, and Threads. Scripted series include John Fusco's Marco Polo with Netflix, going into its second season, and War & Peace, which debuts on Lifetime, A&E and HISTORY in 2016. Other recent TWC television productions include Mob Wives, Million Dollar Shoppers, Rodeo Girls, Cement Heads and Trailer Park: Welcome to Myrtle Manor. Scripted projects in development include Ten Commandments, Daniel Stashower’s The Hour Of Peril and military drama Six. TWC also developed Nanny Diaries and produced The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

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Zoning codes are a set of rules that regulate what can and can’t be done on a particular piece of property. They’re established and enforced at the city level. In California, you can find zoning codes for virtually every city in the city’s municipal code. Most cities also provide an online copy of their zoning map which gives you a visual of the city with a zoning overlay. I’ll use the City of Dublin in California as an example throughout this post. Dublin provides a zoning map, and you can find more information on their zoning code in the municipal code. The zoning code for Dublin, and most other cities, is broken up into four categories—residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural. Within these categories are districts, for example “Single Family Residential.” Each district has a specific set of rules for development and construction on any piece of property within its boundaries. You’ll also notice that each district has a letter/number designation. You may have noticed Dublin’s zoning code includes some other zoning designations that aren’t included here. If not, they’re on the zoning map as commercial corridor, downtown Dublin, historic overlay, and a few more. These additional overlays are just another layer of regulations specific to a certain area of the city. It’s important to note that the names of zoning districts and overlays, their designations, and their specific rules change with every city. They’re generally similar, but you’ll have to dig in to get specifics on each cities’ rules. Let’s say you own an acre of raw land in Dublin and it’s zoned R-1 (Single Family Residential). You want to know what you can build on your property, so you consult the zoning code again. Except this time, you’re looking for specific building regulations based on your zoning. For Dublin, these are called Residential Development Regulations but again, each city varies a bit with the language they use. The development regulations set out minimum lot size, setback requirements, height limits, etc. Zoning codes are all well and good, but in the real world, they give you close to zero power in terms of developing your property. Of course, it’s better to have a zoning that allows you to do what you want. But you’re still going to need discretionary approvals from your city. Further, zoning codes are subordinate to something called general plan land use designations. Land use designations are beyond the scope of this post, but we’ll be getting into those later. Just know that zoning codes give you an idea of what you could legally build on your property, provided the city approves of your project.

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THERE HAS BEEN a very popular myth floating around Logansport for generations. it involves the origins of the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Insane — better known to Logansport residents as Longcliff — and Purdue University. During the 1870s and 1880s, there was a movement in Indiana to care for the emotionally disturbed. The state decided to build five hospitals for this purpose. The central hospital would be located in Indianapolis with branch hospitals in four sections of the state. Logansport was selected as one of these. Construction began in 1884 and was completed in 1888. Sometime early in the twentieth century, the residents of Logansport began to circulate a story. This story soon took on a life its own, being told with great flair by fathers to their sons. It was the story of how Logansport had the choice between Purdue University and Longcliff. The ground, which with the hospital looks very much like a campus, was supposedly set aside for a university. As the story was told, Mr. Purdue favored Logansport over West Lafayette, but the people of Logansport turned their backs on the university in favor of the hospital. Obviously we will never know what went through John Purdue’s head. Perhaps he did contemplate Logansport at one time. Who knows? We do know that nothing was written about it, not even once. That seems a little odd. If a man was seriously thinking of establishing a university at a location, you would think he would have written something about it. Aside from that is the one critical piece of evidence: Purdue University was founded in 1868, twenty years before the hospital. There was no choice to be had. The plans for the hospital were several years away when the question of Purdue was at stake.

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Examines the nature of energy and matter, their interactions and changes, and the application of fundamental concepts to the study of our natural world. These concepts will be explored in hands-on laboratory experiments. This course integrates the fundamental concepts and ideas about the nature of physics and chemistry with the natural world. Prerequisite(s): CCR 092 (or higher) or equivalent and MAT 050 or equivalent.

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Clark University provides enhanced services for the ALANA community. At Clark University this acronym represents students of African, Latino/a, Asian, and Native American descent. The director of Academic Advancement assists students in the development and implementation of their academic and career goals. ALANA and first generation college students are invited to attend the ACE (Academic Clark Excellence) Summer Institute which runs prior to first year orientation. The ACE Summer Institute is designed to prepare them for the rigorous Clark experience and includes academic course previews, building a mentor network around leadership and academic relations, developing personal and social relationships with peers and understanding the community climate of Clark. ALANA students are also invited to participate in the Millennium Leadership Conference, which focuses on addressing the leadership development of ALANA students. The Dean of Students Office is concerned with the well-being of students living and learning in a community of scholars and works to maximize the quality of student life at Clark. The staff coordinates services related to housing, residential life, intercultural-student services, international-student services, new-student orientation, wellness, health services, student activities, personal counseling and judicial affairs. Prelaw Advising ­ The Prelaw Advising Program provides services to undergraduates considering careers in law and facilitates the entrance of qualified students into law school. The program, coordinated by Career Services, sponsors workshops, lectures and meetings, and provides informational materials for students. Watch appropriate bulletin boards and publications for announcements of important meetings and events. Students interested in pursuing law-school admission should contact Career Services or Professor Mark Miller in the Political Science Department. Recruiting Program ­ Clark students can connect with employers through on-campus company presentations, resume referrals and campus interviews. Career Services currently utilizes eCampus Recruiter, a premiere Web-based recruiting system. All students are encouraged to create their profiles and register to begin their career exploration. Men’s varsity sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming and diving, and tennis. The women’s varsity sports include basketball, cross country, field hockey, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, and volleyball. For more information view the athletics Web pages at www.clarku.edu/athletics.cfm.

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Tony Blair is a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007; he resigned from all these positions in June 2007. Blair's role as Prime Minister was particularly visible in foreign and security policy, including in Northern Ireland, where he was involved in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. From the start of the War on Terror in 2001, Blair strongly supported United States foreign policy, notably by participating in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and 2003 invasion of Iraq. In his first six years, Blair had British troops ordered into battle five times ��� more than any other prime minister in British history. Blair is the Labour Party's longest-serving Prime Minister; the only person to have led the Labour Party to three consecutive general election victories; and the only Labour Prime Minister to serve consecutive terms, more than one of which was at least four years long. He was succeeded as Leader of the Labour Party on 24 June 2007 and as Prime Minister on 27 June 2007 by Gordon Brown, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer.On the day he resigned as Prime Minister, he was appointed the official Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East on behalf of the United Nations, the European Union, the United States, and Russia. In May 2008, Blair launched his Tony Blair Faith Foundation. This was followed in July 2009 by the launching of the Faith and Globalisation Initiative with Yale University in the USA, Durham University in the UK and National University of Singapore in Asia to deliver a postgraduate programme in partnership with the Foundation.

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